N-CSRS 1 piafunds-ncsrs.htm PIA BBB-MBSBF, PIA MDBF-STSF, PIA HYF SEMIANNUAL REPORTS 5-31-13 piafunds-ncsrs.htm
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 811-07959



Advisors Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)



615 East Michigan St.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)



Douglas G. Hess, President
Advisors Series Trust
c/o U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
777 E. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Name and address of agent for service)



(414) 765-6609
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)



Date of fiscal year end:  November 30, 2013


Date of reporting period:  May 31, 2013

 
 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
 

 
PIA Funds

 
– PIA BBB Bond Fund
Managed Account Completion Shares (MACS)

– PIA MBS Bond Fund
Managed Account Completion Shares (MACS)

 

 

 

 
Semi-Annual Report
 
May 31, 2013
 

 
 

 

PIA Funds
 
 
Dear Shareholder:
 
We are pleased to provide you with this semi-annual report for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 regarding the following series of the PIA Mutual Funds for which Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (PIA) is the adviser: the PIA BBB Bond Fund and the PIA MBS Bond Fund.
 
During the six months ended May 31, 2013, the total returns, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, were as follows:
 
PIA BBB Bond Fund
-0.89%
PIA MBS Bond Fund
-1.07%
 
PIA BBB Bond Fund
The return of the PIA BBB Bond Fund for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 of -0.89% was lower than the Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Baa Bond Index return of -0.49% and the Barclays Capital U.S. Baa Corporate Index return of 0.04%.  The Fund has a strategy of using a broad diversification of BBB rated issuers, industry sectors and range of maturities.  The bonds held in the Fund represent over 140 different issuers.  Volatility in the individual names within a sector in the Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Baa Bond Index contributed to the Fund’s underperformance.
 
A broad market index, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Index had a return of -1.05% for the six month period.
 
PIA MBS Bond Fund
The return of the PIA MBS Bond Fund for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 of -1.07% was less than the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Fixed Rate Index return of -0.95%.  Additionally, the Fund utilized dollar rolls for specific coupons with attractive yields, which added to returns.  The higher than expected prepayment in some of the pools owned by the Fund offset the positive impact of the dollar rolls causing the Fund to modestly underperform.  The portfolio was broadly diversified across various coupons and sectors.
 
The Gross Domestic Product’s annual rate of growth was 2.4% for the first quarter of 2013 compared to 0.4% during the fourth quarter of 2012 and 1.7% for all of 2012.  The housing sector continued to improve and unemployment levels declined to 7.6%.  The Federal Reserve maintained its easier monetary policy by keeping the Federal Funds Rate close to zero and implementing a third round of its quantitative easing (QE) program.  Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, declined to 1.1% year over year at April 2013, down from 2.3% year over year at April 2012.
 
The prospects of an improving economy and the Federal Reserve tapering their QE program caused yields to rise.  Yields on 5-year Treasury notes and 30-year Treasury bonds rose by 40 and 47 basis points (bp), respectively, from November 30, 2012 to May 31, 2013.  Yields on one-year Treasuries were 4 bp lower.
 
Interest rate spreads on BBB rated bonds relative to Treasuries declined during the period from 188 bp to 170 bp.  Spreads on Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities fell from 169 bp to 151 bp, as the demand for yield helped both sectors.
 
We believe that the PIA BBB Bond Fund and the PIA MBS Bond Fund provide our clients with a means of efficiently investing in a broadly diversified portfolio of BBB rated bonds and agency mortgage-backed bonds, respectively.
 
Please take a moment to review each Fund’s statements of assets and the results of operations for the six month period ended May 31, 2013.  We look forward to reporting to you again with the annual report dated November 30, 2013.
 
Lloyd McAdams
Chairman of the Board
Pacific Income Advisers, Inc.
 

 
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PIA Funds
 
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Opinions expressed above are those of the adviser and are subject to change, are not guaranteed and should not be considered recommendations to buy or sell any security and should not be considered investment advice.
 
Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk.  Principal loss is possible.  Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise.  This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.  Investments in Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments.
 
Investment by the PIA BBB Bond Fund in lower-rated and non-rated securities presents a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities.  The Fund may invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods.  These risks are greater for emerging markets.
 
The Funds may also use options, futures contracts, and swaps, which have the risks of unlimited losses of the underlying holdings due to unanticipated market movements and failure to correctly predict the direction of securities prices, interest rates and currency rates.  Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments.  These risks are fully disclosed in the Prospectus.
 
Bond ratings provide the probability of an issuer defaulting based on the analysis of the issuer's financial condition and profit potential.  Bond rating services are provided by Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Investors Service.  Bond ratings start at AAA (denoting the highest investment quality) and usually end at D (meaning payment is in default).
 
Diversification does not assure a profit or protect against risk in a declining market.
 
The Barclays Capital U.S. Credit Baa Bond Index is an unmanaged index consisting of bonds rated Baa.  The issues must be publicly traded and meet certain maturity and issue size requirements.  Bonds are represented by the Industrial, Utility, Finance and non-corporate sectors.  Non-corporate sectors include sovereign, supranational, foreign agency and foreign local government issuers.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Baa Corporate Index is an unmanaged index consisting of bonds rated Baa.  The issues must be publicly traded and meet certain maturity and issue size requirements.  Bonds are represented by the Industrial, Utility, and Finance sectors.  Non-corporate sectors are not included in this index.  The Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Fixed Rate Index (the “MBS Index”) is an unmanaged index that covers the mortgage-backed pass-through securities of Ginnie Mae (GNMA), Fannie Mae (FNMA) and Freddie Mac (FHLMC).  The MBS Index is formed by grouping the universe of over 600,000 individual fixed rate MBS pools into approximately 3,500 generic aggregates.  Each aggregate is a proxy for the outstanding pools for a given agency, program, issue year and coupon.  The index maturity and liquidity criteria are then applied to these aggregates to determine which qualify for inclusion in the index.  About 600 of these generic aggregates meet the criteria.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”) is an unmanaged index presented for comparative purposes only.  The Index represents securities that are U.S. domestic, taxable, and dollar denominated.  The Index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.  You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
Gross Domestic Product is the amount of goods and services produced in a year, in a country.
 
Consumer Price Index measures the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food and medical care.
 
Basis point equals 1/100th of 1%.
 
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments in the report for complete holdings information.  Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.  Investment performance reflects fee waivers in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC, Distributor
 

 
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PIA Funds
Expense Example – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
As a shareholder of a mutual fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the PIA Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (12/1/12 – 5/31/13).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the tables below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses, with actual net expenses being limited to 0.00% per the advisory agreements for the PIA BBB Bond Fund and the PIA MBS Bond Fund.  Although the Funds charge no sales loads or transaction fees, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks, and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ transfer agent.  The Example below includes, but is not limited to, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees.  You may use the information in the first line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.  Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the tables below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is different from the Funds’ actual returns.  The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.  You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds.  To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.  Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees.  Therefore, the second line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
Beginning Account
Ending Account
Expenses Paid During
 
Value 12/1/12
Value 5/31/13
Period 12/1/12 – 5/31/13*
PIA BBB Bond Fund
     
Actual
$1,000.00
$   991.10
$0.00
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$1,000.00
$1,024.93
$0.00
       
PIA MBS Bond Fund
     
Actual
$1,000.00
$   989.30
$0.00
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$1,000.00
$1,024.93
$0.00
 
*
Expenses are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 (days in most recent fiscal half-year) / 365 days to reflect the one-half year expense.  The annualized expense ratio of the PIA BBB Bond Fund and the PIA MBS Bond Fund is 0.00%.


 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Allocation of Portfolio Assets – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
Investments by Sector
As a Percentage of Total Investments
 
 
 
 

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MBS BOND FUND
Allocation of Portfolio Assets – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
 
Investments by Issuer
As a Percentage of Total Investments
 
 
 


 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
CORPORATE BONDS 87.5%
     
 
Agricultural Chemicals 1.3%
     
   
Mosaic Co.
     
$ 1,660,000  
  3.75%, due 11/15/21
  $ 1,723,951  
     
Potash Corp-Saskatchewan, Inc.
       
  2,000,000  
  3.25%, due 12/1/17
    2,135,130  
  490,000  
  5.625%, due 12/1/40
    559,623  
            4,418,704  
Agriculture 0.8%
       
     
Bunge Limited Finance Corp.
       
  1,925,000  
  8.50%, due 6/15/19
    2,466,749  
 
Airlines 0.9%
       
     
Continental Airlines, Inc.
       
  605,300  
  5.983%, due 10/19/23
    687,015  
     
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
       
  766,948  
  7.75%, due 12/17/19
    901,164  
     
US Airways
       
  1,098,018  
  5.90%, due 4/1/26
    1,227,035  
            2,815,214  
Auto Parts 1.2%
       
     
Advance Auto Parts, Inc.
       
  1,600,000  
  5.75%, due 5/1/20
    1,758,822  
     
Johnson Controls, Inc.
       
  2,180,000  
  4.25%, due 3/1/21
    2,353,572  
            4,112,394  
Autos 1.9%
       
     
Ford Motor Co.
       
  1,475,000  
  7.45%, due 7/16/31
    1,865,812  
     
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
       
  2,500,000  
  7.00%, due 4/15/15
    2,751,270  
  1,450,000  
  5.875%, due 8/2/21
    1,654,367  
            6,271,449  
Banks 4.2%
       
     
Capital One Financial Corp.
       
  2,915,000  
  6.15%, due 9/1/16
    3,310,939  
     
Citigroup, Inc.
       
  1,350,000  
  5.50%, due 2/15/17
    1,501,563  
  1,100,000  
  6.125%, due 8/25/36
    1,198,726  
     
Discover Financial Services
       
  450,000  
  3.85%, due 11/21/22
    454,087  
     
Fifth Third Bancorp
       
  1,630,000  
  4.50%, due 6/1/18
    1,789,150  
  425,000  
  8.25%, due 3/1/38
    588,556  
     
Huntington Bancshares
       
  1,440,000  
  7.00%, due 12/15/20
    1,777,965  
     
KeyCorp
       
  900,000  
  5.10%, due 3/24/21
    1,034,965  
     
SunTrust Banks Inc.
       
  1,200,000  
  6.00%, due 9/11/17
    1,396,342  
     
UBS AG
       
  750,000  
  5.875%, due 7/15/16
    841,518  
            13,893,811  
Biotech 2.9%
       
     
Amgen, Inc.
       
  2,950,000  
  3.875%, due 11/15/21
    3,157,373  
  1,350,000  
  5.15%, due 11/15/41
    1,437,589  
     
Biogen Idec, Inc.
       
  3,010,000  
  6.875%, due 3/1/18
    3,656,328  
     
Gilead Sciences, Inc.
       
  600,000  
  4.40%, due 12/1/21
    665,322  
  750,000  
  5.65%, due 12/1/41
    885,299  
            9,801,911  
Broker 2.5%
       
     
Credit Suisse Group
       
  700,000  
  5.40%, due 1/14/20
    793,055  
     
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
       
  1,700,000  
  5.625%, due 1/15/17
    1,890,320  
  1,050,000  
  6.75%, due 10/1/37
    1,148,683  
     
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc.
       
  2,060,000  
  5.70%, due 5/2/17
    2,278,764  
  1,250,000  
  6.11%, due 1/29/37
    1,345,081  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Broker 2.5% (continued)
     
   
Nomura Holdings, Inc.
     
$ 850,000  
  6.70%, due 3/4/20
  $ 1,004,585  
            8,460,488  
Cable/Satellite 1.0%
       
     
Direct TV Holdings
       
  2,760,000  
  5.00%, due 3/1/21
    3,057,139  
  300,000  
  6.00%, due 8/15/40
    321,495  
            3,378,634  
Chemicals 1.5%
           
     
Dow Chemical Co.
       
  2,025,000  
  4.25%, due 11/15/20
    2,226,763  
  865,000  
  7.375%, due 11/1/29
    1,134,100  
     
Eastman Chemical Co.
       
  1,000,000  
  2.40%, due 6/1/17
    1,026,846  
     
RPM International, Inc.
       
  500,000  
  6.125%, due 10/15/19
    588,552  
            4,976,261  
Communications 0.8%
       
     
Telefonica Emisiones SAU
       
  1,935,000  
  5.462%, due 2/16/21
    2,090,984  
  600,000  
  7.05%, due 6/20/36
    689,419  
            2,780,403  
Communications Equipment 0.9%
       
     
Harris Corp.
       
  2,500,000  
  6.15%, due 12/15/40
    2,878,230  
 
Computer Hardware 0.1%
       
     
Dell, Inc.
       
  450,000  
  5.65%, due 4/15/18
    472,723  
 
Consumer Products 0.1%
       
     
Fortune Brands, Inc.
       
  181,000  
  5.375%, due 1/15/16
    199,077  
 
Diversified Manufacturing 0.2%
       
     
Ingersoll-Rand Global
       
     
  Holding Company Ltd.
       
 
560,000  
  6.875%, due 8/15/18
    674,959  
 
Electric Utilities 6.2%
       
     
Constellation Energy Group
       
  666,000  
  7.60%, due 4/1/32
    868,855  
     
Dominion Resources, Inc.
       
  1,230,000  
  5.15%, due 7/15/15
    1,340,824  
  570,000  
  4.90%, due 8/1/41
    613,888  
     
Duke Energy Corp.
       
  1,370,000  
  6.25%, due 6/15/18
    1,642,750  
     
Entergy Texas, Inc.
       
  2,304,000  
  7.125%, due 2/1/19
    2,806,797  
     
Exelon Corp.
       
  845,000  
  4.90%, due 6/15/15
    911,076  
  1,315,000  
  5.625%, due 6/15/35
    1,442,748  
     
FirstEnergy Corp.
       
  1,165,000  
  7.375%, due 11/15/31
    1,318,423  
     
Indiana Michigan Power
       
  850,000  
  6.05%, due 3/15/37
    1,010,584  
     
Jersey Central Power & Light
       
  1,300,000  
  7.35%, due 2/1/19
    1,618,035  
     
Nevada Power Co.
       
  1,210,000  
  6.50%, due 8/1/18
    1,491,388  
     
NiSource Finance Corp.
       
  900,000  
  6.13%, due 3/1/22
    1,062,742  
  400,000  
  5.25%, due 2/15/43
    416,561  
     
Ohio Power Co.
       
  1,200,000  
  5.38%, due 10/1/21
    1,419,617  
     
Oncor Electric Delivery
       
  695,000  
  7.00%, due 5/1/32
    917,892  
     
Southern Union Co.
       
  1,000,000  
  7.60%, due 2/1/24
    1,261,496  
     
Teco Finance, Inc.
       
  550,000  
  5.15%, due 3/15/20
    626,534  
            20,770,210  
Finance 0.6%
       
     
Block Financial Corp.
       
  2,000,000  
  5.50%, due 11/1/22
    2,115,988  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Finance – Credit Cards 0.5%
     
   
American Express Co.
     
  1,555,000  
  6.80%, due 9/1/66 (a)
  $ 1,704,669  
 
Food 2.6%
       
     
ConAgra Foods, Inc.
       
  1,500,000  
  7.00%, due 10/1/28
    1,910,836  
     
Kraft Foods, Inc.
       
  1,785,000  
  6.50%, due 8/11/17
    2,118,304  
  900,000  
  6.875%, due 2/1/38
    1,177,747  
     
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
       
  2,200,000  
  2.25%, due 6/5/17
    2,254,248  
     
Kroger Co.
       
  780,000  
  6.15%, due 1/15/20
    934,335  
            8,395,470  
Gas Pipelines 1.1%
       
     
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
       
  3,000,000  
  6.50%, due 5/1/18
    3,638,532  
 
Health Care 2.1%
       
     
Cardinal Health, Inc.
       
  1,500,000  
  5.80%, due 10/15/16
    1,718,484  
     
Humana, Inc.
       
  2,855,000  
  7.20%, due 6/15/18
    3,441,643  
     
Laboratory Corporation of
       
     
  America Holdings
       
  2,000,000  
  2.20%, due 8/23/17
    2,009,532  
            7,169,659  
Information Technology 2.3%
       
     
Hewlett Packard Co.
       
  2,850,000  
  2.60%, due 9/15/17
    2,900,810  
  800,000  
  4.65%, due 12/9/21
    825,246  
     
Ingram Micro, Inc.
       
  3,700,000  
  5.00%, due 8/10/22
    3,840,926  
            7,566,982  
Insurance 6.0%
       
     
Allstate Corp.
       
  350,000  
  6.125%, due 5/15/67 (a)
    386,477  
     
American International
       
     
  Group, Inc.
       
  2,925,000  
  5.05%, due 10/1/15
    3,192,067  
  1,450,000  
  8.25%, due 8/15/18
    1,846,714  
  1,000,000  
  6.25%, due 3/15/87
    1,105,000  
     
AXA SA
       
  500,000  
  8.60%, due 12/15/30
    646,285  
     
CIGNA Corp.
       
  315,000  
  6.15%, due 11/15/36
    376,493  
     
Cincinnati Financial Corp.
       
  1,200,000  
  6.92%, due 5/15/28
    1,517,198  
     
CNA Financial Corp.
       
  700,000  
  5.85%, due 12/15/14
    748,298  
     
Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
       
  2,500,000  
  5.50%, due 9/1/22
    2,763,715  
     
Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc.
       
  633,000  
  5.75%, due 9/15/15
    699,097  
  1,200,000  
  5.875%, due 8/1/33
    1,391,047  
     
Metlife, Inc.
       
  855,000  
  6.40%, due 12/15/66
    970,425  
     
Protective Life Corp.
       
  350,000  
  7.38%, due 10/15/19
    437,574  
     
Transatlantic Holdings, Inc.
       
  1,200,000  
  8.00%, due 11/30/39
    1,658,567  
     
Unum Group
       
  1,000,000  
  5.63%, due 9/15/20
    1,139,908  
  1,000,000  
  5.75%, due 8/15/42
    1,099,851  
            19,978,716  
Machinery 0.4%
       
     
Flowserve Corp.
       
  1,500,000  
  3.50%, due 9/15/22
    1,495,821  
 
Media 5.3%
       
     
CBS Corp.
       
  2,420,000  
  5.75%, due 4/15/20
    2,806,225  
     
Discover Communications
       
  500,000  
  3.30%, due 5/15/22
    499,801  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Media 5.3% (continued)
     
   
Interpublic Group of Companies
     
$ 1,030,000  
  6.25%, due 11/15/14
  $ 1,102,100  
     
News America, Inc.
       
  750,000  
  5.30%, due 12/15/14
    801,918  
  1,710,000  
  6.20%, due 12/15/34
    1,983,843  
     
Omnicom Group, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  3.625%, due 5/1/22
    402,721  
     
Time Warner, Inc.
       
  3,315,000  
  7.625%, due 4/15/31
    4,498,031  
     
Time Warner Cable, Inc.
       
  2,825,000  
  5.85%, due 5/1/17
    3,255,617  
     
Time Warner Entertainment
       
     
  Company, L.P.
       
