LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS
|
3
|
EXPENSE EXAMPLES
|
7
|
INVESTMENT HIGHLIGHTS
|
9
|
SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS
|
15
|
STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
|
44
|
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
|
46
|
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS
|
48
|
FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
|
52
|
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
58
|
NOTICE OF PRIVACY POLICY & PRACTICES
|
74
|
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
|
75
|
Expenses Paid
|
|||
Beginning
|
Ending
|
During Period
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
December 1, 2018 -
|
|
December 1, 2018
|
May 31, 2019
|
May 31, 2019*
|
|
Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$ 975.90
|
$4.88
|
Hypothetical (5% return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,020.00
|
$4.99
|
*
|
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.99%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
Expenses Paid
|
|||
Beginning
|
Ending
|
During Period
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
December 1, 2018 -
|
|
December 1, 2018
|
May 31, 2019
|
May 31, 2019*
|
|
Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,043.30
|
$5.65
|
Hypothetical (5% return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,019.40
|
$5.59
|
*
|
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 1.11%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
Expenses Paid
|
|||
Beginning
|
Ending
|
During Period
|
|
Account Value
|
Account Value
|
December 1, 2018 -
|
|
December 1, 2018
|
May 31, 2019
|
May 31, 2019*
|
|
Actual
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,076.60
|
$4.87
|
Hypothetical (5% return
|
|||
before expenses)
|
$1,000.00
|
$1,020.24
|
$4.73
|
*
|
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio of 0.94%, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Russell 1000®
|
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Growth Total
|
|
Growth Equity
|
Return Index
|
|
One Year
|
-5.13%
|
5.39%
|
Three Year
|
10.79%
|
15.33%
|
Five Year
|
8.54%
|
12.33%
|
Since Inception (1/15/10)(1)
|
11.98%
|
13.93%
|
(1)
|
While the Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2009, the Fund began investing consistent with its investment objective on January 15, 2010.
|
*
|
While the Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2009, the Fund began investing consistent with its investment objective on January 15, 2010.
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||
Multi-Factor®
|
||
International
|
MSCI EAFE
|
|
Growth Equity
|
Growth Index
|
|
One Year
|
-9.10%
|
-3.27%
|
Three Year
|
5.02%
|
6.77%
|
Five Year
|
1.84%
|
3.23%
|
Since Inception (1/27/12)
|
7.16%
|
6.86%
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
FTSE EPRA/
|
|
Multi-Factor®
|
NAREIT
|
|
Global Real
|
Developed Index
|
|
Estate Securities
|
Net Total Return
|
|
One Year
|
7.06%
|
7.53%
|
Three Year
|
5.40%
|
5.16%
|
Five Year
|
6.47%
|
4.79%
|
Since Inception (4/30/13)
|
5.33%
|
4.01%
|
Schedule of Investments
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 100.08%
|
||||||||
Administrative and Support Services – 4.00%
|
||||||||
AECOM (a)
|
700
|
$
|
22,330
|
|||||
Booking Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
48
|
79,499
|
||||||
Kforce, Inc.
|
7,123
|
247,524
|
||||||
MasterCard, Inc.
|
38,857
|
9,772,147
|
||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
3,190
|
350,103
|
||||||
Perspecta, Inc.
|
524
|
11,376
|
||||||
Robert Half International, Inc.
|
446
|
23,932
|
||||||
10,506,911
|
||||||||
Air Transportation – 2.93%
|
||||||||
American Airlines Group, Inc.
|
293
|
7,978
|
||||||
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
|
41,349
|
2,129,473
|
||||||
Mesa Air Group, Inc. (a)
|
18,816
|
171,602
|
||||||
Southwest Airlines Co.
|
82,478
|
3,925,953
|
||||||
United Continental Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
18,841
|
1,463,004
|
||||||
7,698,010
|
||||||||
Ambulatory Health Care Services – 3.78%
|
||||||||
Amedisys, Inc. (a)
|
73,670
|
8,273,878
|
||||||
Chemed Corp.
|
208
|
68,211
|
||||||
Genomic Health, Inc. (a)
|
14,729
|
769,590
|
||||||
Novocure Ltd. (a)(b)
|
15,388
|
817,411
|
||||||
Tivity Health, Inc. (a)
|
79
|
1,446
|
||||||
9,930,536
|
||||||||
Apparel Manufacturing – 1.00%
|
||||||||
Capri Holdings Ltd. (a)(b)
|
236
|
7,665
|
||||||
Columbia Sportswear Co.
|
2,293
|
215,037
|
||||||
Lululemon Athletica, Inc. (a)
|
2,449
|
405,530
|
||||||
VF Corp.
|
13,000
|
1,064,440
|
||||||
Zumiez, Inc. (a)
|
47,501
|
939,570
|
||||||
2,632,242
|
||||||||
Automobiles & Components – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Garrett Motion, Inc. (a)
|
49
|
754
|
||||||
Beverage and Tobacco Product Manufacturing – 2.97%
|
||||||||
Altria Group, Inc.
|
680
|
33,361
|
||||||
Boston Beer Co., Inc. (a)
|
848
|
266,526
|
||||||
Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.
|
129
|
38,959
|
||||||
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.
|
137,787
|
3,884,216
|
||||||
National Beverage Corp. (a)
|
122
|
5,508
|
||||||
NMI Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
24,537
|
668,879
|
||||||
PepsiCo, Inc.
|
22,578
|
2,889,984
|
||||||
7,787,433
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Broadcasting (except Internet) – 1.14%
|
||||||||
CBS Corp.
|
559
|
$
|
26,989
|
|||||
Comcast Corp.
|
12,847
|
526,727
|
||||||
Discovery Communications, Inc. – Class A (a)
|
23,775
|
648,107
|
||||||
Discovery Communications, Inc. – Class C (a)
|
14,742
|
377,985
|
||||||
Fox Corp.
|
1,302
|
45,192
|
||||||
Walt Disney Co.
|
10,307
|
1,360,936
|
||||||
2,985,936
|
||||||||
Building Material and Garden Equipment and Supplies Dealers – 3.49%
|
||||||||
Fastenal Co.
|
728
|
22,270
|
||||||
Home Depot, Inc.
|
42,020
|
7,977,497
|
||||||
Lowe’s Cos, Inc.
|
12,472
|
1,163,388
|
||||||
9,163,155
|
||||||||
Chemical Manufacturing – 5.97%
|
||||||||
Abbott Laboratories
|
149
|
11,343
|
||||||
AbbVie, Inc.
|
31,369
|
2,406,316
|
||||||
Allergan PLC (b)
|
80
|
9,753
|
||||||
Celgene Corp. (a)
|
116
|
10,880
|
||||||
Chemours Co.
|
286
|
6,032
|
||||||
Eli Lilly & Co.
|
8,874
|
1,028,852
|
||||||
Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)(b)
|
78,581
|
1,872,585
|
||||||
Innophos Holdings, Inc.
|
493
|
13,109
|
||||||
Innoviva, Inc. (a)
|
237,533
|
3,247,076
|
||||||
Johnson & Johnson
|
20,281
|
2,659,853
|
||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV (b)
|
15,131
|
1,123,477
|
||||||
Medifast, Inc.
|
1,851
|
238,686
|
||||||
Merck & Co, Inc.
|
11,522
|
912,658
|
||||||
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (a)
|
337
|
8,347
|
||||||
SIGA Technologies, Inc. (a)
|
88,527
|
472,734
|
||||||
Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
|
549
|
16,486
|
||||||
Trex Co., Inc. (a)
|
5,552
|
332,121
|
||||||
Trinseo SA (b)
|
3,000
|
110,520
|
||||||
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)
|
238
|
16,846
|
||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
|
6,985
|
1,160,767
|
||||||
15,658,441
|
||||||||
Clothing and Clothing Accessories Stores – 1.49%
|
||||||||
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
|
9,342
|
162,551
|
||||||
Gap, Inc.
|
1,059
|
19,782
|
||||||
Ross Stores, Inc.
|
15,963
|
1,484,399
|
||||||
TJX Companies, Inc.
|
38,144
|
1,918,262
|
||||||
Urban Outfitters, Inc. (a)
|
14,927
|
335,410
|
||||||
3,920,404
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Computer and Electronic Product Manufacturing – 13.59%
|
||||||||
Alphabet, Inc. (a)
|
5,772
|
$
|
6,370,913
|
|||||
Apple, Inc.
|
75,665
|
13,246,672
|
||||||
Broadcom, Inc.
|
83
|
20,886
|
||||||
Ciena Corp. (a)
|
971
|
33,927
|
||||||
Cirrus Logic, Inc. (a)
|
243
|
9,081
|
||||||
Dell Technologies, Inc. (a)
|
4,751
|
282,922
|
||||||
Harris Corp.
|
6,496
|
1,215,986
|
||||||
Harvard Bioscience, Inc. (a)
|
6,087
|
13,817
|
||||||
Intel Corp.
|
62,048
|
2,732,594
|
||||||
Lam Research Corp.
|
7,500
|
1,309,575
|
||||||
Medtronic PLC (b)
|
113
|
10,461
|
||||||
Micron Technology, Inc. (a)
|
211,262
|
6,889,254
|
||||||
ON Semiconductor Corp. (a)
|
65,000
|
1,154,400
|
||||||
QUALCOMM, Inc.
|
190
|
12,696
|
||||||
Roper Technologies, Inc.
|
213
|
73,255
|
||||||
Rubicon Technology, Inc. (a)
|
610
|
4,929
|
||||||
SMART Global Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)
|
13,146
|
223,876
|
||||||
Teradyne, Inc.
|
310
|
13,063
|
||||||
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
|
112
|
29,902
|
||||||
Turtle Beach Corp. (a)(c)
|
51,848
|
431,375
|
||||||
Western Digital Corp.
|
244
|
9,082
|
||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp. (a)
|
9,145
|
1,567,819
|
||||||
35,656,485
|
||||||||
Construction of Buildings – 0.03%
|
||||||||
KB Home
|
1,575
|
39,580
|
||||||
TRI Pointe Group, Inc. (a)
|
3,361
|
41,340
|
||||||
80,920
|
||||||||
Consumer Durables & Apparel – 0.02%
|
||||||||
Kontoor Brands, Inc. (a)
|
1,857
|
54,414
|
||||||
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities – 2.88%
|
||||||||
Altisource Portfolio Solutions SA (a)(b)(c)
|
11,971
|
240,976
|
||||||
Amalgamated Bank
|
1,448
|
23,892
|
||||||
Capital One Financial Corp.
|
22,404
|
1,923,831
|
||||||
OneMain Holdings, Inc.
|
33,240
|
992,879
|
||||||
Regional Management Corp. (a)
|
2,511
|
61,946
|
||||||
Santander Consumer USA Holdings, Inc.
|
157,753
|
3,532,090
|
||||||
USA Technologies, Inc. (a)
|
3,367
|
22,593
|
||||||
Wells Fargo & Co.
|
16,844
|
747,368
|
||||||
7,545,575
|
||||||||
Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services – 2.32%
|
||||||||
Limelight Networks, Inc. (a)
|
3,360
|
10,349
|
||||||
Match Group, Inc. (a)
|
519
|
35,629
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Data Processing, Hosting and Related Services – 2.32% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Visa, Inc.
|
37,492
|
$
|
6,048,584
|
|||||
6,094,562
|
||||||||
Educational Services – 0.00%
|
||||||||
ITT Educational Services, Inc. (a)
|
3,750
|
4
|
||||||
Electrical Equipment, Appliance, and Component Manufacturing – 0.01%
|
||||||||
AO Smith Corp.
|
414
|
16,767
|
||||||
Resideo Technologies, Inc. (a)
|
81
|
1,594
|
||||||
18,361
|
||||||||
Electronics and Appliance Stores – 0.24%
|
||||||||
Aaron’s, Inc.
|
9,884
|
526,422
|
||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc.
|
1,500
|
94,005
|
||||||
620,427
|
||||||||
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing – 0.00%
|
||||||||
General Finance Corp. (a)
|
1,408
|
10,743
|
||||||
Food Services and Drinking Places – 0.60%
|
||||||||
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)
|
100
|
65,997
|
||||||
Darden Restaurants, Inc.
|
10,620
|
1,235,318
|
||||||
Domino’s Pizza, Inc.
|
96
|
26,832
|
||||||
McDonald’s Corp.
|
151
|
29,939
|
||||||
Wendy’s Co.
|
10,000
|
183,900
|
||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc.
|
234
|
23,950
|
||||||
1,565,936
|
||||||||
Furniture and Home Furnishings Stores – 0.40%
|
||||||||
RH (a)
|
12,402
|
1,056,030
|
||||||
Furniture and Related Product Manufacturing – 0.28%
|
||||||||
Herman Miller, Inc.
|
7,630
|
270,789
|
||||||
Kimball International, Inc.
|
10,491
|
161,981
|
||||||
Sleep Number Corp. (a)
|
8,688
|
302,429
|
||||||
735,199
|
||||||||
Gasoline Stations – 0.14%
|
||||||||
Delek US Holdings, Inc.
|
11,813
|
361,596
|
||||||
General Merchandise Stores – 4.26%
|
||||||||
Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)
|
30,000
|
4,697,400
|
||||||
Dollar General Corp.
|
26,783
|
3,408,940
|
||||||
Tractor Supply Co.
|
304
|
30,637
|
||||||
WalMart, Inc.
|
30,000
|
3,043,200
|
||||||
11,180,177
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Health and Personal Care Stores – 0.13%
|
||||||||
Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)
|
1,000
|
$
|
333,380
|
|||||
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Century Communities, Inc. (a)
|
478
|
12,763
|
||||||
Insurance Carriers and Related Activities – 6.37%
|
||||||||
American International Group, Inc.
|
490
|
25,024
|
||||||
Anthem, Inc.
|
29,812
|
8,287,140
|
||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. (a)
|
5,771
|
1,139,311
|
||||||
Essent Group Ltd. (a)(b)
|
5,544
|
260,291
|
||||||
Everest Re Group Ltd. (b)
|
100
|
24,766
|
||||||
Humana, Inc.
|
38
|
9,305
|
||||||
Lincoln National Corp.
|
23,256
|
1,382,569
|
||||||
Molina Healthcare, Inc. (a)
|
22,163
|
3,152,908
|
||||||
Prudential Financial, Inc.
|
7,525
|
695,159
|
||||||
Travelers Companies, Inc.
|
72
|
10,481
|
||||||
Voya Financial, Inc.
|
33,992
|
1,731,213
|
||||||
16,718,167
|
||||||||
Leather and Allied Product Manufacturing – 1.15%
|
||||||||
Crocs, Inc. (a)
|
67,639
|
1,306,786
|
||||||
Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)
|
182
|
27,682
|
||||||
NIKE, Inc.
|
21,592
|
1,665,607
|
||||||
Tapestry, Inc.
|
208
|
5,940
|
||||||
3,006,015
|
||||||||
Machinery Manufacturing – 0.38%
|
||||||||
Applied Materials, Inc.
|
280
|
10,833
|
||||||
Caterpillar, Inc.
|
1,008
|
120,769
|
||||||
Cummins, Inc.
|
4,156
|
626,559
|
||||||
Deere & Co.
|
261
|
36,584
|
||||||
Ingersoll-Rand PLC (b)
|
1,641
|
194,196
|
||||||
988,941
|
||||||||
Management of Companies and Enterprises – 0.01%
|
||||||||
EchoStar Corp. (a)
|
470
|
20,107
|
||||||
Merchant Wholesalers, Durable Goods – 1.58%
|
||||||||
3M Co.
|
6,653
|
1,062,817
|
||||||
Arrow Electronics, Inc. (a)
|
17,635
|
1,105,009
|
||||||
Honeywell International, Inc.
|
491
|
80,676
|
||||||
Paycom Software, Inc. (a)
|
9,000
|
1,908,900
|
||||||
4,157,402
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods – 0.67%
|
||||||||
Freshpet, Inc. (a)
|
9,463
|
$
|
439,745
|
|||||
Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. (a)(b)
|
30,701
|
1,282,688
|
||||||
Sysco Corp.
|
439
|
30,212
|
||||||
US Foods Holding Corp. (a)
|
430
|
14,861
|
||||||
1,767,506
|
||||||||
Miscellaneous Manufacturing – 0.87%
|
||||||||
ABIOMED, Inc. (a)
|
30
|
7,858
|
||||||
Brady Corp.
|
201
|
9,306
|
||||||
Estee Lauder Companies, Inc.
|
3,000
|
483,090
|
||||||
Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)
|
55
|
25,567
|
||||||
YETI Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
72,970
|
1,745,442
|
||||||
2,271,263
|
||||||||
Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries – 2.37%
|
||||||||
Netflix, Inc. (a)
|
9,360
|
3,213,101
|
||||||
World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc.
