N-CSRS 1 tm239404d3_ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT

OF

REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-05628

 

Name of Registrant: Vanguard Malvern Funds
Address of Registrant: P.O. Box 2600
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

Name and address of agent for service: Anne E. Robinson, Esquire
  P.O. Box 876
  Valley Forge, PA 19482

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (610) 669-1000

 

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

 

Date of reporting period: October 1, 2022—March 31, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1: Reports to Shareholders

 

 

 

Semiannual Report   |   March 31, 2023
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
Financial Statements

4
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

19
Liquidity Risk Management

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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund‘s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
9/30/2022
Ending
Account Value
3/31/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,034.80 $0.71
ETF Shares 1,000.00 1,035.20 0.20
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,035.20 0.30
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,035.80 0.20
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,024.23 $0.71
ETF Shares 1,000.00 1,024.73 0.20
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.63 0.30
Institutional Shares 1,000.00 1,024.73 0.20
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.14% for Investor Shares, 0.04% for ETF Shares, 0.06% for Admiral Shares and 0.04% for Institutional Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Distribution by Stated Maturity
As of March 31, 2023
Under 1 Year 17.7%
1 - 2 Years 21.4
2 - 3 Years 20.4
3 - 4 Years 19.1
4 - 5 Years 21.4
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments.
The fund may invest in derivatives (such as futures and swap contracts) for various reasons, including, but not limited to, attempting to remain fully invested and tracking its target index as closely as possible.
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (99.8%)
U.S. Government Securities (99.8%)
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.625%  4/15/23 2,981,305  2,982,236
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.375%  7/15/23 3,344,943  3,354,874
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.625%  1/15/24 3,192,168  3,165,234
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.500%  4/15/24 1,791,062  1,762,517
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125%  7/15/24 2,888,132  2,830,820
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125% 10/15/24 2,587,214  2,526,981
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.250%  1/15/25 2,641,565  2,578,003
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.375%  1/15/25 1,796,439  1,818,614
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125%  4/15/25 2,114,396  2,049,312
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.375%  7/15/25 2,907,753  2,844,600
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125% 10/15/25 2,576,971  2,497,246
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.625%  1/15/26 2,449,671  2,394,936
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.000%  1/15/26 1,167,351  1,183,766
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125%  4/15/26 1,991,813  1,911,518
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125%  7/15/26 2,431,501  2,341,840
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125% 10/15/26 2,756,186  2,646,369
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.375%  1/15/27 2,273,316  2,190,908
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   2.375%  1/15/27 1,129,206  1,170,493
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.125%  4/15/27 2,802,335  2,668,349
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.375%  7/15/27 2,495,635  2,409,848
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.625% 10/15/27 2,822,195  2,876,875
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   0.500%  1/15/28 2,556,429  2,468,152
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   1.750%  1/15/28 1,010,241  1,033,129
  United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds   3.625%  4/15/28    92,485    103,048
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $56,120,106) 53,809,668
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
      Coupon   Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.0%)
Money Market Fund (0.0%)
1 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $2,210)   4.839%             22,100           2,210
Total Investments (99.8%) (Cost $56,122,316) 53,811,878
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (0.2%) 117,128
Net Assets (100%) 53,929,006
Cost is in $000.      
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $56,120,106) 53,809,668
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $2,210) 2,210
Total Investments in Securities 53,811,878
Investment in Vanguard 1,928
Cash 7,456
Receivables for Accrued Income 88,955
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 43,046
Total Assets 53,953,263
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 134
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 22,200
Payables for Distributions 803
Payables to Vanguard 1,120
Total Liabilities 24,257
Net Assets 53,929,006
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 57,032,028
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (3,103,022)
Net Assets 53,929,006
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 357,235 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
8,541
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $23.91
 
ETF Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 320,525,954 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
15,301,938
Net Asset Value Per Share—ETF Shares $47.74
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 852,266,437 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
20,402,131
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $23.94
 
Institutional Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 760,413,580 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
18,216,396
Net Asset Value Per Share—Institutional Shares $23.96
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 333,945
Total Income 333,945
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 817
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 5
Management and Administrative—ETF Shares 2,209
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 4,975
Management and Administrative—Institutional Shares 2,915
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares
Marketing and Distribution—ETF Shares 462
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 531
Marketing and Distribution—Institutional Shares 313
Custodian Fees 112
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares
Shareholders’ Reports—ETF Shares 391
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 102
Shareholders’ Reports—Institutional Shares 3
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 12
Other Expenses 9
Total Expenses 12,856
Expenses Paid Indirectly (13)
Net Expenses 12,843
Net Investment Income 321,102
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1,2 (502,402)
Futures Contracts 2,755
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (499,647)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) of Investment Securities1 2,068,979
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,890,434
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $6,691,000, ($44,000), $1,000, and ($1,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
2 Includes ($175,021,000) of net gain (loss) resulting from in-kind redemptions.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 321,102   4,119,797
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (499,647)   (189,070)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 2,068,979   (5,743,140)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,890,434   (1,812,413)
Distributions      
Investor Shares (214)   (141,339)
ETF Shares (748,612)   (1,128,660)
Admiral Shares (482,114)   (1,184,530)
Institutional Shares (417,137)   (1,036,198)
Total Distributions (1,648,077)   (3,490,727)
Capital Share Transactions      
Investor Shares (632)   (7,644,982)
ETF Shares (3,714,584)   3,770,726
Admiral Shares (624,514)   8,726,253
Institutional Shares 1,155,982   2,176,783
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (3,183,748)   7,028,780
Total Increase (Decrease) (2,941,391)   1,725,640
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 56,870,397   55,144,757
End of Period 53,929,006   56,870,397
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
Year Ended September 30,
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.66 $25.90 $25.41 $24.57 $24.23 $24.77
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .127 .991 1.099 .272 .483 .669
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .685 (1.734) .258 .862 .324 (.448)
Total from Investment Operations .812 (.743) 1.357 1.134 .807 .221
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.562) (1.497) (.867) (.294) (.467) (.761)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.562) (1.497) (.867) (.294) (.467) (.761)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $23.91 $23.66 $25.90 $25.41 $24.57 $24.23
Total Return2 3.48% -3.01% 5.38% 4.64% 3.36% 0.91%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $9 $9 $7,825 $8,063 $7,014 $6,679
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.14%3 0.14% 0.14% 0.14% 0.14% 0.14%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.07% 3.83% 4.25% 1.09% 1.98% 2.73%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 13% 26% 19% 37% 26% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.14%.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
ETF Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
Year Ended September 30,
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $48.12 $52.56 $50.99 $49.03 $48.34 $49.41
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .269 3.544 2.562 .634 1.003 1.358
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 1.372 (4.980) .195 1.677 .652 (.869)
Total from Investment Operations 1.641 (1.436) 2.757 2.311 1.655 .489
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (2.021) (3.004) (1.187) (.351) (.965) (1.559)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (2.021) (3.004) (1.187) (.351) (.965) (1.559)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $47.74 $48.12 $52.56 $50.99 $49.03 $48.34
Total Return 3.52% -2.92% 5.48% 4.74% 3.46% 1.01%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $15,302 $19,191 $17,203 $9,217 $6,884 $5,453
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.04%2 0.04% 0.04% 0.05% 0.05% 0.06%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.14% 6.98% 4.95% 1.27% 2.07% 2.81%
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 13% 26% 19% 37% 26% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.04%.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
Year Ended September 30,
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.69 $25.93 $25.44 $24.60 $24.25 $24.79
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .141 1.843 1.257 .294 .500 .692
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .682 (2.565) .123 .860 .332 (.450)
Total from Investment Operations .823 (.722) 1.380 1.154 .832 .242
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.573) (1.518) (.890) (.314) (.482) (.782)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.573) (1.518) (.890) (.314) (.482) (.782)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $23.94 $23.69 $25.93 $25.44 $24.60 $24.25
Total Return2 3.52% -2.92% 5.47% 4.72% 3.46% 1.00%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $20,402 $20,803 $13,879 $8,541 $7,333 $6,525
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.06%3 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06% 0.06%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.19% 7.25% 4.84% 1.18% 2.06% 2.81%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 13% 26% 19% 37% 26% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.06%.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Institutional Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
Year Ended September 30,
2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $23.70 $25.95 $25.46 $24.62 $24.27 $24.81
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .145 1.760 1.219 .306 .517 .696
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .690 (2.487) .166 .853 .319 (.449)
Total from Investment Operations .835 (.727) 1.385 1.159 .836 .247
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.575) (1.523) (.895) (.319) (.486) (.787)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.575) (1.523) (.895) (.319) (.486) (.787)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $23.96 $23.70 $25.95 $25.46 $24.62 $24.27
Total Return 3.58% -2.94% 5.49% 4.73% 3.48% 1.02%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $18,216 $16,867 $16,238 $11,880 $9,967 $8,067
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.04%2 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04% 0.04%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 1.23% 6.90% 4.69% 1.22% 2.08% 2.83%
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 13% 26% 19% 37% 26% 25%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.04%.
3 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares, including ETF Creation Units.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund
Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Shares, ETF Shares, Admiral Shares, and Institutional Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors. ETF Shares are listed for trading on Nasdaq; they can be purchased and sold through a broker.
Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees. 
2. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the
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average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The fund had no open futures contracts at March 31, 2023.
3. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
4. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
5. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
6. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Inflation adjustments to the face amount of inflation-indexed securities are included in interest income. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
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Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds' Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,928,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.77% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $13,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 53,809,668 53,809,668
Temporary Cash Investments 2,210 2,210
Total 2,210 53,809,668 53,811,878
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E. As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 56,131,910
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 76,310
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (2,396,342)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (2,320,032)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $379,238,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
F. During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $7,686,185,000 of investment securities and sold $11,772,119,000 of investment securities, other than temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales include $730,076,000 and $4,343,562,000, respectively, in connection with in-kind purchases and redemptions of the fund's capital shares.
G. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 1,693 71   587,462 22,993
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 214 9   141,339 5,515
Redeemed (2,539) (107)   (8,373,783) (330,254)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares (632) (27)   (7,644,982) (301,746)
ETF Shares          
Issued 896,752 18,869   8,166,361 159,299
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions  
Redeemed (4,611,336) (97,200)   (4,395,635) (87,750)
Net Increase (Decrease)—ETF Shares (3,714,584) (78,331)   3,770,726 71,549
Admiral Shares          
Issued 1,894,523 79,723   14,127,730 554,605
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 447,447 19,080   1,083,648 43,847
Redeemed (2,966,484) (124,762)   (6,485,125) (255,425)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares (624,514) (25,959)   8,726,253 343,027
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  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Institutional Shares          
Issued 1,708,820 71,881   4,544,360 178,115
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 414,439 17,656   1,022,519 41,224
Redeemed (967,277) (40,679)   (3,390,096) (133,497)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Institutional Shares 1,155,982 48,858   2,176,783 85,842
At March 31, 2023, several Vanguard funds and trusts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates were each a record or beneficial owner of the fund, and had a combined ownership of 44% of the fund's net assets. If any of these shareholders were to redeem their investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.
H. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the fund’s investment management services over both the short and long term and took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the short- and long-term performance of the fund, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with its target index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
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The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund's Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  March 31, 2023
Vanguard Core Bond Fund

 


 

About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund‘s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
9/30/2022
Ending
Account Value
3/31/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Core Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,049.20 $1.02
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,049.80 0.51
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Core Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.93 $1.01
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,024.43 0.50
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund's annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.20% for Investor Shares and 0.10% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2023
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 4.9%
Corporate Bonds 34.6
Floating Rate Loan Interests 0.0
Sovereign Bonds 3.3
Taxable Municipal Bonds 0.0
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 57.2
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (55.9%)
U.S. Government Securities (32.3%)
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          7/31/24    85,000    83,433
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.375%          8/15/24    42,000    39,769
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.375%         10/31/24    27,450    27,480
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.500%         11/30/24   100,000   100,375
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.500%          2/15/25    54,200    51,625
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          5/15/25    40,000    38,944
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.875%          6/15/25    95,000    92,744
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.125%          8/15/25    34,100    33,455
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.250%         10/15/25    40,650    40,968
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.500%         11/15/25    44,450    45,103
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.375%         11/30/25    19,800    18,061
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%          1/15/26    29,500    29,509
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.000%          2/15/26   130,301   130,830
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.500%          2/28/26   120,200   109,232
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.750%          3/31/26    63,000    57,635
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.750%          4/30/26    80,000    72,925
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.750%          5/31/26    19,000    17,281
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.875%          6/30/26    40,000    36,475
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.375%          5/15/27    20,000    18,994
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.125%         10/31/27    79,025    80,556
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%         12/31/27    59,651    60,285
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.500%          1/31/28     1,430     1,423
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.125%          8/31/28    45,000    39,509
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.375%         10/31/28    53,203    47,201
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.500%         11/30/28    82,000    73,134
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.375%         12/31/28    45,000    39,853
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.375%          3/31/29    24,713    23,068
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          5/31/29    15,000    14,297
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.250%          6/30/29    15,000    14,705
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.625%          7/31/29    16,820    15,908
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%          9/30/29    26,165    26,598
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%         11/30/29    52,815    53,723
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.500%          1/31/30   148,922   148,317
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.000%          2/28/30    24,609    25,263
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          8/15/32    44,715    42,074
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.125%         11/15/32    80,000    84,075
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.125%          5/15/40     2,000     1,330
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.125%          8/15/40     7,200     4,752
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.375%         11/15/40     5,500     3,780
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.875%          2/15/41    58,000    43,328
3 United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.250%          5/15/41    20,000    15,872
3,4 United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.000%         11/15/41    47,400    35,720
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.375%          2/15/42    54,700    43,957
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          5/15/42     6,500     5,767
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.250%          5/15/42     7,216     6,653
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          8/15/42    38,075    32,352
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.375%          8/15/42    59,730    56,044
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%         11/15/42     6,900     5,846
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%          2/15/43     9,000     9,080
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.125%          8/15/44     9,000     8,021
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.500%          5/15/46    20,000    15,862
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.875%         11/15/46     4,750     4,045
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          2/15/47    20,000    17,397
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          5/15/47    19,470    16,933
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          8/15/47    12,000     9,971
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%         11/15/47    20,000    16,634
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          2/15/48    30,250    26,379
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.125%          5/15/48    30,134    26,890
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          8/15/48    20,820    18,172
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.375%         11/15/48    29,276    27,378
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          2/15/49     4,800     4,200
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.875%          5/15/49    20,000    17,103
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.250%          8/15/49    24,000    18,030
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.375%         11/15/49    24,000    18,532
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.875%          5/15/52    30,000    25,659
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          8/15/52   101,520    89,179
                                       2,459,693
Agency Bonds and Notes (6.6%)
5,6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.000%          8/28/24    45,000    44,430
5,6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.000%          2/28/25   210,400   206,380
5,6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.050%          8/28/25   117,000   114,473
5,6 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.200%          8/28/25   140,000   137,229
                                         502,512
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (17.0%)  
5,6 Fannie Mae Pool  3.000%   10/1/46–3/1/48       546       486
5,6 Fannie Mae Pool  3.500%    7/1/47–2/1/50     1,243     1,149
5,6 Fannie Mae Pool  4.000%           9/1/42       187       182
5,6 Fannie Mae Pool  5.000%          10/1/49        31        31
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  3.000%           8/1/47       212       188
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  3.500%    3/1/45–2/1/50     1,764     1,618
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  4.000%   7/1/39–12/1/49     7,412     7,228
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  4.500%   12/1/39–2/1/49     1,724     1,736
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  5.000%   12/1/35–6/1/40       625       648
5,6 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  5.500%           5/1/40        89        93
5 Ginnie Mae I Pool  3.000%          4/15/45       141       129
5 Ginnie Mae I Pool  4.000%  7/15/45–8/15/45        42        41
5 Ginnie Mae I Pool  4.500%  2/15/39–9/15/46       582       584
5 Ginnie Mae I Pool  6.000%          7/15/37        25        25
5,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool  2.000% 11/20/50–4/15/53    50,960    43,261
5,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool  2.500%  5/20/50–5/15/53    85,795    73,621
5,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool  3.000%  5/20/43–5/15/53    82,852    74,639
5,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool  3.500%  4/20/43–4/15/53    41,289    38,961
5 Ginnie Mae II Pool  4.000% 11/20/42–2/20/51    25,619    24,858
5,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool  4.500%  4/20/48–5/15/53    77,823    76,947
5

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5,7 Ginnie Mae II Pool  5.000%  8/20/48–5/15/53    34,347    34,350
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  1.500%   4/25/38–4/1/52    43,074    34,407
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  2.000%  10/1/35–4/25/53   384,052   324,957
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  2.500%  10/1/35–4/25/53   255,274   223,485
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  3.000%  12/1/37–5/25/53    27,211    24,687
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  3.500%   7/1/38–5/25/53    74,617    69,926
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  4.000%  4/25/38–5/25/53    85,345    83,756
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  4.500%  4/25/38–5/25/53    81,716    81,464
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  5.000%   8/1/39–5/25/53    45,493    45,716
5,6,7 UMBS Pool  5.500%  12/1/38–5/25/53    21,273    21,817
5,6 UMBS Pool  6.000%          11/1/52     8,498     8,699
5,6 UMBS Pool  6.500%           9/1/36         7         7
                                       1,299,696
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)  
5,6 Freddie Mac REMICS  2.000%          1/25/52     2,330     1,442
5 Ginnie Mae REMICS  2.000%          2/20/51     1,708     1,503
                                            2,945
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $4,390,864) 4,264,846
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (4.8%)
5 Ally Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2  4.620%         10/15/25    11,000    10,965
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2019-1  3.620%          3/18/25       510       503
5 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2020-2  2.130%          3/18/26       240       226
5 BANK Series 2017-BNK4  3.625%          5/15/50        19        18
5 BANK Series 2017-BNK6  3.741%          7/15/60        50        45
5 BANK Series 2018-BNK14  4.231%          9/15/60        15        14
5 BANK Series 2019-BNK23  2.846%         12/15/52       130       120
5,8 Bayview MSR Opportunity Master Fund Trust Series 2021-4  2.500%         10/25/51     3,338     2,734
5 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2020-C6  2.639%          2/15/53       200       171
5 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2022-C16  4.600%          6/15/55       320       308
5 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2018-B1  3.666%          1/15/51       340       316
5 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2019-B15  2.859%         12/15/72       300       277
5 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2020-B16  2.732%          2/15/53       200       171
5 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2  3.740%          9/15/25     6,068     5,992
5 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1  4.650%          1/16/29       860       859
5 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2016-CD1  3.631%          8/10/49       270       219
5 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD4  3.514%          5/10/50        60        56
5 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD6  3.709%         11/13/50       130       118
5 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2018-CD7  4.850%          8/15/51       100        86
5 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C4  3.283%          5/10/58        61        56
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-P8  3.203%          9/15/50        20        18
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-P8  4.192%          9/15/50        60        54
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-P8  4.260%          9/15/50        40        32
5 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C5  4.228%          6/10/51        45        43
5,8 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2013-CR6  3.397%          3/10/46        98        84
5 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR20  3.326%         11/10/47     7,513     7,314
5 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2019-GC44  2.873%          8/15/57       150       139
6

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C7  3.502%         11/15/49        12        11
5 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2020-C19  2.561%          3/15/53       250       211
5 Daimler Trucks Retail Trust Series 2022-1  5.070%          9/16/24     2,978     2,968
5,8 Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2022-2  4.030%          7/22/27     3,905     3,871
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2019-4  2.700%          2/16/27       127       125
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-1  2.700%          5/17/27       169       165
5 Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-2  3.050%          5/15/28       140       137
5,8 EDvestinU Private Education Loan Issue No. 1 LLC Series 2019-A  3.580%         11/25/38        33        31
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K088  0.508%          1/25/29   247,472     6,337
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K104  1.125%          1/25/30        13         1
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K135  0.191%         10/25/31   257,135     3,381
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K139  0.091%          1/25/32   391,476     3,167
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K148  0.250%          7/25/32         8        —
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG02  1.021%          8/25/29    11,134       546
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG04  0.851%         11/25/30     7,760       383
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG05  0.312%          1/25/31    63,628     1,276
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG06  0.532%         10/25/31    29,979     1,060
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG07  0.002%          8/25/32   214,587       877
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KIR1  1.036%          3/25/26    71,789     1,859
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KSG2  0.121%         11/25/31   256,413     2,386
5,6,9 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KW10  0.639%          9/25/29    49,737     1,659
5,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2018-2  3.760%          1/15/30       120       124
5,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-1  2.040%          8/15/31       100        95
5,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-1  2.540%          8/15/31       100        95
5,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1  3.880%         11/15/34       410       396
5,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1  4.670%         11/15/34     1,250     1,215
5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-B  3.740%          9/15/26     2,700     2,648
5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-B  3.930%          8/15/27     1,100     1,081
5,8 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1  4.850%          8/15/35     3,840     3,871
5 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series 2020-1  2.120%          9/15/25       230       226
5,8,9 FREMF Mortgage Trust Series 2015-K42  0.100%          1/25/48 1,021,319     1,341
5,8 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV1  3.000%         12/25/51    29,667    25,486
5,8 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV3  4.000%          8/25/52     7,672     7,008
5,8 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV3  4.500%          8/25/52     5,121     4,780
5 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-3  3.500%          9/16/25     5,048     4,997
5 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-4  4.600%         11/17/25    11,000    10,954
5 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  4.590%          7/17/28        50        50
7

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  5.320%         10/16/28     2,080     2,080
5,8 GM Financial Revolving Receivables Trust Series 2021-1  1.490%          6/12/34        70        63
5,8 GM Financial Revolving Receivables Trust Series 2021-1  1.670%          6/12/34       120       104
5,8 GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust Series 2020-1  1.480%          8/15/25       120       118
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-GC24  3.666%          9/10/47     6,807     6,605
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-GC24  4.525%          9/10/47       150       111
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-GC38  3.968%          2/10/52       150       140
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2020-GC45  2.843%          2/13/53       325       300
5 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2020-GC45  2.911%          2/13/53       630       544
5,8 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2021-PJ7  2.500%          1/25/52     4,361     3,578
5,8 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2022-PJ3  3.000%          8/25/52     1,031       873
5,8 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2022-PJ6  3.000%          1/25/53    31,987    27,079
5,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC Series 2022-1A  2.630%          6/25/26       160       149
5,8 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LP Series 2021-2A  1.680%         12/27/27       100        88
5 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-2  3.810%          3/18/25     2,650     2,634
5 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-B  3.640%          5/15/25     6,020     5,962
5 John Deere Owner Trust Series 2022-B  3.730%          6/16/25     3,156     3,131
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-6  2.500%         10/25/51     2,786     2,293
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-15  3.000%          6/25/52    24,668    21,160
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV4  3.000%          1/25/52     1,475     1,266
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV6  3.000%          4/25/52     1,435     1,231
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-1  3.000%          7/25/52     6,928     5,943
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-4  3.000%         10/25/52     2,359     2,024
5,8 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-INV1  3.000%          3/25/52    24,713    21,199
5 JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7  3.409%         10/15/50        60        56
5 JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2018-C8  4.211%          6/15/51        50        48
5,8 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2022-2A  4.070%          6/17/25     5,658     5,601
5,8 Laurel Road Prime Student Loan Trust Series 2017-C  2.810%         11/25/42        16        16
5,8 Laurel Road Prime Student Loan Trust Series 2018-B  3.540%          5/26/43        34        34
5,8 Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance Series 2021-INV1  2.500%          6/25/51     3,958     3,242
5,8 Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance Series 2021-MTG2  2.500%          6/25/51     1,469     1,185
5 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  4.310%          4/16/29       850       837
5,8 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2018-A  3.610%          3/10/42        24        24
5 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2013-C10  4.070%          7/15/46       200       188
8

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2014-C15  4.891%          4/15/47       150       145
5 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2016-UB11  2.782%          8/15/49       100        93
5,8 MSBAM Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2012-CKSV  3.277%         10/15/30       970       827
5,8 Navient Private Education Loan Trust Series 2017-A  2.880%         12/16/58        29        29
5,8 Navient Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-BA  3.610%         12/15/59       159       155
5,8 New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2021-INV2  3.000%          9/25/51     8,139     6,890
5,8 OBX Trust Series 2022-INV5  4.000%         10/25/52     5,920     5,431
5,8 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.000%          8/25/52    17,232    14,782
5,8 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.000%          8/25/52        19        16
5,8 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.500%          8/25/52    24,990    22,233
5,8 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.500%          8/25/52        28        24
5,8 Palisades Center Trust Series 2016-PLSD  2.713%          4/13/33       500       340
5,8,10 Pepper Residential Securities Trust Series 21A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.880%  5.608%          1/16/60         8         8
5,8,10 Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 22 Series 22A, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.000%  5.761%          6/20/60        17        17
5,8,10 Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 23 Series 23A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950%  5.711%          8/18/60        22        22
5,8,10 PHEAA Student Loan Trust Series 2016-2A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950%  5.795%         11/25/65        44        43
5,8 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR3  3.200%          4/17/39       140       129
5,8 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR3  3.600%          4/17/39       100        92
5,8 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR5  4.451%          6/17/39       119       115
5,8 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR5  4.896%          6/17/39       100        96
5,8 RCKT Mortgage Trust Series 2021-3  2.500%          7/25/51     4,080     3,343
5,8 RCKT Mortgage Trust Series 2022-4  3.500%          6/25/52    13,586    12,088
5,8,10 RESIMAC Bastille Trust Series 2018-1NCA, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.850%  5.551%          12/5/59         8         8
5,8,10 RESIMAC MBS Trust Series 2018-2A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.850%  5.610%          4/10/50         6         6
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-4  4.140%          2/16/27     8,110     8,004
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-6  4.490%         11/16/26       530       525
5 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  5.090%          5/15/30       840       843
5,8 Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2020-B  1.980%         10/20/25       800       769
5,8 Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2021-3  2.500%          5/25/51     2,956     2,429
5,8 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2016-A  2.700%          5/15/31        70        68
5,8 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2017-B  2.820%         10/15/35        89        85
5,8 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-B  3.600%          1/15/37       195       188
5,8 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-C  3.630%         11/15/35       262       253
5,8 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2016-D  2.340%          4/25/33         6         6
5,8,10 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2016-D, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950%  5.795%          1/25/39         2         2
9

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5,8 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-D  2.650%          9/25/40        19        19
5,8 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-E  2.720%         11/26/40         4         4
5,8 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-F  2.840%          1/25/41        35        34
5,8 Tesla Auto Lease Trust Series 2020-A  1.680%          2/20/24        29        29
5,8 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2022-1A  3.820%          4/25/35       800       774
5,8 Trinity Rail Leasing LLC Series 2018-1A  4.620%          6/17/48       440       420
5 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-C6  3.469%          4/10/46        10        10
5,8 USAA Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-A  4.600%          2/18/25     7,310     7,284
5,8 UWM Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV3  2.500%         11/25/51     4,261     3,507
5 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-5  3.720%          7/20/27     3,560     3,513
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-LC12  4.364%          7/15/46       450       447
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-LC20  2.925%          4/15/50     6,600     6,361
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C37  3.525%         12/15/49        90        87
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-RC1  3.631%          1/15/60        42        39
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C43  4.514%          3/15/51        50        42
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C46  4.152%          8/15/51        30        28
5 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C49  3.933%          3/15/52        80        77
5 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-C19  3.829%          3/15/47     5,294     5,226
5 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-C  3.730%          3/16/26     5,697     5,633
5 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-D  5.510%          3/16/26     5,040     5,047
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $387,764) 364,347
Corporate Bonds (33.8%)
Communications (2.5%)
Alphabet Inc.  2.250%          8/15/60     1,930     1,181
AT&T Inc.  3.800%          2/15/27    12,130    11,737
AT&T Inc.  4.350%           3/1/29       933       914
5 AT&T Inc.  4.300%          2/15/30     1,685     1,638
AT&T Inc.  4.500%          5/15/35       700       656
AT&T Inc.  4.900%          8/15/37       500       477
5,11 AT&T Inc.  7.000%          4/30/40     1,500     2,097
AT&T Inc.  4.300%         12/15/42     2,240     1,951
AT&T Inc.  3.500%          9/15/53     3,650     2,651
AT&T Inc.  3.550%          9/15/55     4,238     3,044
AT&T Inc.  3.800%          12/1/57     4,000     2,971
AT&T Inc.  3.650%          9/15/59       567       405
8 Cable One Inc.  4.000%         11/15/30       290       238
8 CCO Holdings LLC  5.000%           2/1/28       395       364
8 CCO Holdings LLC  6.375%           9/1/29        30        29
8 CCO Holdings LLC  4.750%           3/1/30       890       771
Charter Communications Operating LLC  4.908%          7/23/25       589       583
Charter Communications Operating LLC  2.250%          1/15/29       200       167
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Charter Communications Operating LLC  5.050%          3/30/29     1,480     1,429
Charter Communications Operating LLC  3.500%           3/1/42     3,580     2,418
Charter Communications Operating LLC  6.484%         10/23/45     2,100     1,979
Charter Communications Operating LLC  4.800%           3/1/50     1,390     1,057
8 Cogent Communications Group Inc.  7.000%          6/15/27       318       315
Comcast Corp.  5.250%          11/7/25     1,810     1,850
Comcast Corp.  3.150%           3/1/26       452       438
12 Comcast Corp.  0.000%          9/14/26     4,200     4,048
Comcast Corp.  2.350%          1/15/27       445       415
12 Comcast Corp.  0.250%          5/20/27    11,798    11,203
Comcast Corp.  3.150%          2/15/28       468       444
Comcast Corp.  4.150%         10/15/28     2,303     2,278
Comcast Corp.  3.400%           4/1/30       229       214
11 Comcast Corp.  1.875%          2/20/36     1,100       976
Comcast Corp.  6.550%           7/1/39     4,080     4,658
Comcast Corp.  3.250%          11/1/39     1,990     1,610
Comcast Corp.  3.750%           4/1/40     3,800     3,266
Comcast Corp.  4.650%          7/15/42     1,200     1,141
Comcast Corp.  4.700%         10/15/48       168       159
Comcast Corp.  3.450%           2/1/50     1,500     1,156
Comcast Corp.  2.650%          8/15/62       300       183
Comcast Corp.  2.987%          11/1/63     5,000     3,244
8 CSC Holdings LLC  4.625%          12/1/30       755       372
8 CSC Holdings LLC  3.375%          2/15/31       255       176
8 Directv Financing LLC  5.875%          8/15/27       245       222
Discovery Communications LLC  3.900%         11/15/24        35        34
Discovery Communications LLC  4.000%          9/15/55     2,000     1,327
8 DISH DBS Corp.  5.250%          12/1/26       290       232
8 DISH DBS Corp.  5.750%          12/1/28       160       119
DISH DBS Corp.  5.125%           6/1/29       370       195
8 DISH Network Corp. 11.750%         11/15/27       425       409
Expedia Group Inc.  3.800%          2/15/28     2,635     2,497
Expedia Group Inc.  2.950%          3/15/31       270       225
Fox Corp.  5.476%          1/25/39     3,780     3,623
8 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC  5.875%         10/15/27        95        87
8 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC  5.000%           5/1/28       230       200
8 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC  6.000%          1/15/30       315       240
Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  3.375%           3/1/41     2,040     1,528
8 Level 3 Financing Inc.  4.250%           7/1/28       295       166
8 Level 3 Financing Inc.  3.625%          1/15/29       410       226
8 Level 3 Financing Inc.  3.875%         11/15/29        80        58
8 Lumen Technologies Inc.  4.000%          2/15/27        75        50
Meta Platforms Inc.  3.850%          8/15/32     3,430     3,213
Netflix Inc.  4.875%          4/15/28     3,405     3,422
Netflix Inc.  5.875%         11/15/28       990     1,043
12 Netflix Inc.  4.625%          5/15/29     2,500     2,769
Netflix Inc.  6.375%          5/15/29     1,960     2,109
8 News Corp.  3.875%          5/15/29       500       444
8 Nexstar Media Inc.  5.625%          7/15/27       295       273
8 Nexstar Media Inc.  4.750%          11/1/28       435       387
Paramount Global  4.750%          5/15/25     1,108     1,097
Paramount Global  4.850%           7/1/42     3,042     2,321
Paramount Global  4.375%          3/15/43     1,640     1,165
8 Rogers Communications Inc.  3.800%          3/15/32     2,140     1,920
8 Rogers Communications Inc.  4.550%          3/15/52     2,040     1,681
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Scripps Escrow II Inc.  5.375%          1/15/31       115        79
8 Scripps Escrow Inc.  5.875%          7/15/27       280       206
8 Sirius XM Radio Inc.  5.000%           8/1/27        70        65
8 Sky Ltd.  3.750%          9/16/24       200       196
Telefonica Emisiones SA  4.103%           3/8/27     3,000     2,900
Telefonica Emisiones SA  4.665%           3/6/38     4,056     3,556
Time Warner Cable LLC  4.500%          9/15/42     6,620     5,093
T-Mobile USA Inc.  2.625%          2/15/29     5,805     5,120
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.375%          4/15/29     4,770     4,349
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.875%          4/15/30     1,224     1,148
T-Mobile USA Inc.  2.875%          2/15/31     1,755     1,514
T-Mobile USA Inc.  5.050%          7/15/33     6,340     6,371
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.600%         11/15/60     2,442     1,742
T-Mobile USA Inc.  5.800%          9/15/62     3,740     3,861
5 TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp.  4.125%          12/1/41       400       360
8 Univision Communications Inc.  7.375%          6/30/30       225       212
8 UPC Broadband Finco BV  4.875%          7/15/31       225       195
5,13 Verizon Communications Inc.  4.050%          2/17/25     1,250       831
Verizon Communications Inc.  4.125%          3/16/27       458       454
5,13 Verizon Communications Inc.  4.500%          8/17/27       500       335
Verizon Communications Inc.  4.329%          9/21/28       200       197
12 Verizon Communications Inc.  0.375%          3/22/29     1,700     1,517
12 Verizon Communications Inc.  4.250%         10/31/30       539       602
5,12 Verizon Communications Inc.  2.875%          1/15/38       600       561
Verizon Communications Inc.  2.650%         11/20/40       850       607
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.400%          3/22/41     3,006     2,393
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.850%          11/1/42     2,693     2,246
Verizon Communications Inc.  4.862%          8/21/46     3,000     2,856
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.875%           3/1/52     2,020     1,633
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.000%         11/20/60     1,800     1,154
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.700%          3/22/61     2,065     1,544
8 Videotron Ltd.  3.625%          6/15/29       365       314
Vodafone Group plc  6.150%          2/27/37     2,850     3,052
5,12 Vodafone Group plc  2.500%          5/24/39     1,300     1,114
8 VZ Secured Financing BV  5.000%          1/15/32       370       302
Walt Disney Co.  1.750%          1/13/26       439       411
Walt Disney Co.  3.375%         11/15/26       375       363
Walt Disney Co.  2.000%           9/1/29       273       237
Walt Disney Co.  3.500%          5/13/40     1,200     1,018
Walt Disney Co.  4.700%          3/23/50     1,000       978
Walt Disney Co.  3.600%          1/13/51       825       669
8 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  3.428%          3/15/24     3,910     3,822
8 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  3.755%          3/15/27     6,640     6,255
8 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  5.050%          3/15/42     3,821     3,195
8 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  5.141%          3/15/52     1,250     1,014
8 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  5.391%          3/15/62     4,340     3,508
8 WMG Acquisition Corp.  3.750%          12/1/29       840       744
8 Zayo Group Holdings Inc.  4.000%           3/1/27       500       379
                                         191,457
Consumer Discretionary (2.0%)
8 1011778 BC ULC  3.875%          1/15/28       156       145
Advance Auto Parts Inc.  5.900%           3/9/26     1,035     1,057
Advance Auto Parts Inc.  5.950%           3/9/28     1,085     1,122
Amazon.com Inc.  3.150%          8/22/27       692       664
Amazon.com Inc.  4.700%          12/1/32    12,145    12,452
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Amazon.com Inc.  3.875%          8/22/37     1,750     1,630
Amazon.com Inc.  3.950%          4/13/52     1,685     1,495
American Honda Finance Corp.  4.750%          1/12/26     4,085     4,117
Asbury Automotive Group Inc.  4.500%           3/1/28       961       885
AutoZone Inc.  4.500%           2/1/28     5,005     4,968
AutoZone Inc.  4.000%          4/15/30     1,190     1,131
AutoZone Inc.  1.650%          1/15/31       831       661
8 Caesars Resort Collection LLC  5.750%           7/1/25       294       295
8 Camelot Return Merger Sub Inc.  8.750%           8/1/28       560       518
8 Carnival Corp.  5.750%           3/1/27       665       546
8 Carnival Corp.  4.000%           8/1/28       610       525
8 Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd. 10.375%           5/1/28       115       124
8 Cedar Fair LP  5.500%           5/1/25       289       289
8 Churchill Downs Inc.  5.500%           4/1/27       390       382
8 Churchill Downs Inc.  4.750%          1/15/28       298       279
8 Clarios Global LP  6.750%          5/15/25        46        46
8 Clarios Global LP  8.500%          5/15/27       310       311
Dana Inc.  4.500%          2/15/32       540       436
eBay Inc.  5.900%         11/22/25     1,795     1,844
eBay Inc.  5.950%         11/22/27     1,805     1,885
eBay Inc.  6.300%         11/22/32     3,525     3,828
Ford Motor Co.  9.625%          4/22/30        20        23
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  4.950%          5/28/27     1,085     1,035
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  4.125%          8/17/27       100        92
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  3.815%          11/2/27       365       327
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  2.900%          2/16/28       440       377
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  2.900%          2/10/29       845       700
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  4.000%         11/13/30       280       239
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  3.625%          6/17/31       830       684
General Motors Co.  6.125%          10/1/25     1,000     1,017
General Motors Co.  5.200%           4/1/45     1,600     1,342
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  3.500%          11/7/24     1,242     1,210
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  2.900%          2/26/25       157       150
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  4.350%           4/9/25       103       101
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  2.750%          6/20/25     1,770     1,677
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  6.050%         10/10/25     8,880     9,028
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  1.250%           1/8/26     3,000     2,701
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  1.500%          6/10/26     1,080       962
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  2.400%         10/15/28     1,000       857
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  5.000%          7/15/29       125       112
8 Hanesbrands Inc.  9.000%          2/15/31        60        61
8 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc.  3.050%          2/14/27     3,170     2,843
8 Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc.  5.750%           5/1/28       270       270
Home Depot Inc.  3.900%          12/6/28       167       164
Home Depot Inc.  2.950%          6/15/29     1,583     1,464
Home Depot Inc.  2.700%          4/15/30       480       434
Home Depot Inc.  4.500%          9/15/32     2,435     2,451
Home Depot Inc.  5.950%           4/1/41     3,290     3,689
Home Depot Inc.  4.250%           4/1/46       720       654
Home Depot Inc.  3.900%          6/15/47       100        86
Home Depot Inc.  4.500%          12/6/48       500       471
Home Depot Inc.  3.125%         12/15/49       750       556
Home Depot Inc.  4.950%          9/15/52     1,165     1,164
Home Depot Inc.  3.500%          9/15/56     1,660     1,294
KB Home  7.250%          7/15/30       320       325
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Lithia Motors Inc.  4.625%         12/15/27       285       266
8 Lithia Motors Inc.  3.875%           6/1/29     1,180     1,020
8 Lithia Motors Inc.  4.375%          1/15/31        20        17
8 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  5.625%          3/15/26        20        19
8 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  6.500%          5/15/27       900       909
8 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  3.750%          1/15/28        15        13
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  3.100%           5/3/27       880       836
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  1.300%          4/15/28     1,050       902
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  1.700%          9/15/28     1,840     1,593
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  4.450%           4/1/62     3,165     2,585
Magna International Inc.  2.450%          6/15/30       200       170
5 Marriott International Inc.  4.625%          6/15/30     4,180     4,056
8 Mattel Inc.  3.375%           4/1/26       250       234
8 Mattel Inc.  5.875%         12/15/27       265       264
8 Mattel Inc.  3.750%           4/1/29        80        72
5,12 Mercedes-Benz Group AG  1.125%          11/6/31     1,185     1,052
8 Meritage Homes Corp.  3.875%          4/15/29     1,030       918
8 NCL Corp. Ltd.  5.875%          2/15/27       314       293
8 NCL Corp. Ltd.  7.750%          2/15/29       178       153
Newell Brands Inc.  6.375%          9/15/27        35        35
Newell Brands Inc.  6.625%          9/15/29       355       358
8 Nissan Motor Acceptance Co. LLC  1.050%           3/8/24     3,000     2,858
8 Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.  3.043%          9/15/23     7,100     6,998
8 Penn Entertainment Inc.  5.625%          1/15/27        85        80
8 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. 11.500%           6/1/25        36        38
8 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  8.250%          1/15/29        60        63
8 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  7.250%          1/15/30        42        42
Stanley Black & Decker Inc.  3.400%           3/1/26       265       254
Starbucks Corp.  3.500%         11/15/50       600       466
8 Studio City Co. Ltd.  7.000%          2/15/27       240       227
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  3.950%          6/30/25    25,120    24,810
5 Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  1.900%          1/13/27     4,045     3,689
5 Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  3.050%          3/22/27     3,775     3,584
5,12 Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  0.125%          11/5/27     1,746     1,630
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  3.650%           1/8/29       279       269
8 Vail Resorts Inc.  6.250%          5/15/25     1,501     1,508
8 Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC  3.125%          5/12/23     1,000       998
5,12 Volkswagen Leasing GmbH  0.375%          7/20/26    10,100     9,793
5,12 Volkswagen Leasing GmbH  0.500%          1/12/29     1,800     1,586
8 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc.  4.375%          8/15/28       125       115
8 Wynn Resorts Finance LLC  7.125%          2/15/31        90        91
                                         155,059
Consumer Staples (2.1%)
8 Albertsons Cos. Inc.  6.500%          2/15/28       125       126
Altria Group Inc.  2.350%           5/6/25       880       836
Altria Group Inc.  4.400%          2/14/26     2,570     2,549
Altria Group Inc.  2.450%           2/4/32     5,415     4,263
Altria Group Inc.  5.800%          2/14/39     2,000     1,956
Altria Group Inc.  3.400%           2/4/41     3,000     2,123
Altria Group Inc.  5.375%          1/31/44       325       297
Altria Group Inc.  5.950%          2/14/49       135       128
Altria Group Inc.  4.450%           5/6/50       300       221
5 Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC  4.700%           2/1/36     3,090     3,069
Anheuser-Busch InBev Finance Inc.  4.625%           2/1/44     4,250     4,005
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.750%          1/23/29     8,890     9,081
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  5.450%          1/23/39     6,230     6,541
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.350%           6/1/40     1,000       931
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.950%          1/15/42     1,117     1,104
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  3.750%          7/15/42     2,300     1,962
BAT Capital Corp.  3.215%           9/6/26       200       188
BAT Capital Corp.  3.557%          8/15/27    13,180    12,257
BAT Capital Corp.  4.390%          8/15/37     1,050       857
BAT Capital Corp.  4.540%          8/15/47     1,550     1,152
BAT Capital Corp.  3.984%          9/25/50       975       664
BAT International Finance plc  1.668%          3/25/26        70        64
5,11 BAT International Finance plc  4.000%           9/4/26     2,500     2,905
5,12 BAT Netherlands Finance BV  5.375%          2/16/31       600       639
Brown-Forman Corp.  4.750%          4/15/33     2,100     2,125
12 CK Hutchison Europe Finance 18 Ltd.  2.000%          4/13/30     2,800     2,616
Coca-Cola Co.  3.000%           3/5/51     1,800     1,395
12 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners plc  1.875%          3/18/30     1,325     1,260
Constellation Brands Inc.  2.875%           5/1/30     4,000     3,506
Diageo Capital plc  5.500%          1/24/33       850       921
8 Energizer Holdings Inc.  4.750%          6/15/28       529       479
7,12 General Mills Inc.  3.907%          4/13/29     1,322     1,450
General Mills Inc.  2.875%          4/15/30       165       148
General Mills Inc.  2.250%         10/14/31        40        33
Haleon US Capital LLC  3.625%          3/24/32     3,790     3,441
Haleon US Capital LLC  4.000%          3/24/52       483       401
Hormel Foods Corp.  1.700%           6/3/28     1,160     1,023
Hormel Foods Corp.  1.800%          6/11/30       275       230
J M Smucker Co.  2.125%          3/15/32        85        69
8 JBS USA LUX SA  5.750%           4/1/33     3,760     3,611
Kellogg Co.  4.500%           4/1/46       530       488
8 Kenvue Inc.  5.100%          3/22/43     3,385     3,492
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.  4.597%          5/25/28     6,905     6,890
5 Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV  3.250%          3/12/25     7,000     6,782
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  3.875%          5/15/27     4,140     4,041
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  3.750%           4/1/30     1,350     1,279
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  4.875%          10/1/49       555       514
Kroger Co.  2.200%           5/1/30     1,000       839
Kroger Co.  3.875%         10/15/46     3,125     2,460
8 Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV  1.250%          9/24/26     5,000     4,448
Mondelez International Inc.  2.750%          4/13/30     1,289     1,144
Mondelez International Inc.  1.500%           2/4/31     2,600     2,074
8 Nestle Holdings Inc.  1.000%          9/15/27     2,500     2,184
8 Nestle Holdings Inc.  4.000%          9/24/48       150       135
PepsiCo Inc.  2.625%          7/29/29     3,025     2,777
PepsiCo Inc.  4.450%          4/14/46     1,000       994
8 Performance Food Group Inc.  6.875%           5/1/25        65        65
8 Performance Food Group Inc.  4.250%           8/1/29        80        72
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%         11/15/24    10,905    10,987
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.000%         11/17/25     4,610     4,649
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%         11/17/27     3,655     3,741
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.625%         11/17/29     3,000     3,136
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%          2/15/30     2,860     2,891
Philip Morris International Inc.  2.100%           5/1/30       200       167
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.750%         11/17/32     2,830     2,969
12 Philip Morris International Inc.  1.450%           8/1/39     1,100       696
Philip Morris International Inc.  4.250%         11/10/44     2,050     1,705
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Procter & Gamble Co.  4.050%          1/26/33     4,985     5,014
Reynolds American Inc.  4.450%          6/12/25       529       520
Target Corp.  4.400%          1/15/33     1,185     1,178
Target Corp.  4.800%          1/15/53     1,190     1,169
Unilever Capital Corp.  2.125%           9/6/29       294       257
Walmart Inc.  3.950%          6/28/38     3,685     3,513
                                         163,896
Energy (2.0%)
8 Antero Resources Corp.  5.375%           3/1/30       140       130
5 BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.119%           5/4/26       679       653
5 BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.017%          1/16/27       248       236
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.543%           4/6/27     3,000     2,907
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  4.234%          11/6/28     6,933     6,872
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  2.721%          1/12/32     2,475     2,160
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  2.939%           6/4/51     2,400     1,665
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.001%          3/17/52       800       562
BP Capital Markets plc  3.279%          9/19/27       278       267
8 Cameron LNG LLC  3.701%          1/15/39     1,655     1,393
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  2.950%          7/15/30     2,000     1,739
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  6.250%          3/15/38     1,670     1,745
5 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  4.950%           6/1/47       650       588
Cenovus Energy Inc.  6.750%         11/15/39       500       534
Cenovus Energy Inc.  5.400%          6/15/47     1,000       928
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC  3.700%         11/15/29       705       649
Cheniere Energy Inc.  4.625%         10/15/28       305       289
Cheniere Energy Partners LP  4.000%           3/1/31       450       401
Cheniere Energy Partners LP  3.250%          1/31/32       240       198
Chevron USA Inc.  3.250%         10/15/29     1,000       941
8 Civitas Resources Inc.  5.000%         10/15/26       240       226
ConocoPhillips Co.  6.950%          4/15/29     1,000     1,128
ConocoPhillips Co.  4.300%         11/15/44       265       238
ConocoPhillips Co.  3.800%          3/15/52     5,000     4,140
8 Continental Resources Inc.  2.268%         11/15/26     2,000     1,773
Continental Resources Inc.  4.375%          1/15/28       425       401
Coterra Energy Inc.  3.900%          5/15/27       655       626
Coterra Energy Inc.  4.375%          3/15/29     2,440     2,322
8 CrownRock LP  5.625%         10/15/25       180       177
DCP Midstream Operating LP  5.625%          7/15/27        59        60
DCP Midstream Operating LP  5.125%          5/15/29       350       345
Devon Energy Corp.  5.875%          6/15/28       307       312
Devon Energy Corp.  5.600%          7/15/41       200       192
Diamondback Energy Inc.  3.125%          3/24/31       215       186
8 DT Midstream Inc.  4.125%          6/15/29       455       400
8 DT Midstream Inc.  4.375%          6/15/31       315       274
5 Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage Inc.  3.600%         12/15/24        66        64
Enbridge Energy Partners LP  5.500%          9/15/40       125       121
Enbridge Inc.  2.500%          2/14/25       920       881
Enbridge Inc.  3.125%         11/15/29       450       406
8 Endeavor Energy Resources LP  5.750%          1/30/28       105       104
Energy Transfer LP  3.900%          5/15/24       280       274
Energy Transfer LP  4.400%          3/15/27     6,067     5,900
Energy Transfer LP  3.750%          5/15/30     1,420     1,310
Energy Transfer LP  5.750%          2/15/33     2,470     2,522
Energy Transfer LP  6.050%           6/1/41       700       707
Energy Transfer LP  6.500%           2/1/42     1,400     1,454
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Energy Transfer LP  5.300%           4/1/44     1,825     1,608
Energy Transfer LP  5.150%          3/15/45     1,520     1,318
Energy Transfer LP  6.250%          4/15/49       400       396
8 EnLink Midstream LLC  5.625%          1/15/28       100        98
EnLink Midstream LLC  5.375%           6/1/29       260       251
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  5.350%          1/31/33     2,195     2,282
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  5.950%           2/1/41       380       401
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  4.850%          3/15/44     2,400     2,226
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  5.100%          2/15/45     2,000     1,907
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  4.900%          5/15/46       860       797
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  3.700%          1/31/51     1,000       776
EOG Resources Inc.  3.900%           4/1/35       200       183
8 EQM Midstream Partners LP  7.500%           6/1/27       150       151
8 EQM Midstream Partners LP  6.500%           7/1/27       155       150
EQM Midstream Partners LP  5.500%          7/15/28       295       268
8 EQM Midstream Partners LP  7.500%           6/1/30       147       142
EQT Corp.  5.678%          10/1/25     2,950     2,944
8 EQT Corp.  3.125%          5/15/26       150       139
EQT Corp.  3.900%          10/1/27     2,198     2,065
EQT Corp.  5.000%          1/15/29       330       314
12 Exxon Mobil Corp.  1.408%          6/26/39       305       222
Exxon Mobil Corp.  4.227%          3/19/40     2,235     2,095
Exxon Mobil Corp.  4.114%           3/1/46     1,000       901
5 Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd.  2.625%          3/31/36    13,355    10,984
Genesis Energy LP  6.500%          10/1/25        39        38
Helmerich & Payne Inc.  2.900%          9/29/31     2,670     2,211
Hess Corp.  7.300%          8/15/31       185       206
8 Hilcorp Energy I LP  5.750%           2/1/29        80        74
8 Hilcorp Energy I LP  6.000%           2/1/31        95        88
5 KazTransGas JSC  4.375%          9/26/27     1,269     1,140
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP  5.800%          3/15/35     2,891     2,939
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP  5.500%           3/1/44       800       750
Kinder Morgan Inc.  4.800%           2/1/33     1,740     1,679
MPLX LP  1.750%           3/1/26     2,000     1,826
MPLX LP  4.500%          4/15/38     1,850     1,641
MPLX LP  4.950%          3/14/52     1,500     1,302
MPLX LP  5.650%           3/1/53     2,440     2,347
NuStar Logistics LP  6.375%          10/1/30       230       221
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  5.550%          3/15/26       200       201
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  8.500%          7/15/27       412       452
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.375%           9/1/28     1,860     1,930
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.625%           9/1/30     1,515     1,595
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.125%           1/1/31       878       911
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  7.500%           5/1/31     1,165     1,286
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.450%          9/15/36       440       463
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.600%          3/15/46       160       168
ONEOK Inc.  4.000%          7/13/27     1,000       956
ONEOK Inc.  3.400%           9/1/29       500       445
ONEOK Inc.  4.950%          7/13/47       500       419
ONEOK Inc.  5.200%          7/15/48       435       376
ONEOK Partners LP  6.125%           2/1/41     3,355     3,306
8 Permian Resources Operating LLC  7.750%          2/15/26       210       210
8 Permian Resources Operating LLC  5.875%           7/1/29       615       582
Phillips 66  4.650%         11/15/34     1,035       992
8 Phillips 66 Co.  3.605%          2/15/25       305       296
17

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Phillips 66 Co.  3.150%         12/15/29     2,569     2,318
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.  1.900%          8/15/30     2,000     1,626
Plains All American Pipeline LP  3.550%         12/15/29     1,000       894
Plains All American Pipeline LP  4.900%          2/15/45       410       328
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC  5.625%           3/1/25       570       574
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC  5.875%          6/30/26     1,669     1,703
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC  4.200%          3/15/28     2,964     2,849
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC  4.500%          5/15/30     2,000     1,932
Shell International Finance BV  2.375%          11/7/29       985       874
Shell International Finance BV  2.750%           4/6/30     4,390     4,005
Shell International Finance BV  4.550%          8/12/43       500       473
Shell International Finance BV  4.375%          5/11/45       500       462
Shell International Finance BV  3.750%          9/12/46       550       465
Shell International Finance BV  3.125%          11/7/49     1,300       967
Suncor Energy Inc.  6.500%          6/15/38       855       917
Suncor Energy Inc.  3.750%           3/4/51     1,430     1,087
8 Tap Rock Resources LLC  7.000%          10/1/26       420       369
Targa Resources Partners LP  6.500%          7/15/27       120       123
Targa Resources Partners LP  5.000%          1/15/28     1,500     1,462
Targa Resources Partners LP  6.875%          1/15/29       655       670
Targa Resources Partners LP  4.875%           2/1/31     1,500     1,414
5,11 TotalEnergies Capital International SA  1.405%           9/3/31     1,900     1,827
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.  4.625%           3/1/34     1,155     1,083
TransCanada PipeLines Ltd.  6.200%         10/15/37       900       949
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC  4.000%          3/15/28        75        72
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC  3.250%          5/15/30       780       707
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Co. LLC  4.600%          3/15/48       400       350
8 Transocean Inc.  8.750%          2/15/30       130       133
8 Transocean Titan Financing Ltd.  8.375%           2/1/28        35        36
Valero Energy Corp.  4.350%           6/1/28       205       201
Valero Energy Corp.  3.650%          12/1/51     2,000     1,455
8 Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC  3.875%          8/15/29       475       428
8 Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC  6.250%          1/15/30        85        86
Western Midstream Operating LP  4.500%           3/1/28     1,198     1,133
Western Midstream Operating LP  4.750%          8/15/28     2,614     2,489
Williams Cos. Inc.  4.650%          8/15/32     2,100     2,023
Williams Cos. Inc.  6.300%          4/15/40       200       210
Williams Cos. Inc.  5.100%          9/15/45       535       491
                                         154,253
Financials (11.4%)
12 ABN AMRO Bank NV  0.600%          1/15/27     3,200     3,058
12 ABN AMRO Bank NV  4.500%         11/21/34       700       761
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  1.150%         10/29/23     4,802     4,659
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  1.650%         10/29/24     7,000     6,537
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  2.450%         10/29/26       847       760
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  3.650%          7/21/27       332       306
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  4.625%         10/15/27     1,231     1,188
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  3.000%         10/29/28     9,235     8,053
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  3.300%          1/30/32     2,450     2,023
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  3.850%         10/29/41     2,700     2,054
Aflac Inc.  4.750%          1/15/49       850       793
5 Air Lease Corp.  2.875%          1/15/26     1,600     1,492
5 Air Lease Corp.  3.750%           6/1/26     1,269     1,199
Allstate Corp.  5.250%          3/30/33     3,000     3,032
Ally Financial Inc.  1.450%          10/2/23     1,545     1,483
18

