N-CSRS 1 tm2228459d5_ncsrs.htm N-CSRS

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number                811-03651                

 

Touchstone Strategic Trust - March Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

303 Broadway, Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

E. Blake Moore Jr.

303 Broadway, Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 800-638-8194

 

Date of fiscal year end: March 31

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2022

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 

 

 

  

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Semi-Annual Report
Touchstone Strategic Trust
Touchstone Flexible Income Fund
Touchstone Focused Fund
Touchstone Growth Opportunities Fund
Touchstone Mid Cap Growth Fund
Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund
(formerly Touchstone Global ESG Equity Fund)
Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund

Table of Contents
This report identifies the Funds' investments on September 30, 2022. These holdings are subject to change. Not all investments in each Fund performed the same, nor is there any guarantee that these investments will perform as well in the future. Market forecasts provided in this report may not occur.
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Tabular Presentation of Portfolios of Investments (Unaudited)
September 30, 2022
The tables below provide each Fund’s geographic allocation, sector allocation and/or credit quality. We hope it will be useful to shareholders as it summarizes key information about each Fund’s investments.
Touchstone Flexible Income Fund

Credit Quality*(% of Fixed Income Securities)
AAA/Aaa 15.3%
AA/Aa 0.2
A/A 8.8
BBB/Baa 12.9
BB/Ba 4.3
B/B 3.2
CCC 0.3
Not Rated 55.0
Total 100.0%
Credit Quality*(% of Preferred Stocks)
A/A 3.9%
BBB/Baa 53.2
BB/Ba 27.5
Not Rated 15.4
Total 100.0%
Sector Allocation**(% of Net Assets)
Fixed Income Securities 57.7%
Preferred Stocks  
Financials 6.1
Utilities 1.4
Energy 0.3
Investment Funds 6.6
Rights 0.0
Short-Term Investment Funds 22.4
Short-Term U.S. Treasury Obligations 3.3
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) 2.2
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Focused Fund

Sector Allocation**(% of Net Assets)
Information Technology 24.3%
Health Care 15.1
Financials 12.3
Consumer Discretionary 11.5
Communication Services 9.7
Industrials 8.2
Consumer Staples 5.9
Real Estate 2.5
Energy 2.3
Materials 1.2
Short-Term Investment Fund 7.1
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (0.1)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Growth Opportunities Fund

Sector Allocation**(% of Net Assets)
Information Technology 38.4%
Consumer Discretionary 13.2
Health Care 13.2
Communication Services 11.5
Industrials 9.4
Financials 6.9
Consumer Staples 2.5
Materials 1.7
Real Estate 1.5
Energy 1.5
Short-Term Investment Fund 2.2
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (2.0)
Total 100.0%
 
* Credit quality ratings are from S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service (“Moody's”). If agency ratings differ, the higher rating will be used. Where no rating has been assigned, it may be for reasons unrelated to the creditworthiness of the issuer.
** Sector classifications are based upon the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
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Tabular Presentation of Portfolios of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)
Touchstone Mid Cap Growth Fund

Sector Allocation*(% of Net Assets)
Information Technology 27.3%
Industrials 18.2
Health Care 17.1
Consumer Discretionary 13.8
Financials 9.4
Communication Services 5.0
Real Estate 3.7
Energy 3.2
Materials 1.3
Short-Term Investment Funds 0.9
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) 0.1
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund

Geographic Allocation(% of Net Assets)
Common Stocks  
United States 16.2%
Japan 15.2
France 12.1
United Kingdom 9.2
Sweden 7.4
South Korea 6.3
Singapore 5.2
Switzerland 4.7
India 3.9
China 3.5
Canada 3.4
Taiwan 3.0
Germany 2.4
Thailand 1.7
Netherlands 1.6
Denmark 1.0
Preferred Stocks 2.2
Short-Term Investment Funds 3.1
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (2.1)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund

Geographic Allocation(% of Net Assets)
Common Stocks  
India 36.2%
China 20.2
Brazil 15.5
Taiwan 8.2
Indonesia 3.4
Hong Kong 3.1
Argentina 2.9
South Korea 1.8
United States 1.6
Thailand 1.5
Kazakhstan 1.4
Uruguay 1.0
Rights 0.0
Short-Term Investment Funds 5.1
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (1.9)
Total 100.0%
 
* Sector classifications are based upon the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
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Tabular Presentation of Portfolios of Investments (Unaudited) (Continued)
Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund

Credit Quality*(% of Fixed Income Securities)
AAA/Aaa 9.0%
A/A 16.4
BBB/Baa 47.9
BB/Ba 13.9
B/B 9.9
CCC 2.4
Not Rated 0.5
Total 100.0%
Sector Allocation**(% of Net Assets)
Corporate Bonds 53.7%
Asset-Backed Securities 19.2
U.S. Treasury Obligations 8.6
Common Stocks  
Information Technology 0.9
Financials 0.9
Industrials 0.8
Materials 0.6
Energy 0.5
Health Care 0.4
Consumer Staples 0.4
Communication Services 0.3
Sovereign Government Obligations 4.1
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 3.9
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 2.6
Preferred Stocks  
Financials 1.3
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 0.5
Rights 0.0
Short-Term Investment Fund 0.4
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) 0.9
Total 100.0%
* Credit quality ratings are from S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service (“Moody's”). If agency ratings differ, the higher rating will be used. Where no rating has been assigned, it may be for reasons unrelated to the creditworthiness of the issuer.
** Sector classifications are based upon the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Flexible Income Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 29.6%
$ 47,295,155 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K109, Class X1, 1.699%, 4/25/30(A)(B)(C)     $  4,246,807
  34,484,614 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K110, Class X1, 1.814%, 4/25/30(A)(B)(C)       3,277,569
   7,005,157 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K110, Class X3, 3.521%, 6/25/48(A)(B)(C)       1,357,333
  28,800,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K110, Class XAM, 1.985%, 4/25/30(A)(B)(C)       3,234,764
  34,671,948 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K111, Class X1, 1.680%, 5/25/30(A)(B)(C)       3,160,653
  19,436,545 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K111, Class X3, 3.286%, 4/25/48(A)(B)(C)       3,577,049
  35,663,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K111, Class XAM, 1.906%, 5/25/30(A)(B)(C)       3,902,121
  66,813,913 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K112, Class X1, 1.535%, 5/25/30(A)(B)(C)       5,614,834
  15,300,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K112, Class X3, 3.105%, 7/25/48(A)(B)(C)       2,664,989
  10,630,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K112, Class XAM, 1.766%, 5/25/30(A)(B)(C)       1,081,101
  10,743,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K113, Class XAM, 1.693%, 6/25/30(A)(B)(C)       1,049,070
  19,500,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K114, Class X3, 2.830%, 8/25/48(A)(B)(C)       3,087,051
  21,702,896 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K115, Class X3, 3.060%, 9/25/48(A)(B)(C)       3,740,900
  26,000,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K116, Class X3, 3.125%, 9/25/47(A)(B)(C)       4,618,609
  39,700,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K117, Class XAM, 1.532%, 9/25/30(A)(B)(C)       3,602,013
  24,368,853 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K118, Class X3, 2.786%, 10/25/48(A)(B)(C)       3,742,456
   4,900,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K119, Class X3, 2.822%, 9/25/48(A)(B)(C)         795,428
  11,576,808 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K120, Class X3, 2.835%, 11/25/48(A)(B)(C)       1,898,337
  16,073,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K121, Class X3, 2.867%, 11/25/48(A)(B)(C)       2,697,816
   9,700,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K122, Class X3, 2.722%, 1/25/49(A)(B)(C)       1,526,809
  7,569,056 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K123, Class X3, 2.719%, 2/25/49(A)(B)(C)       1,207,370
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 29.6%
(Continued)
$  9,255,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K124, Class X3, 2.711%, 2/25/49(A)(B)(C)     $  1,482,152
  16,150,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K125, Class X3, 2.745%, 2/25/49(A)(B)(C)       2,626,460
  38,058,448 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K127, Class X3, 2.745%, 3/25/49(A)(B)(C)       6,228,809
  18,230,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K128, Class X3, 2.878%, 4/25/31(A)(B)(C)       3,148,305
  10,595,456 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K130, Class X3, 3.203%, 8/25/48(A)(B)(C)       2,105,451
  41,864,611 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K130, Class XAM, 1.321%, 7/25/31(A)(B)(C)       3,505,466
  10,451,281 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K131, Class X3, 3.048%, 9/25/31(A)(B)(C)       1,985,324
  29,501,666 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K132, Class X3, 2.987%, 8/25/31(A)(B)(C)       5,530,919
   9,413,138 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K134, Class X3, 2.752%, 10/25/49(A)(B)(C)       1,639,531
219,924,734 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K136, Class X1, 0.496%, 12/25/31(A)(B)(C)       5,738,320
  21,000,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K136, Class X3, 2.923%, 12/25/31(A)(B)(C)       3,929,331
  96,675,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K136, Class XAM, 0.665%, 12/25/31(A)(B)(C)       3,942,813
  19,801,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K137, Class X3, 2.978%, 1/25/49(A)(B)(C)       3,771,564
  31,585,759 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K139, Class X3, 3.140%, 2/25/49(A)(B)(C)       6,386,549
  97,300,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K139, Class XAM, 0.871%, 2/25/32(A)(B)(C)       5,508,075
  31,370,856 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K140, Class X3, 3.046%, 3/25/49(A)(B)(C)       6,146,473
  10,400,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K143, Class X3, 3.248%, 4/25/50(A)(B)(C)       2,079,371
   5,835,659 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1515, Class X3, 3.806%, 3/25/38(A)(B)(C)       1,688,944
  18,435,033 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1516, Class X3, 3.575%, 10/25/38(A)(B)(C)       5,121,610
  34,930,496 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1517, Class X1, 1.443%, 7/25/35(A)(B)(C)       3,995,196
 52,485,811 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1517, Class X3, 3.394%, 8/25/38(A)(B)(C)      13,720,846
 
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Touchstone Flexible Income Fund (Unaudited) (Continued)
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 29.6%
(Continued)
$ 11,201,391 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1519, Class X3, 2.897%, 12/25/38(A)(B)(C)     $  2,664,572
  54,903,059 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1520, Class X1, 0.578%, 2/25/36(A)(B)(C)       2,300,850
   5,000,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1520, Class X3, 3.199%, 4/25/39(A)(B)(C)       1,307,941
  54,010,502 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1521, Class X1, 1.095%, 8/25/36(A)(B)(C)       4,739,994
  15,100,238 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K739, Class X3, 2.904%, 11/25/48(A)(B)(C)       1,672,628
  16,196,664 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K741, Class X3, 2.533%, 3/25/49(A)(B)(C)       1,655,375
  16,000,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K742, Class X3, 2.685%, 4/25/28(A)(B)(C)       1,810,019
   9,500,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K743, Class X3, 3.056%, 6/25/49(A)(B)(C)       1,256,849
  39,018,396 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K744, Class X3, 3.069%, 8/25/49(A)(B)(C)       5,364,600
  47,774,075 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K745, Class X3, 2.766%, 9/25/49(A)(B)(C)       6,064,976
146,903,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K745, Class XAM, 1.103%, 9/25/28(A)(B)(C)       7,351,540
155,000,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K746, Class XAM, 0.674%, 10/25/28(A)(B)(C)       4,643,583
  52,159,495 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K747, Class X3, 2.638%, 12/25/49(A)(B)(C)       6,538,574
  30,729,577 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-SB79, Class X1, 1.196%, 7/25/40(A)(B)(C)       1,447,824
  43,783,481 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-SB81, Class X1, 1.158%, 10/25/40(A)(B)(C)       1,883,522
  37,545,629 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SB82, Class X1, 1.198%, 10/25/40(A)(B)(C)       1,350,734
  51,227,110 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SB83, Class X1, 0.975%, 1/25/41(A)(B)(C)       1,776,479
  29,394,552 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SB84, Class X1, 0.613%, 1/25/41(A)(B)(C)         733,911
  71,935,313 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SB85, Class X1, 0.508%, 3/25/41(A)(B)(C)       1,579,879
  85,583,490 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SB87, Class X1, 0.768%, 4/25/41(A)(B)(C)       2,472,670
  85,356,281 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SB88, Class X1, 0.835%, 5/25/41(A)(B)(C)       2,715,542
132,355,263 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-SB94, Class X1, 0.159%, 11/25/41(A)(B)(C)       2,347,096
140,738,825 FRESB Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser 2021-SB86, Class X1, 0.456%, 3/25/41(A)(B)(C)       3,289,756
 64,991,079 FRESB Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser 2021-SB89, Class X1, 0.707%, 6/25/41(A)(B)(C)       1,855,593
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 29.6%
(Continued)
$  4,002,274 GNMA, Ser 2012-147, Class IO, 0.553%, 4/16/54(A)(B)(C)     $     55,123
  10,315,821 GNMA, Ser 2016-110, Class IO, 0.932%, 5/16/58(A)(B)(C)         444,932
  20,166,692 GNMA, Ser 2016-158, Class IO, 0.762%, 6/16/58(A)(B)(C)         743,604
  15,149,963 GNMA, Ser 2016-52, Class IO, 0.749%, 3/16/58(A)(B)(C)         522,956
  20,046,170 GNMA, Ser 2017-76, Class IO, 0.819%, 12/16/56(A)(B)(C)         874,059
 16,199,247 GNMA, Ser 2017-94, Class IO, 0.586%, 2/16/59(A)(B)(C)         587,556
  Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations $222,417,325
  Corporate Bonds — 25.2%  
  Financials — 13.2%  
  10,181,000 Ally Financial, Inc., Ser B, 4.700%(D)   7,940,207
  17,332,000 Ally Financial, Inc., Ser C, 4.700%(D)  12,349,050
   3,363,000 Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), Ser G, 4.700%(D)   3,220,072
  20,834,000 Charles Schwab Corp. (The), Ser G, 5.375%(D)  20,261,065
   4,456,000 Citigroup, Inc., Ser W, 4.000%(D)   3,743,664
  12,311,000 Citizens Financial Group, Inc., Ser F, 5.650%(D)  12,045,590
   6,460,000 Fifth Third Bancorp, Ser L, 4.500%(D)   5,942,657
   5,624,000 FS KKR Capital Corp., 2.625%, 1/15/27   4,543,066
   3,013,000 Prudential Financial, Inc., 6.000%, 9/1/52   2,813,136
  13,854,000 Regions Financial Corp., Ser D, 5.750%(D)  13,583,655
 13,487,000 UBS Group AG (Switzerland), 144a, 4.490%, 8/5/25  13,161,128
         99,603,290
  Utilities — 6.3%  
  15,329,000 Edison International, Ser A, 5.375%(D)  12,703,909
  10,195,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 3.250%, 2/16/24   9,840,986
 26,607,000 Sempra Energy, 4.875%(D)  24,618,177
         47,163,072
  Energy — 4.6%  
  26,637,000 BP Capital Markets PLC (United Kingdom), 4.875%(D)  22,834,920
   4,101,000 Enbridge, Inc. (Canada), 2.150%, 2/16/24   3,941,610
   3,796,000 Energy Transfer LP, (3M LIBOR +3.018%), 5.800%, 11/1/66(B)   2,871,538
  5,566,000 Energy Transfer LP, Ser G, 7.125%(D)   4,572,310
         34,220,378
  Consumer Discretionary — 1.1%  
   3,304,000 Magallanes, Inc., 144a, 3.428%, 3/15/24   3,193,001
  5,184,000 Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc., 144a, 6.125%, 9/15/25   5,068,845
          8,261,846
  Total Corporate Bonds $189,248,586
Shares        
  Preferred Stocks — 7.8%  
  Financials — 6.1%  
    645,459 AGNC Investment Corp. REIT, Ser F, 6.125%(D)  12,431,541
    523,136 Annaly Capital Management, Inc. REIT, Ser I, 6.750%(D)  11,378,208
    254,594 National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., Ser US, 5.500%, 5/15/64   5,639,257
    133,775 Reinsurance Group of America, Inc., 7.125%, 10/15/52   3,361,766
    290,000 Rithm Capital Corp. REIT, Ser D, 7.000%(D)   5,591,200
    135,574 Stifel Financial Corp., 5.200%, 10/15/47   3,111,423
    189,753 Virtus Convertible & Income Fund, Ser A, 5.625%(D)   4,276,084
         45,789,479
 
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Touchstone Flexible Income Fund (Unaudited) (Continued)
Shares       MarketValue
  Preferred Stocks — 7.8% (Continued)  
  Utilities — 1.4%  
    349,698 Brookfield Renewable Partners LP (Canada), Ser 17, 5.250%(D)† $  6,857,578
     22,982 Duke Energy Corp., Ser A, 5.750%(D)     551,338
    128,895 Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.875%, 9/1/66   2,960,718
      1,065 Entergy Mississippi LLC, 4.900%, 10/1/66      24,836
        670 Entergy New Orleans LLC, 5.000%, 12/1/52      15,490
         10,409,960
  Energy — 0.3%  
     87,656 Enbridge, Inc. (Canada), Ser 5, 5.375%(D)   1,796,948
     32,865 Enbridge, Inc. (Canada), Ser L, 5.858%(D)     650,398
          2,447,346
  Total Preferred Stocks  $58,646,785
  Investment Funds — 6.6%  
    241,449 Allspring Income Opportunities±†   1,496,984
    628,502 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc.±†   5,373,692
     67,704 BlackRock Credit Allocation Income Trust±     645,896
     43,001 BlackRock Debt Strategies Fund, Inc.±     383,569
     85,396 BlackRock Ltd. Duration Income Trust±   1,033,292
    104,415 BlackRock MuniHoldings Fund, Inc.±   1,174,669
    505,512 BlackRock MuniVest Fund, Inc.±   3,356,600
    172,081 BlackRock MuniYield Quality Fund III, Inc.±   1,794,805
     56,817 Cohen & Steers Ltd. Duration Preferred & Income Fund, Inc.±   1,028,388
    189,593 Eaton Vance Municipal Bond Fund±   1,835,260
     89,857 First Trust High Income Long/Short Fund±     974,050
      2,198 First Trust Intermediate Duration Preferred & Income Fund±      36,443
    507,523 Invesco Municipal Opportunity Trust±   4,623,534
    217,392 Invesco Municipal Trust±   1,986,963
    313,468 Invesco Senior Income Trust±†   1,166,101
    402,637 Invesco Trust for Investment Grade Municipals±   3,768,682
    409,964 Nuveen AMT-Free Quality Municipal Income Fund±†   4,345,618
    733,373 Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund±   3,747,536
    271,927 Nuveen Preferred & Income Opportunities Fund±   1,889,893
    135,292 Nuveen Preferred & Income Securities Fund±     888,868
    347,705 Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund±   3,824,755
    879,731 Western Asset High Income Opportunity Fund, Inc.±   3,237,410
    123,397 Western Asset High Yield Defined Opportunity Fund, Inc.±†   1,383,280
  Total Investment Funds  $49,996,288
Principal
Amount
       
  Asset-Backed Securities — 1.8%
$    426,188 ARI Fleet Lease Trust, Ser 2018-B, Class A3, 144a, 3.430%, 8/16/27         422,797
       8,744 Arivo Acceptance Auto Loan Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-1, Class A, 144a, 2.990%, 7/15/24           8,739
     485,807 Carmax Auto Owner Trust, Ser 2021-1, Class A3, 0.340%, 12/15/25         470,181
     237,543 Dell Equipment Finance Trust, Ser 2021-1, Class A2, 144a, 0.330%, 5/22/26         236,239
      32,382 Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Ser 2021-1, Class A, 144a, 0.310%, 6/16/25          32,123
     705,000 GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Ser 2021-2A, Class C, 144a, 1.080%, 6/15/26         673,137
     232,879 Mid-State Capital Corp. Trust, Ser 2005-1, Class M2, 7.079%, 1/15/40         231,983
  3,951,680 Mountain View CLO X Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2015-10A, Class AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.820%), 3.275%, 10/13/27(B)       3,922,675
Principal
Amount
      MarketValue
  Asset-Backed Securities — 1.8% (Continued)
$    750,000 Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class B, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.800%), 4.510%, 4/20/29(B)     $    706,428
   3,000,000 Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.000%), 8.710%, 4/20/29(B)       2,645,817
     321,746 Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-3A, Class A1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.800%), 3.510%, 7/20/29(B)         315,365
      65,000 Tesla Auto Lease Trust, Ser 2020-A, Class A4, 144a, 0.780%, 12/20/23          64,076
   1,519,506 Verizon Owner Trust, Ser 2020-A, Class A1A, 1.850%, 7/22/24       1,511,404
     677,144 Welk Resorts LLC, Ser 2017-AA, Class A, 144a, 2.820%, 6/15/33         670,943
  1,919,539 Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-2A, 144a, 0.320%, 4/15/25       1,897,815
  Total Asset-Backed Securities  $13,809,722
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.8%
      56,076 Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2003-AC7, Class A2, 5.750%, 1/25/34(B)(C)          47,214
       4,961 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Ser 2003-A1, Class 2A, (12M LIBOR +1.625%), 5.785%, 12/25/32(B)           4,687
     111,233 Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2004-7AR, Class 2A6, 3.614%, 9/25/34(B)(C)         110,274
       9,750 RALI Series Trust, Ser 2004-QS6, Class A1, 5.000%, 5/25/19           9,090
  6,179,956 Redwood Funding Trust, Ser 2020-1, Class A, 144a, 4.750%, 7/27/59(B)(C)       6,090,521
  Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations   $6,261,786
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 0.3%
 29,665,741 BANK, Ser 2020-BN26, Class XA, 1.343%, 3/15/63(A)(B)(C)   1,884,513
Number of
Rights
       
  Rights — 0.0%  
  Financials — 0.0%  
    628,502 BlackRock Corporate High Yield Fund, Inc., 10/13/22*       1,257
Shares        
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 22.4%  
166,324,849 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω 166,324,849
  2,250,924 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**   2,250,924
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds $168,575,773
 