  1,260,000  
  8.375%, due 7/15/33
    1,714,598  
     
Viacom, Inc.
       
  810,000  
  4.375%, due 3/15/43 (b)
    734,403  
            17,799,257  
Medical Equipment 0.4%
       
     
Agilent Technologies, Inc.
       
  1,000,000  
  6.50%, due 11/1/17
    1,183,691  
 
Metals 0.6%
       
     
Alcoa, Inc.
       
  810,000  
  5.55%, due 2/1/17
    877,730  
     
Southern Copper Corp.
       
  850,000  
  6.75%, due 4/16/40
    897,011  
            1,774,741  
Metals and Mining 0.3%
       
     
Teck Resources Ltd.
       
  900,000  
  5.40%, due 2/1/43
    850,581  
 
Metalworking Machinery 0.4%
       
     
Kennametal, Inc.
       
  1,400,000  
  2.65%, due 11/1/19
    1,390,914  
 
Mining 3.3%
       
     
AngloGold Holdings PLC
       
  1,500,000  
  5.125%, due 8/1/22
    1,484,791  
     
Barrick Gold Corp.
       
  1,470,000  
  6.95%, due 4/1/19
    1,740,812  
     
Freeport-McMoRan
       
     
  Copper & Gold Inc.
       
  3,700,000  
  3.55%, due 3/1/22
    3,608,736  
     
Newmont Mining Corp.
       
  900,000  
  4.875%, due 3/15/42
    776,342  
     
Vale Overseas Limited
       
  1,460,000  
  6.25%, due 1/23/17
    1,665,200  
  1,600,000  
  6.875%, due 11/21/36
    1,725,230  
            11,001,111  
Office Equipment 0.3%
       
     
Xerox Corp.
       
  1,000,000  
  6.75%, due 2/1/17
    1,156,611  
 
Oil and Gas 13.1%
       
     
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
       
  800,000  
  5.95%, due 9/15/16
    912,547  
  1,100,000  
  6.45%, due 9/15/36
    1,344,021  
     
Cameron International Corp.
       
  1,000,000  
  6.375%, due 7/15/18
    1,197,494  
     
Canadian Natural Resources
       
  835,000  
  6.00%, due 8/15/16
    957,899  
  725,000  
  6.50%, due 2/15/37
    872,767  
     
Devon Energy Corp.
       
  665,000  
  7.95%, due 4/15/32
    910,835  
     
Encana Corp.
       
  450,000  
  3.90%, due 11/15/21
    472,971  
  750,000  
  6.50%, due 8/15/34
    875,433  
     
Enterprise Products
       
     
  Operating LLC
       
  1,250,000  
  3.20%, due 2/1/16
    1,319,785  
  2,250,000  
  4.85%, due 8/15/42
    2,250,194  
     
Hess Corp.
       
  575,000  
  8.125%, due 2/15/19
    741,017  
     
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners
       
  850,000  
  3.95%, due 9/1/22
    880,269  
  2,120,000  
  5.80%, due 3/15/35
    2,343,603  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Oil and Gas 13.1% (continued)
     
   
Marathon Oil Corp.
     
$ 2,200,000  
  6.00%, due 10/1/17
  $ 2,574,413  
  890,000  
  6.60%, due 10/1/37
    1,100,787  
     
Pemex Master Trust
       
  2,800,000  
  5.75%, due 3/1/18
    3,192,000  
  950,000  
  6.625%, due 6/15/35
    1,092,500  
     
Petrobras International
       
     
  Finance Co.
       
  3,085,000  
  5.875%, due 3/1/18
    3,469,662  
  1,300,000  
  5.375%, due 1/27/21
    1,381,034  
  390,000  
  6.875%, due 1/20/40
    422,948  
     
Petroleos Mexicanos
       
  750,000  
  5.50%, due 1/21/21
    836,250  
     
Pioneer Natural Resource Co.
       
  3,100,000  
  3.95%, due 7/15/22
    3,204,306  
     
Southwestern Energy Co.
       
  3,500,000  
  4.10%, due 3/15/22
    3,661,423  
     
Suncor Energy, Inc.
       
  500,000  
  6.10%, due 6/1/18
    595,539  
  2,310,000  
  6.50%, due 6/15/38
    2,840,050  
     
Talisman Energy
       
  685,000  
  6.25%, due 2/1/38
    776,068  
     
Transocean, Inc.
       
  820,000  
  6.00%, due 3/15/18
    941,247  
  450,000  
  6.80%, due 3/15/38
    513,971  
     
Valero Energy Corp.
       
  255,000  
  6.625%, due 6/15/37
    309,760  
     
Williams Companies, Inc.
       
  1,400,000  
  8.75%, due 3/15/32
    1,874,558  
            43,865,351  
Paper 0.3%
       
     
International Paper Co.
       
  1,000,000  
  4.75%, due 2/15/22
    1,106,486  
 
Pharmaceuticals 2.1%
       
     
Abbvie, Inc.
       
  1,800,000  
  1.75%, due 11/6/17 (b)
    1,796,107  
  900,000  
  2.90%, due 11/6/22 (b)
    877,103  
  200,000  
  4.40%, due 11/6/42 (b)
    196,141  
     
Celgene Corp.
       
  1,800,000  
  3.25%, due 8/15/22
    1,799,233  
     
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
       
  2,000,000  
  1.875%, due 10/1/17
    1,988,772  
  450,000  
  4.625%, due 10/1/42
    440,492  
            7,097,848  
Pipelines 1.2%
       
     
El Paso Electric Co.
       
  1,000,000  
  6.00%, due 5/15/35
    1,122,400  
     
Enbridge Energy Partners, L.P.
       
  590,000  
  5.20%, due 3/15/20
    665,382  
     
Energen Corp.
       
  750,000  
  4.625%, due 9/1/21
    762,288  
     
Tennessee Gas Pipeline
       
  1,225,000  
  7.50%, due 4/1/17
    1,488,583  
            4,038,653  
Real Estate Investment Trusts 3.9%
       
     
Boston Properties LP
       
  1,000,000  
  4.125%, due 5/15/21
    1,073,861  
     
Duke Realty LP
       
  1,050,000  
  8.25%, due 8/15/19
    1,353,182  
     
ERP Operating LP
       
  2,500,000  
  5.75%, due 6/15/17
    2,891,380  
     
Health Care Property
       
     
  Investors, Inc.
       
  850,000  
  6.00%, due 1/30/17
    973,659  
     
Health Care REIT, Inc.
       
  650,000  
  5.25%, due 1/15/22
    733,142  
     
Healthcare Realty Trust
       
  775,000  
  6.50%, due 1/17/17
    883,523  
     
Hospitality Properties Trust
       
  620,000  
  5.625%, due 3/15/17
    683,024  
     
ProLogis
       
  2,150,000  
  6.875%, due 3/15/20
    2,603,139  
     
Ventas Realty LP
       
  1,700,000  
  4.75%, due 6/1/21
    1,860,519  
            13,055,429  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Restaurants 0.2%
     
   
Yum! Brands, Inc.
     
$ 800,000  
  3.75%, due 11/1/21
  $ 824,695  
 
Retail 2.3%
       
     
CVS Caremark Corp.
       
  2,200,000  
  5.75%, due 6/1/17
    2,562,472  
     
Gap, Inc.
       
  2,300,000  
  5.95%, due 4/12/21
    2,674,436  
     
Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc.
       
  2,225,000  
  6.375%, due 3/15/37
    2,579,540  
            7,816,448  
Scientific Instruments 0.3%
       
     
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
       
  900,000  
  3.60%, due 8/15/21
    916,299  
 
Software 0.7%
       
     
Jabil Circuit, Inc.
       
  2,200,000  
  4.70%, due 9/15/22
    2,238,500  
 
Technology 0.6%
       
     
Tech Data Corp.
       
  1,900,000  
  3.75%, due 9/21/17
    1,967,742  
 
Telecommunications 2.8%
       
     
American Tower Corp.
       
  2,550,000  
  5.05%, due 9/1/20
    2,794,708  
     
British Telecommunications PLC
       
  1,130,000  
  9.625%, due 12/15/30
    1,755,158  
     
Deutsche Telekom
       
     
  International Finance
       
  1,045,000  
  6.75%, due 8/20/18
    1,284,610  
  445,000  
  8.75%, due 6/15/30
    643,994  
     
Embarq Corp.
       
  600,000  
  7.082%, due 6/1/16
    688,188  
     
France Telecom SA
       
  700,000  
  5.375%, due 1/13/42
    750,942  
     
Grupo Televisa SAB
       
  400,000  
  6.625%, due 3/18/25
    491,745  
     
Telecom Italia Capital
       
  710,000  
  7.721%, due 6/4/38
    771,457  
            9,180,802  
Tobacco 2.1%
       
     
Altria Group, Inc.
       
  1,859,000  
  9.70%, due 11/10/18
    2,541,378  
  455,000  
  9.95%, due 11/10/38
    715,641  
     
Reynolds American, Inc.
       
  2,985,000  
  7.75%, due 6/1/18
    3,747,467  
            7,004,486  
Toys and Games 0.6%
       
     
Mattel, Inc.
       
  1,720,000  
  5.45%, due 11/1/41
    1,868,773  
 
Transportation 2.7%
       
     
Burlington Northern Santa Fe
       
  1,425,000  
  4.70%, due 10/1/19
    1,633,158  
  1,485,000  
  6.15%, due 5/1/37
    1,819,309  
     
CSX Corp.
       
  990,000  
  5.60%, due 5/1/17
    1,136,051  
  1,640,000  
  6.22%, due 4/30/40
    1,992,771  
     
Union Pacific Corp.
       
  1,765,000  
  6.15%, due 5/1/37
    2,192,007  
            8,773,296  
Utilities – Gas 1.1%
       
     
National Fuel Gas Co.
       
  3,280,000  
  4.90%, due 12/1/21
    3,592,807  
 
Waste Disposal 1.0%
       
     
Republic Services, Inc.
       
  2,250,000  
  5.00%, due 3/1/20
    2,545,337  
     
Waste Management, Inc.
       
  660,000  
  7.75%, due 5/15/32
    915,890  
            3,461,227  
Total Corporate Bonds
       
  (cost $279,693,349)
    292,402,802  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Principal Amount/
           
Shares
       
Value
 
 
SOVEREIGN BONDS 9.5%
       
   
Federal Republic of Brazil
       
$ 1,600,000  
  6.00%, due 1/17/17
    $ 1,822,400  
  1,600,000  
  4.875%, due 1/22/21
      1,804,000  
  3,910,000  
  7.125%, due 1/20/37
      5,141,650  
     
Republic of Colombia
         
  1,700,000  
  7.375%, due 3/18/19
      2,130,950  
  890,000  
  7.375%, due 9/18/37
      1,221,525  
     
Republic of Italy
         
  3,350,000  
  6.875%, due 9/27/23
      4,043,450  
     
Republic of Panama
         
  800,000  
  5.20%, due 1/30/20
      922,800  
  500,000  
  6.70%, due 1/26/36
      641,250  
     
Republic of Peru
         
  830,000  
  8.375%, due 5/3/16
      986,455  
  1,150,000  
  6.55%, due 3/14/37
      1,480,625  
     
Republic of Philippines
         
  3,000,000  
  5.00%, due 1/13/37
      3,356,250  
     
Republic of Uruguay
         
  359,742  
  8.00%, due 11/18/22
      487,450  
     
United Mexican States
         
  3,534,000  
  3.625%, due 3/15/22
      3,666,525  
  4,216,000  
  4.75%, due 3/8/44
      4,194,920  
Total Sovereign Bonds
         
  (cost $32,254,139)
      31,900,250  
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.2%
         
  7,338,378  
Invesco STIT – Treasury
         
     
  Portfolio – Institutional Class,
         
     
  0.02% (c)
      7,338,378  
Total Short-Term Investments
         
  (cost $7,338,378)
      7,338,378  
Total Investments
         
  (cost $319,285,866)
99.3%
    331,641,430  
Other Assets less Liabilities
0.7%
    2,392,096  
TOTAL NET ASSETS
100.0%
  $ 334,033,526  

(a)
Variable rate security.  Rate shown reflects the rate in effect as of May 31, 2013.
(b)
Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in the program or other “qualified institutional buyers.”  Pacific Income Advisers, Inc., the Fund’s adviser, has determined that such security is liquid in accordance with the liquidity guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees of Advisors Series Trust.  As of May 31, 2013, the value of these investments was $3,603,754 or 1.1% of total net assets.
(c)
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of May 31, 2013.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA BBB BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Country Allocation
     
Country
% of Net Assets
United States
  78.4 %  
Brazil
  5.2 %  
Mexico
  4.1 %  
Canada
  3.8 %  
Italy
  1.2 %  
Philippines
  1.0 %  
Colombia
  1.0 %  
Switzerland
  0.9 %  
Spain
  0.8 %  
Peru
  0.7 %  
Netherlands
  0.6 %  
United Kingdom
  0.5 %  
Panama
  0.5 %  
France
  0.4 %  
Japan
  0.3 %  
Luxembourg
  0.2 %  
Ireland
  0.2 %  
Uruguay
  0.2 %  
    100.0 %  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MBS BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 101.1%
     
 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 0.8%
     
   
Banc of America
     
$ 955,908  
  5.71%, due 5/10/45, Series
     
     
  2006-2, Class AAB (a)
  $ 996,967  
 
 
   
U.S. Government Agencies 100.3%
       
     
FHLMC Pool
       
  64,279  
  4.50%, due 5/1/20, #G18052
    68,326  
  56,230  
  4.50%, due 3/1/21, #G18119
    59,735  
  53,191  
  5.00%, due 3/1/21, #G18105
    57,114  
  206,789  
  4.50%, due 5/1/21, #J01723
    219,985  
  51,984  
  6.00%, due 6/1/21, #G18124
    56,939  
  159,585  
  4.50%, due 9/1/21, #G12378
    169,633  
  46,102  
  5.00%, due 11/1/21, #G18160
    49,502  
  40,704  
  5.00%, due 2/1/22, #G12522
    43,706  
  64,052  
  5.00%, due 2/1/22, #J04411
    68,775  
  165,523  
  5.50%, due 3/1/22, #G12577
    179,274  
  48,964  
  5.00%, due 7/1/22, #J05243
    52,575  
  1,056,233  
  4.00%, due 3/1/26, #J14785
    1,116,415  
  399,194  
  3.00%, due 10/1/26, #G18406
    414,885  
  2,974,998  
  3.00%, due 11/1/26, #G18409
    3,091,937  
  835,887  
  3.00%, due 6/1/27, #G14497
    872,400  
  15,228  
  5.50%, due 5/1/35, #B31639
    16,475  
  394,386  
  5.00%, due 8/1/35, #A36351
    423,159  
  154,774  
  4.50%, due 9/1/35, #A37616
    164,500  
  369,119  
  4.50%, due 10/1/35, #A37869
    392,316  
  282,505  
  4.50%, due 10/1/35, #A38023
    300,260  
  115,577  
  4.50%, due 10/1/35, #G01890
    122,841  
  216,500  
  5.00%, due 10/1/35, #G01940
    232,295  
  356,931  
  6.00%, due 1/1/36, #A42208
    391,855  
  33,574  
  7.00%, due 1/1/36, #G02048
    38,664  
  334,603  
  5.50%, due 2/1/36, #G02031
    362,020  
  168,082  
  7.00%, due 8/1/36, #G08148
    192,749  
  623,208  
  6.50%, due 9/1/36, #A54908
    705,030  
  212,844  
  6.50%, due 11/1/36, #A54094
    240,788  
  129,606  
  5.50%, due 2/1/37, #A57840
    139,882  
  360,933  
  5.00%, due 5/1/37, #A60268
    385,912  
  264,093  
  5.00%, due 6/1/37, #G03094
    282,370  
  937,609  
  5.50%, due 6/1/37, #A61982
    1,008,577  
  830,598  
  6.00%, due 6/1/37, #A62176
    902,783  
  1,085,748  
  6.00%, due 6/1/37, #A62444
    1,181,239  
  199,589  
  5.00%, due 7/1/37, #A63187
    213,402  
  420,800  
  5.50%, due 8/1/37, #G03156
    452,650  
  132,737  
  6.50%, due 8/1/37, #A70413
    150,250  
  15,297  
  7.00%, due 8/1/37, #A70079
    17,542  
  21,934  
  7.00%, due 9/1/37, #A65335
    25,169  
  20,053  
  7.00%, due 9/1/37, #A65670
    23,010  
  47,162  
  7.00%, due 9/1/37, #A65780
    54,118  
  15,227  
  7.00%, due 9/1/37, #A65941
    17,472  
  4,124  
  7.00%, due 9/1/37, #A66041
    4,746  
  130,671  
  7.00%, due 9/1/37, #G03207
    149,847  
  64,430  
  6.50%, due 11/1/37, #A68726
    72,930  
  325,997  
  5.00%, due 2/1/38, #A73370
    348,558  
  12,386  
  5.00%, due 2/1/38, #G03836
    13,244  
  34,617  
  5.00%, due 3/1/38, #A73704
    37,013  
  381,554  
  5.00%, due 4/1/38, #A76335
    407,960  
  162,883  
  5.50%, due 4/1/38, #G04121
    175,212  
  16,914  
  5.00%, due 5/1/38, #A77463
    18,085  
  60,800  
  5.50%, due 5/1/38, #A77265
    65,402  
  169,933  
  5.50%, due 5/1/38, #G04215
    182,796  
  81,073  
  5.00%, due 6/1/38, #A77986
    86,684  
  35,032  
  5.00%, due 6/1/38, #G04522
    37,456  
  38,342  
  5.00%, due 7/1/38, #A79197
    40,995  
  182,488  
  4.50%, due 9/1/38, #G04773
    193,614  
  51,464  
  5.00%, due 9/1/38, #G04690
    55,025  
  909,014  
  5.00%, due 10/1/38, #G04832
    971,924  
  7,645  
  5.00%, due 11/1/38, #A82849
    8,174  
  51,477  
  5.00%, due 12/1/38, #G05683
    55,040  
  490,099  
  5.00%, due 2/1/39, #G05507
    524,017  
  74,726  
  4.50%, due 4/1/39, #A85612
    79,282  
  218,918  
  5.00%, due 5/1/39, #G08345
    234,069  
  186,030  
  4.50%, due 9/1/39, #A88357
    197,372  
  81,726  
  5.00%, due 9/1/39, #G05904
    87,382  
  297,751  
  4.50%, due 11/1/39, #G05748
    315,905  
  286,558  
  4.50%, due 12/1/39, #A90175
    304,029  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
- 14 -

 

PIA Funds
PIA MBS BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
U.S. Government Agencies 100.3% (continued)
     
   
FHLMC Pool (continued)
     
