0001145549-21-060874.txt : 20211025 0001145549-21-060874.hdr.sgml : 20211025 20211025112033 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001145549-21-060874 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: NPORT-P PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20210831 FILED AS OF DATE: 20211025 PERIOD START: 20211130 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Adviser Series CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001707560 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: NPORT-P SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23259 FILM NUMBER: 211342817 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 BUSINESS PHONE: 1-800-341-7400 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 4000 ERICSSON DRIVE CITY: WARRENDALE STATE: PA ZIP: 15086-7561 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated Adviser Series DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200616 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Federated Hermes Adviser Series DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20200615 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: 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5299008N6YHE6GCP1E80 Community Bank System Inc 203607106 830 NS USD 61420 1.6814699306 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Nifco Inc/Japan 353800JMDOH68J9I5140 Nifco Inc/Japan 654101104 1381 NS 43577.04 1.1929905963 Long EC CORP JP N 2 N N N Altair Engineering Inc 549300FJ89HZ6GU9S994 Altair Engineering Inc 021369103 736 NS USD 54456.64 1.4908369046 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Retail Opportunity Investments Corp N/A Retail Opportunity Investments Corp 76131N101 2624 NS USD 47441.92 1.2987978172 Long EC US N 1 N N N Paragon Banking Group PLC 213800S1TDKIB1IUTS72 Paragon Banking Group PLC 000000000 6063 NS 46882.04 1.2834702140 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC 213800J4UVB5OWG8VX82 Dechra Pharmaceuticals PLC 000000000 686 NS 49410.67 1.3526954714 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Burckhardt Compression Holding 5067004N56DLX7GY3E95 Burckhardt Compression Holding AG 000000000 169 NS 66693.22 1.8258326930 Long EC CORP CH N 2 N N N AptarGroup Inc VNPEQDQFAA7IY1T2PX43 AptarGroup Inc 038336103 443 NS USD 59716.4 1.6348311782 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Glanbia PLC 635400SRMCBHVMSKJS84 Glanbia PLC 000000000 3582 NS 63882.99 1.7488981889 Long EC CORP IE N 2 N N N Ansell Ltd 549300NEGJ5G23VCJM45 Ansell Ltd 000000000 1742 NS 45847.5 1.2551480404 Long EC CORP AU N 2 N N N Harworth Group PLC 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21 Harworth Group PLC 000000000 12581 NS 26725.61 0.7316559686 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH 549300XTVCVV9I7B5T19 Huntington Bancshares Inc/OH 446150104 3185 NS USD 49463.05 1.3541294570 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Brooks Automation Inc 35ZN6X1ANPH25YN32Y17 Brooks Automation Inc 114340102 835 NS USD 70941.6 1.9421388347 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N LivaNova PLC 2138001K2FX6SHK2B339 LivaNova PLC 000000000 454 NS USD 37541.26 1.0277515442 Long EC CORP GB N 1 N N N CACI International Inc SYRPI2D1O9WRTS2WX210 CACI International Inc 127190304 192 NS USD 49447.68 1.3537086789 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Huhtamaki Oyj 5493007050SJVMXN6L29 Huhtamaki OYJ 000000000 1177 NS 62860.26 1.7208993328 Long EC CORP FI N 2 N N N WEX Inc T9M5IGROL1TL1G5OV478 WEX Inc 96208T104 400 NS USD 73428 2.0102079789 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Brunswick Corp/DE YM4O38W15AX4YLLQKU27 Brunswick Corp/DE 117043109 953 NS USD 92317.11 2.5273273290 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Axon Enterprise Inc 549300QP2IEEGFE16681 Axon Enterprise Inc 05464C101 256 NS USD 46558.72 1.2746188161 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N MARR SpA 815600576D5536AC7B34 MARR SpA 000000000 1685 NS 40750.63 1.1156131390 Long EC CORP IT N 2 N N N Bio-Rad Laboratories Inc 549300ZC1GPV35XYDK53 BIO-RAD LABORATORIES-A 090572207 86 NS USD 69214.52 1.8948572801 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N SOITEC 969500ZR92SQCU9TST26 SOITEC 000000000 181 NS 43360.36 