NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_13527644023864202.htm Mercer Funds

Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
   

COMMON STOCKS — 92.0%

 

          Australia — 1.8%  
  19,017      

Ansell, Ltd.

     481,962  
  42,400      

Cochlear, Ltd.

     5,519,522  
  49,233      

Coles Group, Ltd.

     583,480  
  302,618      

Evolution Mining, Ltd.

     1,207,002  
  124,341      

Newcrest Mining, Ltd.

     2,765,786  
  25,320      

Northern Star Resources, Ltd.

     240,450  
  301,629      

Regis Resources, Ltd.

     1,106,710  
  69,940      

Saracen Mineral Holdings, Ltd.*

     267,994  
  329,851      

Sonic Healthcare, Ltd.

     6,947,359  
  142,363      

Westgold Resources, Ltd.*

     207,818  
  27,601      

Woolworths Group, Ltd.

     710,124  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Australia

     20,038,207  
    

 

 

 
          Austria — 0.3%  
  24,241      

EVN AG

     408,692  
  9,298      

Flughafen Wien AG*

     263,979  
  15,021      

Oesterreichische Post AG(a)

     496,601  
  34,645      

Telekom Austria AG Class A*

     239,173  
  62,196      

UNIQA Insurance Group AG

     418,033  
  44,426      

Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe*

     992,009  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Austria

     2,818,487  
    

 

 

 
          Belgium — 0.1%  
  28,446      

Colruyt SA

     1,563,713  
      

 

 

 
          Bermuda — 1.2%  
  149,500      

CK Infrastructure Holdings, Ltd.

     770,268  
  96,800      

Dairy Farm International Holdings, Ltd.

     450,802  
  342,000      

Emperor International Holdings, Ltd.

     56,852  
  27,106      

Enstar Group, Ltd.*

     4,140,984  
  10,414      

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

     2,147,367  
  38,529      

Genpact, Ltd.

     1,407,079  
  89,500      

Kerry Logistics Network, Ltd.

     118,828  
  300,000      

Regal Hotels International Holdings, Ltd.

     118,460  
  15,373      

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

     2,629,244  
  120,500      

SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings, Ltd.

     64,546  
  7,500      

Soundwill Holdings, Ltd.

     6,650  
  58,000      

Transport International Holdings, Ltd.

     112,434  
  114,600      

VTech Holdings, Ltd.

     688,756  
  1,100      

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

     976,767  
  3,000      

Wing On Co. International, Ltd.

     6,731  
  32,000      

Wing Tai Properties, Ltd.

     16,102  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Bermuda

     13,711,870  
    

 

 

 
          Canada — 5.4%  
  7,500      

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc. Class B

     234,416  
  32,812      

Atco, Ltd. Class I

     970,146  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          Canada — continued  
  70,200      

B2Gold Corp.

     397,903  
  36,600      

Bank of Montreal

     1,941,789  
  32,400      

Bank of Nova Scotia (The)

     1,336,440  
  48,301      

BCE, Inc.

     2,017,533  
  5,689      

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

     379,016  
  75,548      

Canadian National Railway Co.

     6,662,313  
  27,600      

Canadian Pacific Railway, Ltd.

     7,047,384  
  2,719      

Canadian Utilities, Ltd. Class A

     67,476  
  24,400      

Canadian Western Bank

     423,686  
  98,789      

Centerra Gold, Inc.

     1,098,864  
  3,400      

Cogeco Communications, Inc.

     244,166  
  6,400      

Cogeco, Inc.

     380,711  
  2,912      

Constellation Software, Inc.

     3,277,368  
  19,000      

Dundee Precious Metals, Inc.

     124,714  
  62,900      

Empire Co., Ltd. Class A

     1,501,380  
  1,703      

Fortis, Inc.

     64,556  
  29,600      

George Weston, Ltd.

     2,161,322  
  121,478      

Intact Financial Corp.(a)

     11,524,356  
  42,100      

Loblaw Cos., Ltd.

     2,043,488  
  47,200      

National Bank of Canada

     2,131,971  
  39,300      

North West Co., Inc. (The)(a)

     856,405  
  171,567      

OceanaGold Corp.*

     398,056  
  18,400      

Osisko Gold Royalties, Ltd.

     183,189  
  27,800      

Rogers Communications, Inc. Class B

     1,113,429  
  29,800      

Royal Bank of Canada

     2,015,329  
  90,900      

Shaw Communications, Inc. Class B

     1,477,626  
  45,500      

SSR Mining, Inc.*

     966,457  
  12,331      

Timbercreek Financial Corp.

