UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIONWASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549










FORM
10-K










|☒  | ANNUAL REPORT
    PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2017                                                 
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|☐  | TRANSITION
                    REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
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        THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
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        THE TRANSITION PERIOD FROM        TO
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Commission
File Number of issuing entity: 001-32848Central Index Key Number of issuing entity:  
0001356284STRATS TRUST FOR GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP SECURITIES,
SERIES 2006-2(Exact name of issuing entity as specified in its
charter)



Commission
File Number of depositor and sponsor: 001-31818Central Index Key number of depositor and sponsor:  
0001140396SYNTHETIC FIXED-INCOME SECURITIES, INC.(Exact name of depositor and sponsor as specified
in its charter)



|New York
    (State of incorporation or organization
    of the issuing entity)                                             | 26-6115259
    (IRS Employer Identification No.)
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|                                                                                                                            |                                                 
|One Wells Fargo Center
    301 S. College Street
    Charlotte, North Carolina
    (Address of principal executive offices) | 28288
    (Zip Code)                            
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SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANTTO SECTION 12(b) OF THE ACT:



|Title of Class                      |  | Name
    of  Registered Exchange     
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|                                    |  |                                      
|STRATS  Certificates, Series 2006-2 |  | New York  Stock
    Exchange (“NYSE”)



SECURITIES
REGISTERED PURSUANTTO SECTION 12(g) OF THE ACT: NONE



Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.

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Yes ☒  No



Indicate
by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.

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Yes ☒  No



Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports),
and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.

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Yes ☐ No



Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive
Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).

☒ 
Yes ☐ No



Indicate
by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§ 229.405 of this chapter) is not
contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements
incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.

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Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller
reporting company. See definition of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller
reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.



Large accelerated filer ☐         Accelerated filer ☐         Non-accelerated filer ☒         Smaller Reporting Company ☐



Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

☐
Yes ☒  No



State
the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price
at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, as of the last business day
of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter.



Not
applicable.



DOCUMENTS
INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE



List
hereunder the following documents if incorporated by reference and the part of the Form 10-K (e.g., Part I, Part II, etc.) into
which the document is incorporated: (1) Any annual report to security holders; (2) Any proxy information statement; and, (3) Any
prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) or (c) under the Securities Act of 1933. The listed documents should be clearly described
for identification purposes (e.g., annual report to security holders for fiscal year ended December 24, 1980).



None.




















PART
I



The
following Items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:



Item
1. Business.



Item
IA. Risk Factors.



Item
2. Properties.



Item
3. Legal Proceedings.



Item
1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.



Not
Applicable.



Item
4. Mine Safety Disclosures.



Not
Applicable.



PART
II



The
following Items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:



Item
5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.



Item
6. Selected Financial Data.



Item
7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.



Item
7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.



Item
8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.



Item
9. Changes in and Disagreement with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.



Item
9A. Controls and Procedures.



Item
9B. Other Information.



None.



PART
III



The
following Items have been omitted in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:



Item
10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.



Item
11. Executive Compensation.





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Item
12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.



Item
13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.



Item
14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.



Substitute
information provided in accordance with General Instruction J to Form 10-K:



Item
1112(b) of Regulation AB. Significant Obligors of Pool Assets (Financial Information).



The
Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the issuer of the underlying securities, is subject to the information reporting requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”). For information on The Goldman Sachs Group Inc. please see its
periodic and current reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) under its Exchange
Act file number, 001-14965. The Commission maintains a site on the World Wide Web at “http://www.sec.gov” at which
users can view and download copies of reports, proxy and information statements and other information filed electronically through
the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system, or “EDGAR.” Periodic and current reports and other information
required to be filed pursuant to the Exchange Act by The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. may be accessed on this site. Neither Synthetic
Fixed-Income Securities, Inc. nor the Trustee has participated in the preparation of such reporting documents, or made any due
diligence investigation with respect to the information provided therein. Neither Synthetic Fixed-Income Securities, Inc. nor
the Trustee has verified the accuracy or completeness of such documents or reports. There can be no assurance that events affecting
the issuer of the underlying securities or the underlying securities themselves have not occurred or have not yet been publicly
disclosed which would affect the accuracy or completeness of the publicly available documents described above.



Item
1114(b)(2) of Regulation AB. Credit Enhancement and Other Support, Except for Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).



None.



Item
1115(b) of Regulation AB. Certain Derivatives Instruments (Financial Information).



None.



Item
1117 of Regulation AB. Legal Proceedings.



