N-CSR 1 d237149dncsr.htm ADVISORS' INNER CIRCLE FUND III Advisors' Inner Circle Fund III

 

 

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 811-22920

 

 

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 446-3863

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2022

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2022

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.

A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) (17 CFR § 270.30e-1), is attached hereto.

 


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Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Fund    Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund
Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund    Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund
Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund    Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund
Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index Fund    Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund
Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund

Annual Report | October 31, 2022

 

 

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

 

 

    


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TABLE OF CONTENTS        
Letter to Shareholders     1  
Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance     4  
Schedules of Investments     14  
Glossary     60  
Statements of Assets and Liabilities     61  
Statements of Operations     63  
Statements of Changes in Net Assets     65  
Financial Highlights     74  
Notes to Financial Statements     77  
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm     94  
Trustees and Officers of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III     95  
Disclosure of Fund Expenses     99  

Notice to Shareholders

 

   

 

101

 

 

 

 

The Funds file their complete schedules of investments with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT (Form N-Q for filings prior to March 31, 2020). The Funds’ Forms N-Q and Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to fund securities, as well as information relating to how the Funds voted proxies relating to fund securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-844-523-8637; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at https:// www.sec.gov.


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LETTER TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)

Dear Fellow Shareholders:

Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors, LLC is pleased to present this annual report for Knights of Columbus Funds for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022. The markets and the economy moved from a heavy focus on Covid to a renewed focus on inflation. I recently found the text of a speech I gave in 2012 and commented that the Fed was aggressively creating liquidity to avoid a deflationary environment. The last major bout of inflation in the United States occurred in the early 1980s when former Fed Chair Paul Volcker raised the Federal Funds Rate to over 20% to choke off energy-led inflationary effects from the late 1970s. I have often commented that the cure for inflation is well known and highly effective, albeit, quite painful. The antidote for deflation is not known and we watched Japan battle deflation for decades. While one cannot completely induce spending, one can put the brakes on excess inflation by driving the cost of money so high that a recessionary environment cancels both growth and inflation. The tremendous stimulus, some may argue excessive stimulus, kept the economy afloat during the early days of Covid. However, the continuous rounds of stimulus and low-interest rates served as the tinder to control the high inflation we have been experiencing. Today (November 10, 2022), the CPI was released, and the headline annual inflation number was 50 basis points below last month’s inflation reading and the bond and stock markets rallied. There is much to do, but we may have put a cap on inflation. A continuing concern is that an attempt to quickly shift to renewable energy has caused energy prices to rise substantially over the last year and this issue is not solved. We believe this will be a headwind for the economy and the capital markets as we continue into 2023.

Over the trailing twelve months, the equity markets saw strong results with the Russell 1000® Growth Index returning -24.6%, the Russell 1000® Value Index returning -7.0%, the Russell 2000® Index returning -18.5%, and the FTSE All-World ex-U.S. Index returning -24.0%. The bond market has been very weak due to rising rates and widening spreads in the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index returned -15.7%, representing core fixed income results, and the Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index returned -4.9%, representing short-duration fixed income.

During the twelve months that ended October 31, 2021, the stock market was concerned that inflation and rising rates caused the cost of capital to rise, and this was much more of a hit to growth stocks versus their value counterparts. The concerns of a recession also hurt consumer sentiment, and this served as a headwind for growth stocks. The Fed has aggressively increased the Fed Funds rate with four hikes of 75 basis points. Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, finished October up 7.7% for the trailing twelve months. When factoring out food and energy, inflation still rose 6.3%. During the last twelve months, the 10-Year Treasury peaked at 4.24% on October 24, 2022, hit a low of 1.35% on December 3, 2021, and ended the fiscal year at 4.05%.

Through the end of the third quarter of 2021, Gross Domestic Product (“GDP”) rose by 2.6% on a year-over-year basis (or more specifically from third quarter 2021 results). With inflation and wages rising, a shortage of workers, and continued kinks in the supply chain, investors were correctly concerned that long-dormant inflation would be back. The Fed initially espoused that inflation would be transitory, but, at KoCAA, we believed some structural issues would extend the inflation story. Other key economic indicators, such as Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization, and Durable Goods Orders are still showing signs of strength. Labor costs, supply chain issues, and energy costs are having a larger impact on the economy.

Unemployment is very low by historic standards and stood at 3.7% in October 2022. The gauge of underemployment stood at 6.8% and we continue to see strong wage growth, albeit a bit more modest than we saw in the summer. Labor costs remain a significant expense and many businesses report that it is very hard to find the right employees. The employment picture will need to brighten for stronger economic recovery.

The current political rancor, in our view, is certainly concerning as it feels as though U.S. politics is a zero-sum game with the compromise being a very foreign concept. While the final election results are not in, it appears that we will have a Republican Congress and a likely split Senate. This will make for a very slow legislative period for President Biden’s last two years in his first term.

KoCAA is very thankful for our shareholder base which continues to grow, and our fund family remains above $1 billion in total assets as strong inflows have offset market weakness. We look forward to an even more successful fiscal year in 2023, particularly as KoCAA has launched an Investment Advisor Representative (“IAR”) program that features the Knights of Columbus Funds. The nine proprietary funds included in the IAR program currently represent the broadest array of Catholic funds offered by any single provider. We are proud of what we have built and continue to work hard for our shareholders every day.

As always, we appreciate your confidence in our team and look forward to serving you in the future.

Sincerely,

Anthony V. Minopoli

President & Chief Investment Officer

The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager at a specific point in time and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results nor investment advice.

 

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The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The 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 and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. For performance data current to the most recent month end, please call 1-844-KC-FUNDS or visit www.kofcassetadvisors.org.

Mutual fund investing involves risk. Some mutual funds have more risk than others. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate and shares when sold may be worth more or less than the original cost. Fixed income investments are subject to interest rate risk, and their value will decline as interest rates rise. Asset allocation and diversification do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets. There is no guarantee a fund’s objectives will be achieved. The risks associated with each fund are explained more fully in each fund’s respective prospectus. Investors should consult with their attorney, accountant, and/or tax professional for advice concerning their particular situation.

 

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Definitions of Comparative Indices

Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index

The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based flagship benchmark that measures the investment grade, US dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market. The index includes Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS and CMBS (agency and non-agency). Provided the necessary inclusion rules are met, US Aggregate eligible securities also contribute to the multi-currency Global Aggregate Index and the US Universal Index, which includes high yield and emerging markets debt. The US Aggregate Bond Index was created in 1986.

Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index

The Bloomberg US Government/Credit Index is the non-securitized component of the US Aggregate Index and was the first macro index launched by Capital. The US Government/Credit Index includes Treasuries (i.e., public obligations of the US Treasury that have remaining maturities of more than one year), government-related issues (i.e., agency, sovereign, supranational, and local authority debt), and corporates. The US Government/Credit Index was launched on January 1, 1979 and is a subset of the US Aggregate Index. The 1-3 year index includes all medium and larger issues of US government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 3 years and are publicly issued.

Russell 1000® Growth Index

The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large-cap growth segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values. The Russell 1000® Growth Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap growth segment. The Russell 1000® Growth Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are included and that the represented companies continue to reflect growth characteristics.

Russell 1000® Value Index

The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values. The Russell 1000® Value Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased barometer for the large-cap value segment. The Russell 1000® Value Index is completely reconstituted annually to ensure new and growing equities are included and that the represented companies continue to reflect value characteristics.

Russell 2000® Index

The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the US 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 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 2000® Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set.

FTSE All-World ex-US Index

The FTSE All-World ex-US Index is one of a number of indexes designed to help investors benchmark their international investments. The index comprises Large and Mid-cap stocks providing coverage of Developed and Emerging Markets excluding the US. The index is derived from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS), which covers 98% of the world’s investable market capitalization.

S&P 500 Index

The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic stock market through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.

FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index

FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index contains all Equity REITs not designated as Timber REITs or Infrastructure REITs. Prior to December 2010, the index included Timber REITs and Infrastructure REITs.

Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index

Adheres to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Socially Responsible Investment Guidelines (“USCCB Guidelines”). The Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index consists of all common stocks and real estate investment trusts in the Solactive US Broad Market Index excluding companies that are determined by Institutional Shareholder Services to be involved with enterprises that conflict with the USCCB Guidelines. The Market Index includes the 3,000 U.S. companies with the largest free-float market capitalizations.

HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index

The HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index employs sophisticated quantitative techniques of analyzing price data to ascertain information about future price movement and relationships between securities, select securities for purchase and sale. These can include both Factor-based and Statistical Arbitrage/Trading Strategies.

EBITDA

EBITDA is a statistic used to assess a company’s operating performance. It is a proxy for the cash flow generated by its complete operations.

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Fund

The Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index (USD) returned -4.88% for the year ended October 31, 2022. Most sectors underperformed as investors shied away from risk while the Federal Reserve (Fed) increased rates. Financials were the worst-performing sector in the Index.

The Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Fund I Shares returned –4.94% for the year, slightly lagging the benchmark. The primary driver of the portfolio underperformance for the year ended October 31, 2022, was our continued overweight allocation to spread product. Within our allocations, the largest contributors to the poor performance were the fund’s overweight to the Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities sectors. This was the result of rising interest rates, which lengthened durations on mortgage securities, and a reduction in risk sentiment which induced wider spreads for asset-backed securities. Providing some offset to this was the fund’s overweight allocation to the Financials sector, which outperformed the index’s Financials return.

The Fed has been focused on beating back inflation, which accelerated to a peak rate of 9.1% annual increase in June and now stands at 7.7% compared to 6.2% a year ago. This, combined with a tight labor market, caused them to aggressively raise interest rates this year as they followed the initial 25 basis point (bps) hike in March with a 50 bps increase in May then four 75 bps moves higher to bring the Federal Funds rate to 4%. We expect the Fed to moderate rate increases as we approach the level needed to bring inflation back to its 2% long-term target. However, that rate will be determined by the pace at which policy rates flow through to the economy. This fine-tuning is likely to combine with continued headwinds from geopolitical developments and keep volatility elevated. We believe caution is warranted in this environment and issue selection will be key.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1, 2

     One Year
Return
  Three Year
Return
  Five Year
Return
  Annualized
Inception to
Date

I Shares*‡

  -4.94%   -0.56%   0.67%   0.80%

Class S Shares**

  -5.03%   -0.65%   0.58%   0.75%

Bloomberg 1-3 Year

US Government/Credit

Index***

  -4.88%   -0.57%   0.68%   0.78%

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Bond Fund, I Shares versus the Bloomberg 1-3 Year US Government/Credit Index.

 

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* Commenced operations on February 27, 2015. The graph is based on I Shares only; performance for Class S Shares would have been lower due to differences in fee structures.

** Commenced operations on July 14, 2015.

*** Index returns are shown from February 27, 2015. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

‡ See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund Shares.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund

The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index returned -15.68% for the year ended October 31, 2022. All sectors underperformed as investors shied away from risk while the Federal Reserve (Fed) increased rates. Utilities, Financials, and Mortgage-backed Securities (MBS) were the worst-performing sectors in the Index.

The Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund I Shares returned -16.68% for the year, lagging the benchmark. The primary driver of the portfolio underperformance for the year ended October 31, 2022, was our continued overweight allocation to spread product. Within our allocations, the largest contributor to the poor performance was the fund’s overweight to the Financial sector. This was the result of the inversion of the yield curve as spreads between 2-year Treasuries and 10-year Treasuries went from +106 basis points (bps) to -43 bps as short rates rose faster than long rates. This sector was especially hard hit due to the fund’s positions in longer bank issues. Providing some offset to this was the fund’s underweight allocation to the MBS sector.

The Fed has been focused on beating back inflation, which accelerated to a peak rate of 9.1% annual increase in June and now stands at 7.7% compared to 6.2% a year ago. This, combined with a tight labor market, caused them to aggressively raise interest rates this year as they followed the initial 25 basis point (bps) hike in March with a 50 bps increase in May then four 75 bps moves higher to bring the Federal Funds rate to 4%. We expect the Fed to moderate rate increases as we approach the level needed to bring inflation back to its 2% long-term target. However, that rate will be determined by the pace at which policy rates flow through to the economy. This fine-tuning is likely to combine with continued headwinds from geopolitical developments and keep volatility elevated. We believe caution is warranted in this environment and issue selection will be key.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 ,2

    

One

Year
Return

 

Three

Year

Return

 

Five Year

Return

  Annualized
Inception to
Date

I Shares*‡

  -16.68%   -3.85%   -0.57%   0.47%

Class S Shares**

  -16.60%   -3.92%   -0.66%   0.64%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index***   -15.68%   -3.77%   -0.54%   0.32%

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund, I Shares versus the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index.

 

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* Commenced operations on February 27, 2015. The graph is based on I Shares only; performance for Class S Shares would have been lower due to differences in fee structures.

** Commenced operations on July 14, 2015.

*** Index returns are shown from February 27, 2015. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

‡ See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund

The benchmark HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index rose 0.01% from October 29, 2021, through October 31, 2022. The Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund rose 17.55% on a net basis over the same period.

The last 12 months witnessed three significant macroeconomic shocks that rattled markets and led to an environment of significant uncertainty: Inflation reaching levels not seen in 40 years; The Federal Reserve enacting significant interest rate increases; Russia-Ukraine war amplified inflationary trends and fears.

These shocks had a significant negative effect on both equity and bond markets. The S&P 500 declined -14.63% in the 12 months. Bond markets, which have benefitted from 40 years of declining interest rates, also declined sharply. The Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index declined -22.04% during the same period.

Though many may claim they can predict the future, the data suggests they cannot. We are skeptical of pundits and have no idea how the future will unfold. Less than 18 months ago, the conventional and very popular opinion among prognosticators, managers, and most market participants was that “this time it is different” and inflation has been suppressed forever. Low-interest rates were taken for granted allowing firms to adopt debt-driven and money-losing business models and governments to spend their way out of the 2008 recession and the 2020 COVID crisis. Fast forward to today and the world is scrambling to undo the excesses of the last decade.

No matter the short-term political and economic outcome, what we do know is that the global order is irrevocably changing. Offshoring is a thing of the past with reshoring, nearshoring and friend shoring becoming the new corporate supply chain mantra with economic nationalism amplifying these trends. But with these changes come higher costs and inflation.

Modern monetary theory, which was gaining significant traction in the last decade, is now dead. There are consequences to indiscriminate spending. Legendary investor Jean-Marie Eveillard once quipped “If printing money could solve all our problems, we can be sure they would have figured that out already.” 1 Statements like this are self-evident in our view.

Some of our long positions are pricing in the certain collapse of the global economy and the end of globalization. In contrast, our shorts price in an almost certain resumption of Fed rate cuts returning markets to a speculative mode and unrestrained globalization. In our view, this pricing structure is unsustainable regardless of how events unfold.

The rising inflation and the resulting increase in interest rates have led to a shift from “cash is trash” to cash is now a good asset class. We have always believed that cash is a useful asset class. Our reasoning for that belief, however, is different from the newly popular “wisdom.” In our view, the benefit of holding cash in periods when others considered it “trash” was to keep dry powder for when frothy markets inevitably subsided.

 

1 In conversation, quote is an approximation, and he may have been paraphrasing Warren Buffett or Charlie Munger

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1,2
     One Year Return   Annualized Inception to Date

I Shares*

  17.55%   4.51%

HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index**

  0.01%   -1.56%

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund, I Shares versus the HFRX Equity Market Neutral Index.

 

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* Commenced operations on December 2, 2019. The graph is based on I Shares only. The Fund currently only offers I shares.

** Index returns are shown from December 2, 2019. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund Shares.

 

 

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MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund

The Russell 1000® Value Index fell -7.00% for the year ended October 31, 2022. The index peaked in January and has been sliding lower since. Four sectors had positive returns, with Energy being the clear winner finishing higher by 64.9% followed by Consumer Staples, higher by 5.2%. Seven sectors had negative returns with Communication Services and Information Technology the weakest, falling -30.4% and -23.1%, respectively.

The Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund I Shares returned -6.73% during this time frame. The Financials sector helped performance, with most of it coming from the Banks industry group. First Horizon Corp. (+48.2%, 1.7% Avg. Wgt.) rose 48.2%. It was announced that TD Bank will buy First Horizon for a 37% premium of $13.4B in cash. Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (+4.0%, 1.9%) performed well on the back of the Advice and Wealth Management segment. The segment exhibited growing earnings, expanding margins, and strong net interest income.

The Health Care sector detracted from value due to stock selection. Catalent, Inc. (-49.2%, 1.2%) finished down -49.2%. The company has faced pressure from the slowdown in its COVID business as well as macroeconomic headwinds. They recently cut their FY2023 revenue and EBITDA guidance. Exact Sciences Corp. (-63.4%, 0.8%) also detracted value. The stock sold off with many other growth stocks as interest rates continue to march higher. Further, there is a risk that one of Exact Sciences’ competitors will successfully develop a more convenient, blood-based colorectal cancer screening test.

The macroeconomic environment continues to drive movement and volatility in markets. Specific attention remains on central bank policy and rising interest rates as regulators try to tamp down inflation. Adding to the uncertainty are increasing geopolitical tensions, with the Russia/Ukraine war and U.S.-China relations as current hot spots. Given the continued existence of these concerns, we expect to maintain our defensive approach to portfolio construction for the time being. Our focus remains on risk control and stock selection emphasizing companies with stable cash flows, strong balance sheets, and the ability to ride out a turbulent and uncertain economic landscape.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1,2

 

     One
Year
Return
    Three
Year
Return
    Five Year
Return
    Annualized
Inception to
Date
 

I Shares*‡

    -6.73%       7.78%       7.49%       7.59%  

Class S Shares**

    -6.83%       7.67%       7.37%       7.95%  
Russell 1000® Value Index***     -7.00%       7.31%       7.21%       7.37%  

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund, I Shares versus the Russell 1000® Value Index.

 

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* Commenced operations on February 27, 2015. The graph is based on I Shares only; performance for Class S Shares would have been lower due to differences in fee structures.

** Commenced operations on July 14, 2015.

*** Index returns are shown from February 27, 2015. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

‡ See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund

The Russell 1000® Growth Index returned -24.60% for the twelve months ending October 31, 2022, concluding the post-COVID bull market. The market peaked in mid-November 2021 with the sell-off accelerating throughout 2022 as it became clear the Fed intended to tighten monetary policy in an effort to fight soaring inflation. Sector leadership was broad, with just two sectors underperforming; however, the magnitude of the declines and the size of the sectors within the benchmarks (37% collectively) combined to account for nearly 50% of the total benchmark’s decline. Three sectors produced positive returns for the period. Energy (+61.6%) was the top gainer as significant supply/demand imbalances drove prices of fossil fuels higher. Consumer Staples (+2.9%) and Utilities (+2.4%) also gained as investors rotated into defensive holdings. Communication Services (-47.0%) and Consumer Discretionary (-33.1%) led to the declines as investors rotated away from advertising and consumer-spending sensitive companies.

The Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund I Shares underperformed the benchmark index by -3.76% for the year ending October 31, 2022, with the Fund returning -28.36%. Allocation and selection both hurt returns, though a higher-than-average cash balance helped. The largest detractor was stock selection within Health Care (-35.9%), led by Health Care Equipment & Services. Supply chain issues and China’s zero-COVID policy hurt Align Technologies while Contract Research Organization Syneos Health, Inc. dropped after the company cut forward guidance on weaker-than-expected new business awards. On the positive side, stock selection in Consumer Discretionary (-28.9%) helped performance. Health & beauty retailer Ulta Beauty generated positive returns as the company benefitted from post-COVID pent-up demand as daily activity normalized. Additionally, the USCCB restriction on Amazon, Inc. helped performance as the impact of the company’s decline was magnified due to its 6.1% average weight in the index.

We continue to see the macro environment as highly unsettled, with a bias towards weaker economic and profit growth as global central banks continue to fight inflation, energy markets remain unbalanced, food prices remain elevated and discontent in Europe continues. As such, we expect to maintain a defensive posture, though recognize the potential for another rally on a technical bounce, a “pivot” to less-restrictive monetary policy, or a change in the current geopolitical environment.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1,2

 

     One
Year
Return
    Three
Year
Return
   

Five Year

Return

    Annualized
Inception to
Date
 

I Shares*‡

    -28.36%       6.53%       7.69%       7.96%  

Class S Shares**

    -28.39%       6.43%       7.61%       7.98%  
Russell 1000® Growth Index***     -24.60%       11.75%       12.59%       12.34%  

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund, I Shares versus the Russell 1000® Growth Index.

 

LOGO

* Commenced operations on February 27, 2015. The graph is based on I Shares only; performance for Class S Shares would have been lower due to differences in fee structures.

** Commenced operations on July 14, 2015.

*** Index returns are shown from February 27, 2015. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

‡ See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund

The Russell 2000® Index returned -18.54% for the twelve months ending October 31, 2022, concluding the post-COVID bull market. The market peaked in mid-November 2021 with the sell-off accelerating throughout 2022 as it became clear the Fed intended to tighten monetary policy in an effort to fight soaring inflation. Sector leadership was mixed, with six sectors outperforming and five underperforming. Two sectors produced positive returns for the period. Energy (+43.3%) was the top gainer as significant supply/demand imbalances drove prices of fossil fuels higher, while Utilities (+3.7%) also gained as investors rotated into defensive holdings. Communication Services (-41.05%) and Health Care (-31.3%) led the declines as investors rotated away from advertising-spending sensitive companies and biotechnology shares.

The Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund I Shares slightly underperformed the benchmark index by -0.05% for the year ending October 31, 2022, with the Fund returning -18.59%. Allocation decisions, including a higher-than-average cash balance, helped while selection hurt returns. Overall, the portfolio outperformed in seven of eleven sectors. The largest contributor was stock selection within, and an overweight too, Consumer Staples (+16.9%). Three of five holdings produced positive returns, led by distillery MGP Ingredients and wholesale membership club BJs Wholesale. On the negative side, stock selection in Information Technology (-41.2%) detracted the most from performance, with negative attribution mostly centered in Software & Services. Growth-oriented software firms LivePerson, DigitalOcean, and Rapid7 all declined as investors rotated away from high-growth, high-valuation companies.

We continue to see the macro environment as highly unsettled, with a bias towards weaker economic and profit growth as global central banks continue to fight inflation, energy markets remain unbalanced, food prices remain elevated and discontent in Europe continues. As such, we expect to maintain a defensive posture, though recognize the potential for another rally on a technical bounce, a “pivot” to less-restrictive monetary policy, or a change in the current geopolitical environment.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1 2

 

      One Year
Return
     Three Year
Return
     Five Year
Return
     Annualized
Inception to
Date
 

I Shares*‡

     -18.59%        6.44%        4.10%        5.52%  

Class S Shares**

     -18.61%        6.34%        4.01%        4.94%  

Russell 2000® Index***

     -18.54%        7.05%        5.56%        6.81%  

 

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund, I Shares versus the Russell 2000® Index.

 

LOGO

* Commenced operations of February 27, 2015. The graph is based on I Shares only; performance for Class S Shares would have been lower due to differences in fee structures.

** Commenced operations on July 14, 2015.

*** Index returns are shown from February 27, 2015. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

‡ See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index Fund

The broad U.S. stock market, as defined by the Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index®, fell -18.25% from October 29, 2021 – October 31, 2022.

Reflecting this environment, The Knights of Columbus Index Fund fell -18.39% as the portfolio continues to execute on its objective to maintain securities’ weightings in accordance with the index.

The fund, which offers investors exposure to every segment, size, and style of the U.S. equity market that is consistent with USCCB guidelines closely tracked its target index, the Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index®.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1,2

 

    

One

Year
Return

    Annualized
Inception to
Date
 

I Shares*

    -18.39%       7.68%  

Knights of Columbus

   

U.S. All Cap Index®**

    -18.25%       8.10%  

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index Fund, I Shares versus the Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index®.

 

LOGO

* Commenced operations on December 31, 2019. The graph is based on I Shares only. The Fund currently only offers I shares.

** Index returns are shown from December 31, 2019. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when

redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund

U.S. Real estate stocks posted a loss for the period between November 1, 2021 and October 31, 2022, with macroeconomic uncertainty exacerbated by geopolitical tension driving a sell-off in risk assets, including listed real estate shares. The FTSE Nareit Equity REITs Index (the “Index”) had a total return of -18.51%, while the Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund (the “Fund”) generated a total net return of -15.77%, outperforming the Index by 274 basis points.

During the year, despite continued strong industry fundamentals, the REIT market was weighed down by exogenous factors, including:

 

   

Elevated inflation and its potential impact on consumer confidence and the economy;

   

Concerns over the pace/timing of stimulus withdrawal and rate hikes by the U.S. Fed;

   

Geopolitical stress driven by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine; and

   

Covid lockdowns in China exacerbating existing supply chain disruptions

A historical review of listed real estate returns during periods of rising inflation serves as a reminder that real estate values tend to increase with inflation, as rising inflation is typically an indicator of a growing economy – the most important driver of demand for most property types. Additionally, commercial real estate leases often incorporate annual rent escalators, helping to provide additional protection of real estate cash flows during inflationary periods.

Capital markets were also impacted during the period by the continued Russia-Ukraine conflict and the resulting impact on commodity prices and the global supply chain. Higher energy prices, may reduce consumer spending and negatively impact sectors exposed to discretionary spending.

The Fund’s stock selection in the Timber sector was a contributor to relative returns vs. the benchmark. The Fund also benefited from its stock selection in the Office, The Fund’s stock selection in the Lodging, Diversified, Industrial, and certain Specialty sectors were detractors to relative returns. We believe that the sell-off in Specialty property types with strong fundamentals, such as Data Centers and Cell Towers, has presented deep value investment opportunities for the Fund.

Despite the macroeconomic and geopolitical headlines, our outlook for the real estate industry continues to be constructive. Real estate fundamentals and earnings growth remain strong amidst an environment characterized by low supply in many sectors, paired with high construction costs. These factors, along with commercial real estate’s demonstrated performance as an effective hedge against high inflation, bode well for the outlook for owners of high-quality, income-producing, well-located real estate.

Our high conviction, benchmark-agnostic investment approach allows us to maintain a laser-focus on identifying and owning only the highest-quality companies in our investable universe. We have high conviction in our fundamental research and confidence in

the management teams of the companies we own. While capital markets continue to experience transitory periods of market fixation on non-fundamental factors, we believe our portfolio is well-positioned as investor attention turns back to fundamentals.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

Knights of Columbus Assets Advisors serves as Investment Advisor to the Fund and overseas the activities of Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors LLC as the Fund’s investment sub-adviser. Knights of Columbus owns 16.48% of Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors LLC.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1,2

 

     One
Year
Return
    Three
Year
Return
   

Annualized
Inception to

Date

 

I Shares*

    -15.77%       1.26%       2.29%  
FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index**     -18.51%       -0.92%       -0.46%  

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund, I Shares versus the FTSE NAREIT Equity REITs Index.

 

LOGO

* Commenced operations on September 30, 2019. The graph is based on I Shares only. The Fund currently only offers I shares.

** Index returns are shown from September 30, 2019. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly

 

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

12


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FUND PERFORMANCE (Unaudited)

 

Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund

The FTSE All-World ex US Index declined -23.96% for the year ended October 31, 2022, joining most global equity indices that fell in response to rising interest rates, weakening economies, and high inflation. Only one sector had a positive return, with Energy rising 5.4% after benefitting from higher prices due to the Ukraine invasion. Four sectors fell more than 30%, including Real Estate, Consumer Discretionary, Communication Services, and Information Technology. Latin America was the best, and only positive, region, climbing 14.8%. Emerging Asia was the weakest, falling -33.0%, driven by its largest country, China.

The Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund I Shares returned -26.80% over the same time frame. The Information Technology sector experienced the best stock selection. This was the worst-returning sector overall, so success involved avoiding the worst names, like Shopify Inc., which fell -76.5%. There were also good holdings, like Edenred, a French payments company, that rose 16.0%. Energy was also a positive sector for selection and was the opposite corollary to Technology – it was the best-returning sector and winning involved picking very strong names. This included Canadian Natural Resources, up 51.3%, and Equinor ASA, the Norwegian firm that rose 50.0% by being the largest seller of natural gas to Europe.

Consumer Staples was the worst sector for stock selection. Sainsbury PLC, a UK grocer, fell -37.0%. L’Oreal, the French cosmetics firm, was also weak, falling -30.2%, as companies with high valuations fell in response to rising interest rates. Communication Services was also poor. Traditional telecommunications companies are more defensive and held up much better, but companies in the media and entertainment group doing business in China were hit hard. Baidu Inc., down -50.6%, and Netease Inc., down -44.0%, were both hurt by a confluence of factors in China, including a government crackdown on internet companies, the zero-Covid policy, and a weakening economy.

For most of the time period, returns were driven by factors that had not been in place, either at all or to the same degree, during the preceding years, including rising inflation and interest rates as well as influences due to the war in Ukraine. This led to a very different investing environment, or regime, and required some repositioning in the portfolio. We expect low and volatile returns to continue in the near term as much of the world deals additionally with declining economic activity. While we always seek to select the best companies for our portfolio, whatever is best will vary by regime, so the holdings will have to be nimble in the coming quarters.

This material represents the manager’s assessment of the portfolio and market environment at a specific point in time and should not be relied upon by the reader as research or investment advice. Investing involves risk including loss of principal. The information provided herein represents the opinion of the manager and is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice.

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN 1,2

 

     One Year
Return
    Three Year
Return
    Five Year
Return
    Annualized
Inception to
Date
 

I Shares*‡

    -26.80%       -0.76%       -0.22%       2.64%  

Class S Shares**

    -26.88%       -0.88%       -0.37%       2.77%  
FTSE All-World ex-US Index***     -23.96%       -0.87%       0.11%       2.21%  

Comparison of Change in the Value of a $25,000 Investment in the Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund, I Shares versus the FTSE All-World ex-US Index.

 

LOGO

* Commenced operations of February 27, 2015. The graph is based on I Shares only; performance for Class S Shares would have been lower due to differences in fee structures.

** Commenced operations on July 14, 2015.

*** Index returns are shown from February 27, 2015. See definition of comparative index on page 3.

† If the Adviser had not waived a portion of its fee, the Fund’s total return may have been lower.

‡See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

1 The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, may be worth less than its original cost. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a Fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower. Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index. There are no assurances that the Fund will meet its stated objectives. The Fund’s holdings and allocations are subject to change because it is actively managed and should not be considered recommendations to buy individual securities.

2 Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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   LIMITED DURATION FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

 

LOGO

 

Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 43.2%  
     Face Amount      Value  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

2.875%, 06/15/25

   $     27,900,000      $       26,818,875  

2.500%, 04/30/24

     5,300,000        5,136,445  

2.250%, 03/31/24

     9,830,000        9,507,069  

1.500%, 02/15/25

     4,040,000        3,777,558  

0.125%, 01/15/24

     11,356,000        10,754,931  

United States Treasury Bill

     

3.191%, 12/15/22(A)

     5,700,000        5,675,634  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $63,907,570)

        61,670,512  
     

 

 

 
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 42.6%  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.9%  

Bell Canada

     

0.750%, 03/17/24

     548,000        515,467  

Charter Communications Operating

     

4.500%, 02/01/24

     557,000        548,578  

Discovery Communications

     

3.800%, 03/13/24

     606,000        588,671  

NTT Finance

     

0.583%, 03/01/24(B)

     1,131,000        1,063,727  
     

 

 

 
        2,716,443  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 1.6%  

Aptiv

     

2.396%, 02/18/25

     525,000        489,160  

Brunswick

     

0.850%, 08/18/24

     624,000        570,920  

Daimler Finance North America

     

3.650%, 02/22/24(B)

     570,000        559,604  

Genuine Parts

     

1.750%, 02/01/25

     673,000        620,679  
     

 

 

 
        2,240,363  
     

 

 

 
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  
CONSUMER STAPLES —
4.8%
             

7-Eleven

     

0.800%, 02/10/24(B)

   $     1,104,000      $       1,041,115  

Coca-Cola European Partners

     

0.800%, 05/03/24(B)

     763,000        711,456  

Conagra Brands

     

4.300%, 05/01/24

     431,000        424,216  

Constellation Brands

     

4.750%, 11/15/24

     413,000        409,410  

Diageo Capital

     

2.125%, 10/24/24

     1,086,000        1,024,815  

JDE Peet’s

     

0.800%, 09/24/24(B)

     1,216,000        1,103,144  

McCormick

     

3.150%, 08/15/24

     575,000        553,458  

Mondelez International Holdings Netherlands BV

     

2.250%, 09/19/24(B)

     588,000        552,963  

Nestle Holdings

     

0.375%, 01/15/24(B)

     530,000        501,899  

Suntory Holdings

     

2.250%, 10/16/24(B)

     592,000        549,778  
     

 

 

 
        6,872,254  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY — 3.3%              

Chevron USA

     

7.250%, 10/15/23

     449,000        457,521  

Continental Resources

     

3.800%, 06/01/24

     592,000        570,540  

Devon Energy

     

5.250%, 09/15/24

     592,000        590,631  

Enbridge

     

2.500%, 02/14/25

     673,000        628,842  

Energy Transfer

     

3.900%, 05/15/24

     691,000        671,351  

Hess

     

3.500%, 07/15/24

     741,000        714,541  

MarkWest Energy Partners

     

4.500%, 07/15/23

     516,000        507,883  

Western Midstream Operating

     

3.950%, 06/01/25

     673,000        638,192  
     

 

 

 
        4,779,501  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 14.8%              

Ally Financial

     

3.875%, 05/21/24

     1,365,000        1,318,165  

Antares Holdings

     

6.000%, 08/15/23(B)

     584,000        575,322  

Ares Capital

     

4.200%, 06/10/24

     566,000        544,509  

Banco Santander

     

0.701%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 1 Yr + 0.450%, 06/30/24(C)

     718,000        689,421  

Bank of Montreal MTN

     

1.500%, 01/10/25

     987,000        905,093  

Bank of Nova Scotia

     

0.700%, 04/15/24

     610,000        569,352  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LIMITED DURATION FUND
     OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  
FINANCIALS — continued  

0.650%, 07/31/24

   $  610,000      $  561,630  

BlackRock TCP Capital

     

3.900%, 08/23/24

     1,140,000        1,078,783  

Blackstone Private Credit Fund

     

1.750%, 09/15/24

     812,000        742,697  

Capital One Financial

     

3.300%, 10/30/24

     566,000        539,581  

Charles Schwab

     

7.602%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.820%(C)(D)

     368,000        368,000  

Citigroup

     

4.042%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.100%, 05/17/24(C)

     857,000        856,939  

Discover Financial Services

     

3.950%, 11/06/24

     557,000        536,810  

Emera US Finance

     

0.833%, 06/15/24

     875,000        806,614  

Equitable Financial Life Global Funding

     

1.100%, 11/12/24(B)

     619,000        567,149  

F&G Global Funding

     

0.900%, 09/20/24(B)

     943,000        856,825  

Franklin BSP Lending

     

4.850%, 12/15/24(B)

     628,000        584,921  

FS KKR Capital

     

4.625%, 07/15/24

     584,000        560,733  

Goldman Sachs Group

     

3.711%, U.S. SOFR + 0.790%, 12/09/26(C)

     512,000        491,489  

Golub Capital BDC

     

3.375%, 04/15/24

     588,000        559,648  

Main Street Capital

     

5.200%, 05/01/24

     557,000        543,283  

National Bank of Canada MTN

     

0.550%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 1 Yr + 0.400%, 11/15/24(C)

     1,100,000        1,042,528  

Owl Rock Capital

     

5.250%, 04/15/24

     561,000        550,197  

PNC Bank

     

2.500%, 08/27/24

     449,000        427,980  

PNC Financial Services Group

     

8.118%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.678%(C)(D)

     377,000        376,050  

Principal Life Global Funding II

     

1.375%, 01/10/25(B)

     651,000        595,714  

Santander Holdings USA

     

3.500%, 06/07/24

     287,000        275,219  

Sixth Street Specialty Lending

     

3.875%, 11/01/24

     575,000        547,258  

Synchrony Financial

     

4.375%, 03/19/24

     557,000        544,531  

Trinity Acquisition

     

4.625%, 08/15/23

     105,000        104,343  

UBS

     

0.700%, 08/09/24(B)

     1,032,000        948,134  
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  
FINANCIALS — continued  

Webster Financial

     

4.375%, 02/15/24

   $  987,000      $  964,696  

Wells Fargo MTN

     

0.805%, U.S. SOFR + 0.510%, 05/19/25(C)

     584,000        540,468  
     

 

 

 
        21,174,082  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE — 0.7%  

Baxter International

     

1.322%, 11/29/24

     446,000        410,481  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     

1.450%, 11/22/24

     633,000        583,781  
     

 

 

 
        994,262  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 5.6%  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC

     

4.875%, 01/16/24

     242,000        237,524  

Air Lease MTN

     

0.700%, 02/15/24

     552,000        515,505  

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Ser 2015-1 3.700%, 05/01/23

     233,501        225,806  

Canadian Pacific Railway

     

1.350%, 12/02/24

     1,279,000        1,180,361  

CNH Industrial Capital

     

4.200%, 01/15/24

     561,000        551,394  

Daimler Trucks Finance North America

     

1.625%, 12/13/24(B)

     1,275,000        1,172,224  

Georgia-Pacific

     

0.625%, 05/15/24(B)

     539,000        502,162  

Howmet Aerospace

     

5.125%, 10/01/24

     566,000        558,925  

Johnson Controls International

     

3.625%, 07/02/24 (E)

     503,000        488,765  

Lennox International

     

3.000%, 11/15/23

     539,000        525,806  

Penske Truck Leasing LP

     

4.125%, 08/01/23(B)

     444,000        438,242  

Quanta Services

     

0.950%, 10/01/24

     619,000        564,165  

Teledyne Technologies

     

0.950%, 04/01/24

     552,000        516,253  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies

     

4.400%, 03/15/24

     566,000        553,270  
     

 

 

 
        8,030,402  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 2.6%  

Broadcom

     

3.625%, 10/15/24

     516,000        498,888  

Fidelity National Information Services

     

0.600%, 03/01/24

     557,000        523,778  

Infor

     

1.450%, 07/15/23(B)

     485,000        467,512  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — continued  

Microchip Technology

     

0.983%, 09/01/24

   $  359,000      $  329,464  

0.972%, 02/15/24

     530,000        498,613  

Renesas Electronics

     

1.543%, 11/26/24(B)

     862,000        782,688  

Roper Technologies

     

2.350%, 09/15/24

     584,000        554,550  
     

 

 

 
        3,655,493  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 4.3%  

Anglo American Capital

     

3.625%, 09/11/24(B)

     534,000        513,446  

Avery Dennison

     

0.850%, 08/15/24

     628,000        580,646  

Berry Global

     

0.950%, 02/15/24

     539,000        506,902  

Celanese US Holdings

     

3.500%, 05/08/24

     732,000        701,743  

Freeport-McMoRan

     

4.550%, 11/14/24

     898,000        880,365  

Mosaic

     

4.250%, 11/15/23

     575,000        568,250  

Sonoco Products

     

1.800%, 02/01/25

     651,000        601,047  

Steel Dynamics

     

2.800%, 12/15/24

     552,000        522,686  

West Fraser Timber

     

4.350%, 10/15/24(B)

     666,000        646,304  

Westlake

     

0.875%, 08/15/24

     644,000        597,454  
     

 

 

 
        6,118,843  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE — 0.9%  

American Tower

     

0.600%, 01/15/24

     830,000        784,315  

Vornado Realty

     

3.500%, 01/15/25

     516,000        479,589  
     

 

 

 
        1,263,904  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES — 2.1%  

American Electric Power

     

2.031%, 03/15/24

     651,000        621,476  

Black Hills

     

1.037%, 08/23/24

     925,000        853,878  

Dominion Energy

     

3.071%, 08/15/24(E)

     507,000        483,790  

Southern

     

0.600%, 02/26/24

     557,000        524,465  

WEC Energy Group

     

0.800%, 03/15/24

     566,000        532,005  
     

 

 

 
        3,015,614  
     

 

 

 

Total Corporate Obligations (Cost $65,328,473)

        60,861,161  
     

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 6.8%  
     Face Amount      Value  

ABPCI Direct Lending Fund CLO X, Ser 2020-10A, Cl A2A

     

6.393%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.150%, 01/20/32 (B) (C)

   $  1,122,000      $  1,090,130  

Amur Equipment Finance Receivables VII, Ser 2019-1A, Cl A2

     

2.630%, 06/20/24 (B)

     24,506        24,438  

Benefit Street Partners CLO II, Ser 2021-IIA, Cl A2R2

     

5.529%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.450%, 07/15/29 (B) (C)

     539,000        522,749  

Blackrock Mount Adams CLO IX, Ser 2021-9A, Cl A1

     

4.972%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.370%, 09/22/31 (B) (C)

     920,000        894,832  

California Street CLO IX, Ser 2021-9A, Cl AR3

     

5.179%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.100%, 07/16/32 (B) (C)

     592,000        569,874  

Cerberus Loan Funding XXXVI, Ser 2021-6A, Cl B

     

5.829%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.750%, 11/22/33 (B) (C)

     628,000        611,634  

Churchill MMSLF CLO-I, Ser 2021-2A, Cl A

     

5.198%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.450%, 10/01/32 (B) (C)

     1,113,000        1,065,302  

CoreVest American Finance Trust, Ser 2017-1, Cl D

     

4.358%, 10/15/49 (B)

     18,403        18,352  

Fortress Credit Opportunities XI CLO, Ser 2018-11A, Cl A1T

     

5.379%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.300%, 04/15/31 (B) (C)

     1,109,000        1,077,614  

Fortress Credit Opportunities XVII CLO, Ser 2022-17A, Cl B

     

5.814%, TSFR3M + 1.950%, 01/15/30 (B)(C)

     637,000        599,920  

KKR Lending Partners III Clo, Ser 2021-1A, Cl B

     

6.143%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.900%, 10/20/30 (B) (C)

     592,000        553,296  

Nassau, Ser 2017-IIA, Cl AF

     

3.380%, 01/15/30 (B)

     439,675        416,430  

RIN II, Ser 2019-1A, Cl A

     

4.886%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.650%, 09/10/30 (B) (C)

     557,000        543,948  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LIMITED DURATION FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  

VCP CLO II, Ser 2021-2A, Cl A1

     

5.749%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.670%, 04/15/31 (B)(C)

   $ 673,000      $ 662,637  

Wellfleet CLO, Ser 2018-2A, Cl A1R

     

5.383%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.140%, 10/20/28 (B)(C)

     290,060        285,862  

Wellfleet CLO, Ser 2021-1A, Cl BR4

     

5.793%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.550%, 07/20/29 (B)(C)

     592,000        574,110  

Zais CLO VIII, Ser 2018-1A, Cl A

     

5.029%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 0.950%, 04/15/29 (B)(C)

     188,288        185,967  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $10,032,186)

        9,697,095  
     

 

 

 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 4.2%  

BPR Trust, Ser 2021-KEN, Cl B

     

5.362%, ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 1.950%, 02/15/29 (B)(C)

     723,000        700,743  

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2021-2R, Cl A2

     

1.106%, 07/27/54 (B)

     131,980        113,713  

COMM Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013- CR10, Cl ASB

     

3.795%, 08/10/46

     120,947        120,258  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015- K48, Cl C

     

3.646%, 08/25/48 (B)(C)

     718,000        671,795  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017- K729, Cl B

     

3.673%, 11/25/49 (B)(C)

     750,000        714,140  

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2022-PJ2, Cl A7

     

2.500%, 06/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,176,769        1,055,600  

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2022-PJ3, Cl A7

     

2.500%, 08/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,040,938        948,658  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-IVR6, Cl AM

     

3.836%, 07/25/44 (B)(C)

     42,374        42,217  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2016-2, Cl A1

     

3.947%, 06/25/46 (B)(C)

     50,419        45,971  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2016-5, Cl A1

     

4.048%, 12/25/46 (B)(C)

     106,505        100,240  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-4, Cl A12

     

3.000%, 10/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,256,159        1,139,141  
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013- 4, Cl B3

     

3.442%, 04/25/43 (C)

   $ 79,765      $ 72,241  

Verus Securitization Trust, Ser 2021-1, Cl A2

     

1.052%, 01/25/66 (B)(C)

     222,952        172,844  
     

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $6,450,086)

        5,897,561  
     

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED

OBLIGATIONS — 0.0%

 

FHLMC

     

6.000%, 01/01/37

     879        885  

6.000%, 11/01/37

     1,051        1,062  

5.500%, 07/01/34

     1,462        1,447  

4.000%, 03/01/39

     2,853        2,665  

FHLMC, Ser 2004-2746, Cl BG

     

5.000%, 02/15/24

     6,324        6,289  

FNMA

     

6.000%, 05/01/36

     292        303  

6.000%, 08/01/36

     271        278  

5.500%, 07/01/38

     2,388        2,413  

GNMA

     

6.000%, 03/15/32

     644        672  

6.000%, 09/15/33

     4,551        4,735  

6.000%, 09/15/37

     1,845        1,946  

5.500%, 06/15/38

     727        731  

5.000%, 06/15/33

     1,155        1,150  
     

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $26,293)

        24,576  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 96.8%
(Cost $145,744,608)

 

   $      138,150,905  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $142,772,184.

