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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds Annual Report Year Ended September 30, 2018 Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio Putnam Money Market Portfolio
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Page 1: Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds · *Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $721,042,300 2025 Fund Shares Value Asset Allocation Funds* 95.4% Putnam Retirement Advantage

Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds

Annual Report Year Ended September 30, 2018

Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio

Putnam Money Market Portfolio

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds

Annual Report Year Ended September 30, 2018

Table of Contents

Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-1 – A-34

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio B-1 – B-35

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio C-1 – C-74

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio D-1 – D-70

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio E-1 – E-66

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio F-1 – F-63

Putnam Money Market Portfolio G-1 – G-16

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds

Annual report 9 | 30 | 18

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-2

Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… A-4

The funds’ portfolios …………………………………………………… A-5

Statements of assets and liabilities …………………………………… A-9

Statements of operations ……………………………………………… A-11

Statements of changes in net assets ………………………………… A-12

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… A-16

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… A-21

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-3

A note on the funds’ trustee The funds’ trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, converted to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changed its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion had no impact on the funds or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the funds. PFTC will continue to manage the funds, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-4

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of the Funds

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund (here in after collectively referred to as the “Funds”), which comprise the statements of assets and liabilities, including the fund’s portfolios, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Funds’ preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of September 30, 2018, and the results of each of their operations, changes in each of their net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 20, 2018

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-5

The funds’ portfolios 9/30/18

2060 Fund Shares Value

Equity Funds* 99.5%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio Ω 1,209,235 $23,132,675

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 344,108 6,376,314

Total equity funds (cost $28,117,872) $29,508,989

Fixed Income Funds* 0.5%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 148,286 $148,286

Total fixed income funds (cost $148,286) $148,286

Total investments (cost $28,266,158) $29,657,275

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $29,644,451

2055 Fund Shares Value

Equity Funds* 99.6%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio Ω 5,153,462 $98,585,729

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 2,199,170 40,750,628

Total equity funds (cost $130,453,805) $139,336,357

Fixed Income Funds* 0.4%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 700,183 $700,183

Total fixed income funds (cost $700,183) $700,183

Total investments (cost $131,153,988) $140,036,540

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $139,964,992

2050 Fund Shares Value

Equity Funds* 99.5%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio Ω 7,259,368 $138,871,715

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 7,723,848 143,122,906

Total equity funds (cost $261,916,356) $281,994,621

Fixed Income Funds* 0.5%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 1,417,058 $1,417,058

Total fixed income funds (cost $1,417,058) $1,417,058

Total investments (cost $263,333,414) $283,411,679

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $283,289,546

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-6

2045 Fund Shares Value

Equity Funds* 99.5%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio Ω 4,417,202 $84,501,077

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 14,666,166 271,764,051

Total equity funds (cost $331,755,358) $356,265,128

Fixed Income Funds* 0.5%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 1,790,277 $1,790,277

Total fixed income funds (cost $1,790,277) $1,790,277

Total investments (cost $333,545,635) $358,055,405

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $357,882,848

2040 Fund Shares Value

Equity Funds* 98.2%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio Ω 682,498 $13,056,194

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 24,006,643 444,843,093

Total equity funds (cost $421,153,749) $457,899,287

Fixed Income Funds* 1.8%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 8,393,266 $8,393,266

Total fixed income funds (cost $8,393,266) $8,393,266

Total investments (cost $429,547,015) $466,292,553

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $466,086,647

2035 Fund Shares Value

Asset Allocation Funds* 27.2%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio Ω 8,086,611 $152,594,351

Total asset allocation funds (cost $145,165,631) $152,594,351

Equity Funds* 69.8%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 21,132,436 $391,584,033

Total equity funds (cost $358,052,191) $391,584,033

Fixed Income Funds* 3.0%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 16,830,259 $16,830,259

Total fixed income funds (cost $16,830,259) $16,830,259

Total investments (cost $520,048,081) $561,008,643

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $560,743,938

The funds’ portfolios 9/30/18 cont.

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-7

2030 Fund Shares Value

Asset Allocation Funds* 76.8%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio Ω 29,358,697 $553,998,608

Total asset allocation funds (cost $517,549,793) $553,998,608

Equity Funds* 19.2%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio Ω 7,474,347 $138,499,655

Total equity funds (cost $126,723,727) $138,499,655

Fixed Income Funds* 4.0%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 28,854,094 $28,854,094

Total fixed income funds (cost $28,854,094) $28,854,094

Total investments (cost $673,127,614) $721,352,357

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $721,042,300

2025 Fund Shares Value

Asset Allocation Funds* 95.4%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio Ω 5,005,536 $76,885,039

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio Ω 21,314,259 402,200,064

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio Ω 11,691,951 186,252,785

Total asset allocation funds (cost $628,996,777) $665,337,888

Fixed Income Funds* 4.6%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 31,715,949 $31,715,949

Total fixed income funds (cost $31,715,949) $31,715,949

Total investments (cost $660,712,726) $697,053,837

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $696,736,717

2020 Fund Shares Value

Asset Allocation Funds* 96.3%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio Ω 12,954,729 $198,984,637

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio Ω 2,355,512 44,448,518

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio Ω 15,962,765 254,286,851

Total asset allocation funds (cost $477,638,139) $497,720,006

Fixed Income Funds* 3.7%

Putnam Money Market Portfolio Ω 19,123,199 $19,123,199

Total fixed income funds (cost $19,123,199) $19,123,199

Total investments (cost $496,761,338) $516,843,205

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $516,626,386

Maturity Fund Shares Value

Asset Allocation Funds* 100.0%

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio Ω 24,350,323 $374,020,961

Total asset allocation funds (cost $347,722,012) $374,020,961

Total investments (cost $347,722,012) $374,020,961

*Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $373,860,582

The funds’ portfolios 9/30/18 cont.

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-8

Notes to the funds’ portfolios

Unless noted otherwise, the notes to the funds’ portfolios are for the close of each fund’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolios, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

Ω Affiliated Issuers (Note 5).

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of each fund’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.

Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.

Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the funds’ net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund $— $29,657,275 $— $29,657,275

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund — 140,036,540 — 140,036,540

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund — 283,411,679 — 283,411,679

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund — 358,055,405 — 358,055,405

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund — 466,292,553 — 466,292,553

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund — 561,008,643 — 561,008,643

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund — 721,352,357 — 721,352,357

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund — 697,053,837 — 697,053,837

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund — 516,843,205 — 516,843,205

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund — 374,020,961 — 374,020,961

The funds’ portfolios 9/30/18 cont.

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

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-9

Statements of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund

Investments in affiliated Portfolios, at value (Notes 1 and 5) $29,657,275 $140,036,540 $283,411,679 $358,055,405 $466,292,553

Interest receivable 180 789 1,706 2,095 13,197

Receivable for units of the fund sold 115,272 541,715 529,501 971,063 529,098

Receivable for securities sold 72,048 477,402 911,341 992,940 1,239,244

Total assets 29,844,775 141,056,446 284,854,227 360,021,503 468,074,092

LIABILITIESPayable for units of the fund repurchased 6,483 110,173 191,529 300,184 313,298

Payable for securities purchased 181,003 909,705 1,250,901 1,665,758 1,467,021

Payable for management fees (Note 3) 12,838 71,576 122,251 172,713 207,126

Total liabilities 200,324 1,091,454 1,564,681 2,138,655 1,987,445

Net assets $29,644,451 $139,964,992 $283,289,546 $357,882,848 $466,086,647

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund

Computation of net asset value Class IA

Net assets $2,600,597 $7,216,900 $21,737,566 $30,770,490 $36,457,663

Number of units outstanding 165,519 317,252 1,222,506 1,769,721 2,125,591

Net asset value $15.71 $22.75 $17.78 $17.39 $17.15

Computation of net asset value Class I

Net assets $13,965,693 $44,643,733 $103,891,298 $104,579,269 $186,057,532

Number of units outstanding 893,781 1,975,004 5,880,123 6,052,694 10,918,088

Net asset value $15.63 $22.60 $17.67 $17.28 $17.04

Computation of net asset value Class II

Net assets $1,376 $1,639,920 $2,492,896 $2,960,031 $7,980,917

Number of units outstanding 89 72,912 141,884 172,197 470,579

Net asset value $15.52 $22.49 $17.57 $17.19 $16.96

Computation of net asset value Class III

Net assets $437,403 $5,647,556 $13,003,317 $7,783,711 $21,279,004

Number of units outstanding 28,180 255,845 761,872 466,598 1,292,675

Net asset value $15.52 $22.07 $17.07 $16.68 $16.46

Computation of net asset value Class IV

Net assets $162,756 $1,682,208 $3,795,879 $9,783,437 $10,226,519

Number of units outstanding 10,529 76,784 224,079 590,863 626,015

Net asset value $15.46 $21.91 $16.94 $16.56 $16.34

Computation of net asset value Class V

Net assets $5,274,466 $38,167,992 $40,950,365 $87,873,614 $71,900,379

Number of units outstanding 342,111 1,750,682 2,428,494 5,333,249 4,421,929

Net asset value $15.42 $21.80 $16.86 $16.48 $16.26

Computation of net asset value Class X

Net assets $7,202,160 $40,966,683 $97,418,225 $114,132,296 $132,184,633

Number of units outstanding 458,605 1,801,906 5,482,435 6,567,483 7,709,522

Net asset value $15.70 $22.74 $17.77 $17.38 $17.15

Cost of investments (Note 2) $28,266,158 $131,153,988 $263,333,414 $333,545,635 $429,547,015

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-10

Statements of assets and liabilities 9/30/18 cont.

ASSETS

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage

Maturity Fund

Investments in affiliated Portfolios, at value (Notes 1 and 5) $561,008,643 $721,352,357 $697,053,837 $516,843,205 $374,020,961

Interest receivable 27,235 47,796 52,751 32,152 --

Receivable for units of the fund sold 3,902,250 427,597 2,849,891 225,781 1,793,680

Receivable for securities sold 2,095,340 3,421,784 4,209,076 2,853,192 510,474

Total assets 567,033,468 725,249,534 704,165,555 519,954,330 376,325,115

LIABILITIESPayable for units of the fund repurchased 541,608 1,561,509 489,043 1,322,035 510,474

Payable for securities purchased 5,480,694 2,331,130 6,617,857 1,786,224 1,793,680

Payable for management fees (Note 3) 267,228 314,595 321,938 219,685 160,379

Total liabilities 6,289,530 4,207,234 7,428,838 3,327,944 2,464,533

Net assets $560,743,938 $721,042,300 $696,736,717 $516,626,386 $373,860,582

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage

Maturity Fund

Computation of net asset value Class IA

Net assets $61,288,248 $106,472,202 $126,693,136 $110,874,045 $118,380,771

Number of units outstanding 3,623,542 6,540,122 8,145,336 7,644,205 8,080,185

Net asset value $16.91 $16.28 $15.55 $14.50 $14.65

Computation of net asset value Class I

Net assets $172,647,286 $275,731,544 $211,385,977 $204,328,556 $93,569,845

Number of units outstanding 10,271,526 17,045,405 13,678,337 14,176,698 6,426,162

Net asset value $16.81 $16.18 $15.45 $14.41 $14.56

Computation of net asset value Class II

Net assets $3,475,963 $11,872,770 $17,256,201 $5,965,788 $3,804,879

Number of units outstanding 207,782 738,093 1,122,882 416,351 262,714

Net asset value $16.73 $16.09 $15.37 $14.33 $14.48

Computation of net asset value Class III

Net assets $13,110,278 $31,424,202 $11,582,143 $10,957,463 $8,130,803

Number of units outstanding 807,963 2,012,742 776,478 787,967 578,226

Net asset value $16.23 $15.61 $14.92 $13.91 $14.06

Computation of net asset value Class IV

Net assets $21,873,340 $15,335,271 $26,338,914 $10,591,363 $11,018,215

Number of units outstanding 1,358,568 989,838 1,779,237 767,559 790,023

Net asset value $16.10 $15.49 $14.80 $13.80 $13.95

Computation of net asset value Class V

Net assets $130,710,225 $109,316,245 $149,363,440 $73,990,698 $67,284,841

Number of units outstanding 8,159,362 7,089,503 10,141,570 5,387,495 4,847,106

Net asset value $16.02 $15.42 $14.73 $13.73 $13.88

Computation of net asset value Class X

Net assets $157,638,598 $170,890,066 $154,116,906 $99,918,473 $71,671,228

Number of units outstanding 9,324,590 10,500,711 9,912,536 6,892,534 4,893,989

Net asset value $16.91 $16.27 $15.55 $14.50 $14.64

Cost of investments (Note 2) $520,048,081 $673,127,614 $660,712,726 $496,761,338 $347,722,012

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

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Putnam Retirement Advantage Funds A-11

Statements of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund

Income distributions from Portfolios (Note 5) $1,525 $8,078 $17,122 $21,453 $115,097

EXPENSESManagement fees (Note 3)

Class IA 5,233 16,928 55,052 77,080 94,667

Class I 54,944 219,125 544,695 566,601 951,278

Class II 258 17,383 28,754 44,057 67,190

Class III 4,328 35,814 83,958 54,382 136,212

Class IV 1,221 48,092 102,192 174,959 163,575

Class V 39,860 388,265 383,119 887,951 683,342

Class X 9,387* 51,329** 134,282* 154,620* 180,231*

Total expenses 115,231 776,936 1,332,052 1,959,650 2,276,495

Net investment loss (113,706) (768,858) (1,314,930) (1,938,197) (2,161,398)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios (Notes 1 and 2) 1,470,476 12,448,344 25,466,999 33,301,589 38,929,603

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of Portfolios during the year 549,114 (55,077) (639,326) (1,855,976) (117,942)

Net gain on investments 2,019,590 12,393,267 24,827,673 31,445,613 38,811,661

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $1,905,884 $11,624,409 $23,512,743 $29,507,416 $36,650,263

INVESTMENT INCOME

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund

Putnam Retirement Advantage

Maturity Fund

Income distributions from Portfolios (Note 5) $242,943 $427,623 $483,312 $313,332 $—

EXPENSESManagement fees (Note 3)

Class IA 164,062 285,186 345,383 308,616 332,391

Class I 875,364 1,404,159 1,037,994 1,049,523 501,681

Class II 77,878 109,581 181,151 76,545 65,206

Class III 97,426 223,106 87,564 94,680 57,224

Class IV 256,744 194,381 291,471 134,619 120,921

Class V 1,346,817 1,079,727 1,558,158 799,527 714,674

Class X 204,126* 215,471* 189,263** 129,799* 99,371**

Total expenses 3,022,417 3,511,611 3,690,984 2,593,309 1,891,468

Net investment loss (2,779,474) (3,083,988) (3,207,672) (2,279,977) (1,891,468)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios (Notes 1 and 2) 45,348,566 51,339,869 46,342,801 25,718,339 19,529,805

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of Portfolios during the year (247,583) 1,324,875 (6,320,865) (4,840,547) (4,057,505)

Net gain on investments 45,100,983 52,664,744 40,021,936 20,877,792 15,472,300

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $42,321,509 $49,580,756 $36,814,264 $18,597,815 $13,580,832

* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018.** For the period January 8, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018.

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Statements of changes in net assets

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2060 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(113,706)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 1,470,476

Net unrealized appreciation of Portfolios 549,114

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 1,905,884

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 16,718,935

Total increase in net assets 18,624,819

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 11,019,632

End of year $29,644,451

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2055 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(768,858)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 12,448,344

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (55,077)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 11,624,409

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 44,872,610

Total increase in net assets 56,497,019

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 83,467,973

End of year $139,964,992

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2050 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(1,314,930)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 25,466,999

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (639,326)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 23,512,743

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 84,080,558

Total increase in net assets 107,593,301

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 175,696,245

End of year $283,289,546

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Statements of changes in net assets cont.

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2045 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(1,938,197)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 33,301,589

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (1,855,976)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 29,507,416

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 87,082,308

Total increase in net assets 116,589,724

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 241,293,124

End of year $357,882,848

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2040 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(2,161,398)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 38,929,603

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (117,942)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 36,650,263

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 121,428,002

Total increase in net assets 158,078,265

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 308,008,382

End of year $466,086,647

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2035 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(2,779,474)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 45,348,566

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (247,583)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 42,321,509

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 137,464,613

Total increase in net assets 179,786,122

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 380,957,816

End of year $560,743,938

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

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

Statements of changes in net assets cont.

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2030 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(3,083,988)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 51,339,869

Net unrealized appreciation of Portfolios 1,324,875

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 49,580,756

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 168,345,791

Total increase in net assets 217,926,547

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 503,115,753

End of year $721,042,300

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2025 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(3,207,672)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 46,342,801

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (6,320,865)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 36,814,264

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 149,027,490

Total increase in net assets 185,841,754

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 510,894,963

End of year $696,736,717

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETSPutnam Retirement

Advantage 2020 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(2,279,977)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 25,718,339

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (4,840,547)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 18,597,815

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 66,364,795

Total increase in net assets 84,962,610

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 431,663,776

End of year $516,626,386

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Statements of changes in net assets cont.

TOTAL INCREASE IN NET ASSETS

Putnam Retirement Advantage

Maturity Fund

Year ended 9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment loss $(1,891,468)

Net realized gain on sale of Portfolios 19,529,805

Net unrealized depreciation of Portfolios (4,057,505)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 13,580,832

Increase in net assets from principal transactions (Note 4) 46,535,853

Total increase in net assets 60,116,685

NET ASSETSBeginning of year 313,743,897

End of year $373,860,582

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

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* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. ** For the period January 8, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. a Per unit net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year. b Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Portfolios. c Not annualized. d Annualized.

Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

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

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $20.36 (.06) 2.45 2.39 $22.75 11.74 $7,217 .28 (.27)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $20.27 (.11) 2.44 2.33 $22.60 11.49 $44,644 .50 (.49)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $20.19 (.13) 2.43 2.30 $22.49 11.39 $1,640 .60 (.59)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $19.85 (.16) 2.38 2.22 $22.07 11.18 $5,648 .75 (.74)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $19.73 (.19) 2.37 2.18 $21.91 11.05 $1,682 .90 (.89)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $19.66 (.22) 2.36 2.14 $21.80 10.89 $38,168 1.05 (1.04)CLASS X**September 30, 2018 $22.06 (.05) .73 .68 $22.74 3.08 c $40,967 .35 d (.34) d

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year) cont.

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $15.96 (.05) 1.87 1.82 $17.78 11.40 $21,738 .28 (.27)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $15.89 (.08) 1.86 1.78 $17.67 11.20 $103,891 .50 (.49)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $15.82 (.10) 1.85 1.75 $17.57 11.06 $2,493 .60 (.59)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $15.39 (.12) 1.80 1.68 $17.07 10.92 $13,003 .75 (.74)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $15.30 (.15) 1.79 1.64 $16.94 10.72 $3,796 .90 (.89)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $15.25 (.17) 1.78 1.61 $16.86 10.56 $40,950 1.05 (1.04)CLASS X*September 30, 2018 $17.15 (.04) .66 .62 $17.77 3.62 c $97,418 .35 d (.34) d

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $15.66 (.05) 1.78 1.73 $17.39 11.05 $30,770 .28 (.27)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $15.59 (.08) 1.77 1.69 $17.28 10.84 $104,579 .50 (.49)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $15.53 (.10) 1.76 1.66 $17.19 10.69 $2,960 .60 (.59)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $15.09 (.12) 1.71 1.59 $16.68 10.54 $7,784 .75 (.74)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $15.00 (.14) 1.70 1.56 $16.56 10.40 $9,783 .90 (.89)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $14.95 (.17) 1.70 1.53 $16.48 10.23 $87,874 1.05 (1.04)CLASS X*September 30, 2018 $16.79 (.04) .63 .59 $17.38 3.51 c $114,132 .35 d (.34) d

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

* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. a Per unit net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year. b Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Portfolios. c Not annualized. d Annualized.

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* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. a Per unit net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year. b Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Portfolios. c Not annualized. d Annualized.

Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year) cont.

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $15.50 (.04) 1.69 1.65 $17.15 10.65 $36,458 .28 (.25)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $15.44 (.08) 1.68 1.60 $17.04 10.36 $186,058 .50 (.47)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $15.38 (.09) 1.67 1.58 $16.96 10.27 $7,981 .60 (.57)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $14.95 (.11) 1.62 1.51 $16.46 10.10 $21,279 .75 (.72)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $14.86 (.14) 1.62 1.48 $16.34 9.96 $10,227 .90 (.87)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $14.81 (.16) 1.61 1.45 $16.26 9.79 $71,900 1.05 (1.02)CLASS X*September 30, 2018 $16.59 (.04) .60 .56 $17.15 3.38 c $132,185 .35 d (.32) d Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $15.38 (.04) 1.57 1.53 $16.91 9.95 $61,288 .28 (.23)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $15.32 (.07) 1.56 1.49 $16.81 9.73 $172,647 .50 (.45)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $15.26 (.09) 1.56 1.47 $16.73 9.63 $3,476 .60 (.56)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $14.82 (.11) 1.52 1.41 $16.23 9.51 $13,110 .75 (.70)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $14.73 (.13) 1.50 1.37 $16.10 9.30 $21,873 .90 (.85)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $14.68 (.15) 1.49 1.34 $16.02 9.13 $130,710 1.05 (1.00)CLASS X*September 30, 2018 $16.38 (.03) .56 .53 $16.91 3.24 c $157,639 .35 d (.30) d

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

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year) cont.

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $14.95 (.03) 1.36 1.33 $16.28 8.90 $106,472 .28 (.21)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $14.89 (.07) 1.36 1.29 $16.18 8.66 $275,732 .50 (.43)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $14.82 (.08) 1.35 1.27 $16.09 8.57 $11,873 .60 (.54)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $14.41 (.10) 1.30 1.20 $15.61 8.33 $31,424 .75 (.68)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $14.32 (.12) 1.29 1.17 $15.49 8.17 $15,335 .90 (.83)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $14.27 (.15) 1.30 1.15 $15.42 8.06 $109,316 1.05 (.98)CLASS X*September 30, 2018 $15.80 (.03) .50 .47 $16.27 2.97 c $170,890 .35 d (.29) d Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 FundCLASS IASeptember 30, 2018 $14.58 (.03) 1.00 .97 $15.55 6.65 $126,693 .28 (.19)CLASS ISeptember 30, 2018 $14.52 (.06) .99 .93 $15.45 6.40 $211,386 .50 (.42)CLASS IISeptember 30, 2018 $14.45 (.08) 1.00 .92 $15.37 6.37 $17,256 .60 (.53)CLASS IIISeptember 30, 2018 $14.05 (.10) .97 .87 $14.92 6.19 $11,582 .75 (.67)CLASS IVSeptember 30, 2018 $13.96 (.12) .96 .84 $14.80 6.02 $26,339 .90 (.82)CLASS VSeptember 30, 2018 $13.91 (.14) .96 .82 $14.73 5.90 $149,363 1.05 (.97)CLASS X**September 30, 2018 $15.27 (.03) .31 .28 $15.55 1.83 c $154,117 .35 d (.28) d

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

* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. ** For the period January 8, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. a Per unit net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year. b Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Portfolios. c Not annualized. d Annualized.

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* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. ** For the period January 8, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018. a Per unit net investment income (loss) has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year. b Expense ratios do not include expenses of the Portfolios. c Not annualized. d Annualized.

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

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1. Description of the fundsPutnam Retirement Advantage Funds (the “funds”) are a series of ten collective investment trusts designed for participants who want to structure their asset allocation under their employer’s retirement plan towards a specific target year in which they intend to retire. The funds are estab-lished and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee and Manager”), pursuant to the Declaration of Trust (the “Trust”) for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts, as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the funds and Portfolios (as defined below). The objective of each fund is to maximize returns while maintaining a level of risk appropriate for a person planning to retire on or about the calendar year designated in the fund’s name. The funds are available to participants in qualified defined contribution plans, such as 401(k) plans, profit sharing plans, money purchase pension plans, governmental Section 457 plans, as well as to certain commingled trust funds and insurance company separate accounts and, in the Trustee’s discretion, any other plans or trusts eligible to invest under Revenue Ruling 81-100.

These financial statements report on the funds which invest in the following underlying collective investment trusts established and main-tained by PFTC, Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio, Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio, Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio, Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio, Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio, and Putnam Money Market Portfolio, (together, the “Portfolios”).

The Portfolios listed above are trusts organized under the Declaration of Trust and managed by the Trustee. The financial statements of the Portfolios contain additional information about the expenses and investments of the Portfolios and are available upon request.

The following summarizes the investment objectives and policies of the Portfolios in which the funds will invest. Participants by virtue of investing in a fund, are not considered unitholders in any of the Portfolios, and have no rights to consent or object to matters that require the consent of unitholders of any such underlying investments.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio (Putnam GAA Equity Portfolio):

The Putnam GAA Equity Portfolio invests in U.S. and international stocks and is designed for investors seeking long-term growth with moderate risk. The Portfolio’s strategic equity weighting is 100% with no amount allocated to fixed income investments.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio (Putnam GAA Growth Portfolio):

The Putnam GAA Growth Portfolio invests in U.S. and international stocks and bonds and is designed for investors seeking long-term growth with moderate risk. The Portfolio’s strategic equity weighting ranges from 65% to 95%, with the balance invested in a range of fixed income investments.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio (Putnam GAA Balanced Portfolio):

The Putnam GAA Balanced Portfolio is diversified across stocks and bonds in global markets and is designed for investors seeking a combination of growth and current income. The Portfolio’s strategic equity allocation ranges from 45% to 75%, with the balance invested in bonds and money market instruments.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio (Putnam GAA Conservative Portfolio):

The Putnam GAA Conservative Portfolio’s globally diversified portfolio emphasizes bonds over stocks and is designed for investors who want to protect the value of their investment while receiving regular income and protection against inflation. The strategic fixed-income allocation ranges from 55% to 85%, with the balance invested in stocks and money market instruments.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio (Putnam GAA Income Strategies Portfolio):

The Putnam GAA Income Strategies Portfolio invests in a combination of bonds and common stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. companies. The Portfolio buys bonds with short- to long-term maturities that are either investment-grade or below investment-grade in quality. The Portfolio also buys other fixed income securities, such as mortgage-backed investments. The strategic fixed-income allocation ranges from 50% to 95%, with the balance invested in equity investments. The Portfolio may also select other investments that do not fall within these asset classes.

Putnam Money Market Portfolio:

The Putnam Money Market Portfolio invests mainly in instruments that are high quality and have short-term maturity.

In order to preserve the funds’ investment strategy as a series of age-based funds it is necessary to launch a new fund every five years, and at the same time to merge an existing fund into the Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund. These changes are contemplated by the funds’ offering document as part of the product’s natural lifecycle.

To this end, the following occurred during the reporting period:

The Trustee opened the existing Class X for Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund and Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund on January 5, 2018.

The Trustee opened the existing Class X for Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund, Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund and Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund on January 8, 2018.

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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Per the Declaration of Trust as amended and restated March 31, 2008, the funds currently offer seven classes of units, Class IA, Classes I through V, and Class X.

Within the following Notes to financial statements, unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

In the normal course of business, the funds enter into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the funds. However, the funds’ management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the funds in the preparation of their financial state-ments. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those esti-mates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date of the financial statements (December 20, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The funds are an investment company and follow accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services — Investment Companies.

Security ValuationThe price of each fund’s units is based on its net asset value (NAV), which is in turn based on the NAVs of each Portfolio in which it invests, which are classified as Level 2. The NAV of each Portfolio is determined based on the policies contained in each Portfolio’s financial statements. The NAV per unit of each class equals the total value of its assets, less its liabilities, divided by the number of its outstanding units. Units are only valued as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) each day the exchange is open. Each Portfolio (other than the Putnam Money Market Portfolio, which values its investments at amortized cost, which approximates fair value) values its investments for which market quotations are readily available at fair market value and values its short-term investments that will mature within 60 days at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

Security Transactions and Related Investment IncomeSecurity transactions, which consist of units of the Portfolios, are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses from the sale of the Portfolios are determined on the identified cost basis. Income and capital gain distributions from the Portfolios, if any, are recognized on the ex-dividend date. Distributions received from collective or other investment funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and retain the character of income as earned by the Portfolios.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of ParticipationSubscriptions to the funds will be accepted on a daily basis. There is no minimum size restriction at the participant level. Upon acceptance of a subscription, the Trustee will credit the appropriate number of units of the appropriate class to the account of the plan. Units will be cred-ited based upon the net asset value per unit as of the close of business on the date the subscription is received by the Trustee. A contribution or exchange received after the close of trading on the NYSE, or on a day other than a business day, will be credited at the unit value of the fund determined as of the next business day.

Plans are eligible to purchase a class of units within the funds as determined by the Trustee in its reasonable discretion. In general, but not by way of limitation, plans are eligible to purchase a class of units within the funds depending upon the amount of assets of the plan and the characteristics of the plan at the time of initial purchase of the funds as follows:

Minimum total plan size (in Millions)* Eligible classes $500 IA$5 X

*During the period the Trustee agreed to waive the minimum investment amounts for all classes except Class IA and Class X.

Assets invested in a class of units shall remain invested in such class irrespective of whether or how much the plan’s assets in the funds increase or decrease following initial purchase of such units. Similarly, new purchases of units in the funds on behalf of a plan will be made in the same class as that of the initial purchase of units in the funds.

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Withdrawals generally will be permitted daily for the funds and Portfolios, at a redemption price equal to the net asset value per unit redeemed as determined by the Trustee. Participant withdrawal requests must be received by the Trustee prior to the closing of the New York Stock Exchange on the date on which the withdrawal is desired in order to receive the net asset value per unit for such date. The unit value used to calculate the value of a withdrawal from the fund will be the one computed for the date of the requested withdrawal, provided the withdrawal request is received in good order. PFTC must receive notice of a plan-level withdrawal no later than five business days prior to the date of the withdrawal. Payment of a withdrawal will be made as soon as reasonably practicable, which generally will be the business day following the withdrawal date.

Under unusual circumstances, PFTC may suspend withdrawals or defer payment of a withdrawal if, in its discretion, such action is necessary to avoid a materially adverse impact on the other participating plans. No interest shall be paid with respect to any amounts pending distribution. At the close of the reporting period, the following funds had unitholders of record that owned the following percentages of the outstanding units of the fund.

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund 24.03%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund 20.25%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund 19.59%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund 22.22%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund 14.84%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund 18.80%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund 10.44%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund 13.06%Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund 10.37%Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund 11.96%

Federal Income TaxesIt is each fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the funds are exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The funds are subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification ASC 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The funds did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held. Each fund’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

3. ExpensesThe funds pay management fees to the Trustee, which vary by unit class. However, none of the Portfolios in which the funds invest pays such fees to the Trustee.

The following management fees apply to the following classes of units. A portion of each management fee may be applied to payments made by the Trustee to financial advisors, other marketing and servicing expenses and plan administrative costs as directed by the plan’s fiduciary and agreed upon by the Trustee. In general, but not by way of limitation, such payments may be made as a percentage of each class’s net assets as shown in the chart below.

Class Management FeeIA 0.28%I 0.50%II 0.60%III 0.75%IV 0.90%V 1.05%X 0.35%

Management fees are accrued daily and collected monthly. The funds may pay audit fees for the respective fund’s annual audit. However, for the reporting period, the audit fees were borne by the Trustee.

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4. Capital UnitsFor the reporting period, transactions in capital units were as follows:

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 125,666 $1,922,774Units repurchased (13,258) (203,133)Net increase 112,408 $1,719,641

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 775,308 $11,631,644Units repurchased (402,481) (5,988,578)Net increase 372,827 $5,643,066

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 3,728 $55,251Units repurchased (6,883) (101,395)Net decrease (3,155) $(46,144)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 55,198 $819,032Units repurchased (52,226) (782,743)Net increase 2,972 $36,289

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 9,799 $145,009Units repurchased (6,564) (98,212)Net increase 3,235 $46,797

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 274,429 $4,069,109Units repurchased (110,918) (1,643,620)Net increase 163,511 $2,425,489

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 520,630 $7,846,765Units repurchased (62,025) (952,968)Net increase 458,605 $6,893,797

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 105,808 $2,302,022Units repurchased (22,977) (499,322)Net increase 82,831 $1,802,700

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 1,593,765 $34,443,673Units repurchased (1,384,596) (29,754,657)Net increase 209,169 $4,689,016

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 73,951 $1,582,483Units repurchased (156,590) (3,334,526)Net decrease (82,639) $(1,752,043)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 144,279 $3,068,711Units repurchased (81,662) (1,703,553)Net increase 62,617 $1,365,158

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 114,348 $2,394,103Units repurchased (282,501) (6,069,729)Net decrease (168,153) $(3,675,626)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 884,339 $18,511,341Units repurchased (715,274) (15,127,305)Net increase 169,065 $3,384,036

Class X** Units AmountUnits sold 1,962,397 $42,630,107Units repurchased (160,491) (3,570,738)Net increase 1,801,906 $39,059,369

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 274,962 $4,663,417Units repurchased (114,206) (1,929,343)Net increase 160,756 $2,734,074

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 3,315,469 $56,188,553Units repurchased (3,808,897) (63,861,302)Net decrease (493,428) $(7,672,749)

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 107,473 $1,802,421Units repurchased (332,943) (5,531,232)Net decrease (225,470) $(3,728,811)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 482,365 $7,876,724Units repurchased (317,271) (5,173,426)Net increase 165,094 $2,703,298

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 206,700 $3,344,146Units repurchased (781,476) (12,937,197)Net decrease (574,776) $(9,593,051)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 1,267,803 $20,573,344Units repurchased (824,518) (13,457,785)Net increase 443,285 $7,115,559

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 5,853,213 $98,950,518Units repurchased (370,778) (6,428,280)Net increase 5,482,435 $92,522,238

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 273,654 $4,588,941Units repurchased (72,160) (1,199,757)Net increase 201,494 $3,389,184

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 4,382,180 $72,631,929Units repurchased (4,892,882) (80,432,678)Net decrease (510,702) $(7,800,749)

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 116,330 $1,902,618Units repurchased (558,208) (9,116,473)Net decrease (441,878) $(7,213,855)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 172,681 $2,748,278Units repurchased (188,970) (2,966,781)Net decrease (16,289) $(218,503)

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 282,949 $4,464,337Units repurchased (1,074,749) (17,370,663)Net decrease (791,800) $(12,906,326)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 2,079,875 $33,082,288Units repurchased (1,885,941) (29,997,867)Net increase 193,934 $3,084,421

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 7,054,200 $116,979,613Units repurchased (486,717) (8,231,477)Net increase 6,567,483 $108,748,136

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 361,373 $5,934,773Units repurchased (213,374) (3,496,490)Net increase 147,999 $2,438,283

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 5,710,906 $93,676,758Units repurchased (6,014,645) (97,679,251)Net decrease (303,739) $(4,002,493)

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 138,036 $2,241,086Units repurchased (484,143) (7,812,272)Net decrease (346,107) $(5,571,186)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 723,554 $11,422,395Units repurchased (400,951) (6,302,481)Net increase 322,603 $5,119,914

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 332,554 $5,137,720Units repurchased (990,033) (15,723,473)Net decrease (657,479) $(10,585,753)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 1,917,307 $30,162,795Units repurchased (1,410,269) (22,158,449)Net increase 507,038 $8,004,346

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 8,323,334 $136,287,218Units repurchased (613,812) (10,262,327)Net increase 7,709,522 $126,024,891

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 298,950 $4,848,898Units repurchased (237,440) (3,825,403)Net increase 61,510 $1,023,495

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 6,791,412 $109,551,065Units repurchased (6,142,041) (98,799,330)Net increase 649,371 $10,751,735

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 134,223 $2,147,447Units repurchased (1,126,901) (17,960,490)Net decrease (992,678) $(15,813,043)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 186,302 $2,931,165Units repurchased (383,045) (5,873,052)Net decrease (196,743) $(2,941,887)

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 449,058 $6,895,020Units repurchased (1,007,198) (15,829,005)Net decrease (558,140) $(8,933,985)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 3,146,443 $48,558,461Units repurchased (2,981,271) (46,154,189)Net increase 165,172 $2,404,272

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 9,866,894 $159,919,125Units repurchased (542,304) (8,945,099)Net increase 9,324,590 $150,974,026

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 381,061 $5,989,980Units repurchased (202,267) (3,199,951)Net increase 178,794 $2,790,029

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 9,016,987 $140,618,025Units repurchased (8,558,732) (132,915,254)Net increase 458,255 $7,702,771

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 302,505 $4,680,418Units repurchased (1,002,716) (15,381,543)Net decrease (700,211) $(10,701,125)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 841,120 $12,649,658Units repurchased (653,492) (9,852,769)Net decrease 187,628 $2,796,889

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 336,102 $4,954,297Units repurchased (818,326) (12,388,180)Net decrease (482,224) $(7,433,883)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 2,570,859 $38,373,965Units repurchased (1,946,432) (29,197,238)Net increase 624,427 $9,176,727

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 11,221,256 $175,506,415Units repurchased (720,545) (11,492,032)Net increase 10,500,711 $164,014,383

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 394,893 $5,958,843Units repurchased (378,213) (5,726,789)Net increase 16,680 $232,054

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 9,657,511 $144,728,703Units repurchased (7,722,557) (115,484,026)Net increase 1,934,954 $29,244,677

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 396,141 $5,904,338Units repurchased (1,792,404) (26,449,063)Net decrease (1,396,263) $(20,544,725)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 210,342 $3,038,041Units repurchased (453,546) (6,544,303)Net decrease (243,204) $(3,506,262)

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 720,901 $10,323,666Units repurchased (1,191,978) (17,291,531)Net decrease (471,077) $(6,967,865)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 3,848,956 $55,273,158Units repurchased (3,751,736) (53,832,550)Net increase 97,220 $1,440,608

Class X** Units AmountUnits sold 10,871,438 $163,792,868Units repurchased (958,902) (14,663,865)Net increase 9,912,536 $149,129,003

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 324,882 $4,614,232Units repurchased (485,390) (6,910,332)Net decrease (160,508) $(2,296,100)

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 8,027,462 $113,347,315Units repurchased (8,104,483) (114,153,801)Net decrease (77,021) $(806,486)

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 131,354 $1,858,078Units repurchased (996,289) (13,862,716)Net decrease (864,935) $(12,004,638)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 301,023 $4,105,772Units repurchased (685,798) (9,340,796)Net decrease (384,775) $(5,235,024)

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 403,737 $5,477,736Units repurchased (922,875) (12,553,026)Net decrease (519,138) $(7,075,290)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 1,809,344 $24,497,662Units repurchased (2,070,351) (28,006,680)Net decrease (261,007) $(3,509,018)

Class X* Units AmountUnits sold 7,696,873 $108,802,762Units repurchased (804,339) (11,511,411)Net increase 6,892,534 $97,291,351

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund

Year ended 9/30/18Class IA Units AmountUnits sold 491,206 $7,038,971Units repurchased (810,659) (11,595,476)Net decrease (319,453) $(4,556,505)

Class I Units AmountUnits sold 3,733,278 $53,105,068Units repurchased (4,126,073) (58,527,590)Net decrease (392,795) $(5,422,522)

Class II Units AmountUnits sold 133,831 $1,887,510Units repurchased (972,035) (13,628,285)Net decrease (838,204) $(11,740,775)

Class III Units AmountUnits sold 269,890 $3,688,379Units repurchased (236,837) (3,255,485)Net increase 33,053 $432,894

Class IV Units AmountUnits sold 364,713 $4,959,504Units repurchased (444,326) (6,112,298)Net decrease (79,613) $(1,152,794)

Class V Units AmountUnits sold 1,429,218 $19,471,418Units repurchased (1,474,154) (20,053,738)Net decrease (44,936) $(582,320)

Class X** Units AmountUnits sold 5,609,469 $79,848,743Units repurchased (715,480) (10,290,868)Net increase 4,893,989 $69,557,875

* For the period January 5, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018.** For the period January 8, 2018 (commencement of operations) to September 30, 2018.

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5. Transactions with Affiliated IssuersTransactions during the reporting period with funds in which the funds owned at least 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or an entity which is under common ownership or control were as follows:

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $8,599,457 $20,664,630 $7,753,817 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 2,370,363 5,728,076 2,119,310 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 55,125 252,162 159,001 1,525

Totals $11,024,945 $26,644,868 $10,032,128 $1,525

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $61,969,486 $74,470,080 $47,115,228 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 21,129,750 33,919,065 17,430,063 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 417,584 1,351,030 1,068,431 8,078

Totals $83,516,820 $109,740,175 $65,613,722 $8,078

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $94,922,793 $95,831,324 $65,379,477 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 79,981,256 107,006,190 55,195,138 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 878,915 2,388,866 1,850,723 17,122

Totals $175,782,964 $205,226,380 $122,425,338 $17,122

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $69,531,276 $57,372,985 $51,346,928 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 170,689,624 191,975,320 113,402,762 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 1,207,140 3,251,598 2,668,461 21,453

Totals $241,428,040 $252,599,903 $167,418,151 $21,453

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $20,955,089 $9,189,615 $19,103,434 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 282,585,515 282,849,611 157,388,770 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 4,622,446 8,893,906 5,123,086 115,097

Totals $308,163,050 $300,933,132 $181,615,290 $115,097

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2060 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $1,192,039 $430,366 1,209,235 $23,132,675

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 278,437 118,748 344,108 6,376,314

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 148,286 148,286

Totals $1,470,476 $549,114 $29,657,275

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2055 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $9,578,472 $(317,081) 5,153,462 $98,585,729

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 2,869,872 262,004 2,199,170 40,750,628

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 700,183 700,183

Totals $12,448,344 $(55,077) $140,036,540

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2050 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $14,641,786 $(1,144,711) 7,259,368 $138,871,715

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 10,825,213 505,385 7,723,848 143,122,906

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 1,417,058 1,417,058

Totals $25,466,999 $(639,326) $283,411,679

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2045 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $10,364,981 $(1,421,237) 4,417,202 $84,501,077

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 22,936,608 (434,739) 14,666,166 271,764,051

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 1,790,277 1,790,277

Totals $33,301,589 $(1,855,976) $358,055,405

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2040 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio $3,087,796 $(1,072,872) 682,498 $13,056,194

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 35,841,807 954,930 24,006,643 444,843,093

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 8,393,266 8,393,266

Totals $38,929,603 $(117,942) $466,292,553

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio $70,134,816 $125,031,786 $51,934,676 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 300,359,974 238,834,206 183,348,705 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 10,672,689 14,992,662 8,835,092 242,943

Totals $381,167,479 $378,858,654 $244,118,473 $242,943

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio $328,188,354 $352,878,551 $164,293,700 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 156,040,479 79,957,915 112,938,080 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 19,127,542 21,710,243 11,983,691 427,623

Totals $503,356,375 $454,546,709 $289,215,471 $427,623

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio $41,455,113 $58,731,031 $25,964,612 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio 365,684,190 233,871,179 230,185,936 —

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio 80,967,816 161,607,503 60,850,332 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 23,053,336 23,241,089 14,578,476 483,312

Totals $511,160,455 $477,450,802 $331,579,356 $483,312

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio $125,542,835 $140,872,295 $74,753,988 $—

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio 53,982,988 24,011,454 37,798,083 —

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio 233,940,664 132,063,057 121,019,008 —

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 18,397,402 12,248,868 11,523,071 313,332

Totals $431,863,889 $309,195,674 $245,094,150 $313,332

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17Purchase

costSale

proceedsInvestment

incomePutnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio $313,887,164 $169,969,852 $125,308,355 $—

Totals $313,887,164 $169,969,852 $125,308,355 $—

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Putnam Retirement Advantage 2035 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio $4,859,047 $4,503,378 8,086,611 $152,594,351

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 40,489,519 (4,750,961) 21,132,436 391,584,033

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 16,830,259 16,830,259

Totals $45,348,566 $(247,583) $561,008,643

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2030 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio $29,000,968 $8,224,435 29,358,697 $553,998,608

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio 22,338,901 (6,899,560) 7,474,347 138,499,655

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 28,854,094 28,854,094

Totals $51,339,869 $1,324,875 $721,352,357

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2025 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio $1,127,708 $1,535,799 5,005,536 $76,885,039

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio 41,416,197 (8,585,566) 21,314,259 402,200,064

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio 3,798,896 728,902 11,691,951 186,252,785

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 31,715,949 31,715,949

Totals $46,342,801 $(6,320,865) $697,053,837

Putnam Retirement Advantage 2020 Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio $6,876,564 $446,931 12,954,729 $198,984,637

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio 5,513,757 (1,261,598) 2,355,512 44,448,518

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio 13,328,018 (4,025,880) 15,962,765 254,286,851

Putnam Money Market Portfolio — — 19,123,199 19,123,199

Totals $25,718,339 $(4,840,547) $516,843,205

Putnam Retirement Advantage Maturity Fund cont.

Name of affiliateRealized

gain (loss)

Change in unrealized appreciation

(depreciation)Shares outstanding

as of 9/30/18Fair value as of

9/30/18Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio $19,529,805 $(4,057,505) 24,350,323 $374,020,961

Totals $19,529,805 $(4,057,505) $374,020,961

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6. Risk FactorsThese funds are exposed to various risks through their investments in the Portfolios, as described below. The financial statements of the Portfolios contain additional information about the risks the Portfolios are exposed to.

Market RiskMarket risk arises from the uncertainty about future prices of the financial instruments held by each of the funds. Market risk represents the poten-tial loss that each fund might suffer through holding market positions in the face of price movements caused by factors specific to the general financial market conditions and factors related to a specific company or industry.

Interest Rate RiskInterest rate risk is defined as the risk that the prices of the fixed-income investments bought in each fund will fall if interest rates rise. Short-term securities are less sensitive to interest rate changes than long-term securities, which have higher risk for investments with longer maturities.

Credit RiskThe funds will be exposed to credit risk on parties with whom they trade and will bear the risk of settlement default, as well as risk that the issuers of each fund’s fixed-income investments will not make timely payments of interest and principal. The funds may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the funds have unsettled or open transactions will default. Credit risk is generally higher for debt that is below investment-grade in quality.

Foreign Currency RiskCurrency risk is the risk that the fair value or future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate due to changes in foreign exchange rates. Other risks of investing outside the U.S. include economic or financial instability, lack of timely or reliable financial information, or unfavorable political or legal developments. These risks are increased for investments in emerging markets.

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100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110

1-800-225-1581

putnam.com

DC 12/2018

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Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio

Annual report 9 | 30 | 18

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Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… B-4

The fund’s portfolio …………………………………………………… B-5

Statement of assets and liabilities …………………………………… B-24

Statement of operations ……………………………………………… B-25

Statement of changes in net assets …………………………………… B-26

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… B-27

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… B-28

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A note on the Portfolio’s trustee The Portfolio’s trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, will be converting to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changing its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion will have no impact on the Portfolio or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the Portfolio. PFTC will continue to manage the Portfolio, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which comprise the statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Portfolio’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio as of September 30, 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 14, 2018

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The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18

COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* Shares Value

Basic materials (3.8%)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 4,415 $737,526

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom) 25,619 575,628

ArcelorMittal SA (France) 23,363 727,248

Arkema SA (France) 3,038 376,505

BASF SE (Germany) 7,506 667,379

BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia) 8,681 217,516

BlueScope Steel, Ltd. (Australia) 43,558 535,149

Boliden AB (Sweden) 3,413 95,138

Cabot Corp. 2,730 171,226

Celanese Corp. 4,484 511,176

China National Building Material Co., Ltd. (China) 108,000 95,925

China Oriental Group Co., Ltd. (China) 138,000 111,460

China State Construction International Holdings, Ltd. (China) 196,000 207,149

CIMIC Group, Ltd. (Australia) 3,987 148,163

Covestro AG (Germany) 8,085 656,036

CTCI Corp. (Taiwan) 124,000 199,404

Domtar Corp. 4,015 209,463

Evonik Industries AG (Germany) 9,329 334,279

Formosa Plastics Corp. (Taiwan) 49,000 187,764

HOCHTIEF AG (Germany) 655 108,640

Huntsman Corp. 21,945 597,562

Indorama Ventures PCL (Foreign depositary shares) (Thailand) 132,100 240,999

Mexichem SAB de CV (Mexico) 51,522 176,532

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan) 34,200 327,442

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Japan) 6,300 134,170

Newmont Mining Corp. 19,386 585,457

Packaging Corp. of America 5,888 645,855

PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) Bhd (Malaysia) 85,400 193,148

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom) 16,960 858,127

Royal Gold, Inc. 1,918 147,801

Sasol, Ltd. (South Africa) 8,755 338,742

Sealed Air Corp. 3,496 140,364

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) 174 79,207

Skipper, Ltd. (India) 56,008 76,722

South32, Ltd. (Australia) 20,347 57,711

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (Brazil) 10,983 132,229

Taisei Corp. (Japan) 8,700 396,760

Univar, Inc. 3,972 121,782

UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Finland) 7,875 309,162

Vale SA ADR (Brazil) 18,378 272,730

W.R. Grace & Co. 5,014 358,300

West China Cement, Ltd. (China) 486,000 91,301

Weyerhaeuser Co.  R 18,375 592,961

13,747,838

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Capital goods (6.5%)

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Spain) 11,830 $504,003

AECOM 5,040 164,606

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 13,534 703,903

Avery Dennison Corp. 5,432 588,557

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 9,334 451,672

Boeing Co. (The) 13,325 4,955,568

BWX Technologies, Inc. 5,093 318,516

Clean TeQ Holdings, Ltd. (Australia) 374,182 147,553

Crown Holdings, Inc. 2,078 99,744

Cummins, Inc. 8,223 1,201,134

Faurecia SA (France) 8,910 536,490

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. 5,498 155,813

General Dynamics Corp. 601 123,037

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. 5,612 240,137

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) 22,000 747,634

Honeywell International, Inc. 12,305 2,047,552

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 84 21,511

Ingersoll-Rand PLC 11,100 1,135,530

KEI Industries, Ltd. (India) 30,833 152,698

L3 Technologies, Inc. 972 206,666

Lockheed Martin Corp. 4,005 1,385,570

Northrop Grumman Corp. 6,563 2,082,900

Pentair PLC 8,266 358,331

Raytheon Co. 6,727 1,390,202

Republic Services, Inc. 5,772 419,394

Sandvik AB (Sweden) 39,132 694,134

SKF AB Class B (Sweden) 15,037 296,489

Sunny Friend Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 31,000 226,411

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. 614 151,462

Vinci SA (France) 6,147 585,601

WABCO Holdings, Inc. 1,936 228,332

Waste Management, Inc. 10,864 981,671

23,302,821

Communication services (2.3%)

Advanced Info Service PCL (Thailand) 29,500 183,349

ARRIS International PLC 6,154 159,943

AT&T, Inc. 3,218 108,060

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom) 21,657 63,629

China Mobile, Ltd. (China) 31,000 305,646

KDDI Corp. (Japan) 29,100 804,199

Megacable Holdings SAB de CV (Units) (Mexico) 39,662 204,702

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan) 15,100 682,249

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan) 14,500 389,994

Swisscom AG (Switzerland) 339 154,577

Verizon Communications, Inc. 94,175 5,028,004

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 1,185 41,143

8,125,495

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Conglomerates (0.5%)

AMETEK, Inc. 6,644 $525,673

Danaher Corp. 2,210 240,139

Marubeni Corp. (Japan) 66,200 606,136

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 33,800 601,249

1,973,197

Consumer cyclicals (12.3%)

ABC-Mart, Inc. (Japan) 3,200 178,052

Amazon.com, Inc. 2,040 4,086,120

Aramark 371 15,960

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia) 4,990 102,683

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 8,892 1,339,669

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (The) (United Kingdom) 2,610 125,217

Booking Holdings, Inc. 28 55,552

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 7,837 388,950

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, Ltd. (China) 160,000 258,866

Carnival Corp. 17,236 1,099,140

Crown, Ltd. (Australia) 21,151 209,509

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan) 3,600 83,736

Dollar General Corp. 5,072 554,370

Dollar Tree, Inc. 3,971 323,835

Ecolab, Inc. 313 49,072

Erajaya Swasembada Tbk PT (Indonesia) 678,700 109,310

Extended Stay America, Inc. (Units) 13,245 267,946

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (Italy) 23,998 422,119

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. 3,349 763,036

Ford Motor Co. 143,831 1,330,437

Fu Shou Yuan International Group, Ltd. (China) 117,000 91,358

Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 81,000 513,955

Hermes International (France) 1,086 719,748

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 10,923 882,360

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 22,253 4,609,709

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 4,012 319,315

JNBY Design, Ltd. (China) 88,000 156,097

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A 172 10,423

KAR Auction Services, Inc. 6,725 401,415

Kering SA (France) 383 205,389

Kimberly-Clark Corp. 1,476 167,733

Las Vegas Sands Corp. 13,186 782,325

Liberty SiriusXM Group Class A 4,279 185,880

Localiza Rent a Car SA (Brazil) 29,512 168,121

Lowe’s Cos., Inc. 2,021 232,051

lululemon athletica, Inc. (Canada) 8,966 1,456,885

Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A 876 276,220

Marriott International, Inc./MD Class A 78 10,298

Mastercard, Inc. Class A 3,609 803,399

MGM China Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 115,200 182,556

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. 15,003 1,028,606

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Moncler SpA (Italy) 8,410 $362,401

News Corp. Class A 15,638 206,265

Next PLC (United Kingdom) 893 63,979

Owens Corning 8,680 471,064

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom) 28,427 329,925

Peugeot SA (France) 23,746 640,706

Poya International Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 13,090 119,183

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Germany) 14,095 366,227

PVH Corp. 7,919 1,143,504

Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,846 253,917

Randstad Holding NV (Netherlands) 2,852 152,313

Ross Stores, Inc. 17,107 1,695,304

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 9,516 1,236,509

RTL Group SA (Belgium) 1,526 108,917

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A 202 15,903

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 4,447 275,847

Signet Jewelers, Ltd. 6,318 416,546

Sony Corp. (Japan) 10,900 668,481

Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan) 1,500 85,944

Tapestry, Inc. 2,365 118,889

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom) 248,934 557,701

Tiffany & Co. 8,939 1,152,863

TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 2,238 250,701

Toll Brothers, Inc. 12,961 428,102

Total System Services, Inc. 6,277 619,791

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) 19,200 1,199,313

TUI AG (Germany) 22,013 422,840

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 11,619 532,383

VF Corp. 9,677 904,316

Visteon Corp. 2,863 265,973

Volvo AB (Sweden) 38,379 677,972

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Mexico) 61,382 186,353

Walt Disney Co. (The) 19,830 2,318,920

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands) 1,796 111,979

Worldpay, Inc. Class A 1,003 101,574

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 15,877 688,427

44,118,454

Consumer staples (6.9%)

Altria Group, Inc. 895 53,977

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom) 8,645 274,735

Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom) 11,088 331,118

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. 64 7,542

Cafe24 Corp. (South Korea) 1,046 141,070

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. (Australia) 33,186 234,355

Coca-Cola Co. (The) 54,274 2,506,916

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (United Kingdom) 672 30,556

ConAgra Foods, Inc. 17,975 610,611

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer staples cont.

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 953 $205,486

Dino Polska SA (Poland) 6,900 186,441

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A 8,293 1,205,139

Grape King Bio, Ltd. (Taiwan) 24,000 168,604

Gruma SAB de CV Class B (Mexico) 22,966 292,196

Hershey Co. (The) 8,388 855,576

Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom) 21,120 735,634

Ingredion, Inc. 3,202 336,082

ITOCHU Corp. (Japan) 33,600 615,293

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom) 130,216 546,443

Kao Corp. (Japan) 3,400 274,610

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 4,175 96,735

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 5,500 140,956

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands) 29,223 670,364

L’Oreal SA (France) 1,890 455,950

LG Household & Health Care, Ltd. (South Korea) 141 162,196

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Class A 215 10,114

LKQ Corp. 10,743 340,231

ManpowerGroup, Inc. 4,266 366,705

Marine Harvest ASA (Norway) 12,025 278,427

McDonald’s Corp. 1,482 247,924

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B 9,984 614,016

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A 39,609 1,701,603

Monster Beverage Corp. 1,560 90,917

Natura Cosmeticos SA (Brazil) 19,067 135,499

Nestle SA (Switzerland) 5,909 494,957

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China) 2,080 153,941

PepsiCo, Inc. 27,673 3,093,841

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. 6,726 435,912

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 6,000 219,219

Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 8,974 746,906

Swedish Match AB (Sweden) 7,527 385,102

Sysco Corp. 21,682 1,588,207

TCI Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 7,000 112,567

US Foods Holding Corp. 1,989 61,301

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 22,781 1,660,735

WH Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 211,000 148,578

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom) 21,091 71,345

Woolworths Group, Ltd. (Australia) 24,487 497,510

24,594,142

Energy (5.0%)

Canvest Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. (China) 394,000 204,933

China Everbright Greentech, Ltd. (China) 141,000 120,370

CNOOC, Ltd. (China) 208,000 412,018

ConocoPhillips 31,834 2,463,952

Equinor ASA (Norway) 26,573 748,898

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Energy cont.

Exxon Mobil Corp. 2,491 $211,785

Geopark, Ltd. (Colombia) 10,469 213,568

Halliburton Co. 39,582 1,604,258

Hilong Holding, Ltd. (China) 668,000 93,052

Lukoil PJSC ADR (Russia) 6,508 499,164

Marathon Petroleum Corp. 1,879 150,264

Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries SA (Greece) 8,237 215,264

Occidental Petroleum Corp. 28,100 2,308,977

OMV AG (Austria) 5,414 304,294

ONEOK, Inc. 9,271 628,481

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A 11,611 579,505

Petroleo Brasileiro SA — Petrobras ADR (Brazil) 14,621 176,475

Phillips 66 570 64,250

Repsol SA (Spain) 36,306 723,838

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom) 17,069 598,540

TOTAL SA (France) 19,398 1,258,118

Valero Energy Corp. 26,348 2,997,085

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 45,243 1,230,157

17,807,246

Financials (16.4%)

3i Group PLC (United Kingdom) 30,411 373,256

ABN AMRO Group NV GDR (Netherlands) 21,441 583,992

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (United Arab Emirates) 102,368 221,009

Aegon NV (Netherlands) 9,664 62,724

AGNC Investment Corp.  R 9,619 179,202

AIA Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 43,400 387,693

Allianz SE (Germany) 4,412 983,911

Allstate Corp. (The) 1,476 145,681

Ally Financial, Inc. 22,187 586,846

American Express Co. 2,257 240,348

American Financial Group, Inc. 1,959 217,390

American Homes 4 Rent  R 12,690 277,784

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 7,211 1,064,776

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  R 6,824 69,810

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A  R 5,247 231,550

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  R 9,066 158,564

Assurant, Inc. 4,007 432,556

Athene Holding, Ltd. Class A 6,209 320,757

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom) 110,595 705,964

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 2,265 130,713

BB&T Corp. 186 9,028

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B 28 5,995

BGC Partners, Inc. Class A 15,210 179,782

Brandywine Realty Trust  R 10,509 165,202

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.  R 19,539 342,128

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 4,244 559,995

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Camden Property Trust  R 466 $43,604

Capital One Financial Corp. 11,509 1,092,549

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 128,000 220,090

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A 9,457 417,054

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 57,640 201,994

Cheung Kong Property Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 92,000 690,744

Chimera Investment Corp.  R 1,721 31,202

China Construction Bank Corp. (China) 396,000 346,157

CIT Group, Inc. 11,765 607,192

Citigroup, Inc. 68,399 4,906,944

CME Group, Inc. 580 98,722

CoreLogic, Inc. 2,962 146,353

Corporate Office Properties Trust  R 649 19,360

Credicorp, Ltd. (Peru) 933 208,134

CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 208,000 156,683

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan) 13,400 81,543

DB Insurance Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 3,170 208,047

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany) 888 119,025

Discover Financial Services 12,483 954,325

Discovery, Ltd. (South Africa) 14,263 171,342

DNB ASA (Norway) 26,391 554,991

Douglas Emmett, Inc.  R 3,974 149,899

Duke Realty Corp.  R 12,642 358,654

E*Trade Financial Corp. 22,751 1,191,925

Edelweiss Financial Services, Ltd. (India) 37,784 98,773

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 6,809 113,098

EPR Properties  R 600 41,046

Equity Commonwealth  R 430 13,799

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.  R 1,899 183,159

Equity Residential Trust  R 12,659 838,785

Fifth Third Bancorp 32,333 902,737

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (United Arab Emirates) 32,728 127,417

First Hawaiian, Inc. 5,661 153,753

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.  R 6,100 215,025

Gentera SAB de CV (Mexico) 239,380 242,334

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 4,312 966,923

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (Mexico) 30,878 223,552

Hana Financial Group, Inc. (South Korea) 5,624 225,873

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 20,900 567,846

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 16,024 800,559

HCP, Inc.  R 18,880 496,922

HDFC Bank, Ltd. (India) 8,645 239,237

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) 36,000 181,037

Highwoods Properties, Inc.  R 4,952 234,032

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 4,100 117,369

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd. (HDFC) (India) 12,642 305,979

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) 14,454 $126,249

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.  R 5,514 180,418

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (HDMF) (South Korea) 3,879 146,697

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 217 16,251

Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR (Preference) (Brazil) 32,324 354,918

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 1,793 258,766

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 60,124 6,784,392

Kerry Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 30,000 101,790

Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Ltd. (India) 7,068 186,913

Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom) 203,047 694,262

Liberty Property Trust  R 5,405 228,361

Life Storage, Inc.  R 1,627 154,825

Lincoln National Corp. 8,215 555,827

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom) 187,177 144,671

Loews Corp. 13,450 675,593

London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) 2,741 163,922

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (Australia) 7,886 719,174

MetLife, Inc. 22,617 1,056,666

MFA Financial, Inc.  R 2,197 16,148

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 421,500 735,496

Morgan Stanley 36,255 1,688,395

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Germany) 1,383 306,412

New Residential Investment Corp.  R 13,956 248,696

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 5,100 103,001

Northern Trust Corp. 3,888 397,081

Old Republic International Corp. 2,157 48,274

ORIX Corp. (Japan) 42,600 690,841

Outfront Media, Inc.  R 5,471 109,146

Paramount Group, Inc.  R 8,621 130,091

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  R 10,739 352,454

Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland) 724 577,021

Persimmon PLC (United Kingdom) 20,262 624,896

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 924 17,491

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, Ltd. Class H (China) 48,500 492,754

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 1,475 200,880

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico) 2,761 141,501

Principal Financial Group, Inc. 6,934 406,263

Prudential Financial, Inc. 12,404 1,256,773

Rayonier, Inc.  R 3,897 131,758

Regions Financial Corp. 67,565 1,239,818

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 233 33,682

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 1,370 183,005

Resona Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 112,000 629,393

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 11,627 233,005

Sberbank of Russia PJSC ADR (Russia) 11,249 142,637

Scentre Group (Australia)  R 43,505 124,968

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom) 1,499 $60,500

Senior Housing Properties Trust  R 7,464 131,068

SL Green Realty Corp.  R 4,885 476,434

Spirit MTA REIT  R 328 3,779

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.  R 42,425 341,946

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  R 11,679 251,332

Stockland (Units) (Australia)  R 13,677 41,068

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 20,100 811,539

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 4,800 197,604

Sun Communities, Inc.  R 2,031 206,228

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 15,000 218,533

SunTrust Banks, Inc. 1,204 80,415

Swedbank AB Class A (Sweden) 26,102 646,592

Swire Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 15,600 59,111

Synovus Financial Corp. 3,833 175,513

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 669 86,776

Two Harbors Investment Corp.  R 1,644 24,545

U.S. Bancorp 24,651 1,301,819

UDR, Inc.  R 1,142 46,171

United Overseas Bank, Ltd. (Singapore) 18,000 356,746

Vornado Realty Trust  R 6,112 446,176

WP Carey, Inc.  R 1,633 105,018

58,782,932

Health care (11.1%)

AbbVie, Inc. 11,653 1,102,141

ABIOMED, Inc. 2,936 1,320,466

Akorn, Inc. 1,277 16,575

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan) 8,500 227,495

Allergan PLC 1,915 364,770

Amgen, Inc. 9,627 1,995,581

Anthem, Inc. 8,895 2,437,675

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan) 42,000 732,878

Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd. (India) 11,842 121,614

Bangkok Chain Hospital PCL (Thailand) 214,800 138,152

Baxter International, Inc. 17,418 1,342,754

Biogen, Inc. 1,994 704,500

Boston Scientific Corp. 32,892 1,266,342

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 31,864 1,978,117

Celgene Corp. 6,013 538,103

Centene Corp. 6,574 951,784

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 2,848 383,170

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co., Ltd. (China) 270,000 183,568

Cigna Corp. 7,876 1,640,177

Coloplast A/S Class B (Denmark) 389 39,795

Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 14,772 557,495

Eli Lilly & Co. 20,319 2,180,432

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Health care cont.

Fleury SA (Brazil) 20,051 $106,944

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., KGaA (Germany) 6,690 688,305

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 14,533 1,122,093

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom) 50,360 1,009,246

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 1,622 153,117

Humana, Inc. 5,233 1,771,476

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 23 13,202

Ipsen SA (France) 1,193 200,645

Johnson & Johnson 21,172 2,925,335

Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands) 1,182 53,865

McKesson Corp. 8,883 1,178,330

Medipal Holdings Corp. (Japan) 7,100 148,207

Merck & Co., Inc. 32,365 2,295,973

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 11 6,699

Novartis AG (Switzerland) 15,980 1,380,745

PerkinElmer, Inc. 223 21,691

Pfizer, Inc. 32,053 1,412,576

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) 5,338 1,299,252

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 9,500 620,927

Siemens Healthineers AG (Germany) 3,133 137,826

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 300 36,686

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 89 21,723

UCB SA (Belgium) 5,046 453,636

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 393 104,554

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 3,180 612,913

Waters Corp. 851 165,673

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 2,432 779,432

Zoetis, Inc. 8,671 793,917

39,738,572

Technology (19.1%)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 16,646 1,174,209

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR (China) 6,339 1,044,414

Alphabet, Inc. Class A 8,055 9,723,030

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (Spain) 8,165 758,881

Amdocs, Ltd. 7,099 468,392

Apple, Inc. 24,811 5,600,835

Applied Materials, Inc. 15,833 611,946

Black Knight, Inc. 4,633 240,684

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Japan) 4,300 84,951

CA, Inc. 12,063 532,581

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 10,924 495,076

Capgemini SE (France) 3,359 422,920

CDK Global, Inc. 821 51,362

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) 1,834 215,807

Cisco Systems, Inc. 106,353 5,174,073

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A 18,612 1,435,916

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

Corning, Inc. 771 $27,216

Dell Technologies, Inc. Class V 8,797 854,365

Douzone Bizon Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 2,333 128,507

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The) 2,983 425,107

eBay, Inc. 5,393 178,077

Elite Material Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 30,000 84,499

F5 Networks, Inc. 5,377 1,072,281

Facebook, Inc. Class A 16,002 2,631,689

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 8,089 882,267

Fiserv, Inc. 1,280 105,446

Fortinet, Inc. 14,349 1,323,982

Fujitsu, Ltd. (Japan) 300 21,383

Genpact, Ltd. 677 20,723

Harris Corp. 684 115,740

Hoya Corp. (Japan) 12,000 713,122

HP, Inc. 52,797 1,360,579

IBM Corp. 12,128 1,833,875

Infosys, Ltd. (India) 19,388 195,257

Intuit, Inc. 10,191 2,317,434

Jabil, Inc. 5,984 162,047

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 6,099 404,242

KLA-Tencor Corp. 8,622 876,944

Leidos Holdings, Inc. 3,569 246,832

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 1,283 72,348

MediaTek, Inc. (Taiwan) 40,000 322,929

Microsoft Corp. 32,285 3,692,435

MSCI, Inc. 2,499 443,348

Naspers, Ltd. Class N (South Africa) 1,578 340,287

NetApp, Inc. 19,145 1,644,364

Nexon Co., Ltd. (Japan) 5,900 77,136

NTT Data Corp. (Japan) 43,000 595,492

Nuance Communications, Inc. 18,988 328,872

nVent Electric PLC (United Kingdom) 7,167 194,656

NVIDIA Corp. 17,187 4,829,891

Oracle Corp. 62,682 3,231,884

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 5,818 1,310,563

Red Hat, Inc. 8,586 1,170,100

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 4,794 898,971

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 22,194 929,377

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference) (South Korea) 5,983 204,153

Sunny Optical Technology Group Co., Ltd. (China) 12,600 145,405

Synopsys, Inc. 6,300 621,243

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 76,000 653,391

Tencent Holdings, Ltd. (China) 21,700 896,298

Texas Instruments, Inc. 10,634 1,140,922

Yandex NV Class A (Russia) 4,648 152,873

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COMMON STOCKS (88.6%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A 1,906 $337,038

68,250,667

Transportation (1.7%)

Aena SME SA (Spain) 3,050 529,615

Azul SA ADR (Brazil) 6,257 111,312

Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan) 3,400 708,227

Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 1,730 138,123

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 30,343 1,754,736

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom) 23,455 401,906

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 6,291 462,577

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (Spain) 71,243 612,506

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan) 6,700 240,902

Kansas City Southern 6,095 690,441

Kyushu Railway Co. (Japan) 4,500 137,078

Norfolk Southern Corp. 960 173,280

5,960,703

Utilities and power (3.0%)

AES Corp. 30,847 431,858

Ameren Corp. 8,492 536,864

American Electric Power Co., Inc. 8,806 624,170

Atmos Energy Corp. 2,308 216,744

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 19,855 548,991

China Water Affairs Group, Ltd. (China) 258,000 289,162

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 49,500 579,774

CMS Energy Corp. 12,620 618,380

Duke Energy Corp. 1,786 142,916

Endesa SA (Spain) 9,230 199,511

Enel SpA (Italy) 128,718 659,620

ENGIE SA (France) 13,051 191,985

Eni SpA (Italy) 42,545 804,591

Entergy Corp. 13,378 1,085,357

Evergy, Inc. 5,116 280,971

Exelon Corp. 2,223 97,056

KEC International, Ltd. (India) 24,321 99,310

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 74,971 1,329,236

NRG Energy, Inc. 24,425 913,495

OGE Energy Corp. 9,077 329,677

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 4,117 325,984

UGI Corp. 9,414 522,275

10,827,927

Total common stocks (cost $290,894,612) $317,229,994

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (1.7%)* Shares Value

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 8,700 $591,513

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 15,293 656,376

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 14,526 4,222,999

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INVESTMENT COMPANIES (1.7%)* cont. Shares Value

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust 1,465 $538,329

Total investment companies (cost $6,051,312) $6,009,217

WARRANTS (0.2%)* Expiration dateStrike price Warrants Value

Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 9/27/19 $0.00 20,400 $125,621

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 2/11/19 0.00 39,300 164,155

Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 5/24/19 0.00 92,500 141,561

Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 4/12/19 0.00 25,400 250,840

Total warrants (cost $776,319) $682,177

PURCHASED OPTIONS OUTSTANDING (—%)* Counterparty

Expiration date/strike price

Notional amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.00 $2,891,500 $2,891,500 $30,552

Total purchased options outstanding (cost $32,498) $30,552

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (9.7%)* Principal amount/shares Value

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 2.32%  L Shares 33,480,478 $33,480,478

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.154%, 12/13/18 $112,000 111,520

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.131%, 11/23/18 # 5,000 4,985

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.061%, 11/15/18 # 888,001 885,755

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.043%, 11/8/18 # 135,001 134,715

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.019%, 11/1/18 # 116,000 115,802

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.962%, 10/11/18 # 9,001 8,995

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.999%, 10/25/18 # 55,000 54,928

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.978%, 10/4/18 # 110,000 109,982

Total short-term investments (cost $34,907,160) $34,907,160

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $332,661,901) $358,859,100

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Key to holding’s currency abbreviationsCNH Chinese Yuan (Offshore)USD/$ United States Dollar

Key to holding’s abbreviationsADR American Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bankETF Exchange Traded FundGDR Global Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bankPJSC Public Joint Stock CompanySPDR S&P Depository Receipts

Notes to the fund’s portfolioUnless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the Portfolio’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $358,198,033.# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting

period. Collateral at period end totaled $1,071,444 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 7).  L Affiliated company (Note 4). The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the Putnam Money Market Portfolio at the close of the

reporting period.  R Real Estate Investment Trust.

Unless otherwise noted, the rates quoted in Short-term investments security descriptions represent the weighted average yield to maturity.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY

Distribution of investments by country of risk at the close of the reporting period, excluding collateral received, if any (as a percentage of Portfolio Value):

United States 77.3%Japan 4.4United Kingdom 2.7China 1.8France 1.8Germany 1.3Switzerland 1.1Hong Kong 1.0Spain 0.9

Australia 0.8%Sweden 0.8Taiwan 0.7Italy 0.6South Korea 0.6Netherlands 0.5Other 3.7Total 100.0%

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $59,434,897 )

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $458,913 $459,383 $(470 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 2,406,741 2,394,796 11,945

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,016,223 995,851 (20,372 )

Euro Buy 12/19/18 3,528,606 3,547,813 (19,207 )

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 1,374,439 1,371,317 (3,122 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 264,399 269,872 5,473

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 310,824 311,900 (1,076 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 310,824 315,948 5,124

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 478,200 469,624 (8,576 )

Barclays Bank PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 780,194 792,018 (11,824 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 780,194 783,165 2,971

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 363,884 361,892 (1,992 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 936,123 926,963 9,160

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $59,434,897 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Barclays Bank PLC cont.

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 $936,123 $920,518 $(15,605 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,481,612 1,484,528 2,916

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 89,799 89,662 (137 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 196,576 200,642 4,066

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 355,644 353,347 2,297

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 355,644 350,780 (4,864 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 834,858 809,466 25,392

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 820,980 826,541 (5,561 )

Citibank, N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 362,382 372,888 (10,506 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 515,983 510,952 5,031

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 426,116 417,507 8,609

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 426,116 425,388 (728 )

Danish Krone Buy 12/19/18 739,230 741,053 (1,823 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 358,566 362,630 4,064

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 230,115 234,788 (4,673 )

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 287,883 288,869 (986 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 287,883 292,669 4,786

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 626,988 615,848 (11,140 )

Credit Suisse International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,573,992 1,589,783 (15,791 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 866,955 875,178 8,223

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 366,679 364,171 2,508

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 366,679 361,140 (5,539 )

Euro Buy 12/19/18 355,994 360,660 (4,666 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,034,545 1,041,065 6,520

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 341,836 349,926 8,090

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 321,366 330,854 (9,488 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 477,507 486,710 9,203

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 242,530 238,175 (4,355 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 359,127 358,869 258

Swiss Franc Sell 12/19/18 355,414 361,009 5,595

Goldman Sachs International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,119,303 2,140,627 (21,324 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,119,303 2,118,596 (707 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 67,175 67,441 (266 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 300,461 301,173 712

Indian Rupee Buy 11/19/18 354,103 356,314 (2,211 )

Indian Rupee Sell 11/19/18 354,103 351,344 (2,759 )

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 176,245 179,734 (3,489 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 283,507 282,192 (1,315 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 2,048,248 1,980,799 67,449

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $59,434,897 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Goldman Sachs International cont.

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 $1,087,142 $1,073,768 $13,374

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 688,658 702,945 (14,287 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 357,994 359,990 1,996

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 712,153 707,813 4,340

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 712,153 706,579 (5,574 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 715,027 722,236 7,209

Indonesian Rupiah Sell 12/19/18 5,618 3,072 (2,546 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 319,263 325,873 6,610

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 601,823 600,366 1,457

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 601,823 612,157 10,334

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 515,923 495,649 (20,274 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 279,819 290,939 (11,120 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 362,314 361,966 348

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 19,270 13,085 (6,185 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 786,927 788,803 1,876

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 359,858 363,386 3,528

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 34,742 33,968 (774 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 351,042 349,312 1,730

Singapore Dollar Buy 11/19/18 705,315 708,413 (3,098 )

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 328,292 321,013 (7,279 )

NatWest Markets PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 409,996 422,105 (12,109 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 673,458 662,808 10,650

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 673,458 660,255 (13,203 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 94,932 95,128 196

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 359,858 363,388 3,530

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 362,275 363,944 1,669

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 183,869 184,403 (534 )

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 57,382 72,567 (15,185 )

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 55,799 55,626 (173 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,409,127 1,412,592 3,465

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 462,648 475,051 12,403

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 362,208 367,269 5,061

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 999,826 981,773 18,053

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 296,320 291,584 (4,736 )

UBS AG

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,022,459 1,044,444 (21,985 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,051,600 1,051,470 (130 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 706,581 700,385 6,196

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $59,434,897 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

UBS AG cont.

