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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund

 

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Common Stocks – 99.0% of Net Assets

 
   Aerospace & Defense – 1.7%

 

  101,998      Boeing Co. (The)(a)    $ 12,349,918  
     

 

 

 
   Air Freight & Logistics – 0.6%

 

  47,596      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      4,203,203  
     

 

 

 
   Automobiles – 3.5%

 

         456,300      General Motors Co.      14,642,667  
  42,271      Tesla, Inc.(a)      11,212,383  
     

 

 

 
          25,855,050  
     

 

 

 
   Banks – 3.8%

 

  341,105      Citigroup, Inc.      14,213,845  
  328,000      Wells Fargo & Co.      13,192,160  
     

 

 

 
        27,406,005  
     

 

 

 
   Beverages – 2.9%

 

  14,070      Boston Beer Co., Inc. (The), Class A(a)      4,553,756  
  187,263      Monster Beverage Corp.(a)      16,284,390  
     

 

 

 
        20,838,146  
     

 

 

 
   Biotechnology – 4.2%

 

  57,635      Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)      11,536,222  
  44,269      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)      3,752,683  
  70,326      CRISPR Therapeutics AG(a)      4,595,804  
  15,759      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)      10,855,902  
     

 

 

 
        30,740,611  
     

 

 

 
   Capital Markets – 11.2%

 

  227,445      Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      16,346,472  
  15,720      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      6,289,729  
  42,000      Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)      12,308,100  
  104,300      Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.      9,423,505  
  353,300      KKR & Co., Inc.      15,191,900  
  13,134      MSCI, Inc.      5,539,790  
  98,450      SEI Investments Co.      4,828,973  
  192,000      State Street Corp.      11,675,520  
     

 

 

 
        81,603,989  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Finance – 3.6%

 

  543,800      Ally Financial, Inc.      15,133,954  
  120,785      Capital One Financial Corp.      11,132,753  
     

 

 

 
        26,266,707  
     

 

 

 
   Entertainment – 5.4%

 

  131,741      Netflix, Inc.(a)      31,017,101  
  93,310      Walt Disney Co. (The)(a)      8,801,932  
     

 

 

 
        39,819,033  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.4%

 

  16,980      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)    $ 3,182,731  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Providers & Services – 1.5%

 

  59,400      HCA Healthcare, Inc.      10,917,126  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care Technology – 1.8%

 

         222,129      Doximity, Inc., Class A(a)      6,712,739  
  38,815      Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A(a)      6,399,817  
     

 

 

 
          13,112,556  
     

 

 

 
   Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.6%

 

  6,450      Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)      10,598,705  
  88,703      Starbucks Corp.      7,474,115  
  102,974      Yum China Holdings, Inc.      4,873,759  
  34,023      Yum! Brands, Inc.      3,618,006  
     

 

 

 
        26,564,585  
     

 

 

 
   Insurance – 3.0%

 

  188,955      American International Group, Inc.      8,971,583  
  63,900      Willis Towers Watson PLC      12,840,066  
     

 

 

 
        21,811,649  
     

 

 

 
   Interactive Media & Services – 11.0%

 

  322,540      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)      30,850,951  
  67,738      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)      6,513,009  
  205,139      Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a)      27,833,259  
  661,700      Pinterest, Inc., Class A(a)      15,417,610  
     

 

 

 
        80,614,829  
     

 

 

 
   Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 5.2%

 

  56,093      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)      4,486,879  
  296,700      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      33,527,100  
     

 

 

 
        38,013,979  
     

 

 

 
   IT Services – 7.4%

 

  65,590      Block, Inc.(a)      3,606,794  
  167,500      Fiserv, Inc.(a)      15,672,975  
  42,300      Gartner, Inc.(a)      11,703,987  
  62,642      PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)      5,391,597  
  120,470      Shopify, Inc., Class A(a)      3,245,462  
  83,095      Visa, Inc., Class A      14,761,827  
     

 

 

 
        54,382,642  
     

 

 

 
   Life Sciences Tools & Services – 0.8%

 

  32,312      Illumina, Inc.(a)      6,164,806  
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 1.9%

