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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 811-02064

 

PAX WORLD FUNDS SERIES TRUST I
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)

 

30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400, Portsmouth, NH   03801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)

 

Pax World Management LLC
30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Attn.: Joseph Keefe
(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-767-1729  

 

Date of fiscal year end: December 31  
   
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2019  

 

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Item 1.Reports to Stockholders

 

 

 

 

Beginning on January 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of the Funds’ Annual and Semi-Annual Reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Funds or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report.

 

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Table of Contents

 

   

Glossary of Terms

2

Letter to Shareholders

5

Portfolio Manager Comments and Highlights

12

Pax Large Cap Fund

12

Pax Small Cap Fund

16

Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

20

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

24

Pax Global Opportunities Fund

28

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

33

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

40

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

46

Pax Core Bond Fund

51

Pax High Yield Bond Fund

55

Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (formerly known as the “Pax Balanced Fund”)

60

Sustainable Investing Update

64

Shareholder Expense Examples

66

Schedules of Investments

69

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

116

Statements of Operations

120

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

122

Financial Highlights

128

Notes to Financial Statements

140

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

162

Board Approval of Sub-Advisory Agreement

165

Trustees and Officers

167

Account Options and Services

172

 

For More Information

General Fund Information

800.767.1729

 

Shareholder Account Information

800.372.7827

 

Account Inquiries

Pax World
P.O. Box 9824
Providence, RI 02940-8024

 

Investment Advisers

Impax Asset Management LLC
Pax Ellevate Management LLC
30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent

BNY Mellon Investment
Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
P.O. Box 9824
Providence, RI 02940-8024

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

 

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Glossary of Terms

 

Blended Index for the Sustainable Allocation Fund is composed of 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

 

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based index, maintained by Bloomberg L.P. often used to represent investment grade bonds being traded in the United States.

 

FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series measures the performance of global companies that have significant involvement in environmental business activities, including renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency, water technology and waste and pollution control. The FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series requires companies to have at least 20% of their business derived from environmental markets and technologies. The FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series is published by a joint venture of Impax Asset Management, Ltd. (“Impax”) with FTSE International. Impax is also the sub-adviser to the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund.

 

ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield - Cash Pay - BB-B (Constrained 2%) Index tracks the performance of BB- and B rated fixed income securities publicly issued in the major domestic or Eurobond markets, with total index allocation to an individual issuer limited to 2%.

 

Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index is a customized market capitalization-weighted index created and licensed by Impax Asset Management (“IAM”) consisting of equity securities of issuers organized or operating in countries around the world that demonstrate a commitment to advancing and empowering women through gender diversity on their boards, in management and through other policies and programs, and an understanding of the potential business advantages associated with greater gender diversity, as rated by the IAM Gender Analytics team, with final approval by the IAM Women’s Index Committee. In addition, the companies comprising the Women’s Index meet certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability thresholds, as rated by MSCI ESG Research.

 

Lipper Core Bond Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Core Bond Funds Index Average. The Lipper Core Bond Index Funds Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest at least 85% in domestic investment-grade debt issues (rated in the top four grades) with any remaining investment in non-benchmark sectors such as high-yield, global and emerging market debt. These funds maintain dollar-weighted average maturities of five to ten years.

 

Lipper Equity Income Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index Average. The Lipper Equity Income Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that by prospectus language and portfolio practice, seek relatively high current income and growth of income by investing at least 65% of their portfolio in dividend-paying equity securities.

 

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Average. The Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that, by portfolio practice, invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. Global multi-cap core funds typically have average characteristics compared to the MSCI World Index.

 

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index tracks the results of funds that invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. Multi-cap funds typically have 25% to 75% of their assets invested in companies both inside and outside of the U.S. with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above 400% of the 75th market capitalization

 

 

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percentile of the S&P/Citigroup World Broad Market Index. Multi-cap growth funds typically have an above-average price-to-cash flow ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value compared to the S&P/Citigroup BMI. One cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Average. The Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that aim at high (relative) current yield from fixed income securities, have no quality or maturity restrictions and tend to invest in lower grade debt issues.

 

Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that, by portfolio practice, invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies strictly outside of the U.S. with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above Lipper’s international large-cap floor. International large-cap core funds typically have an average price-to-cash flow ratio, price-to-book ratio and three-year sales-per-share growth value compared to the S&P/Citigroup World ex-U.S. BMI.

 

Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Large Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Lipper Large Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above Lipper’s USDE large-cap floor. Large-cap core funds have more latitude in the companies in which they invest. These funds typically have average characteristics compared to the S&P 500 Index.

 

Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. These funds typically have average characteristics compared to the S&P SuperComposite 1500 Index.

 

Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Small- Cap Core Funds Average. The Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Average is a total return performance average of the mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that, by portfolio practice, invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) below Lipper’s USDE small-cap ceiling. Small-cap core funds have more latitude in the companies in which they invest. These funds typically have an average price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value, compared to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

 

Morningstar Allocation – 50% to 70% Equity seeks to provide both capital appreciation and income by investing in three major areas: stocks, bonds and cash. These portfolios tend to hold larger positions in stocks than conservative-allocation portfolios. These portfolios typically have 50% to 70% of assets in equities and the remainder in fixed income and cash.

 

MSCI All-Country World Index (“ACWI”) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI consists of 47 country indices comprising 23 developed and 24 emerging market country indices. The developed market country indices included are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. The emerging market country indices included

 

 

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Glossary of Terms, continued

 

are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

 

MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The MSCI EAFE (Net) Index consists of the following 21 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

 

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities of issuers organized or operating in developed market countries around the world excluding the U.S. and Canada that have high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings relative to their sector and industry group peers, as rated by MSCI ESG Research annually. MSCI ESG Research evaluates companies’ ESG characteristics and derives corresponding ESG scores and ratings. Companies are ranked by ESG score against their sector peers to determine their eligibility for the MSCI ESG indices. MSCI ESG Research identifies the highest-rated companies in each peer group to meet the float-adjusted market capitalization sector targets. The rating system is based on general and industry-specific ESG criteria, assigning ratings on a 7-point scale from AAA (highest) to CCC (lowest).

 

MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. The MSCI World Index consists of the following 23 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

 

Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies, as measured by market capitalization. It is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index, which measures the largest 3,000 companies. The Russell 1000 Index is comprised of over 90% of the total market capitalization of all listed U.S stocks.

 

Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.

 

The S&P 500 Stock Index is an unmanaged index of large capitalization common stocks.

 

Performance for the MSCI ACWI Index, the MSCI EAFE Index, the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index, the MSCI World Index and the Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index are shown “net”, which includes dividend reinvestments after deduction of foreign withholding tax.

 

Securities Indices above assume reinvestment of all distributions and interest payments, have no policy of sustainable investing and do not take in to account brokerage fees or expenses.

 

Lipper Indices above are not what are typically considered to be an “index” because they track the performance of other mutual funds rather than changes in the value of a group of securities, a securities index or some other traditional economic indicator.

 

Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses.

 

One cannot invest directly in any index.

 

 

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Letter to Shareholders

by Joseph Keefe, President & CEO

 

Dear fellow shareholders,

 

We enter the new year on the tailwinds of a strong fourth quarter that capped off exceptional 2019 performance across virtually all asset classes.

 

The S&P 500 Index rose 9.1% in the fourth quarter to deliver a total return of 31.5% for 2019, its best year since 2013. Small cap equities were up nearly 10% for the quarter, and while they lagged large caps for the year, the Russell 2000 Index still delivered a robust annual return of 25.5%. As has been the case over recent years, non-U.S. developed market stocks lagged U.S. stocks in 2019, but the MSCI EAFE Index still returned 22%. It was also a very strong year for fixed income, with the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Index returning 8.7% and the high yield market returning 14.4% as represented by the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Cash Pay Index.

 

Although concerns about the impact of tariffs and trade wars on economic growth waxed and waned during 2019, falling interest rates steadily drove asset prices higher and encouraged more risk-taking across asset classes, contributing to higher equity prices.

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the institutional class shares of eight out of the 11 Pax World Funds performed in the top half of their peer groups, and six of 11 were in the top third. We entered the new calendar year with eight out of the nine funds eligible for the Morningstar Sustainability Ratings receiving four or five globes, including our Pax Large Cap Fund and our Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund,* previously known as the Pax Balanced Fund – although the strategy remains unchanged, we changed the name of the fund late last year to better convey its unique investment strategy.

 

In 2020 we’ll continue to strengthen our portfolios by addressing climate risks and targeting high opportunity areas that we believe can drive investment returns. When we construct investment portfolios, we apply a sustainability lens to all 158 sub-industries of the global economy, carefully examining these risks and opportunities and identifying which companies are best poised for the transition to a more sustainable economy — and which ones are not. We believe this investment approach helps us build more resilient and ultimately better-performing portfolios.

 

 

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We’re seeing evidence of this in our funds.

 

During the five and a half years since we launched our women’s leadership index and the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund, the fund has outperformed its MSCI World benchmark index. Significantly, this outperformance has been accompanied by lower risk. At its five year anniversary, the Fund had lower Beta than the MSCI World Index, lower Standard Deviation, better Downside Capture, better Sharpe Ratio and better Information Ratio.1

 

Growing interest in climate change and environmental issues is attracting investors to our Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund, which brought in more inflows than any other environmental fund last year.2 As I write this in mid-January, the Fund is nearing $1 billion in assets under management.

 

We’re not resting on these results.

 

Since I last wrote, four more of our funds have become fossil fuel-free — we now offer nine fossil fuel-free funds.3 Plus, in three of those funds we’ve begun applying a proprietary process called SmartCarbon™, developed by our colleagues in London in partnership with Carbon Tracker, to substitute energy efficiency stocks in place of fossil fuel holdings.

 

We continue to engage in dialogue with the companies in our funds when we see room for sustainability improvements. Late in 2019, Bloomberg cast a spotlight on some of this work with a feature article about Heather Smith, our Vice President for Sustainability Research, and her efforts to help companies better understand the business benefits of gender pay equity. You can read that here: https://bloom.bg/3733byP.

 

All these developments and the growing interest in sustainable investing more generally are reasons for optimism.

 

1

Steve Falci, Julie Gorte, Scott LaBreche, David Loehwing, Heather Smith, “Gender Diversity Delivered: Results from Five Years of Investing in Women,” Impax Asset Management | Pax World Funds, July 22, 2019.

 

2

Morningstar, 2019

 

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In our fossil fuel-free funds, we seek to avoid investing in securities of companies significantly involved in the extraction and/or refining of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas), which includes: exploration and production; refining and marketing; storage and transportation; and equipment and services. Collectively, these companies comprise the Energy sector according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry standard.

 

 

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However, the public policy environment is as unfavorable as it ever has been, and the investment community will not be able to effectively transition to a more sustainable economy with government on the sidelines, or worse yet, actively opposing our efforts. Businesses and markets cannot do this work alone and won’t be properly incentivized to do this work without government as a fully engaged partner. The upcoming presidential election in the U.S. will certainly be a factor in how the transition to a more sustainable economy evolves from here.

 

The good news, which should give us hope, is that public attitudes are rapidly changing. In the face of global challenges such as climate change and gender inequality, there is a growing demand for solutions, and for a more sustainable form of capitalism. As investors, we have the great privilege to help build the next economy, the next society — one that is not only more sustainable but more equitable and just. This is important work. In the coming year, we pledge to continue pursuing it with the urgency it deserves.    

 

On behalf of all of us here at Impax and Pax World Funds, I wish you and yours the very best in the year ahead.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Joseph F. Keefe

 

President

 

Performance data quoted represent past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.

 

Investments involve risk, including potential loss of principal.

 

You should always consider Pax World Funds’ investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, please download a fund prospectus. Please read it carefully before investing.

 

The Morningstar Sustainability Rating measures how well the companies in a fund’s portfolio manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities relative to the fund’s peers. First, a Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score™ ranging from 0 to 100

 

 

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is derived from an asset weighted average of the underlying company ESG scores quarterly. Next, scored funds are rated monthly: the top 10% receive 5 globes (High), the next 22.5% receive 4 (Above Average), the next 35% receive 3 (Average), the next 22.5% receive 2 (Below Average), and the bottom 10% receive 1 (Low). Sustainalytics provides company-level analysis used in the calculation of Morningstar’s Sustainability Score. A higher score indicates that a fund, on average, has more of its assets invested in companies that score well according to the Sustainalytics methodology. For details, visit http://morningstar.com/company/sustainability.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund as of 9/30/2019 is 22.44. Percent Rank in Category is 5 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 21.46. Percent Rank in Category is 11 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 21.64. Percent Rank in Category is 4 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 21.81. Percent Rank in Category is 7 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 22.07. Percent Rank in Category is 9 and Sustainability Rating is 4 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Global Opportunities Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 21.64. Percent Rank in Category is 10 and Sustainability Rating is 4 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Large Cap Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 22.20. Percent Rank in Category is 5 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund as of 09/30/2019 is 20.94. Percent Rank in Category is 6 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2019.

 

Lipper rankings are based on total returns (not including sales charges) for the periods indicated and compare total return performance with that of other funds in the category.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund — Institutional Class (PXWIX) — as of 12/31/19 in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund — Institutional Class (PXWIX) — 1-year 29th percentile rank out of 160 funds, 3-year 15th percentile rank out of 128 funds, 5-year 7th percentile rank out of 114 funds, 10-year 54th percentile rank out of 79 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Large Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXLIX) — as of 12/31/19 in the Lipper Large-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Large Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXLIX) — 1 year 5th percentile rank out of 674 funds, 3 year 15th percentile rank out of 621 funds.

 

 

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Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXSIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper Small-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXSIX) — 1-year 51st percentile rank out of 930 funds, 3-year 78th percentile rank out of 848 funds, 5-year 80th percentile rank out of 701 funds, 10-year 45th percentile rank out of 535 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund — Institutional Class (PWGIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper Multi Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund — Institutional Class (PWGIX) — 1-year 59th percentile rank out of 723 funds, 3-year 26th percentile rank out of 632 funds, 5-year 27th percentile rank out of 544 funds, 10-year 32nd percentile rank out of 413 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund — Institutional Class (PXDIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper Equity Income category based on average annual returns. The Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund — Institutional Class (PXDIX) — 1-year 37th percentile rank out of 531 funds, 3-year 14th percentile out of 482 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Global Opportunities Fund — Institutional Class (PXGOX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth category based on average annual returns. The Pax Global Opportunities Fund — Institutional Class (PXGOX) — 1-year 19th percentile rank out of 203 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund — Institutional Class (PGINX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund — Institutional Class (PGINX) — 1-year 12th percentile rank out of 160 funds, 3-year 43rd percentile rank out of 128 funds, 5-year 9th percentile rank out of 114 funds, 10-year 46th percentile rank out of 79 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund — Institutional Class (PXNIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the International Large-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund — Institutional Class (PXNIX) — 1-year 44th percentile rank out of 86 funds, 3-year 33rd percentile rank out of 74 funds, 5-year 20th percentile rank out of 63 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax High Yield Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PXHIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper High Yield Bond category based on average annual returns. The Pax High Yield Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PXHIX) — 1-year 41st percentile rank out of 502 funds, 3-year 35th percentile rank out of 436 funds, 5-year 56th percentile rank out of 399 funds, 10-year 88th percentile rank out of 324 funds..

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund — Institutional Class (PAXIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Morningstar Allocation–50% to 70% Equity category based on average annual returns. The Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund — Institutional Class (PAXIX) — 1-year 24th percentile rank out of 697 funds, 3-year 27th percentile rank out of 643 funds, 5-year 31st percentile rank out of 570 funds, 10 year 44th percentile rank out of 420 funds.

 

 

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Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Core Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PABIX) — as of 12/31/2019 in the Lipper Core Bond category based on average annual returns. The Pax Core Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PABIX) — 1-year 78th percentile rank out of 516 funds, 3-year 70th percentile rank out of 462 funds.

 

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Effective December 18, 2019, the name of the Pax Balanced Fund changed to the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund.

 

 

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Performance Information

 

Commentary The portfolio manager commentaries in this report provide insight from the respective fund managers in an effort to help you examine your fund. The views expressed therein are those of the portfolio managers and are for the period covered by this report. Such commentary does not necessarily represent the views of the Board of Trustees of your fund. The views expressed herein are subject to change at any time based upon market and/or other conditions and Impax Asset Management LLC, Pax Ellevate Management LLC and the funds disclaim any responsibility to update such views. The commentaries should not be relied upon as investment advice.

 

Historical performance Historical performance can be evaluated in several ways. Each fund’s portfolio highlights provide total and average annual total returns. A comparison of this historical data to an appropriate benchmark is also provided. These performance figures include changes in a fund’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends (generally income) and any capital gains (generally profits the fund earns when it sells securities that have grown in value). Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

The Funds’ distributor, ALPS Distributors, Inc., is not affiliated with Impax Asset Management LLC, Pax Ellevate Management LLC, Aperio Group LLC, or Impax Asset Management, Ltd.

 

 

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December 31, 2019

Pax Large Cap Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Andrew Braun

 

Portfolio Manager
Barbara Browning, CFA

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Large Cap Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Institutional Class and Investor Class of the Fund had total returns of 35.23% and 34.85%, respectively, compared to 31.49% for the S&P 500 Index and 28.79% for the Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

During the period, the Fund reached its three-year anniversary. Over the three-year period ending December 31, 2019, the Fund’s institutional class has outperformed the S&P 500 Index and ranks in the top 8% out of 1,203 Morningstar Large Blend peers.1 Also, the Fund has earned a 4-Star Overall Morningstar Rating based on risk-adjusted returns in the Large Blend category (1,203 peers).2 2019 was an especially strong year of performance with the Fund’s institutional class ranking in the top 4% of 1,387 Morningstar Large Blend peers and ending the year with three consecutive quarters of outperforming the S&P 500 Index.3

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index for calendar year 2019 and experienced broad-based contributions from nearly every sector. The sectors which contributed the most to relative performance were Consumer Discretionary, Real Estate, and Information Technology, while the Materials and Communication Services sectors marginally detracted from the Fund’s overall relative performance.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

In the third quarter of 2019 we eliminated Fund holdings in the Energy sector, due to a combination of fundamental and sustainability considerations. We increased exposure to the Real Estate and Industrial sectors during the year, while reducing exposure to both the Consumer Discretionary and Consumer Staples sectors.

 

 

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What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

Target, Apple, and Celgene were notable contributors to performance in 2019. Target doubled in stock price during the year, as capital spent remodeling stores in prior years led to strong mid- to single-digit revenue growth, even amid a difficult retail backdrop. Apple rebounded steadily throughout 2019 after negatively pre-announcing weak earnings at the very beginning of the year, as new products and growth in their services division drove a re-rating of the stock. Celgene was acquired by Bristol-Myers Squibb early in 2019 at a substantial premium, and we held the stock until the acquisition closed late in the year as we viewed the earnings power uplift from the combination favorably.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

Notably weak holdings were DuPont and Elanco. DuPont completed the separation of Dow and Corteva during the first half of 2019, and its Nutrition and Biosciences unit entered into a combination with International Flavors and Fragrances (IFF) in December. However, weak fundamentals kept a lid on Dupont’s stock price during the year. Elanco announced the acquisition of Bayer’s animal health business, which was not well received by investors, as the company was only recently spun out of Eli Lilly. We decided to exit the position as our investment thesis was disrupted by this unforeseen development.

 

Footnotes:

 

1, 3 Data shown represent rankings for the Pax Large Cap Fund – Institutional Class (PXWIX) in the Morningstar Large Blend category based on average annual returns. Morningstar percentile rank is a standardized way of ranking items within a peer group, in this case, funds with the same Morningstar Category. The observation with the largest numerical value is ranked one; the observation with the smallest numerical value is ranked 100. The remaining observations are placed equal distance from one another on the rating scale. Note that lower percentile ranks are generally more favorable for returns (high returns), while higher percentile ranks are generally more favorable for risk measures (low risk). The Pax Large Cap Fund – Institutional Class (PXWIX) 1-year 4th percentile rank (38 out of 1387 funds), 3-year 8th percentile rank (79 out of 1203 funds). The Pax Large Cap Fund – Investor Class (PAXLX) 1-year 5th percentile rank (50 out of 1387 funds), 3-year 12th percentile rank (120 out of 1203 funds).

 

2 The Morningstar Ratings™ shown are as of 12/31/19. The Morningstar Rating for funds, or “star rating,” is calculated for managed products (including mutual funds, variable annuity and variable life subaccounts, exchange-traded funds, closed end funds, and separate accounts) with at least a three-year history. Exchange-traded funds and open-ended mutual funds are considered a single population for comparative purposes. It is calculated based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a managed product’s monthly excess performance, placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of products in each product category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars the next 22.5% receive 2 stars, and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. The Overall Morningstar Rating for a managed product is derived from a weighted average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten- year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics. The weights are 100% three-year rating for 36-59 months of total returns, 60% five-year rating, 40% three-year rating for 60-119 months of total returns, and 50% ten-year

 

 

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rating, 30% five-year rating, 20% three-year rating for 120 or more months of total returns. While the ten-year overall rating formula seems to give the most weight to the ten-year period, the most recent three-year period actually has the greatest impact because it is included in all three rating periods.

 

The Pax Large Cap Fund (PXLIX) Morningstar ratings were 4 stars out of 1,203 funds overall, 4 stars out of 1,203 funds for 3-years. Ratings are subject to change every month.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

       

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXLIX

   

35.23%

15.90%

15.37%

Investor Class2

PAXLX

   

34.85%

15.60%

15.08%

S&P 500 Index

     

31.49%

15.27%

14.75%

Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index

   

28.79%

13.89%

13.39%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is December 16, 2016.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Stocks

96.3%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

3.7%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Apple, Inc.

5.4%

Microsoft Corp.

5.4%

Amazon.com, Inc.

3.6%

Procter & Gamble Co., The

3.5%

Merck & Co., Inc.

3.5%

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

3.2%

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

2.9%

AT&T, Inc.

2.9%

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

2.7%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

2.7%

Total

35.8%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

22.5%

Health Care

16.0%

Financials

13.8%

Communication Services

12.1%

Consumer Discretionary

9.7%

Industrials

8.4%

Consumer Staples

5.9%

Real Estate

4.3%

Materials

2.7%

Utilities

0.9%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

3.7%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Pax Small Cap Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Nathan Moser, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

How did the Pax Small Cap Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class shares of the Fund had total returns of 23.29%, 23.27% and 23.56%, respectively, compared to 25.52% for the Russell 2000 Index and 24.71% for the Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The Fund had very strong stock selection in the Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors. This drove positive selection overall but was offset somewhat by negative selection within the Health Care sector. Allocation was also a detractor due to our underweight to Technology and our cash holdings.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

Over the course of the period, we reduced our tilt toward value-oriented stocks by reducing our holdings in the Utilities, Materials and Energy sectors and increasing our exposure to Technology and Consumer Discretionary. We also reduced the magnitude of our sector weightings relative to the Index, which we believe should serve to increase the proportion of performance driven by stock selection rather than sector allocations.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

Victory Capital, a multi-boutique asset manager, increased 106% during the period and was the Fund’s top contributor. The key driver of performance was the highly accretive acquisition of USAA Asset Management, which added important scale and diversification benefits. We continue to view the company favorably, finding its acquisition strategy compelling in a challenging environment for many asset managers.

 

Crocs, a shoe manufacturer, increased 115% during the period. The increase was driven by very strong financial results late in the period, which we believe increased investor comfort in the durability of Crocs’ growth. Prior to the end of the year, we exited our position as valuation met our estimate of fair value.

 

 

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What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

Natus Medical, a medical device company, declined 3% during the period and was our largest detractor. Early in 2019, financial results were below expectations and led to a sharp sell-off. As the year progressed, management improved results and we saw a modest recovery in shares. We continue to be positive on the company as management implements their turnaround, which we believe should drive meaningful margin expansion.

 

HomeTrust Bancshares, a North Carolina-based community bank, increased 3% during the year. While the shares did increase, they underperformed on a relative basis. Over the course of the period, financial results were generally in line with expectations. The defensive nature of the holding, and a lackluster interest rate environment for banks in general, were headwinds to performance. We continue to view the bank favorably and believe that in a geography with continued industry consolidation, HomeTrust’s valuation appears quite attractive.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales load = $9,450).

 

 

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Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

       

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PXSCX

   

23.29%

4.13%

5.06%

10.84%

Class A1,2,4

PXSAX

NAV3

 

23.27%

4.12%

5.04%

10.85%

   

POP

 

16.46%

2.18%

3.86%

10.22%

Institutional Class1

PXSIX

   

23.56%

4.40%

5.32%

11.11%

Russell 2000 Index

     

25.52%

8.59%

8.23%

11.83%

Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index

   

24.71%

8.07%

8.17%

11.40%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 5-year and 10-year periods; total returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 5.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

3.6%

U.S. Stocks

91.7%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

4.7%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

5.6%

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

5.1%

Meridian Bancorp, Inc.

4.9%

Natus Medical, Inc.

4.4%

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc., REIT

2.6%

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc., REIT

2.6%

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

2.5%

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc, Class A, REIT

2.5%

EMCOR Group, Inc.

2.4%

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc.

2.4%

Total

35.0%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Financials

21.6%

Industrials

16.6%

Health Care

13.6%

Consumer Discretionary

13.3%

Information Technology

12.5%

Real Estate

9.1%

Consumer Staples

4.2%

Communication Services

3.7%

Utilities

2.7%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

2.7%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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December 31, 2019

Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Ran Leshem

 

Portfolio Manager
Robert Tymoczko

 

Portfolio Manager
Michael Branch, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Annie Tan

 

Sub-Adviser
Aperio Group, LLC

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the ESG Beta Quality Fund Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class shares had total returns of 27.13%, 27.08% and 27.42%, respectively, compared to 31.43% for the Russell 1000 Index and 29.09% for the Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

Can you discuss any changes to the Fund throughout the period?

 

Effective October 1, 2019, the Fund implemented SmartCarbon™ into its investment process. Our proprietary, risk-based investment process manages exposure to companies with fossil fuel reserves on their balance sheets, replacing energy company holdings with a diversified basket of energy efficiency stocks while maintaining the integrity of the investment process. This approach has been implemented in a way that preserves the multi-factor financial profile of the Fund. As a result of implementing the SmartCarbon approach, the Fund has become fossil fuel-free. Additional information about SmartCarbon is available at our website: www.impaxam.com/pax-world-funds/smartcarbon/.

 

What factors contributed positively to performance?

 

An underweight to the Energy sector, and particularly the lagging Oil and Gas Exploration and Production industry, added to relative performance as investors reacted to an increasingly weak outlook for global oil demand and drove down prices for energy stocks.

 

The Fund overweights its portfolio toward companies with ESG strength. During the period, this overweight to ESG leaders and accompanying underweight to companies with weaker ESG profiles had a modestly positive impact on performance. Companies with stronger ESG profiles outperformed companies with weaker ESG profiles, particularly those in the bottom quartile as measured by the Impax Sustainability Score. The Fund’s underweight to these ESG laggards added to relative performance.

 

 

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What factors detracted from performance?

 

The portfolio’s tilt towards profitability, a traditional quality factor, detracted from relative performance for the period. Also, the tilt toward value stocks, as measured by earnings yield, was a detractor as value continued to underperform growth in 2019.

 

An underweight to Industrials hampered results following strong earnings and raised financial guidance across several of the industry’s major players.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

       

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PXWGX

   

27.13%

13.97%

9.96%

12.15%

Class A1,2,4

PXGAX

NAV3

 

27.08%

13.98%

9.97%

12.16%

   

POP

 

20.10%

11.85%

8.73%

11.53%

Institutional Class1

PWGIX

   

27.42%

14.27%

10.25%

12.44%

Russell 1000 Index

     

31.43%

15.05%

11.48%

13.54%

Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index

   

29.09%

12.81%

9.70%

11.80%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales load = $9,450).

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited), continued

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 5-year and 10-year periods; total returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 5.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

0.7%

U.S. Stocks

98.5%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.8%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Apple, Inc.

4.0%

Microsoft Corp.

3.5%

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

2.8%

Amazon.com, Inc.

2.8%

Verizon Communications, Inc.

2.6%

Service Properties Trust, REIT

2.6%

PepsiCo, Inc.

2.6%

Johnson & Johnson

2.5%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

2.5%

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2.4%

Total

28.3%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

 

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Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

23.6%

Health Care

14.5%

Consumer Discretionary

12.7%

Consumer Staples

10.0%

Financials

9.5%

Communication Services

8.0%

Industrials

7.6%

Real Estate

7.4%

Utilities

3.6%

Materials

2.3%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

0.8%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Ran Leshem

 

Portfolio Manager
Robert Tymoczko

 

Portfolio Manager
Michael Branch, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Annie Tan

 

Sub-Adviser
Aperio Group, LLC

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Fund’s Institutional Class and Investor Class shares had total returns of 26.18% and 25.85%, respectively, compared to 31.43% for the Russell 1000 Index and 26.38% for the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index.

 

Can you discuss any changes to the Fund throughout the period?

 

Effective October 1, 2019, the Fund implemented SmartCarbon™ into its investment process. Our proprietary, risk-based investment process manages exposure to companies with fossil fuel reserves on their balance sheets, replacing energy company holdings with a diversified basket of energy efficiency stocks while maintaining the integrity of the investment process. This approach has been implemented in a way that preserves the multi-factor financial profile of the Fund. As a result of implementing the SmartCarbon approach, the Fund has become fossil fuel-free. Additional information about SmartCarbon is available at our website: www.impaxam.com/pax-world-funds/smartcarbon/.

 

What factors contributed positively to performance?

 

The Fund’s exposure to companies with higher management quality – a measure of the extent of asset expansion, capital expenditure growth and share issuance growth – was the largest positive factor contributor for the period. The Fund’s exposure to companies with higher earnings quality – a measure of the uncertainty around a company’s operating fundamentals – also contributed to performance.

 

An underweight to the Energy sector, and particularly the lagging Oil and Gas Exploration and Production industry, added to relative performance as investors reacted to an increasingly weak outlook for global oil demand and drove down prices for energy stocks.

 

 

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The Fund overweights its portfolio toward companies with ESG strength. During the period, this overweight to ESG leaders and accompanying underweight to companies with weaker ESG profiles had a modestly positive impact on performance. Companies with stronger ESG profiles outperformed companies with weaker ESG profiles, particularly those in the bottom quartile as measured by the Impax Sustainability Score. The Fund’s underweight to these ESG laggards added to relative performance.

 

What factors detracted from performance?

 

The tilt towards companies with higher dividend yield1 and higher profitability had a negative impact on returns as investors seemed to favor higher growth companies (with low dividend payouts) over more stable, dividend-paying companies.

 

1

Dividend yield is the ratio of a company’s annual dividend compared to its share price.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

       

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

1 Year

3 Year

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXDIX

   

26.18%

13.15%

12.64%

Investor Class2

PAXDX

   

25.85%

12.84%

12.34%

Russell 1000 Index

     

31.43%

15.05%

14.54%

Lipper Equity Income Funds Index

   

26.38%

11.18%

10.82%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited), continued

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is December 16, 2016.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Stocks

99.1%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.9%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Apple, Inc.

4.4%

Microsoft Corp.

4.0%

Johnson & Johnson

3.0%

Amazon.com, Inc.

2.8%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

2.5%

AT&T, Inc.

2.4%

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2.3%

Procter & Gamble Co., The

2.0%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

2.0%

PepsiCo, Inc.

1.9%

Total

27.3%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

 

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Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

27.9%

Health Care

13.7%

Consumer Discretionary

12.6%

Industrials

11.5%

Financials

10.8%

Consumer Staples

7.6%

Communication Services

7.1%

Real Estate

4.2%

Materials

2.6%

Utilities

1.0%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

1.0%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Pax Global Opportunities Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Kirsteen Morrison

 

Portfolio Manager
David Winborne

 

Sub-Adviser
Impax Asset Management Ltd.

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Global Opportunities Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Fund’s Institutional Class and Investor Class shares had total returns of 33.72% and 33.51%, respectively, compared to 26.60% for the MSCI All-Country World (Net) Index (MSCI ACWI) and 29.20% for the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

Global equity markets and the Fund delivered strong performance in 2019 following a volatile and difficult end to 2018. Geopolitical concerns provided a headwind but failed to hamper growth. The UK election result in December removed some uncertainty around Brexit and there are expectations that a “phase-one” trade deal will be agreed to between China and the U.S. in early 2020. In Hong Kong, anti-government protests continue to be disruptive. All market sectors saw positive returns, led by Information Technology. Regionally, the U.S. produced the highest performance.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

Broadly, the investment team continued to diversify the portfolio by sector and region to include, in our view, a good balance of cyclical and defensive exposure. Over the period, the portfolio managers sold several holdings based on valuations or less favorable outlooks which resulted in a reduced Materials sector position. Equinix (Real Estate, U.S.), a global leader in co-location data centers and a key beneficiary of the rise of off-premise and more energy efficient cloud computing, entered the portfolio which added exposure to Real Estate, a sector which previously did not have an allocation in the portfolio. Large-cap exposure and cyclical exposure increased slightly due to bottom-up individual stock opportunities. Regional exposures remained broadly unchanged.

 

 

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What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

Strong performance from the Information Technology (IT) sector was achieved despite the Fund’s lack of exposure to the large-cap internet stocks which drove returns in the broader market. Instead, the Fund benefited from the recovery in semiconductor markets with the proliferation of connected devices across all industries, and consistent, robust strength in enterprise IT spending as companies transition to the cloud from legacy software. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (Semiconductors, Taiwan) saw higher than expected revenue growth and capital spending plans, which we believe indicates a robust semiconductor chip outlook for 2020. The company is outperforming peers through its lower exposure to declining memory chip sales and its cutting edge five nanometer manufacturing technology. Microsoft (Systems Software, U.S.) demonstrated strong growth across the company’s core divisions, most notably in its Azure cloud computing platform.

 

After beating earnings expectations and announcing a share buyback earlier in the year, Royal DSM (Specialty Chemicals, Netherlands) continued to deliver steady progress. This specialty chemicals company, with its focus on sustainability and innovation, has, in our view, been making an impressive transition from a chemicals company to a nutrition and performance materials group.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

In a strong year, underperformance was largely stock specific. Sprouts Farmers Market (Food Retail, U.S.) was squeezed by promotional activity and freight costs, as well as fears that the new CEO would reset growth expectations. Unilever (Personal Products, Netherlands) was hindered by a company warning that it will not achieve its full year revenue targets in 2020, with underlying sales growth remaining stable rather than improving as it faces challenges in some end markets.

 

2019 was a year of significant natural catastrophes and this impacted property & casualty insurance companies including Hiscox (Property & Casualty Insurance, UK). We have retained exposure to these companies on anticipation of rising premium prices in the Lloyds insurance market next year as well as our belief in the opportunities to capitalize on the rapidly developing market in cyber insurance.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average
Annual
Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXGOX

 

33.72%

14.52%

Investor Class2

PAXGX

 

33.51%

14.40%

MSCI ACWI (Net) Index

   

26.60%

10.35%

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index

 

29.20%

9.98%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is June 27, 2018.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

53.9%

U.S. Stocks

45.3%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.8%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Microsoft Corp.

4.2%

AIA Group, Ltd.

3.7%

HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR

3.7%

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.

3.7%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Ltd

3.6%

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

3.4%

Hiscox, Ltd.

3.4%

Danone SA

3.1%

Visa, Inc., Class A

3.0%

Keyence Corp.

3.0%

Total

34.8%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

26.8%

Health Care

19.9%

Financials

17.6%

Consumer Staples

9.5%

Materials

8.9%

Industrials

8.7%

Consumer Discretionary

2.9%

Real Estate

2.6%

Communication Services

2.4%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

0.7%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

United States

45.3%

United Kingdom

13.8%

Japan

7.8%

Netherlands

5.9%

India

5.2%

Germany

4.3%

Hong Kong

3.7%

Taiwan

3.6%

France

3.1%

Portugal

2.6%

Spain

2.1%

Norway

1.9%

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

0.7%

 

100.0%

 

 

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Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Hubert Aarts

 

Portfolio Manager
Sid Jha

 

Portfolio Manager
David Winborne

 

Sub-Adviser
Impax Asset Management Ltd.

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class of the Fund had total returns of 27.75%, 27.77%, and 28.17%, respectively, versus 26.60% for the MSCI All-Country World (Net) Index (“MSCI ACWI”) and 31.53% for the FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series (“FTSE EOAS”).

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

Following a volatile and difficult end to 2018, the first half of 2019 saw a strong rally for global equity markets and the Fund. The second half of the year saw larger cap stocks outside of the environmental markets universe lead performance, notably within the Information Technology (IT), Financials, and Communications sectors, yet the Fund still finished the year ahead of global equity markets. Performance was behind that of the FTSE EOAS during the period, primarily a result of an underweight position in the more cyclical energy efficiency sub-sector.

 

Against a backdrop of repeated extreme weather events around the world, 2019 saw school children on a climate strike, an unprecedented wave of public climate demonstrations around the world, and sustained media coverage of the topic. Consumers responded with unexpected speed – rejecting plastic packaging and meat; joining waiting lists for electric vehicle launches and seeking positive impact investments. Meanwhile, the concept of “net zero” captured the imagination of policy makers struggling to explain limited progress over the past 30 years. Impax believes this represents growing evidence of its investment belief: that a shift to a more sustainable global economy is underway, creating opportunity and risk for companies and their investors.

 

 

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Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

There were no material changes in positioning for the Fund with respect to the environmental markets sectors; however, exposure to Water Infrastructure & Technologies decreased approximately 4% over the year and was reallocated across the remaining environmental markets sectors. In terms of Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) sectors, the portfolio reduced its exposure to Industrials by approximately 5% and added exposure to Real Estate over the period—though as of December 31, 2019 Real Estate only accounted for 1.28% of the total portfolio. Overall, turnover in the portfolio was relatively low which reflects the portfolio managers’ conviction in the stock holdings of the Fund.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

2019 saw strong contributions to return from across the environmental markets, with the Fund’s exposures of Energy Efficiency and Water Infrastructure & Technologies outperforming. In line with broader global equities, cyclical holdings led performance, notably the Fund’s exposure to Industrials, Materials and IT. These companies are active in environmental solutions such as the digitization of factories, smart management of buildings, equipment for energy-efficient and waste-minimizing food preparation, computer-aided engineering for more sustainable design, sustainable consumer packaging, and the decarbonization of transportation. Regionally, the Fund’s North American exposure outperformed, followed by Europe, where UK companies gained ground after the election result at the end of the year.