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 $706,581 $696,830 $(9,751 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,306,012 1,310,787 4,775

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 141,839 144,799 (2,960 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 288,613 291,426 2,813

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 207,636 201,322 6,314

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 415,105 407,583 (7,522 )

WestPac Banking Corp.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 505,874 520,104 (14,230 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 319,510 321,543 2,033

Unrealized appreciation 330,352

Unrealized (depreciation) (368,227 )

Total $(37,875 )

* The exchange currency for all contracts listed is the United States Dollar.

FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Number of contracts

Notional amount Value

Expiration date

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Long) 273 $23,158,193 $23,215,920 Dec-18 $(285,653 )

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Short) 6 508,971 510,240 Dec-18 6,283

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Long) 23 3,351,077 3,356,850 Dec-18 29,394

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short) 17 2,476,883 2,481,150 Dec-18 (21,774 )

S&P Mid Cap 400 Index E-Mini (Long) 5 1,009,775 1,012,600 Dec-18 (8,910 )

Tokyo Price Index (Long) 14 2,239,864 2,240,173 Dec-18 166,626

Unrealized appreciation 202,303

Unrealized (depreciation) (316,337 )

Total $(114,034 )

WRITTEN OPTIONS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (premiums $14,582 )

CounterpartyExpiration date/strike price

Notional amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.20 $2,891,500 $2,891,500 $13,711

Total $13,711

OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.$108,778 $110,972 $— 6/20/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA

plus 1.00%)—MonthlyAl Rajhi Bank—Monthly $2,126

61,725 61,370 — 6/25/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

Al Rajhi Bank—Monthly (377 )

122,575 113,751 — 7/2/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

Saudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.—Monthly

(9,089 )

42,197 43,672 — 8/6/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

Al Rajhi Bank—Monthly 1,397

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A. cont.$122,529 $130,817 $— 9/10/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA

plus 1.00%)—MonthlySAMBA Financial Group—Monthly

$8,085

30,566 33,237 — 9/12/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

SAMBA Financial Group—Monthly

2,626

32,121 33,404 — 9/21/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

SAMBA Financial Group—Monthly

1,254

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation 15,488

Upfront premium (paid) — Unrealized (depreciation) (9,466 )

Total $— Total $6,022

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Common stocks*:

Basic materials $13,747,838 $— $—

Capital goods 23,302,821 — —

Communication services 8,125,495 — —

Conglomerates 1,973,197 — —

Consumer cyclicals 44,118,454 — —

Consumer staples 24,594,142 — —

Energy 17,807,246 — —

Financials 58,782,932 — —

Health care 39,738,572 — —

Technology 68,250,667 — —

Transportation 5,960,703 — —

Utilities and power 10,827,927 — —

Total common stocks 317,229,994 — —

Investment companies 6,009,217 — —

Purchased options outstanding — 30,552 —

Warrants — 682,177 —

Short-term investments — 34,907,160 —

Totals by level $323,239,211 $35,619,889 $—

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Valuation inputs

Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Forward currency contracts $— $(37,875 ) $—

Futures contracts (114,034 ) — —

Written options outstanding — (13,711 ) —

Total return swap contracts — 6,022 —

Totals by level $(114,034 ) $(45,564 ) $—

* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund’s portfolio presentation.

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

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

Statement of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Investment in securities, at value (Notes 2 and 7):

Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $299,181,423) $325,378,622

Affiliated issuers (identified cost $33,480,478) (Note 4) 33,480,478

Foreign currency (cost $2,431,220) (Note 2) 2,432,274

Dividends, interest and other receivables 2,896,021

Foreign tax reclaim 196,461

Receivable for units of the Portfolio sold 1,402,526

Receivable for investments sold 2,124,647

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 78,348

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 330,352

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 15,488

Total assets 368,335,217

LIABILITIES

Payable to custodian 4,600,876

Payable for investments purchased 243,191

Payable for units of the Portfolio repurchased 4,901,598

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 115

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 9,466

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 368,227

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums $14,582) (Note 2) 13,711

Total liabilities 10,137,184

Net assets $358,198,033

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Net assets $358,198,033

Units outstanding 18,721,766

Net asset value per unit $19.13

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

Statement of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Dividends (net of foreign tax of $121,846) $6,419,720

Interest (including interest income of $529,552 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 4) 546,061

Net investment income 6,965,781

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers (Notes 2 and 7) 23,755,680

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2) (41,899)

Forward currency contracts (Note 2) (774,939)

Futures contracts (Note 2) 3,989,565

Swap contracts (Note 2) 5,624

Written options (Note 2) 134,422

Total net realized gain 27,068,453

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers 2,805,934

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 474

Forward currency contracts (117,285)

Futures contracts (1,258,592)

Swap contracts 6,022

Written options (15,853)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation 1,420,700

Net gain on investments 28,489,153

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $35,454,934

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

Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE IN NET ASSETSYear ended

9/30/18

Operations

Net investment income $6,965,781

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions 27,068,453

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 1,420,700

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 35,454,934

Principal transactions

Proceeds from sale of units 257,528,636

Value of units redeemed (190,698,886)

Total increase in principal transactions 66,829,750

Total increase in net assets 102,284,684

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 255,913,349

End of year $358,198,033

NUMBER OF UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 15,057,535

Sold 14,148,712

Redeemed (10,484,481)

Units outstanding at end of year 18,721,766

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $17.00

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.42

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.71

Total from investment operations 2.13

Net asset value, end of year $19.13

Total return at net asset value (%) 12.53

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATANet assets, end of year (in thousands) $358,198

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 2.30

(a) Per unit net investment income has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year.

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

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1. Description of the PortfolioWithin the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street”, if any, represent State Street Bank and Trust Company and refer-ences to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Equity Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a portfolio established and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee” and “Manager”) pursuant to the Declaration of Trust for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the Portfolio. The Portfolio primarily invests in U.S. and international stocks and is designed for investors seeking long-term growth with moderate risk.

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date that the financial statements were issued (December 14, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Security Valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securi-ties, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the sched-uled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the Portfolio will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Portfolio to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate. Short-term securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued using an independent pricing service approved by the Trustee, and are classified as Level 2 securities.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that the Trustee does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by the Trustee in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustee. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity expo-sures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustee. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the Portfolio could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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Security Transactions and Related Investment Income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain.

All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Distributions received from other investment funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and retain the character of income as earned by the other investment funds.

All income earned by the Portfolio is retained by the Portfolio and included in the calculation of net asset value.

Foreign Currency Translation The accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the Portfolio after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The Portfolio does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net real-ized exchange gains or losses on disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Options Contracts The Portfolio uses options contracts to hedge against changes in values of securities it owns, owned or expects to own, to enhance returns on securities owned, to enhance the return on a security owned, to gain exposure to securities and to manage downside risks.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium origi-nally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. OTC traded options are valued using prices supplied by dealers.

Written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Futures Contracts The Portfolio uses futures contracts to manage exposure to market risk and to equitize cash.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Portfolio since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The Portfolio and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.”

Futures contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Forward Currency Contracts The Portfolio buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to hedge foreign exchange risk and to gain exposure to currencies.

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The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. The Portfolio could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Portfolio is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Total Return Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market-linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount, to hedge sector exposure, to manage exposure to specific sectors or indus-tries, to manage exposure to specific securities, to gain exposure to a basket of securities, to gain exposure to specific markets or countries and to gain exposure to specific sectors or industries.

To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offset-ting interest rate obligation, the Portfolio will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market maker. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC total return swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared total return swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract. The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC total return swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared total return swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared total return swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared total return swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Master Agreements The Portfolio is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the Portfolio is held in a segregated account by the Portfolio’s custodian and, with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, is presented in the fund’s portfolio.

Collateral pledged by the Portfolio is delivered to the counterparty and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the Portfolio and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the Portfolio’s net position with each counterparty.

Termination events applicable to the Portfolio may occur upon a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the counterparty’s long-term and short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the Portfolio’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the Portfolio’s future derivative activity.

At the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had a net liability position of $107,582 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. There was no collateral posted by the Portfolio at period end for these agreements.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of Participation The net asset value of the Portfolio is currently determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange each day the exchange is open for trading. Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may also determine the net asset value on any other business day (“Valuation Date”). The net asset value must be determined upon date of sale or redemption. Sales and redemptions of participant units are made on such days at such units’ net asset values. Affiliates of the Trustee held 100.00% of the Portfolio’s total units outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

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Federal Income Taxes It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the Portfolio is exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Portfolio did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains, if any. The Portfolio’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Portfolio may also be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Portfolio accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unre-alized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned. In some cases, the Portfolio may be entitled to reclaim all or a portion of such taxes, and such reclaim amounts, if any, are reflected as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. In many cases, however, the Portfolio may not receive such amounts for an extended period of time, depending on the country of investment.

3. Expenses Incurred by the PortfolioCompensation to be received by the Trustee for its services with respect to the Portfolio is paid by the individual participating trusts pursuant to an arrangement which the Trustee makes with each such participating trust. According to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may charge the Portfolio for certain services received during the year. In the current year no such expenses have been charged to the Portfolio by the Trustee, however, the Trustee could cease to bear these expenses, and begin to charge them to the Portfolio at any time.

4. Affiliated TransactionsThe Portfolio invested in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio, a portfolio established and maintained by PFTC. Investments in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Transactions during the reporting period with the Putnam Money Market Portfolio were as follows:

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17 Purchase cost Sale proceedsInvestment

income

Shares outstanding and

fair value as of 9/30/18

Short-term investments          

Putnam Money Market Portfolio* $24,087,888 $131,136,175 $121,743,585 $529,552 $33,480,478

Total Short-term investments $24,087,888 $131,136,175 $121,743,585 $529,552 $33,480,478

* There were no realized or unrealized gains or losses during the period.

5. Market, Credit and Other RisksIn the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The Portfolio may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions will default. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations.

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6. Summary of Derivative Activity The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held during the period is listed below and was as follows based on an average of the holdings at the end of each fiscal quarter:

Purchased equity option contracts (contract amount) $5,000

Purchased currency options (contract amount) $3,800,000

Written equity option contracts (contract amount) $5,000

Written currency options (contract amount) $2,800,000

Futures contracts (number of contracts) 300

Forward currency contracts (contract amount) $78,000,000

OTC total return swap contracts (notional) $160,000

Warrants (number of warrants) 150,000

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting periodAsset derivatives Liability derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair value

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair valueForeign exchange contracts Investments, Receivables $360,904 Payables $381,938

Equity contracts Investments, Receivables, Net assets—

Unrealized appreciation

899,968 * Payables, Net assets—Unrealized depreciation

325,803 *

Total   $1,260,872   $707,741

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts as reported after the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 2):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investmentsDerivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalForeign exchange contracts $— $(78,689) $— $(774,939) $— $(853,628)

Equity contracts 78,048 (25,923) 3,989,565 — 5,624 4,047,314

Total $78,048 $(104,612) $3,989,565 $(774,939) $5,624 $3,193,686

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investmentsDerivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalForeign exchange contracts $— $9,904 $— $(117,285) $— $(107,381)

Equity contracts (136,106) 11,640 (1,258,592) — 6,022 (1,377,036)

Total $(136,106) $21,544 $(1,258,592) $(117,285) $6,022 $(1,484,417)

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7. Offsetting of Financial and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions or borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if any, see Note 2. For financial reporting purposes, the Portfolio does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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Total Assets $38,030 $46,802 $22,490 $40,397 $112,087 $31,946 $7,482

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Written options# — — — — 13,711 — —

Total Liabilities $62,289 $39,983 $29,856 $39,839 $45,782 $42,681 $28,456

Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets $(24,259) $6,819 $(7,366) $558 $66,305 $(10,735) $(20,974)

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* Excludes premiums, if any. Included in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on OTC swap contracts on the Statement of assets and liabilities. ** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.† Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.# Covered by master netting agreement (Note 2).

## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.§ Includes current day’s variation margin only as reported on the Statement of assets and liabilities, which is not collateralized. Cumulative appreciation/

(depreciation) for futures contracts is represented in the tables listed after the fund’s portfolio. Collateral pledged for initial margin on futures contracts, which is not included in the table above, amounted to $1,071,444.

8. New Accounting PronouncementsIn March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 for non-public business entities. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

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BC2 12/2018

100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110

1-800-225-1581

putnam.com

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Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… C-4

The fund’s portfolio …………………………………………………… C-5

Statement of assets and liabilities …………………………………… C-59

Statement of operations ……………………………………………… C-60

Statement of changes in net assets …………………………………… C-61

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… C-62

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… C-63

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A note on the Portfolio’s trustee The Portfolio’s trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, will be converting to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changing its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion will have no impact on the Portfolio or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the Portfolio. PFTC will continue to manage the Portfolio, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio:

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which comprise the statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Portfolio’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio as of September 30, 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 14, 2018

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The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18The fund’s portfolio 9/30/

COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* Shares Value

Basic materials (3.0%)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 12,229 $2,042,854

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom) 84,178 1,891,377

ArcelorMittal SA (France) 76,547 2,382,769

Arkema SA (France) 9,952 1,233,371

BASF SE (Germany) 24,663 2,192,856

BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia) 28,440 712,608

BlueScope Steel, Ltd. (Australia) 142,713 1,753,355

Boliden AB (Sweden) 11,771 328,119

Cabot Corp. 7,564 474,414

Celanese Corp. 12,421 1,415,994

China National Building Material Co., Ltd. (China) 348,000 309,090

China Oriental Group Co., Ltd. (China) 444,000 358,609

China State Construction International Holdings, Ltd. (China) 632,000 667,950

CIMIC Group, Ltd. (Australia) 12,963 481,725

Covestro AG (Germany) 26,491 2,149,542

CTCI Corp. (Taiwan) 399,000 641,630

Domtar Corp. 11,124 580,339

Evonik Industries AG (Germany) 30,565 1,095,213

Formosa Plastics Corp. (Taiwan) 159,000 609,275

HOCHTIEF AG (Germany) 2,147 356,106

Huntsman Corp. 60,782 1,655,094

Indorama Ventures PCL (Foreign depositary shares) (Thailand) 426,200 777,545

Mexichem SAB de CV (Mexico) 165,649 567,570

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan) 113,100 1,082,856

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Japan) 20,700 440,844

Newmont Mining Corp. 53,698 1,621,680

Packaging Corp. of America 16,309 1,788,934

PETRONAS Chemicals Group (PCG) Bhd (Malaysia) 283,400 640,963

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom) 55,569 2,811,632

Royal Gold, Inc. 5,316 409,651

Sasol, Ltd. (South Africa) 28,265 1,093,609

Sealed Air Corp. 9,687 388,933

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) 574 261,291

Skipper, Ltd. (India) 182,690 250,257

South32, Ltd. (Australia) 66,665 189,083

Suzano Papel e Celulose SA (Brazil) 35,495 427,339

Taisei Corp. (Japan) 28,600 1,304,292

Univar, Inc. 11,004 337,383

UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Finland) 25,802 1,012,953

Vale SA ADR (Brazil) 59,312 880,190

W.R. Grace & Co. 13,891 992,651

West China Cement, Ltd. (China) 1,562,000 293,440

Weyerhaeuser Co.  R 50,896 1,642,414

42,547,800

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Capital goods (4.7%)

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Spain) 38,759 $1,651,281

AECOM 13,962 455,999

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 37,488 1,949,751

Avery Dennison Corp. 15,347 1,662,847

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 26,135 1,264,673

Boeing Co. (The) 36,910 13,726,829

BWX Technologies, Inc. 14,387 899,763

Clean TeQ Holdings, Ltd. (Australia) 1,207,275 476,071

Crown Holdings, Inc. 6,824 327,552

Cummins, Inc. 22,780 3,327,475

Faurecia SA (France) 28,976 1,744,707

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. 15,230 431,618

General Dynamics Corp. 1,981 405,550

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. 15,545 665,171

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) 72,000 2,446,802

Honeywell International, Inc. 34,704 5,774,746

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 282 72,215

Ingersoll-Rand PLC 30,745 3,145,214

KEI Industries, Ltd. (India) 99,549 493,007

L3 Technologies, Inc. 2,924 621,701

Lockheed Martin Corp. 11,095 3,838,426

Northrop Grumman Corp. 18,533 5,881,818

Pentair PLC 22,898 992,628

Raytheon Co. 19,210 3,969,938

Republic Services, Inc. 15,988 1,161,688

Sandvik AB (Sweden) 128,578 2,280,752

SKF AB Class B (Sweden) 47,632 939,175

Sunny Friend Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 100,000 730,357

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. 1,701 419,603

Tervita Corp. (Canada) 12 83

Vinci SA (France) 20,138 1,918,471

WABCO Holdings, Inc. 5,364 632,630

Waste Management, Inc. 30,700 2,774,052

67,082,593

Communication services (1.7%)

Advanced Info Service PCL (Thailand) 94,800 589,202

ARRIS International PLC 17,229 447,782

AT&T, Inc. 10,847 364,242

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom) 70,426 206,913

China Mobile, Ltd. (China) 101,000 995,815

KDDI Corp. (Japan) 95,600 2,641,972

Megacable Holdings SAB de CV (Units) (Mexico) 132,127 681,930

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan) 49,500 2,236,510

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan) 46,600 1,253,361

Swisscom AG (Switzerland) 1,108 505,224

Verizon Communications, Inc. 262,138 13,995,547

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Communication services cont.

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 3,893 $135,165

24,053,663

Conglomerates (0.4%)

AMETEK, Inc. 18,404 1,456,124

Danaher Corp. 7,251 787,894

Marubeni Corp. (Japan) 217,700 1,993,291

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 111,000 1,974,517

6,211,826

Consumer cyclicals (8.9%)

ABC-Mart, Inc. (Japan) 10,100 561,976

Amazon.com, Inc. 5,681 11,379,043

Aramark 1,225 52,700

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia) 16,351 336,467

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 24,631 3,710,906

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (The) (United Kingdom) 8,552 410,291

Booking Holdings, Inc. 101 200,384

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 21,711 1,077,517

Brilliance China Automotive Holdings, Ltd. (China) 518,000 838,078

Caesars Entertainment Corp. 615 6,304

Carnival Corp. 47,744 3,044,635

Crown, Ltd. (Australia) 69,300 686,444

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan) 11,700 272,143

Dollar General Corp. 14,051 1,535,774

Dollar Tree, Inc. 11,003 897,295

Ecolab, Inc. 1,030 161,483

Erajaya Swasembada Tbk PT (Indonesia) 2,196,400 353,747

Extended Stay America, Inc. (Units) 36,686 742,158

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (Italy) 78,625 1,382,994

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. 9,278 2,113,900

Ford Motor Co. 400,716 3,706,623

Fu Shou Yuan International Group, Ltd. (China) 377,000 294,377

Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 266,000 1,687,804

Hermes International (France) 3,533 2,341,502

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 30,256 2,444,080

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 61,738 12,789,027

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 11,408 907,962

JNBY Design, Ltd. (China) 286,000 507,314

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A 572 34,663

KAR Auction Services, Inc. 18,630 1,112,025

Kering SA (France) 1,247 668,722

Kimberly-Clark Corp. 4,846 550,699

Las Vegas Sands Corp. 36,524 2,166,969

Liberty SiriusXM Group Class A 11,852 514,851

Localiza Rent a Car SA (Brazil) 95,736 545,378

Lowe’s Cos., Inc. 6,635 761,831

lululemon athletica, Inc. (Canada) 24,837 4,035,764

Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A 2,429 765,912

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Marriott International, Inc./MD Class A 266 $35,120

Mastercard, Inc. Class A 9,998 2,225,655

MGM China Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 372,800 590,770

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. 41,963 2,876,984

Moncler SpA (Italy) 27,348 1,178,470

News Corp. Class A 44,245 583,592

Next PLC (United Kingdom) 2,551 182,765

Owens Corning 24,041 1,304,705

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom) 93,139 1,080,975

Peugeot SA (France) 77,219 2,083,495

Poya International Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 42,260 384,773

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Germany) 44,646 1,160,026

PVH Corp. 22,200 3,205,680

Ralph Lauren Corp. 5,114 703,431

Randstad Holding NV (Netherlands) 9,173 489,891

Ross Stores, Inc. 48,055 4,762,251

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 26,359 3,425,088

RTL Group SA (Belgium) 4,999 356,799

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A 667 52,513

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 12,319 764,148

Signet Jewelers, Ltd. 17,503 1,153,973

Sony Corp. (Japan) 35,600 2,183,295

Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan) 4,800 275,022

Tapestry, Inc. 6,554 329,470

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom) 817,920 1,832,433

Tiffany & Co. 24,761 3,193,426

TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 7,346 822,899

Toll Brothers, Inc. 35,901 1,185,810

Total System Services, Inc. 17,389 1,716,990

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) 62,800 3,922,754

TUI AG (Germany) 72,330 1,389,362

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 32,185 1,474,717

VF Corp. 26,804 2,504,834

Visteon Corp. 7,931 736,790

Volvo AB (Sweden) 126,103 2,227,632

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV (Mexico) 198,022 601,185

Walt Disney Co. (The) 55,602 6,502,098

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands) 5,885 366,926

Worldpay, Inc. Class A 3,295 333,685

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 43,978 1,906,886

127,707,060

Consumer staples (5.0%)

Altria Group, Inc. 2,942 177,432

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom) 27,794 883,285

Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom) 34,845 1,040,567

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. 216 25,453

Cafe24 Corp. (South Korea) 3,402 458,814

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer staples cont.

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. (Australia) 105,495 $744,990

Coca-Cola Co. (The) 150,332 6,943,835

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (United Kingdom) 2,204 100,216

ConAgra Foods, Inc. 49,790 1,691,366

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 3,134 675,753

Dino Polska SA (Poland) 22,332 603,420

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A 22,970 3,338,000

Grape King Bio, Ltd. (Taiwan) 78,000 547,965

Gruma SAB de CV Class B (Mexico) 75,076 955,190

Hershey Co. (The) 23,630 2,410,260

Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom) 69,199 2,410,282

Ingredion, Inc. 9,012 945,899

ITOCHU Corp. (Japan) 110,500 2,023,507

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom) 426,638 1,790,357

Kao Corp. (Japan) 10,900 880,368

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 11,567 268,007

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 18,000 461,311

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands) 95,030 2,179,952

L’Oreal SA (France) 6,192 1,493,779

LG Household & Health Care, Ltd. (South Korea) 454 522,248

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Class A 713 33,540

LKQ Corp. 29,758 942,436

ManpowerGroup, Inc. 11,820 1,016,047

Marine Harvest ASA (Norway) 39,102 905,368

McDonald’s Corp. 4,864 813,699

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B 27,655 1,700,783

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A 109,711 4,713,185

Monster Beverage Corp. 5,122 298,510

Natura Cosmeticos SA (Brazil) 61,977 440,437

Nestle SA (Switzerland) 19,362 1,621,825

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. ADR (China) 6,687 494,905

PepsiCo, Inc. 76,715 8,576,737

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. 19,127 1,239,621

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 18,600 679,579

Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 25,392 2,113,376

Swedish Match AB (Sweden) 24,661 1,261,723

Sysco Corp. 60,995 4,467,884

TCI Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 24,000 385,943

US Foods Holding Corp. 6,526 201,131

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 63,101 4,600,063

WH Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 691,000 486,576

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom) 70,122 237,202

Woolworths Group, Ltd. (Australia) 80,457 1,634,668

72,437,494

Energy (3.7%)

Canvest Environmental Protection Group Co., Ltd. (China) 1,308,000 680,336

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Energy cont.

China Everbright Greentech, Ltd. (China) 454,000 $387,573

CNOOC, Ltd. (China) 675,000 1,337,078

ConocoPhillips 88,177 6,824,900

Equinor ASA (Norway) 87,313 2,460,714

Exxon Mobil Corp. 8,174 694,953

Geopark, Ltd. (Colombia) 33,634 686,134

Halcon Resources Corp. 1,072 4,792

Halliburton Co. 109,637 4,443,588

Hilong Holding, Ltd. (China) 2,168,000 302,000

Lukoil PJSC ADR (Russia) 21,105 1,618,754

Marathon Petroleum Corp. 6,175 493,815

Motor Oil (Hellas) Corinth Refineries SA (Greece) 26,727 698,476

MWO Holdings, LLC (Units)  F 8 648

Nine Point Energy  F 106 1,531

Occidental Petroleum Corp. 79,246 6,511,644

OMV AG (Austria) 17,739 997,020

ONEOK, Inc. 25,680 1,740,847

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A 32,163 1,605,255

Petroleo Brasileiro SA — Petrobras ADR (Brazil) 47,423 572,396

Phillips 66 1,875 211,350

Repsol SA (Spain) 118,062 2,353,819

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom) 55,924 1,961,025

SandRidge Energy, Inc. 431 4,685

TOTAL SA (France) 63,080 4,091,251

Valero Energy Corp. 73,470 8,357,213

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 125,315 3,407,315

52,449,112

Financials (12.0%)

3i Group PLC (United Kingdom) 99,636 1,222,904

ABN AMRO Group NV GDR (Netherlands) 70,418 1,917,987

Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC (United Arab Emirates) 330,372 713,263

Aegon NV (Netherlands) 26,857 174,314

AGNC Investment Corp.  R 28,611 533,022

AIA Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 140,800 1,257,769

Allianz SE (Germany) 14,498 3,233,169

Allstate Corp. (The) 4,850 478,695

Ally Financial, Inc. 61,457 1,625,538

American Express Co. 7,409 788,984

American Financial Group, Inc. 5,429 602,456

American Homes 4 Rent  R 35,764 782,874

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 19,974 2,949,361

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  R 22,392 229,070

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A  R 14,535 641,430

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  R 25,587 447,517

Assurant, Inc. 11,100 1,198,245

Athene Holding, Ltd. Class A 17,201 888,604

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom) 362,355 $2,313,029

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 6,276 362,188

BB&T Corp. 618 29,998

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B 96 20,555

BGC Partners, Inc. Class A 42,130 497,977

Brandywine Realty Trust  R 29,722 467,230

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.  R 54,121 947,659

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 11,871 1,566,379

Camden Property Trust  R 1,535 143,630

Capital One Financial Corp. 31,879 3,026,273

Cathay Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 411,000 706,694

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A 26,197 1,155,288

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 185,420 649,787

Cheung Kong Property Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 298,500 2,241,163

Chimera Investment Corp.  R 5,652 102,471

China Construction Bank Corp. (China) 1,287,000 1,125,009

CIT Group, Inc. 32,588 1,681,867

Citigroup, Inc. 189,452 13,591,286

CME Group, Inc. 1,904 324,080

CoreLogic, Inc. 8,501 420,035

Corporate Office Properties Trust  R 2,141 63,866

Credicorp, Ltd. (Peru) 3,012 671,917

CTBC Financial Holding Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 670,000 504,700

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan) 44,200 268,971

DB Insurance Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 10,560 693,052

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany) 2,912 390,316

Discover Financial Services 34,577 2,643,412

Discovery, Ltd. (South Africa) 45,842 550,703

DNB ASA (Norway) 86,465 1,818,321

Douglas Emmett, Inc.  R 11,011 415,335

Duke Realty Corp.  R 35,255 1,000,184

E*Trade Financial Corp. 63,016 3,301,408

Edelweiss Financial Services, Ltd. (India) 121,949 318,793

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 19,111 317,433

EPR Properties  R 1,975 135,110

Equity Commonwealth  R 1,417 45,472

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.  R 5,261 507,423

Equity Residential Trust  R 35,829 2,374,029

Fifth Third Bancorp 89,560 2,500,515

First Abu Dhabi Bank PJSC (United Arab Emirates) 105,283 409,890

First Hawaiian, Inc. 15,683 425,950

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.  R 17,476 616,029

Gentera SAB de CV (Mexico) 782,508 792,164

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 11,946 2,678,771

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (Mexico) 100,147 725,051

Hana Financial Group, Inc. (South Korea) 18,326 736,014

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 68,300 1,855,689

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 44,385 $2,217,475

HCP, Inc.  R 52,297 1,376,457

HDFC Bank, Ltd. (India) 27,792 769,101

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) 117,000 588,372

Highwoods Properties, Inc.  R 13,972 660,317

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 13,600 389,321

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd. (HDFC) (India) 40,767 986,698

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) 47,355 413,623

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.  R 15,582 509,843

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd. (HDMF) (South Korea) 12,797 483,961

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 723 54,145

Itau Unibanco Holding SA ADR (Preference) (Brazil) 104,571 1,148,190

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 4,969 717,126

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 168,168 18,976,077

Kerry Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 97,500 330,819

Larsen & Toubro Infotech, Ltd. (India) 23,235 614,450

Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom) 660,283 2,257,652

Liberty Property Trust  R 15,247 644,186

Life Storage, Inc.  R 4,507 428,886

Lincoln National Corp. 22,757 1,539,739

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom) 579,458 447,869

Loews Corp. 38,145 1,916,024

London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) 8,982 537,157

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (Australia) 25,839 2,356,421

MetLife, Inc. 62,648 2,926,915

MFA Financial, Inc.  R 7,210 52,994

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 1,384,800 2,416,405

Morgan Stanley 100,422 4,676,653

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Germany) 4,531 1,003,870

New Residential Investment Corp.  R 40,266 717,540

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 16,800 339,298

Northern Trust Corp. 10,771 1,100,042

Old Republic International Corp. 7,086 158,585

ORIX Corp. (Japan) 139,500 2,262,262

Outfront Media, Inc.  R 15,154 302,322

Paramount Group, Inc.  R 23,879 360,334

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  R 29,933 982,401

Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland) 2,373 1,891,258

Persimmon PLC (United Kingdom) 65,890 2,032,099

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 3,037 57,490

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, Ltd. Class H (China) 155,500 1,579,860

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 4,840 659,160

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico) 7,649 392,011

Principal Financial Group, Inc. 19,209 1,125,455

Prudential Financial, Inc. 34,361 3,481,457

Rayonier, Inc.  R 10,795 364,979

Regions Financial Corp. 187,144 3,434,092

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 776 $112,179

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 3,798 507,337

Resona Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 367,900 2,067,444

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 32,207 645,428

Sberbank of Russia PJSC ADR (Russia) 36,209 459,130

Scentre Group (Australia)  R 142,541 409,448

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom) 4,913 198,290

Senior Housing Properties Trust  R 20,675 363,053

SL Green Realty Corp.  R 13,531 1,319,678

Spirit MTA REIT  R 1,080 12,442

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.  R 119,201 960,760

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  R 33,298 716,573

Stockland (Units) (Australia)  R 44,814 134,565

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 66,200 2,672,828

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 15,800 650,445

Sun Communities, Inc.  R 5,629 571,569

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 49,000 713,875

SunTrust Banks, Inc. 3,958 264,355

Swedbank AB Class A (Sweden) 85,521 2,118,504

Swire Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 51,200 194,006

Synovus Financial Corp. 10,620 486,290

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 2,203 285,751

Two Harbors Investment Corp.  R 5,400 80,622

U.S. Bancorp 69,066 3,647,375

UDR, Inc.  R 3,749 151,572

United Overseas Bank, Ltd. (Singapore) 58,900 1,167,352

Vornado Realty Trust  R 16,931 1,235,963

WP Carey, Inc.  R 4,526 291,067

172,937,610

Health care (8.0%)

AbbVie, Inc. 32,563 3,079,809

ABIOMED, Inc. 8,135 3,658,716

Akorn, Inc. 4,196 54,464

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan) 27,800 744,042

Allergan PLC 5,375 1,023,830

Amgen, Inc. 26,859 5,567,602

Anthem, Inc. 24,730 6,777,257

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan) 137,600 2,401,049

Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd. (India) 38,402 394,377

Bangkok Chain Hospital PCL (Thailand) 696,800 448,158

Baxter International, Inc. 49,378 3,806,550

Biogen, Inc. 5,551 1,961,223

Boston Scientific Corp. 91,468 3,521,518

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 88,560 5,497,805

Celgene Corp. 16,903 1,512,650

Centene Corp. 18,213 2,636,878

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 7,984 1,074,167

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Health care cont.

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Holdings Co., Ltd. (China) 868,000 $590,137

Cigna Corp. 21,817 4,543,390

Coloplast A/S Class B (Denmark) 1,275 130,432

Concordia International Corp. (Canada) 88 1,772

Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 40,918 1,544,245

Eli Lilly & Co. 56,539 6,067,200

Fleury SA (Brazil) 65,354 348,572

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., KGaA (Germany) 21,919 2,255,150

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 40,533 3,129,553

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom) 165,002 3,306,745

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 4,497 424,517

Humana, Inc. 14,880 5,037,178

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 86 49,364

Ipsen SA (France) 3,618 608,494

Johnson & Johnson 59,275 8,190,027

Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands) 3,874 176,544

McKesson Corp. 24,602 3,263,455

Medipal Holdings Corp. (Japan) 22,000 459,233

Merck & Co., Inc. 90,463 6,417,446

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 49 29,840

Novartis AG (Switzerland) 52,355 4,523,712

PerkinElmer, Inc. 737 71,688

Pfizer, Inc. 91,444 4,029,937

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) 17,356 4,224,395

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 32,000 2,091,544

Siemens Healthineers AG (Germany) 10,266 451,620

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 800 97,830

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 294 71,760

UCB SA (Belgium) 16,407 1,474,990

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 1,296 344,788

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 8,879 1,711,339

Waters Corp. 2,361 459,639

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 6,736 2,158,821

Zoetis, Inc. 24,589 2,251,369

114,696,821

Technology (13.5%)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 46,109 3,252,529

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. ADR (China) 20,681 3,407,402

Alphabet, Inc. Class A 22,458 27,108,602

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (Spain) 26,750 2,486,230

Amdocs, Ltd. 19,893 1,312,540

Apple, Inc. 69,442 15,675,837

Applied Materials, Inc. 44,953 1,737,434

Avaya Holdings Corp. 1,913 42,354

Black Knight, Inc. 12,834 666,726

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Japan) 14,200 280,537

CA, Inc. 33,415 1,475,272

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 30,258 $1,371,293

Capgemini SE (France) 10,924 1,375,403

CDK Global, Inc. 2,696 168,662

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) 6,009 707,079

Cisco Systems, Inc. 294,665 14,335,452

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A 52,950 4,085,092

Corning, Inc. 2,532 89,380

Dell Technologies, Inc. Class V 24,688 2,397,698

Douzone Bizon Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 7,499 413,062

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The) 8,259 1,176,990

eBay, Inc. 17,692 584,190

Elite Material Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 98,000 276,029

F5 Networks, Inc. 15,303 3,051,724

Facebook, Inc. Class A 44,694 7,350,375

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 23,068 2,516,027

Fiserv, Inc. 4,203 346,243

Fortinet, Inc. 39,745 3,667,271

Fujitsu, Ltd. (Japan) 700 49,894

Genpact, Ltd. 2,228 68,199

Harris Corp. 2,248 380,384

Hoya Corp. (Japan) 39,400 2,341,418

HP, Inc. 149,162 3,843,905

IBM Corp. 33,597 5,080,202

Infosys, Ltd. (India) 62,566 630,105

Intuit, Inc. 28,880 6,567,312

Jabil, Inc. 16,578 448,932

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 16,895 1,119,801

KLA-Tencor Corp. 23,885 2,429,343

Leidos Holdings, Inc. 9,889 683,923

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 4,217 237,797

MediaTek, Inc. (Taiwan) 130,000 1,049,520

Microsoft Corp. 90,187 10,314,687

MSCI, Inc. 6,925 1,228,564

Naspers, Ltd. Class N (South Africa) 5,076 1,094,612

NetApp, Inc. 53,944 4,633,250

Nexon Co., Ltd. (Japan) 19,800 258,863

NTT Data Corp. (Japan) 140,800 1,949,891

Nuance Communications, Inc. 52,594 910,928

nVent Electric PLC (United Kingdom) 19,852 539,180

NVIDIA Corp. 47,608 13,378,800

Oracle Corp. 173,619 8,951,796

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 16,116 3,630,290

Red Hat, Inc. 24,195 3,297,294

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 13,279 2,490,078

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 71,692 3,002,113

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference) (South Korea) 19,564 667,566

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

Sunny Optical Technology Group Co., Ltd. (China) 40,800 $470,835

Synopsys, Inc. 17,835 1,758,709

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 244,000 2,097,730

Tencent Holdings, Ltd. (China) 69,800 2,883,022

Texas Instruments, Inc. 30,539 3,276,530

Yandex NV Class A (Russia) 15,080 495,981

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A 5,281 933,831

194,552,718

Transportation (1.2%)

Aena SME SA (Spain) 9,994 1,735,400

Azul SA ADR (Brazil) 20,294 361,030

Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan) 10,900 2,270,493

Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 4,795 382,833

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 84,047 4,860,438

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom) 76,851 1,316,858

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 17,426 1,281,334

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (Spain) 231,674 1,991,799

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan) 22,200 798,211

Kansas City Southern 17,240 1,952,947

Kyushu Railway Co. (Japan) 14,600 444,742

Norfolk Southern Corp. 3,151 568,756

17,964,841

Utilities and power (2.2%)

AES Corp. 85,441 1,196,174

Ameren Corp. 23,522 1,487,061

American Electric Power Co., Inc. 25,762 1,826,011

Atmos Energy Corp. 6,394 600,461

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 54,996 1,520,639

China Water Affairs Group, Ltd. (China) 834,000 934,731

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 162,000 1,897,443

CMS Energy Corp. 34,956 1,712,844

Duke Energy Corp. 5,870 469,717

Endesa SA (Spain) 30,015 648,789

Enel SpA (Italy) 422,929 2,167,315

ENGIE SA (France) 41,982 617,572

Eni SpA (Italy) 138,351 2,616,430

Entergy Corp. 37,052 3,006,029

Evergy, Inc. 14,173 778,381

Exelon Corp. 7,299 318,674

KEC International, Ltd. (India) 78,136 319,054

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 210,788 3,737,271

NRG Energy, Inc. 67,655 2,530,297

OGE Energy Corp. 25,143 913,194

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 11,405 903,048

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc. (Rights) 884 610

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COMMON STOCKS (64.3%)* cont. Shares Value

Utilities and power cont.

UGI Corp. 26,078 $1,446,807

31,648,552

Total common stocks (cost $843,382,866) $924,290,090

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* Principal amount Value

Basic materials (0.5%)

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 8/15/23 $105,000 $112,350

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.95%, 1/15/21 35,000 35,569

American Woodmark Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 3/15/26 95,000 90,488

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 6/1/25 (France) 10,000 10,850

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 10/15/39 (France) 110,000 127,859

Beacon Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/25 100,000 92,125

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 10/1/23 90,000 93,150

Big River Steel, LLC/BRS Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.25%, 9/1/25 120,000 126,750

BMC East, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 150,000 144,938

Boise Cascade Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 145,000 147,857

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 310,000 297,988

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. notes 5.50%, 4/15/24 115,000 113,131

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 4/15/25 230,000 224,227

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/15/22 (Germany) 30,000 30,547

Cemex SAB de CV 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.125%, 5/5/25 (Mexico) 235,000 242,840

CF Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 6/1/43 95,000 84,075

CF Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.50%, 12/1/26 360,000 357,585

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27 55,000 53,037

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 5/15/25 55,000 58,327

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 5/15/23 30,000 31,338

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/1/25 35,000 34,038

Compass Minerals International, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 7/15/24 140,000 129,675

Cornerstone Chemical Co. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 8/15/24 80,000 80,118

CPG Merger Sub, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 10/1/21 10,000 10,113

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/1/26 50,000 47,750

Dow Chemical Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.50%, 10/1/24 65,000 63,616

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. sr. unsec. notes 3.625%, 1/15/21 20,000 20,202

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 4/1/25 (Canada) 265,000 251,419

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 1/15/25 90,000 85,950

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/23 (Indonesia) 105,000 111,825

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 3/15/43 (Indonesia) 55,000 50,050

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 285,000 280,369

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 4/29/24 90,000 90,552

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 4/16/25 169,000 162,318

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Basic materials cont.

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 7/15/26 $85,000 $83,938

HudBay Minerals, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 85,000 87,763

Huntsman International, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/15/20 34,000 34,595

Ingevity Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 160,000 152,552

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.45%, 9/26/28 135,000 136,200

International Paper Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 2/15/27 85,000 78,040

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc. 144A sr. notes 11.00%, 5/15/22 35,000 38,063

Kraton Polymers, LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 4/15/25 135,000 138,713

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 9/15/24 175,000 174,563

Mercer International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 12/1/22 (Canada) 6,000 6,270

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 2/1/24 (Canada) 75,000 76,695

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 55,000 53,900

Methanex Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/15/19 (Canada) 2,000 1,987

New Gold, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 11/15/22 (Canada) 25,000 21,813

New Gold, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/25 (Canada) 25,000 20,875

NOVA Chemicals Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/27 (Canada) 88,000 81,950

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.875%, 9/30/26 210,000 205,170

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 8/15/24 45,000 46,069

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 1/15/45 (Canada) 10,000 10,344

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 4.125%, 3/15/35 (Canada) 175,000 160,154

Packaging Corp. of America sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23 15,000 15,425

Pisces Midco, Inc. 144A sr. notes 8.00%, 4/15/26 100,000 100,750

Platform Specialty Products Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 2/1/22 35,000 35,613

PQ Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/25 135,000 133,988

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/27 80,000 76,131

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/1/22 55,000 53,341

Smurfit Kappa Treasury Funding DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 11/20/25 (Ireland) 50,000 58,875

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 12/15/26 155,000 154,225

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.125%, 9/15/25 25,000 23,813

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 25,000 25,525

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 4/15/23 3,000 3,044

Teck Resources, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.75%, 2/1/23 (Canada) 25,000 24,500

Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 5,000 5,475

TMS International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 8/15/25 115,000 115,863

TopBuild Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/26 115,000 112,413

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/1/25 (Luxembourg) 120,000 115,350

Tronox Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 10/1/25 (United Kingdom) 35,000 32,375

Tronox, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/15/26 85,000 81,813

U.S. Concrete, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 6/1/24 155,000 156,814

Univar USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 7/15/23 45,000 46,631

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/27 140,000 141,541

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Basic materials cont.

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 3/1/25 $35,000 $35,656

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 11/15/47 190,000 168,786

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 8/15/26 305,000 286,837

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.20%, 1/15/30 55,000 71,423

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.95%, 2/15/31 25,000 32,280

Weyerhaeuser Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.375%, 3/15/32  R 40,000 50,591

WR Grace & Co.- Conn. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/24 80,000 84,200

Zekelman Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.875%, 6/15/23 40,000 43,450

7,789,408

Capital goods (0.3%)

Allison Transmission, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 10/1/27 165,000 155,719

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 11/15/19 23,000 23,920

ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/15/23 (Canada) 15,000 15,510

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty notes 5.50%, 5/15/22 11,000 11,180

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty unsub. notes 5.125%, 7/15/23 35,000 35,175

Berry Global, Inc. 144A notes 4.50%, 2/15/26 35,000 33,250

Boeing Capital Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 10/27/19 10,000 10,174

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 12/1/21 (Canada) 45,000 49,500

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 12/1/24 (Canada) 225,000 237,094

Briggs & Stratton Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/20 35,000 37,013

Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 7.375%, 12/15/26 45,000 48,938

Deere & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 6/8/22 25,000 24,389

Gates Global, LLC/Gates Global Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 7/15/22 110,000 110,688

General Dynamics Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 11/15/42 20,000 18,833

General Dynamics Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 11/15/22 10,000 9,558

GFL Environmental, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/1/23 (Canada) 50,000 46,938

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/22 145,000 148,988

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.812%, 11/21/47 15,000 14,261

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.25%, 3/1/21 10,000 10,274

Hulk Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 6/1/26 (Canada) 175,000 169,094

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 7/2/64 33,000 31,410

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/47 220,000 211,018

L3 Technologies, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.85%, 12/15/26 55,000 52,910

MasTec, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/15/23 75,000 74,438

Northrop Grumman Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 1/15/28 250,000 235,081

Oshkosh Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 3/1/25 195,000 200,850

Oshkosh Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 5/15/28 245,000 242,339

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 4/15/27 45,000 46,125

Raytheon Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 10/15/40 5,000 5,570

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/25 80,000 76,200

Republic Services, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 5/15/28 175,000 173,947

Stevens Holding Co, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 10/1/26 155,000 157,519

Tennant Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 5/1/25 70,000 70,875

Tenneco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 12/15/24 60,000 56,325

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Capital goods cont.

Titan Acquisition, Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower, LLC. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 4/15/26 (Canada) $140,000 $121,450

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.50%, 5/15/25 25,000 25,469

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 6/15/26 135,000 136,350

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/15/24 83,000 85,034

Trident Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 80,000 75,800

United Technologies Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.90%, 5/4/20 675,000 661,278

Vertiv Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 10/15/24 95,000 98,800

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 12.00%, 2/15/22 ‡‡ 40,000 40,900

Wabash National Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 10/1/25 155,000 148,025

Waste Management, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 6/30/20 81,000 83,137

Wrangler Buyer Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 10/1/25 145,000 139,200

4,460,546

Communication services (0.7%)

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.125%, 1/15/27  R 380,000 345,750

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.55%, 7/15/27  R 65,000 60,740

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.375%, 10/15/26  R 15,000 13,970

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.80%, 2/15/19 70,000 70,814

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/46 50,000 45,682

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 5/15/25 50,000 47,603

AT&T, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.10%, 2/15/28 530,000 514,538

Cablevision Systems Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.00%, 4/15/20 3,000 3,161

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 5/1/26 285,000 281,794

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 4/1/24 230,000 233,738

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/15/26 125,000 125,313

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 5/1/23 20,000 20,031

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 135,000 135,844

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 108,000 108,024

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 6.484%, 10/23/45 180,000 193,497

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.908%, 7/23/25 38,000 38,587

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.375%, 5/1/47 184,000 174,341

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.049%, 11/1/52 10,000 8,868

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.999%, 11/1/49 2,000 1,780

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.969%, 11/1/47 99,000 88,358

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.35%, 1/15/27 688,000 605,383

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/35 8,000 9,654

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 3/1/26 60,000 56,645

CommScope Technologies Finance, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 6/15/25 185,000 190,550

CommScope Technologies, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 110,000 105,875

Cox Communications, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.50%, 8/15/27 70,000 65,761

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/28  R 115,000 109,062

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Communication services cont.

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.65%, 9/1/27  R $153,000 $143,750

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/22  R 21,000 21,621

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 7/15/23  R 25,000 24,092

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/15/26  R 65,000 61,947

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/24 374,000 365,585

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 47,000 49,468

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.75%, 6/15/30 (Netherlands) 31,000 41,632

Digicel, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 3/1/23 (Jamaica) 260,000 217,100

DISH DBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 200,000 179,250

Equinix, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27  R 80,000 80,000

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 11.00%, 9/15/25 30,000 23,391

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 9/15/22 75,000 66,750

Frontier Communications Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.50%, 4/1/26 130,000 122,850

Intelsat Connect Finance SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.50%, 2/15/23 (Luxembourg) 275,000 273,625

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 7/15/25 (Bermuda) 210,000 222,338

Koninklijke KPN NV sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.375%, 10/1/30 (Netherlands) 10,000 12,892

Level 3 Financing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 2/1/23 135,000 136,532

NBCUniversal Media, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.15%, 4/30/20 345,000 355,794

NBCUniversal Media, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 4/1/21 370,000 379,074

Quebecor Media, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/23 (Canada) 29,000 29,870

Rogers Communications, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 8.75%, 5/1/32 (Canada) 20,000 26,467

Sprint Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 11/15/28 506,000 508,530

Sprint Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 8/15/20 6,000 6,270

Sprint Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.00%, 11/15/18 7,000 7,043

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.875%, 9/15/23 69,000 74,434

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.25%, 9/15/21 96,000 101,520

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 245,000 254,188

Sprint Spectrum Co., LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II, LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 3.36%, 9/20/21 157,500 156,909

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 3/1/25 140,000 145,852

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 3/1/23 10,000 10,280

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/27 260,000 259,025

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 4/15/22 25,000 24,891

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 2/1/28 85,000 80,006

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 35,000 33,403

TCI Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 2/15/28 15,000 18,103

Telefonica Emisiones SAU company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.895%, 3/6/48 (Spain) 370,000 344,612

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.40%, 11/1/34 50,000 48,759

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.125%, 3/16/27 330,000 331,505

Videotron, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 7/15/22 (Canada) 55,000 56,375

Videotron, Ltd./Videotron Ltee. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/15/27 (Canada) 210,000 205,800

Vodafone Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/30/28 (United Kingdom) 190,000 187,193

Windstream Services, LLC/Windstream Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 9.00%, 6/30/25 48,000 37,080

9,381,169

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Conglomerates (0.1%)

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.20%, 3/16/20 (Netherlands) $1,210,000 $1,193,204

1,193,204

Consumer cyclicals (0.9%)

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 11/15/46 258,000 276,242

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 12/1/45 131,000 200,620

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 9/15/22 30,000 29,537

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 7/26/27 (Canada) 60,000 56,322

Amazon.com, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/22/27 245,000 234,748

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 5/15/27 86,000 82,345

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/26 85,000 81,388

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/15/25 15,000 14,363

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/26 30,000 30,075

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/23 55,000 56,031

Autonation, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 2/1/20 57,000 58,427

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 8/14/28 200,000 199,873

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 8/13/21 45,000 44,981

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 4/11/21 305,000 295,525

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/15/26 45,000 45,338

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 5/15/23 15,000 15,758

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 4/1/26 100,000 102,875

Boyne USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 7.25%, 5/1/25 40,000 42,300

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 7/1/22 (Canada) 31,000 31,146

Carriage Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 6/1/26 95,000 96,900

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.90%, 1/15/27 154,000 137,786

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 1/15/45 94,000 88,793

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/26 2,000 1,960

CBS Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 11/1/24 185,000 177,781

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.875%, 6/1/23 101,000 99,359

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.625%, 3/15/20 27,000 27,135

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/22 60,000 61,050

Constellation Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 9/15/25 215,000 203,713

CRC Escrow Issuer, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 10/15/25 130,000 123,825

Delta Merger Sub., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 9/15/26 20,000 20,250

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. notes 7.75%, 9/1/23 90,000 92,250

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.75%, 9/1/24 15,000 14,606

Dollar General Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/23 30,000 29,290

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.70%, 11/1/26 205,000 189,764

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/1/27 10,000 9,579

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Consumer cyclicals cont.

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 8/1/23 $10,000 $10,525

Ford Motor Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.346%, 12/8/26 238,000 223,992

Gartner, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/1/25 60,000 60,415

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/6/26 334,000 313,846

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 7/13/25 18,000 17,508

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/25 5,000 4,837

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/25 85,000 86,275

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 170,000 172,637

Gray Television, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/26 40,000 39,650

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 7/25/22 (Canada) CAD 24,000 19,029

Hanesbrands, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 5/15/24 $30,000 29,156

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/1/27 445,000 438,650

Home Depot, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 6/1/22 65,000 63,684

Howard Hughes Corp. (The) 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/15/25 210,000 207,900

Hyatt Hotels Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.85%, 3/15/26 65,000 67,069

iHeartCommunications, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 9.00%, 12/15/19 (In default) 5,000 3,763

IHS Markit, Ltd. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 8/1/28 (United Kingdom) 100,000 100,126

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty notes 4.75%, 2/15/25 (United Kingdom) 460,000 466,900

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 3/1/26 (United Kingdom) 20,000 19,200

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.65%, 10/1/28 638,000 638,953

Iron Mountain US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26  R 55,000 51,700

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 3/15/28  R 40,000 37,100

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 9/15/27  R 135,000 123,863

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 10.25%, 11/15/22 155,000 170,531

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 175,000 181,125

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 144A notes 7.875%, 2/1/24 25,000 26,535

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/27 50,000 45,563

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/25 55,000 50,738

Lear Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 9/15/27 362,000 336,079

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 105,000 109,331

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/15/22 36,000 36,155

Lions Gate Capital Holdings, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 11/1/24 70,000 71,750

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/24 55,000 53,900

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 3/15/26 90,000 90,900

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/23 (Canada) 105,000 106,050

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 10/1/25 (Canada) 65,000 62,868

Meredith Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/26 140,000 143,500

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/1/20 20,000 21,025

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Consumer cyclicals cont.

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.625%, 2/1/19 $15,000 $15,225

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 12/15/21 20,000 21,125

Navistar International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 215,000 223,600

Neiman Marcus Group, LLC (The) company guaranty sr. notes 7.125%, 6/1/28 30,000 24,450

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.75%, 10/15/21 10,972 7,235

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 10/15/21 15,000 9,853

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 150,000 146,813

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL (The) 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/1/25 (Luxembourg) 65,000 63,700

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Nielsen Finance Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 4/15/22 185,000 180,375

Omnicom Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 4/15/26 110,000 104,474

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 3/15/25 115,000 116,150

Penn National Gaming, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 1/15/27 50,000 48,235

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 10/1/22 19,000 19,356

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 5/15/26 195,000 189,579

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 12/1/24 15,000 14,700

PetSmart, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 3/15/23 30,000 21,563

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 6/15/32 51,000 54,889

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 3/1/26 70,000 69,650

QVC, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 4.85%, 4/1/24 20,000 19,794

QVC, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.45%, 2/15/25 20,000 19,012

Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 5/15/26 105,000 105,387

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 6.125%, 8/15/21 135,000 134,663

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.40%, 2/15/26 35,000 35,905

Sabre GLBL, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.375%, 4/15/23 95,000 95,587

Scientific Games International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 12/1/22 290,000 307,038

Sinclair Television Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 180,000 176,175

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.00%, 7/15/24 22,000 22,825

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 8/1/27 500,000 480,000

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 4/15/27 125,000 123,750

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 7/31/24 125,000 121,875

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 7/15/25 15,000 15,150

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 12/15/24 10,000 10,200

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/24 55,000 54,931

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/15/27 420,000 395,325

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 1/15/28 5,000 4,619

SugarHouse HSP Gaming Prop. Mezz LP/SugarHouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.875%, 5/15/25 65,000 61,406

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/27 265,000 253,488

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Consumer cyclicals cont.

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.95%, 7/15/26 $52,000 $47,152

Townsquare Media, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/1/23 5,000 4,625

Toyota Motor Credit Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 2.00%, 10/24/18 102,000 101,973

TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 6/15/24 45,000 44,663

Tribune Media Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/22 15,000 15,263

Univision Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.125%, 2/15/25 70,000 65,450

Viacom, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/1/21 20,000 20,346

Walt Disney Co. (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.75%, 8/16/21 5,000 4,942

Weekley Homes, LLC/Weekley Finance Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 2/1/23 28,000 27,090

Werner FinCo LP/Werner FinCo, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 7/15/25 155,000 149,575

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 45,000 45,000

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 25,000 24,813

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/26 35,000 34,344

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.75%, 4/1/27 21,000 19,793

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 75,000 74,250

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.25%, 5/15/27 180,000 167,175

12,589,319

Consumer staples (0.4%)

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 (Canada) 105,000 100,538

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.625%, 1/15/22 (Canada) 10,000 10,013

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.25%, 5/15/24 (Canada) 140,000 132,650

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/31/24 423,000 427,605

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 1/14/20 585,000 581,654

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.90%, 2/1/46 374,000 378,234

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.65%, 2/1/26 253,000 245,839

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 2/1/21 524,000 516,392

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 7/15/22 25,000 24,138

Ascend Learning, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 8/1/25 105,000 106,050

Ashtead Capital, Inc. 144A notes 4.375%, 8/15/27 570,000 541,500

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 7/15/25 170,000 174,740

CEC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 2/15/22 120,000 108,600

Coca-Cola Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.25%, 9/1/26 25,000 22,696

CVS Pass-Through Trust sr. notes 6.036%, 12/10/28 3,119 3,308

CVS Pass-Through Trust 144A sr. mtge. notes 4.704%, 1/10/36 12,969 12,769

Dean Foods Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 3/15/23 105,000 98,569

Diageo Investment Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 9/15/22 11,000 12,796

Diamond (BC) BV 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 8/15/25 EUR 100,000 108,438

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/45 $20,000 18,820

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 10/15/37 90,000 112,711

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Consumer staples cont.

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/42 $35,000 $38,264

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.85%, 11/15/24 170,000 168,683

Fresh Market, Inc. (The) 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.75%, 5/1/23 50,000 37,250

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.75%, 10/1/25 140,000 146,759

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/15/24 145,000 147,085

Itron, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 1/15/26 135,000 129,600

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 100,000 99,625

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 6/1/24 40,000 39,675

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 6/1/27 45,000 43,256

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.375%, 6/1/46 80,000 70,656

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.82%), 3.161%, 8/10/22 245,000 246,239

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/1/26 226,000 221,480

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/1/24 15,000 14,663

Maple Escrow Subsidiary, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.597%, 5/25/28 553,000 555,170

Match Group, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 12/15/27 90,000 89,559

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 4/15/28 75,000 70,500

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.875%, 11/15/28 80,000 79,700

Newell Brands, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 4/1/26 170,000 161,688

PepsiCo, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 10/6/46 15,000 13,526

Rite Aid Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 4/1/23 155,000 138,919

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/26 20,000 18,979

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.30%, 11/18/21 30,000 29,811

6,299,147

Energy (1.1%)

Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 12/15/24 240,000 228,000

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 6/1/23 60,000 61,425

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 11/1/21 29,000 29,371

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.125%, 12/1/22 49,000 49,760

Apache Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/22 15,000 14,766

Apergy Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/1/26 150,000 154,125

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 4/1/22 40,000 45,000

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 11/1/26 40,000 39,850

Baytex Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 50,000 47,750

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.119%, 5/4/26 (United Kingdom) 45,000 42,832

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.279%, 9/19/27 (United Kingdom) 220,000 210,443

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.315%, 2/13/20 (United Kingdom) 40,000 39,645

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.366%, 9/19/19 (United Kingdom) 175,000 173,183

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Energy cont.

California Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/20 $45,000 $42,975

California Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 12/15/22 43,000 41,065

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.875%, 3/31/25 310,000 325,888

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.125%, 6/30/27 115,000 115,431

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 6/15/27 30,000 30,600

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 1/15/25 285,000 293,906

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/15/23 10,000 9,738

Chevron Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.561%, 5/16/19 410,000 407,441

Comstock Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 8/15/26 130,000 129,714

Concho Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 10/1/27 389,000 371,299

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.90%, 6/1/44 115,000 113,559

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.80%, 6/1/24 55,000 53,936

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 9/15/22 12,000 12,174

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 4/15/23 25,000 25,440

Covey Park Energy, LLC/Covey Park Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 5/15/25 130,000 131,788

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/15/25 85,000 82,875

DCP Midstream Operating LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 7/15/25 50,000 50,938

DCP Midstream Operating LP 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.75%, 9/15/37 65,000 69,550

Denbury Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 8/15/21 35,000 34,125

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.00%, 5/15/21 96,000 103,800

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A notes 7.50%, 2/15/24 50,000 51,500

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/31/25 105,000 107,100

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/1/24 25,000 25,031

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/30/28 140,000 140,000

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/30/26 50,000 50,000

Energy Transfer Partners LP jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. B, 6.625%, perpetual maturity 550,000 526,626

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 12/15/45 30,000 32,000

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 2/1/42 15,000 16,567

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.20%, 2/1/22 10,000 10,386

Ensco PLC sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 2/1/26 (United Kingdom) 65,000 64,513

EOG Resources, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 3/15/23 175,000 168,636

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.375%, 5/1/20 69,000 67,879

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.375%, 5/1/24 80,000 66,000

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 2/15/25 50,000 38,250

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 8.00%, 11/29/24 135,000 136,013

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.75%, 5/15/26 95,000 97,256

EQT Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.90%, 10/1/27 265,000 248,308

Equinor ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.10%, 8/17/40 (Norway) 10,000 11,317

Exxon Mobil Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.222%, 3/1/21 915,000 896,818

Hess Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.30%, 8/15/31 10,000 11,550

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Energy cont.

Hess Infrastructure Partners LP/Hess Infrastructure Partners Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 2/15/26 $200,000 $202,000

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/24 130,000 132,925

Indigo Natural Resources, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/26 155,000 149,963

Jagged Peak Energy, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/1/26 125,000 124,375

Marathon Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/1/41 5,000 5,851

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 3/31/24 (Canada) 15,000 13,688

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 1/30/23 (Canada) 20,000 18,200

MEG Energy Corp. 144A notes 6.50%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 95,000 94,050

Motiva Enterprises, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 1/15/20 15,000 15,351

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/1/25 130,000 124,626

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/23 15,000 14,735

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/30/22 15,000 15,656

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/1/26 185,000 191,706

Noble Holding International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 1/15/24 55,000 54,588

Noble Holding International, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 2/1/26 35,000 36,313

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 1/15/23 5,000 5,113

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/22 158,000 160,762

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 5/1/26 90,000 91,575

Occidental Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.40%, 4/15/46 145,000 147,496

Pertamina Persero PT 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 5/20/23 (Indonesia) 200,000 198,411

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.375%, 1/17/27 (Brazil) 780,000 789,867

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.25%, 3/17/44 (Brazil) 156,000 148,200

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 3/17/24 (Brazil) 1,004,000 1,007,765

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 1/17/22 (Brazil) 111,000 114,608

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.999%, 1/27/28 (Brazil) 107,000 98,306

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.299%, 1/27/25 (Brazil) 31,000 28,830

Petroleos de Venezuela SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/12/27 (Venezuela) (In default) 4,000 866

Petroleos de Venezuela SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 11/15/26 (Venezuela) (In default) 100,000 21,500

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/13/27 (Mexico) 673,000 686,286

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 1/21/21 (Mexico) 235,000 242,598

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 1/24/22 (Mexico) 76,000 76,874

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 1/23/26 (Mexico) 57,000 53,295

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.50%, 1/30/23 (Mexico) 120,000 113,760

Precision Drilling Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 80,000 82,200

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 3/15/23 25,000 24,500

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Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/1/21 $70,000 $72,013

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23 9,000 9,122

Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 11/15/23 10,000 9,725

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. bonds 4.20%, 3/15/28 200,000 194,015

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.75%, 5/15/24 100,000 107,347

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 72,000 73,958

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 9/15/24 135,000 137,700

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 12/15/21 35,000 35,490

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/30/25 (Canada) 65,000 62,563

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 6.75%, 5/1/23 (Canada) 30,000 31,013

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. escrow sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 7/15/22  F 20,000 2

Seventy Seven Operating, LLC escrow company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 11/15/19  F 17,000 2

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 5/10/26 (Netherlands) 205,000 194,694

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.125%, 5/11/20 (Netherlands) 30,000 29,584

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 40,000 41,350

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/24 20,000 19,475

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 9/15/26 40,000 41,550

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 11/15/22 34,000 35,020

Spectra Energy Partners LP sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 10/15/26 45,000 42,372

Statoil ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.90%, 11/8/20 (Norway) 222,000 220,747

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 1/15/28 70,000 70,613

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 2/1/27 25,000 25,000

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 1/15/28 315,000 306,338

Total Capital International SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/19/21 (France) 875,000 865,889

Transcanada Trust company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.30%, 3/15/77 (Canada) 250,000 237,813

Transocean Pontus, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.125%, 8/1/25 (Cayman Islands) 50,000 50,750

Trinidad Drilling, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 2/15/25 (Canada) 180,000 178,200

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 4/1/26 85,000 87,763

Vermilion Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/25 (Canada) 60,000 59,625

Weatherford International, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.875%, 3/1/25 40,000 38,600

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.875%, 2/15/24 130,000 127,400

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.25%, 6/15/23 15,000 14,175

Whiting Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/26 80,000 83,200

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.75%, 3/15/32 100,000 133,246

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.30%, 3/4/24 280,000 281,614

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 80,000 90,800

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WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 6/1/26 $75,000 $75,938

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.00%, 1/15/22 19,000 19,689

15,739,376

Financials (2.1%)

AIG Global Funding 144A sr. notes 2.15%, 7/2/20 200,000 196,132

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 3/1/21 90,000 87,912

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.625%, 10/1/28 420,000 413,926

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 4/1/27 170,000 156,986

Alliance Data Systems Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/1/22 20,000 20,150

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 20,000 20,700

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 11/1/31 621,000 752,187

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.00%, 3/15/20 6,000 6,360

Ally Financial, Inc. sub. unsec. notes 5.75%, 11/20/25 235,000 242,638

American Express Co. sr. unsec. bonds 8.125%, 5/20/19 130,000 134,360

American International Group, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB 8.175%, 5/15/58 105,000 131,775

ANZ New Zealand Int’l, Ltd./London 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.875%, 1/25/22 (United Kingdom) 215,000 208,728

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. sr. unsec. notes Ser. MTN, 2.125%, 8/19/20 (Australia) 320,000 313,748

Banco Santander SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.379%, 4/12/28 (Spain) 600,000 569,159

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. AA, 6.10%, perpetual maturity 61,000 63,898

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. Z, 6.50%, perpetual maturity 10,000 10,795

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN, 3.248%, 10/21/27 840,000 779,132

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 2.151%, 11/9/20 50,000 48,929

Bank of America Corp. unsec. sub. notes 6.11%, 1/29/37 155,000 178,617

Bank of Montreal sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. D, 3.10%, 4/13/21 (Canada) 210,000 209,162

Bank of Montreal unsec. sub. FRN 3.803%, 12/15/32 (Canada) 45,000 42,045

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.70%, 3/7/22 (Canada) 340,000 331,495

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.35%, 10/21/20 (Canada) 70,000 68,768

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.05%, 10/30/18 (Canada) 108,000 107,977

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.45%, 3/22/21 (Canada) 126,000 123,383

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.20%, 7/20/20 (France) 430,000 420,006

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 5/15/43 10,000 10,048

BGC Partners, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 5/27/21 95,000 97,236

BPCE SA 144A unsec. sub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25 (France) 470,000 459,657

Camden Property Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 6/15/23  R 20,000 20,932

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. bonds 7.875%, 10/15/19 25,000 25,961

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/17/22 65,000 68,846

Capital One Financial Corp. unsec. sub. notes 4.20%, 10/29/25 30,000 29,316

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 3/15/25 33,000 34,294

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/1/26 47,000 47,928

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 241,000 245,519

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 3/7/25 172,000 175,440

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 8/15/22 13,000 13,260

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. FRB 3.668%, 7/24/28 105,000 99,537

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.65%, 10/26/20 420,000 414,540

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.887%, 1/10/28 445,000 432,024

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Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 5/18/46 $611,000 $595,987

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 3/9/26 35,000 35,232

Citizens Bank NA/Providence RI sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 3/2/20 390,000 384,753

CNG Holdings, Inc. 144A sr. notes 9.375%, 5/15/20 115,000 112,700

CNO Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 5/30/25 80,000 81,800

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 9/19/27 (Australia) 205,000 191,580

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 3/10/20 (Australia) 610,000 602,194

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A unsec. notes 2.20%, 11/9/20 (Australia) 480,000 467,313

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN, 5.25%, 5/24/41 (Netherlands) 130,000 145,955

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.375%, 3/15/23 60,000 62,850

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 2/15/21 29,000 29,254

Credit Suisse Group AG 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.282%, 1/9/28 (Switzerland) 385,000 374,444

Danske Bank A/S 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.70%, 3/2/22 (Denmark) 235,000 225,265

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.45%, 7/15/28  R 325,000 324,733

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 10/1/20  R 130,000 130,124

ESH Hospitality, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 5/1/25  R 40,000 38,700

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.85%, 4/17/28 (Canada) 525,000 517,596

Fairfax US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 8/13/24 50,000 50,708

Fifth Third Bancorp jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.10%, perpetual maturity 17,000 16,660

Five Corners Funding Trust 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.419%, 11/15/23 418,000 428,169

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 4/15/25 80,000 77,600

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 11/15/24 100,000 97,000

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.373%, 11/15/25 (Ireland) 193,000 183,730

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.342%, 11/15/20 (Ireland) 545,000 531,305

goeasy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 11/1/22 (Canada) 60,000 62,475

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. FRB 4.223%, 5/1/29 210,000 206,925

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 1/26/27 835,000 810,109

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 12/27/20 580,000 570,688

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.55%, 10/23/19 80,000 79,639

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.30%, 12/13/19 368,000 364,771

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) unsec. sub. notes 6.75%, 10/1/37 11,000 13,214

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 4/15/22 15,000 15,687

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. notes 4.375%, 2/15/30  R 214,000 196,222

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25  R 15,000 14,607

HUB International, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 5/1/26 115,000 115,151

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. unsec. notes 4.35%, 2/4/23 150,000 150,476

Huntington National Bank (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.375%, 3/10/20 250,000 247,406

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 2/1/24 40,000 40,950

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 2/1/22 115,000 117,875

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/20 10,000 10,182

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 2/1/22 14,000 14,175

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 4/1/22  R 30,000 30,225

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iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 9/15/22  R $35,000 $34,475

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. bonds 6.10%, perpetual maturity 13,000 13,455

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. Z, 5.30%, perpetual maturity 63,000 64,418

JPMorgan Chase & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.964%, 11/15/48 1,150,000 1,050,423

JPMorgan Chase & Co. unsec. sub. bonds 3.625%, 12/1/27 455,000 429,116

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA sr. unsec. FRN Ser. BKNT, 3.086%, 4/26/21 310,000 309,127

KeyCorp sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 1.86%, 12/13/18 160,000 160,002

KKR Group Finance Co. III, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.125%, 6/1/44 20,000 19,858

KKR Group Finance Co., LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 9/29/20 50,000 52,649

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. bonds 7.80%, 3/15/37 55,000 64,350

LPL Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 9/15/25 105,000 102,506

Macquarie Bank, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.85%, 7/29/20 (Australia) 45,000 44,500

Macquarie Group Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 8/13/19 (Australia) 330,000 342,375

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.05%, 8/17/20 735,000 719,560

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 144A sr. notes 1.75%, 9/19/19 280,000 277,029

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/24  R 35,000 35,875

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 1/15/28  R 30,000 27,453

Mid-America Apartments LP sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 10/15/23  R 15,000 15,169

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.535%, 7/26/21 (Japan) 365,000 364,521

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 1/20/27 814,000 781,662

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 1/27/20 330,000 327,885

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes 2.80%, 1/10/22 (Australia) 260,000 253,548

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes Ser. MTN, 2.125%, 5/22/20 (Australia) 595,000 584,922

National Australia Bank, Ltd./New York sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 1/12/21 (Australia) 250,000 244,603

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/1/21 90,000 90,108

Neuberger Berman Group, LLC/Neuberger Berman Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/45 20,000 18,674

Peachtree Corners Funding Trust 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.976%, 2/15/25 100,000 97,124

PNC Bank NA sr. unsec. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.00%, 5/19/20 250,000 245,540

Protective Life Global Funding 144A notes 2.262%, 4/8/20 180,000 177,246

Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 6/15/25 95,000 95,000

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.625%, 6/15/43 79,000 82,358

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.20%, 3/15/44 17,000 16,979

Regions Financial Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 8/14/22 125,000 120,281

Royal Bank of Canada sr. unsec. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.125%, 3/2/20 (Canada) 555,000 549,185

Royal Bank of Canada unsec. sub. notes Ser. GMTN, 4.65%, 1/27/26 (Canada) 40,000 40,911

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 4.892%, 5/18/29 (United Kingdom) 255,000 252,149

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.80%, 4/5/26 (United Kingdom) 324,000 324,186

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB sr. unsec. notes 2.30%, 3/11/20 (Sweden) 1,195,000 1,177,424

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 11/17/20 (Sweden) 200,000 196,310

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Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 3/15/26 $50,000 $49,750

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/25 80,000 79,800

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 5/15/22 145,000 149,531

Springleaf Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 12/15/19 25,000 25,344

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 3/15/25  R 100,000 95,761

Svenska Handelsbanken AB company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.95%, 9/8/20 (Sweden) 500,000 486,787

Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.25%, 12/6/42 30,000 29,196

TMX Finance, LLC/TitleMax Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 11.125%, 4/1/23 100,000 100,000

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) unsec. sub. FRB 3.625%, 9/15/31 (Canada) 159,000 149,433

Travelport Corporate Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%, 3/15/26 (United Kingdom) 100,000 101,567

UBS AG/London 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.20%, 6/8/20 (United Kingdom) 230,000 225,838

UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.253%, 3/23/28 (Switzerland) 376,000 372,573

UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 2/1/22 (Switzerland) 200,000 193,330

USIS Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 5/1/25 80,000 79,800

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.60%, 2/6/24  R 50,000 50,166

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/26  R 55,000 55,550

VTB Bank OJSC Via VTB Capital SA 144A unsec. sub. bonds 6.95%, 10/17/22 (Russia) 200,000 195,000

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.125%, 7/15/26 30,000 31,425

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 7/15/23 90,000 94,163

Wells Fargo & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. U, 5.875%, perpetual maturity 60,000 63,000

Wells Fargo & Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.60%, 7/22/20 590,000 584,147

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/19/19 (Australia) 20,000 20,415

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.15%, 3/6/20 (Australia) 835,000 824,304

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 8/19/21 (Australia) 95,000 91,169

WeWork Cos, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 5/1/25 175,000 169,598

WP Carey, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 4/1/24  R 10,000 10,082

30,710,620

Health care (0.7%)

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.60%, 5/14/25 100,000 96,787

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 5/14/20 120,000 118,655

Air Medical Merger Sub Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/23 60,000 54,000

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 3/15/22 (Luxembourg) 15,000 14,899

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.80%, 3/15/25 (Luxembourg) 150,000 146,887

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.663%, 6/15/51 143,000 141,472

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 10/1/20 35,000 35,173

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 8/19/26 217,000 196,442

ASP AMC Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/25 100,000 76,000

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.45%, 9/15/37 (United Kingdom) 30,000 37,602

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.95%, 9/18/19 (United Kingdom) 174,000 172,439

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 11/1/25 25,000 25,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 4/1/26 90,000 97,088

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.00%, 12/15/25 75,000 80,719

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Health care cont.

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 4/15/25 $330,000 $313,500

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/23 32,000 31,200

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 7.00%, 3/15/24 80,000 84,520

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/15/22 25,000 26,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 1/31/27 95,000 99,750

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.669%, 6/6/47 321,000 317,490

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/6/27 275,000 262,966

Biogen, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.625%, 9/15/22 65,000 65,156

BioScrip, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.875%, 2/15/21 120,000 113,700

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 2/15/24 35,000 36,750

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/22 20,000 20,225

Centene Escrow I Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26 45,000 46,073

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 3/31/23 245,000 232,677

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/22 134,000 75,080

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 8.125%, 6/30/24 109,000 90,620

Cigna Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/21 25,000 25,510

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 12/1/22 50,000 51,788

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.05%, 3/25/48 266,000 272,076

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.78%, 3/25/38 799,000 795,172

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 12/5/18 105,000 104,925

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.90%, 8/28/28 425,000 431,503

Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/15/23 200,000 176,500

Halfmoon Parent, Inc. 144A sr. unsub. notes 3.75%, 7/15/23 313,000 312,042

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. bonds 5.25%, 6/15/26 35,000 36,006

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.50%, 2/15/20 178,000 185,120

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 4.75%, 5/1/23 170,000 172,975

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.50%, 6/15/47 175,000 177,407

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 2/15/22 3,000 3,285

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 8/1/23 25,000 25,188

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 12.50%, 11/1/21 35,000 38,511

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 (Luxembourg) 15,000 12,656

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 2/10/45 145,000 138,079

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.85%, 2/10/20 202,000 199,231

Molina Healthcare, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/22 20,000 20,325

Molina Healthcare, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 6/15/25 15,000 14,738

Novartis Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.00%, 11/20/45 235,000 236,062

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/27  R 70,000 67,113

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.95%, 4/1/24  R 45,000 45,631

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc./Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 5/15/22 35,000 34,195

Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 12/15/26 110,000 105,606

Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.70%, 12/15/19 410,000 404,480

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Health care cont.

Roche Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.00%, 11/28/44 (Switzerland) $200,000 $196,184

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 1/15/22 14,000 14,175

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/27 340,000 326,336

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/15/24 77,000 78,266

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.20%, 9/23/26 (Ireland) 130,000 119,996

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 9/23/23 (Ireland) 95,000 90,472

Sotera Health Holdings, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/23 15,000 15,450

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 6.00%, 10/1/20 65,000 67,135

Tenet Healthcare Corp. sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 4/1/22 50,000 52,690

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 3/1/28 (Netherlands) 200,000 210,973

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 4/15/47 529,000 530,831

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 2/15/21 61,000 62,796

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.95%, 10/15/42 30,000 28,591

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 6/15/28 30,000 30,074

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 6/15/21 335,000 334,169

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 2/15/23 30,000 29,072

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 4/1/25 40,000 40,650

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/15/26 40,000 40,700

Zoetis, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/20/28 155,000 153,404

9,616,958

Technology (0.6%)

Alphabet, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 1.998%, 8/15/26 130,000 117,151

Analog Devices, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.85%, 3/12/20 200,000 198,744

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.25%, 2/9/47 295,000 301,036

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 5/6/24 15,000 14,992

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.10%, 5/6/19 785,000 783,045

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/13/45 305,000 317,123

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 5/4/43 50,000 47,938

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 5/6/20 354,000 349,052

Avaya, Inc. 144A escrow notes 7.00%, 4/1/19 48,000 —

Banff Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 9/1/26 180,000 182,610

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.875%, 1/15/27 241,000 226,888

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.50%, 1/15/28 250,000 227,162

Cisco Systems, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 9/20/26 110,000 101,736

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 280,000 300,356

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. bonds 8.35%, 7/15/46 39,000 48,545

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.45%, 6/15/23 228,000 239,773

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 10,000 10,300

Energizer Gamma Acquisition, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 7/15/26 35,000 36,181

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes Ser. 10Y, 4.25%, 5/15/28 115,000 115,228

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 7,000 7,371

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Technology cont.

