NPORT-EX 2 hy2.htm NPORT-EX

PIA High Yield Fund
 
Schedule of Investments
 
as of February 29, 2024 (Unaudited)
 
   
COMMON STOCKS - 0.2%
 
Shares
   
Value
 
Building Materials - 0.2%
       
Northwest Hardwoods (c)(d)
   
2,996
   
$
149,800
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $137,017)
     
149,800
 
                 
CORPORATE BONDS - 92.9%
 
Principal
Amount
         
Aerospace/Defense - 1.1%
 
F-Brasile SpA / F-Brasile US LLC, 7.38%, 08/15/2026 (a)
 
$
700,000
     
695,646
 
                 
Agriculture - 1.1%
 
Vector Group Ltd., 5.75%, 02/01/2029 (a)
   
750,000
     
687,855
 
                 
Airlines - 1.1%
 
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / Vista Management Holding, Inc., 6.38%, 02/01/2030 (a)
   
943,000
     
689,861
 
                 
Auto Manufacturers - 1.3%
 
PM General Purchaser LLC, 9.50%, 10/01/2028 (a)
   
800,000
     
808,825
 
                 
Building Materials - 3.5%
 
Eco Material Technologies, Inc., 7.88%, 01/31/2027 (a)
   
775,000
     
774,074
 
MIWD Holdco II LLC / MIWD Finance Corp., 5.50%, 02/01/2030 (a)
   
725,000
     
662,608
 
Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete LLC
 
6.00%, 11/01/2028  (a)
   
650,000
     
631,152
 
8.88%, 11/15/2031 (a)
   
150,000
     
158,967
 
             
2,226,801
 
                 
Chemicals - 10.9%
 
ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc., 5.25%, 09/30/2028 (a)
   
932,000
     
592,464
 
Consolidated Energy Finance SA
 
5.63%, 10/15/2028 (a)
   
725,000
     
589,203
 
12.00%, 02/15/2031 (a)
   
250,000
     
255,833
 
GPD Cos., Inc., 10.13%, 04/01/2026 (a)
   
910,000
     
837,901
 
Herens Holdco Sarl, 4.75%, 05/15/2028 (a)
   
750,000
     
655,959
 
Iris Holdings, Inc., 8.75% (9.50% PIK), 02/15/2026 (a)(f)
   
762,000
     
655,328
 
Mativ Holdings, Inc., 6.88%, 10/01/2026 (a)
   
780,000
     
756,221
 
Polar US Borrower LLC / Schenectady International Group, Inc., 6.75%, 05/15/2026 (a)
   
1,124,000
     
259,903
 
Rain Carbon, Inc., 12.25%, 09/01/2029 (a)
   
755,000
     
756,041
 
SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc.
 
4.88%, 05/01/2028 (a)
   
300,000
     
274,505
 
6.63%, 05/01/2029 (a)
   
615,000
     
559,924
 
SK Invictus Intermediate II Sarl, 5.00%, 10/30/2029 (a)
   
775,000
     
659,382
 
             
6,852,664
 
                 
Coal - 1.0%
 
SunCoke Energy, Inc., 4.88%, 06/30/2029 (a)
   
725,000
     
651,764
 
                 
Commercial Services - 9.7%
 
Alta Equipment Group, Inc., 5.63%, 04/15/2026 (a)
   
650,000
     
630,199
 
Champions Financing, Inc., 8.75%, 02/15/2029 (a)
   
650,000
     
664,502
 
Cimpress PLC, 7.00%, 06/15/2026
   
785,000
     
782,084
 
CPI CG, Inc., 8.63%, 03/15/2026 (a)
   
700,000
     
687,578
 
NESCO Holdings II, Inc., 5.50%, 04/15/2029 (a)
   
650,000
     
607,175
 
PROG Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 11/15/2029 (a)
   
850,000
     
782,135
 
StoneMor, Inc., 8.50%, 05/15/2029 (a)
   
815,000
     
592,203
 
VT Topco, Inc., 8.50%, 08/15/2030 (a)
   
650,000
     
678,594
 
WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc., 5.75%, 04/15/2026 (a)
   