 

Industrial companies delivering what we believe are compelling energy efficiency solutions and leading performance during the period included Schneider Electric (Power Network Efficiency, France). The company saw good results during the first half of the year and continued its strong run of performance, receiving a credit rating upgrade leading to more favorable analyst ratings. Ingersoll-Rand (Buildings Energy Efficiency, U.S.) announced improved earnings and continued positive guidance during the period, based on robust demand for more efficient heating, ventilation and air-conditioning (“HVAC”) equipment.

 

We believe demand for clean water remains a global priority, driven by rapid population growth, increasing water stress, and higher quality water standards. Aging infrastructure incurs costs from both an economic and health standpoint as quality of supply is hindered and leaks represent a costly waste of resources. We believe new projects are also required to address ever increasing extreme weather incidents and to support rising urbanization. Danaher Corporation (Diversified

 

 

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Water Infrastructure & Technology, U.S.) announced strong quarterly earnings reports during the period and investors also reacted positively to the announcement that the company will purchase the GE biopharma business.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

In a strong year, underperformance was largely stock specific. The biggest laggard was ZhuZhou CRRC Times Electric Company (Transport Energy Efficiency, China), a leading manufacturer of rail electronic control equipment, which was held back by a sustained delay in new rolling stock bidding activity, and from limited visibility on new rolling stock procurement and maintenance orders. The investment team remains positive about the outlook for Chinese rail investment in the coming years.

 

Delphi Technologies (Transport Energy Efficiency, U.S.) fell due to declines in the global automotive market together with divestment of its efficient diesel componentry division. The company’s power electronics business continued to perform well. 3M (Diversified Environmental, U.S.) announced disappointing earnings with organic growth that fell short of expectations. With what we believe is an increasing risk of disintermediation from e-commerce sales, particularly in the automotive and semiconductor adhesives end markets, the portfolio managers subsequently exited the position.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales load = $9,450).

 

 

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Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PGRNX

 

27.75%

11.43%

8.57%

8.69%

Class A1,2,4

PXEAX

NAV3

27.77%

11.43%

8.57%

8.69%

   

POP

20.75%

9.37%

7.36%

8.08%

Institutional Class1

PGINX

 

28.17%

11.72%

8.85%

8.98%

MSCI ACWI (Net) Index

 

26.60%

12.44%

8.41%

8.79%

FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series

 

31.53%

14.63%

10.53%

10.01%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 5-year and 10-year periods; total returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 5.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

42.6%

U.S. Stocks

55.3%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

2.1%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Linde PLC

3.6%

Waste Management, Inc.

3.5%

Schneider Electric SE

3.4%

Suez

3.2%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

3.0%

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

3.0%

East Japan Railway Co.

2.9%

Siemens AG

2.9%

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

2.9%

Aptiv PLC

2.8%

Total

31.2%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

 

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Environmental Markets Classification System (EMCS)

 

Sector

Sub Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Renewable & Alternative Energy

 

0.8%

 

Renewable Energy Developers & Independent Power Producers (IPPs)

0.8%

 
     

Energy Efficiency

 

35.4%

 

Power Network Efficiency

5.3%

 
 

Industrial Energy Efficiency

9.3%

 
 

Buildings Energy Efficiency

9.6%

 
 

Transport Energy Efficiency

10.1%

 
 

Consumer Energy Efficiency

1.1%

 
     

Water Infrastructure & Technologies

 

25.1%

 

Water Infrastructure

9.5%

 
 

Water Treatment Equipment

3.4%

 
 

Water Utilities

9.7%

 
 

Diversified Water Infrastructure & Technology

2.5%

 
       

Pollution Control

 

12.1%

 

Environmental Testing & Gas Sensing

9.2%

 
 

Public Transportation

2.9%

 
       

Waste Management & Technologies

 

4.3%

 

Waste Technology Equipment

0.8%

 
 

General Waste Management

3.5%

 
       

Food, Agriculture & Forestry

 

15.3%

 

Logistics, Food Safety & Packaging

7.9%

 
 

Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture

7.4%

 
       

Diversified Environmental

 

4.8%

 

Diversified Environmental

4.8%

 
       

Other assets and liabilities (net)

2.2%

2.2%

   

100.0%

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

United States

55.3%

United Kingdom

7.9%

Japan

7.7%

France

6.6%

Germany

5.3%

China

4.8%

Netherlands

2.8%

Taiwan

2.1%

Belgium

1.5%

Switzerland

1.2%

Ireland

0.9%

South Korea

0.9%

Spain

0.8%

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

2.2%

 

100.0%

 

 

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Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Barbara Browning, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Scott LaBreche

 

Pax Ellevate Management LLC

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Investor Class and Institutional Class shares had total returns of 26.42% and 26.77%, respectively, compared to 26.62% for the Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index (Women’s Index), 27.67% for the MSCI World (Net) Index (World Index) and 24.19% for the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

During the year, the Fund crossed the five-year milestone since adopting a strategic beta strategy in June of 2014. The Fund has outperformed the MSCI World Index for the three-, five-year and since reorganization (06/04/14) periods ended December 31, 2019. Specifically, over the five-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Fund’s Institutional Class shares and Investor Class shares have returned 8.83% and 9.11%, respectively, versus the World Index return of 8.74%. The Fund’s overweight to the highest-rated quartile of companies within the World Index based on gender-diverse leadership has made the greatest contribution to the Fund’s relative outperformance, along with the Fund’s significant underweight to the bottom two quartiles of companies with less gender-diverse leadership, according to the Impax Gender Leadership Score.

 

In addition, the Fund has produced strong results compared with peers. The Institutional Class1 shares of the Fund (PXWIX) has posted a top 7% ranking (out of 114 funds) over the five-year period ended December 31, 2019, based on average annual returns within the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core classification.2

 

What is the investment objective of the Fund?

 

The Fund seeks investment returns that closely correspond to or exceed the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Women’s Index. The Fund pursues a strategic beta strategy, investing in the companies comprising the Women’s Index, the first index of the highest-rated companies in the world for gender-diverse leadership, as rated by Impax Gender Analytics.3

 

 

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The Fund overweights its portfolio toward Women’s Index companies with greater representation of women on boards and in senior management. Women hold 40% of the board seats and 32% of senior management positions in companies in the Fund, compared to 28% and 20%, respectively, within the World Index. In addition, 95% percent of companies in the Fund have three or more women on the board and 99% have two or more women on the board, compared with 51% and 75%, respectively, for companies in the World Index. 36% of companies in the Fund have a woman CEO or CFO, compared with 17% of companies in the World Index.

 

Can you discuss any changes to the Fund throughout the period?

 

In November 2019, the annual reconstitution of the Women’s Index was completed, which included enhancements to the gender and ESG criteria considered when assessing companies for potential inclusion in the Index.

 

While gender leadership in management and on boards remain the primary criteria for inclusion, new gender criteria used when assessing companies for potential inclusion within GWLI include: hiring, promotion and retention of women; gender pay equity; proactive gender goals and targets, and transparency about gender diversity data. These criteria are given different weights, with representation by women on boards and in management still receiving the highest weights. For more information about these criteria enhancements, along with the full list of gender criteria used to rate companies, see our website (www.impaxam.com).

 

The Fund is also fossil fuel-free, which means not invested in securities of companies that are significantly involved in the extraction and/or refining of fossil fuels within the Energy4 sector. We believe fossil fuel companies face substantial ESG risks and are not in alignment with the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The Energy sector has historically been a very small weight in the Fund, since it is a laggard relative to other sectors based on our gender diversity criteria. The Fund has divested its small amount of energy companies and re-allocated this weight to other highly-rated gender leadership companies within its investable universe, while maintaining its strong overall gender leadership profile.

 

What contributed positively and negatively to performance?

 

An overweight to the highest-rated 25% of companies within the World Index based on gender-diverse leadership was the Fund’s largest positive contributor to relative performance during the one-year period, along with the Fund’s significant underweight to the bottom quartile of companies with less gender-diverse leadership, according to the Impax Gender Leadership Score.

 

 

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Over the one-year period, the Fund produced positive relative performance, compared to the MSCI World Index in eight out the 11 sectors. On a sector basis, selections in defensive sectors, notably Utilities and Consumer Staples, added to relative returns during the period. Strong results from Estee Lauder, Hershey, Sempra Energy, American Water Works and Procter & Gamble drove returns in these sectors. Fund holdings in Consumer Discretionary, driven by strong results from Lululemon, Best Buy, Target and Kering helped relative performance the most during the period.

 

In addition, the Fund’s underweight allocation to the Energy sector4 helped performance over the one-year period.

 

Conversely, holdings in Communication Services, driven by poor results from Viacom within the entertainment industry and Verizon and Telia within the telecommunications industry, detracted the most relative performance. No allocation to several FAANG5 stocks – including Apple, Facebook, Google and Netflix – detracted from performance during the one-year period.

 

In addition, holdings and an overweight allocation in Financials, driven by poor results from Swedbank, Svenska Handelsbanken and Banco Santander within the banks industry, detracted from relative performance during the year.

 

On a regional basis, the Fund’s North American and Pacific holdings added the most to relative performance during the year, while holdings in Europe detracted. Within North America, holdings in the U.S. were the dominant contributor to relative performance. Within the Pacific region, the Fund’s significant underweight to Japan – no Japanese companies rank in the top 400 companies in the World Index based on our gender leadership criteria – added to relative performance. Conversely, holdings in Europe detracted the most, driven by Sweden, France, Switzerland and Norway.

 

Footnotes:

 

1

The minimum investment needed for investment in PXWIX is $250,000.

 

2

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional Class (PXWIX) in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. Lipper rankings are based on total returns (not including sales charges) for the periods indicated and compare total return performance with that of other funds in the category. The Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional Class (PXWIX) 1-year 29th percentile rank out of 160 funds, 3-year 15th percentile rank out of 128 funds, 5-year 7th percentile rank out of 114 funds, since re-org (06/04/14) 9th percentile rank out of 107 funds and 10-year 54th percentile rank out of 79 funds.

 

3

Impax Gender Analytics, December 31, 2019. The Fund’s investable universe, the Women’s Index, had its annual reconstitution on 11/30/2019.

 

4

Energy sector is based on Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), a widely recognized industry standard.

 

 

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5

FAANG stocks is the acronym for the five most popular and best-performing tech stocks, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PXWEX

 

26.42%

13.34%

8.83%

8.65%

Institutional Class1

PXWIX

 

26.77%

13.62%

9.11%

8.92%

Impax Global Women’s Leadership (Net) Index*

 

26.62%

13.40%

9.60%

N/A

MSCI World (Net) Index

 

27.67%

12.57%

8.74%

9.47%

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index

 

24.19%

10.74%

7.88%

8.99%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

*

Inception date of Women’s Index is February 28, 2014.

 

1

On June 4, 2014 the Pax World Global Women’s Equality Fund merged into the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the fund), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated March 4, 2014 (the “Reorganization”). Because the Fund had no investment operations prior to the closing of the Reorganization, Pax World Global Women’s Equality Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”) is treated as the survivor of the Reorganization for account and performance reporting purposes. Accordingly, all performance and other

 

 

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information shown for the Fund for periods prior to June 4, 2014 is that of the Predecessor Fund. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

36.8%

U.S. Stocks

62.2%

Exchange-Traded Funds

0.6%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.4%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Microsoft Corp.

4.6%

Best Buy Co., Inc.

2.2%

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A

2.2%

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

2.1%

Kellogg Co.

2.1%

lululemon athletica, Inc.

2.0%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

2.0%

Wolters Kluwer NV

2.0%

Bank of America Corp.

2.0%

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2.0%

Total

23.2%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Financials

20.6%

Information Technology

16.5%

Consumer Discretionary

15.5%

Consumer Staples

13.1%

Health Care

11.6%

Industrials

6.2%

Utilities

6.2%

Communication Services

4.5%

Materials

3.4%

Real Estate

1.5%

Exchange-Traded Funds

0.6%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

0.3%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

United States

62.4%

France

8.0%

Canada

7.4%

Netherlands

4.4%

United Kingdom

4.0%

Australia

3.6%

Sweden

2.9%

Germany

2.8%

Denmark

0.8%

Norway

0.5%

Finland

0.4%

Spain

0.4%

Switzerland

0.4%

Hong Kong

0.3%

Italy

0.2%

Singapore

0.2%

Belgium

0.2%

New Zealand

0.1%

Israel

0.1%

Ireland

0.0%*

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

0.9%

 

100.0%

 

*

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

 

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Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Scott LaBreche

 

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

How did the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year ended December 31, 2019, the Institutional Class and Investor Class had total returns of 23.01% and 22.78%, respectively, compared to 23.88% for the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders (Net) Index (the “Index”) and 22.01% for the MSCI EAFE (Net) Index (“EAFE Index”), and 20.56% for the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

What is the investment objective of the Fund?

 

The Fund is designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund and the Index are constructed to have a better ESG profile than the EAFE Index, and the Fund’s holdings averaged an overall score of 7.91 on MSCI ESG Research’s 0 to 10 scale compared to an overall score of 6.78 for the EAFE Index as of December 31, 2019.1 Long term, the Fund seeks to generate better risk-adjusted performance than the EAFE Index through its ESG focus.

 

Can you discuss any changes to the Fund throughout the period?

 

Effective October 1, 2019, the Fund implemented SmartCarbon™ into its investment process. Our proprietary, risk-based investment process manages exposure to companies with fossil fuel reserves on their balance sheets, replacing energy2 company holdings with a diversified basket of energy efficiency stocks while maintaining the integrity of the investment process and minimizing change in tracking error. This approach reduces the Fund’s carbon intensity,3 which is now 27% lower than the EAFE Index. As a result of implementing the SmartCarbon approach, the Fund has become fossil fuel-free. Additional information about SmartCarbon is available at our website: www.impaxam.com/pax-world-funds/smartcarbon/.

 

What contributed positively and negatively to performance?

 

The Fund’s ESG focus added to relative performance versus the EAFE Index during the period. An overweight to the highest-rated ESG companies contributed the most to relative performance during the year. The Fund’s large underweight to the average-rated ESG companies and ESG laggards in the bottom tier also

 

 

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helped relative return during the year. Longer term, since the Fund’s inception, an overweight to the highest-rated ESG companies has contributed the most to relative performance.

 

Helping relative performance over the one-year period was the Fund’s overweight to Energy Efficiency companies within its investable universe, and its Energy sector underweight allocation and subsequent full divestment effective October 1, 2019.

 

From a sector perspective, the Fund produced positive relative results in nine out of eleven sectors. Fund holdings and an overweight allocation in Information Technology, led by Semiconductors, IT Services, Software and Electronic Equipment added the most to relative return during the year. Materials holdings added to relative return, led by chemical companies. In addition, holdings in Financials, driven by strong results within Insurance and Capital Markets, added to relative performance.

 

Conversely, portfolio holdings in Consumer Staples, led by poor results from companies held within the Food Products and Food & Staples Retailing industries, and the Fund’s underweight allocations in the Household Products and Personal Products industries, which performed well during the period, detracted the most from relative performance. Portfolio holdings in Communication Services, driven by poor results from Telecomm, also detracted from performance.

 

On a regional basis, Europe and the Pacific regions added to relative performance during the period versus the EAFE Index. Within Europe, companies with leading ESG profiles in Germany, UK and Netherlands helped performance. In the Pacific region, Japan, Australia and Singapore also produced positive relative results.

 

1

MSCI ESG Research evaluates companies’ ESG characteristics and derives corresponding ESG scores and ratings. Companies are ranked by ESG score against their sector peers to determine their eligibility for the MSCI ESG indices. MSCI ESG Research identifies the highest-rated companies in each peer group to meet the float-adjusted market capitalization sector targets. The scoring system is based on general and industry specific ESG criteria, assigning a score on a 0 to 10-point scale (0 lowest to 10 highest).

 

2

The Energy sector is based on Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), a widely recognized industry standard.

 

3

The MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (tons of CO2e/$M sales) measures a fund’s exposure to carbon intensive companies. It is calculated as the sum of security weight (normalized for corporate positions only) multiplied by the security Carbon Intensity. This allows for comparisons between funds and indices of different sizes. As of 12/31/19, the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund had a carbon intensity score of 107.15 compared to 147.41 for the EAFE index.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

Since
Inception

Institutional Class1

PXNIX

 

23.01%

9.73%

5.63%

5.12%

Investor Class1,2

PXINX

 

22.78%

9.46%

5.37%

4.85%

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders (Net) Index

   

23.88%

9.78%

6.15%

5.59%

MSCI EAFE (Net) Index

   

22.01%

9.56%

5.67%

4.89%

Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index

 

20.56%

8.56%

4.91%

4.28%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is January 27, 2011. On March 31, 2014, Pax World International Fund and Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF merged into the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (the Fund), a passively managed index fund which seeks investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index. Based on the similarity of the Fund to Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF, Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF (the Predecessor Fund) is treated as the survivor of the mergers for accounting and performance reporting purposes. Accordingly, all performance and other information shown for the Fund for periods prior to March 31, 2014 is that of the Predecessor Fund. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

2

Inception of the Investor Class is March 31, 2014. The performance information shown for the Investor Class shares for periods prior to March 31, 2014 includes the performance of the Predecessor Fund. These returns have been adjusted to reflect the expenses allocable to Investor Class.

 

 

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Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

98.5%

Exchange-Traded Funds

1.1%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.4%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Roche Holding AG

3.2%

SAP SE

2.0%

ASML Holding NV

1.9%

Siemens AG

1.7%

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

1.6%

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

1.4%

Allianz SE

1.4%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

1.3%

Unilever NV

1.2%

Sony Corp.

1.2%

Total

16.9%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Financials

18.9%

Industrials

16.9%

Health Care

12.3%

Consumer Discretionary

11.1%

Consumer Staples

10.0%

Information Technology

9.2%

Materials

7.7%

Communication Services

5.1%

Utilities

3.9%

Real Estate

3.4%

Exchange-Traded Funds

1.1%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

0.4%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

Japan

23.4%

United Kingdom

12.3%

Germany

10.7%

France

9.9%

Australia

9.2%

Switzerland

8.0%

Netherlands

5.8%

Spain

3.8%

Sweden

3.4%

Denmark

2.7%

Hong Kong

2.2%

Singapore

1.7%

Italy

1.3%

Norway

0.8%

Ireland

0.8%

Finland

0.8%

Belgium

0.7%

Israel

0.3%

Portugal

0.3%

New Zealand

0.2%

Austria

0.2%

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

1.5%

 

100.0%

 

 

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Pax Core Bond Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Anthony Trzcinka, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

How did the Pax Core Bond Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares of the Fund had total returns of 8.04% and 7.78%, respectively, compared to 8.72% for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 9.39% for the Lipper Core Bond Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

Performance of the Fund’s Treasury sector was a positive contributor to performance. Conversely, the Fund’s Corporate and Securitized positions detracted from performance.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

In general, the Fund continues to be positioned as a high credit quality portfolio. While we have added marginally to the Fund’s more credit-sensitive sectors, we have positioned the overall portfolio to be less sensitive to credit spread widening, which traditionally occurs as the economy slows down. We believe that the risks to the credit markets outweigh the steady economy, though we do recognize the Federal Reserve’s (Fed) and many other global central banks’ efforts to become more accommodative. In general, we believe the Fund is positioned to perform relatively well in a volatile “risk-off” environment.

 

Additionally, during the year the Fund continued to increase its impact holdings across multiple sectors. We currently own 115 impact bonds that represent 28.1% of the Fund, which is up from 18.5% one year ago. Included in this impact bond allocation are a number of asset-backed securities where we continue to find attractive risk-return characteristics.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

The main drivers of positive relative performance were the Fund’s Treasury and agency mortgage-backed security positions. We have positioned our Treasury bonds to have more sensitivity to interest rate changes. This positioning benefited

 

 

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the Fund as rates declined during the period. In addition, the Fund’s underweight to agency mortgage backed securities helped relative performance as falling rates drove an uptick in mortgage prepayments.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

The Fund’s corporate bonds and asset-backed securities were the largest detractors to performance during the period. Many of the Fund’s holdings in these sectors are of high credit quality and have lower duration which have caused them to lag in the bond market rally. The Fed turned “dovish” during the period which caused interest rates to drop and longer duration securities to outperform. Many investors are calling this a “mini-Goldilocks” period with global growth perking up and inflation staying low. We believe this has been a very good environment for risk-assets.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXBIX

 

8.04%

3.57%

3.83%

Investor Class2

PAXBX

 

7.78%

3.31%

3.57%

Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index

 

8.72%

4.03%

4.35%

Lipper Core Bond Funds Index

 

9.39%

4.22%

4.49%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

 

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These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is December 16, 2016.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Bonds

86.8%

Foreign Bonds

7.6%

Exchange-Traded Funds

3.1%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

2.5%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

United States Treasury Note, 1.500%, 10/31/24

4.1%

United States Treasury Note, 2.375%, 11/15/49

3.9%

United States Treasury Note, 2.750%, 09/30/20

2.4%

United States Treasury Note, 2.125%, 11/30/23

2.2%

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

1.6%

United States Treasury Note (TIPS), 0.375%, 07/15/27

1.5%

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

1.5%

United States Treasury Note, 4.500%, 02/15/36

1.3%

United States Treasury Note, 4.375%, 11/15/39

1.1%

United States Treasury Note, 3.500%, 02/15/39

1.0%

Total

20.6%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Fixed Income Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Mortgage-Backed Bonds

31.3%

Corporate Bonds

28.1%

Treasury Bonds

23.9%

Municipal Bonds

5.4%

Supranational

3.7%

Agency/Gov’t Related Bonds

1.0%

Community Investment Notes

0.5%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

6.1%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Credit Quality*

 

Bond Rating

Percent of Bonds

U.S. Government

50.8%

AAA

10.7%

AA+

1.8%

AA

2.5%

AA-

3.4%

A+

2.2%

A

5.2%

A-

5.1%

BBB+

4.9%

BBB

3.7%

BBB-

3.0%

BB+

0.3%

BB

0.9%

BB-

0.7%

B+

0.2%

Not Rated

4.6%

 

100.0%

 

*

Credit quality ratings by Standard & Poor’s assist investors by evaluating the credit worthiness of many bond issues. AAA: An obligation rated ‘AAA’ has the highest rating assigned by S&P Global Ratings. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong. AA: An obligation rated ‘AA’ differs from the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong. A: An obligation rated ‘A’ is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong. BBB: An obligation rated ‘BBB’ exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. BB: An obligation rated ‘BB’ is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Not Rated: This indicates that no rating has been requested, or that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that Standard & Poor’s does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.

 

 

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Pax High Yield Bond Fund

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

Portfolio Manager
Peter Schwab, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Kent Siefers

 

How did the Pax High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class shares of the Fund had total returns of 14.11%, 14.10%, and 14.26%, respectively, compared to 15.08% for the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield—Cash Pay—BB-B (Constrained 2%) Index (the Index) and 14.46% for the Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index.

 

The Fund’s performance in the period was broadly consistent with our expectations during the very strong market conditions. Positive credit selection in a number of areas helped offset the Fund’s relatively conservative positioning overall. The high yield asset class performed well in 2019, bouncing back strongly from a poor year in 2018. The strength was driven by a number of factors including positive economic growth, expectations for monetary easing, robust equity markets and a positive supply/demand picture for global corporate credit. In our view, the annualized return of 5.75% for the Index over the 2-year period ended December 31, 2019 is more reflective of the long-term potential asset class performance in the current low interest rate environment.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The Fund’s performance was driven by positive credit selection in the Energy, Basic Industry and Capital Goods sectors. The Fund’s material underweight to the lagging Energy sector also added to relative performance. Our concerns about the demand outlook for fossil fuels coupled with high operating risks and low returns on capital led to a deliberate reduction in exposure to this sector in recent years. Conversely, negative credit selection in the Telecommunications, Consumer Products and Technology sectors hurt relative performance. The average cash balance of approximately 2.8% detracted from relative performance by approximately 39 basis points.

 

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Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

The Fund’s credit rating exposure changed modestly in 2019 as we reduced the Fund’s holdings of BB rated bonds and added B rated bonds. Over the course of the year, BB rated bonds decreased to 48.7% from 52.7%, B rated bonds increased to 37.4% from 33.8% and CCC rated bonds decreased to 5.2% from 7.0%. The duration of the Fund at year end was 3.08 years (versus the benchmark of 3.35 years).

 

By sector, the Fund increased exposure to the Media, Commercial Services and Financial Services sectors. The Fund reduced exposure to the Energy, Banking and Technology sectors.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

PetSmart, a retailer, performed very well after a difficult 2018. They successfully launched an Initial Public Offering (IPO) for their on-line subsidiary Chewy which resulted in material debt repayment. Ardagh Group, a global packaging company, outperformed as their credit metrics improved as a result of an asset sale and strong operating performance. Springleaf Finance, a consumer lending company, also performed well as they continue to execute both operationally and on their de-leveraging plan.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

Because Highridge Brands, a consumer products company, performed poorly due to severe competitive pressures, we exited the position early in the year. Charlotte Russe, an apparel retailer, also performed poorly as pressures continued in the branded apparel retail segment. We also exited this position early in the year. Party City, a retailer, was under pressure in late-2019 after a weak Halloween season and operational missteps. We believe we are seeing signs of stabilization and continue to hold the position.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 4.5% ($10,000 investment minus $450 sales load = $9,550).

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PAXHX

 

14.11%

5.56%

4.77%

5.44%

Class A1,2,4

PXHAX

NAV3

14.10%

5.56%

4.76%

5.45%

   

POP

9.05%

3.94%

3.81%

4.97%

Institutional Class1

PXHIX

 

14.26%

5.83%

4.99%

5.71%

ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield - Cash Pay - BB-B (Constrained 2%) Index

15.08%

6.45%

6.10%

7.43%

Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index

 

14.46%

6.09%

5.41%

6.93%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 10-year period; average annual returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 4.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Bonds

79.9%

Foreign Bonds

15.2%

Loans

1.3%

U.S. Stocks

1.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

2.6%

Total

100.0%

 

Credit Quality*

 

Bond Rating

Percent of Bonds

BBB-

7.9%

BB+

10.0%

BB

20.4%

BB-

17.7%

B+

14.6%

B

14.7%

B-

8.9%

CCC+

5.1%

CCC

0.0%**

CCC-

0.1%

Not Rated

0.6%

Total

100.0%

 

*

See bond rating descriptions on page 54.

 

**

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 5.250%, 07/15/24

0.8%

Fly Leasing, Ltd., 6.375%, 10/15/21

0.8%

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 4.750%, 03/01/30

0.8%

Bombardier, Inc., 8.750%, 12/01/21

0.7%

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 5.375%, 06/01/29

0.7%

CSC Holdings, LLC, 5.750%, 01/15/30

0.7%

Air Canada, 7.750%, 04/15/21

0.7%

Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 6.875%, 08/15/23

0.7%

Performance Food Group, Inc., 5.500%, 06/01/24

0.7%

RLJ Lodging Trust, REIT, 1.950%

0.6%

Total

7.2%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Fixed Income Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Media

14.7%

Basic Industry

11.4%

Services

8.7%

Telecommunications

7.5%

Energy

7.3%

Capital Goods

6.7%

Health Care

6.5%

Consumer Goods

5.6%

Financial Services

4.9%

Retail

4.3%

Leisure

3.4%

Real Estate

3.1%

Technology & Electronics

2.4%

Automotive

2.4%

Banking

2.2%

Utility

2.1%

Insurance

1.1%

Transportation

1.0%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

4.7%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Andrew Braun

 

Portfolio Manager
Nathan Moser, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Anthony Trzcinka, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Peter Schwab, CFA

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2019, the Investor Class and Institutional Class of the Fund had total returns of 20.83% and 21.17%, respectively, compared to 31.49% for the S&P 500 Index, 22.18% for the 60% S&P 500 Index / 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index blend (the Blended Index) and 19.23% for the Morningstar Allocation--50% to 70% Equity category average.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

2019 was an exceptional year for returns across virtually all asset classes and drove the strong total return of the Fund. The S&P 500 Index delivered a total return of 31.49% for 2019, its best year since 2013. Small-cap equities lagged large-cap equities for the year, but the Russell 2000 Index still delivered a robust annual return of 25.52%. As has been the case over recent years, non-U.S. developed market stocks lagged U.S. stocks in 2019, but again, the MSCI EAFE Index returned 22.01% for the year. It was also a very strong year for fixed income, as the Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index returned 8.72%.

 

With the MSCI EAFE Index trailing the S&P 500 Index by 9.48%, the Fund’s non-U.S. equity allocation was a headwind to performance relative to the Blended Index as it does not comprise securities outside the U.S. However, the Fund’s modest underweight position to non-U.S. stocks relative to peers contributed positively to the Fund’s outperformance versus the Morningstar Allocation--50% to 70% Equity category average.

 

As discussed in detail below, performance of the underlying funds in aggregate was a positive contributor.

 

 

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Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

The Fund’s equity and fixed income allocations were maintained near or modestly below their 60% equity / 40% fixed income neutral target throughout the year. Over the course of the year, modest initial allocations were made to Pax High Yield Bond Fund, the Pax Small Cap Fund and the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund. During the latter part of the second quarter, the Fund gradually reduced its position in the Pax Mid Cap Fund, until the Pax Mid Cap Fund was liquidated in July, 2019.

 

Strong returns across equities and fixed income in 2019 presented a challenging environment for allocating between stocks and bonds. With a flat environment for earnings, approximately 90% of the 2019 return in the S&P 500 Index was due to Price-to-Earning (P/E)1 expansion, leaving stocks at the higher-end of historical valuations. Similarly, with interest rates near historic lows and tight credit spreads, it was hard to find value in bonds. In such an environment, our equity and bond allocations remained near their neutral targets as we continued to strive to add value through the underlying fund strategies.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively and negatively to performance?

 

The Pax Large Cap Fund, which represents the largest equity allocation, was a very strong contributor to the Fund’s performance during the period, as it outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 3.74% in 2019. The Pax Global Opportunities Fund was also a modest positive contributor as it outperformed its benchmark.

 

The Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund modestly detracted from performance as it lagged the Russell 1000 Index in a growth-oriented environment. The Pax Core Bond Fund also modestly detracted from performance as its lower-risk orientation lagged in the strong fixed income market.

 

Can you discuss any changes to the Fund throughout the period?

 

During the period, effective December 18, 2019, the name of the Pax Balanced Fund changed to the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund. We believe this new name better captures the Fund’s investment approach and its unique long-term track record of serving investors interested in pursuing sustainable investing strategies. Importantly, the investment strategy has not changed in any way — only the name has changed. Additional information about the name change is available at our website: https://impaxam.com/pax-balanced-fund-takes-a-new-name/.

 

1

The P/E is the ratio for valuing a company that measures its current share price relative to its per-share earnings.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2019

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PAXWX

 

20.83%

9.45%

6.66%

7.80%

Institutional Class1

PAXIX

 

21.17%

9.73%

6.93%

8.07%

S&P 500 Index

   

31.49%

15.27%

11.70%

13.56%

Blended Index

   

22.18%

10.87%

8.37%

9.77%

Morningstar Allocation--50% to 70% Equity

 

19.23%

8.55%

6.22%

7.90%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

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Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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Manager Allocations

 

Fund Allocation

Percent of Net Assets

Equity

 

Large-Cap/Multi-Cap Core Strategies

 

Pax Large Cap Fund

40.1%

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

6.7%

Small Cap Core Strategies

 

Pax Small Cap Fund

1.7%

Foreign Strategies

 

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

1.1%

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

1.3%

Pax Global Opportunities Fund

1.6%

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

7.7%

Total Equity

60.2%

   

Fixed Income

 

Investment Grade/Intermediate

 

Pax Core Bond Fund

36.2%

High Yield

 

Pax High Yield Bond Fund

1.2%

Total Fixed Income

37.4%

   

Cash & Cash Equivalents

2.4%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Sustainable Investing Update (Unaudited)

  

Senior Vice President
for Sustainable
Investing

 

Julie Gorte, Ph.D.

 

As I write this letter, Reuters is reporting that the number of weather disasters that cost a billion dollars or more has doubled during the past decade, with 14 such events in 2019 alone, carrying a total price tag of more than $45 billion. Australia is suffering one of the worst bushfire seasons ever, something that was forecast with spine-tingling accuracy in 2007 by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: “In south-east Australia, the frequency of very high and extreme fire danger days is likely to rise 4 - 25% by 2020.” It’s time we stop thinking of extreme weather events as acts of God and started seeing them as something we, ourselves, have brought about, and something we can and should do something about.

 

Everyone has something to contribute to avert a climate disaster. As investors, we see this as part of what we are supposed to do — invest in things that are more likely to create value and assure that the risks in our portfolios are priced appropriately. For many years, we have avoided investing in some of the most carbon-intensive human activities, such as coal and tar sands mining, as well as utilities that depend more heavily on coal. Maybe if everyone had done that we wouldn’t be on a path to 3 - 4 degree warming over this century. But that didn’t happen, and now we must up our game.

 

As of December 31, 2019, Pax World Funds is offering nine fossil fuel-free funds.1 In addition, we track the carbon intensity of our funds, and our ESG Beta funds are explicitly managed to strive to be at least 30 percent less carbon intensive than their benchmarks. Also for those two funds and one other, we have replaced the fossil fuel names in the portfolios with energy efficiency companies through an approach we call SmartCarbon™. We have engaged with all the companies in our global funds from the two most carbon-intensive sectors — utilities and materials — to urge them to establish science-based targets for emissions reduction and undertake climate risk reporting and scenario analysis recommended by the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosure. We’ve already had encouraging responses from some of those companies, and we intend to keep the pressure on. And, unlike many large investors, we generally vote for shareholder proposals

 

1

In our fossil fuel-free funds, we seek to avoid investing in securities of companies significantly involved in the extraction and/or refining of fossil fuels (coal, oil and gas), which includes: exploration and production; refining and marketing; storage and transportation; and equipment and services. Collectively, these companies comprise the Energy sector according to the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®), a widely recognized industry standard.

 

 

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asking companies to report on climate risks, establish emissions reduction targets or discuss how they deal with the risks posed by a transition to a low-carbon economy.

 

None of what we are doing will be enough on its own to change the trajectory of the planet with respect to global warming. To prevent a climate catastrophe the human race needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050 and go negative thereafter. That is technically possible, but we’ll need every ounce of commitment and action we can muster to do it.

 

Right now, unfortunately, doing something about it is not getting easier, but harder, in part because of an effort to subdue shareholder voices about major value-related issues such as climate change and gender equality. Much of this effort has been financed and advanced by groups like the Business Roundtable, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the National Association of Manufacturers. In response, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) has proposed a rulemaking that would make it significantly more difficult for investors to file shareholder proposals. We are working with other shareholders and investment institutions to express, through the formal comment process as well as press, social media and thought leadership, how bad an idea we think this is.

 

Even if the SEC’s rulemaking moves forward undeterred, we will continue to direct our efforts toward making better rules, because we know they are needed. Perhaps when we have an administration in place that understands that climate change is real and that investors have tens of trillions of dollars’ worth of value at risk if we keep pretending it’s a hoax, we can assure that management and boards are more attentive to shareholder interests in making the economy, and financial markets, more compatible with the needs of sustainability.

 

 

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Shareholder Expense Examples (Unaudited)

 

Examples As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. The examples on the next page are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each of the Funds and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. For more information, see the relevant Fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.

 

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period beginning on July 1, 2019 and ending on December 31, 2019.

 

Please note that Individual Retirement Account (IRA), Coverdell Education Savings, Roth IRA, SEP-IRA, SIMPLE IRA, and 403(b)(7) accounts are charged an annual custodial fee of fifteen dollars. If you are invested in one of these account types, you should add an additional $7.50 to the estimated expenses paid during the period.

 

Actual Expenses For each Fund, the first table on the next page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. For the Fund, 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 under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes For each Fund, the second table on the following pages provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not each Fund’s 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 these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the second table 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, our costs would have been higher.

 

 

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Based on Actual Fund Return

       

 

Beginning
Account Value
7/1/2019

Ending
Account Value
12/31/2019

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

Expenses
Paid During
Period1

Large Cap Fund - Investor

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,136.70

0.95%

$ 5.12

Large Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,138.80

0.70%

3.77

Small Cap Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,050.10

1.15%

5.94

Small Cap Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,050.30

1.15%

5.94

Small Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,051.10

0.90%

4.65

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,102.70

0.90%

4.77

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,102.50

0.90%

4.77

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,104.00

0.65%

3.45

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,097.20

0.90%

4.76

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,098.30

0.65%

3.44

Global Opportunities Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,064.70

1.20%

6.25

Global Opportunities Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,065.90

0.93%

4.84

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,064.00

1.22%

6.35

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,064.70

1.22%

6.35

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,066.10

0.97%

5.05

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,070.30

0.80%

4.17

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,071.60

0.55%

2.87

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,080.90

0.80%

4.20

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,081.60

0.55%

2.89

Core Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.60

0.71%

3.62

Core Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.80

0.46%

2.34

High Yield Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,044.20

0.96%

4.95

High Yield Bond Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,044.10

0.96%

4.95

High Yield Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,045.60

0.71%

3.66

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,075.30

0.30%

1.57

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,076.70

0.05%

0.26

 

1

Expenses are equal to each Funds’ annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period beginning on July 1, 2019 and ending on December 31, 2019).