First Data Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 12/1/23 $60,000 $62,475

First Data Corp. 144A notes 5.75%, 1/15/24 275,000 279,469

First Data Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.375%, 8/15/23 25,000 25,381

Fiserv, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.20%, 10/1/28 240,000 240,504

Inception Merger Sub, Inc./Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.625%, 11/15/24 195,000 189,657

Infor Software Parent, LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 5/1/21 ‡‡ 200,000 201,748

Infor US, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/22 90,000 91,220

Infor US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.75%, 8/15/20 10,000 10,138

Legrand France SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.50%, 2/15/25 (France) 20,000 24,454

Microchip Technology, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.333%, 6/1/23 370,000 366,495

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.30%, 2/6/27 210,000 205,974

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.40%, 8/8/26 115,000 106,036

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.30%, 2/8/41 10,000 11,780

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/1/19 20,000 20,219

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.55%, 8/8/21 530,000 508,708

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 7/15/40 341,000 388,157

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 11/15/27 65,000 62,480

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 7/15/26 80,000 74,250

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 10/15/22 25,000 24,250

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 10/8/19 720,000 716,402

Plantronics, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 5/31/23 135,000 134,325

Qorvo, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 7/15/26 40,000 40,700

Salesforce.com, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 4/11/28 280,000 277,604

Solera, LLC /Solera Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 3/1/24 205,000 223,963

Tempo Acquisition, LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 6/1/25 110,000 106,975

TTM Technologies, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/25 150,000 150,375

VMware, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/21/27 45,000 42,574

Western Digital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/15/26 345,000 333,642

8,545,186

Transportation (0.1%)

CSX Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.10%, 3/15/44 30,000 28,322

Delta Air Lines, Inc. sr. notes Ser. A, 7.75%, 12/17/19 5,307 5,544

FedEx Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 8/1/22 5,000 4,843

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.40%, 11/15/26 582,000 541,749

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 2/1/24 105,000 103,310

United Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Trust pass-through certificates Ser. 14-2, Class A, 3.75%, 9/3/26 16,587 16,411

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 4/1/23 119,000 121,380

821,559

Utilities and power (0.3%)

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 55,000 56,375

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 5/15/23 6,000 6,038

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 3/15/23 40,000 40,100

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.125%, 9/1/27 175,000 176,750

American Transmission Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/44 75,000 79,914

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Utilities and power cont.

Appalachian Power Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 3/30/21 $15,000 $15,386

Arizona Public Services Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/42 5,000 5,143

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 4/1/36 370,000 447,913

Calpine Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/25 25,000 22,125

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 50,000 46,313

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24 3,000 3,015

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 12/1/18 67,000 67,499

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 3/15/42 15,000 14,691

Consolidated Edison, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. A, 2.00%, 3/15/20 285,000 279,971

Duke Energy Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/15/27 160,000 148,803

Dynegy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.625%, 11/1/24 230,000 247,538

Dynegy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 1/30/26 45,000 49,556

El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.375%, 6/15/32 45,000 56,654

Electricite de France (EDF) 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 1/26/19 (France) 15,000 15,175

Emera US Finance LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 6/15/26 65,000 61,220

Enbridge, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 12/1/26 (Canada) 150,000 150,952

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24 456,000 479,940

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.50%, 6/1/27 40,000 41,512

Enterprise Products Operating, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 2/15/48 255,000 240,046

FirstEnergy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. B, 3.90%, 7/15/27 24,000 23,346

FirstEnergy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. C, 4.85%, 7/15/47 41,000 41,708

FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 7/15/44 420,000 458,470

GenOn Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.875%, 10/15/20 (In default) 12,000 8,100

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. sr. sub. notes 3.70%, 9/1/24 100,000 96,994

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.40%, 9/1/44 34,000 34,903

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.50%, 3/1/21 25,000 24,963

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.45%, 2/15/23 30,000 29,421

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 1/15/23 220,000 214,021

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 6/1/25 531,000 535,425

MidAmerican Funding, LLC sr. bonds 6.927%, 3/1/29 25,000 30,541

Nevada Power Co. mtge. notes 7.125%, 3/15/19 10,000 10,191

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 4.80%, 12/1/77 150,000 140,625

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 5/15/26 35,000 37,975

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 175,000 183,750

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/15/28 35,000 35,350

NSTAR Electric Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.375%, 10/15/22 (Canada) 25,000 23,996

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 5.30%, 6/1/42 15,000 17,299

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 4.10%, 6/1/22 10,000 10,217

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 3.75%, 4/1/45 50,000 47,277

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/15/22 20,000 20,296

Public Service Electric & Gas Co. sr. notes Ser. MTN, 5.50%, 3/1/40 5,000 5,869

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc. escrow company guaranty sr. notes 11.50%, 10/1/20 6,000 45

Toledo Edison Co. (The) sr. mtge. bonds 7.25%, 5/1/20 2,000 2,109

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (7.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Utilities and power cont.

Vistra Operations Co., LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 9/1/26 $140,000 $141,575

4,927,095

Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $114,687,180) $112,073,587

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (4.8%)* Principal amount Value

U.S. Government Guaranteed Mortgage Obligations (1.1%)

Government National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

4.507%, 3/20/67 $95,403 $99,815

4.32%, 5/20/67 103,772 107,664

3.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 5,000,000 4,970,313

3.50%, with due dates from 7/20/47 to 11/20/47 11,095,180 11,046,181

16,223,973

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage Obligations (3.7%)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Pass-Through Certificates

4.00%, 5/1/48 2,925,108 2,955,274

3.00%, 2/1/47 892,659 855,104

Federal National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

6.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 2,000,000 2,162,031

4.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 1,000,000 1,031,563

4.00%, 1/1/57 519,190 525,903

4.00%, TBA, 11/1/48 6,000,000 6,050,156

4.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 10,000,000 10,096,875

4.00%, with due dates from 8/1/47 to 5/1/48 4,806,596 4,856,316

3.50%, with due dates from 12/1/47 to 1/1/48 6,198,335 6,104,634

3.00%, with due dates from 12/1/31 to 3/1/47 13,830,975 13,340,361

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/33 5,000,000 4,938,672

52,916,889

Total U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations (cost $70,403,885) $69,140,862

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (—%)* Principal amount Value

U.S. Treasury Bonds

3.75%, 11/15/43  i $1,000 $1,109

3.00%, 5/15/45  i 169,000 164,963

Total U.S. treasury obligations (cost $166,072) $166,072

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (1.6%)* Shares Value

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 28,398 $1,930,780

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF 43,405 1,862,943

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 59,027 17,160,329

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust 5,980 2,197,411

Total investment companies (cost $23,215,066) $23,151,463

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (1.5%)* Principal amount Value

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations (0.2%)

Bellemeade Re, Ltd. 144A FRB Ser. 18-2A, Class M1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 8/25/28 (Bermuda) $209,000 $210,176

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (1.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations cont.

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 15-DNA3, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.85%), 5.066%, 4/25/28 $503,114 $520,647

IFB Ser. 3829, Class AS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.95%), 4.792%, 3/15/41 537,753 86,842

Ser. 4546, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 12/15/45 348,451 77,585

Ser. 4096, Class MI, IO, 4.00%, 1/15/42 499,579 90,099

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 6.00%), 8.216%, 9/25/28 180,000 211,427

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.90%), 7.116%, 11/25/24 349,783 400,310

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.90%), 5.116%, 7/25/24 189,291 201,681

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C05, Class 2M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 1/25/29 32,768 32,856

Ser. 13-23, Class PI, IO, 3.00%, 10/25/41 206,722 11,552

Government National Mortgage Association

Ser. 11-135, Class DI, IO, 5.00%, 4/16/40 663,622 159,043

Ser. 10-9, Class UI, IO, 5.00%, 1/20/40 69,031 15,622

Ser. 17-123, Class JI, IO, 4.00%, 8/20/46 791,486 131,185

Ser. 16-135, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 5/20/46 1,264,889 246,451

Ser. 14-116, Class IL, IO, 4.00%, 8/20/44 1,239,332 218,370

IFB Ser. 13-99, Class VS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.10%), 3.942%, 7/16/43 32,738 4,343

IFB Ser. 13-99, Class AS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.05%), 3.885%, 6/20/43 571,157 100,540

Ser. 16-123, Class LI, IO, 3.50%, 3/20/44 1,455,341 182,718

Ser. 13-14, IO, 3.50%, 12/20/42 60,284 8,791

Ser. 15-124, Class NI, IO, 3.50%, 6/20/39 324,406 26,472

Ser. 16-H16, Class EI, IO, 2.206%, 6/20/66  W 1,367,710 153,047

Ser. 15-H26, Class EI, IO, 1.72%, 10/20/65  W 455,975 39,396

Ser. 15-H25, Class BI, IO, 1.539%, 10/20/65  W 802,370 72,454

3,201,607

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (0.8%)

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D, 5.947%, 12/15/47  W 159,000 162,975

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Ser. 14-GC21, Class AS, 4.026%, 5/10/47 148,000 150,034

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 13-GC11, Class D, 4.567%, 4/10/46  W 243,000 238,558

FRB Ser. 12-GC8, Class XA, IO, 1.966%, 9/10/45  W 2,066,109 110,777

FRB Ser. 06-C5, Class XC, IO, zero %, 10/15/49  W 293,697 3

COMM Mortgage Trust

Ser. 13-CR11, Class AM, 4.715%, 8/10/50  W 90,000 93,062

Ser. 13-CR13, Class AM, 4.449%, 11/10/46  W 271,000 279,665

Ser. 12-CR2, Class AM, 3.791%, 8/15/45 183,000 185,704

FRB Ser. 14-UBS4, Class XA, IO, 1.337%, 8/10/47  W 2,361,658 112,189

FRB Ser. 14-CR16, Class XA, IO, 1.302%, 4/10/47  W 186,602 7,315

FRB Ser. 14-CR20, Class XA, IO, 1.283%, 11/10/47  W 4,555,891 212,122

FRB Ser. 13-CR11, Class XA, IO, 1.272%, 8/10/50  W 2,682,242 107,762

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class XA, IO, 1.241%, 5/10/47  W 888,596 34,989

FRB Ser. 14-UBS6, Class XA, IO, 1.111%, 12/10/47  W 987,548 40,014

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COMM Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-CR10, Class XA, IO, 0.871%, 8/10/46  W $3,662,632 $120,501

COMM Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.308%, 7/10/46  W 197,000 200,694

FRB Ser. 12-LC4, Class D, 5.777%, 12/10/44  W 700,000 651,749

Ser. 15-LC19, Class D, 2.867%, 2/10/48 165,000 141,896

FRB Ser. 12-LC4, Class XA, IO, 2.38%, 12/10/44  W 438,002 24,935

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 15-C1, Class C, 4.44%, 4/15/50  W 403,000 399,994

DBUBS Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-LC3A, Class D, 5.516%, 8/10/44  W 450,000 463,526

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II FRB Ser. 15-GC30, Class XA, IO, 1.00%, 5/10/50  W 2,846,584 110,732

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 14-GC18, Class C, 5.108%, 1/10/47  W 171,000 169,290

FRB Ser. 14-GC22, Class C, 4.846%, 6/10/47  W 464,000 461,484

FRB Ser. 14-GC24, Class XA, IO, 0.946%, 9/10/47  W 1,374,849 46,057

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.197%, 8/10/43  W 613,000 617,881

FRB Ser. 11-GC3, Class C, 5.825%, 3/10/44  W 159,000 165,132

Ser. 11-GC5, Class AS, 5.209%, 8/10/44  W 274,000 285,443

FRB Ser. 13-GC13, Class AS, 4.218%, 7/10/46  W 166,000 170,383

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

Ser. 13-C15, Class B, 4.927%, 11/15/45  W 145,000 151,292

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class C, 4.71%, 9/15/47  W 149,000 144,335

FRB Ser. 14-C19, Class XA, IO, 1.278%, 4/15/47  W 2,167,352 40,447

FRB Ser. 13-C17, Class XA, IO, 0.963%, 1/15/47  W 1,661,565 60,315

FRB Ser. 13-C12, Class XA, IO, 0.633%, 7/15/45  W 5,235,506 101,129

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 13-LC11, Class C, 3.958%, 4/15/46  W 193,000 188,769

FRB Ser. 13-LC11, Class XA, IO, 1.413%, 4/15/46  W 1,322,194 70,209

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 144A FRB Ser. 12-C6, Class E, 5.312%, 5/15/45  W 144,000 127,256

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 06-C6, Class XCL, IO, 0.771%, 9/15/39  W 254,775 3,854

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 15-3, Class B, 3.217%, 4/20/48  W 214,000 196,253

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class C, 4.614%, 8/15/47  W 302,000 292,636

FRB Ser. 13-C7, Class C, 4.255%, 2/15/46  W 187,000 184,091

Ser. 12-C5, Class AS, 3.792%, 8/15/45 217,000 216,620

Ser. 13-C8, Class B, 3.697%, 12/15/48  W 54,000 53,249

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 3.476%, 11/15/45 329,000 327,029

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class XA, IO, 1.349%, 8/15/47  W 452,965 17,681

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 144A FRB Ser. 13-C10, Class D, 4.219%, 7/15/46  W 148,000 135,149

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 144A

Ser. 12-C4, Class C, 5.601%, 3/15/45  W 200,000 196,566

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class D, 5.601%, 3/15/45  W 285,000 269,567

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.326%, 7/15/49  W 95,000 95,667

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class XA, IO, 2.268%, 3/15/45  W 953,652 53,930

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

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UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 12-C3, Class C, 5.209%, 8/10/49  W $36,000 $36,429

FRB Ser. 12-C2, Class D, 5.05%, 5/10/63  W 136,000 126,844

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class XA, IO, 1.792%, 12/10/45  W 1,120,605 59,202

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 05-C21, Class D, 5.417%, 10/15/44  W 102,745 101,759

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class AS, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 131,000 133,496

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class C, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 176,000 167,284

FRB Ser. 16-LC25, Class XA, IO, 1.221%, 12/15/59  W 1,496,686 83,589

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-C16, Class AS, 4.668%, 9/15/46  W 121,000 125,890

Ser. 13-C18, Class AS, 4.387%, 12/15/46  W 221,000 225,902

Ser. 13-UBS1, Class AS, 4.306%, 3/15/46  W 63,000 63,714

Ser. 14-C19, Class AS, 4.271%, 3/15/47 118,000 119,917

Ser. 12-C8, Class AS, 3.66%, 8/15/45 128,000 128,586

Ser. 12-C9, Class AS, 3.388%, 11/15/45 151,000 149,433

Ser. 13-C11, Class AS, 3.311%, 3/15/45 152,000 151,644

Ser. 12-C10, Class AS, 3.241%, 12/15/45 186,000 182,151

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.865%, 3/15/44  W 288,000 255,012

FRB Ser. 11-C5, Class E, 5.862%, 11/15/44  W 222,000 219,790

FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D, 5.839%, 2/15/44  W 421,000 416,166

Ser. 11-C4, Class E, 5.397%, 6/15/44  W 77,000 72,457

FRB Ser. 13-C15, Class D, 4.621%, 8/15/46  W 73,000 62,753

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class D, 4.59%, 12/15/45  W 313,000 270,158

FRB Ser. 12-C9, Class XA, IO, 2.048%, 11/15/45  W 692,240 49,634

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class XA, IO, 1.716%, 12/15/45  W 867,546 45,510

11,938,230

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) (0.5%)

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 144A Ser. 18-1, Class A3, 4.157%, 4/25/48  W 167,124 167,124

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. FRB Ser. 05-2, Class 1A2A, 4.011%, 5/25/35  W 126,233 129,370

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Trust FRB Ser. 04-5, Class 2A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.50%), 2.716%, 10/25/34 199,994 196,119

EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-1, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.43%), 3.641%, 1/25/34 88,089 88,338

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 16-HQA2, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.15%), 7.366%, 11/25/28 315,000 373,504

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes FRB Ser. 14-DN4, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.55%), 6.766%, 10/25/24 191,737 213,369

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.70%), 7.916%, 4/25/28 683,395 794,037

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.55%), 7.766%, 4/25/28 653,379 741,420

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.00%), 7.216%, 7/25/25 186,164 207,143

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C01, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.30%), 6.516%, 2/25/25 85,720 94,446

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Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.00%), 6.216%, 5/25/25 $20,621 $22,647

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 17-C01, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 3.55%), 5.766%, 7/25/29 205,000 223,637

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 17-C03, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 3.00%), 5.216%, 10/25/29 93,000 100,099

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.74%), 2.956%, 12/25/34 143,774 141,066

Impac CMB Trust FRB Ser. 04-6, Class 1A2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.78%), 2.996%, 10/25/34 119,777 117,354

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-5, Class A5, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.56%), 2.776%, 9/25/34 140,538 138,920

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust FRB Ser. 05-A2, Class A2, 3.539%, 2/25/35  W 137,242 139,869

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust FRB Ser. 04-HE6, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.83%), 3.041%, 8/25/34 329,063 329,063

MortgageIT Trust FRB Ser. 05-1, Class 1M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 2/25/35 57,301 56,732

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust FRB Ser. 03-4, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.13%), 3.341%, 10/25/33 155,659 155,908

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A1B2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.98%), 3.196%, 11/25/34 29,899 30,496

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.88%), 3.096%, 11/25/34 102,591 101,606

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A2A3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 1/25/45 17,122 17,089

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.78%), 2.996%, 1/25/45 79,688 78,891

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2AB3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 7/25/45 78,131 77,923

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 11/25/34 292,270 292,270

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A2A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.68%), 2.896%, 1/25/45 270,940 270,095

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.58%), 2.796%, 7/25/45 127,205 127,985

FRB Ser. 06-AR4, Class 1A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.94%), 2.687%, 5/25/46 51,155 50,140

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 1A1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.39%), 2.606%, 1/25/45 70,647 67,821

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 2A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.38%), 2.596%, 1/25/45 58,956 59,542

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 2A1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.37%), 2.586%, 1/25/45 36,497 36,511

FRB Ser. 05-AR13, Class A1B3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.36%), 2.576%, 10/25/45 56,054 54,955

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 1A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.33%), 2.546%, 1/25/45 84,675 84,066

FRB Ser. 05-AR19, Class A1A2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.29%), 2.506%, 12/25/45 57,900 57,400

Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.116%, 10/25/34 686,619 686,858

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 05-AR10, Class 1A2, 4.289%, 6/25/35  W 47,748 47,795

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 1A2, 4.261%, 6/25/35  W 13,134 13,260

6,584,868

Total mortgage-backed securities (cost $21,877,496) $21,724,705

COMMODITY LINKED NOTES (0.6%)*††† Principal amount Value

Goldman Sachs International 144A notes zero %, 2019 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI Excess Return Index multiplied by 3) $5,320,000 $7,035,295

UBS AG/London 144A sr. notes 1-month LIBOR less 0.25%, 2019 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI Total Return Commodity Index multiplied by 3) (United Kingdom) 1,020,000 1,336,304

Total commodity linked notes (cost $6,340,000) $8,371,599

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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (0.4%)* Principal amount Value

loanDepot Station Place Agency Securitization Trust 144A FRB Ser. 17-LD1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 11/25/50 $540,000 $540,000

Station Place Securitization Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 18-1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.112%, 4/24/19 999,000 999,000

FRB Ser. 18-5, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 9/24/19 1,254,000 1,254,000

FRB Ser. 18-3, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 7/24/19 786,000 786,000

FRB Ser. 17-6, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 11/24/18 1,039,000 1,039,000

Towd Point Asset Trust 144A FRB Ser. 18-SL1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.60%), 2.816%, 1/25/46 539,543 536,791

Total asset-backed securities (cost $5,155,373) $5,154,791

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY BONDS AND NOTES (0.3%)* Principal amount Value

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 4/22/26 (Argentina) $750,000 $669,375

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 1/26/27 (Argentina) 156,000 132,600

Argentina (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 8/1/27 (Argentina) 160,000 126,400

Buenos Aires (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. REGS, 7.875%, 6/15/27 (Argentina) 150,000 124,905

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 10.875%, 1/26/21 (Argentina) 100,000 100,625

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 9.125%, 3/16/24 (Argentina) 405,000 375,273

Colombia (Republic of) sr. unsec. notes 3.875%, 4/25/27 (Colombia) 345,000 334,927

Cordoba (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 7.45%, 9/1/24 (Argentina) 335,000 281,400

Egypt (Arab Republic of) sr. unsec. notes Ser. REGS, 5.577%, 2/21/23 (Egypt) 270,000 260,888

Indonesia (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 4.75%, 1/8/26 (Indonesia) 700,000 710,500

Indonesia (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.35%, 1/8/27 (Indonesia) 625,000 616,406

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. REGS, 6.125%, 6/15/33 (Ivory Coast) 200,000 182,500

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 4.75%, 3/13/28 (Senegal) EUR 120,000 134,708

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/4/22 (Russia) $200,000 202,500

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 3/21/29 (Russia) 200,000 192,000

United Mexican States sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/2/23 (Mexico) 90,000 90,570

United Mexican States sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.15%, 3/28/27 (Mexico) 220,000 216,358

Total foreign government and agency bonds and notes (cost $5,132,041) $4,751,935

WARRANTS (0.2%)* Expiration dateStrike price Warrants Value

Halcon Resources Corp. 9/9/20 $14.04 291 $29

Han’s Laser Technology Industry Group Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 9/27/19 0.00 65,800 405,189

Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 2/11/19 0.00 127,000 530,474

Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 5/24/19 0.00 300,100 459,270

Wuliangye Yibin Co., Ltd. 144A (China) 4/12/19 0.00 82,000 809,799

Total warrants (cost $2,510,259) $2,204,761

SENIOR LOANS (0.1%)* c Principal amount Value

Avaya, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.408%, 12/15/24 $143,513 $144,615

Brand Industrial Services, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.596%, 6/21/24 138,250 139,051

California Resources Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.962%, 11/17/22 145,000 147,900

CPG International, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 6.251%, 5/5/24 28,677 28,844

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Eagleclaw Midstream Ventures, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.492%, 6/30/24 $99,244 $97,714

Forterra Finance, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.076%, 10/25/23 44,294 42,334

FTS International, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.826%, 4/16/21 40,113 40,163

Gates Global, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/31/24 17,258 17,355

GFL Environmental, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 5.105%, 5/31/25 (Canada)  U 3,315 3,317

GFL Environmental, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 5.105%, 5/31/25 26,552 26,568

iHeartCommunications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. D, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 8.826%, 1/30/19 (In default) 25,000 18,583

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 9.25%), 11.604%, 5/21/24 115,000 113,563

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.00%), 7.509%, 10/16/23 54,716 55,024

KCA Deutag Alpha, Ltd. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 9.021%, 3/21/23 105,408 102,509

Keane Group Holdings, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 6.079%, 5/25/25 49,675 48,930

Navistar, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.64%, 11/6/24 213,925 214,594

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd., Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.37%, 10/25/20 23,641 21,912

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.568%, 6/1/25 90,000 90,241

Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.267%, 2/28/25 94,762 93,183

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.348%, 11/3/23 54,861 54,117

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.81%, 9/7/23 68,474 52,112

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 8.00%), 9.873%, 2/28/26 65,000 62,400

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.373%, 2/28/25 69,475 68,867

Titan Acquisition, Ltd. (United Kingdom) bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.202%, 3/28/25 158,688 154,051

Univision Communications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. C5, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/15/24 24,493 23,788

Total senior loans (cost $1,880,894) $1,861,735

PURCHASED OPTIONS OUTSTANDING (—%)* Counterparty

Expiration date/strike price

Notional amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.00 $11,507,400 $11,507,400 $121,587

Total purchased options outstanding (cost $129,331) $121,587

CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (—%)* Principal amount Value

DISH Network Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 8/15/26 $65,000 $61,995

Total convertible bonds and notes (cost $60,370) $61,995

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PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

GMAC Capital Trust I Ser. 2, $1.91 cum. ARP 830 $21,829

Total preferred stocks (cost $21,186) $21,829

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

EPR Properties Ser. C, $1.438 cv. pfd.  R 720 $20,167

Nine Point Energy 6.75% cv. pfd. 1 1,176

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $14,130) $21,343

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (20.5%)* Principal amount/shares Value

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 2.32%  L Shares 285,098,753 $285,098,753

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 1.97%  P Shares 20,000 20,000

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.962%, 10/11/18 # $1,675,999 1,675,101

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.999%, 10/25/18 # 1,717,001 1,714,755

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.008%, 11/1/18 ∆ 230,001 229,610

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.044%, 11/8/18 # ∆ 919,998 918,052

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.064%, 11/15/18 # § Ф 5,457,000 5,443,186

Total short-term investments (cost $295,099,457) $295,099,457

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $1,390,075,606) $1,468,217,811

Key to holding’s currency abbreviationsCAD Canadian DollarCNH Chinese Yuan (Offshore)EUR EuroUSD/$ United States Dollar

Key to holding’s abbreviationsADR American Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bankARP Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting periodBKNT Bank Notebp Basis PointsDAC Designated Activity CompanyETF Exchange Traded FundFRB Floating Rate Bonds: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For certain

securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.FRN Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For

certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.GDR Global Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bankGMTN Global Medium Term NotesIFB Inverse Floating Rate Bonds, which are securities that pay interest rates that vary inversely to changes in the market interest rates. As interest rates

rise, inverse floaters produce less current income. The rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

IO Interest OnlyMTN Medium Term NotesOJSC Open Joint Stock CompanyOTC Over-the-counterPJSC Public Joint Stock CompanyREGS Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a

transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.SPDR S&P Depository ReceiptsTBA To Be Announced Commitments

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Notes to the fund’s portfolioUnless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the Portfolio’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $1,436,668,795.††† The value of the commodity linked notes, which are marked to market daily, may be based on a multiple of the performance of the index. The multiple

(or leverage) will increase the volatility of the note’s value relative to the change in the underlying index.‡‡ Income may be received in cash or additional securities at the discretion of the issuer. The rate shown in parenthesis is the rate paid in kind, if applicable.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $7,646,909 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

∆ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $249,435 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

Ф This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain TBA commitments at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $120,661 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

§ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on the initial margin on certain centrally cleared derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $602,309 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

  c Senior loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for senior loans are the current interest rates at the close of the reporting period. Senior loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown (Notes 2 and 7).

  F This security is valued by Putnam Management at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. Securities are classified as Level 3 for ASC 820 based on the securities’ valuation inputs (Note 2).

  i This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the Portfolio for collateral on certain derivative contracts (Note 2).  L Affiliated company (Note 5). The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the Putnam Money Market Portfolio at the close of the

reporting period.  P This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the Portfolio for collateral on certain derivative contracts. The rate quoted in the security

description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period (Note 2).  R Real Estate Investment Trust.  U This security, in part or in entirety, represents an unfunded loan commitment (Note 8).  W The rate shown represents the weighted average coupon associated with the underlying mortgage pools. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

Unless otherwise noted, the rates quoted in Short-term investments security descriptions represent the weighted average yield to maturity.

Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

See Note 2 to the financial statements regarding TBA commitments.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY

Distribution of investments by country of risk at the close of the reporting period, excluding collateral received, if any (as a percentage of Portfolio Value):

United States 79.7%Japan 3.5United Kingdom 2.4France 1.5China 1.4Germany 1.1Switzerland 0.9Australia 0.9Hong Kong 0.8Spain 0.8

Sweden 0.8%Canada 0.6Taiwan 0.6Italy 0.5Netherlands 0.5South Korea 0.5Brazil 0.5Other 3.0Total 100.0%

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $221,878,891 )

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $3,260,217 $3,278,304 $(18,087 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 5,242,683 5,216,663 26,020

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $221,878,891 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A. cont.

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 $134,429 $132,102 $(2,327 )

Euro Buy 12/19/18 8,997,115 9,047,768 (50,653 )

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 4,916,365 4,905,199 (11,166 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,091,168 1,113,753 22,585

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,257,351 1,261,705 (4,354 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,257,351 1,278,079 20,728

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 2,223,170 2,183,300 (39,870 )

Barclays Bank PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,584,293 2,614,658 (30,365 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,584,293 2,594,496 10,203

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,444,280 1,436,373 (7,907 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,818,508 2,770,689 47,819

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,818,508 2,774,868 (43,640 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 4,770,317 4,779,704 9,387

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 33,914 33,863 (51 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,399,866 1,428,824 28,958

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,419,128 1,409,963 9,165

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,419,128 1,399,604 (19,524 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 3,189,274 3,092,274 97,000

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 1,009,723 1,016,562 (6,839 )

Citibank, N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,140,722 2,187,604 (46,882 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 306,160 303,175 2,985

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 557,990 535,011 22,979

Danish Krone Buy 12/19/18 2,324,220 2,329,953 (5,733 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,426,898 1,443,069 16,171

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 699,963 713,825 (13,862 )

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 641,339 643,536 (2,197 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 641,339 652,001 10,662

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 1,839,799 1,807,110 (32,689 )

Credit Suisse International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 3,608,126 3,647,491 (39,365 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,452,555 1,442,743 9,812

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,452,555 1,430,473 (22,082 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,600,510 1,605,373 4,863

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,359,311 1,391,482 32,171

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,130,251 1,138,063 7,812

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 1,624,610 1,595,433 (29,177 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 1,429,393 1,428,365 1,028

Swiss Franc Sell 12/19/18 1,414,438 1,436,701 22,263

Goldman Sachs International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 8,452,754 8,536,942 (84,188 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 8,452,754 8,449,746 (3,008 )

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $221,878,891 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Goldman Sachs International cont.

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 $2,128,462 $2,118,602 $9,860

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,587,912 1,571,854 16,058

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,587,912 1,557,359 (30,553 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 2,050,033 2,054,893 4,860

Indian Rupee Buy 11/19/18 1,409,411 1,418,211 (8,800 )

Indian Rupee Sell 11/19/18 1,409,411 1,398,431 (10,980 )

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 699,962 713,821 (13,859 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,968,176 1,977,242 9,066

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 7,152,442 6,914,052 238,390

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 4,337,380 4,284,032 53,348

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 3,044,074 3,104,564 (60,490 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,425,432 1,433,380 7,948

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,844,589 2,827,175 17,414

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,844,589 2,822,363 (22,226 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 2,845,963 2,874,647 28,684

Indonesian Rupiah Sell 12/19/18 22,281 12,146 (10,135 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,209,446 1,234,486 25,040

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,462,656 2,457,050 5,606

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,462,656 2,504,939 42,283

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 1,432,065 1,450,173 (18,108 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 618,323 636,740 (18,417 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 648,316 650,271 (1,955 )

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 99,448 69,342 (30,106 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 3,297,239 3,306,297 9,058

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,431,463 1,445,499 14,036

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 35,803 14,596 (21,207 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 433,188 455,703 (22,515 )

Singapore Dollar Buy 11/19/18 2,047,004 2,055,995 (8,991 )

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 2,438,845 2,389,445 (49,400 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 3,751,034 3,777,581 (26,547 )

NatWest Markets PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,023,787 2,073,355 (49,568 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,714,959 2,672,497 42,462

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,714,959 2,661,734 (53,225 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 395,159 395,977 818

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,431,462 1,445,505 14,043

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,441,738 1,448,377 6,639

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 729,759 731,894 (2,135 )

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 1,179,741 1,158,805 (20,936 )

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $221,878,891 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $4,955,050 $5,013,297 $(58,247 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 4,955,050 4,949,134 (5,916 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,263,516 1,258,027 (5,489 )

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 719,893 709,045 (10,848 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 5,647,967 5,661,852 13,885

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 3,236,267 3,314,988 78,721

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,441,737 1,466,153 24,416

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 4,149,735 4,072,680 77,055

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 1,062,518 1,045,735 (16,783 )

UBS AG

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,849,108 1,872,800 (23,692 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,849,108 1,828,775 (20,333 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,412,866 1,425,282 12,416

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,815,413 2,791,159 24,254

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,815,413 2,776,557 (38,856 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 5,329,151 5,348,456 19,305

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 321,738 328,445 (6,707 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 714,603 723,401 8,798

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 1,035,841 1,004,343 31,498

WestPac Banking Corp.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,043,396 2,100,439 (57,043 )

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,787,072 2,789,456 (2,384 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,787,072 2,792,987 5,915

Unrealized appreciation 1,244,487

Unrealized (depreciation) (1,240,417 )

Total $4,070

* The exchange currency for all contracts listed is the United States Dollar.

FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Number of contracts

Notional amount Value

Expiration date

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Long) 885 $75,073,262 $75,260,400 Dec-18 $(925,392 )

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Long) 730 106,360,270 106,543,500 Dec-18 933,203

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short) 98 14,278,502 14,303,100 Dec-18 (125,481 )

S&P Mid Cap 400 Index E-Mini (Long) 56 11,309,480 11,341,120 Dec-18 (99,877 )

Tokyo Price Index (Long) 88 14,079,148 14,081,085 Dec-18 1,047,363

U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Long) 35 4,917,500 4,917,500 Dec-18 (113,711 )

U.S. Treasury Bond Ultra 30 yr (Long) 76 11,725,375 11,725,375 Dec-18 (355,215 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Long) 134 28,238,406 28,238,406 Dec-18 (71,518 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Short) 155 32,663,828 32,663,828 Dec-18 77,190

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Long) 260 29,243,906 29,243,906 Dec-18 (205,535 )

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Short) 87 9,785,461 9,785,461 Dec-18 67,834

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FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Number of contracts

Notional amount Value

Expiration date

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Long) 88 $10,452,750 $10,452,750 Dec-18 $(99,707 )

Unrealized appreciation 2,125,590

Unrealized (depreciation) (1,996,436 )

Total $129,154

WRITTEN OPTIONS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (premiums $58,032 )

CounterpartyExpiration date/strike price

Notional Amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.20 $11,507,400 $11,507,400 $54,568

Total $54,568

TBA SALE COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (proceeds receivable $12,022,969 )

AgencyPrincipal

amountSettlement date Value

Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.00%, 10/1/48 $10,000,000 10/11/18 $10,096,875

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 10/1/48 2,000,000 10/11/18 1,913,594

Total $12,010,469

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments made by fund

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

$34,703,500 $18,462 E $(16,273 ) 12/19/20 3.05%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

$2,190

21,913,300 11,658 E 7,685 12/19/20 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.05%—Semiannually

(3,973 )

8,261,000 1,669 E 16,716 12/19/23 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.10%—Semiannually

18,385

14,554,500 2,940 E (29,479 ) 12/19/23 3.10%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(32,419 )

8,859,600 11,748 E 6,631 12/19/28 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.15%—Semiannually

18,379

10,879,800 14,427 E (8,000 ) 12/19/28 3.15%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(22,427 )

3,093,500 42,393 E (16,841 ) 12/19/48 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.20%—Semiannually

25,552

1,131,800 15,510 E 6,138 12/19/48 3.20%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(9,373 )

Total $(33,423 ) $(3,686 )

E Extended effective date.

OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.$355,443 $362,613 $— 6/20/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA

plus 1.00%)—MonthlyAl Rajhi Bank—Monthly $6,948

200,850 199,695 — 6/25/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

Al Rajhi Bank—Monthly (1,228 )

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A. cont.$396,874 $368,302 $— 7/2/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA

plus 1.00%)—MonthlySaudi Kayan Petrochemical Co.—Monthly

$(29,427 )

137,697 142,508 — 8/6/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

Al Rajhi Bank—Monthly 4,559

397,339 424,217 — 9/10/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

SAMBA Financial Group—Monthly

26,218

99,047 107,703 — 9/12/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

SAMBA Financial Group—Monthly

8,509

103,719 107,862 — 9/21/19 (1 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 1.00%)—Monthly

SAMBA Financial Group—Monthly

4,051

Barclays Bank PLC1,035 1,033 — 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

6

5,657 5,641 — 1/12/41 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

31

668 666 — 1/12/41 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

4

11,366 11,332 — 1/12/40 4.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 4.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(21 )

365 364 — 1/12/40 (5.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(3 )

3,554 3,561 — 1/12/41 (5.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(40 )

1,149 1,142 — 1/12/43 3.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 3.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

1

21,805 21,735 — 1/12/40 5.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(41 )

81,458 81,184 — 1/12/41 5.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(165 )

14,647 14,653 — 1/12/38 (6.50%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 6.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(34 )

Citibank, N.A.10,052 10,018 — 1/12/41 5.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(20 )

49,256,344 49,555,245 — 11/27/18 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 0.35%—Quarterly

Russell 1000 Total Return Index—Quarterly

(178,736 )

58,724,339 59,072,970 — 11/27/18 (3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 0.37%)—Quarterly

A basket (CGPUTQL2 ) of common stocks—Quarterly

333,761

Credit Suisse International125,195 124,879 — 1/12/41 4.50% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic MBX Index 4.50% 30 year Ginnie Mae II pools—Monthly

(175 )

3,126 3,122 — 1/12/45 3.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 3.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

19

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Goldman Sachs International$2,530 $2,525 $— 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

$15

2,530 2,525 — 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

15

10,615 10,576 — 1/12/40 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

54

JPMorgan Securities LLC46,251 46,315 — 1/12/44 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

439

6,325 6,307 — 1/12/41 (4.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(35 )

6,096 6,083 — 1/12/42 (4.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(37 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation 384,630

Upfront premium (paid) — Unrealized (depreciation) (209,962 )

Total $— Total $174,668

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $137 $2,000 $236 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(98 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 185 3,000 354 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (167 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 301 5,000 590 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (286 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 570 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (604 )

Barclays Bank PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,109 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (65 )

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P (3 ) 9,000 111 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (111 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 12 10,000 123 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (108 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 8 10,000 123 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (112 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 34 22,000 271 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (229 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 224 23,000 283 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (51 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 608 132,000 1,624 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (972 )

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 28,799 117,000 24,430 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 4,465

CMBX NA BB.7 Index BB/P 6,941 54,000 6,826 1/17/47 500 bp—Monthly 160

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 50 1,000 12 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 38

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 15 10,000 123 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (104 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 83 43,000 529 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (432 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 21,011 414,000 5,092 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 16,056

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P 236 6,000 8 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly 246

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 127 1,000 118 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 9

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,786 44,000 5,188 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (380 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Credit Suisse International cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $9,520 $82,000 $9,668 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(107 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 27,275 369,000 20,812 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 6,647

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,823 37,000 455 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,380

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,163 42,000 517 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,661

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,462 48,000 590 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 888

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,203 64,000 787 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,437

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 843 112,000 1,378 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (497 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,165 167,000 2,054 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,167

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 11,751 195,000 2,399 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 9,418

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 7,655 244,000 3,001 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,735

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 14,096 278,000 3,419 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 10,769

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 290 6,000 707 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (414 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,165 20,000 2,358 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (183 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,281 21,000 2,476 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (184 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,272 21,000 2,476 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (193 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,110 25,000 2,948 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (825 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,408 27,000 3,183 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,761 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,339 27,000 3,183 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,831 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,122 37,000 4,362 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,221 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,299 39,000 4,598 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (279 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,694 40,000 4,716 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (2 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,095 59,000 6,956 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,832 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,418 90,000 10,611 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (6,148 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 22,037 181,000 21,340 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 788

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 22,885 244,000 28,768 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (5,761 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 1,624 19,000 1,072 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 562

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 3,252 40,000 2,256 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 1,016

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 6,567 31,000 6,473 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 120

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 7,196 34,000 7,099 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 125

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 871 17,000 209 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 667

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,312 46,000 566 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,761

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,843 56,000 689 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,173

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,580 74,000 910 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,694

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,447 84,000 1,033 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 442

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 844 102,000 1,255 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (376 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,276 104,000 1,279 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,031

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,081 168,000 2,066 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,071

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 10,533 179,000 2,202 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 8,391

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,123 181,000 2,226 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,957

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 8,812 199,000 2,448 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 6,431

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 7,991 244,000 3,001 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,072

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 12,739 280,000 3,444 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 9,389

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 8,634 301,000 3,702 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,032

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 16,354 359,000 4,416 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 12,058

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 12,608 382,000 4,699 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 8,036

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,709 11,000 1,297 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 418

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

JPMorgan Securities LLC cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $1,766 $16,000 $1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(112 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,929 17,000 2,004 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (66 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,243 20,000 2,358 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (105 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,819 20,000 2,358 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 471

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,367 22,000 2,594 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (216 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,367 22,000 2,594 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (216 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,600 23,000 2,712 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (100 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,302 30,000 3,537 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (220 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,750 30,000 3,537 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 228

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,982 42,000 4,952 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (949 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 8,796 50,000 5,895 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 2,926

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 6,805 61,000 7,192 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (357 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 13,669 123,000 14,502 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (771 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 16,148 151,000 17,803 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,579 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 27,065 226,000 26,645 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 533

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 209 8,000 451 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly (238 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,865 220,000 2,706 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 233

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 9,267 41,000 8,561 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 740

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,801 25,000 2,948 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (134 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,810 42,000 4,952 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 879

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 88 3,000 37 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 52

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 88 3,000 37 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 52

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 206 7,000 86 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 122

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 544 9,000 111 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 436

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 450 12,000 148 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 307

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 450 12,000 148 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 307

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 43 16,000 197 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (148 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P — 16,000 197 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (191 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,149 30,000 369 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 790

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,790 54,000 664 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,144

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,509 135,000 1,661 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (108 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 18,599 461,000 5,670 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 13,083

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 1,201 5,000 1,044 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 161

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 9,332 38,000 7,934 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 1,429

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 18,481 75,000 15,660 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 2,883

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,634 63,000 7,428 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 238

Upfront premium received 538,127 Unrealized appreciation 166,324

Upfront premium (paid) (3 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (30,843 )

Total $538,124 Total $135,481

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings

are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.7 Index $(44 ) $6,000 $8 1/17/47 (200 bp)—Monthly $(54 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (6,371 ) 50,000 6,320 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (93 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,669 ) 38,000 4,803 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,898 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (1,470 ) 9,000 1,138 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (340 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (1,414 ) 9,000 1,138 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (283 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (8,314 ) 54,000 7,474 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (886 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (8,201 ) 53,000 7,335 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (910 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (8,164 ) 53,000 7,335 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (873 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,789 ) 30,000 4,152 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (662 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,070 ) 26,000 3,598 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (494 )

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (42,108 ) 256,000 32,358 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (9,965 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (29,514 ) 160,000 20,224 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (9,424 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (12,930 ) 81,000 11,210 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,787 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (5,390 ) 35,000 4,844 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (575 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,679 ) 30,000 4,152 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (552 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,679 ) 30,000 4,152 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (552 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (3,285 ) 21,000 2,906 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (396 )

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (757 ) 5,000 632 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (129 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (28,833 ) 142,000 17,949 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (11,003 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (23,670 ) 140,000 17,696 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (6,091 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (3,605 ) 22,000 2,781 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (842 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,912 ) 12,000 1,661 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (261 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,923 ) 12,000 1,661 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (272 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,278 ) 8,000 1,107 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (177 )

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,956 ) 31,000 3,918 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,063 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (3,993 ) 25,000 3,160 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (853 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (32,526 ) 190,000 24,016 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (8,669 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (11,044 ) 68,000 8,595 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,505 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (6,226 ) 32,000 4,045 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,208 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (1,414 ) 9,000 1,138 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (283 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (900 ) 5,000 632 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (272 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (5,366 ) 80,000 4,512 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (894 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,619 ) 22,000 1,241 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (389 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,619 ) 22,000 1,241 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (389 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,084 ) 12,000 677 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (414 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (11,970 ) 69,000 8,722 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (3,306 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (10,010 ) 64,000 8,858 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,206 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (2,049 ) 25,000 1,410 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (651 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (3,566 ) 35,000 1,974 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (1,610 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (15,083 ) 75,000 9,480 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (5,665 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (12,148 ) 63,000 7,963 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (4,238 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,669 ) 38,000 4,803 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,898 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC cont.

CMBX NA BB.9 Index $(3,309 ) $22,000 $3,045 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly $(282 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,646 ) 17,000 2,353 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (307 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation —

Upfront premium (paid) (354,266 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (87,621 )

Total $(354,266 ) Total $(87,621 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation

NA HY Series 31 Index B+/P $(951,517 ) $13,242,000 $968,454 12/20/23 500 bp—Quarterly $22,454

NA IG Series 31 Index BBB+/P (593,377 ) 33,740,000 652,059 12/20/23 100 bp—Quarterly 63,369

Total $(1,544,894 ) $85,823

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the Portfolio has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index

represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized depreciation

NA HY Series 31 Index $1,737,513 $24,198,000 $1,769,721 12/20/23 (500 bp)—Quarterly $(42,290 )

Total $1,737,513 $(42,290 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

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ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Common stocks*:

Basic materials $42,547,800 $— $—

Capital goods 67,082,593 — —

Communication services 24,053,663 — —

Conglomerates 6,211,826 — —

Consumer cyclicals 127,707,060 — —

Consumer staples 72,437,494 — —

Energy 52,446,933 — 2,179

Financials 172,937,610 — —

Health care 114,696,821 — —

Technology 194,552,718 — —

Transportation 17,964,841 — —

Utilities and power 31,647,942 610 —

Total common stocks 924,287,301 610 2,179

Asset-backed securities — 5,154,791 —

Commodity linked notes — 8,371,599 —

Convertible bonds and notes — 61,995 —

Convertible preferred stocks — 21,343 —

Corporate bonds and notes — 112,073,583 4

Foreign government and agency bonds and notes — 4,751,935 —

Investment companies 23,151,463 — —

Mortgage-backed securities — 21,724,705 —

Preferred stocks 21,829 — —

Purchased options outstanding — 121,587 —

Senior loans — 1,861,735 —

U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations — 69,140,862 —

U.S. treasury obligations — 166,072 —

Warrants 29 2,204,732 —

Short-term investments 20,000 295,079,457 —

Totals by level $947,480,622 $520,735,006 $2,183

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Valuation inputs

Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Forward currency contracts $— $4,070 $—

Futures contracts 129,154 — —

Written options outstanding — (54,568 ) —

TBA sale commitments — (12,010,469 ) —

Interest rate swap contracts — 29,737 —

Total return swap contracts — 174,668 —

Credit default contracts — (285,084 ) —

Totals by level $129,154 $(12,141,646 ) $—

* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund’s portfolio presentation.At the start and close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities represented less than 1% of the Portfolio’s net assets and were not considered a signifi-cant portion of the fund’s portfolio.

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

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

Statement of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Investment in securities, at value (Notes 2 and 10):

Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $1,104,976,853) $1,183,119,058

Affiliated issuers (identified cost $285,098,753) (Note 5) 285,098,753

Foreign currency (cost $9,576,388) (Note 2) 9,577,772

Dividends, interest and other receivables 10,004,145

Foreign tax reclaim 563,091

Receivable for units of the Portfolio sold 2,006,304

Receivable for investments sold 942,080

Receivable for sales of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 11,018,190

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 406,701

Receivable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 5,072

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 1,244,487

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 550,954

Premium paid on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 354,269

Total assets 1,504,890,876

LIABILITIES

Payable to custodian 12,120,190

Payable for investments purchased 5,452,114

Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 28,410,886

Payable for units of the Portfolio repurchased 7,753,086

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 115,971

Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 11,755

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 328,426

Premium received on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 538,127

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 1,240,417

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums $58,032) (Note 2) 54,568

TBA sale commitments, at value (proceeds receivable $12,022,969) (Note 2) 12,010,469

Collateral on certain derivative contracts, at value (Notes 2 and 10) 186,072

Total liabilities 68,222,081

Net assets $1,436,668,795

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Net assets $1,436,668,795

Units outstanding 77,546,717

Net asset value per unit $18.53

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

Statement of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Dividends (net of foreign tax of $402,779) $19,341,438

Interest (net of foreign tax of $1,005) (including interest income of $4,145,308 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 5) 11,411,402

Net investment income 30,752,840

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers (Note 2) 68,695,797

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2) (106,897)

Forward currency contracts (Note 2) (3,540,447)

Futures contracts (Note 2) 27,113,606

Swap contracts (Note 2) 1,053,965

Written options (Note 2) 528,365

Net increase from payments by affiliates (Note 4) 6,194

Total net realized gain 93,750,583

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers and TBA sale commitments 4,206,766

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 6,574

Forward currency contracts (200,990)

Futures contracts (4,813,252)

Swap contracts 1,171,154

Written options (52,808)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation 317,444

Net gain on investments 94,068,027

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $124,820,867

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

Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE IN NET ASSETSYear ended

9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment income $30,752,840

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions 93,750,583

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 317,444

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 124,820,867

Increase in capital from settlement payments 921

Principal transactions

Proceeds from sale of units 940,270,375

Value of units redeemed (641,822,820)

Total increase in principal transactions 298,447,555

Total increase in net assets 423,269,343

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 1,013,399,452

End of year $1,436,668,795

NUMBER OF UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 60,704,431

Sold 53,108,481

Redeemed (36,266,195)

Units outstanding at end of year 77,546,717

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $16.69

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.45

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.39

Total from investment operations 1.84

Non-recurring reimbursements (b) —

Net asset value, end of year $18.53

Total return at net asset value (%) 11.02

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATANet assets, end of year (in thousands) $1,436,669

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 2.51

(a) Per unit net investment income has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year.

(b) Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement pursuant to a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Barclays Capital, Inc. which amounted to less than $0.01 per unit outstanding on November 20, 2017.

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

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1. Description of the PortfolioWithin the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street”, if any, represent State Street Bank and Trust Company and refer-ences to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Growth Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a portfolio established and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee” and “Manager”) pursuant to the Declaration of Trust for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the Portfolio. The Portfolio invests in U.S. and international stocks and bonds and is designed for investors seeking long-term growth with moderate risk.

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date that the financial statements were issued (December 14, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Security Valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securi-ties, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.

Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations (including short-term investments with remaining matur-ities of 60 days or less) and other investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustee or dealers selected by the Trustee. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the sched-uled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the Portfolio will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Portfolio to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that the Trustee does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by the Trustee in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustee. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity expo-sures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustee. Certain securities may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a single source. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the Portfolio could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain.

All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Distributions received from other investment funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and retain the character of income as earned by the other investment funds.

All income earned by the Portfolio is retained by the Portfolio and included in the calculation of net asset value.

The Portfolio earned certain fees in connection with its senior loan purchasing activities. These fees are treated as market discount and are amortized into income in the Statement of operations.

Securities purchased or sold on a delayed delivery basis may be settled at a future date beyond customary settlement time; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the fair value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Stripped Securities The Portfolio may invest in stripped securities which represent a participation in securities that may be structured in classes with rights to receive different portions of the interest and principal. Interest-only securities receive all of the interest and principal-only securities receive all of the principal. If the interest-only securities experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Portfolio may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal-only securities increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The fair value of these securities is highly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Foreign Currency Translation The accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the Portfolio after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The Portfolio does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net real-ized exchange gains or losses on disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Options Contracts The Portfolio uses options contracts to hedge duration and convexity, to isolate prepayment risk, to gain exposure to interest rates, to hedge against changes in values of securities it owns, owned or expects to own, to hedge prepayment risk, to generate additional income for the portfolio, to enhance returns on securities owned, to enhance the return on a security owned, to gain exposure to securities and to manage downside risks.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium origi-nally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. OTC traded options are valued using prices supplied by dealers.

Options on swaps are similar to options on securities except that the premium paid or received is to buy or grant the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate or credit default contract. Forward premium swap option contracts include premiums that have extended settlement dates. The delayed settlement of the premiums is factored into the daily valuation of the option contracts. In the case of interest rate cap and floor

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contracts, in return for a premium, ongoing payments between two parties are based on interest rates exceeding a specified rate, in the case of a cap contract, or falling below a specified rate in the case of a floor contract.

Written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Futures Contracts The Portfolio uses futures contracts to manage exposure to market risk, to hedge prepayment risk, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure to interest rates and to equitize cash.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Portfolio since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The Portfolio and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.”

Futures contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Forward Currency Contracts The Portfolio buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to hedge foreign exchange risk and to gain exposure to currencies.

The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. The Portfolio could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Portfolio is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, which are arrangements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure on interest rates and to hedge prepayment risk.

An OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap can be purchased or sold with an upfront premium. For OTC interest rate swap contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC interest rate swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared interest rate swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments, including upfront premiums, received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or the closing of the contract. Certain OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract.

The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults, in the case of OTC interest rate contracts, or the central clearing agency or a clearing member defaults, in the case of centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, on its respective obligation to perform under the contract. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counter-party risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC interest rate swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Total Return Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market-linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount, to hedge sector exposure, to manage exposure to specific sectors or indus-tries, to manage exposure to specific securities, to gain exposure to a basket of securities, to gain exposure to specific markets or countries and to gain exposure to specific sectors or industries.

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To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offset-ting interest rate obligation, the Portfolio will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market maker. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC total return swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared total return swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract. The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC total return swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared total return swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared total return swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared total return swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Credit Default Contracts

The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared credit default contracts to hedge credit risk, to hedge market risk and to gain exposure on individual names and/or baskets of securities.

In OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts, the protection buyer typically makes a periodic stream of payments to a counterparty, the protection seller, in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event on the reference obligation or all other equally ranked obligations of the reference entity. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restruc-turing and obligation acceleration. For OTC credit default contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. Centrally cleared credit default contracts provide the same rights to the protection buyer and seller except the payments between parties, including upfront premiums, are settled through a central clearing agent through variation margin payments. Upfront and periodic payments received or paid by the Portfolio for OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or close of the contract. The OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change in value of OTC credit default contracts is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the difference between the par value and fair value of the reference obligation, net of any proportional amount of the upfront payment, is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

In addition to bearing the risk that the credit event will occur, the Portfolio could be exposed to market risk due to unfavorable changes in interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index or the possibility that the Portfolio may be unable to close out its position at the same time or at the same price as if it had purchased the underlying reference obligations. In certain circumstances, the Portfolio may enter into offsetting OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts which would mitigate its risk of loss. Risks of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protec-tion buyer, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC credit default contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared credit default contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. Counterparty risk is further mitigated with respect to centrally cleared credit default swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Where the Portfolio is a seller of protection, the maximum potential amount of future payments the Portfolio may be required to make is equal to the notional amount.

OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

TBA Commitments The Portfolio may enter into TBA (to be announced) commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price and par amount have been established, the actual securities have not been specified. However, it is anticipated that the amount of the commitments will not significantly differ from the principal amount. The Portfolio holds, and maintains until settlement date, cash or high-grade debt obligations in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or the Portfolio may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Income on the securities will not be earned until settlement date.

The Portfolio may also enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions, to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed delivery arrangements or to take a short position in mortgage-backed securities. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, either equivalent deliverable securities or an offset-ting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date are held as “cover” for the transaction, or other liquid assets in an amount equal to the notional value of the TBA sale commitment are segregated. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acqui-sition of an offsetting TBA purchase commitment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. If the Portfolio delivers securities under the commitment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.

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TBA commitments, which are accounted for as purchase and sale transactions, may be considered securities themselves, and involve a risk of loss due to changes in the value of the security prior to the settlement date as well as the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not perform its obligations. Counterparty risk is mitigated by having a master agreement between the Portfolio and the counterparty.

Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at their fair value according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded by the Portfolio as an unrealized gain or loss. Based on market circumstances, the Trustee will determine whether to take delivery of the underlying securities or to dispose of the TBA commitments prior to settlement.

TBA purchase commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed within the fund’s portfolio and TBA sale commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Master Agreements The Portfolio is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts and Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements that govern transactions involving mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities that may result in delayed delivery (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collat-eral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the Portfolio is held in a segregated account by the Portfolio’s custodian and, with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio.

Collateral pledged by the Portfolio is delivered to the counterparty and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the Portfolio and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the Portfolio’s net position with each counterparty.

With respect to ISDA Master Agreements, termination events applicable to the Portfolio may occur upon a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the coun-terparty’s long-term or short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the Portfolio’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the Portfolio’s future derivative activity.

At the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had a net liability position of $423,258 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the Portfolio at period end for these agreements totaled $249,435 and may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of Participation The net asset value of the Portfolio is currently determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange each day the exchange is open for trading. Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may also determine the net asset value on any other business day (“Valuation Date”). The net asset value must be determined upon date of sale or redemption. Sales and redemptions of participant units are made on such days at such units’ net asset values. Affiliates of the Trustee held 100.00% of the Portfolio’s total units outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Federal Income Taxes It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the Portfolio is exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Portfolio did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains, if any. The Portfolio’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Portfolio may also be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Portfolio accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unre-alized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned. In some cases, the Portfolio may be entitled to reclaim all or a portion of such taxes, and such reclaim amounts, if any, are reflected as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. In many cases, however, the Portfolio may not receive such amounts for an extended period of time, depending on the country of investment.

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3. Expenses Incurred by the PortfolioCompensation to be received by the Trustee for its services with respect to the Portfolio is paid by the individual participating trusts pursuant to an arrangement which the Trustee makes with each such participating trust. According to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may charge the Portfolio for certain services received during the year. In the current year no such expenses have been charged to the Portfolio by the Trustee, however, the Trustee could cease to bear these expenses, and begin to charge them to the Portfolio at any time.

4. Payments by Affiliates Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“PIM”), an affiliate of PFTC, entered into a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 27, 2018. The settlement agreement states that: (i) a trader formerly employed by PIM engaged in prearranged trades in certain mortgage-backed securities, (ii) as a result of these undisclosed prearranged trades PIM did not seek best execution, (iii) PIM did not ensure compliance with applicable policies regarding cross-trades and failed to supervise the former employee. The SEC entered a cease and desist order, and PIM paid a $1,000,000 fine and agreed to reimburse the clients that participated in the relevant trades in an aggregate amount of $1,095,006.10. In connection with this settlement, the Portfolio was reimbursed $6,194 by PFTC during the fiscal year.

5. Affiliated TransactionsThe Portfolio invested in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio, a portfolio established and maintained by PFTC. Investments in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Transactions during the reporting period with the Putnam Money Market Portfolio were as follows:

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17 Purchase cost Sale proceedsInvestment

income

Shares outstanding and

fair value as of 9/30/18

Short-term investments          

Putnam Money Market Portfolio* $180,406,132 $565,510,963 $460,818,342 $4,145,308 $285,098,753

Total Short-term investments $180,406,132 $565,510,963 $460,818,342 $4,145,308 $285,098,753

* There were no realized or unrealized gains or losses during the period.

6. Market, Credit and Other RisksIn the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The Portfolio may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions will default. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations. The Portfolio may invest a significant portion of its assets in securitized debt instruments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments. The yields and values of these investments are sensitive to changes in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets and the market’s perception of the issuers. The market for these investments may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult to buy or sell.

7. Senior Loan CommitmentsSenior loans are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date, which from time to time can delay the actual investment of available cash balances; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior loans can be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another hold-er’s portion of the loan. When the Portfolio invests in a loan or participation, the Portfolio is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the Portfolio and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the Portfolio, in addition to the risk that the borrower under the loan may default on its obligations.

8. Unfunded Loan CommitmentsAs of the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had unfunded loan commitments of $3,315, which could be extended at the option of the borrower, pursuant to the following loan agreements with the following borrowers:

Borrower Unfunded Commitments

GFL Environmental, Inc. $3,315

Total $3,315

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9. Summary of Derivative Activity The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held during the period is listed below and was as follows based on an average of the holdings at the end of each fiscal quarter:

Purchased equity option contracts (contract amount) $14,000

Purchased currency options (contract amount) $15,300,000

Written equity option contracts (contract amount) $15,000

Written currency options (contract amount) $11,100,000

Futures contracts (number of contracts) 3,000

Forward currency contracts (contract amount) $303,100,000

Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts (notional) $98,000,000

OTC total return swap contracts (notional) $98,700,000

OTC credit default contracts (notional) $10,400,000

Centrally cleared credit default contracts (notional) $58,600,000

Warrants (number of warrants) 480,000

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting periodAsset derivatives Liability derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair value

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair valueCredit contracts Receivables,

Net assets — Unrealized appreciation

$1,897,382 * Payables, Net assets – Unrealized

depreciation

$2,182,466 *

Foreign exchange contracts Investments, Receivables

1,366,074 Payables 1,294,985

Equity contracts Investments, Receivables,

Net assets — Unrealized appreciation

4,569,373 * Payables, Net assets – Unrealized

depreciation

1,360,141 *

Interest rate contracts Receivables, Net assets — Unrealized

appreciation

219,881 * Payables, Net assets – Unrealized

depreciation

890,793 *

Total $8,052,710 $5,728,385

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts and/or centrally cleared swaps as reported in the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 2):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investmentsDerivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $— $109,370 $109,370

Foreign exchange contracts — (319,198) — (3,540,447) — (3,859,645)

Equity contracts 239,794 (76,557) 27,248,401 — 87,840 27,499,478

Interest rate contracts — — (134,795) — 856,755 721,960

Total $239,794 $(395,755) $27,113,606 $(3,540,447) $1,053,965 $24,471,163

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investmentsDerivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $— $119,606 $119,606

Foreign exchange contracts — 39,502 — (200,990) — (161,488)

Equity contracts (438,989) 32,794 (4,135,149) — 1,074,558 (3,466,786)

Interest rate contracts — — (678,103) — (23,010) (701,113)

Total $(438,989) $72,296 $(4,813,252) $(200,990) $1,171,154 $(4,209,781)

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10. Offsetting of Financial and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions or borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if any, see Note 2. For financial reporting purposes, the Portfolio does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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Total Liabilities $159,460 $109,804 $11,755 $280,119 $33,591 $131,939 $321,718 $110,959

Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets $(39,842) $92,770 $(6,683) $106,439 $9,432 $25,373 $174,738 $16,016

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Collateral (pledged) (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $— $— $— $— $—

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$(161,611) $(208,485) $— $— $— $— $— $— $— $(370,096)

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11. New Accounting PronouncementsIn March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 for non-public business entities. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

* Excludes premiums, if any. Included in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on OTC swap contracts on the Statement of assets and liabilities. ** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.† Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.# Covered by master netting agreement (Note 2).

## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.§ Includes current day’s variation margin only as reported on the Statement of assets and liabilities, which is not collateralized. Cumulative appreciation/

(depreciation) for futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts is represented in the tables listed after the fund’s portfolio. Collateral pledged for initial margin on futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts, which is not included in the table above, amounted to $7,646,909 and $602,309, respectively.

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BB8 12/2018

100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110

1-800-225-1581

putnam.com

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Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… D-4

The fund’s portfolio …………………………………………………… D-5

Statement of assets and liabilities …………………………………… D-56

Statement of operations ……………………………………………… D-57

Statement of changes in net assets …………………………………… D-58

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… D-59

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… D-60

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A note on the Portfolio’s trusteeThe Portfolio’s trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, will be converting to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changing its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion will have no impact on the Portfolio or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the Portfolio. PFTC will continue to manage the Portfolio, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which comprise the statement of assets and liabilities, including the fund’s portfolio, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Portfolio’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio as of September 30, 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 20, 2018

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The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18

COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* Shares Value

Basic materials (2.0%)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 9,598 $1,603,346

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom) 46,131 1,036,507

ArcelorMittal SA (France) 42,674 1,328,364

Arkema SA (France) 5,548 687,575

BASF SE (Germany) 13,516 1,201,745

BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia) 15,855 397,272

BlueScope Steel, Ltd. (Australia) 79,560 977,465

Boliden AB (Sweden) 6,853 191,029

Cabot Corp. 5,937 372,369

Celanese Corp. 9,749 1,111,386

CIMIC Group, Ltd. (Australia) 7,208 267,860

Covestro AG (Germany) 14,768 1,198,310

Domtar Corp. 8,730 455,444

Evonik Industries AG (Germany) 17,040 610,582

HOCHTIEF AG (Germany) 1,197 198,537

Huntsman Corp. 47,706 1,299,034

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan) 64,700 619,459

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Japan) 11,000 234,265

Newmont Mining Corp. 42,145 1,272,779

Packaging Corp. of America 12,800 1,404,032

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom) 30,979 1,567,448

Royal Gold, Inc. 4,172 321,494

Sealed Air Corp. 7,603 305,260

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) 320 145,667

South32, Ltd. (Australia) 37,165 105,412

Taisei Corp. (Japan) 15,900 725,113

Univar, Inc. 8,637 264,810

UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Finland) 14,384 564,697

W.R. Grace & Co. 10,902 779,057

Weyerhaeuser Co.  R 39,947 1,289,090

22,535,408

Capital goods (4.1%)

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Spain) 21,608 920,583

AECOM 10,958 357,888

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 29,423 1,530,290

Avery Dennison Corp. 11,614 1,258,377

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 20,106 972,929

Boeing Co. (The) 28,969 10,773,571

BWX Technologies, Inc. 10,884 680,686

Crown Holdings, Inc. 3,805 182,640

Cummins, Inc. 17,880 2,611,732

Faurecia SA (France) 16,111 970,078

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. 11,953 338,748

General Dynamics Corp. 1,103 225,806

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Capital goods cont.

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. 12,200 $522,038

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) 40,200 1,366,131

Honeywell International, Inc. 26,334 4,381,978

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 156 39,948

Ingersoll-Rand PLC 24,130 2,468,499

L3 Technologies, Inc. 1,966 418,011

Lockheed Martin Corp. 8,707 3,012,274

Northrop Grumman Corp. 14,036 4,454,605

Pentair PLC 17,972 779,086

Raytheon Co. 14,241 2,943,045

Republic Services, Inc. 12,548 911,738

Sandvik AB (Sweden) 71,013 1,259,648

SKF AB Class B (Sweden) 26,906 530,514

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. 1,334 329,071

Tervita Corp. (Canada) 16 110

Vinci SA (France) 11,227 1,069,554

WABCO Holdings, Inc. 4,210 496,527

Waste Management, Inc. 23,215 2,097,708

47,903,813

Communication services (1.3%)

ARRIS International PLC 13,262 344,680

AT&T, Inc. 6,136 206,047

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom) 39,158 115,047

KDDI Corp. (Japan) 53,500 1,478,509

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan) 27,200 1,228,951

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan) 26,300 707,369

Swisscom AG (Switzerland) 618 281,795

Verizon Communications, Inc. 203,870 10,884,619

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 2,170 75,342

15,322,359

Conglomerates (0.3%)

AMETEK, Inc. 14,445 1,142,888

Danaher Corp. 4,042 439,204

Marubeni Corp. (Japan) 119,300 1,092,327

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 60,800 1,081,537

3,755,956

Consumer cyclicals (7.8%)

ABC-Mart, Inc. (Japan) 5,700 317,155

Amazon.com, Inc. 4,427 8,867,281

Aramark 682 29,340

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia) 9,115 187,566

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 19,332 2,912,559

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (The) (United Kingdom) 4,768 228,749

Booking Holdings, Inc. 55 109,120

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 17,040 845,695

Caesars Entertainment Corp. 699 7,165

Carnival Corp. 37,473 2,389,653

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Crown, Ltd. (Australia) 38,634 $382,685

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan) 6,500 151,191

Dollar General Corp. 11,028 1,205,360

Dollar Tree, Inc. 8,636 704,266

Ecolab, Inc. 574 89,992

Extended Stay America, Inc. (Units) 28,794 582,503

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (Italy) 43,832 770,994

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. 7,283 1,659,359

Ford Motor Co. 311,104 2,877,713

Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 147,000 932,734

Hermes International (France) 1,964 1,301,644

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 23,748 1,918,363

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 48,316 10,008,659

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 8,527 678,664

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A 319 19,331

KAR Auction Services, Inc. 14,622 872,787

Kering SA (France) 693 371,631

Kimberly-Clark Corp. 2,702 307,055

Las Vegas Sands Corp. 28,666 1,700,754

Liberty SiriusXM Group Class A 9,302 404,079

Lowe’s Cos., Inc. 3,699 424,719

lululemon athletica, Inc. (Canada) 19,494 3,167,580

Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A 1,906 601,000

Marriott International, Inc./MD Class A 148 19,540

Mastercard, Inc. Class A 7,848 1,747,043

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. 32,348 2,217,779

Moncler SpA (Italy) 15,206 655,251

News Corp. Class A 33,378 440,256

Next PLC (United Kingdom) 1,750 125,378

Owens Corning 18,870 1,024,075

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom) 51,924 602,632

Peugeot SA (France) 42,936 1,158,483

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Germany) 25,218 655,233

PVH Corp. 17,047 2,461,587

Ralph Lauren Corp. 4,014 552,126

Randstad Holding NV (Netherlands) 5,175 276,375

Ross Stores, Inc. 36,744 3,641,330

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 20,688 2,688,199

RTL Group SA (Belgium) 2,787 198,920

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A 371 29,209

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 9,669 599,768

Signet Jewelers, Ltd. 13,737 905,680

Sony Corp. (Japan) 19,800 1,214,305

Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan) 2,700 154,700

Tapestry, Inc. 5,144 258,589

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom) 448,234 1,004,204

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Tiffany & Co. 19,434 $2,506,403

TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 4,095 458,722

Toll Brothers, Inc. 28,178 930,719

Total System Services, Inc. 13,648 1,347,604

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) 35,000 2,186,248

TUI AG (Germany) 39,638 761,392

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 25,261 1,157,459

VF Corp. 21,038 1,966,001

Visteon Corp. 6,225 578,303

Volvo AB (Sweden) 69,107 1,220,788

Walt Disney Co. (The) 42,661 4,988,777

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands) 3,281 204,568

Worldpay, Inc. Class A 1,836 185,932

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 34,518 1,496,700

89,647,624

Consumer staples (4.2%)

Altria Group, Inc. 1,639 98,848

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom) 15,929 506,219

Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom) 19,658 587,042

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. 120 14,141

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. (Australia) 62,968 444,671

Coca-Cola Co. (The) 117,992 5,450,050

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (United Kingdom) 1,229 55,883

ConAgra Foods, Inc. 39,078 1,327,480

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 1,746 376,473

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A 18,028 2,619,829

Hershey Co. (The) 17,980 1,833,960

Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom) 38,577 1,343,682

Ingredion, Inc. 6,870 721,075

ITOCHU Corp. (Japan) 61,500 1,126,205

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom) 237,845 998,100

Kao Corp. (Japan) 6,100 492,683

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 9,079 210,360

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 10,000 256,284

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands) 52,838 1,212,083

L’Oreal SA (France) 3,452 832,772

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Class A 396 18,628

LKQ Corp. 23,356 739,685

ManpowerGroup, Inc. 9,277 797,451

Marine Harvest ASA (Norway) 21,742 503,414

McDonald’s Corp. 2,712 453,690

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B 21,706 1,334,919

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A 86,109 3,699,243

Monster Beverage Corp. 2,856 166,448

Nestle SA (Switzerland) 10,794 904,141

PepsiCo, Inc. 60,116 6,720,969

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer staples cont.

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. 14,295 $926,459

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 10,400 379,980

Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 19,156 1,594,354

Swedish Match AB (Sweden) 13,749 703,436

Sysco Corp. 46,504 3,406,418

US Foods Holding Corp. 3,638 112,123

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 49,526 3,610,445

WH Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 385,000 271,103

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom) 39,610 133,989

Woolworths Group, Ltd. (Australia) 44,092 895,830

47,880,565

Energy (2.9%)

ConocoPhillips 69,208 5,356,699

Equinor ASA (Norway) 48,222 1,359,025

Exxon Mobil Corp. 4,557 387,436

Halcon Resources Corp. 879 3,929

Halliburton Co. 86,051 3,487,647

Marathon Petroleum Corp. 3,442 275,257

MWO Holdings, LLC (Units)  F 10 810

Nine Point Energy  F 107 1,545

Occidental Petroleum Corp. 60,142 4,941,868

OMV AG (Austria) 9,889 555,811

ONEOK, Inc. 20,155 1,366,307

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A 25,243 1,259,878

Phillips 66 1,044 117,680

Repsol SA (Spain) 65,645 1,308,774

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom) 31,177 1,093,249

SandRidge Energy, Inc. 431 4,685

TOTAL SA (France) 35,074 2,274,834

Valero Energy Corp. 56,960 6,479,200

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 98,356 2,674,300

32,948,934

Financials (9.7%)

3i Group PLC (United Kingdom) 55,546 681,756

ABN AMRO Group NV GDR (Netherlands) 38,896 1,059,417

Aegon NV (Netherlands) 19,169 124,416

AGNC Investment Corp.  R 19,581 364,794

Allianz SE (Germany) 8,045 1,794,099

Allstate Corp. (The) 2,703 266,786

Ally Financial, Inc. 48,236 1,275,842

American Express Co. 4,130 439,804

American Financial Group, Inc. 4,261 472,843

American Homes 4 Rent  R 27,175 594,860

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 15,677 2,314,866

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  R 12,481 127,681

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A  R 11,408 503,435

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  R 19,401 339,324

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Assurant, Inc. 8,712 $940,460

Athene Holding, Ltd. Class A 13,500 697,410

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom) 202,008 1,289,482

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 4,925 284,222

BB&T Corp. 345 16,746

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B 52 11,134

BGC Partners, Inc. Class A 33,066 390,840

Brandywine Realty Trust  R 22,440 352,757

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.  R 42,478 743,790

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 9,157 1,208,266

Camden Property Trust  R 856 80,096

Capital One Financial Corp. 25,021 2,375,244

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A 20,561 906,740

Cheung Kong Property Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 166,000 1,246,342

Chimera Investment Corp.  R 3,149 57,091

CIT Group, Inc. 25,578 1,320,081

Citigroup, Inc. 148,695 10,667,379

CME Group, Inc. 1,062 180,763

CoreLogic, Inc. 6,248 308,714

Corporate Office Properties Trust  R 1,194 35,617

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan) 26,600 161,869

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany) 1,623 217,542

Discover Financial Services 27,138 2,074,700

DNB ASA (Norway) 48,203 1,013,688

Douglas Emmett, Inc.  R 8,643 326,014

Duke Realty Corp.  R 27,332 775,408

E*Trade Financial Corp. 49,459 2,591,157

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 14,645 243,253

EPR Properties  R 1,099 75,183

Equity Commonwealth  R 788 25,287

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.  R 4,129 398,242

Equity Residential Trust  R 27,015 1,790,014

Fifth Third Bancorp 70,293 1,962,581

First Hawaiian, Inc. 12,308 334,285

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.  R 12,876 453,880

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 9,376 2,102,474

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 38,100 1,035,165

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 34,837 1,740,457

HCP, Inc.  R 41,047 1,080,357

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) 65,000 326,873

Highwoods Properties, Inc.  R 10,603 501,098

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 7,700 220,425

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) 26,400 230,591

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.  R 11,783 385,540

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 403 30,181

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 3,900 562,848

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 129,602 $14,624,290

Kerry Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 54,000 183,223

Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom) 367,129 1,255,294

Liberty Property Trust  R 11,565 488,622

Life Storage, Inc.  R 3,537 336,581

Lincoln National Corp. 17,862 1,208,543

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom) 329,625 254,771

Loews Corp. 28,646 1,438,889

London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) 5,007 299,437

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (Australia) 14,405 1,313,682

MetLife, Inc. 49,170 2,297,222

MFA Financial, Inc.  R 4,019 29,540

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 758,900 1,324,242

Morgan Stanley 78,819 3,670,601

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Germany) 2,526 559,651

New Residential Investment Corp.  R 29,259 521,396

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 9,500 191,865

Northern Trust Corp. 8,453 863,305

Old Republic International Corp. 3,950 88,401

ORIX Corp. (Japan) 77,800 1,261,677

Outfront Media, Inc.  R 11,894 237,285

Paramount Group, Inc.  R 18,742 282,817

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  R 23,228 762,343

Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland) 1,323 1,054,418

Persimmon PLC (United Kingdom) 36,636 1,129,883

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 1,693 32,048

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 2,700 367,713

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico) 6,003 307,654

Principal Financial Group, Inc. 15,076 883,303

Prudential Financial, Inc. 26,969 2,732,499

Rayonier, Inc.  R 8,473 286,472

Regions Financial Corp. 146,884 2,695,321

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 433 62,594

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 2,980 398,068

Resona Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 200,400 1,126,164

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 25,278 506,571

Scentre Group (Australia)  R 79,465 228,263

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom) 2,738 110,507

Senior Housing Properties Trust  R 16,228 284,964

SL Green Realty Corp.  R 10,620 1,035,769

Spirit MTA REIT  R 602 6,935

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.  R 91,097 734,242

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  R 24,761 532,856

Stockland (Units) (Australia)  R 24,983 75,017

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 36,300 1,465,614

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 8,800 362,273

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Sun Communities, Inc.  R 4,419 $448,705

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 27,000 393,360

SunTrust Banks, Inc. 2,206 147,339

Swedbank AB Class A (Sweden) 47,676 1,181,017

Swire Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 28,400 107,613

Synovus Financial Corp. 8,336 381,705

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 1,227 159,154

Two Harbors Investment Corp.  R 3,009 44,924

U.S. Bancorp 53,067 2,802,468

UDR, Inc.  R 2,089 84,458

United Overseas Bank, Ltd. (Singapore) 32,900 652,053

Vornado Realty Trust  R 13,289 970,097

WP Carey, Inc.  R 3,552 228,429

111,646,356

Health care (7.1%)

AbbVie, Inc. 25,151 2,378,782

ABIOMED, Inc. 6,385 2,871,654

Akorn, Inc. 2,338 30,347

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan) 15,500 414,844

Allergan PLC 4,128 786,301

Amgen, Inc. 20,806 4,312,876

Anthem, Inc. 19,279 5,283,410

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan) 76,700 1,338,376

Baxter International, Inc. 37,110 2,860,810

Biogen, Inc. 4,321 1,526,653

Boston Scientific Corp. 71,268 2,743,818

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 69,076 4,288,238

Celgene Corp. 12,908 1,155,137

Centene Corp. 14,294 2,069,485

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 6,141 826,210

Cigna Corp. 17,123 3,565,865

Coloplast A/S Class B (Denmark) 710 72,633

Concordia International Corp. (Canada) 70 1,410

Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 32,115 1,212,020

Eli Lilly & Co. 44,008 4,722,499

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., KGaA (Germany) 12,220 1,257,262

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 31,413 2,425,398

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom) 91,986 1,843,458

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 3,529 333,138

Humana, Inc. 11,118 3,763,665

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 45 25,830

Ipsen SA (France) 2,043 343,602

Johnson & Johnson 45,598 6,300,276

Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands) 2,160 98,434

McKesson Corp. 19,309 2,561,339

Medipal Holdings Corp. (Japan) 12,500 260,928

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Health care cont.