     77,770  
  34,600      

Torex Gold Resources, Inc.*

     543,388  
  7,400      

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The)

     329,197  
  55,428      

Waste Connections, Inc.

     5,198,592  
  114,600      

Yamana Gold, Inc.

     620,960  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Canada

     59,811,396  
    

 

 

 
          Cayman Islands — 0.7%  
  33,200      

Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd., ADR*

     7,161,240  
  249,000      

Langham Hospitality Investments and Langham Hospitality Investments, Ltd.

     38,785  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Cayman Islands

     7,200,025  
    

 

 

 
          Denmark — 0.4%  
  3,247      

Carlsberg AS Class B

     428,705  
  2,224      

Coloplast AS Class B

     344,605  
  5,248      

Genmab AS*

     1,754,655  
  30,844      

Novo Nordisk AS Class B

     1,994,914  
  2,693      

Schouw & Co. AS

     214,177  
  5,230      

Spar Nord Bank AS*

     41,520  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Denmark

     4,778,576  
    

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          Finland — 0.4%  
  34,895      

Aktia Bank OYJ*

     345,463  
  13,028      

Elisa OYJ

     791,661  
  129,444      

Kesko OYJ Class B

     2,211,027  
  1,759      

Lassila & Tikanoja OYJ

     25,827  
  18,684      

Orion OYJ Class B

     903,026  
  50,685      

Raisio OYJ Class V

     172,923  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Finland

     4,449,927  
    

 

 

 
          France — 3.2%  
  1,502      

BioMerieux

     206,161  
  20,813      

BNP Paribas SA*

     824,835  
  1,791      

Boiron SA

     73,801  
  1,637      

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Brie Picardie*

     42,366  
  7,622      

Caisse Regionale de Credit Agricole Mutuel Nord de France*

     177,083  
  93,074      

Carrefour SA

     1,436,365  
  49,735      

Credit Agricole SA*

     469,638  
  7,826      

Danone SA

     540,620  
  119,479      

Edenred

     5,218,036  
  5,600      

IPSOS

     140,066  
  65,169      

Lagardere SCA* (a)

     926,114  
  470      

LNA Sante SA

     25,061  
  552      

Manutan International

     32,084  
  36,602      

Metropole Television SA*

     412,373  
  176,300      

Orange SA

     2,105,455  
  123,700      

Rubis SCA

     5,935,558  
  69,993      

Safran SA*

     6,999,378  
  19,941      

Sanofi

     2,028,146  
  523      

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

     131,971  
  304      

Savencia SA*

     18,436  
  74      

Societe Fonciere Lyonnaise SA REIT

     5,904  
  23,808      

Suez

     278,672  
  97,444      

Veolia Environnement SA

     2,187,984  
  1,091      

Vetoquinol SA

     74,971  
  10      

Vilmorin & Cie SA

     529  
  38,164      

Vinci SA

     3,508,422  
  478      

Virbac SA*

     104,592  
  72,927      

Vivendi SA

     1,868,623  
      

 

 

 
 

Total France

     35,773,244  
    

 

 

 
          Germany — 1.4%  
  9,941      

Beiersdorf AG

     1,127,504  
  109,291      

Brenntag AG

     5,735,664  
  25,720      

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA*

     1,067,947  
  158,790      

Deutsche Telekom AG

     2,655,318  
  2,290      

Freenet AG

     36,736  
  3,385      

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

     280,205  
  1,985      

KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA

     148,468  
  2,128      

McKesson Europe AG

     62,399  
  26,054      

Merck KGaA

     3,019,487  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          Germany — continued  
  503      

MorphoSys AG*

     63,517  
  28,520      

Talanx AG*

     1,058,087  
  8,278      

United Internet AG

     349,194  
  18,732      

Wuestenrot & Wuerttembergische AG

     318,630  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Germany

     15,923,156  
    

 

 

 
          Hong Kong — 1.7%  
  810,027      

AIA Group, Ltd.

     7,539,025  
  71,000      

BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.

     225,431  
  420,000      

CITIC Telecom International Holdings, Ltd.

     133,398  
  99,500      

CLP Holdings, Ltd.

     974,385  
  104,000      

Dah Sing Banking Group, Ltd.

     95,073  
  18,800      

Dah Sing Financial Holdings, Ltd.

     52,894  
  1,953,119      

Guangdong Investment, Ltd.

     3,352,588  
  239,000      

HK Electric Investments & HK Electric Investments, Ltd.