 

 

 

 

 

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Based on Hypothetical 5% Return (before expenses)

 

Beginning
Account Value
7/1/2019

Ending
Account Value
12/31/2019

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

Expenses
Paid During
Period1

Large Cap Fund - Investor

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.42

0.95%

$ 4.84

Large Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.68

0.70%

3.57

Small Cap Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,019.41

1.15%

5.85

Small Cap Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,019.41

1.15%

5.85

Small Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.67

0.90%

4.58

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.67

0.90%

4.58

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,020.67

0.90%

4.58

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.93

0.65%

3.31

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.67

0.90%

4.58

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.93

0.65%

3.31

Global Opportunities Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,019.16

1.20%

6.11

Global Opportunities Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.52

0.93%

4.74

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,019.06

1.22%

6.21

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,019.06

1.22%

6.21

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.32

0.97%

4.94

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,021.17

0.80%

4.08

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,022.43

0.55%

2.80

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,021.17

0.80%

4.08

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,022.43

0.55%

2.80

Core Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,021.63

0.71%

3.62

Core Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,022.82

0.46%

2.35

High Yield Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.37

0.96%

4.89

High Yield Bond Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,020.37

0.96%

4.89

High Yield Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.63

0.71%

3.62

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,023.69

0.30%

1.53

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,024.95

0.05%

0.26

 

1

Expenses are equal to each Funds’ annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period beginning on July 1, 2019 and ending on December 31, 2019).

 

 

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Schedules of Investments

 

Pax Large Cap Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 96.3%

Communication Services: 12.1%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    15,223     $ 20,389,534  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)

    15,275       20,422,981  

AT&T, Inc.

    566,741       22,148,237  

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

    172,700       13,543,134  

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

    376,349       15,795,368  
              92,299,254  

Consumer Discretionary: 9.7%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    14,732       27,222,379  

Aptiv PLC

    131,500       12,488,555  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    146,562       17,552,265  

Target Corp.

    135,122       17,323,992  
              74,587,191  

Consumer Staples: 5.9%

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

    325,100       17,906,508  

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    215,400       26,903,460  
              44,809,968  

Financials: 13.8%

American International Group, Inc.

    257,851       13,235,492  

Bank of America Corp.

    396,400       13,961,208  

BlackRock, Inc.

    27,100       13,623,170  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    307,000       12,467,270  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    175,818       24,509,029  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    87,300       8,183,502  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    323,500       19,727,030  
              105,706,701  

Health Care: 16.0%

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    28,518       8,462,146  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    288,080       18,491,856  

Cigna Corp.

    76,694       15,683,156  

Humana, Inc.

    24,964       9,149,805  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    69,200       10,692,092  

Medtronic PLC

    107,704       12,219,019  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    292,968       26,645,440  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    38,359       12,461,688  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    39,200       8,582,840  
              122,388,042  

Industrials: 8.4%

Eaton Corp PLC

    165,671       15,692,357  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    168,203       22,357,543  

Waste Management, Inc.

    117,827       13,427,565  

Xylem, Inc.

    163,700       12,897,923  
              64,375,388  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology: 22.5%

Accenture PLC, Class A

    87,994     $ 18,528,897  

Apple, Inc.

    139,995       41,109,531  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    295,842       18,058,196  

Microsoft Corp.

    260,594       41,095,673  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

    110,618       17,990,912  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    128,000       12,267,520  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    84,500       15,877,550  

Xilinx, Inc.

    78,800       7,704,276  
              172,632,555  

Materials: 2.7%

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    108,266       6,950,677  

Vulcan Materials Co.

    97,800       14,082,222  
              21,032,899  

Real Estate: 4.3%

Equinix, Inc., REIT

    33,300       19,437,210  

Prologis, Inc., REIT

    153,500       13,682,990  
              33,120,200  

Utilities: 0.9%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    57,500       7,063,875  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $513,141,865)

    738,016,073  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 3.7%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (b)(c)

    28,155,190       28,155,190  

(Cost $28,155,190)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.0%

(Cost $541,297,055)

    766,171,263  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.0% (d)

    103,662  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 766,274,925  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(c)

Premier Class shares

(d)

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

 

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Pax Small Cap Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 97.3%

Communication Services: 3.7%

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A (a)

    100,139     $ 3,955,491  

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B (a)

    300,000       2,979,000  

ORBCOMM, Inc. (a)

    847,082       3,566,215  

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

    207,197       5,407,842  
              15,908,548  

Consumer Discretionary: 13.3%

Callaway Golf Co.

    280,400       5,944,480  

Carter’s, Inc.

    63,804       6,976,329  

Columbia Sportswear Co.

    68,565       6,869,527  

Crocs, Inc. (a)

    110,656       4,635,380  

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

    70,000       5,287,800  

Etsy, Inc. (a)

    39,000       1,727,700  

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)

    157,724       5,114,989  

Rubicon Project, Inc., The (a)

    750,000       6,120,000  

Thor Industries, Inc. (b)

    65,000       4,828,850  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

    158,770       9,972,345  
              57,477,400  

Consumer Staples: 4.2%

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

    545,800       10,877,752  

Performance Food Group Co. (a)

    120,559       6,206,377  

Simply Good Foods Co., The (a)

    28,349       809,080  
              17,893,209  

Financials: 21.6%

CenterState Bank Corp.

    293,315       7,327,009  

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

    907,136       24,338,459  

Meridian Bancorp, Inc.

    1,059,307       21,281,477  

Univest Financial Corp.

    329,507       8,824,197  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A (b)

    1,050,736       22,033,934  

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

    8,135       9,074,674  
              92,879,750  

Health Care: 13.6%

Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    525,000       9,452,625  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC (a)

    70,000       2,534,000  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp. (a)

    90,000       5,245,200  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care, continued

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    76,829     $ 8,012,496  

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

    580,122       19,138,225  

NuVasive, Inc. (a)

    60,000       4,640,400  

Wright Medical Group NV (a)

    314,300       9,579,864  
              58,602,810  

Industrials: 16.6%

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

    50,682       1,968,489  

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. (a)

    120,191       3,843,708  

Clarivate Analytics PLC (a)(b)

    294,275       4,943,820  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    168,228       8,386,166  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    120,002       10,356,173  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)

    225,000       4,263,750  

Federal Signal Corp.

    80,430       2,593,868  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

    534,453       6,055,352  

MasTec, Inc. (a)

    121,609       7,802,433  

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

    628,702       8,575,495  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    18,615       2,352,191  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    384,712       10,310,282  
              71,451,727  

Information Technology: 12.5%

Ciena Corp. (a)

    204,129       8,714,267  

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

    64,472       2,288,110  

Everbridge, Inc. (a)

    36,709       2,866,239  

Fastly, Inc., Class A (a)

    135,000       2,709,450  

Flex, Ltd. (a)

    560,000       7,067,200  

FormFactor, Inc. (a)

    32,680       848,700  

Infinera Corp. (a)(b)

    557,835       4,429,210  

Knowles Corp. (a)

    300,000       6,345,000  

RealPage, Inc. (a)

    90,000       4,837,500  

ScanSource, Inc. (a)

    71,528       2,642,960  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A (a)

    50,000       2,246,000  

Verra Mobility Corp. (a)

    425,000       5,945,750  

Zuora, Inc., Class A (a)

    215,000       3,080,950  
              54,021,336  

Real Estate: 9.1%

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc, Class A, REIT

    936,169       10,737,858  

CubeSmart, REIT

    200,000       6,296,000  

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax Small Cap Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate, continued

Four Corners Property Trust, Inc., REIT

    396,100     $ 11,166,059  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc., REIT

    335,720       11,202,977  
              39,402,894  

Utilities: 2.7%

ONE Gas, Inc.

    46,706       4,370,280  

Unitil Corp.

    120,929       7,475,831  
              11,846,111  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $366,167,397)

    419,483,785  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 4.7%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (c)(d)

    20,456,386       20,456,386  

(Cost $20,456,386)

 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 1.1%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.580% (c)(d)

    4,885,400     $ 4,885,400  

(Cost $4,885,400)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 103.1%

(Cost $391,509,183)

    444,825,571  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED: -1.1%

    (4,885,400 )
         

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): -2.0%

    (8,830,420 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 431,109,751  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2019. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2019 was $19,650,424.

(c)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(d)

Premier Class shares

 

 

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Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 99.2%

Communication Services: 8.0%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,465     $ 5,980,376  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)

    1,456       1,946,701  

AT&T, Inc.

    84,374       3,297,336  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    102,420       6,288,589  

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

    39,295       1,649,211  

Walt Disney Co., The

    40       5,785  
              19,167,998  

Consumer Discretionary: 12.7%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    3,583       6,620,811  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    3,094       271,653  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    8,566       371,593  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

    336       281,269  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    8,884       968,445  

Gentex Corp.

    9,070       262,849  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

    3,494       334,690  

Home Depot, Inc., The

    15,500       3,384,890  

Lear Corp. (b)

    5,544       760,637  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    1,747       209,221  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    5,093       771,233  

McDonald’s Corp.

    8,195       1,619,414  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    26,027       2,636,795  

Nordstrom, Inc. (b)

    2,179       89,186  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    2,680       156,539  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    324       1,233,925  

PulteGroup, Inc.

    15,163       588,324  

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

    2,155       287,714  

Starbucks Corp.

    45,300       3,982,776  

Target Corp.

    20,697       2,653,562  

TJX Cos., Inc., The

    18,246       1,114,101  

Tractor Supply Co.

    806       75,313  

VF Corp.

    13,046       1,300,164  

Wendy’s Co, The

    2,254       50,061  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (b)

    7,543       553,958  
              30,579,123  

Consumer Staples: 10.0%

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.

    148       23,531  

Clorox Co., The

    1,978       303,702  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    10,980       755,863  

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A

    8,219       1,697,552  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    3,634       79,003  

General Mills, Inc.

    29,116       1,559,453  

Hershey Co.,The

    14,882       2,187,356  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

J.M. Smucker Co., The

    3,387     $ 352,688  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    17,588       2,419,229  

Kroger Co., The

    53,205       1,542,413  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    45,180       6,174,752  

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    22,100       2,760,290  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

    9,829       190,191  

Sysco Corp.

    17,693       1,513,459  

US Foods Holding Corp. (a)

    14,177       593,875  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    33,089       1,950,927  
              24,104,284  

Financials: 9.5%

Aflac, Inc.

    72,634       3,842,339  

Allstate Corp., The

    12,331       1,386,621  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    26,928       822,920  

American Express Co.

    6,578       818,895  

Capital One Financial Corp.

    699       71,934  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    23,648       960,345  

Discover Financial Services

    16,188       1,373,066  

East West Bancorp, Inc.

    22,447       1,093,169  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    379       101,686  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    10,128       311,335  

Lincoln National Corp.

    3,636       214,560  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    1,383       524,309  

MetLife, Inc.

    24,711       1,259,520  

Morningstar, Inc.

    5,153       779,700  

Navient Corp.

    55,681       761,716  

Old Republic International Corp.

    9,579       214,282  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    10,511       443,039  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    27,456       4,382,801  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    9,468       887,530  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    6,161       1,004,613  

Synchrony Financial

    289       10,407  

U.S. Bancorp

    11,186       663,218  

Unum Group

    31,801       927,317  
              22,855,322  

Health Care: 14.5%

AbbVie, Inc.

    10,191       902,311  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    17,334       1,478,764  

Amgen, Inc.

    8,492       2,047,166  

Anthem, Inc.

    2,937       887,062  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care, continued

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    9,935     $ 2,948,013  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    20,818       1,336,307  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    25,679       1,298,844  

Centene Corp. (a)

    1,692       106,376  

CVS Health Corp.

    10,583       786,211  

DaVita, Inc. (a)

    1,937       145,333  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    13,746       1,806,637  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    3,071       199,554  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    9,802       1,448,834  

Henry Schein, Inc. (a)

    9,420       628,502  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC (a)

    9,546       1,425,027  

Johnson & Johnson

    41,747       6,089,635  

Laboratory Corp of America Holdings (a)

    1,973       333,772  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    37,405       3,401,984  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    14,287       4,641,418  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    10,122       2,975,666  
              34,887,416  

Industrials: 7.6%

3M Co.

    15,710       2,771,558  

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    1,768       243,984  

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

    1,471       86,024  

Eaton Corp PLC

    4,430       419,610  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    1,330       103,767  

Hexcel Corp.

    3,164       231,953  

Landstar System, Inc.

    15,792       1,798,235  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    12,670       1,230,257  

PACCAR, Inc.

    6,863       542,863  

Regal Beloit Corp.

    15,240       1,304,696  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    3,188       201,322  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    7,540       2,670,894  

Ryder System, Inc.

    7,334       398,310  

Sensata Technologies Holding, PLC (a)

    12,260       660,446  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    11,527       1,349,351  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    2,189       741,020  

Waste Management, Inc.

    13,039       1,485,924  

WESCO International, Inc. (a)

    32,951       1,956,960  
              18,197,174  

Information Technology: 23.6%

Accenture PLC, Class A

    9,603       2,022,104  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

    2,319       200,315  

Apple, Inc.

    32,725       9,609,695  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    2,506     $ 178,252  

CDW Corp.

    1,459       208,404  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    33,712       1,616,828  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

    19,940       2,211,346  

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Class A

    24,303       1,507,272  

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

    867       121,077  

HP, Inc.

    106,836       2,195,480  

IBM

    10,233       1,371,631  

Intel Corp.

    60,776       3,637,444  

Intuit, Inc.

    2,033       532,504  

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

    4,771       380,487  

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    22,599       6,747,835  

Microsoft Corp.

    52,646       8,302,274  

Oracle Corp.

    26,256       1,391,043  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    1,593       140,550  

Seagate Technology PLC

    1,486       88,417  

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

    7,939       1,105,109  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    20,498       1,964,528  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    45,595       5,849,383  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    7,634       1,434,429  

VMware, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,252       493,621  

Western Union Co., The (b)

    123,972       3,319,970  
              56,629,998  

Materials: 2.3%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    347       81,542  

Celanese Corp.

    3,032       373,300  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.

    1,954       125,447  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    5,014       397,410  

Ecolab, Inc.

    602       116,180  

Huntsman Corp.

    4,651       112,368  

Linde PLC

    7,594       1,616,762  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    21,268       2,009,400  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    5,655       677,243  
              5,509,652  

Real Estate: 7.4%

Apartment Investment & Management Co., REIT

    28,833       1,489,224  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    45,500       2,788,695  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., REIT

    18,641       345,791  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate, continued

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A, REIT

    794     $ 70,872  

Public Storage, REIT

    2,871       611,408  

Service Properties Trust, REIT

    254,149       6,183,445  

Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT

    29,314       4,366,613  

VICI Properties, Inc., REIT (b)

    79,975       2,043,362  
              17,899,410  

Utilities: 3.6%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    36,715       4,510,438  

Eversource Energy (b)

    7,138       607,230  

Exelon Corp.

    17,922       817,064  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    11,528       2,791,620  
              8,726,352  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $131,907,609)

    238,556,729  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 0.8%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (c)(d)

    1,838,244       1,838,244  

(Cost $1,838,244)

                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 0.3%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.580% (c)(d)

    781,704     $ 781,704  

(Cost $781,704)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.3%

(Cost $134,527,557)

    241,176,677  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED: -0.3%

    (781,704 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.0% (e)

    20,863  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 240,415,836  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2019. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2019 was $7,235,253.

(c)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(d)

Premier Class shares

(e)

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

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Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 99.0%

Communication Services: 7.1%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,953     $ 2,615,829  

AT&T, Inc.

    83,054       3,245,749  

CenturyLink, Inc.

    5,210       68,824  

Interpublic Group of Cos Inc., The

    24,735       571,379  

John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Class A

    7,151       346,967  

Omnicom Group, Inc. (b)

    3,209       259,993  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    34,732       2,132,545  

Walt Disney Co., The

    615       88,947  

Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)

    20,625       126,225  
              9,456,458  

Consumer Discretionary: 12.6%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    2,000       3,695,680  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    3,970       348,566  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

    248       207,603  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    7,168       781,384  

Home Depot, Inc., The

    11,372       2,483,417  

Kohl’s Corp.

    6,846       348,804  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

    23,344       1,611,670  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

    5,977       303,811  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    2,325       278,442  

lululemon athletica, Inc. (a)

    252       58,381  

Macy’s, Inc.

    19,497       331,449  

McDonald’s Corp.

    5,518       1,090,412  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    2,496       252,870  

Nordstrom, Inc. (b)

    8,473       346,800  

Ross Stores, Inc.

    963       112,112  

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

    4,368       583,172  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

    3,565       160,817  

Starbucks Corp.

    17,819       1,566,646  

Tapestry, Inc.

    9,044       243,917  

Target Corp.

    8,573       1,099,144  

VF Corp.

    3,320       330,871  

Whirlpool Corp. (b)

    1,574       232,212  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc. (b)

    3,649       267,983  
              16,736,163  

Consumer Staples: 7.6%

Clorox Co., The

    751       115,309  

Coca-Cola Co., The

    28,031       1,551,516  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    391       26,916  

Flowers Foods, Inc.

    7,724       167,920  

General Mills, Inc.

    6,810       364,744  

Kellogg Co.

    2,680       185,349  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    7,918       1,089,121  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    18,895       2,582,379  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    21,163     $ 2,643,258  

Sysco Corp.

    6,781       580,047  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    12,369       729,276  
              10,035,835  

Financials: 10.8%

Aflac, Inc.

    21,602       1,142,746  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    13,769       1,509,771  

Bank of America Corp.

    12,141       427,606  

CME Group, Inc.

    1,876       376,551  

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

    14,493       657,258  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    5,391       165,719  

Invesco, Ltd.

    27,839       500,545  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    210       79,613  

MetLife, Inc.

    22,924       1,168,436  

Morningstar, Inc.

    2,231       337,573  

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

    21,947       263,803  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    17,163       943,965  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    15,013       1,407,319  

Regions Financial Corp.

    39,696       681,183  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    3,529       429,973  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

    6,696       332,791  

TFS Financial Corp.

    42,673       839,805  

U.S. Bancorp

    18,253       1,082,220  

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

    95,103       1,683,323  

Unum Group

    9,006       262,615  
              14,292,815  

Health Care: 13.7%

Abbott Laboratories

    27,383       2,378,487  

AbbVie, Inc.

    15,889       1,406,812  

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

    154       42,972  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    1,170       99,473  

Amgen, Inc.

    6,726       1,621,437  

Anthem, Inc.

    948       286,324  

Baxter International, Inc.

    5,263       440,092  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    18,921       957,024  

CVS Health Corp.

    6,676       495,960  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    11,142       1,464,393  

Humana, Inc.

    811       297,248  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    768       200,548  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    708       234,872  

Johnson & Johnson

    27,306       3,983,127  

Medtronic PLC

    5,342       606,050  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care, continued

Merck & Co., Inc.

    21,720     $ 1,975,434  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    3,091       330,088  

ResMed, Inc.

    1,747       270,733  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    3,590       1,055,388  
              18,146,462  

Industrials: 11.5%

3M Co.

    9,768       1,723,271  

Cummins, Inc.

    2,019       361,320  

Dover Corp.

    5,825       671,390  

Eaton Corp PLC

    24,986       2,366,673  

Emerson Electric Co.

    15,599       1,189,580  

Fastenal Co.

    13,845       511,573  

Hubbell, Inc.

    758       112,048  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    12,037       2,162,205  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    5,429       721,623  

Nielsen Holdings PLC

    14,566       295,690  

PACCAR, Inc.

    12,366       978,151  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    8,803       555,909  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    1,118       226,585  

Rollins, Inc.

    1,584       52,525  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

    1,914       317,226  

Union Pacific Corp.

    5,221       943,905  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    6,604       773,064  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    2,851       965,121  

Waste Management, Inc.

    3,509       399,886  
              15,327,745  

Information Technology: 27.9% (c)

Accenture PLC, Class A

    11,689       2,461,353  

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    3,019       995,696  

Apple, Inc.

    19,948       5,857,730  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    2,294       420,857  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    4,917       838,349  

Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc.

    748       92,408  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    3,789       262,805  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    68,483       3,284,445  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

    2,759       305,973  

HP, Inc.

    27,065       556,186  

IBM

    18,257       2,447,167  

Intel Corp.

    26,987       1,615,172  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    3,956       576,271  

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

    6,196       494,131  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    1,507     $ 449,975  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

    17,024       1,047,146  

Microsoft Corp.

    33,374       5,263,080  

National Instruments Corp.

    16,747       709,068  

NetApp, Inc.

    12,511       778,810  

Oracle Corp.

    1,660       87,947  

Paychex, Inc.

    24,311       2,067,894  

Pegasystems, Inc.

    1,154       91,916  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    6,044       533,262  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

    5,385       875,816  

Seagate Technology PLC

    9,055       538,773  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    4,679       565,598  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    23,940       3,071,262  

VMware, Inc., Class A (a)

    184       27,929  

Western Union Co., The (b)

    29,664       794,402  
              37,111,421  

Materials: 2.6%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    5,301       1,245,682  

Avery Dennison Corp.

    1,191       155,807  

Celanese Corp.

    2,005       246,856  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    2,494       197,674  

Ecolab, Inc.

    1,088       209,973  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    3,234       305,548  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

    1,765       211,376  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    2,466       301,469  

Sonoco Products Co.

    2,504       154,547  

WestRock Co.

    10,548       452,615  
              3,481,547  

Real Estate: 4.2%

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., REIT

    651       136,515  

Brandywine Realty Trust, REIT

    9,944       156,618  

Brixmor Property Group, Inc., REIT

    11,853       256,143  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc., REIT

    9,088       313,263  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., REIT

    10,904       202,269  

Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT (b)

    9,819       312,932  

Kimco Realty Corp., REIT (b)

    5,179       107,257  

Outfront Media, Inc., REIT

    2,659       71,314  

Public Storage, REIT

    1,404       298,996  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate, continued

Rayonier, Inc., REIT

    6,805     $ 222,932  

Service Properties Trust, REIT

    24,020       584,407  

Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT

    5,719       851,902  

SITE Centers Corp., REIT

    269       3,771  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc., REIT

    37,458       931,207  

VICI Properties, Inc., REIT

    12,008       306,804  

WP Carey, Inc., REIT

    10,906       872,916  
              5,629,246  

Utilities: 1.0%

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    825       74,638  

Dominion Energy, Inc.

    13,988       1,158,486  

Edison International

    771       58,141  
              1,291,265  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $89,735,069)

    131,508,957  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 0.9%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (d)(e)

    1,193,469       1,193,469  

(Cost $1,193,469)

 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 0.3%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.580% (d)(e)

    351,630     $ 351,630  

(Cost $351,630)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.2%

(Cost $91,280,168)

    133,054,056  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED: -0.3%

    (351,630 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.1%

    156,683  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 132,859,109  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2019. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2019 was $2,270,024.

(c)

Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.

(d)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(e)

Premier Class shares

 

 

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Pax Global Opportunities Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 99.3%

Communication Services: 2.4%

KDDI Corp.

    34,300     $ 1,023,387  
                 

Consumer Discretionary: 2.9%

Aptiv PLC

    12,993       1,233,945  
                 

Consumer Staples: 9.5%

Danone SA

    15,600       1,295,516  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    65,119       1,073,115  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

    34,441       666,433  

Unilever NV

    16,993       975,240  
              4,010,304  

Financials: 17.6%

AIA Group, Ltd.

    149,600       1,573,487  

Bandhan Bank, Ltd.

    89,023       636,070  

Beazley PLC

    144,508       1,063,262  

HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR

    24,496       1,552,312  

Hiscox, Ltd.

    74,836       1,411,579  

Prudential PLC

    60,794       1,164,851  
              7,401,561  

Health Care: 19.9%

Abcam PLC

    36,813       659,269  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,882       636,138  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    3,126       850,178  

Danaher Corp.

    4,786       734,555  

Evotec SE (a)

    37,716       972,375  

Genus PLC

    15,008       632,146  

Grifols SA, ADR

    38,080       886,883  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    9,940       1,535,829  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    4,392       1,426,829  
              8,334,202  

Industrials: 8.7%

IDEX Corp.

    4,924       846,928  

Kubota Corp.

    65,600       1,030,132  

Tomra Systems ASA

    24,725       785,926  

Xylem, Inc.

    12,645       996,300  
              3,659,286  

Information Technology: 26.8% (b)

ASML Holding NV

    2,332       690,404  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    15,357       1,065,162  

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

    5,814       842,565  

Keyence Corp.

    3,550       1,246,541  

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    4,067       1,214,366  

Microsoft Corp.

    11,157       1,759,458  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

SAP SE

    6,113     $ 822,798  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Ltd

    137,000       1,516,291  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    8,795       842,913  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    6,653       1,250,099  
              11,250,597  

Materials: 8.9%

Croda International PLC

    12,634       858,210  

Ecolab, Inc.

    4,360       841,436  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    6,196       810,100  

Linde PLC

    5,847       1,244,827  
              3,754,573  

Real Estate: 2.6%

Equinix, Inc., REIT

    1,863       1,087,433  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $35,901,304)

    41,755,288  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 0.8%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (c)(d)

    340,811       340,811  

(Cost $340,811)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.1%

(Cost $36,242,115)

    42,096,099  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): -0.1%

    (21,985 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 42,074,114  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.

(c)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(d)

Premier Class shares

 

 

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SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY

 

Country

 

Value

   

Percent of
Net Assets

 

France

  $ 1,295,516       3.1 %

Germany

    1,795,173       4.3 %

Hong Kong

    1,573,487       3.7 %

India

    2,188,381       5.2 %

Japan

    3,300,061       7.8 %

Netherlands

    2,475,743       5.9 %

Norway

    785,926       1.9 %

Portugal

    1,073,115       2.6 %

Spain

    886,883       2.1 %

Taiwan

    1,516,292       3.6 %

United Kingdom

    5,789,317       13.8 %

United States

    19,075,394       45.3 %

Money Market

    340,811       0.8 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    (21,985 )     -0.1 %

TOTAL

  $ 42,074,114       100.0 %

 

 

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Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 97.8%

RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: 0.8%

Renewable Energy Developers & Independent Power Producers (IPPS): 0.8%

Huaneng Renewables Corp., Ltd.

    18,747,107     $ 7,289,981  

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: 35.4%

Power Network Efficiency: 5.3%

Hubbell, Inc.

    123,166       18,206,398  

Schneider Electric SE

    322,605       33,144,348  
              51,350,746  

Industrial Energy Efficiency: 9.3%

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

    57,291       14,747,276  

Delta Electronics, Inc.

    4,012,475       20,304,624  

PTC, Inc. (a)

    193,165       14,466,127  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    61,311       12,425,900  

Siemens AG

    215,683       28,166,375  
              90,110,302  

Buildings Energy Efficiency: 9.6%

A.O. Smith Corp.

    172,620       8,223,617  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    110,550       20,281,503  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    215,825       28,687,460  

Kingspan Group PLC

    148,078       9,044,095  

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

    774,400       13,435,768  

Signify NV

    413,249       12,934,189  
              92,606,632  

Transport Energy Efficiency: 10.1%

Aptiv PLC

    282,660       26,844,220  

Delphi Technologies PLC (a)

    648,957       8,326,118  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    293,060       28,086,870  

Umicore SA

    294,551       14,354,645  

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd.

    5,680,800       20,553,617  
              98,165,470  

Consumer Energy Efficiency: 1.1%

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

    180,900       11,134,135  

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGIES: 25.1%

Water Infrastructure: 9.5%

Ferguson PLC

    185,592       16,890,141  

Georg Fischer AG

    11,217       11,374,315  

IDEX Corp.

    134,102       23,065,544  

Pentair PLC

    341,238       15,652,587  

Xylem, Inc.

    312,475       24,619,905  
              91,602,492  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGIES, continued

Water Treatment Equipment: 3.4%

Ecolab, Inc.

    123,639     $ 23,861,091  

Woongjin Coway Co., Ltd.

    108,393       8,726,178  
              32,587,269  

Water Utilities: 9.7%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    208,698       25,638,549  

Beijing Enterprises Water Group, Ltd. (a)

    22,236,000       11,246,682  

Pennon Group PLC

    1,426,869       19,353,613  

Severn Trent PLC

    189,372       6,308,679  

Suez

    2,045,625       30,997,888  
              93,545,411  

Diversified Water Infrastructure & Technology: 2.5%

Danaher Corp.

    154,991       23,788,019  

POLLUTION CONTROL: 12.1%

Environmental Testing & Gas Sensing: 9.2%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    336,431       28,700,929  

Applus Services SA

    623,683       7,986,867  

Intertek Group PLC

    334,461       25,916,760  

Waters Corp. (a)

    112,902       26,379,552  
              88,984,108  

Public Transportation: 2.9%

East Japan Railway Co.

    314,500       28,387,374  

WASTE MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGIES: 4.3%

Waste Technology Equipment: 0.8%

China Everbright International, Ltd.

    9,464,555       7,589,617  

General Waste Management: 3.5%

Waste Management, Inc.

    297,848       33,942,758  

FOOD, AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY: 15.3%

Logistics, Food Safety & Packaging: 7.9%

GEA Group AG

    690,478       22,832,530  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

    18,590       14,747,075  

Sealed Air Corp.

    355,597       14,163,429  

WestRock Co.

    572,009       24,544,906  
              76,287,940  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

FOOD, AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY, continued

Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture: 7.4%

Koninklijke DSM NV

    107,661     $ 14,076,201  

Kubota Corp.

    1,338,900       21,025,068  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    592,572       24,704,327  

Welbilt, Inc. (a)

    784,022       12,238,583  
              72,044,179  

DIVERSIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL: 4.8%

Equinix, Inc., REIT

    21,240       12,397,788  

Linde PLC

    161,507       34,384,840  
              46,782,628  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $758,442,359)

    946,199,061  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 2.1%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (b)(c)

    20,471,038       20,471,038  

(Cost $20,471,038)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.9%

(Cost $778,913,397)

    966,670,099  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.1%

    1,530,622  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 968,200,721  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(c)

Premier Class shares

 

 

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY

 

Country

 

Value

   

Percent of
Net Assets

 

Belgium

  $ 14,354,645       1.5 %

China

    46,679,897       4.8 %

France

    64,142,235       6.6 %

Germany

    50,998,904       5.3 %

Ireland

    9,044,095       0.9 %

Japan

    73,982,346       7.7 %

Netherlands

    27,010,391       2.8 %

South Korea

    8,726,178       0.9 %

Spain

    7,986,867       0.8 %

Switzerland

    11,374,315       1.2 %

Taiwan

    20,304,624       2.1 %

United Kingdom

    76,795,312       7.9 %

United States

    534,799,252       55.3 %

Money Market

    20,471,038       2.1 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    1,530,622       0.1 %

Total

  $ 968,200,721       100.0 %

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 99.0%

Communication Services: 4.5%

Auto Trader Group PLC

    19,384     $ 153,078  

CenturyLink, Inc.

    20,502       270,831  

Deutsche Telekom AG

    69,525       1,136,189  

Elisa OYJ

    2,968       163,963  

Eutelsat Communications SA

    3,642       59,195  

Iliad SA

    520       67,637  

ITV PLC

    75,570       151,199  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

    9,174       2,968,432  

Omnicom Group, Inc. (b)

    4,608       373,340  

Orange SA

    41,615       611,582  

Proximus SADP

    3,174       90,947  

Publicis Groupe SA

    9,732       441,262  

Quebecor, Inc., Class B

    3,814       97,336  

REA Group, Ltd.

    1,100       79,911  

Schibsted ASA, Class B

    2,045       58,440  

Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd.

    31,700       51,351  

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.

    186,800       468,120  

Spark New Zealand, Ltd.

    38,302       111,689  

Tele2 AB, Class B

    10,417       151,193  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    17,496       50,712  

Telenet Group Holding NV

    909       40,862  

Telenor ASA

    15,348       275,123  

Telia Company AB

    57,076       245,228  

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

    86,830       215,685  

TELUS Corp.

    4,226       163,631  

Twitter, Inc. (a)

    15,286       489,916  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a)

    1,746       120,968  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    86,275       5,297,286  

Vodafone Group PLC

    557,428       1,082,176  

Walt Disney Co., The

    37,552       5,431,147  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    5,010       173,597  
              21,092,026  

Consumer Discretionary: 15.5%

Accor SA

    3,833       179,916  

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd.

    11,988       283,266  

Barratt Developments PLC

    21,038       208,306  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    114,823       10,081,460  

Burberry Group PLC

    8,584       250,615  

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

    1,443       329,047  

Capri Holdings, Ltd. (a)

    108,653       4,145,112  

Compass Group PLC

    33,088       829,244  

Daimler AG

    18,969       1,048,688  

Dollar General Corp.

    5,460       851,651  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Discretionary, continued

eBay, Inc.

    17,359     $ 626,833  

EssilorLuxottica SA

    5,913       903,988  

Gap Inc., The

    4,785       84,599  

H&R Block, Inc. (b)

    4,261       100,048  

Hasbro, Inc.

    2,527       266,876  

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

    60,936       1,242,944  

Hermes International

    661       495,160  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    5,804       643,722  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

    8,189       65,624  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    3,608       247,923  

Kering SA

    8,104       5,339,843  

Kohl’s Corp.

    3,503       178,478  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    16,596       1,987,537  

lululemon athletica, Inc. (a)

    40,748       9,440,089  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    5,795       2,700,201  

Macy’s, Inc. (b)

    111,677       1,898,509  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

    40,676       115,335  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    6,005       909,337  

Michelin

    3,566       438,829  

Moncler SpA

    3,767       169,543  

Next PLC

    2,827       263,427  

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

    2,594       74,608  

Nordstrom, Inc. (b)

    2,186       89,473  

PVH Corp.

    1,657       174,234  

Ralph Lauren Corp.

    1,163       136,327  

Renault SA

    4,010       190,425  

Sodexo SA

    5,619       665,894  

Starbucks Corp.

    70,029       6,156,950  

Tapestry, Inc.

    6,139       165,569  

Target Corp.

    10,775       1,381,463  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    68,409       175,405  

Tiffany & Co.

    27,794       3,714,668  

TJX Cos., Inc., The

    25,344       1,547,505  

TUI AG

    9,198       116,081  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

    39,325       9,954,732  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    915       219,444  

Valeo SA

    5,012       177,642  

Wesfarmers, Ltd.

    23,651       687,339  

Whitbread PLC

    2,805       180,021  
              72,133,930  

Consumer Staples: 13.0%

a2 Milk Co., Ltd. (a)

    15,331       155,232  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

Carrefour SA

    12,348     $ 207,677  

Clorox Co., The

    2,672       410,259  

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd.

    10,138       78,728  

Coca-Cola Co., The

    102,595       5,678,633  

Coles Group, Ltd.

    23,652       246,212  

Danone SA

    12,880       1,069,631  

Diageo PLC

    49,557       2,088,166  

Empire Co., Ltd., Class A

    3,678       86,275  

Essity AB, Class B

    12,651       407,441  

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A

    48,518       10,020,907  

General Mills, Inc.

    12,522       670,678  

George Weston, Ltd.

    1,617       128,284  

Heineken Holding NV

    2,404       233,651  

Heineken NV

    5,408       577,184  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    2,168       203,776  

Hershey Co.,The

    41,270       6,065,864  

ICA Gruppen AB

    1,888       88,192  

Ingredion, Inc.

    1,489       138,403  

J.M. Smucker Co., The

    6,715       699,233  

Kellogg Co.

    140,876       9,742,983  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    7,180       987,609  

Kroger Co., The

    16,928       490,743  

Loblaw Cos, Ltd.

    3,892       200,812  

L’Oreal SA

    5,272       1,558,969  

McCormick & Co., Inc.

    2,562       434,848  

Metro, Inc.

    5,339       220,336  

Mowi ASA

    9,150       237,908  

Orkla ASA

    15,941       161,655  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    29,305       4,005,114  

Pernod Ricard SA

    4,429       792,514  

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    52,325       6,535,393  

Remy Cointreau SA

    443       54,412  

Saputo, Inc.

    4,988       154,417  

Tesco PLC

    206,436       697,678  

Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd.

    15,000       170,861  

Unilever NV

    30,403       1,744,849  

Unilever PLC

    23,322       1,335,013  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    16,302       961,166  

Woolworths Group, Ltd.

    26,257       665,968  
              60,407,674  

Financials: 20.6%

Admiral Group PLC

    3,807       116,336  

AIB Group PLC

    16,123       56,173  

Allianz SE

    8,855       2,169,721  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials, continued

Allstate Corp., The

    7,003     $ 787,487  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    8,371       255,818  

American International Group, Inc.

    18,174       932,871  

Amundi SA

    1,263       99,318  

Aon PLC

    5,046       1,051,031  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    22,919       473,158  

Assurant, Inc.

    1,328       174,074  

ASX, Ltd.

    4,038       222,333  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd

    60,873       1,049,814  

Aviva PLC

    81,699       453,474  

AXA SA

    40,451       1,142,993  

Banco Santander SA

    350,586       1,469,919  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    31,149       227,167  

Bank of America Corp.

    264,356       9,310,617  

Bank of Montreal

    13,478       1,044,570  

Bank of Nova Scotia, The

    25,565       1,444,067  

Bank of Queensland, Ltd.

    8,246       41,974  

Bankinter SA

    14,062       103,288  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, Ltd.

    9,907       67,980  

BNP Paribas SA

    23,463       1,394,596  

CaixaBank SA

    74,861       235,742  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    32,761       2,726,236  

CIT Group, Inc.

    2,073       94,591  

Citigroup, Inc.

    48,242       3,854,053  

CNP Assurances

    261,772       5,215,845  

Commerzbank AG

    20,899       129,073  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    36,926       2,071,467  

Danske Bank A/S

    13,489       218,229  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    3,963       621,448  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    28,681       118,669  

Discover Financial Services

    6,762       573,553  

DNB ASA

    73,739       1,379,871  

E*TRADE Financial Corp.

    5,205       236,151  

Eaton Vance Corp.

    2,474       115,511  

Eurazeo SA

    789       54,158  

EXOR NV

    2,264       175,531  

First Republic Bank

    3,519       413,307  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

    4,173       87,595  

Globe Life, Inc.