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
American Express Co.  3.950%           8/1/25    14,600    14,324
American Express Co.  2.550%           3/4/27     3,900     3,610
American Express Co.  5.850%          11/5/27     4,100     4,306
American Express Co.  4.420%           8/3/33     3,850     3,691
American International Group Inc.  2.500%          6/30/25       163       154
American International Group Inc.  4.800%          7/10/45       715       648
American International Group Inc.  4.375%          6/30/50     1,716     1,467
Ameriprise Financial Inc.  3.700%         10/15/24       207       203
Ameriprise Financial Inc.  3.000%           4/2/25       694       669
Aon Corp.  2.800%          5/15/30       200       177
Aon Corp.  5.350%          2/28/33     5,270     5,452
Aon Global Ltd.  4.600%          6/14/44       478       425
Aon Global Ltd.  4.750%          5/15/45       505       461
8 Athene Global Funding  0.950%           1/8/24     2,000     1,916
10,13 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd., 3M Australian Bank Bill Rate + 2.000%  5.382%          7/26/29     8,000     5,376
5,11 AXA SA  5.625%          1/16/54     1,700     1,982
5,12 AXA SA  3.875%        Perpetual     2,387     2,470
Banco Santander SA  5.147%          8/18/25    10,000     9,834
Banco Santander SA  3.490%          5/28/30       200       175
5 Bank of America Corp.  4.000%          1/22/25     1,000       979
5 Bank of America Corp.  0.981%          9/25/25     4,000     3,736
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.093%          10/1/25       479       461
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.366%          1/23/26     4,099     3,943
5 Bank of America Corp.  2.015%          2/13/26       356       334
5 Bank of America Corp.  1.319%          6/19/26     1,755     1,604
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.559%          4/23/27       242       231
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.824%          1/20/28     4,563     4,352
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.705%          4/24/28       244       231
5 Bank of America Corp.  4.948%          7/22/28     1,010     1,005
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.419%         12/20/28       520       484
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.970%           3/5/29     3,495     3,310
5 Bank of America Corp.  2.087%          6/14/29     8,590     7,391
5 Bank of America Corp.  4.271%          7/23/29       201       193
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.194%          7/23/30     1,050       933
5 Bank of America Corp.  1.898%          7/23/31     1,550     1,243
5,12 Bank of America Corp.  0.654%         10/26/31     2,400     2,015
Bank of America Corp.  2.299%          7/21/32     6,800     5,479
Bank of America Corp.  4.571%          4/27/33     2,500     2,378
5 Bank of America Corp.  4.078%          4/23/40     5,429     4,711
5 Bank of America Corp.  2.676%          6/19/41     1,700     1,202
Bank of America Corp.  3.311%          4/22/42       400       308
5 Bank of America Corp.  4.875%           4/1/44     1,000       944
5 Bank of America Corp.  3.946%          1/23/49     1,000       807
5 Bank of America Corp.  4.083%          3/20/51     2,000     1,636
5 Bank of America Corp.  2.831%         10/24/51     1,000       657
Bank of Montreal  5.200%         12/12/24    10,700    10,710
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.414%          7/24/26     4,300     4,252
5 Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  5.802%         10/25/28     3,370     3,500
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.543%           2/1/29     3,000     2,973
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.596%          7/26/30     2,900     2,849
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.706%           2/1/34     3,000     2,967
5 Bank of Nova Scotia  3.450%          4/11/25     6,270     6,082
Bank of Nova Scotia  4.750%           2/2/26     7,200     7,158
Bank of Nova Scotia  4.850%           2/1/30     5,000     4,938
5,12 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA  0.750%           6/8/26     2,300     2,273
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5,12 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA  2.625%          11/6/29     2,500     2,474
5,12 Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel SA  5.125%          1/13/33     1,000     1,092
Barclays plc  4.375%          9/11/24       510       492
Barclays plc  1.007%         12/10/24     2,564     2,473
Barclays plc  5.304%           8/9/26     3,400     3,333
Barclays plc  7.385%          11/2/28     5,225     5,532
12 Barclays plc  0.577%           8/9/29       900       777
Barclays plc  7.437%          11/2/33     4,000     4,417
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  4.200%          8/15/48       420       382
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  3.850%          3/15/52     5,780     4,859
12 Berkshire Hathaway Inc.  1.625%          3/16/35       900       774
8 Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC  2.000%          1/30/32       890       676
5,12 BNP Paribas SA  3.875%          1/10/31     2,500     2,684
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.468%           2/1/29     2,060     2,008
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.268%          5/10/33     3,300     3,098
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.817%           2/1/34     4,500     4,374
Charles Schwab Corp.  2.450%           3/3/27     2,485     2,231
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.  1.375%          9/15/30     4,000     3,235
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.  4.350%          11/3/45     1,710     1,572
Citigroup Inc.  0.981%           5/1/25     3,625     3,447
Citigroup Inc.  4.140%          5/24/25     3,335     3,279
Citigroup Inc.  2.014%          1/25/26     6,800     6,405
Citigroup Inc.  3.200%         10/21/26     1,524     1,439
Citigroup Inc.  4.450%          9/29/27     1,907     1,849
Citigroup Inc.  4.658%          5/24/28     2,615     2,585
5 Citigroup Inc.  3.668%          7/24/28     1,198     1,135
5 Citigroup Inc.  3.520%         10/27/28       200       187
5 Citigroup Inc.  4.412%          3/31/31       248       236
5 Citigroup Inc.  2.572%           6/3/31       650       549
Citigroup Inc.  2.561%           5/1/32     3,000     2,486
Citigroup Inc.  3.785%          3/17/33     5,000     4,484
Citigroup Inc.  6.270%         11/17/33     7,090     7,668
5 Citigroup Inc.  3.878%          1/24/39     1,500     1,275
Citigroup Inc.  4.650%          7/30/45     2,316     2,108
Citigroup Inc.  4.650%          7/23/48     1,000       926
CME Group Inc.  2.650%          3/15/32     3,500     3,032
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  5.079%          1/10/25     3,500     3,516
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  5.316%          3/13/26     5,000     5,084
5,10,13 Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 3M Australian Bank Bill Rate + 1.800%  5.440%          9/10/30     6,800     4,536
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA  5.000%          1/13/25    16,400    16,425
5,12 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA  4.625%          1/27/28     1,900     2,092
8 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.500%           4/4/25     1,800     1,731
8 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.650%           4/5/27     1,940     1,819
8 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.850%           4/5/29     4,020     3,667
8 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.900%           4/5/32     2,410     2,085
8 Corebridge Financial Inc.  4.350%           4/5/42     2,260     1,859
8 Corebridge Financial Inc.  4.400%           4/5/52     3,630     2,837
12 Credit Agricole SA  0.625%          1/12/28     1,600     1,518
5,12 Credit Agricole SA  4.000%          1/18/33     1,000     1,106
Credit Suisse AG  4.750%           8/9/24    10,000     9,660
Credit Suisse Group AG  3.750%          3/26/25     1,000       921
Credit Suisse Group AG  4.550%          4/17/26     1,136     1,044
12 Danske Bank A/S  4.000%          1/12/27     5,900     6,394
12 Danske Bank A/S  4.125%          1/10/31     1,400     1,526
5 Deutsche Bank AG  2.222%          9/18/24     1,350     1,313
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Deutsche Bank AG  6.720%          1/18/29     2,000     1,991
5 Deutsche Bank AG  3.547%          9/18/31     3,000     2,461
Deutsche Bank AG  3.742%           1/7/33     2,500     1,816
5 Discover Bank  4.250%          3/13/26     2,700     2,566
Enstar Group Ltd.  4.950%           6/1/29     1,630     1,525
Equitable Holdings Inc.  5.594%          1/11/33     7,250     7,112
Equitable Holdings Inc.  5.000%          4/20/48       290       248
Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc.  3.500%         10/15/50     1,500     1,088
Fifth Third Bancorp  3.950%          3/14/28     4,000     3,612
FS KKR Capital Corp.  3.400%          1/15/26     1,200     1,081
GATX Corp.  3.500%           6/1/32     3,200     2,813
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  5.700%          11/1/24     5,105     5,143
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.500%          1/23/25       359       349
5 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.272%          9/29/25       253       245
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.750%          2/25/26       207       201
5 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  1.093%          12/9/26     1,430     1,280
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.640%          2/24/28     3,530     3,223
5,11 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  7.250%          4/10/28     1,300     1,730
5 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.691%           6/5/28       344       326
5 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.223%           5/1/29     1,750     1,670
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.600%           2/7/30       207       178
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.615%          4/22/32     3,140     2,616
11 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  6.875%          1/18/38       400       517
5 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.411%          4/23/39     5,128     4,617
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.210%          4/22/42     1,500     1,129
5 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.800%           7/8/44     3,480     3,234
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.750%         10/21/45     2,180     2,014
HSBC Holdings plc  0.976%          5/24/25     2,900     2,730
HSBC Holdings plc  4.300%           3/8/26       215       210
HSBC Holdings plc  2.999%          3/10/26     6,950     6,590
HSBC Holdings plc  3.900%          5/25/26       257       243
5 HSBC Holdings plc  2.099%           6/4/26     3,967     3,645
5 HSBC Holdings plc  4.292%          9/12/26       200       191
HSBC Holdings plc  1.589%          5/24/27     2,910     2,565
5 HSBC Holdings plc  4.041%          3/13/28       652       614
HSBC Holdings plc  7.390%          11/3/28     5,500     5,879
HSBC Holdings plc  6.161%           3/9/29     3,000     3,084
5 HSBC Holdings plc  4.583%          6/19/29       348       331
12 HSBC Holdings plc  0.641%          9/24/29     3,300     2,947
5 HSBC Holdings plc  3.973%          5/22/30       248       224
5 HSBC Holdings plc  2.357%          8/18/31     1,000       807
HSBC Holdings plc  2.804%          5/24/32     9,360     7,649
5,11 HSBC Holdings plc  6.000%          3/29/40       700       778
HSBC Holdings plc  6.332%           3/9/44     5,000     5,279
HSBC USA Inc.  5.625%          3/17/25     5,900     5,918
ING Groep NV  3.950%          3/29/27       214       205
ING Groep NV  4.050%           4/9/29       236       221
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  4.950%          6/15/52     1,600     1,558
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  5.200%          6/15/62     2,145     2,159
Invesco Finance plc  4.000%          1/30/24       200       198
Invesco Finance plc  5.375%         11/30/43       590       584
12 JAB Holdings BV  4.750%          6/29/32       800       878
12 JAB Holdings BV  2.250%         12/19/39       500       379
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.220%           3/1/25       106       104
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.900%          7/15/25       256       252
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  2.005%          3/13/26     2,010     1,893
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.080%          4/26/26     5,100     5,003
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.200%          6/15/26       303       291
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.578%          4/22/27     2,000     1,797
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  2.947%          2/24/28       207       192
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.323%          4/26/28     6,430     6,281
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.851%          7/25/28     3,370     3,365
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.509%          1/23/29       473       443
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.005%          4/23/29       384       367
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.452%          12/5/29       200       194
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  2.739%         10/15/30       229       200
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.953%           2/4/32     5,000     4,023
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.586%          4/26/33     1,700     1,647
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  6.400%          5/15/38     3,000     3,418
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.882%          7/24/38     1,304     1,148
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.109%          4/22/41     5,930     4,527
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  5.600%          7/15/41     1,341     1,399
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  2.525%         11/19/41     2,620     1,834
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.964%         11/15/48       660       547
5 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.109%          4/22/51     3,600     2,551
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.328%          4/22/52     1,750     1,282
5 KeyBank NA  3.300%           6/1/25       200       187
5 KeyBank NA  4.150%           8/8/25     2,200     2,085
KeyBank NA  5.000%          1/26/33     2,235     2,075
Lazard Group LLC  4.500%          9/19/28       262       251
5 Lloyds Banking Group plc  3.870%           7/9/25     1,593     1,549
Lloyds Banking Group plc  4.716%          8/11/26     3,300     3,211
Lloyds Banking Group plc  5.871%           3/6/29     3,400     3,430
5,10,13 Lloyds Banking Group plc, 3M Australian Bank Bill Rate + 1.400%  5.032%           3/7/25     1,000       662
M&T Bank Corp.  5.053%          1/27/34     2,000     1,851
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.  4.650%          1/27/26     6,740     6,347
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.  4.700%          1/27/28     3,540     3,316
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  3.500%          3/10/25       254       247
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  5.750%          11/1/32     3,455     3,705
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  2.900%         12/15/51     3,250     2,213
12 Mastercard Inc.  1.000%          2/22/29     2,030     1,937
Mastercard Inc.  2.950%          3/15/51     2,000     1,506
MetLife Inc.  4.125%          8/13/42     1,000       842
MetLife Inc.  4.875%         11/13/43     2,200     2,052
MetLife Inc.  5.000%          7/15/52     3,800     3,552
MetLife Inc.  5.250%          1/15/54     2,080     2,030
5,12 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I  3.750%          12/5/30     2,900     3,101
8 Midcap Financial Issuer Trust  5.625%          1/15/30       347       265
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  3.777%           3/2/25       636       620
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  1.412%          7/17/25     1,000       918
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.719%          2/20/26     3,980     3,990
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.422%          2/22/29     3,670     3,704
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  3.195%          7/18/29       265       237
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.475%          2/22/31     1,850     1,865
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  2.309%          7/20/32     4,680     3,750
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.441%          2/22/34     4,430     4,476
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  3.751%          7/18/39       515       439
5 Mizuho Financial Group Inc.  2.555%          9/13/25       248       237
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.  5.667%          5/27/29     3,000     3,040
5 Mizuho Financial Group Inc.  3.153%          7/16/30       200       176
22

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 Morgan Stanley  2.720%          7/22/25     7,830     7,553
5 Morgan Stanley  4.000%          7/23/25     4,444     4,358
5 Morgan Stanley  3.875%          1/27/26       707       691
5 Morgan Stanley  2.188%          4/28/26     2,070     1,945
Morgan Stanley  4.679%          7/17/26     2,360     2,328
Morgan Stanley  3.625%          1/20/27       573       551
Morgan Stanley  5.050%          1/28/27    14,190    14,163
Morgan Stanley  1.593%           5/4/27     3,900     3,512
Morgan Stanley  2.475%          1/21/28     3,500     3,200
5 Morgan Stanley  3.591%          7/22/28       751       710
Morgan Stanley  5.123%           2/1/29     5,360     5,394
12 Morgan Stanley  4.656%           3/2/29     1,600     1,769
12 Morgan Stanley  0.495%         10/26/29     1,100       979
5 Morgan Stanley  2.699%          1/22/31       500       430
5 Morgan Stanley  3.622%           4/1/31       265       243
5 Morgan Stanley  1.794%          2/13/32     4,980     3,910
12 Morgan Stanley  2.950%           5/7/32       900       887
Morgan Stanley  4.889%          7/20/33     2,000     1,963
5,12 Morgan Stanley  5.148%          1/25/34     1,000     1,139
Morgan Stanley  5.948%          1/19/38     8,690     8,622
5 Morgan Stanley  3.971%          7/22/38     1,000       882
5 Morgan Stanley  4.457%          4/22/39     4,045     3,712
Morgan Stanley  3.217%          4/22/42     1,735     1,340
Morgan Stanley  4.300%          1/27/45       725       636
5 Morgan Stanley  2.802%          1/25/52     1,215       802
Nasdaq Inc.  2.500%         12/21/40     1,675     1,103
Nasdaq Inc.  3.950%           3/7/52       665       516
5 NatWest Group plc  4.269%          3/22/25       700       686
5 NatWest Group plc  3.073%          5/22/28     1,175     1,063
5 NatWest Group plc  4.892%          5/18/29     3,400     3,271
5,11 NIBC Bank NV  3.125%         11/15/23     4,300     5,201
Nomura Holdings Inc.  2.710%          1/22/29     1,300     1,103
Northern Trust Corp.  4.000%          5/10/27     4,000     3,917
OneMain Finance Corp.  3.500%          1/15/27       305       256
5 PNC Bank NA  3.100%         10/25/27       262       244
5 PNC Bank NA  2.700%         10/22/29       200       172
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  4.758%          1/26/27    13,000    12,841
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  3.450%          4/23/29       403       374
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  5.068%          1/24/34     3,360     3,317
Principal Financial Group Inc.  5.500%          3/15/53     2,044     1,953
Progressive Corp.  2.500%          3/15/27     1,800     1,670
8 Protective Life Corp.  4.300%          9/30/28       200       192
Prudential Financial Inc.  3.935%          12/7/49     2,530     2,005
5 Prudential Financial Inc.  4.350%          2/25/50       500       425
5 Prudential Financial Inc.  3.700%          3/13/51     1,660     1,257
11 Rothesay Life plc  8.000%         10/30/25     1,189     1,502
5 Royal Bank of Canada  3.970%          7/26/24     8,000     7,892
5 Royal Bank of Canada  6.000%          11/1/27    11,900    12,444
Santander Holdings USA Inc.  3.500%           6/7/24       184       179
Santander Holdings USA Inc.  6.499%           3/9/29     4,480     4,477
Santander UK Group Holdings plc  6.833%         11/21/26     7,080     7,176
Santander UK Group Holdings plc  1.673%          6/14/27     4,500     3,920
Santander UK Group Holdings plc  6.534%          1/10/29     3,000     3,052
11 Scottish Widows Ltd.  5.500%          6/16/23     3,236     3,981
State Street Corp.  4.857%          1/26/26     1,520     1,511
23

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
State Street Corp.  5.820%          11/4/28       920       964
State Street Corp.  3.152%          3/30/31       223       199
State Street Corp.  4.821%          1/26/34     3,000     2,981
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  2.348%          1/15/25       220       209
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  3.784%           3/9/26       290       283
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  2.632%          7/14/26       427       395
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  3.446%          1/11/27       200       188
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  5.520%          1/13/28     6,500     6,598
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  3.040%          7/16/29       588       520
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  5.710%          1/13/30     4,000     4,126
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  2.750%          1/15/30       273       235
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  1.710%          1/12/31     4,864     3,772
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  5.766%          1/13/33     3,500     3,657
8 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.  5.650%           3/9/26     7,100     7,213
Synovus Bank  5.625%          2/15/28     2,000     1,814
Toronto-Dominion Bank  3.766%           6/6/25     4,000     3,896
Toronto-Dominion Bank  5.103%           1/9/26     3,500     3,521
Toronto-Dominion Bank  5.156%          1/10/28     3,500     3,538
5 Truist Bank  1.500%          3/10/25       200       184
5 Truist Financial Corp.  4.873%          1/26/29     4,250     4,136
5 Truist Financial Corp.  5.122%          1/26/34     2,000     1,948
US Bancorp  5.727%         10/21/26     5,990     6,018
5 US Bancorp  3.900%          4/26/28       300       287
5 US Bancorp  4.548%          7/22/28     7,900     7,690
US Bancorp  4.653%           2/1/29     3,000     2,925
US Bancorp  5.850%         10/21/33     1,000     1,045
US Bancorp  4.839%           2/1/34     2,000     1,939
11 Utmost Group plc  4.000%         12/15/31       489       449
12 Visa Inc.  1.500%          6/15/26     6,449     6,597
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.550%          9/29/25       540       519
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  2.164%          2/11/26     3,256     3,067
Wells Fargo & Co.  3.000%          4/22/26       504       476
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  2.188%          4/30/26     3,600     3,378
Wells Fargo & Co.  3.000%         10/23/26       545       510
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.196%          6/17/27       200       188
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.526%          3/24/28     2,460     2,321
5,11 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.473%          4/26/28     1,900     2,152
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.584%          5/22/28       244       230
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.808%          7/25/28     3,370     3,329
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  2.879%         10/30/30     2,332     2,024
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.350%           3/2/33     5,460     4,732
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.897%          7/25/33     4,250     4,145
11 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.625%          11/2/35       900     1,045
5,11 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.875%         11/29/35       700       766
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.068%          4/30/41     2,750     2,050
Wells Fargo & Co.  5.375%          11/2/43     2,550     2,441
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.650%          11/4/44     1,000       864
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.400%          6/14/46       750       618
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  5.013%           4/4/51       450       423
5 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.611%          4/25/53       750       665
5,11 Wells Fargo Bank NA  5.250%           8/1/23     6,550     8,053
Westpac Banking Corp.  1.953%         11/20/28     5,000     4,354
5,13 Westpac Banking Corp.  4.334%          8/16/29     1,920     1,262
5 Westpac Banking Corp.  2.894%           2/4/30     2,700     2,535
Westpac Banking Corp.  2.963%         11/16/40     1,175       799
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Willis North America Inc.  2.950%          9/15/29     1,585     1,389
Willis North America Inc.  3.875%          9/15/49       680       510
5,11 Zurich Finance Ireland Designated Activity Co.  5.125%         11/23/52     1,000     1,120
                                         867,699
Health Care (2.8%)
Abbott Laboratories  4.900%         11/30/46     1,019     1,048
AbbVie Inc.  3.200%         11/21/29       313       290
AbbVie Inc.  4.050%         11/21/39     8,632     7,704
AbbVie Inc.  4.875%         11/14/48     2,395     2,300
AbbVie Inc.  4.250%         11/21/49       725       640
5 AdventHealth Obligated Group  2.795%         11/15/51     5,700     3,883
5 Allina Health System  3.887%          4/15/49     1,135       930
AmerisourceBergen Corp.  4.300%         12/15/47     3,400     2,947
Amgen Inc.  5.250%           3/2/25     9,765     9,874
Amgen Inc.  2.200%          2/21/27     2,609     2,404
Amgen Inc.  5.150%           3/2/28    15,230    15,553
Amgen Inc.  2.450%          2/21/30     3,720     3,242
Amgen Inc.  3.150%          2/21/40     2,250     1,765
Amgen Inc.  5.600%           3/2/43     2,240     2,310
Amgen Inc.  3.375%          2/21/50       750       562
Amgen Inc.  5.650%           3/2/53     1,720     1,790
Amgen Inc.  5.750%           3/2/63     1,740     1,805
AstraZeneca Finance LLC  1.200%          5/28/26     1,000       911
AstraZeneca Finance LLC  1.750%          5/28/28     1,800     1,597
AstraZeneca plc  4.000%          9/18/42     3,990     3,629
Baxter International Inc.  2.272%          12/1/28     5,915     5,138
Baxter International Inc.  2.539%           2/1/32     4,430     3,609
Baxter International Inc.  3.132%          12/1/51     2,000     1,296
Becton Dickinson & Co.  4.693%          2/13/28     2,200     2,210
Becton Dickinson & Co.  4.669%           6/6/47       300       280
12 Becton Dickinson Euro Finance Sarl  3.553%          9/13/29     1,800     1,941
5 Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc.  3.080%           7/1/51     3,635     2,393
Boston Scientific Corp.  1.900%           6/1/25     1,000       945
Boston Scientific Corp.  4.550%           3/1/39       392       368
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  3.400%          7/26/29     1,116     1,060
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  1.450%         11/13/30        75        61
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  2.950%          3/15/32     3,000     2,705
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  4.550%          2/20/48       680       643
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  4.250%         10/26/49       450       408
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  2.550%         11/13/50     3,250     2,178
8 Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.  3.125%          2/15/29       250       221
8 Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.  3.500%           4/1/30       170       149
Centene Corp.  2.450%          7/15/28     2,990     2,600
Centene Corp.  3.000%         10/15/30       227       191
Centene Corp.  2.625%           8/1/31     1,290     1,046
5 Children's Hospital of Philadelphia  2.704%           7/1/50     2,850     1,891
5 CHRISTUS Health  4.341%           7/1/28       200       195
Cigna Group  3.750%          7/15/23     1,084     1,079
Cigna Group  1.250%          3/15/26     1,500     1,359
Cigna Group  2.375%          3/15/31     1,815     1,534
Cigna Group  4.800%          8/15/38     1,730     1,678
Cigna Group  3.400%          3/15/50     1,550     1,146
5 City of Hope  4.378%          8/15/48        80        69
CommonSpirit Health  2.760%          10/1/24       615       596
CVS Health Corp.  2.625%          8/15/24       200       194
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
CVS Health Corp.  3.625%           4/1/27     1,419     1,368
CVS Health Corp.  3.250%          8/15/29        20        18
CVS Health Corp.  5.125%          2/21/30     7,300     7,392
CVS Health Corp.  4.780%          3/25/38     6,147     5,857
CVS Health Corp.  2.700%          8/21/40     1,300       930
8 DaVita Inc.  3.750%          2/15/31       265       209
DH Europe Finance II Sarl  2.600%         11/15/29       500       447
DH Europe Finance II Sarl  3.400%         11/15/49     1,120       884
Elevance Health Inc.  3.650%          12/1/27     1,985     1,918
Elevance Health Inc.  3.125%          5/15/50     2,450     1,757
Elevance Health Inc.  6.100%         10/15/52     2,085     2,327
Eli Lilly & Co.  3.375%          3/15/29       200       191
Eli Lilly & Co.  2.500%          9/15/60     1,800     1,151
8 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.600%         11/15/25     5,375     5,442
8 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.650%         11/15/27     3,700     3,826
8 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.857%          3/15/30     2,215     2,318
8 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.905%         11/22/32     2,630     2,796
8 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  6.377%         11/22/52     1,425     1,592
Gilead Sciences Inc.  3.500%           2/1/25       675       662
Gilead Sciences Inc.  3.650%           3/1/26       433       424
Gilead Sciences Inc.  4.150%           3/1/47     1,660     1,458
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc.  3.875%          5/15/28       298       293
HCA Inc.  5.250%          6/15/26       757       758
Johnson & Johnson  2.450%           9/1/60     1,700     1,120
Kaiser Foundation Hospitals  3.150%           5/1/27     3,550     3,347
8 Medline Borrower LP  3.875%           4/1/29       185       160
8 Medline Borrower LP  5.250%          10/1/29       140       121
Medtronic Inc.  4.625%          3/15/45       500       490
Merck & Co. Inc.  1.900%         12/10/28       150       133
Merck & Co. Inc.  3.400%           3/7/29     1,421     1,366
Merck & Co. Inc.  2.150%         12/10/31     4,105     3,468
Merck & Co. Inc.  4.000%           3/7/49     2,675     2,401
5 Mount Sinai Hospitals Group Inc.  3.737%           7/1/49     1,200       932
Mylan Inc.  4.550%          4/15/28       100        96
Novartis Capital Corp.  2.750%          8/14/50       850       629
8 Organon & Co.  4.125%          4/30/28       450       414
Pfizer Inc.  3.450%          3/15/29       382       369
Pfizer Inc.  2.625%           4/1/30       865       780
Pfizer Inc.  1.700%          5/28/30       200       168
Pfizer Inc.  1.750%          8/18/31       440       363
Pfizer Inc.  2.550%          5/28/40     1,546     1,161
8 Roche Holdings Inc.  2.076%         12/13/31     4,255     3,600
Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC  3.200%          9/23/26         2         2
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  2.050%          3/31/30       248       209
12 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  1.375%           7/9/32     1,100       967
12 Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  2.000%           7/9/40       500       391
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  3.025%           7/9/40     4,000     3,052
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  3.175%           7/9/50       355       254
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  4.625%           9/1/24        15        15
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  4.875%           1/1/26       630       618
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  6.250%           2/1/27       205       202
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  6.125%          10/1/28       135       129
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  4.250%           6/1/29       118       107
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  7.875%          9/15/29       130       136
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  8.125%          9/15/31       130       137
12 Thermo Fisher Scientific Finance I BV  2.000%         10/18/51     1,000       708
12 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  3.200%          1/21/26     3,036     3,282
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  1.750%         10/15/28     1,000       879
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  2.000%         10/15/31     2,000     1,663
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  4.950%         11/21/32     5,410     5,613
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  2.800%         10/15/41     3,660     2,785
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  5.250%          2/15/28     1,460     1,521
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  3.850%          6/15/28       245       239
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  5.350%          2/15/33     5,315     5,649
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  2.750%          5/15/40       850       644
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  4.375%          3/15/42     1,170     1,082
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  3.250%          5/15/51     1,750     1,316
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  6.050%          2/15/63     2,855     3,264
Utah Acquisition Sub Inc.  3.950%          6/15/26       200       190
Zoetis Inc.  5.400%         11/14/25     6,220     6,330
Zoetis Inc.  4.700%           2/1/43     1,820     1,702
Zoetis Inc.  3.950%          9/12/47     1,660     1,398
                                         213,987
Industrials (3.5%)
5 3M Co.  2.250%          9/19/26       100        93
3M Co.  3.250%          8/26/49       796       593
8 Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.  6.375%          6/15/30        90        89
8 Air Canada  3.875%          8/15/26       390       354
5,12 Airbus SE  2.375%           6/9/40       700       600
8 Allison Transmission Inc.  4.750%          10/1/27       200       189
8 American Airlines Inc. 11.750%          7/15/25       108       117
8 American Airlines Inc.  5.500%          4/20/26       540       532
8 American Airlines Inc.  7.250%          2/15/28       103       100
8 American Airlines Inc.  5.750%          4/20/29     1,230     1,181
8 American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc.  3.875%         11/15/29       260       222
5,13 Aurizon Finance Pty Ltd.  3.000%           3/9/28     3,900     2,284
5,13 Aurizon Network Pty Ltd.  4.000%          6/21/24     2,500     1,662
Boeing Co.  2.800%           3/1/24       245       239
Boeing Co.  4.875%           5/1/25     1,779     1,776
Boeing Co.  2.750%           2/1/26     2,330     2,207
Boeing Co.  2.250%          6/15/26       790       723
Boeing Co.  2.700%           2/1/27     1,420     1,310
Boeing Co.  3.250%           2/1/28    10,130     9,444
Boeing Co.  3.200%           3/1/29     1,780     1,621
Boeing Co.  5.150%           5/1/30       829       834
Boeing Co.  3.550%           3/1/38     4,500     3,586
Boeing Co.  5.705%           5/1/40     1,650     1,665
Boeing Co.  3.750%           2/1/50     2,600     1,963
Boeing Co.  5.805%           5/1/50     2,896     2,912
Boeing Co.  5.930%           5/1/60     2,100     2,099
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC  5.750%           5/1/40     6,800     7,322
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC  4.900%           4/1/44     1,000       980
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC  3.550%          2/15/50       304       244
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC  3.050%          2/15/51     1,520     1,104
Canadian National Railway Co.  3.850%           8/5/32     5,500     5,227
Canadian National Railway Co.  4.400%           8/5/52     5,780     5,422
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.  4.800%           8/1/45     3,540     3,429
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Cargo Aircraft Management Inc.  4.750%           2/1/28       275       246
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.  4.800%           1/6/26    13,440    13,658
8 Chart Industries Inc.  7.500%           1/1/30        60        62
8 Chart Industries Inc.  9.500%           1/1/31        40        42
CSX Corp.  4.250%          3/15/29     2,860     2,823
CSX Corp.  4.750%         11/15/48     2,000     1,876
CSX Corp.  3.800%          4/15/50       900       731
CSX Corp.  4.250%          11/1/66     1,000       832
8 Daimler Truck Finance North America LLC  1.125%         12/14/23     6,305     6,121
8 Delta Air Lines Inc.  4.750%         10/20/28     4,119     3,951
Delta Air Lines Inc.  3.750%         10/28/29       325       288
Emerson Electric Co.  1.800%         10/15/27       200       179
Emerson Electric Co.  2.200%         12/21/31     1,820     1,538
8 ERAC USA Finance LLC  7.000%         10/15/37     4,200     4,963
FedEx Corp.  3.875%           8/1/42     2,300     1,878
FedEx Corp.  4.550%           4/1/46       800       704
FedEx Corp.  4.050%          2/15/48       800       650
8 Gates Global LLC  6.250%          1/15/26        91        90
General Dynamics Corp.  4.250%           4/1/40     1,720     1,623
5,12 Heathrow Funding Ltd.  1.125%          10/8/30     1,400     1,229
5,11 Heathrow Funding Ltd.  2.750%           8/9/49       800       618
Honeywell International Inc.  1.950%           6/1/30       286       245
Honeywell International Inc.  5.000%          2/15/33     7,190     7,562
12 Honeywell International Inc.  4.125%          11/2/34     1,582     1,745
Honeywell International Inc.  5.700%          3/15/37     5,000     5,530
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.  5.900%           3/1/33     2,740     2,745
5 John Deere Capital Corp.  4.800%           1/9/26    13,276    13,478
5 John Deere Capital Corp.  4.850%         10/11/29     6,335     6,551
14 Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Co. JSC  3.250%          12/5/23     2,000     2,076
5 L3Harris Technologies Inc.  4.400%          6/15/28     1,200     1,181
L3Harris Technologies Inc.  5.054%          4/27/45     1,200     1,141
Lockheed Martin Corp.  5.250%          1/15/33     4,450     4,746
Lockheed Martin Corp.  4.700%          5/15/46     1,660     1,639
Lockheed Martin Corp.  4.300%          6/15/62     2,540     2,302
8 Mileage Plus Holdings LLC  6.500%          6/20/27     9,693     9,670
Norfolk Southern Corp.  2.550%          11/1/29       903       795
Norfolk Southern Corp.  3.050%          5/15/50       860       597
Norfolk Southern Corp.  4.550%           6/1/53     1,648     1,481
Northrop Grumman Corp.  3.200%           2/1/27     4,230     4,049
Northrop Grumman Corp.  4.700%          3/15/33     3,720     3,757
Northrop Grumman Corp.  4.030%         10/15/47     6,360     5,533
Northrop Grumman Corp.  5.250%           5/1/50     1,340     1,386
Northrop Grumman Corp.  4.950%          3/15/53     3,020     3,007
5 PACCAR Financial Corp.  2.850%           4/7/25     7,863     7,597
Parker-Hannifin Corp.  3.650%          6/15/24     6,740     6,640
Parker-Hannifin Corp.  3.250%          6/14/29     6,500     5,989
5,13 Qantas Airways Ltd.  3.150%          9/27/28    10,000     5,927
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.000%          2/27/26     1,650     1,675
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  6.050%           6/1/36     2,879     3,164
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  4.625%         11/16/48     2,900     2,759
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.375%          2/27/53     3,540     3,727
8 Regal Rexnord Corp.  6.050%          4/15/28     1,505     1,511
8 Regal Rexnord Corp.  6.400%          4/15/33     2,720     2,725
Republic Services Inc.  1.750%          2/15/32       864       693
Republic Services Inc.  5.000%           4/1/34     2,490     2,531
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc.  6.750%          3/15/28        85        88
8 Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc.  7.750%          3/15/31       185       194
Rockwell Automation Inc.  2.800%          8/15/61     2,700     1,744
8 Rolls-Royce plc  5.750%         10/15/27       830       830
Southwest Airlines Co.  5.250%           5/4/25       938       941
Southwest Airlines Co.  2.625%          2/10/30     2,250     1,913
8 Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  7.500%          4/15/25        50        50
Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  4.600%          6/15/28        83        70
8 Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  9.375%         11/30/29       190       207
Teledyne Technologies Inc.  2.750%           4/1/31     1,880     1,605
8 TopBuild Corp.  3.625%          3/15/29       110        94
8 TopBuild Corp.  4.125%          2/15/32       310       263
8 TransDigm Inc.  8.000%         12/15/25       675       688
8 TransDigm Inc.  6.250%          3/15/26       831       832
8 TransDigm Inc.  6.750%          8/15/28       120       121
Triton Container International Ltd.  3.250%          3/15/32     5,670     4,488
Tyco Electronics Group SA  3.125%          8/15/27       238       224
Tyco Electronics Group SA  2.500%           2/4/32     3,260     2,788
Union Pacific Corp.  3.250%           2/5/50       905       688
Union Pacific Corp.  3.839%          3/20/60     1,000       807
Union Pacific Corp.  3.850%          2/14/72     3,100     2,455
8 United Airlines Inc.  4.375%          4/15/26       818       784
8 United Airlines Inc.  4.625%          4/15/29       610       552
5 United Airlines Pass-Through Trust Class A Series 2020-1  5.875%         10/15/27       913       907
United Parcel Service Inc.  6.200%          1/15/38     6,710     7,647
United Parcel Service Inc.  5.300%           4/1/50       875       939
                                         264,298
Materials (1.2%)
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.  2.700%          5/15/40     1,040       795
Albemarle Corp.  4.650%           6/1/27     1,000       984
8 Arconic Corp.  6.000%          5/15/25        60        60
8 Ardagh Packaging Finance plc  5.250%          4/30/25       116       115
8 ASP Unifrax Holdings Inc.  5.250%          9/30/28       270       216
Ball Corp.  6.875%          3/15/28       195       202
Ball Corp.  2.875%          8/15/30       291       244
Ball Corp.  3.125%          9/15/31       300       248
8 Berry Global Inc.  4.875%          7/15/26       172       168
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.  4.875%          2/27/26    12,075    12,173
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.  4.750%          2/28/28    14,240    14,415
8 Big River Steel LLC  6.625%          1/31/29       354       354
8 Canpack SA  3.875%         11/15/29       850       695
Celanese US Holdings LLC  5.900%           7/5/24     1,445     1,446
8 Chemours Co.  4.625%         11/15/29       765       633
Dow Chemical Co.  2.100%         11/15/30     2,000     1,672
Dow Chemical Co.  4.375%         11/15/42       300       260
DuPont de Nemours Inc.  5.319%         11/15/38       380       383
8 Element Solutions Inc.  3.875%           9/1/28       328       287
FMC Corp.  4.500%          10/1/49       135       113
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  4.125%           3/1/28     1,285     1,209
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  4.375%           8/1/28       625       590
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  5.250%           9/1/29       780       770
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  4.250%           3/1/30       230       213
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  4.625%           8/1/30       660       626
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  5.450%          3/15/43       150       140
29

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Georgia-Pacific LLC  2.100%          4/30/27       207       189
8 Hudbay Minerals Inc.  4.500%           4/1/26       790       735
8 Ingevity Corp.  3.875%          11/1/28       220       190
International Paper Co.  4.800%          6/15/44       549       503
5 Inversiones CMPC SA  4.750%          9/15/24     2,000     1,972
8 Kaiser Aluminum Corp.  4.500%           6/1/31       485       398
Linde Inc.  2.000%          8/10/50     1,000       593
LYB International Finance III LLC  3.375%          10/1/40     2,600     1,926
Mosaic Co.  4.875%         11/15/41       440       395
Newmont Corp.  2.800%          10/1/29     3,385     3,001
Newmont Corp.  2.250%          10/1/30     2,540     2,132
8 Novelis Corp.  4.750%          1/30/30       315       290
8 Novelis Corp.  3.875%          8/15/31       220       185
Nucor Corp.  3.125%           4/1/32     3,590     3,170
Nucor Corp.  4.400%           5/1/48     1,650     1,456
Nucor Corp.  3.850%           4/1/52     1,500     1,212
Nutrien Ltd.  5.900%          11/7/24       700       710
Nutrien Ltd.  5.950%          11/7/25     1,795     1,847
Nutrien Ltd.  4.900%          3/27/28     2,230     2,230
Nutrien Ltd.  4.200%           4/1/29     2,042     1,971
Nutrien Ltd.  2.950%          5/13/30     1,000       879
Nutrien Ltd.  4.125%          3/15/35       180       161
Nutrien Ltd.  5.800%          3/27/53     4,685     4,831
8 Olympus Water US Holding Corp.  4.250%          10/1/28        50        41
Packaging Corp. of America  3.400%         12/15/27       230       219
Packaging Corp. of America  4.050%         12/15/49       150       123
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.  5.200%          11/2/40     6,290     6,462
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc  5.125%           3/9/53     5,980     6,161
RPM International Inc.  4.550%           3/1/29     1,660     1,588
Sherwin-Williams Co.  4.500%           6/1/47       310       274
Sherwin-Williams Co.  3.300%          5/15/50     1,000       708
8 SPCM SA  3.125%          3/15/27       155       136
8 SPCM SA  3.375%          3/15/30       425       352
Steel Dynamics Inc.  2.400%          6/15/25       555       526
Steel Dynamics Inc.  3.450%          4/15/30     1,570     1,430
Westlake Corp.  3.125%          8/15/51     1,000       638
8 WR Grace Holdings LLC  7.375%           3/1/31        55        55
WRKCo Inc.  3.900%           6/1/28       325       309
                                          89,009
Real Estate (0.9%)
Agree LP  2.000%          6/15/28     1,120       951
Agree LP  2.600%          6/15/33     1,130       888
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  3.450%          4/30/25       206       198
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  4.750%          4/15/35     2,000     1,874
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  3.000%          5/18/51     3,200     1,967
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  5.150%          4/15/53     2,700     2,471
5,12 Aroundtown SA  0.000%          7/16/26     1,100       844
5,12 Aroundtown SA  2.875%        Perpetual       400       150
12 ATF Netherlands BV  7.078%        Perpetual     1,000       514
5,12 Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings Sarl  2.000%          2/15/24     1,000     1,045
5,12 Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings Sarl  1.000%         10/20/26     2,054     1,829
Camden Property Trust  3.350%          11/1/49     2,480     1,829
Corporate Office Properties LP  2.250%          3/15/26     2,000     1,779
30

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Corporate Office Properties LP  2.750%          4/15/31     2,870     2,126
Crown Castle Inc.  4.450%          2/15/26       310       306
Crown Castle Inc.  5.000%          1/11/28     2,440     2,458
Crown Castle Inc.  3.800%          2/15/28     1,093     1,038
Crown Castle Inc.  4.750%          5/15/47       700       612
Crown Castle Inc.  5.200%          2/15/49       200       185
Digital Realty Trust LP  3.600%           7/1/29       200       179
ERP Operating LP  4.500%           7/1/44     3,385     2,960
Essex Portfolio LP  4.500%          3/15/48       920       761
Federal Realty Investment Trust  3.950%          1/15/24     4,825     4,763
Healthcare Realty Holdings LP  3.875%           5/1/25       775       747
Healthpeak OP LLC  5.250%         12/15/32     4,310     4,321
Kimco Realty OP LLC  4.250%           4/1/45     2,180     1,706
Kimco Realty OP LLC  3.700%          10/1/49     1,660     1,199
8 Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP  4.750%          6/15/29       555       401
Life Storage LP  2.400%         10/15/31     2,070     1,670
Mid-America Apartments LP  2.750%          3/15/30       200       175
MPT Operating Partnership LP  3.500%          3/15/31       575       384
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.  5.250%          1/15/26       200       196
Omega Healthcare Investors Inc.  3.375%           2/1/31     1,836     1,461
5,12 Prologis Euro Finance LLC  1.000%           2/8/29     1,400     1,237
5,12 Prologis Euro Finance LLC  3.875%          1/31/30       431       445
5,12 Prologis International Funding II SA  1.625%          6/17/32     2,062     1,663
Prologis LP  1.750%           2/1/31     1,645     1,329
Prologis LP  4.625%          1/15/33     1,655     1,627
Prologis LP  5.250%          6/15/53     5,977     5,962
Realty Income Corp.  4.850%          3/15/30     4,155     4,100
SBA Communications Corp.  3.125%           2/1/29       325       283
Simon Property Group LP  2.000%          9/13/24       189       181
Simon Property Group LP  3.500%           9/1/25     1,200     1,158
Simon Property Group LP  3.250%         11/30/26       203       192
Simon Property Group LP  1.750%           2/1/28       200       172
Simon Property Group LP  2.650%          7/15/30     1,000       843
Simon Property Group LP  3.800%          7/15/50       250       186
5 UDR Inc.  2.950%           9/1/26       185       173
8 VICI Properties LP  5.625%           5/1/24       235       233
8 VICI Properties LP  4.625%          6/15/25       641       620
Welltower OP LLC  4.250%           4/1/26       600       588
11 Westfield America Management Ltd.  2.125%          3/30/25     3,724     4,233
Weyerhaeuser Co.  4.000%         11/15/29     2,479     2,337
                                          71,549
Technology (1.8%)
Apple Inc.  3.850%           5/4/43     1,715     1,562
Apple Inc.  3.850%           8/4/46     1,660     1,480
Apple Inc.  2.950%          9/11/49       925       699
Apple Inc.  4.100%           8/8/62     6,980     6,228
Block Inc.  3.500%           6/1/31        45        37
Broadcom Inc.  5.000%          4/15/30     1,450     1,441
8 Broadcom Inc.  3.137%         11/15/35     8,860     6,828
8 Broadcom Inc.  3.500%          2/15/41       800       603
8 CommScope Inc.  7.125%           7/1/28       239       176
Dell International LLC  6.100%          7/15/27       500       525
Dell International LLC  5.250%           2/1/28     5,770     5,825
Dell International LLC  6.200%          7/15/30     2,051     2,157
8 Entegris Escrow Corp.  4.750%          4/15/29     4,380     4,134
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
8 Entegris Escrow Corp.  5.950%          6/15/30       865       838
Global Payments Inc.  1.500%         11/15/24     2,560     2,411
12 Highland Holdings Sarl  0.934%         12/15/31     1,100       913
HP Inc.  4.000%          4/15/29     5,030     4,770
8 Imola Merger Corp.  4.750%          5/15/29       440       393
Intel Corp.  4.875%          2/10/26     7,180     7,274
Intel Corp.  3.150%          5/11/27        44        42
Intel Corp.  4.875%          2/10/28     6,160     6,258
Intel Corp.  2.450%         11/15/29       237       209
Intel Corp.  5.125%          2/10/30     3,540     3,604
Intel Corp.  5.200%          2/10/33     3,570     3,631
Intel Corp.  5.625%          2/10/43     3,150     3,227
Intel Corp.  4.750%          3/25/50     1,345     1,231
Intel Corp.  3.050%          8/12/51     2,400     1,640
Intel Corp.  4.900%           8/5/52     5,790     5,392
Intel Corp.  5.900%          2/10/63     1,490     1,532
International Business Machines Corp.  4.150%          5/15/39     7,180     6,362
KLA Corp.  5.000%          3/15/49     2,820     2,763
8 McAfee Corp.  7.375%          2/15/30       550       459
NVIDIA Corp.  3.500%           4/1/40     1,710     1,467
NVIDIA Corp.  3.700%           4/1/60       500       401
NXP BV  3.250%          5/11/41     2,350     1,708
Oracle Corp.  3.400%           7/8/24       100        98
Oracle Corp.  2.950%         11/15/24       371       360
Oracle Corp.  2.950%          5/15/25       328       316
Oracle Corp.  5.800%         11/10/25     3,580     3,669
Oracle Corp.  2.650%          7/15/26       298       278
Oracle Corp.  2.300%          3/25/28     3,315     2,967
Oracle Corp.  2.950%           4/1/30       921       813
Oracle Corp.  4.650%           5/6/30     9,210     8,968
Oracle Corp.  3.850%          7/15/36     3,430     2,916
Oracle Corp.  3.600%           4/1/40     1,300     1,007
Oracle Corp.  3.650%          3/25/41     2,250     1,742
Oracle Corp.  3.950%          3/25/51     1,610     1,210
Oracle Corp.  6.900%          11/9/52     1,000     1,121
PayPal Holdings Inc.  3.900%           6/1/27     1,120     1,101
RELX Capital Inc.  3.000%          5/22/30     1,000       890
S&P Global Inc.  2.700%           3/1/29     6,460     5,878
8 Sabre GLBL Inc.  7.375%           9/1/25       144       129
Skyworks Solutions Inc.  1.800%           6/1/26     1,020       919
8 SS&C Technologies Inc.  5.500%          9/30/27       110       107
Texas Instruments Inc.  4.600%          2/15/28     5,130     5,240
Verisk Analytics Inc.  5.500%          6/15/45     4,200     4,100
VMware Inc.  4.700%          5/15/30       500       485
Workday Inc.  3.700%           4/1/29     3,160     2,960
                                         135,494
Utilities (3.6%)
5 AEP Transmission Co. LLC  3.650%           4/1/50     2,800     2,223
5 AEP Transmission Co. LLC  2.750%          8/15/51     1,500       992
AEP Transmission Co. LLC  5.400%          3/15/53     3,240     3,375
5 Alabama Power Co.  1.450%          9/15/30     2,000     1,607
Ameren Corp.  3.500%          1/15/31       700       636
Ameren Illinois Co.  1.550%         11/15/30     1,500     1,210
Ameren Illinois Co.  5.900%          12/1/52     3,225     3,607
American Electric Power Co. Inc.  2.031%          3/15/24     2,100     2,037
32

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
12 Amprion GmbH  3.450%          9/22/27     7,900     8,509
5 Appalachian Power Co.  4.500%           3/1/49       500       432
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.  2.850%          5/15/51     3,200     2,199
5,11 Cadent Finance plc  2.125%          9/22/28     1,400     1,467
8 Calpine Corp.  5.125%          3/15/28       395       362
5 CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  2.350%           4/1/31     1,165       996
5 CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  3.000%           3/1/32     1,944     1,723
5 CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  4.450%          10/1/32     4,400     4,360
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  4.950%           4/1/33     5,040     5,148
CenterPoint Energy Inc.  4.250%          11/1/28       319       307
CenterPoint Energy Inc.  2.650%           6/1/31     2,730     2,312
CMS Energy Corp.  4.875%           3/1/44     1,135     1,042
Commonwealth Edison Co.  4.900%           2/1/33     2,465     2,519
Commonwealth Edison Co.  3.800%          10/1/42       685       578
5 Commonwealth Edison Co.  3.750%          8/15/47       490       399
Commonwealth Edison Co.  5.300%           2/1/53     3,110     3,218
5 Connecticut Light & Power Co.  4.150%           6/1/45       250       215
Connecticut Light & Power Co.  4.000%           4/1/48       307       264
Connecticut Light & Power Co.  5.250%          1/15/53     6,020     6,214
5 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.  5.500%          12/1/39     1,645     1,663
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.  5.700%          6/15/40     4,120     4,243
Constellation Energy Generation LLC  6.250%          10/1/39     2,530     2,674
Consumers Energy Co.  4.650%           3/1/28     2,810     2,835
Consumers Energy Co.  3.600%          8/15/32       900       833
Consumers Energy Co.  3.950%          7/15/47       900       763
Consumers Energy Co.  4.200%           9/1/52     1,770     1,552
5,13 DBNGP Finance Co. Pty Ltd.  4.225%          5/28/25     5,550     3,665
5 Dominion Energy Inc.  3.375%           4/1/30       405       367
5 Dominion Energy Inc.  4.050%          9/15/42       500       402
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc.  5.450%           2/1/41     1,750     1,784
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc.  4.600%          6/15/43       530       489
5 DTE Electric Co.  1.900%           4/1/28       615       543
DTE Electric Co.  4.300%           7/1/44     2,490     2,209
DTE Energy Co.  2.950%           3/1/30     1,000       878
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  2.450%          8/15/29       970       848
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  2.450%           2/1/30       585       512
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  2.550%          4/15/31       860       739
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  5.300%          2/15/40       250       257
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  4.250%         12/15/41     1,528     1,365
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  5.350%          1/15/53     2,030     2,116
Duke Energy Corp.  3.300%          6/15/41       500       377
Duke Energy Corp.  3.500%          6/15/51       500       367
Duke Energy Florida LLC  3.800%          7/15/28       241       236
Duke Energy Florida LLC  1.750%          6/15/30       290       239
Duke Energy Ohio Inc.  5.250%           4/1/33     1,855     1,909
Duke Energy Progress LLC  4.100%          5/15/42     3,400     2,936
Duke Energy Progress LLC  2.500%          8/15/50     3,483     2,176
5,12 Enel Finance International NV  0.875%          9/28/34     1,800     1,363
5,12 Engie SA  2.000%          9/28/37     1,500     1,258
Entergy Arkansas LLC  3.500%           4/1/26       202       197
Entergy Arkansas LLC  5.150%          1/15/33       980     1,007
Entergy Arkansas LLC  2.650%          6/15/51     1,990     1,285
Entergy Corp.  2.800%          6/15/30     1,721     1,490
Entergy Louisiana LLC  5.590%          10/1/24     1,200     1,212
Entergy Louisiana LLC  1.600%         12/15/30       515       407
33

 

Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Entergy Louisiana LLC  4.200%           9/1/48       500       434
Evergy Kansas Central Inc.  3.250%           9/1/49     1,900     1,374
Eversource Energy  4.200%          6/27/24     8,930     8,834
5 Eversource Energy  1.400%          8/15/26     1,400     1,254
Eversource Energy  5.450%           3/1/28     2,580     2,674
Exelon Corp.  5.150%          3/15/28     5,160     5,256
Exelon Corp.  4.050%          4/15/30       400       381
Exelon Corp.  3.350%          3/15/32     2,600     2,325
Exelon Corp.  5.625%          6/15/35       200       209
Exelon Corp.  5.100%          6/15/45     1,000       947
Exelon Corp.  4.450%          4/15/46     1,000       863
Exelon Corp.  4.100%          3/15/52     1,400     1,156
FirstEnergy Corp.  2.650%           3/1/30     3,190     2,729
5 FirstEnergy Corp.  2.250%           9/1/30     1,435     1,185
8 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC  2.866%          9/15/28     6,520     5,891
8 ITC Holdings Corp.  4.950%          9/22/27     1,250     1,257
5,12 National Grid Electricity Distribution East Midlands plc  3.530%          9/20/28     3,600     3,839
5,12 National Grid plc  3.245%          3/30/34     1,600     1,567
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.  3.700%          3/15/29       177       168
8 NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP  4.500%          9/15/27        85        81
NiSource Inc.  5.250%          3/30/28     2,670     2,717
Northern States Power Co.  6.250%           6/1/36       500       555
NRG Energy Inc.  6.625%          1/15/27        55        55
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.  5.400%          1/15/33     1,900     1,967
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC  0.550%          10/1/25     3,000     2,705
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC  3.800%          9/30/47     1,010       843
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.150%           1/1/26     2,000     1,865
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.000%          6/15/28     1,000       889
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  2.500%           2/1/31     3,000     2,428
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  6.150%          1/15/33     6,830     7,010
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  4.500%           7/1/40     1,472     1,211
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.500%           8/1/50     1,172       774
PacifiCorp  5.250%          6/15/35       313       324
PacifiCorp  6.250%         10/15/37     3,762     4,213
PacifiCorp  4.125%          1/15/49       525       450
PacifiCorp  4.150%          2/15/50       865       740
PacifiCorp  5.350%          12/1/53    10,550    10,826
PECO Energy Co.  4.150%          10/1/44     1,515     1,319
PECO Energy Co.  3.700%          9/15/47     1,285     1,044
8 Pennsylvania Electric Co.  5.150%          3/30/26     1,640     1,647
PPL Electric Utilities Corp.  5.250%          5/15/53     6,620     6,856
5 Public Service Co. of Colorado  6.250%           9/1/37       550       620
Public Service Co. of Colorado  3.800%          6/15/47     1,000       825
Public Service Co. of Colorado  4.050%          9/15/49       500       422
Public Service Co. of New Hampshire  5.150%          1/15/53     3,010     3,057
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma  5.250%          1/15/33     1,500     1,534
5 Public Service Electric & Gas Co.  3.200%          5/15/29       261       240
5 Public Service Electric & Gas Co.  4.650%          3/15/33     4,610     4,627
5 Public Service Electric & Gas Co.  3.950%           5/1/42       806       696
5 Public Service Electric & Gas Co.  3.600%          12/1/47       500       400
8 Rayburn Country Securitization LLC  2.307%          12/1/30     2,720     2,464
Sempra Energy  3.700%           4/1/29     4,000     3,717
Southern California Edison Co.  5.300%           3/1/28     2,570     2,637
5 Southern California Edison Co.  4.200%           3/1/29     1,800     1,744
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Southern California Edison Co.  4.500%           9/1/40     1,775     1,582
Southern California Edison Co.  4.000%           4/1/47       615       506
Southern California Edison Co.  3.450%           2/1/52       700       517
Southern Co.  4.475%           8/1/24     4,480     4,421
Southern Co.  5.150%          10/6/25     3,465     3,507
5 Southern Co.  3.700%          4/30/30       700       655
Southern Co.  4.400%           7/1/46       350       305
Tampa Electric Co.  3.875%          7/12/24     1,580     1,556
Union Electric Co.  3.900%          9/15/42       454       383
Union Electric Co.  4.000%           4/1/48       910       756
Union Electric Co.  3.900%           4/1/52     1,500     1,262
Union Electric Co.  5.450%          3/15/53     6,620     6,911
5 Virginia Electric & Power Co.  3.150%          1/15/26       425       411
Virginia Electric & Power Co.  2.300%         11/15/31     1,000       831
Virginia Electric & Power Co.  4.000%          1/15/43     1,180       997
5 Virginia Electric & Power Co.  3.800%          9/15/47       500       399
8 Vistra Operations Co. LLC  5.500%           9/1/26       530       515
8 Vistra Operations Co. LLC  5.625%          2/15/27        65        63
WEC Energy Group Inc.  5.000%          9/27/25     5,000     5,006
WEC Energy Group Inc.  4.750%           1/9/26     9,750     9,749
WEC Energy Group Inc.  4.750%          1/15/28     7,310     7,311
Wisconsin Public Service Corp.  5.350%         11/10/25     2,500     2,544
                                          271,179
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $2,745,914) 2,577,880
Floating Rate Loan Interests (0.1%)
10 AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 4.750%  9.558%          4/20/28       155       157
10 Central Parent Inc. First Lien Initial Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.250%  9.148%           7/6/29       149       149
10 Directv Financing LLC Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 5.000%  9.840%           8/2/27       417       401
10 First Student Bidco Inc. Incremental Term Loan B, TSFR3M + 4.000%  8.998%          7/21/28       415       405
10 First Student Bidco Inc. Incremental Term Loan C, TSFR3M + 4.000%  8.998%          7/21/28        28        27
10 McAfee Corp. Tranche B-1 Term Loan, TSFR1M + 3.750%  8.515%           3/1/29       179       168
10 Medline Borrower LP Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 3.250%  8.090%         10/23/28       203       198
10 SBA Senior Finance II LLC Initial Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.600%          4/11/25        20        20
10 Setanta Aircraft Leasing DAC Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 2.000%  7.159%          11/5/28     1,745     1,744
10 Spirit Aerosystems Inc. Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.500%  9.176%          1/15/27         2         2
10 SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. Term Loan B-6, TSFR1M + 2.250%  7.157%          3/22/29       108       108
10 SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. Term Loan B-7, TSFR1M + 2.250%  7.157%          3/22/29       164       162
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests (Cost $3,530) 3,541
Sovereign Bonds (3.2%)
5,12 Belfius Bank SA  5.250%          4/19/33     1,100     1,173
5 Bermuda  3.717%          1/25/27       700       676
5 Bermuda  5.000%          7/15/32     7,890     7,860
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 Bermuda  3.375%          8/20/50     3,881     2,784
5 Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA  2.400%          9/28/27       865       742
5 Empresa Nacional del Petroleo  3.750%           8/5/26     4,188     3,919
5 Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.  7.125%          2/11/25     4,500     4,425
5,12 European Union  2.625%           2/4/48    23,680    23,002
5,8 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.750%          1/18/28    27,690    28,087
5,8 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%          1/18/53     7,350     6,881
5,8 Korea Electric Power Corp.  3.625%          6/14/25     5,333     5,207
5,8 Korea Electric Power Corp.  5.375%           4/6/26     9,680     9,830
5 Korea National Oil Corp.  0.875%          10/5/25     5,000     4,530
5,8 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust  3.875%          3/20/27       200       187
5,8 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust  4.125%           2/1/29       560       520
5 Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  5.450%          5/21/28       954       957
5 Petroleos del Peru SA  5.625%          6/19/47     4,740     3,068
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.490%          1/23/27     6,590     5,979
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%          3/13/27     3,583     3,253
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%           6/2/41     1,134       759
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.375%          1/23/45       183       116
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.750%          9/21/47       945       613
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.350%          2/12/48     2,731     1,702
5 Republic of Croatia  5.500%           4/4/23     5,608     5,608
Republic of Hungary  5.375%          3/25/24       298       299
5,8 Republic of Hungary  6.125%          5/22/28     2,100     2,157
5 Republic of Panama  3.160%          1/23/30     1,000       879
5 Republic of Panama  2.252%          9/29/32       500       384
Republic of Panama  8.125%          4/28/34       780       916
5 Republic of Panama  4.300%          4/29/53     1,010       742
5 Republic of Panama  3.870%          7/23/60     6,912     4,534
Republic of Peru  2.844%          6/20/30     5,470     4,793
5 Republic of Peru  2.783%          1/23/31     6,803     5,819
5 Republic of Poland  5.750%         11/16/32     4,137     4,409
5,7 Republic of Poland  5.500%           4/4/53     8,033     8,193
5,12 Republic of Romania  2.125%           3/7/28     2,689     2,484
12 Republic of Romania  6.625%          9/27/29    10,660    11,806
Republic of the Philippines  4.625%          7/17/28     1,000     1,014
Republic of the Philippines  5.609%          4/13/33     1,310     1,402
5 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  2.875%          4/16/24     2,500     2,442
5 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  3.500%          4/16/29     1,070     1,002
5,12 Serbia International Bond  3.125%          5/15/27     2,060     2,013
5,8 Serbia International Bond  6.500%          9/26/33     2,100     2,094
5,12 Serbia International Bond  2.050%          9/23/36     1,400       916
5,8,15 Ukraine Government Bond  6.876%          5/21/31     5,000       861
11 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  2.750%           9/7/24     2,586     3,138
5 United Mexican States  5.400%           2/9/28    15,510    15,976
5 United Mexican States  2.659%          5/24/31     9,009     7,537
5,16 United Mexican States  7.750%          5/29/31   100,000     5,205
5,16 United Mexican States 10.000%         11/20/36   140,000     8,450
5,16 United Mexican States  8.500%         11/18/38   264,500    13,998
5,16 United Mexican States  7.750%         11/13/42   152,000     7,340
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $243,812) 242,681
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.0%)
Houston TX GO  6.290%           3/1/32     1,465     1,562
New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority Revenue (Build America Bonds)  5.871%         11/15/39       700       701
Texas Private Activity Bond Surface Transportation Corp. Revenue (NTE Mobility Partners)  3.922%         12/31/49       700       574
Wisconsin General Fund Annual Appropriation Revenue  3.954%           5/1/36       500       468
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $3,694) 3,305
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Core Bond Fund
      Coupon   Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.8%)
Money Market Fund (0.8%)
17 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
(Cost $61,126)
 4.839%                     611,442          61,138
Total Investments (98.6%) (Cost $7,836,704)   7,517,738
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (1.4%)   105,547
Net Assets (100%)   7,623,285
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $8,535,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $13,601,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
3 Securities with a value of $27,488,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
4 Securities with a value of $3,832,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open centrally cleared swap contracts.
5 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
6 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
7 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of March 31, 2023.
8 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, the aggregate value was $478,750,000, representing 6.3% of net assets.
9 Interest-only security.
10 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
11 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
12 Face amount denominated in euro.
13 Face amount denominated in Australian dollars.
14 Face amount denominated in Swiss francs.
15 Non-income-producing security—security in default.
16 Face amount denominated in Mexican pesos.
17 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  1M—1-month.
  3M—3-month.
  DAC—Designated Activity Company.
  GO—General Obligation Bond.
  LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate.
  REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
  TSFR1M—CME Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate 1-Month.
  TSFR3M—CME Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate 3-Month.
  UMBS—Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities.
  USD—U.S. dollar.
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 3,254 356,338 678
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 1,594 183,186 216
Euro-Schatz June 2023 118 13,526 (41)
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 574 69,535 102
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 578 81,570 2,267
        3,222
 
Short Futures Contracts
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (597) (123,252) 105
10-Year Japanese Government Bond June 2023 (92) (102,633) 79
AUD 3-Year Treasury Bond June 2023 (106) (7,710) (98)
AUD 10-Year Treasury Bond June 2023 (81) (6,654) (161)
Euro-Bobl June 2023 (1,128) (144,204) (2,287)
Euro-Bund June 2023 (586) (86,329) (1,923)
Euro-Buxl June 2023 (150) (22,914) (113)
Long Gilt June 2023 (129) (16,447) (221)
Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (5) (656) (4)
        (4,623)
        (1,401)
    
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Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Counterparty   Receive   Deliver
Toronto-Dominion Bank 6/21/23 CAD 27 USD 20
Toronto-Dominion Bank 6/21/23 EUR 15,829 USD 17,015 229
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 EUR 2,823 USD 3,045 31
Standard Chartered Bank 6/21/23 EUR 2,692 USD 2,887 45
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 2,350 USD 2,549 11
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 6/21/23 EUR 1,430 USD 1,526 32
Toronto-Dominion Bank 6/21/23 GBP 468 USD 577 1
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 26,669 AUD 39,901 (80)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 6/21/23 USD 227 AUD 337 1
Goldman Sachs Bank USA 6/21/23 USD 2,026 CHF 1,888 (55)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 6/21/23 USD 112,856 EUR 105,598 (2,182)
Standard Chartered Bank 6/21/23 USD 23,766 EUR 21,700 127
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 23,439 EUR 21,701 (203)
Toronto-Dominion Bank 6/21/23 USD 9,333 EUR 8,634 (73)
Bank of Montreal 6/21/23 USD 9,044 EUR 8,278 26
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 7,928 EUR 7,350 (80)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 7,473 EUR 6,982 (133)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 1,268 EUR 1,190 (29)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 1,175 EUR 1,077 2
Standard Chartered Bank 6/21/23 USD 57 EUR 53 (1)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 38,868 GBP 32,550 (1,349)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 6/21/23 USD 5,921 GBP 4,818 (32)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 973 GBP 793 (7)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 758 GBP 620 (8)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 335 JPY 43,230 5
Toronto-Dominion Bank 6/21/23 USD 35,626 MXN 654,008 (109)
            510 (4,341)
AUD—Australian dollar.
CAD—Canadian dollar.
CHF—Swiss franc.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
JPY—Japanese yen.
MXN—Mexican peso.
USD—U.S. dollar.
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Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps
Reference Entity Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold
iTraxx Europe-S39-V1 6/20/28 EUR 14,200 1.000 118 54
 
Credit Protection Purchased
CDX-NA-HY-S39-V1 12/20/27 USD 25,881 (5.000) (315) 262
CDX-NA-IG-S40-V1 6/20/28 USD 270,250 (1.000) (3,116) (1,041)
            (779)
            (725)
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
EUR—euro.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody's Rating
AT&T Inc./Baa2 12/20/23 BARC 13,530 1.000 54 59 (5)
AT&T Inc./Baa2 12/20/23 BARC 3,370 1.000 13 14 (1)
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 12/20/24 BARC 600 1.000 9 6 3
Berkshire Hathaway Inc./Aa2 12/20/24 JPMC 600 1.000 9 6 3
MetLife Inc./A3 6/20/24 BARC 700 1.000 4 4
Republic of Colombia/Baa2 6/20/28 MSCS 10,000 1.000 (810) (1,065) 255
Republic of South Africa/Ba2 12/20/25 BARC 360 1.000 (5) (9) 4
          (726) (989) 269 (6)
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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Purchased
People's Republic of China 6/20/23 GSI 1,200 (1.000) (3) (1) (2)
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield SE 6/20/28 BARC 1,6002 (1.000) 127 132 (5)
          124 131 (7)
          (602) (858) 269 (13)
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
2 Notional amount denominated in euro.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
JPMC—JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.
At March 31, 2023, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $867,000 in connection with open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $7,775,578) 7,456,600
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $61,126) 61,138
Total Investments in Securities 7,517,738
Investment in Vanguard 265
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $1,582) 1,583
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 2,235,996
Receivables for Accrued Income 55,939
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 9,443
Swap Premiums Paid 217
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 2,565
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 510
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 269
Total Assets 9,824,525
Liabilities  
Due to Custodian 3,642
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 2,178,020
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 10,495
Payables for Distributions 3,172
Payables to Vanguard 340
Swap Premiums Received 1,075
Variation Margin Payable—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts 142
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 4,341
Unrealized Depreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 13
Total Liabilities 2,201,240
Net Assets 7,623,285
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)


At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:

($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 8,539,011
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (915,726)
Net Assets 7,623,285
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 24,593,912 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
224,570
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $9.13
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 405,280,262 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
7,398,715
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $18.26
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 136,712
Total Income 136,712
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 301
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 185
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 2,775
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 8
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 179
Custodian Fees 76
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 10
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 92
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 2
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 3,635
Expenses Paid Indirectly (60)
Net Expenses 3,575
Net Investment Income 133,137
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (136,619)
Futures Contracts (37,478)
Options Purchased (1,327)
Options Written 478
Swap Contracts 491
Forward Currency Contracts (11,461)
Foreign Currencies 76
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (185,840)
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Statement of Operations (continued)
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 355,773
Futures Contracts 49,121
Options Purchased 597
Options Written 327
Swap Contracts (3,621)
Forward Currency Contracts (8,218)
Foreign Currencies (23)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 393,956
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 341,253
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $3,676,000, $66,000, less than $1,000, and ($6,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 133,137   144,697
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (185,840)   (411,681)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 393,956   (728,034)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 341,253   (995,018)
Distributions      
Investor Shares (3,874)   (5,087)
Admiral Shares (126,351)   (140,975)
Total Distributions (130,225)   (146,062)
Capital Share Transactions      
Investor Shares 15,225   (642)
Admiral Shares 968,868   1,766,325
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 984,093   1,765,683
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,195,121   624,603
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 6,428,164   5,803,561
End of Period 7,623,285   6,428,164
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
Year Ended September 30,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $8.86 $10.67 $10.93 $10.24 $9.59 $10.00
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .168 .221 .125 .209 .311 .269
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .265 (1.810) (.126) .697 .645 (.400)
Total from Investment Operations .433 (1.589) (.001) .906 .956 (.131)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.163) (.213) (.117) (.216) (.306) (.279)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.008) (.142)
Total Distributions (.163) (.221) (.259) (.216) (.306) (.279)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $9.13 $8.86 $10.67 $10.93 $10.24 $9.59
Total Return2 4.92% -15.06% -0.03% 8.95% 10.15% -1.32%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $225 $203 $246 $236 $117 $80
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.20%3 0.20%3 0.20% 0.25% 0.25% 0.25%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 3.74% 2.22% 1.16% 1.96% 3.16% 2.76%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 248% 499% 473% 383% 406% 263%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.20%.
4 Includes 128%, 146%, 167%, 68%, 32%, and 60%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
Year Ended September 30,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $17.72 $21.33 $21.86 $20.48 $19.18 $20.00
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .345 .473 .266 .436 .651 .563
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .530 (3.622) (.257) 1.407 1.290 (.800)
Total from Investment Operations .875 (3.149) .009 1.843 1.941 (.237)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.335) (.446) (.256) (.463) (.641) (.583)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.015) (.283)
Total Distributions (.335) (.461) (.539) (.463) (.641) (.583)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $18.26 $17.72 $21.33 $21.86 $20.48 $19.18
Total Return2 4.98% -14.93% 0.03% 9.11% 10.31% -1.19%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $7,399 $6,225 $5,558 $3,212 $1,114 $905
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.10%3 0.10%3 0.10% 0.10% 0.10% 0.13%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 3.84% 2.39% 1.24% 2.04% 3.31% 2.88%
Portfolio Turnover Rate4 248% 499% 473% 383% 406% 263%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.10%.
4 Includes 128%, 146%, 167%, 68%, 32%, and 60%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Core Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors.
Certain of the fund's investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers' abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposure. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
A.  The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral, as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a
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counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its MSFTA, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the MSFTA.
At March 31, 2023, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $347,000 and cash of $3,987,000 in connection with TBA transactions.
4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund also enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
5. Floating Rate Loan Interests: Floating rate loan interests represent interests in amounts owed by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Floating rate loan interests may be made directly with a borrower or acquired through assignment or participation. The fund's right to enforce a borrower’s compliance with the terms of the loan agreement, or benefit directly from the collateral supporting the loan, varies when the loan is a direct borrowing, an assignment, or a participation. Floating rate loan interests involve various risks including risk of loss in case of default, insolvency, or the bankruptcy of the borrower and are generally subject to restrictions on transfer with limited opportunities to sell them in secondary markets. The fund may also invest in loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for a future funding. The fund may earn a commitment fee on any unfunded portion of these commitments which is amortized to interest income over the commitment period. Both the funded portion of a floating rate loan interest as well as its unfunded commitment, if any, is reflected on the Schedule of Investments.
6. Swaptions: The fund invests in options on swaps, which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. The fund enters into swaptions to adjust the fund's sensitivity to interest rates or to adjust its exposure to the underlying investments. The fund may purchase a swaption
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from a counterparty whereby the fund has the right to enter into a swap in which the fund will pay either a fixed percentage rate or a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, and receive a different floating rate, each applied to a notional amount. The fund may also sell a swaption to a counterparty whereby the fund grants the counterparty the right to enter into a swap in which the fund will pay a floating rate and receive a fixed rate, each applied to a notional amount. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaptions with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength.
The primary risk associated with purchasing swaptions is that interest rates or the value of the underlying investments move in such a way that the exercise price of the swaption exceeds the value of the underlying investment, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling swaptions is that interest rates or the value of the underlying investments move in such a way that the exercise price of the swaption exceeds the value of the underlying investment, the counterparty exercises the swaption, and the resulting interest rate swap results in a negative cash flow to the fund in an amount greater than the premium received. A risk associated with all types of swaptions is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligations under the swaption contract.
Swaptions are valued based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased swaption is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and is subsequently adjusted daily based on the current market value of the swaption. The premium received for a written swaption is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability and is subsequently adjusted daily based on the current market value of the swaption. The notional amounts of option contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of swaptions are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average value of investments in swaptions purchased and swaptions written represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period. The fund had no open swaption contracts at March 31, 2023.
7. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing
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brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 16% and 6% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
8. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 4% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
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9. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.
The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other either an amount that is a fixed percentage rate or a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a different floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.
The fund enters into centrally cleared credit default and interest rate swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund's performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.
The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty
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may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund's average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 1% and 2% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The fund had no open interest rate swap contracts at March 31, 2023.
10. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
11. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
12. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple
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Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
13. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B.  In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $265,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.11% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C.  The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $60,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
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D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 4,264,846 4,264,846
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 364,347 364,347
Corporate Bonds 2,577,880 2,577,880
Floating Rate Loan Interests 3,541 3,541
Sovereign Bonds 242,681 242,681
Taxable Municipal Bonds 3,305 3,305
Temporary Cash Investments 61,138 61,138
Total 61,138 7,456,600 7,517,738
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 3,447 3,447
Forward Currency Contracts 510 510
Swap Contracts 3161 269 585
Total 3,763 779 4,542
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 4,848 4,848
Forward Currency Contracts 4,341 4,341
Swap Contracts 1,0411 13 1,054
Total 5,889 4,354 10,243
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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E.  At March 31, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Swap Premiums Paid 217 217
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 3,447 3,447
Unrealized Appreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 316 316
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 510 510
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 269 269
Total Assets 3,447 510 802 4,759
         
Swap Premiums Received 1,075 1,075
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 4,848 4,848
Unrealized Depreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 1,041 1,041
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 4,341 4,341
Unrealized Depreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 13 13
Total Liabilities 4,848 4,341 2,129 11,318
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts (37,478) (37,478)
Options Purchased (666) (661) (1,327)
Options Written 478 478
Swap Contracts 1,073 (582) 491
Forward Currency Contracts (11,461) (11,461)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (37,071) (11,461) (765) (49,297)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 49,121 49,121
Options Purchased 666 (69) 597
Options Written 327 327
Swap Contracts (2,838) (783) (3,621)
Forward Currency Contracts (8,218) (8,218)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 46,949 (8,218) (525) 38,206
F.  As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 7,826,860
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 93,790
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (409,471)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (315,681)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $466,331,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
G.  During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $1,722,369,000 of investment securities and sold $1,327,032,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $15,753,134,000 and $14,439,222,000, respectively.
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H.  Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 51,366 5,698   111,923 11,178
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 3,562 395   4,644 479
Redeemed (39,703) (4,423)   (117,209) (11,752)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 15,225 1,670   (642) (95)
Admiral Shares          
Issued 2,673,202 149,056   4,224,829 216,128
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 110,213 6,116   121,763 6,295
Redeemed (1,814,547) (101,258)   (2,580,267) (131,633)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 968,868 53,914   1,766,325 90,790
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Core Bond Fund has renewed the fund’s investment ‎advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income ‎Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure ‎was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.‎
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio ‎management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the ‎board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and ‎advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly ‎with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that ‎directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.‎
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information ‎throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board ‎was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, ‎the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio ‎performance, and portfolio characteristics.‎
In addition, the board received periodic reports, which included information about the fund’s ‎performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on ‎the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.‎
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized ‎the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors ‎discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board ‎approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the ‎board’s decision.‎
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund ‎since its inception in 2016; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of ‎the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more ‎than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment ‎management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.‎
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among ‎other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.‎
Investment performance
The board considered the performance of the fund since its inception in 2016, including any ‎periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index ‎and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory ‎arrangement should continue.‎
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio ‎charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the ‎peer-group average.‎
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s ‎unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned ‎by the funds it oversees. ‎
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The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will ‎realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets ‎increase.‎
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year ‎period.‎
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Core Bond Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report   |   March 31, 2023
Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund

 

Contents
About Your Fund’s Expenses

1
Financial Statements

4
Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement

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Liquidity Risk Management

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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund‘s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
9/30/2022
Ending
Account Value
3/31/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Emerging Markets Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,125.60 $2.91
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,126.20 2.12
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Emerging Markets Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,022.19 $2.77
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,022.94 2.02
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund’s annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.55% for Investor Shares and 0.40% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2023
Mexico 7.7%
Saudi Arabia 7.4
Peru 6.5
South Africa 5.5
United States 4.7
Colombia 4.6
Indonesia 4.5
Dominican Republic 4.2
Panama 3.9
Egypt 2.8
Nigeria 2.2
Chile 2.2
Poland 2.2
Israel 2.2
Oman 2.0
United Arab Emirates 2.0
Brazil 1.8
Romania 1.8
Uzbekistan 1.7
Serbia 1.6
Angola 1.6
Hungary 1.5
Morocco 1.5
Malaysia 1.5
Guatemala 1.4
Azerbaijan 1.3
Costa Rica 1.3
Ecuador 1.2
Turkey 1.2
Philippines 1.2
El Salvador 1.1
Honduras 1.1
Argentina 1.0
Kazakhstan 1.0
Senegal 1.0
Other 9.6
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (3.7%)    
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.125%  11/15/32      76,360    80,250
1,3 United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%   8/15/52      11,695    10,273
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $88,862)   90,523
Corporate Bonds (17.9%)    
Azerbaijan (1.1%)                      
4 Southern Gas Corridor CJSC  6.875%   3/24/26      23,215    23,658
  State Oil Co. of The Azerbaijan Republic  6.950%   3/18/30       3,335     3,437
                  27,095
Brazil (1.6%)                      
  Embraer Netherlands Finance BV  6.950%   1/17/28      17,258    17,397
  Globo Comunicacao e Participacoes SA  5.500%   1/14/32      11,870     9,466
  Petrobras Global Finance BV  8.750%   5/23/26      11,424    12,301
                  39,164
Chile (2.1%)                      
  Antofagasta plc  5.625%   5/13/32      10,175    10,038
  Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado  3.830%   9/14/61       4,356     3,033
  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo  4.375%  10/30/24       7,709     7,522
  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo  3.750%    8/5/26      19,716    18,449
  Empresa Nacional del Petroleo  5.250%   11/6/29       9,489     9,120
  Inversiones CMPC SA  4.750%   9/15/24       3,980     3,923
                  52,085
Colombia (0.8%)                      
  Ecopetrol SA  8.875%   1/13/33      20,074    20,321
Ghana (0.0%)                      
  Tullow Oil plc  7.000%    3/1/25         800       479
India (0.1%)                      
  Network i2i Ltd.  5.650% Perpetual       2,400     2,266
Indonesia (1.2%)                      
  Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero PT  4.750%   5/15/25       3,270     3,227
  Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  5.450%   5/21/28      19,998    20,062
  Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  3.875%   7/17/29       3,000     2,740
5 Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  1.875%   11/5/31       4,400     3,579
                  29,608
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Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Israel (0.4%)                      
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  7.875%   9/15/29       5,050     5,289
  Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  8.125%   9/15/31       4,940     5,188
                  10,477
Kazakhstan (0.7%)                      
6 Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Co. JSC  3.250%   12/5/23       1,750     1,817
  KazMunayGas National Co. JSC  5.750%   4/19/47       1,840     1,445
  KazMunayGas National Co. JSC  6.375%  10/24/48      13,500    11,255
  KazTransGas JSC  4.375%   9/26/27       2,999     2,694
                  17,211
Malaysia (1.4%)                      
  Petroliam Nasional Bhd  7.625%  10/15/26       2,280     2,508
  Petronas Capital Ltd.  3.500%   4/21/30      33,496    31,188
                  33,696
Mexico (3.6%)                      
7 Cemex SAB de CV  9.125% Perpetual      11,950    11,926
  CIBANCO SA Institucion de Banca Multiple Trust  4.375%   7/22/31       8,565     6,326
  Comision Federal de Electricidad  4.688%   5/15/29       7,300     6,548
  Petroleos Mexicanos  4.625%   9/21/23       2,716     2,688
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.490%   1/23/27      16,768    15,212
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%   3/13/27       6,145     5,580
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.375%   1/23/45       2,137     1,353
  Petroleos Mexicanos  5.625%   1/23/46           1         1
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.750%   9/21/47      32,907    21,359
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.350%   2/12/48      10,894     6,789
  Petroleos Mexicanos  7.690%   1/23/50       9,453     6,663
  Petroleos Mexicanos  6.950%   1/28/60       7,945     5,138
                  89,583
Peru (0.9%)                      
  Minsur SA  4.500%  10/28/31       2,559     2,192
  Petroleos del Peru SA  5.625%   6/19/47      30,678    19,856
                  22,048
Saudi Arabia (0.4%)                      
  Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  2.875%   4/16/24      10,280    10,042
South Africa (1.6%)                      
  Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.  6.750%    8/6/23      15,667    15,558
  Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.  7.125%   2/11/25      19,247    18,924
  Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.  8.450%   8/10/28       1,000       972
7 Transnet SOC Ltd.  8.250%    2/6/28       3,121     3,113
                  38,567
South Korea (0.2%)                      
7 SK Hynix Inc.  6.375%   1/17/28       4,685     4,716
Thailand (0.3%)                      
  GC Treasury Center Co. Ltd.  4.300%   3/18/51       3,500     2,562
  Thaioil Treasury Center Co. Ltd.  5.375%  11/20/48       5,000     4,127
                  6,689
United Arab Emirates (0.7%)                      
  Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd.  2.625%   3/31/36      20,010    16,458
United Kingdom (0.1%)                      
  CK Hutchison International 21 Ltd.  1.500%   4/15/26       3,277     2,984
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Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
United States (0.7%)                      
  JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance Inc.  5.750%    4/1/33      19,341    18,551
Venezuela (0.0%)                      
8,9 Petroleos de Venezuela SA  6.000%  11/15/26       2,850       128
9 Petroleos de Venezuela SA  5.375%   4/12/27         462        18
                  146
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $489,657)   442,186
Sovereign Bonds (72.7%)    
Angola (1.5%)                      
  Republic of Angola  8.250%    5/9/28      17,490    15,487
7 Republic of Angola  8.750%   4/14/32      12,500    10,597
  Republic of Angola  8.750%   4/14/32       5,000     4,244
  Republic of Angola  9.375%    5/8/48       2,000     1,573
  Republic of Angola  9.125%  11/26/49       7,702     6,001
                  37,902
Argentina (1.0%)                      
  Republic of Argentina  1.000%    7/9/29         926       259
10 Republic of Argentina, 0.750% coupon rate effective 7/9/23  0.500%    7/9/30      25,853     7,491
10 Republic of Argentina, 3.625% coupon rate effective 7/9/23  1.500%    7/9/35      41,371    10,757
10 Republic of Argentina, 4.875% coupon rate effective 7/9/29  3.500%    7/9/41      18,040     5,090
                  23,597
Azerbaijan (0.2%)                      
  Republic of Azerbaijan  4.750%   3/18/24       1,516     1,505
8 Republic of Azerbaijan  3.500%    9/1/32       3,000     2,573
                  4,078
Bahrain (0.4%)                      
  Kingdom of Bahrain  6.250%   1/25/51      11,537     9,058
Bermuda (0.7%)                      
  Government of Bermuda  5.000%   7/15/32      17,470    17,404
Brazil (0.1%)                      
  Federative Republic of Brazil  4.750%   1/14/50       5,000     3,704
Cameroon (0.2%)                      
5 Republic of Cameroon  5.950%    7/7/32       6,192     4,819
Colombia (3.5%)                      
  Republic of Colombia  4.500%   3/15/29      13,120    11,614
  Republic of Colombia  8.000%   4/20/33       4,750     4,889
  Republic of Colombia  7.500%    2/2/34      70,228    69,326
                  85,829
Costa Rica (1.2%)                      
7,8 Republic of Costa Rica  6.550%    4/3/34      30,000    30,154
Croatia (0.4%)                      
  Republic of Croatia  5.500%    4/4/23       8,000     8,000
5 Republic of Croatia  1.125%   6/19/29       3,000     2,791
                  10,791
6

 

Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Dominican Republic (4.0%)                      
  Dominican Republic  5.500%   1/27/25       1,576     1,560
  Dominican Republic  6.875%   1/29/26       6,000     6,097
  Dominican Republic  5.950%   1/25/27       3,110     3,070
  Dominican Republic  5.500%   2/22/29      33,445    31,566
  Dominican Republic  4.500%   1/30/30      17,972    15,683
7 Dominican Republic  7.050%    2/3/31      14,310    14,470
  Dominican Republic  4.875%   9/23/32       7,754     6,575
  Dominican Republic  5.875%   1/30/60      24,418    18,712
                  97,733
Ecuador (1.2%)                      
10 Republic of Ecuador, 3.500% coupon rate effective 7/31/23  2.500%   7/31/35      36,245    12,044
10 Republic of Ecuador, 6.000% coupon rate effective 7/31/23  5.500%   7/31/30      35,370    16,441
                  28,485
Egypt (2.6%)                      
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.500%   1/31/47      24,784    14,434
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.903%   2/21/48      23,231    12,919
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.700%    3/1/49      20,457    12,015
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.875%   5/29/50       6,463     3,816
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.750%   9/30/51      18,198    10,678
  Arab Republic of Egypt  8.150%  11/20/59      16,204     9,041
  Arab Republic of Egypt  7.500%   2/16/61       2,300     1,250
                  64,153
El Salvador (1.1%)                      
  Republic of El Salvador  8.625%   2/28/29      14,836     7,979
  Republic of El Salvador  8.250%   4/10/32       8,500     4,518
  Republic of El Salvador  7.125%   1/20/50      21,740     9,892
  Republic of El Salvador  9.500%   7/15/52       6,855     3,554
                  25,943
Gabon (0.6%)                      
  Republic of Gabon  6.950%   6/16/25       7,500     6,990
8 Republic of Gabon  6.625%    2/6/31       7,000     5,355
  Republic of Gabon  7.000%  11/24/31       4,678     3,592
                  15,937
Georgia (0.2%)                      
  Republic of Georgia  2.750%   4/22/26       5,000     4,451
Guatemala (1.3%)                      
  Republic of Guatemala  4.500%    5/3/26      18,683    18,284
  Republic of Guatemala  5.250%   8/10/29       9,980     9,760
8 Republic of Guatemala  4.900%    6/1/30       4,500     4,309
                  32,353
Honduras (1.0%)                      
8 Republic of Honduras  7.500%   3/15/24       6,344     6,288
  Republic of Honduras  6.250%   1/19/27       2,930     2,630
  Republic of Honduras  5.625%   6/24/30      20,011    15,859
                  24,777
Hungary (1.4%)                      
  Republic of Hungary  5.375%   3/25/24         662       663
5 Republic of Hungary  5.000%   2/22/27      16,650    18,158
7 Republic of Hungary  6.125%   5/22/28       4,650     4,777
5 Republic of Hungary  1.625%   4/28/32       6,800     5,424
7

 

Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Republic of Hungary  3.125%   9/21/51       8,905     5,494
                  34,516
India (0.1%)                      
  Export-Import Bank of India  3.250%   1/15/30       3,000     2,655
Indonesia (3.1%)                      
11 Indonesia Treasury Bond  7.000%   2/15/33 257,093,000    17,386
7 Perusahaan Penerbit SBSN Indonesia III  4.400%    6/6/27       2,840     2,830
  Republic of Indonesia  4.150%   9/20/27      28,266    27,888
  Republic of Indonesia  6.625%   2/17/37      15,123    17,404
  Republic of Indonesia  5.650%   1/11/53       9,360     9,758
                  75,266
Israel (1.6%)                      
  State of Israel  4.500%   1/17/33      39,870    39,699
Ivory Coast (0.7%)                      
8 Ivory Coast  6.375%    3/3/28       3,980     3,828
5 Ivory Coast  4.875%   1/30/32       3,980     3,281
5 Ivory Coast  6.875%  10/17/40       2,815     2,245
5,8 Ivory Coast  6.625%   3/22/48      10,599     7,964
                  17,318
Jordan (0.7%)                      
7 Kingdom of Jordan  7.750%   1/15/28      18,000    18,303
Kazakhstan (0.2%)                      
7,12 Development Bank of Kazakhstan JSC 10.950%    5/6/26   3,450,000     6,110
Lebanon (0.1%)                      
9 Lebanon Republic  8.250%   4/12/21       2,430       286
9 Lebanon Republic  6.100%   10/4/22       2,250       151
9 Lebanon Republic  6.650%   4/22/24       2,890       191
9 Lebanon Republic  7.000%   3/20/28       6,310       387
9 Lebanon Republic  6.650%   2/26/30       4,900       324
9 Lebanon Republic  7.150%  11/20/31       1,445        99
9 Lebanon Republic  8.200%   5/17/33       1,445        99
9 Lebanon Republic  8.250%   5/17/34       1,445        97
                  1,634
Mexico (3.7%)                      
13 Mexican Bonos  7.750%  11/13/42     260,000    12,555
  United Mexican States  5.400%    2/9/28      28,000    28,842
  United Mexican States  2.659%   5/24/31      39,124    32,732
  United Mexican States  6.350%    2/9/35      15,478    16,458
                  90,587
Morocco (1.4%)                      
7 Kingdom of Morocco  5.950%    3/8/28      12,000    12,272
5 Kingdom of Morocco  2.000%   9/30/30      10,430     9,161
7 Kingdom of Morocco  6.500%    9/8/33       3,590     3,714
  Kingdom of Morocco  4.000%  12/15/50      13,435     9,175
                  34,322
Namibia (0.2%)                      
  Republic of Namibia  5.250%  10/29/25       4,402     4,190
Nigeria (2.1%)                      
  Republic of Nigeria  6.500%  11/28/27       7,790     6,358
  Republic of Nigeria  6.125%   9/28/28      10,164     7,931
7 Republic of Nigeria  8.375%   3/24/29      12,408    10,224
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Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
  Republic of Nigeria  8.747%   1/21/31       9,980     8,053
  Republic of Nigeria  7.875%   2/16/32      10,532     7,972
7 Republic of Nigeria  8.250%   9/28/51      12,802     8,508
  Republic of Nigeria  8.250%   9/28/51       4,600     3,057
                  52,103
Oman (1.9%)                      
  Sultanate of Oman  5.375%    3/8/27       3,970     3,934
  Sultanate of Oman  6.750%  10/28/27       3,960     4,145
  Sultanate of Oman  5.625%   1/17/28       3,980     3,985
  Sultanate of Oman  6.500%    3/8/47      15,001    13,863
  Sultanate of Oman  6.750%   1/17/48      22,665    21,495
                  47,422
Pakistan (0.4%)                      
  Islamic Republic of Pakistan  8.875%    4/8/51      31,846    10,823
Panama (3.6%)                      
  Republic of Panama  3.750%   3/16/25       3,448     3,367
  Republic of Panama  3.160%   1/23/30       7,000     6,149
  Republic of Panama  2.252%   9/29/32      13,500    10,354
  Republic of Panama  6.400%   2/14/35       9,460     9,862
8 Republic of Panama  4.300%   4/29/53      15,193    11,162
  Republic of Panama  6.853%   3/28/54       2,627     2,709
  Republic of Panama  4.500%    4/1/56       7,023     5,226
8 Republic of Panama  3.870%   7/23/60      52,936    34,720
  Republic of Panama  4.500%   1/19/63       8,617     6,218
                  89,767
Paraguay (0.7%)                      
  Republic of Paraguay  4.700%   3/27/27       1,590     1,564
8 Republic of Paraguay  4.950%   4/28/31      17,497    16,920
                  18,484
Peru (5.3%)                      
  Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA  4.750%   7/15/25         203       197
  Corp. Financiera de Desarrollo SA  2.400%   9/28/27       1,903     1,633
  Republic of Peru  7.350%   7/21/25       9,005     9,519
  Republic of Peru  2.844%   6/20/30       6,360     5,573
  Republic of Peru  2.783%   1/23/31     114,643    98,059
14 Republic of Peru  6.150%   8/12/32      44,580    10,814
  Republic of Peru  3.000%   1/15/34       4,692     3,830
                  129,625
Philippines (1.1%)                      
  Republic of Philippines  5.170%  10/13/27       7,960     8,226
  Republic of Philippines  4.625%   7/17/28       4,400     4,460
  Republic of Philippines  5.609%   4/13/33       2,896     3,100
5 Republic of Philippines  1.750%   4/28/41      16,378    11,206
                  26,992
Poland (2.1%)                      
  Republic of Poland  5.500%  11/16/27       3,920     4,095
  Republic of Poland  5.750%  11/16/32       8,804     9,384
5 Republic of Poland  4.250%   2/14/43      18,900    19,869
  Republic of Poland  5.500%    4/4/53      17,069    17,410
                  50,758
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Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Romania (1.7%)                      
5 Romania  2.125%    3/7/28       4,600     4,250
5 Romania  6.625%   9/27/29       8,750     9,691
5 Romania  1.750%   7/13/30      26,645    21,191
5 Romania  2.750%   4/14/41      10,971     7,004
                  42,136
Russia (0.2%)                      
5,9 Russian Federation  2.650%   5/27/36      11,900     4,777
Saudi Arabia (6.6%)                      
7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.750%   1/18/28      83,090    84,280
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.500%  10/25/32      11,133    11,889
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.500%  10/26/46      10,782     9,483
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.625%   10/4/47       4,100     3,658
  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  3.250%  11/17/51      14,355    10,122
7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%   1/18/53      46,785    43,797
                  163,229
Senegal (0.9%)                      
8 Republic of Senegal  6.250%   5/23/33       9,282     7,458
8 Republic of Senegal  6.750%   3/13/48      22,076    15,364
                  22,822
Serbia (1.5%)                      
5 Republic of Serbia  3.125%   5/15/27      27,413    26,790
7 Republic of Serbia  6.500%   9/26/33       7,770     7,749
5 Republic of Serbia  2.050%   9/23/36       5,280     3,453
                  37,992
South Africa (3.6%)                      
  Republic of South Africa  4.850%   9/30/29      12,234    11,012
15 Republic of South Africa  8.875%   2/28/35     198,345     9,539
15 Republic of South Africa  8.500%   1/31/37     354,130    15,993
  Republic of South Africa  5.650%   9/27/47       6,502     4,819
  Republic of South Africa  5.750%   9/30/49      40,603    29,915
  Republic of South Africa  7.300%   4/20/52      21,305    18,575
                  89,853
South Korea (0.7%)                      
  Korea Development Bank  4.000%    9/8/25       2,050     2,022
  Korea Electric Power Corp.  5.375%    4/6/26       8,500     8,640
  Korea Gas Corp.  2.250%   7/18/26         310       287
  Korea National Oil Corp.  2.625%   4/14/26       2,087     1,959
  Korea National Oil Corp.  2.500%  10/24/26       3,160     2,918
  Korea South-East Power Co. Ltd.  1.000%    2/3/26       1,321     1,187
                  17,013
Sri Lanka (0.6%)                      
9 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.125%    6/3/25       8,504     3,187
9 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.825%   7/18/26      12,679     4,695
9 Republic of Sri Lanka  6.750%   4/18/28       5,319     1,897
9 Republic of Sri Lanka  7.850%   3/14/29      14,755     5,263
9 Republic of Sri Lanka  7.550%   3/28/30       1,686       601
                  15,643
Supranational (0.2%)                      
  Banque Ouest Africaine De Developpement  4.700%  10/22/31       5,000     4,108
Tunisia (0.3%)                      
  Tunisian Republic  5.750%   1/30/25      13,250     7,657
10

 

Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Turkey (1.1%)                      
  Republic of Turkey  5.750%   5/11/47      37,915    27,021
Ukraine (0.7%)                      
9 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/25      11,800     2,390
9 Ukraine  8.994%    2/1/26      14,610     2,752
9 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/26      10,557     1,948
9 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/27      22,715     4,066
9 Ukraine  7.750%    9/1/28      12,465     2,339
9 Ukraine  9.750%   11/1/30         501        94
9 Ukraine  6.876%   5/21/31       5,900     1,034
9 Ukraine  7.375%   9/25/34       4,700       817
9 Ukraine  7.253%   3/15/35       8,200     1,420
8,9 Ukreximbank Via Biz Finance plc  9.750%   1/22/25          50        36
                  16,896
United Arab Emirates (1.2%)                      
7 Emirate of Abu Dhabi  4.951%    7/7/52      10,000    10,133
7 Finance Department Government of Sharjah  6.500%  11/23/32      18,620    18,983
                  29,116
Uzbekistan (1.6%)                      
  Republic of Uzbekistan  4.750%   2/20/24      24,199    23,806
  Uzbekneftegaz JSC  4.750%  11/16/28      19,561    15,592
                  39,398
Venezuela (0.0%)                      
9 Republic of Venezuela 11.750%  10/21/26         640        64
9 Republic of Venezuela  7.000%   3/31/38       1,500       150
                  214
Vietnam (0.2%)                      
  Socialist Republic of Vietnam  4.800%  11/19/24       4,700     4,605
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $2,025,063)   1,794,222
        Shares  
Temporary Cash Investments (7.5%)    
Money Market Fund (7.5%)                      
16 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund (Cost $185,048)  4.839%             1,851,012          185,083
    
11

 

Emerging Markets Bond Fund
    Counterparty Expiration
Date
Exercise
Price
Notional
Value
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Options Purchased (0.0%)      
Foreign Currency Options (0.0%)      
Put Options                            
  USD JPMC  4/27/23 TRY 19.920 23,605       541
Total Options Purchased (Cost $494)     541
Total Investments (101.8%) (Cost $2,789,124)     2,512,555
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-1.8%)     (44,977)
Net Assets (100.0%)     2,467,578
Cost is in $000.      
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $3,548,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $7,640,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
3 Securities with a value of $4,901,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open centrally cleared swap contracts.
4 Guaranteed by the Republic of Azerbaijan.
5 Face amount denominated in euro.
6 Face amount denominated in Swiss francs.
7 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, the aggregate value was $306,656,000, representing 12.4% of net assets.
8 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
9 Non-income-producing security—security in default.
10 Step bond.
11 Face amount denominated in Indonesian rupiah.
12 Face amount denominated in Kazakhstan Tenge.
13 Face amount denominated in Mexican pesos.
14 Face amount denominated in Peruvian soles
15 Face amount denominated in South African rand.
16 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  JPMC—JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
  PUT—Put Option Obligation.
  TRY—Turkish lira.
  USD—U.S. dollar.
  

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Options Written
  Counterparty Expiration
Date
Exercise
Price
Notional
Amount
($000)
Market
Value
($000)
Foreign Currency Options
Put Options          
USD JPMC 4/27/23 TRY 19.138 23,605 (73)
Total Options Written (Premiums Received $102)       (73)
JPMC—JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
TRY—Turkish lira.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
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Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts        
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 988 108,194 (630)
Euro-Bund June 2023 95 13,995 (31)
Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 110 14,427 653
        (8)
Short Futures Contracts        
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (239) (49,342) (453)
10-Year Japanese Government Bond June 2023 (15) (16,734) (6)
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (247) (28,386) (788)
Euro-Bobl June 2023 (421) (53,821) (1,094)
Euro-Schatz June 2023 (757) (86,772) (830)
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (266) (32,223) (154)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (64) (9,032) (30)
        (3,355)
        (3,363)
    
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 COP 57,125,786 USD 11,689 374
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 CZK 541,612 USD 24,077 847
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 EUR 22,460 USD 24,361 110
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 EUR 702 USD 768 (3)
Citibank, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 106 USD 114 1
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 HUF 888,065 USD 2,372 99
UBS AG 6/21/23 HUF 493,150 USD 1,273 99
UBS AG 6/21/23 IDR 173,577,150 USD 11,234 317
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 MXN 477,148 USD 25,316 740
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 MXN 2,048 USD 108 4
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 PLN 13,016 USD 2,944 56
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 PLN 6,600 USD 1,475 47
Goldman Sachs & Co. 6/21/23 PLN 83 USD 19
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 THB 826,453 USD 23,735 636
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 THB 401,167 USD 11,830
Barclays Bank plc 4/28/23 TRY 197,556 USD 9,915 45
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 ZAR 28,750 USD 1,574 29
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Forward Currency Contracts (continued)
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
Standard Chartered Bank 6/21/23 USD 1,840 CHF 1,695 (29)
Royal Bank of Canada 6/22/23 USD 12,750 CLP 10,444,800 (268)
Barclays Bank plc 6/22/23 USD 11,734 CLP 9,574,968 (200)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 USD 11,773 COP 57,125,786 (291)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 20,889 CZK 461,684 (357)
UBS AG 6/21/23 USD 3,080 CZK 67,450 (24)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 USD 2,869 CZK 63,565 (56)
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 830 CZK 18,950 (42)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 133,806 EUR 124,604 (1,958)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 105,644 EUR 99,037 (2,263)
Goldman Sachs & Co. 6/21/23 USD 2,566 HUF 921,950 2
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 USD 1,265 HUF 459,902 (14)
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 17,118 IDR 259,447,227 (148)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 34,336 JPY 4,600,295 (734)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 124 JPY 16,305
Goldman Sachs & Co. 6/21/23 USD 24,203 MXN 442,971 13
Citibank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 13,293 MXN 244,126 (39)
UBS AG 6/21/23 USD 81 MXN 1,526 (2)
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 10,745 PEN 40,938 (76)
Standard Chartered Bank 6/21/23 USD 11,421 PHP 630,845 (158)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 3,048 PLN 13,250 (6)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 USD 1,463 PLN 6,460 (26)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 11,982 SGD 15,994 (69)
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 7,960 THB 274,578 (137)
UBS AG 9/20/23 USD 15,839 TRY 352,987 1,065
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 4/28/23 USD 9,915 TRY 197,507 (42)
Morgan Stanley Capital Services Inc. 6/21/23 USD 1,448 TRY 29,134 119
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Forward Currency Contracts (continued)
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Counterparty Receive Deliver
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 23,899 ZAR 443,043 (805)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 2,653 ZAR 48,767 (66)
            4,603 (7,813)
CHF—Swiss franc.
CLP—Chilean peso.
COP—Colombia peso.
CZK—Czech koruna.
EUR—euro.
HUF—Hungarian forint.
IDR—Indonesian rupiah.
JPY—Japanese yen.
MXN—Mexican peso.
PEN—Peruvian sol.
PHP—Philippine Peso.
PLN—Polish zloty.
SGD—Singapore dollar.
THB—Thai baht.
TRY—Turkish lira.
USD—U.S. dollar.
ZAR—South African rand.
    
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody's Rating
Federative Republic of Brazil/Ba2 6/21/28 MSCS 15,350 1.000 (870) (1,026) 156
Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd/WR 6/21/28 BNPSW 7,900 1.000 86 57 29
Penerbangan Malaysia Bhd/WR 6/21/28 GSI 13,680 1.000 149 113 36
Republic of Chile/A2 6/21/28 BNPSW 7,620 1.000 (12) (32) 20
Republic of Chile/A2 6/21/28 GSI 2,220 1.000 (3) (17) 14
Republic of Chile/A2 6/21/28 MSCS 7,790 1.000 (12) (82) 70
Republic of Colombia/Baa2 6/21/28 MSCS 15,900 1.000 (1,289) (1,690) 401
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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps (continued)
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
Depreciation
($000)
Republic of Philippines/Baa2 6/21/28 GSI 32,660 1.000 117 (142) 259
Republic of South Africa/Ba2 6/21/28 BANA 1,100 1.000 (83) (87) 4
          (1,917) (2,906) 989
Credit Protection Purchased
Petroleos Mexicanos 12/22/26 BARC 15,300 (1.000) 2,121 1,184 937
          204 (1,722) 1,926
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BANA—Bank of America, N.A.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.
At March 31, 2023, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $4,553,000 and cash of $40,000 in connection with open forward currency contracts and open over-the-counter swap contracts.
Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps
Termination
Date
Future
Effective
Date
Notional
Amount
($000)
Interest
Rate
Received
(%)
Interest
Rate
(Paid)
(%)
Value
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($000)
3/12/25 N/A 2,630,7401 10.3502 (11.325)3 633 898
12/21/27 N/A 1,469,2654 6.5095 (6.805)6 (372) (372)
          261 526
1 Notional amount denominated in Mexican Peso.
2 Interest payment received/paid every 28 days.
3 Based on 28-day Mexican Interbank Rate (TIIE) as of the most recent payment date. Interest payment received/paid every 28 days.
4 Notional amount denominated in Indian rupee.
5 Based on 1-day Overnight Mumbai Interbank Outright Rate as of the most recent payment date. Interest payment received/paid semiannually. 
6 Interest payment received/paid semiannually.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $2,604,076) 2,327,472
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $185,048) 185,083
Total Investments in Securities 2,512,555
Investment in Vanguard 87
Cash 2,038
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $239) 118
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 24,892
Receivables for Accrued Income 35,092
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 2,801
Swap Premiums Paid 1,354
Variation Margin Receivable—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts 874
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 4,603
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 1,926
Total Assets 2,586,340
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 91,082
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 10,512
Payables for Distributions 1,676
Payables to Vanguard 441
Options Written, at Value (Premiums Received $102) 73
Swap Premiums Received 3,076
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 189
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 7,813
Payables to Broker-Dealer 3,900
Total Liabilities 118,762
Net Assets 2,467,578
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)

At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:  
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 2,993,767
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (526,189)
Net Assets 2,467,578
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 20,976,085 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
199,598
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $9.52
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 102,454,511 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
2,267,980
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $22.14
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1,2 74,909
Total Income 74,909
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 98
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 492
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 3,892
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 7
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 55
Custodian Fees 48
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 11
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 42
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 4,652
Expenses Paid Indirectly (14)
Net Expenses 4,638
Net Investment Income 70,271
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (123,255)
Futures Contracts (435)
Options Purchased (1,246)
Swap Contracts 3,744
Forward Currency Contracts (13,373)
Foreign Currencies 3,288
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (131,277)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 319,527
Futures Contracts (596)
Options Purchased 1,171
Options Written 29
Swap Contracts (815)
Forward Currency Contracts (9,465)
Foreign Currencies 3,046
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 312,897
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 251,891
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $4,282,000, $41,000, $1,000, and $12,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
2 Interest is net of foreign withholding taxes of $12,000.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 70,271   112,373
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (131,277)   (108,234)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 312,897   (558,653)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 251,891   (554,514)
Distributions      
Investor Shares (6,304)   (16,513)
Admiral Shares (69,526)   (140,877)
Total Distributions (75,830)   (157,390)
Capital Share Transactions      
Investor Shares 14,438   (110,539)
Admiral Shares 217,516   351,587
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 231,954   241,048
Total Increase (Decrease) 408,015   (470,856)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 2,059,563   2,530,419
End of Period 2,467,578   2,059,563
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
Year Ended September 30,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $8.74 $11.88 $11.73 $11.19 $10.36 $10.76
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .286 .470 .386 .495 .524 .443
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .803 (2.929) .304 .655 .826 (.193)
Total from Investment Operations 1.089 (2.459) .690 1.150 1.350 .250
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.309) (.488) (.391) (.400) (.520) (.439)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.193) (.149) (.210) (.211)
Total Distributions (.309) (.681) (.540) (.610) (.520) (.650)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $9.52 $8.74 $11.88 $11.73 $11.19 $10.36
Total Return2 12.56% -21.51% 5.91% 10.67% 13.40% 2.39%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $200 $170 $348 $129 $64 $25
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.55%3 0.55%3 0.55% 0.60% 0.60% 0.60%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 6.12% 4.44% 3.21% 4.40% 4.73% 4.29%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 73% 168% 186% 266% 272% 350%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
3 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.55%.
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares            
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period 
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
December 6,
20171 to
September 30,
2018
Year Ended September 30,
2022 2021 2020 2019  
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $20.33 $27.64 $27.30 $26.03 $24.11 $24.80
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income2 .682 1.160 .942 1.192 1.228 .875
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments 1.862 (6.844) .695 1.535 1.940 (.659)
Total from Investment Operations 2.544 (5.684) 1.637 2.727 3.168 .216
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.734) (1.176) (.950) (.969) (1.248) (.906)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.450) (.347) (.488)
Total Distributions (.734) (1.626) (1.297) (1.457) (1.248) (.906)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $22.14 $20.33 $27.64 $27.30 $26.03 $24.11
Total Return3 12.62% -21.39% 6.03% 10.89% 13.53% 0.92%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $2,268 $1,890 $2,182 $854 $306 $76
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.40%4 0.40%4 0.40% 0.45% 0.45% 0.45%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 6.26% 4.81% 3.37% 4.54% 4.88% 4.44%5
Portfolio Turnover Rate 73% 168% 186% 266% 272% 350%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.40%.
5 Annualized.
   