 

(A)

Zero coupon security. The rate shown on the Schedule of Investments is the security’s effective yield at the time of purchase.

(B)

Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under section 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and maybe sold only to dealers in the program or other “accredited investors”. The total value of these securities at October 31, 2022 was $30,136,486 and represented 21.1% of Net Assets.

(C)

Variable or floating rate security. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. The rates on certain securities are not based on published reference rates and spreads and are either determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions; by using a formula based on the rates of underlying loans; or by adjusting periodically based on prevailing interest rates.

(D)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(E)

Step coupon security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond) or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LIMITED DURATION FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

As of October 31, 2022, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 2, in accordance with the authoritative guidance of fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   CORE BOND FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

LOGO

 

Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 38.1%  
     Face Amount     Value  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

    

3.750%, 08/15/41

   $ 6,900,000     $ 6,325,090  

3.000%, 05/15/45

     1,725,000       1,360,661  

3.000%, 08/15/52

     250,000       200,195  

2.875%, 05/15/52

     3,000,000       2,328,281  

2.250%, 08/15/46

     4,100,000       2,774,867  

1.875%, 11/15/51

     1,300,000       791,883  

1.250%, 05/15/50

     1,850,000       953,256  

U.S. Treasury Notes

    

3.875%, 09/30/29

     2,500,000       2,455,469  

2.750%, 05/31/29

     3,000,000       2,746,992  

2.750%, 08/15/32

     3,500,000       3,131,953  

2.625%, 05/31/27

     9,900,000       9,227,496  

1.500%, 02/15/25

     940,000       878,937  

1.375%, 11/15/31

     1,000,000       797,891  

0.625%, 05/15/30

     1,000,000       777,031  

0.250%, 05/15/24

     500,000       467,617  

0.250%, 09/30/25

     400,000       355,094  

United States Treasury Bills

    

3.191%, 12/15/22(A)

     7,000,000       6,970,077  

2.600%, 06/15/23(A)

         13,500,000           13,144,262  
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations

(Cost $62,192,685)

       55,687,052  
    

 

 

 
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 30.3%  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 1.2%  

Comcast

    

2.887%, 11/01/51

     314,000       188,638  

2.650%, 02/01/30

     240,000       200,672  

Discovery Communications

    

4.125%, 05/15/29

     635,000       536,288  

NBN MTN

    

2.625%, 05/05/31(B)

     600,000       466,382  
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — continued  

Verizon Communications

    

3.875%, 02/08/29

   $ 480,000     $ 436,295  
    

 

 

 
           1,828,275  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 1.1%  

7-Eleven

    

2.800%, 02/10/51(B)

     940,000       533,206  

General Motors Financial

    

4.000%, 10/06/26

     65,000       59,733  

Mars

    

2.375%, 07/16/40(B)

     540,000       345,188  

Tiffany

    

4.900%, 10/01/44

     759,000       640,517  
    

 

 

 
       1,578,644  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.7%  

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide

 

4.750%, 01/23/29

     300,000       291,815  

Bacardi

    

5.150%, 05/15/38(B)

     520,000       435,827  

Bunge Finance

    

3.250%, 08/15/26

     250,000       228,126  

1.630%, 08/17/25

     250,000       223,794  

Conagra Brands

    

4.600%, 11/01/25

     465,000       451,626  

JBS USA LUX

    

3.000%, 05/15/32(B)

     695,000       510,174  

Mondelez International

    

1.500%, 02/04/31

     535,000       394,167  
    

 

 

 
       2,535,529  
    

 

 

 
ENERGY — 1.9%  

Boardwalk Pipelines

    

4.800%, 05/03/29

     480,000       436,838  

Chevron USA

    

8.000%, 04/01/27

     250,000       284,679  

Eastern Gas Transmission & Storage

 

3.000%, 11/15/29

     560,000       471,066  

Energy Transfer Operating

    

2.900%, 05/15/25

     415,000       385,236  

Gray Oak Pipeline

    

2.000%, 09/15/23(B)

     365,000       353,234  

MarkWest Energy Partners

    

4.875%, 06/01/25

     375,000       361,846  

Rockies Express Pipeline

    

3.600%, 05/15/25(B)

     480,000       446,400  
    

 

 

 
       2,739,299  
    

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 12.3%  

Antares Holdings

    

3.950%, 07/15/26(B)

     700,000       595,668  

Ares Capital

    

4.250%, 03/01/25

     570,000       534,328  

Ares Finance II

    

3.250%, 06/15/30(B)

     645,000       518,082  

Bain Capital Specialty Finance

    

2.950%, 03/10/26

     600,000       507,379  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   CORE BOND FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  
FINANCIALS — continued             

Bank of Montreal

    

3.803%, USD Swap Semi 30/360 5 Yr Curr + 1.432%, 12/15/32(C)

   $ 825,000     $     707,362  

Blackstone Private Credit Fund

    

2.625%, 12/15/26

     680,000       558,158  

Brookfield Finance

    

4.250%, 06/02/26

     705,000       668,981  

Carlyle Finance Subsidiary

    

3.500%, 09/19/29(B) CI Financial

     650,000       538,179  

3.200%, 12/17/30

     910,000       658,363  

Deutsche Bank NY

    

3.742%, U.S. SOFR +

    

2.257%, 01/07/33(C)

     750,000       510,585  

E*TRADE Financial

    

3.800%, 08/24/27

     855,000       783,046  

First Republic Bank

    

4.375%, 08/01/46

     270,000       196,144  

Franklin BSP Lending

    

3.250%, 03/30/26

     587,000       503,296  

FS KKR Capital

    

3.125%, 10/12/28

     675,000       516,962  

Goldman Sachs Group

    

3.711%, U.S. SOFR +

    

0.790%, 12/09/26(C)

     520,000       499,169  

Hercules Capital

    

3.375%, 01/20/27

     800,000       662,384  

Legg Mason

    

5.625%, 01/15/44

     685,000       619,813  

MSCI

    

3.250%, 08/15/33(B)

     505,000       390,389  

National Australia Bank

    

3.347%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr + 1.700%, 01/12/37(B)(C)

     750,000       555,712  

Neuberger Berman Group

    

4.500%, 03/15/27(B)

     970,000       907,992  

Nuveen Finance

    

4.125%, 11/01/24(B)

     400,000       387,397  

Owl Rock Technology Finance

    

3.750%, 06/17/26(B)

     555,000       476,933  

PennantPark Floating Rate Capital

    

4.250%, 04/01/26

     650,000       572,531  

PennantPark Investment

    

4.000%, 11/01/26

     750,000       632,921  

Raymond James Financial

    

3.750%, 04/01/51

     610,000       414,599  

Santander Holdings USA

    

3.450%, 06/02/25 2.490%, U.S. SOFR + 1.249%, 01/06/28(C)

    
200,000
750,000
 
 
   
186,743
620,856
 
 

Sixth Street Specialty Lending

    

4.500%, 01/22/23

     370,000       368,870  

3.875%, 11/01/24

     115,000       109,452  
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  
FINANCIALS — continued             

Stifel Financial

    

4.250%, 07/18/24

   $ 445,000     $ 434,393  

Synchrony Financial

    

4.250%, 08/15/24

     345,000       333,078  

Texas Capital Bancshares

    

4.000%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr + 3.150%, 05/06/31(C)

     825,000       714,380  

UBS Group

    

3.179%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 1 Yr + 1.100%, 02/11/43(B)(C)

     555,000       340,125  

Willis North America

    

3.600%, 05/15/24

     415,000       401,579  

Zions Bancorp

    

3.250%, 10/29/29

     750,000       600,795  
    

 

 

 
           18,026,644  
    

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 3.6%             

American Airlines Pass-Through Trust, Ser 2015-1

    

3.700%, 05/01/23

     234,329       226,607  

Ashtead Capital

    

1.500%, 08/12/26(B)

     650,000       539,233  

Canadian Pacific Railway

    

3.100%, 12/02/51

     880,000       559,781  

Daimler Trucks Finance North America

 

2.500%, 12/14/31(B)

     940,000       696,956  

Delta Air Lines

    

2.900%, 10/28/24

     455,000       429,975  

Flowserve

    

2.800%, 01/15/32

     675,000       483,746  

Howmet Aerospace

    

3.000%, 01/15/29

     495,000       412,028  

Masco

    

6.500%, 08/15/32

     317,000       314,356  

Northern Group Housing

    

5.605%, 08/15/33(B)

     514,755       500,365  

Parker-Hannifin

    

4.000%, 06/14/49

     255,000       188,249  

Teledyne Technologies

    

2.250%, 04/01/28

     420,000       348,076  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies

 

3.200%, 06/15/25

     530,000       491,937  
    

 

 

 
       5,191,309  
    

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 1.8%        

Infor

    

1.750%, 07/15/25(B)

     335,000       301,213  

Microsoft

    

2.921%, 03/17/52

     270,000       182,426  

NXP BV

    

5.550%, 12/01/28

     245,000       235,890  

Oracle

    

2.875%, 03/25/31

     600,000       472,869  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — continued  

Roper Technologies

    

2.950%, 09/15/29

   $ 420,000     $ 351,151  

VMware

    

1.800%, 08/15/28

     625,000       493,326  

Vontier

    

1.800%, 04/01/26

     590,000       488,785  
    

 

 

 
           2,525,660  
    

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 2.1%  

Anglo American Capital

    

4.500%, 03/15/28(B)

     525,000       476,903  

Berry Global

    

1.650%, 01/15/27

     625,000       515,024  

CF Industries

    

4.500%, 12/01/26(B)

     520,000       492,420  

International Flavors & Fragrances

    

3.468%, 12/01/50(B)

     345,000       215,199  

Sealed Air

    

1.573%, 10/15/26(B)

     835,000       698,962  

Silgan Holdings

    

1.400%, 04/01/26(B)

     420,000       357,861  

Vulcan Materials

    

4.500%, 04/01/25

     400,000       393,817  
    

 

 

 
       3,150,186  
    

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE — 1.9%  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

    

2.000%, 05/18/32

     745,000       536,691  

Camp Pendleton & Quantico

    

Housing

    

6.165%, 10/01/50(B)

     400,000       377,397  

Extra Space Storage

    

2.350%, 03/15/32

     730,000       528,267  

Safehold Operating Partnership

    

2.850%, 01/15/32

     700,000       511,076  

Store Capital

    

4.500%, 03/15/28

     380,000       347,803  

UDR

    

3.000%, 08/15/31

     560,000       439,250  
    

 

 

 
       2,740,484  
    

 

 

 
UTILITIES — 2.7%  

DPL

    

4.350%, 04/15/29

     425,000       363,375  

Duquesne Light Holdings

    

2.532%, 10/01/30(B)

     540,000       405,459  

Emera US Finance

    

4.750%, 06/15/46

     250,000       185,359  

IPALCO Enterprises

    

3.700%, 09/01/24

     435,000       413,517  

Jersey Central Power & Light

    

2.750%, 03/01/32(B)

     670,000       521,340  

Monongahela Power

    

3.550%, 05/15/27(B)

     550,000       509,253  

NextEra Energy Capital Holdings

    

1.900%, 06/15/28

     1,230,000       1,015,534  
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  
UTILITIES — continued             

NiSource

    

5.650%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr + 2.843%(C)(D)

   $     385,000     $ 354,200  

Spire

    

3.543%, 02/27/24

     250,000       242,108  
    

 

 

 
       4,010,145  
    

 

 

 

Total Corporate Obligations (Cost $54,078,157)

           44,326,175  
    

 

 

 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED  
  OBLIGATIONS — 12.8%  

FHLMC

    

4.500%, 12/01/48

     122,103       116,459  

4.500%, 09/01/52

     784,759       736,794  

4.000%, 02/01/47

     262,701       245,870  

4.000%, 11/01/47

     247,349       230,801  

4.000%, 11/01/48

     95,022       88,105  

4.000%, 04/01/52

     1,403,408       1,279,292  

3.500%, 11/01/44

     237,960       214,924  

3.500%, 04/01/46

     150,929       135,975  

3.500%, 07/01/47

     321,579       289,349  

3.500%, 12/01/48

     199,556       179,304  

3.500%, 04/01/52

     1,066,855       938,964  

3.000%, 02/01/45

     256,432       223,662  

3.000%, 08/01/45

     125,734       109,477  

3.000%, 02/01/48

     150,729       130,131  

3.000%, 04/01/50

     524,482       448,932  

2.500%, 02/01/30

     157,278       146,359  

2.000%, 08/01/50

     1,109,924       878,613  

2.000%, 10/01/50

     323,898       256,398  

FHLMC REMIC, Ser 2016-4563, Cl VB

    

3.000%, 05/15/39

     115,034       114,125  

FHLMC Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Ser 2003-54, Cl 4A

    

3.673%, 02/25/43(C)

     75,885       69,469  

FNMA

    

5.000%, 09/01/52

     763,679       737,394  

4.500%, 02/01/41

     369,461       357,554  

4.500%, 03/01/48

     248,953       238,147  

4.000%, 03/01/35

     108,125       101,091  

4.000%, 01/01/42

     276,066       259,087  

4.000%, 05/01/49

     223,580       207,481  

3.500%, 02/01/47

     271,115       245,608  

3.500%, 12/01/47

     137,133       122,885  

3.500%, 08/01/48

     137,615       123,144  

3.500%, 03/01/49

     243,769       220,341  

3.500%, 06/01/49

     528,428       472,862  

3.500%, 07/01/50

     852,807       764,571  

3.000%, 10/01/48

     254,290       214,771  

3.000%, 02/01/50

     1,852,598       1,584,729  

3.000%, 05/01/51

     1,387,791       1,193,927  

3.000%, 03/01/52

     1,445,780       1,233,350  

2.500%, 12/01/49

     357,965       296,523  

2.500%, 09/01/50

     736,595       609,018  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED  
  OBLIGATIONS — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  

2.500%, 06/01/51

   $ 1,182,914     $ 973,035  

2.000%, 10/01/50

     911,614       721,656  

2.000%, 02/01/51

     661,826       523,158  

GNMA

    

4.000%, 07/20/48

     102,611       95,933  

3.500%, 06/20/48

     614,679       558,636  
    

 

 

 

Total U.S. Government Agency

Mortgage-Backed Obligations (Cost $21,638,338)

           18,687,904  
    

 

 

 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 10.9%  

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-GC15, Cl A3

    

4.095%, 09/10/46

     196,805       194,896  

COLT Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2022-4, Cl A1

    

4.301%, 03/25/67 (B)(C)

     970,952       884,213  

CSMC Trust, Ser 2013-IVR3, Cl A2

    

3.000%, 05/25/43 (B)(C)

     149,509       128,808  

CSMC Trust, Ser 2015-2, Cl A18

    

3.500%, 02/25/45 (B)(C)

     138,195       121,115  

First Republic Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-1, Cl A5

    

2.883%, 04/25/50 (B)(C)

     407,630       397,093  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017- K65, Cl C

    

4.077%, 07/25/50 (B)(C)

     725,000       657,971  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017- K66, Cl C

    

4.037%, 07/25/27 (B)(C)

     175,000       158,153  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017- K67, Cl B

    

3.945%, 09/25/49 (B)(C)

     1,500,000       1,371,785  

FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019- K99, Cl C

    

3.645%, 10/25/52 (B)(C)

     750,000       636,060  

GMAC Commercial Mortgage Asset, Ser 2010-FTLS, Cl A

    

6.363%, 02/10/47 (B)(E)

     231,070       231,070  

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2021-PJ1, Cl A8

    

2.500%, 05/28/52 (B)(C)

     1,299,458       1,102,713  

GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2022-MM1, Cl A8

    

2.500%, 07/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,804,013       1,530,875  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-IVR6, Cl AM

    

3.836%, 07/25/44 (B)(C)

     38,954       38,809  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2016-2, Cl A1

    

3.947%, 06/25/46 (B)(C)

     55,813       50,889  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2016-5, Cl B3

    

4.049%, 12/25/46 (B)(C)

     336,992       311,282  
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — continued  
     Face Amount     Value  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-2, Cl A4A

    

2.500%, 08/25/52 (B)(C)

   $ 1,264,211     $ 1,072,802  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-3, Cl A4A

    

2.500%, 08/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,812,079       1,537,719  

JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-4, Cl A4

    

3.000%, 10/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,959,436       1,643,509  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2015-C31, Cl ASB

    

3.540%, 08/15/48

     279,018       269,647  

Rate Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-J1, Cl A9

    

2.500%, 01/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,322,963       1,122,659  

RCKT Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-3, Cl A5

    

3.000%, 05/25/52 (B)(C)

     1,975,907       1,712,682  

Seasoned Credit Risk Transfer Trust, Ser 2018-4, Cl MV

    

3.500%, 03/25/58

     679,968       621,865  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015- 1, Cl A1

    

3.500%, 01/25/45 (B)(C)

     27,114       23,954  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015- 2, Cl A1

    

3.500%, 05/25/45 (B)(C)

     50,729       43,785  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015- 4, Cl A1

    

3.000%, 11/25/30 (B)(C)

     68,493       62,733  
    

 

 

 

Total Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $18,013,440)

           15,927,087  
    

 

 

 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 4.2%  

BCRED MML CLO, Ser 2022-1A, Cl A2

    

3.410%, 04/20/35 (B)

     1,130,000       967,925  

Benefit Street Partners CLO II, Ser 2021-IIA, Cl A2R2

    

5.529%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.450%, 07/15/29 (B) (C)

     585,000       567,362  

BlackRock Elbert CLO V, Ser 2022-5A, Cl AFR

    

4.480%, 06/15/34 (B)

     1,100,000       981,384  

Cerberus Loan Funding XXVII, Ser 2019-2A, Cl A2

    

3.500%, 01/15/32 (B)

     590,000       540,723  

Golub Capital Partners CLO 47M, Ser 2020-47A, Cl A2B

    

3.008%, 05/05/32 (B)

     800,000       698,132  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   CORE BOND FUND
    

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ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — continued  
     Face Amount      Value  

Great Lakes CLO V, Ser 2021-5A, Cl B

     

6.179%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.100%, 04/15/33 (B) (C)

   $ 735,000      $ 671,350  

RIN II, Ser 2019-1A, Cl A

     

4.886%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.650%, 09/10/30 (B) (C)

     600,000        585,940  

Silver Point Scf CLO I, Ser 2021- 1A, Cl A2B

     

2.807%, 10/15/32 (B)

     675,000        546,406  

VCP CLO II, Ser 2021-2A, Cl B1

     

6.329%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 2.250%, 04/15/31 (B) (C)

     650,000        625,258  
     

 

 

 

Total Asset-Backed Securities (Cost $6,865,682)

        6,184,480  
     

 

 

 
MUNICIPAL BONDS — 2.3%  

California State, City of Riverside, Ser A, RB

     

3.857%, 06/01/45

     780,000        625,014  

Denver City & County, Housing Authority, Ser 2021-B, RB

     

3.104%, 02/01/39

     300,000        212,258  

Grand Parkway Transportation, Ser B, RB

     

3.216%, 10/01/49

     640,000        399,755  

Hawaii State, Department of Business Economic Development & Tourism, Ser A-2, RB

     

3.242%, 01/01/31

     126,819        117,063  

Massachusetts State, Housing Finance Agency, Ser B, RB

     

3.350%, 12/01/40

     200,000        193,331  

New York City, Housing Development, Ser D, RB

     

3.083%, 11/01/46

     900,000        575,047  

New York State, Mortgage Agency, Ser 241, RB

     

2.930%, 10/01/46

     700,000        453,946  

Rhode Island State, Housing and Mortgage Finance, Ser 1-T, RB

     

2.993%, 10/01/38

     540,000        406,457  

Virginia State, Housing Development Authority, Ser C, RB

     

2.829%, 04/01/41

     500,000        347,720  
     

 

 

 

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $4,688,702)

        3,330,591  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities—98.6%
(Cost $167,477,004)

      $     144,143,289  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $146,217,110.

(A)

Zero coupon security. The rate shown on the Schedule of Investments is the security’s effective yield at the time of purchase.

(B)

Securities sold within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under section 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and maybe sold only to dealers in the program or other “accredited investors”. The total value of these securities at October 31, 2022 was $34,918,608 and represented 23.9% of Net Assets.

(C)

Variable or floating rate security. The rate shown is the effective interest rate as of period end. The rates on certain securities are not based on published reference rates and spreads and are either determined by the issuer or agent based on current market conditions; by using a formula based on the rates of underlying loans; or by adjusting periodically based on prevailing interest rates.

(D)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(E)

Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

 

The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of
October 31, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at
market value:

 
Investments in Securities   Level 1     Level 2     Level 3(1)     Total  

U.S. Treasury Obligations

  $     $ 55,687,052     $     $ 55,687,052  

Corporate Obligations

          44,326,175             44,326,175  

U.S. Government Agency Mortgage-Backed Obligations

          18,687,904             18,687,904  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          15,696,017       231,070       15,927,087  

Asset-Backed Securities

          6,184,480             6,184,480  

Municipal Bonds

          3,330,591             3,330,591  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $     $ 143,912,219     $ 231,070     $ 144,143,289  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the period in relation to net assets. Management has concluded that Level 3 investments are not material in relation to net assets.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LONG/SHORT EQUITY FUND
    

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SECTOR WEIGHTINGS†(Unaudited)                       
     Long     Short     Net      

Financials

     14.8     (0.3)     14.5%    

Health Care

     14.4     (0.4)     14.0  

Information Technology

     9.2     (3.7)     5.5  

Energy

     4.8     0.0      4.8  

Materials

     3.8     (0.2)     3.6  

Consumer Staples

     1.8     0.0      1.8  

Communication Services

     2.5     (1.2)     1.3  

Industrials

     1.8     (0.6)     1.2  

Utilities

     0.4     0.0      0.4  

Consumer Discretionary

     0.8     (0.9)     (0.1 )  

Exchange Traded Funds

     4.6     (27.0)     (22.4 )  

Purchased Options

     0.5    

 

0.0 

 

    0.5    
      

 

 

Total Investments

         25.1    
      

 

 

Other Assets and Liabilities, Net

         74.9    
      

 

 

                 100.0  
      

 

 

† As a percentage of the Fund’s Net Assets.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
COMMON STOCK — 54.3%
 
     Shares     Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.5%        

Alphabet, Cl C *

     5,705     $ 540,036  

Interpublic Group of Companies (A)

     17,266       514,354  

Omnicom Group (A)

     8,707       633,434  
    

 

 

 
       1,687,824  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.8%        

Best Buy

     3,752       256,674  

Service International

     4,214       255,411  
    

 

 

 
       512,085  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.8%        

Albertsons, Cl A (A)

     16,896       346,537  

Altria Group (A)

     3,443       159,308  

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     5,286       512,636  

Philip Morris International (A)

     1,638       150,450  
    

 

 

 
       1,168,931  
    

 

 

 
ENERGY — 4.8%        

ConocoPhillips (A)

     11,244       1,417,756  

Devon Energy

     11,088       857,657  

Marathon Oil

     10,898       331,844  

Occidental Petroleum

     1,987       144,256  

Valero Energy

     3,563       447,335  
    

 

 

 
       3,198,848  
    

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 14.8%        

Allstate (A)

     5,235       660,919  

American Financial Group (A)

     6,753       979,928  

Ameriprise Financial (A)

     4,595       1,420,406  

Berkshire Hathaway, Cl B *(A)

     4,085       1,205,443  

Capital One Financial (A)

     4,968       526,707  

Discover Financial Services (A)

     11,715       1,223,749  

Fidelity National Financial

     15,572       613,225  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     17,504       624,718  

Morgan Stanley (A)

     8,642       710,113  

Synchrony Financial

     17,248       613,339  

Travelers

     5,581       1,029,471  

US Bancorp

     5,817       246,932  
    

 

 

 
           9,854,950  
    

 

 

 
COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares     Value  
HEALTH CARE — 14.4%        

Amgen (A)

     5,104     $ 1,379,866  

Bristol-Myers Squibb (A)

     18,067       1,399,650  

Bruker

     11,055       683,641  

DaVita *(A)

     5,076       370,599  

Gilead Sciences (A)

     19,440       1,525,262  

Hologic *

     11,469       777,598  

Quest Diagnostics

     1,881       270,206  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Cl A

     29,421       1,245,097  

United Therapeutics *

     5,583       1,287,049  

Waters *

     2,074       620,479  
    

 

 

 
       9,559,447  
    

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 1.8%        

Iveco Group *

     7,498       40,533  

Owens Corning (A)

     13,362       1,143,921  
    

 

 

 
       1,184,454  
    

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 9.2%        

Apple (A)

     3,971       608,913  

Broadcom (A)

     1,064       500,208  

Check Point Software Technologies *(A)

     3,044       393,376  

FleetCor Technologies *

     503       93,618  

GoDaddy, Cl A *

     3,871       311,228  

Keysight Technologies *

     5,641       982,380  

Micron Technology

     6,908       373,723  

Microsoft (A)

     1,815       421,316  

NetApp (A)

     14,235       986,058  

NXP Semiconductors

     649       94,806  

QUALCOMM (A)

     3,569       419,928  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (A)

     14,139       702,143  

VMware, Cl A *(A)

     1,931       217,296  
    

 

 

 
       6,104,993  
    

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 3.8%        

CF Industries Holdings (A)

     6,150       653,499  

LyondellBasell Industries, Cl A

     1,227       93,804  

Nucor

     2,366       310,845  

Steel Dynamics

     12,037       1,132,080  

Westlake

     3,492       337,502  
    

 

 

 
       2,527,730  
    

 

 

 
UTILITIES — 0.4%        

NRG Energy

     6,560       291,264  
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $36,006,154)

       36,090,526  
    

 

 

 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — 4.6%  

iShares S&P/TSX Capped Energy Index ETF

     80,220       992,188  

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund

     25,935       1,921,265  

SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services ETF

     1,993       156,490  
    

 

 

 

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Cost $2,919,620)

           3,069,943  
    

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LONG/SHORT EQUITY FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.5%  
           Value  

Total Purchased Options (Cost $225,041)

     $ 313,762  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 59.4% (Cost $39,150,815)

     $     39,474,231  
    

 

 

 

    

    
SECURITIES SOLD SHORT
COMMON STOCK — (7.3)%
 
     Shares     Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — (1.2)%  

Snap, Cl A *

     (13,766   $ (136,421

Trade Desk, Cl A *

     (2,538     (135,123

Walt Disney *

     (3,395     (361,703

ZoomInfo Technologies, Cl A *

     (3,752     (167,077
    

 

 

 
       (800,324
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — (0.9)%  

Chewy, Cl A *

     (4,764     (184,510

DoorDash, Cl A *

     (1,071     (46,620

Floor & Decor Holdings, Cl A *

     (1,943     (142,558

Pool

     (273     (83,055

Tesla *

     (573     (130,380
    

 

 

 
       (587,123
    

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — (0.3)%  

NU Holdings, Cl A *

     (33,500     (167,500
    

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE — (0.4)%  

Insulet *

     (437     (113,100

Repligen *

     (742     (135,408
    

 

 

 
       (248,508
    

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — (0.6)%  

Generac Holdings *

     (689     (79,862

Plug Power *

     (4,796     (76,640

Quanta Services

     (701     (99,570

Uber Technologies *

     (5,352     (142,203
    

 

 

 
       (398,275
    

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — (3.7)%  

Affirm Holdings, Cl A *

     (2,758     (55,353

Atlassian, Cl A *

     (673     (136,437

Ceridian HCM Holding *

     (2,682     (177,522

Cloudflare, Cl A *

     (2,640     (148,685

Datadog, Cl A *

     (1,614     (129,943

EPAM Systems *

     (257     (89,950

Gitlab, Cl A

     (3,436     (166,509

HubSpot *

     (496     (147,094

MongoDB, Cl A *

     (638     (116,773

Palantir Technologies, Cl A *

     (20,975     (184,370

Paylocity Holding *

     (661     (153,213

Snowflake, Cl A *

     (903     (144,751

SolarEdge Technologies *

     (579     (133,187

Teledyne Technologies *

     (202     (80,392

Toast, Cl A *

     (9,161     (202,367

Twilio, Cl A *

     (2,327     (173,059

UiPath, Cl A *

     (5,423     (68,601

Zscaler *

     (1,073     (165,349
    

 

 

 
       (2,473,555
    

 

 

 
COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares     Value  
MATERIALS — (0.2)%  

Albemarle

     (597   $ (167,082
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stock

    

(Proceeds $5,330,636)

       (4,842,367
    

 

 

 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS — (27.0)%  

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF

     (20,331     (3,044,364

iShares Russell 3000 ETF

     (17,149     (3,839,832

Vanguard Russell 1000 Value

     (169,173     (11,111,283
    

 

 

 

Total Exchange Traded Funds (Proceeds $19,333,450)

       (17,995,479
    

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short— (34.3)% (Proceeds $24,664,086)

     $     (22,837,846
    

 

 

 
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LONG/SHORT EQUITY FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

A list of the open option contracts held by the Fund at October 31, 2022, is as follows:

 

Description

   Number of
Contracts
     Notional Amount      Exercise Price      Expiration Date      Value  

PURCHASED OPTIONS — 0.5%

 

Put Options

 

iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF*

     124      $ 4,789,004      $ 155.00        01/23/23      $ 102,920  

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust*

     47        703,778        430.00        01/23/23        210,842  
     

 

 

          

 

 

 
        5,492,782              313,762  
     

 

 

          

 

 

 

TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS
(Cost $225,041)

      $ 5,492,782            $ 313,762  
     

 

 

          

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $66,502,249.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

This security or a partial position of this security has been committed as collateral for securities sold short.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of October 31, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at market value:

 

Investments in Securities    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stock

   $ 36,090,526     $      $      $ 36,090,526  

Exchange Traded Funds

     3,069,943                     3,069,943  

Purchased Options

     313,762                     313,762  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $ 39,474,231     $      $      $ 39,474,231  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Securities Sold Short    Level 1     Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stock

   $ (4,842,367   $      $      $ (4,842,367

Exchange Traded Funds

     (17,995,479                   (17,995,479
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short

   $ (22,837,846   $      $      $ (22,837,846
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
COMMON STOCK — 97.8%  
     Shares     Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 4.0%  

Alphabet, Cl A *

         26,756     $ 2,528,709  

Electronic Arts

     13,958       1,758,150  

Meta Platforms, Cl A *

     12,541       1,168,320  
    

 

 

 
       5,455,179  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 4.9%  

General Motors

     38,384       1,506,572  

Lennar, Cl A

     22,640       1,827,048  

TJX

     19,722       1,421,956  

Tractor Supply

     9,222       2,026,719  
    

 

 

 
       6,782,295  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES — 9.2%  

General Mills

     35,695       2,911,998  

Hershey

     8,040       1,919,711  

Molson Coors Beverage, Cl B

     25,288       1,275,274  

Monster Beverage *

     19,252       1,804,297  

PepsiCo

     13,356       2,425,182  

Procter & Gamble

     17,031       2,293,565  
    

 

 

 
           12,630,027  
    

 

 

 
ENERGY — 9.8%  

Canadian Natural Resources

     46,543       2,789,788  

ConocoPhillips

     31,266       3,942,330  

Exxon Mobil

     36,853       4,083,681  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     10,803       2,769,997  
    

 

 

 
       13,585,796  
    

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 21.6%  

Allstate

     18,292       2,309,365  

Ameriprise Financial

     9,648       2,982,390  

Berkshire Hathaway, Cl B *

     16,141       4,763,047  

Citizens Financial Group

     46,641       1,907,617  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     36,720       1,310,537  

First Horizon

     99,676       2,443,059  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     39,303       2,845,930  

JPMorgan Chase

     12,826       1,614,537  

Morgan Stanley

     31,132       2,558,116  

Prudential Financial

     20,759       2,183,639  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares     Value  
FINANCIALS— continued  

State Street

     24,610     $ 1,821,140  

Toronto-Dominion Bank

     25,082       1,604,997  

Wells Fargo

     30,336       1,395,153  
    

 

 

 
       29,739,527  
    

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE — 15.0%  

Amgen

     11,103       3,001,696  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     50,025       3,875,437  

Catalent *

     21,540       1,415,824  

DaVita *

     17,176       1,254,020  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

     29,905       921,672  

Eli Lilly

     9,708       3,515,170  

Exact Sciences *

     18,016       626,596  

Quest Diagnostics

     17,915       2,573,490  

Select Medical Holdings

     68,519       1,759,568  

STERIS PLC

     10,098       1,742,713  
    

 

 

 
       20,686,186  
    

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 11.1%  

AECOM

     38,762       2,918,004  

Copart *

     11,605       1,334,807  

CSX

     70,527       2,049,515  

Cummins

     8,586       2,099,363  

Emerson Electric

     24,675       2,136,855  

Quanta Services

     17,157       2,436,980  

United Rentals *

     7,175       2,265,219  
    

 

 

 
           15,240,743  
    

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 5.0%  

Dell Technologies, Cl C

     39,763       1,526,899  

Intel

     28,949       823,020  

Microsoft

     7,076       1,642,552  

Salesforce *

     7,000       1,138,130  

Visa, Cl A

     8,851       1,833,573  
    

 

 

 
       6,964,174  
    

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 4.2%  

Mosaic

     36,748       1,975,205  

Sealed Air

     42,723       2,034,469  

Steel Dynamics

     18,312       1,722,244  
    

 

 

 
       5,731,918  
    

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE — 5.8%  

Extra Space Storage ‡

     11,867       2,105,681  

Host Hotels & Resorts ‡

         114,923       2,169,746  

Invitation Homes ‡

     52,270       1,656,436  

Lamar Advertising, Cl A ‡

     22,715       2,095,004  
    

 

 

 
       8,026,867  
    

 

 

 
UTILITIES — 7.2%  

Constellation Energy

     15,886       1,501,863  

Entergy

     17,973       1,925,627  

Exelon

     47,671       1,839,624  

FirstEnergy

     38,572       1,454,550  

Fortis

     37,139       1,448,421  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares      Value  
UTILITIES— continued  

Vistra

     77,319      $ 1,776,017  
     

 

 

 
        9,946,102  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost $121,336,022)

        134,788,814  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 97.8% (Cost $121,336,022)

      $     134,788,814  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $137,827,450.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

Real Estate Investment Trust.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

As of October 31, 2022, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance of fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

 

LOGO

 

Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
COMMON STOCK — 97.6%#             
     Shares     Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 7.0%  

Alphabet, Cl A *

     83,749     $ 7,915,118  

Meta Platforms, Cl A *

     3,170       295,317  
    

 

 

 
       8,210,435  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 17.4%  

Darden Restaurants

     12,562       1,798,125  

Etsy *

     10,754       1,009,908  

Expedia Group *

     8,087       755,892  

Lowe’s

     12,752       2,486,002  

Lululemon Athletica *

     4,472       1,471,467  

Marriott International, Cl A

     11,134       1,782,665  

MercadoLibre *

     1,332       1,200,958  

Target

     10,754       1,766,345  

Tesla *

     16,940       3,854,527  

TJX

     15,876       1,144,659  

Tractor Supply

     7,423       1,631,353  

Ulta Beauty *

     3,616       1,516,442  
    

 

 

 
           20,418,343  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES — 6.3%  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings *

     21,698       1,679,425  

PepsiCo

     16,559       3,006,783  

Procter & Gamble

     20,461       2,755,483  
    

 

 

 
       7,441,691  
    

 

 

 
ENERGY — 2.1%  

Cheniere Energy

     6,090       1,074,337  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     5,501       1,410,511  
    

 

 

 
       2,484,848  
    

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 1.9%  

American Express

     8,850       1,313,783  

SoFi Technologies *

     163,357       888,662  
    

 

 

 
       2,202,445  
    

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE — 9.9%  

Align Technology *

     3,667       712,498  

Amgen

     9,326       2,521,284  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     15,080       1,168,248  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares     Value  
HEALTH CARE— continued  

Catalent *

     6,865     $ 451,237  

Eli Lilly

     4,568       1,654,027  

Exact Sciences *

     9,612       334,305  

Intuitive Surgical *

     2,445       602,619  

Seagen *

     5,360       681,578  

STERIS PLC

     6,090       1,051,012  

Syneos Health, Cl A *

     17,210       867,040  

Zoetis, Cl A

     10,944       1,650,136  
    

 

 

 
       11,693,984  
    

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 6.3%  

Caterpillar

     9,421       2,039,270  

FedEx

     8,565       1,372,798  

Generac Holdings *

     4,702       545,009  

Howmet Aerospace

     36,069       1,282,253  

KBR

     12,008       597,638  

Waste Management

     9,612       1,522,252  
    

 

 

 
       7,359,220  
    

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 43.6%  

Accenture PLC, Cl A

     6,566       1,864,087  

Adobe *

     3,140       1,000,090  

Apple

     106,685       16,359,078  

Dynatrace *

     21,348       752,304  

Fiserv *

     11,569       1,188,599  

Five9 *

     12,319       742,343  

Intuit

     940       401,850  

KLA

     4,948       1,565,795  

Mastercard, Cl A

     5,900       1,936,262  

Microchip Technology

     23,506       1,451,261  

Microsoft

     53,866       12,503,914  

NVIDIA

     12,181       1,644,070  

ON Semiconductor *

     20,556       1,262,755  

Paycom Software *

     3,711       1,284,006  

PayPal Holdings *

     12,276       1,026,028  

QUALCOMM

     7,335       863,036  

ServiceNow *

     4,187       1,761,638  

Visa, Cl A

     17,701       3,666,939  
    

 

 

 
       51,274,055  
    

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 1.3%  

Chemours

     22,745       651,189  

Linde PLC

     3,103       922,677  
    

 

 

 
       1,573,866  
    

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE — 1.8%  

American Tower ‡

     10,373       2,149,182  
    

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost $118,140,439)

       114,808,069  
    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 97.6% (Cost $118,140,439)

 

  $     114,808,069  
    

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $117,579,252.