     248,283  
  1,823,000      

HKT Trust & HKT, Ltd.

     2,679,623  
  16,000      

Hong Kong Ferry Holdings Co., Ltd.(a)

     12,140  
  49,000      

Kowloon Development Co., Ltd.

     53,194  
  38,000      

Liu Chong Hing Investment, Ltd.

     34,722  
  12,000      

Miramar Hotel & Investment

     21,483  
  3,014,000      

PCCW, Ltd.

     1,719,744  
  360,000      

Power Assets Holdings, Ltd.

     1,954,934  
  361,000      

Regal Real Estate Investment Trust REIT

     57,044  
  393,000      

Sunlight Real Estate Investment Trust REIT

     196,001  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Hong Kong

     19,349,962  
    

 

 

 
          Ireland — 1.9%  
  23,437      

Accenture Plc Class A

     5,032,393  
  14,403      

Aon Plc Class A

     2,774,018  
  6,851      

C&C Group Plc

     19,449  
  3,040      

ICON Plc, ADR*

     512,118  
  17,300      

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc*

     1,908,882  
  45,806      

Medtronic Plc

     4,200,410  
  43,900      

Perrigo Co. Plc

     2,426,353  
  5,300      

STERIS Plc

     813,232  
  23,991      

Total Produce Plc

     30,709  
  14,100      

Willis Towers Watson Plc

     2,776,995  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Ireland

     20,494,559  
    

 

 

 
          Israel — 0.5%  
  184,763      

Bank Hapoalim BM

     1,107,613  
  25,476      

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     128,479  
  4,896      

Check Point Software Technologies, Ltd.*

     525,977  
  3,121      

FIBI Holdings, Ltd.

     76,291  
  22,262      

First International Bank Of Israel, Ltd.

     470,972  
  3      

Isracard, Ltd.

     7  
  331,092      

Israel Discount Bank, Ltd. Class A

     1,013,981  
  3,054      

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.

     57,534  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          Israel — continued  
  696      

Nice, Ltd., ADR* (a)

     131,711  
  14,032      

Radware, Ltd.*

     331,015  
  1,503      

Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing 2006, Ltd.

     83,342  
  46,098      

Shufersal, Ltd.

     301,110  
  56,884      

Strauss Group, Ltd.

     1,576,764  
  1,613      

Taro Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.*

     107,248  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Israel

     5,912,044  
    

 

 

 
          Italy — 0.0%  
  30,454      

Ascopiave SpA

     128,262  
      

 

 

 
          Japan — 4.5%  
  17,500      

Aeon Co., Ltd.

     406,814  
  7,100      

Aeon Hokkaido Corp.(a)

     55,088  
  2,100      

Ain Holdings, Inc.

     137,518  
  6,900      

Alpen Co., Ltd.

     106,998  
  11,800      

Arcs Co., Ltd.

     237,282  
  46,500      

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     774,714  
  1,900      

AT-Group Co., Ltd.

     23,838  
  1,200      

Belc Co., Ltd.

     82,071  
  6,100      

Cawachi, Ltd.

     157,196  
  17,800      

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     237,871  
  1,600      

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

     245,424  
  7,000      

Create SD Holdings Co., Ltd.

     217,185  
  146,242      

DCM Holdings Co., Ltd.(a)

     1,679,445  
  15,400      

DyDo Group Holdings, Inc.

     696,338  
  6,989      

Earth Corp.

     532,278  
  39,731      

EDION Corp.

     402,899  
  7,300      

Fujitsu, Ltd.

     855,208  
  8,600      

Heiwado Co., Ltd.

     150,843  
  3,400      

Hokuto Corp.

     64,120  
  4,900      

J-Oil Mills, Inc.

     181,146  
  143,300      

Japan Post Bank Co., Ltd.

     1,066,496  
  221,100      

Japan Post Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,573,547  
  121,700      

Japan Tobacco, Inc.(a)

     2,259,886  
  11,400      

Japan Wool Textile Co., Ltd. (The)

     112,970  
  19,155      

Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     979,685  
  900      

Kameda Seika Co., Ltd.

     43,235  
  17,700      

Kato Sangyo Co., Ltd.

     579,593  
  80,900      

KDDI Corp.

     2,427,637  
  18,287      

Kohnan Shoji Co., Ltd.

     577,786  
  53,300      

Komeri Co., Ltd.

     1,362,846  
  82,500      

KYORIN Holdings, Inc.

     1,696,763  
  17,600      

Lawson, Inc.

     883,207  
  2,000      

Life Corp.