|
41,463
|
3,016,018
|
||||||
6,229,119
|
||||||||
Motor Vehicle and Parts Dealers – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Lithia Motors, Inc.
|
115
|
13,127
|
||||||
Nonstore Retailers – 4.24%
|
||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. (a)
|
6,054
|
10,746,274
|
||||||
Natural Health Trends Corp.
|
1,673
|
17,031
|
||||||
Systemax, Inc.
|
16,729
|
344,450
|
||||||
WW Grainger, Inc.
|
90
|
23,552
|
||||||
11,131,307
|
||||||||
Oil and Gas Extraction – 1.16%
|
||||||||
Evolution Petroleum Corp.
|
40,540
|
247,699
|
||||||
Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (a)
|
178,748
|
2,795,619
|
||||||
3,043,318
|
||||||||
Other Information Services – 3.77%
|
||||||||
Chegg, Inc. (a)
|
71,560
|
2,680,638
|
||||||
Facebook, Inc. (a)
|
24,916
|
4,421,843
|
||||||
QuinStreet, Inc. (a)
|
130,686
|
2,003,416
|
||||||
Travelzoo (a)
|
798
|
13,574
|
||||||
Twitter, Inc. (a)
|
17,121
|
623,889
|
||||||
VeriSign, Inc. (a)
|
750
|
146,235
|
||||||
Yelp, Inc. (a)
|
276
|
8,481
|
||||||
9,898,076
|
||||||||
Paper Manufacturing – 0.76%
|
||||||||
Veritiv Corp. (a)
|
113
|
1,996
|
||||||
Verso Corp. (a)
|
115,468
|
1,988,359
|
||||||
1,990,355
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Primary Metal Manufacturing – 0.05%
|
||||||||
Global Brass & Copper Holdings, Inc.
|
350
|
$
|
15,270
|
|||||
Olympic Steel, Inc.
|
9,542
|
118,130
|
||||||
133,400
|
||||||||
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services – 6.50%
|
||||||||
Amgen, Inc.
|
3,682
|
613,789
|
||||||
Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
|
4,374
|
103,708
|
||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)
|
4,307
|
273,796
|
||||||
eBay, Inc.
|
370
|
13,294
|
||||||
Hackett Group, Inc.
|
2,561
|
41,206
|
||||||
Insperity, Inc.
|
29,758
|
3,389,436
|
||||||
Itron, Inc. (a)
|
363
|
20,564
|
||||||
LivePerson, Inc. (a)
|
22,491
|
625,925
|
||||||
Okta, Inc. (a)
|
8,323
|
942,330
|
||||||
salesforce.com, Inc. (a)
|
12,556
|
1,901,104
|
||||||
SecureWorks Corp. (a)(c)
|
20,416
|
298,278
|
||||||
Trade Desk, Inc. (a)
|
224
|
44,533
|
||||||
VMware, Inc. (a)
|
49,650
|
8,787,057
|
||||||
17,055,020
|
||||||||
Publishing Industries (except Internet) – 11.99%
|
||||||||
Adobe, Inc. (a)
|
11,597
|
3,141,627
|
||||||
DXC Technology Co.
|
445
|
21,155
|
||||||
eGain Corp. (a)
|
21,500
|
169,420
|
||||||
EPAM Systems, Inc. (a)
|
1,225
|
211,423
|
||||||
ePlus, Inc. (a)
|
4,572
|
323,058
|
||||||
Fair Isaac Corp. (a)
|
1,000
|
295,900
|
||||||
InterActiveCorp (a)
|
22,322
|
4,929,814
|
||||||
Intuit, Inc.
|
25,000
|
6,121,250
|
||||||
Microsoft Corp.
|
115,806
|
14,322,886
|
||||||
News Corp.
|
852
|
9,704
|
||||||
Oracle Corp.
|
20,000
|
1,012,000
|
||||||
Red Hat, Inc. (a)
|
123
|
22,669
|
||||||
Synopsys, Inc. (a)
|
1,000
|
116,440
|
||||||
Twilio, Inc. (a)
|
1,279
|
168,815
|
||||||
Workday, Inc. (a)
|
160
|
32,659
|
||||||
Workiva, Inc. (a)
|
10,000
|
556,400
|
||||||
31,455,220
|
||||||||
Rail Transportation – 0.02%
|
||||||||
CSX Corp.
|
321
|
23,905
|
||||||
Union Pacific Corp.
|
173
|
28,853
|
||||||
52,758
|
||||||||
Rental and Leasing Services – 1.27%
|
||||||||
Air Lease Corp.
|
16,515
|
594,540
|
||||||
Aircastle Ltd. (b)
|
22,939
|
445,475
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Rental and Leasing Services – 1.27% (Continued)
|
||||||||
CAI International, Inc. (a)
|
41,913
|
$
|
943,881
|
|||||
Triton International Ltd. (b)
|
12,826
|
379,008
|
||||||
United Rentals, Inc. (a)
|
8,718
|
959,852
|
||||||
3,322,756
|
||||||||
Securities, Commodity Contracts, and Other
|
||||||||
Financial Investments and Related Activities – 1.07%
|
||||||||
CME Group, Inc.
|
145
|
27,857
|
||||||
MSCI, Inc.
|
678
|
149,167
|
||||||
S&P Global, Inc.
|
5,994
|
1,281,997
|
||||||
Yum China Holdings, Inc.
|
33,790
|
1,351,938
|
||||||
2,810,959
|
||||||||
Specialty Trade Contractors – 0.72%
|
||||||||
Armstrong Flooring, Inc. (a)
|
2,076
|
21,881
|
||||||
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
|
763
|
35,998
|
||||||
Quanta Services, Inc.
|
52,756
|
1,833,799
|
||||||
1,891,678
|
||||||||
Support Activities for Mining – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Antero Resources Corp. (a)
|
924
|
6,071
|
||||||
Support Activities for Transportation – 0.01%
|
||||||||
Willis Lease Finance Corp. (a)
|
300
|
14,940
|
||||||
Telecommunications – 0.83%
|
||||||||
ARC Group Worldwide, Inc. (a)
|
1,500
|
728
|
||||||
AT&T, Inc.
|
8,113
|
248,096
|
||||||
T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)
|
6,578
|
483,088
|
||||||
Ubiquiti Networks, Inc. (c)
|
11,853
|
1,426,034
|
||||||
Vonage Holdings Corp. (a)
|
1,644
|
19,465
|
||||||
2,177,411
|
||||||||
Transportation Equipment Manufacturing – 2.62%
|
||||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.
|
552
|
22,847
|
||||||
Boeing Co.
|
16,291
|
5,565,169
|
||||||
Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc. (a)
|
20,815
|
129,261
|
||||||
Lawson Products, Inc. (a)
|
3,160
|
115,909
|
||||||
Lear Corp.
|
7,500
|
892,725
|
||||||
Marine Products Corp.
|
7,973
|
110,346
|
||||||
Meritor, Inc. (a)
|
2,416
|
48,707
|
||||||
6,884,964
|
||||||||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $174,014,069)
|
262,650,274
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
RIGHTS – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Newstar Financial, Inc. CVR (a)(d)(e)
|
4,036
|
$
|
2,341
|
|||||
Total Rights (Cost $0)
|
2,341
|
|||||||
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS
|
||||||||
FROM SECURITIES LENDING – 0.57%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund – 0.57%
|
||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund, Class Y, 2.000% (f)
|
1,489,918
|
1,489,918
|
||||||
Total Investments Purchased with Proceeds
|
||||||||
from Securities Lending (Cost 1,489,918)
|
1,489,918
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund – 0.00%
|
||||||||
First American Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 2.297% (f)
|
681
|
681
|
||||||
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $681)
|
681
|
|||||||
Total Investments (Cost $175,504,668) – 100.65%
|
264,143,214
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.65)%
|
(1,693,875
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00%
|
$
|
262,449,339
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
Foreign issued security.
|
(c)
|
All or a portion of this security is out on loan as of May 31, 2019. Total value of securities out on loan is $1,393,836.
|
(d)
|
Illiquid security. The total market value of this security was $2,341, representing 0.00% of net assets.
|
(e)
|
Fair valued security. Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
|
(f)
|
Seven day yield as of May 31, 2019.
|
Abbreviations:
|
|
Ltd.
|
Limited is a term indicating a company is incorporated and shareholder have limited liability.
|
NV
|
Naamloze Vennootschap is a Dutch term for publicly traded companies.
|
PLC
|
Public Limited Company is a publicly traded company which signifies that shareholders have limited liability.
|
SA
|
An abbreviation used by many countries to signify a stock company whereby shareholders have limited liability.
|
Schedule of Investments
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 98.98%
|
||||||||
Australia – 10.36%
|
||||||||
BHP Billiton Ltd.
|
327,628
|
$
|
8,513,404
|
|||||
BlueScope Steel Ltd.
|
113,865
|
829,964
|
||||||
Caltex Australia Ltd.
|
1,202
|
21,962
|
||||||
CIMIC Group Ltd.
|
27,868
|
872,609
|
||||||
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.
|
154,205
|
1,017,430
|
||||||
Cochlear Ltd.
|
162
|
22,395
|
||||||
Coles Group Ltd. (a)
|
608
|
5,232
|
||||||
CSL Ltd.
|
77
|
10,940
|
||||||
Insurance Australia Group Ltd.
|
117,465
|
621,461
|
||||||
Macquarie Group Ltd.
|
264
|
21,965
|
||||||
Medibank Private Ltd.
|
923,732
|
2,113,846
|
||||||
Qantas Airways Ltd.
|
153,654
|
590,827
|
||||||
QBE Insurance Group Ltd.
|
2,590
|
20,891
|
||||||
Rio Tinto Ltd.
|
87,852
|
6,097,276
|
||||||
Santos Ltd.
|
4,571
|
21,257
|
||||||
Sonic Healthcare Ltd.
|
1,211
|
21,921
|
||||||
South32 Ltd.
|
435,897
|
999,763
|
||||||
Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.
|
41,302
|
636,231
|
||||||
Wesfarmers Ltd.
|
608
|
15,586
|
||||||
Woolworths Group Ltd.
|
7,887
|
171,108
|
||||||
22,626,068
|
||||||||
Austria – 0.23%
|
||||||||
ANDRITZ AG
|
594
|
21,360
|
||||||
Verbund AG
|
9,600
|
479,940
|
||||||
501,300
|
||||||||
Belgium – 3.64%
|
||||||||
Colruyt SA
|
82,841
|
6,168,106
|
||||||
UCB SA
|
23,264
|
1,778,536
|
||||||
7,946,642
|
||||||||
Bermuda – 1.82%
|
||||||||
Jardine Strategic Holdings Ltd.
|
43,265
|
1,619,317
|
||||||
NWS Holdings Ltd.
|
1,197,863
|
2,360,380
|
||||||
3,979,697
|
||||||||
Cayman Islands – 0.54%
|
||||||||
WH Group Ltd. (b)
|
1,304,314
|
1,174,056
|
||||||
Denmark – 3.99%
|
||||||||
Coloplast A/S
|
16,733
|
1,777,711
|
||||||
H Lundbeck A/S
|
38,826
|
1,557,685
|
||||||
Novo Nordisk A/S
|
113,660
|
5,348,651
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Denmark – 3.99% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Vestas Wind System A/S
|
185
|
$
|
15,061
|
|||||
Demant A/S (a)
|
340
|
11,355
|
||||||
8,710,463
|
||||||||
Finland – 1.43%
|
||||||||
Elisa OYJ
|
237
|
10,569
|
||||||
Metso OYJ
|
757
|
24,425
|
||||||
Neste OYJ
|
87,345
|
2,948,665
|
||||||
Orion OYJ
|
3,742
|
122,394
|
||||||
Stora Enso OYJ
|
2,458
|
25,948
|
||||||
3,132,001
|
||||||||
France – 10.28%
|
||||||||
Aeroports de Paris
|
55
|
9,418
|
||||||
Alstom SA
|
156,133
|
7,125,486
|
||||||
Arkema SA
|
111
|
9,308
|
||||||
Atos SE
|
6,067
|
461,481
|
||||||
Bouygues SA
|
14,753
|
515,769
|
||||||
Dassault Systemes SE
|
8,374
|
1,242,500
|
||||||
Edenred
|
14,389
|
656,414
|
||||||
Eiffage SA
|
3,500
|
334,588
|
||||||
Eurazeo SA
|
9,556
|
668,665
|
||||||
Hermes International
|
1,348
|
895,698
|
||||||
Ingenico Group SA
|
270
|
21,542
|
||||||
Ipsen SA
|
86
|
10,274
|
||||||
Kering SA
|
1,433
|
745,877
|
||||||
Legrand SA
|
1,384
|
93,039
|
||||||
L’Oreal SA
|
3,638
|
976,009
|
||||||
LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE
|
5,928
|
2,236,908
|
||||||
Pernod Ricard SA
|
2,332
|
411,152
|
||||||
Peugeot SA
|
90,096
|
2,010,961
|
||||||
Remy Cointreau SA
|
5,147
|
707,250
|
||||||
Rexel SA
|
58,174
|
627,805
|
||||||
Safran SA
|
3,830
|
502,517
|
||||||
Sartorius Stedim Biotech
|
2,277
|
315,464
|
||||||
SCOR SE
|
29,216
|
1,201,978
|
||||||
Societe BIC SA
|
5,722
|
447,750
|
||||||
Sodexo SA
|
193
|
22,208
|
||||||
Thales SA
|
200
|
22,017
|
||||||
Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a)
|
227
|
18,550
|
||||||
Veolia Environnement SA
|
984
|
22,775
|
||||||
Worldline SA (a)(b)
|
2,426
|
145,564
|
||||||
22,458,967
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Germany – 8.56%
|
||||||||
Adidas AG
|
10,126
|
$
|
2,890,766
|
|||||
Beiersdorf AG
|
190
|
21,863
|
||||||
Commerzbank AG
|
68,274
|
478,457
|
||||||
Continental AG
|
136
|
18,496
|
||||||
Daimler AG
|
564
|
29,231
|
||||||
Deutsche Boerse AG
|
938
|
129,097
|
||||||
Deutsche Lufthansa AG
|
71,132
|
1,348,794
|
||||||
Deutsche Post AG
|
26,669
|
784,620
|
||||||
E.ON SE
|
50,000
|
522,775
|
||||||
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA
|
1,091
|
79,503
|
||||||
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA
|
4,143
|
358,905
|
||||||
HUGO BOSS AG
|
13,395
|
777,109
|
||||||
Infineon Technologies AG
|
9,849
|
175,412
|
||||||
Kabel Deutschland Holding AG
|
7,275
|
870,065
|
||||||
MTU Aero Engines AG
|
5,806
|
1,252,518
|
||||||
Porsche Automobil Holding SE – Preference Shares
|
12,051
|
747,784
|
||||||
Puma SE
|
5,232
|
3,042,302
|
||||||
RWE AG
|
80,223
|
2,007,048
|
||||||
SAP SE
|
20,000
|
2,463,736
|
||||||
Siemens AG
|
2,400
|
271,562
|
||||||
Wirecard AG
|
2,764
|
431,969
|
||||||
18,702,012
|
||||||||
Hong Kong – 2.24%
|
||||||||
AIA Group Ltd.
|
164,754
|
1,547,734
|
||||||
HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.
|
489,275
|
771,401
|
||||||
SJM Holdings Ltd.
|
1,261,087
|
1,398,010
|
||||||
Swire Pacific Ltd.
|
15,000
|
177,488
|
||||||
Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.
|
157,215
|
1,003,607
|
||||||
4,898,240
|
||||||||
Ireland – 0.74%
|
||||||||
Kerry Group PLC
|
2,339
|
270,139
|
||||||
Kingspan Group PLC
|
25,703
|
1,339,808
|
||||||
1,609,947
|
||||||||
Israel – 0.89%
|
||||||||
Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM
|
4,909
|
32,892
|
||||||
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (a)
|
1,558
|
171,816
|
||||||
Israel Chemicals Ltd.
|
83,061
|
416,110
|
||||||
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. (a)
|
56,633
|
1,238,680
|
||||||
Nice Ltd. (a)
|
179
|
24,993
|
||||||
Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (a)
|
707
|
65,737
|
||||||
1,950,228
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Italy – 0.63%
|
||||||||
Leonardo SpA
|
67,579
|
$
|
747,615
|
|||||
Moncler SpA
|
16,518
|
606,894
|
||||||
Rizzoli Corriere Della Sera Mediagroup SpA
|
14,241
|
14,063
|
||||||
Saipem SpA (a)
|
131
|
558
|
||||||
1,369,130
|
||||||||
Japan – 14.63%
|
||||||||
Alfresa Holdings Corp.
|
104,941
|
2,624,119
|
||||||
Astellas Pharma, Inc.
|
1,586
|
21,254
|
||||||
Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.