Merck & Co., Inc. 69,813 $4,952,534

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 26 15,833

Novartis AG (Switzerland) 29,188 2,521,977

PerkinElmer, Inc. 410 39,881

Pfizer, Inc. 67,892 2,992,001

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) 9,651 2,349,023

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 17,800 1,163,421

Siemens Healthineers AG (Germany) 5,723 251,765

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 500 61,144

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 162 39,541

UCB SA (Belgium) 9,123 820,158

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 722 192,081

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 6,872 1,324,509

Waters Corp. 1,853 360,742

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 5,286 1,694,110

Zoetis, Inc. 18,473 1,691,388

82,144,806

Technology (11.7%)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 36,190 2,552,843

Alphabet, Inc. Class A 17,423 21,030,955

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (Spain) 14,913 1,386,062

Amdocs, Ltd. 15,280 1,008,175

Apple, Inc. 53,453 12,066,480

Applied Materials, Inc. 33,684 1,301,887

Avaya Holdings Corp. 1,699 37,616

Black Knight, Inc. 10,073 523,292

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Japan) 7,900 156,073

CA, Inc. 26,226 1,157,878

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 23,749 1,076,305

Capgemini SE (France) 6,074 764,756

CDK Global, Inc. 1,502 93,965

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) 3,350 394,195

Cisco Systems, Inc. 231,158 11,245,836

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A 39,527 3,049,509

Corning, Inc. 1,411 49,808

Dell Technologies, Inc. Class V 18,912 1,836,734

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The) 6,483 923,892

eBay, Inc. 9,861 325,610

F5 Networks, Inc. 11,416 2,276,579

Facebook, Inc. Class A 34,536 5,679,790

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 17,142 1,869,678

Fiserv, Inc. 2,342 192,934

Fortinet, Inc. 31,195 2,878,363

Fujitsu, Ltd. (Japan) 400 28,511

Genpact, Ltd. 1,240 37,956

Harris Corp. 1,253 212,020

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

Hoya Corp. (Japan) 22,000 $1,307,391

HP, Inc. 112,801 2,906,882

IBM Corp. 26,369 3,987,256

Intuit, Inc. 21,713 4,937,536

Jabil, Inc. 13,011 352,338

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 13,260 878,873

KLA-Tencor Corp. 18,746 1,906,656

Leidos Holdings, Inc. 7,762 536,820

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 2,350 132,517

Microsoft Corp. 69,672 7,968,387

MSCI, Inc. 5,435 964,223

NetApp, Inc. 41,010 3,522,349

Nexon Co., Ltd. (Japan) 11,600 151,657

NTT Data Corp. (Japan) 78,500 1,087,120

Nuance Communications, Inc. 41,280 714,970

nVent Electric PLC (United Kingdom) 15,580 423,153

NVIDIA Corp. 37,366 10,500,593

Oracle Corp. 136,268 7,025,978

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 12,649 2,849,314

Red Hat, Inc. 18,400 2,507,552

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 10,423 1,954,521

Synopsys, Inc. 13,444 1,325,713

Texas Instruments, Inc. 22,384 2,401,579

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A 4,145 732,960

135,234,040

Transportation (1.0%)

Aena SME SA (Spain) 5,571 967,372

Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan) 6,100 1,270,643

Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 3,763 300,438

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 65,966 3,814,814

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom) 42,843 734,124

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 13,677 1,005,670

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (Spain) 128,814 1,107,468

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan) 12,200 438,657

Kansas City Southern 13,017 1,474,566

Kyushu Railway Co. (Japan) 8,200 249,787

Norfolk Southern Corp. 1,756 316,958

11,680,497

Utilities and power (1.9%)

AES Corp. 67,060 938,840

Ameren Corp. 18,462 1,167,168

American Electric Power Co., Inc. 18,230 1,292,142

Atmos Energy Corp. 5,018 471,240

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 43,164 1,193,485

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 90,500 1,059,991

CMS Energy Corp. 27,436 1,344,364

Duke Energy Corp. 3,273 261,905

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COMMON STOCKS (54.0%)* cont. Shares Value

Utilities and power cont.

Endesa SA (Spain) 16,689 $360,741

Enel SpA (Italy) 231,772 1,187,724

ENGIE SA (France) 24,110 354,668

Eni SpA (Italy) 76,925 1,454,770

Entergy Corp. 29,081 2,359,342

Evergy, Inc. 11,123 610,875

Exelon Corp. 4,068 177,609

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 160,865 2,852,136

NRG Energy, Inc. 53,100 1,985,940

OGE Energy Corp. 19,734 716,739

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 8,952 708,819

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc. (Rights) 980 676

UGI Corp. 20,468 1,135,498

21,634,672

Total common stocks (cost $561,009,371) $622,335,030

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* Principal amount Value

Basic materials (0.7%)

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 8/15/23 $90,000 $96,300

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.95%, 1/15/21 30,000 30,488

American Woodmark Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 3/15/26 85,000 80,963

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 6/1/25 (France) 10,000 10,850

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 10/15/39 (France) 90,000 104,612

Beacon Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/25 85,000 78,306

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 10/1/23 80,000 82,800

Big River Steel, LLC/BRS Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.25%, 9/1/25 95,000 100,344

BMC East, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 120,000 115,950

Boise Cascade Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 115,000 117,266

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 305,000 293,181

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. notes 5.50%, 4/15/24 390,000 383,663

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 4/15/25 185,000 180,357

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 (Germany) 40,000 42,005

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/15/22 (Germany) 183,000 186,338

Cemex SAB de CV 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.125%, 5/5/25 (Mexico) 200,000 206,672

CF Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 6/1/43 80,000 70,800

CF Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.50%, 12/1/26 455,000 451,948

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27 40,000 38,572

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 5/15/25 50,000 53,025

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 5/15/23 20,000 20,892

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/1/25 35,000 34,038

Compass Minerals International, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 7/15/24 120,000 111,150

Cornerstone Chemical Co. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 8/15/24 65,000 65,096

CPG Merger Sub, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 10/1/21 12,000 12,135

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Basic materials cont.

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/1/26 $45,000 $42,975

Dow Chemical Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.50%, 10/1/24 145,000 141,913

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. sr. unsec. notes 3.625%, 1/15/21 50,000 50,505

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 4/1/25 (Canada) 220,000 208,725

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 1/15/25 75,000 71,625

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/23 (Indonesia) 90,000 95,850

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 3/15/43 (Indonesia) 45,000 40,950

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 240,000 236,100

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 4/29/24 179,000 180,097

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 4/16/25 82,000 78,758

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 7/15/26 70,000 69,125

HudBay Minerals, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 70,000 72,275

Huntsman International, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/15/20 29,000 29,508

Ingevity Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 135,000 128,716

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.45%, 9/26/28 205,000 206,821

International Paper Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 2/15/27 160,000 146,899

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc. 144A sr. notes 11.00%, 5/15/22 30,000 32,625

Kraton Polymers, LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 4/15/25 110,000 113,025

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 9/15/24 150,000 149,625

Mercer International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 12/1/22 (Canada) 5,000 5,225

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 2/1/24 (Canada) 65,000 66,469

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 45,000 44,100

Methanex Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/15/19 (Canada) 5,000 4,968

New Gold, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 11/15/22 (Canada) 20,000 17,450

New Gold, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/25 (Canada) 25,000 20,875

NOVA Chemicals Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/27 (Canada) 72,000 67,050

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.875%, 9/30/26 195,000 190,515

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 8/15/24 35,000 35,831

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 1/15/45 (Canada) 20,000 20,688

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 4.125%, 3/15/35 (Canada) 330,000 302,005

Packaging Corp. of America sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23 45,000 46,275

Pisces Midco, Inc. 144A sr. notes 8.00%, 4/15/26 85,000 85,638

Platform Specialty Products Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 2/1/22 25,000 25,438

PQ Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/25 115,000 114,138

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/27 150,000 142,745

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/1/22 110,000 106,681

Smurfit Kappa Treasury Funding DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 11/20/25 (Ireland) 40,000 47,100

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 12/15/26 120,000 119,400

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.125%, 9/15/25 20,000 19,050

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Basic materials cont.

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 $25,000 $25,525

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 4/15/23 3,000 3,044

Teck Resources, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.75%, 2/1/23 (Canada) 20,000 19,600

Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 5,000 5,475

TMS International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 8/15/25 95,000 95,713

TopBuild Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/26 100,000 97,750

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/1/25 (Luxembourg) 105,000 100,931

Tronox Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 10/1/25 (United Kingdom) 30,000 27,750

Tronox, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/15/26 75,000 72,188

U.S. Concrete, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 6/1/24 130,000 131,521

Univar USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 7/15/23 35,000 36,269

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/27 125,000 126,376

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 3/1/25 25,000 25,469

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 11/15/47 328,000 291,378

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 8/15/26 352,000 331,038

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.20%, 1/15/30 105,000 136,354

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.95%, 2/15/31 38,000 49,065

Weyerhaeuser Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.375%, 3/15/32  R 65,000 82,210

WR Grace & Co.- Conn. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/24 70,000 73,675

Zekelman Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.875%, 6/15/23 35,000 38,019

8,314,859

Capital goods (0.5%)

Allison Transmission, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 10/1/27 140,000 132,125

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 11/15/19 17,000 17,680

ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/15/23 (Canada) 10,000 10,340

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty notes 5.50%, 5/15/22 10,000 10,164

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty unsub. notes 5.125%, 7/15/23 25,000 25,125

Berry Global, Inc. 144A notes 4.50%, 2/15/26 30,000 28,500

Boeing Capital Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 10/27/19 50,000 50,870

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 12/1/21 (Canada) 30,000 33,000

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 12/1/24 (Canada) 190,000 200,213

Briggs & Stratton Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/20 45,000 47,588

Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 7.375%, 12/15/26 35,000 38,063

Deere & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 6/8/22 90,000 87,801

Gates Global, LLC/Gates Global Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 7/15/22 88,000 88,550

General Dynamics Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 11/15/42 40,000 37,667

General Dynamics Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 11/15/22 30,000 28,673

GFL Environmental, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/1/23 (Canada) 45,000 42,244

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/22 120,000 123,300

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.812%, 11/21/47 35,000 33,277

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.25%, 3/1/21 30,000 30,822

Hulk Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 6/1/26 (Canada) 150,000 144,938

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Capital goods cont.

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 7/2/64 $70,000 $66,628

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/47 255,000 244,589

L3 Technologies, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.85%, 12/15/26 60,000 57,721

MasTec, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/15/23 70,000 69,475

Northrop Grumman Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 1/15/28 465,000 437,250

Oshkosh Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 3/1/25 165,000 169,950

Oshkosh Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 5/15/28 340,000 336,308

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 4/15/27 35,000 35,875

Raytheon Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 10/15/40 30,000 33,418

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/25 65,000 61,913

Republic Services, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 5/15/28 335,000 332,984

Stevens Holding Co, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 10/1/26 135,000 137,194

Tennant Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 5/1/25 60,000 60,750

Tenneco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 12/15/24 59,000 55,386

Titan Acquisition, Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower, LLC. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 4/15/26 (Canada) 120,000 104,100

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.50%, 5/15/25 20,000 20,375

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 6/15/26 105,000 106,050

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/15/24 78,000 79,911

Trident Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 70,000 66,325

United Technologies Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.90%, 5/4/20 1,132,000 1,108,988

Vertiv Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 10/15/24 80,000 83,200

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 12.00%, 2/15/22 ‡‡ 30,000 30,675

Wabash National Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 10/1/25 130,000 124,150

Waste Management, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 6/30/20 115,000 118,034

Wrangler Buyer Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 10/1/25 130,000 124,800

5,276,989

Communication services (1.0%)

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.125%, 1/15/27  R 430,000 391,243

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.55%, 7/15/27  R 135,000 126,152

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.375%, 10/15/26  R 214,000 199,311

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/46 102,000 93,191

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 5/15/25 103,000 98,063

AT&T, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.10%, 2/15/28 930,000 902,869

Cablevision Systems Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.00%, 4/15/20 4,000 4,215

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 5/1/26 235,000 232,356

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 4/1/24 190,000 193,088

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/15/26 110,000 110,275

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 5/1/23 20,000 20,031

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 129,000 129,028

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 105,000 105,656

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 6.484%, 10/23/45 252,000 270,895

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Communication services cont.

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.908%, 7/23/25 $67,000 $68,033

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.375%, 5/1/47 199,000 188,554

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.049%, 11/1/52 53,000 46,999

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.999%, 11/1/49 21,000 18,689

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.969%, 11/1/47 157,000 140,123

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.35%, 1/15/27 460,000 404,762

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/35 16,000 19,307

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.375%, 2/15/25 310,000 300,080

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 3/1/26 160,000 151,054

CommScope Technologies Finance, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 6/15/25 155,000 159,650

CommScope Technologies, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 110,000 105,875

Cox Communications, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.50%, 8/15/27 120,000 112,733

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/28  R 265,000 251,316

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.65%, 9/1/27  R 268,000 251,797

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/22  R 17,000 17,503

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 7/15/23  R 170,000 163,825

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.45%, 2/15/26  R 5,000 5,027

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/15/26  R 125,000 119,128

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/24 313,000 305,958

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 57,000 59,993

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.75%, 6/15/30 (Netherlands) 50,000 67,148

Digicel, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 3/1/23 (Jamaica) 220,000 183,700

DISH DBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 170,000 152,363

Equinix, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27  R 65,000 65,000

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 11.00%, 9/15/25 25,000 19,493

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 9/15/22 60,000 53,400

Frontier Communications Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.50%, 4/1/26 115,000 108,675

Intelsat Connect Finance SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.50%, 2/15/23 (Luxembourg) 225,000 223,875

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 7/15/25 (Bermuda) 165,000 174,694

Koninklijke KPN NV sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.375%, 10/1/30 (Netherlands) 20,000 25,783

Level 3 Financing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 2/1/23 115,000 116,305

NBCUniversal Media, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.15%, 4/30/20 375,000 386,732

NBCUniversal Media, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 4/1/21 726,000 743,804

Quebecor Media, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/23 (Canada) 35,000 36,050

Rogers Communications, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 8.75%, 5/1/32 (Canada) 55,000 72,786

Sprint Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 11/15/28 400,000 402,000

Sprint Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 8/15/20 12,000 12,540

Sprint Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.00%, 11/15/18 7,000 7,043

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.875%, 9/15/23 58,000 62,568

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.25%, 9/15/21 74,000 78,255

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 230,000 238,625

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Communication services cont.

Sprint Spectrum Co., LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II, LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 3.36%, 9/20/21 $180,000 $179,325

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 3/1/25 200,000 208,360

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 3/1/23 10,000 10,280

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/27 220,000 219,175

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 4/15/22 15,000 14,934

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 2/1/28 75,000 70,594

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 30,000 28,631

TCI Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 2/15/28 50,000 60,344

Telefonica Emisiones SAU company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.895%, 3/6/48 (Spain) 630,000 586,771

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.40%, 11/1/34 115,000 112,146

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.125%, 3/16/27 570,000 572,599

Videotron, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 7/15/22 (Canada) 45,000 46,125

Videotron, Ltd./Videotron Ltee. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/15/27 (Canada) 290,000 284,200

Vodafone Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/30/28 (United Kingdom) 260,000 256,159

Windstream Services, LLC/Windstream Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 9.00%, 6/30/25 37,000 28,583

11,675,844

Conglomerates (0.1%)

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.20%, 3/16/20 (Netherlands) 1,445,000 1,424,942

1,424,942

Consumer cyclicals (1.2%)

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 11/15/46 122,000 130,626

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 12/1/45 220,000 336,920

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 9/15/22 75,000 73,842

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 7/26/27 (Canada) 105,000 98,563

Amazon.com, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/22/27 440,000 421,589

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 5/15/27 65,000 62,238

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/26 70,000 67,025

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 2/15/22 2,000 2,015

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/15/25 15,000 14,363

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/26 25,000 25,063

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/23 45,000 45,844

Autonation, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 2/1/20 129,000 132,229

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 8/14/28 370,000 369,764

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 8/13/21 90,000 89,961

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 4/11/21 415,000 402,108

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/15/26 40,000 40,300

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 5/15/23 10,000 10,505

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 4/1/26 80,000 82,300

Boyne USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 7.25%, 5/1/25 35,000 37,013

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 7/1/22 (Canada) $22,000 $22,103

Carriage Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 6/1/26 80,000 81,600

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.90%, 1/15/27 211,000 188,784

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 1/15/45 177,000 167,195

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/26 16,000 15,681

CBS Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 11/1/24 160,000 153,757

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.875%, 6/1/23 79,000 77,716

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.625%, 3/15/20 22,000 22,110

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/22 54,000 54,945

Constellation Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 9/15/25 175,000 165,813

CRC Escrow Issuer, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 10/15/25 110,000 104,775

Delta Merger Sub., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 9/15/26 15,000 15,188

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. notes 7.75%, 9/1/23 75,000 76,875

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.75%, 9/1/24 15,000 14,606

Dollar General Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/23 85,000 82,987

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.70%, 11/1/26 375,000 347,129

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/1/27 25,000 23,947

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 8/1/23 10,000 10,525

Ford Motor Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.346%, 12/8/26 448,000 421,632

Gartner, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/1/25 50,000 50,346

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/6/26 512,000 481,104

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 7/13/25 37,000 35,988

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/25 30,000 29,020

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/25 75,000 76,125

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 130,000 132,016

Gray Television, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/26 35,000 34,694

Great Canadian Gaming Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 7/25/22 (Canada) CAD 20,000 15,858

Hanesbrands, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 5/15/24 $25,000 24,297

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/1/27 480,000 473,151

Home Depot, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 6/1/22 110,000 107,773

Howard Hughes Corp. (The) 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/15/25 175,000 173,250

Hyatt Hotels Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.85%, 3/15/26 130,000 134,138

iHeartCommunications, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 9.00%, 12/15/19 (In default) 13,000 9,783

IHS Markit, Ltd. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 8/1/28 (United Kingdom) 185,000 185,231

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty notes 4.75%, 2/15/25 (United Kingdom) 495,000 502,425

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 3/1/26 (United Kingdom) 20,000 19,200

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.65%, 10/1/28 960,000 961,435

Iron Mountain US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26  R 40,000 37,600

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 3/15/28  R 35,000 32,463

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 9/15/27  R $120,000 $110,100

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 10.25%, 11/15/22 120,000 132,024

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 150,000 155,250

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 144A notes 7.875%, 2/1/24 20,000 21,228

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/27 40,000 36,450

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/25 45,000 41,513

Lear Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 9/15/27 517,000 479,981

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 90,000 93,713

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/15/22 27,000 27,116

Lions Gate Capital Holdings, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 11/1/24 55,000 56,375

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/24 40,000 39,200

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 3/15/26 80,000 80,800

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/23 (Canada) 75,000 75,750

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 10/1/25 (Canada) 55,000 53,196

Meredith Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/26 120,000 123,000

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/1/20 30,000 31,538

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.625%, 2/1/19 10,000 10,150

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 12/15/21 30,000 31,688

Navistar International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 185,000 192,400

Neiman Marcus Group, LLC (The) company guaranty sr. notes 7.125%, 6/1/28 20,000 16,300

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.75%, 10/15/21 16,458 10,852

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 10/15/21 10,000 6,569

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 120,000 117,450

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL (The) 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/1/25 (Luxembourg) 55,000 53,900

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Nielsen Finance Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 4/15/22 155,000 151,125

Omnicom Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 4/15/26 195,000 185,204

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 3/15/25 95,000 95,950

Penn National Gaming, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 1/15/27 40,000 38,588

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 10/1/22 18,000 18,338

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 5/15/26 150,000 145,830

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 12/1/24 15,000 14,700

PetSmart, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 3/15/23 25,000 17,969

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 6/15/32 42,000 45,203

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 3/1/26 75,000 74,625

QVC, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 4.85%, 4/1/24 30,000 29,690

Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 5/15/26 95,000 95,351

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 6.125%, 8/15/21 105,000 104,738

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Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio D-23

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.40%, 2/15/26 $65,000 $66,680

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.95%, 1/22/27 210,000 194,547

Sabre GLBL, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.375%, 4/15/23 75,000 75,464

Scientific Games International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 12/1/22 245,000 259,394

Sinclair Television Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 150,000 146,813

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.00%, 7/15/24 22,000 22,825

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 8/1/27 510,000 489,600

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 4/15/27 100,000 99,000

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 7/31/24 100,000 97,500

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 7/15/25 10,000 10,100

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 12/15/24 10,000 10,200

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/24 45,000 44,944

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/15/27 435,000 409,444

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 1/15/28 5,000 4,619

SugarHouse HSP Gaming Prop. Mezz LP/SugarHouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.875%, 5/15/25 55,000 51,959

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/27 370,000 353,928

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.95%, 7/15/26 100,000 90,677

Townsquare Media, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/1/23 5,000 4,625

TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 6/15/24 40,000 39,700

Tribune Media Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/22 10,000 10,175

Univision Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.125%, 2/15/25 50,000 46,750

Viacom, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/1/21 50,000 50,864

Walt Disney Co. (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.75%, 8/16/21 20,000 19,769

Weekley Homes, LLC/Weekley Finance Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 2/1/23 29,000 28,058

Werner FinCo LP/Werner FinCo, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 7/15/25 130,000 125,450

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 35,000 35,000

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 25,000 24,813

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/26 35,000 34,344

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.75%, 4/1/27 22,000 20,735

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 65,000 64,350

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.25%, 5/15/27 160,000 148,600

14,100,314

Consumer staples (0.7%)

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 (Canada) 90,000 86,175

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.625%, 1/15/22 (Canada) 10,000 10,013

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.25%, 5/15/24 (Canada) 105,000 99,488

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 8/6/19 3,000 3,160

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/31/24 274,000 276,983

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer staples cont.

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 1/14/20 $665,000 $661,196

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.90%, 2/1/46 838,000 847,487

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.65%, 2/1/26 790,000 767,640

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 2/1/21 566,000 557,782

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 7/15/22 65,000 62,760

Ascend Learning, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 8/1/25 95,000 95,950

Ashtead Capital, Inc. 144A notes 4.375%, 8/15/27 785,000 745,750

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 7/15/25 140,000 143,903

CEC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 2/15/22 95,000 85,975

Coca-Cola Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.25%, 9/1/26 60,000 54,471

CVS Pass-Through Trust sr. notes 6.036%, 12/10/28 12,477 13,234

CVS Pass-Through Trust 144A sr. mtge. notes 4.704%, 1/10/36 30,261 29,793

Dean Foods Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 3/15/23 85,000 79,794

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/45 105,000 98,808

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 10/15/37 55,000 68,879

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/42 63,000 68,876

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.85%, 11/15/24 94,000 93,272

Fresh Market, Inc. (The) 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.75%, 5/1/23 45,000 33,525

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.75%, 10/1/25 115,000 120,552

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/15/24 125,000 126,798

Itron, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 1/15/26 115,000 110,400

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 80,000 79,700

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 6/1/24 35,000 34,716

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 6/1/27 35,000 33,644

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.375%, 6/1/46 195,000 172,224

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.82%), 3.161%, 8/10/22 420,000 422,125

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/1/26 384,000 376,320

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/1/24 10,000 9,775

Maple Escrow Subsidiary, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.597%, 5/25/28 834,000 837,272

Match Group, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 12/15/27 75,000 74,633

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 4/15/28 65,000 61,100

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.875%, 11/15/28 65,000 64,756

Newell Brands, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 4/1/26 265,000 252,044

PepsiCo, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 10/6/46 45,000 40,577

Rite Aid Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 4/1/23 130,000 116,513

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/26 25,000 23,724

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.30%, 11/18/21 75,000 74,529

8,016,316

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Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio D-25

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy (1.5%)

Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 12/15/24 $200,000 $190,000

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 6/1/23 40,000 40,950

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 11/1/21 38,000 38,486

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.125%, 12/1/22 38,000 38,589

Apache Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/22 41,000 40,359

Apergy Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/1/26 125,000 128,438

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 4/1/22 40,000 45,000

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 11/1/26 35,000 34,869

Baytex Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 45,000 42,975

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.119%, 5/4/26 (United Kingdom) 100,000 95,183

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.279%, 9/19/27 (United Kingdom) 410,000 392,189

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.315%, 2/13/20 (United Kingdom) 70,000 69,378

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.366%, 9/19/19 (United Kingdom) 210,000 207,820

California Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/20 35,000 33,425

California Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 12/15/22 37,000 35,335

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.875%, 3/31/25 310,000 325,887

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.125%, 6/30/27 100,000 100,375

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 6/15/27 20,000 20,400

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 1/15/25 230,000 237,188

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/15/23 10,000 9,738

Chevron Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.561%, 5/16/19 470,000 467,066

Comstock Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 8/15/26 105,000 104,769

Concho Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 10/1/27 444,000 423,797

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.90%, 6/1/44 95,000 93,809

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.80%, 6/1/24 45,000 44,130

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 9/15/22 8,000 8,116

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 4/15/23 25,000 25,440

Covey Park Energy, LLC/Covey Park Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 5/15/25 110,000 111,513

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/15/25 75,000 73,125

DCP Midstream Operating LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 7/15/25 40,000 40,750

DCP Midstream Operating LP 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.75%, 9/15/37 55,000 58,850

Denbury Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 8/15/21 25,000 24,375

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.00%, 5/15/21 84,000 90,825

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A notes 7.50%, 2/15/24 40,000 41,200

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/31/25 85,000 86,700

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/1/24 20,000 20,025

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/30/28 115,000 115,000

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/30/26 45,000 45,000

Energy Transfer Partners LP jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. B, 6.625%, perpetual maturity 575,000 550,563

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Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio D-26

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy cont.

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 12/15/45 $35,000 $37,333

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 2/1/42 35,000 38,657

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.20%, 2/1/22 30,000 31,158

Ensco PLC sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 2/1/26 (United Kingdom) 55,000 54,588

EOG Resources, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 3/15/23 340,000 327,636

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.375%, 5/1/20 58,000 57,058

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.375%, 5/1/24 66,000 54,450

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 2/15/25 40,000 30,600

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 8.00%, 11/29/24 105,000 105,788

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.75%, 5/15/26 80,000 81,900

EQT Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.90%, 10/1/27 320,000 299,844

Equinor ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.10%, 8/17/40 (Norway) 30,000 33,950

Exxon Mobil Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.222%, 3/1/21 1,250,000 1,225,162

Hess Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.30%, 8/15/31 25,000 28,875

Hess Infrastructure Partners LP/Hess Infrastructure Partners Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 2/15/26 165,000 166,650

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/24 110,000 112,475

Indigo Natural Resources, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/26 130,000 125,775

Jagged Peak Energy, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/1/26 105,000 104,475

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 3/31/24 (Canada) 10,000 9,125

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 1/30/23 (Canada) 15,000 13,650

MEG Energy Corp. 144A notes 6.50%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 75,000 74,250

Motiva Enterprises, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 1/15/20 30,000 30,702

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/1/25 120,000 115,040

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/23 15,000 14,735

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/30/22 20,000 20,875

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/1/26 140,000 145,075

Noble Holding International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 1/15/24 45,000 44,663

Noble Holding International, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 2/1/26 30,000 31,125

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 1/15/23 10,000 10,225

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/22 119,000 121,080

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 5/1/26 80,000 81,400

Occidental Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.40%, 4/15/46 270,000 274,647

Pertamina Persero PT 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 5/20/23 (Indonesia) 200,000 198,411

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.375%, 1/17/27 (Brazil) 1,111,000 1,125,054

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.25%, 3/17/44 (Brazil) 210,000 199,500

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 3/17/24 (Brazil) 1,291,000 1,295,841

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 1/17/22 (Brazil) 155,000 160,038

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.999%, 1/27/28 (Brazil) 133,000 122,194

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Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio D-27

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy cont.

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.299%, 1/27/25 (Brazil) $42,000 $39,060

Petroleos de Venezuela SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/12/27 (Venezuela) (In default) 11,000 2,382

Petroleos de Venezuela SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 11/15/26 (Venezuela) (In default) 115,000 24,725

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/13/27 (Mexico) 1,581,000 1,612,211

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 1/21/21 (Mexico) 220,000 227,113

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 1/23/26 (Mexico) 394,000 368,390

Precision Drilling Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 65,000 66,788

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 3/15/23 25,000 24,500

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/1/21 60,000 61,725

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23 8,000 8,109

Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 11/15/23 10,000 9,725

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. bonds 4.20%, 3/15/28 235,000 227,967

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.75%, 5/15/24 100,000 107,347

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 83,000 85,257

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 9/15/24 115,000 117,300

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 12/15/21 25,000 25,350

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/30/25 (Canada) 55,000 52,938

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 6.75%, 5/1/23 (Canada) 30,000 31,013

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. escrow sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 7/15/22  F 20,000 2

Seventy Seven Operating, LLC escrow company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 11/15/19  F 14,000 1

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 5/10/26 (Netherlands) 385,000 365,646

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.125%, 5/11/20 (Netherlands) 40,000 39,446

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 35,000 36,181

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/24 15,000 14,606

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 9/15/26 30,000 31,163

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 11/15/22 30,000 30,900

Spectra Energy Partners LP sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 10/15/26 175,000 164,780

Statoil ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.90%, 11/8/20 (Norway) 252,000 250,577

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 1/15/28 60,000 60,525

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 2/1/27 20,000 20,000

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 1/15/28 330,000 320,925

Total Capital International SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/19/21 (France) 245,000 242,449

Transcanada Trust company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.30%, 3/15/77 (Canada) 300,000 285,375

Transocean Pontus, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.125%, 8/1/25 (Cayman Islands) 40,000 40,600

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy cont.

Trinidad Drilling, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 2/15/25 (Canada) $150,000 $148,500

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 4/1/26 75,000 77,438

Vermilion Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/25 (Canada) 50,000 49,688

Weatherford International, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.875%, 3/1/25 35,000 33,775

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.875%, 2/15/24 115,000 112,700

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.25%, 6/15/23 15,000 14,175

Whiting Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/26 70,000 72,800

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.75%, 3/15/32 85,000 113,259

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.30%, 3/4/24 285,000 286,643

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.60%, 3/15/22 165,000 163,926

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 65,000 73,775

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 6/1/26 65,000 65,813

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.00%, 1/15/22 17,000 17,616

17,780,825

Financials (4.0%)

AIG Global Funding 144A sr. notes 2.15%, 7/2/20 225,000 220,648

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 3/1/21 170,000 166,056

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.625%, 10/1/28 610,000 601,180

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 4/1/27 270,000 249,332

Alliance Data Systems Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/1/22 20,000 20,150

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 20,000 20,700

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 11/1/31 559,000 677,089

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.00%, 3/15/20 7,000 7,420

Ally Financial, Inc. sub. unsec. notes 5.75%, 11/20/25 220,000 227,150

Ally Financial, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 12/31/18 7,000 7,070

American Express Co. sr. unsec. bonds 8.125%, 5/20/19 379,000 391,711

American International Group, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB 8.175%, 5/15/58 99,000 124,245

ANZ New Zealand Int’l, Ltd./London 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.875%, 1/25/22 (United Kingdom) 415,000 402,894

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. sr. unsec. notes Ser. MTN, 2.125%, 8/19/20 (Australia) 365,000 357,869

Banco Santander SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.379%, 4/12/28 (Spain) 600,000 569,159

Banco Santander SA unsec. sub. notes 5.179%, 11/19/25 (Spain) 200,000 200,737

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. AA, 6.10%, perpetual maturity 81,000 84,848

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. Z, 6.50%, perpetual maturity 10,000 10,795

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN, 3.248%, 10/21/27 942,000 873,741

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB Ser. MTN, 3.824%, 1/20/28 440,000 428,173

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. FRN 3.004%, 12/20/23 596,000 578,379

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 2.151%, 11/9/20 110,000 107,644

Bank of America Corp. unsec. sub. notes 6.11%, 1/29/37 305,000 351,472

Bank of Montreal sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. D, 3.10%, 4/13/21 (Canada) 290,000 288,842

Bank of Montreal unsec. sub. FRN 3.803%, 12/15/32 (Canada) 50,000 46,717

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.70%, 3/7/22 (Canada) 500,000 487,492

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Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.35%, 10/21/20 (Canada) $140,000 $137,536

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.45%, 3/22/21 (Canada) 250,000 244,807

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.20%, 7/20/20 (France) 470,000 459,076

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 5/15/43 26,000 26,124

BGC Partners, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 5/27/21 105,000 107,471

BPCE SA 144A unsec. sub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25 (France) 535,000 523,227

Camden Property Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 6/15/23  R 45,000 47,098

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. bonds 7.875%, 10/15/19 55,000 57,113

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/17/22 85,000 90,029

Capital One Financial Corp. unsec. sub. notes 4.20%, 10/29/25 35,000 34,202

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 3/15/25 38,000 39,490

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/1/26 57,000 58,126

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 210,000 213,938

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 3/7/25 205,000 209,100

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 8/15/22 12,000 12,240

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. FRB 3.668%, 7/24/28 385,000 364,970

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.65%, 10/26/20 335,000 330,645

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.887%, 1/10/28 830,000 805,797

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 5/18/46 482,000 470,156

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. bonds 4.45%, 9/29/27 235,000 232,285

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 3/9/26 45,000 45,298

Citizens Bank NA/Providence RI sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 3/2/20 705,000 695,516

CNG Holdings, Inc. 144A sr. notes 9.375%, 5/15/20 90,000 88,200

CNO Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 5/30/25 65,000 66,463

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 9/19/27 (Australia) 390,000 364,469

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 3/10/20 (Australia) 660,000 651,554

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A unsec. notes 2.20%, 11/9/20 (Australia) 647,000 629,899

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN, 5.25%, 5/24/41 (Netherlands) 255,000 286,296

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.375%, 3/15/23 50,000 52,375

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 2/15/21 23,000 23,201

Credit Suisse Group AG 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.282%, 1/9/28 (Switzerland) 465,000 452,251

Danske Bank A/S 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.70%, 3/2/22 (Denmark) 430,000 412,187

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.45%, 7/15/28  R 440,000 439,638

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 10/1/20  R 240,000 240,228

DnB Bank ASA 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.125%, 10/2/20 (Norway) 200,000 194,782

Dresdner Funding Trust I 144A jr. unsec. sub. notes 8.151%, 6/30/31 105,000 129,544

ESH Hospitality, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 5/1/25  R 35,000 33,863

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.85%, 4/17/28 (Canada) 820,000 808,437

Fairfax US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 8/13/24 35,000 35,496

Fifth Third Bancorp jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.10%, perpetual maturity 26,000 25,480

Five Corners Funding Trust 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.419%, 11/15/23 305,000 312,420

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 4/15/25 70,000 67,900

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 11/15/24 80,000 77,600

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.373%, 11/15/25 (Ireland) 418,000 397,924

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GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.342%, 11/15/20 (Ireland) $615,000 $599,546

goeasy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 11/1/22 (Canada) 50,000 52,063

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. FRB 4.223%, 5/1/29 1,015,000 1,000,138

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 1/26/27 1,425,000 1,382,521

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 12/27/20 1,176,000 1,157,119

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.55%, 10/23/19 180,000 179,187

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.30%, 12/13/19 381,000 377,657

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) unsec. sub. notes 6.75%, 10/1/37 46,000 55,257

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 4/15/22 40,000 41,833

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. notes 4.375%, 2/15/30  R 360,000 330,094

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25  R 10,000 9,738

HUB International, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 5/1/26 100,000 100,131

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. unsec. notes 4.35%, 2/4/23 285,000 285,903

Huntington National Bank (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.375%, 3/10/20 250,000 247,406

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 2/1/24 35,000 35,831

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 2/1/22 95,000 97,375

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/20 10,000 10,182

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 2/1/22 14,000 14,175

ING Bank NV 144A unsec. sub. notes 5.80%, 9/25/23 (Netherlands) 219,000 230,582

International Lease Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 8/15/22 14,000 14,823

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 4/1/22  R 25,000 25,188

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 9/15/22  R 30,000 29,550

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. bonds 6.10%, perpetual maturity 40,000 41,400

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. Z, 5.30%, perpetual maturity 188,000 192,230

JPMorgan Chase & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.964%, 11/15/48 1,810,000 1,653,274

JPMorgan Chase & Co. unsec. sub. bonds 3.625%, 12/1/27 815,000 768,636

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA sr. unsec. FRN Ser. BKNT, 3.086%, 4/26/21 510,000 508,564

KeyCorp sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 1.86%, 12/13/18 435,000 435,006

KKR Group Finance Co. III, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.125%, 6/1/44 40,000 39,715

KKR Group Finance Co., LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 9/29/20 100,000 105,299

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. bonds 7.80%, 3/15/37 79,000 92,430

LPL Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 9/15/25 90,000 87,863

Macquarie Bank, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.85%, 7/29/20 (Australia) 80,000 79,111

Macquarie Group Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 8/13/19 (Australia) 385,000 399,437

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.05%, 8/17/20 830,000 812,564

MetLife, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 2/8/21 101,000 104,189

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 144A notes 1.55%, 9/13/19 150,000 148,137

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 144A sr. notes 1.75%, 9/19/19 175,000 173,143

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/24  R 15,000 15,375

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 1/15/28  R 25,000 22,878

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Mid-America Apartments LP sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 10/15/23  R $85,000 $85,960

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.535%, 7/26/21 (Japan) 490,000 489,358

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 1/22/47 320,000 310,973

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 1/20/27 934,000 896,895

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 1/27/20 375,000 372,597

National Australia Bank, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.69%), 3.017%, 12/9/19 (Australia) 255,000 256,585

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes 2.80%, 1/10/22 (Australia) 250,000 243,796

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes Ser. MTN, 2.125%, 5/22/20 (Australia) 680,000 668,483

National Australia Bank, Ltd./New York sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 1/12/21 (Australia) 605,000 591,939

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/1/21 65,000 65,078

Neuberger Berman Group, LLC/Neuberger Berman Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/45 55,000 51,352

Nordea Bank AB 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 9/17/20 (Finland) 450,000 443,081

Nordea Bank AB 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 5/27/21 (Finland) 210,000 203,126

Peachtree Corners Funding Trust 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.976%, 2/15/25 140,000 135,974

PNC Bank NA sr. unsec. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.00%, 5/19/20 250,000 245,540

Protective Life Global Funding 144A notes 2.262%, 4/8/20 210,000 206,788

Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 6/15/25 75,000 75,000

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.625%, 6/15/43 70,000 72,975

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.20%, 3/15/44 26,000 25,968

Regions Financial Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 8/14/22 225,000 216,505

Royal Bank of Canada sr. unsec. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.125%, 3/2/20 (Canada) 1,035,000 1,024,155

Royal Bank of Canada unsec. sub. notes Ser. GMTN, 4.65%, 1/27/26 (Canada) 85,000 86,936

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 4.892%, 5/18/29 (United Kingdom) 345,000 341,143

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.80%, 4/5/26 (United Kingdom) 200,000 200,115

Santander UK PLC 144A unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 11/7/23 (United Kingdom) 200,000 201,336

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB sr. unsec. notes 2.625%, 3/15/21 (Sweden) 361,000 353,943

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB sr. unsec. notes 2.30%, 3/11/20 (Sweden) 1,570,000 1,546,909

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 11/17/20 (Sweden) 200,000 196,310

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 3/15/26 40,000 39,800

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/25 70,000 69,825

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 5/15/22 115,000 118,594

Springleaf Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 12/15/19 20,000 20,275

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 3/15/25  R 80,000 76,609

Svenska Handelsbanken AB company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.95%, 9/8/20 (Sweden) 555,000 540,334

Swiss Re Treasury US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.25%, 12/6/42 70,000 68,125

TMX Finance, LLC/TitleMax Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 11.125%, 4/1/23 85,000 85,000

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) unsec. sub. FRB 3.625%, 9/15/31 (Canada) 277,000 260,333

Travelport Corporate Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%, 3/15/26 (United Kingdom) 85,000 86,332

UBS AG/London 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.20%, 6/8/20 (United Kingdom) 815,000 800,251

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UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.253%, 3/23/28 (Switzerland) $201,000 $199,168

UBS Group Funding (Switzerland) AG 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 2/1/22 (Switzerland) 345,000 333,494

USIS Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 5/1/25 60,000 59,850

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.60%, 2/6/24  R 70,000 70,232

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/26  R 55,000 55,550

VTB Bank OJSC Via VTB Capital SA 144A unsec. sub. bonds 6.95%, 10/17/22 (Russia) 200,000 195,000

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.125%, 7/15/26 25,000 26,188

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 7/15/23 75,000 78,469

Wells Fargo & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. U, 5.875%, perpetual maturity 80,000 84,000

Wells Fargo & Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.60%, 7/22/20 660,000 653,453

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/19/19 (Australia) 45,000 45,933

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.15%, 3/6/20 (Australia) 1,490,000 1,470,914

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 8/19/21 (Australia) 165,000 158,346

WeWork Cos, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 5/1/25 150,000 145,370

WP Carey, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 4/1/24  R 25,000 25,206

45,826,985

Health care (1.2%)

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.60%, 5/14/25 209,000 202,285

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 5/14/20 155,000 153,263

Air Medical Merger Sub Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/23 55,000 49,500

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 3/15/22 (Luxembourg) 41,000 40,725

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.80%, 3/15/25 (Luxembourg) 270,000 264,396

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.663%, 6/15/51 263,000 260,190

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 10/1/20 80,000 80,395

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 8/19/26 399,000 361,199

ASP AMC Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/25 75,000 57,000

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.45%, 9/15/37 (United Kingdom) 46,000 57,657

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.95%, 9/18/19 (United Kingdom) 257,000 254,694

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 11/1/25 20,000 20,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 4/1/26 80,000 86,300

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.00%, 12/15/25 60,000 64,575

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 4/15/25 260,000 247,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/23 35,000 34,125

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 7.00%, 3/15/24 65,000 68,673

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/15/22 20,000 20,800

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 1/31/27 80,000 84,000

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.669%, 6/6/47 424,000 419,364

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/6/27 362,000 346,157

Biogen, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.625%, 9/15/22 125,000 125,300

BioScrip, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.875%, 2/15/21 105,000 99,488

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 2/15/24 30,000 31,500

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/22 25,000 25,281

Centene Escrow I Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26 40,000 40,954

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CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 3/31/23 $205,000 $194,689

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/22 112,000 62,754

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 8.125%, 6/30/24 92,000 76,487

Cigna Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/21 60,000 61,225

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 12/1/22 106,000 109,790

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.05%, 3/25/48 475,000 485,850

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.78%, 3/25/38 1,425,000 1,418,173

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 12/5/18 135,000 134,903

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.90%, 8/28/28 652,000 661,976

Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/15/23 170,000 150,025

Halfmoon Parent, Inc. 144A sr. unsub. notes 3.75%, 7/15/23 581,000 579,223

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. bonds 5.25%, 6/15/26 30,000 30,863

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.50%, 2/15/20 47,000 48,880

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 4.75%, 5/1/23 160,000 162,800

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.50%, 6/15/47 310,000 314,262

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 2/15/22 4,000 4,380

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 8/1/23 20,000 20,150

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 12.50%, 11/1/21 30,000 33,009

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 (Luxembourg) 15,000 12,656

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 2/10/45 270,000 257,112

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.85%, 2/10/20 216,000 213,039

Molina Healthcare, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/22 15,000 15,244

Molina Healthcare, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 6/15/25 15,000 14,738

Novartis Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.00%, 11/20/45 445,000 447,011

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/27  R 135,000 129,431

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.95%, 4/1/24  R 50,000 50,701

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc./Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 5/15/22 33,000 32,241

Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 12/15/26 210,000 201,611

Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.70%, 12/15/19 470,000 463,672

Roche Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.00%, 11/28/44 (Switzerland) 370,000 362,940

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 1/15/22 14,000 14,175

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/27 320,000 307,139

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/15/24 58,000 58,954

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.20%, 9/23/26 (Ireland) 215,000 198,455

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 9/23/23 (Ireland) 175,000 166,659

Sotera Health Holdings, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/23 15,000 15,450

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 6.00%, 10/1/20 57,000 58,872

Tenet Healthcare Corp. sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 4/1/22 40,000 42,152

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 3/1/28 (Netherlands) 200,000 210,973

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Health care cont.

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 4/15/47 $285,000 $285,987

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 2/15/21 75,000 77,209

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.95%, 10/15/42 75,000 71,477

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 6/15/28 785,000 786,931

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 6/15/21 455,000 453,872

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 2/15/23 75,000 72,680

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 4/1/25 30,000 30,488

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/15/26 35,000 35,613

Zoetis, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/20/28 290,000 287,014

13,418,756

Technology (1.0%)

Alphabet, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 1.998%, 8/15/26 250,000 225,291

Analog Devices, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.85%, 3/12/20 395,000 392,519

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.25%, 2/9/47 540,000 551,049

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 5/6/24 45,000 44,977

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.85%, 5/6/21 460,000 457,704

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.10%, 5/6/19 910,000 907,734

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/13/45 184,000 191,313

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 5/4/43 93,000 89,164

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 5/6/20 384,000 378,633

Avaya, Inc. 144A escrow notes 7.00%, 4/1/19 48,000 —

Banff Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 9/1/26 150,000 152,175

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.875%, 1/15/27 288,000 271,135

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.50%, 1/15/28 475,000 431,609

Cisco Systems, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 9/20/26 205,000 189,600

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 215,000 230,631

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. bonds 8.35%, 7/15/46 47,000 58,503

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.45%, 6/15/23 259,000 272,374

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 10,000 10,300

Energizer Gamma Acquisition, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 7/15/26 30,000 31,013

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes Ser. 10Y, 4.25%, 5/15/28 215,000 215,426

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 14,000 14,741

First Data Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 12/1/23 55,000 57,269

First Data Corp. 144A notes 5.75%, 1/15/24 225,000 228,656

First Data Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.375%, 8/15/23 20,000 20,305

Fiserv, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.20%, 10/1/28 445,000 445,934

IBM Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.875%, 8/1/22 105,000 99,186

Inception Merger Sub, Inc./Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.625%, 11/15/24 150,000 145,890

Infor Software Parent, LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 5/1/21 ‡‡ 160,000 161,398

Infor US, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/22 70,000 70,949

Infor US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.75%, 8/15/20 9,000 9,124

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Technology cont.

Legrand France SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.50%, 2/15/25 (France) $25,000 $30,567

Microchip Technology, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.333%, 6/1/23 540,000 534,884

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.30%, 2/6/27 395,000 387,426

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.40%, 8/8/26 205,000 189,021

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.30%, 2/8/41 30,000 35,341

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/1/19 45,000 45,492

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.40%, 2/6/22 337,000 329,196

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.55%, 8/8/21 620,000 595,092

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 11/15/27 118,000 113,426

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 7/15/26 147,000 136,435

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 10/15/22 100,000 97,001

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 10/8/19 1,107,000 1,101,467

Plantronics, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 5/31/23 110,000 109,450

Qorvo, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 7/15/26 35,000 35,613

Salesforce.com, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 4/11/28 480,000 475,893

Solera, LLC /Solera Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 3/1/24 165,000 180,263

Tempo Acquisition, LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 6/1/25 90,000 87,525

TTM Technologies, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/25 135,000 135,338

VMware, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/21/27 75,000 70,956

Western Digital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/15/26 495,000 478,702

11,523,690

Transportation (0.1%)

CSX Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.10%, 3/15/44 70,000 66,084

Delta Air Lines, Inc. sr. notes Ser. A, 7.75%, 12/17/19 14,594 15,245

FedEx Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 8/1/22 10,000 9,685

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.40%, 11/15/26 696,000 647,864

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 2/1/24 210,000 206,621

United Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Trust pass-through certificates Ser. 14-2, Class A, 3.75%, 9/3/26 41,467 41,028

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 4/1/23 103,000 105,060

1,091,587

Utilities and power (0.5%)

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 125,000 128,125

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 5/15/23 4,000 4,025

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 3/15/23 35,000 35,088

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.125%, 9/1/27 110,000 111,100

American Transmission Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/44 155,000 165,155

Appalachian Power Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 3/30/21 40,000 41,031

Arizona Public Services Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/42 15,000 15,429

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. sr. unsec. bonds 3.80%, 7/15/48 100,000 90,331

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 4/1/36 231,000 279,643

Calpine Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/25 25,000 22,125

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 35,000 32,419

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24 3,000 3,015

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 12/1/18 86,000 86,641

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 3/15/42 45,000 44,072

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (12.5%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Utilities and power cont.

Consolidated Edison, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. A, 2.00%, 3/15/20 $325,000 $319,265

Duke Energy Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/15/27 305,000 283,656

Dynegy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.625%, 11/1/24 181,000 194,801

Dynegy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 1/30/26 35,000 38,544

El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.375%, 6/15/32 35,000 44,064

Emera US Finance LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 6/15/26 80,000 75,348

Enbridge, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 12/1/26 (Canada) 215,000 216,364

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24 515,000 542,038

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.50%, 6/1/27 30,000 31,134

Enterprise Products Operating, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 2/15/48 510,000 480,093

FirstEnergy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. B, 3.90%, 7/15/27 34,000 33,074

FirstEnergy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. C, 4.85%, 7/15/47 56,000 56,967

FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 7/15/44 540,000 589,462

GenOn Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.875%, 10/15/20 (In default) 8,000 5,400

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. sr. sub. notes 3.70%, 9/1/24 110,000 106,693

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.40%, 9/1/44 48,000 49,275

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.50%, 3/1/21 75,000 74,890

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.45%, 2/15/23 60,000 58,841

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 1/15/23 390,000 379,400

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 6/1/25 267,000 269,225

MidAmerican Funding, LLC sr. bonds 6.927%, 3/1/29 45,000 54,975

Nevada Power Co. mtge. notes 7.125%, 3/15/19 20,000 20,382

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 4.80%, 12/1/77 180,000 168,750

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 5/15/26 40,000 43,400

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 125,000 131,250

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/15/28 30,000 30,300

NSTAR Electric Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.375%, 10/15/22 (Canada) 60,000 57,590

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 5.30%, 6/1/42 20,000 23,065

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 4.10%, 6/1/22 25,000 25,543

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 3.75%, 4/1/45 105,000 99,282

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/15/22 90,000 91,330

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 6/1/23 10,000 9,823

Public Service Electric & Gas Co. sr. notes Ser. MTN, 5.50%, 3/1/40 15,000 17,606

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc. escrow company guaranty sr. notes 11.50%, 10/1/20 7,000 53

Toledo Edison Co. (The) sr. mtge. bonds 7.25%, 5/1/20 5,000 5,272

Vistra Operations Co., LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 9/1/26 110,000 111,238

5,796,592

Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $147,526,395) $144,247,699

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U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (10.9%)* Principal amount Value

U.S. Government Guaranteed Mortgage Obligations (2.6%)

Government National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

4.507%, 3/20/67 $95,403 $99,815

4.32%, 5/20/67 103,772 107,664

3.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 10,000,000 9,940,625

3.50%, with due dates from 7/20/47 to 11/20/47 20,320,807 20,231,213

30,379,317

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage Obligations (8.3%)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Pass-Through Certificates

4.00%, 5/1/48 4,777,677 4,826,947

3.00%, 2/1/47 1,785,317 1,710,209

Federal National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

6.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 5,000,000 5,405,078

5.00%, 3/1/39 16,552 17,559

4.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 1,000,000 1,031,563

4.00%, 1/1/57 692,254 701,204

4.00%, TBA, 11/1/48 14,000,000 14,117,032

4.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 17,000,000 17,164,688

4.00%, with due dates from 8/1/47 to 5/1/48 5,476,145 5,534,120

3.50%, with due dates from 12/1/47 to 1/1/48 14,208,765 13,993,968

3.00%, with due dates from 12/1/31 to 3/1/47 23,354,884 22,549,947

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/33 8,000,000 7,901,875

94,954,190

Total U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations (cost $127,461,131) $125,333,507

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.6%)* Principal amount Value

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations (0.4%)

Bellemeade Re, Ltd. 144A FRB Ser. 18-2A, Class M1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 8/25/28 (Bermuda) $290,000 $291,631

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 14-HQ3, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.75%), 6.966%, 10/25/24 232,476 257,799

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 15-DNA3, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.85%), 5.066%, 4/25/28 603,736 624,777

IFB Ser. 3829, Class AS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.95%), 4.792%, 3/15/41 691,059 111,599

Ser. 4546, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 12/15/45 513,033 114,230

Ser. 4193, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 3/15/43 140,630 20,264

Ser. 4096, Class MI, IO, 4.00%, 1/15/42 589,351 106,289

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes FRB Ser. 16-DNA1, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.55%), 7.766%, 7/25/28 250,000 302,557

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 6.00%), 8.216%, 9/25/28 240,000 281,902

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.90%), 7.116%, 11/25/24 471,800 539,953

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C02, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.00%), 6.216%, 5/25/25 227,014 244,772

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.90%), 5.116%, 7/25/24 230,442 245,525

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.6%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations cont.

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.60%), 4.816%, 5/25/24 $258,000 $274,592

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C05, Class 2M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 1/25/29 18,760 18,811

Ser. 13-23, Class PI, IO, 3.00%, 10/25/41 194,890 10,890

Government National Mortgage Association

Ser. 11-135, Class DI, IO, 5.00%, 4/16/40 972,220 233,001

Ser. 10-9, Class UI, IO, 5.00%, 1/20/40 45,658 10,332

Ser. 17-139, Class NI, IO, 4.50%, 9/20/47 1,354,560 308,162

Ser. 17-123, Class JI, IO, 4.00%, 8/20/46 1,158,204 191,967

Ser. 14-116, Class IL, IO, 4.00%, 8/20/44 1,232,777 217,215

IFB Ser. 13-99, Class AS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.05%), 3.885%, 6/20/43 735,903 129,540

Ser. 16-123, Class LI, IO, 3.50%, 3/20/44 2,206,196 276,988

Ser. 15-124, Class NI, IO, 3.50%, 6/20/39 383,020 31,254

Ser. 15-124, Class DI, IO, 3.50%, 1/20/38 344,104 37,783

Ser. 16-H16, Class EI, IO, 2.206%, 6/20/66  W 1,204,910 134,829

Ser. 15-H25, Class BI, IO, 1.539%, 10/20/65  W 1,015,410 91,692

5,108,354

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (1.4%)

CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D, 5.947%, 12/15/47  W 243,000 249,075

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 14-GC21, Class XA, IO, 1.357%, 5/10/47  W 2,583,345 133,246

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 13-GC11, Class D, 4.567%, 4/10/46  W 302,000 296,479

FRB Ser. 12-GC8, Class XA, IO, 1.966%, 9/10/45  W 1,825,245 97,862

FRB Ser. 06-C5, Class XC, IO, zero %, 10/15/49  W 394,336 4

COMM Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates FRB Ser. 14-CR14, Class XA, IO, 0.874%, 2/10/47  W 6,582,868 161,741

COMM Mortgage Trust

Ser. 13-CR11, Class AM, 4.715%, 8/10/50  W 160,000 165,443

Ser. 13-CR13, Class AM, 4.449%, 11/10/46  W 229,000 236,322

Ser. 12-CR2, Class AM, 3.791%, 8/15/45 179,000 181,645

Ser. 13-LC6, Class AM, 3.282%, 1/10/46 328,000 323,146

FRB Ser. 13-LC13, Class XA, IO, 1.384%, 8/10/46  W 2,943,382 119,207

FRB Ser. 14-CR19, Class XA, IO, 1.344%, 8/10/47  W 5,634,670 228,885

FRB Ser. 14-UBS4, Class XA, IO, 1.337%, 8/10/47  W 2,090,030 99,285

FRB Ser. 14-CR16, Class XA, IO, 1.302%, 4/10/47  W 285,997 11,211

FRB Ser. 13-CR11, Class XA, IO, 1.272%, 8/10/50  W 3,302,997 132,701

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class XA, IO, 1.241%, 5/10/47  W 1,206,955 47,525

FRB Ser. 14-UBS6, Class XA, IO, 1.111%, 12/10/47  W 1,296,449 52,531

FRB Ser. 14-LC17, Class XA, IO, 1.072%, 10/10/47  W 1,471,961 43,620

COMM Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.308%, 7/10/46  W 215,000 219,031

FRB Ser. 12-LC4, Class D, 5.777%, 12/10/44  W 109,000 101,487

FRB Ser. 13-CR9, Class D, 4.399%, 7/10/45  W 168,000 143,808

FRB Ser. 12-LC4, Class XA, IO, 2.38%, 12/10/44  W 472,953 26,924

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 15-C1, Class C, 4.44%, 4/15/50  W 543,000 538,950

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.6%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

DBUBS Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-LC3A, Class D, 5.516%, 8/10/44  W $851,000 $876,579

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 14-GC18, Class C, 5.108%, 1/10/47  W 193,000 191,070

FRB Ser. 14-GC22, Class C, 4.846%, 6/10/47  W 575,000 571,882

FRB Ser. 14-GC22, Class XA, IO, 1.147%, 6/10/47  W 935,788 36,683

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.197%, 8/10/43  W 750,000 755,972

FRB Ser. 11-GC3, Class C, 5.825%, 3/10/44  W 186,000 193,173

Ser. 11-GC5, Class AS, 5.209%, 8/10/44  W 265,000 276,067

FRB Ser. 13-GC13, Class AS, 4.218%, 7/10/46  W 234,000 240,179

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 144A FRB Ser. 12-C8, Class C, 4.758%, 10/15/45  W 300,000 302,650

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

Ser. 13-C15, Class B, 4.927%, 11/15/45  W 172,000 179,464

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class C, 4.71%, 9/15/47  W 378,000 366,164

FRB Ser. 14-C19, Class XA, IO, 1.278%, 4/15/47  W 1,834,467 34,235

FRB Ser. 14-C25, Class XA, IO, 1.097%, 11/15/47  W 1,437,435 56,023

FRB Ser. 13-C17, Class XA, IO, 0.963%, 1/15/47  W 1,309,038 47,518

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 13-LC11, Class C, 3.958%, 4/15/46  W 239,000 233,760

Ser. 13-C10, Class AS, 3.372%, 12/15/47 55,000 53,318

Ser. 13-LC11, Class AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46 215,000 210,084

FRB Ser. 13-LC11, Class XA, IO, 1.413%, 4/15/46  W 1,225,185 65,057

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 144A FRB Ser. 12-C6, Class E, 5.312%, 5/15/45  W 200,000 176,744

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 06-C6, Class XCL, IO, 0.771%, 9/15/39  W 346,850 5,247

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 15-3, Class B, 3.217%, 4/20/48  W 259,000 237,521

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class C, 4.614%, 8/15/47  W 448,000 434,110

Ser. 14-C18, Class C, 4.489%, 10/15/47  W 221,000 217,594

FRB Ser. 13-C7, Class C, 4.255%, 2/15/46  W 267,000 262,846

Ser. 12-C5, Class AS, 3.792%, 8/15/45 252,000 251,559

Ser. 13-C8, Class B, 3.697%, 12/15/48  W 65,000 64,096

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 3.476%, 11/15/45 358,000 355,855

FRB Ser. 13-C7, Class XA, IO, 1.496%, 2/15/46  W 2,499,128 117,821

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class XA, IO, 1.349%, 8/15/47  W 911,605 35,583

FRB Ser. 15-C25, Class XA, IO, 1.275%, 10/15/48  W 3,142,925 179,286

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 144A FRB Ser. 12-C6, Class D, 4.726%, 11/15/45  W 260,000 260,731

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class D, 5.601%, 3/15/45  W 300,000 283,754

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.326%, 7/15/49  W 117,000 117,822

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class XA, IO, 2.268%, 3/15/45  W 1,179,260 66,689

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 17-C7, Class XA, IO, 1.226%, 12/15/50  W 2,259,358 160,780

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 12-C3, Class C, 5.209%, 8/10/49  W 56,000 56,667

FRB Ser. 12-C2, Class D, 5.05%, 5/10/63  W 149,000 138,969

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.6%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class XA, IO, 1.792%, 12/10/45  W $1,436,374 $75,884

FRB Ser. 13-C6, Class XA, IO, 1.276%, 4/10/46  W 2,878,447 118,154

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 05-C21, Class D, 5.417%, 10/15/44  W 112,499 111,420

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class AS, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 145,000 147,763

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class C, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 156,000 148,274

Ser. 12-LC5, Class AS, 3.539%, 10/15/45 186,000 185,716

FRB Ser. 16-LC25, Class XA, IO, 1.221%, 12/15/59  W 1,315,746 73,483

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-C16, Class AS, 4.668%, 9/15/46  W 159,000 165,425

Ser. 13-UBS1, Class AS, 4.306%, 3/15/46  W 64,000 64,726

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 3.835%, 4/15/45 39,000 38,905

Ser. 12-C8, Class AS, 3.66%, 8/15/45 189,000 189,866

Ser. 13-C12, Class AS, 3.56%, 3/15/48 96,000 95,389

Ser. 13-C11, Class AS, 3.311%, 3/15/45 134,000 133,686

Ser. 12-C10, Class AS, 3.241%, 12/15/45 263,000 257,557

FRB Ser. 14-C24, Class XA, IO, 1.03%, 11/15/47  W 3,894,022 151,502

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class XA, IO, 0.998%, 9/15/57  W 2,898,465 109,292

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.865%, 3/15/44  W 333,000 294,858

FRB Ser. 11-C5, Class E, 5.862%, 11/15/44  W 187,000 185,139

FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D, 5.839%, 2/15/44  W 415,000 410,235

Ser. 11-C4, Class D, 5.397%, 6/15/44  W 240,000 232,246

Ser. 11-C4, Class E, 5.397%, 6/15/44  W 92,000 86,572

FRB Ser. 13-C15, Class D, 4.621%, 8/15/46  W 133,000 114,330

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class D, 4.59%, 12/15/45  W 306,000 264,116

FRB Ser. 12-C9, Class XA, IO, 2.048%, 11/15/45  W 481,752 34,542

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class XA, IO, 1.716%, 12/15/45  W 1,098,625 57,632

15,470,392

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) (0.8%)

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 144A Ser. 18-1, Class A3, 4.157%, 4/25/48  W 232,117 232,117

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. FRB Ser. 05-2, Class 1A2A, 4.011%, 5/25/35  W 152,560 156,351

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Trust FRB Ser. 04-5, Class 2A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.50%), 2.716%, 10/25/34 188,666 185,010

EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-1, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.43%), 3.641%, 1/25/34 120,033 120,373

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 16-HQA2, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.15%), 7.366%, 11/25/28 395,000 468,362

FRB Ser. 16-DNA3, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.00%), 7.216%, 12/25/28 250,000 292,602

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes FRB Ser. 14-DN4, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.55%), 6.766%, 10/25/24 191,737 213,369

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.70%), 7.916%, 4/25/28 816,740 948,971

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.55%), 7.766%, 4/25/28 847,837 962,081

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.6%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) cont.

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.00%), 7.216%, 7/25/25 $189,815 $211,205

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C01, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.30%), 6.516%, 2/25/25 224,190 247,013

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.00%), 6.216%, 5/25/25 137,476 150,978

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 17-C03, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 3.00%), 5.216%, 10/25/29 130,000 139,924

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 18-C05, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.35%), 4.566%, 1/25/31 590,000 599,536

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.74%), 2.956%, 12/25/34 82,947 81,384

Impac CMB Trust FRB Ser. 04-6, Class 1A2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.78%), 2.996%, 10/25/34 143,212 140,315

Long Beach Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-5, Class A5, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.56%), 2.776%, 9/25/34 152,584 150,828

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

FRB Ser. 05-A2, Class A2, 3.539%, 2/25/35  W 178,266 181,678

FRB Ser. 05-A10, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.21%), 2.426%, 2/25/36 232,948 226,053

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust FRB Ser. 04-HE6, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.83%), 3.041%, 8/25/34 256,475 256,475

MortgageIT Trust FRB Ser. 05-1, Class 1M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 2/25/35 89,532 88,644

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust FRB Ser. 03-4, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.13%), 3.341%, 10/25/33 192,882 193,190

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A1B2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.98%), 3.196%, 11/25/34 205,555 209,661

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.88%), 3.096%, 11/25/34 108,974 107,928

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A2A3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 1/25/45 85,612 85,445

FRB Ser. 05-AR6, Class 2AB2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.74%), 2.956%, 4/25/45 48,489 48,023

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2AB3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 7/25/45 108,156 107,869

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 11/25/34 399,420 399,420

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A2A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.68%), 2.896%, 1/25/45 265,096 264,269

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.58%), 2.796%, 7/25/45 133,016 133,832

FRB Ser. 05-AR11, Class A1C3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.51%), 2.726%, 8/25/45 226,111 226,111

FRB Ser. 06-AR4, Class 1A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.94%), 2.687%, 5/25/46 57,886 56,737

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 2A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.38%), 2.596%, 1/25/45 131,949 133,261

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 2A1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.37%), 2.586%, 1/25/45 28,074 28,086

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 1A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.33%), 2.546%, 1/25/45 100,974 100,247

FRB Ser. 05-AR19, Class A1A2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.29%), 2.506%, 12/25/45 51,089 50,647

Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.116%, 10/25/34 774,342 774,689

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 05-AR10, Class 1A2, 4.289%, 6/25/35  W 40,108 40,148

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 1A2, 4.261%, 6/25/35  W 23,116 23,338

9,036,170

Total mortgage-backed securities (cost $29,732,636) $29,614,916

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INVESTMENT COMPANIES (1.4%)* Shares Value

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 15,829 $1,076,214

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 46,914 13,638,838

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust 4,828 1,774,097

Total investment companies (cost $16,468,723) $16,489,149

COMMODITY LINKED NOTES (0.6%)*††† Principal amount Value

Goldman Sachs International 144A notes zero %, 2019 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI Excess Return Index multiplied by 3) $4,660,000 $6,162,495

UBS AG/London 144A sr. notes 1-month LIBOR less 0.25%, 2019 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI Total Return Commodity Index multiplied by 3) (United Kingdom) 580,000 759,859

Total commodity linked notes (cost $5,240,000) $6,922,354

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (0.6%)* Principal amount Value

loanDepot Station Place Agency Securitization Trust 144A FRB Ser. 17-LD1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 11/25/50 $644,000 $644,000

Station Place Securitization Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 18-1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.112%, 4/24/19 1,423,000 1,423,000

FRB Ser. 18-5, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 9/24/19 1,762,000 1,762,000

FRB Ser. 18-3, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 7/24/19 1,120,000 1,120,000

FRB Ser. 17-6, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 11/24/18 1,242,000 1,242,000

Towd Point Asset Trust 144A FRB Ser. 18-SL1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.60%), 2.816%, 1/25/46 724,268 720,574

Total asset-backed securities (cost $6,912,355) $6,911,574

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY BONDS AND NOTES (0.5%)* Principal amount Value

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 4/22/26 (Argentina) $1,110,000 $990,675

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 1/26/27 (Argentina) 156,000 132,600

Argentina (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 8/1/27 (Argentina) 160,000 126,400

Buenos Aires (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. REGS, 7.875%, 6/15/27 (Argentina) 180,000 149,886

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.875%, 6/15/27 (Argentina) 485,000 403,860

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 10.875%, 1/26/21 (Argentina) 100,000 100,625

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 9.125%, 3/16/24 (Argentina) 150,000 138,990

Colombia (Republic of) sr. unsec. notes 3.875%, 4/25/27 (Colombia) 415,000 402,883

Cordoba (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 7.45%, 9/1/24 (Argentina) 495,000 415,800

Egypt (Arab Republic of) sr. unsec. notes Ser. REGS, 5.577%, 2/21/23 (Egypt) 360,000 347,850

Indonesia (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 4.75%, 1/8/26 (Indonesia) 1,095,000 1,111,425

Indonesia (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 1/17/42 (Indonesia) 200,000 204,250

Indonesia (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.35%, 1/8/27 (Indonesia) 535,000 527,644

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. REGS, 6.125%, 6/15/33 (Ivory Coast) 230,000 209,875

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 3/21/29 (Russia) 600,000 576,000

Turkey (Republic of) unsec. bonds Ser. REGS, 6.25%, 5/23/33 (Senegal) 200,000 186,250

United Mexican States sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.15%, 3/28/27 (Mexico) 200,000 196,689

Total foreign government and agency bonds and notes (cost $6,756,344) $6,221,702

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SENIOR LOANS (0.1%)* c Principal amount Value

Avaya, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.408%, 12/15/24 $123,725 $124,675

Brand Industrial Services, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.596%, 6/21/24 108,625 109,254

California Resources Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.962%, 11/17/22 120,000 122,400

CPG International, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 6.251%, 5/5/24 19,069 19,180

Eagleclaw Midstream Ventures, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.492%, 6/30/24 84,358 83,057

Forterra Finance, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.076%, 10/25/23 39,408 37,664

FTS International, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.826%, 4/16/21 36,622 36,668

Gates Global, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/31/24 13,803 13,881

GFL Environmental, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 5.105%, 5/31/25 (Canada)  U 2,210 2,211

GFL Environmental, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 5.105%, 5/31/25 17,701 17,712

iHeartCommunications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. D, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 8.826%, 1/30/19 (In default) 25,000 18,583

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 9.25%), 11.604%, 5/21/24 95,000 93,813

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.00%), 7.509%, 10/16/23 49,742 50,022

KCA Deutag Alpha, Ltd. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 9.021%, 3/21/23 91,483 88,967

Keane Group Holdings, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 6.079%, 5/25/25 39,725 39,129

Navistar, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.64%, 11/6/24 179,100 179,660

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd., Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.37%, 10/25/20 23,593 21,868

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.568%, 6/1/25 80,000 80,214

Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.267%, 2/28/25 79,800 78,469

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.348%, 11/3/23 49,874 49,197

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.81%, 9/7/23 58,699 44,673

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 8.00%), 9.873%, 2/28/26 55,000 52,800

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.373%, 2/28/25 59,550 59,029

Titan Acquisition, Ltd. (United Kingdom) bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.202%, 3/28/25 138,838 134,781

Univision Communications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. C5, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/15/24 29,259 28,418

Total senior loans (cost $1,604,053) $1,586,325

PURCHASED OPTIONS OUTSTANDING (—%)* Counterparty

Expiration date/strike price

Notional amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.00 $9,254,700 $9,254,700 $97,785

Total purchased options outstanding (cost $104,014) $97,785

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CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (—%)* Principal amount Value

DISH Network Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 8/15/26 $55,000 $52,457

Total convertible bonds and notes (cost $51,082) $52,457

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

EPR Properties Ser. C, $1.438 cv. pfd.  R 810 $22,688

Nine Point Energy 6.75% cv. pfd. 1 1,176

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $15,771) $23,864

PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

GMAC Capital Trust I Ser. 2, $1.91 cum. ARP 785 $20,646

Total preferred stocks (cost $20,325) $20,646

WARRANTS (—%)* Expiration dateStrike price Warrants Value

Halcon Resources Corp. 9/9/20 $14.04 238 $24

Total warrants (cost $—) $24

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (21.9%)* Principal amount/shares Value

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 2.32%  L Shares 245,841,732 $245,841,732

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 1.97%  P Shares 190,000 190,000

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.060%, 11/15/18 # § $269,001 268,322

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.043%, 11/8/18 # ∆ § 439,000 438,070

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.016%, 11/1/18 § 423,002 422,280

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.962%, 10/11/18 # § 1,175,001 1,174,370

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.977%, 10/4/18 # § Ф 4,530,000 4,529,268

Total short-term investments (cost $252,864,040) $252,864,042

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $1,155,766,240) $1,212,721,074

Key to holding’s currency abbreviationsCAD Canadian DollarCNH Chinese Yuan (Offshore)USD/$ United States Dollar

Key to holding’s abbreviationsARP Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period.BKNT Bank Notebp Basis PointsDAC Designated Activity CompanyETF Exchange Traded FundFRB Floating Rate Bonds: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For certain

securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.FRN Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For

certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.GDR Global Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bank.GMTN Global Medium Term NotesIFB Inverse Floating Rate Bonds, which are securities that pay interest rates that vary inversely to changes in the market interest rates. As interest rates

rise, inverse floaters produce less current income. The rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

IO Interest OnlyMTN Medium Term NotesOJSC Open Joint Stock Company

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OTC Over-the-counterREGS Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a

transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.SPDR S&P Depository ReceiptsTBA To Be Announced Commitments

Notes to the fund’s portfolioUnless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the Portfolio’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $1,153,096,697.††† The value of the commodity linked notes, which are marked to market daily, may be based on a multiple of the performance of the index. The multiple

(or leverage) will increase the volatility of the note’s value relative to the change in the underlying index.‡‡ Income may be received in cash or additional securities at the discretion of the issuer. The rate shown in parenthesis is the rate paid in kind, if applicable.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $3,941,721 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

∆ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $163,606 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

Ф This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain TBA commitments at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $282,915 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

§ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on the initial margin on certain centrally cleared derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $1,896,499 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

  c Senior loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for senior loans are the current interest rates at the close of the reporting period. Senior loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown (Notes 2 and 7).

  F This security is valued by Putnam Management at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. Securities are classified as Level 3 for ASC 820 based on the securities’ valuation inputs (Note 2).

  L Affiliated company (Note 5). The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the Putnam Money Market Portfolio at the close of the reporting period.

  P This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the Portfolio for collateral on certain derivative contracts. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period (Note 2).

  R Real Estate Investment Trust.  U This security, in part or in entirety, represents an unfunded loan commitment (Note 8).  W The rate shown represents the weighted average coupon associated with the underlying mortgage pools. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

Unless otherwise noted, the rates quoted in Short-term investments security descriptions represent the weighted average yield to maturity.

Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

See Note 2 to the financial statements regarding TBA commitments.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $164,370,988 )

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $1,873,203 $1,872,482 $721

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 945,837 941,143 (4,694 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 39,470 38,468 1,002

Euro Buy 12/19/18 3,623,070 3,649,042 (25,972 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 898,885 917,490 18,605

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,583,425 1,588,908 (5,483 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,583,425 1,610,887 27,462

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 1,553,578 1,525,717 (27,861 )

Barclays Bank PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,198,610 2,224,443 (25,833 )

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $164,370,988 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Barclays Bank PLC cont.

