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Bernstein Sanford C Fund Inc – ‘N-Q’ for 6/30/15

On:  Friday, 8/28/15, at 12:22pm ET   ·   Effective:  8/28/15   ·   For:  6/30/15   ·   Accession #:  1193125-15-306250   ·   File #:  811-05555

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  Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.  

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM N-Q

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05555

SANFORD C. BERNSTEIN FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

1345 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10105

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

Joseph J. Mantineo

AllianceBernstein L.P.

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 221-5672

Date of fiscal year end: September 30, 2015

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2015

 

 

 


ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Managed International Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.1%

       

Consumer Discretionary - 21.4%

       

Auto Components - 4.1%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     559,400         $ 23,785,261   

Continental AG

     89,750           21,250,764   

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.

     34,840           1,203,405   

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

     203,740           7,662,355   

Linamar Corp.

     17,020           1,105,414   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     299,520           16,800,077   

Nexen Tire Corp.

     67,870           759,969   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     494,040           15,478,470   

Plastic Omnium SA

     407,940           10,435,956   

SAF-Holland SA

     65,950           1,017,713   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     1,971,900           30,519,768   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     60,500           937,164   

Valeo SA

     153,880           24,341,195   
       

 

 

 
          155,297,511   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 3.4%

       

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     1,106,600           35,765,126   

Peugeot SA (a)

     1,201,430           24,775,674   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     1,050,000           70,263,134   
       

 

 

 
          130,803,934   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.0%

       

Inchcape PLC

     106,130           1,350,981   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.1%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     1,811,800           10,489,338   

G8 Education Ltd.

     203,470           511,359   

GAEC Educacao SA

     86,600           605,818   

Kroton Educacional SA

     3,267,200           12,494,615   

TAL Education Group (ADR) (a)

     514,023           18,145,012   
       

 

 

 
          42,246,142   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.8%

       

Ardent Leisure Group

     659,940           1,103,649   

Betfair Group PLC

     142,690           5,395,667   

Domino’s Pizza Group PLC

     64,630           789,043   

Jollibee Foods Corp.

     335,490           1,467,649   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     5,403,000           7,642,034   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (b)

     3,929,874           26,357,095   

Mitchells & Butlers PLC (a)

     107,970           773,706   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     59,600           3,801,832   

Sodexo SA

     432,778           41,199,483   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     1,609,314           5,641,040   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     1,232,613           3,534,214   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     98,470           8,870,178   
       

 

 

 
          106,575,590   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

Auto Trader Group PLC (a)(b)

     165,411           795,952   

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

     22,100           1,161,330   

Rinnai Corp.

     11,200           881,945   

Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.

     200,500           658,141   
       

 

 

 
          3,497,368   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.0%

       

Ikyu Corp. (a)

     34,900         $ 745,304   

Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     21,435           918,490   
       

 

 

 
          1,663,794   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.0%

       

Amer Sports Oyj

     42,200           1,124,619   
       

 

 

 

Media - 3.6%

       

Cineplex, Inc.

     91,350           3,438,973   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     242,041           8,825,094   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (a)

     57,684           3,118,974   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     718,625           36,383,984   

Loen Entertainment, Inc.

     13,450           970,561   

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion SA

     46,750           613,766   

Metropole Television SA

     46,990           915,137   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     24,200           3,763,205   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     889,920           14,461,803   

Sky PLC

     403,300           6,568,804   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     335,570           12,777,990   

TV Asahi Holdings Corp.

     99,900           1,677,079   

Vivendi SA

     1,024,702           25,982,934   

Wolters Kluwer NV

     357,760           10,648,277   

WPP PLC

     401,530           9,012,812   
       

 

 

 
          139,159,393   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.7%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA

     6,606,891           35,596,713   

Dollarama, Inc.

     34,180           2,071,598   

Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.

     46,200           1,965,762   

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     307,840           1,068,949   

Next PLC

     97,860           11,453,715   

Poundland Group PLC

     2,790,990           14,177,813   
       

 

 

 
          66,334,550   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.8%

       

Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT

     12,383,000           598,434   

AutoCanada, Inc.

     23,970           792,603   

Card Factory PLC

     108,730           551,820   

L’Occitane International SA

     309,250           881,685   

Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.

     260,000           765,638   

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     69,120           1,422,693   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     11,100           1,165,379   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     3,224,621           36,357,242   

WH Smith PLC

     269,810           6,470,525   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     4,845,500           19,383,354   
       

 

 

 
          68,389,373   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.8%

       

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

     32,580           610,206   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     531,576           43,205,329   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     164,561           2,700,160   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (a)

     28,400,000           5,895,196   

HUGO BOSS AG

     163,452           18,273,293   

Nan Liu Enterprise Co., Ltd.

     205,188           1,229,939   

Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd.

     3,187,000           5,098,180   

Samsonite International SA

     7,181,900           24,703,520   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     1,464,000           4,878,071   
       

 

 

 
          106,593,894   
       

 

 

 
          823,037,149   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Financials - 18.9%

       

Banks - 7.5%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     387,740         $ 9,622,605   

Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna SC

     92,010           820,941   

Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl

     765,840           807,677   

Banco Macro SA (ADR)

     9,490           432,744   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     3,499,650           18,834,946   

Bank of Georgia Holdings PLC

     24,150           739,632   

Bank of Montreal

     46,060           2,729,304   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     2,758,184           27,139,023   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     3,340,000           13,944,284   

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     172,000           1,309,744   

Danske Bank A/S

     1,141,100           33,544,898   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     792,500           12,159,837   

DGB Financial Group, Inc.

     67,000           701,667   

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     741,063           5,488,942   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     186,000           3,632,757   

ING Groep NV

     2,204,850           36,612,338   

Liberbank SA (a)

     1,513,510           1,102,180   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     7,708,100           55,455,628   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     1,723,100           9,398,005   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     5,611,800           25,978,199   

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA

     155,920           1,038,068   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     84,610           3,593,046   

UniCredit SpA

     3,055,700           20,536,964   
       

 

 

 
          285,623,429   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.1%

       

3i Group PLC

     232,050           1,882,896   

GAM Holding AG (a)

     65,210           1,369,959   

Partners Group Holding AG

     46,080           13,772,740   

UBS Group AG (a)

     3,034,117           64,373,273   
       

 

 

 
          81,398,868   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

       

Aeon Thana Sinsap Thailand PCL

     166,000           463,220   

Aeon Thana Sinsap Thailand PCL (NVDR)

     43,000           119,936   

Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ER

     286,197           640,040   

Gentera SAB de CV

     303,900           540,417   

International Personal Finance PLC

     121,630           874,361   
       

 

 

 
          2,637,974   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.1%

       

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd.

     331,960           800,438   

Challenger Ltd./Australia

     2,811,140           14,571,807   

ORIX Corp.

     1,880,000           27,917,006   
       

 

 

 
          43,289,251   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.5%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     1,902,920           41,465,185   

AIA Group Ltd.

     9,341,400           60,839,510   

Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik AS

     493,489           1,034,815   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     1,574,065           28,370,585   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     2,323,594         $ 12,259,880   

Euler Hermes Group

     69,367           6,974,101   

Intact Financial Corp.

     48,740           3,386,825   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     26,220           4,648,655   

NN Group NV

     572,140           16,112,757   

Prudential PLC

     2,242,220           54,036,457   

Sampo Oyj-Class A

     76,950           3,626,418   

Topdanmark A/S (a)

     245,220           6,573,698   

Tryg A/S

     530,850           11,068,209   
       

 

 

 
          250,397,095   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

       

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

     22,170           629,067   

Concentradora Fibra Hotelera Mexicana SA de CV

     413,130           455,251   

Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS

     505,280           520,305   

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

     40,610           1,396,802   

Vastned Retail NV

     23,670           1,045,412   
       

 

 

 
          4,046,837   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.5%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     53,000           992,465   

Altus Group Ltd./Canada

     41,130           586,160   

Ayala Land, Inc.

     8,757,800           7,239,892   

CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (a)

     56,500           985,778   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     2,514,000           661,617   

Corp. Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV

     562,320           915,883   

Countrywide PLC

     101,795           908,506   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     38,900           4,025,966   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     20,317,000           38,140,448   

Huaku Development Co., Ltd.

     308,000           668,584   

Lend Lease Group

     76,000           878,731   

Nexity SA

     24,460           959,877   

Quintain Estates & Development PLC (a)

     703,920           1,172,396   
       

 

 

 
          58,136,303   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Paragon Group of Cos. PLC (The)

     189,030           1,229,174   
       

 

 

 
          726,758,931   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 15.8%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.8%

       

Airbus Group SE

     595,043           38,759,491   

Saab AB-Class B

     45,100           1,101,999   

Safran SA

     269,530           18,317,087   

Senior PLC

     169,580           764,211   

Zodiac Aerospace

     1,470,606           47,903,163   
       

 

 

 
          106,845,951   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

       

bpost SA

     413,780           11,378,984   

Oesterreichische Post AG

     101,995           4,692,205   
       

 

 

 
          16,071,189   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.8%

       

Air Canada (a)

     76,630           810,474   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     3,769,150         $ 29,290,437   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     222,300           7,747,020   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     8,517,782           20,698,075   

Ryanair Holdings PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     130,280           9,295,478   
       

 

 

 
          67,841,484   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.4%

       

Assa Abloy AB

     526,440           9,910,651   

China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.

     580,000           470,922   

DIRTT Environmental Solutions (a)

     140,377           726,049   

Kingspan Group PLC

     101,650           2,454,502   
       

 

 

 
          13,562,124   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.6%

       

APR Energy PLC

     1,420,187           2,504,824   

Babcock International Group PLC

     2,900,386           49,139,594   

Berendsen PLC

     310,510           4,970,607   

Kaba Holding AG (a)

     1,860           1,107,107   

Loomis AB-Class B

     34,680           972,491   

Park24 Co., Ltd.

     492,200           8,426,207   

Regus PLC

     7,544,345           30,911,655   

Rentokil Initial PLC

     774,320           1,798,314   
       

 

 

 
          99,830,799   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.

     824,000           1,473,873   

UGL Ltd.

     272,580           444,755   
       

 

 

 
          1,918,628   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.0%

       

TKH Group NV

     42,450           1,783,237   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.1%

       

Bodycote PLC

     94,790           1,003,326   

Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd. (a)

     37,600           2,211,611   

IHI Corp.

     237,000           1,103,513   

JTEKT Corp.

     1,497,800           28,324,024   

Krones AG

     17,170           1,794,141   

KUKA AG

     27,890           2,323,074   

LISI

     35,150           987,903   

Melrose Industries PLC

     203,569           791,218   

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

     257,400           1,320,091   

Nabtesco Corp.

     49,600           1,244,152   

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.

     127,000           748,097   

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG

     8,060           718,268   

Vesuvius PLC

     165,400           1,102,387   
       

 

 

 
          43,671,805   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.7%

       

Nippon Yusen KK

     9,405,000           26,184,033   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 3.6%

       

Bureau Veritas SA

     1,786,107           41,173,259   

Capita PLC

     2,413,946           46,904,460   

Teleperformance

     722,560           51,047,431   
       

 

 

 
          139,125,150   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Road & Rail - 1.2%

  

Central Japan Railway Co.

     253,800         $ 45,799,362   

National Express Group PLC

     231,622           1,119,210   
       

 

 

 
          46,918,572   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.1%

       

Brenntag AG

     502,700           28,845,619   

Bunzl PLC

     391,830           10,688,899   

Diploma PLC

     108,370           1,375,833   

Ramirent Oyj

     69,990           511,082   

Rexel SA

     92,570           1,493,767   
       

 

 

 
          42,915,200   
       

 

 

 
          606,668,172   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.1%

       

Biotechnology - 0.5%

       

Basilea Pharmaceutica (REG) (a)

     10,580           1,328,586   

CSL Ltd.

     216,740           14,449,270   

Medy-Tox, Inc.

     4,140           2,065,761   

Taiwan Liposome Co., Ltd. (a)

     106,000           636,861   
       

 

 

 
          18,480,478   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.6%

       

Cochlear Ltd.

     61,430           3,796,278   

Essilor International SA

     61,360           7,350,953   

Ginko International Co., Ltd.

     116,000           1,457,983   

Sartorius AG (Preference Shares)

     44,816           8,331,346   

Sorin SpA (a)

     496,250           1,388,643   
       

 

 

 
          22,325,203   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.5%

       

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.-Class H

     232,300           646,396   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     1,001,150           16,485,611   
       

 

 

 
          17,132,007   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

       

M3, Inc.

     49,800           1,001,051   

NNIT A/S (a)(b)

     25,531           579,912   
       

 

 

 
          1,580,963   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.6%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     204,603           62,292,358   

Horizon Discovery Group PLC (a)

     192,580           518,944   
       

 

 

 
          62,811,302   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 5.9%

       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     809,600           11,533,431   

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd. (a)

     1,466,000           1,196,679   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     2,390,040           49,693,556   

Novartis AG (REG)

     246,350           24,231,098   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     640,925           35,170,672   

Ouro Fino Saude Animal Participacoes SA

     71,200           732,817   

Recordati SpA

     417,473           8,755,838   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Roche Holding AG

     256,159         $ 71,824,786   

Sanofi

     36,750           3,635,672   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     376,000           14,571,210   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     97,270           5,756,238   
       

 

 

 
          227,101,997   
       

 

 

 
          349,431,950   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 8.0%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.2%

       

BYD Electronic International Co., Ltd. (a)

     810,000           1,095,305   

VTech Holdings Ltd.

     374,000           4,940,883   
       

 

 

 
          6,036,188   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1%

       

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

     1,434,250           693,853   

PAX Global Technology Ltd. (a)

     1,392,000           1,993,917   

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

     15,760           720,871   

Tongda Group Holdings Ltd.

     4,037,600           779,833   
       

 

 

 
          4,188,474   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.9%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     123,360           24,558,509   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     564,100           11,287,325   
       

 

 

 
          35,845,834   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.9%

       

Alten SA

     39,070           1,818,603   

Amadeus IT Holding SA-Class A

     266,180           10,625,959   

CGI Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     172,020           6,727,924   

Computacenter PLC

     85,040           1,036,884   

Obic Co., Ltd.

     316,700           14,119,343   

Optimal Payments PLC (a)

     171,670           631,134   

Wirecard AG

     16,707           639,438   
       

 

 

 
          35,599,285   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.3%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     5,534,000           7,498,047   

ASM International NV

     44,060           2,038,276   

Hermes Microvision, Inc.

     26,000           1,688,368   

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (a)(b)

     588,000           778,280   

Infineon Technologies AG

     1,530,160           18,988,659   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     3,247,000           15,661,500   

Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.

     192,000           1,186,321   

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     3,967,000           24,965,158   

Siltronic AG (a)

     28,469           1,110,853   

Sumco Corp.

     1,853,000           23,175,481   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     462,900           29,420,559   
       

 

 

 
          126,511,502   
       

 

 

 

Software - 2.0%

       

Capcom Co., Ltd.

     51,800           1,002,796   

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

     13,810           5,482,647   

Dassault Systemes

     453,840           32,946,130   

NICE-Systems Ltd.

     151,399           9,615,625   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     333,200           13,929,659   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Sage Group PLC (The)

     435,950         $ 3,509,190   

SAP SE

     71,121           4,983,895   

SDL PLC

     146,980           960,050   

UBISOFT Entertainment (a)

     111,630           1,995,797   
       

 

 

 
          74,425,789   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.6%

       

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     964,000           12,051,927   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     8,940           10,143,191   
       

 

 

 
          22,195,118   
       

 

 

 
          304,802,190   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 7.9%

       

Beverages - 0.6%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     91,310           10,988,276   

Cott Corp.

     110,920           1,084,334   

Heineken NV

     130,920           9,953,503   
       

 

 

 
          22,026,113   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.8%

       

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.-Class B

     136,150           5,824,255   

Booker Group PLC

     623,250           1,647,930   

Clicks Group Ltd.

     117,880           871,814   

Delhaize Group SA

     340,600           27,703,472   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     179,194           3,363,945   

Lawson, Inc.

     87,000           5,953,510   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     298,880           2,229,174   

MARR SpA

     62,460           1,107,785   

Metro, Inc.

     72,780           1,953,231   

Olam International Ltd.

     8,355,273           11,659,497   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     90,400           4,612,128   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     21,200           1,649,044   
       

 

 

 
          68,575,785   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.7%

       

Calbee, Inc.

     40,800           1,718,823   

Glanbia PLC

     76,185           1,496,104   

Mayora Indah Tbk PT

     436,200           850,143   

Nestle SA (REG)

     192,650           13,899,813   

Unilever PLC

     165,673           7,113,855   
       

 

 

 
          25,078,738   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.7%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     109,337           10,425,923   

Pigeon Corp.

     77,100           2,428,106   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     185,027           15,955,664   
       

 

 

 
          28,809,693   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.7%

       

Cosmax, Inc.

     9,890           1,785,267   

Kao Corp.

     254,100           11,817,417   

L’Oreal SA

     80,600           14,421,022   
       

 

 

 
          28,023,706   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.4%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     1,315,030           70,804,502   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     790,980         $ 38,095,327   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     577,000           20,511,930   
       

 

 

 
          129,411,759   
       

 

 

 
          301,925,794   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 6.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.6%

       

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     9,261,719           15,772,450   

BT Group PLC

     4,071,820           28,833,950   

Com Hem Holding AB

     132,730           1,231,071   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     1,234,000           44,690,220   

Proximus

     169,810           6,009,050   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     3,142,700           9,887,262   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     956,303           13,398,269   

Telenor ASA

     611,300           13,402,660   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     1,202,740           5,692,024   
       

 

 

 
          138,916,956   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.6%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     1,161,500           14,882,578   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     36,110           8,079,833   

SoftBank Corp.

     462,000           27,213,177   

Sunrise Communications Group AG (a)(b)

     126,852           10,578,794   

Vodafone Group PLC

     10,747,392           39,205,329   
       

 

 

 
          99,959,711   
       

 

 

 
          238,876,667   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 4.8%

       

Chemicals - 3.9%

       

Arkema SA

     236,754           17,114,366   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     22,700           1,106,898   

Croda International PLC

     175,610           7,593,220   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     313,000           1,390,825   

Essentra PLC

     4,278,778           66,727,500   

Fuchs Petrolub SE (Preference Shares)

     16,870           713,311   

Fufeng Group Ltd.

     819,800           608,270   

Givaudan SA (REG) (a)

     4,140           7,167,606   

Hyosung Corp.

     9,160           1,179,510   

JSR Corp.

     1,464,000           25,844,425   

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

     100,000           1,549,320   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     316,323           18,365,770   

Lanxess AG

     17,050           1,005,985   

Teijin Ltd.

     350,000           1,358,160   
       

 

 

 
          151,725,166   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

       

Cementos Pacasmayo SAA

     310,590           498,195   

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (a)

     139,660           684,036   

West China Cement Ltd.

     4,836,000           940,623   
       

 

 

 
          2,122,854   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     345,300           3,648,955   

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

     50,520           1,392,427   
       

 

 

 
          5,041,382   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

       

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     150,000         $ 1,417,535   

Western Areas Ltd.

     306,010           761,229   
       

 

 

 
          2,178,764   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.6%

       

Mondi PLC

     977,450           21,043,770   

Sappi Ltd. (a)

     108,583           385,119   
       

 

 

 
          21,428,889   
       

 

 

 
          182,497,055   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 3.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.0%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (b)

     166,810           935,463   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.5%

       

BG Group PLC

     2,270,914           37,821,617   

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA

     12,781           808,482   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     10,097,500           43,533,837   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     1,426,130           11,637,221   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     221,875           6,316,894   

TOTAL SA

     709,890           34,820,774   
       

 

 

 
          134,938,825   
       

 

 

 
          135,874,288   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.5%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.3%

       

EDP-Energias de Portugal SA

     8,808,650           33,560,903   

Electricite de France SA

     726,280           16,245,874   

Elia System Operator SA/NV

     23,426           949,334   
       

 

 

 
          50,756,111   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

       

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

     34,700           1,225,809   

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     2,446,000           1,172,148   

Huadian Power International Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     664,000           738,795   
       

 

 

 
          3,136,752   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.1%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     230,600           1,223,795   

CT Environmental Group Ltd.

     910,000           1,206,995   

Pennon Group PLC

     104,200           1,327,385   
       

 

 

 
          3,758,175   
       

 

 

 
          57,651,038   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $3,346,807,802)

          3,727,523,234   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 1.4%

       

Financials - 0.8%

       

Banks - 0.1%

       

Bank of Baroda, JPMorgan Chase Bank, expiring 5/05/16 (a)(b)

     264,850           600,988   

Yes Bank Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 6/25/18 (a)

     94,040           1,248,757   
       

 

 

 
          1,849,745   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.7%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 1/30/17 (a)(b)

     1,290,390         $ 26,325,517   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd., JPMorgan Chase Bank, expiring 3/06/17 (a)(b)

     117,660           835,407   
       

 

 

 
          27,160,924   
       

 

 

 
          29,010,669   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 0.4%

       

IT Services - 0.4%

       

HCL Technologies Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 11/29/18 (a)

     413,020           5,980,070   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 12/14/15 (a)

     95,710           3,843,901   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 1/08/19 (a)

     144,663           5,816,323   
       

 

 

 
          15,640,294   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 0.2%

       

Pharmaceuticals - 0.2%

       

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 10/03/18 (a)

     49,650           1,139,140   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 7/27/18 (a)

     429,080           5,910,782   
       

 

 

 
          7,049,922   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 0.0%

       

Auto Components - 0.0%

       

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd., JPMorgan Chase Bank, expiring 11/05/18 (a)

     109,450           891,822   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $40,300,964)

          52,592,707   
       

 

 

 

RIGHTS - 0.0%

       

Health Care - 0.0%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.0%

       

Sorin SpA, expiring 7/15/22 (a)
(cost $0)

     496,250           1   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.5%

       

Repurchase Agreements - 0.5%

       

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

       

0.00%, dated 6/30/15 due 7/01/15 in the amount of $21,464,329 (collateralized by $21,760,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.00%, 5/31/21, value $21,896,000)

       

(cost $21,464,329)

   $ 21,464         $ 21,464,329   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.0%
(cost $3,408,573,095) (c)

          3,801,580,271   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.0%

          37,559,576   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 3,839,139,847   
       

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   HKD      1,090,910       USD      140,721         7/15/15       $ (11,682

Barclays Bank PLC

   TWD      1,055,659       USD      34,197         7/15/15         19,486   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD      52,810       CHF      49,727         7/15/15         401,678   

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD      35,497       USD      28,040         7/15/15         671,906   

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD      15,670       USD      11,891         7/15/15         (190,056

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP      34,562       USD      54,842         7/15/15         540,986   

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP      67,758       USD      101,556         7/15/15         (4,898,885

BNP Paribas SA

   KRW      9,152,061       USD      8,345         7/15/15         173,541   

BNP Paribas SA

   USD      8,978       CAD      11,215         7/15/15         (62

BNP Paribas SA

   USD      134,276       GBP      87,591         7/15/15         3,338,932   

Citibank

   CAD      38,733       USD      31,011         7/15/15         4,738   

Citibank

   ILS      89,863       USD      22,843         7/15/15         (969,623

Credit Suisse International

   CHF      49,727       USD      53,378         7/15/15         166,191   

Credit Suisse International

   USD      53,102       EUR      48,976         7/15/15         1,508,537   

Credit Suisse International

   USD      11,395       NOK      86,272         7/15/15         (395,110

Credit Suisse International

   CHF      25,107       USD      27,046         10/14/15         79,902   

Credit Suisse International

   USD      56,059       SEK      462,784         10/14/15         (109,809

Deutsche Bank AG

   ILS      31,536       USD      8,136         7/15/15         (220,529

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      130,816       GBP      86,011         7/15/15         4,316,539   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      44,356       JPY      5,301,269         7/15/15         (1,032,704

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD      16,655       CAD      20,243         7/15/15         (450,155

HSBC Bank USA

   AUD      25,986       USD      20,233         7/15/15         197,996   

HSBC Bank USA

   USD      8,278       HKD      64,182         7/15/15         1,402   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL      144,397       USD      46,541         7/02/15         97,300   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      46,289       BRL      144,397         7/02/15         154,836   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   GBP      71,282       USD      105,923         7/15/15         (6,068,692

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   NZD      42,269       USD      29,083         7/15/15         472,193   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      21,490       JPY      2,575,017         7/15/15         (446,860

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      62,337       SEK      537,589         7/15/15         2,528,035   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL      144,397       USD      45,772         8/04/15         (136,477

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   ILS      35,124       USD      9,276         10/14/15         (36,508

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      16,966       AUD      22,311         10/14/15         151,857   

Northern Trust Co.

   NOK      86,272       USD      10,694         7/15/15         (306,176

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   CAD      78,475       USD      62,686         7/15/15         (133,900

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   JPY      19,060,757       USD      152,967         7/15/15         (2,800,876

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   NZD      38,536       USD      28,196         7/15/15         2,111,803   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      15,317       CAD      18,780         7/15/15       $ (283,788

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD      19,573       JPY      2,346,073         7/15/15         (400,025

Standard Chartered Bank

   HKD      57,513       USD      7,420         7/15/15         677   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      171,307       AUD      225,338         7/15/15         2,426,320   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      75,963       NZD      101,921         7/15/15         (6,975,593

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR      10,905       USD      11,885         7/15/15         (274,201

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      76,793       EUR      70,308         7/15/15         1,603,272   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      8,572       HKD      66,457         7/15/15         1,732   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      7,500       HKD      58,131         7/15/15         (1,000

UBS AG

   BRL      144,397       USD      45,386         7/02/15         (1,056,891

UBS AG

   USD      46,541       BRL      144,397         7/02/15         (97,300

UBS AG

   EUR      48,308       USD      54,241         7/15/15         375,076   

UBS AG

   EUR      14,970       USD      16,657         7/15/15         (35,687

UBS AG

   NZD      21,116       USD      15,779         7/15/15         1,485,738   

UBS AG

   USD      72,008       JPY      8,838,398         7/15/15         220,885   

UBS AG

   USD      77,819       JPY      9,538,770         10/14/15         242,094   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (4,038,937
                 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $70,016,582 or 1.8% of net assets.
(c) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $533,318,920 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(140,311,744), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $393,007,176.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NOK    -    Norwegian Krone
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar


Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
REG    -    Registered Shares

Country Breakdown*

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  23.3%        

United Kingdom

  20.4%        

Japan

  14.0%        

France

  6.7%        

Switzerland

  3.6%        

Germany

  3.5%        

Australia

  2.8%        

Hong Kong

  2.8%        

Netherlands

  2.3%        

Denmark

  2.3%        

China

  1.9%        

Singapore

  1.8%        

Italy

  1.6%        

Canada

  1.5%        

Belgium

  11.5%        

Other

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of June 30, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of long-term investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.4% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United States.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Managed International Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stocks:

        

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 194,543,618      $ 628,493,531      $             – 0  –    $ 823,037,149   

Financials

     32,379,902        694,379,029        – 0  –      726,758,931   

Industrials

     73,867,395        532,800,777        – 0  –      606,668,172   

Health Care

     11,551,662        337,880,288        – 0  –      349,431,950   

Information Technology

     40,388,950        264,413,240        – 0  –      304,802,190   

Consumer Staples

     8,861,820        293,063,974        – 0  –      301,925,794   

Telecommunication Services

     13,398,269        225,478,398        – 0  –      238,876,667   

Materials

     1,567,350        180,929,705        – 0  –      182,497,055   

Energy

     12,445,703        123,428,585        – 0  –      135,874,288   

Utilities

     1,223,795        56,427,243        – 0  –      57,651,038   

Warrants

     – 0  –      52,592,707        – 0  –      52,592,707   

Rights

     – 0  –      – 0  –      1        1   

Short-Term Investments

     21,464,329        – 0  –      – 0  –      21,464,329   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     411,692,793        3,389,887,477     1        3,801,580,271   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      23,293,652        – 0  –      23,293,652   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (27,332,589     – 0  –      (27,332,589
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total(a)^

   $     411,692,793      $     3,385,848,540      $     1      $     3,797,541,334   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
(a) An amount of $42,826,225 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation using third party vendor modeling tools during the reporting period.
^ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets from Level 2 to Level 1 during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Rights     Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $             – 0  –    $             – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

   $ –0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1        1   

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 1      $ 1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 1      $ 1   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

International Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 97.7%

       

Consumer Discretionary - 21.7%

       

Auto Components - 4.3%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     247,900         $   10,540,519   

Continental AG

     44,360           10,503,442   

Halla Visteon Climate Control Corp.

     15,130           522,604   

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

     84,560           3,180,175   

Linamar Corp.

     7,370           478,666   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     167,790           9,411,341   

Nexen Tire Corp.

     27,100           303,450   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     204,010           6,391,714   

Plastic Omnium SA

     168,806           4,318,410   

SAF-Holland SA

     27,490           424,214   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     742,800           11,496,569   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

     25,200           390,356   

Valeo SA

     63,622           10,063,916   
       

 

 

 
          68,025,376   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 3.4%

       

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     448,400           14,492,213   

Peugeot SA (a)

     510,450           10,526,408   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     435,600           29,149,163   
       

 

 

 
          54,167,784   
       

 

 

 

Distributors - 0.0%

       

Inchcape PLC

     46,140           587,339   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 1.1%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     742,800           4,300,409   

G8 Education Ltd.

     88,640           222,769   

GAEC Educacao SA

     37,600           263,034   

Kroton Educacional SA

     1,339,600           5,122,976   

TAL Education Group (ADR) (a)

     214,301           7,564,825   
       

 

 

 
          17,474,013   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 2.8%

       

Ardent Leisure Group

     274,510           459,076   

Betfair Group PLC

     59,390           2,245,768   

Domino’s Pizza Group PLC

     26,900           328,412   

Jollibee Foods Corp.

     146,030           638,829   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     2,219,000           3,138,566   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (b)

     1,630,711           10,936,942   

Mitchells & Butlers PLC (a)

     44,910           321,822   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     24,700           1,575,592   

Sodexo SA

     178,410           16,984,227   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     669,930           2,348,269   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     513,115           1,471,231   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     40,500           3,648,240   
       

 

 

 
          44,096,974   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

Auto Trader Group PLC (a)(b)

     71,915           346,053   

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

     9,630           506,046   

Rinnai Corp.

     4,900           385,851   

Techtronic Industries Co., Ltd.

     87,500           287,218   
       

 

 

 
          1,525,168   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.0%

  

Ikyu Corp.

     15,200         $ 324,603   

Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     9,323           399,490   
       

 

 

 
          724,093   
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products - 0.0%

       

Amer Sports Oyj

     17,540           467,436   
       

 

 

 

Media - 3.6%

       

Cineplex, Inc.

     38,040           1,432,058   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     100,070           3,648,668   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (a)

     26,215           1,417,445   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     297,237           15,049,109   

Loen Entertainment, Inc.

     5,840           421,418   

Mediaset Espana Comunicacion SA

     20,400           267,825   

Metropole Television SA

     20,410           397,488   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     9,870           1,534,828   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     370,450           6,020,063   

Sky PLC

     166,360           2,709,611   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     108,730           4,140,271   

TV Asahi Holdings Corp.

     41,500           696,685   

Vivendi SA

     426,585           10,816,735   

Wolters Kluwer NV

     148,930           4,432,715   

WPP PLC

     167,150           3,751,878   
       

 

 

 
          56,736,797   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.7%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA

     2,704,550           14,571,617   

Dollarama, Inc.

     14,830           898,824   

Don Quijote Holdings Co., Ltd.

     20,000           850,979   

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.

     128,250           445,338   

Next PLC

     40,000           4,681,674   

Poundland Group PLC

     1,140,710           5,794,637   
       

 

 

 
          27,243,069   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.8%

       

Ace Hardware Indonesia Tbk PT

     5,374,000           259,710   

AutoCanada, Inc.

     9,970           329,673   

Card Factory PLC

     45,330           230,056   

L’Occitane International SA

     123,250           351,391   

Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.

     108,000           318,034   

Mr. Price Group Ltd.

     30,110           619,752   

Shimamura Co., Ltd.

     4,600           482,950   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     1,343,611           15,149,064   

WH Smith PLC

     111,820           2,681,643   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     2,011,100           8,044,962   
       

 

 

 
          28,467,235   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.9%

       

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

     14,160           265,209   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     217,607           17,686,619   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     71,336           1,170,500   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (a)

     11,628,000           2,413,709   

HUGO BOSS AG

     72,824           8,141,438   

Nan Liu Enterprise Co., Ltd.

     89,230           534,863   

Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd.

     1,320,000           2,111,578   

Samsonite International SA

     3,181,900           10,944,754   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     646,000           2,152,482   
       

 

 

 
          45,421,152   
       

 

 

 
          344,936,436   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Financials - 19.0%

       

Banks - 7.3%

       

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     171,440         $ 4,254,654   

Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna SC

     38,350           342,170   

Banca Popolare di Milano Scarl

     319,250           336,690   

Banco Macro SA (ADR) (a)

     3,950           180,120   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     1,455,206           7,831,848   

Bank of Georgia Holdings PLC

     10,500           321,579   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     1,143,572           11,252,123   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     1,472,000           6,145,505   

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     72,000           548,265   

Danske Bank A/S

     475,010           13,963,861   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     214,900           3,297,349   

DGB Financial Group, Inc.

     28,390           297,318   

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     308,637           2,286,028   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     77,400           1,511,696   

ING Groep NV

     907,910           15,076,176   

Liberbank SA (a)

     649,000           472,620   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     3,188,000           22,935,943   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     717,300           3,912,245   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     2,330,600           10,788,836   

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA

     64,850           431,751   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     35,220           1,495,652   

UniCredit SpA

     1,272,020           8,549,082   
       

 

 

 
          116,231,511   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 2.2%

       

3i Group PLC

     101,000           819,532   

GAM Holding AG (a)

     28,350           595,589   

Partners Group Holding AG

     20,520           6,133,173   

UBS Group AG (a)

     1,274,393           27,038,130   
       

 

 

 
          34,586,424   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.1%

       

Aeon Thana Sinsap Thailand PCL

     72,200           201,473   

Aeon Thana Sinsap Thailand PCL (NVDR)

     18,300           51,042   

Credito Real SAB de CV SOFOM ER

     124,522           278,476   

Gentera SAB de CV

     126,410           224,791   

International Personal Finance PLC

     52,940           380,570   
       

 

 

 
          1,136,352   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 1.1%

       

Chailease Holding Co., Ltd.

     146,010           352,066   

Challenger Ltd./Australia

     1,126,470           5,839,163   

ORIX Corp.

     779,400           11,573,678   
       

 

 

 
          17,764,907   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 6.6%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     789,252           17,198,032   

AIA Group Ltd.

     3,887,200           25,316,906   

Anadolu Hayat Emeklilik AS

     214,791           450,403   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     652,738           11,764,799   

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     949,465         $ 5,009,622   

Euler Hermes Group

     28,869           2,902,466   

Intact Financial Corp.

     20,160           1,400,870   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     10,670           1,891,729   

NN Group NV

     237,990           6,702,337   

Prudential PLC

     933,390           22,494,264   

Sampo Oyj-Class A

     32,150           1,515,131   

Topdanmark A/S (a)

     105,330           2,823,618   

Tryg A/S

     222,950           4,648,502   
       

 

 

 
          104,118,679   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

       

Allied Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

     9,170           260,196   

Concentradora Fibra Hotelera Mexicana SA de CV

     179,770           198,099   

Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS

     210,170           216,419   

Granite Real Estate Investment Trust (Toronto)

     16,790           577,501   

Vastned Retail NV

     9,840           434,594   
       

 

 

 
          1,686,809   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 1.6%

       

Aeon Mall Co., Ltd.

     21,200           396,986   

Altus Group Ltd./Canada

     17,870           254,673   

Ayala Land, Inc.

     3,861,400           3,192,140   

CA Immobilien Anlagen AG (a)

     23,540           410,712   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     1,048,000           275,805   

Corp. Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV

     244,480           398,199   

Countrywide PLC

     44,518           397,317   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     16,200           1,676,623   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     8,647,833           16,234,298   

Huaku Development Co., Ltd.

     128,000           277,853   

Lend Lease Group

     31,660           366,061   

Nexity SA

     10,620           416,757   

Quintain Estates & Development PLC (a)

     306,300           510,150   
       

 

 

 
          24,807,574   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.0%

       

Paragon Group of Cos. PLC (The)

     78,820           512,530   
       

 

 

 
          300,844,786   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 16.1%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.8%

       

Airbus Group SE

     246,507           16,056,799   

Saab AB-Class B

     18,800           459,370   

Safran SA

     118,900           8,080,368   

Senior PLC

     70,540           317,888   

Zodiac Aerospace

     610,770           19,895,074   
       

 

 

 
          44,809,499   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.4%

       

bpost SA

     171,360           4,712,414   

Oesterreichische Post AG

     41,686           1,917,734   
       

 

 

 
          6,630,148   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 1.9%

       

Air Canada (a)

     31,930           337,706   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     1,906,570         $   14,816,144   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     92,600           3,227,054   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     3,451,820           8,387,868   

Ryanair Holdings PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     54,240           3,870,024   
       

 

 

 
          30,638,796   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.4%

       

Assa Abloy AB

     218,070           4,105,341   

China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.

     243,000           197,300   

DIRTT Environmental Solutions (a)

     61,032           315,666   

Kingspan Group PLC

     44,230           1,068,004   
       

 

 

 
          5,686,311   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 2.6%

       

APR Energy PLC

     602,804           1,063,182   

Babcock International Group PLC

     1,204,799           20,412,226   

Berendsen PLC

     126,810           2,029,959   

Kaba Holding AG (a)

     810           482,127   

Loomis AB-Class B

     15,080           422,871   

Park24 Co., Ltd.

     204,900           3,507,781   

Regus PLC

     3,129,139           12,821,109   

Rentokil Initial PLC

     322,880           749,870   
       

 

 

 
          41,489,125   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

China State Construction International Holdings Ltd.

     358,000           640,348   

UGL Ltd.

     113,390           185,012   
       

 

 

 
          825,360   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.0%

       

TKH Group NV

     17,690           743,120   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 1.1%

       

Bodycote PLC

     39,450           417,567   

Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.

     15,600           917,583   

IHI Corp.

     107,000           498,210   

JTEKT Corp.

     612,300           11,578,849   

Krones AG

     7,460           779,516   

KUKA AG

     11,940           994,532   

LISI

     14,650           411,743   

Melrose Industries PLC

     88,686           344,699   

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

     107,280           550,192   

Nabtesco Corp.

     22,200           556,859   

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.

     56,000           329,870   

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG

     3,510           312,794   

Vesuvius PLC

     68,790           458,484   
       

 

 

 
          18,150,898   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.7%

       

Nippon Yusen KK

     3,855,000           10,732,530   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 3.7%

       

Bureau Veritas SA

     783,920           18,070,889   

Capita PLC

     956,476           18,584,919   

Teleperformance

     300,597           21,236,582   
       

 

 

 
          57,892,390   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Road & Rail - 1.2%

  

Central Japan Railway Co.

     104,800         $ 18,911,635   

National Express Group PLC

     100,595           486,081   
       

 

 

 
          19,397,716   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 1.2%

       

Brenntag AG

     222,200           12,750,142   

Bunzl PLC

     161,690           4,410,811   

Diploma PLC

     47,060           597,460   

Ramirent Oyj

     29,110           212,568   

Rexel SA

     39,440           636,428   
       

 

 

 
          18,607,409   
       

 

 

 
          255,603,302   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.2%

       

Biotechnology - 0.5%

       

Basilea Pharmaceutica (REG) (a)

     4,410           553,786   

CSL Ltd.

     89,930           5,995,307   

Medy-Tox, Inc.

     1,800           898,157   

Taiwan Liposome Co., Ltd. (a)

     46,000           276,374   
       

 

 

 
          7,723,624   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.6%

       

Cochlear Ltd.

     25,440           1,572,152   

Essilor International SA

     27,290           3,269,354   

Ginko International Co., Ltd.

     50,000           628,441   

Sartorius AG (Preference Shares)

     18,535           3,445,678   

Sorin SpA (a)

     203,720           570,064   
       

 

 

 
          9,485,689   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.5%

       

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.-Class H

     96,700           269,076   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     413,120           6,802,713   
       

 

 

 
          7,071,789   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology - 0.0%

       

M3, Inc.

     21,700           436,201   

NNIT A/S (a)(b)

     11,107           252,285   
       

 

 

 
          688,486   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 1.7%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     86,063           26,202,290   

Horizon Discovery Group PLC (a)

     83,728           225,621   
       

 

 

 
          26,427,911   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 5.9%

       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     323,700           4,611,378   

China Traditional Chinese Medicine Co., Ltd. (a)

     634,000           517,527   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     993,479           20,656,351   

Novartis AG (REG)

     101,890           10,021,947   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     266,707           14,635,510   

Ouro Fino Saude Animal Participacoes SA

     31,000           319,063   

Recordati SpA

     176,811           3,708,332   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Roche Holding AG

     105,300         $ 29,525,217   

Sanofi

     15,300           1,513,627   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     156,500           6,064,879   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     40,230           2,380,728   
       

 

 

 
          93,954,559   
       

 

 

 
          145,352,058   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 8.1%

       

Beverages - 0.6%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     37,760           4,544,051   

Cott Corp.

     46,230           451,936   

Heineken NV

     54,150           4,116,882   
       

 

 

 
          9,112,869   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 1.7%

       

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.-Class B

     56,688           2,425,012   

Booker Group PLC

     270,460           715,121   

Clicks Group Ltd.

     51,180           378,516   

Delhaize Group SA

     140,850           11,456,353   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     74,595           1,400,345   

Lawson, Inc.

     21,800           1,491,799   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     121,760           908,138   

MARR SpA

     27,200           482,417   

Metro, Inc.

     30,330           813,980   

Olam International Ltd.

     3,426,746           4,781,907   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     37,900           1,933,625   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

     9,200           715,623   
       

 

 

 
          27,502,836   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.8%

       

Calbee, Inc.

     17,800           749,878   

Glanbia PLC

     33,116           650,325   

Mayora Indah Tbk PT

     179,567           349,972   

Nestle SA (REG)

     78,690           5,677,531   

Unilever PLC

     116,770           5,014,002   
       

 

 

 
          12,441,708   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.7%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     45,440           4,332,970   

Pigeon Corp.

     33,600           1,058,163   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     76,523           6,598,903   
       

 

 

 
          11,990,036   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.8%

       

Cosmax, Inc.

     4,310           778,008   

Kao Corp.

     105,100           4,887,881   

L’Oreal SA

     35,910           6,425,048   
       

 

 

 
          12,090,937   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 3.5%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     542,644           29,217,309   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     326,220           15,711,469   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     278,600         $ 9,904,027   
       

 

 

 
          54,832,805   
       

 

 

 
            127,971,191   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 7.9%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.2%

       

BYD Electronic International Co., Ltd. (a)

     337,000           455,701   

VTech Holdings Ltd.

     166,000           2,193,012   
       

 

 

 
          2,648,713   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.1%

       

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

     595,750           288,208   

PAX Global Technology Ltd. (a)

     605,000           866,609   

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

     6,580           300,973   

Tongda Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,759,600           339,854   
       

 

 

 
          1,795,644   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 0.9%

       

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     51,150           10,182,942   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     233,900           4,680,208   
       

 

 

 
          14,863,150   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.9%

       

Alten SA

     16,970           789,908   

Amadeus IT Holding SA-Class A

     110,830           4,424,356   

CGI Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     71,610           2,800,759   

Computacenter PLC

     36,932           450,308   

Obic Co., Ltd.

     131,300           5,853,709   

Optimal Payments PLC (a)

     74,660           274,483   

Wirecard AG

     7,259           277,829   
       

 

 

 
          14,871,352   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 3.3%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     2,464,000           3,338,487   

ASM International NV

     18,330           847,971   

Hermes Microvision, Inc.

     11,000           714,310   

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (a)(b)

     245,000           324,284   

Infineon Technologies AG

     567,610           7,043,807   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     1,338,000           6,453,676   

Sanken Electric Co., Ltd.

     83,000           512,837   

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,647,000           10,364,914   

Siltronic AG (a)

     11,842           462,072   

Sumco Corp.

     767,600           9,600,377   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     192,700           12,247,444   
       

 

 

 
          51,910,179   
       

 

 

 

Software - 1.9%

       

Capcom Co., Ltd.

     21,600           418,154   

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

     5,750           2,282,782   

Dassault Systemes

     187,680           13,624,471   

NICE-Systems Ltd.

     63,013           4,002,070   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     128,700           5,380,393   

Sage Group PLC (The)

     181,460           1,460,666   

SAP SE

     31,471           2,205,371   

SDL PLC

     63,890           417,320   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

UBISOFT Entertainment (a)

     45,370         $ 811,156   
       

 

 

 
          30,602,383   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.6%

       

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     401,000           5,013,301   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     900           1,021,127   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (GDR) (London) (b)

     5,210           2,972,305   
       

 

 

 
          9,006,733   
       

 

 

 
          125,698,154   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 6.1%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 3.5%

       

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     3,837,979           6,535,972   

BT Group PLC

     1,317,740           9,331,368   

Com Hem Holding AB

     55,100           511,052   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     513,800           18,607,646   

Proximus

     70,110           2,480,976   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     1,284,000           4,046,769   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     404,800           5,671,444   

Telenor ASA

     253,160           5,550,495   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     500,690           2,369,539   
       

 

 

 
          55,105,261   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 2.6%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     477,000           6,111,915   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     13,780           3,083,359   

SoftBank Corp.

     191,500           11,279,921   

Sunrise Communications Group AG (a)(b)

     63,013           5,254,955   

Vodafone Group PLC

     4,436,379           16,183,433   
       

 

 

 
          41,913,583   
       

 

 

 
          97,018,844   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 4.8%

       

Chemicals - 4.0%

       

Arkema SA

     97,032           7,014,205   

Chr Hansen Holding A/S

     9,860           480,794   

Croda International PLC

     72,730           3,144,780   

Denki Kagaku Kogyo KK

     130,000           577,659   

Essentra PLC

     1,779,838           27,756,556   

Fuchs Petrolub SE (Preference Shares)

     7,330           309,933   

Fufeng Group Ltd.

     343,400           254,794   

Givaudan SA (REG) (a)

     1,630           2,822,029   

Hyosung Corp.

     3,930           506,056   

JSR Corp.

     638,400           11,269,864   

Kansai Paint Co., Ltd.

     44,000           681,701   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     134,935           7,834,350   

Lanxess AG

     7,410           437,205   

Teijin Ltd.

     146,000           566,547   
       

 

 

 
          63,656,473   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.1%

       

Cementos Pacasmayo SAA

     134,730           216,110   

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (a)

     60,770           297,644   

West China Cement Ltd.

     2,012,000           391,343   
       

 

 

 
          905,097   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Containers & Packaging - 0.1%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     143,740         $ 1,518,971   

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

     20,750           571,910   
       

 

 

 
          2,090,881   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.1%

       

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     63,000           595,364   

Western Areas Ltd.

     127,540           317,268   
       

 

 

 
          912,632   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.5%

       

Mondi PLC

     372,480           8,019,217   

Sappi Ltd. (a)

     49,649           176,093   
       

 

 

 
          8,195,310   
       

 

 

 
          75,760,393   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 3.4%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.0%

       

Aker Solutions ASA (b)

     69,550           390,033   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.4%

       

BG Group PLC

     841,726           14,018,778   

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA

     5,554           351,327   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     4,166,800           17,964,525   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     590,490           4,818,398   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC (Euronext Amsterdam)-Class A

     97,888           2,783,921   

Total SA

     284,100           13,935,373   
       

 

 

 
          53,872,322   
       

 

 

 
            54,262,355   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.4%

       

Electric Utilities - 1.2%

       

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     3,498,080           13,327,664   

Electricite de France SA

     248,590           5,560,612   

Elia System Operator SA/NV

     10,087           408,774   
       

 

 

 
          19,297,050   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

       

Electric Power Development Co., Ltd.

     14,800           522,823   

Huadian Fuxin Energy Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     1,062,000           508,921   

Huadian Power International Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     276,000           307,090   
       

 

 

 
          1,338,834   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.1%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     96,100           510,003   

CT Environmental Group Ltd.

     396,000           525,241   

Pennon Group PLC

     43,420           553,120   
       

 

 

 
          1,588,364   
       

 

 

 
          22,224,248   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,412,883,657)

          1,549,671,767   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

WARRANTS – 1.3%

       

Financials – 0.7%

       

Banks – 0.1%

       

Bank of Baroda, JPMorgan Chase Bank, expiring 5/05/16 (a)(b)

     110,350         $ 250,402   

Yes Bank Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 6/25/18 (a)

     40,880           542,845   
       

 

 

 
          793,247   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.6%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd., Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 1/30/17 (a)(b)

     507,480             10,353,206   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd., JPMorgan Chase Bank, expiring 3/06/17 (a)(b)

     48,940           347,483   
       

 

 

 
          10,700,689   
       

 

 

 
          11,493,936   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology – 0.4%

       

IT Services – 0.4%

       

HCL Technologies Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 11/29/18 (a)

     170,340           2,466,334   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 12/14/15 (a)

     34,950           1,403,661   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 1/08/19 (a)

     51,128           2,055,653   
       

 

 

 
          5,925,648   
       

 

 

 

Health Care – 0.2%

       

Pharmaceuticals – 0.2%

       

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 10/03/18 (a)

     21,560           494,660   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 7/27/18 (a)

     177,880           2,450,382   
       

 

 

 
          2,945,042   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary – 0.0%

       

Auto Components – 0.0%

       

Motherson Sumi Systems Ltd., JPMorgan Chase Bank, expiring 11/05/18 (a)

     47,630           388,099   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $15,831,276)

          20,752,725   
       

 

 

 

RIGHTS – 0.0%

       

Health Care – 0.0%

       

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.0%

       

Sorin SpA, expiring 7/15/22 (a)
(cost $0)

     203,720           0
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.2%

       

Repurchase Agreements - 0.2%

       

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

       

0.00%, dated 06/30/15 due 07/01/15 in the amount of $3,595,540 (collateralized by $3,645,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.00% due 5/31/21, Value $3,667,781)

       

(cost $3,595,540)

   $ 3,596         $ 3,595,540   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.2%
(cost $1,432,310,473) (c)

          1,574,020,032   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.8%

          12,328,104   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 1,586,348,136   
       

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
   Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD     21,575       CHF     20,261       9/17/15    $ 160,794   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD     23,963       EUR     21,162       9/17/15      (345,162

BNP Paribas SA

   CAD     7,397       USD     5,971       9/17/15      54,291   

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP     15,150       USD     24,007       9/17/15      215,663   

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP     9,460       USD     14,820       9/17/15      (35,464

BNP Paribas SA

   HKD     395,062       USD     50,955       9/17/15      (6,388

BNP Paribas SA

   NZD     13,953       USD     9,467       9/17/15      73,704   

Citibank

   CAD     5,828       USD     4,662       9/17/15      471   

Credit Suisse International

   CHF     31,881       USD     34,304       9/17/15      102,505   

Credit Suisse International

   USD     24,697       SEK     204,006       9/17/15      (48,489

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD     37,482       GBP     24,610       9/17/15      1,164,656   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   KRW     4,382,844       USD     3,935       9/17/15      28,347   

HSBC Bank USA

   ILS     50,061       USD     13,091       9/17/15      (178,383

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL     59,302       USD     19,114       7/02/15      39,960   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD     19,010       BRL     59,302       7/02/15      63,589   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL     59,302       USD     18,798       8/04/15      (56,050

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   ILS     15,096       USD     3,986       9/17/15      (15,606

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD     7,327       AUD     9,621       9/17/15      65,580   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD     10,514       CAD     12,984       9/17/15      (129,508

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   JPY     3,460,030       USD     27,789       9/17/15      (510,544

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   TWD     444,264       USD     14,408       9/17/15      8,872   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD     47,839       AUD     62,051       9/17/15      (162,718

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD     26,581       SEK     219,294       9/17/15      (84,855

Standard Chartered Bank

   CAD     28,534       USD     23,210       9/17/15      387,540   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD     9,975       NZD     13,953       9/17/15      (581,192

UBS AG

   BRL     59,302       USD     18,640       7/02/15      (434,052

UBS AG

   USD     19,114       BRL     59,302       7/02/15      (39,960

UBS AG

   EUR     7,417       USD     8,260       9/17/15      (17,614

UBS AG

   USD     60,510       JPY     7,421,365       9/17/15      190,537   
               

 

 

 
   $ (89,476
               

 

 

 

 

^ Less than $0.50.


(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $32,336,086 or 2.0% of net assets.
(c) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $197,091,660 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(55,382,101), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $141,709,559.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
REG    -    Registered Shares

Country Breakdown*

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  23.2%        

United Kingdom

  20.3%        

Japan

  14.0%        

France

  6.7%        

Switzerland

  3.7%        

Germany

  3.4%        

Australia

  2.9%        

Hong Kong

  2.8%        

Netherlands

  2.3%        

Denmark

  2.3%        

China

  1.8%        

Singapore

  1.8%        

Italy

  1.7%        

Canada

  1.5%        

Belguim

  11.6%        

Other

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of June 30, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of long-term investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.5% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Colombia, Finland, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Isle of Man, Israel, Luxembourg, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Portugal, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United States.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

International Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Common Stocks:

      

Consumer Discretionary

   $ 81,757,929      $ 263,178,507      $         – 0  –    $ 344,936,436   

Financials

     12,342,026        288,502,760        – 0  –      300,844,786   

Industrials

     30,782,416        224,820,886        – 0  –      255,603,302   

Health Care

     4,812,711        140,539,347        – 0  –      145,352,058   

Consumer Staples

     3,690,928        124,280,263        – 0  –      127,971,191   

Information Technology

     19,763,660        105,934,494        – 0  –      125,698,154   

Telecommunication Services

     5,671,444        91,347,400        – 0  –      97,018,844   

Materials

     689,847        75,070,546        – 0  –      75,760,393   

Energy

     5,169,725        49,092,630        – 0  –      54,262,355   

Utilities

     510,003        21,714,245        – 0  –      22,224,248   

Warrants

     – 0  –      20,752,725        – 0  –      20,752,725   

Rights

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –^      – 0  – 

Short-Term Investments

     3,595,540        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,595,540   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     168,786,229        1,405,233,803     – 0  –      1,574,020,032   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      2,556,509        – 0  –      2,556,509   

Liabilities:

        

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (2,645,985     – 0  –      (2,645,985
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total(a)(b)

   $     168,786,229      $     1,405,144,327      $ – 0  –    $     1,573,930,556   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Less than $0.50.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
(a) An amount of $17,582,449 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation using third party vendor modeling tools during the reporting period.
(b) An amount of $16,387,378 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 as the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation by the third party vendor was not applied during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Rights     Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $         – 0  –    $         – 0  – 

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ – 0  –^    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ – 0  –    $ – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ Less than $0.50.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Emerging Markets Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 96.8%

       

Financials - 30.4%

       

Banks - 18.6%

       

Axis Bank Ltd.

     952,870         $ 8,338,896   

Banco Bradesco SA (Preference Shares)

     222,000           2,034,994   

Banco Davivienda SA (Preference Shares)

     385,677           3,958,600   

Banco do Brasil SA

     829,700           6,479,404   

Banco Macro SA (ADR) (a)

     62,450           2,847,720   

Bangkok Bank PCL (NVDR)

     996,700           5,241,838   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     8,722,500           6,556,967   

Bank of Baroda

     2,360,260           5,342,831   

Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     42,195,000           27,438,091   

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.-Class H

     10,978,000           11,426,763   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd.-Class H (a)

     6,073,000           4,835,334   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     40,389,400           36,893,446   

China Development Financial Holding Corp.

     4,406,000           1,669,490   

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.-Class H

     4,329,500           12,631,367   

Credicorp Ltd.

     61,330           8,519,964   

DGB Financial Group, Inc.

     755,948           7,916,776   

First Gulf Bank PJSC

     399,665           1,649,226   

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     733,237           12,260,116   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     631,150           3,062,820   

ICICI Bank Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     364,300           3,796,006   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     15,487,000           12,269,385   

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     2,153,030           6,170,113   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     578,700           3,228,565   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     575,097           18,994,240   

Komercni banka AS

     40,499           8,977,741   

Punjab National Bank

     1,486,355           3,247,900   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     432,080           16,082,855   

State Bank of India

     453,200           1,869,238   
       

 

 

 
          243,740,686   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.1%

       

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.-Class H

     556,800           1,472,156   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.4%

       

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     455,321           1,435,391   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     286,687           3,831,072   
       

 

 

 
          5,266,463   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.9%

       

Cielo SA

     237,840           3,352,143   

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.

     1,044,580           4,188,666   

Premium Leisure Corp.

     158,838,000           4,150,445   
       

 

 

 
          11,691,254   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.5%

       

AIA Group Ltd.

     3,689,400           24,028,656   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     1,035,500           11,357,161   

New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.-Class H

     764,000           4,567,948   

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd.-Class H

     406,500           5,470,211   
       

 

 

 
          45,423,976   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.2%

       

Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS

     3,131,660         $ 3,224,783   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 5.0%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     11,915,300           9,850,132   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     1,892,000           6,684,411   

China Resources Land Ltd.

     1,462,000           4,731,542   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     23,948,000           6,302,471   

Emaar Properties PJSC

     456,281           970,028   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     7,175,000           13,469,396   

Grupo GICSA SA de CV (a)

     4,356,000           4,498,036   

Huaku Development Co., Ltd.

     627,000           1,361,047   

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)(c)

     4,618,000           929,373   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     12,212,300           10,259,611   

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

     6,605,000           7,222,996   
       

 

 

 
          66,279,043   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 1.7%

       

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd.

     942,142           19,186,976   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     401,195           2,838,172   
       

 

 

 
          22,025,148   
       

 

 

 
          399,123,509   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 20.1%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.9%

       

BYD Electronic International Co., Ltd. (a)

     9,354,000           12,648,744   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 1.4%

       

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     750,000           3,836,900   

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

     4,620,000           2,235,037   

Largan Precision Co., Ltd.

     85,000           9,702,812   

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

     50,200           2,296,176   
       

 

 

 
          18,070,925   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 4.2%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     37,880           3,116,387   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     105,326           20,968,300   

Just Dial Ltd.

     206,288           4,098,711   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     1,338,400           26,780,636   
       

 

 

 
          54,964,034   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.1%

       

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     1,022,368           14,771,998   

QIWI PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     40,223           1,128,255   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     291,607           11,699,998   
       

 

 

 
          27,600,251   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.9%

       

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     9,093,794           12,321,232   

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ADR)

     991,200           6,541,920   

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (a)(d)

     3,390,000           4,487,025   

Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp.

     2,442,000           6,691,512   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     1,188,000           5,730,170   

SK Hynix, Inc.

     171,560           6,502,384   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     7,715,120           35,093,127   
       

 

 

 
          77,367,370   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 5.6%

       

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     946,000         $ 9,213,064   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     740,000           4,577,562   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     1,443,000           18,040,384   

Lenovo Group Ltd.