  
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors.
Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposure. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia’s invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund’s investments and fund performance.
A. The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund’s pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees. These procedures include obtaining quotations from an independent pricing service, monitoring news to identify significant market- or security-specific events, and evaluating changes in the values of foreign market proxies (for example, ADRs, futures contracts, or exchange-traded funds), between the time the foreign markets close and the fund’s pricing time.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Options: The fund invests in options on foreign currency, which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay
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net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into options with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength. The primary risk associated with purchasing options on foreign currency is that the value of the underlying foreign currencies may move in such a way that the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling options on foreign currency is that the value of the underlying foreign currencies may move in such a way that the exercise price of the option exceeds the value of the underlying investment, the counterparty exercises the option, and the fund loses an amount equal to the market value of the option written less the premium received.
Options contracts on foreign currency are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The premium paid for a purchased option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option purchased. The premium received for a written option is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability that is subsequently adjusted daily to the current market value of the option written. The notional amounts of option contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the options are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average value of investments in options purchased and options written represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period.
4. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 6% and 15% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
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5. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 25% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
6. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.
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The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other either an amount that is a fixed percentage rate or a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a different floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.
The fund enters into centrally cleared credit default and interest rate swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.
The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.
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During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 8% and 2% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 9% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
7. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
8. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
9. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program. 
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
10. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on
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certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Taxes on foreign dividends and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the fund’s understanding of the applicable countries’ tax rules and rates. Deferred foreign capital gains tax, if any, is accrued daily based upon net unrealized gains.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B. In accordance with the terms of a Funds' Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $87,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.03% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C. The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $14,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D. Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund’s investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 90,523 90,523
Corporate Bonds 442,186 442,186
Sovereign Bonds 1,794,222 1,794,222
Temporary Cash Investments 185,083 185,083
Options Purchased 541 541
Total 185,083 2,327,472 2,512,555
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 653 653
Forward Currency Contracts 4,603 4,603
Swap Contracts 8981 1,926 2,824
Total 1,551 6,529 8,080
Liabilities        
Options Written 73 73
Futures Contracts1 4,016 4,016
Forward Currency Contracts 7,813 7,813
Swap Contracts 3721 372
Total 4,388 7,886 12,274
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E. At March 31, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
    
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments in Secuties, at Value—Unaffiliated Issuers (Options Purchased) 541 541
Swap Premiums Paid 1,354 1,354
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 653 653
Unrealized Appreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 898 898
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 4,603 4,603
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—
Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts
1,926 1,926
Total Assets 1,551 5,144 3,280 9,975
         
Options Written, at Value 73 73
Swap Premiums Received 3,076 3,076
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 4,016 4,016
Unrealized Depreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 372 372
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 7,813 7,813
Total Liabilities 4,388 7,886 3,076 15,350
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts (435) (435)
Options Purchased (1,246) (1,246)
Swap Contracts (1,359) 5,103 3,744
Forward Currency Contracts (13,373) (13,373)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (1,794) (14,619) 5,103 (11,310)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts (596) (596)
Options Purchased 1,171 1,171
Options Written 29 29
Swap Contracts (611) (204) (815)
Forward Currency Contracts (9,465) (9,465)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives (1,207) (8,265) (204) (9,676)
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F. As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 2,759,671
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 77,666
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (330,699)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (253,033)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $211,431,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
G. During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $1,582,901,000 of investment securities and sold $1,313,764,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $206,735,000 and $156,346,000, respectively.
H. Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
    
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 90,817 9,691   149,839 14,152
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 5,721 610   15,184 1,423
Redeemed (82,100) (8,769)   (275,562) (25,467)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 14,438 1,532   (110,539) (9,892)
Admiral Shares          
Issued 573,980 26,054   1,382,857 57,046
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 60,741 2,782   120,787 4,991
Redeemed (417,205) (19,316)   (1,152,057) (48,043)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 217,516 9,520   351,587 13,994
At March 31, 2023, one shareholder was a record or beneficial owner of 35% of the fund’s net assets. If this shareholder were to redeem its investment in the fund, the redemption might result in an increase in the fund’s expense ratio, cause the fund to incur higher transaction costs, or lead to the realization of taxable capital gains.
I. Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2016; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth. The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered performance of the fund since its inception in 2016, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
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The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund's Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  March 31, 2023
Vanguard Institutional Bond Funds
Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund

 


 

About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund‘s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
9/30/2022
Ending
Account Value
3/31/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,023.20 $0.10
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,037.70 $0.10
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,024.83 $0.10
Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund $1,000.00 $1,024.83 $0.10
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The funds’ annualized six-month expense ratio for that period are 0.02% for Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and 0.02% for Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2023
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 27.9%
Corporate Bonds 31.8
Sovereign Bonds 2.9
Taxable Municipal Bonds 0.9
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 36.5
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for temporary cash investments and derivatives. The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (36.1%)
U.S. Government Securities (30.3%)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500%           4/30/24 135,000   131,984
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           5/15/24  15,000    14,302
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500%           5/15/24  15,000    14,665
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500%           5/31/24 100,660    98,364
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000%           6/30/24 153,636   150,852
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%           7/15/24  13,586    12,900
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750%           7/31/24  61,905    59,767
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000%           7/31/24 143,972   141,317
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%           8/15/24 140,846   133,363
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250%           9/30/24  58,400    58,327
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%          11/15/24  11,015    10,411
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500%          11/30/24 699,590   702,213
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250%          12/31/24  78,757    78,818
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500%           2/15/25   5,600     5,334
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750%           5/15/25  80,000    77,887
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%           5/31/25 300,000   276,797
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875%           6/15/25 308,900   301,564
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000%           7/15/25  41,750    40,850
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125%           8/15/25 116,100   113,905
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250%          10/15/25  24,400    24,591
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875%           1/15/26  90,000    90,028
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500%           2/28/26  85,000    77,244
                                     2,615,483
Agency Bonds and Notes (5.3%)
Federal Farm Credit Banks 5.375%            9/9/24 184,500   186,687
Federal Home Loan Banks 5.375%            9/9/24 184,500   186,688
Federal Home Loan Banks 5.250%           9/13/24  83,000    83,858
                                       457,233
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.5%)  
3,4 Fannie Mae REMICS 3.000%  9/25/50–12/25/51   7,382     5,461
3,4 Freddie Mac REMICS 2.000%          12/25/51     352       225
3,4 Freddie Mac REMICS 3.000%  7/25/51–10/25/51   5,758     4,257
3 Ginnie Mae REMICS 1.500%  5/20/51–12/20/51   1,955     1,184
3 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.000%          11/20/51   2,011     1,258
3 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.500%           9/20/51   4,124     3,099
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.000% 11/20/50–12/20/51  41,238    31,773
3 Ginnie Mae REMICS 3.500%          11/20/51     744       608
                                         47,865
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $3,122,370) 3,120,581
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (27.6%)
3 Ally Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 3.450%           6/15/27   5,930     5,716
3 Ally Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-3 5.070%           4/15/27  13,780    13,835
3 American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2022-2 3.390%           5/15/27  35,880    35,026
3 American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2022-3 3.750%           8/15/27  86,260    84,687
3 American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2022-4 4.950%          10/15/27  19,700    19,960
3 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-3 0.760%           8/18/26   8,010     7,700
3 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 2.450%          11/18/26  29,820    28,884
3,5 ARI Fleet Lease Trust Series 2022-A 3.120%           1/15/31   6,511     6,410
3,5 ARI Fleet Lease Trust Series 2022-A 3.430%           1/15/31   4,150     4,012
3,5 Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC Series 2019-2A 3.350%           9/22/25  12,150    11,823
3 BA Credit Card Trust Series 2022-A1 3.530%          11/15/27  18,850    18,416
3 BA Credit Card Trust Series 2022-A2 5.000%           4/15/28  16,760    16,952
3 BANK Series 2017-BNK6 3.254%           7/15/60     440       409
3 BANK Series 2017-BNK6 3.518%           7/15/60     420       391
3 BANK Series 2017-BNK6 3.741%           7/15/60      30        27
3 BANK Series 2017-BNK7 3.435%           9/15/60     280       260
3 BANK Series 2017-BNK8 3.488%          11/15/50   1,120     1,040
3 BANK Series 2018-BNK10 3.641%           2/15/61     368       354
3 BANK Series 2018-BNK12 4.255%           5/15/61     250       241
3 BANK Series 2018-BNK14 4.231%           9/15/60     250       237
3 BANK Series 2019-BNK17 3.714%           4/15/52     576       532
3 BANK Series 2019-BNK19 3.183%           8/15/61     470       416
3 BANK Series 2019-BNK20 3.011%           9/15/62     100        89
3 BANK Series 2020-BNK30 1.673%          12/15/53     700       602
3 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-BNK3 3.574%           2/15/50     160       150
3 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2022-C16 4.021%           6/15/55     822       804
3 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2018-B1 3.666%           1/15/51     530       492
3 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2018-B8 3.963%           1/15/52     400       380
3 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2019-B10 3.615%           3/15/62     194       185
3 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2020-B19 1.745%           9/15/53   1,000       868
3 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2020-B21 1.798%          12/17/53     600       520
3 BMW Vehicle Owner Trust Series 2020-A 0.620%           4/26/27   4,550     4,373
3 BMW Vehicle Owner Trust Series 2022-A 3.440%          12/26/28  14,200    13,708
3,6 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series 2011-1, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.800% 5.758%           2/25/30      13        13
3,5 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-1A 1.830%           7/19/24   1,174     1,169
3,5 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-1A 1.890%           3/19/25   2,150     2,109
3,5 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-1A 0.500%          10/20/25   8,527     8,234
3 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2019-A3 2.060%           8/15/28  37,820    34,783
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2021-A3 1.040%          11/15/26  16,140    15,188
3 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2022-A1 2.800%           3/15/27  28,420    27,407
3 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2022-A2 3.490%           5/15/27  56,140    54,768
3 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2022-A3 4.950%          10/15/27  21,780    22,005
3 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-1 1.040%           4/15/27   7,670     7,039
3 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.660%           5/17/27  15,660    15,258
3 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.690%          12/15/27  14,330    13,864
3 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.870%           2/15/28  21,340    21,458
3 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.760%           8/15/28   9,940    10,079
3,5 CARDS II Trust Series 2021-1A 0.602%           4/15/27  38,910    37,147
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-3 0.770%           3/16/26   4,900     4,690
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2021-2 0.810%          12/15/26   7,160     6,635
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1 1.470%          12/15/26  23,660    22,527
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1 1.700%           8/16/27  18,560    17,193
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.490%           2/16/27  11,460    11,209
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.620%           9/15/27  11,400    11,041
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1 4.650%           1/16/29   6,020     6,016
3 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-P1 0.610%           10/8/26   4,850     4,590
3 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-P3 0.700%          11/10/26  11,650    11,034
3 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-P3 1.030%           6/10/27   5,590     4,954
3 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-P1 3.350%           2/10/27  15,500    14,998
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2016-CD1 2.724%           8/10/49     540       502
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2016-CD1 2.926%           8/10/49   4,800     4,377
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD5 3.684%           8/15/50   4,708     4,297
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD6 3.709%          11/13/50     650       592
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2018-CD7 4.013%           8/15/51     800       764
3 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C4 3.283%           5/10/58     472       438
3,5 Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2020-1A 0.870%           8/15/32   5,647     5,597
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-GC21 3.855%           5/10/47   1,054     1,031
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC31 3.762%           6/10/48     850       815
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC35 3.549%          11/10/48   4,800     4,643
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-GC36 3.349%           2/10/49     570       550
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C4 3.471%          10/12/50     520       476
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-P8 3.203%           9/15/50     800       737
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C5 4.228%           6/10/51     230       219
3 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2020-A 1.510%           4/15/27   2,310     2,245
3 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-A 2.940%           7/15/27  10,960    10,591
3 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-A 3.030%           3/15/29   9,390     8,938
3 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-B 3.890%           8/16/27  10,540    10,299
3 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-B 3.910%           3/15/28   5,460     5,304
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2013-CR9 4.489%           7/10/45     233       232
3 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2013-CR13 4.194%          11/10/46     837       828
3 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR14 3.955%           2/10/47      20        20
3 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-C4 3.808%          11/15/48   1,500     1,444
3 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C7 3.502%          11/15/49     900       849
3 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C8 3.392%           6/15/50   1,240     1,156
3 DBJPM Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C6 3.328%           6/10/50     740       690
3,5 Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2020-2 0.570%          10/23/23   2,484     2,479
3,5 Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2023-1 5.650%           9/22/28  24,840    24,830
3 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2021-A2 1.030%           9/15/28   6,730     5,995
3 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2022-A2 3.320%           5/15/27  34,490    33,547
3 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2022-A3 3.560%           7/15/27  80,810    79,010
3 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2022-A4 5.030%          10/15/27  40,145    40,592
3,5 DLLAA LLC Series 2021-1A 0.670%           4/17/26  16,025    15,332
3,5 DLLAD LLC Series 2021-1A 0.640%           9/21/26   7,550     7,093
3,5 DLLMT LLC Series 2021-1A 1.240%           6/20/29   4,890     4,563
3,5 DLLST LLC Series 2022-1A 3.690%           9/20/28   3,060     2,961
3,5,6 Edsouth Indenture No. 9 LLC Series 2015-1, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.800% 5.645%          10/25/56     264       259
3,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2020-2 0.610%           7/20/26   5,155     5,066
3,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2021-3 0.770%           8/20/27   6,914     6,634
3,5 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2022-1 3.030%           1/20/28  12,775    12,481
3 FIVE Mortgage Trust Series 2023-V1 5.668%           2/10/56     300       306
3,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-1 2.040%           8/15/31   7,390     7,009
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-A 1.350%           7/15/25   2,660     2,592
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-C 0.510%           8/15/26  18,530    17,282
3,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1 3.880%          11/15/34  17,480    16,868
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-A 1.560%           5/15/27  18,150    16,832
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-B 3.740%           9/15/26  22,300    21,871
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-B 3.930%           8/15/27   8,900     8,748
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-D 5.300%           3/15/28   8,570     8,753
3,5 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1 4.850%           8/15/35  22,490    22,672
3 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-A 4.560%          12/15/28  18,480    18,528
3 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series 2020-2 1.060%           9/15/27  22,350    20,560
3 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust Series 2022-2 3.540%           5/20/26  13,420    13,182
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2019-4 1.760%           1/16/25   3,358     3,333
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-1 0.540%           5/17/27   7,910     7,379
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-2 0.820%          10/16/26   8,690     8,042
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-3 0.730%           8/16/27   9,190     8,411
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-4 0.990%          10/18/27   7,000     6,393
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 1.510%           4/17/28  13,020    11,869
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.100%           2/16/27  14,810    14,341
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.250%           4/17/28  13,910    13,299
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-4 4.880%           8/16/28  24,810    25,015
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.660%           2/16/28  19,440    19,480
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.590%           7/17/28   3,330     3,309
3,5 Golden Credit Card Trust Series 2021-1A 1.140%           8/15/28  12,890    11,457
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-GC12 3.135%           6/10/46     374       372
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-GC34 3.244%          10/10/48   3,882     3,691
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-GS1 3.470%          11/10/48   4,800     4,569
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2018-GS10 4.155%           7/10/51     250       237
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-GC40 3.160%           7/10/52     140       128
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-GC42 3.001%           9/10/52     500       452
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2020-GSA2 2.012%          12/12/53   1,360     1,102
3 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2020-A 1.930%           4/15/27   3,531     3,507
3 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2022-A 3.060%           2/15/27  15,870    15,512
3 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2022-A 3.260%           1/15/30  11,160    10,835
3 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2023-A 5.050%          12/15/27  14,660    14,772
3,5 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC Series 2022-1A 1.990%           6/25/26  12,330    11,490
3,5 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC Series 2022-3A 3.370%           3/25/25  16,790    16,494
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-2 0.550%           8/16/27  10,300     9,615
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-3 0.600%          12/20/27   1,890     1,743
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-4 1.140%           6/21/28   5,420     5,031
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.730%           7/20/26  14,470    14,194
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.760%          12/18/28   6,080     5,969
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2023-1 4.970%           6/21/29  14,270    14,433
3,5 HPEFS Equipment Trust Series 2022-2A 3.760%           9/20/29   9,510     9,361
3,5 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust Series 2022-B 3.500%           4/15/26  13,220    12,882
3 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-A 0.620%           5/17/27  17,030    15,866
3 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-B 0.600%           2/16/27  11,800    10,870
3 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-C 1.030%          12/15/27   1,790     1,644
3 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-A 2.350%           4/17/28  14,750    13,885
3 John Deere Owner Trust Series 2020-B 0.720%           6/15/27   4,020     3,883
3 John Deere Owner Trust Series 2022-A 2.490%           1/16/29  26,445    25,149
3 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-C13 3.994%           1/15/46     273       272
3 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-LC11 2.960%           4/15/46     233       232
3 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2016-JP3 2.870%           8/15/49     900       827
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-C12 3.664%           7/15/45   1,209     1,204
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-C12 4.067%           7/15/45   1,835     1,827
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C18 4.079%           2/15/47   1,160     1,135
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Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C21 3.493%           8/15/47     139       136
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C24 3.639%          11/15/47     500       480
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C26 3.494%           1/15/48   1,654     1,586
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C32 3.329%          11/15/48   4,800     4,676
3 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C32 3.598%          11/15/48     300       284
3 JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2018-C8 4.211%           6/15/51     230       222
3,5 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2020-1A 1.960%           3/15/24     917       914
3,5 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2020-2A 0.730%           6/15/26   4,950     4,733
3,5 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2022-1A 2.670%          10/15/26  18,060    17,312
3,5 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2022-1A 2.780%           2/15/28  10,320     9,775
3,5 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2023-1A 5.070%           2/15/29   4,560     4,573
3,5 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2022-1A 1.660%           7/21/26  15,820    14,970
3,5 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2023-1A 4.700%           6/21/27  14,030    14,006
3 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 5.250%           2/15/29  16,800    17,266
3 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.510%          11/15/27  26,870    26,817
3 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.310%           4/16/29   7,190     7,082
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2017-AA 2.680%           7/16/27     440       439
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2018-A 3.610%           3/10/42     866       860
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2019-A 3.080%          11/12/41   4,320     4,183
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2020-A 0.740%            4/9/24   1,185     1,179
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2020-A 0.970%            4/9/27  20,500    19,330
3,5 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2020-BA 0.850%           4/14/42   8,340     7,672
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2014-C15 3.773%           4/15/47     451       450
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2014-C15 4.051%           4/15/47   1,065     1,053
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C20 3.249%           2/15/48   1,690     1,619
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C23 3.719%           7/15/50   1,450     1,393
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C24 3.479%           5/15/48   3,942     3,784
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C25 3.635%          10/15/48     200       191
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C27 3.473%          12/15/47   4,609     4,478
3 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2017-C34 3.536%          11/15/52     460       426
3 Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2017-HR2 3.509%          12/15/50     171       165
3 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2015-MS1 3.510%           5/15/48   4,452     4,316
3 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2016-UB11 2.782%           8/15/49     600       559
3 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2016-UBS9 3.594%           3/15/49     900       859
3 Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2019-B 2.540%          12/15/25     629       626
3,5,6 Pepper Residential Securities Trust Series 21A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.880% 5.608%           1/16/60      33        33
3,5,6 Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 22 Series 22A, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.000% 5.761%           6/20/60     575       573
9

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3,5,6 Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 23 Series 23A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950% 5.711%           8/18/60     353       353
3,5,6 PHEAA Student Loan Trust Series 2016-2A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950% 5.795%          11/25/65   3,819     3,792
3,5 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR3 3.200%           4/17/39   4,050     3,733
3,5 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR5 4.451%           6/17/39   3,916     3,789
3,5,6 RESIMAC Bastille Trust Series 2018-1NCA, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.850% 5.551%           12/5/59      33        33
3,5,6 RESIMAC MBS Trust Series 2018-2A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.850% 5.610%           4/10/50     194       194
3,5 RESIMAC Premier Series 2020-1A 1.274%            2/7/52   1,262     1,223
3 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-6 4.490%          11/16/26  19,650    19,461
3,5 Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2022-B 3.280%          11/20/25  27,920    27,252
3,5 Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2022-B 3.330%          10/20/26  14,630    14,157
3,5 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2016-A 2.700%           5/15/31      92        90
3,5 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2017-B 2.820%          10/15/35     270       258
3,5 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-B 3.600%           1/15/37     594       572
3,5 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-C 3.630%          11/15/35   1,163     1,124
3,5 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-A 2.400%           3/26/40      69        69
3,5,6 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.700% 5.545%           3/26/40      85        85
3,5 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-B 2.740%           5/25/40      34        34
3,5 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-D 2.650%           9/25/40      97        93
3,5 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-E 2.720%          11/26/40      11        11
3,5 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-F 2.840%           1/25/41     110       107
3 Synchrony Card Funding LLC Series 2022-A1 3.370%           4/15/28  38,480    37,314
3 Synchrony Card Funding LLC Series 2022-A2 3.860%           7/15/28  28,500    27,895
3,5 Tesla Auto Lease Trust Series 2021-B 0.630%           9/22/25   4,620     4,384
3,5 T-Mobile US Trust Series 2022-1A 4.910%           5/22/28  13,880    13,921
3,5 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2019-1A 2.560%          11/25/31     900       875
3,5 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2020-1A 1.350%           5/25/33  13,400    12,450
3,5 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2021-1A 1.070%           2/27/34  32,040    28,743
3,5 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2022-1A 3.820%           4/25/35  25,700    24,878
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-C 0.720%           1/15/27  15,170    13,877
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-D 1.020%           3/15/27   6,900     6,312
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-A 1.540%           5/17/27  14,960    13,793
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-B 2.930%           9/15/26  27,030    26,208
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-B 3.110%           8/16/27  12,010    11,453
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-C 3.760%           4/15/27  20,290    19,910
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-C 3.770%           2/15/28  10,960    10,629
10

 

Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-D 5.430%           4/17/28  13,400    13,825
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2023-A 4.630%           9/15/27  18,220    18,196
3 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2023-A 4.420%           8/15/28   7,690     7,614
3,5 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc Series 2021-1A 1.080%           1/15/25  15,430    14,324
3 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C7 3.418%          12/15/50   4,457     4,164
3 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C7 3.679%          12/15/50   1,495     1,397
3 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C16 3.460%           4/15/52     214       202
3,5 UBS-BAMLL Trust Series 2012-WRM 3.663%           6/10/30      75        70
3 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-C6 3.469%           4/10/46      60        60
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2021-1 0.500%           5/20/27  11,720    11,127
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2021-2 0.990%           4/20/28  11,230    10,569
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-2 1.530%           7/20/28  28,530    27,016
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-6 3.670%           1/22/29  35,780    34,869
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-7 5.230%          11/22/27  17,700    17,806
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2023-1 4.490%           1/22/29  27,740    27,817
3 Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust Series 2020-1 1.260%           8/20/26   4,010     3,897
3 Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust Series 2021-1 1.260%          10/20/28   9,200     8,530
3,5 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2020-1A 0.600%           3/15/28   4,000     3,811
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-LC12 4.364%           7/15/46     350       347
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-C30 3.664%           9/15/58     700       679
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C32 3.560%           1/15/59     900       861
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C37 3.525%          12/15/49     260       250
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C38 3.453%           7/15/50     520       481
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C39 3.157%           9/15/50     190       177
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C40 3.317%          10/15/50     600       570
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C40 3.581%          10/15/50   1,160     1,077
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C41 3.472%          11/15/50   1,430     1,320
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-RC1 3.631%           1/15/60     246       231
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C46 4.152%           8/15/51     235       222
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C48 4.245%           1/15/52     280       274
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C49 3.933%           3/15/52     230       222
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2020-C58 1.849%           7/15/53   1,400     1,206
3 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-C21 3.410%           8/15/47     138       134
3 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-LC14 3.766%           3/15/47      40        39
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-LC14 4.045%           3/15/47     500       491
3,5 Wheels Fleet Lease Funding LLC Series 2022-1A 2.470%          10/18/36  14,023    13,714
3,5 Wheels SPV 2 LLC Series 2020-1A 0.510%           8/20/29     962       956
3,5 Wheels SPV 2 LLC Series 2020-1A 0.620%           8/20/29   3,000     2,910
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-A 1.100%           4/15/25     221       219
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-B 0.820%           1/15/26   7,420     7,086
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-C 0.610%          10/15/26  16,350    15,375
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-D 1.100%          11/15/27   8,060     7,397
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-A 1.900%           3/15/28  13,580    12,605
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-B 3.440%           3/15/28  14,430    13,858
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-C 3.660%          10/15/27  11,060    10,831
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-C 3.680%           9/15/28  11,930    11,520
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-D 5.700%           2/15/29   8,200     8,551
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-A 4.830%           5/15/28  21,970    21,982
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-A 4.660%           5/15/29  10,350    10,355
3 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust Series 2022-A 3.210%           2/18/25   3,920     3,848
3 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust Series 2022-A 3.340%           6/15/27   6,420     6,294
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $2,463,725) 2,383,565
Corporate Bonds (31.6%)
Communications (0.6%)
Comcast Corp. 3.375%           2/15/25   1,000       981
Comcast Corp. 5.250%           11/7/25   8,000     8,177
7 Comcast Corp. 0.000%           9/14/26   3,839     3,700
Meta Platforms Inc. 3.500%           8/15/27   9,114     8,798
5 NTT Finance Corp. 0.583%            3/1/24   9,045     8,675
5 NTT Finance Corp. 1.162%            4/3/26  22,891    20,670
                                        51,001
Consumer Discretionary (3.0%)
Amazon.com Inc. 4.700%          11/29/24  40,000    40,279
Amazon.com Inc. 4.600%           12/1/25  40,000    40,343
3 American Honda Finance Corp. 0.550%           7/12/24   9,070     8,599
3 American Honda Finance Corp. 0.750%            8/9/24   9,925     9,407
3 American Honda Finance Corp. 1.500%           1/13/25   1,000       947
American Honda Finance Corp. 4.750%           1/12/26   4,090     4,123
Home Depot Inc. 2.700%           4/15/25   5,000     4,846
Home Depot Inc. 4.000%           9/15/25   4,555     4,530
Honda Motor Co. Ltd. 2.271%           3/10/25  10,715    10,255
5 Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC 4.950%           3/30/25   6,150     6,154
3,7 Toyota Finance Australia Ltd. 0.064%           1/13/25   2,400     2,449
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 2.500%           3/22/24  26,300    25,669
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 0.500%           6/18/24  50,000    47,580
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 0.625%           9/13/24     880       832
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.400%           9/20/24  11,150    11,128
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.800%           1/10/25   7,450     7,501
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.450%           1/13/25   7,085     6,709
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.800%           2/13/25   3,167     3,015
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 3.650%           8/18/25  26,150    25,595
                                       259,961
Consumer Staples (1.8%)
7 CK Hutchison Europe Finance 18 Ltd. 1.250%           4/13/25   2,790     2,864
7 Coca-Cola Co. 1.875%           9/22/26   1,550     1,600
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 3.100%           8/15/25   1,880     1,833
5 Kenvue Inc. 5.500%           3/22/25  18,440    18,748
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3.050%           8/15/25   7,920     7,689
5 Nestle Holdings Inc. 4.000%           9/12/25  10,000     9,954
3,7 PepsiCo Inc. 2.625%           4/28/26   2,117     2,244
PepsiCo Inc. 3.600%           2/18/28   3,760     3,689
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.125%          11/15/24  25,440    25,631
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.375%           8/11/25   5,500     5,331
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.000%          11/17/25  20,175    20,347
Philip Morris International Inc. 4.875%           2/13/26  21,140    21,295
Procter & Gamble Co. 4.100%           1/26/26   4,930     4,967
Target Corp. 3.500%            7/1/24  13,000    12,831
3,7 Unilever Finance Netherlands BV 1.250%           3/25/25   2,400     2,506
Walmart Inc. 3.900%            9/9/25  10,000     9,976
                                       151,505
Energy (1.0%)
Chevron Corp. 3.326%          11/17/25  10,000     9,818
EOG Resources Inc. 3.150%            4/1/25  10,000     9,692
7 Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.142%           6/26/24   2,200     2,293
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.709%            3/6/25  15,000    14,560
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.992%           3/19/25  13,600    13,235
3 Harvest Operations Corp. 4.200%            6/1/23   2,000     1,998
3 Harvest Operations Corp. 1.000%           4/26/24   4,125     3,948
5 SA Global Sukuk Ltd. 0.946%           6/17/24     812       775
3 SA Global Sukuk Ltd. 0.946%           6/17/24  23,000    21,939
Shell International Finance BV 3.250%           5/11/25   4,500     4,399
3,7 Shell International Finance BV 2.500%           3/24/26   2,117     2,251
                                        84,908
Financials (17.8%)
American Express Co. 3.400%           2/22/24   3,039     2,995
American Express Co. 3.375%            5/3/24   8,424     8,261
American Express Co. 2.250%            3/4/25   4,900     4,677
American Express Co. 3.950%            8/1/25  57,596    56,507
5 Athene Global Funding 0.950%            1/8/24   4,445     4,257
5 Athene Global Funding 0.914%           8/19/24   1,440     1,343
Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. 5.088%           12/8/25  10,000    10,087
Banco Santander SA 2.706%           6/27/24  10,000     9,660
3 Bank of America Corp. 1.843%            2/4/25  21,000    20,370
Bank of America Corp. 0.976%           4/22/25  20,000    19,055
3 Bank of America Corp. 3.875%            8/1/25  15,000    14,665
3 Bank of America Corp. 1.530%           12/6/25  10,000     9,369
3 Bank of America Corp. 2.015%           2/13/26   9,753     9,143
3 Bank of America Corp. 3.384%            4/2/26  14,500    13,915
3 Bank of America Corp. 1.319%           6/19/26   6,593     6,026
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Bank of America Corp. 4.827%           7/22/26  34,000    33,593
3 Bank of America Corp. 1.197%          10/24/26  10,000     8,985
Bank of America Corp. 5.080%           1/20/27  20,817    20,772
3 Bank of Montreal 3.300%            2/5/24   5,234     5,142
3 Bank of Montreal 2.150%            3/8/24  25,000    24,261
3 Bank of Montreal 0.625%            7/9/24  13,530    12,788
3 Bank of New York Mellon 5.224%          11/21/25  24,550    24,608
3 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 1.600%           4/24/25   7,026     6,554
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.414%           7/24/26  14,300    14,141
3 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 1.050%          10/15/26  16,400    14,359
3 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.250%           5/16/27   3,420     3,240
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.543%            2/1/29   5,000     4,955
Bank of Nova Scotia 0.650%           7/31/24   4,090     3,857
Bank of Nova Scotia 5.250%           12/6/24   5,000     5,012
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.450%           1/10/25   6,400     6,002
3 Bank of Nova Scotia 3.450%           4/11/25  16,200    15,713
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.750%            2/2/26  15,000    14,913
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.350%           6/24/26   8,125     7,247
7 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 0.000%           3/12/25   2,400     2,433
7 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.125%           3/16/27     900       885
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 3.945%            8/4/25   3,000     2,925
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 3.450%            4/7/27   6,200     5,883
Charles Schwab Corp. 1.150%           5/13/26  10,000     8,777
3 Citigroup Inc. 3.352%           4/24/25   4,885     4,763
Citigroup Inc. 4.140%           5/24/25   3,000     2,950
Citigroup Inc. 1.281%           11/3/25   2,000     1,868
Citigroup Inc. 2.014%           1/25/26   4,975     4,686
Commonwealth Bank of Australia 5.316%           3/13/26   5,000     5,084
3,7 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 0.625%           2/27/24   3,100     3,269
5 Corebridge Global Funding 0.650%           6/17/24   7,000     6,624
5 Danske Bank A/S 0.976%           9/10/25   3,360     3,125
5 F&G Global Funding 0.900%           9/20/24   2,244     2,093
5 F&G Global Funding 1.750%           6/30/26   2,361     2,112
3 Fifth Third Bank NA 3.950%           7/28/25     775       730
5 Five Corners Funding Trust 4.419%          11/15/23   4,506     4,469
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 5.700%           11/1/24  26,285    26,483
3 HSBC Holdings plc 3.803%           3/11/25  10,000     9,783
HSBC Holdings plc 0.976%           5/24/25  10,000     9,415
HSBC Holdings plc 2.999%           3/10/26   5,340     5,063
3 HSBC Holdings plc 1.645%           4/18/26   2,385     2,179
HSBC Holdings plc 7.336%           11/3/26  10,000    10,405
HSBC Holdings plc 7.390%           11/3/28   5,425     5,799
HSBC USA Inc. 5.625%           3/17/25   6,700     6,721
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 3.650%           5/23/25   7,800     7,674
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 4.000%           9/15/27   5,000     4,944
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.125%           1/23/25  10,000     9,723
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.563%           2/16/25   3,375     3,239
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.220%            3/1/25  34,020    33,298
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.824%            6/1/25   5,720     5,420
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.969%           6/23/25   7,500     7,105
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.900%           7/15/25  20,000    19,690
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.301%          10/15/25   2,767     2,645
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.561%          12/10/25  15,000    14,058
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5.546%          12/15/25  20,000    20,133
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.005%           3/13/26  10,000     9,420
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.083%           4/22/26  20,000    18,782
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.080%           4/26/26  18,500    18,148
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.200%           6/15/26  10,000     9,602
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.045%          11/19/26  10,000     8,941
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.851%           7/25/28   6,728     6,717
3 KeyBank NA 4.150%            8/8/25   3,300     3,127
KeyBank NA 4.700%           1/26/26  14,000    13,449
Legg Mason Inc. 3.950%           7/15/24   5,000     4,898
5 LSEGA Financing plc 0.650%            4/6/24   4,135     3,935
5 Macquarie Group Ltd. 1.201%          10/14/25  35,000    32,638
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 5.400%          11/21/25   4,650     4,491
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 4.650%           1/27/26  18,260    17,194
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 4.700%           1/27/28   8,260     7,737
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.193%           2/25/25   2,711     2,554
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 1.412%           7/17/25   4,812     4,415
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 4.788%           7/18/25   3,500     3,464
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.953%           7/19/25  11,915    11,220
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 5.063%           9/12/25  10,000     9,927
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.962%          10/11/25   3,900     3,632
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 5.719%           2/20/26   7,960     7,980
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.850%            3/1/26   4,735     4,540
3 Morgan Stanley 0.791%           1/22/25  14,244    13,703
Morgan Stanley 3.620%           4/17/25  10,000     9,815
Morgan Stanley 0.790%           5/30/25  16,600    15,718
3 Morgan Stanley 2.720%           7/22/25   2,854     2,753
3 Morgan Stanley 4.000%           7/23/25  24,556    24,081
3 Morgan Stanley 1.164%          10/21/25  10,000     9,340
3 Morgan Stanley 2.188%           4/28/26  15,000    14,095
7 Morgan Stanley 2.103%            5/8/26   1,333     1,387
Morgan Stanley 4.679%           7/17/26  31,223    30,805
Morgan Stanley 6.138%          10/16/26   8,000     8,184
Morgan Stanley 5.050%           1/28/27  10,120    10,101
3 Morgan Stanley 1.512%           7/20/27   3,630     3,221
3,6 Morgan Stanley, SOFR + 0.466% 5.316%          11/10/23  30,630    30,551
National Bank of Canada 5.250%           1/17/25   3,885     3,879
5 National Securities Clearing Corp. 0.750%           12/7/25  10,000     8,904
5 NongHyup Bank 0.875%           7/28/24  20,000    18,992
Northern Trust Corp. 4.000%           5/10/27   4,300     4,211
3 PNC Bank NA 3.250%            6/1/25   5,000     4,775
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 5.671%          10/28/25   5,000     5,001
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 4.758%           1/26/27  10,000     9,878
Progressive Corp. 2.500%           3/15/27   2,100     1,949
3 Royal Bank of Canada 3.970%           7/26/24  15,250    15,045
3 Royal Bank of Canada 0.750%           10/7/24   6,656     6,243
Royal Bank of Canada 3.375%           4/14/25   7,600     7,369
3 Royal Bank of Canada 1.150%           6/10/25  10,000     9,203
5 Royal Bank of Canada 4.784%          12/12/25  24,900    25,013
3 Royal Bank of Canada 4.875%           1/12/26  20,000    20,038
Royal Bank of Canada 1.200%           4/27/26   4,960     4,452
3 Royal Bank of Canada 1.150%           7/14/26   5,350     4,804
Royal Bank of Canada 3.625%            5/4/27   2,100     2,012
5 Security Benefit Global Funding 1.250%           5/17/24  14,420    13,677
5 Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB 0.650%            9/9/24  14,000    13,182
State Street Corp. 3.550%           8/18/25  10,000     9,703
State Street Corp. 4.857%           1/26/26  11,970    11,896
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
State Street Corp. 2.901%           3/30/26  15,273    14,589
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.448%           9/27/24   7,892     7,562
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 1.474%            7/8/25  21,853    20,033
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. 2.550%           3/10/25   3,450     3,285
5 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. 5.650%            3/9/26   7,000     7,111
Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.550%            3/4/24   4,730     4,520
3 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.350%            3/8/24  18,672    18,154
3 Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.700%           9/10/24  10,000     9,398
3 Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.285%           9/13/24   5,500     5,437
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.766%            6/6/25  10,770    10,489
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.103%            1/9/26  10,000    10,060
3 Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.250%           9/10/26  24,300    21,501
3,7 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.551%            8/3/27   1,700     1,730
3 Truist Bank 1.500%           3/10/25   5,621     5,178
3 Truist Financial Corp. 2.500%            8/1/24  11,215    10,741
Truist Financial Corp. 4.000%            5/1/25   3,083     2,977
3 Truist Financial Corp. 3.700%            6/5/25  15,000    14,365
3 Truist Financial Corp. 5.900%          10/28/26  10,000     9,956
3 Truist Financial Corp. 4.873%           1/26/29   7,085     6,896
3,6,8 UBS AG, 3M Australian Bank Bill Rate + 0.870% 4.251%           7/30/25  15,000     9,962
3,7 US Bancorp 0.850%            6/7/24   4,292     4,453
3 US Bancorp 3.100%           4/27/26   3,000     2,784
US Bancorp 5.727%          10/21/26  33,330    33,483
Visa Inc. 3.150%          12/14/25  26,270    25,515
7 Visa Inc. 1.500%           6/15/26   2,865     2,931
3,7 Wells Fargo & Co. 0.500%           4/26/24   4,025     4,219
3 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.550%           9/29/25   8,788     8,453
3,7 Westpac Securities NZ Ltd. 0.427%          12/14/26   2,100     2,009
                                     1,541,507
Health Care (1.4%)
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 2.900%           7/26/24   5,000     4,903
Merck & Co. Inc. 2.750%           2/10/25  32,027    31,335
Novartis Capital Corp. 3.000%          11/20/25  20,000    19,424
5 Roche Holdings Inc. 1.882%            3/8/24  20,000    19,445
5 Roche Holdings Inc. 2.132%           3/10/25   9,925     9,475
5 Roche Holdings Inc. 3.000%          11/10/25  25,000    24,104
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 0.550%           5/15/24   4,800     4,578
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.750%           7/15/25  10,000     9,889
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.150%           5/15/26   1,845     1,680
                                       124,833
Industrials (3.0%)
3M Co. 2.650%           4/15/25     900       862
3 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 2.150%           11/8/24   6,120     5,903
3 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 4.900%           1/17/25  10,000    10,073
3 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 3.400%           5/13/25  20,000    19,597
3 Caterpillar Financial Services Corp. 1.450%           5/15/25   5,000     4,699
Deere & Co. 2.750%           4/15/25  20,000    19,388
General Dynamics Corp. 3.250%            4/1/25     900       876
Honeywell International Inc. 1.350%            6/1/25  10,000     9,428
3 John Deere Capital Corp. 1.250%           1/10/25   1,000       948
3 John Deere Capital Corp. 5.150%            3/3/25   8,330     8,438
3 John Deere Capital Corp. 2.125%            3/7/25  13,570    12,997
3 John Deere Capital Corp. 3.400%            6/6/25   8,315     8,143
Lockheed Martin Corp. 4.950%          10/15/25   4,280     4,349
Lockheed Martin Corp. 3.550%           1/15/26  12,190    12,067
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 PACCAR Financial Corp. 3.150%           6/13/24  13,335    13,077
3 PACCAR Financial Corp. 3.550%           8/11/25  10,000     9,804
Rockwell Automation Inc. 2.875%            3/1/25  20,000    19,423
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 0.650%           3/11/24   9,445     9,072
5 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 3.250%           5/27/25  51,218    49,742
Tyco Electronics Group SA 4.500%           2/13/26  27,433    27,448
Union Pacific Corp. 2.750%            3/1/26  10,000     9,583
United Parcel Service Inc. 3.900%            4/1/25     900       889
                                       256,806
Materials (0.3%)
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 4.875%           2/27/26   6,710     6,764
5 Georgia-Pacific LLC 0.625%           5/15/24  15,265    14,542
5 Georgia-Pacific LLC 3.600%            3/1/25   1,455     1,417
                                        22,723
Real Estate (0.7%)
Camden Property Trust 4.250%           1/15/24   3,890     3,843
Public Storage 1.500%           11/9/26   2,200     1,985
6 Public Storage, SOFR + 0.470% 5.321%           4/23/24   6,465     6,425
Realty Income Corp. 4.600%            2/6/24   2,500     2,480
Realty Income Corp. 3.875%           4/15/25  10,000     9,753
3,9 Realty Income Corp. 1.875%           1/14/27     697       758
9 Realty Income Corp. 1.125%           7/13/27   1,300     1,342
Simon Property Group LP 2.000%           9/13/24   6,140     5,869
Simon Property Group LP 3.375%           10/1/24  16,740    16,335
Simon Property Group LP 3.500%            9/1/25  10,000     9,652
                                        58,442
Technology (1.5%)
Analog Devices Inc. 2.950%            4/1/25   5,000     4,834
6 Analog Devices Inc., SOFR + 0.250% 5.472%           10/1/24  25,000    24,743
Apple Inc. 1.125%           5/11/25  10,000     9,383
Intel Corp. 3.400%           3/25/25   5,000     4,914
Intuit Inc. 0.950%           7/15/25   5,000     4,616
Microsoft Corp. 2.700%           2/12/25  10,000     9,750
NVIDIA Corp. 0.584%           6/14/24  64,836    61,920
PayPal Holdings Inc. 2.400%           10/1/24   6,100     5,907
                                       126,067
Utilities (0.5%)
Atlantic City Electric Co. 3.375%            9/1/24  15,000    14,588
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 4.050%           4/15/25   2,565     2,552
3 Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding LLC 1.679%            7/1/31   5,078     4,480
Florida Power & Light Co. 2.850%            4/1/25     900       873
5 Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 3.600%            5/6/25   3,565     3,472
3 National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 1.875%            2/7/25  10,000     9,491
3 PG&E Recovery Funding LLC 5.045%           7/15/32   8,000     8,126
Southern California Gas Co. 3.150%           9/15/24   1,100     1,075
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. 5.350%          11/10/25   2,000     2,035
                                         46,692
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $2,793,055) 2,724,445
Sovereign Bonds (2.9%)
3,5 Airport Authority Hong Kong 4.875%           1/12/26   4,310     4,366
3 Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. 4.125%           9/18/23   5,882     5,850
Corp. Andina de Fomento 2.375%           5/12/23  10,000     9,970
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Corp. Andina de Fomento 1.250%          10/26/24  20,743    19,579
Equinor ASA 1.750%           1/22/26   5,000     4,661
Export-Import Bank of Korea 1.250%           1/18/25  80,000    75,456
Export-Import Bank of Korea 3.250%          11/10/25  25,000    24,169
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.875%           1/11/26   6,750     6,802
3 Korea Development Bank 1.750%           2/18/25   7,000     6,643
Korea Development Bank 2.000%           2/24/25  20,000    19,063
3,5 Korea Electric Power Corp. 3.625%           6/14/25  18,667    18,226
3 Korea National Oil Corp. 0.875%           10/5/25   5,000     4,530
3,5 QatarEnergy 1.375%           9/12/26   7,798     7,059
3 Republic of Chile 2.750%           1/31/27   7,131     6,736
3 Republic of Poland 5.500%          11/16/27     655       684
3,5 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 1.250%          11/24/23   3,000     2,925
3 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 2.875%           4/16/24  14,850    14,506
3,5 Tokyo Metropolitan Government 0.750%           7/16/25  21,000    19,282
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $263,822) 250,507
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.9%)
Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. Revenue 1.258%            7/1/25  56,750    52,767
University of California Revenue 0.883%           5/15/25  27,000    25,162
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $83,750) 77,929
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      Coupon   Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (1.0%)
Money Market Fund (1.0%)
10 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
(Cost $88,270)
4.839%                    882,804          88,272
Total Investments (100.1%) (Cost $8,814,992)   8,645,299
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (-0.1%)   (6,468)
Net Assets (100%)   8,638,831
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $5,631,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $541,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, the aggregate value was $943,852,000, representing 10.9% of net assets.
6 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
7 Face amount denominated in euro.
8 Face amount denominated in Australian dollars.
9 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
10 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  1M—1-month.
  3M—3-month.
  LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate.
  REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
  SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
  USD—U.S. dollar.
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 1,709 352,828 2,376
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 217 24,938 42
        2,418
 
Short Futures Contracts
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (783) (85,745) 161
Euro-Bobl June 2023 (125) (15,980) (369)
Euro-Schatz June 2023 (83) (9,514) (88)
Long Gilt June 2023 (11) (1,402) (31)
Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (47) (6,164) (229)
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (12) (1,454) (44)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (231) (32,600) (1,326)
        (1,926)
        492
    
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Counterparty   Receive   Deliver
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 6/21/23 EUR 4,388 USD 4,688 92
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 EUR 3,112 USD 3,309 81
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 EUR 162 USD 172 4
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 12,415 AUD 18,574 (37)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 24,573 EUR 23,058 (546)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 24,436 EUR 22,773 (373)
Bank of Montreal 6/21/23 USD 2,388 GBP 1,984 (64)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 373 GBP 313 (13)
            177 (1,033)
AUD—Australian dollar.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody's Rating
Republic of Chile/A2 6/20/28 MSCS 1,770 1.000 (2) (14) 12
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $8,726,722) 8,557,027
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $88,270) 88,272
Total Investments in Securities 8,645,299
Investment in Vanguard 311
Cash 2
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $1,696) 1,715
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 120,231
Receivables for Accrued Income 50,206
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 177
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 12
Total Assets 8,817,953
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 177,374
Payables to Vanguard 76
Swap Premiums Received 14
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 625
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 1,033
Total Liabilities 179,122
Net Assets 8,638,831

At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:

   
Paid-in Capital 9,137,934
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (499,103)
Net Assets 8,638,831
   
Net Assets  
Applicable to 658,837,809 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
8,638,831
Net Asset Value Per Share $13.11
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 125,418
Total Income 125,418
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 106
Management and Administrative 645
Marketing and Distribution 71
Custodian Fees 52
Shareholders’ Reports 8
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 2
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 891
Expenses Paid Indirectly (21)
Net Expenses 870
Net Investment Income 124,548
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (172,163)
Futures Contracts (8,347)
Swap Contracts 74
Forward Currency Contracts (3,500)
Foreign Currencies 147
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (183,789)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 254,634
Futures Contracts 14,544
Swap Contracts 41
Forward Currency Contracts (6,331)
Foreign Currencies 87
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 262,975
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 203,734
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $2,256,000, $21,000, less than $1,000, and ($1,000), respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 124,548   130,785
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (183,789)   (145,275)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 262,975   (475,127)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 203,734   (489,617)
Distributions      
Total Distributions (125,859)   (190,845)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued   992,071
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 125,859   190,845
Redeemed (1,052,446)   (664,216)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions (926,587)   518,700
Total Increase (Decrease) (848,712)   (161,762)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 9,487,543   9,649,305
End of Period 8,638,831   9,487,543
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
Year Ended September 30,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $13.00 $13.94 $14.06 $13.82 $13.55 $13.75
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .186 .181 .165 .316 .373 .293
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .114 (.855) (.070) .244 .271 (.202)
Total from Investment Operations .300 (.674) .095 .560 .644 .091
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.190) (.177) (.165) (.320) (.374) (.291)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.089) (.050)
Total Distributions (.190) (.266) (.215) (.320) (.374) (.291)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $13.11 $13.00 $13.94 $14.06 $13.82 $13.55
Total Return 2.32% -4.89% 0.68% 4.10% 4.81% 0.67%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $8,639 $9,488 $9,649 $8,256 $7,781 $7,796
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.02%2 0.02%2 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 2.86% 1.35% 1.18% 2.27% 2.73% 2.15%
Portfolio Turnover Rate 84%3 122%3 134%3 118% 83% 118%4
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.02%.
3 Includes 0%, 5%, and 16%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
4 Excludes the value of portfolio securities received or delivered as a result of in-kind purchases or redemptions of the fund’s capital shares.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund has been established by Vanguard as an investment vehicle for certain collective trusts and other accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates and qualifying education savings plans. The fund is offered to investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $10 million.
Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
A.  The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral, as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among
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numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its MSFTA, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the MSFTA.
At March 31, 2023, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts cash of $251,000 in connection with TBA transactions.
4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund also enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
5. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
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During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 7% and 2% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
6. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
7. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference
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issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.
The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund's average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
8. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
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9. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
10. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
11. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
B.  In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $311,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.12% of Vanguard’s capital
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received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C.  The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $21,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 3,120,581 3,120,581
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 2,383,565 2,383,565
Corporate Bonds 2,724,445 2,724,445
Sovereign Bonds 250,507 250,507
Taxable Municipal Bonds 77,929 77,929
Temporary Cash Investments 88,272 88,272
Total 88,272 8,557,027 8,645,299
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 2,579 2,579
Forward Currency Contracts 177 177
Swap Contracts 12 12
Total 2,579 189 2,768
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 2,087 2,087
Forward Currency Contracts 1,033 1,033
Total 2,087 1,033 3,120
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E.  At March 31, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 2,579 2,579
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 177 177
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 12 12
Total Assets 2,579 177 12 2,768
         
Swap Premiums Received 14 14
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 2,087 2,087
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 1,033 1,033
Total Liabilities 2,087 1,033 14 3,134
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts (8,347) (8,347)
Swap Contracts 74 74
Forward Currency Contracts (3,500) (3,500)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (8,347) (3,500) 74 (11,773)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 14,544 14,544
Swap Contracts 41 41
Forward Currency Contracts (6,331) (6,331)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 14,544 (6,331) 41 8,254
F.  As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 8,795,098
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 50,620
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (200,785)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (150,165)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $176,754,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
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G.  During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $1,786,878,000 of investment securities and sold $3,129,964,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $5,542,410,000 and $5,003,480,000, respectively.
H.  Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued   72,497
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 9,658   14,142
Redeemed (80,820)   (48,766)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding (71,162)   37,873
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2023
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 10.2%
Corporate Bonds 24.7
Sovereign Bonds 1.9
Taxable Municipal Bonds 0.9
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 62.3
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (60.5%)
U.S. Government Securities (38.0%)
1,2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.500%          4/30/24   723,000    706,845
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%          5/15/24   100,000     95,344
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%          5/31/24   150,000    145,734
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%          6/15/24    98,000     93,161
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000%          6/30/24   584,363    573,772
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.750%          7/31/24   188,095    181,600
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.000%          7/31/24   560,000    549,675
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%          8/15/24   400,000    378,750
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250%          9/30/24   100,000     99,875
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625%         10/15/24    75,000     70,922
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%         11/15/24    60,500     57,182
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500%         11/30/24     9,360      9,395
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250%         12/31/24    49,000     49,038
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375%          1/31/25    62,500     59,473
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500%          2/15/25   371,500    353,854
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750%          5/15/25   212,240    206,636
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875%          5/31/25    73,000     71,243
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.875%          6/15/25   517,300    505,014
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125%          8/15/25   165,000    161,881
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%          8/31/25   300,000    274,828
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.500%          9/15/25   518,540    513,517
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.250%         10/15/25   347,750    350,467
2,3 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.250%         10/31/25   500,000    455,781
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.250%         11/15/25   128,200    123,032
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.500%         11/15/25   591,690    600,380
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.625%          2/15/26   100,000     94,031
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.000%          2/15/26   463,625    465,508
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500%          2/28/26   150,000    136,313
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%          4/30/26   100,000     91,156
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%          5/31/26   100,000     90,953
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875%          6/30/26   300,000    273,563
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.625%          7/31/26   200,000    180,375
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.750%          8/31/26   200,000    180,750
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.875%          9/30/26   184,800    167,360
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125%         10/31/26   381,400    347,908
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.000%         11/15/26   100,000     94,031
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250%         12/31/26    58,000     52,979
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.500%          1/31/27    80,000     73,650
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.875%          2/28/27   400,000    373,188
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750%          4/30/27   250,000    240,938
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.375%          5/15/27   150,000    142,453
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500%          5/31/27   330,000    289,523
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.625%          5/31/27   200,000    191,781
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.250%          6/30/27   110,000    108,109
United States Treasury Note/Bond 2.750%          7/31/27   150,000    144,445
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.500%          8/31/27    90,000     78,441
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.125%          8/31/27   100,000     97,813
United States Treasury Note/Bond 0.375%          9/30/27   100,000     86,453
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125%          9/30/27   367,500    374,448
United States Treasury Note/Bond 4.125%         10/31/27   405,000    412,847
United States Treasury Note/Bond 3.875%         12/31/27   225,000    227,391
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250%          4/30/28    70,000     62,322
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250%          6/30/28    70,000     62,125
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.000%          7/31/28   120,000    104,888
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.125%          8/31/28    70,000     61,458
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.250%          9/30/28    70,000     61,764
United States Treasury Note/Bond 1.375%         10/31/28    55,000     48,795
                                      12,105,158
Agency Bonds and Notes (0.1%)
Federal Home Loan Banks 3.125%          6/13/25     6,300      6,170
Federal Home Loan Banks 3.125%          9/12/25     7,050      6,900
Federal Home Loan Banks 2.500%         12/10/27     8,450      7,979
Federal Home Loan Banks 3.250%           6/9/28     2,100      2,041
4 Tennessee Valley Authority 2.875%           2/1/27     1,280      1,229
                                          24,319
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (22.4%)  
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.000%    3/1/43–3/1/48    13,938     12,568
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 3.500%    4/1/44–2/1/50    82,098     77,081
4,5 Fannie Mae Pool 5.000%          10/1/49       559        555
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.000%    9/1/28–1/1/32     2,175      2,004
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 2.500%    1/1/43–3/1/47     1,658      1,473
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.000%    8/1/32–8/1/47     6,088      5,459
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 3.500%    8/1/32–2/1/50    47,237     43,781
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.000%   7/1/29–12/1/49    55,624     54,075
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 4.500%    5/1/39–2/1/49    26,906     27,035
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.000%    7/1/39–2/1/49     3,535      3,697
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 5.500%           5/1/40     1,543      1,617
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 6.500%           5/1/37        34         35
4,5 Freddie Mac Gold Pool 7.000%           5/1/38        44         46
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 2.500%  1/15/43–6/15/43       514        463
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.000%  9/15/42–8/15/45    12,336     11,318
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 3.500%  1/15/42–7/15/45     3,550      3,430
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.000% 4/15/39–12/15/46     2,384      2,306
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 4.500% 2/15/39–12/15/46    12,167     12,369
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.000%  2/15/40–9/15/41       469        488
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 5.500%  3/15/40–2/15/41       134        138
4 Ginnie Mae I Pool 6.000%  5/15/36–3/15/40       786        807
4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 2.000% 11/20/50–8/20/51   367,103    312,601
4,6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 2.500%  3/20/43–5/15/53   319,454    271,946
4,6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.000%  3/20/27–5/15/53   444,947    401,002
4,6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 3.500%  6/20/42–4/15/53   278,668    264,084
4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.000%  2/20/34–2/20/51   182,597    177,639
4,6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 4.500%  4/20/48–5/15/53   266,902    264,293
4,6 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.000%  4/20/40–5/15/53    76,919     77,151
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 5.500%          4/20/40        58         59
4 Ginnie Mae II Pool 6.000% 2/20/41–10/20/41         4          4
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 1.500%   4/25/38–4/1/52   265,397    211,274
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 2.000%   5/1/28–4/25/53 2,105,406  1,780,512
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 2.500%  4/25/38–4/25/53 1,397,426  1,219,805
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 3.000%   7/1/32–5/25/53   154,457    141,881
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 3.500%  11/1/31–5/25/53   325,581    306,133
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 4.000%   5/1/32–5/25/53   487,570    478,050
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 4.500%  4/25/38–5/25/53   605,623    601,582
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 5.000%   6/1/39–5/25/53   236,578    238,108
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 5.500%  12/1/38–5/25/53   102,852    106,637
4,5,6 UMBS Pool 6.000%  10/1/52–5/25/53    38,133     39,042
4,5 UMBS Pool 6.500%    9/1/36–4/1/39       145        154
4,5 UMBS Pool 7.000%   10/1/37–9/1/38       165        181
                                       7,152,883
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)  
4,5 Freddie Mac REMICS 2.000%          1/25/52    10,114      6,260
4 Ginnie Mae REMICS 2.000%          2/20/51     7,843      6,901
                                           13,161
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $19,919,999) 19,295,521
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (9.9%)
4 Ally Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 3.450%          6/15/27     8,070      7,779
4 Ally Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-3 5.070%          4/15/27     9,890      9,929
4 American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2022-2 3.390%          5/15/27    34,970     34,137
4 American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2022-3 3.750%          8/15/27    55,610     54,596
4 American Express Credit Account Master Trust Series 2022-4 4.950%         10/15/27    13,890     14,073
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-3 0.760%          8/18/26    11,490     11,045
4 AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 2.450%         11/18/26     7,680      7,439
4,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust Series 2022-A 3.120%          1/15/31     5,167      5,087
4,7 ARI Fleet Lease Trust Series 2022-A 3.430%          1/15/31     3,300      3,190
4 BA Credit Card Trust Series 2022-A1 3.530%         11/15/27    17,530     17,127
4 BA Credit Card Trust Series 2022-A2 5.000%          4/15/28    14,370     14,535
4 BANK Series 2017-BNK4 3.625%          5/15/50       280        262
4 BANK Series 2017-BNK6 3.254%          7/15/60     4,580      4,260
4 BANK Series 2017-BNK6 3.518%          7/15/60     1,110      1,033
4 BANK Series 2017-BNK6 3.741%          7/15/60       440        392
4 BANK Series 2017-BNK7 3.175%          9/15/60    11,540     10,734
4 BANK Series 2018-BNK10 3.641%          2/15/61       996        959
4 BANK Series 2018-BNK12 4.255%          5/15/61       780        753
4 BANK Series 2018-BNK14 4.231%          9/15/60     1,055      1,002
4 BANK Series 2019-BNK17 3.714%          4/15/52     4,459      4,116
4 BANK Series 2019-BNK19 3.183%          8/15/61     3,910      3,464
4 BANK Series 2019-BNK20 3.011%          9/15/62     7,180      6,372
4 BANK Series 2019-BNK23 2.846%         12/15/52     1,900      1,756
4 BANK Series 2019-BNK23 2.920%         12/15/52    11,780     10,253
4 BANK Series 2019-BNK24 2.960%         11/15/62    17,620     15,334
4 BANK Series 2020-BNK30 1.673%         12/15/53     5,050      4,341
4 BANK Series 2022-BNK43 4.399%          8/15/55     9,800      9,236
38