     64,021  
  15,300      

Lion Corp.(a)

     367,121  
  114,900      

Marui Group Co., Ltd.

     2,076,709  
  71,100      

Medipal Holdings Corp.

     1,369,907  
  15,700      

Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co., Ltd.

     399,917  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          Japan — continued  
  1,701,000      

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     2,087,638  
  7,400      

Mizuno Corp.

     142,358  
  30,000      

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     1,116,314  
  64,700      

Nichi-iko Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     782,255  
  40,900      

Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

     613,784  
  9,701      

Nippon Kanzai Co., Ltd.

     177,563  
  96,000      

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     2,236,763  
  30,100      

Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd. (The)

     939,436  
  108,300      

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

     2,891,469  
  4,500      

Ohsho Food Service Corp.

     252,038  
  10,500      

Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co.

     401,908  
  21,472      

Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     356,836  
  3,300      

Okuwa Co., Ltd.

     50,587  
  1,200      

San-A Co., Ltd.

     45,886  
  17,300      

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     418,389  
  7,700      

Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     395,722  
  62,400      

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,038,057  
  22,459      

Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd.

     688,253  
  9,800      

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.(a)

     36,383  
  170,900      

Softbank Corp.

     2,177,086  
  23,800      

Sugi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,611,341  
  30,400      

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.(a)

     855,657  
  15,900      

Sundrug Co., Ltd.

     525,787  
  11,700      

Suzuken Co., Ltd.

     436,458  
  69,600      

Toho Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,296,159  
  1,100      

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.(a)

     151,540  
  9,800      

Unicharm Corp.

     401,846  
  13,500      

United Super Markets Holdings, Inc.

     142,152  
  14,000      

Valor Holdings Co., Ltd.

     273,012  
  55,500      

Vital KSK Holdings, Inc.

     530,643  
  2,600      

Wowow, Inc.

     58,408  
  6,000      

Yaoko Co., Ltd.(a)

     428,574  
  18,800      

ZERIA Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.(a)

     349,015  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Japan

     49,994,919  
    

 

 

 
          Luxembourg — 0.1%  
  4,400      

Spotify Technology SA*

     1,136,036  
      

 

 

 
          Netherlands — 1.4%  
  58,108      

Airbus SE*

     4,133,605  
  1,216      

Amsterdam Commodities NV

     26,599  
  77,720      

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

     2,115,758  
  343,219      

Koninklijke KPN NV

     908,761  
  7,754      

Sligro Food Group NV(a)

     119,360  
  159,051      

Unilever NV

     8,432,701  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Netherlands

     15,736,784  
    

 

 

 
          New Zealand — 0.4%  
  197,552      

Argosy Property, Ltd.

     149,500  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          New Zealand — continued  
  32,985      

Arvida Group, Ltd.

     30,742  
  40,901      

Chorus, Ltd.

     196,168  
  218,346      

Contact Energy, Ltd.

     887,545  
  46,009      

EBOS Group, Ltd.

     644,436  
  10,490      

Fonterra Co-operative Group, Ltd.*

     25,251  
  317,738      

Infratil, Ltd.

     959,647  
  32,213      

Mainfreight, Ltd.

     822,679  
  106,533      

Mercury NZ, Ltd.

     321,967  
  157,944      

Spark New Zealand, Ltd.

     466,575  
  6,801      

Trustpower, Ltd.

     30,391  
  15,201      

Vector, Ltd.

     35,215  
  3,702      

Warehouse Group, Ltd. (The)

     4,902  
      

 

 

 
 

Total New Zealand

     4,575,018  
    

 

 

 
          Norway — 0.3%  
  4,194      

Olav Thon Eiendomsselskap ASA*

     60,923  
  209,680      

Orkla ASA

     1,833,783  
  45,940      

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA*

     333,397  
  61,697      

Telenor ASA

     896,806  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Norway

     3,124,909  
    

 

 

 
          Portugal — 0.2%  
  72,611      

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA*

     1,270,014  
  81,509      

NOS SGPS SA* (a)

     355,191  
  99,893      

REN—Redes Energeticas Nacionais SGPS SA

     272,456  
  276,933      

Sonae SGPS SA

     199,415  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Portugal

     2,097,076  
    

 

 

 
          Singapore — 0.5%  
  24,921      

Best World International, Ltd.(b)

     24,295  
  216,400      

Frasers Hospitality Trust REIT

     72,338  
  8,000      

Great Eastern Holdings, Ltd.

     112,803  
  2,000      

Haw Par Corp., Ltd.

     14,103  
  57,384      

Hong Leong Finance, Ltd.