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 $2,198,610 $2,207,190 $8,580

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,151,210 1,144,907 (6,303 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 255,313 246,716 8,597

Euro Sell 12/19/18 3,545,441 3,552,418 6,977

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 65,425 65,325 (100 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 598,385 610,763 12,378

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,142,848 1,135,467 7,381

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,142,848 1,127,104 (15,744 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 473,095 476,299 (3,204 )

Citibank, N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,159,799 1,191,396 (31,597 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 1,909,607 1,890,990 18,617

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,417,574 1,388,934 28,640

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,417,574 1,415,153 (2,421 )

Danish Krone Buy 12/19/18 1,149,319 1,152,154 (2,835 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,147,247 1,160,249 13,002

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 559,312 570,388 (11,076 )

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,795,658 1,801,808 (6,150 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,795,658 1,825,508 29,850

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 2,259,716 2,219,565 (40,151 )

Credit Suisse International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 3,598,936 3,638,671 (39,735 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,163,499 1,155,659 7,840

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,163,499 1,145,729 (17,770 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 2,093,641 2,099,406 5,765

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,092,825 1,118,690 25,865

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,041,141 1,071,879 (30,738 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,041,141 1,058,534 17,393

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 1,150,404 1,149,577 827

Swiss Franc Sell 12/19/18 1,135,964 1,153,845 17,881

Goldman Sachs International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 6,790,554 6,858,100 (67,546 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 6,790,554 6,788,070 (2,484 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,185,710 1,172,926 12,784

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,185,710 1,162,995 (22,715 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 862,803 864,848 2,045

Indian Rupee Buy 11/19/18 1,131,919 1,138,987 (7,068 )

Indian Rupee Sell 11/19/18 1,131,919 1,123,101 (8,818 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 413,254 422,331 9,077

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 693,386 685,645 (7,741 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 7,610,088 7,362,336 247,752

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 3,484,188 3,441,383 42,805

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $164,370,988 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $2,698,913 $2,750,420 $(51,507 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,146,890 1,153,285 6,395

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 887,832 890,120 (2,288 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 2,287,713 2,310,776 23,063

Indonesian Rupiah Sell 12/19/18 20,288 12,135 (8,153 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 982,307 1,002,645 20,338

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 107,675 146,897 39,222

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 1,151,686 1,166,249 (14,563 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,348,831 2,377,255 (28,424 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,348,831 2,352,228 3,397

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 1,148,199 1,147,098 1,101

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,279,740 1,278,001 1,739

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,279,740 1,253,765 (25,975 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 2,542,930 2,548,989 6,059

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,151,206 1,162,494 11,288

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 16,642 48,820 (32,178 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 2,237,710 2,198,075 39,635

Singapore Dollar Buy 11/19/18 1,053,760 1,058,389 (4,629 )

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 1,028,055 1,013,901 14,154

NatWest Markets PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,623,270 1,663,148 (39,878 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 2,190,170 2,156,147 34,023

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,190,170 2,147,234 (42,936 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 321,388 322,054 666

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 1,151,205 1,162,498 11,293

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,159,489 1,164,828 5,339

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 586,697 588,415 (1,718 )

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 947,649 930,832 (16,817 )

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 3,968,555 4,014,772 (46,217 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 3,968,555 3,963,857 (4,698 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,218,096 1,212,804 (5,292 )

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 852,928 838,692 (14,236 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 4,786,451 4,798,210 11,759

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 4,017,261 4,110,362 93,101

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,159,490 1,174,086 14,596

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 3,418,990 3,354,557 64,433

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 1,473,626 1,448,826 (24,800 )

UBS AG

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 550,159 589,127 (38,968 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 1,136,680 1,146,669 9,989

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $164,370,988 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

UBS AG cont.

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $2,268,025 $2,248,833 $19,192

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 2,268,025 2,236,722 (31,303 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 4,344,060 4,359,719 15,659

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 207,081 211,656 4,575

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,426,222 1,443,816 17,594

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 2,201,375 2,134,434 66,941

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 2,974,049 2,920,155 (53,894 )

WestPac Banking Corp.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 831,643 870,908 (39,265 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,115,863 1,122,459 6,596

Unrealized appreciation 1,113,993

Unrealized (depreciation) (941,778 )

Total $172,215

* The exchange currency for all contracts listed is the United States Dollar.

FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Number of contracts

Notional amount Value

Expiration date

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

MSCI EAFE Index (Long) 40 $3,947,198 $3,951,000 Dec-18 $79,132

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Long) 602 51,066,784 51,194,080 Dec-18 (629,866 )

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short) 111 16,172,589 16,200,450 Dec-18 (93,884 )

S&P Mid Cap 400 Index E-Mini (Long) 9 1,817,595 1,822,680 Dec-18 (16,052 )

Tokyo Price Index (Long) 71 11,359,312 11,360,875 Dec-18 845,031

U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Long) 66 9,273,000 9,273,000 Dec-18 (214,413 )

U.S. Treasury Bond Ultra 30 yr (Long) 143 22,062,219 22,062,219 Dec-18 (666,833 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Long) 252 53,105,063 53,105,063 Dec-18 (134,426 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Short) 14 2,950,281 2,950,281 Dec-18 6,972

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Long) 488 54,888,563 54,888,563 Dec-18 (385,936 )

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Short) 10 1,124,766 1,124,766 Dec-18 7,792

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Long) 173 20,549,156 20,549,156 Dec-18 (184,563 )

Unrealized appreciation 938,927

Unrealized (depreciation) (2,325,973 )

Total $(1,387,046 )

WRITTEN OPTIONS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (premiums $46,671 )

CounterpartyExpiration date/strike price

Notional Amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.20 $9,254,700 $9,254,700 $43,886

Total $43,886

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TBA SALE COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (proceeds receivable $20,055,586 )

AgencyPrincipal

amountSettlement date Value

Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.00%, 10/1/48 $17,000,000 10/11/18 $17,164,688

Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.00%, 10/1/48 3,000,000 10/11/18 2,870,390

Total $20,035,078

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments made by fund

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

$43,635,300 $23,214 E $(20,859 ) 12/19/20 3.05%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

$2,355

48,825,900 25,975 E 17,123 12/19/20 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.05%—Semiannually

(8,852 )

9,176,400 1,854 E 18,569 12/19/23 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.10%—Semiannually

20,422

22,902,200 4,626 E (46,387 ) 12/19/23 3.10%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(51,013 )

22,540,700 29,889 E 16,871 12/19/28 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.15%—Semiannually

46,760

14,928,000 19,795 E (10,579 ) 12/19/28 3.15%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(30,374 )

7,321,700 100,337 E (39,860 ) 12/19/48 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.20%—Semiannually

60,476

1,428,300 19,573 E 7,745 12/19/48 3.20%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(11,827 )

Total $(57,377 ) $27,947

E Extended effective date.

OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Barclays Bank PLC$49,042 $48,905 $— 1/12/41 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

$271

2,094 2,088 — 1/12/41 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

12

16,797 16,747 — 1/12/40 4.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 4.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(31 )

520 519 — 1/12/40 (5.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(4 )

4,967 4,977 — 1/12/41 (5.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(56 )

2,210 2,195 — 1/12/43 3.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 3.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

2

32,304 32,199 — 1/12/40 5.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(61 )

120,281 119,876 — 1/12/41 5.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(243 )

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Barclays Bank PLC cont.$20,396 $20,405 $— 1/12/38 (6.50%) 1 month USD-

LIBOR—MonthlySynthetic MBX Index 6.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

$(47 )

Citibank, N.A.7,106 7,082 — 1/12/41 5.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(14 )

41,701,522 41,954,579 — 11/27/18 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 0.35%—Quarterly

Russell 1000 Total Return Index—Quarterly

(151,322 )

49,673,634 49,968,534 — 11/27/18 (3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 0.37%)—Quarterly

A basket (CGPUTQL2 ) of common stocks—Quarterly

282,320

Credit Suisse International159,732 159,328 — 1/12/41 4.50% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic MBX Index 4.50% 30 year Ginnie Mae II pools—Monthly

(223 )

6,044 6,035 — 1/12/45 3.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 3.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

36

Goldman Sachs International10,467 10,445 — 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

63

JPMorgan Securities LLC51,136 50,993 — 1/12/41 (4.00%) 1 month USD-

LIBOR—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(282 )

10,467 10,445 — 1/12/42 (4.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(64 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation 282,704

Upfront premium (paid) — Unrealized (depreciation) (152,347 )

Total $— Total $130,357

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $205 $3,000 $354 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(147 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 482 8,000 943 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (457 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 988 16,000 1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (891 )

Barclays Bank PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,441 13,000 1,533 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (85 )

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 8 7,000 86 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (76 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5 7,000 86 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (78 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P (3 ) 7,000 86 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (86 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 22 14,000 172 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (146 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 120 26,000 320 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (191 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 293 30,000 369 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (66 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 557 43,000 529 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 42

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. cont.

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P $1,009 $73,000 $898 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly $136

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 33,474 136,000 28,397 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 5,190

CMBX NA BB.7 Index BB/P 8,483 66,000 8,342 1/17/47 500 bp—Monthly 196

Credit Suisse InternationalCMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,637 93,000 1,144 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,524

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 51,105 1,007,000 12,386 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 39,055

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,166 25,000 2,948 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 231

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 8,158 75,000 8,843 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (647 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 2,144 29,000 1,636 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 522

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 36,123 457,000 25,775 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 10,577

Goldman Sachs InternationalCMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 6,830 104,000 1,279 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,586

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,460 106,000 1,304 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,192

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,928 127,000 1,562 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,408

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 7,312 148,000 1,820 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,540

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 13,619 226,000 2,780 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 10,915

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,942 258,000 3,173 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (1,145 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 8,094 258,000 3,173 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,007

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 16,124 318,000 3,911 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 12,319

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 17,455 343,000 4,219 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 13,350

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P 4,033 80,000 104 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly 4,164

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P 157 10,000 13 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly 173

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,252 24,000 2,830 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,566 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,716 25,000 2,948 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (219 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,705 25,000 2,948 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (230 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,815 26,000 3,065 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (238 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,363 28,000 3,301 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (924 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,544 42,000 4,952 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,387 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,622 51,000 6,013 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (365 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 6,045 70,000 8,253 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (2,173 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 23,255 191,000 22,519 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 831

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 24,292 259,000 30,536 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (6,115 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 39,690 528,000 62,251 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (22,297 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 2,470 29,000 1,636 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 849

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 8,167 94,000 5,302 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 2,912

JPMorgan Securities LLCCMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 8,262 39,000 8,143 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 151

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 51 1,000 12 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 39

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,659 33,000 406 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,264

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,106 64,000 787 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,340

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,530 109,000 1,341 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,225

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,823 115,000 1,415 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,447

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 9,408 152,000 1,870 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 7,589

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,860 166,000 2,042 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 873

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,672 166,000 2,042 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,685

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,625 186,000 2,288 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,400

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 12,181 207,000 2,546 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 9,704

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,953 236,000 2,903 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (871 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

JPMorgan Securities LLC cont.

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P $8,450 $258,000 $3,173 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly $5,363

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 14,241 313,000 3,850 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 10,495

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 9,294 324,000 3,985 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,416

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 13,235 401,000 4,932 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 8,436

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 20,499 450,000 5,535 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 15,114

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 24,975 564,000 6,937 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 18,225

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P $4,122 $94,000 $122 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly $4,276

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,072 14,000 1,651 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 429

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,175 14,000 1,651 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 532

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,125 25,000 2,948 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 190

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,665 26,000 3,065 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 613

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,904 27,000 3,183 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (265 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,904 27,000 3,183 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (265 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,617 32,000 3,773 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (140 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,182 38,000 4,480 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (279 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,887 41,000 4,834 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (926 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,912 53,000 6,249 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (310 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 11,669 105,000 12,380 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (658 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 13,902 130,000 15,327 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,360 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,634 279,000 3,432 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 295

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 4,520 20,000 4,176 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 361

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,473 31,000 3,655 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (166 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,193 52,000 6,131 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 1,088

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 59 2,000 25 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 35

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 27 10,000 123 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (92 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P — 13,000 160 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (156 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 600 16,000 197 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 409

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 600 16,000 197 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 409

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 290 21,000 258 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 39

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,531 40,000 492 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,053

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,255 63,000 775 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,501

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,562 92,000 1,132 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,462

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,965 137,000 1,685 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,325

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,911 171,000 2,103 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (135 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 22,634 561,000 6,900 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 15,920

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 10,805 44,000 9,187 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 1,655

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 21,684 88,000 18,374 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 3,383

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 9,456 78,000 9,196 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 295

Upfront premium received 680,469 Unrealized appreciation 268,755

Upfront premium (paid) (3 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (45,152 )

Total $680,466 Total $223,603

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings

are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. “ Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.7 Index $(764 ) $103,000 $134 1/17/47 (200 bp)—Monthly $(932 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (9,302 ) 73,000 9,227 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (136 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,871 ) 39,000 4,930 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,974 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (2,123 ) 13,000 1,643 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (490 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (2,042 ) 13,000 1,643 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (409 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (10,162 ) 66,000 9,134 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,083 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (10,058 ) 65,000 8,996 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,116 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (10,013 ) 65,000 8,996 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,071 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (9,897 ) 62,000 8,581 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,368 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (5,010 ) 32,000 4,429 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (608 )

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (36,893 ) 200,000 25,280 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (11,780 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (27,469 ) 167,000 21,109 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (6,500 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (15,963 ) 100,000 13,840 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,206 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,238 ) 47,000 6,505 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (772 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (6,863 ) 44,000 6,090 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (810 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (6,863 ) 44,000 6,090 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (810 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,379 ) 28,000 3,875 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (528 )

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (1,059 ) 7,000 885 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (180 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (40,001 ) 197,000 24,901 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (15,264 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (16,738 ) 99,000 12,514 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (4,307 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,424 ) 27,000 3,413 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,033 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,708 ) 17,000 2,353 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (370 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,724 ) 17,000 2,353 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (385 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,757 ) 11,000 1,522 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (244 )

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (6,235 ) 39,000 4,930 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,338 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (2,714 ) 14,000 1,770 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (956 )

CMBX NA BB.6 Index (2,531 ) 18,000 3,758 5/11/63 (500 bp)—Monthly 1,213

CMBX NA BB.6 Index (1,294 ) 9,000 1,879 5/11/63 (500 bp)—Monthly 577

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (53,925 ) 315,000 39,816 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (14,372 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (13,155 ) 81,000 10,238 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,984 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,783 ) 40,000 5,056 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,760 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,965 ) 25,000 3,160 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,826 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,917 ) 25,000 3,160 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,777 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (2,042 ) 13,000 1,643 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (409 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (1,620 ) 9,000 1,138 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (490 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (7,311 ) 109,000 6,148 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (1,218 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,987 ) 27,000 1,523 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (477 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,987 ) 27,000 1,523 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (477 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (2,901 ) 26,000 1,466 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (1,448 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (2,224 ) 26,000 1,466 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (770 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,355 ) 15,000 846 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (517 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,467 ) 14,000 790 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (684 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (54 ) 1,000 56 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly 2

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index $(24,287 ) $140,000 $17,696 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly $(6,708 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (13,138 ) 84,000 11,626 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,583 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (2,540 ) 31,000 1,748 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (807 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (4,381 ) 43,000 2,425 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (1,978 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (17,697 ) 88,000 11,123 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (6,647 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (15,233 ) 79,000 9,986 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (5,314 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (14,127 ) 70,000 8,848 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (5,338 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,662 ) 31,000 4,290 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (398 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,046 ) 26,000 3,598 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (468 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation 1,792

Upfront premium (paid) (462,899 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (117,120 )

Total $(462,899 ) Total $(115,328 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

NA HY Series 31 Index B+/P $(956,619 ) $13,313,000 $973,646 12/20/23 500 bp—Quarterly $22,574

NA IG Series 31 Index BBB+/P (1,336,154 ) 75,975,000 1,468,293 12/20/23 100 bp—Quarterly 142,690

Total $(2,292,773 ) $165,264

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the Portfolio has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index

represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. “ Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

NA HY Series 31 Index $1,447,855 $20,164,000 $1,474,694 12/20/23 (500 bp)—Quarterly $(35,240 )

Total $1,447,855 $(35,240 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Common stocks*:

Basic materials $22,535,408 $— $—

Capital goods 47,903,813 — —

Communication services 15,322,359 — —

Conglomerates 3,755,956 — —

Consumer cyclicals 89,647,624 — —

Consumer staples 47,880,565 — —

Energy 32,946,579 — 2,355

Financials 111,646,356 — —

Health care 82,144,806 — —

Technology 135,234,040 — —

Transportation 11,680,497 — —

Utilities and power 21,633,996 676 —

Total common stocks 622,331,999 676 2,355

Asset-backed securities — 6,911,574 —

Commodity linked notes — 6,922,354 —

Convertible bonds and notes — 52,457 —

Convertible preferred stocks — 23,864 —

Corporate bonds and notes — 144,247,696 3

Foreign government and agency bonds and notes — 6,221,702 —

Investment companies 16,489,149 — —

Mortgage-backed securities — 29,614,916 —

Preferred stocks 20,646 — —

Purchased options outstanding — 97,785 —

Senior loans — 1,586,325 —

U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations — 125,333,507 —

Warrants 24 — —

Short-term investments 190,000 252,674,042 —

Totals by level $639,031,818 $573,686,898 $2,358

Valuation inputs

Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Forward currency contracts $— $172,215 $—

Futures contracts (1,387,046 ) — —

Written options outstanding — (43,886 ) —

TBA sale commitments — (20,035,078 ) —

Interest rate swap contracts — 85,324 —

Total return swap contracts — 130,357 —

Credit default contracts — 865,650 —

Totals by level $(1,387,046 ) $(18,825,418 ) $—

* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund’s portfolio presentation.At the start and close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities represented less than 1% of the Portfolio’s net assets and were not considered a significant portion of the fund’s portfolio.

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

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

Statement of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Investment in securities, at value (Notes 2 and 10):

Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $909,924,508) $966,879,342

Affiliated issuers (identified cost $245,841,732) (Note 5) 245,841,732

Foreign currency (cost $6,063,714) (Note 2) 6,063,983

Dividends, interest and other receivables 3,352,220

Foreign tax reclaim 320,300

Receivable for units of the Portfolio sold 5,812,392

Receivable for investments sold 422,412

Receivable for sales of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 19,059,418

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 356,747

Receivable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 10,617

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 1,113,993

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 553,251

Premium paid on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 462,902

Total assets 1,250,249,309

LIABILITIES

Payable to custodian 6,345,226

Payable for investments purchased 3,829,300

Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 54,867,673

Payable for units of the Portfolio repurchased 9,715,474

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 176,438

Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 12,671

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 314,619

Premium received on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 680,469

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 941,778

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums $46,671) (Note 2) 43,886

TBA sale commitments, at value (proceeds receivable $20,055,586) (Note 2) 20,035,078

Collateral on certain derivative contracts, at value (Notes 2 and 10) 190,000

Total liabilities 97,152,612

Net assets $1,153,096,697

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Net assets $1,153,096,697

Units outstanding 61,115,079

Net asset value per unit $18.87

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

Statement of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Interest (net of foreign tax of $1,147) (including interest income of $3,827,550 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 5) $13,008,255

Dividends (net of foreign tax of $140,617) 12,641,233

Net investment income 25,649,488

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers (Note 2) 45,044,647

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2) (700)

Forward currency contracts (Note 2) (2,743,694)

Futures contracts (Note 2) 8,519,087

Swap contracts (Note 2) 458,278

Written options (Note 2) 378,876

Net increase from payments by affiliates (Note 4) 7,056

Total net realized gain 51,663,550

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers and TBA sale commitments 9,175,643

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (7,603)

Forward currency contracts 37,598

Futures contracts (3,955,528)

Swap contracts 954,065

Written options (21,484)

Total change in net unrealized appreciation 6,182,691

Net gain on investments 57,846,241

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $83,495,729

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

Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE IN NET ASSETSYear ended

9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment income $25,649,488

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions 51,663,550

Net unrealized appreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies 6,182,691

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 83,495,729

Increase in capital from settlement payments 1,304

Principal transactions

Proceeds from sale of units 735,792,934

Value of units redeemed (484,212,359)

Total increase in principal transactions 251,580,575

Total increase in net assets 335,077,608

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 818,019,089

End of year $1,153,096,697

NUMBER OF UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 47,200,828

Sold 40,648,342

Redeemed (26,734,091)

Units outstanding at end of year 61,115,079

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $17.33

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.47

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 1.07

Total from investment operations 1.54

Non-recurring reimbursements (b) —

Net asset value, end of year $18.87

Total return at net asset value (%) 8.89

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATANet assets, end of year (in thousands) $1,153,097

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 2.58

(a) Per unit net investment income has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year.

(b) Reflects a non-recurring reimbursement pursuant to a settlement between the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) and Barclay’s Capital Inc. which amounted to less than $0.01 per share outstanding on November 20, 2017.

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

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1. Description of the PortfolioWithin the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street”, if any, represent State Street Bank and Trust Company and refer-ences to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Balanced Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a portfolio established and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee” and “Manager”) pursuant to the Declaration of Trust for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the Portfolio. The Portfolio is diversified across stocks and bonds in global markets and is designed for investors seeking a combination of growth and current income.

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date that the financial statements were issued (December 20, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Security Valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securi-ties, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.

Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations (including short-term investments with remaining matur-ities of 60 days or less) and other investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustee or dealers selected by the Trustee. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the sched-uled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the Portfolio will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Portfolio to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that the Trustee does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by the Trustee in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustee. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity expo-sures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustee. Certain securities may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a single source. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the Portfolio could reasonably expect to realize from an

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are deter-mined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain.

All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Distributions received from other investment funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and retain the character of income as earned by the other investment funds.

All income earned by the Portfolio is retained by the Portfolio and included in the calculation of net asset value.

The Portfolio earned certain fees in connection with its senior loan purchasing activities. These fees are treated as market discount and are amor-tized into income in the Statement of operations.

Securities purchased or sold on a delayed delivery basis may be settled at a future date beyond customary settlement time; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the fair value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Stripped Securities The Portfolio may invest in stripped securities which represent a participation in securities that may be structured in classes with rights to receive different portions of the interest and principal. Interest-only securities receive all of the interest and principal-only securities receive all of the principal. If the interest-only securities experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Portfolio may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal-only securities increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The fair value of these securities is highly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Foreign Currency Translation The accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the Portfolio after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The Portfolio does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net real-ized exchange gains or losses on disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Options Contracts The Portfolio uses options contracts to hedge against changes in values of securities it owns, owned or expects to own.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium origi-nally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. OTC traded options are valued using prices supplied by dealers.

Options on swaps are similar to options on securities except that the premium paid or received is to buy or grant the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate or credit default contract. Forward premium swap option contracts include premiums that have extended settlement dates. The delayed settlement of the premiums is factored into the daily valuation of the option contracts. In the case of interest rate cap and floor contracts, in return for a premium, ongoing payments between two parties are based on interest rates exceeding a specified rate, in the case of a cap contract, or falling below a specified rate in the case of a floor contract.

Written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

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Futures Contracts The Portfolio uses futures contracts to manage exposure to market risk, to hedge prepayment risk, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure to interest rates and to equitize cash.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Portfolio since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The Portfolio and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.”

Futures contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Forward Currency Contracts The Portfolio buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to hedge foreign exchange risk and to gain exposure to currencies.

The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. The Portfolio could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Portfolio is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, which are arrangements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure on interest rates and to hedge prepayment risk.

An OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap can be purchased or sold with an upfront premium. For OTC interest rate swap contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC interest rate swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared interest rate swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments, including upfront premiums, received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or the closing of the contract. Certain OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract.

The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults, in the case of OTC interest rate contracts, or the central clearing agency or a clearing member defaults, in the case of centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, on its respective obligation to perform under the contract. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counter-party risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC interest rate swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Total Return Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market-linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount, to hedge sector exposure, to manage exposure to specific sectors or indus-tries, to manage exposure to specific securities, to gain exposure to a basket of securities, to gain exposure to specific markets or countries and to gain exposure to specific sectors or industries.

To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offset-ting interest rate obligation, the Portfolio will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market maker. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC total return swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared total return swaps are settled

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through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract. The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC total return swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared total return swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared total return swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared total return swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Credit Default Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared credit default contracts to hedge credit risk, to hedge market risk and to gain exposure on individual names and/or baskets of securities.

In OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts, the protection buyer typically makes a periodic stream of payments to a counterparty, the protection seller, in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event on the reference obligation or all other equally ranked obligations of the reference entity. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restruc-turing and obligation acceleration. For OTC credit default contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. Centrally cleared credit default contracts provide the same rights to the protection buyer and seller except the payments between parties, including upfront premiums, are settled through a central clearing agent through variation margin payments. Upfront and periodic payments received or paid by the Portfolio for OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or close of the contract. The OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change in value of OTC credit default contracts is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the difference between the par value and fair value of the reference obligation, net of any proportional amount of the upfront payment, is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

In addition to bearing the risk that the credit event will occur, the Portfolio could be exposed to market risk due to unfavorable changes in interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index or the possibility that the Portfolio may be unable to close out its position at the same time or at the same price as if it had purchased the underlying reference obligations. In certain circumstances, the Portfolio may enter into offsetting OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts which would mitigate its risk of loss. Risks of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protec-tion buyer, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC credit default contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared credit default contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. Counterparty risk is further mitigated with respect to centrally cleared credit default swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Where the Portfolio is a seller of protection, the maximum potential amount of future payments the Portfolio may be required to make is equal to the notional amount.

OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

TBA Commitments The Portfolio may enter into TBA (to be announced) commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price and par amount have been established, the actual securities have not been specified. However, it is anticipated that the amount of the commitments will not significantly differ from the principal amount. The Portfolio holds, and maintains until settlement date, cash or high-grade debt obligations in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or the Portfolio may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Income on the securities will not be earned until settlement date.

The Portfolio may also enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions, to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed delivery arrangements or to take a short position in mortgage-backed securities. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, either equivalent deliverable securities or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date are held as “cover” for the transaction, or other liquid assets in an amount equal to the notional value of the TBA sale commitment are segregated. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting TBA purchase commitment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. If the Portfolio delivers securities under the commit-ment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.

TBA commitments, which are accounted for as purchase and sale transactions, may be considered securities themselves, and involve a risk of loss due to changes in the value of the security prior to the settlement date as well as the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not perform its obligations. Counterparty risk is mitigated by having a master agreement between the Portfolio and the counterparty.

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Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at their fair value according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded by the Portfolio as an unrealized gain or loss. Based on market circumstances, the Trustee will determine whether to take delivery of the underlying securities or to dispose of the TBA commitments prior to settlement.

TBA purchase commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed within the fund’s portfolio and TBA sale commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Master Agreements The Portfolio is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts and Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements that govern transactions involving mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities that may result in delayed delivery (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collat-eral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the Portfolio is held in a segregated account by the Portfolio’s custodian and, with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio.

Collateral pledged by the Portfolio is delivered to the counterparty and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the Portfolio and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the Portfolio’s net position with each counterparty.

With respect to ISDA Master Agreements, termination events applicable to the Portfolio may occur upon a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the coun-terparty’s long-term or short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the Portfolio’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the Portfolio’s future derivative activity.

At the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had a net liability position of $167,070 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the Portfolio at period end for these agreements totaled $163,606 and may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of Participation The net asset value of the Portfolio is currently determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange each day the exchange is open for trading. Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may also determine the net asset value on any other business day (“Valuation Date”). The net asset value must be determined upon date of sale or redemption. Sales and redemptions of participant units are made on such days at such units’ net asset values. Affiliates of the Trustee held 100.00% of the Portfolio’s total units outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Federal Income Taxes It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the Portfolio is exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Portfolio did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains, if any. The Portfolio’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Portfolio may also be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Portfolio accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unre-alized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned. In some cases, the Portfolio may be entitled to reclaim all or a portion of such taxes, and such reclaim amounts, if any, are reflected as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. In many cases, however, the Portfolio may not receive such amounts for an extended period of time, depending on the country of investment.

3. Expenses Incurred by the PortfolioCompensation to be received by the Trustee for its services with respect to the Portfolio is paid by the individual participating trusts pursuant to an arrangement which the Trustee makes with each such participating trust. According to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may charge the Portfolio for certain services received during the year. In the current year no such expenses have been charged to the Portfolio by the Trustee, however, the Trustee could cease to bear these expenses, and begin to charge them to the Portfolio at any time.

4. Payments by Affiliates Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“PIM”), an affiliate of PFTC, entered into a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on September 27, 2018. The settlement agreement states that: (i) a trader formerly employed by PIM engaged in prearranged

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trades in certain mortgage-backed securities, (ii) as a result of these undisclosed prearranged trades PIM did not seek best execution, (iii) PIM did not ensure compliance with applicable policies regarding cross-trades and failed to supervise the former employee. The SEC entered a cease and desist order, and PIM paid a $1,000,000 fine and agreed to reimburse the clients that participated in the relevant trades in an aggregate amount of $1,095,006.10. In connection with this settlement, the Portfolio was reimbursed $7,056 by PFTC during the fiscal year.

5. Affiliated TransactionsThe Portfolio invested in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio, a portfolio established and maintained by PFTC. Investments in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Transactions during the reporting period with the Putnam Money Market Portfolio were as follows:

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Putnam Money Market Portfolio* $171,787,079 $362,498,704 $288,444,051 $3,827,550 $245,841,732

Total Short-term investments $171,787,079 $362,498,704 $288,444,051 $3,827,550 $245,841,732

* There were no realized or unrealized gains or losses during the period.

6. Market, Credit and Other RisksIn the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The Portfolio may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions will default. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations. The Portfolio may invest a significant portion of its assets in securitized debt instruments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments. The yields and values of these investments are sensitive to changes in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets and the market’s perception of the issuers. The market for these investments may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult to buy or sell.

7. Senior Loan CommitmentsSenior loans are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date, which from time to time can delay the actual investment of available cash balances; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior loans can be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another hold-er’s portion of the loan. When the Portfolio invests in a loan or participation, the Portfolio is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the Portfolio and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the Portfolio, in addition to the risk that the borrower under the loan may default on its obligations.

8. Unfunded Loan CommitmentsAs of the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had unfunded loan commitments of $2,210, which could be extended at the option of the borrower, pursuant to the following loan agreements with the following borrowers:

Borrower Unfunded Commitments

GFL Environmental, Inc. $2,210

Totals $2,210

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9. Summary of Derivative Activity The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held during the period is listed below and was as follows based on an average of the holdings at the end of each fiscal quarter:

Purchased currency options (contract amount) $22,600,000

Written currency options (contract amount) $8,900,000

Futures contracts (number of contracts) 2,000

Forward currency contracts (contract amount) $239,700,000

Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts (notional) $154,500,000

OTC total return swap contracts (notional) $81,500,000

OTC credit default contracts (notional) $14,000,000

Centrally cleared credit default contracts (notional) $95,100,000

Warrants (number of warrants) 200

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting periodAsset derivatives Liability derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair value

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair valueCredit contracts Receivables,

Net assets — Unrealized appreciation

$2,806,077 * Payables, Net assets —

Unrealized depreciation

$1,940,427 *

Foreign exchange contracts Investments, Receivables

1,211,778 Payables 985,664

Equity contracts Investments, Receivables, Net assets —

Unrealized appreciation

1,206,507 * Payables, Net assets —

Unrealized depreciation

891,124 *

Interest rate contracts Receivables, Net assets —

Unrealized appreciation

170,440 * Payables, Net assets —

Unrealized depreciation

1,657,164 *

Total   $5,394,802   $5,474,379

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts and/or centrally cleared swaps as reported in the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 2):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $851,085 $851,085

Foreign exchange contracts (260,908) — (2,743,694) — (3,004,602)

Equity contracts — 11,186,444 — 98,848 11,285,292

Interest rate contracts — (2,667,357) — (491,655) (3,159,012)

Total $(260,908) $8,519,087 $(2,743,694) $458,278 $5,972,763

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investmentsDerivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $— $110,556 $110,556

Foreign exchange contracts — 32,237 — 37,598 — 69,835

Equity contracts (107) — (2,914,999) — 830,046 (2,085,060)

Interest rate contracts — — (1,040,529) — 13,463 (1,027,066)

Total $(107) $32,237 $(3,955,528) $37,598 $954,065 $(2,931,735)

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10. Offsetting of Financial and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions or borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if any, see Note 2. For financial reporting purposes, the Portfolio does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts§ $— $— $8,507 $— $— $— $— $—

OTC Total return swap contracts*# — 285 — 282,320 — 36 63 —

Centrally cleared total return swap contracts§ — — 2,110 — — — — —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection sold*# — — — — — — 147 —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection purchased*# — — — — 57,223 82,262 47,628 —

Futures contracts§ — — — — — — — —

Forward currency contracts# 47,790 43,913 — 90,109 — 75,571 314,463 89,018

Purchased options**# — — — — — — 97,785 —

Total Assets $47,790 $44,198 $10,617 $372,429 $57,223 $157,869 $460,086 $89,018

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OTC Interest rate swap contracts*# — — — — — — — —

Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts§ — — 8,556 — — — — —

OTC Total return swap contracts*# — 442 — 151,336 — 223 — —

Centrally cleared total return swap contracts§ — — 4,115 — — — — —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection sold*# 3,170 1,526 — — 39,047 52,071 178,450 —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection purchased*# — — — — 168 — — —

Futures contracts§ — — — — — — — —

Forward currency contracts# 64,010 51,184 — 94,230 — 88,243 116,372 76,511

Written options# — — — — — — 43,886 —

Total Liabilities $67,180 $53,152 $12,671 $245,566 $39,215 $140,537 $338,708 $76,511

Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets $(19,390) $(8,954) $(2,054) $126,863 $18,008 $17,332 $121,378 $12,507

Total collateral received (pledged)##† $— $(8,954) $— $50,000 $— $17,332 $110,000 $—

Net amount $(19,390) $— $(2,054) $76,863 $18,008 $— $11,378 $12,507

Controlled collateral received (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $50,000 $— $30,000 $110,000 $—

Uncontrolled collateral received $— $— $— $— $— $— $— $—

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* Excludes premiums, if any. Included in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on OTC swap contracts on the Statement of assets and liabilities. ** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.† Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.# Covered by master netting agreement (Note 2).

## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.§ Includes current day’s variation margin only as reported on the Statement of assets and liabilities, which is not collateralized. Cumulative appreciation/

(depreciation) for futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts is represented in the tables listed after the fund’s portfolio. Collateral pledged for initial margin on futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts, which is not included in the table above, amounted to $3,941,721 and $1,896,499, respectively.

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11. New Accounting PronouncementsIn March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 for non-public business entities. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

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BB6 12/2018

100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110

1-800-225-1581

putnam.com

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Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… E-4

The fund’s portfolio …………………………………………………… E-5

Statement of assets and liabilities …………………………………… E-52

Statement of operations ……………………………………………… E-53

Statement of changes in net assets …………………………………… E-54

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… E-55

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… E-56

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A note on the Portfolio’s trustee The Portfolio’s trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, will be converting to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changing its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion will have no impact on the Portfolio or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the Portfolio. PFTC will continue to manage the Portfolio, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which comprise the statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Portfolio’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio as of September 30, 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 14, 2018

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The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18

COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* Shares Value

Basic materials (1.5%)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 2,479 $414,117

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom) 15,422 346,513

ArcelorMittal SA (France) 13,928 433,553

Arkema SA (France) 1,811 224,441

BASF SE (Germany) 4,532 402,953

BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia) 5,175 129,668

BlueScope Steel, Ltd. (Australia) 25,968 319,040

Boliden AB (Sweden) 2,245 62,580

Cabot Corp. 1,534 96,212

Celanese Corp. 2,518 287,052

CIMIC Group, Ltd. (Australia) 2,353 87,441

Covestro AG (Germany) 4,820 391,106

Domtar Corp. 2,255 117,643

Evonik Industries AG (Germany) 5,562 199,299

HOCHTIEF AG (Germany) 390 64,686

Huntsman Corp. 12,326 335,637

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan) 20,700 198,189

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Japan) 3,800 80,928

Newmont Mining Corp. 10,888 328,818

Packaging Corp. of America 3,306 362,635

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom) 10,111 511,588

Royal Gold, Inc. 1,078 83,071

Sealed Air Corp. 1,964 78,855

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) 64 29,133

South32, Ltd. (Australia) 12,130 34,405

Taisei Corp. (Japan) 5,200 237,144

Univar, Inc. 2,230 68,372

UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Finland) 4,694 184,280

W.R. Grace & Co. 2,817 201,303

Weyerhaeuser Co.  R 10,321 333,059

6,643,721

Capital goods (2.9%)

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Spain) 7,053 300,485

AECOM 2,831 92,460

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 7,602 395,380

Avery Dennison Corp. 2,939 318,441

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 5,137 248,580

Boeing Co. (The) 7,484 2,783,300

BWX Technologies, Inc. 2,755 172,298

Crown Holdings, Inc. 767 36,816

Cummins, Inc. 4,619 674,697

Faurecia SA (France) 5,257 316,535

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. 3,087 87,486

General Dynamics Corp. 221 45,243

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. 3,152 134,874

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Capital goods cont.

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) 13,200 $448,580

Honeywell International, Inc. 6,678 1,111,219

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc. 30 7,682

Ingersoll-Rand PLC 6,234 637,738

L3 Technologies, Inc. 461 98,018

Lockheed Martin Corp. 2,249 778,064

Northrop Grumman Corp. 3,554 1,127,933

Pentair PLC 4,643 201,274

Raytheon Co. 3,562 736,123

Republic Services, Inc. 3,242 235,564

Sandvik AB (Sweden) 23,426 415,537

SKF AB Class B (Sweden) 8,778 173,079

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. 344 84,858

Vinci SA (France) 3,665 349,151

WABCO Holdings, Inc. 1,087 128,201

Waste Management, Inc. 5,874 530,774

12,670,390

Communication services (1.0%)

ARRIS International PLC 3,388 88,054

AT&T, Inc. 1,284 43,117

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom) 12,779 37,545

KDDI Corp. (Japan) 17,500 483,625

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan) 9,000 406,638

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan) 8,400 225,928

Swisscom AG (Switzerland) 202 92,108

Verizon Communications, Inc. 52,412 2,798,277

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. 436 15,138

4,190,430

Conglomerates (0.3%)

AMETEK, Inc. 3,732 295,276

Danaher Corp. 815 88,558

Marubeni Corp. (Japan) 40,000 366,246

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 20,200 359,327

1,109,407

Consumer cyclicals (5.5%)

ABC-Mart, Inc. (Japan) 1,900 105,718

Amazon.com, Inc. 1,138 2,279,414

Aramark 137 5,894

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia) 2,975 61,219

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 4,994 752,396

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (The) (United Kingdom) 1,556 74,651

Booking Holdings, Inc. 10 19,840

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 4,402 218,471

Caesars Entertainment Corp. 203 2,081

Carnival Corp. 9,681 617,357

Crown, Ltd. (Australia) 12,609 124,897

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan) 2,100 48,846

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Dollar General Corp. 2,848 $311,286

Dollar Tree, Inc. 2,230 181,857

Ecolab, Inc. 116 18,186

Extended Stay America, Inc. (Units) 7,439 150,491

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (Italy) 14,307 251,657

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. 1,881 428,567

Ford Motor Co. 79,904 739,113

Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 48,000 304,566

Hermes International (France) 641 424,824

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 6,135 495,585

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 12,463 2,581,710

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 2,143 170,561

John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Class A 63 3,818

KAR Auction Services, Inc. 3,777 225,449

Kering SA (France) 226 121,196

Kimberly-Clark Corp. 543 61,707

Las Vegas Sands Corp. 7,405 439,339

Liberty SiriusXM Group Class A 2,404 104,430

Lowe’s Cos., Inc. 744 85,426

lululemon athletica, Inc. (Canada) 5,036 818,300

Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A 491 154,822

Marriott International, Inc./MD Class A 28 3,697

Mastercard, Inc. Class A 2,026 451,008

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. 8,274 567,265

Moncler SpA (Italy) 4,962 213,821

News Corp. Class A 8,435 111,258

Next PLC (United Kingdom) 498 35,679

Owens Corning 4,874 264,512

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom) 16,947 196,688

Peugeot SA (France) 14,012 378,067

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Germany) 8,437 219,216

PVH Corp. 4,350 628,140

Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,038 142,777

Randstad Holding NV (Netherlands) 1,624 86,731

Ross Stores, Inc. 9,358 927,378

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 5,345 694,529

RTL Group SA (Belgium) 910 64,950

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A 74 5,826

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 2,498 154,951

Signet Jewelers, Ltd. 3,548 233,920

Sony Corp. (Japan) 6,500 398,635

Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan) 900 51,567

Tapestry, Inc. 1,329 66,809

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom) 150,303 336,732

Tiffany & Co. 5,021 647,558

TJX Cos., Inc. (The) 825 92,417

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Toll Brothers, Inc. 7,279 $240,425

Total System Services, Inc. 3,526 348,157

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) 11,400 712,092

TUI AG (Germany) 13,291 255,302

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 6,526 299,021

VF Corp. 5,435 507,901

Visteon Corp. 1,607 149,290

Volvo AB (Sweden) 23,173 409,355

Walt Disney Co. (The) 10,886 1,273,009

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands) 1,070 66,714

Worldpay, Inc. Class A 369 37,369

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 8,918 386,684

24,043,124

Consumer staples (3.0%)

Altria Group, Inc. 330 19,902

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom) 5,003 158,994

Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom) 6,285 187,687

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. 23 2,710

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. (Australia) 19,705 139,154

Coca-Cola Co. (The) 30,485 1,408,102

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (United Kingdom) 401 18,233

ConAgra Foods, Inc. 10,096 342,961

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A 351 75,683

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A 4,657 676,755

Hershey Co. (The) 4,564 465,528

Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom) 12,591 438,559

Ingredion, Inc. 1,747 183,365

ITOCHU Corp. (Japan) 20,200 369,908

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom) 77,632 325,777

Kao Corp. (Japan) 2,000 161,535

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 2,345 54,334

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 3,300 84,574

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands) 17,244 395,571

L’Oreal SA (France) 1,126 271,640

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. Class A 79 3,716

LKQ Corp. 6,034 191,097

ManpowerGroup, Inc. 2,396 205,960

Marine Harvest ASA (Norway) 7,095 164,278

McDonald’s Corp. 547 91,508

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B 5,608 344,892

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A 22,248 955,774

Monster Beverage Corp. 575 33,511

Nestle SA (Switzerland) 3,523 295,098

PepsiCo, Inc. 15,518 1,734,913

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. 3,594 232,927

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 3,300 120,571

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer staples cont.

Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 4,840 $402,834

Swedish Match AB (Sweden) 4,488 229,618

Sysco Corp. 11,825 866,182

US Foods Holding Corp. 733 22,591

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 12,795 932,756

WH Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 125,500 88,372

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom) 12,923 43,715

Woolworths Group, Ltd. (Australia) 14,784 300,371

13,041,656

Energy (2.0%)

ConocoPhillips 17,880 1,383,912

Equinor ASA (Norway) 15,779 444,694

Exxon Mobil Corp. 918 78,048

Halcon Resources Corp. 537 2,400

Halliburton Co. 22,232 901,063

Marathon Petroleum Corp. 693 55,419

Occidental Petroleum Corp. 15,252 1,253,257

OMV AG (Austria) 3,227 181,373

ONEOK, Inc. 5,207 352,983

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A 6,521 325,463

Phillips 66 210 23,671

Repsol SA (Spain) 21,423 427,113

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom) 10,176 356,831

TOTAL SA (France) 11,446 742,366

Valero Energy Corp. 14,617 1,662,684

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 25,412 690,952

8,882,229

Financials (6.8%)

3i Group PLC (United Kingdom) 18,130 222,522

ABN AMRO Group NV GDR (Netherlands) 12,973 353,348

Aegon NV (Netherlands) 5,249 34,068

AGNC Investment Corp.  R 4,659 86,798

Allianz SE (Germany) 2,630 586,511

Allstate Corp. (The) 544 53,693

Ally Financial, Inc. 12,462 329,620

American Express Co. 832 88,600

American Financial Group, Inc. 1,100 122,067

American Homes 4 Rent  R 6,895 150,931

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 4,049 597,875

Annaly Capital Management, Inc.  R 2,516 25,739

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A  R 2,947 130,051

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  R 4,918 86,016

Assurant, Inc. 2,250 242,888

Athene Holding, Ltd. Class A 3,488 180,190

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom) 65,934 420,878

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 1,272 73,407

BB&T Corp. 68 3,301

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B 10 $2,141

BGC Partners, Inc. Class A 8,543 100,978

Brandywine Realty Trust  R 5,673 89,180

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.  R 10,974 192,155

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 2,342 309,027

Camden Property Trust  R 172 16,094

Capital One Financial Corp. 6,464 613,628

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A 5,312 234,259

Cheung Kong Property Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 54,000 405,436

Chimera Investment Corp.  R 636 11,531

CIT Group, Inc. 6,608 341,039

Citigroup, Inc. 38,418 2,756,107

CME Group, Inc. 214 36,425

CoreLogic, Inc. 1,553 76,734

Corporate Office Properties Trust  R 239 7,129

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan) 7,000 42,597

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany) 529 70,906

Discover Financial Services 7,011 535,991

DNB ASA (Norway) 15,734 330,879

Douglas Emmett, Inc.  R 2,232 84,191

Duke Realty Corp.  R 7,014 198,987

E*Trade Financial Corp. 12,779 669,492

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 3,733 62,005

EPR Properties  R 221 15,119

Equity Commonwealth  R 158 5,070

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.  R 1,067 102,912

Equity Residential Trust  R 6,823 452,092

Fifth Third Bancorp 18,161 507,055

First Hawaiian, Inc. 3,179 86,342

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.  R 3,209 113,118

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 2,422 543,109

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 12,400 336,904

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 9,000 449,640

HCP, Inc.  R 10,605 279,124

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) 21,000 105,605

Highwoods Properties, Inc.  R 2,689 127,082

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 2,600 74,429

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) 8,617 75,265

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.  R 2,981 97,538

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. 80 5,991

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 1,007 145,330

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 33,152 3,740,871

Kerry Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 17,500 59,378

Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom) 119,808 409,650

Liberty Property Trust  R 2,931 123,835

Life Storage, Inc.  R 914 86,976

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Lincoln National Corp. 4,614 $312,183

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom) 108,233 83,654

Loews Corp. 7,221 362,711

London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) 1,634 97,719

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (Australia) 4,701 428,714

MetLife, Inc. 12,703 593,484

MFA Financial, Inc.  R 809 5,946

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 254,400 443,915

Morgan Stanley 20,363 948,305

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Germany) 825 182,784

New Residential Investment Corp.  R 7,231 128,857

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 3,100 62,609

Northern Trust Corp. 2,183 222,950

Old Republic International Corp. 796 17,814

ORIX Corp. (Japan) 25,400 411,910

Outfront Media, Inc.  R 3,073 61,306

Paramount Group, Inc.  R 4,841 73,051

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  R 5,963 195,706

Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland) 431 343,503

Persimmon PLC (United Kingdom) 11,955 368,701

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 340 6,436

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 544 74,087

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico) 1,550 79,438

Principal Financial Group, Inc. 3,895 228,208

Prudential Financial, Inc. 6,967 705,896

Rayonier, Inc.  R 2,188 73,976

Regions Financial Corp. 37,950 696,383

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc. 86 12,432

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 769 102,723

Resona Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 67,100 377,074

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 6,530 130,861

Scentre Group (Australia)  R 25,937 74,504

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom) 893 36,042

Senior Housing Properties Trust  R 4,192 73,612

SL Green Realty Corp.  R 2,743 267,525

Spirit MTA REIT  R 121 1,394

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.  R 23,193 186,936

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  R 6,205 133,532

Stockland (Units) (Australia)  R 8,154 24,484

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 11,900 480,463

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 2,900 119,385

Sun Communities, Inc.  R 1,141 115,857

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 9,000 131,120

SunTrust Banks, Inc. 444 29,655

Swedbank AB Class A (Sweden) 15,561 385,473

Swire Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 9,200 34,861

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Synovus Financial Corp. 2,154 $98,632

Travelers Cos., Inc. (The) 245 31,779

Two Harbors Investment Corp.  R 605 9,033

U.S. Bancorp 13,550 715,575

UDR, Inc.  R 421 17,021

United Overseas Bank, Ltd. (Singapore) 10,700 212,066

Vornado Realty Trust  R 3,432 250,536

WP Carey, Inc.  R 917 58,972

30,239,642

Health care (5.0%)

AbbVie, Inc. 6,441 609,189

ABIOMED, Inc. 1,649 741,638

Akorn, Inc. 470 6,101

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan) 5,100 136,497

Allergan PLC 1,052 200,385

Amgen, Inc. 5,336 1,106,099

Anthem, Inc. 4,962 1,359,836

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan) 25,000 436,237

Baxter International, Inc. 9,359 721,485

Biogen, Inc. 1,108 391,468

Boston Scientific Corp. 18,338 706,014

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 17,786 1,104,155

Celgene Corp. 3,285 293,975

Centene Corp. 3,693 534,673

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 1,569 211,093

Cigna Corp. 4,423 921,090

Coloplast A/S Class B (Denmark) 232 23,734

Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 8,297 313,129

Eli Lilly & Co. 11,317 1,214,427

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., KGaA (Germany) 3,989 410,411

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 8,058 622,158

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom) 30,024 601,700

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 912 86,093

Humana, Inc. 2,794 945,825

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. 8 4,592

Ipsen SA (France) 666 112,011

Johnson & Johnson 11,652 1,609,957

Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands) 705 32,128

McKesson Corp. 4,989 661,791

Medipal Holdings Corp. (Japan) 4,100 85,584

Merck & Co., Inc. 17,870 1,267,698

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. 5 3,045

Novartis AG (Switzerland) 9,527 823,176

PerkinElmer, Inc. 81 7,879

Pfizer, Inc. 17,973 792,070

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) 3,150 766,700

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Health care cont.

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 5,600 $366,020

Siemens Healthineers AG (Germany) 1,868 82,177

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 200 24,457

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 32 7,811

UCB SA (Belgium) 2,977 267,632

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 145 38,576

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 1,760 339,222

Waters Corp. 478 93,057

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 1,365 437,469

Zoetis, Inc. 4,656 426,303

21,946,767

Technology (7.8%)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 9,349 659,478

Alphabet, Inc. Class A 4,472 5,397,986

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (Spain) 4,868 452,447

Amdocs, Ltd. 3,901 257,388

Apple, Inc. 13,665 3,084,737

Applied Materials, Inc. 8,479 327,714

Avaya Holdings Corp. 643 14,236

Black Knight, Inc. 2,601 135,122

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Japan) 2,600 51,366

CA, Inc. 6,775 299,116

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 6,136 278,084

Capgemini SE (France) 1,982 249,547

CDK Global, Inc. 302 18,893

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) 1,093 128,613

Cisco Systems, Inc. 59,708 2,904,794

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A 9,929 766,022

Corning, Inc. 284 10,025

Dell Technologies, Inc. Class V 4,820 468,118

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The) 1,675 238,704

eBay, Inc. 1,990 65,710

F5 Networks, Inc. 2,866 571,537

Facebook, Inc. Class A 8,848 1,455,142

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 4,294 468,346

Fiserv, Inc. 470 38,719

Fortinet, Inc. 8,060 743,696

Fujitsu, Ltd. (Japan) 100 7,128

Genpact, Ltd. 250 7,653

Harris Corp. 252 42,641

Hoya Corp. (Japan) 7,200 427,873

HP, Inc. 28,550 735,734

IBM Corp. 6,812 1,030,043

Intuit, Inc. 5,476 1,245,242

Jabil, Inc. 3,361 91,016

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 3,425 227,009

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

KLA-Tencor Corp. 4,842 $492,480

Leidos Holdings, Inc. 2,005 138,666

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc. 473 26,672

Microsoft Corp. 17,845 2,040,933

MSCI, Inc. 1,403 248,906

NetApp, Inc. 10,409 894,029

Nexon Co., Ltd. (Japan) 3,800 49,681

NTT Data Corp. (Japan) 25,600 354,526

Nuance Communications, Inc. 10,665 184,718

nVent Electric PLC (United Kingdom) 4,025 109,319

NVIDIA Corp. 9,654 2,712,967

Oracle Corp. 35,207 1,815,273

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 3,267 735,924

Red Hat, Inc. 4,671 636,564

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 2,693 504,991

Synopsys, Inc. 3,396 334,880

Texas Instruments, Inc. 5,562 596,747

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A 1,070 189,208

34,966,363

Transportation (0.8%)

Aena SME SA (Spain) 1,818 315,685

Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan) 2,000 416,604

Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 972 77,604

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 17,043 985,597

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom) 13,983 239,602

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 3,533 259,781

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (Spain) 42,037 361,410

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan) 4,100 147,417

Kansas City Southern 3,290 372,691

Kyushu Railway Co. (Japan) 2,700 82,247

Norfolk Southern Corp. 354 63,897

3,322,535

Utilities and power (1.3%)

AES Corp. 17,326 242,564

Ameren Corp. 4,770 301,559

American Electric Power Co., Inc. 4,433 314,211

Atmos Energy Corp. 1,296 121,707

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 11,152 308,353

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 29,500 345,522

CMS Energy Corp. 7,088 347,312

Duke Energy Corp. 658 52,653

Endesa SA (Spain) 5,446 117,718

Enel SpA (Italy) 77,718 398,269

ENGIE SA (France) 7,470 109,887

Eni SpA (Italy) 25,103 474,736

Entergy Corp. 7,514 609,611

Evergy, Inc. 2,873 157,785

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COMMON STOCKS (37.9%)* cont. Shares Value

Utilities and power cont.

Exelon Corp. 819 $35,758

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 40,925 725,600

NRG Energy, Inc. 13,719 513,091

OGE Energy Corp. 5,098 185,159

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 2,312 183,064

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc. (Rights) 234 161

UGI Corp. 5,288 293,378

5,838,098

Total common stocks (cost $151,915,398) $166,894,362

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (20.8%)* Principal amount Value

U.S. Government Guaranteed Mortgage Obligations (5.0%)

Government National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

3.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 $10,000,000 $9,940,625

3.50%, with due dates from 7/20/47 to 11/20/47 12,045,479 11,992,063

21,932,688

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage Obligations (15.8%)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Pass-Through Certificates

4.00%, 5/1/48 2,925,108 2,955,274

3.00%, 2/1/47 1,785,317 1,710,209

Federal National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

6.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 3,000,000 3,243,047

4.00%, 1/1/57 346,127 350,602

4.00%, TBA, 11/1/48 9,000,000 9,075,235

4.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 15,000,000 15,145,313

4.00%, with due dates from 8/1/47 to 5/1/48 6,456,616 6,523,158

3.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 1,000,000 984,063

3.50%, with due dates from 12/1/47 to 1/1/48 8,105,750 7,983,214

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 1,000,000 956,797

3.00%, with due dates from 12/1/31 to 3/1/47 14,232,929 13,720,678

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/33 7,000,000 6,914,141

69,561,731

Total U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations (cost $92,869,361) $91,494,419

CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* Principal amount Value

Basic materials (0.8%)

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 8/15/23 $35,000 $37,450

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.95%, 1/15/21 15,000 15,244

American Woodmark Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 3/15/26 35,000 33,338

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 10/15/39 (France) 60,000 69,741

Beacon Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/25 35,000 32,244

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 10/1/23 30,000 31,050

Big River Steel, LLC/BRS Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.25%, 9/1/25 30,000 31,688

BMC East, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 65,000 62,806

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Basic materials cont.

Boise Cascade Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 $80,000 $81,576

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 145,000 139,381

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. notes 5.50%, 4/15/24 150,000 147,563

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 4/15/25 90,000 87,741

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 (Germany) 15,000 15,752

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/15/22 (Germany) 83,000 84,514

CF Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 6/1/43 30,000 26,550

CF Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.50%, 12/1/26 250,000 248,323

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27 20,000 19,286

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 5/15/25 20,000 21,210

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 5/15/23 5,000 5,223

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/1/25 15,000 14,588

Compass Minerals International, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 7/15/24 50,000 46,313

Cornerstone Chemical Co. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 8/15/24 25,000 25,037

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/1/26 20,000 19,100

Dow Chemical Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.50%, 10/1/24 85,000 83,190

E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. sr. unsec. notes 3.625%, 1/15/21 25,000 25,252

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 1/15/25 25,000 23,875

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/23 (Indonesia) 35,000 37,275

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 3/15/43 (Indonesia) 20,000 18,200

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 95,000 93,456

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 7/15/26 30,000 29,625

HudBay Minerals, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 25,000 25,813

Huntsman International, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/15/20 10,000 10,175

Ingevity Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 55,000 52,440

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.45%, 9/26/28 125,000 126,111

International Paper Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 2/15/27 115,000 105,584

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc. 144A sr. notes 11.00%, 5/15/22 10,000 10,875

Kraton Polymers, LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 4/15/25 30,000 30,825

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 9/15/24 60,000 59,850

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 2/1/24 (Canada) 20,000 20,452

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 20,000 19,600

Methanex Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/15/19 (Canada) 3,000 2,981

New Gold, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 11/15/22 (Canada) 5,000 4,363

New Gold, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/25 (Canada) 10,000 8,350

NOVA Chemicals Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/27 (Canada) 24,000 22,350

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.875%, 9/30/26 75,000 73,275

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 8/15/24 10,000 10,238

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 1/15/45 (Canada) 15,000 15,516

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 4.125%, 3/15/35 (Canada) 235,000 215,064

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Basic materials cont.

Packaging Corp. of America sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23 $20,000 $20,567

Pisces Midco, Inc. 144A sr. notes 8.00%, 4/15/26 35,000 35,263

PQ Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/25 45,000 44,663

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/27 90,000 85,647

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/1/22 95,000 92,134

Smurfit Kappa Treasury Funding DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 11/20/25 (Ireland) 10,000 11,775

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 12/15/26 55,000 54,725

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.125%, 9/15/25 10,000 9,525

Teck Resources, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.75%, 2/1/23 (Canada) 5,000 4,900

TMS International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 8/15/25 40,000 40,300

TopBuild Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/26 45,000 43,988

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/1/25 (Luxembourg) 40,000 38,450

Tronox Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 10/1/25 (United Kingdom) 10,000 9,250

Tronox, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/15/26 30,000 28,875

U.S. Concrete, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 6/1/24 55,000 55,644

Univar USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 7/15/23 10,000 10,363

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/27 70,000 70,771

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 11/15/47 220,000 195,437

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 8/15/26 130,000 122,258

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.20%, 1/15/30 55,000 71,423

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.95%, 2/15/31 87,000 112,333

Weyerhaeuser Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.375%, 3/15/32  R 54,000 68,298

WR Grace & Co.- Conn. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/24 15,000 15,788

Zekelman Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.875%, 6/15/23 10,000 10,863

3,673,693

Capital goods (0.6%)

Allison Transmission, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 10/1/27 55,000 51,906

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 11/15/19 10,000 10,400

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty notes 5.50%, 5/15/22 5,000 5,082

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty unsub. notes 5.125%, 7/15/23 5,000 5,025

Berry Global, Inc. 144A notes 4.50%, 2/15/26 15,000 14,250

Boeing Capital Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 10/27/19 35,000 35,609

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 12/1/21 (Canada) 10,000 11,000

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 12/1/24 (Canada) 85,000 89,569

Briggs & Stratton Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/20 45,000 47,588

Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 7.375%, 12/15/26 10,000 10,875

Deere & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 6/8/22 50,000 48,778

Gates Global, LLC/Gates Global Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 7/15/22 5,000 5,031

General Dynamics Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 11/15/42 20,000 18,833

General Dynamics Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 11/15/22 15,000 14,337

GFL Environmental, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/1/23 (Canada) 20,000 18,775

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/22 100,000 102,751

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Capital goods cont.

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.812%, 11/21/47 $20,000 $19,015

Honeywell International, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.25%, 3/1/21 15,000 15,411

Hulk Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 6/1/26 (Canada) 60,000 57,975

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 7/2/64 45,000 42,832

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/47 115,000 110,305

L3 Technologies, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.85%, 12/15/26 25,000 24,050

MasTec, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/15/23 30,000 29,775

Northrop Grumman Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 1/15/28 330,000 310,306

Oshkosh Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 3/1/25 75,000 77,250

Oshkosh Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 5/15/28 175,000 173,100

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 4/15/27 20,000 20,500

Raytheon Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 10/15/40 15,000 16,709

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/25 30,000 28,575

Republic Services, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 5/15/28 245,000 243,526

Stevens Holding Co, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 10/1/26 55,000 55,894

Tennant Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 5/1/25 25,000 25,313

Tenneco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 12/15/24 23,000 21,591

Titan Acquisition, Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower, LLC. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 4/15/26 (Canada) 50,000 43,375

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.50%, 5/15/25 5,000 5,094

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 6/15/26 80,000 80,800

Trident Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 25,000 23,688

United Technologies Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.90%, 5/4/20 593,000 580,945

Vertiv Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 10/15/24 35,000 36,400

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 12.00%, 2/15/22, ‡‡ 15,000 15,338

Wabash National Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 10/1/25 55,000 52,525

Waste Management, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 6/30/20 61,000 62,609

Wrangler Buyer Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 10/1/25 55,000 52,800

2,715,510

Communication services (1.3%)

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.125%, 1/15/27  R 165,000 150,128

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.55%, 7/15/27  R 75,000 70,084

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.375%, 10/15/26  R 117,000 108,969

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/46 57,000 52,077

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 5/15/25 58,000 55,220

AT&T, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.10%, 2/15/28 550,000 533,955

Cablevision Systems Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.00%, 4/15/20 5,000 5,269

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 5/1/26 130,000 128,538

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 4/1/24 60,000 60,975

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/15/26 25,000 25,063

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 5/1/23 10,000 10,016

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 55,000 55,344

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital C company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.375%, 5/1/47 167,000 158,233

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.049%, 11/1/52 20,000 17,736

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Communication services cont.

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.999%, 11/1/49 $6,000 $5,340

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.969%, 11/1/47 126,000 112,456

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.35%, 1/15/27 198,000 174,224

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/35 8,000 9,654

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.375%, 2/15/25 175,000 169,400

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 3/1/26 130,000 122,731

CommScope Technologies Finance, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 6/15/25 15,000 15,450

CommScope Technologies, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 100,000 96,250

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/28  R 270,000 256,058

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.65%, 9/1/27  R 157,000 147,508

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/22  R 10,000 10,296

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 7/15/23  R 65,000 62,639

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/15/26  R 75,000 71,477

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/24 55,000 53,763

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 35,000 36,838

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.75%, 6/15/30 (Netherlands) 37,000 49,689

DISH DBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 70,000 62,738

Equinix, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27  R 25,000 25,000

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 9/15/22 20,000 17,800

Frontier Communications Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.50%, 4/1/26 50,000 47,250

Intelsat Connect Finance SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.50%, 2/15/23 (Luxembourg) 90,000 89,550

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 7/15/25 (Bermuda) 55,000 58,231

Koninklijke KPN NV sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.375%, 10/1/30 (Netherlands) 10,000 12,892

Level 3 Financing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 2/1/23 45,000 45,511

NBCUniversal Media, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.15%, 4/30/20 150,000 154,693

NBCUniversal Media, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 4/1/21 431,000 441,569

Quebecor Media, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/23 (Canada) 10,000 10,300

Rogers Communications, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 8.75%, 5/1/32 (Canada) 30,000 39,701

Sprint Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 11/15/28 15,000 15,075

Sprint Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 8/15/20 205,000 214,225

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.25%, 9/15/21 5,000 5,288

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 80,000 83,000

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 3/1/25 210,000 218,778

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 3/1/23 5,000 5,140

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/27 40,000 39,850

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 4/15/22 5,000 4,978

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 2/1/28 30,000 28,238

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 15,000 14,316

TCI Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 2/15/28 20,000 24,138

Telefonica Emisiones SAU company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.895%, 3/6/48 (Spain) 435,000 405,151

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.40%, 11/1/34 70,000 68,263

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.125%, 3/16/27 305,000 306,391

Videotron, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 7/15/22 (Canada) 25,000 25,625

Videotron, Ltd./Videotron Ltee. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/15/27 (Canada) 150,000 147,000

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Communication services cont.

Vodafone Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/30/28 (United Kingdom) $135,000 $133,006

Windstream Services, LLC/Windstream Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 9.00%, 6/30/25 10,000 7,725

5,576,802

Conglomerates (0.2%)

Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.20%, 3/16/20 (Netherlands) 907,000 894,410

894,410

Consumer cyclicals (1.5%)

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 11/15/46 42,000 44,970

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 12/1/45 126,000 192,963

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 9/15/22 40,000 39,382

Amazon.com, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/22/27 260,000 249,121

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 5/15/27 40,000 38,300

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/26 25,000 23,938

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 2/15/22 20,000 20,150

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/26 10,000 10,025

Autonation, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 2/1/20 73,000 74,827

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 8/14/28 265,000 264,831

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 8/13/21 65,000 64,972

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 4/11/21 220,000 213,166

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/15/26 15,000 15,113

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 5/15/23 5,000 5,253

Boyne USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 7.25%, 5/1/25 15,000 15,863

Carriage Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 6/1/26 35,000 35,700

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.90%, 1/15/27 102,000 91,261

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 1/15/45 100,000 94,461

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/26 1,000 980

CBS Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 11/1/24 65,000 62,464

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 12/15/22 10,000 10,050

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.875%, 6/1/23 40,000 39,350

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.625%, 3/15/20 10,000 10,050

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/22 60,000 61,050

Constellation Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 9/15/25 55,000 52,113

CRC Escrow Issuer, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 10/15/25 45,000 42,863

Delta Merger Sub., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 9/15/26 5,000 5,063

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. notes 7.75%, 9/1/23 20,000 20,500

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.75%, 9/1/24 15,000 14,606

Dollar General Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/23 65,000 63,460

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.70%, 11/1/26 220,000 203,649

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/1/27 60,000 57,473

Ford Motor Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.346%, 12/8/26 290,000 272,931

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Consumer cyclicals cont.

Gartner, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/1/25 $10,000 $10,069

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/6/26 288,000 270,620

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 7/13/25 20,000 19,453

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/25 5,000 4,837

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/25 30,000 30,450

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 50,000 50,776

Gray Television, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/26 15,000 14,869

Hanesbrands, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 5/15/24 10,000 9,719

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/1/27 200,000 197,146

Home Depot, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 6/1/22 45,000 44,089

Howard Hughes Corp. (The) 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/15/25 70,000 69,300

Hyatt Hotels Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.85%, 3/15/26 70,000 72,228

iHeartCommunications, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 9.00%, 12/15/19 (In default) 10,000 7,525

IHS Markit, Ltd. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 8/1/28 (United Kingdom) 130,000 130,163

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty notes 4.75%, 2/15/25 (United Kingdom) 205,000 208,075

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 3/1/26 (United Kingdom) 5,000 4,800

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.65%, 10/1/28 573,000 573,857

Iron Mountain US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26  R 10,000 9,400

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 3/15/28  R 20,000 18,550

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 9/15/27  R 50,000 45,875

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 10.25%, 11/15/22 75,000 82,515

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 25,000 25,875

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 144A notes 7.875%, 2/1/24 5,000 5,307

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/27 15,000 13,669

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/25 15,000 13,838

Lear Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 9/15/27 281,000 260,880

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 35,000 36,444

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/15/22 10,000 10,043

Lions Gate Capital Holdings, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 11/1/24 15,000 15,375

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/24 15,000 14,700

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 3/15/26 30,000 30,300

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/23 (Canada) 45,000 45,450

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 10/1/25 (Canada) 20,000 19,344

Meredith Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/26 50,000 51,250

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/1/20 5,000 5,256

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 12/15/21 20,000 21,125

Navistar International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 75,000 78,000

Neiman Marcus Group, LLC (The) company guaranty sr. notes 7.125%, 6/1/28 10,000 8,150

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 20,000 19,575

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL (The) 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/1/25 (Luxembourg) $25,000 $24,500

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Nielsen Finance Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 4/15/22 65,000 63,375

Omnicom Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 4/15/26 95,000 90,228

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 3/15/25 45,000 45,450

Penn National Gaming, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 1/15/27 15,000 14,471

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 10/1/22 5,000 5,094

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 5/15/26 95,000 92,359

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 12/1/24 5,000 4,900

PetSmart, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 3/15/23 10,000 7,188

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 6/15/32 11,000 11,839

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 3/1/26 25,000 24,875

Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 5/15/26 30,000 30,111

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 6.125%, 8/15/21 60,000 59,850

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.95%, 1/22/27 80,000 74,113

Sabre GLBL, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.375%, 4/15/23 10,000 10,062

Scientific Games International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 12/1/22 40,000 42,350

Sinclair Television Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 70,000 68,513

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 8/1/27 235,000 225,600

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 4/15/27 80,000 79,200

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 7/31/24 35,000 34,125

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/15/27 235,000 221,194

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 1/15/28 5,000 4,619

SugarHouse HSP Gaming Prop. Mezz LP/SugarHouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.875%, 5/15/25 15,000 14,171

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/27 180,000 172,181

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.95%, 7/15/26 60,000 54,406

TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 6/15/24 30,000 29,775

Univision Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.125%, 2/15/25 20,000 18,700

Viacom, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/1/21 25,000 25,432

Walt Disney Co. (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.75%, 8/16/21 10,000 9,885

Werner FinCo LP/Werner FinCo, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 7/15/25 50,000 48,250

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 10,000 10,000

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 10,000 9,925

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/26 10,000 9,813

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.75%, 4/1/27 10,000 9,426

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 30,000 29,700

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.25%, 5/15/27 $65,000 $60,369

6,695,844

Consumer staples (0.8%)

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 (Canada) 80,000 76,600

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.25%, 5/15/24 (Canada) 15,000 14,213

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 8/6/19 2,000 2,107

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/31/24 140,000 141,524

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 1/14/20 280,000 278,398

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.90%, 2/1/46 486,000 491,502

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.65%, 2/1/26 398,000 386,735

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 2/1/21 248,000 244,399

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 7/15/22 40,000 38,622

Ascend Learning, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 8/1/25 40,000 40,400

Ashtead Capital, Inc. 144A notes 4.375%, 8/15/27 200,000 190,000

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 7/15/25 60,000 61,673

CEC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 2/15/22 5,000 4,525

Coca-Cola Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.25%, 9/1/26 35,000 31,775

CVS Pass-Through Trust sr. notes 6.036%, 12/10/28 21,835 23,159

Diageo Investment Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 9/15/22 16,000 18,612

Fresh Market, Inc. (The) 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.75%, 5/1/23 15,000 11,175

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.75%, 10/1/25 45,000 47,173

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/15/24 50,000 50,719

Itron, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 1/15/26 50,000 48,000

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 10,000 9,963

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 6/1/24 10,000 9,919

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 6/1/27 65,000 62,481

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.375%, 6/1/46 200,000 176,640

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.82%), 3.161%, 8/10/22 245,000 246,239

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/1/26 139,000 136,220

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/1/24 5,000 4,888

Maple Escrow Subsidiary, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.597%, 5/25/28 498,000 499,954

Match Group, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 12/15/27 30,000 29,853

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 4/15/28 25,000 23,500

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.875%, 11/15/28 30,000 29,888

Newell Brands, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 4/1/26 120,000 114,133

PepsiCo, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 10/6/46 20,000 18,034

Rite Aid Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 4/1/23 55,000 49,294

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/26 10,000 9,490

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (16.9%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer staples cont.