$ 82,710  
  4.50%, due 4/1/40, #C03464
  $ 87,804  
  216,128  
  4.50%, due 5/1/40, #A92269
    229,440  
  1,301,902  
  4.50%, due 5/1/40, #G06047
    1,381,279  
  750,328  
  4.50%, due 6/1/40, #A92533
    796,545  
  149,103  
  4.50%, due 6/1/40, #A92594
    158,287  
  45,667  
  4.50%, due 8/1/40, #A93437
    49,093  
  1,189,939  
  4.50%, due 8/1/40, #A93505
    1,263,234  
  2,592,247  
  3.50%, due 1/1/41, #A96409
    2,680,702  
  327,082  
  4.50%, due 1/1/41, #A96176
    351,660  
  92,344  
  4.50%, due 2/1/41, #A97013
    98,028  
  77,397  
  4.50%, due 4/1/41, #Q00285
    82,322  
  1,198,088  
  4.50%, due 9/1/41, #C03701
    1,274,318  
  198,840  
  3.50%, due 10/1/41, #Q04087
    205,625  
  78,327  
  4.50%, due 11/1/41, #Q04699
    83,311  
  220,735  
  3.50%, due 1/1/42, #Q05410
    228,267  
  824,435  
  3.50%, due 2/1/42, #Q05996
    852,567  
  336,147  
  3.50%, due 3/1/42, #G08479
    347,618  
  3,201,216  
  3.50%, due 4/1/42, #Q07654
    3,310,451  
  1,485,075  
  3.50%, due 5/1/42, #G08491
    1,535,750  
  2,562,492  
  3.50%, due 6/1/42, #C09000
    2,649,932  
  2,227,274  
  3.50%, due 6/1/42, #Q08641
    2,303,275  
     
FHLMC GOLD TBA (b)
       
  5,000,000  
  2.50%, due 6/15/28
    5,096,680  
  4,000,000  
  3.50%, due 6/15/42
    4,132,500  
     
FNMA Pool
       
  33,727  
  4.50%, due 10/1/20, #842732
    36,042  
  163,004  
  3.00%, due 12/1/20, #MA0605
    171,151  
  83,639  
  4.50%, due 12/1/20, #813954
    89,382  
  47,831  
  4.50%, due 2/1/21, #845437
    51,115  
  79,426  
  5.00%, due 2/1/21, #865191
    85,591  
  31,990  
  5.00%, due 5/1/21, #879112
    34,472  
  149,047  
  4.50%, due 7/1/21, #845515
    159,374  
  2,662,149  
  3.00%, due 8/1/21, #AL0579
    2,795,207  
  89,651  
  5.50%, due 10/1/21, #905090
    97,617  
  257,421  
  3.00%, due 1/1/22, #MA0957
    270,287  
  57,413  
  5.00%, due 2/1/22, #900946
    61,869  
  142,765  
  6.00%, due 2/1/22, #912522
    156,295  
  174,402  
  5.00%, due 6/1/22, #937709
    187,937  
  88,528  
  5.00%, due 7/1/22, #938033
    95,399  
  111,580  
  5.00%, due 7/1/22, #944887
    121,286  
  516,229  
  5.50%, due 7/1/22, #905040
    562,100  
  19,818  
  4.00%, due 7/1/25, #AE1318
    21,051  
  21,549  
  4.00%, due 10/1/25, #AE1601
    22,890  
  631,697  
  4.00%, due 12/1/25, #AH6058
    681,067  
  524,629  
  4.00%, due 1/1/26, #AH3925
    557,270  
  22,438  
  4.00%, due 1/1/26, #MA0624
    23,834  
  59,502  
  4.00%, due 3/1/26, #AH8485
    63,223  
  980,833  
  4.00%, due 5/1/26, #AH8174
    1,042,164  
  528,380  
  3.00%, due 10/1/26, #AJ0049
    550,414  
  38,763  
  3.00%, due 10/1/26, #AJ5474
    40,379  
  126,783  
  3.00%, due 2/1/27, #AK4047
    132,149  
  286,205  
  3.00%, due 4/1/27, #AB4997
    298,318  
  884,784  
  3.00%, due 9/1/27, #AQ0333
    922,233  
  209,309  
  4.50%, due 4/1/29, #MA0022
    225,601  
  5,097  
  7.00%, due 8/1/32, #650101
    6,014  
  100,299  
  4.50%, due 3/1/35, #814433
    107,290  
  90,357  
  4.50%, due 4/1/35, #735396
    96,656  
  39,445  
  4.50%, due 5/1/35, #822854
    42,195  
  56,293  
  7.00%, due 6/1/35, #821610
    66,159  
  76,657  
  4.50%, due 7/1/35, #826584
    82,000  
  9,988  
  5.00%, due 7/1/35, #833958
    10,815  
  44,603  
  7.00%, due 7/1/35, #826251
    52,421  
  85,593  
  4.50%, due 8/1/35, #835751
    91,559  
  58,877  
  7.00%, due 9/1/35, #842290
    69,197  
  26,765  
  4.50%, due 11/1/35, #256032
    28,630  
  57,298  
  5.00%, due 12/1/35, #852482
    62,042  
  14,739  
  4.50%, due 1/1/36, #852510
    15,766  
  18,499  
  7.00%, due 2/1/36, #865190
    21,742  
  21,204  
  7.00%, due 4/1/36, #887709
    24,946  
  591,341  
  5.00%, due 5/1/36, #745515
    642,819  
  13,372  
  5.00%, due 7/1/36, #888789
    14,500  
  32,506  
  6.50%, due 7/1/36, #897100
    36,509  
  80,354  
  7.00%, due 7/1/36, #887793
    94,535  
  83,602  
  6.00%, due 8/1/36, #892925
    91,214  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
- 15 -

 

PIA Funds
PIA MBS BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
U.S. Government Agencies 100.3% (continued)
     
   
FNMA Pool (continued)
     
$ 185,139  
  6.50%, due 8/1/36, #878187
  $ 205,773  
  115,096  
  5.00%, due 9/1/36, #893621
    124,159  
  176,216  
  5.50%, due 10/1/36, #831845
    191,592  
  119,875  
  5.50%, due 10/1/36, #893087
    130,054  
  89,353  
  6.00%, due 10/1/36, #897174
    97,489  
  125,111  
  5.50%, due 12/1/36, #256513
    135,734  
  1,724  
  6.50%, due 12/1/36, #920162
    1,813  
  71,496  
  7.00%, due 1/1/37, #256567
    84,113  
  255,661  
  5.50%, due 2/1/37, #256597
    277,369  
  149,521  
  6.00%, due 2/1/37, #909357
    162,947  
  3,458  
  7.00%, due 2/1/37, #915904
    4,068  
  87,689  
  5.00%, due 3/1/37, #913007
    94,594  
  172,926  
  5.50%, due 3/1/37, #256636
    187,392  
  10,435  
  5.00%, due 4/1/37, #914599
    11,257  
  156,739  
  6.50%, due 5/1/37, #917052
    183,570  
  700,300  
  5.50%, due 6/1/37, #918554
    758,886  
  158,144  
  5.50%, due 6/1/37, #918705
    171,374  
  657,498  
  6.00%, due 6/1/37, #888413
    716,540  
  446,785  
  6.00%, due 6/1/37, #917129
    486,905  
  73,862  
  7.00%, due 6/1/37, #256774
    84,151  
  61,380  
  7.00%, due 6/1/37, #940234
    72,279  
  41,449  
  5.00%, due 7/1/37, #944534
    44,871  
  284,713  
  5.50%, due 10/1/37, #954939
    308,531  
  93,181  
  6.00%, due 12/1/37, #965488
    101,548  
  551,588  
  5.50%, due 2/1/38, #961691
    597,733  
  144,966  
  5.00%, due 1/1/39, #AA0835
    156,381  
  36,416  
  5.00%, due 1/1/39, #AA0840
    39,284  
  1,631  
  5.00%, due 1/1/39, #AA0862
    1,760  
  79,805  
  4.00%, due 2/1/39, #930606
    84,189  
  7,925  
  5.00%, due 3/1/39, #AA4461
    8,564  
  233,500  
  5.00%, due 3/1/39, #930635
    251,887  
  6,459  
  5.00%, due 3/1/39, #930760
    6,967  
  31,107  
  5.00%, due 3/1/39, #995948
    33,557  
  28,523  
  4.00%, due 4/1/39, #AA0777
    30,099  
  496,072  
  4.00%, due 4/1/39, #AO3504
    523,327  
  134,807  
  4.50%, due 4/1/39, #AA4590
    144,120  
  266,636  
  5.00%, due 4/1/39, #930871
    288,132  
  243,820  
  5.00%, due 4/1/39, #930992
    263,477  
  182,041  
  5.00%, due 4/1/39, #995930
    196,376  
  617,951  
  4.50%, due 6/1/39, #AA7681
    660,641  
  241,637  
  5.00%, due 6/1/39, #995896
    260,664  
  481,307  
  4.50%, due 7/1/39, #AE8152
    514,557  
  165,851  
  5.00%, due 7/1/39, #995895
    178,911  
  732,589  
  4.50%, due 8/1/39, #931837
    783,198  
  706,104  
  5.00%, due 8/1/39, #AC3221
    763,029  
  1,942,458  
  4.00%, due 12/1/39, #AE0215
    2,051,609  
  207,399  
  4.50%, due 12/1/39, #932324
    221,727  
  42,619  
  4.50%, due 2/1/40, #AC8494
    45,563  
  109,499  
  4.50%, due 2/1/40, #AD1045
    117,200  
  100,593  
  4.50%, due 2/1/40, #AD2832
    107,542  
  63,893  
  5.00%, due 3/1/40, #AB1186
    69,044  
  2,633,736  
  5.00%, due 5/1/40, #AD6374
    2,880,642  
  35,106  
  5.00%, due 6/1/40, #AD8058
    38,397  
  375,836  
  5.00%, due 7/1/40, #AD4634
    411,069  
  458,953  
  5.00%, due 7/1/40, #AD4994
    501,977  
  50,306  
  5.00%, due 7/1/40, #AD7565
    55,022  
  1,162,068  
  4.50%, due 8/1/40, #AD8035
    1,243,799  
  196,231  
  4.50%, due 8/1/40, #AD8397
    210,033  
  300,616  
  4.50%, due 8/1/40, #890236
    321,853  
  357,757  
  4.00%, due 9/1/40, #AE4311
    377,413  
  40,716  
  4.00%, due 9/1/40, #AE4312
    42,953  
  790,205  
  4.50%, due 9/1/40, #AE1500
    845,783  
  101,655  
  4.00%, due 10/1/40, #AE4124
    107,240  
  337,319  
  4.00%, due 10/1/40, #AE6057
    355,852  
  27,536  
  4.00%, due 11/1/40, #AE5156
    29,049  
  282,171  
  4.00%, due 11/1/40, #AE8650
    297,674  
  190,641  
  4.50%, due 11/1/40, #AE5162
    204,049  
  605,819  
  4.00%, due 12/1/40, #MA0583
    639,104  
  177,865  
  4.00%, due 1/1/41, #AE4583
    187,638  
  264,156  
  4.00%, due 2/1/41, #AH3200
    278,669  
  467,001  
  4.50%, due 3/1/41, #AH7009
    499,847  
  1,729,501  
  4.50%, due 4/1/41, #AH9054
    1,852,223  
  42,925  
  4.50%, due 5/1/41, #AI1364
    45,971  
  372,164  
  4.50%, due 5/1/41, #AI1888
    398,572  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
- 16 -

 

PIA Funds
PIA MBS BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
U.S. Government Agencies 100.3% (continued)
     
   
FNMA Pool (continued)
     
$ 2,272,511  
  4.50%, due 5/1/41, #AL0160
  $ 2,440,257  
  248,575  
  4.50%, due 6/1/41, #AI4815
    266,213  
  99,268  
  4.00%, due 7/1/41, #AI0038
    104,815  
  22,165  
  4.00%, due 8/1/41, #AI8218
    23,403  
  31,507  
  4.50%, due 9/1/41, #AH3865
    33,743  
  104,405  
  4.50%, due 9/1/41, #AI4050
    111,748  
  26,991  
  4.50%, due 9/1/41, #AJ0729
    28,907  
  274,831  
  4.00%, due 10/1/41, #AJ4052
    290,189  
  779,482  
  4.00%, due 11/1/41, #AB3946
    823,039  
  1,572,245  
  4.00%, due 11/1/41, #AJ4668
    1,660,102  
  1,637,609  
  4.00%, due 11/1/41, #AJ5643
    1,729,117  
  233,409  
  4.00%, due 12/1/41, #AJ3097
    246,452  
  533,783  
  4.00%, due 2/1/42, #AJ9774
    567,920  
  309,041  
  4.00%, due 3/1/42, #AK7153
    327,276  
  411,986  
  4.00%, due 4/1/42, #MA1028
    436,296  
     
FNMA TBA (b)
       
  12,000,000  
  3.50%, due 6/15/41
    12,429,843  
     
GNMA Pool
       
  25,844  
  7.00%, due 9/15/35, #647831X
    29,615  
  98,478  
  5.00%, due 10/15/35, #642220X
    107,181  
  84,561  
  5.00%, due 11/15/35, #550718X
    91,770  
  93,777  
  5.50%, due 11/15/35, #650091X
    102,160  
  49,671  
  5.50%, due 12/15/35, #646307X
    54,204  
  77,170  
  5.50%, due 4/15/36, #652534X
    83,682  
  82,367  
  6.50%, due 6/15/36, #652593X
    95,622  
  47,146  
  5.50%, due 7/15/36, #608993X
    51,124  
  85,900  
  6.50%, due 10/15/36, #646564X
    97,729  
  110,863  
  6.00%, due 11/15/36, #617294X
    124,160  
  147,827  
  6.50%, due 12/15/36, #618753X
    174,529  
  131,092  
  5.50%, due 2/15/37, #658419X
    142,155  
  424,207  
  6.00%, due 4/15/37, #668411X
    474,357  
  363,489  
  5.00%, due 8/15/37, #671463X
    392,658  
  196,370  
  6.00%, due 10/15/37, #664379X
    219,584  
  38,582  
  5.50%, due 8/15/38, #677224X
    41,838  
  236,039  
  5.50%, due 8/15/38, #691314X
    255,959  
  9,562  
  5.50%, due 12/15/38, #705632X
    10,369  
  1,420,798  
  4.50%, due 5/15/39, #717066X
    1,529,045  
  24,105  
  5.50%, due 6/15/39, #714262X
    26,139  
  1,065,407  
  5.50%, due 6/15/39, #714720X
    1,155,317  
  1,020,631  
  4.50%, due 7/15/39, #720160X
    1,098,391  
  2,992,172  
  5.00%, due 9/15/39, #726311X
    3,249,124  
  15,100  
  5.50%, due 1/15/40, #723631X
    16,375  
  63,942  
  5.50%, due 2/15/40, #680537X
    69,339  
     
GNMA TBA (b)
       
  4,000,000  
  3.50%, due 6/15/42
    4,205,937  
            120,315,763  
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
       
  (cost $118,418,619)
    121,312,730  
 
U.S. GOVERNMENT
       
  INSTRUMENTALITIES 21.7%
       
 
U.S. Treasury Notes 21.7%
       
     
U.S. Treasury Note
       
  4,000,000  
  0.75%, due 9/15/13
    4,008,284  
  15,000,000  
  0.50%, due 10/15/13
    15,024,615  
  7,000,000  
  0.75%, due 12/15/13
    7,025,158  
Total U.S. Government Instrumentalities
       
  (cost $26,054,887)
    26,058,057  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MBS BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Shares
         
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 0.7%
         
  834,284  
Fidelity Institutional Money
         
     
  Market Government
         
     
  Portfolio – Class I, 0.01% (c)
      $ 834,284  
Total Short-Term Investments
           
  (cost $834,284)
        834,284  
Total Investments
           
  (cost $145,307,790)
123.5 %     148,205,071  
Liabilities less Other Assets
(23.5 )%     (28,178,597 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS
100.0 %   $ 120,026,474  

(a)
Variable rate security.  Rate shown reflects the rate in effect as of May 31, 2013.
(b)
Security purchased on a when-issued basis.  As of May 31, 2013, the total cost of investments purchased on a when-issued basis was $26,421,406 or 22.0% of total net assets.
(c)
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of May 31, 2013.
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
TBA – To Be Announced
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
   
BBB
   
MBS
 
   
Bond Fund
   
Bond Fund
 
Assets:
           
Investments in securities, at value (cost $319,285,866 and $145,307,790, respectively)
  $ 331,641,430     $ 148,205,071  
Deposit at broker for futures contracts
          1,000  
Receivable for fund shares sold
    259,660       99,024  
Investment receivable
    3,144,625       13,433,945  
Interest receivable
    4,271,835       371,721  
Due from investment adviser (Note 4)
    42,334       28,404  
Collateral receivable from broker
          1,643  
Prepaid expenses
    44,311       27,140  
Total assets
    339,404,195       162,167,948  
                 
Liabilities:
               
Payable for securities purchased
    3,427,807       40,072,812  
Payable for fund shares redeemed
    1,810,534       1,980,445  
Payable for distributions
    193       141  
Administration fees
    26,669       19,012  
Custody fees
    7,635       7,872  
Transfer agent fees and expenses
    34,987       13,014  
Fund accounting fees
    37,149       29,840  
Audit fees
    8,719       8,719  
Chief Compliance Officer fee
    2,465       1,960  
Accrued expenses
    14,511       7,659  
Total liabilities
    5,370,669       42,141,474  
Net Assets
  $ 334,033,526     $ 120,026,474  
                 
Net Assets Consist of:
               
Paid-in capital
  $ 313,489,433     $ 117,645,356  
Undistributed net investment income/(loss)
    65,249       (595,300 )
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
    8,123,280       79,137  
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    12,355,564       2,897,281  
Net Assets
  $ 334,033,526     $ 120,026,474  
                 
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share
  $ 9.83     $ 9.74  
                 
Shares Issued and Outstanding
               
  (Unlimited number of shares authorized, par value $0.01)
    33,970,658       12,316,731  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Statements of Operations – Six Months Ended May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
   
BBB
   
MBS
 
   
Bond Fund
   
Bond Fund
 
Investment Income:
           
Interest
  $ 7,298,098     $ 1,085,420  
Total investment income
    7,298,098       1,085,420  
                 
Expenses:
               
Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 4)
    58,356       24,133  
Fund accounting fees (Note 4)
    56,272       46,301  
Administration fees (Note 4)
    42,468       29,069  
Registration fees
    22,808       12,342  
Custody fees (Note 4)
    14,530       17,307  
Trustees’ fees
    10,175       6,365  
Audit fees
    8,739       8,739  
Insurance
    5,730       3,397  
Reports to shareholders
    5,114       2,335  
Legal fees
    4,691       4,069  
Chief Compliance Officer fee (Note 4)
    3,703       2,944  
Miscellaneous
    7,971       4,729  
Total expenses
    240,557       161,730  
Less: Expense reimbursement from Advisor (Note 4)
    (240,557 )     (161,730 )
Net expenses
           
