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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-6569

 

 

IVY FUNDS

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

6300 Lamar Avenue, Overland Park, Kansas 66202

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Jennifer K. Dulski

6300 Lamar Avenue

Overland Park, Kansas 66202

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 913-236-2000

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

Date of reporting period: March 31, 2017

 

 

 


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ITEM 1.      REPORTS TO STOCKHOLDERS.

 

 

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LOGO   

 

Semiannual Report

 

MARCH 31, 2017

 

 

 

    Ticker  
    Class A     Class C     Class E     Class I     Class N     Class R     Class Y  

IVY FUNDS

 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund     IMAAX       IMACX         IMAIX       IMURX         IMAYX  
Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund     IAPOX       ICPOX         IIPOX       IRPOX         IYPOX  
Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund     IMHAX       IMHCX         IMHIX           IMHYX  
Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund     IVJAX       IVJCX         IVJIX       IVJRX         IVJYX  
Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund     IECAX       IECCX       IECEX       IECIX       IMMCX       IECRX       IECYX  
Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund     IRBAX       IRBCX         IRBIX       IRBRX         IRBYX  

IVY INVESTMENTSSM refers to the financial services offered by Ivy Distributors, Inc., a FINRA member broker dealer and the distributor of IVY FUNDS® mutual funds, and those financial services offered by its affiliates.


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CONTENTS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

President’s Letter

              3  

Illustration of Fund Expenses

              4  

Portfolio Highlights and Schedule of Investments:

                 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

              7  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

              22  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

              37  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

              40  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

              44  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

              51  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

              60  

Statements of Operations

              62  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

              63  

Financial Highlights

              66  

Notes to Financial Statements

              78  

Approval of Investment Management Agreements

              97  

Proxy Voting Information

              100  

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule Information

              100  

IRA Disclosure

              100  

This report is submitted for the general information of the shareholders of Ivy Funds. It is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors in the Funds unless preceded or accompanied by a current Ivy Funds prospectus, or summary prospectus, and current performance information, including current Lipper ranking information.

 

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

 

LOGO

  MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)  
Philip J. Sanders, CFA        

Dear Shareholder,

Across the six months since our last report, investors endured concerns about global economic growth, the level of interest rates, fluctuation in oil prices and the outcome of the U.S. presidential election. Following that election in November 2016, the domestic equity markets rose sharply and the bond markets saw a slight rise, with both trends carrying into early 2017. See the table for a comparison in some common market metrics over the last six months.

Many investors may be unsettled by the prospect that continued change — in leadership of key countries around the world, in government policy, in interest rate levels — will contribute to market volatility and general uncertainty. While that may be true at times, we believe it is important to stay focused on the fundamentals and merits of sectors, industries and companies when making investment decisions. Those fundamentals historically have tended to outweigh external factors such as government policies and regulations. While government policies can affect every business and investor, we think the innovation and management skill within individual companies ultimately drive long-term stock prices.

By the end of March 2017, the U.S. economy remained fundamentally sound. The U.S. remains a relative bright spot in the world, supported primarily by the U.S. consumer, who is benefitting from lower energy prices, lower inflation in general and an improved labor market.

The Federal Reserve raised interest rates slightly in December 2016 and again in March 2017, with an indication that two more increases may be executed in 2017. We believe that job growth and inflation will be the most important determinants in the direction of long-term central bank policy. Overseas, the European Central Bank and Bank of Japan continue to evaluate their policies, as both areas are seeing only slight economic growth.

China, in the face of economic softening in late 2015, turned toward more aggressive stimulus. Given recent economic improvement, authorities have tightened liquidity within the financial system while fiscal stimulus has continued. We believe economic growth in China is likely to hold steady, which should support broader global growth.

While challenges remain, we do see potential catalysts for growth in several areas and industries and our team continues to seek investment opportunities around the globe.

Economic Snapshot

 

    3/31/2017     9/30/2016  

S&P 500 Index

    2,362.72       2,168.27  

MSCI EAFE Index

    1,792.98       1,701.69  

10-Year Treasury Yield

    2.40%       1.60%  

U.S. unemployment rate

    4.5%       4.9%  

30-year fixed mortgage rate

    4.14%       3.42%  

Oil price per barrel

  $ 50.60     $ 48.24  

Sources: Bloomberg, U.S. Department of Labor, MBA, CME

All government statistics shown are subject to periodic revision. The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index that tracks the stocks of 500 primarily large-cap U.S. companies. MSCI EAFE Index is an unmanaged index comprised of securities that represent the securities markets in Europe, Australasia and the Far East. It is not possible to invest directly in any of these indexes. Mortgage rates are from BankRate and reflect the overnight national average rate on a conventional 30-year fixed loan. Oil prices reflect the market price of West Texas intermediate grade crude.

Respectfully,

 

LOGO

Philip J. Sanders, CFA

President

The opinions expressed in this letter are those of the President of the Ivy Funds and are current only through the end of the period of the report, as stated on the cover. The President’s views are subject to change at any time, based on market and other conditions, and no forecasts can be guaranteed.

 

 

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ILLUSTRATION OF FUND EXPENSES   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

(UNAUDITED)

 

Expense Example

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, exchange fees and account fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service fees, and other Fund expenses. The following table is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the six-month period ended March 31, 2017.

Actual Expenses

The first section in the following table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses for each share class. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, a $7,500 account value divided by $1,000 = 7.5), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period. There may be additional fees charged to holders of certain accounts that are not included in the expenses shown in the table. Fees apply to Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs), IRA Rollovers, Roth IRAs, Conversion Roth IRAs, Simplified Employee Pension (SEP), Savings Incentive Match Plan for Employees (SIMPLE) IRAs, Tax-Sheltered Accounts (TSAs), Keogh Plans, Owner Only 401(k) (Exclusive K) Plans and Final Pay Plans. As of the close of the six months covered by the table, a customer is charged an annual fee of $18 within each plan type. This fee is waived for IRA Rollovers and Conversion Roth IRAs if the customer owns another type of IRA. Coverdell Education Savings Account plans are charged an annual fee of $10 per customer. With limited exceptions, for Class A and Class C shares, if your Fund

account balance is below $650 on the Friday prior to the last full week of September of each year, the account will be assessed an account fee of $20. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period and the impact of these fees on your ending account value as such additional expenses are not reflected in the information provided in the following table. Additional fees have the effect of reducing investment returns.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

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

Expenses paid may be impacted by expense reduction arrangements. If those arrangements had not been in place, expenses paid would have been higher. See Note 6 to the Financial Statements for further information.

 

 

     Actual(1)      Hypothetical(2)      Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month
Period
 
Fund    Beginning
Account
Value
9-30-16
     Ending
Account
Value
3-31-17
     Expenses
Paid During
Period*
     Beginning
Account
Value
9-30-16
     Ending
Account
Value
3-31-17
     Expenses
Paid During
Period*
    

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

 

Class A

   $ 1,000      $ 1,028.10      $ 6.59      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.46      $ 6.56        1.30%  

Class C

   $ 1,000      $ 1,023.20      $ 10.12      $ 1,000      $ 1,014.91      $ 10.07        2.01%  

Class I

   $ 1,000      $ 1,028.80      $ 4.97      $ 1,000      $ 1,020.01      $ 4.95        0.99%  

Class N****

   $ 1,000      $ 1,029.70      $ 4.26      $ 1,000      $ 1,020.74      $ 4.24        0.84%  

Class Y

   $ 1,000      $ 1,028.30      $ 6.29      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.75      $ 6.26        1.24%  

See footnotes on page 6.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

     Actual(1)      Hypothetical(2)      Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month
Period
 
Fund    Beginning
Account
Value
9-30-16
     Ending
Account
Value
3-31-17
     Expenses
Paid During
Period*
     Beginning
Account
Value
9-30-16
     Ending
Account
Value
3-31-17
     Expenses
Paid During
Period*
    

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

 

Class A

   $ 1,000      $ 1,018.60      $ 5.75      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.20      $ 5.75        1.15%  

Class C

   $ 1,000      $ 1,015.10      $ 9.27      $ 1,000      $ 1,015.72      $ 9.27        1.85%  

Class I

   $ 1,000      $ 1,020.10      $ 4.24      $ 1,000      $ 1,020.70      $ 4.24        0.85%  

Class N****

   $ 1,000      $ 1,020.20      $ 4.14      $ 1,000      $ 1,020.82      $ 4.14        0.82%  

Class Y

   $ 1,000      $ 1,018.90      $ 5.55      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.45      $ 5.55        1.10%  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund**

 

                                   

Class A

   $ 1,000      $ 992.60      $ 3.69      $ 1,000      $ 1,021.21      $ 3.74        0.75%  

Class C

   $ 1,000      $ 988.80      $ 7.46      $ 1,000      $ 1,017.38      $ 7.67        1.52%  

Class I

   $ 1,000      $ 993.50      $ 2.79      $ 1,000      $ 1,022.12      $ 2.83        0.57%  

Class Y

   $ 1,000      $ 992.60      $ 3.69      $ 1,000      $ 1,021.20      $ 3.74        0.75%  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund***

 

                                            

Class A

   $ 1,000      $ 1,035.00      $ 3.26      $ 1,000      $ 1,017.80      $ 7.16        1.43%  

Class C

   $ 1,000      $ 1,033.00      $ 4.88      $ 1,000      $ 1,014.16      $ 10.88        2.16%  

Class I

   $ 1,000      $ 1,035.00      $ 2.54      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.28      $ 5.75        1.14%  

Class N****

   $ 1,000      $ 1,035.00      $ 2.54      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.23      $ 5.75        1.14%  

Class Y

   $ 1,000      $ 1,035.00      $ 3.26      $ 1,000      $ 1,017.80      $ 7.16        1.43%  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

 

                          

Class A

   $ 1,000      $ 984.80      $ 6.15      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.70      $ 6.26        1.25%  

Class C

   $ 1,000      $ 981.30      $ 9.91      $ 1,000      $ 1,014.97      $ 10.07        2.00%  

Class E

   $ 1,000      $ 984.80      $ 6.15      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.73      $ 6.26        1.25%  

Class I

   $ 1,000      $ 985.90      $ 4.96      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.95      $ 5.05        1.00%  

Class N****

   $ 1,000      $ 987.00      $ 4.97      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.95      $ 5.05        1.00%  

Class R

   $ 1,000      $ 983.60      $ 7.44      $ 1,000      $ 1,017.46      $ 7.57        1.50%  

Class Y

   $ 1,000      $ 985.90      $ 6.16      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.70      $ 6.26        1.25%  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

 

                                            

Class A

   $ 1,000      $ 999.00      $ 6.20      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.70      $ 6.26        1.25% (3) 

Class C

   $ 1,000      $ 994.60      $ 9.47      $ 1,000      $ 1,015.38      $ 9.57        1.91% (4) 

Class I

   $ 1,000      $ 999.30      $ 5.00      $ 1,000      $ 1,019.95      $ 5.05        1.00% (5) 

Class N****

   $ 1,000      $ 999.50      $ 4.30      $ 1,000      $ 1,020.60      $ 4.34        0.87% (6) 

Class Y

   $ 1,000      $ 997.70      $ 6.19      $ 1,000      $ 1,018.70      $ 6.26        1.25% (7) 

See footnotes on page 6.

 

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(UNAUDITED)

 

 

* Fund expenses for each share class are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 days in the six-month period ended March 31, 2017, and divided by 365.

 

** Fund expenses for each share class are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 180 days in the six-month period ended March 31, 2017, and divided by 365. Actual inception date of the Fund is 10-3-16 (the date on which shares were first acquired by shareholders).

 

*** Fund expenses for each share class are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio for each share class (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 81 days in the six-month period ended March 31, 2017, and divided by 365. Actual inception date of the Fund is 1-10-17 (the date on which shares were first acquired by shareholders).

 

**** Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

(1) This section uses the Fund’s actual total return and actual Fund expenses. It is a guide to the actual expenses paid by the Fund in the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is computed using the Fund’s actual return and the “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. A shareholder may use the information here, together with the dollar amount invested, to estimate the expenses that were paid over the period. For every thousand dollars a shareholder has invested, the expenses are listed in the last column of this section.

 

(2) This section uses a hypothetical five percent annual return and actual Fund expenses. It helps to compare the Fund’s ongoing costs with other mutual funds. A shareholder can compare the Fund’s ongoing costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.

 

(3) Annualized expense ratio based on the period excluding offering cost was 1.19%.

 

(4) Annualized expense ratio based on the period excluding offering cost was 1.85%.

 

(5) Annualized expense ratio based on the period excluding offering cost was 0.94%.

 

(6) Annualized expense ratio based on the period excluding offering cost was 0.81%.

 

(7) Annualized expense ratio based on the period excluding offering cost was 1.19%.

The above illustrations are based on ongoing costs only and do not include any transactional costs, such as sales loads or exchange fees.

 

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PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS   IVY APOLLO MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

 

 

 

ALL DATA IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

Asset Allocation

 

Stocks

     49.5%  

Real Estate

     9.3%  

Financials

     7.2%  

Energy

     5.2%  

Health Care

     5.1%  

Consumer Staples

     5.1%  

Industrials

     4.5%  

Information Technology

     4.2%  

Consumer Discretionary

     3.6%  

Utilities

     2.3%  

Telecommunication Services

     1.6%  

Materials

     1.4%  

Bonds

     39.1%  

Corporate Debt Securities

     23.1%  

Loans

     13.5%  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.3%  

Asset-Backed Securities

     1.1%  

Other Government Securities

     0.1%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     11.4%  

Country Weightings

 

North America

     55.2%  

United States

     52.1%  

Other North America

     3.1%  

Europe

     26.5%  

United Kingdom

     9.1%  

France

     5.7%  

Other Europe

     11.7%  

Pacific Basin

     6.0%  

Bahamas/Caribbean

     0.5%  

South America

     0.3%  

Other

     0.1%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     11.4%  

Lipper Rankings

 

Category: Lipper Mixed-Asset
Target Allocation Moderate Funds
   Rank      Percentile  

1 Year

   472/586        81  

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Rankings are for Class A shares and are based on average annual total returns, but do not consider sales charges. Rankings for other share classes may vary.

 

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings

 

Company   Country   Sector   Industry

Microsoft Corp.

 

United States

 

Information Technology

 

Systems Software

Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A

 

United Kingdom

 

Energy

 

Integrated Oil & Gas

Total S.A.

 

France

 

Energy

 

Integrated Oil & Gas

Pfizer, Inc.

 

United States

 

Health Care

 

Pharmaceuticals

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

 

United States

 

Financials

 

Registered Investment Companies

Chevron Corp.

 

United States

 

Energy

 

Integrated Oil & Gas

Johnson & Johnson

 

United States

 

Health Care

 

Pharmaceuticals

Wells Fargo & Co.

 

United States

 

Financials

 

Diversified Banks

Merck & Co., Inc.

 

United States

 

Health Care

 

Pharmaceuticals

Unilever N.V., Certicaaten Van Aandelen

 

Netherlands

 

Consumer Staples

 

Personal Products

See your advisor or www.ivyinvestments.com for more information on the Fund’s most recent published Top 10 Equity Holdings.

 

+ Cash equivalents are defined as highly liquid securities with maturities of less than three months. Cash equivalents may include U.S. Government Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, corporate commercial paper and other money market instruments.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS   IVY APOLLO MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND (in thousands)

 

 

 

MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

COMMON STOCKS   Shares     Value  

Consumer Discretionary

     
 

Advertising – 0.9%

     

UBM plc (A)

    242     $ 2,314  

WPP Group plc (A)

    117       2,569  
   

 

 

 
      4,883  
   

 

 

 
 

Automobile Manufacturers – 0.5%

 

Fuji Heavy Industries Ltd. (A)

    72       2,630  
   

 

 

 
 

Cable & Satellite – 0.0%

     

Altice N.V., Class A (A)(B)

    9       203  
   

 

 

 
 

Footwear – 0.6%

     

ANTA Sports Products Ltd. (A)

    1,246       3,447  
   

 

 

 
 

Home Improvement Retail – 0.6%

 

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

    23       3,312  
   

 

 

 
 

Homebuilding – 0.4%

     

Bellway plc (A)

    68       2,295  
   

 

 

 
 

Tires & Rubber – 0.6%

     

Bridgestone Corp. (A)

    78       3,135  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Discretionary – 3.6%

 

    19,905  

Consumer Staples

     
 

Distillers & Vintners – 0.6%

     

Diageo plc (A)

    109       3,130  
   

 

 

 
 

Food Retail – 0.5%

     

Casino Guichard Perrachon S.A. (A)

    51       2,826  
   

 

 

 
 

Household Products – 0.4%

     

Reckitt Benckiser Group plc (A)

    26       2,331  
   

 

 

 
 

Packaged Foods & Meats – 0.9%

     

Marine Harvest ASA (A)

    336       5,126  
   

 

 

 
 

Personal Products – 1.0%

     

Unilever N.V., Certicaaten Van Aandelen (A)

    105       5,196  
   

 

 

 
 

Soft Drinks – 0.4%

     

PepsiCo, Inc.

    21       2,343  
   

 

 

 
 

Tobacco – 1.3%

     

Altria Group, Inc.

    66       4,727  

Imperial Tobacco Group plc (A)

    60       2,923  
   

 

 

 
      7,650  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Staples – 5.1%

            28,602  

Energy

     
 

Integrated Oil & Gas – 4.6%

     

Chevron Corp.

    57       6,106  

PJSC LUKOIL ADR (A)

    84       4,427  

Royal Dutch Shell plc, Class A (A)

    278       7,293  

Total S.A. (A)

    138       6,995  
   

 

 

 
      24,821  
   

 

 

 
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation – 0.6%

 

Inter Pipeline Ltd. (A)

    151     $ 3,187  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Energy – 5.2%

            28,008  

Financials

     
 

Diversified Banks – 4.9%

     

Bank of Montreal (A)

    45       3,347  

BNP Paribas S.A. (A)

    37       2,463  

BOC Hong Kong (Holdings) Ltd. (A)

    820       3,349  

HSBC Holdings plc (A)

    436       3,556  

ING Groep N.V., Certicaaten Van Aandelen (A)

    276       4,173  

Royal Bank of Canada (A)

    46       3,315  

Societe Generale S.A. (A)

    22       1,093  

Wells Fargo & Co.

    99       5,490  
   

 

 

 
      26,786  
   

 

 

 
 

Life & Health Insurance – 0.4%

     

Prudential plc (A)

    113       2,397  
   

 

 

 
 

Multi-Line Insurance – 0.3%

     

Axa S.A. (A)

    69       1,776  
   

 

 

 
 

Registered Investment Companies – 1.1%

 

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    72       6,357  
   

 

 

 
 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.5%

     

Indiabulls Housing Finance Ltd. (A)

    200       3,080  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Financials – 7.2%

            40,396  

Health Care

     
 

Pharmaceuticals – 5.1%

     

AstraZeneca plc (A)

    18       1,134  

Bayer AG (A)

    25       2,825  

Eli Lilly and Co.

    40       3,375  

Johnson & Johnson

    44       5,498  

Merck & Co., Inc. (C)

    85       5,383  

Pfizer, Inc.

    194       6,645  

Roche Holdings AG, Genusscheine (A)

    18       4,502  
   

 

 

 
      29,362  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Health Care – 5.1%

            29,362  

Industrials

     
 

Aerospace & Defense – 1.2%

     

BAE Systems plc (A)

    442       3,556  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

    12       3,333  
   

 

 

 
      6,889  
   

 

 

 

Building Products – 0.3%

     

Compagnie de Saint-Gobain (A)

    35       1,792  
   

 

 

 
 

Construction & Engineering – 0.7%

     

Vinci (A)

    50       3,941  
   

 

 

 
 

Electrical Components & Equipment – 1.1%

 

Eaton Corp.

    43       3,171  
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Electrical Components & Equipment (Continued)

 

Schneider Electric S.A. (A)

    39     $ 2,846  
   

 

 

 
      6,017  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.8%

     

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

    77       2,459  

Siemens AG (A)

    17       2,325  
   

 

 

 
      4,784  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial Machinery – 0.4%

     

IMI plc (A)

    143       2,144  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Industrials – 4.5%

            25,567  

Information Technology

     
 

Communications Equipment – 0.6%

     

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    108       3,654  
   

 

 

 
 

Semiconductors – 2.0%

     

Analog Devices, Inc.

    54       4,409  

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

    247       3,402  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    43       3,455  
   

 

 

 
      11,266  
   

 

 

 
 

Systems Software – 1.6%

     

Microsoft Corp.

    133       8,754  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Information Technology – 4.2%

            23,674  

Materials

     
 

Construction Materials – 0.4%

     

CRH plc (A)

    67       2,359  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Metals & Mining – 0.4%

     

Rio Tinto plc (A)

    54       2,157  
   

 

 

 
 

Paper Products – 0.6%

     

Mondi plc (A)

    143       3,458  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Materials – 1.4%

            7,974  

Real Estate

     
 

Diversified Real Estate Activities – 1.3%

 

CapitaLand Ltd. (A)

    125       324  

Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd. (A)

    32       450  

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd. (A)

    123       2,243  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd. (A)

    109       2,325  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd. (A)

    166       2,439  
   

 

 

 
      7,781  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified REITs – 1.0%

     

Canadian REIT (A)

    5       175  

Gecina (A)

    3       462  

GPT Group (A)

    95       374  

H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (A)

    10       166  

Ichigo Hotel Investment Corp. (A)

        158  

Kenedix Office Investment Corp. (A)

        324  

Land Securities Group plc (A)

    99       1,316  
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Diversified REITs (Continued)

     

LondonMetric Property plc (A)

    140     $ 280  

Merlin Properties Socimi S.A. (A)

    23       253  

Mirvac Group (A)

    309       518  

NSI N.V. (A)

    31       128  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.

    49       496  

Tokyu, Inc. (A)

        322  

VEREIT, Inc.

    58       495  
   

 

 

 
      5,467  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care REITs – 0.5%

     

Assura plc (A)

    81       59  

Ventas, Inc.

    10       638  

Welltower, Inc.

    31       2,191  
   

 

 

 
      2,888  
   

 

 

 
 

Hotel & Resort REITs – 0.3%

     

LaSalle Hotel Properties

    24       688  

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    15       397  

RLJ Lodging Trust

    24       557  
   

 

 

 
      1,642  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial REITs – 0.2%

     

Duke Realty Corp.

    23       610  

ProLogis, Inc.

    10       543  

Warehouses De Pauw Comm. VA/SCA (A)

    1       129  
   

 

 

 
      1,282  
   

 

 

 
 

Office REITs – 1.2%

     

Allied Properties (A)

    5       128  

alstria office AG (A)

    29       355  

Axiare Patrimonio SOCIMI S.A. (A)

    10       152  

Boston Properties, Inc.

    12       1,630  

CapitaCommercial Trust (A)

    137       152  

Corporate Office Properties Trust

    9       285  

Daiwa Office Investment Corp. (A)

        291  

Derwent London plc (A)

    23       822  

Global One Corp. (A)

        127  

Great Portland Estates plc (A)

    40       327  

Paramount Group, Inc.

    27       434  

SL Green Realty Corp.

    8       830  

Vornado Realty Trust

    15       1,535  
   

 

 

 
      7,068  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate Operating Companies – 0.9%

 

Ado Properties S.A. (A)

    6       212  

AEON Mall Co. Ltd. (A)

    18       286  

Buwog AG (A)

    6       146  

Deutsche EuroShop AG (A)

    5       192  

Entra ASA (A)

    16       178  

Fabege AB (A)

    13       209  

First Capital Realty, Inc. (A)

    10       157  

Global Logistic Properties Ltd. (A)

    15       30  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd. (A)

    113       868  

Hufvudstaden AB (A)

    2       36  

Kungsleden AB (A)

    30       172  

LEG Immobilien AG (A)

    5       435  

PSP Swiss Property Ltd., Registered Shares (A)

    4       319  

Swire Properties Ltd. (A)

    304       975  

Vonovia SE (A)

    20       705  
   

 

 

 
      4,920  
   

 

 

 
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Residential REITs – 1.1%

     

American Campus Communities, Inc.

    15     $ 716  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

    9       1,729  

Camden Property Trust

    15       1,189  

Canadian Apartment Properties REIT (A)

    4       89  

Equity Residential

    39       2,414  
   

 

 

 
      6,137  
   

 

 

 
 

Retail REITs – 1.9%

     

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.

    31       664  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

    5       653  

General Growth Properties, Inc.

    36       841  

Hammerson plc (A)

    32       226  

Regency Centers Corp.

    9       604  

RioCan (A)

    7       140  

Scentre Group (A)

    290       951  

Shaftesbury plc (A)

    20       226  

Simon Property Group, Inc.

    20       3,476  

Taubman Centers, Inc.

    8       497  

Unibail-Rodamco (A)

    7       1,546  

Vastned Retail N.V. (A)

    4       147  

Westfield Corp. (A)

    157       1,067  
   

 

 

 
      11,038  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized REITs – 0.9%

     

American Tower Corp., Class A

    7       815  

Big Yellow Group plc (A)

    29       266  

Crown Castle International Corp.

    6       605  

CubeSmart

    34       883  

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc.

    7       340  

Equinix, Inc.

    1       545  

Life Storage, Inc.

    7       540  

Public Storage, Inc.

    5       1,155  
   

 

 

 
      5,149  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Real Estate – 9.3%

            53,372  

Telecommunication Services

 

 

Integrated Telecommunication Services – 1.6%

 

AT&T, Inc.

    80       3,311  

Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp. (A)

    53       2,249  

Orange S.A. (A)

    222       3,443  
   

 

 

 
      9,003  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Telecommunication Services – 1.6%

 

    9,003  

Utilities

     
 

Electric Utilities – 1.7%

     

ENEL S.p.A. (A)

    935       4,404  

Iberdrola S.A. (A)

    670       4,791  
   

 

 

 
      9,195  
   

 

 

 
 

Multi-Utilities – 0.6%

     

National Grid plc (A)

    281       3,574  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Utilities – 2.3%

            12,769  
 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS – 49.5%

 

  $ 278,632  

(Cost: $262,175)

     

PREFERRED STOCKS

    Shares       Value  

Consumer Staples

     
 

Agricultural Products – 0.0%

     

Pinnacle Agriculture Enterprises LLC (B)(D)(E)

    233     $ 106  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Staples – 0.0%

            106  
 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.0%

 

  $ 106  

(Cost: $106)

     
 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES   Principal         

Adams Mill CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class D1 (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.523%, 7–15–26 (F)(G)

  $ 600       591  

Anchorage Credit Funding Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class D,

     

7.300%, 1–25–31 (F)

    600       597  

Guggenheim 1828 CLO LLC, Series 2016-1A (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 700 bps),

     

7.679%, 4–15–28 (F)(G)

    600       603  

Marathon CLO Ltd. and Marathon CLO LLC, Series 2015-8A, Class C (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 405 bps),

     

5.074%, 7–18–27 (F)(G)

    600       586  

NRZ Excess Spread Collateralized Notes, Series 2016-PLS2,

     

5.683%, 7–25–21 (F)

    1,235       1,236  

NZCG Funding Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 630 bps),

     

7.337%, 4–27–27 (F)(G)

    470       468  

OZLM Ltd., Series 2015-12A (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 370 bps),

     

4.739%, 4–30–27 (F)(G)

    600       598  

Seven Sticks CLO Ltd., Series 2016-1A (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 760 bps),

     

8.454%, 7–15–28 (F)(G)

    600       602  

Sound Point CLO Ltd., Series 2016-2A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

5.280%, 10–20–28 (F)(G)

    400       401  

TIAA Churchill Middle Market CLO I Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 540 bps),

     

6.201%, 10–20–28 (F)(G)

    750       748  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES – 1.1%

 

  $ 6,430  

(Cost: $6,329)

     
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES

               

Consumer Discretionary

     
 

Advertising – 0.1%

     

Acosta, Inc.,

     

7.750%, 10–1–22 (F)

    250       212  

Lamar Media Corp.,

     

5.375%, 1–15–24

    250       258  
   

 

 

 
      470  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Apparel Retail – 0.2%

     

Hot Topic, Inc.,

     

9.250%, 6–15–21 (F)

  $ 547     $ 531  

HT Intermediate Holdings Corp. (12.000% Cash or 12.750% PIK),

     

12.000%, 5–15–19 (F)(H)

    350       348  
   

 

 

 
      879  
   

 

 

 
 

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods – 0.1%

 

   

Hanesbrands, Inc.,

     

4.875%, 5–15–26 (F)

    500       491  
   

 

 

 

Automotive Retail – 0.2%

     

Allison Transmission, Inc.,

     

5.000%, 10–1–24 (F)

    86       87  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.,

     

5.000%, 6–1–22

    190       191  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.,

     

5.500%, 5–15–26

    136       133  

Sonic Automotive, Inc.,

     

5.000%, 5–15–23

    575       559  
   

 

 

 
      970  
   

 

 

 
 

Broadcasting – 1.0%

     

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.,

     

6.500%, 11–15–22

    934       959  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series A,

     

7.625%, 3–15–20

    227       225  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B,

     

7.625%, 3–15–20

    1,475       1,487  

Cumulus Media, Inc.,

     

7.750%, 5–1–19

    72       25  

Gray Television, Inc.:

     

5.125%, 10–15–24 (F)

    505       499  

5.875%, 7–15–26 (F)

    300       305  

Nexstar Escrow Corp.,

     

5.625%, 8–1–24 (F)

    150       152  

Radio One, Inc. (GTD by TV One LLC),

     

7.375%, 4–15–22 (F)

    567       592  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 3–15–26 (F)

    225       231  

5.125%, 2–15–27 (F)

    300       290  

Univision Communications, Inc.,

     

5.125%, 2–15–25 (F)

    500       492  

WideOpenWest Finance LLC and WideOpenWest Capital Corp.,

     

10.250%, 7–15–19

    218       227  
   

 

 

 
      5,484  
   

 

 

 
 

Cable & Satellite – 3.9%

     

Altice Financing S.A.:

     

6.500%, 1–15–22 (F)

    100       105  

6.625%, 2–15–23 (F)

    987       1,026  

7.500%, 5–15–26 (F)

    600       638  

Altice S.A.:

     

7.250%, 5–15–22 (F)(I)

  EUR 250       282  

7.750%, 5–15–22 (F)

  $ 1,175       1,246  

6.250%, 2–15–25 (F)(I)

  EUR 250       284  

7.625%, 2–15–25 (F)

  $ 600       634  

Altice U.S. Finance I Corp.,

     

5.500%, 5–15–26 (F)

    900       925  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Cable & Satellite (Continued)

 

Altice U.S. Finance II Corp.,

     

7.750%, 7–15–25 (F)

  $ 547     $ 605  

Block Communications, Inc.,

     

6.875%, 2–15–25 (F)

    111       118  

Cablevision Systems Corp.:

     

7.750%, 4–15–18

    375       391  

5.875%, 9–15–22

    446       450  

CCO Holdings LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp.,

     

5.500%, 5–1–26 (F)

    106       110  

Columbus International, Inc.,

     

7.375%, 3–30–21 (F)

    200       214  

DISH DBS Corp.:

     

6.750%, 6–1–21

    297       321  

5.875%, 7–15–22

    1,000       1,050  

5.000%, 3–15–23

    1,000       1,004  

5.875%, 11–15–24

    122       128  

7.750%, 7–1–26

    124       144  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.:

     

7.250%, 4–1–19

    458       437  

9.500%, 9–30–22 (F)

    926       1,089  

8.000%, 2–15–24 (F)

    631       669  

Neptune Finco Corp.:

     

10.125%, 1–15–23 (F)

    743       862  

6.625%, 10–15–25 (F)

    225       245  

10.875%, 10–15–25 (F)

    552       664  

Numericable – SFR S.A.,

     

7.375%, 5–1–26 (F)

    1,937       1,995  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.:

     

4.625%, 5–15–23 (F)

    1,200       1,226  

6.000%, 7–15–24 (F)

    1,400       1,501  

VTR Finance B.V.,

     

6.875%, 1–15–24 (F)

    1,550       1,612  

WaveDivision Escrow LLC and WaveDivision Escrow Corp.,

     

8.125%, 9–1–20 (F)

    877       903  

Ziggo Secured Finance B.V.,

     

5.500%, 1–15–27 (F)

    280       280  
   

 

 

 
      21,158  
   

 

 

 
 

Casinos & Gaming – 0.6%

     

Gamenet Group S.p.A.,

     

6.000%, 8–15–21 (F)(I)

  EUR 200       222  

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd.,

     

8.250%, 3–1–24 (F)

  $ 406       411  

MGM Resorts International,

     

8.625%, 2–1–19

    687       754  

Scientific Games International, Inc. (GTD by Scientific Games Corp.),

     

7.000%, 1–1–22 (F)

    1,185       1,266  

Wynn Macau Ltd.,

     

5.250%, 10–15–21 (F)

    800       816  
   

 

 

 
      3,469  
   

 

 

 
 

Department Stores – 0.0%

     

Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (The),

     

8.000%, 6–15–21

    463       185  
   

 

 

 
 

Education Services – 0.8%

     

Laureate Education, Inc.:

     

10.000%, 9–1–19 (F)(J)

    4,152       4,318  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Education Services (Continued)

     

10.000%, 9–1–19

  $ 143     $ 151  
   

 

 

 
      4,469  
   

 

 

 
 

Homefurnishing Retail – 0.1%

     

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc., Convertible:

     

0.000%, 6–15–19 (F)(K)

    363       326  

0.000%, 7–15–20 (F)(K)

    386       325  
   

 

 

 
      651  
   

 

 

 
 

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines – 0.1%

 

Carlson Travel, Inc.,

     

6.750%, 12–15–23 (F)

    490       510  
   

 

 

 
 

Leisure Facilities – 0.0%

     

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 11–15–26 (F)

    97       98  

6.125%, 5–15–27 (F)

    138       139  
   

 

 

 
      237  
   

 

 

 
 

Movies & Entertainment – 0.4%

     

AMC Entertainment, Inc.,

     

5.750%, 6–15–25

    440       451  

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

     

5.125%, 12–15–22

    147       150  

4.875%, 6–1–23

    500       505  

EMI Music Publishing Group North America Holdings,

     

7.625%, 6–15–24 (F)

    194       211  

WMG Acquisition Corp.,

     

6.750%, 4–15–22 (F)

    647       681  
   

 

 

 
      1,998  
   

 

 

 
 

Publishing – 0.1%

     

MDC Partners, Inc.,

     

6.500%, 5–1–24 (F)

    362       345  
   

 

 

 
 

Restaurants – 0.1%

     

KFC Holding Co., Pizza Hut Holdings LLC and Taco Bell of America LLC,

     

5.250%, 6–1–26 (F)

    500       509  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized Consumer Services – 0.3%

 

Nielsen Co. (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. (The):

     

5.500%, 10–1–21 (F)

    500       520  

5.000%, 2–1–25 (F)

    185       184  

Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co.,

     

5.000%, 4–15–22 (F)

    500       511  
   

 

 

 
      1,215  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialty Stores – 0.3%

     

Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc. (9.750% Cash or 10.500% PIK),

     

9.750%, 10–15–19 (F)(H)

    1,467       1,420  

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.,

     

8.125%, 3–15–19 (F)

    300       299  
   

 

 

 
      1,719  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Tires & Rubber – 0.2%

     

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The),

     

4.875%, 3–15–27

  $ 998     $ 998  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Discretionary – 8.5%

 

    45,757  

Consumer Staples

     
 

Food Distributors – 0.2%

     

Iceland Bondco plc,

     

6.750%, 7–15–24 (I)

  GBP 200       267  

Performance Food Group, Inc.,

     

5.500%, 6–1–24 (F)

  $ 142       145  

Simmons Foods, Inc.,

     

7.875%, 10–1–21 (F)

    705       740  

U.S. Foods, Inc.,

     

5.875%, 6–15–24 (F)

    254       264  
   

 

 

 
      1,416  
   

 

 

 
 

Food Retail – 0.2%

     

N&W Global Vending S.p.A.,

     

7.000%, 10–15–23 (F)(I)

  EUR 500       557  
   

 

 

 
 

Packaged Foods & Meats – 0.5%

     

AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc.,

     

5.500%, 12–15–24 (F)

  $ 289       292  

JBS Investments GmbH (GTD by JBS S.A. and JBS Hungary Holdings Kft.),

     

7.750%, 10–28–20 (F)

    400       419  

JBS USA LLC and JBS USA Finance, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 7–15–24 (F)

    334       344  

5.750%, 6–15–25 (F)

    405       408  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.,

     

4.875%, 11–1–26 (F)

    230       235  

Post Holdings, Inc.:

     

7.750%, 3–15–24 (F)

    330       364  

5.500%, 3–1–25 (F)

    143       143  

8.000%, 7–15–25 (F)

    230       258  

5.000%, 8–15–26 (F)

    100       96  

5.750%, 3–1–27 (F)

    143       143  
   

 

 

 
      2,702  
   

 

 

 
 

Personal Products – 0.0%

     

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.,

     

5.750%, 2–15–21

    76       76  

Revlon Escrow Corp.,

     

6.250%, 8–1–24

    50       50  
   

 

 

 
      126  
   

 

 

 
 

Tobacco – 0.1%

     

Prestige Brands, Inc.,

     

5.375%, 12–15–21 (F)

    300       307  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Staples – 1.0%

            5,108  

Energy

     
 

Integrated Oil & Gas – 0.1%

     

Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (GTD by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.):

     

8.375%, 5–23–21

    200       226  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Integrated Oil & Gas (Continued)

     

6.125%, 1–17–22

  $ 36     $ 38  

7.375%, 1–17–27

    89       94  

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk,

     

5.125%, 5–16–24

    200       212  
   

 

 

 
      570  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Drilling – 0.3%

     

KCA Deutag UK Finance plc:

     

7.250%, 5–15–21 (F)

    1,000       935  

9.875%, 4–1–22 (F)

    418       428  

Noble Holding International Ltd.,

     

7.750%, 1–15–24

    166       159  

Offshore Drilling Holding S.A.,

     

8.375%, 9–20–20 (F)(J)

    400       172  

Rowan Cos., Inc. (GTD by Rowan plc),

     

7.375%, 6–15–25

    97       98  

Trinidad Drilling Ltd.,

     

6.625%, 2–15–25 (F)

    9       9  
   

 

 

 
      1,801  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Equipment & Services – 0.1%

 

Calfrac Holdings L.P. (GTD by Calfrac Well Services Ltd.),

     

7.500%, 12–1–20 (F)

    514       467  

SESI LLC,

     

7.125%, 12–15–21

    191       193  
   

 

 

 
      660  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production – 1.0%

 

Antero Resources Corp.,

     

5.125%, 12–1–22

    285       289  

California Resources Corp.,

     

8.000%, 12–15–22 (F)

    183       149  

Delek & Avner Tamar Bond Ltd.,

     

5.082%, 12–30–23 (F)

    300       314  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.,

     

4.750%, 11–1–24 (F)

    240       241  

EnCana Corp.,

     

6.500%, 8–15–34

    162       182  

Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.:

     

7.000%, 8–15–21 (F)

    1,594       1,666  

8.125%, 9–15–23 (F)

    500       531  

Gulfport Energy Corp.:

     

6.625%, 5–1–23

    200       202  

6.000%, 10–15–24 (F)

    200       194  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.,

     

7.375%, 5–1–22

    1,004       1,042  

Newfield Exploration Co.,

     

5.625%, 7–1–24

    350       369  

ONEOK, Inc.,

     

7.500%, 9–1–23

    350       409  

Sinopec Capital (2013) Ltd.,

     

3.125%, 4–24–23

    200       198  
   

 

 

 
      5,786  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing – 0.3%

 

Callon Petroleum Co. (GTD by Callon Petroleum Operating Co.),

     

6.125%, 10–1–24 (F)

    332       345  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing (Continued)

 

Northern Tier Energy LLC and Northern Tier Finance Corp. (GTD by Northern Tier Energy L.P.),

     

7.125%, 11–15–20

  $ 217     $ 226  

PDC Energy, Inc.,

     

6.125%, 9–15–24 (F)

    48       49  

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.:

     

8.250%, 5–15–20 (F)

    447       467  

6.750%, 5–1–23 (F)

    441       461  
   

 

 

 
      1,548  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation – 0.1%

 

Access Midstream Partners L.P.,

     

4.875%, 5–15–23

    103       106  

Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A.,

     

4.250%, 4–30–28 (F)

    255       257  

Williams Co., Inc. (The),

     

4.550%, 6–24–24

    570       574  
   

 

 

 
      937  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Energy – 1.9%

 

    11,302  

Financials

 

 

Consumer Finance – 0.2%

 

Cielo S.A. and Cielo USA, Inc.,

     

3.750%, 11–16–22

    200       193  

CURO Financial Technologies Corp.,

     

12.000%, 3–1–22 (F)

    195       201  

Quicken Loans, Inc.,

     

5.750%, 5–1–25 (F)

    500       491  
   

 

 

 
      885  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Banks – 0.2%

     

Banco de Credito e Inversiones S.A.,

     

4.000%, 2–11–23 (F)

    200       205  

Banco del Estado de Chile,

     

3.875%, 2–8–22

    200       207  

BBVA Bancomer S.A.,

     

6.500%, 3–10–21 (F)

    250       274  

China Construction Bank Corp.,

     

3.875%, 5–13–25

    200       203  

Malayan Banking Berhad,

     

3.905%, 10–29–26

    200       201  

Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S.,

     

5.500%, 4–21–22

    200       197  
   

 

 

 
      1,287  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Capital Markets – 0.2%

     

Patriot Merger Corp.,

     

9.000%, 7–15–21 (F)

    1,224       1,294  
   

 

 

 
 

Investment Banking & Brokerage – 0.0%

 

E*TRADE Financial Corp.,

     

5.875%, 12–29–49

    75       77  
   

 

 

 
 

Other Diversified Financial Services – 0.2%

 

Balboa Merger Sub, Inc.,

     

11.375%, 12–1–21 (F)

    1,012       1,121  
 

 

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(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Other Diversified Financial Services (Continued)

 

New Cotai LLC and New Cotai Capital Corp. (10.625% Cash or 10.625% PIK),

     

10.625%, 5–1–19 (F)(H)

  $ 283     $ 235  
   

 

 

 
      1,356  
   

 

 

 
 

Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.1%

 

Hub International Ltd.,

     

7.875%, 10–1–21 (F)

    322       336  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized Finance – 0.8%

     

Arrow Global Finance plc,

     

5.125%, 9–15–24 (F)(I)

  GBP 127       165  

Camelot Finance S.A.,

     

7.875%, 10–15–24 (F)

  $ 300       319  

China Shenua Overseas Capital Co. Ltd. (GTD by Shenhua Hong Kong Ltd.),

     

3.875%, 1–20–25

    200       203  

Cosan Luxembourg S.A.,

     

7.000%, 1–20–27 (F)

    200       207  

Diamond 1 Finance Corp. and Diamond 2 Finance Corp.:

     

5.875%, 6–15–21 (F)

    58       61  

5.450%, 6–15–23 (F)

    37       40  

7.125%, 6–15–24 (F)

    58       64  

6.020%, 6–15–26 (F)

    73       80  

Gaz Capital S.A.,

     

6.510%, 3–7–22

    200       221  

GTT Escrow Corp.,

     

7.875%, 12–31–24 (F)

    487       505  

King Power Capital Ltd.,

     