     3,098,000           4,283,184   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     33,241           37,714,746   
       

 

 

 
          73,828,940   
       

 

 

 
          264,480,264   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 14.7%

       

Auto Components - 0.2%

       

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

     80,010           3,009,056   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.8%

       

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.-Class B

     1,384,027           3,534,468   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H (b)(c)

     733,000           3,593,346   

Kia Motors Corp.

     127,030           5,153,600   

Tata Motors Ltd.

     675,894           4,575,018   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     1,494,765           6,109,543   
       

 

 

 
          22,965,975   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 3.3%

       

Estacio Participacoes SA

     1,748,100           10,120,549   

Kroton Educacional SA

     2,578,900           9,862,379   

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     312,233           7,655,953   

TAL Education Group (ADR) (a)

     449,909           15,881,788   
       

 

 

 
          43,520,669   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.8%

       

Melco International Development Ltd.

     4,030,000           5,700,055   

NagaCorp Ltd.

     3,566,000           2,639,147   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     175,920           15,846,874   
       

 

 

 
          24,186,076   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 1.1%

       

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

     1,486,700           1,577,984   

Hanssem Co., Ltd.

     12,433           3,130,525   

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     10,948,000           9,746,472   
       

 

 

 
          14,454,981   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 1.2%

       

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     172,326           5,876,317   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     459,080           10,214,530   
       

 

 

 
          16,090,847   
       

 

 

 

Media - 0.8%

       

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     32,080           4,988,579   

Smiles SA

     241,600           4,094,401   

Surya Citra Media Tbk PT

     6,626,000           1,426,006   
       

 

 

 
          10,508,986   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Multiline Retail - 0.5%

       

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     4,803,000         $ 5,952,825   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 0.5%

       

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     337,642           4,413,716   

Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.

     896,000           2,638,506   
       

 

 

 
          7,052,222   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 3.5%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Johannesburg)

     1,566,743           12,777,647   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     1,277,440           20,960,569   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     992,144           5,678,931   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     1,788,000           5,957,644   
       

 

 

 
          45,374,791   
       

 

 

 
          193,116,428   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 7.7%

       

Food & Staples Retailing - 4.4%

       

7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd

     4,717,509           2,000,534   

Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS

     109,634           525,392   

CP ALL PCL

     11,996,200           16,426,825   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(d)

     1,690,014           12,604,843   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (d)

     232,990           12,964,409   

Olam International Ltd.

     3,731,181           5,206,735   

X5 Retail Group NV (GDR) (a)(d)

     467,136           7,776,548   
       

 

 

 
          57,505,286   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 1.3%

       

Gruma SAB de CV-Class B

     223,875           2,887,905   

JBS SA

     992,800           5,224,087   

MHP SA (GDR) (d)

     178,090           1,797,106   

Universal Robina Corp.

     372,150           1,600,174   

WH Group Ltd. (a)(d)

     7,455,000           5,083,561   
       

 

 

 
          16,592,833   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 2.0%

       

British American Tobacco PLC

     386,810           20,826,817   

ITC Ltd.

     1,102,503           5,463,337   
       

 

 

 
          26,290,154   
       

 

 

 
          100,388,273   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 5.8%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.5%

       

China Telecom Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     17,776,000           10,411,399   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     645,268           9,040,518   
       

 

 

 
          19,451,917   
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 4.3%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     1,855,000           23,768,560   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     62,680           14,025,033   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT (a)

     20,899,000           14,460,399   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS

     993,160           4,569,085   
       

 

 

 
          56,823,077   
       

 

 

 
          76,274,994   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 5.2%

       

Airlines - 1.1%

       

Air Arabia PJSC

     4,170,300         $ 1,828,978   

China Eastern Airlines Corp., Ltd.-Class H (a)

     4,398,000           3,674,306   

China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.-Class H (a)

     3,372,000           3,950,034   

Turk Hava Yollari AO (a)

     1,510,867           4,959,412   
       

 

 

 
          14,412,730   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.1%

       

APR Energy PLC

     487,664           860,107   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 1.9%

       

China Machinery Engineering Corp.-Class H

     319,000           343,486   

China Railway Group Ltd.-Class H

     5,971,000           6,467,921   

Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.

     152,000           11,157,830   

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

     76,180           2,798,644   

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

     1,271,850           4,629,728   
       

 

 

 
          25,397,609   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     180,488           4,566,929   

SM Investments Corp.

     264,037           5,239,542   
       

 

 

 
          9,806,471   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.4%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     143,046           4,754,849   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 1.0%

       

CAR, Inc. (a)

     5,599,000           11,870,248   

Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (a)(d)

     358,272           1,701,792   
       

 

 

 
          13,572,040   
       

 

 

 
          68,803,806   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 3.8%

       

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 3.8%

       

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     906,562           4,777,582   

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC (GDR) (d)

     220,704           2,188,018   

Lukoil OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     386,910           17,376,128   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     1,528,469           12,472,307   

Petronet LNG Ltd.

     2,050,208           6,007,923   

Tatneft OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     203,037           6,493,123   
       

 

 

 
          49,315,081   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.4%

       

Chemicals - 1.3%

       

Fufeng Group Ltd.

     1,288,000           955,662   

Hyosung Corp.

     97,540           12,559,978   

LG Chem Ltd.

     14,720           3,670,964   
       

 

 

 
          17,186,604   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Construction Materials - 0.5%

       

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (a)

     400,385         $ 1,961,033   

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (d)

     45,488           2,439,430   

West China Cement Ltd.

     13,990,400           2,721,193   
       

 

 

 
          7,121,656   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.8%

       

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     37,840           1,071,832   

Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS

     359,630           3,804,956   

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (ADR)

     151,260           2,551,756   

Novolipetsk Steel OJSC (GDR) (d)

     222,555           2,959,982   

Real Gold Mining Ltd. (a)(b)(c)

     1,788,000           23   
       

 

 

 
          10,388,549   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.8%

       

China Forestry Holdings Co., Ltd. (a)(b)(c)

     6,430,000           83   

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.

     5,364,000           4,665,283   

Sappi Ltd. (a)

     1,454,728           5,159,585   
       

 

 

 
          9,824,951   
       

 

 

 
          44,521,760   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 3.2%

       

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7%

       

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL-Class F

     459,000           267,718   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.-Class H

     3,119,700           8,680,848   
       

 

 

 
          8,948,566   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 2.5%

       

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     556,660           16,461,792   

Lupin Ltd.

     131,097           3,865,045   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     954,453           13,120,731   
       

 

 

 
          33,447,568   
       

 

 

 
          42,396,134   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 2.5%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.2%

       

Light SA

     463,700           2,524,988   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 1.8%

       

Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.-Class H

     13,698,000           6,998,780   

Huadian Power International Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     10,200,000           11,348,958   

NTPC Ltd.

     2,566,850           5,540,180   
       

 

 

 
          23,887,918   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.5%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     861,200           4,570,390   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais-COPASA

     522,600         $ 2,304,476   
       

 

 

 
          6,874,866   
       

 

 

 
          33,287,772   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,223,880,277)

          1,271,708,021   
       

 

 

 

WARRANTS - 0.3%

       

Financials - 0.3%

       

Banks - 0.3%

       

Commercial Bank of Qatar QSC (The), Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 5/26/17 (a)

     276,856           4,174,511   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 0.0%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.0%

       

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd., expiring 10/14/16 (a)

     577,500           35,388   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $4,715,801)

          4,209,899   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.2%

       

Repurchase Agreements - 1.2%

       

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

       

0.00%, dated 06/30/15 due 07/01/15 in the amount of $15,389,284 (collateralized by $15,600,000 U.S. Treasury Notes, 2.00% due 5/31/21, Value $15,697,500)

       

(cost $15,389,284)

   $ 15,389           15,389,284   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.3%
(cost $1,243,985,362) (e)

          1,291,307,204   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.7%

          21,760,194   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 1,313,067,398   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(c) Illiquid security.
(d) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $54,002,714 or 4.1% of net assets.
(e) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $177,184,766 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(129,862,924), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $47,321,842.


Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

 

Glossary:
ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
JSC    -    Joint Stock Company
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company

Country Breakdown*

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  29.4%        

China

  12.3%        

India

  11.4%        

South Korea

  10.6%        

Taiwan

  7.2%        

Brazil

  5.4%        

Russia

  4.3%        

Hong Kong

  2.8%        

South Africa

  2.2%        

Indonesia

  2.0%        

Thailand

  1.7%        

United Kingdom

  1.6%        

Philippines

  1.5%        

Singapore

  7.6%        

Other

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of June 30, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of long-term investments and may vary over time. “Other” country weightings represent 1.3% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Poland, Qatar, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates and United States.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Emerging Markets Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

         

Common Stock:

         

Financials

   $ 78,320,475       $ 319,873,661      $ 929,373      $ 399,123,509   

Information Technology

     69,047,631         195,432,633        – 0  –       264,480,264   

Consumer Discretionary

     81,130,775         108,392,307        3,593,346        193,116,428   

Consumer Staples

     24,293,015         76,095,258        – 0  –      100,388,273   

Telecommunication Services

     23,500,917         52,774,077        – 0  –      76,274,994   

Industrials

     7,316,748         61,487,058        – 0  –      68,803,806   

Energy

     41,119,140         8,195,941        – 0  –      49,315,081   

Materials

     13,454,082         31,067,572        106        44,521,760   

Health Care

     13,120,731         29,275,403        – 0  –      42,396,134   

Utilities

     9,399,854         23,887,918        – 0  –      33,287,772   

Warrants

     35,388         4,174,511        – 0  –      4,209,899   

Short-Term Investments

     15,389,284         – 0  –      – 0  –      15,389,284   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     376,128,040             910,656,339     4,522,825        1,291,307,204   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (a)(b)

   $     376,128,040       $ 910,656,339      $     4,522,825      $     1,291,307,204   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ A significant portion of the Portfolio’s foreign equity investments are categorized as Level 2 investments since they are valued using fair value prices based on third party vendor modeling tools to the extent available.
(a) An amount of $34,201,996 was transferred from Level 1 to Level 2 due to the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation using third party vendor modeling tools during the reporting period.
(b) An amount of $98,830,118 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 1 as the above mentioned foreign equity fair valuation by the third party vendor was not applied during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.


The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Common Stocks     Corporates -
Investment
Grade
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 4,509,098      $ 256      $ 4,509,354   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     (8,038     26,064        18,026   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     1,312,084        (256     1,311,828   

Purchases

     3,622,625        – 0  –      3,622,625   

Sales

     (8,717,689     (26,064     (8,743,753

Transfers in to Level 3

     3,804,745        – 0  –      3,804,745   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 4,522,825      $ – 0  –    $ 4,522,825
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ (300,407   $ – 0  –    $ (300,407
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Intermediate Duration Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 23.4%

      

Industrial - 14.8%

      

Basic - 1.4%

      

Barrick Gold Corp.

      

4.10%, 5/01/23

  U.S.$ 2,203         $ 2,146,546   

Dow Chemical Co. (The)

      

7.375%, 11/01/29

    700           882,423   

8.55%, 5/15/19

    3,226           3,933,246   

Eastman Chemical Co.

      

3.80%, 3/15/25

    3,020           3,014,664   

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC/FCX Oil & Gas, Inc.

      

6.50%, 11/15/20

    1,212           1,281,690   

Glencore Funding LLC

      

4.125%, 5/30/23 (a)

    2,622           2,536,562   

International Paper Co.

      

3.65%, 6/15/24

    1,209           1,191,600   

3.80%, 1/15/26

    2,920           2,860,981   

4.75%, 2/15/22

    3,182           3,444,432   

5.15%, 5/15/46

    1,014           974,112   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

      

5.75%, 4/15/24

    6,074           6,919,343   

Minsur SA

      

6.25%, 2/07/24 (a)

    7,730           8,470,325   

Mosaic Co. (The)

      

5.625%, 11/15/43

    408           434,688   

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA

      

3.625%, 4/03/23 (a)

    4,581           3,962,565   

Teck Resources Ltd.

      

4.50%, 1/15/21

    5,784           5,552,316   

Vale Overseas Ltd.

      

6.875%, 11/21/36

    1,825           1,764,428   
      

 

 

 
         49,369,921   
      

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.7%

      

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

      

5.25%, 6/27/29 (a)

    4,673           3,505,685   

Owens Corning

      

6.50%, 12/01/16 (b)

    480           510,471   

Republic Services, Inc.

      

3.80%, 5/15/18

    8           8,416   

5.25%, 11/15/21

    4,903           5,494,625   

5.50%, 9/15/19

    6,718           7,503,697   

Yamana Gold, Inc.

      

4.95%, 7/15/24

    7,731           7,446,746   
      

 

 

 
         24,469,640   
      

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 2.5%

      

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

      

6.15%, 2/15/41

    5,925           6,880,436   

6.55%, 3/15/33

    3,525           4,306,655   

CBS Corp.

      

3.50%, 1/15/25

    9,055           8,663,552   

Cox Communications, Inc.

      

2.95%, 6/30/23 (a)

    2,401           2,212,836   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

1.75%, 1/15/18

   U.S.$ 15         $ 14,946   

3.80%, 3/15/22

     3,001           3,018,262   

4.45%, 4/01/24

     4,224           4,322,461   

4.60%, 2/15/21

     3,225           3,435,741   

5.00%, 3/01/21

     4,920           5,327,676   

Discovery Communications LLC

       

3.45%, 3/15/25

     4,849           4,550,030   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

5.25%, 3/19/21 (a)(c)

     5,187           5,517,671   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

4.00%, 9/01/21

     12           12,320   

4.125%, 2/15/21

     9,385           9,689,496   

4.50%, 9/15/42

     2,370           1,933,214   

8.75%, 2/14/19

     10           11,877   

Time Warner, Inc.

       

3.55%, 6/01/24

     8,072           7,872,000   

3.60%, 7/15/25

     6,420           6,244,612   

4.70%, 1/15/21

     5,650           6,105,452   

Viacom, Inc.

       

3.875%, 4/01/24

     2,790           2,731,823   

5.25%, 4/01/44

     1,878           1,760,710   

5.625%, 9/15/19

     2,220           2,469,417   
       

 

 

 
          87,081,187   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 1.9%

       

America Movil SAB de CV

       

3.125%, 7/16/22

     7,159           7,063,356   

American Tower Corp.

       

5.05%, 9/01/20

     10,745           11,676,183   

AT&T, Inc.

       

1.40%, 12/01/17

     16           15,895   

3.40%, 5/15/25

     16,815           16,036,600   

5.80%, 2/15/19

     50           55,902   

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (a)

     10,518           10,519,809   

Rogers Communications, Inc.

       

4.00%, 6/06/22

   CAD 1,130           965,069   

Telefonica Emisiones SAU

       

5.462%, 2/16/21

   U.S.$ 4,705           5,202,540   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

6.55%, 9/15/43

     12,928           15,122,580   
       

 

 

 
          66,657,934   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.9%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

2.597%, 11/04/19

     4,755           4,719,447   

3.664%, 9/08/24

     6,294           6,210,485   

5.00%, 5/15/18

     11,532           12,397,915   

5.875%, 8/02/21

     4,933           5,615,998   

General Motors Co.

       

3.50%, 10/02/18

     3,880           4,006,139   
       

 

 

 
          32,949,984   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.0%

       

Host Hotels & Resorts LP Series D

       

3.75%, 10/15/23

   U.S.$ 202         $ 198,163   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Restaurants - 0.0%

       

McDonald’s Corp.

       

5.00%, 2/01/19

     25           27,490   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.3%

       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.

       

3.875%, 1/15/22

     36           37,328   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

       

3.80%, 11/18/24

     9,065           8,878,061   
       

 

 

 
          8,915,389   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 2.9%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

       

3.60%, 5/14/25

     6,990           6,908,881   

Actavis Funding SCS

       

3.80%, 3/15/25

     7,992           7,850,717   

3.85%, 6/15/24

     2,531           2,500,496   

Altria Group, Inc.

       

2.625%, 1/14/20

     9,075           9,039,726   

AstraZeneca PLC

       

6.45%, 9/15/37

     2,470           3,144,127   

Baxalta, Inc.

       

5.25%, 6/23/45 (a)

     3,510           3,529,151   

Bayer US Finance LLC

       

3.375%, 10/08/24 (a)

     2,702           2,687,771   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

3.734%, 12/15/24

     3,952           3,938,705   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

5.10%, 7/15/15

     5,363           5,367,832   

8.50%, 6/15/19

     62           74,950   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV

       

3.875%, 6/27/24 (a)

     6,479           6,457,425   

HJ Heinz Co.

       

2.80%, 7/02/20 (a)

     3,495           3,497,719   

3.50%, 7/15/22 (a)

     4,451           4,461,442   

Kroger Co. (The)

       

3.40%, 4/15/22

     8,097           8,156,311   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

       

3.60%, 2/01/25

     2,765           2,644,474   

Medtronic, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/15/25 (a)

     9,065           9,034,061   

Perrigo Finance PLC

       

3.50%, 12/15/21

     492           492,955   

3.90%, 12/15/24

     3,115           3,075,820   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     5,431           5,230,900   

5.85%, 8/15/45

     2,103           2,205,826   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

4.15%, 2/01/24

     3,518           3,584,666   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

       

2.65%, 8/15/19

     1,788           1,799,799   

3.95%, 8/15/24

     5,908           5,951,353   
       

 

 

 
          101,635,107   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Energy - 3.4%

       

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

       

4.875%, 11/01/43 (d)

   U.S.$ 3,212         $ 2,545,683   

Encana Corp.

       

3.90%, 11/15/21

     3,815           3,892,662   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

6.70%, 7/01/18

     3,915           4,370,201   

7.50%, 7/01/38

     7,035           8,040,302   

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

       

5.05%, 4/01/45

     5,872           5,325,117   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

3.35%, 3/15/23

     5           4,883   

3.70%, 2/15/26

     7,714           7,469,181   

5.20%, 9/01/20

     2,133           2,374,084   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.95%, 9/01/22

     12,863           12,578,844   

4.15%, 3/01/22

     3,287           3,292,263   

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

       

2.60%, 12/01/22

     14           13,359   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

3.90%, 11/15/24

     4,729           4,662,614   

8.25%, 3/01/19

     10,609           12,640,114   

Noble Holding International Ltd.

       

4.90%, 8/01/20

     382           392,738   

Plains All American Pipeline LP/PAA Finance Corp.

       

3.60%, 11/01/24

     6,155           5,940,831   

Regency Energy Partners LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp.

       

4.50%, 11/01/23

     1,196           1,154,140   

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.

       

5.40%, 2/14/22 (a)

     6,968           7,519,322   

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

       

5.30%, 4/01/44

     3,870           3,523,585   

TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.

       

6.35%, 5/15/67

     12,800           12,160,000   

Valero Energy Corp.

       

6.125%, 2/01/20

     6,995           7,989,164   

Weatherford International Ltd./Bermuda

       

9.625%, 3/01/19

     6,870           8,021,233   

Williams Partners LP

       

4.125%, 11/15/20

     4,549           4,718,337   
       

 

 

 
          118,628,657   
       

 

 

 

Other Industrial - 0.1%

       

Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd.

       

1.625%, 10/31/17 (a)

     2,724           2,715,828   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.7%

       

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

4.65%, 12/09/21

     2,366           2,511,317   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

       

4.65%, 11/01/24

     6,404           6,400,504   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

       

7.50%, 5/15/25

   U.S.$ 985         $ 1,189,142   

Seagate HDD Cayman

       

4.75%, 1/01/25 (a)

     3,629           3,606,689   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

       

3.375%, 5/02/19 (a)

     5,733           5,886,192   

Total System Services, Inc.

       

2.375%, 6/01/18

     2,940           2,931,706   

3.75%, 6/01/23

     3,042           2,988,497   
       

 

 

 
          25,514,047   
       

 

 

 
          518,163,347   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 7.3%

       

Banking - 4.1%

       

American Express Co.

       

2.65%, 12/02/22

     17           16,353   

Bank of America Corp.

       

3.30%, 1/11/23

     2,739           2,697,468   

5.625%, 7/01/20

     2,100           2,366,822   

Series 1

       

3.75%, 7/12/16

     25           25,628   

Series B

       

5.30%, 9/30/15

     30           30,318   

Series L

       

5.65%, 5/01/18

     5,700           6,261,496   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.625%, 3/30/22 (a)

   EUR 1,961           2,706,634   

Barclays PLC

       

4.375%, 9/11/24

   U.S.$ 1,784           1,710,974   

Bear Stearns Cos., LLC (The)

       

5.30%, 10/30/15

     5           5,071   

BPCE SA

       

5.70%, 10/22/23 (a)

     1,991           2,098,745   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

3.875%, 3/26/25

     6,580           6,302,113   

Compass Bank

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     14,784           16,085,776   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Netherlands

       

3.95%, 11/09/22

     1,581           1,580,788   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

       

6.25%, 5/15/16

     5,826           6,054,758   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/26/25 (a)

     10,795           10,392,055   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

3.625%, 2/07/16

     12           12,194   

3.85%, 7/08/24

     10,315           10,306,057   

5.15%, 5/22/45

     1,172           1,128,062   

5.25%, 7/27/21

     6           6,663   

5.625%, 1/15/17

     10           10,589   

Series D

       

6.00%, 6/15/20

     12,435           14,209,798   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

6.125%, 6/27/17

     50           54,071   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman 3 Ltd.

       

4.60%, 3/27/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 9,248         $ 9,507,554   

Morgan Stanley

       

3.75%, 2/25/23

     8           8,089   

5.625%, 9/23/19

     3,033           3,398,762   

7.25%, 4/01/32

     15           19,826   

Series G

       

5.50%, 7/24/20

     3,953           4,433,187   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     1,107           1,162,822   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (a)

     13,470           15,706,438   

Nordea Bank AB

       

6.125%, 9/23/24 (a)(c)

     498           490,997   

PNC Funding Corp.

       

5.125%, 2/08/20

     5           5,606   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

       

5.254%, 10/21/16 (a)(c)

     3,880           4,004,160   

Santander UK PLC

       

5.00%, 11/07/23 (a)

     5,085           5,203,399   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

Series E

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (a)

     6,689           6,848,131   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.625%, 8/17/22

     5,982           7,010,898   
       

 

 

 
          141,862,302   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.2%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (a)

     4,965           5,780,665   

General Electric Capital Corp.

       

Series G

       

5.625%, 5/01/18

     20           22,137   

HSBC Finance Corp.

       

6.676%, 1/15/21

     110           127,259   
       

 

 

 
          5,930,061   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 2.0%

       

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings Ltd.

       

7.50%, 8/01/16

     3,185           3,381,451   

American International Group, Inc.

       

4.875%, 6/01/22

     6,703           7,352,635   

6.40%, 12/15/20

     5,975           7,103,349   

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

       

5.95%, 3/15/17

     2,515           2,709,123   

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (The)

       

5.10%, 10/28/24 (a)(c)

     3,683           3,885,565   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (The)

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (a)

     4,804           6,384,775   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.125%, 4/15/22

     3,400           3,770,692   

5.50%, 3/30/20

     6,904           7,742,035   

6.10%, 10/01/41

     5           5,957   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

   U.S.$ 3,071         $ 3,765,190   

MetLife Capital Trust IV

       

7.875%, 12/15/37 (a)

     5,200           6,531,200   

MetLife, Inc.

       

4.75%, 2/08/21

     1,570           1,734,106   

7.717%, 2/15/19

     2,169           2,587,114   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (a)

     2,673           4,000,741   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

4.50%, 11/15/20

     8           8,751   

5.625%, 6/15/43

     8,035           8,328,277   

XLIT Ltd.

       

5.50%, 3/31/45

     1,600           1,504,573   

6.25%, 5/15/27

     5           5,846   
       

 

 

 
          70,801,380   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 1.0%

       

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     12,835           14,160,008   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     12,820           14,023,311   

Trust F/1401

       

5.25%, 12/15/24 (a)

     5,937           6,174,480   
       

 

 

 
          34,357,799   
       

 

 

 
          252,951,542   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 1.3%

       

Electric - 0.9%

       

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

       

6.125%, 4/01/36

     6,760           7,963,699   

CMS Energy Corp.

       

5.05%, 3/15/22

     1,476           1,624,283   

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.

       

5.15%, 12/01/20

     2,362           2,613,716   

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC

       

3.90%, 6/15/21

     4           4,268   

Entergy Corp.

       

4.00%, 7/15/22

     6,096           6,142,872   

Exelon Corp.

       

5.10%, 6/15/45

     3,355           3,368,413   

Exelon Generation Co. LLC

       

4.25%, 6/15/22

     3,830           3,920,373   

TECO Finance, Inc.

       

4.00%, 3/15/16

     2,925           2,987,276   

5.15%, 3/15/20

     3,625           4,040,556   
       

 

 

 
          32,665,456   
       

 

 

 

Natural Gas - 0.4%

       

Talent Yield Investments Ltd.

       

4.50%, 4/25/22 (a)

     12,130           12,506,030   
       

 

 

 
          45,171,486   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $790,083,475)

          816,286,375   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 21.0%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 19.5%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2012

       

3.50%, 5/01/42

   U.S.$ 9         $ 9,699   

3.00%, 5/01/38-9/01/43

     57,525           57,466,188   

4.50%, 5/01/44

     320           346,940   

3.50%, 12/01/41-6/01/45

     110,100           114,057,556   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

3.50%, 7/01/45, TBA

     50,944           52,874,299   

3.00%, 7/01/45, TBA

     52,078           52,578,438   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 8/01/45, TBA

     47,854           47,536,221   

5.50%, 11/01/33-9/01/36

     3,155           3,556,460   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

Series 2007

       

4.50%, 3/01/37

     86           93,640   

5.50%, 7/01/35

     2,412           2,708,947   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2003

       

5.50%, 4/01/33-7/01/33

     7,985           8,993,167   

4.00%, 12/01/41

     117           124,376   

3.50%, 8/01/45, TBA

     79,639           81,847,740   

4.50%, 8/25/45, TBA

     101,361           109,430,288   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

5.00% , 8/01/33

     4           4,842   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

6.50%, 8/01/31-8/01/34

     10           11,312   

4.00%, 8/01/45, TBA

     127,032           134,276,787   

Series 2004

       

5.50%, 4/01/34-11/01/34

     6,903           7,781,052   

Series 2005

       

5.50%, 2/01/35

     6,499           7,328,052   

Series 2006

       

5.50%, 4/01/36

     1,274           1,434,364   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

Series 1996

       

8.50% , 11/15/26

     0 **         487   
       

 

 

 
          682,460,855   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 1.5%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.50%, 8/01/30, TBA

     8,676           9,134,879   

2.50%, 8/01/30, TBA

     23,605           23,835,517   

3.00%, 8/01/30, TBA

     18,976           19,611,992   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

6.00% , 7/01/17

     1           1,493   
       

 

 

 
          52,583,881   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.0%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 2006

       

2.665%, 12/01/36 (b)

     2           1,736   

Series 2007

       

2.795%, 3/01/37 (b)

     2           2,508   
       

 

 

 
          4,244   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $730,775,154)

          735,048,980   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 14.8%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 8.5%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-4, Class A

       

1.72%, 7/15/19

   U.S.$ 11,565         $ 11,643,561   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-3, Class A3

       

0.92%, 4/09/18

     10,997           11,004,863   

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

0.96%, 4/09/18

     4,928           4,931,172   

Series 2013-5, Class A2A

       

0.65%, 3/08/17

     247           247,019   

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.90%, 2/08/19

     6,050           6,044,352   

ARI Fleet Lease Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A2

       

0.70%, 12/15/15 (a)

     965           964,937   

Series 2014-A, Class A2

       

0.81%, 11/15/22 (a)

     3,063           3,059,532   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2013-2A, Class A

       

2.97%, 2/20/20 (a)

     16,846           17,329,964   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

2.46%, 7/20/20 (a)

     6,834           6,895,356   

Bank of The West Auto Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.31%, 10/15/19 (a)

     11,267           11,264,702   

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A4

       

1.57%, 12/16/19

     3,937           3,949,413   

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.31%, 8/15/19

     5,333           5,331,493   

Capital Auto Receivables Asset Trust

       

Series 2013-3, Class A2

       

1.04%, 11/21/16

     4,997           4,999,262   

Series 2014-1, Class B

       

2.22%, 1/22/19

     1,960           1,979,766   

CPS Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-B, Class A

       

1.82%, 9/15/20 (a)

     3,956           3,957,194   

Series 2014-B, Class A

       

1.11%, 11/15/18 (a)

     4,074           4,063,671   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2015-BA, Class A2A

       

0.93%, 12/15/17 (a)

     5,915           5,918,874   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC

       

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

0.87%, 9/20/19 (a)

   U.S.$ 2,313         $ 2,311,449   

Series 2014-2, Class A2

       

1.05%, 3/20/20 (a)

     6,881           6,878,052   

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.30%, 9/20/20 (a)

     12,706           12,719,329   

Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 10/16/17 (a)

     547           547,519   

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.29%, 5/15/18 (a)

     1,606           1,608,568   

Series 2014-2A, Class A

       

1.06%, 8/15/18 (a)

     1,714           1,710,253   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A4

       

1.47%, 5/17/21

     8,250           8,259,454   

Flagship Credit Auto Trust

       

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

1.32%, 4/16/18 (a)

     1,005           1,005,605   

Ford Auto Securitization Trust

       

Series 2013-R1A, Class A2

       

1.676%, 9/15/16 (a)

   CAD 1,120           897,335   

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A3

       

0.89%, 9/15/17

   U.S.$ 6,000           6,004,124   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A4

       

1.00%, 9/15/17

     8,095           8,108,252   

Series 2012-D, Class B

       

1.01%, 5/15/18

     3,805           3,794,035   

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

2.31%, 4/15/26 (a)

     14,327           14,495,837   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2015-2, Class A1

       

1.98%, 1/15/22

     9,202           9,118,416   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.10%, 12/20/17

     12,888           12,898,898   

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.68%, 12/20/18

     11,785           11,784,743   

GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A1

       

1.65%, 5/15/20 (a)

     5,130           5,129,124   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class A3

       

0.68%, 4/15/17

     381           381,190   

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

1.10%, 9/15/19

     9,130           9,126,421   

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.41%, 6/15/20

     5,832           5,847,192   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A1

       

1.12%, 8/25/17 (a)

     7,345           7,347,725   

Series 2013-1A, Class A2

       

1.83%, 8/25/19 (a)

     21,065           20,934,755   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2015-B, Class A3

       

1.40%, 11/15/18 (a)

   U.S.$ 5,547         $ 5,537,653   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class C

       

1.95%, 10/15/18

     3,525           3,557,211   

Mercedes Benz Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A2A

       

0.48%, 6/15/16

     3,715           3,715,320   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A3

       

1.40%, 6/15/18

     10,620           10,617,876   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

1.11%, 12/15/17

     4,935           4,939,095   

Series 2015-3, Class A2A

       

1.02%, 9/17/18

     6,044           6,044,036   

TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust

       

Series 2015-1A, Class A2

       

1.02%, 8/15/18 (a)

     8,140           8,142,727   
       

 

 

 
          297,047,325   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 2.1%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

1.26%, 1/15/20

     4,458           4,465,811   

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A

       

2.41%, 7/15/22

     11,514           11,674,993   

Series 2015-2, Class A

       

1.56%, 3/15/21

     8,187           8,186,797   

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

       

Series 2012-A1, Class A1

       

0.55%, 10/10/17

     14,150           14,151,958   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A2, Class A

       

1.90%, 10/17/22

     10,835           10,743,906   

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

2.22%, 1/15/22

     12,000           12,149,784   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     7,890           7,962,572   

Series 2013-A, Class A

       

1.61%, 12/15/21

     4,353           4,351,475   
       

 

 

 
          73,687,296   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 1.6%

       

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A

       

0.586%, 9/15/17 (a)(b)

     9,336           9,339,680   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.567%, 7/20/19 (b)

     6,227           6,193,524   

Series 2015-1, Class A

       

0.687%, 1/20/20 (b)

     10,924           10,924,327   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP

       

Series 2013-3, Class A

       

0.735%, 12/10/27 (a)(b)

   U.S.$ 9,257         $ 9,268,820   

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.585%, 4/10/28 (a)(b)

     7,036           7,036,326   

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.937%, 10/25/19 (a)(b)

     4,874           4,874,145   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.687%, 10/20/20 (a)(b)

     9,708           9,708,287   
       

 

 

 
          57,345,109   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 1.3%

       

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A2

       

0.716%, 2/18/20 (a)(b)

     7,700           7,717,017   

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.536%, 3/16/20 (b)

     1,880           1,880,658   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A1, Class A1

       

0.536%, 8/17/20 (b)

     11,732           11,735,508   

First National Master Note Trust

       

Series 2013-2, Class A

       

0.716%, 10/15/19 (b)

     8,650           8,663,579   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A

       

0.566%, 12/15/19 (b)

     8,125           8,139,869   

Series 2015-A, Class A

       

0.666%, 2/15/22 (b)

     6,720           6,716,808   
       

 

 

 
          44,853,439   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 1.1%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2014-VT1, Class A2

       

0.86%, 5/22/17 (a)

     8,966           8,964,631   

CNH Capital Canada Receivables Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A1

       

1.388%, 3/15/17 (a)

   CAD 188           150,486   

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A4

       

1.61%, 5/17/21

   U.S.$ 6,051           6,074,481   

Series 2015-A, Class A4

       

1.85%, 4/15/21

     6,392           6,407,621   

Dell Equipment Finance Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.30%, 3/23/20 (a)

     3,460           3,457,986   

Macquarie Equipment Funding Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A2

       

0.80%, 11/21/16 (a)

     5,414           5,425,526   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

SBA Tower Trust

     

Series 2014-1A, Class C

     

2.898%, 10/15/44 (a)

   U.S.$ 7,996       $ 8,036,036   
     

 

 

 
        38,516,767   
     

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Floating Rate - 0.2%

     

Asset Backed Funding Certificates

     

Series 2003-WF1, Class A2

     

1.312%, 12/25/32 (b)

     1,154         1,107,108   

GSAA Trust

     

Series 2006-5, Class 2A3

     

0.457%, 3/25/36 (b)

     7,947         5,405,859   

Residential Asset Securities Corp. Trust

     

Series 2003-KS3, Class A2

     

0.787%, 5/25/33 (b)

     151         140,814   

Wells Fargo Home Equity Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates

     

Series 2004-1, Class 1A

     

0.487%, 4/25/34 (b)

     7         7,006   
     

 

 

 
        6,660,787   
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $517,720,480)

        518,110,723   
     

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 14.1%

     

Brazil - 0.4%

     

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

     

Series F

     

10.00%, 1/01/17

   BRL 47,825         14,591,180   
     

 

 

 

Italy - 0.4%

     

Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro

     

4.50%, 3/01/24

   EUR 9,561         12,518,020   
     

 

 

 

United States - 13.3%

     

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

2.50%, 2/15/45

   U.S.$ 8,838         7,777,971   

3.00%, 11/15/44-5/15/45

     34,443         33,740,022   

3.125%, 8/15/44

     14,806         14,830,297   

3.375%, 5/15/44

     5,710         5,997,207   

3.625%, 8/15/43-2/15/44

     20,148         22,160,151   

3.75%, 11/15/43

     10,205         11,479,033   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     23,360         29,371,556   

4.75%, 2/15/37

     5         6,479   

8.125%, 8/15/19-8/15/21

     986         1,315,278   

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.375%, 3/31/20-4/30/20

     44,145         43,662,340   

1.50%, 10/31/19

     18,940         18,950,360   

1.75%, 9/30/19 (e)

     7,981         8,076,918   

1.75%, 5/15/23

     56,586         54,733,714   

2.00%, 11/15/21

     9,093         9,109,340   

2.125%, 8/15/21

     630         637,087   

2.375%, 8/15/24 (e)

     6,426         6,460,341   

2.50%, 8/15/23

     87,287         89,169,082   

2.75%, 11/15/23-2/15/24

     102,550         106,496,628   
     

 

 

 
        463,973,804   
     

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $478,428,215)

        491,083,004   
     

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 10.0%

     

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 8.6%

     

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2007-4, Class A1A

     

5.774%, 2/10/51

   U.S.$ 15,974       $ 17,091,984   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2006-PW13, Class AJ

     

5.611%, 9/11/41

     5,707         5,796,745   

BHMS Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2014-ATLS, Class AFX

     

3.601%, 7/05/33 (a)

     9,720         9,772,974   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2013-VN05, Class A

     

3.369%, 3/13/35 (a)

     11,325         11,463,120   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

     

5.969%, 3/15/49

     2,799         2,865,797   

Series 2015-GC27, Class A5

     

3.137%, 2/10/48

     7,490         7,356,031   

COBALT CMBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2007-C3, Class A4

     

5.959%, 5/15/46

     3,907         4,169,662   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-C8, Class A1A

     

5.292%, 12/10/46

     11,892         12,512,543   

Series 2007-GG9, Class A4

     

5.444%, 3/10/39

     18,505         19,454,650   

Series 2007-GG9, Class AM

     

5.475%, 3/10/39

     7,256         7,577,244   

Series 2013-SFS, Class A1

     

1.873%, 4/12/35 (a)

     4,694         4,608,427   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2007-C3, Class AM

     

5.89%, 6/15/39

     4,535         4,734,629   

DBUBS 2011-LC1 Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2011-LC1A, Class E

     

5.735%, 11/10/46 (a)

     3,668         3,910,489   

Extended Stay America Trust

     

Series 2013-ESH7, Class A17

     

2.295%, 12/05/31 (a)

     7,662         7,597,968   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

     

Series 2013-KING, Class A

     

2.706%, 12/10/27 (a)

     12,401         12,592,037   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2006-GG6, Class AJ

     

5.708%, 4/10/38

     5,000         5,078,560   

Series 2007-GG10, Class A4

     

5.989%, 8/10/45

     5,586         5,961,144   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013-G1, Class A1

     

2.059%, 4/10/31 (a)

   U.S.$ 802       $ 789,404   

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

     

3.557%, 4/10/31 (a)

     6,804         6,798,167   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

     

Series 2007-CB19, Class AM

     

5.885%, 2/12/49

     4,080         4,324,123   

Series 2007-LD12, Class A4

     

5.882%, 2/15/51

     13,115         14,003,878   

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM

     

6.208%, 2/15/51

     3,522         3,783,321   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

     

5.439%, 1/15/49

     17,919         18,933,343   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3

     

5.42%, 1/15/49

     47         48,806   

Series 2008-C2, Class A1A

     

5.998%, 2/12/51

     7,744         8,409,056   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

     

2.749%, 11/15/43 (a)

     4,205         4,221,113   

Series 2011-C5, Class D

     

5.50%, 8/15/46 (a)

     2,901         3,018,063   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2007-C1, Class AM

     

5.455%, 2/15/40

     2,995         3,160,468   

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2014-2, Class A2

     

2.767%, 1/20/41 (a)

     6,067         6,154,243   

Series 2015-3, Class A2

     

2.729%, 4/20/48 (a)

     7,000         7,050,600   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-C2, Class A1A

     

5.739%, 8/12/43

     6,650         6,888,481   

ML-CFC Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-4, Class A1A

     

5.166%, 12/12/49

     11,609         12,119,108   

Series 2007-9, Class A4

     

5.70%, 9/12/49

     21,260         22,648,980   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2012-C3, Class A4

     

3.091%, 8/10/49

     4,728         4,765,705   

Series 2012-C4, Class A5

     

2.85%, 12/10/45

     9,467         9,373,761   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2006-C26, Class A1A

     

6.009%, 6/15/45

     4,298         4,443,927   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

     

Series 2013-C14, Class A5

     

3.337%, 6/15/46

     9,893         10,073,543   

Series 2014-C20, Class A2

     

3.036%, 5/15/47

     6,029         6,251,644   
     

 

 

 
        299,803,738   
     

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 1.4%

       

Carefree Portfolio Trust

       

Series 2014-CARE, Class A

       

1.506%, 11/15/19 (a)(b)

   U.S.$ 5,133         $ 5,143,056   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-KYO, Class A

       

1.088%, 6/11/27 (a)(b)

     7,535           7,531,297   

Series 2014-SAVA, Class A

       

1.336%, 6/15/34 (a)(b)

     6,317           6,315,424   

H/2 Asset Funding NRE

       

Series 2015-1A

       

1.436%, 9/24/21 (a)(b)

     7,110           7,110,000   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2014-INN, Class A

       

1.106%, 6/15/29 (a)(b)

     9,634           9,608,113   

PFP III Ltd.

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

1.356%, 6/14/31 (a)(b)

     3,139           3,135,203   

Resource Capital Corp., Ltd.

       

Series 2014-CRE2, Class A

       

1.236%, 4/15/32 (a)(b)

     3,974           3,959,655   

Starwood Retail Property Trust

       

Series 2014-STAR, Class A

       

1.402%, 11/15/27 (a)(b)

     6,321           6,302,954   
       

 

 

 
          49,105,702   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $355,477,694)

          348,909,440   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 3.9%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 1.7%

       

Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-20CB, Class 3A6

       

5.50%, 7/25/35

     1,090           1,036,519   

Series 2005-57CB, Class 4A3

       

5.50%, 12/25/35

     3,582           3,292,986   

Series 2006-23CB, Class 1A7

       

6.00%, 8/25/36

     1,540           1,516,926   

Series 2006-24CB, Class A16

       

5.75%, 6/25/36

     5,693           5,095,324   

Series 2006-28CB, Class A14

       

6.25%, 10/25/36

     3,565           3,028,172   

Series 2006-J1, Class 1A13

       

5.50%, 2/25/36

     2,016           1,815,370   

Series 2007-2CB, Class 2A4

       

5.75%, 3/25/37

     2,257           2,009,431   

Chase Mortgage Finance Trust

       

Series 2007-S5, Class 1A17

       

6.00%, 7/25/37

     1,346           1,164,649   

CHL Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

2007-2 Series 2007-2, Class A16

       

6.00%, 3/25/37

     4,091           3,922,002   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc.

       

Series 2005-2, Class 1A4

       

2.614%, 5/25/35

   U.S.$ 3,654         $ 3,549,825   

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass-Through Trust

       

Series 2006-10, Class 1A8

       

6.00%, 5/25/36

     3,418           3,168,944   

Series 2006-13, Class 1A18

       

6.25%, 9/25/36

     4,221           3,857,068   

Series 2006-13, Class 1A19

       

6.25%, 9/25/36

     1,965           1,796,483   

Series 2007-HYB2, Class 3A1

       

2.585%, 2/25/47

     6,591           5,795,517   

CSMC Series 2010-6R

       

Series 2010-6R, Class 3A2

       

5.875%, 1/26/38 (a)

     4,456           3,739,789   

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-FA3, Class A9

       

6.00%, 7/25/36

     5,159           4,323,239   

JPMorgan Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-S3, Class 1A8

       

6.00%, 8/25/37

     2,460           2,205,797   

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust

       

Series 2009-7, Class 10A3

       

6.00%, 8/26/37 (a)

     5,603           4,692,167   

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-8, Class 2A5

       

5.75%, 7/25/37

     2,089           2,038,581   
       

 

 

 
          58,048,789   
       

 

 

 

GSE Risk Share Floating Rate - 1.6%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2013-DN2, Class M2

       

4.437%, 11/25/23 (b)

     8,185           8,283,200   

Series 2014-DN2, Class M3

       

3.787%, 4/25/24 (b)

     2,406           2,325,180   

Series 2014-DN3, Class M3

       

4.187%, 8/25/24 (b)

     9,650           9,526,621   

Series 2014-DN4, Class M3

       

4.737%, 10/25/24 (b)

     2,500           2,557,660   

Series 2015-DNA1, Class M3

       

3.487%, 10/25/27 (b)

     675           658,413   

Series 2015-DNA2, Class M2

       

2.787%, 12/25/27 (b)

     11,345           11,368,912   

Series 2015-HQ1, Class M2

       

2.387%, 3/25/25 (b)

     2,155           2,119,510   

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C03, Class 1M1

       

1.387%, 7/25/24 (b)

     2,969           2,966,591   

Series 2014-C04, Class 1M2

       

5.087%, 11/25/24 (b)

     5,280           5,431,424   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014-C04, Class 2M2

       

5.187%, 11/25/24 (b)

   U.S.$ 4,465         $ 4,609,219   

Series 2015-C01, Class 1M2

       

4.487%, 2/25/25 (b)

     4,205           4,168,003   

Series 2015-C02, Class 2M2

       

4.185%, 5/25/25 (b)

     4,020           3,905,804   
       

 

 

 
          57,920,537   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.5%

       

Deutsche Alt-A Securities Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR4, Class A2

       

0.377%, 12/25/36 (b)

     8,588           5,421,835   

HomeBanc Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2005-1, Class A1

       

0.437%, 3/25/35 (b)

     4,029           3,581,999   

IndyMac Index Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2006-AR15, Class A1

       

0.307%, 7/25/36 (b)

     6,270           5,031,387   

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust

       

Series 2010-9, Class 7A6

       

7.042%, 5/26/37 (a)(f)

     4,666           3,803,404   
       

 

 

 
          17,838,625   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.1%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association Grantor Trust

       

Series 2004-T5, Class AB4

       

0.725%, 5/28/35

     1,605           1,457,769   

Federal National Mortgage Association REMICS

       

Series 2014-4, Class PI

       

5.50%, 2/25/44 (g)

     11,968           2,873,733   
       

 

 

 
          4,331,502   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $138,791,498)

          138,139,453   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 3.4%

       

United States - 3.4%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/19 (TIPS)

       

(cost $120,662,526)

     118,387           119,922,031   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADE - 3.0%

       

Financial Institutions - 1.6%

       

Banking - 1.4%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

Series Z

       

6.50%, 10/23/24 (c)

     2,288           2,368,080   

Bank of Ireland

       

1.787%, 9/22/15 (b)(h)

   CAD 5,285           4,104,444   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.86%, 6/15/32 (a)(c)

   U.S.$ 1,250           1,403,125   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

7.625%, 11/21/22

   U.S.$ 3,784         $ 4,309,219   

7.75%, 4/10/23

     3,832           4,152,930   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

Series P

       

5.95%, 5/15/25 (c)

     3,620           3,484,250   

Credit Agricole SA

       

7.875%, 1/23/24 (a)(c)(d)

     1,382           1,414,823   

Credit Suisse Group AG

       

7.50%, 12/11/23 (a)(c)

     1,557           1,627,065   

HBOS Capital Funding LP

       

4.939%, 5/23/16 (c)

   EUR 3,542           3,929,053   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

       

5.017%, 6/26/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 7,068           6,866,873   

LBG Capital No.1 PLC

       

8.00%, 6/15/20 (a)(c)

     2,354           2,695,330   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

       

7.50%, 6/27/24 (c)

     3,734           3,846,020   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (a)

     2,894           3,192,484   

Societe Generale SA

       

5.922%, 4/05/17 (a)(c)

     1,160           1,187,550   

UniCredit Luxembourg Finance SA

       

6.00%, 10/31/17 (a)

     5,567           5,878,000   
       

 

 

 
          50,459,246   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.2%

       

AerCap Aviation Solutions BV

       

6.375%, 5/30/17

     2,700           2,858,625   

International Lease Finance Corp.

       

5.875%, 4/01/19

     2,682           2,859,549   

Navient Corp.

       

7.25%, 1/25/22

     875           923,125   
       

 

 

 
          6,641,299   
       

 

 

 
          57,100,545   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 1.2%

       

Basic - 0.0%

       

Novelis, Inc.

       

8.375%, 12/15/17

     809           838,326   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.1%

       

CSC Holdings LLC

       

8.625%, 2/15/19

     1,342           1,521,493   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.4%

       

Numericable-SFR SAS

       

5.375%, 5/15/22 (a)

   EUR 712           805,679   

Sprint Capital Corp.

       

6.90%, 5/01/19

   U.S.$ 10,125           10,327,500   

Sprint Corp.

       

7.875%, 9/15/23

     4,280           4,174,284   
       

 

 

 
          15,307,463   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.1%

       

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

       

8.25%, 8/15/20

   U.S.$ 1,726         $ 1,804,533   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.2%

       

KB Home

       

4.75%, 5/15/19

     3,146           3,122,405   

MCE Finance Ltd.

       

5.00%, 2/15/21 (a)

     2,225           2,119,312   
       

 

 

 
          5,241,717   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.0%

       

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc.

       

5.125%, 8/15/18

     1,438           1,473,950   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.3%

       

ONEOK, Inc.

       

4.25%, 2/01/22

     7,942           7,667,755   

SM Energy Co.

       

6.50%, 1/01/23

     359           367,975   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.50%, 11/15/20

     3,700           3,427,125   
       

 

 

 
          11,462,855   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.1%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

       

6.75%, 3/01/19

     2,824           2,562,780   
       

 

 

 
          40,213,117   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.2%

       

Electric - 0.2%

       

AES Corp./VA

       

7.375%, 7/01/21

     3,427           3,761,132   

NRG Energy, Inc.

       

Series WI

       

6.25%, 5/01/24

     2,593           2,573,553   
       

 

 

 
          6,334,685   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grade
(cost $101,771,319)

          103,648,347   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 2.1%

       

Agency Debentures - 2.1%

       

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip Zero Coupon, 7/15/20
(cost $67,226,725)

     81,666           73,912,303   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.9%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.9%

       

Chile - 0.1%

       

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA

       

4.75%, 2/04/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 2,510         $ 2,637,945   
       

 

 

 

Malaysia - 0.4%

       

Petronas Capital Ltd.

       

5.25%, 8/12/19 (a)

     12,990           14,396,804   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.1%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

3.50%, 7/18/18

     2,884           2,972,539   
       

 

 

 

United Arab Emirates - 0.3%

       

IPIC GMTN Ltd.

       

3.75%, 3/01/17 (a)

     12,650           13,108,562   
       

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $31,040,533)

          33,115,850   
       

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.6%

       

Brazil - 0.1%

       

Petrobras Global Finance BV

       

5.75%, 1/20/20

     7,084           7,019,110   
       

 

 

 

Morocco - 0.1%

       

OCP SA

       

5.625%, 4/25/24 (a)

     2,079           2,167,607   
       

 

 

 

Colombia - 0.1%

       

Ecopetrol SA

       

5.875%, 5/28/45

     2,685           2,372,869   
       

 

 

 

Canada - 0.1%

       

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

       

5.25%, 8/01/23 (a)

     3,570           3,623,550   
       

 

 

 

Israel - 0.2%

       

Israel Electric Corp., Ltd.

       

5.00%, 11/12/24 (a)

     7,000           7,091,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $22,707,978)

          22,274,136   
       

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - MUNICIPAL BONDS - 0.4%

       

United States - 0.4%

       

State of California

(State of California)

       

Series 2010

       

5.75%, 3/01/17

     10           10,774   

7.625%, 3/01/40

     8,520           12,478,648   
       

 

 

 

Total Local Governments - Municipal Bonds
(cost $8,666,505)

          12,489,422   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

PREFERRED STOCKS - 0.2%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.2%

       

Insurance - 0.2%

       

Allstate Corp. (The)

       

5.10%, 1/15/53

       

(cost $8,197,028)

     306,775         $ 7,690,849   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
          

EMERGING MARKETS - CORPORATE BONDS - 0.2%

       

Industrial - 0.2%

       

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.1%

       

Comcel Trust via Comunicaciones Celulares SA

       

6.875%, 2/06/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 1,912           2,012,380   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.1%

       

Marfrig Overseas Ltd.

       

9.50%, 5/04/20 (a)

     4,230           4,321,791   
       

 

 

 

Total Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds
(cost $6,104,015)

          6,334,171   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

COMMON STOCKS - 0.2%

       

Mt. Logan Re Ltd. (Preference Shares) (i)(j)
(cost $5,400,000)

     5,400           5,496,666   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
          

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.1%

       

Mexico - 0.1%

       

Mexico Government International Bond

       

5.95%, 3/19/19

   U.S.$ 1,812           2,032,158   
       

 

 

 

Poland - 0.0%

       

Poland Government International Bond

       

3.875%, 7/16/15

     3           3,002   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Bonds
(cost $2,064,565)

          2,035,160   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.3%

       

Commercial Paper - 1.0%

       

Banque et Caisse d’Espargne de l’Etat
Zero Coupon, 9/01/15
(cost $33,943,454)

     33,961           33,943,454   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Certificates of Deposit - 0.3%

       

Royal Bank of Canada/New York

       

0.285%, 9/10/15 (b)

       

(cost $9,756,332)

   U.S.$ 9,755         $ 9,756,332   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $43,699,786)

          43,699,786   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.6%
(cost $3,428,817,496) (k)

        $  3,478,196,696   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.4% (l)

          14,599,607   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 3,492,796,303   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

10 Yr Canadian Bond Futures

     315         September 2015       $ 35,026,476       $ 35,308,247       $ 281,771   

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr (CBT) Futures

     1,437         September 2015         314,324,425         314,613,188         288,763   

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     268         September 2015         31,951,032         31,961,094         10,062   

U.S. Ultra Bond Futures

     721         September 2015         113,023,478         111,079,062         (1,944,416

Sold Contracts

              

Euro-BOBL Futures

     469         September 2015         67,761,368         67,752,776         8,592   

Euro-BUND Futures

     72         September 2015         12,183,158         12,200,914         (17,756

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     226         September 2015         28,602,781         28,514,844         87,937   
              

 

 

 
               $ (1,285,047
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Bank of America, NA

   JPY     11,560,000       USD     96,967         7/15/15       $ 2,496,821   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD     20,158       GBP     12,914         7/10/15         133,012   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD     10,706       IDR     142,981,289         7/10/15         (9,035

Barclays Bank PLC

   KRW     9,708,816       USD     8,685         8/07/15         22,755   

Barclays Bank PLC

   KRW     9,708,816       USD     8,660         8/07/15         (2,421

BNP Paribas SA

   CAD     28,668       USD     23,248         7/23/15         301,471   

Credit Suisse International

   BRL     47,415       USD     15,282         7/02/15         31,950   

Credit Suisse International

   USD     15,295       BRL     47,415         7/02/15         (44,767

Credit Suisse International

   EUR     30,183       USD     33,911         7/30/15         249,386   

Credit Suisse International

   BRL     47,415       USD     15,124         8/04/15         49,632   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   IDR     141,237,355       USD     10,458         7/10/15         (108,538

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD     9,009       SGD     12,238         7/24/15         73,944   

Standard Chartered Bank

   AUD     33,150       USD     25,333         8/07/15         (193,463


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     BRL         47,415         USD         14,908         7/02/15       $ (341,890

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     GBP         24,279         USD         37,213         7/10/15         (933,725

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     SGD         12,253         USD         9,082         7/24/15         (12,727

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     EUR         11,424         USD         12,732         7/30/15         (8,814
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 1,703,591   
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied
Credit
Spread  at
June 30,

2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

           

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(INTRCONX):

           

CDX-NAIG Series 22, 5 Year Index, 6/20/19*

     (1.00 )%      0.61   $ 117,960       $ (1,789,492   $ (464,401

CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                        Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/(Exchange)

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by

the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   CAD      171,370         3/10/17       0.973%   3 Month CDOR   $ (200,955

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   AUD      226,950         3/11/17       2.140%   3 Month BBSW     23   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   CAD      157,100         6/05/17       1.504%   3 Month CDOR     (383,185

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   NZD      309,490         6/09/17       3.366%   3 Month BKBM     (994,006

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   AUD      197,580         6/09/17       2.218%   3 Month BBSW     (191,838

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   GBP      57,160         6/05/20       6 Month LIBOR   1.651%     (91,583

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   $      23,630         6/25/21       2.243%   3 Month LIBOR     (381,053

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

        61,000         11/04/23       2.691%   3 Month LIBOR     (2,086,446

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

        24,440         1/14/24       2.980%   3 Month LIBOR     (1,603,898

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

        21,540         2/14/24       2.889%   3 Month LIBOR     (1,189,515

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

        30,260         4/28/24       2.817%   3 Month LIBOR     (1,295,283


                        Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/(Exchange)

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   $      17,210         5/29/24       3 Month LIBOR   2.628%   $ 423,245   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   AUD      34,700         3/11/25       6 Month BBSW   2.973%     (752,393

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   NZD      72,140         6/09/25       3 Month BKBM   4.068%     674,189   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   AUD      21,430         6/09/25       6 Month BBSW   3.384%     63,840   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

        15,620         6/09/25       2.483%   3 Month LIBOR     (75,290

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   $      11,720         6/09/25       2.488%   3 Month LIBOR     (61,303

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

        10,500         9/26/43       3 Month LIBOR   3.656%     1,648,430   

Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC/(CME Group)

   GBP      5,300         6/05/45       2.396%   6 Month LIBOR     (133,796
               

 

 

 
                $ (6,630,817
               

 

 

 

CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
June 30,
2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

             

Citibank:

             

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20, 3/20/2019*

     (5.00 )%      6.29   $ 2,830       $ 126,883      $ 188,390      $ (61,507

Sprint Communications, Inc., 8.375%, 8/15/17, 6/20/2019*

     (5.00     3.55        4,718         (242,661     (230,343     (12,318

Sprint Communications, Inc., 8.375%, 8/15/17, 6/20/2019*

     (5.00     3.55        5,407         (278,098     (273,721     (4,377

Sale Contracts

             

Credit Suisse International:

             

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 5.95%, 9/15/16, 9/20/17*

     1.00        0.39        12,540         173,913        (196,249     370,162   


Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied Credit
Spread at
June 30, 2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Kohl’s Corp.,

             

6.25%, 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00     0.61   $ 4,066       $ 58,255      $ (43,695   $ 101,950   

Kohl’s Corp.,

             

6.25%,12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.61        1,644         23,550        (17,657     41,207   

Kohl’s Corp.,

             

6.25%, 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.61        2,385         34,166        (22,993     57,159   

Kohl’s Corp.,

             

6.25%, 12/15/17, 6/20/19*

     1.00        0.61        1,656         23,726        (17,796     41,522   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (80,266   $ (614,064   $ 533,798   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination Date.

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 54,050         3/04/16         CPI     1.170   $ 116,631   

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                          Rate Type      

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the
Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank

     BRL         257,152         1/02/17       CDI   13.190%   $ (798,712

Citibank

        76,592         1/04/21       12.305%   CDI     171,371   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

        50,590         1/30/17       1.059%   3 Month LIBOR     (455,638

JPMorgan Chase Bank

        56,630         2/07/22       2.043%   3 Month LIBOR     (322,672
               

 

 

 
                $ (1,405,651
               

 

 

 

REVERSE REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS

 

Broker

   Interest Rate     Maturity     U.S. $
Value at
June 30, 2015
 

Barclays Bank†

     (1.25 )%*      – 0  –    $ 2,709,908   

Barclays Bank†

     (0.50 )%*      – 0  –      1,367,862   
      

 

 

 
       $ 4,077,770   
      

 

 

 

 


The reverse repurchase agreement matures on demand. Interest rate resets daily and the rate shown is the rate in effect on June 30, 2015
* Interest payment due from counterparty.
** Principal amount less than 500.
(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $620,909,272 or 17.8% of net assets.
(b) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(c) Securities are perpetual and, thus, do not have a predetermined maturity date. The date shown, if applicable, reflects the next call date.
(d) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize reverse repurchase agreements.
(e) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.
(f) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of June 30, 2015.
(g) IO - Interest Only
(h) Illiquid security.
(i) The security is subject to a 12 month lock-up period, after which semi-annual redemptions are permitted.
(j) Restricted and illiquid security.

