N-Q 1 frontier_nq.htm QUARTERLY NOTICE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS


 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM N-Q
 
QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
 
Investment Company Act file number  811-07685
 
FRONTIER FUNDS, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
400 Skokie Blvd.
Suite 500
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 
William D. Forsyth III
400 Skokie Blvd., Suite 500
Northbrook, Illinois 60062
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
(847) 509-9860
Registrant's telephone number, including area code

Date of fiscal year end:  June 30, 2018
 
Date of reporting period:  September 30, 2017


Item 1. Schedule of Investments.
 
Frontier MFG Global Equity Fund  
 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
 
 
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
Number of Shares
  
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 91.0%  
 
 
 
 
 
France  3.0%
 
 
 
 
                         351,306
 
Sanofi
 
$
34,881,476
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Switzerland  6.8%
 
 
 
 
                         508,629
 
Nestle SA
   
42,598,040
 
 
                         417,301
 
Novartis AG
   
35,724,947
 
 
 
 
 
   
78,322,987
 
 
 
 
United Kingdom  5.2%
 
 
 
 
                    33,715,114
 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC
   
30,599,176
 
 
                    11,706,307
 
Tesco PLC (a)
   
29,357,141
 
 
 
 
 
   
59,956,317
 
 
 
 
United States  76.0%
 
 
 
 
                             9,416
 
Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
9,168,547
 
 
                           69,074
 
Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a)
   
66,249,575
 
 
                         555,018
 
Apple, Inc.
   
85,539,374
 
 
                         225,789
 
Costco Wholesale Corp.
   
37,094,875
 
 
                         357,283
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
   
35,721,154
 
 
                      1,269,339
 
eBay, Inc. (a)
   
48,818,778
 
 
                         400,110
 
Facebook, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
68,366,796
 
 
                         417,299
 
HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
33,212,827
 
 
                         815,572
 
Lowe's Companies, Inc.
   
65,196,826
 
 
                         280,183
 
MasterCard, Inc. - Class A
   
39,561,840
 
 
                         250,167
 
McDonald’s Corp.
   
39,196,165
 
 
                         655,843
 
Microsoft Corp.
   
48,853,745
 
 
                         909,443
 
Oracle Corp.
   
43,971,569
 
 
                         290,171
 
PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
18,579,649
 
 
                         915,175
 
Starbucks Corp.
   
49,154,049
 
 
                         565,356
 
The Kraft Heinz Co.
   
43,843,358
 
 
                         608,411
 
Visa, Inc. - Class A
   
64,029,174
 
 
                         827,905
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
   
45,658,961
 
 
                         533,229
 
Yum! Brands, Inc.
   
39,250,987
 
 
 
 
 
   
881,468,249
 
 
 
 
Total Common Stocks
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $792,455,054)
   
1,054,629,029
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 9.4%  
 
 
 
 
 
Investment Company 9.4%
 
 
 
 
                  109,238,409
 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.91%
   
109,238,409
 
 
 
 
Total Short-Term Investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $109,238,409)
   
109,238,409
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investments 100.4%
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Cost $901,693,463)
   
1,163,867,438
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (0.4)%
   
(4,122,059
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
 
$
1,159,745,379
 
 
(a) Non-Incoming Producing.

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):
 
                   
   
Investments
   
Foreign Currency
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
901,693,463
   
$
481,682
   
$
902,175,145
 
                         
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
291,743,928
     
727
     
291,744,655
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(29,569,953
)
   
(122
)
   
(29,570,075
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
262,173,975
   
$
605
   
$
262,174,580
 
 
 
(1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

 
Frontier MFG Global Plus Fund
 
 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS  
 
 
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
Number of Shares
  
  
 
 Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 90.1%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 France 3.1%
 
 
 
 
  121,492
 
 Sanofi
 
$
12,063,046
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Switzerland 6.9%
 
 
 
 
  174,561
 
 Nestle SA
 
  14,619,608
 
 
  143,587
 
 Novartis AG
 
  12,292,417
 
 
 
 
 
 
  26,912,025
 
 
 
 
 United Kingdom 2.7%
 
 
 
 
  11,471,630
 
 Lloyds Banking Group PLC
 
  10,411,426
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 United States 77.4%
 
 
 
 
  3,289
 
 Alphabet, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  3,202,565
 
 
  23,724
 
 Alphabet, Inc. - Class C (a)
 
  22,753,926
 
 
  184,154
 
 Apple, Inc.
 
  28,381,814
 
 
  78,180
 
 Costco Wholesale Corp.
 
  12,844,192
 
 
  122,103
 
 Crown Castle International Corp.
 
  12,207,858
 
 
  433,869
 
 eBay, Inc. (a)
 
  16,686,602
 
 
  137,931
 
 Facebook, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  23,568,270
 
 
  144,535
 
 HCA Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  11,503,541
 
 
  280,178
 
 Lowe’s Companies, Inc.
 
  22,397,429
 
 
  96,705
 
 MasterCard, Inc. - Class A
 
  13,654,746
 
 
  85,842
 
 McDonald's Corp.
 
  13,449,725
 
 
  224,953
 
 Microsoft Corp.
 
  16,756,749
 
 
  310,950
 
 Oracle Corp.
 
  15,034,432
 
 
  100,368
 
 PayPal Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  6,426,563
 
 
  319,341
 
 Starbucks Corp.
 
  17,151,805
 
 
  195,762
 
 The Kraft Heinz Co.
 
  15,181,343
 
 
  208,199
 
 Visa, Inc. - Class A
 
  21,910,863
 
 
  284,291
 
 Wells Fargo & Co.
 
  15,678,649
 
 
  182,878
 
 Yum! Brands, Inc.
 
  13,461,649
 
 
 
 
 
 
  302,252,721
 
 
 
 
 Total Common Stocks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $308,943,873)
 
  351,639,218
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 10.1%  
 
 
 
 
 
 Investment Company 10.1%
 
 
 
 
  39,414,272
 
 Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.91%
 
  39,414,272
 
 
 
 
 Total Short-Term Investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $39,414,272)
 
  39,414,272
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total Investments 100.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $348,358,145)
 
  391,053,490
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (0.2)%
 
  (849,272
 )
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
 
 $
 390,204,218  
 
 (a) Non-Income Producing.


 The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):
 
   
Investments
   
Foreign Currency
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
348,358,145
   
$
180,160
   
$
348,538,305
 
                         
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
46,175,643
     
121
     
46,175,764
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(3,480,298
)
   
(652
)
   
(3,480,950
)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
$
42,695,345
   
$
(531
)
 
$
42,694,814
 
 
(1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

Frontier MFG Core Infrastructure Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
Number of Shares
  
  
 
 Value
 
 
 COMMON STOCKS 95.9%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia 7.5%
 
 
 
   458,298    APA Group   $  3,001,732  
 
  1,361,320
 
 AusNet Services
 
  1,804,615
 
 
  237,946
 
 Macquarie Atlas Roads Group
 
  1,013,481
 
 
  635,485
 
 Spark Infrastructure Group
 
  1,256,155
 
 
  912,958
 
 Sydney Airport
 
  5,091,643
 
 
  832,797
 
 Transurban Group
 
  7,760,560
 
 
 
 
 
 
  19,928,186
 
 
 
 
 Canada 12.5%
 
 
 
 
  79,152
 
 Canadian Utilities Ltd. - Class A
 
  2,458,137
 
 
  87,253
 
 Emera, Inc.
 
  3,304,810
 
 
  205,277
 
 Enbridge, Inc.
 