750,000
     
728,122
 
             
6,152,592
 
                 
Computers - 1.1%
 
NCR Atleos Corp., 9.50%, 04/01/2029 (a)
   
660,000
     
698,775
 
                 
Distribution/Wholesale - 2.7%
 
Verde Purchaser LLC, 10.50%, 11/30/2030 (a)
   
1,025,000
     
1,072,406
 
Windsor Holdings III LLC, 8.50%, 06/15/2030 (a)
   
625,000
     
647,440
 
             
1,719,846
 
                 
Diversified Financial Services - 2.2%
 
Burford Capital Global Finance LLC
 
6.25%, 04/15/2028 (a)
   
320,000
     
307,904
 
6.88%, 04/15/2030 (a)
   
350,000
     
336,015
 
9.25%, 07/01/2031 (a)
   
135,000
     
141,919
 
Macquarie Airfinance Holdings Ltd., 8.13%, 03/30/2029 (a)
   
600,000
     
624,336
 
             
1,410,174
 
                 
Engineering & Construction - 3.3%
 
Brand Industrial Services, Inc., 10.38%, 08/01/2030 (a)
   
625,000
     
665,425
 
Brundage-Bone Concrete Pumping Holdings, Inc., 6.00%, 02/01/2026 (a)
   
650,000
     
639,226
 
Railworks Holdings LP / Railworks Rally, Inc., 8.25%, 11/15/2028 (a)
   
811,000
     
806,582
 
             
2,111,233
 
                 
Entertainment - 1.9%
 
Premier Entertainment Sub LLC / Premier Entertainment Finance Corp., 5.88%, 09/01/2031 (a)
   
775,000
     
549,897
 
Scientific Games Holdings LP/Scientific Games US FinCo, Inc., 6.63%, 03/01/2030 (a)
   
717,000
     
672,654
 
             
1,222,551
 
                 
Food - 2.5%
 
B&G Foods, Inc., 5.25%, 04/01/2025
   
224,000
     
223,445
 
KeHE Distributors LLC / KeHE Finance Corp. / NextWave Distribution, Inc., 9.00%, 02/15/2029 (a)
   
647,000
     
651,017
 
Simmons Foods, Inc./Simmons Prepared Foods, Inc./Simmons Pet Food, Inc./Simmons Feed, 4.63%, 03/01/2029 (a)
   
840,000
     
737,093
 
             
1,611,555
 
                 
Food Service - 1.5%
 
TKC Holdings, Inc.
 
6.88%, 05/15/2028 (a)
   
235,000
     
220,230
 
10.50%, 05/15/2029 (a)
   
785,000
     
713,300
 
             
933,530
 
                 
Forest Products & Paper - 1.5%
 
Mercer International, Inc.
 
12.88%, 10/01/2028 (a)
   
300,000
     
322,425
 
5.13%, 02/01/2029
   
700,000
     
604,139
 
             
926,564
 
                 
Healthcare-Services - 3.6%
 
Heartland Dental LLC / Heartland Dental Finance Corp.
 
8.50%, 05/01/2026 (a)
   
425,000
     
419,424
 
10.50%, 04/30/2028 (a)
   
375,000
     
394,219
 
Kedrion SpA, 6.50%, 09/01/2029 (a)
   
770,000
     
693,906
 
ModivCare Escrow Issuer, Inc., 5.00%, 10/01/2029 (a)
   
1,000,000
     
738,605
 
             
2,246,154
 
                 
Household Products/Wares - 0.9%
 
Kronos Acquisition Holdings, Inc. / KIK Custom Products, Inc., 5.00%, 12/31/2026 (a)
   
575,000
     
553,193
 
                 
Internet - 1.0%
 
ION Trading Technologies Sarl, 5.75%, 05/15/2028 (a)
   
700,000
     
628,624
 
                 
Iron/Steel - 1.2%
 
TMS International Corp./DE, 6.25%, 04/15/2029 (a)
   
850,000
     
740,473
 
                 
Leisure Time - 1.0%
 
Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc., 9.00%, 05/15/2028 (a)
   