 

Restricted Securities    Acquisition
Date
     Cost      Market
Value
     Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Mt. Logan Re Ltd. (Preference Shares

     12/30/14       $ 5,400,000       $ 5,496,666         0.16

 

(k) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $82,782,173 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(33,402,973), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $49,379,200.
(l) An amount of U.S.$ 4,666,661 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at June 30, 2015.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
IDR    -    Indonesian Rupiah
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
BA    -    Banker’s Acceptance
BBSW    -    Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)
BKBM    -    Bank Bill Benchmark (New Zealand)
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CDI    -    Brazil CETIP Interbank Deposit Rate
CDOR    -    Canadian Dealer Offered Rate
CDX-NAIG    -    North American Investment Grade Credit Default Swap Index
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CME    -    Chicago Mercantile Exchange
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index


GMTN    -    Global Medium Term Note
GSE    -    Government-Sponsored Enterprise
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
TBA    -    To Be Announced
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Intermediate Duration Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Corporates - Investment Grade

   $             – 0  –    $ 816,286,375       $ – 0  –    $ 816,286,375   

Mortgage Pass - Throughs

     – 0  –      735,048,980         – 0  –      735,048,980   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      472,933,169         45,177,554        518,110,723   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      491,083,004         – 0  –      491,083,004   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      286,045,598         62,863,842        348,909,440   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      4,331,502         133,807,951        138,139,453   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      119,922,031         – 0  –      119,922,031   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grade

     – 0  –      103,648,347         – 0  –      103,648,347   

Agencies

     – 0  –      73,912,303         – 0  –      73,912,303   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      33,115,850         – 0  –      33,115,850   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      22,274,136         – 0  –      22,274,136   


Local Governments - Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      12,489,422        – 0  –      12,489,422   

Preferred Stocks

     7,690,849        – 0  –      – 0  –      7,690,849   

Emerging Markets - Corporate Bonds

     – 0  –      6,334,171        – 0  –      6,334,171   

Common Stocks

     – 0  –      – 0  –      5,496,666        5,496,666   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      2,035,160        – 0  –      2,035,160   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Commercial Paper

     – 0  –      33,943,454        – 0  –      33,943,454   

Certificates of Deposit

     – 0  –      9,756,332        – 0  –      9,756,332   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     7,690,849        3,223,159,834     247,346,013        3,478,196,696   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     677,125        – 0  –      – 0  –      677,125   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      3,358,971        – 0  –      3,358,971   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      2,809,727        – 0  –      2,809,727   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      612,000        – 0  –      612,000   

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      116,631        – 0  –      116,631   

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      171,371        – 0  –      171,371   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (1,962,172     – 0  –      – 0  –      (1,962,172

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (1,655,380     – 0  –      (1,655,380

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (464,401     – 0  –      (464,401

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (9,440,544     – 0  –      (9,440,544

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (78,202     – 0  –      (78,202

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (1,577,022     – 0  –      (1,577,022
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total**

   $ 6,405,802      $ 3,217,012,985      $ 247,346,013      $ 3,470,764,800   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
** There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Asset-Backed
Securities
    Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
    Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
 

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 69,037,976      $ 29,697,557      $ 91,373,884   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     86,697        (73,936     337,469   

Realized gain (loss)

     (325,124     (8,410     (71,429

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     36,647        (975,119     (875,001

Purchases/Payups

     26,812,769        34,304,185        65,209,081   

Sales/Paydowns

     (38,011,354     (80,435     (22,166,053

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (12,460,057     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 45,177,554      $ 62,863,842      $ 133,807,951   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 82,132      $ (975,119   $ (800,426
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


     Common Stock     Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ – 0  –    $ 190,109,417   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      350,230   

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      (404,963

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     96,666        (1,716,807

Purchases/Payups

     5,400,000        131,726,035   

Sales/Paydowns

     – 0  –      (60,257,842

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      (12,460,057
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $    5,496,666      $   247,346,013
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 96,666      $ (1,596,747
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

As of June 30, 2015, all Level 3 securities were priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction prices, which approximates fair value.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

AB Short Duration Plus Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

    Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 22.7%

      

Financial Institutions - 15.6%

      

Banking - 14.4%

      

Abbey National Treasury Services PLC/London

      

4.00%, 4/27/16

  U.S.$ 1,615         $ 1,652,567   

ABN AMRO Bank NV

      

2.50%, 10/30/18 (a)

    1,498           1,521,695   

American Express Credit Corp.

      

1.30%, 7/29/16

    1,745           1,750,549   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd./New York NY

      

0.90%, 2/12/16

    1,970           1,973,887   

Bank of America Corp.

      

1.25%, 1/11/16

    2,030           2,034,969   

Bank of America NA

      

1.65%, 3/26/18

    860           858,719   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

      

0.70%, 3/04/16

    1,945           1,944,934   

Barclays PLC

      

2.00%, 3/16/18

    880           877,453   

BNP Paribas SA

      

2.375%, 9/14/17

    1,496           1,518,407   

Citigroup, Inc.

      

0.798%, 5/01/17 (b)

    898           895,038   

0.982%, 11/24/17 (b)

    992           991,455   

1.25%, 1/15/16

    2,025           2,030,457   

Credit Agricole SA/London

      

3.00%, 10/01/17 (a)

    1,400           1,444,699   

Credit Suisse/New York NY

      

Series G

      

1.375%, 5/26/17

    1,196           1,195,113   

Danske Bank A/S

      

3.875%, 4/14/16 (a)

    618           631,751   

Fifth Third Bancorp

      

3.625%, 1/25/16

    1,515           1,537,330   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

      

1.437%, 4/23/20 (b)

    876           884,554   

3.625%, 2/07/16

    1,875           1,905,373   

HSBC USA, Inc.

      

1.70%, 3/05/18

    884           881,568   

ING Bank NV

      

1.375%, 3/07/16 (a)

    1,910           1,917,239   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

      

0.793%, 3/01/18 (b)

    896           892,668   

Series G

      

1.10%, 10/15/15

    2,190           2,191,984   

Lloyds Bank PLC

      

1.75%, 3/16/18

    1,539           1,539,151   

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

      

0.731%, 9/25/17 (a)(b)

    1,935           1,931,353   

Morgan Stanley

      

1.75%, 2/25/16

    1,164           1,168,737   

1.875%, 1/05/18

    859           861,279   

5.625%, 9/23/19

    888           995,087   


    Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

PNC Funding Corp.

      

2.70%, 9/19/16

  U.S.$ 1,890         $ 1,922,809   

Royal Bank of Canada

      

0.85%, 3/08/16

    1,925           1,929,643   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

      

1.80%, 3/26/18

    1,372           1,369,958   

US Bank NA/Cincinnati OH

      

0.759%, 10/28/19 (b)

    714           715,491   

Wells Fargo & Co.

      

2.125%, 4/22/19

    1,427           1,432,604   
      

 

 

 
         45,398,521   
      

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.2%

      

New York Life Global Funding

      

0.80%, 2/12/16 (a)

    1,970           1,972,886   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

      

4.75%, 9/17/15

    1,580           1,592,225   
      

 

 

 
         3,565,111   
      

 

 

 
         48,963,632   
      

 

 

 

Industrial - 7.1%

      

Basic - 0.5%

      

Monsanto Co.

      

0.476%, 11/07/16 (b)

    1,590           1,584,623   
      

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.7%

      

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

      

0.812%, 4/15/16 (a)(b)

    2,120           2,126,080   
      

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 1.3%

      

America Movil SAB de CV

      

5.00%, 3/30/20

    744           823,571   

AT&T, Inc.

      

0.90%, 2/12/16

    1,405           1,405,066   

1.40%, 12/01/17

    2,035           2,021,640   
      

 

 

 
         4,250,277   
      

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 1.8%

      

Daimler Finance North America LLC

      

1.25%, 1/11/16 (a)

    2,890           2,898,485   

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

      

1.461%, 3/27/17

    1,027           1,022,408   

Volkswagen International Finance NV

      

1.125%, 11/18/16 (a)

    1,595           1,597,271   
      

 

 

 
         5,518,164   
      

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 2.1%

      

AbbVie, Inc.

      

1.75%, 11/06/17

    2,000           2,005,242   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

      

3.05%, 12/01/16

    1,880           1,934,052   

McKesson Corp.

      

0.95%, 12/04/15

    828           829,162   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

PepsiCo, Inc.

       

0.70%, 2/26/16

   U.S.$ 1,910         $ 1,911,163   
       

 

 

 
          6,679,619   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.7%

       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

       

0.563%, 3/03/17 (b)

     1,515           1,517,128   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

       

1.40%, 5/18/18

     804           801,504   
       

 

 

 
          2,318,632   
       

 

 

 
          22,477,395   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $71,449,108)

          71,441,027   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 21.2%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 9.3%

       

Ally Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2015-3, Class A

       

1.63%, 5/15/20

     1,099           1,100,407   

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust

       

Series 2011-1, Class D

       

4.26%, 2/08/17

     1,415           1,416,128   

ARI Fleet Lease Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A2

       

0.70%, 12/15/15 (a)

     110           110,161   

Series 2014-A, Class A2

       

0.81%, 11/15/22 (a)

     347           346,173   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2012-3A, Class A

       

2.10%, 3/20/19 (a)

     1,095           1,102,536   

Series 2013-2A, Class A

       

2.97%, 2/20/20 (a)

     1,839           1,891,832   

Bank of America Auto Trust

       

Series 2012-1, Class C

       

2.09%, 7/17/17

     1,825           1,841,217   

Bank of The West Auto Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.31%, 10/15/19 (a)

     1,131           1,130,769   

California Republic Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.31%, 8/15/19

     502           501,858   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2015-AA, Class A2

       

1.01%, 11/15/17 (a)

     705           705,009   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC

       

Series 2014-1, Class A2

       

0.87%, 9/20/19 (a)

     339           338,519   

Series 2014-2, Class A2

       

1.05%, 3/20/20 (a)

     1,299           1,297,987   

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.30%, 9/20/20 (a)

     1,239           1,240,300   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A4

       

1.47%, 5/17/21

   U.S.$ 838         $ 838,960   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

2.31%, 4/15/26 (a)

     1,274           1,289,013   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.10%, 12/20/17

     1,200           1,200,942   

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.68%, 12/20/18

     1,020           1,019,978   

GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A1

       

1.65%, 5/15/20 (a)

     469           468,726   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

1.10%, 9/15/19

     1,720           1,719,326   

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.41%, 6/15/20

     492           493,282   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class A2

       

1.83%, 8/25/19 (a)

     940           934,188   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A2

       

1.00%, 10/16/17 (a)

     850           850,669   

Series 2015-B, Class A3

       

1.40%, 11/15/18 (a)

     496           495,164   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A2

       

0.68%, 10/16/17

     961           961,600   

Mercedes Benz Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A2A

       

0.48%, 6/15/16

     416           415,674   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A3

       

1.40%, 6/15/18

     941           940,812   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-4, Class A3

       

1.11%, 12/15/17

     566           566,484   

Series 2015-3, Class A2A

       

1.02%, 9/17/18

     544           544,003   

TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust

       

Series 2015-1A, Class A2

       

1.02%, 8/15/18 (a)

     714           714,239   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.91%, 10/22/18

     1,338           1,337,644   

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2013-B, Class A3

       

0.83%, 8/15/18

     1,345           1,345,535   
       

 

 

 
          29,159,135   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 4.4%

       

Cabela’s Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2010-2A, Class A2

       

0.886%, 9/17/18 (a)(b)

     3,155           3,158,035   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.536%, 3/16/20 (b)

   U.S.$ 1,200         $ 1,200,420   

Chase Issuance Trust

       

Series 2012-A6, Class A

       

0.316%, 8/15/17 (b)

     2,570           2,569,794   

Series 2013-A6, Class A6

       

0.606%, 7/15/20 (b)

     2,388           2,393,092   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2014-A1, Class A1

       

0.616%, 7/15/21 (b)

     895           896,744   

Series 2015-A1, Class A1

       

0.536%, 8/17/20 (b)

     1,003           1,003,300   

First National Master Note Trust

       

Series 2013-2, Class A

       

0.716%, 10/15/19 (b)

     912           913,432   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A

       

0.566%, 12/15/19 (b)

     965           966,766   

Series 2015-A, Class A

       

0.666%, 2/15/22 (b)

     647           646,693   
       

 

 

 
          13,748,276   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 2.8%

       

American Express Credit Account Master Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

1.26%, 1/15/20

     773           774,354   

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A

       

2.41%, 7/15/22

     1,260           1,277,618   

Series 2015-2, Class A

       

1.56%, 3/15/21

     641           640,984   

Citibank Credit Card Issuance Trust

       

Series 2005-A9, Class A9

       

5.10%, 11/20/17

     2,655           2,702,578   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A2, Class A

       

1.90%, 10/17/22

     814           807,157   

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

2.22%, 1/15/22

     1,193           1,207,891   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2012-B, Class A

       

1.76%, 5/17/21

     965           973,876   

Series 2013-A, Class A

       

1.61%, 12/15/21

     610           609,786   
       

 

 

 
          8,994,244   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 2.6%

       

BMW Floorplan Master Owner Trust

       

Series 2012-1A, Class A

       

0.586%, 9/15/17 (a)(b)

     1,544           1,544,609   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A

       

Series 2015-2, Class A2

       

0.756%, 1/15/22 (b)

   U.S.$ 1,003         $ 1,003,906   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.567%, 7/20/19 (b)

     615           611,694   

Series 2015-1, Class A

       

0.687%, 1/20/20 (b)

     1,055           1,055,031   

Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP

       

Series 2013-3, Class A

       

0.735%, 12/10/27 (a)(b)

     889           889,962   

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.585%, 4/10/28 (a)(b)

     1,383           1,382,704   

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.937%, 10/25/19 (a)(b)

     776           776,023   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.687%, 10/20/20 (a)(b)

     957           957,028   
       

 

 

 
          8,220,957   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 2.1%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2014-VT1, Class A2

       

0.86%, 5/22/17 (a)

     1,014           1,013,845   

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A3

       

0.69%, 6/15/18

     1,320           1,321,325   

Series 2013-D, Class A4

       

1.37%, 10/15/20

     2,365           2,365,026   

Series 2015-A, Class A4

       

1.85%, 4/15/21

     655           656,077   

Dell Equipment Finance Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.94%, 6/22/20 (a)

     806           806,773   

Macquarie Equipment Funding Trust

       

Series 2014-A, Class A2

       

0.80%, 11/21/16 (a)

     597           598,271   
       

 

 

 
          6,761,317   
       

 

 

 

Home Equity Loans - Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Nationstar NIM Ltd.

       

Series 2007-A, Class A

       

9.79%, 3/25/37 (c)(d)

     13           0   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $66,915,168)

          66,883,929   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 18.0%

       

New Zealand - 1.0%

       

New Zealand Government Bond

       

Series 1217

       

6.00%, 12/15/17 (a)

   NZD 4,545         $ 3,307,575   
       

 

 

 

United States - 17.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.375%, 4/30/16-10/31/16

   U.S.$ 11,278           11,275,115   

0.50%, 11/30/16

     5,287           5,290,304   

1.25%, 4/30/19

     3,500           3,492,069   

1.375%, 6/30/18

     32,985           33,343,184   
       

 

 

 
          53,400,672   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $57,123,167)

          56,708,247   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 17.9%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 16.0%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-4, Class A1A

       

5.774%, 2/10/51

     1,783           1,908,028   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

       

5.969%, 3/15/49

     307           314,710   

Series 2013-GC11, Class XA

       

2.025%, 4/10/46 (e)

     14,725           1,169,584   

Series 2015-GC29, Class A2

       

2.674%, 4/10/48

     1,025           1,040,885   

COMM 2015-LC21 Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2015-LC21, Class A2

       

2.976%, 7/10/48

     820           845,146   

Commercial Mortgage Pass Through Certificates

       

Series 2012-CR3, Class A1

       

0.666%, 10/15/45

     1,301           1,297,218   

Series 2012-CR4, Class A1

       

0.704%, 10/15/45

     1,044           1,042,052   

Series 2013-CR6, Class A1

       

0.719%, 3/10/46

     1,571           1,557,859   

Series 2013-LC6, Class A1

       

0.724%, 1/10/46

     796           792,638   

Series 2014-CR16, Class A2

       

3.042%, 4/10/47

     1,281           1,327,390   

Series 2014-CR19, Class A2

       

2.965%, 8/10/47

     1,560           1,611,845   

Series 2015-DC1, Class A2

       

2.87%, 2/10/48

     1,097           1,126,576   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C8, Class A1A

       

5.292%, 12/10/46

     1,084           1,140,580   

Series 2013-LC6, Class XA

       

1.90%, 1/10/46 (e)

     1,974           154,768   

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II

       

Series 2013-GC10, Class A1

       

0.696%, 2/10/46

     893           891,092   


     Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2015-GC30, Class A2

       

2.726%, 5/10/50

   U.S.$ 1,007         $ 1,024,197   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-GG10, Class A4

       

5.989%, 8/10/45

     505           538,534   

Series 2012-GCJ7, Class XA

       

2.724%, 5/10/45 (e)

     11,369           1,161,952   

Series 2013-G1, Class A1

       

2.059%, 4/10/31 (a)

     1,097           1,080,030   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp.

       

Series 2012-LC9, Class A1

       

0.67%, 12/15/47

     190           189,492   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

       

5.439%, 1/15/49

     2,480           2,620,547   

Series 2010-C2, Class A1

       

2.749%, 11/15/43 (a)

     524           525,645   

Series 2013-C10, Class A1

       

0.73%, 12/15/47

     768           765,645   

Series 2013-C16, Class A2

       

3.07%, 12/15/46

     2,201           2,281,360   

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2013-C15, Class A2

       

2.977%, 11/15/45

     2,245           2,320,476   

Series 2015-C28, Class A2

       

2.773%, 10/15/48

     1,250           1,272,599   

Series 2015-C29, Class A2

       

2.921%, 5/15/48

     600           614,769   

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A2

       

2.767%, 1/20/41 (a)

     636           645,612   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C2, Class A1A

       

5.739%, 8/12/43

     735           761,146   

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust

       

Series 2013-C7, Class A1

       

0.738%, 2/15/46

     1,450           1,448,058   

Series 2013-C8, Class A1

       

0.777%, 12/15/48

     1,577           1,568,212   

Series 2014-C17, Class A2

       

3.119%, 8/15/47

     1,092           1,132,440   

Series 2015-C23, Class A2

       

2.982%, 7/15/50

     930           958,096   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C4, Class A1

       

0.673%, 12/10/45

     1,079           1,073,942   

Series 2013-C5, Class A1

       

0.779%, 3/10/46

     1,605           1,595,382   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C23, Class A5

       

5.416%, 1/15/45

     1,638           1,659,495   

Series 2006-C26, Class A1A

       

6.009%, 6/15/45

     402           415,164   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-LC5, Class A1

       

0.687%, 10/15/45

   U.S.$ 1,442         $ 1,439,788   

Series 2015-NXS1, Class A2

       

2.632%, 5/15/48

     557           566,664   

WF-RBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C10, Class A1

       

0.734%, 12/15/45

     1,825           1,819,287   

Series 2012-C10, Class XA

       

1.926%, 12/15/45 (a)(e)

     1,694           155,515   

Series 2012-C6, Class XA

       

2.577%, 4/15/45 (a)(e)

     1,119           109,528   

Series 2012-C9, Class A1

       

0.673%, 11/15/45

     1,555           1,549,369   

Series 2013-C11, Class A1

       

0.799%, 3/15/45

     860           856,860   

Series 2013-C12, Class A1

       

0.735%, 3/15/48

     1,137           1,132,772   

Series 2014-C24, Class A2

       

2.863%, 11/15/47

     900           925,491   
       

 

 

 
          50,428,438   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 1.0%

       

Carefree Portfolio Trust

       

Series 2014-CARE, Class A

       

1.506%, 11/15/19 (a)(b)

     597           598,170   

JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2014-INN, Class A

       

1.106%, 6/15/29 (a)(b)

     1,087           1,084,079   

PFP III Ltd.

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

1.356%, 6/14/31 (a)(b)

     322           321,933   

Resource Capital Corp., Ltd.

       

Series 2014-CRE2, Class A

       

1.236%, 4/15/32 (a)(b)

     431           429,498   

Starwood Retail Property Trust

       

Series 2014-STAR, Class A

       

1.402%, 11/15/27 (a)(b)

     622           620,205   
       

 

 

 
          3,053,885   
       

 

 

 

Agency CMBS - 0.9%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

       

Series K033, Class A1

       

2.871%, 2/25/23

     2,165           2,246,552   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2006-51, Class IO

       

0.449%, 8/16/46 (e)

     2,358           67,493   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

NCUA Guaranteed Notes Trust

       

Series 2010-C1, Class A1

       

1.60%, 10/29/20

   U.S.$ 410         $ 409,640   
       

 

 

 
          2,723,685   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $56,694,336)

          56,206,008   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 8.6%

       

Agency Floating Rate - 3.5%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 4248, Class QF

       

0.686%, 6/15/39 (b)

     1,455           1,468,170   

Series 4286, Class VF

       

0.636%, 12/15/43 (b)

     1,671           1,677,185   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2013-57, Class FN

       

0.537%, 6/25/43 (b)

     1,601           1,604,725   

Series 2014-49, Class AF

       

0.50%, 8/25/44 (b)

     2,612           2,626,564   

NCUA Guaranteed Notes Trust

       

Series 2010-R3, Class 1A

       

0.744%, 12/08/20 (b)

     3,436           3,460,866   
       

 

 

 
          10,837,510   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 3.1%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 3948, Class DA

       

3.00%, 12/15/24

     3,036           3,139,913   

Series 4029, Class NE

       

2.50%, 3/15/41

     2,852           2,883,861   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2010-9, Class EA

       

3.50%, 1/25/24

     1,130           1,168,084   

Series 2011-39, Class DA

       

3.50%, 7/25/24

     781           794,846   

Series 2014-54, Class LA

       

3.00%, 2/25/44

     1,748           1,788,761   
       

 

 

 
          9,775,465   
       

 

 

 

GSE Risk Share Floating Rate - 1.8%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2014-DN2, Class M1

       

1.037%, 4/25/24 (b)

     792           790,001   

Series 2014-HQ1, Class M1

       

1.837%, 8/25/24 (b)

     1,038           1,040,762   

Series 2014-HQ2, Class M1

       

1.637%, 9/25/24 (b)

     421           420,676   

Series 2014-HQ3, Class M1

       

1.837%, 10/25/24 (b)

     725           726,184   

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C02, Class 1M1

       

1.137%, 5/25/24 (b)

     1,357           1,346,043   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014-C04, Class 2M1

       

2.287%, 11/25/24 (b)

   U.S.$ 971         $ 978,233   

Series 2015-C01, Class 1M1

       

1.687%, 2/25/25 (b)

     448           448,048   
       

 

 

 
          5,749,947   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.2%

       

Mortgage Equity Conversion Asset Trust

       

Series 2007-FF2, Class A

       

0.69%, 2/25/42 (a)(b)

     887           759,230   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $27,121,246)

          27,122,152   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 4.5%

       

Agency Callables - 4.5%

       

Federal Home Loan Banks

       

2.00% , 5/18/20

     2,355           2,353,519   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 0002

       

1.25%, 5/25/18

     3,234           3,230,441   

1.95%, 5/28/20

     2,355           2,350,578   

1.58%, 2/27/19

     3,231           3,226,412   

Series 0000

       

1.00%, 6/29/17

     3,101           3,102,160   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $14,276,072)

          14,263,110   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 3.2%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 1.6%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2010

       

5.00% , 2/01/40

     2,997           3,378,425   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

5.00%, 10/15/39

     1,405           1,581,247   

Series 2002

       

7.50%, 3/15/32

     135           162,400   
       

 

 

 
          5,122,072   
       

 

 

 

Other Agency Fixed Rate Programs - 0.8%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00% , 5/01/35

     2,365           2,407,660   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 0.8%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

6.00% , 12/01/21

     14           14,638   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

5.00% , 7/01/25

     769           833,997   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2001

       

6.00%, 11/01/16-12/01/16

     53           53,961   

Series 2002

       

8.00%, 8/01/16

     7           7,638   

6.00%, 2/01/17

     54           55,645   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

6.50% , 3/01/26

   U.S.$ 1,281         $ 1,409,476   
       

 

 

 
          2,375,355   
       

 

 

 

Agency ARMs - 0.0%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2007

       

1.79% , 1/01/37 (b)

     8           8,417   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $9,765,738)

          9,913,504   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 2.3%

       

United States - 2.3%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/19 (TIPS)

       

(cost $7,136,352)

     7,009           7,099,960   
       

 

 

 

COVERED BONDS - 0.6%

       

DNB Boligkreditt AS

       

1.45% , 3/21/18 (a)

       

(cost $1,862,341)

     1,865           1,865,914   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.0%
(cost $312,343,528) (f)

          311,503,851   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.0% (g)

          3,298,103   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 314,801,954   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr (CBT) Futures

     430         September 2015       $ 93,990,070       $ 94,143,125       $ 153,055   

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     217         September 2015         25,828,460         25,878,945         (50,485

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     83         September 2015         10,504,561         10,472,266         32,295   
              

 

 

 
               $ 134,865   
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In  Exchange
For

(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

HSBC Bank USA

     NZD4,940         USD3,377         8/14/15       $ 41,757   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In  Exchange
For

(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     CAD44         USD36         7/23/15       $ 440   
           

 

 

 
            $ 42,197   
           

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $51,586,928 or 16.4% of net assets.
(b) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(c) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(d) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security, which represents 0.00% of net assets as of June 30, 2015, is considered illiquid and restricted.

 

Restricted Securities    Acquisition
Date
     Cost      Market
Value
     Percentage of
Net Assets
 

Nationstar NIM Ltd. Series 2007-A, Class A

           

9.79%, 3/25/37

     4/04/07       $ 13,205       $ –0 –       0.00

 

(e) IO - Interest Only
(f) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $1,001,652 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,841,329), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(839,677).
(g) An amount of U.S. $87,050 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at June 30, 2015.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
ARMs    -    Adjustable Rate Mortgages
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
GSE    -    Government-Sponsored Enterprise
NCUA    -    National Credit Union Administration
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration Plus Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Corporates - Investment Grade

   $ – 0  –    $ 71,441,027      $ – 0  –    $ 71,441,027   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      60,122,612        6,761,317^        66,883,929   

Governments - Treasuries

     – 0  –      56,708,247        – 0  –      56,708,247   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      55,667,474        538,534        56,206,008   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      20,612,975        6,509,177        27,122,152   

Agencies

     – 0  –      14,263,110        – 0  –      14,263,110   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      9,913,504        – 0  –      9,913,504   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      7,099,960        – 0  –      7,099,960   

Covered Bonds

     – 0  –      1,865,914        – 0  –      1,865,914   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      297,694,823        13,809,028        311,503,851   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     185,350        – 0  –      – 0  –      185,350   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      42,197        – 0  –      42,197   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (50,485     – 0  –      – 0  –      (50,485
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $             134,865      $     297,737,020      $             13,809,028      $     311,680,913   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Asset-Backed
Securities^
         Commercial
Mortgage-Backed
Securities
    Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
 

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 10,033,010         $ 535,951      $ 2,741,190   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     1,602           (254     2,143   

Realized gain (loss)

     (31,973        (27     4,451   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     39,245           (457     40,857   

Purchases/Payups

     1,668,368           544,135        5,421,210   

Sales/Paydowns

     (3,717,435        (540,814     (1,700,674

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –         – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     (1,231,500        – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 6,761,317         $ 538,534      $ 6,509,177   
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 15,444         $ (4,967   $ 40,857   
  

 

 

      

 

 

   

 

 

 
     Total                   

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 13,310,151          

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     3,491          

Realized gain (loss)

     (27,549       

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     79,645          

Purchases/Payups

     7,633,713          

Sales/Paydowns

     (5,958,923       

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –        

Transfers out of Level 3

     (1,231,500       
  

 

 

        

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 13,809,028       
  

 

 

        

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 51,334          
  

 

 

        

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio’s Level 3 investments at June 30, 2015. Securities priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction prices, are excluded from the following table.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

    
     Fair Value at
6/30/15
    

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input    Range/
Weighted Average
 

Asset-Backed Securities

   $ 0      

Qualitative Assessment

      $ 0.00 / N/A   


The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

U.S. Government Short Duration Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 52.5%

       

United States - 52.5%

       

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.375%, 5/31/16

   $ 2,386         $ 2,387,677   

0.50%, 6/15/16-4/30/17

     11,719           11,717,479   

0.625%, 8/15/16-4/30/18

     4,890           4,888,582   

0.75%, 2/28/18

     672           669,323   

1.25%, 4/30/19

     906           903,947   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $20,547,344)

          20,567,008   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 29.1%

       

Agency Floating Rate - 16.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 3349, Class FE

       

0.676%, 7/15/37 (a)

     377           379,327   

Series 4248, Class QF

       

0.686%, 6/15/39 (a)

     300           302,716   

Series 4286, Class VF

       

0.636%, 12/15/43 (a)

     188           188,872   

Series 4350, Class KF

       

0.53%, 1/15/39 (a)

     426           427,941   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2005-71, Class FE

       

0.537%, 8/25/35 (a)

     581           584,313   

Series 2006-39, Class DF

       

0.587%, 5/25/36 (a)

     346           348,541   

Series 2006-42, Class PF

       

0.597%, 6/25/36 (a)

     367           370,047   

Series 2010-113, Class FA

       

0.587%, 10/25/40 (a)

     262           263,782   

Series 2013-121, Class FA

       

0.587%, 12/25/43 (a)

     161           161,375   

Series 2013-57, Class FN

       

0.537%, 6/25/43 (a)

     183           183,747   

Series 2014-49, Class AF

       

0.50%, 8/25/44 (a)

     304           305,715   

FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities

       

Series T-72, Class A1

       

0.373%, 3/25/36 (a)

     81           79,930   

NCUA Guaranteed Notes Trust

       

Series 2010-R1, Class 1A

       

0.635%, 10/07/20 (a)

     2,003           2,012,763   

Series 2010-R3, Class 1A

       

0.744%, 12/08/20 (a)

     758           763,331   
       

 

 

 
          6,372,400   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 12.8%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 3372, Class BD

       

4.50%, 10/15/22

     425           449,933   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 3852, Class CA

       

3.00%, 10/15/39

   $ 325         $ 334,212   

Series 3948, Class DA

       

3.00%, 12/15/24

     549           568,056   

Series 4029, Class NE

       

2.50%, 3/15/41

     395           399,224   

Series 4054, Class HD

       

2.00%, 5/15/26

     396           401,892   

Series 4058, Class C

       

3.50%, 8/15/30

     385           405,502   

Series 4368, Class HG

       

3.00%, 2/15/32

     380           395,307   

Series 4461, Class EA

       

2.00%, 7/15/37

     741           747,435   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2011-98, Class AE

       

2.50%, 11/25/37

     369           378,792   

Series 2013-130, Class PD

       

3.50%, 5/25/43

     364           381,145   

Series 2014-15, Class PA

       

3.50%, 4/25/44

     375           394,259   

Series 2014-54, Class LA

       

3.00%, 2/25/44

     177           180,683   
       

 

 

 
          5,036,440   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $11,366,631)

          11,408,840   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 9.0%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 4.9%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

5.00%, 8/01/33-5/01/39

     1,187           1,325,061   

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 2/01/40

     362           408,132   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

5.00% , 10/15/39

     169           190,081   
       

 

 

 
          1,923,274   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 3.4%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Gold

       

3.50% , 2/01/29

     401           426,134   

5.00%, 7/01/25

     473           512,860   

6.50%, 3/01/26

     267           294,287   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

5.50% , 9/01/19

     55           57,644   

Series 2001

       

6.00%, 11/01/16

     23           23,916   

Series 2002

       

8.00%, 8/01/16

     3           2,892   
       

 

 

 
          1,317,733   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Other Agency Fixed Rate Programs – 0.7%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00% , 5/01/35

   $ 283         $ 288,312   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $3,489,543)

          3,529,319   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 4.1%

       

Agency CMBS - 4.1%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates

       

Series K017, Class A1

       

1.891%, 12/25/20

     148           149,451   

Series K025, Class A1

       

1.875%, 4/25/22

     468           469,164   

Series K032, Class A1

       

3.016%, 2/25/23

     245           255,546   

Series K033, Class A1

       

2.871%, 2/25/23

     249           258,842   

Series K034, Class A1

       

2.669%, 2/25/23

     214           220,058   

Series K035, Class A1

       

2.615%, 3/25/23

     224           226,581   

Series K703, Class A1

       

1.873%, 1/25/18

     36           35,689   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $1,593,518)

          1,615,331   
       

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 2.5%

       

Agency Callables - 2.5%

       

Federal Home Loan Banks

       

2.00% , 5/18/20

     275           274,827   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

1.95%, 5/28/20

     290           289,456   

1.58%, 2/27/19

     387           386,450   
       

 

 

 

Total Agencies
(cost $952,283)

          950,733   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 2.0%

       

United States - 2.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/19 (TIPS)

       

(cost $791,426)

     777           787,112   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 0.3%

       

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.3%

       

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A 0.937%,

       

10/25/19 (a)(b)

       

(cost $111,000)

     111           111,003   
       

 

 

 


            U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 99.5%
(cost $38,851,745) (c)

        $ 38,969,346   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.5% (d)

          206,520   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 39,175,866   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr (CBT) Futures

     42         September 2015       $ 9,180,812       $ 9,195,375       $ 14,563   

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     27         September 2015         3,407,459         3,406,640         819   
              

 

 

 
         $ 15,382   
              

 

 

 

 

(a) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the market value of this security amounted to $111,003 or 0.3% of net assets.
(c) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $140,482 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(22,881), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $117,601.
(d) An amount of U.S. $29,898 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at June 30, 2015.

Glossary:

 

CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
FHLMC    -    Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
NCUA    -    National Credit Union Administration
TIPS    -    Treasury Inflation Protected Security


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

U.S. Government Short Duration Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Governments - Treasuries

   $             – 0  –    $ 20,567,008      $             – 0  –    $ 20,567,008   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      11,408,840        – 0  –      11,408,840   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      3,529,319        – 0  –      3,529,319   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      1,615,331        – 0  –      1,615,331   

Agencies

     – 0  –      950,733        – 0  –      950,733   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      787,112        – 0  –      787,112   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      111,003        – 0  –      111,003   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      38,969,346        – 0  –      38,969,346   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

      

Futures

     15,382        – 0  –      – 0  –      15,382   

Liabilities:

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $ 15,382      $ 38,969,346      $      $ 38,984,728   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration California Municipal Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 91.1%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 91.1%

       

California - 75.9%

       

Abag Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps. (Odd Fellows Home of California)

       

Series 2012A

       

4.00%, 4/01/16

   $ 1,080         $ 1,108,458   

Bay Area Toll Authority

       

Series 2007F

       

5.00%, 4/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,305           1,403,541   

City of Los Angeles CA Solid Waste Resources Revenue

       

Series 2015A

       

5.50%, 2/01/18

     420           469,186   

City of Los Angeles CA Wastewater System Revenue

       

Series 2013B

       

4.00%, 6/01/16

     1,000           1,033,050   

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     1,245           1,296,207   

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     1,525           1,610,629   

Los Angeles Unified School District/CA

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     1,315           1,426,604   

NATL Series 2002

       

5.75%, 7/01/16

     725           763,432   

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

       

Series 2012E-2

       

3.00%, 7/01/35

     1,000           1,000,000   

Orange County Sanitation District COP

       

AGM Series 2007B

       

5.00%, 2/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,025           1,096,678   

Sacramento City Unified School District/CA

       

Series 2013A

       

4.00%, 8/01/15

     1,040           1,043,131   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

       

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 8/15/16

     1,595           1,677,876   

San Francisco Unified School District

       

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 6/15/17

     1,085           1,175,912   

San Jose Unified School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 8/01/20

     1,095           1,289,012   

Southern California Public Power Authority (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power PWR)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     1,155           1,207,356   

State of California

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 9/01/15

     1,815           1,829,048   
       

 

 

 
       19,430,120   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Florida - 0.4%

       

Durbin Crossing Community Development District

       

Series 20061

       

5.25%, 11/01/15 (a)(b)

   $ 105         $ 37,800   

Lake Ashton II Community Development District

       

Series 2006B

       

5.00%, 11/01/11 (a)(b)

     190           62,700   
       

 

 

 
          100,500   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 2.0%

       

State of Illinois

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     510           511,673   

Town of Cortland IL Special Service Areas No 9 & 10

       

Series 2007

       

5.125%, 3/01/14 (a)(b)

     110           5,500   
       

 

 

 
          517,173   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.3%

       

Coves of the Highland County Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.60%, 11/01/13 (a)(b)(c)

     200           0   

Isabella Lakes Community Development District

       

Series 2007

       

6.00%, 8/01/22 (a)(b)

     200           50,000   

Orange Grove Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.30%, 11/01/21 (a)(b)

     130           26,000   
       

 

 

 
          76,000   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 7.8%

       

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (New Jersey Cigarette Tax)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     820           848,298   

New Jersey Transit Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/15/17

     1,080           1,158,268   
       

 

 

 
          2,006,566   
       

 

 

 

New York - 0.7%

       

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc.)

       

AMBAC Series 1987A

       

0.46%, 3/01/27 (d)

     180           172,834   
       

 

 

 

Puerto Rico - 4.0%

       

Puerto Rico Industrial Tourist Educational Medical & Envirml Ctl Facs Fing Auth (Universidad Interamericana DE Puerto Rico, Inc.)

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 10/01/15

   $ 1,015         $ 1,020,511   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $24,004,884)

        $ 23,323,704   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 5.5%

       

Financial Institutions - 5.5%

       

Banking - 5.5%

       

Capital One Bank USA NA

       

1.20%, 2/13/17

     500           497,471   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

1.35%, 2/15/17

     440           440,384   

Morgan Stanley

       

Series G

       

5.45%, 1/09/17

     445           471,567   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $1,413,337)

          1,409,422   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 2.3%

       

Time Deposit - 2.3%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 7/01/15

       

(cost $584,006)

     584           584,006   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 98.9%
(cost $26,002,227) (e)

          25,317,132   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.1%

          292,609   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 25,609,741   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(b) Illiquid security.
(c) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(d) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of this security amounted to $172,834 or 0.67% of net assets.
(e) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $34,425 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(719,520), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(685,095).

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 8.7% and 4.7%, respectively

Glossary:

 

AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration California Municipal Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 23,141,704      $ 182,000   $ 23,323,704   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      1,409,422        – 0  –      1,409,422   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      584,006        – 0  –      584,006   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      25,135,132        182,000        25,317,132   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $             – 0  –    $     25,135,132      $     182,000      $     25,317,132   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.


The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds^
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $  200,994      $ 200,994   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     22,077        22,077   

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (41,071     (41,071

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 182,000      $ 182,000   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 22,077      $ 22,077   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration New York Municipal Portfolio

Portfolio of Investment

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 97.4%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 97.4%

       

New York - 89.1%

       

City of New York NY

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

   $ 2,855         $ 2,994,695   

Series 2013E

       

5.00%, 8/01/17

     1,175           1,275,322   

County of Westchester NY

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     2,610           2,729,355   

Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority (Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority Sales Tax)

       

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 12/01/16

     1,000           1,062,530   

Long Island Power Authority

       

NATL Series 2006D

       

1.521%, 9/01/15 (a)

     2,050           2,054,469   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

Series 2012H

       

5.00%, 11/15/17

     1,350           1,477,197   

AGM Series 2002B-1

       

0.373%, 11/01/22 (b)

     2,575           2,479,877   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metropolitan Transportation Authority Service Contract)

       

Series 2002A

       

5.75%, 1/01/17

     3,600           3,878,928   

Nassau County Interim Finance Authority

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/16

     1,335           1,416,782   

Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corp. (Catholic Health Services of Long Island Obligated Group)

       

Series 2014

       

3.00%, 7/01/15-7/01/16

     1,385           1,393,112   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

       

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 11/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,000           1,015,450   

5.00%, 11/01/15

     845           858,055   

Series 2015C

       

5.00%, 11/01/18

     3,680           4,133,670   

New York Local Government Assistance Corp.

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 4/01/17

     1,000           1,075,690   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 3/15/17

     3,700           3,972,283   

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (New York State Electric & Gas Corp.)

       

NATL Series 2010C

       

0.513%, 4/01/34 (b)

     2,325           2,182,740   

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority)

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2012D

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

   $ 1,000         $ 1,167,650   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 6/15/18

     1,005           1,121,550   

New York State Thruway Authority

       

Series 2012I

       

5.00%, 1/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     245           250,662   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Ded Tax)

       

Series 2008B

       

5.25%, 4/01/18

     2,710           3,020,837   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Gen Toll Road)

       

Series 2012I

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     835           854,088   

New York State Urban Development Corp. (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 3/15/17

     1,000           1,073,590   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

Series 2013180

       

4.00%, 6/01/16

     1,580           1,631,792   

Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

3.00%, 10/15/16

     2,470           2,549,658   

Schenectady County Capital Resource Corp. (Ellis Hospital)

       

Series 2012

       

1.75%, 2/15/18

     450           446,301   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp/NY (Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp/NY State Lease)

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 6/01/20

     3,950           4,119,811   

Town of Hempstead NY

       

Series 2012

       

4.00%, 8/15/15

     1,315           1,321,089   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/16

     1,000           1,059,570   

Utility Debt Securitization Authority

       

Series 2013T

       

5.00%, 6/15/18

     2,170           2,263,722   
       

 

 

 
          54,880,475   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 2.2%

       

Denver Urban Renewal Authority (Stapleton Development Corp.)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 12/01/15

     1,355           1,379,837   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 0.6%

       

Durbin Crossing Community Development District

       

Series 20061

       

5.25%, 11/01/15 (c)(d)

     135           48,600   

New River Community Development District

       

Series 2006B

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 5/01/13 (c)(e)(f)

   $ 65         $ 1   

Overoaks Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

5.125%, 5/01/09 (c)(e)

     45           22,500   

Series 2010A-1

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (c)

     20           20,018   

Series 2010A-2

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (c)

     50           50,036   

Series 2010B

       

5.125%, 5/01/17 (c)

     65           65,461   

Parkway Center Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

7.00%, 5/01/23

     130           129,908   
       

 

 

 
          336,524   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 1.7%

       

State of Illinois

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     1,000           1,003,280   

Town of Cortland IL Special Service Areas No 9 & 10

       

Series 2007

       

5.125%, 3/01/14 (c)(d)

     153           7,650   
       

 

 

 
          1,010,930   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.2%

       

Coves of the Highland County Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.60%, 11/01/13 (c)(d)(f)

     270           0   

Isabella Lakes Community Development District

       

Series 2007

       

6.00%, 8/01/22 (c)(d)

     255           63,750   

Juban Parc Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.15%, 10/01/14 (c)(d)

     115           23,000   

Whispering Spring Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.20%, 10/01/21 (c)(d)

     120           21,600   
       

 

 

 
          108,350   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 0.5%

       

Michigan Finance Authority (Detroit City School District State Aid)

       

Series 2015B

       

4.75%, 6/01/16 (g)

     300           303,960   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 3.1%

       

New Jersey Transit Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/15/17

     1,800           1,930,446   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $60,791,062)

          59,950,522   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

CORPORATES-INVESTMENT GRADE - 2.1%

       

Financial Institutions - 2.1%

       

Banking - 2.1%

       

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

0.793%, 3/01/18 (h)

   $ 843         $ 839,865   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.375%, 10/15/15

     455           460,956   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates-Investment Grade
(cost $1,302,943)

          1,300,821   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.5%
(cost $62,094,005) (i)

          61,251,343   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.5%

          320,718   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 61,572,061   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of June 30, 2015.
(b) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $4,662,617 or 7.57% of net assets.
(c) Illiquid security.
(d) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(e) Non-income producing security.
(f) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(g) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the market value of this security amounted to $303,960 or 0.5% of net assets.
(h) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(i) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $240,655 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,083,317), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(842,662).

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 11.3% and 0.0%, respectively.

Glossary:

 

AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration New York Municipal Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 58,231,886      $ 1,718,636   $ 59,950,522   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      1,300,821        – 0  –      1,300,821   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      59,532,707        1,718,636        61,251,343   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $             – 0  –    $     59,532,707      $     1,718,636      $     61,251,343   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds^
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 827,562      $ 827,562   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (32,515     (32,515

Realized gain (loss)

     422        422   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     26,386        26,386   

Purchases

     969,587        969,587   

Sales

     (72,806     (72,806


Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $     1,718,636      $     1,718,636   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 26,374      $ 26,374   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio’s Level 3 investments at June 30, 2015. Securities priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction prices, which approximate fair value, are excluded from the following table.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

     Fair Value at
6/30/15
    

Valuation Technique

   Unobservable Input    Range/
Weighted Average
 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ 0      

Qualitative Assessment

      $ 0.00 / N/A   

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration Diversified Municipal Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 95.6%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 95.6%

       

Alabama - 2.7%

       

Alabama Public School & College Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

   $ 4,180         $ 4,348,412   

County of Jefferson AL Sewer Revenue

       

Series 2013D

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     750           779,468   
       

 

 

 
          5,127,880   
       

 

 

 

Arizona - 2.8%

       

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp.

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     2,300           2,491,383   

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District

       

Series 2009B

       

4.00%, 1/01/16

     2,890           2,943,465   
       

 

 

 
          5,434,848   
       

 

 

 

Arkansas - 0.0%

       

City of Little Rock AR

       

Series 2013

       

1.25%, 4/01/33

     50           49,963   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 0.0%

       

Todd Creek Village Metropolitan District No 1

       

Series 2004

       

4.75%, 12/01/29 (a)(b)

     85           52,555   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 9.5%

       

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

       

Series 2009A-1

       

6.00%, 6/01/16

     3,500           3,670,205   

Series 2010A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     4,695           4,881,110   

Florida State Board of Education (State of Florida)

       

Series 2015C

       

5.00%, 6/01/17

     2,010           2,173,473   

Heritage Plantation Community Development District

       

Series 2006B

       

5.10%, 11/01/13 (a)(b)

     150           49,500   

Miami Beach Health Facilities Authority (Mount Sinai Medical Center of Florida, Inc.)

       

Series 2012

       

3.00%, 11/15/15

     815           822,457   

Overoaks Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

5.125%, 5/01/09 (a)(c)

     55           27,500   

Series 2010A-1

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (a)

     30           30,027   

Series 2010A-2

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (a)

     60           60,043   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2010B

       

5.125%, 5/01/17 (a)

   $ 70         $ 70,497   

Parkway Center Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

7.00%, 5/01/23

     105           104,925   

State of Florida Lottery Revenue

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16-7/01/17

     6,100           6,485,447   
       

 

 

 
          18,375,184   
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 5.7%

       

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 1/01/18

     2,450           2,690,663   

State of Georgia

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     8,000           8,368,320   
       

 

 

 
          11,058,983   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 3.0%

       

State of Illinois

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     2,730           2,738,954   

State of Illinois (State of Illinois Sales Tax)

       

Series 2013

       

4.00%, 6/15/16

     3,010           3,107,103   

Town of Cortland IL Special Service Areas No 9 & 10

       

Series 2007

       

5.125%, 3/01/14 (a)(b)

     182           9,100   
       

 

 

 
          5,855,157   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.1%

       

Isabella Lakes Community Development District

       

Series 2007

       

6.00%, 8/01/22 (a)(b)

     515           128,750   

Whispering Spring Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.20%, 10/01/21 (a)(b)

     670           120,600   
       

 

 

 
          249,350   
       

 

 

 

Maryland - 2.3%

       

State of Maryland Department of Transportation

       

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 2/15/18

     4,000           4,416,360   
       

 

 

 

Massachusetts - 5.7%

       

Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (The)

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 8/01/17

     7,700           8,374,058   

Massachusetts School Building Authority

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 8/15/17

     2,400           2,612,424   
       

 

 

 
          10,986,482   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Michigan - 4.3%

       

City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue

       

AGM Series 2006D

       

0.784%, 7/01/32 (d)

   $ 1,530         $ 1,337,511   

Michigan Finance Authority (City of Detroit MI Water Supply System Revenue)

       

Series 2014D4

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     3,260           3,382,054   

Michigan Finance Authority (Detroit City School District State Aid)

       

Series 2015B

       

4.75%, 6/01/16 (e)

     1,000           1,013,200   

Rochester Community School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     2,585           2,679,327   
       

 

 

 
          8,412,092   
       

 

 

 

Minnesota - 5.1%

       

Elk River Independent School District No 728

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 2/01/17

     4,460           4,762,432   

State of Minnesota (State of Minnesota Lease)

       

Series 2012B

       

4.00%, 3/01/16

     5,000           5,121,550   
       

 

 

 
          9,883,982   
       

 

 

 

Missouri - 2.7%

       

City of St Louis MO Airport Revenue (Lambert-St Louis Intl Airport)

       

NATL Series 2005

       

5.50%, 7/01/16

     5,040           5,277,838   
       

 

 

 

Nevada - 2.8%

       

State of Nevada (State of Nevada Unemployment)

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     5,285           5,498,461   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 3.5%

       

Morris-Union Jointure Commission COP

       

AGM Series 2013

       

4.00%, 8/01/15

     750           751,695   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

       

Series 2011G

       

5.00%, 9/01/20

     1,910           2,075,826   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (New Jersey Cigarette Tax)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     1,625           1,681,079   

New Jersey Transit Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/15/17

     2,100           2,252,187   
       

 

 

 
          6,760,787   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

New Mexico - 6.2%

       

State of New Mexico Severance Tax Permanent Fund

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

   $ 11,440         $ 11,959,719   
       

 

 

 

New York - 5.5%

       

City of New York NY

       

Series 2012F

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     1,835           1,842,432   

Series 2013J

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     2,400           2,517,432   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

AGM Series 2002B-1

       

0.373%, 11/01/22 (f)

     6,575           6,332,113   
       

 

 

 
          10,691,977   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 3.3%

       

County of Hamilton OH Sewer System Revenue

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 12/01/16

     5,000           5,308,300   

State of Ohio Major New State Infrastructure Project (State of Ohio Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 20121-GARVEE

       

5.00%, 12/15/17

     1,000           1,099,050   
       

 

 

 
          6,407,350   
       

 

 

 

Oklahoma - 0.3%

       

Comanche County Memorial Hospital

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     600           621,558   
       

 

 

 

Oregon - 2.2%

       

Portland Community College District

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     4,105           4,285,497   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 1.7%

       

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Unemployment)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     2,970           3,313,985   

Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development (LLPCS Foundation)

       

Series 2005A

       

4.60%, 7/01/15 (a)(b)

     65           40,300   
       

 

 

 
          3,354,285   
       

 

 

 

South Carolina - 3.4%

       

State of South Carolina

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 3/01/17

     6,135           6,577,211   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 13.6%

       

Austin Community College District Public Facility Corp.

       

Series 2015

       

3.00%, 8/01/17

     1,100           1,146,563   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Grand Parkway Transportation Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

3.00%, 12/15/16

   $ 11,040         $ 11,387,429   

Tarrant Regional Water District

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 3/01/17

     6,115           6,553,629   

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 3/01/18

     2,760           3,051,345   

Texas Public Finance Authority (Texas Public Finance Authority State Lease)

       

Series 2015D

       

4.00%, 2/01/18

     1,290           1,386,892   

Texas Transportation Commission State Highway Fund

       

Series 2015

       

4.00%, 10/01/18 (g)

     2,500           2,718,675   
       

 

 

 
          26,244,533   
       

 

 

 

Virginia - 1.9%

       

County of Fairfax VA

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 4/01/17

     1,385           1,489,831   

Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     2,000           2,085,220   
       

 

 

 
          3,575,051   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 0.6%

       

Energy Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     1,000           1,084,250   
       

 

 

 

West Virginia - 1.3%

       

State of West Virginia

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 6/01/18

     2,180           2,429,523   
       

 

 

 

Wisconsin - 5.4%

       

State of Wisconsin

       

Series 20141

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     10,000           10,384,300   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $186,340,539)

          185,055,176   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 3.2%

       

Financial Institutions - 3.2%

       

Banking - 3.2%

       

Capital One Bank USA NA

       

1.20%, 2/13/17

     1,850           1,840,645   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

4.587%, 12/15/15

     750           762,730   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.375%, 10/15/15

     1,300           1,317,018   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

3.15%, 7/05/16

     2,213           2,257,813   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $6,190,563)

        $ 6,178,206   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.7%

       

Time Deposit - 0.7%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 7/01/15

       

(cost $1,287,318)

   $ 1,287         $ 1,287,318   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.5%
(cost $193,818,420)(h)

          192,520,700   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.5%

          1,003,461   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 193,524,161   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Illiquid security.
(b) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(e) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security is considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the market value of this security amounted to $1,013,200 or 0.5% of net assets.
(f) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of this security amounted to $6,332,113 or 3.27% of net assets.
(g) When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(h) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $462,427 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,760,147), resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(1,297,720).

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 7.4% and 0.0%, respectively.

Glossary:

 

AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Short Duration Diversified Municipal Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $             – 0  –    $ 184,361,379      $ 693,797      $ 185,055,176   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      6,178,206        – 0  –      6,178,206   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      1,287,318        – 0  –      1,287,318   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      191,826,903        693,797        192,520,700   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $ – 0  –    $ 191,826,903      $ 693,797      $ 192,520,700   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.