|
10,000
|
489,590
|
||||||
Calbee, Inc.
|
341
|
9,670
|
||||||
Daifuku Co Ltd.
|
3,398
|
169,032
|
||||||
Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd.
|
38,192
|
1,842,199
|
||||||
FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.
|
2,360
|
112,454
|
||||||
Fujitsu Ltd.
|
23,922
|
1,612,695
|
||||||
Hitachi Chemical Co. Ltd.
|
819
|
21,750
|
||||||
Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.
|
761
|
17,570
|
||||||
Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.
|
6,000
|
253,008
|
||||||
Hitachi Ltd.
|
30,296
|
1,020,155
|
||||||
Hoya Corp.
|
7,488
|
518,311
|
||||||
ITOCHU Corp.
|
110,730
|
2,032,820
|
||||||
Kakaku.com, Inc.
|
44,182
|
891,014
|
||||||
Kaneka Corp.
|
500
|
17,156
|
||||||
Keio Corp.
|
313
|
20,841
|
||||||
Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.
|
593
|
22,107
|
||||||
Kikkoman Corp.
|
22,607
|
934,528
|
||||||
Kose Corp.
|
12,518
|
1,967,906
|
||||||
Marui Group Co Ltd.
|
25,000
|
519,862
|
||||||
Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.
|
394
|
8,597
|
||||||
MonotaRO Co Ltd.
|
6,395
|
135,073
|
||||||
Nabtesco Corp.
|
577
|
14,371
|
||||||
Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.
|
707
|
19,464
|
||||||
Nexon Co. Ltd. (a)
|
1,342
|
19,905
|
||||||
NGK Insulators Ltd.
|
6,093
|
82,284
|
||||||
NGK Spark Plug Co. Ltd.
|
931
|
16,250
|
||||||
Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.
|
30,000
|
696,668
|
||||||
NSK Ltd.
|
2,274
|
18,145
|
||||||
Omron Corp.
|
11,015
|
518,382
|
||||||
Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.
|
2,944
|
181,564
|
||||||
Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.
|
23,695
|
649,841
|
||||||
Rakuten, Inc.
|
67,955
|
702,623
|
||||||
Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.
|
68
|
12,265
|
||||||
SBI Holdings, Inc.
|
8,349
|
191,585
|
||||||
SG Holdings Co Ltd.
|
43,801
|
1,182,953
|
||||||
Shimizu Corp.
|
11,544
|
93,738
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Japan – 14.63% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Shionogi & Co. Ltd.
|
6,447
|
$
|
351,525
|
|||||
Shiseido Co. Ltd.
|
37,576
|
2,695,880
|
||||||
Showa Denko KK
|
39,284
|
1,065,326
|
||||||
SMC Corp/Japan
|
66
|
21,513
|
||||||
SoftBank Group Corp.
|
12,116
|
1,124,153
|
||||||
Subaru Corp.
|
38
|
878
|
||||||
Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co. Ltd.
|
143,323
|
2,928,496
|
||||||
Suzuken Co. Ltd.
|
43,551
|
2,678,216
|
||||||
Toho Co. Ltd.
|
513
|
21,986
|
||||||
Toho Gas Co Ltd.
|
553
|
21,543
|
||||||
Unicharm Corp.
|
15,955
|
475,945
|
||||||
Yamaha Corp.
|
919
|
41,126
|
||||||
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.
|
1,392
|
20,852
|
||||||
Yokogawa Electric Corp.
|
42,853
|
827,408
|
||||||
ZOZO, Inc.
|
1,013
|
17,316
|
||||||
31,953,912
|
||||||||
Jersey – 0.31%
|
||||||||
Experian PLC
|
4,542
|
136,875
|
||||||
Ferguson PLC
|
5,524
|
357,037
|
||||||
Glencore PLC
|
58,027
|
185,668
|
||||||
679,580
|
||||||||
Luxembourg – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Tenaris SA
|
636
|
7,448
|
||||||
Netherlands – 8.59%
|
||||||||
Airbus SE
|
3,828
|
490,114
|
||||||
ASML Holding NV
|
8,000
|
1,506,043
|
||||||
Ferrari NV
|
72
|
10,236
|
||||||
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV
|
31,810
|
405,105
|
||||||
Heineken Holding NV
|
16,716
|
1,653,934
|
||||||
Heineken NV
|
287
|
30,125
|
||||||
ING Groep NV
|
180
|
1,944
|
||||||
Koninklijke DSM NV
|
4,688
|
525,921
|
||||||
Koninklijke KPN NV
|
844,730
|
2,578,920
|
||||||
Koninklijke Philips NV
|
46,015
|
1,823,572
|
||||||
Koninklijke Vopak NV
|
19,115
|
782,985
|
||||||
NN Group NV (c)
|
74,158
|
2,815,113
|
||||||
Randstad NV (a)
|
1,208
|
62,185
|
||||||
STMicroelectronics NV
|
818
|
12,369
|
||||||
Unilever NV
|
25,005
|
1,505,146
|
||||||
Wolters Kluwer NV
|
65,278
|
4,554,022
|
||||||
18,757,734
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
New Zealand – 0.41%
|
||||||||
a2 Milk Co. Ltd. (a)
|
82,400
|
$
|
849,036
|
|||||
Mercury NZ Ltd.
|
10,033
|
25,247
|
||||||
Spark New Zealand Ltd.
|
8,874
|
22,114
|
||||||
896,397
|
||||||||
Norway – 0.95%
|
||||||||
Equinor ASA
|
21,276
|
406,411
|
||||||
Marine Harvest ASA
|
26,016
|
603,713
|
||||||
Norsk Hydro ASA
|
31,302
|
109,413
|
||||||
Orkla ASA
|
109,452
|
947,843
|
||||||
2,067,380
|
||||||||
Portugal – 0.01%
|
||||||||
Galp Energia SGPS SA
|
1,378
|
20,700
|
||||||
Singapore – 1.47%
|
||||||||
ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.
|
528,170
|
946,472
|
||||||
Fraser & Neave Ltd.
|
14,289
|
17,976
|
||||||
Genting Singapore Ltd.
|
28,527
|
18,043
|
||||||
Sembcorp Industries Ltd.
|
337,143
|
590,900
|
||||||
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
|
23,900
|
409,415
|
||||||
Wilmar International Ltd.
|
511,058
|
1,223,774
|
||||||
3,206,580
|
||||||||
Spain – 1.47%
|
||||||||
Aena SME SA (b)
|
2,076
|
381,208
|
||||||
Amadeus IT Group SA (a)
|
15,921
|
1,214,455
|
||||||
CaixaBank SA
|
156,566
|
481,005
|
||||||
Ferrovial SA
|
8,751
|
208,584
|
||||||
Industria de Diseno Textil SA
|
367
|
9,801
|
||||||
Red Electrica Corp. SA
|
43,045
|
912,357
|
||||||
3,207,410
|
||||||||
Sweden – 4.83%
|
||||||||
Atlas Copco AB – Class A
|
556
|
14,922
|
||||||
Atlas Copco AB – Class B
|
623
|
15,059
|
||||||
Boliden AB
|
46,738
|
1,063,515
|
||||||
Epiroc AB – Class A
|
556
|
5,171
|
||||||
Epiroc AB – Class B
|
623
|
5,632
|
||||||
Essity AB
|
5,840
|
171,349
|
||||||
Holmen AB
|
606
|
11,752
|
||||||
Industrivarden AB
|
517
|
10,429
|
||||||
Investor AB
|
41,904
|
1,809,784
|
||||||
Kinnevik AB
|
835
|
21,267
|
||||||
Lundin Petroleum AB
|
37,711
|
1,023,088
|
||||||
Sandvik AB
|
31,528
|
486,688
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Sweden – 4.83% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Swedish Match AB
|
102,895
|
$
|
4,644,658
|
|||||
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
|
130,941
|
1,259,874
|
||||||
10,543,188
|
||||||||
Switzerland – 10.35%
|
||||||||
Adecco Group AG
|
26,696
|
1,441,057
|
||||||
Alcon, Inc. (a)
|
16,422
|
955,059
|
||||||
Cie Financiere Richemont SA
|
296
|
21,774
|
||||||
Coca-Cola HBC AG (a)
|
4,221
|
151,951
|
||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG (a)
|
18,424
|
208,466
|
||||||
Kuehne + Nagel International AG
|
5,000
|
665,029
|
||||||
Nestle SA
|
39,128
|
3,881,449
|
||||||
Novartis AG
|
82,111
|
7,056,452
|
||||||
Roche Holding AG
|
21,277
|
5,588,449
|
||||||
SGS SA
|
369
|
930,705
|
||||||
Sika AG
|
600
|
88,964
|
||||||
Sonova Holding AG
|
267
|
59,452
|
||||||
Swatch Group AG
|
281
|
13,576
|
||||||
Temenos AG (a)
|
8,444
|
1,469,134
|
||||||
UBS Group AG (a)
|
3,540
|
40,738
|
||||||
Vifor Pharma AG
|
159
|
21,997
|
||||||
22,594,252
|
||||||||
United Kingdom – 10.59%
|
||||||||
3i Group PLC
|
227,186
|
3,015,912
|
||||||
Anglo American PLC
|
42,959
|
1,027,737
|
||||||
Ashtead Group PLC
|
353
|
8,287
|
||||||
AstraZeneca PLC
|
1,797
|
132,426
|
||||||
Auto Trader Group PLC (b)
|
317,889
|
2,403,205
|
||||||
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
|
45,540
|
2,013,146
|
||||||
BP PLC
|
75,000
|
508,184
|
||||||
Burberry Group PLC
|
72,780
|
1,557,775
|
||||||
Carnival PLC
|
114,435
|
5,699,110
|
||||||
Croda International PLC
|
339
|
21,694
|
||||||
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
|
1,004
|
28,655
|
||||||
InterContinental Hotels Group PLC
|
180
|
11,595
|
||||||
ITV PLC
|
11,855
|
16,052
|
||||||
Kingfisher PLC
|
2,816
|
7,593
|
||||||
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
|
178
|
11,885
|
||||||
Next PLC
|
35,402
|
2,580,652
|
||||||
Pearson PLC
|
60,345
|
600,654
|
||||||
Persimmon PLC
|
26,733
|
664,992
|
||||||
RELX PLC – London Stock Exchange
|
951
|
22,126
|
||||||
Rio Tinto PLC
|
1,017
|
58,318
|
||||||
Sage Group PLC
|
64,982
|
612,658
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
United Kingdom – 10.59% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Smith & Nephew PLC
|
8,263
|
$
|
173,596
|
|||||
Smiths Group PLC
|
496
|
9,012
|
||||||
Tate & Lyle PLC
|
5,289
|
48,278
|
||||||
Unilever PLC
|
30,951
|
1,888,197
|
||||||
23,121,739
|
||||||||
United States – 0.02%
|
||||||||
Ball Corp.
|
540
|
33,240
|
||||||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $196,164,001)
|
216,148,311
|
|||||||
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS
|
||||||||
FROM SECURITIES LENDING – 1.42%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund – 1.42%
|
||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund, Class Y, 2.000% (d)
|
3,101,826
|
3,101,826
|
||||||
Total Investments Purchased with Proceeds
|
||||||||
from Securities Lending (Cost 3,101,826)
|
3,101,826
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.34%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund – 0.34%
|
||||||||
First American Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 2.297% (d)
|
737,888
|
$
|
737,888
|
|||||
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $737,888)
|
737,888
|
|||||||
Total Investments (Cost $200,003,715) – 100.74%
|
219,988,025
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.74)%
|
(1,615,293
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00%
|
$
|
218,372,732
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
Securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed to be liquid and the aggregate value, $4,104,033, represents 1.18% of net assets.
|
(c)
|
All or a portion of this security is out on loan as of May 31, 2019. Total value of securities out on loan is $2,783,215.
|
(d)
|
Seven day yield as of May 31, 2019.
|
Abbreviations:
|
|
A/S
|
Aktieselskap is the Danish term for a stock company, which signifies that shareholders have limited liability.
|
AB
|
Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for stock company.
|
AG
|
Aktiengesellschaft is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i.e. owned by shareholders.
|
ASA
|
Allmennaksjeselskap is a Norwegian term which signifies that the company is listed in the stock-exchange.
|
BM
|
An abbreviation that refers to a limited liability company.
|
KGaA
|
Kommanditgesellschaft auf Aktien is a German term that refers to a Limited Partnership that has shares.
|
Ltd.
|
Limited is a term indicating a company is incorporated and shareholders have limited liability.
|
NV
|
Naamloze Vennootschap is a Dutch term for publicly traded companies.
|
OYJ
|
Julkinen osakeyhtiö is the Finnish term for publicly-traded companies.
|
PLC
|
Public Limited Company is a publicly traded company which signifies that shareholders have limited liability.
|
SA
|
An abbreviation used by many countries to signify a stock company whereby shareholders have limited liability.
|
SE
|
Societas Europaea is a term for a European Public Limited Liability Company.
|
SGPS
|
Sociedade gestora de participacoes socialis is a Portugese term for a holding enterprise.
|
SpA
|
Società per Azioni is the Italian term for a limited share company.
|
Schedule of Investments
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
COMMON STOCKS – 17.08%
|
||||||||
Australia – 0.00%
|
||||||||
OneMarket Ltd. (a)
|
3,750
|
$
|
2,068
|
|||||
Bermuda – 0.66%
|
||||||||
Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.
|
131,973
|
861,142
|
||||||
Sinolink Worldwide Holdings Ltd. (a)
|
1,250,000
|
94,158
|
||||||
955,300
|
||||||||
Brazil – 0.31%
|
||||||||
BR Malls Participacoes SA
|
51,271
|
168,293
|
||||||
Construtora Tenda SA
|
39,630
|
203,909
|
||||||
Direcional Engenharia SA
|
27,778
|
70,437
|
||||||
442,639
|
||||||||
Canada – 0.15%
|
||||||||
Brookfield Property Partners LP
|
11,933
|
220,808
|
||||||
Cayman Islands – 0.19%
|
||||||||
Aoyuan Healthy Life Group Co. Ltd. (a)
|
4,888
|
2,481
|
||||||
Powerlong Real Estate Holdings Ltd.
|
595,061
|
270,002
|
||||||
272,483
|
||||||||
China – 0.10%
|
||||||||
Yuzhou Properties Co. Ltd.
|
325,480
|
148,305
|
||||||
Germany – 1.62%
|
||||||||
Deutsche Wohnen SE
|
12,775
|
603,071
|
||||||
DIC Asset AG
|
9,867
|
103,246
|
||||||
TAG Immobilien AG
|
23,056
|
541,105
|
||||||
TLG Immobilien AG
|
16,263
|
476,918
|
||||||
Vonovia SE
|
11,678
|
611,862
|
||||||
2,336,202
|
||||||||
Hong Kong – 5.91%
|
||||||||
China Aoyuan Group Ltd.
|
415,543
|
449,481
|
||||||
China Resources Land Ltd.
|
282,000
|
1,147,169
|
||||||
Gemdale Properties & Investment Corp Ltd.
|
6,650,633
|
798,150
|
||||||
Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.
|
2,213
|
11,436
|
||||||
HKC Holdings Ltd.
|
26,889
|
18,390
|
||||||
Hopson Development Holdings Ltd.
|
256,232
|
256,175
|
||||||
Hysan Development Co. Ltd.
|
153,514
|
799,520
|
||||||
Kerry Properties Ltd.
|
181,270
|
689,018
|
||||||
Liu Chong Hing Investment Ltd.
|
13,337
|
20,328
|
||||||
Longfor Group Holdings Ltd.
|
112,216
|
413,381
|
||||||
New World Development Co. Ltd.
|
269,855
|
398,963
|
||||||
Poly Property Group Co. Ltd.
|
204,152
|
70,225
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Hong Kong – 5.91% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Road King Infrastructure Ltd.
|
176,807
|
$
|
358,592
|
|||||
Shanghai Industrial Urban Development Group Ltd.
|
326,585
|
60,414
|
||||||
Shui On Land Ltd.
|
866,903
|
196,541
|
||||||
Sino Land Co. Ltd.
|
591,923
|
947,223
|
||||||
Swire Properties Ltd.
|
113,902
|
469,736
|
||||||
Times China Holdings Ltd.
|
343,307
|
568,600
|
||||||
Wheelock & Co. Ltd.
|
129,609
|
855,587
|
||||||
8,528,929
|
||||||||
Indonesia – 0.07%
|
||||||||
Bumi Serpong Damai Tbk PT (a)
|
384,000
|
36,458
|
||||||
Ciputra Development Tbk PT
|
387,000
|
26,573
|
||||||
Pakuwon Jati Tbk PT
|
900,000
|
44,422
|
||||||
107,453
|
||||||||
Israel – 0.08%
|
||||||||
Azrieli Group Ltd.