600,000
     
633,549
 
                 
Machinery-Diversified - 3.6%
 
GrafTech Finance, Inc., 4.63%, 12/15/2028 (a)
   
904,000
     
592,447
 
GrafTech Global Enterprises, Inc., 9.88%, 12/15/2028 (a)
   
150,000
     
120,188
 
Husky III Holding Ltd., 13.00% (13.75% PIK), 02/15/2025 (a)(f)
   
468,000
     
468,420
 
Husky Injection Molding Systems Ltd. / Titan Co.-Borrower LLC, 9.00%, 02/15/2029 (a)
   
300,000
     
307,484
 
OT Merger Corp., 7.88%, 10/15/2029 (a)
   
994,000
     
647,183
 
Titan Acquisition Ltd. / Titan Co.-Borrower LLC, 7.75%, 04/15/2026 (a)
   
132,000
     
132,106
 
             
2,267,828
 
                 
Media - 4.0%
 
Beasley Mezzanine Holdings LLC, 8.63%, 02/01/2026 (a)
   
995,000
     
626,565
 
Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc., 9.75%, 03/01/2026 (a)
   
800,000
     
437,622
 
Univision Communications, Inc.
 
4.50%, 05/01/2029 (a)
   
570,000
     
500,342
 
7.38%, 06/30/2030 (a)
   
250,000
     
241,685
 
Urban One, Inc., 7.38%, 02/01/2028 (a)
   
875,000
     
751,485
 
             
2,557,699
 
                 
Metal Fabricate/Hardware - 1.1%
 
Park-Ohio Industries, Inc., 6.63%, 04/15/2027
   
785,000
     
719,025
 
                 
Mining - 1.1%
 
Arsenal AIC Parent LLC, 8.00%, 10/01/2030 (a)
   
650,000
     
681,688
 
                 
Miscellaneous Manufacturing - 1.1%
 
Calderys Financing LLC, 11.25%, 06/01/2028 (a)
   
665,000
     
712,776
 
                 
Office-Business Equipment - 2.3%
 
Pitney Bowes, Inc., 6.88%, 03/15/2027 (a)
   
885,000
     
795,226
 
Xerox Holdings Corp., 5.50%, 08/15/2028 (a)
   
725,000
     
657,017
 
             
1,452,243
 
                 
Oil & Gas Services - 4.1%
 
Bristow Group, Inc., 6.88%, 03/01/2028 (a)
   
750,000
     
735,060
 
CSI Compressco LP / CSI Compressco Finance, Inc., 7.50%, 04/01/2025 (a)
   
775,000
     
775,814
 
Enerflex Ltd., 9.00%, 10/15/2027 (a)
   
665,000
     
669,182
 
Welltec International ApS, 8.25%, 10/15/2026 (a)
   
400,000
     
407,818
 
             
2,587,874
 
                 
Packaging & Containers - 3.5%
 
Clearwater Paper Corp., 4.75%, 08/15/2028 (a)
   
750,000
     
695,379
 
LABL, Inc.
 
9.50%, 11/01/2028 (a)
   
425,000
     
425,545
 
5.88%, 11/01/2028 (a)
   
450,000
     
403,643
 
Trident TPI Holdings, Inc., 12.75%, 12/31/2028 (a)
   
625,000
     
667,454
 
             
2,192,021
 
                 
Pipelines - 9.1%
 
Global Partners LP / GLP Finance Corp.
 
7.00%, 08/01/2027
   
275,000
     
275,303
 
6.88%, 01/15/2029
   
416,000
     
410,369
 
8.25%, 01/15/2032 (a)
   
165,000
     
169,325
 
ITT Holdings LLC, 6.50%, 08/01/2029 (a)
   
910,000
     
808,586
 
Martin Midstream Partners LP / Martin Midstream Finance Corp., 11.50%, 02/15/2028 (a)
   
750,000
     
788,295
 
NGL Energy Operating LLC / NGL Energy Finance Corp.
 
8.13%, 02/15/2029 (a)
   
375,000
     
378,774
 
8.38%, 02/15/2032 (a)
   
342,000
     
347,676
 
Summit Midstream Holdings LLC / Summit Midstream Finance Corp.
 