Net investment income
    7,298,098       1,085,420  
                 
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments
               
Net realized gain on investments
    8,181,803       79,176  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments
    (18,063,040 )     (2,607,707 )
Net loss on investments
    (9,881,237 )     (2,528,531 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations
  $ (2,583,139 )   $ (1,443,111 )
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
   
BBB
   
MBS
 
   
Bond Fund
   
Bond Fund
 
   
Six Months
         
Six Months
       
   
Ended
         
Ended
       
   
May 31, 2013
   
Year Ended
   
May 31, 2013
   
Year Ended
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
Nov. 30, 2012
   
(Unaudited)
   
Nov. 30, 2012
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets From
                       
Operations:
                       
Net investment income
  $ 7,298,098     $ 14,575,233     $ 1,085,420     $ 3,221,176  
Net realized gain on investments
    8,181,803       10,535,741       79,176       2,435,684  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
                               
  on investments
    (18,063,040 )     12,011,067       (2,607,707 )     (93,216 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    (2,583,139 )     37,122,041       (1,443,111 )     5,563,644  
                                 
Distributions Paid to Shareholders:
                               
Distributions from net investment income
    (7,364,923 )     (14,556,232 )     (1,894,620 )     (4,395,560 )
Distributions from net realized gains on investments
    (10,431,614 )     (14,474,369 )     (1,282,470 )     (315,468 )
Total distributions
    (17,796,537 )     (29,030,601 )     (3,177,090 )     (4,711,028 )
                                 
Capital Share Transactions:
                               
Net proceeds from shares sold
    32,967,849       176,489,927       13,764,275       54,451,855  
Distributions reinvested
    4,553,308       9,280,246       1,367,383       2,131,121  
Payment for shares redeemed
    (66,018,514 )     (84,888,859 )     (74,986,851 )     (21,303,919 )
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets
                               
  from capital share transactions
    (28,497,357 )     100,881,314       (59,855,193 )     35,279,057  
Total increase/(decrease) in net assets
    (48,877,033 )     108,972,754       (64,475,394 )     36,131,673  
                                 
Net Assets, Beginning of Period
    382,910,559       273,937,805       184,501,868       148,370,195  
Net Assets, End of Period
  $ 334,033,526     $ 382,910,559     $ 120,026,474     $ 184,501,868  
Includes Undistributed Net Investment Income/(Loss) of
  $ 65,249     $ 132,074     $ (595,300 )   $ 235,141  
                                 
Transactions in Shares:
                               
Shares sold
    3,281,136       17,325,808       1,391,861       5,431,616  
Shares issued on reinvestment of distributions
    452,512       936,282       138,057       212,752  
Shares redeemed
    (6,548,827 )     (8,382,500 )     (7,588,235 )     (2,122,494 )
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding
    (2,815,179 )     9,879,590       (6,058,317 )     3,521,874  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
BBB BOND FUND
Financial Highlights
 
   
Six Months
                               
   
Ended
                               
   
May 31, 2013
   
Year Ended November 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Per Share Operating Performance
                                   
(For a fund share outstanding throughout each period)
                               
                                     
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.41     $ 10.18     $ 10.14     $ 9.70     $ 7.76     $ 9.53  
                                                 
Income From Investment Operations:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.20       0.46       0.53       0.54       0.56       0.55  
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)
                                               
  on investments and swap contracts
    (0.29 )     0.77       0.05       0.44       1.95       (1.79 )
Total from investment operations
    (0.09 )     1.23       0.58       0.98       2.51       (1.24 )
                                                 
Less Distributions:
                                               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.20 )     (0.46 )     (0.54 )     (0.54 )     (0.57 )     (0.53 )
Distributions from net realized gains on investments
    (0.29 )     (0.54 )                        
Total distributions
    (0.49 )     (1.00 )     (0.54 )     (0.54 )     (0.57 )     (0.53 )
                                                 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 9.83     $ 10.41     $ 10.18     $ 10.14     $ 9.70     $ 7.76  
                                                 
Total Return
    -0.89 %++     12.89 %     5.88 %     10.33 %     33.28 %     -13.58 %
                                                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)
  $ 334,034     $ 382,911     $ 273,938     $ 337,421     $ 331,490     $ 165,352  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                                               
Net of expense reimbursement
    0.00 %+     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Before expense reimbursement
    0.13 %+     0.13 %     0.13 %     0.12 %     0.14 %     0.18 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
                                               
Net of expense reimbursement
    4.00 %+     4.61 %     5.13 %     5.41 %     6.35 %     6.06 %
Before expense reimbursement
    3.87 %+     4.48 %     5.00 %     5.29 %     6.21 %     5.88 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    20 %++     75 %     58 %     45 %     84 %     39 %
 
  +
Annualized for periods less than one year.
++
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
MBS BOND FUND
Financial Highlights
 
   
Six Months
                               
   
Ended
                               
   
May 31, 2013
   
Year Ended November 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Per Share Operating Performance
                                   
(For a fund share outstanding throughout each period)
                               
                                     
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.04     $ 9.99     $ 10.14     $ 10.14     $ 10.35     $ 10.25  
                                                 
Income From Investment Operations:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.05       0.19       0.28       0.32       0.49       0.59  
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
    (0.17 )     0.14       0.13       0.11       0.38       0.07  
Total from investment operations
    (0.12 )     0.33       0.41       0.43       0.87       0.66  
                                                 
Less Distributions:
                                               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.11 )     (0.26 )     (0.35 )     (0.34 )     (0.51 )     (0.56 )
Distributions from net realized gains on investments
    (0.07 )     (0.02 )     (0.21 )     (0.09 )     (0.57 )     (0.00 )#
Total distributions
    (0.18 )     (0.28 )     (0.56 )     (0.43 )     (1.08 )     (0.56 )
                                                 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 9.74     $ 10.04     $ 9.99     $ 10.14     $ 10.14     $ 10.35  
                                                 
Total Return
    -1.07 %++     3.37 %     4.32 %     4.37 %     9.05 %     6.64 %
                                                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)
  $ 120,026     $ 184,502     $ 148,370     $ 122,332     $ 106,098     $ 108,337  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                                               
Net of expense reimbursement
    0.00 %+     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %     0.00 %
Before expense reimbursement
    0.19 %+     0.17 %     0.18 %     0.19 %     0.20 %     0.19 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
                                               
Net of expense reimbursement
    1.28 %+     1.90 %     2.83 %     3.22 %     4.93 %     5.33 %
Before expense reimbursement
    1.09 %+     1.73 %     2.65 %     3.03 %     4.73 %     5.14 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    197 %++     278 %     122 %     388 %     108 %     126 %
 
  +
Annualized for periods less than one year.
++
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
  #
Amount is less than $0.01.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1 – Organization
The PIA BBB Bond Fund and the PIA MBS Bond Fund (the “Funds”) are each a series of Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company.  Currently, the Funds offer the Managed Account Completion Shares (MACS) class.  Each of the Funds is diversified and has separate assets and liabilities and differing investment objectives.  The investment objective of the PIA BBB Bond Fund (the “BBB Bond Fund”) is to seek to provide a total rate of return that approximates that of bonds rated within the BBB category by Standard and Poor’s Rating Group, the Baa category by Moody’s Investors Services or the BBB category by Fitch, Inc.  The investment objective of the PIA MBS Bond Fund (the “MBS Bond Fund”) is to seek to provide a total rate of return that approximates that of mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) included in the Barclays Capital U.S. MBS Fixed Rate Index.  The BBB Bond Fund and the MBS Bond Fund commenced operations on September 25, 2003 and February 28, 2006, respectively.  Only authorized investment advisory clients of Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. are eligible to invest in the Funds.
 
Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Security Valuation – All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.
 
Securities Purchased on a When-Issued Basis – Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Funds on a forward-commitment or when-issued basis can take place up to a month or more after the transaction date.  During this period, such securities are subject to market fluctuations. The Funds are required to hold and maintain until the settlement date, cash or other liquid assets in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price.  The purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward-commitment basis may increase the volatility of the Funds’ net asset values if the Funds make such purchases while remaining substantially fully invested.  In connection with the ability to purchase securities on a when-issued basis, the Funds may also enter into dollar rolls in which the Funds sell securities purchased on a forward-commitment basis and simultaneously contract with a counterparty to repurchase similar (same type, coupon, and maturity), but not identical securities on a specified future date.  As an inducement for the Funds to “rollover” their purchase commitments, the Funds receive negotiated amounts in the form of reductions of the purchase price of the commitment.  Dollar rolls are considered a form of leverage.
 
Federal Income Taxes – It is the Funds’ policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders.  Therefore, no Federal income or excise tax provision is required.
 
The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities.  Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years 2010 – 2012, or expected to be taken in the Funds’ 2013 tax returns.  The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and the state of Wisconsin; however the Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Expenses – Each Fund is charged for those expenses that are directly attributable to the Fund, such as administration and custodian fees.  Expenses that are not directly attributable to a Fund are typically allocated among the Funds in proportion to their respective net assets.
 
Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are calculated on the basis of identified cost.  Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.  Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective security.
 
Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  The Funds distribute substantially all net investment income, if any, monthly and net realized gains, if any, annually.  The amount and character of income and net realized gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with Federal income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  To the extent that these differences are attributable to permanent book and tax accounting differences, the components of net assets have been adjusted.
 
Reclassification of Capital Accounts – Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting.  These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
 
Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses.  The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims against the Funds that have not yet occurred.  Based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operation during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Events Subsequent to the Fiscal Period End – In preparing the financial statements as of May 31, 2013, management considered the impact of subsequent events for the potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
 
Note 3 – Securities Valuation
The Funds have adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for major security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
 
Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.
 
 
 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
 
 
Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
 
Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’ major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  The Funds’ investments are carried at fair value.
 
Investment Companies – Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their net asset value per share.  To the extent, these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Corporate Bonds – Corporate bonds, including listed issues, are valued at market on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service which utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and formula-based techniques.  The pricing service may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, and fundamental data relating to the issuer.  Most corporate bonds are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Foreign Securities – Foreign economies may differ from the U.S. economy and individual foreign companies may differ from domestic companies in the same industry.
 
Foreign companies or entities are frequently not subject to accounting and financial reporting standards applicable to domestic companies, and there may be less information available about foreign issuers.  Securities of foreign issuers are generally less liquid and more volatile than those of comparable domestic issuers.  There is frequently less government regulation of broker-dealers and issuers than in the United States.  In addition, investments in foreign countries are subject to the possibility of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect the value of those investments.
 
All foreign securities owned by the BBB Bond Fund are U.S. dollar denominated.
 
U.S. Government Securities – U.S. government securities are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data.  Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations.  U.S. government securities are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
U.S. Government Agency Securities – U.S. government agency securities are comprised of two main categories consisting of agency issued debt and mortgage pass-throughs.  Agency issued debt securities are generally valued in a manner similar to U.S. government securities.  Mortgage pass-throughs include to-be-announced (“TBAs”) securities and mortgage pass-through certificates.  TBA securities and mortgage pass-throughs are generally valued using dealer quotations.  These securities are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Derivative Instruments – Listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.  Credit default swaps are valued daily based upon quotations from market makers and are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Short-Term Securities – Short-term securities which mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost (unless the Board of Trustees determines that this method does not represent fair value).  Short-term securities which mature after 60 days are valued at market.  To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or if the closing price does not represent fair value, are valued following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (“Board”).  These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events.  There can be no assurance that the Funds could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if they were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the Funds determine their net asset values per share.
 
The Board has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee which is comprised of one or more trustees and representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ administrator.  The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available.  All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are reviewed and ratified by the Board.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ securities as of May 31, 2013:
 
BBB Bond Fund
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fixed Income
                       
  Corporate Bonds
  $     $ 292,402,802     $     $ 292,402,802  
  Sovereign Bonds
          31,900,250             31,900,250  
Total Fixed Income
          324,303,052             324,303,052  
Short-Term Investments
    7,338,378                   7,338,378  
Total Investments
  $ 7,338,378     $ 324,303,052     $     $ 331,641,430  


 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
MBS Bond Fund
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fixed Income
                       
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed
                       
    Securities
  $     $ 996,967     $     $ 996,967  
  Mortgage-Backed Securities –
                               
    U.S. Government Agencies
          120,315,763             120,315,763  
  U.S. Government Instrumentalities
          26,058,057             26,058,057  
Total Fixed Income
          147,370,787             147,370,787  
Short-Term Investments
    834,284                   834,284  
Total Investments
  $ 834,284     $ 147,370,787     $     $ 148,205,071  
 
Refer to the Funds’ Schedule of Investments for a detailed break-out of securities.  Transfers between levels are recognized at May 31, 2013, the end of the reporting period.  The Funds recognized no transfers to/from level 1 or level 2. There were no level 3 securities held in the Funds during the six months ended May 31, 2013.
 
New Accounting Pronouncement – In January 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-01 Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. This update gives additional clarification to the FASB ASU No. 2011-11 Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The amendments in this ASU require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The guidance requires retrospective application for all comparative periods presented. The Funds are currently evaluating the impact ASU 2013-01 will have on the financial statement disclosures.
 
Note 4 – Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The Funds have investment advisory agreements with Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (“PIA” or the “Adviser”) pursuant to which the Adviser is responsible for providing investment management services to the Funds.  The Adviser furnished all investment advice, office space and facilities, and provides most of the personnel needed by the Funds.  Under the agreement, the Funds do not pay the Adviser an investment advisory fee.  However, investors in the Funds will be charged investment advisory fees by the Adviser and persons other than the Adviser.  Clients of PIA pay PIA an investment advisory fee to manage their assets, including assets invested in the Funds.  Participants in “wrap-fee” programs pay fees to the program sponsor, who in turn pays fees to the Adviser.
 
The Funds are responsible for their own operating expenses.  PIA has voluntarily agreed to limit the total expenses of the Funds to an annual rate of 0.00% of average daily net assets through March 29, 2014.  This waiver may be discontinued at any time after March 29, 2014 as long as the Adviser provides shareholders of the Funds with written notice six months in advance of the discontinuance.  The Adviser may not recoup expense reimbursements in future periods.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Adviser absorbed Fund expenses in the amount of $240,557 and $161,730 for the BBB Bond Fund and the MBS Bond Fund, respectively.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (the “Administrator”) acts as the Funds’ Administrator under an Administration Agreement.  The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Funds; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Trustees; monitors the activities of the Funds’ custodian, transfer agent and accountants; coordinates the preparation and payment of the Funds’ expenses and reviews the Funds’ expense accruals.
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) also serves as the fund accountant and transfer agent to the Funds.  U.S. Bank N.A., an affiliate of USBFS, serves as the Funds’ custodian.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”) acts as the Funds’ principal underwriter in a continuous public offering of the Funds’ shares.  The Distributor is an affiliate of the Administrator.
 
Certain officers of the Funds are employees of the Administrator.
 
For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Funds incurred the following expenses for administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, custody, and Chief Compliance Officer fees:
 
   
BBB Bond Fund
   
MBS Bond Fund
 
Administration
  $ 42,468     $ 29,069  
Fund Accounting
    56,272       46,301  
Transfer Agency
               
  (excludes out-of-pocket expenses and sub-ta fees)
    51,158       19,331  
Custody
    14,530       17,307  
Chief Compliance Officer
    3,703       2,944  
 
At May 31, 2013, the Funds had payables due to USBFS for administration, fund accounting, transfer agency and Chief Compliance Officer fees and to U.S. Bank, N.A. for custody fees in the following amounts:
 
   
BBB Bond Fund
   
MBS Bond Fund
 
Administration
  $ 26,669     $ 19,012  
Fund Accounting
    37,149       29,840  
Transfer Agency
               
  (excludes out-of-pocket expenses and sub-ta fees)
    31,054       10,099  
Custody
    7,635       7,872  
Chief Compliance Officer
    2,465       1,960  
 
Note 5 – Purchases and Sales of Securities
   
Non-Government
   
U.S. Government
 
   
Purchases
   
Sales
   
Purchases
   
Sales
 
BBB Bond Fund
  $ 71,703,121     $ 112,129,599              
MBS Bond Fund
    304,815,645       335,992,189              
 
Purchases and sales of U.S. Government securities include only long-term purchases and sales of securities directly issued by the U.S. Government such as U.S. Treasury notes and bonds.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Note 6 – Derivative Instruments
The Funds have adopted the financial accounting reporting rules as required by the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.  The Funds are required to include enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.
 
During the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Funds did not hold derivative instruments.
 
Note 7 – Line of Credit
The BBB Bond Fund has a line of credit in the amount of $18,400,000.  This line of credit is intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions, in connection with shareholder redemptions.  The credit facility is with the BBB Bond Fund’s custodian, U.S. Bank N.A.  During the six months ended May 31, 2013, the BBB Bond Fund did not draw upon its line of credit.
 
Note 8 – Federal Income Tax Information
Net investment income and net realized gains/(losses) differ for financial statement and tax purposes due to differing treatments of paydowns.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the six months ended May 31, 2013 and the year ended November 30, 2012 was as follows:
 
   
BBB Bond Fund
   
MBS Bond Fund
 
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30, 2012
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30, 2012
 
Ordinary income
  $ 7,767,811     $ 14,556,232     $ 3,177,090     $ 4,711,028  
Long-term capital gains
    10,028,726       14,474,369              
 
Ordinary income distributions may include dividends paid from short-term capital gains.
 
As of November 30, 2012, the Funds’ most recently completed fiscal year end, the components of capital on a tax basis were as follows:
 
   
BBB Bond Fund
   
MBS Bond Fund
 
Cost of investments (a)
  $ 349,588,228     $ 223,627,151  
Gross unrealized appreciation
    31,334,031       5,505,001  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (973,736 )     (13 )
Net unrealized appreciation
    30,360,295       5,504,988  
Undistributed ordinary income
    534,899       1,496,331  
Undistributed long-term capital gain
    10,028,575        
Total distributable earnings
    10,563,474       1,496,331  
Other accumulated gains/(losses)
           
Total accumulated earnings/(losses)
  $ 40,923,769     $ 7,001,319  
 
 
(a)
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation in the BBB Bond Fund is attributable primarily to wash sales.  The book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation is the same in the MBS Bond Fund.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notice to Shareholders – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
How to Obtain a Copy of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-251-1970, or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
How to Obtain a Copy of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Records for the 12-Month Period Ended June 30
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-251-1970.  Furthermore, you can obtain the Funds’ proxy voting records on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Filings on Form N-Q
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.  Information included in the Funds’ Form N-Q is also available by calling 1-800-251-1970.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement
(Unaudited)
 
At a meeting held on December 4-6, 2012, the Board, including all the persons who are Independent Trustees as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, considered and approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreements for the PIA BBB Bond Fund and PIA MBS Bond Fund (the “Funds”) with Pacific Income Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) for another annual term.  At this meeting, and at a prior meeting held on October 24-25, 2012, the Board received and reviewed substantial information regarding the Funds, the Adviser and the services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Advisory Agreements.  This information, together with the information provided to the Board throughout the course of the year, formed the primary (but not exclusive) basis for the Board’s determinations.  Below is a summary of the factors considered by the Board and the conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s continuance of the Advisory Agreements:
 
 
1.
THE NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISER UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENTS.  The Board considered the Adviser’s specific responsibilities in all aspects of day-to-day investment management of the Funds. The Board considered the qualifications, experience and responsibilities of the portfolio managers, as well as the responsibilities of other key personnel of the Adviser involved in the day-to-day activities of the Funds.  The Board also considered the resources and compliance structure of the Adviser, including information regarding its compliance program, its chief compliance officer and the Adviser’s compliance record, and the Adviser’s business continuity plan.  The Board also considered the prior relationship between the Adviser and the Trust, as well as the Board’s knowledge of the Adviser’s operations, and noted that during the course of the prior year they had met with the Adviser to discuss various marketing and compliance topics, including the Adviser’s diligence in risk oversight.  The Board concluded that the Adviser had the quality and depth of personnel, resources, investment methods and compliance policies and procedures essential to performing its duties under the Advisory Agreements and that the nature, overall quality, cost and extent of such management services are satisfactory.
 