|
1,866
|
111,405
|
||||||
Japan – 1.07%
|
||||||||
Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.
|
857
|
12,575
|
||||||
Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd.
|
5,239
|
101,121
|
||||||
Leopalace21 Corp.
|
4,404
|
12,874
|
||||||
Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.
|
815
|
19,691
|
||||||
Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.
|
10,000
|
204,886
|
||||||
Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.
|
31,960
|
1,175,175
|
||||||
Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.
|
2,402
|
24,963
|
||||||
1,551,285
|
||||||||
Jersey – 0.03%
|
||||||||
Atrium European Real Estate Ltd.
|
10,533
|
38,891
|
||||||
Luxembourg – 1.68%
|
||||||||
ADO Properties SA (b)
|
9,434
|
508,085
|
||||||
Aroundtown SA
|
182,895
|
1,551,766
|
||||||
Grand City Properties SA
|
14,018
|
359,744
|
||||||
2,419,595
|
||||||||
Malaysia – 0.05%
|
||||||||
IOI Properties Group Bhd
|
159,442
|
51,024
|
||||||
UOA Development Bhd
|
32,200
|
17,981
|
||||||
69,005
|
||||||||
Mexico – 0.10%
|
||||||||
Corp Inmobiliaria Vesta SAB de CV
|
101,225
|
143,842
|
||||||
Netherlands – 0.07%
|
||||||||
Eurocommercial Properties NV
|
3,788
|
98,939
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
New Zealand – 0.20%
|
||||||||
Argosy Property Ltd.
|
110,786
|
$
|
95,669
|
|||||
Kiwi Property Group Ltd.
|
103,269
|
106,405
|
||||||
Precinct Properties New Zealand Ltd.
|
89,355
|
94,563
|
||||||
296,637
|
||||||||
Norway – 0.06%
|
||||||||
Entra ASA (b)
|
6,138
|
91,532
|
||||||
Philippines – 0.69%
|
||||||||
Ayala Land, Inc.
|
75,000
|
71,346
|
||||||
Megaworld Corp.
|
1,000,000
|
113,112
|
||||||
Robinsons Land Corp.
|
296,391
|
147,738
|
||||||
SM Prime Holdings, Inc.
|
860,876
|
658,223
|
||||||
990,419
|
||||||||
Singapore – 1.08%
|
||||||||
City Developments Ltd.
|
7,827
|
46,941
|
||||||
United Industrial Corp. Ltd.
|
194,476
|
421,953
|
||||||
UOL Group Ltd.
|
138,912
|
684,255
|
||||||
Wing Tai Holdings Ltd.
|
235,663
|
348,008
|
||||||
Yanlord Land Group Ltd.
|
72,611
|
62,957
|
||||||
1,564,114
|
||||||||
Sweden – 1.47%
|
||||||||
Castellum AB
|
10,217
|
193,856
|
||||||
Fabege AB
|
53,650
|
804,867
|
||||||
Hembla AB (a)
|
4,274
|
77,222
|
||||||
Hemfosa Fastigheter AB
|
52,006
|
479,585
|
||||||
Klovern AB
|
106,640
|
160,168
|
||||||
Kungsleden AB
|
37,031
|
286,501
|
||||||
Nyfosa AB (a)
|
18,134
|
114,695
|
||||||
2,116,894
|
||||||||
Switzerland – 0.52%
|
||||||||
Allreal Holding AG
|
887
|
144,898
|
||||||
PSP Swiss Property AG
|
3,760
|
421,313
|
||||||
Swiss Prime Site AG (a)
|
2,244
|
182,934
|
||||||
749,145
|
||||||||
Thailand – 0.29%
|
||||||||
Central Pattana PLC
|
55,664
|
125,188
|
||||||
Central Pattana PLC-NVDR
|
130,689
|
293,918
|
||||||
419,106
|
||||||||
United Kingdom – 0.42%
|
||||||||
Capital & Counties Properties PLC
|
8,006
|
22,006
|
||||||
Daejan Holdings PLC
|
8,322
|
578,662
|
||||||
600,668
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
United States – 0.26%
|
||||||||
CBRE Group, Inc. (a)
|
541
|
$
|
24,723
|
|||||
Forestar Group, Inc. (a)
|
6,557
|
117,436
|
||||||
FRP Holdings, Inc. (a)
|
915
|
42,566
|
||||||
Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.
|
116
|
14,436
|
||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
|
745
|
15,310
|
||||||
Marcus & Millichap, Inc. (a)
|
1,465
|
44,741
|
||||||
RMR Group, Inc.
|
2,413
|
116,355
|
||||||
375,567
|
||||||||
Total Common Stocks (Cost $23,281,427)
|
24,651,231
|
|||||||
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS – 82.91%
|
||||||||
Australia – 6.33%
|
||||||||
Abacus Property Group
|
982
|
2,606
|
||||||
Astro Japan Property Group (a)(c)(d)(f)
|
107,959
|
3,745
|
||||||
BWP Trust
|
369,933
|
923,234
|
||||||
Charter Hall Education Trust
|
10,135
|
25,451
|
||||||
Charter Hall Retail REIT
|
79,372
|
243,154
|
||||||
Cromwell Property Group
|
317,286
|
254,206
|
||||||
Dexus
|
191,841
|
1,716,869
|
||||||
GDI Property Group
|
100,000
|
91,773
|
||||||
Goodman Group
|
96,191
|
894,868
|
||||||
GPT Group
|
302,236
|
1,209,198
|
||||||
Mirvac Group
|
462,961
|
975,608
|
||||||
Scentre Group
|
246,005
|
649,334
|
||||||
Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield – CDI
|
1
|
7
|
||||||
Vicinity Centres
|
1,193,554
|
2,139,379
|
||||||
9,129,432
|
||||||||
Belgium – 0.78%
|
||||||||
Aedifica SA
|
505
|
46,514
|
||||||
Befimmo SA
|
2,586
|
144,695
|
||||||
Cofinimmo SA
|
2,010
|
253,739
|
||||||
Montea CVA
|
1,887
|
164,219
|
||||||
Warehouses De Pauw CVA
|
3,310
|
514,732
|
||||||
1,123,899
|
||||||||
Canada – 3.74%
|
||||||||
Artis Real Estate Investment Trust
|
4,019
|
35,028
|
||||||
Canadian Apartment Properties REIT
|
20,493
|
742,629
|
||||||
Dream Global Real Estate Investment Trust
|
24,409
|
244,162
|
||||||
Dream Office Real Estate Investment Trust
|
8,524
|
148,520
|
||||||
Granite Real Estate Investment Trust
|
45,674
|
2,041,408
|
||||||
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust
|
14,434
|
243,486
|
||||||
InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust
|
86,016
|
900,508
|
||||||
Morguard Real Estate Investment Trust
|
37,272
|
329,811
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Canada – 3.74% (Continued)
|
||||||||
RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust
|
19,256
|
$
|
371,557
|
|||||
SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust
|
13,688
|
330,756
|
||||||
WPT Industrial Real Estate Investment Trust
|
1,100
|
14,982
|
||||||
5,402,847
|
||||||||
France – 1.36%
|
||||||||
Covivio
|
2,503
|
262,665
|
||||||
Gecina SA
|
8,888
|
1,270,948
|
||||||
Societe de la Tour Eiffel
|
10,381
|
430,256
|
||||||
1,963,869
|
||||||||
Guernsey – 0.30%
|
||||||||
Picton Property Income Ltd.
|
50,000
|
60,458
|
||||||
UK Commercial Property REIT Ltd.
|
327,205
|
378,095
|
||||||
438,553
|
||||||||
Hong Kong – 4.07%
|
||||||||
Champion REIT
|
2,157,076
|
1,755,858
|
||||||
Hui Xian Real Estate Investment Trust
|
347,122
|
163,471
|
||||||
Link REIT
|
331,043
|
3,961,255
|
||||||
5,880,584
|
||||||||
Ireland – 0.29%
|
||||||||
Green REIT PLC
|
147,164
|
285,042
|
||||||
Irish Residential Properties REIT PLC
|
73,680
|
131,205
|
||||||
416,247
|
||||||||
Italy – 0.03%
|
||||||||
Immobiliare Grande Distribuzione SIIQ SpA
|
6,260
|
43,009
|
||||||
Japan – 5.66%
|
||||||||
Advance Residence Investment Corp.
|
5
|
14,472
|
||||||
Comforia Residential REIT, Inc.
|
32
|
87,778
|
||||||
Daiwa Office Investment Corp.
|
122
|
845,317
|
||||||
Frontier Real Estate Investment Corp.
|
11
|
46,495
|
||||||
Fukuoka REIT Corp.
|
9
|
14,533
|
||||||
Global One Real Estate Investment Corp.
|
379
|
457,059
|
||||||
GLP J-Reit
|
13
|
14,484
|
||||||
Hankyu Hanshin REIT, Inc.
|
85
|
115,792
|
||||||
Heiwa Real Estate REIT, Inc.
|
80
|
91,072
|
||||||
Hulic Reit, Inc.
|
336
|
557,049
|
||||||
Japan Excellent, Inc.
|
54
|
80,241
|
||||||
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp.
|
922
|
747,225
|
||||||
Japan Logistics Fund, Inc.
|
14
|
31,242
|
||||||
Japan Rental Housing Investments, Inc.
|
93
|
74,033
|
||||||
Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp.
|
54
|
108,777
|
||||||
Kenedix Office Investment Corp.
|
240
|
1,653,110
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
Japan – 5.66% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Marimo Regional Revitalization REIT, Inc. (e)
|
120
|
$
|
129,750
|
|||||
MCUBS MidCity Investment Corp.
|
570
|
548,143
|
||||||
Mori Trust Sogo Reit, Inc.
|
145
|
230,494
|
||||||
Nippon Accommodations Fund, Inc.
|
66
|
348,322
|
||||||
Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc.
|
391
|
607,396
|
||||||
Ooedo Onsen Reit Investment Corp.
|
120
|
94,703
|
||||||
Orix JREIT, Inc.
|
181
|
324,825
|
||||||
Premier Investment Corp.
|
480
|
611,479
|
||||||
Tokyu REIT, Inc.
|
200
|
326,576
|
||||||
United Urban Investment Corp.
|
9
|
14,858
|
||||||
8,175,225
|
||||||||
Malaysia – 0.09%
|
||||||||
IGB Real Estate Investment Trust
|
108,000
|
48,245
|
||||||
KLCCP Stapled Group
|
25,200
|
46,310
|
||||||
Sunway Real Estate Investment Trust
|
64,000
|
28,407
|
||||||
122,962
|
||||||||
Mexico – 0.22%
|
||||||||
Concentradora Fibra Danhos SA de CV
|
21,000
|
25,855
|
||||||
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV
|
100,000
|
127,916
|
||||||
Macquarie Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV (a)(b)
|
80,366
|
84,062
|
||||||
PLA Administradora Industrial S de RL de CV
|
30,000
|
45,906
|
||||||
Prologis Property Mexico SA de CV
|
18,000
|
35,102
|
||||||
318,841
|
||||||||
Netherlands – 0.38%
|
||||||||
NSI NV
|
4,471
|
181,311
|
||||||
Vastned Retail NV
|
10,386
|
340,957
|
||||||
Wereldhave NV
|
831
|
20,275
|
||||||
542,543
|
||||||||
New Zealand – 0.11%
|
||||||||
Goodman Property Trust
|
134,956
|
163,775
|
||||||
Singapore – 1.95%
|
||||||||
CapitaLand Commercial Trust
|
36,384
|
51,194
|
||||||
Fortune Real Estate Investment Trust
|
1,315,802
|
1,731,993
|
||||||
Mapletree Commercial Trust
|
108,937
|
151,750
|
||||||
Mapletree Industrial Trust
|
102,229
|
156,961
|
||||||
Mapletree Logistics Trust
|
392,751
|
418,182
|
||||||
Mapletree North Asia Commercial Trust
|
158,163
|
152,027
|
||||||
Starhill Global REIT
|
171,918
|
91,963
|
||||||
Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust
|
44,263
|
58,737
|
||||||
2,812,807
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
South Africa – 0.61%
|
||||||||
Arrowhead Properties Ltd.
|
79,358
|
$
|
20,074
|
|||||
Fortress REIT Ltd. – Class A
|
79,360
|
107,992
|
||||||
Fortress REIT Ltd. – Class B
|
68,360
|
55,584
|
||||||
Growthpoint Properties Ltd.
|
48,281
|
80,030
|
||||||
Hyprop Investments Ltd.
|
30,746
|
149,295
|
||||||
Redefine Properties Ltd.
|
34,217
|
21,298
|
||||||
SA Corporate Real Estate Ltd.
|
1,056,595
|
211,809
|
||||||
Vukile Property Fund Ltd.
|
167,036
|
237,374
|
||||||
883,456
|
||||||||
Spain – 0.48%
|
||||||||
Lar Espana Real Estate Socimi SA
|
8,340
|
63,717
|
||||||
Merlin Properties Socimi SA
|
47,468
|
631,398
|
||||||
695,115
|
||||||||
United Kingdom – 3.87%
|
||||||||
Assura PLC
|
219,035
|
177,503
|
||||||
Big Yellow Group PLC
|
31,923
|
410,655
|
||||||
British Land Co. PLC
|
147,510
|
995,287
|
||||||
Derwent London PLC
|
10,133
|
411,725
|
||||||
Hansteen Holdings PLC
|
179,858
|
213,879
|
||||||
Land Securities Group PLC
|
1,686
|
17,637
|
||||||
Primary Health Properties PLC
|
18,871
|
32,624
|
||||||
Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd.
|
33,987
|
24,621
|
||||||
Segro PLC
|
96,824
|
852,376
|
||||||
Shaftesbury PLC
|
1,209
|
12,580
|
||||||
Target Healthcare REIT Ltd.
|
16,666
|
24,526
|
||||||
Tritax Big Box REIT PLC
|
429,697
|
804,172
|
||||||
UNITE Group PLC
|
65,148
|
781,722
|
||||||
Workspace Group PLC
|
73,358
|
818,600
|
||||||
5,577,907
|
||||||||
United States – 52.64%
|
||||||||
Agree Realty Corp.
|
47,467
|
3,177,916
|
||||||
Alexander & Baldwin, Inc.
|
1,400
|
32,298
|
||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc.
|
11,815
|
536,283
|
||||||
American Campus Communities, Inc.
|
12,011
|
556,349
|
||||||
American Homes 4 Rent
|
2,874
|
70,154
|
||||||
American Tower Corp.
|
728
|
151,985
|
||||||
Americold Realty Trust
|
96,015
|
3,005,269
|
||||||
Apartment Investment & Management Co.
|
25,099
|
1,253,695
|
||||||
Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.
|
1,815
|
28,024
|
||||||
AvalonBay Communities, Inc.
|
17,084
|
3,468,223
|
||||||
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
|
332
|
3,466
|
||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust
|
2,500
|
37,775
|
||||||
Brookfield Property REIT, Inc.
|
753
|
13,885
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
United States – 52.64% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Camden Property Trust
|
27,055
|
$
|
2,796,405
|
|||||
CareTrust REIT, Inc.
|
92,500
|
2,248,675
|
||||||
Chatham Lodging Trust
|
819
|
15,594
|
||||||
Chesapeake Lodging Trust
|
16,337
|
470,015
|
||||||
Columbia Property Trust, Inc.
|
35,571
|
760,508
|
||||||
Community Healthcare Trust, Inc.
|
8,400
|
328,692
|
||||||
CubeSmart
|
26,694
|
900,122
|
||||||
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.
|
30,225
|
299,530
|
||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc.
|
378
|
15,230
|
||||||
Duke Realty Corp.
|
7,821
|
235,334
|
||||||
EastGroup Properties, Inc.
|
3,186
|
353,646
|
||||||
EPR Properties
|
17,597
|
1,374,326
|
||||||
Equity Commonwealth
|
94,678
|
3,083,662
|
||||||
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.
|
1,919
|
233,466
|
||||||
Equity Residential
|
22,395
|
1,714,785
|
||||||
Extra Space Storage, Inc.
|
172
|
18,432
|
||||||
Federal Realty Investment Trust
|
223
|
29,153
|
||||||
First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc.
|
9,846
|
341,755
|
||||||
Four Corners Property Trust, Inc.
|
60,000
|
1,725,600
|
||||||
Gaming & Leisure Properties, Inc.
|
416
|
16,428
|
||||||
Getty Realty Corp.
|
100,489
|
3,111,139
|
||||||
HCP, Inc.
|
20,391
|
646,599
|
||||||
Hersha Hospitality Trust
|
8,419
|
143,544
|
||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
|
99,829
|
1,807,903
|
||||||
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
|
1,576
|
17,304
|
||||||
Investors Real Estate Trust
|
2,981
|
172,570
|
||||||
Invitation Homes, Inc.