9.00%, 10/15/2026 (a)(b)
   
765,000
     
757,717
 
12.00%, 10/15/2026 (a)
   
300,000
     
297,750
 
TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp., 6.13%, 02/15/2026
   
905,000
     
839,910
 
Venture Global LNG, Inc., 8.13%, 06/01/2028 (a)
   
650,000
     
660,885
 
             
5,734,590
 
                 
Retail - 2.3%
 
Ferrellgas LP / Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 5.88%, 04/01/2029 (a)
   
750,000
     
713,351
 
Staples, Inc., 7.50%, 04/15/2026 (a)
   
775,000
     
745,827
 
             
1,459,178
 
                 
Software - 3.1%
 
Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc., 6.50%, 10/15/2028 (a)
   
800,000
     
712,500
 
Helios Software Holdings, Inc. / ION Corporate Solutions Finance Sarl, 4.63%, 05/01/2028 (a)
   
625,000
     
558,188
 
Rocket Software, Inc., 6.50%, 02/15/2029 (a)
   
835,000
     
707,662
 
             
1,978,350
 
                 
Transportation - 2.2%
 
First Student Bidco, Inc. / First Transit Parent, Inc., 4.00%, 07/31/2029 (a)
   
750,000
     
653,539
 
Rand Parent LLC, 8.50%, 02/15/2030 (a)
   
735,000
     
714,830
 
             
1,368,369
 
                 
Water - 1.3%
 
Solaris Midstream Holdings LLC, 7.63%, 04/01/2026 (a)
   
795,000
     
796,247
 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $62,081,070)
     
58,710,117
 
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 5.0%
               
Money Market Funds - 5.0%
 
Shares
         
Fidelity Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 5.20% (e)
   
3,157,744
     
3,157,744
 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $3,157,744)
     
3,157,744
 
                 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 98.1% (Cost $65,375,831)
   

62,017,661
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 1.9%
     
1,204,677
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%
         
$
63,222,338
 
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets.
         

(a)
Security is exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration to qualified institutional investors. As of February 29, 2024, the value of these securities total $54,855,842 or 86.8% of the Fund’s net assets.
(b)
Step coupon bond. The rate disclosed is as of February 29, 2024.
(c)
Fair value determined using significant unobservable inputs in accordance with procedures established by and under the supervision of the Adviser, acting as Valuation Designee. These securities represented $149,800 or 0.2% of net assets as of February 29, 2024.
(d)
Non-income producing security.
(e)
The rate shown represents the 7-day annualized yield as of February 29, 2024.
(f)
Payment-in-kind interest is generally paid by issuing additional par of the security rather than paying cash.

PIA High Yield Fund
Summary of Fair Value Disclosure at February 29, 2024 (Unaudited)
 
The Fund utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("U.S. GAAP") establish a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The three levels of inputs are:
 
Level 1 - Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
 
Level 2 - Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
 
Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund's own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
 
A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input that is significant to the fair value measurement.
 
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.
 
The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund's investments as of February 29, 2024:

   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Common Stocks
 
$
   
$
   
$
149,800
   
$
149,800
 
Fixed Income Securities
                               
  Corporate Bonds
   
     
58,710,117
     
     
58,710,117
 
Total Fixed Income Securities
   
     
58,710,117
     
     
58,710,117
 
Money Market Funds
   
3,157,744
     
     
     
3,157,744
 
Total Investments
 
$
3,157,744
   
$
58,710,117
   
$
149,800
   
$
62,017,661
 
                                 
Refer to the Schedule of Investments for industry classifications.
 
   
The following is a reconciliation of the Fund’s Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used in determining value.
 
   
Investments in Securities, at Value
 
   
Common Stocks
 
Balance as of November 30, 2023
 
$
149,800
 
Accrued discounts/premiums
   
-
 
Realized gain/(loss)
   
-
 
Change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
   
-
 
Purchases
   
-
 
Sales
   
-
 
Transfers in and/or out of Level 3
   
-
 
Balance as of February 29, 2024
 
$
149,800
 

The change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) for Level 3 securities still held at February 29, 2024, and still classified as Level 3 was $0.