  8,574,664
 
 
  168,811
 
 Fortis, Inc.
 
  6,058,390
 
 
  241,620
 
 Hydro One Ltd.
 
  4,399,604
 
 
  159,683
 
 TransCanada Corp.
 
  7,892,327
 
 
  12,902
 
 Valener, Inc.
 
  228,105
 
 
 
 
 
 
  32,916,037
 
 
 
 
 France 3.4%
 
 
 
 
  40,154
 
 Aeroports de Paris
 
  6,492,220
 
 
  207,836
 
 Groupe Eurotunnel SE
 
  2,505,528
 
 
 
 
 
 
  8,997,748
 
 
 
 
 Germany 1.4%
 
 
 
 
  38,031
 
 Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide
 
  3,611,169
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hong Kong 2.8%
 
 
 
 
  862,928
 
 Power Assets Holdings Ltd.
 
  7,473,127
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Italy 9.0%
 
 
 
 
  260,248
 
 Atlantia SpA
 
  8,215,606
 
 
  204,685
 
 Enav SpA
 
  937,666
 
 
  305,714
 
 Italgas SpA
 
  1,716,281
 
 
  1,420,628
 
 Snam SpA
 
  6,843,730
 
 
  85,969
 
 Societa Iniziative Autostradali e Servizi SpA
 
  1,372,699
 
 
  815,694
 
 Terna Rete Elettrica Nazionale SpA
 
  4,764,401
 
 
 
 
 
 
  23,850,383
 
 
 
 
 Mexico 1.7%
 
 
 
 
  136,190
 
 Grupo Aeroportuario del Centro Norte SAB de CV
 
  753,345
 
 
  180,300
 
 Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacifico SAB de CV - Class B (a)
 
  1,846,565
 
 
  104,756
 
 Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste SAB de CV - Class B
 
  1,997,900
 
 
 
 
 
 
  4,597,810
 
 
 
 
 Netherlands 0.8%
 
 
 
 
  48,331
 
 Koninklijke Vopak NV
 
  2,119,515
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 New Zealand 1.1%
 
 
 
 
  451,354
 
 Auckland International Airport Ltd.
 
  2,099,517
 
 
  376,359
 
 Vector Ltd.
 
  888,928
 
 
 
 
 
 
  2,988,445
 
 
 
 
 Spain 9.6%
 
 
 
 
  401,916
 
 Abertis Infraestructuras SA
 
  8,122,874
 
 
  42,847
 
 Aena SA
 
  7,735,350
 
 
  87,536
 
 Cellnex Telecom SAU
 
  2,002,951
 

 
  98,190
 
 Enagas SA
 
  2,764,894
 
 
  219,580
 
 Red Electrica Corp SA
 
  4,614,268
 
 
 
 
 
 
  25,240,337
 
 
 
 
 Switzerland 1.1%
 
 
 
 
  12,626
 
 Flughafen Zuerich AG
 
  2,855,470
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 United Kingdom 5.9%
 
 
 
 
  630,207
 
 National Grid PLC
 
  7,808,024
 
 
  157,157
 
 Pennon Group PLC
 
  1,678,402
 
 
  97,064
 
 Severn Trent PLC
 
  2,826,324
 
 
  280,343
 
 United Utilities Group PLC
 
  3,210,006
 
 
 
 
 
 
  15,522,756
 
 
 
 
 United States 39.1%
 
 
 
 
  9,501
 
 ALLETE, Inc.
 
  734,332
 
 
  40,091
 
 Alliant Energy Corp.
 
  1,666,583
 
 
  42,699
 
 Ameren Corp.
 
  2,469,710
 
 
  81,639
 
 American Electric Power Co., Inc.
 
  5,734,323
 
 
  5,066
 
 American States Water Co.
 
  249,501
 
 
  40,805
 
 American Tower Corp.
 
  5,577,227
 
 
  31,358
 
 American Water Works Co., Inc.
 
  2,537,176
 
 
  31,229
 
 Aqua America, Inc.
 
  1,036,491
 
 
  18,498
 
 Atmos Energy Corp.
 
  1,550,872
 
 
  12,113
 
 Avista Corp.
 
  627,090
 
 
  9,397
 
 Black Hills Corp.
 
  647,171
 
 
  5,755
 
 California Water Service Group
 
  219,553
 
 
  49,353
 
 CMS Energy Corp.
 
  2,286,031
 
 
  57,435
 
 Consolidated Edison, Inc.
 
  4,633,856
 
 
  56,928
 
 Crown Castle International Corp.
 
  5,691,661
 
 
  72,897
 
 Dominion Resources, Inc.
 
  5,607,966
 
 
  31,569
 
 DTE Energy Co.
 
  3,389,248
 
 
  66,828
 
 Duke Energy Corp.
 
  5,608,206
 
 
  61,278
 
 Edison International
 
  4,728,823
 
 
  5,972
 
 El Paso Electric Co.
 
  329,953
 
 
  55,766
 
 Eversource Energy
 
  3,370,497
 
 
  37,879
 
 Great Plains Energy, Inc.
 
  1,147,734
 
 
  8,867
 
 IDACORP, Inc.
 
  779,675
 
 
  7,850
 
 InfraREIT, Inc.
 
  175,604
 
 
  57,097
 
 NiSource, Inc.
 
  1,461,112
 
 
  4,041
 
 Northwest Natural Gas Co.
 
  260,240
 
 
  6,623
 
 NorthWestern Corp.
 
  377,114
 
 
  9,725
 
 ONE Gas, Inc.
 
  716,149
 
 
  84,166
 
 PG&E Corp.
 
  5,730,863
 
 
  19,632
 
 Pinnacle West Capital Corp.
 
  1,660,082
 
 
  11,214
 
 PNM Resources, Inc.
 
  451,924
 
 
  15,664
 
 Portland General Electric Co.
 
  714,905
 
 
  128,042
 
 PPL Corp.
 
  4,859,194
 
 
  21,335
 
 SBA Communications Corp. (a)
 
  3,073,307
 
 
  25,150
 
 SCANA Corp.
 
  1,219,524
 
 
  47,176
 
 Sempra Energy
 
  5,384,197
 
 
  1,405
 
 SJW Corp.
 
  79,523
 
 
  8,362
 
 Southwest Gas Corp.
 
  649,058
 
 
  8,487
 
 Spire, Inc.
 
  633,555
 
 
  116,668
 
 The Southern Co.
 
  5,733,066
 
 
  59,224
 
 WEC Energy Group, Inc.
 
  3,718,083
 
 
  24,982
 
 Westar Energy, Inc.
 
  1,239,107
 
 
  95,499
 
 Xcel Energy, Inc.
 
  4,519,013
 
 
 
 
 
 
  103,279,299
 
 
 
 
 Total Common Stocks
 (Cost $218,147,669)
 
  253,380,282
 
 

 
CLOSED-END FUNDS 1.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Guernsey 0.2%
 
 
 
 
 
  397,981
 
 John Laing Infrastructure Fund Ltd.
 
  690,615
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 United Kingdom 1.0%
 
 
 
 
  721,451
 
 HICL Infrastructure Co. Ltd.
 
  1,511,019
 
 
  551,163
 
 International Public Partnerships Ltd.
 