     102,765  
  645,210      

Keppel Infrastructure Trust

     251,625  
  3,404,049      

NetLink NBN Trust

     2,380,863  
  263,100      

Olam International, Ltd.

     263,619  
  181,200      

OUE, Ltd.

     154,900  
  1,324,901      

Sheng Siong Group, Ltd.

     1,569,005  
  257,500      

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.

     454,903  
  12,200      

Straits Trading Co., Ltd.

     13,922  
  33,000      

United Industrial Corp., Ltd.

     52,112  
  29,200      

Wing Tai Holdings, Ltd.

     37,557  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Singapore

     5,504,810  
    

 

 

 
          Spain — 0.8%  
  30,146      

Aena SME SA*

     4,012,025  
  1,020      

Cia de Distribucion Integral Logista Holdings SA

     18,994  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          Spain — continued  
  40,006      

Endesa SA(a)

     984,334  
  21,765      

Faes Farma SA

     88,407  
  56,041      

Viscofan SA

     3,653,896  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Spain

     8,757,656  
    

 

 

 
          Sweden — 1.3%  
  71,433      

Akelius Residential Property AB Class D(a)

     130,059  
  91,216      

Axfood AB

     1,990,302  
  60,503      

Essity AB Class B*

     1,953,619  
  63,665      

ICA Gruppen AB

     3,017,334  
  723,900      

Svenska Handelsbanken AB Class A*

     6,863,397  
  10,264      

Swedish Match AB

     720,804  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Sweden

     14,675,515  
    

 

 

 
          Switzerland — 3.1%  
  4,888      

AEVIS VICTORIA SA*

     63,397  
  11,952      

Allreal Holding AG

     2,364,725  
  1,348      

Banque Cantonale de Geneve

     259,591  
  168      

Basellandschaftliche Kantonalbank

     154,659  
  579      

Basler Kantonalbank

     38,978  
  1,076      

Berner Kantonalbank AG

     260,547  
  17,306      

BKW AG

     1,551,439  
  27,870      

Coca-Cola HBC AG*

     697,499  
  438      

Emmi AG

     381,875  
  9      

Graubuendner Kantonalbank

     14,056  
  713      

Helvetia Holding AG

     66,375  
  588      

Intershop Holding AG

     351,655  
  180      

Luzerner Kantonalbank AG*

     74,434  
  2,790      

Mobimo Holding AG*

     806,295  
  55,565      

Nestle SA

     6,137,906  
  152,356      

Novartis AG

     13,236,917  
  3,664      

Orior AG

     301,010  
  10,016      

Roche Holding AG

     3,467,489  
  3,921      

Sonova Holding AG*

     781,773  
  245      

St. Galler Kantonalbank AG

     109,279  
  5,472      

Swisscom AG

     2,861,647  
  603      

Thurgauer Kantonalbank

     67,771  
  3,202      

TX Group AG

     237,505  
  294      

Vaudoise Assurances Holding SA

     137,663  
  13      

Warteck Invest AG

     28,537  
      

 

 

 
 

Total Switzerland

     34,453,022  
    

 

 

 
          United Kingdom — 3.7%  
  873      

4imprint Group Plc

     26,552  
  11,062      

Associated British Foods Plc

     261,398  
  6,811      

AstraZeneca Plc

     708,019  
  31,079      

Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure Plc

     904,399  
  9,500      

Atlassian Corp. Plc Class A*

     1,712,565  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

168


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          United Kingdom — continued  
  1,568,500      

BAE Systems Plc

     9,355,301  
  221,774      

Britvic Plc

     2,108,262  
  786,398      

BT Group Plc

     1,106,783  
  231,012      

Central Asia Metals Plc

     417,704  
  10,157      

Cranswick Plc

     453,644  
  26,882      

Diageo Plc

     889,799  
  20,695      

EMIS Group Plc

     276,501  
  24,932      

Ferguson Plc

     2,033,800  
  310,143      

GCP Student Living Plc REIT

     474,753  
  5,532      

Genus Plc

     241,233  
  8,173      

Hikma Pharmaceuticals Plc

     224,009  
  676,864      

J Sainsbury Plc

     1,743,879  
  289,567      

National Express Group Plc

     670,997  
  11,366      

National Grid Plc

     138,786  
  177,596      

Nomad Foods, Ltd.*

     3,809,434  
  58,048      

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc

     5,326,983  
  25,890      

Secure Income REIT Plc REIT

     86,334  
  75,518      

Smith & Nephew Plc

     1,402,907  
  103,833      

Spirent Communications Plc

     308,783  
  234,086      

Tate & Lyle Plc

     1,929,018  
  1,739      

Telecom Plus Plc

     30,567  
  85,538      

Tesco Plc

     240,839  
  37,082      

Unilever Plc

     1,993,723  
  48,764      

Vectura Group Plc

     58,470  
  45,501      

Vodafone Group Plc

     72,349  
  814,768      

Wm Morrison Supermarkets Plc

     1,916,679  
  4,972      

YouGov Plc

     47,266  
      

 