    2,268       238,707  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    1,683       177,592  

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.

    16,000       330,720  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials, continued

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

    5,936     $ 152,266  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    7,607       462,277  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    21,895       330,177  

iA Financial Corp., Inc.

    2,264       124,363  

Industrivarden AB, Class C

    3,484       84,019  

Insurance Australia Group, Ltd.

    48,207       259,022  

Intact Financial Corp.

    7,972       862,060  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    11,854       1,097,088  

Investor AB, Class B

    9,502       518,750  

KeyCorp.

    21,083       426,720  

Kinnevik AB

    5,047       123,677  

Legal & General Group PLC

    124,341       499,485  

Lincoln National Corp.

    4,286       252,917  

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

    6,862       664,545  

Manulife Financial Corp.

    41,535       843,142  

Medibank Pvt, Ltd.

    57,446       127,313  

MetLife, Inc.

    16,905       861,648  

Moody’s Corp.

    3,608       856,575  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

    3,011       888,525  

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

    60,416       1,045,444  

National Bank of Canada

    7,066       392,220  

Natixis SA

    19,733       87,901  

Onex Corp.

    1,855       117,381  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    9,418       1,503,395  

Poste Italiane SpA

    10,898       123,833  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    167,168       9,194,240  

Progressive Corp., The

    12,278       888,804  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,384       225,675  

Royal Bank of Canada

    30,257       2,394,137  

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

    100,885       323,633  

RSA Insurance Group PLC

    21,513       161,234  

S&P Global, Inc.

    5,138       1,402,931  

Schroders PLC

    2,594       114,541  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

    33,949       319,252  

Societe Generale SA

    16,011       558,751  

Standard Chartered PLC

    58,240       548,801  

State Street Corp.

    7,808       617,613  

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

    12,460       568,139  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials, continued

Suncorp Group, Ltd.

    218,586     $ 1,985,598  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

    88,329       951,325  

Swedbank AB, Class A

    269,722       4,009,682  

Synchrony Financial

    12,957       466,582  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

    5,780       287,266  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The

    38,199       2,142,415  

Tryg A/S

    2,521       74,739  

U.S. Bancorp

    31,637       1,875,758  

Unum Group

    4,423       128,975  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    119,797       7,305,220  

Wendel SA

    565       75,262  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    71,914       1,228,056  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    2,703       545,844  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    3,157       1,294,999  
              95,551,043  

Health Care: 11.6%

Abbott Laboratories

    36,812       3,197,490  

Alcon, Inc. (a)

    8,665       490,800  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    4,742       512,847  

Alkermes PLC (a)

    3,298       67,279  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,371       273,068  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    3,299       280,481  

Anthem, Inc.

    5,396       1,629,754  

AstraZeneca PLC

    27,363       2,738,816  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    5,661       1,539,622  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    26,255       1,327,978  

CSL, Ltd.

    9,452       1,832,573  

CVS Health Corp.

    27,132       2,015,636  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    18,314       2,407,009  

Genmab A/S (a)

    1,356       301,579  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    26,595       1,728,143  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    104,044       2,444,724  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

    5,635       294,203  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    1,892       494,058  

Ipsen SA

    788       69,948  

Johnson & Johnson

    55,408       8,082,366  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    19,321       944,482  

McKesson Corp.

    4,039       558,674  

Medtronic PLC

    28,035       3,180,571  

Mylan NV (a)

    10,824       217,562  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    36,909       2,138,834  

Orion OYJ, Class B

    2,179       100,913  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    65,844       7,031,482  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care, continued

Recordati SpA

    2,181     $ 91,939  

Ryman Healthcare, Ltd.

    8,344       91,705  

Sanofi

    23,469       2,356,931  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    18,247       439,766  

Stryker Corp.

    7,109       1,492,463  

UCB SA

    2,638       209,918  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

    1,954       277,488  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    5,391       1,180,359  

Waters Corp. (a)

    1,546       361,223  

Zoetis, Inc.

    9,999       1,323,368  
              53,726,052  

Industrials: 6.2%

Aeroports de Paris

    620       122,756  

Alfa Laval AB

    6,562       165,259  

Allegion PLC

    2,001       249,205  

Alstom SA

    3,978       189,031  

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    20,908       488,734  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

    14,008       559,139  

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

    8,140       282,629  

Auckland International Airport, Ltd.

    20,214       119,149  

Aurizon Holdings, Ltd.

    41,513       152,350  

Brambles, Ltd.

    33,266       273,803  

Bureau Veritas SA

    5,994       156,695  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    15,050       1,361,460  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    10,263       420,432  

Cummins, Inc.

    3,140       561,934  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG

    4,957       91,244  

easyJet PLC

    3,116       58,696  

GEA Group AG

    3,201       105,850  

Getlink SE

    9,178       160,017  

Ingersoll-Rand PLC

    5,092       676,829  

Intertek Group PLC

    3,367       260,903  

KION Group AG

    1,315       90,429  

Kone OYJ, Class B

    7,090       463,600  

Legrand SA

    45,822       3,741,997  

ManpowerGroup, Inc.

    1,300       126,230  

MTR Corp., Ltd.

    32,130       189,873  

Pentair PLC

    3,505       160,774  

Randstad NV

    2,486       152,330  

Republic Services, Inc.

    4,742       425,025  

Sandvik AB

    23,549       458,672  

Schneider Electric SE

    11,473       1,178,732  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Industrials, continued

Securitas AB, Class B

    6,532     $ 112,541  

SEEK, Ltd.

    6,959       110,145  

Siemens AG

    15,958       2,083,980  

Skanska AB, Class B

    7,097       160,546  

Societe BIC SA

    497       34,564  

Southwest Airlines Co.

    2,876       155,246  

Sydney Airport

    23,070       140,167  

Transurban Group

    55,806       584,124  

Volvo AB, Class B

    147,552       2,470,195  

Weir Group PLC, The

    5,416       108,320  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    128,498       9,382,344  

WSP Global, Inc.

    2,259       154,253  
              28,940,202  

Information Technology: 16.5%

Accenture PLC, Class A

    13,405       2,822,691  

Alliance Data Systems Corp.

    928       104,122  

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

    1,752       450,982  

Atos SE

    2,050       171,304  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    35,451       6,503,840  

Capgemini SE

    3,316       405,563  

CDW Corp.

    3,075       439,233  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    89,330       4,284,267  

Computershare, Ltd.

    10,194       120,186  

Dassault Systemes SA

    2,743       452,390  

DocuSign,Inc. (a)

    2,268       168,081  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,123       73,843  

Halma PLC

    7,920       221,781  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

    27,992       443,953  

Hexagon AB, Class B

    5,431       304,414  

HP, Inc.

    31,491       647,140  

IBM

    18,551       2,486,576  

Ingenico Group SA

    1,251       136,082  

Intuit, Inc.

    32,773       8,584,232  

Micro Focus International PLC

    7,148       100,327  

Microsoft Corp.

    135,538       21,374,344  

Nokia OYJ

    117,562       434,846  

Okta, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,268       261,659  

PayPal Holdings Inc (a)

    23,296       2,519,928  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

    17,431       2,834,978  

SAP SE

    20,501       2,759,396  

Splunk, Inc. (a)

    3,196       478,665  

Square, Inc. (a)

    7,101       444,239  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    72,512       9,302,564  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    2,371       233,022  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    36,328       6,826,031  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Western Union Co., The (b)

    9,071     $ 242,921  

Wirecard AG

    2,450       295,428  
              76,929,028  

Materials: 3.4%

Air Liquide SA

    9,857       1,397,434  

Arkema SA

    1,436       153,548  

BlueScope Steel, Ltd.

    10,896       115,406  

Boliden AB

    5,706       151,544  

Boral, Ltd.

    24,454       76,934  

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S

    2,201       174,908  

Dow, Inc.

    15,668       857,510  

Ecolab, Inc.

    5,456       1,052,953  

Evonik Industries AG

    3,888       118,748  

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.

    28,903       217,881  

Incitec Pivot, Ltd.

    33,495       74,831  

Johnson Matthey PLC

    4,038       160,556  

Kinross Gold Corp. (a)

    26,217       124,367  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    60,248       7,877,161  

Newmont Mining Corp.

    27,944       1,214,167  

Norsk Hydro ASA

    28,054       104,322  

Novozymes A/S, Class B

    4,454       217,958  

Orica, Ltd.

    100       1,542  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    4,948       660,509  

Solvay SA

    1,546       179,943  

Stora Enso OYJ, Class R

    12,135       176,574  

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    11,134       386,288  

Yara International ASA

    3,705       154,364  
              15,649,448  

Real Estate: 1.5%

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    52,700       116,433  

Azrieli Group, Ltd.

    833       61,019  

British Land Co. PLC, The, REIT

    18,764       158,772  

Camden Property Trust, REIT

    2,074       220,051  

CapitaLand Commercial Trust, REIT

    54,800       81,159  

City Developments, Ltd.

    9,600       78,133  

CK Asset Holdings, Ltd.

    54,000       389,677  

Covivio, REIT

    956       108,573  

Dexus, REIT

    22,770       187,438  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., REIT

    3,608       253,967  

First Capital Real Estate Investment Trust

    3,752       59,723  

Gecina SA, REIT

    955       170,967  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate, continued

GPT Group, The, REIT

    40,398     $ 159,129  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., REIT

    15,553       288,508  

ICADE, REIT

    587       63,917  

Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT (b)

    6,030       192,176  

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.

    1,128       196,374  

Klepierre SA, REIT

    4,169       158,605  

Land Securities Group PLC, REIT

    14,693       192,868  

LendLease Group

    11,768       145,494  

Link, REIT

    44,500       471,432  

Mirvac Group, REIT

    81,584       182,609  

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    3,196       65,862  

Scentre Group, REIT

    110,909       298,484  

Stockland, REIT

    49,736       161,372  

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    38,400       52,567  

Swire Properties, Ltd.

    24,600       81,496  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, REIT

    2,885       455,158  

Vicinity Centres, REIT

    66,876       116,970  

Vonovia SE

    10,594       568,997  

Welltower, Inc., REIT

    8,453       691,287  

Weyerhaeuser Co., REIT

    15,557       469,821  
              6,899,038  

Utilities: 6.2%

AGL Energy, Ltd.

    13,680       196,904  

Alliant Energy Corp.

    4,974       272,177  

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

    10,346       977,800  

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    76,616       9,412,275  

APA Group

    24,612       191,591  

CMS Energy Corp.

    5,970       375,155  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

    6,866       621,167  

Edison International

    7,482       564,218  

Electricite de France SA

    12,558       140,126  

Emera, Inc.

    4,988       214,301  

Engie SA

    38,100       617,156  

Entergy Corp.

    3,982       477,044  

Fortis, Inc./Canada

    217,134       9,009,418  

Fortum OYJ

    9,265       228,692  

Hydro One, Ltd.

    6,904       133,343  

Meridian Energy, Ltd.

    26,732       90,047  

National Grid PLC

    71,168       889,398  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Utilities, continued

Orsted A/S

    3,946     $ 408,114  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    9,031       181,972  

Sempra Energy

    22,200       3,362,856  

Severn Trent PLC

    4,952       164,969  

Suez

    7,129       108,028  

United Utilities Group PLC

    14,224       177,998  
              28,814,749  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $392,886,546)

    460,143,190  
                 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 0.1%

Consumer Staples: 0.1%

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    3,717       383,968  

Materials: 0.0% (c)

Fuchs Petrolub SE

    1,363       67,719  
                 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $481,721)

    451,687  
                 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 0.6%

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

    14,973       976,839  

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

    6,245       2,018,633  

(Cost $2,647,585)

    2,995,472  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 0.4%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (d)(e)

    1,766,097       1,766,097  

(Cost $1,766,097)

                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 0.0%(c)

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.580% (d)(e)

    19,406     $ 19,406  

(Cost $19,406)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.1%

(Cost $397,801,355)

    465,375,852  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED: 0.0%(c)

    (19,406 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): -0.1%

    (501,250 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 464,855,196  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2019. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2019 was $2,759,039.

(c)

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

(d)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(e)

Premier Class shares

 

 

 

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SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY

 

Country

 

Value

   

Percent of
Net Assets

 

Australia

  $ 16,531,450       3.6 %

Belgium

    699,262       0.2 %

Canada

    34,575,531       7.4 %

Denmark

    3,534,360       0.8 %

Finland

    2,029,485       0.4 %

France

    37,674,528       8.0 %

Germany

    12,813,890       2.8 %

Hong Kong

    1,463,196       0.3 %

Ireland

    56,173       0.0 %*

Israel

    288,187       0.1 %

Italy

    1,034,004       0.2 %

Netherlands

    20,911,999       4.4 %

New Zealand

    567,822       0.1 %

Norway

    2,459,278       0.5 %

Singapore

    847,763       0.2 %

Spain

    1,990,921       0.4 %

Sweden

    13,361,002       2.9 %

Switzerland

    1,785,799       0.4 %

United Kingdom

    18,499,998       4.0 %

United States

    289,470,229       62.4 %

Exchange-Traded Funds

    2,995,472       0.6 %

Money Market

    1,766,097       0.4 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    (501,250 )     -0.1 %

TOTAL

  $ 464,855,196       100.0 %

 

*

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 98.3%

Australia: 9.2%

Aurizon Holdings, Ltd.

    194,683     $ 714,472  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd

    294,899       5,085,820  

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank, Ltd.

    105,636       724,858  

BlueScope Steel, Ltd.

    48,791       516,774  

Brambles, Ltd.

    127,178       1,046,764  

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd.

    78,446       609,185  

Cochlear, Ltd.

    4,315       680,070  

Coles Group, Ltd.

    91,070       948,017  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    154,223       8,651,570  

Computershare, Ltd.

    117,271       1,382,614  

CSL, Ltd.

    36,774       7,129,819  

Dexus, REIT

    208,944       1,719,981  

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.

    243,259       1,833,772  

Goodman Group, REIT

    157,105       1,476,345  

GPT Group, The, REIT

    364,078       1,434,119  

Insurance Australia Group, Ltd.

    254,209       1,365,894  

LendLease Group

    42,900       530,395  

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

    29,787       2,884,701  

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

    258,896       4,479,962  

Newcrest Mining, Ltd.

    66,843       1,411,655  

Stockland, REIT

    309,024       1,002,647  

Sydney Airport

    200,968       1,221,025  

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

    374,639       930,600  

Transurban Group

    250,645       2,623,513  

Wesfarmers, Ltd.

    104,877       3,047,906  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    357,442       6,103,943  
              59,556,421  

Austria: 0.2%

Voestalpine AG

    43,916       1,218,038  

Belgium: 0.7%

KBC Group NV

    16,978       1,280,049  

Solvay SA

    4,761       554,147  

UCB SA

    17,176       1,366,773  

Umicore SA

    21,195       1,032,917  
              4,233,886  

Denmark: 2.7%

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S

    10,529       836,712  

Coloplast A/S, Class B

    9,867       1,224,110  

Genmab A/S (a)

    5,564       1,237,453  

H Lundbeck A/S

    30,643       1,171,498  

ISS A/S

    10,572       253,673  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    156,493       9,068,588  

Orsted A/S

    12,809       1,324,767  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Denmark, continued

Pandora A/S

    8,119     $ 353,188  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    20,128       2,033,057  
              17,503,046  

Finland: 0.8%

Metso OYJ

    7,447       294,194  

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

    43,607       1,254,219  

Stora Enso OYJ, Class R

    33,598       488,877  

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    69,233       2,402,004  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    48,079       531,440  
              4,970,734  

France: 9.9%

Accor SA

    28,593       1,342,120  

Air Liquide SA

    46,791       6,633,594  

Atos SE

    19,573       1,635,577  

AXA SA

    181,406       5,125,852  

Bouygues SA

    41,337       1,762,070  

Carrefour SA

    103,016       1,732,590  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    54,158       2,218,628  

Credit Agricole SA

    162,630       2,366,484  

Danone SA

    47,333       3,930,812  

EssilorLuxottica SA

    30,181       4,614,116  

Eurazeo SA

    17,089       1,173,007  

Gecina SA, REIT

    9,291       1,663,306  

Getlink SE

    55,311       964,340  

Kering SA

    7,813       5,148,099  

L’Oreal SA

    23,786       7,033,695  

Michelin

    21,375       2,630,388  

Natixis SA

    98,160       437,255  

Orange SA

    217,034       3,189,576  

Schneider Electric SE

    60,421       6,207,637  

SES SA

    31,734       444,950  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, REIT

    12,097       1,908,509  

Valeo SA

    27,236       965,332  

Wendel SA

    4,872       648,987  
              63,776,924  

Germany: 10.5%

adidas AG

    14,763       4,798,988  

Allianz SE

    35,980       8,816,099  

BASF SE

    57,947       4,365,531  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    29,995       2,456,761  

Beiersdorf AG

    4,809       575,297  

Commerzbank AG

    84,920       524,467  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    14,803       2,321,297  

Deutsche Post AG

    71,651       2,724,469  

Deutsche Wohnen SE

    17,011       691,953  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Germany, continued

E.ON SE

    172,788     $ 1,846,563  

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

    5,971       506,849  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    11,788       1,107,984  

Infineon Technologies AG

    136,143       3,076,062  

Merck KGaA

    6,726       792,953  

METRO AG

    38       611  

MTU Aero Engines AG

    4,711       1,342,285  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

    13,050       3,850,963  

QIAGEN NV (a)

    15,760       536,995  

RWE AG

    26,968       826,352  

SAP SE

    96,310       12,963,147  

Siemens AG

    84,404       11,022,449  

Symrise AG

    16,015       1,683,319  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    399,968       1,159,296  
              67,990,690  

Hong Kong: 2.2%

BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.

    524,057       1,819,224  

CLP Holdings, Ltd.

    182,500       1,915,778  

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.

    110,700       2,288,166  

HKT Trust & HKT, Ltd.

    601,000       846,981  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co., Ltd.

    815,172       1,592,739  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd.

    47,149       1,531,764  

MTR Corp., Ltd.

    186,376       1,101,392  

Sun Hung Kai Properties, Ltd.

    70,500       1,079,698  

Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class A

    66,000       613,120  

Swire Properties, Ltd.

    161,000       533,368  

Techtronic Industries Co, Ltd.

    129,500       1,056,939  
              14,379,169  

Ireland: 0.8%

CRH PLC

    64,500       2,587,024  

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

    20,455       2,549,120  
              5,136,144  

Israel: 0.3%

Bank Hapoalim BM

    121,533       1,009,305  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    140,694       1,026,072  
              2,035,377  

Italy: 1.3%

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    111,574       2,303,422  

CNH Industrial NV

    85,902       943,195  

EXOR NV

    9,174       711,273  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    1,131,438       2,980,420  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Italy, continued

Snam SpA

    253,370     $ 1,332,169  
              8,270,479  

Japan: 23.4%

Aeon Co., Ltd.

    55,300       1,141,192  

AGC, Inc.

    22,900       818,857  

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

    43,600       725,822  

ANA Holdings, Inc.

    38,100       1,271,912  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    138,600       1,556,257  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    146,100       2,493,924  

Bridgestone Corp.

    55,900       2,076,691  

Central Japan Railway Co.

    10,300       2,071,008  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    22,000       2,026,095  

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

    54,800       1,482,205  

Daifuku Co, Ltd.

    11,000       664,783  

Daikin Industries, Ltd.

    27,600       3,894,077  

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

    53,300       1,650,000  

Denso Corp.

    47,500       2,145,211  

East Japan Railway Co.

    36,000       3,249,429  

Eisai Co., Ltd.

    25,200       1,885,614  

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

    4,800       2,851,555  

Fujitsu, Ltd.

    18,300       1,721,222  

Hitachi Chemical Co., Ltd.

    15,200       636,816  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

    16,400       488,512  

Hitachi Metals, Ltd.

    27,100       398,904  

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

    164,100       4,644,282  

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp., REIT

    249       535,825  

Kajima Corp.

    108,200       1,438,539  

Kao Corp.

    51,200       4,222,724  

KDDI Corp.

    138,100       4,120,399  

Keio Corp.

    7,700       465,921  

Keyence Corp.

    19,900       6,987,653  

Kikkoman Corp.

    16,700       817,544  

Komatsu, Ltd.

    113,900       2,733,763  

Konica Minolta, Inc.

    154,100       1,003,821  

Kubota Corp.

    147,500       2,316,228  

Kuraray Co., Ltd.

    56,900       689,506  

Kyocera Corp.

    37,800       2,576,284  

Kyushu Railway Co.

    18,100       605,944  

Lawson, Inc.

    4,900       278,137  

Marui Group Co., Ltd.

    15,300       373,053  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

    109,700       817,394  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Japan, continued

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

    138,500     $ 2,650,178  

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

    10,600       287,681  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

    63,800       410,725  

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

    80,100       1,957,637  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

    1,996,100       3,074,830  

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

    62,100       3,822,166  

NEC Corp.

    39,600       1,638,824  

NGK Insulators, Ltd.

    29,700       516,662  

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

    17,400       337,282  

Nikon Corp.

    60,000       733,779  

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

    8,700       3,479,653  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    12,400       697,225  

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

    22,200       474,770  

NSK, Ltd.

    39,500       373,401  

NTT DOCOMO, Inc.

    96,600       2,690,902  

Obayashi Corp.

    91,500       1,016,259  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

    20,500       478,245  

Omron Corp.

    21,100       1,229,880  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    25,500       582,173  

Oriental Land Co., Ltd.

    16,300       2,223,994  

Osaka Gas Co., Ltd.

    65,900       1,260,217  

Panasonic Corp.

    193,700       1,816,747  

Park24 Co., Ltd.

    20,900       511,758  

Rakuten, Inc.

    45,300       387,006  

Recruit Holdings Co, Ltd.

    102,300       3,831,680  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

    206,600       900,472  

Secom Co., Ltd.

    28,300       2,525,568  

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

    40,000       693,996  

Sekisui House, Ltd.

    68,600       1,464,943  

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

    65,300       2,393,598  

Shimadzu Corp.

    28,900       903,795  

Shimizu Corp.

    59,400       605,097  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

    28,600       3,145,229  

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

    15,300       1,086,453  

Showa Denko KK

    41,200       1,085,847  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

    30,200       1,185,942  

Sony Corp.

    112,200       7,618,118  

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

    14,300       413,002  

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

    79,900       362,791  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

    26,900       866,180  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Japan, continued

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc

    27,900     $ 1,102,913  

Sysmex Corp.

    6,200       422,126  

T&D Holdings, Inc.

    57,100       722,070  

Taisei Corp.

    21,600       894,694  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    119,200       4,714,621  

Teijin, Ltd.

    15,000       280,232  

Tokyo Electron, Ltd.

    14,200       3,100,286  

Tokyo Gas Co., Ltd.

    12,700       308,596  

Tokyu Corp.

    84,500       1,562,632  

Toray Industries, Inc.

    81,000       548,817  

TOTO, Ltd.

    18,300       772,756  

Unicharm Corp.

    25,600       864,440  

West Japan Railway Co.

    12,900       1,115,767  

Yamada Denki Co., Ltd.

    116,500       618,152  

Yamaha Corp.

    10,000       554,435  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

    23,300       877,733  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    25,400       446,051  
              150,518,129  

Netherlands: 5.8%

Aegon NV

    179,835       823,214  

Akzo Nobel NV

    24,961       2,549,115  

ASML Holding NV

    41,239       12,209,071  

ING Groep NV

    161,826       1,945,538  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    116,263       2,914,992  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    13,670       1,787,292  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    99,320       4,855,129  

NN Group NV

    26,942       1,024,409  

Unilever NV

    137,526       7,892,710  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    23,424       1,710,315  
              37,711,785  

New Zealand: 0.2%

Auckland International Airport, Ltd.

    185,006       1,090,496  

Fletcher Building, Ltd.

    97,043       332,633  
              1,423,129  

Norway: 0.8%

Mowi ASA

    72,223       1,877,864  

Norsk Hydro ASA

    356,861       1,327,027  

Orkla ASA

    66,814       677,548  

Schibsted ASA, Class B

    11,218       320,578  

Telenor ASA

    63,907       1,145,576  
              5,348,593  

Portugal: 0.3%

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA

    426,749       1,851,832  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Singapore: 1.7%

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    172,500     $ 381,113  

CapitaLand Mall Trust, REIT

    236,100       432,196  

CapitaLand, Ltd.

    189,600       529,082  

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.

    152,683       2,943,918  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage, Ltd.

    13,800       308,606  

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

    163,100       821,790  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp, Ltd.

    284,441       2,326,886  

Singapore Airlines, Ltd.

    187,600       1,261,290  

Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd.

    244,700       396,389  

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.

    696,300       1,745,706  
              11,146,976  

Spain: 3.8%

Amadeus IT Group SA

    47,133       3,860,039  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

    520,822       2,924,064  

Banco de Sabadell SA

    482,608       565,089  

Bankinter SA

    60,032       440,947  

CaixaBank SA

    293,862       925,389  

Enagas SA

    15,844       404,140  

Ferrovial SA

    31,019       939,787  

Iberdrola SA

    568,447       5,858,169  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    86,834       3,068,757  

Naturgy Energy Group SA

    43,730       1,101,165  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    49,593       999,287  

Telefonica SA

    488,092       3,413,277  
              24,500,110  

Sweden: 3.4%

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    90,368       2,112,392  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

    72,641       2,899,514  

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

    37,198       1,291,553  

Boliden AB

    28,503       757,001  

Essity AB, Class B

    42,436       1,366,704  

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

    80,183       1,635,536  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

    58,608       469,667  

Kinnevik AB

    34,583       847,457  

Millicom International Cellular SA

    27,930       1,341,307  

Sandvik AB

    124,757       2,429,937  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A

    94,735       890,876  

Skanska AB, Class B

    37,542       849,260  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Sweden, continued

SKF AB, Class B

    41,401     $ 838,218  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

    126,946       1,367,240  

Swedbank AB, Class A

    79,937       1,188,342  

Tele2 AB, Class B

    36,236       525,931  

Telia Company AB

    288,455       1,239,354  
              22,050,289  

Switzerland: 8.0%

ABB, Ltd.

    199,432       4,810,925  

Adecco Group AG

    18,361       1,160,823  

Alcon, Inc. (a)

    45,637       2,584,953  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

    198       1,537,477  

Coca-Cola HBC AG

    12,239       416,003  

Givaudan SA

    712       2,230,692  

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

    9,206       1,552,745  

Lonza Group AG

    6,622       2,415,754  

Roche Holding AG

    62,556       20,330,866  

SGS SA

    617       1,689,762  

Sika AG

    12,643       2,374,297  

Sonova Holding AG

    4,322       988,046  

Swiss Re AG

    23,429       2,632,071  

Swisscom AG

    1,597       845,413  

Vifor Pharma AG

    3,295       601,355  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    13,181       5,406,836  
              51,578,018  

United Kingdom: 12.3%

3i Group PLC

    133,113       1,937,022  

Associated British Foods PLC

    38,139       1,312,015  

Aviva PLC

    434,714       2,412,900  

Barratt Developments PLC

    101,604       1,006,025  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    9,788       629,978  

British Land Co. PLC, The, REIT

    75,077       635,267  

BT Group PLC

    736,262       1,876,135  

Burberry Group PLC

    16,959       495,128  

Compass Group PLC

    124,254       3,114,026  

Croda International PLC

    4,587       311,589  

DCC PLC

    5,597       485,479  

Ferguson PLC

    18,424       1,676,710  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    451,157       10,600,846  

Informa PLC

    119,603       1,360,320  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    20,624       1,417,173  

Intertek Group PLC

    20,156       1,561,851  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

United Kingdom, continued

J Sainsbury PLC

    467,908     $ 1,426,768  

Kingfisher PLC

    168,783       485,880  

Legal & General Group PLC

    741,528       2,978,760  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

    26,884       2,762,922  

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

    141,180       400,310  

Mondi PLC

    37,295       874,537  

National Grid PLC

    268,250       3,352,364  

Pearson PLC

    75,965       641,760  

Prudential PLC

    217,283       4,163,279  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    58,192       4,726,848  

RELX PLC

    149,379       3,770,823  

RSA Insurance Group PLC

    95,969       719,259  

Segro PLC, REIT

    59,845       712,602  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    65,891       1,588,021  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering, PLC

    8,113       955,009  

SSE PLC

    72,677       1,386,113  

Standard Chartered PLC

    232,861       2,194,269  

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

    424,140       1,845,273  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    435,110       1,115,653  

Tesco PLC

    829,898       2,804,750  

Unilever PLC

    103,921       5,948,712  

Whitbread PLC

    15,952       1,023,777  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    339,145       897,564  

WPP PLC

    99,877       1,405,495  
              79,013,212  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $535,049,086)

    634,212,981  
                 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 0.2%

Germany: 0.2%

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    5,338       328,618  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    6,400       661,123  
 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $979,942)

    989,741  
                 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 1.1%

iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF

    105,341       6,872,447  

(Cost $6,359,770)

 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

MONEY MARKET: 0.1%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (b)(c)

    924,513     $ 924,513  

(Cost $924,513)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.7%

(Cost $543,313,311)

    642,999,682  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.3%

    1,793,783  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 644,793,465  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(c)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY SECTOR

 

Sector

 

Value

   

Percent of
Net Assets

 

Communication Services

  $ 33,119,597       5.1 %

Consumer Discretionary

    71,062,496       11.1 %

Consumer Staples

    64,478,300       10.0 %

Financials

    122,173,766       18.9 %

Health Care

    79,297,782       12.3 %

Industrials

    109,060,500       16.9 %

Information Technology

    59,031,260       9.2 %

Materials

    49,481,428       7.7 %

Real Estate

    22,137,341       3.4 %

Utilities

    25,360,252       3.9 %

Exchange-Traded Funds

    6,872,447       1.1 %

Money Market

    924,513       0.1 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    1,793,783       0.3 %

Total

  $ 644,793,465       100.0 %

 

 

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Pax Core Bond Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: 3.0%

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

    98,200     $ 11,034,734  

iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

    82,450       10,550,302  
 

TOTAL EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS

(Cost $21,319,228)

    21,585,036  
                 

BONDS: 93.9%

Community Investment Notes: 0.5%

Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc., 1.500%, 04/30/20 (a)

  $ 3,000,000       3,000,000  

CINI Investment Note, 2.000%, 10/31/20 (a)(b)

    286,933       286,933  

Envest Microfinance Fund, LLC, Sr. Note, Series A, 4.000%, 09/15/20 (a)

    100,000       99,543  
 

TOTAL COMMUNITY INVESTMENT NOTES

(Cost $3,386,933)

    3,386,476  
                 

CORPORATE BONDS: 28.1%

Communication Services: 3.0%

AT&T, Inc., 3.600%, 02/17/23

    2,000,000       2,088,765  

AT&T, Inc., 4.350%, 03/01/29

    1,500,000       1,670,140  

AT&T, Inc., 4.300%, 02/15/30

    1,000,000       1,112,140  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 03/01/30 (c)

    1,000,000       1,019,880  

Charter Communications Operating LLC/Capital, 5.050%, 03/30/29

    1,000,000       1,135,573  

Discovery Communications, LLC, 3.950%, 03/20/28

    1,500,000       1,602,654  

Discovery Communications, LLC, 4.125%, 05/15/29

    500,000       540,881  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 3.400%, 03/01/27 (c)

    500,000       504,440  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 3.875%, 11/15/29 (c)

    1,000,000       1,009,350  

TWDC Enterprises 18 Corp., 3.750%, 06/01/21

    2,026,000       2,083,223  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Communication Services, continued

Verizon Communications, Inc., 3.875%, 02/08/29

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,312,090  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.500%, 08/10/33

    1,000,000       1,168,286  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 144A, 5.500%, 08/15/26 (c)

    2,000,000       2,104,645  

Walt Disney Co., The, 1.750%, 08/30/24

    2,000,000       1,986,149  
              21,338,216  

Consumer Discretionary: 2.7%

Amazon.com, Inc., 2.800%, 08/22/24

    1,000,000       1,035,599  

Amazon.com, Inc., 3.875%, 08/22/37

    500,000       569,131  

Dollar General Corp., 4.125%, 05/01/28

    1,000,000       1,093,139  

eBay, Inc., 2.750%, 01/30/23

    1,000,000       1,014,463  

GLP Capital, LP/Financing II, Inc., 5.300%, 01/15/29

    2,000,000       2,226,045  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.875%, 01/15/30

    1,000,000       1,061,728  

Home Depot, Inc., The, 2.800%, 09/14/27

    2,000,000       2,082,231  

Marriott International, Inc., 3.250%, 09/15/22

    1,000,000       1,028,385  

Marriott International, Inc., 3.600%, 04/15/24

    1,000,000       1,053,964  

Ross Stores, Inc., 3.375%, 09/15/24

    2,000,000       2,090,144  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 05/15/23 (c)

    500,000       508,543  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 07/15/24 (c)

    1,000,000       1,052,085  

Starbucks Corp., 4.450%, 08/15/49

    3,000,000       3,485,358  

TJX Cos, Inc., The, 2.250%, 09/15/26

    1,000,000       1,005,725  
              19,306,540  

Consumer Staples: 1.3%

Capital Impact Partners, 2.300%, 10/15/24 (a)

    500,000       497,953  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

Constellation Brands, Inc., 3.200%, 02/15/23

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,056,062  

CVS Health Corp., 2.515%, 03/09/20 (d)

    500,000       500,424  

CVS Health Corp., 3.250%, 08/15/29

    500,000       509,193  

CVS Health Corp., 3 month LIBOR + 0.63%, 4.300%, 03/25/28

    1,000,000       1,093,333  

Ingles Markets Inc, 5.750%, 06/15/23

    779,000       795,546  

PepsiCo, Inc., 3.500%, 07/17/25

    1,000,000       1,074,850  

PepsiCo, Inc., 2.875%, 10/15/49

    1,000,000       970,097  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/01/24 (c)

    1,000,000       1,027,915  

Raza Development Fund, Inc., 3.534%, 07/01/34

    1,000,000       998,050  
              9,523,423  

Energy: 0.3%

MidAmerican Energy Co., 3.100%, 05/01/27

    1,000,000       1,043,716  

MidAmerican Energy Co., 3.650%, 04/15/29

    1,000,000       1,094,450  
              2,138,166  

Financials: 9.5%

Allstate Corp., The, 3 month LIBOR + 0.43%, 2.391%, 03/29/21 (d)

    1,000,000       1,002,584  

Allstate Corp., The, 3.150%, 06/15/23

    2,000,000       2,078,433  

Allstate Corp., The, 3.850%, 08/10/49

    1,000,000       1,112,605  

Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd., 144A, 5.250%, 05/15/24 (c)

    500,000       547,248  

Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd., 144A, 4.375%, 05/01/26 (c)

    1,000,000       1,057,550  

Bank of America Corp., 3.499%, 05/17/22 (d)

    3,000,000       3,060,846  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Financials, continued

Bank of America Corp., 3.559%, 04/23/27 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,057,830  

Bank of Montreal, 2.050%, 11/01/22

    1,000,000       1,004,510  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The, 3.400%, 01/29/28

    1,000,000       1,067,890  

BlackRock, Inc., 3.250%, 04/30/29

    2,000,000       2,149,081  

Charles Schwab Corp., The, 3.550%, 02/01/24

    1,000,000       1,055,807  

Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 3.350%, 05/03/26

    2,000,000       2,128,638  

CIT Bank NA, 2.969%, 09/27/25 (d)

    1,000,000       999,375  

Digital Realty Trust LP, 3.950%, 07/01/22

    1,750,000       1,822,808  

Discover Bank, 3.200%, 08/09/21

    1,000,000       1,017,829  

Discover Bank, 2.450%, 09/12/24

    1,000,000       998,872  

Discover Bank, 4.650%, 09/13/28

    1,000,000       1,128,204  

Fifth Third Bancorp, 2.375%, 01/28/25

    1,000,000       1,002,458  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3 month LIBOR + 0.83%, 2.853%, 04/05/21 (d)

    1,086,000       1,081,202  

ING Groep NV, 144A, 4.625%, 01/06/26 (c)

    2,000,000       2,226,468  

International Finance Corp., 2.500%, 04/15/23 (d)

    3,000,000       3,003,890  

International Finance Corp., 1.750%, 04/15/26 (d)

    1,034,000       1,023,717  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.972%, 01/15/23

    2,000,000       2,038,701  

KeyCorp, 2.550%, 10/01/29

    1,000,000       979,188  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.125%, 06/15/22

    1,000,000       1,011,335  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Financials, continued

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.375%, 12/29/22

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,062,736  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.625%, 02/28/24

    3,000,000       3,107,035  

MetLife, Inc., 4.875%, 11/13/43

    1,000,000       1,241,759  

Morgan Stanley, 3 month LIBOR + 1.18%, 3.146%, 01/20/22 (d)

    3,000,000       3,027,812  

Morgan Stanley, 3.625%, 01/20/27

    2,000,000       2,131,420  

PNC Bank NA, 3.100%, 10/25/27

    1,000,000       1,044,138  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The, 2.200%, 11/01/24

    3,000,000       3,013,177  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The, 3.450%, 04/23/29

    500,000       534,132  

Prudential Financial, Inc., 4.350%, 02/25/50

    1,000,000       1,154,573  

Raymond James Financial, Inc., 3.625%, 09/15/26

    1,000,000       1,057,968  

Regions Financial Corp., 3.800%, 08/14/23

    1,500,000       1,588,939  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The, 1.850%, 09/11/20

    2,000,000       2,000,017  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The, 1.900%, 12/01/22

    500,000       500,691  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The, 2.650%, 06/12/24

    1,000,000       1,025,035  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 3 month LIBOR + 0.10%, 2.110%, 01/10/20 (d)

    2,000,000       2,000,106  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 3.450%, 09/20/23