  1,166,182
 
 
 
 
 
 
  2,677,201
 
 
 
 
Total Closed-End Funds
 (Cost $3,448,907)
 
  3,367,816
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 RIGHTS 0.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Australia 0.0%
 
 
 
 
  32,698
 
 Macquarie Atlas Roads Group Rights (a)
 
  0
 
 
 
 
Total Rights
 (Cost $7,768)
 
  0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.1%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Investment Company 2.1%
 
 
 
 
  5,479,790
 
 Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.91%
 
  5,479,790
 
 
 
 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $5,479,790)
 
  5,479,790
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investments 99.2%
(Cost $227,084,134)
 
  262,227,888
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 0.8%
 
  2,054,073
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
  $
  264,281,961
 
             
    (a) Non-Income Producing.      

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):
 
   
Investments
   
Foreign Currency
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
227,084,134
   
$
716,495
   
$
227,800,629
 
                         
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
38,353,866
     
938
     
38,354,804
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(3,210,112
)
   
(6,162
)
   
(3,216,274
)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
$
35,143,754
   
$
(5,224
)
 
$
35,138,530
 

(1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments.  For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

Frontier Silk Invest New Horizons Fund
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
Number of Shares
  
  
 
 Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 82.0%  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Argentina 8.0%
     
 
  113,000
 
 Adecoagro SA (a)
 
$
1,220,400
 
 
  49,883
 
 Cablevision Holding SA - GDR (a)
 
  1,166,115
 
 
  21,919
 
 Grupo Clarin SA - GDR
 
  122,744
 
 
  67,871
 
 Telecom Argentina SA - ADR (a)
 
  2,093,142
 
 
 
 
 
 
  4,602,401
 
 
 
 
 Bangladesh 10.9%
 
 
 
 
  1,440,000
 
 Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
 
  1,874,369
 
 
  1,640,400
 
 BRAC Bank Ltd.
 
  1,717,372
 
 
  540,300
 
 GrameenPhone Ltd.
 
  2,734,470
 
 
 
 
 
 
  6,326,211
 
 
 
 
 Egypt 4.9%
 
 
 
 
  766,500
 
 Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding Co.
 
  962,359
 
 
  171,000
 
 Elsewedy Electric Co.
 
  1,016,796
 
 
  4,585,000
 
 Palm Hills Developments SAE (a)
 
  843,197
 
 
 
 
 
 
  2,822,352
 
 
 
 
 Ghana 1.1%
 
 
 
 
  166,850
 
 Ecobank Ghana Ltd. (b)
 
  304,913
 
 
  360,400
 
 Ghana Commercial Bank Ltd. (b)
 
  327,264
 
 
 
 
 
 
  632,177
 
 
 
 
 Kenya 10.2%
 
 
 
 
  1,640,670
 
 Centum Investment Co. Ltd. (b)
 
  652,133
 
 
  4,356,907
 
 Equity Group Holdings Ltd.
 
  1,636,743
 
 
  4,645,224
 
 KCB Group Ltd.
 
  1,846,381
 
 
  7,336,906
 
 Safaricom Ltd.
 
  1,760,431
 
 
 
 
 
 
  5,895,688
 
 
 
 
 Morocco 6.6%
 
 
 
 
  39,567
 
 Auto Hall (b)
 
  419,164
 
 
  294,650
 
 Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha SA
 
  1,347,758
 
 
  11,979
 
 Label Vie
 
  2,070,521
 
 
 
 
 
 
  3,837,443
 
 
 
 
 Nigeria 11.9%
 
 
 
 
  18,815,504
 
 Guaranty Trust Bank PLC
 
  2,093,211
 
 
  14,452,989
 
 Lafarge Africa PLC (b)
 
  2,040,327
 
 
  332,388
 
 Nestle Nigeria PLC
 
  1,129,666
 
 
  25,169,452
 
 Zenith Bank PLC
 
  1,640,572
 
 
 
 
 
 
  6,903,776
 
 
 
 
 Oman 1.6%
 
 
 
 
  734,950
 
 Ooredoo
 
  908,665
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Pakistan 9.0%
 
 
 
 
  1,700,000
 
 Adamjee Insurance Co. Ltd.
 
  1,016,370
 
 
  867,000
 
 Cherat Cement Co. Ltd.
 
  988,686
 
 
  365,000
 
 Engro Corp. Ltd.
 
  1,050,672
 
 
  204,500
 
 Lucky Cement Ltd.
 
  1,096,838
 
 
  580,000
 
 United Bank Ltd.
 
  1,047,271
 
 
 
 
 
 
  5,199,837
 
 
 
 
 Qatar 1.5%
 
 
 
 
  37,520
 
 Ooredoo QSC
 
  854,504
 

 
 
 
 United Arab Emirates 9.1%
 
 
 
 
  709,080
 
 Agthia Group PJSC
 
  1,027,149
 
 
  4,144,000
 
 Air Arabia PJSC
 
  1,289,149
 
 
  1,262,900
 
 Emaar Properties PJSC
 
  2,925,194
 
 
 
 
 
 
  5,241,492
 
 
 
 
 Vietnam 7.2%
 
 
 
 
  1,140,000
 
 Masan Group Corp.
 
  2,766,648
 
 
  1,250,000
 
 Saigon Securities, Inc.
 
  1,378,395
 
 
 
 
 
 
  4,145,043
 
 
 
 
 Total Common Stocks
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $43,794,832)
 
  47,369,589
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 PARTICIPATION (EQUITY LINKED) NOTES (c) 15.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Kuwait 4.0%
 
 
 
 
  81,500
 
 Human Soft Holdings Co., Issued by Deutsche Bank AG, Expires 07/13/2027
 
  1,060,796
 
 
  500,000
 
 National Bank of Kuwait S.A.K., Issued by Deutsche Bank AG, Expires 03/28/2018
 
  1,260,143
 
 
 
 
 
 
  2,320,939
 
 
 
 
 Saudi Arabia 11.2%
 
 
 
             
 
  30,440
 
 Abdullah Al Othaim Markets Co., Issued by EFG Hermes MENA Securities Ltd., Expires 12/11/2018
 
  995,133
 
 
  178,460
 
 Al Khaleej Training and Education Co., Issued by ARQ P Notes BV, Expires 02/06/2019
 
  1,005,033
 
 
  104,160
 
 Al Khaleej Training and Education Co., Issued by Credit Suisse AG, Expires 08/27/2018
 
  586,598
 
             
 
  25,800
 
 BUPA Arabia for Cooperative Insurance Co., Issued by ARQ P Notes BV, Expires 02/06/2019
 
  812,622
 
             
 
  54,684
 
 Herfy Food Services Co. Ltd., Issued by EFG Hermes MENA Securities Ltd., Expires 01/30/2019
 
  728,789
 
 
  33,852
 
 Herfy Food Services Co. Ltd., Issues by ARQ P Notes BV, Expires 02/06/2019
 
  451,155
 
 
  129,066
 
 Samba Financial Group, Issued by Credit Suisse AG, Expires 02/04/2019
 
  825,978
 
 
  34,320
 
 Saudia Dairy & Foodstuff Co., Issued by ARQ P Notes BV, Expires 05/14/2019
 
  1,093,057
 
 
 
 
 
 
  6,498,365
 
 
 
 
 Total Participation (Equity Linked) Notes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $8,765,425)
 
  8,819,304
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Investment Company 3.2%
 
 
 
             
 
  1,868,658
 
 Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.91%
 
  1,868,658
 
 
 
 
 Total Short-Term Investments
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $1,868,658)
 
  1,868,658
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total Investments 100.4%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 (Cost $54,428,915)
 
  58,057,551
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (0.4)%
 
  (229,515)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
 
 $ 57,828,036
 
 
(a) Non-Income Producing.
 