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Touchstone Flexible Income Fund (Unaudited) (Continued)
Principal
Amount
      MarketValue
  Short-Term U.S. Treasury Obligations — 3.3%  
$ 25,000,000 U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.444%, 2/23/23#     $ 24,649,998
  Total Short-Term Securities $193,225,771
  Total Investment Securities—97.8%
(Cost $832,097,924)
$735,492,033
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 2.2%  16,287,275
  Net Assets — 100.0% $751,779,308
(A) Interest only security - This type of security represents the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.
(B) Variable rate security - Rate reflected is the rate in effect as of September 30, 2022.
(C) Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.
(D) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
± Closed-end Fund.
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $2,144,280.
# Zero coupon bond - Rate shown reflects effective yield to maturity at time of purchase.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
AMT – Alternative Minimum Tax
CLO – Collateralized Loan Obligation
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FRESB – Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization Small Balance Loan
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
IO – Interest Only
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LP – Limited Partnership
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $39,109,649 or 5.2% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations $$222,417,325 $— $222,417,325
Corporate Bonds 189,248,586 189,248,586
Preferred Stocks 55,269,529 3,377,256 58,646,785
Investment Funds 49,996,288 49,996,288
Asset-Backed Securities 13,809,722 13,809,722
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 6,261,786 6,261,786
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1,884,513 1,884,513
Rights 1,257 1,257
Short-Term Investment Funds 168,575,773 168,575,773
Short-Term U.S. Treasury Obligations 24,649,998 24,649,998
Total $273,842,847 $461,649,186 $— $735,492,033
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
9

Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Focused Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 93.0%  
  Information Technology — 24.3%  
   433,946 Apple, Inc. $ 59,971,337
   293,550 Microsoft Corp.  68,367,795
   257,624 Oracle Corp.  15,733,098
   116,335 PayPal Holdings, Inc.*  10,012,953
   129,288 salesforce, Inc.*  18,596,786
   183,412 SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.   8,757,923
   114,131 Texas Instruments, Inc.  17,665,196
   100,160 Visa, Inc. - Class A  17,793,424
    67,768 Workday, Inc. - Class A*  10,315,645
        227,214,157
  Health Care — 15.1%  
   136,341 AmerisourceBergen Corp.  18,451,028
   196,209 BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*  16,632,637
   314,456 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.  22,354,677
    86,671 HCA Healthcare, Inc.  15,929,263
   191,981 Johnson & Johnson  31,362,016
    71,297 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.  36,007,837
        140,737,458
  Financials — 12.3%  
   748,902 Bank of America Corp.  22,616,840
   153,382 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. - Class B*  40,956,062
    83,304 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)  24,412,237
    54,261 LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.  11,854,943
    13,475 Markel Corp.*  14,609,865
        114,449,947
  Consumer Discretionary — 11.5%  
    82,496 Airbnb, Inc. - Class A*   8,665,380
    72,279 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (China) ADR*   5,781,597
   315,140 Amazon.com, Inc.*  35,610,820
   206,190 Choice Hotels International, Inc.  22,581,929
   101,262 Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc.   9,374,836
    99,985 Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. - Class A*   7,024,946
   282,752 Frontdoor, Inc.*   5,765,313
   104,145 Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.  12,561,970
        107,366,791
  Communication Services — 9.7%  
   461,834 Alphabet, Inc. - Class C*  44,405,339
   428,212 Comcast Corp. - Class A  12,559,458
   114,411 Fox Corp. - Class A   3,510,129
   156,010 Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A*  21,167,437
    36,268 Netflix, Inc.*   8,538,938
         90,181,301
  Industrials — 8.2%  
   134,971 Allegiant Travel Co.*   9,850,183
    74,184 Boeing Co. (The)*   8,982,199
    19,747 Deere & Co.   6,593,326
    62,638 Hexcel Corp.   3,239,637
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Industrials — (Continued)  
   119,016 Hubbell, Inc. $ 26,540,568
   258,478 Raytheon Technologies Corp.  21,159,009
         76,364,922
  Consumer Staples — 5.9%  
   326,549 Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV (Mexico) ADR  19,067,196
   212,153 Monster Beverage Corp.*  18,448,825
   213,062 Philip Morris International, Inc.  17,686,277
         55,202,298
  Real Estate — 2.5%  
   460,165 Americold Realty Trust, Inc. REIT  11,320,059
    80,075 Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.*  12,096,930
         23,416,989
  Energy — 2.3%  
   251,542 Exxon Mobil Corp.  21,962,132
  Materials — 1.2%  
   227,014 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.  11,441,506
  Total Common Stocks $868,337,501
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 7.1%  
66,512,193 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω  66,512,193
  Total Investment Securities—100.1%
(Cost $650,047,655)
$934,849,694
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1%)  (1,063,492)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $933,786,202
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $868,337,501 $— $— $868,337,501
Short-Term Investment Fund 66,512,193 66,512,193
Total $934,849,694 $— $— $934,849,694
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
10

Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Growth Opportunities Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 99.8%  
  Information Technology — 38.4%  
   82,806 Apple, Inc. $ 11,443,789
   18,318 Applied Materials, Inc.   1,500,794
    5,450 Atlassian Corp. PLC - Class A*   1,147,716
   21,615 Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.*   1,207,846
   33,218 Fortinet, Inc.*   1,632,000
   24,805 Global Payments, Inc.   2,680,180
    4,697 HubSpot, Inc.*   1,268,754
    3,008 Lam Research Corp.   1,100,928
   52,713 Marvell Technology, Inc.   2,261,915
   29,517 Microsoft Corp.   6,874,509
   13,675 NVIDIA Corp.   1,660,008
   22,125 Okta, Inc.*   1,258,249
   13,749 QUALCOMM, Inc.   1,553,362
   15,162 salesforce, Inc.*   2,180,902
    6,772 ServiceNow, Inc.*   2,557,175
   19,755 Visa, Inc. - Class A   3,509,476
   12,751 Workday, Inc. - Class A*   1,940,957
         45,778,560
  Consumer Discretionary — 13.2%  
   54,266 Amazon.com, Inc.*   6,132,058
    1,211 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*   1,819,842
    9,569 Home Depot, Inc. (The)   2,640,470
    5,260 Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*   1,470,486
   71,198 MGM Resorts International   2,116,004
    5,996 Tesla, Inc.*   1,590,439
         15,769,299
  Health Care — 13.2%  
   24,888 Ascendis Pharma A/S (Denmark) ADR*   2,569,935
    4,597 Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc. - Class A*   1,917,593
    6,954 Eli Lilly & Co.   2,248,576
   11,774 ICON PLC*   2,163,826
    3,640 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*   1,185,912
    5,171 Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   2,622,679
    5,851 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   2,954,989
         15,663,510
  Communication Services — 11.5%  
   81,126 Alphabet, Inc. - Class A*   7,759,702
   24,072 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.*   1,830,435
   14,846 Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A*   2,014,305
   49,078 ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.*   2,044,589
         13,649,031
  Industrials — 9.4%  
   23,766 Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.   2,955,777
   16,306 AMETEK, Inc.   1,849,264
   25,509 ITT, Inc.   1,666,758
    4,867 TransDigm Group, Inc.   2,554,299
   11,168 Union Pacific Corp.   2,175,750
         11,201,848
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Financials — 6.9%  
   13,205 American Financial Group, Inc. $  1,623,291
    9,944 Arthur J Gallagher & Co.   1,702,612
   40,059 Brookfield Asset Management, Inc. (Canada) - Class A   1,638,013
   10,739 First Republic Bank   1,401,976
   22,936 Morgan Stanley   1,812,173
          8,178,065
  Consumer Staples — 2.5%  
    6,401 Costco Wholesale Corp.   3,023,000
  Materials — 1.7%  
   12,456 Vulcan Materials Co.   1,964,436
  Real Estate — 1.5%  
   50,136 Spirit Realty Capital, Inc. REIT   1,812,918
  Energy — 1.5%  
   29,732 Devon Energy Corp.   1,787,784
  Total Common Stocks $118,828,451
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 2.2%  
2,622,492 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω   2,622,492
  Total Investment Securities—102.0%
(Cost $94,413,364)
$121,450,943
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.0%)  (2,323,699)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $119,127,244
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $118,828,451 $— $— $118,828,451
Short-Term Investment Fund 2,622,492 2,622,492
Total $121,450,943 $— $— $121,450,943
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
11

Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Mid Cap Growth Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 99.0%  
  Information Technology — 27.3%  
  312,441 Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.* $   17,459,203
  332,939 Ciena Corp.*    13,460,724
  723,944 Fortinet, Inc.*    35,567,369
  303,398 Genpact Ltd.    13,279,730
  191,136 Global Payments, Inc.    20,652,245
   45,302 HubSpot, Inc.*    12,236,976
  594,397 Lightspeed Commerce, Inc. (Canada)*    10,449,499
  387,815 Marvell Technology, Inc.    16,641,142
  360,630 Microchip Technology, Inc.    22,009,249
   72,699 MongoDB, Inc.*    14,435,113
  287,799 NetApp, Inc.    17,800,368
  105,720 Nice Ltd. (Israel) ADR*    19,900,733
  189,296 Palo Alto Networks, Inc.*    31,004,792
   10,565 Splunk, Inc.*       794,488
   51,182 Teledyne Technologies, Inc.*    17,272,390
  137,105 Zscaler, Inc.*    22,535,949
          285,499,970
  Industrials — 18.2%  
  171,508 AMETEK, Inc.    19,450,722
  211,449 Copart, Inc. *    22,498,174
  242,155 CoStar Group, Inc.*    16,866,096
   70,819 FTI Consulting, Inc.*    11,735,417
   95,993 IDEX Corp.    19,184,201
  112,943 Rockwell Automation, Inc.    24,295,169
   46,992 TransDigm Group, Inc.    24,662,341
  138,447 Waste Connections, Inc.    18,708,343
  271,521 WESCO International, Inc.*    32,414,177
          189,814,640
  Health Care — 17.1%  
  231,916 Ascendis Pharma A/S (Denmark) ADR*    23,947,646
  715,223 Avantor, Inc.*    14,018,371
   63,197 Cooper Cos., Inc. (The)    16,677,688
  382,781 DexCom, Inc.*    30,829,181
  168,825 ICON PLC*    31,026,659
   64,503 IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*    21,015,077
   62,365 Insulet Corp.*    14,306,531
  129,219 Quest Diagnostics, Inc.    15,853,879
   98,560 Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*    10,894,822
          178,569,854
  Consumer Discretionary — 13.8%  
  144,990 Aptiv PLC*    11,339,668
   18,390 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*    27,635,756
  179,731 Etsy, Inc.*    17,996,465
  223,357 Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.    26,941,321
  104,199 Lululemon Athletica, Inc.*    29,129,873
  593,556 Tapestry, Inc.    16,874,797
   67,625 Vail Resorts, Inc.    14,582,655
          144,500,535
  Financials — 9.4%  
  122,002 Arthur J Gallagher & Co.    20,889,183
  130,557 First Republic Bank    17,044,216
  106,565 LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.    23,282,321
   52,327 MSCI, Inc.    22,071,005
  255,078 Tradeweb Markets, Inc. - Class A    14,391,501
           97,678,226
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Communication Services — 5.0%  
  242,994 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.* $   18,477,264
  276,216 Match Group, Inc.*    13,189,314
  498,066 ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.*    20,749,429
           52,416,007
  Real Estate — 3.7%  
   99,350 Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT    24,065,551
  170,662 Lamar Advertising Co. REIT    14,077,908
           38,143,459
  Energy — 3.2%  
  547,409 Devon Energy Corp.    32,915,703
  Materials — 1.3%  
  149,352 Celanese Corp.    13,492,460
  Total Common Stocks $1,033,030,854
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 0.9%  
5,700,338 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω     5,700,338
3,800,610 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**     3,800,610
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds     $9,500,948
  Total Investment Securities—99.9%
(Cost $1,048,673,229)
$1,042,531,802
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%     1,281,755
  Net Assets — 100.0% $1,043,813,557
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $3,748,338.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $1,033,030,854 $— $— $1,033,030,854
Short-Term Investment Funds 9,500,948 9,500,948
Total $1,042,531,802 $— $— $1,042,531,802
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 96.8%  
  United States — 16.2%  
  Financials — 3.3%  
   163,693 Discover Financial Services $ 14,882,968
  Health Care — 2.9%  
    41,013 Eli Lilly & Co.  13,261,553
  Information Technology — 10.0%  
    73,078 Apple, Inc.  10,099,380
    79,162 Applied Materials, Inc.   6,485,743
    86,824 Microsoft Corp.  20,221,309
    47,449 Visa, Inc. - Class A   8,429,315
  Total United States  73,380,268
  Japan — 15.2%  
  Communication Services — 2.4%  
   273,000 Nintendo Co. Ltd.  11,011,265
  Consumer Discretionary — 7.0%  
   172,500 Denso Corp.   7,887,247
 1,355,500 Panasonic Corp.   9,518,376
   224,700 Sony Group Corp.  14,473,931
  Industrials — 3.8%  
   304,400 Hitachi Ltd.  12,954,077
   314,300 Kubota Corp.   4,367,794
  Information Technology — 2.0%  
    36,200 Tokyo Electron Ltd.   8,919,496
  Total Japan  69,132,186
  France — 12.1%  
  Energy — 4.3%  
   419,557 TotalEnergies SE ADR  19,517,792
  Industrials — 4.8%  
   276,260 Cie de Saint-Gobain   9,877,846
   106,421 Schneider Electric SE  12,020,335
  Materials — 3.0%  
   119,882 Air Liquide SA  13,702,406
  Total France  55,118,379
  United Kingdom — 9.2%  
  Financials — 5.3%  
31,686,017 Lloyds Banking Group PLC  14,321,711
   114,598 London Stock Exchange Group PLC   9,677,676
  Industrials — 3.9%  
   163,814 Ashtead Group PLC   7,356,858
   433,991 RELX PLC  10,604,896
  Total United Kingdom  41,961,141
  Sweden — 7.4%  
  Financials — 5.0%  
 1,283,710 Svenska Handelsbanken AB - Class A  10,537,971
   932,816 Swedbank AB - Class A  12,243,918
  Industrials — 2.4%  
   764,872 Epiroc AB - Class A  10,941,878
  Total Sweden  33,723,767
  South Korea — 6.3%  
  Communication Services — 3.5%  
   413,281 KT Corp. ADR   5,050,294
   427,557 KT Corp.  10,747,717
  Financials — 2.2%  
   327,935 KB Financial Group, Inc.   9,903,158
Shares       Market
Value
     
  South Korea — (Continued)  
  Information Technology — 0.6%  
     7,150 Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. $  2,689,426
  Total South Korea  28,390,595
  Singapore — 5.2%  
  Financials — 3.3%  
 1,818,800 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.  14,903,042
  Real Estate — 1.9%  
 6,677,300 CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust REIT   8,882,039
  Total Singapore  23,785,081
  Switzerland — 4.7%  
  Health Care — 2.6%  
    35,986 Roche Holding AG  11,714,622
  Industrials — 2.1%  
   381,207 ABB Ltd. ADR   9,781,772
  Total Switzerland  21,496,394
  India — 3.9%  
  Financials — 3.9%  
   851,657 ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR  17,859,247
  China — 3.5%  
  Communication Services — 1.8%  
   249,400 Tencent Holdings Ltd.   8,423,814
  Consumer Discretionary — 1.7%  
    94,094 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR*   7,526,579
  Total China  15,950,393
  Canada — 3.4%  
  Financials — 3.4%  
   107,373 Intact Financial Corp.  15,195,532
  Taiwan — 3.0%  
  Information Technology — 3.0%  
   196,404 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR  13,465,458
  Germany — 2.4%  
  Industrials — 2.4%  
   363,512 Deutsche Post AG  10,956,127
  Thailand — 1.7%  
  Industrials — 1.7%  
 3,909,100 Airports of Thailand PCL*   7,487,485
  Netherlands — 1.6%  
  Health Care — 1.6%  
   457,194 Koninklijke Philips NV   7,039,188
  Denmark — 1.0%  
  Industrials — 1.0%  
   251,954 Vestas Wind Systems A/S   4,639,194
  Total Common Stocks $439,580,435
  Preferred Stocks — 2.2%  
  Germany — 2.2%  
  Consumer Discretionary — 2.2%  
    81,681 Volkswagen AG, 5.796%(A)   9,980,764
 
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Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund (Unaudited) (Continued)
Shares       Market
Value
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 3.1%  
 4,009,430 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω $  4,009,430
 9,994,733 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**   9,994,733
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds  $14,004,163
  Total Investment Securities — 102.1%
(Cost $469,799,157)
$463,565,362
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.1)%  (9,713,151)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $453,852,211
(A) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $9,681,518.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
PCL – Public Company Limited
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks        
United States $73,380,268 $$— $73,380,268
Japan 69,132,186 69,132,186
France 19,517,792 35,600,587 55,118,379
United Kingdom 41,961,141 41,961,141
Sweden 33,723,767 33,723,767
South Korea 5,050,294 23,340,301 28,390,595
Singapore 23,785,081 23,785,081
Switzerland 9,781,772 11,714,622 21,496,394
India 17,859,247 17,859,247
China 7,526,579 8,423,814 15,950,393
Canada 15,195,532 15,195,532
Taiwan 13,465,458 13,465,458
Germany 10,956,127 10,956,127
Thailand 7,487,485 7,487,485
Netherlands 7,039,188 7,039,188
Denmark 4,639,194 4,639,194
Preferred Stocks 9,980,764 9,980,764
Short-Term Investment Funds 14,004,163 14,004,163
Total $175,781,105 $287,784,257 $— $463,565,362
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 96.8%  
  India — 36.2%  
  Consumer Discretionary — 6.0%  
  8,100,921 Jubilant Foodworks Ltd. $   61,414,521
  2,385,013 Titan Co. Ltd.    75,837,171
  Consumer Staples — 3.7%  
  1,763,621 Britannia Industries Ltd.    82,988,458
  Energy — 2.4%  
  1,898,908 Reliance Industries Ltd.    55,110,257
  Financials — 15.3%  
  1,622,065 Bajaj Finance Ltd.   144,928,350
  9,502,940 Bandhan Bank Ltd., 144a*    30,897,990
  5,705,250 HDFC Bank Ltd.    98,846,295
 11,617,004 ICICI Prudential Life Insurance Co. Ltd., 144a    74,580,460
  Health Care — 5.4%  
  2,282,326 Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd.   122,112,226
  Information Technology — 0.9%  
    548,044 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.    20,085,208
  Materials — 2.5%  
  1,392,992 Asian Paints Ltd.    56,947,780
  Total India   823,748,716
  China — 20.2%  
  Communication Services — 4.9%  
  1,181,849 Kanzhun Ltd. ADR*    19,949,611
  2,702,642 Tencent Holdings Ltd.    91,285,298
  Consumer Discretionary — 8.3%  
  4,943,074 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.*    49,328,610
  7,346,723 ANTA Sports Products Ltd.    77,117,042
 14,450,000 Haidilao International Holding Ltd., 144a*    28,028,345
  1,866,669 JD Health International, Inc., 144a*    10,633,195
  1,476,998 NIO, Inc. ADR*    23,292,258
  Consumer Staples — 3.0%  
  5,878,306 Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co. Ltd. - Class A    68,469,597
  Health Care — 4.0%  
  4,868,242 Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd. Class H, 144a    39,139,318
  8,817,010 Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc., 144a*    52,486,304
  Total China   459,729,578
  Brazil — 15.5%  
  Consumer Discretionary — 6.3%  
    174,155 MercadoLibre, Inc.*   144,162,026
  Consumer Staples — 1.9%  
 10,246,800 Raia Drogasil SA    43,214,604
  Financials — 4.0%  
 11,095,039 NU Holdings Ltd. - Class A*    48,818,172
  2,288,595 XP, Inc. - Class A*    43,506,191
  Industrials — 2.3%  
  4,675,215 Localiza Rent a Car SA    52,789,927
  Information Technology — 1.0%  
  1,656,545 Pagseguro Digital Ltd. - Class A*    21,916,090
  Total Brazil   354,407,010
  Taiwan — 8.2%  
  Communication Services — 3.5%  
  1,447,157 Sea Ltd. ADR*    81,113,150
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Taiwan — (Continued)  
  Information Technology — 4.7%  
  1,551,600 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR $  106,377,696
  Total Taiwan   187,490,846
  Indonesia — 3.4%  
  Financials — 3.4%  
137,116,300 Bank Central Asia Tbk PT    76,543,721
  Hong Kong — 3.1%  
  Financials — 3.1%  
  8,413,131 AIA Group Ltd.    70,046,947
  Argentina — 2.9%  
  Information Technology — 2.9%  
    353,451 Globant SA*    66,123,613
  South Korea — 1.8%  
  Communication Services — 1.6%  
    277,721 NAVER Corp.    36,996,946
  Information Technology — 0.2%  
    137,042 Kakaopay Corp.*     4,632,270
  Total South Korea    41,629,216
  United States — 1.6%  
  Information Technology — 1.6%  
    101,183 Lam Research Corp.    37,032,978
  Thailand — 1.5%  
  Consumer Staples — 1.5%  
 22,543,700 CP ALL PCL    33,475,932
  Kazakhstan — 1.4%  
  Financials — 1.4%  
    566,851 Kaspi.KZ JSC GDR    32,877,358
  Uruguay — 1.0%  
  Information Technology — 1.0%  
  1,080,917 Dlocal Ltd.*    22,180,417
  Total Common Stocks $2,205,286,332
Number
of
Rights
       
  Rights — 0.0%  
  Brazil — 0.0%  
  Industrials — 0.0%  
     14,344 Localiza Rent a Car SA, 11/10/22*        28,558
  Total Rights        $28,558
Shares        
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 5.1%  
 83,167,890 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω    83,167,890
 31,931,727 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**    31,931,727
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds   $115,099,617
  Total Investment Securities — 101.9%
(Cost $2,310,318,690)
$2,320,414,507
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.9)%   (42,734,718)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $2,277,679,789
* Non-income producing security.
 