 

 
 

Total United Kingdom

     40,971,736  
    

 

 

 
          United States — 56.7%  
  116,400      

Abbott Laboratories

     10,642,452  
  16,375      

Adobe, Inc.*

     7,128,201  
  27,000      

Akamai Technologies, Inc.*

     2,891,430  
  2,485      

Alleghany Corp.

     1,215,513  
  30,605      

Allstate Corp. (The)

     2,968,379  
  13,844      

Alphabet, Inc. Class A*

     19,631,484  
  158,422      

Altice USA, Inc. Class A*

     3,570,832  
  49,900      

Altria Group, Inc.

     1,958,575  
  2,700      

Amazon.com, Inc.*

     7,448,814  
  51,271      

Amdocs, Ltd.

     3,121,378  
  30,478      

Ameren Corp.

     2,144,432  
  8,613      

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     685,939  
  51,584      

American Tower Corp. REIT

     13,336,527  
  23,000      

American Water Works Co., Inc.

     2,959,180  
  9,700      

AmerisourceBergen Corp. Class A

     977,469  
  17,482      

AMETEK, Inc.

     1,562,366  
  15,700      

Amgen, Inc.

     3,703,002  
  8,646      

ANSYS, Inc.*

     2,522,298  
  4,200      

Anthem, Inc.

     1,104,516  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

169


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          United States — continued  
  14,900      

Apple, Inc.

     5,435,520  
  62,173      

Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.

     6,061,246  
  11,900      

Assurant, Inc.

     1,229,151  
  182,188      

AT&T, Inc.

     5,507,543  
  231      

Atmos Energy Corp.

     23,003  
  22,700      

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     3,379,803  
  400      

AutoZone, Inc.*

     451,248  
  98,650      

Avangrid, Inc.

     4,141,327  
  33,157      

Ball Corp.

     2,304,080  
  106,199      

Baxter International, Inc.

     9,143,734  
  25,480      

Becton Dickinson and Co.

     6,096,600  
  2,772      

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B*

     494,830  
  100      

Bio-Techne Corp.

     26,407  
  7,400      

Biogen, Inc.*

     1,979,870  
  13,400      

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

     1,652,756  
  1,825      

Booking Holdings, Inc.*

     2,906,021  
  76,455      

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     4,495,554  
  14,400      

Broadcom, Inc.

     4,544,784  
  5,780      

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

     729,378  
  122,151      

BWX Technologies, Inc.

     6,918,633  
  1,600      

Cable One, Inc.

     2,839,760  
  24,835      

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

     2,383,167  
  1,600      

Camden Property Trust REIT

     145,952  
  15,000      

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

     2,242,800  
  23,200      

CBOE Holdings, Inc.

     2,164,096  
  39,700      

Cerner Corp.

     2,721,435  
  34,600      

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.(a)

     2,735,476  
  36,500      

Charter Communications, Inc. Class A*

     18,616,460  
  5,400      

Chemed Corp.

     2,435,778  
  3,900      

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     301,470  
  40,000      

Cigna Corp.*

     7,506,000  
  16,600      

Citrix Systems, Inc.

     2,455,306  
  23,072      

Clean Harbors, Inc.*

     1,383,859  
  16,200      

Clorox Co. (The)

     3,553,794  
  23,083      

CMS Energy Corp.

     1,348,509  
  45,400      

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     2,028,472  
  42,800      

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     3,135,528  
  100,900      

Comcast Corp. Class A

     3,933,082  
  22,949      

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     1,650,722  
  19,413      

Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)

     5,506,303  
  49,105      

Copart, Inc.*

     4,088,973  
  3,800      

CoStar Group, Inc.*

     2,700,546  
  15,000      

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     4,548,150  
  96,800      

CVS Health Corp.

     6,289,096  
  43,476      

Danaher Corp.

     7,687,861  
  3,600      

Dollar General Corp.

     685,836  
  22,077      

DTE Energy Co.

     2,373,278  
  800      

Duke Energy Corp.