The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 1,841,093      $ 1,841,093   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (452     (452

Realized gain (loss)

     944        944   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (17,788     (17,788

Purchases

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Sales

     (1,130,000     (1,130,000

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 693,797      $ 693,797   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ (16,884   $ (16,884
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

California Municipal Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 95.5%

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 95.5%

  

California - 83.9%

  

Abag Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps. (Odd Fellows Home of California)

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 4/01/20-4/01/22

   $ 2,000         $ 2,321,180   

Anaheim Public Financing Authority (City of Anaheim CA Lease)

  

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 5/01/21-5/01/24

     4,050           4,754,798   

Bay Area Toll Authority

  

Series 2006F

  

5.00%, 4/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     5,250           5,431,650   

5.00%, 4/01/16

     3,630           3,755,053   

Series 2007F

  

5.00%, 4/01/16

     3,570           3,692,986   

Series 2009F-1

  

5.00%, 4/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     14,975           17,071,350   

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 4/01/24-4/01/25

     13,845           16,168,624   

Series 2014A

  

1.00%, 4/01/47

     15,455           15,498,583   

Bay Area Water Supply & Conservation Agency

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 10/01/25

     4,710           5,580,691   

California Econ Recovery

  

Series 2009A

  

5.00%, 7/01/18 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     8,245           9,231,020   

5.00%, 7/01/18

     2,375           2,660,523   

5.00%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     22,500           25,875,000   

California Educational Facilities Authority (University of the Pacific)

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 11/01/28 (a)

     1,545           1,767,279   

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank (Broad Collection (The))

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 6/01/21

     20,650           24,461,577   

California Pollution Control Financing Authority (Poseidon Resources Channelside LP)

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 7/01/27 (b)

     4,000           4,397,600   

California Special Districts Association Finance Corp. COP

  

AGM Series 1996Z

  

5.50%, 8/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     185           187,351   

California State Public Works Board

  

Series 2009E

  

5.00%, 4/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     10,825           12,383,151   

Series 2011G

  

5.00%, 12/01/21 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,545           1,856,163   

NATL Series 2007C

  

5.00%, 9/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,575           1,660,113   

California State Public Works Board (California State Public Works Board Lease)

  

Series 2014A

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 9/01/30

   $ 11,220         $   12,830,182   

Series 2014B

  

5.00%, 10/01/29

     4,445           5,114,728   

AMBAC Series 1993A

  

5.00%, 12/01/19

     2,340           2,565,248   

California State University

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 11/01/24

     1,490           1,722,544   

Series 2011A

  

5.25%, 11/01/26

     5,500           6,470,255   

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 11/01/26

     10,930           12,826,792   

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 11/01/28

     16,650           19,576,071   

California Statewide Communities Development Authority (Kaiser Credit Group)

  

Series 2012C

  

5.00%, 11/01/29

     2,630           2,829,591   

Series 2012E-1

  

5.00%, 4/01/44

     1,000           1,075,890   

City of Industry CA

  

Series 2009

  

5.00%, 7/01/17

     3,655           3,959,133   

City of Long Beach CA Harbor Revenue

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 5/15/22-5/15/25

     16,895           19,503,561   

Series 2010B

  

5.00%, 5/15/21

     6,500           7,542,145   

Series 2015A

  

4.00%, 5/15/18

     2,070           2,231,150   

City of Los Angeles CA Wastewater System Revenue

  

Series 2012C

  

5.00%, 6/01/23

     2,765           3,293,364   

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports (Los Angeles Intl Airport)

  

Series 2008A

  

5.50%, 5/15/16-5/15/17

     10,670           11,475,640   

Series 2009A

  

5.25%, 5/15/23-5/15/24

     15,955           18,265,477   

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 5/15/23-5/15/25

     25,915           30,126,676   

Series 2010D

  

5.00%, 5/15/23

     5,000           5,822,050   

City of Riverside CA Electric Revenue

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 10/01/15

     2,425           2,452,524   

City of Riverside CA Sewer Revenue

  

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 8/01/27-8/01/30

     5,320           6,132,258   

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Wastewater Revenue

  

Series 2013B

  

5.00%, 10/01/25

     4,000           4,721,840   

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue

  

Series 2009A

  

5.00%, 11/01/28

     2,000           2,273,700   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 11/01/25

   $ 11,320         $   13,385,221   

City of San Jose CA Airport Revenue

  

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 3/01/25

     3,600           4,097,916   

Contra Costa Water District

  

Series 2012Q

  

5.00%, 10/01/20

     5,315           6,251,237   

Series 2013R

  

5.00%, 10/01/16

     1,570           1,658,156   

Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District

  

AGM Series 2015B

  

5.00%, 8/01/21

     3,000           3,536,370   

NATL Series 2005

  

5.00%, 8/01/20

     2,020           2,026,848   

Fremont Unified School District/Alameda County CA

  

Series 2014A

  

4.00%, 8/01/16

     1,225           1,272,150   

Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District

  

AGC Series 2008

  

5.25%, 8/01/17

     1,150           1,256,812   

Lake Elsinore Public Financing Authority

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 9/01/21-9/01/23

     1,675           1,869,248   

Long Beach Bond Finance Authority (Aquarium of the Pacific)

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 11/01/23

     4,025           4,614,743   

Long Beach Unified School District

  

Series 2009A

  

5.00%, 8/01/15-8/01/18

     17,695           19,097,325   

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 8/01/25

     1,000           1,153,840   

Los Angeles Community College District/CA

  

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 8/01/25

     5,000           6,044,750   

Series 2015C

  

5.00%, 8/01/20

     1,615           1,898,546   

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 7/01/21

     2,000           2,296,700   

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 7/01/23

     2,220           2,696,523   

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power PWR

  

Series 2008A-2

  

4.00%, 7/01/16

     10,050           10,413,810   

Series 2012C

  

4.00%, 1/01/16

     1,000           1,009,160   

5.00%, 1/01/16

     8,150           8,243,888   

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 7/01/21

     1,505           1,783,711   

Series 2014B

  

5.00%, 7/01/27

     2,190           2,569,724   

Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 7/01/26

     11,725           13,998,126   

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power WTR

  

Series 2012C

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 7/01/23

   $ 1,540         $ 1,839,823   

Los Angeles Unified School District/CA

  

Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 7/01/27

     10,365           12,219,609   

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 7/01/19

     11,585           13,288,574   

FGIC Series 2005A-1

  

5.00%, 7/01/20-7/01/22

     13,485           13,485,000   

NATL Series 2005A-2

  

5.00%, 7/01/20

     11,000           11,000,000   

Mammoth Unified School District/CA

  

NATL Series 1998

  

Zero Coupon, 8/01/21-8/01/22

     2,100           1,773,861   

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

  

Series 1993

  

5.75%, 8/10/18

     7,600           8,190,900   

Series 1993A

  

5.75%, 7/01/21

     1,775           2,099,062   

5.75%, 7/01/21 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     710           876,190   

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 3/01/17-3/01/20

     11,585           13,067,108   

Natomas Unified School District

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 8/01/22-8/01/23

     4,950           5,922,851   

Northern California Power Agency

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 7/01/25-7/01/27

     3,980           4,581,146   

Orange County Sanitation District COP

  

Series 2009A

  

5.00%, 2/01/18-2/01/20

     11,045           12,405,736   

Peralta Community College District

  

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 8/01/28

     1,820           2,114,967   

Pittsburg Successor Agency Redevelopment Agency

  

Series 1983

  

9.60%, 6/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,000           1,079,940   

Port of Los Angeles

  

Series 2011B

  

5.00%, 8/01/23

     2,500           2,950,100   

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 8/01/26-8/01/27

     2,565           2,953,582   

Port of Oakland

  

Series 2012P

  

5.00%, 5/01/22-5/01/25

     16,945           19,481,905   

NATL Series 2007C

  

5.00%, 11/01/18

     1,900           2,075,636   

Riverside County Public Financing Authority

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 11/01/28

     3,395           3,864,291   

Romoland School District

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 9/01/23 (a)

     955           1,075,273   

Sacramento City Financing Authority (Sacramento City Financing Authority Lease)

  

Series 1993B

  

5.40%, 11/01/20

     2,000           2,204,460   

Sacramento City Unified School District/CA

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2011

  

5.00%, 7/01/24

   $ 4,945         $ 5,687,640   

Sacramento County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority

  

AMBAC Series 2001

  

5.50%, 12/01/21

     1,175           1,438,376   

Sacramento Municipal Utility District

  

Series 2012Y

  

5.00%, 8/15/25

     4,555           5,419,630   

Series 2013C

  

5.00%, 8/15/16

     5,155           5,422,854   

Sacramento Regional Transit District

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 3/01/24

     1,000           1,142,480   

San Diego County Water Authority COP

  

AGM Series 2008A

  

5.00%, 5/01/19-5/01/24

     7,655           8,468,654   

San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority Sewer Revenue

  

Series 2009B

  

5.00%, 5/15/18-5/15/21

     35,520           40,004,251   

San Francisco City & County Airports Comm-San Francisco International Airport
(San Francisco Intl Airport)

  

Series 2009C-2

  

5.00%, 5/01/16

     11,520           11,964,672   

Series 2011

  

5.25%, 5/01/18

     4,655           5,165,048   

Series 2011C

  

5.00%, 5/01/21

     3,900           4,502,511   

Series 2011S

  

5.00%, 5/01/25

     3,000           3,508,200   

AGC Series 2008-34E

  

5.00%, 5/01/16

     1,345           1,395,222   

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Agency (Mission Bay South Public Imp)

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 8/01/19-8/01/24

     3,855           4,360,569   

Santa Fe Springs Community Development Commission

  

NATL Series 2002

  

5.375%, 9/01/17

     560           560,582   

Santa Rosa City Schools

  

Series 2013

  

4.00%, 8/01/16

     1,740           1,804,484   

5.00%, 8/01/17

     4,255           4,622,887   

South Placer Wastewater Authority/CA

  

Series 2011C

  

5.00%, 11/01/19-11/01/20

     5,520           6,369,275   

Southern California Public Power Authority (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power PWR)

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 7/01/22-7/01/25

     12,235           14,108,293   

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 7/01/30

     1,000           1,158,220   

Southwestern Community College District

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 8/01/20-8/01/25

     14,850           17,881,794   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

State of California

  

Series 2013

  

5.00%, 10/01/20-9/01/28

   $ 29,390         $ 34,310,385   

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 12/01/22-5/01/29

     18,665           22,040,752   

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 3/01/21

     17,455           20,526,033   

State of California Department of Water Resources

  

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 12/01/27

     9,410           11,204,154   

State of California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Revenue

  

Series 2008H

  

5.00%, 5/01/17

     1,455           1,570,105   

Series 2008K

  

5.00%, 5/01/18

     23,145           25,760,154   

Series 2010L

  

5.00%, 5/01/17-5/01/20

     19,425           21,972,996   

Series 2015O

  

5.00%, 5/01/22

     8,110           9,704,994   

AGM Series 2008H

  

5.00%, 5/01/17

     21,050           22,715,265   

Sweetwater Union High School District

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 8/01/28-8/01/29

     7,980           9,129,519   

University of California

  

Series 2009Q

  

5.25%, 5/15/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     3,355           3,671,410   

5.25%, 5/15/22

     155           169,223   

Series 2010U

  

5.00%, 5/15/24

     4,215           4,854,500   

Series 2012G

  

5.00%, 5/15/25

     10,000           11,752,300   

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 5/15/28

     1,000           1,177,510   

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 5/15/20

     2,500           2,926,375   

Series 2015I

  

5.00%, 5/15/21

     2,900           3,426,089   

Vacaville Unified School District

  

Series 2015C

  

5.00%, 8/01/20-8/01/22

     2,390           2,801,545   

West Contra Costa Unified School District

  

Series 2013A

  

4.00%, 8/01/15

     4,535           4,548,968   

Series 2013B

  

4.00%, 8/01/15

     4,000           4,012,320   
       

 

 

 
       954,550,568   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 0.3%

       

City & County of Denver CO. Airport System Revenue (Denver Intl Airport)

  

Series 2011A

  

5.75%, 11/15/20

     1,700           2,015,707   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Denver Urban Renewal Authority (Stapleton Development Corp.)

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 12/01/20

   $ 1,625         $ 1,856,449   
       

 

 

 
       3,872,156   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 3.0%

       

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

  

Series 2009A-1

  

6.00%, 6/01/16

     13,160           13,799,971   

County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue

  

Series 2009A

  

5.75%, 10/01/21

     1,055           1,230,299   

Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 7/01/21

     1,280           1,494,054   

New River Community Development District

  

Series 2006B

  

5.00%, 5/01/13 (c)(d)(e)

     405           4   

State Board of Administration Finance Corp. (Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund)

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 7/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     4,000           4,000,000   

5.00%, 7/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     13,080           13,667,554   

Sterling Hill Community Development District

  

Series 2003B

  

5.50%, 11/01/10 (c)(d)(f)

     155           61,628   
       

 

 

 
       34,253,510   
       

 

 

 

Guam - 0.1%

       

Guam Government Waterworks Authority

  

Series 2005

  

5.50%, 7/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     995           995,000   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 2.3%

       

State of Illinois

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 8/01/18-8/01/23

     12,445           13,397,461   

Series 2013

  

5.00%, 7/01/20

     3,465           3,756,961   

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 5/01/28

     4,735           4,936,995   

Village of Bolingbrook IL (Village of Bolingbrook IL Sales Tax)

  

Series 2005

  

6.00%, 1/01/26

     4,450           4,322,063   
       

 

 

 
       26,413,480   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.0%

       

Coves of the Highland County Community Development District

  

Series 2006

  

5.60%, 11/01/13 (c)(d)(f)

     3,200           0   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Massachusetts - 0.6%

       

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  

Series 2000G

  

0.12%, 12/01/30

   $ 1,100         $ 1,012,000   

NATL Series 2000E

  

0.12%, 12/01/30 (g)

     6,075           5,700,756   
       

 

 

 
       6,712,756   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 2.5%

       

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 12/15/19-6/15/20

     25,930           28,182,451   
       

 

 

 

North Carolina - 0.2%

       

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency

  

Series 2009B

  

5.00%, 1/01/16

     2,375           2,427,060   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 0.0%

       

Columbiana County Port Authority (ELS Transportation LLC)

  

Series 2004A

  

7.00%, 8/01/21 (d)(f)

     310           124,000   
       

 

 

 

Puerto Rico - 1.0%

       

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

  

NATL Series 2001A

  

5.50%, 7/01/19

     5,470           5,487,613   

Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico

  

NATL Series 1985

  

4.75%, 12/01/15

     5,555           5,555,000   
       

 

 

 
       11,042,613   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 1.3%

       

City of Houston TX Airport System Revenue

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 7/01/19

     10,290           11,517,391   

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

  

Series 2009A

  

5.00%, 11/01/21

     1,180           1,245,231   

North Texas Tollway Authority

  

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 1/01/23

     1,915           2,218,757   
       

 

 

 
       14,981,379   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 0.3%

       

Washington State Housing Finance Commission (Rockwood Retirement Communities)

  

Series 2014B-3

  

5.125%, 1/01/20 (b)

     2,925           2,928,890   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $1,047,696,366)

   

       1,086,483,863   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 2.0%

       

Financial Institutions - 1.9%

       

Banking - 1.9%

       

Bank of America NA

  

1.125%, 11/14/16

     10,000           10,002,690   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  

3.15%, 7/05/16

     5,410           5,519,553   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Morgan Stanley

  

1.75%, 2/25/16

   $ 5,788         $ 5,811,557   
       

 

 

 
       21,333,800   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.1%

       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.1%

       

Becton Dickinson and Co.

  

0.736%, 6/15/16 (h)

     1,765           1,765,815   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $23,076,889)

   

       23,099,615   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.8%

       

Time Deposit - 1.8%

       

State Street Time Deposit

  

0.01%, 7/01/15

       

(cost $19,930,562)

     19,931           19,930,562   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.3%
(cost $1,090,703,817) (i)

   

       1,129,514,040   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.7%

  

       7,944,809   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

  

     $ 1,137,458,849   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $7,326,490 or 0.6% of net assets.
(c) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) Non-income producing security.
(f) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(g) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of this security amounted to $5,700,756 or 0.50% of net assets.
(h) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(i) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $45,293,261 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(6,483,038), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $38,810,223.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 8.37% and 0.17%, respectively.

Glossary:

 

AGC    -    Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
FGIC    -    Financial Guaranty Insurance Company
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

California Municipal Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 1,068,070,778      $     18,413,085   $ 1,086,483,863   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      23,099,615        – 0  –      23,099,615   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      19,930,562        – 0  –      19,930,562   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      1,111,100,955        18,413,085        1,129,514,040   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $             – 0  –    $     1,111,100,955      $ 18,413,085      $     1,129,514,040   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
+ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.


The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds^
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $  7,114,861      $ 7,114,861   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (35,514     (35,514

Realized gain (loss)

     2,432        2,432   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     492,264        492,264   

Purchases

           6,469,988              6,469,988   

Sales

     (26,432     (26,432

Transfers in to Level 3

           4,395,486        4,395,486   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $     18,413,085      $ 18,413,085
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 492,190      $ 492,190   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The following presents information about significant unobservable inputs related to the Portfolio’s Level 3 investments at June 30, 2015. Securities priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction prices, are excluded from the following table.

Quantitative Information about Level 3 Fair Value Measurements

 

    Fair Value  at
6/30/15
   

Valuation Technique

 

Unobservable Input

  Range/
Weighted  Average
 

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

  $     61,628     

Market Approach

 

The Value of Remaining Undeveloped Lots

  $     39.76/N/A   
  $ – 0  –   

Qualitative Assessment

    $ 0.00/N/A   

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

New York Municipal Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 98.0%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 98.0%

       

New York - 82.4%

       

Albany County Airport Authority

       

AGM Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 12/15/16-12/15/22

   $ 13,090         $ 14,236,806   

Battery Park City Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 11/01/22

     4,325           5,207,516   

Buffalo & Erie County Industrial Land Development Corp. (Catholic Health System Obligated Group)

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     1,000           1,145,540   

Build NYC Resource Corp. (Metropolitan College of New York)

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 11/01/23-11/01/25

     3,335           3,594,558   

5.25%, 11/01/29

     1,900           2,041,816   

City of New York NY

       

Series 2004G

       

5.25%, 8/01/15

     5           5,019   

Series 2007A-1

       

5.00%, 8/01/18

     4,570           4,978,969   

Series 2007C

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     4,410           4,512,577   

Series 2007E

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     5,500           5,769,115   

Series 2008A-1

       

5.00%, 8/15/16

     4,400           4,623,080   

Series 2008B-1

       

5.25%, 9/01/16

     10,000           10,551,200   

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 8/01/26

     14,275           16,429,097   

Series 2011D-1

       

5.00%, 10/01/24

     2,860           3,344,141   

Series 2011E-3

       

5.00%, 8/01/23

     6,855           7,986,418   

Series 2012I

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     12,545           13,158,827   

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 8/01/20

     10,000           11,580,400   

Series 2013D

       

5.00%, 8/01/19

     7,165           8,172,614   

Series 2013F

       

5.00%, 3/01/17

     2,675           2,865,514   

Series 2013I

       

5.00%, 8/01/20

     18,775           21,742,201   

City of Yonkers NY

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 10/01/15-10/01/17

     5,880           6,184,840   

County of Albany NY

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 11/01/15

     1,085           1,101,622   

County of Monroe NY

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 6/01/17-6/01/22

     16,315           18,262,721   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

BAM Series 2015

       

5.00%, 6/01/21-6/01/22

   $ 5,860         $ 6,781,789   

County of Nassau NY

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 4/01/21-4/01/22

     5,915           6,811,818   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 4/01/18-4/01/20

     8,660           9,743,489   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 4/01/25

     10,190           11,805,013   

Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority (Erie County Fiscal Stability Authority Sales Tax)

       

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 12/01/23

     5,925           6,992,033   

Erie County Industrial Development Agency (The)

       

AGM Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 5/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,280           1,329,843   

Erie County Industrial Development Agency (The) (Buffalo City School District)

       

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 5/01/22

     5,800           6,747,778   

Housing Development Corp/NY

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/25

     2,000           2,348,860   

Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency (ReEnergy Black River LLC/Old)

       

Series 2014

       

4.75%, 1/01/20

     1,450           1,449,406   

5.25%, 1/01/24

     1,250           1,239,038   

Long Island Power Authority

       

NATL Series 2006F

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     11,885           12,287,783   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

Series 2006B

       

5.00%, 11/15/16-11/15/17

     6,645           7,046,702   

Series 2010D

       

5.25%, 11/15/24

     10,755           12,582,059   

Series 2010G

       

5.00%, 11/15/21

     9,305           10,803,756   

5.25%, 11/15/22-11/15/26

     33,880           39,623,580   

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 11/15/24

     2,890           3,352,747   

Series 2011D

       

5.00%, 11/15/22-11/15/25

     11,775           13,693,661   

AGM Series 2002B

       

0.378%, 11/01/22 (a)

     15,325           14,758,772   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metropolitan Transportation Authority Ded Tax)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/24

     14,130           16,719,605   

NATL Series 2004A

       

5.25%, 11/15/15-11/15/16

     13,150           13,846,713   

Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corp. (Catholic Health Services of Long Island Obligated Group)

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 7/01/24

     4,550           5,316,766   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority

       

5.00%, 6/15/18-6/15/21

     6,905           7,710,364   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2006BB

       

5.00%, 6/15/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

   $ 18,985         $ 19,814,265   

Series 2008AA

       

5.00%, 6/15/18 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     14,580           16,284,419   

Series 2010FF

       

5.00%, 6/15/25

     24,730           28,735,023   

Series 2011HH

       

5.00%, 6/15/26

     9,055           10,553,059   

Series 2014D

       

5.00%, 6/15/22-6/15/29

     14,350           16,896,234   

Series 2015F

       

5.00%, 6/15/27-6/15/28

     7,830           9,239,210   

Series 2015G

       

5.00%, 6/15/28

     11,465           13,444,776   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Building Aid Revenue

       

Series 2011S-1A

       

5.00%, 7/15/25

     4,420           5,158,184   

Series 2012S

       

5.00%, 7/15/25

     7,390           8,661,745   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

       

Series 2007B

       

5.00%, 11/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     3,755           3,813,015   

5.00%, 11/01/15

     1,905           1,934,432   

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 11/01/20

     1,160           1,357,745   

Series 2011A-1

       

5.00%, 11/01/23

     15,315           18,029,277   

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 2/01/20-2/01/24

     15,135           17,537,313   

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 11/01/20

     9,480           11,096,056   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 11/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     670           709,597   

5.00%, 11/01/16-11/01/24

     13,660           15,801,074   

Series 2012D

       

5.00%, 11/01/20-11/01/23

     34,790           41,153,840   

Series 2012E

       

5.00%, 11/01/15-2/01/26

     14,225           16,160,996   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 8/01/27-8/01/29

     6,655           7,719,231   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 11/01/26

     6,345           7,499,663   

Series 2014D-1

       

5.00%, 2/01/28-2/01/29

     9,535           11,038,346   

Series 2015C

       

5.00%, 11/01/26

     20,000           23,867,600   

New York City Trust for Cultural Resources (Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.)

       

Series 2008C

       

5.75%, 12/01/16

     23,025           24,641,815   

New York City Trust for Cultural Resources (Whitney Museum of American Art)

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 7/01/21

     4,745           5,491,816   

New York Liberty Development Corp. (National Sports Museum)

       

Series 2006A

       

6.125%, 2/15/19 (b)(c)

     1,980           20   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

New York Local Government Assistance Corp.

     

Series 2008A

     

5.00%, 4/01/19-4/01/20

   $ 16,145       $ 17,886,956   

New York Power Authority (The)

     

NATL Series 2007C

     

5.00%, 11/15/16

     6,245         6,625,820   

New York State Dormitory Authority

     

Series 2007

     

4.00%, 8/15/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,675         2,686,262   

AGM Series 2007A

     

5.00%, 2/15/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     70         72,024   

NATL Series 1998

     

5.20%, 2/15/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,000         1,029,820   

New York State Dormitory Authority (Ithaca College)

     

Series 2009

     

5.00%, 7/01/17

     12,195         12,210,000   

New York State Dormitory Authority (Mount Sinai Hospital)

     

Series 2010A

     

5.00%, 7/01/18

     1,360         1,506,064   

New York State Dormitory Authority (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)

     

Series 2010A

     

5.00%, 7/01/19

     4,390         4,969,612   

New York State Dormitory Authority (New York State Dormitory Authority Lease)

     

Series 2008D

     

5.00%, 2/15/16

     10,215         10,507,149   

Series 2009A

     

5.00%, 7/01/22

     6,050         6,886,473   

AGM Series 2007A

     

5.00%, 2/15/16

     3,760         3,868,691   

New York State Dormitory Authority (New York University)

     

Series 2015A

     

5.00%, 7/01/23

     2,040         2,446,327   

NATL Series 1998A

     

6.00%, 7/01/18

     1,000         1,146,100   

New York State Dormitory Authority (St John’s University/NY)

     

Series 2015A

     

5.00%, 7/01/24

     1,130         1,336,146   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

     

Series 2008A

     

5.00%, 3/15/20

     4,750         5,242,575   

Series 2008C

     

5.00%, 3/15/16-3/15/18

     35,690         38,727,977   

Series 2009D

     

5.00%, 6/15/20

     2,230         2,544,162   

Series 2009G

     

5.00%, 3/15/18

     7,840         8,686,171   

Series 2012A

     

5.00%, 12/15/21

     5,905         7,002,031   

Series 2012B

     

5.00%, 3/15/22

     3,905         4,603,058   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2012D

       

5.00%, 2/15/22-2/15/25

   $ 22,135         $ 25,996,657   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 2/15/28-2/15/29

     13,825           15,896,343   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 3/15/28-3/15/29

     14,485           16,764,246   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 3/15/23

     7,210           8,574,997   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State University of New York Dormitory Fees)

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18-7/01/19

     3,820           4,303,141   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State University of New York)

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 7/01/24

     3,125           3,622,750   

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (New York State Electric & Gas Corp.)

       

NATL Series 2010C

       

0.513%, 4/01/34(a)

     20,500           19,245,666   

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority)

       

Series 2004

       

5.00%, 6/15/25

     6,845           6,867,109   

Series 2007B

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     1,610           1,680,937   

Series 2009A

       

5.25%, 6/15/24

     7,300           8,447,049   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Ded Tax)

       

Series 2008B

       

5.00%, 4/01/17

     21,620           23,228,960   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/21-4/01/25

     26,175           30,574,589   

AMBAC Series 2005B

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     9,080           10,734,285   

NATL Series 2005B

       

5.00%, 4/01/16

     10,335           10,450,752   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Gen Toll Road)

       

Series 2012I

       

5.00%, 1/01/25

     5,155           5,955,572   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 5/01/19

     25,000           28,245,750   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 1/01/26-1/01/28

     4,305           5,002,886   

Series 2014J

       

5.00%, 1/01/26-1/01/27

     33,860           39,299,159   

New York State Thruway Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/15/16

     9,410           9,717,331   

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 3/15/25

     5,425           6,313,778   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

New York State Urban Development Corp.

       

AMBAC Series 2005A-1

       

5.00%, 12/15/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

   $ 6,265         $ 6,399,698   

New York State Urban Development Corp. (New York State Urban Development Corp. Lease)

       

Series 2008B

       

5.00%, 1/01/19

     3,525           3,937,672   

New York State Urban Development Corp. (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2007B

       

5.00%, 3/15/16

     2,085           2,153,096   

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 3/15/20

     9,915           11,452,023   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 9/15/24

     2,000           2,277,320   

Series 2011O

       

5.00%, 10/15/21

     5,215           6,046,427   

Series 2013-178

       

5.00%, 12/01/23

     10,480           12,212,449   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 9/01/27

     7,500           8,582,700   

Series 20141

       

5.00%, 10/15/23

     3,455           4,023,900   

Series 2014186

       

5.00%, 10/15/21-10/15/22

     12,575           14,580,432   

XLCA Series 2006

       

5.00%, 10/01/17

     6,425           6,632,271   

Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/15/25-10/15/26

     13,040           15,777,927   

Schenectady County Capital Resource Corp. (Ellis Hospital)

       

Series 2012

       

1.75%, 2/15/18

     1,250           1,239,725   

Suffolk County Economic Development Corp. (Catholic Health Services of Long Island Obligated Group)

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 7/01/16-7/01/17

     2,900           3,084,444   

Tompkins County Industrial Development Agency (Ithaca College)

       

Series 2007

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     2,710           2,718,780   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority

       

Series 1992Y

       

5.50%, 1/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     4,250           4,396,030   

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 5/15/18 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,150           2,393,015   

Series 2008C

       

5.00%, 11/15/16

     5,000           5,297,850   

Series 2008D

       

5.00%, 11/15/15-11/15/16

     22,595           23,602,835   

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 1/01/27

     7,000           8,010,240   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 11/15/19-11/15/23

     28,235           33,438,986   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 11/15/28

     5,000           5,695,250   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 11/15/22

   $ 7,525         $ 8,988,462   

Troy Capital Resource Corp. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 9/01/16-9/01/21

     16,590           17,909,926   

Ulster County Industrial Development Agency (Kingston Regional Senior Living Corp.)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.25%, 9/15/16

     665           671,756   

Utility Debt Securitization Authority

       

Series 2013T

       

5.00%, 6/15/26-12/15/29

     34,825           40,661,212   
       

 

 

 
          1,390,214,718   
       

 

 

 

Alabama - 0.7%

       

Alabama Public School & College Authority

       

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 5/01/18

     11,055           12,251,814   
       

 

 

 

California - 1.6%

       

California Econ Recovery

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     16,365           18,322,090   

5.25%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     5,000           5,798,600   

Golden State Tobacco Securitization Corp.

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/01/19

     1,225           1,383,932   

San Francisco City & County Airports Comm-San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco Intl Airport)

       

Series 2009E

       

5.00%, 5/01/21

     1,280           1,452,301   
       

 

 

 
          26,956,923   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 0.1%

       

Todd Creek Village Metropolitan District No 1

       

Series 2004

       

5.60%, 12/01/14 (b)

     2,765           1,714,300   
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 0.4%

       

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 10/01/19-10/01/21

     5,795           6,571,661   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 5.2%

       

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

       

Series 2009A-1

       

6.00%, 6/01/16

     32,755           34,347,876   

Series 2010A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     7,230           7,516,597   

County of Lee FL Airport Revenue (Southwest Florida Intl Airport)

       

AGM Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 10/01/16-10/01/17

     4,805           5,092,741   

County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue

       

Series 2009A

       

5.75%, 10/01/20

     1,680           1,959,905   

Durbin Crossing Community Development District

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 20061

       

5.25%, 11/01/15 (b)(c)

   $ 2,060         $ 741,600   

Florida State Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     13,660           13,660,000   

Heritage Plantation Community Development District

       

Series 2006B

       

5.10%, 11/01/13 (b)(c)

     955           315,150   

Overoaks Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

5.125%, 5/01/09 (b)(d)

     185           92,500   

Series 2010A-1

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (b)

     75           75,067   

Series 2010A-2

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (b)

     185           185,133   

Series 2010B

       

5.125%, 5/01/17 (b)

     240           241,704   

Parkway Center Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

7.00%, 5/01/23

     1,010           1,009,283   

Polk County School District (Polk County School District Sales Tax)

       

AGM Series 2007

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     2,690           2,832,785   

State of Florida Lottery Revenue

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     16,355           18,233,862   

Sterling Hill Community Development District

       

Series 2003B

       

5.50%, 11/01/10 (b)(c)(e)

     160           63,616   

Volusia County School Board COP

       

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 8/01/26

     1,000           1,156,040   
       

 

 

 
          87,523,859   
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 0.4%

       

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/15/17

     6,975           7,401,661   
       

 

 

 

Guam - 0.1%

       

Guam Department of Education COP

       

Series 2010A

       

6.00%, 12/01/20

     1,625           1,720,680   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 1.5%

       

State of Illinois

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15-8/01/25

     24,765           25,441,612   

Town of Cortland IL (Town of Cortland IL Spl Tax)

       

Series 2006

       

5.50%, 3/01/17 (b)(c)

     1,307           339,820   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Town of Cortland IL Special Service Areas No 9 & 10

       

Series 2007

       

5.125%, 3/01/14 (b)(c)

   $ 2,545         $ 127,250   
       

 

 

 
          25,908,682   
       

 

 

 

Indiana - 0.7%

       

Indiana Bond Bank (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.25%, 10/15/18-10/15/21

     10,745           12,259,708   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.1%

       

Isabella Lakes Community Development District

       

Series 2007

       

6.00%, 8/01/22 (b)(c)

     1,515           378,750   

Juban Parc Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.15%, 10/01/14 (b)(c)

     1,155           231,000   

Whispering Spring Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.20%, 10/01/21 (b)(c)

     1,500           270,000   
       

 

 

 
          879,750   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 0.2%

       

City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     2,985           3,346,752   
       

 

 

 

Nevada - 0.5%

       

County of Clark Department of Aviation (McCarran Intl Airport)

       

AGM Series 2009C

       

5.00%, 7/01/23

     7,400           8,267,576   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 0.3%

       

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 3/01/21

     2,500           2,717,425   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 6/15/21

     2,195           2,383,682   
       

 

 

 
          5,101,107   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 0.0%

       

Columbiana County Port Authority (ELS Transportation LLC)

       

Series 2004A

       

7.00%, 8/01/21 (b)(c)

     200           80,000   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 1.1%

       

Philadelphia Parking Authority (The) (Philadelphia Airport Parking)

       

Series 2009

       

5.00%, 9/01/16-9/01/21

     14,925           16,699,788   

5.25%, 9/01/23

     2,345           2,700,197   
       

 

 

 
          19,399,985   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Puerto Rico - 0.7%

       

Government Development Bank for Puerto Rico

       

NATL Series 1985

       

4.75%, 12/01/15

   $ 7,460         $ 7,460,000   

Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority

       

NATL Series 2002KK

       

5.50%, 7/01/16

     3,695           3,755,229   
       

 

 

 
          11,215,229   
       

 

 

 

Tennessee - 1.2%

       

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The))

       

Series 2006A

       

5.25%, 9/01/21

     17,375           19,733,482   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 0.0%

       

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Buckingham Senior Living Community, Inc.)

       

Series 2007

       

5.25%, 11/15/16

     10           10,132   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 0.8%

       

Port of Seattle WA

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 2/01/21

     11,085           12,747,307   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $1,606,882,698)

          1,653,305,326   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 0.4%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.2%

       

Finance - 0.2%

       

General Electric Capital Corp.

       

1.625%, 7/02/15

     4,304           4,304,000   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.2%

       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.2%

       

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

0.736%, 6/15/16(f)

     2,683           2,684,239   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $6,986,997)

          6,988,239   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.6%

       

Time Deposit - 0.6%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 7/01/15

       

(cost $9,799,624)

     9,800           9,799,624   
       

 

 

 


          U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 99.0%
(cost $1,623,669,319) (g)

      $ 1,670,093,189   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.0%

        17,262,153   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 1,687,355,342   
     

 

 

 

 

(a) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $34,004,438 or 2.02% of net assets.
(b) Illiquid security.
(c) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(d) Non-income producing security.
(e) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(f) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(g) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $61,627,151 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(15,203,281), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $46,423,870.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 9.5% and 0.5%, respectively

Glossary:

 

AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
BAM    -    Build American Mutual
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
XLCA    -    XL Capital Assurance Inc.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

New York Municipal Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 1,638,115,545      $ 15,189,781      $ 1,653,305,326   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      6,988,239        – 0  –      6,988,239   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      9,799,624        – 0  –      9,799,624   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      1,654,903,408        15,189,781        1,670,093,189   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $             – 0  –    $ 1,654,903,408      $ 15,189,781      $ 1,670,093,189   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.


The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 8,796,688      $ 8,796,688   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

   $ (37,985     (37,985

Realized gain (loss)

   $ 15,458        15,458   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

   $ 804,277        804,277   

Purchases

           7,400,801              7,400,801   

Sales

   $ (1,789,458     (1,789,458

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $      15,189,781      $     15,189,781   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 771,393      $ 771,393   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Diversified Municipal Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 96.7%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 95.2%

       

Alabama - 2.1%

       

Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 9/01/24-9/01/25

   $ 8,610         $ 10,455,803   

Alabama Federal Aid Highway Finance Authority (State of Alabama Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 9/01/24

     18,230           20,965,594   

Alabama Public School & College Authority

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

     34,415           37,079,065   

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 5/01/16-5/01/17

     33,390           35,171,420   

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 1/01/24

     3,200           3,827,200   

Birmingham Airport Authority (Birmingham-Shuttlesworth Intl Airport)

       

AGM Series 2010

       

6.00%, 7/01/21-7/01/22

     10,070           11,910,969   

Birmingham Water Works Board

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 1/01/21-1/01/22

     13,295           15,425,752   
       

 

 

 
          134,835,803   
       

 

 

 

Arizona - 2.1%

       

Arizona Board of Regents COP (University of Arizona COP)

       

Series 2012C

       

5.00%, 6/01/25

     2,365           2,702,225   

Arizona Department of Transportation State Highway Fund Revenue

       

Series 2006

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     8,480           8,480,000   

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 7/01/24-7/01/25

     17,210           20,080,082   

Arizona Health Facilities Authority (Scottsdale Healthcare Hospitals Obligated Group)

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 12/01/23-12/01/24

     2,770           3,239,594   

Arizona School Facilities Board COP

       

NATL Series 2005A-1

       

5.00%, 9/01/15

     1,765           1,778,520   

Arizona Transportation Board (Arizona Transportation Board Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     16,810           16,810,000   

City of Glendale AZ (City of Glendale AZ Excise Tax)

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 7/01/23-7/01/26

     33,315           39,185,515   

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp. (City of Phoenix Civic Improvement-Airport)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/20-7/01/21

     7,225           8,263,368   

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 7/01/23-7/01/25

     19,665           22,199,375   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

County of Maricopa AZ COP

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

   $ 3,290         $ 3,653,578   

Industrial Development Authority of the County of Pima (The) (Global Water
Resources LLC)

       

Series 2006

       

5.45%, 12/01/17

     1,100           1,111,099   

Maricopa County Unified School District No 69 Paradise Valley

       

NATL Series 2004

       

5.20%, 7/01/16

     7,510           7,867,476   

Salt Verde Financial Corp. (Citigroup, Inc.)

       

Series 2007

       

5.25%, 12/01/21

     1,430           1,626,840   
       

 

 

 
          136,997,672   
       

 

 

 

California - 8.1%

       

California Econ Recovery

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     22,440           25,806,000   

5.25%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,735           3,171,834   

California State Public Works Board (California State Public Works Board Lease)

       

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 10/01/28

     1,225           1,422,384   

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports (Los Angeles Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010D

       

5.00%, 5/15/22-5/15/23

     24,415           28,429,070   

Fremont Unified School District/Alameda County CA

       

AGM Series 2005B

       

5.00%, 8/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,000           1,003,390   

Fresno Unified School District

       

NATL Series 2002A

       

6.00%, 2/01/20

     3,255           3,836,278   

Sacramento City Financing Authority (Sacramento City Financing Authority Lease)

       

Series 1993B

       

5.40%, 11/01/20

     1,000           1,102,230   

San Francisco City & County Airports Comm-San Francisco International Airport
(San Francisco Intl Airport)

       

Series 2009E

       

5.25%, 5/01/22-5/01/23

     10,380           11,859,266   

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 5/01/22

     5,880           6,702,083   

NATL Series 2006-32F

       

5.25%, 5/01/18

     3,700           4,134,935   

State of California

       

Series 2006

       

5.00%, 3/01/16-10/01/16

     10,110           10,519,598   

Series 2008

       

5.00%, 4/01/18

     5,000           5,548,450   

Series 2009

       

5.25%, 10/01/20

     5,085           5,885,074   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 11/01/24-11/01/25

   $ 43,465         $ 51,956,985   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/25-5/01/29

     130,465           153,495,347   

State of California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Revenue

       

Series 2010L

       

5.00%, 5/01/17-5/01/19

     183,675           207,313,242   
       

 

 

 
          522,186,166   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 1.1%

       

City & County of Broomfield CO COP

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 12/01/16-12/01/20

     13,735           15,243,491   

City & County of Denver CO Airport System Revenue (Denver Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 11/15/21-11/15/23

     19,685           22,653,160   

Series 2011A

       

5.50%, 11/15/19

     2,290           2,640,462   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/22-11/15/24

     6,630           7,533,521   

Metro Wastewater Reclamation District

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/23

     3,435           4,086,070   

PV Water & Sanitation Metropolitan District

       

Series 2006

       

Zero Coupon, 12/15/17 (a)(b)

     13,168           4,608,800   

Regional Transportation District (Denver Transit Partners LLC)

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 1/15/21

     2,800           3,078,600   

5.25%, 1/15/24-7/15/24

     7,745           8,442,747   

Todd Creek Village Metropolitan District No 1

       

Series 2004

       

4.75%, 12/01/09 (a)(b)

     1,852           1,148,330   
       

 

 

 
          69,435,181   
       

 

 

 

Connecticut - 0.3%

       

State of Connecticut

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 10/15/21

     3,370           3,939,496   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 3/01/28

     6,360           7,244,803   

State of Connecticut Special Tax Revenue

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 1/01/22-1/01/24

     8,575           10,057,080   
       

 

 

 
          21,241,379   
       

 

 

 

Delaware - 0.1%

       

Delaware River & Bay Authority

       

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 1/01/26-1/01/27

     5,470           6,373,141   
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 1.6%

       

District of Columbia

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/01/25-6/01/27

     59,115           69,274,570   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

District of Columbia (District of Columbia Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2012C

       

5.00%, 12/01/26

   $ 5,545         $ 6,480,497   

District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority

       

AGM Series 1998

       

6.00%, 10/01/16

     1,635           1,745,444   

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

       

Series 2008A

       

5.50%, 10/01/18

     6,910           7,782,111   

Series 2010F-1

       

5.00%, 10/01/20

     11,905           13,877,897   

NATL Series 2005A

       

5.25%, 10/01/15

     1,715           1,735,048   
       

 

 

 
          100,895,567   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 6.5%

       

Brevard County School District COP

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/21-7/01/22

     15,275           17,828,098   

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 6/01/20

     6,530           7,463,398   

Series 2011A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/19

     15,975           17,963,728   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 6/01/22

     27,105           31,227,670   

Series 2012A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/20-6/01/21

     20,785           23,798,156   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 6/01/22

     1,795           2,049,818   

NATL Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     75,725           78,033,855   

City of Tampa FL Water & Wastewater System Revenue

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 10/01/26

     3,895           4,564,317   

Collier County School Board COP

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 2/15/18-2/15/19

     12,210           13,616,668   

AGM Series 2005

       

5.00%, 2/15/16

     5,000           5,142,400   

County of Broward FL Airport System Revenue (Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Intl Airport)

       

Series 2012Q

       

5.00%, 10/01/23

     5,000           5,833,350   

County of Lee FL Airport Revenue (Southwest Florida Intl Airport)

       

Series 2011A

       

5.50%, 10/01/23-10/01/24

     13,095           15,256,980   

5.625%, 10/01/25

     2,550           2,986,152   

County of Miami-Dade FL

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 11/01/20-11/01/21

     7,205           8,434,402   

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     3,715           4,377,273   

County of Miami-Dade FL Aviation Revenue

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 10/01/22-10/01/24 (c)

   $ 4,975         $ 5,762,617   

Durbin Crossing Community Development District

       

Series 20061

       

5.25%, 11/01/15 (a)(b)

     985           354,600   

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

       

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 7/01/20

     7,645           8,783,035   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     10,225           11,904,047   

AMBAC Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     4,825           4,825,000   

NATL Series 2007B

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     6,095           6,095,000   

Florida Municipal Power Agency

       

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 10/01/24-10/01/28

     3,765           4,377,136   

Florida State Board of Education (State of Florida)

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 6/01/22

     3,545           4,222,414   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 6/01/18

     7,655           8,526,522   

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 6/01/17

     11,470           12,402,855   

Heritage Plantation Community Development District

       

Series 2006B

       

5.10%, 11/01/13 (a)(b)

     3,545           1,169,850   

JEA Electric System Revenue

       

Series 2009G

       

5.00%, 10/01/19

     2,695           3,085,452   

JEA Water & Sewer System Revenue

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/01/25

     3,060           3,625,274   

Lake Ashton II Community Development District

       

Series 2006B

       

5.00%, 11/01/11 (a)(b)

     6,810           2,247,300   

Live Oak No 2 Community Development District

       

Series 2010

       

7.36%, 11/01/20

     35           36,870   

Martin County Industrial Development Authority (Indiantown Cogeneration LP)

       

Series 2013

       

4.20%, 12/15/25

     11,765           11,911,474   

Orange County School Board COP

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 8/01/28-8/01/29

     46,355           52,872,564   

Overoaks Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

5.125%, 5/01/09 (b)(d)

     510           255,000   

Series 2010A-1

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (b)

     220           220,196   

Series 2010A-2

       

6.125%, 5/01/35 (b)

     505           505,364   

Series 2010B

       

5.125%, 5/01/17 (b)

     635           639,509   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Parkway Center Community Development District

       

Series 2004B

       

7.00%, 5/01/23

   $ 2,190         $ 2,188,445   

Reedy Creek Improvement District

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/01/21

     1,820           2,124,741   

Sarasota County School Board COP

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     2,350           2,610,427   

South Broward Hospital District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 5/01/27

     3,300           3,788,004   

St Lucie County School Board (St Lucie County School Board Sales Tax)

       

AGM Series 2015

       

5.00%, 10/01/22

     3,150           3,677,278   

State of Florida

       

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     3,245           3,518,391   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 7/01/18-7/01/19

     10,935           12,280,997   

Tampa Bay Water

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 10/01/23

     2,050           2,412,768   

Tampa Sports Authority (Tampa Sports Authority Sales Tax)

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 1/01/21

     3,490           4,092,828   
       

 

 

 
          419,092,223   
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 3.1%

       

Athens-Clarke County Unified Government

       

Series 2013

       

4.00%, 12/01/16

     1,410           1,478,893   

City of Atlanta Department of Aviation (Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 1/01/20-1/01/22

     22,650           25,719,125   

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 1/01/18-1/01/19

     9,260           10,290,892   

5.25%, 1/01/20

     6,500           7,526,155   

5.50%, 1/01/21

     7,500           8,891,775   

5.75%, 1/01/22-1/01/23

     20,000           23,874,410   

5.875%, 1/01/24

     2,925           3,507,777   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 1/01/28

     12,250           13,965,122   

City of Atlanta GA

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 12/01/18

     2,520           2,838,326   

Main Street Natural Gas, Inc. (JPMorgan Chase & Co.)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 3/15/16-3/15/18

     16,860           17,543,989   

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 1/01/16-1/01/20

     43,950           49,563,452   

State of Georgia

       

Series 2009I

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 7/01/18

   $ 14,580         $ 16,314,437   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 2/01/17

     17,595           18,822,603   
       

 

 

 
          200,336,956   
       

 

 

 

Hawaii - 0.4%

       

City & County Honolulu HI Wastewater System Revenue

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/21-7/01/22

     6,900           7,872,794   

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/24

     16,500           18,981,600   
       

 

 

 
          26,854,394   
       

 

 

 

Idaho - 0.1%

       

Idaho Housing & Finance Association (State of Idaho Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 7/15/21-7/15/23 (c)

     6,915           7,989,648   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 4.7%

       

City of Chicago IL (Asphalt Operating Services of Chicago LLC)

       

Series 2010

       

6.125%, 12/01/18

     4,280           4,413,664   

City of Chicago IL (City of Chicago IL Sales Tax)

       

AGM Series 2005

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     5,000           5,015,550   

County of Du Page IL

       

Series 1993

       

5.60%, 1/01/21

     6,830           7,655,625   

Illinois Finance Authority (Adventist Health System/Sunbelt Obligated Group)

       

NATL Series 1997B

       

Zero Coupon, 1/01/19 (e)

     5,730           6,012,260   

Illinois Municipal Electric Agency

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 2/01/27-2/01/29

     42,820           48,991,277   

Illinois State Toll Highway Authority

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 12/01/20-12/01/22

     33,375           39,129,714   

Series 2014D

       

5.00%, 1/01/23

     1,065           1,248,926   

Metropolitan Pier & Exposition Authority

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 12/15/20-12/15/26

     17,100           19,212,045   

Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago

       

Series 2015D

       

5.00%, 12/01/20

     8,240           9,550,160   

Regional Transportation Authority (Regional Transportation Authority Sales Tax)

       

NATL Series 1994C

       

7.75%, 6/01/20

     870           1,003,223   

NATL Series 2001B

       

5.50%, 6/01/17

     1,025           1,115,169   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

NATL Series 2006A

  

5.00%, 7/01/16

   $ 5,285         $ 5,511,145   

State of Illinois

  

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 1/01/17-1/01/19

     34,160           35,986,690   

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/21-8/01/25

     15,385           16,307,635   

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 7/01/19-7/01/20

     12,290           13,243,723   

5.50%, 7/01/24

     5,405           5,946,797   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 4/01/23

     4,390           4,733,869   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/22-5/01/27

     46,045           48,895,611   

State of Illinois (State of Illinois Ded Tax)

  

AMBAC Series 1991

       

6.25%, 12/15/20

     2,280           2,566,163   

Town of Cortland IL (Town of Cortland IL Spl Tax)

  

Series 2006

       

5.50%, 3/01/17 (a)(b)

     5,078           1,320,280   

Village of Matteson IL

  

Series 2010

       

8.00%, 12/01/29 (f)

     19,775           16,095,466   

Will & Kendall Counties Community Consolidated School District 22 Plainfield

  

NATL Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     7,415           7,572,050   
       

 

 

 
          301,527,042   
       

 

 

 

Indiana - 0.2%

       

County of Jasper IN (Northern Indiana Public Service Co.)

  

NATL Series 1988B

  

5.60%, 11/01/16

     6,560           6,953,534   

Indiana Finance Authority (I-69 Development Partners LLC)

  

Series 2014

       

5.25%, 9/01/25-9/01/28

     2,940           3,277,121   
       

 

 

 
          10,230,655   
       

 

 

 

Iowa - 0.2%

       

Iowa Finance Authority (Iowa Finance Authority SRF)

  

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 8/01/17-8/01/18

     10,770           11,890,616   
       

 

 

 

Kentucky - 0.2%

       

Kentucky Asset Liability Commission (Commonwealth of Kentucky Fed Hwy Grant)

  

NATL Series 2007

       

5.00%, 9/01/16

     5,000           5,248,750   

Kentucky Turnpike Authority

  

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/26

     8,490           9,913,858   
       

 

 

 
          15,162,608   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Louisiana - 1.1%

       

City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge LA

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 8/01/27-8/01/28

   $ 8,985         $ 10,418,215   

City of New Orleans LA

       

NATL Series 2005

       

5.25%, 12/01/20

     5,845           5,957,049   

Coves of the Highland County Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.60%, 11/01/13 (a)(b)(g)

     4,025           0   

Lakeshore Villages Master Community Development District

       

Series 2007

       

5.25%, 7/01/17 (a)(b)

     9,814           3,434,900   

Louisiana Agricultural Finance Authority

       

Series 2007

       

5.25%, 9/15/17

     17,625           18,346,920   

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Auth

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 10/01/21-10/01/25

     8,415           9,657,366   

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 10/01/23

     7,720           8,857,388   

Louisiana Office Facilities Corp. (Louisiana Office Facilities Corp. State Lease)

       

Series 2009

       

5.00%, 3/01/16-3/01/18

     9,360           9,953,805   

Orange Grove Community Development District

       

Series 2006

       

5.30%, 11/01/21(a)(b)

     1,695           339,000   

St Tammany Parish Finance Authority (Christwood)

       

Series 2015

       

5.25%, 11/15/29

     1,200           1,242,084   

State of Louisiana Gasoline & Fuels Tax Revenue

       

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 5/01/25

     3,250           3,928,275   
       

 

 

 
          72,135,002   
       

 

 

 

Maine - 0.0%

       

Maine Municipal Bond Bank

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/01/25

     1,000           1,159,000   
       

 

 

 

Maryland - 1.8%

       

County of Anne Arundel MD

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 4/01/20

     4,415           5,138,574   

State of Maryland

       

Series 20142-C

       

5.00%, 8/01/21

     59,585           70,878,145   

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 8/01/17-8/01/20

     32,380           36,767,270   

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 6/01/17

     5,000           5,407,650   
       

 

 

 
          118,191,639   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Massachusetts - 2.4%

       

City of Cambridge MA

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 2/15/18

   $ 2,330         $ 2,572,530   

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 4/01/18

     2,060           2,285,364   

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 8/01/17-8/01/20

     69,345           77,628,312   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 8/01/20

     1,045           1,224,562   

AGM Series 2006C

       

0.68%, 11/01/19 (e)

     1,815           1,859,014   

NATL Series 2000E

       

0.12%, 12/01/30 (h)

     7,750           7,272,569   

NATL Series 2000F

       

0.12%, 12/01/30 (h)

     6,700           6,287,260   

Commonwealth of Massachusetts (Commonwealth of Massachusetts Fuel Tax)

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     1,040           1,215,978   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     7,170           8,383,236   

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority (CareGroup, Inc.)

       

Series 2008E-2

       

5.00%, 7/01/15-7/01/17

     8,515           8,840,694   

Massachusetts Health & Educational Facilities Authority (President and Fellows of Harvard College)

       

Series 1991N

       

6.25%, 4/01/20

     2,820           3,448,916   

Massachusetts School Building Authority

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 8/15/22-8/15/23

     10,680           12,745,008   

University of Massachusetts Building Authority

       

AMBAC Series 20052

       

5.00%, 11/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     18,795           19,088,390   
       

 

 

 
          152,851,833   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 5.0%

       

City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/19-7/01/20

     20,980           23,193,863   

Michigan Finance Authority (City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue)

       

AGM Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 7/01/25-7/01/27

     39,940           45,310,977   

Michigan Finance Authority (City of Detroit MI Water Supply System Revenue)

       

AGM Series 2014D2

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 7/01/24-7/01/27

   $     54,305         $ 61,622,044   

Michigan Finance Authority (Detroit City School District)

       

Series 2014E

       

2.85%, 8/20/15

     1,400           1,402,366   

Michigan Finance Authority (Public Lighting Authority)

       

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 7/01/27

     4,990           5,550,626   

Michigan Finance Authority (State of Michigan Unemployment)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     94,115           98,409,467   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     10,105           10,560,938   

Michigan Finance Authority (Trinity Health Credit Group)

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 12/01/23-12/01/25

     13,075           15,451,189   

5.50%, 12/01/26-12/01/27

     7,220           8,736,443   

Michigan State Building Authority (Michigan State Building Authority Lease)

       

Series 2009I

       

5.00%, 10/15/15

     6,290           6,373,091   

State of Michigan Trunk Line Revenue

       

Series 2009

       

5.00%, 11/01/19-11/01/23

     11,510           13,201,217   

Walled Lake Consolidated School District

       

Series 2015

       

4.00%, 5/01/17

     6,070           6,397,416   

5.00%, 5/01/20

     4,635           5,318,941   

Wayne County Airport Authority (Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport)

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 12/01/17

     5,000           5,446,150   

Wayne State University

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 11/15/21-11/15/23

     14,100           16,069,629   
       

 

 

 
          323,044,357   
       

 

 

 

Minnesota - 0.9%

       

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency

       

AMBAC Series 2002A

       

5.25%, 1/01/16

     6,820           6,982,179   

State of Minnesota

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 8/01/17

     13,830           15,034,593   

Series 2014B

       

4.00%, 8/01/17

     14,400           15,359,184   

Series 2014E

       

3.00%, 8/01/16

     7,365           7,569,158   

4.00%, 8/01/17

     12,610           13,449,952   
       

 

 

 
          58,395,066   
       

 

 

 

Missouri - 0.2%

       

City of Springfield MO Public Utility Revenue

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 12/01/18-12/01/19

     7,290           8,214,995   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility Commission

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 1/01/25

   $     2,630         $ 3,097,088   
       

 

 

 
          11,312,083   
       

 

 

 

Nevada - 3.7%

       

Clark County School District

       

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 6/15/21

     5,000           5,520,000   

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 6/15/17

     6,780           7,320,637   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 6/15/18

     70,485           78,052,270   

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 6/15/22

     17,785           20,874,254   

AGM Series 2005C

       

5.00%, 12/15/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     22,380           22,856,023   

County of Clark Department of Aviation (McCarran Intl Airport)

       

AGM Series 2009C

       

5.00%, 7/01/24

     9,175           10,231,960   

County of Clark NV

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     8,955           9,958,587   

AMBAC Series 1992A

       

6.50%, 6/01/17

     1,760           1,950,819   

AMBAC Series 2006

       

5.00%, 11/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,085           1,101,937   

5.00%, 11/01/16

     16,010           16,949,627   

County of Clark NV (County of Clark NV Fuel Tax)

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 7/01/19

     8,390           9,556,965   

AMBAC Series 2007

       

5.00%, 7/01/15-7/01/16

     14,320           14,385,885   

County of Clark NV (McCarran Intl Airport)

       

Series 2008A

       

5.25%, 7/01/17

     16,695           18,117,915   

Las Vegas Valley Water District

       

Series 2015B

       

4.00%, 12/01/18

     4,240           4,639,111   

State of Nevada

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 4/01/21

     15,215           17,829,546   
       

 

 

 
          239,345,536   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 4.4%

       

Garden State Preservation Trust

       

AGM Series 2005A

       

5.80%, 11/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,325           2,367,245   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (New Jersey Economic Development Authority State Lease)

       

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

     30,310           31,238,395   

Series 2011E

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 9/01/20

   $ 6,360         $ 6,912,175   

5.50%, 9/01/21

     1,360           1,507,166   

Series 2011G

       

5.00%, 9/01/20

     2,895           3,146,344   

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 3/01/20

     15,490           16,776,444   

Series 2014P

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     1,425           1,547,465   

Series 2014U

       

5.00%, 6/15/20-6/15/21

     14,200           15,446,851   

AMBAC Series 2005K

       

5.25%, 12/15/20

     2,340           2,575,334   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (College Avenue Redevelopment Associates LLC)

  

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 6/15/25-6/15/26

     4,500           5,279,795   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NYNJ Link Borrower LLC)

  

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 1/01/22

     1,075           1,213,019   

5.50%, 1/01/26-1/01/27

     2,000           2,295,450   

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority

  

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 1/01/26-1/01/27

     12,700           14,451,976   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 1/01/27-1/01/29

     75,920           86,456,247   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 1/01/24

     14,720           17,456,301   

AGM Series 2005D-3

       

5.25%, 1/01/26

     14,770           17,671,271   

New Jersey Transit Corp.

  

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/15/19-9/15/21

     43,890           49,334,836   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority (New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority State Lease)

  

Series 2006A

       

5.25%, 12/15/20

     3,730           4,107,066   

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     1,310           1,421,953   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     3,960           4,302,223   
       

 

 

 
          285,507,556   
       

 

 

 

New Mexico - 0.1%

       

State of New Mexico Severance Tax Permanent Fund

  

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     5,160           5,394,419   
       

 

 

 

New York - 14.6%

       

City of New York NY

  

Series 2007C

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     10,370           10,611,206   

Series 2007E

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     4,715           4,945,705   

Series 2008B

       

5.00%, 9/01/15

     10,000           10,080,800   

Series 2008C

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.25%, 8/01/16

   $ 17,165         $ 18,050,542   

Series 2009C

       

5.00%, 8/01/17-8/01/22

     18,190           20,584,695   

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 8/01/16-8/01/19

     23,020           25,495,032   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     10,090           10,649,995   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     18,615           19,525,832   

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 8/01/19

     34,575           39,437,282   

Series 2013I

       

5.00%, 8/01/19

     7,260           8,280,974   

Series 2013J

       

5.00%, 8/01/16-8/01/20

     19,535           22,038,196   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 8/01/27

     1,130           1,316,066   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  

Series 2012D

       

5.00%, 11/15/16-11/15/28

     25,550           27,670,875   

Series 2012E

       

5.00%, 11/15/24

     6,055           7,097,550   

Series 2012F

       

5.00%, 11/15/22-11/15/26

     55,610           64,898,096   

Series 2012H

       

5.00%, 11/15/26

     6,065           6,998,828   

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 11/15/26

     9,505           10,961,546   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 11/15/26-11/15/27

     8,245           9,479,416   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 11/15/27

     5,000           5,766,400   

AGC Series 2003B

       

5.25%, 11/15/20

     8,415           9,957,554   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metropolitan Transportation Authority Ded Tax)

  

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/27

     4,505           5,237,828   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

  

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 11/01/22-11/01/25

     34,430           40,483,867   

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 11/01/19-11/01/25

     23,420           27,341,036   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 8/01/25

     12,345           14,455,378   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 11/01/23-11/01/26

     55,535           65,370,634   

Series 2012E

       

5.00%, 11/01/21

     8,545           10,103,950   

Series 2015C

       

5.00%, 11/01/18

     2,090           2,347,655   

New York State Dormitory Authority (City University of New York State Lease)

  

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 7/01/15-7/01/16

     24,900           25,581,484   

Series 2008B

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     8,870           8,870,000   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

New York State Dormitory Authority (New York State Dormitory Authority Lease)

  

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/19-7/01/24

   $ 25,150         $ 28,626,540   

New York State Dormitory Authority (New York University)

  

NATL Series 1998A

       

6.00%, 7/01/18

     2,865           3,283,577   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

  

Series 2009G

       

5.00%, 3/15/19-3/15/21

     13,865           15,770,220   

Series 2011E

       

5.00%, 8/15/21

     3,880           4,597,567   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 12/15/22

     20,745           24,618,091   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 3/15/21-3/15/22

     54,800           64,450,868   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 2/15/20

     4,635           5,370,343   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 3/15/27

     2,015           2,351,445   

Series 2014E

       

5.00%, 2/15/17-2/15/27

     9,580           10,834,887   

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.)