15

Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund (Unaudited) (Continued)
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $30,293,345.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
GDR – Global Depositary Receipt
JSC – Joint Stock Company
PCL – Public Company Limited
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $235,765,612 or 10.4% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks        
India $$823,748,716 $— $823,748,716
China 43,241,869 416,487,709 459,729,578
Brazil 354,407,010 354,407,010
Taiwan 187,490,846 187,490,846
Indonesia 76,543,721 76,543,721
Hong Kong 70,046,947 70,046,947
Argentina 66,123,613 66,123,613
South Korea 41,629,216 41,629,216
United States 37,032,978 37,032,978
Thailand 33,475,932 33,475,932
Kazakhstan 32,877,358 32,877,358
Uruguay 22,180,417 22,180,417
Rights 28,558 28,558
Short-Term Investment Funds 115,099,617 115,099,617
Total $858,453,708 $1,461,960,799 $— $2,320,414,507
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
16

Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund – September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 53.7%  
  Financials — 12.8%  
$ 2,037,000 Allstate Corp. (The), Ser B, 5.750%, 8/15/53 $  1,875,429
  2,930,000 Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Canada), 3.625%, 10/27/81   2,124,250
  2,174,000 Barclays PLC (United Kingdom), 2.894%, 11/24/32   1,570,995
    902,000 Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 5.000%(A)     810,672
    902,000 Charles Schwab Corp. (The), Ser H, 4.000%(A)     662,571
  2,118,000 Citigroup, Inc., Ser W, 4.000%(A)   1,779,417
  1,850,000 Corestates Capital III, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.570%), 3.475%, 2/15/27(B)   1,743,626
  1,056,000 Credit Acceptance Corp., 6.625%, 3/15/26     979,440
  1,874,000 First Maryland Capital II, (3M LIBOR +0.850%), 3.632%, 2/1/27(B)   1,744,392
    421,000 FirstCash, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 9/1/28     352,587
  2,703,000 Golub Capital BDC, Inc., 2.050%, 2/15/27   2,168,380
  1,246,000 Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.250%, 5/15/27   1,093,427
    910,000 JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.717%, 9/14/33     859,944
  1,566,000 Morgan Stanley, 5.297%, 4/20/37   1,404,407
  1,405,000 Navient Corp., 6.750%, 6/15/26   1,275,318
  1,552,000 PNC Capital Trust, (3M LIBOR +0.570%), 3.652%, 6/1/28(B)   1,443,439
  1,503,000 Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.125%, 3/1/52   1,303,011
  1,527,000 Sabra Health Care LP REIT, 3.900%, 10/15/29   1,245,566
  2,617,000 Sixth Street Specialty Lending, Inc., 2.500%, 8/1/26   2,231,849
  1,850,000 STORE Capital Corp. REIT, 2.750%, 11/18/30   1,630,182
  2,012,000 Truist Bank, Ser A, (3M LIBOR +0.670%), 3.580%, 5/15/27(B)   1,866,132
 1,503,000 Truist Financial Corp., Ser Q, 5.100%(A)   1,335,044
         31,500,078
  Consumer Discretionary — 7.0%  
  1,851,000 Brunswick Corp., 4.400%, 9/15/32   1,496,290
  1,152,000 Carriage Services, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 5/15/29     911,030
  1,222,000 Churchill Downs, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 1/15/28   1,057,295
  1,124,000 Coty, Inc. / HFC Prestige Products, Inc. / HFC Prestige International US LLC, 144a, 4.750%, 1/15/29     962,594
  1,804,000 Ferguson Finance PLC, 144a, 4.650%, 4/20/32   1,587,208
    387,000 Ford Motor Co., 4.750%, 1/15/43     256,347
    660,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.125%, 8/17/27     568,656
  3,081,000 General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.100%, 1/12/32   2,322,712
  1,665,000 Genm Capital Labuan Ltd. (Malaysia), 144a, 3.882%, 4/19/31   1,139,516
  2,614,000 Imperial Brands Finance PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 3.500%, 7/26/26   2,369,475
  1,207,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 144a, 5.375%, 7/15/27     887,797
  1,797,000 Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 3.800%, 11/1/29   1,454,120
  1,804,000 Warnermedia Holdings, Inc., 144a, 5.141%, 3/15/52   1,308,892
 1,076,000 Wynn Macau Ltd. (Macao), 144a, 4.875%, 10/1/24     863,490
         17,185,422
  Industrials — 6.9%  
    985,000 ADT Security Corp. (The), 144a, 4.875%, 7/15/32     794,366
  1,291,000 American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 6.500%, 4/1/27   1,094,122
  1,056,000 Amsted Industries, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 5/15/30     874,051
    853,000 Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/1/50     742,985
  1,236,000 Cimpress PLC (Ireland), 144a, 7.000%, 6/15/26     840,480
  1,118,000 Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC, 144a, 6.500%, 10/1/25   1,050,263
  1,874,000 General Electric Co., Ser D, 6.623%(A)   1,753,226
  1,291,000 Granite US Holdings Corp., 144a, 11.000%, 10/1/27   1,217,036
  2,046,000 Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.625%, 5/15/30   1,701,749
  1,946,000 Oshkosh Corp., 3.100%, 3/1/30   1,570,452
 1,269,000 Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, Inc. / Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC, 144a, 4.000%, 10/15/27   1,063,926
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Industrials — (Continued)  
$ 1,120,000 Seaspan Corp. (Hong Kong), 144a, 5.500%, 8/1/29 $    862,474
  1,068,000 Stericycle, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 1/15/29     884,438
    999,000 TransDigm, Inc., 144a, 6.250%, 3/15/26     969,030
 1,892,000 Weir Group PLC (The) (United Kingdom), 144a, 2.200%, 5/13/26   1,590,158
         17,008,756
  Energy — 5.2%  
  1,578,000 Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada), 5.250%, 6/15/37   1,381,690
  1,010,000 CQP Holdco LP / BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC, 144a, 5.500%, 6/15/31     855,192
    271,000 DCP Midstream Operating LP, 144a, 5.850%, 5/21/43     259,686
    639,000 Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 5.625%, 6/15/24     600,669
    210,000 Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 6.500%, 10/1/25     190,056
    246,000 Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 8.000%, 1/15/27     215,865
    183,000 Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 144a, 5.750%, 2/1/29     160,127
  1,109,000 Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 144a, 6.000%, 2/1/31     961,595
  1,124,000 MC Brazil Downstream Trading SARL (Brazil), 144a, 7.250%, 6/30/31     845,810
    405,000 Mesquite Energy, Inc., 7.250%, 2/15/23       2,025
  1,610,000 Murphy Oil Corp., 6.375%, 7/15/28   1,521,450
  1,770,000 NGPL PipeCo LLC, 144a, 7.768%, 12/15/37   1,788,070
    963,000 Parkland Corp. (Canada), 144a, 4.500%, 10/1/29     777,490
    350,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.375%, 1/23/45     193,375
    750,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.625%, 6/15/35     479,250
  1,060,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.750%, 9/21/47     591,501
  1,110,000 Precision Drilling Corp. (Canada), 144a, 6.875%, 1/15/29     980,025
 1,185,000 YPF SA (Argentina), 4.000%, 2/12/26     989,215
         12,793,091
  Communication Services — 5.1%  
  1,161,000 Arches Buyer, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 6/1/28     905,580
    473,000 Belo Corp., 7.750%, 6/1/27     463,540
  1,938,000 British Telecommunications PLC (United Kingdom), 5.125%, 12/4/28   1,821,803
  1,123,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 4.250%, 2/1/31     859,484
  1,563,000 Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 6.484%, 10/23/45   1,373,757
  1,052,000 Connect Finco SARL / Connect US Finco LLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 6.750%, 10/1/26     920,319
  1,275,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 4.625%, 12/1/30     865,534
  1,056,000 Gray Escrow II, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 11/15/31     828,353
  1,919,000 Netflix, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/29   1,904,635
  1,411,000 Paramount Global, 4.200%, 5/19/32   1,141,789
  1,309,000 Stagwell Global, 144a, 5.625%, 8/15/29   1,076,744
   536,000 TEGNA, Inc., 5.000%, 9/15/29     492,739
         12,654,277
  Utilities — 5.0%  
  1,804,000 CMS Energy Corp., 4.750%, 6/1/50   1,524,380
  1,984,000 Edison International, 4.125%, 3/15/28   1,770,930
  1,320,000 Edison International, Ser B, 5.000%(A)   1,042,800
    850,000 Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. (South Africa), 144a, 8.450%, 8/10/28     721,990
  1,386,000 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC, 144a, 5.450%, 7/15/44   1,253,618
 1,750,000 Minejesa Capital BV (Indonesia), 4.625%, 8/10/30   1,430,625
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 53.7% (Continued)  
  Utilities — (Continued)  
$ 1,984,000 Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 2.500%, 2/1/31 $  1,443,037
  1,110,000 PPL Capital Funding, Inc., Ser A, (3M LIBOR +2.665%), 6.339%, 3/30/67(B)     928,485
 2,660,000 WEC Energy Group, Inc., (3M LIBOR +2.112%), 5.018%, 5/15/67(B)   2,207,800
         12,323,665
  Consumer Staples — 4.1%  
  1,300,000 Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC, 144a, 5.875%, 2/15/28   1,199,250
  1,768,000 Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. (Belgium), 4.900%, 2/1/46   1,532,246
    986,000 BellRing Brands, Inc., 144a, 7.000%, 3/15/30     901,894
    950,000 Coruripe Netherlands BV (Brazil), 144a, 10.000%, 2/10/27     812,250
  1,455,000 JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance, Inc., 144a, 6.500%, 12/1/52   1,296,478
  1,231,000 QVC, Inc., 4.375%, 9/1/28     834,666
  1,384,000 Turning Point Brands, Inc., 144a, 5.625%, 2/15/26   1,200,620
  1,500,000 Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (Turkey), 144a, 6.950%, 10/30/25   1,025,100
 1,621,000 United Rentals North America, Inc., 3.750%, 1/15/32   1,269,583
         10,072,087
  Materials — 3.6%  
  2,602,000 Braskem Netherlands Finance BV (Brazil), 144a, 5.875%, 1/31/50   1,843,517
  1,656,000 Celanese US Holdings LLC, 6.165%, 7/15/27   1,562,364
  1,700,000 Freeport Indonesia PT (Indonesia), 144a, 5.315%, 4/14/32   1,406,750
  1,750,000 GCC SAB de CV, 144a, 3.614%, 4/20/32   1,415,295
    279,000 Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 4.500%, 4/1/26     231,955
    853,000 Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 6.125%, 4/1/29     687,288
  2,200,000 Metinvest BV (Ukraine), 144a, 7.750%, 10/17/29     965,360
 1,400,000 OCP SA (Morocco), 144a, 5.125%, 6/23/51     889,000
          9,001,529
  Health Care — 2.3%  
  1,638,000 CVS Health Corp., 5.050%, 3/25/48   1,437,049
  1,056,000 Medline Borrower LP, 144a, 3.875%, 4/1/29     847,440
  1,059,000 MEDNAX, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 2/15/30     877,651
  1,945,000 Mylan, Inc., 4.550%, 4/15/28   1,718,881
 1,056,000 US Acute Care Solutions LLC, 144a, 6.375%, 3/1/26     887,040
          5,768,061
  Real Estate — 0.9%  
  1,056,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 4.875%, 9/15/27     945,791
  1,000,000 Logan Group Co. Ltd. (China), 7.500%, 8/25/23     167,023
 1,219,000 RHP Hotel Properties LP / RHP Finance Corp. REIT, 144a, 4.500%, 2/15/29   1,010,959
          2,123,773
  Information Technology — 0.8%  
  1,111,000 Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 144a, 4.875%, 7/1/29     869,913
 1,462,000 Micron Technology, Inc., 2.703%, 4/15/32   1,061,834
          1,931,747
  Total Corporate Bonds $132,362,486
  Asset-Backed Securities — 19.2%
  2,000,000 AB BSL CLO 3, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-3A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +3.200%), 5.910%, 10/20/34(B)       1,740,690
 5,955,000 AB Issuer LLC, Ser 2021-1, Class A2, 144a, 3.734%, 7/30/51       4,904,270
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 19.2% (Continued)
$ 5,000,000 Birch Grove CLO 2, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-2A, Class C, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.250%), 4.988%, 10/19/34(B)     $  4,365,515
  4,937,500 Hardee's Funding LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A2, 144a, 2.865%, 6/20/51       3,926,670
  2,100,000 Medalist Partners Corporate Finance CLO VI, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-1A, Class B, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.700%), 5.440%, 4/17/33(B)       1,909,423
  5,000,000 Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2017-2, Class B2, 144a, 3.757%, 7/25/59(B)(C)       4,246,676
  4,937,500 Neighborly Issuer LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A2, 144a, 3.584%, 4/30/51       4,096,940
  5,000,000 New Mountain CLO 3, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser CLO-3A, Class C, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.100%), 4.810%, 10/20/34(B)       4,320,875
  2,250,000 Palmer Square CLO, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-4A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.950%), 5.462%, 10/15/34(B)       1,982,750
  6,242,000 STWD, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-FL2, Class D, 144a, (1M LIBOR +2.800%), 5.739%, 4/18/38(B)       5,821,787
  5,500,000 TRTX Issuer, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-FL3, Class C, 144a, (SOFR30A +2.214%), 5.136%, 10/15/34(B)       5,371,954
 5,000,000 Whitebox CLO I, Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-1A, Class BR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.050%), 4.833%, 7/24/32(B)       4,610,775
  Total Asset-Backed Securities  $47,298,325
  U.S. Treasury Obligations — 8.6%
  2,160,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.875%, 2/15/51       1,430,156
  7,625,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.375%, 2/15/42       5,843,848
  3,000,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 5/31/26       2,650,195
12,260,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750%, 8/15/32      11,204,491
  Total U.S. Treasury Obligations  $21,128,690
Shares        
  Common Stocks — 4.8%  
  Information Technology — 0.9%  
     8,996 International Business Machines Corp.   1,068,815
     7,316 Texas Instruments, Inc.   1,132,370
          2,201,185
  Financials — 0.9%  
    33,406 Bank of America Corp.   1,008,861
     3,992 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)   1,169,856
        44 Hi-Crush, Inc.(D)      22,379
          2,201,096
  Industrials — 0.8%  
     2,736 Lockheed Martin Corp.   1,056,890
    12,270 Raytheon Technologies Corp.   1,004,422
          2,061,312
  Materials — 0.6%  
    39,560 Covia     514,280
    18,483 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.     931,543
          1,445,823
  Energy — 0.5%  
    13,455 Exxon Mobil Corp.   1,174,756
  Health Care — 0.4%  
     6,924 Johnson & Johnson   1,131,105
  Consumer Staples — 0.4%  
    12,137 Philip Morris International, Inc.   1,007,492
 
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Shares       MarketValue
  Common Stocks — 4.8% (Continued)  
  Communication Services — 0.3%  
    41,944 AT&T, Inc. $    643,421
  Total Common Stocks  $11,866,190
Principal
Amount
       
  Sovereign Government Obligations — 4.1%
$ 1,350,000 Angolan Government International Bond, 144a, 8.000%, 11/26/29       1,012,797
  1,222,000 Bahamas Government International Bond, 144a, 6.000%, 11/21/28         733,220
  1,177,000 Chile Government International Bond, 3.100%, 5/7/41         799,906
  1,295,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 3.125%, 4/15/31         897,759
    400,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 7.375%, 9/18/37         345,937
    320,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 10.375%, 1/28/33         362,880
  1,350,000 Dominican Republic International Bond, 4.875%, 9/23/32       1,015,002
  1,530,000 Ecuador Government International Bond, 144a, 2.500%, 7/31/35         503,527
    657,000 Ecuador Government International Bond, 144a, 5.500%, 7/31/30         309,326
  1,350,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 8.500%, 1/31/47         748,545
    955,000 Gabon Government International Bond, 144a, 6.625%, 2/6/31         626,174
  1,350,000 Ghana Government International Bond, 144a, 8.627%, 6/16/49         493,533
  1,000,000 Nigeria Government International Bond, 144a, 7.625%, 11/28/47         555,000
    985,000 Republic of Uzbekistan International Bond, 144a, 3.700%, 11/25/30         702,463
  1,200,000 Serbia International Bond, 2.125%, 12/1/30         782,400
    200,000 Ukraine Government International Bond, 144a, 7.253%, 3/15/35*          36,726
 1,020,000 Ukraine Government International Bond, 7.253%, 3/15/35*         187,305
  Total Sovereign Government Obligations  $10,112,500
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 3.9%
  5,000,000 BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-VIV2, Class C, 144a, 3.660%, 3/9/44(B)(C)       3,943,992
  5,000,000 CGMS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-B1, Class D, 144a, 3.000%, 8/15/50       3,680,659
 2,202,000 GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Ser 2017-SLP, Class E, 144a, 4.744%, 10/10/32(B)(C)       2,157,895
  Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities   $9,782,546
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 2.6%
  1,405,000 Connecticut Avenue Securities Trust, Ser 2022-R04, Class 1M2, 144a, 5.381%, 3/25/42       1,315,431
  3,250,000 Freddie Mac STACR REMIC Trust, Ser 2022-DNA3, Class M1B, 144a, 5.181%, 4/25/42       3,067,183
 2,375,000 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-2, Class 1B3, 144a, 3.371%, 11/25/60       1,986,378
  Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations   $6,368,992
Shares        
  Preferred Stocks — 1.3%  
  Financials — 1.3%  
    95,203 First Republic Bank, Ser K, 4.125%(A)   1,637,492
Shares       MarketValue
     
  Financials — (Continued)  
    57,491 Morgan Stanley, Ser O, 4.250%(A) $  1,033,113
    33,727 US Bancorp, Ser L, 3.750%(A)     541,993
  Total Preferred Stocks   $3,212,598
Principal
Amount
       
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.5%
$25,530,439 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-SB78, Class X1, 1.254%, 6/25/40(B)(C)(E)   1,228,224
Number of
Rights
       
  Rights — 0.0%  
  Energy — 0.0%  
    27,942 Vistra Energy Corp. Tax Return Rights, 12/6/26*      33,530
Shares        
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 0.4%  
   995,267 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω     995,267
  Total Investment Securities—99.1%
(Cost $295,017,179)
$244,389,348
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.9%   2,104,070
  Net Assets — 100.0% $246,493,418
(A) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
(B) Variable rate security - Rate reflected is the rate in effect as of September 30, 2022.
(C) Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.
(D) Level 3- For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
(E) Interest only security - This type of security represents the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
CLO – Collateralized Loan Obligation
FRESB – Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization Small Balance Loan
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LP – Limited Partnership
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC – Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
SOC – State-Owned Company
SOFR30A – Secured Overnight Financing Rate 30 Day Average
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $125,125,529 or 50.8% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
 
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Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets:        
Corporate Bonds $$132,362,486 $$132,362,486
Asset-Backed Securities 47,298,325 47,298,325
U.S. Treasury Obligations 21,128,690 21,128,690
Common Stocks 11,329,531 514,280 22,379 11,866,190
Sovereign Government Obligations 10,112,500 10,112,500
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 9,782,546 9,782,546
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 6,368,992 6,368,992
Preferred Stocks 3,212,598 3,212,598
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 1,228,224 1,228,224
Rights 33,530 33,530
Short-Term Investment Fund 995,267 995,267
Other Financial Instruments        
Futures        
Interest rate contracts 215,885 215,885
Total Assets $15,753,281 $228,829,573 $22,379 $244,605,233
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments        
Futures        
Interest rate contracts $(232,459) $$$(232,459)
Total Liabilities $(232,459) $$$(232,459)
Total $15,520,822 $228,829,573 $22,379 $244,372,774
Measurements Using Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  
Assets Common Stocks
Beginning balance, March 31, 2022 $22,379
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
Ending balance, September 30, 2022 $22,379
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation for Investments in Securities still held at September 30, 2022 $
Common
Stocks
Fair Value Valuation
Technique
Unobservable
Input
Hi-Crush, Inc. $22,379 Market Value
N/A
 
Futures Contracts
At September 30, 2022, $344,725 was segregated with the broker as collateral for futures contracts. The Fund had the following futures contracts, brokered by Wells Fargo, open at September 30, 2022
Description Expiration Date Number of
Contracts
Notional Value Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Short Futures:        
30-Year U.S. Ultra Long Term Treasury Bond 12/20/2022 40 $5,695,885 $215,885
Long Futures:        
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note 12/30/2022 241 49,731,600 (232,459)
        $(16,574)
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
  Touchstone
Flexible
Income
Fund
Touchstone
Focused
Fund
Touchstone
Growth
Opportunities
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Growth
Fund
Touchstone
Non-US ESG
Equity Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Emerging
Markets
Growth Fund
Touchstone
Strategic
Income
Opportunities
Fund
Assets              
Investments, at cost $832,097,924 $650,047,655 $94,413,364 $1,048,673,229 $469,799,157 $2,310,318,690 $295,017,179
Investments, at market value * $735,492,033 $934,849,694 $121,450,943 $1,042,531,802 $463,565,362 $2,320,414,507 $244,389,348
Cash 6,582,832 174 3,240
Cash deposits held at prime broker (A) 7,029,417 344,725
Foreign currency 2 2,221 501,718 89
Dividends and interest receivable 5,878,877 443,109 46,831 219,032 1,023,402 1,173,277 2,747,378
Receivable for capital shares sold 3,182,488 19,126 204,523 908,085 66,468 6,719,618 9,786
Receivable for investments sold 138,964 362,250 14,780,061 12,382,224 35,958
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts 48,256
Receivable for securities lending income 20,860 76 1,273 83,648 37
Tax reclaim receivable 32,970 3,914 302,581 16,607 5,095
Other assets 50,920 34,577 26,350 57,128 34,516 63,009 28,367
Total Assets 758,409,363 935,346,582 122,090,897 1,058,500,022 464,995,997 2,341,357,848 247,609,039
 
Liabilities              
Bank overdrafts 59,054
Dividends payable 239,460
Payable for return of collateral for securities on loan 2,250,924 3,800,610 9,994,733 31,931,727
Deferred foreign capital gains tax 15,077,343
Payable for capital shares redeemed 3,345,580 445,157 96,746 2,841,222 448,862 13,270,905 708,831
Payable for investments purchased 2,677,117 6,662,128
Payable to Investment Advisor 335,293 517,652 69,471 645,492 256,764 2,080,668 105,167
Payable to other affiliates 130,739 138,086 21,103 193,575 139,356 295,789 62,245
Payable to Trustees 13,818 13,818 13,818 13,818 13,818 13,818 13,818
Payable for professional services 35,820 32,537 19,307 37,598 31,178 76,635 22,634
Payable for reports to shareholders 18,462 23,274 5,836 55,771 7,697 77,352 15,647
Payable for transfer agent services 259,959 374,549 47,521 401,879 219,000 717,060 120,438
Other accrued expenses and liabilities 15,307 12,734 34,372 32,378 136,762 7,787
Total Liabilities 6,630,055 1,560,380 2,963,653 14,686,465 11,143,786 63,678,059 1,115,621
Net Assets $751,779,308 $933,786,202 $119,127,244 $1,043,813,557 $453,852,211 $2,277,679,789 $246,493,418
Net assets consist of:              
Paid-in capital 834,959,683 598,761,686 86,690,518 1,037,807,470 436,484,221 3,203,355,320 351,656,619
Distributable earnings (deficit) (83,180,375) 335,024,516 32,436,726 6,006,087 17,367,990 (925,675,531) (105,163,201)
Net Assets $751,779,308 $933,786,202 $119,127,244 $1,043,813,557 $453,852,211 $2,277,679,789 $246,493,418
*Includes market value of securities on loan of: $2,144,280 $ $ $3,748,338 $9,681,518 $30,293,345 $
Cost of foreign currency: $3 $ $ $ $2,292 $501,605 $102
(A) Represents segregated cash for futures contracts, swap agreements and/or securities sold short.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (Unaudited) (Continued)
  Touchstone
Flexible
Income
Fund
Touchstone
Focused
Fund
Touchstone
Growth
Opportunities
Fund^
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Growth
Fund^
Touchstone
Non-US ESG
Equity Fund^
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Emerging
Markets
Growth Fund
Touchstone
Strategic
Income
Opportunities
Fund
Pricing of Class A Shares              
Net assets applicable to Class A shares $106,497,455 $39,476,454 $45,281,164 $225,540,054 $340,199,925 $15,812,112 $142,248,630
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)
10,754,987 815,935 1,528,380 8,681,183 19,134,823 1,299,789 49,697,792
Net asset value price per share* $9.90 $48.38 $29.63 $25.98 $17.78 $12.17 $2.86
Maximum sales charge - Class A shares 3.25% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 3.25%
Maximum offering price per share
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent) - Class A shares
$10.23 $50.93 $31.19 $27.35 $18.72 $12.81 $2.96
 