(b) A portion of this security is considered illiquid. The Fund may invest up to 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities. A security may be considered illiquid if it lacks a readily available market. Securities are generally considered liquid if they can be sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business within seven calendar days at approximately the price at which the security is valued by the Fund. Illiquid securities may be valued under methods approved by the Board as reflecting fair value. As of September 30, 2017, illiquid securities held in the Fund represented 1.8% of total net assets. 
 
(c) Participation (Equity Linked) Notes (“P-Notes”) allow an indirect investment in foreign securities without registration in those markets. In addition to normal risks associated with direct investments, P-Notes are also subject to counterparty risk. The performance results of P-Notes will not exactly replicate the performance of the underlying securities due to transaction costs and other expenses. P-Notes are restricted securities that have been purchased through a private offering and cannot be resold to the general public without prior registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), pursuant to the resale limitations provided by Rule 144A or Regulation S under the Act, or an exemption from the registration requirements of the Act. Whether a restricted security is illiquid is determined pursuant to guidelines established by the Fund’s Board of Directors. None of the Fund’s restricted securities are considered to be illiquid. As of September 30, 2017, Rule 144A and Regulation S securities held in the Fund represented 15.2% of total net assets. 

ADR - American Depositary Receipt                                 
GDR - Global Depositary Receipt

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):
 
   
Investments
   
Foreign Currency
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
54,428,915
   
$
201,360
   
$
54,630,275
 
                         
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
7,537,370
     
-
     
7,537,370
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(3,908,734
)
   
(20,997
)
   
(3,929,731
)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
 
$
3,628,636
   
$
(20,997
)
 
$
3,607,639
 
 
(1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

Frontier Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
 Number of Shares
  
  
 
 Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 99.0%  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Consumer Discretionary 19.3%
 
 
 
 
 
  9,652
 
 2U, Inc. (a)
 
$
540,898
 
 
  11,268
 
 Canada Goose Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  231,557
 
 
  16,212
 
 Central Garden & Pet Co. (a)
 
  629,674
 
 
  7,621
 
 Century Communities, Inc. (a)
 
  188,239
 
 
  84,446
 
 Chegg, Inc. (a)
 
  1,253,179
 
 
  12,431
 
 Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)
 
  535,776
 
 
  6,874
 
 G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)
 
  199,484
 
 
  9,803
 
 Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)
 
  890,309
 
 
  32,434
 
 Meritor, Inc. (a)
 
  843,608
 
 
  7,621
 
 Nutrisystem, Inc.
 
  426,014
 
 
  15,038
 
 Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  697,763
 
 
  32,093
 
 Planet Fitness, Inc. - Class A
 
  865,869
 
 
  5,262
 
 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)
 
  352,554
 
 
  7,529
 
 SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc. (a)
 
  437,435
 
 
  4,748
 
 Skechers U.S.A., Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  119,127
 
 
  3,852
 
 The Children’s Place, Inc.
 
  455,114
 
 
  4,422
 
 Visteon Corp. (a)
 
  547,311
 
 
  11,261
 
 Wingstop, Inc.
 
  374,428
 
 
 
 
 
 
  9,588,339
 
 
 
 
 Consumer Staples 1.0%
 
 
 
 
  12,997
 
 Freshpet, Inc. (a)
 
  203,403
 
 
  37,304
 
 New Age Beverages Corp. (a)
 
  127,207
 
 
  11,851
 
 Primo Water Corp. (a)
 
  140,434
 
 
 
 
 
 
  471,044
 
 
 
 
 Financial Services 7.5%
 
 
 
 
  6,417
 
 Euronet Worldwide, Inc. (a)
 
  608,267
 
 
  20,376
 
 Green Dot Corp. - Class A (a)
 
  1,010,242
 
 
  4,370
 
 LendingTree, Inc. (a)
 
  1,068,247
 
 
  9,837
 
 LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.
 
  507,294
 
 
  18,454
 
 Square, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  531,660
 
 
 
 
 
 
  3,725,710
 
 
 
 
 Health Care 21.1%
 
 
 
 
  14,236
 
 Addus HomeCare Corp. (a)
 
  502,531
 
 
  26,875
 
 AxoGen, Inc. (a)
 
  520,031
 
 
  23,291
 
 BioTelemetry, Inc. (a)
 
  768,603
 
 
  5,438
 
 Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. (a)
 
  153,080
 
 
  31,072
 
 Corcept Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
  599,690
 
 
  16,479
 
 CryoLife, Inc. (a)
 
  374,073
 
 
  7,535
 
 Flexion Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
  182,196
 
 
  4,260
 
 Heska Corp. (a)
 
  375,264
 
 
  4,894
 
 Inogen, Inc. (a)
 
  465,419
 
 
  34,498
 
 Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
  244,936
 
 
  6,276
 
 Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
  854,477
 
 
  26,821
 
 Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (a)
 
  1,135,869
 
 
  11,985
 
 Omnicell, Inc. (a)
 
  611,834
 
 
  9,944
 
 OraSure Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
  223,740
 
 
  4,857
 
 Penumbra, Inc. (a)
 
  438,587
 
 
  13,070
 
 PRA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)
 
  995,542
 
 
  4,585
 
 Spark Therapeutics, Inc. (a)
 
  408,799
 
 
  8,599
 
 Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
  343,960
 

 
  27,526
 
 Tactile Systems Technology, Inc. (a)
 
  851,930
 
 
  14,428
 
 Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)
 
  452,606
 
 
 
 
 
 
  10,503,167
 
 
 
 
 Materials & Processing 8.3%
 
 
 
 
  20,842
 
 BMC Stock Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  444,977
 
 
  21,511
 
 Builders FirstSource, Inc. (a)
 
  386,983
 
 
  8,036
 
 Ingevity Corp. (a)
 
  502,009
 
 
  14,301
 
 Installed Building Products, Inc. (a)
 
  926,705
 
 
  11,968
 
 PGT Innovations, Inc. (a)
 
  178,922
 
 
  3,613
 
 RBC Bearings, Inc. (a)
 
  452,167
 
 
  28,743
 
 Summit Materials, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  920,638
 
 
  3,888
 
 U.S. Concrete, Inc. (a)
 
  296,654
 
 
 
 
 
 
  4,109,055
 
 
 
 
 Producer Durables 14.8%
 
 
 
 
  6,263
 
 Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. (a)
 
  505,800
 
 
  18,093
 
 Air Transport Services Group, Inc. (a)
 
  440,384
 
 
  3,020
 
 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  198,716
 
 
  1,673
 
 HEICO Corp.
 
  150,252
 
 
  4,951
 
 John Bean Technologies Corp.
 
  500,546
 
 
  23,364
 
 Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  970,774
 
 
  11,608
 
 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (a)
 
  151,833
 
 
  12,144
 
 MasTec, Inc. (a)
 
  563,482
 
 
  9,058
 
 NV5 Global, Inc. (a)
 
  495,020
 
 
  8,694
 
 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
 
  957,296
 
 
  5,272
 
 Quanta Services, Inc. (a)
 
  197,015
 
 
  8,831
 
 Saia, Inc. (a)
 
  553,262
 
 
  12,281
 
 Schneider National, Inc. - Class B
 
  310,709
 
 
  17,884
 
 Spartan Motors, Inc.
 
  197,618
 
 
  5,651
 
 TriNet Group, Inc. (a)
 
  189,987
 
 
  13,344
 
 Triton International Ltd.
 