 
2.
THE FUNDS’ HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE ADVISER.  In assessing the quality of the portfolio management delivered by the Adviser, the Board reviewed the short-term and long-term performance of the Funds as of August 31, 2012 on both an absolute basis, and in comparison to both benchmarks and their peer funds as classified by Lipper and Morningstar.  While the Board considered performance over both short and long term periods, it placed less emphasis on very short term performance and greater emphasis on longer term performance. When reviewing performance against the comparative peer group universe, the Board took into account that the investment objective and strategies of the Funds, as well as their level of risk tolerance, may differ significantly from funds in the peer universe.
 
PIA BBB Bond Fund:  The Board noted that the BBB Bond Fund’s performance, with regard to its Lipper comparative universe, was above its peer group median and Lipper Index for all relevant periods, except for the one-year period.  The Board noted that the BBB Bond Fund’s performance, with regard to its Morningstar comparative universe, was above its peer group median and average for the five-year period, and below its peer group median and average for all other relevant periods.  The Board also reviewed the performance of the Fund against broad-based securities market benchmarks.
 
 
 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
PIA MBS Bond Fund:  The Board noted that the MBS Bond Fund’s performance, with regard to its Lipper comparative universe, was above its peer group median and Lipper Index for the five-year and since inception periods, and below its peer group median and Lipper Index for the three-month, year-to-date, one-year and three-year periods.  The Board noted that the MBS Bond Fund’s performance, with regard to its Morningstar comparative universe, was above its peer group median and average for the five-year and since inception periods, above its peer group median but below its peer group average for the three month period, and below its peer group median and average for the year-to-date, one-year and three-year periods.  The Board also reviewed the performance of the Fund against a broad-based securities market benchmark.
 
 
3.
THE COSTS OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISER AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADVISER’S FEE UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENTS.  In considering the appropriateness of the advisory fee, the Board considered the level of the fee itself as well as the total fees and expenses of each Fund. The Board reviewed information as to fees and expenses of advisers and funds within the relevant Lipper peer funds as well as fees and expenses of separate accounts for other types of clients advised by the Adviser.  The Board also considered that the Adviser does not manage any separate accounts with a similar strategy to that of the Funds.
 
PIA BBB Bond Fund:  The Board noted that the Adviser does not charge management fees to the BBB Bond Fund.  The Board recognized that clients of the Adviser pay the Adviser an investment advisory fee to manage their assets as part of wrap programs or other investment advisory accounts, including assets invested in the BBB Bond Fund.   The Board noted that the Adviser had also voluntarily absorbed all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses.
 
PIA MBS Bond Fund:  The Board noted that the Adviser does not charge management fees to the MBS Bond Fund.  The Board recognized that clients of the Adviser pay the Adviser an investment advisory fee to manage their assets as part of wrap programs or other investment advisory accounts, including assets invested in the MBS Bond Fund.   The Board noted that the Adviser had also voluntarily absorbed all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses.
 
 
4.
ECONOMIES OF SCALE.  The Board also considered that economies of scale would be expected to be realized by the Adviser as the assets of the Funds grow.  The Board noted that since the Adviser does not charge a management fee to the Funds, and has absorbed all of the Funds’ ordinary operating expenses, such economies of scale might be realized in the form of reinvestment by the Adviser in its research, compliance and other advisory operations.
 
 
5.
THE PROFITS TO BE REALIZED BY THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FUNDS. The Board reviewed the Adviser’s financial information and took into account both the direct benefits and the indirect benefits to the Adviser from advising the Funds. The Board considered the profitability to the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds and considered any additional benefits derived by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds, including the advisory fee it received from the wrap programs and other advisory accounts associated with assets invested in the Funds.  After such review, the Board determined that the profitability to the Adviser with respect to the Advisory Agreements was not excessive, and that the Adviser had maintained adequate resources and profit levels to support the services it provides to the Funds.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
No single factor was determinative of the Board’s decision to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreements for the PIA BBB Bond Fund and PIA MBS Bond, but rather the Board based its determination on the total mix of information available to them.  Based on a consideration of all the factors in their totality, the Board determined that the advisory arrangement with the Adviser, including the advisory fees, were fair and reasonable.  The Board therefore determined that the continuance of the Advisory Agreements for the PIA BBB Bond Fund and PIA MBS Bond would be in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders.
 

 
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PRIVACY NOTICE
 
The Funds collect non-public information about you from the following sources:
 
•  Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
 
•  Information you give us orally; and/or
 
•  Information about your transactions with us or others.
 
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Funds.  We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities.  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.
 
In the event that you hold shares of the Funds through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.
 

 
 

 

Adviser
Pacific Income Advisers, Inc.
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 210
Santa Monica, CA  90401


Distributor
Quasar Distributors, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI   53202


Transfer Agent
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202
(800) 251-1970


Custodian
U.S. Bank N.A.
1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI  53212


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 2400
Philadelphia, PA  19103


Legal Counsel
Paul Hastings LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, NY  10022





Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance.  Share price and returns will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.  Statements and other information herein are dated and are subject to change.
 

 
 

 


 
PIA Funds

– PIA Moderate
Duration Bond Fund

– PIA Short-Term
Securities Fund

 

 

 

 

 

 
Semi-Annual Report
 
May 31, 2013
 

 
 

 

PIA Funds
 
Dear Shareholder:
 
We are pleased to provide you with this semi-annual report for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 regarding the following series of the PIA Mutual Funds for which Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (PIA) is the adviser: the PIA Short-Term Securities Fund and the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund.
 
During the six month period ended May 31, 2013, the total returns, including the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains, were as follows:
 
PIA Short-Term Securities Fund
0.03%
PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund
-0.82%
 
PIA Short-Term Securities Fund
The PIA Short-Term Securities Fund’s return of 0.03% for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 was modestly below the Fund’s benchmark index, the BofA Merrill Lynch 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index, which returned 0.16% for the same period, and that of the Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Corporate 1-Year Duration Index return of 0.14%.  The Fund’s total return is net of 0.17% in Fund fees and expenses for the six months, compared to the benchmark index, which does not incur fees and expenses.  As stated in the current prospectus, the Fund’s gross expense ratio is 0.38%.
 
PIA has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fees and pay Fund expenses to ensure that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets through March 29, 2014.
 
During this period, the Fund had approximately a neutral maturity structure relative to the Fund’s benchmark index.  The Fund also had an overweight in short average life/floating rate government mortgage-backed securities, agencies and corporate notes which added yield to the portfolio.  At the same time, some spread widening in some of the corporate notes in the Fund contributed to a modest underperformance.  During the period we continued to add short term corporate bonds that offered attractive yield, as we believe that they will not only provide the portfolio with additional yield, but will also outperform similar maturity Treasuries as the U.S. economy gradually improves.
 
PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund
The PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund’s return of -0.82% for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 was higher than the Fund’s benchmark index, the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which returned -1.05% for the same period.  The Fund’s total return is net of 0.25% in Fund fees and expenses for the six months, compared to the benchmark index, which does not incur fees and expenses.  As stated in the current prospectus, the Fund’s gross expense ratio is 0.80% and the Fund’s Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses including acquired fund fees and expenses is 0.51%.
 
PIA has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fees and pay Fund expenses to ensure that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.50% of the Fund’s average daily net assets through March 29, 2014.
 
The Fund’s outperformance was mainly due to its overweight in investment grade and high yield corporate securities and to a lesser extent due to its modestly shorter duration in a period of rising interest rates.
 
The Gross Domestic Product’s annual rate of growth was 2.4% for the first quarter of 2013 compared to 0.4% during the fourth quarter of 2012 and 1.7% for all of 2012.  The housing sector continued to improve and unemployment levels declined to 7.6%.  The Federal Reserve maintained its easier monetary policy by keeping the Federal Funds Rate close to zero and implementing a third round of its quantitative easing (QE) program.  Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, declined to 1.1% year over year at April 2013, down from 2.3% year over year at April 2012.
 

 
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PIA Funds
 
The prospects of an improving economy and the Federal Reserve tapering their QE program caused yields to rise.  Yields on 5-year Treasury notes and 30-year Treasury bonds rose by 40 and 47 basis points (bp), respectively, from November 30, 2012 to May 31, 2013.  Yields on one-year Treasuries were 4 bp lower.
 
Interest rate spreads on BBB rated bonds relative to Treasuries declined during the period from 188 bp to 170 bp.  Spreads on Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities fell from 169 bp to 151 bp, as the demand for yield helped both sectors.
 
Please take a moment to review each Fund’s statements of assets and the results of operations for the six month period ended May 31, 2013.  We look forward to reporting to you again with the annual report dated November 30, 2013.
 
Lloyd McAdams signature
Lloyd McAdams
Chairman of the Board
Pacific Income Advisers, Inc.
 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Opinions expressed above are those of the adviser and are subject to change, are not guaranteed and should not be considered recommendations to buy or sell any security.
 
Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk.  Principal loss is possible.  Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise.  This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.  Investments in Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments.
 
The Funds may also use options and futures contracts and the Moderate Duration Bond Fund may also use swaps, which have the risks of unlimited losses of the underlying holdings due to unanticipated market movements and failure to correctly predict the direction of securities prices, interest rates and currency rates.  Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments.  These risks are fully disclosed in the Prospectus.
 
The Moderate Duration Bond Fund is non-diversified, meaning it may concentrate its assets in fewer individual holdings than a diversified fund.  Therefore, the Fund is more exposed to market volatility than a diversified fund.  Investment by the Fund in lower-rated and non-rated securities presents a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities.
 
The Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (the “Index”) is an unmanaged index presented for comparative purposes only.  The Index represents securities that are U.S. domestic, taxable, and dollar denominated.  The Index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities, mortgage pass-through securities, and asset-backed securities.  The BofA Merrill Lynch 1 Year U.S. Treasury Note Index (the “Index”) is an unmanaged index presented for comparative purposes only.  The Index is comprised of a single U.S. Treasury issue with approximately one year to final maturity purchased at the beginning of each month and held for one full month.  At the end of the month, that issue is sold and rolled into a newly selected issue.  The Barclays Capital U.S. Government/Corporate 1-Year Duration Index is an unmanaged index, which represents the short-term U.S. investment grade bond market as well as short-term U.S. government agency and Treasury securities.  You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
Gross Domestic Product is the amount of goods and services produced in a year, in a country.
 
Consumer Price Index measures the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food and medical care.
 
Basis point equals 1/100th of 1%.
 
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments in the report for complete holdings information.  Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.  Investment performance reflects fee waivers in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC, Distributor
 

 
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PIA Funds
Expense Example – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
As a shareholder of a mutual fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the PIA Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (12/1/12 –5/31/13).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the tables below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses, with actual net expenses being limited to 0.50% and 0.35% per the Operating Expenses Limitation Agreement for the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund and the PIA Short-Term Securities Fund, respectively.  Although the Funds charge no sales loads or transaction fees, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks, and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ transfer agent.  The Example below includes, but is not limited to, management fees, 12b-1 fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees.  You may use the information in the first line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.  Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the tables below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is different from the Funds’ actual returns.  The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.  You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds.  To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.  Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees.  Therefore, the second line of the tables is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
Beginning Account
Ending Account
Expenses Paid During
 
Value 12/1/12
Value 5/31/13
Period 12/1/12 – 5/31/13*
PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund
     
Actual
$1,000.00
$   991.80
$2.48
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$1,000.00
$1,022.44
$2.52
       
PIA Short-Term Securities Fund
     
Actual
$1,000.00
$1,000.30
$1.75
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$1,000.00
$1,023.19
$1.77
 
*
Expenses are equal to a Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account values over the period, multiplied by 182 (days in most recent fiscal half-year) / 365 days to reflect the one-half year expense.  The annualized expense ratios of the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund and the PIA Short-Term Securities Fund are 0.50% and 0.35%, respectively.
 

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MODERATE DURATION BOND FUND
Allocation of Portfolio Assets – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
Investments by Type
As a Percentage of Total Investments
 
 
 

 
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PIA Funds
PIA SHORT-TERM SECURITIES FUND
Allocation of Portfolio Assets – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
Investments by Type
As a Percentage of Total Investments
 


 
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PIA Funds
PIA MODERATE DURATION BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS 40.2%
     
 
Agriculture 2.1%
     
   
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.
     
$ 275,000  
  5.375%, due 9/15/35
  $ 308,652  
     
Bunge Limited Finance Corp.
       
  400,000  
  8.50%, due 6/15/19
    512,571  
            821,223  
Auto Service 1.1%
       
     
American Axle &
       
     
  Manufacturing, Inc.
       
  200,000  
  6.625%, due 10/15/22
    216,250  
     
Meritor, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  6.75%, due 6/15/21
    248,125  
            464,375  
Banks 4.3%
       
     
Bank of America Corp.
       
  325,000  
  5.125%, due 11/15/14
    343,668  
     
CIT Group, Inc.
       
  200,000  
  5.00%, due 8/15/22
    213,975  
     
Citigroup, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  4.50%, due 1/14/22
    433,986  
     
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
       
  370,000  
  4.50%, due 1/24/22
    401,811  
     
Wells Fargo Co.
       
  400,000  
  1.50%, due 1/16/18
    396,268  
            1,789,708  
Beverages 1.2%
       
     
Anheuser-Busch
       
     
  Inbev Worldwide
       
  466,897  
  9.75%, due 11/17/15 (d)
    490,242  
 
Brokers 1.5%
       
     
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  5.25%, due 7/27/21
    446,363  
     
Morgan Stanley
       
  150,000  
  6.625%, due 4/1/18
    176,736  
            623,099  
Chemicals 5.8%
       
     
Axiall Corp.
       
  100,000  
  4.88%, due 5/15/23
    100,875  
     
Cabot Corp.
       
  400,000  
  2.55%, due 1/15/18
    405,909  
     
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  6.875%, due 5/1/18
    481,106  
     
Dow Chemical Co.
       
  380,000  
  3.00%, due 11/15/22
    369,153  
     
Eastman Chemical Co.
       
  400,000  
  3.60%, due 8/15/22
    409,694  
     
Methanex Corp.
       
  125,000  
  3.25%, due 12/15/19
    125,431  
     
RPM International, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  6.125%, due 10/15/19
    470,842  
            2,363,010  
Commercial Finance 0.6%
       
     
GATX Corp.
       
  260,000  
  3.90%, due 3/30/23
    261,781  
 
Construction Machinery 0.7%
       
     
Terex Corp.
       
  250,000  
  6.50%, due 4/1/20
    269,375  
 
Construction and Engineering 0.6%
       
     
Mastec, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  4.875%, due 3/15/23
    247,500  
 
Diversified Financial Services 1.0%
       
     
General Electric Capital Corp.
       
  350,000  
  5.00%, due 1/8/16
    385,233  
 
Electric Utilities 1.4%
       
     
Duke Energy Carolinas
       
  450,000  
  6.10%, due 6/1/37
    554,296  
 
Electrical Equipment 0.3%
       
     
General Cable Corp.
       
  100,000  
  5.75%, due 10/1/22
    103,500  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MODERATE DURATION BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Energy 0.6%
     
   
Calumet Specialty
     
   
  Products Partners
     
$ 200,000  
  9.375%, due 5/1/19
  $ 223,500  
 
Environmental Services 0.3%
       
     
Clean Harbors, Inc.
       
  125,000  
  5.125%, due 6/1/21
    129,375  
 
Equipment Rental and Leasing 0.8%
       
     
H & E Equipment Services, Inc.
       
  200,000  
  7.00%, due 9/1/22
    217,000  
     
TRAC Intermodal LLC
       
  100,000  
  11.00%, due 8/15/19
    110,875  
            327,875  
Financial Services 0.5%
       
     
Apollo Investment Corp.
       
  200,000  
  5.75%, due 1/15/16
    214,000  
 
Food 1.0%
       
     
Tyson Foods, Inc.
       
  380,000  
  4.50%, due 6/15/22
    405,997  
 
Food and Beverage 0.7%
       
     
Chiquita Brands International, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  7.875%, due 2/1/21
    269,375  
 
Hardware 0.6%
       
     
NCR Corp.
       
  250,000  
  4.625%, due 2/15/21
    248,750  
 
Healthcare 0.5%
       
     
Davita, Inc.
       
  200,000  
  5.75%, due 8/15/22
    214,000  
 
Home Building 1.0%
       
     
NVR, Inc.
       
 
400,000  
  3.95%, due 9/15/22
    398,904  
 
Insurance 1.7%
       
     
American International
       
     
  Group, Inc.
       
  270,000  
  5.85%, due 1/16/18
    311,519  
     
MetLife, Inc.
       
  350,000  
  5.00%, due 6/15/15
    379,397  
            690,916  
Medical Equipment 0.8%
       
     
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
       
  320,000  
  3.15%, due 1/15/23
    309,266  
 
Medical/Drugs 2.9%
       
     
Amgen, Inc.
       
  300,000  
  6.40%, due 2/1/39
    366,345  
     
GlaxoSmithKline
       
  400,000  
  5.65%, due 5/15/18
    476,064  
     
Wyeth
       
  275,000  
  5.45%, due 4/1/17
    317,850  
            1,160,259  
Metals and Mining 1.3%
       
     
FMG Resources
       
  250,000  
  6.875%, due 4/1/22
    253,438  
     
Freeport-McMoRan
       
     
  Copper & Gold, Inc.
       
  300,000  
  3.10%, due 3/15/20
    293,957  
            547,395  
Mining 0.9%
       
     
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
       
  300,000  
  6.50%, due 7/15/18
    365,256  
 
Oil and Gas 0.9%
       
     
Basic Energy Services, Inc.
       