    3,000,000       3,159,115  

Travelers Cos, Inc., The, 3.750%, 05/15/46

    1,000,000       1,093,879  

Travelers Cos, Inc., The, 4.100%, 03/04/49

    1,000,000       1,153,660  
              67,553,261  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Health Care: 3.3%

Abbott Laboratories, 3.750%, 11/30/26

  $ 1,133,000     $ 1,238,928  

AbbVie, Inc., 144A, 2.150%, 11/19/21 (c)

    1,000,000       1,001,907  

AbbVie, Inc., 144A, 3.200%, 11/21/29 (c)

    1,000,000       1,018,615  

Amgen, Inc., 3.625%, 05/22/24

    2,000,000       2,114,641  

Anthem, Inc., 2.375%, 01/15/25

    500,000       500,002  

Anthem, Inc., 4.101%, 03/01/28

    1,000,000       1,087,485  

Becton Dickinson & Co., 3.363%, 06/06/24

    1,000,000       1,042,181  

Becton Dickinson & Co., 3.700%, 06/06/27

    1,000,000       1,065,074  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 144A, 2.900%, 07/26/24 (c)

    2,000,000       2,066,496  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 144A, 4.125%, 06/15/39 (c)

    1,000,000       1,156,362  

Centene Corp., 144A, 4.250%, 12/15/27 (c)

    1,000,000       1,030,600  

HCA, Inc., 4.500%, 02/15/27

    1,000,000       1,080,040  

HCA, Inc., 4.125%, 06/15/29

    500,000       531,558  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.266%, 11/01/49

    1,000,000       1,006,526  

Merck & Co., Inc., 2.800%, 05/18/23

    1,000,000       1,031,007  

Merck & Co., Inc., 3.400%, 03/07/29

    1,000,000       1,084,266  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 3.450%, 06/01/26

    1,000,000       1,051,500  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.375%, 10/15/22

    2,000,000       2,025,699  

Zoetis, Inc., 3.000%, 09/12/27

    1,000,000       1,029,219  

Zoetis, Inc., 3.900%, 08/20/28

    1,000,000       1,086,036  
              23,248,142  

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax Core Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Industrials: 2.1%

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 05/01/28 (c)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,012,500  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC, 3.550%, 02/15/50

    1,000,000       1,056,705  

Cummins, Inc., 7.125%, 03/01/28 (e)

    1,000,000       1,322,200  

Masco Corp., 4.375%, 04/01/26

    1,000,000       1,081,506  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/15/26 (c)

    1,000,000       1,056,598  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 10/15/25 (c)

    1,000,000       1,053,740  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/28 (c)

    1,000,000       1,027,323  

Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., 4.700%, 05/29/25 (a)

    2,000,000       2,005,996  

Union Pacific Corp., 3.700%, 03/01/29

    2,000,000       2,188,211  

Waste Management, Inc., 3.150%, 11/15/27

    2,500,000       2,610,915  

Waste Management, Inc., 3.450%, 06/15/29

    500,000       535,923  
              14,951,617  

Information Technology: 2.6%

Adobe, Inc., 4.750%, 02/01/20

    1,150,000       1,152,336  

Adobe, Inc., 3.250%, 02/01/25

    1,500,000       1,585,642  

Apple, Inc., 2.850%, 02/23/23

    1,000,000       1,029,183  

Apple, Inc., 3.000%, 06/20/27

    2,500,000       2,622,926  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 144A, 6.020%, 06/15/26 (c)

    1,000,000       1,152,047  

MasterCard, Inc., 3.500%, 02/26/28

    1,000,000       1,079,590  

MasterCard, Inc., 2.950%, 06/01/29

    500,000       522,431  

Microsoft Corp., 2.875%, 02/06/24

    1,000,000       1,038,276  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Microsoft Corp., 2.400%, 08/08/26

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,037,939  

NetApp, Inc., 3.250%, 12/15/22

    671,000       690,974  

salesforce.com, Inc., 3.700%, 04/11/28

    2,000,000       2,195,926  

Visa, Inc., 3.650%, 09/15/47

    2,000,000       2,244,219  
              18,351,489  

Materials: 0.1%

Air Liquide Finance SA, 144A, 2.250%, 09/10/29 (c)

    1,000,000       981,128  
                 

Real Estate: 1.5%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., 4.000%, 01/15/24

    2,000,000       2,132,282  

Boston Properties, LP, 3.400%, 06/21/29

    2,000,000       2,092,358  

Equinix, Inc., 5.375%, 05/15/27

    1,000,000       1,087,879  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 5.250%, 07/15/24 (c)

    1,000,000       1,053,335  

Host Hotels & Resorts, LP, 3.375%, 12/15/29

    1,000,000       1,010,287  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 144A, 4.875%, 09/15/27 (c)

    1,000,000       1,034,823  

Starwood Property Trust, Inc., 3.625%, 02/01/21

    1,000,000       1,009,150  

Welltower, Inc., 2.700%, 02/15/27

    1,000,000       1,005,235  
              10,425,349  

Utilities: 1.7%

CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric LLC, 2.250%, 08/01/22

    1,000,000       1,006,702  

DTE Electric Co., 3.950%, 03/01/49

    2,000,000       2,292,681  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.250%, 09/15/24 (c)

    1,000,000       1,042,085  

 

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax Core Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Utilities, continued

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 3.875%, 10/15/26 (c)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,005,624  

NSTAR Electric Co., 3.250%, 05/15/29

    3,000,000       3,170,605  

Southern Power Co., 4.150%, 12/01/25

    2,000,000       2,171,219  

Southwestern Public Service Co., 3.750%, 06/15/49

    1,000,000       1,078,924  
              11,767,840  

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $189,554,671)

    199,585,171  
                 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS: 1.0%

Federal Home Loan Bank System (Agency): 0.1%

2.375%, 03/12/21

    1,000,000       1,008,726  

Agency Securities: 0.9%

North American Development Bank, 2.400%, 10/26/22

    2,000,000       2,019,522  

Overseas Private Investment Corp., 1.980%, 09/15/26 (a)(d)

    2,000,000       2,001,250  

Overseas Private Investment Corp., 3.520%, 09/20/32

    1,821,429       1,956,113  
              5,976,885  

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS

(Cost $6,755,749)

    6,985,611  
                 

SUPRANATIONAL BONDS: 3.7%

Asian Development Bank, 2.750%, 03/17/23

    3,000,000       3,101,568  

Asian Development Bank, 2.125%, 03/19/25

    2,000,000       2,032,418  

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 1.625%, 09/27/24

    3,000,000       2,980,585  

European Investment Bank, 1.625%, 03/16/20

    2,000,000       1,999,446  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

SUPRANATIONAL BONDS, continued

European Investment Bank, 1.625%, 08/14/20

  $ 3,000,000     $ 2,999,887  

European Investment Bank, 2.000%, 03/15/21

    3,000,000       3,012,750  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.530%, 03/11/22

    4,000,000       4,066,388  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.125%, 03/03/25

    4,000,000       4,072,893  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.750%, 05/31/36

    2,000,000       1,946,922  
 

TOTAL SUPRANATIONAL BONDS

(Cost $25,783,483)

    26,212,857  
                 

MUNICIPAL BONDS: 5.4%

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, 1.970%, 06/01/23

    500,000       499,045  

City & County of Honolulu HI, 3.138%, 10/01/32

    1,000,000       1,029,090  

City & County of Honolulu HI, 3.974%, 09/01/35

    1,475,000       1,598,443  

City & County of San Francisco CA Community Facilities District No 2014-1, 4.221%, 09/01/39

    1,000,000       1,059,570  

City & County of San Francisco CA Community Facilities District No 2014-1, 4.000%, 09/01/48

    2,000,000       2,079,780  

City of Los Angeles CA Wastewater System Revenue, 3.144%, 06/01/26

    2,000,000       2,094,620  

City of Los Angeles CA Wastewater System Revenue, 4.029%, 06/01/39

    1,020,000       1,095,388  

 

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Pax Core Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MUNICIPAL BONDS, continued

City of San Francisco CA Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, 6.000%, 11/01/40

  $ 2,815,000     $ 3,658,007  

Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 6.089%, 11/15/40

    1,595,000       2,144,414  

New York City Transitional Finance Authority Future Tax Secured Revenue, 5.767%, 08/01/36

    2,000,000       2,486,700  

New York City Water & Sewer System, 5.440%, 06/15/43

    2,500,000       3,441,600  

Ohio State University, The, 4.910%, 06/01/40

    2,485,000       3,171,357  

Santa Clara Valley Water District, 3.369%, 06/01/27

    1,305,000       1,382,126  

State of California, 7.550%, 04/01/39

    2,000,000       3,211,920  

State of Georgia, 4.310%, 10/01/26

    2,000,000       2,240,860  

State of Oregon, 3.227%, 05/01/24

    1,000,000       1,047,330  

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, 6.573%, 05/01/39

    125,000       125,410  

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, 5.450%, 11/01/40

    2,225,000       2,876,591  

Virginia Resources Authority, 5.790%, 11/01/40

    2,655,000       2,738,367  
 

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS

(Cost $36,150,494)

    37,980,618  
                 

U.S. TREASURY NOTES: 23.9%

1.250%, 07/15/20 (TIPS)

    4,719,760       4,764,988  

2.750%, 09/30/20

    17,000,000       17,138,125  

2.375%, 03/15/21

    7,000,000       7,061,797  

0.125%, 04/15/21 (TIPS)

    3,257,220       3,250,650  

0.125%, 04/15/22 (TIPS)

    6,348,660       6,339,830  

2.125%, 11/30/23

    15,000,000       15,270,410  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

U.S. TREASURY NOTES, continued

0.125%, 07/15/24 (TIPS)

  $ 4,334,920     $ 4,361,469  

1.500%, 10/31/24

    29,000,000       28,763,242  

0.625%, 01/15/26 (TIPS)

    3,248,910       3,349,212  

2.250%, 03/31/26

    7,000,000       7,194,414  

0.375%, 07/15/27 (TIPS)

    10,519,500       10,733,219  

2.750%, 02/15/28

    1,000,000       1,066,367  

4.500%, 02/15/36 (e)

    7,000,000       9,296,191  

5.000%, 05/15/37

    2,000,000       2,835,781  

4.500%, 05/15/38

    3,000,000       4,061,367  

3.500%, 02/15/39

    6,000,000       7,205,508  

4.375%, 11/15/39

    6,000,000       8,045,977  

1.000%, 02/15/48 (TIPS)

    1,043,510       1,155,685  

2.375%, 11/15/49

    28,000,000       27,993,437  
                 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY NOTES

(Cost $167,658,520)

    169,887,669  
                 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES: 31.3%

Ginnie Mae (Mortgage-Backed): 1.5%

1.550%, 06/16/36

    2,438,614       2,411,920  

6.000%, 01/15/38

    204,133       230,998  

3.020%, 09/15/41

    1,823,927       1,844,041  

3.000%, 05/15/43

    1,309,639       1,351,385  

3.500%, 11/20/46

    1,197,398       1,244,481  

2.901%, 09/16/50 (d)

    2,000,000       2,026,951  

2.677%, 03/16/55 (d)

    1,785,619       1,808,950  
              10,918,726  

Freddie Mac (Mortgage-Backed): 7.5%

4.000%, 06/01/26

    1,853,628       1,939,381  

2.939%, 04/25/29

    3,000,000       3,121,225  

2.412%, 08/25/29

    2,000,000       1,995,364  

3.500%, 12/01/30

    1,187,549       1,230,653  

3.000%, 07/01/33

    1,511,278       1,547,357  

4.500%, 01/01/34

    1,837,172       1,945,443  

3.500%, 01/01/34

    1,284,092       1,345,767  

3.000%, 12/01/34

    2,000,000       2,051,749  

4.000%, 10/01/35

    2,595,251       2,765,393  

3.500%, 04/01/42

    1,115,729       1,180,852  

2.436%, 01/01/43 (d)

    1,637,442       1,655,374  

3.500%, 01/01/44

    1,699,609       1,798,732  

4.000%, 08/01/44

    1,054,877       1,134,011  

3.500%, 02/01/45

    1,727,221       1,851,938  

3.000%, 06/01/46

    2,026,353       2,097,317  

3.000%, 01/01/47

    2,531,360       2,606,570  

4.000%, 08/01/47

    1,367,194       1,438,028  

3.500%, 08/01/47

    2,459,866       2,555,019  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Freddie Mac (Mortgage-Backed), continued

3.500%, 09/01/47

  $ 1,651,043     $ 1,715,012  

3.500%, 10/01/47

    2,528,448       2,626,458  

3.500%, 12/01/47

    1,681,730       1,747,040  

3.500%, 03/01/48

    2,447,396       2,545,772  

4.000%, 04/01/48

    4,966,461       5,193,728  

3.500%, 05/01/48

    2,462,920       2,552,323  

3.500%, 06/01/49

    2,365,159       2,443,773  
              53,084,279  

Fannie Mae (Mortgage-Backed): 13.8%

2.480%, 08/01/26

    1,952,922       1,953,713  

2.894%, 02/25/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,031,893  

3.270%, 09/01/27

    2,337,011       2,430,686  

3.058%, 09/25/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,087,507  

3.436%, 06/25/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,132,340  

3.673%, 09/25/28 (d)

    2,034,000       2,205,183  

3.660%, 01/01/29

    1,972,296       2,099,193  

2.937%, 04/25/29

    2,000,000       2,073,969  

4.500%, 04/01/34

    1,170,019       1,259,452  

3.500%, 07/01/35

    1,539,032       1,610,075  

3.500%, 09/01/37

    1,436,223       1,502,492  

4.000%, 03/01/38

    2,300,264       2,455,805  

4.000%, 02/01/41

    3,015,904       3,255,491  

4.000%, 01/01/42

    2,946,426       3,179,813  

4.000%, 07/01/42

    2,615,706       2,798,464  

3.500%, 01/01/43

    3,342,331       3,514,480  

4.125%, 09/01/43 (d)

    638,924       664,104  

3.500%, 08/01/45

    2,076,269       2,191,446  

4.000%, 09/01/45

    1,581,847       1,694,642  

4.000%, 10/01/45

    1,354,897       1,419,933  

3.500%, 10/01/45

    1,780,236       1,867,304  

4.000%, 11/01/45

    3,525,378       3,736,932  

3.500%, 04/01/46

    1,534,033       1,609,272  

4.000%, 06/01/46

    1,525,720       1,613,378  

3.000%, 06/01/46

    2,888,710       2,959,541  

4.000%, 07/01/46

    1,967,523       2,085,031  

4.500%, 09/01/46

    1,840,404       1,997,507  

3.000%, 10/01/46

    1,481,591       1,517,918  

4.500%, 01/01/47

    1,061,361       1,122,703  

4.000%, 01/01/47

    1,481,820       1,560,604  

4.000%, 05/01/47

    4,633,910       4,886,488  

4.000%, 06/01/47

    3,950,689       4,142,994  

3.500%, 06/01/47

    2,337,668       2,463,019  

3.500%, 08/01/47

    1,579,265       1,640,578  

3.500%, 11/01/47

    2,477,306       2,616,875  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Fannie Mae (Mortgage-Backed), continued

4.000%, 01/01/48

  $ 2,470,891     $ 2,639,411  

3.500%, 03/01/48

    1,814,983       1,882,149  

3.500%, 04/01/48

    3,506,710       3,728,387  

4.500%, 06/01/48

    1,390,762       1,476,298  

3.500%, 06/01/48

    2,823,689       2,963,808  

3.000%, 10/01/48

    1,690,479       1,719,644  

3.500%, 07/01/49

    1,960,115       2,036,541  

3.500%, 09/01/49

    1,920,946       1,987,313  

3.000%, 09/01/49

    1,980,550       2,026,219  
              97,840,595  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed: 8.5%

Aqua Finance Trust 2019-A, 144A, 3.140%, 07/16/40 (c)

    931,157       934,482  

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2018-1, 144A, 3.763%, 04/25/48 (c)(d)

    1,654,688       1,678,420  

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP, LLC, 144A, 2.360%, 03/20/26 (c)

    2,000,000       1,984,076  

Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust 2016, 144A, 4.000%, 04/28/55 (c)

    1,149,966       1,177,244  

Bellemeade Re 2018-1, Ltd., 1 month LIBOR + 1.35%, 144A, 3.308%, 04/25/28 (c)(d)

    768,330       769,665  

Bellemeade Re 2018-2, Ltd., 1 month LIBOR + 1.35%, 144A, 3.058%, 08/25/28 (c)(d)

    2,000,000       2,005,588  

Carmax Auto Owner Trust 2019-4, 2.800%, 04/15/26

    2,000,000       1,996,791  

COLT 2019-2 Mortgage Loan Trust, 144A, 3.337%, 05/25/49 (c)(d)

    1,380,165       1,384,091  

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2018-C-GS, 144A, 3.870%, 02/25/46 (c)

    2,380,807       2,439,902  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Commercial Mortgage-Backed, continued

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2019-A-GS, 144A, 2.540%, 01/25/47 (c)

  $ 989,147     $ 980,859  

Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust 2018-2, 144A, 3.479%, 04/25/58 (c)(d)

    840,514       847,774  

Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2019-1, 144A, 3.450%, 03/24/25 (c)

    1,305,000       1,325,356  

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, 4.090%, 01/15/26

    2,000,000       2,056,443  

Invitation Homes 2018-SFR4 Trust, 1 month LIBOR + 1.20%, 144A, 3.016%, 01/17/38 (c)(d)

    2,000,000       2,002,876  

Mastr Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW, 1 month LIBOR + 0.60%, 144A, 2.308%, 05/25/37 (a)(c)(d)

    1,420,270       1,384,243  

Mill City Mortgage Trust 2015-1, 144A, 3.812%, 06/25/56 (c)(d)

    2,000,000       2,083,040  

Mill City Solar Loan 2019-1, Ltd., 144A, 4.340%, 03/20/43 (c)

    873,216       904,433  

Mill City Solar Loan 2019-2, Ltd., 144A, 3.690%, 07/20/43 (c)

    945,622       956,753  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust 2018-1, 144A, 4.010%, 06/22/43 (c)

    1,304,579       1,341,077  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust 2019-2, 144A, 2.880%, 09/20/40 (c)

    987,702       988,189  

Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-1 LLC, 144A, 4.450%, 06/20/42 (c)

    927,984       965,098  

Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-2 LLC, 144A, 3.820%, 06/22/43 (c)

    623,681       635,757  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Commercial Mortgage-Backed, continued

Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-2 LLC, 144A, 2.000%, 06/22/43 (c)

  $ 1,574,037     $ 1,504,264  

Navistar Financial Dealer Note Master Owner Trust II, 1 month LIBOR + 1.05%, 144A, 2.758%, 09/25/23 (c)(d)

    2,890,000       2,897,583  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-4, 1 month LIBOR + 0.90%, 144A, 2.608%, 01/25/48 (c)(d)

    1,285,212       1,285,061  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-2, 144A, 4.250%, 12/25/57 (c)(d)

    2,227,080       2,335,021  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-4, 144A, 3.500%, 12/25/58 (c)(d)

    920,503       943,755  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-5, 144A, 3.500%, 08/25/59 (c)(d)

    1,349,147       1,379,895  

Radnor RE 2018-1, Ltd., 1 month LIBOR + 1.40%, 144A, 3.108%, 03/25/28 (c)(d)

    1,344,289       1,344,517  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2018-5, 4.190%, 12/16/24

    1,250,000       1,286,734  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2017-CH2, 144A, 4.000%, 12/25/47 (c)(d)

    527,439       547,840  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2018-CH1, 144A, 4.000%, 02/25/48 (c)(d)

    796,771       809,020  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2015-d, LLC, 144A, 3.590%, 10/26/37 (c)

    1,579,730       1,604,185  

 

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax Core Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Commercial Mortgage-Backed, continued

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-B, LLC, 144A, 3.700%, 05/25/40 (c)(d)

  $ 1,400,000     $ 1,447,223  

Sofi Professional Loan Program 2018-B Trust, 144A, 3.340%, 08/25/47 (c)

    2,000,000       2,035,022  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2019-A, LLC, 144A, 3.180%, 06/15/48 (c)

    601,285       606,670  

Sunrun Athena Issuer 2018-1, LLC, 144A, 5.310%, 04/30/49 (c)

    968,278       1,042,906  

Sunrun Atlas Issuer 2019-2, LLC, 144A, 3.610%, 02/01/55 (c)

    1,000,000       991,250  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2018-A, 144A, 2.750%, 02/20/20 (c)

    4,963       4,964  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2018-B, 144A, 3.710%, 08/20/21 (c)

    1,464,730       1,484,080  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2018-B, 144A, 5.290%, 11/22/21 (c)

    2,000,000       2,064,720  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 144A, 3.799%, 11/25/60 (c)(d)

    2,000,000       2,094,547  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust, 1 month LIBOR + 0.60%, 144A, 3.750%, 11/25/57 (c)(d)

    1,000,000       1,031,116  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Commercial Mortgage-Backed, continued

Vivint Solar Financing V, LLC, 144A, 4.730%, 04/30/48 (c)

  $ 980,844     $ 1,024,999  
              60,607,529  

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost $218,791,395)

    222,451,129  
                 

TOTAL BONDS

(Cost $648,081,245)

    666,489,531  
                 

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT: 0.1%

Community Credit Union of Lynn, 2.200%, 11/29/22 (a)

    250,000       252,814  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.700%, 04/13/20 (a)

    250,000       250,034  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21 (a)

    250,000       250,994  
 

TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT

(Cost $750,000)

    753,842  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 2.4%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (f)(g)

    16,777,039       16,777,039  

(Cost $16,777,039)

               
 

 

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Pax Core Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 0.1%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.580% (f)(g)

    669,300     $ 669,300  

(Cost $669,300)

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.5%

(Cost $687,596,812)

    706,274,748  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED (NET): -0.1%

    (669,300 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.6%

    4,085,950  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 709,691,398  

 

(a)

Illiquid security.

(b)

Security valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(c)

Security purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold only to qualified institutional buyers.

(d)

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of December 31, 2019 on securities with variable or step rates.

(e)

Security of partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2019. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2019 was $10,066,103.

(f)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(g)

Premier Class shares

LIBOR -London Inter-bank Offered Rate. At December 31, 2019 the 1 month and 3 month LIBOR rates were 1.763% and 1.908%, respectively.
LP - Limited Partnership
TIPS - Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 0.0%

Health Care: 0.0%

Interactive Health, Inc. (a)(b)(c)

    706     $ 0  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $178,981)

    0  
                 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 1.0%

Health Care: 0.4%

Avantor, Inc., 6.250%

    20,000       1,260,000  

Interactive Health, Inc., 0.000% (a)(b)(c)

    1,412       0  
              1,260,000  

Leisure: 0.6%

RLJ Lodging Trust, REIT, 1.950%

    80,000       2,296,800  
                 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $3,479,066)

    3,556,800  
                 

BONDS: 95.3%

CORPORATE BONDS: 94.1%

Automotive: 2.4%

Allison Transmission, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 10/01/24 (d)

  $ 1,000,000       1,026,240  

Allison Transmission, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 10/01/27 (d)

    500,000       520,174  

Gates Global, LLC/Co., 144A, 6.250%, 01/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,038,090  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 144A, 6.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,125,695  

Meritor, Inc., 6.250%, 02/15/24

    2,225,000       2,286,443  

Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd., 144A, 5.875%, 11/15/21 (d)

    1,000,000       1,017,238  
              9,013,880  

Banking: 2.2%

Ally Financial, Inc., 4.250%, 04/15/21

    1,000,000       1,024,320  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Banking, continued

Ally Financial, Inc., 4.125%, 02/13/22

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,551,420  

Ally Financial, Inc., 3.875%, 05/21/24

    1,000,000       1,049,585  

Ally Financial, Inc., 5.750%, 11/20/25

    2,000,000       2,242,500  

Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/31

    1,000,000       1,389,950  

CIT Bank NA, 2.969%, 09/27/25 (e)

    1,000,000       999,375  
              8,257,150  

Basic Industry: 11.4%

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 09/30/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,034,098  

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 144A, 7.000%, 09/30/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,093,150  

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 144A, 6.125%, 05/15/28 (d)

    500,000       542,175  

Arconic, Inc., 5.900%, 02/01/27

    2,000,000       2,292,366  

Boise Cascade Co., 144A, 5.625%, 09/01/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,085,830  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 144A, 4.875%, 01/15/24 (d)

    950,000       972,909  

Core & Main Holdings, LP, 144A, 8.625%, 09/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,042,915  

Core & Main, LP, 144A, 6.125%, 08/15/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,567,485  

Foxtrot Escrow Issuer, LLC/Corp., 144A, 12.250%, 11/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,043,124  

FXI Holdings, Inc., 144A, 7.875%, 11/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       962,490  

Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 144A, 4.625%, 03/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,027,850  

Koppers, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 02/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,049,990  

 

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Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Basic Industry, continued

Kraton Polymers, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 7.000%, 04/15/25 (d)

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,549,215  

Lennar Corp., 4.750%, 05/30/25

    500,000       538,543  

Lennar Corp., 5.250%, 06/01/26

    2,000,000       2,195,694  

Mercer International, Inc., 7.375%, 01/15/25

    1,000,000       1,079,365  

Neon Holdings, Inc., 144A, 10.125%, 04/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       997,373  

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 144A, 10.125%, 04/01/22 (d)

    1,500,000       1,592,343  

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 03/15/26 (d)

    950,000       997,830  

New Gold, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 11/15/22 (d)

    500,000       498,903  

New Gold, Inc., 144A, 6.375%, 05/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       927,725  

Novelis Corp., 144A, 5.875%, 09/30/26 (d)

    1,500,000       1,599,641  

SPCM SA, 144A, 4.875%, 09/15/25 (d)

    950,000       990,366  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 10/15/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,580,610  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 02/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,089,645  

Starfruit Finco BV/US Holdco, LLC, 144A, 8.000%, 10/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,062,525  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Holdings II, Inc., 144A, 5.625%, 03/01/24 (d)

    1,550,000       1,674,643  

TRI Pointe Group, Inc., 5.250%, 06/01/27

    1,000,000       1,047,848  

Univar Solutions USA, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 12/01/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,091,260  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Basic Industry, continued

US Concrete, Inc., 6.375%, 06/01/24

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,091,670  

USG Corp., 144A, 4.875%, 06/01/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,000,000  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 5.375%, 06/15/24

    1,500,000       1,560,623  
              42,880,204  

Capital Goods: 6.7%

ARD Finance SA, 144A, 6.500%, 06/30/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,071,600  

Ardagh Packaging Finance, PLC/Holdings USA, Inc., 144A, 4.125%, 08/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,026,874  

Ardagh Packaging Finance, PLC/Holdings USA, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 08/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,054,370  

Bombardier, Inc., 144A, 8.750%, 12/01/21 (d)

    2,500,000       2,744,688  

Bombardier, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 12/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,052,715  

Bombardier, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 03/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,033,740  

Crown Americas, LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. VI, 4.750%, 02/01/26

    1,650,000       1,747,511  

EnerSys, 144A, 4.375%, 12/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       990,100  

F-Brasile SpA/US, LLC, 144A, 7.375%, 08/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,060,000  

Manitowoc Co, Inc., The, 144A, 9.000%, 04/01/26 (d)

    1,500,000       1,574,809  

Mueller Water Products, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,113,194  

OI European Group BV, 144A, 4.000%, 03/15/23 (d)

    2,000,000       2,020,830  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Capital Goods, continued

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A, 6.375%, 08/15/25 (d)

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,642,500  

RBS Global, Inc./Rexnord, LLC, 144A, 4.875%, 12/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,034,990  

Vertiv Group Corp., 144A, 9.250%, 10/15/24 (d)

    1,950,000       2,100,316  

Vertiv Intermediate Holding Corp., 144A, 12.000%, 02/15/22 (d)

    500,000       520,156  

Wolverine Escrow, LLC, 144A, 8.500%, 11/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,037,085  

Wolverine Escrow, LLC, 144A, 13.125%, 11/15/27 (d)

    500,000       515,000  
              25,340,478  

Consumer Goods: 5.6%

Central Garden & Pet Co, 5.125%, 02/01/28

    1,000,000       1,037,848  

Cott Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 04/01/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,570,627  

KeHE Distributors, LLC/Finance Corp., 144A, 8.625%, 10/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,049,375  

Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 11/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,063,335  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/01/24 (d)

    2,500,000       2,569,787  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 10/15/27 (d)

    250,000       267,819  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 08/15/26 (d)

    500,000       529,050  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 03/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,074,822  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 12/15/29 (d)

    2,000,000       2,136,300  

Prestige Brands, Inc., 144A, 6.375%, 03/01/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,084,170  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Consumer Goods, continued

Prestige Brands, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 01/15/28 (d)

  $ 500,000     $ 525,000  

Sigma Holdco BV, 144A, 7.875%, 05/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,001,900  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 6.125%, 12/15/24

    1,000,000       1,035,415  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 10/01/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,035,348  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 5.500%, 06/15/26

    2,000,000       2,111,200  

US Foods, Inc., 144A, 5.875%, 06/15/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,064,170  
              21,156,166  

Energy: 7.3%

Antero Resources Corp., 5.625%, 06/01/23

    1,000,000       805,000  

Archrock Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 6.000%, 10/01/22

    1,000,000       1,010,312  

Archrock Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 144A, 6.875%, 04/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,059,823  

Archrock Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 144A, 6.250%, 04/01/28 (d)

    500,000       516,250  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 144A, 7.000%, 11/01/26 (d)

    500,000       400,174  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, 5.125%, 06/30/27

    1,000,000       1,107,030  

DCP Midstream Operating, LP, 5.125%, 05/15/29

    1,000,000       1,039,349  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., 144A, 7.375%, 05/15/24 (d)

    500,000       313,958  

Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc., 144A, 5.625%, 02/01/26 (d)

    475,000       286,353  

Genesis Energy, LP/Finance Corp., 5.625%, 06/15/24

    1,000,000       967,915  

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Energy, continued

Genesis Energy, LP/Finance Corp., 6.500%, 10/01/25

  $ 250,000     $ 242,498  

Global Partners, LP/GLP Finance Corp., 144A, 7.000%, 08/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,065,348  

Hess Midstream Operations, LP, 144A, 5.625%, 02/15/26 (d)

    950,000       991,047  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 6.250%, 03/15/23

    1,500,000       1,410,622  

Oasis Petroleum, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 05/01/26 (d)

    2,000,000       1,665,050  

Parkland Fuel Corp., 144A, 6.000%, 04/01/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,116,300  

Suburban Propane Partners, LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.750%, 03/01/25

    2,000,000       2,060,830  

Suburban Propane Partners, LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.875%, 03/01/27

    1,500,000       1,564,271  

Sunoco LP/Finance Corp., 6.000%, 04/15/27

    1,000,000       1,069,823  

Sunoco LP/Finance Corp., 5.875%, 03/15/28

    1,000,000       1,064,653  

Superior Plus, LP/General Partner, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 07/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,153,194  

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 5.250%, 05/01/23

    1,000,000       1,012,085  

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 144A, 6.500%, 07/15/27 (d)

    500,000       548,425  

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 5.000%, 01/15/28

    500,000       511,161  

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Finance Corp., 144A, 6.875%, 01/15/29 (d)

    500,000       555,925  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Energy, continued

TransMontaigne Partners LP/TLP Finance Corp., 6.125%, 02/15/26

  $ 1,750,000     $ 1,719,983  
              27,257,379  

Financial Services: 4.9%

Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd., 144A, 5.125%, 10/01/23 (d)

    500,000       540,398  

Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd., 144A, 4.375%, 05/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,057,550  

CIT Group, Inc., 5.000%, 08/01/23

    2,000,000       2,159,170  

CIT Group, Inc., 5.250%, 03/07/25

    500,000       551,043  

CIT Group, Inc., 6.125%, 03/09/28

    1,000,000       1,182,847  

Fair Isaac Corp, 144A, 5.250%, 05/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,102,848  

Fair Isaac Corp., 144A, 4.000%, 06/15/28 (d)

    500,000       505,000  

Fly Leasing, Ltd., 6.375%, 10/15/21

    3,000,000       3,061,874  

MSCI, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 11/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,015,600  

Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd., 144A, 5.250%, 08/15/22 (d)

    500,000       534,106  

Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd., 144A, 5.500%, 02/15/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,198,320  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.875%, 03/15/25

    1,000,000       1,139,990  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 7.125%, 03/15/26

    1,500,000       1,737,112  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.625%, 01/15/28

    1,000,000       1,130,650  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.375%, 11/15/29

    500,000       522,825  
              18,439,333  

Health Care: 6.5%

Avantor, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 10/01/24 (d)

    1,500,000       1,602,473  

 

 

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Centene Corp., 144A, 5.375%, 06/01/26 (d)

  $ 950,000     $ 1,009,945  

Centene Corp., 144A, 4.250%, 12/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,030,600  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.500%, 02/01/28

    500,000       519,050  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.750%, 02/01/30

    500,000       519,675  

Endo Dac/Finance, LLC/Finco, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 07/15/23 (d)

    819,000       593,767  

Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 01/15/23 (d)

    1,000,000       677,085  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 05/01/23

    1,750,000       1,937,679  

HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 02/01/25

    1,000,000       1,107,915  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 02/15/26

    1,000,000       1,138,980  

HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 09/01/26

    475,000       530,231  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., 144A, 4.375%, 09/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,063,194  

IQVIA, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,060,178  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/Finance Corp., 6.375%, 03/01/24

    1,000,000       1,041,220  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/Finance Corp., 5.000%, 10/15/27

    1,000,000       1,062,525  

MPT Operating Partnership, LP/Finance Corp., 4.625%, 08/01/29

    1,000,000       1,031,875  

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 04/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       997,525  

Sabra Health Care, LP, REIT, 5.125%, 08/15/26

    1,000,000       1,077,876  

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV, 6.000%, 04/15/24

    1,000,000       1,014,084  

Verscend Escrow Corp., 144A, 9.750%, 08/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,192,550  

 

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Title of Issue

 

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Contracts

   

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Health Care, continued

Vizient, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 05/15/27 (d)

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,145,695  
              24,354,122  

Insurance: 1.1%

Fidelity & Guaranty Life Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 05/01/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,134,980  

GTCR AP Finance, Inc., 144A, 8.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,085,695  
              4,220,675  

Leisure: 3.4%

Cedar Fair LP, 5.375%, 04/15/27

    1,500,000       1,617,603  

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 10/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,014,350  

GLP Capital, LP/Financing II, Inc., 5.375%, 04/15/26

    1,000,000       1,107,250  

GLP Capital, LP/Financing II, Inc., 5.750%, 06/01/28

    1,000,000       1,137,722  

Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 4.875%, 01/15/30

    1,000,000       1,061,728  

Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower, LLC /Inc., 6.125%, 12/01/24

    1,000,000       1,082,915  

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC/Corp., 4.625%, 04/01/25

    450,000       463,687  

Hilton Worldwide Finance, LLC/Corp., 4.875%, 04/01/27

    1,425,000       1,516,699  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 144A, 8.250%, 03/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,104,374  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 05/15/28 (d)

    500,000       537,175  

VICI Properties, LP/VICI Note Co., Inc., 144A, 4.250%, 12/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,031,835  

 

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Leisure, continued

VICI Properties, LP/VICI Note Co., Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 12/01/29 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,044,350  
              12,719,688  

Media: 14.7%

Altice Financing SA, 144A, 7.500%, 05/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,153,700  

Altice Finco SA, 144A, 7.625%, 02/15/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,075,830  

Altice France SA, 144A, 7.375%, 05/01/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,150,980  

Altice France SA, 144A, 8.125%, 02/01/27 (d)

    500,000       564,050  

Altice France SA, 144A, 5.500%, 01/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,029,400  

Altice Luxembourg SA, 144A, 7.625%, 02/15/25 (d)

    500,000       520,625  

Altice Luxembourg SA, 144A, 10.500%, 05/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,141,900  

AMC Networks, Inc., 4.750%, 12/15/22

    1,000,000       1,010,530  

AMC Networks, Inc., 4.750%, 08/01/25

    1,000,000       1,005,835  

Cablevision Systems Corp., 5.875%, 09/15/22

    1,000,000       1,079,280  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.125%, 05/01/23 (d)

    1,000,000       1,022,715  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.375%, 05/01/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,034,585  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.750%, 02/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,113,740  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.500%, 05/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,056,073  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.375%, 06/01/29 (d)

    2,500,000       2,679,624  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 03/01/30 (d)

    3,000,000       3,059,640  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

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Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Media, continued

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 144A, 9.250%, 02/15/24 (d)

  $ 851,000     $ 944,257  

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 08/15/27 (d)

    500,000       521,575  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 5.375%, 07/15/23 (d)

    500,000       513,543  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 10.875%, 10/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,119,375  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 5.500%, 05/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,061,063  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 7.500%, 04/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,132,323  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 5.750%, 01/15/30 (d)

    2,500,000       2,671,874  

Entercom Media Corp., 144A, 7.250%, 11/01/24 (d)

    500,000       527,708  

Entercom Media Corp., 144A, 6.500%, 05/01/27 (d)

    500,000       536,424  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 05/01/27

    2,000,000       2,213,700  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 08/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,048,150  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/28 (d)

    500,000       513,425  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 144A, 6.750%, 10/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,061,850  

MDC Partners, Inc., 144A, 6.500%, 05/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       907,500  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 144A, 5.625%, 07/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,111,300  

Neilsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, The, 144A, 5.000%, 02/01/25 (d)

    975,000       1,006,678  

 

 

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Media, continued

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Co., 144A, 5.000%, 04/15/22 (d)

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,508,295  

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Corp., 144A, 5.000%, 08/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,049,350  

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Corp., 144A, 4.625%, 03/15/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,019,350  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 04/15/25 (d)

    1,100,000       1,138,902  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 07/15/26 (d)

    1,450,000       1,543,832  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 08/01/27 (d)

    500,000       528,425  

TEGNA, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 09/15/29 (d)

