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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

Vaughan Nelson Mid Cap Fund

 

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   Value (†)  
               
 

Common Stocks – 90.9% of Net Assets

 
  

Aerospace & Defense – 1.1%

 

  12,300     

Axon Enterprise, Inc.(a)

   $ 2,765,655  
     

 

 

 
  

Banks – 0.7%

 

  64,115     

Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.

     1,731,105  
     

 

 

 
  

Building Products – 1.4%

 

  23,840     

Allegion PLC

     2,544,443  
  52,925     

AZEK Co., Inc.(a)

     1,245,855  
     

 

 

 
        3,790,298  
     

 

 

 
  

Capital Markets – 9.2%

 

  8,350     

Ares Management Corp., Class A

     696,724  
  171,642     

Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.

     4,047,318  
  31,345     

Cboe Global Markets, Inc.

     4,207,753  
  19,695     

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

     8,175,198  
  107,690     

Nasdaq, Inc.

     5,887,412  
  13,407     

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     1,250,471  
     

 

 

 
        24,264,876  
     

 

 

 
  

Chemicals – 3.0%

 

  46,910     

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(a)

     1,420,904  
  42,290     

FMC Corp.

     5,164,878  
  14,280     

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

     1,340,749  
     

 

 

 
        7,926,531  
     

 

 

 
  

Commercial Services & Supplies – 4.0%

 

  77,830     

Republic Services, Inc.

     10,524,173  
     

 

 

 
  

Communications Equipment – 3.5%

 

  32,005     

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     9,157,591  
     

 

 

 
  

Construction & Engineering – 3.8%

 

  213,410     

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings Corp.(a)

     10,004,661  
     

 

 

 
  

Construction Materials – 1.5%

 

  23,005     

Vulcan Materials Co.

     3,946,738  
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail – 1.0%

 

  44,825     

Performance Food Group Co.(a)

     2,704,740  
     

 

 

 
  

Containers & Packaging – 1.7%

 

  7,160     

Avery Dennison Corp.

     1,281,139  
  37,180     

Crown Holdings, Inc.

     3,075,158  
     

 

 

 
        4,356,297  
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Consumer Services – 0.8%

 

  17,965     

Grand Canyon Education, Inc.(a)

     2,046,213  
     

 

 

 
  

Electric Utilities – 4.0%

 

  98,690     

Alliant Energy Corp.

     5,270,046  


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Electric Utilities – continued

 

  86,075     

Evergy, Inc.

   $ 5,260,904  
     

 

 

 
        10,530,950  
     

 

 

 
  

Electrical Equipment – 5.0%

 

  42,150     

AMETEK, Inc.

     6,125,660  
  7,925     

Hubbell, Inc.

     1,928,232  
  116,160     

nVent Electric PLC

     4,987,910  
     

 

 

 
        13,041,802  
     

 

 

 
  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.3%

 

  18,245     

CDW Corp.

     3,555,768  
  14,875     

Keysight Technologies, Inc.(a)

     2,402,015  
     

 

 

 
        5,957,783  
     

 

 

 
  

Financial Services – 0.2%

 

  9,897     

Apollo Global Management, Inc.

     625,095  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 2.8%

 

  10,355     

Cooper Cos., Inc.

     3,866,143  
  44,200     

Hologic, Inc.(a)

     3,566,940  
     

 

 

 
        7,433,083  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 2.8%

 

  46,290     

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     7,411,492  
     

 

 

 
  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 1.4%

 

  103,765     

Aramark

     3,714,787  
     

 

 

 
  

Household Products – 2.2%

 

  64,050     

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     5,662,660  
     

 

 

 
  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers – 1.8%

 

  201,480     

Vistra Corp.

     4,835,520  
     

 

 

 
  

Insurance – 6.3%

 

  58,935     

Allstate Corp.

     6,530,587  
  29,885     

Arthur J Gallagher & Co.

     5,717,299  
  32,910     

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     4,369,132  
     

 

 

 
        16,617,018  
     

 

 

 
  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 3.6%

 

  16,090     

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     2,225,891  
  97,785     

Avantor, Inc.(a)

     2,067,175  
  25,407     

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)

     5,053,198  
     

 

 

 
        9,346,264  
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 3.4%

 

  35,860     

Crane Holdings Co.

     4,070,110  
  56,675     

Otis Worldwide Corp.

     4,783,370  
     

 

 

 
        8,853,480  
     

 

 

 
  

Media – 3.2%

 

  48,240     

Nexstar Media Group, Inc.

     8,329,118  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Metals & Mining – 0.5%

 

  82,740     

Constellium SE(a)

   $ 1,264,267  
     

 

 

 
  

Mortgage Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) – 1.5%

 

  486,565     

Rithm Capital Corp.