5.625%, 11–3–24

    225       249  

Mercury BondCo plc (8.250% Cash or 9.000% PIK),

     

8.250%, 5–30–21 (H)(I)

  EUR 182       200  

Ooredoo International Finance Ltd.,

     

3.750%, 6–22–26 (F)

  $ 200       199  

Preferred Term Securities XXIV Ltd., Series A-2 (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 38 bps),

     

1.511%, 3–22–37 (F)(G)

    395       250  

Preferred Term Securities XXV Ltd., Series A-2 (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 35 bps),

     

1.481%, 6–22–37 (F)(G)

    216       135  

TMX Finance LLC and TitleMax Finance Corp.,

     

8.500%, 9–15–18 (F)

    1,400       1,288  
   

 

 

 
      4,186  
   

 

 

 
 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.1%

     

Provident Funding Associates L.P. and PFG Finance Corp.,

     

6.750%, 6–15–21 (F)

    730       745  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Financials – 1.8%

 

    10,166  

Health Care

 

 

Health Care Facilities – 0.7%

 

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.,

     

5.125%, 7–15–24

    97       98  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Health Care Facilities (Continued)

 

Greatbatch Ltd.,

     

9.125%, 11–1–23 (F)

  $ 476     $ 502  

HCA, Inc. (GTD by HCA Holdings, Inc.),

     

5.250%, 6–15–26

    98       103  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC,

     

7.125%, 6–1–24 (F)

    371       399  

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.,

     

8.875%, 4–15–21 (F)

    679       718  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

     

6.750%, 2–1–20

    1,110       1,126  

7.500%, 1–1–22 (F)

    55       59  

8.125%, 4–1–22

    1,000       1,043  
   

 

 

 
      4,048  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care Supplies – 0.2%

 

HomeVi SAS (3-Month EURIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.250%, 11–15–21 (F)(G)(I)

  EUR 100       108  

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and KCI USA, Inc.,

     

12.500%, 11–1–21 (F)

  $ 108       120  

Universal Hospital Services, Inc.,

     

7.625%, 8–15–20

    1,037       1,031  
   

 

 

 
      1,259  
   

 

 

 
 

Managed Health Care – 0.1%

 

Centene Corp.,

     

4.750%, 5–15–22

    450       462  
   

 

 

 
 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.4%

 

Catalent Pharma Solutions, Inc.,

     

4.750%, 12–15–24 (F)(I)

  EUR 100       113  

Concordia Healthcare Corp.:

     

9.500%, 10–21–22 (F)

  $ 1,807       398  

7.000%, 4–15–23 (F)

    94       18  

IMS Health, Inc.,

     

5.000%, 10–15–26 (F)

    200       201  

Jaguar Holding Co. II and Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC,

     

6.375%, 8–1–23 (F)

    322       336  

JLL/Delta Dutch Newco B.V.,

     

7.500%, 2–1–22 (F)

    500       528  

VPII Escrow Corp.,

     

7.500%, 7–15–21 (F)

    571       501  

VRX Escrow Corp.,

     

5.375%, 3–15–20 (F)

    272       243  
   

 

 

 
      2,338  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Health Care – 1.4%

            8,107  

Industrials

 

 

Aerospace & Defense – 0.5%

 

KLX, Inc.,

     

5.875%, 12–1–22 (F)

    552       569  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd.:

     

5.250%, 8–15–22 (F)

    275       286  

5.500%, 2–15–24 (F)

    366       381  

TransDigm, Inc. (GTD by TransDigm Group, Inc.):

     

6.000%, 7–15–22

    297       301  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Aerospace & Defense (Continued)

 

6.500%, 7–15–24

  $ 807     $ 817  

6.375%, 6–15–26

    202       202  
   

 

 

 
      2,556  
   

 

 

 
 

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.1%

 

XPO Logistics, Inc.:

     

6.500%, 6–15–22 (F)

    254       267  

6.125%, 9–1–23 (F)

    72       75  
   

 

 

 
      342  
   

 

 

 
 

Building Products – 0.4%

 

Alcoa Nederland Holding B.V.:

     

6.750%, 9–30–24 (F)

    200       215  

7.000%, 9–30–26 (F)

    200       217  

Masco Corp.,

     

4.375%, 4–1–26

    110       114  

Ply Gem Industries, Inc.,

     

6.500%, 2–1–22

    500       524  

Standard Industries, Inc.,

     

5.500%, 2–15–23 (F)

    500       511  

Summit Materials LLC and Summit Materials Finance Corp.:

     

8.500%, 4–15–22

    122       135  

6.125%, 7–15–23

    147       150  

WESCO Distribution, Inc. (GTD by WESCO International, Inc.),

     

5.375%, 6–15–24

    81       83  
   

 

 

 
      1,949  
   

 

 

 
 

Construction & Engineering – 0.1%

 

AECOM,

     

5.125%, 3–15–27 (F)

    840       842  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Support Services – 0.0%

 

Ahern Rentals, Inc.,

     

7.375%, 5–15–23 (F)

    133       114  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.,

     

5.375%, 1–15–25 (F)

    162       166  

United Rentals (North America), Inc. (GTD by United Rentals, Inc.),

     

5.875%, 9–15–26

    133       139  
   

 

 

 
      419  
   

 

 

 
 

Environmental & Facilities Services – 0.2%

 

GFL Environmental, Inc.:

     

7.875%, 4–1–20 (F)

    620       644  

9.875%, 2–1–21 (F)

    260       281  
   

 

 

 
      925  
   

 

 

 
 

Railroads – 0.1%

 

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp. and Florida East Coast Industries LLC,

     

6.750%, 5–1–19 (F)

    654       674  
   

 

 

 
 

Security & Alarm Services – 0.4%

 

Constellis Holdings LLC and Constellis Finance Corp.,

     

9.750%, 5–15–20 (F)

    431       461  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC,

     

9.250%, 5–15–23 (F)

    1,403       1,538  
   

 

 

 
      1,999  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.0%

 

HD Supply, Inc.,

     

5.750%, 4–15–24 (F)

  $ 202     $ 212  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Industrials – 1.8%

 

    9,918  

Information Technology

 

 

Application Software – 0.8%

 

Ensemble S Merger Sub, Inc.,

     

9.000%, 9–30–23 (F)

    134       141  

Infor (U.S.), Inc.,

     

5.750%, 5–15–22 (I)

  EUR 100       109  

JDA Escrow LLC and JDA Bond Finance, Inc.,

     

7.375%, 10–15–24 (F)

  $ 240       250  

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.,

     

9.000%, 8–15–23 (F)

    2,187       2,224  

OpenText Corp.,

     

5.875%, 6–1–26 (F)

    560       587  

Orbcomm, Inc.,

     

8.000%, 4–1–24

    555       555  

Riverbed Technolgy, Inc. and Project Homestake Merger Corp.,

     

8.875%, 3–1–23 (F)

    699       714  
   

 

 

 
      4,580  
   

 

 

 
 

Communications Equipment – 0.1%

 

West Corp.,

     

5.375%, 7–15–22 (F)

    739       726  
   

 

 

 
 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services – 0.6%

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp.:

 

6.375%, 4–1–20 (F)

    130       132  

5.875%, 11–1–21 (F)

    190       197  

5.375%, 8–1–22 (F)

    762       768  

Italics Merger Sub, Inc.,

 

7.125%, 7–15–23 (F)

    2,145       2,086  
   

 

 

 
      3,183  
   

 

 

 
 

Internet Software & Services – 0.0%

 

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.,

 

3.600%, 11–28–24

    200       201  
   

 

 

 
 

IT Consulting & Other Services – 0.2%

 

Cardtronics, Inc. and Cardtronics USA, Inc.,

     

5.500%, 5–1–25 (F)

    141       143  

CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corp. (GTD by CDW Corp.),

     

5.000%, 9–1–25

    78       79  

NCR Escrow Corp.:

 

5.875%, 12–15–21

    425       443  

6.375%, 12–15–23

    427       450  
   

 

 

 
      1,115  
   

 

 

 
 

Semiconductors – 0.3%

 

Micron Technology, Inc.:

 

5.875%, 2–15–22

    732       765  

7.500%, 9–15–23 (F)

    730       815  

5.500%, 2–1–25

    322       334  
   

 

 

 
      1,914  
   

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.2%

 

Western Digital Corp.:

 

7.375%, 4–1–23 (F)

  $ 370     $ 406  

10.500%, 4–1–24

    526       619  
   

 

 

 
      1,025  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Information Technology – 2.2%

 

    12,744  

Materials

 

 

Aluminum – 0.6%

 

Constellium N.V.:

 

8.000%, 1–15–23 (F)

    1,000       1,025  

5.750%, 5–15–24 (F)

    1,000       925  

6.625%, 3–1–25 (F)

    816       787  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.,

 

5.875%, 5–15–24

    127       132  

Novelis Corp. (GTD by Novelis, Inc.):

     

6.250%, 8–15–24 (F)

    160       168  

5.875%, 9–30–26 (F)

    118       120  
   

 

 

 
      3,157  
   

 

 

 
 

Construction Materials – 0.1%

 

Eagle Materials, Inc.,

 

4.500%, 8–1–26

    40       40  

Hillman Group, Inc. (The),

 

6.375%, 7–15–22 (F)

    720       687  
   

 

 

 
      727  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Chemicals – 0.3%

 

PSPC Escrow Corp.,

 

6.500%, 2–1–22 (F)

    280       291  

PSPC Escrow II Corp.,

 

10.375%, 5–1–21 (F)

    1,275       1,418  
   

 

 

 
      1,709  
   

 

 

 
 

Fertilizers & Agricultural Chemicals – 0.1%

 

Pinnacle Operating Corp.,

 

9.000%, 5–15–23 (F)

    336       335  
   

 

 

 
 

Metal & Glass Containers – 0.3%

 

ARD Finance S.A.,

 

7.125%, 9–15–23 (F)

    200       206  

BakerCorp International, Inc.,

 

8.250%, 6–1–19

    1,030       963  

Guala Closures S.p.A. (3-Month EURIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

4.445%, 11–15–21 (F)(G)(I)

  EUR 100       109  

HudBay Minerals, Inc.:

 

7.250%, 1–15–23 (F)

  $ 65       69  

7.625%, 1–15–25 (F)

    98       106  

Signode Industrial Group,

 

6.375%, 5–1–22 (F)

    625       641  
   

 

 

 
      2,094  
   

 

 

 
 

Paper Packaging – 0.2%

 

Coveris Holdings S.A.,

 

7.875%, 11–1–19 (F)

    300       296  

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc.,

 

6.875%, 1–15–25 (F)

    126       129  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Paper Packaging (Continued)

 

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Reynolds Group Issuer LLC and Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) S.A.,

     

5.125%, 7–15–23 (F)

  $ 704     $ 722  
   

 

 

 
      1,147  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialty Chemicals – 0.1%

 

Kraton Polymers LLC and Kraton Polymers Capital Corp.,

     

7.000%, 4–15–25 (F)

    200       203  

TPC Group, Inc.,

 

8.750%, 12–15–20 (F)

    166       151  

Valvoline Finco Two LLC,

 

5.500%, 7–15–24 (F)

    350       367  
   

 

 

 
      721  
   

 

 

 
 

Steel – 0.0%

 

CSN Islands XII Corp.,

 

7.000%, 9–23–49

    61       42  

CSN Resources S.A.,

 

6.500%, 7–21–20

    142       118  

U.S. Steel Corp.,

 

8.375%, 7–1–21 (F)

    46       51  
   

 

 

 
      211  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Materials – 1.7%

 

    10,101  

Real Estate

 

 

Diversified REITs – 0.0%

 

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.,

 

4.750%, 9–28–23

    200       196  

Fibra Uno Administracion S.A. de CV,

 

5.250%, 1–30–26 (F)

    200       201  
   

 

 

 
      397  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care REITs – 0.0%

 

MPT Operating Partnership L.P. and MPT Finance Corp. (GTD by Medical Properties Trust, Inc.),

     

5.250%, 8–1–26

    48       47  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial REITs – 0.1%

 

Aircastle Ltd.:

 

5.500%, 2–15–22

    487       523  

5.000%, 4–1–23

    257       270  
   

 

 

 
      793  
   

 

 

 
 

Office REITs – 0.1%

 

iStar Financial, Inc., Convertible:

 

5.000%, 7–1–19

    315       318  

6.500%, 7–1–21

    375       385  
   

 

 

 
      703  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate Development – 0.1%

 

Hub Holdings LLC and Hub Holdings Finance, Inc. (8.125% Cash or 8.875% PIK),

     

8.125%, 7–15–19 (F)(H)

    490       490  
 

 

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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Real Estate Development (Continued)

 

Keystone Financing plc,

 

9.500%, 10–15–19 (I)

  GBP 100     $ 132  
   

 

 

 
      622  
   

 

 

 
 

Retail REITs – 0.0%

 

Link Finance (Cayman) 2009 Ltd.,

 

2.875%, 7–21–26

  $ 200       190  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Real Estate – 0.3%

 

    2,752  

Telecommunication Services

 

 

Alternative Carriers – 0.4%

 

CommScope Technologies LLC (GTD by CommScope, Inc.),

     

5.000%, 3–15–27 (F)

    570       568  

Consolidated Communications Finance II Co.,

     

6.500%, 10–1–22

    372       357  

Level 3 Communications, Inc.,

     

5.750%, 12–1–22

    500       518  

Level 3 Escrow II, Inc.,

     

5.375%, 8–15–22

    491       508  

Zayo Group LLC and Zayo Capital, Inc.:

     

6.000%, 4–1–23

    63       67  

5.750%, 1–15–27 (F)

    295       311  
   

 

 

 
      2,329  
   

 

 

 
 

Integrated Telecommunication Services – 1.0%

 

Frontier Communications Corp.:

     

8.875%, 9–15–20

    497       524  

9.250%, 7–1–21

    172       174  

6.250%, 9–15–21

    500       465  

10.500%, 9–15–22

    1,225       1,239  

11.000%, 9–15–25

    423       410  

GCI, Inc.,

     

6.875%, 4–15–25

    390       409  

Sprint Corp.:

     

7.250%, 9–15–21

    923       997  

7.875%, 9–15–23

    602       667  

7.125%, 6–15–24

    500       534  
   

 

 

 
      5,419  
   

 

 

 
 

Wireless Telecommunication Service – 0.7%

 

Axiata SPV2 Berhad,

     

4.357%, 3–24–26

    200       208  

Bharti Airtel Ltd.,

     

4.375%, 6–10–25

    200       200  

Digicel Group Ltd.:

     

8.250%, 9–30–20 (F)

    1,078       925  

6.000%, 4–15–21 (F)

    364       331  

Sable International Finance Ltd.,

     

6.875%, 8–1–22 (F)

    410       435  

Sprint Nextel Corp.:

     

8.375%, 8–15–17

    199       203  

9.000%, 11–15–18 (F)

    133       145  

7.000%, 8–15–20

    227       244  

11.500%, 11–15–21

    108       136  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.:

     

6.464%, 4–28–19

    300       300  

6.731%, 4–28–22

    250       259  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Service (Continued)

 

6.000%, 4–15–24

  $ 204     $ 218  

6.500%, 1–15–26

    118       129  

Virgin Media Secured Finance plc,

     

5.500%, 8–15–26 (F)

    43       44  
   

 

 

 
      3,777  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Telecommunication Services – 2.1%

 

    11,525  

Utilities

     
 

Electric Utilities – 0.0%

 

Israel Electric Corp. Ltd.,

     

6.875%, 6–21–23 (F)

    200       232  
   

 

 

 
 

Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders – 0.2%

 

Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Convertible,

     

4.000%, 7–15–20

    1,113       1,103  
   

 

 

 

Renewable Electricity – 0.2%

 

Abengoa Yield plc,

     

7.000%, 11–15–19 (F)

    1,020       1,071  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Utilities – 0.4%

            2,406  
 

TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
SECURITIES – 23.1%

 

  $ 129,886  

(Cost: $126,550)

     
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES              

Other – 0.3%

 

Avant Loans Funding Trust, Series 2015-A, Class C,

     

7.750%, 8–16–21 (F)

    203       208  

MarketPlace Loan Trust, Series 2015-AV2, Class C,

     

7.500%, 10–15–21 (F)

    139       142  

PNMAC GMSR Issuer Trust, Series 2017-GT1 (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.732%, 2–25–50 (F)(G)

    1,500       1,502  
   

 

 

 
      1,852  
   

 

 

 
 

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities – 1.0%

 

Avant, Inc., Series 2016, Class B,

     

7.800%, 9–15–20 (F)

    600       622  

Great Wolf Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2015-WFMZ, Class M (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 698.8 bps),

     

7.758%, 5–15–32 (F)(G)

    360       369  

Madison Park Funding Ltd., Series 2012-10A, Class ER (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 762 bps),

     

8.650%, 1–20–29 (F)(G)

    825       835  
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Other Mortgage-Backed Securities (Continued)

 

Northwoods Capital XIV Ltd. and Northwoods Capital XIV LLC, Series 2014-14A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 395 bps),

     

4.852%, 11–12–25 (F)(G)

  $ 1,200     $ 1,197  

Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2016-BOCA, Class F (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

6.270%, 6–15–29 (F)(G)

    2,500       2,507  
   

 

 

 
      5,530  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES – 1.3%

 

  $ 7,382  

(Cost: $7,311)

     
 
OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (L)  

Columbia – 0.1%

 

Republic of Colombia,

     

4.375%, 7–12–21

    200       211  
   

 

 

 

Luxembourg – 0.0%

 

Amigo Luxembourg S.A.,

     

7.625%, 1–15–24 (F)(I)

  GBP 100       129  
   

 

 

 
 

Mexico – 0.0%

 

United Mexican States,

     

3.625%, 3–15–22

  $ 100       103  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES – 0.1%

          $ 443  

(Cost: $432)

     
 
LOANS (G)              

Consumer Discretionary

     
 

Advertising – 0.1%

 

Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 650 bps),

     

7.500%, 7–25–22

    400       387  
   

 

 

 
 

Apparel Retail – 0.2%

 

Badger Sportswear, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 9–23–22 (E)

    406       404  

Talbots, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 3–19–20

    542       484  

Talbots, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 850 bps),

     

9.500%, 3–19–21

    422       359  

True Religion Apparel, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 487.5 bps),

     

6.022%, 7–30–19

    470       99  
   

 

 

 
      1,346  
   

 

 

 
 

Apparel, Accessories & Luxury Goods – 0.0%

 

Oak Parent, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 10–26–23

    189       190  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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LOANS (G) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Automotive Retail – 0.2%

 

Caliber Collision Centers, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 2–1–24 (M)

  $ 285     $ 287  

Euro Garages (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

5.757%, 1–31–23 (I)

  GBP 480       602  

Tectum Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps):

     

5.802%, 8–10–23

  $ 234       237  

5.897%, 8–10–23

    64       65  
   

 

 

 
      1,191  
   

 

 

 
 

Broadcasting – 0.3%

 

   

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 600 bps),

     

7.000%, 11–1–23 (E)

    313       317  

CBS Radio, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.500%, 10–17–23

    316       318  

Entercom Communications Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps):

     

4.500%, 11–1–23

    18       18  

4.555%, 11–1–23

    219       220  

6.500%, 11–1–23

    2       2  

Learfield Communications, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.250%, 12–1–23 (E)

    349       352  

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.943%, 1–17–24

    258       260  
   

 

 

 
      1,487  
   

 

 

 
 

Cable & Satellite – 0.3%

 

   

Charter Communicatons, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 200 bps),

     

2.990%, 1–15–22

    228       228  

CSC Holdings LLC:

     

0.000%, 7–15–25 (M)

    69       69  

0.000%, 7–17–25 (M)

    216       215  

Eircom Finco S.a.r.l.,

     

0.000%, 3–10–24 (I)(M)

  EUR 250       266  

Eircom Finco S.a.r.l. (3-Month EURIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

4.000%, 5–31–22 (I)

    229       243  

Hargray Communications Corp.,

     

0.000%, 3–24–24 (M)

  $ 285       285  
   

 

 

 
      1,306  
   

 

 

 
 

Casinos & Gaming – 0.4%

 

   

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (The) (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 635 bps),

     

7.263%, 11–9–18

    1,400       1,411  

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.800%, 2–22–23

    134       135  

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps),

     

6.304%, 12–19–20 (E)

    295       298  

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.524%, 1–19–24

    280       281  
LOANS (G) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Casinos & Gaming (Continued)

 

   

PNK Entertainment, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.990%, 4–28–23

  $ 58     $ 59  

Scientific Games Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps):

     

4.846%, 10–1–21

    178       180  

4.943%, 10–1–21

    1       1  
   

 

 

 
      2,365  
   

 

 

 
 

Department Stores – 0.2%

 

   

Belk, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 12–10–22 (M)

    151       127  

Belk, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.760%, 12–10–22

    841       708  

J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

5.304%, 6–23–23

    237       235  
   

 

 

 
      1,070  
   

 

 

 
 

General Merchandise Stores – 0.4%

 

   

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.750%, 1–26–24

    1,220       1,191  

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 750 bps),

     

8.500%, 1–26–25

    956       931  
   

 

 

 
      2,122  
   

 

 

 
 

Home Furnishings – 0.2%

 

   

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.538%, 11–8–23

    240       241  

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 800 bps),

     

9.038%, 11–8–24

    691       693  
   

 

 

 
      934  
   

 

 

 
 

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines – 0.7%

 

   

Bre Diamond Mezz 1 LLC and Bre Diamond Lessee Mezz 1 LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 600 bps),

     

7.413%, 12–8–17

    1,883       1,903  

Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hopitality, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.482%, 8–30–23

    348       350  

Hotel del Coronado (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 600 bps),

     

6.913%, 12–9–17

    460       464  

Hudson Delano Senior Mezz LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 650 bps),

     

7.413%, 2–9–20

    1,700       1,707  

Travel Leaders Group LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps),

     

6.232%, 1–19–24

    340       344  
   

 

 

 
      4,768  
   

 

 

 
 

Housewares & Specialties – 0.2%

 

   

KIK Custom Products, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 11–19–21 (M)

    80       80  

KIK Custom Products, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.653%, 8–26–22

    444       450  
LOANS (G) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Housewares & Specialties (Continued)

 

   

KIK Custom Products, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.250%, 11–19–21

  $ 417     $ 417  
   

 

 

 
      947  
   

 

 

 
 

Leisure Facilities – 0.1%

 

   

Equinox Holdings, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 3–2–24 (M)

    285       287  

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 225 bps),

     

3.248%, 5–14–20

    237       236  
   

 

 

 
      523  
   

 

 

 
 

Movies & Entertainment – 0.0%

 

   

Formula One Holdings Ltd. and Delta Two S.a.r.l. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.568%, 7–30–21

    143       143  
   

 

 

 
 

Publishing – 0.2%

 

Bureau Van Dijk Electronic Publishing B.V. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.843%, 9–23–21 (I)

  GBP 551       693  

Thomson Reuters Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.750%, 10–3–23

  $ 398       398  
   

 

 

 
      1,091  
   

 

 

 
 

Restaurants – 0.1%

 

NPC International, Inc.:

     

0.000%, 3–30–24 (M)

    141       142  

0.000%, 3–30–25 (E)(M)

    443       446  
   

 

 

 
      588  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized Consumer Services – 0.2%

 

Asurion LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.232%, 7–8–20

    252       253  

Asurion LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 750 bps),

     

8.500%, 3–3–21

    240       243  

Mister Car Wash Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps):

     

5.250%, 8–21–21

    398       401  

5.270%, 8–21–21

    80       80  
   

 

 

 
      977  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialty Stores – 0.2%

 

Academy Sports + Outdoors,

     

0.000%, 7–2–22 (M)

    5       4  

Academy Sports + Outdoors (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps):

     

5.000%, 7–2–22

       

5.039%, 7–2–22

    14       10  

5.102%, 7–2–22

    14       10  

Academy Sports + Outdoors (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

5.000%, 7–2–22

    6       4  

GNC Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.490%, 3–4–19

    239       204  

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.256%, 10–21–23

    351       345  
 

 

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LOANS (G) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Specialty Stores (Continued)

 

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.774%, 8–16–23

  $ 299     $ 299  

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 1–26–23 (M)

    11       10  

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.287%, 1–26–23

    243       228  
   

 

 

 
      1,114  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Discretionary – 4.0%

 

    22,549  

Consumer Staples

     
 

Distillers & Vintners – 0.1%

 

Constellation Brands, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.887%, 12–16–23

    349       352  
   

 

 

 

Food Distributors – 0.1%

 

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 575 bps),

     

6.750%, 6–22–22

    380       383  

Dole Food Co., Inc.,

     

0.000%, 3–24–24 (M)

    285       287  
   

 

 

 
      670  
   

 

 

 
 

Hypermarkets & Super Centers – 0.0%

 

Albertsons Cos. LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.302%, 6–23–23

    179       180  
   

 

 

 
 

Packaged Foods & Meats – 0.1%

 

Shearer’s Foods LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 675 bps),

     

7.897%, 6–30–22 (E)

    500       485  
   

 

 

 
 

Personal Products – 0.1%

 

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.482%, 9–7–23

    478       477  
   

 

 

 
 

Soft Drinks – 0.1%

 

V Group, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 3–9–24 (M)

    285       285  
   

 

 

 
 

Tobacco – 0.0%

 

Prestige Brands, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.732%, 1–26–24

    276       278  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Staples – 0.5%

 

    2,727  

Energy

     
 

Coal & Consumable Fuels – 0.4%

 

Foresight Energy LLC,

     

0.000%, 3–16–22 (M)

    1,299       1,262  

Peabody Energy Corp.,

     

0.000%, 9–24–18 (M)

    570       578  

Westmoreland Coal Co. (ICE LIBOR plus 650 bps),

     

7.647%, 12–16–20 (E)

    995       918  
   

 

 

 
      2,758  
   

 

 

 
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Oil & Gas Drilling – 0.1%

 

KCA Deutag Alpha Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps),

     

6.307%, 5–16–20

  $ 367     $ 349  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production – 0.2%

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 750 bps),

     

8.553%, 8–23–21

    1,153       1,227  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Energy – 0.7%

 

    4,334  

Financials

 

 

Asset Management & Custody Banks – 0.0%

 

CRCI Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

6.647%, 8–31–23

    253       253  
   

 

 

 

Insurance Brokers – 0.1%

 

NFP Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.647%, 1–8–24

    444       448  
   

 

 

 
 

Multi-Line Insurance – 0.0%

 

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.387%, 8–14–22

    248       249  
   

 

 

 
 

Multi-Sector Holdings – 0.1%

 

TKC Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.750%, 2–1–23

    285       288  
   

 

 

 
 

Other Diversified Financial Services – 0.3%

 

Brightwood Capital Advisors LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 495 bps),

     

5.640%, 4–29–23

    470       482  

Dubai World Group (2.000% Cash or 3.750% PIK):

     

0.000%, 9–30–22 (H)(M)

    110       96  

2.000%, 9–30–22 (H)

    168       147  

Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.606%, 4–30–21 (E)

    748       751  
   

 

 

 
      1,476  
   

 

 

 
 

Property & Casualty Insurance – 0.1%

 

AmWINS Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.750%, 1–25–24

    284       284  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized Finance – 0.4%

 

AqGen Island Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.024%, 12–3–22

    193       194  

ASP Henry Merger Sub, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 9–30–23

    349       354  

Bre RC Mezz 1 LLC and Bre RC Exeter Mezz 1 LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 700 bps),

     

7.913%, 5–24–18

    858       862  

Edelman Financial Center LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

6.515%, 12–16–22

    217       218  
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Specialized Finance (Continued)

 

Helix Gen Funding LLC,

     

0.000%, 3–10–24 (M)

  $ 285     $ 289  

TransUnion (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.482%, 4–9–21

    119       119  

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps):

     

5.000%, 11–30–23

    114       115  

5.039%, 11–30–23

    394       397  

Ziggo Secured Finance B.V. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.412%, 4–25–25

    285       285  
   

 

 

 
      2,833  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Financials – 1.0%

 

    5,831  

Health Care

     
 

Biotechnology – 0.1%

 

Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 3–10–24 (M)

    12       12  

Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.000%, 3–9–24

    273       275  
   

 

 

 
      287  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care Equipment – 0.2%

 

eResearch Technology, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.035%, 5–3–23

    611       617  

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 6–30–22 (E)(M)

    285       285  

Patterson Medical Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.750%, 8–28–22

    250       252  
   

 

 

 
      1,154  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care Facilities – 0.1%

 

Select Medical Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.500%, 3–6–24

    280       283  

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.750%, 2–6–24

    192       190  
   

 

 

 
      473  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care Services – 0.4%

 

ExamWorks Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.232%, 7–27–23

    249       250  

Genoa LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.897%, 10–28–23

    249       250  

SavaSeniorCare LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 730 bps),

     

8.213%, 10–11–18

    1,500       1,503  

Schumacher Group (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.000%, 7–31–22

    207       207  
   

 

 

 
      2,210  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Health Care Technology – 0.2%

 

BioClinica Holding I L.P. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

5.250%, 10–20–23

  $ 349     $ 352  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC,

     

0.000%, 3–1–24 (M)

    392       394  

QuintilesIMS, Inc. (3-Month EURIBOR plus 200 bps),

     

2.750%, 3–6–24 (I)

  EUR  249       266  
   

 

 

 
      1,012  
   

 

 

 
 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.3%

 

Ceva Sante Animale (3-Month EURIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.750%, 6–30–21 (I)

    270       290  

Ethypharm,

     

0.000%, 7–21–23 (I)(M)

  GBP 500       630  

Ethypharm (3-Month EURIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

5.000%, 7–1–23 (I)

  EUR 229       245  

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps):

     

4.250%, 8–18–22

  $ 117       117  

4.397%, 8–18–22

    132       132  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 4–1–22 (M)

    6       6  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.570%, 4–1–22

    303       304  
   

 

 

 
      1,724  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Health Care – 1.3%

 

    6,860  

Industrials

     
 

Aerospace & Defense – 0.2%

 

CPI International, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 4–7–21 (M)

    285       286  

Engility Holdings, Inc. and Engility Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.232%, 8–12–20

    88       89  

Engility Holdings, Inc. and Engility Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

4.750%, 8–12–23

    183       184  

Engility Holdings, Inc. and Engility Corp. (Prime rate plus 275 bps),

     

6.750%, 8–12–23

    2       2  

Tronair, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.856%, 9–8–23 (E)

    348       344  

Tronair, Inc. (Prime rate plus 375 bps),

     

8.500%, 9–8–23 (E)

    1       1  
   

 

 

 
      906  
   

 

 

 
 

Airlines – 0.0%

 

Air Canada (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.755%, 10–6–23

    230       231  
   

 

 

 
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Building Products – 0.2%

 

C.H.I. Overhead Doors, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.250%, 7–31–22

  $ 547     $ 547  

IPS Structural Adhesives Holdings, Inc. and IPS Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps),

     

6.250%, 12–20–23 (E)

    301       302  
   

 

 

 
      849  
   

 

 

 
 

Construction & Engineering – 0.1%

 

K&G Engineering, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.750%, 10–20–23 (E)

    374       375  

Pike Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.750%, 3–10–24

    215       217  
   

 

 

 
      592  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Support Services – 0.3%

 

American Residential Services LLC,

     

0.000%, 6–30–21 (E)(M)

    427       426  

GCA Services Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps):

     

5.774%, 3–1–23

    62       62  

6.009%, 3–1–23

    56       56  

6.040%, 3–1–23

    49       49  

6.068%, 3–1–23

    59       59  

IMG Worldwide, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps):

     

4.250%, 5–6–21

    1       1  

4.290%, 5–6–21

    279       280  

Solera LLC and Solera Finance, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

4.250%, 3–3–23

    507       510  
   

 

 

 
      1,443  
   

 

 

 
 

Electrical Components & Equipment – 0.2%

 

Power Products LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.530%, 3–10–23

    570       574  

SLV Holding GmbH (3-Month EURIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.250%, 12–16–23 (I)

  EUR 600       643  
   

 

 

 
      1,217  
   

 

 

 
 

Environmental & Facilities Services – 0.1%

 

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.943%, 10–17–23

  $ 349       351  

United Site Services, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 8–11–23 (M)

    24       24  

United Site Services, Inc. (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

7.500%, 8–11–23

    1       1  

United Site Services, Inc. (4-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

7.500%, 8–11–23

       

United Site Services, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 8–11–23

    424       425  
   

 

 

 
      801  
   

 

 

 
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Human Resource & Employment Services – 0.2%

 

Cast & Crew Payroll LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

4.650%, 8–3–22

  $ 368     $ 368  

Oasis Outsourcing Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps),

     

5.750%, 12–24–21 (E)

    496       497  
   

 

 

 
      865  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.2%

 

Crosby Worldwide Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

4.052%, 11–22–20

    178       163  

PAE Holding Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

6.500%, 10–20–22

    782       789  

PAE Holding Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 950 bps),

     

10.500%, 10–20–23

    68       68  
   

 

 

 
      1,020  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial Machinery – 0.1%

 

Dynacast International LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 850 bps),

     

9.500%, 1–30–23 (E)

    554       553  

Morsco, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 700 bps),

     

8.000%, 10–31–23

    99       100  
   

 

 

 
      653  
   

 

 

 
 

Marine Ports & Services – 0.0%

 

Carrix, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 350 bps),

     

5.500%, 1–7–19

    205       201  
   

 

 

 
 

Research & Consulting Services – 0.1%

 

Information Resources, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

5.250%, 1–18–23

    285       288  
   

 

 

 
 

Security & Alarm Services – 0.1%

 

U.S. Security Associates Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.024%, 7–14–23

    249       252  

Verisure Holding AB (3-Month EURIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

3.750%, 12–5–23 (I)

  EUR 240       258  
   

 

 

 
      510  
   

 

 

 
 

Trading Companies & Distributors – 0.1%

 

Arctic Glacier USA, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

5.250%, 3–13–24

  $ 285       288  

Cole-Palmer Instrument Co. LLC,

     

0.000%, 3–21–24 (M)

    29       30  

TMK Hawk Parent Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.000%, 10–1–21

    278       280  
   

 

 

 
      598  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Industrials – 1.9%

 

    10,174  
 

 

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Information Technology

     
 

Application Software – 0.9%

 

Applied Systems, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 650 bps),

     

7.647%, 1–23–22

  $ 841     $ 846  

Aptean Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.000%, 12–19–22

    280       284  

CCC Information Services, Inc.:

     

0.000%, 3–31–24 (E)(M)

    285       286  

0.000%, 3–31–25 (E)(M)

    285       288  

Infor, Inc. and Infor (U.S.), Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.897%, 2–2–22

    166       165  

Ministry Brands LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.000%, 9–30–22

    376       371  

Ministry Brands LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.000%, 12–30–17

    103       103  

Misys plc and Magic Newco LLC,

     

12.000%, 6–12–19 (E)

    2,375       2,488  

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

4.082%, 1–19–24

    280       278  

TIBCO Software, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 12–4–20

    495       500  

Vertafore, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.250%, 6–17–23

    231       232  
   

 

 

 
      5,841  
   

 

 

 
 

Communications Equipment – 0.0%

 

Ciena Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.478%, 1–30–22 (E)

    194       195  
   

 

 

 
 

Data Processing & Outsourced Services – 0.2%

 

Colorado Buyer, Inc.:

     

0.000%, 3–15–24 (M)

    285       287  

0.000%, 3–15–25 (M)

    160       161  

First Data Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.984%, 3–24–21

    115       116  

FirstLight Fiber (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.320%, 9–7–21 (E)

    200       200  

Survey Sampling International (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.000%, 12–16–20

    204       204  
   

 

 

 
      968  
   

 

 

 
 

Electronic Equipment & Instruments – 0.0%

 

Global Tel Link Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 775 bps),

     

9.000%, 11–20–20

    120       119  
   

 

 

 
 

Internet Software & Services – 0.2%

 

Ancestry.com LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 825 bps),

     

9.270%, 10–19–24

    204       209  
LOANS (G) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Internet Software & Services (Continued)

 

FirstLight Fiber (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.320%, 8–29–21 (E)

  $ 450     $ 450  

TravelCLICK, Inc. & TCH-2 Holdings LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 5–12–21 (E)

    499       504  
   

 

 

 
      1,163  
   

 

 

 
 

IT Consulting & Other Services – 0.1%

 

LANDesk Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

5.250%, 1–19–24

    303       304  

Triple Point Group Holdings, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 7–13–20 (M)

    285       265  
   

 

 

 
      569  
   

 

 

 
 

Semiconductors – 0.0%

     

Micron Technology, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.740%, 4–26–22

    238       239  
   

 

 

 
 

Systems Software – 0.1%

 

Optiv, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.250%, 2–1–24

    220       221  

Optiv, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 725 bps),

     

8.250%, 2–1–25

    74       75  
   

 

 

 
      296  
   

 

 

 
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.2%

 

Dell, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 225 bps),

     

3.240%, 9–7–21

    494       493  

SnapAv LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps),

     

6.156%, 12–21–22 (E)

    283       280  

Vision Solutions, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 650 bps):

     

7.500%, 6–16–22

    4       4  

7.637%, 6–16–22

    564       563  
   

 

 

 
      1,340  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Information Technology – 1.7%

 

    10,730  

Materials

     
 

Commodity Chemicals – 0.2%

 

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.000%, 11–18–23

    100       101  

ILPEA Parent, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

6.500%, 3–2–23 (E)

    536       534  

Niacet Corp. (EURIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.500%, 2–1–24 (I)

  EUR 98       105  

Niacet Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

5.647%, 2–1–24 (E)

  $ 179       178  
   

 

 

 
      918  
   

 

 

 
 

Construction Materials – 0.1%

     

Associated Asphalt Partners LLC,

     

0.000%, 3–30–24 (M)

    285       286  
   

 

 

 
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Metal & Glass Containers – 0.0%

 

Anchor Glass Container Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.250%, 12–7–23

  $ 21     $ 21  

BWAY Corp.,

     

0.000%, 3–23–24 (M)

    158       158  
   

 

 

 
      179  
   

 

 

 
 

Paper Packaging – 0.3%

     

Caraustar Industries, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps),

     

6.647%, 3–9–22

    285       287  

Flex Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.250%, 12–29–23

    280       281  

FPC Holdings, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 5–27–20 (M)

    1,140       1,003  

Reynolds Group Holdings Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

3.982%, 2–5–23

    307       308  
   

 

 

 
      1,879  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialty Chemicals – 0.2%

     

Ferro Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.536%, 2–14–24

    285       286  

Styrolution Group GmbH (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps),

     

4.750%, 9–30–21

    399       400  

Versum Materials, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.647%, 9–30–23

    269       271  
   

 

 

 
      957  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Materials – 0.8%

            4,219  

Real Estate

     
 

Diversified Real Estate Activities – 0.1%

 

Capital Automotive L.P. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps),

     

4.000%, 3–24–24 (E)

    285       288  
   

 

 

 
 

Hotel & Resort REITs – 0.1%

 

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps),

     

4.507%, 2–9–24 (I)

  GBP 600       760  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial REITs – 0.2%

 

Avolon Holdings Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps),

     

3.728%, 1–20–22

  $ 299       303  

Terra Millennium Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 625 bps),

     

7.250%, 10–31–22 (E)

    557       554  
   

 

 

 
      857  
   

 

 

 
 

Office REITs – 0.1%

     

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 800 bps),

     

8.913%, 2–9–18

    111       113  

iStar Financial, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps),

     

4.750%, 7–1–20

    249       251  
   

 

 

 
      364  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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Real Estate Operating Companies – 0.3%

 

Workspace Property Trust (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 675 bps),

     

7.663%, 10–9–18

  $ 1,500     $ 1,506  
   

 

 

 
 

Retail REITs – 0.2%

 

Inland Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 650 bps),

     

7.285%, 4–1–19

    1,356       1,369  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized REITs – 0.0%

 

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.360%, 6–10–18

    206       207  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Real Estate – 1.0%

 

    5,351  

Telecommunication Services

     
 

Alternative Carriers – 0.1%

 

Level 3 Financing, Inc.,

     

0.000%, 2–22–24 (M)

    280       280  

Lightower Fiber Networks (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps),

     

4.397%, 4–13–20

    222       223  

Zayo Group LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 200 bps),

     

3.500%, 1–19–21

    280       281  
   

 

 

 
      784  
   

 

 

 
 

Integrated Telecommunication Services – 0.2%

 

GTT Communications, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps),

     

5.000%, 1–9–24

    279       283  

Sprint Communications, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps),

     

3.500%, 2–2–24

    570       569  
   

 

 

 
      852  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

 

    1,636  
LOANS (G) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Utilities

 

 

Electric Utilities – 0.3%

 

Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC,

     

0.000%, 3–29–18 (M)

  $ 1,125     $ 1,097  

Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 625 bps),

     

7.250%, 3–29–18

    875       853  
   

 

 

 
      1,950  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Utilities – 0.3%

            1,950  
 

TOTAL LOANS – 13.5%

          $ 76,361  

(Cost: $75,874)

     
 
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES              

Commercial Paper (N) – 9.5%

 

Bemis Co., Inc.,

     

1.130%, 4–10–17

    3,000       2,999  

BorgWarner, Inc.:

     

1.140%, 4–4–17

    5,000       4,999  

1.100%, 4–13–17

    3,000       2,999  

Ecolab, Inc.:

     

1.151%, 4–4–17

    3,000       3,000  

1.140%, 4–11–17

    1,600       1,599  

Kroger Co. (The),

     

1.150%, 4–3–17

    6,010       6,009  

Medtronic Global Holdings SCA,

     

1.100%, 4–10–17

    5,000       4,998  

Mondelez International, Inc.,

     

1.100%, 4–7–17

    3,000       2,999  

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.,

     

1.220%, 4–27–17

    4,000       3,996  

Northern Illinois Gas Co.,

     

1.090%, 4–6–17

    4,000       3,999  

River Fuel Co. #2, Inc. (GTD by Bank of Nova Scotia),

     

0.940%, 4–28–17

    7,000       6,996  
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Commercial Paper (N) (Continued)

 

Sysco Corp.,

     

1.090%, 4–3–17

  $ 8,798     $ 8,798  
   

 

 

 
      53,391  
   

 

 

 
 

Master Note – 2.0%

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 15 bps),

     

1.190%, 4–5–17 (O)

    10,903       10,903  
   

 

 

 
 

Municipal Obligations – 0.5%

 

CA GO Bonds, Ser 2004B6 (GTD by U.S. Bank N.A.) (BVAL plus 7 bps),

     

0.860%, 4–7–17 (O)

    3,000       3,000  
   

 

 

 
 

United States Government Agency Obligations – 1.0%

 

Overseas Private Investment Corp. (GTD by U.S. Government) (3-Month U.S. TB Rate),

     

0.870%, 4–7–17 (O)

    5,850       5,850  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 13.0%

 

  $ 73,144  

(Cost: $73,146)

     
 

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 101.6%

 

  $ 572,384  

(Cost: $551,923)

     
 

LIABILITIES, NET OF CASH AND OTHER ASSETS – (1.6)%

            (8,752
 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

          $ 563,632  
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(A) Listed on an exchange outside the United States.

 

(B) No dividends were paid during the preceding 12 months.

 

(C) All or a portion of securities with an aggregate value of $146 are held in collateralized accounts for OTC derivatives collateral and is governed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements.