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

#

More narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas broad sectors are utilized for reporting purposes.

*

Non-income producing security.

Real Estate Investment Trust.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

As of October 31, 2022, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance of fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   SMALL CAP FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
COMMON STOCK — 97.1%  
     Shares     Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.4%  

Cars.com *

     75,669     $ 1,050,285  

Sciplay, Cl A *

     71,893       1,005,783  

TechTarget *

     14,025       905,314  
    

 

 

 
           2,961,382  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 8.1%  

Adient PLC *

     20,363       712,298  

Bally’s *

     20,489       461,822  

Bloomin’ Brands

     45,216       1,085,636  

Boot Barn Holdings *

     13,136       746,125  

Boyd Gaming

     21,231       1,226,303  

Crocs *

     9,800       693,350  

Dana

     47,742       761,962  

Hibbett

     10,849       677,195  

KB Home

     53,019       1,528,008  

Lovesac *

     14,025       341,368  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group

     45,744       950,560  

YETI Holdings *

     10,572       339,150  

Zumiez *

     19,371       434,491  
    

 

 

 
       9,958,268  
    

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES — 5.0%  

Darling Ingredients *

     17,337       1,360,608  

Edgewell Personal Care

     52,034       2,039,212  

MGP Ingredients

     6,455       723,283  

Sprouts Farmers Market *

     66,286       1,955,437  
    

 

 

 
       6,078,540  
    

 

 

 
ENERGY — 6.8%  

Chord Energy

     15,903       2,434,590  

Civitas Resources

     20,960       1,465,313  

Crescent Point Energy

     83,302       652,255  

Magnolia Oil & Gas, Cl A

     102,345       2,628,220  

Permian Resources, Cl A *

     119,187       1,164,457  
    

 

 

 
       8,344,835  
    

 

 

 
COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares     Value  
FINANCIALS — 16.0%  

American Equity Investment Life

    

Holding

     27,135     $ 1,168,976  

Axis Capital Holdings

     16,114       880,952  

ConnectOne Bancorp

     38,085       954,029  

Customers Bancorp *

     16,865       568,182  

Essent Group

     19,757       781,982  

First Internet Bancorp

     24,358       625,757  

FirstCash Holdings

     11,531       1,135,227  

Hancock Whitney

     23,180       1,295,067  

Home BancShares

     51,045       1,301,137  

Merchants Bancorp

     24,975       598,139  

Metropolitan Bank Holding *

     12,506       825,396  

OceanFirst Financial

     31,140       703,141  

OFG Bancorp

     44,617       1,243,922  

Old Second Bancorp

     89,237       1,427,792  

Piper Sandler

     7,397       946,594  

Popular

     11,407       806,703  

QCR Holdings

     24,503       1,242,547  

SoFi Technologies *

     43,459       236,417  

Stewart Information Services

     13,828       538,739  

Stifel Financial

     17,337       1,072,640  

Wintrust Financial

     13,354       1,250,202  
    

 

 

 
           19,603,541  
    

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE — 15.6%  

Affimed *

     97,785       172,102  

Apellis Pharmaceuticals *

     7,603       459,906  

Castle Biosciences *

     10,563       269,568  

CONMED

     7,423       591,836  

Editas Medicine, Cl A *

     10,504       131,825  

Ensign Group

     10,885       977,255  

Fate Therapeutics *

     11,824       247,358  

Halozyme Therapeutics *

     37,649       1,799,999  

ICU Medical *

     4,388       651,223  

Inmode *

     32,537       1,116,670  

Insmed *

     40,270       697,476  

Integer Holdings *

     10,936       681,641  

Intellia Therapeutics *

     7,611       401,709  

Intra-Cellular Therapies *

     4,585       209,397  

Lantheus Holdings *

     7,022       519,558  

LHC Group *

     7,071       1,181,564  

Merit Medical Systems *

     16,621       1,143,026  

Natera *

     16,551       777,235  

NextGen Healthcare *

     46,008       922,000  

NuVasive *

     32,785       1,446,802  

PTC Therapeutics *

     11,531       436,103  

Shockwave Medical *

     3,609       1,057,978  

Surface Oncology *

     115,930       143,753  

UFP Technologies *

     3,160       296,566  

Varex Imaging *

     71,431       1,579,339  

Vericel *

     47,923       1,288,170  
    

 

 

 
       19,200,059  
    

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 17.1%  

Altra Industrial Motion

     18,749       1,127,565  

Aris Water Solution, Cl A

     73,535       1,252,301  

ASGN *

     10,200       864,756  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   SMALL CAP FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

Atkore *

     11,296      $ 1,076,509  

Casella Waste Systems, Cl A *

     11,678        955,377  

Comfort Systems USA

     11,936        1,471,470  

CSW Industrials

     4,900        631,708  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock *

         68,299        516,340  

H&E Equipment Services

     25,859        976,436  

Helios Technologies

     12,411        703,580  

Herc Holdings

     7,159        841,970  

KBR

     10,651        530,100  

Maxar Technologies

     17,898        399,841  

McGrath RentCorp

     15,067        1,417,051  

MYR Group *

     19,317        1,690,431  

Science Applications International

     8,540        925,224  

Shyft Group

     31,307        719,435  

SP Plus *

     26,202        970,260  

Sterling Infrastructure *

     46,651        1,259,110  

SunPower, Cl A *

     34,550        638,830  

Triton International

     21,495        1,304,531  

WESCO International *

     4,283        590,069  
     

 

 

 
            20,862,894  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 9.7%         

Belden

     9,770        680,285  

Corsair Gaming *

     39,092        539,470  

DigitalOcean Holdings *

     16,138        579,677  

Five9 *

     5,136        309,495  

FormFactor *

     27,933        564,526  

Ichor Holdings *

     22,143        563,318  

Instructure Holdings *

     64,238        1,517,301  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings *

     12,073        698,664  

Mitek Systems *

     56,864        643,132  

Perficient *

     18,369        1,230,172  

Rapid7 *

     11,028        499,238  

Silicon Laboratories *

     6,085        699,288  

Sprout Social, Cl A *

     16,490        994,842  

SPS Commerce *

     5,786        732,045  

Viavi Solutions *

     67,340        1,016,834  

Workiva, Cl A *

     8,538        664,342  
     

 

 

 
        11,932,629  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 4.9%              

ATI *

     33,109        985,324  

Greif, Cl A

     17,898        1,185,027  

Livent *

     29,283        924,464  

Summit Materials, Cl A *

     72,071        1,899,071  

Tronox Holdings PLC, Cl A

     80,665        967,980  
     

 

 

 
        5,961,866  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE — 8.7%              

Apple Hospitality ‡

     71,050        1,216,376  

Armada Hoffler Properties ‡

     79,437        928,619  

Corporate Office Properties Trust ‡

     44,617        1,189,043  

Independence Realty Trust ‡

     50,366        844,134  

National Storage Affiliates Trust ‡ .

     23,352        996,196  

Plymouth Industrial ‡

     43,760        806,934  

Ryman Hospitality Properties ‡

     9,330        829,624  
COMMON STOCK — continued         
     Shares      Value  
REAL ESTATE— continued              

STAG Industrial ‡

     27,040      $ 854,194  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers ‡

     74,024        1,333,172  

UMH Properties ‡

         91,857        1,611,172  
     

 

 

 
        10,609,464  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES — 2.8%              

Clearway Energy, Cl C

     61,260        2,128,172  

Southwest Gas Holdings

     17,302        1,264,257  
     

 

 

 
        3,392,429  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $111,931,635)

        118,905,907  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 97.1%
(Cost $111,931,635)

      $     118,905,907  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $122,450,226.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

Real Estate Investment Trust.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

As of October 31, 2022, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance of fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

LOGO

†  Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS              
COMMON STOCK — 96.7%#              
     Shares      Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 8.0%  

Activision Blizzard

     1,464      $ 106,579  

Advantage Solutions *

     137        463  

Alphabet, Cl A *

     12,007        1,134,782  

Alphabet, Cl C *

     11,048            1,045,804  

Altice USA, Cl A *

     366        2,419  

AMC Entertainment Holdings, Cl A *

     968        6,447  

AMC Networks, Cl A *

     47        1,058  

Angi, Cl A *

     131        282  

Anterix *

     31        1,189  

AT&T

         14,538        265,028  

ATN International

     19        819  

Audacy, Cl A *

     193        67  

Bandwidth, Cl A *

     40        475  

Boston Omaha, Cl A *

     49        1,366  

Bumble, Cl A *

     142        3,607  

Cable One

     11        9,454  

Cardlytics *

     58        547  

Cargurus, Cl A *

     154        2,242  

Cars.com *

     111        1,541  

Charter Communications, Cl A *

     266        97,787  

Cinemark Holdings *

     189        2,005  

Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Cl A *

     813        1,163  

Cogent Communications Holdings

     75        3,938  

Comcast, Cl A

     8,997        285,565  

Consolidated Communications Holdings *

     126        651  

DISH Network, Cl A *

     470        7,008  

EchoStar, Cl A *

     62        1,170  

Electronic Arts

     532        67,011  

Endeavor Group Holdings, Cl A *.

     280        6,115  

Entravision Communications, Cl A

     105        491  

Eventbrite, Cl A *

     146        959  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES— continued  

EW Scripps, Cl A *

     100      $ 1,419  

Fox

     584            16,860  

Frontier Communications Parent *

     444        10,398  

fuboTV *

     236        864  

Gannett *

     236        342  

Globalstar *

     1,299        2,819  

Gogo *

     85        1,209  

Gray Television

     134        1,896  

IAC *

     159        7,740  

IDT, Cl B *

     30        782  

iHeartMedia *

     207        1,714  

Interpublic Group of Companies

     785        23,385  

Iridium Communications *

     229        11,800  

John Wiley & Sons, Cl A

     76        3,206  

Liberty Broadband, Cl C *

     267        22,543  

Live Nation Entertainment *

     308        24,520  

Lumen Technologies

         2,050        15,088  

Madison Square Garden Entertainment *

     45        2,206  

Madison Square Garden Sports

     27        4,228  

Magnite *

     200        1,458  

Marcus

     38        572  

Match Group *

     567        24,494  

MediaAlpha, Cl A *

     41        450  

Meta Platforms, Cl A *

     4,585        427,139  

Netflix *

     877        255,979  

New York Times, Cl A

     326        9,441  

News

     779        13,142  

Nexstar Media Group, Cl A

     79        13,533  

NII Holdings *(A)

     46        100  

Omnicom Group

     411        29,900  

Ooma *

     38        617  

Pinterest, Cl A *

     1,114        27,404  

PubMatic, Cl A *

     63        1,096  

QuinStreet *

     80        913  

Radius Global Infrastructure, Cl A *

     149        1,393  

Roku, Cl A *

     238        13,219  

Scholastic

     50        1,907  

Shenandoah Telecommunications .

     84        1,903  

Shutterstock

     41        2,051  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Cl A

     78        1,389  

Sirius XM Holdings

     1,462        8,830  

Skillz, Cl A *

     435        448  

Snap, Cl A *

     2,193        21,733  

Stagwell *

     181        1,374  

Take-Two Interactive Software *

     304        35,967  

TechTarget *

     48        3,098  

TEGNA

     441        9,208  

Telephone and Data Systems

     176        2,992  

Thryv Holdings *

     56        1,146  

T-Mobile US *

     1,189        180,205  

Trade Desk, Cl A *

     877        46,691  

TripAdvisor *

     170        4,015  

TrueCar *

     146        263  

United States Cellular *

     25        779  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
COMMUNICATION SERVICES— continued  

Verizon Communications

     8,414      $ 314,431  

Vimeo *

     251        954  

Walt Disney *

     3,642        388,019  

Warner Bros Discovery *

         4,851        63,069  

Warner Music Group, Cl A

     217        5,646  

WideOpenWest *

     93        1,275  

World Wrestling Entertainment, Cl A

     75        5,917  

Yelp, Cl A *

     115        4,417  

Ziff Davis *

     87        6,733  

ZoomInfo Technologies, Cl A *

     568        25,293  
     

 

 

 
            5,171,654  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 9.2%  

1-800-Flowers.com, Cl A *

     49        357  

2U *

     128        792  

Aaron’s

     53        552  

Abercrombie & Fitch, Cl A *

     87        1,529  

Academy Sports & Outdoors

     147        6,472  

Accel Entertainment, Cl A *

     112        1,100  

Acushnet Holdings

     58        2,701  

Adient PLC *

     175        6,122  

Adtalem Global Education *

     85        3,545  

Advance Auto Parts

     122        23,170  

Airbnb, Cl A *

     714        76,334  

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings *

     192        1,860  

American Eagle Outfitters

     268        3,045  

American Public Education *

     31        397  

America’s Car-Mart *

     10        684  

Aramark

     511        18,652  

Arko

     122        1,251  

Asbury Automotive Group *

     44        6,941  

AutoNation *

     68        7,229  

AutoZone *

     39        98,782  

Bally’s *

     73        1,645  

Bath & Body Works

     463        15,455  

Beazer Homes USA *

     52        588  

Bed Bath & Beyond *

     121        553  

Best Buy

     400        27,364  

Big 5 Sporting Goods

     35        451  

Big Lots

     46        868  

BJ’s Restaurants *

     39        1,281  

Bloomin’ Brands

     151        3,626  

Bluegreen Vacations Holding, Cl A

     24        415  

Booking Holdings *

     82        153,297  

Boot Barn Holdings *

     52        2,954  

BorgWarner

     478        17,939  

Boyd Gaming

     148        8,548  

Bright Horizons Family Solutions *

     110        7,185  

Brinker International *

     78        2,604  

Brunswick

     151        10,671  

Buckle

     52        2,045  

Burlington Stores *

     132        18,871  

Caesars Entertainment *

     410        17,929  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY— continued  

Caleres

     63      $ 1,722  

Camping World Holdings, Cl A

     67        1,865  

Canoo *

     192        263  

Capri Holdings *

     290        13,247  

CarMax *

     323        20,352  

Carnival *

         1,713            15,520  

CarParts.com *

     79        370  

Carriage Services, Cl A

     23        561  

Carter’s

     70        4,751  

Carvana, Cl A *

     153        2,070  

Cato, Cl A

     31        369  

Cavco Industries *

     15        3,400  

Century Casinos *

     46        366  

Century Communities

     52        2,315  

Cheesecake Factory

     86        3,080  

Chegg *

     216        4,659  

Chewy, Cl A *

     169        6,545  

Chico’s FAS *

     206        1,211  

Children’s Place *

     22        891  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Cl A *

     55        82,408  

Choice Hotels International

     66        8,569  

Churchill Downs

     67        13,930  

Chuy’s Holdings *

     33        967  

Citi Trends *

     15        339  

Clarus

     43        521  

Columbia Sportswear

     59        4,396  

Container Store Group *

     54        293  

Coursera *

     157        2,024  

Cracker Barrel Old Country Store

     40        4,569  

Crocs *

     110        7,783  

Dana

     252        4,022  

Darden Restaurants

     249        35,642  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment *

     83        3,308  

Deckers Outdoor *

     53        18,546  

Denny’s *

     104        1,178  

Designer Brands, Cl A

     102        1,553  

Dick’s Sporting Goods

     108        12,286  

Dillard’s, Cl A

     19        6,247  

Dine Brands Global

     28        2,019  

Dollar General

     457        116,558  

Dollar Tree *

     445        70,533  

Domino’s Pizza

     71        23,589  

DoorDash, Cl A *

     388        16,890  

Dorman Products *

     45        3,673  

DR Horton

     635        48,819  

DraftKings, Cl A *

     698        11,035  

eBay

     1,172        46,692  

Ethan Allen Interiors

     40        1,024  

Etsy *

     254        23,853  

Everi Holdings *

     158        2,999  

Expedia Group *

     299        27,948  

Fisker *

     282        2,298  

Five Below *

     109        15,952  

Floor & Decor Holdings, Cl A *

     206        15,114  

Foot Locker

     144        4,565  

Ford Motor

     7,887        105,449  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND

    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY— continued  

Fossil Group *

     81      $ 344  

Fox Factory Holding *

     78        6,852  

Franchise Group

     48        1,457  

Frontdoor *

     144        3,177  

Full House Resorts *

     57        400  

Funko, Cl A *

     47        971  

GameStop, Cl A *

     507        14,353  

Gap

     374        4,215  

Garmin

     303        26,676  

General Motors

     2,766        108,566  

Genesco *

     23        1,082  

Gentex

     470        12,450  

Gentherm *

     57        3,330  

Genuine Parts

     278        49,445  

G-III Apparel Group *

     73        1,424  

Golden Entertainment *

     34        1,435  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber *

     528        6,706  

GoPro, Cl A *

     223        1,215  

Graham Holdings, Cl B

     7        4,367  

Grand Canyon Education *

     61        6,138  

Green Brick Partners *

     85        1,966  

Group 1 Automotive

     28        4,844  

Groupon, Cl A *

     39        287  

GrowGeneration *

     91        325  

Guess?

     58        985  

H&R Block

     327        13,456  

Hanesbrands

     648        4,419  

Harley-Davidson

     302        12,986  

Hasbro

     260        16,965  

Haverty Furniture

     25        665  

Helen of Troy *

     45        4,258  

Hibbett

     21        1,311  

Hilton Grand Vacations *

     163        6,396  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings

     548        74,122  

Home Depot

     2,069        612,693  

Hovnanian Enterprises, Cl A *

     9        363  

Hyatt Hotels, Cl A *

     100        9,421  

Installed Building Products

     43        3,698  

International Game Technology

     

PLC

     175        3,509  

iRobot *

     46        2,599  

Jack in the Box

     36        3,176  

Johnson Outdoors, Cl A

     14        737  

KB Home

     151        4,352  

Kohl’s

     239        7,158  

Kontoor Brands

     97        3,463  

Las Vegas Sands *

     734        27,899  

Latham Group *

     76        336  

Laureate Education, Cl A

     188        2,376  

La-Z-Boy, Cl Z

     75        1,858  

LCI Industries

     43        4,563  

Lear

     119        16,507  

Leggett & Platt

     265        8,944  

Lennar, Cl A

     507        40,915  

Leslie’s *

     278        3,903  

Levi Strauss, Cl A

     158        2,364  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY— continued  

LGI Homes *

     36      $ 3,314  

Light & Wonder *

     174        9,768  

Lindblad Expeditions Holdings *

     55        461  

Liquidity Services *

     47        807  

Lithia Motors, Cl A

     59        11,691  

LKQ

     567        31,548  

LL Flooring Holdings *

     51        424  

Lordstown Motors, Cl A *

     278        503  

Lovesac *

     23        560  

Lowe’s

     1,325        258,309  

Luminar Technologies, Cl A *

     352        2,848  

M/I Homes *

     48        1,992  

Macy’s

     570        11,885  

Malibu Boats, Cl A *

     36        1,904  

MarineMax *

     37        1,195  

Marriott International, Cl A

     559        89,501  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     78        11,525  

MasterCraft Boat Holdings *

     32        696  

Mattel *

     702        13,310  

MDC Holdings

     100        3,046  

Meritage Homes *

     63        4,798  

MGM Resorts International

     677        24,081  

Mister Car Wash *

     127        1,121  

Modine Manufacturing *

     87        1,559  

Mohawk Industries *

     101        9,570  

Monarch Casino & Resort *

     23        1,826  

Monro

     57        2,722  

Motorcar Parts of America *

     33        627  

Movado Group

     28        926  

Murphy USA

     45        14,153  

National Vision Holdings *

     141        5,223  

NIKE, Cl B

     2,462        228,178  

Nordstrom

     195        3,966  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings *

     827        13,968  

NVR *

     6        25,427  

ODP *

     82        3,245  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings * .

     102        5,712  

ONE Group Hospitality *

     45        337  

OneWater Marine, Cl A *

     18        594  

O’Reilly Automotive *

     131        109,669  

Overstock.com *

     75        1,744  

Oxford Industries

     27        2,747  

Papa John’s International

     62        4,503  

Party City Holdco *

     185        313  

Patrick Industries

     39        1,783  

Peloton Interactive, Cl A *

     498        4,183  

Penn Entertainment *

     331        10,956  

Penske Automotive Group

     54        6,027  

Perdoceo Education *

     116        1,326  

Petco Health & Wellness, Cl A *

     265        2,790  

PetMed Express

     35        746  

Planet Fitness, Cl A *

     169        11,066  

Playa Hotels & Resorts *

     231        1,425  

PLBY Group *

     48        174  

Polaris

     112        11,379  

Pool

     78        23,730  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

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COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY— continued  

Porch Group *

     138      $ 188  

Poshmark, Cl A *

     70        1,250  

PulteGroup

     481        19,235  

Purple Innovation, Cl A *

     144        507  

PVH

     127        6,518  

QuantumScape, Cl A *

     378        3,149  

Quotient Technology *

     152        374  

Qurate Retail *

     594        1,390  

Ralph Lauren, Cl A

     86        7,971  

RealReal *

     136        230  

Red Rock Resorts, Cl A

     92        3,832  

Rent-A-Center, Cl A

     93        1,939  

Revolve Group, Cl A *

     70        1,680  

RH *

     38        9,649  

Rivian Automotive, Cl A *

     946        33,082  

Rocky Brands

     12        236  

Ross Stores

     688        65,835  

Royal Caribbean Cruises *

     439        23,434  

Rush Street Interactive *

     89        369  

Ruth’s Hospitality Group

     55        1,143  

Sally Beauty Holdings *

     191        2,428  

SeaWorld Entertainment *

     140        8,142  

Service International

     320        19,395  

Shake Shack, Cl A *

     65        3,612  

Shoe Carnival

     30        719  

Signet Jewelers

     89        5,806  

Six Flags Entertainment *

     148        3,300  

Skechers USA, Cl A *

     273        9,399  

Skyline Champion *

     105        6,112  

Sleep Number *

     37        1,026  

Sonic Automotive, Cl A

     35        1,636  

Sonos *

     221        3,563  

Sportsman’s Warehouse Holdings *

     75        674  

Standard Motor Products

     35        1,328  

Starbucks

     2,299        199,070  

Stellantis

     4,298        58,109  

Steven Madden

     131        3,913  

Stitch Fix, Cl A *

     139        556  

Stoneridge *

     46        960  

Strategic Education

     42        2,898  

Stride *

     70        2,346  

Tapestry

     527        16,695  

Target

     924        151,767  

Taylor Morrison Home, Cl A *

     196        5,163  

Tempur Sealy International

     349        9,385  

Tenneco, Cl A *

     142        2,797  

Tesla *

     5,071        1,153,855  

Texas Roadhouse, Cl A

     131        12,962  

Thor Industries

     98        7,984  

TJX

     2,350        169,435  

Toll Brothers

     219        9,435  

TopBuild *

     65        11,059  

Topgolf Callaway Brands *

     261        4,886  

Tractor Supply

     224        49,228  

Travel + Leisure

     156        5,925  

TravelCenters of America *

     23        1,462  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY— continued  

TRI Pointe Group *

     178      $ 2,982  

Tupperware Brands *

     74        572  

Ulta Beauty *

     102        42,776  

Under Armour, Cl A *

     330        2,459  

Unifi *

     28        255  

Universal Electronics *

     21        429  

Urban Outfitters *

     102        2,434  

Vail Resorts

     80        17,530  

VF

     736        20,792  

Vista Outdoor *

     97        2,817  

Visteon *

     52        6,784  

Vivint Smart Home *

     47        360  

Vuzix *

     104        520  

Wayfair, Cl A *

     136        5,157  

Wendy’s

     372        7,730  

Whirlpool

     114        15,759  

Williams-Sonoma

     142        17,584  

Wingstop

     56        8,870  

Winmark

     5        1,258  

Winnebago Industries

     55        3,283  

Wolverine World Wide

     139        2,381  

Workhorse Group *

     255        689  

WW International *

     119        538  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

     181        13,743  

Wynn Resorts *

     211        13,483  

XPEL *

     34        2,352  

YETI Holdings *

     157        5,037  

Yum! Brands

     576        68,112  

Zumiez *

     28        628  
     

 

 

 
        5,939,610  
     

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES — 5.1%  

22nd Century Group *

     276        362  

Albertsons, Cl A

     171        3,507  

Altria Group

     3,627        167,821  

Andersons

     56        1,975  

AppHarvest *

     115        245  

Archer-Daniels-Midland

     1,120        108,618  

B&G Foods

     118        1,933  

Beauty Health *

     178        2,035  

BellRing Brands *

     205        4,968  

Beyond Meat *

     99        1,554  

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings *

     268        20,743  

Boston Beer, Cl A *

     18        6,719  

Brown-Forman, Cl B

     606        41,208  

Bunge

     283        27,932  

Calavo Growers

     24        830  

Cal-Maine Foods

     66        3,730  

Campbell Soup

     404        21,376  

Casey’s General Stores

     75        17,453  

Celsius Holdings *

     72        6,558  

Central Garden & Pet, Cl A *

     71        2,779  

Chefs’ Warehouse *

     58        2,125  

Clorox

     245        35,780  

Coca-Cola

     8,628        516,386  

Coca-Cola Consolidated

     6        2,922  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER STAPLES— continued              

Colgate-Palmolive

     1,682      $     124,199  

Conagra Brands

     958        35,159  

Constellation Brands, Cl A

     308        76,101  

Coty, Cl A *

     592        3,972  

Darling Ingredients *

     320        25,114  

Duckhorn Portfolio *

     64        936  

Edgewell Personal Care

     94        3,684  

elf Beauty *

     86        3,720  

Energizer Holdings

     117        3,380  

Estee Lauder, Cl A

     463        92,827  

Flowers Foods

     391        11,226  

Fresh Del Monte Produce

     66        1,721  

Freshpet *

     74        4,362  

General Mills

     1,203        98,141  

Grocery Outlet Holding *

     164        5,670  

Hain Celestial Group *

     158        2,956  

Herbalife Nutrition *

     172        3,657  

Hershey

     291        69,482  

Hormel Foods

     574        26,662  

Hostess Brands, Cl A *

     259        6,858  

Ingles Markets, Cl A

     25        2,359  

Ingredion

     128        11,407  

Inter Parfums

     31        2,507  

J&J Snack Foods

     25        3,690  

JM Smucker

     211        31,789  

John B Sanfilippo & Son

     15        1,251  

Kellogg

     675        51,853  

Keurig Dr Pepper

     1,564        60,746  

Kimberly-Clark

     674        83,886  

Kraft Heinz

     2,034        78,248  

Lamb Weston Holdings

     288        24,831  

Lancaster Colony

     35        6,310  

McCormick

     501        39,399  

Medifast

     19        2,223  

MGP Ingredients

     23        2,577  

Mission Produce *

     66        1,098  

Molson Coors Beverage, Cl B

     386        19,466  

Mondelez International, Cl A

     2,767        170,115  

Monster Beverage *

     747        70,009  

National Beverage

     41        1,944  

Nu Skin Enterprises, Cl A

     86        3,284  

Olaplex Holdings *

     217        955  

PepsiCo

     2,762        501,524  

Performance Food Group *

     302        15,716  

Philip Morris International

     3,098        284,551  

Pilgrim’s Pride *

     83        1,913  

Post Holdings *

     112        10,127  

PriceSmart

     43        2,751  

Reynolds Consumer Products

     95        2,901  

Seneca Foods, Cl A *

     10        631  

Simply Good Foods *

     148        5,668  

SpartanNash

     61        2,178  

Spectrum Brands Holdings

     70        3,230  

Sprouts Farmers Market *

     205        6,048  

Sysco

     1,013        87,685  

Tattooed Chef *

     85        404  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
CONSUMER STAPLES— continued              

Tootsie Roll Industries

     26      $ 1,034  

TreeHouse Foods *

     97        4,873  

Turning Point Brands

     31        730  

Tyson Foods, Cl A

     575        39,301  

United Natural Foods *

     101        4,283  

Universal

     42        2,126  

US Foods Holding *

     429        12,767  

USANA Health Sciences *

     20        1,050  

Utz Brands

     106        1,718  

Vector Group

     228        2,421  

WD-40

     24        3,844  

Weis Markets

     26        2,436  

Whole Earth Brands *

     70        242  
     

 

 

 
            3,271,485  
     

 

 

 
ENERGY — 6.5%              

Aemetis *

     48        355  

Alto Ingredients *

     123        508  

Antero Midstream

     596        6,347  

Antero Resources *

     555        20,346  

APA

     691        31,413  

Arch Resources

     27        4,112  

Archrock

     236        1,772  

Baker Hughes, Cl A

     1,812        50,120  

Berry Petroleum

     139        1,233  

Brigham Minerals, Cl A

     84        2,604  

Bristow Group *

     48        1,437  

Cactus, Cl A

     102        5,275  

California Resources

     133        6,000  

Callon Petroleum *

     73        3,209  

Centrus Energy, Cl A *

     19        899  

ChampionX

     379        10,847  

Cheniere Energy

     503        88,734  

Chesapeake Energy

     230        23,522  

Chevron

     3,936        712,022  

Chord Energy

     79        12,134  

Civitas Resources

     137        9,583  

Clean Energy Fuels *

     294        1,973  

CNX Resources *

     367        6,169  

Comstock Resources

     141        2,648  

ConocoPhillips

     2,594        327,078  

CONSOL Energy

     59        3,718  

Continental Resources

     277        20,490  

Core Laboratories

     81        1,576  

Coterra Energy

     1,589        49,466  

Crescent Energy, Cl A

     58        794  

CVR Energy

     188        7,343  

Delek US Holdings

     146        4,330  

Denbury *

     90        8,227  

Devon Energy

     1,260        97,461  

DHT Holdings

     243        2,165  

Diamondback Energy

     331        52,003  

DMC Global *

     27        584  

Dorian LPG

     61        1,102  

Dril-Quip *

     60        1,493  

Earthstone Energy, Cl A *

     79        1,277  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
ENERGY— continued              

EOG Resources

     1,169      $ 159,592  

EQT

     712        29,790  

Equitrans Midstream

     769        6,475  

Expro Group Holdings *

     184        3,483  

Exxon Mobil

     8,453            936,677  

Gevo *

     342        770  

Green Plains *

     90        2,600  

Gulfport Energy *

     37        3,312  

Halliburton

     1,796        65,410  

Helix Energy Solutions Group *

     249        1,743  

Helmerich & Payne

     192        9,506  

Hess

     559        78,864  

HF Sinclair

     324        19,819  

International Seaways

     83        3,520  

Kinder Morgan

     3,974        72,009  

Kinetik Holdings, Cl A

     28        1,030  

Laredo Petroleum *

     26        1,681  

Liberty Energy, Cl A

     217        3,670  

Magnolia Oil & Gas, Cl A

     302        7,755  

Marathon Oil

     1,435        43,696  

Marathon Petroleum

     1,118        127,027  

Matador Resources

     217        14,420  

Murphy Oil

     294        14,262  

Nabors Industries *

     14        2,436  

National Energy Services Reunited

     

*

     122        922  

New Fortress Energy, Cl A

     126        6,939  

Newpark Resources *

     148        542  

NexTier Oilfield Solutions *

     276        2,782  

Northern Oil and Gas

     114        3,892  

NOV

     782        17,517  

Occidental Petroleum

     1,873        135,980  

Oceaneering International *

     172        2,406  

Oil States International *

     103        666  

ONEOK

     888        52,676  

Ovintiv

     516        26,135  

Par Pacific Holdings *

     103        2,357  

Patterson-UTI Energy

     395        6,972  

PBF Energy, Cl A

     187        8,275  

PDC Energy

     190        13,707  

Peabody Energy *

     256        6,118  

Permian Resources, Cl A *

     352        3,439  

Phillips 66

     847        88,334  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     471        120,769  

Plains GP Holdings, Cl A

     332        4,163  

ProPetro Holding *

     136        1,610  

Range Resources

     511        14,553  

Ranger Oil, Cl A

     37        1,513  

REX American Resources *

     27        810  

RPC

     130        1,447  

SandRidge Energy *

     63        1,190  

Schlumberger

     2,826        147,037  

Select Energy Services, Cl A

     135        1,303  

SM Energy

     240        10,795  

Southwestern Energy *

     1,765        12,232  

Talos Energy *

     98        2,085  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
ENERGY— continued              

Targa Resources

     449      $ 30,698  

Tellurian *

     750        2,025  

TETRA Technologies *

     200        988  

Texas Pacific Land

     16        36,862  

Tidewater *

     68        2,305  

Transocean *

     1,107        4,074  

US Silica Holdings *

     127        1,828  

Valaris *

     132        8,835  

Valero Energy

     817        102,574  

Viper Energy Partners

     103        3,435  

W&T Offshore *

     164        1,245  

Williams

     2,432        79,599  

World Fuel Services

     108        2,753  
     

 

 

 
        4,168,303  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 13.4%              

1st Source

     32        1,861  

Affiliated Managers Group

     78        9,684  

AGNC Investment ‡

     1,039        8,541  

Alerus Financial

     26        580  

Allstate

     550        69,438  

Ally Financial

     652        17,969  

A-Mark Precious Metals

     30        912  

Ambac Financial Group *

     80        1,124  

Amerant Bancorp, Cl A

     40        1,204  

American Equity Investment Life

     

Holding

     179        7,711  

American Express

     1,507        223,714  

American Financial Group

     157        22,782  

American International Group

     1,614        91,998  

American National Bankshares

     18        658  

Ameriprise Financial

     221        68,316  

Ameris Bancorp

     123        6,336  

AMERISAFE

     33        1,928  

Annaly Capital Management ‡

     728        13,504  

Apollo Commercial Real Estate

     

Finance ‡

     244        2,747  

Apollo Global Management

     992        54,934  

Arbor Realty Trust ‡

     269        3,704  

Arch Capital Group *

     731        42,033  

Ares Commercial Real Estate ‡

     77        950  

Ares Management, Cl A

     276        20,929  

Argo Group International

     

Holdings

     60        1,492  

ARMOUR Residential ‡

     166        883  

Arrow Financial

     28        968  

Arthur J Gallagher

     416        77,825  

Artisan Partners Asset

     

Management, Cl A

     111        3,165  

AssetMark Financial Holdings *

     37        766  

Associated Banc-Corp

     256        6,234  

Assurant

     114        15,488  

Assured Guaranty

     117        6,925  

Atlantic Union Bankshares

     130        4,490  

Axis Capital Holdings

     146        7,982  

Axos Financial *

     93        3,623  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

B. Riley Financial

     27      $ 1,098  

Banc of California

     101        1,685  

BancFirst

     30        2,875  

Bancorp *

     89        2,455  

Bank First

     11        948  

Bank of America

     16,121        581,001  

Bank of Hawaii

     75        5,696  

Bank of Marin Bancorp

     25        903  

Bank of New York Mellon

     1,614        67,966  

Bank OZK

     235        10,100  

BankUnited

     158        5,680  

Banner

     59        4,410  

Bar Harbor Bankshares

     26        780  

Berkshire Hathaway, Cl B *

     2,568        757,791  

BGC Partners, Cl A

     502        1,988  

BlackRock, Cl A

     286        184,730  

Blackstone, Cl A

     1,392        126,867  

Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Cl A ‡

     321        8,012  

Blucora *

     81        1,784  

BOK Financial

     52        5,730  

Bread Financial Holdings

     87        3,142  

Bridgewater Bancshares *

     36        688  

Brighthouse Financial *

     142        8,104  

Brightsphere Investment Group

     72        1,355  

BrightSpire Capital, Cl A ‡

     163        1,252  

Broadmark Realty Capital ‡

     223        1,298  

Brookline Bancorp

     133        1,829  

Brown & Brown

     479        28,160  

BRP Group, Cl A *

     100        2,835  

Business First Bancshares

     33        818  

Byline Bancorp

     40        925  

Cadence Bank

     368        10,175  

Cambridge Bancorp

     12        1,054  

Camden National

     25        1,088  

Cannae Holdings *

     142        3,289  

Capital City Bank Group

     23        815  

Capital One Financial

     802        85,028  

Capitol Federal Financial

     226        1,849  

Capstar Financial Holdings

     33        583  

Carlyle Group

     373        10,548  

Carter Bankshares *

     43        770  

Cathay General Bancorp

     125        5,700  

Cboe Global Markets

     211        26,270  

Central Pacific Financial

     47        964  

Charles Schwab

     3,383        269,524  

Chimera Investment ‡

     408        2,754  

Chubb

     844        181,367  

Cincinnati Financial

     314        32,442  

Citigroup

     3,960        181,606  

Citizens & Northern

     27        642  

City Holding

     26        2,622  

Civista Bancshares

     24        569  

CME Group, Cl A

     718        124,429  

CNA Financial

     47        1,960  

CNB Financial

     29        737  

Coastal Financial *

     18        839  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

Cohen & Steers

     43      $ 2,587  

Columbia Banking System

     137        4,585  

Columbia Financial *

     61        1,253  

Comerica

     261        18,401  

Commerce Bancshares

     234        16,605  

Community Bank System

     100        6,243  

Community Trust Bancorp

     30        1,419  

ConnectOne Bancorp

     62        1,553  

Cowen, Cl A

     44        1,699  

Credit Acceptance *

     18        8,381  

CrossFirst Bankshares *

     81        1,127  

Cullen

     118        18,296  

Curo Group Holdings

     35        181  

Customers Bancorp *

     53        1,786  

Diamond Hill Investment Group

     5        900  

Dime Community Bancshares

     63        2,175  

Discover Financial Services

     563        58,811  

Donnelley Financial Solutions *

     54        2,183  

Dynex Capital ‡

     63        752  

Eagle Bancorp

     55        2,490  

East West Bancorp

     282        20,183  

Eastern Bankshares

     312        5,981  

Ellington Financial ‡

     100        1,338  

Employers Holdings

     47        2,050  

Encore Capital Group *

     42        2,139  

Enova International *

     55        2,062  

Enstar Group *

     23        4,612  

Enterprise Bancorp

     16        500  

Enterprise Financial Services

     62        3,315  

Equitable Holdings

     768        23,516  

Equity Bancshares, Cl A

     25        893  

Erie Indemnity, Cl A

     50        12,850  

Essent Group

     198        7,837  

Evercore, Cl A

     65        6,832  

Everest Re Group

     87        28,071  

EZCORP, Cl A *

     91        879  

FactSet Research Systems

     76        32,337  

Farmers National Banc

     54        742  

FB Financial

     63        2,643  

Federal Agricultural Mortgage, Cl C

     16        1,843  

Federated Hermes, Cl B

     152        5,282  

Fidelity National Financial

     534        21,029  

Fifth Third Bancorp

     1,367        48,788  

Financial Institutions

     27        643  

First American Financial

     208        10,483  

First Bancorp

     61        2,719  

First Bancorp

     16        489  

First Bancshares

     34        1,113  

First Busey

     90        2,377  

First Citizens BancShares, Cl A

     23        18,646  

First Commonwealth Financial

     163        2,337  

First Financial

     20        970  

First Financial Bancorp

     162        4,223  

First Financial Bankshares

     263        10,123  

First Foundation

     89        1,420  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

First Hawaiian

     239      $ 6,114  

First Horizon

     1,054        25,834  

First Internet Bancorp

     16        411  

First Interstate BancSystem, Cl A

     164        7,460  

First Merchants

     103        4,625  

First Mid Bancshares

     30        1,074  

First of Long Island

     38        668  

First Republic Bank

     359        43,116  

FirstCash Holdings

     69        6,793  

Flagstar Bancorp

     91        3,522  

Flushing Financial

     50        985  

FNB

     702        10,144  

Focus Financial Partners, Cl A *

     101        3,514  

Franklin BSP Realty Trust ‡

     146        2,057  

Franklin Resources

     572        13,413  

Fulton Financial

     279        5,086  

GCM Grosvenor

     75        620  

Genworth Financial, Cl A *

     883        4,124  

German American Bancorp

     48        1,886  

Glacier Bancorp

     221        12,659  

Goldman Sachs Group

     682        234,956  

Goosehead Insurance, Cl A *

     34        1,411  

Granite Point Mortgage Trust ‡

     93        731  

Great Southern Bancorp

     17        1,054  

Green Dot, Cl A *

     92        1,751  

Guaranty Bancshares

     15        555  

Hamilton Lane, Cl A

     61        3,649  

Hancock Whitney

     172        9,610  

Hanmi Financial

     53        1,419  

Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital ‡

     158        4,294  

Hanover Insurance Group

     70        10,254  

HarborOne Bancorp

     80        1,218  

Hartford Financial Services Group

     660        47,791  

HCI Group

     15        550  

Heartland Financial USA

     69        3,403  

Heritage Commerce

     102        1,459  

Heritage Financial

     61        2,055  

Hilltop Holdings

     105        3,040  

Hingham Institution For Savings

     

The

     4        989  

Home Bancorp

     13        556  

Home BancShares

     281        7,163  

HomeStreet

     31        805  

HomeTrust Bancshares

     25        601  

Hope Bancorp

     199        2,700  

Horace Mann Educators

     72        2,841  

Houlihan Lokey, Cl A

     101        9,021  

Huntington Bancshares

     2,865        43,491  

Independent Bank

     89        7,737  

Independent Bank Group

     65        4,101  

Independent Bank/MI

     36        833  

Interactive Brokers Group, Cl A

     185        14,828  

Intercontinental Exchange

     1,108        105,892  

International Bancshares

     94        4,662  

Invesco

     894        13,696  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

Invesco Mortgage Capital ‡

     58      $ 677  

James River Group Holdings

     63        1,592  

Jefferies Financial Group

     391        13,454  

JPMorgan Chase

     5,861        737,783  

Kearny Financial

     114        1,156  

Kemper

     107        5,101  

KeyCorp

     1,833        32,756  

Kinsale Capital Group

     44        13,867  

KKR Real Estate Finance Trust ‡ .