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.30%, 11/18/21 $45,000 $44,717

3,666,524

Energy (2.1%)

Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 12/15/24 80,000 76,000

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 11/1/21 25,000 25,320

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.125%, 12/1/22 20,000 20,310

Apache Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/22 15,000 14,766

Apergy Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/1/26 50,000 51,375

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 4/1/22 10,000 11,250

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 11/1/26 15,000 14,944

Baytex Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 15,000 14,325

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.119%, 5/4/26 (United Kingdom) 60,000 57,110

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.279%, 9/19/27 (United Kingdom) 320,000 306,099

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.315%, 2/13/20 (United Kingdom) 40,000 39,645

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.366%, 9/19/19 (United Kingdom) 110,000 108,858

California Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/20 10,000 9,550

California Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 12/15/22 10,000 9,550

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.875%, 3/31/25 120,000 126,150

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.125%, 6/30/27 65,000 65,244

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 6/15/27 5,000 5,100

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 1/15/25 30,000 30,938

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/15/23 5,000 4,869

Chevron Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.561%, 5/16/19 210,000 208,689

Comstock Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 8/15/26 45,000 44,901

Concho Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 10/1/27 228,000 217,625

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.90%, 6/1/44 80,000 78,997

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.80%, 6/1/24 20,000 19,613

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 4/15/23 10,000 10,176

Covey Park Energy, LLC/Covey Park Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 5/15/25 40,000 40,550

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/15/25 30,000 29,250

DCP Midstream Operating LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 7/15/25 15,000 15,281

DCP Midstream Operating LP 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.75%, 9/15/37 20,000 21,400

Denbury Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 8/15/21 10,000 9,750

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.00%, 5/15/21 34,000 36,763

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A notes 7.50%, 2/15/24 15,000 15,450

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/31/25 70,000 71,400

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/1/24 5,000 5,006

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/30/28 55,000 55,000

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/30/26 15,000 15,000

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Energy Transfer Partners LP jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. B, 6.625%, perpetual maturity $265,000 $253,738

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 12/15/45 15,000 16,000

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 2/1/42 20,000 22,089

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.20%, 2/1/22 15,000 15,579

Ensco PLC sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 2/1/26 (United Kingdom) 30,000 29,775

EOG Resources, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 3/15/23 250,000 240,909

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.375%, 5/1/20 22,000 21,643

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.375%, 5/1/24 18,000 14,850

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 2/15/25 15,000 11,475

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 8.00%, 11/29/24 5,000 5,038

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.75%, 5/15/26 35,000 35,831

EQT Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.90%, 10/1/27 165,000 154,607

Equinor ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.10%, 8/17/40 (Norway) 15,000 16,975

Exxon Mobil Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.222%, 3/1/21 655,000 641,985

Hess Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.30%, 8/15/31 15,000 17,325

Hess Infrastructure Partners LP/Hess Infrastructure Partners Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 2/15/26 70,000 70,700

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/24 45,000 46,013

Indigo Natural Resources, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/26 55,000 53,213

Jagged Peak Energy, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/1/26 45,000 44,775

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 1/30/23 (Canada) 5,000 4,550

MEG Energy Corp. 144A notes 6.50%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 10,000 9,900

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/1/25 50,000 47,933

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/23 5,000 4,912

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/30/22 10,000 10,438

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/1/26 75,000 77,719

Noble Holding International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 1/15/24 15,000 14,888

Noble Holding International, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 2/1/26 15,000 15,563

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 1/15/23 5,000 5,113

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/22 5,000 5,087

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 5/1/26 30,000 30,525

Occidental Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.40%, 4/15/46 165,000 167,840

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.375%, 1/17/27 (Brazil) 525,000 531,641

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.25%, 3/17/44 (Brazil) 109,000 103,550

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 3/17/24 (Brazil) 752,000 754,820

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 1/17/22 (Brazil) 59,000 60,918

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.999%, 1/27/28 (Brazil) 69,000 63,394

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.299%, 1/27/25 (Brazil) 22,000 20,460

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Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/13/27 (Mexico) $909,000 $926,945

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 1/21/21 (Mexico) 130,000 134,203

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 1/23/26 (Mexico) 121,000 113,135

Precision Drilling Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 30,000 30,825

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 3/15/23 15,000 14,700

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/1/21 20,000 20,575

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 3/1/22 10,000 10,581

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. bonds 4.20%, 3/15/28 115,000 111,558

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 23,000 23,625

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 9/15/24 50,000 51,000

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 12/15/21 5,000 5,070

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/30/25 (Canada) 85,000 81,813

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 5/10/26 (Netherlands) 275,000 261,175

Shell International Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.125%, 5/11/20 (Netherlands) 5,000 4,931

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 15,000 15,506

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/24 10,000 9,738

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 9/15/26 45,000 46,744

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 11/15/22 12,000 12,360

Spectra Energy Partners LP sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 10/15/26 85,000 80,036

Statoil ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.90%, 11/8/20 (Norway) 107,000 106,396

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 1/15/28 25,000 25,219

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 2/1/27 10,000 10,000

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 1/15/28 180,000 175,051

Total Capital International SA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 6/19/21 (France) 640,000 633,336

Transcanada Trust company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.30%, 3/15/77 (Canada) 150,000 142,688

Transocean Pontus, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.125%, 8/1/25 (Cayman Islands) 15,000 15,225

Trinidad Drilling, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 2/15/25 (Canada) 60,000 59,400

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 4/1/26 30,000 30,975

Vermilion Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/25 (Canada) 20,000 19,875

Weatherford International, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.875%, 3/1/25 15,000 14,475

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.875%, 2/15/24 50,000 49,000

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.25%, 6/15/23 5,000 4,725

Whiting Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/26 30,000 31,200

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.75%, 3/15/32 35,000 46,636

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Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.30%, 3/4/24 $155,000 $155,894

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.60%, 3/15/22 65,000 64,577

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 30,000 34,050

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 6/1/26 25,000 25,313

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.00%, 1/15/22 9,000 9,327

9,135,907

Financials (5.5%)

AIG Global Funding 144A sr. notes 2.15%, 7/2/20 95,000 93,163

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 3/1/21 155,000 151,404

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.625%, 10/1/28 360,000 354,795

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 4/1/27 125,000 115,431

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 11/1/31 230,000 278,588

Ally Financial, Inc. sub. unsec. notes 5.75%, 11/20/25 90,000 92,926

Ally Financial, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 12/31/18 5,000 5,050

American Express Co. sr. unsec. bonds 8.125%, 5/20/19 204,000 210,842

American International Group, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB 8.175%, 5/15/58 48,000 60,240

ANZ New Zealand Int’l, Ltd./London 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.875%, 1/25/22 (United Kingdom) 255,000 247,561

Banco Santander SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.379%, 4/12/28 (Spain) 600,000 569,159

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. AA, 6.10%, perpetual maturity 28,000 29,330

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN, 3.248%, 10/21/27 540,000 500,871

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB Ser. MTN, 3.824%, 1/20/28 200,000 194,624

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. FRN 3.004%, 12/20/23 260,000 252,313

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 2.151%, 11/9/20 65,000 63,608

Bank of America Corp. unsec. sub. notes 6.11%, 1/29/37 135,000 155,569

Bank of Montreal sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. D, 3.10%, 4/13/21 (Canada) 155,000 154,381

Bank of Montreal unsec. sub. FRN 3.803%, 12/15/32 (Canada) 25,000 23,359

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.70%, 3/7/22 (Canada) 215,000 209,622

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.35%, 10/21/20 (Canada) 75,000 73,680

Bank of Nova Scotia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.45%, 3/22/21 (Canada) 107,000 104,777

Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.20%, 7/20/20 (France) 200,000 195,352

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 5/15/43 16,000 16,076

BGC Partners, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 5/27/21 90,000 92,118

BPCE SA 144A unsec. sub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25 (France) 230,000 224,939

Camden Property Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 6/15/23  R 25,000 26,166

Capital One Financial Corp. unsec. sub. notes 4.20%, 10/29/25 10,000 9,772

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 3/15/25 15,000 15,588

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/1/26 20,000 20,395

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 45,000 45,844

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 3/7/25 104,000 106,080

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 8/15/22 10,000 10,200

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. FRB 3.668%, 7/24/28 300,000 284,392

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.65%, 10/26/20 324,000 319,788

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.887%, 1/10/28 455,000 441,732

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 5/18/46 230,000 224,349

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. bonds 4.45%, 9/29/27 340,000 336,072

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Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 3/9/26 $45,000 $45,298

Citizens Bank NA/Providence RI sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 3/2/20 500,000 493,273

CNO Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 5/30/25 40,000 40,900

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 3/10/20 (Australia) 435,000 429,433

Commonwealth Bank of Australia 144A unsec. notes 2.20%, 11/9/20 (Australia) 388,000 377,745

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. MTN, 5.25%, 5/24/41 (Netherlands) 195,000 218,933

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.375%, 3/15/23 20,000 20,950

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 2/15/21 10,000 10,088

Credit Suisse Group AG 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.282%, 1/9/28 (Switzerland) 250,000 243,146

Danske Bank A/S 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.70%, 3/2/22 (Denmark) 255,000 244,437

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.45%, 7/15/28  R 230,000 229,811

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 10/1/20  R 170,000 170,162

ESH Hospitality, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 5/1/25  R 55,000 53,213

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.85%, 4/17/28 (Canada) 510,000 502,808

Fifth Third Bancorp jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.10%, perpetual maturity 9,000 8,820

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 4/15/25 30,000 29,100

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 11/15/24 35,000 33,950

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.373%, 11/15/25 (Ireland) 303,000 288,447

GE Capital International Funding Co. Unlimited Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 2.342%, 11/15/20 (Ireland) 285,000 277,838

goeasy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 11/1/22 (Canada) 20,000 20,825

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. FRB 4.223%, 5/1/29 960,000 945,943

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 1/26/27 728,000 706,298

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 12/27/20 702,000 690,729

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.55%, 10/23/19 35,000 34,842

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.30%, 12/13/19 173,000 171,482

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) unsec. sub. notes 6.75%, 10/1/37 30,000 36,037

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 4/15/22 15,000 15,687

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. notes 4.375%, 2/15/30  R 232,000 212,727

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25  R 5,000 4,869

HUB International, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 5/1/26 40,000 40,052

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. unsec. notes 4.35%, 2/4/23 210,000 210,666

Huntington National Bank (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.375%, 3/10/20 250,000 247,406

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 2/1/24 20,000 20,475

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 2/1/22 45,000 46,125

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/20 5,000 5,091

International Lease Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 8/15/22 10,000 10,588

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 4/1/22  R 10,000 10,075

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 9/15/22  R 10,000 9,850

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. bonds 6.10%, perpetual maturity 24,000 24,840

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. Z, 5.30%, perpetual maturity 111,000 113,498

JPMorgan Chase & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.964%, 11/15/48 1,380,000 1,260,507

JPMorgan Chase & Co. unsec. sub. bonds 3.625%, 12/1/27 475,000 447,978

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA sr. unsec. FRN Ser. BKNT, 3.086%, 4/26/21 330,000 329,071

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KeyCorp sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. MTN, 1.86%, 12/13/18 $228,000 $228,003

LPL Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 9/15/25 50,000 48,813

Macquarie Group Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 8/13/19 (Australia) 165,000 171,187

Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. BKNT, 2.05%, 8/17/20 350,000 342,647

MetLife, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. notes 6.40%, 12/15/36 25,000 26,500

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I 144A sr. notes 1.75%, 9/19/19 150,000 148,408

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/24  R 15,000 15,375

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 1/15/28  R 10,000 9,151

Mid-America Apartments LP sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 10/15/23  R 30,000 30,339

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.535%, 7/26/21 (Japan) 260,000 259,659

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 1/22/47 380,000 369,280

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 1/20/27 519,000 498,382

Morgan Stanley sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 1/27/20 155,000 154,007

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes 2.80%, 1/10/22 (Australia) 270,000 263,300

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes Ser. MTN, 2.125%, 5/22/20 (Australia) 290,000 285,088

National Australia Bank, Ltd./New York sr. unsec. notes 2.875%, 4/12/23 (Australia) 250,000 240,770

National Australia Bank, Ltd./New York sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 1/12/21 (Australia) 250,000 244,603

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/1/21 15,000 15,018

Nordea Bank AB 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 9/17/20 (Finland) 240,000 236,310

Protective Life Global Funding 144A notes 2.262%, 4/8/20 150,000 147,705

Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 6/15/25 40,000 40,000

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.625%, 6/15/43 26,000 27,105

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.20%, 3/15/44 26,000 25,968

Regions Financial Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 8/14/22 130,000 125,092

Royal Bank of Canada sr. unsec. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.125%, 3/2/20 (Canada) 538,000 532,363

Royal Bank of Canada unsec. sub. notes Ser. GMTN, 4.65%, 1/27/26 (Canada) 50,000 51,139

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 4.892%, 5/18/29 (United Kingdom) 200,000 197,764

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB sr. unsec. notes 2.625%, 3/15/21 (Sweden) 397,000 389,239

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB sr. unsec. notes 2.30%, 3/11/20 (Sweden) 755,000 743,896

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 3/15/26 15,000 14,925

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/25 30,000 29,925

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 5/15/22 50,000 51,563

Springleaf Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 12/15/19 5,000 5,069

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 3/15/25  R 30,000 28,728

Svenska Handelsbanken AB company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.95%, 9/8/20 (Sweden) 250,000 243,394

TMX Finance, LLC/TitleMax Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 11.125%, 4/1/23 35,000 35,000

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) unsec. sub. FRB 3.625%, 9/15/31 (Canada) 159,000 149,432

Travelport Corporate Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%, 3/15/26 (United Kingdom) 35,000 35,548

UBS AG/London 144A sr. unsec. notes 2.20%, 6/8/20 (United Kingdom) 435,000 427,128

USIS Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 5/1/25 20,000 19,950

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.60%, 2/6/24  R 25,000 25,083

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VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/26  R $25,000 $25,250

VTB Bank OJSC Via VTB Capital SA 144A unsec. sub. bonds 6.95%, 10/17/22 (Russia) 200,000 195,000

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.125%, 7/15/26 10,000 10,475

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 7/15/23 30,000 31,388

Wells Fargo & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. U, 5.875%, perpetual maturity 30,000 31,500

Wells Fargo & Co. sr. unsec. notes Ser. GMTN, 2.60%, 7/22/20 280,000 277,222

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/19/19 (Australia) 25,000 25,518

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.15%, 3/6/20 (Australia) 780,000 770,009

Westpac Banking Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 8/19/21 (Australia) 95,000 91,169

WeWork Cos, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 5/1/25 60,000 58,148

WP Carey, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 4/1/24  R 15,000 15,124

24,107,828

Health care (1.7%)

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.60%, 5/14/25 149,000 144,213

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 5/14/20 50,000 49,440

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 3/15/22 (Luxembourg) 24,000 23,839

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.80%, 3/15/25 (Luxembourg) 200,000 195,849

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.663%, 6/15/51 200,000 197,863

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 10/1/20 45,000 45,222

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 8/19/26 302,000 273,389

ASP AMC Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/25 30,000 22,800

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.45%, 9/15/37 (United Kingdom) 37,000 46,376

AstraZeneca PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.95%, 9/18/19 (United Kingdom) 89,000 88,201

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 11/1/25 10,000 10,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 4/1/26 35,000 37,756

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.00%, 12/15/25 60,000 64,575

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 4/15/25 15,000 14,250

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 7.00%, 3/15/24 20,000 21,130

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/15/22 5,000 5,200

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 1/31/27 35,000 36,750

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.669%, 6/6/47 208,000 205,726

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/6/27 179,000 171,166

Biogen, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.625%, 9/15/22 70,000 70,168

BioScrip, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.875%, 2/15/21 40,000 37,900

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/22 5,000 5,056

Centene Escrow I Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26 15,000 15,358

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 3/31/23 135,000 128,210

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/22 35,000 19,611

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 8.125%, 6/30/24 28,000 23,279

Cigna Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/21 30,000 30,612

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.05%, 3/25/48 357,000 365,155

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.78%, 3/25/38 1,073,000 1,067,859

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 12/5/18 55,000 54,961

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Health care cont.

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.90%, 8/28/28 $403,000 $409,166

Halfmoon Parent, Inc. 144A sr. unsub. notes 3.75%, 7/15/23 414,000 412,733

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. bonds 5.25%, 6/15/26 10,000 10,288

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.50%, 2/15/20 95,000 98,800

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 4.75%, 5/1/23 30,000 30,525

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.50%, 6/15/47 75,000 76,031

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 12.50%, 11/1/21 10,000 11,003

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 2/10/45 190,000 180,930

Merck & Co., Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.85%, 2/10/20 92,000 90,739

Molina Healthcare, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 6/15/25 5,000 4,913

Novartis Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.00%, 11/20/45 315,000 316,424

Omnicare, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.75%, 12/1/22 64,000 65,971

Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.00%, 12/15/26 150,000 144,008

Pfizer, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.70%, 12/15/19 195,000 192,375

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/27 165,000 158,369

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/15/24 5,000 5,082

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.20%, 9/23/26 (Ireland) 120,000 110,766

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 9/23/23 (Ireland) 105,000 99,995

Tenet Healthcare Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 6.00%, 10/1/20 20,000 20,657

Tenet Healthcare Corp. sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 4/1/22 20,000 21,076

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 4/15/47 140,000 140,485

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.70%, 2/15/21 63,000 64,855

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.95%, 10/15/42 40,000 38,121

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 6/15/28 645,000 646,586

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 6/15/21 240,000 239,405

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 2/15/23 40,000 38,763

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 4/1/25 10,000 10,163

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/15/26 15,000 15,263

Zoetis, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/20/28 205,000 202,889

7,328,295

Technology (1.5%)

Alphabet, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 1.998%, 8/15/26 185,000 166,715

Analog Devices, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.85%, 3/12/20 290,000 288,178

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.25%, 2/9/47 345,000 352,059

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 5/6/24 30,000 29,985

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.85%, 5/6/21 400,000 398,003

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.10%, 5/6/19 390,000 389,029

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/13/45 35,000 36,391

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 5/4/43 76,000 72,865

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 5/6/20 130,000 128,183

Banff Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 9/1/26 65,000 65,943

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.875%, 1/15/27 126,000 118,622

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.50%, 1/15/28 345,000 313,484

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Technology cont.

Cisco Systems, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 9/20/26 $145,000 $134,107

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 135,000 144,815

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. bonds 8.35%, 7/15/46 19,000 23,650

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.45%, 6/15/23 98,000 103,061

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 5,000 5,150

Energizer Gamma Acquisition, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 7/15/26 10,000 10,338

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes Ser. 10Y, 4.25%, 5/15/28 160,000 160,317

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 9,000 9,476

First Data Corp. 144A notes 5.75%, 1/15/24 250,000 254,063

Fiserv, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.20%, 10/1/28 315,000 315,661

Inception Merger Sub, Inc./Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.625%, 11/15/24 80,000 77,808

Infor Software Parent, LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 5/1/21 ‡‡ 45,000 45,393

Infor US, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/22 50,000 50,678

Legrand France SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.50%, 2/15/25 (France) 5,000 6,113

Microchip Technology, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.333%, 6/1/23 310,000 307,063

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.30%, 2/6/27 255,000 250,111

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.40%, 8/8/26 125,000 115,257

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.30%, 2/8/41 10,000 11,780

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/1/19 30,000 30,328

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.40%, 2/6/22 230,000 224,674

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.55%, 8/8/21 270,000 259,153

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 11/15/27 117,000 112,465

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 7/15/26 145,000 134,579

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 10/15/22 50,000 48,501

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.25%, 10/8/19 580,000 577,101

Plantronics, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 5/31/23 45,000 44,775

Qorvo, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 7/15/26 15,000 15,263

Salesforce.com, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 4/11/28 325,000 322,219

Solera, LLC /Solera Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 3/1/24 95,000 103,788

Tempo Acquisition, LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 6/1/25 30,000 29,175

TTM Technologies, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/25 55,000 55,138

VMware, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/21/27 45,000 42,574

Western Digital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/15/26 300,000 290,123

6,674,154

Transportation (0.1%)

CSX Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.10%, 3/15/44 35,000 33,042

Delta Air Lines, Inc. sr. notes Ser. A, 7.75%, 12/17/19 7,960 8,315

FedEx Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.625%, 8/1/22 5,000 4,843

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.40%, 11/15/26 280,000 260,635

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 2/1/24 190,000 186,943

United Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Trust pass-through certificates Ser. 14-2, Class A, 3.75%, 9/3/26 24,880 24,617

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Transportation cont.

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 4/1/23 $40,000 $40,800

559,195

Utilities and power (0.8%)

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 40,000 41,000

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 5/15/23 5,000 5,031

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 3/15/23 15,000 15,038

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.125%, 9/1/27 165,000 166,650

Appalachian Power Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 3/30/21 20,000 20,515

Arizona Public Services Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/42 5,000 5,143

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. sr. unsec. bonds 3.80%, 7/15/48 125,000 112,914

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 4/1/36 104,000 125,900

Calpine Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/25 15,000 13,275

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 10,000 9,263

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 12/1/18 35,000 35,261

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 3/15/42 20,000 19,588

Consolidated Edison, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. A, 2.00%, 3/15/20 289,000 283,901

Duke Energy Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/15/27 215,000 199,954

Dynegy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 1/30/26 105,000 115,631

El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.375%, 6/15/32 15,000 18,885

Emera US Finance LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 6/15/26 33,000 31,081

Enbridge, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 12/1/26 (Canada) 105,000 105,666

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24 268,000 282,070

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.50%, 6/1/27 15,000 15,567

Enterprise Products Operating, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 2/15/48 385,000 362,423

FirstEnergy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. B, 3.90%, 7/15/27 60,000 58,366

FirstEnergy Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. C, 4.85%, 7/15/47 100,000 101,726

FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 7/15/44 300,000 327,479

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. sr. sub. notes 3.70%, 9/1/24 45,000 43,647

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.40%, 9/1/44 18,000 18,478

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.50%, 3/1/21 50,000 49,927

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.45%, 2/15/23 30,000 29,421

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 1/15/23 230,000 223,749

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 6/1/25 120,000 121,000

MidAmerican Funding, LLC sr. bonds 6.927%, 3/1/29 45,000 54,975

Nevada Power Co. mtge. notes 7.125%, 3/15/19 15,000 15,286

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 4.80%, 12/1/77 95,000 89,063

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 5/15/26 10,000 10,850

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 15,000 15,750

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 5/1/24 45,000 46,800

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/15/28 25,000 25,250

NSTAR Electric Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.375%, 10/15/22 (Canada) 30,000 28,795

Oncor Electric Delivery Co., LLC sr. notes 5.30%, 6/1/42 75,000 86,495

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/15/22 40,000 40,592

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Utilities and power cont.

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 6/1/23 $5,000 $4,912

Public Service Electric & Gas Co. sr. notes Ser. MTN, 5.50%, 3/1/40 10,000 11,737

Toledo Edison Co. (The) sr. mtge. bonds 7.25%, 5/1/20 3,000 3,163

Vistra Operations Co., LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 9/1/26 50,000 50,563

3,442,780

Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $76,269,288) $74,470,942

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.8%)* Principal amount Value

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations (0.4%)

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 15-DNA3, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.85%), 5.066%, 4/25/28 $301,868 $312,388

IFB Ser. 3829, Class AS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.95%), 4.792%, 3/15/41 246,283 39,772

Ser. 4546, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 12/15/45 203,799 45,377

Ser. 4193, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 3/15/43 47,000 6,772

Ser. 4096, Class MI, IO, 4.00%, 1/15/42 299,506 54,016

Ser. 4134, Class PI, IO, 3.00%, 11/15/42 167,849 19,816

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 6.00%), 8.216%, 9/25/28 120,000 140,951

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.90%), 7.116%, 11/25/24 56,941 65,167

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C02, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.00%), 6.216%, 5/25/25 97,292 104,902

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.90%), 5.116%, 7/25/24 74,071 78,919

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C05, Class 2M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 1/25/29 16,509 16,553

Government National Mortgage Association

Ser. 11-135, Class DI, IO, 5.00%, 4/16/40 522,068 125,118

Ser. 10-9, Class UI, IO, 5.00%, 1/20/40 27,993 6,335

Ser. 17-139, Class NI, IO, 4.50%, 9/20/47 699,899 159,227

Ser. 17-123, Class JI, IO, 4.00%, 8/20/46 621,947 103,085

Ser. 16-135, Class PI, IO, 4.00%, 5/20/46 635,915 123,902

Ser. 14-116, Class IL, IO, 4.00%, 8/20/44 502,113 88,472

IFB Ser. 13-99, Class AS, IO, ((-1 x 1 Month US LIBOR) + 6.05%), 3.885%, 6/20/43 373,680 65,778

Ser. 16-123, Class LI, IO, 3.50%, 3/20/44 1,190,955 149,524

Ser. 15-124, Class NI, IO, 3.50%, 6/20/39 114,906 9,376

Ser. 16-H16, Class EI, IO, 2.206%, 6/20/66  W 635,110 71,069

Ser. 15-H25, Class BI, IO, 1.539%, 10/20/65  W 325,682 29,409

1,815,928

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (1.4%)

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

Ser. 14-GC21, Class AS, 4.026%, 5/10/47 103,000 104,415

FRB Ser. 14-GC21, Class XA, IO, 1.357%, 5/10/47  W 1,163,313 60,002

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 13-GC11, Class D, 4.567%, 4/10/46  W 132,000 129,587

FRB Ser. 12-GC8, Class XA, IO, 1.966%, 9/10/45  W 1,039,196 55,718

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Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

COMM Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class C, 4.898%, 5/10/47  W $78,000 $77,780

Ser. 13-CR11, Class AM, 4.715%, 8/10/50  W 83,000 85,824

Ser. 13-CR13, Class AM, 4.449%, 11/10/46  W 164,000 169,244

Ser. 12-LC4, Class AM, 4.063%, 12/10/44 82,000 82,849

Ser. 12-CR1, Class AM, 3.912%, 5/15/45 225,000 226,428

Ser. 12-CR2, Class AM, 3.791%, 8/15/45 70,000 71,034

Ser. 13-LC6, Class AM, 3.282%, 1/10/46 258,000 254,182

FRB Ser. 14-CR19, Class XA, IO, 1.344%, 8/10/47  W 4,294,421 174,443

FRB Ser. 14-UBS4, Class XA, IO, 1.337%, 8/10/47  W 1,173,284 55,736

FRB Ser. 14-CR18, Class XA, IO, 1.308%, 7/15/47  W 798,997 30,793

FRB Ser. 14-CR16, Class XA, IO, 1.302%, 4/10/47  W 228,798 8,969

FRB Ser. 14-CR20, Class XA, IO, 1.283%, 11/10/47  W 2,130,782 99,209

FRB Ser. 13-CR11, Class XA, IO, 1.272%, 8/10/50  W 2,111,532 84,833

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class XA, IO, 1.241%, 5/10/47  W 712,562 28,058

FRB Ser. 14-UBS6, Class XA, IO, 1.111%, 12/10/47  W 613,122 24,843

FRB Ser. 14-LC17, Class XA, IO, 1.072%, 10/10/47  W 320,156 9,488

FRB Ser. 15-LC21, Class XA, IO, 0.971%, 7/10/48  W 4,620,344 161,532

COMM Mortgage Trust 144A

Ser. 15-LC19, Class D, 2.867%, 2/10/48 139,000 119,536

FRB Ser. 12-LC4, Class XA, IO, 2.38%, 12/10/44  W 200,038 11,388

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 15-C1, Class C, 4.44%, 4/15/50  W 222,000 220,344

Ser. 15-C1, Class AS, 3.791%, 4/15/50  W 148,000 146,373

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 14-GC18, Class C, 5.108%, 1/10/47  W 183,000 181,170

FRB Ser. 14-GC22, Class C, 4.846%, 6/10/47  W 360,000 358,048

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 144A FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.197%, 8/10/43  W 136,000 137,083

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

Ser. 13-C15, Class B, 4.927%, 11/15/45  W 73,000 76,168

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class C, 4.71%, 9/15/47  W 134,000 129,804

FRB Ser. 14-C19, Class XA, IO, 1.278%, 4/15/47  W 1,092,223 20,383

FRB Ser. 14-C24, Class XA, IO, 1.116%, 11/15/47  W 1,009,629 37,837

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 12-C6, Class D, 5.312%, 5/15/45  W 87,000 84,840

FRB Ser. 13-LC11, Class C, 3.958%, 4/15/46  W 105,000 102,698

Ser. 13-LC11, Class AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46 135,000 131,913

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 08-C1, Class AM, 6.319%, 4/15/41  W 5,070 5,266

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class C, 4.614%, 8/15/47  W 249,000 241,280

Ser. 14-C18, Class C, 4.489%, 10/15/47  W 122,000 120,120

FRB Ser. 13-C7, Class C, 4.255%, 2/15/46  W 158,000 155,542

Ser. 12-C5, Class AS, 3.792%, 8/15/45 88,000 87,846

Ser. 13-C8, Class B, 3.697%, 12/15/48  W 28,000 27,611

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 3.476%, 11/15/45 158,000 157,053

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust FRB Ser. 16-BNK2, Class XB, IO, 0.679%, 11/15/49  W 1,856,000 73,834

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Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 144A

Ser. 12-C4, Class C, 5.601%, 3/15/45  W $140,000 $137,596

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class D, 5.601%, 3/15/45  W 125,000 118,231

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class XA, IO, 2.268%, 3/15/45  W 1,129,870 63,896

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 12-C2, Class D, 5.05%, 5/10/63  W 55,000 51,297

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 05-C21, Class D, 5.417%, 10/15/44  W 41,618 41,219

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class AS, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 56,000 57,067

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class C, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 58,000 55,128

Ser. 12-LC5, Class AS, 3.539%, 10/15/45 81,000 80,876

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

Ser. 13-C18, Class AS, 4.387%, 12/15/46  W 125,000 127,773

Ser. 14-C19, Class AS, 4.271%, 3/15/47 60,000 60,975

Ser. 12-C8, Class AS, 3.66%, 8/15/45 173,000 173,793

Ser. 13-C12, Class AS, 3.56%, 3/15/48 36,000 35,771

Ser. 13-C11, Class AS, 3.311%, 3/15/45 37,000 36,913

FRB Ser. 14-C25, Class XA, IO, 1.046%, 11/15/47  W 2,823,657 111,196

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class XA, IO, 0.998%, 9/15/57  W 1,227,287 46,277

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.865%, 3/15/44  W 99,000 87,661

FRB Ser. 11-C5, Class E, 5.862%, 11/15/44  W 100,000 99,005

FRB Ser. 11-C2, Class D, 5.839%, 2/15/44  W 79,000 78,093

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class D, 4.59%, 12/15/45  W 113,000 97,533

6,181,404

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) (1.0%)

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 144A Ser. 18-1, Class A3, 4.157%, 4/25/48  W 92,847 92,847

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc. FRB Ser. 05-2, Class 1A2A, 4.011%, 5/25/35  W 64,129 65,723

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates FRB Ser. 05-8, Class M4, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.93%), 3.146%, 12/25/35 80,000 80,594

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Trust FRB Ser. 04-5, Class 2A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.50%), 2.716%, 10/25/34 75,388 73,928

EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-1, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.43%), 3.641%, 1/25/34 63,889 64,069

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 16-HQA2, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.15%), 7.366%, 11/25/28 260,000 308,289

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 13-DN2, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.25%), 6.466%, 11/25/23 231,622 258,262

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.90%), 8.116%, 10/25/28 550,000 636,665

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.70%), 7.916%, 4/25/28 302,527 351,507

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.55%), 7.766%, 4/25/28 451,143 511,933

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.00%), 7.216%, 7/25/25 127,760 142,157

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C01, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.30%), 6.516%, 2/25/25 65,938 72,651

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) cont.

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.00%), 6.216%, 5/25/25 $48,117 $52,842

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 17-C01, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 3.55%), 5.766%, 7/25/29 55,000 60,000

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 17-C03, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 3.00%), 5.216%, 10/25/29 75,000 80,725

Impac CMB Trust FRB Ser. 04-6, Class 1A2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.78%), 2.996%, 10/25/34 62,493 61,228

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust

FRB Ser. 05-A2, Class A2, 3.539%, 2/25/35  W 70,113 71,455

FRB Ser. 05-A10, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.21%), 2.426%, 2/25/36 188,622 183,039

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Inc. Trust FRB Ser. 04-HE6, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.83%), 3.041%, 8/25/34 67,748 67,748

MortgageIT Trust FRB Ser. 05-1, Class 1M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 2/25/35 64,463 63,824

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust FRB Ser. 03-4, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.13%), 3.341%, 10/25/33 81,213 81,343

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A1B2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.98%), 3.196%, 11/25/34 20,929 21,347

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.88%), 3.096%, 11/25/34 164,601 163,021

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A2A3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 1/25/45 68,490 68,356

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2AB3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 7/25/45 31,640 31,556

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.72%), 2.936%, 11/25/34 120,829 120,829

FRB Ser. 05-AR1, Class A2A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.68%), 2.896%, 1/25/45 146,095 145,639

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.58%), 2.796%, 7/25/45 54,885 55,222

FRB Ser. 06-AR4, Class 1A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.94%), 2.687%, 5/25/46 25,578 25,070

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 2A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.38%), 2.596%, 1/25/45 22,459 22,683

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 2A1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.37%), 2.586%, 1/25/45 9,826 9,830

FRB Ser. 05-AR2, Class 1A1A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.33%), 2.546%, 1/25/45 65,399 64,928

FRB Ser. 05-AR19, Class A1A2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.29%), 2.506%, 12/25/45 16,178 16,038

Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.116%, 10/25/34 368,218 368,384

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 1A2, 4.261%, 6/25/35  W 6,304 6,365

FRB Ser. 05-AR10, Class 2A16, 4.213%, 6/25/35  W 28,676 27,520

FRB Ser. 05-AR12, Class 2A7, 4.13%, 6/25/35  W 9,718 9,610

4,537,227

Total mortgage-backed securities (cost $12,607,016) $12,534,559

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (0.8%)* Principal amount Value

loanDepot Station Place Agency Securitization Trust 144A FRB Ser. 17-LD1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 11/25/50 $336,000 $336,000

Station Place Securitization Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 18-1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.112%, 4/24/19 770,000 770,000

FRB Ser. 18-5, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 9/24/19 899,000 899,000

FRB Ser. 18-3, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 7/24/19 606,000 606,000

FRB Ser. 17-6, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 11/24/18 651,000 651,000

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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (0.8%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Towd Point Asset Trust 144A FRB Ser. 18-SL1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.60%), 2.816%, 1/25/46 $382,253 $380,303

Total asset-backed securities (cost $3,642,715) $3,642,303

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY BONDS AND NOTES (0.7%)* Principal amount Value

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 4/22/26 (Argentina) $705,000 $629,213

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 1/26/27 (Argentina) 150,000 127,500

Buenos Aires (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. REGS, 7.875%, 6/15/27 (Argentina) 150,000 124,905

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 9.125%, 3/16/24 (Argentina) 160,000 148,256

Colombia (Republic of) sr. unsec. notes 3.875%, 4/25/27 (Colombia) 215,000 208,722

Cordoba (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 7.45%, 9/1/24 (Argentina) 325,000 273,000

Indonesia (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 4.75%, 1/8/26 (Indonesia) 665,000 674,975

Indonesia (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.35%, 1/8/27 (Indonesia) 400,000 394,500

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. bonds Ser. REGS, 5.25%, 3/22/30 (Ivory Coast) 120,000 132,253

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 4.75%, 3/13/28 (Senegal) EUR 100,000 112,257

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 3/21/29 (Russia) $200,000 192,000

United Mexican States sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/2/23 (Mexico) 40,000 40,253

Total foreign government and agency bonds and notes (cost $3,314,907) $3,057,834

INVESTMENT COMPANIES (0.7%)* Shares Value

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 2,798 $190,236

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 8,673 2,521,415

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust 890 327,039

Total investment companies (cost $3,030,104) $3,038,690

COMMODITY LINKED NOTES (0.4%)*††† Principal amount Value

Goldman Sachs International 144A notes zero %, 2019 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI Excess Return Index multiplied by 3) $1,210,000 $1,600,133

UBS AG/London 144A sr. notes 1-month LIBOR less 0.25%, 2019 (Indexed to the S&P GSCI Total Return Commodity Index multiplied by 3) (United Kingdom) 120,000 157,212

Total commodity linked notes (cost $1,330,000) $1,757,345

SENIOR LOANS (0.1%)* c Principal amount Value

Avaya, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.408%, 12/15/24 $49,488 $49,868

Brand Industrial Services, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.596%, 6/21/24 14,887 14,973

California Resources Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.962%, 11/17/22 50,000 51,000

CPG International, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.75%), 6.251%, 5/5/24 4,724 4,752

Eagleclaw Midstream Ventures, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.492%, 6/30/24 34,736 34,200

FTS International, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.826%, 4/16/21 14,698 14,716

Gates Global, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/31/24 6,902 6,940

GFL Environmental, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 5.105%, 5/31/25 (Canada) U 1,105 1,106

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SENIOR LOANS (0.1%)* c cont. Principal amount Value

GFL Environmental, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 5.105%, 5/31/25 $8,851 $8,856

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 9.25%), 11.604%, 5/21/24 40,000 39,500

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.00%), 7.509%, 10/16/23 19,897 20,009

KCA Deutag Alpha, Ltd. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 9.021%, 3/21/23 24,875 24,191

Navistar, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.64%, 11/6/24 69,650 69,868

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.568%, 6/1/25 30,000 30,080

Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings, LLC bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.267%, 2/28/25 29,925 29,426

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.348%, 11/3/23 19,950 19,679

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.81%, 9/7/23 14,663 11,159

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 8.00%), 9.873%, 2/28/26 25,000 24,000

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.373%, 2/28/25 24,813 24,595

Titan Acquisition, Ltd. (United Kingdom) bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.202%, 3/28/25 59,513 57,774

Univision Communications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. C5, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/15/24 14,959 14,529

Total senior loans (cost $555,190) $551,221

PURCHASED OPTIONS OUTSTANDING (—%)* Counterparty

Expiration date/strike price

Notional amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.00 $2,629,100 $2,629,100 $27,779

Total purchased options outstanding (cost $29,548) $27,779

CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (—%)* Principal amount Value

DISH Network Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 8/15/26 $25,000 $23,844

Total convertible bonds and notes (cost $23,219) $23,844

PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

GMAC Capital Trust I Ser. 2, $1.91 cum. ARP 365 $9,600

Total preferred stocks (cost $9,303) $9,600

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

EPR Properties Ser. C, $1.438 cv. pfd.  R 255 $7,143

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $4,650) $7,143

WARRANTS (—%)* Expiration dateStrike price Warrants Value

Halcon Resources Corp. 9/9/20 $14.04 145 $15

Total warrants (cost $—) $15

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SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (29.9%)* Principal amount/shares Value

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 2.32%  L Shares 126,096,334 $126,096,334

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 1.97%  P Shares 10,000 10,000

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.159%, 12/13/18 #Ф $335,999 334,556

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.140%, 12/6/18 §Ф 145,000 144,441

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.122%, 11/23/18 #§ 72,000 71,780

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.061%, 11/15/18 #§Ф 154,001 153,611

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.090%, 11/8/18 #§Ф 476,001 474,968

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.033%, 10/18/18 # 362,000 361,658

U.S. Treasury Bills 2.022%, 11/1/18 #Ƥ 685,000 683,829

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.960%, 10/11/18 # 182,000 181,903

U.S. Treasury Bills 1.977%, 10/4/18 #§Ф 2,968,000 2,967,520

Total short-term investments (cost $131,480,602) $131,480,600

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $477,081,301) $488,990,656

Key to holding’s currency abbreviationsCNH Chinese Yuan (Offshore)EUR EuroUSD/$ United States Dollar

Key to holding’s abbreviationsARP Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting periodBKNT Bank Notebp Basis PointsDAC Designated Activity CompanyETF Exchange Traded FundFRB Floating Rate Bonds: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For certain

securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.FRN Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For

certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.GDR Global Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bankGMTN Global Medium Term NotesIFB Inverse Floating Rate Bonds, which are securities that pay interest rates that vary inversely to changes in the market interest rates. As interest rates

rise, inverse floaters produce less current income. The rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

IO Interest OnlyMTN Medium Term NotesOJSC Open Joint Stock CompanyOTC Over-the-counterREGS Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a

transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.SPDR S&P Depository ReceiptsTBA To Be Announced Commitments

Notes to the fund’s portfolioUnless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the Portfolio’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $440,419,326.††† The value of the commodity linked notes, which are marked to market daily, may be based on a multiple of the performance of the index. The multiple

(or leverage) will increase the volatility of the note’s value relative to the change in the underlying index.‡‡ Income may be received in cash or additional securities at the discretion of the issuer. The rate shown in parenthesis is the rate paid in kind, if applicable.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $3,019,781 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

∆ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $32,934 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

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Ф This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain TBA commitments at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $253,908 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

§ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on the initial margin on certain centrally cleared derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $1,970,649 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 10).

  c Senior loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for senior loans are the current interest rates at the close of the reporting period. Senior loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown (Notes 2 and 7).

  L Affiliated company (Note 5). The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the Putnam Money Market Portfolio at the close of the reporting period.

  P This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the Portfolio for collateral on certain derivative contracts. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period (Note 2).

  R Real Estate Investment Trust.  U This security, in part or in entirety, represents an unfunded loan commitment (Note 8).  W The rate shown represents the weighted average coupon associated with the underlying mortgage pools. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

Unless otherwise noted, the rates quoted in Short-term investments security descriptions represent the weighted average yield to maturity.

Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

See Note 2 to the financial statements regarding TBA commitments.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $48,655,525 )

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $179,238 $176,858 $2,380

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 646,614 664,932 (18,318 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,006 950 56

Euro Buy 12/19/18 1,274,095 1,305,145 (31,050 )

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 366,718 351,234 15,484

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 292,723 293,737 (1,014 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 292,723 297,549 4,826

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 691,476 679,075 (12,401 )

Barclays Bank PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 616,225 623,465 (7,240 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 616,225 618,642 2,417

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 329,328 327,525 (1,803 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 712,540 704,304 8,236

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 712,540 701,215 (11,325 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 134,214 134,897 683

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 43,531 43,465 (66 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 329,667 336,487 6,820

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 327,134 325,023 2,111

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 327,134 322,608 (4,526 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 1,116,693 1,082,729 33,964

Swiss Franc Sell 12/19/18 6,704 6,749 45

Citibank, N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 329,458 337,406 (7,948 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 242,939 240,570 (2,369 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 411,798 403,479 8,319

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $48,655,525 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citibank, N.A. cont.

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 $411,798 $411,095 $(703 )

Danish Krone Sell 12/19/18 2,510 2,516 6

Euro Sell 12/19/18 325,948 329,642 3,694

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 386,028 394,851 8,823

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 292,525 293,526 (1,001 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 292,525 297,387 4,862

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 466,241 457,960 (8,281 )

Credit Suisse International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,044,672 1,056,174 (11,502 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 330,770 328,611 2,159

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 330,770 325,648 (5,122 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 328,403 329,429 1,026

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 314,724 322,172 7,448

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 156,738 157,069 331

Norwegian Krone Sell 12/19/18 12,321 11,949 (372 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 327,258 327,022 236

Swiss Franc Sell 12/19/18 323,235 328,323 5,088

Goldman Sachs International

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,947,301 1,968,377 (21,076 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,947,301 1,946,611 (690 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 459,437 457,308 (2,129 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 117,170 117,422 (252 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 476,762 477,893 1,131

Indian Rupee Buy 11/19/18 322,067 324,078 (2,011 )

Indian Rupee Sell 11/19/18 322,067 319,558 (2,509 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 263,656 269,266 5,610

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 66,103 61,543 (4,560 )

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 1,780,693 1,721,772 58,921

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 998,607 986,329 12,278

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 686,270 700,124 (13,854 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 325,925 327,743 1,818

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 138,376 139,254 (878 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 651,662 658,225 6,563

Indonesian Rupiah Sell 12/19/18 5,755 3,435 (2,320 )

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 202,714 206,911 4,197

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 582,861 581,622 1,239

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 582,861 592,869 10,008

Swedish Krona Buy 12/19/18 327,431 331,571 (4,140 )

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $48,655,525 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $255,216 $264,340 $(9,124 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 187,963 188,242 (279 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 325,817 325,390 427

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 325,817 320,475 (5,342 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 2,517,093 2,524,092 6,999

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 852,005 866,087 14,082

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 637,030 646,314 (9,284 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 637,030 645,306 8,276

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 614,137 603,539 10,598

Singapore Dollar Sell 11/19/18 15,312 15,379 67

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 608,545 596,323 (12,222 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 574,686 587,212 (12,526 )

NatWest Markets PLC

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 465,931 477,455 (11,524 )

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 634,143 624,381 9,762

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 634,143 621,713 (12,430 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 95,867 96,065 198

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 327,291 330,501 3,210

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 329,455 330,992 1,537

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 165,830 166,322 (492 )

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 331,631 325,746 (5,885 )

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 1,135,992 1,148,885 (12,893 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 1,135,992 1,134,646 (1,346 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 65,447 65,163 (284 )

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 174,594 171,821 (2,773 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,393,929 1,397,353 3,424

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 475,674 488,142 12,468

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 329,388 333,628 4,240

Norwegian Krone Buy 12/19/18 1,005,765 986,426 19,339

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 253,852 249,800 (4,052 )

UBS AG

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 328,880 332,873 (3,993 )

Australian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 328,880 323,863 (5,017 )

British Pound Sell 12/19/18 324,616 327,469 2,853

Canadian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 654,807 649,399 5,408

Canadian Dollar Sell 10/17/18 654,807 645,768 (9,039 )

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,213,535 1,217,952 4,417

Japanese Yen Buy 11/19/18 89,558 91,425 (1,867 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 415,051 420,183 5,132

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 20,096 19,732 (364 )

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $48,655,525 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

WestPac Banking Corp.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $261,512 $273,080 $(11,568 )

New Zealand Dollar Sell 10/17/18 276,944 278,714 1,770

Unrealized appreciation 334,986

Unrealized (depreciation) (311,764 )

Total $23,222

* The exchange currency for all contracts listed is the United States Dollar.

FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Number of contracts

Notional amount Value

Expiration date

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

MSCI EAFE Index (Short) 128 $12,631,034 $12,643,200 Dec-18 $(62,245 )

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Long) 117 9,924,940 9,949,680 Dec-18 (122,764 )

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short) 280 40,795,720 40,866,000 Dec-18 (358,516 )

Tokyo Price Index (Long) 27 4,319,739 4,320,333 Dec-18 321,350

U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Long) 47 6,603,500 6,603,500 Dec-18 (152,750 )

U.S. Treasury Bond Ultra 30 yr (Long) 101 15,582,406 15,582,406 Dec-18 (471,296 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Long) 179 37,721,453 37,721,453 Dec-18 (95,561 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Short) 5 1,053,672 1,053,672 Dec-18 2,490

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Long) 347 39,029,367 39,029,367 Dec-18 (274,366 )

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Long) 119 14,134,969 14,134,969 Dec-18 (133,480 )

Unrealized appreciation 323,840

Unrealized (depreciation) (1,670,978 )

Total $(1,347,138 )

WRITTEN OPTIONS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (premiums $13,259 )

CounterpartyExpiration date/strike price

Notional Amount

Contract amount Value

Goldman Sachs International

USD/CNH (Call) Apr-19/CNH 7.20 $2,629,100 $2,629,100 $12,467

Total $12,467

TBA SALE COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (proceeds receivable $15,148,477 )

AgencyPrincipal

amountSettlement date Value

Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.00%, 10/1/48 $15,000,000 10/11/18 $15,145,313

Total $15,145,313

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments made by fund

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

$21,178,600 $11,267 E $(10,165 ) 12/19/20 3.05%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

$1,102

35,796,500 19,044 E 12,554 12/19/20 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.05%—Semiannually

(6,490 )

7,249,500 1,464 E 14,670 12/19/23 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.10%—Semiannually

16,134

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments made by fund

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

$11,119,400 $2,246 E $(22,522 ) 12/19/23 3.10%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

$(24,768 )

16,973,600 22,507 E 12,704 12/19/28 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.15%—Semiannually

35,211

7,658,800 10,156 E (5,381 ) 12/19/28 3.15%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(15,536 )

5,732,600 78,560 E (31,208 ) 12/19/48 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.20%—Semiannually

47,351

690,300 9,460 E 3,743 12/19/48 3.20%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(5,716 )

Total $(25,605 ) $47,288

E Extended effective date.

OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Barclays Bank PLC$1,208 $1,205 $— 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

$7

13,318 13,281 — 1/12/41 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

74

5,532 5,515 — 1/12/40 4.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 4.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(10 )

356 355 — 1/12/41 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

2

796 790 — 1/12/43 3.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 3.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

1

10,499 10,465 — 1/12/40 5.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(20 )

36,050 35,928 — 1/12/41 5.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 5.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(73 )

5,715 5,717 — 1/12/38 (6.50%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic MBX Index 6.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(13 )

Citibank, N.A.13,309,577 13,390,343 — 11/27/18 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA

plus 0.35%—QuarterlyRussell 1000 Total Return Index—Quarterly

(48,296 )

15,786,113 15,879,831 — 11/27/18 (3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA plus 0.37%)—Quarterly

A basket (CGPUTQL2 ) of common stocks—Quarterly

89,722

Credit Suisse International69,253 69,078 — 1/12/41 4.50% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic MBX Index 4.50% 30 year Ginnie Mae II pools—Monthly

(97 )

2,188 2,185 — 1/12/45 3.50% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 3.50% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

13

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OTC TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments received (paid) by fund

Total return received by or paid by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Goldman Sachs International$3,048 $3,042 $— 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

$18

3,048 3,042 — 1/12/42 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

18

12,538 12,492 — 1/12/40 4.00% (1 month USD-LIBOR)—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

64

JPMorgan Securities LLC22,176 22,207 — 1/12/44 4.00% (1 month USD-

LIBOR)—MonthlySynthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

210

13,675 13,637 — 1/12/41 (4.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(76 )

7,304 7,289 — 1/12/42 (4.00%) 1 month USD-LIBOR—Monthly

Synthetic TRS Index 4.00% 30 year Fannie Mae pools—Monthly

(44 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation 90,129

Upfront premium (paid) — Unrealized (depreciation) (48,629 )

Total $— Total $41,500

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $68 $1,000 $118 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(49 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 181 3,000 354 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (171 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 309 5,000 590 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (278 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 342 6,000 707 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (362 )

Barclays Bank PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 443 4,000 472 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (26 )

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3 4,000 49 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (45 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5 4,000 49 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (43 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P — 4,000 49 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (49 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 16 10,000 123 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (104 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 146 15,000 185 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (33 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,257 97,000 1,193 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 96

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,461 178,000 2,189 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 331

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 15,014 61,000 12,737 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 2,328

CMBX NA BB.7 Index BB/P 4,370 34,000 4,298 1/17/47 500 bp—Monthly 101

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 883 9,000 1,061 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (173 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,920 18,000 2,122 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (193 )

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 38,063 750,000 9,225 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 29,088

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P 6,421 314,000 408 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly 6,934

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,673 29,000 3,419 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 268

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,208 30,000 3,537 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (314 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Credit Suisse International cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $3,911 $37,000 $4,362 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(433 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 9,354 86,000 10,139 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (742 )

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 784 25,000 308 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 485

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,519 29,000 357 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,172

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,758 42,000 517 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,256

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,949 63,000 775 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,195

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,804 77,000 947 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,883

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,785 96,000 1,181 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,636

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 7,910 156,000 1,919 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 6,043

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,347 179,000 2,202 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (795 )

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P 78 5,000 7 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly 87

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 97 2,000 236 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (138 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,195 11,000 1,297 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (97 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,190 11,000 1,297 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (101 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,013 12,000 1,415 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (396 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,519 18,000 2,122 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (594 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,274 21,000 2,476 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (192 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,024 21,000 2,476 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,442 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,095 21,000 2,476 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,370 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,042 21,000 2,476 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,424 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,591 30,000 3,537 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (931 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,630 42,000 4,952 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (301 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 10,317 110,000 12,969 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (2,597 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 15,341 126,000 14,855 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 549

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 1,278 15,000 846 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 439

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 45,208 574,000 32,374 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 13,121

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 4,237 20,000 4,176 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 77

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,448 44,000 541 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 921

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,590 58,000 713 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,896

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,970 70,000 861 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,132

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,268 75,000 923 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,371

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,237 89,000 1,095 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,172

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,566 90,000 1,107 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,489

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,459 98,000 1,205 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,286

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,308 101,000 1,242 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,099

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,809 105,000 1,292 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 553

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,654 141,000 1,734 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,966

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 7,334 161,000 1,980 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,408

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,349 163,000 2,005 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (601 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 112,429 2,539,000 31,230 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 82,043

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 969 4,000 835 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 137

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 336 3,000 354 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (16 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 339 3,000 354 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (13 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 550 5,000 590 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (37 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 888 6,000 707 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 184

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,709 11,000 1,297 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 418

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

JPMorgan Securities LLC cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $1,750 $14,000 $1,651 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $106

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,829 17,000 2,004 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (167 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,101 22,000 2,594 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 519

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,458 31,000 3,655 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (181 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,077 43,000 5,070 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (971 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,001 63,000 7,428 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (395 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 8,235 77,000 9,078 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (805 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 170 12,000 148 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 27

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,344 180,000 2,214 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 190

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 2,034 9,000 1,879 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 162

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,913 26,000 3,065 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (139 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,948 43,000 5,070 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 900

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 11 4,000 49 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (37 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P — 8,000 98 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (96 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 338 9,000 111 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 230

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 338 9,000 111 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 230

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 141 15,000 185 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (39 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 881 23,000 283 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 605

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 705 51,000 627 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 95

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,229 110,000 1,353 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (87 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 12,184 302,000 3,715 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 8,570

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 1,441 6,000 1,253 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 194

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 4,666 19,000 3,967 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 714

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 9,610 39,000 8,143 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 1,499

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,755 64,000 7,546 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 242

Upfront premium received 453,404 Unrealized appreciation 197,447

Upfront premium (paid) — Unrealized (depreciation) (16,977 )

Total $453,404 Total $180,470

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are

believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. Securities rated by Fitch are indicated by “/F.” Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.7 Index $(1,001 ) $135,000 $176 1/17/47 (200 bp)—Monthly $(1,221 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (5,352 ) 42,000 5,309 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (78 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (2,018 ) 10,000 1,264 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (763 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (816 ) 5,000 632 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (189 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (785 ) 5,000 632 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (157 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (6,545 ) 41,000 5,674 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (904 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (5,238 ) 34,000 4,706 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (560 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. cont.

CMBX NA BB.9 Index $(5,261 ) $34,000 $4,706 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly $(584 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (5,235 ) 34,000 4,706 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (558 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,661 ) 17,000 2,353 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (323 )

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (12,994 ) 79,000 9,986 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (3,075 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (10,699 ) 58,000 7,331 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (3,416 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (8,301 ) 52,000 7,197 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,147 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,367 ) 28,000 3,875 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (515 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,367 ) 28,000 3,875 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (515 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,158 ) 27,000 3,737 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (443 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,503 ) 16,000 2,214 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (301 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (9,410 ) 120,000 6,768 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (2,702 )

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (151 ) 1,000 126 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (26 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (21,929 ) 108,000 13,651 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (8,368 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,396 ) 26,000 3,286 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,131 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (1,802 ) 11,000 1,390 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (421 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,593 ) 10,000 1,384 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (217 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,602 ) 10,000 1,384 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (227 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,118 ) 7,000 969 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (155 )

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,071 ) 21,000 2,654 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,434 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (3,197 ) 20,000 2,528 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (686 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (23,625 ) 138,000 17,443 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (6,296 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,348 ) 37,000 4,677 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,702 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (5,847 ) 36,000 4,550 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,326 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (6,687 ) 34,000 4,298 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,417 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,086 ) 21,000 2,654 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,449 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (785 ) 5,000 632 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (157 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (720 ) 4,000 506 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (218 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (3,421 ) 51,000 2,876 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (570 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,619 ) 22,000 1,241 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (389 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,619 ) 22,000 1,241 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (389 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,084 ) 12,000 677 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (414 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (1,152 ) 11,000 620 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (537 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (855 ) 10,000 564 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (296 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (20,818 ) 120,000 15,168 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (5,750 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,038 ) 45,000 6,228 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (848 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (2,131 ) 26,000 1,466 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (677 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (3,974 ) 39,000 2,200 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (1,794 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (11,706 ) 58,000 7,331 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (4,423 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,906 ) 41,000 5,182 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,758 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,843 ) 39,000 4,930 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,946 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,707 ) 18,000 2,491 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (231 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC cont.

CMBX NA BB.9 Index $(2,490 ) $16,000 $2,214 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly $(289 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation —

Upfront premium (paid) (257,031 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (66,992 )

Total $(257,031 ) Total $(66,992 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

NA HY Series 31 Index B+/P $(414,681 ) $5,771,000 $422,062 12/20/23 500 bp—Quarterly $9,786

NA IG Series 31 Index BBB+/P (1,062,065 ) 60,390,000 1,167,097 12/20/23 100 bp—Quarterly 113,419

Total $(1,476,746 ) $123,205

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the Portfolio has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index

represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. Securities rated by Fitch are indicated by “/F.” Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

NA HY Series 31 Index $569,262 $7,928,000 $579,814 12/20/23 (500 bp)—Quarterly $(13,855 )

Total $569,262 $(13,855 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Common stocks*:

Basic materials $6,643,721 $— $—

Capital goods 12,670,390 — —

Communication services 4,190,430 — —

Conglomerates 1,109,407 — —

Consumer cyclicals 24,043,124 — —

Consumer staples 13,041,656 — —

Energy 8,882,229 — —

Financials 30,239,642 — —

Health care 21,946,767 — —

Technology 34,966,363 — —

Transportation 3,322,535 — —

Utilities and power 5,837,937 161 —

Total common stocks 166,894,201 161 —

Asset-backed securities — 3,642,303 —

Commodity linked notes — 1,757,345 —

Convertible bonds and notes — 23,844 —

Convertible preferred stocks — 7,143 —

Corporate bonds and notes — 74,470,942 —

Foreign government and agency bonds and notes — 3,057,834 —

Investment companies 3,038,690 — —

Mortgage-backed securities — 12,534,559 —

Preferred stocks 9,600 — —

Purchased options outstanding — 27,779 —

Senior loans — 551,221 —

U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations — 91,494,419 —

Warrants 15 — —

Short-term investments 10,000 131,470,600 —

Totals by level $169,952,506 $319,038,150 $—

Valuation inputs

Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Forward currency contracts $— $23,222 $—

Futures contracts (1,347,138 ) — —

Written options outstanding — (12,467 ) —

TBA sale commitments — (15,145,313 ) —

Interest rate swap contracts — 72,893 —

Total return swap contracts — 41,500 —

Credit default contracts — 933,939 —

Totals by level $(1,347,138 ) $(14,086,226 ) $—

* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund’s portfolio presentation.

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

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

Statement of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Investment in securities, at value, (Notes 2 and 10):

Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $350,984,967) $362,894,322

Affiliated issuers (identified cost $126,096,334) (Note 5) 126,096,334

Foreign currency (cost $2,051,148) (Note 2) 2,051,235

Dividends, interest and other receivables 2,076,694

Receivable for units of the Portfolio sold 3,223,998

Receivable for investments sold 212,486

Receivable for sales of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 14,147,587

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 207,151

Receivable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 10,600

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 334,986

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 287,576

Premium paid on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 257,031

Total assets 511,800,000

LIABILITIES

Payable to custodian 2,498,744

Payable for investments purchased 5,884,675

Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 45,532,647

Payable for units of the Portfolio repurchased 1,358,290

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 33,747

Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 7,025

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 132,598

Premium received on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 453,404

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 311,764

Written options outstanding, at value (premiums $13,259) (Note 2) 12,467

TBA sale commitments, at value (proceeds receivable $15,148,477) (Note 2) 15,145,313

Collateral on certain derivative contracts, at value (Notes 2 and 10) 10,000

Total liabilities 71,380,674

Net assets $440,419,326

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Net assets $440,419,326

Units outstanding 27,654,717

Net asset value per unit $15.93

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

Statement of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Interest (net of foreign tax of $322 ) (including interest income of $2,034,419 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 5) $6,492,386

Dividends (net of foreign tax of $49,372) 3,514,030

Net investment income 10,006,416

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers (Note 2) 10,297,256

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2) 9,748

Forward currency contracts (Note 2) (643,189)

Futures contracts (Note 2) (4,847,776)

Swap contracts (Note 2) (704,196)

Written options (Note 2) 113,439

Net increase from payments by affiliates (Note 4) 810

Total net realized gain 4,226,092

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers and TBA sale commitments 309,541

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (2,576)

Forward currency contracts (46,391)

Futures contracts (1,077,921)

Swap contracts 384,292

Written options (6,277)

Total change in net unrealized depreciation (439,332)

Net gain on investments 3,786,760

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $13,793,176

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

Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE IN NET ASSETSYear ended

9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment income $10,006,416

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions 4,226,092

Net unrealized depreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (439,332)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 13,793,176

Principal transactions

Proceeds from sale of units 293,670,560

Value of units redeemed (181,869,340)

Total increase in principal transactions 111,801,220

Total increase in net assets 125,594,396

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 314,824,930

End of year $440,419,326

NUMBER OF UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 20,515,211

Sold 18,784,333

Redeemed (11,644,827)

Units outstanding at end of year 27,654,717

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $15.35

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.41

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 0.17

Total from investment operations 0.58

Net asset value, end of year $15.93

Total return at net asset value (%) 3.78

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATANet assets, end of year (in thousands) $440,419

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 2.60

(a) Per unit net investment income has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year.

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

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1. Description of the PortfolioWithin the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street”, if any, represent State Street Bank and Trust Company and refer-ences to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Conservative Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a portfolio established and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee” and “Manager”) pursuant to the Declaration of Trust for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the Portfolio. The Portfolio is globally diversified and emphasizes bonds over stocks. It is designed for investors who want to protect the value of their investment while receiving regular income and protection against inflation.

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date that the financial statements were issued (December 14, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Security Valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securi-ties, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.

Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations (including short-term investments with remaining matur-ities of 60 days or less) and other investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustee or dealers selected by the Trustee. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the sched-uled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the Portfolio will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Portfolio to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that the Trustee does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by the Trustee in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustee. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity expo-sures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustee. Certain securities may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a single source. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the Portfolio could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain.

All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Distributions received from other investment funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and retain the character of income as earned by the other investment funds.

All income earned by the Portfolio is retained by the Portfolio and included in the calculation of net asset value.

The Portfolio earned certain fees in connection with its senior loan purchasing activities. These fees are treated as market discount and are amortized into income in the Statement of operations.

Securities purchased or sold on a delayed delivery basis may be settled at a future date beyond customary settlement time; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the fair value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Stripped Securities The Portfolio may invest in stripped securities which represent a participation in securities that may be structured in classes with rights to receive different portions of the interest and principal. Interest-only securities receive all of the interest and principal-only securities receive all of the principal. If the interest-only securities experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Portfolio may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal-only securities increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The fair value of these securities is highly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Foreign Currency Translation The accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the Portfolio after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The Portfolio does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net real-ized exchange gains or losses on disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Options Contracts The Portfolio uses options contracts to hedge against changes in values of securities it owns, owned or expects to own.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of options contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. Realized gains and losses on purchased options are included in realized gains and losses on investment securities. If a written call option is exercised, the premium origi-nally received is recorded as an addition to sales proceeds. If a written put option is exercised, the premium originally received is recorded as a reduction to the cost of investments.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the last sale price or, if no sales are reported, the last bid price for purchased options and the last ask price for written options. OTC traded options are valued using prices supplied by dealers.

Options on swaps are similar to options on securities except that the premium paid or received is to buy or grant the right to enter into a previously agreed upon interest rate or credit default contract. Forward premium swap option contracts include premiums that have extended settlement dates. The delayed settlement of the premiums is factored into the daily valuation of the option contracts. In the case of interest rate cap and floor contracts, in return for a premium, ongoing payments between two parties are based on interest rates exceeding a specified rate, in the case of a cap contract, or falling below a specified rate in the case of a floor contract.

Written option contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

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Futures Contracts The Portfolio uses futures contracts to manage exposure to market risk, to hedge prepayment risk, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure to interest rates and to equitize cash.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Portfolio since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The Portfolio and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.”

Futures contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Forward Currency Contracts The Portfolio buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to hedge foreign exchange risk and to gain exposure to currencies.

The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. The Portfolio could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Portfolio is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, which are arrangements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure on interest rates and to hedge prepayment risk.

An OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap can be purchased or sold with an upfront premium. For OTC interest rate swap contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC interest rate swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared interest rate swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments, including upfront premiums, received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or the closing of the contract. Certain OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract.

The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults, in the case of OTC interest rate contracts, or the central clearing agency or a clearing member defaults, in the case of centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, on its respective obligation to perform under the contract. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counter-party risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC interest rate swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Total Return Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts, which are arrangements to exchange a market-linked return for a periodic payment, both based on a notional principal amount, to hedge sector exposure, to manage exposure to specific sectors or indus-tries, to manage exposure to specific securities, to gain exposure to a basket of securities, to gain exposure to specific markets or countries and to gain exposure to specific sectors or industries.

To the extent that the total return of the security, index or other financial measure underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offset-ting interest rate obligation, the Portfolio will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market maker. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC total return swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared total return swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain

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or loss. Payments received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses. Certain OTC and/or centrally cleared total return swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract. The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index, the possibility that there is no liquid market for these agreements or that the counterparty may default on its obligation to perform. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC total return swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared total return swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared total return swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared total return swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Credit Default Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared credit default contracts to hedge market risk, to hedge credit risk and to gain exposure on individual names and/or baskets of securities.

In OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts, the protection buyer typically makes a periodic stream of payments to a counterparty, the protection seller, in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event on the reference obligation or all other equally ranked obligations of the reference entity. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restruc-turing and obligation acceleration. For OTC credit default contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. Centrally cleared credit default contracts provide the same rights to the protection buyer and seller except the payments between parties, including upfront premiums, are settled through a central clearing agent through variation margin payments. Upfront and periodic payments received or paid by the Portfolio for OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or close of the contract. The OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change in value of OTC credit default contracts is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the difference between the par value and fair value of the reference obligation, net of any proportional amount of the upfront payment, is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

In addition to bearing the risk that the credit event will occur, the Portfolio could be exposed to market risk due to unfavorable changes in interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index or the possibility that the Portfolio may be unable to close out its position at the same time or at the same price as if it had purchased the underlying reference obligations. In certain circumstances, the Portfolio may enter into offsetting OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts which would mitigate its risk of loss. Risks of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protec-tion buyer, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC credit default contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared credit default contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. Counterparty risk is further mitigated with respect to centrally cleared credit default swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Where the Portfolio is a seller of protection, the maximum potential amount of future payments the Portfolio may be required to make is equal to the notional amount.

OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

TBA Commitments The Portfolio may enter into TBA (to be announced) commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price and par amount have been established, the actual securities have not been specified. However, it is anticipated that the amount of the commitments will not significantly differ from the principal amount. The Portfolio holds, and maintains until settlement date, cash or high-grade debt obligations in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or the Portfolio may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Income on the securities will not be earned until settlement date.

The Portfolio may also enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions, to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed delivery arrangements or to take a short position in mortgage-backed securities. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, either equivalent deliverable securities or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date are held as “cover” for the transaction, or other liquid assets in an amount equal to the notional value of the TBA sale commitment are segregated. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting TBA purchase commitment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. If the Portfolio delivers securities under the commit-ment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.

TBA commitments, which are accounted for as purchase and sale transactions, may be considered securities themselves, and involve a risk of loss due to changes in the value of the security prior to the settlement date as well as the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not perform its obligations. Counterparty risk is mitigated by having a master agreement between the Portfolio and the counterparty.

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Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at their fair value according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded by the Portfolio as an unrealized gain or loss. Based on market circumstances, the Trustee will determine whether to take delivery of the underlying securities or to dispose of the TBA commitments prior to settlement.

TBA purchase commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed within the fund’s portfolio and TBA sale commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Master Agreements The Portfolio is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts and Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements that govern transactions involving mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities that may result in delayed delivery (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collat-eral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the Portfolio is held in a segregated account by the Portfolio’s custodian and, with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio.

Collateral pledged by the Portfolio is delivered to the counterparty and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the Portfolio and the applicable counterparty. Collateral requirements are determined based on the Portfolio’s net position with each counterparty.

With respect to ISDA Master Agreements, termination events applicable to the Portfolio may occur upon a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the coun-terparty’s long-term or short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the Portfolio’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the Portfolio ‘s future derivative activity.

At the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had a net liability position of $134,531 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the Portfolio at period end for these agreements totaled $32,934 and may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of Participation The net asset value of the Portfolio is currently determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange each day the exchange is open for trading. Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may also determine the net asset value on any other business day (“Valuation Date”). The net asset value must be determined upon date of sale or redemption. Sales and redemptions of participant units are made on such days at such units’ net asset values. Affiliates of the Trustee held 100.00% of the Portfolio’s total units outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Federal Income Taxes It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the Portfolio is exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Portfolio did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains, if any. The Portfolio’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Portfolio may also be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Portfolio accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unre-alized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned. In some cases, the Portfolio may be entitled to reclaim all or a portion of such taxes, and such reclaim amounts, if any, are reflected as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. In many cases, however, the Portfolio may not receive such amounts for an extended period of time, depending on the country of investment.

3. Expenses Incurred by the PortfolioCompensation to be received by the Trustee for its services with respect to the Portfolio is paid by the individual participating trusts pursuant to an arrangement which the Trustee makes with each such participating trust. According to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may charge the Portfolio for certain services received during the year. In the current year no such expenses have been charged to the Portfolio by the Trustee, however, the Trustee could cease to bear these expenses, and begin to charge them to the Portfolio at any time.

4. Payments by Affiliates Putnam Investment Management, LLC (“PIM”), an affiliate of PFTC, entered into a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) 0n September 27, 2018. The settlement agreement states that: (i) a trader formerly employed by PIM engaged in prearranged

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trades in certain mortgage-backed securities, (ii) as a result of these undisclosed prearranged trades PIM did not seek best execution, (iii) PIM did not ensure compliance with applicable policies regarding cross-trades and failed to supervise the former employee. The SEC entered a cease and desist order, and PIM paid a $1,000,000 fine and agreed to reimburse the clients that participated in the relevant trades in an aggregate amount of $1,095,006. In connection with this settlement, the Portfolio was reimbursed $810 by PFTC during the fiscal year.

5. Affiliated TransactionsThe Portfolio invested in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio, a portfolio established and maintained by PFTC. Investments in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Transactions during the reporting period with the Putnam Money Market Portfolio were as follows:

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17 Purchase cost Sale proceedsInvestment

income

Shares outstanding and

fair value as of 9/30/18

Short-term investments          

Putnam Money Market Portfolio * $95,802,364 $159,059,100 $128,765,130 $2,034,419 $126,096,334

Total Short-term investments $95,802,364 $159,059,100 $128,765,130 $2,034,419 $126,096,334

* There were no realized or unrealized gains or losses during the period.

6. Market, Credit and Other RisksIn the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The Portfolio may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions will default. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations. The Portfolio may invest a significant portion of its assets in securitized debt instruments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments. The yields and values of these investments are sensitive to changes in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets and the market’s perception of the issuers. The market for these investments may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult to buy or sell.

7. Senior Loan CommitmentsSenior loans are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date, which from time to time can delay the actual investment of available cash balances; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior loans can be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another hold-er’s portion of the loan. When the Portfolio invests in a loan or participation, the Portfolio is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the Portfolio and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the Portfolio, in addition to the risk that the borrower under the loan may default on its obligations.

8. Unfunded Loan CommitmentsAs of the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had unfunded loan commitments of $1,105, which could be extended at the option of the borrower, pursuant to the following loan agreements with the following borrowers:

Borrower Unfunded Commitments

GFL Environmental, Inc. $1,105

Total $1,105

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9. Summary of Derivative Activity The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held during the period is listed below and was as follows based on an average of the holdings at the end of each fiscal quarter:

Purchased currency options (contract amount) $3,500,000

Written currency options (contract amount) $2,600,000

Futures contracts (number of contracts) 1,000

Forward currency contracts (contract amount) $75,500,000

Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts (notional) $95,800,000

OTC total return swap contracts (notional) $24,800,000

OTC credit default contracts (notional) $9,400,000

Centrally cleared credit default contracts (notional) $67,700,000

Warrants (number of warrants) 100

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting periodAsset derivatives Liability derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair value

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair valueCredit contracts Receivables,

Net assets — Unrealized appreciation

$1,790,732 * Payables, Net assets — Unrealized

depreciation

$856,793 *

Foreign exchange contracts Investments, Receivables 362,765 Payables 324,231

Equity contracts Investments, Receivables,

Net assets — Unrealized appreciation

411,087 * Payables, Net assets — Unrealized

depreciation

591,821 *

Interest rate contracts Receivables, Net assets — Unrealized

appreciation

116,694 * Payables, Net assets — Unrealized

depreciation

1,168,690 *

Total   $2,681,278   $2,941,535

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts and/or centrally cleared swaps as reported in the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 2):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $772,456 $772,456

Foreign exchange contracts (76,280) — (643,189) — (719,469)

Equity contracts — (2,437,029) — 72,832 (2,364,197)

Interest rate contracts — (2,410,747) — (1,549,484) (3,960,231)

Total $(76,280) $(4,847,776) $(643,189) $(704,196) $(6,271,441)

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investmentsDerivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Options Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $— $116,656 $116,656

Foreign exchange contracts — 9,416 — (46,391) — (36,975)

Equity contracts (65) — (456,193) — 220,514 (235,744)

Interest rate contracts — — (621,728) — 47,122 (574,606)

Total $(65) $9,416 $(1,077,921) $(46,391) $384,292 $(730,669)

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10. Offsetting of Financial and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions or borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if any, see Note 2. For financial reporting purposes, the Portfolio does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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OTC Credit default contracts - protection sold*# — — — — — 513 9 —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection purchased*# — — — — 29,795 44,685 22,046 —

Centrally cleared credit default contracts§ — — 1,470 — — — — —

Futures contracts§ — — — — — — — —

Forward currency contracts# 22,746 54,276 — 25,704 — 16,288 77,940 23,825

Purchased options**# — — — — — — 27,779 —

Total Assets $22,746 $54,360 $10,600 $115,426 $29,795 $61,499 $127,874 $23,825

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Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts§ — — 5,794 — — — — —

OTC Total return swap contracts*# — 116 — 48,296 — 97 — —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection sold*# 1,760 469 — — 23,859 30,342 93,269 —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection purchased*# — — — — 220 — — —

Centrally cleared credit default contracts§ — — 1,231 — — — — —

Futures contracts§ — — — — — — — —

Forward currency contracts# 62,783 24,960 — 20,302 — 16,996 33,227 21,192

Written options# — — — — — — 12,467 —

Total Liabilities $64,543 $25,545 $7,025 $68,598 $24,079 $47,435 $138,963 $21,192

Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets $(41,797) $28,815 $3,575 $46,828 $5,716 $14,064 $(11,089) $2,633

Total collateral received (pledged)##† $— $— $— $10,000 $— $— $(11,089) $—

Net amount $(41,797) $28,815 $3,575 $36,828 $5,716 $14,064 $— $2,633

Controlled collateral received (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $10,000 $— $— $— $—

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Collateral (pledged) (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $— $— $— $(32,934) $—

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— 84,309 7,221 — 32,227 — — — — 273,456

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$(8,328) $(37,383) $15,491 $173,404 $(8,042) $(15,624) $18,123 $(2,470) $(9,798)

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* Excludes premiums, if any. Included in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on OTC swap contracts on the Statement of assets and liabilities. ** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.† Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.# Covered by master netting agreement (Note 2).

## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.§ Includes current day’s variation margin only as reported on the Statement of assets and liabilities, which is not collateralized. Cumulative appreciation/

(depreciation) for futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts is represented in the tables listed after the fund’s portfolio. Collateral pledged for initial margin on futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts, which is not included in the table above, amounted to $3,019,781 and $1,970,649, respectively.

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11. New Accounting PronouncementsIn March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 for non-public business entities. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

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BB7 12/2018

100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110

1-800-225-1581

putnam.com

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Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… F-4

The fund’s portfolio …………………………………………………… F-5

Statement of assets and liabilities …………………………………… F-50

Statement of operations ……………………………………………… F-51

Statement of changes in net assets …………………………………… F-52

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… F-53

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… F-54

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A note on the Portfolio’s trustee The Portfolio’s trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, will be converting to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changing its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion will have no impact on the Portfolio or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the Portfolio. PFTC will continue to manage the Portfolio, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which comprise the statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Portfolio’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio as of September 30, 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 14, 2018

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The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18

COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* Shares Value

Basic materials (0.9%)

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. 2,987 $498,978

Anglo American PLC (United Kingdom) 10,083 226,553

ArcelorMittal SA (France) 9,030 281,088

Arkema SA (France) 1,175 145,620

BASF SE (Germany) 2,868 255,002

BHP Billiton, Ltd. (Australia) 3,356 84,090

BlueScope Steel, Ltd. (Australia) 16,837 206,857

Boliden AB (Sweden) 1,278 35,625

Cabot Corp. 1,847 115,844

Celanese Corp. 3,034 345,876

CIMIC Group, Ltd. (Australia) 1,521 56,523

Covestro AG (Germany) 3,125 253,570

Domtar Corp. 2,717 141,746

Evonik Industries AG (Germany) 3,606 129,211

HOCHTIEF AG (Germany) 253 41,963

Huntsman Corp. 14,848 404,311

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp. (Japan) 13,700 131,168

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc. (Japan) 2,300 48,983

Newmont Mining Corp. 13,116 396,103

Packaging Corp. of America 3,984 437,005

Rio Tinto PLC (United Kingdom) 6,556 331,715

Royal Gold, Inc. 1,298 100,024

Sealed Air Corp. 2,365 94,955

South32, Ltd. (Australia) 7,865 22,308

Taisei Corp. (Japan) 3,400 155,056

Univar, Inc. 2,688 82,414

UPM-Kymmene OYJ (Finland) 3,044 119,503

W.R. Grace & Co. 3,393 242,464

Weyerhaeuser Co.  R 12,433 401,213

5,785,768

Capital goods (2.1%)

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA (Spain) 4,573 194,827

AECOM 3,410 111,371

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. 9,158 476,308

Avery Dennison Corp. 3,289 356,363

Berry Plastics Group, Inc. 5,948 287,824

Boeing Co. (The) 9,016 3,353,050

BWX Technologies, Inc. 3,077 192,436

Cummins, Inc. 5,564 812,733

Faurecia SA (France) 3,399 204,661

Gardner Denver Holdings, Inc. 3,720 105,425

HD Supply Holdings, Inc. 3,797 162,474

Hitachi, Ltd. (Japan) 8,400 285,460

Honeywell International, Inc. 7,507 1,249,165

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Capital goods cont.

Ingersoll-Rand PLC 7,510 $768,273

L3 Technologies, Inc. 362 76,968

Lockheed Martin Corp. 2,710 937,552

Northrop Grumman Corp. 3,979 1,262,815

Pentair PLC 5,593 242,457

Raytheon Co. 3,795 784,275

Republic Services, Inc. 3,905 283,737

Sandvik AB (Sweden) 15,096 267,777

SKF AB Class B (Sweden) 5,801 114,380

Teledyne Technologies, Inc. 415 102,372

Vinci SA (France) 2,376 226,352

WABCO Holdings, Inc. 1,310 154,501

Waste Management, Inc. 6,553 592,129

13,605,685

Communication services (0.7%)

ARRIS International PLC 3,928 102,089

BT Group PLC (United Kingdom) 8,264 24,280

KDDI Corp. (Japan) 11,200 309,520

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. (Japan) 5,800 262,056

NTT DoCoMo, Inc. (Japan) 5,500 147,929

Swisscom AG (Switzerland) 131 59,733

T-Mobile US, Inc. 2,248 157,765

Verizon Communications, Inc. 62,024 3,311,461

4,374,833

Conglomerates (0.2%)

AMETEK, Inc. 4,495 355,644

Danaher Corp. 5,065 550,363

Marubeni Corp. (Japan) 25,300 231,650

Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 13,000 231,250

1,368,907

Consumer cyclicals (4.0%)

ABC-Mart, Inc. (Japan) 1,200 66,769

Amazon.com, Inc. 1,353 2,710,059

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd. (Australia) 1,929 39,695

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. 6,016 906,371

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC (The) (United Kingdom) 1,009 48,408

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp. 5,303 263,188

Caesars Entertainment Corp. 942 9,656

Carnival Corp. 11,663 743,750

Crown, Ltd. (Australia) 8,175 80,977

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (Japan) 1,400 32,564

Dollar General Corp. 3,432 375,118

Dollar Tree, Inc. 2,688 219,206

Extended Stay America, Inc. (Units) 8,962 181,301

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (Italy) 9,276 163,163

FleetCor Technologies, Inc. 2,266 516,285

Ford Motor Co. 94,230 871,628

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Galaxy Entertainment Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 31,000 $196,699

Hermes International (France) 414 274,379

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 7,391 597,045

Home Depot, Inc. (The) 14,932 3,093,164

Hyatt Hotels Corp. Class A 2,329 185,365

KAR Auction Services, Inc. 4,550 271,590

Kering SA (France) 146 78,295

Las Vegas Sands Corp. 8,921 529,283

Liberty SiriusXM Group Class A 2,896 125,802

lululemon athletica, Inc. (Canada) 6,067 985,827

Madison Square Garden Co. (The) Class A 592 186,669

Mastercard, Inc. Class A 2,442 543,614

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd. 9,619 659,479

Moncler SpA (Italy) 3,209 138,281

News Corp. Class A 9,360 123,458

Next PLC (United Kingdom) 324 23,213

Owens Corning 5,873 318,728

Pearson PLC (United Kingdom) 10,988 127,527

Peugeot SA (France) 9,061 244,481

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE (Germany) 5,437 141,268

PVH Corp. 5,018 724,599

Ralph Lauren Corp. 1,249 171,800

Randstad Holding NV (Netherlands) 1,010 53,940

Ross Stores, Inc. 10,694 1,059,775

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 6,438 836,554

RTL Group SA (Belgium) 590 42,111

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc. 3,009 186,648

Signet Jewelers, Ltd. 4,274 281,785

Sony Corp. (Japan) 4,200 257,580

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 2,955 432,730

Suzuki Motor Corp. (Japan) 600 34,378

Tapestry, Inc. 1,601 80,482

Taylor Wimpey PLC (United Kingdom) 95,123 213,109

Tiffany & Co. 6,048 780,011

Toll Brothers, Inc. 8,770 289,673

Total System Services, Inc. 4,247 419,349

Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan) 7,400 462,235

TUI AG (Germany) 8,412 161,583

Twenty-First Century Fox, Inc. 7,862 360,237

VF Corp. 6,547 611,817

Visteon Corp. 1,937 179,947

Volvo AB (Sweden) 14,665 259,060

Walt Disney Co. (The) 12,532 1,465,492

Wolters Kluwer NV (Netherlands) 694 43,270

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. 10,743 465,816

25,946,286

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Consumer staples (2.0%)

Ashtead Group PLC (United Kingdom) 3,060 $97,246

Associated British Foods PLC (United Kingdom) 4,175 124,677

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd. (Australia) 13,022 91,959

Coca-Cola Co. (The) 36,724 1,696,282

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC (United Kingdom) 260 11,822

ConAgra Foods, Inc. 12,162 413,143

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A 5,611 815,391

Hershey Co. (The) 5,162 526,524

Imperial Brands PLC (United Kingdom) 8,164 284,362

Ingredion, Inc. 1,983 208,136

ITOCHU Corp. (Japan) 13,000 238,060

J Sainsbury PLC (United Kingdom) 50,335 211,227

Kao Corp. (Japan) 1,200 96,921

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 2,825 65,455

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 2,100 53,820

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV (Netherlands) 11,151 255,800

L’Oreal SA (France) 730 176,108

LKQ Corp. 7,269 230,209

ManpowerGroup, Inc. 2,887 248,167

Marine Harvest ASA (Norway) 4,589 106,254

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B 6,755 415,433

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A 26,800 1,151,328

Nestle SA (Switzerland) 2,284 191,315

PepsiCo, Inc. 18,637 2,083,617

Pinnacle Foods, Inc. 3,904 253,018

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 2,100 76,727

Procter & Gamble Co. (The) 5,373 447,195

Swedish Match AB (Sweden) 2,910 148,883

Sysco Corp. 13,432 983,894

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. 15,415 1,123,754

WH Group, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 81,500 57,389

WM Morrison Supermarkets PLC (United Kingdom) 8,541 28,892

Woolworths Group, Ltd. (Australia) 9,357 190,109

13,103,117

Energy (1.4%)

ConocoPhillips 21,540 1,667,196

Equinor ASA (Norway) 10,226 288,196

Halcon Resources Corp. 2,363 10,563

Halliburton Co. 26,782 1,085,474

Nine Point Energy  F 433 6,253

Occidental Petroleum Corp. 17,151 1,409,298

OMV AG (Austria) 2,092 117,581

ONEOK, Inc. 6,273 425,247

PBF Energy, Inc. Class A 7,857 392,143

Repsol SA (Spain) 13,853 276,189

Royal Dutch Shell PLC Class B (United Kingdom) 6,598 231,365

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Energy cont.