  150,000  
  7.75%, due 10/15/22
    158,625  
     
Statoil ASA
       
  210,000  
  2.65%, due 1/15/24
    201,039  
            359,664  
Paper 0.7%
       
     
Cascades, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  7.875%, due 1/15/20
    269,375  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MODERATE DURATION BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Retail 1.2%
     
   
Walgreen Co.
     
$ 500,000  
  3.10%, due 9/15/22
  $ 494,612  
 
Software 1.1%
       
     
Equifax, Inc.
       
  470,000  
  3.30%, due 12/15/22
    458,153  
 
Telecommunications 1.0%
       
     
Sprint Nextel Corp.
       
  250,000  
  6.00%, due 12/1/16
    270,625  
     
Verizon Communications, Inc.
       
  100,000  
  7.75%, due 12/1/30
    135,093  
            405,718  
Tools 1.1%
       
     
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  5.20%, due 9/1/40
    437,094  
Total Corporate Bonds
       
  (cost $15,458,605)
    16,302,826  
               
SOVEREIGN BONDS 2.1%
       
     
Federal Republic of Brazil
       
  326,828  
  12.50%, due 1/5/16 (d)
    366,047  
     
Republic of Chile
       
  468,968  
  5.50%, due 8/5/20 (d)
    496,872  
            862,919  
Total Sovereign Bonds
       
  (cost $957,140)
    862,919  
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 30.2%
       
 
U.S. Government Agencies 30.2%
       
     
FHLMC Pool
       
  21,336  
  4.50%, due 12/1/14, #B17362
    21,714  
  13,693  
  4.50%, due 6/1/24, #G13584
    14,585  
  294,522  
  4.50%, due 10/1/24, #J10934
    312,882  
  19,231  
  4.50%, due 6/1/25, #G14013
    20,394  
  365,743  
  5.50%, due 5/1/26, #D96978
    397,256  
  67,486  
  5.00%, due 7/1/37, #A62994
    72,157  
  448,277  
  5.00%, due 4/1/38, #A75230
    479,301  
  115,350  
  5.50%, due 11/1/38, #G08300
    124,080  
  312,653  
  5.50%, due 1/1/39, #G05072
    336,318  
  59,844  
  5.00%, due 2/1/39, #G05518
    63,986  
  137,514  
  4.50%, due 7/1/39, #A87307
    145,898  
  74,593  
  4.00%, due 8/1/39, #A87714
    78,473  
  22,349  
  4.50%, due 11/1/39, #A89870
    23,712  
  634,786  
  5.00%, due 2/1/40, #A91627
    678,717  
  47,123  
  4.50%, due 5/1/40, #G06047
    49,996  
  55,069  
  5.50%, due 5/1/40, #G06091
    59,237  
  512,817  
  4.50%, due 6/1/40, #A92533
    544,404  
  19,020  
  4.50%, due 8/1/40, #G06024
    20,566  
  235,576  
  4.50%, due 10/1/40, #G06062
    250,087  
     
FHLMC TBA
       
  1,000,000  
  3.00%, due 6/15/43 (f)
    1,001,563  
     
FNMA Pool
       
  211,112  
  5.50%, due 1/1/38, #952038
    228,774  
  117,763  
  5.00%, due 4/1/38, #929301
    127,036  
  531,858  
  5.50%, due 8/1/38, #889988
    594,968  
  135,352  
  5.00%, due 3/1/39, #995906
    146,010  
  1,371,839  
  4.00%, due 12/1/39, #AE0215
    1,448,924  
  790,121  
  5.00%, due 5/1/40, #AD6374
    864,193  
  77,206  
  4.00%, due 10/1/40, #AE6083
    81,448  
  519,655  
  4.00%, due 11/1/41, #AB3946
    548,693  
     
FNMA TBA
       
  1,000,000  
  3.50%, due 6/15/41 (f)
    1,035,820  
     
GNMA Pool
       
  18,402  
  5.00%, due 1/15/34, #626039
    20,028  
  15,264  
  5.00%, due 6/15/37, #565183
    16,489  
  76,860  
  4.50%, due 10/15/38, #782441
    82,283  
  228,126  
  5.00%, due 1/15/39, #708121
    247,716  
  458,171  
  5.00%, due 6/15/39, #713464
    497,517  
  111,394  
  4.50%, due 9/15/40, #733483
    120,160  
  219,150  
  5.00%, due 9/15/40, #731669
    239,887  
  682,337  
  4.50%, due 6/15/41, #724138
    730,485  
  483,912  
  4.50%, due 6/15/41, #749259
    522,897  
            12,248,654  
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
       
  (cost $11,892,149)
    12,248,654  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA MODERATE DURATION BOND FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Principal Amount/
           
Shares
       
Value
 
 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND
       
  INSTRUMENTALITIES 26.6%
       
 
U.S. Government Agencies 7.2%
       
   
FNMA
       
$ 1,900,000  
  0.50%, due 9/28/15
    $ 1,904,497  
  1,000,000  
  0.38%, due 12/21/15
      998,299  
              2,902,796  
U.S. Treasury Bonds 2.3%
         
     
U.S. Treasury Bond
         
  835,000  
  3.75%, due 8/15/41
      913,543  
 
U.S. Treasury Notes 17.1%
         
     
U.S. Treasury Note
         
  1,800,000  
  0.75%, due 9/15/13
      1,803,728  
  3,000,000  
  0.75%, due 12/15/13
      3,010,781  
  500,000  
  2.50%, due 6/30/17
      534,141  
  150,000  
  2.00%, due 2/15/22
      150,762  
  1,490,000  
  2.00%, due 2/15/23
      1,474,401  
              6,973,813  
Total U.S. Government Agencies
         
  and Instrumentalities
         
  (cost $10,959,362)
      10,790,152  
                 
OPEN-END FUNDS 3.3%
         
  135,892  
PIA BBB Bond Fund (g)
      1,335,816  
Total Open-End Funds
         
  (cost $1,346,687)
      1,335,816  
 
RIGHTS 0.0%
         
  1  
Global Crossing North
         
     
  America, Inc. Liquidating
         
     
  Trust (a) (b) (cost $0)
       
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.2%
         
  889,848  
Fidelity Institutional Money
         
     
  Market Government Portfolio –
         
     
  Class I, 0.01% (c)
      889,847  
  6  
Invesco STIT – Treasury
         
     
  Portfolio – Institutional Class,
         
     
  0.02% (c)
      6  
Total Short-Term Investments
         
  (cost $889,853)
      889,853  
Total Investments
         
  (cost $41,503,796)
104.6% 
    42,430,220  
Liabilities less Other Assets
(4.6)%
    (1,881,344 )
TOTAL NET ASSETS
100.0% 
  $ 40,548,876  

(a)
Restricted security.  The interest in the liquidating trust was acquired through a distribution on December 9, 2003.  As of May 31, 2013, the security had a cost and value of $0 (0.0% of total net assets).
(b)
Valued at a fair value in accordance with procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.
(c)
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of May 31, 2013.
(d)
Par and market value for foreign securities are shown in U.S. dollars.
(e)
Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in the program or other “qualified institutional buyers.”  The Fund’s adviser has determined that such security is liquid in accordance with the liquidity guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees of Advisors Series Trust.  As of May 31, 2013, the value of these investments was $1,132,020 or 2.8% of total net assets.
(f)
Security purchased on a when-issued basis.  As of May 31, 2013, the total cost of investments purchased on a when-issued basis was $2,092,969 or 5.2% of total net assets.
(g)
Investment in affiliated security. This Fund is advised by Pacific Income Advisers, Inc., which also serves as adviser to the Moderate Duration Bond Fund.
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
TBA – To Be Announced
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA SHORT-TERM SECURITIES FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS 38.9%
     
 
Agricultural Equipment 0.8%
     
   
John Deere Capital Corp.
     
$ 1,000,000  
  0.75%, due 1/22/16
  $ 999,427  
 
Autos 0.8%
       
     
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC
       
  1,000,000  
  1.70%, due 5/9/16
    998,234  
 
Banks 8.8%
       
     
Bank of America Corp.
       
  1,000,000  
  4.50%, due 4/1/15
    1,058,450  
     
Bank of New York Mellon
       
  1,300,000  
  2.95%, due 6/18/15
    1,359,704  
     
BB&T Corp.
       
  1,000,000  
  5.20%, due 12/23/15
    1,101,348  
     
Capital One Financial Corp.
       
  700,000  
  2.15%, due 3/23/15
    714,005  
     
Citigroup, Inc.
       
  1,000,000  
  2.65%, due 3/2/15
    1,027,270  
     
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
       
  1,500,000  
  1.875%, due 3/20/15
    1,526,331  
     
State Street Corp.
       
  1,550,000  
  4.30%, due 5/30/14
    1,609,907  
     
Suntrust Banks, Inc.
       
  650,000  
  3.60%, due 4/15/16
    693,323  
     
Wells Fargo & Co.
       
  1,500,000  
  3.75%, due 10/1/14
    1,562,024  
            10,652,362  
Biotech 0.6%
       
     
Amgen, Inc.
       
  700,000  
  2.30%, due 6/15/16
    722,573  
 
Brokers 1.1%
       
     
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
       
  1,300,000  
  3.30%, due 5/3/15
    1,352,549  
 
Chemicals 1.2%
       
     
Dow Chemical Co.
       
  700,000  
  2.50%, due 2/15/16
    727,327  
     
Eastman Chemical Co.
       
  700,000  
  3.00%, due 12/15/15
    733,156  
            1,460,483  
Computer Equipment 1.1%
       
     
Cisco Systems, Inc.
       
  1,300,000  
  1.625%, due 3/14/14
    1,312,763  
 
Computer Hardware 0.8%
       
     
Apple, Inc.
       
  1,000,000  
  0.45%, due 5/3/16
    993,897  
 
Consumer Finance 1.1%
       
     
American Express Credit
       
  1,300,000  
  1.75%, due 6/12/15
    1,325,611  
 
Diversified Financial Services 1.3%
       
     
General Electric Capital Corp.
       
  1,550,000  
  3.75%, due 11/14/14
    1,620,320  
 
Diversified Minerals 0.7%
       
     
BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd.
       
  800,000  
  1.00%, due 2/24/15
    806,770  
 
Electric Utilities 0.8%
       
     
Dominion Resources, Inc.
       
  700,000  
  1.95%, due 8/15/16
    718,577  
     
Southern California Edison Co.
       
  255,000  
  5.75%, due 3/15/14
    265,240  
            983,817  
Electrical Equipment 0.9%
       
     
Tyco International Group SA
       
  1,000,000  
  3.375%, due 10/15/15
    1,051,792  
 
Finance 0.9%
       
     
SLM Corp.
       
  1,000,000  
  6.25%, due 1/25/16
    1,066,287  
 
Financial Services 1.0%
       
     
CME Group, Inc.
       
  1,200,000  
  5.75%, due 2/15/14
    1,242,887  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA SHORT-TERM SECURITIES FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Food 0.9%
     
   
Conagra Foods, Inc.
     
$ 330,000  
  1.30%, due 1/25/16
  $ 332,295  
     
Kraft Foods Group, Inc.
       
  700,000  
  1.625%, due 6/4/15
    710,093  
            1,042,388  
Food and Beverage 1.1%
       
     
Pepsico, Inc.
       
  1,300,000  
  0.70%, due 8/13/15
    1,302,963  
 
Health Care 0.8%
       
     
McKesson Corp.
       
  1,000,000  
  0.95%, due 12/4/15
    1,003,083  
 
Insurance 3.6%
       
     
Aetna Inc.
       
  1,000,000  
  6.00%, due 6/15/16
    1,142,558  
     
American International
       
     
  Group, Inc.
       
  700,000  
  3.00%, due 3/20/15
    725,363  
     
CNA Financial Corp.
       
  88,000  
  5.85%, due 12/15/14
    94,072  
     
Metlife, Inc.
       
  850,000  
  2.375%, due 2/6/14
    860,655  
     
Prudential Financial Inc.
       
  700,000  
  4.75%, due 9/17/15
    758,687  
     
Wellpoint, Inc.
       
  650,000  
  5.25%, due 1/15/16
    718,137  
            4,299,472  
Life Sciences Equipment 0.7%
       
     
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
       
  800,000  
  3.20%, due 5/1/15
    829,971  
 
Manufacturing 0.2%
       
     
ITT Corp.
       
  232,000  
  7.375%, due 11/15/15
    265,044  
 
Media 1.2%
       
     
Time Warner, Inc.
       
  685,000  
  3.15%, due 7/15/15
    717,669  
     
Viacom Inc.
       
  700,000  
  1.25%, due 2/27/15
    704,129  
            1,421,798  
Medical Equipment 0.6%
       
     
Boston Scientific Corp.
       
  700,000  
  4.50%, due 1/15/15
    739,342  
 
Medical/Drugs 1.1%
       
     
Eli Lilly & Co.
       
  500,000  
  4.20%, due 3/6/14
    514,438  
     
Wyeth
       
  800,000  
  5.50%, due 2/1/14
    826,437  
            1,340,875  
Metals and Mining 1.2%
       
     
Glencore Funding LLC
       
  500,000  
  1.70%, due 5/27/16 (a)
    498,816  
     
Rio Tinto Finance USA Ltd.
       
  1,000,000  
  1.875%, due 11/2/15
    1,022,571  
            1,521,387  
Oil and Gas 0.6%
       
     
Anadarko Petroleum Corp.
       
  600,000  
  5.95%, due 9/15/16
    684,410  
 
Retail 1.9%
       
     
Target Corp.
       
  1,300,000  
  1.125%, due 7/18/14
    1,310,443  
     
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
       
  1,000,000  
  1.625%, due 4/15/14
    1,010,735  
            2,321,178  
Semiconductors 1.1%
       
     
Texas Instruments, Inc.
       
  1,300,000  
  1.375%, due 5/15/14
    1,312,243  
 
Telecommunications 1.4%
       
     
American Tower Corp.
       
  233,000  
  4.625%, due 4/1/15
    247,490  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA SHORT-TERM SECURITIES FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Telecommunications 1.4% (continued)
     
   
AT&T, Inc.
     
$ 1,500,000  
  0.875%, due 2/13/15
  $ 1,504,523  
            1,752,013  
Transportation Equipment 0.6%
       
     
Paccar Financial Corp.
       
  700,000  
  0.75%, due 5/16/16
    696,709  
Total Corporate Bonds
       
  (cost $47,060,881)
    47,122,648  
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 17.5%
       
 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 5.1%
       
     
Banc of America Commercial
       
     
  Mortgage Trust
       
  2,018,028  
  5.711%, due 5/10/45,
       
     
  Series 2006-2, Class AAB (b)
    2,104,707  
     
Credit Suisse
       
     
  Mortgage Capital
       
  1,500,000  
  5.404%, due 2/15/39,
       
     
  Series 2006-C1, Class A4 (b)
    1,650,841  
     
LB-UBS Commercial
       
     
  Mortgage Trust
       
  1,170,000  
  5.53%, due 6/15/29,
       
     
  Series 2004-C4, Class A4 (b)
    1,208,953  
  1,000,000  
  5.661%, due 3/15/39,
       
     
  Series 2006-C3,
       
     
  Class A4 (b)
    1,107,034  
            6,071,535  
U.S. Government Agencies 12.4%
       
     
FHLMC ARM Pool (b)
       
  8,070  
  2.215%, due 8/1/15, #755204
    8,143  
  10,904  
  2.415%, due 2/1/22, #845113
    11,674  
  32,518  
  1.999%, due 10/1/22, #635206
    33,065  
  10,057  
  2.365%, due 6/1/23, #845755
    10,310  
  8,367  
  2.33%, due 2/1/24, #609231
    8,459  
  440,363  
  2.442%, due 1/1/25, #785726
    465,596  
  11,019  
  2.783%, due 1/1/33, #1B0668
    11,073  
  653,561  
  2.389%, due 10/1/34, #782784
    693,946  
  303,121  
  2.552%, due 12/1/34, #1G0018
    321,770  
  180,327  
  2.773%, due 4/1/36, #847671
    193,115  
     
FHLMC Pool
       
  454,507  
  5.00%, due 10/1/38, #G04832
    485,962  
     
FNMA ARM Pool (b)
       
  36,965  
  2.695%, due 7/1/25, #555206
    37,348  
  219,012  
  2.008%, due 7/1/27, #424953
    224,230  
  86,984  
  2.35%, due 3/1/28, #556438
    87,929  
  124,550  
  2.289%, due 6/1/29, #508399
    132,925  
  274,913  
  2.198%, due 4/1/30, #562912
    292,090  
  89,105  
  2.458%, due 10/1/30, #670317
    91,203  
  45,556  
  2.74%, due 9/1/31, #597196
    48,197  
  30,245  
  2.277%, due 11/1/31, #610547
    30,441  
  3,863  
  2.25%, due 4/1/32, #629098
    3,894  
  468,477  
  2.665%, due 10/1/33, #743454
    499,630  
  1,333,664  
  2.75%, due 11/1/33, #755253
    1,403,430  
  2,224,425  
  2.44%, due 5/1/34, #AC5719
    2,359,165  
  594,073  
  2.632%, due 7/1/34, #779693
    628,325  
  475,327  
  2.474%, due 10/1/34, #795136
    502,206  
  297,752  
  2.422%, due 1/1/35, #805391
    318,164  
  145,962  
  2.726%, due 10/1/35, #845041
    156,421  
  267,430  
  2.249%, due 10/1/35, #846171
    281,793  
  464,205  
  2.47%, due 1/1/36, #849264
    494,297  
  148,003  
  2.518%, due 6/1/36, #872502
    158,089  
  787,133  
  2.69%, due 1/1/37, #906389
    841,495  
  1,088,967  
  2.884%, due 3/1/37, #907868
    1,174,845  
  543,900  
  2.28%, due 8/1/37, #949772
    557,963  
  89,454  
  2.75%, due 10/1/37, #955963
    91,148  
  100,090  
  1.81%, due 11/1/37, #948183
    104,973  
  289,163  
  3.015%, due 11/1/37, #953653
    290,740  
     
FNMA Pool
       
  852,674  
  5.00%, due 6/1/40, #AD5479
    925,146  
  88,931  
  4.00%, due 11/1/41, #AJ3797
    93,900  
     
GNMA II ARM Pool (b)
       
  10,922  
  2.00%, due 11/20/21, #8871
    11,427  
  63,262  
  1.625%, due 10/20/22, #8062
    66,156  
  147,306  
  1.625%, due 11/20/26, #80011
    154,046  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
PIA SHORT-TERM SECURITIES FUND
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Principal Amount/
           
Shares
       
Value
 
 
U.S. Government Agencies 12.4% (continued)
       
   
GNMA II ARM Pool (b) (continued)
       