 

(D) Restricted security. At March 31, 2017, the Fund owned the following restricted security:

 

Security      Acquisition Date(s)        Shares        Cost        Market Value         

Pinnacle Agriculture Enterprises LLC

       3–10–17          233        $ 106        $ 106    
              

 

 

 

 

     The total value of this security represented 0.0% of net assets at March 31, 2017.

 

(E) Securities whose value was determined using significant unobservable inputs.

 

(F) 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, 2017 the total value of these securities amounted to $102,575 or 18.2% of net assets.

 

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(G) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

 

(H) Payment-in-kind bond which may pay interest in additional par and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

 

(I) Principal amounts are denominated in the indicated foreign currency, where applicable (EUR - Euro and GBP - British Pound).

 

(J) Step bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher or lower coupon rate for the following periods. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017.

 

(K) Zero coupon bond.

 

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

 

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

 

(N) Rate shown is the yield to maturity at March 31, 2017.

 

(O) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Date shown represents the date that the variable rate resets. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

The following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
British Pound     14,430     U.S. Dollar     17,870     4–21–17   Citibank N.A.   $     $ 217    
Euro     23,502     U.S. Dollar     25,310     4–21–17   Citibank N.A.     219          
Japanese Yen     363,735     U.S. Dollar     3,230     4–21–17   Citibank N.A.           39    
British Pound     2,250     U.S. Dollar     2,816     6–30–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC           9    
Euro     3,320     U.S. Dollar     3,602     6–30–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC     45          
Canadian Dollar     300     U.S. Dollar     225     4–21–17   Morgan Stanley International           1    
Euro     717     U.S. Dollar     774     4–21–17   Morgan Stanley International     9          
           

 

 

 
            $ 273     $ 266    
           

 

 

 

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017. See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurement.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

       

Investments in Securities

       

Common Stocks

  $ 278,632      $      $  

Preferred Stocks

                  106  

Asset-Backed Securities

           6,430         

Corporate Debt Securities

           129,886         

Mortgage-Backed Securities

           7,382         

Other Government Securities

           443         

Loans

           63,362        12,999  

Short-Term Securities

           73,144         

Total

  $ 278,632      $ 280,647      $ 13,105  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 273      $  

Liabilities

       

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 266      $  

 

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The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

 

     Preferred Stocks        Loans  

Beginning Balance 10–1–16

  $        $ 5,001  

Net realized gain (loss)

             3  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

           104  

Purchases

    106          9,358  

Sales

             (1,365

Amortization/Accretion of premium/discount

             (8

Transfers into Level 3 during the period

             1,926  

Transfers out of Level 3 during the period

             (2,020
 

 

 

 

Ending Balance 3–31–17

  $ 106        $ 12,999  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for all Level 3 investments still held as of 3–31–17

  $      $ 113  
 

 

 

 

Transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 occurred primarily due to the lack of observable market data due to decreased market activity or information for these securities. Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 occurred primarily due to the increased availability of observable market data due to increased market activity or information. As shown above, transfers in and out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period. During the period ended March 31, 2017, there were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2.

Information about Level 3 fair value measurements:

 

      Fair Value at
3–31–17
     Valuation Technique(s)    Unobservable Input(s)

Assets

        

Preferred Stocks

   $ 106      Broker quotes    Broker quotes

Loans

     12,999      Third-party vendor service    Broker quotes

The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

ADR = American Depositary Receipts

BVAL = Bloomberg Valuation Municipal AAA Benchmark

CLO = Collateralized Loan Obligation

EURIBOR = Euro Interbank Offered Rate

GTD = Guaranteed

ICE = IntercontinentalExchange

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

PIK = Payment in kind

REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust

TB = Treasury Bill

 

Country Diversification  

(as a % of net assets)

 

United States

     52.1%  

United Kingdom

     9.1%  

France

     5.7%  

Netherlands

     3.3%  

Canada

     3.1%  

Japan

     2.6%  

Luxembourg

     1.7%  
Country Diversification (Continued)  

Hong Kong

     1.4%  

Germany

     1.3%  

Spain

     1.1%  

Italy

     1.0%  

Other Countries

     6.2%  

Other+

     11.4%  

 

+ Includes cash and other assets (net of liabilities), and cash equivalents
 

 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALL DATA IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

Asset Allocation

 

Stocks

     1.6%  

Financials

     1.5%  

Consumer Discretionary

     0.1%  

Consumer Staples

     0.0%  

Bonds

     85.8%  

Corporate Debt Securities

     56.0%  

Loans

     15.7%  

United States Government and Government Agency Obligations

     9.3%  

Other Government Securities

     2.6%  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

     1.3%  

Asset-Backed Securities

     0.9%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and
Cash Equivalents+

     12.6%  

Quality Weightings

 

Investment Grade

     30.3%  

AAA

     0.2%  

AA

     9.9%  

A

     6.6%  

BBB

     13.6%  

Non-Investment Grade

     55.5%  

BB

     12.9%  

B

     26.7%  

CCC

     10.1%  

Below CCC

     0.1%  

Non-rated

     6.0%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), Cash Equivalents+ and Equities

     14.2%  

Our preference is to always use ratings obtained from Standard & Poor’s. For securities not rated by Standard & Poor’s, ratings are obtained from Moody’s. We do not evaluate these ratings, but simply assign them to the appropriate credit quality category as determined by the rating agency.

Country Weightings

 

North America

     64.2%  

United States

     58.9%  

Other North America

     5.3%  

Europe

     12.0%  

Luxembourg

     3.7%  

Other Europe

     8.3%  

South America

     3.9%  

Pacific Basin

     3.3%  

Bahamas/Caribbean

     2.3%  

Other

     1.4%  

Middle East

     0.3%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and
Cash Equivalents+

     12.6%  

Lipper Rankings

 

Category: Lipper Multi-Sector
Income Funds
   Rank      Percentile  

1 Year

   161/326        50  

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Rankings are for Class A shares and are based on average annual total returns, but do not consider sales charges. Rankings for other share classes may vary.

 

 

+ Cash equivalents are defined as highly liquid securities with maturities of less than three months. Cash equivalents may include U.S. Government Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, corporate commercial paper and other money market instruments.

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

COMMON STOCKS   Shares     Value  

Netherlands

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.1%

 

   

Altice N.V., Class A (A)

    11     $ 241  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Netherlands – 0.1%

            241  

United States

     
 

Financials – 1.5%

     

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

    78       6,807  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United States – 1.5%

            6,807  
 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS – 1.6%

 

  $ 7,048  

(Cost: $6,782)

     
 
PREFERRED STOCKS              

United States

     
 

Consumer Staples – 0.0%

     

Pinnacle Agriculture Enterprises LLC (A)(B)(C)

    389       177  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United States – 0.0%

            177  
 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.0%

 

  $ 177  

(Cost: $177)

     
 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES   Principal         

United States – 0.9%

     

Adams Mill CLO Ltd., Series 2014-1A, Class D1 (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.523%, 7–15–26 (D)(E)

  $ 400       394  

Anchorage Credit Funding Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class D

     

7.300%, 1–25–31 (D)

    400       398  

Guggenheim 1828 CLO LLC, Series 2016-1A (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 700 bps)

     

7.679%, 4–15–28 (D)(E)

    400       402  

Marathon CLO Ltd. and Marathon CLO LLC, Series 2015-8A, Class C (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 405 bps)

     

5.074%, 7–18–27 (D)(E)

    400       391  

NRZ Excess Spread Collateralized Notes, Series 2016-PLS2

     

5.683%, 7–25–21 (D)

    529       529  

NZCG Funding Ltd., Series 2015-2A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 630 bps)

     

7.337%, 4–27–27 (D)(E)

    530       528  

OZLM Ltd., Series 2015–12A (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 370 bps)

     

4.739%, 4–30–27 (D)(E)

    400       399  

Seven Sticks CLO Ltd., Series 2016-1A (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 760 bps)

     

8.454%, 7–15–28 (D)(E)

    400       402  
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

United States (Continued)

     

Sound Point CLO Ltd., Series 2016-2A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

5.280%, 10–20–28 (D)(E)

  $ 100     $ 100  

TIAA Churchill Middle Market CLO I Ltd., Series 2016-1A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 540 bps)

     

6.201%, 10–20–28 (D)(E)

    250       249  
   

 

 

 
      3,792  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES – 0.9%

 

  $ 3,792  

(Cost: $3,715)

     
 
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES              

Argentina

     
 

Energy – 0.3%

     

YPF Sociedad Anonima (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 750 bps)

     

8.539%, 8–15–18 (E)

    1,412       1,465  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.3%

     

Alto Parana S.A.

     

6.375%, 6–9–17 (D)

    1,260       1,266  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Argentina – 0.6%

            2,731  

Australia

     
 

Financials – 0.2%

     

Westpac Banking Corp.

     

4.625%, 6–1–18

    660       681  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Australia – 0.2%

            681  

Austria

     
 

Consumer Staples – 0.1%

     

JBS Investments GmbH (GTD by JBS S.A. and JBS Hungary Holdings Kft.)

     

7.750%, 10–28–20 (D)

    600       629  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.5%

     

Bahia Sul Holdings GmbH

     

5.750%, 7–14–26 (D)

    2,000       2,037  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Austria – 0.6%

            2,666  

Bahrain

     
 

Financials – 0.2%

     

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     

3.000%, 3–6–18

    750       756  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Bahrain – 0.2%

            756  

Barbados

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.0%

 

   

Columbus International, Inc.

     

7.375%, 3–30–21 (D)

    200       214  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Barbados – 0.0%

            214  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Bermuda

     
 

Financials – 0.0%

     

Ooredoo International Finance Ltd.

     

3.750%, 6–22–26 (D)

  $ 200     $ 199  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Bermuda – 0.0%

            199  

Brazil

     
 

Consumer Staples – 0.2%

     

BRF – Brasil Foods S.A.

     

3.950%, 5–22–23 (D)

    1,000       939  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.0%

     

Cielo S.A. and Cielo USA, Inc.

     

3.750%, 11–16–22 (D)

    200       193  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.5%

     

CSN Islands XII Corp.

     

7.000%, 9–23–49

    52       36  

CSN Resources S.A.

     

6.500%, 7–21–20

    120       100  

Suzano Trading Ltd.

     

5.875%, 1–23–21 (D)

    1,000       1,065  

Vale Overseas Ltd.:

     

4.625%, 9–15–20

    700       726  

6.250%, 8–10–26

    125       136  
   

 

 

 
      2,063  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Brazil – 0.7%

            3,195  

British Virgin Islands

     
 

Financials – 0.1%

     

King Power Capital Ltd.

     

5.625%, 11–3–24

    225       249  
   

 

 

 
 

Total British Virgin Islands – 0.1%

 

    249  

Canada

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.1%

 

   

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd.

     

8.250%, 3–1–24 (D)

    422       427  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 0.6%

     

EnCana Corp.

     

6.500%, 8–15–34

    197       221  

Seven Generations Energy Ltd.:

     

8.250%, 5–15–20 (D)

    637       665  

6.750%, 5–1–23 (D)

    590       617  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

     

3.800%, 10–1–20

    1,000       1,047  

Trinidad Drilling Ltd.

     

6.625%, 2–15–25 (D)

    10       10  
   

 

 

 
      2,560  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.3%

 

Bank of Montreal

     

1.800%, 7–31–18

    500       501  

Royal Bank of Canada

     

2.500%, 1–19–21

    750       755  
   

 

 

 
      1,256  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Health Care – 0.3%

     

Concordia Healthcare Corp.:

     

9.500%, 10–21–22 (D)

  $ 2,169     $ 477  

7.000%, 4–15–23 (D)

    135       26  

VPII Escrow Corp.

     

7.500%, 7–15–21 (D)

    768       674  

VRX Escrow Corp.

     

5.375%, 3–15–20 (D)

    350       313  
   

 

 

 
      1,490  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 0.3%

     

GFL Environmental, Inc.:

     

7.875%, 4–1–20 (D)

    800       830  

9.875%, 2–1–21 (D)

    290       314  

Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.

     

5.375%, 1–15–25 (D)

    171       175  
   

 

 

 
      1,319  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 0.7%

 

   

Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc.

     

9.000%, 8–15–23 (D)

    2,244       2,283  

OpenText Corp.

     

5.875%, 6–1–26 (D)

    440       461  
   

 

 

 
      2,744  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.0%

     

HudBay Minerals, Inc.:

     

7.250%, 1–15–23 (D)

    68       72  

7.625%, 1–15–25 (D)

    102       111  
   

 

 

 
      183  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Canada – 2.3%

 

    9,979  

Cayman Islands

     
 

Energy – 0.0%

     

Noble Holding International Ltd.

     

7.750%, 1–15–24

    172       165  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.3%

     

Banco do Brasil S.A.

     

6.000%, 1–22–20 (D)

    1,000       1,063  

Preferred Term Securities XXIV Ltd., Series A-2 (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 38 bps)

     

1.511%, 3–22–37 (D)(E)

    296       188  

Preferred Term Securities XXV Ltd., Series A-2 (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 35 bps)

     

1.481%, 6–22–37 (D)(E)

    148       92  
   

 

 

 
      1,343  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 0.3%

     

Guanay Finance Ltd.

     

6.000%, 12–15–20

    1,399       1,436  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.2%

     

Fibria Overseas Finance Ltd.

     

5.250%, 5–12–24

    800       826  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.0%

     

Link Finance (Cayman) 2009 Ltd.

     

2.875%, 7–21–26

    200       190  
   

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Telecommunication Services – 1.2%

 

   

CK Hutchison International (16) Ltd.

     

1.875%, 10–3–21 (D)

  $ 2,000     $ 1,927  

Hutchison Whampoa International (12) (II) Ltd.

     

2.000%, 11–8–17 (D)

    500       500  

Sable International Finance Ltd.

     

6.875%, 8–1–22 (D)

    2,120       2,242  
   

 

 

 
      4,669  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Cayman Islands – 2.0%

 

    8,629  

Chile

     
 

Materials – 0.4%

     

Inversiones CMPC S.A. (GTD by Empresas CMPC S.A.):

     

4.750%, 1–19–18 (D)

    1,000       1,012  

4.750%, 1–19–18

    600       608  
   

 

 

 
      1,620  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Chile – 0.4%

 

    1,620  

China

     
 

Financials – 0.0%

     

China Construction Bank Corp.

     

3.875%, 5–13–25

    200       203  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 0.5%

 

   

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.:

     

1.625%, 11–28–17

    250       250  

2.500%, 11–28–19

    1,500       1,507  

3.600%, 11–28–24

    200       201  
   

 

 

 
      1,958  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.0%

     

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

     

4.750%, 9–28–23

    200       196  
   

 

 

 
 

Total China – 0.5%

 

    2,357  

Columbia

     
 

Financials – 0.3%

     

Banco de Bogota S.A.

     

5.375%, 2–19–23 (D)

    1,300       1,351  
   

 

 

 
 

Utilities – 0.2%

     

Empresas Publicas de Medellin E.S.P.

     

7.625%, 7–29–19 (D)

    697       781  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Columbia – 0.5%

 

    2,132  

France

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.5%

 

   

Numericable – SFR S.A.

     

7.375%, 5–1–26 (D)

    2,029       2,089  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 0.6%

     

Danone S.A.

     

3.000%, 6–15–22 (D)

    900       903  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Consumer Staples (Continued)

 

Pernod Ricard S.A.

     

4.450%, 1–15–22 (D)

  $ 1,500     $ 1,597  
   

 

 

 
      2,500  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 0.0%

     

HomeVi SAS (3-Month EURIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

4.250%, 11–15–21 (D)(E)(F)

  EUR 100       108  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

 

   

Orange S.A.

     

1.625%, 11–3–19

  $ 1,500       1,479  
   

 

 

 
 

Total France – 1.4%

 

    6,176  

Hong Kong

     
 

Financials – 0.0%

     

China Shenua Overseas Capital Co. Ltd. (GTD by Shenhua Hong Kong Ltd.)

     

3.875%, 1–20–25

    200       203  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Hong Kong – 0.0%

 

    203  

India

     
 

Financials – 0.1%

     

Indian Railway Finance Corp.

     

3.417%, 10–10–17

    319       321  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.4%

     

Vedanta Resources plc

     

6.375%, 7–30–22 (D)

    1,800       1,812  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.0%

 

Bharti Airtel Ltd.

     

4.375%, 6–10–25

    200       200  
   

 

 

 
 

Total India – 0.5%

 

    2,333  

Indonesia

     
 

Energy – 0.0%

     

PT Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk

     

5.125%, 5–16–24

    200       212  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.3%

     

Bank Rakyat Indonesia

     

2.950%, 3–28–18

    1,000       999  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Indonesia – 0.3%

 

    1,211  

Ireland

     
 

Industrials – 0.1%

     

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd.

     

5.250%, 8–15–22 (D)

    283       294  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Ireland – 0.1%

 

    294  
 

 

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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Israel

     
 

Energy – 0.0%

     

Delek & Avner Tamar Bond Ltd.

     

5.082%, 12–30–23 (D)

  $ 250     $ 262  
   

 

 

 
 

Utilities – 0.1%

     

Israel Electric Corp. Ltd.

     

6.875%, 6–21–23 (D)

    200       232  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Israel – 0.1%

            494  

Italy

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.1%

 

   

Gamenet Group S.p.A.

     

6.000%, 8–15–21 (D)(F)

  EUR 200       222  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 0.1%

     

N&W Global Vending S.p.A.

     

7.000%, 10–15–23 (D)(F)

    500       557  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.0%

     

Guala Closures S.p.A. (3-Month EURIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

4.445%, 11–15–21 (D)(E)(F)

    100       109  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Italy – 0.2%

            888  

Jamaica

     
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.2%

 

Digicel Group Ltd.:

     

8.250%, 9–30–20 (D)

  $ 717       615  

6.000%, 4–15–21 (D)

    242       220  
   

 

 

 
      835  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Jamaica – 0.2%

            835  

Japan

     
 

Consumer Staples – 0.3%

     

Suntory Holdings Ltd.

     

2.550%, 9–29–19 (D)

    1,325       1,334  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.2%

     

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

     

2.450%, 4–16–19 (D)

    750       754  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Japan – 0.5%

            2,088  

Jersey

     
 

Financials – 0.1%

     

Mercury BondCo plc (8.250% Cash or 9.000% PIK)

     

8.250%, 5–30–21 (F)(G)

  EUR 218       239  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Jersey – 0.1%

            239  

Luxembourg

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.8%

 

   

Altice Financing S.A.:

     

6.500%, 1–15–22 (D)

  $ 100       105  

6.625%, 2–15–23 (D)

    1,213       1,262  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary (Continued)

 

7.500%, 5–15–26 (D)

  $ 672     $ 714  

Altice S.A.:

     

7.250%, 5–15–22 (D)(F)

  EUR 250       282  

7.750%, 5–15–22 (D)

  $ 1,525       1,618  

6.250%, 2–15–25 (D)(F)

  EUR 250       284  

7.625%, 2–15–25 (D)

  $ 800       846  

Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A.:

     

7.250%, 4–1–19

    324       309  

9.500%, 9–30–22 (D)

    814       957  

8.000%, 2–15–24 (D)

    554       587  

Nielsen Co. (Luxembourg) S.a.r.l. (The):

     

5.500%, 10–1–21 (D)

    700       727  

5.000%, 2–1–25 (D)

    191       190  
   

 

 

 
      7,881  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 0.2%

 

   

Minerva Luxembourg S.A.

     

6.500%, 9–20–26 (D)

    775       757  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 0.1%

     

Offshore Drilling Holding S.A.

     

8.375%, 9–20–20 (D)(H)

    600       258  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.1%

     

Camelot Finance S.A.

     

7.875%, 10–15–24 (D)

    200       212  

Cosan Luxembourg S.A.

     

7.000%, 1–20–27 (D)

    200       207  

Gaz Capital S.A.

     

6.510%, 3–7–22

    200       222  
   

 

 

 
      641  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 0.3%

     

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance S.A.

     

2.625%, 5–1–20

    1,500       1,514  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 0.8%

     

BC Luxco 1 S.A.

     

7.375%, 1–29–20 (D)

    3,200       3,288  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.0%

     

ARD Finance S.A.

     

7.125%, 9–15–23 (D)

    200       206  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Luxembourg – 3.3%

 

    14,545  

Macau

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.2%

 

   

Wynn Macau Ltd.

     

5.250%, 10–15–21 (D)

    1,000       1,020  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Macau – 0.2%

            1,020  

Malaysia

     
 

Financials – 0.0%

     

Malayan Banking Berhad

     

3.905%, 10–29–26

    200       201  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Malaysia – 0.0%

            201  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Mexico

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.3%

 

   

Grupo Televisa S.A.B. de C.V.

     

6.000%, 5–15–18

  $ 1,250     $ 1,304  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 0.8%

     

Coca-Cola FEMSA S.A.B. de C.V.

     

2.375%, 11–26–18

    750       754  

Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de C.V.:

     

4.875%, 6–30–20 (D)

    350       372  

4.500%, 1–25–22 (D)

    1,250       1,313  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico

     

3.800%, 4–8–24 (D)

    1,000       994  
   

 

 

 
      3,433  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 0.5%

     

Petroleos Mexicanos

     

5.500%, 2–4–19

    2,000       2,101  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.7%

     

Banco Santander S.A.

     

4.125%, 11–9–22 (D)

    1,750       1,768  

Nacional Financiera SNC

     

3.375%, 11–5–20 (D)

    750       760  

Unifin Financiera S.A.B. de C.V. SOFOM E.N.R.

     

7.250%, 9–27–23 (D)

    450       455  
   

 

 

 
      2,983  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.0%

     

Fibra Uno Administracion S.A. de CV

     

5.250%, 1–30–26 (D)

    200       201  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.2%

     

Telefonos de Mexico S.A.B de C.V. (GTD by America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.)

     

5.500%, 11–15–19

    1,000       1,080  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Mexico – 2.5%

            11,102  

Netherlands

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.1%

 

   

Myriad International Holdings B.V.

     

6.375%, 7–28–17 (D)

    1,800       1,819  

VTR Finance B.V.

     

6.875%, 1–15–24 (D)

    2,850       2,964  

Ziggo Secured Finance B.V.

     

5.500%, 1–15–27 (D)

    220       220  
   

 

 

 
      5,003  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 0.5%

     

MARB BondCo plc (GTD by Marfrig Global Foods S.A., Marfrig Overseas Ltd. and Marfrig Holdings (Europe) B.V.)

     

7.000%, 3–15–24 (D)

    1,200       1,191  

Marfrig Holdings (Europe) B.V.

     

8.000%, 6–8–23 (D)

    650       679  
   

 

 

 
      1,870  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Energy – 0.3%

     

Petrobras Global Finance B.V. (GTD by Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.):

     

8.375%, 5–23–21

  $ 1,155     $ 1,307  

6.125%, 1–17–22

    37       39  

7.375%, 1–17–27

    92       97  
   

 

 

 
      1,443  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.6%

     

ENEL Finance International N.V.

     

5.125%, 10–7–19 (D)

    1,445       1,541  

Rabobank Nederland

     

2.500%, 1–19–21

    750       751  
   

 

 

 
      2,292  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 0.0%

     

JLL/Delta Dutch Newco B.V.

     

7.500%, 2–1–22 (D)

    100       106  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 0.1%

     

Alcoa Nederland Holding B.V.:

     

6.750%, 9–30–24 (D)

    200       215  

7.000%, 9–30–26 (D)

    200       217  
   

 

 

 
      432  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.6%

     

Constellium N.V.:

     

8.000%, 1–15–23 (D)

    1,060       1,086  

5.750%, 5–15–24 (D)

    1,000       925  

6.625%, 3–1–25 (D)

    831       802  
   

 

 

 
      2,813  
   

 

 

 
 

Utilities – 0.1%

     

Majapahit Holding B.V.

     

7.750%, 1–20–20 (D)

    400       451  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Netherlands – 3.3%

            14,410  

Norway

     
 

Financials – 0.1%

     

DNB Bank ASA

     

3.200%, 4–3–17 (D)

    500       500  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Norway – 0.1%

            500  

Panama

     
 

Financials – 0.6%

     

Banco de Credito del Peru

     

2.250%, 10–25–19 (D)

    500       496  

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior S.A.

     

3.750%, 4–4–17 (D)

    2,250       2,250  
   

 

 

 
      2,746  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Panama – 0.6%

            2,746  

Peru

     
 

Energy – 0.0%

     

Transportadora de Gas del Peru S.A.

     

4.250%, 4–30–28 (D)

    200       202  
   

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Financials – 0.2%

     

BBVA Banco Continental S.A.

     

3.250%, 4–8–18 (D)

  $ 500     $ 506  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Peru – 0.2%

            708  

Qatar

     
 

Energy – 0.2%

     

Ras Laffan Liquefied Natural Gas Co. Ltd. II

     

5.298%, 9–30–20 (D)

    861       904  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Qatar – 0.2%

            904  

Singapore

     
 

Financials – 0.2%

     

DBS Bank Ltd.

     

3.625%, 9–21–22 (D)

    750       756  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

     

TBG Global Pte. Ltd.

     

4.625%, 4–3–18 (D)

    1,500       1,510  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Singapore – 0.5%

            2,266  

South Korea

     
 

Financials – 0.4%

     

Kookmin Bank

     

2.125%, 10–21–20 (D)

    750       740  

Woori Bank

     

2.625%, 7–20–21 (D)

    750       743  
   

 

 

 
      1,483  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.1%

     

SK Broadband Co. Ltd.

     

2.875%, 10–29–18

    500       504  
   

 

 

 
 

Total South Korea – 0.5%

            1,987  

Spain

     
 

Utilities – 0.2%

     

Abengoa Yield plc

     

7.000%, 11–15–19 (D)

    679       713  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Spain – 0.2%

            713  

Turkey

     
 

Financials – 0.0%

     

Turkiye Is Bankasi A.S.

     

5.500%, 4–21–22

    200       197  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Turkey – 0.0%

            197  

United Arab Emirates

     
 

Financials – 0.2%

     

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     

4.700%, 2–21–18 (D)

    750       767  
   

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Utilities – 0.1%

     

Abu Dhabi National Energy Co.

     

2.500%, 1–12–18 (D)

  $ 500     $ 501  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United Arab Emirates – 0.3%

            1,268  

United Kingdom

     
 

Consumer Staples – 0.5%

     

BAT International Finance plc

     

1.850%, 6–15–18 (D)

    750       750  

Iceland Bondco plc

     

6.750%, 7–15–24 (F)

  GBP 100       134  

Imperial Tobacco Finance plc

     

3.750%, 7–21–22 (D)

  $ 1,500       1,541  
   

 

 

 
      2,425  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 0.3%

     

KCA Deutag UK Finance plc:

     

7.250%, 5–15–21 (D)

    1,000       935  

9.875%, 4–1–22 (D)

    440       451  
   

 

 

 
      1,386  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 0.9%

     

Arrow Global Finance plc

     

5.125%, 9–15–24 (D)(F)

  GBP 101       131  

Barclays plc

     

8.250%, 12–29–49

  $ 1,300       1,366  

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd.

     

2.250%, 12–21–18

    350       350  

State Bank of India

     

3.250%, 4–18–18 (D)

    1,750       1,770  
   

 

 

 
      3,617  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.1%

     

Keystone Financing plc

     

9.500%, 10–15–19 (F)

  GBP 212       279  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.0%

     

Virgin Media Secured Finance plc

     

5.500%, 8–15–26 (D)

  $ 46       47  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United Kingdom – 1.8%

 

    7,754  

United States

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 8.4%

 

   

Acosta, Inc.

     

7.750%, 10–1–22 (D)

    400       340  

Allison Transmission, Inc.

     

5.000%, 10–1–24 (D)

    98       99  

Altice U.S. Finance I Corp.

     

5.500%, 5–15–26 (D)

    660       678  

Altice U.S. Finance II Corp.

     

7.750%, 7–15–25 (D)

    853       943  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 11–15–26 (D)

    104       105  

6.125%, 5–15–27 (D)

    145       146  

AMC Entertainment, Inc.

     

5.750%, 6–15–25

    494       506  

Block Communications, Inc.

     

6.875%, 2–15–25 (D)

    114       121  
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary (Continued)

 

   

Bon-Ton Stores, Inc. (The)

     

8.000%, 6–15–21

  $ 782     $ 313  

Cablevision Systems Corp.:

     

7.750%, 4–15–18

    125       130  

5.875%, 9–15–22

    505       509  

Carlson Travel, Inc.

     

6.750%, 12–15–23 (D)

    495       515  

CCO Holdings LLC and CCO Holdings Capital Corp.

     

5.500%, 5–1–26 (D)

    110       114  

Cinemark USA, Inc.:

     

5.125%, 12–15–22

    153       156  

4.875%, 6–1–23

    500       505  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc.

     

6.500%, 11–15–22

    1,110       1,141  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series A

     

7.625%, 3–15–20

    227       225  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., Series B

     

7.625%, 3–15–20

    1,925       1,942  

Cumulus Media, Inc.

     

7.750%, 5–1–19

    200       69  

DISH DBS Corp.:

     

6.750%, 6–1–21

    450       486  

5.875%, 7–15–22

    1,000       1,051  

5.000%, 3–15–23

    1,000       1,005  

5.875%, 11–15–24

    135       142  

7.750%, 7–1–26

    174       202  

EMI Music Publishing Group North America Holdings

     

7.625%, 6–15–24 (D)

    244       266  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     

4.875%, 3–15–27

    753       753  

Gray Television, Inc.:

     

5.125%, 10–15–24 (D)

    336       332  

5.875%, 7–15–26 (D)

    188       191  

Group 1 Automotive, Inc.

     

5.000%, 6–1–22

    200       202  

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     

4.875%, 5–15–26 (D)

    250       246  

Hot Topic, Inc.

     

9.250%, 6–15–21 (D)

    700       679  

HT Intermediate Holdings Corp. (12.000% Cash or 12.750% PIK)

     

12.000%, 5–15–19 (D)(G)

    545       542  

Jo-Ann Stores Holdings, Inc. (9.750% Cash or 10.500% PIK)

     

9.750%, 10–15–19 (D)(G)

    1,635       1,582  

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc.

     

8.125%, 3–15–19 (D)

    418       417  

KFC Holding Co., Pizza Hut Holdings LLC and Taco Bell of America LLC

     

5.250%, 6–1–26 (D)

    250       254  

Lamar Media Corp.

     

5.375%, 1–15–24

    250       258  

Laureate Education, Inc.:

     

10.000%, 9–1–19

    264       279  

10.000%, 9–1–19 (D)(H)

    4,247       4,416  

MDC Partners, Inc.

     

6.500%, 5–1–24 (D)

    427       407  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary (Continued)

 

   

MGM Resorts International

     

8.625%, 2–1–19

  $ 573     $ 629  

Neptune Finco Corp.:

     

10.125%, 1–15–23 (D)

    828       960  

10.875%, 10–15–25 (D)

    848       1,020  

6.625%, 10–15–25 (D)

    225       245  

Nexstar Escrow Corp.

     

5.625%, 8–1–24 (D)

    450       457  

Nielsen Finance LLC and Nielsen Finance Co.

     

5.000%, 4–15–22 (D)

    700       716  

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

     

5.500%, 5–15–26

    153       150  

Radio One, Inc. (GTD by TV One LLC)

     

7.375%, 4–15–22 (D)

    516       539  

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc., Convertible:

     

0.000%, 6–15–19 (D)(I)

    468       420  

0.000%, 7–15–20 (D)(I)

    435       367  

Scientific Games International, Inc. (GTD by Scientific Games Corp.)

     

7.000%, 1–1–22 (D)

    815       871  

Sinclair Television Group, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 3–15–26 (D)

    275       282  

5.125%, 2–15–27 (D)

    200       193  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.:

     

4.625%, 5–15–23 (D)

    1,250       1,278  

6.000%, 7–15–24 (D)

    1,450       1,555  

Sonic Automotive, Inc.

     

5.000%, 5–15–23

    590       573  

Univision Communications, Inc.

     

5.125%, 2–15–25 (D)

    250       246  

WaveDivision Escrow LLC and WaveDivision Escrow Corp.

     

8.125%, 9–1–20 (D)

    1,155       1,190  

WideOpenWest Finance LLC and WideOpenWest Capital Corp.

     

10.250%, 7–15–19

    230       240  

WMG Acquisition Corp.

     

6.750%, 4–15–22 (D)

    975       1,026  
   

 

 

 
      35,224  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 2.1%

     

AdvancePierre Foods Holdings, Inc.

     

5.500%, 12–15–24 (D)

    561       567  

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V.

     

2.650%, 2–1–21

    1,500       1,511  

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

     

3.500%, 11–24–20

    1,355       1,389  

JBS USA LLC and JBS USA Finance, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 7–15–24 (D)

    473       487  

5.750%, 6–15–25 (D)

    558       564  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.

     

4.875%, 11–1–26 (D)

    490       500  

Performance Food Group, Inc.

     

5.500%, 6–1–24 (D)

    211       216  

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     

1.375%, 2–25–19

    1,000       994  

Post Holdings, Inc.:

     

7.750%, 3–15–24 (D)

    470       518  

5.500%, 3–1–25 (D)

    146       146  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary (Continued)

 

   

8.000%, 7–15–25 (D)

  $ 240     $ 269  

5.000%, 8–15–26 (D)

    129       124  

5.750%, 3–1–27 (D)

    146       146  

Prestige Brands, Inc.

     

5.375%, 12–15–21 (D)

    450       460  

Revlon Consumer Products Corp.

     

5.750%, 2–15–21

    102       102  

Revlon Escrow Corp.

     

6.250%, 8–1–24

    64       64  

Simmons Foods, Inc.

     

7.875%, 10–1–21 (D)

    985       1,034  

U.S. Foods, Inc.

     

5.875%, 6–15–24 (D)

    351       364  
   

 

 

 
      9,455  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 1.9%

     

Access Midstream Partners L.P.

     

4.875%, 5–15–23

    144       148  

Antero Resources Corp.

     

5.125%, 12–1–22

    215       218  

Calfrac Holdings L.P. (GTD by Calfrac Well Services Ltd.)

     

7.500%, 12–1–20 (D)

    343       312  

California Resources Corp.

     

8.000%, 12–15–22 (D)

    221       180  

Callon Petroleum Co. (GTD by Callon Petroleum Operating Co.)

     

6.125%, 10–1–24 (D)

    300       312  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     

4.750%, 11–1–24 (D)

    510       513  

Endeavor Energy Resources L.P.:

     

7.000%, 8–15–21 (D)

    2,085       2,179  

8.125%, 9–15–23 (D)

    500       531  

Gulfport Energy Corp.:

     

6.625%, 5–1–23

    200       202  

6.000%, 10–15–24 (D)

    150       146  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc.

     

7.375%, 5–1–22

    1,435       1,489  

Newfield Exploration Co.

     

5.625%, 7–1–24

    150       158  

Northern Tier Energy LLC and Northern Tier Finance Corp. (GTD by Northern Tier Energy L.P.)

     

7.125%, 11–15–20

    234       243  

ONEOK, Inc.

     

7.500%, 9–1–23

    150       175  

PBF Holding Co. LLC and PBF Finance Corp.

     

8.250%, 2–15–20

    725       740  

PDC Energy, Inc.

     

6.125%, 9–15–24 (D)

    55       56  

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.

     

4.500%, 10–19–20 (D)

    500       530  

Rowan Cos., Inc. (GTD by Rowan plc)

     

7.375%, 6–15–25

    102       103  

SESI LLC

     

7.125%, 12–15–21

    196       198  

Williams Co., Inc. (The)

     

4.550%, 6–24–24

    430       434  
   

 

 

 
      8,867  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Financials – 5.0%

     

Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.:

     

2.000%, 11–16–18

  $ 500     $ 502  

2.250%, 6–13–19

    1,500       1,509  

Balboa Merger Sub, Inc.

     

11.375%, 12–1–21 (D)

    1,310       1,451  

Bank of America Corp.

     

6.875%, 11–15–18

    1,700       1,830  

CEMEX Finance LLC

     

9.375%, 10–12–22 (D)

    2,500       2,701  

CURO Financial Technologies Corp.

     

12.000%, 3–1–22 (D)

    202       208  

Daimler Finance North America LLC

     

1.375%, 8–1–17 (D)

    500       500  

Diamond 1 Finance Corp. and Diamond 2 Finance Corp.:

     

3.480%, 6–1–19 (D)

    500       513  

5.875%, 6–15–21 (D)

    80       84  

5.450%, 6–15–23 (D)

    54       58  

7.125%, 6–15–24 (D)

    80       88  

6.020%, 6–15–26 (D)

    108       118  

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

     

5.875%, 12–29–49

    93       96  

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. (GTD by AmeriCredit Financial Services, Inc.)

     

2.400%, 5–9–19

    1,000       1,003  

GTT Escrow Corp.

     

7.875%, 12–31–24 (D)

    263       273  

HSBC USA, Inc.:

     

1.625%, 1–16–18

    750       750  

2.750%, 8–7–20

    1,000       1,010  

Hub International Ltd.

     

7.875%, 10–1–21 (D)

    500       521  

Hyundai Capital America

     

2.000%, 3–19–18 (D)

    500       500  

KeyBank N.A.

     

2.500%, 12–15–19

    1,000       1,011  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     

2.000%, 1–14–19

    1,500       1,503  

New Cotai LLC and New Cotai Capital Corp. (10.625% Cash or 10.625% PIK)

     

10.625%, 5–1–19 (D)(G)

    532       442  

Patriot Merger Corp.

     

9.000%, 7–15–21 (D)

    1,380       1,458  

Provident Funding Associates L.P. and PFG Finance Corp.

     

6.750%, 6–15–21 (D)

    950       969  

Quicken Loans, Inc.

     

5.750%, 5–1–25 (D)

    500       491  

TMX Finance LLC and TitleMax Finance Corp.

     

8.500%, 9–15–18 (D)

    1,450       1,334  

Wells Fargo & Co.

     

7.980%, 3–29–49

    1,350       1,406  
   

 

 

 
      22,329  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 1.7%

     

Centene Corp.

     

4.750%, 5–15–22

    250       257  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Health Care (Continued)

     

DaVita HealthCare Partners, Inc.

     

5.125%, 7–15–24

  $ 100     $ 101  

Fresenius U.S. Finance II, Inc.

     

4.250%, 2–1–21 (D)

    600       623  

Greatbatch Ltd.

     

9.125%, 11–1–23 (D)

    531       560  

HCA, Inc. (GTD by HCA Holdings, Inc.)

     

5.250%, 6–15–26

    115       120  

IMS Health, Inc.

     

5.000%, 10–15–26 (D)

    200       201  

Jaguar Holding Co. II and Pharmaceutical Product Development LLC

     

6.375%, 8–1–23 (D)

    500       522  

Kinetic Concepts, Inc. and KCI USA, Inc.,

     

12.500%, 11–1–21 (D)

    112       124  

MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC

     

7.125%, 6–1–24 (D)

    482       518  

Surgery Center Holdings, Inc.

     

8.875%, 4–15–21 (D)

    757       801  

Tenet Healthcare Corp.:

     

6.750%, 2–1–20

    1,175       1,192  

7.500%, 1–1–22 (D)

    59       64  

8.125%, 4–1–22

    1,000       1,043  

Universal Hospital Services, Inc.

     

7.625%, 8–15–20

    1,062       1,056  
   

 

 

 
      7,182  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 2.8%

     

AECOM

     

5.125%, 3–15–27 (D)

    660       662  

Ahern Rentals, Inc.

     

7.375%, 5–15–23 (D)

    139       120  

BAE Systems Holdings, Inc.:

     

6.375%, 6–1–19 (D)

    750       816  

2.850%, 12–15–20 (D)

    344       348  

Constellis Holdings LLC and Constellis Finance Corp.

     

9.750%, 5–15–20 (D)

    442       473  

Florida East Coast Holdings Corp. and Florida East Coast Industries LLC

     

6.750%, 5–1–19 (D)

    740       762  

HD Supply, Inc.

     

5.750%, 4–15–24 (D)

    259       272  

KLX, Inc.

     

5.875%, 12–1–22 (D)

    740       763  

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     

2.500%, 11–23–20

    1,695       1,707  

Masco Corp.

     

4.375%, 4–1–26

    133       138  

Park Aerospace Holdings Ltd.

     

5.500%, 2–15–24 (D)

    377       392  

Ply Gem Industries, Inc.

     

6.500%, 2–1–22

    500       524  

Prime Security Services Borrower LLC

     

9.250%, 5–15–23 (D)

    1,438       1,576  

Standard Industries, Inc.

     

5.500%, 2–15–23 (D)

    189       193  

Summit Materials LLC and Summit Materials Finance Corp.:

     

8.500%, 4–15–22

    134       148  

6.125%, 7–15–23

    172       175  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Industrials (Continued)

     

TransDigm, Inc. (GTD by TransDigm Group, Inc.):

     

6.000%, 7–15–22

  $ 450     $ 456  

6.500%, 7–15–24

    822       832  

6.375%, 6–15–26

    287       287  

United Rentals (North America), Inc. (GTD by United Rentals, Inc.)

     

5.875%, 9–15–26

    151       157  

WESCO Distribution, Inc. (GTD by WESCO International, Inc.)

     

5.375%, 6–15–24

    114       117  

XPO Logistics, Inc.:

     

6.500%, 6–15–22 (D)

    329       345  

6.125%, 9–1–23 (D)

    91       95  
   

 

 

 
      11,358  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 2.7%

 

Alliance Data Systems Corp.:

     

6.375%, 4–1–20 (D)

    235       239  

5.875%, 11–1–21 (D)

    207       214  

5.375%, 8–1–22 (D)

    1,230       1,239  

Cardtronics, Inc. and Cardtronics USA, Inc.

     

5.500%, 5–1–25 (D)

    149       151  

CDW LLC and CDW Finance Corp. (GTD by CDW Corp.)

     

5.000%, 9–1–25

    80       81  

Ensemble S Merger Sub, Inc.

     

9.000%, 9–30–23 (D)

    170       179  

Infor (U.S.), Inc.

     

5.750%, 5–15–22 (F)

  EUR 100       109  

Italics Merger Sub, Inc.

     

7.125%, 7–15–23 (D)

  $ 2,231       2,170  

JDA Escrow LLC and JDA Bond Finance, Inc.

     

7.375%, 10–15–24 (D)

    189       197  

L-3 Communications Corp.

     

5.200%, 10–15–19

    750       804  

Micron Technology, Inc.:

     

5.875%, 2–15–22

    1,090       1,139  

7.500%, 9–15–23 (D)

    550       614  

5.500%, 2–1–25

    500       519  

NCR Escrow Corp.:

     

5.875%, 12–15–21

    575       599  

6.375%, 12–15–23

    595       627  

Orbcomm, Inc.

     

8.000%, 4–1–24

    436       436  

Riverbed Technolgy, Inc. and Project Homestake Merger Corp.

     

8.875%, 3–1–23 (D)

    548       559  

West Corp.

     

5.375%, 7–15–22 (D)

    1,037       1,018  

Western Digital Corp.:

     

7.375%, 4–1–23 (D)

    656       719  

10.500%, 4–1–24

    539       635  
   

 

 

 
      12,248  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 1.6%

 

BakerCorp International, Inc.

     

8.250%, 6–1–19

    1,440       1,346  

Coveris Holdings S.A.

     

7.875%, 11–1–19 (D)

    300       296  
 

 

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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Materials (Continued)

 

Eagle Materials, Inc.