  

AMBAC Series 2001B

       

0.125%, 10/01/36 (h)

     11,425           10,403,571   

XLCA Series 2004A

       

0.14%, 1/01/39 (h)

     10,000           9,014,670   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Ded Tax)

  

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/23

     17,940           21,166,868   

NATL Series 2005B

       

5.00%, 4/01/16

     44,040           44,533,248   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Gen Toll Road)

  

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 5/01/19

     3,055           3,451,631   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Service Contract)

  

Series 2009

       

5.00%, 4/01/17-4/01/18

     47,425           51,286,968   

New York State Urban Development Corp. (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

  

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 3/15/25-3/15/26

     63,625           74,425,993   

Series 2013D

       

5.00%, 3/15/23

     32,000           38,107,840   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

  

Series 2013-178

       

5.00%, 12/01/28

     3,335           3,776,754   
       

 

 

 
          949,709,503   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

North Carolina - 0.7%

       

North Carolina Eastern Municipal Power Agency

       

Series 1988A

       

6.00%, 1/01/22 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

   $ 1,720         $ 2,150,808   

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 1/01/17

     1,020           1,083,005   

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 1/01/21

     13,270           15,306,282   

North Carolina Municipal Power Agency No 1

       

Series 2008A

       

5.25%, 1/01/16

     20,000           20,463,600   

Series 2008C

       

5.25%, 1/01/17

     6,670           7,106,552   
       

 

 

 
          46,110,247   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 3.2%

       

City of Cincinnati OH Water System Revenue

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 12/01/15

     5,780           5,892,594   

City of Cleveland OH Airport System Revenue

       

AMBAC Series 2006A

       

5.00%, 1/01/23

     3,145           3,298,099   

City of Columbus OH

       

Series 20131

       

5.00%, 7/01/16-7/01/20

     9,165           10,143,929   

Columbiana County Port Authority (ELS Transportation LLC)

       

Series 2004A

       

7.00%, 8/01/21 (a)(b)

     500           200,000   

County of Cuyahoga OH (County of Cuyahoga OH Lease)

       

Series 2010F

       

5.00%, 12/01/19-12/01/24

     93,725           107,966,267   

Hamilton County Convention Facilities Authority

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 12/01/22-12/01/23

     3,440           3,948,595   

State of Ohio

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 8/01/20-8/01/21

     57,430           67,461,773   

University of Cincinnati

       

Series 2010F

       

5.00%, 6/01/20-6/01/21

     6,795           7,873,023   

University of Toledo

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 6/01/21

     2,610           2,962,141   
       

 

 

 
          209,746,421   
       

 

 

 

Oklahoma - 0.2%

       

Comanche County Memorial Hospital

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 7/01/16-7/01/28

     10,670           11,448,175   

McGee Creek Authority

       

NATL Series 1992

       

6.00%, 1/01/23

     3,360           3,710,112   
       

 

 

 
          15,158,287   
       

 

 

 

Oregon - 0.5%

       

City of Portland OR Sewer System Revenue

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 8/01/22

   $ 8,685         $ 10,350,436   

Hospital Facilities Authority of Multnomah County Oregon (Mirabella at South Waterfront)

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/01/24

     1,000           1,108,290   

Port of Portland OR (Portland Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010 20C

       

5.00%, 7/01/23

     1,405           1,585,556   

State of Oregon Department of Administrative Services COP

       

Series 2009D

       

5.00%, 11/01/21-11/01/23

     18,535           21,169,208   
       

 

 

 
          34,213,490   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 4.6%

       

Allegheny County Airport Authority (Pittsburgh International Airport)

       

NATL Series 2001B

       

5.00%, 1/01/18

     1,585           1,730,043   

Central Bucks School District

       

NATL Series 2007

       

5.00%, 5/15/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,045           2,127,863   

5.00%, 5/15/16

     2,955           3,069,004   

City of Philadelphia PA

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/15/19-7/15/21

     4,495           5,133,161   

City of Philadelphia PA Airport Revenue (Philadelphia Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 6/15/21

     6,225           7,074,339   

Series 2010D

       

5.00%, 6/15/19-6/15/20

     18,065           20,456,887   

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 6/15/16-6/15/19

     6,300           6,900,077   

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 2/15/17

     4,220           4,502,656   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 6/15/17-7/01/17

     25,140           27,111,939   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Unemployment)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 1/01/16-7/01/19

     28,850           31,709,020   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation LLC)

       

Series 2005A

       

3.75%, 12/01/40 (c)

     13,705           13,705,000   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (PA Bridges Finco LP)

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 6/30/26-12/31/28

     51,190           56,395,567   

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 6/01/16-6/01/20

   $ 50,265         $ 54,927,471   

Philadelphia Parking Authority (The) (Philadelphia Airport Parking)

       

Series 2009

       

5.00%, 9/01/15-9/01/20

     35,680           39,248,451   

5.125%, 9/01/22

     9,080           10,404,954   

Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 3/01/23-3/01/24

     12,245           13,906,770   
       

 

 

 
          298,403,202   
       

 

 

 

Puerto Rico - 0.2%

       

Puerto Rico Sales Tax Financing Corp.

       

Series 2009A

       

5.375%, 8/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     10,315           11,993,560   
       

 

 

 

Rhode Island - 0.6%

       

Rhode Island Commerce Corp. (State of Rhode Island DOT Fed Hwy Grant)

       

AGC Series 2009A

       

5.25%, 6/15/17

     7,955           8,622,743   

Rhode Island Depositors Economic Protection Corp.

       

Series 1993A

       

6.375%, 8/01/22 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     5,780           7,356,148   

AGM Series 1993A

       

5.50%, 8/01/20 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,500           1,749,030   

5.75%, 8/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     4,940           5,542,927   

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp./RI

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 6/01/21-6/01/23

     14,635           16,659,209   
       

 

 

 
          39,930,057   
       

 

 

 

South Carolina - 1.0%

       

Beaufort County School District/SC

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 3/01/18

     3,210           3,547,949   

Greenville County School District (Greenville County School District Lease)

       

Series 2006

       

5.00%, 12/01/15

     5,000           5,097,000   

Newberry Investing IN Children’s Education

       

Series 2005

       

5.25%, 12/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,315           2,362,226   

SCAGO Educational Facilities Corp. for Pickens School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 12/01/22-12/01/27

     7,000           8,108,210   

South Carolina State Public Service Authority

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 12/01/24

     4,490           5,342,426   

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 12/01/22-12/01/23

     32,645           38,583,202   
       

 

 

 
          63,041,013   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Tennessee - 0.0%

       

Tennessee Energy Acquisition Corp. (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The))

       

Series 2006A

       

5.25%, 9/01/21

   $ 2,115         $ 2,402,090   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 11.1%

       

Aldine Independent School District

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 2/15/17

     4,945           5,287,738   

Austin Independent School District

       

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 8/01/20-8/01/21

     6,700           7,855,661   

Bell County Health Facility Development Corp.

       

Series 1989

       

6.50%, 7/31/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,000           1,121,790   

Brownsville Independent School District

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 2/15/19

     4,000           4,533,640   

Bryan Independent School District

       

Series 2015B

       

4.00%, 2/15/18

     1,315           1,417,728   

Camino Real Regional Mobility Authority

       

Series 2008

       

5.00%, 8/15/15-2/15/21

     34,860           35,784,675   

Central Texas Turnpike System

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 8/15/42

     19,480           22,287,847   

Series 2015C

       

5.00%, 8/15/23-8/15/25

     4,860           5,528,018   

City of Garland TX

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 2/15/24

     3,800           4,358,942   

City of Houston TX (City of Houston TX Hotel Occupancy Tax)

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 9/01/23-9/01/25

     3,800           4,419,086   

City of Houston TX Airport System Revenue

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/21

     2,090           2,307,339   

City of Houston TX Airport System Revenue (United Airlines, Inc.)

       

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 7/15/20

     6,400           6,884,608   

City of Houston TX Combined Utility System Revenue

       

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 5/15/23-5/15/28

     24,850           29,220,539   

City of San Antonio TX

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 2/01/21

     3,905           4,580,175   

City of San Antonio TX Water System Revenue

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 5/15/23-5/15/26

     21,200           24,515,160   

Series 2013E

       

5.00%, 5/15/25

     3,000           3,539,040   

City of Waco TX

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 2/01/21

     5,505           6,437,657   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

City Public Service Board of San Antonio TX

       

Series 2008

       

5.00%, 2/01/21

   $ 5,040         $ 5,535,230   

Series 2009D

       

5.00%, 2/01/20

     47,315           53,277,636   

Clear Creek Independent School District

       

Series 2004A

       

5.00%, 2/15/16

     1,280           1,317,248   

County of Harris TX

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 10/01/23-10/01/25

     17,725           20,679,260   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/01/17

     4,820           5,268,838   

Dallas Independent School District

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 2/15/22

     5,165           6,060,921   

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 11/01/15

     6,415           6,511,802   

Series 2012F

       

5.00%, 11/01/21-11/01/25

     17,905           20,300,878   

Series 2014A

       

5.25%, 11/01/28

     11,550           13,095,506   

El Paso Independent School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 8/15/22

     3,725           4,440,200   

Grand Parkway Transportation Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

3.00%, 12/15/16

     168,095           173,384,950   

Houston Independent School District

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 2/15/17-2/15/18

     29,205           31,803,921   

Lower Colorado River Authority

       

AGM Series 1999A

       

5.875%, 5/15/16

     2,325           2,382,776   

North Texas Tollway Authority

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 1/01/21-1/01/24

     16,695           19,484,864   

North Texas Tollway Authority (North Texas Tollway Authority Special Projects System)

       

Series 2011D

       

5.00%, 9/01/24

     5,000           5,848,400   

5.25%, 9/01/25-9/01/26

     35,940           42,453,374   

Retama Development Corp.

       

Series 1993

       

8.75%, 12/15/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,200           1,243,176   

SA Energy Acquisition Public Facility Corp. (Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The))

       

Series 2007

       

5.25%, 8/01/15

     1,880           1,886,749   

Spring Independent School District

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 8/15/20-8/15/21

     8,365           9,755,519   

State of Texas

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 10/01/22-10/01/25

     47,335           55,627,364   

Series 2014

       

4.00%, 10/01/17

     5,400           5,778,432   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/01/21-10/01/22

   $ 12,120         $ 14,407,392   

Tarrant County Cultural Education Facilities Finance Corp. (Buckingham Senior Living Community, Inc.)

       

Series 2007

       

5.25%, 11/15/16

     1,160           1,175,335   

Texas A&M University

       

Series 2009D

       

5.00%, 5/15/18

     2,000           2,223,660   

Texas Public Finance Authority (State of Texas Unemployment)

       

Series 2014B

       

4.00%, 7/01/17-1/01/18

     28,250           29,342,163   

Texas Transportation Commission State Highway Fund

       

Series 2007

       

5.00%, 4/01/16-4/01/24

     18,250           19,172,160   
       

 

 

 
          722,537,397   
       

 

 

 

Utah - 0.1%

       

Utah Transit Authority (Utah Transit Authority Sales Tax)

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 6/15/26-6/15/28

     5,455           6,341,924   
       

 

 

 

Virginia - 1.0%

       

County of Fairfax VA

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/17

     6,760           7,271,664   

Series 2015C

       

3.00%, 10/01/16 (c)

     13,490           13,861,785   

4.00%, 10/01/17 (c)

     25,985           27,893,598   

5.00%, 10/01/18 (c)

     13,855           15,613,754   
       

 

 

 
          64,640,801   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 6.2%

       

Chelan County Public Utility District No 1

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 7/01/20

     3,110           3,549,070   

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 7/01/21

     5,000           5,766,050   

5.25%, 7/01/22

     3,670           4,269,972   

City of Seattle WA

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/16-5/01/17

     9,675           10,193,251   

County of Cowlitz WA (County of Cowlitz WA Spl Swr)

       

NATL Series 2002

       

5.50%, 11/01/19

     1,435           1,539,152   

County of King WA

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 7/01/21-7/01/23

     4,770           5,705,419   

County of King WA Sewer Revenue

       

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 1/01/23

     4,415           5,132,349   

Energy Northwest

       

AMBAC Series 2005A

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 7/01/15 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

   $ 2,315         $ 2,315,000   

Energy Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16

     5,450           5,698,684   

Series 2007C

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     2,625           2,846,156   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18-7/01/21

     92,585           104,907,768   

Franklin County School District No 1 Pasco

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 12/01/23

     4,750           5,724,748   

Grant County Public Utility District No 2

       

Series 2011I

       

5.00%, 1/01/20-1/01/23

     13,725           15,911,996   

Port of Seattle WA

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 6/01/22

     1,995           2,271,148   

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 2/01/17

     2,590           2,757,210   

Snohomish County School District No 2 Everett

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 12/01/21

     3,600           4,257,828   

State of Washington

       

Series 2008C

       

5.00%, 1/01/17

     3,225           3,435,109   

Series 2009R

       

5.00%, 1/01/17

     6,810           7,253,672   

Series 2010R

       

5.00%, 7/01/20

     6,370           7,433,917   

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 7/01/22-7/01/23

     27,935           33,143,662   

Series 2012R

       

5.00%, 7/01/23-7/01/24

     22,715           26,893,936   

Series 2012R-2012D

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     5,000           5,421,250   

Series 2012R-2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     3,545           3,843,666   

Series 2014

       

4.00%, 7/01/17

     17,610           18,746,902   

Series 2014R

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     5,180           5,616,415   

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 2/01/22

     4,480           5,288,371   

AGM Series 2006

       

5.00%, 7/01/15

     5,405           5,405,000   

AMBAC Series 2007C

       

5.00%, 1/01/16

     7,770           7,951,507   

State of Washington (State of Washington Fed Hwy Grant)

       

Series 2012F-1

       

5.00%, 9/01/21-9/01/23

     36,660           42,894,875   

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 9/01/19

     6,060           6,905,491   

State of Washington COP

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     3,565           3,962,319   

Washington Health Care Facilities Authority (MultiCare Health System)

       

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 8/15/28-8/15/30

     31,550           35,937,928   
       

 

 

 
          402,979,821   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Wisconsin - 0.8%

       

State of Wisconsin

       

Series 20141

       

5.00%, 5/01/16

   $ 3,030         $ 3,146,443   

Series 20142

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

     23,330           25,157,905   

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

     3,610           3,892,844   

Wisconsin Department of Transportation

       

AGM Series 2005A

       

5.25%, 7/01/16

     9,690           10,155,992   

NATL Series 2007I

       

5.00%, 7/01/16-7/01/17

     8,885           9,367,663   

WPPI Energy

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 7/01/29

     1,000           1,138,770   
       

 

 

 
          52,859,617   
       

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Municipal Bonds
(cost $6,008,139,422)

          6,172,452,972   
       

 

 

 

Short-Term Municipal Notes - 1.5%

       

Alaska - 0.2%

       

City of Valdez AK (Exxon Mobil Corp.)

       

Series 1993B

       

0.01%, 12/01/33 (i)

     5,700           5,700,000   

Series 1993C

       

0.01%, 12/01/33 (i)

     5,475           5,475,000   
       

 

 

 
          11,175,000   
       

 

 

 

Connecticut - 0.1%

       

Connecticut State Health & Educational Facility Authority (Yale University)

       

Series 2001V-1

       

0.01%, 7/01/36 (i)

     8,260           8,260,000   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.1%

       

City of Baton Rouge/Parish of East Baton Rouge LA (Exxon Mobil Corp.)

       

Series 1989

       

0.01%, 11/01/19 (i)

     7,800           7,800,000   
       

 

 

 

Mississippi - 0.3%

       

County of Jackson MS (Chevron Corp.)

       

Series 1993

       

0.01%, 6/01/23 (i)

     12,500           12,500,000   

Mississippi Business Finance Corp. (Chevron USA, Inc.)

       

Series 2007E

       

0.02%, 12/01/30 (i)

     7,000           7,000,000   
       

 

 

 
          19,500,000   
       

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Texas - 0.8%

       

Gulf Coast Industrial Development Authority (Exxon Mobil Corp.)

       

Series 2012

       

0.01%, 11/01/41 (i)

   $ 33,800         $ 33,800,000   

Lower Neches Valley Authority Industrial Development Corp. (Exxon Capital Ventures, Inc.)

       

Series 2012

       

0.01%, 5/01/46 (i)

     19,300           19,300,000   
       

 

 

 
          53,100,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Municipal Notes
(cost $99,835,000)

          99,835,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $6,107,974,422)

          6,272,287,972   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 2.5%

       

Financial Institutions - 2.1%

       

Banking - 2.1%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

1.50%, 10/09/15

     33,318           33,394,465   

Capital One Bank USA NA

       

1.20%, 2/13/17

     4,905           4,880,195   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

4.587%, 12/15/15

     14,497           14,743,072   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

0.793%, 3/01/18 (j)

     2,000           1,992,562   

1.35%, 2/15/17

     41,328           41,364,079   

3.15%, 7/05/16

     3,950           4,029,988   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.375%, 10/15/15

     25,375           25,707,184   

Series G

       

5.45%, 1/09/17

     8,860           9,388,942   
       

 

 

 
          135,500,487   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.4%

       

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.2%

       

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

2.50%, 9/15/16

     14,764           15,003,561   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.2%

       

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

0.736%, 6/15/16 (j)

     10,000           10,004,620   
       

 

 

 
          25,008,181   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $160,133,133)

          160,508,668   
       

 

 

 

 


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 1.3%

       

Time Deposit - 1.3%

       

State Street Time Deposit

       

0.01%, 7/01/15

       

(cost $83,076,320)

   $ 83,076         $ 83,076,320   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.5%
(cost $6,351,183,875) (k)

          6,515,872,960   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.5)%

          (33,875,689
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 6,481,997,271   
       

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is in default and is non-income producing.
(b) Illiquid security.
(c) When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(d) Non-income producing security.
(e) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of June 30, 2015.
(f) Indicates a security that has a zero coupon that remains in effect until a predetermined date at which time the stated coupon rate becomes effective until final maturity.
(g) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(h) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $32,978,070 or 0.51% of net assets.
(i) Variable Rate Demand Notes are instruments whose interest rates change on a specific date (such as coupon date or interest payment date) or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate). This instrument is payable on demand and is secured by letters of credit or other credit support agreements from major banks.
(j) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(k) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $209,517,179 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(44,828,094), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $164,689,085.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 9.0% and 2.2%, respectively.

Glossary:

 

AGC    -    Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
DOT    -    Department of Transportation
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
SRF    -    State Revolving Fund
XLCA    -    XL Capital Assurance Inc.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Diversified Municipal Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $             – 0  –    $ 6,128,638,590      $ 43,814,382   $ 6,172,452,972   

Short-Term Municipal Notes

     – 0  –      99,835,000        – 0  –      99,835,000   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      160,508,668        – 0  –      160,508,668   

Short-Term Investments

     – 0  –      83,076,320        – 0  –      83,076,320   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     – 0  –      6,472,058,578        43,814,382        6,515,872,960   

Other Financial Instruments*

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $ – 0  –    $     6,472,058,578      $     43,814,382      $     6,515,872,960   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Portfolio held securities with zero market value at period end.
* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.


The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds^
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $  33,238,346      $ 33,238,346   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     1,038,053        1,038,053   

Realized gain (loss)

     (292,154     (292,154

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (1,808,514     (1,808,514

Purchases

     1,253,256        1,253,256   

Sales

     (7,125,763     (7,125,763

Transfers in to Level 3

     17,511,158        17,511,158   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 43,814,382      $ 43,814,382
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciationfrom Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ (2,405,241   $ (2,405,241
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

^ The Fund held securities with zero market value at period end.
+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Overlay A Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 63.0%

       

Information Technology - 12.9%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.5%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     414,460         $ 4,923,785   

BYD Electronic International Co., Ltd. (a)

     412,500           557,794   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     20,500           2,467,175   

Finisar Corp. (a)

     18,260           326,306   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     2,849           497,720   

Polycom, Inc. (a)

     19,210           219,762   

VTech Holdings Ltd.

     31,000           409,539   
       

 

 

 
          9,402,081   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.5%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     125,850             7,295,524   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     6,650           371,070   

Avnet, Inc.

     10,870           446,866   

CDW Corp./DE

     11,100           380,508   

Celestica, Inc. (a)

     15,990           186,124   

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     43,000           219,982   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     6,080           181,853   

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

     198,000           95,787   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     9,720           303,167   

Largan Precision Co., Ltd.

     3,000           342,452   

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

     2,180           99,714   

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     24,750           247,253   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     32,650           381,352   

Zebra Technologies Corp.-Class A (a)

     4,622           513,273   
       

 

 

 
          11,064,925   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.2%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     1,881           154,750   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     15,090           3,004,117   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     2,950           593,717   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     146,836           8,845,401   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     144,205           12,367,742   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     11,100           5,994,444   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     18,249           9,498,787   

GrubHub, Inc. (a)

     6,868           233,993   

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

     9,432           293,524   

Just Dial Ltd.

     8,398           166,859   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

     13,650           212,121   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     106,300           2,127,003   
       

 

 

 
          43,492,458   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.0%

       

Amadeus IT Holding SA-Class A

     22,620           902,995   

Amdocs Ltd.

     128,816           7,032,065   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     16,560           417,975   

CGI Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     14,560           569,460   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     68,400           5,665,572   

Genpact Ltd. (a)

     13,340           284,542   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     72,030         $ 1,040,748   

Obic Co., Ltd.

     26,700           1,190,358   

QIWI PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     2,488           69,788   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     33,780           1,355,338   

Vantiv, Inc.-Class A (a)

     11,677           445,945   

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

     8,974           304,757   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     219,200           14,719,280   

Xerox Corp.

     541,800           5,764,752   
       

 

 

 
          39,763,575   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.6%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

     43,270           103,848   

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     856,000           1,159,799   

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ADR)

     47,410           312,906   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     477,519           9,177,915   

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     4,663           320,861   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     25,890           449,968   

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (a)(b)

     149,000           197,217   

Infineon Technologies AG

     109,240           1,355,624   

Intel Corp.

     287,649           8,748,844   

Intersil Corp.-Class A

     14,121           176,654   

Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp.

     106,000           290,459   

Lam Research Corp.

     4,100           333,535   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

     5,330           258,985   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     306,000           1,475,953   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     38,278           447,470   

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     317,000           1,994,947   

SK Hynix, Inc.

     7,550           286,156   

Sumco Corp.

     143,100           1,789,753   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     340,000           1,546,530   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     39,200           2,491,436   
       

 

 

 
            32,918,860   
       

 

 

 

Software - 3.2%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     105,800           9,653,192   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     6,893           313,976   

Barracuda Networks, Inc. (a)

     10,688           423,459   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

     27,227           535,283   

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

     1,170           464,497   

Dassault Systemes

     38,070           2,763,659   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     221,546           14,732,809   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     6,820           360,983   

Microsoft Corp. (c)

     460,690           20,339,463   

Mobileye NV (a)

     76,210           4,052,086   

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

     3,823           350,760   

NICE-Systems Ltd.

     12,863           816,952   

Oracle Corp.

     70,306           2,833,332   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     28,000           1,170,560   

Sage Group PLC (The)

     37,170           299,201   

SAP SE

     6,087           426,554   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     45,637           3,391,285   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     11,184           515,918   

Tableau Software, Inc.-Class A (a)

     3,959           456,473   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     10,154           279,946   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     2,542         $ 417,752   
       

 

 

 
          64,598,140   
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 2.9%

       

Apple, Inc. (c)

     285,047           35,752,020   

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     40,000           389,559   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     36,000           222,692   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     143,000           1,787,786   

EMC Corp./MA

     212,400           5,605,236   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     420,000           12,604,200   

Lenovo Group Ltd.

     136,000           188,029   

NCR Corp. (a)

     15,520           467,152   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     1,130           1,282,081   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (GDR) (b)

     1,640           726,573   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (GDR) (London) (b)

     740           422,170   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Preference Shares)

     60           53,323   
       

 

 

 
          59,500,821   
       

 

 

 
            260,740,860   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 11.6%

       

Auto Components - 0.7%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     48,300           2,053,679   

Continental AG

     9,020           2,135,731   

Dana Holding Corp.

     18,370           378,055   

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

     22,922           862,062   

Lear Corp.

     3,540           397,400   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     34,130           1,914,352   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     38,580           1,208,727   

Plastic Omnium SA

     30,360           776,672   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     165,200           2,556,857   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

     6,540           375,658   

Valeo SA

     12,190           1,928,250   
       

 

 

 
          14,587,443   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd.-Class B

     60,800           155,269   

Ford Motor Co.

     756,800           11,359,568   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H (d)(e)

     32,000           156,872   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     94,800           3,063,920   

Kia Motors Corp.

     5,560           225,569   

Peugeot SA (a)

     101,230           2,087,547   

Tata Motors Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     8,082           278,587   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     45,757           187,022   

Thor Industries, Inc.

     3,390           190,789   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     88,500           5,922,178   
       

 

 

 
          23,627,321   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%

       

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     8,449           488,352   

Estacio Participacoes SA

     228,400           1,322,312   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

     10,192           432,141   

Kroton Educacional SA

     390,800           1,494,520   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     14,841         $ 363,901   

TAL Education Group (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     59,856           2,112,917   
       

 

 

 
          6,214,143   
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.3%

       

Betfair Group PLC

     12,130           458,683   

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     18,940           404,369   

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)

     1,380           216,232   

Habit Restaurants, Inc. (The) (a)

     9,828           307,518   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     636,000           899,562   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (b)

     307,288           2,060,936   

NagaCorp Ltd.

     162,000           119,894   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     7,554           423,326   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     5,000           318,946   

Sodexo SA

     36,270           3,452,822   

Starbucks Corp.

     301,186             16,148,087   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     136,728           479,265   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     104,724           300,270   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     4,956           405,946   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     13,940           1,255,715   
       

 

 

 
          27,251,571   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

     65,100           69,097   

Hanssem Co., Ltd.

     549           138,233   

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

     3,040           296,370   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     8,680           408,741   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     11,600           233,740   

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     480,000           427,321   

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)

     7,203           474,678   
       

 

 

 
          2,048,180   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.5%

       

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     7,379           251,624   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     7,286           8,388,882   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     20,180           449,005   
       

 

 

 
          9,089,511   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.5%

       

AMC Networks, Inc.-Class A (a)

     5,949           486,926   

Cineplex, Inc.

     7,760           292,134   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     197,519           11,878,793   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     20,335           741,438   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (a)

     5,043           272,675   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     60,542           3,065,241   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     3,450           536,490   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     75,300           1,223,676   

Sky PLC

     35,090           571,533   

Smiles SA

     10,600           179,638   

Surya Citra Media Tbk PT

     369,500           79,521   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     22,190           844,961   

Time Warner, Inc.

     118,489           10,357,123   

Vivendi SA

     86,864           2,202,574   

Walt Disney Co. (The) (c)

     141,435           16,143,391   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     30,400         $ 904,818   

WPP PLC

     34,110           765,639   
       

 

 

 
            50,546,571   
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail - 1.4%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA

     564,572           3,041,810   

Big Lots, Inc.

     10,450           470,145   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     2,780           292,428   

Dollar General Corp.

     155,538           12,091,524   

Kohl’s Corp.

     146,547           9,175,308   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     199,500           247,260   

Next PLC

     8,970           1,049,865   

Poundland Group PLC

     236,250           1,200,115   
       

 

 

 
          27,568,455   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.5%

       

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     9,900           6,602,310   

Caleres, Inc.

     9,760           310,173   

Children’s Place, Inc. (The)

     6,920           452,637   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     10,670           421,785   

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     14,772           193,102   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     161,840           6,952,646   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     131,300           14,591,369   

L Brands, Inc.

     40,512           3,473,094   

L’Occitane International SA

     20,250           57,734   

Lithia Motors, Inc.-Class A

     1,829           206,970   

Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.

     39,000           114,846   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     599,811           5,194,363   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     19,160           241,991   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     109,312           5,313,656   

Select Comfort Corp. (a)

     13,488           405,584   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     266,885           3,009,099   

Tractor Supply Co.

     5,653           508,431   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     3,866           597,104   

WH Smith PLC

     18,870           452,536   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     373,500           1,494,104   
       

 

 

 
          50,593,534   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.1%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     45,689           3,713,502   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Johannesburg)

     68,649           559,870   

Crocs, Inc. (a)

     25,920           381,283   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     55,880           916,894   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (a)

     1,828,000           379,451   

HUGO BOSS AG

     14,081           1,574,201   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     109,300           11,806,586   

Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd.

     268,000           428,714   

Samsonite International SA

     620,900           2,135,705   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     39,905           228,412   

Under Armour, Inc.-Class A (a)

     4,153           346,526   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     206,000           686,395   
       

 

 

 
          23,157,539   
       

 

 

 
          234,684,268   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Financials - 9.5%

       

Banks - 4.0%

       

Associated Banc-Corp

     15,630         $ 316,820   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     33,500           831,375   

Axis Bank Ltd.

     41,910           366,769   

Banco Bradesco SA (Preference Shares)

     9,720           89,100   

Banco Davivienda SA (Preference Shares)

     16,960           174,078   

Banco do Brasil SA

     36,400           284,260   

Banco Macro SA (ADR)

     2,730           124,488   

Bangkok Bank PCL (NVDR)

     42,600           224,042   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     266,940           1,436,658   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     385,000           289,416   

Bank of America Corp.

     699,700             11,908,894   

Bank of Baroda

     103,280           233,791   

Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     1,853,000           1,204,948   

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.-Class H

     480,000           499,622   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     222,486           2,189,141   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     286,000           1,194,031   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd.-Class H (a)

     266,000           211,790   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     1,775,000           1,621,363   

China Development Financial Holding Corp.

     196,000           74,267   

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.-Class H

     189,500           552,868   

Comerica, Inc.

     7,950           407,994   

Credicorp Ltd.

     2,760           383,419   

Danske Bank A/S

     96,560           2,838,573   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     43,700           670,517   

DGB Financial Group, Inc.

     33,284           348,572   

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     62,741           464,713   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     26,120           246,573   

First Republic Bank/CA

     6,144           387,256   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     15,700           306,636   

HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)

     9,000           544,770   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     38,960           440,638   

Iberiabank Corp.

     5,147           351,180   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     36,100           175,185   

ICICI Bank Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     12,050           125,561   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     681,000           539,514   

ING Groep NV

     184,180           3,058,376   

Itausa - Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     95,040           272,364   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     25,500           142,264   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     25,330           836,596   

Komercni banka AS

     1,770           392,370   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     644,100           4,633,953   

Punjab National Bank

     14,900           32,559   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     145,800           795,212   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     474,200           2,195,171   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     19,030           708,333   

Signature Bank/New York NY (a)

     3,409           499,043   

State Bank of India

     19,900           82,078   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     23,000           324,760   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     3,159           454,833   

Synovus Financial Corp.

     9,210           283,852   

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     3,750           233,400   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     7,190           305,330   

UniCredit SpA

     258,560           1,737,748   

US Bancorp/MN

     245,004           10,633,174   

Webster Financial Corp.

     7,770           307,303   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     354,100           19,914,584   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Zions Bancorporation

     16,240         $ 515,376   
       

 

 

 
          80,417,501   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets – 0.5%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     1,575           344,295   

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     10,860           325,257   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     11,837           2,471,447   

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.-Class H

     24,400           64,513   

Lazard Ltd.-Class A

     8,821           496,093   

Partners Group Holding AG

     3,990           1,192,561   

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     6,181           356,891   

UBS Group AG

     260,041           5,517,154   
       

 

 

 
            10,768,211   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance – 1.0%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     120,200           10,573,994   

Discover Financial Services

     169,598           9,772,237   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     20,075           63,286   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     12,600           168,377   

SLM Corp. (a)

     31,030           306,266   
       

 

 

 
          20,884,160   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services – 0.2%

       

Challenger Ltd./Australia

     216,950           1,124,581   

Cielo SA

     10,020           141,223   

ORIX Corp.

     158,400           2,352,156   

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.

     45,340           181,809   

Premium Leisure Corp.

     6,897,800           180,240   
       

 

 

 
          3,980,009   
       

 

 

 

Insurance – 3.2%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     162,520           3,541,358   

AIA Group Ltd.

     953,000           6,206,784   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     240,109           15,575,871   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     7,380           479,995   

American International Group, Inc.

     199,958           12,361,404   

Aon PLC

     98,000           9,768,640   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     9,530           456,487   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     132,571           2,389,429   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     49,000           537,422   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

     27,490           504,442   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     197,294           1,040,975   

Euler Hermes Group

     5,897           592,880   

First American Financial Corp.

     11,150           414,892   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     6,090           450,843   

Intact Financial Corp.

     4,080           283,509   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     2,170           384,728   

New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.-Class H

     33,400           199,698   

NN Group NV

     45,050           1,268,710   

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd.-Class H

     18,000           242,223   

Prudential PLC

     189,730           4,572,405   

Sampo Oyj-Class A

     6,560           309,153   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

     5,540           418,879   

Topdanmark A/S (a)

     20,910           560,542   

Tryg A/S

     44,850           935,121   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     9,670         $ 425,383   
       

 

 

 
            63,921,773   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

       

DDR Corp.

     15,970           246,896   

Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS

     137,700           141,795   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc.

     8,960           209,395   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     9,150           380,640   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     3,420           249,010   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     7,590           226,030   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     9,100           182,000   
       

 

 

 
          1,635,766   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     1,297,000           1,072,203   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     84,000           296,771   

China Resources Land Ltd.

     64,000           207,126   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     1,054,000           277,385   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     3,300           341,535   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     2,041,000           3,831,503   

Grupo GICSA SA de CV (a)

     191,800           198,054   

Huaku Development Co., Ltd.

     21,000           45,585   

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (a)(d)(e)

     204,000           41,055   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     525,000           441,055   

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

     290,000           317,134   
       

 

 

 
          7,069,406   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2%

       

Essent Group Ltd. (a)

     14,819           405,300   

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd.

     149,520           3,045,015   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     19,440           137,524   
       

 

 

 
          3,587,839   
       

 

 

 
          192,264,665   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 8.5%

       

Biotechnology - 1.6%

       

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     11,580           102,599   

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     955           106,139   

Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     4,251           225,176   

Biogen, Inc. (a)

     30,100           12,158,594   

CSL Ltd.

     18,280           1,218,661   

Dyax Corp. (a)

     7,490           198,485   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     140,900           16,496,572   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,830           162,867   

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,348           176,828   

Medivation, Inc. (a)

     3,261           372,406   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,264           108,966   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

     1,211           141,384   

Receptos, Inc. (a)

     1,719           326,696   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     2,198           160,454   

TESARO, Inc. (a)

     3,090           181,661   
       

 

 

 
          32,137,488   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.9%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     6,971         $ 437,151   

Cochlear Ltd.

     5,160           318,880   

DBV Technologies SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     4,618           137,524   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

     7,376           589,932   

Essilor International SA

     5,280           632,546   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     3,586           260,666   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     16,059           7,780,586   

Medtronic PLC

     95,555           7,080,626   

Nevro Corp. (a)

     4,164           223,815   

Sartorius AG (Preference Shares)

     3,803           706,982   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     4,245           426,283   
       

 

 

 
            18,594,991   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.2%

       

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     8,390           657,189   

Aetna, Inc.

     97,663           12,448,126   

Anthem, Inc.

     88,426           14,514,244   

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL-Class F

     43,000           25,080   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

     9,556           377,271   

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     5,100           443,445   

McKesson Corp.

     33,693           7,574,523   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     4,240           298,072   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     9,766           375,600   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.-Class H

     136,300           379,267   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     83,900           1,381,554   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     38,053           4,642,466   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     5,060           429,240   
       

 

 

 
          43,546,077   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.6%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     17,233           5,246,669   

ICON PLC (a)

     4,952           333,270   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     102,100           7,413,481   
       

 

 

 
          12,993,420   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.2%

       

Akorn, Inc. (a)

     2,712           118,406   

Allergan PLC (a)

     32,600           9,892,796   

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     24,510           724,820   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     65,800           937,376   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     201,521           4,190,012   

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR) (a)

     1,429           175,538   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

     1,672           294,389   

Johnson & Johnson

     129,900           12,660,054   

Lupin Ltd.

     5,776           170,290   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     75,616           4,304,819   

Novartis AG (REG)

     19,710           1,938,684   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     54,661           2,999,515   

Pfizer, Inc.

     448,402           15,034,919   

Recordati SpA

     36,080           756,721   

Roche Holding AG

     21,475           6,021,406   

Sanofi

     3,120           308,661   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     31,900         $ 1,236,228   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     76,450           1,050,947   

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     3,213           152,425   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     8,350           494,136   
       

 

 

 
          63,462,142   
       

 

 

 
            170,734,118   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 6.5%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.3%

       

Airbus Group SE

     50,000           3,256,865   

Hexcel Corp.

     12,141           603,893   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     74,204           8,413,249   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     70,625           11,203,244   

Raytheon Co.

     96,700           9,252,256   

Safran SA

     23,280           1,582,094   

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.-Class A (a)

     7,460           411,121   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

     2,187           491,353   

United Technologies Corp.

     56,142           6,227,832   

Zodiac Aerospace

     124,289           4,048,560   
       

 

 

 
          45,490,467   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

bpost SA

     34,420           946,553   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     8,078           372,436   

Oesterreichische Post AG

     8,718           401,065   
       

 

 

 
          1,720,054   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.7%

       

China Eastern Airlines Corp., Ltd.-Class H (a)

     194,000           162,077   

China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.-Class H

     148,000           173,370   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     170,292           6,995,595   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     389,160           3,024,201   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     18,800           655,169   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     685,840           1,666,580   

Ryanair Holdings PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     11,070           789,845   

Turk Hava Yollari AO (a)

     63,615           208,816   
       

 

 

 
          13,675,653   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%

       

Assa Abloy AB

     44,220           832,477   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%

       

APR Energy PLC

     137,724           242,907   

Babcock International Group PLC

     245,253           4,155,183   

Berendsen PLC

     20,020           320,478   

Park24 Co., Ltd.

     41,800           715,594   

Regus PLC

     636,261           2,606,970   
       

 

 

 
          8,041,132   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

AECOM (a)

     12,762           422,167   

China Machinery Engineering Corp.-Class H

     16,000           17,228   

China Railway Group Ltd.-Class H

     261,000           282,721   

Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.

     6,730           494,028   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     8,280           395,536   

Granite Construction, Inc.

     10,430           370,369   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

     3,360         $ 123,437   

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

     54,180           197,223   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     12,970           279,893   
       

 

 

 
            2,582,602   
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     7,096           388,719   

General Cable Corp.

     10,700           211,111   

Regal Beloit Corp.

     5,750           417,392   
       

 

 

 
          1,017,222   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.6%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     8,550           216,343   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     5,229           523,527   

Danaher Corp. (c)

     126,456           10,823,369   

SM Investments Corp.

     11,133           220,923   
       

 

 

 
          11,784,162   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.7%

       

Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.

     3,200           188,222   

IDEX Corp.

     6,518           512,185   

ITT Corp.

     217,446           9,097,941   

JTEKT Corp.

     108,800           2,057,454   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     6,692           407,476   

Middleby Corp. (The) (a)

     6,306           707,722   

Oshkosh Corp.

     7,780           329,716   

Terex Corp.

     11,820           274,815   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     2,485           295,392   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     2,314           218,071   
       

 

 

 
          14,088,994   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.1%

       

Kirby Corp. (a)

     5,126           392,959   

Nippon Yusen KK

     924,000           2,572,466   
       

 

 

 
          2,965,425   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.6%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     7,442           247,372   

Bureau Veritas SA

     159,612           3,679,369   

Capita PLC

     205,046           3,984,170   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     11,088           615,384   

Teleperformance

     59,701           4,217,757   
       

 

 

 
          12,744,052   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.6%

       

CAR, Inc. (a)

     246,000           521,536   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     21,300           3,843,682   

Con-way, Inc.

     6,340           243,266   

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.-Class A (a)

     5,041           384,023   

Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (a)(b)

     18,928           89,902   

Ryder System, Inc.

     3,990           348,606   

Union Pacific Corp.

     67,700           6,456,549   
       

 

 

 
          11,887,564   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

       

Brenntag AG

     43,130         $ 2,474,859   

Bunzl PLC

     32,830           895,584   

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

     15,040           232,218   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     4,880           427,585   

Watsco, Inc.

     2,600           321,724   

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

     5,700           391,248   
       

 

 

 
          4,743,218   
       

 

 

 
            131,573,022   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 5.8%

       

Beverages - 1.6%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     7,650           920,603   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     129,500           9,440,550   

Heineken NV

     10,970           834,020   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     56,881           7,623,192   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     133,308           12,442,969   
       

 

 

 
          31,261,334   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.0%

       

7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd

     169,524           71,889   

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.-Class B

     11,569           494,901   

Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS

     3,460           16,581   

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     62,100           8,387,226   

CP ALL PCL

     530,100           725,885   

CVS Health Corp.

     157,681           16,537,583   

Delhaize Group SA

     27,790           2,260,363   

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a)

     8,797           393,666   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     15,169           284,762   

Kroger Co. (The)

     101,020           7,324,960   

Lawson, Inc.

     4,400           301,097   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     93,614           698,214   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (b)

     10,200           567,688   

Olam International Ltd.

     867,038           1,209,922   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

     7,421           200,219   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     5,400           275,503   

X5 Retail Group NV (GDR) (a)(b)

     20,600           342,887   
       

 

 

 
          40,093,346   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.5%

       

Dean Foods Co.

     25,005           404,331   

Gruma SAB de CV-Class B

     9,800           126,416   

Ingredion, Inc.

     5,520           440,551   

JBS SA

     42,400           223,108   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     78,300           7,064,226   

MHP SA (GDR) (b)

     5,900           59,590   

Nestle SA (REG)

     16,590           1,196,979   

Unilever PLC

     13,973           599,988   

Universal Robina Corp.

     16,370           70,388   

WH Group Ltd. (a)(b)

     328,000           223,663   
       

 

 

 
          10,409,240   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.3%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     9,233           880,420   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     36,138           3,829,544   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     15,509         $ 1,337,407   
       

 

 

 
          6,047,371   
       

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.5%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     91,900           7,964,054   

Kao Corp.

     21,300           990,598   

L’Oreal SA

     6,950           1,243,500   
       

 

 

 
          10,198,152   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.9%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     125,244           6,125,684   

British American Tobacco PLC

     127,120           6,844,458   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     66,230           3,189,782   

ITC Ltd.

     48,490           240,287   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     56,700           2,015,644   
       

 

 

 
          18,415,855   
       

 

 

 
            116,425,298   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.4%

       

Chemicals - 2.4%

       

A. Schulman, Inc.

     8,580           375,117   

Arkema SA

     19,798           1,431,149   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     165,260           10,622,913   

Croda International PLC

     14,760           638,209   

Essentra PLC

     366,532           5,716,063   

Fufeng Group Ltd.

     53,600           39,770   

Givaudan SA (REG) (a)

     350           605,957   

Huntsman Corp.

     12,980           286,469   

Hyosung Corp.

     4,300           553,700   

JSR Corp.

     121,300           2,141,345   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     26,947           1,564,548   

LG Chem Ltd.

     650           162,101   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     108,288           11,209,974   

PolyOne Corp.

     12,874           504,274   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     43,396           11,934,768   
       

 

 

 
          47,786,357   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (a)

     17,592           86,163   

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (b)

     2,307           122,434   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     1,672           236,605   

West China Cement Ltd.

     592,000           115,146   
       

 

 

 
          560,348   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.9%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     29,220           308,782   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     4,940           301,044   

Ball Corp.

     144,886           10,163,753   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     17,690           246,422   

Sealed Air Corp.

     118,430           6,084,933   
       

 

 

 
          17,104,934   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.0%

       

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     1,620           45,887   

Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS

     16,730           177,007   

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (ADR)

     6,520           109,992   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Novolipetsk Steel OJSC (GDR) (b)

     9,930         $ 132,069   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     12,870           266,602   
       

 

 

 
          731,557   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

       

Mondi PLC

     74,510           1,604,145   

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.

     261,000           227,002   

Sappi Ltd. (a)

     56,041           198,764   
       

 

 

 
          2,029,911   
       

 

 

 
            68,213,107   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.5%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

       

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     4,029           167,163   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     5,281           246,042   

Schlumberger Ltd. (c)

     85,100           7,334,769   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

     7,055           148,437   
       

 

 

 
          7,896,411   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.1%

       

BG Group PLC

     190,468           3,172,206   

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

     17,540           150,669   

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     1,181           134,469   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     39,860           210,062   

Hess Corp.

     182,706           12,219,377   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     846,200           3,648,263   

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC (GDR) (b)

     10,250           101,515   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     14,748           185,530   

Lukoil OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     17,040           765,266   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     74,643           3,102,910   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     186,963           1,525,618   

Petronet LNG Ltd.

     90,460           265,084   

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

     18,860           436,420   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     18,649           530,946   

SM Energy Co.

     85,404           3,938,833   

Tatneft OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     8,890           284,302   

TOTAL SA

     60,280           2,956,791   

Valero Energy Corp.

     150,862           9,443,961   
       

 

 

 
          43,072,222   
       

 

 

 
          50,968,633   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

       

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     707,421           1,204,718   

BT Group PLC

     345,790           2,448,657   

China Telecom Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     780,000           456,846   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     104,400           3,780,923   

Proximus

     14,190           502,140   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     261,000           819,308   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     109,648           1,536,222   

Telenor ASA

     51,380           1,126,498   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     102,180           483,572   
       

 

 

 
          12,358,884   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     178,500         $ 2,287,163   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     6,220           1,391,763   

SoftBank Corp.

     38,900           2,291,326   

Sunrise Communications Group AG (a)(b)

     11,738           978,888   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT

     915,500           633,451   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS

     45,770           210,568   

Vodafone Group PLC

     901,996           3,290,384   
       

 

 

 
          11,083,543   
       

 

 

 
          23,442,427   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.1%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.9%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     135,884           7,197,775   

Edison International

     107,117           5,953,563   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     713,920           2,720,031   

Electricite de France SA

     60,880           1,361,801   

Elia System Operator SA/NV

     1,818           73,674   

Light SA

     20,300           110,540   

PNM Resources, Inc.

     15,460           380,316   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     9,380           320,984   
       

 

 

 
          18,118,684   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

Southwest Gas Corp.

     6,900           367,149   

UGI Corp.

     65,322           2,250,343   
       

 

 

 
          2,617,492   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

       

Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.-Class H

     600,000           306,561   

Huadian Power International Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     444,000           494,013   

NTPC Ltd.

     111,040           239,664   
       

 

 

 
          1,040,238   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     38,300           203,258   

Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais-COPASA

     23,000           101,422   
       

 

 

 
          304,680   
       

 

 

 
          22,081,094   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $1,049,107,281)

            1,271,127,492   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 9.8%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 9.8%

       

AB Pooling Portfolio-Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (f)

     19,411,772           136,270,638   

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     1,277,935           61,391,997   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $223,594,391)

          197,662,635   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Contracts        U.S. $ Value  

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.2%

       

Options on Equity Indices - 0.2%

       

S&P 500 Index Expiration: Aug 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,190.00 (a)(g)

     321,831         $ 838,984   

S&P 500 Index Expiration: Sep 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,135.00 (a)(g)

     215,600           4,021,839   
       

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(premiums paid $12,482,073)

          4,860,823   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Financials - 0.0%

       

Banks - 0.0%

       

Commercial Bank of Qatar QSC (The), Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 5/26/17 (a)

     12,087           182,251   

First Gulf Bank PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 8/21/15 (a)

     17,601           72,842   

Punjab National Bank, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 8/08/18 (a)

     48,800           106,857   
       

 

 

 
       361,950   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

       

Emaar Properties PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 10/01/15 (a)

     20,067           43,054   
       

 

 

 
       405,004   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 0.0%

       

Airlines - 0.0%

       

Air Arabia PJSC, Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 7/31/17 (a)

     138,460           61,072   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 0.0%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.0%

       

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd., expiring 10/14/16 (a)

     24,750           1,517   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $387,903)

   

       467,593   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 27.6%

       

Investment Companies - 27.4%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (f)(h)
(cost $552,679,949)

     552,679,949           552,679,949   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
          

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.2%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill
Zero Coupon, 9/03/15
(cost $3,999,943)

   $ 4,000           3,999,943   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $556,679,892)

        $ 556,679,892   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.6%
(cost $1,842,251,540) (i)

          2,030,798,435   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.6)%

          (12,236,212
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 2,018,562,223   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

10 Yr Australian Bond Futures

     27         September 2015       $ 2,590,576       $ 2,609,428       $ 18,852   

10 Yr Canadian Bond Futures

     56         September 2015         6,239,905         6,277,022         37,117   

Hang Seng Index Futures

     15         July 2015         2,637,818         2,535,364         (102,454

Long GILT Futures

     89         September 2015         16,209,137         16,183,827         (25,310

Russell 2000 Mini Futures

     8         September 2015         996,482         1,000,320         3,838   

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     42         September 2015         6,360,839         6,292,020         (68,819

SPI 200 Futures

     46         September 2015         4,894,344         4,788,665         (105,679

TOPIX Index Futures

     1,083         September 2015         146,906,157         144,284,961         (2,621,196

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     39         September 2015         5,859,714         5,882,906         23,192   

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     164         September 2015         19,530,336         19,558,281         27,945   

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     1,679         September 2015         211,986,805         211,842,578         (144,227

U.S. Ultra Bond Futures

     263         September 2015         40,948,420         40,518,437         (429,983

Sold Contracts

              

10 Yr Japan Bond (OSE) Futures

     10         September 2015         11,986,382         12,008,825         (22,443

Euro BUXL 30 Yr Bond Futures

     105         September 2015         18,023,096         17,399,680         623,416   

EURO STOXX 50 Futures

     835         September 2015         31,842,084         31,985,703         (143,619

Euro-BOBL Futures

     262         September 2015         37,825,590         37,849,098         (23,508

Euro-BUND Futures

     249         September 2015         42,232,752         42,194,827         37,925   

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     1,887         September 2015         196,671,291         193,832,640         2,838,651   
              

 

 

 
               $ (76,302
              

 

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD      786       CAD      969         8/13/15       $ (10,858

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD      4,323       CHF      4,066         8/13/15         32,838   

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD      3,009       USD      2,373         8/13/15         56,785   

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD      1,081       USD      819         8/13/15         (13,118

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP      1,983       USD      3,107         8/13/15         (7,439

BNP Paribas SA

   NZD      2,836       USD      1,930         8/13/15         15,052   

BNP Paribas SA

   USD      4,739       GBP      3,060         8/13/15         67,414   

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

   USD      4,170       AUD      5,392         8/13/15         (19,803

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

   USD      925       HKD      7,175         8/13/15         205   

Citibank

   CAD      1,028       USD      823         8/13/15         97   

Citibank

   GBP      2,749       USD      4,326         8/13/15         8,293   

Credit Suisse International

   CHF      7,700       USD      8,303         8/13/15         53,967   

Credit Suisse International

   USD      4,134       EUR      3,646         8/13/15         (67,476

Credit Suisse International

   USD      5,071       SEK      41,918         8/13/15         (9,829

Deutsche Bank AG

   EUR      2,166       USD      2,365         8/13/15         (51,403

Deutsche Bank AG

   ILS      2,538       USD      655         8/13/15         (17,505

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD      10,666       GBP      7,001         8/13/15         331,468   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   TWD      80,732       USD      2,617         8/13/15         2,063   

HSBC Bank USA

   AUD      47,643       USD      37,902         8/13/15         1,226,695   

HSBC Bank USA

   CAD      5,763       USD      4,814         8/13/15         202,141   

HSBC Bank USA

   GBP      2,172       USD      3,450         8/13/15         38,329   

HSBC Bank USA

   HKD      92,571       USD      11,941         8/13/15         (322

HSBC Bank USA

   USD      13,298       AUD      16,716         8/13/15         (430,398

HSBC Bank USA

   USD      5,032       NZD      6,735         8/13/15         (484,376

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL      12,186       USD      3,928         7/02/15         8,211   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      3,906       BRL      12,186         7/02/15         13,067   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL      12,186       USD      3,863         8/04/15         (11,518

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   ILS      3,102       USD      819         8/13/15         (3,205

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   NZD      628       USD      445         8/13/15         21,254   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      754       AUD      988         8/13/15         6,752   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD      2,906       JPY      348,115         8/13/15         (60,520

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   ILS      7,541       USD      1,949         8/13/15         (49,766

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   JPY      1,670,359       USD      13,409         8/13/15         (245,635

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   KRW      984,180       USD      910         8/13/15         32,376   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   NZD      3,271       USD      2,387         8/13/15         178,463   

Standard Chartered Bank

   EUR      81,195       USD      92,208         8/13/15         1,637,065   

Standard Chartered Bank

   GBP      2,534       USD      4,009         8/13/15         28,938   

Standard Chartered Bank

   GBP      18,499       USD      28,188         8/13/15         (869,841

Standard Chartered Bank

   HKD      4,849       USD      626         8/13/15         76   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      8,286       EUR      7,296         8/13/15         (147,103

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      23,179       JPY      2,767,791         8/13/15         (552,197

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      5,541       SEK      45,269         8/13/15         (75,679

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CAD      99       USD      83         8/13/15         3,379   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP      1,983       USD      3,052         8/13/15         (63,183

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   JPY      554,892       USD      4,526         8/13/15         (10,598

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      6,874       CHF      6,256         8/13/15         (171,674

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      4,238       EUR      3,737         8/13/15         (69,292

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      788       HKD      6,109         8/13/15         133   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      1,017       HKD      7,882         8/13/15         (163


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      2,653       JPY      316,164         8/13/15       $ (68,000

UBS AG

   BRL      12,186       USD      3,830         7/02/15         (89,193

UBS AG

   USD      3,928       BRL      12,186         7/02/15         (8,211

UBS AG

   AUD      11,327       USD      8,688         8/13/15         (31,629

UBS AG

   EUR      9,541       USD      10,679         8/13/15         36,419   

UBS AG

   EUR      1,242       USD      1,382         8/13/15         (2,925

UBS AG

   USD      12,367       JPY      1,517,403         8/13/15         37,867   
                 

 

 

 
   $ 396,488   
                 

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $6,723,745 or 0.3% of net assets.
(c) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open futures contracts.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) Fair valued by the Adviser.
(f) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(g) One contract relates to 1 share.
(h) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(i) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $251,497,504 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(62,950,609), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $188,546,895.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
GDR    -    Global Depositary Receipt
JSC    -    Joint Stock Company
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International


NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
OSE    -    Osaka Securities Exchange
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
SPI    -    Share Price Index
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index

Country Breakdown*

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

  75.9%        

United States

  5.0%        

United Kingdom

  4.2%        

Japan

  3.0%        

France

  1.5%        

China

  1.5%        

Switzerland

  0.7%        

Hong Kong

  0.7%        

India

  0.7%        

Germany

  0.7%        

Australia

  0.6%        

Taiwan

  0.6%        

South Korea

  0.6%        

Netherlands

  0.6%        

Brazil

  3.7%        

Other

 

 

      
  100.0%        

Total Investments

 

 

      

 

* All data are as of June 30, 2015. The Portfolio’s country breakdown is expressed as a percentage of long-term investments and may vary over time. The Portfolio also enters into derivative transactions, which may be used for hedging or investments purposes (see “Portfolio of Investments” section of the report for additional details).“Other” country weightings represent 0.4% or less in the following countries: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Colombia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine and United Arab Emirates.


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Overlay A Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options generally will be classified as Level 2. For options that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Common Stocks:

          

Information Technology

   $     232,373,397       $     28,367,463       $ – 0  –    $     260,740,860   

Consumer Discretionary

     179,668,488         54,858,908             156,872        234,684,268   

Financials

     120,132,211         72,091,399         41,055        192,264,665   

Health Care

     141,753,612         28,980,506         – 0  –      170,734,118   

Industrials

     85,410,701         46,162,321         – 0  –      131,573,022   

Consumer Staples

     89,855,342         26,569,956         – 0  –      116,425,298   

Materials

     52,855,483         15,357,624         – 0  –      68,213,107   

Energy

     40,366,692         10,601,941         – 0  –      50,968,633   

Telecommunication Services

     2,169,673         21,272,754         – 0  –      23,442,427   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Utilities

   $ 16,885,350      $ 5,195,744      $ – 0  –    $ 22,081,094   

Investment Companies

     197,662,635        – 0  –      – 0  –      197,662,635   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0  –      4,860,823        – 0  –      4,860,823   

Warrants

     1,517        466,076        – 0  –      467,593   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     552,679,949        – 0  –      – 0  –      552,679,949   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      3,999,943        – 0  –      3,999,943   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     1,711,815,050        318,785,458        197,927        2,030,798,435   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     3,610,936        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,610,936   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      4,039,347        – 0  –      4,039,347   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (714,289     (2,972,949     – 0  –      (3,687,238

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (3,642,859     – 0  –      (3,642,859
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     1,714,711,697      $     316,208,997      $     197,927      $     2,031,118,621   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were de minimus transfers under 1% of net assets between level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

Following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Common
Stocks
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 139,248      $ 139,248   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     590,145        590,145   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     19,155        19,155   

Purchases

     484,419        484,419   

Sales

     (1,853,593     (1,853,593

Transfers in to Level 3

     818,553        818,553   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 197,927      $ 197,927
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciationfrom investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 24,813      $ 24,813   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ There were de minimus transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.