1.1870586376 Long EC CORP FR N 2 N N N Linea Directa Aseguradora SA C 95980079E2NBJT967T79 Linea Directa Aseguradora SA Cia de Seguros y Reaseguros 000000000 20714 NS 43697.86 1.1962982355 Long EC CORP ES N 2 N N N MDU Resources Group Inc N/A MDU Resources Group Inc 552690109 889 NS USD 28599.13 0.7829465506 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Cargojet Inc 549300C4GBBANCBT3K72 Cargojet Inc 14179V503 347 NS 57551.42 1.5755614164 Long EC CORP CA N 1 N N N Silicon Laboratories Inc 4PRDF8Q9TDHRVZKZSZ47 Silicon Laboratories Inc 826919102 586 NS USD 92365.32 2.5286471542 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Reinsurance Group of America Inc LORM1GNEU1DKEW527V90 Reinsurance Group of America Inc 759351604 326 NS USD 37757.32 1.0336665295 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N WD-40 Co 549300UZHTN0CNKBOB19 WD-40 Co 929236107 280 NS USD 67096.4 1.8368703851 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N CAE Inc 549300FFM2BEH2GF1E44 CAE Inc 124765108 1976 NS 57056.77 1.5620195880 Long EC CORP CA N 1 N N N Technogym SpA 815600B9149F66E77F76 Technogym SpA 000000000 3845 NS 45483.01 1.2451695485 Long EC CORP IT Y 2 N N N Eagle Materials Inc 529900KRXRGXL61SG039 EAGLE MATERIALS INC 26969P108 443 NS USD 69480.12 1.9021285014 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Horiba Ltd 529900OOTWPYSNW0EC84 HORIBA LTD 000000000 876 NS 62611.07 1.7140773613 Long EC CORP JP N 2 N N N Jack Henry & Associates Inc 529900X1QS8C54W0JB21 Jack Henry & Associates Inc 426281101 113 NS USD 19930.94 0.5456410990 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N National Instruments Corp 549300TP4OOPCYWDUP86 National Instruments Corp 636518102 1107 NS USD 46294.74 1.2673919449 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Power Integrations Inc 54930085LGXSCIHD5W31 Power Integrations Inc 739276103 670 NS USD 72788.8 1.9927088649 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Clean Harbors Inc 5493000SJVZVZJKHJF48 CLEAN HARBORS INC 184496107 527 NS USD 54080.74 1.4805460458 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N John Wiley & Sons Inc 5493003XM719UN7E8P64 JOHN WILEY & SONS INC 968223206 1047 NS USD 60830.7 1.6653369083 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Terminix Global Holdings Inc 549300GS10644JGL8R77 Terminix Global Holdings Inc 88087E100 983 NS USD 40922.29 1.1203126038 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Aalberts NV 549300EMP9DT6Q35HZ31 Aalberts Industries NV 000000000 1095 NS 68298.02 1.8697666387 Long EC CORP NL N 2 N N N Central Asia Metals PLC 213800EYQBJZIT64NH43 Central Asia Metals PLC 000000000 13404 NS 46021.78 1.2599192319 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N CLS Holdings PLC 213800A357TKB2TD9U78 CLS Holdings PLC 000000000 8069 NS 26554.74 0.7269781313 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N SSP Group Plc 213800QGNIWTXFMENJ24 SSP Group Plc 000000000 9500 NS 35573.81 0.9738894795 Long EC CORP GB N 2 N N N Palomar Holdings Inc 549300DOI1MUW11BLX74 Palomar Holdings Inc 69753M105 610 NS USD 54778 1.4996346444 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Thule Group AB 549300XHHOGBOERKU333 Thule Group AB 000000000 1348 NS 73719.43 2.0181863375 Long EC CORP SE Y 2 N N N Merlin Properties Socimi SA 959800L8KD863DP30X04 Merlin Properties Socimi SA 000000000 3710 NS 43335.9 1.1863890063 Long EC CORP ES N 2 N N N Trelleborg AB 213800XY16PAWG2PAD14 Trelleborg AB 000000000 2885 NS 70231.19 1.9226902341 Long EC CORP SE N 2 N N N Brown & Brown Inc 549300PC8KTJ71XKFY89 Brown & Brown Inc 115236101 664 NS USD 38545.2 1.0552359943 Long EC CORP US N 1 N N N Noritsu Koki Co Ltd N/A Noritsu Koki Co Ltd 000000000 1136 NS 24594.71 0.6733192009 Long EC CORP JP N 2 N N N Breedon Group PLC 213800ZQKCIVCPN9H229 Breedon Group PLC 000000000 37334 NS 53259.68 1.4580682259 Long EC CORP JE N 2 N N N 2021-10-25 Federated Hermes Adviser Series Stephen Van Meter Federated Hermes Adviser Series Chief Compliance Officer XXXX NPORT-EX 2 poi_fhglobalsmallcapfund.htm POI - FEDERATED HERMES GLOBAL SMALL CAP FUND EDGAR HTML
Federated Hermes Global Small Cap Fund
Portfolio of Investments
August 31, 2021 (unaudited)
Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—99.3%
 