There
are no legal proceedings pending, or any proceedings known to be contemplated, by governmental authorities against the depositor,
the Trustee or the issuing entity, or any property thereof, that is material to the holders of the Certificates.



Item
1119 of Regulation AB. Affiliations and Certain Relationships and Related Transactions.



In
accordance with the Instruction to Item 1119, affiliations and certain relationships and related transactions are described below
in response to this item.



Wells
Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo Bank”), as successor to Wachovia Bank, National Association, is the
“Swap Counterparty” with respect to its obligations under the ISDA Master Agreement including the Schedule thereto
and a confirmation thereunder, by and among the Swap Counterparty and the issuing entity, dated as of March 31, 2006.  Wells
Fargo Bank is an affiliate of Synthetic Fixed-Income Securities, Inc., the sponsor of the issuing entity and the depositor of
the issuing entity and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC (formerly known as Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC), who acted as an underwriter
of the Certificates issued by the issuing entity.





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The
Trustee is unaffiliated with, but may have normal banking relationships with, the sponsor, the depositor and their respective
affiliates.



Item
1122 of Regulation AB. Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria.



The
Trustee has been identified as a party participating in the servicing function during the reporting period with respect to the
pool assets held by the issuing entity. The Trustee’s report on an assessment of compliance with the servicing criteria
applicable to it during the Issuing Entity’s fiscal year ending December 31, 2017 and an attestation report by a registered
independent public accounting firm regarding the Trustee’s related report on assessment are attached as exhibits to this
Form 10-K.



Except
as disclosed below, neither the report on assessment nor the related attestation report has identified any additional material
instances of noncompliance with the servicing criteria described in the report on assessment as being applicable to the Trustee.
With respect to the exception identified below, the Trustee has identified one instance of noncompliance related to the STRATS
Trust for Goldman Sachs Group Securities, Series 2006-2.



Exception:



The
Trustee’s report on assessment and the related attestation report have identified material noncompliance with one servicing
criterion applicable to the Trustee:



| | ● | Servicing
                                         criterion 1122(d)(3)(i)(A) contemplates that reports to investors, including those to
                                         be filed with the Commission, are maintained in accordance with timeframes and other
                                         terms set forth in the transaction agreements.
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Noncompliance:
During the period, certain reports to investors were not prepared in accordance with the timeframes set forth in the transaction
agreements. These reports contain the information that is also reported on the EDGAR on Form 10-D Distribution Statement.



Remediation:
The Trustee indicates the reports were delivered outside the timeframe set forth in the transaction agreements. Management has
enhanced controls in order to better ensure reports are delivered timely to investors. Reports filed on EDGAR on Form 10-D were
filed timely and as required.



Item
1123 of Regulation AB. Servicer Compliance Statement.



The
Trustee has provided a compliance statement, signed by an authorized officer, attached as an exhibit to this Form 10-K.



PART
IV



Item
15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.



(a)       List
of Documents Filed as Part of this Report.



(1)       Not
Applicable.





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(2)       Not
Applicable.



(3)       See
Item 15 (b), below.



(b)       Exhibits
Required by Item 601 of Regulation S-K.



| | 31.1 | Rule
                                         13a-14/15d-14 Certification (Section 302 Certification).
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| | 33.1 | Report
                                         on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria of The Bank of New York
                                         Mellon for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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| | 34.1 | Independent
                                         Accountants’ Attestation Report concerning servicing activities of The Bank of
                                         New York Mellon for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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| | 35.1 | Compliance
                                         Statement of The Bank of New York Mellon for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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(c)       Omitted.





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SIGNATURES



Pursuant
to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.



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|                      | Synthetic Fixed-Income Securities,
    Inc.
|                      | (Depositor)                                
|                      |                                            
|Dated: March 30, 2018 | By:                                         | /s/ Barbara
    Garafalo                                     
|                      |                                             | Barbara Garafalo                                             
|                      |                                             | Vice President                                               
|                      |                                             | (senior officer
    of depositor in charge of securitization)







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EXHIBIT
INDEX



|EXHIBIT | DESCRIPTION                                                                                                                                     
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|31.1    | Rule 13a-14/15d-14 Certification (Section 302 Certification).                                                                                   
|        |                                                                                                                                                 
|33.1    | Report on Assessment of Compliance with Applicable Servicing Criteria of The Bank of New York Mellon for the year ended December 31, 2017.      
|        |                                                                                                                                                 
|34.1    | Independent Accountants’ Attestation Report concerning servicing activities of The Bank of New York Mellon for the year ended December 31, 2017.
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|35.1    | Servicer Compliance Statement of The Bank of New York Mellon for the year ended December 31, 2017.                                              





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