Pricing of Class C Shares              
Net assets applicable to Class C shares $30,054,489 $13,722,446 $1,384,062 $12,546,239 $3,552,232 $6,442,390 $28,028,928
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)
3,085,743 312,044 46,757 483,248 200,056 541,151 9,754,225
Net asset value and offering price per share** $9.74 $43.98 $29.60 $25.96 $17.76 $11.90 $2.87
 
Pricing of Class Y Shares              
Net assets applicable to Class Y shares $577,694,523 $865,395,523 $18,509,087 $520,963,193 $101,032,619 $661,521,542 $76,018,982
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)
58,140,497 17,616,853 588,429 18,826,237 5,438,800 54,007,755 26,631,624
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $9.94 $49.12 $31.46 $27.67 $18.58 $12.25 $2.85
 
Pricing of Institutional Class Shares              
Net assets applicable to Institutional Class shares $37,532,841 $15,191,779 $53,952,931 $189,933,619 $9,067,435 $918,826,430 $196,878
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)
3,778,389 307,574 1,675,541 6,754,627 487,253 74,557,176 69,095
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $9.93 $49.39 $32.20 $28.12 $18.61 $12.32 $2.85
 
Pricing of Class R6 Shares              
Net assets applicable to Class R6 shares $ $ $ $94,830,452 $ $675,077,315 $
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, no par value)
3,365,209 54,760,885
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $ $ $ $28.18 $ $12.33 $
* There is no sales load on subscriptions of $1 million or more for all funds except for Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund. There is no sales load on subscriptions of $500,000 or more for Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund. Redemptions that were part of a $500,000 or $1 million or more subscription, as applicable, may be subject to a contingent deferred sales load if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase.
** Redemption price per share varies by length of time shares are held due to the terms of the contingent deferred sales charge.
^ The Shares of beneficial interest outstanding and Net asset value and offering price per share were updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.670946, 1 for 0.466797 and 1 for 0.801806 reverse stock split for Class C shares of the Growth Opportunities Fund, the Mid Cap Growth Fund and the Non-US ESG Equity Fund, respectively, on October 14, 2022 (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Operations For the Six Months Ended September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
  Touchstone
Flexible
Income
Fund
Touchstone
Focused
Fund
Touchstone
Growth
Opportunities
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Growth
Fund
Touchstone
Non-US ESG
Equity Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Emerging
Markets
Growth Fund
Touchstone
Strategic
Income
Opportunities
Fund
Investment Income              
Dividends* $5,320,888 $6,426,101 $735,604 $5,714,023 $6,753,084 $13,009,412 $408,499
Interest** 12,905,068 6,296,336
Income from securities loaned 77,760 3,250 38 1,237 88,969 974,442 542
Total Investment Income 18,303,716 6,429,351 735,642 5,715,260 6,842,053 13,983,854 6,705,377
Expenses              
Investment advisory fees 2,239,852 3,335,770 520,213 4,162,013 1,789,094 14,150,866 778,236
Administration fees 542,497 723,688 94,543 794,955 375,161 1,928,134 195,077
Compliance fees and expenses 1,734 1,734 1,734 1,734 1,734 1,734 1,734
Custody fees 29,473 8,578 8,454 15,411 26,837 423,214 21,060
Professional fees 32,007 32,181 14,462 34,435 27,094 81,912 20,944
Transfer Agent fees, Class A 44,569 19,725 22,856 129,125 169,398 10,125 76,745
Transfer Agent fees, Class C 11,823 7,038 791 7,273 2,471 6,409 15,299
Transfer Agent fees, Class Y 261,764 367,234 11,492 343,684 51,943 627,645 39,864
Transfer Agent fees, Institutional Class 6,514 3,056 12,786 52,783 1,058 266,602 32
Transfer Agent fees, Class R6 200 376
Registration Fees, Class A 8,353 6,933 7,833 10,316 11,116 7,078 10,246
Registration Fees, Class C 6,410 5,119 5,028 6,638 5,405 6,323 9,025
Registration Fees, Class Y 21,807 16,285 6,394 16,472 7,758 41,029 17,847
Registration Fees, Institutional Class 4,444 5,230 8,375 10,434 4,671 22,938 2,644
Registration Fees, Class R6 6,123 5,239
Dividend expense on securities sold short 291,881
Reports to Shareholders, Class A 3,709 2,037 2,179 6,068 8,495 1,609 7,152
Reports to Shareholders, Class C 1,906 1,410 1,054 1,539 1,245 1,457 2,408
Reports to Shareholders, Class Y 12,777 17,738 1,483 34,884 4,800 53,962 4,643
Reports to Shareholders, Institutional Class 1,538 1,333 1,258 14,598 1,156 19,047 1,000
Reports to Shareholders, Class R6 1,203 1,026
Distribution and shareholder servicing expenses, Class A 137,935 55,956 64,849 325,014 453,474 21,850 201,397
Distribution and shareholder servicing expenses, Class C 164,433 82,845 7,854 72,914 23,364 38,610 172,080
Trustee fees 13,768 13,768 13,768 13,768 13,768 13,768 13,768
Other expenses 35,593 161,134 40,183 126,327 97,781 63,757 36,588
Total Expenses 3,874,787 4,868,792 847,589 6,187,911 3,077,823 17,794,710 1,627,789
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Advisor and/or Affiliates(A) (155,201) (7,318) (99,389) (144,113) (32,449) (11,256) (187,954)
Net Expenses 3,719,586 4,861,474 748,200 6,043,798 3,045,374 17,783,454 1,439,835
Net Investment Income (Loss) 14,584,130 1,567,877 (12,558) (328,538) 3,796,679 (3,799,600) 5,265,542
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments              
Net realized gains (losses) on investments(B)(C) (622,853) 17,049,531 4,126,354 (11,960,959) (4,145,892) (498,948,190) (8,989,179)
Net realized gains on securities sold short 12,506,119
Net realized gains on written options 366,374
Net realized losses on futures contracts (122,038) (101,109)
Net realized gains on swap agreements 143,041
Net realized losses on foreign currency transactions (150,852) (514,701)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (66,391,498) (252,235,548) (41,232,529) (319,693,703) (138,970,995) (230,344,201) (29,003,383)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities sold short 764,636
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts 191,087
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency transactions (1) (4,479) 1,055 (18)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (53,499,261) (235,186,017) (37,106,175) (331,654,662) (143,272,218) (729,806,037) (37,759,561)
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations $(38,915,131) $(233,618,140) $(37,118,733) $(331,983,200) $(139,475,539) $(733,605,637) $(32,494,019)
*Net of foreign tax withholding of: $14,037 $ $852 $9,421 $630,515 $1,862,231 $
**Net of foreign tax withholding of: $ $ $ $ $ $ $7,360
Includes decrease in deferred foreign capital gains tax of: $ $ $ $ $ $11,163,640 $
(A) See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements.
(B) Includes foreign capital gains taxes paid of $8,552,463 for the Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund.
(C) For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Focused Fund, the Growth Opportunities Fund, the Mid Cap Growth Fund, the Non-US ESG Equity Fund, and the Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund had a redemption-in-kind of securities in the amount of $27,404,592, $8,398,954, $16,643,565, $11,791,996 and $11,031,468, respectively. Net realized gains (losses) on investments includes the realized gain on the transaction of $12,869,223, $3,557,880, $4,405,281, $7,930,949, and $5,766,929, respectively, which will not be recognized by the Fund for tax purposes.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
  Touchstone
Flexible Income
Fund
Touchstone
Focused Fund
Touchstone
Growth Opportunities
Fund
  For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
From Operations            
Net investment income (loss) $14,584,130 $27,793,766 $1,567,877 $1,134,595 $(12,558) $(496,055)
Net realized gains (losses) on investments, securities sold short, written options, futures contracts, swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts, foreign currency transactions and capital gain distributions received 12,127,602 5,078,799 17,049,531 105,788,449 4,126,354 19,382,164
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, securities sold short, futures contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions (65,626,863) (49,986,963) (252,235,548) 6,341,938 (41,232,529) (1,297,245)
Change in Net Assets from Operations (38,915,131) (17,114,398) (233,618,140) 113,264,982 (37,118,733) 17,588,864
 
Distributions to Shareholders:            
Distributed earnings, Class A (1,729,279) (3,914,740) (2,981,004) (10,095,137)
Distributed earnings, Class B
Distributed earnings, Class C (395,698) (1,030,204) (1,434,791) (389,665)
Distributed earnings, Class Y (10,353,691) (22,656,138) (65,864,852) (4,474,202)
Distributed earnings, Institutional Class (608,897) (1,622,568) (1,697,569) (11,185,510)
Distributed earnings, Class R6
Total Distributions (13,087,565) (29,223,650) (71,978,216) (26,144,514)
Change in Net Assets from Share Transactions(A) (42,628,564) 103,096,464 (33,478,568) 11,900,180 (6,004,032) 9,872,785
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (94,631,260) 56,758,416 (267,096,708) 53,186,946 (43,122,765) 1,317,135
 
Net Assets            
Beginning of period 846,410,568 789,652,152 1,200,882,910 1,147,695,964 162,250,009 160,932,874
End of period $751,779,308 $846,410,568 $933,786,202 $1,200,882,910 $119,127,244 $162,250,009
(A) For details on share transactions by class, see Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity on pages 28-31.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Growth Fund
Touchstone
Non-US ESG
Equity Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital Emerging
Markets Growth Fund
Touchstone
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
For the
Six Months Ended
September 30,
2022
(Unaudited)
For the
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
               
$(328,538) $(6,572,899) $3,796,679 $5,424,800 $(3,799,600) $(30,231,867) $5,265,542 $9,102,699
(11,960,959) 231,808,914 (4,296,744) 60,595,989 (499,462,891) (237,979,435) (8,947,247) 8,067,439
(319,693,703) (115,521,773) (138,975,474) (68,893,052) (230,343,146) (970,965,235) (28,812,314) (29,107,246)
(331,983,200) 109,714,242 (139,475,539) (2,872,263) (733,605,637) (1,239,176,537) (32,494,019) (11,937,108)
 
               
(48,088,579) (55,428,678) (393,240) (2,985,165) (5,076,894)
(92,062)
(5,041,824) (801,994) (119,388) (502,695) (846,395)
(98,678,809) (18,663,839) (29,163,383) (1,783,904) (3,939,569)
(50,376,807) (1,214,241) (41,115,494) (5,049) (4,036)
(5,039,178) (13,193,519)
(207,225,197) (76,108,752) (83,985,024) (5,276,813) (9,958,956)
60,344,164 44,308,317 (35,399,040) 7,273,709 (566,739,323) 543,334,433 (42,268,294) (18,679,977)
 
(271,639,036) (53,202,638) (174,874,579) (71,707,306) (1,300,344,960) (779,827,128) (80,039,126) (40,576,041)
 
               
1,315,452,593 1,368,655,231 628,726,790 700,434,096 3,578,024,749 4,357,851,877 326,532,544 367,108,585
$1,043,813,557 $1,315,452,593 $453,852,211 $628,726,790 $2,277,679,789 $3,578,024,749 $246,493,418 $326,532,544
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity
  Touchstone
Flexible Income
Fund
Touchstone
Focused Fund
  For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022
For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022
  Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
Class A                
Proceeds from Shares issued 1,055,530 $10,790,589 1,667,801 $18,708,179 61,828 $3,383,575 251,214 $15,729,509
Reinvestment of distributions 137,943 1,407,009 287,086 3,194,417 40,130 2,514,954
Cost of Shares redeemed (1,215,671) (12,383,453) (2,092,760) (23,321,227) (124,079) (6,893,789) (241,848) (15,316,752)
Change from Class A Share Transactions (22,198) (185,855) (137,873) (1,418,631) (62,251) (3,510,214) 49,496 2,927,711
Class C                
Proceeds from Shares issued 151,220 1,511,300 570,123 6,275,318 3,644 174,801 13,299 768,119
Reinvestment of distributions 35,755 358,898 84,578 926,694 24,476 1,402,008
Cost of Shares redeemed (668,696) (6,727,860) (1,144,286) (12,561,013) (57,257) (2,852,283) (139,769) (8,043,500)
Change from Class C Share Transactions (481,721) (4,857,662) (489,585) (5,359,001) (53,613) (2,677,482) (101,994) (5,873,373)
Class Y                
Proceeds from Shares issued 10,748,760 110,064,071 22,477,042 252,114,312 126,320 6,810,177 491,672 30,921,050
Reinvestment of distributions 936,197 9,579,775 1,864,466 20,791,361 998,513 63,493,935
Cost of Shares redeemed (15,913,459) (162,993,450) (14,691,501) (163,062,234) (623,659) (34,030,143) (1,290,574) (81,764,429)
Change from Class Y Share Transactions (4,228,502) (43,349,604) 9,650,007 109,843,439 (497,339) (27,219,966) 199,611 12,650,556
Institutional Class                
Proceeds from Shares issued 1,019,154 10,518,297 4,586,557 51,827,041 560,307 30,881,474 1,139,671 73,216,877
Reinvestment of distributions 36,544 373,474 102,953 1,154,181 26,163 1,671,930
Cost of Shares redeemed (501,525) (5,127,214) (4,708,529) (52,950,565) (558,642) (30,952,380) (1,117,980) (72,693,521)
Change from Institutional Class Share Transactions 554,173 5,764,557 (19,019) 30,657 1,665 (70,906) 47,854 2,195,286
Class R6                
Proceeds from Shares issued
Reinvestment of distributions
Cost of Shares redeemed
Change from Class R6 Share Transactions
Change from Share Transactions (4,178,248) $(42,628,564) 9,003,530 $103,096,464 (611,538) $(33,478,568) 194,967 $11,900,180
^ The September 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022 Class C share amounts relating to Proceeds from Shares issued, Reinvestment of distributions, Cost of Shares redeemed, and Change from Class C Share Transactions as well as Change from Share transactions were updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.670946 and 1 for 0.466797 reverse stock split for Class C shares of the Growth Opportunities Fund and the Mid Cap Growth Fund, respectively, on October 14, 2022 (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
Touchstone
Growth Opportunities
Fund^
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Growth Fund^
For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022
For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
               
17,685 $593,312 116,102 $5,145,067 794,139 $23,364,643 609,620 $22,987,724
235,351 9,694,083 1,172,612 43,046,572
(68,342) (2,278,757) (157,163) (6,656,749) (797,880) (23,360,487) (1,648,188) (65,483,714)
(50,657) (1,685,445) 194,290 8,182,401 (3,741) 4,156 134,044 550,582
               
3,580 116,080 3,751 158,216 24,294 757,230 119,599 4,681,124
9,197 380,795 133,006 4,912,253
(2,480) (81,233) (8,953) (417,551) (58,321) (1,809,684) (160,628) (6,896,222)
1,100 34,847 3,995 121,460 (34,027) (1,052,454) 91,977 2,697,155
               
109,272 3,832,594 62,537 2,694,760 3,303,102 104,502,173 3,105,793 124,588,934
100,436 4,383,031 2,372,638 92,627,783
(151,847) (5,115,626) (245,530) (10,959,478) (2,373,448) (73,559,684) (3,743,224) (153,939,239)
(42,575) (1,283,032) (82,557) (3,881,687) 929,654 30,942,489 1,735,207 63,277,478
               
356,595 12,907,665 418,535 18,866,379 2,953,230 90,669,940 5,904,177 248,082,533
250,571 11,185,510 946,844 37,513,952
(437,452) (15,978,067) (540,597) (24,601,278) (2,340,913) (72,216,978) (10,207,590) (421,663,326)
(80,857) (3,070,402) 128,509 5,450,611 612,317 18,452,962 (3,356,569) (136,066,841)
               
1,075,192 34,052,842 3,279,068 128,766,328
103,297 4,098,831
(696,844) (22,055,831) (510,052) (19,015,216)
378,348 11,997,011 2,872,313 113,849,943
(172,989) $(6,004,032) 244,237 $9,872,785 1,882,551 $60,344,164 1,476,972 $44,308,317
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
  Touchstone
Non-US ESG
Equity Fund^
Touchstone
Sands Capital Emerging
Markets Growth Fund
  For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022
For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022(A)
  Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
Class A(C)                
Proceeds from Shares issued 175,813 $3,666,585 432,087 $11,322,133 448,985 $6,023,045 932,246 $19,378,943
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization
Reinvestment of distributions 2,136,876 52,709,823 18,043 338,842
Cost of Shares redeemed (888,460) (18,376,039) (1,705,650) (44,459,413) (407,447) (5,500,384) (650,702) (13,094,200)
Shares issued (reacquired) upon automatic conversion
Change from Class A Share Transactions (712,647) (14,709,454) 863,313 19,572,543 41,538 522,661 299,587 6,623,585
Class B(C)                
Proceeds from Shares issued
Reinvestment of distributions
Share conversion in connection with reorganization
Cost of Shares redeemed
Shares issued (reacquired) upon automatic conversion
Change from Class B Share Transactions
Class C                
Proceeds from Shares issued 3,943 84,292 19,427 516,469 36,790 494,683 247,366 5,076,527
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization
Reinvestment of distributions 30,652 754,402 5,585 103,264
Cost of Shares redeemed (44,517) (908,648) (98,401) (2,672,085) (88,037) (1,164,579) (121,471) (2,287,859)
Shares issued (reacquired) upon automatic conversion
Change from Class C Share Transactions (40,574) (824,356) (48,322) (1,401,214) (51,247) (669,896) 131,480 2,891,932
Class Y(D)                
Proceeds from Shares issued 367,784 7,890,055 1,119,047 30,099,850 16,923,772 232,479,222 48,172,669 986,485,910
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization
Reinvestment of distributions 684,123 17,627,865 1,333,117 25,169,244
Cost of Shares redeemed (1,397,097) (29,405,395) (2,065,129) (56,169,100) (38,339,508) (517,862,933) (42,471,629) (813,009,608)
Change from Class Y Share Transactions (1,029,313) (21,515,340) (261,959) (8,441,385) (21,415,736) (285,383,711) 7,034,157 198,645,546
Institutional Class                
Proceeds from Shares issued 734,355 14,993,172 55,768 1,586,151 13,055,736 179,069,167 43,802,336 910,162,747
Reinvestment of distributions 36,893 951,899 1,433,905 27,215,524
Cost of Shares redeemed (651,426) (13,343,062) (176,204) (4,994,285) (17,636,774) (245,294,973) (99,672,313) (2,063,656,334)
Change from Institutional Class Share Transactions 82,929 1,650,110 (83,543) (2,456,235) (4,581,038) (66,225,806) (54,436,072) (1,126,278,063)
Class R6                
Proceeds from Shares issued 12,968,511 180,202,552 81,005,724 1,661,844,627
Reinvestment of distributions 131,400 2,492,653
Cost of Shares redeemed (28,331,001) (395,185,123) (11,013,749) (202,885,847)
Change from Class R6 Share Transactions (15,362,490) (214,982,571) 70,123,375 1,461,451,433
Change from Share Transactions (1,699,605) $(35,399,040) 469,489 $7,273,709 (41,368,973) $(566,739,323) 23,152,527 $543,334,433
^ The September 30, 2022 and March 31, 2022 Class C share amounts relating to Proceeds from Shares issued, Reinvestment of distributions, Cost of Shares redeemed, and Change from Class C Share Transactions as well as Change from Share transactions were updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.801806 reverse stock split for Class C shares of the Non-US ESG Equity Fund on October 14, 2022 (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
(A) Represents the period from commencement of operations (April 26, 2021) through March 31, 2022 for Class R6.
(B) Represents the period from commencement of operations (July 19, 2021) through March 31, 2022 for Institutional Class.
(C) Effective July 16, 2021, Class B shares of the AIG Strategic Bond Fund were reorganized into Class A shares of the Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund.
(D) Effective July 16, 2021, Class W shares of the AIG Strategic Bond Fund were reorganized into Class Y shares of the Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
30

Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
Touchstone
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
For the Six Months
Ended
September 30, 2022
(Unaudited)
For the Year
Ended
March 31, 2022(B)
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
       
1,663,748 $5,164,533 4,815,857 $16,755,101
26,968,139 94,970,590
817,057 2,487,876 1,239,383 4,277,504
(7,072,834) (21,701,911) (28,766,399) (100,196,298)
(4,592,029) (14,049,502) 4,256,980 15,806,897
       
27,227 94,973
22,614 79,292
(3,685,534) (12,956,491)
(423,691) (1,483,312)
(4,059,384) (14,265,538)
       
90,588 283,069 394,276 1,380,604
9,310,842 32,869,573
137,278 419,832 183,496 634,467
(3,279,347) (10,187,142) (8,410,971) (29,216,271)
(3,051,481) (9,484,241) 1,477,643 5,668,373
       
1,130,614 3,475,450 7,611,638 26,407,679
26,820,573 94,266,176
415,819 1,264,463 794,450 2,740,342
(7,602,554) (23,438,825) (42,985,020) (149,585,379)
(6,056,121) (18,698,912) (7,758,359) (26,171,182)
       
84,145 293,419
1,662 5,050 1,194 4,036
(13,257) (40,689) (4,649) (15,982)
(11,595) (35,639) 80,690 281,473
       