|
635
|
16,275
|
||||||
JBG SMITH Properties
|
30,588
|
1,207,920
|
||||||
Kilroy Realty Corp.
|
16,867
|
1,243,267
|
||||||
Liberty Property Trust
|
27,098
|
1,286,342
|
||||||
Life Storage, Inc.
|
17,697
|
1,703,867
|
||||||
LTC Properties, Inc.
|
21,342
|
955,054
|
||||||
Mack-Cali Realty Corp.
|
13,152
|
298,813
|
||||||
Medical Properties Trust, Inc.
|
148,929
|
2,647,958
|
||||||
Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.
|
12,985
|
1,482,627
|
||||||
National Health Investors, Inc.
|
24,504
|
1,924,789
|
||||||
National Retail Properties, Inc.
|
1,500
|
80,295
|
||||||
National Storage Affiliates Trust
|
586
|
17,457
|
||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.
|
13,011
|
463,452
|
||||||
Paramount Group, Inc.
|
52,000
|
741,000
|
||||||
Park Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
|
55,952
|
1,545,394
|
||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc.
|
146,570
|
2,979,768
|
||||||
Prologis, Inc.
|
30,894
|
2,275,961
|
||||||
PS Business Parks, Inc.
|
14,536
|
2,339,133
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
United States – 52.64% (Continued)
|
||||||||
Public Storage
|
6,637
|
$
|
1,578,810
|
|||||
Realty Income Corp.
|
247
|
17,310
|
||||||
Regency Centers Corp.
|
200
|
13,192
|
||||||
Retail Properties of America, Inc.
|
105,152
|
1,250,257
|
||||||
Retail Value, Inc.
|
4,776
|
152,450
|
||||||
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
|
42,991
|
1,625,060
|
||||||
RPT Realty
|
1,262
|
15,359
|
||||||
Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.
|
5,387
|
430,691
|
||||||
SBA Communications Corp. (a)
|
153
|
33,111
|
||||||
Simon Property Group, Inc.
|
13,894
|
2,252,078
|
||||||
SL Green Realty Corp.
|
8,933
|
768,238
|
||||||
Spirit MTA REIT
|
586
|
4,120
|
||||||
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.
|
7,493
|
319,651
|
||||||
STAG Industrial, Inc.
|
539
|
15,728
|
||||||
STORE Capital Corp.
|
11,181
|
382,614
|
||||||
Sun Communities, Inc.
|
4,009
|
506,216
|
||||||
Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc.
|
43,739
|
586,977
|
||||||
Terreno Realty Corp.
|
31,426
|
1,436,482
|
||||||
Tier REIT, Inc.
|
58,756
|
1,581,712
|
||||||
UDR, Inc.
|
14,766
|
661,221
|
||||||
Universal Health Realty Income Trust
|
782
|
64,101
|
||||||
Urstadt Biddle Properties, Inc.
|
23,059
|
504,531
|
||||||
Ventas, Inc.
|
258
|
16,589
|
||||||
VEREIT, Inc.
|
1,904
|
16,908
|
||||||
VICI Properties, Inc.
|
62,408
|
1,384,209
|
||||||
Washington Prime Group, Inc.
|
2,929
|
12,009
|
||||||
Weingarten Realty Investors
|
1,731
|
48,814
|
||||||
Welltower, Inc.
|
216
|
17,544
|
||||||
WP Carey, Inc.
|
20,930
|
1,737,399
|
||||||
Xenia Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
|
6,100
|
127,551
|
||||||
75,966,043
|
||||||||
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts (Cost $102,224,934)
|
119,657,114
|
|||||||
CLOSED-END FUNDS – 0.03%
|
||||||||
Guernsey – 0.03%
|
||||||||
F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd.
|
27,740
|
42,505
|
||||||
Total Closed-End Funds (Cost $56,864)
|
42,505
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
Shares
|
Value
|
|||||||
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS
|
||||||||
FROM SECURITIES LENDING – 0.09%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund – 0.09%
|
||||||||
First American Government Obligations Fund, Class Y, 2.000% (g)
|
131,334
|
$
|
131,334
|
|||||
Total Investments Purchased with Proceeds
|
||||||||
from Securities Lending (Cost 131,334)
|
131,334
|
|||||||
LIQUIDATING TRUSTS – 0.01%
|
||||||||
United States – 0.01%
|
||||||||
Winthrop Realty Trust (a)(c)
|
9,590
|
11,604
|
||||||
Total Liquidating Trusts (Cost $21,535)
|
11,604
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.00%
|
||||||||
Money Market Fund – 0.00%
|
||||||||
First American Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 2.297% (g)
|
81
|
81
|
||||||
Total Short-Term Investments (Cost $81)
|
81
|
|||||||
Total Investments (Cost $125,716,175) – 100.12%
|
144,493,869
|
|||||||
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.12)%
|
(172,240
|
)
|
||||||
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00%
|
$
|
144,321,629
|
(a)
|
Non-income producing security.
|
(b)
|
Securities issued pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities are deemed to be liquid and the aggregate value, $683,679, represents 0.47% of net assets.
|
(c)
|
Illiquid security. The total market value of these securities was $15,349, representing 0.01% of net assets.
|
(d)
|
Fair valued security. Value determined using significant unobservable inputs.
|
(e)
|
All or a portion of this security is out on loan as of May 31, 2019. Total value of securities out on loan is $127,482.
|
(f)
|
Restricted security as to resale. As of the report date, the Fund held a restricted security with a current value of $3,745, acquired January 14, 2014 with an original cost of $0, which was
0.00% of its net assets.
|
(g)
|
Seven day yield as of May 31, 2019.
|
Abbreviations:
|
|
AB
|
Aktiebolag is the Swedish term for stock company.
|
AG
|
Aktiengesellschaft is a German term that refers to a corporation that is limited by shares, i.e. owned by shareholders.
|
ASA
|
Allmennaksjeselskap is a Norwegian term which signifies that the company is listed in the stock-exchange.
|
CDI
|
CHESS Depositary Interests are a way of allowing securities of foreign companies to be traded on the Australian Stock Exchange. CDIs afford shareholders all of the same direct economic benefits
as ordinary shares, such as the right to dividends and to participate in rights offers.
|
Schedule of Investments (Continued)
|
CVA
|
Commanditaire Vennootschap op Aandelen is a Belgium term for limited partnership with shares.
|
LP
|
Limited Partnership.
|
Ltd.
|
Limited is a term indicating a company is incorporated and shareholders have limited liability.
|
NV
|
Naamloze Vennootschap is a Dutch term for publicly traded companies.
|
PLC
|
Public Limited Company is a publicly traded company which signifies that shareholders have limited liability.
|
SA
|
An abbreviation used by many countries to signify a stock company whereby shareholders have limited liability.
|
SA de CV
|
Sociedad Anonima de Capital Variable is a Spanish term for an SA with variable capital.
|
S de RL de CV
|
Sociedad De Responsabilidad Limitada De Capital Variable is a nonnegotiable stock limited liability corporation of two or more persons whose liabilities for acts of the corporation are limited
to their capital contribution.
|
SE
|
Societas Europaea is a term for a European Public Limited Liability Company.
|
SIIQ
|
An Italian term for listed Real Estate Investment Company.
|
SpA
|
Società per Azioni is the Italian term for a limited share company.
|
Tbk PT
|
Perseroan Terbatas is an Indonesian term that refers to a Limited Liability Company. Tbk is added if the shares become publicly listed on the stock exchange.
|
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
|
(1)
|
Includes loaned securities with a value of
|
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
|
|
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.001 par value)
|
|
Net asset value, redemption price and offering price per share(2)
|
|
(2)
|
If applicable, redemption price per share may be reduced by a 1.00% redemption fee of the net amount of the redemption on shares redeemed within 60 days of purchase.
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||||||
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
|||||||||
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real Estate
|
|||||||||
Growth Equity Fund
|
Growth Equity Fund
|
Securities Fund
|
|||||||||
$
|
264,143,214
|
$
|
219,988,025
|
$
|
144,493,869
|
||||||
—
|
892,321
|
590,905
|
|||||||||
243,066
|
529,238
|
319,144
|
|||||||||
12
|
874,778
|
169,052
|
|||||||||
589,713
|
2,312,223
|
3,530,286
|
|||||||||
190,763
|
174,129
|
43,066
|
|||||||||
3,155
|
2,626
|
437
|
|||||||||
13,214
|
15,196
|
17,074
|
|||||||||
265,183,137
|
224,788,536
|
149,163,833
|
|||||||||
359,000
|
—
|
3,109,000
|
|||||||||
294,505
|
3,027,782
|
1,371,884
|
|||||||||
1,489,918
|
3,101,826
|
131,334
|
|||||||||
186,796
|
161,071
|
78,137
|
|||||||||
47,527
|
51,520
|
41,774
|
|||||||||
330,416
|
55,635
|
89,096
|
|||||||||
25,636
|
17,970
|
20,979
|
|||||||||
2,733,798
|
6,415,804
|
4,842,204
|
|||||||||
$
|
262,449,339
|
$
|
218,372,732
|
$
|
144,321,629
|
||||||
$
|
146,065,912
|
$
|
193,040,992
|
$
|
126,513,391
|
||||||
116,383,427
|
25,331,740
|
17,808,238
|
|||||||||
$
|
262,449,339
|
$
|
218,372,732
|
$
|
144,321,629
|
||||||
$
|
1,393,836
|
$
|
2,783,215
|
$
|
127,482
|
||||||
12,869,776
|
15,280,859
|
12,462,010
|
|||||||||
$
|
20.39
|
$
|
14.29
|
$
|
11.58
|
Statements of Operations
|
(1)
|
Net of foreign taxes withheld of $0, $361,994 and $136,823, respectively.
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||||||
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
|||||||||
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real Estate
|
|||||||||
Growth Equity Fund
|
Growth Equity Fund
|
Securities Fund
|
|||||||||
$
|
2,359,875
|
$
|
3,727,951
|
$
|
2,861,350
|
||||||
5,648
|
8,261
|
912
|
|||||||||
51,315
|
3,057
|
1,634
|
|||||||||
2,416,838
|
3,739,269
|
2,863,896
|
|||||||||
1,160,757
|
911,030
|
479,892
|
|||||||||
95,604
|
98,240
|
73,680
|
|||||||||
89,928
|
60,618
|
47,314
|
|||||||||
11,372
|
10,434
|
10,176
|
|||||||||
9,734
|
10,738
|
10,538
|
|||||||||
8,570
|
8,024
|
7,100
|
|||||||||
7,368
|
7,138
|
5,952
|
|||||||||
5,208
|
5,208
|
5,208
|
|||||||||
4,708
|
43,268
|
28,054
|
|||||||||
4,186
|
4,186
|
4,186
|
|||||||||
9,870
|
14,974
|
19,570
|
|||||||||
1,407,305
|
1,173,858
|
691,670
|
|||||||||
(50,482
|
)
|
15,724
|
—
|
||||||||
1,356,823
|
1,189,582
|
691,670
|
|||||||||
1,060,015
|
2,549,687
|
2,172,226
|
|||||||||
28,405,329
|
4,751,609
|
1,602,088
|
|||||||||
(35,901,235
|
)
|
1,238,330
|
6,928,808
|
||||||||
—
|
3,810
|
(3,904
|
)
|
||||||||
(7,495,906
|
)
|
5,993,749
|
8,526,992
|
||||||||
$
|
(6,435,891
|
)
|
$
|
8,543,436
|
$
|
10,699,218
|
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
Six Months
|
||||||||
Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
May 31, 2019
|
November 30,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2018
|
|||||||
From Operations
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
1,060,015
|
$
|
218,075
|
||||
Net realized gain from investments
|
28,405,329
|
18,038,665
|
||||||
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments
|
(35,901,235
|
)
|
(1,108,871
|
)
|
||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
|
(6,435,891
|
)
|
17,147,869
|
|||||
From Distributions
|
||||||||
Net dividends and distributions
|
(19,608,899
|
)
|
(8,625,737
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets resulting
|
||||||||
from dividends and distributions paid
|
(19,608,899
|
)
|
(8,625,737
|
)
|
||||
From Capital Share Transactions
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
22,045,854
|
37,509,548
|
||||||
Net asset value of shares issued
|
||||||||
to distributions declared
|
19,478,237
|
8,522,142
|
||||||
Cost for shares redeemed*
|
(29,423,642
|
)
|
(85,259,762
|
)
|
||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from
|
||||||||
capital share transactions
|
12,100,449
|
(39,228,072
|
)
|
|||||
Total Decrease in Net Assets
|
(13,944,341
|
)
|
(30,705,940
|
)
|
||||
Net Assets
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
276,393,680
|
307,099,620
|
||||||
End of period
|
$
|
262,449,339
|
$
|
276,393,680
|
||||
* Net of redemption fees of
|
$
|
910
|
$
|
5,912
|
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
Six Months
|
||||||||
Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
May 31, 2019
|
November 30,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2018
|
|||||||
From Operations
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
2,549,687
|
$
|
2,869,420
|
||||
Net realized gain from investments
|
4,751,609
|
2,406,932
|
||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation
|
||||||||
(depreciation) on investments
|
1,242,140
|
(33,109,956
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from operations
|
8,543,436
|
(27,833,604
|
)
|
|||||
From Distributions
|
||||||||
Net dividends and distributions
|
(3,490,210
|
)
|
(3,672,334
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets resulting
|
||||||||
from dividends and distributions paid
|
(3,490,210
|
)
|
(3,672,334
|
)
|
||||
From Capital Share Transactions
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
26,677,025
|
47,907,405
|
||||||
Net asset value of shares issued
|
||||||||
to distributions declared
|
2,466,695
|
2,692,715
|
||||||
Cost for shares redeemed*
|
(29,069,563
|
)
|
(45,585,106
|
)
|
||||
Net increase in net assets from
|
||||||||
capital share transactions
|
74,157
|
5,015,014
|
||||||
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
|
5,127,383
|
(26,490,924
|
)
|
|||||
Net Assets
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
213,245,349
|
239,736,273
|
||||||
End of period
|
$
|
218,372,732
|
$
|
213,245,349
|
||||
* Net of redemption fees of
|
$
|
945
|
$
|
1,304
|
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
|
Six Months
|
||||||||
Ended
|
Year Ended
|
|||||||
May 31, 2019
|
November 30,
|
|||||||
(Unaudited)
|
2018
|
|||||||
From Operations
|
||||||||
Net investment income
|
$
|
2,172,226
|
$
|
3,747,778
|
||||
Net realized gain (loss) from investments
|
1,602,088
|
(176,594
|
)
|
|||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation
|
||||||||
(depreciation) on investments
|
6,924,904
|
(3,131,785
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase in net assets from operations
|
10,699,218
|
439,399
|
||||||
From Distributions
|
||||||||
Net dividends and distributions
|
(1,501,206
|
)
|
(5,640,614
|
)
|
||||
Net decrease in net assets resulting from
|
||||||||
dividends and distributions paid
|
(1,501,206
|
)
|
(5,640,614
|
)
|
||||
From Capital Share Transactions
|
||||||||
Proceeds from shares sold
|
6,627,790
|
33,613,283
|
||||||
Net asset value of shares issued
|
||||||||
to distributions declared
|
1,247,654
|
4,874,695
|
||||||
Cost for shares redeemed*
|
(21,116,938
|
)
|
(20,358,257
|
)
|
||||
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from
|
||||||||
capital share transactions
|
(13,241,494
|
)
|
18,129,721
|
|||||
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
|
(4,043,482
|
)
|
12,928,506
|
|||||
Net Assets
|
||||||||
Beginning of period
|
148,365,111
|
135,436,605
|
||||||
End of period
|
$
|
144,321,629
|
$
|
148,365,111
|
||||
* Net of redemption fees of
|
$
|
74
|
$
|
1,198
|
Financial Highlights
|
Six Months
|
||||
Ended
|
||||
May 31, 2019
|
||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period
|
$
|
22.67
|
||
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.08
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
(0.75
|
)
|
||
Total from investment operations
|
(0.67
|
)
|
||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||
From net investment income
|
(0.13
|
)
|
||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(1.48
|
)
|
||
Total distributions paid
|
(1.61
|
)
|
||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (Note 2)(2)
|
0.00
|
|||
Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period
|
$
|
20.39
|
||
Total Return(3)
|
-2.41
|
%
|
||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||
Net assets at end of year/period (000’s)
|
$
|
262,449
|
||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||
Before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
1.03
|
%
|
||
After waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
0.99
|
%
|
||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
|
||||
Before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
0.74
|
%
|
||
After waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
0.78
|
%
|
||
Portfolio turnover rate(3)
|
31.64
|
%
|
(1)
|
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.
|
(2)
|
Rounds to less than 0.5 cent per share.