SandRidge Energy, Inc. 1,081 $11,750

TOTAL SA (France) 7,402 480,080

Valero Energy Corp. 17,191 1,955,476

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) 30,612 832,340

9,189,151

Financials (4.8%)

3i Group PLC (United Kingdom) 11,755 144,278

ABN AMRO Group NV GDR (Netherlands) 8,359 227,675

Aegon NV (Netherlands) 3,421 22,204

AGNC Investment Corp.  R 3,901 72,676

Allianz SE (Germany) 1,687 376,214

Ally Financial, Inc. 15,012 397,067

American Financial Group, Inc. 1,326 147,146

American Homes 4 Rent  R 7,774 170,173

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. 4,879 720,433

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A  R 3,550 156,662

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.  R 5,519 96,527

Assurant, Inc. 2,711 292,652

Athene Holding, Ltd. Class A 4,201 217,024

Aviva PLC (United Kingdom) 42,750 272,887

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd. 1,533 88,469

Bank of America Corp. 4,895 144,207

BGC Partners, Inc. Class A 10,291 121,640

Brandywine Realty Trust  R 6,308 99,162

Brixmor Property Group, Inc.  R 13,220 231,482

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 2,727 359,828

Capital One Financial Corp. 7,787 739,220

CBRE Group, Inc. Class A 6,399 282,196

Cheung Kong Property Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 35,000 262,783

CIT Group, Inc. 7,961 410,867

Citigroup, Inc. 46,280 3,320,127

CoreLogic, Inc. 1,622 80,143

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc. (Japan) 5,000 30,427

Deutsche Boerse AG (Germany) 343 45,975

Discover Financial Services 8,446 645,697

DNB ASA (Norway) 10,201 214,523

Douglas Emmett, Inc.  R 2,690 101,467

Duke Realty Corp.  R 8,249 234,024

E*Trade Financial Corp. 15,394 806,492

Empire State Realty Trust, Inc. Class A  R 4,289 71,240

Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.  R 1,285 123,938

Equity Residential Trust  R 7,564 501,191

Fifth Third Bancorp 21,878 610,834

First Hawaiian, Inc. 3,830 104,023

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.  R 3,366 118,652

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) 2,918 654,332

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 8,100 $220,074

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) 10,843 541,716

HCP, Inc.  R 12,775 336,238

Henderson Land Development Co., Ltd. (Hong Kong) 14,000 70,403

Highwoods Properties, Inc.  R 3,025 142,962

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 1,600 45,803

HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom) 5,587 48,800

Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.  R 3,327 108,859

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc. 1,213 175,060

JPMorgan Chase & Co. 38,516 4,346,145

Kerry Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 11,500 39,020

Legal & General Group PLC (United Kingdom) 77,475 264,904

Liberty Property Trust  R 3,294 139,172

Life Storage, Inc.  R 1,101 104,771

Lincoln National Corp. 5,558 376,054

Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom) 71,524 55,282

Loews Corp. 7,929 398,274

London Stock Exchange Group PLC (United Kingdom) 1,059 63,332

Macquarie Group, Ltd. (Australia) 3,048 277,966

MetLife, Inc. 15,303 714,956

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 165,700 289,138

Morgan Stanley 24,531 1,142,409

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (Germany) 535 118,532

New Residential Investment Corp.  R 7,317 130,389

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 2,000 40,393

Northern Trust Corp. 2,630 268,602

ORIX Corp. (Japan) 16,500 267,579

Outfront Media, Inc.  R 3,702 73,855

Paramount Group, Inc.  R 5,832 88,005

Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.  R 7,028 230,659

Partners Group Holding AG (Switzerland) 280 223,157

Persimmon PLC (United Kingdom) 7,731 238,430

Popular, Inc. (Puerto Rico) 1,868 95,735

Principal Financial Group, Inc. 4,692 274,904

Prudential Financial, Inc. 8,393 850,379

Rayonier, Inc.  R 2,636 89,123

Regions Financial Corp. 45,716 838,889

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd. 927 123,829

Resona Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 43,200 242,766

Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc. 7,867 157,655

Scentre Group (Australia)  R 16,816 48,304

Schroders PLC (United Kingdom) 579 23,369

Senior Housing Properties Trust  R 5,050 88,678

SL Green Realty Corp.  R 3,305 322,337

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.  R 26,475 213,389

Starwood Property Trust, Inc.  R 6,658 143,280

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Financials cont.

Stockland (Units) (Australia)  R 5,287 $15,875

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (Japan) 7,900 318,963

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. (Japan) 1,700 69,985

Sun Communities, Inc.  R 1,374 139,516

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 6,000 87,413

Swedbank AB Class A (Sweden) 10,089 249,922

Swire Properties, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 6,000 22,735

Synovus Financial Corp. 2,595 118,825

U.S. Bancorp 15,646 826,265

United Overseas Bank, Ltd. (Singapore) 7,000 138,735

Vornado Realty Trust  R 4,135 301,855

WP Carey, Inc.  R 1,105 71,063

31,171,285

Health care (3.6%)

AbbVie, Inc. 7,520 711,242

ABIOMED, Inc. 1,986 893,204

Alfresa Holdings Corp. (Japan) 3,300 88,322

Allergan PLC 1,216 231,624

Amgen, Inc. 6,266 1,298,879

Anthem, Inc. 5,901 1,617,169

Astellas Pharma, Inc. (Japan) 16,200 282,682

Baxter International, Inc. 10,296 793,719

Biogen, Inc. 1,317 465,309

Boston Scientific Corp. 21,782 838,607

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 21,168 1,314,109

Celgene Corp. 3,746 335,230

Centene Corp. 4,448 643,981

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. 1,817 244,459

Cigna Corp. 5,329 1,109,764

Coloplast A/S Class B (Denmark) 150 15,345

Concordia International Corp. (Canada) 340 6,847

Dentsply Sirona, Inc. 9,995 377,211

Eli Lilly & Co. 13,416 1,439,671

Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co., KGaA (Germany) 2,586 266,062

Gilead Sciences, Inc. 9,472 731,333

GlaxoSmithKline PLC (United Kingdom) 19,466 390,111

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. 1,098 103,651

Humana, Inc. 3,032 1,026,393

Ipsen SA (France) 440 74,001

Johnson & Johnson 13,488 1,863,637

Koninklijke Philips NV (Netherlands) 457 20,826

McKesson Corp. 6,010 797,227

Medipal Holdings Corp. (Japan) 2,700 56,360

Merck & Co., Inc. 20,822 1,477,113

Novartis AG (Switzerland) 6,177 533,721

Pfizer, Inc. 18,170 800,752

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Health care cont.

Roche Holding AG (Switzerland) 2,037 $495,799

Shionogi & Co., Ltd. (Japan) 3,700 241,835

Siemens Healthineers AG (Germany) 1,211 53,274

Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co., Ltd. (Japan) 100 12,229

UCB SA (Belgium) 1,926 173,148

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 2,064 397,815

Waters Corp. 576 112,136

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 1,645 527,206

Zoetis, Inc. 5,118 468,604

23,330,607

Technology (6.1%)

Agilent Technologies, Inc. 11,263 794,492

Alphabet, Inc. Class A 5,267 6,357,617

Amadeus IT Holding SA Class A (Spain) 3,156 293,329

Amdocs, Ltd. 4,502 297,042

Apple, Inc. 15,835 3,574,593

Applied Materials, Inc. 9,263 358,015

Avaya Holdings Corp. 3,190 70,627

Black Knight, Inc. 3,134 162,811

Brother Industries, Ltd. (Japan) 1,700 33,585

CA, Inc. 8,162 360,352

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. 7,391 334,960

Capgemini SE (France) 1,281 161,286

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd. (Israel) 708 83,310

Cisco Systems, Inc. 71,858 3,495,892

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A 10,753 829,594

Dell Technologies, Inc. Class V 5,531 537,171

Dun & Bradstreet Corp. (The) 2,018 287,585

F5 Networks, Inc. 3,098 617,803

Facebook, Inc. Class A 10,335 1,699,694

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 4,603 502,049

Fortinet, Inc. 9,709 895,849

Fujitsu, Ltd. (Japan) 100 7,128

Hoya Corp. (Japan) 4,600 273,364

HP, Inc. 31,852 820,826

IBM Corp. 8,206 1,240,829

Intuit, Inc. 6,029 1,370,995

Jabil, Inc. 4,049 109,647

Keysight Technologies, Inc. 4,126 273,471

KLA-Tencor Corp. 5,834 593,376

Leidos Holdings, Inc. 2,415 167,021

Microsoft Corp. 20,835 2,382,899

MSCI, Inc. 1,691 300,000

NetApp, Inc. 11,750 1,009,208

Nexon Co., Ltd. (Japan) 2,200 28,763

NTT Data Corp. (Japan) 16,600 229,888

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COMMON STOCKS (27.2%)* cont. Shares Value

Technology cont.

Nuance Communications, Inc. 12,848 $222,527

nVent Electric PLC (United Kingdom) 4,848 131,672

NVIDIA Corp. 11,629 3,267,982

Oracle Corp. 42,412 2,186,763

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 3,936 886,623

Proofpoint, Inc. 1 60

Red Hat, Inc. 5,280 719,558

Rockwell Automation, Inc. 3,243 608,127

Synopsys, Inc. 3,762 370,971

Texas Instruments, Inc. 5,757 617,669

Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A 1,289 227,934

39,794,957

Transportation (0.5%)

Aena SME SA (Spain) 1,179 204,726

Central Japan Railway Co. (Japan) 1,300 270,793

Copa Holdings SA Class A (Panama) 1,170 93,413

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 20,531 1,187,308

easyJet PLC (United Kingdom) 9,066 155,348

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. 4,256 312,944

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (Spain) 27,184 233,712

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (Japan) 2,400 86,293

Kansas City Southern 3,658 414,378

Kyushu Railway Co. (Japan) 1,700 51,785

3,010,700

Utilities and power (0.9%)

AES Corp. 20,871 292,194

Ameren Corp. 5,745 363,199

American Electric Power Co., Inc. 4,157 294,648

Atmos Energy Corp. 1,561 146,594

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 13,434 371,450

CLP Holdings, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 19,000 222,540

CMS Energy Corp. 8,538 418,362

Endesa SA (Spain) 3,521 76,108

Enel SpA (Italy) 49,187 252,061

ENGIE SA (France) 4,569 67,212

Eni SpA (Italy) 16,233 306,991

Entergy Corp. 9,052 734,389

Evergy, Inc. 3,461 190,078

Kinder Morgan, Inc. 46,576 825,792

NRG Energy, Inc. 16,527 618,110

OGE Energy Corp. 6,141 223,041

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. 2,786 220,595

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc. (Rights) 706 487

UGI Corp. 6,371 353,463

5,977,314

Total common stocks (cost $160,919,776) $176,658,610

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* Principal amount Value

Basic materials (2.2%)

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 5/15/28 (Netherlands) $200,000 $205,500

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 8/15/23 175,000 187,250

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.95%, 1/15/21 55,000 55,894

Alpha 2 BV 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 6/1/23 (Netherlands) ‡‡ 200,000 203,000

American Woodmark Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 3/15/26 170,000 161,925

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 6/1/25 (France) 25,000 27,125

ArcelorMittal SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 10/15/39 (France) 260,000 302,212

Axalta Coating Systems, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 8/15/24 150,000 147,000

Beacon Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/25 220,000 202,675

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 10/1/23 95,000 98,325

Big River Steel, LLC/BRS Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.25%, 9/1/25 195,000 205,969

BMC East, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 300,000 289,875

Boise Cascade Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 365,000 372,191

Builders FirstSource, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.625%, 9/1/24 295,000 283,569

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. notes 5.50%, 4/15/24 145,000 142,644

BWAY Holding Co. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 4/15/25 375,000 365,588

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 (Germany) 15,000 15,752

Celanese US Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/15/22 (Germany) 147,000 149,681

Cemex Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%, 4/1/24 (Mexico) 200,000 206,006

CF Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.95%, 6/1/43 145,000 128,325

CF Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.50%, 12/1/26 630,000 625,775

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27 90,000 86,787

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 5/15/25 100,000 106,049

Chemours Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 5/15/23 45,000 47,007

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/1/25 55,000 53,488

Compass Minerals International, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 7/15/24 225,000 208,406

Cornerstone Chemical Co. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 8/15/24 125,000 125,184

CPG Merger Sub, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 10/1/21 15,000 15,169

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/1/26 90,000 85,950

First Quantum Minerals, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 4/1/25 (Canada) 415,000 393,731

Flex Acquisition Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 1/15/25 140,000 133,700

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/23 (Indonesia) 90,000 95,850

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 3/15/43 (Indonesia) 85,000 77,350

GCP Applied Technologies, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 440,000 432,850

Georgia-Pacific, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 11/15/29 45,000 59,154

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 4/29/24 598,000 601,666

Glencore Funding, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 4/16/25 104,000 99,888

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 7/15/26 130,000 128,375

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Basic materials cont.

HudBay Minerals, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.625%, 1/15/25 (Canada) $130,000 $134,225

Huntsman International, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/15/20 105,000 106,838

Ingevity Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 250,000 238,363

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.45%, 9/26/28 200,000 201,777

International Paper Co. sr. unsec. notes 8.70%, 6/15/38 5,000 6,917

Joseph T Ryerson & Son, Inc. 144A sr. notes 11.00%, 5/15/22 60,000 65,250

Kraton Polymers, LLC/Kraton Polymers Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 4/15/25 75,000 77,063

Louisiana-Pacific Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 9/15/24 85,000 84,788

Mercer International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 12/1/22 (Canada) 11,000 11,496

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 2/1/24 (Canada) 120,000 122,712

Mercer International, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 85,000 83,300

New Gold, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 11/15/22 (Canada) 35,000 30,538

New Gold, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/25 (Canada) 55,000 45,925

NOVA Chemicals Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/27 (Canada) 152,000 141,550

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.875%, 9/30/26 345,000 337,065

Novelis Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 8/15/24 75,000 76,781

Nutrien, Ltd. sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 1/15/45 (Canada) 15,000 15,516

Packaging Corp. of America sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 6/15/22 15,000 15,127

Packaging Corp. of America sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 11/1/23 30,000 30,850

Pisces Midco, Inc. 144A sr. notes 8.00%, 4/15/26 170,000 171,275

PQ Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/25 205,000 203,463

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/27 914,000 869,794

Smurfit Kappa Treasury Funding DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 11/20/25 (Ireland) 85,000 100,088

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 12/15/26 40,000 39,800

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.125%, 9/15/25 40,000 38,100

Steel Dynamics, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 10/1/24 25,000 25,525

Teck Resources, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.75%, 2/1/23 (Canada) 40,000 39,200

Teck Resources, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 15,000 16,425

TMS International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 8/15/25 165,000 166,238

TopBuild Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/26 195,000 190,613

Trinseo Materials Operating SCA/Trinseo Materials Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/1/25 (Luxembourg) 195,000 187,444

Tronox Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 10/1/25 (United Kingdom) 55,000 50,875

Tronox, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/15/26 140,000 134,750

U.S. Concrete, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 6/1/24 240,000 242,808

Univar USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 7/15/23 80,000 82,900

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/27 270,000 272,973

USG Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 3/1/25 70,000 71,313

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 11/15/47 401,000 356,227

Westlake Chemical Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 8/15/26 632,000 594,363

WestRock Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.375%, 9/15/27 470,000 440,328

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Basic materials cont.

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.20%, 1/15/30 $381,000 $494,769

WestRock MWV, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.95%, 2/15/31 17,000 21,950

Weyerhaeuser Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.375%, 3/15/32  R 25,000 31,619

WR Grace & Co.- Conn. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/24 130,000 136,825

Zekelman Industries, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.875%, 6/15/23 75,000 81,469

14,014,100

Capital goods (1.0%)

Allison Transmission, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 10/1/27 255,000 240,656

American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 11/15/19 40,000 41,600

Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC/Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 5/15/24 (Ireland) 200,000 209,250

ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/15/23 (Canada) 35,000 36,190

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty notes 5.50%, 5/15/22 20,000 20,327

Berry Global, Inc. company guaranty unsub. notes 5.125%, 7/15/23 75,000 75,375

Berry Global, Inc. 144A notes 4.50%, 2/15/26 60,000 57,000

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 12/1/21 (Canada) 70,000 77,000

Bombardier, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 12/1/24 (Canada) 345,000 363,544

Briggs & Stratton Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/20 55,000 58,163

Crown Cork & Seal Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 7.375%, 12/15/26 70,000 76,125

Gates Global, LLC/Gates Global Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 7/15/22 98,000 98,613

GFL Environmental, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/1/23 (Canada) 90,000 84,488

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/22 270,000 277,425

Hulk Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 6/1/26 (Canada) 285,000 275,381

Johnson Controls International PLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/47 275,000 263,772

L3 Technologies, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.85%, 12/15/26 60,000 57,721

MasTec, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/15/23 140,000 138,950

Northrop Grumman Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 1/15/28 705,000 662,927

Oshkosh Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 3/1/25 50,000 51,500

Oshkosh Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.60%, 5/15/28 550,000 544,027

Park-Ohio Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 4/15/27 75,000 76,875

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/25 120,000 114,300

Republic Services, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 5/15/28 665,000 660,999

Stevens Holding Co, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 10/1/26 240,000 243,900

Tennant Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.625%, 5/1/25 115,000 116,438

Tenneco, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 12/15/24 75,000 70,406

Titan Acquisition, Ltd./Titan Co-Borrower, LLC. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 4/15/26 (Canada) 220,000 190,850

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.50%, 5/15/25 45,000 45,844

TransDigm, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 6/15/26 365,000 368,650

Trident Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 125,000 118,438

Vertiv Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 10/15/24 155,000 161,200

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 12.00%, 2/15/22 ‡‡ 65,000 66,463

Wabash National Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 10/1/25 245,000 233,975

Wrangler Buyer Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 10/1/25 250,000 240,000

6,418,372

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Communication services (2.2%)

Altice Luxembourg SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 5/15/22 (Luxembourg) $200,000 $194,250

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.125%, 1/15/27  R 150,000 136,480

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.55%, 7/15/27  R 610,000 570,020

American Tower Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.375%, 10/15/26  R 140,000 130,390

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/46 30,000 27,409

AT&T, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.40%, 5/15/25 30,000 28,562

AT&T, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.10%, 2/15/28 560,000 543,663

Cablevision Systems Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.00%, 4/15/20 10,000 10,538

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 5/1/26 235,000 232,356

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 4/1/24 110,000 111,788

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/15/26 635,000 636,588

CCO Holdings, LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 5/1/23 50,000 50,078

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 4/1/28 225,000 235,688

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 45,000 45,281

Cequel Communications Holdings I, LLC/Cequel Capital Corp. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.125%, 12/15/21 25,000 25,006

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 6.484%, 10/23/45 503,000 540,717

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.908%, 7/23/25 30,000 30,463

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications Operating Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.375%, 5/1/47 506,000 479,438

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.969%, 11/1/47 30,000 26,775

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/35 511,000 616,620

Comcast Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 3/1/26 793,000 748,661

CommScope Technologies Finance, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 6/15/25 90,000 92,700

CommScope Technologies, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 435,000 418,688

Cox Communications, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.50%, 8/15/27 453,000 425,567

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/28  R 530,000 502,633

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. bonds 3.65%, 9/1/27  R 456,000 428,430

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/15/22  R 162,000 166,793

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 5/15/47  R 295,000 279,671

Crown Castle International Corp. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 7/15/23  R 90,000 86,731

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.25%, 6/1/24 155,000 151,513

CSC Holdings, LLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 120,000 126,300

CSC Holdings, LLC 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 10.125%, 1/15/23 265,000 289,910

DISH DBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 325,000 291,281

Equinix, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 5/15/27  R 125,000 125,000

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 11.00%, 9/15/25 45,000 35,087

Frontier Communications Corp. sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 9/15/22 115,000 102,350

Frontier Communications Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.50%, 4/1/26 225,000 212,625

Intelsat Connect Finance SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.50%, 2/15/23 (Luxembourg) 415,000 412,925

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Communication services cont.

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A company guaranty sr. notes 8.00%, 2/15/24 (Bermuda) $2,000 $2,105

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 7/15/25 (Bermuda) 330,000 349,388

Koninklijke KPN NV sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 8.375%, 10/1/30 (Netherlands) 10,000 12,892

Quebecor Media, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/23 (Canada) 90,000 92,700

Rogers Communications, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/43 (Canada) 10,000 9,647

Sprint Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 11/15/28 380,000 381,900

Sprint Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 8/15/20 300,000 313,500

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.875%, 9/15/23 385,000 415,319

Sprint Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.25%, 9/15/21 25,000 26,438

Sprint Spectrum Co., LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. II, LLC/Sprint Spectrum Co. III, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 3.36%, 9/20/21 176,250 175,589

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 3/1/25 25,000 26,045

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 3/1/23 15,000 15,420

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/27 440,000 438,350

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 4/15/22 40,000 39,825

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.75%, 2/1/28 150,000 141,188

T-Mobile USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 2/1/26 65,000 62,034

Telefonica Emisiones SAU company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.895%, 3/6/48 (Spain) 565,000 526,231

Verizon Communications, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.125%, 3/16/27 245,000 246,117

Videotron, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 7/15/22 (Canada) 130,000 133,250

Videotron, Ltd./Videotron Ltee. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/15/27 (Canada) 528,000 517,440

Vodafone Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/30/28 (United Kingdom) 535,000 527,097

Windstream Services, LLC/Windstream Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 9.00%, 6/30/25 83,000 64,118

14,085,568

Consumer cyclicals (3.2%)

21st Century Fox America, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 12/1/45 218,000 333,856

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 7/26/27 (Canada) 617,000 579,177

Amazon.com, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.05%, 8/22/47 345,000 339,849

Amazon.com, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.15%, 8/22/27 320,000 306,610

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 5/15/27 185,000 177,138

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/26 135,000 129,263

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 2/15/22 50,000 50,375

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/15/25 35,000 33,513

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/26 45,000 45,113

American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 12/15/23 45,000 45,844

Autonation, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 2/1/20 164,000 168,106

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 8/14/28 985,000 984,373

BMW US Capital, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.40%, 8/13/21 235,000 234,899

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/15/26 75,000 75,563

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 5/15/23 35,000 36,768

Boyd Gaming Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 4/1/26 25,000 25,719

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Boyne USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 7.25%, 5/1/25 $65,000 $68,738

Brookfield Residential Properties, Inc./Brookfield Residential US Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 7/1/22 (Canada) 15,000 15,071

Carriage Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 6/1/26 150,000 153,000

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.90%, 1/15/27 204,000 182,521

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 1/15/45 454,000 428,852

CBS Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/26 41,000 40,183

CBS Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 11/1/24 300,000 288,294

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 12/15/22 40,000 40,200

Cinemark USA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.875%, 6/1/23 15,000 14,756

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.625%, 3/15/20 50,000 50,250

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 11/15/22 250,000 254,375

Constellation Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 9/15/25 350,000 331,625

CRC Escrow Issuer, LLC/CRC Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 10/15/25 205,000 195,263

D.R. Horton, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 8/15/23 40,000 42,541

Delta Merger Sub., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 9/15/26 30,000 30,375

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. notes 7.75%, 9/1/23 95,000 97,375

Diamond Resorts International, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.75%, 9/1/24 40,000 38,950

Dollar General Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 4/15/23 40,000 39,053

Ecolab, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 12/1/27 675,000 646,570

Eldorado Resorts, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 8/1/23 25,000 26,313

Gartner, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 4/1/25 75,000 75,518

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/6/26 351,000 329,819

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 7/13/25 18,000 17,508

General Motors Financial Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/25 55,000 53,202

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/25 135,000 137,025

GLP Capital LP/GLP Financing II, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 180,000 182,792

Gray Television, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/26 60,000 59,475

Hanesbrands, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 5/15/24 55,000 53,453

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.25%, 9/1/24 45,000 43,551

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC/Hilton Worldwide Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 4/1/27 715,000 704,797

Howard Hughes Corp. (The) 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 3/15/25 325,000 321,750

iHeartCommunications, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 9.00%, 12/15/19 (In default) 10,000 7,525

IHS Markit, Ltd. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.75%, 8/1/28 (United Kingdom) 345,000 345,431

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty notes 4.75%, 2/15/25 (United Kingdom) 622,000 631,330

IHS Markit, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 3/1/26 (United Kingdom) 207,000 198,720

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.65%, 10/1/28 941,000 942,406

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 3/15/28  R 105,000 97,388

Iron Mountain, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 9/15/27  R 240,000 220,200

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 10.25%, 11/15/22 225,000 247,545

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Jack Ohio Finance, LLC/Jack Ohio Finance 1 Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.75%, 11/15/21 $160,000 $165,600

Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. 144A notes 7.875%, 2/1/24 45,000 47,763

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 12/15/27 80,000 72,900

Jeld-Wen, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/25 90,000 83,025

Lear Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 9/15/27 702,000 651,734

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 11/15/24 15,000 15,619

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/15/22 55,000 55,237

Lennar Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 4/1/21 5,000 5,064

Lions Gate Capital Holdings, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 11/1/24 110,000 112,750

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 11/1/24 90,000 88,200

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 3/15/26 145,000 146,450

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 12/15/23 (Canada) 30,000 30,300

Mattamy Group Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 10/1/25 (Canada) 100,000 96,720

Meredith Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/26 230,000 235,750

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/1/20 15,000 15,769

MGM Resorts International company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 12/15/21 100,000 105,625

Navistar International Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 11/1/25 340,000 353,600

Neiman Marcus Group, LLC (The) company guaranty sr. notes 7.125%, 6/1/28 45,000 36,675

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 125,000 122,344

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL (The) 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/1/25 (Luxembourg) 100,000 98,000

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Nielsen Finance Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 4/15/22 290,000 282,750

NVR, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.95%, 9/15/22 25,000 24,991

Omnicom Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.60%, 4/15/26 80,000 75,981

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.875%, 3/15/25 30,000 30,300

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Outfront Media Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 2/15/24 45,000 45,338

Penn National Gaming, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 1/15/27 90,000 86,823

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 10/1/22 20,000 20,375

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.50%, 5/15/26 440,000 427,768

Penske Automotive Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 12/1/24 30,000 29,400

PetSmart, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 3/15/23 55,000 39,531

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.875%, 6/15/32 235,000 252,919

PulteGroup, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 3/1/26 15,000 14,925

Refinitiv US Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 5/15/26 170,000 170,627

Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower LP/Rivers Pittsburgh Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 6.125%, 8/15/21 285,000 284,288

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.40%, 2/15/26 40,000 41,034

S&P Global, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.95%, 1/22/27 901,000 834,697

Sabre GLBL, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.375%, 4/15/23 80,000 80,494

Scientific Games International, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 12/1/22 295,000 312,331

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer cyclicals cont.

Sinclair Television Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 8/1/24 $325,000 $318,094

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.00%, 7/15/24 50,000 51,875

Sirius XM Radio, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 8/1/27 961,000 922,560

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 4/15/27 315,000 311,850

Six Flags Entertainment Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 7/31/24 220,000 214,500

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 7/15/25 30,000 30,300

Spectrum Brands, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 12/15/24 20,000 20,400

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/24 105,000 104,869

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 2/15/27 819,000 770,884

Standard Industries, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 1/15/28 15,000 13,856

SugarHouse HSP Gaming Prop. Mezz LP/SugarHouse HSP Gaming Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 5.875%, 5/15/25 110,000 103,917

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.80%, 2/15/27 140,000 133,918

Time Warner, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.95%, 7/15/26 72,000 65,287

Townsquare Media, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 4/1/23 15,000 13,875

TRI Pointe Group, Inc./TRI Pointe Homes, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 6/15/24 85,000 84,363

Tribune Media Co. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/15/22 35,000 35,613

Univision Communications, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.125%, 2/15/25 75,000 70,125

Walt Disney Co. (The) sr. unsec. notes 2.75%, 8/16/21 20,000 19,769

Weekley Homes, LLC/Weekley Finance Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 2/1/23 70,000 67,725

Werner FinCo LP/Werner FinCo, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.75%, 7/15/25 240,000 231,600

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 75,000 75,000

WMG Acquisition Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/26 45,000 44,663

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/26 65,000 63,781

Wyndham Destinations, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.75%, 4/1/27 33,000 31,103

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 4/15/26 130,000 128,700

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.25%, 5/15/27 315,000 292,556

21,034,786

Consumer staples (1.6%)

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 5.00%, 10/15/25 (Canada) 315,000 301,613

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.625%, 1/15/22 (Canada) 20,000 20,025

1011778 BC ULC/New Red Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. sub. notes 4.25%, 5/15/24 (Canada) 110,000 104,225

Altria Group, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 8/6/19 5,000 5,267

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.90%, 2/1/46 1,328,000 1,343,034

Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.65%, 2/1/26 8,000 7,774

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 7/15/22 55,000 53,105

Ascend Learning, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 8/1/25 185,000 186,850

Ashtead Capital, Inc. 144A notes 4.375%, 8/15/27 642,000 609,900

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Consumer staples cont.

Ashtead Capital, Inc. 144A notes 4.125%, 8/15/25 $200,000 $190,000

Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 7/15/25 270,000 277,528

CEC Entertainment, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 2/15/22 40,000 36,200

CVS Pass-Through Trust sr. notes 6.036%, 12/10/28 28,074 29,775

Dean Foods Co. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 3/15/23 40,000 37,550

Diamond (BC) BV 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 8/15/25 EUR 130,000 140,969

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.50%, 2/15/45 $423,000 398,056

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 10/15/37 523,000 654,973

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/42 81,000 88,554

ERAC USA Finance, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.85%, 11/15/24 416,000 412,777

Fresh Market, Inc. (The) 144A company guaranty sr. notes 9.75%, 5/1/23 100,000 74,500

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 8.75%, 10/1/25 225,000 235,863

Golden Nugget, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 10/15/24 235,000 238,379

Itron, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 1/15/26 220,000 211,200

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 75,000 74,719

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 6/1/24 75,000 74,391

KFC Holding Co./Pizza Hut Holdings, LLC/Taco Bell of America, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 6/1/27 255,000 245,119

Kraft Heinz Co. (The) company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.375%, 6/1/46 898,000 793,112

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 11/1/26 568,000 556,640

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 11/1/24 25,000 24,438

Maple Escrow Subsidiary, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.597%, 5/25/28 897,000 900,520

Match Group, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.00%, 12/15/27 145,000 144,290

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.875%, 4/15/28 120,000 112,800

Netflix, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.875%, 11/15/28 105,000 104,606

Newell Brands, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 4/1/26 698,000 663,874

Rite Aid Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 4/1/23 250,000 224,063

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 3.45%, 6/1/26 858,000 814,199

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.30%, 11/18/21 70,000 69,560

10,460,448

Energy (3.5%)

Alta Mesa Holdings LP/Alta Mesa Finance Services Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 12/15/24 375,000 356,250

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 6/1/23 20,000 20,475

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.375%, 11/1/21 65,000 65,832

Antero Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.125%, 12/1/22 55,000 55,853

Apergy Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/1/26 230,000 236,325

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.00%, 4/1/22 80,000 90,000

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 11/1/26 65,000 64,756

Baytex Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 6/1/24 (Canada) 80,000 76,400

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 3.119%, 5/4/26 (United Kingdom) 74,000 70,436

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy cont.

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 10/1/20 (United Kingdom) $10,000 $10,251

BP Capital Markets PLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.315%, 2/13/20 (United Kingdom) 60,000 59,467

California Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/20 85,000 81,175

California Resources Corp. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 12/15/22 75,000 71,625

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.875%, 3/31/25 275,000 289,094

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC company guaranty sr. notes 5.125%, 6/30/27 390,000 391,463

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 6/15/27 45,000 45,900

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 1/15/25 100,000 103,125

Chesapeake Energy Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 3/15/23 20,000 19,475

Comstock Escrow Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 8/15/26 200,000 199,560

Concho Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.75%, 10/1/27 598,000 570,789

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.90%, 6/1/44 370,000 365,362

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.80%, 6/1/24 55,000 53,936

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 9/15/22 20,000 20,290

Continental Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 4/15/23 60,000 61,056

Covey Park Energy, LLC/Covey Park Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.50%, 5/15/25 205,000 207,819

CrownRock LP/CrownRock Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/15/25 135,000 131,625

DCP Midstream Operating LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 7/15/25 75,000 76,406

DCP Midstream Operating LP 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.75%, 9/15/37 100,000 107,000

Denbury Resources, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.375%, 8/15/21 60,000 58,500

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.00%, 5/15/21 155,000 167,594

Denbury Resources, Inc. 144A notes 7.50%, 2/15/24 75,000 77,250

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/31/25 310,000 316,200

Diamondback Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 11/1/24 45,000 45,056

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/30/28 260,000 260,000

Endeavor Energy Resources LP/EER Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/30/26 75,000 75,000

Energy Transfer Partners LP jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. B, 6.625%, perpetual maturity 995,000 952,713

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.125%, 12/15/45 75,000 79,999

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 2/1/42 13,000 14,358

Energy Transfer Partners LP sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.20%, 2/1/22 15,000 15,579

Ensco PLC sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 2/1/26 (United Kingdom) 125,000 124,063

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.375%, 5/1/20 112,000 110,180

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 9.375%, 5/1/24 133,000 109,725

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 8.00%, 2/15/25 85,000 65,025

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 8.00%, 11/29/24 30,000 30,225

EP Energy, LLC/Everest Acquisition Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 7.75%, 5/15/26 150,000 153,563

EQT Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.90%, 10/1/27 410,000 384,175

Equinor ASA company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.10%, 8/17/40 (Norway) 30,000 33,950

Hess Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.30%, 8/15/31 15,000 17,325

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy cont.

Hess Infrastructure Partners LP/Hess Infrastructure Partners Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 2/15/26 $300,000 $303,000

Holly Energy Partners LP/Holly Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/24 205,000 209,613

Indigo Natural Resources, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/15/26 245,000 237,038

Jagged Peak Energy, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/1/26 195,000 194,025

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 3/31/24 (Canada) 20,000 18,250

MEG Energy Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 1/30/23 (Canada) 35,000 31,850

MEG Energy Corp. 144A notes 6.50%, 1/15/25 (Canada) 75,000 74,250

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 2/1/25 235,000 225,286

Nabors Industries, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 1/15/23 25,000 24,558

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.75%, 1/30/22 20,000 20,875

Newfield Exploration Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/1/26 370,000 383,413

Noble Holding International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.75%, 1/15/24 95,000 94,288

Noble Holding International, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 2/1/26 60,000 62,250

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 6.875%, 1/15/23 10,000 10,225

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/22 67,000 68,171

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 5/1/26 150,000 152,625

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.375%, 1/17/27 (Brazil) 2,004,000 2,029,351

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.25%, 3/17/44 (Brazil) 333,000 316,350

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.25%, 3/17/24 (Brazil) 1,124,000 1,128,215

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 1/17/22 (Brazil) 321,000 331,433

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.999%, 1/27/28 (Brazil) 177,000 162,619

Petrobras Global Finance BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.299%, 1/27/25 (Brazil) 330,000 306,900

Petroleos de Venezuela SA 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 11/15/26 (Venezuela) (In default) 20,000 4,300

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/13/27 (Mexico) 2,525,000 2,574,846

Petroleos Mexicanos company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 1/24/22 (Mexico) 147,000 148,691

Precision Drilling Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 1/15/26 (Canada) 125,000 128,438

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 3/15/23 45,000 44,100

Range Resources Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 6/1/21 115,000 118,306

Rose Rock Midstream LP/Rose Rock Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.625%, 11/15/23 25,000 24,313

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. bonds 4.20%, 3/15/28 90,000 87,307

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.75%, 5/15/24 130,000 139,551

Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC sr. notes 5.00%, 3/15/27 617,000 633,776

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.75%, 9/15/24 215,000 219,300

SESI, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.125%, 12/15/21 55,000 55,770

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 9/30/25 (Canada) 365,000 351,313

Seven Generations Energy, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 6.75%, 5/1/23 (Canada) 30,000 31,013

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Energy cont.

Seventy Seven Energy, Inc. escrow sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 7/15/22  F $40,000 $4

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 60,000 62,025

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 1/15/24 35,000 34,081

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.75%, 9/15/26 165,000 171,394

SM Energy Co. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 11/15/22 64,000 65,920

Spectra Energy Partners LP sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 10/15/26 143,000 134,649

Tallgrass Energy Partners LP/Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.50%, 1/15/28 110,000 110,963

Talos Production, LLC/Talos Production Finance, Inc. 144A company guaranty notes 11.00%, 4/3/22 56,003 59,923

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 2/1/27 45,000 45,000

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 1/15/28 689,000 670,053

Transcanada Trust company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 5.30%, 3/15/77 (Canada) 604,000 574,555

Transocean Pontus, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.125%, 8/1/25 (Cayman Islands) 75,000 76,125

Trinidad Drilling, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 2/15/25 (Canada) 270,000 267,300

USA Compression Partners LP/USA Compression Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 4/1/26 140,000 144,550

Vermilion Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 3/15/25 (Canada) 95,000 94,406

Weatherford International, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.875%, 3/1/25 70,000 67,550

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 9.875%, 2/15/24 225,000 220,500

Weatherford International, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.25%, 6/15/23 30,000 28,350

Whiting Petroleum Corp. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/26 130,000 135,200

Williams Cos., Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.75%, 3/15/32 155,000 206,532

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 4.30%, 3/4/24 942,000 947,431

Williams Partners LP sr. unsec. sub. notes 3.60%, 3/15/22 110,000 109,284

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 120,000 136,200

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 6/1/26 115,000 116,438

WPX Energy, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.00%, 1/15/22 31,000 32,124

22,448,391

Financials (4.7%)

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.625%, 10/1/28 320,000 315,373

Air Lease Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.625%, 4/1/27 690,000 637,180

Alliance Data Systems Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/1/22 45,000 45,338

Alliant Holdings Intermediate, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 8/1/23 45,000 46,575

Ally Financial, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 11/1/31 760,000 920,550

Ally Financial, Inc. sub. unsec. notes 5.75%, 11/20/25 195,000 201,338

Ally Financial, Inc. unsec. sub. notes 8.00%, 12/31/18 20,000 20,200

American International Group, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRB 8.175%, 5/15/58 208,000 261,040

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. AA, 6.10%, perpetual maturity 1,205,000 1,262,238

Bank of America Corp. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. Z, 6.50%, perpetual maturity 60,000 64,771

Bank of America Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB Ser. MTN, 3.824%, 1/20/28 450,000 437,904

Bank of Montreal unsec. sub. FRN 3.803%, 12/15/32 (Canada) 240,000 224,242

Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 5/15/43 25,000 25,120

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Financials cont.

BGC Partners, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.125%, 5/27/21 $110,000 $112,589

BPCE SA 144A unsec. sub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25 (France) 1,101,000 1,076,771

Cantor Fitzgerald LP 144A unsec. notes 6.50%, 6/17/22 97,000 102,739

Capital One Financial Corp. unsec. sub. notes 4.20%, 10/29/25 60,000 58,632

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 3/15/25 47,000 48,842

CBRE Services, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.875%, 3/1/26 368,000 375,267

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 8/1/23 245,000 249,594

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 3/7/25 350,000 357,000

CIT Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.00%, 8/15/22 40,000 40,800

Citigroup, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.887%, 1/10/28 305,000 296,106

Citigroup, Inc. unsec. sub. bonds 4.45%, 9/29/27 1,897,000 1,875,081

CNO Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 5/30/25 170,000 173,825

Cooperative Rabobank UA company guaranty unsec. sub. notes 3.75%, 7/21/26 (Netherlands) 302,000 285,242

Credit Acceptance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.375%, 3/15/23 25,000 26,188

Credit Suisse Group AG 144A sr. unsec. bonds 4.282%, 1/9/28 (Switzerland) 1,672,000 1,626,158

Digital Realty Trust LP company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.45%, 7/15/28  R 755,000 754,379

ESH Hospitality, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 5/1/25  R 255,000 246,713

Fairfax Financial Holdings, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.85%, 4/17/28 (Canada) 935,000 921,814

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.25%, 4/15/25 135,000 130,950

Freedom Mortgage Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 11/15/24 155,000 150,350

goeasy, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 11/1/22 (Canada) 95,000 98,919

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. FRB 4.223%, 5/1/29 1,175,000 1,157,795

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 1/26/27 1,185,000 1,149,675

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.625%, 3/30/40 631,000 777,187

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. notes 4.375%, 2/15/30  R 363,000 332,844

Hospitality Properties Trust sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.50%, 3/15/25  R 15,000 14,607

HSBC Holdings PLC sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 1/14/22 (United Kingdom) 682,000 706,323

HUB International, Ltd. 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.00%, 5/1/26 175,000 175,229

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 2/1/24 230,000 235,463

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.25%, 2/1/22 75,000 76,875

Icahn Enterprises LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 8/1/20 35,000 35,636

ING Bank NV 144A unsec. sub. notes 5.80%, 9/25/23 (Netherlands) 1,448,000 1,524,580

International Lease Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.875%, 8/15/22 30,000 31,763

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 4/1/22  R 50,000 50,375

iStar, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 9/15/22  R 55,000 54,175

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. bonds 6.10%, perpetual maturity 116,000 120,060

JPMorgan Chase & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. Z, 5.30%, perpetual maturity 544,000 556,240

JPMorgan Chase & Co. sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 3.964%, 11/15/48 1,365,000 1,246,806

KKR Group Finance Co., LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.375%, 9/29/20 65,000 68,444

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc. 144A company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. bonds 7.80%, 3/15/37 70,000 81,900

Lloyds Banking Group PLC unsec. sub. notes 4.50%, 11/4/24 (United Kingdom) 684,000 671,878

LPL Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.75%, 9/15/25 240,000 234,300

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Financials cont.

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 5/1/24  R $60,000 $61,500

MGM Growth Properties Operating Partnership LP/MGP Finance Co-Issuer, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 1/15/28  R 50,000 45,755

Mid-America Apartments LP sr. unsec. notes 4.30%, 10/15/23  R 15,000 15,169

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 3/1/26 (Japan) 200,000 196,650

National Australia Bank, Ltd., NY sr. unsec. notes 2.80%, 1/10/22 (Australia) 250,000 243,796

Nationstar Mortgage, LLC/Nationstar Capital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.50%, 7/1/21 140,000 140,168

Peachtree Corners Funding Trust 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.976%, 2/15/25 100,000 97,124

Provident Funding Associates LP/PFG Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 6/15/25 155,000 155,000

Prudential Financial, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN 5.20%, 3/15/44 589,000 588,264

Prudential Financial, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 6/21/40 5,000 6,223

Royal Bank of Canada unsec. sub. notes Ser. GMTN, 4.65%, 1/27/26 (Canada) 65,000 66,480

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC sr. unsec. unsub. FRB 4.892%, 5/18/29 (United Kingdom) 705,000 697,117

Santander UK PLC 144A unsec. sub. notes 5.00%, 11/7/23 (United Kingdom) 685,000 689,575

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. notes 7.125%, 3/15/26 75,000 74,625

Springleaf Finance Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 3/15/25 140,000 139,650

Springleaf Finance Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.25%, 12/15/19 40,000 40,550

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 3/15/25  R 150,000 143,642

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America 144A unsec. sub. bonds 4.90%, 9/15/44 35,000 37,181

TMX Finance, LLC/TitleMax Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 11.125%, 4/1/23 155,000 155,000

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) unsec. sub. FRB 3.625%, 9/15/31 (Canada) 925,000 869,342

Travelport Corporate Finance PLC 144A company guaranty sr. notes 6.00%, 3/15/26 (United Kingdom) 165,000 167,586

UBS Group Funding Jersey, Ltd. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.125%, 4/15/26 (Switzerland) 941,000 930,147

UBS Group Funding Switzerland AG company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. REGS, 6.875%, perpetual maturity (Switzerland) 212,000 214,119

USIS Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 5/1/25 130,000 129,675

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.60%, 2/6/24  R 60,000 60,199

VEREIT Operating Partnership LP company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.875%, 6/1/26  R 603,000 609,030

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.125%, 7/15/26 45,000 47,138

Wand Merger Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 7/15/23 145,000 151,706

Wells Fargo & Co. jr. unsec. sub. FRB Ser. U, 5.875%, perpetual maturity 832,000 873,600

WeWork Cos, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.875%, 5/1/25 285,000 276,202

WP Carey, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.60%, 4/1/24  R 70,000 70,577

30,764,773

Health care (2.1%)

AbbVie, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.60%, 5/14/25 16,000 15,486

Air Medical Merger Sub Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 5/15/23 60,000 54,000

Allergan Funding SCS company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.45%, 3/15/22 (Luxembourg) 30,000 29,799

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. bonds 4.663%, 6/15/51 313,000 309,656

Amgen, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.60%, 8/19/26 157,000 142,126

Anthem, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 5/15/42 20,000 19,544

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Health care cont.

ASP AMC Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.00%, 5/15/25 $160,000 $121,600

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.50%, 11/1/25 40,000 40,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.25%, 4/1/26 160,000 172,600

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 9.00%, 12/15/25 115,000 123,769

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.125%, 4/15/25 140,000 133,000

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 5/15/23 50,000 48,750

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 7.00%, 3/15/24 140,000 147,910

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsub. notes 6.50%, 3/15/22 45,000 46,800

Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.50%, 1/31/27 150,000 157,500

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.669%, 6/6/47 387,000 382,769

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 3.70%, 6/6/27 522,000 499,156

BioScrip, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.875%, 2/15/21 190,000 180,025

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.125%, 2/15/24 80,000 84,000

Centene Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.75%, 5/15/22 40,000 40,450

Centene Escrow I Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 6/1/26 75,000 76,789

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.25%, 3/31/23 550,000 522,335

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.875%, 2/1/22 235,000 131,671

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 8.125%, 6/30/24 191,000 158,794

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 12/1/22 60,000 62,145

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.05%, 3/25/48 220,000 225,026

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.78%, 3/25/38 660,000 656,838

CVS Health Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 6/1/26 647,000 593,335

Elanco Animal Health, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.90%, 8/28/28 615,000 624,410

Endo DAC/Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.00%, 7/15/23 (Ireland) 220,000 195,250

Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 1/15/23 35,000 30,888

Halfmoon Parent, Inc. 144A sr. unsub. notes 3.75%, 7/15/23 1,567,000 1,562,206

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. bonds 5.25%, 6/15/26 120,000 123,450

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. notes 6.50%, 2/15/20 100,000 104,000

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. bonds 5.50%, 6/15/47 675,000 684,281

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. sub. notes 5.00%, 3/15/24 55,000 56,375

HCA, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 2/15/22 10,000 10,950

Jaguar Holding Co. II/Pharmaceutical Product Development, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 8/1/23 55,000 55,413

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc. 144A company guaranty sub. notes 12.50%, 11/1/21 65,000 71,520

Mallinckrodt International Finance SA/Mallinckrodt CB, LLC 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 (Luxembourg) 35,000 29,531

Molina Healthcare, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 11/15/22 45,000 45,731

Molina Healthcare, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 6/15/25 30,000 29,475

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/27  R 510,000 488,963

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.95%, 4/1/24  R 85,000 86,192

Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc./Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics SA 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 5/15/22 85,000 83,045

Roche Holdings, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.00%, 11/28/44 (Switzerland) 205,000 201,088

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Health care cont.

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. notes 4.625%, 12/15/27 $972,000 $932,935

Service Corp. International sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.375%, 5/15/24 35,000 35,575

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.20%, 9/23/26 (Ireland) 563,000 519,673

Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.875%, 9/23/23 (Ireland) 115,000 109,519

Sotera Health Holdings, LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/23 35,000 36,050

Tenet Healthcare Corp. sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 4/1/22 80,000 84,304

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 3/1/28 (Netherlands) 200,000 210,973

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.00%, 4/15/24 (Netherlands) 200,000 203,089

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.85%, 6/15/28 1,045,000 1,047,570

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 4/1/25 70,000 71,138

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.375%, 8/15/26 60,000 61,050

Zoetis, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/20/28 575,000 569,079

13,539,596

Technology (2.2%)

Alphabet, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 1.998%, 8/15/26 540,000 486,628

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 2.10%, 5/6/19 10,000 9,975

Apple, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.375%, 5/13/45 1,651,000 1,716,622

Avaya, Inc. 144A escrow notes 7.00%, 4/1/19 145,000 —

Banff Merger Sub, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 9.75%, 9/1/26 280,000 284,060

Broadcom Corp./Broadcom Cayman Finance, Ltd. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.875%, 1/15/27 915,000 861,420

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 6/15/24 605,000 648,984

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. bonds 8.35%, 7/15/46 133,000 165,552

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.45%, 6/15/23 833,000 876,012

Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 6/15/21 20,000 20,600

Energizer Gamma Acquisition, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 7/15/26 55,000 56,856

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. notes Ser. 10Y, 4.25%, 5/15/28 420,000 420,832

First Data Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.00%, 12/1/23 115,000 119,744

First Data Corp. 144A notes 5.75%, 1/15/24 445,000 452,231

First Data Corp. 144A sr. notes 5.375%, 8/15/23 55,000 55,839

Fiserv, Inc. sr. unsec. sub. bonds 4.20%, 10/1/28 1,040,000 1,042,182

Inception Merger Sub, Inc./Rackspace Hosting, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 8.625%, 11/15/24 375,000 364,725

Infor Software Parent, LLC/Infor Software Parent, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 5/1/21 ‡‡ 215,000 216,879

Infor US, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.50%, 5/15/22 235,000 238,184

Infor US, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.75%, 8/15/20 21,000 21,289

Legrand France SA sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.50%, 2/15/25 (France) 57,000 69,692

Microchip Technology, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 4.333%, 6/1/23 645,000 638,889

Microsoft Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 2.40%, 8/8/26 1,278,000 1,178,385

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.25%, 11/15/27 887,000 852,615

Oracle Corp. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.65%, 7/15/26 345,000 320,204

Plantronics, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 5/31/23 255,000 253,725

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Technology cont.

Qorvo, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 7/15/26 $60,000 $61,050

Salesforce.com, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.70%, 4/11/28 965,000 956,743

Solera, LLC /Solera Finance, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. notes 10.50%, 3/1/24 445,000 486,163

Tempo Acquisition, LLC/Tempo Acquisition Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. notes 6.75%, 6/1/25 180,000 175,050

TTM Technologies, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.625%, 10/1/25 265,000 265,663

VMware, Inc. sr. unsec. notes 3.90%, 8/21/27 185,000 175,025

Western Digital Corp. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 2/15/26 780,000 754,318

14,246,136

Transportation (0.1%)

Delta Air Lines, Inc. sr. notes Ser. A, 7.75%, 12/17/19 3,980 4,158

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp. 144A sr. unsec. bonds 3.40%, 11/15/26 671,000 624,593

United Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Trust pass-through certificates Ser. 14-2, Class A, 3.75%, 9/3/26 16,587 16,411

Watco Cos., LLC/Watco Finance Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.375%, 4/1/23 170,000 173,400

818,562

Utilities and power (1.3%)

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 4/15/25 120,000 123,000

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.875%, 5/15/23 15,000 15,094

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 3/15/23 70,000 70,175

AES Corp./Virginia (The) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.125%, 9/1/27 988,000 997,880

American Transmission Systems, Inc. 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 5.00%, 9/1/44 140,000 149,173

Arizona Public Services Co. sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/1/42 5,000 5,143

Calpine Corp. sr. unsec. sub. notes 5.75%, 1/15/25 65,000 57,525

Calpine Corp. 144A company guaranty sr. notes 5.25%, 6/1/26 80,000 74,100

Colorado Interstate Gas Co., LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.85%, 6/15/37 100,000 107,757

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 3/15/42 5,000 4,897

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC sr. mtge. notes 4.25%, 12/15/41 10,000 9,992

Dynegy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.625%, 11/1/24 10,000 10,763

Dynegy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 8.125%, 1/30/26 450,000 495,563

El Paso Natural Gas Co., LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 8.375%, 6/15/32 45,000 56,654

Emera US Finance LP company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 4.75%, 6/15/46 407,000 396,602

Emera US Finance LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.55%, 6/15/26 85,000 80,057

Enbridge, Inc. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 12/1/26 (Canada) 130,000 130,825

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.875%, 1/15/24 724,000 762,011

Energy Transfer Equity LP sr. sub. notes 5.50%, 6/1/27 60,000 62,268

Enterprise Products Operating, LLC company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.25%, 2/15/48 270,000 254,167

FirstEnergy Transmission, LLC 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 5.45%, 7/15/44 500,000 545,798

Iberdrola International BV company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 6.75%, 7/15/36 (Spain) 15,000 18,086

IPALCO Enterprises, Inc. sr. sub. notes 3.70%, 9/1/24 120,000 116,393

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.40%, 9/1/44 16,000 16,425

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.50%, 3/1/21 30,000 29,956

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 3.15%, 1/15/23 75,000 72,962

Kinder Morgan, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.30%, 6/1/25 1,062,000 1,070,849

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CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES (24.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Utilities and power cont.

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc. company guaranty jr. unsec. sub. FRB 4.80%, 12/1/77 $512,000 $480,000

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 7.25%, 5/15/26 65,000 70,525

NRG Energy, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 6.625%, 1/15/27 110,000 115,500

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.75%, 1/15/28 275,000 277,750

PPL Capital Funding, Inc. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.20%, 6/15/22 128,000 129,892

Toledo Edison Co. (The) sr. mtge. bonds 6.15%, 5/15/37 308,000 369,623

Vistra Operations Co., LLC 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 9/1/26 205,000 207,306

WEC Energy Group, Inc. jr. unsec. sub. FRN Ser. A, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.11%), 4.426%, 5/15/67 1,217,000 1,178,920

8,563,631

Total corporate bonds and notes (cost $160,602,161) $156,394,363

U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (8.2%)* Principal amount Value

U.S. Government Guaranteed Mortgage Obligations (2.6%)

Government National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

4.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 $2,000,000 $2,033,438

4.00%, 8/20/46 1,307,326 1,334,085

3.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 8,000,000 7,952,500

3.50%, with due dates from 11/20/47 to 11/20/47 1,721,682 1,713,652

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 4,000,000 3,873,438

16,907,113

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage Obligations (5.6%)

Federal National Mortgage Association Pass-Through Certificates

4.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 5,000,000 5,157,813

4.00%, TBA, 11/1/48 6,000,000 6,050,156

4.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 6,000,000 6,058,125

3.50%, TBA, 10/1/48 2,000,000 1,968,125

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/48 13,000,000 12,438,360

3.00%, TBA, 10/1/33 5,000,000 4,938,672

36,611,251

Total U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations (cost $53,983,954) $53,518,364

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (5.3%)* Principal amount Value

U.S. Treasury Bonds

4.50%, 2/15/36 $2,800,000 $3,322,112

3.00%, 2/15/47 4,430,000 4,269,482

2.75%, 8/15/42 # ∆ § Ф 13,000,000 12,036,985

U.S. Treasury Notes

2.75%, 2/15/24 2,190,000 2,166,885

2.375%, 8/15/24 2,080,000 2,011,506

2.25%, 11/15/27 3,000,000 2,807,813

2.125%, 12/31/22 1,230,000 1,190,054

1.625%, 2/15/26 7,000,000 6,353,211

Total U.S. treasury obligations (cost $35,831,928) $34,158,048

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MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (9.9%)* Principal amount Value

Agency collateralized mortgage obligations (0.7%)

Bellemeade Re, Ltd. 144A FRB Ser. 18-2A, Class M1B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 8/25/28 (Bermuda) $603,000 $606,392

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 14-HQ3, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.75%), 6.966%, 10/25/24 947,124 1,050,294

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 15-DNA3, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.85%), 5.066%, 4/25/28 603,736 624,777

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes FRB Ser. 16-DNA1, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.55%), 7.766%, 7/25/28 460,000 556,705

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.90%), 5.116%, 7/25/24 82,301 87,688

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 14-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.60%), 4.816%, 5/25/24 1,460,000 1,553,893

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C05, Class 2M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.35%), 3.566%, 1/25/29 37,520 37,621

4,517,370

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (6.9%)

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 16-CD1, Class XA, IO, 1.562%, 8/10/49  W 3,690,765 306,333

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

Ser. 13-GC17, Class AS, 4.544%, 11/10/46 380,000 392,782

Ser. 14-GC21, Class AS, 4.026%, 5/10/47 453,000 459,225

FRB Ser. 14-GC21, Class XA, IO, 1.357%, 5/10/47  W 8,220,689 424,014

FRB Ser. 14-GC19, Class XA, IO, 1.305%, 3/10/47  W 29,042,278 1,385,404

FRB Ser. 14-GC23, Class XA, IO, 1.187%, 7/10/47  W 6,456,815 295,585

FRB Ser. 15-GC31, Class XA, IO, 0.549%, 6/10/48  W 13,341,639 291,527

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 14-GC21, Class D, 5.091%, 5/10/47  W 104,000 93,158

FRB Ser. 12-GC8, Class XA, IO, 1.966%, 9/10/45  W 5,567,850 298,526

COMM Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates FRB Ser. 14-CR14, Class XA, IO, 0.874%, 2/10/47  W 14,317,426 351,779

COMM Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates 144A FRB Ser. 12-CR3, Class D, 4.914%, 10/15/45  W 258,000 251,937

COMM Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class C, 4.898%, 5/10/47  W 311,000 310,122

Ser. 13-CR11, Class AM, 4.715%, 8/10/50  W 375,000 387,758

Ser. 13-CR13, Class AM, 4.449%, 11/10/46  W 665,000 686,263

Ser. 12-LC4, Class AM, 4.063%, 12/10/44 220,000 222,277

Ser. 12-CR1, Class AM, 3.912%, 5/15/45 589,000 592,738

Ser. 12-CR2, Class AM, 3.791%, 8/15/45 381,000 386,630

Ser. 13-LC6, Class AM, 3.282%, 1/10/46 655,000 645,307

FRB Ser. 14-LC15, Class XA, IO, 1.448%, 4/10/47  W 24,938,218 1,014,985

FRB Ser. 13-LC13, Class XA, IO, 1.384%, 8/10/46  W 7,173,452 290,525

FRB Ser. 14-CR19, Class XA, IO, 1.344%, 8/10/47  W 14,596,533 592,924

FRB Ser. 14-UBS4, Class XA, IO, 1.337%, 8/10/47  W 11,481,231 545,407

FRB Ser. 14-CR18, Class XA, IO, 1.308%, 7/15/47  W 3,497,429 134,791

FRB Ser. 14-CR16, Class XA, IO, 1.302%, 4/10/47  W 541,051 21,209

FRB Ser. 13-CR11, Class XA, IO, 1.272%, 8/10/50  W 9,580,810 384,919

FRB Ser. 14-CR17, Class XA, IO, 1.241%, 5/10/47  W 2,641,444 104,009

FRB Ser. 15-CR23, Class XA, IO, 1.105%, 5/10/48  W 6,718,891 304,729

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Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

COMM Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 14-LC17, Class XA, IO, 1.072%, 10/10/47  W $3,313,333 $98,187

FRB Ser. 15-LC21, Class XA, IO, 0.971%, 7/10/48  W 41,656,499 1,456,350

COMM Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 10-C1, Class D, 6.308%, 7/10/46  W 194,000 197,638

FRB Ser. 12-LC4, Class XA, IO, 2.38%, 12/10/44  W 1,270,131 72,306

CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 15-C1, Class C, 4.44%, 4/15/50  W 406,000 402,972

CSMC Trust FRB Ser. 16-NXSR, Class C, 4.508%, 12/15/49  W 373,000 362,431

DBUBS Mortgage Trust 144A FRB Ser. 11-LC3A, Class D, 5.516%, 8/10/44  W 621,000 639,665

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

Ser. 13-GC10, Class AS, 3.279%, 2/10/46 594,000 578,402

FRB Ser. 15-GC30, Class XA, IO, 1.00%, 5/10/50  W 21,394,857 832,260

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 13-GC10, Class XA, IO, 1.667%, 2/10/46  W 1,831,318 112,809

FRB Ser. 13-GC12, Class XA, IO, 1.576%, 6/10/46  W 887,769 46,657

FRB Ser. 14-GC18, Class XA, IO, 1.266%, 1/10/47  W 17,899,654 805,484

FRB Ser. 14-GC22, Class XA, IO, 1.147%, 6/10/47  W 8,016,191 314,235

FRB Ser. 14-GC24, Class XA, IO, 0.946%, 9/10/47  W 7,344,968 246,056

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 144A

Ser. 11-GC5, Class AS, 5.209%, 8/10/44  W 582,000 606,307

FRB Ser. 13-GC13, Class AS, 4.218%, 7/10/46  W 539,000 553,233

FRB Ser. 11-GC5, Class XA, IO, 1.506%, 8/10/44  W 12,393,395 374,256

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 144A FRB Ser. 12-C8, Class C, 4.758%, 10/15/45  W 183,000 184,616

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class C, 4.71%, 9/15/47  W 328,000 317,730

Ser. 13-C17, Class AS, 4.458%, 1/15/47 83,000 85,646

Ser. 13-C14, Class AS, 4.409%, 8/15/46  W 485,000 498,483

FRB Ser. 14-C19, Class XA, IO, 1.278%, 4/15/47  W 7,920,866 147,819

FRB Ser. 15-C33, Class XA, IO, 1.154%, 12/15/48  W 2,916,693 166,251

FRB Ser. 14-C24, Class XA, IO, 1.116%, 11/15/47  W 6,448,447 241,665

FRB Ser. 14-C25, Class XA, IO, 1.097%, 11/15/47  W 9,234,721 359,914

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class XA, IO, 1.038%, 9/15/47  W 38,009,191 1,533,956

FRB Ser. 13-C17, Class XA, IO, 0.963%, 1/15/47  W 6,562,591 238,222

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp. FRB Ser. 12-LC9, Class XA, IO, 1.701%, 12/15/47  W 1,611,677 92,510

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 4.117%, 5/15/45 997,000 1,015,196

Ser. 13-C10, Class AS, 3.372%, 12/15/47 149,000 144,444

Ser. 13-LC11, Class AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46 1,356,000 1,324,995

FRB Ser. 13-LC11, Class XA, IO, 1.413%, 4/15/46  W 5,202,547 276,255

FRB Ser. 13-C16, Class XA, IO, 1.21%, 12/15/46  W 970,429 35,449

FRB Ser. 13-C10, Class XA, IO, 1.159%, 12/15/47  W 8,938,908 320,013

Ladder Capital Commercial Mortgage Securities, LLC 144A FRB Ser. 17-LC26, Class XA, IO, 1.685%, 7/12/50  W 7,955,514 728,821

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

Ser. 14-C18, Class C, 4.489%, 10/15/47  W 372,000 366,266

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Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

Ser. 13-C13, Class AS, 4.266%, 11/15/46 $1,149,000 $1,172,876

Ser. 12-C5, Class AS, 3.792%, 8/15/45 467,000 466,182

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 3.476%, 11/15/45 759,000 754,452

FRB Ser. 13-C7, Class XA, IO, 1.496%, 2/15/46  W 11,994,953 565,502

FRB Ser. 14-C17, Class XA, IO, 1.349%, 8/15/47  W 4,217,590 164,625

FRB Ser. 15-C25, Class XA, IO, 1.275%, 10/15/48  W 6,667,553 380,347

FRB Ser. 13-C13, Class XA, IO, 1.233%, 11/15/46  W 19,141,695 830,750

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust 144A FRB Ser. 13-C7, Class XB, IO, 0.417%, 2/15/46  W 15,835,000 212,189

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust

Ser. 12-C4, Class AS, 3.773%, 3/15/45 64,000 64,317

FRB Ser. 16-UB12, Class XA, IO, 0.947%, 12/15/49  W 8,952,052 449,393

FRB Ser. 16-BNK2, Class XB, IO, 0.679%, 11/15/49  W 24,764,000 985,141

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.326%, 7/15/49  W 78,000 78,548

FRB Ser. 12-C4, Class XA, IO, 2.268%, 3/15/45  W 3,439,611 194,514

UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 17-C7, Class XA, IO, 1.226%, 12/15/50  W 5,069,391 360,748

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 12-C2, Class XA, IO, 1.488%, 5/10/63  W 13,317,076 536,525

FRB Ser. 13-C6, Class XA, IO, 1.276%, 4/10/46  W 10,010,413 410,907

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-LC12, Class AS, 4.423%, 7/15/46  W 438,000 446,345

Ser. 12-LC5, Class AS, 3.539%, 10/15/45 341,000 340,480

FRB Ser. 14-LC16, Class XA, IO, 1.498%, 8/15/50  W 8,095,029 412,037

FRB Ser. 16-LC25, Class XA, IO, 1.221%, 12/15/59  W 4,197,013 234,399

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

FRB Ser. 13-C15, Class C, 4.621%, 8/15/46  W 72,000 71,755

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class C, 4.525%, 12/15/45  W 170,000 167,874

Ser. 13-C18, Class AS, 4.387%, 12/15/46  W 859,000 878,053

Ser. 13-UBS1, Class AS, 4.306%, 3/15/46  W 453,000 458,137

Ser. 14-C19, Class AS, 4.271%, 3/15/47 196,000 199,184

Ser. 12-C6, Class AS, 3.835%, 4/15/45 48,000 47,883

Ser. 12-C8, Class AS, 3.66%, 8/15/45 1,207,000 1,212,530

Ser. 13-C12, Class AS, 3.56%, 3/15/48 291,000 289,149

Ser. 12-C9, Class AS, 3.388%, 11/15/45 418,000 413,661

Ser. 13-C11, Class AS, 3.311%, 3/15/45 387,000 386,093

Ser. 12-C10, Class AS, 3.241%, 12/15/45 605,000 592,480

FRB Ser. 14-C25, Class XA, IO, 1.046%, 11/15/47  W 20,487,469 806,797

FRB Ser. 14-C24, Class XA, IO, 1.03%, 11/15/47  W 8,829,655 343,529

FRB Ser. 14-C22, Class XA, IO, 0.998%, 9/15/57  W 19,009,304 716,784

FRB Ser. 13-C14, Class XA, IO, 0.874%, 6/15/46  W 35,725,066 1,132,485

FRB Ser. 14-C23, Class XA, IO, 0.779%, 10/15/57  W 13,186,816 376,030

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class D, 5.865%, 3/15/44  W 137,000 121,308

FRB Ser. 11-C5, Class E, 5.862%, 11/15/44  W 111,000 109,895

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class D, 4.59%, 12/15/45  W 156,000 134,648

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Commercial mortgage-backed securities cont.

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 12-C9, Class XA, IO, 2.048%, 11/15/45  W $661,853 $47,455

FRB Ser. 11-C5, Class XA, IO, 1.902%, 11/15/44  W 2,108,743 86,518

FRB Ser. 12-C10, Class XA, IO, 1.716%, 12/15/45  W 869,145 45,594

FRB Ser. 11-C3, Class XA, IO, 1.52%, 3/15/44  W 4,956,673 153,882

44,804,363

Residential mortgage-backed securities (non-agency) (2.3%)

Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust FRB Ser. 05-9, Class 5A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.54%), 2.756%, 11/25/35 718,530 708,509

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates FRB Ser. 05-8, Class M4, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.93%), 3.146%, 12/25/35 810,000 816,011

Countrywide Asset-Backed Certificates Trust FRB Ser. 04-5, Class 2A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.50%), 2.716%, 10/25/34 565,997 555,031

EquiFirst Mortgage Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-1, Class M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.43%), 3.641%, 1/25/34 197,474 198,032

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt FRN Ser. 16-HQA2, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.15%), 7.366%, 11/25/28 214,000 253,745

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes FRB Ser. 14-DN4, Class M3, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.55%), 6.766%, 10/25/24 755,442 840,675

Federal National Mortgage Association

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 16-C03, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.90%), 8.116%, 10/25/28 1,320,000 1,527,996

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.70%), 7.916%, 4/25/28 866,745 1,007,071

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C04, Class 2M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 5.55%), 7.766%, 4/25/28 1,073,408 1,218,047

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C01, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.30%), 6.516%, 2/25/25 1,065,035 1,173,455

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 15-C02, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 4.00%), 6.216%, 5/25/25 886,719 973,806

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 18-C05, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.35%), 4.566%, 1/25/31 1,300,000 1,321,012

Connecticut Avenue Securities FRB Ser. 17-C05, Class 1M2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 2.20%), 4.416%, 1/25/30 1,750,000 1,801,239

Impac CMB Trust FRB Ser. 04-7, Class 1A1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.74%), 2.956%, 11/25/34 314,305 306,539

New Century Home Equity Loan Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class A4, (1 Month US LIBOR + 1.10%), 3.316%, 8/25/34 274,717 274,717

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates Trust

FRB Ser. 05-AR8, Class 2AC2, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.92%), 3.136%, 7/25/45 548,467 541,064

FRB Ser. 04-AR13, Class A2B, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.88%), 3.096%, 11/25/34 388,614 384,883

Wells Fargo Home Equity Asset-Backed Securities Trust FRB Ser. 04-2, Class M1, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.116%, 10/25/34 1,179,382 1,179,912

15,081,744

Total mortgage-backed securities (cost $65,674,136) $64,403,477

CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (6.4%)* Principal amount Value

Basic materials (0.1%)

Cemex SAB de CV cv. unsec. sub. notes 3.72%, 3/15/20, (Mexico) $270,000 $272,000

Patrick Industries, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.00%, 2/1/23 353,000 332,730

604,730

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Capital goods (0.3%)

Dycom Industries, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.75%, 9/15/21 $435,000 $482,453

Greenbrier Cos., Inc. (The) cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.875%, 2/1/24 300,000 354,763

Horizon Global Corp. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.75%, 7/1/22 269,000 200,619

II-VI, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.25%, 9/1/22 315,000 370,099

Kaman Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.25%, 5/1/24 311,000 364,422

1,772,356

Communication services (0.2%)

DISH Network Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.375%, 8/15/26 992,000 946,136

GCI Liberty, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.75%, 9/30/46 88,000 96,716

Powerwave Technologies, Inc. cv. unsec. sub. notes 3.875%, 10/1/27, (In default)  F 145,000 15

RingCentral, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 3/15/23 483,000 605,642

1,648,509

Consumer cyclicals (0.9%)

Caesars Entertainment Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 5.00%, 10/1/24 318,430 518,591

Liberty Interactive, LLC 144A cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.75%, 9/30/46 466,000 522,526

Liberty Media Corp. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 1.375%, 10/15/23 590,000 716,402

Liberty Media Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.00%, 1/30/23 330,000 385,635

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 3/15/23 552,000 596,430

Macquarie Infrastructure Corp. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.00%, 10/1/23 416,000 373,849

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 0.35%, 6/15/20 495,000 751,211

Square, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 0.375%, 3/1/22 83,000 359,062

Square, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.50%, 5/15/23 547,000 774,834

Tesla, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.25%, 3/1/21 810,000 774,563

5,773,103

Consumer staples (0.3%)

Chegg, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.25%, 5/15/23 251,000 302,330

IAC FinanceCo, Inc. 144A cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 0.875%, 10/1/22 391,000 581,131

Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 1.00%, 6/30/47 586,000 588,578

Vector Group, Ltd. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.75%, 4/15/20 420,000 437,223

Wayfair, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 0.375%, 9/1/22 265,000 399,480

2,308,742

Energy (0.3%)

Cheniere Energy, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.25%, 3/15/45 491,000 393,843

Chesapeake Energy Corp. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.50%, 9/15/26 715,000 706,239

Oasis Petroleum, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.625%, 9/15/23 322,000 432,347

SEACOR Holdings, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 3.00%, 11/15/28 270,000 261,422

Weatherford International, Ltd. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 5.875%, 7/1/21 440,000 414,359

2,208,210

Financials (0.4%)

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 4.75%, 3/15/23,  R 380,000 377,744

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 5.875%, 8/1/37 160,000 184,560

IH Merger Sub, LLC cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 3.50%, 1/15/22,  R 494,000 542,946

JPMorgan Chase Financial Co., LLC cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 0.25%, 5/1/23 670,000 646,550

Starwood Property Trust, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.00%, 1/15/19,  R 281,000 310,505

TCP Capital Corp. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 5.25%, 12/15/19 265,000 267,232

2,329,537

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CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (6.4%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Health care (1.1%)

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 0.599%, 8/1/24 $515,000 $548,862

China Medical Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds Ser. CMT, 4.00%, 8/15/19, (China) (In default)  F 104,000 6,656

Clovis Oncology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 5/1/25 503,000 388,819

Exact Sciences Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.00%, 1/15/25 405,000 500,428

Illumina, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 8/15/23 535,000 590,455

Insmed, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.75%, 1/15/25 249,000 209,607

Insulet Corp. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.375%, 11/15/24 300,000 379,277

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 6/15/22 260,000 337,513

Jazz Investments I, Ltd. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. sub. bonds 1.875%, 8/15/21, (Ireland) 683,000 730,789

Medicines Co. (The) cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.50%, 1/15/22 540,000 580,280

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.25%, 5/15/24 265,000 451,714

Pacira Pharmaceuticals, Inc./Delaware cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 2.375%, 4/1/22 398,000 420,883

Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.625%, 4/1/23 385,000 430,513

Teladoc, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.375%, 5/15/25 480,000 824,916

Wright Medical Group, Inc. 144A cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.625%, 6/15/23 475,000 502,016

6,902,728

Technology (2.6%)

Akamai Technologies, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.125%, 5/1/25 408,000 401,237

Alteryx, Inc. 144A cv.sr. unsec. notes 0.50%, 6/1/23 335,000 475,901

Avid Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 2.00%, 6/15/20 6,000 5,370

Carbonite, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 2.50%, 4/1/22 305,000 457,500

Ciena Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 12/15/20 243,000 384,742

Citrix Systems, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.50%, 4/15/19 250,000 383,974

Coupa Software, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.375%, 1/15/23 290,000 529,130

Cypress Semiconductor Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 1/15/22 295,000 370,719

DocuSign, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.50%, 9/15/23 489,000 485,822

Everbridge, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.50%, 11/1/22 269,000 472,841

HubSpot, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.25%, 6/1/22 381,000 626,196

Inphi Corp. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.75%, 9/1/21 375,000 369,428

Integrated Device Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 0.875%, 11/15/22 190,000 285,531

Intel Corp. cv. jr. unsec. sub. notes 3.25%, 8/1/39 251,000 576,045

J2 Global, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 3.25%, 6/15/29 328,000 424,878

Microchip Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. sub. notes 1.625%, 2/15/27 1,198,000 1,275,240

Micron Technology, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. bonds 3.00%, 11/15/43 495,000 767,109

Nice Systems, Inc. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 1/15/24 320,000 457,400

Nuance Communications, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 4/1/25 330,000 339,674

Nutanix, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 1/15/23 269,000 297,671

Okta, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.25%, 2/15/23 434,000 670,619

ON Semiconductor Corp. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.625%, 10/15/23 291,000 326,731

ON Semiconductor Corp. cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.00%, 12/1/20 199,000 230,854

OSI Systems, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes 1.25%, 9/1/22 339,000 323,137

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.75%, 7/1/23 670,000 700,281

RealPage, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.50%, 11/15/22 576,000 941,048

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CONVERTIBLE BONDS AND NOTES (6.4%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Technology cont.