(13,711,226) $(42,268,294) (6,002,430) $(18,679,977)
31

Financial Highlights
Touchstone Flexible Income Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/18   $10.71   $0.26   $0.11   $0.37   $(0.27)   $  $(0.27)   $10.81   3.46%   $136,609   1.06%   1.14%   2.60%   100%(4)
03/31/19   10.81   0.39   (0.01)   0.38   (0.38)   (0.06)   (0.44)   10.75   3.59   110,460   1.04   1.11   3.50   171
03/31/20   10.75   0.34   (0.68)   (0.34)   (0.36)     (0.36)   10.05   (3.33)   99,460   1.05   1.14   3.12   136
03/31/21   10.05   0.41   1.16   1.57   (0.41)   (0.10)   (0.51)   11.11   15.72   121,317   1.04   1.09   3.79   103
03/31/22   11.11   0.34   (0.52)   (0.18)   (0.36)     (0.36)   10.57   (1.76)   113,880   1.09   1.11   3.05   61
09/30/22(5)   10.57   0.18   (0.69)   (0.51)   (0.16)     (0.16)   9.90   (4.86)(6)   106,497   1.11(7)   1.15(7)   3.49(7)   30(6)
Class C
03/31/18   $10.57   $0.20   $0.09   $0.29   $(0.19)   $  $(0.19)   $10.67   2.73%   $100,800   1.81%   1.89%   1.85%   100%(4)
03/31/19   10.67   0.30   (0.01)   0.29   (0.30)   (0.06)   (0.36)   10.60   2.77   66,926   1.79   1.86   2.75   171
03/31/20   10.60   0.24   (0.66)   (0.42)   (0.28)     (0.28)   9.90   (4.09)   50,767   1.80   1.91   2.37   136
03/31/21   9.90   0.32   1.15   1.47   (0.33)   (0.10)   (0.43)   10.94   14.89   44,389   1.79   1.85   3.04   103
03/31/22   10.94   0.25   (0.51)   (0.26)   (0.28)     (0.28)   10.40   (2.52)   37,087   1.84   1.87   2.30   61
09/30/22(5)   10.40   0.13   (0.67)   (0.54)   (0.12)     (0.12)   9.74   (5.20)(6)   30,054   1.86(7)   1.92(7)   2.74(7)   30(6)
Class Y
03/31/18   $10.75   $0.31   $0.09   $0.40   $(0.30)   $  $(0.30)   $10.85   3.71%   $628,693   0.82%   0.90%   2.84%   100%(4)
03/31/19   10.85   0.42   (0.02)   0.40   (0.41)   (0.06)   (0.47)   10.78   3.75   459,861   0.79   0.84   3.75   171
03/31/20   10.78   0.37   (0.68)   (0.31)   (0.39)     (0.39)   10.08   (3.07)   464,910   0.80   0.87   3.37   136
03/31/21   10.08   0.44   1.17   1.61   (0.44)   (0.10)   (0.54)   11.15   16.07   587,810   0.79   0.83   4.04   103
03/31/22   11.15   0.36   (0.53)   (0.17)   (0.38)     (0.38)   10.60   (1.61)   661,266   0.84   0.85   3.30   61
09/30/22(5)   10.60   0.19   (0.68)   (0.49)   (0.17)     (0.17)   9.94   (4.63)(6)   577,695   0.86(7)   0.89(7)   3.74(7)   30(6)
Institutional Class
03/31/18   $10.74   $0.33   $0.08   $0.41   $(0.31)   $  $(0.31)   $10.84   3.81%   $86,578   0.72%   0.86%   2.94%   100%(4)
03/31/19   10.84   0.44   (0.02)   0.42   (0.42)   (0.06)   (0.48)   10.78   3.95   59,138   0.69   0.82   3.85   171
03/31/20   10.78   0.40   (0.70)   (0.30)   (0.40)     (0.40)   10.08   (3.02)   25,798   0.70   0.88   3.47   136
03/31/21   10.08   0.45   1.16   1.61   (0.45)   (0.10)   (0.55)   11.14   16.19   36,136   0.69   0.84   4.14   103
03/31/22   11.14   0.37   (0.52)   (0.15)   (0.39)     (0.39)   10.60   (1.45)   34,177   0.74   0.84   3.40   61
09/30/22(5)   10.60   0.19   (0.68)   (0.49)   (0.18)     (0.18)   9.93   (4.67)(6)   37,533   0.76(7)   0.87(7)   3.84(7)   30(6)
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding dividend and interest expense on securities sold short for Class A was 1.04%, 1.04%, 1.04% and 1.06%, for Class C was 1.79%, 1.79%, 1.79% and 1.81%, for Class Y was 0.79%, 0.79%, 0.79% and 0.82% and for Institutional Class was 0.69%, 0.69%, 0.69% and 0.72% for the six months ended September 30,2022, and years ended March 31, 2022, 2020 and 2018, respectively.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding dividend and interest expense on securities sold short for Class A was 1.08%, 1.06%, 1.13% and 1.14%, for Class C was 1.85%, 1.82%, 1.90% and 1.89%, for Class Y was 0.82%, 0.80%, 0.86% and 0.90% and for Institutional Class was 0.80%, 0.79%, 0.87% and 0.86% for the six months ended September 30,2022 and the years ended March 31, 2022, 2020 and 2018, respectively.
(4) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities of the Sentinel Multi-Asset Income Fund acquired on October 27, 2017. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(5) Unaudited.
(6) Not annualized.
(7) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
32

Financial Highlights (Continued)
Touchstone Focused Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)(1)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(2)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(4)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/18   $41.47   $0.17   $4.02   $4.19   $  $ (2.73)   $(2.73)   $42.93   10.13%   $167,354   1.20%   1.29%   0.40%   8%(5)
03/31/19   42.93   0.14   1.39   1.53   (0.01)   (1.77)   (1.78)   42.68   3.82   55,399   1.20   1.32   0.32   12
03/31/20   42.68   0.14   (3.56)   (3.42)   (0.10)   (2.71)   (2.81)   36.45   (9.14)   27,889   1.20(6)   1.19   0.31   13
03/31/21   36.45   (0.02)   24.92   24.90     (2.92)   (2.92)   58.43   69.38   48,419   1.22   1.22   (0.05)   18(5)
03/31/22   58.43   (0.10)   5.72   5.62   (0.03)   (3.64)   (3.67)   60.38   9.38   53,028   1.15   1.15   (0.17)   14(5)
09/30/22(7)   60.38   0.01   (12.01)   (12.00)         48.38   (19.87)(8)   39,476   1.18(9)   1.18(9)   0.03(9)   2(5)(8)
Class C
03/31/18   $39.90   $(0.14)   $3.86   $3.72   $  $ (2.73)   $(2.73)   $40.89   9.34%   $41,635   1.94%   1.94%   (0.34)%   8%(5)
03/31/19   40.89   (0.18)   1.32   1.14     (1.77)   (1.77)   40.26   3.03   33,875   1.95   1.95   (0.43)   12
03/31/20   40.26   (0.18)   (3.31)   (3.49)     (2.71)   (2.71)   34.06   (9.80)   21,961   1.95   1.98   (0.44)   13
03/31/21   34.06   (0.36)   23.19   22.83     (2.92)   (2.92)   53.97   68.10   25,241   1.96   1.96   (0.79)   18(5)
03/31/22   53.97   (0.53)   5.30   4.77     (3.64)   (3.64)   55.10   8.58   20,147   1.91   1.91   (0.92)   14(5)
09/30/22(7)   55.10   (0.19)   (10.93)   (11.12)         43.98   (20.18)(8)   13,722   1.96(9)   1.97(9)   (0.75)(9)   2(5)(8)
Class Y
03/31/18   $42.21   $0.31   $4.08   $4.39   $(0.37)   $ (2.73)   $(3.10)   $43.50   10.43%   $972,273   0.91%   0.91%   0.69%   8%(5)
03/31/19   43.50   0.27   1.39   1.66   (0.27)   (1.77)   (2.04)   43.12   4.13   879,704   0.91   0.91   0.61   12
03/31/20   43.12   0.26   (3.58)   (3.32)   (0.27)   (2.71)   (2.98)   36.82   (8.86)   680,934   0.91   0.91   0.60   13
03/31/21   36.82   0.13   25.21   25.34   (0.14)   (2.92)   (3.06)   59.10   69.89   1,058,713   0.91   0.91   0.27   18(5)
03/31/22   59.10   0.08   5.80   5.88   (0.12)   (3.64)   (3.76)   61.22   9.71   1,108,883   0.86   0.86   0.12   14(5)
09/30/22(7)   61.22   0.09   (12.19)   (12.10)         49.12   (19.76)(8)   865,396   0.89(9)   0.89(9)   0.32(9)   2(5)(8)
Institutional Class
03/31/18   $42.38   $0.34   $4.11   $4.45   $(0.42)   $ (2.73)   $(3.15)   $43.68   10.54%   $22,556   0.83%   0.92%   0.77%   8%(5)
03/31/19   43.68   0.30   1.39   1.69   (0.30)   (1.77)   (2.07)   43.30   4.20   29,382   0.83   0.92   0.69   12
03/31/20   43.30   0.30   (3.60)   (3.30)   (0.31)   (2.71)   (3.02)   36.98   (8.79)   15,267   0.83   0.92   0.68   13
03/31/21   36.98   0.16   25.33   25.49   (0.17)   (2.92)   (3.09)   59.38   70.00   15,323   0.85   0.94   0.32   18(5)
03/31/22   59.38   0.09   5.84   5.93   (0.13)   (3.64)   (3.77)   61.54   9.75   18,825   0.84   0.88   0.15   14(5)
09/30/22(7)   61.54   0.10   (12.25)   (12.15)         49.39   (19.74)(8)   15,192   0.84(9)   0.92(9)   0.37(9)   2(5)(8)
(1) The net investment income (loss) per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(2) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(3) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.17%, 1.14% and 1.20%, for Class C was 1.95%, 1.90% and 1.94%, for Class Y was 0.88%, 0.85% and 0.89% and for Institutional Class was 0.83%, 0.83% and 0.83% for the six months ended September 30, 2022 and for the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(4) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.17%, 1.14% and 1.20%, for Class C was 1.96%, 1.90% and 1.94%, for Class Y was 0.88%, 0.85% and 0.89% and for Institutional Class was 0.91%, 0.87% and 0.92% for the six months ended September 30, 2022 and years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(5) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(6) Net expenses include amounts recouped by the Advisor.
(7) Unaudited.
(8) Not annualized.
(9) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
33