     63,912  
  39,300      

eBay, Inc.

     2,061,285  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

170


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          United States — continued  
  3,800      

Ecolab, Inc.

     756,010  
  16,000      

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

     2,112,800  
  33,067      

Eli Lilly & Co.

     5,428,940  
  28,700      

Encompass Health Corp.

     1,777,391  
  200      

Entergy Corp.

     18,762  
  4,200      

Equinix, Inc. REIT

     2,949,660  
  31,600      

Equity Commonwealth REIT

     1,017,520  
  11,432      

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. REIT

     714,271  
  67      

Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT

     15,354  
  1,400      

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The) Class A

     264,152  
  42,500      

Evergy, Inc.

     2,519,825  
  47,262      

Exelon Corp.

     1,715,138  
  35,900      

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     2,729,836  
  18,000      

F5 Networks, Inc.*

     2,510,640  
  67,562      

Facebook, Inc. Class A*

     15,341,303  
  62,137      

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     8,331,950  
  2,700      

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. Class A

     1,093,554  
  60,718      

FirstEnergy Corp.

     2,354,644  
  65,200      

Flowers Foods, Inc.

     1,457,872  
  96,053      

Fortive Corp.

     6,498,946  
  7,100      

General Mills, Inc.

     437,715  
  54,455      

Globe Life, Inc.

     4,042,195  
  40,224      

GoDaddy, Inc. Class A*

     2,949,626  
  33,600      

Grocery Outlet Holding Corp.*

     1,370,880  
  14,346      

Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)

     1,453,680  
  33,800      

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

     1,218,828  
  33,298      

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     3,231,904  
  22,026      

Hershey Co. (The)

     2,855,010  
  21,286      

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     2,336,777  
  105,979      

Hologic, Inc.*

     6,040,803  
  18,564      

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     4,650,468  
  18,843      

Honeywell International, Inc.

     2,724,509  
  56,700      

Hormel Foods Corp.

     2,736,909  
  15,853      

Humana, Inc.

     6,147,001  
  13,000      

IDACORP, Inc.

     1,135,810  
  15,000      

Incyte Corp.*

     1,559,550  
  6,303      

Ingredion, Inc.

     523,149  
  91,900      

Intel Corp.

     5,498,377  
  118,200      

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

     10,827,120  
  15,238      

Intuit, Inc.

     4,513,343  
  3,400      

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     1,937,422  
  23,900      

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     2,876,126  
  20,479      

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     2,166,883  
  44,690      

Johnson & Johnson

     6,284,755  
  27,738      

Kellogg Co.

     1,832,372  
  400      

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

     56,540  
  92,100      

Kroger Co. (The)

     3,117,585  
  2,400      

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings*

     398,664  
  13,900      

Landstar System, Inc.

     1,561,109  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

171


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          United States — continued  
  5,675      

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     2,070,921  
  2,000      

Markel Corp.*

     1,846,340  
  2,000      

Masimo Corp.*

     455,980  
  32,259      

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     9,538,986  
  3,459      

McCormick & Co., Inc.

     620,579  
  15,900      

McKesson Corp.

     2,439,378  
  438,214      

Medical Properties Trust, Inc. REIT

     8,238,423  
  70,634      

Merck & Co., Inc.

     5,462,127  
  15,540      

Mercury General Corp.

     633,255  
  37,843      

Microsoft Corp.

     7,701,429  
  13,925      

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. REIT

     1,596,780  
  41,700      

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     2,132,121  
  3,100      

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

     734,700  
  5,792      

Morningstar, Inc.

     816,498  
  58,213      

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     8,157,388  
  3,000      

Nasdaq, Inc.

     358,410  
  2,500      

NewMarket Corp.

     1,001,200  
  67,651      

Newmont Corp.

     4,176,773  
  16,070      

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     3,859,532  
  6,500      

NiSource, Inc.

     147,810  
  19,600      

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

     3,323,964  
  82,014      

Oracle Corp.

     4,532,914  
  16,700      

Paychex, Inc.

     1,265,025  
  42,648      

PepsiCo, Inc.

     5,640,625  
  96,865      

Performance Food Group Co.*

     2,822,646  
  147,434      

Pfizer, Inc.

     4,821,092  
  56,800      

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     3,979,408  
  26,900      

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     1,971,501  
  900      

Post Holdings, Inc.*

     78,858  
  52,380      

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     6,263,077  
  38,283      

Progressive Corp. (The)

     3,066,851  
  16,930      

Prologis, Inc. REIT

     1,580,077  
  10,100      

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

     496,516  
  10,900      

Public Storage REIT

     2,091,601  
  104,765      

Raytheon Technologies Corp.