     

4.500%, 8–1–26

  $ 52     $ 52  

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc.

     

6.875%, 1–15–25 (D)

    130       133  

Hillman Group, Inc. (The)

     

6.375%, 7–15–22 (D)

    795       758  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     

5.875%, 5–15–24

    141       147  

Kraton Polymers LLC and Kraton Polymers Capital Corp.

     

7.000%, 4–15–25 (D)

    210       212  

Novelis Corp. (GTD by Novelis, Inc.):

     

6.250%, 8–15–24 (D)

    197       205  

5.875%, 9–30–26 (D)

    137       140  

Pinnacle Operating Corp.

     

9.000%, 5–15–23 (D)

    560       558  

PSPC Escrow Corp.

     

6.500%, 2–1–22 (D)

    343       356  

PSPC Escrow II Corp.

     

10.375%, 5–1–21 (D)

    1,352       1,504  

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc., Reynolds Group Issuer LLC and Reynolds Group Issuer (Luxembourg) S.A.

     

5.125%, 7–15–23 (D)

    536       550  

Signode Industrial Group

     

6.375%, 5–1–22 (D)

    625       641  

TPC Group, Inc.

     

8.750%, 12–15–20 (D)

    130       118  

U.S. Steel Corp.

     

8.375%, 7–1–21 (D)

    72       80  

Valvoline Finco Two LLC

     

5.500%, 7–15–24 (D)

    150       158  
   

 

 

 
      7,254  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.4%

 

Aircastle Ltd.:

     

5.500%, 2–15–22

    713       765  

5.000%, 4–1–23

    293       308  

Hub Holdings LLC and Hub Holdings Finance, Inc. (8.125% Cash or 8.875% PIK)

     

8.125%, 7–15–19 (D)(G)

    510       510  

iStar Financial, Inc., Convertible:

     

5.000%, 7–1–19

    210       212  

6.500%, 7–1–21

    125       128  

MPT Operating Partnership L.P. and MPT Finance Corp. (GTD by Medical Properties Trust, Inc.)

     

5.250%, 8–1–26

    63       62  
   

 

 

 
      1,985  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 3.3%

 

American Tower Corp.

     

3.400%, 2–15–19

    600       614  

AT&T, Inc.

     

2.300%, 3–11–19

    1,500       1,508  

CommScope Technologies LLC (GTD by CommScope, Inc.)

     

5.000%, 3–15–27 (D)

    430       429  

Consolidated Communications Finance II Co.

     

6.500%, 10–1–22

    372       357  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Telecommunication Services (Continued)

 

Frontier Communications Corp.:

     

8.875%, 9–15–20

  $ 750     $ 791  

9.250%, 7–1–21

    300       303  

6.250%, 9–15–21

    500       465  

10.500%, 9–15–22

    1,231       1,246  

11.000%, 9–15–25

    492       477  

GCI, Inc.

     

6.875%, 4–15–25

    575       602  

Level 3 Communications, Inc.

     

5.750%, 12–1–22

    500       518  

Level 3 Escrow II, Inc.

     

5.375%, 8–15–22

    709       733  

Sprint Corp.:

     

7.250%, 9–15–21

    1,187       1,282  

7.875%, 9–15–23

    786       870  

7.125%, 6–15–24

    500       534  

Sprint Nextel Corp.:

     

8.375%, 8–15–17

    254       260  

9.000%, 11–15–18 (D)

    152       165  

7.000%, 8–15–20

    242       260  

11.500%, 11–15–21

    126       158  

T-Mobile USA, Inc.:

     

6.464%, 4–28–19

    300       301  

6.731%, 4–28–22

    250       259  

6.000%, 4–15–24

    264       281  

6.500%, 1–15–26

    168       184  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     

6.100%, 4–15–18

    1,000       1,045  

Zayo Group LLC and Zayo Capital, Inc.:

     

6.000%, 4–1–23

    86       91  

5.750%, 1–15–27 (D)

    349       368  
   

 

 

 
      14,101  
   

 

 

 
 

Utilities – 0.9%

 

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     

4.850%, 6–1–21

    1,500       1,600  

Pattern Energy Group, Inc., Convertible

     

4.000%, 7–15–20

    468       464  

PSEG Power LLC (GTD by Nuclear, Fossil and ER&T)

     

2.450%, 11–15–18

    1,250       1,258  

Sempra Energy

     

2.850%, 11–15–20

    500       506  
   

 

 

 
      3,828  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United States – 30.8%

 

    133,831  
 

TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT
SECURITIES – 56.0%

 

  $ 244,321  

(Cost: $239,321)

     
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES  

United States – 1.3%

 

Avant Loans Funding Trust, Series 2015-A, Class C

     

7.750%, 8–16–21 (D)

    406       415  

Avant, Inc., Series 2016, Class B

     

7.800%, 9–15–20 (D)

    400       415  
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

United States (Continued)

 

Great Wolf Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2015-WFMZ, Class M (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 698.8 bps)

     

7.758%, 5–15–32 (D)(E)

  $ 390     $ 400  

Madison Park Funding Ltd., Series 2012-10A, Class ER (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 762 bps)

     

8.650%, 1–20–29 (D)(E)

    675       683  

MarketPlace Loan Trust, Series 2015-AV2, Class C

     

7.500%, 10–15–21 (D)

    279       284  

Northwoods Capital XIV Ltd. and Northwoods Capital XIV LLC, Series 2014-14A, Class D (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 395 bps)

     

4.852%, 11–12–25 (D)(E)

    800       798  

PNMAC GMSR Issuer Trust, Series 2017-GT1 (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.732%, 2–25–50 (D)(E)

    1,000       1,002  

Waldorf Astoria Boca Raton Trust, Commercial Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2016-BOCA, Class F (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

6.270%, 6–15–29 (D)(E)

    1,500       1,504  
   

 

 

 
      5,501  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED
SECURITIES – 1.3%

 

  $ 5,501  

(Cost: $5,439)

     
 
OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES (J)         

Argentina – 0.4%

 

Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 S.A.

     

6.875%, 2–1–27 (D)

    625       645  

Republic of Argentina

     

5.625%, 1–26–22 (D)

    1,000       1,024  
   

 

 

 
      1,669  
   

 

 

 
 

Brazil – 0.5%

 

Federative Republic of Brazil

     

4.875%, 1–22–21

    2,200       2,319  
   

 

 

 
 

Columbia – 0.3%

 

Republic of Colombia

     

4.375%, 7–12–21

    1,200       1,272  
   

 

 

 
 

Luxembourg – 0.2%

 

Amigo Luxembourg S.A.

     

7.625%, 1–15–24 (D)(F)

  GBP 100       129  

Rumo Luxembourg S.a.r.l.

     

7.375%, 2–9–24 (D)

  $ 550       566  
   

 

 

 
      695  
   

 

 

 
 

Mexico – 0.0%

 

United Mexican States

     

3.625%, 3–15–22

    50       51  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (J)
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Qatar – 0.5%

 

Qatar Government Bond

     

2.375%, 6–2–21 (D)

  $ 2,000     $ 1,978  
   

 

 

 
 

Saudi Arabia – 0.3%

 

Saudi Arabia Government Bond

     

2.375%, 10–26–21 (D)

    1,500       1,474  
   

 

 

 
 

South Korea – 0.1%

 

Korea Development Bank (The)

     

1.500%, 1–22–18

    500       499  
   

 

 

 
 

Venezuela – 0.3%

 

Corporacion Andina de Fomento

     

2.000%, 5–10–19

    1,500       1,496  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES – 2.6%

          $ 11,453  

(Cost: $11,356)

     
 
LOANS (E)  

Canada

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.0%

 

Gateway Casinos & Entertainment Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.800%, 2–22–23

    139       140  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Canada – 0.0%

            140  

France

 

 

Health Care – 0.2%

 

Ceva Sante Animale (3-Month EURIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.750%, 6–30–21 (F)

  EUR 436       469  

Ethypharm (3-Month EURIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

5.000%, 7–1–23 (F)

    280       300  
   

 

 

 
      769  
   

 

 

 
 

Total France – 0.2%

            769  

Luxembourg

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.1%

 

Eircom Finco S.a.r.l. (3-Month EURIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

4.000%, 5–31–22 (F)

    291       310  

Formula One Holdings Ltd. and Delta Two S.a.r.l. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.568%, 7–30–21

  $ 305       304  
   

 

 

 
      614  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Luxembourg – 0.1%

            614  

United Kingdom

     
 

Energy – 0.1%

     

KCA Deutag Alpha Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps):

     

6.750%, 5–16–20

       
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Energy (Continued)

     

6.307%, 5–16–20

  $ 518     $ 492  
   

 

 

 
      492  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.1%

     

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

4.507%, 2–9–24 (F)

  GBP 400       507  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United Kingdom – 0.2%

 

    999  

United States

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 4.6%

 

   

Academy Sports + Outdoors

     

0.000%, 7–2–22 (K)

  $ 23       17  

Academy Sports + Outdoors (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps):

     

5.000%, 7–2–22

       

5.102%, 7–2–22

    63       47  

5.039%, 7–2–22

    67       49  

Academy Sports + Outdoors (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

5.000%, 7–2–22

    26       19  

Advantage Sales & Marketing, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 650 bps)

     

7.500%, 7–25–22

    600       580  

Asurion LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.232%, 7–8–20

    273       274  

Asurion LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 750 bps)

     

8.500%, 3–3–21

    260       263  

Badger Sportswear, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 9–23–22 (C)

    174       173  

Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 600 bps)

     

7.000%, 11–1–23 (C)

    134       136  

Belk, Inc.

     

0.000%, 12–10–22 (K)

    159       134  

Belk, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.760%, 12–10–22

    961       809  

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.750%, 1–26–24

    1,250       1,220  

BJ’s Wholesale Club, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 750 bps)

     

8.500%, 1–26–25

    980       955  

Bre Diamond Mezz 1 LLC and Bre Diamond Lessee Mezz 1 LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 600 bps)

     

7.413%, 12–8–17

    2,117       2,139  

Bureau Van Dijk Electronic Publishing B.V. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

4.843%, 9–23–21 (F)

  GBP 597       750  

Caliber Collision Centers, Inc.

     

0.000%, 2–1–24 (K)

  $ 215       217  

CBS Radio, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.500%, 10–17–23

    135       136  

Charter Communicatons, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 200 bps)

     

2.990%, 1–15–22

    267       268  
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary (Continued)

 

   

Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas (The) (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 635 bps)

     

7.263%, 11–9–18

  $ 1,100     $ 1,109  

CSC Holdings LLC:

     

0.000%, 7–15–25 (K)

    52       52  

0.000%, 7–17–25 (K)

    163       162  

Eircom Finco S.a.r.l.

     

0.000%, 3–10–24 (F)(K)

  EUR 250       266  

Entercom Communications Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps):

     

4.500%, 11–1–23

  $ 18       18  

6.500%, 11–1–23

    2       2  

4.555%, 11–1–23

    219       219  

Equinox Holdings, Inc.

     

0.000%, 3–2–24 (K)

    215       216  

Euro Garages (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

5.757%, 1–31–23 (F)

  GBP 235       294  

Extended Stay America, Inc. and ESH Hopitality, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.482%, 8–30–23

  $ 149       150  

Global Cash Access Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps)

     

6.304%, 12–19–20 (C)

    197       199  

GNC Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.490%, 3–4–19

    259       221  

Hargray Communications Corp.

     

0.000%, 3–24–24 (K)

    215       215  

Hotel del Coronado (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 600 bps)

     

6.913%, 12–9–17

    540       545  

Hudson Delano Senior Mezz LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 650 bps)

     

7.413%, 2–9–20

    1,300       1,306  

J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

5.304%, 6–23–23

    257       255  

Jo-Ann Stores, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.256%, 10–21–23

    394       387  

KIK Custom Products, Inc.

     

0.000%, 11–19–21 (K)

    53       53  

KIK Custom Products, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.653%, 8–26–22

    571       579  

KIK Custom Products, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.250%, 11–19–21

    276       276  

Learfield Communications, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.250%, 12–1–23 (C)

    150       151  

Leslie’s Poolmart, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

4.774%, 8–16–23

    199       200  

Mister Car Wash Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps):

     

5.270%, 8–21–21

    63       63  

5.250%, 8–21–21

    313       315  

Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.943%, 1–17–24

    219       222  
 

 

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LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary (Continued)

 

   

NPC International, Inc.:

     

0.000%, 3–30–24 (K)

  $ 149     $ 150  

0.000%, 3–30–25 (C)(K)

    468       472  

Oak Parent, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 10–26–23

    189       190  

Penn National Gaming, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.524%, 1–19–24

    220       221  

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc.

     

0.000%, 1–26–23 (K)

    11       10  

PETCO Animal Supplies, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.287%, 1–26–23

    252       237  

PNK Entertainment, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.990%, 4–28–23

    63       64  

Scientific Games Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps):

     

4.943%, 10–1–21

    1       1  

4.846%, 10–1–21

    209       211  

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 225 bps)

     

3.248%, 5–14–20

    257       256  

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.538%, 11–8–23

    240       241  

Serta Simmons Bedding LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 800 bps)

     

9.038%, 11–8–24

    759       761  

Talbots, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 3–19–20

    703       627  

Talbots, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 850 bps)

     

9.500%, 3–19–21

    600       510  

Tectum Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps):

     

5.897%, 8–10–23

    43       43  

5.802%, 8–10–23

    156       158  

Thomson Reuters Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.750%, 10–3–23

    100       100  

Travel Leaders Group LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps)

     

6.232%, 1–19–24

    272       275  

True Religion Apparel, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 487.5 bps)

     

6.022%, 7–30–19

    523       110  
   

 

 

 
      20,298  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 0.4%

 

   

Albertsons Cos. LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.302%, 6–23–23

    172       173  

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. (The) (ICE LIBOR plus 575 bps)

     

6.750%, 6–22–22

    445       449  

Constellation Brands, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.887%, 12–16–23

    150       151  

Dole Food Co., Inc.

     

0.000%, 3–24–24 (K)

    215       216  
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Consumer Staples (Continued)

 

   

Prestige Brands, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.732%, 1–26–24

  $ 208     $ 210  

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.482%, 9–7–23

    318       318  

Shearer’s Foods LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 675 bps)

     

7.897%, 6–30–22 (C)

    500       485  

V Group, Inc.

     

0.000%, 3–9–24 (K)

    215       215  
   

 

 

 
      2,217  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 1.0%

     

Chesapeake Energy Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 750 bps)

     

8.553%, 8–23–21

    1,302       1,385  

Foresight Energy LLC

     

0.000%, 3–16–22 (K)

    1,362       1,325  

Peabody Energy Corp.

     

0.000%, 9–24–18 (K)

    430       436  

Westmoreland Coal Co. (ICE LIBOR plus 650 bps)

     

7.647%, 12–16–20 (C)

    995       918  
   

 

 

 
      4,064  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 1.2%

     

Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.387%, 8–14–22

    248       249  

AmWINS Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.750%, 1–25–24

    214       214  

AqGen Island Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

5.024%, 12–3–22

    301       303  

ASP Henry Merger Sub, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 9–30–23

    150       152  

Bre RC Mezz 1 LLC and Bre RC Exeter Mezz 1 LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 700 bps)

     

7.913%, 5–24–18

    858       863  

Brightwood Capital Advisors LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 495 bps)

     

5.640%, 4–29–23

    530       543  

CRCI Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

6.647%, 8–31–23

    225       224  

Dubai World Group (2.000% Cash or 3.750% PIK):

     

0.000%, 9–30–22 (G)(K)

    86       75  

2.000%, 9–30–22 (G)

    197       173  

Edelman Financial Center LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

6.515%, 12–16–22

    277       277  

Helix Gen Funding LLC

     

0.000%, 3–10–24 (K)

    215       218  

Institutional Shareholder Services, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.606%, 4–30–21 (C)

    589       590  

NFP Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.647%, 1–8–24

    388       392  
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Financials (Continued)

     

TKC Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.750%, 2–1–23

  $ 215     $ 217  

TransUnion (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.482%, 4–9–21

    139       140  

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps):

     

5.000%, 11–30–23

    49       49  

5.039%, 11–30–23

    169       170  

Ziggo Secured Finance B.V. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.412%, 4–25–25

    215       215  
   

 

 

 
      5,064  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 1.3%

     

Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc.

     

0.000%, 3–10–24 (K)

    9       9  

Avantor Performance Materials Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

5.000%, 3–9–24

    206       207  

BioClinica Holding I L.P. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

5.250%, 10–20–23

    150       151  

Change Healthcare Holdings LLC

     

0.000%, 3–1–24 (K)

    296       297  

eResearch Technology, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.035%, 5–3–23

    631       637  

Ethypharm

     

0.000%, 7–21–23 (F)(K)

  GBP 500       630  

ExamWorks Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.232%, 7–27–23

  $ 249       250  

Genoa LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.897%, 10–28–23

    249       250  

Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc.

     

0.000%, 6–30–22 (C)(K)

    215       215  

Patterson Medical Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.750%, 8–28–22

    250       252  

Pharmaceutical Product Development, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps):

     

4.397%, 8–18–22

    132       132  

4.250%, 8–18–22

    117       117  

QuintilesIMS, Inc. (3-Month EURIBOR plus 200 bps)

     

2.750%, 3–6–24 (F)

  EUR 249       266  

SavaSeniorCare LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 730 bps)

     

8.213%, 10–11–18

  $ 1,250       1,253  

Schumacher Group (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

5.000%, 7–31–22

    286       286  

Select Medical Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.500%, 3–6–24

    220       222  

Team Health Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.750%, 2–6–24

    151       149  
 

 

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LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Health Care (Continued)

     

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.

     

0.000%, 4–1–22 (K)

  $ 3     $ 3  

Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.570%, 4–1–22

    152       152  
   

 

 

 
      5,478  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 1.9%

 

Air Canada (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.755%, 10–6–23

    270       271  

American Residential Services LLC

     

0.000%, 6–30–21 (C)(K)

    285       284  

Arctic Glacier USA, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

5.250%, 3–13–24

    215       217  

C.H.I. Overhead Doors, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.250%, 7–31–22

    448       447  

Carrix, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

5.500%, 1–7–19

    222       218  

Casella Waste Systems, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.943%, 10–17–23

    150       150  

Cast & Crew Payroll LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 350 bps)

     

4.650%, 8–3–22

    376       377  

Cole-Palmer Instrument Co. LLC

     

0.000%, 3–21–24 (K)

    22       22  

CPI International, Inc.

     

0.000%, 4–7–21 (K)

    215       217  

Crosby Worldwide Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

4.052%, 11–22–20

    185       170  

Dynacast International LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 850 bps)

     

9.500%, 1–30–23 (C)

    683       682  

Engility Holdings, Inc. and Engility Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

4.232%, 8–12–20

    59       59  

Engility Holdings, Inc. and Engility Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

4.750%, 8–12–23

    122       122  

Engility Holdings, Inc. and Engility Corp. (Prime rate plus 275 bps)

     

6.750%, 8–12–23

    1       1  

GCA Services Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps):

     

6.040%, 3–1–23

    58       58  

6.009%, 3–1–23

    66       66  

5.774%, 3–1–23

    73       73  

6.068%, 3–1–23

    69       70  

IMG Worldwide, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps):

     

4.250%, 5–6–21

    1       1  

4.290%, 5–6–21

    302       303  

Information Resources, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

5.250%, 1–18–23

    215       217  

IPS Structural Adhesives Holdings, Inc. and IPS Intermediate Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 525 bps)

     

6.250%, 12–20–23(C)

    236       238  
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Industrials (Continued)

 

K&G Engineering, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.750%, 10–20–23 (C)

  $ 374     $ 375  

Morsco, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 700 bps)

     

8.000%, 10–31–23

    99       100  

Oasis Outsourcing Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.750%, 12–24–21 (C)

    496       497  

PAE Holding Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

6.500%, 10–20–22

    839       846  

PAE Holding Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 950 bps)

     

10.500%, 10–20–23

    75       75  

Pike Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.750%, 3–10–24

    285       288  

Power Products LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.530%, 3–10–23

    430       433  

Solera LLC and Solera Finance, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

4.250%, 3–3–23

    487       488  

TMK Hawk Parent Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

5.000%, 10–1–21

    323       325  

Tronair, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 475 bps)

     

5.856%, 9–8–23 (C)

    149       148  

Tronair, Inc. (Prime rate plus 375 bps)

     

8.500%, 9–8–23 (C)

       

U.S. Security Associates Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.024%, 7–14–23

    249       252  

United Site Services, Inc.

     

0.000%, 8–11–23 (K)

    16       16  

United Site Services, Inc. (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

7.500%, 8–11–23

    1       1  

United Site Services, Inc. (4-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

7.500%, 8–11–23

    *      * 

United Site Services, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 8–11–23

    282       284  

Verisure Holding AB (3-Month EURIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

3.750%, 12–5–23 (F)

  EUR 260       279  
   

 

 

 
      8,670  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 2.5%

 

   

Ancestry.com LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 825 bps)

     

9.270%, 10–19–24

  $ 225       230  

Applied Systems, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 650 bps)

     

7.647%, 1–23–22

    1,236       1,243  

Aptean Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.000%, 12–19–22

    220       223  

CCC Information Services, Inc.:

     

0.000%, 3–31–24 (C)(K)

    215       216  

0.000%, 3–31–25 (C)(K)

    215       217  
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Information Technology (Continued)

 

   

Ciena Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.478%, 1–30–22 (C)

  $ 210     $ 211  

Colorado Buyer, Inc.:

     

0.000%, 3–15–24 (K)

    215       216  

0.000%, 3–15–25 (K)

    167       168  

First Data Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.984%, 3–24–21

    245       247  

FirstLight Fiber (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.320%, 8–29–21 (C)

    150       150  

FirstLight Fiber (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.320%, 9–7–21 (C)

    200       200  

Global Tel Link Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 775 bps)

     

9.000%, 11–20–20

    130       129  

Infor, Inc. and Infor (U.S.), Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.897%, 2–2–22

    202       202  

LANDesk Group, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 425 bps)

     

5.250%, 1–19–24

    228       229  

Micron Technology, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.740%, 4–26–22

    258       259  

Ministry Brands LLC (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.000%, 9–30–22

    250       248  

Ministry Brands LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.000%, 12–30–17

    69       69  

Misys plc and Magic Newco LLC

     

12.000%, 6–12–19 (C)

    2,575       2,696  

Optiv, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.250%, 2–1–24

    166       167  

Optiv, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 725 bps)

     

8.250%, 2–1–25

    75       76  

SnapAv LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.156%, 12–21–22 (C)

    222       220  

Survey Sampling International (ICE LIBOR plus 500 bps)

     

6.000%, 12–16–20

    337       337  

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

4.082%, 1–19–24

    220       219  

TIBCO Software, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 12–4–20

    629       635  

TravelCLICK, Inc. & TCH-2 Holdings LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 5–12–21 (C)

    524       529  

Triple Point Group Holdings, Inc.

     

0.000%, 7–13–20 (K)

    215       200  

Vertafore, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.250%, 6–17–23

    231       232  

Vision Solutions, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 650 bps):

     

7.500%, 6–16–22

    3       3  

7.637%, 6–16–22

    477       476  
   

 

 

 
      10,247  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Materials – 0.7%

     

Anchor Glass Container Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.250%, 12–7–23

  $ 17     $ 17  

Associated Asphalt Partners LLC

     

0.000%, 3–30–24 (K)

    215       216  

BWAY Corp.

     

0.000%, 3–23–24 (K)

    119       119  

Caraustar Industries, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

6.647%, 3–9–22

    215       217  

Chromaflo Technologies Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

5.000%, 11–18–23

    99       101  

Ferro Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.536%, 2–14–24

    215       216  

Flex Acquisition Holdings, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.250%, 12–29–23

    220       221  

FPC Holdings, Inc.

     

0.000%, 5–27–20 (K)

    1,200       1,055  

ILPEA Parent, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 550 bps)

     

6.500%, 3–2–23 (C)

    405       402  

Niacet Corp. (EURIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.500%, 2–1–24 (F)

  EUR 74       80  

Niacet Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

5.647%, 2–1–24 (C)

  $ 136       136  

Reynolds Group Holdings Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

3.982%, 2–5–23

    131       132  

Styrolution Group GmbH (ICE LIBOR plus 375 bps)

     

4.750%, 9–30–21

    100       100  

Versum Materials, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.647%, 9–30–23

    229       231  
   

 

 

 
      3,243  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 1.0%

     

Avolon Holdings Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 275 bps)

     

3.728%, 1–20–22

    226       229  

AWAS Aviation Capital Ltd. (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.360%, 6–10–18

    223       224  

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 800 bps)

     

8.913%, 2–9–18

    122       124  

Capital Automotive L.P. (ICE LIBOR plus 300 bps)

     

4.000%, 3–24–24 (C)

    215       217  

Inland Retail Real Estate Trust, Inc. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 650 bps)

     

7.285%, 4–1–19

    1,550       1,564  

iStar Financial, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 450 bps)

     

4.750%, 7–1–20

    249       251  

Terra Millennium Corp. (ICE LIBOR plus 625 bps)

     

7.250%, 10–31–22 (C)

    437       435  
LOANS (E) (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Real Estate (Continued)

     

Workspace Property Trust (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 675 bps)

     

7.663%, 10–9–18

  $ 1,000     $ 1,004  
   

 

 

 
      4,048  
   

 

 

 
 

Telecommunication Services – 0.3%

 

GTT Communications, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 400 bps)

     

5.000%, 1–9–24

    219       222  

Level 3 Financing, Inc.

     

0.000%, 2–22–24 (K)

    220       220  

Lightower Fiber Networks (ICE LIBOR plus 325 bps)

     

4.397%, 4–13–20

    271       273  

Sprint Communications, Inc. (ICE LIBOR plus 250 bps)

     

3.500%, 2–2–24

    430       430  

Zayo Group LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 200 bps)

     

3.500%, 1–19–21

    220       221  
   

 

 

 
      1,366  
   

 

 

 
 

Utilities – 0.3%

     

Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC

     

0.000%, 3–29–18 (K)

    844       823  

Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC (ICE LIBOR plus 625 bps)

     

7.250%, 3–29–18

    656       640  
   

 

 

 
      1,463  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United States – 15.2%

 

    66,158  
 

TOTAL LOANS – 15.7%

 

  $ 68,680  

(Cost: $68,296)

     
 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
             

United States – 2.8%

     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Agency REMIC/CMO:

     

2.699%, 5–25–18

    1,474       1,491  

3.742%, 4–25–45 (D)

    1,800       1,844  

3.365%, 5–25–45 (D)

    1,185       1,209  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Agency REMIC/CMO (1-Year U.S. Treasury index plus 400 bps)

     

4.882%, 7–25–44 (D)(E)

    2,150       2,210  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Agency REMIC/CMO (Mortgage spread to 2-year U.S. Treasury index):

     

3.752%, 2–25–45 (D)(E)

    500       511  

3.563%, 8–25–45 (D)(E)

    350       357  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Fixed Rate Participation Certificates

     

2.500%, 6–15–39

    1,205       1,220  

Federal National Mortgage Association Agency REMIC/CMO:

     

2.990%, 11–1–18

    298       304  

2.000%, 4–25–40

    1,409       1,401  
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
AGENCY OBLIGATIONS
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

United States (Continued)

     

3.000%, 2–25–44

  $ 272     $ 280  

Federal National Mortgage Association Fixed Rate Pass-Through Certificates:

     

4.490%, 5–1–19

    475       495  

4.646%, 7–1–20

    574       605  

Government National Mortgage Association Fixed Rate Pass-Through Certificates

     

3.500%, 4–20–34

    195       201  
   

 

 

 
      12,128  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT AGENCY OBLIGATIONS – 2.8%

 

  $ 12,128  

(Cost: $12,231)

     
 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS
             

United States – 6.5%

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

2.250%, 11–15–25

    7,350       7,285  

U.S. Treasury Notes:

     

0.625%, 9–30–17

    5,850       5,842  

1.125%, 1–15–19

    5,750       5,739  

1.125%, 2–28–19

    4,000       3,991  

1.375%, 9–30–20

    5,350       5,296  
   

 

 

 
      28,153  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 6.5%

 

  $ 28,153  

(Cost: $28,418)

     
 
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES              

Commercial Paper (L) – 11.0%

 

BorgWarner, Inc.

     

1.100%, 4–13–17

    8,000       7,997  

Campbell Soup Co.

     

1.180%, 4–25–17

    2,100       2,098  

CVS Health Corp.

     

1.130%, 4–10–17

    5,000       4,998  

Ecolab, Inc.

     

1.170%, 4–17–17

    5,000       4,997  

Kroger Co. (The)

     

1.150%, 4–3–17

    7,138       7,137  

Mondelez International, Inc.

     

1.100%, 4–7–17

    3,000       2,999  

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

     

1.220%, 4–27–17

    7,000       6,994  

River Fuel Funding Co. #3, Inc. (GTD by Bank of Nova Scotia)

     

0.870%, 4–14–17

    7,000       6,998  

Sysco Corp.

     

1.090%, 4–3–17

    4,043       4,043  
   

 

 

 
      48,261  
   

 

 

 
 

Master Note – 1.5%

     

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 15 bps)

     

1.190%, 4–5–17 (M)

    6,384       6,384  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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SHORT-TERM SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

United States Government Agency Obligations – 1.3%

 

Overseas Private Investment Corp. (GTD by U.S. Government) (3-Month U.S. TB Rate)

     

0.870%, 4–7–17 (M)

  $ 5,600     $ 5,600  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 13.8%

 

  $ 60,245  

(Cost: $60,247)

     
 

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 101.2%

 

  $ 441,498  

(Cost: $435,982)

     
 

LIABILITIES, NET OF CASH AND OTHER ASSETS – (1.2)%

 

    (5,035
 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 436,463  
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(A) No dividends were paid during the preceding 12 months.

 

(B) Restricted security. At March 31, 2017, the Fund owned the following restricted security:

 

Security      Acquisition Date(s)        Shares        Cost        Market Value         

Pinnacle Agriculture Enterprises LLC

       3–10–17          389        $ 177        $ 177    
              

 

 

 

 

    The total value of this security represented 0.0% of net assets at March 31, 2017.

 

(C) Securities whose value was determined using significant unobservable inputs.

 

(D) 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, 2017 the total value of these securities amounted to $173,644 or 39.8% of net assets.

 

(E) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

 

(F) Principal amounts are denominated in the indicated foreign currency, where applicable (EUR - Euro and GBP - British Pound).

 

(G) Payment-in-kind bond which may pay interest in additional par and/or in cash. Rates shown are the current rate and possible payment rates.

 

(H) Step bond that pays an initial coupon rate for the first period and then a higher or lower coupon rate for the following periods. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017.

 

(I) Zero coupon bond.

 

(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) Rate shown is the yield to maturity at March 31, 2017.

 

(M) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Date shown represents the date that the variable rate resets. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

 

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The following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
British Pound     2,050     U.S. Dollar     2,566     6–30–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC   $     $ 8    
Euro     2,920     U.S. Dollar     3,168     6–30–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC     39          
Canadian Dollar     500     U.S. Dollar     375     4–21–17   Morgan Stanley International           1    
Euro     752     U.S. Dollar     812     4–21–17   Morgan Stanley International     9          
           

 

 

 
            $ 48     $ 9    
           

 

 

 

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017. See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurement.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

       

Investments in Securities

       

Common Stocks

  $ 7,048      $      $  

Preferred Stocks

                  177  

Asset-Backed Securities

           3,792         

Corporate Debt Securities

           244,321         

Mortgage-Backed Securities

           5,501         

Other Government Securities

           11,453         

Loans

           57,488        11,192  

United States Government Agency Obligations

           12,128         

United States Government Obligations

           28,153         

Short-Term Securities

           60,245         

Total

  $ 7,048      $ 423,081      $ 11,369  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 48      $  

Liabilities

       

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 9      $  

The following table is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:

 

      Preferred Stocks        Loans  

Beginning Balance 10-1-16

   $        $ 4,600  

Net realized gain (loss)

              2  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

            87  

Purchases

     177          7,591  

Sales

              (1,055

Amortization/Accretion of premium/discount

              (12

Transfers into Level 3 during the period

              1,440  

Transfers out of Level 3 during the period

              (1,461
  

 

 

 

Ending Balance 3-31-17

   $ 177        $ 11,192  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for all Level 3 investments still held as of 3-31-17

   $      $ 97  
  

 

 

 

Transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 occurred primarily due to the lack of observable market data due to decreased market activity or information for these securities. Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 occurred primarily due to the increased availability of observable market data due to increased market activity or information. As shown above, transfers in and out of Level 3 represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period. During the period ended March 31, 2017, there were no transfers between Levels 1 and 2.

 

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Information about Level 3 fair value measurements:

 

     

Fair Value at

331–17

     Valuation Technique(s)    Unobservable Input(s)

Assets

        

Preferred Stocks

   $ 177      Broker quotes    Broker quotes

Loans

     11,192      Third-party valuation service    Broker quotes

The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

CLO = Collateralized Loan Obligation

CMO = Collateralized Mortgage Obligation

EURIBOR = Euro Interbank Offered Rate

GTD = Guaranteed

ICE = IntercontinentalExchange

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

PIK = Payment in kind

REMIC = Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit

TB = Treasury Bill

 

Market Sector Diversification  

(as a % of net assets)

 

Consumer Discretionary

     17.4%  

Financials

     16.0%  

United States Government and Government Agency Obligations

     9.3%  

Information Technology

     7.2%  

Telecommunication Services

     5.9%  

Consumer Staples

     5.9%  

Industrials

     5.7%  

Energy

     5.3%  

Materials

     5.2%  

Health Care

     3.4%  

Other Government Securities

     2.6%  

Utilities

     1.9%  

Real Estate

     1.6%  

Other+

     12.6%  

 

+ Includes cash and other assets (net of liabilities), and cash equivalents
 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS   IVY CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND

 

 

 

ALL DATA IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

Asset Allocation

 

Bonds

     89.9%  

Municipal Bonds

     89.9%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     10.1%  

Quality Weightings

 

Investment Grade

     41.8%  

AA

     13.0%  

A

     4.3%  

BBB

     24.5%  

Non-Investment Grade

     48.1%  

BB

     7.1%  

B

     5.2%  

Below CCC

     2.7%  

Non-rated

     33.1%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     10.1%  

Our preference is to always use ratings obtained from Standard & Poor’s. For securities not rated by Standard & Poor’s, ratings are obtained from Moody’s. We do not evaluate these ratings, but simply assign them to the appropriate credit quality category as determined by the rating agency.

 

 

+ Cash equivalents are defined as highly liquid securities with maturities of less than three months. Cash equivalents may include U.S. Government Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, corporate commercial paper and other money market instruments.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS   IVY CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND (in thousands)

 

 

 

MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

MUNICIPAL BONDS   Principal     Value  

California – 84.7%

     

CA Cnty Tob Securitization Agy, Tob Stlmt Asset-Bkd Bonds (Stanislaus Cnty Tob Funding Corp.), Ser 2006,

     

0.000%, 6–1–55 (A)

  $ 1,500     $ 54  

CA Edu Fac Auth, Rev Bonds (Loma Linda Univ), Ser 2017A,

     

5.000%, 4–1–47

    300       331  

CA Muni Fin Auth, Rev Bonds (CA Baptist Univ), Ser 2016A,

     

5.000%, 11–1–46

    500       503  

CA Muni Fin Auth, Rev Bonds (NorthBay Hlthcare Group), Ser 2017A,

     

5.000%, 11–1–47

    425       452  

CA Pollutn Ctl Fin Auth, Water Furnishing Rev Bonds (Poseidon Res (Channelside) L.P. Desalination Proj), Ser 2012,

     

5.000%, 11–21–45

    250       251  

CA Sch Fin Auth, Charter Sch Rev Bonds (Ace Charter Sch – Oblig Group), Ser 2016A,

     

5.000%, 6–1–52

    300       272  

CA Sch Fin Auth, Charter Sch Rev Bonds (Encore Edu Oblig Group), Ser 2016A,

     

5.000%, 6–1–52

    300       274  

CA Sch Fin Auth, Charter Sch Rev Bonds (Rocketship Edu – Oblig Group), Ser 2017A,

     

5.250%, 6–1–52

    250       250  

CA Sch Fin Auth, Charter Sch Rev Rfdg Bonds (Aspire Pub Sch – Oblig Group), Ser 2016,

     

5.000%, 8–1–41

    250       263  

CA Sch Fin Auth, Sch Fac Rev Bonds (Alliance for College-Ready Pub Sch Proj), Ser 2016C,

     

5.000%, 7–1–31

    250       268  

CA Sch Fin Auth, Sch Fac Rev Bonds (Granada Hills Charter High Sch Oblig Group), Ser 2017A,

     

5.000%, 7–1–48

    350       361  

CA Statewide Cmnty Dev Auth, Rev Bonds (Loma Linda Univ Med Ctr), Ser 2016A,

     

5.250%, 12–1–56

    250       265  

CA Statewide Comnty Dev Auth, Rev Bonds (Loma Linda Univ Med Ctr), Ser 2014A,

     

5.250%, 12–1–44

    250       266  

CA Statewide Comnty Dev Auth, Sch Fac Rev Bonds (Alliance for College Ready Pub Sch - 47th and Main Proj), Ser 2012A,

     

6.375%, 7–1–47

    100       110  

CA Various Purp GO Bonds,

     

5.000%, 9–1–46

    500       570  

Chino Pub Fin Auth, Local Agy Rfdg Bonds, Ser 2016A,

     

3.500%, 9–1–43

    250       217  
MUNICIPAL BONDS (Continued)   Principal     Value  

California (Continued)

     

Golden State Tob Securitization Corp., Enhanced Tob Stlmt Asset-Bkd Bonds, Ser 2017A-1,

     

5.000%, 6–1–29 (B)

  $ 750     $ 869  

Golden State Tob Securitization Corp., Tob Stlmt Asset-Bkd Bonds, Ser 2007A-1,

     

5.000%, 6–1–33

    100       100  

Golden State Tob Securitization Corp., Tob Stlmt Asset-Bkd Bonds, Ser 2007A-1 Sr Current Interest Bonds,

     

5.750%, 6–1–47

    470       470  

Los Angeles, CA, Dept of Arpts, Los Angeles Intl Arpt Sub Rev Bonds, Ser 2016B,

     

5.000%, 5–15–46

    300       334  

M-S-R Energy Auth, Gas Rev Bonds, Ser 2009C,

     

7.000%, 11–1–34

    300       414  

Murrieta, CA, Cmnty Fac Dist No. 2005-5, Spl Tax Bonds (Golden City), Ser 2017A,

     

5.000%, 9–1–46

    300       319  

Ontario, CA, Cmnty Fac Dist No. 28, Spl Tax Bonds (New Haven Fac – Area A), Ser 2017:

     

5.000%, 9–1–42

    130       136  

5.000%, 9–1–47

    230       240  

Oro Grande Elem Sch Dist, Cert of Part, Ser 2013,

     

5.000%, 9–15–27

    40       44  

Palamar Hlth, Rfdg Rev Bonds, Ser 2016:

     

4.000%, 11–1–39

    175       163  

5.000%, 11–1–39

    500       529  

Poway Unif Sch Dist, Spl Tax Bonds (Cmnty Fac Dist No. 15 Del Sur East Impvt Area C), Ser 2016,

     

5.000%, 9–1–46

    250       271  

Redev Agy of the City of San Jose, Merged Area Redev Proj Tax Alloc Bonds, Ser 2007B,

     

4.250%, 8–1–36

    250       250  

Sacramento, CA, Spl Tax Bonds (Natomas Cent Comnty Fac), Ser 2016,

     

5.000%, 9–1–41

    250       267  

San Bernardino, CA, Cmnty Fac Dist No. 2006-1 (Lytle Creek North), Impvt Area No. 4 Spl Tax Bonds, Ser 2016,

     

4.000%, 9–1–42

    250       232  

San Buenaventura Rev Bonds (Cmnty Mem Hlth Sys), Ser 2011,

     

7.500%, 12–1–41

    100       116  

San Francisco City and Cnty Pub Util Comsn, Water Rev Bonds, Ser 2016AB,

     

4.000%, 11–1–39

    250       257  
MUNICIPAL BONDS (Continued)   Principal     Value  

California (Continued)

     

San Jose, CA, Arpt Rev Rfdg Bonds, Ser 2017A,

     

5.000%, 3–1–47 (B)

  $ 200     $ 221  

Successor Agy to the Redev Agy of the City of Tulare, Tax Alloc Rfdg Bonds, Ser 2017A (Insured by BAMAC),

     

4.000%, 8–1–40

    250       248  

Tob Securitization Auth of Southn CA, Tob Stlmt Asset-Bkd Bonds (San Diego Cnty Tob Asset Securitization Corp.), Ser 2006A Sr Current Int Bonds,

     

5.000%, 6–1–37

    250       250  

William S. Hart Union High Sch Dist, Cmnty Fac Dist No. 2015-1 Spl Tax Bonds, Ser 2017,

     

5.000%, 9–1–47

    300       319  
   

 

 

 
      10,756  
   

 

 

 
 

Puerto Rico – 4.5%

 

Cmnwlth of PR, Pub Impvt Rfdg GO Bonds, Ser 2011C,

     

5.750%, 7–1–36 (C)

    85       50  

PR Aqueduct and Sewer Auth, Rev Bonds, Ser 2012A,

     

5.125%, 7–1–37

    50       38  

PR Aqueduct and Sewer Auth, Rev Bonds, Ser A,

     

6.000%, 7–1–44

    250       191  

PR Elec Power Auth, Power Rev Rfdg Bonds, Ser VV (Insured by FGIC),

     

5.250%, 7–1–35

    60       63  

PR Elec Power Auth, Power Rev Rfdg Bonds, Ser VV (Insured by MBIA),

     

5.250%, 7–1–29

    60       63  

PR Hwy and Trans Auth, Trans Rev Rfdg Bonds, Ser 2007N,

     

5.250%, 7–1–32

    95       100  

PR Sales Tax Fin Corp., Sales Tax Rev Bonds, Sr Ser 2011C,

     

5.000%, 8–1–46

    100       65  
   

 

 

 
      570  
   

 

 

 
 

Virgin Islands – 0.7%

 

VI Pub Fin Auth, Sub Rev Bonds (VI Matching Fund Loan Note – Cruzan Proj), Ser 2009A,

     

5.000%, 10–1–29

    100       84  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS – 89.9%

 

  $ 11,410  

(Cost: $11,547)

     
 
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES              

Master Note – 1.2%

     

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 15 bps),

     

1.190%, 4–5–17 (D)

    152       152  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

 

SHORT-TERM SECURITIES (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Municipal Obligations – 16.7%

 

CA GO Bonds, Ser 2004B6 (GTD by U.S. Bank N.A.) (BVAL plus 7 bps),

     

0.860%, 4–7–17 (D)

  $ 475     $ 475  

City of Whittier, Hlth Fac Rev Bonds (Presbyterian Intercmnty Hosp), Ser 2009 (GTD by U.S. Bank N.A.) (BVAL plus 14 bps),

     

0.840%, 4–7–17 (D)

    250       250  

Harris Cnty Hosp Dist, Sr Lien Rfdg Rev Bonds, Ser 2010 (GTD by JPMorgan Chase & Co.) (BVAL plus 11 bps),

     

0.920%, 4–7–17 (D)

    90       90  

IA Fin Auth, Var Rate Demand Hlth Fac Rev Bonds (Great River Med Ctr Proj), Ser 2008 (GTD by Great River Medical Center) (BVAL plus 17 bps),

     

0.900%, 4–1–17 (D)

    475       475  
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES (Continued)   Principal     Value  

Municipal Obligations (Continued)

 

LA Pub Fac Auth, Rev Bonds (Air Products and Chemicals Proj), Ser 2008A (GTD by Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.) (BVAL plus 9.7 bps),

     

0.930%, 4–1–17 (D)

  $ 150     $ 150  

SD Hlth and Edu Fac Auth, Var Rate Dmnd Rev Bonds (Sioux Vly Hosp and Hlth Sys), Ser 2001C (GTD by U.S. Bank N.A.) (BVAL plus 9 bps),

     

0.910%, 4–7–17 (D)

    475       475  
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Municipal Obligations (Continued)

 

The Regents of the Univ of CA, Gen Rev Bonds, Ser AL (BVAL plus 9 bps),

     

0.890%, 4–7–17 (D)

  $ 200     $ 200  
   

 

 

 
      2,115  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 17.9%

 

  $ 2,267  

(Cost: $2,267)

     
 

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 107.8%

 

  $ 13,677  

(Cost: $13,814)

     
 

LIABILITIES, NET OF CASH AND OTHER ASSETS – (7.8%)

 

    (987
 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 12,690  

 

 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

(A) Zero coupon bond.