Financial Highlights (Continued)
Touchstone Growth Opportunities Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/18   $30.20   $(0.11)   $5.89   $5.78   $  $ (3.19)   $(3.19)   $32.79   19.51%   $39,901   1.24%   1.38%   (0.32)%   86%
03/31/19   32.79   (0.05)   3.10   3.05     (3.13)   (3.13)   32.71   10.40   42,404   1.24   1.37   (0.17)   94(4)
03/31/20   32.71   (0.04)   0.99   0.95     (5.72)   (5.72)   27.94   0.63   37,150   1.25   1.41   (0.12)   101(4)
03/31/21   27.94   (0.20)   17.44   17.24     (4.11)   (4.11)   41.07   62.56   56,877   1.24   1.34   (0.55)   65
03/31/22   41.07   (0.21)(5)   4.97   4.76     (7.19)   (7.19)   38.64   10.48   61,006   1.25   1.31   (0.48)   47(4)
09/30/22(6)   38.64   (0.03)(5)   (8.98)   (9.01)         29.63   (23.27)(7)   45,281   1.27(8)   1.38(8)   (0.21)(8)   23(4)(7)
Class C
03/31/18^   $38.16   $(0.43)   $7.39   $6.96   $  $ (4.75)   $(4.75)   $40.37   18.65%   $8,680   1.99%   2.29%   (1.07)%   86%
03/31/19^   40.37   (0.73)   4.05   3.32     (4.67)   (4.67)   39.02   9.54   3,863   1.99   2.32   (0.92)   94(4)
03/31/20^   39.02   (0.34)   1.43   1.09     (8.53)   (8.53)   31.58   (0.09)   2,724   2.00   2.61   (0.87)   101(4)
03/31/21^   31.58   (1.15)   20.17   19.02     (6.13)   (6.13)   44.47   61.29   1,853   1.99   2.70   (1.30)   65
03/31/22^   44.47   (0.57)(5)   5.57   5.00     (10.72)   (10.72)   38.75   9.64   1,769   2.00   2.64   (1.23)   47(4)
09/30/22^(6)   38.75   (0.16)(5)   (8.99)   (9.15)         29.60   (23.55)(7)   1,384   2.02(8)   2.88(8)   (0.96)(8)   23(4)(7)
Class Y
03/31/18   $30.87   $(0.02)   $6.03   $6.01   $  $ (3.19)   $(3.19)   $33.69   19.80%   $47,554   0.99%   1.07%   (0.07)%   86%
03/31/19   33.69   0.03   3.19   3.22     (3.13)   (3.13)   33.78   10.67   43,703   0.99   1.08   0.08   94(4)
03/31/20   33.78   0.04   1.01   1.05     (5.72)   (5.72)   29.11   0.92   26,610   1.00   1.14   0.13   101(4)
03/31/21   29.11   (0.12)   18.20   18.08     (4.11)   (4.11)   43.08   62.93   30,742   0.99   1.13   (0.30)   65
03/31/22   43.08   (0.11)(5)   5.19   5.08     (7.19)   (7.19)   40.97   10.75   25,851   1.00   1.10   (0.23)   47(4)
09/30/22(6)   40.97   0.01(5)   (9.52)   (9.51)         31.46   (23.17)(7)   18,509   1.02(8)   1.17(8)   0.04(8)   23(4)(7)
Institutional Class
03/31/18   $31.16   $0.01   $6.10   $6.11   $  $ (3.19)   $(3.19)   $34.08   19.94%   $185,831   0.89%   1.01%   0.03%   86%
03/31/19   34.08   0.09   3.21   3.30   (0.03)   (3.13)   (3.16)   34.22   10.79   71,406   0.89   1.01   0.18   94(4)
03/31/20   34.22   0.06   1.02   1.08     (5.72)   (5.72)   29.58   1.00   96,361   0.90   1.05   0.23   101(4)
03/31/21   29.58   (0.06)   18.49   18.43     (4.11)   (4.11)   43.90   63.13   71,461   0.89   1.03   (0.20)   65
03/31/22   43.90   (0.06)(5)   5.27   5.21     (7.19)   (7.19)   41.92   10.84   73,624   0.90   1.02   (0.13)   47(4)
09/30/22(6)   41.92   0.03(5)   (9.75)   (9.72)         32.20   (23.14)(7)   53,953   0.92(8)   1.07(8)   0.14(8)   23(4)(7)
^ Updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.670946 reverse stock split for Class C shares on October 14, 2022 (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements). All historical per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.24%, 1.24% and 1.24%, for Class C was 1.99%, 1.99% and 1.99%, for Class Y was 0.99%, 0.99% and 0.99% and for Institutional Class was 0.89%, 0.89% and 0.89% for the six months ended September 30, 2022 and the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2020, respectively.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.35%, 1.30% and 1.40%, for Class C was 2.85%, 2.63% and 2.60%, for Class Y was 1.14%,1.09% and 1.13% and for Institutional Class was 1.04% 1.01% and 1.04% for the six months ended September 30,2022 and the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2020, respectively.
(4) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(5) The net investment income (loss) per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(6) Unaudited.
(7) Not annualized.
(8) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Mid Cap Growth Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/18   $25.91   $(0.08)(4)   $4.95   $4.87   $  $ (2.73)   $(2.73)   $28.05   19.28%   $218,727   1.29%   1.29%   (0.29)%   76%
03/31/19   28.05   (0.09)   3.36   3.27     (2.06)   (2.06)   29.26   12.77   262,492   1.27   1.27   (0.35)   71
03/31/20   29.26   (0.07)   (2.06)   (2.13)   (0.01)   (2.23)   (2.24)   24.89   (8.78)   234,307   1.25   1.25   (0.24)   82
03/31/21   24.89   (0.28)   15.64   15.36     (2.54)   (2.54)   37.71   61.98   322,432   1.23   1.23   (0.75)   65(5)
03/31/22   37.71   (0.26)(4)   3.44   3.18     (6.37)   (6.37)   34.52   7.43   299,763   1.21   1.21   (0.65)   60(5)
09/30/22(6)   34.52   (0.04)(4)   (8.50)   (8.54)         25.98   (24.74)(7)   225,540   1.24(8)   1.24(8)   (0.26)(8)   28(5)(7)
Class C
03/31/18^   $38.22   $(0.43)(4)   $7.20   $6.77   $  $ (5.85)   $(5.85)   $39.14   18.38%   $90,502   2.04%   2.04%   (1.04)%   76%
03/31/19^   39.14   (1.05)   5.06   4.01     (4.41)   (4.41)   38.74   11.91   32,831   2.04   2.04   (1.12)   71
03/31/20^   38.74   (0.69)   (2.08)   (2.77)     (4.78)   (4.78)   31.19   (9.55)   20,918   2.07   2.07   (1.06)   82
03/31/21^   31.19   (1.67)   20.46   18.79     (5.44)   (5.44)   44.54   60.65   18,939   2.07   2.07   (1.59)   65(5)
03/31/22^   44.54   (0.64)(4)   4.39   3.75     (13.65)   (13.65)   34.64   6.53   17,918   2.04   2.04   (1.48)   60(5)
09/30/22^(6)   34.64   (0.17)(4)   (8.51)   (8.68)         25.96   (25.05)(7)   12,546   2.09(8)   2.09(8)   (1.11)(8)   28(5)(7)
Class Y
03/31/18   $26.70   $(0.01)(4)   $5.11   $5.10   $  $ (2.73)   $(2.73)   $29.07   19.62%   $375,617   1.02%   1.02%   (0.02)%   76%
03/31/19   29.07   (0.03)   3.52   3.49     (2.06)   (2.06)   30.50   13.05   452,407   1.02   1.02   (0.10)   71
03/31/20   30.50   (—)(9)   (2.17)   (2.17)   (0.06)   (2.23)   (2.29)   26.04   (8.58)   424,403   1.01   1.01   (—)(9)   82
03/31/21   26.04   (0.18)   16.36   16.18     (2.54)   (2.54)   39.68   62.40   641,218   0.99   0.99   (0.52)   65(5)
03/31/22   39.68   (0.18)(4)   3.59   3.41     (6.37)   (6.37)   36.72   7.65   657,182   0.99   0.99   (0.43)   60(5)
09/30/22(6)   36.72   (0.01)(4)   (9.04)   (9.05)         27.67   (24.65)(7)   520,963   1.01(8)   1.01(8)   (0.04)(8)   28(5)(7)
Institutional Class
03/31/18   $26.90   $(—)(4)(9)   $5.15   $5.15   $  $ (2.73)   $(2.73)   $29.32   19.62%   $95,176   0.99%   0.99%   0.01%   76%
03/31/19   29.32   (0.01)   3.54   3.53     (2.06)   (2.06)   30.79   13.10   349,865   0.97(10)   0.97   (0.06)   71
03/31/20   30.79   0.01   (2.18)   (2.17)   (0.07)   (2.23)   (2.30)   26.32   (8.49)   357,769   0.94   0.94   0.06   82
03/31/21   26.32   (0.20)   16.58   16.38     (2.54)   (2.54)   40.16   62.50   381,463   0.91   0.92   (0.44)   65(5)
03/31/22   40.16   (0.14)(4)   3.64   3.50     (6.37)   (6.37)   37.29   7.79   229,028   0.88   0.91   (0.32)   60(5)
09/30/22(6)   37.29   0.02(4)   (9.19)   (9.17)         28.12   (24.59)(7)   189,934   0.87(8)   0.96(8)   0.11(8)   28(5)(7)
Class R6
03/31/20(11)   $35.72(12)   $(—)(9)   $(9.40)   $(9.40)   $  $  $  $26.32   (26.32)%(7)   $2   0.89%(8)   1,279.20%(8)   (0.02)%(8)   82%
03/31/21   26.32   (0.11)   16.51   16.40     (2.54)   (2.54)   40.18   62.58   4,603   0.85   1.47   (0.37)   65(5)
03/31/22   40.18   (0.09)(4)   3.63   3.54     (6.37)   (6.37)   37.35   7.89   111,561   0.79   0.88   (0.23)   60(5)
09/30/22(6)   37.35   0.03(4)   (9.20)   (9.17)         28.18   (24.55)(7)   94,830   0.78(8)   0.89(8)   0.20(8)   28(5)(7)
^ Updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.466797 reverse stock split for Class C shares on October 14, 2022 (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements). All historical per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.23%, 1.19% and 1.22%, for Class C was 2.08%, 2.02% and 2.06%, for Class Y was 1.00%, 0.97% and 0.98%, for Institutional Class was 0.86% 0.86% and 0.90% and for Class R6 was 0.77%, 0.77% and 0.84% for the six months ended September 30,2022 and the years March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.23%, 1.19% and 1.22%, for Class C was 2.08%, 2.02% and 2.06%, for Class Y was 1.00%, 0.97% and 0.98%, for Institutional Class was 0.95% 0.89% and 0.91%, and for Class R6 was 0.88%, 0.86% and 1.46% for the six months ended September 30,2022 and the years ended March 31, 2022 and 2021, respectively.
(4) The net investment income (loss) per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(5) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(6) Unaudited.
(7) Not annualized.
(8) Annualized.
(9) Less than $0.005 per share or 0.005%.
(10) Net expenses include amounts recouped by the Advisor.
(11) Represents the period from commencement of operations (February 10, 2020) through March 31, 2020.
(12) Net asset value at the beginning of period is based on the net asset value of Institutional Class shares on February 10, 2020.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/18   $21.52   $0.03   $3.37   $3.40   $(0.17)   $ (2.74)   $(2.91)   $22.01   15.57%   $485,413   1.19%   1.22%   0.58%   72%(4)
03/31/19   22.01   0.15   (0.29)   (0.14)   (0.17)   (1.76)   (1.93)   19.94   (0.37)   445,608   1.17   1.17   0.70   40
03/31/20   19.94   0.17(5)   (2.78)   (2.61)   (0.15)   (0.34)   (0.49)   16.84   13.61   347,021   1.17   1.18   0.84   60
03/31/21   16.84   0.14(5)   9.26   9.40   (0.08)     (0.08)   26.16   55.86   496,574   1.12   1.12   0.63   62
03/31/22   26.16   0.18   (0.27)   (0.09)   (0.23)   (2.78)   (3.01)   23.06   (0.98)   457,750   1.09   1.09   0.74   32
09/30/22(6)   23.06   0.14   (5.42)   (5.28)         17.78   (22.90)(7)   340,200   1.16(8)   1.16(8)   1.32(8)   87(7)(9)
Class C
03/31/18^   $23.22   $(0.06)   $3.56   $3.50   $  $ (3.42)   $(3.42)   $23.30   14.75%   $37,513   1.99%   2.05%   (0.23)%   72%(4)
03/31/19^   23.30   (0.07)   (0.26)   (0.33)     (2.20)   (2.20)   20.77   (1.18)   14,926   1.99   2.03   (0.12)   40
03/31/20^   20.77   (5)(10)   (2.88)   (2.88)   (0.05)   (0.42)   (0.47)   17.42   (14.34)   8,099   1.99   2.14   0.02   60
03/31/21^   17.42   (0.05)(5)   9.56   9.51         26.93   54.55   7,782   1.99   2.14   (0.24)   62
03/31/22^   26.93   (0.04)   (0.25)   (0.29)   (0.05)   (3.47)   (3.52)   23.13   (1.85)   5,565   1.99   2.10   (0.16)   32
09/30/22^(6)   23.13   0.07   (5.44)   (5.37)         17.76   (23.19)(7)   3,552   1.99(8)   2.24(8)   0.50(8)   87(7)(9)
Class Y
03/31/18   $22.11   $0.16   $3.41   $3.57   $(0.19)   $ (2.74)   $(2.93)   $22.75   15.90%   $189,837   0.94%   0.99%   0.82%   72%(4)
03/31/19   22.75   0.21   (0.31)   (0.10)   (0.23)   (1.76)   (1.99)   20.66   (0.09)   207,080   0.90   0.93   0.97   40
03/31/20   20.66   0.24(5)   (2.88)   (2.64)   (0.20)   (0.34)   (0.54)   17.48   (13.37)   136,239   0.90   0.94   1.11   60
03/31/21   17.48   0.20(5)   9.62   9.82   (0.14)     (0.14)   27.16   56.22   182,806   0.90   0.93   0.85   62
03/31/22   27.16   0.25   (0.28)   (0.03)   (0.28)   (2.78)   (3.06)   24.07   (0.74)   155,664   0.90   0.90   0.93   32
09/30/22(6)   24.07   0.20   (5.69)   (5.49)         18.58   (22.81)(7)   101,033   0.91(8)   0.94(8)   1.57(8)   87(7)(9)
Institutional Class
03/31/18   $22.13   $0.20   $3.38   $3.58   $(0.20)   $ (2.74)   $(2.94)   $22.77   15.95%   $42,196   0.89%   1.01%   0.87%   72%(4)
03/31/19   22.77   0.22   (0.32)   (0.10)   (0.23)   (1.76)   (1.99)   20.68   (0.10)   44,382   0.89   0.93   0.98   40
03/31/20   20.68   0.24(5)   (2.88)   (2.64)   (0.20)   (0.34)   (0.54)   17.50   (13.35)   21,739   0.89   0.95   1.12   60
03/31/21   17.50   0.19(5)   9.64   9.83   (0.13)     (0.13)   27.20   56.21   13,271   0.89   0.97   0.86   62
03/31/22   27.20   0.29   (0.32)   (0.03)   (0.28)   (2.78)   (3.06)   24.11   (0.74)   9,747   0.89   0.94   0.94   32
09/30/22(6)   24.11   0.13   (5.63)   (5.50)         18.61   (22.81)(7)   9,067   0.90(8)   1.00(8)   1.59(8)   87(7)(9)
^ Updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.801806 reverse stock split for Class C shares on October 14, 2022 (See Note 9 in the Notes to Financial Statements). All historical per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.15%, for Class C was 1.98%, for Class Y was 0.90%, for Institutional Class was 0.89% for the six months ended September 30, 2022.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.15%, for Class C was 2.23%, for Class Y was 0.93%, for Institutional Class was 0.99% for the six months ended September 30, 2022.
(4) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities of the Sentinel Sustainable Core Opportunities Fund acquired on October 27, 2017. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(5) The net investment income (loss) per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(6) Unaudited.
(7) Not annualized.
(8) Annualized.
(9) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(10) Less than $0.005 per share.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/19(2)   $11.21(3)   $(0.01)   $1.95   $1.94   $  $  $13.15   17.31%(4)   $1,349   1.60%(5)   4.89%(5)   (0.94)%(5)   31%
03/31/20   13.15   0.05(6)   (1.77)   (1.72)   (0.07)   (0.07)   11.36   (13.19)   2,897   1.60   2.62   0.35   20
03/31/21   11.36   (0.13)   10.02   9.89       21.25   87.06   20,369   1.60   1.77   (1.22)   27
03/31/22   21.25   (0.21)   (5.07)   (5.28)   (0.32)   (0.32)   15.65   (25.16)   19,694   1.60   1.60   (1.03)   28(7)
09/30/22(8)   15.65   (0.04)(6)   (3.44)   (3.48)       12.17   (22.19)(4)   15,812   1.60(5)   1.64(5)   (0.61)(5)   17(4)(7)
Class C
03/31/19(2)   $11.21(3)   $(0.04)   $1.94   $1.90   $  $  $13.11   16.95%(4)   $59   2.35%(5)   57.88%(5)   (1.69)%(5)   31%
03/31/20   13.11   (0.05)(6)   (1.75)   (1.80)   (0.05)   (0.05)   11.26   (13.81)   1,135   2.35   5.24   (0.40)   20
03/31/21   11.26   (0.14)   9.79   9.65       20.91   85.70   9,637   2.35   2.82   (1.97)   27
03/31/22   20.91   (0.35)   (4.99)   (5.34)   (0.20)   (0.20)   15.37   (25.69)   9,107   2.35   2.46   (1.78)   28(7)
09/30/22(8)   15.37   (0.09)(6)   (3.38)   (3.47)       11.90   (22.51)(4)   6,442   2.35(5)   2.55(5)   (1.36)(5)   17(4)(7)
Class Y
03/31/18   $10.70   $(0.06)   $2.92   $2.86   $  $  $13.56   26.82%   $207,209   1.47%   1.49%   (0.73)%   27%
03/31/19   13.56   (0.03)   (0.37)   (0.40)       13.16   (3.02)   318,093   1.35(9)   1.35   (0.45)   31
03/31/20   13.16   0.08(6)   (1.77)   (1.69)   (0.09)   (0.09)   11.38   (12.96)   423,992   1.33(9)   1.31   0.62   20
03/31/21   11.38   (0.11)   10.09   9.98       21.36   87.71   1,460,473   1.26   1.26   (0.88)   27
03/31/22   21.36   (0.17)   (5.08)   (5.25)   (0.37)   (0.37)   15.74   (24.89)   1,186,957   1.29   1.29   (0.71)   28(7)
09/30/22(8)   15.74   (0.02)(6)   (3.47)   (3.49)       12.25   (22.12)(4)   661,522   1.34(5)   1.34(5)   (0.35)(5)   17(4)(7)
Institutional Class
03/31/18   $10.73   $(0.06)   $2.94   $2.88   $  $  $13.61   26.84%   $374,452   1.37%   1.41%   (0.63)%   27%
03/31/19   13.61   (0.03)   (0.37)   (0.40)       13.21   (2.94)   524,670   1.25   1.27   (0.35)   31
03/31/20   13.21   0.09(6)   (1.77)   (1.68)   (0.10)   (0.10)   11.43   (12.87)   883,508   1.25(9)   1.24   0.70   20
03/31/21   11.43   (0.11)   10.15   10.04       21.47   87.79   2,867,373   1.21(9)   1.20   (0.83)   27
03/31/22   21.47   (0.29)   (4.97)   (5.26)   (0.38)   (0.38)   15.83   (24.81)   1,252,461   1.20   1.20   (0.62)   28(7)
09/30/22(8)   15.83   (0.02)(6)   (3.49)   (3.51)       12.32   (22.06)(4)   918,826   1.24(5)   1.24(5)   (0.25)(5)   17(4)(7)
Class R6
03/31/22(10)   $22.37   $0.15   $(6.31)   $(6.16)   $(0.38)   $(0.38)   $15.83   (27.85)%(4)   $1,109,805   1.17%(5)   1.17%(5)   (0.59)%(5)   28%(7)
09/30/22(8)   15.83   (0.01)(6)   (3.49)   (3.50)       12.33   (22.06)(4)   675,077   1.18(5)   1.18(5)   (0.19)(5)   17(4)(7)
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) Represents the period from commencement of operations (November 16, 2018) through March 31, 2019.
(3) Net asset value at the beginning of period is based on the net asset value of Class Y shares on November 16, 2018.
(4) Not annualized.
(5) Annualized.
(6) The net investment income (loss) per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(7) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(8) Unaudited.
(9) Net expenses include amounts recouped by the Advisor.
(10) Represents the period from commencement of operations (April 26, 2021) through March 31, 2022.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income(1)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(2)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
03/31/18   $3.40   $0.11   $(0.03)   $0.08   $(0.10)   $(0.10)   $3.38   2.41%   $196,712   1.33%   1.33%   3.15%   149%
03/31/19   3.38   0.13   (0.04)   0.09   (0.16)   (0.16)   3.31   2.86   153,979   1.14   1.37   3.89   123
03/31/20   3.31   0.11   (0.15)   (0.04)   (0.12)   (0.12)   3.15   (1.37)   143,815   1.10   1.37   3.14   85
03/31/21   3.15   0.10   0.33   0.43   (0.11)   (0.11)   3.47   13.87   173,600   1.10   1.37   2.91   111
03/31/22   3.47   0.08   (0.19)   (0.11)   (0.09)   (0.09)   3.27   (3.22)   177,574   1.03   1.14   2.38   155(3)
09/30/22(4)   3.27   0.06   (0.41)   (0.35)   (0.06)   (0.06)   2.86   (10.86)(5)   142,249   1.00(6)   1.11(6)   3.69(6)   37(5)
Class C
03/31/18   $3.41   $0.09   $(0.03)   $0.06   $(0.08)   $(0.08)   $3.39   1.75%   $71,103   1.98%   1.98%   2.50%   149%
03/31/19   3.39   0.11   (0.04)   0.07   (0.14)   (0.14)   3.32   2.18   52,782   1.81   2.04   3.22   123
03/31/20   3.32   0.08   (0.14)   (0.06)   (0.10)   (0.10)   3.16   (2.04)   49,730   1.78   2.05   2.47   85
03/31/21   3.16   0.08   0.33   0.41   (0.09)   (0.09)   3.48   13.11   39,402   1.78   2.05   2.26   111
03/31/22   3.48   0.06   (0.20)   (0.14)   (0.06)   (0.06)   3.28   (4.03)   42,046   1.74   1.88   1.62   155(3)
09/30/22(4)   3.28   0.05   (0.41)   (0.36)   (0.05)   (0.05)   2.87   (11.16)(5)   28,029   1.71(6)   1.90(6)   2.98(6)   37(5)
Class Y
03/31/18   $3.39   $0.11   $(0.02)   $0.09   $(0.11)   $(0.11)   $3.37   2.65%   $70,239   1.14%   1.14%   3.34%   149%
03/31/19   3.37   0.14   (0.03)   0.11   (0.17)   (0.17)   3.31   3.38   52,676   0.94   1.17   4.06   123
03/31/20   3.31   0.11   (0.14)   (0.03)   (0.13)   (0.13)   3.15   (1.16)   89,806   0.91   1.18   3.28   85
03/31/21   3.15   0.10   0.33   0.43   (0.12)   (0.12)   3.46   13.77   140,047   0.90   1.17   3.08   111
03/31/22(7)   3.46   0.09   (0.19)   (0.10)   (0.10)   (0.10)   3.26   (2.97)   106,650   0.79   0.91   2.62   155(3)
09/30/22(4)   3.26   0.06   (0.41)   (0.35)   (0.06)   (0.06)   2.85   (10.77)(5)   76,019   0.75(6)   0.88(6)   3.94(6)   37(5)
Institutional Class
03/31/22(8)   $3.50   $0.06   $(0.23)   $(0.17)   $(0.07)   $(0.07)   $3.26   (4.94)%(5)   $263   0.65%(6)   3.91%(6)   2.56%(6)   155%(3)
09/30/22(4)   3.26   0.06   (0.40)   (0.34)   (0.07)   (0.07)   2.85   (10.67)(5)   197   0.65(6)   3.82(6)   4.04(6)   37(5)
(1) The net investment income (loss) per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(2) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(3) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities of the AIG Flexible Credit Fund acquired on July 16, 2021. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(4) Unaudited.
(5) Not annualized.
(6) Annualized.
(7) Effective July 16, 2021, Class W shares of the AIG Strategic Bond Fund were reorganized into Class Y shares of the Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund.
(8) Represents the period from commencement of operations (July 19, 2021) through March 31, 2022 for Institutional Class.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
1. Organization
The Touchstone Strategic Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Massachusetts business trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated November 18, 1982. The Trust consists of nineteen funds, including the following seven funds (individually, a "Fund", and collectively, the “Funds”):
Touchstone Flexible Income Fund ("Flexible Income Fund”)
Touchstone Focused Fund ("Focused Fund”)
Touchstone Growth Opportunities Fund ("Growth Opportunities Fund”)
Touchstone Mid Cap Growth Fund ("Mid Cap Growth Fund”)
Touchstone Non-US ESG Equity Fund (formerly Touchstone Global ESG Equity Fund) ("Non-US ESG Equity Fund”)
Touchstone Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund ("Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund”)
Touchstone Strategic Income Opportunities Fund ("Strategic Income Opportunities Fund”)
Each Fund is diversified, with the exception of the Focused Fund, the Growth Opportunities Fund and the Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund, which are non-diversified.
The Agreement and Declaration of Trust permits the Trust to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of each Fund. The table below indicates the classes of shares that each Fund is registered to offer:
  Class A Class C Class Y Institutional
Class
Class R6
Flexible Income Fund X X X X  
Focused Fund X X X X  
Growth Opportunities Fund X X X X  
Mid Cap Growth Fund X X X X X
Non-US ESG Equity Fund X X X X  
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund X X X X X
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund X X X X  
The assets of each Fund are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which shares are held. The Funds’ prospectus provides a description of each Fund’s investment goal, policies, and strategies along with information on the classes of shares currently being offered.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of the Funds’ significant accounting policies:
Each Fund is an investment company that follows the accounting and reporting guidance of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies.
Security valuation and fair value measurements — U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.  All investments in securities are recorded at their fair value. The Funds define the term “market value”, as used throughout this report, as the estimated fair value. The Funds use various methods to measure fair value of their portfolio securities on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP fair value measurement standards require disclosure of a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
•  Level 1 − quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
•  Level 2 − other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
•  Level 3 − significant unobservable inputs (including a Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The aggregate value by input level, as of September 30, 2022, for each Fund’s investments, is included in each Fund’s Portfolio of Investments, which also includes a breakdown of the Fund’s investments by geographic, credit quality and/or sector allocation. The Strategic Income Opportunities Fund held Level 3 categorized securities during the six months ended September 30, 2022. Refer to the Portfolio of Investments for a reconciliation of Level 3 holdings.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy.
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The Funds' portfolio securities are valued as of the close of the regular session of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or at the time as of which the NYSE establishes official closing prices). Portfolio securities traded on stock exchanges are valued at the last reported sale price, official close price, or last bid price if no sales are reported. Portfolio securities quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) or from the primary exchange on which the security trades. To the extent these securities are actively traded, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Options and futures are valued at the last quoted sales price. If there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, long option positions are valued at the most recent bid price, and short option positions are valued at the most recent ask price on the valuation date and are categorized in Level 1. Shares of mutual funds in which the Funds invest are valued at their respective net asset value (“NAV”) as reported by the underlying funds (the “Underlying Funds”) and are categorized in Level 1.
Debt securities held by the Funds are valued at their evaluated bid by an independent pricing service or at their last broker-quoted bid prices as obtained from one or more of the major market makers for such securities. Independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values through accepted market modeling conventions. Observable inputs to the models may include prepayment speeds, pricing spread, yield, trade information, dealer quotes, market color, cash flow models, the securities’ terms and conditions, among others, and are generally categorized in Level 2. Investments in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche, and are generally categorized in Level 2. Debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, provided such amount approximates market value and are categorized in Level 2. While this method provides consistency in valuation (and may only be used if it approximates market value), it may result in periods during which fair value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price that would be received if the Fund sold the investment.
Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available and are categorized in Level 2.
Securities mainly traded on a non-U.S. exchange or denominated in foreign currencies are generally valued according to the preceding closing values on that exchange, translated to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, and are generally categorized in Level 1. However, if an event that may change the value of a security occurs after the time that the closing value on the non-U.S. exchange was determined, but before the close of regular trading on the NYSE, the security may be priced based on fair value and is generally categorized in Level 2. This may cause the value of the security, if held on the books of a Fund, to be different from the closing value on the non-U.S. exchange and may affect the calculation of that Fund’s NAV. The Funds may use fair value pricing under the following circumstances, among others:
•  If the value of a security has been materially affected by events occurring before the Funds' pricing time but after the close of the primary markets on which the security is traded.
•  If the exchange on which a portfolio security is principally traded closes early or if trading in a particular portfolio security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the Funds' NAV calculation.
•  If a security is so thinly traded that reliable market quotations are unavailable due to infrequent trading.
•  If the validity of market quotations is not reliable.
Securities held by the Funds that do not have readily available market quotations, significant observable inputs, or securities for which the available market quotations are not reliable, are priced at their estimated fair value using procedures established by Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”) and adopted by the Funds' Board of Trustees (the “Board”) and are generally categorized in Level 3.
Collateralized Loan Obligations — The Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund may invest in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). CLOs are types of asset-backed securities. A CLO is an entity that is backed by syndicated bank loans. The cash flows of the CLO can be split into multiple segments, called “tranches,” which will vary in risk profile and yield. The riskiest segment is the subordinated or “equity” tranche. This tranche bears the greatest risk of defaults from the underlying assets in the CLO and serves to protect the other, more senior, tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since it is shielded from defaults by the more junior tranches, a “senior” tranche will typically have higher credit ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities, and often receive higher ratings from one or more of the nationally recognized rating agencies. Despite the protection from the more junior tranches, senior tranches can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity to future defaults and the disappearance of one or more protecting tranches as a result of changes in the credit profile of the underlying pool of assets.
Investment companies — The Funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end funds and closed-end funds. Open-end funds are investment companies that issue new shares continuously
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and redeem shares daily. Closed-end funds are investment companies that typically issue a fixed number of shares that trade on a securities exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”). An ETF is an investment company that typically seeks to track the performance of an index by holding in its portfolio shares of all the companies, or a representative sample of the companies, that are components of a particular index. ETF shares are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value. The risks of investment in other investment companies typically reflect the risks of the types of securities in which the other investment companies invest. Investments in ETFs and closed-end funds are subject to the additional risk that their shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV. When a Fund invests in another investment company, shareholders of the Fund indirectly bear their proportionate share of the other investment company’s fees and expenses, including operating, registration, trustee, licensing, and marketing, as well as their share of the Fund’s fees and expenses.
Securities sold short —The Flexible Income Fund may engage in selling securities short, which obligates the Fund to replace a security borrowed by purchasing the same security at the current market value. The Fund would incur a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund would realize a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates.
As of September 30, 2022, the Flexible Income Fund did not hold any securities sold short.
Options — The Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund may write or purchase financial option contracts primarily to hedge against changes in the value of equity securities (or securities that the Fund intends to purchase), against fluctuations in fair value caused by changes in prevailing market interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates and against changes in overall equity market volatility. In addition, the Fund may utilize options in an attempt to generate gains from option premiums or to reduce overall portfolio risk. The Fund’s option strategy primarily focuses on the use of writing and/or purchasing call or put options on equity indexes. When the Fund writes or purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium received or paid by the Fund is recorded as a liability or an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written or purchased. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options which expire unexercised are treated by the Fund on the expiration date as realized gains or losses. The difference between the premium and the amount paid or received on effecting a closing purchase or sale transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or proceeds from the sale in determining whether the Fund has realized a gain or loss on investment transactions. The Fund, as writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. The Fund, as purchaser of an option, bears the risk that the counterparties to the option may not have the ability to meet the terms of the option contract. There is minimal counterparty credit risk involved in entering into option contracts since they are exchange-traded instruments and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded options, guarantees the options against default. The maximum risk of loss associated with writing put options is the notional amount as presented in the Portfolio of Investments. In certain circumstances, the maximum risk of loss amounts may be partially offset by recovery values of the respective referenced assets and upfront premium received upon entering into the contract. The maximum risk of loss associated with writing call options is potentially unlimited.
As of September 30, 2022, the Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund did not hold any options.
Futures Contracts — The Flexible Income Fund and the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and related options to manage its exposure to changing interest rates and securities prices. Some strategies reduce a Fund’s exposure to price fluctuations, while others tend to increase its market exposure. Futures and options on futures can be volatile instruments and involve certain risks that could negatively impact a Fund’s return. When a Fund purchases or sells a futures contract, or sells an option thereon, a Fund must deposit initial margin and, in some instances, daily variation margin, to meet its obligations under a contract with a futures commission merchant.
When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund’s basis in the contract. Risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. Second, it is possible that a lack of liquidity for futures contracts could exist in the secondary market resulting in an inability to close a futures position prior to its maturity date. Third, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that the Fund could lose more than the original margin deposit required to initiate the futures transaction. Finally, the risk exists that losses could exceed amounts disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. There is minimal counterparty credit risk involved in entering into futures contracts since they are exchange-traded instruments and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.
As of September 30, 2022, the Flexible Income Fund did not hold any futures contracts and the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund had futures contracts as shown on the Portfolio of Investments.
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Swap Contracts — The Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund may enter into swap transactions to help enhance the value of its portfolio or manage its exposure to different types of investments. Swaps are financial instruments that typically involve the exchange of cash flows between two parties on specified dates (settlement dates), where the cash flows are based on agreed-upon prices, rates, indexes, etc. The nominal amount on which the cash flows are calculated is called the notional amount. Swaps are individually negotiated and structured to include exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors, such as interest rates, foreign currency rates, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, security prices, indexes or inflation rates.
Swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall volatility of the investments of a Fund and its share price. The performance of swap agreements may be affected by a change in the specific interest rate, currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from a Fund. If a swap agreement calls for payments by a Fund, the Fund must be prepared to make such payments when due. In addition, if the counterparty’s creditworthiness declines, the value of a swap agreement would be likely to decline, potentially resulting in losses.
Generally, bilateral swap agreements and OTC swaps have a fixed maturity date that will be agreed upon by the parties. The agreement can be terminated before the maturity date only under limited circumstances, such as default by one of the parties or insolvency, among others, and can be transferred by a party only with the prior written consent of the other party. A Fund may be able to eliminate its exposure under a swap agreement either by assignment or by other disposition, or by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same party or a similarly creditworthy party. If the counterparty is unable to meet its obligations under the contract, declares bankruptcy, defaults or becomes insolvent, a Fund may not be able to recover the money it expected to receive under the contract.
Cleared swaps are transacted through futures commission merchants that are members of central clearinghouses with the clearinghouses serving as a central counterparty. Pursuant to rules promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, central clearing of swap agreements is currently required for certain market participants trading certain instruments, and central clearing for additional instruments is expected to be implemented by regulators until the majority of the swaps market is ultimately subject to central clearing.
Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon values received from third party vendors or quotations from market makers. For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid or received are recorded as assets or liabilities, respectively, and are shown as premium paid on swap agreements or premium received on swap agreements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. For swaps that are centrally cleared, initial margins, determined by each relevant clearing agency or clearing member, are posted at a clearing broker in accordance with CFTC or the applicable regulator's regulations. The change in value of swaps, including accruals of periodic amounts of interest to be paid or received on swaps, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Daily changes in the value of centrally cleared swaps are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin on swap agreements and settled daily. Upfront premiums and liquidation payments received or paid are recorded as realized gains or losses at the termination or maturity of the swap. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recorded as realized gain or loss.
A swap agreement can be a form of leverage, which can magnify a Fund’s gains or losses. In order to reduce the risk associated with leveraging, a Fund will only enter into a swap agreement subject to the regulatory limitations set forth in Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act (the "Derivatives Rule").
Effective August 19, 2022 (the “Compliance Date”), the Derivatives Rule replaced the asset segregation regime of Investment Company Act Release No. 10666 (“Release 10666”) with a new framework for the use of derivatives by registered funds. As of the Compliance Date, the SEC rescinded Release 10666 and withdrew no-action letters and similar guidance addressing a fund's use of derivatives and began requiring funds to satisfy the requirements of the Derivatives Rule. As a result, on or after the Compliance Date, the Funds will no longer engage in “segregation” or “coverage” techniques with respect to derivatives transactions and will instead comply with the applicable requirements of the Derivatives Rule. Centrally-cleared swap contracts are subject to clearinghouse rules, including initial and variation margin requirements, daily settlement of obligations and the clearinghouse guarantee of payments to the broker.
As of September 30, 2022, the Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund did not hold any swap contracts.
Foreign currency translation — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars and translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1) market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current rate of exchange on the valuation date; and
(2) purchases and sales of investment securities, income, and expenses at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
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The Funds do not isolate that portion of gains and losses on investments in equity securities that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities.
Forward foreign currency contracts — The Strategic Income Opportunities Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a specific currency at a price that is set on the date of the contract. The forward contract calls for delivery of the currency on a future date that is specified in the contract. Risks related to the use of forwards include the possible failure of counterparties to meet the terms of the forward agreement, the failure of the counterparties to timely post collateral, the risk that currency movements will not occur thereby reducing a Fund’s total return, and the potential for losses in excess of a Fund’s initial investment.
The market value of a forward foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Forward foreign currency contracts are marked to market daily and the change in value is recorded by a Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. Realized gains or losses, equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, are recorded upon delivery or receipt of the currency.
As of September 30, 2022, the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund did not hold any forward foreign currency contracts.
Real Estate Investment Trusts — The Funds may invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) that involve risks not associated with investing in stocks. Risks associated with investments in REITs include declines in the value of real estate, general and economic conditions, changes in the value of the underlying property and defaults by borrowers. The value of assets in the real estate industry may go through cycles of relative underperformance and outperformance in comparison to equity securities markets in general. Dividend income is recorded using management’s estimate of the income included in distributions received from REIT investments. The actual amounts of income, return of capital and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end and may differ from the estimated amount. Estimates of income are adjusted in the Funds to the actual amounts when the amounts are determined.
Derivative instruments and hedging activities — The Flexible Income Fund and Strategic Income Opportunities Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement” or “MNA”) or similar agreement with certain counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives and foreign exchange contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and master netting provisions in the event of a default or termination. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a party may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables or receivables with collateral held or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting). These default events include bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset.
When entering into a derivative transaction, a Fund may be required to post and maintain collateral or margin (including both initial and variation margin). Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker or clearing house for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives (financial futures contracts, options, and centrally cleared swaps). Brokers can ask for margining in excess of the clearing house’s minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives (forward foreign currency contracts, options, and swaps). For derivatives traded under an ISDA  Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, are reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash deposits held at prime broker and due to prime broker, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Portfolio of Investments. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. 
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives transactions to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event a Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund (counterparty) to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty (Fund).
For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
As of September 30, 2022, the Funds did not hold any assets and liabilities that were subject to a MNA.
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The following table sets forth the fair value of the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund's derivative financial instruments by primary risk exposure as of September 30, 2022:
Fund Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC 815
Asset
Derivatives
Liability
Derivatives
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Futures Contracts - Interest Rate Contracts*
$215,885 $232,459
* Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location: Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the payable/receivable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Includes cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as reported on the Portfolio of Investments and within the components of net assets section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
The following table sets forth the effect of the Funds' derivative financial instruments by primary risk exposure on the Statements of Operations for the six months ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC 815
Realized Gains
(Losses)
on Derivatives
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Flexible Income Fund
Futures - Interest Rate Contracts*
$(122,038) $
 