 
 
Australia—1.3%
 
1,742
 
Ansell Ltd.
$ 45,848
 
 
Canada—3.1%
 
1,976
1
CAE, Inc.
57,057
347
 
Cargojet Inc.
57,551
 
 
TOTAL
114,608
 
 
Finland—1.7%
 
1,177
 
Huhtamaki Oyj
62,860
 
 
France—1.2%
 
181
1
Silicon-On-Insulator Technologies (SOITEC)
43,360
 
 
Germany—1.5%
 
1,033
 
Jungheinrich AG
55,761
 
 
Ireland—1.8%
 
3,582
 
Glanbia PLC
63,883
 
 
Italy—2.4%
 
1,685
1
MARR SpA
40,751
3,845
 
Technogym SpA
45,483
 
 
TOTAL
86,234
 
 
Japan—10.7%
 
876
 
Horiba Ltd.
62,611
17
 
Hulic Reit, Inc. REIT
28,612
1,694
 
Kh Neochem Co. Ltd.
46,160
1,381
 
NIFCO, Inc.
43,577
1,136
 
Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd.
24,595
1,461
 
Open House Co. Ltd.
71,108
3,650
 
Penta Ocean Construction
23,134
1,392
 
Yaoko Co. Ltd.
90,441
 
 
TOTAL
390,238
 
 
Netherlands—4.2%
 
1,095
 
Aalberts Industries NV
68,298
441
 
IMCD Group NV
86,821
 
 
TOTAL
155,119
 
 
Spain—2.4%
 
20,714
 
Linea Directa Aseguradora SA
43,698
3,710
 
Merlin Properties SOCIMI SA
43,336
 
 
TOTAL
87,034
 
 
Sweden—3.9%
 
1,348
 
Thule Group AB/The
73,720
2,885
 
Trelleborg AB, Class B
70,231
 
 
TOTAL
143,951
 
 
Switzerland—1.8%
 
169
 
Burckhardt Compression Holdings AG
66,693
 
 
United Kingdom—9.1%
 
37,334
 
Breedon Group PLC
53,260
13,404
 
Central Asia Metals PLC
46,022
8,069
 
CLS Holdings PLC
26,555
686
 
Dechra Pharmaceutical PLC
49,410
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Shares
 
 
Value in
U.S. Dollars
 
 
COMMON STOCKS—continued
 
 
 
United Kingdom—continued
 
3,118
1
Draper Esprit PLC
$46,565
12,581
 
Harworth Group PLC
26,725
6,063
 
Paragon Group Companies PLC
46,882
9,500
1
SSP Group PLC
35,574
 
 
TOTAL
330,993
 
 
United States—54.2%
 
736
1
Altair Engineering, Inc.
54,457
967
1
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
109,774
443
 
Aptargroup, Inc.
59,716
256
1
Axon Enterprise, Inc.
46,559
86
1
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A
69,215
835
 
Brooks Automation, Inc.
70,942
664
 
Brown & Brown
38,545
953
 
Brunswick Corp.
92,317
192
1
CACI International, Inc., Class A
49,448
2,157
1
CarGurus, Inc.
65,530
527
1
Clean Harbors, Inc.
54,081
446
 
Columbia Sportswear Co.
45,496
830
 
Community Bank System, Inc.
61,420
44,575
2
Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
68,382
443
 