 

(B) Purchased on a when-issued basis with settlement subsequent to March 31, 2017.

 

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

 

(D) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Date shown represents the date that the variable rate resets. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017. See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurement.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

       

Investments in Securities

       

Municipal Bonds

  $     —      $ 11,410      $     —  

Short-Term Securities

           2,267         

Total

  $      $ 13,677      $  

During the period ended March 31, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 and 2.

The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

BAMAC = Build America Mutual Assurance Co.

BVAL = Bloomberg Valuation Municipal AAA Benchmark

FGIC = Financial Guaranty Insurance Co.

GTD = Guaranteed

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

MBIA = Municipal Bond Insurance Association

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS   IVY IG INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

 

 

ALL DATA IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

Asset Allocation

 

Stocks

     94.4%  

Consumer Discretionary

     20.8%  

Industrials

     20.1%  

Information Technology

     13.2%  

Materials

     11.3%  

Financials

     8.7%  

Real Estate

     7.6%  

Health Care

     4.8%  

Consumer Staples

     4.4%  

Energy

     3.0%  

Utilities

     0.5%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     5.6%  

Country Weightings

 

Europe

     51.0%  

Germany

     10.6%  

United Kingdom

     10.0%  

France

     6.8%  

Ireland

     6.4%  

Isle Of Man

     4.3%  

Spain

     3.6%  

Other Europe

     9.3%  

Pacific Basin

     43.4%  

Japan

     34.0%  

Australia

     5.0%  

Other Pacific Basin

     4.4%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     5.6%  
 

 

Top 10 Equity Holdings

 

Company      Country      Sector      Industry

Dalata Hotel Group plc

    

Ireland

    

Consumer Discretionary

    

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines

Ebara Corp.

    

Japan

    

Industrials

    

Industrial Machinery

GVC Holdings plc

    

Isle Of Man

    

Consumer Discretionary

    

Casinos & Gaming

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

    

Japan

    

Industrials

    

Industrial Machinery

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica S.A.

    

Spain

    

Industrials

    

Heavy Electrical Equipment

OSG Corp.

    

Japan

    

Industrials

    

Industrial Machinery

Kewpie Corp.

    

Japan

    

Consumer Staples

    

Packaged Foods & Meats

SCSK Corp.

    

Japan

    

Information Technology

    

IT Consulting & Other Services

Teleperformance SE

    

France

    

Industrials

    

Research & Consulting Services

GLP J-REIT

    

Japan

    

Real Estate

    

Industrial REITs

See your advisor or www.ivyinvestments.com for more information on the Fund’s most recent published Top 10 Equity Holdings.

 

+ Cash equivalents are defined as highly liquid securities with maturities of less than three months. Cash equivalents may include U.S. Government Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, corporate commercial paper and other money market instruments.

 

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS   IVY IG INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND (in thousands)

 

 

 

MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

COMMON STOCKS   Shares     Value  

Australia

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.7%

 

Ardent Leisure Group

    123     $ 172  

Super Retail Group Ltd.

    41       320  
   

 

 

 
      492  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 0.9%

 

Santos Ltd.

    96       278  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 1.0%

 

carsales.com Ltd.

    36       305  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 1.4%

 

Evolution Mining Ltd.

    110       176  

Sandfire Resources NL

    49       239  
   

 

 

 
      415  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Australia – 5.0%

 

    1,490  

Austria

 

 

Industrials – 0.9%

 

Andritz AG

    5       261  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Austria – 0.9%

 

    261  

Belgium

 

 

Materials – 1.3%

 

Tessenderlo Chemie N.V.

    9       342  

Umicore S.A.

    1       30  
   

 

 

 
      372  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Belgium – 1.3%

 

    372  

China

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.7%

 

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (A)

    1,818       194  

Man Wah Holdings Ltd.

    400       318  
   

 

 

 
      512  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 1.0%

 

Zhuzhou CSR Times Electric Co. Ltd., H Shares

    55       292  
   

 

 

 
 

Total China – 2.7%

 

    804  

France

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.8%

 

Havas S.A. (A)

    27       238  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 2.5%

 

Alstom

    10       293  

Teleperformance SE

    4       469  
   

 

 

 
      762  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 3.0%

 

Sopra Steria Group S.A.

    3       443  

Ubisoft Entertainment S.A. (A)

    10       433  
   

 

 

 
      876  
   

 

 

 
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Utilities – 0.5%

 

Rubis Group (A)

    1     $ 134  
   

 

 

 
 

Total France – 6.8%

 

    2,010  

Germany

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.1%

 

TAKKT AG

    14       316  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 1.0%

 

Aurelius Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA

    3       119  

FinTech Group AG (A)

    12       190  
   

 

 

 
      309  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 1.2%

 

Sartorius AG

    4       363  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 2.7%

 

Duerr AG

    4       372  

Sixt Leasing SE

    8       149  

Sixt SE

    6       253  
   

 

 

 
      774  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 1.2%

 

Dialog Semiconductor plc (A)

    3       155  

United Internet AG

    5       200  
   

 

 

 
      355  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 2.5%

 

Aurubis AG

    4       249  

Biotechnology Research and Information Network AG (A)

    6       106  

Fuchs Petrolub SE

    8       391  
   

 

 

 
      746  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Germany – 9.7%

 

    2,863  

Ireland

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 2.2%

 

Dalata Hotel Group plc (A)

    130       621  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 1.3%

 

Origin Enterprises plc

    6       44  

Total Produce plc

    171       355  
   

 

 

 
      399  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 1.1%

 

UDG Healthcare plc

    37       322  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 0.6%

 

Kingspan Group plc

    6       177  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 1.2%

 

Smurfit Kappa Group plc

    14       362  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Ireland – 6.4%

 

    1,881  

Isle Of Man

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.8%

 

GVC Holdings plc

    60       548  
   

 

 

 
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Energy – 1.3%

 

Playtech plc

    32     $ 377  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 1.2%

 

Paysafe Group plc (A)

    61       355  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Isle Of Man – 4.3%

 

    1,280  

Italy

 

 

Financials – 0.5%

 

Mediobanca S.p.A.

    18       161  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 1.0%

 

Prysmian S.p.A.

    11       297  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Italy – 1.5%

 

    458  

Japan

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 6.4%

 

Haseko Corp.

    41       447  

Hitachi Maxwell Ltd.

    15       266  

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

    10       110  

NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.

    11       249  

Nifco, Inc.

    9       442  

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

    2       394  
   

 

 

 
      1,908  
   

 

 

 
 

Consumer Staples – 3.1%

 

Kewpie Corp.

    17       487  

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co. Ltd.

    10       455  
   

 

 

 
      942  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 3.3%

 

Gunma Bank Ltd. (The)

    48       249  

Hiroshima Bank Ltd. (The)

    69       293  

Suruga Bank Ltd.

    20       417  
   

 

 

 
      959  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 0.8%

 

Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.

    5       234  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 6.9%

 

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

    20       506  

Ebara Corp.

    17       559  

Hoshizaki Electric Co. Ltd.

    3       212  

OSG Corp.

    24       493  

Tsubaki Nakashima Co. Ltd.

    15       245  
   

 

 

 
      2,015  
   

 

 

 
 

Information Technology – 5.6%

 

Alps Electric Co. Ltd.

    14       400  

DISCO Corp.

    2       365  

SCSK Corp.

    12       476  

Shimadzu Corp.

    26       410  
   

 

 

 
      1,651  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 2.7%

 

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

    12       350  

Zeon Corp.

    38       434  
   

 

 

 
      784  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Real Estate – 5.2%

 

GLP J-REIT

      $ 457  

Ichigo, Inc.

    136       399  

Kenedix Office Investment Corp.

        271  

TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.

    11       424  
   

 

 

 
      1,551  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Japan – 34.0%

 

    10,044  

Luxembourg

     
 

Real Estate – 0.8%

     

Grand City Properties S.A. (A)

    13       239  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Luxembourg – 0.8%

            239  

Netherlands

 

 

Information Technology – 1.2%

 

ASM International N.V.

    6       347  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 1.4%

 

Royal DSM Heerlen

    6       420  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Netherlands – 2.6%

            767  

Singapore

 

 

Industrials – 0.7%

 

Singapore Post Ltd.

    213       207  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 1.0%

 

Manulife U.S. REIT

    363       306  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Singapore – 1.7%

            513  

Spain

     
 

Consumer Discretionary – 1.1%

 

Telepizza Group S.A. (A)

    66       334  
   

 

 

 
 

Health Care – 0.8%

 

Almirall S.A. (A)

    15       241  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 1.7%

 

Gamesa Corporacion Tecnologica S.A.

    21       499  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Spain – 3.6%

 

    1,074  
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Sweden

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.8%

 

Dometic Group AB (A)

    30     $ 224  
   

 

 

 
 

Materials – 0.5%

 

Boliden AB

    5       146  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Sweden – 1.3%

 

    370  

Switzerland

 

 

Financials – 0.9%

 

Helvetia Holding AG

        269  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Switzerland – 0.9%

 

    269  

United Kingdom

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 3.2%

 

Bellway plc

    11       375  

Merlin Entertainments plc

    48       290  

SuperGroup plc

    6       110  

Taylor Wimpey plc

    76       184  
   

 

 

 
      959  
   

 

 

 
 

Energy – 0.8%

 

Cairn Energy plc (A)

    92       236  
   

 

 

 
 

Financials – 3.0%

 

Direct Line Insurance Group plc

    47       205  

Provident Financial plc

    7       258  

St. James’s Place plc

    13       177  

TP ICAP plc

    42       247  
   

 

 

 
      887  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrials – 2.1%

 

Diploma plc

    32       421  

National Express Group plc

    46       209  
   

 

 

 
      630  
   

 

 

 
COMMON STOCKS (Continued)   Shares     Value  

Materials – 0.3%

 

Randgold Resources Ltd.

    1     $ 83  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate – 0.6%

 

Great Portland Estates plc

    20       163  
   

 

 

 
 

Total United Kingdom – 10.0%

 

    2,958  
 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS – 93.5%

 

  $ 27,653  

(Cost: $26,629)

     
 
PREFERRED STOCKS              

Germany

 

 

Health Care – 0.9%

 

Dragerwerk AG & Co. KGaA

    3       268  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Germany – 0.9%

 

    268  
 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS – 0.9%

 

  $ 268  

(Cost: $227)

     
 
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES   Principal         

Master Note – 2.7%

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 15 bps)

     

1.190%, 4–5–17 (B)

  $ 786       786  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 2.7%

 

  $ 786  

(Cost: $786)

     
 

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 97.1%

 

  $ 28,707  

(Cost: $27,642)

     
 

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, NET OF LIABILITIES – 2.9%

 

    871  
 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 29,578  
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(A) No dividends were paid during the preceding 12 months.

 

(B) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Date shown represents the date that the variable rate resets. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017. See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurement.

 

Assets   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Investments in Securities

       

Common Stocks

  $ 27,653      $      $     —  

Preferred Stocks

    268                

Short-Term Securities

           786         

Total

  $ 27,921      $ 786      $  

During the period ended March 31, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 and 2.

The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Market Sector Diversification  

(as a % of net assets)

 

Consumer Discretionary

     20.8%  

Industrials

     20.1%  

Information Technology

     13.2%  

Materials

     11.3%  

Financials

     8.7%  

Real Estate

     7.6%  

Health Care

     4.8%  

Consumer Staples

     4.4%  

Energy

     3.0%  

Utilities

     0.5%  

Other+

     5.6%  

 

+ Includes cash and other assets (net of liabilities), and cash equivalents
 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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PORTFOLIO HIGHLIGHTS   IVY PICTET EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL CURRENCY DEBT FUND(a)

 

 

 

ALL DATA IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

Asset Allocation

 

Purchased Options

     0.0%  

Bonds

     86.6%  

Other Government Securities

     86.6%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     13.4%  

Quality Weightings

 

Investment Grade

     60.7%  

AA

     6.8%  

A

     17.7%  

BBB

     36.2%  

Non-Investment Grade

     25.9%  

BB

     7.0%  

B

     5.5%  

Non-rated

     13.4%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+ and Purchased Options

     13.4%  

Our preference is to always use ratings obtained from Standard & Poor’s. For securities not rated by Standard & Poor’s, ratings are obtained from Moody’s. We do not evaluate these ratings, but simply assign them to the appropriate credit quality category as determined by the rating agency.

Lipper Rankings

 

Category: Lipper Emerging Markets
Local Currency Debt Funds
   Rank      Percentile  

1 Year

   86/96        89  

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Rankings are for Class A shares and are based on average annual total returns, but do not consider sales charges. Rankings for other share classes may vary.

Country Weightings

 

Pacific Basin

     30.5%  

Thailand

     13.5%  

Malaysia

     4.7%  

Philippines

     4.4%  

Indonesia

     4.2%  

Turkey

     3.6%  

Other Pacific Basin

     0.1%  

South America

     27.8%  

Brazil

     7.0%  

Chile

     6.7%  

Argentina

     5.5%  

Peru

     4.5%  

Columbia

     4.1%  

Europe

     17.4%  

Russia

     4.7%  

Romania

     4.5%  

Hungary

     4.4%  

Poland

     3.8%  

North America

     6.6%  

Mexico

     6.6%  

Africa

     4.3%  

South Africa

     4.3%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), Cash Equivalents+ and Purchased Options

     13.4%  
 

 

+ Cash equivalents are defined as highly liquid securities with maturities of less than three months. Cash equivalents may include U.S. Government Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, corporate commercial paper and other money market instruments.

 

(a) Effective April 3, 2017, the name of Ivy Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund has changed to Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund.

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS   Number of
Contracts
(Unrounded)
    Value  

90-Day Eurodollar June Futures, Put $98.00,
Expires 6–19–17

    56     $
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS – 0.0%

 

  $

(Cost: $2)

     
 
OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (A)
  Principal         

Argentina – 5.5%

 

Argentine Bonos del Tesoro

     

18.200%, 10–3–21 (B)

  ARS 16,913       1,175  
   

 

 

 

Republic of Argentina:

 

21.200%, 9–19–18 (B)

    350       24  

16.000%, 10–17–23 (B)

    7,797       535  

15.500%, 10–17–26 (B)

    17,642       1,208  
   

 

 

 
      2,942  
   

 

 

 
 

Brazil – 7.0%

 

Brazil Letras do Tesouro Nacional:

     

0.000%, 1–1–18 (B)(C)

  BRL 2,990       891  

0.000%, 7–1–18 (B)(C)

    3,700       1,055  

0.000%, 1–1–19 (B)(C)

    600       164  

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional:

     

10.000%, 1–1–21 (B)

    1,322       425  

10.000%, 1–1–23 (B)

    870       279  

10.000%, 1–1–25 (B)

    1,259       402  

10.000%, 1–1–27 (B)

    1,580       504  
   

 

 

 
      3,720  
   

 

 

 
 

Chile – 6.7%

 

Bonos de la Tesoreria de la Republica en pesos

     

4.500%, 2–28–21 (B)

  CLP 105,000       165  

Republic of Chile

 

5.500%, 8–5–20 (B)

    2,125,000       3,393  
   

 

 

 
      3,558  
   

 

 

 
 

Columbia – 4.1%

 

Colombian TES:

 

10.000%, 7–24–24 (B)

  COP 605,000       252  

7.500%, 8–26–26 (B)

    1,175,000       431  

6.000%, 4–28–28 (B)

    2,946,500       964  

7.750%, 9–18–30 (B)

    1,222,600       460  

7.000%, 6–30–32 (B)

    270,000       94  
   

 

 

 
      2,201  
   

 

 

 
 

Hungary – 4.4%

 

Hungary Government Bond:

 

4.000%, 4–25–18 (B)

  HUF 45,000       162  

6.500%, 6–24–19 (B)

    12,000       47  

7.000%, 6–24–22 (B)

    99,250       427  

6.000%, 11–24–23 (B)

    126,240       528  

5.500%, 6–24–25 (B)

    279,110       1,133  

3.000%, 10–27–27 (B)

    20,000       67  
   

 

 

 
      2,364  
   

 

 

 
OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (A)
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Indonesia – 4.2%

 

Indonesia Government Bond:

 

9.000%, 3–15–29 (B)

  IDR 13,150,000     $ 1,093  

8.250%, 6–15–32 (B)

    600,000       46  

8.375%, 3–15–34 (B)

    7,400,000       587  

8.250%, 5–15–36 (B)

    1,800,000       142  

8.750%, 2–15–44 (B)

    4,600,000       365  
   

 

 

 
      2,233  
   

 

 

 
 

Malaysia – 4.7%

 

Malaysia Government Bond:

 

3.654%, 10–31–19 (B)

  MYR 1,890       427  

3.492%, 3–31–20 (B)

    580       130  

4.048%, 9–30–21 (B)

    390       89  

3.418%, 8–15–22 (B)

    1,070       236  

3.795%, 9–30–22 (B)

    3,180       713  

4.181%, 7–15–24 (B)

    660       150  

4.392%, 4–15–26 (B)

    180       41  

4.498%, 4–15–30 (B)

    460       104  

4.232%, 6–30–31 (B)

    1,170       256  

4.127%, 4–15–32 (B)

    122       26  

3.844%, 4–15–33 (B)

    720       149  

4.935%, 9–30–43 (B)

    760       173  
   

 

 

 
      2,494  
   

 

 

 
 

Mexico – 6.6%

 

Mexican Bonos:

 

5.000%, 6–15–17 (B)

  MXN 8,200       437  

8.500%, 12–13–18 (B)

    24,000       1,318  

10.000%, 12–5–24 (B)

    3,095       194  

5.750%, 3–5–26 (B)

    2,851       139  

7.500%, 6–3–27 (B)

    4,426       243  

7.750%, 5–29–31 (B)

    3,130       174  

7.750%, 11–13–42 (B)

    18,180       1,005  
   

 

 

 
      3,510  
   

 

 

 
 

Peru – 4.5%

 

Republic of Peru:

 

5.700%, 8–12–24 (B)

  PEN 348       109  

6.350%, 8–12–28 (B)

    425       133  

6.950%, 8–12–31 (B)

    810       268  

6.900%, 8–12–37 (B)

    3,467       1,140  

6.850%, 2–12–42 (B)

    2,340       756  
   

 

 

 
      2,406  
   

 

 

 
 

Philippines – 4.4%

 

Republic of Philippines:

 

4.950%, 1–15–21 (B)

  PHP 30,000       607  

6.250%, 1–14–36 (B)

    79,000       1,748  
   

 

 

 
      2,355  
   

 

 

 
 

Poland – 3.8%

 

Poland Government Bond:

 

2.500%, 7–25–18 (B)

  PLN 680       173  

1.750%, 7–25–21 (B)

    860       208  

5.750%, 9–23–22 (B)

    560       161  

4.000%, 10–25–23 (B)

    1,128       300  

2.500%, 7–25–26 (B)

    1,780       418  

2.500%, 7–25–27 (B)

    290       67  
OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (A)
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Poland (Continued)

 

5.750%, 4–25–29 (B)

  PLN 2,172     $ 665  
   

 

 

 
      1,992  
   

 

 

 
 

Romania – 4.5%

 

Romania Government Bond:

 

3.250%, 1–17–18 (B)

  RON 800       191  

5.750%, 4–29–20 (B)

    920       239  

5.950%, 6–11–21 (B)

    820       218  

5.850%, 4–26–23 (B)

    3,030       812  

4.750%, 2–24–25 (B)

    3,025       763  

5.800%, 7–26–27 (B)

    700       190  
   

 

 

 
      2,413  
   

 

 

 
 

Russia – 4.7%

 

Russia Government Bond:

 

7.400%, 4–19–17 (B)

  RUB 6,400       114  

7.400%, 6–14–17 (B)

    6,000       106  

7.000%, 8–16–23 (B)

    12,160       207  

7.050%, 1–19–28 (B)

    123,514       2,061  
   

 

 

 
      2,488  
   

 

 

 
 

South Africa – 4.3%

 

Republic of South Africa:

 

6.500%, 2–28–41 (B)

  ZAR 2,000       105  

8.750%, 1–31–44 (B)

    1,900       128  

8.750%, 2–28–48 (B)

    30,355       2,047  
   

 

 

 
      2,280  
   

 

 

 
 

South Korea – 0.1%

     

Export Import Bank Korea

 

8.000%, 5–15–18 (B)

  IDR 700,000       53  
   

 

 

 
 

Thailand – 13.5%

 

Thailand Government Bond:

 

3.250%, 6–16–17 (B)

  THB 147,567       4,309  

2.800%, 10–10–17 (B)

    8,800       258  

1.875%, 6–17–22 (B)

    26,624       763  

3.625%, 6–16–23 (B)

    1,100       34  

3.850%, 12–12–25 (B)

    30,950       988  

2.125%, 12–17–26 (B)

    8,800       244  

3.650%, 6–20–31 (B)

    8,440       262  

3.775%, 6–25–32 (B)

    2,100       65  

4.260%, 12–12–37 (B)

    8,000       265  
   

 

 

 
      7,188  
   

 

 

 
 

Turkey – 3.6%

 

Turkey Government Bond:

     

6.300%, 2–14–18 (B)

  TRY 3,000       795  

10.400%, 3–27–19 (B)

    1,100       299  

8.800%, 9–27–23 (B)

    2,020       505  

10.400%, 3–20–24 (B)

    370       100  

9.000%, 7–24–24 (B)

    360       91  

10.600%, 2–11–26 (B)

    480       131  
   

 

 

 
      1,921  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES – 86.6%

          $ 46,118  

(Cost: $46,479)

     
 

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

SHORT-TERM SECURITIES   Principal     Value  

Commercial Paper (D) – 4.4%

     

J.M. Smucker Co. (The)

     

1.090%, 4–3–17

  $ 2,316     $ 2,316  
   

 

 

 
 

Master Note – 4.3%

     

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 15 bps)

     

1.190%, 4–5–17 (E)

    2,275       2,275  
   

 

 

 
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

United States Government Agency Obligations – 2.4%

 

Overseas Private Investment Corp. (GTD by U.S. Government) (3-Month U.S. TB Rate)

     

0.870%, 4–7–17 (E)

  $ 1,300     $ 1,300  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 11.1%

 

  $ 5,891  

(Cost: $5,891)

     
            Value  
 

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 97.7%

 

  $ 52,009  

(Cost: $52,372)

     
 

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, NET OF LIABILITIES – 2.3%

 

    1,251  
 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 53,260  
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

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

 

(B) Principal and notional amounts are denominated in the indicated foreign currency, where applicable (ARS - Argentine Peso, BRL - Brazilian Real, CLP - Chilean Peso, COP - Columbian Peso, HUF - Hungarian Forint, IDR - Indonesian Rupiah, MXN - Mexican Peso, MYR - Malaysian Ringgit, PEN - Peruvian Neuvo Sol, PHP - Philippine Peso, PLN - Polish Zloty, RON - Romania Leu, RUB - Russian Ruble, SGD - Singapore Dollar, THB - Thai Baht, TRY - Turkish New Lira and ZAR - South African Rand).

 

(C) Zero coupon bond.

 

(D) Rate shown is the yield to maturity at March 31, 2017.

 

(E) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Date shown represents the date that the variable rate resets. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

The following over the counter credit default swaps – buy protection(1) were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

Referenced Obligation    Counterparty      (Pay)
Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Notional
Amount(2)
     Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
        

Republic of Korea

     Citibank N.A.        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        73      $   $  

Republic of Korea

     Goldman Sachs International        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        148             

Republic of Korea

     Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        323             

Republic of Turkey

     Bank of America N.A.        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        200        (4     (4  

Republic of Turkey

     Barclays Capital, Inc.        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        400        (13     (13  

Republic of Turkey

     Citibank N.A.        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        200        (5     (5  

Republic of Turkey

     Deutsche Bank AG        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        100        (3     (3  

Republic of Turkey

     Goldman Sachs International        (1.000 %)       12–20–21        100        (2     (2  
              

 

 

 
               $ (27   $ (27  
              

 

 

 

 

(1) If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

(2) The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement.

 

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The following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
Indian Rupee     10,600     U.S. Dollar     156     4–3–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.   $     $ 8    
U.S. Dollar     163     Indian Rupee     10,600     4–3–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.            
Brazilian Real     1,324     U.S. Dollar     423     4–4–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.            
U.S. Dollar     1,108     Brazilian Real     3,440     4–4–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           9    
South African Rand     20,159     U.S. Dollar     1,478     4–5–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           24    
U.S. Dollar     867     South African Rand     11,173     4–5–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           35    
Hungarian Forint     118,000     Euro     381     4–7–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           2    
Mexican Peso     14,107     U.S. Dollar     712     4–10–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           41    
U.S. Dollar     185     Mexican Peso     3,500     4–10–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     2          
Chilean Peso     320,372     U.S. Dollar     484     4–17–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           1    
U.S. Dollar     450     Colombian Peso     1,310,000     4–17–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     5          
U.S. Dollar     55     Turkish New Lira     210     4–17–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     3          
U.S. Dollar     433     Romanian Leu     1,822     4–19–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           6    
South Korean Won     183,000     U.S. Dollar     160     4–21–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           3    
U.S. Dollar     325     South Korean Won     367,000     4–21–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     4          
Hungarian Forint     63,000     U.S. Dollar     217     4–24–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           1    
U.S. Dollar     818     Hungarian Forint     236,246     4–24–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           1    
U.S. Dollar     342     Japanese Yen     38,000     4–24–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           1    
Chilean Peso     104,000     U.S. Dollar     160     4–28–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     3          
U.S. Dollar     430     Chilean Peso     284,000     4–28–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.            
U.S. Dollar     48     Brazilian Real     150     5–3–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.            
U.S. Dollar     162     Colombian Peso     480,000     5–24–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     3          
U.S. Dollar     165     Singapore Dollar     230     5–30–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.            
U.S. Dollar     916     Peruvian New Sol     3,025     6–6–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     10          
U.S. Dollar     707     Indonesian Rupiah     9,538,032     6–9–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     6          
Russian Ruble     23,000     U.S. Dollar     383     6–16–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           19    
U.S. Dollar     1,165     Russian Ruble     69,665     6–16–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     50          
Polish Zloty     376     U.S. Dollar     95     6–20–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.            
U.S. Dollar     497     Polish Zloty     1,953     6–20–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           5    
U.S. Dollar     328     Chilean Peso     218,000     6–22–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     1          
Thai Baht     20,142     U.S. Dollar     577     7–3–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           9    
U.S. Dollar     932     Philippine Peso     47,395     7–14–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     6          
South Korean Won     367,000     U.S. Dollar     325     7–17–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           4    
U.S. Dollar     384     Malaysian Ringgit     1,722     7–17–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     1          
U.S. Dollar     326     South Korean Won     367,000     7–17–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     3          
Indian Rupee     21,200     U.S. Dollar     326     4–3–17   Citibank N.A.            
U.S. Dollar     317     Indian Rupee     21,200     4–3–17   Citibank N.A.     10          
South African Rand     10,094     U.S. Dollar     772     4–5–17   Citibank N.A.     20          
U.S. Dollar     2,023     South African Rand     26,867     4–5–17   Citibank N.A.           20    
Indian Rupee     10,700     U.S. Dollar     158     4–10–17   Citibank N.A.           7    
Mexican Peso     30,100     U.S. Dollar     1,523     4–10–17   Citibank N.A.           84    
U.S. Dollar     160     Indian Rupee     10,700     4–10–17   Citibank N.A.     5          
U.S. Dollar     1,144     Mexican Peso     21,800     4–10–17   Citibank N.A.     19          
Turkish New Lira     410     U.S. Dollar     111     4–17–17   Citibank N.A.           1    
U.S. Dollar     984     Colombian Peso     2,858,625     4–17–17   Citibank N.A.     9          
U.S. Dollar     1,286     Turkish New Lira     4,957     4–17–17   Citibank N.A.     73          
Romanian Leu     342     U.S. Dollar     80     4–19–17   Citibank N.A.            
Singapore Dollar     460     U.S. Dollar     329     4–21–17   Citibank N.A.            
South Korean Won     184,000     U.S. Dollar     161     4–21–17   Citibank N.A.           3    
U.S. Dollar     324     Singapore Dollar     460     4–21–17   Citibank N.A.     5          
Hungarian Forint     7,000     U.S. Dollar     24     4–24–17   Citibank N.A.            

 

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MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
U.S. Dollar     355     Hungarian Forint     102,450     4–24–17   Citibank N.A.   $     $ 1    
Philippine Peso     7,900     U.S. Dollar     156     5–8–17   Citibank N.A.           1    
U.S. Dollar     158     Philippine Peso     7,900     5–8–17   Citibank N.A.           1    
U.S. Dollar     486     Singapore Dollar     680     5–30–17   Citibank N.A.     1          
U.S. Dollar     227     Chinese Yuan Renminbi     1,574     6–7–17   Citibank N.A.            
Thai Baht     111,600     U.S. Dollar     3,132     6–20–17   Citibank N.A.           114    
U.S. Dollar     163     Euro     151     6–20–17   Citibank N.A.           2    
U.S. Dollar     626     Polish Zloty     2,517     6–20–17   Citibank N.A.     8          
Indian Rupee     21,200     U.S. Dollar     313     7–14–17   Citibank N.A.           11    
U.S. Dollar     294     Philippine Peso     14,900     7–14–17   Citibank N.A.     1          
U.S. Dollar     182     Malaysian Ringgit     810     7–17–17   Citibank N.A.            
Indian Rupee     10,600     U.S. Dollar     155     4–3–17   Credit Suisse International           8    
U.S. Dollar     163     Indian Rupee     10,600     4–3–17   Credit Suisse International            
Colombian Peso     430,000     U.S. Dollar     143     4–6–17   Credit Suisse International           6    
U.S. Dollar     149     Colombian Peso     430,000     4–6–17   Credit Suisse International     1          
Hungarian Forint     23,000     Euro     74     4–7–17   Credit Suisse International            
Mexican Peso     4,545     U.S. Dollar     241     4–10–17   Credit Suisse International           2    
U.S. Dollar     163     Mexican Peso     3,100     4–10–17   Credit Suisse International     2          
Colombian Peso     1,010,000     U.S. Dollar     349     4–17–17   Credit Suisse International           2    
U.S. Dollar     90     Colombian Peso     260,000     4–17–17   Credit Suisse International            
U.S. Dollar     67     Turkish New Lira     260     4–17–17   Credit Suisse International     4          
U.S. Dollar     687     Japanese Yen     76,000     4–24–17   Credit Suisse International           4    
Chilean Peso     104,000     U.S. Dollar     160     4–28–17   Credit Suisse International     3          
South Korean Won     185,000     U.S. Dollar     166     5–30–17   Credit Suisse International            
Indonesian Rupiah     1,600,000     U.S. Dollar     119     6–9–17   Credit Suisse International           1    
U.S. Dollar     74     Indonesian Rupiah     1,000,000     6–9–17   Credit Suisse International     1          
Thai Baht     7,200     U.S. Dollar     206     6–20–17   Credit Suisse International           4    
U.S. Dollar     70     Thai Baht     2,400     6–20–17   Credit Suisse International            
U.S. Dollar     164     Chilean Peso     109,000     6–22–17   Credit Suisse International     1          
Chinese Yuan Renminbi Offshore     2,200     U.S. Dollar     317     7–14–17   Credit Suisse International            
Philippine Peso     10,100     U.S. Dollar     198     7–14–17   Credit Suisse International           2    
U.S. Dollar     137     South African Rand     1,794     4–5–17   Deutsche Bank AG           3    
U.S. Dollar     150     Turkish New Lira     567     4–17–17   Deutsche Bank AG     6          
South Korean Won     185,000     U.S. Dollar     166     6–5–17   Deutsche Bank AG            
Euro     188     Polish Zloty     800     6–20–17   Deutsche Bank AG            
U.S. Dollar     57     Thai Baht     2,000     6–20–17   Deutsche Bank AG     1          
U.S. Dollar     331     South African Rand     4,300     4–5–17   Goldman Sachs International           11    
Colombian Peso     470,000     U.S. Dollar     159     4–17–17   Goldman Sachs International           4    
Turkish New Lira     1,256     U.S. Dollar     339     4–17–17   Goldman Sachs International           6    
U.S. Dollar     52     Colombian Peso     150,000     4–17–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     66     Turkish New Lira     258     4–17–17   Goldman Sachs International     5          
Romanian Leu     570     U.S. Dollar     133     4–19–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     584     Romanian Leu     2,477     4–19–17   Goldman Sachs International           3    
Hungarian Forint     19,450     U.S. Dollar     67     4–24–17   Goldman Sachs International           1    

 

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     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
South Korean Won     559,000     U.S. Dollar     498     5–30–17   Goldman Sachs International   $     $ 3    
U.S. Dollar     165     Singapore Dollar     230     6–5–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     63     Malaysian Ringgit     280     7–17–17   Goldman Sachs International            
Brazilian Real     4,656     U.S. Dollar     1,486     4–4–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC           2    
U.S. Dollar     811     Brazilian Real     2,540     4–4–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC            
South African Rand     2,062     U.S. Dollar     162     4–5–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC     9          
Mexican Peso     3,100     U.S. Dollar     156     4–10–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC           10    
U.S. Dollar     237     Mexican Peso     4,714     4–10–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC     15          
U.S. Dollar     345     Japanese Yen     38,000     4–24–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC           3    
U.S. Dollar     1,477     Brazilian Real     4,656     5–3–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC            
Polish Zloty     757     U.S. Dollar     191     6–20–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC            
U.S. Dollar     292     Polish Zloty     1,150     6–20–17   JPMorgan Securities LLC           3    
           

 

 

 
            $ 296     $ 492    
           

 

 

 

The following interest rate swap agreements were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

Counterparty   Pay/Receive
Floating Rate
     Floating Rate Index   Fixed Rate     Maturity
Date
    Notional
Amount(b)
    Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
        

Deutsche Bank AG

    Receive      6-Month Association of Banks in Singapore Swap Offer Rate     2.000     10/17/2021     SGD 444     $   $ 2    

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

    Pay      6-Month LIBOR     9.800     10/9/2022     $ 233       32       40    

Nomura Securities International, Inc.

    Receive      6-Month Association of Banks in Singapore Swap Offer Rate     1.950     8/22/2026     SGD  256       9       9    
            

 

 

 
             $ 41     $ 51    
            

 

 

 

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017. See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurement.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

       

Investments in Securities

       

Purchased Options

  $    $      $  

Other Government Securities

           46,118         

Short-Term Securities

           5,891         

Total

  $      $ 52,009      $  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 296      $  

Interest Rate Swaps

  $      $ 51      $  

Liabilities

       

Over the Counter Credit Default Swaps

  $      $ 27      $  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $     —      $ 492      $     —  

During the period ended March 31, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 and 2.

 

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The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

GTD = Guaranteed

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

OTC = Over the Counter

TB = Treasury Bill

 

Market Sector Diversification  

(as a % of net assets)

 

Other Government Securities

     86.6%  

Other+

     13.4%  

 

+ Includes purchased options, cash and other assets (net of liabilities), and cash equivalents
 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALL DATA IS AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

Asset Allocation

 

Purchased Options

     0.1%  

Bonds

     95.7%  

United States Government and Government Agency Obligations

     48.1%  

Corporate Debt Securities

     28.7%  

Other Government Securities

     18.9%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+

     4.2%  

Quality Weightings

 

Investment Grade

     85.8%  

AAA

     17.8%  

AA

     44.0%  

A

     8.8%  

BBB

     15.2%  

Non-Investment Grade

     9.9%  

BB

     6.2%  

B

     1.9%  

Non-rated

     1.8%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), and Cash Equivalents+ and Purchased Options

     4.3%  

Our preference is to always use ratings obtained from Standard & Poor’s. For securities not rated by Standard & Poor’s, ratings are obtained from Moody’s. We do not evaluate these ratings, but simply assign them to the appropriate credit quality category as determined by the rating agency.

Country Weightings

 

North America

     62.5%  

United States

     57.6%  

Other North America

     4.9%  

Europe

     23.8%  

Germany

     5.7%  

Netherlands

     4.2%  

Norway

     3.7%  

Other Europe

     10.2%  

Pacific Basin

     5.1%  

South America

     2.0%  

Other

     1.7%  

Bahamas/Caribbean

     0.4%  

Africa

     0.2%  

Cash and Other Assets (Net of Liabilities), Cash Equivalents+ and Purchased Options

     4.3%  

Lipper Rankings

 

Category: Lipper Alternative Credit
Focus Funds
   Rank      Percentile  

1 Year

   266/289        92  

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Rankings are for Class A shares and are based on average annual total returns, but do not consider sales charges. Rankings for other share classes may vary.

 

 

+ Cash equivalents are defined as highly liquid securities with maturities of less than three months. Cash equivalents may include U.S. Government Treasury bills, bank certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances, corporate commercial paper and other money market instruments.

 

(a) Effective April 3, 2017, the name of Ivy Targeted Return Bond Fund has changed to Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund.

 

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PURCHASED OPTIONS   Number of
Contracts
(Unrounded)
    Value  

Euro-Bobl 5-Year Bond March Futures,

     

Call EUR137.25, Expires 5-26-17 (A)

    71     $ 1  

Euro-Bund 10-Year Bond June Futures,

     

Call EUR178.00, Expires 5-26-17 (A)

    35      

U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note June Futures,

     

Call $138.00, Expires 5-26-17

    151       1  

U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note June Futures:

     

Call $109.13, Expires 5-26-17

    98       2  

Call $109.50, Expires 5-26-17

    71      

U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note June Futures:

     

Call $123.00, Expires 5-26-17

    87       1  

Call $125.75, Expires 5-26-17

    21      
 
     Notional
Amounts
(Unrounded)
        

EUR versus GBP,

     

Put $0.82, Expires 11-30-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Deutsche Bank AG)

    19,800,000       218  

EUR versus JPY:

     

Call $128.30, Expires 11-29-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Goldman Sachs International)

    6,926,000       60  

Call $128.30, Expires 11-29-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Goldman Sachs International)

    2,900,000       25  

Markit iTraxx Crossover 26 5-Year Index:

     

Put EUR350.00, Expires 4-19-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Barclays Capital, Inc.) (A)

    3,000,000      

Put EUR350.00, Expires 4-19-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Barclays Capital, Inc.) (A)

    4,600,000      

USD versus TRY:

     

Put $3.67, Expires 4-18-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Bank of America N.A.)

    3,679,000       53  

Put $3.67, Expires 4-18-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Bank of America N.A.)

    440,000       6  

Call $4.17, Expires 4-18-17, OTC (Ctrpty: Bank of America N.A.)