     102        1,777  

Ladder Capital, Cl A ‡

     200        2,134  

Lakeland Bancorp

     107        1,996  

Lakeland Financial

     44        3,637  

Lazard, Cl A

     204        7,693  

Lemonade *

     68        1,646  

LendingClub *

     171        1,819  

LendingTree *

     19        479  

Lincoln National

     311        16,754  

Live Oak Bancshares

     57        1,851  

Loews

     412        23,492  

LPL Financial Holdings

     159        40,648  

M&T Bank

     359        60,387  

Markel *

     27        32,565  

MarketAxess Holdings

     75        18,303  

Marsh & McLennan

     1,006        162,459  

MBIA *

     80        861  

Mercantile Bank

     26        909  

Merchants Bancorp

     28        659  

Mercury General

     47        1,363  

Metrocity Bankshares

     32        712  

MFA Financial ‡

     164        1,636  

MGIC Investment

     624        8,518  

Midland States Bancorp

     37        1,037  

MidWestOne Financial Group

     25        840  

Moelis, Cl A

     112        4,756  

Moody’s

     370        98,002  

Morgan Stanley

     2,764        227,118  

Morningstar

     50        11,609  

Mr Cooper Group *

     120        4,739  

MSCI, Cl A

     158        74,080  

MVB Financial

     19        470  

Nasdaq

     685        42,634  

National Bank Holdings, Cl A

     51        2,235  

National Western Life Group, Cl A

     4        792  

Navient

     251        3,800  

NBT Bancorp

     73        3,459  

Nelnet, Cl A

     24        2,138  

New York Community Bancorp

     907        8,444  

New York Mortgage Trust ‡

     662        1,781  

Nicolet Bankshares *

     22        1,678  

NMI Holdings, Cl A *

     148        3,246  

Northern Trust

     409        34,499  

Northfield Bancorp

     76        1,219  

Northwest Bancshares

     210        3,163  

OceanFirst Financial

     101        2,281  

Old National Bancorp

     581        11,360  

Old Republic International

     572        13,276  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

Old Second Bancorp

     72      $ 1,152  

OneMain Holdings, Cl A

     230        8,869  

Open Lending, Cl A *

     183        1,312  

Oportun Financial *

     39        214  

Oppenheimer Holdings, Cl A

     14        482  

Orchid Island Capital, Cl A ‡

     62        624  

Origin Bancorp

     37        1,529  

Pacific Premier Bancorp

     161        5,862  

PacWest Bancorp

     217        5,395  

Palomar Holdings *

     42        3,736  

Park National

     28        4,130  

Pathward Financial

     50        2,101  

Peapack-Gladstone Financial

     29        1,148  

PennyMac Financial Services

     85        4,532  

PennyMac Mortgage Investment Trust ‡

     161        2,233  

Peoples Bancorp

     49        1,483  

Peoples Financial Services

     12        660  

Pinnacle Financial Partners

     149        12,366  

Piper Sandler

     30        3,839  

PJT Partners

     38        2,827  

PNC Financial Services Group

     829        134,157  

PRA Group *

     70        2,345  

Premier Financial

     62        1,789  

Primerica

     78        11,287  

Primis Financial

     37        477  

Principal Financial Group

     503        44,329  

ProAssurance

     93        2,066  

PROG Holdings *

     95        1,569  

Progressive

     1,168        149,971  

Prosperity Bancshares

     177        12,668  

Provident Financial Services

     124        2,780  

Prudential Financial

     753        79,208  

QCR Holdings

     30        1,521  

Radian Group

     327        6,824  

Raymond James Financial

     384        45,395  

RBB Bancorp

     28        630  

Ready Capital ‡

     146        1,770  

Redwood Trust ‡

     209        1,490  

Regional Management

     16        543  

Regions Financial

     1,874        41,134  

Reinsurance Group of America, Cl A

     133        19,574  

Renasant

     95        3,835  

Republic Bancorp, Cl A

     15        695  

Rithm Capital ‡

     872        7,351  

RLI

     80        10,406  

Rocket, Cl A

     196        1,352  

S&P Global

     694        222,964  

S&T Bancorp

     63        2,382  

Safety Insurance Group

     25        2,174  

Sandy Spring Bancorp

     77        2,729  

Seacoast Banking Corp of Florida

     105        3,245  

SEI Investments

     228        12,380  

Selective Insurance Group

     118        11,573  

Selectquote *

     223        150  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

ServisFirst Bancshares

     97      $ 7,307  

Sierra Bancorp

     24        529  

Signature Bank NY

     126        19,975  

Silvergate Capital, Cl A *

     54        3,065  

Simmons First National, Cl A

     241        5,753  

SLM

     515        8,544  

SmartFinancial

     25        731  

Southern First Bancshares *

     13        581  

Southern Missouri Bancorp

     13        666  

Southside Bancshares

     54        1,849  

SouthState

     149        13,507  

Starwood Property Trust ‡

     583        12,045  

State Street

     733        54,242  

Stellar Bancorp

     80        2,635  

StepStone Group, Cl A

     84        2,480  

Stewart Information Services

     47        1,831  

Stifel Financial

     206        12,745  

Stock Yards Bancorp

     49        3,831  

StoneX Group *

     30        2,800  

Summit Financial Group

     18        523  

SVB Financial Group *

     117        27,022  

Synchrony Financial

     1,009        35,880  

Synovus Financial

     290        11,557  

T Rowe Price Group

     447        47,454  

Texas Capital Bancshares *

     88        5,280  

TFS Financial

     91        1,279  

Tiptree

     36        438  

Tompkins Financial

     23        1,905  

Towne Bank

     117        3,854  

TPG RE Finance Trust ‡

     106        898  

Tradeweb Markets, Cl A

     213        11,732  

Travelers

     479        88,356  

TriCo Bancshares

     55        3,185  

Triumph Bancorp *

     42        2,163  

Truist Financial

     2,655        118,917  

Trupanion *

     58        2,927  

TrustCo Bank NY

     33        1,232  

Trustmark

     98        3,584  

Two Harbors Investment ‡

     599        2,132  

UMB Financial

     81        6,741  

Umpqua Holdings

     402        7,992  

United Bankshares

     268        11,350  

United Community Banks

     199        7,650  

United Fire Group

     42        1,138  

Universal Insurance Holdings

     49        492  

Univest Financial

     51        1,435  

Upstart Holdings *

     117        2,712  

US Bancorp

     2,970        126,077  

UWM Holdings

     150        492  

Valley National Bancorp

     829        9,840  

Veritex Holdings

     91        2,874  

Victory Capital Holdings, Cl A

     46        1,330  

Virtu Financial, Cl A

     179        4,006  

Virtus Investment Partners

     12        2,058  

Voya Financial

     202        13,809  

Walker & Dunlop

     58        5,218  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
FINANCIALS— continued              

Washington Federal

     113      $ 4,373  

Washington Trust Bancorp

     30        1,455  

Waterstone Financial

     36        611  

Webster Financial

     357        19,363  

Wells Fargo

     7,586        348,880  

WesBanco

     104        4,206  

West Bancorporation

     26        584  

Westamerica Bancorporation

     45        2,823  

Western Alliance Bancorp

     210        14,106  

White Mountains Insurance Group

     5        7,081  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     222        48,443  

Wintrust Financial

     113        10,579  

WisdomTree Investments

     193        1,048  

World Acceptance *

     10        812  

WR Berkley

     438        32,541  

WSFS Financial

     118        5,513  

Zions Bancorp

     299        15,530  
     

 

 

 
        8,633,033  
     

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE — 6.0%              

1Life Healthcare *

     266        4,549  

ABIOMED *

     89        22,435  

Acadia Healthcare *

     178        14,471  

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals *

     281        4,504  

Accolade *

     97        1,046  

Accuray *

     155        316  

Aclaris Therapeutics *

     82        1,280  

AdaptHealth, Cl A *

     128        2,918  

Adaptive Biotechnologies *

     243        1,891  

Addus HomeCare *

     27        2,765  

Aerie Pharmaceuticals *

     81        1,233  

Agenus *

     398        999  

Agiliti *

     54        943  

agilon health *

     377        7,483  

Agios Pharmaceuticals *

     95        2,616  

Akero Therapeutics *

     37        1,564  

Albireo Pharma *

     33        677  

Alector *

     105        966  

Align Technology *

     147        28,562  

Alignment Healthcare *

     133        1,761  

Alkermes PLC *

     301        6,833  

Allogene Therapeutics *

     128        1,318  

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions *

     198        2,911  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals *

     240        49,742  

Alphatec Holdings *

     105        1,075  

ALX Oncology Holdings *

     36        437  

Amedisys *

     60        5,855  

American Well, Cl A *

     315        1,288  

Amgen

     1,068        288,734  

Amicus Therapeutics *

     509        5,090  

AMN Healthcare Services *

     92        11,546  

AnaptysBio *

     42        1,212  

Anavex Life Sciences *

     130        1,582  

AngioDynamics *

     66        930  

ANI Pharmaceuticals *

     22        849  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
HEALTH CARE— continued              

Apellis Pharmaceuticals *

     179      $ 10,828  

Apollo Medical Holdings *

     58        2,057  

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings *

     40        708  

Arcus Biosciences *

     78        1,987  

Arcutis Biotherapeutics *

     50        884  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals *

     186        6,475  

Artivion *

     67        748  

Arvinas *

     78        3,877  

Atara Biotherapeutics *

     157        732  

Atea Pharmaceuticals *

     126        756  

Athira Pharma *

     61        202  

AtriCure *

     79        3,327  

Atrion

     2        1,201  

Avanos Medical *

     82        1,816  

Avid Bioservices *

     108        1,830  

Avidity Biosciences *

     75        1,071  

Axonics *

     69        5,047  

Axsome Therapeutics *

     54        2,438  

Azenta

     138        6,127  

Beam Therapeutics *

     94        4,142  

Berkeley Lights *

     88        195  

BioCryst Pharmaceuticals *

     316        4,219  

Biohaven *

     62        1,027  

BioMarin Pharmaceutical *

     365        31,620  

Bionano Genomics *

     498        1,165  

Bioxcel Therapeutics *

     33        415  

Bluebird Bio *

     121        759  

Blueprint Medicines *

     108        5,599  

Boston Scientific *

     2,833        122,131  

Bridgebio Pharma *

     181        1,888  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     4,246        328,938  

Brookdale Senior Living *

     318        1,421  

Bruker

     206        12,739  

Butterfly Network *

     247        1,210  

C4 Therapeutics *

     67        645  

Cara Therapeutics *

     78        733  

Cardiovascular Systems *

     69        996  

CareDx *

     91        1,812  

Caribou Biosciences *

     84        818  

Cassava Sciences *

     64        2,332  

Castle Biosciences *

     40        1,021  

Catalent *

     338        22,217  

Catalyst Pharmaceuticals *

     167        2,316  

Celldex Therapeutics *

     78        2,740  

Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings *

     152        4,250  

Certara *

     176        2,152  

Cerus *

     295        1,080  

Chemed

     30        14,006  

Chimerix *

     137        243  

Chinook Therapeutics *

     67        1,457  

Clovis Oncology *

     248        255  

Codexis *

     111        624  

Cogent Biosciences *

     66        901  

Coherus Biosciences *

     127        1,105  

Collegium Pharmaceutical *

     57        1,023  

Computer Programs and Systems *

     25        808  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

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COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
HEALTH CARE— continued              

CONMED

     51      $ 4,066  

CorVel *

     16        2,627  

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals *

     74        1,366  

Cross Country Healthcare *

     63        2,337  

CryoPort *

     85        2,360  

Cullinan Oncology *

     41        539  

Cutera *

     31        1,425  

Cymabay Therapeutics *

     140        487  

Cytokinetics *

     149        6,505  

DaVita *

     189        13,799  

Deciphera Pharmaceuticals *

     70        1,135  

Definitive Healthcare, Cl A *

     48        757  

Denali Therapeutics *

     171        4,904  

DENTSPLY SIRONA

     429        13,222  

DermTech *

     46        148  

Dexcom *

     771        93,121  

Dynavax Technologies, Cl A *

     206        2,359  

Dyne Therapeutics *

     47        536  

Editas Medicine, Cl A *

     120        1,506  

Edwards Lifesciences *

     1,232        89,234  

Elanco Animal Health *

     908        11,977  

Eli Lilly

     1,587        574,637  

Emergent BioSolutions *

     73        1,523  

Enanta Pharmaceuticals *

     34        1,534  

Encompass Health

     195        10,616  

Enhabit *

     86        1,062  

Enovis *

     83        4,121  

Ensign Group

     103        9,247  

Envista Holdings *

     324        10,695  

Evolent Health, Cl A *

     165        5,249  

Evolus *

     62        531  

Exact Sciences *

     346        12,034  

Exelixis *

     626        10,379  

Fate Therapeutics *

     158        3,305  

FibroGen *

     149        2,426  

Figs, Cl A *

     213        1,572  

Fulcrum Therapeutics *

     51        284  

Fulgent Genetics *

     37        1,466  

Generation Bio *

     82        420  

Gilead Sciences

     2,514        197,248  

Glaukos *

     79        4,430  

Gossamer Bio *

     93        1,032  

Guardant Health *

     191        9,455  

Haemonetics *

     95        8,070  

Halozyme Therapeutics *

     273        13,052  

Harmony Biosciences Holdings *

     48        2,496  

Health Catalyst *

     91        803  

HealthEquity *

     164        12,777  

HealthStream *

     42        1,037  

Heron Therapeutics *

     173        666  

Heska *

     18        1,292  

Hims & Hers Health *

     193        876  

Hologic *

     498        33,764  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC *

     449        27,982  

ICU Medical *

     37        5,491  

Ideaya Biosciences *

     52        878  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
HEALTH CARE— continued              

IDEXX Laboratories *

     166      $ 59,707  

ImmunityBio *

     141        776  

ImmunoGen *

     376        2,233  

Inari Medical *

     78        6,001  

Incyte *

     439        32,635  

Inhibrx *

     46        1,480  

Innoviva *

     121        1,641  

Inogen *

     37        838  

Inovio Pharmaceuticals *

     383        827  

Insmed *

     204        3,533  

Inspire Medical Systems *

     53        10,332  

Instil Bio *

     107        353  

Insulet *

     138        35,716  

Integer Holdings *

     57        3,553  

Integra LifeSciences Holdings *

     136        6,834  

Intellia Therapeutics *

     126        6,650  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals *

     42        583  

Intra-Cellular Therapies *

     161        7,353  

Intuitive Surgical *

     716        176,473  

Invitae *

     394        1,017  

Ionis Pharmaceuticals *

     281        12,420  

Iovance Biotherapeutics *

     243        2,270  

iRhythm Technologies *

     55        7,012  

Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Cl A *

     272        2,976  

iTeos Therapeutics *

     46        896  

IVERIC bio *

     182        4,353  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC *

     119        17,111  

Joint *

     25        413  

KalVista Pharmaceuticals *

     37        188  

Karuna Therapeutics *

     44        9,651  

Kezar Life Sciences *

     84        631  

Kiniksa Pharmaceuticals, Cl A *

     57        651  

Krystal Biotech *

     34        2,601  

Kura Oncology *

     110        1,707  

Kymera Therapeutics *

     70        2,124  

Lantheus Holdings *

     132        9,767  

LeMaitre Vascular

     34        1,476  

LHC Group *

     60        10,026  

LivaNova PLC *

     100        4,710  

Lyell Immunopharma *

     104        612  

MacroGenics *

     99        507  

Madrigal Pharmaceuticals *

     22        1,558  

MannKind *

     416        1,406  

Marinus Pharmaceuticals *

     57        328  

Masimo *

     102        13,423  

MeiraGTx Holdings PLC *

     61        443  

Meridian Bioscience *

     75        2,398  

Merit Medical Systems *

     104        7,152  

Mersana Therapeutics *

     127        998  

Mesa Laboratories

     9        1,190  

Mettler-Toledo International *

     45        56,922  

Mirati Therapeutics *

     96        6,463  

Mirum Pharmaceuticals *

     31        699  

Moderna *

     698        104,930  

ModivCare *

     24        2,334  

Morphic Holding *

     42        1,176  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
HEALTH CARE— continued              

Multiplan *

     453      $ 1,300  

Myovant Sciences *

     72        1,925  

Myriad Genetics *

     135        2,800  

Natera *

     163        7,655  

National HealthCare

     22        1,340  

National Research

     24        978  

Nektar Therapeutics, Cl A *

     321        1,207  

Neogen *

     189        2,495  

Neurocrine Biosciences *

     187        21,527  

Nevro *

     58        2,224  

NextGen Healthcare *

     94        1,884  

NGM Biopharmaceuticals *

     43        230  

Novavax *

     137        3,051  

Nurix Therapeutics *

     64        815  

Nuvation Bio *

     226        497  

Oak Street Health *

     184        3,722  

Ocugen *

     370        636  

Ocular Therapeutix *

     134        484  

Omeros *

     106        351  

Omnicell *

     81        6,263  

OptimizeRx *

     27        416  

Option Care Health *

     284        8,594  

OraSure Technologies *

     127        554  

OrthoPediatrics *

     25        1,062  

Outset Medical *

     82        1,274  

Owens & Minor

     129        2,193  

Pacific Biosciences of California *

     384        3,241  

Pacira BioSciences *

     77        3,986  

Patterson

     153        3,973  

PDL BioPharma *(A)

     64         

Pennant Group *

     46        566  

Penumbra *

     70        12,003  

Personalis *

     63        168  

PetIQ, Cl A *

     47        386  

Phathom Pharmaceuticals *

     35        371  

Phibro Animal Health, Cl A

     36        529  

Phreesia *

     85        2,322  

PMV Pharmaceuticals *

     52        640  

Praxis Precision Medicines *

     65        128  

Premier, Cl A

     238        8,301  

Prestige Consumer Healthcare *

     87        4,740  

Privia Health Group *

     153        5,122  

Progyny *

     122        5,425  

Prometheus Biosciences *

     45        2,363  

Protagonist Therapeutics *

     79        640  

PTC Therapeutics *

     129        4,879  

Pulmonx *

     49        655  

Quanterix *

     59        653  

Quest Diagnostics

     234        33,614  

QuidelOrtho *

     92        8,258  

R1 RCM *

     237        4,185  

RadNet *

     85        1,625  

RAPT Therapeutics *

     42        916  

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Cl A *

     52        1,674  

Recursion Pharmaceuticals, Cl A *

     143        1,509  

REGENXBIO *

     64        1,515  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
HEALTH CARE— continued              

Relay Therapeutics *

     129      $ 2,866  

Relmada Therapeutics *

     45        288  

Replimune Group *

     52        955  

ResMed

     290        64,870  

Revance Therapeutics *

     117        2,610  

REVOLUTION Medicines *

     87        1,763  

Rhythm Pharmaceuticals *

     75        1,888  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals *

     300        219  

Rocket Pharmaceuticals *

     105        1,959  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Cl A

     726        30,724  

Sage Therapeutics *

     89        3,352  

Sangamo Therapeutics *

     213        935  

Sarepta Therapeutics *

     166        18,927  

Scholar Rock Holding *

     50        488  

Schrodinger *

     101        2,421  

Seagen *

     362        46,032  

SeaSpine Holdings *

     56        360  

Seer, Cl A *

     60        470  

Select Medical Holdings

     190        4,879  

Senseonics Holdings *

     654        772  

Seres Therapeutics *

     122        1,081  

Shockwave Medical *

     69        20,227  

SI-BONE *

     50        972  

SIGA Technologies

     72        662  

Signify Health, Cl A *

     113        3,303  

Silk Road Medical *

     59        2,601  

Simulations Plus

     28        1,162  

SmileDirectClub, Cl A *

     196        141  

Sorrento Therapeutics *

     563        884  

Sotera Health *

     156        1,073  

SpringWorks Therapeutics *

     56        1,345  

STAAR Surgical *

     89        6,307  

STERIS PLC

     199        34,343  

Stoke Therapeutics *

     31        460  

Supernus Pharmaceuticals *

     90        3,084  

Surmodics *

     24        819  

Sutro Biopharma *

     64        469  

Syndax Pharmaceuticals *

     79        1,814  

Syneos Health, Cl A *

     205        10,328  

Tactile Systems Technology *

     33        246  

Tandem Diabetes Care *

     112        6,289  

Teladoc Health *

     307        9,099  

Teleflex

     94        20,169  

TG Therapeutics *

     232        1,350  

Theravance Biopharma *

     89        887  

TransMedics Group *

     45        2,170  

Travere Therapeutics *

     104        2,255  

Treace Medical Concepts *

     54        1,322  

Twist Bioscience *

     89        2,922  

UFP Technologies *

     12        1,126  

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical *

     121        4,896  

United Therapeutics *

     89        20,517  

US Physical Therapy

     22        1,954  

Vanda Pharmaceuticals *

     94        984  

Varex Imaging *

     69        1,526  

Vaxart *

     219        366  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
HEALTH CARE— continued              

Vaxcyte *

     65      $ 2,835  

Veeva Systems, Cl A *

     277        46,519  

Veracyte *

     123        2,474  

Verastem *

     316        133  

ViewRay *

     270        1,158  

Vir Biotechnology *

     127        2,791  

Waters *

     121        36,200  

West Pharmaceutical Services

     147        33,825  

Xencor *

     101        2,828  

Y-mAbs Therapeutics *

     62        224  

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals *

     72        1,806  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings

     418        47,380  

Zoetis, Cl A

     944        142,336  
     

 

 

 
        3,860,715  
     

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS — 8.8%              

3D Systems *

     223        1,969  

3M

     1,139        143,275  

AAON

     73        4,708  

AAR *

     59        2,615  

ABM Industries

     124        5,519  

ACCO Brands

     164        754  

Acuity Brands

     68        12,483  

ADT

     347        2,936  

Advanced Drainage Systems

     144        16,687  

AECOM

     282        21,229  

AGCO

     122        15,149  

Air Lease, Cl A

     200        7,058  

Air Transport Services Group *

     102        2,978  

Alamo Group

     20        3,042  

Alaska Air Group *

     252        11,204  

Albany International, Cl A

     56        5,131  

Allegiant Travel, Cl A *

     27        2,026  

Allegion PLC

     176        18,440  

Allied Motion Technologies

     22        744  

Allison Transmission Holdings

     181        7,647  

Altra Industrial Motion

     113        6,796  

AMERCO

     18        10,353  

Ameresco, Cl A *

     55        3,326  

American Airlines Group *

     1,286        18,235  

American Woodmark *

     29        1,315  

AMETEK

     461        59,773  

AO Smith

     259        14,188  

API Group *

     408        6,728  

Apogee Enterprises

     38        1,743  

Applied Industrial Technologies

     71        8,831  

ArcBest

     42        3,336  

Arcosa

     84        5,393  

Argan

     25        867  

Armstrong World Industries

     88        6,650  

Array Technologies *

     246        4,453  

ASGN *

     100        8,478  

Astec Industries

     39        1,702  

Astronics *

     44        407  

Atkore *

     83        7,910  

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings *

     46        4,652  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

Avis Budget Group *

     98      $ 23,173  

Axon Enterprise *

     134        19,489  

AZEK, Cl A *

     263        4,605  

AZZ

     42        1,688  

Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises *

     146        666  

Barnes Group

     84        2,971  

Barrett Business Services

     12        1,047  

Beacon Roofing Supply *

     104        5,860  

Blink Charging *

     64        947  

Bloom Energy, Cl A *

     290        5,426  

Blue Bird *

     37        339  

BlueLinx Holdings *

     17        1,198  

Boise Cascade

     68        4,540  

Brady, Cl A

     82        3,752  

BrightView Holdings *

     77        687  

Brink’s

     82        4,890  

Builders FirstSource *

     347        21,396  

Carlisle

     103        24,596  

Carrier Global

     1,701        67,632  

Casella Waste Systems, Cl A *

     93        7,608  

Caterpillar

     1,071        231,829  

CBIZ *

     88        4,368  

CH Robinson Worldwide

     256        25,016  

ChargePoint Holdings *

     255        3,565  

Chart Industries *

     73        16,270  

Cintas

     175        74,821  

CIRCOR International *

     35        723  

Clean Harbors *

     102        12,491  

Columbus McKinnon

     49        1,397  

Comfort Systems USA

     65        8,013  

Construction Partners, Cl A *

     69        2,149  

Copart *

     428        49,229  

Core & Main, Cl A *

     105        2,476  

CoreCivic *

     208        2,178  

CoStar Group *

     783        64,770  

CRA International

     13        1,336  

Crane Holdings

     96        9,633  

CSW Industrials

     27        3,481  

CSX

     4,367        126,905  

Cummins

     277        67,729  

Curtiss-Wright

     77        12,923  

Custom Truck One Source *

     106        735  

Daseke *

     70        417  

Deere

     557        220,472  

Delta Air Lines *

     1,280        43,430  

Deluxe

     75        1,378  

Desktop Metal, Cl A *

     379        958  

Donaldson

     245        14,075  

Douglas Dynamics

     39        1,324  

Dover

     288        37,639  

Driven Brands Holdings *

     157        5,021  

Dun & Bradstreet Holdings

     336        4,318  

DXP Enterprises *

     27        772  

Dycom Industries *

     54        6,382  

Eagle Bulk Shipping

     22        1,064  

Eaton PLC

     797        119,606  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

45


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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

EMCOR Group

     101      $ 14,251  

Emerson Electric

     1,182        102,361  

Encore Wire

     33        4,540  

Energy Recovery *

     82        2,110  

Enerpac Tool Group, Cl A

     105        2,668  

EnerSys

     71        4,707  

Ennis

     43        970  

EnPro Industries

     36        3,834  

Equifax

     244        41,368  

ESCO Technologies

     45        3,878  

Evoqua Water Technologies *

     239        9,364  

Expeditors International of Washington

     333        32,584  

Exponent

     102        9,717  

Fastenal

     1,150        55,579  

Federal Signal

     105        4,898  

FedEx

     478        76,614  

Flowserve

     244        6,998  

Fluence Energy, Cl A *

     62        926  

Fluor *

     260        7,868  

Forrester Research *

     20        846  

Fortune Brands Home & Security

     263        15,864  

Forward Air

     47        4,976  

Franklin Covey *

     22        1,113  

Franklin Electric

     73        5,982  

Frontier Group Holdings *

     65        852  

FTI Consulting *

     67        10,427  

FuelCell Energy *

     620        1,934  

Gates Industrial PLC *

     220        2,453  

GATX

     65        6,806  

Genco Shipping & Trading

     73        978  

Generac Holdings *

     126        14,605  

GEO Group *

     204        1,726  

Gibraltar Industries *

     57        2,912  

Global Industrial

     13        413  

GMS *

     75        3,540  

Gorman-Rupp

     30        814  

Graco

     336        23,379  

GrafTech International

     347        1,766  

Granite Construction

     80        2,698  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock *

     112        847  

Greenbrier

     54        1,907  

Griffon

     82        2,635  

H&E Equipment Services

     56        2,115  

Harsco *

     137        725  

Hawaiian Holdings *

     87        1,255  

Hayward Holdings *

     288        2,664  

Healthcare Services Group

     129        1,801  

Heartland Express

     81        1,205  

HEICO

     73        11,873  

Heidrick & Struggles International

     34        957  

Helios Technologies

     57        3,231  

Herc Holdings

     56        6,586  

Heritage-Crystal Clean *

     27        742  

Hexcel

     167        9,302  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

Hillenbrand

     126      $ 5,567  

HNI

     73        2,116  

Honeywell International

     1,372        279,915  

Howmet Aerospace

     830        29,506  

Hub Group, Cl A *

     58        4,501  

Hubbell, Cl B

     109        25,885  

Huron Consulting Group *

     37        2,724  

Hydrofarm Holdings Group *

     49        126  

Hyliion Holdings *

     179        510  

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling

     12        350  

IAA *

     268        10,165  

ICF International

     32        3,828  

Ideanomics *

     820        250  

IDEX

     151        33,569  

IES Holdings *

     35        1,156  

Illinois Tool Works

     623        133,029  

Ingersoll Rand

     815        41,157  

Insperity

     67        7,907  

Insteel Industries

     32        843  

Interface, Cl A

     102        1,154  

ITT

     166        12,681  

Jacobs Solutions

     256        29,496  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     166        28,398  

JELD-WEN Holding *

     150        1,591  

JetBlue Airways *

     561        4,510  

John Bean Technologies

     59        5,381  

Johnson Controls International PLC

     1,399        80,918  

Kadant

     20        3,559  

KAR Auction Services *

     209        3,037  

KBR

     277        13,786  

Kelly Services, Cl A

     59        964  

Kennametal

     138        3,686  

Kforce

     35        2,214  

Kimball International, Cl B

     63        466  

Kirby *

     112        7,812  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Cl A

     308        14,793  

Korn Ferry

     100        5,559  

Landstar System

     75        11,716  

Legalzoom.com *

     124        1,147  

Lennox International

     65        15,182  

Lincoln Electric Holdings

     112        15,904  

Lindsay

     19        3,217  

Lyft, Cl A *

     591        8,652  

Manitowoc *

     60        547  

ManpowerGroup

     100        7,834  

Marten Transport

     103        1,933  

Masco

     471        21,793  

MasTec *

     117        9,018  

Matson

     70        5,151  

Matthews International, Cl A

     51        1,371  

Maxar Technologies

     125        2,792  

McGrath RentCorp

     42        3,950  

MDU Resources Group

     389        11,079  

Middleby *

     103        14,406  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

46


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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

Miller Industries

     19      $ 483  

MillerKnoll

     132        2,796  

Montrose Environmental Group *

     45        1,970  

Moog, Cl A

     50        4,238  

MRC Global *

     139        1,394  

MSA Safety

     73        9,800  

MSC Industrial Direct, Cl A

     86        7,136  

Mueller Industries

     105        6,577  

Mueller Water Products, Cl A

     268        3,136  

MYR Group *

     29        2,538  

Nikola *

     591        2,240  

Nordson

     105        23,625  

Norfolk Southern

     519        118,368  

NOW *

     194        2,470  

NV5 Global *

     22        3,189  

nVent Electric PLC

     325        11,863  

Old Dominion Freight Line

     198        54,371  

Omega Flex

     6        566  

Oshkosh

     132        11,616  

Otis Worldwide

     846        59,761  

Owens Corning

     196        16,780  

PACCAR

     684        66,232  

Parker-Hannifin

     257        74,689  

Parsons *

     203        9,517  

Pentair PLC

     330        14,174  

PGT Innovations *

     100        2,131  

Pitney Bowes

     283        880  

Plug Power *

     1,019        16,284  

Primoris Services

     92        1,857  

Proto Labs *

     48        1,833  

Quanex Building Products

     57        1,263  

Quanta Services

     282        40,055  

Radiant Logistics *

     67        407  

RBC Bearings *

     58        14,705  

Regal Rexnord

     133        16,830  

Rentokil Initial PLC ADR

     35        1,088  

Republic Services, Cl A

     412        54,639  

Resideo Technologies *

     252        5,952  

Resources Connection

     54        987  

REV Group

     60        824  

Robert Half International

     215        16,439  

Rockwell Automation

     233        59,485  

Rollins

     474        19,946  

Rush Enterprises, Cl A

     75        3,742  

Ryder System

     94        7,568  

Saia *

     52        10,341  

Schneider National, Cl B

     96        2,135  

Science Applications International

     112        12,134  

Sensata Technologies Holding PLC

     313        12,586  

Shoals Technologies Group, Cl A *

     107        2,473  

Shyft Group

     56        1,287  

Simpson Manufacturing

     81        6,924  

SiteOne Landscape Supply *

     89        10,312  

SkyWest *

     85        1,503  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

Snap-on

     105      $ 23,315  

Southwest Airlines *

     1,183        43,002  

SP Plus *

     39        1,444  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Cl A

     196        4,539  

Spirit Airlines *

     182        4,004  

SPX Technologies *

     77        5,070  

Standex International

     21        2,080  

Stanley Black & Decker

     302        23,704  

Steelcase, Cl A

     143        1,111  

Stem *

     231        3,142  

Stericycle *

     183        8,158  

Sterling Infrastructure *

     50        1,350  

Sun Country Airlines Holdings *

     57        928  

SunPower, Cl A *

     141        2,607  

Sunrun *

     403        9,072  

Tennant

     32        1,864  

Terex

     119        4,824  

Tetra Tech

     108        15,258  

Thermon Group Holdings *

     57        1,012  

Timken

     132        9,410  

Titan International *

     103        1,541  

Titan Machinery *

     35        1,203  

Toro

     209        22,035  

TPI Composites *

     63        627  

Trane Technologies PLC

     466        74,388  

Transcat *

     12        993  

TransDigm Group

     105        60,455  

TransUnion

     384        22,760  

Trex *

     228        10,965  

TriNet Group *

     116        7,538  

Trinity Industries

     145        4,137  

Triumph Group *

     112        1,014  

TrueBlue *

     60        1,180  

TuSimple Holdings, Cl A *

     204        700  

Tutor Perini *

     73        542  

Uber Technologies *

     3,552        94,377  

UFP Industries

     121        8,619  

UniFirst

     26        4,784  

Union Pacific

     1,256        247,608  

United Airlines Holdings *

     652        28,088  

United Parcel Service, Cl B

     1,469        246,454  

United Rentals *

     144        45,462  

Univar Solutions *

     316        8,052  

Upwork *

     202        2,717  

Valmont Industries

     43        13,726  

Verisk Analytics, Cl A

     315        57,591  

Veritiv *

     25        2,907  

Vertiv Holdings, Cl A

     575        8,228  

Viad *

     35        1,305  

Vicor *

     39        1,863  

Virgin Galactic Holdings *

     364        1,682  

VSE

     18        833  

Wabash National

     84        1,819  

Waste Management

     797        126,221  

Watsco

     66        17,883  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INDUSTRIALS— continued              