$ 38,092  
  2.00%, due 11/20/26, #80013
    $ 39,854  
  19,597  
  1.625%, due 12/20/26, #80021
      20,493  
  9,507  
  1.625%, due 1/20/27, #80029
      9,953  
  166,191  
  1.75%, due 7/20/27, #80094
      173,988  
  234,239  
  1.75%, due 8/20/27, #80104
      245,229  
  9,737  
  1.625%, due 10/20/27, #80122
      10,182  
  82,974  
  1.625%, due 1/20/28, #80154
      86,871  
  167,058  
  1.625%, due 10/20/29, #80331
      174,702  
  33,106  
  1.625%, due 11/20/29, #80344
      34,620  
              15,100,621  
Total Mortgage-Backed Securities
         
  (cost $20,567,579)
      21,172,156  
 
U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND INSTRUMENTALITIES 38.4%
         
 
U.S. Government Agencies 22.3%
         
     
FNMA
         
  5,000,000  
  1.00%, due 9/23/13
      5,013,820  
  8,500,000  
  0.75%, due 12/18/13
      8,530,592  
  5,300,000  
  1.25%, due 2/27/14
      5,347,212  
  7,000,000  
  0.875%, due 8/28/14
      7,056,273  
  1,000,000  
  0.75%, due 12/19/14
      1,007,063  
              26,954,960  
U.S. Treasury Notes 16.1%
         
     
U.S. Treasury Note
         
  10,000,000  
  1.00%, due 7/15/13
      10,012,500  
  4,450,000  
  0.75%, due 9/15/13
      4,459,216  
  5,000,000  
  0.75%, due 12/15/13
      5,017,970  
              19,489,686  
Total U.S. Government Agencies          
  and Instrumentalities          
  (cost $46,392,924)       46,444,646  
                 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 4.6%
         
  1,608,047  
Fidelity Institutional Money
         
     
  Market Government Portfolio -
         
     
  Class I, 0.01% (c)
      1,608,047  
     
U.S. Treasury Bill
         
  4,000,000  
  0.02%, due 8/8/13 (d)
      3,999,816  
Total Short-Term Investments          
  (cost $5,607,745)       5,607,863  
Total Investments          
  (cost $119,629,129)
99.4%
    120,347,313  
Other Assets less Liabilities
0.6%
    716,590  
TOTAL NET ASSETS
100.0%
  $ 121,063,903  

(a)
Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in the program or other “qualified institutional buyers.”  The Fund’s adviser has determined that such security is liquid in accordance with the liquidity guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees of Advisors Series Trust.  As of May 31, 2013, the value of these investments was $498,816 or 0.4% of total net assets.
(b)
Variable rate security.  Rate shown reflects the rate in effect as of May 31, 2013.
(c)
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of May 31, 2013.
(d)
Rate shown is the discount rate at May 31, 2013.
ARM – Adjustable Rate Mortgage
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
   
Moderate
       
   
Duration
   
Short-Term
 
   
Bond Fund
   
Securities Fund
 
Assets:
           
Investments in securities, at value:
           
Non-affiliates (cost $40,157,109 and $119,629,129, respectively)
  $ 41,094,404     $ 120,347,313  
Affiliates (cost $1,346,687 and $0, respectively) (Note 8)
    1,335,816        
Total investments in securities, at value (cost $41,503,796 and $119,629,129, respectively)
    42,430,220       120,347,313  
Deposit at broker for futures contracts
    1,000       1,000  
Receivable for fund shares sold
          731,834  
Receivable for securities sold
          24,474  
Interest receivable
    314,340       517,540  
Due from investment adviser (Note 4)
    4,002        
Collateral receivable from broker
    607        
Prepaid expenses
    17,539       28,355  
Total assets
    42,767,708       121,650,516  
Liabilities:
               
Payable for fund shares redeemed
    61,227       481,624  
Payable for securities purchased
    2,092,969        
Distribution payable
          19  
Distribution fees
    4,395        
Investment advisory fees
          4,164  
Fund accounting fees
    15,602       22,464  
Administration fees
    13,296       18,728  
Transfer agent fees and expenses
    12,393       28,657  
Audit fees
    8,719       8,719  
Custody fees
    2,376       4,646  
Chief Compliance Officer fee
    1,396       1,960  
Accrued expenses
    6,459       15,632  
Total liabilities
    2,218,832       586,613  
Net Assets
  $ 40,548,876     $ 121,063,903  
Net Assets Consist of:
               
Paid-in capital
  $ 39,407,389     $ 120,932,898  
Undistributed net investment loss
    (78,468 )     (20,554 )
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss) on investments
    295,237       (566,625 )
Net unrealized appreciation on investments and foreign currency related transactions
    924,718       718,184  
Net Assets
  $ 40,548,876     $ 121,063,903  
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share
  $ 20.46     $ 10.08  
Shares Issued and Outstanding (Unlimited number of shares authorized, par value $0.01)
    1,981,399       12,011,829  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Statements of Operations – Six Months Ended May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
   
Moderate
       
   
Duration
   
Short-Term
 
   
Bond Fund
   
Securities Fund
 
Investment Income:
           
Interest
  $ 564,866     $ 543,346  
Dividends from affiliates
    36,832        
Total investment income
    601,698       543,346  
Expenses:
               
Investment advisory fees (Note 4)
    64,893       145,355  
Fund accounting fees (Note 4)
    22,582       33,600  
Distribution fees (Note 5)
    21,631        
Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 4)
    20,868       50,489  
Administration fees (Note 4)
    19,568       28,230  
Registration fees
    10,301       13,626  
Audit fees
    8,739       8,739  
Custody fees (Note 4)
    3,701       9,341  
Legal fees
    3,509       4,093  
Trustees’ fees
    3,354       6,029  
Reports to shareholders
    2,690       6,163  
Chief Compliance Officer fee (Note 4)
    2,096       2,944  
Insurance
    1,562       3,278  
Miscellaneous
    2,069       5,145  
Total expenses
    187,563       317,032  
Less: Fee waiver by adviser (Note 4)
    (79,409 )     (62,660 )
Net expenses
    108,154       254,372  
Net investment income
    493,544       288,974  
Realized and Unrealized Gain/(Loss) on Investments and Foreign Currency Related Transactions:
               
Net realized gain/(loss) on:
               
Investments and foreign currency related transactions:
               
Non-affiliates
    266,163       81,101  
Affiliates
    (138 )      
Capital gain distributions from regulated investment companies
    56,181        
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments
               
  and foreign currency related transactions
    (1,150,289 )     (383,372 )
Net loss on investments and foreign currency related transactions
    (828,083 )     (302,271 )
Net decrease in net assets resulting from operations
  $ (334,539 )   $ (13,297 )
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
   
Moderate Duration
   
Short-Term
 
   
Bond Fund
   
Securities Fund
 
   
Six Months
   
Year
   
Six Months
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30,
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets From
                       
Operations:
                       
Net investment income
  $ 493,544     $ 1,015,883     $ 288,974     $ 618,007  
Net realized gain/(loss) on:
                               
Investments and foreign currency related transactions
    266,025       554,253       81,101       32,755  
Forward currency contracts
          47,004              
Futures contracts
          (26,588 )            
Swap contracts
          (341,276 )            
Capital gain distributions from regulated investment companies
    56,181       66,328              
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on:
                               
Investments and foreign currency related transactions
    (1,150,289 )     814,490       (383,372 )     104,127  
Forward currency contracts
          (11,218 )            
Futures contracts
                       
Swap contracts
                       
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations
    (334,539 )     2,118,876       (13,297 )     754,889  
Distributions Paid to Shareholders:
                               
Distributions from net investment income
    (572,012 )     (1,242,481 )     (318,880 )     (690,704 )
Distributions from net realized gains on investments
    (53,447 )     (491,178 )            
Total distributions paid to shareholders
    (625,459 )     (1,733,659 )     (318,880 )     (690,704 )
Capital Share Transactions:
                               
Proceeds from shares sold
    4,297,597       6,908,340       28,231,791       79,965,510  
Distributions reinvested
    377,635       1,180,089       145,992       267,100  
Payment for shares redeemed
    (9,651,699 )     (13,274,650 )     (77,325,945 )     (81,460,970 )
Net decrease in net assets
                               
  from capital share transactions
    (4,976,467 )     (5,186,221 )     (48,948,162 )     (1,228,360 )
Total decrease in net assets
    (5,936,465 )     (4,801,004 )     (49,280,339 )     (1,164,175 )
Net Assets, Beginning of Period
    46,485,341       51,286,345       170,344,242       171,508,417  
Net Assets, End of Period
  $ 40,548,876     $ 46,485,341     $ 121,063,903     $ 170,344,242  
Includes Undistributed Net Investment Income/(Loss) of
  $ (78,468 )   $     $ (20,554 )   $ 9,352  
Transactions in Shares:
                               
Shares sold
    206,099       332,099       2,796,192       7,912,068  
Shares issued on reinvestment of distributions
    18,161       56,856       14,464       26,437  
Shares redeemed
    (463,978 )     (638,059 )     (7,661,646 )     (8,060,377 )
Net decrease in shares outstanding
    (239,718 )     (249,104 )     (4,850,990 )     (121,872 )
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
MODERATE DURATION BOND FUND
Financial Highlights
 
   
Six Months
                               
   
Ended
                               
   
May 31, 2013
   
Year Ended November 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Per Share Operating Performance
                                   
(For a fund share outstanding throughout each period)
                             
                                     
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 20.93     $ 20.76     $ 20.77     $ 20.19     $ 18.99     $ 18.94  
                                                 
Income From Investment Operations:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.24       0.43       0.47       0.39       0.52       0.69  
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments,
                                               
  foreign currency related transactions, forward currency
                                   
  contracts, futures contracts and swap contracts
    (0.40 )     0.47       0.26       0.59       1.25       0.04  
Total from investment operations
    (0.16 )     0.90       0.73       0.98       1.77       0.73  
                                                 
Less Distributions:
                                               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.28 )     (0.53 )     (0.55 )     (0.40 )     (0.54 )     (0.68 )
Distributions from net realized gains on investments
    (0.03 )     (0.20 )     (0.19 )                  
Return of capital distribution
                            (0.03 )      
Total distributions
    (0.31 )     (0.73 )     (0.74 )     (0.40 )     (0.57 )     (0.68 )
                                                 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 20.46     $ 20.93     $ 20.76     $ 20.77     $ 20.19     $ 18.99  
                                                 
Total Return
    -0.82 %++     4.45 %     3.61 %     4.93 %     9.43 %     3.95 %
                                                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)
  $ 40,549     $ 46,485     $ 51,286     $ 53,546     $ 44,123     $ 20,936  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                                               
Net of fee waivers and reimbursements
    0.50 %+     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %     0.50 %
Before fee waivers and reimbursements
    0.87 %+     0.79 %     0.79 %     0.82 %     0.94 %     1.50 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
                                   
Net of fee waivers and reimbursements
    2.28 %+     2.08 %     2.29 %     1.95 %     2.68 %     3.80 %
Before fee waivers and reimbursements
    1.91 %+     1.79 %     2.00 %     1.63 %     2.24 %     2.80 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    60 %++     134 %     256 %     446 %     474 %     366 %
 
  +
Annualized for periods less than one year.
++
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES FUND
Financial Highlights
 
   
Six Months
                               
   
Ended
                               
   
May 31, 2013
   
Year Ended November 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
   
2011
   
2010
   
2009
   
2008
 
Per Share Operating Performance
                                   
(For a fund share outstanding throughout each period)
                         
                                     
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.10     $ 10.10     $ 10.11     $ 10.12     $ 10.06     $ 10.02  
                                                 
Income From Investment Operations:
                                               
Net investment income
    0.02       0.04       0.05       0.07       0.18       0.36  
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
    (0.02 )     0.00 *     (0.00 )*     0.00 *     0.06       0.04  
Total from investment operations
    0.00       0.04       0.05       0.07       0.24       0.40  
                                                 
Less Distributions:
                                               
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.08 )     (0.18 )     (0.36 )
Total distributions
    (0.02 )     (0.04 )     (0.06 )     (0.08 )     (0.18 )     (0.36 )
                                                 
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 10.08     $ 10.10     $ 10.10     $ 10.11     $ 10.12     $ 10.06  
                                                 
Total Return
    0.03 %++     0.41 %     0.47 %     0.72 %     2.45 %     4.05 %
                                                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                                               
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)
  $ 121,064     $ 170,344     $ 171,508     $ 154,948     $ 158,124     $ 65,304  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                                               
Net of fee waivers and reimbursements
    0.35 %+     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %     0.35 %
Before fee waivers and reimbursements
    0.44 %+     0.38 %     0.39 %     0.40 %     0.39 %     0.49 %
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
                                               
Net of fee waivers and reimbursements
    0.40 %+     0.36 %     0.51 %     0.67 %     1.58 %     3.56 %
Before fee waivers and reimbursements
    0.31 %+     0.33 %     0.47 %     0.62 %     1.54 %     3.42 %
Portfolio turnover rate
    28 %++     53 %     11 %     59 %     52 %     47 %
 
  *
Amount is less than $0.01.
  +
Annualized for periods less than one year.
++
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1 – Organization
The PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund and the PIA Short-Term Securities Fund (together, the “Funds”) are each a series of Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company.  Each of the Funds has separate assets and liabilities and differing investment objectives.  The investment objective of the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund (the “Moderate Duration Fund”) is to seek to maximize total return through investing in bonds while minimizing risk as compared to the market.  The Moderate Duration Fund is a non-diversified fund.  The investment objective of the PIA Short-Term Securities Fund (the “Short-Term Fund”) is to seek a high level of current income, consistent with low volatility of principal through investing in short-term investment grade debt securities.  The Moderate Duration Fund and the Short-Term Fund commenced operations on September 1, 1998 and April 22, 1994, respectively.
 
Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Security Valuation – All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.
 
Securities Purchased on a When-Issued Basis – Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Funds on a forward-commitment or when-issued basis can take place up to a month or more after the transaction date.  During this period, such securities are subject to market fluctuations.  The Funds are required to hold and maintain until the settlement date, cash or other liquid assets in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price.  The purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward-commitment basis may increase the volatility of the Funds’ net asset values if the Funds make such purchases while remaining substantially fully invested.  In connection with the ability to purchase securities on a when-issued basis, the Funds may also enter into dollar rolls in which the Funds sell securities purchased on a forward-commitment basis and simultaneously contract with a counterparty to repurchase similar (same type, coupon, and maturity), but not identical securities on a specified future date.  As an inducement for the Funds to “rollover” their purchase commitments, the Funds receive negotiated amounts in the form of reductions of the purchase price of the commitment.  Dollar rolls are considered a form of leverage.
 
Federal Income Taxes – It is the Funds’ policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders.  Therefore, no Federal income or excise tax provision is required.
 
The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities.  Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years 2010 – 2012, or expected to be taken in the Funds’ 2013 tax returns.  The Funds identify their major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and the state of Wisconsin; however the Funds are not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Expenses – Each Fund is charged for those expenses that are directly attributable to the Fund, such as investment advisory and custodian fees.  Expenses that are not directly attributable to a Fund are typically allocated among the Funds in proportion to their respective net assets.
 
Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Security transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are calculated on the basis of identified cost.  Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date.  Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.  Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are amortized over the life of the respective security.
 
Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  The Funds distribute substantially all net investment income, if any, monthly and net realized gains, if any, annually.  The amount and character of income and net realized gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with Federal income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  To the extent that these differences are attributable to permanent book and tax accounting differences, the components of net assets have been adjusted.
 
Reclassification of Capital Accounts – Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting.  These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
 
Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses.  The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims against the Funds that have not yet occurred.  Based on experience, the Funds expect the risk of loss to be remote.
 
Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operation during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Events Subsequent to the Fiscal Period End – In preparing the financial statements as of May 31, 2013, management considered the impact of subsequent events for the potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
 
Note 3 – Securities Valuation
The Funds have adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for major security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
 
Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
 
Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
 
 
Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Funds’ own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
 
Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Funds’ major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  The Funds’ investments are carried at fair value.
 
Investment Companies – Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their net asset value per share.  To the extent, these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Corporate Bonds – Corporate bonds, including listed issues, are valued at market on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service which utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and formula-based techniques.  The pricing service may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, and fundamental data relating to the issuer.  Most corporate bonds are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Foreign Securities – Foreign economies may differ from the U.S. economy and individual foreign companies may differ from domestic companies in the same industry.
 
Foreign companies or entities are frequently not subject to accounting and financial reporting standards applicable to domestic companies, and there may be less information available about foreign issuers.  Securities of foreign issuers are generally less liquid and more volatile than those of comparable domestic issuers.  There is frequently less government regulation of broker-dealers and issuers than in the United States.  In addition, investments in foreign countries are subject to the possibility of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect the value of those investments.
 
U.S. Government Securities – U.S. government securities are normally valued using a model that incorporates market observable data such as reported sales of similar securities, broker quotes, yields, bids, offers, and reference data.  Certain securities are valued principally using dealer quotations.  U.S. government securities are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
U.S. Government Agency Securities – U.S. government agency securities are comprised of two main categories consisting of agency issued debt and mortgage pass-throughs.  Agency issued debt securities are generally valued in a manner similar to U.S. government securities.  Mortgage pass-throughs include to-be-announced (“TBAs”) securities and mortgage pass-through certificates.  TBA securities and mortgage pass-throughs are generally valued using dealer quotations.  These securities are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Derivative Instruments – Listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange.  Credit default swaps are valued daily based upon quotations from market makers and are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.  Foreign currency forward contracts are valued at the current day’s interpolated foreign exchange rate, as calculated using the current day’s exchange rate, and the 30-, 60-, 90-, 180-, and 360- day forward rates provided by an independent pricing service.  Futures contracts are valued at the last sale price at the close of trading on the relevant exchange.  If there was no sale on the applicable exchange on such day, they are valued at the mean of the quoted bid and asked prices as of the close of such exchange.
 
Short-Term Securities – Short-term securities which mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost (unless the Board of Trustees determines that this method does not represent fair value).  Short-term investments which mature after 60 days are valued at market.  To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
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 days at approximately the price at which the security is valued by the Fund.  Illiquid securities may be valued under methods approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value.  Each Fund intends to hold no more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities.
 
Certain restricted securities may be considered illiquid.  Restricted securities are often purchased in private placement transactions, are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, may have contractual restrictions on resale, and may be valued under methods approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value.  Certain restricted securities eligible for resale to qualified institutional investors, including Rule 144A securities, are not subject to the limitation on the Funds’ investment in illiquid securities if they are determined to be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Funds’ Board of Trustees.  As of May 31, 2013, Pacific Income Advisers, Inc., the adviser, has determined that the Rule 144A securities held by the Funds are considered liquid.
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or if the closing price does not represent fair value, are valued following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.  These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events.  There can be no assurance that the Funds could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if they were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the Funds determine their net asset values per share.
 