In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Overlay B Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - TREASURIES - 22.5%

       

Australia - 0.8%

       

Australia Government Bond

       

Series 122

       

5.25%, 3/15/19 (a)

   AUD   8,380         $ 7,183,174   

Series 139

       

3.25%, 4/21/25 (a)

     1,850           1,455,317   

Series 144

       

3.75%, 4/21/37 (a)

     1,405           1,102,347   
       

 

 

 
          9,740,838   
       

 

 

 

Belgium - 0.1%

       

Belgium Government Bond

       

Series 71

       

3.75%, 6/22/45 (a)

   EUR 510           768,875   

Series 74

       

0.80%, 6/22/25 (a)

     770           824,719   
       

 

 

 
          1,593,594   
       

 

 

 

Brazil - 0.6%

       

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional

       

Serie B

       

6.00%, 8/15/50

   BRL 4,098           3,486,554   

Series B

       

6.00%, 5/15/55

     672           569,267   

Series NTNF

       

10.00%, 1/01/17

     9,535           2,909,084   
       

 

 

 
          6,964,905   
       

 

 

 

France - 0.2%

       

France Government Bond OAT

       

0.50%, 5/25/25

   EUR 740           772,064   

3.25%, 10/25/21

     220           286,268   

4.50%, 4/25/41

     735           1,214,933   

French Treasury Note BTAN

       

2.50%, 7/25/16

     495           567,523   
       

 

 

 
          2,840,788   
       

 

 

 

Germany - 0.4%

       

Bundesrepublik Deutschland

       

0.50%, 2/15/25

     3,810           4,140,793   

Series 00

       

5.50%, 1/04/31

     154           273,428   
       

 

 

 
          4,414,221   
       

 

 

 

Ireland - 0.6%

       

Ireland Government Bond

       

2.40%, 5/15/30 (a)

     715           824,923   

3.40%, 3/18/24 (a)

     1,245           1,601,599   

5.40%, 3/13/25

     2,994           4,445,094   
       

 

 

 
          6,871,616   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Italy - 1.2%

       

Italy Buoni Poliennali Del Tesoro

       

1.35%, 4/15/22

   EUR 2,411         $ 2,618,554   

3.75%, 3/01/21-5/01/21

     2,322           2,910,990   

4.00%, 9/01/20

     111           140,500   

4.50%, 5/01/23-3/01/24

     2,782           3,654,673   

4.75%, 5/01/17

     1,800           2,164,727   

5.00%, 8/01/34 (a)

     465           661,504   

6.00%, 5/01/31

     1,517           2,340,320   
       

 

 

 
          14,491,268   
       

 

 

 

Japan - 1.5%

       

Japan Government Five Year Bond

       

Series 100

       

0.30%, 9/20/16

   JPY 143,350           1,175,600   

Japan Government Thirty Year Bond

       

Series 30

       

2.30%, 3/20/39

     37,900           370,073   

Series 36

       

2.00%, 3/20/42

     199,900           1,851,959   

Japan Government Twenty Year Bond

       

Series 112

       

2.10%, 6/20/29

     241,750           2,330,116   

Series 128

       

1.90%, 6/20/31

     169,750           1,592,854   

Series 143

       

1.60%, 3/20/33

     176,850           1,575,328   

Series 144

       

1.50%, 3/20/33

     114,300           1,003,737   

Series 150

       

1.40%, 9/20/34

     515,900           4,392,912   

Japan Government Two Year Bond

       

Series 349

       

0.10%, 2/15/17

     384,300           3,145,256   
       

 

 

 
          17,437,835   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.2%

       

Mexican Bonos

       

Series M

       

7.75%, 11/13/42

   MXN 27,773           1,969,265   
       

 

 

 

Netherlands - 0.8%

       

Netherlands Government Bond

       

0.25%, 7/15/25

   EUR 3,057           3,151,861   

2.50%, 1/15/33 (a)

     1,675           2,160,487   

2.75%, 1/15/47

     245           341,114   

3.25%, 7/15/21 (a)

     2,479           3,231,310   
       

 

 

 
          8,884,772   
       

 

 

 

New Zealand - 0.1%

       

New Zealand Government Bond

       

Series 423

       

5.50%, 4/15/23 (a)

   NZD 1,465           1,142,294   
       

 

 

 

Poland - 0.1%

       

Poland Government Bond

       

Series 1021

       

5.75%, 10/25/21

   PLN 4,335           1,336,471   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Singapore - 0.0%

       

Singapore Government Bond

       

3.375%, 9/01/33

   SGD 341         $ 264,230   
       

 

 

 

South Africa - 0.5%

       

South Africa Government Bond

       

Series R186

       

10.50%, 12/21/26

   ZAR 35,125           3,360,636   

Series R203

       

8.25%, 9/15/17

     16,505           1,384,461   

Series R213

       

7.00%, 2/28/31

     10,430           729,997   
       

 

 

 
          5,475,094   
       

 

 

 

Spain - 0.6%

       

Spain Government Bond

       

1.95%, 7/30/30 (a)

   EUR 2,438           2,436,690   

4.20%, 1/31/37 (a)

     1,125           1,452,747   

4.40%, 10/31/23 (a)

     1,510           1,978,055   

5.85%, 1/31/22 (a)

     785           1,099,022   
       

 

 

 
          6,966,514   
       

 

 

 

Sweden - 0.1%

       

Sweden Government Bond

       

Series 1054

       

3.50%, 6/01/22

   SEK 7,085           1,019,219   
       

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 2.2%

       

United Kingdom Gilt

       

1.25%, 7/22/18 (a)

   GBP 2,010           3,179,644   

1.75%, 7/22/19-9/07/22 (a)

     5,555           8,838,897   

2.25%, 9/07/23 (a)

     1,420           2,283,384   

3.25%, 1/22/44 (a)

     890           1,542,432   

3.75%, 9/07/19-9/07/20 (a)

     2,856           4,959,917   

4.25%, 6/07/32-12/07/46 (a)

     2,495           4,912,038   

4.50%, 12/07/42 (a)

     175           371,678   
       

 

 

 
          26,087,990   
       

 

 

 

United States - 12.5%

       

U.S. Treasury Bonds

       

2.50%, 2/15/45

   U.S.$ 475           418,390   

2.875%, 5/15/43

     880           838,613   

3.00%, 11/15/44-5/15/45

     4,121           4,032,271   

3.125%, 11/15/41-8/15/44

     10,313           10,346,706   

3.625%, 8/15/43

     3,468           3,815,561   

4.50%, 2/15/36

     4,291           5,394,760   

U.S. Treasury Notes

       

0.25%, 7/31/15

     3,259           3,259,254   

0.50%, 9/30/16 (b)

     35,460           35,506,891   

0.625%, 8/15/16

     4,550           4,562,795   

0.875%, 4/30/17

     3,680           3,698,687   

1.00%, 3/15/18

     5,245           5,257,294   

1.125%, 12/31/19

     14,191           13,941,551   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

1.375%, 3/31/20-4/30/20

   U.S.$ 5,878         $ 5,816,331   

1.50%, 6/30/16-2/28/19

     9,129           9,231,351   

1.75%, 9/30/19

     13,202           13,360,732   

2.375%, 8/15/24

     10,008           10,062,154   

2.50%, 5/15/24

     4,555           4,632,932   

2.75%, 2/15/24

     1,086           1,127,592   

4.50%, 5/15/17

     10,094           10,824,240   
       

 

 

 
          146,128,105   
       

 

 

 

Total Governments - Treasuries
(cost $269,421,270)

          263,629,019   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 17.2%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 17.2%

       

AB Pooling Portfolios-Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (c)

     5,306,530           37,251,842   

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     519,170           24,940,927   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     672,952           138,527,169   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $206,908,081)

          200,719,938   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 12.8%

       

Industrial - 8.0%

       

Basic - 0.6%

       

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

       

2.75%, 2/03/23

   U.S.$ 580           562,122   

Barrick Gold Corp.

       

4.10%, 5/01/23

     243           236,773   

Braskem Finance Ltd.

       

6.45%, 2/03/24

     770           727,650   

Eastman Chemical Co.

       

3.80%, 3/15/25

     365           364,355   

Freeport-McMoran Oil & Gas LLC / FCX Oil & Gas, Inc.

       

6.50%, 11/15/20

     155           163,913   

Glencore Funding LLC

       

2.125%, 4/16/18 (a)

     549           544,872   

4.125%, 5/30/23 (a)

     265           256,365   

International Paper Co.

       

3.65%, 6/15/24

     870           857,479   

3.80%, 1/15/26

     263           257,684   

5.15%, 5/15/46

     197           189,250   

LyondellBasell Industries NV

       

5.00%, 4/15/19

     610           660,792   

5.75%, 4/15/24

     685           780,334   

Mosaic Co. (The)

       

5.625%, 11/15/43

     80           85,232   


      Principal
Amount (000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Teck Resources Ltd.

       

4.50%, 1/15/21

   U.S.$   1,116         $ 1,071,297   
       

 

 

 
          6,758,118   
       

 

 

 

Capital Goods - 0.3%

       

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.

       

2.625%, 3/01/23

     330           322,332   

General Dynamics Corp.

       

3.875%, 7/15/21

     630           672,947   

Odebrecht Finance Ltd.

       

5.25%, 6/27/29 (a)

     615           461,373   

Republic Services, Inc.

       

5.25%, 11/15/21

     555           621,970   

Yamana Gold, Inc.

       

4.95%, 7/15/24

     1,470           1,415,951   
       

 

 

 
          3,494,573   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 1.3%

       

21st Century Fox America, Inc.

       

3.00%, 9/15/22

     230           224,721   

6.15%, 3/01/37

     830           959,724   

CBS Corp.

       

3.50%, 1/15/25

     956           914,672   

5.75%, 4/15/20

     1,340           1,510,470   

Cox Communications, Inc.

       

2.95%, 6/30/23 (a)

     492           453,442   

DIRECTV Holdings LLC/DIRECTV Financing Co., Inc.

       

3.80%, 3/15/22

     157           157,903   

3.95%, 1/15/25

     320           313,732   

4.45%, 4/01/24

     1,480           1,514,499   

5.00%, 3/01/21

     1,325           1,434,790   

Discovery Communications LLC

       

3.45%, 3/15/25

     538           504,829   

4.875%, 4/01/43

     255           231,314   

NBCUniversal Enterprise, Inc.

       

1.974%, 4/15/19 (a)

     1,850           1,836,793   

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

       

4.50%, 9/15/42

     769           627,276   

Time Warner, Inc.

       

3.55%, 6/01/24

     1,813           1,768,080   

3.60%, 7/15/25

     1,385           1,347,163   

Viacom, Inc.

       

3.875%, 4/01/24

     1,683           1,647,906   
       

 

 

 
          15,447,314   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.9%

       

American Tower Corp.

       

2.80%, 6/01/20

     384           377,596   

3.50%, 1/31/23

     665           638,773   

5.05%, 9/01/20

     995           1,081,229   

AT&T, Inc.

       

3.40%, 5/15/25

     970           925,097   

5.80%, 2/15/19

     280           313,053   

6.45%, 6/15/34

     220           248,065   

British Telecommunications PLC

       

9.625%, 12/15/30

     505           749,508   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV

       

4.875%, 3/06/42 (a)

   U.S.$ 975         $ 975,167   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

       

3.50%, 11/01/24

     1,121           1,090,351   

3.85%, 11/01/42

     850           701,500   

4.60%, 4/01/21

     1,354           1,455,011   

6.55%, 9/15/43

     1,165           1,362,763   

Vodafone Group PLC

       

2.50%, 9/26/22

     795           729,217   
       

 

 

 
          10,647,330   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Automotive - 0.5%

       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC

       

2.597%, 11/04/19

     937           929,995   

5.875%, 8/02/21

     2,265           2,578,600   

General Motors Co.

       

3.50%, 10/02/18

     580           598,856   

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp.

       

2.35%, 3/04/19 (a)

     760           765,819   

Toyota Motor Credit Corp.

       

3.30%, 1/12/22

     735           761,073   
       

 

 

 
          5,634,343   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.0%

       

Host Hotels & Resorts LP

       

Series D

       

3.75%, 10/15/23

     25           24,525   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

       

2.95%, 3/01/17

     440           446,642   
       

 

 

 
          471,167   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Retailers - 0.2%

       

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

       

2.55%, 4/11/23

     830           801,400   

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

       

3.30%, 11/18/21

     676           671,310   

3.80%, 11/18/24

     1,060           1,038,141   
       

 

 

 
          2,510,851   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 1.9%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

       

2.50%, 5/14/20

     485           480,024   

3.60%, 5/14/25

     1,491           1,473,697   

Actavis Funding SCS

       

3.00%, 3/12/20

     1,745           1,748,958   

3.80%, 3/15/25

     1,390           1,365,428   

Altria Group, Inc.

       

2.625%, 1/14/20

     1,860           1,852,770   

AstraZeneca PLC

       

6.45%, 9/15/37

     220           280,044   

Baxalta, Inc.

       

3.60%, 6/23/22 (a)

     220           219,864   

5.25%, 6/23/45 (a)

     635           638,465   

Baxter International, Inc.

       

4.25%, 3/15/20

     107           114,499   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Bayer US Finance LLC

       

3.375%, 10/08/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 251         $ 249,678   

Becton Dickinson and Co.

       

2.675%, 12/15/19

     249           249,188   

3.734%, 12/15/24

     638           635,854   

Bunge Ltd. Finance Corp.

       

8.50%, 6/15/19

     9           10,880   

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV

       

3.875%, 6/27/24 (a)

     680           677,736   

HJ Heinz Co.

       

2.80%, 7/02/20 (a)

     900           900,701   

3.50%, 7/15/22 (a)

     949           951,227   

Kroger Co. (The)

       

3.40%, 4/15/22

     1,185           1,193,680   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

       

3.20%, 2/01/22

     245           241,544   

3.60%, 2/01/25

     588           562,369   

Medtronic, Inc.

       

3.50%, 3/15/25 (a)

     1,065           1,061,365   

Perrigo Finance PLC

       

3.50%, 12/15/21

     727           728,410   

3.90%, 12/15/24

     280           276,478   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

       

2.50%, 8/22/22

     1,940           1,868,270   

Reynolds American, Inc.

       

3.25%, 11/01/22

     860           828,314   

4.00%, 6/12/22

     385           393,264   

4.45%, 6/12/25

     635           646,951   

5.85%, 8/15/45

     449           470,954   

RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co./NC

       

3.75%, 5/20/23

     315           306,157   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

       

4.15%, 2/01/24

     415           422,864   

Tyson Foods, Inc.

       

2.65%, 8/15/19

     160           161,056   

3.95%, 8/15/24

     760           765,577   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

       

3.55%, 4/01/25

     810           782,611   
       

 

 

 
          22,558,877   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 1.5%

       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

       

6.375%, 9/15/17

     572           627,715   

BP Capital Markets PLC

       

3.245%, 5/06/22

     780           781,985   

Devon Energy Corp.

       

5.00%, 6/15/45

     475           468,927   

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

       

4.875%, 11/01/43

     380           301,170   

Energy Transfer Partners LP

       

3.60%, 2/01/23

     55           52,085   

4.15%, 10/01/20

     310           318,606   

7.50%, 7/01/38

     475           542,878   

EnLink Midstream Partners LP

       

4.15%, 6/01/25

     805           783,788   

5.05%, 4/01/45

     636           576,766   

Enterprise Products Operating LLC

       

3.70%, 2/15/26

     936           906,294   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

4.90%, 5/15/46

   U.S.$ 325         $ 306,106   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP

       

3.95%, 9/01/22

     1,780           1,740,678   

Kinder Morgan, Inc./DE

       

5.00%, 2/15/21 (a)

     299           316,319   

5.05%, 2/15/46

     325           281,812   

Noble Energy, Inc.

       

3.90%, 11/15/24

     972           958,354   

8.25%, 3/01/19

     1,530           1,822,922   

ONEOK Partners LP

       

3.80%, 3/15/20

     236           240,988   

Plains All American Pipeline LP / PAA Finance Corp.

       

3.60%, 11/01/24

     1,327           1,280,825   

Regency Energy Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance Corp.

       

4.50%, 11/01/23

     195           188,175   

Reliance Holding USA, Inc.

       

5.40%, 2/14/22 (a)

     1,465           1,580,914   

Schlumberger Norge AS

       

4.20%, 1/15/21 (a)

     310           333,096   

Schlumberger Oilfield UK PLC

       

4.20%, 1/15/21 (a)

     211           226,720   

Spectra Energy Partners LP

       

3.50%, 3/15/25

     795           761,345   

Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations LP

       

5.30%, 4/01/44

     670           610,027   

Williams Partners LP

       

3.90%, 1/15/25

     290           273,381   

4.125%, 11/15/20

     875           907,573   

4.50%, 11/15/23

     245           246,132   
       

 

 

 
          17,435,581   
       

 

 

 

Other Industrial - 0.0%

       

Hutchison Whampoa International 14 Ltd.

       

1.625%, 10/31/17 (a)

     587           585,239   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.7%

       

EMC Corp./MA

       

3.375%, 6/01/23

     760           761,202   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

       

2.75%, 1/14/19

     147           148,595   

3.75%, 12/01/20

     1,978           2,038,341   

4.375%, 9/15/21

     72           74,758   

4.65%, 12/09/21

     180           191,055   

KLA-Tencor Corp.

       

4.65%, 11/01/24

     1,245           1,244,320   

Oracle Corp.

       

5.75%, 4/15/18

     95           105,695   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

       

3.00%, 5/20/22

     800           794,578   

Seagate HDD Cayman

       

4.75%, 6/01/23

     420           426,581   

4.75%, 1/01/25 (a)

     401           398,535   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

       

3.375%, 5/02/19 (a)

     1,316           1,351,165   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Total System Services, Inc.

       

2.375%, 6/01/18

   U.S.$ 195         $ 194,450   
       

 

 

 
          7,729,275   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.1%

       

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP / PTL Finance Corp.

       

3.375%, 2/01/22 (a)

     815           794,685   
       

 

 

 
          94,067,353   
       

 

 

 

Financial Institutions - 4.4%

       

Banking - 2.9%

       

ABN AMRO Bank NV

       

2.50%, 10/30/18 (a)

     2,840           2,884,923   

Bank of America Corp.

       

0.825%, 3/28/18 (d)

   EUR 250           276,527   

4.00%, 1/22/25-1/22/25

   U.S.$   1,230           1,237,551   

4.20%, 8/26/24

     320           319,229   

4.875%, 4/01/44

     460           467,233   

BNP Paribas SA

       

2.375%, 9/14/17

     799           810,967   

BPCE SA

       

5.15%, 7/21/24 (a)

     560           568,939   

5.70%, 10/22/23 (a)

     880           927,622   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

3.875%, 3/26/25

     200           191,554   

Compass Bank

       

2.75%, 9/29/19

     325           324,009   

5.50%, 4/01/20

     549           597,341   

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Netherlands

       

3.95%, 11/09/22

     1,070           1,069,857   

Countrywide Financial Corp.

       

6.25%, 5/15/16

     1,420           1,475,756   

Credit Suisse Group Funding Guernsey Ltd.

       

2.75%, 3/26/20 (a)

     390           385,107   

3.75%, 3/26/25 (a)

     1,215           1,169,648   

Fifth Third Bancorp

       

2.30%, 3/01/19

     786           786,753   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.15%, 5/22/45

     312           300,303   

5.75%, 1/24/22

     2,870           3,264,536   

Series G

       

7.50%, 2/15/19

     400           469,844   

HSBC Holdings PLC

       

4.00%, 3/30/22

     1,850           1,936,902   

ING Bank NV

       

3.75%, 3/07/17 (a)

     705           732,519   

ING Groep NV

       

5.775%, 12/08/15 (e)

     190           190,990   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

Series X

       

6.10%, 10/01/24 (e)

     430           431,505   

Lloyds Bank PLC

       

2.30%, 11/27/18

     774           782,182   

4.20%, 3/28/17

     165           173,162   

6.50%, 9/14/20 (a)

     405           466,805   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Mizuho Bank Ltd.

       

2.45%, 4/16/19 (a)

   U.S.$ 765         $ 769,717   

Mizuho Financial Group Cayman 3 Ltd.

       

4.60%, 3/27/24 (a)

     1,160           1,192,556   

Morgan Stanley

       

5.625%, 9/23/19

     1,129           1,265,151   

Series G

       

3.70%, 10/23/24

     1,075           1,070,647   

Murray Street Investment Trust I

       

4.647%, 3/09/17

     182           191,178   

Nationwide Building Society

       

6.25%, 2/25/20 (a)

     345           402,280   

Nordea Bank AB

       

3.125%, 3/20/17 (a)

     751           775,136   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust III

       

5.254%, 10/21/16 (a)(e)

     435           448,920   

Rabobank Capital Funding Trust IV

       

5.556%, 12/31/19 (a)(e)

   GBP 100           166,943   

Santander Bank NA

       

1.206%, 1/12/18 (d)

   U.S.$ 275           274,725   

Santander UK PLC

       

5.00%, 11/07/23 (a)

     610           624,203   

Societe Generale SA

       

5.75%, 4/20/16 (a)

     449           463,092   

Standard Chartered PLC

       

Series E

       

4.00%, 7/12/22 (a)

     315           322,494   

State Street Corp.

       

3.70%, 11/20/23

     310           320,226   

Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp.

       

3.00%, 1/18/23

     384           375,039   

UBS AG/Stamford CT

       

7.50%, 7/15/25

     343           433,203   

7.625%, 8/17/22

     280           328,160   

Wells Fargo & Co.

       

4.125%, 8/15/23

     1,815           1,884,484   
       

 

 

 
          33,549,918   
       

 

 

 

Brokerage - 0.1%

       

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

       

2.00%, 9/13/16

     645           649,700   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.1%

       

Aviation Capital Group Corp.

       

7.125%, 10/15/20 (a)

     575           669,463   

General Electric Capital Corp.

       

4.65%, 10/17/21

     290           317,740   

Series G

       

5.625%, 5/01/18

     560           619,821   
       

 

 

 
          1,607,024   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 0.9%

       

American International Group, Inc.

       

3.375%, 8/15/20

     465           481,307   

4.875%, 6/01/22

     650           712,996   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Aquarius & Investments PLC for Swiss Reinsurance Co., Ltd.

       

6.375%, 9/01/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 380         $ 392,923   

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (The)

       

5.10%, 10/28/24 (a)(e)

     1,008           1,063,440   

Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America (The)

       

7.375%, 9/30/39 (a)

     374           497,066   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (The)

       

5.125%, 4/15/22

     1,615           1,791,078   

Lincoln National Corp.

       

8.75%, 7/01/19

     100           122,605   

Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co.

       

8.875%, 6/01/39 (a)

     180           269,790   

MetLife, Inc.

       

4.75%, 2/08/21

     1,545           1,706,493   

Metlife, Inc.

       

Series C

       

5.25%, 6/15/20 (e)

     1,221           1,210,316   

Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.

       

9.375%, 8/15/39 (a)

     495           740,879   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

       

5.625%, 6/15/43

     1,015           1,052,047   

Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II

       

2.50%, 4/24/19 (a)

     770           772,002   
       

 

 

 
          10,812,942   
       

 

 

 

REITS - 0.4%

       

Brixmor Operating Partnership LP

       

3.85%, 2/01/25

     416           399,802   

HCP, Inc.

       

5.375%, 2/01/21

     2,280           2,515,373   

Health Care REIT, Inc.

       

5.25%, 1/15/22

     1,225           1,339,981   

Trust F/1401

       

5.25%, 12/15/24 (a)

     665           691,600   
       

 

 

 
          4,946,756   
       

 

 

 
          51,566,340   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.4%

       

Electric - 0.4%

       

Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.

       

6.125%, 4/01/36

     345           406,432   

EDP Finance BV

       

4.125%, 1/15/20 (a)

     252           254,446   

Entergy Corp.

       

4.00%, 7/15/22

     1,296           1,305,966   

Exelon Corp.

       

2.85%, 6/15/20

     540           543,134   

3.95%, 6/15/25

     625           628,687   

5.10%, 6/15/45

     305           306,219   

Monongahela Power Co.

       

4.10%, 4/15/24 (a)

     305           316,982   

Southern California Edison Co.

       

3.875%, 6/01/21

     262           280,653   


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Co.

       

3.85%, 6/01/25 (a)

   U.S.$ 365         $ 362,516   
       

 

 

 
          4,405,035   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $152,180,821)

          150,038,728   
       

 

 

 

INFLATION-LINKED SECURITIES - 10.3%

       

United States - 10.3%

       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Index

       

0.125%, 4/15/17-7/15/24

     81,071           81,396,875   

0.25%, 1/15/25

     9,720           9,533,858   

0.375%, 7/15/23

     6,732           6,756,186   

0.625%, 7/15/21-1/15/24

     10,887           11,177,677   

1.125%, 1/15/21

     2,244           2,373,696   

1.25%, 7/15/20

     5,844           6,253,000   

2.125%, 1/15/19

     1,037           1,129,023   

2.50%, 7/15/16

     2,137           2,216,073   
       

 

 

 

Total Inflation-Linked Securities
(cost $121,671,320)

          120,836,388   
       

 

 

 

MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGHS - 7.0%

       

Agency Fixed Rate 30-Year - 6.6%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 8/01/45

     13,297           13,208,700   

3.50%, 5/01/42-8/01/45

     17,285           17,838,631   

4.00%, 8/01/45

     17,216           18,197,849   

4.50%, 8/25/45

     7,874           8,500,845   

5.50%, 8/01/37-9/01/41

     2,816           3,165,933   

Series 2013

       

3.00%, 5/01/43

     2,176           2,179,143   

Government National Mortgage Association

       

3.00%, 7/01/45

     6,574           6,637,172   

3.50%, 7/01/45

     7,648           7,937,787   
       

 

 

 
          77,666,060   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate 15-Year - 0.4%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

2.50%, 8/01/30

     2,127           2,147,771   

3.00%, 8/01/30

     1,710           1,767,312   

3.50%, 8/01/30

     782           823,361   
       

 

 

 
          4,738,444   
       

 

 

 

Total Mortgage Pass-Throughs
(cost $82,366,248)

          82,404,504   
       

 

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES - 4.3%

       

Autos - Fixed Rate - 2.3%

       

Amot 2015-3 A

       

Series 2015-3, Class A

       

1.63%, 5/15/20

     1,391           1,392,781   

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC

       

Series 2013-2A, Class A

       

2.97%, 2/20/20 (a)

     1,335           1,373,352   

Bank of The West Auto Trust 2015-1

       

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

1.31%, 10/15/19 (a)

   U.S.$   1,334         $ 1,333,728   

Crart 2015-2 A3

       

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.31%, 8/15/19

     678           677,808   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2015-AA, Class A2

       

1.01%, 11/15/17 (a)

     1,351           1,351,018   

Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-B

       

Series 2015-BA, Class A2A

       

0.93%, 12/15/17 (a)

     638           638,418   

Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC

       

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.30%, 9/20/20 (a)

     1,989           1,991,087   

Fifth Third Auto Trust

       

Series 2014-3, Class A4

       

1.47%, 5/17/21

     961           962,101   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust

       

Series 2014-2, Class A

       

2.31%, 4/15/26 (a)

     408           412,808   

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust/Ford Credit

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

2.26%, 11/15/25 (a)

     1,500           1,518,554   

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A

       

Series 2015-2, Class A1

       

1.98%, 1/15/22

     816           808,588   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A2

       

1.10%, 12/20/17

     1,383           1,384,101   

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust 2015-2

       

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.68%, 12/20/18

     1,269           1,268,973   

GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A1

       

1.65%, 5/15/20 (a)

     651           650,703   

Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A2A

       

0.49%, 4/15/18

     841           840,920   

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.41%, 6/15/20

     544           545,417   

Series 2015-2, Class A3

       

1.30%, 3/16/20

     1,114           1,113,969   

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

       

Series 2013-1A, Class B2

       

2.48%, 8/25/19 (a)

     493           482,955   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A2

       

1.00%, 10/16/17 (a)

     1,368           1,369,077   

Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2015-B

       

Series 2015-B, Class A3

       

1.40%, 11/15/18 (a)

     694           692,831   

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A2

       

0.68%, 10/16/17

     1,045           1,045,652   

Nissan Auto Lease Trust 2015-A

       

Series 2015-A, Class A3

       

1.40%, 6/15/18

     1,116           1,115,776   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Porsche Innovative Lease Owner Trust 2015-1

       

Series 2015-1, Class A4

       

1.43%, 5/21/21 (a)

   U.S.$ 220         $ 219,952   

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2015-3

       

Series 2015-3, Class A2A

       

1.02%, 9/17/18

     735           735,004   

TCF Auto Receivables Owner Trust

       

Series 2015-1A, Class A2

       

1.02%, 8/15/18 (a)

     988           988,331   

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust

       

Series 2014-1, Class A3

       

0.91%, 10/22/18

     1,275           1,274,660   
       

 

 

 
          26,188,564   
       

 

 

 

Other ABS - Fixed Rate - 0.7%

       

CIT Equipment Collateral

       

Series 2014-VT1, Class A2

       

0.86%, 5/22/17 (a)

     1,060           1,059,838   

CNH Equipment Trust

       

Series 2014-B, Class A4

       

1.61%, 5/17/21

     1,481           1,486,670   

Series 2015-A, Class A4

       

1.85%, 4/15/21

     1,143           1,145,224   

Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2015-1

       

Series 2015-1, Class A3

       

1.30%, 3/23/20 (a)

     472           471,725   

SBA Tower Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class C

       

2.898%, 10/15/44 (a)

     934           938,677   

Series 2014-2A, Class C

       

3.869%, 10/15/49 (a)

     774           779,329   

Volvo Financial Equipment LLC

       

Series 2015-1A, Class A3

       

1.51%, 6/17/19 (a)

     1,979           1,984,184   
       

 

 

 
          7,865,647   
       

 

 

 

Credit Cards - Fixed Rate - 0.6%

       

Barclays Dryrock Issuance Trust

       

Series 2015-2, Class A

       

1.56%, 3/15/21

     828           827,979   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A2, Class A

       

1.90%, 10/17/22

     1,257           1,246,432   

Drock

       

Series 2015-1, Class A

       

2.20%, 12/15/22

     1,983           1,990,674   

Synchrony Credit Card Master Note Trust

       

Series 2012-2, Class A

       

2.22%, 1/15/22

     1,664           1,684,770   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2013-A, Class A

       

1.61%, 12/15/21

     1,456           1,455,490   
       

 

 

 
          7,205,345   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Credit Cards - Floating Rate - 0.4%

       

American Express Issuance Trust II

       

Series 2013-1, Class A

       

0.454%, 2/15/19 (d)

   U.S.$   2,023         $ 2,023,287   

Discover Card Execution Note Trust

       

Series 2015-A1, Class A1

       

0.536%, 8/17/20 (d)

     1,720           1,720,514   

World Financial Network Credit Card Master Trust

       

Series 2015-A, Class A

       

0.666%, 2/15/22 (d)

     1,132           1,131,463   
       

 

 

 
          4,875,264   
       

 

 

 

Autos - Floating Rate - 0.3%

       

Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A

       

Series 2015-2, Class A2

       

0.756%, 1/15/22 (d)

     210           210,190   

GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust

       

Series 2015-1, Class A

       

0.687%, 1/20/20 (d)

     1,296           1,296,039   

Hertz Fleet Lease Funding LP

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.585%, 4/10/28 (a)(d)

     1,362           1,361,781   

Navmt

       

Series 2014-1, Class A

       

0.937%, 10/25/19 (a)(d)

     747           747,023   

NCF Dealer Floorplan Master Trust

       

Series 2014-1A, Class A

       

1.687%, 10/20/20 (a)(d)

     113           113,003   
       

 

 

 
          3,728,036   
       

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(cost $49,815,015)

          49,862,856   
       

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES - 3.5%

       

Non-Agency Fixed Rate CMBS - 2.8%

       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-3, Class AJ

       

5.749%, 6/10/49

     640           663,497   

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2006-PW13, Class A4

       

5.54%, 9/11/41

     383           395,133   

Series 2006-PW13, Class AJ

       

5.611%, 9/11/41

     1,297           1,317,347   

BHMS 2014-ATLS Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-ATLS, Class AFX

       

3.601%, 7/05/33 (a)

     1,895           1,905,328   

CD 2006-CD3 Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-CD3, Class A5

       

5.617%, 10/15/48

     555           575,338   

CGRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-VN05

       

Series 2013-VN05, Class A

       

3.369%, 3/13/35 (a)

     1,120           1,133,660   

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C4, Class A1A

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.969%, 3/15/49

   U.S.$   1,426         $ 1,459,857   

Series 2015-GC27, Class A5

       

3.137%, 2/10/48

     838           823,503   

COMM 2006-C8 Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C8, Class A1A

       

5.292%, 12/10/46

     1,425           1,499,298   

COMM 2013-CCRE6 Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2013-CR6, Class A2

       

2.122%, 3/10/46

     3,670           3,717,724   

Commercial Mortgage Loan Trust

       

Series 2008-LS1, Class A1A

       

6.239%, 12/10/49

     2,541           2,739,489   

Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C8, Class A4

       

5.306%, 12/10/46

     762           792,065   

Credit Suisse Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C3, Class AM

       

5.89%, 6/15/39

     988           1,031,226   

DBUBS 2011-LC1 Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2011-LC1A, Class E

       

5.735%, 11/10/46 (a)

     439           467,651   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2007-GG10, Class A4

       

5.989%, 8/10/45

     829           884,628   

Series 2011-GC5, Class D

       

5.475%, 8/10/44 (a)

     755           780,154   

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (a)

     158           157,876   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2007-GG10

       

Series 2007-GG10, Class A4

       

5.989%, 8/10/45

     171           182,230   

GS Mortgage Securities Trust 2013-G1

       

Series 2013-G1, Class A2

       

3.557%, 4/10/31 (a)

     936           934,827   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2005-CB13, Class A4

       

5.421%, 1/12/43

     435           435,818   

Series 2007-LD12, Class AM

       

6.208%, 2/15/51

     600           644,531   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A1A

       

5.439%, 1/15/49

     242           255,256   

Series 2007-LDPX, Class A3

       

5.42%, 1/15/49

     1,481           1,549,096   

Series 2011-C5, Class D

       

5.50%, 8/15/46 (a)

     336           349,410   

LB-UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C1, Class AM

       

5.455%, 2/15/40

     360           379,889   

LSTAR Commercial Mortgage Trust 2015-3

       

Series 2015-3, Class A2

       

2.729%, 4/20/48 (a)

     857           863,195   

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2007-C1, Class A4

       

6.029%, 6/12/50

     1,270           1,342,216   

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2006-4, Class A1A

       

5.166%, 12/12/49

   U.S.$ 906         $ 946,310   

Series 2007-9, Class A4

       

5.70%, 9/12/49

     1,145           1,219,807   

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2012-C3, Class A4

       

3.091%, 8/10/49

     330           332,637   

Series 2012-C4, Class A5

       

2.85%, 12/10/45

     2,519           2,493,824   

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-C26, Class A1A

       

6.009%, 6/15/45

     510           527,588   
       

 

 

 
          32,800,408   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate CMBS - 0.7%

       

Carefree Portfolio Trust

       

Series 2014-CARE, Class A

       

1.506%, 11/15/19 (a)(d)

     1,017           1,018,992   

COMM 2014-KYO Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-KYO, Class A

       

1.088%, 6/11/27 (a)(d)

     1,406           1,405,401   

COMM 2014-SAVA Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2014-SAVA, Class A

       

1.336%, 6/15/34 (a)(d)

     1,542           1,541,849   

H2 2015-1a Afl

       

Series 2015-1A

       

1.436%, 9/24/21 (a)(d)

     838           838,300   

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust

       

Series 2014-INN, Class A

       

1.106%, 6/15/29 (a)(d)

     1,876           1,870,960   

Resource Capital Corp., Ltd.

       

Series 2014-CRE2, Class A

       

1.236%, 4/15/32 (a)(d)

     784           780,769   

Starwood Retail Property Trust

       

Series 2014-STAR, Class A

       

1.402%, 11/15/27 (a)(d)

     662           660,449   
       

 

 

 
          8,116,720   
       

 

 

 

Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
(cost $41,761,172)

          40,917,128   
       

 

 

 

COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS - 1.9%

       

GSE Risk Share Floating Rate - 1.3%

       

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

       

Series 2014-DN4, Class M3

       

4.737%, 10/25/24 (d)

     1,250           1,278,830   

Series 2014-HQ3, Class M3

       

4.937%, 10/25/24 (d)

     700           716,531   

Series 2015-DNA1, Class M3

       

3.487%, 10/25/27 (d)

     520           507,612   

Series 2015-DNA2, Class M2

       

2.787%, 12/25/27 (d)

     2,911           2,916,835   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014-DN1, Class M1

       

1.187%, 2/25/24 (d)

   U.S.$ 730         $ 727,697   

Series 2014-DN2, Class M1

       

1.037%, 4/25/24 (d)

     569           568,011   

Series 2014-DN2, Class M3

       

3.787%, 4/25/24 (d)

     440           425,220   

Series 2014-HQ1, Class M1

       

1.837%, 8/25/24 (d)

     540           541,890   

Series 2014-HQ1, Class M2

       

2.687%, 8/25/24 (d)

     550           555,175   

Series 2014-HQ2, Class M1

       

1.637%, 9/25/24 (d)

     1,019           1,019,183   

Series 2015-DNA1, Class M2

       

2.037%, 10/25/27 (d)

     360           352,142   

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2014-C04, Class 2M2

       

5.187%, 11/25/24 (d)

     240           247,751   

Series 2015-C01, Class 2M2

       

4.737%, 2/25/25 (d)

     458           462,453   

Series 2015-C02, Class 2M2

       

4.185%, 5/25/25 (d)

     1,165           1,131,906   

Federal National Mortgage Association Connecticut Avenue Securities

       

Series 2014-C02, Class 1M1

       

1.137%, 5/25/24 (d)

     521           517,097   

Series 2014-C04, Class 1M2

       

5.087%, 11/25/24 (d)

     1,396           1,436,036   

Series 2015-C01, Class 1M2

       

4.487%, 2/25/25 (d)

     975           966,421   

Structured Agency Credit Risk Debt Notes

       

Series 2015-HQ1, Class M2

       

2.387%, 3/25/25 (d)

     1,286           1,264,624   
       

 

 

 
          15,635,414   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Fixed Rate - 0.5%

       

Alternative Loan Trust

       

Series 2005-57CB, Class 4A3

       

5.50%, 12/25/35

     2,141           1,968,265   

Series 2006-23CB, Class 1A7

       

6.00%, 8/25/36

     406           400,300   

Series 2006-9T1, Class A1

       

5.75%, 5/25/36

     465           410,957   

Series 2007-2CB, Class 2A4

       

5.75%, 3/25/37

     358           318,804   

CSMC Series 2010-6R

       

Series 2010-6R, Class 3A2

       

5.875%, 1/26/38 (a)

     506           425,052   

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust

       

Series 2006-A1, Class 2A2

       

2.74%, 2/25/36

     952           858,750   

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust 2009-7

       

Series 2009-7, Class 10A3

       

6.00%, 8/26/37 (a)

     711           595,254   

Sequoia Mortgage Trust

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2013-6, Class A1

       

2.50%, 5/25/43

   U.S.$   1,299         $ 1,213,936   
       

 

 

 
          6,191,318   
       

 

 

 

Non-Agency Floating Rate - 0.1%

       

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust 2010-9

       

Series 2010-9, Class 7A6

       

7.042%, 5/26/37 (a)(f)

     621           506,540   
       

 

 

 

Agency Fixed Rate - 0.0%

       

Federal National Mortgage Association

       

Series 2010-117, Class DI

       

4.50%, 5/25/25 (g)

     3,005           318,123   
       

 

 

 

Total Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(cost $22,771,011)

          22,651,395   
       

 

 

 

CORPORATES - NON-INVESTMENT GRADE - 1.2%

       

Financial Institutions - 0.6%

       

Banking - 0.6%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

Series Z

       

6.50%, 10/23/24 (e)

     275           284,625   

Barclays Bank PLC

       

6.86%, 6/15/32 (a)(e)

     205           230,113   

7.75%, 4/10/23

     1,035           1,121,681   

BNP Paribas SA

       

5.019%, 4/13/17 (a)(e)

   EUR 150           174,594   

Citigroup, Inc.

       

Series P

       

5.95%, 5/15/25 (e)

   U.S.$ 980           943,249   

Credit Suisse Group AG

       

7.50%, 12/11/23 (a)(e)

     780           815,100   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

       

5.017%, 6/26/24 (a)

     1,190           1,156,137   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

       

7.50%, 6/27/24 (e)

     355           365,650   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC (The)

       

9.50%, 3/16/22 (a)

     1,265           1,395,471   

Societe Generale SA

       

5.922%, 4/05/17 (a)(e)

     330           337,838   
       

 

 

 
          6,824,458   
       

 

 

 

Finance - 0.0%

       

AerCap Aviation Solutions BV

       

6.375%, 5/30/17

     451           477,496   
       

 

 

 
          7,301,954   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.5%

       

Capital Goods - 0.1%

       

Berry Plastics Corp.

       

5.125%, 7/15/23

     277           270,075   

Sealed Air Corp.

       


      Principal
Amount

(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

4.50%, 9/15/23 (a)

   EUR 173         $ 194,798   
       

 

 

 
          464,873   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Media - 0.1%

       

CSC Holdings LLC

       

8.625%, 2/15/19

   U.S.$ 450           510,187   

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA

       

5.50%, 8/01/23

     390           345,345   
       

 

 

 
          855,532   
       

 

 

 

Communications - Telecommunications - 0.2%

       

Numericable-SFR SAS

       

5.375%, 5/15/22 (a)

   EUR 105           118,815   

Sprint Capital Corp.

       

6.90%, 5/01/19

   U.S.$   1,230           1,254,600   

Sprint Corp.

       

7.875%, 9/15/23

     495           482,774   
       

 

 

 
          1,856,189   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Cyclical - Other - 0.0%

       

KB Home

       

4.75%, 5/15/19

     265           263,012   

MCE Finance Ltd.

       

5.00%, 2/15/21 (a)

     200           190,500   
       

 

 

 
          453,512   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 0.1%

       

ONEOK, Inc.

       

4.25%, 2/01/22

     595           574,454   

Southern Star Central Corp.

       

5.125%, 7/15/22 (a)

     482           489,230   

Transocean, Inc.

       

6.50%, 11/15/20

     450           416,813   
       

 

 

 
          1,480,497   
       

 

 

 

Technology - 0.0%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

       

6.75%, 3/01/19

     345           313,087   
       

 

 

 

Transportation - Services - 0.0%

       

Hertz Corp. (The)

       

6.75%, 4/15/19

     440           454,036   
       

 

 

 
          5,877,726   
       

 

 

 

Utility - 0.1%

       

Electric - 0.1%

       

AES Corp./VA

       

7.375%, 7/01/21

     385           422,537   

NRG Energy, Inc.

       

6.25%, 5/01/24

     330           327,526   
       

 

 

 
          750,063   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Non-Investment Grade
(cost $14,280,361)

          13,929,743   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

COVERED BONDS - 0.6%

       

Australia - 0.1%

       

National Australia Bank Ltd.

       

2.00%, 2/22/19 (a)

   U.S.$   1,506         $ 1,522,319   
       

 

 

 

Canada - 0.1%

       

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

       

1.75%, 3/22/17 (a)

     743           752,191   
       

 

 

 

France - 0.1%

       

BNP Paribas Home Loan SFH

       

3.75%, 1/11/21 (a)

   EUR 1,000           1,313,257   
       

 

 

 

Norway - 0.1%

       

DNB Boligkreditt AS

       

Series E

       

3.875%, 6/16/21

     573           759,080   
       

 

 

 

Spain - 0.0%

       

CaixaBank SA

       

Series 27

       

0.091%, 1/09/18 (d)

     200           220,814   
       

 

 

 

Switzerland - 0.1%

       

Credit Suisse AG/Guernsey

       

Series E

       

1.75%, 1/15/21 (a)

     660           780,040   

UBS AG/London

       

Series E

       

1.375%, 4/16/21 (a)

     670           777,990   
       

 

 

 
          1,558,030   
       

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 0.1%

       

Abbey National Treasury Services PLC/London

       

Series E

       

1.625%, 11/26/20 (a)

     664           780,380   
       

 

 

 

Total Covered Bonds
(cost $7,046,095)

          6,906,071   
       

 

 

 

QUASI-SOVEREIGNS - 0.5%

       

Quasi-Sovereign Bonds - 0.5%

       

Chile - 0.1%

       

Empresa de Transporte de Pasajeros Metro SA

       

4.75%, 2/04/24 (a)

   U.S.$ 1,503           1,579,614   
       

 

 

 

China - 0.1%

       

State Grid Overseas Investment 2014 Ltd.

       

4.125%, 5/07/24 (a)

     951           996,073   
       

 

 

 

Mexico - 0.1%

       

Petroleos Mexicanos

       

4.50%, 1/23/26 (a)

     1,300           1,270,620   
       

 

 

 

South Korea - 0.0%

       

Korea Development Bank (The)

       

3.25%, 3/09/16

     509           516,330   
       

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount

(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

United Arab Emirates - 0.2%

     

MDC-GMTN B.V.

     

3.25%, 4/28/22 (a)

   U.S.$ 1,850       $ 1,879,359   
     

 

 

 

Total Quasi-Sovereigns
(cost $6,097,978)

        6,241,996   
     

 

 

 

AGENCIES - 0.5%

     

Agency Debentures - 0.5%

     

Residual Funding Corp. Principal Strip
Zero Coupon, 7/15/20
(cost $5,342,510)

     6,490         5,873,813   
     

 

 

 

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN AGENCIES - 0.4%

     

Brazil - 0.1%

     

Petrobras Global Finance BV

     

5.75%, 1/20/20

     858         850,141   
     

 

 

 

Canada - 0.0%

     

NOVA Chemicals Corp.

     

5.25%, 8/01/23 (a)

     295         299,425   
     

 

 

 

France - 0.1%

     

Dexia Credit Local SA/New York, NY

     

1.25%, 10/18/16 (a)

     399         401,232   

1.50%, 10/07/17 (a)

     735         736,773   
     

 

 

 
        1,138,005   
     

 

 

 

Germany - 0.0%

     

Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank

     

3.75%, 2/11/16 (a)

   EUR 496         565,932   
     

 

 

 

Israel - 0.1%

     

Israel Electric Corp. Ltd.

     

5.00%, 11/12/24 (a)

     776         786,088   
     

 

 

 

Qatar - 0.0%

     

Ooredoo International Finance Ltd.

     

3.875%, 1/31/28 (a)

   U.S.$ 200         190,000   
     

 

 

 

United Kingdom - 0.1%

     

Network Rail Infrastructure Finance PLC

     

4.40%, 3/06/16

   CAD     1,140         932,345   
     

 

 

 

Total Governments - Sovereign Agencies
(cost $5,127,530)

        4,761,936   
     

 

 

 

LOCAL GOVERNMENTS - PROVINCIAL BONDS - 0.2%

     

Canada - 0.2%

     

Province of British Columbia Canada

     

3.25%, 12/18/21

     1,337         1,170,276   

Province of Manitoba Canada

     

3.85%, 12/01/21

     1,220         1,098,967   
     

 

 

 

Total Local Governments - Provincial Bonds
(cost $2,611,121)

        2,269,243   
     

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

GOVERNMENTS - SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.1%

     

Indonesia - 0.1%

     

Indonesia Government International Bond
4.125%, 1/15/25 (a)

     

(cost $1,326,288)

   U.S.$ 1,305       $ 1,280,531   
     

 

 

 
     Contracts         

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.1%

     

Option on Equity Indices - 0.1%

     

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Sep 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,135.00 (h)(i)

     56,500         1,053,961   

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Aug 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,190.00 (h)(i)

     39,293         102,433   
     

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(premiums paid $2,424,182)

        1,156,394   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 22.1%

     

Investment Companies - 19.4%

     

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio,

     

0.10% (c)(j)

     

(cost $226,708,810)

     226,708,810         226,708,810   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
        

U.S. TREASURY BILLS - 2.3%

     

U.S. Treasury Bill

     

Zero Coupon, 7/16/15 (b)

   U.S.$ 500         499,997   

Zero Coupon, 8/06/15-8/20/15

     26,480         26,479,631   
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Bills
(cost $26,979,628)

        26,979,628   
     

 

 

 

Commercial Paper - 0.3%

     

Banque Caisse Depargne Letat C
Zero Coupon, 9/01/15
(cost $2,968,466)

     2,970         2,968,466   
     

 

 

 

Certificates of Deposit - 0.1%

     

Royal Bank Of Canada/new York

     

0.285%, 9/10/15 (d)

     

(cost $886,121)

     886         886,121   
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $257,543,025)

        257,543,025   
     

 

 

 

 


         U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 105.2%
(cost $1,248,694,028) (k)

     $ 1,231,022,708   

Other assets less liabilities - (5.2)%

       (60,318,731
    

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     $ 1,170,703,977   
    

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

10 Yr Canadian Bond Futures

     38         September 2015       $ 4,225,878       $ 4,259,408       $ 33,530   

10 Yr Japan Bond (OSE) Futures

     4         September 2015         4,794,727         4,803,530         8,803   

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

     255         September 2015         9,822,829         9,768,089         (54,740

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     79         September 2015         8,267,447         8,060,921         (206,526

Hang Seng Index Futures

     13         July 2015         2,286,109         2,197,315         (88,794

Long GILT Futures

     16         September 2015         2,925,708         2,909,452         (16,256

Russell 2000 E Mini Futures

     10         September 2015         1,245,602         1,250,400         4,798   

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     10         September 2015         1,508,591         1,498,100         (10,491

SPI 200 Futures

     40         September 2015         4,255,951         4,164,056         (91,895

TOPIX Index Futures

     300         September 2015         40,620,149         39,968,133         (652,016

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     3         September 2015         453,591         452,531         (1,060

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr (CBT) Futures

     37         September 2015         8,100,741         8,100,688         (53

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     106         September 2015         12,623,266         12,641,328         18,062   

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     333         September 2015         41,924,165         42,015,234         91,069   

U.S. Ultra Bond Futures

     101         September 2015         15,738,353         15,560,313         (178,040

Sold Contracts

              

10 Yr Japan Bond (OSE) Futures

     103         September 2015         123,446,354         123,690,893         (244,539

Euro BUXL 30 Yr Bond Futures

     51         September 2015         8,558,810         8,451,273         107,537   

Euro-BOBL Futures

     188         September 2015         27,106,645         27,158,895         (52,250

Euro-BUND Futures

     142         September 2015         23,969,866         24,062,913         (93,047

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     52         September 2015         5,400,927         5,341,440         59,487   

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     7         September 2015         1,058,263         1,055,906         2,357   

U.S. T-Note 2 Yr (CBT) Futures

     31         September 2015         6,774,424         6,787,063         (12,639

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     107         September 2015         12,743,256         12,760,586         (17,330

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     317         September 2015         40,080,828         39,996,484         84,344   
              

 

 

 
               $ (1,309,689
              

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Bank of America, NA

   JPY 950,000       USD 7,969         7/15/15       $ 205,189   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 2,381       GBP 1,525         7/10/15         15,710   

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 3,224       IDR 43,056,017         7/10/15         (2,721

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 3,429       MXN 52,609         7/16/15         (84,790

Barclays Bank PLC

   KRW 1,181,268       USD 1057         8/07/15         2769   

Barclays Bank PLC

   KRW 8,305,906       USD 7,408         8/07/15         (2,071

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD 1,545       JPY 189,325         8/13/15         2,675   

Barclays Bank PLC

   TWD 49,491       USD 1,596         8/14/15         (7,454

BNP Paribas SA

   USD 1,625       GBP 1,043         7/10/15         12,905   

BNP Paribas SA

   CAD 12,527       USD 10,158         7/23/15         131,729   

BNP Paribas SA

   JPY 2,227,654       USD 17,944         7/24/15         (262,318

BNP Paribas SA

   USD 1,640       SGD 2,228         7/24/15         13,222   

BNP Paribas SA

   USD 2,171       AUD 2,826         8/07/15         4,943   

Credit Suisse International

   BRL 5,497       USD 1,772         7/02/15         3,704   

Credit Suisse International

   USD 1,773       BRL 5,496         7/02/15         (5,190

Credit Suisse International

   USD 1,629       GBP 1,043         7/10/15         9,157   

Credit Suisse International

   MXN 48,610       USD 3,160         7/16/15         70,181   

Credit Suisse International

   BRL 5,497       USD 1,753         8/04/15         5,754   

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD 356       GBP 232         7/10/15         8,398   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   BRL 8,057       USD 2,612         7/02/15         20,535   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   USD 2,596       BRL 8,057         7/02/15         (4,572

HSBC Bank USA

   BRL 4,450       USD 1,434         7/02/15         2,999   

HSBC Bank USA

   USD 1,397       BRL 4,450         7/02/15         34,406   

HSBC Bank USA

   ZAR 70,959       USD 5,848         7/15/15         28,423   

HSBC Bank USA

   MXN 36,209       USD 2,358         7/16/15         56,657   

HSBC Bank USA

   USD 1,556       BRL 4,941         8/04/15         15,321   

HSBC Bank USA

   AUD 6,302       USD 5,013         8/13/15         162,262   

HSBC Bank USA

   NZD 6,098       USD 4,168         8/14/15         51,539   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL 16,775       USD 5,407         7/02/15         11,304   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD 5,378       BRL 16,775         7/02/15         17,988   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   EUR 46,768       USD 52,544         7/30/15         386,137   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL 16,775       USD 5,318         8/04/15         (15,855

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   CHF 976       USD 1,050         8/13/15         4,338   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   IDR 16,947,516       USD 1,255         7/10/15         (13,024

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   SEK 8,248       USD 987         7/29/15         (8,843

Standard Chartered Bank

   BRL 10,381       USD 3,346         7/02/15         6,995   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 3,330       BRL 10,381         7/02/15         8,890   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 802       SGD 1,089         7/24/15         6,583   

Standard Chartered Bank

   AUD 25,735       USD 19,666         8/07/15         (150,189

Standard Chartered Bank

   EUR 5,519       USD 6,268         8/13/15         111,275   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 2,558       GBP 1,679         8/13/15         78,948   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD 11,789       JPY 1,407,730         8/13/15         (280,854

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   BRL 36,222       USD 11,389         7/02/15         (261,185

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP 22,118       USD 33,904         7/10/15         (846,749

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 152       ZAR 1,844         7/15/15         (982

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 70       MXN 1,088         7/16/15         (1,130

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   PLN 5,182       USD 1,383         7/23/15         5,492   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   SGD 4,062       USD 3,011         7/24/15         (4,219

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD 277       SGD 376         7/24/15         2,267   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 1,187       USD 1,348         7/30/15         24,659   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR 2,626       USD 2,927         7/30/15         (2,027

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   CAD 29       USD 24         8/13/15         990   


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         5,420         CHF         4,933         8/13/15       $ (135,369

UBS AG

     EUR         2,734         USD         3,060         8/13/15         10,436   
                 

 

 

 
   $ (554,762
                 

 

 

 

CENTRALLY CLEARED CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Clearing Broker/(Exchange) & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied
Credit
Spread at
June 30,
2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

SALE CONTRACTS

  

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. /(INTRCONX):

            

CDX-NAHY Series 23, 5 Year Index, 12/20/19*

     5.00     3.06   $ 589       $ 45,689       $ 8,921   

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (98

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (194

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        210         13,320         (143

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        192         12,189         (231

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        232         14,702         (268

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        194         12,314         (327

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        204         12,252         (406

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        193         12,314         (515

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (509

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        194         12,943         (391

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (642

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        92         9,173         (1,154

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        101         6,408         (950

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (900

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (921

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        145         5,843         (850

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (1,229

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (1,312

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        152         9,676         (1,371

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (1,391

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        204         12,943         (1,405

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        145         9,173         (1,498

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (1,643

CDX-NAHY Series 24, 5 Year Index, 6/20/20*

     5.00        3.53        144         9,110         (1,650
         

 

 

    

 

 

 
          $ 289,149       $ (11,077
         

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Termination date


CENTRALLY CLEARED INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type      

Clearing Broker/(Exchange)

   Notional
Amount

(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the

Fund
  Payments
received
by the
Fund
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   CAD 20,560         3/10/17       0.973%   3 Month CDOR   $ (24,109

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   AUD 27,240         3/11/17       2.140%   3 Month BBSW     3   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   CAD 19,060         6/05/17       1.050%   3 Month CDOR     (45,353

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   NZD 37,540         6/09/17       3.368%   3 Month BKBM     (121,308

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   AUD     23,970         6/09/17       2.199%   3 Month BBSW     (16,564

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   $ 1,600         4/01/20       1.562%   3 Month LIBOR     6,045   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   GBP 6,930         6/05/20       6 Month LIBOR   1.649%     (11,900

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   $ 3,650         7/02/20       3 Month LIBOR   1.778%     1,237   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

     2,650         11/12/24       2.463%   3 Month LIBOR     (22,788

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   AUD 4,140         3/11/25       6 Month BBSW   2.973%     (89,704

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   $ 610         4/21/25       1.972%   3 Month LIBOR     23,273   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   NZD 8,750         6/09/25       3 Month BKBM   4.063%     79,297   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   AUD 2,600         6/09/25       6 Month BBSW   3.370%     5,326   

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   $ 1,900         6/09/25       2.472%   3 Month LIBOR     (7,165

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

     1,430         6/09/25       2.470%   3 Month LIBOR     (5,197

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc./(LCH Group)

   GBP 650         6/05/45       2.392%   6 Month LIBOR     (15,492
            

 

 

 
             $ (244,399
            

 

 

 

 


CREDIT DEFAULT SWAPS

 

Swap Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   Fixed
Rate
(Pay)
Receive
    Implied
Credit
Spread  at
June 30,

2015
    Notional
Amount
(000)
     Market
Value
    Upfront
Premiums
Paid
(Received)
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Buy Contracts

             

Citibank

             

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., 7.75%, 8/01/20, 3/20/19*

     (5.00 )%      6.29     343       $ 15,378      $ 22,833      $ (7,455

Sprint Communications, Inc., 8.375%, 8/15/17, 6/20/19*

     (5.00     3.55        657         (33,792     (33,260     (532

Sprint Communications, Inc., 8.375%, 8/15/17, 6/20/19*

     (5.00     3.55        573         (29,471     (27,975     (1,496

Sale Contracts

             

Barclays Bank PLC:

             

Kohl’s Corp., 6.25%, 12/15/17, 12/20/19*

     1.00        0.75        750         7,744        (7,178     14,922   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ (40,141   $ (45,580   $ 5,439   
         

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Termination date

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

       Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the

Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $  2,200         1/15/16         CPI     0.970   $ 25,391   

Barclays Bank PLC

     4,810         3/04/16         CPI     1.170     10,379   

Barclays Bank PLC

     2,850         7/15/16         1.433     CPI     (41,852

Citibank

     2,200         1/15/16         0.945     CPI     (24,768

JPMorgan Chase Bank

     4,010         1/15/20         1.795     CPI     1,272   
            

 

 

 
             $ (29,578
            

 

 

 


# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

INTEREST RATE SWAPS

 

            Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount

(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made  by
the

Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Citibank

   BRL      38,200         1/02/17         CDI        13.190   $ (96,370

Citibank

        17,800         1/04/21         12.305     CDI        20,653   
               

 

 

 
                $ (75,717
               

 

 

 

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
  Notional
Amount

(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return on Reference Obligation

                

Citibank

                

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     2,960       LIBOR Plus
0.07%
    USD         6,425         2/3/16       $ (110,714

MSCI Daily TR Net EAFE

     4,408       LIBOR Plus
0.27%
    USD         22,947         5/16/16         (302,385

Goldman Sachs International

                

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     846       LIBOR Minus
0.55%
    USD         4,986         3/15/16         51,726   

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     195       LIBOR Plus
0.07%
    USD         423         3/15/16         (7,294
                

 

 

 
                 $ (368,667
                

 

 

 

 

(a) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $145,651,065 or 12.4% of net assets.
(b) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.
(c) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(d) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(e) Securities are perpetual and, thus, do not have a predetermined maturity date. The date shown, if applicable, reflects the next call date.
(f) Variable rate coupon, rate shown as of June 30, 2015.
(g) IO - Interest Only
(h) One contract relates to 1 share.
(i) Non-income producing security.
(j) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(k) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $4,731,847 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(22,403,167) resulting in net unrealized depreciation of $(17,671,320).