|
(3)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(4)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(5)
|
The ratio of expenses to average net assets include interest expenses. The annualized before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.00%. The annualized after
waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 0.99%.
|
Year Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
22.04
|
$
|
18.07
|
$
|
17.84
|
$
|
18.77
|
$
|
17.19
|
|||||||||
0.02
|
0.07
|
0.11
|
0.11
|
0.07
|
||||||||||||||
1.23
|
4.22
|
0.54
|
0.44
|
2.46
|
||||||||||||||
1.25
|
4.29
|
0.65
|
0.55
|
2.53
|
||||||||||||||
(0.08
|
)
|
(0.10
|
)
|
(0.11
|
)
|
(0.07
|
)
|
(0.11
|
)
|
|||||||||
(0.54
|
)
|
(0.22
|
)
|
(0.31
|
)
|
(1.41
|
)
|
(0.84
|
)
|
|||||||||
(0.62
|
)
|
(0.32
|
)
|
(0.42
|
)
|
(1.48
|
)
|
(0.95
|
)
|
|||||||||
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
22.67
|
$
|
22.04
|
$
|
18.07
|
$
|
17.84
|
$
|
18.77
|
|||||||||
5.81
|
%
|
24.13
|
%
|
3.78
|
%
|
3.43
|
%
|
15.50
|
%
|
|||||||||
$
|
276,394
|
$
|
307,100
|
$
|
260,610
|
$
|
239,939
|
$
|
223,818
|
|||||||||
1.02
|
%(5)
|
1.02
|
%
|
1.06
|
%
|
1.05
|
%
|
1.03
|
%
|
|||||||||
1.00
|
%(5)
|
0.99
|
%
|
0.99
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.03
|
%
|
|||||||||
0.05
|
%
|
0.32
|
%
|
0.57
|
%
|
0.59
|
%
|
0.40
|
%
|
|||||||||
0.07
|
%
|
0.35
|
%
|
0.64
|
%
|
0.64
|
%
|
0.40
|
%
|
|||||||||
11.86
|
%
|
20.81
|
%
|
22.06
|
%
|
40.10
|
%
|
58.82
|
%
|
Financial Highlights
|
Six Months
|
||||
Ended
|
||||
May 31, 2019
|
||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period
|
$
|
13.95
|
||
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.17
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
0.41
|
|||
Total from investment operations
|
0.58
|
|||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||
From net investment income
|
(0.15
|
)
|
||
From net realized gain on investments
|
(0.09
|
)
|
||
Total distributions paid
|
(0.24
|
)
|
||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (Note 2)(2)
|
0.00
|
|||
Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period
|
$
|
14.29
|
||
Total Return(3)
|
4.33
|
%
|
||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||
Net assets at end of year/period (000’s)
|
$
|
218,373
|
||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||
Before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
1.10
|
%(5)
|
||
After waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
1.11
|
%(5)
|
||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
|
||||
Before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
2.39
|
%
|
||
After waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
2.38
|
%
|
||
Portfolio turnover rate(3)
|
36.16
|
%
|
(1)
|
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.
|
(2)
|
Rounds to less than 0.5 cent per share.
|
(3)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(4)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(5)
|
The ratio of expenses to average net assets include interest expenses. The annualized before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.09%. The annualized after
waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.10%.
|
(6)
|
The ratio of expenses to average net assets include interest expenses. The annualized before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.05%. The annualized after
waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.10%.
|
(7)
|
The ratio of expenses to average net assets include interest expenses. The annualized before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.18%. The annualized after
waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.12%.
|
(8)
|
The ratio of expenses to average net assets include interest expenses. The annualized before and after waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 1.18%.
|
Year Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
16.01
|
$
|
12.06
|
$
|
13.16
|
$
|
14.03
|
$
|
13.93
|
|||||||||
0.19
|
0.17
|
0.18
|
0.14
|
0.21
|
||||||||||||||
(2.01
|
)
|
3.91
|
(1.12
|
)
|
(0.20
|
)
|
0.14
|
|||||||||||
(1.82
|
)
|
4.08
|
(0.94
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
0.35
|
|||||||||||
(0.24
|
)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.28
|
)
|
(0.24
|
)
|
|||||||||
—
|
—
|
—
|
(0.53
|
)
|
(0.01
|
)
|
||||||||||||
(0.24
|
)
|
(0.13
|
)
|
(0.16
|
)
|
(0.81
|
)
|
(0.25
|
)
|
|||||||||
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
13.95
|
$
|
16.01
|
$
|
12.06
|
$
|
13.16
|
$
|
14.03
|
|||||||||
-11.55
|
%
|
34.16
|
%
|
-7.24
|
%
|
-0.20
|
%
|
2.56
|
%
|
|||||||||
$
|
213,245
|
$
|
239,736
|
$
|
134,150
|
$
|
139,209
|
$
|
120,714
|
|||||||||
1.06
|
%(6)
|
1.12
|
%
|
1.19
|
%(7)
|
1.19
|
%(8)
|
1.18
|
%
|
|||||||||
1.11
|
%(6)
|
1.10
|
%
|
1.13
|
%(7)
|
1.19
|
%(8)
|
1.18
|
%
|
|||||||||
1.26
|
%
|
1.14
|
%
|
1.38
|
%
|
1.03
|
%
|
1.50
|
%
|
|||||||||
1.21
|
%
|
1.16
|
%
|
1.44
|
%
|
1.03
|
%
|
1.50
|
%
|
|||||||||
26.38
|
%
|
16.29
|
%
|
36.19
|
%
|
29.84
|
%
|
50.99
|
%
|
Financial Highlights
|
Six Months
|
||||
Ended
|
||||
May 31, 2019
|
||||
(Unaudited)
|
||||
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Year/Period
|
$
|
10.88
|
||
Income from investment operations:
|
||||
Net investment income(1)
|
0.16
|
|||
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments
|
0.65
|
|||
Total from investment operations
|
0.81
|
|||
Less distributions paid:
|
||||
From net investment income
|
(0.11
|
)
|
||
From net realized gain on investments
|
—
|
|||
Total distributions paid
|
(0.11
|
)
|
||
Paid-in capital from redemption fees (Note 2)(2)
|
0.00
|
|||
Net Asset Value, End of Year/Period
|
$
|
11.58
|
||
Total Return(3)
|
7.66
|
%
|
||
Supplemental Data and Ratios:
|
||||
Net assets at end of year/period (000’s)
|
$
|
144,322
|
||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
|
||||
Before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
0.94
|
%(5)
|
||
After waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
0.94
|
%(5)
|
||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
|
||||
Before waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
2.94
|
%
|
||
After waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments(4)
|
2.94
|
%
|
||
Portfolio turnover rate(3)
|
16.54
|
%
|
(1)
|
Per share net investment income has been calculated using the daily average share method.
|
(2)
|
Rounds to less than 0.5 cent per share.
|
(3)
|
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(4)
|
Annualized for periods less than one year.
|
(5)
|
The ratio of expenses to average net assets include interest expenses. The annualized before and after waiver, expense reimbursement and recoupments excluding interest was 0.92%.
|
Year Ended November 30,
|
||||||||||||||||||
2018
|
2017
|
2016
|
2015
|
2014
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
11.30
|
$
|
10.35
|
$
|
10.24
|
$
|
10.51
|
$
|
9.04
|
|||||||||
0.28
|
0.22
|
0.25
|
0.19
|
0.20
|
||||||||||||||
(0.26
|
)
|
1.11
|
0.11
|
(0.03
|
)
|
1.42
|
||||||||||||
0.02
|
1.33
|
0.36
|
0.16
|
1.62
|
||||||||||||||
(0.41
|
)
|
(0.30
|
)
|
(0.25
|
)
|
(0.43
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
|||||||||
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.08
|
)
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
||||||||||||
(0.44
|
)
|
(0.38
|
)
|
(0.25
|
)
|
(0.43
|
)
|
(0.15
|
)
|
|||||||||
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
0.00
|
||||||||||||||
$
|
10.88
|
$
|
11.30
|
$
|
10.35
|
$
|
10.24
|
$
|
10.51
|
|||||||||
0.19
|
%
|
13.16
|
%
|
3.43
|
%
|
1.65
|
%
|
18.37
|
%
|
|||||||||
$
|
148,365
|
$
|
135,437
|
$
|
100,545
|
$
|
90,549
|
$
|
77,825
|
|||||||||
0.90
|
%
|
0.96
|
%
|
1.01
|
%
|
1.03
|
%
|
1.20
|
%
|
|||||||||
0.92
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
1.00
|
%
|
|||||||||
2.63
|
%
|
2.06
|
%
|
2.32
|
%
|
1.78
|
%
|
1.91
|
%
|
|||||||||
2.61
|
%
|
2.02
|
%
|
2.33
|
%
|
1.81
|
%
|
2.11
|
%
|
|||||||||
17.28
|
%
|
7.24
|
%
|
20.09
|
%
|
8.52
|
%
|
80.22
|
%
|
(1)
|
Organization
|
Trust for Professional Managers (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust under a Declaration of Trust dated May 29, 2001. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Gerstein Fisher Funds (the “Funds”) are comprised of the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund, the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund and the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund, and each Fund represents a distinct, diversified series with its own investment objectives and policies within the Trust. The
investment objective of the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund and the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund is long-term capital appreciation. The investment objective of the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund is total return (a combination of long-term capital appreciation and current income). The Trust may issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest at $0.001 par value. The
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2009 and began investing consistent with its investment objective on
January 15, 2010. The Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund commenced operations on January 27, 2012. The Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund commenced operations on April 30, 2013. On July 21, 2016, Gerstein, Fisher & Associates, Inc. entered into a definitive
agreement to be acquired by People’s Securities, Inc., a subsidiary of People’s United Bank, N.A. The transaction closed on November 2, 2016. At such time, Gerstein, Fisher & Associates, Inc. became a division of People’s Securities,
Inc. and began operating as People’s Securities, Inc. doing business as Gerstein Fisher. On April 1, 2018, in connection with an internal corporate restructuring, People’s Securities, Inc. transferred the advisory agreement for the Funds to
its affiliate, People’s United Advisors, Inc., a subsidiary of People’s United Bank, N.A. People’s United Advisors, Inc., doing business as Gerstein Fisher or Gerstein Fisher Asset Management (the “Advisor”), is the Funds’ investment
advisor. Costs incurred by the Funds in connection with the organization, registration and initial public offering of shares were paid by the Advisor’s predecessor entity. The Funds are investment companies and accordingly follow the
investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 “Financial Services—Investment Companies”.
|
|
(2)
|
Significant Accounting Policies
|
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of the financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).
|
|
(a) Investment Valuation
|
|
Each security owned by the Funds that is listed on a securities exchange, except those listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”), is valued at its last sale price on that exchange on the
date as of which assets are valued. If the security is listed on more than one exchange, the Funds will use the price of the exchange that the Funds generally consider to be the principal exchange on which the stock is traded.
|
Portfolio securities listed on NASDAQ will be valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price, which may not necessarily represent the last sale price. If there has been no sale on such exchange or
on NASDAQ on such day, the security is valued at the mean between the most recent quoted bid and ask prices at the close of the exchange on such day, or at the latest sale price on the Composite Market (defined as the consolidation of the
trade information provided by national securities and foreign exchanges and over-the-counter markets as published by an approved independent pricing service (“Pricing Service”)) for the day such security is being valued.
|
|
Debt securities, including short-term debt instruments having a maturity of 60 days or less, are valued at the mean in accordance with prices provided by a Pricing Service. Pricing Services may
use various valuation methodologies such as the mean between the bid and the asked prices, matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer quotations. If a price is not available from a Pricing
Service, the most recent quotation obtained from one or more broker-dealers known to follow the issue will be obtained. Quotations will be valued at the mean between the bid and the offer. Any discount or premium is accreted or amortized
using the constant yield method until maturity.
|
|
Rights and warrants are valued at the last sale price at the close of the exchange on which the security is primarily traded.
|
|
Redeemable securities issued by open-end, registered investment companies are valued at the net asset value (“NAV”) of such companies for purchase and/or redemption orders placed on that day.
If, on a particular day, a share of an investment company is not listed on NASDAQ, such security’s fair value will be determined as described below. All ETFs are valued at the last reported sales price on the exchange on which the security
is principally traded.
|
|
Money market mutual funds, demand notes and repurchase agreements are valued at cost. If cost does not represent current market value the securities will be priced at fair value.
|
|
Foreign securities will be priced in their local currencies as of the close of their primary exchange or market or as of the time a Fund calculates its NAV, whichever is earlier. Foreign
securities, currencies and other assets denominated in foreign currencies are then translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate of such currencies against the U.S. dollar, as provided by an approved pricing service or reporting agency.
All assets denominated in foreign currencies will be converted into U.S. dollars using the applicable currency exchange rates as of the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.
|
|
For foreign securities traded on foreign exchanges, the Trust has selected Interactive Data’s Fair Value Information Services (“FVIS”) to provide pricing data with respect to foreign security
holdings held by the Funds. The use of this third-party pricing service is designed to capture events occurring after a foreign exchange closes that may affect the value of certain holdings of the Funds’ securities traded on those foreign
exchanges. The Funds utilize a confidence interval when determining the use of the FVIS provided prices. The confidence interval is a measure of the historical
|
relationship that each foreign exchange traded security has to movements in various indices and the price of the security’s corresponding American Depositary Receipt, if one exists. FVIS
provides the confidence interval for each security for which it provides a price. If the FVIS provided price falls within the confidence interval the Funds will value the particular security at that price. If the FVIS provided price does not
fall within the confidence interval the particular security will be valued at the preceding closing price on its respective foreign exchange, or if there were no transactions on such day, at the mean between the bid and asked prices. These
securities would generally be categorized as Level 2 in the FASB Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 820 hierarchy. The Advisor anticipates that the Funds’ portfolio holdings will be fair valued only if market quotations for those
holdings are considered unreliable.
|
|
If market quotations are not readily available, any security or other asset will be valued at its fair value as determined under procedures approved by the Trust’s Board of Trustees. These fair
value procedures will also be used to price a security when corporate events, events in the securities market and/or world events cause the Advisor to believe that a security’s last sale price may not reflect its actual value. The intended
effect of using fair value pricing procedures is to ensure that the Funds are accurately priced. The Board of Trustees will regularly evaluate whether the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures continue to be appropriate in light of the
specific circumstances of the Funds and the quality of prices obtained through the application of such procedures by the Trust’s valuation committee.
|
|
When fair value pricing is employed, the prices of securities used by a Fund to calculate its NAV may differ from quoted or published prices for the same securities. Due to the subjective and
variable nature of fair value pricing, it is possible that the fair value determined for a particular security may be materially different from the price of the security quoted or published by others or the value when trading resumes or
realized upon sale.
|
|
The Funds have adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” (“Fair Value Measurements”) and FASB Staff Position “Determining Fair Value when the
Volume and Level of Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased and Identified Transactions that are not Orderly” (“Determining Fair Value”). Determining Fair Value clarifies Fair Value Measurements and requires an
entity to evaluate certain factors to determine whether there has been a significant decrease in volume and level of activity for the security such that recent transactions and quoted prices may not be determinative of fair value and further
analysis and adjustment may be necessary to estimate fair value. Determining Fair Value also requires enhanced disclosure regarding the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value in those instances as well as expanded
disclosure of valuation levels for major security types. Fair Value Measurements requires the Funds to classify their securities based on valuation method. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
|
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 Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
|
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the inputs used
to value the Funds’ investments carried at fair value as of May 31, 2019:
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3^
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks*
|
$
|
262,650,270
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
262,650,274
|
|||||||||
Rights
|
—
|
—
|
2,341
|
2,341
|
|||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
681
|
—
|
—
|
681
|
|||||||||||||
Investments Purchased with
|
|||||||||||||||||
Proceeds from Securities Lending
|
1,489,918
|
—
|
—
|
1,489,918
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments in Securities
|
$
|
264,140,869
|
$
|
4
|
$
|
2,341
|
$
|
264,143,214
|
*
|
For further information regarding security characteristics, please see the Schedules of Investments.
|
|
^
|
The Fund measures Level 3 activity as of the end of each financial reporting period.
|
Level 3 Reconciliation Disclosure
|
|
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
|
Description
|
Rights
|
||||
Balance as of 11/30/2018
|
$
|
2,341
|
|||
Acquisitions
|
—
|
||||
Dispositions
|
—
|
||||
Realized Gain (Loss)
|
—
|
||||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
|
—
|
||||
Transfers into level 3
|
—
|
||||
Balance as of 5/31/2019
|
$
|
2,341
|
|||
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) during the
|
|||||
period for Level 3 Investments held at 5/31/2019
|
$
|
—
|
The following table represents additional information about valuation methodologies and inputs used for investments that are measured at fair value and categorized within Level 3 as of May 31,
2019:
|
Range/Weighted
|
|||||
Fair Value
|
Valuation
|
Unobservable
|
Average
|
||
Description
|
May 31, 2019
|
Methodologies
|
Input
|
Unobservable Input+
|
|
Rights
|
$2,341
|
Last traded price
|
Market
|
$0.58
|
|
and company-
|
Assessment
|
||||
specific
|
|||||
information
|
+ Table presents information for one security, which has been valued at $0.58 throughout the period.