Watts Water Technologies, Cl A

     50      $ 7,318  

Werner Enterprises

     95        3,724  

WESCO International *

     89        12,262  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies

     355        33,114  

Willdan Group *

     21        290  

WillScot Mobile Mini Holdings, Cl A *

     437        18,586  

Woodward

     117        10,729  

WW Grainger

     93        54,345  

XPO Logistics *

     203        10,503  

Xylem

     358        36,670  

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions

     232        5,450  
     

 

 

 
        5,643,419  
     

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 29.9%  

8x8 *

     201        850  

908 Devices *

     29        464  

A10 Networks

     110        1,848  

Accenture PLC, Cl A

     1,266        359,417  

ACI Worldwide *

     199        4,842  

ACM Research, Cl A *

     72        461  

Adeia

     180        2,012  

Adobe *

     943        300,345  

ADTRAN Holdings

     84        1,887  

Advanced Energy Industries

     70        5,505  

Advanced Micro Devices *

     3,233        194,147  

Aeva Technologies *

     172        344  

Agilysys *

     41        2,631  

Akamai Technologies *

     316        27,912  

Akoustis Technologies *

     91        303  

Alarm.com Holdings *

     90        5,296  

Alkami Technology *

     59        935  

Alpha & Omega Semiconductor *

     37        1,212  

Altair Engineering, Cl A *

     89        4,365  

Alteryx, Cl A *

     109        5,312  

Ambarella *

     63        3,448  

Amdocs

     250        21,577  

American Software, Cl A

     55        942  

Amkor Technology

     98        2,037  

Amphenol, Cl A

     1,190        90,238  

Analog Devices

     1,044        148,895  

ANSYS *

     174        38,482  

Appfolio, Cl A *

     32        4,012  

Appian, Cl A *

     70        3,417  

Apple

     32,667        5,009,158  

Applied Materials

     1,763        155,655  

Arista Networks *

     474        57,288  

Arlo Technologies *

     142        731  

Arrow Electronics *

     133        13,468  

Asana, Cl A *

     127        2,616  

Aspen Technology *

     55        13,212  

Autodesk *

     434        93,006  

Automatic Data Processing

     837        202,303  

Avaya Holdings *

     146        231  

Aviat Networks *

     18        588  
COMMON STOCK — continued  
         Shares              Value      
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— continued  

Avid Technology *

     72      $ 1,979  

AvidXchange Holdings *

     226        2,057  

Avnet

     184        7,395  

Axcelis Technologies *

     57        3,306  

AXT *

     70        318  

Badger Meter

     51        5,736  

Belden

     76        5,292  

Benchmark Electronics

     60        1,703  

Benefitfocus *

     50        352  

Bentley Systems, Cl B

     385        13,583  

BigCommerce Holdings *

     92        1,367  

Bill.com Holdings *

     192        25,605  

Black Knight *

     300        18,141  

Blackbaud *

     77        4,212  

Blackline *

     102        5,712  

Block, Cl A *

     1,026        61,632  

Box, Cl A *

     258        7,495  

Brightcove *

     71        476  

Broadcom

     799        375,626  

Broadridge Financial Solutions

     231        34,664  

BTRS Holdings, Cl 1 *

     132        1,246  

C3.ai, Cl A *

     139        1,822  

Cadence Design Systems *

     550        83,264  

Calix *

     106        7,806  

Cantaloupe *

     117        392  

Cass Information Systems

     21        898  

CDW

     270        46,659  

Cerence *

     68        1,170  

Ceridian HCM Holding *

     281        18,599  

CEVA *

     40        1,106  

ChannelAdvisor *

     51        1,175  

Ciena *

     302        14,466  

Cirrus Logic *

     114        7,652  

Cisco Systems

     8,303        377,205  

Cleanspark *

     69        240  

Clearfield *

     20        2,429  

Cloudflare, Cl A *

     543        30,582  

Cognex

     337        15,580  

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Cl A

     1,048        65,238  

Coherent *

     255        8,575  

Cohu *

     83        2,732  

CommScope Holding *

     352        4,660  

CommVault Systems *

     77        4,689  

Comtech Telecommunications

     44        486  

Concentrix

     86        10,512  

Conduent *

     347        1,430  

Corsair Gaming *

     66        911  

Coupa Software *

     149        7,931  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Cl A *

     413        66,576  

CSG Systems International

     54        3,492  

CTS

     55        2,174  

Datadog, Cl A *

     502        40,416  

Dell Technologies, Cl C

     556        21,350  

Diebold Nixdorf *

     126        314  

Digi International *

     59        2,379  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— continued  

Digimarc *

     27      $ 441  

Digital Turbine *

     146        2,132  

DigitalOcean Holdings *

     76        2,730  

Diodes *

     82        5,877  

DocuSign, Cl A *

     391        18,885  

Dolby Laboratories, Cl A

     130        8,689  

Domo, Cl B *

     50        883  

DoubleVerify Holdings *

     108        3,157  

Dropbox, Cl A *

     561        12,202  

Duck Creek Technologies *

     132        1,576  

DXC Technology *

     485        13,944  

Dynatrace *

     382        13,462  

E2open Parent Holdings *

     404        2,355  

Eastman Kodak *

     93        498  

Ebix

     41        811  

Edgio *

     215        578  

Elastic *

     150        9,592  

Enphase Energy *

     261        80,127  

Entegris

     296        23,447  

Envestnet *

     92        4,537  

EPAM Systems *

     111        38,850  

ePlus *

     46        2,241  

Euronet Worldwide *

     91        7,645  

Everbridge *

     68        2,130  

Evo Payments, Cl A *

     82        2,763  

ExlService Holdings *

     64        11,638  

Extreme Networks *

     222        3,983  

F5 *

     121        17,292  

Fair Isaac *

     51        24,421  

FARO Technologies *

     32        935  

Fastly, Cl A *

     189        1,605  

Fidelity National Information Services

     1,213            100,667  

First Solar *

     186        27,076  

Fiserv *

     1,204        123,699  

Five9 *

     137        8,256  

FleetCor Technologies *

     146        27,174  

FormFactor *

     136        2,749  

Fortinet *

     1,341        76,652  

Gartner *

     160        48,307  

Genpact

     341        16,538  

Global Payments

     558        63,757  

GLOBALFOUNDRIES *

     1,061        60,159  

GoDaddy, Cl A *

     322        25,889  

Grid Dynamics Holdings *

     73        994  

Guidewire Software *

     166        9,862  

Hackett Group

     45        983  

Harmonic *

     177        2,735  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

     2,598        37,073  

HP

     2,107        58,195  

HubSpot *

     91        26,987  

I3 Verticals, Cl A *

     38        827  

Ichor Holdings *

     49        1,247  

Identiv *

     37        446  

Impinj *

     41        4,700  

Infinera *

     367        2,059  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— continued  

Informatica, Cl A *

     191      $ 3,698  

Inseego *

     183        414  

Insight Enterprises *

     64        6,049  

Intel

     8,188        232,785  

InterDigital

     53        2,643  

International Business Machines

     1,800        248,922  

International Money Express *

     55        1,487  

Intuit

     551        235,552  

IPG Photonics *

     65        5,568  

Itron *

     78        3,813  

Jabil

     261        16,769  

Jack Henry & Associates

     145        28,864  

Jamf Holding *

     68        1,610  

Juniper Networks

     638        19,523  

Keysight Technologies *

     362        63,042  

Kimball Electronics *

     42        868  

KLA

     302        95,568  

Knowles *

     160        2,200  

Lam Research

     278        112,529  

Lattice Semiconductor *

     273        13,243  

Littelfuse

     49        10,792  

LivePerson *

     118        1,247  

LiveRamp Holdings *

     116        2,130  

Lumentum Holdings *

     141        10,497  

MACOM Technology Solutions

     

Holdings *

     87        5,035  

Manhattan Associates *

     125        15,209  

Marathon Digital Holdings *

     164        2,150  

Marvell Technology

     1,691        67,099  

Mastercard, Cl A

     1,730        567,751  

Maximus

     116        7,154  

MaxLinear, Cl A *

     124        3,829  

Methode Electronics

     62        2,556  

Microchip Technology

     1,091        67,358  

Micron Technology

     2,227        120,481  

Microsoft

     14,798            3,435,060  

MicroStrategy, Cl A *

     16        4,280  

MicroVision *

     287        1,050  

Mitek Systems *

     75        848  

MKS Instruments

     111        9,119  

Model N *

     57        2,166  

Momentive Global *

     214        1,661  

MoneyGram International *

     150        1,588  

MongoDB, Cl A *

     130        23,794  

Monolithic Power Systems

     87        29,532  

Motorola Solutions

     335        83,653  

Napco Security Technologies *

     55        1,563  

National Instruments

     262        10,003  

nCino *

     110        3,463  

NCR *

     243        5,166  

NetApp

     445        30,825  

NETGEAR *

     49        963  

NetScout Systems *

     125        4,490  

New Relic *

     109        6,457  

nLight *

     74        797  

NortonLifeLock

     1,158        26,090  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— continued  

Nutanix, Cl A *

     436      $ 11,946  

NVIDIA

     4,827            651,500  

Okta, Cl A *

     289        16,219  

ON Semiconductor *

     858        52,707  

ON24 *

     63        513  

OneSpan *

     62        681  

Onto Innovation *

     92        6,149  

Oracle

     3,050        238,114  

OSI Systems *

     29        2,383  

Ouster *

     120        150  

PagerDuty *

     131        3,267  

Palantir Technologies, Cl A *

     3,285        28,875  

Palo Alto Networks *

     579        99,351  

PAR Technology *

     45        1,295  

Paya Holdings *

     147        1,182  

Paychex

     645        76,310  

Paycom Software *

     101        34,946  

Paycor HCM *

     83        2,529  

Paylocity Holding *

     80        18,543  

PayPal Holdings *

     2,329        194,658  

Paysafe *

     658        961  

PC Connection *

     20        1,063  

PDF Solutions *

     52        1,226  

Pegasystems

     69        2,567  

Perficient *

     59        3,951  

Photronics *

     105        1,703  

Plexus *

     48        4,723  

Power Integrations

     108        7,205  

Procore Technologies *

     213        11,643  

Progress Software

     75        3,827  

PROS Holdings *

     71        1,771  

PTC *

     210        24,744  

Pure Storage, Cl A *

     557        17,189  

Q2 Holdings *

     94        2,918  

Qorvo *

     215        18,507  

QUALCOMM

     2,254        265,206  

Qualys *

     69        9,837  

Rackspace Technology *

     91        469  

Rambus *

     191        5,761  

Rapid7 *

     106        4,799  

Repay Holdings, Cl A *

     135        822  

Rimini Street *

     81        454  

RingCentral, Cl A *

     155        5,506  

Riot Blockchain *

     198        1,364  

Rogers *

     37        8,707  

Roper Technologies

     210        87,053  

Sabre *

     518        3,010  

Salesforce *

     1,918        311,848  

Sanmina *

     117        6,558  

ScanSource *

     44        1,363  

Seagate Technology Holdings PLC

     436        21,652  

Semtech *

     111        3,074  

ServiceNow *

     398        167,455  

Shift4 Payments, Cl A *

     91        4,183  

ShotSpotter *

     15        570  

Silicon Laboratories *

     76        8,734  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— continued  

SiTime *

     27      $ 2,425  

Skyworks Solutions

     323        27,781  

SMART Global Holdings *

     82        1,109  

Smartsheet, Cl A *

     229        7,997  

Snowflake, Cl A *

     545        87,363  

SolarWinds *

     65        606  

Splunk *

     294        24,434  

Sprout Social, Cl A *

     78        4,706  

SPS Commerce *

     71        8,983  

SS&C Technologies Holdings

     447        22,985  

Sumo Logic *

     155        1,195  

Super Micro Computer *

     78        5,428  

Switch, Cl A

     263        8,955  

Synaptics *

     73        6,468  

Synopsys *

     305        89,228  

TD SYNNEX

     78        7,138  

Teledyne Technologies *

     93        37,012  

Telos *

     85        901  

Tenable Holdings *

     196        7,965  

Teradata *

     190        6,002  

Teradyne

     323        26,276  

Texas Instruments

     1,846            296,523  

Thoughtworks Holding *

     139        1,336  

Trimble *

     500        30,080  

TTEC Holdings

     33        1,468  

TTM Technologies *

     165        2,526  

Turtle Beach *

     28        218  

Twilio, Cl A *

     338        25,137  

Tyler Technologies *

     82        26,513  

Ubiquiti

     9        3,121  

Ultra Clean Holdings *

     78        2,427  

Unisys *

     115        977  

Unity Software *

     363        10,708  

Universal Display

     86        8,189  

Upland Software *

     47        378  

Varonis Systems, Cl B *

     187        5,006  

Veeco Instruments *

     87        1,586  

Velodyne Lidar *

     294        290  

Verint Systems *

     119        4,216  

VeriSign *

     217        43,500  

Veritone *

     54        400  

Verra Mobility, Cl A *

     271        4,626  

Vertex, Cl A *

     51        919  

ViaSat *

     123        5,038  

Viavi Solutions *

     428        6,463  

Visa, Cl A

     3,312        686,114  

Vishay Intertechnology

     230        4,809  

Vishay Precision Group *

     21        709  

VMware, Cl A *

     418        47,011  

Vontier

     301        5,749  

Western Digital *

     610        20,966  

Western Union

     770        10,403  

WEX *

     87        14,280  

Wolfspeed *

     245        19,294  

Workday, Cl A *

     389        60,614  

Workiva, Cl A *

     76        5,914  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY— continued  

Xerox Holdings

     254      $ 3,716  

Xperi *

     72        1,006  

Yext *

     206        1,096  

Zebra Technologies, Cl A *

     107        30,305  

Zendesk *

     241        18,482  

Zoom Video Communications, Cl A *

     417        34,794  

Zscaler *

     165        25,426  

Zuora, Cl A *

     206        1,584  
     

 

 

 
            19,244,274  
     

 

 

 
MATERIALS — 2.8%  

AdvanSix

     48        1,746  

Air Products and Chemicals

     441        110,426  

Albemarle

     234        65,490  

Alcoa

     366        14,285  

Alpha Metallurgical Resources

     28        4,728  

American Vanguard

     45        1,047  

Amyris *

     327        919  

AptarGroup

     130        12,890  

Arconic *

     182        3,778  

Ashland

     113        11,856  

Aspen Aerogels *

     49        621  

ATI *

     231        6,875  

Avery Dennison

     162        27,467  

Avient

     163        5,622  

Axalta Coating Systems *

     449        10,471  

Balchem

     64        8,947  

Ball

     639        31,560  

Berry Global Group *

     271        12,824  

Cabot

     105        7,715  

Carpenter Technology

     83        3,104  

Celanese, Cl A

     215        20,666  

Century Aluminum *

     88        634  

CF Industries Holdings

     413        43,885  

Chase

     12        1,131  

Chemours

     295        8,446  

Clearwater Paper *

     28        1,245  

Cleveland-Cliffs *

     956        12,418  

Coeur Mining *

     443        1,675  

Commercial Metals

     240        10,920  

Compass Minerals International

     59        2,333  

Corteva

     1,454        95,004  

Crown Holdings

     243        16,667  

Danimer Scientific *

     153        401  

Diversey Holdings *

     135        729  

Dow

     1,470        68,708  

DuPont de Nemours

     1,025        58,630  

Eagle Materials

     79        9,662  

Eastman Chemical

     257        19,740  

Ecolab

     501        78,692  

Ecovyst *

     110        1,095  

Element Solutions

     429        7,379  

FMC

     251        29,844  

Freeport-McMoRan

     2,900        91,901  

Glatfelter

     76        215  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
MATERIALS— continued  

Graphic Packaging Holding

     610      $     14,006  

Greif, Cl A

     45        2,979  

Hawkins

     34        1,531  

Haynes International

     21        1,027  

HB Fuller

     94        6,553  

Hecla Mining

     931        4,255  

Huntsman

     387        10,356  

Ingevity *

     68        4,574  

Innospec

     43        4,300  

International Flavors &

     

Fragrances

     509        49,683  

International Paper

     747        25,107  

Intrepid Potash *

     16        724  

Kaiser Aluminum

     27        2,181  

Koppers Holdings

     36        899  

Kronos Worldwide

     39        370  

Livent *

     322        10,166  

Louisiana-Pacific

     170        9,630  

LyondellBasell Industries, Cl A

     514        39,295  

Martin Marietta Materials

     125        41,997  

Materion

     35        3,000  

Mativ Holdings

     94        2,241  

Minerals Technologies

     57        3,136  

Mosaic

     722        38,808  

MP Materials *

     244        7,330  

Myers Industries

     63        1,278  

NewMarket

     13        3,956  

Newmont

     1,586        67,120  

Nucor

     530        69,631  

O-I Glass, Cl I *

     270        4,404  

Olin

     308        16,309  

Packaging Corp of America

     185        22,239  

Pactiv Evergreen

     75        818  

Piedmont Lithium *

     29        1,804  

PPG Industries

     473        54,007  

PureCycle Technologies *

     174        1,439  

Quaker Chemical

     24        3,903  

Ranpak Holdings, Cl A *

     129        490  

Rayonier Advanced Materials *

     107        487  

Reliance Steel & Aluminum

     122        24,581  

Royal Gold

     131        12,440  

RPM International

     257        24,304  

Ryerson Holding

     28        939  

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Cl A

     45        1,215  

Scotts Miracle-Gro, Cl A

     70        3,214  

Sealed Air

     290        13,810  

Sensient Technologies

     78        5,574  

Sherwin-Williams

     483        108,689  

Silgan Holdings

     157        7,436  

Sonoco Products

     194        12,044  

Steel Dynamics

     358        33,670  

Stepan

     38        3,969  

Summit Materials, Cl A *

     224        5,902  

SunCoke Energy

     145        1,053  

TimkenSteel *

     66        1,151  

Tredegar

     49        534  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
MATERIALS— continued              

TriMas

     74      $ 1,691  

Trinseo PLC

     64        1,204  

Tronox Holdings PLC, Cl A

     200        2,400  

United States Steel

     516        10,506  

Valvoline

     358        10,511  

Vulcan Materials

     266        43,544  

Warrior Met Coal

     90        3,343  

Westlake

     62        5,992  

WestRock

     519        17,677  

Worthington Industries

     54        2,568  
     

 

 

 
            1,816,385  
     

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE — 3.7%              

Acadia Realty Trust ‡

     163        2,277  

Agree Realty ‡

     141        9,687  

Alexander & Baldwin ‡

     126        2,454  

Alexander’s ‡

     4        940  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities ‡

     324        47,077  

American Assets Trust ‡

     86        2,363  

American Homes 4 Rent, Cl A ‡

     607        19,388  

American Tower ‡

     910        188,543  

Americold Realty Trust ‡

     536        12,998  

Anywhere Real Estate *

     202        1,501  

Apartment Income ‡

     314        12,067  

Apartment Investment and

     

Management, Cl A ‡

     261        2,072  

Apple Hospitality ‡

     395        6,762  

Armada Hoffler Properties ‡

     116        1,356  

Ashford Hospitality Trust *‡

     60        487  

AvalonBay Communities ‡

     282        49,384  

Bluerock Homes Trust *‡

     6        158  

Boston Properties ‡

     313        22,755  

Brandywine Realty Trust ‡

     295        1,935  

Brixmor Property Group ‡

     592        12,616  

Broadstone Net Lease, Cl A ‡

     301        5,159  

Camden Property Trust ‡

     202        23,341  

CareTrust ‡

     167        3,120  

CBL & Associates Properties ‡

     44        1,264  

CBRE Group, Cl A *

     658        46,679  

Centerspace ‡

     27        1,871  

Chatham Lodging Trust *‡

     80        1,038  

Community Healthcare Trust ‡

     41        1,419  

Corporate Office Properties Trust ‡

     196        5,223  

Cousins Properties ‡

     277        6,582  

Crown Castle

     863        115,003  

CTO Realty Growth ‡

     27        543  

CubeSmart ‡

     449        18,800  

Cushman & Wakefield PLC *

     325        3,754  

DiamondRock Hospitality ‡

     366        3,418  

Digital Realty Trust ‡

     570        57,142  

DigitalBridge Group

     244        3,126  

Diversified Healthcare Trust ‡

     414        563  

Douglas Emmett ‡

     314        5,523  

Easterly Government Properties,

     

Cl A ‡

     151        2,626  

EastGroup Properties ‡

     81        12,692  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
REAL ESTATE— continued              

Elme Communities ‡

     152      $ 2,902  

Empire State Realty Trust, Cl A ‡

     244        1,798  

EPR Properties ‡

     139        5,365  

Equinix

     181            102,526  

Equity Commonwealth ‡

     193        5,049  

Equity LifeStyle Properties ‡

     355        22,706  

Equity Residential ‡

     738        46,509  

Essential Properties Realty Trust ‡

     227        4,885  

Essex Property Trust ‡

     130        28,891  

eXp World Holdings

     124        1,638  

Extra Space Storage ‡

     265        47,022  

Farmland Partners ‡

     65        911  

Federal Realty Investment Trust ‡

     157        15,540  

First Industrial Realty Trust ‡

     262        12,479  

Five Point Holdings, Cl A *

     102        233  

Forestar Group *

     32        371  

Four Corners Property Trust ‡

     139        3,561  

Franklin Street Properties ‡

     173        498  

FRP Holdings *

     10        606  

Gaming and Leisure Properties ‡

     471        23,606  

Getty Realty ‡

     70        2,204  

Gladstone Commercial ‡

     66        1,161  

Gladstone Land ‡

     56        1,140  

Global Medical ‡

     108        987  

Global Net Lease ‡

     182        2,229  

Healthpeak Properties ‡

     1,059        25,130  

Hersha Hospitality Trust, Cl A ‡

     58        531  

Highwoods Properties ‡

     195        5,505  

Host Hotels & Resorts ‡

     1,413        26,677  

Howard Hughes *

     97        5,951  

Hudson Pacific Properties ‡

     241        2,661  

Independence Realty Trust ‡

     412        6,905  

Industrial Logistics Properties Trust ‡

     113        529  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Cl A ‡

     12        1,297  

Invitation Homes ‡

     1,215        38,503  

Iron Mountain ‡

     576        28,840  

iStar ‡

     115        1,205  

JBG SMITH Properties ‡

     214        4,211  

Jones Lang LaSalle *

     98        15,591  

Kennedy-Wilson Holdings

     206        3,422  

Kilroy Realty ‡

     228        9,745  

Kimco Realty ‡

     1,212        25,913  

Kite Realty Group Trust ‡

     408        8,013  

Lamar Advertising, Cl A ‡

     173        15,956  

Life Storage ‡

     166        18,361  

LTC Properties ‡

     68        2,630  

LXP Industrial Trust, Cl B ‡

     494        4,782  

Macerich ‡

     361        4,018  

Marcus & Millichap

     43        1,584  

Mid-America Apartment Communities ‡

     224        35,269  

National Health Investors ‡

     77        4,366  

National Retail Properties ‡

     349        14,668  

National Storage Affiliates Trust ‡

     159        6,783  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
REAL ESTATE— continued              

Necessity Retail ‡

     232      $ 1,587  

NETSTREIT‡

     78        1,468  

Newmark Group, Cl A

     269        2,203  

NexPoint Residential Trust ‡

     40        1,824  

Office Properties Income Trust ‡

     81        1,239  

Omega Healthcare Investors ‡

     477        15,159  

One Liberty Properties ‡

     28        631  

Opendoor Technologies *

     685        1,774  

Outfront Media ‡

     247        4,458  

Paramount Group ‡

     325        2,103  

Park Hotels & Resorts ‡

     434        5,677  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust ‡

     226        3,625  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Cl A ‡

     214        2,236  

Plymouth Industrial ‡

     63        1,162  

PotlatchDeltic‡

     147        6,520  

Prologis‡

     1,834            203,099  

Public Storage ‡

     309        95,713  

Rayonier‡

     289        9,739  

RE/MAX Holdings, Cl A

     32        623  

Realty Income ‡

     1,196        74,484  

Redfin*

     181        871  

Regency Centers ‡

     340        20,573  

Retail Opportunity Investments ‡ .

     210        3,041  

Rexford Industrial Realty

     321        17,745  

RLJ Lodging Trust ‡

     288        3,505  

RMR Group, Cl A

     25        684  

RPT Realty ‡

     147        1,367  

Ryman Hospitality Properties ‡

     107        9,514  

Sabra Health Care ‡

     427        5,833  

Safehold‡

     30        877  

Saul Centers ‡

     23        942  

SBA Communications, Cl A

     213        57,489  

Seritage Growth Properties *‡

     61        655  

Service Properties Trust ‡

     286        2,319  

Simon Property Group ‡

     653        71,164  

SITE Centers ‡

     323        3,999  

SL Green Realty ‡

     111        4,409  

Spirit MTA ‡(A)

     23        18  

Spirit Realty Capital ‡

     255        9,902  

St. Joe

     100        3,553  

STAG Industrial ‡

     356        11,246  

STORE Capital ‡

     555        17,649  

Summit Hotel Properties ‡

     181        1,564  

Sun Communities ‡

     228        30,746  

Sunstone Hotel Investors ‡

     378        4,215  

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers ‡

     178        3,206  

Tejon Ranch *

     43        728  

Terreno Realty ‡

     147        8,400  

UDR ‡

     647        25,725  

UMH Properties ‡

     82        1,438  

Uniti Group ‡

     400        3,104  

Urban Edge Properties ‡

     199        2,810  

Urstadt Biddle Properties, Cl A ‡

     52        974  

Ventas‡

     797        31,187  

Veris Residential *‡

     150        2,374  
COMMON STOCK — continued              
     Shares      Value  
REAL ESTATE— continued              

VICI Properties ‡

     1,489      $ 47,692  

Vornado Realty Trust ‡

     333        7,855  

Welltower‡

     909        55,485  

Weyerhaeuser‡

     1,492        46,148  

Whitestone, Cl B ‡

     81        762  

WP Carey ‡

     379        28,918  

Xenia Hotels & Resorts ‡

     199        3,399  

Zillow Group, Cl C *

     333        10,276  
     

 

 

 
            2,369,254  
     

 

 

 
UTILITIES — 3.3%              

AES

     1,331        34,819  

ALLETE

     107        6,021  

Alliant Energy

     501        26,137  

Ameren

     514        41,901  

American Electric Power

     1,010        88,799  

American States Water

     68        6,151  

American Water Works

     363        52,758  

Artesian Resources, Cl A

     14        732  

Atmos Energy

     270        28,769  

Avangrid

     132        5,370  

Avista

     126        5,170  

Black Hills

     129        8,433  

California Water Service Group

     100        6,206  

CenterPoint Energy

     1,258        35,991  

Chesapeake Utilities

     30        3,731  

Clearway Energy, Cl C

     138        4,794  

CMS Energy

     579        33,032  

Consolidated Edison

     709        62,364  

Dominion Energy

     1,619        113,281  

DTE Energy

     386        43,275  

Duke Energy

     1,541        143,590  

Edison International

     763        45,811  

Entergy

     406        43,499  

Essential Utilities

     506        22,375  

Evergy

     453        27,692  

Eversource Energy

     687        52,404  

Exelon

     1,958        75,559  

FirstEnergy

     1,084        40,878  

Hawaiian Electric Industries

     217        8,255  

IDACORP

     100        10,470  

MGE Energy

     63        4,290  

Middlesex Water

     30        2,684  

National Fuel Gas

     175        11,811  

New Jersey Resources

     192        8,571  

NextEra Energy

     3,929        304,498  

NextEra Energy Partners

     160        11,851  

NiSource

     805        20,680  

Northwest Natural Holding

     59        2,837  

NorthWestern

     94        4,966  

NRG Energy

     468        20,779  

OGE Energy

     400        14,652  

ONE Gas

     105        8,135  

Ormat Technologies

     111        10,040  

Otter Tail

     66        4,450  

PG&E *

     3,112        46,462  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued         
     Shares      Value  
UTILITIES— continued              

Pinnacle West Capital

     226      $ 15,190  

PNM Resources

     170        7,900  

Portland General Electric

     178        7,999  

PPL

     1,473        39,020  

Public Service Enterprise Group

     1,005        56,350  

Sempra Energy

     632        95,394  

SJW Group

     47        3,322  

South Jersey Industries

     244        8,460  

Southern

     2,124        139,080  

Spire

     94        6,562  

Star Group

     57        503  

Sunnova Energy International *

     171        3,170  

UGI

     417        14,733  

Unitil

     28        1,476  

Vistra

     821        18,858  

WEC Energy Group

     631        57,629  

Xcel Energy

     1,089        70,905  

York Water

     24        1,045  
     

 

 

 
            2,102,569  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost $67,224,742)

        62,220,701  
     

 

 

 
RIGHTS — 0.0%              
     Number Of
Rights
        

Achillion Pharmaceuticals*‡‡(A)

     78        78  

Flexion Therapeutics*‡‡(A)

     42         

Prevail Therapeutics*‡‡(A)

     16         

Progenics Pharmaceuticals*‡‡(A)

     45         

Radius Health*‡‡(A)

     82         
RIGHTS — continued              
     Number Of
Rights
     Value  

Zagg*‡‡(A)

     17      $  

Zogenix*‡‡(A)

     79         
     

 

 

 

Total Rights
(Cost $–)

        78  
     

 

 

 
WARRANTS — 0.0%              
     Number Of
Warrants
        

Nabors Industries, Strike Price

     

$166, *Expires 6/14/2026

     2        54  
     

 

 

 

Total Warrants
(Cost $–)

        54  
     

 

 

 
PREFERRED STOCK — 0.0%         
     Shares         
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 0.0%  

AMC Entertainment Holdings*(B)

     905        1,855  
     

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $8,876)

        1,855  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 96.7% (Cost $67,233,618)

      $     62,222,688  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $64,354,644.

 

#    More

 narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas

      broad 

sectors are utilized for reporting purposes.

*     Non-income

 producing security.

    Real

 Estate Investment Trust.

    Expiration

 date unavailable.

(A)    Level

 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(B)    There

 is currently no rate available.

See “Glossary for abbreviations”.

 

 

A list of the open OTC swap agreements held by the Fund at October 31, 2022, is as follows:

 

                      Total Return Swaps                                        

Counterparty

   Reference Entity/
Obligation
  Fund Pays   Fund Receives    Payment
Frequency
    
Termination
Date
 
 
   Currency     
Notional
Amount
 
 
     Value       

Upfront
Payments/
Receipts
 

 
    
Net Unrealized
Appreciation
 
 

Wells Fargo

   WFCBL2N21
Custom Basket*
  USD–
LIBOR-BBA+
0.450%
  Asset Return    Annually      6/07/2023      USD      2,261,808      $ 71,401      $      $ 71,401  
                     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

*The following table represents the individual common stock exposures comprising the WFCBL2N21 Custom Basket Total Return Swaps as of October 31, 2022:

 

           
Shares    Description     
Notional
Amount ($)
 
 
    
Unrealized
Appreciation ($)
 
 
    
Percentage
of Basket (%)
 
 
       
261   

Accenture PLC

     18,942        598        0.8          
193   

Adobe Inc

     15,733        497        0.7    
2,456   

Alphabet Inc, Class A

     59,300        1,872        2.6    
2,272   

Alphabet Inc, Class C

     54,926        1,734        2.4    
311   

American Express Co

     11,789        372        0.5    
224   

Amgen Inc

     15,450        488        0.7    
6,689   

Apple Inc

     261,987        8,270        11.6    
3,002   

AT&T Inc

     13,981        441        0.6    
173   

Automatic Data Processing Inc

     10,668        337        0.5    
3,303   

Bank Of America Corp

     30,412        960        1.3    
534   

Berkshire Hathaway Inc

     40,284        1,272        1.8    
890   

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co

     17,613        556        0.8    
164   

Broadcom Inc

     19,694        622        0.9    
219   

Caterpillar Inc

     12,114        382        0.5    
702   

Charles Schwab Corp/The

     14,282        451        0.6    
813   

Chevron Corp

     37,586        1,187        1.7    
1,713   

Cisco Systems Inc

     19,877        627        0.9    
1,784   

Coca-Cola Co/The

     27,271        861        1.2    
1,860   

Comcast Corp

     15,082        476        0.7    
527   

Conocophillips

     16,963        535        0.7    
117   

Deere & Co

     11,783        372        0.5    
331   

Eli Lilly & Co

     30,580        965        1.4    
1,733   

Exxon Mobil Corp

     49,046        1,548        2.2    
141   

Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The

     12,414        392        0.5    
426   

Home Depot Inc/The

     32,260        1,018        1.4    
280   

Honeywell International Inc

     14,593        461        0.6    
1,690   

Intel Corp

     12,271        387        0.5    
370   

International Business Machines Corp

     13,067        413        0.6    
113   

Intuit Inc

     12,335        389        0.5    
1,209   

Jpmorgan Chase & Co

     38,883        1,227        1.7    
275   

Lowe’S Cos Inc

     13,686        432        0.6    
927   

Meta Platforms Inc

     22,071        697        1.0    
3,065   

Microsoft Corp

     181,735        5,737        8.0    
566   

Morgan Stanley

     11,870        375        0.5    
183   

Netflix Inc

     13,640        431        0.6    
811   

Nextera Energy Inc

     16,058        507        0.7    
511   

Nike Inc

     12,105        382        0.5    
992   

Nvidia Corp

     34,205        1,080        1.5    
634   

Oracle Corp

     12,639        399        0.6    
569   

Pepsico Inc

     26,384        833        1.2    
650   

Philip Morris International Inc

     15,256        482        0.7    
465   

Qualcomm Inc

     13,980        441        0.6    
146   

S&P Global Inc

     11,989        378        0.5    
393   

Salesforce Inc

     16,326        515        0.7    
1,032   

Tesla Inc

     59,955        1,893        2.7    
385   

Texas Instruments Inc

     15,812        499        0.7    
262   

Union Pacific Corp

     13,200        417        0.6    
303   

United Parcel Service Inc

     13,005        412        0.6    
1,749   

Verizon Communications Inc

     16,694        527        0.7    
759   

Walt Disney Co/The

     20,646        652        0.9    
36,313   

Other

     779,366        24,602        34.7    
     

 

 

 
      $     2,261,808      $     71,401        100.0  
     

 

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
     OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

The following is a summary of the level of inputs used as of October 31, 2022, in valuing the Fund’s investments and other financial instruments carried at market value:

 

Investments in
Securities

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3 (1)      Total  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stock

   $ 62,220,583      $      $ 118     $ 62,220,701  

Rights

                   78       78  

Warrants

     54                     54  

Preferred Stock

     1,855                     1,855  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in
Securities

   $ 62,222,492      $      $ 196     $ 62,222,688  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial
Instruments

     Level 1        Level 2        Level 3       Total  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

OTC Swaps

          

Total Return Swaps*

 

 

Unrealized
Appreciation

   $      $ 71,401      $     $ 71,401  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Other Financial
Instruments

   $      $ 71,401      $     $ 71,401  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented when the Fund has a significant amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the period in relation to net assets. Management has concluded that Level 3 investments are not material in relation to net assets.

*

Swap contracts are valued at the unrealized appreciation on the instrument.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting

Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   REAL ESTATE FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
COMMON STOCK — 91.7%#  
     Shares      Value  
FINANCIALS — 3.1%  

Ellington Financial ‡

     276,386      $ 3,698,044  
     

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 88.6%

 

Acadia Realty Trust ‡

     101,958        1,424,353  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities ‡

     49,778        7,232,743  

American Homes 4 Rent, Cl A ‡

     186,247        5,948,729  

Americold Realty Trust ‡

     189,679        4,599,716  

Broadstone Net Lease, Cl A ‡

     296,628        5,084,204  

Camden Property Trust ‡

     45,586        5,267,462  

CBRE Group, Cl A *

     74,374        5,276,091  

Corporate Office Properties Trust ‡

     32,991        879,210  

CubeSmart‡

     80,416        3,367,018  

DigitalBridge Group

     271,092        3,469,978  

Easterly Government Properties, Cl A ‡

     208,665        3,628,684  

Elme Communities ‡

     91,684        1,750,248  

Equinix‡

     6,395        3,622,384  

Equity LifeStyle Properties ‡

     76,736        4,908,035  

Independence Realty Trust ‡

     329,512        5,522,621  

Kilroy Realty ‡

     45,717        1,953,945  

Lamar Advertising, Cl A ‡

     62,889        5,800,252  

National Storage Affiliates Trust ‡

     114,817        4,898,093  

Prologis‡

     46,035        5,098,376  

Retail Opportunity Investments ‡

     273,662        3,962,626  

Rexford Industrial Realty ‡

     69,377        3,835,161  

SBA Communications, Cl A ‡

     6,033        1,628,307  

Sun Communities ‡

     52,134        7,030,270  

UDR‡

     104,385        4,150,348  

Ventas‡

     103,152        4,036,338  

Welltower‡

     39,638        2,419,503  
     

 

 

 
        106,794,695  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock
(Cost $144,138,031)

        110,492,739  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities— 91.7%
(Cost $144,138,031)

      $ 110,492,739  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $120,537,084.