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-BNK3 3.574%          2/15/50       330        310
4 Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C5 3.063%         11/15/52    13,010     11,491
4 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2020-C6 2.639%          2/15/53     2,515      2,153
4 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2022-C16 4.600%          6/15/55     5,750      5,526
4 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2022-C17 4.441%          9/15/55     5,750      5,457
4 BBCMS Trust Series 2021-C10 2.492%          7/15/54     5,750      4,766
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2018-B1 3.666%          1/15/51     4,070      3,782
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2018-B8 3.963%          1/15/52     1,100      1,046
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2019-B10 3.615%          3/15/62       305        291
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2019-B15 2.859%         12/15/72     5,250      4,852
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2019-B15 2.928%         12/15/72     6,000      5,186
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2020-B19 1.745%          9/15/53     7,163      6,217
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2020-B21 1.798%         12/17/53     4,400      3,816
4 Benchmark Mortgage Trust Series 2022-B36 4.470%          7/15/55    11,500     10,865
4 BMW Vehicle Owner Trust Series 2020-A 0.620%          4/26/27     2,720      2,614
4 BMW Vehicle Owner Trust Series 2022-A 3.440%         12/26/28    11,800     11,391
4,8 Brazos Higher Education Authority Inc. Series 2011-1, 3M USD LIBOR + 0.800% 5.758%          2/25/30         6          6
4,7 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-1A 1.830%          7/19/24     1,006      1,001
4,7 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-1A 1.890%          3/19/25     1,840      1,805
4,7 Canadian Pacer Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-1A 0.500%         10/20/25    12,770     12,331
4 Cantor Commercial Real Estate Lending Series 2019-CF3 3.006%          1/15/53     6,000      5,196
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2019-A3 2.060%          8/15/28    27,040     24,869
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2021-A3 1.040%         11/15/26    22,450     21,126
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2022-A1 2.800%          3/15/27    21,580     20,811
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2022-A2 3.490%          5/15/27    53,110     51,812
4 Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust Series 2022-A3 4.950%         10/15/27    15,150     15,306
4 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-1 1.040%          4/15/27    10,950     10,049
4 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.660%          5/17/27     3,400      3,313
4 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.690%         12/15/27     2,000      1,935
4 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.870%          2/15/28    14,660     14,741
4 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.760%          8/15/28     6,820      6,916
4,7 CARDS II Trust Series 2021-1A 0.602%          4/15/27    28,920     27,609
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-3 0.770%          3/16/26     2,940      2,814
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2021-2 0.810%         12/15/26     5,340      4,948
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1 1.470%         12/15/26    12,840     12,225
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1 1.700%          8/16/27    10,070      9,328
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.490%          2/16/27     9,660      9,449
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.620%          9/15/27     9,600      9,298
4 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1 4.650%          1/16/29     3,370      3,367
4 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-P1 0.610%          10/8/26     2,650      2,508
39

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-P3 0.700%         11/10/26    17,410     16,490
4 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-P3 1.030%          6/10/27     8,360      7,408
4 Carvana Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-P1 3.350%          2/10/27     6,500      6,289
4 CCUBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C1 3.283%         11/15/50     5,000      4,624
4 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2016-CD1 2.459%          8/10/49     6,586      6,174
4 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2016-CD1 2.926%          8/10/49     1,360      1,240
4 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD4 3.514%          5/10/50       480        447
4 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD5 3.684%          8/15/50       320        292
4 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD6 3.709%         11/13/50     3,350      3,050
4 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2018-CD7 4.013%          8/15/51     2,700      2,579
4 CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C4 3.283%          5/10/58     3,376      3,135
4,7 Chesapeake Funding II LLC Series 2020-1A 0.870%          8/15/32     3,386      3,356
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-GC19 3.753%          3/11/47        94         93
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-GC21 3.855%          5/10/47    15,000     14,672
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC31 3.762%          6/10/48       520        499
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC35 3.549%         11/10/48    11,368     10,995
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-GC37 3.314%          4/10/49     4,000      3,823
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-P8 3.203%          9/15/50     4,560      4,202
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C5 4.228%          6/10/51        65         62
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C7 2.860%         12/15/72     6,000      5,222
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C7 3.042%         12/15/72     8,630      7,885
4 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C7 3.102%         12/15/72    15,500     13,925
4 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2020-A 1.510%          4/15/27     2,040      1,982
4 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-A 2.940%          7/15/27     3,040      2,938
4 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-A 3.030%          3/15/29     2,610      2,484
4 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-B 3.890%          8/16/27     6,870      6,713
4 CNH Equipment Trust Series 2022-B 3.910%          3/15/28     2,200      2,137
4 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2013-CR9 4.489%          7/10/45       566        564
4 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2013-CR13 4.194%         11/10/46     4,200      4,157
4 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR14 3.955%          2/10/47     4,000      3,961
4 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR18 3.828%          7/15/47     4,082      3,997
4 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2019-GC44 2.873%          8/15/57     2,050      1,895
4 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2019-GC44 2.950%          8/15/57     9,970      8,687
4 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-C4 3.808%         11/15/48       857        825
4 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C7 3.210%         11/15/49     3,283      3,142
4 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C7 3.502%         11/15/49     2,713      2,560
4 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C8 3.392%          6/15/50     8,560      7,983
4 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C18 2.968%         12/15/52    17,500     15,511
4 CSAIL Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2020-C19 2.561%          3/15/53     4,500      3,801
40

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4,7 Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2020-2 0.570%         10/23/23     1,460      1,457
4,7 Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2023-1 5.650%          9/22/28    19,410     19,402
4 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2021-A2 1.030%          9/15/28     9,780      8,712
4 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2022-A2 3.320%          5/15/27    33,580     32,661
4 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2022-A3 3.560%          7/15/27    63,130     61,724
4 Discover Card Execution Note Trust Series 2022-A4 5.030%         10/15/27    22,000     22,245
4,7 DLLAA LLC Series 2021-1A 0.670%          4/17/26     8,463      8,097
4,7 DLLAD LLC Series 2021-1A 0.640%          9/21/26    10,300      9,677
4,7 DLLMT LLC Series 2021-1A 1.240%          6/20/29     6,940      6,476
4,7 DLLST LLC Series 2022-1A 3.690%          9/20/28     1,470      1,423
4,7,8 Edsouth Indenture No. 9 LLC Series 2015-1, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.800% 5.645%         10/25/56       134        131
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2020-2 0.610%          7/20/26     3,038      2,985
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2021-3 0.770%          8/20/27     9,818      9,420
4,7 Enterprise Fleet Financing LLC Series 2022-1 3.030%          1/20/28    10,174      9,940
4 FIVE Mortgage Trust Series 2023-V1 5.668%          2/10/56     1,800      1,834
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-1 2.040%          8/15/31     9,298      8,819
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-A 1.350%          7/15/25     2,250      2,193
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2020-C 0.510%          8/15/26    10,470      9,765
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1 3.880%         11/15/34    20,470     19,753
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-A 1.560%          5/15/27     9,850      9,135
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-B 3.740%          9/15/26    30,400     29,815
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-B 3.930%          8/15/27    12,000     11,795
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-D 5.300%          3/15/28     7,340      7,497
4,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1 4.850%          8/15/35    14,350     14,466
4 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-A 4.560%         12/15/28     6,520      6,537
4 Ford Credit Floorplan Master Owner Trust A Series 2020-2 1.060%          9/15/27    13,150     12,097
4,7 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV1 3.000%         12/25/51   150,285    129,104
4,7 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV3 4.000%          8/25/52    37,335     34,102
4,7 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV3 4.500%          8/25/52    25,020     23,356
4 GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust Series 2022-2 3.540%          5/20/26     6,360      6,247
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2019-4 1.760%          1/16/25     3,270      3,246
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-1 0.540%          5/17/27     5,840      5,448
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-2 0.820%         10/16/26     6,480      5,997
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-3 0.730%          8/16/27    10,650      9,747
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2021-4 0.990%         10/18/27    10,000      9,132
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 1.510%          4/17/28     6,980      6,363
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.100%          2/16/27     9,690      9,383
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-2 3.250%          4/17/28     9,090      8,691
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-4 4.880%          8/16/28    15,780     15,910
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.660%          2/16/28    14,100     14,129
41

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.590%          7/17/28     2,010      1,997
4,7 Golden Credit Card Trust Series 2021-1A 1.140%          8/15/28    23,300     20,709
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-GC12 3.135%          6/10/46       335        334
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-GC34 3.244%         10/10/48     7,499      7,129
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-GS1 3.470%         11/10/48     5,343      5,086
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2018-GS10 4.155%          7/10/51       720        682
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-GC38 3.968%          2/10/52     2,600      2,431
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2019-GC40 3.160%          7/10/52     1,170      1,073
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2020-GC45 2.843%          2/13/53     5,550      5,131
4 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2020-GSA2 2.012%         12/12/53     9,640      7,814
4,7 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2021-PJ7 2.500%          1/25/52    21,294     17,471
4,7 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2022-PJ3 3.000%          8/25/52     4,921      4,166
4,7 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2022-PJ6 3.000%          1/25/53   149,759    126,781
4 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2020-A 1.930%          4/15/27     1,940      1,927
4 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2022-A 3.060%          2/15/27    15,220     14,876
4 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2022-A 3.260%          1/15/30     5,340      5,185
4 Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Trust Series 2023-A 5.050%         12/15/27    10,840     10,923
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC Series 2022-1A 1.990%          6/25/26     7,800      7,268
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC Series 2022-3A 3.370%          3/25/25     4,750      4,666
4,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LP Series 2021-2A 1.680%         12/27/27    11,710     10,335
4 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-2 0.550%          8/16/27     7,710      7,198
4 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-3 0.600%         12/20/27     9,760      9,002
4 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-4 1.140%          6/21/28     7,530      6,990
4 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.730%          7/20/26     5,250      5,150
4 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-2 3.760%         12/18/28     1,220      1,198
4 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2023-1 4.970%          6/21/29     6,870      6,949
4,7 HPEFS Equipment Trust Series 2022-2A 3.760%          9/20/29    12,990     12,787
4,7 Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust Series 2022-B 3.500%          4/15/26    20,780     20,249
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-A 0.620%          5/17/27    12,470     11,618
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-B 0.600%          2/16/27    16,090     14,821
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-C 1.030%         12/15/27     7,710      7,081
4 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-A 2.350%          4/17/28     3,750      3,530
4 John Deere Owner Trust Series 2020-B 0.720%          6/15/27     2,410      2,328
4 John Deere Owner Trust Series 2022-A 2.490%          1/16/29     6,800      6,467
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-C13 3.994%          1/15/46     1,084      1,081
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-LC11 2.960%          4/15/46       828        824
42

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2016-JP3 2.870%          8/15/49     1,525      1,401
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-6 2.500%         10/25/51    13,790     11,349
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-15 3.000%          6/25/52   130,514    111,957
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV4 3.000%          1/25/52     7,117      6,105
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV6 3.000%          4/25/52     6,921      5,937
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-1 3.000%          7/25/52    35,992     30,874
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-4 3.000%         10/25/52     9,767      8,378
4,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-INV1 3.000%          3/25/52   126,300    108,342
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-C12 3.664%          7/15/45     1,856      1,848
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2013-C12 4.067%          7/15/45     1,465      1,459
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C18 4.079%          2/15/47     3,930      3,845
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C21 3.493%          8/15/47       110        108
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C24 3.639%         11/15/47     1,144      1,099
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-C26 3.494%          1/15/48    15,000     14,386
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C32 3.329%         11/15/48     6,856      6,679
4 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2015-C32 3.598%         11/15/48     1,788      1,691
4 JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2017-C7 3.409%         10/15/50       360        339
4 JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2018-C8 4.211%          6/15/51        60         58
4,7 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2020-1A 1.960%          3/15/24       827        825
4,7 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2020-2A 0.730%          6/15/26     3,000      2,869
4,7 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2022-1A 2.670%         10/15/26    16,940     16,238
4,7 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2022-1A 2.780%          2/15/28     9,680      9,169
4,7 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2023-1A 5.070%          2/15/29     3,570      3,580
4,7 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2022-1A 1.660%          7/21/26    22,370     21,168
4,7 Master Credit Card Trust II Series 2023-1A 4.700%          6/21/27    12,070     12,050
4,7 Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance Series 2021-INV1 2.500%          6/25/51    16,841     13,797
4,7 Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance Series 2021-MTG2 2.500%          6/25/51     7,224      5,827
4 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-1 5.250%          2/15/29    14,320     14,717
4 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.510%         11/15/27    15,150     15,120
4 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1 4.310%          4/16/29     4,050      3,989
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2017-AA 2.680%          7/16/27       263        263
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2018-A 3.610%          3/10/42       629        625
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2019-A 3.080%         11/12/41     4,430      4,289
4,7 MMAF Equipment Finance LLC Series 2020-BA 0.850%          4/14/42     4,800      4,415
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2014-C15 3.773%          4/15/47       586        585
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2014-C15 4.051%          4/15/47     2,800      2,769
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C20 3.249%          2/15/48        60         57
43

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C23 3.719%          7/15/50     7,440      7,149
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C24 3.479%          5/15/48     9,034      8,673
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C25 3.372%         10/15/48     2,500      2,412
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C25 3.635%         10/15/48     1,648      1,574
4 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust Series 2015-C27 3.473%         12/15/47     9,793      9,516
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Series 2017-HR2 3.509%         12/15/50     1,194      1,153
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2015-MS1 3.510%          5/15/48     9,460      9,172
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2016-UB11 2.782%          8/15/49       487        454
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2016-UBS9 3.594%          3/15/49     5,373      5,129
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2019-L3 3.127%         11/15/52    13,640     12,052
4 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust Series 2021-L6 2.444%          6/15/54     2,600      2,099
4,7 New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2021-INV2 3.000%          9/25/51    39,171     33,161
4 Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2019-B 2.540%         12/15/25     1,258      1,252
4,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-INV5 4.000%         10/25/52    28,526     26,168
4,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2 3.000%          8/25/52    81,699     70,082
4,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2 3.500%          8/25/52   123,357    109,749
4,7,8 Pepper Residential Securities Trust Series 21A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.880% 5.608%          1/16/60        18         18
4,7,8 Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 22 Series 22A, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.000% 5.761%          6/20/60       673        670
4,7,8 Pepper Residential Securities Trust No. 23 Series 23A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950% 5.711%          8/18/60       526        525
4,7,8 PHEAA Student Loan Trust Series 2016-2A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.950% 5.795%         11/25/65     1,587      1,575
4,7 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR3 3.200%          4/17/39     4,409      4,064
4,7 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR5 4.451%          6/17/39     5,354      5,180
4,7 RCKT Mortgage Trust Series 2021-3 2.500%          7/25/51    20,157     16,513
4,7 RCKT Mortgage Trust Series 2022-4 3.500%          6/25/52    71,432     63,552
4,7,8 RESIMAC Bastille Trust Series 2018-1NCA, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.850% 5.551%          12/5/59        18         18
4,7,8 RESIMAC MBS Trust Series 2018-2A, 1M USD LIBOR + 0.850% 5.610%          4/10/50       196        196
4,7 RESIMAC Premier Series 2020-1A 1.274%           2/7/52       751        728
4 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-6 4.490%         11/16/26    11,890     11,776
4,7 Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2022-B 3.280%         11/20/25    22,080     21,552
4,7 Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust Series 2022-B 3.330%         10/20/26    11,570     11,196
4,7 Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2021-3 2.500%          5/25/51    12,501     10,273
4,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2016-A 2.700%          5/15/31        61         60
4,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2017-B 2.820%         10/15/35       178        170
4,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-B 3.600%          1/15/37       364        351
4,7 SMB Private Education Loan Trust Series 2018-C 3.630%         11/15/35       639        618
44

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-A 2.400%          3/26/40         2          2
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-B 2.740%          5/25/40        17         17
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-D 2.650%          9/25/40        55         52
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-E 2.720%         11/26/40         8          8
4,7 SoFi Professional Loan Program LLC Series 2017-F 2.840%          1/25/41        74         72
4 Synchrony Card Funding LLC Series 2022-A1 3.370%          4/15/28    23,430     22,720
4 Synchrony Card Funding LLC Series 2022-A2 3.860%          7/15/28    26,050     25,497
4,7 Tesla Auto Lease Trust Series 2021-B 0.630%          9/22/25     6,830      6,482
4,7 T-Mobile US Trust Series 2022-1A 4.910%          5/22/28    10,420     10,451
4,7 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2019-1A 2.560%         11/25/31       550        535
4,7 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2020-1A 1.350%          5/25/33     8,600      7,991
4,7 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2021-1A 1.070%          2/27/34    23,810     21,360
4,7 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2022-1A 3.820%          4/25/35    24,670     23,881
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-C 0.720%          1/15/27    19,620     17,948
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2021-D 1.020%          3/15/27     7,930      7,254
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-A 1.540%          5/17/27     9,540      8,796
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-B 2.930%          9/15/26    17,970     17,423
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-B 3.110%          8/16/27     7,990      7,619
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-C 3.760%          4/15/27     5,400      5,299
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-C 3.770%          2/15/28     2,630      2,550
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-D 5.430%          4/17/28     9,450      9,750
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2023-A 4.630%          9/15/27    13,280     13,262
4 Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2023-A 4.420%          8/15/28     4,340      4,297
4,7 Trafigura Securitisation Finance plc Series 2021-1A 1.080%          1/15/25    11,570     10,741
4 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C7 3.418%         12/15/50     3,436      3,210
4 UBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C16 3.460%          4/15/52       483        456
4,7 UBS-BAMLL Trust Series 2012-WRM 3.663%          6/10/30       140        131
4 UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2013-C6 3.469%          4/10/46       150        149
4,7 UWM Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV3 2.500%         11/25/51    20,853     17,161
4 Verizon Master Trust Series 2021-1 0.500%          5/20/27     8,780      8,336
4 Verizon Master Trust Series 2021-2 0.990%          4/20/28    15,980     15,039
4 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-2 1.530%          7/20/28    21,470     20,330
4 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-6 3.670%          1/22/29    13,870     13,517
4 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-7 5.230%         11/22/27    12,650     12,726
4 Verizon Master Trust Series 2023-1 4.490%          1/22/29    19,350     19,404
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust Series 2020-1 1.260%          8/20/26     3,400      3,304
4 Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust Series 2021-1 1.260%         10/20/28    12,800     11,867
4,7 Volvo Financial Equipment LLC Series 2020-1A 0.600%          3/15/28     2,300      2,191
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-C30 3.664%          9/15/58     2,380      2,307
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C32 3.560%          1/15/59     2,139      2,045
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2016-C37 3.525%         12/15/49     1,310      1,260
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C38 3.453%          7/15/50     1,285      1,189
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C40 3.317%         10/15/50     3,200      3,039
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C40 3.581%         10/15/50     3,040      2,822
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C41 3.472%         11/15/50     3,160      2,916
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-C42 3.589%         12/15/50     4,890      4,499
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2017-RC1 3.631%          1/15/60       396        371
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C46 4.152%          8/15/51     1,095      1,036
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C47 4.442%          9/15/61       870        834
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2018-C48 4.245%          1/15/52       980        959
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2019-C49 3.933%          3/15/52       310        299
4 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2020-C58 1.849%          7/15/53     2,850      2,455
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-C21 3.410%          8/15/47        14         13
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-C24 3.607%         11/15/47     2,190      2,111
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-LC14 3.766%          3/15/47     1,707      1,684
4 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-LC14 4.045%          3/15/47     2,597      2,552
4,7 Wheels Fleet Lease Funding LLC Series 2022-1A 2.470%         10/18/36     3,811      3,727
4,7 Wheels SPV 2 LLC Series 2020-1A 0.510%          8/20/29       556        552
4,7 Wheels SPV 2 LLC Series 2020-1A 0.620%          8/20/29     1,700      1,649
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-B 0.820%          1/15/26     7,580      7,239
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2020-C 0.610%         10/15/26     5,400      5,078
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2021-D 1.100%         11/15/27    11,450     10,508
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-A 1.900%          3/15/28     9,420      8,744
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-B 3.440%          3/15/28     7,570      7,270
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-C 3.660%         10/15/27     2,400      2,350
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-C 3.680%          9/15/28     1,670      1,613
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-D 5.700%          2/15/29     6,940      7,237
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-A 4.830%          5/15/28    16,030     16,039
4 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-A 4.660%          5/15/29     7,550      7,553
4 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust Series 2022-A 3.210%          2/18/25     3,080      3,023
4 World Omni Automobile Lease Securitization Trust Series 2022-A 3.340%          6/15/27     1,840      1,804
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $3,350,669) 3,143,339
Corporate Bonds (24.0%)
Communications (0.8%)
Comcast Corp. 3.375%          2/15/25    15,000     14,712
Comcast Corp. 3.375%          8/15/25    15,000     14,657
Comcast Corp. 3.950%         10/15/25    12,400     12,259
9 Comcast Corp. 0.000%          9/14/26    13,316     12,835
Comcast Corp. 3.150%          2/15/28    28,825     27,362
Comcast Corp. 4.150%         10/15/28    40,135     39,707
Comcast Corp. 2.650%           2/1/30    10,970      9,769
Comcast Corp. 3.400%           4/1/30    11,500     10,752
Comcast Corp. 1.950%          1/15/31    10,000      8,314
Meta Platforms Inc. 3.500%          8/15/27    20,982     20,255
Meta Platforms Inc. 3.850%          8/15/32    21,350     19,996
7 NTT Finance Corp. 1.162%           4/3/26    34,635     31,275
7 NTT Finance Corp. 2.065%           4/3/31     4,335      3,617
TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp. 3.000%          2/13/26    13,228     12,765
Walt Disney Co. 3.375%         11/15/26     2,200      2,132
                                         240,407
Consumer Discretionary (1.2%)
Amazon.com Inc. 3.150%          8/22/27     7,000      6,719
Amazon.com Inc. 1.650%          5/12/28    10,000      8,854
Amazon.com Inc. 4.650%          12/1/29    30,000     30,649
Amazon.com Inc. 1.500%           6/3/30     8,152      6,782
Amazon.com Inc. 4.700%          12/1/32    21,455     21,998
4 American Honda Finance Corp. 0.550%          7/12/24     8,755      8,301
4 American Honda Finance Corp. 2.350%           1/8/27    25,000     23,203
4 American Honda Finance Corp. 1.800%          1/13/31    20,000     16,487
Home Depot Inc. 1.500%          9/15/28     5,505      4,800
Home Depot Inc. 3.900%          12/6/28     7,700      7,584
Home Depot Inc. 2.950%          6/15/29    19,485     18,019
Home Depot Inc. 2.700%          4/15/30    16,365     14,787
Home Depot Inc. 1.875%          9/15/31     8,965      7,417
Home Depot Inc. 3.250%          4/15/32    12,425     11,342
7 Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC 4.800%          3/30/26    25,595     25,617
7 Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC 4.800%          3/30/28    29,010     29,093
TJX Cos. Inc. 2.250%          9/15/26     7,870      7,392
TJX Cos. Inc. 3.875%          4/15/30    10,000      9,614
4,9 Toyota Finance Australia Ltd. 0.064%          1/13/25     7,600      7,756
4 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 3.000%           4/1/25    14,000     13,563
4 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.125%          6/18/26    40,000     36,076
4 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 1.150%          8/13/27    15,000     13,081
4 Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.550%          9/20/27    31,620     31,770
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.625%          1/12/28     7,185      7,271
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 3.650%           1/8/29    20,000     19,267
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Toyota Motor Credit Corp. 4.700%          1/12/33     4,285      4,348
4 Yale University 1.482%          4/15/30     6,000      5,022
                                         396,812
Consumer Staples (1.3%)
6 Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. 4.500%          8/15/33     8,570      8,574
Brown-Forman Corp. 4.750%          4/15/33     8,885      8,989
9 CK Hutchison Europe Finance 18 Ltd. 1.250%          4/13/25     9,760     10,020
9 Coca-Cola Co. 1.875%          9/22/26     5,300      5,469
Coca-Cola Co. 3.375%          3/25/27    12,000     11,795
Coca-Cola Co. 1.000%          3/15/28     6,717      5,827
Coca-Cola Co. 1.375%          3/15/31     5,000      4,078
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 3.100%          8/15/25     6,170      6,016
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 3.100%          8/15/27    13,620     13,136
Colgate-Palmolive Co. 3.250%          8/15/32    12,460     11,682
Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.600%          4/20/30    42,322     35,920
Estee Lauder Cos. Inc. 2.375%          12/1/29     4,750      4,202
Hershey Co. 2.450%         11/15/29    10,000      8,902
Hershey Co. 1.700%           6/1/30     5,000      4,163
7 Kenvue Inc. 5.050%          3/22/28    15,000     15,503
7 Kenvue Inc. 4.900%          3/22/33    10,000     10,328
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 2.650%           3/1/25     6,906      6,678
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 1.050%          9/15/27     2,000      1,753
Kimberly-Clark Corp. 3.100%          3/26/30    10,507      9,745
PepsiCo Inc. 2.850%          2/24/26     6,674      6,458
4,9 PepsiCo Inc. 2.625%          4/28/26     6,883      7,295
PepsiCo Inc. 3.600%          2/18/28     7,520      7,377
PepsiCo Inc. 2.625%          7/29/29     1,720      1,579
PepsiCo Inc. 2.750%          3/19/30     2,130      1,945
PepsiCo Inc. 1.625%           5/1/30    11,745      9,932
PepsiCo Inc. 1.950%         10/21/31     2,575      2,171
PepsiCo Inc. 3.900%          7/18/32       990        968
Philip Morris International Inc. 1.500%           5/1/25    10,000      9,360
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.000%         11/17/25    14,410     14,533
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.125%          8/17/27     5,000      4,733
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.125%         11/17/27    25,575     26,180
Philip Morris International Inc. 3.375%          8/15/29     2,000      1,852
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.625%         11/17/29    26,265     27,452
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.125%          2/15/30    14,310     14,463
Philip Morris International Inc. 5.750%         11/17/32    17,680     18,547
Procter & Gamble Co. 3.950%          1/26/28    17,050     17,126
Procter & Gamble Co. 4.050%          1/26/33    12,440     12,512
7 Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 2.750%          6/26/24     3,340      3,256
7 Reckitt Benckiser Treasury Services plc 3.000%          6/26/27     7,000      6,532
Target Corp. 3.375%          4/15/29       870        833
Target Corp. 2.350%          2/15/30    11,910     10,476
Target Corp. 2.650%          9/15/30     1,435      1,272
Target Corp. 4.400%          1/15/33     7,915      7,866
Unilever Capital Corp. 2.125%           9/6/29    21,050     18,405
4,9 Unilever Finance Netherlands BV 1.250%          3/25/25     7,600      7,936
                                         423,839
Energy (1.1%)
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.796%          9/21/25     4,935      4,899
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.410%          2/11/26    15,500     15,100
4 BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.119%           5/4/26    19,465     18,728
4 BP Capital Markets America Inc. 3.017%          1/16/27     2,630      2,498
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 4.234%          11/6/28     8,000      7,929
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 1.749%          8/10/30     8,930      7,398
BP Capital Markets America Inc. 2.721%          1/12/32    16,736     14,605
BP Capital Markets plc 3.279%          9/19/27    13,162     12,656
BP Capital Markets plc 3.723%         11/28/28     2,095      2,032
Chevron Corp. 1.554%          5/11/25     8,810      8,310
Chevron Corp. 2.954%          5/16/26     5,490      5,288
Chevron Corp. 1.995%          5/11/27    19,000     17,445
Chevron Corp. 2.236%          5/11/30     1,300      1,150
Chevron USA Inc. 3.850%          1/15/28     5,870      5,799
4 CNPC General Capital Ltd. 3.400%          4/16/23     1,000      1,000
ConocoPhillips Co. 6.950%          4/15/29    13,082     14,752
9 Exxon Mobil Corp. 0.142%          6/26/24     7,800      8,132
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.992%          3/19/25    26,140     25,438
Exxon Mobil Corp. 3.043%           3/1/26     5,275      5,121
4 Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd. 2.625%          3/31/36    22,000     18,094
4 Harvest Operations Corp. 4.200%           6/1/23     8,000      7,991
4 Harvest Operations Corp. 1.000%          4/26/24    14,000     13,401
4 Petronas Capital Ltd. 3.500%          4/21/30     8,743      8,140
4 Petronas Energy Canada Ltd. 2.112%          3/23/28    13,860     12,537
7 SA Global Sukuk Ltd. 0.946%          6/17/24     2,822      2,692
Schlumberger Finance Canada Ltd. 1.400%          9/17/25     4,350      4,024
Shell International Finance BV 3.250%          5/11/25    24,880     24,320
4,9 Shell International Finance BV 2.500%          3/24/26     6,883      7,318
Shell International Finance BV 3.875%         11/13/28     2,135      2,102
Shell International Finance BV 2.375%          11/7/29    23,115     20,513
Shell International Finance BV 2.750%           4/6/30     6,080      5,547
TotalEnergies Capital International SA 2.434%          1/10/25    10,450     10,112
TotalEnergies Capital International SA 3.455%          2/19/29    12,590     12,019
TotalEnergies Capital International SA 2.829%          1/10/30    10,295      9,388
                                         336,478
Financials (13.1%)
Aflac Inc. 1.125%          3/15/26     3,375      3,065
American Express Co. 3.400%          2/22/24    11,135     10,973
American Express Co. 3.375%           5/3/24    11,456     11,234
American Express Co. 3.000%         10/30/24    10,335     10,079
American Express Co. 2.250%           3/4/25    16,000     15,271
American Express Co. 2.550%           3/4/27    15,400     14,254
American Express Co. 5.850%          11/5/27     7,600      7,981
American Express Co. 4.050%           5/3/29    18,265     17,816
American Express Co. 4.420%           8/3/33     9,500      9,108
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 3.000%           4/2/25    30,000     28,901
7 Athene Global Funding 0.914%          8/19/24     4,880      4,551
Banco Santander SA 4.379%          4/12/28     2,585      2,448
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.864%          7/23/24    33,950     33,749
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.458%          3/15/25    22,500     22,027
Bank of America Corp. 0.976%          4/22/25    19,688     18,758
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.875%           8/1/25     9,582      9,368
4 Bank of America Corp. 0.981%          9/25/25    13,670     12,767
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.366%          1/23/26    44,735     43,029
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.015%          2/13/26    10,000      9,375
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.384%           4/2/26    47,300     45,393
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.500%          4/19/26     3,998      3,844
4 Bank of America Corp. 1.319%          6/19/26    17,060     15,593
4 Bank of America Corp. 4.827%          7/22/26    34,100     33,692
49

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Bank of America Corp. 5.080%          1/20/27    23,520     23,469
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.559%          4/23/27     2,777      2,647
Bank of America Corp. 1.734%          7/22/27    28,000     25,064
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.824%          1/20/28    22,156     21,132
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.551%           2/4/28    14,330     13,044
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.705%          4/24/28     5,800      5,487
Bank of America Corp. 4.376%          4/27/28     4,500      4,363
4 Bank of America Corp. 4.948%          7/22/28    11,480     11,420
Bank of America Corp. 6.204%         11/10/28     8,510      8,896
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.419%         12/20/28    34,922     32,473
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.970%           3/5/29    16,624     15,745
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.087%          6/14/29    23,300     20,048
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.974%           2/7/30     1,960      1,835
4 Bank of America Corp. 3.194%          7/23/30    23,795     21,137
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.884%         10/22/30    17,816     15,494
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.496%          2/13/31        75         64
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.592%          4/29/31     7,500      6,352
4 Bank of America Corp. 1.898%          7/23/31    29,543     23,685
4 Bank of America Corp. 1.922%         10/24/31     5,000      3,993
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.651%          3/11/32     5,110      4,269
Bank of America Corp. 2.687%          4/22/32    35,400     29,559
Bank of America Corp. 2.299%          7/21/32    25,200     20,306
4 Bank of America Corp. 2.972%           2/4/33    21,960     18,508
Bank of America Corp. 4.571%          4/27/33    12,100     11,511
4 Bank of America Corp. 5.015%          7/22/33    30,330     29,959
4 Bank of Montreal 3.300%           2/5/24    20,216     19,860
4 Bank of Montreal 0.625%           7/9/24    17,014     16,080
4 Bank of Montreal 1.250%          9/15/26    11,520     10,185
4 Bank of Montreal 4.700%          9/14/27    12,000     11,919
Bank of Montreal 5.203%           2/1/28     5,900      5,950
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 1.600%          4/24/25    12,400     11,568
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.414%          7/24/26    14,400     14,240
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 2.450%          8/17/26     2,825      2,605
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.250%          5/16/27    21,080     19,971
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 3.442%           2/7/28     7,827      7,486
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 5.802%         10/25/28     9,000      9,348
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.596%          7/26/30     9,650      9,482
4 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 5.834%         10/25/33    10,000     10,681
Bank of New York Mellon Corp. 4.706%           2/1/34    10,000      9,891
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.200%           2/3/25     9,530      9,060
4 Bank of Nova Scotia 3.450%          4/11/25    23,000     22,309
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.050%           3/2/26    14,350     12,854
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.350%          6/24/26     5,000      4,460
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.700%           8/3/26     7,520      6,985
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.300%          9/15/26     7,200      6,363
Bank of Nova Scotia 1.950%           2/2/27     1,620      1,466
Bank of Nova Scotia 4.850%           2/1/30    10,000      9,877
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.150%           8/1/31     5,000      4,047
Bank of Nova Scotia 2.450%           2/2/32     2,500      2,065
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp. 2.875%          3/15/32    10,700      9,632
9 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 0.000%          3/12/25     7,600      7,704
9 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. 1.125%          3/16/27     3,000      2,951
BlackRock Inc. 3.250%          4/30/29     3,750      3,570
BlackRock Inc. 2.400%          4/30/30     3,000      2,634
BlackRock Inc. 1.900%          1/28/31     2,800      2,347
50

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 3.300%           4/7/25    18,736     18,130
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 1.250%          6/22/26     9,975      8,923
Cboe Global Markets Inc. 1.625%         12/15/30     7,008      5,648
Cboe Global Markets Inc. 3.000%          3/16/32     9,500      8,194
Charles Schwab Corp. 3.625%           4/1/25     3,670      3,533
Charles Schwab Corp. 0.900%          3/11/26     7,000      6,142
Charles Schwab Corp. 3.200%           3/2/27    10,000      9,257
Charles Schwab Corp. 2.450%           3/3/27    23,980     21,526
Charles Schwab Corp. 3.300%           4/1/27     4,574      4,227
Charles Schwab Corp. 3.200%          1/25/28     4,143      3,791
Charles Schwab Corp. 4.000%           2/1/29     8,980      8,581
Charles Schwab Corp. 3.250%          5/22/29     6,955      6,193
Charles Schwab Corp. 4.625%          3/22/30       800        771
Charles Schwab Corp. 2.900%           3/3/32     9,500      7,926
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.350%          5/15/24    25,075     24,665
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.150%          3/15/25     4,485      4,370
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 3.350%           5/3/26     5,000      4,845
Chubb INA Holdings Inc. 1.375%          9/15/30    19,939     16,127
4 Citigroup Inc. 1.678%          5/15/24    38,445     38,278
Citigroup Inc. 0.981%           5/1/25    10,415      9,904
Citigroup Inc. 1.281%          11/3/25     3,300      3,082
Citigroup Inc. 2.014%          1/25/26     5,300      4,992
Citigroup Inc. 3.200%         10/21/26     3,310      3,124
4 Citigroup Inc. 2.666%          1/29/31     8,380      7,159
4 Citigroup Inc. 2.572%           6/3/31    12,775     10,782
Citigroup Inc. 3.785%          3/17/33     1,600      1,435
Citigroup Inc. 4.910%          5/24/33     3,100      3,038
CME Group Inc. 2.650%          3/15/32    15,300     13,255
4,9 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA 0.625%          2/27/24     7,300      7,699
7 Danske Bank A/S 1.549%          9/10/27     2,846      2,478
7 DNB Bank ASA 1.535%          5/25/27    10,000      8,881
Franklin Resources Inc. 1.600%         10/30/30     5,000      3,943
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.925%         10/21/24    10,650     10,370
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.500%          1/23/25     5,675      5,522
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 3.750%          5/22/25     8,560      8,313
4 HSBC Holdings plc 3.803%          3/11/25     1,605      1,570
HSBC Holdings plc 4.300%           3/8/26     4,840      4,729
HSBC Holdings plc 2.999%          3/10/26     7,990      7,576
4 HSBC Holdings plc 1.645%          4/18/26    10,440      9,539
HSBC Holdings plc 3.900%          5/25/26     3,650      3,455
4 HSBC Holdings plc 2.099%           6/4/26    22,727     20,883
4 HSBC Holdings plc 4.292%          9/12/26    10,050      9,617
HSBC Holdings plc 1.589%          5/24/27    13,330     11,751
HSBC Holdings plc 2.251%         11/22/27     6,200      5,490
HSBC Holdings plc 4.755%           6/9/28     5,500      5,326
4 HSBC Holdings plc 2.013%          9/22/28    25,000     21,421
HSBC Holdings plc 7.390%          11/3/28    10,845     11,592
HSBC Holdings plc 6.161%           3/9/29    10,000     10,280
4 HSBC Holdings plc 4.583%          6/19/29    18,855     17,934
HSBC Holdings plc 2.206%          8/17/29    10,000      8,408
HSBC Holdings plc 4.950%          3/31/30    10,000      9,809
4 HSBC Holdings plc 3.973%          5/22/30     5,000      4,519
4 HSBC Holdings plc 2.357%          8/18/31     7,440      6,003
HSBC Holdings plc 2.804%          5/24/32    10,000      8,172
HSBC Holdings plc 2.871%         11/22/32     4,000      3,258
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
HSBC Holdings plc 5.402%          8/11/33     3,000      2,965
Huntington National Bank 4.552%          5/17/28     5,000      4,697
Huntington National Bank 5.650%          1/10/30     6,250      6,014
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 4.000%          9/15/27    10,500     10,382
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 4.350%          6/15/29    14,700     14,529
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 1.850%          9/15/32     5,200      4,098
Intercontinental Exchange Inc. 4.600%          3/15/33    12,500     12,398
Invesco Finance plc 4.000%          1/30/24    12,165     12,052
Invesco Finance plc 3.750%          1/15/26     1,897      1,822
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.514%           6/1/24    30,000     29,809
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.023%          12/5/24    15,235     15,081
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.125%          1/23/25    10,000      9,723
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.563%          2/16/25    10,125      9,716
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.220%           3/1/25    48,202     47,179
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.824%           6/1/25    15,020     14,231
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.969%          6/23/25    13,500     12,788
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.900%          7/15/25    14,605     14,378
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.301%         10/15/25    12,250     11,711
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.561%         12/10/25    11,000     10,309
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.005%          3/13/26    14,430     13,593
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.083%          4/22/26    49,500     46,487
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.080%          4/26/26    10,000      9,809
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.200%          6/15/26    21,430     20,577
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.045%         11/19/26    20,000     17,882
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.125%         12/15/26     8,190      7,997
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.960%          1/29/27    17,891     17,360
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.578%          4/22/27    10,000      8,983
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.470%          9/22/27    12,000     10,607
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.782%           2/1/28     3,910      3,742
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.947%          2/24/28     4,685      4,347
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.540%           5/1/28    21,840     20,663
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.509%          1/23/29     8,575      8,031
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.005%          4/23/29    16,335     15,610
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.069%           6/1/29     2,500      2,165
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.452%          12/5/29    37,465     36,395
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.702%           5/6/30     4,600      4,280
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.739%         10/15/30    20,000     17,453
4 JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.493%          3/24/31    12,900     12,543
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.764%         11/19/31    10,904      8,697
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.953%           2/4/32     8,830      7,104
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.580%          4/22/32    25,200     21,227
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 4.586%          4/26/33     8,790      8,518
4 KeyBank NA 4.150%           8/8/25    10,650     10,091
KeyBank NA 5.000%          1/26/33     3,735      3,468
Lloyds Banking Group plc 5.871%           3/6/29     9,100      9,180
7 LSEGA Financing plc 0.650%           4/6/24     5,000      4,759
M&T Bank Corp. 5.053%          1/27/34    13,750     12,723
4 Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 2.900%           2/6/25     3,700      3,453
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co. 4.700%          1/27/28     3,940      3,690
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 3.500%          3/10/25     5,000      4,869
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. 2.250%         11/15/30     5,800      4,894
Mastercard Inc. 2.000%           3/3/25    14,133     13,517
Mastercard Inc. 2.950%         11/21/26    22,315     21,376
Mastercard Inc. 2.950%           6/1/29    11,000     10,215
Mastercard Inc. 2.000%         11/18/31     5,850      4,937
52

 

Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 MDGH GMTN RSC Ltd. 2.500%          11/7/24       624        602
MetLife Inc. 4.550%          3/23/30     6,197      6,104
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.407%           3/7/24     4,500      4,414
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.801%          7/18/24       180        174
4 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.848%          9/15/24    33,375     32,624
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.193%          2/25/25     3,997      3,766
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.777%           3/2/25    38,517     37,553
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 1.412%          7/17/25    10,785      9,896
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 4.788%          7/18/25     6,900      6,830
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.953%          7/19/25    20,165     18,988
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 0.962%         10/11/25    13,300     12,386
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.757%          9/13/26     1,807      1,670
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 1.538%          7/20/27    10,800      9,551
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 1.640%         10/13/27    11,500     10,110
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 5.017%          7/20/28    18,300     18,159
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 5.422%          2/22/29     7,330      7,397
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.741%           3/7/29     6,550      6,129
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 3.195%          7/18/29     8,000      7,144
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 5.475%          2/22/31     3,710      3,739
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.309%          7/20/32    20,000     16,025
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.494%         10/13/32     7,000      5,652
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 2.852%          1/19/33    10,000      8,253
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. 5.133%          7/20/33     3,800      3,748
7 Mizuho Bank Ltd. 3.600%          9/25/24     4,200      4,107
4 Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.555%          9/13/25     5,000      4,768
7 Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 3.477%          4/12/26    12,178     11,593
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 1.554%           7/9/27     8,000      7,066
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 4.018%           3/5/28     2,250      2,125
4 Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 3.153%          7/16/30     5,400      4,748
4 Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.869%          9/13/30     4,000      3,447
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 5.739%          5/27/31    10,000     10,201
4 Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.201%          7/10/31     5,000      4,067
Mizuho Financial Group Inc. 2.260%           7/9/32     8,000      6,299
Morgan Stanley 0.731%           4/5/24    21,355     21,355
4 Morgan Stanley 3.875%          4/29/24    17,649     17,429
Morgan Stanley 0.790%          5/30/25    21,800     20,642
4 Morgan Stanley 2.720%          7/22/25     8,670      8,364
4 Morgan Stanley 4.000%          7/23/25    16,355     16,039
4 Morgan Stanley 0.864%         10/21/25     5,200      4,832
4 Morgan Stanley 3.875%          1/27/26     8,000      7,817
9 Morgan Stanley 2.103%           5/8/26     4,222      4,394
Morgan Stanley 3.625%          1/20/27     3,625      3,489
Morgan Stanley 5.050%          1/28/27    18,480     18,445
Morgan Stanley 1.593%           5/4/27     3,575      3,220
4 Morgan Stanley 1.512%          7/20/27     3,644      3,234
Morgan Stanley 2.475%          1/21/28    11,900     10,881
4 Morgan Stanley 3.772%          1/24/29    25,000     23,688
Morgan Stanley 5.123%           2/1/29    24,090     24,241
4 Morgan Stanley 2.699%          1/22/31    17,775     15,303
4 Morgan Stanley 3.622%           4/1/31    10,000      9,155
4 Morgan Stanley 1.794%          2/13/32    42,486     33,359
4 Morgan Stanley 1.928%          4/28/32     1,285      1,016
4 Morgan Stanley 2.239%          7/21/32    21,500     17,294
Morgan Stanley 4.889%          7/20/33    22,950     22,527
Morgan Stanley 6.342%         10/18/33    36,000     39,358
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
National Bank of Canada 5.250%          1/17/25    14,210     14,188
7 New York Life Global Funding 1.850%           8/1/31     5,000      4,049
7 New York Life Global Funding 4.550%          1/28/33    10,000      9,892
7 NongHyup Bank 1.250%          7/28/26    20,000     17,802
7 NongHyup Bank 4.250%           7/6/27    17,500     17,206
Northern Trust Corp. 4.000%          5/10/27    15,400     15,082
Northern Trust Corp. 6.125%          11/2/32    10,000     10,655
7 Nuveen Finance LLC 4.125%          11/1/24    20,000     19,592
4 PNC Bank NA 3.100%         10/25/27    17,317     16,150
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 5.671%         10/28/25     5,000      5,001
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.600%          7/23/26     2,820      2,614
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 3.150%          5/19/27     4,000      3,742
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 3.450%          4/23/29    11,370     10,551
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 2.550%          1/22/30    30,000     25,590
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 6.037%         10/28/33    10,000     10,527
PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 5.068%          1/24/34    24,660     24,346
Progressive Corp. 2.500%          3/15/27     6,700      6,218
Progressive Corp. 3.200%          3/26/30     8,620      7,896
Progressive Corp. 3.000%          3/15/32     3,300      2,950
4 Prudential Financial Inc. 1.500%          3/10/26     4,500      4,106
Prudential Funding Asia plc 3.125%          4/14/30     3,500      3,088
4 Royal Bank of Canada 0.750%          10/7/24    22,907     21,485
4 Royal Bank of Canada 2.250%          11/1/24    17,806     17,051
Royal Bank of Canada 3.375%          4/14/25    10,400     10,083
7 Royal Bank of Canada 4.784%         12/12/25    21,100     21,195
Royal Bank of Canada 1.200%          4/27/26    17,540     15,742
4 Royal Bank of Canada 1.150%          7/14/26    18,870     16,943
4 Royal Bank of Canada 1.400%          11/2/26    12,950     11,483
Royal Bank of Canada 3.625%           5/4/27     6,700      6,420
4 Royal Bank of Canada 4.240%           8/3/27     1,400      1,366
Royal Bank of Canada 3.875%           5/4/32     7,300      6,801
4 Royal Bank of Canada 5.000%           2/1/33     8,552      8,653
State Street Corp. 4.857%          1/26/26     8,520      8,467
State Street Corp. 3.152%          3/30/31    11,280     10,064
State Street Corp. 4.821%          1/26/34     3,000      2,981
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.696%          7/16/24    34,226     33,045
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.348%          1/15/25    11,660     11,068
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 1.474%           7/8/25    18,295     16,772
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.632%          7/14/26    14,962     13,835
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 1.402%          9/17/26    14,400     12,591
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.446%          1/11/27    10,290      9,689
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.364%          7/12/27     1,980      1,872
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.352%         10/18/27     1,000        928
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 5.520%          1/13/28    11,080     11,247
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.544%          1/17/28     4,040      3,742
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 1.902%          9/17/28    17,400     14,715
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 4.306%         10/16/28     2,850      2,759
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 3.040%          7/16/29    13,550     11,984
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.750%          1/15/30    12,030     10,364
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.130%           7/8/30    12,500     10,174
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc. 2.222%          9/17/31     2,500      1,994
7 Svenska Handelsbanken AB 3.950%          6/10/27    15,000     14,413
7 Svenska Handelsbanken AB 1.418%          6/11/27     5,400      4,800
Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.550%           3/4/24    16,780     16,035
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.350%           3/8/24    38,298     37,235
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.766%           6/6/25    30,120     29,334
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.150%          6/12/25    43,550     40,119
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.750%          9/11/25    19,000     17,108
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.250%          9/10/26    15,680     13,874
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.800%          3/10/27    27,500     25,415
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.108%           6/8/27    26,700     25,867
4,9 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.551%           8/3/27     6,250      6,360
Toronto-Dominion Bank 5.156%          1/10/28    13,625     13,771
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 2.000%          9/10/31     6,713      5,403
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.625%          9/15/31     1,250      1,183
4 Toronto-Dominion Bank 3.200%          3/10/32    41,145     36,191
Toronto-Dominion Bank 4.456%           6/8/32    16,785     16,261
4 Truist Bank 2.150%          12/6/24    44,575     41,993
4 Truist Bank 1.500%          3/10/25     7,500      6,909
4 Truist Bank 4.050%          11/3/25    24,810     23,840
4 Truist Bank 2.250%          3/11/30     5,950      4,884
4 Truist Financial Corp. 2.500%           8/1/24    36,382     34,845
4 Truist Financial Corp. 1.267%           3/2/27     6,620      5,820
4 Truist Financial Corp. 4.873%          1/26/29    20,000     19,466
4 Truist Financial Corp. 1.950%           6/5/30    15,000     12,104
4 Truist Financial Corp. 6.123%         10/28/33    18,333     19,207
4 Truist Financial Corp. 5.122%          1/26/34     6,500      6,332
4,9 US Bancorp 0.850%           6/7/24    15,108     15,674
4 US Bancorp 3.950%         11/17/25     6,473      6,319
4 US Bancorp 3.100%          4/27/26     3,024      2,806
4 US Bancorp 3.900%          4/26/28     7,700      7,368
US Bancorp 4.653%           2/1/29     6,220      6,065
4 US Bancorp 3.000%          7/30/29     3,000      2,618
4 US Bancorp 1.375%          7/22/30    10,000      7,830
4 US Bancorp 4.967%          7/22/33    35,965     34,108
US Bancorp 5.850%         10/21/33    18,000     18,808
Visa Inc. 3.150%         12/14/25    49,590     48,164
9 Visa Inc. 1.500%          6/15/26     9,350      9,564
4,9 Wells Fargo & Co. 0.500%          4/26/24    15,280     16,015
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000%          2/19/25    18,150     17,476
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.550%          9/29/25     5,920      5,694
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.406%         10/30/25    14,968     14,235
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.164%          2/11/26     7,000      6,594
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000%          4/22/26    20,000     18,900
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.188%          4/30/26    10,000      9,383
Wells Fargo & Co. 3.000%         10/23/26    16,620     15,539
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.196%          6/17/27     7,100      6,683
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.526%          3/24/28    12,000     11,321
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 3.584%          5/22/28    10,500      9,889
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.393%           6/2/28     9,270      8,336
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.808%          7/25/28     7,233      7,144
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.150%          1/24/29     8,575      8,204
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.879%         10/30/30       700        607
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 2.572%          2/11/31     5,000      4,242
4 Wells Fargo & Co. 4.897%          7/25/33    15,900     15,509
Westpac Banking Corp. 3.350%           3/8/27     1,170      1,118
Westpac Banking Corp. 1.953%         11/20/28    11,300      9,840
4,9 Westpac Securities NZ Ltd. 0.427%         12/14/26     6,800      6,506
                                       4,186,389
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Health Care (1.1%)
Abbott Laboratories 2.950%          3/15/25     9,405      9,191
4 Ascension Health 2.532%         11/15/29     2,500      2,195
4 Bon Secours Mercy Health Inc. 4.302%           7/1/28     7,000      6,739
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.200%          6/15/26    17,455     16,880
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 3.400%          7/26/29    27,490     26,100
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. 1.450%         11/13/30    13,160     10,762
4 Cedars-Sinai Health System 2.288%          8/15/31     2,000      1,688
7 CSL Finance plc 4.250%          4/27/32    13,335     12,920
Eli Lilly & Co. 3.375%          3/15/29     8,803      8,414
Eli Lilly & Co. 4.700%          2/27/33     2,855      2,926
GlaxoSmithKline Capital Inc. 3.875%          5/15/28     4,500      4,417
GlaxoSmithKline Capital plc 3.375%           6/1/29    12,762     12,124
Johnson & Johnson 2.950%           3/3/27       385        373
Johnson & Johnson 2.900%          1/15/28    12,444     11,930
Merck & Co. Inc. 1.900%         12/10/28     2,560      2,276
Merck & Co. Inc. 3.400%           3/7/29    24,790     23,832
Merck & Co. Inc. 1.450%          6/24/30    12,925     10,680
Merck & Co. Inc. 2.150%         12/10/31     8,885      7,506
Novartis Capital Corp. 2.000%          2/14/27    13,000     12,002
Novartis Capital Corp. 2.200%          8/14/30    27,712     24,312
Pfizer Inc. 3.450%          3/15/29    13,000     12,553
Pfizer Inc. 2.625%           4/1/30     4,545      4,100
4 Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 2.746%          10/1/26       278        259
4 Providence St. Joseph Health Obligated Group 2.532%          10/1/29     5,000      4,298
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 2.625%          5/15/26     1,000        948
7 Roche Holdings Inc. 1.930%         12/13/28    22,500     19,825
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 0.550%          5/15/24    14,400     13,735
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 1.250%          1/15/26     6,810      6,258
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.850%          6/15/28     8,630      8,435
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 3.875%         12/15/28     8,345      8,177
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.250%          1/15/29    47,195     46,851
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.875%          8/15/29     1,101      1,008
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 5.300%          2/15/30     7,595      8,000
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 2.300%          5/15/31    11,500      9,857
UnitedHealth Group Inc. 4.500%          4/15/33    15,185     15,093
                                         366,664
Industrials (1.2%)
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.400%           9/1/24    12,423     12,201
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.650%           9/1/25     3,575      3,501
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC 3.250%          6/15/27     7,535      7,277
Canadian National Railway Co. 3.850%           8/5/32    26,900     25,566
Emerson Electric Co. 1.800%         10/15/27       879        787
Emerson Electric Co. 2.000%         12/21/28    17,890     15,852
General Dynamics Corp. 3.250%           4/1/25    22,061     21,477
General Dynamics Corp. 3.500%          5/15/25     3,754      3,681
General Dynamics Corp. 2.125%          8/15/26     4,694      4,397
General Dynamics Corp. 3.500%           4/1/27    28,930     28,006
General Dynamics Corp. 2.625%         11/15/27    18,985     17,575
General Dynamics Corp. 3.750%          5/15/28     5,580      5,454
General Dynamics Corp. 3.625%           4/1/30     4,100      3,927
General Dynamics Corp. 2.250%           6/1/31     5,000      4,306
Honeywell International Inc. 1.750%           9/1/31    20,250     16,619
Illinois Tool Works Inc. 2.650%         11/15/26     7,640      7,269
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 2.650%          6/24/24     4,600      4,489
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Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 3.400%           6/6/25    10,625     10,406
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 1.050%          6/17/26    37,500     33,881
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 2.250%          9/14/26     3,790      3,541
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 2.350%           3/8/27    13,070     12,152
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 2.000%          6/17/31    25,000     20,884
4 John Deere Capital Corp. 3.900%           6/7/32     2,665      2,566
Lockheed Martin Corp. 5.100%         11/15/27    16,210     16,832
Lockheed Martin Corp. 1.850%          6/15/30     5,895      5,005
Lockheed Martin Corp. 3.900%          6/15/32    14,670     14,222
Lockheed Martin Corp. 5.250%          1/15/33    13,300     14,184
Rockwell Automation Inc. 1.750%          8/15/31     7,500      6,141
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV 1.200%          3/11/26    58,305     53,105
United Parcel Service Inc. 3.400%          3/15/29     5,000      4,772
                                         380,075
Materials (0.3%)
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd. 4.750%          2/28/28    10,300     10,427
7 Georgia-Pacific LLC 0.950%          5/15/26    50,855     45,222
Linde Inc. 1.100%          8/10/30    12,430      9,926
7 SABIC Capital II BV 4.000%         10/10/23    17,612     17,463
                                          83,038
Real Estate (0.7%)
4 AvalonBay Communities Inc. 3.350%          5/15/27     2,960      2,788
4 AvalonBay Communities Inc. 3.200%          1/15/28     2,250      2,100
AvalonBay Communities Inc. 1.900%          12/1/28     5,000      4,315
4 AvalonBay Communities Inc. 2.300%           3/1/30     5,000      4,246
AvalonBay Communities Inc. 5.000%          2/15/33     3,300      3,352
Camden Property Trust 4.875%          6/15/23     5,935      5,927
Camden Property Trust 4.250%          1/15/24    16,018     15,824
Camden Property Trust 3.500%          9/15/24       435        425
ERP Operating LP 2.850%          11/1/26     3,000      2,803
ERP Operating LP 4.150%          12/1/28    11,480     11,066
ERP Operating LP 3.000%           7/1/29     8,120      7,227
ERP Operating LP 2.500%          2/15/30     1,500      1,288
ERP Operating LP 1.850%           8/1/31     4,750      3,802
Prologis LP 2.125%          4/15/27     3,600      3,283
Prologis LP 1.250%         10/15/30    10,000      7,837
Prologis LP 1.750%           2/1/31     7,783      6,289
Prologis LP 4.625%          1/15/33     7,817      7,686
Public Storage 1.850%           5/1/28     5,710      5,004
Public Storage 1.950%          11/9/28     3,500      3,054
Public Storage 3.385%           5/1/29    11,800     10,977
Public Storage 2.300%           5/1/31     9,170      7,696
8 Public Storage, SOFR + 0.470% 5.321%          4/23/24    14,690     14,600
Realty Income Corp. 3.875%          4/15/25    18,632     18,171
Realty Income Corp. 0.750%          3/15/26     4,710      4,170
Realty Income Corp. 4.125%         10/15/26    16,355     15,826
4,10 Realty Income Corp. 1.875%          1/14/27     2,307      2,508
10 Realty Income Corp. 1.125%          7/13/27     4,500      4,646
Simon Property Group LP 3.500%           9/1/25     7,754      7,484
Simon Property Group LP 1.375%          1/15/27     5,000      4,399
Simon Property Group LP 3.375%          6/15/27    10,780     10,127
Simon Property Group LP 3.375%          12/1/27     6,775      6,322
Simon Property Group LP 1.750%           2/1/28     5,000      4,307
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Simon Property Group LP 2.450%          9/13/29     3,300      2,826
Simon Property Group LP 2.650%          7/15/30    11,500      9,689
                                         222,064
Technology (1.4%)
Adobe Inc. 2.150%           2/1/27    46,105     42,865
Analog Devices Inc. 1.700%          10/1/28     9,350      8,128
Analog Devices Inc. 2.100%          10/1/31    14,030     11,811
Apple Inc. 3.250%          2/23/26    11,092     10,854
Apple Inc. 2.450%           8/4/26     7,245      6,900
Apple Inc. 2.050%          9/11/26     5,920      5,535
Apple Inc. 3.350%           2/9/27    13,158     12,845
Apple Inc. 2.900%          9/12/27    11,255     10,772
Apple Inc. 3.000%         11/13/27     5,280      5,069
Apple Inc. 3.250%           8/8/29    27,870     26,665
Apple Inc. 1.250%          8/20/30     1,710      1,400
Apple Inc. 1.650%           2/8/31     7,290      6,093
Automatic Data Processing Inc. 1.700%          5/15/28    23,390     20,887
Automatic Data Processing Inc. 1.250%           9/1/30     8,000      6,558
Intel Corp. 3.400%          3/25/25    15,265     15,002
Intel Corp. 3.750%          3/25/27     4,660      4,575
Intel Corp. 1.600%          8/12/28    19,100     16,673
Intel Corp. 2.450%         11/15/29    14,155     12,464
International Business Machines Corp. 3.450%          2/19/26     2,500      2,428
International Business Machines Corp. 3.300%          5/15/26    46,875     45,195
NVIDIA Corp. 1.550%          6/15/28    30,000     26,442
QUALCOMM Inc. 1.300%          5/20/28    25,188     21,982
S&P Global Inc. 2.700%           3/1/29    48,460     44,093
S&P Global Inc. 2.500%          12/1/29    10,680      9,490
S&P Global Inc. 2.900%           3/1/32    12,820     11,435
Salesforce Inc. 1.500%          7/15/28    14,138     12,479
Salesforce Inc. 1.950%          7/15/31     7,425      6,214
Texas Instruments Inc. 4.600%          2/15/28    23,860     24,370
Texas Instruments Inc. 2.250%           9/4/29    10,000      8,927
Texas Instruments Inc. 1.750%           5/4/30     9,245      7,838
Texas Instruments Inc. 3.650%          8/16/32     6,365      6,047
                                         452,036
Utilities (1.8%)
AEP Transmission Co. LLC 3.100%          12/1/26     8,040      7,647
Ameren Illinois Co. 1.550%         11/15/30     8,575      6,919
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co. 3.250%          4/15/28    11,165     10,672
4 CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC 2.350%           4/1/31     8,745      7,479
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC 4.950%           4/1/33     4,770      4,872
Commonwealth Edison Co. 2.550%          6/15/26     2,480      2,335
4 Commonwealth Edison Co. 3.150%          3/15/32     3,000      2,684
Commonwealth Edison Co. 4.900%           2/1/33    11,320     11,567
4 Connecticut Light & Power Co. 3.200%          3/15/27    21,650     20,760
Consumers Energy Co. 3.600%          8/15/32     4,500      4,165
4 Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc. 2.300%          12/1/31    10,000      8,296
4 DTE Electric Co. 1.900%           4/1/28     4,400      3,887
DTE Electric Co. 2.250%           3/1/30     6,000      5,203
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 3.950%         11/15/28     6,005      5,890
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 2.450%          8/15/29     7,430      6,492
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 2.450%           2/1/30     2,735      2,395
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 2.550%          4/15/31     6,145      5,279
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC 4.950%          1/15/33    17,470     17,972
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Duke Energy Carolinas NC Storm Funding LLC 1.679%           7/1/31     7,066      6,234
Duke Energy Florida LLC 3.200%          1/15/27    17,632     16,826
Duke Energy Florida LLC 3.800%          7/15/28    10,765     10,521
Duke Energy Florida LLC 2.500%          12/1/29    16,960     14,954
Duke Energy Florida LLC 2.400%         12/15/31     5,000      4,195
Duke Energy Ohio Inc. 5.250%           4/1/33     1,990      2,048
Duke Energy Progress LLC 3.250%          8/15/25     8,126      7,894
Duke Energy Progress LLC 3.700%           9/1/28    12,100     11,648
Duke Energy Progress LLC 3.450%          3/15/29     1,520      1,422
Duke Energy Progress LLC 2.000%          8/15/31    12,500     10,227
Entergy Arkansas LLC 3.500%           4/1/26    10,288     10,024
Entergy Arkansas LLC 5.150%          1/15/33     4,480      4,602
Entergy Louisiana LLC 5.590%          10/1/24     8,675      8,764
Entergy Louisiana LLC 2.400%          10/1/26     5,560      5,131
Entergy Louisiana LLC 1.600%         12/15/30     4,435      3,502
Evergy Kansas Central Inc. 2.550%           7/1/26    13,385     12,552
Florida Power & Light Co. 2.450%           2/3/32     5,000      4,276
4 Kentucky Utilities Co. 5.450%          4/15/33     7,630      7,920
4 Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 1.750%           5/6/25    15,000     14,063
7 Korea East-West Power Co. Ltd. 3.600%           5/6/25    11,435     11,135
4 Louisville Gas & Electric Co. 5.450%          4/15/33     6,100      6,318
MidAmerican Energy Co. 3.100%           5/1/27     1,170      1,117
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 3.400%           2/7/28     9,675      9,210
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 3.900%          11/1/28    10,945     10,563
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp. 3.700%          3/15/29     9,996      9,498
4 Nevada Power Co. 2.400%           5/1/30     8,360      7,248
4 Ohio Power Co. 1.625%          1/15/31     4,975      3,963
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. 5.400%          1/15/33     8,690      8,995
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 2.750%           6/1/24    14,205     13,862
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 0.550%          10/1/25    13,000     11,723
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 3.700%         11/15/28     8,555      8,297
Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC 2.750%          5/15/30    12,750     11,378
PacifiCorp 3.500%          6/15/29    27,904     26,282
4 PG&E Recovery Funding LLC 5.045%          7/15/32     5,700      5,790
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma 5.250%          1/15/33    10,870     11,114
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.000%          5/15/25     8,385      8,096
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 2.250%          9/15/26     5,000      4,609
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.000%          5/15/27     5,430      5,130
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.700%           5/1/28     1,980      1,911
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 3.650%           9/1/28     2,730      2,607
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 2.450%          1/15/30     7,500      6,594
4 Public Service Electric & Gas Co. 4.650%          3/15/33     9,990     10,027
Southwestern Public Service Co. 3.300%          6/15/24    14,881     14,603
Union Electric Co. 2.950%          6/15/27     1,177      1,114
Union Electric Co. 2.950%          3/15/30    15,000     13,600
Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.450%          2/15/24     1,730      1,707
4 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.100%          5/15/25     6,210      5,985
4 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.150%          1/15/26     5,700      5,518
4 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 2.950%         11/15/26    10,000      9,408
4 Virginia Electric & Power Co. 3.500%          3/15/27     6,260      6,022
Virginia Electric & Power Co. 5.000%           4/1/33    15,190     15,292
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Wisconsin Electric Power Co. 4.750%          9/30/32     7,500      7,541
Wisconsin Public Service Corp. 5.350%         11/10/25     4,000      4,070
                                          571,644
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $8,169,066) 7,659,446
Sovereign Bonds (1.9%)
4,7 Airport Authority Hong Kong 4.875%          1/12/26    15,690     15,895
4 Arab Petroleum Investments Corp. 1.460%          6/30/25     2,880      2,676
4 Bermuda 3.717%          1/25/27    11,758     11,350
4 Bermuda 4.750%          2/15/29    10,984     10,956
4 Bermuda 2.375%          8/20/30     5,000      4,275
4 Bermuda 5.000%          7/15/32    11,700     11,656
Corp. Andina de Fomento 1.250%         10/26/24    31,114     29,368
4,7,11 Development Bank of Japan Inc. 3.125%           9/6/23    12,000     11,898
4,11 Development Bank of Japan Inc. 2.750%          9/16/25     8,500      8,188
Export-Import Bank of Korea 3.250%         11/10/25    10,000      9,668
Export-Import Bank of Korea 4.875%          1/11/26    24,900     25,091
Export-Import Bank of Korea 2.625%          5/26/26     2,000      1,887
4 Hydro-Quebec 8.050%           7/7/24       470        488
4,7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 4.750%          1/18/28    56,310     57,117
Korea Development Bank 2.000%          2/24/25    20,000     19,063
4 Korea Electric Power Corp. 1.125%          6/15/25    18,400     16,999
4,7 Korea Gas Corp. 3.875%          7/13/27    35,000     34,118
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. 1.250%          4/27/26    35,000     31,435
Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd. 4.250%          7/27/27    35,000     34,576
4 Malaysia Sovereign Sukuk Bhd. 3.043%          4/22/25       510        499
4,7 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust 3.875%          3/20/27     6,600      6,175
4,7 Ontario Teachers' Cadillac Fairview Properties Trust 4.125%           2/1/29    24,580     22,827
4,7 Ontario Teachers' Finance Trust 1.250%          9/27/30    25,000     20,320
4 Province of Quebec 7.500%          7/15/23     2,065      2,078
4 Province of Quebec 7.125%           2/9/24     2,674      2,721
4,7 QatarEnergy 1.375%          9/12/26     7,202      6,520
4 QatarEnergy 2.250%          7/12/31    10,000      8,534
4 Republic of Chile 2.750%          1/31/27     3,945      3,726
4 Republic of Poland 5.500%         11/16/27     3,275      3,421
4,7 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 1.250%         11/24/23    11,000     10,724
4 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 3.500%          4/16/29     5,160      4,832
4 Saudi Arabian Oil Co. 2.250%         11/24/30    12,863     10,876
4 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2013 Ltd. 4.375%         10/17/23       888        884
4 State Grid Overseas Investment 2013 Ltd. 3.125%          5/22/23       800        798
State of Israel 2.750%           7/3/30    11,864     10,744
4 State of Qatar 3.250%           6/2/26     3,600      3,500
4,7 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 3.625%           8/1/28    20,000     19,545
4 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 3.625%           8/1/28     9,500      9,284
4 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 1.000%          10/6/30     5,000      3,995
4,7 Temasek Financial I Ltd. 1.625%           8/2/31   125,000    103,218
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $635,068) 591,925
Taxable Municipal Bonds (0.8%)
California GO 2.650%           4/1/26    50,000     47,775
Dallas TX Waterworks & Sewer System Revenue 2.589%          10/1/27     1,450      1,354
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. Revenue 1.705%           7/1/27    75,000     66,868
Florida State Board of Administration Finance Corp. Revenue 2.154%           7/1/30    55,000     46,641
New York City NY GO 3.750%           6/1/28     1,020        989
New York City NY GO 2.330%          10/1/29     5,000      4,396
Texas Public Finance Authority GO 2.531%          10/1/23       480        475
University of California Revenue 3.063%           7/1/25     3,430      3,344
University of California Revenue 1.316%          5/15/27    25,000     22,250
University of California Revenue 3.349%           7/1/29    48,635     45,990
University of California Revenue 1.614%          5/15/30    34,665     28,818
12 Wisconsin General Fund Annual Appropriation Revenue 5.700%           5/1/26     2,205      2,257
Total Taxable Municipal Bonds (Cost $307,677) 271,157
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
      Coupon   Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.6%)
Money Market Fund (0.6%)
13 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
(Cost $183,723)
4.839%                   1,837,601           183,741
Total Investments (97.7%) (Cost $32,566,202)   31,145,129
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (2.3%)   729,913
Net Assets (100%)   31,875,042
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $4,248,000 have been segregated as collateral for open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $77,851,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
3 Securities with a value of $13,346,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
4 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
5 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
6 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of March 31, 2023.
7 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, the aggregate value was $2,181,104,000, representing 6.8% of net assets.
8 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
9 Face amount denominated in euro.
10 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
11 Guaranteed by the Government of Japan.
12 Scheduled principal and interest payments are guaranteed by Assured Guaranty Municipal Corp.
13 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  1M—1-month.
  3M—3-month.
  GO—General Obligation Bond.
  LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate.
  REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
  SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate.
  UMBS—Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities.
  USD—U.S. dollar.
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 4,669 963,930 6,628
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 3,243 355,134 (2,164)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 114 16,088 (233)
        4,231
 