    2,000,000       2,037,500  

Terrier Media Buyer, Inc., 144A, 8.875%, 12/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,060,000  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 144A, 5.500%, 08/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,052,323  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 144A, 5.500%, 05/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,060,600  

VTR Finance BV, 144A, 6.875%, 01/15/24 (d)

    1,707,000       1,748,966  
              55,336,795  

Real Estate: 3.1%

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 05/01/25 (d)

    950,000       984,043  

Five Point Operating Co., LP/Capital Corp., 144A, 7.875%, 11/15/25 (d)

    1,450,000       1,464,210  

Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC, 144A, 5.750%, 12/01/25 (d)

    1,450,000       1,507,986  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 5.250%, 07/15/24 (d)

    3,000,000       3,160,005  

iStar, Inc., 4.250%, 08/01/25

    1,000,000       1,013,460  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Real Estate, continued

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., 5.875%, 04/01/24

  $ 1,700,000     $ 1,746,733  

Realogy Group, LLC/Realogy Co-Issuer Corp., 144A, 9.375%, 04/01/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,568,977  
              11,445,414  

Retail: 3.9%

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, LP/Albertsons, LLC, 144A, 4.625%, 01/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,124,374  

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, LP/Albertson’s, LLC, 144A, 7.500%, 03/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,000,650  

Ingles Markets Inc, 5.750%, 06/15/23

    1,557,000       1,590,070  

KFC Holding/Pizza Hut Holdings/Taco Bell of America, 144A, 4.750%, 06/01/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,582,234  

L Brands, Inc., 7.500%, 06/15/29

    2,000,000       2,063,700  

Michaels Stores, Inc., 144A, 8.000%, 07/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       956,850  

Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 4.750%, 09/15/29

    1,000,000       1,057,920  

New Albertsons, LP, 7.750%, 06/15/26

    1,000,000       1,012,847  

Party City Holdings, Inc., 144A, 6.625%, 08/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       707,323  

PetSmart, Inc., 144A, 7.125%, 03/15/23 (d)

    500,000       491,250  

Sally Holdings LLC/Capital, Inc., 5.625%, 12/01/25

    1,000,000       1,049,215  

Yum! Brands, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/30 (d)

    2,000,000       2,098,700  
              14,735,133  

 

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CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Services: 8.2%

Aramark Services, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 04/01/25 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,044,990  

Avis Budget Car Rental, LLC/Finance, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 07/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,085,050  

Cloud Crane, LLC, 144A, 10.125%, 08/01/24 (d)

    1,500,000       1,578,128  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 8.500%, 04/15/24

    1,000,000       967,915  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 03/01/23 (d)

    2,000,000       2,065,000  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 06/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,059,248  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,053,880  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 8.500%, 05/01/27 (d)

    500,000       550,925  

Harsco Corp., 144A, 5.750%, 07/31/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,603,193  

Herc Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 07/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,055,025  

IAA, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,064,350  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 5.750%, 08/15/24

    1,950,000       1,976,792  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 144A, 4.875%, 09/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,018,123  

KAR Auction Services, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 06/01/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,084,170  

Korn Ferry, 144A, 4.625%, 12/15/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,511,250  

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Finance, Inc., 144A, 9.250%, 05/15/23 (d)

    1,598,000       1,678,898  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Services, continued

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Finance, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 04/15/24 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,060,085  

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Finance, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 04/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,088,754  

Staples, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 04/15/26 (d)

    1,500,000       1,559,061  

United Rentals North America, Inc., 6.500%, 12/15/26

    1,000,000       1,100,913  

United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.250%, 01/15/30

    1,000,000       1,078,150  

Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 144A, 6.875%, 08/15/23 (d)

    2,500,000       2,638,537  
              30,922,437  

Technology & Electronics: 2.1%

Camelot Finance SA, 144A, 4.500%, 11/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,029,374  

CommScope Technologies, LLC, 144A, 6.000%, 06/15/25 (d)

    500,000       501,815  

CommScope, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/15/24 (d)

    950,000       964,260  

CommScope, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 03/01/26 (d)

    500,000       532,812  

CommScope, Inc., 144A, 8.250%, 03/01/27 (d)

    500,000       527,175  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp, 144A, 5.875%, 06/15/21 (d)

    1,323,000       1,345,332  

Dell International LLC/EMC Corp, 144A, 7.125%, 06/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,056,250  

Rackspace Hosting, Inc., 144A, 8.625%, 11/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       980,000  

 

 

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Technology & Electronics, continued

TIBCO Software, Inc., 144A, 11.375%, 12/01/21 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,036,925  
              7,973,943  

Telecommunications: 7.5%

C&W Senior Financing DAC, 144A, 6.875%, 09/15/27 (d)

    500,000       535,826  

CenturyLink, Inc., 7.500%, 04/01/24

    1,000,000       1,129,585  

CenturyLink, Inc., 5.625%, 04/01/25

    950,000       1,011,403  

CenturyLink, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,020,130  

Cogent Communications Group, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 03/01/22 (d)

    700,000       733,468  

Connect Finco SARL/LLC, 144A, 6.750%, 10/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,066,250  

Digicel Group One, Ltd., 144A, 8.250%, 12/30/22 (d)

    257,000       144,000  

Frontier Communications Corp., 11.000%, 09/15/25

    500,000       243,750  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.375%, 01/15/24

    1,450,000       1,477,789  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.250%, 03/15/26

    1,000,000       1,041,850  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 09/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,051,300  

Qwest Corp., 6.875%, 09/15/33

    1,500,000       1,509,000  

Sable International Finance, Ltd., 144A, 5.750%, 09/07/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,062,848  

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28

    1,000,000       1,079,350  

Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 03/15/32

    500,000       607,800  

Sprint Communications, Inc., 7.000%, 08/15/20

    650,000       664,560  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Telecommunications, continued

Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.000%, 11/15/22

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,101,060  

Sprint Corp., 7.250%, 09/15/21

    1,000,000       1,059,320  

Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 09/15/23

    1,500,000       1,658,123  

Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 06/15/24

    1,000,000       1,080,835  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.000%, 04/15/24

    2,000,000       2,069,980  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.375%, 03/01/25

    1,000,000       1,035,415  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 6.500%, 01/15/26

    500,000       537,030  

Zayo Group, LLC /Capital, Inc., 6.375%, 05/15/25

    1,000,000       1,032,915  

Zayo Group, LLC /Capital, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 01/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,038,195  
              27,991,782  

Transportation: 1.0%

Air Canada, 144A, 7.750%, 04/15/21 (d)

    2,500,000       2,666,250  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., 8.000%, 05/15/22

    1,000,000       1,060,312  
              3,726,562  

Utility: 2.1%

Azure Power Solar Energy Pvt, Ltd., 144A, 5.650%, 12/24/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,023,930  

Clearway Energy Operating, LLC, 144A, 4.750%, 03/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,015,000  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.250%, 07/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,043,335  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.250%, 09/15/24 (d)

    500,000       521,043  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.500%, 09/15/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,567,233  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Utility, continued

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 144A, 5.000%, 01/31/28 (d)

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,588,740  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,019,350  
              7,778,631  

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $338,785,432)

    353,549,772  
                 

LOANS: 1.2%

Retail: 0.4%

PetSmart, Inc., 3 month LIBOR + 3.00%, 4.878%, 03/11/22 (e)

    1,671,081       1,656,543  

Services: 0.5%

Dun & Bradstreet Corp., The, 3 month LIBOR + 5.00%, 6.901%, 02/08/26 (e)

    2,000,000       2,020,000  

Technology & Electronics: 0.3%

Rackspace Hosting, Inc., 3 month LIBOR + 3.00%, 4.935%, 11/03/23 (e)

    1,000,000       974,100  

TOTAL LOANS

(Cost $4,251,544)

    4,650,643  
                 

TOTAL BONDS

(Cost $343,036,976)

    358,200,415  
                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT: 0.4%

Beneficial State Bank, 1.650%, 01/21/20 (b)

  $ 200,000     $ 200,000  

Providence Bank & Trust, 0.499%, 08/03/20 (b)

    201,203       201,203  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 2.100%, 01/04/20 (b)

    100,000       100,000  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21 (b)

    400,000       401,591  

Shared Interest, Inc., 2.400%, 09/30/21 (b)

    500,000       500,000  

TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT

(Cost $1,401,203)

    1,402,794  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 2.2%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (f)(g)

    8,427,875       8,427,875  

(Cost $8,427,875)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 98.9%

(Cost $356,524,101)

    371,587,884  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 1.1%

    4,220,232  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 375,808,116  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Illiquid security.

(c)

Security valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

Security purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold only to qualified institutional buyers.

(e)

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of December 31, 2019 on securities with variable or step rates.

(f)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(g)

Premier Class shares

LIBOR-

London Inter-bank Offered Rate. At December 31, 2019 the 1 month and 3 month LIBOR rates were 1.763% and 1.908%, respectively.

LP

Limited Partnership

 

 

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Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES: 97.6%

Pax Core Bond Fund (a)

    66,778,157     $ 687,147,238  

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (a)

    785,900       21,329,334  

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (a)

    10,010,369       128,232,821  

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund (a)

    1,482,025       25,149,965  

Pax Global Opportunities Fund (a)

    2,548,966       30,689,545  

Pax High Yield Bond Fund (a)

    3,263,125       22,058,723  

Pax Large Cap Fund (a)

    73,178,029       761,051,498  

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (a)

    15,576,499       145,484,501  

Pax Small Cap Fund (a)

    2,158,328       31,986,423  
 

TOTAL AFFILIATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES

(Cost $1,715,464,992)

    1,853,130,048  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 3.3%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 1.530% (b)(c)

    62,176,992       62,176,992  

(Cost $62,176,992)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.9%

(Cost $1,777,641,984)

    1,915,307,040  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): -0.9%

    (17,459,717 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 1,897,847,323  

 

(a)

Institutional Class shares

(b)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2019.

(c)

Premier Class shares

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

Large Cap
Fund

   

Small Cap
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend
Fund

 

ASSETS

                               

Investments, at cost - Note A

  $ 541,297,055     $ 391,509,183     $ 134,527,557     $ 91,280,168  
                                 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value

  $ 766,171,263     $ 444,825,571     $ 241,176,677     $ 133,054,056  

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value

                       

Total investments, at value - Note A1

    766,171,263       444,825,571       241,176,677       133,054,056  

Cash

    89,148                   3,112  

Foreign currency at value (cost $51,508; $2,799,797; and $2,018,347, respectively)

          51,804              

Prepaid expenses

    10,815       7,581              

Receivables:

                               

Capital stock sold

    1,000       1,104,564       62,707        

Dividends and interest - Note A

    475,785       269,917       210,844       225,920  

Investment securities sold

          353,876              

Investment Adviser reimbursement

                       

Other

          3,111       667       212  

Total Assets

    766,748,011       446,616,424       241,450,895       133,283,300  
                                 

LIABILITIES

                               

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

          4,885,400       781,704       351,630  

Payables:

                               

Capital stock reacquired

          2,990,253       88,105        

Investment securities purchased

          7,186,699              

Dividend payable - Note A

                       

Accrued expenses:

                               

Investment advisory fees - Note B

    414,603       274,057       130,066       71,970  

Distribution expense

    663       25,955       35,184       591  

Transfer agent fees

    1,531       61,879              

Printing and other

                               

shareholder communication fees

    1,594       5,135              

Custodian fees

    15,002       11,438              

Legal and audit fees

    33,757       29,980              

Other accrued expenses

    5,936       35,877              

Total Liabilities

    473,086       15,506,673       1,035,059       424,191  

NET ASSETS

  $ 766,274,925     $ 431,109,751     $ 240,415,836     $ 132,859,109  
 

 

1

Investments at market value include securities loaned. At December 31, 2019, the Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Quality Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund, Global Women’s Leadership Fund, and Core Bond Fund had total market values of securities on loan of $19,650,424; $7,235,253; $2,270,024; $2,759,039; and $10,066,103, respectively.

 

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Global
Opportunities
Fund

   

Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global
Women’s
Leadership
Fund

   

EAFE
ESG Leaders
Index Fund

   

Core Bond
Fund

   

High Yield
Bond Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation
Fund

   

 

 
                                                               
  $ 36,242,115     $ 778,913,397     $ 397,801,355     $ 543,313,311     $ 687,596,812     $ 356,524,101     $ 1,777,641,984          
                                                               
  $ 42,096,099     $ 966,670,099     $ 465,375,852     $ 642,999,682     $ 706,274,748     $ 371,587,884     $ 62,176,992          
                                        1,853,130,048          
    42,096,099       966,670,099       465,375,852       642,999,682       706,274,748       371,587,884       1,915,307,040          
          106,523       2,618             137       24                
                2,858,171       2,038,283                            
    1,211       12,351                   10,615       5,944                
                                                               
    1,050       2,804,057       1,111,862       851,992       828,250       994,193       1,720,247          
    23,821       580,419       460,849       618,368       3,586,783       5,194,651       1,776,144          
          2,133,186                                        
    14,765                                              
    2,360       251,119       73,522       1,669,147       3,298                      
    42,139,306       972,557,754       469,882,874       648,177,472       710,703,831       377,782,696       1,918,803,431          
                                                               
                                                               
                19,406             669,300                      
                                                               
          635,569       126,301       493,156       22,748       542,683       18,867,124          
          2,857,510       4,648,525       2,579,453             896,250       1,689,069          
                            3,044       225,432                
                                                               
    26,389       636,426       208,742       293,393       240,111       157,976       80,523          
    341       34,593       24,704       18,005       1,520       40,034       319,392          
    572       75,288                   1,167       41,093                
                                                               
    2,779       2,795                   2,211       7,260                
    5,419       36,546                   27,910       21,125                
    23,014       36,780                   38,787       32,706                
    6,678       41,526                   5,635       10,021                
    65,192       4,357,033       5,027,678       3,384,007       1,012,433       1,974,580       20,956,108          
  $ 42,074,114     $ 968,200,721     $ 464,855,196     $ 644,793,465     $ 709,691,398     $ 375,808,116     $ 1,897,847,323          
 

 

 

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Statements of Assets and Liabilities, continued

 

 

 

Large Cap
Fund

   

Small Cap
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend
Fund

 

NET ASSETS REPRESENTED BY:

                               

Paid in Capital

  $ 532,753,699     $ 376,402,429     $ 131,935,513     $ 90,425,214  

Total distributable earnings

    233,521,226       54,707,322       108,480,323       42,433,895  

NET ASSETS

  $ 766,274,925     $ 431,109,751     $ 240,415,836     $ 132,859,109  
                                 

Investor Class

                               

Net assets

  $ 3,271,211     $ 110,519,950     $ 161,020,641     $ 2,858,503  

Capital Shares Outstanding (unlimited/authorized)

    315,062       7,535,312       7,520,103       223,715  

Net asset value per share

  $ 10.38     $ 14.67     $ 21.41     $ 12.78  

Class A

                               

Net assets

          $ 12,444,638     $ 6,658,952          

Capital Shares Outstanding (unlimited/authorized)

            850,737       311,907          

Net asset value per share

          $ 14.63     $ 21.35          

Institutional Class

                               

Net assets

  $ 763,003,714     $ 308,145,163     $ 72,736,243     $ 130,000,606  

Capital Shares Outstanding (unlimited/authorized)

    73,392,745       20,796,370       3,296,169       10,150,799  

Net asset value per share

  $ 10.40     $ 14.82     $ 22.07     $ 12.81  
 

 

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December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

Global
Opportunities
Fund

   

Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global
Women’s
Leadership
Fund

   

EAFE
ESG Leaders
Index Fund

   

Core Bond
Fund

   

High Yield
Bond Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation
Fund

   

 

 
                                                               
  $ 36,183,648     $ 783,304,855     $ 399,359,481     $ 578,647,367     $ 694,900,603     $ 431,401,826     $ 1,617,772,718          
    5,890,466       184,895,866       65,495,715       66,146,098       14,790,795       (55,593,710 )     280,074,605          
  $ 42,074,114     $ 968,200,721     $ 464,855,196     $ 644,793,465     $ 709,691,398     $ 375,808,116     $ 1,897,847,323          
                                                               
                                                               
  $ 1,682,538     $ 152,209,443     $ 118,712,927     $ 84,854,768     $ 7,400,520     $ 183,631,421     $ 1,523,009,025          
    139,793       9,032,310       4,396,138       8,905,034       719,336       27,063,587       65,212,339          
  $ 12.04     $ 16.85     $ 27.00     $ 9.53     $ 10.29     $ 6.79     $ 23.35          
                                                               
          $ 13,699,682                             $ 5,826,575                  
            814,199                               857,276                  
          $ 16.83                             $ 6.80                  
                                                               
  $ 40,391,576     $ 802,291,596     $ 346,142,269     $ 559,938,697     $ 702,290,878     $ 186,350,120     $ 374,838,298          
    3,355,402       47,285,297       12,754,191       59,958,537       68,239,840       27,567,237       15,775,514          
  $ 12.04     $ 16.97     $ 27.14     $ 9.34     $ 10.29     $ 6.76     $ 23.76          
 

 

 

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

Statements of Operations

 

 

 

Large Cap
Fund

   

Small Cap
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend
Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

                               

Income

                               

Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $0; $35,755; $273; $0; $35,258; $1,085,483; $517,285; $1,774,062; $0; $0 and $0 respectively)

  $ 11,025,463     $ 8,546,748     $ 5,124,054     $ 3,734,986  

Dividends from affiliates - Note C

                       

Interest

    371,238       403,198       34,207       24,206  

Income from securities lending - Note A

    115,851       87,598       10,412       8,877  

Other income - Note B

                       

Total Income

    11,512,552       9,037,544       5,168,673       3,768,069  
                                 

Expenses

                               

Investment advisory fees - Note B

    4,399,347       3,294,792       1,440,722       837,151  

Distribution expenses - Investor (Note B)

    5,997       288,289       375,948       5,848  

Distribution expenses - Class A (Note B)

          32,516       15,340        

Transfer agent fees - Note A

    17,369       469,839              

Printing and other shareholder communication fees

    12,616       66,868              

Custodian fees

    57,137       71,699              

Legal fees and related expenses

    86,657       71,942              

Trustees’ fees and expenses - Note B

    57,341       45,502              

Compliance expense

    15,118       14,400              

Audit fees

    46,849       42,720              

Registration fees

    42,291       64,148              

Other expenses

    25,510       22,528              

Total Expenses

    4,766,232       4,485,243       1,832,010       842,999  

Less: Advisory fee waiver - Note B

                       

Expenses assumed by Adviser - Note B

                       

Net expenses

    4,766,232       4,485,243       1,832,010       842,999  

Net investment income

    6,746,320       4,552,301       3,336,663       2,925,070  

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) - Notes A and C

                               

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                               

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

    28,252,754       6,360,675       6,522,693       3,919,774  

Investment in affiliated issuers

                       

Foreign currency transactions

          (290 )     (308 )      

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                               

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

    168,139,590       84,529,976       42,568,347       22,335,242  

Investment in affiliated issuers

                       

Foreign currency translation

          207       274        

Net realized and unrealized gain

                               

on investments and foreign currency

    196,392,344       90,890,568       49,091,006       26,255,016  
                                 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 203,138,664     $ 95,442,869     $ 52,427,669     $ 29,180,086  
 

 

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

Global
Opportunities
Fund

   

Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global
Women’s
Leadership
Fund

   

EAFE
ESG Leaders
Index Fund

   

Core Bond
Fund

   

High Yield
Bond Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation
Fund

   

 

 
                                                               
                                                               
  $ 420,440     $ 15,069,170     $ 9,421,990     $ 18,476,228     $ 305,154     $ 214,356     $          
                                        32,469,331          
    11,786       505,332       13,835       20,726       20,340,592       21,804,377       1,108,001          
          3,133       9,140             16,213                      
    21,221       298,328                   15       143                
    453,447       15,875,963       9,444,965       18,496,954       20,661,974       22,018,876       33,577,332          
                                                               
                                                               
    253,806       6,404,305       1,963,421       3,192,729       2,740,269       1,862,360       903,260          
    2,188       348,843       263,659       202,975       14,340       437,665       3,586,010          
          32,732                         14,734                
    4,002       796,113                   17,269       373,405                
    5,156       59,497                   9,984       63,845                
    25,258       166,806                   108,455       90,381                
    30,345       93,937                   88,328       65,951                
    27,331       62,547                   58,871       43,801                
    12,934       15,497                   15,187       14,113                
    35,000       53,503                   56,199       49,252                
    51,217       85,254                   42,626       59,510                
    4,849       26,979                   26,135       15,461                
    452,086       8,146,013       2,227,080       3,395,704       3,177,663       3,090,478       4,489,270          
    (17,590 )                                            
    (138,985 )                                            
    295,511       8,146,013       2,227,080       3,395,704       3,177,663       3,090,478       4,489,270          
    157,936       7,729,950       7,217,885       15,101,250       17,484,311       18,928,398       29,088,062          
                                                               
                                                               
    790,961       11,324,299       1,952,953       (5,710,262 )     7,048,964       (8,892,802 )              
                                        27,512,989          
    (14,284 )     (194,602 )     (28,466 )     (49,665 )                          
                                                               
    7,932,233       170,187,197       70,823,343       110,240,828       28,214,334       39,322,008                
                                        284,650,514          
    144       1,512       2,973       29,550                            
                                                               
    8,709,054       181,318,406       72,750,803       104,510,451       35,263,298       30,429,206       312,163,503          
                                                               
  $ 8,866,990     $ 189,048,356     $ 79,968,688     $ 119,611,701     $ 52,747,609     $ 49,357,604     $ 341,251,565          
 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

Large Cap Fund

 

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

               

Investment income, net

  $ 6,746,320     $ 5,956,816  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    28,252,754       93,935,443  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    168,139,590       (123,969,436 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    203,138,664       (24,077,177 )

Distributions from Investor Class

    (105,410 )     (396,301 )

Distributions from Class A

               

Distributions from Institutional Class

    (27,322,400 )     (121,081,230 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (27,427,810 )     (121,477,531 )

From capital share transactions:

               

Investor Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    1,381,152       1,854,205  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    101,502       378,040  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (807,918 )     (469,237 )

Net increase (decrease) from Investor Class transactions

    674,736       1,763,008  

Class A

               

Proceeds from shares sold

               

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

               

Cost of shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) from Class A transactions

               

Institutional Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    945,950       2,183,271  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    27,303,786       120,740,909  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (30,999,229 )     (105,880,616 )

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

    (2,749,493 )     17,043,564  

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    (2,074,757 )     18,806,572  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    173,636,097       (126,748,136 )

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    592,638,828       719,386,964  

End of period

  $ 766,274,925     $ 592,638,828  
                 

Shares of Beneficial Interest:

               

Investor Class

               

Shares sold

    144,243       168,351  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    9,881       48,165  

Shares redeemed

    (86,861 )     (43,179 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    67,263       173,337  
                 

Class A

               

Shares sold

               

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

               

Shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

               
                 

Institutional Class

               

Shares sold

    99,082       202,368  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,662,994       15,305,123  

Shares redeemed

    (3,390,826 )     (9,495,832 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    (628,750 )     6,011,659  
 

 

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Small Cap Fund

   

ESG Beta Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend Fund

   

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

 

 

                                                   
                                                   
    $ 4,552,301     $ 1,629,715     $ 3,336,663     $ 3,528,050     $ 2,925,070     $ 3,128,795    
      6,360,385       38,085,766       6,522,385       10,225,979       3,919,774       1,471,924    
      84,530,183       (143,894,122 )     42,568,621       (22,506,699 )     22,335,242       (9,179,815 )  
      95,442,869       (104,178,641 )     52,427,669       (8,752,670 )     29,180,086       (4,579,096 )  
      (1,074,371 )     (15,737,773 )     (5,328,473 )     (10,075,533 )     (124,784 )     (51,775 )  
      (123,378 )     (1,625,985 )     (219,743 )     (402,800 )                  
      (2,994,551 )     (45,729,435 )     (2,488,325 )     (4,116,652 )     (6,221,250 )     (4,423,042 )  
      (4,192,300 )     (63,093,193 )     (8,036,541 )     (14,594,985 )     (6,346,034 )     (4,474,817 )  
                                                   
                                                   
      13,677,304       27,143,565       6,826,013       6,906,257       1,247,672       2,109,381    
      1,017,639       14,901,248       5,208,768       9,849,538       122,435       49,133    
      (44,744,405 )     (106,433,647 )     (15,699,436 )     (30,715,552 )     (755,355 )     (424,469 )  
      (30,049,462 )     (64,388,834 )     (3,664,655 )     (13,959,757 )     614,752       1,734,045    
                                                   
      1,709,333       2,726,982       399,058       871,385                    
      110,555       1,457,637       210,714       385,235                    
      (4,229,884 )     (14,876,475 )     (602,219 )     (765,281 )                  
      (2,409,996 )     (10,691,856 )     7,553       491,339                    
                                                   
      105,566,974       208,965,645       13,543,838       23,489,257       1,014,394       574,498    
      2,285,599       35,907,879       2,358,813       3,905,430       6,220,386       4,423,030    
      (182,128,560 )     (387,138,870 )     (10,204,044 )     (9,238,350 )     (15,032,201 )     (30,001,142 )  
      (74,275,987 )     (142,265,346 )     5,698,607       18,156,337       (7,797,421 )     (25,003,614 )  
      (106,735,445 )     (217,346,036 )     2,041,505       4,687,919       (7,182,669 )     (23,269,569 )  
      (15,484,876 )     (384,617,870 )     46,432,633       (18,659,736 )     15,651,383       (32,323,482 )  
                                                   
      446,594,627       831,212,497       193,983,203       212,642,939       117,207,726       149,531,208    
    $ 431,109,751     $ 446,594,627     $ 240,415,836     $ 193,983,203     $ 132,859,109     $ 117,207,726    
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
      1,004,391       1,712,488       345,853       346,520       103,324       176,903    
      73,054       1,268,191       247,071       566,137       9,677       4,635    
      (3,274,454 )     (6,855,862 )     (788,361 )     (1,524,943 )     (62,731 )     (38,775 )  
      (2,197,009 )     (3,875,183 )     (195,437 )     (612,286 )     50,270       142,763    
                                                   
                                                   
      125,548       170,581       19,876       43,454                    
      7,959       124,372       10,026       22,231                    
      (308,730 )     (923,444 )     (29,771 )     (38,407 )                  
      (175,223 )     (628,491 )     131       27,278                    
                                                   
                                                   
      7,701,571       13,248,223       667,483       1,132,971       82,856       49,024    
      162,691       3,027,646       108,662       218,111       491,692       407,811    
      (13,265,181 )     (25,209,722 )     (497,959 )     (460,144 )     (1,241,588 )     (2,607,666 )  
      (5,400,919 )     (8,933,853 )     278,186       890,938       (667,040 )     (2,150,831 )  
 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets, continued

 

   

Global
Opportunities
Fund

 

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Period Ended
12/31/181

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

               

Investment income, net

  $ 157,936     $ 1,560  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    776,677       (137,157 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    7,932,377       (2,081,324 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    8,866,990       (2,216,921 )

Distributions from Investor Class

    (26,709 )      

Distributions from Class A

               

Distributions from Institutional Class

    (746,206 )      

Total distributions to shareholders

    (772,915 )      

From capital share transactions:

               

Investor Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    1,558,192       134,696  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    26,708        

Cost of shares redeemed

    (179,928 )     (30 )

Net increase (decrease) from Investor Class transactions

    1,404,972       134,666  

Class A

               

Proceeds from shares sold

               

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

               

Cost of shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) from Class A transactions

               

Institutional Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    6,892,970       27,024,652  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    743,145        

Cost of shares redeemed

    (3,445 )      

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

    7,632,670       27,024,652  

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    9,037,642       27,159,318  

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    17,131,717       24,942,397  

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    24,942,397        

End of period

  $ 42,074,114     $ 24,942,397  
                 

Shares of Beneficial Interest:

               

Investor Class

               

Shares sold

    140,056       13,741  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    2,235        

Shares redeemed

    (16,236 )     (3 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    126,055       13,738  
                 

Class A

               

Shares sold

               

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

               

Shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

               
                 

Institutional Class

               

Shares sold

    590,890       2,702,469  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    62,332        

Shares redeemed

    (289 )      

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    652,933       2,702,469  
 

 

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Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global Women’s
Leadership Fund

   
 

 

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

 

 

                                         
                                         
          $ 7,729,950     $ 7,180,029     $ 7,217,885     $ 4,594,621    
            11,129,697       3,467,341       1,924,487       4,543,929    
            170,188,709       (115,307,007 )     70,826,316       (30,295,038 )  
            189,048,356       (104,659,637 )     79,968,688       (21,156,488 )  
            (995,625 )     (4,395,006 )     (3,470,585 )     (4,136,633 )  
            (87,611 )     (509,895 )                  
            (6,356,689 )     (19,696,318 )     (9,991,550 )     (7,107,965 )  
            (7,439,925 )     (24,601,219 )     (13,462,135 )     (11,244,598 )  
                                         
                                         
            26,248,873       24,299,647       26,558,976       27,719,215    
            915,312       4,435,239       3,304,467       3,913,444    
            (26,099,180 )     (38,687,270 )     (18,215,556 )     (21,848,645 )  
            1,065,005       (9,952,384 )     11,647,887       9,784,014    
                                         
            1,491,935       4,306,843                    
            71,736       456,482                    
            (3,810,989 )     (4,617,110 )                  
            (2,247,318 )     146,215                    
                                         
            281,950,208       263,433,141       159,416,311       94,660,752    
            5,793,704       17,446,839       8,789,343       6,036,396    
            (91,069,741 )     (160,411,403 )     (25,191,609 )     (16,544,918 )  
            196,674,171       120,468,577       143,014,045       84,152,230    
            195,491,858       110,662,408       154,661,932       93,936,244    
            377,100,289       (18,598,448 )     221,168,485       61,535,158    
                                         
            591,100,432       609,698,880       243,686,711       182,151,553    
          $ 968,200,721     $ 591,100,432     $ 464,855,196     $ 243,686,711    
                                         
                                         
                                         
            1,717,446       1,570,344       1,052,804       1,104,657    
            57,130       328,674       124,452       173,919    
            (1,702,959 )     (2,518,707 )     (720,068 )     (870,126 )  
            71,617       (619,689 )     457,188       408,450    
                                         
                                         
            96,519       273,883                    
            4,486       33,851                    
            (249,879 )     (300,947 )                  
            (148,874 )     6,787                    
                                         
                                         
            18,469,668       16,808,306       6,308,732       3,776,638    
            357,002       1,283,472       328,700       268,772    
            (5,913,097 )     (10,844,638 )     (978,844 )     (682,478 )  
            12,913,573       7,247,140       5,658,588       3,362,932    
 

 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets, continued

 

 

   

EAFE ESG
Leaders Index
Fund

 

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

               

Investment income, net

  $ 15,101,250     $ 16,417,367  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    (5,759,927 )     (13,512,247 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    110,270,378       (88,136,375 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    119,611,701       (85,231,255 )

Distributions from Investor Class

    (1,983,451 )     (2,090,581 )

Distributions from Class A

               

Distributions from Institutional Class

    (14,060,119 )     (13,328,976 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (16,043,570 )     (15,419,557 )

From capital share transactions:

               

Investor Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    17,043,389       27,995,455  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    1,848,129       1,866,131  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (26,592,900 )     (61,228,193 )

Net increase (decrease) from Investor Class transactions

    (7,701,382 )     (31,366,607 )

Class A

               

Proceeds from shares sold

               

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

               

Cost of shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) from Class A transactions

               

Institutional Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    122,187,707       198,395,377  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    13,223,070       12,477,288  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (102,270,983 )     (247,192,450 )

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

    33,139,794       (36,319,785 )

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    25,438,412       (67,686,392 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    129,006,543       (168,337,204 )

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    515,786,922       684,124,126  

End of period

  $ 644,793,465     $ 515,786,922  
                 

Shares of Beneficial Interest:

               

Investor Class

               

Shares sold

    1,942,870       3,063,037  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    203,929       214,296  

Shares redeemed

    (3,036,000 )     (6,705,211 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    (889,201 )     (3,427,878 )
                 

Class A

               

Shares sold

               

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

               

Shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

               
                 

Institutional Class

               

Shares sold

    14,236,908       22,282,794  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,486,417       1,467,047  

Shares redeemed

    (11,932,268 )     (28,565,934 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    3,791,057       (4,816,093 )
 

 

 

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Core Bond Fund

   

High Yield Bond
Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation Fund

         
 

 

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/18

   

 

 
                                                               
                                                               
          $ 17,484,311     $ 17,146,769     $ 18,928,398     $ 19,951,720     $ 29,088,062     $ 27,923,855          
            7,048,964       (8,889,342 )     (8,892,802 )     (7,322,455 )     27,512,989       136,089,940          
            28,214,334       (8,759,690 )     39,322,008       (23,448,233 )     284,650,514       (236,378,335 )        
            52,747,609       (502,263 )     49,357,604       (10,818,968 )     341,251,565       (72,364,540 )        
            (139,036 )     (82,861 )     (8,660,826 )     (9,217,524 )     (131,657,832 )     (38,484,397 )        
                            (292,034 )     (310,370 )                        
            (18,172,126 )     (18,002,713 )     (9,984,256 )     (10,415,292 )     (34,380,100 )     (11,413,188 )        
            (18,311,162 )     (18,085,574 )     (18,937,116 )     (19,943,186 )     (166,037,932 )     (49,897,585 )        
                                                               
                                                               
            3,676,166       2,631,988       37,625,331       33,908,204       76,654,788       77,259,243          
            136,697       79,120       8,193,211       8,745,497       127,269,290       36,965,250          
            (951,396 )     (1,320,396 )     (39,060,094 )     (67,312,690 )     (143,257,511 )     (192,583,681 )        
            2,861,467       1,390,712       6,758,448       (24,658,989 )     60,666,567       (78,359,188 )        
                                                               
                            803,489       1,867,173                          
                            278,404       294,312                          
                            (1,481,640 )     (1,738,221 )                        
                            (399,747 )     423,264                          
                                                               
            14,494,070       821,250       79,829,366       46,486,488       47,827,366       76,179,161          
            18,140,809       17,970,721       7,494,151       7,390,756       31,625,501       10,559,398          
            (46,719,900 )     (15,135,419 )     (105,216,195 )     (55,263,696 )     (107,146,469 )     (198,822,395 )        
            (14,085,021 )     3,656,552       (17,892,678 )     (1,386,452 )     (27,693,602 )     (112,083,836 )        
            (11,223,554 )     5,047,264       (11,533,977 )     (25,622,177 )     32,972,965       (190,443,024 )        
            23,212,893       (13,540,573 )     18,886,511       (56,384,331 )     208,186,598       (312,705,149 )        
                                                               
            686,478,505       700,019,078       356,921,605       413,305,936       1,689,660,725       2,002,365,874          
          $ 709,691,398     $ 686,478,505     $ 375,808,116     $ 356,921,605     $ 1,897,847,323     $ 1,689,660,725          
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
            362,087       269,286       5,676,380       5,131,750       3,242,648       3,426,578          
            13,428       8,114       1,232,947       1,331,014       5,441,977       1,689,865          
            (93,666 )     (135,570 )     (5,894,629 )     (10,216,674 )     (6,127,622 )     (8,481,918 )        
            281,849       141,830       1,014,698       (3,753,910 )     2,557,003       (3,365,475 )        
                                                               
                                                               
                            119,668       281,595                          
                            41,860       44,764                          
                            (222,143 )     (262,747 )                        
                            (60,615 )     63,612                          
                                                               
                                                               
            1,408,141       84,734       12,172,704       7,078,778       2,011,825       3,286,107          
            1,785,769       1,842,152       1,133,547       1,129,286       1,329,821       475,858          
            (4,720,452 )     (1,574,756 )     (15,973,491 )     (8,417,614 )     (4,566,413 )     (8,758,108 )        
            (1,526,542 )     352,130       (2,667,240 )     (209,550 )     (1,224,767 )     (4,996,143 )        
 

 

 

 

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December 31, 2019

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Large Cap Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 7.97     $ 0.07     $ 2.71     $ 2.78     $ 0.07     $ 0.30  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.56       0.07       (0.63 )   $ (0.56 )     0.07       1.96  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.91       0.09       1.95       2.04       0.09       1.30  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    10.00             (0.08 )     (0.08 )     0.01        

Institutional Class

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 7.98     $ 0.09     $ 2.72     $ 2.81     $ 0.09     $ 0.30  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.57       0.10       (0.63 )     (0.53 )     0.10       1.96  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.91       0.10       1.97       2.07       0.11       1.30  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    10.00       0.01       (0.09 )     (0.08 )     0.01        
                                                 

Small Cap Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 12.01     $ 0.13     $ 2.66     $ 2.79     $ 0.13     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.41       0.00 7      (2.64 )     (2.64 )     0.00 7      1.76  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    15.34       0.03       1.30       1.33       0.02       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    13.30       0.12       2.26       2.38       0.10       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    13.92       0.03       (0.56 )     (0.53 )     0.02       0.07  

Class A

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 11.98     $ 0.12     $ 2.66     $ 2.78     $ 0.13     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.38       0.00 7      (2.63 )     (2.63 )     0.01       1.76  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    15.31       0.03       1.30       1.33       0.02       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    13.28       0.12       2.25       2.37       0.10       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    13.90       0.03       (0.56 )     (0.53 )     0.02       0.07  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 12.12     $ 0.15     $ 2.70     $ 2.85     $ 0.15     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.53       0.05       (2.67 )     (2.62 )     0.03       1.76  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    15.44       0.07       1.32       1.39       0.06       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    13.38       0.16       2.27       2.43       0.13       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    14.00       0.06       (0.56 )     (0.50 )     0.05       0.07  

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

4

Not annualized

 

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December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

                           

Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.37     $ 10.38       34.85 %   $ 3,271       0.95 %     0.74 %     0.95 %     37 %        
    2.03       7.97       (5.01 %)     1,975       0.96 %     0.67 %     0.96 %     54 %        
    1.39       10.56       20.65 %     786       0.95 %     0.82 %     0.95 %     57 %        
    0.01       9.91       (0.83 %)     1       0.96 %     1.06 %     0.96 %     3 %6        

  $ 0.39     $ 10.40       35.23 %   $ 763,004       0.70 %     1.00 %     0.70 %     37 %        
    2.06       7.98       (4.79 %)     590,664       0.70 %     0.85 %     0.70 %     54 %        
    1.41       10.57       20.96 %     718,601       0.70 %     0.94 %     0.70 %     57 %        
    0.01       9.91       (0.83 %)     789,950       0.71 %     1.31 %     0.71 %     3 %6        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.13     $ 14.67       23.29 %   $ 110,520       1.20 %     0.93 %     1.20 %     78 %        
    1.76       12.01       (15.80 %)     116,887       1.18 %     0.03 %     1.18 %     57 %        
    0.26       16.41       8.77 %     223,360       1.19 %     0.18 %     1.19 %     56 %        
    0.34       15.34       17.90 %     272,159       1.19 %     0.82 %     1.19 %     49 %        
    0.09       13.30       (3.85 %)     216,844       1.22 %     0.20 %     1.23 %     48 %        

  $ 0.13     $ 14.63       23.27 %   $ 12,445       1.20 %     0.90 %     1.20 %     78 %        
    1.77       11.98       (15.82 %)     12,290       1.18 %     0.02 %     1.18 %     57 %        
    0.26       16.38       8.80 %     27,100       1.19 %     0.19 %     1.19 %     56 %        
    0.34       15.31       17.85 %     39,477       1.19 %     0.84 %     1.19 %     49 %        
    0.09       13.28       (3.87 %)     28,394       1.22 %     0.19 %     1.23 %     48 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.15     $ 14.82       23.56 %   $ 308,145       0.95 %     1.08 %     0.95 %     78 %        
    1.79       12.12       (15.59 %)     317,417       0.93 %     0.29 %     0.93 %     57 %        
    0.30       16.53       9.10 %     580,752       0.95 %     0.45 %     0.95 %     56 %        
    0.37       15.44       18.17 %     482,315       0.94 %     1.14 %     0.94 %     49 %        
    0.12       13.38       (3.62 %)     260,786       0.97 %     0.44 %     0.98 %     48 %        

 

 

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of December 16, 2016.

