NPORT-EX 2 NPORT_3747955507142079.htm Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Select Fund

 

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Description

   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – 97.8% of Net Assets

  
      Capital Markets – 3.0%

 

     84,375      Morgan Stanley    $ 4,409,437  
     41,000      Virtu Financial, Inc., Class A      1,059,030  
        

 

 

 
     5,468,467  
        

 

 

 
      Chemicals – 6.7%

 

     95,925      Nutrien Ltd.      3,536,755  
     12,755      Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)      8,559,242  
        

 

 

 
       12,095,997  
        

 

 

 
      Communications Equipment – 2.6%

 

     30,650      Motorola Solutions, Inc.      4,743,088  
        

 

 

 
      Distributors – 4.4%

 

     138,625      LKQ Corp.(a)      4,399,958  
     10,550      POOL CORP.      3,458,712  
        

 

 

 
     7,858,670  
        

 

 

 
      Diversified Telecommunication Services – 1.7%

 

     44,700      Cogent Communications Holdings, Inc.      3,006,522  
        

 

 

 
      Entertainment – 5.4%

 

     69,325      Electronic Arts, Inc.(a)      9,668,758  
        

 

 

 
      Food Products – 1.9%

 

     54,250      Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.      3,409,613  
        

 

 

 
      Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 2.4%

 

     19,580      Masimo Corp.(a)      4,385,920  
        

 

 

 
      Health Care Providers & Services – 6.7%

 

     28,625      HCA Healthcare, Inc.      3,884,985  
     26,310      UnitedHealth Group, Inc.      8,223,190  
        

 

 

 
     12,108,175  
        

 

 

 
      Industrial Conglomerates – 4.5%

 

     18,985      Roper Technologies, Inc.      8,110,202  
        

 

 

 
      Interactive Media & Services – 6.3%

 

     38,785      Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)      11,371,762  
        

 

 

 
      Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 5.9%

 

     3,110      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      10,732,486  
        

 

 

 
      IT Services – 7.1%

 

     32,150      Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.      4,417,410  
     23,415      MasterCard, Inc., Class A      8,387,019  
        

 

 

 
     12,804,429  
        

 

 

 
      Life Sciences Tools & Services – 3.1%

 

     12,950      Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.      5,555,291  
        

 

 

 


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   Value (†)  
 

Common Stocks – continued

  
   Metals & Mining – 3.5%

 

  117,025      Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.    $ 6,245,624  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 5.6%

 

  55,750      Chevron Corp.      4,679,098  
  204,275      Enterprise Products Partners LP      3,587,069  
  1,274,275      Kosmos Energy Ltd.      1,873,184  
     

 

 

 
          10,139,351  
     

 

 

 
   Road & Rail – 8.1%

 

  129,075      Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.      5,867,749  
  45,700      Union Pacific Corp.      8,794,508  
     

 

 

 
        14,662,257  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 7.9%

 

  269,225      ON Semiconductor Corp.(a)      5,753,338  
  60,275      Texas Instruments, Inc.      8,568,091  
     

 

 

 
        14,321,429  
     

 

 

 
   Software – 6.3%

 

  50,240      Microsoft Corp.      11,330,627  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail – 4.7%

 

  29,530      Home Depot, Inc. (The)      8,417,231  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks

(Identified Cost $133,643,061)

     176,435,899  
     

 

 

 

Principal

Amount    

             
 

Short-Term Investments – 2.2%

  
  $  3,958,575     

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 8/31/2020 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $3,958,575 on 9/01/2020 collateralized by $3,759,200 U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Note, 0.125% due 10/15/2024 valued at $4,037,807 including accrued interest(b)

(Identified Cost $3,958,575)

     3,958,575  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Investments – 100.0%

(Identified Cost $137,601,636)

       180,394,474  
   Other assets less liabilities – (0.0)%      (32,524
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 180,361,950  
     

 

 

 


(†)

Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser or subadviser and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

 

    

Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

 

    

In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

 

    

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

 

    

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

 

    

Domestic exchange-traded index and single name equity option contracts (including options on exchange-traded funds) are valued at the mean of the National Best Bid and Offer quotations as determined by the Options Price Reporting Authority.

 

    

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period.

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of August 31, 2020, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.


Fair Value Measurements. In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

   

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

   

Level 2 – prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); and

 

   

Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs when quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

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 Fund’s investments as of August 31, 2020, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 176,435,899      $ —        $ —        $ 176,435,899  

Short-Term Investments

     —          3,958,575        —          3,958,575  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 176,435,899      $ 3,958,575      $ —        $ 180,394,474  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.


Industry Summary at August 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Road & Rail

     8.1

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     7.9  

IT Services

     7.1  

Health Care Providers & Services

     6.7  

Chemicals

     6.7  

Interactive Media & Services

     6.3  

Software

     6.3  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     5.9  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     5.6  

Entertainment

     5.4  

Specialty Retail

     4.7  

Industrial Conglomerates

     4.5  

Distributors

     4.4  

Metals & Mining

     3.5  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     3.1  

Capital Markets

     3.0  

Communications Equipment

     2.6  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.4  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     3.6  

Short-Term Investments

     2.2  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.0  

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.0 )* 
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

*

Less than 0.1%