  444,088
 
 
  14,074
 
 WNS Holdings Ltd. - ADR (a)
 
  513,701
 
 
 
 
 
 
  7,340,483
 
 
 
 
 Technology 25.5%
 
 
 
 
  12,923
 
 Alarm.com Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  583,861
 
 
  23,965
 
 Asure Software, Inc. (a)
 
  297,645
 
 
  6,252
 
 BlackLine, Inc. (a)
 
  213,318
 
 
  25,394
 
 Carbonite, Inc. (a)
 
  558,668
 
 
  5,172
 
 CEVA, Inc. (a)
 
  221,362
 
 
  2,456
 
 Coherent, Inc. (a)
 
  577,578
 
 
  7,713
 
 CommerceHub, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  174,082
 
 
  21,044
 
 Diodes, Inc. (a)
 
  629,847
 
 
  6,555
 
 Everbridge, Inc. (a)
 
  173,183
 
 
  39,859
 
 Five9, Inc. (a)
 
  952,630
 
 
  5,164
 
 GrubHub, Inc. (a)
 
  271,936
 
 
  8,196
 
 GTT Communications, Inc. (a)
 
  259,403
 
 
  28,430
 
 Hortonworks, Inc. (a)
 
  481,889
 
 
  2,912
 
 LogMeIn, Inc.
 
  320,466
 
 
  6,066
 
 Lumentum Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  329,687
 
 
  13,894
 
 MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp. (a)
 
  157,697
 
 
  6,264
 
 Mercury Systems, Inc. (a)
 
  324,976
 
 
  14,232
 
 Nutanix, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  318,654
 
 
  11,565
 
 Orbotech Ltd. (a)
 
  488,159
 
 
  8,900
 
 Q2 Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  370,685
 
 
  11,279
 
 RADCOM Ltd. (a)
 
  237,423
 
 
  23,442
 
 RealPage, Inc. (a)
 
  935,336
 
 
  18,433
 
 RingCentral, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  769,578
 
 
  3,921
 
 Rogers Corp. (a)
 
  522,591
 
 
  6,504
 
 Rudolph Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
  171,055
 

 
  13,265
 
 ShotSpotter, Inc. (a)
 
  178,414
 
 
  13,270
 
 TTM Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
  203,960
 
 
  1,024
 
 Universal Display Corp.
 
  131,942
 
 
  69,068
 
 USA Technologies, Inc. (a)
 
  431,675
 
 
  26,203
 
 Varonis Systems, Inc. (a)
 
  1,097,906
 
 
  5,358
 
 Veeva Systems, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  302,245
 
 
 
 
 
 
  12,687,851
 
 
 
 
 Utilities 1.5%
 
 
 
 
  34,871
 
 Boingo Wireless, Inc. (a)
 
  745,193
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total Common Stocks
(Cost $35,608,995)
 
  49,170,842
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 1.6%  
 
 
 
 
 
 Investment Company 1.6%
 
 
 
 
  810,261
 
 Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.91%
 
  810,261
 
 
 
 
 Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $810,261)
 
  810,261
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Total Investments 100.6%
(Cost $36,419,256)
 
  49,981,103
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets (0.6)%
 
  (286,768
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
 
 $
49,694,335
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(a) Non-Incoming Producing.
ADR - American Depositary Receipt

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):

   
Investments
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
36,419,256
   
$
36,419,256
 
                 
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
13,739,250
     
13,739,250
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(177,403
)
   
(177,403
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
13,561,847
   
$
13,561,847
 

 (1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments.  For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

Frontier Netols Small Cap Value Fund
 
 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
 
 
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Number of Shares
 
  
 
Value
 
COMMON STOCKS 99.1%
 
 
 
 
 
Consumer Discretionary 11.5%
 
 
 
 12,842
 
American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
 
$
183,640
 
 15,570
 
Entercom Communications Corp. - Class A
   
178,276
 
 16,367
 
G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)
   
474,970
 
 4,428
 
Meredith Corp.
   
245,754
 
 18,087
 
Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)
   
348,175
 
 4,330
 
Nexstar Media Group, Inc. - Class A
   
269,759
 
 70,722
 
Office Depot, Inc.
   
321,078
 
 3,247
 
Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
   
154,460
 
 2,652
 
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)
   
177,684
 
 10,636
 
Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. - Class A
   
340,884
 
 7,405
 
TopBuild Corp. (a)
   
482,584
 
 6,584
 
Tower International, Inc.
   
179,085
 
 5,494
 
Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
   
158,502
 
 
 
 
   
3,514,851
 
 
 
Consumer Staples 1.4%
 
 
 
 5,818
 
Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.
   
221,899
 
 3,496
 
USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)
   
201,719
 
 
 
 
   
423,618
 
 
 
Energy 5.1%
 
 
 
 4,501
 
Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a)
   
86,869
 
 20,154
 
Callon Petroleum Co. (a)
   
226,531
 
 5,941
 
Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)
   
101,769
 
 7,079
 
PDC Energy, Inc. (a)
   
347,083
 
 3,460
 
Resolute Energy Corp. (a)
   
102,728
 
 36,707
 
Ring Energy, Inc. (a)
   
531,885
 
 16,637
 
Superior Energy Services, Inc. (a)
   
177,683
 
 
 
 
   
1,574,548
 
 
 
Financials 32.6%
 
 
 
 8,506
 
Banner Corp.
   
521,248
 
 8,754
 
Boston Private Financial Holdings Inc.
   
144,879
 
 8,130
 
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.
   
356,094
 
 4,251
 
Carolina Financial Corp.
   
152,526
 
 18,988
 
CenterState Banks, Inc.
   
508,878
 
 27,449
 
CNO Financial Group, Inc.
   
640,660
 
 9,422
 
Cowen, Inc. (a)
   
167,712
 
 1,546
 
Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.
   
33,239
 
 6,812
 
Enterprise Financial Services Corp.
   
288,488
 
 32,193
 
F.N.B. Corp.
   
451,668
 
 7,128
 
First American Financial Corp.
   
356,186
 
 7,761
 
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. - Class A
   
296,858
 
 10,837
 
Franklin Financial Network, Inc. (a)
   
386,339
 
 14,554
 
Green Bancorp, Inc. (a)
   
344,202
 
 6,698
 
Guaranty Bancorp
   
186,204
 
 2,954
 
Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
   
145,928
 
 3,888
 
Heritage Commerce Corp.
   
55,326
 
 4,923
 
Heritage Financial Corp.
   
145,228
 
 11,851
 
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.
   
156,552
 
 15,325
 
Hope Bancorp, Inc.
   
271,406
 
 5,933
 
IBERIABANK Corp.
   
487,396
 
 7,529
 
LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.
   
300,558
 

10,471
 
OneMain Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
295,177
 
 13,850
 
Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (a)
   
522,837
 
 7,327
 
Preferred Bank
   
442,184
 
 2,592
 
Primerica, Inc.
   
211,378
 
 6,234
 
Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
   
335,701
 
 12,785
 
State Bank Financial Corp.
   
366,290
 
 2,800
 
Stifel Financial Corp.
   
149,688
 
 4,630
 
Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)
   
149,318
 
 7,867
 
Umpqua Holdings Corp.
   
153,485
 
 19,226
 
United Community Banks, Inc.
   
548,710
 
 5,488
 
Wintrust Financial Corp.
   