    2,419,000      
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS – 0.1%

 

  $ 367  

(Cost: $659)

     
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES   Principal     Value  

Consumer Discretionary

     
 

Auto Parts & Equipment – 0.3%

 

Johnson Controls International plc,

     

1.000%, 9-15-23 (A)

  EUR  560     $ 595  
   

 

 

 
 

Automobile Manufacturers – 0.5%

 

   

Ford Motor Co.,

     

4.346%, 12-8-26

  $ 367       374  

Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.,

     

1.650%, 5-22-18 (B)

    200       199  

Volkswagen International Finance N.V.,

     

3.500%, 12-29-49 (A)

  EUR  400       403  
   

 

 

 
      976  
   

 

 

 
 

Cable & Satellite – 0.6%

     

Comcast Corp. (GTD by Comcast Cable Communications and NBCUniversal),

     

3.300%, 2-1-27

  $ 1,135       1,123  

DISH DBS Corp.,

     

5.000%, 3-15-23

    400       402  
   

 

 

 
      1,525  
   

 

 

 
 

Department Stores – 0.1%

     

Agrokor d.d.,

     

9.875%, 5-1-19 (A)

  EUR  500       203  
   

 

 

 
 

Hotels, Resorts & Cruise Lines – 0.1%

 

Priceline Group, Inc. (The),

     

1.800%, 3-3-27 (A)

    250       263  
   

 

 

 
 

Textiles – 0.2%

     

Levi Strauss & Co.,

     

3.375%, 3-15-27 (A)(B)

    300       321  
   

 

 

 
 

Tires & Rubber – 0.2%

     

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The),

     

4.875%, 3-15-27

  $ 380       380  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Discretionary – 2.0%

 

    4,263  

Consumer Staples

     
 

Brewers – 0.7%

     

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A./N.V.:

     

2.650%, 2-1-21

    650       655  

3.300%, 2-1-23

    830       844  
   

 

 

 
      1,499  
   

 

 

 
 

Packaged Foods & Meats – 0.8%

 

Kraft Heinz Foods Co.,

     

4.375%, 6-1-46

    350       327  

Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands B.V.,

     

2.000%, 10-28-21 (B)

    1,344       1,294  
   

 

 

 
      1,621  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Consumer Staples – 1.5%

 

    3,120  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Energy

     
 

Integrated Oil & Gas – 1.8%

     

Nexen Energy ULC,

     

6.400%, 5-15-37

  $ 480     $ 595  

OMV AG,

     

5.250%, 12-29-49 (A)

  EUR  400       469  

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust (GTD by Petroleos Mexicanos),

     

6.625%, 6-15-35

  $ 695       720  

Petroleos Mexicanos S.A. de C.V.,

     

2.750%, 4-21-27 (A)

  EUR  715       675  

Raizen Fuels Finance Ltd.,

     

5.300%, 1-20-27 (B)

  $ 535       542  

Total S.A.,

     

2.250%, 12-29-49 (A)

  EUR 700       749  
   

 

 

 
      3,750  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Exploration & Production – 0.1%

 

ONGC Videsh Vankorneft Pte. Ltd. (GTD by Oil and Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.),

     

3.750%, 7-27-26

  $ 280       274  
   

 

 

 
 

Oil & Gas Storage & Transportation – 0.8%

 

Access Midstream Partners L.P.,

     

4.875%, 5-15-23

    400       412  

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.,

     

3.750%, 5-13-25

    450       454  

MPLX L.P.,

     

4.125%, 3-1-27

    487       483  

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.,

     

5.300%, 3-15-77

    417       413  
   

 

 

 
      1,762  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Energy – 2.7%

            5,786  

Financials

     
 

Diversified Banks – 6.8%

     

Aareal Bank AG,

     

1.875%, 4-1-19

    500       498  

ABN AMRO Bank N.V.,

     

2.875%, 1-18-28 (A)

  EUR  200       227  

Allied Irish Banks plc,

     

7.375%, 12-29-49 (A)

    400       452  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A.,

     

6.750%, 12-29-49 (A)

    400       427  

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd.,

     

3.625%, 10-3-26 (A)

    640       701  

Bankia S.A.,

     

4.000%, 5-22-24 (A)

    400       441  

Barclays plc,

     

2.625%, 11-11-25 (A)

    470       506  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce,

     

2.250%, 7-21-20

  $ 550       551  

Coventry Building Society,

     

6.375%, 12-29-49 (A)

  GBP 400       491  

CYBG plc,

     

5.000%, 2-9-26 (A)

    300       370  
 

 

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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Diversified Banks (Continued)

     

Dexia Credit Local S.A.,

     

1.875%, 9-15-21 (B)

  $ 429     $ 414  

DNB Boligkreditt A.S.:

     

1.450%, 3-21-18

    1,000       997  

2.500%, 3-28-22 (B)

    518       517  

Egyptian Government Treasury Bills:

     

0.000%, 3-8-18 (A)(C)

  EGP  4,425       208  

0.000%, 3-22-18 (A)(C)

    5,950       278  

Erste Group Bank AG,

     

5.500%, 5-26-25

  $ 400       417  

European Investment Bank,

     

1.250%, 12-16-19

    158       156  

HSBC Holdings plc,

     

4.041%, 3-13-28

    245       248  

Ibercaja Banco S.A.,

     

5.000%, 7-28-25 (A)

  EUR 400       427  

ING Groep N.V.,

     

3.150%, 3-29-22

  $ 442       443  

Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.,

     

6.625%, 9-13-23 (A)

  EUR 470       593  

National Bank of Canada,

     

1.400%, 4-20-18

  $ 600       599  

Royal Bank of Canada,

     

2.750%, 2-1-22

    744       751  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB,

     

5.750%, 11-29-49

    400       406  

SNS Bank N.V.,

     

3.750%, 11-5-25 (A)

  EUR 490       550  

Standard Chartered plc,

     

4.000%, 10-21-25 (A)

    380       430  

Swedbank Hypotek AB,

     

1.375%, 3-28-18

  $ 700       699  

Wells Fargo & Co.,

     

3.069%, 1-24-23

    837       841  

Westpac Banking Corp.,

     

2.250%, 11-9-20

    1,000       999  
   

 

 

 
      14,637  
   

 

 

 
 

Investment Banking & Brokerage – 1.3%

 

Credit Suisse Group AG,

     

3.574%, 1-9-23 (B)

    661       660  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 117 bps),

     

2.209%, 11-15-21 (D)

    980       991  

Morgan Stanley (3-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 140 bps),

     

2.443%, 10-24-23 (D)

    1,083       1,106  
   

 

 

 
      2,757  
   

 

 

 
 

Life & Health Insurance – 1.2%

 

Achmea B.V.,

     

4.250%, 12-29-49 (A)

  EUR 260       265  

China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.,

     

4.000%, 7-3-75

  $ 470       472  

CNP Assurances,

     

4.500%, 6-10-47 (A)

  EUR 300       334  

Credit Agricole Assurances S.A.,

     

4.750%, 9-27-48 (A)

    400       446  

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I,

     

3.450%, 12-18-26 (B)

  $ 500       504  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Life & Health Insurance (Continued)

 

NN Group N.V.,

     

4.625%, 4-8-44 (A)

  EUR  400     $ 457  
   

 

 

 
      2,478  
   

 

 

 
 

Multi-Line Insurance – 0.7%

 

American International Group, Inc.,

     

2.300%, 7-16-19

  $ 430       432  

ASR Nederland N.V.,

     

5.125%, 9-29-45 (A)

  EUR 400       480  

Aviva plc,

     

3.375%, 12-4-45 (A)

    462       495  
   

 

 

 
      1,407  
   

 

 

 
 

Other Diversified Financial Services – 0.7%

 

HBOS Capital Funding L.P.,

     

6.461%, 11-29-49 (A)

  GBP 50       66  

KBC Bank N.V.,

     

8.000%, 1-25-23

  $ 600       628  

KBC Groep N.V.,

     

5.625%, 3-29-49 (A)

  EUR 400       434  

Nykredit Realkredit A.S.,

     

4.000%, 6-3-36 (A)

    400       448  
   

 

 

 
      1,576  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialized Finance – 3.1%

 

Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities,

     

2.125%, 10-25-23 (B)

  $ 340       325  

John Deere Capital Corp.:

     

1.250%, 10-9-19

    541       533  

2.650%, 1-6-22

    354       355  

Kommunalbanken A.S.,

     

1.500%, 8-31-21 (B)

    600       585  

OI European Group B.V.,

     

3.125%, 11-15-24 (A)(B)

  EUR 533       567  

Realkredit Danmark A.S.,

     

1.000%, 4-1-19 (A)

  DKK  8,200       1,207  

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij N.V.:

     

2.200%, 3-16-20 (B)

  $ 900       904  

4.200%, 3-16-47 (B)

    900       913  

Swedish Export Credit Corp.,

     

1.875%, 6-23-20

    200       199  

Vonovia Finance B.V.:

     

4.000%, 12-29-49 (A)

  EUR 200       225  

4.625%, 4-8-74 (A)

    600       675  

WPC Eurobond B.V. (GTD by W.P. Carey, Inc.),

     

2.250%, 7-19-24 (A)

    392       427  
   

 

 

 
      6,915  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Financials – 13.8%

            29,770  

Health Care

     
 

Biotechnology – 0.2%

     

Amgen, Inc.,

     

4.400%, 5-1-45

  $ 410       398  
   

 

 

 
 

Pharmaceuticals – 0.7%

     

Pfizer, Inc.,

     

1.700%, 12-15-19

    424       424  
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Pharmaceuticals (Continued)

     

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.:

     

3.450%, 6-1-26

  $ 500     $ 487  

2.125%, 11-20-26 (A)

  EUR  500       549  
   

 

 

 
      1,460  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Health Care – 0.9%

            1,858  

Industrials

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics – 0.4%

 

A.P. Moller – Maersk A/S,

     

4.000%, 4–4–25 (A)

  GBP 400       533  

Fedex Corp.,

     

1.000%, 1–11–23 (A)

  EUR 320       344  
   

 

 

 
      877  
   

 

 

 
 

Environmental & Facilities Services – 0.3%

 

Veolia Environnement S.A.,

     

6.125%, 10–29–37 (A)

  GBP 350       646  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.3%

 

General Electric Co.,

     

4.625%, 1–30–43

  $ 400       401  

Thyssenkrupp AG,

     

3.125%, 10–25–19 (A)

  EUR 300       337  
   

 

 

 
      738  
   

 

 

 
 

Industrial Machinery – 0.1%

 

Parker Hannifin Corp.:

     

1.125%, 3–1–25 (A)(B)

    244       261  

4.100%, 3–1–47 (B)

  $ 34       34  
   

 

 

 
      295  
   

 

 

 
 

Marine Ports & Services – 0.9%

 

CCCI Treasure Ltd. (GTD by China Communications Construction Co. Ltd.),

     

3.500%, 12–29–49

    565       569  

DP World Ltd.,

     

6.850%, 7–2–37

    920       1,061  
   

 

 

 
      1,630  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Industrials – 2.0%

 

    4,186  

Information Technology

 

 

Communications Equipment – 0.2%

 

Cisco Systems, Inc.,

     

2.200%, 2–28–21

    500       500  
   

 

 

 
 

IT Consulting & Other Services – 0.1%

 

International Business Machines Corp.,

     

3.300%, 1–27–27

    147       148  
   

 

 

 
 

Semiconductors – 0.4%

 

NXP B.V. and NXP Funding LLC,

     

3.875%, 9–1–22 (B)

    400       409  

STATS ChipPAC Ltd.,

     

8.500%, 11–24–20

    400       432  
   

 

 

 
      841  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Systems Software – 0.4%

 

Microsoft Corp.,

     

4.250%, 2–6–47

  $ 825     $ 845  
   

 

 

 
 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals – 0.4%

 

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.:

     

4.900%, 10–15–25

    490       509  

6.350%, 10–15–45

    400       412  
   

 

 

 
      921  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Information Technology – 1.5%

 

    3,255  

Materials

 

 

Aluminum – 0.2%

 

Nemak S.A.B. de C.V.,

     

3.250%, 3–15–24 (A)(B)

  EUR 322       345  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Chemicals – 0.2%

 

Dow Chemical Co. (The),

     

4.375%, 11–15–42

  $ 410       405  
   

 

 

 
 

Diversified Metals & Mining – 0.2%

 

BHP Billiton Finance Ltd.,

     

4.750%, 4–22–76 (A)

  EUR 190       223  

BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.,

     

6.250%, 10–19–75

  $ 200       216  
   

 

 

 
      439  
   

 

 

 
 

Metal & Glass Containers – 0.3%

 

Ball Corp.,

     

4.375%, 12–15–23 (A)

  EUR  500       590  
   

 

 

 
 

Paper Products – 0.1%

 

Domtar Corp.,

     

6.250%, 9–1–42

  $ 300       296  
   

 

 

 
 

Specialty Chemicals – 0.3%

 

LYB International Finance II B.V.,

     

3.500%, 3–2–27

    724       711  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Materials – 1.3%

 

    2,786  

Real Estate

 

 

Office REITs – 0.1%

 

Inmobiliaria Colonial S.A.,

     

1.450%, 10–28–24 (A)

  EUR 300       303  
   

 

 

 
 

Real Estate Operating Companies – 0.8%

 

Grand City Properties S.A.,

     

3.750%, 12–29–49 (A)

    600       657  

Prologis L.P. (GTD by Prologis, Inc.),

     

1.375%, 5–13–21 (A)

    963       1,061  
   

 

 

 
      1,718  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Real Estate – 0.9%

 

    2,021  

Telecommunication Services

     
 

Alternative Carriers – 0.2%

 

Telefonica Europe B.V. (GTD by Telefonica S.A.),

     

5.875%, 3–31–49 (A)

    300       350  
   

 

 

 
CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Integrated Telecommunication Services – 0.6%

 

TDC A/S,

     

1.750%, 2–27–27 (A)

  EUR  350     $ 367  

Verizon Communications, Inc.:

     

5.050%, 3–15–34

  $ 380       386  

4.272%, 1–15–36

    500       462  
   

 

 

 
      1,215  
   

 

 

 
 

Wireless Telecommunication Service – 0.6%

 

Bharti Airtel Ltd.,

     

4.375%, 6–10–25

    920       919  

Vodafone Group plc,

     

3.000%, 8–12–56 (A)

  GBP  400       419  
   

 

 

 
      1,338  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Telecommunication Services – 1.4%

 

    2,903  

Utilities

 

 

Electric Utilities – 0.2%

 

Electricite de France S.A.,

     

4.250%, 12–29–49 (A)

  EUR  400       438  
   

 

 

 
 

Gas Utilities – 0.2%

 

Origin Energy Finance Ltd.,

     

4.000%, 9–16–74 (A)

    430       466  
   

 

 

 
 

Multi-Utilities – 0.3%

 

Dominion Resources, Inc.,

     

3.900%, 10–1–25

  $ 480       488  
   

 

 

 
 

Total Utilities – 0.7%

 

    1,392  
 

TOTAL CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES – 28.7%

 

  $ 61,340  

(Cost: $61,454)

     
 
OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (E)
             

Argentina – 0.4%

 

Republic of Argentina:

     

7.500%, 4–22–26 (B)

    150       159  

7.820%, 12–31–33 (A)

  EUR  667       752  
   

 

 

 
      911  
   

 

 

 
 

Bermuda – 0.4%

 

Government of Bermuda,

     

4.854%, 2–6–24

  $ 800       842  
   

 

 

 
 

Brazil – 0.3%

 

Federative Republic of Brazil,

     

4.875%, 1–22–21

    660       695  
   

 

 

 
 

Cameroon – 0.2%

 

Republic of Cameroon,

     

9.500%, 11–19–25

    410       464  
   

 

 

 
 

Canada – 1.0%

 

Province of Alberta,

     

1.900%, 12–6–19

    570       570  
OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (E)
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Canada (Continued)

 

Province of Ontario,

     

2.000%, 1–30–19

  $ 1,540     $ 1,550  
   

 

 

 
      2,120  
   

 

 

 
 

Columbia – 0.6%

 

Republic of Colombia:

     

4.500%, 1–28–26

    400       422  

6.125%, 1–18–41

    820       935  
   

 

 

 
      1,357  
   

 

 

 
 

Croatia – 0.1%

 

Republic of Croatia,

     

6.000%, 1–26–24

    200       221  
   

 

 

 
 

Germany – 5.3%

 

Bundesrepublik Deutschland:

     

3.500%, 7–4–19 (A)

  EUR 2,800       3,276  

2.000%, 1–4–22 (A)

    1,000       1,193  

1.000%, 8–15–24 (A)

    320       368  

0.500%, 2–15–26 (A)

    2,300       2,527  

0.000%, 8–15–26 (A)(C)

    90       94  

4.750%, 7–4–28 (A)

    1,750       2,757  

Germany Government Bond,

     

0.000%, 10–8–21 (A)(C)

    860       937  
   

 

 

 
      11,152  
   

 

 

 
 

Indonesia – 1.1%

 

Indonesia Government Bond:

     

4.875%, 5–5–21

  $ 400       427  

2.875%, 7–8–21 (A)

  EUR 130       148  

3.700%, 1–8–22 (B)

  $ 310       316  

3.375%, 7–30–25 (A)

  EUR 290       330  

3.750%, 6–14–28 (A)

    660       754  

3.750%, 6–14–28 (A)(B)

    280       320  

8.500%, 10–12–35

  $ 100       144  
   

 

 

 
      2,439  
   

 

 

 
 

Ireland – 0.4%

 

Bank of Ireland,

     

7.375%, 12–29–49 (A)

  EUR 400       457  

Irish Government Bond,

     

2.400%, 5–15–30 (A)

    300       357  
   

 

 

 
      814  
   

 

 

 
 

Italy – 0.4%

 

Italy Government Bond,

     

6.000%, 5–1–31 (A)

    520       776  
   

 

 

 
 

Japan – 0.1%

 

Japan Finance Organization for Municipalities,

     

2.125%, 3–6–19

  $ 290       289  
   

 

 

 
 

Mexico – 1.6%

 

Mexican Bonos,

     

10.000%, 12–5–24 (A)

  MXN  53,350       3,353  
   

 

 

 
 

 

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SECURITIES (E)
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Norway – 2.7%

 

Norway Government Bond:

     

3.000%, 3–14–24 (A)

  NOK  23,700     $ 3,072  

1.500%, 2–19–26 (A)

    22,500       2,617  
   

 

 

 
      5,689  
   

 

 

 
 

Panama – 0.7%

 

Republic of Panama:

     

4.000%, 9–22–24

  $ 410       428  

9.375%, 4–1–29

    780       1,143  
   

 

 

 
      1,571  
   

 

 

 
 

Peru – 0.7%

 

Republic of Peru:

     

7.350%, 7–21–25

    540       699  

8.750%, 11–21–33

    490       741  
   

 

 

 
      1,440  
   

 

 

 
 

Poland – 0.1%

 

Republic of Poland,

     

5.000%, 3–23–22

    200       220  
   

 

 

 
 

South Africa – 0.2%

 

Republic of South Africa,

     

5.875%, 9–16–25

    425       457  
   

 

 

 
 

South Korea – 0.3%

 

Korea National Oil Corp.,

     

2.875%, 3–27–22 (B)

    638       638  
   

 

 

 
 

Spain – 0.1%

 

Telefonica Emisiones S.A.U.,

     

4.103%, 3–8–27

    185       186  
   

 

 

 
 

Sri Lanka – 0.4%

 

Republic of Sri Lanka,

     

6.850%, 11–3–25

    920       952  
   

 

 

 
OTHER GOVERNMENT
SECURITIES (E)
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Sweden – 1.1%

 

Kingdom of Sweden:

     

1.125%, 10–21–19 (B)

  $ 1,600     $ 1,581  

1.250%, 9–8–21 (B)

    750       725  
   

 

 

 
      2,306  
   

 

 

 
 

Tunisia – 0.2%

 

Central Bank of Tunisia,

     

5.750%, 1–30–25

    425       409  
   

 

 

 
 

Turkey – 0.5%

 

Republic of Turkey,

     

3.250%, 3–23–23

    360       330  

Turkey Government Bond:

     

7.375%, 2–5–25

    465       527  

6.000%, 3–25–27

    200       208  
   

 

 

 
      1,065  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL OTHER GOVERNMENT SECURITIES – 18.9%

 

  $ 40,366  

(Cost: $40,425)

     
 
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS
             

Treasury Obligations – 48.1%

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds:

     

4.500%, 2–15–36 (F)

    4,215       5,344  

3.000%, 5–15–45

    210       209  

2.250%, 8–15–46

    390       330  

3.000%, 2–15–47

    6,140       6,115  

U.S. Treasury Notes:

     

4.500%, 5–15–17 (G)

    15,880       15,950  

1.000%, 11–30–18

    13,500       13,453  

1.375%, 1–31–20

    650       648  

1.375%, 2–29–20

    480       478  

1.500%, 1–31–22

    310       304  
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS
(Continued)
  Principal     Value  

Treasury Obligations (Continued)

 

1.875%, 1–31–22

  $ 14,660     $ 14,627  

1.875%, 2–28–22

    34,000       33,923  

2.125%, 11–30–23

    2,670       2,660  

1.500%, 8–15–26

    2,759       2,552  

2.250%, 2–15–27

    81       80  

5.000%, 5–15–37

    4,380       5,889  
   

 

 

 
      102,562  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS – 48.1%

 

  $ 102,562  

(Cost: $102,298)

     
 
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES              

Master Note – 0.9%

 

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. (1-Month U.S. LIBOR plus 15 bps),

     

1.190%, 4–5–17 (H)

    1,898       1,898  
   

 

 

 
 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM SECURITIES – 0.9%

 

  $ 1,898  

(Cost: $1,898)

     
 

TOTAL INVESTMENT SECURITIES – 96.7%

 

  $ 206,533  

(Cost: $206,734)

     
 

CASH AND OTHER ASSETS, NET OF LIABILITIES – 3.3%

 

    6,970  
 

NET ASSETS – 100.0%

 

  $ 213,503  
 

 

Notes to Schedule of Investments

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(A) Principal amounts are denominated in the indicated foreign currency, where applicable (AUD - Australian Dollar, CAD - Canadian Dollar, CHF - Swiss Franc, CLP - Chilean Peso, COP - Columbian Peso, CZK - Czech Koruna, DKK - Danish Kroner, EUR - Euro, EGP - Egypt Pound, GBP - British Pound, JPY - Japanese Yen, KRW - South Korean Won, MXN - Mexican Peso, NOK - Norwegian Krone, NZD - New Zealand Dollar, PHP - Phillipine Peso, RON - Romanian Leu, SEK - Swedish Krona, TRY - Turkish New Lira and ZAR - South African Rand).

 

(B) 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, 2017 the total value of these securities amounted to $12,533 or 5.9% of net assets.

 

(C) Zero coupon bond.

 

(D) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

 

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

 

(F) All or a portion of securities with an aggregate value of $1,048 and cash of $380 are held in collateralized accounts for OTC derivatives collateral and is governed by International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreements.

 

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(G) All or a portion of securities with an aggregate value of $844 have been pledged as collateral on open futures contracts.

 

(H) Variable rate security. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect at March 31, 2017. Date shown represents the date that the variable rate resets. Description of the reference rate and spread, if applicable, are included in the security description.

The following centrally cleared credit default swaps – buy protection(1) were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

Index    (Pay)
Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Notional
Amount(2)
     Value     Unrealized
(Depreciation)
        

iTraxx Europe Senior Financials Index

     1.000      12–20–21        5,700,000      $ (51   $ (18  

The following centrally cleared credit default swaps – sold protection(3) were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

Index    Receive
Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31,
2017(4)
    Notional
Amount(2)
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
        

5-Year Credit Derivatives Index - High Yield

     (5.000 %)       6–20–22        4.827     17,700,000      $ 1,272      $ 163    

The following over the counter credit default swaps – buy protection(1) were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

Referenced Obligation    Counterparty    (Pay)
Fixed
Rate
     Maturity
Date
     Notional
Amount(2)
     Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
        

iTraxx Asia ex-Japan Investment Grade Index

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      1.000      6–20–21        2,800,000        (32     (49  

iTraxx Asia ex-Japan Investment Grade Index

   Barclays Capital, Inc.      1.000      12–20–21        300,000        (2     (5  

Republic of Korea

   JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.      1.000      12–20–21        3,100,000        (72     10    

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.      1.000      6–20–22        900,000        (5      
              

 

 

 
               $ (111   $ (44  
              

 

 

 

The following over the counter credit default swaps – sold protection(3) were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

Referenced Obligation    Counterparty   

Receive

Fixed

Rate

    Maturity
Date
       Implied Credit
Spread at
March 31,
2017(4)
    Notional
Amount(2)
     Value    

Unrealized

Appreciation

        

Glencore International AG

   Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.      (5.000 %)      12–20–21          2.475     400,000      $ 67     $ 7    

Republic of Korea

   Barclays Capital, Inc.      (1.000 %)      12–20–21          0.775     100,000        2        

Republic of South Africa

   Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.      (1.000 %)      12–20–21          2.621     300,000        (13     7    
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 56     $ 14    
                 

 

 

 

 

(1) If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

(2) The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of the swap agreement.

 

(3) If the Fund is a seller of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) pay to the buyer of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index or (ii) pay a net settlement amount in the form of cash or securities equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying securities comprising the referenced index.

 

(4) Implied credit spreads, represented in absolute terms, utilized in determining the market value of credit default swap agreements on corporate issues, sovereign issues, or an index as of period end serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood or risk of default for the credit derivative. Wider credit spreads represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.

 

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The following forward foreign currency contracts were outstanding at March 31, 2017:

 

     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
Mexican Peso     25,200     U.S. Dollar     1,282     4–12–17   Bank of America N.A.   $     $ 62    
Chilean Peso     1,282,481     U.S. Dollar     1,903     4–4–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           40    
U.S. Dollar     2,048     Chilean Peso     1,356,482     4–4–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     7          
Australian Dollar     1,657     U.S. Dollar     1,255     4–6–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           11    
Euro     1,584     Swiss Franc     1,700     4–12–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     7          
Mexican Peso     38,960     U.S. Dollar     1,944     4–12–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           135    
British Pound     197     U.S. Dollar     242     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           5    
Czech Koruna     5,649     U.S. Dollar     222     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           1    
Turkish New Lira     2,368     U.S. Dollar     631     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           19    
U.S. Dollar     121     Canadian Dollar     162     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     1          
U.S. Dollar     548     Euro     517     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     4          
U.S. Dollar     744     Swedish Krona     6,694     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     3          
U.S. Dollar     453     Swiss Franc     456     4–13–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     3          
Philippine Peso     61,100     U.S. Dollar     1,221     5–8–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.     6          
South Korean Won     5,655,685     U.S. Dollar     4,944     5–15–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           119    
Chilean Peso     1,356,500     U.S. Dollar     2,040     6–29–17   Barclays Capital, Inc.           8    
Chilean Peso     734,000     U.S. Dollar     1,100     4–4–17   Citibank N.A.           13    
U.S. Dollar     1,020     Chilean Peso     660,001     4–4–17   Citibank N.A.           20    
Euro     1,966     British Pound     1,699     4–7–17   Citibank N.A.     32          
Euro     600     Swiss Franc     644     4–12–17   Citibank N.A.     3          
British Pound     1,000     U.S. Dollar     1,222     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           31    
Czech Koruna     16,243     U.S. Dollar     638     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           4    
Euro     1,010     Swedish Krona     9,620     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           4    
Euro     1,000     U.S. Dollar     1,066     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           1    
Romanian Leu     932     U.S. Dollar     218     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.            
South African Rand     64,555     U.S. Dollar     5,026     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.     221          
Turkish New Lira     5,504     U.S. Dollar     1,468     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           42    
U.S. Dollar     12,500     Euro     11,578     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           142    
U.S. Dollar     2,151     South African Rand     27,464     4–13–17   Citibank N.A.           107    
Czech Koruna     31,400     U.S. Dollar     1,244     5–15–17   Citibank N.A.           3    
Colombian Peso     15,487,318     U.S. Dollar     5,290     5–16–17   Citibank N.A.           66    
U.S. Dollar     1,061     Colombian Peso     3,106,001     5–16–17   Citibank N.A.     13          
Danish Kroner     12,500     U.S. Dollar     1,774     4–12–17   Deutsche Bank AG           19    
Norwegian Krone     27,840     U.S. Dollar     3,284     4–12–17   Deutsche Bank AG     42          
South African Rand     16,910     U.S. Dollar     1,281     4–13–17   Deutsche Bank AG     24          
Romanian Leu     5,340     U.S. Dollar     1,257     5–25–17   Deutsche Bank AG     5          
Canadian Dollar     1,679     U.S. Dollar     1,255     4–3–17   Goldman Sachs International           7    
Swedish Krona     18,559     Norwegian Krone     17,855     4–12–17   Goldman Sachs International     8          
British Pound     3,167     U.S. Dollar     3,889     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International           81    
Euro     1,002     Canadian Dollar     1,410     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International           9    
Euro     36,000     U.S. Dollar     37,992     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International           429    
Japanese Yen     149,421     U.S. Dollar     1,314     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International           29    
New Zealand Dollar     50     U.S. Dollar     35     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International            
Romanian Leu     2,683     U.S. Dollar     627     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International           2    
U.S. Dollar     62     Australian Dollar     81     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     42     Canadian Dollar     56     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     192     Euro     180     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     260     Swedish Krona     2,328     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International            
U.S. Dollar     1,304     Swiss Franc     1,317     4–13–17   Goldman Sachs International     11          
Canadian Dollar     1,660     U.S. Dollar     1,245     4–12–17   Morgan Stanley International           3    
Norwegian Krone     21,200     U.S. Dollar     2,510     4–12–17   Morgan Stanley International     41          
Euro     5,000     U.S. Dollar     5,287     4–13–17   Morgan Stanley International           49    

 

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     Currency to be
Delivered
         Currency to be
Received
    Settlement
Date
  Counterparty   Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
        
Japanese Yen     330,750     U.S. Dollar     2,898     4–13–17   Morgan Stanley International   $     $ 74    
U.S. Dollar     22     Australian Dollar     28     4–13–17   Morgan Stanley International            
Philippine Peso     42,073     U.S. Dollar     830     5–8–17   Morgan Stanley International           7    
South Korean Won     3,845,475     U.S. Dollar     3,331     5–15–17   Morgan Stanley International           113    
           

 

 

 
            $ 431     $ 1,655    
           

 

 

 

The following futures contracts were outstanding at March 31, 2017 (contracts unrounded):

 

Description    Type    Expiration
Date
   Number of
Contracts
    Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Euro Bobl 5-Year Bond    Short    6–12–17      71     $ (9,983)      $ (2
Euro-BTP Italian Government Bond    Short    6–12–17      26       (3,625)        (19
Euro-Bund 10-Year Bond    Short    6–12–17      11       (1,894)        7  
Euro-Buxl 30-Year Bond    Short    6–12–17      28       (5,035      44  
Euro-OAT France Government 10-Year Bond    Short    6–12–17      95       (14,902      2  
Euro-Schatz 2-Year Bond    Long    6–12–17      6       718       
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note    Short    6–30–17      161       (20,055      (109
U.S. 10-Year Ultra Treasury Note    Short    6–30–17      10       (1,339      (13
U.S. Treasury Long Bond    Long    6–30–17      8       1,207        (1
United Kingdom Long Gilt    Short    6–30–17      14       (2,238      (37
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note    Short    7–6–17      169       (36,580      (73
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note    Short    7–6–17      108       (12,714      9  
          

 

 

 
           $ (106,440    $ (192
          

 

 

 

The following written options were outstanding at March 31, 2017 (notional amounts and exercise prices unrounded):

 

Underlying Security    Counterparty, if OTC    Type    Notional
Amounts
     Expiration Month    Exercise
Price
     Premium
Received
     Value  
USD versus TRY    Bank of America N.A.    Call      2,419,000      April 2017    $ 4.17      $ 35      $
                 

 

 

 

The following table is a summary of the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of March 31, 2017. See Note 3 to the Financial Statements for further information regarding fair value measurement.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Assets

       

Investments in Securities

       

Purchased Options

  $ 5      $ 362      $     —  

Corporate Debt Securities

           61,340         

Other Government Securities

           40,366         

United States Government Obligations

           102,562         

Short-Term Securities

           1,898         

Total

  $ 5      $ 206,528      $  

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

  $      $ 163      $  

Over the Counter Credit Default Swaps

  $      $ 24      $  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 431      $  

Futures Contracts

  $ 62      $      $  

Liabilities

       

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

  $      $ 18      $  

Over the Counter Credit Default Swaps

  $      $ 54      $  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

  $      $ 1,655      $  

Futures Contracts

  $ 254      $      $  

During the period ended March 31, 2017, there were no transfers between Level 1 and 2.

 

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The following acronyms are used throughout this schedule:

GTD = Guaranteed

LIBOR = London Interbank Offered Rate

OTC = Over the Counter

REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust

 

Country Diversification  

(as a % of net assets)

 

United States

     57.6%  

Germany

     5.7%  

Netherlands

     4.2%  

Norway

     3.7%  

Canada

     2.5%  

Mexico

     2.4%  

Sweden

     1.7%  

United Kingdom

     1.6%  

France

     1.5%  

Denmark

     1.1%  

Indonesia

     1.1%  

Other Countries

     12.6%  

Other+

     4.3%  

 

+ Includes purchased options, cash and other assets (net of liabilities), and cash equivalents
 

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)   Ivy Apollo
Multi-
Asset
Income
Fund
     Ivy Apollo
Strategic
Income
Fund
     Ivy
California
Municipal
High
Income
Fund
     Ivy IG
International
Small Cap
Fund
     Ivy Pictet
Emerging
Markets
Local
Currency
Debt
Fund(1)
     Ivy Pictet
Targeted
Return
Bond
Fund(2)
 

ASSETS

 

Investments in unaffiliated securities at value+

  $ 572,384      $ 441,498      $ 13,677      $ 28,707      $ 52,009      $ 206,533  

Investments at Value

    572,384        441,498        13,677        28,707        52,009        206,533  

Cash

    287        263        1               31        381  

Cash denominated in foreign currencies at value+

    168        324               925        199        4,887  

Restricted cash

                                       1,181  

Investment securities sold receivable

    2,466        1,677               406        193        1,801  

Dividends and interest receivable

    3,517        4,289        123        127        828        1,822  

Capital shares sold receivable

    1,243        2,049               91        174        488  

Receivable from affiliates

           187                      175        217  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    273        48                      296        431  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

                                51        24  

Variation margin receivable

                                       52  

Prepaid and other assets

    64        63        6        23        59        58  

Total Assets

    580,402        450,398        13,807        30,279        54,015        217,875  

LIABILITIES

                

Investment securities purchased payable

    14,837        13,076        1,101        684        15        2,352  

Capital shares redeemed payable

    1,369        696                      153        172  

Distributions payable

                  5                       

Independent Trustees and Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

    3        3        *       *       1        1  

Overdraft due to custodian

                         11                

Distribution and service fees payable

    2        1        *       *       *       * 

Shareholder servicing payable

    105        72        1        3        10        24  

Investment management fee payable

    11        5               1        1        5  

Accounting services fee payable

    12        9        1        2        4        4  

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    266        9                      492        1,655  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

                                27        54  

Variation margin payable

                                       96  

Written options at value+

                                       * 

Other liabilities

    165        64        9               52        9  

Total Liabilities

    16,770        13,935        1,117        701        755        4,372  

Total Net Assets

  $ 563,632      $ 436,463      $ 12,690      $ 29,578      $ 53,260      $ 213,503  

NET ASSETS

                

Capital paid in (shares authorized — unlimited)

  $ 547,187      $ 429,041      $ 12,826      $ 28,641      $ 56,539      $ 214,370  

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

    1,470        793        1        63        (1,651      632  

Accumulated net realized gain (loss)

    (5,389      1,088               (189      (1,054      (47

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    20,364        5,541        (137      1,063        (574      (1,452

Total Net Assets

  $ 563,632      $ 436,463      $ 12,690      $ 29,578      $ 53,260      $ 213,503  

CAPITAL SHARES OUTSTANDING:

                

Class A

    13,134        11,945        666        935        1,326        1,972  

Class C

    1,862        794        112        101        232        394  

Class E

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        200        N/A  

Class I

    37,588        28,662        411        1,732        3,521        10,340  

Class N(3)

    342        584        N/A        45        58        8,335  

Class R

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        200        N/A  

Class Y

    462        786        100        45        317        350  

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

AS OF MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)   Ivy Apollo
Multi-
Asset
Income
Fund
     Ivy Apollo
Strategic
Income
Fund
     Ivy
California
Municipal
High
Income
Fund
     Ivy IG
International
Small Cap
Fund
     Ivy Pictet
Emerging
Markets
Local
Currency
Debt
Fund(1)
     Ivy Pictet
Targeted
Return
Bond
Fund(2)
 

NET ASSET VALUE PER SHARE:

                

Class A

    $10.56        $10.20        $9.85        $10.35        $9.07        $9.98  

Class C

    $10.55        $10.20        $9.85        $10.34        $8.92        $9.95  

Class E

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        $9.07        N/A  

Class I

    $10.56        $10.21        $9.85        $10.36        $9.12        $9.98  

Class N(3)

    $10.56        $10.21        N/A        $10.36        $9.13        $9.98  

Class R

    N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        $9.02        N/A  

Class Y

    $10.56        $10.20        $9.85        $10.35        $9.08        $9.97  

+COST

                

Investments in unaffiliated securities at cost

  $ 551,923      $ 435,982      $ 13,814      $ 27,642      $ 52,372      $ 206,734  

Cash denominated in foreign currencies at cost

    168        325               924        198        4,880  

Written options premiums received at cost

                                       35  

 

* Not shown due to rounding.
(1) Effective April 3, 2017, the Fund’s name changed from Ivy Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund to Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund.
(2) Effective April 3, 2017, the Fund’s name changed from Ivy Targeted Return Bond Fund to Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund.
(3) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

FOR SIX MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

(In thousands)   Ivy Apollo
Multi-Asset
Income
Fund
     Ivy Apollo
Strategic
Income
Fund
     Ivy
California
Municipal
High Income
Fund(1)
    Ivy IG
International
Small Cap
Fund(2)
    

Ivy Pictet
Emerging
Markets
Local
Currency

Debt Fund(3)

    Ivy Pictet
Targeted
Return
Bond Fund(4)
 

INVESTMENT INCOME

 

Dividends from unaffiliated securities

  $ 4,381      $ 111      $     $ 150      $     $  

Foreign dividend withholding tax

    (223                   (11             

Interest and amortization from unaffiliated securities

    6,589        8,909        141       3        1,475       1,271  

Foreign interest withholding tax

                               (15     * 

Total Investment Income

    10,747        9,020        141       142        1,460       1,271  

EXPENSES

              

Investment management fee

    1,669        1,232              61        228       579  

Distribution and service fees:

              

Class A

    153        137        8       5        15       24  

Class C

    84        44        5       3        10       19  

Class E

    N/A        N/A        N/A       N/A        2       N/A  

Class R

    N/A        N/A        N/A       N/A        4       N/A  

Class Y

    6        8        1       *       5       5  

Shareholder servicing:

              

Class A

    135        79        1       1        12       10  

Class C

    16        8        *      *       *      1  

Class E

    N/A        N/A        N/A       N/A        *      N/A  

Class I

    274        190        2       5        25       77  

Class N(5)

    *       *       N/A       *       *      1  

Class R

    N/A        N/A        N/A       N/A        2       N/A  

Class Y

    4        5        1       *       3       3  

Registration fees

    71        65        2       1        42       49  

Offering cost

    9        9                           41  

Custodian fees

    37        17        1       10        31       18  

Independent Trustees and Chief Compliance Officer fees

    9        8        *      *       1       2  

Accounting services fee

    69        56        3       7        22       19  

Professional fees

    30        32        11       *       42       24  

Other

    69        54        7       30        20       23  

Total Expenses

    2,635        1,944        42       123        464       895  

Less:

              

Expenses in excess of limit

           (187      *      (44      (175     (211

Total Net Expenses

    2,635        1,757        42       79        289       684  

Net Investment Income

    8,112        7,263        99       63        1,171       587  

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

              

Net realized gain (loss) on:

              

Investments in unaffiliated securities

    (5,382      1,442              (189      (1,736     (3,291

Futures contracts

                               (5     1,031  

Written options

                               5       541  

Swap agreements

                               (111     403  

Forward foreign currency contracts

    1,924        141                     (55     1,697  

Foreign currency exchange transactions

    68        (18            *       (49     1,866  

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

              

Investments in unaffiliated securities

    11,254        (1,434      (137     1,065        184       (1,493

Futures contracts

                               *      (164

Written options

                                     169  

Swap agreements

                               3       38  

Forward foreign currency contracts

    (136      41                     (199     (1,396

Foreign currency exchange transactions

    (17      (13            (2      6       3  

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

    7,711        159        (137     874        (1,957     (596

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

  $ 15,823      $ 7,422      $ (38   $ 937      $ (786   $ (9

 

* Not shown due to rounding.
(1) For the period from October 3, 2016 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2017.
(2) For the period from January 10, 2017 (commencement of operations) to March 31, 2017.
(3) Effective April 3, 2017, the Fund’s name changed from Ivy Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund to Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund.
(4) Effective April 3, 2017, the Fund’s name changed from Ivy Targeted Return Bond Fund to Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund.
(5) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

 

    Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income
Fund
    Ivy Apollo Strategic Income
Fund
    Ivy California
Municipal High
Income Fund
 
(In thousands)   Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
   

Period from

10-1-15
(commencement
of operations) to
9-30-16

    Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
   

Period from

10-1-15
(commencement
of operations) to
9-30-16

    Period from
10-3-16
(commencement
of operations) to
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

         

Operations:

         

Net investment income

  $ 8,112     $ 6,491     $ 7,263     $ 6,196     $ 99  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

    (3,390     (1,266     1,565       934        

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    11,101       9,263       (1,406     6,947       (137

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    15,823       14,488       7,422       14,077       (38

Distributions to Shareholders From:

         

Net investment income:

         

Class A

    (1,948     (2,829     (2,165     (3,125     (53

Class C

    (213     (154     (146     (124     (5

Class I

    (5,834     (2,005     (4,883     (1,752     (32

Class N(1)

    (66     (73     (125     (155     N/A  

Class Y

    (72     (81     (135     (116     (8

Net realized gains:

         

Class A

    (175     (6     (451            

Class C

    (23     *      (38            

Class I

    (463     (1     (906            

Class N(1)

    (6     *      (25           N/A  

Class Y

    (7     *      (28            

Total Distributions to Shareholders

    (8,807     (5,149     (8,902     (5,272     (98

Capital Share Transactions

    185,378       361,899       139,048       290,090       12,826  

Net Increase in Net Assets

    192,394       371,238       137,568       298,895       12,690  

Net Assets, Beginning of Period

    371,238             298,895              

Net Assets, End of Period

  $ 563,632     $ 371,238     $ 436,463     $ 298,895       12,690  

Undistributed net investment income

  $ 1,470     $ 1,423     $ 793     $ 1,002     $ 1  

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

 

    Ivy IG
International
Small Cap Fund
     Ivy Pictet Emerging
Markets Local Currency
Debt Fund(1)
 
(In thousands)  

Period from

1-10-17
(commencement
of operations) to
3-31-17
(Unaudited)

     Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
    Year ended
9-30-16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

      

Operations:

      

Net investment income

  $ 63      $ 1,171     $ 1,714  

Net realized loss on investments

    (189      (1,951     (3,294

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

    1,063        (6     6,837  

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    937        (786     5,257  

Distributions to Shareholders From:

      

Net investment income:

      

Class A

                  

Class C

                  

Class E

    N/A               

Class I

                  

Class N(2)

                  

Class R

    N/A               

Class Y

                  

Net realized gains:

      

Class A

                  

Class C

                  

Class E

    N/A               

Class I

                  

Class N(2)

                  

Class R

    N/A               

Class Y

                  

Total Distributions to Shareholders

                  

Capital Share Transactions

    28,641        4,023       2,787  

Net Increase in Net Assets

    29,578        3,237       8,044  

Net Assets, Beginning of Period

           50,023       41,979  

Net Assets, End of Period

    29,578      $ 53,260     $ 50,023  

Undistributed (distributions in excess of) net investment income

  $ 63      $ (1,651   $ (1,276

 

(1) Effective April 3, 2017, the Fund’s name changed from Ivy Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund to Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund.

 

(2) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

 

       Ivy Pictet Targeted Return
Bond Fund(1)
 
(In thousands)      Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
     Year ended
9-30-16
 

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS

       

Operations:

       

Net investment income

     $ 587      $ 470  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments

       2,247        (103

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

       (2,843      1,390  

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

       (9      1,757  

Distributions to Shareholders From:

       

Net investment income:

       

Class A

       (241       

Class C

       (25       

Class I

       (1,270       

Class N(2)

       (34       

Class Y

       (46       

Net realized gains:

       

Class A

       (178       

Class C

       (35       

Class I

       (793       

Class N(2)

       (20       

Class Y

       (32       

Total Distributions to Shareholders

       (2,674       

Capital Share Transactions

       113,426        101,003  

Net Increase in Net Assets

       110,743        102,760  

Net Assets, Beginning of Period

       102,760         

Net Assets, End of Period

     $ 213,503      $ 102,760  

Undistributed net investment income

     $ 632      $ 306  

 

(1) Effective April 3, 2017, the Fund’s name changed from Ivy Targeted Return Bond Fund to Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund.

 

(2) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

FOR A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD

 

IVY APOLLO MULTI-ASSET INCOME FUND

 

    

    
    
    
Net Asset

Value,

Beginning of

Period

    Net
Investment
Income(1)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain on
Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Distributions
From Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Class A Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

  $ 10.45     $ 0.17     $ 0.12     $ 0.29     $ (0.16   $ (0.02   $ (0.18

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.37       0.31       0.68       (0.23     *      (0.23

Class C Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.46       0.13       0.11       0.24       (0.13     (0.02     (0.15

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.28       0.33       0.61       (0.15     *      (0.15

Class I Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.46       0.18       0.12       0.30       (0.18     (0.02     (0.20

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.39       0.32       0.71       (0.25     *      (0.25

Class N Shares(5)

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.46       0.20       0.11       0.31       (0.19     (0.02     (0.21

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.38       0.33       0.71       (0.25     *      (0.25

Class Y Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.45       0.18       0.12       0.30       (0.17     (0.02     (0.19

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.34       0.34       0.68       (0.23     *      (0.23

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Based on average weekly shares outstanding.

 

(2) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

(3) Ratios excluding expense waivers are included only for periods in which the class had waived or reimbursed expenses.

 

(4) For the period from October 1, 2015 (commencement of operations of the class) through September 30, 2016.