Short Futures Contracts
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (2,676) (307,531) (3,840)
Euro-Bobl June 2023 (432) (55,227) (1,275)
Euro-Schatz June 2023 (269) (30,834) (285)
Long Gilt June 2023 (36) (4,590) (102)
Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 (281) (36,855) 354
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (1,305) (158,089) (150)
        (5,298)
        (1,067)
    
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Counterparty   Receive   Deliver
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 EUR 10,434 USD 11,095 272
Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC 6/21/23 EUR 6,743 USD 7,199 147
Bank of America, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 563 USD 604 10
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 EUR 520 USD 551 14
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 81,717 EUR 76,679 (1,815)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 81,066 EUR 75,551 (1,239)
Bank of Montreal 6/21/23 USD 8,143 GBP 6,765 (216)
State Street Bank & Trust Co. 6/21/23 USD 823 GBP 690 (29)
            443 (3,299)
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody's Rating
America Movil SAB de CV/Baa1 6/20/23 BARC 6,200 1.000 13 (5) 18
Republic of Chile/A2 6/20/28 BNPSW 37,490 1.000 (58) (157) 99
Republic of Chile/A2 6/20/28 GSI 44,170 1.000 (67) (336) 269
Republic of Chile/A2 6/20/28 MSCS 19,220 1.000 (29) (157) 128
          (141) (655) 514
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
BNPSW—BNP Paribas.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
MSCS—Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC.
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $32,382,479) 30,961,388
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $183,723) 183,741
Total Investments in Securities 31,145,129
Investment in Vanguard 1,138
Cash 1,985
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $4,013) 4,055
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 8,867,154
Receivables for Accrued Income 170,359
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 443
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 514
Total Assets 40,190,777
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 8,310,270
Payables to Vanguard 279
Swap Premiums Received 655
Variation Margin Payable—Futures Contracts 1,232
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 3,299
Total Liabilities 8,315,735
Net Assets 31,875,042

At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:

   
Paid-in Capital 34,742,779
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (2,867,737)
Net Assets 31,875,042
   
Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,493,185,297 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
31,875,042
Net Asset Value Per Share $21.35
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 478,419
Total Income 478,419
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 1,350
Management and Administrative 1,514
Marketing and Distribution 249
Custodian Fees 149
Shareholders’ Reports 8
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses 7
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 3,284
Expenses Paid Indirectly (147)
Net Expenses 3,137
Net Investment Income 475,282
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (597,994)
Futures Contracts (34,202)
Swap Contracts 3,438
Forward Currency Contracts (8,425)
Foreign Currencies 184
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (636,999)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 1,289,426
Futures Contracts 40,549
Swap Contracts 1,380
Forward Currency Contracts (7,105)
Foreign Currencies 119
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 1,324,369
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,162,652
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $7,301,000, $6,000, $1,000, and $8,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 475,282   522,330
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (636,999)   (774,714)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 1,324,369   (3,034,664)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 1,162,652   (3,287,048)
Distributions      
Total Distributions (479,977)   (755,259)
Capital Share Transactions      
Issued 968,677   2,055,419
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 479,977   755,259
Redeemed (574,245)   (1,487,651)
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 874,409   1,323,027
Total Increase (Decrease) 1,557,084   (2,719,280)
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 30,317,958   33,037,238
End of Period 31,875,042   30,317,958
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
Year Ended September 30,
2022 2021 2020 2019 2018
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $20.89 $23.75 $24.31 $23.43 $22.39 $23.12
Investment Operations            
Net Investment Income1 .319 .370 .304 .517 .656 .561
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .463 (2.693) (.334) .880 1.034 (.736)
Total from Investment Operations .782 (2.323) (.030) 1.397 1.690 (.175)
Distributions            
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.322) (.366) (.304) (.517) (.650) (.555)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.171) (.226)
Total Distributions (.322) (.537) (.530) (.517) (.650) (.555)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $21.35 $20.89 $23.75 $24.31 $23.43 $22.39
Total Return 3.77% -9.93% -0.13% 6.02% 7.66% -0.75%
Ratios/Supplemental Data            
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $31,875 $30,318 $33,037 $30,049 $21,906 $16,527
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.02%2 0.02%2 0.02% 0.02% 0.02% 0.02%
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 3.03% 1.64% 1.27% 2.16% 2.86% 2.48%
Portfolio Turnover Rate3 221% 426% 414% 347% 323% 182%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
2 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.02%.
3 Includes 116%, 146%, 151%, 114%, 46%, and 67%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund has been established by Vanguard as an investment vehicle for certain collective trusts and other accounts managed by Vanguard or its affiliates and qualifying education savings plans. The fund is offered to investors who meet certain administrative and service criteria and invest a minimum of $10 million.
Certain of the fund’s investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers’ abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
A.  The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral, as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among
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numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its MSFTA, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the MSFTA.
At March 31, 2023, counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts cash of $22,264,000 in connection with TBA transactions.
4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund also enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
5. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
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During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 8% and 2% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
6. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 1% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
7. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference
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issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.
The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund's average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented less than 1% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
8. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
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9. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
10. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
11. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
B.  In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $1,138,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.46% of Vanguard’s capital
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received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C.  The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $147,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
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The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 19,295,521 19,295,521
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 3,143,339 3,143,339
Corporate Bonds 7,659,446 7,659,446
Sovereign Bonds 591,925 591,925
Taxable Municipal Bonds 271,157 271,157
Temporary Cash Investments 183,741 183,741
Total 183,741 30,961,388 31,145,129
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 6,982 6,982
Forward Currency Contracts 443 443
Swap Contracts 514 514
Total 6,982 957 7,939
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 8,049 8,049
Forward Currency Contracts 3,299 3,299
Total 8,049 3,299 11,348
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
E.  At March 31, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 6,982 6,982
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 443 443
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 514 514
Total Assets 6,982 443 514 7,939
         
Swap Premiums Received 655 655
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 8,049 8,049
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 3,299 3,299
Total Liabilities 8,049 3,299 655 12,003
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts (34,202) (34,202)
Swap Contracts 3,438 3,438
Forward Currency Contracts (8,425) (8,425)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (34,202) (8,425) 3,438 (39,189)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 40,549 40,549
Swap Contracts 1,380 1,380
Forward Currency Contracts (7,105) (7,105)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 40,549 (7,105) 1,380 34,824
F.  As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 32,538,860
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 208,922
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (1,606,717)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (1,397,795)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $868,111,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
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G.  During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $2,046,050,000 of investment securities and sold $3,498,908,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $65,321,916,000 and $62,255,468,000, respectively.
H.  Capital shares issued and redeemed were:
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  Year Ended
September 30, 2022
  Shares
(000)
  Shares
(000)
Issued 46,119   91,290
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 22,710   33,517
Redeemed (26,966)   (64,422)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Shares Outstanding 41,863   60,385
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangements
The board of trustees of Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund has renewed each fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing each fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of each fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisors.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangements. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the funds since their inceptions in 2015; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangements.
Investment performance
The board considered the performance of each fund since its inception in 2015, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangements should continue.
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Cost
The board concluded that each fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that each fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the funds’ arrangements with Vanguard ensure that the funds will realize economies of scale as they grow, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangements again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering the Program for Vanguard Institutional Short-Term Bond Fund and Vanguard Institutional Intermediate-Term Bond Fund, and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program's operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the funds' liquidity risk.
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About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund‘s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Account Value
9/30/2022
Ending
Account Value
3/31/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Core-Plus Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,054.30 $1.54
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,054.20 1.02
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Core-Plus Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,023.44 $1.51
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.93 1.01
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund's annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.30% for Investor Shares and 0.20% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2023
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 5.9%
Corporate Bonds 37.2
Floating Rate Loan Interests 1.8
Sovereign Bonds 9.7
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 45.4
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives. The agency and mortgage-backed securities may include issues from government-sponsored enterprises; such issues are generally not backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government.
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (44.5%)
U.S. Government Securities (17.7%)
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          7/31/24  1,800   1,767
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.250%         10/15/25 15,736  15,859
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.500%         11/15/25  3,600   3,653
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%          1/15/26  4,300   4,301
United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.000%          2/15/26 13,949  14,005
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.750%          5/31/26    491     447
United States Treasury Note/Bond  0.875%          6/30/26  2,566   2,340
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.375%          5/15/27    375     356
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%         12/31/27  1,000   1,011
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.125%          8/31/28  5,000   4,390
United States Treasury Note/Bond  1.250%          9/30/28  4,346   3,835
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.375%          3/31/29  1,865   1,741
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.250%          6/30/29    400     392
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%          9/30/29  1,469   1,493
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%         11/30/29  4,136   4,207
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.000%         11/15/41    900     678
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          5/15/42    441     391
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.250%          5/15/42  4,724   4,356
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          8/15/42  2,037   1,731
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.375%          8/15/42  4,111   3,857
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%         11/15/42    347     294
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.000%         11/15/42  1,440   1,478
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.125%          8/15/44    500     446
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.875%         11/15/46    733     624
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          2/15/47  1,000     870
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          5/15/47    713     620
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%          8/15/47    729     606
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.750%         11/15/47    723     601
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          2/15/48  3,050   2,660
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.125%          5/15/48  1,474   1,315
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          8/15/48    800     698
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.375%         11/15/48  1,862   1,741
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          2/15/49    700     612
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.875%          5/15/49    790     676
United States Treasury Note/Bond  2.250%          2/15/52  3,000   2,237
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000%          8/15/52  3,862   3,393
                                     89,681
Agency Bonds and Notes (6.4%)
3,4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.000%          8/28/24  3,000   2,962
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3,4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.000%          2/28/25 13,400  13,144
3,4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.050%          8/28/25  7,700   7,533
3,4 Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.  4.200%          8/28/25  9,000   8,822
                                     32,461
Conventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (20.4%)  
3,4 Freddie Mac Gold Pool  4.000%    6/1/48–7/1/48    550     536
3,5 Ginnie Mae II Pool  2.000% 11/20/50–4/15/53  4,999   4,248
3,5 Ginnie Mae II Pool  2.500%  5/20/50–5/15/53  5,162   4,424
2,3,5,6 Ginnie Mae II Pool  3.000%  3/20/47–5/15/53  7,017   6,294
3,5 Ginnie Mae II Pool  3.500% 11/20/47–4/15/53  2,724   2,560
3 Ginnie Mae II Pool  4.000%  6/20/47–2/20/51  1,883   1,825
3,5 Ginnie Mae II Pool  4.500%  4/20/48–5/15/53  3,209   3,177
3,5 Ginnie Mae II Pool  5.000%  4/15/53–5/15/53  2,000   2,000
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  1.500%   4/25/38–3/1/52  2,906   2,325
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  2.000%  10/1/35–4/25/53 34,702  29,284
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  2.500%  10/1/35–4/25/53 21,827  18,991
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  3.000%   7/1/43–5/25/53  2,944   2,651
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  3.500%   2/1/46–5/25/53  5,403   5,061
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  4.000%  4/25/38–5/25/53  7,050   6,889
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  4.500%  4/25/38–5/25/53  8,528   8,537
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  5.000%  12/1/48–4/25/53  2,351   2,366
3,4,5 UMBS Pool  5.500%  10/1/52–5/25/53  1,782   1,818
3,4 UMBS Pool  6.000%          11/1/52    472     483
                                    103,469
Nonconventional Mortgage-Backed Securities (0.0%)  
3,4 Freddie Mac REMICS  2.000%          1/25/52    182     113
3 Ginnie Mae REMICS  2.000%          2/20/51    118     104
                                         217
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $229,650) 225,828
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (5.8%)
3 Ally Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2  4.620%         10/15/25  1,000     997
3 BANK Series 2019-BNK23  2.920%         12/15/52  1,300   1,131
3,7 Bayview MSR Opportunity Master Fund Trust Series 2021-4  2.500%         10/25/51    231     189
3 BBCMS Mortgage Trust Series 2022-C16  4.600%          6/15/55    100      96
3 Capital One Prime Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-2  3.740%          9/15/25    481     475
3 CarMax Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1  4.650%          1/16/29     70      70
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2017-CD4  3.514%          5/10/50  1,130   1,052
3 CD Mortgage Trust Series 2018-CD7  4.850%          8/15/51     50      43
3 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-GC31  3.762%          6/10/48  1,300   1,247
3 COMM Mortgage Trust Series 2014-CR20  3.326%         11/10/47    653     636
3 Daimler Trucks Retail Trust Series 2022-1  5.070%          9/16/24    263     262
3,7 Dell Equipment Finance Trust Series 2022-2  4.030%          7/22/27    323     320
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K069  0.348%          9/25/27  1,582      22
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K088  0.508%          1/25/29 15,838     406
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K104  1.125%          1/25/30      1      —
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K135  0.191%         10/25/31 17,475     230
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K139  0.091%          1/25/32 25,992     210
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series K148  0.250%          7/25/32      1      —
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG05  0.312%          1/25/31  4,915      99
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG06  0.532%         10/25/31  8,994     318
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KG07  0.002%          8/25/32 13,800      56
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KIR1  1.036%          3/25/26  4,815     125
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KSG2  0.121%         11/25/31 17,668     164
3,4,8 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates Series KW10  0.639%          9/25/29  3,156     105
3,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-1  4.670%         11/15/34    150     146
3,7 Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust Series 2023-1  4.850%          8/15/35    350     353
3,7 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV1  3.000%         12/25/51  2,247   1,931
3,7 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV3  4.000%          8/25/52    479     438
3,7 GCAT Trust Series 2022-INV3  4.500%          8/25/52    335     313
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-3  3.500%          9/16/25    173     171
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2022-4  4.600%         11/17/25  1,000     996
3 GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  5.320%         10/16/28    180     180
3 GS Mortgage Securities Trust Series 2014-GC24  3.666%          9/10/47    552     536
3,7 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2021-PJ7  2.500%          1/25/52    262     215
3,7 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2022-PJ3  3.000%          8/25/52     94      79
3,7 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust Series 2022-PJ6  3.000%          1/25/53  2,165   1,833
3,7 Hertz Vehicle Financing III LLC Series 2022-1A  2.630%          6/25/26    100      93
3 Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust Series 2022-2  3.810%          3/18/25    210     209
3 Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-B  3.640%          5/15/25    490     485
3 John Deere Owner Trust Series 2022-B  3.730%          6/16/25    265     263
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-6  2.500%         10/25/51    164     135
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-15  3.000%          6/25/52  1,794   1,539
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV4  3.000%          1/25/52     87      74
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV6  3.000%          4/25/52     84      72
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-1  3.000%          7/25/52    462     396
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-4  3.000%         10/25/52    142     121
3,7 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust Series 2022-INV1  3.000%          3/25/52  1,824   1,564
3,7 Kubota Credit Owner Trust Series 2022-2A  4.070%          6/17/25    468     463
3,7 Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance Series 2021-INV1  2.500%          6/25/51    253     207
3,7 Mello Mortgage Capital Acceptance Series 2021-MTG2  2.500%          6/25/51     94      76
3 Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  4.310%          4/16/29    100      98
3,7 New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust Series 2021-INV2  3.000%          9/25/51    566     479
3,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-INV5  4.000%         10/25/52    395     362
3,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.000%          8/25/52  1,057     907
3,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.000%          8/25/52      1       1
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.500%          8/25/52  1,634   1,454
3,7 OBX Trust Series 2022-J2  3.500%          8/25/52      2       2
3,7 Palisades Center Trust Series 2016-PLSD  2.713%          4/13/33    250     170
3,7 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR3  3.200%          4/17/39    100      92
3,7 Progress Residential Trust Series 2022-SFR5  4.896%          6/17/39    100      96
3,7 RCKT Mortgage Trust Series 2021-3  2.500%          7/25/51    245     201
3,7 RCKT Mortgage Trust Series 2022-4  3.500%          6/25/52    952     847
3 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-4  4.140%          2/16/27    660     651
3 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-6  4.490%         11/16/26     40      40
3 Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust Series 2023-1  5.090%          5/15/30     70      70
3,7 Sequoia Mortgage Trust Series 2021-3  2.500%          5/25/51    169     139
3,7 Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust Series 2022-1A  3.820%          4/25/35     60      58
3,7 USAA Auto Owner Trust Series 2022-A  4.600%          2/18/25    630     628
3,7 UWM Mortgage Trust Series 2021-INV3  2.500%         11/25/51    272     224
3 Verizon Master Trust Series 2022-5  3.720%          7/20/27    280     276
3 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2015-LC20  2.925%          4/15/50    560     540
3 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust Series 2014-C19  3.829%          3/15/47    449     444
3 World Omni Auto Receivables Trust Series 2022-C  3.730%          3/16/26    452     447
Total Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $31,559) 29,367
Corporate Bonds (36.4%)
Communications (2.4%)
AT&T Inc.  3.800%          2/15/27    830     803
AT&T Inc.  4.350%           3/1/29     24      23
AT&T Inc.  4.900%          8/15/37    113     108
AT&T Inc.  4.300%         12/15/42    150     131
AT&T Inc.  3.550%          9/15/55    224     161
AT&T Inc.  3.800%          12/1/57    323     240
AT&T Inc.  3.650%          9/15/59     85      61
9 Booking Holdings Inc.  4.000%         11/15/26    200     221
7 Cable One Inc.  4.000%         11/15/30    160     131
7 CCO Holdings LLC  5.000%           2/1/28    130     120
7 CCO Holdings LLC  6.375%           9/1/29    275     263
7 CCO Holdings LLC  4.750%           3/1/30    130     113
Charter Communications Operating LLC  6.484%         10/23/45    140     132
7 Cogent Communications Group Inc.  7.000%          6/15/27    115     114
Comcast Corp.  5.250%          11/7/25    130     133
Comcast Corp.  4.150%         10/15/28    141     139
Comcast Corp.  6.550%           7/1/39    150     171
Comcast Corp.  3.750%           4/1/40    283     243
Comcast Corp.  3.450%           2/1/50     73      56
Comcast Corp.  2.987%          11/1/63    367     238
7 Cox Communications Inc.  4.800%           2/1/35    170     157
7 CSC Holdings LLC  4.625%          12/1/30     70      34
7 CSC Holdings LLC  3.375%          2/15/31     75      52
7 Directv Financing LLC  5.875%          8/15/27    180     163
Discovery Communications LLC  3.950%          3/20/28    113     106
Discovery Communications LLC  6.350%           6/1/40    107     107
7 DISH DBS Corp.  5.250%          12/1/26    110      88
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
7 DISH DBS Corp.  5.750%          12/1/28     55      41
DISH DBS Corp.  5.125%           6/1/29     75      40
7 DISH Network Corp. 11.750%         11/15/27    155     149
Expedia Group Inc.  2.950%          3/15/31     57      47
Fox Corp.  5.476%          1/25/39    240     230
7 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC  6.000%          1/15/30     75      57
Interpublic Group of Cos. Inc.  3.375%           3/1/41    140     105
7 Level 3 Financing Inc.  4.250%           7/1/28    170      96
7 Level 3 Financing Inc.  3.875%         11/15/29     30      22
7 Lumen Technologies Inc.  4.000%          2/15/27     30      20
Meta Platforms Inc.  3.850%          8/15/32    190     178
Netflix Inc.  4.875%          4/15/28    530     533
7 News Corp.  3.875%          5/15/29    320     284
7 Nexstar Media Inc.  5.625%          7/15/27    335     310
Paramount Global  4.850%           7/1/42    190     145
Paramount Global  4.375%          3/15/43    110      78
7 Rogers Communications Inc.  3.800%          3/15/32    148     133
7 Rogers Communications Inc.  4.550%          3/15/52    120      99
7 Scripps Escrow II Inc.  5.375%          1/15/31     45      31
7 Scripps Escrow Inc.  5.875%          7/15/27     85      63
Sprint LLC  7.125%          6/15/24    240     244
Telefonica Emisiones SA  4.103%           3/8/27    170     164
Telefonica Emisiones SA  4.665%           3/6/38    300     263
Time Warner Cable LLC  4.500%          9/15/42    586     451
T-Mobile USA Inc.  2.625%          2/15/29    320     282
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.375%          4/15/29    100      91
T-Mobile USA Inc.  2.875%          2/15/31     30      26
T-Mobile USA Inc.  5.050%          7/15/33    440     442
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.600%         11/15/60    137      98
T-Mobile USA Inc.  5.800%          9/15/62    260     268
7 Univision Communications Inc.  7.375%          6/30/30    180     170
7 UPC Broadband Finco BV  4.875%          7/15/31     90      78
7 UPC Holding BV  5.500%          1/15/28     85      76
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.400%          3/22/41    190     151
Verizon Communications Inc.  3.850%          11/1/42     57      47
Verizon Communications Inc.  4.862%          8/21/46    210     200
Verizon Communications Inc.  5.012%          4/15/49    311     301
7 Videotron Ltd.  5.125%          4/15/27     50      48
7 Videotron Ltd.  3.625%          6/15/29    130     112
Vodafone Group plc  6.150%          2/27/37    200     214
7 VZ Secured Financing BV  5.000%          1/15/32     80      65
Walt Disney Co.  4.750%         11/15/46    113     109
7 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  3.428%          3/15/24    175     171
7 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  3.755%          3/15/27    460     433
7 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  5.050%          3/15/42    273     228
7 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  5.141%          3/15/52     80      65
7 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  5.391%          3/15/62    210     170
7 Zayo Group Holdings Inc.  4.000%           3/1/27    140     106
                                     12,042
Consumer Discretionary (2.8%)
7 1011778 BC ULC  3.875%          1/15/28     85      79
Advance Auto Parts Inc.  5.900%           3/9/26     70      71
Advance Auto Parts Inc.  5.950%           3/9/28     75      78
Amazon.com Inc.  4.700%          12/1/32    910     933
Amazon.com Inc.  3.875%          8/22/37     70      65
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Amazon.com Inc.  3.950%          4/13/52    140     124
American Honda Finance Corp.  4.750%          1/12/26    245     247
7 Asbury Automotive Group Inc.  5.000%          2/15/32    150     131
AutoZone Inc.  4.500%           2/1/28    355     352
AutoZone Inc.  4.000%          4/15/30    179     170
AutoZone Inc.  1.650%          1/15/31     25      20
Bath & Body Works Inc.  7.500%          6/15/29    135     138
7 BMW US Capital LLC  2.800%          4/11/26    390     371
7 Caesars Entertainment Inc.  7.000%          2/15/30     85      86
7 Caesars Resort Collection LLC  5.750%           7/1/25     85      85
7 Camelot Return Merger Sub Inc.  8.750%           8/1/28    170     157
7 Carnival Corp.  5.750%           3/1/27    100      82
7 Carnival Corp.  4.000%           8/1/28    200     172
7 Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd. 10.375%           5/1/28     45      48
7 Cedar Fair LP  5.500%           5/1/25    290     290
7 Clarios Global LP  8.500%          5/15/27     95      95
Dana Inc.  4.500%          2/15/32    165     133
eBay Inc.  5.900%         11/22/25    125     128
eBay Inc.  6.300%         11/22/32    255     277
Ford Motor Co.  9.625%          4/22/30     10      12
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  4.950%          5/28/27     75      72
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  2.900%          2/16/28    450     386
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  2.900%          2/10/29    310     257
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  4.000%         11/13/30    100      85
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  3.625%          6/17/31     90      74
7 Garda World Security Corp.  7.750%          2/15/28    170     168
General Motors Co.  5.200%           4/1/45    170     143
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  6.050%         10/10/25  1,330   1,352
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  1.250%           1/8/26    452     407
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  1.500%          6/10/26    135     120
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  5.000%          7/15/29     70      63
7 Hanesbrands Inc.  9.000%          2/15/31     25      26
7 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc.  3.050%          2/14/27    205     184
7 Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc.  3.750%           5/1/29     55      49
Home Depot Inc.  4.500%          9/15/32    160     161
Home Depot Inc.  5.950%           4/1/41    210     235
Home Depot Inc.  4.950%          9/15/52    110     110
Home Depot Inc.  3.500%          9/15/56    110      86
KB Home  7.250%          7/15/30    115     117
7 Lithia Motors Inc.  4.625%         12/15/27    260     243
7 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  6.500%          5/15/27    190     192
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  4.450%           4/1/62    210     172
7 Mattel Inc.  3.375%           4/1/26     55      51
7 Mattel Inc.  5.875%         12/15/27     25      25
7 Mattel Inc.  3.750%           4/1/29    100      90
7 Mercedes-Benz Finance North America LLC  5.375%         11/26/25  1,850   1,874
7 NCL Corp. Ltd.  5.875%          2/15/27    200     186
7 NCL Corp. Ltd.  7.750%          2/15/29    110      95
Newell Brands Inc.  6.375%          9/15/27     15      15
Newell Brands Inc.  6.625%          9/15/29    150     151
7 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  8.250%          1/15/29     24      25
7 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  7.250%          1/15/30     18      18
Sands China Ltd.  5.900%           8/8/28     65      62
7 Studio City Co. Ltd.  7.000%          2/15/27    125     118
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  3.950%          6/30/25  1,590   1,570
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  3.050%          3/22/27    375     356
7 Vail Resorts Inc.  6.250%          5/15/25    145     146
3,9 Volkswagen Leasing GmbH  0.375%          7/20/26    300     291
7 Wynn Resorts Finance LLC  7.125%          2/15/31     35      36
                                     14,155
Consumer Staples (2.2%)
7 Albertsons Cos. Inc.  6.500%          2/15/28     55      55
Altria Group Inc.  2.450%           2/4/32    385     303
Altria Group Inc.  3.400%           2/4/41    155     110
Altria Group Inc.  3.875%          9/16/46    170     122
Altria Group Inc.  3.700%           2/4/51    170     115
3 Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC  4.700%           2/1/36    200     199
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.750%          1/23/29    630     643
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.900%          1/23/31    320     331
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  5.450%          1/23/39    300     315
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  3.750%          7/15/42    429     366
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.750%          4/15/58    141     133
B&G Foods Inc.  5.250%          9/15/27     80      69
3,10 BAT Capital Corp.  2.125%          8/15/25    100     114
BAT Capital Corp.  3.557%          8/15/27    900     837
BAT Capital Corp.  4.540%          8/15/47    104      77
3,10 BAT International Finance plc  4.000%           9/4/26    100     116
Brown-Forman Corp.  4.750%          4/15/33    145     147
9 CK Hutchison Europe Finance 18 Ltd.  1.250%          4/13/25    100     103
Constellation Brands Inc.  2.875%           5/1/30    376     330
7 Energizer Holdings Inc.  4.750%          6/15/28    208     188
7 Energizer Holdings Inc.  4.375%          3/31/29    210     185
Haleon US Capital LLC  3.625%          3/24/32     55      50
Haleon US Capital LLC  4.000%          3/24/52    110      91
7 Imperial Brands Finance plc  6.125%          7/27/27    200     205
7 JBS USA LUX SA  5.750%           4/1/33    260     250
7 Kenvue Inc.  5.100%          3/22/43    140     144
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.  4.597%          5/25/28    470     469
3 Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV  3.250%          3/12/25  1,000     969
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  3.875%          5/15/27    130     127
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  3.750%           4/1/30    180     171
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  4.875%          10/1/49    120     111
Kroger Co.  4.450%           2/1/47     93      82
7 Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.  4.125%          1/31/30     15      14
PepsiCo Inc.  2.625%          7/29/29    405     372
7 Performance Food Group Inc.  5.500%         10/15/27     60      59
7 Performance Food Group Inc.  4.250%           8/1/29     20      18
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%         11/15/24    725     730
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.000%         11/17/25    290     292
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%         11/17/27    290     297
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.625%         11/17/29    225     235
Philip Morris International Inc.  2.100%           5/1/30    887     740
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.750%         11/17/32    210     220
Philip Morris International Inc.  4.500%          3/20/42    106      92
Procter & Gamble Co.  4.050%          1/26/33    355     357
Target Corp.  2.950%          1/15/52    180     130
Walmart Inc.  3.950%          6/28/38    200     191
                                     11,274
Energy (2.3%)
7 Antero Resources Corp.  5.375%           3/1/30    130     121
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.937%          9/21/28    339     332
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  4.234%          11/6/28    350     347
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  2.721%          1/12/32    175     153
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.060%          6/17/41    226     175
Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  6.250%          3/15/38    113     118
3 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  4.950%           6/1/47     90      81
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC  3.700%         11/15/29    140     129
Cheniere Energy Partners LP  4.000%           3/1/31    130     116
7 CNX Resources Corp.  7.375%          1/15/31     45      44
ConocoPhillips Co.  6.950%          4/15/29     50      56
ConocoPhillips Co.  3.800%          3/15/52    350     290
7 Continental Resources Inc.  2.268%         11/15/26    200     177
7 CrownRock LP  5.625%         10/15/25    130     128
DCP Midstream Operating LP  5.625%          7/15/27    240     243
Devon Energy Corp.  4.750%          5/15/42    113      98
7 DT Midstream Inc.  4.125%          6/15/29    270     237
Energy Transfer LP  4.400%          3/15/27    415     404
Energy Transfer LP  5.750%          2/15/33    190     194
Energy Transfer LP  5.300%           4/1/44    120     106
Energy Transfer LP  5.150%          3/15/45    200     173
Energy Transfer LP  5.400%          10/1/47    339     302
7 EnLink Midstream LLC  5.625%          1/15/28    190     187
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  5.350%          1/31/33    155     161
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  3.700%          1/31/51    305     237
7 EQM Midstream Partners LP  7.500%           6/1/27     80      80
EQM Midstream Partners LP  5.500%          7/15/28    250     227
7 EQM Midstream Partners LP  7.500%           6/1/30    125     121
EQT Corp.  5.678%          10/1/25    195     195
Exxon Mobil Corp.  2.995%          8/16/39    339     274
Exxon Mobil Corp.  3.095%          8/16/49    226     170
3 Galaxy Pipeline Assets Bidco Ltd.  2.625%          3/31/36  1,335   1,098
Genesis Energy LP  6.500%          10/1/25     48      47
Hess Corp.  7.300%          8/15/31     15      17
3 KazMunayGas National Co. JSC  5.375%          4/24/30  1,000     890
Kinder Morgan Inc.  4.800%           2/1/33    125     121
MPLX LP  4.500%          4/15/38    200     177
MPLX LP  4.950%          3/14/52     50      43
MPLX LP  5.650%           3/1/53    170     164
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  8.500%          7/15/27     22      24
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.375%           9/1/28    197     204
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.625%           9/1/30     84      88
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.125%           1/1/31    201     209
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  7.500%           5/1/31     70      77
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.450%          9/15/36     25      26
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.600%          3/15/46    145     153
ONEOK Partners LP  6.125%           2/1/41    100      99
7 Permian Resources Operating LLC  7.750%          2/15/26    110     110
7 Permian Resources Operating LLC  6.875%           4/1/27     40      39
7 Permian Resources Operating LLC  5.875%           7/1/29    180     170
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC  4.500%          5/15/30    700     676
Shell International Finance BV  2.750%           4/6/30    300     274
Suncor Energy Inc.  4.000%         11/15/47    147     117
7 Tap Rock Resources LLC  7.000%          10/1/26     70      62
Targa Resources Partners LP  6.875%          1/15/29     45      46
Targa Resources Partners LP  4.875%           2/1/31    100      94
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
7 Transocean Inc.  8.750%          2/15/30     50      51
7 Transocean Titan Financing Ltd.  8.375%           2/1/28    170     174
Valero Energy Corp.  3.650%          12/1/51    100      73
7 Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC  3.875%          8/15/29    200     180
7 Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC  6.250%          1/15/30     35      35
Western Midstream Operating LP  4.500%           3/1/28    235     222
Western Midstream Operating LP  4.750%          8/15/28    236     225
Williams Cos. Inc.  4.650%          8/15/32    150     145
                                     11,806
Financials (12.3%)
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  3.500%          1/15/25    565     542
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  2.450%         10/29/26    150     135
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  3.850%         10/29/41    300     228
Aflac Inc.  4.750%          1/15/49    100      93
Allstate Corp.  5.250%          3/30/33    200     202
American Express Co.  3.950%           8/1/25  1,000     981
American Express Co.  2.550%           3/4/27    400     370
American Express Co.  5.850%          11/5/27    500     525
American Express Co.  4.420%           8/3/33    370     355
Aon Corp.  5.350%          2/28/33    370     383
7 Athene Global Funding  1.985%          8/19/28    750     608
10 Aviva plc  6.125%         11/14/36    100     123
3,9 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA  2.575%          2/22/29    100     106
Banco Santander SA  5.147%          8/18/25    700     688
3 Bank of America Corp.  3.824%          1/20/28    700     668
3 Bank of America Corp.  4.948%          7/22/28     40      40
3 Bank of America Corp.  3.970%           3/5/29    300     284
3 Bank of America Corp.  2.087%          6/14/29    600     516
3 Bank of America Corp.  4.078%          4/23/40    340     295
3 Bank of America Corp.  2.831%         10/24/51    100      66
Bank of America Corp.  2.972%          7/21/52    275     185
Bank of Montreal  5.200%         12/12/24    800     801
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.414%          7/24/26    300     297
3 Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  5.802%         10/25/28    450     467
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.543%           2/1/29    300     297
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.596%          7/26/30    200     196
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.706%           2/1/34    300     297
3 Bank of Nova Scotia  3.450%          4/11/25    440     427
Bank of Nova Scotia  4.750%           2/2/26    500     497
Bank of Nova Scotia  4.850%           2/1/30    350     346
Barclays plc  5.304%           8/9/26    200     196
Barclays plc  7.385%          11/2/28    400     424
Barclays plc  7.437%          11/2/33    200     221
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  4.200%          8/15/48    100      91
Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.  3.850%          3/15/52    400     336
7 Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC  2.000%          1/30/32     75      57
3,9 Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings Sarl  0.500%          9/12/23    100     106
3,9 Blackstone Property Partners Europe Holdings Sarl  2.200%          7/24/25    100      99
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.468%           2/1/29    280     273
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.268%          5/10/33    200     188
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.817%           2/1/34    400     389
Charles Schwab Corp.  2.450%           3/3/27    215     193
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.  1.375%          9/15/30    380     307
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Chubb INA Holdings Inc.  4.350%          11/3/45    271     249
Citigroup Inc.  4.140%          5/24/25    398     391
Citigroup Inc.  2.014%          1/25/26    500     471
Citigroup Inc.  4.658%          5/24/28    140     138
Citigroup Inc.  4.125%          7/25/28    550     521
Citigroup Inc.  2.561%           5/1/32    415     344
Citigroup Inc.  6.270%         11/17/33    400     433
Citigroup Inc.  4.650%          7/30/45    145     132
Citigroup Inc.  4.650%          7/23/48     40      37
CME Group Inc.  2.650%          3/15/32    300     260
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  5.079%          1/10/25    500     502
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  5.316%          3/13/26    400     407
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA  5.000%          1/13/25  1,100   1,102
7 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.500%           4/4/25    100      96
7 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.650%           4/5/27    150     141
7 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.850%           4/5/29    330     301
7 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.900%           4/5/32    200     173
7 Corebridge Financial Inc.  4.350%           4/5/42    190     156
7 Corebridge Financial Inc.  4.400%           4/5/52    300     234
9 Credit Agricole Assurances SA  4.250%        Perpetual    100     106
Credit Suisse AG  4.750%           8/9/24    600     580
Credit Suisse Group AG  3.750%          3/26/25    100      92
7 Credit Suisse Group AG  4.282%           1/9/28    300     271
9 Danske Bank A/S  4.000%          1/12/27    200     217
3,9 Danske Bank A/S  2.500%          6/21/29    100     104
Deutsche Bank AG  6.720%          1/18/29    150     149
3 Deutsche Bank AG  3.547%          9/18/31    150     123
Deutsche Bank AG  3.742%           1/7/33    200     145
Equitable Holdings Inc.  5.594%          1/11/33    510     500
Equitable Holdings Inc.  5.000%          4/20/48    150     128
Fifth Third Bancorp  3.950%          3/14/28    250     226
GATX Corp.  3.500%           6/1/32    300     264
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  5.700%          11/1/24    380     383
9 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.375%          3/27/25    200     215
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.640%          2/24/28    280     256
3,10 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  7.250%          4/10/28    100     133
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.615%          4/22/32    465     387
3 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.411%          4/23/39    300     270
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.908%          7/21/42    225     161
3 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.800%           7/8/44    140     130
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  4.750%         10/21/45    144     133
HSBC Holdings plc  2.999%          3/10/26    600     569
3,10 HSBC Holdings plc  1.750%          7/24/27    200     216
HSBC Holdings plc  7.390%          11/3/28    500     534
HSBC Holdings plc  6.161%           3/9/29    200     206
HSBC Holdings plc  2.804%          5/24/32    640     523
HSBC Holdings plc  6.332%           3/9/44    300     317
HSBC USA Inc.  5.625%          3/17/25    500     502
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  4.950%          6/15/52    100      97
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  5.200%          6/15/62     90      91
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  0.969%          6/23/25    750     710
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.080%          4/26/26    300     294
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.578%          4/22/27    800     719
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.323%          4/26/28    175     171
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.851%          7/25/28    220     220
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  2.069%           6/1/29  1,550   1,342
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.953%           2/4/32    500     402
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.586%          4/26/33    100      97
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  6.400%          5/15/38    200     228
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.882%          7/24/38     31      27
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.109%          4/22/41    420     321
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  5.600%          7/15/41     30      31
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.157%          4/22/42    315     240
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.109%          4/22/51    170     120
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.328%          4/22/52     30      22
3 KeyBank NA  4.150%           8/8/25    250     237
KeyBank NA  5.000%          1/26/33    160     149
Lloyds Banking Group plc  4.716%          8/11/26    200     195
Lloyds Banking Group plc  5.871%           3/6/29    300     303
M&T Bank Corp.  5.053%          1/27/34    250     231
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.  4.650%          1/27/26    480     452
Manufacturers & Traders Trust Co.  4.700%          1/27/28    230     215
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  5.750%          11/1/32    240     257
Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc.  2.900%         12/15/51    225     153
MetLife Inc.  4.875%         11/13/43    140     131
MetLife Inc.  5.000%          7/15/52    200     187
MetLife Inc.  5.250%          1/15/54    170     166
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.719%          2/20/26    320     321
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.422%          2/22/29    290     293
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.475%          2/22/31    200     202
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  2.309%          7/20/32    320     256
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.441%          2/22/34    350     354
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.  5.667%          5/27/29    500     507
3 Morgan Stanley  4.000%          7/23/25    300     294
Morgan Stanley  4.679%          7/17/26    160     158
Morgan Stanley  5.050%          1/28/27  1,010   1,008
Morgan Stanley  1.593%           5/4/27    475     428
9 Morgan Stanley  0.406%         10/29/27    100      95
Morgan Stanley  2.475%          1/21/28    300     274
Morgan Stanley  5.123%           2/1/29    540     543
9 Morgan Stanley  4.656%           3/2/29    100     111
3 Morgan Stanley  1.794%          2/13/32    172     135
Morgan Stanley  4.889%          7/20/33    200     196
Morgan Stanley  5.948%          1/19/38    610     605
3 Morgan Stanley  3.971%          7/22/38    175     154
3 Morgan Stanley  4.457%          4/22/39    140     128
Morgan Stanley  4.300%          1/27/45    180     158
3 Morgan Stanley  2.802%          1/25/52     50      33
Nasdaq Inc.  3.950%           3/7/52     45      35
3,9 Nationwide Building Society  2.000%          7/25/29    200     207
3,9 NatWest Group plc  1.750%           3/2/26    100     103
3 NatWest Group plc  4.892%          5/18/29    200     192
7 New York Life Global Funding  4.850%           1/9/28    500     507
3,10 NIBC Bank NV  3.125%         11/15/23    500     605
Nomura Holdings Inc.  2.679%          7/16/30    200     162
Northern Trust Corp.  4.000%          5/10/27    250     245
OneMain Finance Corp.  3.500%          1/15/27     65      55
10 Pension Insurance Corp. plc  6.500%           7/3/24    100     122
10 Phoenix Group Holdings plc  6.625%         12/18/25    100     124
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  4.758%          1/26/27  1,000     988
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  5.068%          1/24/34    235     232
Principal Financial Group Inc.  5.500%          3/15/53    391     374
Progressive Corp.  2.500%          3/15/27    200     186
Prudential Financial Inc.  3.935%          12/7/49    250     198
3 Prudential Financial Inc.  3.700%          3/13/51    110      83
10 Rothesay Life plc  8.000%         10/30/25    100     126
3 Royal Bank of Canada  3.970%          7/26/24    500     493
3 Royal Bank of Canada  6.000%          11/1/27  1,065   1,114
Santander Holdings USA Inc.  6.499%           3/9/29    640     640
Santander UK Group Holdings plc  6.833%         11/21/26    500     507
Santander UK Group Holdings plc  6.534%          1/10/29    500     509
10 Scottish Widows Ltd.  5.500%          6/16/23    200     246
State Street Corp.  4.857%          1/26/26    110     109
State Street Corp.  5.820%          11/4/28    300     314
State Street Corp.  4.821%          1/26/34    180     179
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  5.520%          1/13/28    825     837
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  5.710%          1/13/30    300     309
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  1.710%          1/12/31    335     260
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  5.766%          1/13/33    250     261
7 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.  5.650%           3/9/26    500     508
Synovus Bank  5.625%          2/15/28    250     227
Toronto-Dominion Bank  3.766%           6/6/25    400     390
Toronto-Dominion Bank  5.103%           1/9/26    250     251
Toronto-Dominion Bank  5.156%          1/10/28    250     253
3 Truist Financial Corp.  4.873%          1/26/29    355     345
3 Truist Financial Corp.  5.122%          1/26/34    240     234
7 UBS Group AG  4.703%           8/5/27  2,000   1,917
US Bancorp  5.727%         10/21/26    410     412
3 US Bancorp  4.548%          7/22/28    500     487
US Bancorp  4.653%           2/1/29    300     293
US Bancorp  5.850%         10/21/33    200     209
US Bancorp  4.839%           2/1/34    250     242
9 Visa Inc.  1.500%          6/15/26    200     205
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  2.164%          2/11/26    300     283
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.526%          3/24/28    910     859
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.808%          7/25/28    220     217
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  2.879%         10/30/30    300     260
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.350%           3/2/33    390     338
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.897%          7/25/33    600     585
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  3.068%          4/30/41    175     130
Wells Fargo & Co.  5.375%          11/2/43    155     148
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.611%          4/25/53     50      44
3,10 Wells Fargo Bank NA  5.250%           8/1/23    200     246
Westpac Banking Corp.  1.953%         11/20/28    500     435
Willis North America Inc.  2.950%          9/15/29    904     792
                                     62,519
Health Care (2.8%)
AbbVie Inc.  4.050%         11/21/39    702     626
3 AdventHealth Obligated Group  2.795%         11/15/51    350     238
7 Alcon Finance Corp.  3.800%          9/23/49    200     158
9 American Medical Systems Europe BV  0.750%           3/8/25    278     286
AmerisourceBergen Corp.  4.300%         12/15/47    300     260
Amgen Inc.  5.250%           3/2/25    680     688
Amgen Inc.  5.150%           3/2/28  1,060   1,082
Amgen Inc.  2.450%          2/21/30    260     226
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Amgen Inc.  5.600%           3/2/43    195     201
Amgen Inc.  5.650%           3/2/53    145     151
Amgen Inc.  5.750%           3/2/63    115     119
AstraZeneca plc  4.000%          9/18/42    260     236
AstraZeneca plc  4.375%          8/17/48    311     295
Baxter International Inc.  2.272%          12/1/28    375     326
Baxter International Inc.  2.539%           2/1/32    190     155
Baxter International Inc.  3.132%          12/1/51    125      81
Becton Dickinson & Co.  4.693%          2/13/28    180     181
3 Beth Israel Lahey Health Inc.  3.080%           7/1/51    240     158
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  2.950%          3/15/32    250     225
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  2.350%         11/13/40    254     183
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  2.550%         11/13/50    180     121
7 Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.  3.125%          2/15/29    100      88
7 Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.  3.500%           4/1/30    130     114
Centene Corp.  2.450%          7/15/28    210     183
Centene Corp.  3.000%         10/15/30    180     151
Cigna Group  4.800%          8/15/38    100      97
3 CommonSpirit Health  4.350%          11/1/42    300     256
CVS Health Corp.  4.300%          3/25/28    574     564
CVS Health Corp.  5.125%          2/21/30    365     370
CVS Health Corp.  1.750%          8/21/30    476     387
7 DaVita Inc.  3.750%          2/15/31    195     154
Elevance Health Inc.  3.650%          12/1/27    315     304
Elevance Health Inc.  3.125%          5/15/50    135      97
Elevance Health Inc.  6.100%         10/15/52    210     234
7 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.600%         11/15/25    370     375
7 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.650%         11/15/27    325     336
7 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.857%          3/15/30    275     288
7 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.905%         11/22/32    175     186
7 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  6.377%         11/22/52    100     112
Gilead Sciences Inc.  4.150%           3/1/47    110      97
7 Medline Borrower LP  3.875%           4/1/29     80      69
Merck & Co. Inc.  2.150%         12/10/31    330     279
Merck & Co. Inc.  4.000%           3/7/49     70      63
Pfizer Inc.  2.625%           4/1/30     65      59
7 Roche Holdings Inc.  2.076%         12/13/31    285     241
Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.  3.375%           7/9/60    200     141
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  6.250%           2/1/27    130     128
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  6.125%          10/1/28     70      67
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  4.250%           6/1/29     60      54
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  7.875%          9/15/29     55      58
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  8.125%          9/15/31     55      58
9 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  3.200%          1/21/26    100     108
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  2.000%         10/15/31    300     249
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  4.950%         11/21/32    370     384
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  2.800%         10/15/41    110      84
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  5.250%          2/15/28    100     104
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  5.350%          2/15/33    375     398
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  2.750%          5/15/40    315     239
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  6.050%          2/15/63    200     229
Zoetis Inc.  5.400%         11/14/25    425     432
Zoetis Inc.  4.700%           2/1/43    105      98
Zoetis Inc.  3.950%          9/12/47    110      93
                                     14,024
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Core-Plus Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Industrials (3.6%)
7 Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.  6.375%          6/15/30    125     123
7 Air Canada  3.875%          8/15/26    200     182
7 Allison Transmission Inc.  4.750%          10/1/27    155     147
7 American Airlines Inc.  7.250%          2/15/28     44      43
7 American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc.  4.000%          1/15/28    185     169
7 BAE Systems plc  3.000%          9/15/50    640     446
Boeing Co.  4.875%           5/1/25    465     464
Boeing Co.  5.150%           5/1/30    254     256
Boeing Co.  5.705%           5/1/40    478     482
Boeing Co.  5.930%           5/1/60    230     230
Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC  5.750%           5/1/40    450     485
Canadian National Railway Co.  3.850%           8/5/32    200     190
Canadian National Railway Co.  4.400%           8/5/52    380     357
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.  4.800%           8/1/45    235     228
Caterpillar Financial Services Corp.  4.800%           1/6/26    730     742
7 Chart Industries Inc.  7.500%           1/1/30     25      26
7 Chart Industries Inc.  9.500%           1/1/31     15      16
7 Clean Harbors Inc.  4.875%          7/15/27     75      73
7 Clean Harbors Inc.  6.375%           2/1/31     50      51
CSX Corp.  3.800%          11/1/46    283     231
7 Daimler Truck Finance North America LLC  1.125%         12/14/23    375     364
7 Delta Air Lines Inc.  4.750%         10/20/28    340     326
Emerson Electric Co.  2.200%         12/21/31    130     110
7 ERAC USA Finance LLC  7.000%         10/15/37    300     355
FedEx Corp.  4.550%           4/1/46     30      26
FedEx Corp.  4.050%          2/15/48     30      24
7 Gates Global LLC  6.250%          1/15/26     33      33
General Dynamics Corp.  3.750%          5/15/28    236     231
General Dynamics Corp.  2.850%           6/1/41    226     177
3,10 Heathrow Funding Ltd.  6.750%          12/3/26    100     128
Honeywell International Inc.  5.000%          2/15/33    505     531
Honeywell International Inc.  5.700%          3/15/37    350     387
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.  5.900%           3/1/33    190     190
3 John Deere Capital Corp.  4.800%           1/9/26    720     731
3 John Deere Capital Corp.  4.850%         10/11/29    440     455
11 Kazakhstan Temir Zholy National Co. JSC  3.250%          12/5/23    350     363
Lockheed Martin Corp.  5.250%          1/15/33    270     288
Lockheed Martin Corp.  3.600%           3/1/35    113     105
Lockheed Martin Corp.  4.700%          5/15/46    110     109
Lockheed Martin Corp.  4.300%          6/15/62    170     154
7 Mileage Plus Holdings LLC  6.500%          6/20/27    894     892
Norfolk Southern Corp.  2.550%          11/1/29     83      73
Norfolk Southern Corp.  4.550%           6/1/53    144     129
Northrop Grumman Corp.  3.200%           2/1/27    290     278
Northrop Grumman Corp.  4.700%          3/15/33    260     263
Northrop Grumman Corp.  4.030%         10/15/47    270     235
Northrop Grumman Corp.  4.950%          3/15/53    210     209
3 PACCAR Financial Corp.  2.850%           4/7/25    525     507
Parker-Hannifin Corp.  3.650%          6/15/24    440     433
Parker-Hannifin Corp.  3.250%          6/14/29    500     461
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.000%          2/27/26    220     223
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.400%           5/1/35    430     448
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.375%          2/27/53    240     253
7 Regal Rexnord Corp.  6.050%          4/15/28    105     105
17