6

For purposes of calculating the turnover ratio for the Large Cap Fund, transactions related to an in-kind subscription have been excluded.

7

Rounds to less than $0.01.

 

 

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Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

ESG Beta Quality Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 17.42     $ 0.28     $ 4.43     $ 4.71     $ 0.28     $ 0.44  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    19.69       0.32       (1.20 )     (0.88 )     0.32       1.07  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    16.90       0.23       3.45       3.68       0.23       0.66  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    17.55       0.16       0.95       1.11       0.16       1.60  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    18.26       0.03       0.38       0.41       0.03       1.09  

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 17.38     $ 0.28     $ 4.41     $ 4.69     $ 0.28     $ 0.44  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    19.65       0.32       (1.20 )     (0.88 )     0.32       1.07  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    16.86       0.23       3.45       3.68       0.23       0.66  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    17.52       0.17       0.93       1.10       0.16       1.60  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    18.23       0.04       0.38       0.42       0.04       1.09  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 17.94     $ 0.34     $ 4.56     $ 4.90     $ 0.33     $ 0.44  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    20.23       0.38       (1.23 )     (0.85 )     0.37       1.07  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    17.34       0.28       3.55       3.83       0.28       0.66  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    17.97       0.19       0.99       1.18       0.21       1.60  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    18.66       0.08       0.39       0.47       0.07       1.09  
                                                 

ESG Beta Dividend Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 10.64     $ 0.25     $ 2.49     $ 2.74     $ 0.25     $ 0.35  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    11.50       0.24       (0.73 )     (0.49 )     0.24       0.13  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.86       0.22       1.67       1.89       0.23       0.02  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.96       0.01       (0.10 )     (0.09 )     0.01        

Institutional Class

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 10.66     $ 0.28     $ 2.50     $ 2.78     $ 0.28     $ 0.35  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    11.50       0.26       (0.70 )     (0.44 )     0.27       0.13  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.86       0.24       1.67       1.91       0.25       0.02  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.96       0.01       (0.10 )     (0.09 )     0.01        

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

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December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

                           

Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.72     $ 21.41       27.13 %   $ 161,021       0.90 %     1.43 %     0.90 %     49 %        
    1.39       17.42       (4.43 %)     134,435       0.90 %     1.59 %     0.90 %     55 %        
    0.89       19.69       21.89 %     164,016       0.90 %     1.25 %     0.90 %     36 %        
    1.76       16.90       6.26 %     161,041       1.07 %     0.93 %     1.09 %     80 %        
    1.12       17.55       2.20 %     161,334       1.24 %     0.18 %     1.28 %     26 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.72     $ 21.35       27.08 %   $ 6,659       0.90 %     1.43 %     0.90 %     49 %        
    1.39       17.38       (4.43 %)     5,417       0.90 %     1.59 %     0.90 %     55 %        
    0.89       19.65       21.96 %     5,589       0.90 %     1.25 %     0.90 %     36 %        
    1.76       16.86       6.24 %     4,296       1.06 %     0.96 %     1.09 %     80 %        
    1.13       17.52       2.24 %     3,251       1.24 %     0.20 %     1.28 %     26 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.77     $ 22.07       27.42 %   $ 72,736       0.65 %     1.68 %     0.65 %     49 %        
    1.44       17.94       (4.16 %)     54,131       0.65 %     1.84 %     0.65 %     55 %        
    0.94       20.23       22.22 %     43,038       0.65 %     1.48 %     0.65 %     36 %        
    1.81       17.34       6.49 %     27,580       0.84 %     1.08 %     0.84 %     80 %        
    1.16       17.97       2.50 %     38,741       0.99 %     0.44 %     1.03 %     26 %        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.60     $ 12.78       25.85 %   $ 2,859       0.90 %     2.03 %     0.90 %     50 %        
    0.37       10.64       (4.21 %)     1,846       0.90 %     2.11 %     0.90 %     52 %        
    0.25       11.50       19.24 %     353       0.90 %     2.10 %     0.90 %     31 %        
    0.01       9.86       (0.89 %)     10       0.90 %     1.93 %     0.90 %     0 %6        

  $ 0.63     $ 12.81       26.18 %   $ 130,001       0.65 %     2.28 %     0.65 %     50 %        
    0.40       10.66       (3.84 %)     115,362       0.65 %     2.24 %     0.65 %     52 %        
    0.27       11.50       19.44 %     149,178       0.65 %     2.31 %     0.65 %     31 %        
    0.01       9.86       (0.89 %)     136,601       0.65 %     2.18 %     0.65 %     0 %6        

 

 

4

Not annualized

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of December 16, 2016.

6

For purposes of calculating the turnover ratio for ESG Beta Dividend Fund, transactions related to an in-kind subscription have been excluded.

 

 

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Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Global Opportunities Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 9.18     $ 0.02     $ 3.05     $ 3.07     $ 0.03     $ 0.18  

Period Ended December 31, 20185

    10.00       (0.01 )     (0.81 )     (0.82 )            

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 9.18     $ 0.06     $ 3.03     $ 3.09     $ 0.05     $ 0.18  

Period Ended December 31, 20185

    10.00       0.00 6      (0.82 )     (0.82 )            
                                         

Global Environmental Markets Fund

                                       

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 13.28     $ 0.12     $ 3.56     $ 3.68     $ 0.11     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.11       0.13       (2.43 )     (2.30 )     0.12       0.41  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    13.16       0.07       3.40       3.47       0.05       0.47  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    11.96       0.08       1.19       1.27       0.07        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    12.25       0.04       (0.21 )     (0.17 )     0.04       0.08  

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 13.26     $ 0.12     $ 3.56     $ 3.68     $ 0.11     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.09       0.13       (2.43 )     (2.30 )     0.12       0.41  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    13.14       0.07       3.40       3.47       0.05       0.47  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    11.94       0.08       1.19       1.27       0.07        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    12.23       0.04       (0.21 )     (0.17 )     0.04       0.08  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 13.36     $ 0.16     $ 3.60     $ 3.76     $ 0.15     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.22       0.17       (2.46 )     (2.29 )     0.16       0.41  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    13.24       0.10       3.44       3.54       0.09       0.47  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    12.03       0.11       1.20       1.31       0.10        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    12.31       0.07       (0.21 )     (0.14 )     0.06       0.08  

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

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Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.21     $ 12.04       33.51 %   $ 1,683       1.19 %     0.17 %     1.68 %     29 %        
          9.18       (8.20 %)     126       1.16 %     (0.14 %)     2.06 %     17 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.23     $ 12.04       33.72 %   $ 40,392       0.92 %     0.51 %     1.42 %     29 %        
          9.18       (8.20 %)     24,816       0.92 %     0.01 %     1.81 %     17 %        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.11     $ 16.85       27.75 %   $ 152,209       1.22 %     0.78 %     1.22 %     14 %        
    0.53       13.28       (14.31 %)     118,980       1.22 %     0.83 %     1.24 %     26 %        
    0.52       16.11       26.42 %     154,325       1.23 %     0.46 %     1.26 %     18 %        
    0.07       13.16       10.62 %     122,610       1.29 %     0.61 %     1.34 %     30 %        
    0.12       11.96       (1.45 %)     104,712       1.40 %     0.31 %     1.41 %     22 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.11     $ 16.83       27.77 %   $ 13,700       1.22 %     0.78 %     1.22 %     14 %        
    0.53       13.26       (14.33 %)     12,766       1.22 %     0.86 %     1.24 %     26 %        
    0.52       16.09       26.45 %     15,383       1.23 %     0.47 %     1.26 %     18 %        
    0.07       13.14       10.62 %     13,042       1.30 %     0.63 %     1.34 %     30 %        
    0.12       11.94       (1.44 %)     13,330       1.40 %     0.30 %     1.41 %     22 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.15     $ 16.97       28.17 %   $ 802,292       0.97 %     1.01 %     0.97 %     14 %        
    0.57       13.36       (14.17 %)     459,354       0.97 %     1.10 %     0.99 %     26 %        
    0.56       16.22       26.79 %     439,991       0.98 %     0.67 %     1.02 %     18 %        
    0.10       13.24       10.91 %     209,759       1.04 %     0.86 %     1.09 %     30 %        
    0.14       12.03       (1.21 %)     133,930       1.15 %     0.55 %     1.16 %     22 %        

 

 

4

Not annualized

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of June 27, 2018.

6

Rounds to less than $0.01.

 

 

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Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Global Women’s Leadership Fund

                                       

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 22.02     $ 0.47     $ 5.33     $ 5.80     $ 0.44     $ 0.38  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    25.02       0.47       (2.39 )     (1.92 )     0.44       0.64  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    20.56       0.39       4.69       5.08       0.36       0.26  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    19.75       0.39       0.79       1.18       0.37        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    20.43       0.33       (0.53 )     (0.20 )     0.32       0.16  

Institutional Class

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 22.12     $ 0.53     $ 5.37     $ 5.90     $ 0.50     $ 0.38  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    25.13       0.53       (2.40 )     (1.87 )     0.50       0.64  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    20.65       0.43       4.73       5.16       0.42       0.26  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    19.83       0.42       0.82       1.24       0.42        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    20.52       0.38       (0.54 )     (0.16 )     0.37       0.16  
                                         

EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 7.95     $ 0.21     $ 1.59     $ 1.80     $ 0.22     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    9.36       0.22       (1.43 )     (1.21 )     0.20        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    7.79       0.21       1.57       1.78       0.21        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    8.13       0.20       (0.35 )     (0.15 )     0.19        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    8.19       0.16       (0.08 )     0.08       0.14       0.00 6 

Institutional Class7

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 7.80     $ 0.23     $ 1.55     $ 1.78     $ 0.24     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    9.19       0.23       (1.40 )     (1.17 )     0.22        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    7.65       0.21       1.56       1.77       0.23        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    7.99       0.21       (0.34 )     (0.13 )     0.21        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    8.05       0.18       (0.08 )     0.10       0.16       0.00 6 

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

4

Not annualized.

5

To manage cash flows, minimize trading costs and equitize cash balances in between trading blocks of securities, the Global Women’s Leadership Fund utilizes one or more exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the combination of which is intended to track the Fund’s broad-based benchmark. These investments are frequent and short-term, however, the Fund is required to include such ETF investment activity in the calculation of its portfolio turnover. Had such transactions been excluded, the portfolio turnover would have been 25% for the year ended December 31, 2019, 30% for the year ended December 31, 2018, 25% for the year ended December 31, 2017, 21% for the year ended December 31, 2016, and 25% for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

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December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

                           

Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.82     $ 27.00       26.42 %   $ 118,713       0.80 %     1.87 %     0.80 %     66 %5        
    1.08       22.02       (7.74 %)     86,727       0.81 %     1.88 %     0.83 %     67 %5        
    0.62       25.02       24.86 %     88,332       0.90 %     1.69 %     0.90 %     56 %5        
    0.37       20.56       6.01 %     72,771       0.92 %     1.93 %     0.92 %     49 %5        
    0.48       19.75       (1.08 %)     64,587       0.98 %     1.62 %     0.98 %     50 %5        

  $ 0.88     $ 27.14       26.77 %   $ 346,142       0.55 %     2.07 %     0.55 %     66 %5        
    1.14       22.12       (7.51 %)     156,960       0.56 %     2.09 %     0.58 %     67 %5        
    0.68       25.13       25.14 %     93,820       0.65 %     1.84 %     0.65 %     56 %5        
    0.42       20.65       6.30 %     37,920       0.67 %     2.09 %     0.67 %     49 %5        
    0.53       19.83       (0.86 %)     20,422       0.74 %     1.85 %     0.74 %     50 %5        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.22     $ 9.53       22.78 %   $ 84,855       0.80 %     2.40 %     0.80 %     31 %7        
    0.20       7.95       (13.15 %)     77,880       0.80 %     2.46 %     0.80 %     30 %7        
    0.21       9.36       23.01 %     123,776       0.80 %     2.38 %     0.80 %     42 %7        
    0.19       7.79       (1.85 %)     97,924       0.80 %     2.55 %     0.80 %     44 %7        
    0.14       8.13       0.91 %     67,823       0.80 %     1.94 %     0.80 %     86 %7        

  $ 0.24     $ 9.34       23.01 %   $ 559,939       0.55 %     2.63 %     0.55 %     31 %7        
    0.22       7.80       (12.90 %)     437,907       0.55 %     2.55 %     0.55 %     30 %7        
    0.23       9.19       23.34 %     560,348       0.55 %     2.47 %     0.55 %     42 %7        
    0.21       7.65       (1.63 %)     402,694       0.55 %     2.76 %     0.55 %     44 %7        
    0.16       7.99       1.16 %     324,651       0.55 %     2.13 %     0.55 %     86 %7        

 

 

6

Rounds to less than $0.01.

7

To manage cash flows, minimize trading costs and equitize cash balances in between trading blocks of securities, the ESG Leaders Index Fund utilizes one or more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which have an investment objective that tracks the Fund’s broad-based benchmark. These investments are frequent and short-term, however, the Fund is required to include such ETF investment activity in the calculation of its portfolio turnover. Had such transactions been excluded, the portfolio turnover would have been 19% for the year ended December 31, 2019, 18% for the year ended December 31, 2018, 16% for the year ended December 31, 2017, 10% for the year ended December 31, 2016, and 8% for the year ended December 31, 2015.

 

 

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December 31, 2019

Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Core Bond Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 9.78     $ 0.23     $ 0.53     $ 0.76     $ 0.25     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.04       0.22       (0.25 )     (0.03 )     0.23        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    10.01       0.21       0.04       0.25       0.21       0.01  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.93       0.01       0.08       0.09       0.01        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 9.78     $ 0.26     $ 0.52     $ 0.78     $ 0.27     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.04       0.24       (0.24 )           0.26        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    10.01       0.24       0.04       0.28       0.24       0.01  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.93       0.01       0.08       0.09       0.01        
                                                 

High Yield Bond Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 6.25     $ 0.33     $ 0.54     $ 0.87     $ 0.33     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    6.78       0.33       (0.53 )     (0.20 )     0.33        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    6.71       0.35       0.07       0.42       0.35        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    6.25       0.38       0.45       0.83       0.37        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    7.03       0.40       (0.78 )     (0.38 )     0.40        

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 6.26     $ 0.33     $ 0.54     $ 0.87     $ 0.33     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    6.79       0.33       (0.53 )     (0.20 )     0.33        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    6.72       0.35       0.07       0.42       0.35        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    6.26       0.38       0.45       0.83       0.37        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    7.04       0.40       (0.78 )     (0.38 )     0.40        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 6.23     $ 0.34     $ 0.53     $ 0.87     $ 0.34     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    6.75       0.35       (0.52 )     (0.17 )     0.35        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    6.68       0.36       0.08       0.44       0.37        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    6.23       0.39       0.45       0.84       0.39        

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    7.01       0.42       (0.78 )     (0.36 )     0.42        

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

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Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.25     $ 10.29       7.78 %   $ 7,401       0.71 %     2.30 %     0.71 %     63 %        
    0.23       9.78       (0.24 %)     4,277       0.71 %     2.23 %     0.71 %     62 %        
    0.22       10.04       2.56 %     2,969       0.71 %     2.11 %     0.71 %     60 %        
    0.01       10.01       0.87 %     109       0.74 %     1.99 %     0.74 %     1 %6        
                                                                       
  $ 0.27     $ 10.29       8.04 %   $ 702,291       0.46 %     2.55 %     0.46 %     63 %        
    0.26       9.78       0.01 %     682,201       0.46 %     2.50 %     0.46 %     62 %        
    0.25       10.04       2.82 %     697,050       0.46 %     2.34 %     0.46 %     60 %        
    0.01       10.01       0.93 %     602,384       0.49 %     2.23 %     0.49 %     1 %6        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.33     $ 6.79       14.11 %   $ 183,631       0.96 %     4.94 %     0.96 %     90 %        
    0.33       6.25       (3.07 %)     162,841       0.97 %     5.01 %     0.97 %     57 %        
    0.35       6.78       6.37 %     201,953       0.99 %     5.14 %     0.99 %     91 %        
    0.37       6.71       13.81 %     228,936       0.99 %     5.90 %     0.99 %     111 %        
    0.40       6.25       (5.74 %)     242,038       0.96 %     5.82 %     0.96 %     78 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.33     $ 6.80       14.10 %   $ 5,827       0.96 %     4.95 %     0.96 %     90 %        
    0.33       6.26       (3.05 %)     5,747       0.97 %     5.01 %     0.97 %     57 %        
    0.35       6.79       6.36 %     5,798       0.99 %     5.13 %     0.99 %     91 %        
    0.37       6.72       13.80 %     5,623       0.98 %     5.88 %     0.98 %     111 %        
    0.40       6.26       (5.73 %)     5,923       0.96 %     5.87 %     0.96 %     78 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.34     $ 6.76       14.26 %   $ 186,350       0.71 %     5.21 %     0.71 %     90 %        
    0.35       6.23       (2.70 %)     188,333       0.72 %     5.26 %     0.72 %     57 %        
    0.37       6.75       6.64 %     205,555       0.74 %     5.37 %     0.74 %     91 %        
    0.39       6.68       13.96 %     166,051       0.74 %     6.15 %     0.74 %     111 %        
    0.42       6.23       (5.54 %)     162,425       0.71 %     6.08 %     0.71 %     78 %        

 

 

4

Not annualized

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of December 16, 2016.

6

For purposes of calculating the turnover rate for the Core Bond Fund, transactions related to an in-kind subscription have been excluded.

 

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Sustainable Allocation Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 21.14     $ 0.36     $ 4.02     $ 4.38     $ 0.37     $ 1.80  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    22.66       0.33       (1.23 )     (0.90 )     0.47       0.15  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    22.34       0.30       2.55       2.85       0.20       2.33  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    21.76       0.29       0.97       1.26       0.29       0.39  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    23.70       0.25       (0.37 )     (0.12 )     0.20       1.62  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2019

  $ 21.47     $ 0.43     $ 4.09     $ 4.52     $ 0.43     $ 1.80  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    23.01       0.38       (1.24 )     (0.86 )     0.53       0.15  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    22.63       0.41       2.53       2.94       0.23       2.33  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    22.04       0.35       0.98       1.33       0.35       0.39  

Year Ended December 31, 2015

    23.97       0.32       (0.37 )     (0.05 )     0.26       1.62  

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

4

Not annualized

 

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Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 2.17     $ 23.35       20.83 %   $ 1,523,009       0.30 %5     1.56 %     0.30 %5     8 %        
    0.62       21.14       (4.08 %)     1,324,582       0.30 %5     1.44 %6     0.30 %5     12 %        
    2.53       22.66       13.16 %     1,496,146       0.29 %5     1.33 %     0.30 %5     14 %        
    0.68       22.34       5.81 %     1,596,717       0.77 %     1.31 %     0.87 %     49 %        
    1.82       21.76       (0.53 %)     1,596,682       0.87 %     1.08 %     0.90 %     61 %        
                                                                       
  $ 2.23     $ 23.76       21.17 %   $ 374,838       0.05 %5     1.80 %     0.05 %5     8 %        
    0.68       21.47       (3.85 %)     365,079       0.05 %5     1.64 %6     0.05 %5     12 %        
    2.56       23.01       13.42 %     506,220       0.04 %5     1.79 %     0.05 %5     14 %        
    0.74       22.63       6.06 %     279,574       0.52 %     1.56 %     0.62 %     49 %        
    1.88       22.04       (0.23 %)     256,640       0.62 %     1.34 %     0.65 %     61 %        

 

 

5

The expense ratio of the Sustainable Allocation Fund does not include indirect expenses of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. Indirect expenses of the underlying funds were 0.62% for the year ended December 31, 2019, 0.61% for the year ended December 31, 2018, and 0.61% for the year ended December 31, 2017.

6

In 2018, the Adviser reimbursed the Fund for expense overpayments related to transfer agent fees in the amount of $223,088. Before the reimbursement by the adviser, total returns for Investor Class and Institutional Class would have remained the same at (4.08%) and (3.85%), respectively. The Net Investment Income for Investor Class and Institutional Class would have been 1.42% and 1.62%, respectively.

 

 

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Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Fund Series Trust III

 

NOTE A—Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

 

Organization Pax World Funds Series Trust I (“Trust I”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 25, 2006. As of December 31, 2019, Trust I offered ten investment funds: Pax Large Cap Fund (the “Large Cap Fund”), Pax Small Cap Fund (the “Small Cap Fund”), Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund (the “ESG Beta Quality Fund”), Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (the “ESG Beta Dividend Fund”), Pax Global Opportunities Fund (the “Global Opportunities Fund”), Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund (the “Global Environmental Markets Fund”), Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (the “EAFE ESG Leaders Fund”), Pax Core Bond Fund (the “Core Bond Fund”), Pax High Yield Bond Fund (the “High Yield Bond Fund”), and Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (the “Sustainable Allocation Fund”).

 

Pax World Funds Series Trust III (“Trust III”) is an open-end management investment company that was organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 4, 2013 and registered under the 1940 Act. Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the “Global Women’s Leadership Fund”) is a diversified series of Trust III.

 

These financial statements relate to all funds (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”) offered under both Trust I and Trust III (each a “Trust”, collectively, the “Trusts”).

 

The Large Cap Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, Global Women’s Leadership Fund, EAFE ESG Leaders Fund, Core Bond Fund and Sustainable Allocation Fund each offer two classes of shares—Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares. The Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Quality Fund, Global Environmental Markets Fund and High Yield Bond Fund each offer three classes of shares—Investor Class shares, Class A shares and Institutional Class shares. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes pay different distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of such classes differ, and distributions in liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class. Each share class has its own expense structure and sales charges, as applicable.

 

 

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The Funds seek to avoid investing in issuers that their investment adviser has determined are involved in the manufacture or sale of weapons or manufacture of tobacco products or engage in business practices that their investment adviser determines to be sub-standard from an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) or sustainability perspective in relation to their industry, sector, asset class or universe peers.

 

The Large Cap Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities (such as common stocks, securities convertible into common or preferred stocks and warrants) of companies that, when purchased, have market capitalizations within the range of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index as measured by market capitalization.

 

The Small Cap Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities (such as common stocks, securities convertible into common or preferred stocks and warrants) of companies that, when purchased, have capitalizations within the range of the Russell 2000 Index as measured by market capitalization.

 

The ESG Beta Quality Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, primarily in large-capitalization domestic equity securities that the Adviser believes have strong ESG profiles and that exhibit higher “quality” characteristics and reasonable valuations.

 

The ESG Beta Dividend Fund’s primary investment objective is income and capital appreciation. As a secondary objective and to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective, the ESG Beta Dividend Fund seeks capital preservation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities that pay dividends.

 

The Global Opportunities Fund’s investment objective is to seek long term growth of capital by investing in companies benefiting from the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in companies that its Adviser or Sub-Adviser believe will benefit from the transition to a more sustainable global economy - the shift away from a depletive economy to one that preserves ecological and societal balance for the benefit of future generations. The Fund seeks to invest in companies with durable business models that are well-positioned to benefit from or avoid the risks associated with this transition. Under

 

 

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normal market conditions, the Global Opportunities Fund will invest primarily in equity securities (such as common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common or preferred stocks) of companies located around the world, including at least 40% of its net assets in securities of companies organized or located outside the United States or doing a substantial amount of business outside the United States, including those located in emerging markets.

 

The Global Environmental Markets Fund’s investment objective is to seek long term growth of capital by investing in innovative companies around the world whose businesses and technologies focus on environmental markets, including alternative energy and energy efficiency; water infrastructure technologies and pollution control; environmental support services and waste management technologies; and sustainable food, agriculture and forestry. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in the foregoing companies and will invest primarily in equity securities (such as common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common and preferred stocks) of companies located around the world, including at least 40% of its net assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers, including those located in emerging markets.

 

The Global Women’s Leadership Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment returns that closely correspond to or exceed the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index (the “Women’s Index”), while maintaining risk characteristics that the Adviser believes are generally similar to those of the Women’s Index. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, more than 80% of its total assets in the component securities of the Women’s Index and in American depositary receipts, global depositary receipts and euro depositary receipts representing the component securities of the Women’s Index, including at least 40% of its net assets (unless market conditions are not deemed favorable, in which case the Global Women’s Leadership Fund would normally invest at least 30% of its assets) in securities of companies organized or located outside the U.S. or doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S.

 

The EAFE ESG Leaders Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal circumstances, more than 80% of its total assets in the component securities of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index and in American depositary receipts, global depositary receipts and euro depositary receipts representing the component securities of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index.

 

 

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The Core Bond Fund’s investment objective is to seek income and conservation of principal. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in bonds, which include debt obligations such as mortgage-related securities, securities issued by the United States Government or its agencies and instrumentalities, municipal bonds, corporate bonds and high-impact bonds (which provide financing to support solutions to global sustainability challenges) across the spectrum of issuers, each of which is, at the time of purchase, rated at least investment grade (rated BBB- or higher by Standard and Poor’s Ratings Group or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service) or unrated and determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality.

 

The High Yield Bond Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income. As a secondary investment objective, the High Yield Bond Fund seeks capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in high-yield, fixed income securities (such as bonds, notes or debentures) that are rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, similarly rated by another major rating service, or unrated and determined by the High Yield Bond Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality. These fixed income securities are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.”

 

The Sustainable Allocation Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek income and conservation of principal. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The Fund uses a team approach to allocate among multiple affiliated funds managed by the Adviser (“Underlying Funds”) in order to seek to achieve its investment objectives. The Adviser will allocate the Fund’s assets among Underlying Funds in its sole discretion. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives, under normal market conditions, by investing (indirectly through the use of Underlying Funds) approximately 50%-75% of its assets in equity securities (such as common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common or preferred stocks) and 25%-50% of its assets in debt securities (including but not limited to debt securities convertible into equity securities).

 

Under the Trusts’ organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trusts. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trusts enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trusts’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as

 

 

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this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trusts that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trusts expect this risk of loss to be remote.

 

Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“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 revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The Funds apply Investment Company accounting and reporting guidance.

 

Valuation of Investments For purposes of calculating the net asset value (“NAV”), determined ordinarily as of the close of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) (the “NYSE Close”) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on each day that the NYSE is open for trading, the Funds normally use pricing data for domestic equity securities received shortly after the NYSE Close and do not normally take into account trading, clearances or settlements that take place after the NYSE Close. U.S. fixed income and non-U.S. securities are normally priced using data reflecting the earlier closing of the principal markets for those securities, subject to possible fair value adjustments. Information that becomes known to the Funds or their agents after NAV has been calculated on a particular day will not generally be used to retroactively adjust the price of a security or NAV determined earlier that day.

 

For the purpose of these financial statements, fair values for various types of securities and other instruments are determined on the basis of closing prices or last sales prices on an exchange or other market, or based on quotes or other market information obtained from quotation reporting systems, established market makers or pricing services. Short-term investments having a maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

Investments denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from pricing services. As a result, the NAV of a Fund’s shares may be affected by changes in the value of currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar.

 

If market quotations are not readily available (including in cases when available market quotations are deemed to be unreliable), the Funds’ investments will be valued as determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Boards” or “Boards of Trustees”)(so called “fair value pricing”). Fair value pricing may require subjective

 

 

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determinations about the value of a security or other asset, and fair values used to determine a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same investments. Also, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities or other assets held by a Fund. The Boards have delegated to the Advisers’ Best Execution and Valuation Committee the day-to-day responsibility for making fair value pricing determinations with respect to Fund holdings.

 

The Funds may determine that market quotations are not readily available due to events relating to a single issuer (e.g., corporate actions or announcements) or events relating to multiple issuers (e.g., governmental actions or natural disasters). The Funds may determine the fair value of investments based on information provided by pricing services and other third-party vendors, which may recommend fair value prices or adjustments with reference to other securities, indices or assets. In considering whether fair value pricing is required and in determining fair values, the Funds may, among other things, consider significant events (which may be considered to include changes in the value of U.S. securities or securities indices) that occur after the close of the relevant market and the usual time of valuation. At December 31, 2019, three securities were fair valued in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees. The Core Bond Fund held one security fair valued at $286,933, representing 0.04% of the Fund’s net asset value and the High Yield Bond Fund held two securities fair valued at $0, representing 0.00% of the Fund’s net asset value.

 

For those Funds that invest in non-U.S. securities, investors should be aware that many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the NYSE, and the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the NYSE. As a result, the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures require the Funds to consider changes in the fair value of non-U.S. securities between the time of the closing of the local market’s exchange and the close of the NYSE. Generally, if there has been a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specified threshold, the Funds will assess whether the closing price on the local exchange is still appropriate. Although the threshold may be revised from time to time and the number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity, it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Funds to a significant extent. The value determined for an investment using the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures may differ from recent market prices for the investment.

 

 

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Fair Value Measurements Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

 

 

● Level 1 –

unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

● 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 the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a general summary of valuation inputs and classifications for different categories of securities.

 

Equity Securities Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks and exchange-traded funds, for which market quotations are readily available, valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service, are generally categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Non-U.S. equity securities may also be valued at official close, or may be valued based on the fair value pricing procedures noted above. When third-party fair value pricing of foreign securities methods are applied, they are generally categorized as Level 2. To the extent that inputs for equity securities are unobservable, values are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

 

Fixed Income Securities Fixed income securities, including Corporate Bonds (both investment-grade and high-yield), U.S. Treasury Obligations, Government Bonds, Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities, Bank Loans and Municipal Bonds, are valued at evaluated prices received from independent pricing services, which are evaluated using various inputs and techniques which may include trade activity, broker-dealer quotes, yield curves, coupon rates, default rates, cash flows,

 

 

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models and other inputs, and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. To the extent that inputs for fixed income securities are unobservable, values are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

 

Affiliated and Unaffiliated Investment Companies Investments in mutual funds are valued at the Funds’ closing net asset value and are generally categorized as Level 1.

 

Short-term Investments Short-term securities, including repurchase agreements, with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, which are valued at amortized cost, are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets as of December 31, 2019:

 

 

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3*

   

Totals

 

Large Cap

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 738,016,073     $     $     $ 738,016,073  

Cash Equivalents

    28,155,190                   28,155,190  

Total

  $ 766,171,263     $     $     $ 766,171,263  

Small Cap

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 419,483,785     $     $     $ 419,483,785  

Cash Equivalents

    25,341,786                   25,341,786  

Total

  $ 444,825,571     $     $     $ 444,825,571  

ESG Beta Quality

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 238,556,729     $     $     $ 238,556,729  

Cash Equivalents

    2,619,948                   2,619,948  

Total

  $ 241,176,677     $     $     $ 241,176,677  

ESG Beta Dividend

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 131,508,957     $     $     $ 131,508,957  

Cash Equivalents

    1,545,099                   1,545,099  

Total

  $ 133,054,056     $     $     $ 133,054,056  

Global Opportunities

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 23,585,437     $ 18,169,851     $     $ 41,755,288  

Cash Equivalents

    340,811                   340,811  

Total

  $ 23,926,248     $ 18,169,851     $     $ 42,096,099  

Global Environmental Markets

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 590,036,853     $ 356,162,208     $     $ 946,199,061  

Cash Equivalents

    20,471,038                   20,471,038  

Total

  $ 610,507,891     $ 356,162,208     $     $ 966,670,099  

 

 

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Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3*

   

Totals

 

Global Women’s Leadership

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 327,768,034     $ 132,375,156     $     $ 460,143,190  

Preferred Stocks

          451,687             451,687  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    2,995,472                   2,995,472  

Cash Equivalents

    1,785,503                   1,785,503  

Total

  $ 332,549,009     $ 132,826,843     $     $ 465,375,852  

EAFE ESG Leaders

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 20,863,108     $ 613,349,873     $     $ 634,212,981  

Preferred Stocks

          989,741             989,741  

Exchange-Traded Funds

    6,872,447                   6,872,447  

Cash Equivalents

    924,513                   924,513  

Total

  $ 28,660,068     $ 614,339,614     $     $ 642,999,682  

Core Bond

                               

Exchange-Traded Funds

  $ 21,585,036     $     $     $ 21,585,036  

Community Investment Notes

          3,099,543       286,933       3,386,476  

Corporate Bonds

          199,585,171             199,585,171  

U.S. Gov’t Agency Bonds

          6,985,611             6,985,611  

Supranational Bonds

          26,212,857             26,212,857  

Municipal Bonds

          37,980,618             37,980,618  

U.S. Treasury Notes

          169,887,669             169,887,669  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          222,451,129             222,451,129  

Medium Term Certificates of Deposit

          753,842             753,842  

Cash Equivalents

    17,446,339                   17,446,339  

Total

  $ 39,031,375     $ 666,956,440     $ 286,933     $ 706,274,748  

High Yield Bond

                               

Common Stocks

  $     $     $ 0     $ 0  

Preferred Stocks

    3,556,800             0       3,556,800  

Corporate Bonds

          353,549,772             353,549,772  

Loans

          4,650,643             4,650,643  

Cash Equivalents

    8,427,875       1,402,794             9,830,669  

Total

  $ 11,984,675     $ 359,603,209     $ 0     $ 371,587,884  

Sustainable Allocation

                               

Affiliated Investment Companies

  $ 1,853,130,048     $     $     $ 1,853,130,048  

Cash Equivalents

    62,176,992                   62,176,992  

Total

  $ 1,915,307,040     $     $     $ 1,915,307,040  

 

*

Table includes securities valued at zero.

 

See Schedules of Investments for additional detailed industry classifications.

 

Significant unobservable inputs were used by two Funds for Level 3 fair value measurements. The High Yield Bond Fund holds two securities of the same issuer which are deemed to be valued at zero based on company financial statements,

 

 

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and one security based on broker valuation levels. The Core Bond Fund holds a position in a Community Investment note which is valued based on a general obligation by the parent entity to limit investment exposure on the note.

 

Investment Transactions Investment transactions are recorded as of the date of purchase, sale or maturity. Net realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes. Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of foreign tax withholdings.

 

Investment Income Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discount and amortization of premiums, if any. The value of additional securities received as dividend payments is recorded as income and as an increase to the cost basis of such securities. The Funds amortize purchase price premium and accrete discount on bonds, if any, over the remaining life of the bonds using the effective interest method of amortization; for callable bonds, the premium amortization period is to the earliest call date.

 

Distributions to Shareholders Distributions to shareholders are recorded by each of the Funds on the ex-dividend dates. The Funds (except Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund) expect to pay dividends of net investment income, if any, semiannually and to make distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually.

 

The Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund expect to pay dividends of net investment income, if any, monthly and to make distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually. A shareholder begins earning dividends on the Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund shares the day after the Funds receive his or her purchase payment. Income and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Class Accounting Expenses directly attributable to a class of shares, such as 12b-1 distribution fees, are charged to that class. Each Fund has adopted a 12b-1 plan, applicable to certain classes of each of the Funds. Expenses of the Funds that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund, such as transfer agent fees, custody fees and registration fees, are applied to that Fund. Expenses that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund, such as printing expense, Trustees’ fees and legal fees, are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Funds. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated based upon the relative daily net assets of each class of shares.

 

 

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Federal Income Taxes Each of the Funds intends to elect to be treated and qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If a Fund so qualifies and satisfies certain distribution requirements, such Fund will ordinarily not be subject to federal income tax on its net investment income (which includes short-term capital gains) and net capital gains that it distributes to shareholders. Each Fund expects to distribute all or substantially all of its income and gains to shareholders every year. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Funds are treated as separate entities for federal income tax purposes.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. In addition, purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses occurring during the holding period of investment securities are a component of realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.