 

(5) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

(6) Annualized.

 

(7) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the period ended September 30, 2016.

 

(8) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.25%.

 

(9) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 2.01%.

 

(10) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 0.93%.

 

(11) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 0.89%.

 

(12) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.20%.

 

 

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      Net Asset
Value,
End of Period
     Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets,
End of Period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
        
Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Class A Shares

                 

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

   $ 10.56        2.81   $ 139       1.30 %(6)      3.32 %(6)              43

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.45        6.85     95       1.30 (6)(8)      3.69 (6)     1.41 (6)     3.58 (6)     63 (7)

Class C Shares

                 

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.55        2.32     20       2.01 (6)      2.51 (6)                43

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.46        6.14     14       2.06 (6)(9)     2.78 (6)             63 (7)

Class I Shares

                 

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.56        2.88     396       0.99 (6)      3.47 (6)              43

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.46        7.25     255       0.98 (6)(10)     3.80 (6)             63 (7)

Class N Shares(5)

                 

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.56        2.97     4       0.84 (6)      3.79 (6)              43

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.46        7.26     3       0.94 (6)(11)     3.73 (6)             63 (7)

Class Y Shares

                 

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.56        2.83     5       1.24 (6)      3.38 (6)              43

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.45        6.90     4       1.25 (6)(12)     3.31 (6)     1.33 (6)     3.23 (6)     63 (7)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FOR A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD

 

IVY APOLLO STRATEGIC INCOME FUND

 

    

    
    
    
Net Asset

Value,

Beginning of

Period

    Net
Investment
Income(1)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Distributions
From Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Class A Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

  $ 10.26     $ 0.19     $ (0.01   $ 0.18     $ (0.20   $ (0.04   $ (0.24

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.34       0.18       0.52       (0.26           (0.26

Class C Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.26       0.16       (0.01     0.15       (0.17     (0.04     (0.21

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.27       0.19       0.46       (0.20           (0.20

Class I Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.27       0.21       (0.01     0.20       (0.22     (0.04     (0.26

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.39       0.17       0.56       (0.29           (0.29

Class N Shares(5)

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.27       0.21       (0.01     0.20       (0.22     (0.04     (0.26

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.34       0.22       0.56       (0.29           (0.29

Class Y Shares

             

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017

(unaudited)

    10.26       0.20       (0.01     0.19       (0.21     (0.04     (0.25

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

    10.00       0.33       0.20       0.53       (0.27           (0.27

 

(1) Based on average weekly shares outstanding.

 

(2) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

(3) Ratios excluding expense waivers are included only for periods in which the class had waived or reimbursed expenses.

 

(4) For the period from October 1, 2015 (commencement of operations of the class) through September 30, 2016.

 

(5) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

(6) Annualized.

 

(7) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended September 30, 2016.

 

(8) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.10%.

 

(9) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.79%.

 

(10) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 0.80%.

 

(11) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 0.79%.

 

(12) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.05%.

 

 

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      Net Asset
Value,
End of Period
     Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets,
End of Period
(in millions)
     Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
        
Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Class A Shares

                  

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

   $ 10.20        1.86   $ 122        1.15 %(6)      3.82 %(6)      1.21 %(6)      3.76 %(6)      17

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.26        5.35     95        1.15 (6)(8)     3.36 (6)     1.26 (6)     3.25 (6)     42 (7)

Class C Shares

                  

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.20        1.51     8        1.85 (6)      3.13 (6)      1.99 (6)      2.99 (6)      17

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.26        4.66     8        1.84 (6)(9)     2.71 (6)     1.96 (6)     2.59 (6)     42 (7)

Class I Shares

                  

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.21        2.01     292        0.85 (6)      4.11 (6)      0.97 (6)      3.99 (6)      17

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.27        5.75     184        0.85 (6)(10)     3.91 (6)     0.98 (6)     3.78 (6)     42 (7)

Class N Shares(5)

                  

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.21        2.02     6        0.82 (6)      4.16 (6)              17

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.27        5.75     6        0.84 (6)(11)     3.44 (6)             42 (7)

Class Y Shares

                  

Six-month period ended

3-31-2017 (unaudited)

     10.20        1.89     8        1.10 (6)      3.87 (6)      1.21 (6)      3.76 (6)      17

Period ended 9-30-2016(4)

     10.26        5.39     6        1.10 (6)(12)     3.31 (6)     1.23 (6)     3.18 (6)     42 (7)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FOR A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD

 

IVY CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL HIGH INCOME FUND

 

    

    
    
    
Net Asset

Value,
Beginning of

Period

    Net
Investment
Income(1)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Loss on
Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
    Distributions
From Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Class A Shares

             

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

  $ 10.00     $ 0.09     $ (0.15   $ (0.06   $ (0.09   $     $ (0.09

Class C Shares

             

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.00       0.05       (0.15     (0.10     (0.05           (0.05

Class I Shares

             

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.00       0.09       (0.15     (0.06     (0.09           (0.09

Class Y Shares

             

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.00       0.08       (0.15     (0.07     (0.08           (0.08

 

(1) Based on average weekly shares outstanding.

 

(2) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

(3) Ratios excluding expense waivers are included only for periods in which the class had waived or reimbursed expenses.

 

(4) For the period from October 3, 2016 (commencement of operations of the class) through March 31, 2017.

 

(5) Annualized.

 

(6) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the period ended March 31, 2017.

 

 

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     Net Asset
Value,
End of Period
    Total
Return(2)
   

Net Assets,

End of Period

(in millions)

    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
        
Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Class A Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

  $ 9.85       -0.74   $ 7       0.75 %(5)      1.81 %(5)              0 %(6) 

Class C Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    9.85       -1.12     1       1.52 (5)      1.01 (5)                0 (6)

Class I Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    9.85       -0.65     4       0.57 (5)      1.99 (5)                  0 (6)

Class Y Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    9.85       -0.74     1       0.75 (5)      1.75 (5)      0.78 (5)      1.72 (5)      0 (6)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FOR A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD

 

IVY IG INTERNATIONAL SMALL CAP FUND

 

     

    
    
    
Net Asset

Value,

Beginning of

Period

     Net
Investment
Income(1)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain on
Investments
     Total from
Investment
Operations
     Distributions
From Net
Investment
Income
     Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
     Total
Distributions
 

Class A Shares

                   

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

   $ 10.00      $ 0.02     $ 0.33      $ 0.35      $      $      $  

Class C Shares

                   

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

     10.00        0.00     0.34        0.34                       

Class I Shares

                   

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

     10.00        0.03       0.33        0.36                       

Class N Shares

                   

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

     10.00        0.02       0.34        0.36                       

Class Y Shares

                   

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

     10.00        0.02       0.33        0.35                       

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Based on average weekly shares outstanding.

 

(2) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

(3) Ratios excluding expense waivers are included only for periods in which the class had waived or reimbursed expenses.

 

(4) For the period from October 3, 2016 (commencement of operations of the class) through March 31, 2017.

 

(5) Annualized.

 

(6) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the period ended March 31, 2017.

 

 

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     Net Asset
Value,
End of Period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets,
End of Period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income
(Loss) to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Class A Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

  $ 10.35       3.50   $ 11       1.43 %(5)      0.84 %(5)      2.05 %(5)      0.22 %(5)      13 %(6) 

Class C Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.34       3.30     1       2.16 (5)      0.07 (5)      2.78 (5)      -0.55 (5)      13 (6)

Class I Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.36       3.50     18       1.14 (5)      1.20 (5)      1.92 (5)      0.42 (5)      13 (6)

Class N Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.36       3.50     *      1.14 (5)      1.08 (5)      1.76 (5)      0.46 (5)      13 (6)

Class Y Shares

               

Period ended 3-31-2017(4)

    10.35       3.50     *      1.43 (5)      0.80 (5)      2.16 (5)      0.07 (5)      13 (6)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FOR A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD

 

IVY PICTET EMERGING MARKETS LOCAL CURRENCY DEBT FUND

 

     Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
    Net
Investment
Income(1)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
   

Distributions
From Net
Investment
Income

    Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Class A Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

  $ 9.21     $ 0.19     $ (0.33   $ (0.14   $     $     $  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.11       0.33       0.77       1.10                    

Year ended 9-30-2015

    9.76       0.34       (1.83     (1.49     (0.16         (0.16

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    10.00       0.16       (0.40     (0.24                  

Class C Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.09       0.16       (0.33     (0.17                  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.06       0.28       0.75       1.03                    

Year ended 9-30-2015

    9.73       0.27       (1.83     (1.56     (0.11         (0.11

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    10.00       0.13       (0.40     (0.27                  

Class E Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.21       0.20       (0.34     (0.14                  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.11       0.35       0.75       1.10                    

Year ended 9-30-2015

    9.76       0.33       (1.82     (1.49     (0.16         (0.16

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    10.00       0.16       (0.40     (0.24                  

Class I Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.25       0.22       (0.35     (0.13                  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.12       0.39       0.74       1.13                    

Year ended 9-30-2015

    9.77       0.36       (1.84     (1.48     (0.17         (0.17

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    10.00       0.17       (0.40     (0.23                  

Class N Shares)(7)

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.25       0.21       (0.33     (0.12                  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.12       0.38       0.75       1.13                    

Period ended 9-30-2015(6)

    9.08       0.23       (1.19     (0.96                  

Class R Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.17       0.19       (0.34     (0.15                  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.09       0.32       0.76       1.08                    

Year ended 9-30-2015

    9.74       0.31       (1.82     (1.51     (0.14         (0.14

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    10.00       0.15       (0.41     (0.26                  

Class Y Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.21       0.20       (0.33     (0.13                  

Year ended 9-30-2016

    8.11       0.35       0.75       1.10                    

Year ended 9-30-2015

    9.76       0.34       (1.83     (1.49     (0.16         (0.16

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    10.00       0.16       (0.40     (0.24                  

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Based on average weekly shares outstanding.

 

(2) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

(3) Ratios excluding expense waivers are included only for periods in which the class had waived or reimbursed expenses.

 

(4) Annualized.

 

(5) For the period from April 30, 2014 (commencement of operations of the class) through September 30, 2014.

 

(6) For the period from January 30, 2015 (commencement of operations of the class) through September 30, 2015.

 

(7) Effective March 3, 2017 Class R6 has been renamed Class N.

 

(8) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended September 30, 2014.

 

(9) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended September 30, 2015.

 

(10) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 2.00%.

 

(11) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.80%.

 

(12) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 2.50%.

 

(13) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 2.47%.

 

(14) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.72%.

 

(15) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.71%.

 

(16) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.62%.

 

(17) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.61%.

 

(18) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 2.33%.

 

(19) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.96%.

 

(20) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.47%.

 

(21) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering cost was 1.86%.

 

 

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     Net Asset
Value,
End of Period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets,
End of Period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Class A Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

  $ 9.07       -1.52   $ 12       1.25 %(4)      4.31 %(4)      2.02 %(4)      3.54 %(4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.21       13.56     12       1.25     3.90     2.03     3.12     74

Year ended 9-30-2015

    8.11       -15.45     26       1.25     3.81     2.21 (10)     2.85     40

Period ended 9-30-2014(5)

    9.76       -2.40     20       1.25 (4)      3.70 (4)      2.18 (4)(11)      2.77 (4)      18 (8)

Class C Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    8.92       -1.87     2       2.00  (4)      3.74 (4)      2.56 (4)      3.18 (4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.09       12.78     2       2.00     3.27     2.50     2.77     74

Year ended 9-30-2015

    8.06       -16.12     2       2.00     2.98     2.71 (12)     2.27     40

Period ended 9-30-2014 (5)

    9.73       -2.70     2       2.00 (4)      2.95 (4)      2.85 (4)(13)      2.10 (4)      18 (8)

Class E Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.07       -1.52     2       1.25 (4)      4.48 (4)      1.76 (4)      3.97 (4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.21       13.56     2       1.26     4.01     1.72     3.55     74

Year ended 9-30-2015

    8.11       -15.45     2       1.26     3.72     1.93 (14)     3.05     40

Period ended 9-30-2014 (5)

    9.76       -2.40     2       1.25 (4)      3.72 (4)      2.09 (4)(15)      2.88 (4)      18 (8)

Class I Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.12       -1.41     31       1.00 (4)      4.87 (4)      1.69  (4)      4.18 (4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.25       13.92     26       1.00     4.42     1.62     3.80     74

Year ended 9-30-2015

    8.12       -15.29     8       1.00     4.00     1.83 (16)     3.17     40

Period ended 9-30-2014 (5)

    9.77       -2.30     8       1.00 (4)      3.97 (4)      1.99 (4)(17)      2.98 (4)      18 (8)

Class N Shares(7)

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.13       -1.30     1       1.00 (4)      4.67 (4)      1.52 (4)      4.15 (4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.25       13.92     1       1.00     4.35     1.47     3.88     74

Period ended 9-30-2015 (6)

    8.12       -10.57     *      1.00 (4)      4.03 (4)      1.68 (4)(20)      3.35 (4)      40 (9)

Class R Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.02       -1.64     2       1.50 (4)      4.22 (4)      2.26  (4)      3.46  (4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.17       13.35     2       1.50     3.77     2.21     3.06     74

Year ended 9-30-2015

    8.09       -15.63     2       1.50     3.48     2.54 (18)     2.44     40

Period ended 9-30-2014 (5)

    9.74       -2.60     2       1.50 (4)      3.47 (4)      2.59 (4)(19)      2.38 (4)      18 (8)

Class Y Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    9.08       -1.41     3       1.25 (4)      4.45 (4)      1.92 (4)      3.78 (4)      32

Year ended 9-30-2016

    9.21       13.56     5       1.25     4.06     1.86     3.45     74

Year ended 9-30-2015

    8.11       -15.45     2       1.25     3.73     2.07 (21)     2.91     40

Period ended 9-30-2014 (5)

    9.76       -2.40     3       1.25 (4)      3.72 (4)      2.24 (4)(21)      2.73 (4)      18 (8)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

FOR A SHARE OF CAPITAL STOCK OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH PERIOD

 

IVY PICTET TARGETED RETURN BOND FUND

 

     Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
    Net
Investment
Income(1)
    Net Realized
and Unrealized
Gain (Loss) on
Investments
    Total from
Investment
Operations
   

Distributions
From Net
Investment
Income

    Distributions
From Net
Realized
Gains
    Total
Distributions
 

Class A Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

  $ 10.21     $ 0.03     $ (0.04   $ (0.01   $ (0.13   $ (0.09   $ (0.22

Period ended 9-30-2016(5)

    10.00       0.06       0.15       0.21                    

Class C Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    10.16       0.00 *      (0.06     (0.06     (0.06     (0.09     (0.15

Period ended 9-30-2016(5)

    10.00       0.01       0.15       0.16                    

Class I Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    10.23       0.05       (0.06     (0.01     (0.15     (0.09     (0.24

Period ended 9-30-2016(5)

    10.00       0.08       0.15       0.23                    

Class N Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    10.24       0.06       (0.07     (0.01     (0.16     (0.09     (0.25

Period ended 9-30-2016(5)

    10.00       0.09       0.15       0.24                    

Class Y Shares

 

Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)

    10.22       0.03       (0.06     (0.03     (0.13     (0.09     (0.22

Period ended 9-30-2016(5)

    10.00       0.06       0.16       0.22                    

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Based on average weekly shares outstanding.

 

(2) Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge, if applicable. Total returns for periods less than one year are not annualized.

 

(3) Ratios excluding expense waivers are included only for periods in which the class had waived or reimbursed expenses.

 

(4) Annualized.

 

(5) For the period from January 4, 2016 (commencement of operations of the class) through September 30, 2016.

 

(6) Portfolio turnover is calculated at the fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the year ended September 30, 2016.

 

(7) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 1.19%.

 

(8) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 1.14%.

 

(9) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 1.85%.

 

(10) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 1.77%.

 

(11) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 0.94%.

 

(12) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 0.87%.

 

(13) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 0.81%.

 

(14) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 0.74%.

 

(15) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 1.19%.

 

(16) Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding offering costs was 1.02%.

 

 

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     Net Asset
Value,
End of Period
    Total
Return(2)
    Net Assets,
End of Period
(in millions)
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
Including
Expense
Waiver
    Ratio of
Expenses to
Average
Net Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income
(Loss) to
Average Net
Assets
Excluding
Expense
Waiver(3)
    Portfolio
Turnover
Rate
 

Class A Shares

               
Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)   $ 9.98       -0.10   $ 20       1.25 %(4)(7)      0.69 %(4)      1.54 %(4)      0.40 %(4)      106
Period ended 9-30-2016(5)     10.21       2.10     19       1.27 (4)(8)      0.88 (4)      1.55 (4)      0.60 (4)      90 (6)
Class C Shares                
Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)     9.95       -0.54     4       1.91 (4)(9)      0.02 (4)      2.20 (4)      -0.27 (4)      106
Period ended 9-30-2016(5)     10.16       1.60     4       1.90 (4)(10)      0.15 (4)      2.18 (4)      -0.13 (4)      90 (6)
Class I Shares                
Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)     9.98       -0.07     104       1.00 (4)(11)      0.95 (4)      1.34 (4)      0.61 (4)      106
Period ended 9-30-2016(5)     10.23       2.30     74       1.00 (4)(12)      1.02 (4)      1.30 (4)      0.72 (4)      90 (6)
Class N Shares                
Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)     9.98       -0.05     83       0.87 (4)(13)      1.24 (4)      1.17 (4)      0.94 (4)      106
Period ended 9-30-2016(5)     10.24       2.40     2       0.87 (4)(14)      1.17 (4)      1.16 (4)      0.88 (4)      90 (6)
Class Y Shares                
Six-month period ended 3-31-2017 (unaudited)     9.97       -0.23     3       1.25 (4)(15)      0.69 (4)      1.56 (4)      0.38 (4)      106
Period ended 9-30-2016(5)     10.22       2.20     4       1.15 (4)(16)      0.89 (4)      1.55 (4)      0.49 (4)      90 (6)

 

See Accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

MARCH 31, 2017 (UNAUDITED)

 

1.   ORGANIZATION

Ivy Funds, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund, Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund, Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund, Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund, Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund (formerly known as Ivy Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund) and Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund (formerly known as Ivy Targeted Return Bond Fund) (each, a “Fund”) are six series of the Trust and are the only series of the Trust included in these financial statements. The investment objective(s), policies and risk factors of each Fund are described more fully in the Funds’ Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”). Each Fund’s investment manager is Ivy Investment Management Company (“IICO” or the “Manager”).

Each Fund offers Class A, Class C, Class I and Class Y shares. All Funds (except for Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund) offer Class N (formerly Class R6) shares. Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund also offers Class E and Class R shares. Class A and Class E shares are sold at their offering price, which is normally net asset value (“NAV”) plus a front-end sales charge. For Class A shares, a 1% contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) is only imposed on shares purchased at NAV for $1 million or more that are subsequently redeemed within 12 months of purchase. Class C shares are sold without a front-end sales charge, but may be subject to a CDSC. Class I, Class N, Class R and Class Y shares are sold without either a front-end sales charge or a CDSC. All classes of shares have identical rights and voting privileges with respect to the Fund in general and exclusive voting rights on matters that affect that class alone. Net investment income, net assets and NAV per share may differ due to each class having its own expenses, such as transfer agent and shareholder servicing fees, directly attributable to that class. Class A, C, E, R and Y have a distribution and service plan. Class I and Class N shares are not included in the plan.

 

2.   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income. Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date (date the order to buy or sell is executed). Realized gains and losses are calculated on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes paydown gain (loss) and accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except certain dividends from foreign securities where the ex-dividend date may have passed, which are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. All or a portion of the distributions received from a real estate investment trust or publicly traded partnership may be designated as a reduction of cost of the related investment or realized gain. 

Foreign Currency Translation. Each Fund’s accounting records are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars daily, using foreign exchange rates obtained from an independent pricing service approved by the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”). Purchases and sales of investment securities and accruals of income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of the transaction. For assets and liabilities other than investments in securities, net realized and unrealized gains and losses from foreign currency translation arise from changes in currency exchange rates. Each Fund combines fluctuations from currency exchange rates and fluctuations in value when computing net realized gain (loss) and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments. Foreign exchange rates are typically valued as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. 

Allocation of Income, Expenses, Gains and Losses. Income, expenses (other than those attributable to a specific class), gains and losses are allocated on a daily basis to each class of shares based upon the relative proportion of net assets represented by such class. Operating expenses directly attributable to a specific class are charged against the operations of that class.

Income Taxes. It is the policy of each Fund to distribute all of its taxable income and capital gains to its shareholders and to otherwise qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. In addition, each Fund intends to pay distributions as required to avoid imposition of excise tax. Accordingly, no provision has been made for Federal income taxes. The Funds file income tax returns in U.S. federal and applicable state jurisdictions. The Funds’ tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant taxing authority until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax returns. Management of the Trust periodically reviews all tax positions to assess whether it is more likely than not that the position would be sustained upon examination by the relevant tax authority based on the technical merits of each position. As of the date of these financial statements, management believes that no liability for unrecognized tax positions is required.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders. Dividends and distributions to shareholders are recorded by each Fund on the business day following record date. Net investment income dividends and capital gains distributions are determined in

 

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accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). If the total dividends and distributions made in any tax year exceed net investment income and accumulated realized capital gains, a portion of the total distribution may be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes.

Segregation and Collateralization. In cases in which the 1940 Act and the interpretive positions of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Dodd Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, or the interpretive rules and regulations of the U.S. Commodities Futures Trading Commission require that a Fund either deliver collateral or segregate assets in connection with certain investments (e.g., dollar rolls, financial futures contracts, foreign currency exchange contracts, options written, securities with extended settlement periods, and swaps), the Fund will segregate collateral or designate on its books and records, cash or other liquid securities having a value at least equal to the amount that is required to be physically segregated for the benefit of the counterparty. Furthermore, based on requirements and agreements with certain exchanges and third party broker-dealers, each party has requirements to deliver/deposit cash or securities as collateral for certain investments. Certain countries require that cash reserves be held while investing in companies incorporated in that country. These cash reserves and cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds under derivative contracts, if any, will be reported separately on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as “Restricted cash”. Securities collateral pledged for the same purpose, if any, is noted on the Schedule of Investments. 

Concentration of Market and Credit Risk. In the normal course of business, the Funds invest in securities and enter into transactions where risks exist due to fluctuations in the market (market risk) or failure of the issuer of a security to meet all its obligations (issuer credit risk). The value of securities held by the Funds may decline in response to certain events, including those directly involving the issuers whose securities are owned by the Funds; conditions affecting the general economy; overall market changes; local, regional or global political, social or economic instability; and currency and interest rate and price fluctuations. Similar to issuer credit risk, the Funds may be exposed to counterparty credit risk, or the risk that an entity with which the Funds have unsettled or open transactions may fail to or be unable to perform on its commitments. The Funds manage counterparty credit risk by entering into transactions only with counterparties that they believe have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. Financial assets, which potentially expose the Funds to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks, consist principally of financial instruments and receivables due from counterparties. The extent of the Funds’ exposure to market, issuer and counterparty credit risks with respect to these financial assets is generally approximated by their value recorded on the Funds’ Statement of Assets and Liabilities, less any collateral held by the Funds.

Certain Funds may hold high-yield or non-investment-grade bonds, that may be subject to a greater degree of credit risk. Credit risk relates to the ability of the issuer to meet interest or principal payments or both as they become due. The Funds may acquire securities in default and are not obligated to dispose of securities whose issuers subsequently default.

Certain Funds may enter into financial instrument transactions (such as swaps, futures, options and other derivatives) that may have off-balance sheet market risk. Off-balance sheet market risk exists when the maximum potential loss on a particular financial instrument is greater than the value of such financial instrument, as reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

If a Fund invests directly in foreign currencies or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues in, foreign currencies, or in financial derivatives that provide exposure to foreign currencies, it will be subject to the risk that those currencies will decline in value relative to the base currency of the Fund, or, in the case of hedging positions, that the Fund’s base currency will decline in value relative to the currency being hedged. Currency rates in foreign countries may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time for a number of reasons, including changes in interest rates, intervention (or the failure to intervene) by U.S. or foreign governments, central banks or supranational entities such as the International Monetary Fund, or by the imposition of currency controls or other political developments in the United States or abroad.

Collateralized Loan Obligations. Certain Funds may invest in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). CLOs are a type of asset-backed security. A CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans. The cash flows of a CLO can be split into multiple segments, called “tranches”, which will vary in risk profile and yield. Each tranche is a piece of the CLO, and dictates who will be paid out first when the underlying loan payments are made. It also dictates the risk associated with the investment, since investors who are paid last have a higher risk of default from the underlying loans. 

Inflation-Indexed Bonds. Certain Funds may invest in inflation-indexed bonds. Inflation-indexed bonds are fixed-income securities whose principal value is periodically adjusted to the rate of inflation. The interest rate on these bonds is generally fixed at issuance at a rate lower than typical bonds. Over the life of an inflation-indexed bond, however, interest will be paid based on a principal value, which is adjusted for inflation. Any increase or decrease in the principal amount of an inflation-indexed bond will be included as interest income on the Statement of Operations, even though investors do not receive their principal until maturity.

 

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Interest Only Obligations. These securities entitle the owner to receive only the interest portion from a bond, Treasury note or pool of mortgages. These securities are generally created by a third party separating a bond or pool of mortgages into distinct interest-only and principal-only securities. As the principal (par) amount of a bond or pool of mortgages is paid down, the amount of interest income earned by the owner will decline as well. 

Loans. Certain Funds may invest in loans, the interest rates of which float or adjust periodically based upon a specified adjustment schedule, benchmark indicator, or prevailing interest rates, the debtor of which may be a domestic or foreign corporation, partnership or other entity (“Borrower”). Loans generally pay interest at rates which are periodically redetermined by reference to a base lending rate plus a premium. These base lending rates generally include prime rates of one or more major U.S. banks, the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) or certificates of deposit rates. Loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the Borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which Borrowers repay cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturities. Loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, may contain certain restrictions on resale, and cannot be sold publicly. A Fund’s investments in loans may be in the form of participations in loans or assignments of all or a portion of loans from third parties.

When a Fund purchases assignments, it acquires all the rights and obligations under the loan agreement of the assigning lender. Assignments may, however, be arranged through private negotiations between potential assignees and potential assignors, and the rights and obligations acquired by the purchaser of an assignment may differ from, and be more limited than those held by the assigning lender. When a Fund purchases a participation of a loan interest, the Fund typically enters into a contractual agreement with the lender or other third party selling the participation. A participation interest in loans includes the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled from the lender and only upon receipt by the lender of payments from the Borrower, but not from the Borrower directly. When investing in a participation interest, if a Borrower is unable to meet its obligations under a loan agreement, a Fund generally has no direct right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of the Borrower, the selling participant, and any other persons that are interpositioned between the Fund and the Borrower. If the lead lender in a typical lending syndicate becomes insolvent, enters Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) receivership or, if not FDIC insured, enters into bankruptcy, the Fund may incur certain costs and delays in receiving payment or may suffer a loss of principal and interest.

Payment In-Kind Securities. Certain Funds may invest in payment in-kind securities (“PIKs”). PIKs give the issuer the option at each interest payment date of making interest payments in cash or in additional debt securities. Those additional debt securities usually have the same terms, including maturity dates and interest rates, and associated risks as the original bonds. The daily market quotations of the original bonds may include the accrued interest (referred to as a dirty price) and require a pro-rata adjustment from the unrealized appreciation or depreciation on investments to interest receivable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. 

Securities on a When-Issued or Delayed Delivery Basis. Certain Funds may purchase securities on a “when-issued” basis, and may purchase or sell securities on a “delayed delivery” basis. “When-issued” or “delayed delivery” refers to securities whose terms and indenture are available and for which a market exists, but which are not available for immediate delivery. Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by a Fund on a when-issued basis normally take place within six months and possibly as long as two years or more after the trade date. During this period, such securities do not earn interest, are subject to market fluctuation and may increase or decrease in value prior to their delivery. The purchase of securities on a when-issued basis may increase the volatility of a Fund’s NAV to the extent the Fund executes such transactions while remaining substantially fully invested. When a Fund engages in when-issued or delayed delivery transactions, it relies on the buyer or seller, as the case may be, to complete the transaction. Their failure to do so may cause the Fund to lose the opportunity to obtain or dispose of the security at a price and yield IICO, or the Fund’s investment subadviser, as applicable, consider advantageous. The Fund maintains internally designated assets with a value equal to or greater than the amount of its purchase commitments. The Fund may also sell securities that it purchased on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis prior to settlement of the original purchase. 

Custodian Fees. “Custodian fees” on the Statement of Operations may include interest expense incurred by a Fund on any cash overdrafts of its custodian account during the period. Such cash overdrafts may result from the effects of failed trades in portfolio securities and from cash outflows resulting from unanticipated shareholder redemption activity. A Fund pays interest to its custodian on such cash overdrafts, to the extent they are not offset by positive cash balances maintained by that Fund. The “Earnings credit” line item, if shown, represents earnings on cash balances maintained by that Fund during the period. Such interest expense and other custodian fees may be paid with these earnings. 

Offering costs. Each Fund bears all costs associated with the offering expenses of the Fund including legal, printing and support services. All such costs are amortized as an expense of the new Fund on a straight-line basis over twelve months from commencement of operations. 

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course of business, the Trust may also enter into contracts that provide general indemnification. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown and is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Trust. The risk of material loss from such claims is considered remote. 

Basis of Preparation. Each Fund is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 (“ASC 946”). The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP, including but not limited to ASC 946. U.S. GAAP requires the use of estimates made by management. Management believes that estimates and valuations are appropriate; however, actual results may differ from those estimates, and the valuations reflected in the accompanying financial statements may differ from the value ultimately realized upon sale or maturity. 

Subsequent Events. Management has performed a review for subsequent events through the date this report was issued.

 

3.   INVESTMENT VALUATION AND FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

Each Fund’s investments are reported at fair value. Fair value is defined as the price that each Fund would receive upon selling an asset or would pay upon satisfying a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. Each Fund calculates the NAV of its shares as of the close of the NYSE, normally 4:00 P.M. Eastern time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading.

For purposes of calculating the NAV, the portfolio securities and financial instruments are valued on each business day using pricing and valuation methods as adopted by the Board. Where market quotes are readily available, fair value is generally determined on the basis of the last reported sales price, or if no sales are reported, based on quotes obtained from a quotation reporting system, established market makers, or pricing services.

Prices for fixed-income securities are typically based on quotes that are obtained from an independent pricing service approved by the Board. To determine values of fixed-income securities, the independent pricing service utilizes such factors as current quotations by broker/dealers, coupon, maturity, quality, type of issue, trading characteristics, and other yield and risk factors it deems relevant in determining valuations. Securities that cannot be valued by the independent pricing service may be valued using quotes obtained from dealers that make markets in the securities.

Short-term securities with maturities of 60 days or less are valued based on quotes that are obtained from an independent pricing service approved by the Board as described in the preceding paragraph above.

Because many foreign markets close before the NYSE, events may occur between the close of the foreign market and the close of the NYSE that could have a material impact on the valuation of foreign securities. Waddell & Reed Services Company (“WRSCO”), pursuant to procedures adopted by the Board, evaluates the impact of these events and may adjust the valuation of foreign securities to reflect the fair value as of the close of the NYSE. In addition, all securities for which values are not readily available or are deemed unreliable are appraised at fair value as determined in good faith under the supervision of the Board.

Where market quotes are not readily available, portfolio securities or financial instruments are valued at fair value, as determined in good faith by the Board or Valuation Committee pursuant to procedures approved by the Board.

Market quotes are considered not readily available in circumstances where there is an absence of current or reliable market-based data (e.g., trade information or broker quotes), including where events occur after the close of the relevant market, but prior to the NYSE close, that materially affect the values of a Fund’s securities or financial instruments. In addition, market quotes are considered not readily available when, due to extraordinary circumstances, the exchanges or markets on which the securities trade do not open for trading for the entire day and no other market prices are available.

The Board has delegated to WRSCO the responsibility for monitoring significant events that may materially affect the values of a Fund’s securities or financial instruments and for determining whether the value of the applicable securities or financial instruments should be re-evaluated in light of such significant events. The Board has established a Valuation Committee to administer and oversee the valuation process, including the use of third party pricing vendors.

The Board has adopted methods for valuing securities and financial instruments in circumstances where market quotes are not readily available. For instances in which daily market quotes are not readily available, investments may be valued, pursuant to procedures established by the Board, with reference to other securities or indices. In the event that the security or financial instrument cannot be valued pursuant to one of the valuation methods established by the Board, the value of the security or financial instrument will be determined in good faith by the Valuation Committee in accordance with the procedures adopted by the Board.

When a Fund uses these fair valuation methods applied by WRSCO that use significant unobservable inputs to determine its NAV, securities will be priced by a method that the Board or persons acting at its direction believe accurately reflects fair value and are categorized as Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. These methods may require subjective determinations about the value of a security. The prices used by a Fund may differ from the value that will ultimately be realized at the time the securities are sold.

 

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WRSCO is responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing and valuation policies through a series of activities to provide reasonable comfort of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings to review methodologies, new developments, and process at vendors, 2) daily and monthly multi-source pricing comparisons reviewed and submitted to the Valuation Committee, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by management and the Valuation Committee.

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.

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 input 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 its direction that are used in determining the fair value of investments.

A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’ major classes of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis follows:

Asset-Backed Securities and Mortgage-Backed Securities. The fair value of asset-backed securities and mortgage-backed securities are estimated using recently executed transactions and based on models that consider the estimated cash flows of each debt tranche of the issuer, establish a benchmark yield, and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche including, but not limited to, the prepayment speed assumptions and attributes of the collateral. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, the values would be categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, and otherwise they would be categorized as Level 3.

Corporate Bonds. The fair value of corporate bonds, as obtained from an independent pricing service, is estimated using various techniques, which consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, fundamental data relating to the issuer, and credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. While most corporate bonds are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where lower relative weight is placed on transaction prices, quotations, or similar observable inputs, they are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Derivative Instruments. Forward foreign currency contracts are valued based upon the closing prices of the forward currency rates determined at the close of the NYSE, are provided by an independent pricing service. Swaps derive their value from underlying asset prices, indices, reference rates and other inputs or a combination of these factors. Swaps are valued by an independent pricing service unless the price is unavailable, in which case they are valued at the price provided by a dealer in that security. Futures contracts traded on an exchange are generally valued at the settlement price. Listed options are ordinarily valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price provided by an independent pricing service unless the price is unavailable, in which case they are valued at a quotation obtained from a broker-dealer. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) options are ordinarily valued at the mean of the last bid and ask price provided by an independent pricing service for a comparable listed option unless such a price is unavailable, in which case they are valued at a quotation obtained from a broker-dealer. If no comparable listed option exists from which to obtain a price from an independent pricing service and a quotation cannot be obtained from a broker-dealer, the OTC option will be valued using a model reasonably designed to provide a current market price.

Listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. OTC derivative contracts include forward foreign currency contracts, swap agreements, and option contracts related to interest rates, foreign currencies, credit standing of reference entities, equity prices, or commodity prices. Depending on the product and the terms of the transaction, the fair value of the OTC derivative products are modeled taking into account the counterparties’ creditworthiness and using a series of techniques, including simulation models. Many pricing models do not entail material subjectivity because the methodologies employed do not necessitate

 

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significant judgments and the pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets, as is the case with interest rate swap and option contracts. OTC derivative products valued using pricing models with significant observable inputs are categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Equity Securities. Equity securities traded on U.S. or foreign securities exchanges or included in a national market system are valued at the official closing price at the close of each business day unless otherwise stated below. OTC equity securities and listed securities for which no price is readily available are valued at the average of the last bid and ask prices.

Mutual funds, including investment funds, typically are valued at the NAV reported as of the valuation date.

Securities that are stated at the last reported sales price or closing price on the day of valuation taken from the primary exchange where the security is principally traded and to the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

Foreign securities, for which the primary trading market closes at the same time or after the NYSE, are valued based on quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and categorized in Level 1. Because many foreign securities markets and exchanges close prior to the close of the NYSE, closing prices for foreign securities in those markets or on those exchanges do not reflect the events that occur after that close. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intra-day trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, exchange-traded funds, and the movement of certain indices of securities based on a statistical analysis of their historical relationship; such valuations generally are categorized in Level 2.

Preferred stock, repurchase agreements, and other equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are also generally categorized in Level 2.

Loans. Loans are valued using a price or composite price from one or more brokers or dealers as obtained from an independent pricing service. The fair value of loans is estimated using recently executed transactions, market price quotations, credit/market events, and cross-asset pricing. Inputs are generally observable market inputs obtained from independent sources. Loans are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, unless key inputs are unobservable in which case they would be categorized as Level 3.

Municipal Bonds. Municipal bonds are fair valued based on pricing models used by and obtained from an independent pricing service that take into account, among other factors, information received from market makers and broker-dealers, current trades, bid-wants lists, offerings, market movements, the callability of the bond, state of issuance, benchmark yield curves, and bond insurance. To the extent that these inputs are observable and timely, the fair values of municipal bonds would be categorized as Level 2; otherwise the fair values would be categorized as Level 3.

Other Government Securities. Other government securities include emerging market sovereign, quasi-sovereign, corporate and supranational agency and organization debt securities. The fair value of other government securities is estimated using various techniques, which consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, fundamental data relating to the issuer, and credit default swap spreads adjusted for any basis difference between cash and derivative instruments. While most other government securities are categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, in instances where lower relative weight is placed on transaction prices, quotations, or similar observable inputs, they are categorized in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy.

Overdraft due to custodian. Due to the short-term nature of overdraft due to custodian, the carrying value approximates fair value and the liability is categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Restricted Securities. Restricted securities that are deemed to be Rule 144A securities and illiquid, as well as restricted securities held in non-public entities, are included in Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy to the extent that significant inputs to valuation are unobservable, because they trade infrequently, if at all and, therefore, the inputs are unobservable. Restricted securities that are valued at a discount to similar publicly traded securities may be categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy to the extent that the discount is considered to be insignificant to the fair value measurement in its entirety; otherwise they may be categorized as Level 3.

U.S. Government and Agency Securities. U.S. government and agency securities are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, quoted market prices, and reference data. Accordingly, U.S. government and agency securities are normally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy depending on the liquidity and transparency of the market.

Transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 occurred primarily due to the lack of observable market data due to decreased market activity or information for these securities. Transfers from Level 3 to Level 2 occurred primarily due to the increased availability of observable market data due to increased market activity or information. Transfers between levels represent the values as of the beginning of the reporting period.

 

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For fair valuations using unobservable inputs, U.S. GAAP requires a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported fair values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchases and sales, and transfers in or out of the Level 3 category during the period. In accordance with the requirements of U.S. GAAP, a fair value hierarchy and Level 3 reconciliation, if any, have been included in the Notes to the Schedule of Investments for each respective Fund.

Net realized gain (loss) and net unrealized appreciation (depreciation), shown on the reconciliation of Level 3 investments, if applicable, are included on the Statement of Operations in net realized gain (loss) on investments in unaffiliated and/or affiliated securities and in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in unaffiliated and/or affiliated securities, respectively. Additionally, the net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for all Level 3 investments still held as of March 31, 2017, if applicable, is included on the Statement of Operations in net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in unaffiliated and/or affiliated securities.

 

4.   DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS ($ amounts in thousands unless indicated otherwise)

The following disclosures contain information on why and how the Funds use derivative instruments, the associated risks of investing in derivative instruments, and how derivative instruments affect the Funds’ financial positions and results of operations when presented by primary underlying risk exposure.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts. Certain Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts (“forward contracts”) for the purchase or sale of a foreign currency at a negotiated rate at a future date. Forward contracts are reported on a schedule following the Schedule of Investments. Forward contracts will be valued daily based upon the closing prices of the forward currency rates provided by an independent pricing service determined at the close of the NYSE as provided by a bank, dealer or independent pricing service. The resulting unrealized appreciation and depreciation is reported on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a receivable or payable and on the Statement of Operations within the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation). At contract close, the difference between the original cost of the contract and the value at the close date is recorded as a realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.

Risks to a Fund related to the use of such contracts include both market and credit risk. Market risk is the risk that the value of the forward contract will depreciate due to unfavorable changes in the exchange rates. Credit risk arises from the possibility that the counterparty will default. If the counterparty defaults, a Fund’s maximum loss will consist of the aggregate unrealized gain on appreciated contracts that is not collateralized.

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund, Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund, Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund and Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts as an economic hedge against either specific transactions or portfolio instruments or to obtain exposure to, or hedge exposure away from foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Futures Contracts. Certain Funds may engage in buying and selling futures contracts. Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit, in a segregated account, an amount equal to a varying specified percentage of the contract amount. This amount is known as the initial margin. Subsequent payments (variation margins) are made or received by the Fund each day, dependent on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying debt security or index.

Futures contracts are reported on a schedule following the Schedule of Investments. Securities held in collateralized accounts to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts are identified on the Schedule of Investments. Cash held by the broker to cover initial margin requirements on open futures contracts and the receivable and/or payable for the daily mark to market for the variation margin are noted on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) is reported on the Statement of Operations. Realized gains (losses) are reported on the Statement of Operations at the closing or expiration of futures contracts.

Risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility of loss of securities or cash held as collateral, that there may be an illiquid market where the Fund is unable to close the contract or enter into an offsetting position and, if used for hedging purposes, the risk that the price of the contract will correlate imperfectly with the prices of the Fund’s securities.

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund and Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund invest in long and/or short positions in futures contracts to gain exposure to, or economically hedge against, changes in interest rates (interest rate risk), changes in the value of equity securities (equity risk) or foreign currencies (foreign currency exchange rate risk).

Option Contracts. Options purchased by a Fund are accounted for in the same manner as portfolio securities. The cost of instruments acquired through the exercise of call options is increased by the premium paid to purchase the call. The proceeds from instruments sold through the exercise of put options are decreased by the premium paid to purchase the put.

When a Fund writes (sells) an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is recorded as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently adjusted to reflect the current value of the option written. When an option expires on its stipulated expiration date or a Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the Fund realizes a gain (or loss if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the call option was sold), and the liability related to

 

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such option is extinguished. When a written call option is exercised, the premium is added to the proceeds from the sale of the underlying instrument in determining whether a Fund has realized a gain or loss. When a written put is exercised, the cost basis of the instruments purchased by a Fund is reduced by the amount of the premium received.

Investments in options, whether purchased or written, involve certain risks. Writing put options and purchasing call options may increase a Fund’s exposure to the underlying instrument. With written options, there may be times when a Fund will be required to purchase or sell instruments to meet its obligation under the option contract where the required action is not beneficial to the Fund, due to unfavorable movement of the market price of the underlying instrument. Additionally, to the extent a Fund enters into OTC option transactions with counterparties, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that counterparties to these OTC transactions will be unable to meet their obligations under the terms of the transaction.

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund and Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund purchase and write call and put options to increase or decrease hedging exposure to underlying instruments (which include credit risk, equity risk, foreign currency exchange rate risk, event risk and/or interest rate risk), increase exposure to various equity markets or certain sectors, gain exposure to or facilitate trading in certain securities and/or, in the case of options written, to generate returns from options premiums.

Swap Agreements. Certain Funds may invest in swap agreements. Swap agreements are bilaterally negotiated agreements between a Fund and counterparty to exchange or swap investment cash flows, assets, foreign currencies or market-linked returns at specified, future intervals. Swap agreements may be privately negotiated in the over the counter market (“OTC swaps”) or may be cleared through a third party, known as a central counterparty or derivatives clearing organization (“centrally cleared swaps”).