 

Core-Plus Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
7 Regal Rexnord Corp.  6.400%          4/15/33    190     190
Republic Services Inc.  5.000%           4/1/34    180     183
7 Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc.  6.750%          3/15/28     35      36
7 Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc.  7.750%          3/15/31     75      79
Rockwell Automation Inc.  2.800%          8/15/61    158     102
7 Rolls-Royce plc  3.625%         10/14/25    180     171
7 Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij NV  2.875%          3/11/41    620     479
7 Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  7.500%          4/15/25     18      18
Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  4.600%          6/15/28     35      30
7 Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  9.375%         11/30/29     80      87
Teledyne Technologies Inc.  2.750%           4/1/31    130     111
7 TopBuild Corp.  3.625%          3/15/29    135     116
7 TopBuild Corp.  4.125%          2/15/32     35      30
7 TransDigm Inc.  8.000%         12/15/25     85      87
7 TransDigm Inc.  6.250%          3/15/26    130     130
7 TransDigm Inc.  6.750%          8/15/28    300     303
Triton Container International Ltd.  3.250%          3/15/32    410     325
7 Triumph Group Inc.  9.000%          3/15/28     25      25
Tyco Electronics Group SA  2.500%           2/4/32    240     205
Union Pacific Corp.  3.839%          3/20/60    170     137
Union Pacific Corp.  3.850%          2/14/72    200     158
7 United Airlines Inc.  4.375%          4/15/26    260     249
3 United Airlines Pass-Through Trust Class A Series 2020-1  5.875%         10/15/27     68      67
United Parcel Service Inc.  6.200%          1/15/38    440     501
7 Vertiv Group Corp.  4.125%         11/15/28    140     124
                                     18,480
Materials (1.6%)
Air Products and Chemicals Inc.  2.800%          5/15/50    113      81
Albemarle Corp.  4.650%           6/1/27    100      98
7 ASP Unifrax Holdings Inc.  5.250%          9/30/28     10       8
7 Avient Corp.  7.125%           8/1/30    125     129
7 Axalta Coating Systems LLC  4.750%          6/15/27    180     171
Ball Corp.  6.875%          3/15/28     80      83
Ball Corp.  2.875%          8/15/30     70      59
Ball Corp.  3.125%          9/15/31     90      75
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.  4.875%          2/27/26    835     842
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.  4.750%          2/28/28    985     997
7 Big River Steel LLC  6.625%          1/31/29    190     190
7 Canpack SA  3.875%         11/15/29    245     200
Celanese US Holdings LLC  5.900%           7/5/24     95      95
7 Chemours Co.  5.750%         11/15/28     10       9
7 Chemours Co.  4.625%         11/15/29    210     174
7 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.  6.750%          3/15/26    130     132
Dow Chemical Co.  2.100%         11/15/30    150     125
7 Element Solutions Inc.  3.875%           9/1/28    270     237
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  4.250%           3/1/30    260     241
7 Glencore Funding LLC  4.000%          3/27/27    339     326
7 Hudbay Minerals Inc.  4.500%           4/1/26    190     177
3 Inversiones CMPC SA  4.750%          9/15/24    200     197
7 Kaiser Aluminum Corp.  4.500%           6/1/31    140     115
LYB International Finance III LLC  3.375%          10/1/40    339     251
7 Novelis Corp.  4.750%          1/30/30    205     188
7 Novelis Corp.  3.875%          8/15/31     73      61
Nucor Corp.  3.125%           4/1/32    260     230
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($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Nucor Corp.  4.400%           5/1/48    110      97
Nucor Corp.  3.850%           4/1/52    100      81
Nutrien Ltd.  5.900%          11/7/24     50      51
Nutrien Ltd.  5.950%          11/7/25    125     129
Nutrien Ltd.  4.900%          3/27/28    150     150
Nutrien Ltd.  2.950%          5/13/30    100      88
Nutrien Ltd.  5.800%          3/27/53    310     320
7 Olympus Water US Holding Corp.  4.250%          10/1/28    161     132
7 Olympus Water US Holding Corp.  6.250%          10/1/29     40      30
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.  5.200%          11/2/40    410     421
Rio Tinto Finance USA plc  5.125%           3/9/53    410     422
7 Sealed Air Corp.  6.125%           2/1/28     75      76
Sherwin-Williams Co.  2.950%          8/15/29     55      50
Sherwin-Williams Co.  2.200%          3/15/32     95      76
Sherwin-Williams Co.  3.300%          5/15/50    100      71
7 SPCM SA  3.125%          3/15/27     55      48
7 SPCM SA  3.375%          3/15/30    255     211
7 WR Grace Holdings LLC  5.625%          8/15/29     25      21
7 WR Grace Holdings LLC  7.375%           3/1/31     35      35
                                      8,000
Real Estate (1.1%)
3,10 Akelius Residential Property AB  2.375%          8/15/25    100     114
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  4.750%          4/15/35    175     164
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  3.000%          5/18/51    325     200
Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc.  5.150%          4/15/53    175     160
9 American Tower Corp.  0.450%          1/15/27    150     142
3,9 Aroundtown SA  1.625%        Perpetual    100      31
9 ATF Netherlands BV  7.078%        Perpetual    100      51
Brixmor Operating Partnership LP  2.250%           4/1/28    815     700
Camden Property Trust  3.350%          11/1/49    170     125
Corporate Office Properties LP  2.250%          3/15/26    545     485
Corporate Office Properties LP  2.000%          1/15/29    365     283
Crown Castle Inc.  5.000%          1/11/28    170     171
9 Digital Dutch Finco BV  0.625%          7/15/25    100      99
9 Digital Euro Finco LLC  2.625%          4/15/24    100     106
ERP Operating LP  4.500%           7/1/44    230     201
Healthpeak OP LLC  5.250%         12/15/32    305     306
3,9 Heimstaden Bostad AB  1.125%          1/21/26    200     182
Kimco Realty OP LLC  4.250%           4/1/45     75      59
Kimco Realty OP LLC  3.700%          10/1/49    110      79
7 Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP  4.750%          6/15/29     95      68
Life Storage LP  2.400%         10/15/31    140     113
3,9 Logicor Financing Sarl  0.750%          7/15/24    100     101
MPT Operating Partnership LP  3.500%          3/15/31    170     114
Prologis LP  1.750%           2/1/31    100      81
Prologis LP  4.625%          1/15/33    100      98
Prologis LP  5.250%          6/15/53    402     401
3,10 Realty Income Corp.  1.875%          1/14/27    100     109
Realty Income Corp.  4.850%          3/15/30    290     286
SBA Communications Corp.  3.875%          2/15/27     50      47
SBA Communications Corp.  3.125%           2/1/29     50      43
7 VICI Properties LP  4.625%          6/15/25    190     184
10 Westfield America Management Ltd.  2.125%          3/30/25    100     114
                                      5,417
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Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Technology (1.8%)
Apple Inc.  4.250%           2/9/47    113     108
Apple Inc.  4.100%           8/8/62    440     393
Block Inc.  3.500%           6/1/31     20      16
7 Broadcom Inc.  3.137%         11/15/35    620     478
7 Cloud Software Group Holdings Inc.  6.500%          3/31/29     50      44
7 CommScope Inc.  6.000%           3/1/26    100      96
Dell International LLC  5.250%           2/1/28    330     333
7 Entegris Escrow Corp.  4.750%          4/15/29    395     373
7 Entegris Escrow Corp.  5.950%          6/15/30    300     291
Global Payments Inc.  1.500%         11/15/24    170     160
HP Inc.  4.000%          4/15/29    280     266
7 Imola Merger Corp.  4.750%          5/15/29    185     165
Intel Corp.  4.875%          2/10/26    500     507
Intel Corp.  4.875%          2/10/28    430     437
Intel Corp.  2.450%         11/15/29    452     398
Intel Corp.  5.125%          2/10/30    250     255
Intel Corp.  5.200%          2/10/33    170     173
Intel Corp.  5.625%          2/10/43    130     133
Intel Corp.  4.100%          5/19/46    186     158
Intel Corp.  4.900%           8/5/52    400     372
Intel Corp.  5.900%          2/10/63    120     123
International Business Machines Corp.  4.150%          5/15/39    510     452
KLA Corp.  5.000%          3/15/49    187     183
7 McAfee Corp.  7.375%          2/15/30    115      96
Oracle Corp.  5.800%         11/10/25    260     266
Oracle Corp.  3.250%          5/15/30    424     380
Oracle Corp.  3.850%          7/15/36    250     213
Oracle Corp.  4.000%         11/15/47    424     324
Oracle Corp.  6.900%          11/9/52     50      56
PayPal Holdings Inc.  3.900%           6/1/27     80      79
S&P Global Inc.  2.700%           3/1/29    480     437
7 SK Hynix Inc.  6.375%          1/17/28    396     399
Texas Instruments Inc.  4.600%          2/15/28    350     357
Verisk Analytics Inc.  5.500%          6/15/45    270     264
Workday Inc.  3.700%           4/1/29    230     215
                                      9,000
Utilities (3.5%)
3 AEP Transmission Co. LLC  3.650%           4/1/50    200     159
AEP Transmission Co. LLC  5.400%          3/15/53    130     135
Ameren Illinois Co.  5.900%          12/1/52    220     246
American Electric Power Co. Inc.  2.031%          3/15/24    150     145
9 Amprion GmbH  3.450%          9/22/27    200     215
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.  1.650%          5/15/31    226     181
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.  4.250%         10/15/50    339     292
7 Calpine Corp.  5.125%          3/15/28    150     137
7 Calpine Corp.  4.625%           2/1/29     30      26
3 CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  4.450%          10/1/32    300     297
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  4.950%           4/1/33    160     163
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  5.300%           4/1/53     70      72
CenterPoint Energy Inc.  3.700%           9/1/49    200     153
7 Clearway Energy Operating LLC  4.750%          3/15/28    100      96
Commonwealth Edison Co.  4.900%           2/1/33    165     169
Commonwealth Edison Co.  5.300%           2/1/53    210     217
Connecticut Light & Power Co.  5.250%          1/15/53    420     434
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Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.  5.500%          12/1/39    110     111
Consolidated Edison Co. of New York Inc.  5.700%          6/15/40    280     288
Constellation Energy Generation LLC  6.250%          10/1/39    170     180
Consumers Energy Co.  4.650%           3/1/28    200     202
Consumers Energy Co.  3.600%          8/15/32     60      56
Consumers Energy Co.  4.200%           9/1/52    120     105
3 Dominion Energy Inc.  3.375%           4/1/30     75      68
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc.  5.450%           2/1/41     70      71
Dominion Energy South Carolina Inc.  4.600%          6/15/43    240     222
DTE Electric Co.  4.300%           7/1/44    226     201
DTE Energy Co.  2.950%           3/1/30    200     176
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  2.850%          3/15/32    250     217
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  4.950%          1/15/33    270     278
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  5.350%          1/15/53    150     156
Duke Energy Corp.  3.300%          6/15/41    226     170
Duke Energy Indiana LLC  5.400%           4/1/53    320     326
Duke Energy Ohio Inc.  5.250%           4/1/33     60      62
Duke Energy Ohio Inc.  5.650%           4/1/53    160     168
Duke Energy Progress LLC  4.100%          5/15/42    200     173
7 Enel Finance America LLC  2.875%          7/12/41    300     197
3,9 Enel Finance International NV  0.000%          6/17/27    200     186
Entergy Arkansas LLC  5.150%          1/15/33     70      72
Eversource Energy  4.200%          6/27/24    572     566
Eversource Energy  5.450%           3/1/28    180     187
Exelon Corp.  5.150%          3/15/28    360     367
Exelon Corp.  3.350%          3/15/32    200     179
Exelon Corp.  4.450%          4/15/46    140     121
Exelon Corp.  4.100%          3/15/52    100      83
FirstEnergy Corp.  2.650%           3/1/30    120     103
3 FirstEnergy Corp.  2.250%           9/1/30     70      58
7 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC  2.866%          9/15/28    450     407
7 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC  4.550%           4/1/49    180     152
7 ITC Holdings Corp.  4.950%          9/22/27     80      80
10 National Grid Electricity Distribution plc  3.625%          11/6/23    100     122
7 NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP  4.500%          9/15/27     57      54
NiSource Inc.  5.250%          3/30/28    180     183
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.  5.400%          1/15/33    140     145
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.150%           1/1/26    225     210
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  2.500%           2/1/31     57      46
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  6.150%          1/15/33    460     472
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  4.500%           7/1/40     79      65
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.300%           8/1/40     80      57
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.500%           8/1/50     57      38
PacifiCorp  6.250%         10/15/37    270     302
PacifiCorp  5.350%          12/1/53    430     441
PECO Energy Co.  3.700%          9/15/47    500     406
7 Pennsylvania Electric Co.  5.150%          3/30/26    110     110
PPL Electric Utilities Corp.  5.250%          5/15/53    450     466
Public Service Co. of Colorado  3.600%          9/15/42    565     464
Public Service Co. of New Hampshire  5.150%          1/15/53    210     213
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma  5.250%          1/15/33    100     102
3 Public Service Electric & Gas Co.  4.650%          3/15/33    350     351
7 Rayburn Country Securitization LLC  2.307%          12/1/30    201     182
Sempra Energy  3.700%           4/1/29    300     279
Southern California Edison Co.  5.300%           3/1/28    180     185
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Southern California Edison Co.  3.450%           2/1/52    150     111
Southern Co.  4.475%           8/1/24    750     740
Southern Co.  5.150%          10/6/25    240     243
Tampa Electric Co.  3.875%          7/12/24    100      98
TransAlta Corp.  7.750%         11/15/29    125     131
Union Electric Co.  5.450%          3/15/53    450     470
3 Virginia Electric & Power Co.  3.800%          9/15/47    200     160
Virginia Electric & Power Co.  5.450%           4/1/53    170     173
7 Vistra Operations Co. LLC  5.000%          7/31/27    130     123
WEC Energy Group Inc.  5.000%          9/27/25    270     270
WEC Energy Group Inc.  4.750%           1/9/26    690     690
WEC Energy Group Inc.  4.750%          1/15/28    520     520
Wisconsin Public Service Corp.  5.350%         11/10/25    250     254
                                      18,001
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $195,017) 184,718
Floating Rate Loan Interests (1.7%)
12 AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 4.750%  9.558%          4/20/28  2,070   2,099
12 Bausch Health Cos. Inc. Second Amendment Term Loan, TSFR1M + 5.250% 10.093%           2/1/27    159     118
12 Berry Global Inc. Term Loan Z, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.510%           7/1/26    985     981
12 Central Parent Inc. First Lien Initial Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.250%  9.148%           7/6/29    155     154
12 Churchill Downs Inc. Term Loan B, 1M USD LIBOR + 2.000%  6.850%         12/27/24    984     982
12 Clarios Global LP First Lien Dollar Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 3.250%  8.090%          4/30/26     15      15
12 Clean Harbors Inc. Incremental Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 2.000%  6.840%          10/8/28    988     989
12 Cloud Software Group, Inc. First Lien Dollar Term Loan B, TSFR3M + 4.500%  9.498%          3/30/29     15      14
12 DaVita Inc. Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.385%          8/12/26    127     125
12 Directv Financing LLC Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 5.000%  9.840%           8/2/27    207     199
12 First Student Bidco Inc. Incremental Term Loan B, TSFR3M + 4.000%  8.998%          7/21/28    108     105
12 First Student Bidco Inc. Incremental Term Loan C, TSFR3M + 4.000%  8.998%          7/21/28      8       8
12 First Student Bidco Inc. Initial Term Loan B, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.000%  7.726%          7/21/28     85      81
12 First Student Bidco Inc. Initial Term Loan C, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.000%  7.726%          7/21/28     30      29
12 Hanesbrands Inc. Initial Tranche B Term Loan, TSFR1M + 3.750%  8.474%           3/8/30     30      30
12 McAfee Corp. Tranche B-1 Term Loan, TSFR1M + 3.750%  8.515%           3/1/29    109     103
12 Medline Borrower LP Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 3.250%  8.090%         10/23/28    450     439
12 Mileage Plus Holdings LLC Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 5.250% 10.213%          6/21/27     63      65
12 SBA Senior Finance II LLC Initial Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.600%          4/11/25     74      74
12 SkyMiles IP Ltd. Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.750%  8.558%         10/20/27  1,628   1,685
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
12 Spirit Aerosystems Inc. Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.500%  9.176%          1/15/27      2       2
12 SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. Term Loan B-6, TSFR1M + 2.250%  7.157%          3/22/29     73      72
12 SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. Term Loan B-7, TSFR1M + 2.250%  7.157%          3/22/29    110     109
12 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. Term Loan B, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.590%          5/30/25    295     294
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests (Cost $8,881) 8,772
Sovereign Bonds (9.5%)
3 Arab Republic of Egypt  8.700%           3/1/49    350     206
3 Arab Republic of Egypt  8.875%          5/29/50    200     118
3 Bermuda  5.000%          7/15/32    735     732
3 Dominican Republic  5.950%          1/25/27  1,200   1,185
3 Dominican Republic  4.500%          1/30/30    370     323
3,7 Dominican Republic  7.050%           2/3/31  1,530   1,547
Ecopetrol SA  8.875%          1/13/33    600     607
3 Empresa Nacional del Petroleo  3.750%           8/5/26    430     402
3 Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd.  7.125%          2/11/25    880     865
3,9 European Union  2.625%           2/4/48  1,592   1,546
3 Federal Republic of Nigeria  6.500%         11/28/27    670     547
3 Federal Republic of Nigeria  7.875%          2/16/32    275     208
3,7 Finance Department Government of Sharjah  6.500%         11/23/32    600     612
3 Gabonese Republic  6.950%          6/16/25    630     587
3,7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.750%          1/18/28  1,380   1,400
3,7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.500%         10/25/32    410     438
3 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.500%         10/26/46    215     189
3 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.625%          10/4/47  1,000     892
3,7 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%          1/18/53    740     693
3,7 Korea Electric Power Corp.  3.625%          6/14/25  1,000     976
3,7 Korea Electric Power Corp.  5.375%           4/6/26    840     853
3 Oman Government Bond  6.500%           3/8/47    450     416
3 Paraguay Government Bond  4.950%          4/28/31  1,500   1,451
3,9 Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  2.875%         10/25/25    800     835
3 Petroleos del Peru SA  5.625%          6/19/47    627     406
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.490%          1/23/27  3,400   3,085
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%           6/2/41    186     125
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.375%          1/23/45    130      82
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.750%          9/21/47    690     448
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.350%          2/12/48    434     271
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.950%          1/28/60    555     359
3,5,7 Republic of Costa Rica  6.550%           4/3/34  2,000   2,010
3 Republic of Ecuador  1.500%          7/31/40    255      77
3 Republic of El Salvador  7.650%          6/15/35    680     322
3 Republic of Guatemala  4.500%           5/3/26  1,549   1,516
3 Republic of Honduras  7.500%          3/15/24    200     198
3 Republic of Honduras  6.250%          1/19/27    150     135
Republic of Hungary  5.375%          3/25/24    150     150
3,7 Republic of Hungary  6.125%          5/22/28    530     544
3 Republic of Indonesia  6.625%          2/17/37    750     863
3 Republic of Panama  4.300%          4/29/53    210     154
3 Republic of Panama  3.870%          7/23/60    920     603
3 Republic of Peru  2.783%          1/23/31  1,899   1,624
3 Republic of Poland  5.500%         11/16/27    205     214
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Republic of Poland  5.750%         11/16/32    232     247
3,9 Republic of Poland  4.250%          2/14/43    900     946
3,5 Republic of Poland  5.500%           4/4/53    502     512
3,9 Republic of Romania  2.125%           3/7/28    633     585
9 Republic of Romania  6.625%          9/27/29  1,440   1,595
3 Republic of Senegal  6.250%          5/23/33    235     189
3,13 Republic of South Africa  8.500%          1/31/37 31,000   1,400
Republic of the Philippines  5.609%          4/13/33    350     375
Republic of Turkey  5.750%          5/11/47    800     570
3 Republic of Uzbekistan International Bond  4.750%          2/20/24    550     541
3 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  2.875%          4/16/24  1,200   1,172
3 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  3.500%          4/16/29    450     422
3,9 Serbia International Bond  1.500%          6/26/29    900     744
State of Israel  4.500%          1/17/33  1,605   1,598
3,14 Ukraine Government Bond  7.750%           9/1/26    600     111
3,14 Ukraine Government Bond  6.876%          5/21/31  1,050     184
3 United Mexican States  5.400%           2/9/28  1,000   1,030
3 United Mexican States  2.659%          5/24/31  1,107     926
3,15 United Mexican States  7.750%          5/29/31 60,000   3,123
3,15 United Mexican States  8.500%         11/18/38  9,500     503
3,15 United Mexican States  7.750%         11/13/42  7,000     338
3,7 Uzbekneftegaz JSC  4.750%         11/16/28    600     477
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $50,410) 48,402
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      Coupon   Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.8%)
Money Market Fund (0.8%)
16 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
(Cost $4,029)
 4.839%                   40,298        4,030
Total Investments (98.7%) (Cost $519,546)   501,117
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (1.3%)   6,405
Net Assets (100%)   507,522
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $942,000 have been segregated as collateral for certain open To Be Announced (TBA) transactions.
2 Securities with a value of $199,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open centrally cleared swap contracts.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 The issuer was placed under federal conservatorship in September 2008; since that time, its daily operations have been managed by the Federal Housing Finance Agency and it receives capital from the U.S. Treasury, as needed to maintain a positive net worth, in exchange for senior preferred stock.
5 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of March 31, 2023.
6 Securities with a value of $1,603,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
7 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, the aggregate value was $57,178,000, representing 11.3% of net assets.
8 Interest-only security.
9 Face amount denominated in euro.
10 Face amount denominated in British pounds.
11 Face amount denominated in Swiss francs.
12 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
13 Face amount denominated in South African rand.
14 Non-income-producing security—security in default.
15 Face amount denominated in Mexican pesos.
16 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  1M—1-month.
  3M—3-month.
  DAC—Designated Activity Company.
  LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate.
  REMICS—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduits.
  TSFR1M—CME Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate 1-Month.
  TSFR3M—CME Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate 3-Month.
  UMBS—Uniform Mortgage-Backed Securities.
  USD—U.S. dollar.
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Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 128 14,017 23
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 140 16,089 35
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 10 1,211 (2)
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 30 4,234 85
        141
 
Short Futures Contracts
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (8) (1,652)
10-Year Japanese Government Bond June 2023 (8) (8,925) 6
Euro-Bobl June 2023 (47) (6,008) (124)
Euro-Bund June 2023 (39) (5,745) (127)
Euro-Buxl June 2023 (11) (1,680) (8)
Euro-Schatz June 2023 (8) (917) (9)
        (262)
        (121)
    
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Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Counterparty   Receive   Deliver
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 EUR 368 USD 394 5
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 142 USD 154
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 GBP 28 USD 34 1
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 JPY 3,549 USD 27
Goldman Sachs Bank USA 6/21/23 USD 355 CHF 330 (10)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 4,396 EUR 4,100 (72)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 4,395 EUR 4,117 (90)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 1,685 EUR 1,544 3
Credit Agricole CIB 6/21/23 USD 185 EUR 171 (1)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 2,801 GBP 2,348 (99)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 21 GBP 17
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 33 JPY 4,314 1
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 3,845 MXN 70,586 (11)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 1,391 ZAR 25,581 (35)
            10 (318)
CHF—Swiss franc.
EUR—euro.
GBP—British pound.
JPY—Japanese yen.
MXN—Mexican peso.
USD—U.S. dollar.
ZAR—South African rand.
    
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps
Reference Entity Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold
iTraxx Europe-S39-V1 6/20/28 EUR 500 1.000 4 2
 
Credit Protection Purchased
CDX-NA-IG-S40-V1 6/20/28 USD 19,029 (1.000) (219) (70)
            (68)
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
EUR—euro.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
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Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody's Rating
AT&T Inc./Baa2 12/20/23 BARC 230 1.000 1 1
Republic of Colombia/Baa2 6/20/28 GSI 600 1.000 (64) 64
Republic of Peru/Baa1 6/20/28 GSI 175 1.000 (1) (2) 1
Republic of South Africa/Ba2 6/20/28 BARC 405 1.000 (30) (35) 5
          (30) (100) 70
Credit Protection Purchased
Petroleos Mexicanos 12/20/26 BARC 2,000 (1.000) 277 155 122
          247 55 192
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.
At March 31, 2023, the counterparties had deposited in segregated accounts securities with a value of $285,000 in connection with open forward currency contracts and over-the-counter swap contracts.
Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps
Termination Date Future
Effective
Date
Notional
Amount
(000)1
Interest
Rate
Received2
(%)
Interest
Rate
(Paid)3
(%)
Value
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($000)
3/15/26 N/A 500 4.178 (3.750) 6 2
3/15/28 N/A 600 4.178 (3.500) 9 3
          15 5
1 Notional amount denominated in British pound.
2 Based on 1-Day Sterling Overnight Index Average Rate (SONIA) as of the most recent reset date. Interest payment received/paid annually.
3 Interest payment received/paid annually.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $515,517) 497,087
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $4,029) 4,030
Total Investments in Securities 501,117
Investment in Vanguard 18
Cash 48
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $108) 108
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 161,205
Receivables for Accrued Income 4,227
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 430
Swap Premiums Paid 156
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 140
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 10
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 192
Total Assets 667,651
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 157,705
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 1,403
Payables for Distributions 554
Payables to Vanguard 46
Swap Premiums Received 101
Variation Margin Payable—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts 2
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 318
Total Liabilities 160,129
Net Assets 507,522
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)


At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:

($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 568,802
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (61,280)
Net Assets 507,522
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 4,797,179 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
41,384
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $8.63
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 27,018,228 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
466,138
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $17.25
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 10,543
Total Income 10,543
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Investment Advisory Services 22
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 48
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 394
Marketing and Distribution—Investor Shares 1
Marketing and Distribution—Admiral Shares 12
Custodian Fees 20
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares 2
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 5
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Other Expenses 7
Total Expenses 511
Expenses Paid Indirectly (10)
Net Expenses 501
Net Investment Income 10,042
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (8,874)
Futures Contracts (2,817)
Options Purchased (51)
Options Written 34
Swap Contracts 170
Forward Currency Contracts (1,070)
Foreign Currencies 139
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (12,469)
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Statement of Operations (continued)
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 25,506
Futures Contracts 3,186
Options Purchased (6)
Options Written 22
Swap Contracts (260)
Forward Currency Contracts (534)
Foreign Currencies 9
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 27,923
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 25,496
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $210,000, $4,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  October 12,
20211 to
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 10,042   10,014
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (12,469)   (30,329)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 27,923   (46,650)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 25,496   (66,965)
Distributions      
Investor Shares (772)   (943)
Admiral Shares (9,171)   (8,925)
Total Distributions (9,943)   (9,868)
Capital Share Transactions      
Investor Shares 2,671   45,286
Admiral Shares 47,103   473,742
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 49,774   519,028
Total Increase (Decrease) 65,327   442,195
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 442,195  
End of Period 507,522   442,195
1 Commencement of subscription period for the fund.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Investor Shares    
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
October 12,
20211 to
September 30,
2022
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $8.35 $10.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income2 .173 .213
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .277 (1.655)
Total from Investment Operations .450 (1.442)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.170) (.208)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.170) (.208)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $8.63 $8.35
Total Return3 5.43% -14.57%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $41 $38
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets4 0.30% 0.30%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 4.07% 2.46%5
Portfolio Turnover Rate6 254% 542%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Subscription period for the fund was October 12, 2021, to October 22, 2021, during which time all assets were held in cash. Performance measurement began October 25, 2021, the first business day after the subscription period, at a net asset value of $10.00.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.30%.
5 Annualized.
6 Includes 131% and 150%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares    
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
October 12,
20211 to
September 30,
2022
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $16.70 $20.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income2 .354 .451
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .544 (3.318)
Total from Investment Operations .898 (2.867)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.348) (.433)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains
Total Distributions (.348) (.433)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $17.25 $16.70
Total Return3 5.42% -14.49%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $466 $405
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets4 0.20% 0.20%5
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 4.17% 2.61%5
Portfolio Turnover Rate6 254% 542%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Subscription period for the fund was October 12, 2021, to October 22, 2021, during which time all assets were held in cash. Performance measurement began October 25, 2021, the first business day after the subscription period, at a net asset value of $20.00.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
4 The ratio of expenses to average net assets for the period net of reduction from custody fee offset arrangements was 0.20%.
5 Annualized.
6 Includes 131% and 150%, respectively, attributable to mortgage-dollar-roll activity.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Core-Plus Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors.
Certain of the fund's investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers' abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposure. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
A.  The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Structured debt securities, including mortgages and asset-backed securities, are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system that considers such factors as issuer, tranche, nominal or option-adjusted spreads, weighted average coupon, weighted average maturity, credit enhancements, and collateral, as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. To Be Announced (TBA) Transactions: A TBA transaction is an agreement to buy or sell mortgage-backed securities with agreed-upon characteristics (face amount, coupon, maturity) for settlement at a future date. The fund may be a seller of TBA transactions to reduce its exposure to the mortgage-backed securities market or in order to sell mortgage-backed securities it owns under delayed-delivery arrangements. When the fund is a buyer of TBA transactions, it maintains cash or short-term investments in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price at the settlement date of the TBA transaction. The primary risk associated with TBA transactions is that a
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counterparty may default on its obligations. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by, among other things, performing a credit analysis of counterparties, allocating transactions among numerous counterparties, and monitoring its exposure to each counterparty. The fund may also enter into a Master Securities Forward Transaction Agreement (MSFTA) with certain counterparties and require them to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. Under an MSFTA, upon a counterparty default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any TBA transactions with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its MSFTA, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the MSFTA.
4. Mortgage Dollar Rolls: The fund enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions, in which the fund sells mortgage-backed securities to a dealer and simultaneously agrees to purchase similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The proceeds of the securities sold in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are typically invested in high-quality short-term fixed income securities. The fund forgoes principal and interest paid on the securities sold, and is compensated by interest earned on the proceeds of the sale and by a lower price on the securities to be repurchased. The fund also enters into mortgage-dollar-roll transactions in which the fund buys mortgage-backed securities from a dealer pursuant to a TBA transaction and simultaneously agrees to sell similar securities in the future at a predetermined price. The securities bought in mortgage-dollar-roll transactions are used to cover an open TBA sell position. The fund continues to earn interest on mortgage-backed security pools already held and receives a lower price on the securities to be sold in the future. The fund accounts for mortgage-dollar-roll transactions as purchases and sales; as such, these transactions may increase the fund’s portfolio turnover rate. Amounts to be received or paid in connection with open mortgage dollar rolls are included in Receivables for Investment Securities Sold or Payables for Investment Securities Purchased in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
5. Floating Rate Loan Interests: Floating rate loan interests represent interests in amounts owed by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Floating rate loan interests may be made directly with a borrower or acquired through assignment or participation. The fund's right to enforce a borrower’s compliance with the terms of the loan agreement, or benefit directly from the collateral supporting the loan, varies when the loan is a direct borrowing, an assignment, or a participation. Floating rate loan interests involve various risks including risk of loss in case of default, insolvency, or the bankruptcy of the borrower and are generally subject to restrictions on transfer with limited opportunities to sell them in secondary markets. The fund may also invest in loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for a future funding. The fund may earn a commitment fee on any unfunded portion of these commitments which is amortized to interest income over the commitment period. Both the funded portion of a floating rate loan interest as well as its unfunded commitment, if any, is reflected on the Schedule of Investments.
6. Swaptions: The fund invests in options on swaps, which are transacted over-the-counter (OTC) and not on an exchange. The fund enters into swaptions to adjust the fund's sensitivity to interest rates or to adjust its exposure to the underlying investments. The fund may purchase a swaption from a counterparty whereby the fund has the right to enter into a swap in which the fund will pay either a fixed percentage rate or a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, and receive a different floating rate, each applied to a notional amount. The fund
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may also sell a swaption to a counterparty whereby the fund grants the counterparty the right to enter into a swap in which the fund will pay a floating rate and receive a fixed rate, each applied to a notional amount. Swaptions also include options that allow an existing swap to be terminated or extended by one of the counterparties. Unlike exchange-traded options, which are standardized with respect to the underlying instrument, expiration date, contract size, and strike price, the terms of OTC options generally are established through negotiation with the other party to the option contract. Although this type of arrangement allows the purchaser or writer greater flexibility to tailor an option to its needs, OTC options generally involve greater credit risk than exchange-traded options. Credit risk involves the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaptions with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties and monitoring their financial strength.
The primary risk associated with purchasing swaptions is that interest rates or the value of the underlying investments move in such a way that the exercise price of the swaption exceeds the value of the underlying investment, the position is worthless at expiration, and the fund loses the premium paid. The primary risk associated with selling swaptions is that interest rates or the value of the underlying investments move in such a way that the exercise price of the swaption exceeds the value of the underlying investment, the counterparty exercises the swaption, and the resulting interest rate swap results in a negative cash flow to the fund in an amount greater than the premium received. A risk associated with all types of swaptions is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligations under the swaption contract.
Swaptions are valued based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers. The premium paid for a purchased swaption is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and is subsequently adjusted daily based on the current market value of the swaption. The premium received for a written swaption is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset with an equal liability and is subsequently adjusted daily based on the current market value of the swaption. The notional amounts of option contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of swaptions are recorded in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until expired, closed, or exercised, at which time realized gains (losses) are recognized.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average value of investments in swaptions purchased and swaptions written represented less than 1% of net assets, based on the average market values at each quarter-end during the period. The fund had no open swaption contracts at March 31, 2023.
7. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing
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brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 16% and 6% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
8. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 4% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
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9. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.
The fund enters into interest rate swap transactions to adjust the fund’s sensitivity to changes in interest rates and maintain the ability to generate income at prevailing market rates. Under the terms of the swaps, one party pays the other either an amount that is a fixed percentage rate or a floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to a notional amount. In return, the counterparty agrees to pay a different floating rate, which is reset periodically based on short-term interest rates, applied to the same notional amount.
The fund enters into centrally cleared credit default and interest rate swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund's performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.
The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty
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may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund's average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented less than 1% and 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period. The average amount of investments in interest rate swaps represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
10. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
11. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
12. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
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In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
13. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B.  In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $18,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and 0.01% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C.  The fund’s custodian bank has agreed to reduce its fees when the fund maintains cash on deposit in the non-interest-bearing custody account. For the six months ended March 31, 2023, custodian fee offset arrangements reduced the fund’s expenses by $10,000 (an annual rate of less than 0.01% of average net assets).
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
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Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 225,828 225,828
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 29,367 29,367
Corporate Bonds 184,718 184,718
Floating Rate Loan Interests 8,772 8,772
Sovereign Bonds 48,402 48,402
Temporary Cash Investments 4,030 4,030
Total 4,030 497,087 501,117
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 149 149
Forward Currency Contracts 10 10
Swap Contracts 71 192 199
Total 156 202 358
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 270 270
Forward Currency Contracts 318 318
Swap Contracts 701 70
Total 340 318 658
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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E.  At March 31, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Swap Premiums Paid 156 156
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 149 149
Unrealized Appreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 5 2 7
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 10 10
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 192 192
Total Assets 154 10 350 514
         
Swap Premiums Received 101 101
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 270 270
Unrealized Depreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 70 70
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 318 318
Total Liabilities 270 318 171 759
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts (2,817) (2,817)
Options Purchased (51) (51)
Options Written 34 34
Swap Contracts 60 110 170
Forward Currency Contracts (1,070) (1,070)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (2,757) (1,070) 93 (3,734)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 3,186 3,186
Options Purchased (6) (6)
Options Written 22 22
Swap Contracts (235) (25) (260)
Forward Currency Contracts (534) (534)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 2,951 (534) (9) 2,408
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F.  As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 518,447
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 8,311
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (25,886)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (17,575)
The fund’s tax-basis capital gains and losses are determined only at the end of each fiscal year. For tax purposes, at September 30, 2022, the fund had available capital losses totaling $33,785,000 that may be carried forward indefinitely to offset future net capital gains. The fund will use these capital losses to offset net taxable capital gains, if any, realized during the year ending September 30, 2023; should the fund realize net capital losses for the year, the losses will be added to the loss carryforward balance above.
G.  During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $153,836,000 of investment securities and sold $103,634,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $1,072,777,000 and $1,020,627,000, respectively.
H.  Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  October 12, 20211 to
September 30, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 9,184 1,071   75,023 7,611
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 626 74   762 84
Redeemed (7,139) (839)   (30,499) (3,204)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 2,671 306   45,286 4,491
Admiral Shares          
Issued 114,352 6,726   669,147 34,655
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 6,223 365   6,806 374
Redeemed (73,472) (4,303)   (202,211) (10,799)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 47,103 2,788   473,742 24,230
1 Commencement of subscription period for the fund.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Core-Plus Bond Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports throughout the year, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. They also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decision.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board considered the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2021; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the fund’s performance since its inception in 2021, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
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The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Core-Plus Bond Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Semiannual Report  |  March 31, 2023
Vanguard Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund

 


 

About Your Fund’s Expenses
As a shareholder of the fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), among others. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund.
A fund‘s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period.
The accompanying table illustrates your fund’s costs in two ways:
Based on actual fund return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses that you paid over the period. The ”Ending Account Value“ shown is derived from the fund’s actual return, and the third column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.
To do so, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number given for your fund under the heading ”Expenses Paid During Period.“
Based on hypothetical 5% yearly return. This section is intended to help you compare your fund‘s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the fund had a yearly return of 5% before expenses, but that the expense ratio is unchanged. In this case—because the return used is not the fund’s actual return—the results do not apply to your investment. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses based on a 5% return. You can assess your fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds.
Note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect transaction costs incurred by the fund for buying and selling securities. Further, the expenses do not include any purchase, redemption, or account service fees described in the fund prospectus. If such fees were applied to your account, your costs would be higher. Your fund does not carry a “sales load.”
The calculations assume no shares were bought or sold during the period. Your actual costs may have been higher or lower, depending on the amount of your investment and the timing of any purchases or redemptions.
You can find more information about the fund’s expenses, including annual expense ratios, in the Financial Statements section of this report. For additional information on operating expenses and other shareholder costs, please refer to your fund’s current prospectus.
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Six Months Ended March 31, 2023      
  Beginning
Account Value
9/30/2022
Ending
Account Value
3/31/2023
Expenses
Paid During
Period
Based on Actual Fund Return      
Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,082.00 $2.08
Admiral™ Shares 1,000.00 1,082.60 1.56
Based on Hypothetical 5% Yearly Return      
Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund      
Investor Shares $1,000.00 $1,022.94 $2.02
Admiral Shares 1,000.00 1,023.44 1.51
The calculations are based on expenses incurred in the most recent six-month period. The fund's annualized six-month expense ratios for that period are 0.40% for Investor Shares and 0.30% for Admiral Shares. The dollar amounts shown as “Expenses Paid” are equal to the annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent six-month period, then divided by the number of days in the most recent 12-month period (182/365).
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Fund Allocation
As of March 31, 2023
 
United States 70.7%
United Kingdom 3.0
Canada 2.5
Mexico 2.5
Japan 1.9
Saudi Arabia 1.4
South Africa 1.4
Colombia 1.2
Poland 1.2
Dominican Republic 1.1
Israel 1.0
Other 12.1
The table reflects the fund’s investments, except for short-term investments and derivatives.
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Financial Statements (unaudited)
Schedule of Investments
As of March 31, 2023
The fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The fund’s Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (6.9%)
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.000% 7/31/24–8/15/52   723    670
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.250%         5/15/42   278    256
1 United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.375%         8/15/42   389    365
United States Treasury Note/Bond  3.875%         1/15/26 2,057  2,058
2 United States Treasury Note/Bond  4.000%         2/15/26 2,785  2,797
Total U.S. Government and Agency Obligations (Cost $6,077) 6,146
Corporate Bonds (70.2%)
Australia (0.7%)
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.  4.875%         2/27/26   140    141
BHP Billiton Finance USA Ltd.  4.750%         2/28/28   160    162
Commonwealth Bank of Australia  5.316%         3/13/26   250    254
3 Westpac Banking Corp.  2.894%          2/4/30   100     94
                                     651
Belgium (0.4%)
Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc.  4.750%         1/23/29   343    351
Brazil (0.2%)
Petrobras Global Finance BV  8.750%         5/23/26   200    215
Canada (2.3%)
4 1011778 BC ULC  3.875%         1/15/28   180    168
4 Air Canada  3.875%         8/15/26   170    154
Bank of Montreal  3.088%         1/10/37    95     76
3 Bank of Nova Scotia  3.450%         4/11/25   200    194
Bank of Nova Scotia  4.850%          2/1/30    45     44
3 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.  4.950%          6/1/47    10      9
4 Garda World Security Corp.  7.750%         2/15/28    60     59
4 Hudbay Minerals Inc.  4.500%          4/1/26    80     74
4 Hudbay Minerals Inc.  6.125%          4/1/29   100     95
Nutrien Ltd.  4.900%         3/27/28    25     25
Nutrien Ltd.  4.200%          4/1/29   100     97
4 Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc.  6.750%         3/15/28   150    154
4 Ritchie Bros Holdings Inc.  7.750%         3/15/31   335    351
3 Royal Bank of Canada  4.900%         1/12/28   350    350
TransAlta Corp.  7.750%        11/15/29    50     53
4 Videotron Ltd.  3.625%         6/15/29   180    155
                                   2,058
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
France (0.5%)
4 SPCM SA  3.125%         3/15/27   410    361
4 SPCM SA  3.375%         3/15/30    70     58
                                     419
Germany (0.5%)
3 Deutsche Bank AG  3.961%        11/26/25   400    378
3 Deutsche Bank AG  3.547%         9/18/31    20     16
Deutsche Bank AG  3.742%          1/7/33   100     73
                                     467
Ireland (0.5%)
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  1.150%        10/29/23   150    146
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC  2.450%        10/29/26   370    332
                                     478
Israel (0.5%)
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  7.875%         9/15/29   210    220
Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV  8.125%         9/15/31   205    215
                                     435
Japan (1.9%)
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  0.962%        10/11/25   200    186
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.422%         2/22/29   200    202
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc.  5.475%         2/22/31   200    201
Mizuho Financial Group Inc.  5.667%         5/27/29   200    203
3 Mizuho Financial Group Inc.  2.201%         7/10/31    50     41
4 Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.  3.043%         9/15/23   315    310
Nomura Holdings Inc.  2.172%         7/14/28   300    251
Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Inc.  2.130%          7/8/30    50     41
4 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd.  5.650%          3/9/26   200    203
                                   1,638
Kazakhstan (0.4%)
3 KazMunayGas National Co. JSC  4.750%         4/19/27   400    369
Macao (0.2%)
Sands China Ltd.  5.900%          8/8/28    85     81
4 Studio City Co. Ltd.  7.000%         2/15/27    50     47
                                     128
Netherlands (0.5%)
4 UPC Broadband Finco BV  4.875%         7/15/31   200    173
4 UPC Holding BV  5.500%         1/15/28   165    147
4 VZ Secured Financing BV  5.000%         1/15/32    30     25
4 Ziggo BV  4.875%         1/15/30   140    119
                                     464
Poland (0.4%)
4 Canpack SA  3.125%         11/1/25   290    264
4 Canpack SA  3.875%        11/15/29   145    118
                                     382
Spain (0.7%)
Banco Santander SA  5.147%         8/18/25   600    590
Switzerland (0.2%)
Credit Suisse AG  2.950%          4/9/25   150    140
Credit Suisse Group AG  3.750%         3/26/25    25     23
                                     163
5

 

Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
United Kingdom (2.9%)
AstraZeneca Finance LLC  1.200%         5/28/26   159    145
Barclays plc  4.375%         9/11/24   200    193
Barclays plc  5.501%          8/9/28   400    397
BAT Capital Corp.  3.557%         8/15/27   230    214
Diageo Capital plc  5.500%         1/24/33   100    108
3 HSBC Holdings plc  2.013%         9/22/28   400    343
HSBC Holdings plc  6.161%          3/9/29   200    206
Lloyds Banking Group plc  5.871%          3/6/29   200    202
NatWest Group plc  5.516%         9/30/28   200    198
3 NatWest Group plc  3.754%         11/1/29   200    187
4 Rolls-Royce plc  3.625%        10/14/25   265    252
4 Virgin Media Secured Finance plc  4.500%         8/15/30   140    120
                                   2,565
United States (57.4%)
AbbVie Inc.  4.250%        11/14/28   233    232
Advance Auto Parts Inc.  5.900%          3/9/26    15     15
Advance Auto Parts Inc.  5.950%          3/9/28    10     10
4 Advanced Drainage Systems Inc.  6.375%         6/15/30   380    374
AES Corp.  2.450%         1/15/31   100     82
Albemarle Corp.  4.650%          6/1/27     5      5
4 Albertsons Cos. Inc.  6.500%         2/15/28   200    202
4 Allison Transmission Inc.  4.750%         10/1/27   210    199
Allstate Corp.  5.250%         3/30/33    40     40
Ally Financial Inc.  4.750%          6/9/27    45     42
Altria Group Inc.  2.450%          2/4/32   150    118
Amazon.com Inc.  4.700%         12/1/32    80     82
4 American Airlines Inc.  5.500%         4/20/26   150    148
4 American Airlines Inc.  7.250%         2/15/28    94     91
4 American Builders & Contractors Supply Co. Inc.  3.875%        11/15/29   140    119
American Express Co.  3.950%          8/1/25   110    108
American Express Co.  5.850%         11/5/27    90     94
American Tower Corp.  2.100%         6/15/30    50     41
Amgen Inc.  5.250%          3/2/25   105    106
Amgen Inc.  5.150%          3/2/28   165    168
Amgen Inc.  3.000%         2/22/29    90     83
4 Antero Resources Corp.  5.375%          3/1/30    80     74
Aon Corp.  5.350%         2/28/33    60     62
4 Asbury Automotive Group Inc.  5.000%         2/15/32    50     44
4 ASP Unifrax Holdings Inc.  5.250%         9/30/28   200    160
AT&T Inc.  2.750%          6/1/31   155    133
4 AthenaHealth Group Inc.  6.500%         2/15/30   160    130
AutoZone Inc.  4.750%          2/1/33    50     49
4 Avient Corp.  7.125%          8/1/30    50     52
4 Axalta Coating Systems LLC  4.750%         6/15/27   160    152
B&G Foods Inc.  5.250%         9/15/27   170    146
Ball Corp.  6.875%         3/15/28   125    129
Ball Corp.  2.875%         8/15/30   150    126
Ball Corp.  3.125%         9/15/31    60     50
Bank of America Corp.  3.841%         4/25/25   100     98
3 Bank of America Corp.  3.384%          4/2/26   370    355
Bank of America Corp.  1.734%         7/22/27   183    164
3 Bank of America Corp.  3.824%         1/20/28   100     95
3 Bank of America Corp.  3.970%          3/5/29    50     47
3 Bank of America Corp.  2.087%         6/14/29   100     86
6

 

Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
3 Bank of America Corp.  4.271%         7/23/29    90     87
3 Bank of America Corp.  3.194%         7/23/30   100     89
3 Bank of America Corp.  1.922%        10/24/31   180    144
3 Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  3.400%         1/29/28    40     38
3 Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  5.802%        10/25/28   100    104
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.  4.543%          2/1/29   100     99
Bath & Body Works Inc.  7.500%         6/15/29    55     56
Bath & Body Works Inc.  6.875%         11/1/35    75     68
Baxter International Inc.  2.272%         12/1/28    95     83
Baxter International Inc.  3.950%          4/1/30    95     88
Baxter International Inc.  2.539%          2/1/32   100     81
4 Beacon Roofing Supply Inc.  4.125%         5/15/29   150    132
Becton Dickinson & Co.  4.693%         2/13/28   125    126
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co.  3.700%         7/15/30    90     86
4 Big River Steel LLC  6.625%         1/31/29   110    110
4 Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. LLC  2.000%         1/30/32    25     19
Block Inc.  3.500%          6/1/31    45     37
Boeing Co.  2.750%          2/1/26   433    410
Boeing Co.  3.625%          2/1/31    50     46
Boston Properties LP  3.650%          2/1/26   160    147
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  4.234%         11/6/28   228    226
BP Capital Markets America Inc.  3.633%          4/6/30    45     43
Broadcom Inc.  4.300%        11/15/32   100     92
Brown-Forman Corp.  4.750%         4/15/33    25     25
4 Cable One Inc.  4.000%        11/15/30   295    242
4 Caesars Entertainment Inc.  7.000%         2/15/30    30     31
4 Caesars Resort Collection LLC  5.750%          7/1/25   165    166
4 Calpine Corp.  5.125%         3/15/28   370    339
4 Calpine Corp.  4.625%          2/1/29    25     22
4 Camelot Return Merger Sub Inc.  8.750%          8/1/28   205    190
Capital One Financial Corp.  5.817%          2/1/34   245    238
4 Carnival Corp.  5.750%          3/1/27    70     57
4 Carnival Corp.  4.000%          8/1/28   130    112
4 Carnival Corp.  6.000%          5/1/29   170    135
4 Carnival Holdings Bermuda Ltd. 10.375%          5/1/28    15     16
4 Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.  3.125%         2/15/29   210    185
4 Catalent Pharma Solutions Inc.  3.500%          4/1/30   175    154
4 CCO Holdings LLC  5.000%          2/1/28    80     74
4 CCO Holdings LLC  6.375%          9/1/29    80     76
4 CCO Holdings LLC  4.750%          3/1/30    80     69
4 Cedar Fair LP  5.500%          5/1/25    90     90
Celanese US Holdings LLC  5.900%          7/5/24    10     10
Centene Corp.  2.450%         7/15/28   240    209
Centene Corp.  3.000%        10/15/30    90     76
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC  4.950%          4/1/33    60     61
4 Chart Industries Inc.  7.500%          1/1/30    20     21
4 Chart Industries Inc.  9.500%          1/1/31   210    222
Charter Communications Operating LLC  4.908%         7/23/25   310    307
4 Chemours Co.  5.750%        11/15/28    10      9
4 Chemours Co.  4.625%        11/15/29   225    186
Cheniere Energy Partners LP  4.000%          3/1/31   130    116
4 Churchill Downs Inc.  4.750%         1/15/28   280    262
Citigroup Inc.  4.400%         6/10/25   185    180
Citigroup Inc.  3.700%         1/12/26   100     97
3 Citigroup Inc.  3.668%         7/24/28   140    133
7

 

Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Citigroup Inc.  4.125%         7/25/28    75     71
3 Citigroup Inc.  2.666%         1/29/31   195    167
4 Clarios Global LP  6.250%         5/15/26    80     80
4 Clarios Global LP  8.500%         5/15/27   240    241
4 Clean Harbors Inc.  4.875%         7/15/27    80     78
4 Clean Harbors Inc.  6.375%          2/1/31    20     20
4 Clearway Energy Operating LLC  4.750%         3/15/28    90     86
4 Clearway Energy Operating LLC  3.750%         2/15/31   140    121
4 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.  6.750%         3/15/26    50     51
4 Cloud Software Group Holdings Inc.  6.500%         3/31/29   235    205
4 CNX Resources Corp.  6.000%         1/15/29   140    132
4 CNX Resources Corp.  7.375%         1/15/31    15     15
4 Cogent Communications Group Inc.  7.000%         6/15/27    35     35
Comcast Corp.  3.375%         8/15/25   300    293
Comcast Corp.  5.250%         11/7/25   200    204
Comcast Corp.  5.350%        11/15/27   110    114
Commonwealth Edison Co.  4.900%          2/1/33    15     15
4 CommScope Inc.  6.000%          3/1/26    80     77
4 CommScope Inc.  8.250%          3/1/27   150    123
4 CommScope Inc.  7.125%          7/1/28    75     55
ConocoPhillips Co.  6.950%         4/15/29   110    124
Constellation Brands Inc.  2.250%          8/1/31    50     41
Consumers Energy Co.  4.650%          3/1/28    10     10
4 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.500%          4/4/25    10     10
4 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.650%          4/5/27    60     56
4 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.850%          4/5/29    10      9
4 Corebridge Financial Inc.  3.900%          4/5/32    60     52
4 CrownRock LP  5.625%        10/15/25    80     78
4 CSC Holdings LLC  4.125%         12/1/30   180    129
4 CSC Holdings LLC  4.625%         12/1/30   260    128
4 CSC Holdings LLC  3.375%         2/15/31    25     17
CubeSmart LP  2.500%         2/15/32    45     36
CVS Health Corp.  4.300%         3/25/28   303    298
Dana Inc.  4.500%         2/15/32    70     56
4 DaVita Inc.  3.750%         2/15/31    70     55
Dell International LLC  5.850%         7/15/25   305    310
Dell International LLC  5.250%          2/1/28   100    101
4 Delta Air Lines Inc.  7.000%          5/1/25   165    170
4 Delta Air Lines Inc.  4.750%        10/20/28   387    371
Devon Energy Corp.  5.850%        12/15/25   100    102
Diamondback Energy Inc.  3.125%         3/24/31     5      4
4 Directv Financing LLC  5.875%         8/15/27   100     91
4 DISH DBS Corp.  5.250%         12/1/26   185    148
4 DISH DBS Corp.  5.750%         12/1/28    15     11
DISH DBS Corp.  5.125%          6/1/29    30     16
4 DISH Network Corp. 11.750%        11/15/27   245    236
4 DT Midstream Inc.  4.125%         6/15/29   460    404
DTE Electric Co.  5.200%          4/1/33   100    103
3 DTE Energy Co.  3.400%         6/15/29    50     46
Duke Energy Carolinas LLC  4.950%         1/15/33    10     10
Duke Energy Corp.  5.000%         12/8/27    10     10
Duke Energy Ohio Inc.  5.250%          4/1/33    20     21
Duke Energy Progress LLC  3.400%          4/1/32    50     45
eBay Inc.  5.950%        11/22/27    10     10
eBay Inc.  6.300%        11/22/32    15     16
8

 

Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Element Solutions Inc.  3.875%          9/1/28   180    158
4 Energizer Holdings Inc.  4.750%         6/15/28    97     88
4 Energizer Holdings Inc.  4.375%         3/31/29    70     62
Energy Transfer LP  4.400%         3/15/27    70     68
3 Energy Transfer LP  5.500%          6/1/27   164    166
Energy Transfer LP  5.250%         4/15/29    70     70
Energy Transfer LP  5.750%         2/15/33    40     41
4 EnLink Midstream LLC  5.625%         1/15/28   110    108
4 Entegris Escrow Corp.  4.750%         4/15/29    30     28
4 Entegris Escrow Corp.  5.950%         6/15/30   250    242
4 Entegris Inc.  4.375%         4/15/28   140    127
Entergy Arkansas LLC  5.150%         1/15/33    10     10
Enterprise Products Operating LLC  5.350%         1/31/33    10     10
4 EQM Midstream Partners LP  7.500%          6/1/27    30     30
EQM Midstream Partners LP  5.500%         7/15/28   100     91
4 EQM Midstream Partners LP  7.500%          6/1/30    50     48
4 EQM Midstream Partners LP  4.750%         1/15/31   150    125
EQT Corp.  6.125%          2/1/25    45     45
EQT Corp.  5.678%         10/1/25    15     15
ERP Operating LP  2.500%         2/15/30    40     34
Eversource Energy  5.450%          3/1/28    30     31
Exelon Corp.  5.150%         3/15/28    60     61
Exelon Corp.  3.350%         3/15/32    80     72
Fifth Third Bancorp  3.950%         3/14/28    50     45
3 FirstEnergy Corp.  1.600%         1/15/26    50     46
FirstEnergy Corp.  2.650%          3/1/30   210    180
4 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC  2.866%         9/15/28    80     72
Ford Motor Co.  9.625%         4/22/30     5      6
Ford Motor Co.  3.250%         2/12/32   360    282
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  3.815%         11/2/27   110     99
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  2.900%         2/16/28    40     34
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  2.900%         2/10/29   400    331
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  4.000%        11/13/30    25     21
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC  3.625%         6/17/31    35     29
Freeport-McMoRan Inc.  4.250%          3/1/30    10      9
4 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC  5.000%          5/1/28   270    234
4 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC  6.000%         1/15/30   210    160
4 Gartner Inc.  4.500%          7/1/28   300    285
4 Gates Global LLC  6.250%         1/15/26   180    178
4 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.  5.650%        11/15/27   350    362
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  1.500%         6/10/26   200    178
General Motors Financial Co. Inc.  3.850%          1/5/28    50     47
Genesis Energy LP  6.500%         10/1/25   127    123
Georgia Power Co.  3.250%         3/30/27   100     95
Global Payments Inc.  2.150%         1/15/27    40     35
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  5.700%         11/1/24    65     65
3 Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.272%         9/29/25   270    262
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  3.850%         1/26/27   200    193
Goldman Sachs Group Inc.  2.615%         4/22/32    50     42
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  5.000%         7/15/29    50     45
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.  5.250%         7/15/31   345    297
Haleon US Capital LLC  3.625%         3/24/32    15     14
4 Hanesbrands Inc.  9.000%         2/15/31   250    256
4 Harley-Davidson Financial Services Inc.  3.050%         2/14/27    40     36
4 HCA Inc.  3.625%         3/15/32   100     88
9

 

Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Hess Corp.  7.300%         8/15/31     5      6
4 Hilton Domestic Operating Co. Inc.  3.750%          5/1/29    55     49
Home Depot Inc.  1.875%         9/15/31     5      4
Home Depot Inc.  3.250%         4/15/32    10      9
Home Depot Inc.  4.500%         9/15/32    45     45
HSBC USA Inc.  5.625%         3/17/25   300    301
4 Imola Merger Corp.  4.750%         5/15/29   480    429
Intel Corp.  4.875%         2/10/26    70     71
Intel Corp.  4.875%         2/10/28   160    163
Intel Corp.  5.125%         2/10/30   140    143
Intel Corp.  5.200%         2/10/33    30     30
Intercontinental Exchange Inc.  2.100%         6/15/30    40     34
International Business Machines Corp.  4.500%          2/6/26   180    180
4 ITC Holdings Corp.  4.950%         9/22/27   370    372
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.  5.900%          3/1/33   100    100
4 JBS USA LUX SA  5.750%          4/1/33    40     38
3 John Deere Capital Corp.  0.700%         1/15/26   500    454
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.125%         1/23/25   187    182
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  3.220%          3/1/25    81     79
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.578%         4/22/27   150    135
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.470%         9/22/27   187    165
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.323%         4/26/28    50     49
3 JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.005%         4/23/29    50     48
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  2.069%          6/1/29    60     52
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  1.953%          2/4/32   228    183
JPMorgan Chase & Co.  4.586%         4/26/33     5      5
4 Kaiser Aluminum Corp.  4.625%          3/1/28   220    197
4 Kaiser Aluminum Corp.  4.500%          6/1/31    50     41
KB Home  7.250%         7/15/30    30     30
4 Kenvue Inc.  5.000%         3/22/30    60     62
Keurig Dr Pepper Inc.  3.200%          5/1/30    50     46
3 KeyBank NA  5.850%        11/15/27   250    246
Kilroy Realty LP  4.750%        12/15/28    90     76
Kinder Morgan Inc.  4.800%          2/1/33    45     43
KLA Corp.  4.650%         7/15/32    20     20
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.  3.750%          4/1/30   159    151
4 Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP  4.750%         6/15/29    45     32
Lamar Media Corp.  3.750%         2/15/28   200    185
4 Lamb Weston Holdings Inc.  4.125%         1/31/30    65     59
4 Level 3 Financing Inc.  4.250%          7/1/28   120     68
4 Level 3 Financing Inc.  3.875%        11/15/29    65     47
4 Lithia Motors Inc.  4.625%        12/15/27   110    103
4 Lithia Motors Inc.  3.875%          6/1/29   200    173
4 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  4.875%         11/1/24    35     34
4 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  5.625%         3/15/26   120    116
4 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  6.500%         5/15/27   110    111
4 Live Nation Entertainment Inc.  3.750%         1/15/28   150    134
Lockheed Martin Corp.  5.250%         1/15/33   229    244
Lowe's Cos. Inc.  3.750%          4/1/32    65     60
4 Lumen Technologies Inc.  4.000%         2/15/27   130     86
M&T Bank Corp.  5.053%         1/27/34    30     28
Mastercard Inc.  2.950%          6/1/29   100     93
4 Match Group Holdings II LLC  4.625%          6/1/28    30     28
4 Match Group Holdings II LLC  3.625%         10/1/31   160    130
4 Mattel Inc.  3.375%          4/1/26    20     19
10

 

Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Mattel Inc.  5.875%        12/15/27   215    214
4 Mattel Inc.  3.750%          4/1/29   290    261
4 McAfee Corp.  7.375%         2/15/30   205    171
4 Medline Borrower LP  3.875%          4/1/29    60     52
4 Medline Borrower LP  5.250%         10/1/29   190    165
Merck & Co. Inc.  2.150%        12/10/31    30     25
4 Michaels Cos. Inc.  5.250%          5/1/28   160    133
MidAmerican Energy Co.  3.100%          5/1/27   100     95
4 Mileage Plus Holdings LLC  6.500%         6/20/27   298    298
Mondelez International Inc.  2.750%         4/13/30    28     25
3 Morgan Stanley  4.000%         7/23/25    50     49
Morgan Stanley  5.050%         1/28/27   145    145
3 Morgan Stanley  1.512%         7/20/27   180    160
Morgan Stanley  2.475%         1/21/28   100     91
Morgan Stanley  5.123%          2/1/29    50     50
3 Morgan Stanley  3.622%          4/1/31   140    128
3 Morgan Stanley  1.794%         2/13/32    25     20
Morgan Stanley  4.889%         7/20/33    50     49
Morgan Stanley  5.297%         4/20/37    40     38
MPLX LP  4.000%         3/15/28    45     43
MPLX LP  5.000%          3/1/33   100     98
MPT Operating Partnership LP  5.000%        10/15/27    25     21
MPT Operating Partnership LP  4.625%          8/1/29   185    137
MPT Operating Partnership LP  3.500%         3/15/31    75     50
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp.  5.800%         1/15/33   100    107
4 NCL Corp. Ltd.  5.875%         2/15/27   215    200
4 NCL Corp. Ltd.  7.750%         2/15/29    35     30
Netflix Inc.  5.875%        11/15/28   530    558
Newell Brands Inc.  6.375%         9/15/27   105    106
Newell Brands Inc.  6.625%         9/15/29   110    111
Newmont Corp.  2.800%         10/1/29   150    133
4 News Corp.  3.875%         5/15/29   345    306
4 Nexstar Media Inc.  5.625%         7/15/27   150    139
4 NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP  4.500%         9/15/27   554    528
NiSource Inc.  5.250%         3/30/28    30     31
4 Novelis Corp.  3.250%        11/15/26   250    228
4 Novelis Corp.  4.750%         1/30/30    60     55
4 Novelis Corp.  3.875%         8/15/31    27     23
Nucor Corp.  3.125%          4/1/32    10      9
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.375%          9/1/28   280    291
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.625%          9/1/30   250    263
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.125%          1/1/31   100    104
Occidental Petroleum Corp.  6.600%         3/15/46    10     11
Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.  5.400%         1/15/33    10     10
4 Olympus Water US Holding Corp.  4.250%         10/1/28   380    311
4 Olympus Water US Holding Corp.  6.250%         10/1/29   140    104
OneMain Finance Corp.  6.125%         3/15/24    50     49
OneMain Finance Corp.  3.500%         1/15/27   240    202
Oracle Corp.  4.500%          5/6/28   500    494
Oracle Corp.  6.150%         11/9/29    90     96
Oracle Corp.  6.250%         11/9/32    50     54
4 Organon & Co.  4.125%         4/30/28   430    396
4 Outfront Media Capital LLC  4.250%         1/15/29   210    176
Ovintiv Exploration Inc.  5.375%          1/1/26   245    246
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  3.450%          7/1/25    80     76
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Pacific Gas & Electric Co.  2.100%          8/1/27   190    166
4 Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer Inc.  4.000%        10/15/27   140    126
4 Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC  4.375%        10/15/28   100     87
Paramount Global  4.950%         1/15/31   100     92
Parker-Hannifin Corp.  3.250%         6/14/29   300    276
4 Penn Entertainment Inc.  4.125%          7/1/29   140    117
4 Pennsylvania Electric Co.  5.150%         3/30/26    40     40
4 Performance Food Group Inc.  6.875%          5/1/25   375    378
4 Performance Food Group Inc.  5.500%        10/15/27    70     68
4 Performance Food Group Inc.  4.250%          8/1/29   160    145
4 Permian Resources Operating LLC  7.750%         2/15/26   240    240
4 Permian Resources Operating LLC  6.875%          4/1/27    15     15
4 Permian Resources Operating LLC  5.875%          7/1/29    85     80
Philip Morris International Inc.  3.250%        11/10/24   155    151
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%        11/15/24   150    151
Philip Morris International Inc.  0.875%          5/1/26   155    139
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%        11/17/27    20     20
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.625%        11/17/29    20     21
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.125%         2/15/30    55     56
Philip Morris International Inc.  5.750%        11/17/32    20     21
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.  1.900%         8/15/30   100     81
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  4.758%         1/26/27    45     44
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  5.354%         12/2/28   145    146
PNC Financial Services Group Inc.  5.068%         1/24/34    10     10
4 Post Holdings Inc.  4.625%         4/15/30   270    242
Procter & Gamble Co.  4.050%         1/26/33    15     15
Public Service Co. of Oklahoma  5.250%         1/15/33    10     10
3 Public Service Electric & Gas Co.  4.650%         3/15/33    50     50
Public Storage  1.950%         11/9/28   100     87
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.000%         2/27/26    40     41
Raytheon Technologies Corp.  5.150%         2/27/33    50     52
Realty Income Corp.  4.625%         11/1/25   155    153
Realty Income Corp.  2.200%         6/15/28   192    169
Republic Services Inc.  5.000%          4/1/34    40     41
4 Rocket Mortgage LLC  3.625%          3/1/29   150    129
4 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  5.500%          4/1/28   140    124
4 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  8.250%         1/15/29     8      8
4 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.  7.250%         1/15/30   240    241
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC  4.500%         5/15/30   100     97
Santander Holdings USA Inc.  6.499%          3/9/29   120    120
SBA Communications Corp.  3.875%         2/15/27   200    189
SBA Communications Corp.  3.125%          2/1/29   100     87
4 Scripps Escrow II Inc.  5.375%         1/15/31    25     17
4 Scripps Escrow Inc.  5.875%         7/15/27    40     29
4 Sealed Air Corp.  4.000%         12/1/27   380    355
4 Sealed Air Corp.  6.125%          2/1/28    30     30
4 Sealed Air Corp.  5.000%         4/15/29   175    166
Service Corp. International  3.375%         8/15/30   210    179
4 Sirius XM Radio Inc.  4.000%         7/15/28   200    172
Southern California Edison Co.  5.300%          3/1/28   150    154
4 Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  7.500%         4/15/25     4      4
Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  4.600%         6/15/28    19     16
4 Spirit AeroSystems Inc.  9.375%        11/30/29   255    278
Spirit Realty LP  2.700%         2/15/32    45     35
4 SS&C Technologies Inc.  5.500%         9/30/27   120    117
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Starbucks Corp.  4.750%         2/15/26   120    121
State Street Corp.  4.821%         1/26/34    80     79
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.  3.700%         4/14/27    10     10
4 Tap Rock Resources LLC  7.000%         10/1/26    40     35
Targa Resources Partners LP  4.000%         1/15/32     8      7
Target Corp.  4.400%         1/15/33     5      5
Teledyne Technologies Inc.  2.750%          4/1/31    20     17
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  6.250%          2/1/27    80     79
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  6.125%         10/1/28   280    267
Tenet Healthcare Corp.  4.250%          6/1/29    40     36
Texas Instruments Inc.  4.600%         2/15/28    40     41
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  2.600%         10/1/29   155    140
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.  4.950%        11/21/32    95     99
T-Mobile USA Inc.  2.625%         4/15/26   470    440
T-Mobile USA Inc.  4.950%         3/15/28   100    101
T-Mobile USA Inc.  2.625%         2/15/29   153    135
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.375%         4/15/29   100     91
T-Mobile USA Inc.  3.875%         4/15/30   115    108
4 TopBuild Corp.  3.625%         3/15/29    50     43
3 Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  3.050%         3/22/27   340    323
Toyota Motor Credit Corp.  4.625%         1/12/28   100    101
4 TransDigm Inc.  8.000%        12/15/25    35     36
4 TransDigm Inc.  6.250%         3/15/26    80     80
4 TransDigm Inc.  6.750%         8/15/28   465    470
4 Transocean Inc. 11.500%         1/30/27    50     52
4 Transocean Inc.  8.750%         2/15/30   365    372
4 Transocean Titan Financing Ltd.  8.375%          2/1/28    75     77
4 Triumph Group Inc.  9.000%         3/15/28   150    150
3 Truist Financial Corp.  5.900%        10/28/26   100    100
3 Truist Financial Corp.  6.123%        10/28/33    15     16
Tyco Electronics Group SA  4.500%         2/13/26   200    200
Union Pacific Corp.  3.000%         4/15/27    45     43
4 United Airlines Inc.  4.375%         4/15/26   160    153
3 United Airlines Pass-Through Trust Class A Series 2020-1  5.875%        10/15/27   204    202
4 United Wholesale Mortgage LLC  5.500%        11/15/25   140    133
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  5.250%         2/15/28     5      5
UnitedHealth Group Inc.  5.350%         2/15/33    20     21
4 Uniti Group LP 10.500%         2/15/28   140    136
4 Univision Communications Inc.  7.375%         6/30/30    70     66
3 US Bancorp  4.548%         7/22/28    80     78
3 US Bancorp  3.000%         7/30/29    45     39
3 US Bancorp  4.967%         7/22/33    40     38
US Bancorp  4.839%          2/1/34   150    145
4 Vail Resorts Inc.  6.250%         5/15/25    70     70
4 Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC  3.875%         8/15/29   250    225
4 Venture Global Calcasieu Pass LLC  6.250%         1/15/30     5      5
Verizon Communications Inc.  1.680%        10/30/30    50     40
Verizon Communications Inc.  2.355%         3/15/32   186    153
3 Virginia Electric & Power Co.  2.950%        11/15/26   100     94
3 Virginia Electric & Power Co.  2.875%         7/15/29    90     82
4 Vistra Operations Co. LLC  5.125%         5/13/25    25     24
4 Vistra Operations Co. LLC  5.000%         7/31/27    80     76
4 Vistra Operations Co. LLC  4.375%          5/1/29   350    312
VMware Inc.  4.700%         5/15/30   161    156
4 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  3.428%         3/15/24   140    137
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
4 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  3.755%         3/15/27    16     15
4 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  4.054%         3/15/29    90     84
4 Warnermedia Holdings Inc.  4.279%         3/15/32    50     45
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.100%          6/3/26   100     97
3 Wells Fargo & Co.  4.897%         7/25/33    75     73
4 WESCO Distribution Inc.  7.125%         6/15/25   320    325
Western Midstream Operating LP  4.500%          3/1/28   465    440
Western Midstream Operating LP  4.750%         8/15/28    27     26
Willis North America Inc.  4.500%         9/15/28    55     53
4 WMG Acquisition Corp.  3.750%         12/1/29   370    328
4 WR Grace Holdings LLC  5.625%         8/15/29   200    170
4 WR Grace Holdings LLC  7.375%          3/1/31   175    175
4 Wynn Resorts Finance LLC  7.125%         2/15/31   100    101
Xcel Energy Inc.  4.000%         6/15/28    80     78
Xcel Energy Inc.  4.600%          6/1/32    80     78
4 Zayo Group Holdings Inc.  4.000%          3/1/27   190    144
Zoetis Inc.  5.400%        11/14/25    45     46
                                  50,990
Total Corporate Bonds (Cost $63,372) 62,363
Floating Rate Loan Interests (5.0%)
Canada (0.2%)
5 Bombardier Recreational Products Inc. Incremental Loan, TSFR1M + 3.500%  8.307%        12/13/29   150    149
United States (4.8%)
5 AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 4.750%  9.558%         4/20/28   455    461
5 Axalta Coating Systems Dutch Holding B B.V. Term Loan B-4, TSFR3M + 3.000%  7.506%        12/20/29    48     48
5 Bausch Health Cos. Inc. Second Amendment Term Loan, TSFR1M + 5.250% 10.093%          2/1/27    53     39
5 Central Parent Inc. First Lien Initial Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.250%  9.148%          7/6/29    50     50
5 Chart Industries Inc. Term Loan, TSFR1M + 3.750%  8.593%         3/17/30    20     20
5 Churchill Downs Inc. Term Loan B, 1M USD LIBOR + 2.000%  6.850%        12/27/24    49     49
5 Clarios Global LP First Lien Dollar Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 3.250%  8.090%         4/30/26   105    104
5 Cloud Software Group, Inc. First Lien Dollar Term Loan B, TSFR3M + 4.500%  9.498%         3/30/29    25     23
5 CQP Holdco LP Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.500%  8.230%          6/5/28   100     99
5 DaVita Inc. Tranche B-1 Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.385%         8/12/26    44     43
5 Directv Financing LLC Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 5.000%  9.840%          8/2/27   285    274
5 First Student Bidco Inc. Incremental Term Loan B, TSFR3M + 4.000%  8.998%         7/21/28    36     35
5 First Student Bidco Inc. Incremental Term Loan C, TSFR3M + 4.000%  8.998%         7/21/28     4      4
5 First Student Bidco Inc. Initial Term Loan B, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.000%  7.726%         7/21/28   402    384
5 First Student Bidco Inc. Initial Term Loan C, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.000%  7.726%         7/21/28   152    145
5 Gates Global LLC Initial Dollar Term Loan B-4, TSFR1M + 3.500%  8.307%        11/16/29   249    249
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
5 Hanesbrands Inc. Initial Tranche B Term Loan, TSFR1M + 3.750%  8.474%          3/8/30    55     55
5 Hilton Worldwide Finance LLC Term Loan B-2, TSFR1M + 1.750%  6.642%         6/22/26   300    299
5 McAfee Corp. Tranche B-1 Term Loan, TSFR1M + 3.750%  8.515%          3/1/29   189    178
5 Medline Borrower LP Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 3.250%  8.090%        10/23/28    50     48
5 Mileage Plus Holdings LLC Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 5.250% 10.213%         6/21/27   380    394
5 SBA Senior Finance II LLC Initial Term Loan, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.600%         4/11/25   229    229
5 SkyMiles IP Ltd. Initial Term Loan, 3M USD LIBOR + 3.750%  8.558%        10/20/27   233    241
5 Spirit Aerosystems Inc. Term Loan, TSFR3M + 4.500%  9.176%         1/15/27   202    202
5 SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. Term Loan B-6, TSFR1M + 2.250%  7.157%         3/22/29    20     20
5 SS&C Technologies Holdings Inc. Term Loan B-7, TSFR1M + 2.250%  7.157%         3/22/29    31     31
5 TransDigm Inc. Tranche H Term Loan, TSFR3M + 3.250%  8.148%         2/22/27    50     49
5 TransDigm Inc. Tranche I Term Loan, TSFR3M + 3.250%  8.148%         8/24/28   400    399
5 Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Inc. Term Loan B, 1M USD LIBOR + 1.750%  6.590%         5/30/25    88     88
                                   4,260
Total Floating Rate Loan Interests (Cost $4,435) 4,409
Sovereign Bonds (15.6%)
Chile (0.5%)
3,4 Corp. Nacional del Cobre de Chile  5.125%          2/2/33   400    403
Colombia (1.2%)
Ecopetrol SA  8.875%         1/13/33   300    304
3 Republic of Colombia  4.500%         3/15/29   350    310
3 Republic of Colombia  8.000%         4/20/33   430    442
                                   1,056
Costa Rica (0.2%)
3,4,6 Republic of Costa Rica  6.550%          4/3/34   200    201
Dominican Republic (1.0%)
3 Dominican Republic  6.000%         7/19/28   500    489
3 Dominican Republic  4.500%         1/30/30   150    131
3,4 Dominican Republic  7.050%          2/3/31   300    303
                                     923
Ecuador (0.1%)
3 Republic of Ecuador  2.500%         7/31/35   180     60
3 Republic of Ecuador  1.500%         7/31/40    95     28
                                      88
Egypt (0.4%)
3 Arab Republic of Egypt  8.700%          3/1/49   450    264
3 Arab Republic of Egypt  8.750%         9/30/51   200    118
                                     382
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
El Salvador (0.1%)
3 Republic of El Salvador  8.625%         2/28/29    85     46
3 Republic of El Salvador  9.500%         7/15/52   150     78
                                     124
Gabon (0.2%)
3 Gabonese Republic  7.000%        11/24/31   200    154
Guatemala (0.6%)
3 Republic of Guatemala  5.250%         8/10/29   500    489
Honduras (0.2%)
3 Republic of Honduras  6.250%         1/19/27   150    135
Indonesia (0.2%)
3 Perusahaan Perseroan Persero PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara  3.875%         7/17/29   200    183
Israel (0.4%)
State of Israel  4.500%         1/17/33   400    398
Mexico (2.4%)
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.500%          6/2/41    31     21
Petroleos Mexicanos  5.625%         1/23/46   800    475
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.750%         9/21/47   459    298
Petroleos Mexicanos  6.350%         2/12/48    69     43
3 United Mexican States  5.400%          2/9/28   535    551
3 United Mexican States  2.659%         5/24/31   650    544
3,7 United Mexican States 10.000%        11/20/36 2,600    157
3,7 United Mexican States  8.500%        11/18/38 1,500     79
                                   2,168
Morocco (0.3%)
3,4 Kingdom of Morocco  6.500%          9/8/33   290    300
Nigeria (0.3%)
3 Federal Republic of Nigeria  7.375%         9/28/33   200    142
3 Federal Republic of Nigeria  7.625%        11/28/47   200    128
                                     270
Oman (0.5%)
3 Oman Government Bond  6.750%         1/17/48   430    408
Panama (0.7%)
3 Republic of Panama  2.252%         9/29/32   600    460
3 Republic of Panama  4.300%         4/29/53   200    147
                                     607
Peru (0.9%)
3 Petroleos del Peru SA  5.625%         6/19/47   550    356
3 Republic of Peru  2.783%         1/23/31   545    466
                                     822
Philippines (0.5%)
Republic of the Philippines  2.457%          5/5/30   500    433
Poland (0.7%)
3,8 Republic of Poland  4.250%         2/14/43   200    210
3,6 Republic of Poland  5.500%          4/4/53   400    408
                                     618
Romania (0.4%)
3,8 Republic of Romania  1.750%         7/13/30   500    398
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      Coupon Maturity
Date
Face
Amount
($000)
Market
Value

($000)
Saudi Arabia (1.4%)
3,4 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  4.750%         1/18/28   850    862
3,4 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia  5.000%         1/18/53   200    187
3 Saudi Arabian Oil Co.  3.500%         4/16/29   220    206
                                   1,255
Senegal (0.5%)
3 Republic of Senegal  6.250%         5/23/33   235    189
3 Republic of Senegal  6.750%         3/13/48   350    243
                                     432
Serbia (0.2%)
3,4 Serbia International Bond  6.500%         9/26/33   200    199
South Africa (1.4%)
Republic of South Africa  4.300%        10/12/28   400    360
Republic of South Africa  4.850%         9/30/29   600    540
Republic of South Africa  5.875%         4/20/32   220    201
Republic of South Africa  5.750%         9/30/49   200    147
                                   1,248
Turkey (0.2%)
Republic of Turkey  5.750%         5/11/47   200    143
Ukraine (0.1%)
3,9 Ukraine Government Bond  7.375%         9/25/34   300     52
Total Sovereign Bonds (Cost $14,543) 13,889
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      Coupon   Shares Market
Value

($000)
Temporary Cash Investments (0.6%)
Money Market Fund (0.6%)
10 Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund
(Cost $580)
 4.839%                 5,801       580
Total Investments (98.3%) (Cost $89,007)   87,387
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net (1.7%)   1,485
Net Assets (100%)   88,872
Cost is in $000.
See Note A in Notes to Financial Statements.
1 Securities with a value of $110,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open futures contracts.
2 Securities with a value of $92,000 have been segregated as initial margin for open centrally cleared swap contracts.
3 The average or expected maturity is shorter than the final maturity shown because of the possibility of interim principal payments and prepayments or the possibility of the issue being called.
4 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2023, the aggregate value was $29,862,000, representing 33.6% of net assets.
5 Variable-rate security; rate shown is effective rate at period end. Certain variable-rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions.
6 Includes securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis for which the fund has not taken delivery as of March 31, 2023.
7 Face amount denominated in Mexican pesos.
8 Face amount denominated in euro.
9 Non-income-producing security—security in default.
10 Affiliated money market fund available only to Vanguard funds and certain trusts and accounts managed by Vanguard. Rate shown is the 7-day yield.
  1M—1-month.
  3M—3-month.
  DAC—Designated Activity Company.
  LIBOR—London Interbank Offered Rate.
  TSFR1M—CME Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate 1-Month.
  TSFR3M—CME Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate 3-Month.
  USD—U.S. dollar.
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund

Derivative Financial Instruments Outstanding as of Period End

Futures Contracts
      ($000)
  Expiration Number of
Long (Short)
Contracts
Notional
Amount
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures Contracts
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 23 4,749 49
10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 12 1,379 (1)
Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 8 1,049 26
Ultra 10-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 2 242
Ultra Long U.S. Treasury Bond June 2023 9 1,270 17
        91
 
Short Futures Contracts
5-Year U.S. Treasury Note June 2023 (44) (4,818) (74)
Euro-Bund June 2023 (2) (295) (11)
Euro-Buxl June 2023 (1) (153) (9)
        (94)
        (3)
    
Forward Currency Contracts
  Contract
Settlement
Date
Contract Amount (000) Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Counterparty   Receive   Deliver
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 EUR 24 USD 26
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 5 USD 5
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 EUR 4 USD 4
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 6/21/23 USD 332 EUR 309 (6)
Barclays Bank plc 6/21/23 USD 310 EUR 290 (6)
Credit Agricole CIB 6/21/23 USD 8 EUR 8
BNP Paribas 6/21/23 USD 230 MXN 4,220 (1)
            (13)
EUR—euro.
MXN—Mexican peso.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps
Reference Entity Termination
Date
  Notional
Amount
(000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold
CDX-NA-HY-S39-V1 12/20/27 USD 435 5.000 3 7
CDX-NA-HY-S40-V1 6/20/28 USD 430 5.000 3 1
CDX-NA-IG-S40-V1 6/20/28 USD 1,950 1.000 29 8
            16
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
USD—U.S. dollar.
    
Over-the-Counter Credit Default Swaps
Reference
Entity
Termination
Date
Counterparty Notional
Amount
($000)
Periodic
Premium
Received
(Paid)1
(%)
Value
($000)
Remaining
Up-Front
Premium
Paid
(Received)
($000)
Unrealized
Appreciation
($000)
Unrealized
(Depreciation)
($000)
Credit Protection Sold/Moody's Rating
AT&T Inc./Baa2 12/20/23 BARC 60 1.000
AT&T Inc./Baa2 12/20/23 BARC 10 1.000
Republic of the Philippines/Baa1 6/20/28 GSI 560 1.000 2 (2) 4
          2 (2) 4
1 Periodic premium received/paid quarterly.
BARC—Barclays Bank plc.
GSI—Goldman Sachs International.
The notional amount represents the maximum potential amount the fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection if the reference entity was subject to a credit event.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
As of March 31, 2023
($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Assets  
Investments in Securities, at Value  
Unaffiliated Issuers (Cost $88,427) 86,807
Affiliated Issuers (Cost $580) 580
Total Investments in Securities 87,387
Investment in Vanguard 3
Cash 53
Foreign Currency, at Value (Cost $10) 10
Receivables for Investment Securities Sold 1,595
Receivables for Accrued Income 951
Receivables for Capital Shares Issued 774
Swap Premiums Paid
Variation Margin Receivable—Futures Contracts 6
Variation Margin Receivable—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts 4
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 4
Total Assets 90,787
Liabilities  
Payables for Investment Securities Purchased 1,784
Payables for Capital Shares Redeemed 33
Payables for Distributions 71
Payables to Vanguard 12
Swap Premiums Received 2
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 13
Total Liabilities 1,915
Net Assets 88,872
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (continued)


At March 31, 2023, net assets consisted of:

($000s, except shares, footnotes, and per-share amounts) Amount
Paid-in Capital 92,244
Total Distributable Earnings (Loss) (3,372)
Net Assets 88,872
 
Investor Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 1,550,645 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
13,623
Net Asset Value Per Share—Investor Shares $8.79
 
Admiral Shares—Net Assets  
Applicable to 4,282,354 outstanding $.001 par value shares of
beneficial interest (unlimited authorization)
75,249
Net Asset Value Per Share—Admiral Shares $17.57
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Statement of Operations
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  ($000)
Investment Income  
Income  
Interest1 1,171
Total Income 1,171
Expenses  
The Vanguard Group—Note B  
Management and Administrative—Investor Shares 5
Management and Administrative—Admiral Shares 45
Custodian Fees 7
Shareholders’ Reports—Investor Shares
Shareholders’ Reports—Admiral Shares 9
Trustees’ Fees and Expenses
Professional Services 4
Other Expenses 3
Total Expenses 73
Expense Reduction—Note C (8)
Net Expenses 65
Net Investment Income 1,106
Realized Net Gain (Loss)  
Investment Securities Sold1 (686)
Futures Contracts (19)
Swap Contracts 38
Forward Currency Contracts (24)
Foreign Currencies 8
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (683)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)  
Investment Securities1 1,562
Futures Contracts 32
Swap Contracts 25
Forward Currency Contracts (17)
Foreign Currencies
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 1,602
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 2,025
1 Interest income, realized net gain (loss), capital gain distributions received, and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) from an affiliated company of the fund were $36,000, $2,000, less than $1,000, and less than $1,000, respectively. Purchases and sales are for temporary cash investment purposes.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
  Six Months Ended
March 31,
2023
  October 12,
20211 to
September 30,
2022
  ($000)   ($000)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets      
Operations      
Net Investment Income 1,106   774
Realized Net Gain (Loss) (683)   (1,028)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) 1,602   (3,218)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations 2,025   (3,472)
Distributions      
Investor Shares (123)   (32)
Admiral Shares (991)   (779)
Total Distributions (1,114)   (811)
Capital Share Transactions      
Investor Shares 12,753   1,031
Admiral Shares 53,680   24,780
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions 66,433   25,811
Total Increase (Decrease) 67,344   21,528
Net Assets      
Beginning of Period 21,528  
End of Period 88,872   21,528
1 Inception.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
Investor Shares    
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
October 12,
20211 to
September 30,
2022
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $8.32 $10.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income2 .233 .296
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .444 (1.665)
Total from Investment Operations .677 (1.369)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.207) (.294)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.017)
Total Distributions (.207) (.311)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $8.79 $8.32
Total Return3 8.20% -13.94%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $14 $1
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.40% 0.40%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 5.37% 3.30%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 50% 118%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
4 Annualized.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund
Financial Highlights
Admiral Shares    
For a Share Outstanding
Throughout Each Period
Six Months
Ended
March 31,
2023
October 12,
20211 to
September 30,
2022
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period $16.63 $20.00
Investment Operations    
Net Investment Income2 .453 .611
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments .910 (3.341)
Total from Investment Operations 1.363 (2.730)
Distributions    
Dividends from Net Investment Income (.423) (.606)
Distributions from Realized Capital Gains (.034)
Total Distributions (.423) (.640)
Net Asset Value, End of Period $17.57 $16.63
Total Return3 8.26% -13.91%
Ratios/Supplemental Data    
Net Assets, End of Period (Millions) $75 $21
Ratio of Total Expenses to Average Net Assets 0.30% 0.30%4
Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets 5.23% 3.40%4
Portfolio Turnover Rate 50% 118%
The expense ratio and net investment income ratio for the current period have been annualized.
1 Inception.
2 Calculated based on average shares outstanding.
3 Total returns do not include account service fees that may have applied in the periods shown. Fund prospectuses provide information about any applicable account service fees.
4 Annualized.
See accompanying Notes, which are an integral part of the Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
Vanguard Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The fund offers two classes of shares: Investor Shares and Admiral Shares. Each of the share classes has different eligibility and minimum purchase requirements, and is designed for different types of investors.
Certain of the fund's investments are in corporate debt instruments; the issuers' abilities to meet their obligations may be affected by economic developments in their respective industries. The fund invests in securities of foreign issuers, which may subject it to investment risks not normally associated with investing in securities of U.S. corporations. To minimize the currency risk associated with investment in securities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the fund attempts to hedge its currency exposure. Significant market disruptions, such as those caused by pandemics (e.g., COVID-19 pandemic), natural or environmental disasters, war (e.g., Russia's invasion of Ukraine), acts of terrorism, or other events, can adversely affect local and global markets and normal market operations. Any such disruptions could have an adverse impact on the value of the fund's investments and fund performance.
A.  The following significant accounting policies conform to generally accepted accounting principles for U.S. investment companies. The fund consistently follows such policies in preparing its financial statements.
1. Security Valuation: Securities are valued as of the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (generally 4 p.m., Eastern time) on the valuation date. Bonds and temporary cash investments are valued using the latest bid prices or using valuations based on a matrix system (which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings), both as furnished by independent pricing services. Investments in Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund are valued at that fund's net asset value. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or whose values have been affected by events occurring before the fund's pricing time but after the close of the securities’ primary markets, are valued by methods deemed by the valuation designee to represent fair value and subject to oversight by the board of trustees.
2. Foreign Currency: Securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the fund’s pricing time on the valuation date. Realized gains (losses) and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investment securities include the effects of changes in exchange rates since the securities were purchased, combined with the effects of changes in security prices. Fluctuations in the value of other assets and liabilities resulting from changes in exchange rates are recorded as unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) until the assets or liabilities are settled in cash, at which time they are recorded as realized foreign currency gains (losses).
3. Floating Rate Loan Interests: Floating rate loan interests represent interests in amounts owed by corporate or other borrowers. These instruments may be in the form of loans, trade claims or other receivables and may include standby financing commitments such as revolving credit facilities that obligate the fund to supply additional cash to the borrower on demand. Floating rate loan interests may be made directly with a borrower or acquired through assignment or participation. The fund's right to enforce a borrower’s compliance with the terms of the loan agreement, or benefit directly from the collateral supporting the loan, varies when the loan is a direct borrowing, an assignment, or a participation. Floating rate loan interests involve various risks including risk of loss in case of default, insolvency, or the bankruptcy of the borrower and are generally subject to restrictions on transfer with limited opportunities to sell them in secondary markets. The fund may also invest in loan commitments, which are contractual obligations for a
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future funding. The fund may earn a commitment fee on any unfunded portion of these commitments which is amortized to interest income over the commitment period. Both the funded portion of a floating rate loan interest as well as its unfunded commitment, if any, is reflected on the Schedule of Investments.
4. Futures Contracts: The fund uses futures contracts to invest in fixed income asset classes with greater efficiency and lower cost than is possible through direct investment, to add value when these instruments are attractively priced, or to adjust sensitivity to changes in interest rates. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are imperfect correlation between changes in market values of bonds held by the fund and the prices of futures contracts, and the possibility of an illiquid market. Counterparty risk involving futures is mitigated because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades futures contracts on an exchange, monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers and clearinghouse, and has entered into clearing agreements with its clearing brokers. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund’s performance and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. Any securities pledged as initial margin for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Futures contracts are valued at their quoted daily settlement prices. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on futures contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investments in long and short futures contracts represented 7% and 3% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
5. Forward Currency Contracts: The fund enters into forward currency contracts to protect the value of securities and related receivables and payables against changes in future foreign exchange rates. The fund’s risks in using these contracts include movement in the values of the foreign currencies relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparties to fulfill their obligations under the contracts. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into forward currency contracts only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. The master netting arrangements provide that, in the event of a counterparty’s default (including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate the forward currency contracts, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The forward currency contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund’s net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the forward currency contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
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Forward currency contracts are valued at their quoted daily prices obtained from an independent third party, adjusted for currency risk based on the expiration date of each contract. The notional amounts of the contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Fluctuations in the value of the contracts are recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the contracts are closed, when they are recorded as realized gains (losses) on forward currency contracts.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund’s average investment in forward currency contracts represented 2% of net assets, based on the average of the notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
6. Swap Contracts: The fund invests in credit default swaps to adjust the overall credit risk of the fund or to actively overweight or underweight credit risk to a specific issuer or group of issuers. The fund may sell credit protection through credit default swaps to simulate investments in long positions that are either unavailable or considered to be less attractively priced in the bond market. The fund may purchase credit protection through credit default swaps to reduce credit exposure to a given issuer or issuers. Under the terms of the swaps, an up-front payment may be exchanged between the seller and buyer. In addition, the seller of the credit protection receives a periodic payment of premium from the buyer that is a fixed percentage applied to a notional amount. If, for example, the reference entity is subject to a credit event (such as bankruptcy, failure to pay, or obligation acceleration) during the term of the swap, the seller agrees to either physically settle or cash settle the swap contract. If the swap is physically settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer an amount equal to the notional amount and take delivery of a debt instrument of the reference issuer with a par amount equal to such notional amount. If the swap is cash settled, the seller agrees to pay the buyer the difference between the notional amount and the final price for the relevant debt instrument, as determined either in a market auction or pursuant to a pre-agreed-upon valuation procedure.
The fund enters into centrally cleared credit default swaps to achieve the same objectives specified with respect to the equivalent over-the-counter swaps but with less counterparty risk because a regulated clearinghouse is the counterparty instead of the clearing broker or executing broker. The clearinghouse imposes initial margin requirements to secure the fund's performance, and requires daily settlement of variation margin representing changes in the market value of each contract. To further mitigate counterparty risk, the fund trades with a diverse group of prequalified executing brokers; monitors the financial strength of its clearing brokers, executing brokers, and clearinghouse; and has entered into agreements with its clearing brokers and executing brokers.
The primary risk associated with selling credit protection is that, upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the market value of the debt instrument received by the fund (or, in a cash settled swap, the debt instruments used to determine the settlement payment by the fund) will be significantly less than the amount paid by the fund and, in a physically settled swap, the fund may receive an illiquid debt instrument. A risk associated with all types of swaps is the possibility that a counterparty may default on its obligation to pay net amounts due to the fund. The fund’s maximum amount subject to counterparty risk is the unrealized appreciation on the swap contract. The fund mitigates its counterparty risk by entering into swaps only with a diverse group of prequalified counterparties, monitoring their financial strength, entering into master netting arrangements with its counterparties, and requiring its counterparties to transfer collateral as security for their performance. In the absence of a default, the collateral pledged or received by the fund cannot be repledged, resold, or rehypothecated. In the event of a counterparty’s default
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(including bankruptcy), the fund may terminate any swap contracts with that counterparty, determine the net amount owed by either party in accordance with its master netting arrangements, and sell or retain any collateral held up to the net amount owed to the fund under the master netting arrangements. The swap contracts contain provisions whereby a counterparty may terminate open contracts if the fund's net assets decline below a certain level, triggering a payment by the fund if the fund is in a net liability position at the time of the termination. The payment amount would be reduced by any collateral the fund has pledged. Any securities pledged as collateral for open contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments. The value of collateral received or pledged is compared daily to the value of the swap contracts exposure with each counterparty, and any difference, if in excess of a specified minimum transfer amount, is adjusted and settled within two business days.
The notional amounts of swap contracts are not recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Swaps are valued daily based on market quotations received from independent pricing services or recognized dealers and the change in value is recorded in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset (liability) and in the Statement of Operations as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) until the seller of credit protection is required to take delivery (or, in a cash settled swap, pay the settlement amount determined) upon occurrence of a credit event, periodic payments are made, or the swap terminates, at which time realized gain (loss) is recorded. The net premium to be received or paid by the fund under swap contracts is accrued daily and recorded as realized gain (loss) over the life of the contract.
During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund's average amounts of investments in credit protection sold and credit protection purchased represented 7% and 0% of net assets, respectively, based on the average of notional amounts at each quarter-end during the period.
7. Federal Income Taxes: The fund intends to qualify as a regulated investment company and distribute virtually all of its taxable income. The fund’s tax returns are open to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return. Management has analyzed the fund’s tax positions taken for all open federal and state income tax years, and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the fund’s financial statements.
8. Distributions: Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Distributions are determined on a tax basis at the fiscal year-end and may differ from net investment income and realized capital gains for financial reporting purposes.
9. Credit Facilities and Interfund Lending Program: The fund and certain other funds managed by The Vanguard Group ("Vanguard") participate in a $4.3 billion committed credit facility provided by a syndicate of lenders pursuant to a credit agreement and an uncommitted credit facility provided by Vanguard. Both facilities may be renewed annually. Each fund is individually liable for its borrowings, if any, under the credit facilities. Borrowings may be utilized for temporary or emergency purposes and are subject to the fund’s regulatory and contractual borrowing restrictions. With respect to the committed credit facility, the participating funds are charged administrative fees and an annual commitment fee of 0.10% of the undrawn committed amount of the facility, which are allocated to the funds based on a method approved by the fund’s board of trustees and included in Management and Administrative expenses on the fund’s Statement of Operations. Any borrowings under either facility bear interest at an agreed-upon spread plus the higher of the federal funds effective rate, the overnight bank funding rate, or the Daily Simple
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Secured Overnight Financing Rate inclusive of an additional agreed-upon spread. However, borrowings under the uncommitted credit facility may bear interest based upon an alternate rate agreed to by the fund and Vanguard.
In accordance with an exemptive order (the “Order”) from the SEC, the fund may participate in a joint lending and borrowing program that allows registered open-end Vanguard funds to borrow money from and lend money to each other for temporary or emergency purposes (the “Interfund Lending Program”), subject to compliance with the terms and conditions of the Order, and to the extent permitted by the fund’s investment objective and investment policies. Interfund loans and borrowings normally extend overnight but can have a maximum duration of seven days. Loans may be called on one business day’s notice. The interest rate to be charged is governed by the conditions of the Order and internal procedures adopted by the board of trustees. The board of trustees is responsible for overseeing the Interfund Lending Program.
For the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund did not utilize the credit facilities or the Interfund Lending Program.
10. Other: Interest income includes income distributions received from Vanguard Market Liquidity Fund and is accrued daily. Premiums and discounts on debt securities are amortized and accreted, respectively, to interest income over the lives of the respective securities, except for premiums on certain callable debt securities that are amortized to the earliest call date. Security transactions are accounted for on the date securities are bought or sold. Costs used to determine realized gains (losses) on the sale of investment securities are those of the specific securities sold.
Each class of shares has equal rights as to assets and earnings, except that each class separately bears certain class-specific expenses related to maintenance of shareholder accounts (included in Management and Administrative expenses) and shareholder reporting. Marketing and distribution expenses are allocated to each class of shares based on a method approved by the board of trustees. Income, other non-class-specific expenses, and gains and losses on investments are allocated to each class of shares based on its relative net assets.
B.  In accordance with the terms of a Funds’ Service Agreement (the “FSA”) between Vanguard and the fund, Vanguard furnishes to the fund investment advisory, corporate management, administrative, marketing, and distribution services at Vanguard’s cost of operations (as defined by the FSA). These costs of operations are allocated to the fund based on methods and guidelines approved by the board of trustees and are generally settled twice a month.
Upon the request of Vanguard, the fund may invest up to 0.40% of its net assets as capital in Vanguard. At March 31, 2023, the fund had contributed to Vanguard capital in the amount of $3,000, representing less than 0.01% of the fund’s net assets and less than 0.01% of Vanguard’s capital received pursuant to the FSA. The fund’s trustees and officers are also directors and employees, respectively, of Vanguard.
C.  Pursuant to the terms of an agreement with a third-party service provider applicable to newly launched funds, shareholder reporting expenses of $8,000 (0.04%, on an annualized basis, of the fund's average net assets) were contractually reduced during the period.
D.  Various inputs may be used to determine the value of the fund’s investments and derivatives. These inputs are summarized in three broad levels for financial statement purposes. The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
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Level 1—Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3—Significant unobservable inputs (including the fund’s own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments). Any investments and derivatives valued with significant unobservable inputs are noted on the Schedule of Investments.
The following table summarizes the market value of the fund's investments and derivatives as of March 31, 2023, based on the inputs used to value them:
  Level 1
($000)
Level 2
($000)
Level 3
($000)
Total
($000)
Investments        
Assets        
U.S. Government and Agency Obligations 6,146 6,146
Corporate Bonds 62,363 62,363
Floating Rate Loan Interests 4,409 4,409
Sovereign Bonds 13,889 13,889
Temporary Cash Investments 580 580
Total 580 86,807 87,387
Derivative Financial Instruments        
Assets        
Futures Contracts1 92 92
Forward Currency Contracts
Swap Contracts 161 4 20
Total 108 4 112
Liabilities        
Futures Contracts1 95 95
Forward Currency Contracts 13 13
Swap Contracts
Total 95 13 108
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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E.  At March 31, 2023, the fair values of derivatives were reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as follows:
Statement of Assets and Liabilities Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Swap Premiums Paid
Unrealized Appreciation—Futures Contracts1 92 92
Unrealized Appreciation—Centrally Cleared Swap Contracts1 16 16
Unrealized Appreciation—Forward Currency Contracts
Unrealized Appreciation—Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts 4 4
Total Assets 92 20 112
         
Swap Premiums Received 2 2
Unrealized Depreciation—Futures Contracts1 95 95
Unrealized Depreciation—Forward Currency Contracts 13 13
Total Liabilities 95 13 2 110
1 Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts and centrally cleared swaps, if any, as reported in the Schedule of Investments. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
Realized net gain (loss) and the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives for the six months ended March 31, 2023, were:
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Interest
Rate
Contracts
($000)
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
($000)
Credit
Contracts
($000)
Total
($000)
Futures Contracts (19) (19)
Swap Contracts 38 38
Forward Currency Contracts (24) (24)
Realized Net Gain (Loss) on Derivatives (19) (24) 38 (5)
 
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives
Futures Contracts 32 32
Swap Contracts 25 25
Forward Currency Contracts (17) (17)
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives 32 (17) 25 40
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F.  As of March 31, 2023, gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments and derivatives based on cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes were as follows:
  Amount
($000)
Tax Cost 89,056
Gross Unrealized Appreciation 807
Gross Unrealized Depreciation (2,474)
Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (1,667)
G.  During the six months ended March 31, 2023, the fund purchased $74,930,000 of investment securities and sold $13,925,000 of investment securities, other than U.S. government securities and temporary cash investments. Purchases and sales of U.S. government securities were $12,970,000 and $8,379,000, respectively.
H.  Capital share transactions for each class of shares were:
  Six Months Ended
March 31, 2023
  October 12, 20211 to
September 30, 2022
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
  Amount
($000)
Shares
(000)
Investor Shares          
Issued 14,501 1,647   1,000 100
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 95 11   32 3
Redeemed (1,843) (210)   (1)
Net Increase (Decrease)—Investor Shares 12,753 1,448   1,031 103
Admiral Shares          
Issued 61,439 3,485   24,001 1,200
Issued in Lieu of Cash Distributions 892 51   779 42
Redeemed (8,651) (496)  
Net Increase (Decrease)—Admiral Shares 53,680 3,040   24,780 1,242
1 Inception.
I.  Management has determined that no events or transactions occurred subsequent to March 31, 2023, that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
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Trustees Approve Advisory Arrangement
The board of trustees of Vanguard Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund has renewed the fund’s investment advisory arrangement with The Vanguard Group, Inc. (Vanguard), through its Fixed Income Group. The board determined that continuing the fund’s internalized management structure was in the best interests of the fund and its shareholders.
The board based its decision upon an evaluation of the advisor’s investment staff, portfolio management process, and performance. This evaluation included information provided to the board by Vanguard’s Portfolio Review Department, which is responsible for fund and advisor oversight and product management. The Portfolio Review Department met regularly with the advisor and made monthly presentations to the board during the fiscal year that directed the board’s focus to relevant information and topics.
The board, or an investment committee made up of board members, also received information throughout the year during advisor presentations. For each advisor presentation, the board was provided with letters and reports that included information about, among other things, the advisory firm and the advisor’s assessment of the investment environment, portfolio performance, and portfolio characteristics.
In addition, the board received periodic reports, which included information about the fund’s performance relative to its peers and benchmark, as applicable, and updates, as needed, on the Portfolio Review Department’s ongoing assessment of the advisor.
Prior to their meeting, the trustees were provided with a memo and materials that summarized the information they received over the course of the year. The board also considered the factors discussed below, among others. However, no single factor determined whether the board approved the arrangement. Rather, it was the totality of the circumstances that drove the board’s decisions.
Nature, extent, and quality of services
The board reviewed the quality of the investment management services provided to the fund since its inception in 2021; it also took into account the organizational depth and stability of the advisor. The board considered that Vanguard has been managing investments for more than four decades. The Fixed Income Group adheres to a sound, disciplined investment management process; the team has considerable experience, stability, and depth.
The board concluded that Vanguard’s experience, stability, depth, and performance, among other factors, warranted continuation of the advisory arrangement.
Investment performance
The board considered the fund’s performance since its inception in 2021, including any periods of outperformance or underperformance compared with a relevant benchmark index and peer group. The board concluded that the performance was such that the advisory arrangement should continue.
Cost
The board concluded that the fund’s expense ratio was below the average expense ratio charged by funds in its peer group and that the fund’s advisory expenses were also below the peer-group average.
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The board does not conduct a profitability analysis of Vanguard because of Vanguard’s unique structure. Unlike most other mutual fund management companies, Vanguard is owned by the funds it oversees.
The benefit of economies of scale
The board concluded that the fund’s arrangement with Vanguard ensures that the fund will realize economies of scale as it grows, with the cost to shareholders declining as fund assets increase.
The board will consider whether to renew the advisory arrangement again after a one-year period.
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Liquidity Risk Management
Vanguard funds (except for the money market funds) have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the fund’s liquidity risk, which is the risk that the fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the fund.
Assessment and management of a fund’s liquidity risk under the Program take into consideration certain factors, such as the fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the Program includes policies and procedures for classification of fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The board of trustees of Vanguard Malvern Funds approved the appointment of liquidity risk management program administrators responsible for administering Vanguard Multi-Sector Income Bond Fund’s Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the Program, including reporting to the board on at least an annual basis regarding the Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the Program operated and was implemented effectively to manage the fund’s liquidity risk.
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Item 4: Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

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Item 6: Investments.

 

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Not applicable.

 

Item 11: Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive and Financial Officers concluded that the Registrant’s Disclosure Controls and Procedures are effective based on their evaluation of the Disclosure Controls and Procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

(b) Internal Control Over Financial Reporting. There were no significant changes in the Registrant’s Internal Control Over Financial Reporting or in other factors that could significantly affect this control subsequent to the date of the evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses.

 

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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.

 

  VANGUARD Malvern FUNDS  
     
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*  
  MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY  
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  

 

Date: May 19, 2023

 

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.

 

  VANGUARD Malvern FUNDS  
     
BY: /s/ MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY*  
  MORTIMER J. BUCKLEY  
  CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER  

 

Date: May 19, 2023

 

  VANGUARD Malvern FUNDS  
     
BY: /s/ CHRISTINE BUCHANAN*  
  CHRISTINE BUCHANAN  
  CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER  

 

Date: May 19, 2023

 

* By: /s/ Anne E. Robinson  

 

Anne E. Robinson, pursuant to a Power of Attorney  filed on March 29, 2023 (see File Number 2-11444), Incorporated by Reference.