Eagle Materials, Inc.
69,480
113
 
Henry Jack & Associates, Inc.
19,931
3,185
 
Huntington Bancshares, Inc.
49,463
655
1
Kirby Corp.
35,101
454
1
Livanova PLC
37,541
889
 
MDU Resources Group, Inc.
28,599
1,107
 
National Instruments Corp.
46,295
610
1
Palomar Holdings, Inc.
54,778
670
 
Power Integrations, Inc.
72,789
326
 
Reinsurance Group of America
37,757
2,624
 
Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.
47,442
535
 
RPM International, Inc.
44,025
586
1
Silicon Laboratories, Inc.
92,365
315
 
STERIS PLC
67,728
983
1
Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.
40,922
280
 
WD 40 Co.
67,096
169
 
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.
76,324
400
1
WEX, Inc.
73,428
1,047
 
Wiley (John) & Sons, Inc., Class A
60,831
961
 
Wintrust Financial Corp.
71,921
 
 
TOTAL
1,979,698
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES99.3%
(IDENTIFIED COST $2,609,222)
3,626,280
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET0.7%3
26,476
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS100%
$3,652,756
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Non-income-producing security.
2
Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or availing of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At August 31, 2021, these restricted securities amounted to $68,382, which represented 1.9% of total net assets.
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Additional information on restricted securities held at August 31, 2021, is as follows:
Security
Acquisition
Date
Acquisition
Cost
Value
Diversified Gas & Oil PLC
4/23/2019
$66,193
$68,382
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Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at August 31, 2021.
Investment Valuation
In calculating its net asset value (NAV), the Fund generally values investments as follows:
Equity securities listed on an exchange or traded through a regulated market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market.
Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs.
Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and asked quotations.
Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.
For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees, certain factors may be considered such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions.
If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, if the Fund cannot obtain price evaluations from a pricing service or from more than one dealer for an investment within a reasonable period of time as set forth in the Fund's valuation policies and procedures, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”) is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, the Fund uses the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it sold the investment at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share, and the actual value obtained could be materially different.
Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures
The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have appointed a Valuation Committee comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Global Investment Management Corporation (the “Adviser”) and certain of the Adviser's affiliated companies to assist in determining fair value and in overseeing the calculation of the NAV. The Trustees have also authorized the use of pricing services recommended by the Valuation Committee to provide fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for reviewing third-party pricing-service evaluations including periodic reviews of third-party pricing services’ policies, procedures and valuation methods (including key inputs, methods, models and assumptions), transactional back-testing, comparisons of evaluations of different pricing services and review of price challenges by the Adviser based on recent market activity. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the Valuation Committee determines the fair value of the investment in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. The Trustees periodically review and approve the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures.
Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a “bid” evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and asked for the investment (a “mid” evaluation). The Fund normally uses bid evaluations for any U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Fund normally uses mid evaluations for any other types of fixed-income securities and any OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.
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The Trustees also have adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Adviser determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment’s value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:
With respect to securities traded principally in foreign markets, significant trends in U.S. equity markets or in the trading of foreign securities index futures contracts;
Political or other developments affecting the economy or markets in which an issuer conducts its operations or its securities are traded;
Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations, litigation developments, or a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.
The Trustees have adopted procedures whereby the Valuation Committee uses a pricing service to provide factors to update the fair value of equity securities traded principally in foreign markets from the time of the close of their respective foreign stock exchanges to the pricing time of the Fund. For other significant events, the Fund may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Fund will determine the fair value of the investment in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Trustees. The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for any fair valuations made in response to a significant event.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund's investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Also includes securities valued at amortized cost.
Level 3significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of August 31, 2021, in valuing the Fund's assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs
 
 
 
 
 
Level 1
Quoted
Prices
Level 2
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Total
Equity Securities:
 
 
 
 
Common Stocks
 
 
 
 
 Domestic
$1,911,316
$
$
$1,911,316
 International
114,608
1,600,356
1,714,964
TOTAL SECURITIES
$2,025,924
$1,600,356
$
$3,626,280
The following acronym(s) are used throughout this portfolio:
REIT
Real Estate Investment Trust
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