 

Non-U.S. Securities Non-U.S. markets can be significantly more volatile than domestic markets, causing the prices of some Fund investments to fluctuate significantly, rapidly and unpredictably. Non-U.S. securities may be less liquid than domestic securities; consequently, a Fund may at times be unable to sell non-U.S. securities at desirable times or prices. Other risks related to non-U.S. securities include delays in the settlement of transactions; less publicly available information about issuers; different reporting, accounting and auditing standards; the effect of political, social, diplomatic or economic events; seizure, expropriation or nationalization of the issuer or its assets; fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates and the possible imposition of currency exchange controls. If a Fund invests substantially in securities of non-U.S. issuers tied economically to a particular country or geographic region, it will be subject to the risks associated with such country or geographic region to a greater extent than a fund that is more diversified across countries or geographic regions.

 

Securities Lending The Funds may lend their securities pursuant to a securities lending agreement (Lending Agreement) with State Street Bank and Trust Company. Initial security loans made pursuant to the Lending Agreement are required to be secured by collateral not less than the percentage specified in the agreement, ranging from 102% to 105%, depending on the types of securities. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a registered Rule 2a-7 money market fund. Borrowers may also pledge non-cash collateral within the guidelines for acceptable forms of

 

 

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non-cash collateral approved by the Boards of Trustees. At December 31, 2019, non-cash collateral consisted of U.S. Treasuries, short-term U.S. Government agency obligations and sovereign debt.

 

The Funds have the right under the Lending Agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. The primary risk associated with securities lending is if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons. The Funds could experience delays and costs in recovering securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. In the event the borrower fails to return loaned securities and the collateral received is insufficient to cover the value of the loaned securities and provided such collateral shortfall is not the result of investment losses, the lending agent has agreed to pay the amount of the shortfall to the Funds, or at the discretion of the lending agent, replace the loaned securities.

 

A portion of the income generated upon investment of the collateral is remitted to the borrower and the remainder is allocated between the Funds and the lending agent. The Funds record security lending income net of such allocation. The Funds continue to receive dividends on the securities loaned, which are accounted for in the same manner as other dividend and interest income.

 

As of December 31, 2019, the value of securities loaned, payable for collateral due to brokers and non-cash collateral pledged by brokers were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Market Value
of Securities
Loaned

   

Payable on
Collateral Due
to Broker

   

Non-Cash
Collateral Value *

   

Over (Under)
Collateralized

 

Small Cap

  $ 19,650,424     $ 4,885,400     $ 15,053,419     $ 288,395  

ESG Beta Quality

    7,235,253       781,704       6,619,367       165,818  

ESG Beta Dividend

    2,270,024       351,630       1,966,420       48,026  

Global Women’s Leadership

    2,759,039       19,406       2,786,741       47,108  

Core Bond

    10,066,103       669,300       9,625,000       228,197  

 

*

Non-cash collateral is not included in the financial statements.

 

For the Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Quality Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund and Women’s Leadership Fund all of the securities on loan at December 31, 2019 are classified as Common Stocks in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. For the Core Bond Fund all of the securities on loan at December 31, 2019 are classified as Corporate Bonds or U.S. Treasury and Agency securities on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

 

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The following table displays a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by class of collateral pledge, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of December 31, 2019.

 

   

Remaining Contractual Maturity of the Agreements

 

Securities Lending Transactions

 

Overnight
and
Continuous

   

Up to 30
days

   

30-90 days

   

Greater than
90 days

   

Total

 

Core Bond Fund

                                       

U.S. Treasury and Agency Securities

  $ 9,625,000     $     $     $     $ 9,625,000  

Corporate Debt

    669,300                         669,300  

Total Borrowings

  $ 10,294,300     $     $     $     $ 10,294,300  
                                         

Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending transactions

  $ 10,294,300  

 

NOTE B—Investment Advisory Fee and Transactions with Affiliated and Other Parties

 

 

Trust I and Trust III have entered into Investment Advisory Contracts (the “Management Contracts”) with Impax Asset Management LLC (“IAM”) and Pax Ellevate Management LLC (“PEM”), respectively (each, the “Adviser”, and collectively, the “Advisers”). Pursuant to the terms of the Management Contracts, the Advisers, subject to the supervision of the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts, are responsible for managing the assets of the Funds in accordance with the Funds’ investment objectives, investment programs and policies.

 

 

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Pursuant to the Management Contracts, the Advisers have contracted to furnish the Funds continuously with an investment program, determining what investments to purchase, sell and exchange for the Funds and what assets to hold uninvested. The Advisers also have contracted to provide office space and certain management and administrative facilities for the Funds. In return for such services, the Funds pay an advisory fee to the Advisers at the following annual rates (expressed as a percentage of the average daily net assets of such Fund):

 

Fund

 

Annual Rate

 

Large Cap

    0.65 %

Small Cap

    0.75 %

ESG Beta Quality1

    0.65 %*

ESG Beta Dividend2

    0.65 %*

Global Opportunities3

    0.80 %

Global Environmental Markets4

    0.80 %

Global Women’s Leadership5

    0.55 %*

EAFE ESG Leaders6

    0.55 %*

Core Bond

    0.40 %

High Yield Bond

    0.50 %

Sustainable Allocation

    0.05 %*

 

*

The management fee is a unified fee that includes all of the operating costs and expenses of the Fund (other than taxes, charges of governmental agencies, interest, brokerage commissions incurred in connection with portfolio transactions, distribution and/or service fees payable under a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses), including accounting expenses, administrator, transfer agent, custodian fees, legal fees and other expenses.

 

1

Effective September 1, 2019, the management fee changed to 0.65% of average net assets up to $225 million; 0.55% for assets of $225 million to $375 million; 0.50% for assets of $375 million to $500 million; and 0.45% for assets over $500 million. Prior to September 1, 2019, the Fund’s annual rate (expressed as percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) was 0.65% for all assets.

 

2

Effective September 1, 2019, the management fee changed to 0.65% of average net assets up to $150 million; 0.55% for assets of $150 million to $375 million; 0.50% for assets of $375 million to $500 million; and 0.45% for assets over $500 million. Prior to September 1, 2019, the Fund’s annual rate (expressed as percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) was 0.65% for all assets.

 

3

The Fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee equal to the management fee corresponding to the current market value of 200,000 shares (plus shares reinvested). This waiver may not be amended or terminated without the approval of the Board of Trustees before December 31, 2021.

 

4

The management fee is 0.80% based on average net assets up to $1 billion; 0.75% for assets of $1 billion to $1.5 billion; 0.70% for assets of $1.5 billion to $2 billion; 0.65% for assets of $2 billion to $3 billion; and 0.60% for assets over $3 billion.

 

5

Effective September 1, 2019, the management fee changed to 0.55% of average net assets up to $375 million; 0.50% for assets of $375 million to $750 million; and 0.45% for assets over $750 million. Prior to September 1, 2019, the Fund’s annual rate (expressed as percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) was 0.55% for all assets.

 

 

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6

Effective September 1, 2019, the management fee changed to 0.55% of average net assets up to $600 million; 0.45% for assets of $600 million to $750 million; and 0.40% for assets over $750 million. Prior to September 1, 2019, the Fund’s annual rate (expressed as percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) was 0.55% for all assets.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Funds incurred the following advisory fees:

 

Fund

 

Amount

 

Large Cap

  $ 4,399,347  

Small Cap

    3,294,792  

ESG Beta Quality

    1,440,722  

ESG Beta Dividend

    837,151  

Global Opportunities

    253,806  

Global Environmental Markets

    6,404,305  

Global Women’s Leadership

    1,963,421  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    3,192,729  

Core Bond

    2,740,269  

High Yield Bond

    1,862,360  

Sustainable Allocation

    903,260  

 

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse the Funds or limit expenses of the Funds to the extent that each Fund’s respective expenses exceed, on an annual basis, the following percentages of average daily net assets:

 

   

Expense Caps

 

Fund

 

Investor

   

Class A

   

Institutional

 

ESG Beta Quality 1

    0.90 %     0.90 %     0.65 %

ESG Beta Dividend 1

    0.90 %             0.65 %

Global Opportunities 2

    1.23 %             0.98 %

Global Women’s Leadership 1

    0.80 %             0.55 %

EAFE ESG Leaders 1

    0.80 %             0.55 %

Sustainable Allocation 1

    0.30 %             0.05 %

 

1

Expense caps for funds represent their respective unified management fees plus distribution and/or service fees payable under a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1, as applicable to particular classes of shares.

 

2

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse expenses (other than interest, commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) to the extent that they exceed the expense caps indicated. The reimbursement arrangement may not be amended or terminated without the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees before December 31, 2021.

 

Such expenses include (i) management and distribution fees; (ii) the fees of affiliated and unaffiliated Trustees; (iii) the fees of the Funds’ custodian and transfer agent; (iv) the fees of the Funds’ legal counsel and independent registered public accounting firm; (v) the reimbursement of organizational expenses; and

 

 

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(vi) expenses related to shareholder communications including all expenses of shareholders’ and Boards of Trustees’ meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports, proxy statements and prospectuses to shareholders.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the dollar amounts of expense reimbursements were as follows:

 

   

Total Expenses Reimbursed by Adviser

 

Fund

 

Investor

   

Institutional

 

Global Opportunities

  $ 3,797     $ 135,188  

 

In addition, the Adviser voluntarily waived $17,590 of its management fee from the Global Opportunities Fund.

 

The Trusts have adopted a plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act that allows the Funds to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of certain shares as described below and for personal services rendered to the Fund shareholders in connection with the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Under the Plan, each Fund will pay its Distributor a distribution fee equal to 0.25% of the annual average daily net assets attributable to the Investor Class shares and Class A shares. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the distribution fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as commissions, asset-based sales charges or other compensation with respect to the sale of indicated shares of such Fund, or for providing personal services to investors in the indicated shares of such Fund and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the distribution fee as compensation for the Distributor’s services as principal underwriter of the indicated shares of such Fund.

 

Several individuals who are officers and/or Trustees of the Trusts are also employees of the Adviser.

 

 

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NOTE C—Investment Information

 

 

Purchases and proceeds from sales of investments for the Funds for the year ended December 31, 2019 were as follows:

 

   

Purchases

   

Sales

 

Fund

 

Investments1

   

U.S. Gov’t Bonds

   

Investments1

   

U.S. Gov’t Bonds

 

Large Cap

  $ 246,594,075     $     $ 284,689,954     $  

Small Cap

    329,227,202             449,240,039        

ESG Beta Quality

    106,598,435             109,721,652        

ESG Beta Dividend

    63,613,962             74,831,128        

Global Opportunities

    17,607,416             9,116,825        

Global Environmental Markets

    291,069,260             112,077,412        

Global Women’s Leadership

    385,712,911             235,643,530        

EAFE ESG Leaders

    205,950,419             179,723,229        

Core Bond

    205,053,663       247,909,304       146,323,790       277,083,453  

High Yield

    322,669,998             331,663,698       2,497,266  

Sustainable Allocation

    132,587,412             216,878,743        

 

1

Excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government bonds.

 

For federal income tax purposes, the identified cost of investments owned at December 31, 2019 as well as the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and resulting net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of December 31, 2019 were as follows for the Funds:

 

Fund

 

Identified cost of
investments for
Federal income
tax basis

   

Gross unrealized
appreciation

   

Gross unrealized
depreciation

   

Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)

 

Large Cap

  $ 541,317,011     $ 231,009,089     $ 6,154,837     $ 224,854,252  

Small Cap

    391,649,016       66,894,996       13,718,441       53,176,555  

ESG Beta Quality

    134,501,780       107,785,461       1,110,563       106,674,897  

ESG Beta Dividend

    91,102,948       42,065,714       114,606       41,951,108  

Global Opportunities

    36,282,623       5,966,411       156,058       5,810,353  

Global Environmental Markets

    781,802,712       207,357,819       22,490,432       184,867,387  

Global Women’s Leadership

    398,794,108       75,423,232       8,841,489       66,581,744  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    548,233,135       124,130,027       29,363,480       94,766,547  

Core Bond

    687,635,711       19,961,652       1,322,615       18,639,037  

High Yield

    356,729,303       16,731,627       1,873,046       14,858,581  

Sustainable Allocation

    1,667,714,527       247,592,513             247,592,513  

 

At December 31, 2019 the Small Cap Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, Global Environmental Markets Fund, Global Women’s Leadership Fund and EAFE ESG Leaders Fund had unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) of $207; $192; $(3,386);$2,448 and $9,378, respectively.

 

 

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Netting Agreements During the ordinary course of business, the Funds may enter into transactions subject to enforceable netting agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows a Fund to offset any exposure to a specific counterparty with any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreement. Generally, a Fund manages its cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis. As of December 31, 2019, there is no collateral held at the counterparty that would be offset by a master netting agreement that the Funds have with the counterparty. The Funds did not hold any derivative instruments as of December 31, 2019.

 

Affiliated Investments The term “affiliated company” includes other investment companies that are managed by a Fund’s Adviser. At December 31, 2019, the Sustainable Allocation Fund held the following investments in affiliated Funds:

 

Fund

 

Shares
Held at
12/31/18

   

Gross
Additions

   

Gross
Reductions

   

Shares
Held at
12/31/2019

 

Sustainable Allocation

                               

Large Cap

    73,702,287       2,656,382       3,180,640       73,178,029  

Mid Cap

    11,550,983       6,853       11,557,836        

Small Cap

          2,158,328             2,158,328  

ESG Beta Dividend

    10,763,761       485,509       1,238,901       10,010,369  

Global Opportunities

    2,500,000       48,966             2,548,966  

Global Environmental Markets

    1,107,513       374,512             1,482,025  

Global Women’s Leadership

          785,900             785,900  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    16,289,028       434,260       1,146,789       15,576,499  

Core Bond

    69,553,433       1,776,553       4,551,829       66,778,157  

High Yield

          3,263,125             3,263,125  

 

Fund

 

Value at
12/31/18

   

Dividend
Income

   

Realized
Gains/
Losses1

   

Net change
in Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation

   

Value at
12/31/2019

 

Sustainable Allocation

                                       

Large Cap

  $ 588,144,250     $ 6,329,415     $ 18,100,064     $ 177,477,769     $ 761,051,498  

Mid Cap

    102,457,216             3,547,226       11,874,301        

Small Cap

                        1,986,423       31,986,423  

ESG Beta Dividend

    114,741,693       2,746,754       5,641,953       20,102,422       128,232,821  

Global Opportunities

    22,950,000       127,632       455,401       7,156,512       30,689,545  

Global Environmental Markets

    14,796,378       214,608             5,138,978       25,149,965  

Global Women’s Leadership

          134,114       289,367             21,329,334  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    127,054,421       3,859,277       90,589       24,480,214       145,484,501  

Core Bond

    680,232,578       18,046,047       (612,188 )     34,480,801       687,147,238  

High Yield

          1,011,484             1,047,239       22,058,723  

Total

  $ 1,650,376,536     $ 32,469,331     $ 27,512,412     $ 283,744,659     $ 1,853,130,048  

 

1

Includes realized capital gain distributions from an affiliated fund, if any.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements, continued

 

The Funds are permitted to purchase and sell securities (“cross-trade”) from and to other Funds within the Trusts or other accounts managed by the Advisers pursuant to “Cross-Trading” Procedures adopted by the Trusts’ Boards of Trustees. These procedures have been designed to ensure that any cross-trade of securities by the respective Fund from or to another Fund or account that is or could be considered an affiliate of the Fund under certain limited circumstances by virtue of having a common investment adviser complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each cross-trade is effected at the current market price to save costs where allowed. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended December 31, 2019, the Global Women’s Leadership Fund and the EAFE ESG Leaders Fund engaged in cross-trades. The Global Women’s Leadership Fund and the EAFE ESG Leaders Fund had total purchases of $2,457,113 and $3,032,310, respectively, and total sales of $3,032,310 and $2,457,113, respectively. The Global Women’s Leadership Fund and EAFE ESG Leaders Fund had net losses of $17,816 and $26,987, respectively.

 

Restricted and Illiquid Securities The Funds may purchase certain restricted securities and limited amounts of illiquid securities. The Funds may invest in securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“the Act”) which are restricted from sale to the public and may only be sold to a qualified institutional buyer. The Funds do not have the right to demand that such securities be registered. The value of such securities is determined by valuations supplied by a pricing service or, if not available, in good faith by or at the direction of the Boards of Trustees. At December 31, 2019, the Core Bond Fund held $83,018,868 or 11.70% of net assets and the High Yield Bond Fund held $239,861,202 or 63.83% of net assets in securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Act.

 

At December 31, 2019, the Core Bond Fund held $10,029,760 of illiquid securities representing 1.41% of net assets and High Yield Bond Fund held $1,402,794 of illiquid securities, representing 0.37% of net assets. The Fund will classify as “illiquid” all securities that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. Illiquid investments may include restricted securities, repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days or that have a notice or demand feature more than seven days, certain over-the-counter option contracts and participation interests in

 

 

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loans. Because illiquid securities trade less frequently and in smaller volume than liquid securities, the Fund may experience difficulty in closing out positions at prevailing market prices.

 

Security

 

Acquisition Date Range

   

Cost

   

Market Value

 

Core Bond

                       

Calvert Social Investment Foundation, Inc., 1.500%, 04/30/20

04/30/15 - 04/30/15

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,000,000  

Capital Impact Partners, 2.300%, 10/15/24

10/21/19 - 10/21/19

    500,000       497,953  

CINI Investment Note, 2.000%, 10/31/20

11/01/17 - 09/30/19

    286,933       286,933  

Community Credit Union of Lynn, 2.200%, 11/29/22

11/14/17 - 11/14/17

    250,000       252,814  

Envest Microfinance Fund, LLC, Sr. Note, Series A, 4.000%, 09/15/20

09/15/16 - 09/15/16

    100,000       99,543  

Master Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW, 1 month LIBOR +0.600%, 144A, 2.691%, 05/25/37

07/06/17 - 07/06/17

    1,375,714       1,384,243  

Overseas Private Investment Corp., 1.980%, 09/15/26

12/02/19 - 12/02/19

    1,821,429       2,001,250  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.700%, 04/13/20

04/06/18 - 04/06/18

    250,000       250,034  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21

12/17/19 - 12/17/19

    250,000       250,994  

Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., 4.700%, 05/29/25

05/26/15 - 05/26/15

    1,987,111       2,005,996  
                         

High Yield Bond

                       

Beneficial State Bank, 1.650%, 01/21/20

01/21/19 - 01/21/19

    200,000       200,000  

Interactive Health, Inc.

03/19/04 - 10/01/13

    178,981       0  

Interactive Health, Inc., 0.000%

03/19/04 - 10/01/13

    357,962       0  

Providence Bank & Trust, 0.499%, 08/03/20

08/03/19 - 08/03/19

    201,203       201,203  

Self-Help Credit Union, 2.100%, 01/04/20

01/04/19 - 01/04/19

    100,000       100,000  

Self-Help Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21

12/17/19 - 12/17/19

    400,000       401,591  

Shared Interest, Inc., 2.400%, 09/30/21

09/30/18 - 09/30/18

    500,000       500,000  

 

NOTE D—Tax Information

 

 

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. In addition to permanent differences previously noted, temporary differences may arise from recognition of certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial reporting and tax purposes. Such differences will reverse at some time in the future. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. For tax purposes, short-term capital gains are considered ordinary income.

 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements, continued

 

The tax character of distributions paid during 2019 and 2018 was as follows:

 

   

Distributions paid in 2019

   

Distributions paid in 2018

 

Fund

 

Ordinary
income

   

Long-term
capital gains

   

Ordinary
income

   

Long-term
capital gains

 

Large Cap

  $ 8,866,803     $ 18,561,007     $ 16,966,833     $ 104,510,698  

Small Cap

    3,873,595       318,705       8,176,966       54,916,227  

ESG Beta Quality

    3,203,047       4,833,494       3,479,497       11,115,488  

ESG Beta Dividend

    2,720,704       3,625,330       3,008,950       1,465,867  

Global Opportunities

    454,580       318,335              

Global Environmental Markets

    7,439,925             12,646,378       11,954,841  

Global Women’s Leadership

    7,152,818       6,309,317       7,662,777       3,581,821  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    16,043,570             15,419,557        

Core Bond

    18,311,162             18,085,574        

High Yield Bond

    18,937,116             19,943,186        

Sustainable Allocation

    42,603,462       123,434,470       43,557,388       6,340,197  

 

As of December 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are as follows:

 

Fund

 

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income

   

Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain

   

Other
Temporary
Differences

   

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Large Cap

  $ 2,862,757     $ 5,804,217     $     $ 224,854,252  

Small Cap

          1,530,560             53,176,762  

ESG Beta Quality

          1,805,426             106,674,897  

ESG Beta Dividend

          482,787             41,951,108  

Global Opportunities

    125,674                   5,810,545  

Global Environmental Markets

    32,966             (1,101 )     184,864,001  

Global Women’s Leadership

    112,426             (1,200,903 )     66,584,192  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    499,042             (29,128,869 )     94,775,925  

Core Bond

    2,206             (3,850,448 )     18,639,037  

High Yield Bond

                (70,452,291 )     14,858,581  

Sustainable Allocation

    10,135,623       22,346,469             247,592,513  

 

The Global Opportunities Fund and Global Women’s Leadership Fund elected to defer $45,753 and $1,200,903, respectively of capital losses recognized between November 1, 2019 and December 31, 2019 for the Funds’ fiscal year ending December 31, 2019. These losses are treated for federal income tax purposes as if they had occurred on January 1, 2020.

 

 

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As of December 31, 2019, for federal income tax purposes, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future gains, if any, to the extent provided by the Treasury regulations:

 

   

No Expiration

 

Fund

 

Short-term

   

Long-term

 

Global Environmental Markets

  $ 1,101     $  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    400,939       28,727,930  

Core Bond

          3,850,448  

High Yield Bond

    27,069,995       43,156,864  

 

For financial reporting purposes, the capital accounts are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences. Reclassifications are primarily due to tax treatment of gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions and tax treatment related to REITs and PFICs.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2019, the Funds recorded the following reclassifications:

 

Fund

 

Undistributed
Net Investment
Income

   

Accumulated
Net Realized
Gain/(Loss)

   

Paid in
Capital

 

Large Cap

  $ (314,788 )   $ 314,788     $  

Small Cap

    (358,743 )     358,743        

ESG Beta Quality

    (200,338 )     200,338        

ESG Beta Dividend

    (97,567 )     97,567        

Global Opportunities

    (8,253 )     8,253        

Global Environmental Markets

    (194,602 )     194,602        

Global Women’s Leadership

    (60,642 )     60,642        

EAFE ESG Leaders

    31,079       (31,079 )      

Core Bond

    825,871       (825,871 )      

High Yield Bond

    (11,513 )     25,456       (13,943 )

Sustainable Allocation

                 

 

Uncertain Tax Positions Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken for all open tax years which remain subject to examination by the Funds’ major tax jurisdictions (years 2016 through 2019). The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to tax liabilities as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. Management has concluded that, as of and during the year ended December 31, 2019, no provision for federal income tax is necessary and, therefore, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax expenses.

 

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Boards of Trustees and Shareholders of Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Funds Series Trust III:

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Pax World Funds Series Trust I (“Trust I”) (comprising Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (formerly, Pax Balanced Fund), Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund, Pax Small Cap Fund, Pax High Yield Bond Fund, Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund, Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund, Pax Core Bond Fund, Pax Large Cap Fund, Pax Global Opportunities Fund, and Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (collectively, with Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund, the “Funds”)), and Pax World Funds Series Trust III (“Trust III” and collectively with Trust I, the “Trusts”) (comprising Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2019, and the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds at December 31, 2019, the results of their operations for the year then ended, and the changes in their net assets and their financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Funds comprising Trust I

Statement of
Operations

Statements of
Changes in Net
Assets

Financial highlights

Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (formerly, Pax Balanced Fund)

Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

Pax Small Cap Fund

Pax High Yield Bond Fund

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2019

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019

For each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2019

Pax Large Cap Fund

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

Pax Core Bond Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2019

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019

For each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2019 and the period from December 16, 2016 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2016

Pax Global Opportunities Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2019

For the year ended December 31, 2019 and for the period from June 27, 2018 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2018

For the year ended December 31, 2019 and for the period from June 27, 2018 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2018

 

 

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Funds comprising Trust III

Statement of
Operations

Statements of
Changes in Net
Assets

Financial highlights

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2019

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019

For each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2019

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trusts’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on each of the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trusts in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trusts are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trusts’ internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2019, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

We have served as the auditor of the Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Funds Series Trust III since 2003.

 

Boston, Massachusetts
February 19, 2020

 

 

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Proxy Voting (Unaudited)

 

 

You may obtain a description of the Funds’ policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to their portfolio securities, without charge, upon request by contacting the Funds at 800.767.1729 or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

The information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by telephoning Pax (toll-free) at 800.767.1729 or visiting Pax’s website at www.impaxam.com and will be available without charge by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)

 

 

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q (or as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-Q’s successor form, Form N-PORT). Each Fund’s Forms N-Q and Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.

 

Special Meeting of Shareholders (Unaudited)

 

 

A Special Meeting of Shareholders of Pax World Funds Series Trust III (the “Trust”) was held on July 31, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. ET, at the offices of the Trust at 30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400, Portsmouth, NH.

 

The matter voted upon and the number of votes cast for, against, as well as the number of abstentions, as applicable to the matter, are as follows below.

 

Proposal 1. To approve a new investment advisory agreement between Pax Ellevate Management LLC (“PEM”) and the Trust, on behalf of the Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the “New Advisory Agreement”).*

 

Fund

 

For

   

Against

   

Abstain

   

Passed

 

Pax Global Women’s Leadership

    6,504,917.507       99,118.140       223,232.096       Yes  

 

*

For more information regarding the Trustees of Trust III considerations for approval of the new investment advisory agreement, please refer to the most recent Pax World funds semiannual report dated June 30, 2019.

 

 

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Board Approval of Sub-Advisory Agreement

 

 

Review Process. The 1940 Act requires that the Trustees of Trust I request and evaluate, and that IAM (or the “Adviser”) furnish, such information as may reasonably be necessary for the Trustees of Trust I to evaluate the terms of the Management Contract with the Adviser. Similarly, the 1940 Act requires that the Trustees of Trust I request and evaluate, and that Aperio (or the “Subadviser”) furnish such information as may reasonably be necessary for the Trustees of Trust I to evaluate the terms of the Subadvisory Contract among Trust I, IAM, and the Subadviser.

 

The Trustees, including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” (as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act) of Trust I (the “Independent Trustees”), met in person on September 19, 2019 for the purpose of considering a reduction in the rate at which subadvisory fees are payable by the Adviser to the Subadviser under the Subadvisory Contract with respect to ESG Beta Quality Fund and ESG Beta Dividend Fund (each a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”). In addition, the Trustees of Trust I considered matters bearing on the Trust and its investment management and other arrangements at their regular meetings throughout the year, including reviews of investment results and performance data at each regular meeting and periodic presentations from the Adviser and the Subadviser.

 

The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the Subadvisory Contract by independent legal counsel, from whom they received assistance and advice.

 

The Trustees considered that, at a meeting held on June 12, 2019 (the “June Meeting”), the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, had approved an Amended and Restated Management Contract between Trust I and the Adviser reducing the rate at which advisory fees are payable thereunder with respect to the Funds. The Trustees considered management’s recommendation that the Trustees approve a similar reduction in the rate at which subadvisory fees are payable under the Subadvisory Contract with respect to the Funds, and received and considered information from the Adviser regarding the expected effect of the reduction in subadvisory fee rates on the Adviser’s profitability with respect to the Funds. The Trustees also considered that, at the June Meeting, they had noted that the total expenses of the Funds were at or below the median total expenses of their respective peer groups. Based on these observations, the Independent Trustees concluded that the Funds’ overall fee arrangements represent an appropriate sharing at the present time between Fund shareholders and the Adviser and Subadviser of any economies of scale or other efficiencies in the management of each Fund at current asset levels.

 

 

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The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also considered their deliberations and conclusions in connection with their recent approval of the Subadvisory Contract, including with respect to (i) the nature, extent and quality of the Subadviser’s services; (ii) the investment performance of each Fund; (iii) the subadvisory fees paid by IAM to the Subadviser relative to each Fund’s Broadridge peer group; and (iv) the direct and indirect benefits to the Subadviser from its relationship with the Funds, including reputational and other “fall out” benefits.The Trustees noted that they had approved the continuation of the Subadvisory Contract for the Funds at their June 12-13, 2019 meeting, after evaluating materials provided in connection with the contract review process at their March and June 2019 meetings.

 

Conclusions. Based on the foregoing and other relevant considerations, the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the Subadvisory Contract. Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously concluded that approval of the Subadvisory Contract would be in the best interests of shareholders of each Fund.

 

 

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Management of the Funds (Unaudited)

 

 

Interested Trustees and Officers

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

Joseph Keefe (66)

Trust I: Trustee, Chief Executive Officer
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Trustee, Chief Executive Officer
(since 2013)

Chief Executive Officer (2005-2018) and President (2006-present) of IAM; Chief Executive Officer of PEM (2014-present); member of the Board of Impax Asset Management Ltd. and Impax Asset Management (AIFM) Ltd. (2018 - present); member of the Boards of Directors of Women Thrive Alliance (2009-2018) and New Hampshire Public Radio (2017 - present); Co-Chair of the Leadership Group of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (2014-present).

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Lindsey Brace Martinez
(52)

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2018)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2019)

Director, Seven Islands Management Co. (2018-present); Founder and Principal, Starpoint Advisors, LLC (2015-present); Director, Impax Asset Management Group plc (2015-present); Managing Director, Head of Global Client Service and Relations, Cambridge Associates (2009-2015); Chair of the Board of Directors, Novatus Energy, LLC (2016-present); Board Member, Yale Center for Business and Environment (2014-present); Investment Sub-Committee Member, National Geographic Society (2015-present); Member, Advisory Council, Quebec Labrador Foundation (2012-present).

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John Boese
(56)

Trust I: Chief Compliance Officer
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Chief Compliance Officer
(since 2013)

Chief Compliance Officer of IAM (2006-present) and of PEM (2014-present).

N/A

 

 

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Interested Trustees and Officers, continued

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

Maureen Conley (57)

Trust I: Secretary
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Secretary
(since 2013)

Senior Vice President of Shareholder Services/Operations for IAM (2005-present).

N/A

Alicia K. DuBois (60)

Trust I: Treasurer
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Treasurer
(since 2013)

Chief Financial Officer for IAM (2006-present) and for PEM (2014-present).

N/A

Robert Silva (53)

Trust I: Assistant Treasurer (Since 2015)

 

Trust III: Assistant Treasurer (Since 2015)

Director of Fund Administration for IAM (2014-present) and for PEM (2014-present).

N/A

 

 

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Disinterested Trustees

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

Adrian P. Anderson
(65)2

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2007)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2013)

Tax Accountant at Shwiff, Levy & Polo, LLP (2018-present); Chief Executive Officer and Consultant of North Point Advisors, LLC (2004-present).

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Anne M. Goggin (70)2

Trust I and Trust III: Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
(since 2019)

 

Trust I and Trust III: Trustee
(since 2017)

Trustee of RS Investment Trust and RS Variable Products Trust (2006-2016); attorney; Retired, Chief Counsel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, an insurance company; Member, Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (2012-present).

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Cynthia Hargadon
(64)3

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2013)

Trustee of Pax World Funds Trust II (2008-2014); Senior Consultant and Partner of North Point Advisors, LLC (2010-present).

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D’Anne Hurd (69)2

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2015)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2015)

Board Advisor, National Association of Corporate Directors, and private investor (2011-present); Chairman of the Board, Monzite Corporation (2013-2016); member of the Board of Directors, Audit (Chair) and Nominating and Governance Committees, Peckham Industries, Inc. (2013-present); member of the Board of Directors and Audit Committee of Martin Engineering, Inc. (2019-present); Business Advisory Board member, Myomo, Inc. (2012-2017).

11

 

 

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Disinterested Trustees, continued

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

John L. Liechty (65)3

Trust I: Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2014); Trustee (since 2009)

 

Trust III: Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2014); Trustee (since 2013)

Principal, Integrated Investment Solutions (2009-present); Principal, Integrated Financial Planning Solutions, LLC (2010-present).

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Nancy S. Taylor (64)3

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2013)

Senior Minister & CEO, Old South Church in Boston (2005-present); Advisory Board, Yale Divinity School (2010-present); Advisory Board, Idaho Human Rights Education Center (2009-present); Board of Managers, Old South Meeting House (2005-present); Trustee Emeritus, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (2011-present).

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1

A Trustee of the Funds holds office until a successor is chosen and qualified. An Officer of the Funds is appointed by the respective Board of Trustees and holds office until a successor is chosen and qualified.

 

2

Designates a member of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has the responsibility of overseeing the establishment and maintenance of an effective financial control environment, for overseeing the procedures for evaluating the system of internal accounting control and for evaluating audit performance. The committee met three times in 2019.

 

3

Designates a member of the Governance and Compliance Committee. The Governance and Compliance Committee is responsible for considering and recommending Board candidates, reviewing and recommending Board compensation, and overseeing regulatory and fiduciary compliance matters. The committee met three times in 2019.

 

 

 

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Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

 

The percentages of ordinary income distributed by each of the Funds that is Qualified Dividend Income (QDI) and that qualifies for corporate Dividends Received Deduction (DRD) are as follows:

 

 

 

QDI%

   

DRD%

 

Large Cap

    100.00 %     100.00 %

Small Cap

    100.00 %     100.00 %

ESG Beta Quality

    100.00 %     100.00 %

ESG Beta Dividend

    100.00 %     100.00 %

Global Opportunities

    100.00 %     63.75 %

Global Environmental Markets

    100.00 %     100.00 %

Global Women’s Leadership

    100.00 %     61.20 %

EAFE ESG Leaders

    100.00 %     0.00 %

Core Bond

    1.39 %     0.00 %

High Yield Bond

    0.80 %     0.80 %

Sustainable Allocation

    99.54 %     0.00 %

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019 the EAFE ESG Leaders Fund earned foreign source income totaling $19,831,076 and paid $1,662,768 foreign taxes which it intends to pass through to its shareholders.

 

 

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Account Options and Services

 

At Pax World, we are pleased to offer a variety of account options and shareholder services to help meet your investment needs.

 

Types of Accounts

Services

Regular Accounts: Individual, business and trust accounts are available for all Pax World Funds.

 

Traditional IRA Contributions to an IRA may be tax-deductible. Taxes are paid only when funds are withdrawn, when investors may be in a lower tax bracket.

 

Roth IRA Contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible, but after five years some types of withdrawals are tax-free.

 

SIMPLE IRA This is an easy-to maintain retirement plan designed for small businesses.

 

SEP IRA This is an employer funded retirement plan popular with small businesses and self-employed persons.

 

Education Savings Account & Uniform Gift to Minors Account (UGMA) These plans provide excellent ways to save for a child’s education.

Automatic Investment Plan You may arrange to have a fixed amount automatically deducted from your checking or savings account and invested in your Pax World account on a monthly or quarterly basis. Automatic investment plans do not assure a profit and do not protect against loss in declining markets.

 

Online Account Access Utilizing a unique ID number and PIN, you can access your Pax World account balances or histories; purchase or redeem fund shares; or make exchanges between different Pax World Funds.

 

www.impaxam.com Learn all about Pax World Funds through our web site. You can check Fund performance, read about our portfolio managers, view Connection—our quarterly newsletter, and see how we voted on various proxies for the companies in our portfolios.

 

Please note that the information contained herein does not constitute tax advice. Always consult your tax advisor before making any tax-related investment decisions.

 

This annual report is intended for shareholders of the Pax World Funds only, and is not authorized for distribution to other persons unless accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Funds’ prospectus contains this and other information about the Funds and may be obtained by calling 800.767.1729, emailing paxfunds@impaxam.com or visiting www.impaxam.com.

 

Distributor: ALPS Distributors, Inc. member of FINRA 2/20.

 

 

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Item 2.Code of Ethics.

 

As of December 31, 2019, the Registrant has adopted a “code of ethics,” as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of this Item 2, that applies to all officers of the Registrant, including Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or by a third party. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 3.Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Adrian Anderson, who serves on the Board’s Audit Committee, qualifies as “audit committee financial expert” as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of this Item 3. The Board also has determined that Mr. Anderson is “independent,” as such term is interpreted by subparagraph (a)(2) of this Item 3. The Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that the designation of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 of the Form N-CSR does not impose on such a person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

 

Item 4.Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $302,325 and $325,000 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $139,930 and $137,492 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively. Fees disclosed under this category are for professional services related to review and execution of federal, state and excise tax returns and advice concerning tax compliance and planning.

 

(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, are $31,850 and $13,200 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

(e) (1) To the extent required by applicable regulations, the Audit Committee approves in advance all audit and non-audit services rendered to the Registrant by the independent registered public accounting firm and all non-audit services to the Registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.

 

(2) With respect to the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item, no amount was approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of


Regulation S-X and no amount was required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, or to the Registrant’s investment adviser, or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant totaled $0 and $0, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, respectively.

 

(h) Not applicable.

 

Item 5.Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.Schedule of Investments.

 

A complete series of schedules of investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1.

 

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.Purchase 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 shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.

 

Item 11.Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) It is the conclusion of the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer (or persons performing similar functions), based on an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) (the “Disclosure Controls”) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR, that the design and operation of the Disclosure Controls are effective to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this report on Form N-CSR has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report on Form N-CSR 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 Companies

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13.Exhibits.

 

  (a) (1) The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed with the registrant’s annual Form N-CSR.
       
    (2) Certifications of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached.
       
    (3) Written solicitation to repurchase securities issued by closed-end companies: not applicable.

 

(b)Certification of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

 

 

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) Pax World Funds Series Trust I  
     
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Joseph F. Keefe  
  Joseph F. Keefe, President  
     
Date February 18, 2020  
   
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/ Joseph F. Keefe  
  Joseph F. Keefe, President (Principal Executive Officer)  
     
Date February 18, 2020  
     
By (Signature and Title) /s/ Alicia DuBois  
  Alicia K. DuBois, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)  
     
Date February 18, 2020