Purchased Options - Equity Contracts**
6,105,213
 
Written Options - Equity Contracts***
366,374
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Futures - Interest Rate Contracts*
(101,109) 191,087
 
Swap Agreements - Credit Contracts****
143,041
* Statements of Operations Location: Net realized losses on futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively.
** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains (losses) on investments.
*** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains on written options.
**** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains on swap agreements.
For the six months ended September 30, 2022, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments for the Funds were as follows:
  Flexible Income Fund Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
Equity Contracts:    
Purchased Options - Cost $—* $
Written Options - Premiums received —*
Credit Contracts:    
Credit Default Swaps - Notional value —*
Interest Rate Contracts:    
Futures Contracts - Notional Value — * 46,642,811
* The balance at each quarter end was zero.
Portfolio securities loaned — The Funds may lend their portfolio securities. Lending portfolio securities exposes the Funds to the risk that the borrower may fail to return the loaned securities or may not be able to provide additional collateral or that the Funds may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or loss of rights in the collateral if the borrower fails financially. To minimize these risks, the borrower must agree to maintain cash collateral with the Funds' custodian. The loaned securities are secured by collateral valued at least equal, at all times, to the  market value of the loaned securities plus accrued interest, if any. When the collateral falls below specified amounts, the lending agent will use its best effort to obtain additional collateral on the next business day to meet required amounts under the security lending agreement. The cash collateral is reinvested by the Funds' custodian into an approved short-term investment vehicle. The approved short-term investment vehicle is subject to market risk.
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As of September 30, 2022, the following Funds loaned securities and received collateral as follows:
Fund Security Type Market Value of
Securities Loaned*
Market Value of
Collateral Received**
Net
Amount***
Flexible Income Fund Investment Funds $1,848,125 $1,901,764 $53,639
  Preferred Stocks 295,874 300,925 5,051
  Rights 281 48,235 47,954
Total Flexible Income Fund   2,144,280 2,250,924 106,644
Mid Cap Growth Fund Common Stocks 3,748,338 3,800,610 52,272
Non-US ESG Equity Fund Common Stocks 9,681,518 9,994,733 313,215
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund Common Stocks 30,293,345 31,931,727 1,638,382
* The remaining contractual maturity is overnight for all securities.
** Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
*** Net amount represents the net amount payable due to the borrower in the event of default.
All cash collateral is received, held, and administered by the Funds' custodian for the benefit of the lending Fund in its custody account or other account established for the purpose of holding collateral in cash equivalents.
Funds participating in securities lending receive compensation in the form of fees. Securities lending income is derived from lending long securities from the Funds to creditworthy approved borrowers at rates that are determined based on daily trading volumes, float, short-term interest rates and market liquidity and is shown net of fees on the Statements of Operations. When a Fund lends securities, it retains the interest or dividends on the investment of any cash received as collateral, and the Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the loaned securities.
Unrealized gain or loss on the market value of the loaned securities that may occur during the term of the loan is recognized by the Fund. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover any loaned securities from the borrower on demand.
Share valuation — The NAV per share of each class of shares of each Fund is calculated daily by dividing the total value of a Fund’s assets attributable to that class, less liabilities attributable to that class, by the number of outstanding shares of that class.
The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares of the equity funds (all funds except the Flexible Income Fund and the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund) is equal to the NAV per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price).The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares of the Flexible Income Fund and the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund is equal to the NAV per share plus a sales load equal to 3.36% of the NAV (or 3.25% of the offering price). There is no sales load on equity or fixed income fund purchases when aggregate purchases in all Touchstone funds equal at least $1 million or $500,000, respectively. The maximum offering price per share of Class C, Class Y, Institutional Class and Class R6 shares of the Funds is equal to the NAV per share.
The redemption price per share of each class of shares of the Funds is generally equal to the NAV per share. However, Class A redemptions that were part of a no-load purchase due to the aggregate purchase amount in all Touchstone Funds equaling at least $1 million for equity funds or $500,000 for fixed income funds where a Finder’s Fee was paid may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of up to 1.00% or 0.50%, for equity or fixed income funds, respectively, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Additionally, purchases of Class C shares of the Funds are subject to a CDSC of 1.00% if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed.
Investment income — Dividend income from securities is recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of foreign withholding taxes, if any, which are reduced by any amounts reclaimable by the Funds, where applicable. Interest income from securities is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, premium amortized and discount accreted. Realized gains and losses resulting from principal paydowns on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are included in interest income. Market discounts, original issue discounts and market premiums on debt securities are accreted/amortized to interest income over the life of the security or to the appropriate call date, as applicable, with a corresponding adjustment in the cost basis of that security. In addition, it is the Funds’ policy to accrue for foreign capital gains taxes, if applicable, on certain foreign securities held by the Funds. An estimated foreign capital gains tax is recorded daily on net unrealized gains on these securities and is payable upon the sale of such securities when a gain is realized.
Distributions to shareholders — Each Fund intends to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its income and capital gains. Each Fund, except for the Flexible Income Fund and the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund, declares and distributes net investment income, if any, annually, as a dividend to shareholders. The Flexible Income Fund and the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund declare and distribute net investment income, if any, monthly as a dividend to shareholders. Each Fund makes distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually, net of applicable capital loss carryforwards. Income distributions and capital
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gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Recognition of the Funds' net investment income from investments in Underlying Funds is affected by the timing of dividend declarations by the Underlying Funds.
Allocations — Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation for a Fund are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class-specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses, which are not attributable to a specific class, are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon their proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Expenses not directly billed to a Fund are allocated proportionally among all Funds in the Trust, and, if applicable, Touchstone Funds Group Trust, Touchstone ETF Trust and Touchstone Variable Series Trust (collectively with the Trust, “Touchstone Fund Complex”), daily in relation to net assets of each Fund or another reasonable measure.
Security transactions — Security transactions are reflected for financial reporting purposes as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of portfolio securities are calculated using the identified cost basis.
Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
LIBOR Transition — Many debt securities, derivatives and other financial instruments in which the Funds may invest, as well as any borrowings made by the Funds from banks or from other lenders, utilize the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as the reference or benchmark index for interest rate calculations. LIBOR is a measure of the average interest rate at which major global banks can borrow from one another. Plans are underway to phase out the use of LIBOR by June 30, 2023. The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, the administrator of LIBOR, ceased publishing certain LIBOR maturities, including some U.S. LIBOR maturities, on December 31, 2021, and is expected to cease publishing the remaining and most liquid U.S. LIBOR maturities on June 30, 2023. Before then, it is expected that market participants have or will transition to the use of different reference or benchmark indices. However, there is currently no definitive information regarding the future utilization of LIBOR or of any particular replacement index. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the Funds’ investments cannot yet be determined.
3. Investment Transactions
Investment transactions (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) were as follows for the six months ended September 30, 2022:
  Flexible
Income
Fund
Focused
Fund*
Growth
Opportunities
Fund*
Mid Cap
Growth
Fund*
Non-US ESG
Equity Fund*
Sands Capital
Emerging
Markets
Growth Fund*
Strategic
Income
Opportunities
Fund
Purchases of investment securities $151,163,519 $19,947,026 $34,599,693 $407,065,192 $469,131,209 $468,122,957 $38,357,281
Proceeds from sales and maturities $213,279,562 $58,302,960 $31,050,847 $313,144,089 $485,613,550 $955,544,270 $73,818,026
* The Focused Fund, the Growth Opportunities Fund, the Mid Cap Growth Fund, the Non-US ESG Equity Fund and the Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund had a redemption-in-kind out of the Fund of $30,068,271, $10,015,164, $39,775,791, $12,383,851 and $11,031,468, respectively. The redemptions were comprised of securities of $27,404,592, $8,398,954, $16,643,565, $11,791,996 and $11,031,468, which are excluded from the proceeds from sales and maturities, and cash in the amount of $2,663,679, $1,616,209, $23,132,226, $591,855 and $0 for the Focused Fund, the Growth Opportunities Fund, the Mid Cap Growth Fund, the Non-US ESG Equity Fund and the Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund, respectively.
For the six months ended September 30, 2022, purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities in U.S. Government Securities were $36,472,673 and $35,181,929, respectively, for the Flexible Income Fund and $65,753,175 and $68,421,249, respectively, for the Strategic Income Opportunities Fund. There were no purchases or proceeds from sales and maturities of U.S. Government securities by the other Funds for the six months ended September 30, 2022.
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4. Transactions with Affiliates and Other Related Parties
Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of the Advisor, Touchstone Securities, Inc. (the “Underwriter”), or The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”), the Sub-Administrator to the Funds. Such officers receive no compensation from the Trust. The Advisor and the Underwriter are each wholly-owned subsidiaries of Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc. ("Western & Southern").
On behalf of the Funds, the Advisor pays each Independent Trustee a quarterly retainer plus additional retainers to the Lead Independent Trustee and the chairs of each standing committee. Interested Trustees do not receive compensation from the Funds. Each Independent Trustee also receives compensation for each Board meeting and committee meeting attended. Each standing committee chair receives additional compensation for each committee meeting that he or she oversees. The Advisor is reimbursed by the Funds for the Independent Trustees’ compensation and out-of-pocket expenses relating to their services. The Funds accrued Trustee-related expenses of $96,376 for the Funds’ Board for the six months ended September 30, 2022.
MANAGEMENT & EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS
The Advisor provides general investment supervisory services for the Funds, under the terms of an advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”). Under the Advisory Agreement, each Fund pays the Advisor a fee, which is computed and accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate based on average daily net assets of each Fund as shown in the table below.
Flexible Income Fund 0.60% on the first $500 million
0.50% on such assets in excess of $500 million
Focused Fund 0.70% on the first $100 million
0.65% on the next $400 million
0.60% on such assets in excess of $500 million
Growth Opportunities Fund 0.75% on the first $500 million
0.70% on the next $500 million
0.65% on such assets in excess of $1 billion
Mid Cap Growth Fund 0.75% on the first $500 million
0.70% on the next $500 million
0.65% on the next $200 million
0.60% on such assets in excess of $1.2 billion
Non-US ESG Equity Fund 0.65% on the first $1 billion
0.60% on such assets in excess of $1 billion
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund 1.00%
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 0.55% on the first $250 million
0.50% on the next $250 million
0.45% on such assets in excess $500 million
The Advisor has entered into investment sub-advisory agreements with the following parties (each, a “Sub-Advisor”):
Bramshill Investments, LLC Sands Capital Management, LLC
Flexible Income Fund Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.* Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P.
Focused Fund Growth Opportunities Fund
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund Mid Cap Growth Fund
Rockefeller & Co., LLC  
Non-US ESG Equity Fund  
* Affiliate of the Advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Western & Southern.
The Advisor pays sub-advisory fees to each Sub-Advisor from its advisory fee.
The Advisor entered into an expense limitation agreement (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”) to contractually limit the annual operating expenses of the Funds, excluding: dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales; interest; taxes; brokerage commissions and other transaction costs; portfolio transaction and investment related expenses, including expenses associated with the Funds’ liquidity providers; other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP; the cost of “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses”, if any; and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business. The maximum annual operating expense limit in any year with respect to the Funds is based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Funds.
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The Advisor has agreed to waive a portion of its fees, and to reimburse certain fund expenses in order to maintain the following expense limitations for the Funds:
  Class A Class C Class Y Institutional
Class
Class R6 Termination Date
Flexible Income Fund 1.04% 1.79% 0.79% 0.69% July 29, 2023
Focused Fund 1.20% 1.95% 0.95% 0.83% July 29, 2023
Growth Opportunities Fund 1.24% 1.99% 0.99% 0.89% July 29, 2023
Mid Cap Growth Fund 1.39% 2.14% 1.14% 0.86% 0.77% July 29, 2023
Non-US ESG Equity Fund* 1.17% 1.95% 0.90% 0.89% July 29, 2023
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund 1.60% 2.35% 1.35% 1.25% 1.19% July 29, 2023
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 1.00% 1.71% 0.75% 0.65% July 29, 2023
* Prior to July 29, 2022, the expense limitation for Class C was 1.99%.
The Expense Limitation Agreement can be terminated by a vote of the Funds’ Board if it deems the termination to be beneficial to the Funds’ shareholders.
During the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Advisor or its affiliates waived or reimbursed investment advisory fees, administration fees or other operating expenses, including distribution fees of the Funds, as follows:
Fund Investment
Advisory
Fees Waived
Administration
Fees Waived
Other Operating
Expenses
Reimbursed/
Waived
Total
Flexible Income Fund $— $6,613 $148,588 $155,201
Focused Fund 7,318 7,318
Growth Opportunities Fund 25,326 74,063 99,389
Mid Cap Growth Fund 58,772 85,341 144,113
Non-US ESG Equity Fund 32,449 32,449
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund 11,256 11,256
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 114 187,840 187,954
Under the terms of the Expense Limitation Agreement, the Advisor is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Funds’ Board, such amounts waived or reimbursed for a period of up to three years from the date on which the Advisor reduced its compensation or assumed expenses for the Funds. A Fund will make repayments to the Advisor only if such repayment does not cause the Fund's operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the Fund's expense limit in place when such amounts were waived or reimbursed by the Advisor and the Fund's current expense limitation.
As of September 30, 2022, the Advisor may seek recoupment of previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses as follows:
Fund Expires on
or before
March 31, 2023
Expires on
or before
March 31, 2024
Expires on
or before
March 31, 2025
Expires on
or before
March 31, 2026
Total
Flexible Income Fund $284,870 $298,950 $140,862 $123,086 $847,768
Focused Fund 11,432 15,681 10,171 6,679 43,963
Growth Opportunities Fund 102,173 167,127 122,533 64,874 456,707
Mid Cap Growth Fund 3,760 38,995 155,930 144,113 342,798
Non-US ESG Equity Fund 61,070 59,632 12,644 26,623 159,969
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund 17,842 3,514 21,356
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 62,969 64,252 127,221
The Advisor did not recoup any amounts it previously waived or reimbursed during the six months ended September 30, 2022.
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
The Advisor entered into an Administration Agreement with the Trust, whereby the Advisor is responsible for: supplying executive and regulatory compliance services; supervising the preparation of tax returns; coordinating the preparation of reports to shareholders and reports to and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) and state securities authorities, as well as materials for meetings of the Board; calculating the daily NAV per share; and maintaining the financial books and records of each Fund.
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For its services, the Advisor’s annual administrative fee is:
0.145% on the first $20 billion of the aggregate average daily net assets;
0.11% on the next $10 billion of aggregate average daily net assets;
0.09% on the next $10 billion of aggregate average daily net assets; and
0.07% on the aggregate average daily net assets over $40 billion.
The fee is computed and allocated among the Touchstone Fund Complex on the basis of relative daily net assets.
The Advisor has engaged BNY Mellon as the Sub-Administrator to the  Trust. BNY  Mellon provides administrative and accounting services to the Trust and is compensated directly by the Advisor, not the Trust.
TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT
Under the terms of the Transfer Agent Agreement between the Trust and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. ("Transfer Agent"), the Transfer Agent to the Funds maintains the records of each shareholder’s account, answers shareholders’ inquiries concerning their accounts, processes purchases and redemptions of each Fund’s shares, acts as dividend and distribution disbursing agent, and performs other shareholder service functions. For these services, the Transfer Agent receives a monthly fee from each Fund. In addition, each Fund pays out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Transfer Agent, including, but not limited to, postage and supplies.
The Funds may reimburse the Advisor for fees paid to intermediaries such as banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors or other financial institutions for sub-transfer agency, sub-administration and other services provided to investors whose shares of record are held in omnibus, other group accounts, retirement plans or accounts traded through registered securities clearing agents. These fees, which are included in Transfer Agent fees in the Statements of Operations, may vary based on, for example, the nature of services provided, but generally range up to 0.15% of the assets of the class serviced or maintained by the intermediary or up to $22 per sub-account maintained by the intermediary.
PLANS OF DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING FEE ARRANGEMENTS
The Trust has adopted distribution plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for each class of shares it offers that is subject to 12b-1 distribution fees. The plans allow each Fund to pay distribution and other fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for services provided to shareholders. The fees charged to the Funds are limited to the actual expenses incurred. Under the Class A plan, each Fund offering Class A shares pays an annual fee not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets that are attributable to Class A shares. Under the Class C plan, each Fund offering Class C shares pays an annual fee not to exceed 1.00% of average daily net assets that are attributable to Class C shares (of which up to 0.75% is a distribution fee and up to 0.25% is a shareholder servicing fee).
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
The Underwriter is the Funds’ principal underwriter and, as such, acts as exclusive agent for distribution of the Funds’ shares. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement between the  Trust and the Underwriter, the Underwriter earned underwriting and broker commissions on the sale of Class A shares of the Funds. W&S Brokerage Services, Inc., an affiliate of the Underwriter and the Advisor, also earned broker commissions on the sale of Class A shares of the Funds. Listed below are the total underwriting and broker commissions earned by the Underwriter and its affiliate during the six months ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Amount
Flexible Income Fund $ 2,013
Focused Fund 2,753
Growth Opportunities Fund 1,538
Mid Cap Growth Fund 11,933
Non-US ESG Equity Fund 6,192
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund 528
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 867
In addition, the Underwriter collected CDSC on the redemption of Class A shares and Class C shares of the Funds listed below during the six months ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Class A Class C
Flexible Income Fund $ 4 $ 298
Focused Fund 7
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 179
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INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act, the Funds may engage in purchase and sale transactions with funds that have a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common Officers. During the six months ended September 30, 2022, the Funds did not engage in any Rule 17a-7 transactions.
5. Liquidity
ReFlow Fund LLC — The Funds may participate in the ReFlow Fund LLC liquidity program (“ReFlow”), which is designed to provide an alternative liquidity source for funds experiencing redemptions. In order to pay cash to shareholders who redeem their shares on a given day, a fund typically must hold cash in its portfolio, liquidate portfolio securities, or borrow money. ReFlow provides participating funds with another source of cash by standing ready to purchase shares from a fund up to the amount of the fund’s net redemptions on a given day, cumulatively limited to 3% of the outstanding voting shares of a Fund. ReFlow then generally redeems those shares (in cash or in-kind) when the Fund experiences net sales, at the end of a maximum holding period determined by ReFlow, or at other times at ReFlow’s discretion. In return for this service, the Fund will pay a fee to ReFlow at a rate determined by a daily auction with other participating mutual funds.
During the six months ended September 30, 2022, the following Funds utilized ReFlow. The shares ReFlow subscribed to and redemptions-in-kind were as follows:
Fund Shares ReFlow
Subscribed to
Redemptions-in-kind
Focused Fund 549,922 $ 27,404,592
Growth Opportunities Fund 278,397 8,398,954
Mid Cap Growth Fund 1,356,227 16,643,565
Non-US ESG Equity Fund 720,248 11,791,996
Interfund Lending — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC on March 28, 2017, the Funds, along with certain other funds in the Touchstone Fund Complex, may participate in an interfund lending program. The interfund lending program provides an alternate credit facility that allows the Funds to lend to or borrow from other participating funds in the Touchstone Fund Complex, subject to the conditions of the Exemptive Order. The Funds may not borrow under the facility for leverage purposes and the loans’ duration may be no more than 7 days.
During the six months ended September 30, 2022, the following Fund participated as a borrower in the interfund lending program. The daily average amount borrowed, weighted average interest rate and interest expense were as follows:
Fund Daily Average
Amount Borrowed
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
Interest
Expense*
Non-US ESG Equity Fund $ 12,322 2.08% $ 129
* Included in Other expenses in the Statements of Operations.
6. Federal Tax Information
Federal Income Tax — It is each Fund’s policy to continue to comply with the special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. As provided therein, in any fiscal year in which a Fund so qualifies and distributes at least 90% of its investment company taxable income, the Fund (but not the shareholders) will be relieved of federal income tax on the income distributed. It is each Fund’s policy to distribute all of its taxable income and accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made.
In order to avoid imposition of the excise tax applicable to regulated investment companies, it is also each Fund’s intention to declare and pay as dividends in each calendar year at least 98% of its investment company taxable income (earned during the calendar year) and 98.2% of its net realized capital gains (earned during the twelve months ending October 31) plus undistributed amounts from prior years.