     6,455,619  
  3,900      

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     2,432,235  
  38,204      

Republic Services, Inc. Class A

     3,134,638  
  4,000      

ResMed, Inc.

     768,000  
  23,900      

Royal Gold, Inc.

     2,971,248  
  1,200      

S&P Global, Inc.

     395,376  
  22,300      

salesforce.com, Inc.*

     4,177,459  
  28,900      

Schneider National, Inc. Class B

     712,963  
  54,061      

Science Applications International Corp.

     4,199,458  
  10,400      

Seattle Genetics, Inc.*

     1,767,168  
  11,400      

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

     369,246  
  49,500      

Southern Co. (The)

     2,566,575  
  48,100      

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.*

     1,230,879  
  16,853      

Stryker Corp.

     3,036,742  
  16,496      

Sun Communities, Inc. REIT

     2,238,177  

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

172


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Shares          Description    Value ($)  
          United States — continued  
  21,872      

Synopsys, Inc.*

     4,265,040  
  33,700      

T-Mobile US, Inc.*

     3,509,855  
  19,400      

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.*

     2,707,658  
  32,600      

Target Corp.

     3,909,718  
  113,689      

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     4,136,006  
  41,000      

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     5,205,770  
  27,000      

TFS Financial Corp.

     386,370  
  23,900      

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     8,659,926  
  7,700      

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

     2,670,976  
  30,000      

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     3,335,400  
  5,400      

United Therapeutics Corp.*

     653,400  
  32,802      

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     9,674,950  
  11,700      

VeriSign, Inc.*

     2,419,911  
  112,812      

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     6,219,326  
  9,500      

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     2,757,945  
  24,400      

Visa, Inc. Class A

     4,713,348  
  43,036      

Walmart, Inc.

     5,154,852  
  31,885      

Waste Management, Inc.

     3,376,940  
  26,700      

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     2,340,255  
  600      

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

     136,302  
  17,759      

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     1,109,938  
  79,187      

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

     3,806,519  
  11,667      

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.

     1,392,573  
  28,000      

Zoetis, Inc.

     3,837,120  
      

 

 

 
 

Total United States

     629,533,525  
    

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $931,892,584)

     1,022,514,434  
      

 

 

 
   

PREFERRED STOCK — 0.2%

 

          Germany — 0.2%  
  22,459      

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, 2.36%

     2,087,255  
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (COST $1,898,212)

     2,087,255  
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)          Description    Value ($)  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.6%

 

          Mutual Fund - Securities Lending Collateral — 0.5%  
  5,056,955      

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class, 0.12%(c) (d)

     5,056,955  
          U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 0.1%  
  1,000,000      

United States Treasury Bill, 0.04%, due 07/02/20(e) (f)

     999,998  
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $6,056,937)

     6,056,953  
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 92.8%

(Cost $939,847,733)

     1,030,658,642  
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 7.2%

     80,378,215  
      

 

 

 
          NET ASSETS — 100.0%    $1,111,036,857  
      

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

June 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
  *   Non-income producing security.   
  (a)   All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  (b)   Security fair valued by the Valuation Committee as approved by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of the security at period end is $24,295 which represents 0.0% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at June 30, 2020 was $35,225.   
  (c)   The rate disclosed is the 7-day net yield as of June 30, 2020.   
  (d)   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   
  (e)   All or a portion of this security is pledged for open futures collateral.   
  (f)   Interest rate presented is yield to maturity.   

Futures Contracts

 

Number of
Contracts

         

Description

       

Expiration Date

    

Notional
Value

    

Market Value/
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
  Buys                    
  38        

Canadian Dollar

        Sep 2020      $ 2,797,560      $ (598
  280        

MSCI EAFE Index

        Sep 2020        24,897,600        196,059  
  357        

S&P 500 E-mini Index

        Sep 2020        55,160,070        1,075,400  
  21        

S&P/TSX 60 Index

        Sep 2020        2,863,216        44,371  
                 

 

 

 
   $ 1,315,232  
                 

 

 

 

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Consumer, Non-cyclical

       32.9

Financial

       14.5

Communications

       14.0

Technology

       9.5

Industrial

       9.4

Utilities

       5.4

Consumer, Cyclical

       4.2

Basic Materials

       2.3

Energy

       0.1

Diversified

       0.0 *

Short-Term Investments

       0.5

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       7.2
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

* Amount rounds to zero.

 

 

See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.

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