Red Hat, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 0.25%, 10/1/19 $185,000 $341,760

ServiceNow, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. notes zero %, 6/1/22 625,000 931,776

Splunk, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.125%, 9/15/25 575,000 592,172

Teradyne, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.25%, 12/15/23 180,000 233,811

TTM Technologies, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.75%, 12/15/20 165,000 278,073

Twitter, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 1.00%, 9/15/21 495,000 455,715

Vocera Communications, Inc. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.50%, 5/15/23 324,000 407,515

Western Digital Corp. 144A cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. notes 1.50%, 2/1/24 345,000 319,253

Wix.com, Ltd. 144A cv. sr. unsec. notes zero %, 7/1/23, (Israel) 416,000 441,902

Workday, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 0.25%, 10/1/22 546,000 631,543

17,212,598

Transportation (0.1%)

Air Transport Services Group, Inc. cv. sr. unsec. notes 1.125%, 10/15/24 424,000 405,386

405,386

Utilities and power (0.1%)

NRG Energy, Inc. 144A cv. company guaranty sr. unsec. bonds 2.75%, 6/1/48 555,000 584,270

584,270

Total convertible bonds and notes (cost $38,917,173) $41,750,169

FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY BONDS AND NOTES (2.1%)* Principal amount Value

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 7.50%, 4/22/26 (Argentina) $2,370,000 $2,115,225

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 6.875%, 1/26/27 (Argentina) 312,000 265,200

Argentina (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.625%, 1/11/23 (Argentina) 160,000 135,600

Argentina (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 7.125%, 8/1/27 (Argentina) 160,000 126,400

Brazil (Federal Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.625%, 1/13/28 (Brazil) 445,000 408,876

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 7.875%, 6/15/27 (Argentina) 760,000 632,852

Buenos Aires (Province of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 10.875%, 1/26/21 (Argentina) 195,000 196,219

Colombia (Republic of) sr. unsec. notes 3.875%, 4/25/27 (Colombia) 505,000 490,255

Cordoba (Province of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 7.45%, 9/1/24 (Argentina) 700,000 588,000

Egypt (Arab Republic of) sr. unsec. notes Ser. REGS, 5.577%, 2/21/23 (Egypt) 300,000 289,875

Egypt (Arab Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 5.875%, 6/11/25 (Egypt) 275,000 262,625

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/38 (Greece) †† EUR 28,578 27,667

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/30 (Greece) †† EUR 116,312 125,696

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/29 (Greece) †† EUR 52,528 57,100

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/28 (Greece) †† EUR 220,180 241,072

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/27 (Greece) †† EUR 189,025 209,073

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/26 (Greece) †† EUR 127,000 142,058

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/25 (Greece) †† EUR 88,223 99,957

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/24 (Greece) †† EUR 80,597 91,509

Hellenic (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. PSI, stepped-coupon 3.00% (3.65%, 2/24/20), 2/24/23 (Greece) †† EUR 57,747 65,997

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FOREIGN GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY BONDS AND NOTES (2.1%)* cont. Principal amount Value

Indonesia (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 5.875%, 1/15/24 (Indonesia) $2,025,000 $2,174,344

Indonesia (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 4.75%, 1/8/26 (Indonesia) 860,000 872,900

Indonesia (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 5.25%, 1/17/42 (Indonesia) 200,000 204,250

Indonesia (Republic of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.35%, 1/8/27 (Indonesia) 675,000 665,719

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. bonds Ser. REGS, 6.125%, 6/15/33 (Ivory Coast) 370,000 337,625

Ivory Coast (Republic of) sr. unsec. unsub. notes Ser. REGS, 5.375%, 7/23/24 (Ivory Coast) 200,000 191,250

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. notes 4.50%, 4/4/22 (Russia) 1,200,000 1,215,000

Russia (Federation of) 144A sr. unsec. unsub. bonds 4.375%, 3/21/29 (Russia) 200,000 192,000

Turkey (Republic of) unsec. bonds Ser. REGS, 6.25%, 5/23/33 (Senegal) 275,000 256,094

United Mexican States sr. unsec. notes 4.00%, 10/2/23 (Mexico) 90,000 90,570

United Mexican States sr. unsec. unsub. notes 4.15%, 3/28/27 (Mexico) 735,000 722,832

Total foreign government and agency bonds and notes (cost $14,273,604) $13,493,840

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (1.8%)* Shares Value

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. Ser. D, $1.75 cv. pfd.  R 7,174 $248,909

AMG Capital Trust II $2.575 cv. pfd. 7,709 442,452

Bank of America Corp. Ser. L, 7.25% cv. pfd. 733 948,685

Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD) Ser. A, $3.063 cv. pfd. 18,125 1,186,646

Belden, Inc. $6.75 cv. pfd. 3,864 369,677

Cincinnati Bell, Inc. Ser. B, $3.378 cum. cv. pfd. 10,395 507,853

Crown Castle International Corp. Ser. A, 6.875% cv. pfd. 778 839,548

DTE Energy Co. $3.25 cv. pfd. 9,794 508,349

EPR Properties Ser. C, $1.438 cv. pfd.  R 12,304 344,635

Fortive Corp. Ser. A, 5.00% cv. pfd. 765 815,848

Hess Corp. $4.00 cv. pfd. 12,255 972,784

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. $3.00 cv. pfd. 9,364 506,967

iStar, Inc. Ser. J, $2.25 cv. pfd.  R 5,465 259,424

Mandatory Exchangeable Trust Securities 144A $5.75 cv. pfd. 3,749 694,502

NextEra Energy, Inc. $3.06 cv. pfd. 12,385 703,821

Nine Point Energy 6.75% cv. pfd. 8 9,411

Rexnord Corp. Ser. A, $2.88 cv. pfd. 8,126 522,855

RLJ Lodging Trust Ser. A, $0.49 cv. pfd. 11,841 308,458

Sempra Energy Ser. A, $6.00 cv. pfd. 5,230 525,119

Vistra Energy Corp. $7.00 cv. pfd. 1,448 140,384

Wells Fargo & Co. Ser. L, 7.50% cv. pfd. 416 535,109

Total convertible preferred stocks (cost $10,629,361) $11,391,436

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (0.6%)* Principal amount Value

loanDepot Station Place Agency Securitization Trust 144A FRB Ser. 17-LD1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.80%), 3.016%, 11/25/50 $694,000 $694,000

Station Place Securitization Trust 144A

FRB Ser. 18-1, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.90%), 3.112%, 4/24/19 1,211,000 1,211,000

FRB Ser. 18-5, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 9/24/19 891,000 891,000

FRB Ser. 18-3, Class A, (1 Month US LIBOR + 0.70%), 2.912%, 7/24/19 953,000 953,000

Total asset-backed securities (cost $3,749,000) $3,749,000

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INVESTMENT COMPANIES (0.5%)* Shares Value

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF 2,409 $163,788

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust 9,304 2,704,859

SPDR S&P MidCap 400 ETF Trust 997 366,358

Total investment companies (cost $3,219,045) $3,235,005

SENIOR LOANS (0.4%)* c Principal amount Value

Avaya, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.408%, 12/15/24 $232,600 $234,387

Brand Industrial Services, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.596%, 6/21/24 232,063 233,407

California Resources Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.962%, 11/17/22 220,000 224,400

Eagleclaw Midstream Ventures, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.25%), 6.492%, 6/30/24 163,753 161,229

FTS International, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.75%), 6.826%, 4/16/21 67,640 67,725

iHeartCommunications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. D, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 8.826%, 1/30/19 (In default) 30,000 22,300

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 9.25%), 11.604%, 5/21/24 185,000 182,688

Jo-Ann Stores, LLC bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 5.00%), 7.509%, 10/16/23 94,510 95,042

KCA Deutag Alpha, Ltd. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 6.75%), 9.021%, 3/21/23 174,020 169,235

Navistar, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.64%, 11/6/24 333,325 334,367

Neiman Marcus Group, Ltd., Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.25%), 5.37%, 10/25/20 47,113 43,668

Rackspace Hosting, Inc. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.348%, 11/3/23 94,761 93,475

Revlon Consumer Products Corp. bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.81%, 9/7/23 112,413 85,551

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 8.00%), 9.873%, 2/28/26 110,000 105,600

Robertshaw Holdings Corp. bank term loan FRN (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.50%), 5.373%, 2/28/25 119,100 118,058

Titan Acquisition, Ltd. (United Kingdom) bank term loan FRN Ser. B, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.00%), 5.202%, 3/28/25 262,788 255,109

Univision Communications, Inc. bank term loan FRN Ser. C5, (BBA LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.75%), 4.992%, 3/15/24 95,335 92,594

Total senior loans (cost $2,560,203) $2,518,835

MUNICIPAL BONDS AND NOTES (—%)* Principal amount Value

CA State G.O. Bonds, (Build America Bonds), 7.50%, 4/1/34 $15,000 $20,783

North TX, Tollway Auth. Rev. Bonds, (Build America Bonds), 6.718%, 1/1/49 10,000 14,095

OH State U. Rev. Bonds, (Build America Bonds), 4.91%, 6/1/40 10,000 11,284

Total municipal bonds and notes (cost $35,088) $46,162

PREFERRED STOCKS (—%)* Shares Value

GMAC Capital Trust I Ser. 2, $1.91 cum. ARP 1,305 $34,322

Total preferred stocks (cost $33,674) $34,322

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WARRANTS (—%)* Expiration dateStrike price Warrants Value

Halcon Resources Corp. 9/9/20 $14.04 641 $64

Total warrants (cost $—) $64

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (20.9%)* Shares Value

Putnam Money Market Portfolio 2.32%  L 135,882,262 $135,882,262

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 1.97%  P ∆ 60,000 60,000

Total short-term investments (cost $135,942,262) $135,942,262

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $686,371,365) $697,293,957

Key to holding’s currency abbreviationsEUR EuroUSD/$ United States Dollar

Key to holding’s abbreviationsARP Adjustable Rate Preferred Stock: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting periodbp Basis PointsDAC Designated Activity CompanyETF Exchange Traded FundFRB Floating Rate Bonds: the rate shown is the current interest rate at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For

certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.FRN Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

For certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.GDR Global Depository Receipts: represents ownership of foreign securities on deposit with a custodian bankGMTN Global Medium Term NotesG.O. Bonds General Obligation BondsIO Interest OnlyMTN Medium Term NotesOTC Over-the-counterREGS Securities sold under Regulation S may not be offered, sold or delivered within the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a

transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.SPDR S&P Depository ReceiptsTBA To Be Announced Commitments

Notes to the fund’s portfolioUnless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the Portfolio’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $650,017,253.†† The interest rate and date shown parenthetically represent the new interest rate to be paid and the date the Portfolio will begin accruing interest at this rate.‡‡ Income may be received in cash or additional securities at the discretion of the issuer. The rate shown in parenthesis is the rate paid in kind, if applicable.

# This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the broker to cover margin requirements for futures contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $563,229 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 8).

∆ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $90,918 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 8).

Ф This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on certain TBA commitments at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $421,957 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 8).

§ This security, in part or in entirety, was pledged and segregated with the custodian for collateral on the initial margin on certain centrally cleared derivative contracts at the close of the reporting period. Collateral at period end totaled $3,018,757 and is included in Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities (Notes 2 and 8).

  c Senior loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for senior loans are the current interest rates at the close of the reporting period. Senior loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown (Notes 2 and 6).

  F This security is valued by Putnam Management at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. Securities are classified as Level 3 for ASC 820 based on the securities’ valuation inputs (Note 2).

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  L Affiliated company (Note 4). The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the Putnam Money Market Portfolio at the close of the reporting period.

  P This security was pledged, or purchased with cash that was pledged, to the Portfolio for collateral on certain derivative contracts. The rate quoted in the security description is the annualized 7-day yield of the fund at the close of the reporting period (Note 2).

  R Real Estate Investment Trust.  W The rate shown represents the weighted average coupon associated with the underlying mortgage pools. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor.

Debt obligations are considered secured unless otherwise indicated.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

See Note 2 to the financial statements regarding TBA commitments.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $35,498,518 )

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Bank of America N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 $243,928 $246,697 $(2,769 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 113,092 107,890 5,202

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,923,651 1,927,487 3,836

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 183,754 183,428 (326 )

Barclays Bank PLC

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 59,818 59,491 327

Euro Sell 12/19/18 5,492,827 5,502,548 9,721

Hong Kong Dollar Sell 11/19/18 260,649 260,127 (522 )

Norwegian Krone Sell 12/19/18 233,609 226,504 (7,105 )

Citibank, N.A.

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 77,881 77,122 759

Danish Krone Buy 12/19/18 386,280 387,233 (953 )

Euro Buy 12/19/18 15,278,389 15,309,043 (30,654 )

Goldman Sachs International

Brazilian Real Buy 10/2/18 34,606 33,757 849

Brazilian Real Sell 10/2/18 34,606 36,493 1,887

Brazilian Real Buy 1/3/19 34,353 34,426 (73 )

Brazilian Real Sell 1/3/19 34,353 33,490 (863 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 40,185 39,147 1,038

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,289,645 1,292,702 3,057

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 96,594 98,596 2,002

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 85,240 83,715 (1,525 )

HSBC Bank USA, National Association

Euro Sell 12/19/18 343,951 342,977 (974 )

JPMorgan Chase Bank N.A.

Australian Dollar Buy 10/17/18 251,960 254,951 (2,991 )

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 35,210 34,871 339

Euro Sell 12/19/18 3,356,280 3,364,276 7,996

Japanese Yen Sell 11/19/18 276,259 280,333 4,074

Norwegian Krone Sell 12/19/18 226,574 219,656 (6,918 )

Singapore Dollar Buy 11/19/18 146,309 146,478 (169 )

Swedish Krona Sell 12/19/18 374,766 368,011 (6,755 )

Swiss Franc Buy 12/19/18 370,163 372,619 (2,456 )

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FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS at 9/30/18 (aggregate face value $35,498,518 ) cont.

Counterparty CurrencyContract type*

Delivery date Value

Aggregate face value

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

NatWest Markets PLC

Euro Sell 12/19/18 $1,504,994 $1,508,111 $3,117

State Street Bank and Trust Co.

British Pound Buy 12/19/18 24,215 24,110 105

Euro Sell 12/19/18 1,784,762 1,789,100 4,338

Israeli Shekel Buy 10/17/18 97,548 97,836 (288 )

UBS AG

Euro Sell 12/19/18 708,247 709,772 1,525

WestPac Banking Corp.

New Zealand Dollar Buy 10/17/18 44,754 45,521 (767 )

Unrealized appreciation 50,172

Unrealized (depreciation) (66,108 )

Total $(15,936 )

* The exchange currency for all contracts listed is the United States Dollar.

FUTURES CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Number of contracts

Notional amount Value

Expiration date

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Long) 168 $14,251,196 $14,286,720 Dec-18 $(176,020 )

Russell 2000 Index E-Mini (Short) 8 678,628 680,320 Dec-18 8,377

S&P 500 Index E-Mini (Short) 107 15,589,793 15,616,650 Dec-18 (46,720 )

S&P Mid Cap 400 Index E-Mini (Long) 1 201,955 202,520 Dec-18 (1,782 )

U.S. Treasury Bond 30 yr (Long) 14 1,967,000 1,967,000 Dec-18 (45,544 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Long) 190 40,039,531 40,039,531 Dec-18 (100,178 )

U.S. Treasury Note 2 yr (Short) 2 421,469 421,469 Dec-18 996

U.S. Treasury Note 5 yr (Long) 114 12,822,328 12,822,328 Dec-18 (89,290 )

U.S. Treasury Note 10 yr (Long) 43 5,107,594 5,107,594 Dec-18 (55,359 )

Unrealized appreciation 9,373

Unrealized (depreciation) (514,893 )

Total $(505,520 )

TBA SALE COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 (proceeds receivable $6,060,234 )

AgencyPrincipal

amountSettlement date Value

Federal National Mortgage Association, 4.00%, 10/1/48 $6,000,000 10/11/18 $6,058,125

Total $6,058,125

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18

Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments made by fund

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

$9,871,700 $5,252 E $3,462 12/19/20 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.05%—Semiannually

$(1,790 )

8,341,900 1,685 E (16,896 ) 12/19/23 3.10%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

(18,581 )

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CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAP CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING at 9/30/18 cont.

Notional amount Value

Upfront premium

received (paid)Termination date

Payments made by fund

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

$21,470,000 $28,469 E $(16,556 ) 12/19/28 3.15%—Semiannually 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

$(45,025 )

107,500 1,473 E (585 ) 12/19/48 3 month USD-LIBOR-BBA—Quarterly

3.20%—Semiannually

888

Total $(30,575 ) $(64,508 )

E Extended effective date.

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P $3 $4,000 $49 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly $(45 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5 4,000 49 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (43 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 23 5,000 62 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (37 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P (2 ) 5,000 62 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (62 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 9 6,000 74 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (62 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 166 17,000 209 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (38 )

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 17,229 70,000 14,616 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 2,672

CMBX NA BB.7 Index BB/P 6,170 48,000 6,067 1/17/47 500 bp—Monthly 142

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 116 1,000 118 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (2 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,100 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (74 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,220 12,000 1,415 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (189 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,650 15,000 1,769 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (111 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,582 32,000 3,773 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (174 )

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 9,273 186,000 2,288 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 7,047

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 60,240 1,187,000 14,600 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 46,036

CMBX NA A.7 Index A-/P 1,309 64,000 83 1/17/47 200 bp—Monthly 1,413

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 707 7,000 825 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (115 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,547 14,000 1,651 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (97 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,569 16,000 1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (309 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,546 28,000 3,301 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 259

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,488 31,000 3,655 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (151 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,508 41,000 4,834 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (306 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,573 48,000 5,659 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (62 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 8,447 79,000 9,314 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (828 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 13,848 131,000 15,445 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,531 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 17,963 166,000 19,571 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,525 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 21,802 183,000 21,576 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 318

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 11,620 147,000 8,291 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly 3,402

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,364 36,000 443 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,933

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,079 48,000 590 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,504

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,914 61,000 750 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,184

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,134 69,000 849 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,308

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,249 86,000 1,058 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,219

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 760 101,000 1,242 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (448 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 7,263 141,000 1,734 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,576

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Goldman Sachs International cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $750 $8,000 $943 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(189 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 866 8,000 943 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (73 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,266 15,000 1,769 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (495 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,769 16,000 1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (109 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,731 16,000 1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (147 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,738 16,000 1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (140 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 887 17,000 2,004 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,109 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,857 22,000 2,594 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (726 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,816 24,000 2,830 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,907 26,000 3,065 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (146 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,735 45,000 5,306 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (548 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 5,095 59,000 6,956 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (1,832 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 16,558 136,000 16,034 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 592

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 32,098 427,000 50,343 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (18,032 )

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 5,932 28,000 5,846 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 108

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 559 17,000 209 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 356

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,022 59,000 726 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,316

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,961 64,000 787 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,195

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,238 74,000 910 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,353

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 4,473 89,000 1,095 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 3,408

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 762 92,000 1,132 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (339 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,602 93,000 1,144 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 489

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 5,773 114,000 1,402 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,409

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,766 115,000 1,415 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,390

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 3,586 125,000 1,538 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 2,090

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 6,747 133,000 1,636 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 5,155

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 6,597 145,000 1,784 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,862

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 9,749 214,000 2,632 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 7,188

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 6,980 248,000 3,050 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 4,012

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 71,130 1,600,000 19,680 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 51,984

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 82,584 1,865,000 22,940 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 60,268

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 3,149 13,000 2,714 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 446

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 113 1,000 118 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (4 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 622 4,000 472 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 152

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 494 5,000 590 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (93 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 888 6,000 707 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 184

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 766 8,000 943 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (173 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,128 8,000 943 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 189

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 897 8,000 943 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (42 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,075 9,000 1,061 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 19

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 964 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (210 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,162 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (12 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,360 12,000 1,415 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (49 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,321 12,000 1,415 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (88 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,541 13,000 1,533 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 15

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,625 13,000 1,533 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 99

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,086 18,000 2,122 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (27 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

JPMorgan Securities LLC cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P $2,578 $24,000 $2,830 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly $(240 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,012 27,000 3,183 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (158 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,244 36,000 4,244 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 17

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 6,001 54,000 6,367 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (338 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,058 66,000 7,781 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (690 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,823 68,000 8,017 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (160 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 7,718 70,000 8,253 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (500 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 12,341 101,000 11,908 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 484

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 18,773 179,000 21,104 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (2,242 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 39,408 224,000 26,410 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 13,111

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 30,362 245,000 28,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 1,599

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index BBB–/P 55 1,000 56 1/17/47 300 bp—Monthly (1 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 430 33,000 406 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 35

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 624 44,000 541 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 97

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 8,363 37,000 7,726 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 668

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,356 12,000 1,415 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (53 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,838 24,000 2,830 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 21

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,112 35,000 4,127 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 3

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 12,324 110,000 12,969 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (590 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,213 16,000 1,886 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 335

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 10 1,000 12 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (2 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 146 5,000 62 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 86

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 146 5,000 62 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 86

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 19 7,000 86 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (65 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P — 10,000 123 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (120 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 638 17,000 209 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 434

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 638 17,000 209 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 434

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 224 20,000 246 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly (16 )

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 1,608 42,000 517 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,105

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 2,480 48,000 590 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 1,905

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 15,962 264,000 3,247 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 12,803

CMBX NA A.6 Index A/P 19,164 475,000 5,843 5/11/63 200 bp—Monthly 13,480

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 4,804 20,000 4,176 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 645

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 5,403 22,000 4,594 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 827

CMBX NA BB.6 Index BB/P 11,088 45,000 9,396 5/11/63 500 bp—Monthly 1,730

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,139 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (35 )

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 1,177 10,000 1,179 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 3

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,725 23,000 2,712 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 24

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 2,908 24,000 2,830 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 91

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 3,920 32,000 3,773 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly 163

CMBX NA BBB–.6 Index BBB–/P 4,866 43,000 5,070 5/11/63 300 bp—Monthly (182 )

Upfront premium received 782,899 Unrealized appreciation 282,478

Upfront premium (paid) (2 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (36,185 )

Total $782,897 Total $246,293

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* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings for an underlying index represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings

are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

CMBX NA A.7 Index $(200 ) $27,000 $35 1/17/47 (200 bp)—Monthly $(244 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (9,302 ) 73,000 9,227 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (136 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (490 ) 3,000 379 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (113 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (314 ) 2,000 253 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (63 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (11,653 ) 73,000 10,103 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,610 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,391 ) 48,000 6,643 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (787 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,273 ) 47,000 6,505 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (807 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,240 ) 47,000 6,505 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (774 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (3,601 ) 23,000 3,183 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (437 )

Credit Suisse International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (31,910 ) 194,000 24,522 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (7,551 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (11,493 ) 72,000 9,965 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,588 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,546 ) 49,000 6,782 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (805 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,175 ) 46,000 6,366 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (847 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (7,175 ) 46,000 6,366 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (847 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,536 ) 29,000 4,014 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (546 )

Goldman Sachs International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (18,071 ) 89,000 11,250 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (6,896 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (7,608 ) 45,000 5,688 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,958 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (2,130 ) 13,000 1,643 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (498 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,298 ) 27,000 3,737 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (584 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,868 ) 18,000 2,491 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (391 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,884 ) 18,000 2,491 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (408 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,054 ) 13,000 1,799 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (265 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (1,917 ) 12,000 1,661 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (266 )

JPMorgan Securities LLC

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (10,275 ) 53,000 6,699 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (3,620 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (4,476 ) 28,000 3,539 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (960 )

CMBX NA A.7 Index (780 ) 37,000 48 1/17/47 (200 bp)—Monthly (840 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (17,290 ) 101,000 12,766 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (4,608 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (17,675 ) 89,000 11,250 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (6,500 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (14,160 ) 72,000 9,101 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (5,119 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (5,847 ) 36,000 4,550 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,326 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (5,642 ) 29,000 3,666 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (2,001 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (540 ) 3,000 379 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (163 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (314 ) 2,000 253 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (63 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (5,998 ) 38,000 5,259 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (770 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,825 ) 20,000 2,768 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (73 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (2,964 ) 19,000 2,630 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (350 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (613 ) 4,000 554 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (63 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (3,689 ) 55,000 3,102 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (615 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (940 ) 16,000 902 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (45 )

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OTC CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION PURCHASED at 9/30/18 cont.

Swap counterparty/ Referenced debt*

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments (paid) by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

JPMorgan Securities LLC cont.

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index $(589 ) $8,000 $451 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly $(141 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (589 ) 8,000 451 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (141 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (452 ) 5,000 282 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (172 )

Merrill Lynch International

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (41,633 ) 240,000 30,336 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (11,502 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (10,323 ) 66,000 9,134 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (1,244 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (819 ) 10,000 564 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (260 )

Morgan Stanley & Co. International PLC

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (713 ) 7,000 395 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (322 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (23,008 ) 114,000 14,410 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (8,693 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (10,991 ) 57,000 7,205 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (3,834 )

CMBX NA BB.7 Index (9,050 ) 45,000 5,688 1/17/47 (500 bp)—Monthly (3,399 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,061 ) 27,000 3,737 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (346 )

CMBX NA BB.9 Index (4,046 ) 26,000 3,598 9/17/58 (500 bp)—Monthly (470 )

CMBX NA BBB–.7 Index (508 ) 8,000 451 1/17/47 (300 bp)—Monthly (61 )

Upfront premium received — Unrealized appreciation —

Upfront premium (paid) (359,939 ) Unrealized (depreciation) (86,122 )

Total $(359,939 ) Total $(86,122 )

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event.

** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution.

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT CONTRACTS OUTSTANDING—PROTECTION SOLD at 9/30/18

Referenced debt* Rating***

Upfront premium received

(paid)**Notional amount Value

Termi- nation date

Payments received by fund

Unrealized appreciation/ (depreciation)

NA HY Series 31 Index B+/P $(2,277,979 ) $31,702,000 $2,318,526 12/20/23 500 bp—Quarterly $53,756

Total $(2,277,979 ) $53,756

* Payments related to the referenced debt are made upon a credit default event. ** Upfront premium is based on the difference between the original spread on issue and the market spread on day of execution. *** Ratings are presented for credit default contracts in which the Portfolio has sold protection on the underlying referenced debt. Ratings for an underlying index

represent the average of the ratings of all the securities included in that index. The Moody’s, Standard & Poor’s or Fitch ratings are believed to be the most recent ratings available at September 30, 2018. Securities rated by Putnam are indicated by “/P.” The Putnam rating categories are comparable to the Standard & Poor’s classifications.

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.

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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Common stocks*:

Basic materials $5,785,768 $— $—

Capital goods 13,605,685 — —

Communication services 4,374,833 — —

Conglomerates 1,368,907 — —

Consumer cyclicals 25,946,286 — —

Consumer staples 13,103,117 — —

Energy 9,182,898 — 6,253

Financials 31,171,285 — —

Health care 23,330,607 — —

Technology 39,794,957 — —

Transportation 3,010,700 — —

Utilities and power 5,976,827 487 —

Total common stocks 176,651,870 487 6,253

Asset-backed securities — 3,749,000 —

Convertible bonds and notes — 41,743,498 6,671

Convertible preferred stocks — 11,391,436 —

Corporate bonds and notes — 156,394,359 4

Foreign government and agency bonds and notes — 13,493,840 —

Investment companies 3,235,005 — —

Mortgage-backed securities — 64,403,477 —

Municipal bonds and notes — 46,162 —

Preferred stocks 34,322 — —

Senior loans — 2,518,835 —

U.S. government and agency mortgage obligations — 53,518,364 —

U.S. treasury obligations — 34,158,048 —

Warrants 64 — —

Short-term investments 60,000 135,882,262 —

Totals by level $179,981,261 $517,299,768 $12,928

Valuation inputs

Other financial instruments: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Forward currency contracts $— $(15,936 ) $—

Futures contracts (505,520 ) — —

TBA sale commitments — (6,058,125 ) —

Interest rate swap contracts — (33,933 ) —

Credit default contracts — 2,068,948 —

Totals by level $(505,520 ) $(4,039,046 ) $—

* Common stock classifications are presented at the sector level, which may differ from the fund’s portfolio presentation.At the start and close of the reporting period, Level 3 investments in securities represented less than 1% of the Portfolio’s net assets and were not considered a significant portion of the fund’s portfolio.

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

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

Statement of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Investment in securities, at value (Notes 2 and 8):

Unaffiliated issuers (identified cost $550,489,103) $561,411,695

Affiliated issuers (identified cost $135,882,262) (Note 4) 135,882,262

Foreign currency (cost $4,766) (Note 2) 4,791

Dividends, interest and other receivables 5,122,816

Receivable for units of the Portfolio sold 2,990,796

Receivable for investments sold 1,763,491

Receivable for sales of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 6,066,901

Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 100,006

Receivable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 20,355

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 50,172

Unrealized appreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 282,478

Premium paid on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 359,941

Total assets 714,055,704

LIABILITIES

Payable to custodian 913,744

Payable for investments purchased 1,800,933

Payable for purchases of delayed delivery securities (Note 2) 50,868,627

Payable for units of the Portfolio repurchased 3,314,506

Payable for variation margin on futures contracts (Note 2) 46,013

Payable for variation margin on centrally cleared swap contracts (Note 2) 5,189

Unrealized depreciation on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 122,307

Premium received on OTC swap contracts (Note 2) 782,899

Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts (Note 2) 66,108

TBA sale commitments, at value (proceeds receivable $6,060,234) (Note 2) 6,058,125

Collateral on certain derivative contracts, at value (Notes 2 and 8) 60,000

Total liabilities 64,038,451

Net assets $650,017,253

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Net assets $650,017,253

Units outstanding 42,310,588

Net asset value per unit $15.36

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

Statement of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Interest (including interest income of $2,314,253 from investments in affiliated issuers) (Note 4) $14,790,463

Dividends (net of foreign tax of $30,015) 4,239,782

Net investment income 19,030,245

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS)

Net realized gain (loss) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers (Note 2) 10,938,098

Foreign currency transactions (Note 2) (7,588)

Forward currency contracts (Note 2) 14,107

Futures contracts (Note 2) (966,185)

Swap contracts (Note 2) 3,063,172

Total net realized gain 13,041,604

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

Securities from unaffiliated issuers and TBA sale commitments (5,873,974)

Assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (2,710)

Forward currency contracts (43,015)

Futures contracts (746,387)

Swap contracts 191,278

Total change in net unrealized depreciation (6,474,808)

Net gain on investments 6,566,796

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $25,597,041

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

Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE IN NET ASSETSYear ended

9/30/18

Operations

Net investment income $19,030,245

Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency transactions 13,041,604

Net unrealized depreciation of investments and assets and liabilities in foreign currencies (6,474,808)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 25,597,041

Principal transactions

Proceeds from sale of units 369,573,179

Value of units redeemed (226,026,960)

Total increase in principal transactions 143,546,219

Total increase in net assets 169,143,260

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 480,873,993

End of year $650,017,253

NUMBER OF UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 32,713,273

Sold 24,711,282

Redeemed (15,113,967)

Units outstanding at end of year 42,310,588

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $14.70

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.49

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments 0.17

Total from investment operations 0.66

Net asset value, end of year $15.36

Total return at net asset value (%) 4.49

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATANet assets, end of year (in thousands) $650,017

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 3.27

(a) Per unit net investment income has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year.

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

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1. Description of the PortfolioWithin the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street”, if any, represent State Street Bank and Trust Company and refer-ences to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Putnam Retirement Advantage GAA Income Strategies Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a portfolio established and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee” and “Manager”) pursuant to the Declaration of Trust for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the Portfolio. The Portfolio invests in a combination of bonds and common stocks of U.S. and non-U.S. companies. The Portfolio buys bonds with short- to long-term maturities that are either investment grade or below investment grade in quality. The Portfolio also buys other fixed income securities, such as mortgage-backed investments. The Portfolio invests in stocks that are believed to offer the potential for current income and capital growth. The Portfolio primarily invests in large companies, although it can invest in companies of any size.

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date that the financial statements were issued (December 14, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Security Valuation Investments for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sales price on their principal exchange, or official closing price for certain markets, and are classified as Level 1 securities under Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (ASC 820). If no sales are reported, as in the case of some securities that are traded OTC, a security is valued at its last reported bid price and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Investments in open-end investment companies (excluding exchange-traded funds), if any, which can be classified as Level 1 or Level 2 securi-ties, are valued based on their net asset value. The net asset value of such investment companies equals the total value of their assets less their liabilities and divided by the number of their outstanding shares.

Market quotations are not considered to be readily available for certain debt obligations (including short-term investments with remaining matur-ities of 60 days or less) and other investments; such investments are valued on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service approved by the Trustee or dealers selected by the Trustee. Such services or dealers determine valuations for normal institutional-size trading units of such securities using methods based on market transactions for comparable securities and various relationships, generally recognized by institutional traders, between securities (which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings). These securities will generally be categorized as Level 2.

Many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the scheduled close of the New York Stock Exchange and therefore the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the sched-uled close of the New York Stock Exchange. Accordingly, on certain days, the Portfolio will fair value certain foreign equity securities taking into account multiple factors including movements in the U.S. securities markets, currency valuations and comparisons to the valuation of American Depository Receipts, exchange-traded funds and futures contracts. The foreign equity securities, which would generally be classified as Level 1 securities, will be transferred to Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy when they are valued at fair value. The number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity and it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Portfolio to a significant extent. Securities quoted in foreign currencies, if any, are translated into U.S. dollars at the current exchange rate.

To the extent a pricing service or dealer is unable to value a security or provides a valuation that the Trustee does not believe accurately reflects the security’s fair value, the security will be valued at fair value by the Trustee in accordance with policies and procedures approved by the Trustee. Certain investments, including certain restricted and illiquid securities and derivatives, are also valued at fair value following procedures approved by the Trustee. These valuations consider such factors as significant market or specific security events such as interest rate or credit quality changes, various relationships with other securities, discount rates, U.S. Treasury, U.S. swap and credit yields, index levels, convexity expo-sures, recovery rates, sales and other multiples and resale restrictions. These securities are classified as Level 2 or as Level 3 depending on the priority of the significant inputs.

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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Such valuations and procedures are reviewed periodically by the Trustee. Certain securities may be valued on the basis of a price provided by a single source. The fair value of securities is generally determined as the amount that the Portfolio could reasonably expect to realize from an orderly disposition of such securities over a reasonable period of time. By its nature, a fair value price is a good faith estimate of the value of a security in a current sale and does not reflect an actual market price, which may be different by a material amount.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Gains or losses on securities sold are deter-mined on the identified cost basis.

Interest income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the accrual basis. Dividend income, net of any applicable withholding taxes, is recognized on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities, if any, are recognized as soon as the Portfolio is informed of the ex-dividend date. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividends representing a return of capital or capital gains, if any, are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain.

All premiums/discounts are amortized/accreted on a yield-to-maturity basis.

Distributions received from other investment funds, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and retain the character of income as earned by the other investment funds.

All income earned by the Portfolio is retained by the Portfolio and included in the calculation of net asset value.

The Portfolio earned certain fees in connection with its senior loan purchasing activities. These fees are treated as market discount and are amortized into income in the Statement of operations.

Securities purchased or sold on a delayed delivery basis may be settled at a future date beyond customary settlement time; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Losses may arise due to changes in the fair value of the underlying securities or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract.

Stripped Securities The Portfolio may invest in stripped securities which represent a participation in securities that may be structured in classes with rights to receive different portions of the interest and principal. Interest-only securities receive all of the interest and principal-only securities receive all of the principal. If the interest-only securities experience greater than anticipated prepayments of principal, the Portfolio may fail to recoup fully its initial investment in these securities. Conversely, principal-only securities increase in value if prepayments are greater than anticipated and decline if prepayments are slower than anticipated. The fair value of these securities is highly sensitive to changes in interest rates.

Foreign Currency TranslationThe accounting records of the Portfolio are maintained in U.S. dollars. The fair value of foreign securities, currency holdings, and other assets and liabilities is recorded in the books and records of the Portfolio after translation to U.S. dollars based on the exchange rates on that day. The cost of each security is determined using historical exchange rates. Income and withholding taxes are translated at prevailing exchange rates when earned or incurred. The Portfolio does not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains or losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate on investments from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. Such gains and losses are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss on investments. Net realized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net real-ized exchange gains or losses on disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Portfolio’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized appreciation and depreciation of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments at the period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.

Futures Contracts The Portfolio uses futures contracts to manage exposure to market risk, to hedge prepayment risk, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure to interest rates and to equitize cash.

The potential risk to the Portfolio is that the change in value of futures contracts may not correspond to the change in value of the hedged instruments. In addition, losses may arise from changes in the value of the underlying instruments, if there is an illiquid secondary market for the contracts, if interest or exchange rates move unexpectedly or if the counterparty to the contract is unable to perform. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Portfolio since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. When the contract is closed, the Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

Futures contracts are valued at the quoted daily settlement prices established by the exchange on which they trade. The Portfolio and the broker agree to exchange an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as “variation margin.”

Futures contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

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Forward Currency Contracts The Portfolio buys and sells forward currency contracts, which are agreements between two parties to buy and sell currencies at a set price on a future date. These contracts are used to hedge foreign exchange risk and to gain exposure to currencies.

The U.S. dollar value of forward currency contracts is determined using current forward currency exchange rates supplied by a quotation service. The fair value of the contract will fluctuate with changes in currency exchange rates. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. The Portfolio records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed when the contract matures or by delivery of the currency. The Portfolio could be exposed to risk if the value of the currency changes unfavorably, if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts or if the Portfolio is unable to enter into a closing position. Risks may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Forward currency contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts The Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, which are arrangements between two parties to exchange cash flows based on a notional principal amount, to hedge interest rate risk, to gain exposure on interest rates and to hedge prepayment risk.

An OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap can be purchased or sold with an upfront premium. For OTC interest rate swap contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss on OTC interest rate swaps. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared interest rate swaps are settled through a central clearing agent and are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Payments, including upfront premiums, received or made are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or the closing of the contract. Certain OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts may include extended effective dates. Payments related to these swap contracts are accrued based on the terms of the contract.

The Portfolio could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults, in the case of OTC interest rate contracts, or the central clearing agency or a clearing member defaults, in the case of centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts, on its respective obligation to perform under the contract. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counter-party risk or central clearing risk is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC interest rate swap contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. There is minimal counterparty risk with respect to centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Risk of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities.

OTC and centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Credit Default ContractsThe Portfolio entered into OTC and/or centrally cleared credit default contracts to hedge credit risk, to hedge market risk and to gain exposure on individual names and/or baskets of securities.

In OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts, the protection buyer typically makes a periodic stream of payments to a counterparty, the protection seller, in exchange for the right to receive a contingent payment upon the occurrence of a credit event on the reference obligation or all other equally ranked obligations of the reference entity. Credit events are contract specific but may include bankruptcy, failure to pay, restruc-turing and obligation acceleration. For OTC credit default contracts, an upfront payment received by the Portfolio is recorded as a liability on the Portfolio’s books. An upfront payment made by the Portfolio is recorded as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. Centrally cleared credit default contracts provide the same rights to the protection buyer and seller except the payments between parties, including upfront premiums, are settled through a central clearing agent through variation margin payments. Upfront and periodic payments received or paid by the Portfolio for OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses at the reset date or close of the contract. The OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts are marked to market daily based upon quotations from an independent pricing service or market makers. Any change in value of OTC credit default contracts is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Daily fluctuations in the value of centrally cleared credit default contracts are recorded in variation margin on the Statement of assets and liabilities and recorded as unrealized gain or loss. Upon the occurrence of a credit event, the difference between the par value and fair value of the reference obligation, net of any proportional amount of the upfront payment, is recorded as a realized gain or loss.

In addition to bearing the risk that the credit event will occur, the Portfolio could be exposed to market risk due to unfavorable changes in interest rates or in the price of the underlying security or index or the possibility that the Portfolio may be unable to close out its position at the same time or at the same price as if it had purchased the underlying reference obligations. In certain circumstances, the Portfolio may enter into offsetting OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts which would mitigate its risk of loss. Risks of loss may exceed amounts recognized on the Statement of assets and liabilities. The Portfolio’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protec-tion buyer, is the fair value of the contract. This risk may be mitigated for OTC credit default contracts by having a master netting arrangement between the Portfolio and the counterparty and for centrally cleared credit default contracts through the daily exchange of variation margin. Counterparty risk is further mitigated with respect to centrally cleared credit default swap contracts due to the clearinghouse guarantee fund and other resources that are available in the event of a clearing member default. Where the Portfolio is a seller of protection, the maximum potential amount of future payments the Portfolio may be required to make is equal to the notional amount.

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OTC and centrally cleared credit default contracts outstanding, including their respective notional amounts at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

TBA Commitments The Portfolio may enter into TBA (to be announced) commitments to purchase securities for a fixed unit price at a future date beyond customary settlement time. Although the unit price and par amount have been established, the actual securities have not been specified. However, it is anticipated that the amount of the commitments will not significantly differ from the principal amount. The Portfolio holds, and maintains until settlement date, cash or high-grade debt obligations in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price, or the Portfolio may enter into offsetting contracts for the forward sale of other securities it owns. Income on the securities will not be earned until settlement date.

The Portfolio may also enter into TBA sale commitments to hedge its portfolio positions, to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed delivery arrangements or to take a short position in mortgage-backed securities. Proceeds of TBA sale commitments are not received until the contractual settlement date. During the time a TBA sale commitment is outstanding, either equivalent deliverable securities or an offsetting TBA purchase commitment deliverable on or before the sale commitment date are held as “cover” for the transaction, or other liquid assets in an amount equal to the notional value of the TBA sale commitment are segregated. If the TBA sale commitment is closed through the acquisition of an offsetting TBA purchase commitment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or loss. If the Portfolio delivers securities under the commit-ment, the Portfolio realizes a gain or a loss from the sale of the securities based upon the unit price established at the date the commitment was entered into.

TBA commitments, which are accounted for as purchase and sale transactions, may be considered securities themselves, and involve a risk of loss due to changes in the value of the security prior to the settlement date as well as the risk that the counterparty to the transaction will not perform its obligations. Counterparty risk is mitigated by having a master agreement between the Portfolio and the counterparty.

Unsettled TBA commitments are valued at their fair value according to the procedures described under “Security valuation” above. The contract is marked to market daily and the change in fair value is recorded by the Portfolio as an unrealized gain or loss. Based on market circumstances, the Trustee will determine whether to take delivery of the underlying securities or to dispose of the TBA commitments prior to settlement.

TBA purchase commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed within the fund’s portfolio and TBA sale commitments outstanding at period end, if any, are listed after the fund’s portfolio.

Master Agreements The Portfolio is a party to ISDA (International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.) Master Agreements that govern OTC derivative and foreign exchange contracts and Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreements that govern transactions involving mortgage-backed and other asset-backed securities that may result in delayed delivery (Master Agreements) with certain counterparties entered into from time to time. The Master Agreements may contain provisions regarding, among other things, the parties’ general obligations, representations, agreements, collat-eral requirements, events of default and early termination. With respect to certain counterparties, in accordance with the terms of the Master Agreements, collateral posted to the Portfolio is held in a segregated account by the Portfolio’s custodian and, with respect to those amounts which can be sold or repledged, are presented in the fund’s portfolio.

Collateral pledged by the Portfolio is delivered to the counterparty and identified in the fund’s portfolio. Collateral can be in the form of cash or debt securities issued by the U.S. Government or related agencies or other securities as agreed to by the Portfolio and the applicable counter-party. Collateral requirements are determined based on the Portfolio’s net position with each counterparty.

With respect to ISDA Master Agreements, termination events applicable to the Portfolio may occur upon a decline in the Portfolio’s net assets below a specified threshold over a certain period of time. Termination events applicable to counterparties may occur upon a decline in the coun-terparty’s long-term or short-term credit ratings below a specified level. In each case, upon occurrence, the other party may elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all derivative and foreign exchange contracts outstanding, including the payment of any losses and costs resulting from such early termination, as reasonably determined by the terminating party. Any decision by one or more of the Portfolio’s counterparties to elect early termination could impact the Portfolio’s future derivative activity.

At the close of the reporting period, the Portfolio had a net liability position of $318,986 on open derivative contracts subject to the Master Agreements. Collateral posted by the Portfolio at period end for these agreements totaled $90,918 and may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of Participation The net asset value of the Portfolio is currently determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange each day the exchange is open for trading. Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may also determine the net asset value on any other business day (“Valuation Date”). The net asset value must be determined upon date of sale or redemption. Sales and redemptions of participant units are made on such days at such units’ net asset values. Affiliates of the Trustee held 100.00% of the Portfolio’s total units outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Federal Income Taxes It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the Portfolio is exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Portfolio did not

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have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains, if any. The Portfolio’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

The Portfolio may also be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Portfolio accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unre-alized gains as income and/or capital gains are earned. In some cases, the Portfolio may be entitled to reclaim all or a portion of such taxes, and such reclaim amounts, if any, are reflected as an asset on the Portfolio’s books. In many cases, however, the Portfolio may not receive such amounts for an extended period of time, depending on the country of investment.

3. Expenses Incurred by the PortfolioCompensation to be received by the Trustee for its services with respect to the Portfolio is paid by the individual participating trusts pursuant to an arrangement which the Trustee makes with each such participating trust. According to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may charge the Portfolio for certain services received during the year. In the current year no such expenses have been charged to the Portfolio by the Trustee, however, the Trustee could cease to bear these expenses, and begin to charge them to the Portfolio at any time.

4. Affiliated TransactionsThe Portfolio invested in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio, a portfolio established and maintained by PFTC. Investments in the Putnam Money Market Portfolio are valued at its closing net asset value each business day. Transactions during the reporting period with the Putnam Money Market Portfolio were as follows:

Name of affiliateFair value as of

9/30/17 Purchase cost Sale proceedsInvestment

income

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fair value as of 9/30/18

Short-term investments          

Putnam Money Market Portfolio* $116,857,000 $198,648,405 $179,623,143 $2,314,253 $135,882,262

Total Short-term investments $116,857,000 $198,648,405 $179,623,143 $2,314,253 $135,882,262

* There were no realized or unrealized gains or losses during the period.

5. Market, Credit and Other RisksIn the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The Portfolio may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions will default. Investments in foreign securities involve certain risks, including those related to economic instability, unfavorable political developments, and currency fluctuations. The Portfolio may invest in higher-yielding, lower-rated bonds that may have a higher rate of default. The Portfolio may invest a significant portion of its assets in securitized debt instruments, including mortgage-backed and asset-backed investments. The yields and values of these investments are sensitive to changes in interest rates, the rate of principal payments on the underlying assets and the market’s perception of the issuers. The market for these investments may be volatile and limited, which may make them difficult to buy or sell.

6. Senior Loan CommitmentsSenior loans are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date, which from time to time can delay the actual investment of available cash balances; interest income is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior loans can be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another hold-er’s portion of the loan. When the Portfolio invests in a loan or participation, the Portfolio is subject to the risk that an intermediate participant between the Portfolio and the borrower will fail to meet its obligations to the Portfolio, in addition to the risk that the borrower under the loan may default on its obligations.

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7. Summary of Derivative Activity The volume of activity for the reporting period for any derivative type that was held during the period is listed below and was as follows based on an average of the holdings at the end of each fiscal quarter:

Futures contracts (number of contracts) 600

Forward currency contracts (contract amount) $37,500,000

Centrally cleared interest rate swap contracts (notional) $37,700,000

OTC credit default contracts (notional) $11,900,000

Centrally cleared credit default contracts (notional) $34,900,000

Warrants (number of warrants) 600

The following is a summary of the fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting period:

Fair value of derivative instruments as of the close of the reporting periodAsset derivatives Liability derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair value

Statement of assets and

liabilities location Fair valueCredit contracts Receivables,

Net assets —Unrealized appreciation

$2,605,760 * Payables $536,812 *

Foreign exchange contracts Receivables 50,172 Payables 66,108

Equity contracts Investments, Receivables,

Net assets —Unrealized appreciation

8,441 * Payables, Net assets — Unrealized

depreciation

224,522 *

Interest rate contracts Receivables, Net assets —Unrealized

appreciation

2,469 * Payables, Net assets — Unrealized

depreciation

325,777 *

Total   $2,666,842   $1,153,219

* Includes cumulative appreciation/depreciation of futures contracts and/or centrally cleared swaps as reported after the fund’s portfolio. Only current day’s varia-tion margin is reported within the Statement of assets and liabilities.

The following is a summary of realized and change in unrealized gains or losses of derivative instruments on the Statement of operations for the reporting period (see Note 2):

Amount of realized gain or (loss) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $1,953,401 $1,953,401

Foreign exchange contracts — 14,107 — 14,107

Equity contracts 101,658 — — 101,658

Interest rate contracts (1,067,843) — 1,109,771 41,928

Total $(966,185) $14,107 $3,063,172 $2,111,094

Change in unrealized appreciation or (depreciation) on derivatives recognized in net gain or (loss) on investments

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging instruments under ASC 815 Warrants Futures

Forward currency

contracts Swaps TotalCredit contracts $— $— $— $269,059 $269,059

Foreign exchange contracts — — (43,015) — (43,015)

Equity contracts (289) (642,862) — — (643,151)

Interest rate contracts — (103,525) — (77,781) (181,306)

Total $(289) $(746,387) $(43,015) $191,278 $(598,413)

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8. Offsetting of Financial and Derivative Assets and Liabilities

The following table summarizes any derivatives, repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For securities lending transactions or borrowing transactions associated with securities sold short, if any, see Note 2. For financial reporting purposes, the Portfolio does not offset financial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

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Total Assets $9,038 $10,048 $20,355 $759 $42,537 $57,755 $39,397 $—

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OTC Credit default contracts - protection sold*# — — — — 29,294 111,993 104,515 —

OTC Credit default contracts - protection purchased*# — — — — 44 — — —

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Total Liabilities $3,095 $7,627 $5,189 $31,607 $29,338 $111,993 $106,976 $974

Total Financial and Derivative Net Assets $5,943 $2,421 $15,166 $(30,848) $13,199 $(54,238) $(67,579) $(974)

Total collateral received (pledged)##† $— $— $— $60,000 $— $(24,000) $— $—

Net amount $5,943 $2,421 $15,166 $(90,848) $13,199 $(30,238) $(67,579) $(974)

Controlled collateral received (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $60,000 $— $— $— $—

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Collateral (pledged) (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $— $— $(24,000) $— $—

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$(6,880) $(145,405) $9,903 $53,993 $(12,295) $3,117 $4,155 $1,525 $(767) $(209,564)

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* Excludes premiums, if any. Included in unrealized appreciation and depreciation on OTC swap contracts on the Statement of assets and liabilities. ** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.† Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.# Covered by master netting agreement (Note 2).

## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.§ Includes current day’s variation margin only as reported on the Statement of assets and liabilities, which is not collateralized. Cumulative appreciation/

(depreciation) for futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts is represented in the tables listed after the fund’s portfolio. Collateral pledged for initial margin on futures contracts and centrally cleared swap contracts, which is not included in the table above, amounted to $563,229 and $3,018,757, respectively.

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9. New Accounting PronouncementsIn March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 for non-public business entities. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

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BC3 12/2018

100 Federal Street Boston, MA 02110

1-800-225-1581

putnam.com

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Table of contentsReport of Independent Auditors ……………………………………… G-4

The fund’s portfolio …………………………………………………… G-5

Statement of assets and liabilities …………………………………… G-9

Statement of operations ……………………………………………… G-10

Statement of changes in net assets …………………………………… G-11

Financial highlights …………………………………………………… G-12

Notes to financial statements ………………………………………… G-13

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A note on the Portfolio’s trusteeThe Portfolio’s trustee, Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, a nondepository trust company regulated by the New Hampshire Banking Department, will be converting to a New Hampshire limited liability company and changing its name to Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC effective after the close of business on December 31, 2018. The conversion will have no impact on the Portfolio or on PFTC’s business or regulatory status. No action is required for Plans invested in the Portfolio. PFTC will continue to manage the Portfolio, and each Plan’s participation agreement will remain in place. If you have any questions about this change, or about your investment, please feel free to call Putnam at 1-800-648-7410.

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, 101 Seaport Boulevard Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210 T :617-530-5000, F :617-530-5001, www.pwc.com/us

Report of Independent Auditors

To the Trustee of Putnam Money Market Portfolio

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Putnam Money Market Portfolio (the “Portfolio”), which comprise the statement of assets and liabilities, including the fund’s portfolio, as of September 30, 2018 and the related statements of operations, of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are hereafter collectively referred to as "financial statements".

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors' Responsibility Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Portfolio’s preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Portfolio’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Putnam Money Market Portfolio as of September 30, 2018, and the results of its operations, changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

December 20, 2018

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The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18The fund’s portfolio 9/30/18

REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (39.9%)* Principal amount Value

Interest in $175,000,000 tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/28/18 with Bank of Nova Scotia due 10/1/18 — maturity value of $175,032,375 for an effective yield of 2.220% (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with coupon rates ranging from 0.125% to 2.750% and due dates ranging from 2/28/19 to 2/15/45, valued at $178,533,078) $175,000,000 $175,000,000

Interest in $50,000,000 tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/28/18 with BMO Capital Markets due 10/1/18 — maturity value of $50,009,167 for an effective yield of 2.200% (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury notes and a U.S. Treasury bond with coupon rates ranging from 1.750% to 4.250% and due dates ranging from 2/28/22 to 11/15/40, valued at $51,009,407) 50,000,000 50,000,000

Interest in $35,000,000 tri-party term repurchase agreement dated 8/10/18 with BMO Capital Markets due 10/9/18 — maturity value of $35,110,279 for an effective yield of 1.990% (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury notes and bonds with coupon rates ranging from 1.435% to 4.375% and due dates ranging from 1/31/20 to 8/15/43, valued at $35,796,730)  IR 35,000,000 35,000,000

Interest in $155,000,000 tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/28/18 with BNP Paribas due 10/1/18 — maturity value of $155,029,192 for an effective yield of 2.260% (collateralized by various mortgage backed securities and a U.S. Treasury bond with coupon rates ranging from 1.848% to 6.000% and due dates ranging from 12/1/26 to 9/1/48, valued at $158,129,810) 155,000,000 155,000,000

Interest in $155,000,000 tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/28/18 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. due 10/1/18 — maturity value of $155,029,063 for an effective yield of 2.250% (collateralized by various U.S. Treasury notes with coupon rates ranging from 1.500% to 2.875% and due dates ranging from 10/31/19 to 5/15/28, valued at $158,100,092) 155,000,000 155,000,000

Interest in $159,280,000 joint tri-party repurchase agreement dated 9/28/18 with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. due 10/1/18 — maturity value of $154,367,196 for an effective yield of 2.270% (collateralized by various mortgage backed securities with coupon rates ranging from 4.000% to 4.500% and due dates ranging from 4/20/47 to 3/20/48, valued at $162,465,600) 154,338,000 154,338,000

Total repurchase agreements (cost $724,338,000) $724,338,000

COMMERCIAL PAPER (21.9%)* Yield (%) Maturity date Principal amount Value

ABN AMRO Funding USA, LLC 2.254 11/13/18 $8,500,000 $8,477,258

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. (Australia) 2.555 4/5/19 18,250,000 18,012,385

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. (Australia) 2.250 12/17/18 6,100,000 6,070,826

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. 144A (Australia) 2.444 10/16/18 8,250,000 8,250,000

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd. 144A (Australia) 2.364 3/7/19 7,000,000 6,999,793

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (Canada) 2.334 11/5/18 13,000,000 13,000,000

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia) 2.324 11/29/18 13,000,000 13,000,000

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Australia) 2.273 12/10/18 10,000,000 9,956,056

Danske Corp. (Denmark) 2.243 10/19/18 12,750,000 12,735,784

DNB Bank ASA (Norway) 2.304 12/21/18 16,750,000 16,750,000

DNB Bank ASA 144A (Norway) 2.263 3/14/19 16,500,000 16,500,000

DNB Bank ASA (Norway) 2.235 10/31/18 5,000,000 4,990,708

Export Development Canada (Canada) 2.417 2/11/19 9,000,000 8,920,533

HSBC Bank PLC 144A (United Kingdom) 2.314 11/5/18 6,250,000 6,250,000

HSBC USA, Inc. 144A 2.434 7/5/19 16,250,000 16,250,000

International Business Machines Corp. 2.326 12/19/18 16,250,000 16,167,626

Lloyds Bank PLC (United Kingdom) 2.364 12/7/18 13,750,000 13,750,000

Lloyds Bank PLC (United Kingdom) 2.205 11/21/18 10,000,000 9,968,904

National Australia Bank, Ltd. (Australia) 2.344 4/11/19 16,500,000 16,500,000

National Australia Bank, Ltd. (Australia) 2.334 8/2/19 8,500,000 8,500,000

National Australia Bank, Ltd. (Australia) 2.236 11/5/18 10,000,000 9,978,319

National Bank of Canada (Canada) 2.364 1/18/19 16,000,000 16,000,000

Nationwide Building Society (United Kingdom) 2.305 12/17/18 9,500,000 9,453,468

NRW.Bank (Germany) 2.292 12/4/18 8,000,000 7,967,573

NRW.Bank (Germany) 2.097 10/11/18 8,000,000 7,995,356

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COMMERCIAL PAPER (21.9%)* cont. Yield (%) Maturity date Principal amount Value

Societe Generale SA (France) 2.295 10/31/18 $9,000,000 $8,982,900

Swedbank AB (Sweden) 2.267 11/16/18 5,000,000 4,985,561

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) (Canada) 2.384 2/8/19 16,000,000 16,000,000

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The) (Canada) 2.364 1/11/19 10,500,000 10,500,000

UBS AG/London (United Kingdom) 2.414 11/13/18 16,000,000 16,002,064

UBS AG/London (United Kingdom) 2.374 4/25/19 9,500,000 9,500,000

Walmart, Inc. 2.035 10/9/18 18,130,000 18,121,820

Westpac Banking Corp. 144A (Australia) 2.344 1/3/19 13,750,000 13,750,036

Westpac Banking Corp. 144A (Australia) 2.397 9/19/19 17,000,000 17,000,000

Total commercial paper (cost $397,286,970) $397,286,970

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT (19.7%)* Yield (%) Maturity date Principal amount Value

Bank of America, NA 2.500 4/4/19 $14,750,000 $14,750,000

Bank of America, NA FRN Ser. BN21 2.514 10/3/18 8,500,000 8,500,000

Bank of America, NA FRN 2.378 1/16/19 10,761,000 10,763,898

Bank of Montreal/Chicago, IL FRN (Canada) 2.486 2/25/19 16,250,000 16,250,000

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce/New York, NY 2.486 8/1/19 8,500,000 8,500,000

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce/New York, NY FRN 2.482 12/28/18 17,250,000 17,250,000

Citibank, NA 2.330 10/23/18 16,250,000 16,250,000

Citibank, NA 2.280 12/18/18 16,500,000 16,500,000

Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/NY FRN (Netherlands) 2.484 10/1/18 16,250,000 16,250,000

Credit Suisse AG/New York, NY 2.294 10/29/18 9,000,000 8,996,683

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp./NY 2.260 11/13/18 15,250,000 15,249,982

Mizuho Bank, Ltd./New York, NY 2.274 12/3/18 8,500,000 8,500,000

Nordea Bank AB/New York, NY FRN 2.534 3/14/19 9,500,000 9,500,000

Nordea Bank AB/New York, NY FRN 2.382 5/21/19 12,250,000 12,249,703

Rabobank Nederland NV/NY (Netherlands) 2.290 12/17/18 16,500,000 16,500,000

Royal Bank of Canada/New York (Canada) 2.470 3/1/19 8,000,000 8,000,000

Royal Bank of Canada/New York, NY FRN (Canada) 2.351 12/7/18 14,250,000 14,250,000

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB/New York, NY FRN 2.488 10/17/18 16,000,000 16,000,000

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB/New York, NY FRN 2.240 3/6/19 16,500,000 16,500,000

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp./New York FRN (Japan) 2.343 11/9/18 16,500,000 16,500,000

Svenska Handelsbanken/New York, NY FRN (Sweden) 2.413 7/8/19 10,000,000 10,000,000

Svenska Handelsbanken/New York, NY FRN (Sweden) 2.404 2/4/19 12,000,000 12,000,000

Swedbank AB/New York FRN 2.320 11/6/18 14,750,000 14,750,000

US Bank, NA/Cincinnati, OH FRN 2.264 5/13/19 17,500,000 17,500,000

US Bank, NA/Cincinnati, OH FRN 2.254 7/3/19 8,500,000 8,500,000

Wells Fargo Bank, NA FRN 2.408 11/16/18 11,750,000 11,750,000

Wells Fargo Bank, NA FRN 2.378 11/15/18 6,500,000 6,500,000

Westpac Banking Corp./NY FRN (Australia) 2.440 3/5/19 9,500,000 9,500,000

Total certificates of deposit (cost $357,760,266) $357,760,266

ASSET-BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (17.3%)* Yield (%) Maturity date Principal amount Value

Atlantic Asset Securitization, LLC 2.285 11/27/18 $10,500,000 $10,462,261

Barclays Bank PLC CCP (United Kingdom) 2.314 10/29/18 8,000,000 7,985,689

Barclays Bank PLC CCP (United Kingdom) 2.064 10/12/18 8,000,000 7,994,964

Bedford Row Funding Corp. 2.460 2/21/19 12,750,000 12,626,931

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ASSET-BACKED COMMERCIAL PAPER (17.3%)* cont. Yield (%) Maturity date Principal amount Value

Bedford Row Funding Corp. 2.334 11/5/18 $3,500,000 $3,500,000

Chariot Funding, LLC 2.369 10/22/18 16,250,000 16,227,724

Chariot Funding, LLC 2.262 11/26/18 18,000,000 17,937,000

CHARTA, LLC 2.293 12/14/18 8,000,000 7,962,507

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Co., LLC 144A 2.359 10/4/18 15,000,000 14,997,075

Collateralized Commercial Paper II Co., LLC 144A 2.334 1/24/19 8,750,000 8,750,000

CRC Funding, LLC 2.264 11/14/18 7,500,000 7,479,375

Fairway Finance Co., LLC (Canada) 2.274 10/22/18 13,000,000 12,982,862

Fairway Finance Co., LLC (Canada) 2.273 10/9/18 7,750,000 7,746,108

Fairway Finance Co., LLC (Canada) 2.262 12/4/18 18,145,000 18,072,420

Liberty Street Funding, LLC (Canada) 2.368 10/10/18 9,750,000 9,744,272

Liberty Street Funding, LLC (Canada) 2.348 11/1/18 16,250,000 16,217,396

Liberty Street Funding, LLC (Canada) 2.348 12/7/18 15,250,000 15,183,870

Manhattan Asset Funding Co., LLC (Japan) 2.138 10/19/18 16,000,000 15,982,960

MetLife Short Term Funding, LLC 2.276 11/14/18 8,000,000 7,977,902

MetLife Short Term Funding, LLC 2.264 11/30/18 11,750,000 11,705,938

MetLife Short Term Funding, LLC 2.179 11/20/18 18,000,000 17,945,750

Old Line Funding, LLC 2.298 12/13/18 16,000,000 15,926,027

Regency Markets No. 1, LLC 2.153 10/9/18 13,921,000 13,914,349

Regency Markets No. 1, LLC 2.114 10/11/18 6,250,000 6,246,337

Thunder Bay Funding, LLC 2.339 11/27/18 15,000,000 14,944,900

Thunder Bay Funding, LLC 2.339 12/3/18 2,200,000 2,191,068

Victory Receivables Corp. (Japan) 2.182 10/9/18 12,000,000 11,994,187

Total asset-backed commercial paper (cost $314,699,872) $314,699,872

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS (0.9%)*Interest rate (%) Maturity date Principal amount Value

U.S. Treasury Notes FRN  M 2.235 7/31/20 $16,250,000 $16,252,278

Total U.S. treasury obligations (cost $16,252,278) $16,252,278

TOTAL INVESTMENTS

Total investments (cost $1,810,337,386) $1,810,337,386

Key to holding’s currency abbreviationsUSD/$ United States Dollar

Key to holding’s abbreviationsFRN Floating Rate Notes: the rate shown is the current interest rate or yield at the close of the reporting period. Rates may be subject to a cap or floor. For

certain securities, the rate may represent a fixed rate currently in place at the close of the reporting period.

Notes to the fund’s portfolioUnless noted otherwise, the notes to the fund’s portfolio are for the close of the Porfolio’s reporting period, which ran from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018 (the reporting period). Within the following notes to the portfolio, references to “ASC 820” represent Accounting Standards Codification 820 Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures.

* Percentages indicated are based on net assets of $1,817,026,447.  M This security’s effective maturity date is less than one year.  IR Repurchase agreements with a maturity of more than seven days are considered to be illiquid investments.

144A after the name of an issuer represents securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

The dates shown on debt obligations are the original maturity dates.

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DIVERSIFICATION BY COUNTRY

Distribution of investments by country of risk at the close of the reporting period, excluding collateral received, if any (as a percentage of Portfolio Value):

United States 67.9%Canada 10.1Australia 7.6United Kingdom 4.5Japan 2.4Norway 2.1

Netherlands 1.8%Sweden 1.5Germany 0.9Denmark 0.7France 0.5Total 100.0%

ASC 820 establishes a three-level hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments. The three levels are defined as follows:

Level 1: Valuations based on quoted prices for identical securities in active markets.Level 2: Valuations based on quoted prices in markets that are not active or for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly.Level 3: Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the fair value measurement.The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Portfolio’s net assets as of the close of the reporting period:

Valuation inputs

Investments in securities: Level 1 Level 2 Level 3

Asset-backed commercial paper $— $314,699,872 $—

Certificates of deposit — 357,760,266 —

Commercial paper — 397,286,970 —

Repurchase agreements — 724,338,000 —

U.S. treasury obligations — 16,252,278 —

Totals by level $— $1,810,337,386 $—

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

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

Statement of assets and liabilities 9/30/18

ASSETS

Investment in securities, at value (Notes 2 and 5):

Unaffiliated issuers (at amortized cost) $1,085,999,386

Repurchase agreements (identified cost $724,338,000) 724,338,000

Interest receivable 1,361,063

Receivable for units of the Portfolio sold 120,893,763

Total assets 1,932,592,212

LIABILITIES

Payable to custodian 8,408

Payable for units of the Portfolio repurchased 112,601,929

Distributions payable to unitholders (Note 2) 2,955,428

Total liabilities 115,565,765

Net assets $1,817,026,447

COMPUTATION OF NET ASSET VALUE

Computation of net asset value Class A

Net assets $108,971,350

Units outstanding 108,972,572

Net asset value per unit $1.00

Computation of net asset value Class P

Net assets $1,708,055,097

Units outstanding 1,708,057,871

Net asset value per unit $1.00

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

Statement of operations Year ended 9/30/18

INVESTMENT INCOME

Interest $28,638,303

Net investment income 28,638,303

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations $28,638,303

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

Statement of changes in net assets

INCREASE IN NET ASSETSYear ended

9/30/18

Operations:

Net investment income $28,638,303

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations 28,638,303

Distributions to unitholders (Note 2)

Class A (1,616,169)

Class P (27,022,134)

Total distributions to unitholders (28,638,303)

Principal transactions

Class A

Proceeds from sale of units 86,696,535

Issuance of units from reinvestment of distributions 1,612,493

Value of units redeemed (57,768,636)

Class P

Proceeds from sale of units 3,980,339,253

Value of units redeemed (3,510,095,324)

Total increase in principal transactions 500,784,321

Total increase in net assets 500,784,321

NET ASSETS

Beginning of year 1,316,242,126

End of year $1,817,026,447

NUMBER OF CLASS A UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 78,432,180

Sold 86,696,535

Reinvested 1,612,493

Redeemed (57,768,636)

Units outstanding at end of year 108,972,572

NUMBER OF CLASS P UNITS OF THE PORTFOLIO

Units outstanding at beginning of year 1,237,813,942

Sold 3,980,339,253

Redeemed (3,510,095,324)

Units outstanding at end of year 1,708,057,871

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Financial highlights (For a unit outstanding throughout the year)

CLASS A PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $1.00

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments —

Total from investment operations 0.02

Less Distributions:

From net investment income (0.02)

Net asset value, end of year $1.00

Total return at net asset value (%) (b) 1.78

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

Net assets, end of year (in thousands) $108,971

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 1.79

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

CLASS P PER-UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCEYear ended

9/30/18

Net asset value, beginning of year $1.00

Investment operations:

Net investment income (a) 0.02

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments —

Total from investment operations 0.02

Less Distributions:

From net investment income (0.02)

Net asset value, end of year $1.00

Total return at net asset value (%) (b) 1.78

RATIOS AND SUPPLEMENTAL DATA

Net assets, end of year (in thousands) $1,708,055

Ratio of net investment income to average net assets (%) 1.79

(a) Per unit net investment income has been determined on the basis of the average number of units outstanding during the year.

(b) Total return assumes dividend reinvestment.

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1. Description of the PortfolioWithin the following Notes to financial statements, references to “State Street”, if any, represent State Street Bank and Trust Company and refer-ences to “OTC”, if any, represent over-the-counter. Unless otherwise noted, the “reporting period” represents the period from October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018.

Putnam Money Market Portfolio (the “Portfolio”) is a portfolio established and maintained by Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company, LLC (“PFTC”) as Trustee (the “Trustee” and “Manager”) pursuant to the Declaration of Trust for the Putnam Fiduciary Trust Company Investment Funds for Pension and Profit Sharing Trusts (the “Trust”), as amended and restated March 31, 2008. PFTC has hired its affiliate, The Putnam Advisory Company, LLC (“PAC”), to provide certain non-discretionary investment advisory and administrative services to Putnam in connection with the Portfolio. The Portfolio invests mainly in instruments that are high quality and have short-term maturity. Currently, the Portfolio offers class A units and class P units. Class A units are available to Putnam Retirement Advantage Age-Based Funds. Class P units are available to underlying Putnam GAA Portfolios and other Putnam funds which are used for overnight investments.

In the normal course of business, the Portfolio enters into contracts that may include agreements to indemnify another party under given circum-stances. The Portfolio’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be, but have not yet been, made against the Portfolio. However, the Portfolio’s management team expects the risk of material loss to be remote.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting PoliciesThe following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Portfolio in the preparation of its financial statements. The preparation of financial statements is in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Subsequent events after the Statement of assets and liabilities date (September 30, 2018), through the date that the financial statements were issued (December 20, 2018), have been evaluated in the preparation of the financial statements. The Portfolio is an investment company and follows accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies.

Investment income, realized gains and losses and expenses of the Portfolio are borne pro-rata based on the relative net assets of each class to the total net assets of the Portfolio, except that each class bears expenses unique to that class (including the distribution fees applicable to such classes). Each class votes as a class only with respect to its own distribution plan or other matters on which a class vote is required by law or determined by the Trustee. Units of each class would receive their pro-rata unit of the net assets of the Portfolio, if the Portfolio were liquidated. In addition, the Trustee declares separate dividends on each class of units.

Security ValuationThe valuation of the fund’s portfolio instruments is determined by means of the amortized cost method (which approximates fair value). The amortized cost of an instrument is determined by valuing it at its original cost and thereafter amortizing any discount or premium from its face value at a constant rate until maturity and is generally categorized as a Level 2 security.

Repurchase Agreements The Portfolio, or any joint trading account, through its custodian, receives delivery of the underlying securities, the fair value of which at the time of purchase is required to be in an amount at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. Collateral for certain tri-party repurchase agreements, which totaled $744,034,717, is held at the counterparty’s custodian in a segregated account for the benefit of the Portfolio and the counterparty. The Trustee is responsible for determining that the value of these underlying securities is at all times at least equal to the resale price, including accrued interest. In the event of default or bankruptcy by the other party to the agreement, retention of the collateral may be subject to legal proceedings.

Security Transactions and Related Investment Income Security transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date the order to buy or sell is executed). Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis. Premiums and discounts from purchases of short-term investments are amortized/accreted at a constant rate until maturity. Gains or losses on securities sold are determined on the identified cost basis.

Sales and Redemptions of Units of Participation The net asset value of the Portfolio is currently determined as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange each day the exchange is open for trading. Pursuant to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may also determine the net asset value on any other business day (“Valuation Date”). The net asset value must be determined upon date of sale or redemption. Sales and redemptions of participant units are made on such days at such units’ net asset values. Affiliates of the Trustee held 100.00% of the Portfolio’s total units outstanding at the end of the reporting period.

Notes to financial statements 9/30/18

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Distributions to Unitholders Income dividends are recorded daily by the Portfolio and are paid monthly. Distributions from capital gains, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date and paid at least annually.

Federal Income Taxes It is the Portfolio’s policy to comply with the requirements of Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code relating to collective investment of employee benefit funds. Accordingly, the Portfolio is exempt from federal income taxes and no federal income tax provision is required.

The Portfolio is subject to the provisions of Accounting Standards Codification 740 Income Taxes (ASC 740). ASC 740 sets forth a minimum threshold for financial statement recognition of the benefit of a tax position taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Portfolio did not have a liability to record for any unrecognized tax benefits in the accompanying financial statements. No provision has been made for federal taxes on income, capital gains or unrealized appreciation on securities held nor for excise tax on income and capital gains, if any. The Portfolio’s prior fiscal years remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service.

3. Expenses Incurred by the PortfolioCompensation to be received by the Trustee for its services with respect to the Portfolio is paid by the individual participating trusts pursuant to an arrangement which the Trustee makes with each such participating trust. According to the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may charge the Portfolio for certain services received during the year. In the current year no such expenses have been charged to the Portfolio by the Trustee, however, the Trustee could cease to bear these expenses, and begin to charge them to the Portfolio at any time.

4. Market, Credit and Other RisksIn the normal course of business, the Portfolio trades financial instruments and enters into financial transactions where risk of potential loss exists due to changes in the market (market risk) or failure of the contracting party to the transaction to perform (credit risk). The Portfolio may be exposed to additional credit risk that an institution or other entity with which the Portfolio has unsettled or open transactions will default.

5. Offsetting of Financial Assets and Liabilities

The following table summarizes any repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements, at the end of the reporting period, that are subject to an enforceable master netting agreement or similar agreement. For financial reporting purposes, the Portfolio does not offset finan-cial assets and financial liabilities that are subject to the master netting agreements in the Statement of assets and liabilities.

Bank of Nova Scotia

BMO Capital Markets BNP Paribas

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Total

Assets:

Repurchase agreements** $175,000,000 $85,000,000 $155,000,000 $155,000,000 $154,338,000 $724,338,000

Total Assets $175,000,000 $85,000,000 $155,000,000 $155,000,000 $154,338,000 $724,338,000

Liabilities:

Total Liabilities $— $— $— $— $— $—

Total Financial Net Assets $175,000,000 $85,000,000 $155,000,000 $155,000,000 $154,338,000 $724,338,000

Total collateral received (pledged)##† $175,000,000 $85,000,000 $155,000,000 $155,000,000 $154,338,000

Net amount $— $— $— $— $—

Controlled collateral received (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $— $— $—

Uncontrolled collateral received $178,533,078 $86,806,137 $158,129,810 $158,100,092 $162,465,600 $744,034,717

Collateral (pledged) (including TBA commitments)** $— $— $— $— $— $—

** Included with Investments in securities on the Statement of assets and liabilities.† Additional collateral may be required from certain brokers based on individual agreements.## Any over-collateralization of total financial and derivative net assets is not shown. Collateral may include amounts related to unsettled agreements.

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6. New Accounting PronouncementsIn March 2017, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2017-08, Receivables – Nonrefundable Fees and Other Costs (Subtopic 310-20): Premium Amortization on Purchased Callable Debt Securities. The amendments in the ASU shorten the amortization period for certain callable debt securities held at a premium, to be amortized to the earliest call date. The ASU is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 for non-public business entities. Management is currently evaluating the impact, if any, of applying this provision.

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