429,765
 
 
 
 
   
10,002,108
 
 
 
Health Care 4.0%
 
 
 
 7,545
 
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a)
   
156,257
 
 6,405
 
Halyard Health, Inc. (a)
   
288,417
 
 3,910
 
Natus Medical, Inc. (a)
   
146,625
 
 14,100
 
NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)
   
156,933
 
 1,935
 
PAREXEL International Corp. (a)
   
170,435
 
 41,028
 
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
   
301,966
 
 
 
 
   
1,220,633
 
 
 
Industrials 13.2%
 
 
 
 3,904
 
ABM Industries, Inc.
   
162,836
 
 4,725
 
Astec Industries, Inc.
   
264,647
 
 5,167
 
Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)
   
339,988
 
 25,547
 
CBIZ, Inc. (a)
   
415,139
 
 3,156
 
Deluxe Corp.
   
230,262
 
 3,512
 
EMCOR Group, Inc.
   
243,662
 
 1,651
 
Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)
   
148,838
 
 2,720
 
Forward Air Corp.
   
155,666
 
 8,165
 
General Cable Corp.
   
153,910
 
 10,084
 
Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)
   
314,117
 
 4,682
 
Kadant, Inc.
   
461,411
 
 5,815
 
MYR Group, Inc. (a)
   
169,449
 
 3,147
 
On Assignment, Inc. (a)
   
168,931
 
 7,984
 
SkyWest, Inc.
   
350,498
 
 6,842
 
Tetra Tech, Inc.
   
318,495
 
 3,149
 
The Timken Company
   
152,884
 
 
 
 
   
4,050,733
 
 
 
Information Technology 10.4%
 
 
 
 9,206
 
Brooks Automation, Inc.
   
279,494
 
 2,335
 
CACI International, Inc. - Class A (a)
   
325,382
 
 1,956
 
Cass Information Systems, Inc.
   
124,089
 
 9,729
 
Conduent, Inc. (a)
   
152,453
 
 25,724
 
Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
   
386,374
 
 5,210
 
MKS Instruments, Inc.
   
492,085
 
 13,536
 
NCR Corp. (a)
   
507,871
 
 12,552
 
Photronics, Inc. (a)
   
111,085
 
 2,677
 
Plexus Corp. (a)
   
150,126
 
 5,100
 
Progress Software Corp.
   
194,667
 
 5,502
 
Verint Systems, Inc. (a)
   
230,259
 
 9,209
 
Web.com Group, Inc. (a)
   
230,225
 
 
 
 
   
3,184,110
 
 
 
Materials 5.4%
 
 
 
 17,284
 
Ferro Corp. (a)
   
385,433
 
 4,208
 
HB Fuller Co.
   
244,317
 
 2,393
 
Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
   
246,814
 
 13,385
 
KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.
   
287,644
 
 7,535
 
Materion Corp.
   
325,135
 
 10,326
 
TimkenSteel Corp. (a)
   
170,379
 
 
 
 
   
1,659,722
 

 
Real Estate 9.7%
 
 
 
 9,041
 
Acadia Realty Trust
   
258,753
 
 6,984
 
Chatham Lodging Trust
   
148,899
 
 2,773
 
CoreSite Realty Corp.
   
310,299
 
 3,671
 
Education Realty Trust, Inc.
   
131,899
 
 8,678
 
Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
   
290,973
 
 29,127
 
Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
   
296,222
 
 11,948
 
National Storage Affiliates Trust
   
289,620
 
 11,296
 
NorthStar Realty Europe Corp.
   
144,702
 
 4,225
 
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
   
152,691
 
 12,833
 
Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
   
367,280
 
 14,292
 
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
   
313,567
 
 2,645
 
Seritage Growth Properties - Class A
   
121,855
 
 4,259
 
Starwood Waypoint Homes
   
154,900
 
 
 
 
   
2,981,660
 
 
 
Utilities 5.8%
 
 
 
 3,009
 
Black Hills Corp.
   
207,230
 
 16,628
 
Calpine Corp. (a)
   
245,263
 
 4,179
 
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.
   
327,007
 
 3,379
 
IDACORP, Inc.
   
297,115
 
 4,447
 
Portland General Electric Co.
   
202,961
 
 7,635
 
South Jersey Industries, Inc.
   
263,636
 
 3,246
 
Spire, Inc.
   
242,314
 
 
 
 
   
1,785,526
 
 
 
Total Common Stocks 
(Cost $27,902,113)
   
30,397,509
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.8%
 
 
 
 
 
Investment Company 0.8%
 
 
 
 251,076
 
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio - Institutional Class, 0.91%
   
251,076
 
 
 
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $251,076)
   
251,076
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investments 99.9%
(Cost $28,153,189)
   
30,648,585
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 0.1%
   
40,888
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
 
$
30,689,473
 

(a) Non-Income Producing.


The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):
 
             
   
Investments
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
28,153,189
   
$
28,153,189
 
                 
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
2,900,938
     
2,900,938
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(405,542
)
   
(405,542
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
2,495,396
   
$
2,495,396
 
 
(1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

Frontier Phocas Small Cap Value Fund
 
 
 
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
 
 
 
September 30, 2017 (Unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Number of Shares
  
  
 
 Value
 
 COMMON STOCKS 99.0%
 
 
 
 
 
 Consumer Discretionary 11.4%
 
 
 
  15,052
 
 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
 
$
215,244
 
  18,263
 
 Entercom Communications Corp. - Class A
 
  209,111
 
  19,155
 
 G-III Apparel Group Ltd. (a)
 
  555,878
 
  5,194
 
 Meredith Corp.
 
  288,267
 
  21,167
 
 Modine Manufacturing Co. (a)
 
  407,465
 
  5,079
 
 Nexstar Media Group, Inc. - Class A
 
  316,422
 
  82,951
 
 Office Depot, Inc.
 
  376,597
 
  3,809
 
 Penske Automotive Group, Inc.
 
  181,194
 
  3,111
 
 Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc. (a)
 
  208,437
 
  12,476
 
 Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc. - Class A
 
  399,856
 
  8,686
 
 TopBuild Corp. (a)
 
  566,067
 
  7,722
 
 Tower International, Inc.
 
  210,038
 
  6,444
 
 Wolverine World Wide, Inc.
 
  185,909
 
 
 
 
 
  4,120,485
 
 
 
 Consumer Staples 1.4%
 
 
 
  6,823
 
 Snyder’s-Lance, Inc.
 
  260,229
 
  4,101
 
 USANA Health Sciences, Inc. (a)
 
  236,628
 
 
 
 
 
  496,857
 
 
 
 Energy 5.1%
 
 
 
  5,280
 
 Basic Energy Services, Inc. (a)
 
  101,904
 
  23,639
 
 Callon Petroleum Co. (a)
 
  265,702
 
  6,968
 
 Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. (a)
 
  119,362
 
  8,285
 
 PDC Energy, Inc. (a)
 
  406,214
 
  4,058
 
 Resolute Energy Corp. (a)
 
  120,482
 
  43,054
 
 Ring Energy, Inc. (a)
 
  623,852
 
  19,514
 
 Superior Energy Services, Inc. (a)
 
  208,410
 
 
 
 
 
  1,845,926
 
 
 
 Financials 32.6%
 
 
 
  9,977
 
 Banner Corp.
 
  611,391
 
  10,267
 
 Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.
 
  169,919
 
  9,536
 
 Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.
 
  417,677
 
  4,968
 
 Carolina Financial Corp.
 
  178,252
 
  22,271
 
 CenterState Banks, Inc.
 
  596,863
 
  32,195
 
 CNO Financial Group, Inc.
 
  751,431
 
  11,051
 
 Cowen, Inc. (a)
 
  196,708
 
  1,813
 
 Dime Community Bancshares, Inc.
 