#

More narrow industries are utilized for compliance purposes, whereas broad sectors are utilized for reporting purposes.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

Real Estate Investment Trust.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

As of October 31, 2022, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance of fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS† (Unaudited)

 

LOGO

† Percentages based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS              
COMMON STOCK — 96.8%              
     Shares      Value  
AUSTRALIA — 4.5%              

BHP Group

     81,936        $1,958,057  

Macquarie Group

     17,804        1,930,328  

Woodside Energy Group

     70,806        1,629,576  
     

 

 

 
        5,517,961  
     

 

 

 
BRAZIL — 2.6%              

MercadoLibre *

     1,470        1,325,381  

Suzano

     177,000        1,824,654  
     

 

 

 
        3,150,035  
     

 

 

 
CANADA — 8.1%              

Bank of Montreal

     24,193        2,228,487  

Canadian National Railway

     19,500        2,310,199  

Canadian Natural Resources

     31,400        1,883,286  

Magna International

     27,679        1,542,474  

Stantec

     40,000        1,957,206  
     

 

 

 
        9,921,652  
     

 

 

 
CHINA — 5.8%              

Baidu, Cl A *

     124,000        1,186,346  

China Mengniu Dairy

     330,000        1,057,308  

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings,

     

Cl H

     945,000        1,019,683  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group

     1,556,002        1,599,681  

NetEase

     103,215        1,125,554  

Pinduoduo ADR *

     21,300        1,167,879  
     

 

 

 
                7,156,451  
     

 

 

 
COLOMBIA — 0.4%              

Interconexion Electrica ESP

     116,500        451,021  
     

 

 

 
FRANCE — 9.8%              

Dassault Systemes

     49,300        1,654,068  

Edenred

     28,500        1,463,459  

Ipsen

     16,886        1,735,509  

L’Oreal

     7,130        2,241,403  
COMMON STOCK — continued         
     Shares      Value  
FRANCE — continued              

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

     4,660      $ 2,942,751  

Pernod Ricard

     11,500        2,019,538  
     

 

 

 
        12,056,728  
     

 

 

 
GERMANY — 3.0%              

Daimler Truck Holding *

     64,076        1,709,723  

Mercedes-Benz Group

     33,752        1,954,627  
     

 

 

 
        3,664,350  
     

 

 

 
HONG KONG — 1.2%              

CK Asset Holdings

     268,000        1,481,748  
     

 

 

 
INDIA — 3.1%              

ICICI Bank

     162,000        1,778,375  

Infosys

     112,000        2,080,478  
     

 

 

 
        3,858,853  
     

 

 

 
INDONESIA — 1.5%              

Bank Negara Indonesia Persero

     2,970,000        1,789,902  
     

 

 

 
JAPAN — 16.5%              

ENEOS Holdings

     372,800        1,228,000  

Fuji Electric

     40,030        1,550,642  

Fujitsu

     12,700        1,462,642  

Hoya

     21,260        1,983,809  

ITOCHU

     75,700        1,959,510  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

     465,000        2,187,481  

Nintendo

     51,400        2,098,241  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone

     80,820        2,225,207  

Ono Pharmaceutical

     75,000        1,763,341  

Sony Group

     23,000        1,544,934  

Tokio Marine Holdings

     120,000        2,171,694  
     

 

 

 
        20,175,501  
     

 

 

 
LUXEMBOURG — 1.1%              

ArcelorMittal

     61,432        1,375,389  
     

 

 

 
MALAYSIA — 1.0%              

Kuala Lumpur Kepong

     255,000        1,169,289  
     

 

 

 
MEXICO — 0.8%              

Cemex *

     2,609,100        1,016,618  
     

 

 

 
NETHERLANDS — 3.4%              

ASML Holding

     4,550        2,149,344  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize

     73,871        2,062,335  
     

 

 

 
        4,211,679  
     

 

 

 
NORWAY — 3.1%              

DNB Bank

     107,584        1,904,114  

Equinor

     50,950        1,864,039  
     

 

 

 
                3,768,153  
     

 

 

 
SINGAPORE — 3.5%              

Capitaland Investment

     575,000        1,222,626  

Singapore Technologies Engineering

     458,000        1,067,675  
 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

COMMON STOCK — continued  
     Shares      Value  
SINGAPORE — continued  

United Overseas Bank

     104,440      $ 2,048,075  
     

 

 

 
        4,338,376  
     

 

 

 
SOUTH AFRICA — 0.9%  

MTN Group

     154,541        1,092,377  
     

 

 

 
SOUTH KOREA — 1.3%  

KB Financial Group

     45,571        1,537,215  
     

 

 

 
SPAIN — 2.7%  

CaixaBank

     445,800        1,477,203  

Industria de Diseno Textil

     80,000        1,813,636  
     

 

 

 
        3,290,839  
     

 

 

 
SWEDEN — 1.1%  

Boliden

     46,530        1,355,292  
     

 

 

 
SWITZERLAND — 4.2%  

Nestle

     30,730        3,346,282  

Sonova Holding

     7,380        1,744,491  
     

 

 

 
        5,090,773  
     

 

 

 
TAIWAN — 2.3%  

Taiwan Semiconductor

     

Manufacturing

     230,160        2,785,706  
     

 

 

 
     
THAILAND — 1.0%  

PTT Exploration & Production

     

PCL

     270,000        1,287,572  
     

 

 

 
UNITED KINGDOM — 10.9%  

3i Group PLC

     130,000        1,730,123  

Compass Group PLC

     92,000        1,937,614  

Legal & General Group PLC

     605,385        1,616,924  

Linde PLC

     6,450        1,917,908  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

     3,825,000        1,843,215  

SSE PLC

     95,000        1,695,203  

Unilever PLC

     56,250        2,563,855  
     

 

 

 
        13,304,842  
     

 

 

 
UNITED STATES — 3.0%  

American Tower ‡

     7,989        1,655,241  

Amgen

     7,650        2,068,177  
     

 

 

 
        3,723,418  
     

 

 

 

Total Common Stock (Cost $133,490,077)

        118,571,740  
     

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities—96.8% (Cost $133,490,077)

      $ 118,571,740  
     

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $122,456,064.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

Real Estate Investment Trust.

See “Glossary” for abbreviations.

As of October 31, 2022, all of the Fund’s investments in securities were considered Level 1, in accordance with the authoritative guidance of fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

For more information on valuation inputs, see Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

Glossary:

Portfolio Abbreviation

ADR — American Depositary Receipt

Cl — Class

CLO — Collateralized Loan Obligation

ETF — Exchange Traded Fund

FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association

FREMF — Freddie Mac Multi-Family

GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association

ICE — Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International

MTN — Medium Term Note

PLC — Public Limited Company

RB — Revenue Bond

S&P — Standard & Poor’s

Ser — Series

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

SPDR— Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt

TSFR — Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate

Currency Abbreviation

USD — United States Dollar

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES            
     Limited
Duration Fund
    Core Bond
Fund
    Long/Short
Equity Fund
    Large Cap
Value Fund
     Large Cap
Growth Fund
 

Assets:

           

Investments in securities, at value†

   $ 138,150,905     $ 144,143,289     $ 39,474,231     $ 134,788,814      $ 114,808,069  

Cash

     4,003,697       1,355,785       20,999,072       4,506,090        6,164,966  

Receivable due from Prime Broker

                 29,841,470               

Dividends and Interest receivable

     815,630       1,019,493       242,470       91,305        83,367  

Receivable for capital shares sold

     144,136       227,103       118,345       117,792        120,666  

Tax reclaim receivable

                       12,773        3,414  

Prepaid expenses

     8,295       8,497       5,742       9,389        8,227  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Assets

     143,122,663       146,754,167       90,681,330       139,526,163        121,188,709  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Securities sold short, at value†††

                 22,837,846               

Payable for investment securities purchased

                       1,379,217        3,339,828  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     255,728       439,008       258,574       194,533        174,484  

Audit fees payable

     29,600       29,600       24,400       24,400        24,400  

Foreign currency payable††††

                 974,016               

Investment Adviser fees payable

     18,328       18,781       58,611       66,713        38,806  

Payable due to administrator

     9,685       9,931       4,416       8,827        7,687  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

     2,005       2,058       911       1,778        1,538  

Payable due to trustees

     78       80       36       69        60  

Shareholder servicing fees payable (Class S Shares)

     23       212             50        478  

Accrued expenses

     35,032       37,387       20,271       23,126        22,176  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     350,479       537,057       24,179,081       1,698,713        3,609,457  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $       142,772,184     $       146,217,110     $       66,502,249     $       137,827,450      $       117,579,252  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

† Cost of securities

   $       145,744,608     $       167,477,004     $       39,150,815     $       121,336,022      $       118,140,439  

††† Proceeds from securities sold short

                 (24,664,086             

†††† Proceeds from foreign currency

                 (1,031,123             
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets:

           

Paid-in Capital

   $ 151,088,599     $ 173,307,922     $ 59,840,652     $ 118,392,020      $ 123,765,245  

Total Distributable Earnings / (Loss)

     (8,316,415     (27,090,812     6,661,597       19,435,430        (6,185,993
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 142,772,184     $ 146,217,110     $ 66,502,249     $ 137,827,450      $ 117,579,252  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

I Shares:

           

Net Assets

   $ 142,559,173     $ 145,333,974     $ 66,502,249     $ 137,408,226      $ 116,415,716  

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization - no par value)

     15,147,688       17,129,037       5,867,955       9,613,836        9,470,704  

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share*
(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

   $ 9.41     $ 8.48     $ 11.33     $ 14.29      $ 12.29  

Class S Shares:

           

Net Assets

   $ 213,011     $ 883,136       N/A     $ 419,224      $ 1,163,536  

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization - no par value)

     22,647       104,190       N/A       29,332        95,155  

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share*
(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

   $ 9.41     $ 8.48       N/A     $ 14.29      $ 12.23  

    N/A Not Applicable.

    Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.

*  Redemption price per share may vary depending on the length of time shares are held.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   OCTOBER 31, 2022
      

 

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES          
     Small Cap Fund      U.S. All Cap
Index Fund
    Real Estate
Fund
    International
Equity Fund
 

Assets:

         

Investments in securities, at value†

   $ 118,905,907      $ 62,222,688     $ 110,492,739     $ 118,571,740  

Foreign currency, at value††

                  69       6,471  

OTC Swap Contracts, at value†††

            71,401              

Cash

     4,163,137        2,023,410       10,172,326       4,617,539  

Cash held as collateral for equity swaps (Note 2)

            300,000              

Receivable for investment securities sold

     1,176,295        638              

Receivable for capital shares sold

     56,068        11,830       26,620       60,977  

Dividends and Interest receivable

     31,716        41,857       47,794       338,261  

Receivable due from Investment Adviser

            18,504              

Receivable from Custodian

            81,877              

Tax reclaim receivable

            535       11,607       434,488  

Prepaid expenses

     10,261        6,359       15,159       8,294  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

     124,343,384        64,779,099       120,766,314       124,037,770  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

         

Payable for investment securities purchased

     1,678,437                    1,254,567  

Unrealized loss on foreign currency spot contracts

                        1,348  

Payable for capital shares redeemed

     84,948        371,947       101,249       121,435  

Audit fees payable

     24,400        24,400       24,400       24,400  

Investment Adviser fees payable

     73,139              71,201       72,217  

Payable due to administrator

     7,792        4,161       7,829       8,120  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

     1,561        832       1,589       1,646  

Shareholder servicing fees payable (Class S Shares)

     628                    123  

Payable due to trustees

     61        32       62       64  

Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

                        72,019  

Accrued expenses

     22,192        23,083       22,900       25,767  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     1,893,158        424,455       229,230       1,581,706  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $       122,450,226      $       64,354,644     $       120,537,084     $       122,456,064  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

† Cost of securities

   $       111,931,635      $       67,233,618     $       144,138,031     $       133,490,077  

†† Cost of foreign currency

                  78       3,393  

†††Premiums received from OTC swap contracts

                         
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

         

Paid-in Capital

   $ 114,819,986      $ 69,210,659     $ 144,750,398     $ 147,987,323  

Total Distributable Earnings / (Loss)

     7,630,240        (4,856,015     (24,213,314     (25,531,259
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 122,450,226      $ 64,354,644     $ 120,537,084     $ 122,456,064  
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

I Shares:

         

Net Assets

   $ 122,388,951      $ 64,354,644     $ 120,537,084     $ 122,312,815  

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization - no par value)

     10,831,446        5,435,163       14,538,415       12,763,319  

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share*
(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

   $ 11.30      $ 11.84     $ 8.29     $ 9.58  

Class S Shares:

         

Net Assets

   $ 61,275        N/A       N/A     $ 143,249  

Outstanding Shares of Beneficial Interest
(unlimited authorization - no par value)

     5,448        N/A       N/A       14,994  

Net Asset Value, Offering and Redemption Price Per Share*
(Net Assets ÷ Shares Outstanding)

   $ 11.25        N/A       N/A     $ 9.55  

    N/A Not Applicable.

    Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or round to $0.

*  Redemption price per share may vary depending on the length of time shares are held.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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   FOR THE YEAR ENDED
     OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS           
     Limited
Duration Fund
    Core Bond
Fund
    Long/Short
Equity Fund
    Large Cap
Value Fund
    Large Cap
Growth Fund
 

Investment Income

          

Interest

   $ 2,465,872     $ 4,367,438     $ 246,748     $ 30,538     $ 29,184  

Dividends

           20,812       1,100,798       2,690,805       907,482  

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

                 (5,864     (45,879      
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

     2,465,872       4,388,250       1,341,682       2,675,464       936,666  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

          

Investment Advisory Fees

     572,027       589,794       668,164       783,709       751,992  

Administration Fees

     128,131       132,126       47,733       117,065       112,494  

Trustees’ Fees

     11,547       11,768       3,916       10,434       10,142  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     5,647       5,776       3,829       5,341       5,029  

Shareholder Servicing Fees (Class S Shares)

     206       1,016             441       1,347  

Transfer Agent Fees

     50,102       51,139       23,179       48,480       47,878  

Pricing Fees

     42,064       41,052       2,191       2,001       1,795  

Registration & Filing Fees

     31,231       35,596       30,551       35,610       35,057  

Audit Fees

     30,035       30,035       24,835       24,835       24,835  

Printing Fees

     22,905       22,558       9,539       19,287       30,202  

Legal Fees

     19,798       20,200       7,031       17,812       40,939  

Custodian Fees

     8,037       6,747       21,009       2,807       2,769  

Dividend Expense

                 298,089              

Other Expenses

     27,557       28,124       10,100       24,892       24,678  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     949,287       975,931       1,150,166       1,092,714       1,089,157  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Recovery of Investment Advisory fees previously waived (Note 7)

                       83,303       61,246  

Less:

          

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

     (233,822     (237,971     (50,260           (21,059
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     715,465       737,960       1,099,906       1,176,017       1,129,344  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

     1,750,407       3,650,290       241,776       1,499,447       (192,678 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain/(Loss) on:

          

Investments

     (1,531,022 )(A)       (3,982,342     (1,460,874     5,981,371       (2,759,594

Securities Sold Short

                 8,892,237              

Purchased Option Contracts

                 (137,706            

Foreign Currency Transactions

                 17,671       (96     (15
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (1,531,022 )      (3,982,342 )      7,311,328       5,981,275       (2,759,609 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on:

          

Investments

     (7,560,380     (26,754,976     (2,498,333     (16,589,648     (39,064,404

Securities Sold Short

                 2,173,102              

Purchased Option Contracts

                 69,043              

Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign

          

Currencies

                 57,107              
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     (7,560,380 )      (26,754,976 )      (199,081 )      (16,589,648 )      (39,064,404 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss)

     (9,091,402 )      (30,737,318 )      7,112,247       (10,608,373 )      (41,824,013 ) 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Operations

   $       (7,340,995)     $       (27,087,028)     $       7,354,023     $       (9,108,926)     $       (42,016,691)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Includes realized gains and losses as a result of an In-Kind redemption (see Note 11 in the Notes to Financial Statements).

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
   FOR THE YEAR ENDED
    

OCTOBER 31, 2022

 

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS         
     Small Cap
Fund
    U.S. All Cap
Index Fund
    Real Estate
Fund
    International
Equity Fund
 

Investment Income

        

Dividends

   $ 1,545,905     $ 864,011     $ 2,565,119     $ 5,358,738  

Interest

     33,304       13,762       28,816       29,270  

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

     (14,654     (406           (502,873
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

     1,564,555       877,367       2,593,935       4,885,135  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Expenses

        

Investment Advisory Fees

     886,681       117,969       1,138,659       1,279,015  

Administration Fees

     109,724       52,789       120,246       127,711  

Trustees’ Fees

     9,931       4,361       10,798       11,663  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     4,950       3,866       5,297       5,390  

Shareholder Servicing Fees (Class S Shares)

     138                   154  

Transfer Agent Fees

     47,355       24,097       35,889       49,409  

Registration & Filing Fees

     33,564       31,635       33,706       34,936  

Audit Fees

     24,835       24,835       17,735       24,835  

Printing Fees

     17,672       21,701       24,485       37,376  

Legal Fees

     16,895       7,759       18,023       20,008  

Pricing Fees

     3,445       42,251       1,527       3,143  

Custodian Fees

     3,149       12,282       2,630       12,291  

Other Expenses

     22,404       11,162       24,990       40,571  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     1,180,743       354,707       1,433,985       1,646,502  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Recovery of Investment Advisory fees previously waived (Note 7)

     103,571                    

Less:

        

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

           (117,969     (94,598     (83,083

Reimbursement from Adviser

           (89,274            
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     1,284,314       147,464       1,339,387       1,563,419  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     280,241       729,903       1,254,548       3,321,716  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain/(Loss) on:

        

Investments

     1,367,627       406,073       10,382,652       (10,431,906

Foreign Capital Gains Tax

                       (9,173

Swap Contracts

           (371,832            

Foreign Currency Transactions

     (3                 (138,194
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     1,367,624       34,241       10,382,652       (10,579,273
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on:

        

Investments

     (27,097,842     (13,136,206     (34,574,675     (36,682,836

Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

                       55,734  

Swap Contracts

           50,014              

Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

                 (1,980     (51,392
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation)

     (27,097,842     (13,086,192     (34,576,655     (36,678,494
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss

     (25,730,218     (13,051,951     (24,194,003     (47,257,767
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Operations

   $ (25,449,977   $ (12,322,048   $ (22,939,455   $ (43,936,051
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “ --” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

64


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   LIMITED DURATION FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 1,750,407     $ 1,359,289  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (1,531,022     713,032  

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation

     (7,560,380)       (1,631,529)  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (7,340,995     440,792  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (1,734,634     (1,443,368

Class S Shares

     (2,265     (840
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1,736,899     (1,444,208
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     46,056,282       31,792,456  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,588,205       1,432,024  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     90       19  

Redeemed

     (35,025,079     (11,851,856
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     12,619,498       21,372,643  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     207,457       31,004  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     2,265       839  

Redeemed

     (62,416     (29,360
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Class S Shares Transactions

     147,306       2,483  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           250  

Redeemed

           (594,284
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Shares Transactions

           (594,034
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     12,766,804       20,781,092  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     3,688,910       19,777,676  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     139,083,274       119,305,598  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 142,772,184     $ 139,083,274  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     4,720,367       3,151,094  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     164,416       142,168  

Redeemed

     (3,613,272     (1,174,463
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     1,271,511       2,118,799  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     20,885       3,068  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     235       83  

Redeemed

     (6,361     (2,907
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Class S Shares

     14,759       244  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           24  

Redeemed

           (58,748
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Shares

           (58,724
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     1,286,270       2,060,319  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

    

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

65


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   CORE BOND FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 3,650,290     $ 2,526,670  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (3,982,342     205,509  

Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation

     (26,754,976     (1,510,951
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (27,087,028     1,221,228  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (3,609,383     (3,392,201

Class S Shares

     (23,265     (30,825

Investor Shares(A)

           (1,842
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (3,632,648     (3,424,868
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     54,586,639       49,328,298  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     3,194,988       3,342,822  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     85       79  

Redeemed

     (18,336,655     (21,977,034
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     39,445,057       30,694,165  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     140,622       108,808  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     23,264       30,825  

Redeemed

     (227,088     (57,810
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Class S Shares Transactions

     (63,202     81,823  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           16,973  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           1,816  

Redeemed

           (181,251
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Shares Transactions

           (162,462
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     39,381,855       30,613,526  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     8,662,179       28,409,886  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     137,554,931       109,145,045  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 146,217,110     $ 137,554,931  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     5,676,882       4,701,391  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     341,279       318,282  

Redeemed

     (1,971,860     (2,102,065
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     4,046,301       2,917,608  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     14,642       10,316  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     2,488       2,936  

Redeemed

     (23,821     (5,515
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Class S Shares

     (6,691     7,737  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           1,602  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           170  

Redeemed

           (17,323
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Shares

           (15,551
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     4,039,610       2,909,794  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

    

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

66


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   LONG/SHORT EQUITY FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   $ 241,776     $ (275,121

Net Realized Gain

     7,311,328       890,508  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (199,081     1,816,249  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     7,354,023       2,431,636  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (128,619      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (128,619      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     32,513,178       12,232,524  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     95,236        

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     500       2,011  

Redeemed

     (6,636,592     (2,303,607
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     25,972,322       9,930,928  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     25,972,322       9,930,928  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     33,197,726       12,362,564  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     33,304,523       20,941,959  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 66,502,249     $ 33,304,523  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     3,014,527       1,271,163  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     8,733        

Redeemed

     (604,755     (253,083
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     2,418,505       1,018,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     2,418,505       1,018,080  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

67


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   LARGE CAP VALUE FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 1,499,447     $ 784,003  

Net Realized Gain

     5,981,275       6,260,570  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (16,589,648     27,972,572  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (9,108,926     35,017,145  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (7,416,280     (913,608

Class S Shares

     (26,852     (3,324

Investor Shares(A)

           (379
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (7,443,132     (917,311
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     42,369,423       29,748,452  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     7,254,739       908,427  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     117       540  

Redeemed

     (20,798,324     (10,345,096
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     28,825,955       20,312,323  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     29,075       66,252  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     26,851       3,324  

Redeemed

     (56,222     (48,011
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Class S Shares Transactions

     (296     21,565  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           13,662  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           380  

Redeemed

           (171,329
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Shares Transactions

           (157,287
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     28,825,659       20,176,601  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     12,273,601       54,276,435  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     125,553,849       71,277,414  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 137,827,450     $ 125,553,849  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     2,828,992       2,003,840  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     474,429       62,414  

Redeemed

     (1,381,779     (686,781
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     1,921,642       1,379,473  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     1,970       4,781  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,755       230  

Redeemed

     (3,778     (3,484
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Class S Shares

     (53     1,527  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           1,031  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           29  

Redeemed

           (12,059
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Shares

           (10,999
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     1,921,589       1,370,001  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

    

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

68


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Loss

   $ (192,678   $ (321,452

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (2,759,609     18,031,727  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (39,064,404     14,698,085  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (42,016,691     32,408,360  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (17,141,415     (5,510,859

Class S Shares

     (201,922     (91,415

Investor Shares(A)

           (35,974
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (17,343,337     (5,638,248
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Return of Capital:

    

I Shares

     (18,979      

Class S Shares

     (224      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return of Capital

     (19,203      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     35,905,713       29,588,519  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     17,123,720       5,502,729  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     53       1,732  

Redeemed

     (16,596,433     (11,580,008
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     36,433,053       23,512,972  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     114,817       171,531  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     202,145       91,415  

Redeemed

     (120,372     (484,645
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Class S Shares Transactions

     196,590       (221,699
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           519,767  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           35,825  

Redeemed

           (709,079
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Shares Transactions

           (153,487
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     36,629,643       23,137,786  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (22,749,588     49,907,898  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     140,328,840       90,420,942  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 117,579,252     $ 140,328,840  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     2,451,770       1,652,261  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     998,239       330,892  

Redeemed

     (1,063,551     (660,784
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     2,386,458       1,322,369  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     8,054       9,804  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     11,835       5,514  

Redeemed

     (8,066     (27,559
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Class S Shares

     11,823       (12,241
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           30,938  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           2,175  

Redeemed

           (41,373
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Shares

           (8,260
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     2,398,281       1,301,868  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

    

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   SMALL CAP FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income (Loss)

   $ 280,241     $ (367,410

Net Realized Gain

     1,367,624       17,512,082  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (27,097,842     27,550,564  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (25,449,977     44,695,236  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (14,031,380      

Class S Shares

     (8,390      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (14,039,770      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     28,009,236       14,547,129  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     13,992,373        

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     23       446  

Redeemed

     (9,330,414     (10,854,413
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     32,671,218       3,693,162  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     27,422       129,911  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     8,390        

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     1        

Redeemed

     (684,907     (25,707
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets from Class S Shares Transactions

     (649,094     104,204  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           14,562  

Redeemed

           (110,993
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Shares Transactions

           (96,431
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     32,022,124       3,700,935  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (7,467,623     48,396,171  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     129,917,849       81,521,678  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 122,450,226     $ 129,917,849  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     2,207,228       1,030,973  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,027,865        

Redeemed

     (715,761     (792,045
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     2,519,332       238,928  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     2,005       9,386  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     619        

Redeemed

     (44,976     (1,880
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Class S Shares

     (42,352     7,506  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           1,089  

Redeemed

           (7,793
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Shares

           (6,704
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     2,476,980       239,730  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

    

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

70


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   U.S. ALL CAP INDEX FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 729,903     $ 279,349  

Net Realized Gain

     34,241       428,756  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciati on (Depreciation)

     (13,086,192     7,750,963  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (12,322,048     8,459,068  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (1,049,998     (277,894
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (1,049,998     (277,894
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     43,769,763       17,017,517  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,008,008       277,792  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     73        

Redeemed

     (7,544,316     (972,515
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     37,233,528       16,322,794  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     37,233,528       16,322,794  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     23,861,482       24,503,968  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     40,493,162       15,989,194  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 64,354,644     $ 40,493,162  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     3,188,582       1,226,845  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     75,872       21,177  

Redeemed

     (571,824     (75,900
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     2,692,630       1,172,122  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     2,692,630       1,172,122  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

    

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

71


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   REAL ESTATE FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year
Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year
Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 1,254,548     $ 968,231  

Net Realized Gain

     10,382,652       23,086,756  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (34,576,655     8,544,295  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (22,939,455     32,599,282  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (24,653,093     (3,325,980
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (24,653,093     (3,325,980
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     28,552,158       7,597,839  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     24,616,175       3,325,779  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     35        

Redeemed

     (4,916,200     (846,165
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     48,252,168       10,077,453  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     48,252,168       10,077,453  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     659,620       39,350,755  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     119,877,464       80,526,709  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 120,537,084     $ 119,877,464  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     2,705,592       688,203  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     2,309,173       330,329  

Redeemed

     (491,572     (72,589
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     4,523,193       945,943  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     4,523,193       945,943  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0 or have been rounded to $0.

    

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

72


THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
   INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND
      

 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS     
     Year Ended
October 31,
2022
    Year Ended
October 31,
2021
 

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

   $ 3,321,716     $ 1,485,515  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (10,579,273     13,498,661  

Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (36,678,494     15,466,240  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (43,936,051     30,450,416  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

     (15,800,098     (1,262,029

Class S Shares

     (14,183     (931
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Distributions

     (15,814,281     (1,262,960
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Return of Capital:

    

I Shares

     (31,908      

Class S Shares

     (35      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Return of Capital

     (31,943      
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     33,181,631       37,133,855  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     15,620,528       1,258,841  

Redemption Fees — Note 2

     435       580  

Redeemed

     (17,318,094     (4,276,663
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     31,484,500       34,116,613  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     91,760       31,361  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     14,218       931  

Redeemed

     (5,294     (7,009
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Class S Shares Transactions

     100,684       25,283  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           650  

Redeemed

           (90,787
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Investor Shares Transactions

           (90,137
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     31,585,184       34,051,759  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

     (28,197,091     63,239,215  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Year

     150,653,155       87,413,940  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of Year

   $ 122,456,064     $ 150,653,155  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     2,754,189       2,638,701  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,228,759       86,789  

Redeemed

     (1,546,111     (298,044
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     2,436,837       2,427,446  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Class S Shares

    

Issued

     6,941       2,183  

Reinvestment of Dividends

     1,139       64  

Redeemed

     (487     (500
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Increase in Class S Shares

     7,593       1,747  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investor Shares(A)

    

Issued

           49  

Redeemed

           (6,439
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Decrease in Investor Shares

           (6,390
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     2,444,430       2,422,803  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(A)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund. See Note 1 in the Notes to Financial Statements.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
  
      

 

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                                                  
   

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period

 

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)*
    Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Investments
    Total from
Operations
    Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total
Distributions
    Redemption
Fees**
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
    Total
Return †
    Net Assets
End of Period
(000)
    Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(including
waivers and
reimbursements)
  Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(excluding
waivers and
reimbursements)
  Ratio of Net
Investment
Income
(Loss) to
Average Net
Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
 

Limited Duration Fund‡

 

I Shares^(1)

 

2022

  $ 10.02     $ 0.12     $ (0.61   $ (0.49   $ (0.11   $ (0.01   $ –       $ (0.12   $ –#       $ 9.41       (4.94)%     $ 142,559     0.50%   0.66%   1.22%     46%  

2021

  $ 10.09     $ 0.11     $ (0.07   $ 0.04     $ (0.11   $ –       $ –       $ (0.11   $ –#       $ 10.02       0.43%     $ 139,004     0.50%   0.71%   1.05%     59%  

2020

  $ 10.00     $ 0.20     $ 0.10     $ 0.30     $ (0.21   $ –       $ –       $ (0.21   $ –       $ 10.09       3.00%     $ 118,637     0.50%   0.80%   1.96%     49%  

2019

  $ 9.79     $ 0.25     $ 0.21     $ 0.46     $ (0.25   $ –       $ –       $ (0.25   $ –       $ 10.00       4.76%     $ 100,482     0.50%   0.82%   2.48%     76%  

2018

  $ 9.96     $ 0.21     $ (0.17   $ 0.04     $ (0.21   $ –       $ –       $ (0.21   $ –       $ 9.79       0.37%     $ 94,393     0.50%   0.84%   2.12%     79%  

Class S Shares

 

2022

  $ 10.02     $ 0.11     $ (0.61   $ (0.50   $ (0.10   $ (0.01   $ –       $ (0.11   $ –       $ 9.41       (5.03)%     $ 213     0.60%   0.76%   1.13%     46%  

2021

  $ 10.09     $ 0.10     $ (0.07   $ 0.03     $ (0.10   $ –       $ –       $ (0.10   $ –       $ 10.02       0.33%     $ 79     0.60%   0.81%   0.97%     59%  

2020

  $ 10.00     $ 0.18     $ 0.11     $ 0.29     $ (0.20   $ –       $ –       $ (0.20   $ –       $ 10.09       2.91%     $ 77     0.60%   0.91%   1.76%     49%  

2019

  $ 9.79     $ 0.24     $ 0.21     $ 0.45     $ (0.24   $ –       $ –       $ (0.24   $ –       $ 10.00       4.66%     $ 14     0.60%   0.92%   2.38%     76%  

2018

  $ 9.96     $ 0.20     $ (0.17   $ 0.03     $ (0.20   $ –       $ –       $ (0.20   $ –       $ 9.79       0.32%     $ 11     0.58%   0.92%   2.05%     79%  

Core Bond Fund

 

I Shares^(1)

 

2022

  $ 10.43     $ 0.23     $ (1.95   $ (1.72   $ (0.23   $ –       $ –       $ (0.23   $ –#       $ 8.48       (16.68)%     $ 145,334     0.50%   0.66%   2.48%     50%  

2021

  $ 10.61     $ 0.23     $ (0.11   $ 0.12     $ (0.24   $ (0.06   $ –       $ (0.30   $ –#       $ 10.43       1.12%     $ 136,400     0.50%   0.71%   2.17%     24%  

2020

  $ 10.34     $ 0.26     $ 0.30     $ 0.56     $ (0.29   $ –       $ –       $ (0.29   $ –       $ 10.61       5.50%     $ 107,887     0.50%   0.80%   2.49%     39%  

2019

  $ 9.55     $ 0.30     $ 0.80     $ 1.10     $ (0.31   $ –       $ –       $ (0.31   $ –       $ 10.34       11.68%     $ 91,451     0.50%   0.84%   3.05%     47%  

2018

  $ 10.03     $ 0.27     $ (0.48   $ (0.21   $ (0.27   $ –       $ –       $ (0.27   $ –       $ 9.55       (2.08)%     $ 78,267     0.50%   0.87%   2.78%     45%  

Class S Shares

 

2022

  $ 10.41     $ 0.22     $ (1.93   $ (1.71   $ (0.22   $ –       $ –       $ (0.22   $ –       $ 8.48       (16.60)%     $ 883     0.60%   0.76%   2.35%     50%  

2021

  $ 10.60     $ 0.22     $ (0.12   $ 0.10     $ (0.23   $ (0.06   $ –       $ (0.29   $ –       $ 10.41       0.92%     $ 1,155     0.60%   0.82%   2.07%     24%  

2020

  $ 10.33     $ 0.25     $ 0.30     $ 0.55     $ (0.28   $ –       $ –       $ (0.28   $ –       $ 10.60       5.40%     $ 1,093     0.60%   0.90%   2.39%     39%  

2019

  $ 9.55     $ 0.29     $ 0.79     $ 1.08     $ (0.30   $ –       $ –       $ (0.30   $ –       $ 10.33       11.46%     $ 1,128     0.60%   0.94%   2.95%     47%  

2018

  $ 10.03     $ 0.27     $ (0.48   $ (0.21   $ (0.27   $ –       $ –       $ (0.27   $ –       $ 9.55       (2.14)%     $ 1,050     0.57%   0.94%   2.77%     45%  

Long/Short Equity Fund

 

I Shares

 

2022

  $ 9.66     $ 0.05     $ 1.64     $ 1.69     $ (0.02   $ –       $ –       $ (0.02   $ –#       $ 11.33       17.55%     $ 66,502     2.06%(2)   2.15%   0.45%     128%  

2021

  $ 8.61     $ (0.10   $ 1.15     $ 1.05     $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –#       $ 9.66       12.20%     $ 33,305     2.28%(3)   2.65%(3)   (1.06)%(3)     97%  

2020(4)

  $ 10.00     $ (0.03   $ (1.35   $ (1.38   $ –       $ –       $ (0.01   $ (0.01   $ –       $ 8.61       (13.78)%     $ 20,942     1.73%(5)   2.40%(5)   (0.35)%(5)     114%  

Large Cap Value Fund

 

I Shares^(1)

 

2022

  $ 16.26     $ 0.17     $ (1.21   $ (1.04   $ (0.16   $ (0.77   $ –       $ (0.93   $ –#       $ 14.29       (6.73)%     $ 137,408     0.90%(6)   0.84%   1.15%     36%  

2021

  $ 11.22     $ 0.11     $ 5.06     $ 5.17     $ (0.13   $ –       $ –       $ (0.13   $ –#       $ 16.26       46.23%     $ 125,076     0.90%   0.90%   0.75%     24%  

2020

  $ 12.63     $ 0.17     $ (1.17   $ (1.00   $ (0.17   $ (0.24   $ –       $ (0.41   $ –       $ 11.22       (8.19)%     $ 70,842     0.90%   1.03%   1.49%     68%  

2019

  $ 11.74     $ 0.20     $ 1.09     $ 1.29     $ (0.20   $ (0.20   $ –       $ (0.40   $ –       $ 12.63       11.50%     $ 71,968     0.90%   1.06%   1.66%     41%  

2018

  $ 11.75     $ 0.18     $ 0.16     $ 0.34     $ (0.18   $ (0.17   $ –       $ (0.35   $ –       $ 11.74       2.77%     $ 56,851     0.90%   1.11%   1.45%     56%  

Class S Shares

 

2022

  $ 16.26     $ 0.16     $ (1.22   $ (1.06   $ (0.14   $ (0.77   $ –       $ (0.91   $ –       $ 14.29       (6.83)%     $ 419     1.00%(6)   0.94%   1.05%     36%  

2021

  $ 11.22     $ 0.10     $ 5.06     $ 5.16     $ (0.12   $ –       $ –       $ (0.12   $ –       $ 16.26       46.09%     $ 478     1.00%   1.00%   0.67%     24%  

2020

  $ 12.63     $ 0.16     $ (1.17   $ (1.01   $ (0.16   $ (0.24   $ –       $ (0.40   $ –       $ 11.22       (8.28)%     $ 312     1.00%   1.13%   1.38%     68%  

2019

  $ 11.74     $ 0.19     $ 1.08     $ 1.27     $ (0.18   $ (0.20   $ –       $ (0.38   $ –       $ 12.63       11.40%     $ 288     1.00%   1.16%   1.56%     41%  

2018

  $ 11.75     $ 0.16     $ 0.16     $ 0.32     $ (0.16   $ (0.17   $ –       $ (0.33   $ –       $ 11.74       2.64%     $ 213     1.04%   1.25%   1.32%     56%  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                                                  
   

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period

 

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)*
    Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Investments
    Total from
Operations
    Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total
Distributions
    Redemption
Fees**
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
    Total
Return †
    Net Assets
End of Period
(000)
    Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(including
waivers and
reimbursements)
  Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(excluding
waivers and
reimbursements)
  Ratio of Net
Investment
Income
(Loss) to
Average Net
Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
 

Large Cap Growth Fund

 

I Shares^(1)

 

2022

  $ 19.58     $ (0.02   $ (4.85   $ (4.87   $ –       $ (2.42   $ –#       $ (2.42   $ –#       $ 12.29       (28.36)%     $ 116,416     0.90%(6)   0.87%   (0.15)%     38%  

2021

  $ 15.42     $ (0.05   $ 5.14     $ 5.09     $ –       $ (0.93   $ –       $ (0.93   $ –#       $ 19.58       34.10%     $ 138,704     0.90%   0.89%   (0.28)%     78%  

2020

  $ 12.89     $ (0.01   $ 3.22     $ 3.21     $ –#       $ (0.68   $ –       $ (0.68   $ –       $ 15.42       25.83%     $ 88,825     0.90%   1.00%   (0.09)%     93%  

2019

  $ 13.23     $ 0.01     $ 1.09     $ 1.10     $ (0.01   $ (1.43   $ –       $ (1.44   $ –       $ 12.89       10.94%     $ 71,182     0.90%   1.05%   0.06%     113%  

2018

  $ 12.35     $ 0.01     $ 0.97     $ 0.98     $ (0.01   $ (0.09   $ –       $ (0.10   $ –       $ 13.23       8.01%     $ 59,020     0.90%   1.10%   0.04%     118%  

Class S Shares

 

2022

  $ 19.50     $ (0.04   $ (4.81   $ (4.85   $ –       $ (2.42   $ –#       $ (2.42   $ –       $ 12.23       (28.39)%     $ 1,163     1.00%(6)   0.97%   (0.26)%     38%  

2021

  $ 15.38     $ (0.07   $ 5.12     $ 5.05     $ –       $ (0.93   $ –       $ (0.93   $ –       $ 19.50       33.93%     $ 1,625     1.00%   0.99%   (0.37)%     78%  

2020

  $ 12.87     $ (0.03   $ 3.22     $ 3.19     $ –       $ (0.68   $ –       $ (0.68   $ –       $ 15.38       25.71%     $ 1,470     1.00%   1.10%   (0.20)%     93%  

2019

  $ 13.22     $ –       $ 1.09     $ 1.09     $ (0.01   $ (1.43   $ –       $ (1.44   $ –       $ 12.87       10.82%     $ 1,073     1.00%   1.15%   (0.04)%     113%  

2018

  $ 12.34     $ (0.01   $ 0.99     $ 0.98     $ (0.01   $ (0.09   $ –       $ (0.10   $ –       $ 13.22       7.99%     $ 927     0.97%   1.17%   (0.06)%     118%  

Small Cap Fund††

 

I Shares^(1)

 

2022

  $ 15.54     $ 0.03     $ (2.65   $ (2.62   $ (0.03   $ (1.59   $ –       $ (1.62   $ –#       $ 11.30       (18.59)%     $ 122,389     1.05%(6)   0.97%   0.23%     38%  

2021

  $ 10.04     $ (0.05   $ 5.55     $ 5.50     $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –#       $ 15.54       54.78%     $ 129,178     1.05%   1.02%   (0.32)%     61%  

2020

  $ 10.49     $ (0.02   $ (0.43   $ (0.45   $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ 10.04       (4.29)%     $ 81,052     1.05%   1.14%   (0.16)%     107%  

2019

  $ 11.39     $ (0.02   $ 0.29     $ 0.27     $ –       $ (1.16   $ (0.01   $ (1.17   $ –       $ 10.49       4.41%     $ 88,944     1.05%   1.14%   (0.19)%     65%  

2018

  $ 12.30     $ (0.01   $ (0.31   $ (0.32   $ (0.01   $ (0.58   $ –       $ (0.59   $ –       $ 11.39       (2.90)%     $ 80,036     1.05%   1.17%   (0.10)%     92%  

Class S Shares

 

2022

  $ 15.47     $ 0.01     $ (2.62   $ (2.61   $ (0.02   $ (1.59   $ –       $ (1.61   $ –#       $ 11.25       (18.61)%     $ 61     1.13%(6)   1.05%   0.06%     38%  

2021

  $ 10.01     $ (0.06   $ 5.52     $ 5.46     $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ 15.47       54.55%     $ 740     1.15%   1.12%   (0.43)%     61%  

2020

  $ 10.47     $ (0.03   $ (0.43   $ (0.46   $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ 10.01       (4.39)%     $ 403     1.15%   1.25%   (0.29)%     107%  

2019

  $ 11.37     $ (0.03   $ 0.29     $ 0.26     $ –       $ (1.16   $ –#       $ (1.16   $ –       $ 10.47       4.36%     $ 231     1.15%   1.24%   (0.26)%     65%  

2018

  $ 12.29     $ (0.03   $ (0.31   $ (0.34   $ –#       $ (0.58   $ –       $ (0.58   $ –       $ 11.37       (3.02)%     $ 320     1.20%   1.32%   (0.25)%     92%  

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

 

I Shares

 

2022

  $ 14.76     $ 0.16     $ (2.85   $ (2.69   $ (0.15   $ (0.08   $ –       $ (0.23   $ –#       $ 11.84       (18.39)%     $ 64,355     0.25%   0.60%   1.24%     4%  

2021

  $ 10.18     $ 0.15     $ 4.57     $ 4.72     $ (0.14   $ –       $ –       $ (0.14   $ –       $ 14.76       46.61%     $ 40,493     0.25%   0.96%   1.12%     5%  

2020(7)

  $ 10.00     $ 0.12     $ 0.17     $ 0.29     $ (0.11   $ –       $ –       $ (0.11   $ –       $ 10.18       3.08%     $ 15,989     0.25%   1.78%   1.52%     8%  

Real Estate Fund##

 

I Shares

 

2022

  $ 11.97     $ 0.09     $ (1.49   $ (1.40   $ (0.15   $ (2.13   $ –       $ (2.28   $ –#       $ 8.29       (15.77)%     $ 120,537     1.00%   1.07%   0.94%     132%  

2021

  $ 8.88     $ 0.10     $ 3.35     $ 3.45     $ (0.17   $ (0.19   $ –       $ (0.36   $ –       $ 11.97       39.65%     $ 119,877     1.00%   1.16%   0.94%     231%  

2020

  $ 10.33     $ 0.13     $ (1.34   $ (1.21   $ (0.19   $ (0.05   $ –       $ (0.24   $ –       $ 8.88       (11.74)%     $ 80,527     1.00%   1.45%   1.42%     232%  

2019(8)

  $ 10.00     $ 0.01     $ 0.32     $ 0.33     $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ –       $ 10.33       3.30%     $ 49,010     1.00%   1.96%   0.61%     10%  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS                                                  
   

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Year or Period

 

 
    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning
of Period
    Net
Investment
Income
(Loss)*
    Net
Realized
and
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
on
Investments
    Total from
Operations
    Distributions
from Net
Investment
Income
    Distributions
from Net
Realized
Capital
Gains
    Return of
Capital
    Total
Distributions
    Redemption
Fees**
    Net Asset
Value,
End of
Period
    Total
Return †
    Net Assets
End of Period
(000)
    Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(including
waivers and
reimbursements)
  Ratio of
Expenses
to Average
Net Assets
(excluding
waivers and
reimbursements)
  Ratio of Net
Investment
Income
(Loss) to
Average Net
Assets
  Portfolio
Turnover
 

International Equity Fund

 

I Shares^(1)

 

2022

  $ 14.58     $ 0.27     $ (3.85   $ (3.58   $ (0.27   $ (1.15   $ –#       $ (1.42   $ –       $ 9.58       (26.80)%     $ 122,313     1.10%   1.16%   2.34%     50%  

2021

  $ 11.05     $ 0.17     $ 3.50     $ 3.67     $ (0.14   $ –       $ –       $ (0.14   $ –#       $ 14.58       33.26%     $ 150,545     1.10%   1.21%   1.21%     55%  

2020

  $ 11.20     $ 0.15     $ (0.14   $ 0.01     $ (0.12   $ –       $ (0.04   $ (0.16   $ –       $ 11.05       0.20%     $ 87,281     1.10%   1.33%   1.37%     47%  

2019

  $ 10.85     $ 0.21     $ 0.62     $ 0.83     $ (0.21   $ (0.27   $ –       $ (0.48   $ –       $ 11.20       7.94%     $ 81,517     1.10%   1.36%   1.93%     49%  

2018

  $ 11.80     $ 0.22     $ (0.94   $ (0.72   $ (0.23   $ –       $ –       $ (0.23   $ –       $ 10.85       (6.24)%     $ 67,140     1.10%   1.39%   1.86%     45%  

Class S Shares

 

2022

  $ 14.54     $ 0.27     $ (3.85   $ (3.58   $ (0.26   $ (1.15   $ –#       $ (1.41   $ –       $ 9.55       (26.88)%     $ 143     1.20%   1.26%   2.32%     50%  

2021

  $ 11.02     $ 0.16     $ 3.49     $ 3.65     $ (0.13   $ –       $ –       $ (0.13   $ –       $ 14.54       33.16%     $ 108     1.20%   1.31%   1.14%     55%  

2020

  $ 11.18     $ 0.15     $ (0.16   $ (0.01   $ (0.11   $ –       $ (0.04   $ (0.15   $ –       $ 11.02       –%     $ 62     1.20%   1.42%   1.39%     47%  

2019

  $ 10.84     $ 0.20     $ 0.61     $ 0.81     $ (0.20   $ (0.27   $ –       $ (0.47   $ –       $ 11.18       7.75%     $ 157     1.20%   1.46%   1.86%     49%  

2018

  $ 11.80     $ 0.20     $ (0.94   $ (0.74   $ (0.22   $ –       $ –       $ (0.22   $ –       $ 10.84       (6.44)%     $ 149     1.24%   1.53%   1.70%     45%  

 

*

Per share data calculated using the average shares method.