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The tax character of distributions paid for the years ended March 31, 2022 and March 31, 2021 are as follows:
  Flexible Income Fund Focused Fund Growth Opportunities Fund
  Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
From ordinary income $29,223,650 $34,746,000 $8,186,308 $2,666,017 $10,829,312 $4,515,690
From long-term capital gains 63,791,908 55,000,033 15,315,202 10,308,626
Total distributions $29,223,650 $34,746,000 $71,978,216 $57,666,050 $26,144,514 $14,824,316
  Mid Cap Growth Fund Non-US ESG Equity Fund Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund
  Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
From ordinary income $63,548,224 $$13,578,798 $2,593,278 $83,985,024 $—
From long-term capital gains 143,676,973 92,749,221 62,529,954
Total distributions $207,225,197 $92,749,221 $76,108,752 $2,593,278 $83,985,024 $—
  Strategic Income Opportunities Fund
  Year Ended
March 31,
2022
Year Ended
March 31,
2021
From ordinary income $9,958,956 $11,298,705
Total distributions $9,958,956 $11,298,705
The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of March 31, 2022:
  Flexible
Income Fund
Focused
Fund
Growth
Opportunities
Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments $874,209,102 $664,454,397 $94,548,982
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments 7,384,788 555,723,558 69,772,803
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments (39,261,894) (18,685,971) (1,881,285)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (31,877,106) 537,037,587 67,891,518
Gross unrealized depreciation on short sales (764,636)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on short sales (764,636)
Undistributed ordinary income 519,842 1,277,609 863,482
Undistributed capital gains 944,221 30,327,460 800,459
Accumulated earnings (deficit) $(31,177,679) $568,642,656 $69,555,459
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  Mid Cap
Growth
Fund
Non-US
ESG Equity Fund
Sands Capital
Emerging Markets
Growth Fund
Strategic
Income
Opportunities
Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments $1,001,345,628 $516,510,853 $3,558,757,690 $345,382,682
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments 356,622,195 174,480,499 670,209,935 2,823,003
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments (45,583,132) (45,461,617) (564,109,557) (24,524,213)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments 311,039,063 129,018,882 106,100,378 (21,701,210)
Gross unrealized appreciation on derivatives and foreign currency transactions 6,485 25,042 5
Gross unrealized depreciation on foreign currency transactions and deferred foreign capital gains tax (29,526) (26,240,984)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives, foreign currency transactions and deferred foreign capital gains tax (23,041) (26,215,942) 5
Capital loss carryforwards (248,815,220) (45,653,203)
Late year ordinary losses deferrals (23,139,110) (37,961)
Undistributed ordinary income 7,443,814 1,533,211
Undistributed capital gains 19,506,410 26,314,477
Accumulated earnings (deficit) $337,989,287 $156,843,529 $(192,069,894) $(67,392,369)
The difference between the tax cost of portfolio investments and the financial statement cost is primarily due to wash sale loss deferrals, trust preferred securities, callable bonds and investments in passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) adjustments.
As of March 31, 2022, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:
Fund No Expiration
Short Term
No Expiration
Long Term
Total
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund $ 248,815,220 $$ 248,815,220
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 586,141 45,067,062 45,653,203
The capital loss carryforwards may be utilized in future years to offset net realized capital gains, if any, prior to distributing such gains to shareholders. Future utilization is subject to limitations under current tax law.
The Funds have analyzed their tax positions taken or to be taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended March 31, 2019 through 2022) and have concluded that no provision for income tax is required in their financial statements.
As of September 30, 2022, the Funds had federal tax costs resulting in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as follows:
Fund Federal Tax
Cost
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
on Investments
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
on Investments
Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
on Other
Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
on Other
Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Flexible Income Fund $832,097,924 $664,357 $(97,270,248) $$(1) $(96,605,892)
Focused Fund 650,047,655 342,398,430 (57,596,391) 284,802,039
Growth Opportunities Fund 94,413,364 36,414,251 (9,376,672) 27,037,579
Mid Cap Growth Fund 1,048,673,229 153,360,280 (159,501,707) (6,141,427)
Non-US ESG Equity Fund 469,799,157 51,249,899 (57,483,694) (27,520) (6,261,315)
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund 2,310,318,690 316,606,874 (306,511,057) 50,323 (15,101,571) (4,955,431)
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund 295,017,179 688,932 (51,316,763) 215,892 (232,479) (50,644,418)
7. Commitments and Contingencies
The Funds indemnify the Trust’s officers and Trustees for certain liabilities that might arise from their performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds.
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8. Principal Risks
Risks Associated with Foreign Investments – Some of the Funds may invest in the securities of foreign issuers. Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the U.S. may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitations on the removal of funds or other assets of a Fund, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Political and military events, including in North Korea, Venezuela, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Syria, and other areas of the Middle East, and nationalist unrest in Europe and South America, may cause market disruptions. Foreign stock markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the U.S., and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets, broker-dealers, and issuers than in the U.S.
Risks Associated with Sector Concentration – Certain Funds may invest a high percentage of their assets in specific sectors of the market in order to achieve a potentially greater investment return. As a result, these Funds may be more susceptible to economic, political, and regulatory developments in a particular sector of the market, positive or negative, and may experience increased volatility in the Funds' NAVs and magnified effect on the total return.
Risks Associated with Credit – An issuer may be unable to make timely payments of either principal or interest. This may cause the issuer’s securities to decline in value. Credit risk is particularly relevant to those Funds that invest a significant amount of their assets in junk bonds or lower-rated securities.
Risks Associated with Cyber Security - With the increased use of technologies, such as mobile devices and "cloud"-based service offerings and the dependence on the Internet and computer systems to perform necessary business functions, the Funds' service providers are susceptible to cyber security risks that could result in losses to a Fund and its shareholders. Cyber security breaches are either intentional or unintentional events that allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause a Fund or Fund service provider to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. A cyber security breach could result in the loss or theft of customer data or funds, loss or theft of proprietary information or corporate data, physical damage to a computer or network system, or costs associated with system repairs, any of which could have a substantial impact on a Fund. Cyber security incidents could cause a Fund, the Advisor, a Sub-Advisor, or other service provider to incur regulatory penalties, reputational damage, compliance costs associated with corrective measures, litigation costs, or financial loss. They may also result in violations of applicable privacy and other laws. In addition, such incidents could affect issuers in which a Fund invests, thereby causing the Fund’s investments to lose value.
Risks Associated with Interest Rate Changes – The price of debt securities is generally linked to the prevailing  market interest rates. In general, when interest rates rise, the price of debt securities falls, and when interest rates fall, the price of debt securities rises. The price volatility of a debt security also depends on its maturity. Longer-term securities are generally more volatile, so the longer the average maturity or duration of these securities, the greater their price risk. Duration is a measure of the expected life, taking into account any prepayment or call features of the security, that is used to determine the price sensitivity of the security for a given change in interest rates. Specifically, duration is the change in the value of a fixed-income security that will result from a 1% change in interest rates, and generally is stated in years. For example, as a general rule a 1% rise in interest rates means a 1% fall in value for every year of duration. Maturity, on the other hand, is the date on which a fixed-income security becomes due for payment of principal. An increase in interest rates could negatively impact a Fund’s NAV. Recent and potential future changes in government monetary policy may affect  interest rates. As the U.S. Federal Reserve "tapers" or reduces the amount of securities it purchases pursuant to its quantitative easing program, and/or raises the federal funds target rate, there is a heightened risk that interest rates will rise, which could expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility and could cause the value of a Fund's investments, and the Fund's NAV, to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly, which may negatively impact the Fund's performance. 
Risks Associated with Leverage – The use of leverage (borrowing money to purchase properties or securities) will cause the Fund to incur additional expenses and significantly magnify losses in the event of underperformance of the assets purchased with borrowed money. In addition, a lender may terminate or refuse to renew any credit facility. If the Fund is unable to access additional credit, it may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, which may further depress the returns of the Fund.
Risks Associated with Health Crises – A widespread health crisis such as a global pandemic could cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, which may lead to less liquidity in certain instruments, industries, sectors or the markets generally, and may ultimately affect Fund performance. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted and may continue to result in significant disruptions to global business activity and market volatility due to disruptions in market access,
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resource availability, facilities operations, imposition of tariffs, export controls and supply chain disruption, among others. The impact of a health crisis and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. A health crisis may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks. Any such impact could adversely affect a Fund's performance, resulting in losses to your investment.
Please see the Funds’ prospectus and statement of additional information for a complete discussion of these and other risks.
9. Subsequent Events
Subsequent events occurring after the date of this report have been evaluated for potential impact to this report through the date the financial statements were issued.
At a meeting of the Board held on August 18, 2022, the Advisor proposed, and the Board approved, a reverse stock split of the Growth Opportunities Fund's, Mid Cap Growth Fund's and Non-US ESG Equity Fund's issued and outstanding Class C shares (the "Reverse Stock Split"). The Reverse Stock Split was completed on October 14, 2022 (the "Effective Date"). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, for each Class C share of a Fund that a shareholder owned as of the Effective Date, the shareholder received a proportional number of Class C shares of the Fund with the same aggregate dollar value. Thus, the total dollar value of an investment in a Fund was unchanged and each shareholder continues to own the same percentage (by value) of the Fund immediately following the Reverse Stock Split as the shareholder owned immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split was not a taxable event, nor did it have an impact on the Fund's holdings or its performance. The Reverse Stock Split was carried out in accordance with a stock split ratio of 1 to 0.670946 for the Growth Opportunities Fund, 1 to 0.466797 for the Mid Cap Growth Fund, and 1 to 0.801806 for the Non-US ESG Equity Fund, calculated to result in a net asset value per share that better aligns the share class prices of such Fund. The shares outstanding, NAV per share and other per share information have been updated in the accompanying financial statements and the financial highlights to reflect the effect of the Reverse Stock Split.
There were no other subsequent events that necessitated recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.
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Other Items (Unaudited)
Proxy Voting Guidelines and Proxy Voting Records
The Sub-Advisors are responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and held by the Funds. A description of the policies and procedures that the Sub-Advisors use in fulfilling this responsibility is available as an appendix to the most recent Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling toll free 1.800.543.0407 or by visiting the Touchstone website at TouchstoneInvestments.com or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website sec.gov. Information regarding how those proxies were voted during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, which will be filed by August 31 of that year, is also available without charge by calling toll free 1.800.543.0407 or on the Commission’s website at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
Each Fund’s holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter will be disclosed on Form N-PORT within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter. The complete listing of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available on the Commission’s website and will be made available to shareholders upon request by calling 1.800.543.0407.
Schedule of Shareholder Expenses
As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) and (2) ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees; shareholder servicing fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022).
Actual Expenses
The first line for each share class of a Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended September 30, 2022” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line for each share class of a Fund in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line for each share class of a Fund in the table below is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
    Net Expense
Ratio
Annualized
September 30,
2022
Beginning
Account
Value
April 1,
2022
Ending
Account
Value
September 30,
2022
Expenses
Paid During
the Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2022*
Flexible Income Fund          
Class A Actual 1.11% $1,000.00 $951.40 $5.43**
Class A Hypothetical 1.11% $1,000.00 $1,019.50 $5.62**
Class C Actual 1.86% $1,000.00 $948.00 $9.08**
Class C Hypothetical 1.86% $1,000.00 $1,015.74 $9.40**
Class Y Actual 0.86% $1,000.00 $953.70 $4.21**
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    Net Expense
Ratio
Annualized
September 30,
2022
Beginning
Account
Value
April 1,
2022
Ending
Account
Value
September 30,
2022
Expenses
Paid During
the Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2022*
Class Y Hypothetical 0.86% $1,000.00 $1,020.76 $4.36**
Institutional Class Actual 0.76% $1,000.00 $953.30 $3.72**
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.76% $1,000.00 $1,021.26 $3.85**
Focused Fund          
Class A Actual 1.18% $1,000.00 $801.30 $5.33***
Class A Hypothetical 1.18% $1,000.00 $1,019.15 $5.97***
Class C Actual 1.96% $1,000.00 $798.20 $8.84***
Class C Hypothetical 1.96% $1,000.00 $1,015.24 $9.90***
Class Y Actual 0.89% $1,000.00 $802.40 $4.02***
Class Y Hypothetical 0.89% $1,000.00 $1,020.61 $4.51***
Institutional Class Actual 0.84% $1,000.00 $802.60 $3.80***
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.84% $1,000.00 $1,020.86 $4.26***
Growth Opportunities Fund          
Class A Actual 1.27% $1,000.00 $767.30 $5.63****
Class A Hypothetical 1.27% $1,000.00 $1,018.70 $6.43****
Class C Actual 2.02% $1,000.00 $764.50 $8.94****
Class C Hypothetical 2.02% $1,000.00 $1,014.94 $10.20****
Class Y Actual 1.02% $1,000.00 $768.30 $4.52****
Class Y Hypothetical 1.02% $1,000.00 $1,019.95 $5.17****
Institutional Class Actual 0.92% $1,000.00 $768.60 $4.08****
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.92% $1,000.00 $1,020.46 $4.66****
Mid Cap Growth Fund          
Class A Actual 1.24% $1,000.00 $752.60 $5.45*****
Class A Hypothetical 1.24% $1,000.00 $1,018.85 $6.28*****
Class C Actual 2.09% $1,000.00 $749.50 $9.17*****
Class C Hypothetical 2.09% $1,000.00 $1,014.59 $10.56*****
Class Y Actual 1.01% $1,000.00 $753.50 $4.44*****
Class Y Hypothetical 1.01% $1,000.00 $1,020.00 $5.11*****
Institutional Class Actual 0.87% $1,000.00 $754.10 $3.83*****
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.87% $1,000.00 $1,020.71 $4.41*****
Class R6 Actual 0.78% $1,000.00 $754.50 $3.43*****
Class R6 Hypothetical 0.78% $1,000.00 $1,021.16 $3.95*****
Non-US ESG Equity Fund          
Class A Actual 1.16% $1,000.00 $771.00 $5.15******
Class A Hypothetical 1.16% $1,000.00 $1,019.25 $5.87******
Class C Actual 1.99% $1,000.00 $768.10 $8.82******
Class C Hypothetical 1.99% $1,000.00 $1,015.09 $10.05******
Class Y Actual 0.91% $1,000.00 $771.90 $4.04******
Class Y Hypothetical 0.91% $1,000.00 $1,020.51 $4.61******
Institutional Class Actual 0.90% $1,000.00 $771.90 $4.00******
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.90% $1,000.00 $1,020.56 $4.56******
Sands Capital Emerging Markets Growth Fund          
Class A Actual 1.60% $1,000.00 $778.10 $7.13
Class A Hypothetical 1.60% $1,000.00 $1,017.05 $8.09
Class C Actual 2.35% $1,000.00 $774.90 $10.46
Class C Hypothetical 2.35% $1,000.00 $1,013.29 $11.86
Class Y Actual 1.34% $1,000.00 $778.80 $5.98
Class Y Hypothetical 1.34% $1,000.00 $1,018.35 $6.78
Institutional Class Actual 1.24% $1,000.00 $779.40 $5.53
Institutional Class Hypothetical 1.24% $1,000.00 $1,018.85 $6.28
Class R6 Actual 1.18% $1,000.00 $779.40 $5.26
Class R6 Hypothetical 1.18% $1,000.00 $1,019.15 $5.97
Strategic Income Opportunities Fund          
Class A Actual 1.00% $1,000.00 $891.40 $4.74
Class A Hypothetical 1.00% $1,000.00 $1,020.05 $5.06
Class C Actual 1.71% $1,000.00 $888.40 $8.10
Class C Hypothetical 1.71% $1,000.00 $1,016.50 $8.64
Class Y Actual 0.75% $1,000.00 $892.30 $3.56
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    Net Expense
Ratio
Annualized
September 30,
2022
Beginning
Account
Value
April 1,
2022
Ending
Account
Value
September 30,
2022
Expenses
Paid During
the Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2022*
Class Y Hypothetical 0.75% $1,000.00 $1,021.31 $3.80
Institutional Class Actual 0.65% $1,000.00 $893.30 $3.09
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.65% $1,000.00 $1,021.81 $3.29
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect one-half year period).
** Excluding dividend and interest expense on securities sold short, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.09, $8.74, $3.87 and $3.38, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.27, $9.05, $4.00 and $3.50, respectively.
*** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.71, $9.51, $4.26 and $4.16, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.73, $9.54, $4.27 and $4.17, respectively.
**** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.49, $8.80, $4.39 and $3.95, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $6.28, $10.05, $5.01 and $4.51, respectively.
***** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y, Institutional Class and Class R6 would be $5.40, $9.12, $4.44, $3.78 and $3.39, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y, Institutional Class and Class R6 would be $6.23, $10.50, $5.11, $4.36 and $3.90, respectively.
****** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.11, $8.78, $4.00 and $3.95, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.82, $10.00, $4.56 and $4.51, respectively.
Liquidity Risk Management
The Funds have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “LRM Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each Fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Funds’ liquidity risk, which is the risk that a Fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in a Fund.
Assessment and management of a Fund’s liquidity risk under the LRM Program takes into consideration certain factors, such as a Fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the LRM Program includes policies and procedures for classification of Fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved the appointment of a LRM Program administrator responsible for administering the LRM Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the LRM Program, including reporting to the Board on at least an annual basis regarding the LRM Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The Board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from May 15, 2021 through May 12, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the LRM Program operated adequately and effectively in promoting effective liquidity risk management for the Funds.
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PRIVACY PROTECTION POLICY
We Respect Your Privacy
Thank you for your decision to invest with us. Touchstone and its affiliates have always placed a high value on the trust and confidence our clients place in us. We believe that confidence must be earned and validated through time. In today’s world, when technology allows the sharing of information at light speeds, trust must be reinforced by our sincere pledge to take the steps necessary to ensure that the information you share with us is treated with respect and confidentiality.
Our Pledge to Our Clients
•  We collect only the information we need to service your account and administer our business.
•  We are committed to keeping your information confidential and we place strict limits and controls on the use and sharing of your information.
•  We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of your information.
We Collect the Following Nonpublic Personal Information About You:
•  Information we receive from you on or in applications or other forms, correspondence, or conversations, including, but not limited to, your name, address, phone number, social security number, assets, income and date of birth; and
•  Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others, including, but not limited to, your account number and balance, payment history, parties to transactions, cost basis information, and other financial information.
Categories of Information We Disclose and Parties to Whom We Disclose
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our current or former clients to nonaffiliated third parties, except as required or permitted by law.
We Place Strict Limits and Controls on the Use and Sharing of Your Information
•  We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to authorized employees who need the information to administer your business.
•  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect this information.
•  We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our current or former clients to anyone, except as required or permitted by law or as described in this document.
•  We will not sell your personal information to anyone.
We May Provide Information to Service Your Account
Sometimes it is necessary to provide information about you to various companies such as transfer agents, custodians, broker-dealers and marketing service firms to facilitate the servicing of your account. These organizations have a legitimate business need to see some of your personal information in order for us to provide service to you. We may disclose to these various companies the information that we collect as described above. We require that these companies, including our own subsidiaries and affiliates, strictly maintain the confidentiality of this information and abide by all applicable laws. Companies within our corporate family that may receive this information are financial service providers and insurance companies. We do not permit these associated companies to sell the information for their own purposes, and we never sell our customer information.
This policy is applicable to the following affiliated companies: Touchstone Funds Group Trust, Touchstone Strategic Trust, Touchstone Variable Series Trust, Touchstone Securities, Inc.,* and W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.
*Touchstone Securities, Inc. serves as the underwriter to the Touchstone Funds.
A Member of Western & Southern Financial Group®
The Privacy Protection Policy is not part of the Semi-Annual Report.
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Touchstone Investments
Distributor
Touchstone Securities, Inc.*
303 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203
800.638.8194
www.touchstoneinvestments.com
Investment Advisor
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.*
303 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
Shareholder Service
800.543.0407
* A Member of Western & Southern Financial Group
TSF-54-TST-SAR-2210

 

 

(b)       Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1(a) of this form.

 

(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.

 

 

 

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)Not applicable.

 

(a)(2)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(a)(2)(1)Not applicable.

 

(a)(2)(2)Not applicable.

 

(b)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant) Touchstone Strategic Trust  

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ E. Blake Moore, Jr  
  E. Blake Moore Jr., President  
  (principal executive officer)  

 

Date November 30, 2022  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ E. Blake Moore, Jr.  
  E. Blake Moore Jr., President  
  (principal executive officer)  

 

Date November 30, 2022  

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Terrie A. Wiedenheft  
  Terrie A. Wiedenheft, Controller and Treasurer  
  (principal financial officer)  

 

Date November 30, 2022  

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.