  38,979
 
  7,990
 
 Enterprise Financial Services Corp.
 
  338,376
 
  37,760
 
 F.N.B. Corp.
 
  529,773
 
  8,361
 
 First American Financial Corp.
 
  417,799
 
  9,103
 
 First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. - Class A
 
  348,190
 
  12,711
 
 Franklin Financial Network, Inc. (a)
 
  453,147
 
  17,039
 
 Green Bancorp, Inc. (a)
 
  402,972
 
  7,856
 
 Guaranty Bancorp
 
  218,397
 
  3,464
 
 Heartland Financial USA, Inc.
 
  171,122
 
  4,561
 
 Heritage Commerce Corp.
 
  64,903
 
  5,774
 
 Heritage Financial Corp.
 
  170,333
 
  13,813
 
 Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.
 
  182,470
 
  17,975
 
 Hope Bancorp, Inc.
 
  318,337
 
  6,959
 
 IBERIABANK Corp.
 
  571,682
 
  8,831
 
 LegacyTexas Financial Group, Inc.
 
  352,534
 

  12,262
 
 OneMain Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  345,666
 
  16,246
 
 Pacific Premier Bancorp, Inc. (a)
 
  613,286
 
  8,564
 
 Preferred Bank
 
  516,837
 
  3,040
 
 Primerica, Inc.
 
  247,912
 
  7,312
 
 Selective Insurance Group, Inc.
 
  393,751
 
  14,996
 
 State Bank Financial Corp.
 
  429,635
 
  3,284
 
 Stifel Financial Corp.
 
  175,563
 
  5,430
 
 Triumph Bancorp, Inc. (a)
 
  175,118
 
  9,209
 
 Umpqua Holdings Corp.
 
  179,667
 
  22,551
 
 United Community Banks, Inc.
 
  643,606
 
  6,437
 
 Wintrust Financial Corp.
 
  504,081
 
 
 
 
 
  11,726,377
 
 
 
 Health Care 4.0%
 
 
 
  8,739
 
 Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. (a)
 
  180,985
 
  7,501
 
 Halyard Health, Inc. (a)
 
  337,770
 
  4,586
 
 Natus Medical, Inc. (a)
 
  171,975
 
  16,511
 
 NeoGenomics, Inc. (a)
 
  183,768
 
  2,270
 
 PAREXEL International Corp. (a)
 
  199,942
 
  48,123
 
 Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)
 
  354,185
 
 
 
 
 
  1,428,625
 
 
 
 Industrials 13.2%
 
 
 
  4,579
 
 ABM Industries, Inc.
 
  190,990
 
  5,542
 
 Astec Industries, Inc.
 
  310,407
 
  6,061
 
 Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (a)
 
  398,814
 
  29,965
 
 CBIZ, Inc. (a)
 
  486,931
 
  3,701
 
 Deluxe Corp.
 
  270,025
 
  4,120
 
 EMCOR Group, Inc.
 
  285,845
 
  1,938
 
 Esterline Technologies Corp. (a)
 
  174,711
 
  3,177
 
 Forward Air Corp.
 
  181,820
 
  9,576
 
 General Cable Corp.
 
  180,508
 
  11,787
 
 Gibraltar Industries, Inc. (a)
 
  367,165
 
  5,492
 
 Kadant, Inc.
 
  541,237
 
  6,820
 
 MYR Group, Inc. (a)
 
  198,735
 
  3,691
 
 On Assignment, Inc. (a)
 
  198,133
 
  9,365
 
 SkyWest, Inc.
 
  411,123
 
  8,025
 
 Tetra Tech, Inc.
 
  373,564
 
  3,693
 
 The Timken Company
 
  179,295
 
 
 
 
 
  4,749,303
 
 
 
 Information Technology 10.4%
 
 
 
  10,798
 
 Brooks Automation, Inc.
 
  327,827
 
  2,739
 
 CACI International, Inc. - Class A (a)
 
  381,680
 
  2,294
 
 Cass Information Systems, Inc.
 
  145,531
 
  11,411
 
 Conduent, Inc. (a)
 
  178,810
 
  30,172
 
 Cypress Semiconductor Corp.
 
  453,183
 
  6,111
 
 MKS Instruments, Inc.
 
  577,184
 
  15,876
 
 NCR Corp. (a)
 
  595,668
 
  14,723
 
 Photronics, Inc. (a)
 
  130,299
 
  3,139
 
 Plexus Corp. (a)
 
  176,035
 
  5,982
 
 Progress Software Corp.
 
  228,333
 
  6,454
 
 Verint Systems, Inc. (a)
 
  270,100
 
  10,802
 
 Web.com Group, Inc. (a)
 
  270,050
 
 
 
 
 
  3,734,700
 
 
 
 Materials 5.4%
 
 
 
  20,273
 
 Ferro Corp. (a)
 
  452,088
 
  4,936
 
 HB Fuller Co.
 
  286,584
 
  2,807
 
 Kaiser Aluminum Corp.
 
  289,514
 
  15,646
 
 KapStone Paper and Packaging Corp.
 
  336,232
 
  8,838
 
 Materion Corp.
 
  381,360
 
  12,112
 
 TimkenSteel Corp. (a)
 
  199,848
 
 
 
 
 
  1,945,626
 

 
 
 Real Estate 9.7%
 
 
 
  10,605
 
 Acadia Realty Trust
 
  303,515
 
  8,192
 
 Chatham Lodging Trust
 
  174,653
 
  3,253
 
 CoreSite Realty Corp.
 
  364,011
 
  4,291
 
 Education Realty Trust, Inc.
 
  154,176
 
  10,179
 
 Hudson Pacific Properties, Inc.
 
  341,302
 
  34,164
 
 Independence Realty Trust, Inc.
 
  347,448
 
  14,014
 
 National Storage Affiliates Trust
 
  339,699
 
  13,249
 
 NorthStar Realty Europe Corp.
 
  169,720
 
  4,957
 
 Pebblebrook Hotel Trust
 
  179,146
 
  15,052
 
 Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.
 
  430,788
 
  16,762
 
 Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.
 
  367,758
 
  3,103
 
 Seritage Growth Properties - Class A
 
  142,955
 
  4,996
 
 Starwood Waypoint Homes
 
  181,705
 
 
 
 
 
  3,496,876
 
 
 
 Utilities 5.8%
 
 
 
  3,530
 
 Black Hills Corp.
 
  243,111
 
  19,504
 
 Calpine Corp. (a)
 
  287,684
 
  4,901
 
 Chesapeake Utilities Corp.
 
  383,503
 
  3,963
 
 IDACORP, Inc.
 
  348,467
 
  5,216
 
 Portland General Electric Co.
 
  238,058
 
  8,955
 
 South Jersey Industries, Inc.
 
  309,216
 
  3,807
 
 Spire, Inc.
 
  284,193
 
 
 
 
 
  2,094,232
 
 
 
 Total Common Stocks
 (Cost $26,622,168)
 
  35,639,007
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.8%
 
 
 
 
 
 Investment Company 0.8%
 
 
 
  307,826
 
 Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds - Government Portfolio, Institutional Class, 0.91%
 
  307,826
 
 
 
 Total Short-Term Investments
 (Cost $307,826)
 
  307,826
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total Investments 99.8%
 (Cost $26,929,994)
 
  35,946,833
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities 0.2%
 
  56,632
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TOTAL NET ASSETS 100.0%
 
$
36,003,465
 
 
 (a) Non-Income Producing.

