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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Mid Cap Fund

 

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   Value (†)  

Common Stocks – 98.7% of Net Assets

 

  

Banks – 5.5%

  

110,620

   Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The)    $ 4,227,897  

149,855

   PacWest Bancorp      5,716,968  

159,455

   TCF Financial Corp.      7,408,279  
     

 

 

 
     17,353,144  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages – 1.4%

 

20,035

   Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      4,567,980  
     

 

 

 
   Building Products – 0.8%

 

20,665

   Allegion PLC      2,595,937  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets – 6.1%

 

56,145

   Ares Management Corp., Class A      3,145,804  

249,620

   Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.      5,087,256  

21,705

   Nasdaq, Inc.      3,200,619  

63,450

   Raymond James Financial, Inc.      7,776,432  
     

 

 

 
     19,210,111  
     

 

 

 
   Chemicals – 5.6%

 

182,205

   Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)      5,389,624  

60,610

   FMC Corp.      6,704,072  

52,385

   LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A      5,450,659  
     

 

 

 
     17,544,355  
     

 

 

 
   Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.1%

 

60,105

   IAA, Inc.(a)      3,314,190  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment – 2.8%

 

46,125

   Motorola Solutions, Inc.      8,673,806  
     

 

 

 
   Construction & Engineering – 2.0%

 

230,005

   WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)      6,382,639  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance – 1.5%

 

117,715

   Synchrony Financial      4,786,292  
     

 

 

 
   Containers & Packaging – 3.2%

 

21,705

   Avery Dennison Corp.      3,986,123  

61,360

   Crown Holdings, Inc.      5,954,375  
     

 

 

 
     9,940,498  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Consumer Services – 2.6%

 

55,100

   Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)      5,901,210  

161,545

   Laureate Education, Inc., Class A(a)      2,195,397  
     

 

 

 
     8,096,607  
     

 

 

 
   Electric Utilities – 2.1%

 

44,245

   Alliant Energy Corp.      2,396,309  

68,250

   Evergy, Inc.      4,062,923  
     

 

 

 
     6,459,232  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 

   Electrical Equipment – 7.1%

 

45,290

   AMETEK, Inc.    $ 5,784,892  

39,030

   Hubbell, Inc.      7,294,316  

330,790

   nVent Electric PLC      9,232,349  
     

 

 

 
     22,311,557  
     

 

 

 
   Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 1.5%

 

9,390

   CDW Corp.      1,556,392  

22,495

   Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)      3,225,783  
     

 

 

 
     4,782,175  
     

 

 

 
   Food & Staples Retailing – 2.1%

 

115,420

   Performance Food Group Co.(a)      6,649,346  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.7%

 

8,820

   Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)      3,387,674  

25,255

   Hologic, Inc.(a)      1,878,467  
     

 

 

 
     5,266,141  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services – 0.7%

 

33,395

   Centene Corp.(a)      2,134,274  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 2.4%

 

195,920

   Aramark      7,401,858  
     

 

 

 
   Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers – 1.7%

 

299,505

   Vistra Corp.      5,295,248  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance – 5.8%

 

31,935

   Allstate Corp. (The)      3,669,331  

20,870

   Arthur J. Gallagher & Co.      2,603,950  

123,720

   Athene Holding Ltd., Class A(a)      6,235,488  

44,080

   Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      5,556,284  
     

 

 

 
     18,065,053  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services – 5.8%

 

85,435

   Alliance Data Systems Corp.      9,576,409  

17,240

   Global Payments, Inc.      3,475,239  

56,560

   MAXIMUS, Inc.      5,036,103  
     

 

 

 
     18,087,751  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services – 3.3%

 

17,530

   Agilent Technologies, Inc.      2,228,764  

143,535

   Avantor, Inc.(a)      4,152,468  

20,742

   IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)      4,006,110  
     

 

 

 
     10,387,342  
     

 

 

 
   Machinery – 10.5%

 

102,720

   Crane Co.      9,646,435  

83,115

   Oshkosh Corp.      9,862,426  

59,085

   Otis Worldwide Corp.      4,044,369  

114,260

   Timken Co. (The)      9,274,484  
     

 

 

 
     32,827,714  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 

   Media – 2.5%   

55,935

   Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A    $ 7,854,952  
     

 

 

 
   Metals & Mining – 2.5%

 

542,115

   Constellium SE(a)      7,969,090  
     

 

 

 
   Multi-Utilities – 1.0%

 

24,420

   Ameren Corp.      1,986,811  

20,035

   CMS Energy Corp.      1,226,543  
     

 

 

 
        3,213,354  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.5%

 

87,660

   Diamondback Energy, Inc.      6,442,133  

48,005

   Pioneer Natural Resources Co.      7,624,154  
     

 

 

 
        14,066,287  
     

 

 

 
   Professional Services – 2.1%

 

26,380

   CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)      6,506,891  
   REITs – Diversified – 0.7%

 

203,070

   New Residential Investment Corp.      2,284,538  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.3%

 

15,605

   Analog Devices, Inc.      2,420,023  

13,720

   CMC Materials, Inc.      2,425,559  

22,520

   Entegris, Inc.      2,517,736  
     

 

 

 
        7,363,318  
     

 

 

 
   Software – 1.6%

 

280,010

   SolarWinds Corp.(a)      4,883,374  
     

 

 

 
   Specialty Retail – 1.9%

 

248,370

   Leslie’s, Inc.(a)      6,082,581  
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 2.3%

 

174,570

   Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A(a)      7,281,315  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks

(Identified Cost $241,013,245)

     309,638,950  
     

 

 

 

Principal

Amount

  

 

  

 

 

Short-Term Investments – 0.8%

 

$2,385,214

  

Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2021 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $2,385,214 on 4/01/2021 collateralized by $2,318,100 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.875% due 8/31/2024 valued at $2,432,958 including accrued interest(b)

(Identified Cost $2,385,214)

     2,385,214  
     

 

 

 


                   

Description

   Value (†)  
  

Total Investments – 99.5%

(Identified Cost $243,398,459)

   $ 312,024,164  
  

Other assets less liabilities – 0.5%

     1,618,540  
     

 

 

 
  

Net Assets – 100.0%

   $ 313,642,704  
     

 

 

 

 

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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.

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 March 31, 2021, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

REITs Real Estate Investment Trusts


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 March 31, 2021, at value:


Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 309,638,950      $ —        $ —        $ 309,638,950  

Short-Term Investments

     —          2,385,214        —          2,385,214  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 309,638,950      $ 2,385,214      $ —        $ 312,024,164  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

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


Industry Summary at March 31, 2021 (Unaudited)

 

Machinery

     10.5

Electrical Equipment

     7.1  

Capital Markets

     6.1  

IT Services

     5.8  

Insurance

     5.8  

Chemicals

     5.6  

Banks

     5.5  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.5  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     3.3  

Containers & Packaging

     3.2  

Communications Equipment

     2.8  

Diversified Consumer Services

     2.6  

Metals & Mining

     2.5  

Media

     2.5  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     2.4  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.3  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2.3  

Food & Staples Retailing

     2.1  

Professional Services

     2.1  

Electric Utilities

     2.1  

Construction & Engineering

     2.0  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     15.6  

Short-Term Investments

     0.8  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     99.5  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.5  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0