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks*
|
$
|
7,086,151
|
$
|
209,062,160
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
216,148,311
|
|||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
737,888
|
—
|
—
|
737,888
|
|||||||||||||
Investments Purchased
|
|||||||||||||||||
with Proceeds from
|
|||||||||||||||||
Securities Lending
|
3,101,826
|
—
|
—
|
3,101,826
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
10,925,865
|
$
|
209,062,160
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
219,988,025
|
*
|
For further information regarding security characteristics, please see the Schedules of Investments.
|
The Fund did not hold any Level 3 securities during the period.
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
|||||||||||||||||
Level 1
|
Level 2
|
Level 3^
|
Total
|
||||||||||||||
Assets:
|
|||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks*
|
$
|
3,014,746
|
$
|
21,636,485
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
24,651,231
|
|||||||||
Real Estate
|
|||||||||||||||||
Investment Trusts*
|
86,085,135
|
33,568,234
|
3,745
|
119,657,114
|
|||||||||||||
Closed-End Funds
|
42,505
|
—
|
—
|
42,505
|
|||||||||||||
Liquidating Trusts
|
—
|
—
|
11,604
|
11,604
|
|||||||||||||
Short-Term Investments
|
81
|
—
|
—
|
81
|
|||||||||||||
Investments Purchased
|
|||||||||||||||||
with Proceeds from
|
|||||||||||||||||
Securities Lending
|
131,334
|
—
|
—
|
131,334
|
|||||||||||||
Total Investments
|
|||||||||||||||||
in Securities
|
$
|
89,273,801
|
$
|
55,204,719
|
$
|
15,349
|
$
|
144,493,869
|
*
|
For further information regarding security characteristics, please see the Schedules of Investments.
|
|
^
|
The Fund measures Level 3 activity as of the end of each financial reporting period.
|
Level 3 Reconciliation Disclosure
|
|
The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 assets for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
|
Real Estate
|
|||||||||
Description
|
Investment Trusts
|
Liquidating Trusts
|
|||||||
Balance as of 11/30/2018
|
$
|
3,945
|
$
|
—
|
|||||
Acquisitions
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Dispositions
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Realized Gain (Loss)
|
—
|
—
|
|||||||
Change in unrealized
|
|||||||||
appreciation (depreciation)
|
(200
|
)
|
—
|
||||||
Transfers into level 3
|
—
|
11,604
|
|||||||
Balance as of 5/31/2019
|
$
|
3,745
|
$
|
11,604
|
|||||
Change in unrealized appreciation
|
|||||||||
(depreciation) during the period for
|
|||||||||
Level 3 Investments held at 5/31/2019
|
$
|
(200
|
)
|
$
|
—
|
Range/Weighted
|
|||||
Fair Value
|
Valuation
|
Unobservable
|
Average
|
||
Description
|
May 31, 2019
|
Methodologies
|
Input
|
Unobservable Input
|
|
Real Estate
|
$3,745
|
Last traded price
|
Liquidation
|
$0.04(1)
|
|
Investment Trusts
|
and company-
|
Value
|
|||
specific
|
|||||
information
|
|||||
Liquidating Trusts
|
$11,604
|
Last traded price
|
Liquidation
|
$1.21(2)
|
|
and company-
|
Value
|
||||
specific
|
|||||
information
|
(1)
|
Value presents information for one security, which has been valued at 0.05 Australian dollars throughout the period.
|
|
(2)
|
Value presents information for one security, which has been valued at $1.21 throughout the period.
|
The Funds did not hold derivative instruments during the six months ended May 31, 2019.
|
|
(b) Foreign Securities and Currency
|
|
Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment
securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions.
|
|
The Funds do not isolate the portion of the results of operations from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from those resulting from the changes in market prices of securities held.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of portfolio securities, sales and maturities of short-term securities, sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates
on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized
foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the values of assets and liabilities, including investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
|
|
Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks. Individual foreign economies of certain countries may differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects as growth of
gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency, diversification and balance of payments position. The internal politics of certain foreign countries may not be as stable as those of the United
States. Since foreign securities normally are denominated and traded in foreign currencies, the value of a Fund’s assets may be affected favorably or unfavorably by currency exchange rates, currency exchange control regulations, foreign
withholding taxes, and restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign currencies. There may be less information publicly available about a foreign issuer than about a U.S. issuer, and foreign issuers are not generally subject to
accounting,
|
auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices comparable to those in the United States. The securities of some foreign issuers are less liquid and at times more volatile than
securities of comparable U.S. issuers.
|
|
(c) Security Loans
|
|
When the Funds loan securities held in their portfolios, the Funds receive compensation in the form of fees, or retain a portion of the interest on the investment of any cash received as
collateral. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal to: (i) 105% of the market value of the loaned securities that are foreign securities, or 102% of the market value of any other loaned securities, at the time the securities are
loaned; and (ii) 100% of the market value of the loaned securities at all times. Gain or loss in the value of securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan will be for the account of the Funds. The Funds have the right under
the lending agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand.
|
|
(d) Federal Income Taxes
|
|
The Funds comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and make the requisite
distributions of income and capital gains to its shareholders sufficient to relieve it from all or substantially all federal income taxes. Therefore, no federal income tax provision has been provided.
|
|
(e) Distributions to Shareholders
|
|
The Funds will distribute net investment income and net capital gains at least annually. Distributions from net realized gains for book purposes may include short-term capital gains. All
short-term capital gains are included in ordinary income for tax purposes. Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. The Funds may also pay a special distribution at the end of the calendar year to comply with
federal tax requirements.
|
|
The amounts of dividends from net investment income and distributions from net realized gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These
differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the composition of net assets based on their federal tax-basis treatment.
|
|
(f) Use of Estimates
|
|
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of
contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
|
|
(g) Share Valuation
|
|
The NAV per share of each Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by each Fund, plus cash or other assets, minus all liabilities (including
|
estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding for each Fund, rounded to the nearest cent. The Funds’ shares will not be priced on the days on which the New York Stock
Exchange is closed for trading. The offering and redemption price per share for each Fund is equal to each Fund’s NAV per share. The Funds charge a 1.00% redemption fee on the net amount of the redemption on shares held for 60 days or less.
These fees are deducted from the redemption proceeds otherwise payable to the shareholder. The Funds will retain the fee charged as an increase in paid-in capital and such fees become part of each Fund’s daily NAV calculation.
|
|
(h) Expenses
|
|
Expenses associated with a specific fund in the Trust are charged to that fund. Common expenses are typically allocated evenly between the funds of the Trust, or by other equitable means.
|
|
(i) Other
|
|
Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains and losses are evaluated on the basis of identified cost. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date and
interest income is recognized on an accrual basis. Distributions received from the Funds’ investments in domestic REITs are comprised of ordinary income, capital gains and return of capital, as applicable. For financial statement purposes,
the Funds use estimates to characterize these distributions received as return of capital, capital gains or ordinary income. Such estimates are based on historical information available from each REIT and other industry sources. These
estimates may subsequently be revised based on information received for the security after its tax reporting periods are concluded, as the actual character of these distributions is not known until after the fiscal year end of the Funds.
Changes to estimates will be recorded in the period they are known. The distributions received from REIT securities that have been classified as income and capital gains are included in dividend income and net realized gain on investments,
respectively, on the Statements of Operations. The distributions received that are classified as return of capital reduced the cost of investments on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
|
|
Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, net of any reclaims, have been provided for in accordance with the Funds’ understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and rates.
|
|
(3)
|
Federal Tax Matters
|
The tax character of distributions paid during the years ended November 30, 2018 and November 30, 2017 were as follows:
|
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
||
Income
|
Capital Gains
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
|||
Year Ended November 30, 2018
|
$1,090,856
|
$7,534,881
|
|
Year Ended November 30, 2017
|
$1,480,248
|
$3,191,563
|
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
||
Income
|
Capital Gains
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
International Growth Equity Fund
|
|||
Year Ended November 30, 2018
|
$3,672,334
|
$ —
|
|
Year Ended November 30, 2017
|
$1,430,467
|
$ —
|
|
Ordinary
|
Long-Term
|
||
Income
|
Capital Gains
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
|||
Year Ended November 30, 2018
|
$5,329,605
|
$311,009
|
|
Year Ended November 30, 2017
|
$2,912,688
|
$966,049
|
As of November 30, 2018, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||||||||
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
|||||||||||
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real
|
|||||||||||
Growth Equity
|
Growth Equity
|
Estate Securities
|
|||||||||||
Fund
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
|||||||||||
Cost basis of investments for
|
|||||||||||||
federal income tax purposes
|
$
|
152,604,471
|
$
|
193,760,243
|
$
|
139,414,134
|
|||||||
Gross tax unrealized appreciation
|
128,172,333
|
33,885,516
|
18,990,581
|
||||||||||
Gross tax unrealized depreciation
|
(3,831,937
|
)
|
(17,069,514
|
)
|
(10,271,189
|
)
|
|||||||
Net tax unrealized appreciation
|
124,340,396
|
16,816,002
|
8,719,392
|
||||||||||
Undistributed ordinary income
|
57,049
|
2,185,111
|
307,014
|
||||||||||
Undistributed long-term capital gain
|
18,030,772
|
1,296,127
|
—
|
||||||||||
Total distributable earnings
|
18,087,821
|
3,481,238
|
307,014
|
||||||||||
Other accumulated gain/(loss)
|
—
|
(18,726
|
)
|
(416,180
|
)
|
||||||||
Total accumulated gains
|
$
|
142,428,217
|
$
|
20,278,514
|
$
|
8,610,226
|
The basis of investments for tax and financial reporting purposes differs principally due to the deferral of losses on wash sales, mark-to-market of passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”)
adjustments, and Partnership Basis Adjustments.
|
|
At November 30, 2018, the Funds had the following capital losses remaining, which will be carried forward indefinitely to offset future realized capital gains. To the extent the Funds realize
future net capital gains, taxable distributions to its shareholders will be first offset by any unused capital loss carryovers from the year ended November 30, 2018.
|
Short-Term
|
Long-Term
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$12,846
|
$400,803
|
The Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund utilized $1,267,130 of short-term capital loss
carryover in the fiscal year 2018.
|
Additionally, GAAP requires that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect
on net assets or net asset value per share. For the year ended November 30, 2018, the following table shows the reclassifications made:
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||||||||
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
|||||||||||
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real
|
|||||||||||
Growth Equity
|
Growth Equity
|
Estate Securities
|
|||||||||||
Fund
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
|||||||||||
Total distributable earnings
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||
Paid-in capital
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
The Funds had no material uncertain tax positions and have not recorded a liability for unrecognized tax benefits as of November 30, 2018. Also, the Funds had recognized no interest and
penalties related to uncertain tax benefits in fiscal year 2018. At November 30, 2018, the fiscal tax years 2015 through 2018 remain open to examination for the Funds in the Funds’ major tax jurisdictions.
|
|
(4)
|
Investment Advisor
|
The Trust, on behalf of the Funds, has an Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Agreement”) with the Advisor to furnish investment advisory services to the Funds. Under the terms of the Agreement,
the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund, the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
International Growth Equity Fund and the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund compensate the Advisor for its management services at
the annual rate of 0.85%, 0.85% and 0.65%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
|
|
The Advisor has contractually agreed to waive its management fee and/or reimburse each Fund’s other expenses at least through the expiration dates listed below, at the discretion of the Advisor
and the Board of Trustees, to the extent necessary to ensure that the Fund’s operating expenses (exclusive of front-end or contingent deferred loads, Rule 12b-1 plan fees, shareholder servicing plan fees, taxes, leverage (i.e., any expenses
incurred in connection with borrowings made by the Fund), interest (including interest incurred in connection with bank and custody overdrafts), brokerage commissions and other transactional expenses, expenses incurred in connection with any
merger or reorganization, dividends or interest on short positions, acquired fund fees and expenses or extraordinary expenses such as litigation) do not exceed the expense limitation caps listed below of each Fund’s average daily net assets.
|
Expense
|
|||
Limitation Cap
|
Expiration Date
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
0.99%
|
March 30, 2020
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
International Growth Equity Fund
|
1.10%
|
March 30, 2020
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
1.00%
|
March 30, 2020
|
Any such waiver or reimbursement is subject to later adjustment to allow the Advisor to recoup amounts waived or reimbursed to the extent actual fees and expenses for a fiscal period do not
exceed the lesser of: (1) the Expense Limitation Cap in place at the time of the waiver or reimbursement; or (2) the Expense Limitation Cap in place at the time of the recoupment; provided, however, that the Advisor shall only be entitled to
recoup such amounts over the following three year period from the date of the waiver or reimbursement.
|
|
The following table shows the remaining waived or reimbursed expenses subject to potential recovery expiring during the fiscal period ending:
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||||||||
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
|||||||||||
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real
|
|||||||||||
Growth Equity
|
Growth Equity
|
Estate Securities
|
|||||||||||
Fund
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
|||||||||||
November 30, 2019
|
$
|
95,111
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||
November 30, 2020
|
$
|
96,324
|
$
|
7,714
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||
November 30, 2021
|
$
|
60,048
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
|||||||
May 31, 2022
|
$
|
50,482
|
$
|
—
|
$
|
—
|
(5)
|
Related Party Transactions
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, doing business as U.S. Bank Global Fund Services (“Fund Services” or the “Administrator”), acts as the Funds’ Administrator under an Administration Agreement.
The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Funds; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Trustees; monitors the activities of the Funds’ custodian, transfer agent and
accountants; coordinates the preparation and payment of the Funds’ expenses; and reviews the Funds’ expense accruals. Fund Services also serves as the fund accountant and transfer agent to the Funds. U.S. Bank National Association (“US
Bank”), an affiliate of Fund Services, serves as each Fund’s custodian. Fees and expenses incurred for the six months ended May 31, 2019, and owed as of May 31, 2019, are as follows:
|
Administration and Accounting
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
$95,604
|
$34,986
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
$98,240
|
$35,072
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global
|
|||
Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$73,680
|
$24,265
|
|
Transfer Agency
|
Incurred(1)
|
Owed
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
$28,658
|
$9,769
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
$22,596
|
$7,927
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global
|
|||
Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$15,564
|
$5,339
|
(1)
|
These amounts do not include sub-transfer agency fees, therefore they do not agree to the amount on the Statements of Operations.
|
Custody
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
$ 4,708
|
$ 1,108
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
$43,268
|
$ 6,852
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global
|
|||
Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$28,054
|
$10,504
|
The Funds each have a line of credit with US Bank (see Note 8).
|
|
The Funds have entered into a securities lending agreement with US Bank (see Note 9).
|
|
Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”) acts as the Funds’ principal underwriter in a continuous public offering of the Funds’ shares. The Distributor is an affiliate of Fund Services and
US Bank.
|
|
Certain officers of the Funds are also employees of Fund Services. A Trustee of the Trust is affiliated with Fund Services and US Bank. This same Trustee is a board member and an interested
person of the Distributor.
|
|
The Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer is also an employee of Fund Services. Each Fund’s allocation of the Trust’s Chief Compliance Officer fee incurred for the six months ended May 31, 2019, and
owed as of May 31, 2019, are as follows:
|
Incurred
|
Owed
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
$5,208
|
$1,664
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
$5,208
|
$1,669
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global
|
|||
Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$5,208
|
$1,666
|
(6)
|
Capital Share Transactions
|
Transactions in shares of the Funds were as follows:
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
Six Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||
May 31, 2019
|
November 30, 2018
|
||||||||
Shares sold
|
1,062,152
|
1,618,287
|
|||||||
Shares reinvested
|
1,030,595
|
393,269
|
|||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(1,417,612
|
)
|
(3,750,455
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
675,135
|
(1,738,899
|
)
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund
|
Six Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||
May 31, 2019
|
November 30, 2018
|
||||||||
Shares sold
|
1,917,119
|
3,050,075
|
|||||||
Shares reinvested
|
189,746
|
168,822
|
|||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(2,115,276
|
)
|
(2,905,433
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
(8,411
|
)
|
313,464
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
Six Months Ended
|
Year Ended
|
||||||||
May 31, 2019
|
November 30, 2018
|
||||||||
Shares sold
|
589,302
|
3,082,385
|
|||||||
Shares reinvested
|
117,511
|
440,561
|
|||||||
Shares redeemed
|
(1,884,361
|
)
|
(1,871,196
|
)
|
|||||
Net increase (decrease)
|
(1,177,548
|
)
|
1,651,750
|
(7)
|
Investment Transactions
|
The aggregate securities transactions, excluding short-term investments, for the Funds for the six months ended May 31, 2019, are listed below. The Funds did not have any purchases or sales of
long-term U.S. Government securities.