The cost basis of investments for federal income tax purposes at September 30, 2017, was as follows(1):
 
   
Investments
   
Total Portfolio
 
Tax cost(2)
 
$
26,929,994
   
$
26,929,994
 
                 
Gross unrealized appreciation
   
9,579,013
     
9,579,013
 
Gross unrealized depreciation
   
(562,174
)
   
(562,174
)
Net unrealized appreciation
 
$
9,016,839
   
$
9,016,839
 
 
(1) Because tax adjustments are calculated annually, the above table does not reflect tax adjustments. For the previous fiscal year’s federal income tax information, please refer to the Notes to Financial Statements section in the Fund’s most recent semi-annual or annual report.
(2) Tax cost represents tax cost on investments.

Investment Valuation - Equity securities for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last reported sale price on the national securities exchange on which such securities are primarily traded. Equity securities for which there were no transactions on a given day or securities not listed on a national securities exchange are valued at the most recent bid price. Equity securities that are traded on NASDAQ are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price ("NOCP"). Participation (Equity Linked) Notes (“P-Notes”) are valued based on an evaluated price provided by an independent pricing service, using a methodology for P-Notes provided by a third-party analytics firm. Debt securities are valued at the bid price provided by an independent pricing service, which uses valuation methods such as matrix pricing and other analytical pricing models as well as market transactions and dealer bid quotations. Shares of underlying mutual funds are valued at their respective Net Asset Value (“NAV”). Exchange-traded funds and closed-end funds are valued at the last reported sale price on the exchange on which the security is principally traded. Securities that are primarily traded on foreign exchanges generally are valued at the last sale price of such securities on their respective exchange. In the case of foreign securities, the occurrence of events after the close of the foreign markets, but prior to the time the Fund’s NAV is calculated, will result in a systematic fair value adjustment to the trading prices of foreign securities. The Fund will value foreign securities at fair value using fair valuation procedures approved by the Board of Directors (the "Board"), taking into account such events in calculating the NAV. In such cases, use of fair valuation can reduce an investor’s ability to seek to profit by estimating the Fund’s NAV in advance of the time the NAV is calculated. The Board has retained an independent fair value pricing service to assist in valuing foreign securities held by the Frontier MFG Global Equity, Frontier MFG Global Plus, Frontier MFG Core Infrastructure and Frontier Silk Invest New Horizons Funds. In valuing assets, prices denominated in foreign currencies are converted to U.S. dollar equivalents at the current exchange rate, which approximates fair value. Any securities or other assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the advisers or subadvisers pursuant to guidelines established by the Board. The Board has appointed a Valuation Committee to assist the Board in its oversight of valuation procedures.
 
The Funds follow a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between market data obtained from independent sources (observable inputs) and the Funds' own market assumptions (unobservable inputs). These inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund's investments and are summarized in the following fair value hierarchy:
 
Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities
Level 2 — Evaluated prices based on other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, foreign security indices, foreign exchange rates, fair value estimates for foreign securities and changes in benchmark securities indices)
Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining fair value of investments)

The following is a summary of inputs used to value the Funds' securities as of September 30, 2017:
 
MFG Global Equity
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
1,054,629,029
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,054,629,029
 
Total Equity
   
1,054,629,029
     
-
     
-
     
1,054,629,029
 
Short-Term Investments
   
109,238,409
     
-
     
-
     
109,238,409
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
1,163,867,438
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
1,163,867,438
 
 
MFG Global Plus
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
351,639,218
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
351,639,218
 
Total Equity
   
351,639,218
     
-
     
-
     
351,639,218
 
Short-Term Investments
   
39,414,272
     
-
     
-
     
39,414,272
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
391,053,490
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
391,053,490
 
 
MFG Core Infrastructure
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
253,380,282
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
253,380,282
 
Closed-End Funds
   
3,367,816
     
-
     
-
     
3,367,816
 
Rights
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total Equity
   
256,748,098
     
-
     
-
     
256,748,098
 
Short-Term Investments
   
5,479,790
     
-
     
-
     
5,479,790
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
262,227,888
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
262,227,888
 

Silk Invest New Horizons
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
24,813,798
   
$
22,555,791
   
$
-
   
$
47,369,589
 
P-Notes
   
-
     
8,819,304
     
-
     
8,819,304
 
Total Equity
   
24,813,798
     
31,375,095
     
-
     
56,188,893
 
Short-Term Investments
   
1,868,658
     
-
     
-
     
1,868,658
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
26,682,456
   
$
31,375,095
   
$
-
   
$
58,057,551
 
 
Timpani Small Cap Growth
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
49,170,842
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
49,170,842
 
Total Equity
   
49,170,842
     
-
     
-
     
49,170,842
 
Short-Term Investments
   
810,261
     
-
     
-
     
810,261
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
49,981,103
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
49,981,103
 
 
Netols Small Cap Value
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
30,397,509
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
30,397,509
 
Total Equity
   
30,397,509
     
-
     
-
     
30,397,509
 
Short-Term Investments
   
251,076
     
-
     
-
     
251,076
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
30,648,585
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
30,648,585
 

Phocas Small Cap Value
 
Description
 
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Equity (a)
                       
Common Stocks
 
$
35,639,007
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
35,639,007
 
Total Equity
   
35,639,007
     
-
     
-
     
35,639,007
 
Short-Term Investments
   
307,826
     
-
     
-
     
307,826
 
Total Investments in Securities
 
$
35,946,833
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
35,946,833
 
 
(a) See Fund’s Schedule of Investments for sector or country classifications.
 
   
Silk Invest
New Horizons
 
Transfers into Level 1
 
$
6,100,946
 
Transfers out of Level 2
   
(6,100,946
)
Net transfers
 
$
-
 
         
Transfers into Level 2
 
$
7,546,246
 
Transfers out of Level 1
   
(7,546,246
)
Net transfers
 
$
-
 


Tax Disclosure – Each Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and to make the requisite distributions of income and capital gains to its shareholders sufficient to relieve it from all or substantially all federal income taxes.  Therefore, no federal income tax provision has been provided.

The Funds have adopted financial reporting rules regarding recognition and measurement of tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.  The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense on the Statement of Operations.  During the period, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.  The Funds have reviewed all open tax years and concluded that there is no effect to any of the Funds’ financial positions or results of operations and no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken on a tax return.  The Funds have no examinations in progress.  The Company is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change during the remainder of the fiscal year.
 
As of June 30, 2017, the Frontier MFG Global Plus Fund had a long-term capital loss carryforward that will not expire of $312,481 and the Frontier Timpani Small Cap Growth Fund had a short-term capital loss carryforward that will not expire of $2,523,110.

For additional information regarding the accounting policies of the Funds, refer to the most recent financial statements in the N-CSR filing at www.sec.gov.


Item 2. Controls and Procedures.
 
(a)
The Registrant’s President/Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer/Chief Financial Officer have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”)) (17 CFR270.30a-3(c)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d‑15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(d)).

(b)
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the Registrant's last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting.
 
Item 3. Exhibits.
 
Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)).  Filed herewith.

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.
 
 
Frontier Funds, Inc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
By
 /s/  William D. Forsyth III
 
   
William D. Forsyth III, President
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
  Date
 11/17/2017
 
 
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
 /s/  William D. Forsyth III
 
   
William D. Forsyth III, President
(Principal Executive Officer)
 
       
  Date
 11/17/2017
 
 
 
By
 /s/   Elyce D. Dilworth
 
   
Elyce D. Dilworth, Treasurer and Assistant Secretary
(Principal Financial Officer)
 
       
  Date
 11/17/2017