     3,892,520  
     

 

 

 
  

Multi-Utilities – 4.0%

 

  61,375     

Ameren Corp.

     5,302,186  
  85,460     

CMS Energy Corp.

     5,245,535  
     

 

 

 
        10,547,721  
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 2.2%

 

  24,290     

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     3,283,279  
  12,755     

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

     2,605,081  
     

 

 

 
        5,888,360  
     

 

 

 
  

Professional Services – 8.1%

 

  20,330     

CACI International, Inc., Class A(a)

     6,023,372  
  10,425     

Equifax, Inc.

     2,114,607  
  84,440     

Maximus, Inc.

     6,645,428  
  112,835     

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     6,371,793  
     

 

 

 
        21,155,200  
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 1.0%

 

  7,160     

Analog Devices, Inc.

     1,412,095  
  16,125     

Entegris, Inc.

     1,322,411  
     

 

 

 
        2,734,506  
     

 

 

 
  

Software – 2.4%

 

  17,435     

Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)

     6,183,148  
     

 

 

 
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.5%

 

  27,800     

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(a)

     1,321,056  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $196,751,461)
     238,564,708  
     

 

 

 
Principal
Amount
             
               
 

Short-Term Investments – 9.1%

 
$ 23,808,382      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 3/31/2023 at 2.100% to be repurchased at $23,812,548 on 4/03/2023 collateralized by $24,910,300 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.875% due 6/15/2025 valued at $24,284,628 including accrued interest(b)
(Identified Cost $23,808,382)
     23,808,382  
     

 

 

 
   Total Investments – 100.0%
(Identified Cost $220,559,843)
     262,373,090  
   Other assets less liabilities – 0.0%      108,652  
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 262,481,742  
     

 

 

 


(†)

Registered investment companies are required to value portfolio investments using an unadjusted, readily available market quotation. The Fund obtains readily available market quotations from independent pricing services. Fund investments for which readily available market quotations are not available are priced at fair value pursuant to the Fund’s Valuation Procedures. The Board of Trustees has approved a valuation designee who is subject to the Board’s oversight.

 

  

Unadjusted readily available market quotations that are utilized for exchange traded equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) include the last sale price quoted on the exchange where the security is traded most extensively. Shares of open-end investment companies are valued at net asset value per share.

 

  

Exchange traded equity securities for which there is no reported sale during the day are fair valued at the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are fair 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 fair valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

 

  

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are fair 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 fair value debt and unlisted equities where an independent pricing service is unable to price an investment or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the investment.

 

  

The Fund may also fair value investments 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 a Fund’s investments, the valuation designee may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as issuer specific information, or other related market activity and/or information that occurred after the close of the foreign market but before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair valuation by the Fund’s valuation designee may require subjective determinations about the value of the investment, and fair values used to determine a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same investments. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of investments held by a 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, 2023, 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 Fund’s pricing policies have been approved by the Board of Trustees. Investments for which market quotations are readily available are categorized in Level 1. Other investments for which an independent pricing service is utilized are categorized in Level 2. Broker-dealer bid prices for which the Fund has knowledge of the inputs used by the broker-dealer are categorized in Level 2. All other investments, including broker-dealer bid prices for which the Fund does not have knowledge of the inputs used by the broker-dealer, as well as investments fair valued by the valuation designee, are categorized in Level 3. All Level 2 and 3 securities are defined as being fair valued.

Under certain conditions and based upon specific facts and circumstances, the Fund’s valuation designee may determine that a fair valuation should be made for portfolio investment(s). These valuation designee fair valuations will be based upon a significant amount of Level 3 inputs.

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of March 31, 2023, at value:


Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 238,564,708      $ —        $                 —        $ 238,564,708  

Short-Term Investments

     —          23,808,382        —          23,808,382  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 238,564,708      $ 23,808,382      $ —        $ 262,373,090  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

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


Industry Summary at March 31, 2023 (Unaudited)

 

Capital Markets

     9.2

Professional Services

     8.1  

Insurance

     6.3  

Electrical Equipment

     5.0  

Multi-Utilities

     4.0  

Electric Utilities

     4.0  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     4.0  

Construction & Engineering

     3.8  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     3.6  

Communications Equipment

     3.5  

Machinery

     3.4  

Media

     3.2  

Chemicals

     3.0  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     2.8  

Health Care Providers & Services

     2.8  

Software

     2.4  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     2.3  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     2.2  

Household Products

     2.2  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     15.1  

Short-Term Investments

     9.1  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.0  

Other assets less liabilities

     0.0
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

*

Less than 0.1%