**

See Note 2 in the Notes to the Financial Statements.

Total return and portfolio turnover are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total return would have been lower had the Adviser not waived a portion of its fee. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

^

Effective March 1, 2018, Institutional Shares were renamed as I Shares.

#

Amount is less than $0.005.

##

Effective July 20, 2020, Global Real Estate Fund was renamed as Real Estate Fund.

Effective March 1, 2018, Limited Duration Bond Fund was renamed as Limited Duration Fund.

††

Effective March 1, 2018, Small Cap Equity Fund was renamed as Small Cap Fund.

(1)

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Fund.

(2)

The expense ratio includes dividend expense. Had this expense been excluded the ratios would have been 1.50% and 1.59%.

(3)

The expense ratio includes dividend and interest expense. Had this expense been excluded the ratios would have been 1.50%, 1.86%, and (1.85)%.

(4)

Commenced operations on December 2, 2019. All ratios for the period have been annualized.

(5)

The expense ratio includes dividend expense. Had this expense been excluded the ratios would have been 1.50%, 2.17%, and (0.58)%.

(6)

Ratios include previously waived investment advisory fees recovered.

(7)

Commenced operations on December 31, 2019. All ratios for the period have been annualized.

(8)

Commenced operations on September 30, 2019. All ratios for the period have been annualized.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.  Organization:

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III (the “Trust”) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 4, 2013. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company with 65 funds. The financial statements herein are those of the Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Fund (the “Limited Duration Fund”), the Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund (the “Core Bond Fund”), the Knights of Columbus Long/ Short Equity Fund (the “Long/Short Equity Fund”), the Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund (the “Large Cap Value Fund”), the Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund (the “Large Cap Growth Fund”), the Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund (the “Small Cap Fund”), the Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index Fund (the “U.S. All Cap Index Fund”), the Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund (the “Real Estate Fund”) and the Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund (the “International Equity Fund”) (collectively the “Funds,” individually a “Fund”), each of which is a diversified Fund, except the Large Cap Growth Fund, which is a non-diversified Fund. The investment objective of the Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund is to seek current income and capital preservation. The investment objective of the Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Fund and International Equity Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation. The investment objective of the Real Estate Fund is to seek current income and capital appreciation. The U.S. All Cap Index Fund seeks investment results to the performance of an index that measures the investment return of the broad U.S. stock market, excluding companies whose policies and practices are inconsistent with the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Socially Responsible Investing Guidelines (the “USCCB Guidelines”). The financial statements of the remaining funds of the Trust are presented separately. The assets of each fund are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the fund in which shares are held.

Effective February 25, 2021, Investor Shares Class were converted to I Shares Class of the Funds. After the Conversion Date, Investor Shares will no longer be offered by the Funds, and were terminated as a separately designated class of the Funds.

2.  Significant Accounting Policies:

The following are significant accounting policies, which are consistently followed in the preparation of its financial statements of the Funds. The Funds are investment companies that apply the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”).

Use of Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amount of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material.

Security Valuation — Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market (the “NASDAQ”)), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on an exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on valuation date (or at approximately 4:00 pm ET if a security’s primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If available, debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent, third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Such methodologies generally consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings and developments relating to specific securities in arriving at valuations. On the first day a new debt security purchase is recorded, if a price is not available on the automated pricing feeds from our primary and secondary pricing vendors nor is it available from an independent broker, the security may be valued at its purchase price. Each day thereafter, the debt security will be valued according to the Trusts’ Fair Value Procedures until an independent source can be secured. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, which approximates market value provided that it is determined the amortized cost continues to approximate fair value. Should existing credit, liquidity or interest rate conditions in the relevant markets and issuer specific circumstances suggest that amortized cost does not approximate fair value, then the amortized cost method may not be used. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates.

Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are required to be fair valued under the 1940 Act.

In December 2020, the SEC adopted Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, establishing requirements to determine fair value in good faith for purposes of the 1940 Act. The rule permits fund boards to designate a fund’s investment adviser to perform fair-value determinations, subject to board oversight and certain other conditions. The rule also defines when market quotations are “readily available” for purposes of the 1940 Act and requires a fund to fair value a portfolio investment when a market quotation is not readily available. The SEC also adopted new Rule 31a-4 under the 1940 Act, which sets forth recordkeeping requirements associated with fair-value determinations. The compliance date for Rule 2a-5 and Rule 31a-4 was September 8, 2022.

 

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Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC (“Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors”) serves as the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”). Effective September 8, 2022, and pursuant to the requirements of Rule 2a-5, the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) designated the Adviser as the Board’s valuation designee to perform fair-value determinations for the Funds through a Fair Value Committee (the “Committee”) established by the Adviser and approved new Adviser Fair Value Procedures for the Funds. Prior to September 8, 2022, fair-value determinations were performed in accordance with the Trust’s Fair Value Procedures established by the Funds’ Board and were implemented through the Committee designated by the Board.

Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using fair value procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; or the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price. When a security is valued in accordance with the fair value procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.

For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security’s last trade and the time at which a Fund calculates its net asset value. The closing prices of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time a Fund calculates net asset value if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that a Fund calculates net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If the Adviser becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which a Fund calculates net asset value, it may request that a Committee meeting be called.

The Funds use Intercontinental Exchange Data Pricing & Reference Data, LLC (“ICE”) as a third party fair valuation vendor when the fair value trigger is met. ICE provides a fair value for foreign securities in the Funds based on certain factors and methodologies (involving, generally, tracking valuation correlations between the U.S. market and each non-U.S. security) applied by ICE in the event that there is a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specific threshold established by the Committee. The Committee establishes a “confidence interval” which is used to determine the level of correlation between the value of a foreign security and movements in the U.S. market before a particular security is fair valued when the threshold is exceeded. In the event that the threshold established by the Committee is exceeded on a specific day, the Funds value theirs non-U.S. securities that exceed the applicable “confidence interval” based upon the fair values provided by ICE. In such event, it is not necessary to hold a Committee meeting. In the event that the Adviser believes that the fair values provided by ICE are not reliable, the Adviser contacts SEI Investments Global Fund Services (the “Administrator”) and may request that a meeting of the Committee be held.

If a local market in which the Funds own securities is closed for one or more days, the Funds shall value all securities held in the corresponding currency based on the fair value prices provided by ICE using the predetermined confidence interval discussed above.

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date;

Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (includes quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, adjusted quoted prices on foreign equity securities that were adjusted in accordance with the Adviser’s pricing procedures, etc.)

Level 3 — Prices, inputs or exotic modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).

Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.

The unobservable inputs used to determine fair value of recurring Level 3 assets may have similar or diverging impacts on valuation. Significant increases and decreases in these inputs in isolation and interrelationships between those inputs could result in significantly higher or lower fair value measurement.

Federal Income Taxes — It is each Fund’s intention to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company for Federal income tax purposes by complying with the appropriate provisions of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and to distribute substantially all of its income to shareholders. Accordingly, no provision for Federal income taxes has been made in the financial statements.

 

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The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more likely- than-not” (i.e., greater than 50-percent) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions taken may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the open tax year ends, since inception), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.

As of and during the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the period the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

Security Transactions and Investment Income — Security transactions are accounted for on trade date for financial reporting purposes. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recognized on the accrual basis. Costs used in determining realized gains and losses on the sales of investment securities are based on specific identification. Interest income is recognized on an accrual basis from settlement date. Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are accreted and amortized using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are recorded as an adjustment to interest income.

Foreign Currency Translation — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are translated into U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. The Funds do not isolate that portion of realized or unrealized gains and losses resulting from changes in the foreign exchange rate from fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of the securities. These gains and losses are included in net realized gains and losses on investments and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments on the Statements of Operations. Net realized and unrealized gains and losses on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains or losses from foreign currency exchange contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between trade and settlement dates on securities transactions and the difference between the amount of the investment income and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Funds’ books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid.

Options Written/Purchased — The Long/Short Equity Fund invested in financial options contracts to add return or to hedge their existing portfolio securities. When a Fund writes or purchases an option, an amount equal to the premium received or paid by a Fund is recorded as a liability or an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written or purchased. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options which expire unexercised are treated by a Fund on the expiration date as realized gains or losses. The difference between the premium and the amount paid or received on affecting a closing purchase or sale transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or proceeds from the sale in determining whether a Fund has realized a gain or a loss. The risk in writing a call option is that a Fund gives up the opportunity for profit if the market price of the security increases. The risk in writing a put option is that a Fund may incur a loss if the market price of the security decreases and the option is exercised. The risk in purchasing an option is that a Fund pays a premium whether or not the option is exercised. A Fund also has the additional risk of being unable to enter into a closing transaction at an acceptable price if a liquid secondary market does not exist. Option contracts also involve the risk that they may not work as intended due to unanticipated developments in market conditions or other causes. Finally, for written options, the risk exists that losses could exceed amounts disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Refer to the Long/Short Equity Fund’s Schedule of Investments for details regarding open option contracts as of October 31, 2022.

For the year ended October 31, 2022, the quarterly average balances of options held by the Long/Short Equity Fund was as follows:

 

Average Quarterly Market Value Contracts Purchased

   $         256,167  

Average Quarterly Market Value Contracts Written

   $  

Securities Sold Short — Consistent with Long/Short Equity Fund’s investment objectives, the Fund may engage in short sales. Short sales are transactions under which the Fund sells a security it does not own. To complete such a transaction, the Fund must borrow the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund then is obligated to replace the security borrowed by purchasing the security at the market price at the time of the replacement. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by a Fund. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay the lender amounts equal to any dividends or interest that accrue during the period of the loan. Dividends and interest are shown as an expense for financial reporting purposes. To borrow the security, the Fund also may be required to pay a premium, which would decrease proceeds of the security sold. The proceeds of the short sale are retained by the broker, to the extent necessary to meet margin requirements, until the short position is closed out. A gain, limited to the price at which a Fund sold the security short, or a loss, unlimited in size, will be recognized upon the close of a short sale.

Until the Fund closes its short position or replaces the borrowed security, the Fund will: (a) maintain a segregated account containing cash or liquid securities at such a level that (i) the amount deposited in the account plus the amount deposited with the broker as collateral will equal the current value of the security sold short; and (ii) the amount deposited in the segregated account plus the amount deposited

 

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with the broker as collateral will not be less than the market value of the security at the time the security was sold short, or (b) otherwise cover the Fund’s short positions. As of October 31, 2022, the Long/Short Equity Fund had open short positions as disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

In accordance with the terms of its prime brokerage agreement, the Fund may receive rebate income or be charged a fee on borrowed securities. Such income or fee is calculated on a daily basis based upon the market value of each borrowed security and a variable rate that is dependent upon the availability of such security. The Fund records these prime broker charges on a net basis as interest income or interest expense on securities sold short. In addition, the Fund is required to pay the lender any dividends declared on short positions. Such amounts are recorded on the ex-dividend date as dividend expense on securities sold short.

Short sales are collateralized by cash deposits with the prime broker, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., and pledged securities held at the custodian, Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. The collateral required is determined daily by reference to the market value on short positions.

The Fund is required to maintain margin cash balances at the prime broker sufficient to satisfy its short sales positions on a daily basis and is charged an interest expense at the benchmark rate as defined in the prime brokerage agreement plus 150 basis points on the amount of any shortfall in the required cash margin. During the period, the benchmark rate consisted of the Fed Funds Rate, the ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month Rate, or a blended rate between the Fed Funds Rate and the ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month Rate. These amounts are disclosed as Receivable from Prime Broker on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

Long/Short Equity Fund had prime brokerage borrowings throughout the year ended October 31, 2022 as follows:

 

     Maximum
Amount
    Borrowed    
   Average
Outstanding
        Balance        
   Effective
Borrowing

    Rate Paid    
  Borrowing
    Cost Paid    

USD

   $        860,139    $    4,716,453    2.188%   $    103,218

Swap Contracts — The Long/Short Equity Fund and the U.S. All Cap Index Fund are authorized to enter into swap contracts, including total return swaps and equity swaps contracts. Swaps are a two-party contract in which the seller (buyer) will pay to the buyer (seller) the difference between the current value of a security and its value at the time the contract was entered. In a typical equity swap, one party agrees to pay another party the return on a stock, stock index or basket of stocks in return for a specified interest rate. By entering into an equity index swap, for example, the index receiver can gain exposure to stocks making up the index of securities without actually purchasing those stocks. Equity index swaps involve not only the risk associated with investment in the securities represented in the index, but also the risk that the performance of such securities, including dividends, will not exceed the return on the interest rate that the Fund will be committed to pay.

Total return swaps are contracts in which one party agrees to make payments of the total return from a reference instrument — which may be a single asset, a pool of assets or an index of assets — during a specified period, in return for payments equal to a fixed or floating rate of interest or the total return from another underlying reference instrument. The total return includes appreciation or depreciation on the underlying asset, plus any interest or dividend payments. Payments under the swap are based upon an agreed upon principal amount but, since the principal amount is not exchanged, it represents neither an asset nor a liability to either counterparty, and is referred to as notional. Total return swaps are marked to market daily using different sources, including quotations from counterparties, pricing services, brokers or market makers. The unrealized appreciation or depreciation related to the change in the valuation of the notional amount of the swap is combined with the amount due to the Fund at termination or settlement. The primary risks associated with total return swaps are credit risks (if the counterparty fails to meet its obligations) and market risk (if there is no liquid market for the swap or unfavorable changes occur to the underlying reference instrument).

Periodic payments made or received are recorded as realized gains or losses. At period end, the Statements of Assets and Liabilities reflect, if any, unrealized appreciation or depreciation and accrued periodic payments for swap contracts the Fund may have open at period end. Entering into swap contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of credit, interest rate and market risk in excess of the amounts recognized on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that there will be no liquid market for these contracts, that the counterparty to the contract may default on its obligation to perform and that there may be unfavorable changes in market conditions or fluctuations in interest rates. Swap contracts outstanding at period end, if any, are listed on the Schedule of Investments. In connection with swap contracts, cash or securities may be segregated as collateral by the Fund’s custodian.

There is the risk that the counterparty refuses to continue to enter into swap agreements with the Fund in the future, or requires increased fees, which could impair the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective. A counterparty may also increase its collateral requirements, which may limit the Fund’s ability to use leverage and reduce investment returns. In addition, if the Fund cannot locate a counterparty willing to enter into transactions with the Fund, it will not be able to implement its investment strategy. During the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds’ swap agreements were with one counterparty, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

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For the year ended October 31, 2022, only the U.S. All Cap Index Fund employed total returns swaps. The quarterly average balances of swap contracts held by the Fund was as follows:

 

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

  

Average Quarterly Market Value Balance Long

   $         2,338,363  

Average Quarterly Market Value Balance Short

   $ (2,333,826

Cash — Idle cash may be swept into various time deposit accounts and money market sweep accounts and is classified as cash on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds maintain cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times, may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts invested are available on the same business day.

Expenses — Expenses of the Trust that can be directly attributed to a particular Fund are borne by that Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed to a Fund are apportioned among the Funds of the Trust based on the number of funds and/or relative net assets.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders — The Funds will distribute substantially all of their net investment income and net realized capital gains, if any, at least annually. All distributions are recorded on ex-dividend date.

Investments in REITs — Dividend income from Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REIT”) is recorded based on the income included in distributions received from the REIT investments using published REIT reclassifications, including some management estimates when actual amounts are not available. Distributions received in excess of this estimated amount are recorded as a reduction of the cost of investments or reclassified to capital gains. The actual amounts of income, return of capital, and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end, and may differ from the estimated amounts.

Redemption Fees — The Limited Duration Fund, Core Bond Fund, Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Fund, U.S. All Cap Index Fund, Real Estate Fund and International Equity Fund retain a redemption fee of 2.00% on redemptions of capital shares held for less than thirty days. For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds retained fees of $90, $85, $500, $117, $53, $24, $73, $35 and $435, respectively. For the year ended October 31, 2021, the Funds retained fees of $19, $79, $2,011, $540, $1,732, $446, $0, $0 and $580, respectively. Such fees are retained by the Funds for the benefit of the remaining shareholders and are recorded as additions to fund capital.

3. Derivative Transactions:

The Long/Short Equity Fund and the U.S. All Cap Index Fund held derivatives throughout the period with only one type of exposure to equity risk on derivatives, additional information can be found on the Schedules of Investments, Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the Statements of Operations.

4. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities:

The Funds are required to disclose the impact of offsetting assets and liabilities represented in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities to enable users of the financial statements to evaluate the effect or potential effect of netting arrangements on its financial position for recognized assets and liabilities. These recognized assets and liabilities are financial instruments and derivative instruments that are either subject to an enforceable master netting arrangement or similar agreement or meet the following right of setoff criteria: the amounts owed by the Fund to another party are determinable, the Fund has the right to set off the amounts owed with the amounts owed by the other party, the Fund intends to set off, and the Fund’s right of setoff is enforceable at law.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. (“ISDA”) Master Agreements maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, collateral, and events of default or termination. The occurrence of a specified event of termination may give a counterparty the right to terminate all of its contracts and effect settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement.

To reduce counterparty risk with respect to Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) transactions, the Long/Short Equity Fund and the U.S. All Cap Index Fund have entered into master netting arrangements, established within the Funds’ ISDA Master Agreements, which allow the Fund to make (or to have an entitlement to receive) a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting) for outstanding payables and receivables with respect to certain OTC positions in swaps for each individual counterparty. In addition, the Funds may require that certain counterparties post cash and/or securities in collateral accounts to cover their net payment obligations for those derivative contracts subject to ISDA Master Agreements. If the counterparty fails to perform under these contracts and agreements, the cash and/or securities will be made available to the Funds.

For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset in bankruptcy, insolvency or other events.

Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives. For derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting marked-to-market amount of each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Funds or the counterparty.

 

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For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Funds, if any, is reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Schedules of Investments. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a party must exceed a minimum transfer amount threshold before a transfer has to be made. To the extent amounts due to the Funds from its respective counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Funds bear the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. As of October 31, 2022, the Long/Short Equity Fund did not hold financial instruments or OTC derivatives subject to master netting arrangements.

The following is a summary by counterparty of the market value of swap agreements and collateral (received)/pledged for the U.S. All Cap Index Fund as of October 31, 2022:

 

                 

Gross Amounts not offset in the Statements of

Assets and Liabilities

Gross Amounts of
Recognized Assets
   Gross Amounts Offset in
the Statements of Assets
and Liabilities
   Net Amounts Presented
in the Statements of
Assets and Liabilities
   Financial
Instruments for
Offset
   Cash Collateral
(Received)
Pledged (1)
   Net Amount(2)
$71,401    $    —    $    71,401    $(71,401)    $    —    $    —
         Gross Amounts not offset in the Statements
               of Assets and Liabilities
Gross Amounts of
Recognized Liabilities
   Gross Amounts Offset in
the Statements of Assets
and Liabilities
   Net Amounts Presented
in the Statements of
Assets and Liabilities
   Financial
Instruments for
Offset
   Cash Collateral
(Received)
Pledged(1)
   Net Amount(2)
$    —    $    —    $    —    $    —    $    —    $    —

 

(1)

Excess collateral pledged is not shown for financial reporting purposes.

(2)

Net Exposures represents the net receivable/(payable) that would be due from/to the counterparty in the event of default. Exposure from OTC financial derivative instruments can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master agreement with the same legal entity.

5. Transactions with Affiliates:

Certain officers of the Trust are also employees of SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, and/or SEI Investments Distribution Co. (the “Distributor”). Such officers are paid no fees by the Trust, other than the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) as described below, for serving as officers of the Trust.

A portion of the services provided by the CCO and his staff, whom are employees of the Administrator, are paid for by the Trust as incurred. The services include regulatory oversight of the Trust’s Advisors and service providers as required by SEC regulations. The CCO’s services and fees have been approved by and are reviewed by the Board.

6. Administration, Distribution, Shareholder Servicing, Transfer Agent and Custody Agreements:

The Funds and SEI Investments Global Fund Services (the “Administrator”) are parties to an Administration Agreement under which the Administrator provides management and administrative services to the Funds. For these services, the Administrator is paid an asset-based fee, which will vary depending on the number of share classes and the average daily net assets of the Funds.

For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds were charged the following for these services:

 

       Administration Fees  

Limited Duration Fund

   $128,131

Core Bond Fund

   132,126

Long/Short Equity Fund

   47,733

Large Cap Value Fund

   117,065

Large Cap Growth Fund

   112,494

Small Cap Fund

   109,724

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

   52,789

Real Estate Fund

   120,246

International Equity Fund

   127,711

The Trust and the Distribution are parties to a Distribution Agreement . The Distributor receives no fees under the agreement.

The Funds have adopted a shareholder servicing plan that provides that the Funds may pay financial intermediaries for shareholder services in an annual amount not to exceed 0.20% based on the average daily net assets of the Funds’ Class S Shares. The Funds do not pay these service fees on shares purchased directly. In addition to payments made directly to financial intermediaries by the Funds, the Adviser or its affiliates may, at their own expense, pay financial intermediaries for these and other services to the Funds’ shareholders.

 

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For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds were charged the following rates for these services:

 

 

     Class S Shares  

Limited Duration Fund

     0.10

Core Bond Fund

     0.10

Long/Short Equity Fund

     N/

Large Cap Value Fund

     0.10

Large Cap Growth Fund

     0.10

Small Cap Fund

     0.10

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

     N/

Real Estate Fund

     N/

International Equity Fund

     0.10

DST Systems, Inc. serves as the Transfer Agent and dividend disbursing agent for the Funds under a transfer agency agreement.

Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. serves as custodian (the “Custodian”) for the Funds. The Custodian plays no role in determining the investment policies of the Funds or which securities are to be purchased and sold by the Funds.

7. Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-advisory Agreements:

Under the terms of the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser provides investment advisory services to the Limited Duration Fund, Core Bond Fund, Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Fund, U.S. All Cap Index Fund, Real Estate Fund and International Equity Fund at 0.40%, 0.40%, 1.25%, 0.60%, 0.60%, 0.725%, 0.20%, 0.85%, and 0.90%, respectively, of each Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions, acquired fund fees and expenses, non-routine expenses and any class-specific expenses (including distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees and shareholder servicing fees) (collectively, “excluded expenses”)) for I Shares and Class S Shares from exceeding certain levels as set forth below until February 28, 2023 (each, a “contractual expense limit”). Refer to Note 1 for the details regarding the termination of the Investor Shares during the period. This agreement may be terminated: (i) by the Board, for any reason at any time; or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2023. Accordingly, the contractual expense limitations for the Limited Duration Fund, Core Bond Fund, Long/ Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Fund, U.S. All Cap Index Fund, Real Estate Fund, and International Equity Fund are 0.50%, 0.50%, 1.50%, 0.90%, 0.90%, 1.05%, 0.25%, 1.00%, and 1.10%, respectively.

In addition, if at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Adviser to reduce fees or make expense reimbursements, the Board may permit the Adviser to retain the difference between the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and the expense caps listed above to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee reductions or reimbursements made during the preceding three-year period. For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Adviser recaptured previously waived fees in Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund and Small Cap Fund of $83,303, $61,246 and $103,571, respectively.

As of October 31, 2022, fees previously waived and reimbursed by the Adviser which may be subject to possible future reimbursement are as follows:

 

Fiscal Year

   Subject to
Repayment until
October 31:
   Limited Duration
Fund
     Core Bond Fund      Long/Short
Equity Fund
     Large Cap
Value Fund
     Large Cap
Growth
Fund
 

2020

   2023      $327,219        $315,959        $127,918        $90,051        $82,945  

2021

   2024      272,902        243,392        95,666        18,367        11,179  

2022

   2025      233,822        237,971        50,260               21,059  
     

 

 

 
   Total      $833,943        $797,322        $273,844        $108,418        $115,183  
     

 

 

 

 

Fiscal Year

   Subject to
Repayment until
October 31:
   Small Cap Fund      U.S. All Cap Index
Fund
     Real Estate Fund      International
Equity Fund
 

2020

   2023      $69,979        $203,241        $274,774        $187,705  

2021

   2024      7,550        174,797        156,250        138,523  

2022

   2025             207,243        94,598        83,083  
     

 

 

 
   Total      $77,529        $585,281        $525,622        $409,311  
     

 

 

 

The Trust and the Adviser have entered into an investment advisory agreement dated February 26, 2015, as amended (the “Adsvisory Agreement”), with respect to the Funds. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser serves as the investment adviser and makes

 

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investment decisions for each Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the investment program of each Fund, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Board.

L2 Asset Management, LLC (“L2”) and the Adviser have entered into an investment subadvisory agreement, dated September 10, 2019 (the “L2 Subadvisory Agreement”). Under the terms of the L2 Subadvisory Agreement, L2 serves as the investment subadviser for the Long/Short Equity Fund and U.S. All Cap Index Fund (the “L2 Subadvised Funds”), makes investment decisions for the L2 Subadvised Funds, and administers the investment program of the L2 Subadvised Funds, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Adviser and the Board.

Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors, LLC (“Ranger”) and the Adviser entered into an investment subadvisory agreement, dated July 24, 2019. As a result of a change-in-control of Ranger, an interim subadvisory agreement was signed on October 26, 2021. On February 15, 2022, a shareholder meeting was held whereby the shareholders of the Real Estate Fund voted to approve a new investment subadvisory agreement (the “Ranger Subadvisory Agreement”), which was entered into on that date. Under the terms of the Ranger Subadvisory Agreement, Ranger serves as the investment subadviser for the Real Estate Fund (the “Ranger Subadvised Fund), makes investment decisions for the Ranger Subadvised Fund, and administers the investment program of the Ranger Subadvised Fund, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Adviser and the Board.

For the services provided pursuant to the L2 Subadvisory Agreement and the Ranger Subadvisory Agreement, each of L2 and Ranger, respectively, receives an annual fee from the Adviser at the following annual rates based on the average daily net assets of each L2 Subadvised Fund and the Ranger Subadvised Fund, respectively.

 

             Sub-Adviser Fee Rate        

Long/Short Equity Fund

   0.25%

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

   0.10%

Real Estate Fund

   0.60%

8.  Investment Transactions:

For the year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds made purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term securities and in-kind transactions as follows:

 

     Purchases     Sales     U.S.
Government
Purchases
    U.S.
Government
Sales and

Maturities
 

Limited Duration Fund

   $         20,714,724         $         40,071,194         $         56,326,948         $         15,967,220      

Core Bond Fund

     36,143,107           38,457,012           53,034,374           29,227,771      

Long/Short Equity Fund

     60,978,496           41,899,010           –           –      

Large Cap Value Fund

     69,248,408           45,094,283           –           –      

Large Cap Growth Fund

     68,222,877           45,966,925           –           –      

Small Cap Fund

     63,533,760           44,358,697           –           –      

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

     39,117,995           2,410,924           –           –      

Real Estate Fund

     194,837,889           166,985,572           –           –      

International Equity Fund

     88,603,208           68,130,880           –           –      

The Long/Short Equity Fund included cost of purchases to cover securities sold short and the proceeds from securities sold short in the amounts of $56,726,865 and $74,373,071, respectively, for the year ended October 31, 2022.

9.  Federal 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 U.S. GAAP. 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. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent in nature. The permanent differences are primarily related to net operating losses, redemption in-kind, short sale dividends, investments in perpetual bonds, passive foreign investment companies, swaps, REITS income reclassification to capital gain, distribution reclassification, foreign currency gain/loss and paydown gain/loss reclassification. Certain permanent differences are charged or credited to distributable earnings or paid in capital as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise.

The Real Estate Fund has a tax year that ends on December 31. The following tax disclosures are representative as of October 31, 2022, except for the permanent reclassification and components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses), which are as of December 31, 2021. Accordingly, the disclosures are for informational use by shareholders and are subject to change attributable to activity through the end of the tax year-ending December 31, 2022.

 

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The following permanent differences primarily attributable to net operating losses, redemption in-kind and short sale dividends have been has been reclassified to/(from) the following accounts during the year ended October 31, 2022:

 

         Distributable    
Earnings
         Paid-in    
Capital
 

    Limited Duration Fund

      $ 548,748         $     (548,748

    Large Cap Growth Fund

     99,995        (99,995

    Small Cap Fund

     44,425        (44,425

These reclassifications had no impact on net assets or net asset value per share.

The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the last two fiscal years were as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gain
     Return of
Capital
     Total  

Limited Duration Fund

           

2022

     $1,602,802            $134,097            $—            $1,736,899      

2021

     1,444,208            —            —            1,444,208      

Core Bond Fund

           

2022

     3,632,648            —            —            3,632,648      

2021

     2,793,105            631,763            —            3,424,868      

Long/Short Equity Fund

           

2022

     128,619            —            —            128,619      

2021

     —            —            —            —      

Large Cap Value Fund

           

2022

     2,822,266            4,620,866            —            7,443,132      

2021

     917,311            —            —            917,311      

Large Cap Growth Fund

           

2022

     5,715,886            11,627,451            19,203            17,362,540      

2021

     —            5,638,248            —            5,638,248      

Small Cap Fund

           

2022

     2,391,202            11,648,568            —            14,039,770      

2021

     —            —            —            —      

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

           

2022

     870,263            179,735            —            1,049,998      

2021

     277,894            —            —            277,894      

Real Estate Fund(1)

           

2022

     24,305,572            347,521            —            24,653,093      

2021

     3,319,614            6,366            —            3,325,980      

International Equity Fund

           

2022

     4,617,247            11,197,034            31,943            15,846,224      

2021

     1,262,960            —            —            1,262,960      

 

(1)

The Real Estate Fund has a tax year end of December 31.

 

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As of October 31, 2022, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain
     Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
    Late Year
Loss

Deferral
    Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
    Other
Temporary
Differences
    Total
Distributable
Earnings
(Accumulated
Losses)
 

Limited Duration Fund

   $ 227,062      $      $ (949,770   $     $ (7,593,703   $ (4   $ (8,316,415

Core Bond Fund

     417,663               (4,173,830           (23,334,643     (2     (27,090,812

Long/Short Equity Fund

     2,994,699        1,505,129                    2,161,775       (6     6,661,597  

Large Cap Value Fund

     78,876        6,047,827                    13,308,729       (2     19,435,430  

Large Cap Growth Fund

                   (2,680,711     (87,529     (3,417,756     3       (6,185,993

Small Cap Fund

            967,933                    6,662,308       (1     7,630,240  

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

     57,135        45,927                    (4,959,072     (5     (4,856,015

Real Estate Fund(1)

     3,651,802        1,128,998                    7,671,378             12,452,178  

International Equity Fund

                   (10,491,651           (15,039,612     4       (25,531,259

 

(1)

The Real Estate Fund has a tax year end of December 31.

Late-year loss deferral represents ordinary losses from January 1, 2022 through October 31, 2022, that in accordance with Federal income tax regulations, the Funds defer and treat as having arisen in the following fiscal year.

The Funds have capital losses carried forward as follows:

 

     Short-Term
Loss
     Long-Term
Loss
     Total  

Limited Duration Fund

   $ 378,485      $ 571,285      $ 949,770  

Core Bond Fund

             2,079,968                2,093,862        4,173,830  

Large Cap Growth Fund

     2,680,711               2,680,711  

International Equity Fund

     7,940,120        2,551,531                10,491,651  

For Federal income tax purposes the difference between Federal tax cost and book cost primarily relates to investments in passive foreign investment companies and deferred losses from wash sale transactions. The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for the investments held by the Fund at October 31, 2022, were as follows:

 

         Federal Tax Cost          Aggregate Gross
Unrealized
    Appreciation    
     Aggregate Gross
Unrealized
    Depreciation    
    Net Unrealized
Appreciation
    (Depreciation)    
 

Limited Duration Fund

   $     145,744,608          $ 3,026          $ (7,596,729 )        $ (7,593,703)      

Core Bond Fund

     167,477,931            11,702            (23,346,345 )          (23,334,643)      

Long/Short Equity Fund

     39,195,803            4,381,205            (2,219,430 )          2,161,775       

Large Cap Value Fund

     121,480,085            23,061,008            (9,752,279 )          13,308,729       

Large Cap Growth Fund

     118,225,825            13,529,974            (16,947,730 )          (3,417,756)      

Small Cap Fund

     112,243,599            18,223,343            (11,561,035 )          6,662,308       

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

     67,255,864            4,421,649            (9,380,721 )          (4,959,072)      

Real Estate Fund

     144,467,744            42,133            (34,018,781 )          (33,976,648)      

International Equity Fund

     133,490,077            6,154,862            (21,194,474 )          (15,039,612)      

10. Concentration of Risks:

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives. You could lose money by investing in the Funds. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any government agency. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders’ investments in the Funds are set forth below.

Catholic Values Investing Risk (All Funds) — The Funds considers the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (the “USCCB”) Guidelines in its investment process and may choose not to purchase, or may sell, including at inopportune times which would result in losses to the Fund, otherwise profitable investments in companies which have been identified as being in conflict with the USCCB Guidelines. This means that the Funds may underperform other similar mutual funds that do not consider the USCCB Guidelines when making investment decisions. In addition, there can be no guarantee that the activities of the companies identified by the Fund’s investment process will align (or be perceived to align) with the principles contained in the USCCB Guidelines.

 

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Active Management Risk (Core Bond Fund, Limited Duration Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Small Cap Fund, International Equity Fund, Long/Short Equity Fund, Real Estate Fund) — The Funds are actively managed, which means that investment decisions are made based on investment views. There is no guarantee that the investment views will produce the desired results or expected returns, causing a Fund to lose value or fail to meet its investment objective or underperform its benchmark index or funds with similar investment objectives and strategies. Furthermore, active and frequent trading that can accompany active management, also called “high turnover,” may have a negative impact on performance. Active and frequent trading may result in higher brokerage costs or mark-up charges and tax costs, which are ultimately passed on to shareholders of a Fund. Active and frequent trading may also result in adverse tax consequences.

Covered Call Risk (Real Estate Fund) — Covered call risk is the risk that the issuer of the call option will forgo any profit from increases in the market value of the underlying security covering the call option above the sum of the premium and the strike price of the call but retain the risk of loss if the underlying security declines in value. The Fund will have no control over the exercise of the option by the option holder and may lose the benefit from any capital appreciation on the underlying security. A number of factors may influence the option holder’s decision to exercise the option, including the value of the underlying security, price volatility, dividend yield and interest rates. To the extent that these factors increase the value of the call option, the option holder is more likely to exercise the option, which may negatively affect the Fund.

Derivatives Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund and U.S. All Cap Index Fund) — The Funds’ use of futures contracts, forward contracts, options and swaps is subject to derivatives risk. Derivatives are often more volatile than other investments and may magnify the Funds’ gains or losses. There are various factors that affect the Funds’ ability to achieve its objective with derivatives. Successful use of a derivative depends upon the degree to which prices of the underlying assets correlate with price movements in the derivatives the Funds buys or sells. The Funds could be negatively affected if the change in market value of its securities fails to correlate perfectly with the values of the derivatives it purchased or sold. The lack of a liquid secondary market for a derivative may prevent the Funds from closing its derivative positions and could adversely impact its ability to achieve its objective and to realize profits or limit losses. Since derivatives may be purchased for a fraction of their value, a relatively small price movement in a derivative may result in an immediate and substantial loss or gain to the Funds. Derivatives are often more volatile than other investments and the Funds may lose more in a derivative than it originally invested in it. Additionally, some derivative instruments are subject to counterparty risk, meaning that the party that issues the derivative may experience a significant credit event and may be unwilling or unable to make timely settlement payments or otherwise honor its obligations.