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
IDR    -    Indonesian Rupiah
JPY    -    Japanese Yen


KRW    -    South Korean Won
MXN    -    Mexican Peso
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
PLN    -    Polish Zloty
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
SGD    -    Singapore Dollar
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar
ZAR    -    South African Rand

Glossary:

 

ABS    -    Asset-Backed Securities
BBSW    -    Bank Bill Swap Reference Rate (Australia)
BKBM    -    Bank Bill Benchmark (New Zealand)
BTAN    -    Bon à Taux Annuel Normalisé
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
CDI    -    Brazil CETIP Interbank Deposit Rate
CDOR    -    Canadian Dealer Offered Rate
CDX-NAHY    -    North American High Yield Credit Default Swap Index
CMBS    -    Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
GMTN    -    Global Medium Term Note
GSE    -    Government-Sponsored Enterprise
INTRCONX    -    Inter-Continental Exchange
LCH    -    London Clearing House
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
OAT    -    Obligations Assimilables du Trésor
OSE    -    Osaka Securities Exchange
REIT    -    Real Estate Investment Trust
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
SPI    -    Share Price Index
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Overlay B Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Valuations of mortgage-backed or other asset backed securities, by pricing vendors, are based on both proprietary and industry recognized models and discounted cash flow techniques. Significant inputs to the valuation of these instruments are value of the collateral, the rates and timing of delinquencies, the rates and timing of prepayments, and default and loss expectations, which are driven in part by housing prices for residential mortgages. Significant inputs are determined based on relative value analyses, which incorporate comparisons to instruments with similar collateral and risk profiles, including relevant indices. Mortgage and asset backed securities for which management has collected current observable data through pricing services are generally categorized within Level 2. Those investments for which current observable data has not been provided are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Governments - Treasuries

   $ – 0  –    $     263,629,019      $ – 0  –    $ 263,629,019   

Investment Companies

         200,719,938        – 0  –      – 0  –          200,719,938   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      150,038,728        – 0  –      150,038,728   

Inflation-Linked Securities

     – 0  –      120,836,388        – 0  –      120,836,388   

Mortgage Pass-Throughs

     – 0  –      82,404,504        – 0  –      82,404,504   

Asset-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      41,997,209        7,865,647        49,862,856   

Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities

     – 0  –      29,296,560        11,620,568        40,917,128   

Collateralized Mortgage Obligations

     – 0  –      318,123            22,333,272        22,651,395   

Corporates - Non-Investment Grade

     – 0  –      13,929,743        – 0  –      13,929,743   

Covered Bonds

     – 0  –      6,906,071        – 0  –      6,906,071   

Quasi-Sovereigns

     – 0  –      6,241,996        – 0  –      6,241,996   

Agencies

     – 0  –      5,873,813        – 0  –      5,873,813   

Governments - Sovereign Agencies

     – 0  –      4,761,936        – 0  –      4,761,936   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Local Governments - Provincial Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 2,269,243      $ – 0  –    $ 2,269,243   

Governments - Sovereign Bonds

     – 0  –      1,280,531        – 0  –      1,280,531   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0  –      1,156,394        – 0  –      1,156,394   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     226,708,810        – 0  –      – 0  –      226,708,810   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      26,979,628        – 0  –      26,979,628   

Commercial Paper

     – 0  –      2,968,466        – 0  –      2,968,466   

Certificates of Deposit

     – 0  –      886,121        – 0  –      886,121   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     427,428,748        761,774,473        41,819,487        1,231,022,708   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     409,987        – 0  –      – 0  –      409,987   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      1,534,780        – 0  –      1,534,780   

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      8,921        – 0  –      8,921   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      115,181        – 0  –      115,181   

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      14,922        – 0  –      14,922   

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      37,042        – 0  –      37,042   

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      20,653        – 0  –      20,653   

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      51,726        – 0  –      51,726   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (625,705     (1,093,971     – 0  –      (1,719,676

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (2,089,542     – 0  –      (2,089,542

Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (19,998     – 0  –      (19,998

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (359,580     – 0  –      (359,580

Credit Default Swaps

     – 0  –      (9,483     – 0  –      (9,483

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      (66,620     – 0  –      (66,620

Interest Rate Swaps

     – 0  –      (96,370     – 0  –      (96,370

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (420,393     – 0  –      (420,393
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total^

   $     427,213,030      $     759,401,741      $     41,819,487      $     1,228,434,258   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
^ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

Overlay B Portfolio

   Asset-
Backed
Securities
    Commercial
Mortgage-
Backed
Securities
    Collateralized
Mortgage
Obligations
 

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ – 0  –    $ 2,832,949      $ 11,188,339   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (428     (17,108     17,074   

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      (2,999     (73,866

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     19,451        (261,342     162,894   

Purchases/Payups

     7,846,624        9,091,685        20,252,064   

Sales/Paydowns

     – 0  –      (22,617     (9,213,233

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 7,865,647      $ 11,620,568      $ 22,333,272   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 19,451      $ (261,342   $ 161,457   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 


     Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 14,021,288   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (462

Realized gain (loss)

     (76,865

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (78,997

Purchases/Payups

     37,190,373   

Sales/Paydowns

     (9,235,850

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  – 
  

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $     41,819,487   
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ (80,434
  

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2015 all Level 3 securities were priced by third party vendors or at cost, which approximates fair value.

The Adviser established the Committee to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay A Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

COMMON STOCKS - 66.4%

       

Information Technology - 13.8%

       

Communications Equipment - 0.5%

       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.

     808,845         $ 9,609,078   

BYD Electronic International Co., Ltd. (a)

     863,000           1,166,973   

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

     45,300           5,451,855   

Finisar Corp. (a)

     42,230           754,650   

Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (a)

     6,506           1,136,598   

Polycom, Inc. (a)

     44,420           508,165   

VTech Holdings Ltd.

     65,000           858,710   
       

 

 

 
          19,486,029   
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.6%

       

Amphenol Corp.-Class A

     272,028           15,769,463   

Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)

     15,340           855,972   

Avnet, Inc.

     25,060           1,030,217   

CDW Corp./DE

     25,680           880,310   

Celestica, Inc. (a)

     36,870           429,167   

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     97,000           496,239   

Insight Enterprises, Inc. (a)

     14,062           420,595   

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd.

     420,000           203,185   

Keysight Technologies, Inc. (a)

     22,400           698,656   

Largan Precision Co., Ltd.

     7,000           799,055   

Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.

     4,500           205,833   

TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)

     57,060           570,029   

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

     75,270           879,154   

Zebra Technologies Corp.-Class A (a)

     10,545           1,171,022   
       

 

 

 
          24,408,897   
       

 

 

 

Internet Software & Services - 2.3%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     3,909           321,593   

Baidu, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     31,330           6,237,176   

CoStar Group, Inc. (a)

     6,730           1,354,480   

eBay, Inc. (a)

     318,443           19,183,006   

Facebook, Inc.-Class A (a)

     325,591           27,924,312   

Google, Inc.-Class A (a)

     33,600           18,145,344   

Google, Inc.-Class C (a)

     34,193           17,797,798   

GrubHub, Inc. (a)

     15,680           534,218   

HomeAway, Inc. (a)

     21,530           670,014   

Just Dial Ltd.

     17,544           348,580   

Pandora Media, Inc. (a)

     31,148           484,040   

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     221,900           4,440,095   
       

 

 

 
          97,440,656   
       

 

 

 

IT Services - 2.2%

       

Amadeus IT Holding SA-Class A

     47,100           1,880,241   

Amdocs Ltd.

     292,192           15,950,761   

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

     43,300           1,092,892   

CGI Group, Inc.-Class A (a)

     30,330           1,186,245   

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     71,800           4,437,240   

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

     156,600           12,971,178   

Genpact Ltd. (a)

     30,760           656,111   

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     162,980           2,354,867   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Obic Co., Ltd.

     55,600         $ 2,478,798   

QIWI PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     3,333           93,491   

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     70,510           2,829,037   

Vantiv, Inc.-Class A (a)

     26,635           1,017,191   

VeriFone Systems, Inc. (a)

     20,473           695,263   

Visa, Inc.-Class A

     460,000           30,889,000   

Xerox Corp.

     1,273,100           13,545,784   
       

 

 

 
          92,078,099   
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.7%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)

     99,770           239,448   

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc.

     1,766,000           2,392,763   

Advanced Semiconductor Engineering, Inc. (ADR)

     103,780           684,948   

Applied Materials, Inc.

     1,078,294           20,724,811   

Cavium, Inc. (a)

     10,637           731,932   

Fairchild Semiconductor International, Inc. (a)

     59,680           1,037,238   

Hua Hong Semiconductor Ltd. (a)(b)

     312,000           412,965   

Infineon Technologies AG

     227,740           2,826,160   

Intel Corp.

     639,655           19,455,107   

Intersil Corp.-Class A

     32,201           402,834   

Kinsus Interconnect Technology Corp.

     224,000           613,799   

Lam Research Corp.

     9,460           769,571   

Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (a)

     12,154           590,563   

Novatek Microelectronics Corp.

     634,000           3,058,020   

ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)

     87,335           1,020,946   

SCREEN Holdings Co., Ltd.

     661,000           4,159,811   

SK Hynix, Inc.

     15,780           598,086   

Sumco Corp.

     298,300           3,730,840   

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     721,000           3,279,553   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     81,800           5,198,967   
       

 

 

 
          71,928,362   
       

 

 

 

Software - 3.4%

       

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

     250,300           22,837,372   

Aspen Technology, Inc. (a)

     15,717           715,909   

Barracuda Networks, Inc. (a)

     24,379           965,896   

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

     62,113           1,221,142   

Constellation Software, Inc./Canada

     2,440           968,694   

Dassault Systemes

     79,340           5,759,620   

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)

     504,005           33,516,333   

Guidewire Software, Inc. (a)

     15,547           822,903   

Microsoft Corp.

     1,021,836           45,114,059   

Mobileye NV (a)

     163,497           8,693,136   

NetSuite, Inc. (a)

     7,725           708,769   

NICE-Systems Ltd.

     26,967           1,712,723   

Oracle Corp.

     154,500           6,226,350   

Oracle Corp. Japan

     58,300           2,437,272   

Sage Group PLC (The)

     77,160           621,101   

SAP SE

     12,707           890,459   

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

     95,556           7,100,767   

SolarWinds, Inc. (a)

     25,511           1,176,822   

Tableau Software, Inc.-Class A (a)

     9,038           1,042,081   

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (a)

     25,207           694,957   

Ultimate Software Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     5,801           953,336   
       

 

 

 
          144,179,701   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 3.1%

       

Apple, Inc. (c)

     634,805         $ 79,620,417   

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     80,000           779,117   

Casetek Holdings Ltd.

     70,000           433,013   

Catcher Technology Co., Ltd.

     299,000           3,738,098   

EMC Corp./MA

     512,556           13,526,353   

Hewlett-Packard Co.

     945,200           28,365,452   

Lenovo Group Ltd.

     286,000           395,413   

NCR Corp. (a)

     35,780           1,076,978   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     2,890           3,278,951   

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (GDR) (b)

     4,289           1,900,167   
       

 

 

 
          133,113,959   
       

 

 

 
          582,635,703   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Discretionary - 12.1%

       

Auto Components - 0.7%

       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     100,800           4,285,939   

Continental AG

     18,780           4,446,678   

Dana Holding Corp.

     42,480           874,239   

Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.

     47,340           1,780,386   

Lear Corp.

     8,170           917,164   

Magna International, Inc. (New York)-Class A

     71,110           3,988,560   

Nokian Renkaat Oyj

     80,700           2,528,363   

Plastic Omnium SA

     72,270           1,848,817   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     344,300           5,328,848   

Tenneco, Inc. (a)

     15,120           868,493   

Valeo SA

     25,403           4,018,322   
       

 

 

 
          30,885,809   
       

 

 

 

Automobiles - 1.2%

       

Ford Motor Co.

     1,777,712           26,683,457   

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd.-Class H (d)(e)

     90,000           441,202   

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     197,800           6,392,863   

Kia Motors Corp.

     11,400           462,498   

Peugeot SA (a)

     211,000           4,351,204   

Tata Motors Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     22,624           779,849   

Tata Motors Ltd.-Class A

     54,598           223,158   

Thor Industries, Inc.

     7,850           441,798   

Toyota Motor Corp.

     184,500           12,346,236   
       

 

 

 
          52,122,265   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services - 0.3%

       

Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (a)

     19,287           1,114,789   

Estacio Participacoes SA

     457,000           2,645,781   

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

     23,263           986,351   

Kroton Educacional SA

     774,100           2,960,358   

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc. (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     30,812           755,510   

TAL Education Group (ADR) (a)

     124,859           4,407,523   
       

 

 

 
          12,870,312   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.4%

       

Betfair Group PLC

     25,260         $ 955,179   

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.

     43,660           932,141   

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc. (a)

     3,163           495,610   

Habit Restaurants, Inc. (The) (a)

     22,173           693,793   

Melco International Development Ltd.

     1,277,000           1,806,196   

Merlin Entertainments PLC (b)

     640,486           4,295,647   

NagaCorp Ltd.

     322,000           238,308   

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. (a)

     17,245           966,410   

Oriental Land Co., Ltd./Japan

     10,400           663,407   

Sodexo SA

     75,590           7,195,996   

Starbucks Corp.

     664,400           35,621,806   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

     284,791           998,262   

Tatts Group Ltd.

     218,126           625,423   

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     11,302           925,747   

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     32,010           2,883,461   
       

 

 

 
          59,297,386   
       

 

 

 

Household Durables - 0.1%

       

Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA

     135,000           143,289   

Hanssem Co., Ltd.

     1,146           288,553   

Helen of Troy Ltd. (a)

     7,000           682,430   

Meritage Homes Corp. (a)

     20,020           942,742   

PulteGroup, Inc.

     26,750           539,013   

Skyworth Digital Holdings Ltd.

     1,002,000           892,032   

Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (a)

     16,427           1,082,539   
       

 

 

 
          4,570,598   
       

 

 

 

Internet & Catalog Retail - 0.5%

       

JD.com, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     15,347           523,333   

Priceline Group, Inc. (The) (a)

     16,148           18,592,323   

Vipshop Holdings Ltd. (ADR) (a)

     42,150           937,837   
       

 

 

 
          20,053,493   
       

 

 

 

Media - 2.6%

       

AMC Networks, Inc.-Class A (a)

     13,562           1,110,050   

Cineplex, Inc.

     16,170           608,738   

Comcast Corp.-Class A

     426,438           25,645,981   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

     42,387           1,545,479   

Liberty Global PLC-Class A (a)

     9,413           508,961   

Liberty Global PLC-Series C (a)

     130,423           6,603,316   

Naspers Ltd.-Class N

     7,230           1,124,296   

Reed Elsevier PLC

     156,920           2,550,056   

Sky PLC

     62,930           1,024,981   

Smiles SA

     22,200           376,224   

Surya Citra Media Tbk PT

     558,500           120,197   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

     45,810           1,744,374   

Time Warner, Inc.

     264,283           23,100,977   

Vivendi SA

     180,977           4,588,957   

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     317,499           36,239,336   

Wolters Kluwer NV

     63,310           1,884,343   

WPP PLC

     71,050           1,594,801   
       

 

 

 
          110,371,067   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Multiline Retail - 1.4%

       

B&M European Value Retail SA

     1,150,950         $ 6,201,107   

Big Lots, Inc.

     24,080           1,083,359   

Dillard’s, Inc.-Class A

     6,410           674,268   

Dollar General Corp.

     343,889           26,733,931   

Kohl’s Corp.

     315,344           19,743,688   

Matahari Department Store Tbk PT

     461,000           571,362   

Next PLC

     16,110           1,885,544   

Poundland Group PLC

     458,090           2,327,029   
       

 

 

 
          59,220,288   
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 2.7%

       

AutoZone, Inc. (a)

     21,400           14,271,660   

Caleres, Inc.

     22,500           715,050   

Children’s Place, Inc. (The)

     15,940           1,042,635   

Five Below, Inc. (a)

     24,349           962,516   

Foschini Group Ltd. (The)

     30,868           403,512   

GameStop Corp.-Class A

     355,462           15,270,647   

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     310,000           34,450,300   

L Brands, Inc.

     78,873           6,761,782   

L’Occitane International SA

     47,000           133,999   

Lithia Motors, Inc.-Class A

     4,176           472,556   

Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd.

     82,000           241,470   

Office Depot, Inc. (a)

     1,300,164           11,259,421   

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     44,170           557,867   

Ross Stores, Inc.

     230,834           11,220,841   

Select Comfort Corp. (a)

     30,783           925,645   

Sports Direct International PLC (a)

     556,167           6,270,721   

Tractor Supply Co.

     12,892           1,159,507   

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc. (a)

     8,543           1,319,466   

WH Smith PLC

     39,310           942,724   

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

     778,500           3,114,218   
       

 

 

 
          111,496,537   
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 1.2%

       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     94,925           7,715,295   

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Johannesburg)

     143,330           1,168,935   

Crocs, Inc. (a)

     59,940           881,717   

Eclat Textile Co., Ltd.

     117,240           1,923,705   

Global Brands Group Holding Ltd. (a)

     4,664,000           968,141   

HUGO BOSS AG

     29,373           3,283,786   

NIKE, Inc.-Class B

     244,700           26,432,494   

Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd.

     558,000           892,621   

Samsonite International SA

     1,294,600           4,453,025   

Titan Co., Ltd.

     83,427           477,528   

Under Armour, Inc.-Class A (a)

     9,469           790,093   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

     430,000           1,432,767   
       

 

 

 
          50,420,107   
       

 

 

 
          511,307,862   
       

 

 

 

Financials - 9.8%

       

Banks - 4.2%

       

Associated Banc-Corp

     36,060           730,936   

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd.

     69,850           1,733,478   

Axis Bank Ltd.

     87,610           766,705   

Banco Bradesco SA (Preference Shares)

     20,040           183,699   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Banco Davivienda SA (Preference Shares)

     35,414         $ 363,490   

Banco do Brasil SA

     76,100           594,290   

Banco Macro SA (ADR)

     5,720           260,832   

Bangkok Bank PCL (NVDR)

     95,200           500,675   

Bank Hapoalim BM

     560,626           3,017,262   

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     804,500           604,767   

Bank of America Corp.

     1,567,823           26,684,347   

Bank of Baroda

     208,230           471,362   

Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     3,865,000           2,513,289   

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd.-Class H

     963,000           1,002,366   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.

     464,174           4,567,219   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

     683,000           2,851,481   

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd.-Class H (a)

     556,000           442,688   

China Construction Bank Corp.-Class H

     3,709,000           3,387,963   

China Development Financial Holding Corp.

     407,000           154,218   

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd.-Class H

     396,500           1,156,793   

Comerica, Inc.

     18,380           943,262   

Credicorp Ltd.

     5,710           793,233   

Danske Bank A/S

     201,220           5,915,261   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     138,800           2,129,698   

DGB Financial Group, Inc.

     69,606           728,959   

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     128,173           949,358   

First Niagara Financial Group, Inc.

     60,230           568,571   

First Republic Bank/CA

     14,025           883,996   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     32,800           640,615   

HDFC Bank Ltd. (ADR)

     18,810           1,138,569   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc./OH

     89,840           1,016,090   

IBERIABANK Corp.

     11,751           801,771   

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     63,600           308,636   

ICICI Bank Ltd. (Sponsored ADR)

     30,600           318,852   

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.-Class H

     1,424,000           1,128,146   

ING Groep NV

     382,730           6,355,371   

Itausa-Investimentos Itau SA (Preference Shares)

     198,440           568,686   

Kasikornbank PCL (NVDR)

     53,400           297,918   

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     52,980           1,749,818   

Komercni banka AS

     3,702           820,652   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     1,346,500           9,687,342   

Punjab National Bank

     7,800           17,044   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     303,800           1,656,964   

Seven Bank Ltd.

     988,200           4,574,585   

Shinhan Financial Group Co., Ltd.

     39,780           1,480,689   

Signature Bank/New York NY (a)

     7,792           1,140,671   

State Bank of India

     41,600           171,581   

Susquehanna Bancshares, Inc.

     53,040           748,925   

SVB Financial Group (a)

     7,215           1,038,816   

Synovus Financial Corp.

     21,230           654,309   

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. (a)

     8,670           539,621   

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     14,980           636,140   

UniCredit SpA

     538,830           3,621,407   

US Bancorp/MN

     560,800           24,338,720   

Webster Financial Corp.

     17,910           708,341   

Wells Fargo & Co.

     809,254           45,512,445   

Zions Bancorporation

     37,450           1,188,476   
       

 

 

 
          177,761,398   
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets - 0.5%

       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc. (a)

     3,595           785,867   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

E*TRADE Financial Corp. (a)

     25,130         $ 752,643   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)

     22,400           4,676,896   

Haitong Securities Co., Ltd.-Class H

     50,800           134,313   

Lazard Ltd.-Class A

     20,114           1,131,211   

Partners Group Holding AG

     8,320           2,486,745   

Stifel Financial Corp. (a)

     14,111           814,769   

UBS Group AG (a)

     542,153           11,502,577   
       

 

 

 
          22,285,021   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 1.1%

       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     286,100           25,168,217   

Discover Financial Services

     355,271           20,470,715   

Muthoot Finance Ltd.

     41,982           132,347   

Shriram Transport Finance Co., Ltd.

     26,350           352,122   

SLM Corp. (a)

     85,270           841,615   
       

 

 

 
          46,965,016   
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services - 0.2%

       

Challenger Ltd./Australia

     452,400           2,345,058   

Cielo SA

     25,200           355,172   

ORIX Corp.

     330,100           4,901,810   

Power Finance Corp. Ltd. (a)

     95,370           382,425   

Premium Leisure Corp.

     13,435,000           351,057   
       

 

 

 
          8,335,522   
       

 

 

 

Insurance - 3.2%

       

Admiral Group PLC

     346,347           7,547,003   

AIA Group Ltd.

     1,987,200           12,942,415   

Allstate Corp. (The)

     494,725           32,092,811   

American Financial Group, Inc./OH

     17,010           1,106,330   

American International Group, Inc.

     447,495           27,664,141   

Aon PLC

     208,132           20,746,598   

Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd.

     21,970           1,052,363   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     276,326           4,980,436   

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     97,300           1,067,167   

CNO Financial Group, Inc.

     63,380           1,163,023   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

     348,783           1,840,266   

Euler Hermes Group

     12,274           1,234,018   

First American Financial Corp.

     25,790           959,646   

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     14,040           1,039,381   

Intact Financial Corp.

     8,510           591,339   

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen (REG)

     4,610           817,326   

New China Life Insurance Co., Ltd.-Class H

     69,800           417,333   

NN Group NV

     93,880           2,643,873   

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd.-Class H

     37,000           497,904   

Prudential PLC

     395,380           9,528,474   

Sampo Oyj-Class A

     13,610           641,398   

StanCorp Financial Group, Inc.

     12,810           968,564   

Topdanmark A/S (a)

     43,620           1,169,337   

Tryg A/S

     92,900           1,936,963   

Validus Holdings Ltd.

     22,370           984,056   
       

 

 

 
          135,632,165   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

       

DDR Corp.

     36,830           569,392   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Emlak Konut Gayrimenkul Yatirim Ortakligi AS

     287,970         $ 296,533   

Gramercy Property Trust, Inc.

     20,710           483,993   

LTC Properties, Inc.

     21,091           877,385   

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.

     7,880           573,743   

RLJ Lodging Trust

     12,000           357,360   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

     20,970           419,400   
       

 

 

 
          3,577,806   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.3%

       

Ayala Land, Inc.

     2,702,400           2,234,018   

China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd.

     174,000           614,740   

China Resources Land Ltd.

     134,000           433,671   

CIFI Holdings Group Co., Ltd.

     2,206,000           580,560   

Daito Trust Construction Co., Ltd.

     6,900           714,117   

Global Logistic Properties Ltd.

     4,373,000           8,209,292   

Grupo GICSA SA de CV (a)

     401,100           414,179   

Huaku Development Co., Ltd.

     55,000           119,390   

Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd. (a)(d)(e)

     422,000           84,927   

KWG Property Holding Ltd.

     1,100,000           924,115   

Sunac China Holdings Ltd.

     607,000           663,794   
       

 

 

 
          14,992,803   
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance - 0.2%

       

Essent Group Ltd. (a)

     34,173           934,631   

Housing Development Finance Corp., Ltd.

     296,080           6,029,749   

LIC Housing Finance Ltd.

     35,043           247,905   
       

 

 

 
          7,212,285   
       

 

 

 
          416,762,016   
       

 

 

 

Health Care - 9.3%

       

Biotechnology - 1.7%

       

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     26,407           233,966   

Agios Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     2,178           242,063   

Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     9,709           514,286   

Biogen, Inc. (a)(c)

     65,352           26,398,287   

CSL Ltd.

     38,090           2,539,322   

Dyax Corp. (a)

     17,100           453,150   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

     322,600           37,770,008   

Isis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     6,459           371,715   

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     5,367           404,189   

Medivation, Inc. (a)

     7,434           848,963   

PTC Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     5,172           248,928   

Puma Biotechnology, Inc. (a)

     2,757           321,880   

Receptos, Inc. (a)

     3,922           745,376   

Sage Therapeutics, Inc. (a)

     5,021           366,533   

TESARO, Inc. (a)

     7,053           414,646   
       

 

 

 
          71,873,312   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.0%

       

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

     15,913           997,904   

Cochlear Ltd.

     10,760           664,951   

DBV Technologies SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     10,539           313,851   

DexCom, Inc. (a)

     16,826           1,345,744   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Essilor International SA

     11,000         $ 1,317,805   

HeartWare International, Inc. (a)

     8,190           595,331   

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

     36,300           17,587,350   

Medtronic PLC

     206,060           15,269,046   

Nevro Corp. (a)

     9,394           504,928   

Sartorius AG (Preference Shares)

     7,850           1,459,324   

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc. (a)

     9,681           972,166   
       

 

 

 
          41,028,400   
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 2.6%

       

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc. (a)

     19,149           1,499,941   

Aetna, Inc.

     199,446           25,421,387   

Anthem, Inc.

     241,831           39,694,140   

Envision Healthcare Holdings, Inc. (a)

     21,813           861,177   

LifePoint Health, Inc. (a)

     11,750           1,021,663   

McKesson Corp.

     75,808           17,042,396   

Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)

     9,780           687,534   

Premier, Inc.-Class A (a)

     22,272           856,581   

Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co., Ltd.-Class H

     281,200           782,465   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     174,830           2,878,869   

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     138,207           16,861,254   

WellCare Health Plans, Inc. (a)

     11,660           989,118   
       

 

 

 
          108,596,525   
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services - 0.7%

       

Eurofins Scientific SE

     35,977           10,953,369   

ICON PLC (a)

     11,305           760,826   

Quintiles Transnational Holdings, Inc. (a)

     232,900           16,910,869   
       

 

 

 
          28,625,064   
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals - 3.3%

       

Akorn, Inc. (a)

     6,166           269,208   

Allergan PLC (a)

     75,635           22,952,197   

Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. (a)

     51,190           1,513,813   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     140,600           2,002,965   

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

     420,034           8,733,320   

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC (ADR) (a)

     3,251           399,353   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)(c)

     3,825           673,468   

Johnson & Johnson

     290,600           28,321,876   

Lupin Ltd.

     12,078           356,088   

Merck & Co., Inc.

     190,872           10,866,343   

Novartis AG (REG)

     43,030           4,232,450   

Novo Nordisk A/S-Class B

     113,925           6,251,619   

Pfizer, Inc.

     1,010,745           33,890,280   

Recordati SpA

     75,140           1,575,943   

Roche Holding AG

     44,748           12,546,955   

Sanofi

     6,500           643,044   

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     66,400           2,573,214   

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     175,630           2,414,360   

Tetraphase Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

     7,333           347,877   

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     17,000           1,006,025   
       

 

 

 
          141,570,398   
       

 

 

 
          391,693,699   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Industrials - 6.8%

       

Aerospace & Defense - 2.3%

       

Airbus Group SE

     104,178         $ 6,785,873   

Hexcel Corp.

     27,742           1,379,887   

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     160,098           18,151,911   

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     153,909           24,414,585   

Raytheon Co.

     223,274           21,362,856   

Safran SA

     48,560           3,300,107   

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc.-Class A (a)

     17,270           951,750   

TransDigm Group, Inc. (a)

     5,060           1,136,830   

United Technologies Corp.

     118,708           13,168,278   

Zodiac Aerospace

     259,025           8,437,418   
       

 

 

 
          99,089,495   
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics - 0.1%

       

bpost SA

     71,720           1,972,306   

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     18,428           849,623   

Oesterreichische Post AG

     18,185           836,587   
       

 

 

 
          3,658,516   
       

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.7%

       

China Eastern Airlines Corp., Ltd.-Class H (a)

     406,000           339,192   

China Southern Airlines Co., Ltd.-Class H

     310,000           363,141   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     378,885           15,564,596   

International Consolidated Airlines Group SA (a)

     810,540           6,298,786   

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

     39,300           1,369,581   

Qantas Airways Ltd. (a)

     1,377,363           3,346,970   

Ryanair Holdings PLC (Sponsored ADR)

     23,050           1,644,618   

Turk Hava Yollari AO (a)

     133,272           437,465   
       

 

 

 
          29,364,349   
       

 

 

 

Building Products - 0.0%

       

Assa Abloy AB

     92,190           1,735,550   
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies - 0.4%

       

APR Energy PLC

     259,501           457,689   

Babcock International Group PLC

     511,075           8,658,854   

Berendsen PLC

     51,080           817,683   

Park24 Co., Ltd.

     87,100           1,491,106   

Regus PLC

     1,325,886           5,432,590   
       

 

 

 
          16,857,922   
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering - 0.1%

       

AECOM (a)

     29,515           976,356   

China Machinery Engineering Corp.-Class H

     24,000           25,842   

China Railway Group Ltd.-Class H

     545,000           590,356   

Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.

     13,980           1,026,227   

EMCOR Group, Inc.

     19,140           914,318   

Granite Construction, Inc.

     24,140           857,211   

Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co., Ltd.

     7,020           257,896   

IRB Infrastructure Developers Ltd.

     112,750           410,427   

Tutor Perini Corp. (a)

     29,910           645,458   
       

 

 

 
          5,704,091   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

       

AMETEK, Inc.

     16,189         $ 886,833   

General Cable Corp.

     24,670           486,739   

Regal Beloit Corp.

     13,300           965,447   
       

 

 

 
          2,339,019   
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.7%

       

Bidvest Group Ltd. (The)

     17,770           449,638   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

     11,948           1,196,234   

Danaher Corp.

     301,100           25,771,149   

SM Investments Corp.

     26,268           521,262   
       

 

 

 
          27,938,283   
       

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.8%

       

Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.

     6,600           388,208   

IDEX Corp.

     14,864           1,168,013   

ITT Corp.

     529,769           22,165,535   

JTEKT Corp.

     233,100           4,408,018   

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     15,344           934,296   

Middleby Corp. (The) (a)

     14,392           1,615,214   

Oshkosh Corp.

     17,940           760,297   

Terex Corp.

     27,330           635,423   

Valmont Industries, Inc.

     5,233           622,047   

Wabtec Corp./DE

     5,277           497,305   
       

 

 

 
          33,194,356   
       

 

 

 

Marine - 0.2%

       

Kirby Corp. (a)

     11,399           873,847   

Nippon Yusen KK

     1,925,000           5,359,305   
       

 

 

 
          6,233,152   
       

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.6%

       

51job, Inc. (ADR) (a)

     13,426           446,280   

Bureau Veritas SA

     332,564           7,666,250   

Capita PLC

     427,059           8,298,020   

Robert Half International, Inc.

     25,300           1,404,150   

Teleperformance

     124,444           8,791,722   
       

 

 

 
          26,606,422   
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.6%

       

CAR, Inc. (a)

     515,000           1,091,834   

Central Japan Railway Co.

     44,300           7,994,136   

Con-way, Inc.

     14,620           560,970   

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc.-Class A (a)

     11,496           875,765   

Globaltrans Investment PLC (Sponsored GDR) (a)(b)

     39,391           187,100   

Ryder System, Inc.

     9,190           802,930   

Union Pacific Corp.

     154,245           14,710,346   
       

 

 

 
          26,223,081   
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.2%

       

Brenntag AG

     90,250           5,178,669   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Bunzl PLC

     68,420         $ 1,866,458   

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

     34,790           537,158   

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

     11,143           976,350   

Watsco, Inc.

     5,940           735,016   

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

     13,130           901,243   
       

 

 

 
          10,194,894   
       

 

 

 
          289,139,130   
       

 

 

 

Consumer Staples - 6.1%

       

Beverages - 1.6%

       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV

     15,950           1,919,428   

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc.

     270,069           19,688,030   

Heineken NV

     22,870           1,738,746   

Monster Beverage Corp. (a)

     135,875           18,209,967   

PepsiCo, Inc.

     290,226           27,089,695   
       

 

 

 
          68,645,866   
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing - 2.2%

       

7-Eleven Malaysia Holdings Bhd

     369,470           156,680   

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.-Class B

     24,100           1,030,955   

Bizim Toptan Satis Magazalari AS

     10,622           50,903   

Costco Wholesale Corp. (c)

     144,500           19,516,170   

CP ALL PCL

     1,103,900           1,511,610   

CVS Health Corp.

     348,443           36,544,702   

Delhaize Group SA

     57,920           4,711,054   

Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a)

     19,783           885,289   

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     31,595           593,122   

Kroger Co. (The)

     289,152           20,966,412   

Lawson, Inc.

     15,600           1,067,526   

Lenta Ltd. (GDR) (a)(b)

     204,541           1,525,553   

Magnit PJSC (Sponsored GDR) (b)

     21,318           1,186,560   

Olam International Ltd.

     1,713,183           2,390,688   

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

     16,939           457,014   

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     13,900           709,166   

X5 Retail Group NV (GDR) (a)(b)

     43,084           717,198   
       

 

 

 
          94,020,602   
       

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.5%

       

Dean Foods Co.

     57,830           935,111   

Gruma SAB de CV-Class B

     20,480           264,185   

Ingredion, Inc.

     12,770           1,019,174   

JBS SA

     90,900           478,313   

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.-Class A

     154,293           13,920,314   

MHP SA (GDR) (b)

     15,000           151,500   

Nestle SA (REG)

     31,720           2,288,617   

Unilever PLC

     29,114           1,250,130   

Universal Robina Corp.

     34,190           147,010   

WH Group Ltd. (a)(b)

     685,500           467,442   
       

 

 

 
          20,921,796   
       

 

 

 

Household Products - 0.4%

       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     19,243           1,834,933   

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     86,876           9,206,250   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     32,322           2,787,263   
       

 

 

 
          13,828,446   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Personal Products - 0.5%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The)-Class A

     188,300         $ 16,318,078   

Kao Corp.

     44,400           2,064,909   

L’Oreal SA

     14,480           2,590,774   
       

 

 

 
          20,973,761   
       

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.9%

       

Altria Group, Inc.

     255,583           12,500,564   

British American Tobacco PLC

     267,299           14,392,047   

Imperial Tobacco Group PLC

     138,190           6,655,533   

ITC Ltd.

     101,370           502,328   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     118,100           4,198,369   
       

 

 

 
          38,248,841   
       

 

 

 
          256,639,312   
       

 

 

 

Materials - 3.5%

       

Chemicals - 2.5%

       

A. Schulman, Inc.

     19,780           864,782   

Arkema SA

     41,260           2,982,584   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

     359,330           23,097,732   

Croda International PLC

     30,750           1,329,603   

Essentra PLC

     765,816           11,942,893   

Fufeng Group Ltd.

     118,000           87,553   

Givaudan SA (REG) (a)

     720           1,246,540   

Huntsman Corp.

     29,920           660,334   

Hyosung Corp.

     8,980           1,156,332   

JSR Corp.

     250,700           4,425,681   

Koninklijke DSM NV

     53,101           3,083,054   

LG Chem Ltd.

     1,350           336,671   

LyondellBasell Industries NV-Class A

     250,406           25,922,029   

PolyOne Corp.

     29,375           1,150,619   

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     95,126           26,161,553   
       

 

 

 
          104,447,960   
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials - 0.0%

       

Cemex Latam Holdings SA (a)

     36,748           179,987   

Grasim Industries Ltd. (GDR) (b)

     4,820           256,101   

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     3,809           539,012   

West China Cement Ltd.

     1,204,000           234,183   
       

 

 

 
          1,209,283   
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging - 0.9%

       

Amcor Ltd./Australia

     60,890           643,454   

Avery Dennison Corp.

     11,390           694,107   

Ball Corp.

     323,055           22,662,308   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

     40,790           568,205   

Sealed Air Corp.

     251,600           12,927,208   
       

 

 

 
          37,495,282   
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.0%

       

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     3,370           95,457   

Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS

     34,970           369,989   

MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (ADR)

     13,560           228,757   


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Novolipetsk Steel OJSC (GDR) (b)

     20,486         $ 272,464   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

     29,680           614,821   
       

 

 

 
          1,581,488   
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.1%

       

Mondi PLC

     144,100           3,102,366   

Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.

     536,000           466,180   

Sappi Ltd. (a)

     131,522           466,478   
       

 

 

 
          4,035,024   
       

 

 

 
          148,769,037   
       

 

 

 

Energy - 2.7%

       

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.4%

       

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

     9,173           380,588   

Oceaneering International, Inc.

     12,039           560,897   

Schlumberger Ltd. (c)

     182,300           15,712,437   

Superior Energy Services, Inc.

     16,087           338,470   
       

 

 

 
          16,992,392   
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 2.3%

       

BG Group PLC

     397,176           6,614,887   

Bill Barrett Corp. (a)

     40,430           347,294   

Concho Resources, Inc. (a)

     2,694           306,739   

Gazprom OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     83,360           439,307   

Hess Corp.

     411,675           27,532,824   

JX Holdings, Inc.

     1,763,300           7,602,200   

KazMunaiGas Exploration Production JSC (GDR) (b)

     21,330           211,203   

Laredo Petroleum, Inc. (a)

     33,662           423,468   

LUKOIL OAO (London) (Sponsored ADR)

     35,630           1,600,143   

Murphy Oil Corp.

     144,591           6,010,648   

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Sponsored ADR) (a)

     385,632           3,146,758   

Petronet LNG Ltd.

     188,102           551,214   

Rosetta Resources, Inc. (a)

     43,610           1,009,135   

Royal Dutch Shell PLC-Class B

     38,860           1,106,364   

SM Energy Co.

     173,582           8,005,601   

Tatneft OAO (Sponsored ADR)

     18,580           594,188   

TOTAL SA

     125,460           6,153,931   

Valero Energy Corp.

     408,531           25,574,041   
       

 

 

 
          97,229,945   
       

 

 

 
          114,222,337   
       

 

 

 

Telecommunication Services - 1.2%

       

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

       

Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp., Ltd.

     1,474,039           2,510,247   

BT Group PLC

     720,250           5,100,337   

China Telecom Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     1,630,000           954,691   

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     225,200           8,155,784   

Proximus

     29,560           1,046,037   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     596,000           1,872,181   

Telefonica Brasil SA (Preference Shares)

     226,400           3,171,974   

Telenor ASA

     107,050           2,347,055   

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     212,840           1,007,275   
       

 

 

 
          26,165,581   
       

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.6%

       

China Mobile Ltd.

     359,000         $ 4,599,953   

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     12,670           2,834,990   

SoftBank Corp.

     81,100           4,777,032   

Sunrise Communications Group AG (a)(b)

     24,472           2,040,837   

Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT (a)

     1,913,500           1,323,985   

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri AS

     95,740           440,457   

Vodafone Group PLC

     1,879,636           6,856,710   
       

 

 

 
          22,873,964   
       

 

 

 
          49,039,545   
       

 

 

 

Utilities - 1.1%

       

Electric Utilities - 0.9%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     306,828           16,252,679   

Edison International

     225,578           12,537,625   

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

     1,533,790           5,843,731   

Electricite de France SA

     126,860           2,837,682   

Elia System Operator SA/NV

     4,055           164,328   

Light SA

     42,400           230,881   

PNM Resources, Inc.

     35,640           876,744   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     68,000           619,106   

Westar Energy, Inc.

     21,630           740,179   
       

 

 

 
          40,102,955   
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities - 0.1%

       

Southwest Gas Corp.

     15,910           846,571   

UGI Corp.

     148,063           5,100,770   
       

 

 

 
          5,947,341   
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

       

Datang International Power Generation Co., Ltd.-Class H

     1,254,000           640,712   

Huadian Power International Corp., Ltd.-Class H

     926,000           1,030,307   

NTPC Ltd. (a)

     232,440           501,689   
       

 

 

 
          2,172,708   
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities - 0.0%

       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo

     79,900           424,029   

Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais-COPASA

     48,000           211,663   
       

 

 

 
          635,692   
       

 

 

 
          48,858,696   
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks
(cost $2,270,165,205)

          2,809,067,337   
       

 

 

 

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 9.4%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 9.4%

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     2,671,877           128,356,971   

AB Pooling Portfolio - Multi-Asset Real Return Portfolio (f)

     38,196,638           268,140,401   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $430,306,438)

          396,497,372   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Contracts        U.S. $ Value  

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.3%

       

Options on Equity Indices - 0.3%

       

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Aug 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,190.00 (a)(g)

     657,804         $ 1,714,834   

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Sep 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,135.00 (a)(g)

     449,600           8,386,915   
       

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(premiums paid $25,778,913)

          10,101,749   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

WARRANTS - 0.0%

       

Financials - 0.0%

       

Banks - 0.0%

       

Commercial Bank of Qatar QSC (The), Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 5/26/17 (a)

     25,276           381,118   

First Gulf Bank PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 8/21/15 (a)

     36,762           152,141   

Punjab National Bank, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 8/08/18 (a)

     123,850           271,194   
       

 

 

 
          804,453   
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.0%

       

Emaar Properties PJSC, Merrill Lynch Intl & Co., expiring 10/01/15 (a)

     41,946           89,995   
       

 

 

 
          894,448   
       

 

 

 

Industrials - 0.0%

       

Airlines - 0.0%

       

Air Arabia PJSC, Deutsche Bank AG, expiring 7/31/17 (a)

     351,990           155,256   
       

 

 

 

Information Technology - 0.0%

       

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 0.0%

       

Ju Teng International Holdings Ltd., expiring 10/14/16 (a)

     52,500           3,217   
       

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(cost $862,459)

          1,052,921   
       

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 22.7%

       

Investment Companies - 22.7%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (f)(h)
(cost $959,244,472)

     959,244,472           959,244,472   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.0%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill,
Zero Coupon, 7/16/15
(cost $1,499,990)

   $ 1,500           1,499,990   
       

 

 

 


          U.S. $ Value  

Total Investments - 98.8%
(cost $3,687,857,477) (i)

      $ 4,177,463,841   

Other assets less liabilities - 1.2%

        51,910,008   
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 4,229,373,849   
     

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

  

Hang Seng Index Futures

     32         July 2015       $ 5,627,345       $ 5,408,777       $ (218,568

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     19         September 2015         2,866,322         2,846,390         (19,932

SPI 200 Futures

     98         September 2015         10,427,080         10,201,938         (225,142

TOPIX Index Futures

     2,250         September 2015         305,174,928         299,761,000         (5,413,928

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     39         September 2015         5,896,675         5,882,906         (13,769

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     404         September 2015         48,110,856         48,180,157         69,301   

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     3,001         September 2015         378,823,934         378,641,797         (182,137

U.S. Ultra Bond Futures

     55         September 2015         8,444,894         8,473,438         28,544   

Sold Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

     1,571         September 2015         59,908,879         60,179,090         (270,211

Russell 2000 E Mini Futures

     12         September 2015         1,514,530         1,500,480         14,050   

S&P 500 E Mini Futures

     5,096         September 2015         529,285,115         523,461,120         5,823,995   
              

 

 

 
               $ (407,797
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD     9,072       CHF     8,533         8/13/15       $ 68,915   

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD     6,271       USD     4,946         8/13/15         118,345   

BNP Paribas SA

   AUD     2,339       USD     1,772         8/13/15         (28,385

BNP Paribas SA

   CAD     2,192       USD     1,770         8/13/15         16,156   

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP     1,502       USD     2,361         8/13/15         1,323   

BNP Paribas SA

   GBP     1,813       USD     2,841         8/13/15         (6,801

BNP Paribas SA

   NZD     5,913       USD     4,024         8/13/15         31,384   

BNP Paribas SA

   USD     9,875       GBP     6,376         8/13/15         140,467   

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

   USD     8,814       AUD     11,395         8/13/15         (41,850

Citibank

   CAD     907       USD     726         8/13/15         86   

Citibank

   GBP     3,858       USD     6,072         8/13/15         11,639   

Credit Suisse International

   CHF     13,226       USD     14,213         8/13/15         43,730   

Credit Suisse International

   USD     11,698       EUR     10,316         8/13/15         (190,917

Credit Suisse International

   USD     10,561       SEK     87,303         8/13/15         (20,470

Deutsche Bank AG

   EUR     4,331       USD     4,728         8/13/15         (102,783

Deutsche Bank AG

   ILS     5,542       USD     1,430         8/13/15         (38,224


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Deutsche Bank AG

   USD     22,552       GBP     14,803         8/13/15       $ 700,861   

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

   TWD     182,388       USD     5,912         8/13/15         4,660   

HSBC Bank USA

   AUD     98,623       USD     78,458         8/13/15         2,539,310   

HSBC Bank USA

   CAD     11,759       USD     9,822         8/13/15         412,455   

HSBC Bank USA

   GBP     3,540       USD     5,623         8/13/15         62,470   

HSBC Bank USA

   HKD     193,269       USD     24,931         8/13/15         (672

HSBC Bank USA

   USD     28,112       AUD     35,337         8/13/15         (909,845

HSBC Bank USA

   USD     10,486       NZD     14,036         8/13/15         (1,009,459

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   CAD     4,921       USD     4,019         8/13/15         81,425   

JPMorgan Chase Bank

   USD     3,543       CAD     4,353         8/13/15         (59,310

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL     24,542       USD     7,910         7/02/15         16,537   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD     7,867       BRL     24,542         7/02/15         26,316   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   BRL     24,542       USD     7,780         8/04/15         (23,196

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   CHF     5,647       USD     6,075         8/13/15         25,098   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   ILS     6,460       USD     1,705         8/13/15         (6,674

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   NZD     1,308       USD     927         8/13/15         44,268   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD     1,374       AUD     1,801         8/13/15         12,308   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   USD     5,797       JPY     694,387         8/13/15         (120,719

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   ILS     15,461       USD     3,995         8/13/15         (102,033

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   JPY     3,627,607       USD     29,122         8/13/15         (533,459

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   KRW     1,512,514       USD     1,399         8/13/15         49,757   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   NZD     6,815       USD     4,973         8/13/15         371,821   

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD     2,388       CAD     2,929         8/13/15         (44,098

Royal Bank of Scotland PLC

   USD     1,924       HKD     14,920         8/13/15         301   

Standard Chartered Bank

   EUR     171,414       USD     194,664         8/13/15         3,456,073   

Standard Chartered Bank

   GBP     44,711       USD     68,129         8/13/15         (2,102,356

Standard Chartered Bank

   HKD     11,623       USD     1,500         8/13/15         181   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD     16,472       EUR     14,505         8/13/15         (292,452

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD     47,861       JPY     5,715,102         8/13/15         (1,140,210

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD     11,451       SEK     93,552         8/13/15         (156,396

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   EUR     3,706       USD     4,244         8/13/15         109,739   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP     4,538       USD     7,207         8/13/15         78,679   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   GBP     2,737       USD     4,212         8/13/15         (87,207

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD     14,166       CHF     12,893         8/13/15         (353,802

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD     4,146       EUR     3,693         8/13/15         (26,483

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD     1,313       HKD     10,183         8/13/15         222   

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD     1,655       HKD     12,830         8/13/15         (266

UBS AG

   BRL     24,542       USD     7,714         7/02/15         (179,631

UBS AG

   USD     7,910       BRL     24,542         7/02/15         (16,537

UBS AG

   AUD     25,247       USD     19,364         8/13/15         (70,499

UBS AG

   EUR     22,253       USD     24,908         8/13/15         84,943   

UBS AG

   EUR     2,646       USD     2,945         8/13/15         (6,232

UBS AG

   JPY     1,048,462       USD     8,452         8/13/15         (118,694

UBS AG

   USD     25,689       JPY     3,152,043         8/13/15         78,659   
               

 

 

 
   $ 798,468   
               

 

 

 

 

(a) Non-income producing security.
(b) Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities are considered liquid and may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At June 30, 2015, the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $13,624,737 or 0.3% of net assets.
(c) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open future contracts.
(d) Illiquid security.
(e) Fair valued by the Adviser.


(f) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(g) One contract relates to 1 share.
(h) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(i) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $602,317,884 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(112,711,520), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $489,606,364.

Please note: The sector classifications presented herein are based on the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) which was developed by Morgan Stanley Capital International and Standard & Poor’s. The components are divided into sector, industry group, and industry sub-indices as classified by the GICS for each of the market capitalization indices in the broad market.

Currency Abbreviations:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
BRL    -    Brazilian Real
CAD    -    Canadian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
HKD    -    Hong Kong Dollar
ILS    -    Israeli Shekel
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
KRW    -    South Korean Won
NZD    -    New Zealand Dollar
SEK    -    Swedish Krona
TWD    -    New Taiwan Dollar
USD    -    United States Dollar
Glossary:
ADR    -    American Depositary Receipt
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NVDR    -    Non Voting Depositary Receipt
OJSC    -    Open Joint Stock Company
PJSC    -    Public Joint Stock Company
REG    -    Registered Shares
SPI    -    Share Price Index
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay A Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options generally will be classified as Level 2. For options that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Common Stock:

        

Information Technology

   $ 522,505,826      $ 60,129,877      $ – 0  –    $ 582,635,703   

Consumer Discretionary

     397,153,981        113,712,679        441,202        511,307,862   

Financials

     265,281,926        151,395,163        84,927        416,762,016   

Health Care

     331,121,482        60,572,217        – 0  –      391,693,699   

Industrials

     192,777,742        96,361,388        – 0  –      289,139,130   

Consumer Staples

     201,033,787        55,605,525        – 0  –      256,639,312   

Materials

     117,197,572        31,571,465        – 0  –      148,769,037   

Energy

     92,167,569        22,054,768        – 0  –      114,222,337   

Telecommunication Services

     4,495,959        44,543,586        – 0  –      49,039,545   

Utilities

     37,221,141        11,637,555        – 0  –      48,858,696   

Investment Companies

     396,497,372        – 0  –      – 0  –      396,497,372   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0  –      10,101,749        – 0  –      10,101,749   

Warrants

     3,217        1,049,704        – 0  –      1,052,921   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     959,244,472        – 0  –      – 0  –      959,244,472   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      1,499,990        – 0  –      1,499,990   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     3,516,702,046        660,235,666        526,129        4,177,463,841   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     5,935,890        – 0  –      – 0  –      5,935,890   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      8,588,128        – 0  –      8,588,128   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (215,838     (6,127,849     – 0  –      (6,343,687

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (7,789,660     – 0  –      (7,789,660
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     3,522,422,098      $     654,906,285      $     526,129      $     4,177,854,512   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets between Level 1 and Level 2 during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Common Stocks     Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 354,313      $ 354,313   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Realized gain (loss)

     741,445        741,445   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     56,388        56,388   

Purchases

     361,470        361,470   

Sales

     (3,070,085     (3,070,085

Transfers in to Level 3

     2,082,598        2,082,598   

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 526,129      $ 526,129
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 73,258      $ 73,258   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

+ There were de minimis transfers under 1% of net assets during the reporting period.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay B Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 67.7%

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 67.7%

  

Alabama - 0.4%

  

Alabama Public School & College Authority

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 5/01/19

   $ 3,255         $ 3,700,968   

Birmingham Water Works Board

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 1/01/24

     3,650           4,195,784   
       

 

 

 
          7,896,752   
       

 

 

 

Arizona - 4.5%

       

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp.

  

Series 2014B

  

5.00%, 7/01/22

     8,275           9,850,395   

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp. (City of Phoenix Civic Improvement-Airport)

  

Series 2010C

  

5.00%, 7/01/24

     5,305           5,994,809   

County of Pima AZ Sewer System Revenue

  

Series 2011B

  

5.00%, 7/01/23-7/01/24

     6,585           7,631,367   

AGM Series 2010

  

5.00%, 7/01/18-7/01/19

     10,035           11,311,472   

Maricopa County Community College District

  

Series 2012

  

4.00%, 7/01/16

     8,440           8,743,840   

Pima County Regional Transportation Authority (Pima County Regional Transportation Authority Excise Tax)

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 6/01/22

     1,685           2,004,594   

Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement & Power District

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 12/01/24

     23,120           27,192,588   

Scottsdale Municipal Property Corp. (Scottsdale Municipal Property Corp. Excise Tax)

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 7/01/20

     6,105           7,099,138   
       

 

 

 
          79,828,203   
       

 

 

 

California - 2.1%

       

California Econ Recovery

  

Series 2009A

  

5.25%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     7,255           8,413,768   

San Francisco City & County Airports Comm-San Francisco International Airport
(San Francisco Intl Airport)

  

Series 2009C-2

  

5.00%, 5/01/25

     1,025           1,159,706   

Series 2010C

  

5.00%, 5/01/19

     730           832,952   

NATL Series 2006-32F

  

5.25%, 5/01/18

     680           759,934   

State of California

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 10/01/29

     50           58,188   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 3/01/26

   $ 2,085         $ 2,491,992   

State of California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Revenue

  

Series 2010L

  

5.00%, 5/01/17

     7,675           8,282,169   

Series 2015O

  

5.00%, 5/01/22

     12,400           14,838,708   
       

 

 

 
          36,837,417   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 1.6%

       

City & County of Denver CO Airport System Revenue (Denver Intl Airport)

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 11/15/23

     300           345,180   

Series 2011A

  

5.25%, 11/15/18

     13,135           14,728,275   

5.50%, 11/15/19

     4,375           5,044,550   

Denver Urban Renewal Authority (Stapleton Development Corp.)

  

Series 2010B-1

  

5.00%, 12/01/20

     2,875           2,928,993   

Plaza Metropolitan District No 1

  

Series 2013

  

5.00%, 12/01/19

     1,000           1,092,240   

Regional Transportation District (Denver Transit Partners LLC)

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 7/15/20

     2,000           2,236,720   

5.125%, 1/15/23

     2,000           2,175,440   
       

 

 

 
          28,551,398   
       

 

 

 

Connecticut - 0.4%

       

State of Connecticut

  

Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 6/15/22

     5,620           6,580,458   
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 0.6%

       

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

  

Series 2010B

  

5.00%, 10/01/17-10/01/18

     9,895           10,921,228   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 7.2%

       

Broward County School Board/FL COP

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 7/01/20

     7,250           8,329,235   

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

  

Series 2010A-1

  

5.00%, 6/01/16

     5,375           5,588,065   

5.25%, 6/01/17

     2,855           3,079,717   

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 6/01/22

     7,660           8,825,086   

Series 2012A-1

  

5.00%, 6/01/21

     10,490           12,063,500   

City of Jacksonville FL (City of Jacksonville FL Lease)

  

Series 2010A-1

  

5.00%, 10/01/18-10/01/19

     15,170           17,082,355   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

City of Jacksonville FL (City of Jacksonville FL Sales Tax)

  

Series 2011

  

5.00%, 10/01/21

   $ 2,500         $ 2,947,225   

County of Broward FL Half-Cent Sales Tax Revenue

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 10/01/18-10/01/20

     8,235           9,423,919   

County of Lee FL Airport Revenue (Southwest Florida Intl Airport)

  

Series 2011A

  

5.625%, 10/01/26

     2,470           2,889,406   

AGM Series 2010A

  

5.50%, 10/01/18-10/01/19

     7,425           8,387,288   

County of Orange FL (County of Orange FL Public Svc Tax)

  

Series 2013

  

4.00%, 10/01/15

     4,910           4,954,485   

5.00%, 10/01/16

     2,650           2,796,757   

County of Seminole FL Water & Sewer Revenue

  

Series 2015B

  

5.00%, 10/01/19 (a)

     2,420           2,781,137   

Florida State Board of Education (State of Florida)

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 6/01/16

     22,515           23,464,007   

Florida State Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 7/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     5,430           5,673,916   

Martin County Industrial Development Authority (Indiantown Cogeneration LP)

  

Series 2013

  

4.20%, 12/15/25

     2,640           2,672,868   

School District of Broward County/FL

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 7/01/21

     2,210           2,580,926   

St Lucie County School Board (St Lucie County School Board Sales Tax)

  

AGM Series 2015

  

5.00%, 10/01/23

     1,565           1,834,196   

State of Florida Lottery Revenue

  

Series 2010C

  

5.00%, 7/01/16

     300           313,689   

Series 2010D

  

5.00%, 7/01/16

     2,170           2,269,017   
       

 

 

 
          127,956,794   
       

 

 

 

Georgia - 0.7%

       

Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 1/01/20-1/01/21

     8,880           10,232,226   

Richmond County Board of Education

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 10/01/15

     1,615           1,633,395   
       

 

 

 
          11,865,621   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Hawaii - 1.0%

  

City & County of Honolulu HI

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 8/01/24

   $ 5,800         $ 6,800,616   

Series 2011B

  

5.00%, 8/01/24-8/01/25

     10,205           11,957,810   
       

 

 

 
       18,758,426   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 3.5%

       

Chicago O’Hare International Airport

  

Series 2010D

  

5.25%, 1/01/19

     2,285           2,519,258   

Chicago Transit Authority (City of Chicago IL Fed Hwy Grant)

  

AGC Series 2008A

  

5.00%, 6/01/21

     4,685           4,964,039   

Illinois Finance Authority (Illinois Institute of Technology)

  

Series 2006A

  

5.00%, 4/01/20

     1,730           1,764,358   

State of Illinois

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 1/01/18

     160           169,306   

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 8/01/21

     1,665           1,808,040   

Series 2013

  

5.00%, 7/01/21

     1,345           1,459,903   

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 4/01/20

     1,670           1,807,925   

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 5/01/28

     5,180           5,400,979   

AMBAC Series 2004

  

5.00%, 11/01/15

     6,905           6,998,356   

NATL Series 2001

  

5.375%, 4/01/16

     3,540           3,653,776   

State of Illinois (State of Illinois Sales Tax)

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 6/15/18

     9,655           10,656,127   

Series 2013

  

4.00%, 6/15/16

     3,300           3,406,458   

State of Illinois Unemployment Compensation Trust Fund

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 6/15/16

     17,305           17,995,469   
       

 

 

 
       62,603,994   
       

 

 

 

Kansas - 0.2%

       

State of Kansas Department of Transportation

  

Series 2012C

  

5.00%, 9/01/20

     2,745           3,224,112   
       

 

 

 

Louisiana - 0.7%

       

Louisiana Local Government Environmental Facilities & Community Development Auth
(St James Place of Baton Rouge)

  

Series 2015A

  

6.00%, 11/15/30

     1,550           1,546,776   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Orleans Parish Parishwide School District

  

AGM Series 2010

  

5.00%, 9/01/17-9/01/19

   $ 9,705         $   10,762,936   
       

 

 

 
       12,309,712   
       

 

 

 

Maryland - 0.1%

       

Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 6/01/17

     1,705           1,844,009   
       

 

 

 

Massachusetts - 4.6%

       

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

  

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 4/01/25

     8,750           10,206,962   

Series 2013B

  

5.00%, 8/01/17

     32,490           35,327,027   

NATL Series 2000F

  

0.12%, 12/01/30 (b)

     1,975           1,853,334   

NATL Series 2000G

  

0.135%, 12/01/30 (b)

     5,600           5,255,314   

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Sales Tax)

  

Series 2004B

  

5.25%, 7/01/21

     5,030           6,039,068   

Massachusetts Clean Water Trust (The) (Massachusetts Water Pollution Abatement Trust (The) SRF)

  

Series 2004A

  

5.25%, 2/01/16

     2,695           2,772,266   

Massachusetts Department of Transportation

  

Series 2010B

  

5.00%, 1/01/18-1/01/20

     7,985           8,924,174   

Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (Emerson College)

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 1/01/17-1/01/18

     4,615           4,902,869   

Massachusetts School Building Authority (Massachusetts School Building Authority Sales Tax)

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 8/15/21

     5,385           6,380,902   
       

 

 

 
       81,661,916   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 2.4%

       

City of Detroit MI Water Supply System Revenue

  

Series 2011C

  

5.25%, 7/01/24-7/01/25

     9,390           10,321,432   

Michigan Finance Authority (City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue)

  

AGM Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 7/01/24

     10,115           11,672,204   

Michigan Finance Authority (State of Michigan Unemployment)

  

Series 2012B

  

5.00%, 7/01/22

     17,180           17,955,162   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Walled Lake Consolidated School District

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 5/01/22

   $ 2,000         $ 2,332,100   
       

 

 

 
          42,280,898   
       

 

 

 

Minnesota - 0.2%

       

Minneapolis Special School District No 1 COP

  

Series 2013D

  

5.00%, 2/01/16

     2,910           2,985,369   
       

 

 

 

Mississippi - 1.2%

       

Mississippi Development Bank (Mississippi Development Bank State Lease)

  

Series 2010C

  

5.00%, 8/01/22-8/01/23

     11,105           12,817,343   

Series 2010D

  

5.00%, 8/01/23

     7,530           8,688,415   
       

 

 

 
          21,505,758   
       

 

 

 

Missouri - 0.3%

       

City of St Louis MO Airport Revenue (Lambert-St Louis Intl Airport)

  

NATL Series 2005

  

5.50%, 7/01/16

     5,980           6,262,196   
       

 

 

 

Nebraska - 0.4%

       

Omaha Public Power District

  

Series 2011C

  

5.00%, 2/01/24

     6,420           7,430,251   
       

 

 

 

Nevada - 0.4%

       

Clark County School District

  

NATL Series 2006C

  

5.00%, 6/15/21

     4,285           4,608,603   

County of Clark Department of Aviation (McCarran Intl Airport)

  

Series 2010D

  

5.00%, 7/01/21-7/01/22

     1,010           1,139,330   

County of Clark NV

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 11/01/21

     2,000           2,350,580   
       

 

 

 
          8,098,513   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 3.5%

       

New Jersey Economic Development Authority

  

Series 2008W

  

5.00%, 3/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,050           1,125,674   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (New Jersey Economic Development Authority State Lease)

  

Series 2008W

  

5.00%, 3/01/17

     460           480,323   

Series 2010DD-1

  

5.00%, 12/15/17

     4,685           4,981,326   

Series 2011EE

  

5.00%, 9/01/18

     4,940           5,305,807   

5.25%, 9/01/19

     3,380           3,700,999   

AMBAC Series 2005K

  

5.50%, 12/15/19

     1,880           2,086,443   

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 1/01/21-1/01/23

   $ 16,670         $ 19,461,571   

AGM Series 2005D-3

  

5.25%, 1/01/26

     11,070           13,244,480   

New Jersey Transit Corp.