 

  11,248      Deere & Co.      3,755,595  
  41,400      Parker-Hannifin Corp.      10,031,634  
     

 

 

 
        13,787,229  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
   Media – 2.6%

 

  35,410      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)    $ 10,741,624  
         271,880      Comcast Corp., Class A      7,974,240  
     

 

 

 
        18,715,864  
     

 

 

 
   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.7%

 

  485,141      APA Corp.      16,586,971  
  159,938      EOG Resources, Inc.      17,869,873  
     

 

 

 
          34,456,844  
     

 

 

 
   Pharmaceuticals – 2.8%

 

  115,594      Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR      8,786,300  
  40,430      Novo Nordisk A/S, Sponsored ADR      4,028,041  
  179,902      Roche Holding AG, Sponsored ADR      7,307,619  
     

 

 

 
        20,121,960  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Management & Development – 1.6%

 

  169,900      CBRE Group, Inc., Class A(a)      11,469,949  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.7%

 

  106,501      NVIDIA Corp.      12,928,156  
  61,013      QUALCOMM, Inc.      6,893,249  
     

 

 

 
        19,821,405  
     

 

 

 
   Software – 9.3%

 

  65,883      Autodesk, Inc.(a)      12,306,944  
  42,479      Microsoft Corp.      9,893,359  
  369,285      Oracle Corp.      22,552,235  
  117,260      Salesforce, Inc.(a)      16,866,679  
  43,906      Workday, Inc., Class A(a)      6,683,371  
     

 

 

 
        68,302,588  
     

 

 

 
   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.4%

 

  447,209      Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)      2,973,940  
     

 

 

 
   Tobacco – 1.4%

 

  247,100      Altria Group, Inc.      9,977,898  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $681,500,312)
     723,475,242  
     

 

 

 


Principal
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Short-Term Investments – 2.0%

 
$ 14,280,577      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2022 at 1.100% to be repurchased at $14,281,887 on 10/03/2022 collateralized by $14,853,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 3.500% due 9/15/2025 valued at $14,566,382 including accrued interest(b) (Identified Cost $14,280,577)      14,280,577  
     

 

 

 
               
   Total Investments – 101.0%
(Identified Cost $695,780,889)
   $ 737,755,819  
   Other assets less liabilities – (1.0)%      (7,080,484
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 730,675,335  
     

 

 

 

 

(†)

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

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

Exchange traded equity securities for which there is no reported sale during the day are fair valued at the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are fair valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be fair valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are fair valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers. Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to fair value debt and unlisted equities where an independent pricing service is unable to price an investment or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the investment.

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

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

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of September 30, 2022, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

ADR

An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.


Fair Value Measurements

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

 

   

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

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The Fund’s pricing policies have been approved by the Board of Trustees. Investments for which market quotations are readily available are categorized in Level 1. Other investments for which an independent pricing service is utilized are categorized in Level 2. Broker-dealer bid prices for which the Fund has knowledge of the inputs used by the broker-dealer are categorized in Level 2. All other investments, including broker-dealer bid prices for which the Fund does not have knowledge of the inputs used by the broker-dealer, as well as investments fair valued by the valuation designee, are categorized in Level 3. All Level 2 and 3 securities are defined as being fair valued.

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


The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2022, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 723,475,242      $ —        $ —        $ 723,475,242  

Short-Term Investments

     —          14,280,577        —          14,280,577  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 723,475,242      $ 14,280,577      $ —        $ 737,755,819  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

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


Industry Summary at September 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Capital Markets

     11.2

Interactive Media & Services

     11.0  

Software

     9.3  

IT Services

     7.4  

Entertainment

     5.4  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     5.2  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.7  

Biotechnology

     4.2  

Banks

     3.8  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.6  

Consumer Finance

     3.6  

Automobiles

     3.5  

Insurance

     3.0  

Beverages

     2.9  

Pharmaceuticals

     2.8  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     2.7  

Media

     2.6  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     12.1  

Short-Term Investments

     2.0  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     101.0  

Other assets less liabilities

     (1.0
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0