Forward Contracts. A forward contract involves a negotiated obligation to purchase or sell a specific security or currency at a future date (with or without delivery required), which may be any fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. Forward contracts are not traded on exchanges; rather, a bank or dealer will act as agent or as principal in order to make or take future delivery of a specified lot of a particular security or currency for the Fund’s account. Risks associated with forwards may include: (i) an imperfect correlation between the movement in prices of forward contracts and the securities or currencies underlying them; (ii) an illiquid market for forwards; (iii) difficulty in obtaining an accurate value for the forwards; and (iv) the risk that the counterparty to the forward contract will default or otherwise fail to honor its obligation. Because forwards require only a small initial investment in the form of a deposit or margin, they also involve a high degree of leverage.

Futures Contracts. Futures contracts provide for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified amount of a specific security or asset at a specified future time and at a specified price. Because futures require only a small initial investment in the form of a deposit or margin, they involve a high degree of leverage. Accordingly, the fluctuation of the value of futures in relation to the underlying assets upon which they are based is magnified. Thus, the Fund may experience losses that exceed losses experienced by funds that do not use futures contracts. There may be imperfect correlation, or even no correlation, between price movements of a futures contract and price movements of investments for which futures are used as a substitute, or which futures are intended to hedge.

Lack of correlation (or tracking) may be due to factors unrelated to the value of the investments being substituted or hedged, such as speculative or other pressures on the markets in which these instruments are traded. Consequently, the effectiveness of futures as a security substitute or as a hedging vehicle will depend, in part, on the degree of correlation between price movements in the futures and price movements in underlying securities or assets. While futures contracts are generally classified as liquid, under certain market conditions they may be classified as illiquid. Futures exchanges may impose daily or intra-day price change limits and/or limit the volume of trading.

Additionally, government regulation may further reduce liquidity through similar trading restrictions. As a result, the Fund may be unable to close out its futures contracts at a time that is advantageous. The successful use of futures depends upon a variety of factors, particularly the ability of the investment managers to predict movements of the underlying securities markets, which

 

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requires different skills than predicting changes in the prices of individual securities. There can be no assurance that any particular futures strategy adopted will succeed.

Options. Options involve the payment or receipt of a premium by the investor and the corresponding right or obligation, as the case may be, to either purchase or sell the underlying security for a specific price at a certain time or during a certain period. Purchasing options involves the risk that the underlying instrument will not change price in the manner expected, so that the investor loses its premium. Selling options involves potentially greater risk because the investor is exposed to the extent of the actual price movement in the underlying security rather than only the premium payment received (which could result in a potentially unlimited loss). If the Fund writes a “covered” call option (i.e., a call option on a security in which the Fund holds a long position), the Fund may not participate fully in a rise in market value of the underlying security. Over-the-counter options also involve counterparty solvency risk.

Swaps. In a swap transaction, two parties agree to exchange the returns, differentials in rates of return or some other amount earned or realized on the “notional amount” of predetermined investments or instruments, which may be adjusted for an interest factor. Swaps can involve greater risks than direct investment in securities, because swaps may be leveraged and are subject to counterparty risk and valuation risk. Swaps may also be classified as illiquid. It may not be possible for the Fund to liquidate a swap position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses.

Emerging Markets Securities Risk (International Equity Fund) – The Fund’s investments in emerging markets securities are considered speculative and subject to heightened risks in addition to the general risks of investing in foreign securities. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed. In addition, the securities markets of emerging market countries may consist of companies with smaller market capitalizations and may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. Furthermore, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization or creation of government monopolies.

Equity Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Fund, U.S. All Cap Index Fund, Real Estate Fund and International Equity Fund) – Since the Funds purchase equity securities, the Funds are subject to the risk that stock prices will fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity markets have moved in cycles, and the value of the Funds’ equity securities may fluctuate drastically from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. These factors contribute to price volatility, which is the principal risk of investing in the Funds.

Fixed Income Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – The market values of fixed income investments change in response to interest rate changes and other factors. During periods of rising interest rates, the values of outstanding fixed income securities generally decrease. Moreover, while securities with longer maturities tend to produce higher yields, the prices of longer maturity securities are also subject to greater market value fluctuations as a result of changes in interest rates. During periods of falling interest rates, certain debt obligations with high interest rates may be prepaid (or “called”) by the issuer prior to maturity, and during periods of rising interest rates, certain debt obligations with low interest rates may be extended beyond maturity. Current market conditions may pose heightened risks for the Funds. While interest rates in the U.S. are near historic lows, recent changes in government policy, including the Federal Reserve ending its quantitative easing program and raising the federal funds rate, have increased the risk that interest rates will continue to rise in the near future. A rise in interest rates may, in turn, increase volatility and reduce liquidity in the fixed income markets, and result in a decline in the value of the fixed income investments held by the Funds. In addition, reductions in dealer market-making capacity as a result of structural or regulatory changes could further decrease liquidity and/or increase volatility in the fixed income markets. As a result of these conditions, the Funds’ values may fluctuate and/or Funds may experience increased redemptions from shareholders, which may impact the Funds’ liquidity or force Funds to sell securities into a declining or illiquid market.

In addition to these risks, fixed income securities may be subject to credit risk, which is the possibility that an issuer will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of either principal or interest.

Foreign Company Risk (Real Estate Fund and International Equity Fund) – Investing in foreign companies, including direct investments and investments through ADRs, poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These risks will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. Securities of foreign companies may not be registered with the SEC and foreign companies are generally not subject to the regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publically available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Funds may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which tax would reduce income received from the securities comprising the Fund’s portfolios. Foreign securities may also be more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers. While ADRs provide an alternative to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their respective national markets and currencies, investments in ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities.

 

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Foreign Currency Risk (Real Estate Fund and International Equity Fund) – As a result of the Fund’s investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, the Fund will be subject to currency risk. Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case, the dollar value of an investment in the Fund would be adversely affected.

High Yield Bond Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – High yield, or “junk,” bonds are highly speculative securities that are usually issued by smaller, less creditworthy and/or highly leveraged (indebted) companies. Compared with investment-grade bonds, high yield bonds are considered to carry a greater degree of risk and are considered to be less likely to make payments of interest and principal. In particular, lower-quality high yield bonds (rated CCC, CC, C, or unrated securities judged to be of comparable quality) are subject to a greater degree of credit risk than higher-quality high yield bonds and may be near default. High yield bonds rated D are in default. Market developments and the financial and business conditions of the issuers of these securities generally influence their price and liquidity more than changes in interest rates, when compared to investment-grade debt securities.

Indexing Strategy/Index Tracking Risk (U.S. All Cap Index Fund) – The Fund is managed with an indexing investment strategy, attempting to track the performance of an unmanaged index of securities, regardless of the current or projected performance of the Index or of the actual securities comprising the Index. This differs from an actively-managed fund, which typically seeks to outperform a benchmark index. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be less favorable than that of a portfolio managed using an active investment strategy. The structure and composition of the Index will affect the performance, volatility, and risk of the Index and, consequently, the performance, volatility, and risk of the Fund. While the Sub-Adviser seeks to track the performance of the Index (i.e., achieve a high degree of correlation with the Index), the Fund’s return may not match or achieve a high degree of correlation with the return of the Index. The Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Index, and incurs costs in buying and selling securities. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested at times, generally as a result of cash flows into or out of the Fund or reserves of cash held by the Fund to meet redemptions.

Investment Style Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund and Large Cap Growth Fund) – The Sub-Adviser’s value investment style may increase the risks of investing in the Fund. If the Sub-Adviser’s assessment of market conditions, or a company’s value or prospects for exceeding earnings expectations is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds. In addition, “value stocks” can continue to be undervalued by the market for long periods of time.

Large-Capitalization Company Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, U.S. All Cap Index Fund and Real Estate Fund) — The large-capitalization companies in which the Fund invests may not respond as quickly as smaller companies to competitive challenges, and their growth rates may lag the growth rates of well-managed smaller companies during strong economic periods.

Large Purchase and Redemption Risk (All Funds) — Large purchases or redemptions of the Fund’s shares may force the Fund to purchase or sell securities at times when it would not otherwise do so, and may cause the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs to rise, which may negatively affect the Fund’s performance and have adverse tax consequences for Fund shareholders.

Market Risk (All Funds) – Each Fund is subject to market risk, which is the risk that the market value of a security may move up and down, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Market risk may affect a single issuer, an industry, a sector or the market as a whole.

Similarly, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Funds invest, which in turn could negatively impact the Funds’ performance and cause losses on your investment in the Funds.

Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – Mortgage-backed securities are fixed income securities representing an interest in a pool of underlying mortgage loans. Mortgage-backed securities are sensitive to changes in interest rates, but may respond to these changes differently from other fixed income securities due to the possibility of prepayment of the underlying mortgage loans. As a result, it may not be possible to determine in advance the actual maturity date or average life of a mortgage-backed security. Rising interest rates tend to discourage refinancings, with the result that the average life and volatility of the security will increase, exacerbating the security’s decrease in market price. When interest rates fall, however, mortgage-backed securities may not gain as much in market value because of the expectation of additional mortgage prepayments, which must be reinvested at lower interest rates.

Asset-backed securities are securities backed by non-mortgage assets such as company receivables, truck and auto loans, leases and credit card receivables. Asset-backed securities may be issued as pass-through certificates, which represent undivided fractional ownership interests in the underlying pools of assets. Therefore, repayment depends largely on the cash flows generated by the assets backing the securities. Asset-backed securities entail prepayment risk, which may vary depending on the type of asset, but is generally less than the prepayment risk associated with mortgage-backed securities. Asset-backed securities present credit risks that are not presented by mortgage-backed securities because asset-backed securities generally do not have the benefit of a security interest in collateral that is comparable in quality to mortgage assets. If the issuer of an asset-backed security defaults on its payment obligations, there is the possibility that, in some cases, the Funds will be unable to possess and sell the underlying collateral and that the Funds’ recoveries on

 

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repossessed collateral may not be available to support payments on the security. In the event of a default, a Fund may suffer a loss if the Fund cannot sell collateral quickly and receive the amount the Fund is owed.

Municipal Bonds Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – Municipal bonds are fixed income securities issued by state or local governments or their agencies to finance capital expenditures and operations. The obligation to pay principal and interest on municipal bonds may be a general obligation of the state or local government or may be supported only by an agency or a particular source of revenues. Therefore, municipal bonds vary in credit quality. Municipal bonds, like other fixed income securities, rise and fall in value in response to economic and market factors, primarily changes in interest rates, and actual or perceived credit quality. State and local governments rely on taxes and, to some extent, revenues from private projects financed by municipal bonds, to pay interest and principal on municipal bonds. Poor statewide or local economic results or changing political sentiments may reduce tax revenues and increase the expenses of municipal issuers, making it more difficult for municipal issuers to meet their obligations. Also, there may be economic or political changes that impact the ability of issuers of municipal bonds to repay principal and to make interest payments. Any changes in the financial condition of municipal issuers may also adversely affect the value of the Funds’ securities.

Portfolio Turnover Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund and Real Estate Fund) — Due to its investment strategy, the Funds may buy and sell securities frequently. This may result in higher transaction costs and additional capital gains tax liabilities, which may affect the Funds’ performance.

Real Estate Investment Trusts Risk (U.S. All Cap Index Fund and Real Estate Fund) – REITs are pooled investment vehicles that own, and usually operate, income-producing real estate or finance real estate. REITs are susceptible to the risks associated with direct ownership of real estate, as discussed above. REITs typically incur fees that are separate from those of the Fund. Accordingly, the Fund’s investments in REITs will result in the layering of expenses such that shareholders will indirectly bear a proportionate share of the REITs’ operating expenses, in addition to paying Fund expenses.

Real Estate Sector Risk (Real Estate Fund) – Securities of companies principally engaged in the real estate sector may be subject to the risks associated with the direct ownership of real estate. Risks commonly associated with the direct ownership of real estate include (i) changes in general economic and market conditions; (ii) changes in the value of real estate properties; (iii) risks related to local economic conditions, overbuilding and increased competition; (iv) increases in property taxes and operating expenses; (v) changes in zoning laws; (vi) casualty and condemnation losses; (vii) variations in rental income, neighborhood values or the appeal of property to tenants; (viii) the availability of financing; and (ix) changes in interest rates and quality of credit extended. In addition, the performance of the economy in each of the regions and countries in which the real estate owned by a company is located affects occupancy, market rental rates and expenses and, consequently, has an impact on the income from such properties and their underlying values. In addition to these risks, some REITs and real estate operating companies (“REOCs”) have limited diversification because they invest in a limited number of properties, a narrow geographic area, or a single type of property. Moreover, certain real estate investments may be illiquid and, therefore, the ability of REITs and REOCs to reposition their portfolios promptly in response to changes in economic or other conditions is limited. These factors may increase the volatility of the Fund’s investments in REITs or REOCs.

Sector Emphasis Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund and Real Estate Fund) – The securities of companies in the same business sector, if comprising a significant portion of the Funds’ portfolio, may in some circumstances react negatively to market conditions, interest rates and economic, regulatory or financial developments and adversely affect the value of the portfolio to a greater extent than if such securities comprised a lesser portion of the Funds’ portfolio or the Funds’ portfolio was diversified across a greater number of industry sectors.

Short Sales Risk (Long/Short Equity Fund) – A short sale involves the sale of a security that the Fund does not own in the expectation of purchasing the same security (or a security exchangeable therefore) at a later date at a lower price. Short sales expose the Fund to the risk that it will be required to buy the security sold short (also known as “covering” the short position) at a time when the security has appreciated in value, thus resulting in a loss to the Fund. Investment in short sales may also cause the Fund to incur expenses related to borrowing securities. Reinvesting proceeds received from short selling may create leverage which can amplify the effects of market volatility on the Fund and, therefore, the Fund’s share prices. Theoretically, uncovered short sales have the potential to expose the Fund to unlimited losses.

Small-Capitalization Company Risk (Small Cap Fund, U.S. All Cap Index Fund and Real Estate Fund) – The small-capitalization companies in which the Funds invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, investments in these small-sized companies may pose additional risks, including liquidity risk, because these companies tend to have limited product lines, markets and financial resources, and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, small-capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. These securities may be traded over-the-counter or listed on an exchange.

Credit Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – The credit rating or financial condition of an issuer may affect the value of a fixed income security. Generally, the lower the credit quality of a security, the greater the perceived risk that the issuer will fail to pay interest fully and return principal in a timely manner. If an issuer defaults or becomes unable to honor its financial obligations, the security may lose some or all of its value.

 

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Interest Rate Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – As with most funds that invest in fixed income securities, changes in interest rates could affect the value of your investment. Rising interest rates tend to cause the prices of fixed income securities (especially those with longer maturities and lower credit qualities) and the Fund’s share price to fall. Very low or negative interest rates may prevent the Fund from generating positive returns and may increase the risk that if followed by rising interest rates the Fund’s performance will be negatively impacted.

Prepayment and Extension Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – When interest rates fall, issuers of high interest debt obligations may pay off the debts earlier than expected (prepayment risk), and the Fund may have to reinvest the proceeds at lower yields. When interest rates rise, issuers of lower interest debt obligations may pay off the debts later than expected (extension risk), thus keeping the Fund’s assets tied up in lower interest debt obligations.

U.S. Government Securities Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – The Fund’s investment in U.S. government obligations may include securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government, or its agencies or instrumentalities. Payment of principal and interest on U.S. government obligations may be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or may be backed solely by the issuing or guaranteeing agency or instrumentality itself. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) where it is not obligated to do so. In addition, U.S. government securities are not guaranteed against price movements due to changing interest rates.

Corporate Fixed Income Securities Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – The prices of the Fund’s corporate fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers.

Liquidity Risk (Limited Duration Fund and Core Bond Fund) – Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like. The Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance.

Quantitative Investing Risk (Large Cap Value Fund, Large Cap Growth Fund, Small Cap Fund and International Equity Fund) – There is no guarantee that a quantitative model or algorithm used by the Adviser, and the investments selected based on the model or algorithm, will perform as expected or produce the desired results. The Fund may be adversely affected by imperfections, errors or limitations in the construction and implementation of the model or algorithm and the Adviser’s ability to properly analyze or timely adjust the metrics or update the data underlying the model or features of the algorithm.

Information Technology Sector Risk (Large Cap Growth Fund) – Information technology companies face intense competition, both domestically and internationally, which may have an adverse effect on profit margins. Like other technology companies, information technology companies may have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or personnel. The products of information technology companies may face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product introduction, unpredictable changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel. Technology companies and companies that rely heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies, tend to be more volatile than the overall market. Companies in the information technology sector are heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights. The loss or impairment of these rights may adversely affect the profitability of these companies. Finally, while all companies may be susceptible to network security breaches, certain companies in the information technology sector may be particular targets of hacking and potential theft of proprietary or consumer information or disruptions in service, which could have a material adverse effect on their businesses.

Foreign/Emerging Markets Securities Risk (Real Estate Fund and International Equity Fund) – Investments in securities of foreign companies (including direct investments as well as investments through depositary receipts) can be more volatile than investments in U.S. companies. Diplomatic, political, or economic developments, including nationalization or appropriation, could affect investments in foreign companies. Foreign securities markets generally have less trading volume and less liquidity than U.S. markets. In addition, the value of securities denominated in foreign currencies, and of dividends from such securities, can change significantly when foreign currencies strengthen or weaken relative to the U.S. dollar. Financial statements of foreign issuers are governed by different accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards than the financial statements of U.S. issuers and may be less transparent and uniform than in the United States. Thus, there may be less information publicly available about foreign issuers than about most U.S. issuers. Transaction costs are generally higher than those in the United States and expenses for custodial arrangements of foreign securities may be somewhat greater than typical expenses for custodial arrangements of similar U.S. securities. Some foreign governments levy withholding taxes against dividend and interest income. Although in some countries a portion of these taxes are recoverable, the non-recovered portion will reduce the income received from the securities comprising a Fund’s portfolio. These risks may be heightened with respect to emerging market countries since political turmoil and rapid changes in economic conditions are more likely to occur in these countries.

Certain foreign countries have experienced outbreaks of infectious illnesses and may be subject to other public health threats, infectious illnesses, diseases or similar issues in the future. Any spread of an infectious illness, public health threat or similar issue could reduce consumer demand or economic output, result in market closures, travel restrictions or quarantines, and generally have a significant impact on the economies of the affected country and other countries with which it does business, which in turn could adversely affect a Fund’s investments in that country and other affected countries.

 

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A Fund may invest in unsponsored American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”), which are issued by one or more depositaries without a formal agreement with the company that issues the underlying securities. Holders of unsponsored ADRs generally bear all the costs thereof, and the depositaries of unsponsored ADRs frequently are under no obligation to distribute shareholder communications received from the issuers of the underlying securities or to pass through voting rights with respect to the underlying securities. In addition, the issuers of the securities underlying unsponsored ADRs are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States and, therefore, there may be less information available regarding such issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and the market value of the ADRs.

LIBOR Replacement Risk (All Funds) – The elimination of LIBOR may adversely affect the interest rates on, and value of, certain Fund investments for which the value is tied to LIBOR. Such investments may include bank loans, derivatives, floating rate securities, and other assets or liabilities tied to LIBOR. On July 27, 2017, the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority announced that it intends to stop compelling or inducing banks to submit LIBOR rates after 2021. The publication of LIBOR on a representative basis ceased for the one-week and two-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately after December 31, 2021 and is expected to cease for the remaining U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately after June 30, 2023. Actions by regulators have resulted in the establishment of alternative reference rates to LIBOR in most major currencies. The U.S. Federal Reserve, based on the recommendations of the New York Federal Reserve’s Alternative Reference Rate Committee (comprised of major derivative market participants and their regulators), has begun publishing a Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which is intended to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR. Alternative reference rates for other currencies have also been announced or have already begun publication. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates. Questions around liquidity impacted by these rates, and how to appropriately adjust these rates at the time of transition, remain a concern for the Funds. The effect of any changes to, or discontinuation of, LIBOR on the Funds will vary depending on, among other things, (1) existing fallback or termination provisions in individual contracts and (2) whether, how, and when industry participants develop and adopt new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products and instruments. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Funds until new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products, instruments and contracts are commercially accepted.

The foregoing is not intended to be a complete discussion of the risks associated with investing in the Funds. A more complete description of risks associated with the Funds is included in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

11. In-Kind Transactions:

During the year ended October 31, 2022, the Limited Duration Fund redeemed shares of beneficial interest in exchange for securities and cash. The securities were redeemed at their current value on the date of the transaction.

 

Transaction

Date

   Shares
        Redeemed        
   Cash    Investment
Securities at Value
   Interest Accrued    Total        Realized Gains    
(Losses)
    

 

4/29/2022

   1,595,855    $578,615    $14,756,218    $65,167    $15,400,000    $(548,748)

12. Other:

At October 31, 2022, the percentage of total shares outstanding held by shareholders for each Fund, which are comprised of affiliated omnibus accounts, unless otherwise indicated, that are held on behalf of various individual shareholders, was as follows:

 

    No. of
      Shareholders    
I Shares
  % Ownership   No. of
Shareholders
Class S Shares
          % Ownership        
   

 

Limited Duration Fund

  2   36%   1   86%

Core Bond Fund

  2   36%   1   92%

Long/Short Equity Fund

  3   76%    

Large Cap Value Fund

  2   36%   2   96%

Large Cap Growth Fund

  2   41%   1   95%

Small Cap Fund

  2   56%   3   100%

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

  3   55%    

Real Estate Fund

  1   73%    

International Equity Fund

  2   51%   3   86%

13. Indemnifications:

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

 

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14. Subsequent Events:

The Funds have been evaluated by management regarding the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events. Based on this evaluation, no additional adjustments were required to the financial statements.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Trustees of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III and Shareholders of Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Fund, Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund, Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund, Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund, Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund, Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund, Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index Fund, Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund, and Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund

Opinions on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Knights of Columbus Limited Duration Fund, Knights of Columbus Core Bond Fund, Knights of Columbus Long/Short Equity Fund, Knights of Columbus Large Cap Value Fund, Knights of Columbus Large Cap Growth Fund, Knights of Columbus Small Cap Fund, Knights of Columbus U.S. All Cap Index Fund, Knights of Columbus Real Estate Fund, and Knights of Columbus International Equity Fund (nine of the Funds constituting The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III, hereafter collectively referred to as the “Funds”) as of October 31, 2022, the related statements of operations for the year ended October 31, 2022, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2022, including the related notes, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of October 31, 2022, the results of each of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in each of their net assets for each of the two years in the period ended October 31, 2022 and each of the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated therein, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinions

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on 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 Funds 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 of these financial statements 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.

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 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2022 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.

/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 30, 2022

We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies in Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors since 2015.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III (UNAUDITED)

Set forth below are the names, years of birth, positions with the Trust, length of term of office, and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. Trustees who are deemed not to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Mr. Doran is a Trustee who may be deemed to be “interested” person of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Trust’s Distributor. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-844-523-8637. The following chart lists Trustees and Officers as of October 31, 2022.

 

Name and

Year of Birth

 

  

Position with
Trust and
Length

of Time Served1

 

  

Principal Occupations

in the Past Five Years

 

  

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years2

 

INTERESTED TRUSTEES3,4

              

William M. Doran

(Born: 1940)

  

Chairman of the

Board of Trustees

(since 2014)

  

Self-Employed Consultant since

2003. Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) from 1976 to 2003. Counsel to the Trust, SEI Investments, SIMC, the Administrator and the Distributor. Secretary of SEI Investments since 1978.

  

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. Director of SEI Investments, SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments—Global Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Asia), Limited, SEI Global Nominee Ltd., SEI Investments – Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited and SEI Investments Co. Director of the Distributor.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds and Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES3

              

Jon C. Hunt

(Born: 1951)

  

Trustee and Lead

Independent

Trustee

(since 2014)

   Retired since 2013. Consultant to Management, Convergent Capital Management, LLC (“CCM”) from 2012 to 2013. Man-aging Director and Chief Operating Officer, CCM from 1998 to 2012.   

Current Directorships: Trustee of City National Rochdale Funds, Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund and Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

 

1

Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

2

Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public compa-nies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 Act.

3

Trustees oversee 65 funds in The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III.

4

Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III (UNAUDITED)

 

Name and
Year of Birth
   Position with Trust
and Length of Time
Served
  

Principal Occupations

in the Past Five Years1

  

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years2

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES (continued)3

Thomas P. Lemke

(Born: 1954)

  

Trustee

(since 2014)

   Retired since 2013. Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Legg Mason, Inc. from 2005 to 2013.   

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund, J.P. Morgan Funds (171 Portfolios) and Symme-try Panoramic Trust (16 Portfolios). Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust and AXA Premier VIP Trust to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diver-sified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

Nichelle May- nard-Elliott

(Born: 1968)

  

Trustee

(since 2021)

   Independent Director since 2018. Executive Director, M&A at Praxair Inc. from 2011-2019.   

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd. Director of Element Solutions Inc., Director of Xerox Hold-ings Corporation, and Director of Lucid Group, Inc.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

Jay C. Nadel

(Born: 1958)

  

Trustee

(since 2016)

   Self-Employed Consultant since 2004. Executive Vice Pres-ident, Bank of New York Broker Dealer from 2002 to 2004. Partner/Managing Director, Weiss Peck & Greer/Robeco from 1986 to 2001.   

Current Directorships: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of City National Rochdale Funds. Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund and Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Director of Lapolla Industries, Inc. to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

Randall S. Yanker

(Born: 1960)

  

Trustee

(since 2014)

   Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Alternative Asset Managers, L.P. since 2004.   

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund and Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Independent Non-Executive Director of HFA Holdings Limited. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

 

1

Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

2

Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 Act.

3

Trustees oversee 65 funds in The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III (UNAUDITED)

 

Name and
Year of Birth
  

Position(s) with

Trust and Length

of Time Served

  

Principal Occupation

in the Past Five Years

  

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years

OFFICERS

              
Michael Beattie
(Born: 1965)
   President
(since 2014)
   Director of Client Service, SEI Investments, since 2004.    None.
James Bernstein (Born: 1962)    Vice President
(since 2017)
Secretary (since 2020)
  

Attorney, SEI Investments, since 2017.

 

Prior Positions: Self-employed consultant, 2017. Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Nationwide Funds Group and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, from 2002 to 2016. Assistant General Counsel & Vice President, Market Street Funds and Provident Mutual Insurance Company, from 1999 to 2002.

   None.
John Bourgeois
(Born: 1973)
   Assistant Treasurer
(since 2017)
   Fund Accounting Manager, SEI Investments, since 2000.    None.
Eric C. Griffith
(Born: 1969)
   Vice President and Assistant Secretary
(since 2020)
   Counsel at SEI Investments since 2019. Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co., from 2012 to 2018.    None.
Matthew M. Maher
(Born: 1975)
   Vice President and Assistant Secretary
(since 2018)
   Counsel at SEI Investments since 2018. Attorney, Blank Rome LLP, from 2015 to 2018. Assistant Counsel & Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon, from 2013 to 2014. Attorney, Dilworth Paxson LLP, from 2006 to 2013.    None.
Andrew Metzger
(Born: 1980)
   Treasurer, Controller and Chief Financial Officer
(since 2021)
   Director of Fund Accounting, SEI Investments, since 2020. Senior Director, Embark, from 2019 to 2020. Senior Manager, Pricewater- houseCoopers LLP, from 2002 to 2019.    None.

 

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TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III (UNAUDITED)

 

Name and
Year of Birth
   Position(s) with
Trust and Length
of Time Served
  

Principal Occupation

in the Past Five Years

   Other Directorships
Held in the Past Five Years

OFFICERS (continued)

              
Robert Morrow (Born: 1968)    Vice President
(since 2017)
   Account Manager, SEI Investments, since 2007.    None.
Stephen F. Panner
(Born: 1970)
   Chief Compliance Officer
(since 2022)
   Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Catholic Values Trust, SEI Exchange Traded Funds, SEI Structured Credit Fund LP, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds, Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds since September 2022. Fund Compliance Officer of SEI Investments Company from February 2011 to September 2022. Fund Accounting Director and CFO and Controller for the SEI Funds from July 2005 to February 2011.    None.
Alexander F. Smith
(Born: 1977)
   Vice President and Assistant Secretary
(since 2020)
   Counsel at SEI Investments since 2020. Associate Counsel & Manager, Vanguard, 2012 to 2020. Attorney, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, 2008 to 2012.    None.
Bridget E. Sudall
(Born: 1980)
   Privacy Officer
(from 2015 – June 2022 and since November 2022)
Anti-Money Laun- dering Officer
(from 2015 – June 2022 and since November 2022)
   Senior Associate and AML Officer, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, from 2011 to 2015. Investor Services Team Lead, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Part- ners, from 2007 to 2011.    None.

 

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DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for fund management, administrative services, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.

Operating expenses such as these are deducted from a mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce your investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of a mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as a mutual fund’s expense ratio.

The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period (May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022).

The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:

Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that your Fund incurred over the six month period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.

You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that six month period. Simply divide your actual starting account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Fund under “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.

NOTE: Because the hypothetical return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
5/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
10/31/22
   

Annualized

Expense
Ratios

    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 

Limited Duration Fund

 

                       

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 981.90       0.50%     $ 2.50      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       982.40       0.60       3.00      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.69       0.50%     $ 2.55      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.18       0.60       3.06      

Core Bond Fund

                               

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 923.40       0.50%     $ 2.42      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       923.90       0.60       2.91      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,022.69       0.50%     $ 2.55      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       1,022.18       0.60       3.06      

Long/Short Equity Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,012.10       2.15%†     $ 10.90      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,014.37       2.15%†     $ 10.92      
     Beginning
Account
Value
5/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
10/31/22
   

Annualized

Expense
Ratios

    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 

Large Cap Value Fund

 

                       

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 978.10       0.90%     $ 4.49      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       977.60       1.00       4.98      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.67       0.90%     $ 4.58      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.16       1.00       5.09      

Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 899.80       0.90%     $ 4.31      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       899.90       1.00       4.79      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.67       0.90%     $ 4.58      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       1,020.16       1.00       5.09      

Small Cap Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 971.40       1.05%     $ 5.22      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       970.80       1.13       5.61      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.91       1.05%     $ 5.35      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.51       1.13       5.75      
 

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
  
      

 

     Beginning
Account
Value
5/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
10/31/22
    Annualized
Expense
Ratios
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

 

                       

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 937.30       0.25   $ 1.22      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,023.95       0.25   $ 1.28      

Real Estate Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

       

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 809.10       1.00   $ 4.56      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,020.16       1.00   $ 5.09      
     Beginning
Account
Value
5/1/22
    Ending
Account
Value
10/31/22
    Annualized
Expense
Ratios
    Expenses
Paid
During
Period*
 

International Equity Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 851.10       1.10   $ 5.13      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       851.00       1.20       5.60      

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

     

I Shares

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,019.66       1.10   $ 5.60      

Class S Shares

    1,000.00       1,019.16       1.20       6.11      
 

 

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period shown).

†The annualized expense ratios include dividend expense incurred during the six-month period. Annualized dividend expense of average net assets totaled 0.65%. Had this expense not been included the ratio would have been 1.50%.

 

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THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III    KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS FUNDS
  
      

 

NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)

For shareholders that do not have an October 31, 2022 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with an October 31, 2022 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds are designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the period.

 

   

Return

of

Capital

    Long Term
Capital Gain
Distribution
    Ordinary
Income
Distributions
    Total
Distributions
    Dividends
Qualifying for
Corporate
Dividend
Receivable
Deduction(1)
    Qualifying
Dividend
Income(2)
    U.S.
Government
Interest(3)
   

Qualified
Interest

Income(4)

    Qualified
Short
Term
Capital
Gain(5)
    Foreign
Tax
Credit(6)
    Qualifying
Business
Income(7)
 

Limited Duration Fund

    0.00     7.72     92.28     100.00     0.00     0.00     24.16     93.01     0.00     0.00     0.00

Core Bond Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     0.00     0.00     17.92     89.21     0.00     0.00     0.00

Long/Short Equity Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     16.42     17.60     17.93     5.81     100.00     0.00     0.00

Large Cap Value Fund

    0.00     62.08     37.92     100.00     87.20     90.76     0.00     0.57     100.00     0.00     2.72

Large Cap Growth Fund

    0.11     67.04     32.85     100.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     100.00     0.00     0.00

Small Cap Fund

    0.00     82.97     17.03     100.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     100.00     0.00     0.00

U.S. All Cap Index Fund

    0.00     17.12     82.88     100.00     92.53     92.86     0.00     1.21     100.00     0.00     2.21

Real Estate Fund

    0.00     1.43     98.57     100.00     2.77     3.27     0.00     0.00     100.00     0.00     5.55

International Equity Fund

    0.20     68.63     31.17     100.00     0.29     96.12     0.00     0.40     100.00     3.06     0.24

 

(1)

Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary Income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions).

 

(2)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). It is the intention of each of the aforementioned funds to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.

 

(3)

U.S. Government Interest represents the amount of interest that was derived from U.S. Government obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of total ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government obligations is exempt from state income tax. However, for shareholders who are residents of California, Connecticut and New York, the statutory threshold requirements were not satisfied to permit exemption of these amounts from state income.

 

(4)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Interest Income” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is a percentage of ordinary income distributions that are exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid for foreign investors.

 

(5)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Short-Term Capital Gain” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

(6)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Foreign Taxes” as a percentage of ordinary distributions during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022. The Fund intends to pass through a Foreign Tax Credit to shareholders for fiscal year ended 2022. The total amount of foreign source income for the International Equity Fund is $3,718,136. The total amount of foreign tax paid for the International Equity Fund is $499,562. Your allocation share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on form 1099-DIV.

The information reported herein may differ from the information and distributions taxable to the shareholders for the calendar year ending December 31, 2022. Complete information will be computed and reported in conjunction with your 2022 Form 1099-DIV.

 

101


Knights of Columbus Funds

P.O. Box 219009

Kansas City, MO 64121

1-844-KC-FUNDS (1-844-523-8637)

Investment Adviser

Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC

One Columbus Plaza

New Haven, CT 06510

Investments Subadvisers

L2 Asset Management, LLC

66 Glezen Lane,

Wayland, MA 01778

Ranger Global Real Estate Advisors, LLC

415 Madison Avenue, 14th Floor

New York, NY 10017

Distributor

SEI Investments Distribution Co.

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Administrator

SEI Investments Global Funds Services

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Legal Counsel

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a

current prospectus for the Funds described.

KOC-AR-001-0800


Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

The Registrant (also referred to as the “Trust”) has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function. There have been no amendments to or waivers granted to this code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The Registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.

(a)(2) The Registrant’s audit committee financial experts are Thomas P. Lemke and Jay Nadel, and each of Mr. Lemke and Mr. Nadel is “independent” as that term is defined in Form N-CSR Item 3 (a)(2).

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) relate to The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III (the “Trust”).

PwC billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     2022     2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
    All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
did not
require
pre-approval
    All fees and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 682,615       None        None     $ 730,515        None      $ 11,990  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None       None        None     $ 4,000        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees    $ 88,500 (4)      None      $ 126,709 (2)      None        None      $ 90,000 (2) 

(d)

   All Other Fees      None       None      $ 5,301       None        None      $ 1,473  


Fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) relate to the Trust

E&Y billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     2022      2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 131,900        None        None      $ 128,050        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

Fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) relate to the Trust

D&T billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows

 

     2022      2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 30,050        None        None      $ 26,800        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  


Fees billed by KPMG (“KPMG”) relate to the Trust

KPMG billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows

 

     2022     2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
    All fees and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 322,500        None        None     $ 25,000        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None       None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None       None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None      $ 218,015 (3)      None        None      $ 206,957 (3) 

Notes:

 

  (1)

Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the Trust’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

  (2)

Tax return preparation fees for affiliates of the Funds.

  (3)

Non-audit fees consist of SSAE No. 18 report over investment management activities and non-statutory audit reports of Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.

  (4)

Fees in connection with international withholding tax analysis.

(e)(1) The Trust’s Audit Committee has adopted and the Board of Trustees has ratified an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”), which sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor of the Funds may be pre-approved.

The Policy provides that all requests or applications for proposed services to be provided by the independent auditor must be submitted to the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and must include a detailed description of the services proposed to be rendered. The CFO will determine whether such services:

(1) require specific pre-approval;

(2) are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee pursuant to the Policy; or


(3) have been previously pre-approved in connection with the independent auditor’s annual engagement letter for the applicable year or otherwise. In any instance where services require pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with SEC’s rules and whether the provision of such services would impair the auditor’s independence.

Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by the CFO. The Audit Committee will be informed by the CFO on a quarterly basis of all services rendered by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee has delegated specific pre-approval authority to either the Audit Committee Chair or financial expert, provided that the estimated fee for any such proposed pre-approved service does not exceed $100,000 and any pre-approval decisions are reported to the Audit Committee at its next regularly-scheduled meeting.

Services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee are identified and described in the Policy. In addition, the Policy sets forth a maximum fee per engagement with respect to each identified service that has received general pre-approval.

All services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be provided pursuant to a signed written engagement letter with the Registrant, the investment adviser, or applicable control affiliate (except that matters as to which an engagement letter would be impractical because of timing issues or because the matter is small may not be the subject of an engagement letter) that sets forth both the services to be provided by the independent auditor and the total fees to be paid to the independent auditor for those services.

In addition, the Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet the Audit Committee’s responsibility to oversee the work of the independent auditor and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Registrant, such as (a) reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditor delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Registrant, and (b) discussing with the independent auditor the independent auditor’s methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (PwC):

 

     2022      2021  

Audit-Related Fees

     None        None  

Tax Fees

     None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (E&Y):

 

     2022      2021  

Audit-Related Fees

     None        None  

Tax Fees

     None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  


(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (D&T):

 

     2022      2021  

Audit-Related Fees

     None        None  

Tax Fees

     None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (KPMG):

 

     2022      2021  

Audit-Related Fees

     None        None  

Tax Fees

     None        None  

All Other Fees

     None        None  

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PwC for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $132,010 and $91,473 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $0 and $0 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by D&T for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $0 and $0 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by KPMG for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $218,015 and $206,957 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by the Registrant’s principal accountant to either the Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by,


or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were pre-approved by the Audit Committee of Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the Audit Committee’s pre-approval of these non-audit service were the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

(i) Not applicable. The Registrant has not retained, for the preparation of the audit report on the financial statements included in the Form N-CSR, a registered public accounting firm that has a branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) has determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction.

(j) Not applicable. The Registrant is not a “foreign issuer,” as defined in 17 CFR 240.3b-4.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 6.

Schedule of Investments.

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

Item 7.

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

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 9.

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

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

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

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.3a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12.

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

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Items 13.

Exhibits.

(a)(1) A copy of the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, as required by Item 2 of this Form, accompanies this filing as an exhibit.

(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Registrant, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(a)), is filed herewith.

(b) Officer certifications, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(b)), also accompany this filing as an exhibit.


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)

    The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

By (Signature and Title)

    /s/ Michael Beattie
    Michael Beattie, President

Date: January 6, 2023

     

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/ Michael Beattie
   

Michael Beattie, President

Date: January 6, 2023

 

     

 

By (Signature and Title)     /s/ Andrew Metzger
    Andrew Metzger,
    Treasurer, Controller, and CFO
Date: January 6, 2023