  

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 9/15/19

     4,265           4,751,423   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority (New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority State Lease)

  

Series 2013A

  

5.00%, 6/15/18

     7,500           8,032,875   
       

 

 

 
          63,170,921   
       

 

 

 

New York - 9.0%

       

City of New York NY

  

Series 2010B

  

5.00%, 8/01/17

     6,250           6,783,625   

Series 2013B

  

5.00%, 8/01/19

     3,860           4,402,832   

Series 2013H

  

5.00%, 8/01/25

     2,510           2,953,893   

Series 2014J

  

5.00%, 8/01/22-8/01/28

     11,090           12,838,643   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

  

Series 2012D

  

5.00%, 11/15/20-11/15/26

     17,500           20,384,823   

Series 2012F

  

5.00%, 11/15/22-11/15/23

     13,835           16,288,499   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

  

Series 2012B

  

5.00%, 11/01/22

     8,495           10,094,693   

Series 2014B

  

5.00%, 2/01/27-11/01/29

     20,280           23,549,462   

Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 11/01/28

     10,665           12,378,439   

New York State Dormitory Authority

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 12/15/21 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     5           5,956   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 12/15/21-12/15/22

     16,005           18,987,609   

Series 2014C

  

5.00%, 3/15/27-3/15/29

     26,340           30,522,410   

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (Niagara Mohawk Holdings, Inc.)

  

AMBAC Series 1987A

  

0.46%, 3/01/27 (b)

     2,080           1,997,191   
       

 

 

 
          161,188,075   
       

 

 

 

North Carolina - 0.3%

       

State of North Carolina (State of North Carolina Fed Hwy Grant)

  

Series 2015

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 3/01/23-3/01/26

   $ 5,350         $ 6,214,896   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 0.7%

       

City of Cleveland OH COP

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 11/15/17

     3,000           3,229,290   

County of Hamilton OH Sewer System Revenue

  

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 12/01/20-12/01/21

     4,025           4,748,786   

State of Ohio Major New State Infrastrucure Project (State of Ohio Fed Hwy Grant)

  

Series 20121-GARVEE

  

4.00%, 12/15/16

     2,825           2,962,238   

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 12/15/21

     1,105           1,305,149   
       

 

 

 
          12,245,463   
       

 

 

 

Oklahoma - 0.2%

       

Comanche County Memorial Hospital

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 7/01/26-7/01/29

     3,000           3,158,300   
       

 

 

 

Oregon - 0.4%

       

Oregon State Lottery

  

Series 2011A

  

5.25%, 4/01/21 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     5,105           6,075,971   

5.25%, 4/01/26

     825           972,048   
       

 

 

 
          7,048,019   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 5.1%

       

Allegheny County Sanitary Authority

  

BAM Series 2013

  

5.00%, 12/01/24-12/01/25

     7,470           8,729,274   

City of Philadelphia PA

  

Series 2011

  

5.25%, 8/01/17

     2,285           2,480,939   

City of Philadelphia PA Water & Wastewater Revenue

  

AGM Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 6/15/19

     2,500           2,850,150   

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  

Series 20092

  

5.00%, 4/15/16

     5,190           5,379,487   

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 7/15/15

     5,990           6,001,321   

Delaware River Port Authority

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 1/01/21

     2,655           2,963,006   

Montgomery County Industrial Development Authority/PA

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 2/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,995           2,049,005   

5.00%, 2/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,335           2,491,422   

5.00%, 8/01/18 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,990           2,228,084   

Moon Industrial Development Authority (Baptist Home Society Obligated Group)

  

Series 2015

  

5.125%, 7/01/25

     2,535           2,525,190   


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Unemployment)

  

Series 2012A

  

5.00%, 7/01/16

   $ 18,710         $   19,567,666   

Series 2012B

  

5.00%, 7/01/22-7/01/23

     5,470           5,686,940   

Pennsylvania Economic Development Financing Authority (FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation LLC)

  

Series 2005A

  

1.00%, 12/01/40 (a)

     4,570           4,570,000   

Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 6/15/16-6/15/17

     7,000           7,534,490   

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission

  

Series 2011E

  

5.00%, 12/01/25-12/01/26

     13,665           15,746,090   

State Public School Building Authority (School District of Philadelphia (The))

  

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 4/01/26

     1,110           1,213,963   
       

 

 

 
          92,017,027   
       

 

 

 

Puerto Rico - 0.1%

       

Puerto Rico Highways & Transportation Authority

  

NATL Series 2003AA

  

5.50%, 7/01/17

     555           567,543   

5.50%, 7/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     825           902,113   
       

 

 

 
          1,469,656   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 6.9%

       

Austin Community College District Public Facility Corp.

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 8/01/20-8/01/22

     2,000           2,306,340   

City of Austin TX Water & Wastewater System Revenue

  

Series 2011

  

5.00%, 11/15/25-11/15/26

     11,990           14,022,107   

City of Corpus Christi TX Utility System Revenue

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 7/15/24 (a)

     1,290           1,519,439   

Series 2015C

  

5.00%, 7/15/22-7/15/26 (a)

     3,030           3,534,282   

City of Houston TX Airport System Revenue (United Airlines, Inc.)

  

Series 2015B

  

5.00%, 7/15/20

     2,900           3,119,588   

City of San Antonio TX

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 2/01/23

     650           745,765   

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 2/01/21

     2,000           2,345,800   

City Public Service Board of San Antonio TX

  

Series 2012B

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

2.00%, 12/01/27

   $ 1,765         $ 1,776,067   

County of Fort Bend TX

  

Series 2015A

  

5.00%, 3/01/21

     2,000           2,334,280   

Series 2015B

  

5.00%, 3/01/21-3/01/22

     5,625           6,591,946   

Fort Bend Independent School District

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 8/15/21

     5,205           6,080,793   

Harris County-Houston Sports Authority

  

Series 2014A

  

5.00%, 11/15/20

     1,860           2,148,281   

Hurst-Euless-Bedford Independent School District

  

Series 2011

  

5.00%, 8/15/20-8/15/24

     10,525           12,250,991   

State of Texas

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 4/01/22

     1,790           2,126,789   

Texas A&M University

  

Series 2013B

  

5.00%, 5/15/16

     11,065           11,512,358   

Texas Public Finance Authority (State of Texas Unemployment)

  

Series 2014B

  

4.00%, 1/01/18

     16,210           16,787,076   

Texas Transportation Commission State Highway Fund

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 10/01/22 (a)

     20,035           23,827,826   

University of Texas System (The)

  

Series 2010A

  

5.00%, 8/15/22

     9,755           11,260,196   
       

 

 

 
       124,289,924   
       

 

 

 

Virginia - 1.1%

       

County of Arlington VA

  

Series 2013A

  

4.00%, 8/01/15

     4,600           4,614,444   

Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority (Greater Richmond Convention Center Authority Hotel Occupancy Tax)

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 6/15/20-6/15/23

     5,815           6,788,545   

Virginia College Building Authority (Virginia College Building Authority State Lease)

  

Series 2012-12B

  

5.00%, 9/01/16

     2,835           2,984,490   

Series 2012B

  

5.00%, 2/01/22

     3,020           3,569,006   

Virginia Resources Authority

  

5.00%, 11/01/16

     1,515           1,605,396   
       

 

 

 
       19,561,881   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 5.3%

       

Chelan County Public Utility District No 1

  

Series 2011A

  

5.25%, 7/01/22

     7,835           9,115,866   

Series 2011B

  


      Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.50%, 7/01/23

   $ 5,540         $ 6,512,547   

City of Seattle WA Drainage & Wastewater Revenue

  

Series 2014

  

5.00%, 5/01/21

     1,825           2,149,558   

Clark County Public Utility District No 1

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 1/01/21

     11,835           13,361,952   

Energy Northwest (Bonneville Power Administration)

  

Series 2006A

  

5.00%, 7/01/16

     1,860           1,944,872   

Series 2011A

  

5.00%, 7/01/22-7/01/23

     14,690           17,327,139   

Franklin County School District No 1 Pasco

  

Series 2015

  

5.00%, 12/01/25

     8,615           10,377,543   

Port of Seattle WA

  

Series 2010C

  

5.00%, 2/01/20-2/01/22

     9,920           11,347,958   

Snohomish County Public Utility District No 1

  

Series 2010

  

5.00%, 12/01/19

     5,415           6,236,943   

Series 2012

  

5.00%, 12/01/26

     6,065           6,995,189   

State of Washington

  

Series 2013R

  

5.00%, 7/01/21

     3,880           4,579,176   

Series 2015R

  

5.00%, 7/01/23

     3,735           4,478,937   
       

 

 

 
          94,427,680   
       

 

 

 

Wisconsin - 2.6%

       

State of Wisconsin

  

Series 20141

  

5.00%, 5/01/16

     43,560           45,234,011   

Series 20143

  

5.00%, 11/01/21

     1,205           1,432,745   
       

 

 

 
          46,666,756   
       

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Municipal Bonds
(cost $1,170,138,913)

          1,210,861,623   
       

 

 

 

Short-Term Municipal Notes - 0.0%

       

Wyoming - 0.0%

       

County of Lincoln WY (Exxon Mobil Corp.)

  

Series 1985

  

0.01%, 8/01/15 (c)

       

(cost $20,000)

     20           20,000   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $1,170,158,914)

          1,210,881,623   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Contracts        U.S. $ Value  

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.1%

  

Options on Equity Indices - 0.1%

  

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Aug 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,190.00 (d)(e)

     67,534         $ 176,055   

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Sep 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,135.00 (d)(e)

     78,900           1,471,814   
       

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(premiums paid $3,623,337)

          1,647,869   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 15.4%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 15.4%

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     852,912           40,973,893   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     1,137,305           234,114,234   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $258,702,089)

          275,088,127   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
          

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 1.2%

  

Financial Institutions - 1.1%

  

Banking - 1.1%

  

Bank of America Corp.

  

1.50%, 10/09/15

   $ 6,000           6,013,770   

Generic Municipal Bond

  

5.375%, 10/15/15

     5,500           5,572,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  

1.35%, 2/15/17

     6,035           6,040,269   

Morgan Stanley

  

Series G

  

5.45%, 1/09/17

     1,425           1,510,072   
       

 

 

 
          19,136,111   
       

 

 

 

Industrial - 0.1%

       

Consumer Non-Cyclical - 0.1%

       

Becton Dickinson and Co.

  

0.736%, 6/15/16 (f)

     1,935           1,935,894   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $21,045,928)

   

       21,072,005   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 17.2%

       

Investment Companies - 16.2%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc. - Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (g)(h)
(cost $290,895,345)

     290,895,345           290,895,345   
       

 

 

 

 


      Principal
Amount
(000)
     U.S. $ Value  

U.S. Treasury Bills - 1.0%

  

U.S. Treasury Bill

  

Zero Coupon, 9/03/15 (i)(j)

(cost $17,499,717)

   $ 17,500       $ 17,499,717   
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $308,395,062)

        308,395,062   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 101.6%
(cost $1,761,925,330) (k)

        1,817,084,686   

Other assets less liabilities - (1.6)%

        (28,769,309
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 1,788,315,377   
     

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

  

EURO STOXX 50 Futures

     311         September 2015       $     11,980,002       $     11,913,238       $ (66,764

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     104         September 2015         10,883,300         10,611,845         (271,455

Han Seng Index Futures

     21         July 2015         3,692,945         3,549,509         (143,436

Russell 2000 Mini Futures

     19         September 2015         2,366,644         2,375,760         9,116   

S&P 500 E Mini Index Futures

     113         September 2015         11,609,884         11,607,360         (2,524

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     20         September 2015         3,017,181         2,996,200         (20,981

SPI 200 Futures

     57         September 2015         6,064,730         5,933,780         (130,950

TOPIX Index Futures

     448         September 2015         60,687,242         59,685,746         (1,001,496

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     27         September 2015         4,081,874         4,072,781         9,093   

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     351         September 2015         41,798,645         41,859,492         (60,847

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     306         September 2015         38,545,985         38,608,594         (62,609

U.S. Ultra Bond (CBT) Futures

     15         September 2015         2,301,072         2,310,939         (9,867
              

 

 

 
               $ (1,752,720
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   USD      1,906       JPY      233,537         8/13/15       $ 3,299   

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

   USD      1,700       AUD      2,198         8/13/15         (8,072

Credit Suisse International

   USD      7,636       EUR      6,734         8/13/15         (124,626


Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

     USD         2,531         JPY         302,805         8/13/15       $ (55,813

HSBC Bank USA

     AUD         10,943         USD         8,706         8/13/15         281,757   

Standard Chartered Bank

     EUR         16,304         USD         18,515         8/13/15         328,724   

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         2,240         GBP         1,470         8/13/15         69,121   

Standard Chartered Bank

     USD         14,864         JPY         1,774,983         8/13/15         (354,124

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

     USD         8,384         CHF         7,631         8/13/15         (209,406

UBS AG

     AUD         3,889         USD         2,983         8/13/15         (10,859

UBS AG

     EUR         4,171         USD         4,669         8/13/15         15,921   
                 

 

 

 
   $ (64,078
                 

 

 

 

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made by
the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 45,000         10/23/17         1.658     CPI   $ (806,599

Barclays Bank PLC

     28,000         10/23/19         1.873     CPI     (591,282

Barclays Bank PLC

     12,000         10/23/26         2.310     CPI     (424,464

Barclays Bank PLC

     10,000         10/23/29         2.388     CPI     (433,820

Citibank

     34,000         10/23/21         2.039     CPI     (877,519

Goldman Sachs International

     22,000         10/23/24         2.245     CPI     (743,356
            

 

 

 
        $ (3,877,040
            

 

 

 

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
  Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return On Reference Obligation

  

Citibank

                

MSCI Daily TR Net EAFE Index

     10,654       LIBOR Plus
0.27%
    USD         56,453         5/16/16       $ (1,753,654

Goldman Sachs International

                

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     1,517       LIBOR Minus
0.55%
       8,879         3/15/16         158,969   

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     370       LIBOR Plus
0.07%
       791         3/15/16         (2,127

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     5,286       LIBOR Plus
0.09%
       11,283         4/15/16         (13,978
                

 

 

 
                 $ (1,610,790
                

 

 

 

 

(a) When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(b) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of these securities amounted to $9,105,839 or 0.51% of net assets.
(c) Variable Rate Demand Notes are instruments whose interest rates change on a specific date (such as coupon date or interest payment date) or whose interest rates vary with changes in a designated base rate (such as the prime interest rate). This instrument is payable on demand and is secured by letters of credit or other credit support agreements from major banks.
(d) One contract relates to 1 share.


(e) Non-income producing security.
(f) Floating Rate Security. Stated interest rate was in effect at June 30, 2015.
(g) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(h) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(i) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for open futures contracts.
(j) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.
(k) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $59,977,306 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(4,817,950), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $55,159,356.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 9.0% and 0.1%, respectively.

Currency Abbreviation:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
USD    -    United States Dollar

 

Glossary:

 

AGC    -    Assured Guaranty Corporation
AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
BAM    -    Build American Mutual
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
SPI    -    Share Price Index
SRF    -    State Revolving Fund
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay B Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Options are valued using market-based inputs to models, broker or dealer quotations, or alternative pricing sources with reasonable levels of price transparency, where such inputs and models are available. Alternatively the values may be obtained through unobservable management determined inputs and/or management’s proprietary models. Where models are used, the selection of a particular model to value an option depends upon the contractual terms of, and specific risks inherent in, the option as well as the availability of pricing information in the market. Valuation models require a variety of inputs, including contractual terms, market prices, measures of volatility and correlations of such inputs. Exchange traded options generally will be classified as Level 2. For options that do not trade on exchange but trade in liquid markets, inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Options are classified within Level 2 on the fair value hierarchy when all of the significant inputs can be corroborated to market evidence. Otherwise such instruments are classified as Level 3.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 1,199,615,490      $ 11,246,133      $ 1,210,861,623   

Short-Term Municipal Notes

     – 0  –      20,000        – 0  –      20,000   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0  –      1,647,869        – 0  –      1,647,869   

Investment Companies

     275,088,127        – 0  –      – 0  –      275,088,127   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      21,072,005        – 0  –      21,072,005   

Short-Term Investments:

      

Investment Companies

     290,895,345        – 0  –      – 0  –      290,895,345   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      17,499,717        – 0  –      17,499,717   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

         565,983,472            1,239,855,081            11,246,133            1,817,084,686   


Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

      

Futures

   $ 18,209      $ – 0  –    $ – 0  –    $ 18,209   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      698,822        – 0  –      698,822   

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      158,969        – 0  –      158,969   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (156,828     (1,614,101     – 0  –      (1,770,929

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (762,900     – 0  –      (762,900

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      (3,877,040     – 0  –      (3,877,040

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (1,769,759     – 0  –      (1,769,759
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     565,844,853      $     1,232,689,072      $     11,246,133      $     1,809,780,058   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municpal
Bonds
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 1,535,738      $ 1,535,738   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (29,481     (29,481

Realized gain (loss)

     1,374        1,374   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     683,458        683,458   

Purchases

     9,530,044        9,530,044   

Sales

     (475,000     (475,000

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $     11,246,133      $     11,246,133   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation from investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 642,706      $ 642,706   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay C Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 65.8%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 65.8%

       

California - 56.7%

       

Abag Finance Authority for Nonprofit Corps. (Odd Fellows Home of California)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/21

   $ 1,000         $ 1,164,140   

Anaheim Public Financing Authority

       

Series 2015B

       

5.00%, 10/01/26 (a)

     1,000           1,174,400   

Anaheim Union High School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 8/01/19

     1,275           1,458,664   

Bay Area Toll Authority

       

Series 2014A

       

1.00%, 4/01/47

     13,160           13,197,111   

California Econ Recovery

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     2,115           2,294,500   

5.00%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     6,530           7,509,500   

5.00%, 7/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     6,015             6,917,250   

California Educational Facilities Authority (University of the Pacific)

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 11/01/27 (a)

     2,000           2,306,500   

California Infrastructure & Economic Development Bank (Broad Collection (The))

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 6/01/21

     3,000           3,553,740   

California State Public Works Board

       

Series 2010C-1

       

5.00%, 3/01/20 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,500           1,751,235   

Series 2011G

       

5.00%, 12/01/21 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     3,215           3,862,501   

California State Public Works Board (California State Public Works Board Lease)

       

Series 2013E

       

5.00%, 6/01/19

     3,975           4,534,481   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/01/30

     4,375           5,002,856   

California State University

       

Series 2011A

       

5.25%, 11/01/26

     2,035           2,393,994   

Chino Basin Regional Financing Authority (Inland Empire Utilities Agency)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 8/01/20-8/01/21

     7,430           8,642,808   

City & County of San Francisco CA

       

Series 2015R

       

5.00%, 6/15/21

     1,075           1,276,670   

City of Long Beach CA Harbor Revenue

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 5/15/22

     2,000           2,315,580   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 5/15/21

     3,000           3,486,120   

NATL Series 1998A

       

6.00%, 5/15/18

     3,305           3,747,374   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

City of Los Angeles Department of Airports (Los Angeles Intl Airport)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 5/15/25

   $ 1,500         $ 1,737,450   

Series 2010D

       

5.25%, 5/15/28

     4,145           4,838,832   

City of Oakland CA

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 1/15/22

     1,380           1,620,079   

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 11/01/24

     5,385           6,392,156   

City of San Jose CA Airport Revenue

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 3/01/24

     1,955           2,247,742   

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 3/01/26

     2,360           2,734,815   

Corona-Norca Unified School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 8/01/18 (a)

     1,000           1,118,140   

County of San Diego CA COP

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/15/27-10/15/28

     2,550           2,988,119   

East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue

       

Series 2012B

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     2,985           3,111,385   

Long Beach Bond Finance Authority (Aquarium of the Pacific)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 11/01/22

     1,460           1,679,453   

Los Angeles Community College District/CA

       

Series 2013

       

3.00%, 8/01/15

     2,990           2,996,937   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 8/01/25

     1,950           2,357,452   

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16-7/01/20

     12,305             13,560,956   

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 7/01/19

     1,240           1,424,438   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 7/01/23

     2,145           2,605,424   

Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     4,000           4,224,600   

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power PWR

       

Series 2012C

       

4.00%, 1/01/16

     7,585           7,654,479   

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power WTR

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 7/01/18-7/01/19

     2,000           2,264,650   

Los Angeles Unified School District/CA

       

Series 2010K

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     6,360           7,100,622   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2010KRY

       

5.25%, 7/01/25

   $ 160         $ 187,797   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 7/01/27

       6,815             8,034,408   

Los Angeles Unified School District/CA COP

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 12/01/16

     635           672,217   

AMBAC Series 2007

       

5.00%, 10/01/16

     105           110,506   

Palm Springs Unified School District

       

Series 2013C

       

3.00%, 8/01/15

     1,500           1,503,420   

Peralta Community College District

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 8/01/27

     5,855           6,854,741   

Port of Los Angeles

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 8/01/19

     1,500           1,706,490   

Port of Oakland

       

Series 2012P

       

5.00%, 5/01/24-5/01/25

     6,405           7,347,478   

Romoland School District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 9/01/23 (a)

     300           337,782   

Sacramento City Unified School District/CA

       

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 7/01/25

     2,380           2,723,125   

Sacramento County Sanitation Districts Financing Authority

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 12/01/29

     2,000           2,330,820   

San Diego County Water Authority Financing Corp.

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 5/01/24-5/01/25

     4,860           5,642,677   

San Diego Public Facilities Financing Authority Sewer Revenue

       

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 5/15/21-5/15/22

     7,310           8,338,239   

San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 7/01/27

     2,000           2,310,100   

San Francisco City & County Airports Comm-San Francisco International Airport
(San Francisco Intl Airport)

       

Series 2009C-2

       

5.00%, 5/01/25

     500           565,710   

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

     2,225           2,394,701   

Series 2011G

       

5.00%, 5/01/24

     2,470           2,891,382   

Series 20122

       

5.00%, 5/01/27

     1,270           1,485,240   

NATL Series 2006-32F

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.25%, 5/01/18

   $ 675         $ 754,346   

San Francisco Community College District

       

Series 2015

       

5.00%, 6/15/22

     5,000           5,893,100   

Santa Rosa City Schools

       

Series 2013

       

4.00%, 8/01/15

     2,500           2,507,525   

South Placer Wastewater Authority/CA

       

Series 2011C

       

5.25%, 11/01/22-11/01/24

     8,675             10,169,132   

Southern California Public Power Authority (Los Angeles Department of Water & Power PWR)

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 7/01/23

     5,190           6,051,384   

State of California

       

Series 2008

       

5.00%, 4/01/17

     1,635           1,758,165   

Series 2011

       

5.00%, 10/01/20

     1,500           1,758,435   

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 10/01/19-2/01/21

     7,185           8,336,471   

NATL Series 2007

       

5.00%, 11/01/23

     3,200           3,505,888   

State of California Department of Water Resources Power Supply Revenue

       

Series 2010L

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

       12,020           12,970,902   

AGM Series 2008H

       

5.00%, 5/01/17

     1,915           2,066,496   

University of California

       

Series 2010U

       

5.00%, 5/15/18

     2,555           2,844,558   

Series 2012G

       

5.00%, 5/15/23

     7,400           8,774,254   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 5/15/48

     6,000           7,215,720   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 5/15/21

     4,000           4,750,160   

Upper Santa Clara Valley Joint Powers Authority

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 8/01/25

     1,790           2,053,560   

Vista Unified School District

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/23-8/01/25

     4,240           5,002,347   

Walnut Energy Center Authority

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 1/01/26-1/01/28

     2,800           3,290,358   
       

 

 

 
          294,386,787   
       

 

 

 

Colorado – 0.4%

       

Plaza Metropolitan District No 1

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 12/01/22

     690           751,327   

Regional Transportation District (Denver Transit Partners LLC)

       

Series 2010

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 7/15/22

   $ 1,150         $ 1,252,063   
       

 

 

 
          2,003,390   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 0.9%

       

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

       

Series 2010A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     580           602,991   

Series 2011A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/19

     2,035           2,288,337   

Florida State Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,500           1,567,380   

State of Florida Lottery Revenue

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     150           162,482   
       

 

 

 
            4,621,190   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 1.5%

       

Illinois Finance Authority (Illinois Institute of Technology)

       

Series 2006A

       

5.00%, 4/01/18

     550           563,084   

State of Illinois

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 1/01/18

     160           169,306   

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15-8/01/23

     2,870           3,022,471   

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 4/01/20

       1,415           1,531,865   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/25

     2,165           2,296,480   
       

 

 

 
          7,583,206   
       

 

 

 

Massachusetts - 0.3%

       

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

       

NATL Series 2000E

       

0.12%, 12/01/30 (b)

     1,925           1,806,412   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 1.2%

       

Michigan Finance Authority (City of Detroit MI Water Supply System Revenue)

       

Series 2014D4

       

5.00%, 7/01/17

     3,370           3,614,392   

Michigan Finance Authority (Public Lighting Authority)

       

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 7/01/25

     2,175           2,455,075   
       

 

 

 
          6,069,467   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 2.7%

       

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (New Jersey Cigarette Tax)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 6/15/16

     2,700           2,793,177   

New Jersey Economic Development Authority (New Jersey Economic Development Authority State Lease)

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2014P

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

   $ 1,350         $ 1,466,019   

New Jersey Transit Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/15/16

     4,275           4,486,955   

New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 12/15/19

     5,000           5,438,900   
       

 

 

 
            14,185,051   
       

 

 

 

Ohio - 0.3%

       

Ohio State Water Development Authority (FirstEnergy Nuclear Generation LLC)

       

Series 2008C

       

3.95%, 11/01/32

       1,445           1,488,437   
       

 

 

 

Puerto Rico - 0.7%

       

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

       

NATL Series 1997

       

6.50%, 7/01/15

     2,860           2,860,000   

Puerto Rico Industrial Tourist Educational Medical & Envirml Ctl Facs Fing Auth (Universidad Interamericana DE Puerto Rico, Inc.)

       

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 10/01/19

     1,000           1,024,280   
       

 

 

 
          3,884,280   
       

 

 

 

Texas - 0.6%

       

Central Texas Turnpike System

       

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 8/15/42

     2,850           3,260,799   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 0.5%

       

Port of Seattle WA

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 2/01/18

     2,405           2,633,619   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $331,716,747)

          341,922,638   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 15.4%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 15.4%

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     247,466           11,888,267   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     330,678           68,070,066   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $77,233,563)

          79,958,333   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 1.5%

       

Financial Institutions - 1.5%

       

Banking - 1.5%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

1.50%, 10/09/15

   $ 3,000           3,006,885   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       


     Contracts      U.S. $ Value  

3.15%, 7/05/16

     3,115       $ 3,178,079   

Morgan Stanley

     

1.75%, 2/25/16

     1,559         1,565,345   
     

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $7,744,024)

        7,750,309   
     

 

 

 

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.1%

     

Options on Equity Indices - 0.1%

     

S&P 500 Index Expiration: Aug 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,190.00 (c)(d)

     18,962         49,432   

S&P 500 Index Expiration: Sep 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,135.00 (c)(d)

     24,900         464,489   
     

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(premiums paid $871,553)

        513,921   
     

 

 

 
     Shares         

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 17.3%

     

Investment Companies - 16.5%

     

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (e)(f)
(cost $85,917,593)

     85,917,593         85,917,593   
     

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount

(000)
        

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.8%

     

U.S. Treasury Bill

     

Zero Coupon, 9/03/15 (g)
(cost $4,099,942)

   $ 4,100         4,099,942   
     

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $90,017,535)

        90,017,535   
     

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.1%
(cost $507,811,157) (h)

        520,162,736   

Other assets less liabilities - (0.1)% (i)

        (717,132
     

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

      $ 519,445,604   
     

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

     139         September 2015       $ 5,354,406       $ 5,324,566       $ (29,840

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     34         September 2015         3,558,002         3,469,257         (88,745

Hang Seng Index Futures

     7         July 2015         1,230,982         1,183,170         (47,812


Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Russell 2000 E Mini Futures

     6         September 2015       $ 747,361       $ 750,240       $ 2,879   

S&P 500 E Mini Index Futures

     17         September 2015         1,746,620         1,746,240         (380

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     7         September 2015         1,056,013         1,048,670         (7,343

SPI 200 Futures

     18         September 2015         1,915,178         1,873,825         (41,353

TOPIX Index Futures

     133         September 2015         18,015,171         17,719,206         (295,965

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     4         September 2015         604,721         603,375         1,346   

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     85         September 2015         10,122,179         10,136,914         (14,735

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     78         September 2015         9,825,447         9,841,406         (15,959

U.S. Ultra Bond (CBT) Futures

     7         September 2015         1,073,833         1,078,438         (4,605
              

 

 

 
               $ (542,512
              

 

 

 

FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Credit Suisse International

   USD      768       EUR      677         8/13/15       $ (12,529

HSBC Bank USA

   AUD      3,015       USD      2,399         8/13/15         77,629   

Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc.

   CHF      478       USD      514         8/13/15         2,124   

Standard Chartered Bank

   EUR      4,256       USD      4,833         8/13/15         85,810   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      997       GBP      654         8/13/15         30,752   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      5,230       JPY      624,462         8/13/15         (124,586

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      2,636       CHF      2,399         8/13/15         (65,832

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      628       EUR      554         8/13/15         (10,272

UBS AG

   EUR      1,490       USD      1,668         8/13/15         5,688   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (11,216
                 

 

 

 

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made
by the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 15,000         10/23/17         1.658     CPI   $ (268,867

Barclays Bank PLC

     10,000         10/23/19         1.873     CPI     (211,172

Barclays Bank PLC

     5,000         10/23/26         2.310     CPI     (176,860

Barclays Bank PLC

     1,000         10/23/29         2.388     CPI     (43,382

Citibank

     8,000         10/23/21         2.039     CPI     (206,475

Goldman Sachs International

     7,000         10/23/24         2.245     CPI     (236,522
            

 

 

 
             $ (1,143,278
            

 

 

 

 


# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
  Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return On Reference Obligation

                

Citibank

                

MSCI Daily TR Net EAFE

     2,738       LIBOR Plus
0.27%
  USD    $ 14,508         5/16/16       $ (450,676

Goldman Sachs International

                

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     425       LIBOR Minus
0.55%
  USD      2,488         3/15/16         44,537   

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     1,584       LIBOR Plus
0.09%
  USD      3,381         4/15/16         (4,173
                

 

 

 
                 $ (410,312
                

 

 

 

 

(a) When-Issued or delayed delivery security.
(b) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of this security amounted to $1,806,412 or 0.35% of net assets.
(c) Non-income producing security.
(d) One contract relates to 1 share.
(e) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(f) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(g) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.
(h) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $13,947,139 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,595,560), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $12,351,579.
(i) An amount of U.S. $2,141,671 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at June 30, 2015.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 4.3% and 0.0%, respectively.

Currency Abbreviation:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
USD    -    United States Dollar

Glossary:

 

AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange


LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
SPI    -    Share Price Index
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay C Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

        

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

     – 0  –      340,833,529        1,089,109        341,922,638   

Investment Companies

     79,958,333        – 0  –      – 0  –      79,958,333   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      7,750,309        – 0  –      7,750,309   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0  –      513,921        – 0  –      513,921   

Short-Term Investments:

        

Investment Companies

     85,917,593        – 0  –      – 0  –      85,917,593   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      4,099,942        – 0  –      4,099,942   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     165,875,926        353,197,701        1,089,109        520,162,736   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

        

Futures

     4,225        – 0  –      – 0  –      4,225   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      202,003        – 0  –      202,003   

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      44,537        – 0  –      44,537   

Liabilities:

        

Futures

     (43,022     (503,715     – 0  –      (546,737

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (213,219     – 0  –      (213,219

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      (1,143,278     – 0  –      (1,143,278

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (454,849     – 0  –      (454,849
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     165,837,129      $     351,129,180      $     1,089,109      $     518,055,418   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 


* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.

The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term
Municipal
Bonds
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 853,375      $ 853,375   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (4,749     (4,749

Realized gain (loss)

     333        333   

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     16,855        16,855   

Purchases

     338,295        338,295   

Sales

     (115,000     (115,000

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

     1,089,109        1,089,109   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciationfrom Investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ 6,989      $ 6,989   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay N Portfolio

Portfolio of Investments

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

 

     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

MUNICIPAL OBLIGATIONS - 64.6%

       

Long-Term Municipal Bonds - 64.6%

       

New York - 51.3%

       

Albany County Airport Authority

       

AGM Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 12/15/22-12/15/23

   $ 3,555         $ 3,982,136   

Build NYC Resource Corp. (Metropolitan College of New York)

       

Series 2014

       

5.25%, 11/01/29

     1,000           1,074,640   

Central Islip Union Free School District

       

Series 2013

       

4.00%, 7/15/15

     700           700,973   

5.00%, 7/15/19

     750           859,110   

City of New York NY

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 8/01/16-8/01/19

     5,875           6,279,381   

Series 2010H-2

       

5.00%, 6/01/19

     1,220           1,386,225   

Series 2012I

       

5.00%, 8/01/16

     2,430           2,548,900   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 8/01/28

     1,285           1,484,406   

Series 2014J

       

5.00%, 8/01/27

     1,085           1,263,656   

AMBAC Series 2011H4

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     2,860           2,871,583   

City of Yonkers NY

       

AGM Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 3/15/21

     2,000           2,304,920   

County of Nassau NY

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 4/01/20

     2,050           2,354,528   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 4/01/25

     4,775           5,531,790   

Hempstead Town Local Development Corp. (Hofstra University)

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 7/01/21

     700           815,773   

Jefferson County Industrial Development Agency (ReEnergy Black River LLC/Old)

       

Series 2014

       

4.75%, 1/01/20

     450           449,816   

Long Island Power Authority

       

NATL Series 2006A

       

5.00%, 6/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,335           1,390,896   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority

       

Series 2011B-1

       

5.00%, 11/15/15

     1,400           1,423,800   

Series 2011C

       

5.00%, 11/15/25

     6,505           7,513,275   

Series 2012F

       

5.00%, 11/15/25

     1,000           1,164,130   

AMBAC Series 2005A

       

5.50%, 11/15/16

     1,730           1,845,478   

Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metropolitan Transportation Authority Ded Tax)

       

Series 2012A

       


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

5.00%, 11/15/23-11/15/26

   $ 9,840         $ 11,594,899   

Nassau County Interim Finance Authority

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 11/15/16

     9,035           9,588,484   

Nassau County Local Economic Assistance Corp. (Catholic Health Services of Long Island Obligated Group)

       

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 7/01/20

     1,000           1,143,220   

New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority

       

Series 2010FF

       

5.00%, 6/15/25

     500           580,975   

Series 2011GG

       

5.00%, 6/15/26

     8,070           9,375,645   

Series 2015G

       

5.00%, 6/15/27

     2,885           3,410,445   

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue

       

Series 2009B

       

5.00%, 11/01/18

     4,525           5,101,756   

Series 2010I-2

       

5.00%, 11/01/19

     2,000           2,305,260   

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 2/01/21

     4,110           4,808,700   

Series 2012S

       

5.00%, 5/01/19 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,000           1,142,240   

Series 2014B

       

5.00%, 11/01/26

     4,000           4,727,920   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 11/01/17 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     2,360           2,584,436   

5.00%, 11/01/17

     980           1,071,777   

Series 2015C

       

4.00%, 11/01/17

     2,885           3,089,806   

5.00%, 11/01/28

     2,145           2,515,420   

New York Local Government Assistance Corp.

       

Series 2007A

       

5.00%, 4/01/16

     1,030           1,065,803   

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 4/01/20

     4,045           4,711,980   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/16

     3,735           3,864,829   

New York State Dormitory Authority (Fordham University)

       

Series 2011B

       

5.00%, 7/01/41

     5,000           5,211,900   

New York State Dormitory Authority (Mount Sinai Hospital)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     645           714,273   

New York State Dormitory Authority (New York State Dormitory Authority Lease)

       

Series 2009A

       

5.00%, 7/01/24

     3,440           3,911,314   

AGM Series 2015

       

5.00%, 10/01/22

     2,725           3,206,807   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2008A

       

5.00%, 3/15/18

     4,635           5,135,256   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 12/15/21-12/15/22

   $ 3,965         $ 4,703,334   

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 2/15/28

     2,035           2,355,065   

Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 3/15/29

     3,000           3,448,500   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State University of New York Dormitory Fees)

       

Series 2013A

       

5.00%, 7/01/21

     1,000           1,172,770   

Series 2015A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     3,440           3,813,722   

New York State Dormitory Authority (State University of New York)

       

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 7/01/26

     1,965           2,274,016   

New York State Energy Research & Development Authority (New York State Electric & Gas Corp.)

       

NATL Series 2010C

       

0.513%, 4/01/34 (a)

     3,225           3,027,672   

New York State Environmental Facilities Corp. (New York City Municipal Water Finance Authority)

       

Series 2012D

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     1,745           2,037,549   

New York State Thruway Authority (New York State Thruway Authority Ded Tax)

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 4/01/23

     1,590           1,848,168   

Series 2012A

       

5.00%, 4/01/20

     1,975           2,292,778   

AMBAC Series 2005B

       

5.50%, 4/01/20

     2,400           2,837,256   

New York State Thruway Authority (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 3/15/25

     4,500           5,237,235   

New York State Urban Development Corp. (State of New York Pers Income Tax)

       

Series 2013C

       

5.00%, 3/15/20

     1,970           2,275,389   

Port Authority of New York & New Jersey

       

Series 2013-178

       

5.00%, 12/01/23

     2,515           2,930,755   

Series 20131-80

       

5.00%, 6/01/21

     2,500           2,947,600   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 9/01/28

     3,615           4,109,171   

Sales Tax Asset Receivable Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 10/15/25

     3,750           4,563,263   

Schenectady County Capital Resource Corp. (Ellis Hospital)

       

Series 2012

       

1.75%, 2/15/18

     890           882,684   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp/NY (Tobacco Settlement Financing Corp/NY State Lease)

       

Series 2013B

       

5.00%, 6/01/20

   $ 9,650         $ 10,064,853   

Town of Hempstead NY

       

Series 2012

       

4.00%, 8/15/15

     2,570           2,581,899   

Triborough Bridge & Tunnel Authority

       

Series 2008C

       

5.00%, 11/15/16

     5,000           5,297,850   

Troy Capital Resource Corp. (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 9/01/19-9/01/20

     1,540           1,764,611   
       

 

 

 
          210,574,701   
       

 

 

 

Alabama - 0.3%

       

County of Jefferson AL Sewer Revenue

       

Series 2013D

       

5.00%, 10/01/22

     1,000           1,099,800   
       

 

 

 

Arizona - 0.7%

       

City of Phoenix Civic Improvement Corp. (City of Phoenix Civic Improvement-Airport)

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/22

     2,575           2,912,402   
       

 

 

 

Colorado - 1.3%

       

City & County of Denver CO. Airport System Revenue (Denver Intl Airport)

       

Series 2011A

       

5.75%, 11/15/20

     3,150           3,734,987   

Plaza Metropolitan District No 1

       

Series 2013

       

5.00%, 12/01/22

     600           653,328   

Regional Transportation District (Denver Transit Partners LLC)

       

Series 2010

       

5.375%, 7/15/25

     1,100           1,197,449   
       

 

 

 
          5,585,764   
       

 

 

 

District of Columbia - 0.6%

       

Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

       

Series 2010B

       

5.00%, 10/01/21

     2,100           2,398,179   
       

 

 

 

Florida - 3.0%

       

Broward County School Board/FL COP

       

Series 2011A

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     3,500           3,882,445   

Citizens Property Insurance Corp.

       

Series 2010A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/16

     1,155           1,200,784   

Series 2012A-1

       

5.00%, 6/01/21

     2,840           3,266,000   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

County of Lee FL Airport Revenue (Southwest Florida Intl Airport)

       

AGM Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 10/01/17

   $ 1,710         $ 1,855,299   

Florida State Hurricane Catastrophe Fund Finance Corp.

       

Series 2010A

       

5.00%, 7/01/16 (Pre-refunded/ETM)

     1,885           1,969,674   

State of Florida Lottery Revenue

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 7/01/18

     170           189,530   
       

 

 

 
          12,363,732   
       

 

 

 

Idaho - 0.2%

       

Idaho Health Facilities Authority (The Terraces at Boise)

       

Series 2014

       

5.25%, 10/01/20

     660           662,033   
       

 

 

 

Illinois - 2.2%

       

Illinois Finance Authority (Illinois Institute of Technology)

       

Series 2006A

       

5.00%, 4/01/18

     475           486,300   

State of Illinois

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 1/01/18

     160           169,306   

Series 2012

       

5.00%, 8/01/15

     2,320           2,327,610   

Series 2014

       

5.00%, 5/01/22

     1,000           1,078,290   

State of Illinois (State of Illinois Sales Tax)

       

Series 2010

       

5.00%, 6/15/20

     1,685           1,931,111   

Series 2013

       

4.00%, 6/15/16

     2,915           3,009,038   
       

 

 

 
          9,001,655   
       

 

 

 

Michigan - 1.4%

       

Michigan Finance Authority (City of Detroit MI Sewage Disposal System Revenue)

       

AGM Series 2014C

       

5.00%, 7/01/26

     5,055           5,726,961   
       

 

 

 

New Jersey - 1.4%

       

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority

       

AGM Series 2005D-3

       

5.25%, 1/01/26

     2,555           3,056,878   

New Jersey Transit Corp.

       

Series 2014A

       

5.00%, 9/15/21

     2,410           2,735,784   
       

 

 

 
          5,792,662   
       

 

 

 

Pennsylvania - 1.1%

       

Philadelphia Parking Authority (The) (Philadelphia Airport Parking)

       

Series 2009

       

5.25%, 9/01/23

     200           230,294   


     Principal
Amount
(000)
       U.S. $ Value  

Sports & Exhibition Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County

       

AGM Series 2010

       

5.00%, 2/01/24

   $ 4,000         $ 4,497,640   
       

 

 

 
          4,727,934   
       

 

 

 

Puerto Rico - 0.5%

       

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

       

NATL Series 2001A

       

5.50%, 7/01/16

     1,945           1,953,791   
       

 

 

 

Washington - 0.6%

       

Port of Seattle WA

       

Series 2010C

       

5.00%, 2/01/21

     2,300           2,644,908   
       

 

 

 

Total Municipal Obligations
(cost $257,912,182)

          265,444,522   
       

 

 

 
     Contracts           

OPTIONS PURCHASED - CALLS - 0.1%

       

Options on Equity Indices - 0.1%

       

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Aug 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,190.00 (b)(c)

     14,941           38,950   

S&P 500 Index
Expiration: Sep 2015, Exercise Price: $ 2,135.00 (b)(c)

     19,800           369,352   
       

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased - Calls
(premiums paid $871,553)

          408,302   
       

 

 

 
     Shares           

INVESTMENT COMPANIES - 15.4%

       

Funds and Investment Trusts - 15.4%

       

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     196,444           9,437,170   

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     261,728           53,876,709   
       

 

 

 

Total Investment Companies
(cost $61,075,459)

          63,313,879   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

CORPORATES - INVESTMENT GRADE - 1.3%

       

Financial Institutions - 1.3%

       

Banking - 1.3%

       

Bank of America Corp.

       

1.50%, 10/09/15

   $ 2,626           2,632,027   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

       

1.35%, 2/15/17

     2,645           2,647,309   
       

 

 

 

Total Corporates - Investment Grade
(cost $5,270,918)

          5,279,336   
       

 

 

 

 


Company

   Shares        U.S. $ Value  

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 18.1%

       

Investment Companies - 17.4%

       

AB Fixed Income Shares, Inc.-Government STIF Portfolio, 0.10% (d)(e)

       

(cost $71,231,796)

     71,231,796         $ 71,231,796   
       

 

 

 
     Principal
Amount
(000)
          

U.S. Treasury Bills - 0.7%

       

U.S. Treasury Bill

       

Zero Coupon, 9/03/15 (f)

(cost $2,999,957)

   $ 3,000           2,999,957   
       

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments
(cost $74,231,753)

          74,231,753   
       

 

 

 

Total Investments - 99.5%
(cost $399,361,865) (g)

          408,677,792   

Other assets less liabilities - 0.5% (h)

          2,062,167   
       

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

        $ 410,739,959   
       

 

 

 

FUTURES

 

Type

   Number
of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
     Original
Value
     Value at
June 30,
2015
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Purchased Contracts

              

Euro STOXX 50 Futures

     95         September 2015       $ 3,659,486       $ 3,639,092       $ (20,394

FTSE 100 Index Futures

     23         September 2015         2,406,884         2,346,850         (60,034

Hang Seng Index Futures

     5         July 2015         879,272         845,121         (34,151

Russell 2000 Mini Futures

     5         September 2015         622,801         625,200         2,399   

S&P 500 E Mini Index Futures

     15         September 2015         1,541,135         1,540,800         (335

S&P Mid 400 E Mini Futures

     5         September 2015         754,295         749,050         (5,245

SPI 200 Futures

     13         September 2015         1,383,184         1,353,318         (29,866

TOPIX Index Futures

     103         September 2015         13,947,039         13,722,392         (224,647

Sold Contracts

              

U.S. Long Bond (CBT) Futures

     4         September 2015         604,721         603,375         1,346   

U.S. T-Note 5 Yr (CBT) Futures

     67         September 2015         7,978,659         7,990,273         (11,614

U.S. T-Note 10 Yr (CBT) Futures

     43         September 2015         5,416,593         5,425,391         (8,798

U.S. Ultra Bond (CBT) Futures

     3         September 2015         460,214         462,188         (1,974
              

 

 

 
               $ (393,313
              

 

 

 

 


FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS

 

Counterparty

   Contracts to
Deliver
(000)
     In Exchange
For
(000)
     Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Credit Suisse International

   USD      589       EUR      519         8/13/15       $ (9,605

HSBC Bank USA

   AUD      2,465       USD      1,961         8/13/15         63,468   

Standard Chartered Bank

   EUR      3,685       USD      4,185         8/13/15         74,297   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      492       GBP      323         8/13/15         15,188   

Standard Chartered Bank

   USD      3,769       JPY      450,038         8/13/15         (89,786

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      1,910       CHF      1,738         8/13/15         (47,693

State Street Bank & Trust Co.

   USD      548       EUR      483         8/13/15         (8,956

UBS AG

   AUD      517       USD      397         8/13/15         (1,444

UBS AG

   EUR      1,170       USD      1,310         8/13/15         4,466   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (65
                 

 

 

 

INFLATION (CPI) SWAPS

 

                   Rate Type        

Swap Counterparty

   Notional
Amount
(000)
     Termination
Date
     Payments
made

by  the
Fund
    Payments
received
by the
Fund
    Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Barclays Bank PLC

   $ 10,000         10/23/17         1.658     CPI   $ (179,244

Barclays Bank PLC

     6,000         10/23/19         1.873     CPI     (126,704

Barclays Bank PLC

     4,000         10/23/26         2.310     CPI     (141,488

Barclays Bank PLC

     1,000         10/23/29         2.388     CPI     (43,382

Citibank

     5,000         10/23/21         2.039     CPI     (129,047

Goldman Sachs International

     7,000         10/23/24         2.245     CPI     (236,522
            

 

 

 
             $ (856,387
            

 

 

 

 

# Variable interest rate based on the rate of inflation as determined by the Consumer Price Index (CPI).

TOTAL RETURN SWAPS

 

Counterparty & Referenced Obligation

   # of Shares
or Units
     Rate Paid/
Received
  Notional
Amount
(000)
     Maturity
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Receive Total Return on Reference Obligation

  

Citibank

             

MSCI Daily TR Net EAFE Index

     2,412       LIBOR Plus
0.27%
  $     12,781         5/16/16       $ (397,016

Goldman Sachs International

             

Russell 2000 Total Return Index

     335       LIBOR Minus
0.55%
    1,961         3/15/16         35,105   

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     93       LIBOR Plus
0.07%
    199         3/15/16         (535

Standard and Poor’s Midcap 400 Index

     1,156       LIBOR Plus
0.09%
    2,467         4/15/16         (3,057
             

 

 

 
              $ (365,503
             

 

 

 

 

(a) An auction rate security whose interest rate resets at each auction date. Auctions are typically held every week or month. The rate shown is as of June 30, 2015 and the aggregate market value of this security amounted to $3,027,672 or 0.74% of net assets.
(b) Non-income producing security.


(c) One contract relates to 1 share.
(d) To obtain a copy of the fund’s financial statements, please go to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at www.sec.gov, or call AB at (800) 227-4618.
(e) Investment in affiliated money market mutual fund. The rate shown represents the 7-day yield as of period end.
(f) Position, or a portion thereof, has been segregated to collateralize OTC derivatives outstanding.
(g) As of June 30, 2015, the cost basis of investment securities owned was substantially identical for both book and tax purposes. Gross unrealized appreciation of investments was $10,770,313 and gross unrealized depreciation of investments was $(1,454,386), resulting in net unrealized appreciation of $9,315,927.
(h) An amount of U.S.$1,550,960 has been segregated to collateralize margin requirements for the open futures contracts at June 30, 2015.

As of June 30, 2015, the Fund’s percentages of investments in municipal bonds that are insured and in insured municipal bonds that have been pre-refunded or escrowed to maturity are 14.5% and 0.5%, respectively.

Currency Abbreviation:

 

AUD    -    Australian Dollar
CHF    -    Swiss Franc
EUR    -    Euro
GBP    -    Great British Pound
JPY    -    Japanese Yen
USD    -    United States Dollar

 

Glossary:

 

AGM    -    Assured Guaranty Municipal
AMBAC    -    Ambac Assurance Corporation
CBT    -    Chicago Board of Trade
COP    -    Certificate of Participation
CPI    -    Consumer Price Index
EAFE    -    Europe, Australia, and Far East
ETF    -    Exchange Traded Fund
ETM    -    Escrowed to Maturity
FTSE    -    Financial Times Stock Exchange
LIBOR    -    London Interbank Offered Rates
MSCI    -    Morgan Stanley Capital International
NATL    -    National Interstate Corporation
SPDR    -    Standard & Poor’s Depository Receipt
SPI    -    Share Price Index
TOPIX    -    Tokyo Price Index


Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

Tax-Aware Overlay N Portfolio

June 30, 2015 (unaudited)

In accordance with U.S. GAAP regarding fair value measurements, fair value is defined as the price that the Portfolio would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. U.S. GAAP establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and a three-level hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability (including those valued based on their market values). Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Portfolio. Unobservable inputs reflect the Portfolio’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. Each investment is assigned a level based upon the observability of the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

 

   

Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

   

Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

   

Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Portfolio’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The fair value of debt instruments, such as bonds, and over-the-counter derivatives is generally based on market price quotations, recently executed market transactions (where observable) or industry recognized modeling techniques and are generally classified as Level 2. Pricing vendor inputs to Level 2 valuations may include quoted prices for similar investments in active markets, interest rate curves, coupon rates, currency rates, yield curves, option adjusted spreads, default rates, credit spreads and other unique security features in order to estimate the relevant cash flows which is then discounted to calculate fair values. If these inputs are unobservable and significant to the fair value, these investments will be classified as Level 3. In addition, non-agency rated investments are classified as Level 3.

Where readily available market prices or relevant bid prices are not available for certain equity investments, such investments may be valued based on similar publicly traded investments, movements in relevant indices since last available prices or based upon underlying company fundamentals and comparable company data (such as multiples to earnings or other multiples to equity). Where an investment is valued using an observable input, by pricing vendors, such as another publicly traded security, the investment will be classified as Level 2. If management determines that an adjustment is appropriate based on restrictions on resale, illiquidity or uncertainty, and such adjustment is a significant component of the valuation, the investment will be classified as Level 3. An investment will also be classified as Level 3 where management uses company fundamentals and other significant inputs to determine the valuation.

Other fixed income investments, including non-U.S. government and corporate debt, are generally valued using quoted market prices, if available, which are typically impacted by current interest rates, maturity dates and any perceived credit risk of the issuer. Additionally, in the absence of quoted market prices, these inputs are used by pricing vendors to derive a valuation based upon industry or proprietary models which incorporate issuer specific data with relevant yield/spread comparisons with more widely quoted bonds with similar key characteristics. Those investments for which there are observable inputs are classified as Level 2. Where the inputs are not observable, the investments are classified as Level 3.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Portfolio’s investments by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of June 30, 2015:

 

Investments in Securities:

   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Assets:

  

Long-Term Municipal Bonds

   $ – 0  –    $ 261,094,909      $ 4,349,613      $ 265,444,522   

Options Purchased - Calls

     – 0  –      408,302        – 0  –      408,302   

Investment Companies

     63,313,879        – 0  –      – 0  –      63,313,879   

Corporates - Investment Grade

     – 0  –      5,279,336        – 0  –      5,279,336   

Short-Term Investments:

      

Investment Companies

     71,231,796        – 0  –      – 0  –      71,231,796   

U.S. Treasury Bills

     – 0  –      2,999,957        – 0  –      2,999,957   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     134,545,675        269,782,504        4,349,613        408,677,792   

Other Financial Instruments* :

        

Assets:

      

Futures

     3,745        – 0  –      – 0  –      3,745   

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      157,419        – 0  –      157,419   

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      35,105        – 0  –      35,105   

Liabilities:

      

Futures

     (27,966     (369,092     – 0  –      (397,058

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

     – 0  –      (157,484     – 0  –      (157,484

Inflation (CPI) Swaps

     – 0  –      (856,387     – 0  –      (856,387

Total Return Swaps

     – 0  –      (400,608     – 0  –      (400,608
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total+

   $     134,521,454      $     268,191,457      $     4,349,613      $     407,062,524   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

* Other financial instruments are derivative instruments, such as futures, forwards and swaps, which are valued at the unrealized appreciation/depreciation on the instrument.
+ There were no transfers between any levels during the reporting period.


The Portfolio recognizes all transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assuming the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value.

 

     Long-Term Municipal
Bonds
    Total  

Balance as of 9/30/14

   $ 5,280,423      $ 5,280,423   

Accrued discounts/(premiums)

     (38,078     (38,078

Realized gain (loss)

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (6,942     (6,942

Purchases

     3,069,210        3,069,210   

Sales

     (3,955,000     (3,955,000

Transfers in to Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 

Transfers out of Level 3

     – 0  –      – 0  – 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance as of 6/30/15

   $ 4,349,613      $ 4,349,613   
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation investments held as of 6/30/15

   $ (6,662   $ (6,662
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

As of June 30, 2015, all Level 3 securities were priced by third party vendors or using prior transaction prices, which approximates fair value.

The Adviser established the Valuation Committee (the “Committee”) to oversee the pricing and valuation of all securities held in the Portfolio. The Committee operates under pricing and valuation policies and procedures established by the Adviser and approved by the Board, including pricing policies which set forth the mechanisms and processes to be employed on a daily basis to implement these policies and procedures. In particular, the pricing policies describe how to determine market quotations for securities and other instruments. The Committee’s responsibilities include: 1) fair value and liquidity determinations (and oversight of any third parties to whom any responsibility for fair value and liquidity determinations is delegated), and 2) regular monitoring of the Adviser’s pricing and valuation policies and procedures and modification or enhancement of these policies and procedures (or recommendation of the modification of these policies and procedures) as the Committee believes appropriate.

The Committee is also responsible for monitoring the implementation of the pricing policies by the Adviser’s Pricing Group (the “Pricing Group”) and a third party which performs certain pricing functions in accordance with the pricing policies. The Pricing Group is responsible for the oversight of the third party on a day-to-day basis. The Committee and the Pricing Group perform a series of activities to provide reasonable assurance of the accuracy of prices including: 1) periodic vendor due diligence meetings, review of methodologies, new developments and process at vendors, 2) daily compare of security valuation versus prior day for all securities that exceeded established thresholds, and 3) daily review of unpriced, stale, and variance reports with exceptions reviewed by senior management and the Committee.

In addition, several processes outside of the pricing process are used to monitor valuation issues including: 1) performance and performance attribution reports are monitored for anomalous impacts based upon benchmark performance, and 2) portfolio managers review all portfolios for performance and analytics (which are generated using the Adviser’s prices).


ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

(a) The registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective at the reasonable assurance level based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this document.

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 3. EXHIBITS.

The following exhibits are attached to this Form N-Q:

 

EXHIBIT NO.

 

DESCRIPTION OF EXHIBIT

3 (a) (1)   Certification of Principal Executive Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
3 (a) (2)   Certification of Principal Financial Officer Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Sanford C. Bernstein Fund, Inc.

 

By:   /s/    Seth J. Masters
  Seth J. Masters
  President
Date:   August 21, 2015

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:   /s/    Seth J. Masters
  Seth J. Masters
  President
Date:   August 21, 2015

 

By:   /s/    Joseph J. Mantineo
  Joseph J. Mantineo
  Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer
Date:   August 21, 2015

Dates Referenced Herein

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Filed on / Effective on:8/28/15
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For Period End:6/30/15
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