Swaps are marked to market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statement of Operations. Daily changes in valuation of centrally cleared swaps, if any, are recorded as variation margin receivable or variation margin payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Payments received or made by the Fund are recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations. Any upfront premiums paid are recorded as assets and any upfront fees received are recorded as liabilities and are shown as swap premiums paid and swap premiums received, respectively, if any, on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and amortized over the term of the swap. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination or maturity of the swap is recorded as realized gain or loss on the Statement of Operations.

Upon entering into a centrally cleared swap, a Fund is required to deposit initial margin with the broker in the form of cash or securities. Securities deposited as initial margin, if any, are designated on the Schedule of Investments. Cash deposited as initial margin is identified on the Schedule of Investments and is recorded as restricted cash on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Credit default swap agreements on corporate issuers or credit indices involve one party making a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in the event of a write-down, principal shortfall, interest shortfall or default of the corporate issuer or all or part of the referenced entities comprising the credit index. As a buyer, if an underlying credit event occurs, a Fund will either (i) receive from the seller an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the corporate issuer security or underlying securities comprising the index, or (ii) receive a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the corporate issuer security or underlying securities comprising the index. As a seller (writer), if an underlying credit event occurs, a Fund will either pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and take delivery of the corporate issuer security or underlying securities comprising the index or pay a net settlement of cash equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the corporate issuer security or underlying securities comprising the index.

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund and Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund enter into credit default swaps to protect bonds owned by a Fund against default.

Interest rate swaps are agreements in which one party pays a stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, for another party’s stream of interest payments, either fixed or floating, on the same notional amount for a specified period of time.

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund enters into interest rate swaps to gain or reduce exposure to interest rates or to manage duration, the yield curve or interest rate risk by economically hedging the value of the fixed rate bonds, which may decrease when interest rates rise (interest rate risk).

The creditworthiness of the counterparty with which a Fund enters into a swap agreement is monitored by IICO. If a firm’s creditworthiness declines, the value of the agreement would likely decline, potentially resulting in losses. If a default occurs by the counterparty to such a transaction, the Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreement related to the transaction. The maximum loss a Fund may incur consists of the aggregate unrealized gain on appreciated contracts that is not collateralized.

 

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Collateral and rights of offset. A Fund may mitigate credit risk with respect to OTC derivative counterparties through credit support annexes (“CSA”) included with an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreement which is the standard contract governing most derivative transactions between the Fund and each of its counterparties. The CSA allows the Fund and its counterparty to offset certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables against each other with collateral, which is generally held by the Fund’s custodian or broker. The amount of collateral moved to/from applicable counterparties is based upon minimum transfer amounts specified in the CSA. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. See Note 2 “Segregation and Collateralization” for additional information with respect to collateral practices.

Offsetting of Assets and Liabilities. The following tables present financial instruments that are either (1) offset or (2) subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement as of March 31, 2017:

Assets

 

                      Gross Amounts Not Offset on the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
Fund   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
    Gross Amounts
Offset on the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
    Net Amounts
of Assets
Presented on
the Statement
of Assets and
Liabilities
    Financial
Instruments and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
    Non-Cash
Collateral
Received
    Cash
Collateral
Received
    Net
Amount
Receivable
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

             

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 273     $     $ 273     $ (229   $     $     $ 44  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

             

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 48     $     $ 48     $ (9   $     $     $ 39  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

             

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 296     $     $ 296     $ (285   $     $     $ 11  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

    51             51       (2                 49  

Total

  $ 347     $     $ 347     $ (287   $     $     $ 60  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

             

Investments in unaffiliated securities at value*

  $ 362     $     $ 362     $ **    $     $ (218   $ 144  

Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

    431             431       (381           (50      

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

    24             24       (10                 14  

Total

  $ 817     $     $ 817     $ (391   $     $ (268   $ 158  

 

* Purchased options are reported as investments in unaffiliated securities on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

** Not shown due to rounding.

 

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Liabilities

 

                      Gross Amounts Not Offset on the
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
Fund   Gross
Amounts of
Recognized
Liabilities
    Gross Amounts
Offset on the
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
    Net Amounts
of Liabilities
Presented on
the Statement
of Assets and
Liabilities
    Financial
Instruments and
Derivatives
Available for
Offset
    Non-Cash
Collateral
Pledged
    Cash
Collateral
Pledged
    Net
Amount
Payable
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

             

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 266     $     $ 266     $ (229   $ (37   $     $  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

             

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 9     $     $ 9     $ (9   $     $     $  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

             

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 492     $     $ 492     $ (285   $     $     $ 207  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

    27             27       (2                 25  

Total

  $ 519     $     $ 519     $ (287   $     $     $ 232  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

             

Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts

  $ 1,655     $     $ 1,655     $ (381   $ (587   $ (205   $ 482  

Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements

    54             54       (10     (39           5  

Written options at value

                                   

Total

  $ 1,709     $     $ 1,709     $ (391   $ (626   $ (205   $ 487  

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

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Additional Disclosure Related to Derivative Instruments

Fair values of derivative instruments as of March 31, 2017:

 

       

Assets

   

Liabilities

 
Fund   Type of Risk
Exposure
  Statement of Assets & Liabilities
Location
  Value     Statement of Assets & Liabilities
Location
  Value  
Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund   Foreign currency   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $ 273     Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts   $ 266  
Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund   Foreign currency   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     48     Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     9  
Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund   Credit           Unrealized depreciation on over the counter swap agreements     27  
  Foreign currency   Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     296     Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     492  
  Interest rate   Investments in unaffiliated securities at value*     ***         
        Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements     51            
Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund   Credit   Unrealized appreciation on centrally cleared swap agreements**     163     Unrealized appreciation on centrally cleared swap agreements**     18  
    Unrealized appreciation on over the counter swap agreements     24     Unrealized depreciation on over the counter swap agreements     54  
  Foreign currency   Investments in unaffiliated securities at value*     362     Written options at value     *** 
    Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     431     Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts     1,655  
  Interest rate   Investments in unaffiliated securities at value*     5          
        Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts**     62     Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts**     254  

 

* Purchased options are reported as investments in unaffiliated securities and are reflected on the accompanying Schedule of Investments.

 

** The value presented includes cumulative gain (loss) on open futures contracts and centrally cleared credit default swap agreements; however, the value reflected on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities is only the unsettled variation margin receivable (payable) as of period ended March 31, 2017.

 

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Amount of realized gain (loss) on derivatives recognized on the Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2017:

 

          Net realized gain (loss) on:        
Fund    Type of Risk
Exposure
   Investments in
unaffiliated
securities*
    Swap
agreements
    Futures
contracts
    Written
options
    Forward foreign
currency
contracts
    Total  
Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund    Foreign currency    $     $     $     $     $ 1,924     $ 1,924  
Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund    Foreign currency                              141       141  
Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund    Interest rate      (10     (111     (5     5             (121
     Foreign currency                              (55     (55
Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund    Credit            403                         403  
   Foreign currency      (340                 547       1,697       1,904  
     Interest rate      (262           1,031       (6           763  

 

* Purchased options are reported as investments in unaffiliated securities and are reflected on the accompanying Schedule of Investments.

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives recognized on the Statement of Operations for the period ended March 31, 2017:

 

          Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:        
Fund    Type of Risk
Exposure
   Investments in
unaffiliated
securities*
    Swap
agreements
    Futures
contracts
    Written
options
     Forward foreign
currency
contracts
    Total  
Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund    Foreign currency    $     $     $     $      $ (136   $ (136
Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund    Foreign currency                               41       41  
Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund    Credit            (27                        (27
   Foreign currency                               (199     (199
     Interest rate      1       30       **                   31  
Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund    Credit            38                          38  
   Foreign currency      (177                 144        (1,396     (1,429
     Interest rate      37             (164     25              (102

 

* Purchased options are reported as investments in unaffiliated securities and are reflected on the accompanying Schedule of Investments.

 

**Not shown due to rounding.

During the period ended March 31, 2017, the average derivative volume was as follows:

 

Fund    Forward foreign
currency contracts(1)
     Long futures
contracts(1)
     Short futures
contracts(1)
     Swap
agreements(2)
     Purchased
options(1)
    Written
options(1)
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $ 54      $      $      $      $     $  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

     88                                    

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

     103        37        285        110,670             

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

     95        3,110        58,045        17,923        322       422  

 

*Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Average value outstanding during the period.

 

(2) Average notional amount outstanding during the period.

 

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5.   WRITTEN OPTION ACTIVITY ($ amounts in thousands)

Transactions in written options were as follows:

 

Fund    Outstanding
at 9-30-16
     Options
written
     Options
closed
    Options
exercised
    Options
expired
    Outstanding
at 3-31-17
 

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

              

Number of Contracts

     N/A        32                    (32     N/A  

Premium Received

     N/A      $ 5      $     $     $ (5     N/A  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

              

Number of Contracts

     106        123        (148     (81           N/A  

Notional Amounts

     16,400,000        42,117,000        (20,076,000     (8,422,000     (27,600,000     2,419,000  

Premium Received

   $ 423      $ 836      $ (456   $ (370   $ (398   $ 35  

 

6.   INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AND PAYMENTS TO AFFILIATED PERSONS ($ amounts in thousands unless indicated otherwise)

Management Fees. IICO, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waddell & Reed Financial, Inc. (“WDR”), serves as each Fund’s investment manager. The management fee is accrued daily by each Fund at the following annual rates as a percentage of average daily net assets:

 

Fund (M - Millions)   $0 to
$500M
    $500 to
$1,000M
    $1,000 to
$1,500M
    $1,500 to
$2,000M
    $2,000 to
$3,000M
    $3,000 to
$5,000M
    $5,000 to
$10,000M
    $10,000 to
$15,000M
   

Over

$15,000M

 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

    0.700     0.700     0.650     0.650     0.610     0.580     0.580     0.580     0.580

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

    0.680       0.680       0.620       0.620       0.580       0.570       0.570       0.570       0.570  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

    0.525       0.500       0.450       0.400       0.400       0.400       0.395       0.390       0.385  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

    1.000       1.000       0.950       0.950       0.900       0.900       0.850       0.850       0.850  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

    0.900       0.900       0.850       0.850       0.800       0.800       0.750       0.720       0.720  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

    0.900       0.900       0.850       0.850       0.800       0.800       0.750       0.750       0.750  

IICO has entered into Subadvisory Agreements with the following entities on behalf of the Funds:

Under an agreement between IICO and Apollo Credit Management, LLC (“Apollo”), Apollo serves as subadviser for the total return strategy of each of the Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund and Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund. Under an agreement between IICO and LaSalle Investment Management Securities, LLC (“LaSalle”), LaSalle serves as subadviser for the global real estate strategy of the Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund. Under an agreement between IICO and Pictet Asset Management Limited (“Pictet UK”) and Pictet Asset Management (Singapore) PTE Ltd. (“Pictet Singapore,” and collectively with Pictet UK, “Pictet”), Pictet serves as subadvisor to Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund. Under an agreement between IICO and I.G. International Management Ltd. (“IG Ireland”), IG Ireland serves as subadviser for the Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund. Under an agreement between IICO and Pictet Asset Management SA (“Pictet AM CH”), Pictet AM CH serves as subadvisor to Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund. Each subadviser makes investment decisions in accordance with the Fund’s investment objectives, policies and restrictions under the supervision of IICO and the oversight of the Board. IICO pays all applicable costs of the subadvisers.

Independent Trustees and Chief Compliance Officer Fees. Fees paid to the Independent Trustees can be paid in cash or deferred to a later date, at the election of the Trustees according to the Deferred Fee Agreement entered into between the Trust and the Trustee(s). Each Fund records its portion of the deferred fees as a liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. All fees paid in cash plus any appreciation (depreciation) in the underlying deferred plan are shown on the Statement of Operations. Additionally, fees paid to the Chief Compliance Officer of the Funds are shown on the Statement of Operations.

Accounting Services Fees. The Trust has an Accounting and Administrative Services Agreement with WRSCO, doing business as WI Services Company (“WISC”), an indirect subsidiary of WDR. Under the agreement, WISC acts as the agent in providing bookkeeping and accounting services and assistance to the Trust, including maintenance of Fund records, pricing of Fund shares and preparation of certain shareholder reports. For these services, each Fund pays WISC a monthly fee of one-twelfth of the annual fee based on the average net asset levels shown in the following table:

 

(M - Millions)    $0 to
$10M
     $10 to
$25M
     $25 to
$50M
     $50 to
$100M
     $100 to
$200M
     $200 to
$350M
     $350 to
$550M
     $550 to
$750M
     $750 to
$1,000M
     Over
$1,000M
 

Annual Fee Rate

   $ 0.00      $ 11.50      $ 23.10      $ 35.50      $ 48.40      $ 63.20      $ 82.50      $ 96.30      $ 121.60      $ 148.50  

In addition, for each class of shares in excess of one, each Fund pays WISC a monthly per-class fee equal to 2.5% of the monthly accounting services base fee.

 

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Each Fund also pays WISC a monthly administrative fee at the annual rate of 0.01%, or one basis point, for the first $1 billion of net assets with no fee charged for net assets in excess of $1 billion. This fee is voluntarily waived by WISC until a Fund’s net assets are at least $10 million and is included in “Accounting services fee” on the Statement of Operations.

Shareholder Servicing. General. Under the Shareholder Servicing Agreement between the Trust and WISC, with respect to Class A, Class C and Class E shares, for each shareholder account that was in existence at any time during the prior month, each Fund pays a monthly fee that ranges from $1.5042 to $1.6958 per account; however, WISC has agreed to reduce that fee if the number of total shareholder accounts within the Complex (Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds, InvestEd Portfolios and Ivy Funds) reaches certain levels. For Class R shares, each Fund pays a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.25 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the class for the preceding month. For Class I and Class Y shares, each Fund pays a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.15 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the class for the preceding month. For Class N shares, each Fund pays WISC a monthly fee equal to one-twelfth of 0.01 of 1% of the average daily net assets of the class for the preceding month. Each Fund also reimburses WISC for certain out-of-pocket costs for all classes.

Networked accounts. For certain networked accounts (that is, those accounts whose Fund shares are purchased through certain financial intermediaries), WISC has agreed to reduce its per account fees charged to the Funds to $0.50 per month per shareholder account. Additional fees may be paid by the Funds to those intermediaries. The Fund will reimburse WISC for such costs if the annual rate of the third-party per account charges for a Fund are less than or equal to $12.00 per account or an annual fee of 0.14 of 1% that is based on average daily net assets.

Broker accounts. Certain broker-dealers that maintain shareholder accounts with each Fund through an omnibus account provide transfer agent and other shareholder-related services that would otherwise be provided by WISC if the individual accounts that comprise the omnibus account were opened by their beneficial owners directly. Each Fund may pay such broker-dealers a per account fee for each open account within the omnibus account (up to $18.00 per account), or a fixed rate fee (up to an annual fee of 0.20 of 1% that is based on average daily net assets), based on the average daily NAV of the omnibus account (or a combination thereof).

Distribution and Service Plan. Class A and Class E Shares. Under a Distribution and Service Plan adopted by the Trust pursuant to Rule 12b–1 under the 1940 Act (the “Distribution and Service Plan”), each Fund may pay a distribution and/or service fee to Ivy Distributors, Inc. (“IDI”) for Class A and Class E shares in an amount not to exceed 0.25% of the Fund’s average annual net assets. The fee is to be paid to compensate IDI for amounts it expends in connection with the distribution of the Class A and Class E shares and/or provision of personal services to Fund shareholders and/or maintenance of shareholder accounts of that class.

Class C Shares. Under the Distribution and Service Plan, each Fund may pay IDI a service fee not to exceed 0.25% and a distribution fee not to exceed 0.75% of the Fund’s average annual net assets for Class C shares to compensate IDI for its services in connection with the distribution of shares of that class and/or provision of personal services to Class C shareholders and/or maintenance of shareholder accounts of that class.

Class R Shares. Under the Distribution and Service Plan, each Fund may pay IDI a fee of up to 0.50%, on an annual basis, of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class R shares to compensate IDI for, either directly or through third parties, distributing the Class R shares of that Fund, providing personal services to Class R shareholders and/or maintaining Class R shareholder accounts.

Class Y Shares. Under the Distribution and Service Plan, each Fund may pay IDI a fee of up to 0.25%, on an annual basis, of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class Y shares to compensate IDI for, either directly or through third parties, distributing the Class Y shares of that Fund, providing personal services to Class Y shareholders and/or maintaining Class Y shareholder accounts.

Sales Charges. As principal underwriter for the Trust’s shares, IDI receives sales commissions (which are not an expense of the Trust) for sales of Class A and Class E shares. A CDSC may be assessed against a shareholder’s redemption amount of Class C or certain Class A and Class E shares and is paid to IDI. During the period ended March 31, 2017, IDI received the following amounts in sales commissions and CDSCs:

 

     Gross Sales
Commissions
     CDSC      Commissions
Paid(1)
 
         Class A     Class C     Class E     

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $ 213      $ 1     $ 1       N/A      $ 206  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

     145        2       *      N/A        143  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

     11                    N/A        10  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

     3                    N/A        3  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

     11        *      *    $        10  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

     20              *      N/A        18  

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) IDI reallowed/paid this portion of the sales charge to financial advisors and selling broker-dealers.

 

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Expense Reimbursements and/or Waivers. Fund and class expense limitations and related waivers/reimbursements for the period ended March 31, 2017 were as follows:

 

Fund Name   Share
Class
Name
  Type of
Expense
Limit
  Commencement
Date
  End
Date
  Expense
Limit
  Amount of
Expense Waiver/
Reimbursement
  Expense Reduced

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

  All Classes   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   N/A     $   Investment Management Fee
  Class A   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.30%     $   N/A
  Class C   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   2.17%     $   N/A
  Class I   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.00%     $   N/A
  Class N   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.00%     $   N/A
    Class Y   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.25%     $   N/A

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

  All Classes   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   N/A     $   Investment Management Fee
  Class A   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.15%     $ 33   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing
  Class C   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.85%     $ 6   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing
  Class I   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   0.85%     $ 144   Shareholder Servicing
  Class N   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   0.85%     $   N/A
    Class Y   Contractual   10-1-2015   1-31-2018   1.10%     $ 4   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

  Class A   Contractual   10-3-2016   1-31-2018   0.80%     $   N/A
  Class I   Contractual   10-3-2016   1-31-2018   0.60%     $   N/A
    Class Y   Contractual   10-3-2016   1-31-2018   Not to exceed Class A     $ *   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

  All Classes   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   N/A     $ 39 (1)   Investment Management Fee
  Class A   Contractual   1-10-2017   1-31-2018   1.45%     $   N/A
  Class I   Contractual   1-10-2017   1-31-2018   1.15%     $ 5   Shareholder Servicing
    Class Y   Contractual   1-10-2017   1-31-2018   Not to exceed Class A     $ *   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

  All Classes   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   N/A     $ 129 (2)   Investment Management Fee
  Class A   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   1.25%     $ 15   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing
  Class C   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   2.00%     $ 1   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing
  Class E   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   1.40%     $   N/A
  Class I   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   1.00%     $ 25   Shareholder Servicing
  Class N   Contractual   1-30-2015   1-31-2018   1.00%     $ *   Shareholder Servicing
  Class R   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   1.50%     $ 2   Shareholder Servicing
  Class Y   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   1.25%     $ 3   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing
    Class Y   Contractual   4-30-2014   1-31-2018   Not to exceed Class A     $   N/A

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

  All Classes   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   N/A     $ 188   Investment Management Fee
  Class A   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   1.38%     $   N/A
  Class C   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   2.08%     $   N/A
  Class I   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   1.00%     $ 22   Shareholder Servicing
  Class N   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   0.87%     $ 1   Shareholder Servicing
  Class Y   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   1.25%     $ *   12b-1 Fees and/or Shareholder Servicing
    Class Y   Contractual   1-4-2016   1-31-2018   Not to exceed Class A     $   N/A

 

*Not shown due to rounding.

 

(1) Due to Class A, Class C, Class I, Class N and/or Class Y contractual expense limits, investment management fees were waived for all share classes.

 

(2) Due to Class A, Class C, Class E, Class I, Class N, Class R and/or Class Y contractual expense limits, investment management fees were waived for all share classes.

 

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Any amounts due to the Funds as a reimbursement but not paid as of March 31, 2017 are shown as a receivable from affiliates on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

7.   INTERFUND LENDING PROGRAM

Pursuant to an exemptive order issued by the SEC (“Order”), the Trust and the Advisors Fund Complex (Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds, Ivy Variable Insurance Portfolios and InvestEd Portfolios; referred to with the Funds for purposes of this section as Funds) have the ability to lend money to, and borrow money from, each other pursuant to a master interfund lending agreement (“Interfund Lending Program”). Under the Interfund Lending Program, the Funds may lend or borrow money for temporary purposes directly to or from one another (each an “Interfund Loan”), subject to meeting the conditions of the Order. The interest rate to be charged on an Interfund Loan is the average of the overnight repurchase agreement rate and the short-term bank loan rate. The Funds made no Interfund Loans under the Interfund Lending Program during the period ended March 31, 2017.

 

8.   INVESTMENT SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS ($ amounts in thousands)

The cost of purchases and the proceeds from maturities and sales of investment securities (excluding short-term securities) for the period ended March 31, 2017, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales  
      U.S. Government      Other Issuers      U.S. Government      Other Issuers  

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $      $ 342,912      $      $ 177,620  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

     11,264        161,613        949        60,612  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

            11,567                

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

            30,574               3,537  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

            17,431               12,359  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

     101,134        118,375        40,539        62,100  

 

9.   CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS (All amounts in thousands)

The Trust has authorized an unlimited number of $0.001 par value shares of beneficial interest of each class of each Fund. Transactions in shares of beneficial interest were as follows:

 

     Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund      Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund  
     Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
     Period from
10-1-15 to 9-30-16
     Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
     Period from
10-1-15 to 9-30-16
 
      Shares      Value      Shares      Value      Shares      Value      Shares      Value  

Shares issued from sale of shares:

                       

Class A

     5,740      $ 59,472        27,541      $ 278,996        3,930      $ 40,007        29,517      $ 294,066  

Class C

     741        7,692        1,784        18,159        308        3,139        918        9,112  

Class I

     17,957        186,692        27,120        276,497        13,823        140,812        21,143        213,144  

Class N

     75        781        790        8,082        40        411        573        5,733  

Class Y

     86        892        1,025        10,504        246        2,505        576        5,753  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders:

                       

Class A

     200        2,080        268        2,714        181        1,835        231        2,299  

Class C

     20        211        11        115        11        111        5        53  

Class I

     598        6,204        174        1,800        557        5,648        140        1,432  

Class N

     3        30        2        22        2        18        1        9  

Class Y

     2        22        1        10        8        82        3        34  

Shares redeemed:

                       

Class A

     (1,852      (19,319      (18,764      (188,964      (1,377      (14,021      (20,537      (206,558

Class C

     (185      (1,926      (509      (5,239      (321      (3,276      (127      (1,294

Class I

     (5,404      (56,417      (2,856      (29,602      (3,707      (37,734      (3,294      (33,379

Class N

     (61      (637      (467      (4,846      (18      (186      (14      (140

Class Y

     (39      (399      (613      (6,349      (30      (303      (17      (174

Net increase

     17,881      $ 185,378        35,507      $ 361,899        13,653      $ 139,048        29,118      $ 290,090  

 

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     Ivy California Municipal
High Income Fund
     Ivy IG International
Small Cap Fund
     Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency
Debt Fund
 
     Period from
10-3-16 to 3-31-17
(Unaudited)
     Period from
1-10-17 to 3-31-17

(Unaudited)
     Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
     Year ended
9-30-16
 
      Shares      Value      Shares      Value      Shares      Value      Shares      Value  

Shares issued from sale of shares:

                       

Class A

     678      $ 6,745        968      $ 9,692        209      $ 1,867        1,532      $ 13,643  

Class C

     112        1,114        101        1,011        20        178        211        1,936  

Class E

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A                      199        1,860  

Class I

     425        4,215        1,736        17,418        1,256        11,265        2,953        26,657  

Class N

     N/A        N/A        45        450        12        107        37        329  

Class R

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A                      200        1,854  

Class Y

     100        1,000        45        450        59        521        677        6,089  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders:

                       

Class A

     1        10                                            

Class C

     *                                                

Class E

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A                              

Class I

     *       3                                            

Class N

     N/A        N/A                                            

Class R

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A                              

Class Y

                                                       

Shares redeemed:

                       

Class A

     (13      (122      (33      (343      (156      (1,374      (3,508      (30,514

Class C

                                 (8      (71      (206      (1,892

Class E

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A                      (200      (1,864

Class I

     (14      (139      (4      (37      (659      (5,854      (976      (9,077

Class N

     N/A        N/A                      (25      (219      (26      (234

Class R

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A                      (200      (1,856

Class Y

                                 (275      (2,397      (451      (4,144

Net increase

     1,289      $ 12,826        2,858      $ 28,641        433      $ 4,023        242      $ 2,787  

 

     Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund  
     Six months
ended
3-31-17
(Unaudited)
     Period from
1-4-16 to 9-30-16
 
      Shares      Value      Shares      Value  

Shares issued from sale of shares:

           

Class A

     515      $ 5,167        7,062      $ 70,673  

Class C

     16        163        384        3,841  

Class I

     4,918        49,376        8,381        84,704  

Class N

     8,333        83,164        228        2,281  

Class Y

                   350        3,501  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions to shareholders:

           

Class A

     25        244                

Class C

     1        4                

Class I

     208        2,053                

Class N

     *       4                

Class Y

                           

Shares redeemed:

           

Class A

     (421      (4,208      (5,208      (52,286

Class C

     (4      (37      (4      (35

Class I

     (2,033      (20,329      (1,134      (11,593

Class N

     (218      (2,175      (8      (83

Class Y

                           

Net increase

     11,340      $ 113,426        10,051      $ 101,003  

 

* Not shown due to rounding.

 

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10.   COMMITMENTS

Bridge loan commitments may obligate a Fund to furnish temporary financing to a borrower until permanent financing can be arranged. In connection with these commitments, the Fund earns a commitment fee, typically set as a percentage of the commitment amount. Such fee income is included in interest income on the Statements of Operations. At March 31, 2017, there were no outstanding bridge loan commitments.

 

11.   FEDERAL INCOME TAX MATTERS ($ amounts in thousands)

For Federal income tax purposes, cost of investments owned at March 31, 2017 and the related unrealized appreciation (depreciation) were as follows:

 

Fund    Cost of
Investments
     Gross
Appreciation
     Gross
Depreciation
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $ 553,922      $ 24,124      $ 5,662      $ 18,462  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

     435,982        8,870        3,354        5,516  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

     13,813        112        248        (136

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

     27,665        1,645        603        1,042  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

     53,707        987        2,685        (1,698

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

     206,982        1,096        1,545        (449

For Federal income tax purposes, the Funds’ distributed and undistributed earnings and profit for the year ended September 30, 2016 and the post-October and late-year ordinary activity were as follows:

 

Fund    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
     Tax Return
of Capital
     Post-
October
Capital
Losses
Deferred
     Late-Year
Ordinary
Losses
Deferred
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $ 1,687      $      $      $ 617      $  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

     1,839        134                       

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

                                 218  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

     887                              

Internal Revenue Code regulations permit each Fund to elect to defer into its next fiscal year capital losses and certain specified ordinary items incurred between each November 1 and the end of its fiscal year. Each Fund is also permitted to defer into its next fiscal certain ordinary losses that generated between each January 1 and the end of its fiscal year.

The tax character of dividends and distributions paid during the two fiscal years ended September 30, 2016 and 2015 were as follows:

 

     September 30, 2016      September 30, 2015  
Fund    Distributed
Ordinary
Income(1)
     Distributed
Long-Term
Capital
Gains
     Distributed
Ordinary
Income(1)
     Distributed
Long-Term
Capital Gains
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $ 5,143      $ 6        N/A        N/A  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

     5,272               N/A        N/A  

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

     N/A        N/A        N/A        N/A  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

                 $ 688      $ 10  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

                   N/A        N/A  

 

(1) Includes short-term capital gains distributed, if any.

Dividends from net investment income and short-term capital gains are treated as ordinary income dividends for federal income tax purposes.

 

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Accumulated capital losses represent net capital loss carryovers as of September 30, 2016 that may be available to offset future realized capital gains and thereby reduce future capital gains distributions. As of September 30, 2016, the capital loss carryovers were as follows:

 

     Post-Enactment  
Fund    Short-Term Capital
Loss Carryover
     Long-Term Capital
Loss Carryover
 

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

   $      $  

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

             

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

     N/A        N/A  

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

     N/A        N/A  

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund

     302        182  

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund

             

 

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APPROVAL OF INVESTMENT

MANAGEMENT AGREEMENTS

  IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Ivy Funds (the “Trust”) held on November 15, 2016, the trustees, including all of the trustees who are not “interested persons” (the “Independent Trustees”), as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), considered and approved an amendment to the Investment Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) between Ivy Investment Management Company (“IICO”) and the Trust, on behalf of Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund (the “Fund”), to include the Fund under the Management Agreement. The Board also considered and approved an investment subadvisory agreement (the “Sub-advisory Agreement”) between IICO and I.G. International Management Limited (“IGIM”) with respect to the Fund, a newly created series of the Trust.

The Independent Trustees were assisted in their consideration of the Management Agreement and the Sub-advisory Agreement (together, the “Agreements”) by independent legal counsel, and met with such counsel separately from representatives of IICO and IGIM. Independent legal counsel had provided the Board with a memorandum that discussed the various factors that the Board should consider as part of its review of the Agreements, including, among other things, the nature and the quality of the services proposed to be provided to the Fund by IICO and IGIM, potential profitability of each of IICO and IGIM (including any fall-out benefits) from their proposed relationship with the Fund, projected economies of scale, the role played by the Independent Trustees and information on comparative fees and expenses. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s determination to approve the Agreements are discussed below.

In considering the Agreements, the Board noted that although the Fund had not yet commenced operations, the Fund appeared to be designed to be able to achieve acceptable performance. The Board took note of the prior performance of IGIM in managing other international small cap strategies. The Board also considered the proposed expenses of the New Fund, the cost of the services proposed to be provided by IICO and IGIM, including as compared to the other Funds in the Ivy Funds family and comparable funds, and the proposed expense cap agreements, and concluded that the expenses of the New Fund were acceptable. The Board, however, did not discuss the projected profitability of either IICO or IGIM in managing the New Fund because the New Fund had not yet commenced operations, but noted that it would monitor profitability once the New Fund begins operations. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of services proposed to be provided to the New Fund by IICO and IGIM, taking into account the investment objective and strategy of the New Fund, the Board’s experience with IICO and IGIM’s affiliate, Mackenzie Financial, and the materials that management had provided to the Board on the New Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed the resources and key personnel of both IICO and IGIM. The Board also considered other services proposed to be provided to the New Fund by IICO based upon their current experiences with IICO, such as IICO’s ability to monitor adherence to the New Fund’s investment restrictions, producing reports, providing support services for the Board and Board committees on New Fund matters, communicating with shareholders and overseeing the activities of other service providers, including monitoring compliance with various policies and procedures and with applicable securities laws and regulations. The Board concluded that the nature and extent of the services proposed to be provided by IICO and IGIM are reasonable, considering the quality of the services currently provided by IICO for other series of the Trust, and as contemplated for IGIM. The Board also discussed whether either IICO or IGIM would derive any other direct or indirect benefits from serving as investment adviser or investment sub-adviser, respectively, to the New Fund. The Board considered the benefits that would accrue to IICO and IGIM from their relationship with the New Fund, including the fact that a variety of services for the New Fund are proposed to be provided by affiliates of IICO, including distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer agency services. After consideration of these and other factors, the Board concluded that neither IICO, IGIM nor any of their affiliates would receive any additional direct or indirect benefits that would preclude the Board from approving the amendment to the Investment Management Agreement with IICO and the Investment Sub-advisory agreement between IICO and IGIM.

Ivy Crossover Credit Fund

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Ivy Funds (the “Trust”) held on February 22, 2017, the trustees, including all of the trustees who are not “interested persons” (the “Independent Trustees”), as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), considered and approved an amendment to the Investment Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) between Ivy Investment Management Company (“IICO”) and the Trust, on behalf of Ivy Crossover Credit Fund (the “Fund”), to include the Fund under the Management Agreement.

The Independent Trustees were assisted in their consideration of the Management Agreement by independent legal counsel, and met with such counsel separately from representatives of IICO. Independent legal counsel had provided the Board with a memorandum that discussed the various factors that the Board should consider as part of its review of the Management Agreement, including, among other things, the nature and the quality of the services proposed to be provided to the Fund by IICO, potential profitability of IICO (including any fall-out benefits) from its proposed relationship with the

 

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Fund, projected economies of scale, the role played by the Independent Trustees and information on comparative fees and expenses. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s determination to approve the Agreements are discussed below.

The Board noted that although the Fund had not yet commenced operations, the Fund appears to be designed to be able to achieve acceptable performance. The Board also considered the proposed expenses of the Fund, the cost of the services proposed to be provided by IICO, including as compared to the other series of the Trust and comparable funds, and the proposed expense cap agreements, and concluded that the proposed expenses of the Fund were acceptable. The Board, however, did not discuss the projected profitability of IICO in managing the Fund because the Fund had not yet commenced operations, but noted that it would monitor profitability once the Fund begins operations. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of services proposed to be provided to the Fund by IICO, taking into account the investment objective and strategy of the Fund, the Board’s experience with IICO, and the materials that management had provided to the Board on the Fund. In addition, the Board reviewed the resources and key personnel of IICO. The Board also considered other services proposed to be provided to the Fund by IICO based upon their current experiences with IICO, such as IICO’s ability to monitor adherence to the Fund’s investment restrictions, producing reports, providing support services for the Board and Board committees on Fund matters, communicating with shareholders and overseeing the activities of other service providers, including monitoring compliance with various policies and procedures and with applicable securities laws and regulations. The Board concluded that the nature and extent of the services proposed to be provided by IICO are reasonable, considering the quality of the services currently provided by IICO for other series of the Trust. The Board also discussed whether IICO would derive any other direct or indirect benefits from serving as investment adviser to the Fund. The Board considered the benefits that would accrue to IICO from its relationship with the Fund, including the fact that a variety of services for the Fund are proposed to be provided by affiliates of IICO, including distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer agency services. After consideration of these and other factors, the Board concluded that IICO nor any of its affiliates would receive any additional direct or indirect benefits that would preclude the Board from approving the amendment to the Investment Management Agreement with IICO. Finally, the Board considered the recommendation of the Investment Oversight Committee, which previously had considered these matters, and had recommended that the Board approve the Management Agreement.

Ivy ProShares Funds

At a meeting of the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of Ivy Funds (the “Trust”) held on February 22, 2017, the trustees, including all of the trustees who are not “interested persons” (the “Independent Trustees”), as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), considered and approved an amendment to the Investment Management Agreement (the “Management Agreement”) between Ivy Investment Management Company (“IICO”) and the Trust, on behalf of the Ivy ProShares S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats Index Fund, Ivy ProShares Russell 2000 Dividend Growers Index Fund, Ivy ProShares Interest Rate Hedged High Yield Index Fund, Ivy ProShares S&P 500 Bond Index Fund and Ivy ProShares MSCI ACWI Index Fund (collectively, the “ProShares Funds”), to include the ProShares Funds under the Management Agreement. The Board also considered and approved an investment subadvisory agreement (the “Sub-advisory Agreement”) between IICO and ProShare Advisory LLC (“ProShare”), with respect to the ProShares Funds, each, a newly created series of the Trust.

The Independent Trustees were assisted in their consideration of the Management Agreement and the Sub-advisory Agreement (together, the “Agreements”) by independent legal counsel, and met with such counsel separately from representatives of IICO and ProShare. Independent legal counsel had provided the Board with a memorandum that discussed the various factors that the Board should consider as part of its review of the Agreements, including, among other things, the nature and the quality of the services proposed to be provided to the ProShares Funds by IICO and ProShare, potential profitability of each of IICO and ProShare (including any fall-out benefits) from their proposed relationship with the ProShares Funds, projected economies of scale, the role played by the Independent Trustees and information on comparative fees and expenses. The material factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s determination to approve the Agreements are discussed below.

The Board noted that although the ProShares Funds had not yet commenced operations, the ProShares Funds appear to be designed to be able to achieve acceptable performance. The Board took note of ProShare’s experience in managing index products. The Board also considered the proposed expenses of the ProShares Funds, the cost of the services proposed to be provided by IICO and ProShare, including as compared to the other series of the Trust and comparable funds, and the proposed expense cap agreements, and concluded that the proposed expenses of the ProShares Funds were acceptable. The Board, however, did not discuss the projected profitability of either IICO or ProShare in managing the ProShares Funds because the ProShares Funds had not yet commenced operations, but noted that it would monitor profitability once the ProShares Funds begin operations. The Board also considered the nature, extent and quality of services proposed to be provided to the ProShares Funds by IICO and ProShare, taking into account the investment objective and strategy of the ProShares Funds, the Board’s experience with IICO, its meeting with representatives of ProShare and the materials that management had provided to the Board on ProShares. In addition, the Board reviewed the resources and key personnel of

 

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both IICO and ProShare. The Board also considered other services proposed to be provided to the ProShares Funds by IICO based upon their current experiences with IICO, such as IICO’s ability to monitor adherence to the ProShares Funds’ investment restrictions, producing reports, providing support services for the Board and Board committees on ProShares Funds’ matters, communicating with shareholders and overseeing the activities of other service providers, including monitoring compliance with various policies and procedures and with applicable securities laws and regulations. The Board concluded that the nature and extent of the services proposed to be provided by IICO and ProShare are reasonable, considering the quality of the services currently provided by IICO for other series of the Trust, and as contemplated for ProShare. The Board also discussed whether either IICO or ProShare would derive any other direct or indirect benefits from serving as investment adviser or investment sub-adviser, respectively, to the ProShares Funds. The Board considered the benefits that would accrue to IICO and ProShare from their relationship with the ProShares Funds, including the fact that a variety of services for the ProShares Funds are proposed to be provided by affiliates of IICO, including distribution, shareholder servicing and transfer agency services. After consideration of these and other factors, the Board concluded that neither IICO, ProShare nor any of their affiliates would receive any additional direct or indirect benefits that would preclude the Board from approving the amendment to the Investment Management Agreement with IICO and the Investment Sub-advisory agreement between IICO and ProShare. Finally, the Board considered the recommendation of the Investment Oversight Committee, which previously had considered these matters, and had recommended that the Board approve the Agreements.

 

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PROXY VOTING INFORMATION   IVY FUNDS

 

 

 

Proxy Voting Guidelines

A description of the policies and procedures Ivy Funds uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1.800.777.6472 and (ii) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at www.sec.gov.

Proxy Voting Records

Information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on Form N-PX through the Ivy Investments’ website at www.ivyinvestments.com and on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

QUARTERLY PORTFOLIO SCHEDULE INFORMATION   IVY FUNDS

 

 

Ivy Funds

Portfolio holdings can be found on the Trust’s website at www.ivyinvestments.com. Alternatively, a complete schedule of portfolio holdings of each Fund for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year is filed with the SEC and can be found on the Trust’s Form N-Q. These holdings may be viewed in the following ways:

 

  On the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

  For review and copy at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operations of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1.800.SEC.0330.

 

TO ALL TRADITIONAL IRA PLANHOLDERS:   IVY FUNDS

 

 

As required by law, we are hereby providing notice to you that income tax may be withheld automatically from any distribution or withdrawal from a traditional IRA. A Fund is generally required to withhold taxes unless you make a written election not to have taxes withheld. The election may be made on the distribution/withdrawal form provided by Waddell & Reed, Inc. which can be obtained from your Waddell & Reed representative or by submitting Internal Revenue Service Form W–4P. Once made, an election can be revoked by providing written notice to Waddell & Reed, Inc. If you elect not to have tax withheld you may be required to make payments of estimated tax. Penalties may be imposed by the IRS if withholding and estimated tax payments are not adequate.

 

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THE IVY FUNDS FAMILY  

 

 

 

Domestic Equity Funds

Ivy Core Equity Fund

Ivy Dividend Opportunities Fund

Ivy Large Cap Growth Fund

Ivy Micro Cap Growth Fund

Ivy Mid Cap Growth Fund

Ivy Mid Cap Income Opportunities Fund

Ivy Small Cap Core Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Small Cap Value Fund)

Ivy Small Cap Growth Fund

Ivy Tax-Managed Equity Fund

Ivy Value Fund

Global/International Funds

Ivy Cundill Global Value Fund

Ivy Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Ivy Pictet Emerging Markets Local Currency Debt Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Emerging Markets Local

Currency Debt Fund)

Ivy European Opportunities Fund

Ivy Global Equity Income Fund

Ivy Global Growth Fund

Ivy Global Income Allocation Fund

Ivy IG International Small Cap Fund

Ivy International Core Equity Fund

Ivy Managed International Opportunities Fund

Speciality Funds

Ivy Apollo Multi-Asset Income Fund

Ivy Asset Strategy Fund

Ivy Balanced Fund

Ivy Energy Fund

Ivy Natural Resources Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Global Natural Resources Fund)

Ivy LaSalle Global Real Estate Fund

Ivy LaSalle Global Risk-Managed Real Estate Fund

Ivy Advantus Real Estate Securities Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Real Estate Securities Fund)

Ivy Science and Technology Fund

Fixed Income Funds

Ivy Apollo Strategic Income Fund

Ivy Advantus Bond Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Bond Fund)

Ivy California Municipal High Income Fund

Ivy Global Bond Fund

Ivy Government Money Market Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Money Market Fund)

Ivy High Income Fund

Ivy Limited-Term Bond Fund

Ivy Municipal Bond Fund

Ivy Municipal High Income Fund

Ivy Pictet Targeted Return Bond Fund1

1(formerly known as Ivy Targeted Return Bond Fund)

 

 

1.800.777.6472

Visit us online at www.ivyinvestments.com

The Ivy Funds are managed by Ivy Investment Management Company and distributed by its subsidiary, Ivy Distributors, Inc.

Before investing, investors should consider carefully the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of a mutual fund. This and other important information is contained in the prospectus and summary prospectus, which may be obtained at www.ivyinvestments.com or from a financial advisor. Read it carefully before investing.

 

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ITEM 2.    CODE OF ETHICS

Required in annual report only.

ITEM 3.    AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

Required in annual report only.

ITEM 4.    PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

Required in annual report only.

ITEM 5.    AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS

Not applicable.

ITEM 6.    SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.

See Item 1 Shareholder Report.

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

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s board of directors.

ITEM 11.    CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, have concluded that such controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective and adequately designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in its reports that it files or submits is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

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(b) There were no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the registrant’s second fiscal half-year that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 12.    EXHIBITS.

 

(a)(1) Required in annual report only.

(a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.CERT.

(b) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)).

Attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

IVY FUNDS

(Registrant)

 

By  

/s/ Jennifer K. Dulski

  Jennifer K. Dulski, Secretary
Date:   June 8, 2017

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By  

/s/ Philip J. Sanders

 

Philip J. Sanders, President and

Principal Executive Officer

Date:   June 8, 2017
By  

/s/ Joseph W. Kauten

 

Joseph W. Kauten, Vice President and

Principal Financial Officer

Date:   June 8, 2017