|
Purchases
|
Sales
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Growth Equity Fund
|
$86,694,373
|
$90,745,222
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
International Growth Equity Fund
|
$76,861,478
|
$77,225,762
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$24,365,650
|
$35,387,670
|
(8)
|
Line of Credit
|
At May 31, 2019, the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund, Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund and Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real
Estate Securities Fund each had lines of credit in the amount of the lesser of 33.33% of the fair value of unencumbered assets of the Fund or $10,000,000, $10,000,000 and $4,000,000, respectively, which all mature August 9, 2019. These
unsecured lines of credit are intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions, in connection with shareholder redemptions. The credit facility is with the Funds’ custodian, US Bank. Interest was accrued
at the prime rate of 5.25% from December 1, 2018 through December 19, 2018 and 5.50% thereafter. As of May 31, 2019, the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth
Equity Fund had an outstanding balance on its line of credit of $359,000 and the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund had an
outstanding balance on its line of credit of $3,109,000. There was no outstanding balance on the line of credit for the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
International Growth Equity Fund as of May 31, 2019. The following table provides information regarding usage of the line of credit for the six months ended May 31, 2019.
|
Average
|
Maximum
|
Date of
|
||||
Days
|
Amount of
|
Interest
|
Amount of
|
Maximum
|
||
Utilized
|
Borrowing
|
Expense*
|
Borrowing
|
Borrowing
|
||
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||
Multi-Factor® Growth
|
||||||
Equity Fund
|
66
|
$ 677,061
|
$ 6,814
|
$2,581,000
|
1/2/2019
|
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||
Multi-Factor®
|
||||||
International Growth
|
||||||
Equity Fund
|
63
|
$1,258,841
|
$11,833
|
$4,452,000
|
1/2/2019
|
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
||||||
Multi-Factor® Global Real
|
||||||
Estate Securities Fund
|
126
|
$1,058,238
|
$20,366
|
$3,453,000
|
1/2/2019
|
*
|
Interest expense is included with “Other expenses” on the Statements of Operations.
|
(9)
|
Securities Lending
|
Following terms of a securities lending agreement with the Funds’ custodian, U.S. Bank, each Fund may lend securities from its portfolio to brokers, dealers and financial institutions in order
to increase the return on its portfolio, primarily through the receipt of borrowing fees and earnings on invested collateral. Any such loan must be continuously secured by collateral in cash or cash equivalents maintained on a current basis
in an amount at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned by a Fund. During the time securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the applicable Fund any accrued income on those securities, and the Fund may invest the cash
collateral and earn income or receive an agreed-upon fee from a borrower that has delivered cash-equivalent collateral. In determining whether or not to lend a security to a particular broker, dealer or financial institution, the Advisor
considers all relevant facts and circumstances, including the size, creditworthiness and reputation of the broker, dealer or financial institution.
|
|
Securities lending involves the risk of a default or insolvency of the borrower. In either of these cases, a Fund could experience delays in recovering securities or collateral or could lose all
or part of the value of the loaned securities. A Fund also could lose money in the event of a decline in the value of the collateral provided for loaned securities. Additionally, the loaned portfolio securities may not be available to a Fund
on a timely basis and that Fund may therefore lose the opportunity to sell the securities at a desirable price. Any decline in the value of a security that occurs while the security is out on loan would continue to be borne by the applicable
Fund.
|
As of May 31, 2019, the market value of the securities on loan and value of collateral received for securities lending were as follows:
|
Loaned Securities
|
Value of
|
% of
|
||
Market Value
|
Cash Collateral
|
Net Assets
|
||
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
||||
Growth Equity Fund
|
$1,393,836
|
$1,489,918
|
0.53%
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
||||
International Growth Equity Fund
|
$2,783,215
|
$3,101,826
|
1.27%
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global
|
||||
Real Estate Securities Fund
|
$ 127,482
|
$ 131,334
|
0.09%
|
The Funds receive cash as collateral in return for securities lent as part of the securities lending program. The collateral is invested in the First American Government Obligations Fund – Class
Y (a money market fund subject to Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act). The Schedule of Investments for the Funds include the particular cash collateral holding as of May 31, 2019. The remaining contractual maturity of all securities lending
transactions is overnight and continuous.
|
|
The Funds are not subject to a master netting agreement with respect to securities lending; therefore no additional disclosures are required.
|
|
The fee and interest income earned by the Funds on investments of cash collateral received from borrowers for the securities loaned to them are reflected in the Funds’ Statements of Operations.
|
|
(10)
|
Beneficial Ownership
|
The beneficial ownership, either directly or indirectly, of more than 25% of the voting securities of a fund creates a presumption of control of the fund, under Section 2(a)(9) of the 1940 Act.
At May 31, 2019, Pershing, LLC, for the benefit of others, held the following percentage of each Fund’s outstanding shares:
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real
|
Growth Equity
|
Growth Equity
|
Estate Securities
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
46.55%
|
36.73%
|
41.04%
|
(11)
|
Recent Accounting Pronouncements
|
In August 2018, FASB issued ASU 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework—Changes to the
Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”). The primary focus of ASU 2018-13 is to improve the effectiveness of the disclosure requirements for fair value measurements. The changes affect all companies that
are required to include fair value measurement disclosures. In general, the amendments in ASU 2018-13 are effective for all entities for fiscal years and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after
|
December 15, 2019. An entity is permitted to early adopt the removed or modified disclosures upon the issuance of ASU 2018-13 and may delay adoption of the additional disclosures, which are
required for public companies only, until their effective date. Management has chosen to early adopt the eliminated or modified disclosures for the period ended May 31, 2019.
|
|
(12)
|
Subsequent Event
|
On June 17, 2019, the Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund declared and paid a
distribution from ordinary income of $1,068,892 to the shareholders of record on June 14, 2019.
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
100.00%
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund
|
0.00%
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
6.74%
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Growth Equity Fund
|
100.00%
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® International Growth Equity Fund
|
95.56%
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor® Global Real Estate Securities Fund
|
50.99%
|
Foreign
|
|||
Foreign
|
Foreign
|
Paid Taxes
|
|
Dividend Income
|
Taxes Paid
|
per share
|
|
Gerstein Fisher Multi-Factor®
|
|||
International Growth Equity Fund
|
$6,040,377
|
$591,117
|
$0.0387
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
Multi-Factor®
|
International
|
Global Real
|
Growth Equity
|
Growth Equity
|
Estate Securities
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
Fund
|
$7,534,881
|
$—
|
$311,009
|
Other
|
|||||
Directorships
|
|||||
Term of
|
Number of
|
Principal
|
Held by
|
||
Office and
|
Portfolios
|
Occupation(s)
|
Trustee
|
||
Position(s)
|
Length
|
in Trust
|
During the
|
During the
|
|
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
of Time
|
Overseen
|
Past Five
|
Past Five
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Served
|
by Trustee
|
Years
|
Years
|
Independent Trustees
|
|||||
Michael D. Akers, Ph.D.
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
28
|
Professor Emeritus,
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
Department of
|
Trustee, USA
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 22,
|
Accounting (June
|
MUTUALS
|
||
Year of Birth: 1955
|
2001
|
2019–present),
|
(an open-end
|
||
Professor,
|
investment
|
||||
Department
|
company with
|
||||
of Accounting
|
two portfolios).
|
||||
(2004–May 2019),
|
|||||
Chair, Department
|
|||||
of Accounting
|
|||||
(2004–2017),
|
|||||
Marquette University.
|
|||||
Gary A. Drska
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
28
|
Pilot,
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
Frontier/Midwest
|
Trustee, USA
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 22,
|
Airlines, Inc.
|
MUTUALS
|
||
Year of Birth: 1956
|
2001
|
(airline company)
|
(an open-end
|
||
(1986–present).
|
investment
|
||||
company with
|
|||||
two portfolios).
|
Other
|
|||||
Directorships
|
|||||
Term of
|
Number of
|
Principal
|
Held by
|
||
Office and
|
Portfolios
|
Occupation(s)
|
Trustee
|
||
Position(s)
|
Length
|
in Trust
|
During the
|
During the
|
|
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
of Time
|
Overseen
|
Past Five
|
Past Five
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Served
|
by Trustee
|
Years
|
Years
|
Jonas B. Siegel
|
Trustee
|
Indefinite
|
28
|
Retired
|
Independent
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
(2011–present);
|
Trustee,
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
October 23,
|
Managing Director,
|
Gottex Trust
|
||
Year of Birth: 1943
|
2009
|
Chief Administrative
|
(an open-end
|
||
Officer (“CAO”) and
|
investment
|
||||
Chief Compliance
|
company
|
||||
Officer (“CCO”),
|
(2010–2016);
|
||||
Granite Capital
|
Independent
|
||||
International Group,
|
Manager,
|
||||
L.P. (an investment
|
Ramius IDF
|
||||
management firm)
|
fund complex
|
||||
(1994–2011).
|
(two closed-
|
||||
end investment
|
|||||
companies)
|
|||||
(2010–2015);
|
|||||
Independent
|
|||||
Trustee, Gottex
|
|||||
Multi-Asset
|
|||||
Endowment
|
|||||
fund complex
|
|||||
(three closed-
|
|||||
end investment
|
|||||
companies)
|
|||||
(2010–2015);
|
|||||
Independent
|
|||||
Trustee,
|
|||||
Gottex Multi-
|
|||||
Alternatives
|
|||||
fund complex
|
|||||
(three closed-
|
|||||
end investment
|
|||||
companies)
|
|||||
(2010–2015).
|
Other
|
|||||
Directorships
|
|||||
Term of
|
Number of
|
Principal
|
Held by
|
||
Office and
|
Portfolios
|
Occupation(s)
|
Trustee
|
||
Position(s)
|
Length
|
in Trust
|
During the
|
During the
|
|
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
of Time
|
Overseen
|
Past Five
|
Past Five
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Served
|
by Trustee
|
Years
|
Years
|
Interested Trustee and Officers
|
|||||
Joseph C. Neuberger*
|
Chairperson
|
Indefinite
|
28
|
President
|
Trustee, Buffalo
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
and
|
Term; Since
|
(2017–present),
|
Funds (an
|
|
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
Trustee
|
August 22,
|
Chief Operating
|
open-end
|
|
Year of Birth: 1962
|
2001
|
Officer (2016–
|
investment
|
||
present), Executive
|
company)
|
||||
Vice President
|
(2003–2017);
|
||||
(1994–2017),
|
Trustee, USA
|
||||
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
MUTUALS
|
||||
Services, LLC.
|
(an open-end
|
||||
investment
|
|||||
company)
|
|||||
(2001–2018).
|
|||||
John P. Buckel
|
President
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
and
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
Principal
|
January 24,
|
Services, LLC
|
||
Year of Birth: 1957
|
Executive
|
2013
|
(2004–present).
|
||
Officer
|
|||||
Jennifer A. Lima
|
Vice
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
President,
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
Treasurer
|
January 24,
|
Services, LLC
|
||
Year of Birth: 1974
|
and
|
2013
|
(2002–present).
|
||
Principal
|
|||||
Financial
|
|||||
and
|
|||||
Accounting
|
|||||
Officer
|
Other
|
|||||
Directorships
|
|||||
Term of
|
Number of
|
Principal
|
Held by
|
||
Office and
|
Portfolios
|
Occupation(s)
|
Trustee
|
||
Position(s)
|
Length
|
in Trust
|
During the
|
During the
|
|
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
of Time
|
Overseen
|
Past Five
|
Past Five
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Served
|
by Trustee
|
Years
|
Years
|
Elizabeth B. Scalf
|
Chief
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Senior Vice
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Compliance
|
Term; Since
|
President,
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
Officer,
|
July 1,
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
||
Year of Birth: 1985
|
Vice
|
2017
|
Services,
|
||
President
|
LLC (February
|
||||
and
|
2017–present);
|
||||
Anti-Money
|
Vice President and
|
||||
Laundering
|
Assistant CCO,
|
||||
Officer
|
Heartland Advisors,
|
||||
Inc. (December 2016–
|
|||||
January 2017);
|
|||||
Vice President and
|
|||||
CCO, Heartland
|
|||||
Group, Inc. (May
|
|||||
2016–November
|
|||||
2016); Vice
|
|||||
President, CCO and
|
|||||
Senior Legal Counsel
|
|||||
(May 2016–November
|
|||||
2016), Assistant CCO
|
|||||
and Senior Legal
|
|||||
Counsel (January
|
|||||
2016–April 2016),
|
|||||
Senior Legal and
|
|||||
Compliance Counsel
|
|||||
(2013–2015),
|
|||||
Heartland Advisors, Inc.
|
|||||
Adam W. Smith
|
Secretary
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Vice President,
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Term; Since
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund
|
|||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
May 29, 2015
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1981
|
(2012–present).
|
||||
Kelly A. Burns
|
Assistant
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Assistant Vice
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Treasurer
|
Term; Since
|
President, U.S.
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
April 23,
|
Bancorp Fund
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1987
|
2015
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
(2011–present).
|
Other
|
|||||
Directorships
|
|||||
Term of
|
Number of
|
Principal
|
Held by
|
||
Office and
|
Portfolios
|
Occupation(s)
|
Trustee
|
||
Position(s)
|
Length
|
in Trust
|
During the
|
During the
|
|
Name, Address
|
Held with
|
of Time
|
Overseen
|
Past Five
|
Past Five
|
and Year of Birth
|
the Trust
|
Served
|
by Trustee
|
Years
|
Years
|
Melissa Aguinaga
|
Assistant
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Assistant Vice
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Treasurer
|
Term; Since
|
President, U.S.
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
July 1,
|
Bancorp Fund
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1987
|
2015
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
(2010–present).
|
|||||
Laura A. Carroll
|
Assistant
|
Indefinite
|
N/A
|
Assistant Vice
|
N/A
|
615 E. Michigan St.
|
Treasurer
|
Term; Since
|
President, U.S.
|
||
Milwaukee, WI 53202
|
August 20,
|
Bancorp Fund
|
|||
Year of Birth: 1985
|
2018
|
Services, LLC
|
|||
(2007–present).
|
*
|
Mr. Neuberger is an “interested person” of the Trust as defined by the 1940 Act by virtue of the fact that he is a board member and an interested person of Quasar Distributors, LLC (the
“Distributor”), the Funds’ principal underwriter.
|
Investment Advisor
|
Gerstein Fisher
|
565 Fifth Avenue, 27th Floor
|
|
New York, New York 10017
|
|
Gerstein Fisher is a division
|
|
of People’s United Advisors, Inc.
|
|
Legal Counsel
|
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C.
|
833 East Michigan Street
|
|
Suite 1800
|
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
|
|
Independent Registered Public
|
Cohen & Company, Ltd.
|
Accounting Firm
|
1350 Euclid Avenue
|
Suite 800
|
|
Cleveland, Ohio 44115
|
|
Transfer Agent, Fund Accountant and
|
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
|
Fund Administrator
|
615 East Michigan Street
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
|
|
Custodian
|
U.S. Bank National Association
|
Custody Operations
|
|
1555 North River Center Drive
|
|
Suite 302
|
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53212
|
|
Distributor
|
Quasar Distributors, LLC
|
777 East Wisconsin Avenue
|
|
6th Floor
|
|
Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
|
(a)
|
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
|
(a)
|
The Registrant’s President and Treasurer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of
this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are
effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.
|
(b)
|
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the last fiscal half-year covered by this report that has materially affected, or is
reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
|
(a)
|
(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an
exhibit. Incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s Form N-CSR filed on February 5, 2014.
|
(b)
|
Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes‑Oxley Act of 2002. Furnished herewith.
|
1.
|
I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Trust for Professional Managers;
|
2.
|
Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
|
3.
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if
the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
|
4.
|
The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
|
(a)
|
Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
|
(b)
|
Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
|
(c)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal half-year of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: July 31, 2019
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/s/John Buckel
John Buckel
President
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1.
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I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Trust for Professional Managers;
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2.
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Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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3.
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Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if
the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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4.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over
financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:
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(a)
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Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated
subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
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(b)
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Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and
the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
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(c)
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Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the
filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and
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(d)
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Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the last fiscal half-year of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely
to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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5.
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The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
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(a)
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All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and
report financial information; and
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(b)
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Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
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Date: July 31, 2019
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/s/Jennifer Lima Jennifer Lima
Treasurer |
/s/John Buckel
John Buckel
President, Trust for Professional Managers
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/s/Jennifer Lima
Jennifer Lima
Treasurer, Trust for Professional Managers
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Dated: July 31, 2019
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