The Board has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee which is comprised of one or more trustees and representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Funds’ administrator.  The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available.  All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are reviewed and ratified by the Board.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ securities as of May 31, 2013:
 
Moderate Duration Fund
                       
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fixed Income
                       
  Corporate Bonds
  $     $ 16,302,826     $     $ 16,302,826  
  Sovereign Bonds
          862,919             862,919  
  Mortgage-Backed Securities
          12,248,654             12,248,654  
  U.S. Government Agencies
                               
    and Instrumentalities
          10,790,152             10,790,152  
  Open-End Funds
    1,335,816                   1,335,816  
Total Fixed Income
    1,335,816       40,204,551             41,540,367  
Short-Term Investments
    889,853                   889,853  
Total Investments
  $ 2,225,669     $ 40,204,551     $     $ 42,430,220  
                                 
Short-Term Fund
                               
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fixed Income
                               
  Corporate Bonds
  $     $ 47,122,648     $     $ 47,122,648  
  Mortgage-Backed Securities
          21,172,156             21,172,156  
  U.S. Government Agencies
                               
    and Instrumentalities
          46,444,646             46,444,646  
Total Fixed Income
          114,739,450             114,739,450  
Short-Term Investments
  $ 1,608,047       3,999,816             5,607,863  
Total Investments
  $ 1,608,047     $ 118,739,266     $     $ 120,347,313  
 
Refer to the Funds’ Schedule of Investments for a detailed break-out of securities.  Transfers between levels are recognized at May 31, 2013, the end of the reporting period.  The Funds recognized no transfers to/from level 1 or level 2. There were no level 3 securities held in the Funds during the six months ended May 31, 2013.
 
New Accounting Pronouncement – In January 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-01 Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. This update gives additional clarification to the FASB ASU No. 2011-11 Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities. The amendments in this ASU require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position. The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The guidance requires retrospective application for all comparative periods presented. The Funds are currently evaluating the impact ASU 2013-01 will have on the financial statement disclosures.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Note 4 – Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The Funds have investment advisory agreement with Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (“PIA” or the “Adviser”) pursuant to which the Adviser is responsible for providing investment management services to the Funds.  The Adviser furnished all investment advice, office space and facilities, and provides most of the personnel needed by the Funds.  As compensation for its services, PIA is entitled to a fee, computed daily and payable monthly.  The Moderate Duration Fund and the Short-Term Fund pay fees calculated at an annual rate of 0.30% and 0.20%, respectively, based upon the average daily net assets of each Fund.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Moderate Duration Fund and the Short-Term Fund incurred $64,893 and $145,355 in advisory fees, respectively.
 
The Funds are responsible for their own operating expenses.  The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce fees payable to it by the Funds and to pay Fund operating expenses to the extent necessary to limit the Moderate Duration Fund’s and the Short-Term Fund’s aggregate annual operating expenses to 0.50% and 0.35% of average daily net assets, respectively.  The Adviser will continue the expense waiver and/or reimbursement through at least March 29, 2014.  Any such reduction made by the Adviser in its fees or payment of expenses which are the Fund’s obligation are subject to reimbursement by the Fund to the Adviser, if so requested by the Adviser, in subsequent fiscal years if the aggregate amount actually paid by the Fund toward the operating expenses for such fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the applicable limitation on Fund’s expenses. The Adviser is permitted to be reimbursed only for fee reductions and expense payments made since March 30, 2011.  The Adviser may not recoup expense waivers and/or reimbursements made prior to March 30, 2011.  Any such reimbursement is also contingent upon Board of Trustees review and approval at the time the reimbursement is made. Such reimbursement may not be paid prior to the Fund’s payment of current ordinary operating expenses.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Adviser reduced its fees and/or absorbed Fund expenses in the amount of $79,409 and $62,660 for the Moderate Duration Fund and the Short-Term Fund, respectively.  No amounts were reimbursed to the Adviser.  Cumulative expenses subject to recapture pursuant to the aforementioned conditions amounted to $321,894 and $169,021 for the Moderate Duration Fund and the Short-Term Fund, respectively, at May 31, 2013.  The expense limitation will remain in effect through at least March 29, 2014, and may be terminated only by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.  Cumulative expenses subject to recapture expire as follows:
 
  Moderate Duration Fund   Short-Term Fund
Year
 
Amount
     
Amount
 
2014
  $ 99,631       $ 45,518  
2015
    142,854         60,843  
2016
    79,409         62,660  
    $ 321,894       $ 169,021  
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (the “Administrator”) acts as the Funds’ Administrator under an Administration Agreement.  The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Funds; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Trustees; monitors the activities of the Funds’ custodian, transfer agent and accountants; coordinates the preparation and payment of the Funds’ expenses and reviews the Funds’ expense accruals.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) also serves as the fund accountant and transfer agent to the Funds.  U.S. Bank N.A., an affiliate of USBFS, serves as the Funds’ custodian.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”) acts as the Funds’ principal underwriter in a continuous public offering of the Funds’ shares.  The Distributor is an affiliate of the Administrator.
 
Certain officers of the Funds are employees of the Administrator.
 
For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Funds incurred the following expenses for administration, fund accounting, transfer agency, custody, and Chief Compliance Officer fees:
 
 
Moderate Duration Fund
 
Short-Term Fund
Administration
$19,568     $28,230  
Fund Accounting
22,582     33,600  
Transfer Agency
         
  (excludes out-of-pocket expenses and sub-ta fees)
18,960     32,351  
Custody
3,701     9,341  
Chief Compliance Officer
2,096     2,944  
 
At May 31, 2013, the Funds had payables due to USBFS for administration, fund accounting, transfer agency and Chief Compliance Officer fees and to U.S. Bank, N.A. for custody fees in the following amounts:
 
 
Moderate Duration Fund
 
Short-Term Fund
Administration
$13,296     $18,728  
Fund Accounting
15,602     22,464  
Transfer Agency
         
  (excludes out-of-pocket expenses and sub-ta fees)
10,799     22,748  
Custody
2,376     4,646  
Chief Compliance Officer
1,396     1,960  
 
Note 5 – Distribution Agreement and Plan
The Funds have adopted a Distribution Plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 (the “Plan”). The Plan permits the Moderate Duration Fund to pay the Distributor for distribution and related expenses at an annual rate of up to 0.10% of the Fund’s average daily net assets.  The Short-Term Fund did not accrue 12b-1 fees during the six months ended May 31, 2013.  The expenses covered by the Plan may include the cost of preparing and distributing prospectuses and other sales material, advertising and public relations expenses, payments to financial intermediaries and compensation of personnel involved in selling shares of the Funds. Payments made pursuant to the Plan will represent compensation for distribution and service activities, not reimbursements for specific expenses incurred.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Moderate Duration Fund paid the Distributor $21,631.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Note 6 – Purchases and Sales of Securities
   
Non-Government
   
Government
 
   
Purchases
   
Sales
   
Purchases
   
Sales
 
Moderate Duration Fund
  $ 24,236,417     $ 29,267,756     $ 1,751,405     $ 8,023,263  
Short-Term Fund
    34,921,670       65,639,012             27,056,463  
 
Purchases and sales of U.S. Government securities include only long-term purchases and sales of securities directly issued by the U.S. Government such as U.S. Treasury notes and bonds.
 
Note 7 – Derivative Instruments
The Funds have adopted the financial accounting reporting rules as required by the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.  The Funds are required to include enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.
 
During the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Funds did not hold any derivative instruments.
 
The Funds are subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives.  The Funds may enter into credit default swaps to manage their exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its exposure to other risks, such as interest rate risks or as a substitute for taking a position in certain types of bonds.
 
Credit default swaps involve the exchange of a fixed rate premium for protection against the loss in value of an underlying security in the event of a defined credit event, such as a payment default or bankruptcy.  Under a credit default swap one party acts as a guarantor by receiving the fixed periodic payment in exchange for the commitment to purchase the underlying security at par if the defined credit event occurs.  Although contract specific, credit events are generally defined as bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium.  Upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the difference between the value of the reference obligation and swap’s notional amount is recorded as realized gain or loss on swap contracts in the statement of operations.  The Funds’ maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract.  This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.
 
The Moderate Duration Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts as hedges against either specific transactions or fund positions.  The aggregate principal amount of the contracts is not recorded because the Fund intends to settle the contracts prior to delivery.  All commitments are marked-to-market daily at the applicable foreign exchange rate, and any resulting unrealized gains or losses are recorded currently.  The Fund realizes gains or losses at the time the forward contracts are extinguished.  Unrealized gains or losses on outstanding positions in forward foreign currency contracts held at the close of the period are recognized as ordinary income or loss for federal income tax purposes.
 
The use of forward foreign currency contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the securities, but it does establish a rate of exchange that can be achieved in the future.  Although forward foreign currency contracts limit the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged currency, they also limit a potential gain that
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
might result should the value of the currency increase.  These contracts involve market risk in excess of the amount reflected in the Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities.  The face or contract amount in U.S. dollars reflects the total exposure the Fund has in that particular currency contract.  In addition, there could be exposure to risks (limited to the amount of unrealized gains) if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of the contracts.
 
In order to protect against changes in the market and to maintain sufficient liquidity to meet redemption requests, each Fund may enter into futures contracts.  Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit cash or pledge U.S. government securities.  The margin required for a futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded.  Subsequent payments, which are dependent on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security or securities, are made or received by the Fund each day (daily variation margin) and are recorded as unrealized gains and losses until the contract is closed.  When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain and loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract.
 
Risks of entering into futures contracts, in general, include the possibility that there will not be a perfect price correlation between the futures contracts and the underlying securities.  Second, it is possible that a lack of liquidity for futures contracts could exist in the secondary market, resulting in an inability to close a futures position prior to its maturity date.  Third, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that a Fund could lose more than the original margin deposit required to initiate a futures transaction.  These contracts involve market risk in excess of the amount reflected in the Funds’ statements of assets and liabilities.  Unrealized gains and losses on outstanding positions in futures contracts held at the close of the year will be recognized as capital gains and losses for federal income tax purposes.
 
With futures, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Funds since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.
 
Note 8 – Investments in Affiliates
The Moderate Duration Fund invests in the PIA BBB Bond Fund, an open-end investment company managed by the Adviser.  The PIA BBB Bond Fund does not charge an investment advisory fee and has an expense cap of 0.0%.
 
The aggregate market value of the PIA BBB Bond Fund holding in the Moderate Duration Fund as of May 31, 2013 amounted to $1,335,816 representing 3.3% of net assets.  Transactions during the six months ended May 31, 2013 of the PIA BBB Bond Fund are as follows:
 
Beginning shares
    195,126  
Beginning cost
  $ 1,946,825  
Purchase cost
     
Sales cost
    (600,138 )
Ending cost
  $ 1,346,687  
Ending shares
    135,892  
Dividend income
  $ 36,832  
Net realized loss
  $ (138 )
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Note 9 – Lines of Credit
The Moderate Duration Fund and the Short-Term Fund have lines of credit in the amount of $7,590,000 and $24,200,000, respectively.  These lines of credit are intended to provide short-term financing, if necessary, subject to certain restrictions, in connection with shareholder redemptions.  The credit facility is with the Funds’ custodian, U.S. Bank N.A.  The Funds did not draw upon their lines of credit during the six months ended May 31, 2013.
 
Note 10 – Federal Income Tax Information
Net investment income/(loss) and net realized gains/(losses) differ for financial statement and tax purposes due to differing treatments of paydowns and swap contracts.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the six months ended May 31, 2013 and the year ended November 30, 2012 was as follows:
 
   
Moderate Duration Fund
   
Short-Term Fund
 
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30, 2012
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30, 2012
 
Ordinary income
  $ 572,012     $ 1,284,776     $ 318,880     $ 690,704  
Long-term capital gains
    53,447       448,883              
 
Ordinary income distributions may include dividends paid from short-term capital gains.
 
As of November 30, 2012, the Funds’ most recently completed fiscal year end, the components of accumulated earnings/(losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
 
   
Moderate Duration Fund
   
Short-Term Fund
 
Cost of investments (a)
  $ 48,991,326     $ 168,256,474  
Gross unrealized appreciation
    2,194,831       1,106,188  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (145,848 )     (4,632 )
Net unrealized appreciation
    2,048,983       1,101,556  
Undistributed ordinary income
          9,352  
Undistributed long-term capital gains
    53,446        
Total distributable earnings
    53,446       9,352  
Other accumulated gains/(losses)
    (944 )     (647,726 )
Total accumulated earnings/(losses)
  $ 2,101,485     $ 463,182  
 
 
(a)
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation is attributable primarily to wash sales.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
The Moderate Duration Fund utilized capital loss carryforwards of $851,953 during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2012.  The Short-Term Fund had tax capital losses which may be carried over to offset future gains.  Such losses expire as follows:
 
           
Short-
Long-
 
           
Term
Term
 
 
2013
2014
2015
2017
2018
Indefinite
Indefinite
Total
Short-Term Fund
$183,103
$218,276
$43,801
$45,313
$56,182
$29,566
$71,485
$647,726


 
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PIA Funds
Notice to Shareholders – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
How to Obtain a Copy of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-251-1970, or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
How to Obtain a Copy of the Funds’ Proxy Voting Records for the 12-Month Period Ended June 30
Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-251-1970.  Furthermore, you can obtain the Funds’ proxy voting records on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Filings on Form N-Q
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Funds’ Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Funds’ Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.  Information included in the Funds’ Form N-Q is also available by calling 1-800-251-1970.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement
(Unaudited)
 
At a meeting held on December 4-6, 2012, the Board, including all the persons who are Independent Trustees as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, considered and approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund and PIA Short-Term Securities Fund (the “Funds”) with the Pacific Income Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) for another annual term.  At this meeting, and at a prior meeting held on October 24-25, 2012, the Board received and reviewed substantial information regarding the Funds, the Adviser and the services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Advisory Agreement.  This information, together with the information provided to the Board throughout the course of the year, formed the primary (but not exclusive) basis for the Board’s determinations.  Below is a summary of the factors considered by the Board and the conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s continuance of the Advisory Agreement:
 
 
1.
THE NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISER UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT.  The Board considered the Adviser’s specific responsibilities in all aspects of day-to-day investment management of the Funds. The Board considered the qualifications, experience and responsibilities of the portfolio managers, as well as the responsibilities of other key personnel of the Adviser involved in the day-to-day activities of the Funds.  The Board also considered the resources and compliance structure of the Adviser, including information regarding its compliance program, its chief compliance officer and the Adviser’s compliance record, and the Adviser’s business continuity plan.  The Board also considered the prior relationship between the Adviser and the Trust, as well as the Board’s knowledge of the Adviser’s operations, and noted that during the course of the prior year they had met with the Adviser to discuss various marketing and compliance topics, including the Adviser’s diligence in risk oversight.  The Board concluded that the Adviser had the quality and depth of personnel, resources, investment methods and compliance policies and procedures essential to performing its duties under the Advisory Agreement and that the nature, overall quality, cost and extent of such management services are satisfactory.
 
 
2.
THE FUNDS’ HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE ADVISER.  In assessing the quality of the portfolio management delivered by the Adviser, the Board reviewed the short-term and long-term performance of the Funds as of August 31, 2012 on both an absolute basis, and in comparison to both benchmarks and their peer funds as classified by Lipper and Morningstar.  While the Board considered performance over both short and long term periods, it placed less emphasis on very short term performance and greater emphasis on longer term performance. When reviewing performance against the comparative peer group universe, the Board took into account that the investment objective and strategies of the Funds, as well as their level of risk tolerance, may differ significantly from funds in the peer universe.
 
PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund:  The Board noted that the Moderate Duration Fund’s performance, with regard to its Lipper and Morningstar comparative universes, was below its peer group median and Lipper Index (with respect to the Lipper comparative universe) or average (with respect to the Morningstar comparative universe) for all relevant periods.
 
The Board also considered any differences in performance between similarly managed accounts and the performance of the Fund and reviewed the performance of the Fund against a broad-based securities market benchmark.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
PIA Short-Term Securities Fund:  The Board noted that the Short-Term Securities Fund’s performance, with regard to its Lipper and Morningstar comparative universes, was above its peer group median and Lipper Index (with respect to the Lipper comparative universe) or average (with respect to the Morningstar comparative universe) for the five-year and ten-year periods, and below its peer group median and Lipper Index or average for the three-month, year-to-date, one-year and three-year periods.
 
The Board also considered any differences in performance between similarly managed accounts and the performance of the Fund and reviewed the performance of the Fund against a broad-based securities market benchmark.
 
 
3.
THE COSTS OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISER AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADVISER’S FEE UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT.  In considering the appropriateness of the advisory fee, the Board considered the level of the fee itself as well as the total fees and expenses of each Fund. The Board reviewed information as to fees and expenses of advisers and funds within the relevant Lipper peer funds as well as fees charged by the Adviser to other similarly managed accounts. When reviewing fees charged to other similarly managed accounts, the Board took into account the type of account and the differences in the management of that account that might be germane to the difference, if any, in the fees charged to such accounts.
 
PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund:  The Board noted that the Adviser had contractually agreed to maintain an expense limitation for the Moderate Duration Bond Fund of 0.50% (the “Expense Cap”).  Additionally, the Board noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio was below its peer group median and average.  The Board also noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee was below its peer group median and average.  The Board also noted that after advisory fee waivers and the reimbursement of Fund expenses necessary to maintain the Expense Cap, the Adviser received a minimal advisory fee from the Fund during the most recent fiscal period.  The Board also took into consideration the services the Adviser provided to its separately managed account clients, comparing the fees charged for those management services to the management fees charged to the Fund.  The Board found that the management fees charged to the Fund were in line with the fees charged to the Adviser’s separately managed account clients.  As a result, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s expenses and advisory fee were not outside the range of its peer group.
 
PIA Short-Term Securities Fund:  The Board noted that the Adviser had contractually agreed to maintain an Expense Cap for the Short-Term Securities Fund of 0.35%.  Additionally, the Board noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio was below its peer group median and average.  The Board also noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee was below its peer group median and average.  The Board also noted that after advisory fee waivers and the reimbursement of Fund expenses necessary to maintain the Expense Cap, the Adviser received less than its contractual advisory fee from the Fund during the most recent fiscal period.  The Board also took into consideration the services the Adviser provided to its separately managed account clients, comparing the fees charged for those management services to the management fees charged to the Fund.  The Board found that the management fees charged to the Fund were in line with the fees charged by the Adviser to its separately managed account clients.  As a result, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s expenses and advisory fee were not outside the range of its peer group.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
 
4.
ECONOMIES OF SCALE.  The Board also considered that economies of scale would be expected to be realized by the Adviser as the assets of the Funds grow.  In this regard, the Board noted that the Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce its advisory fees or reimburse Fund expenses so that the Funds do not exceed the Expense Caps.  The Board concluded that there were no effective economies of scale to be shared with the Funds at current asset levels, but considered revisiting this issue in the future as circumstances changed and asset levels increased.
 
 
5.
THE PROFITS TO BE REALIZED BY THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FUNDS. The Board reviewed the Adviser’s financial information and took into account both the direct benefits and the indirect benefits to the Adviser from advising the Funds. The Board considered the profitability to the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds and considered any additional benefits derived by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds, such as benefits received in exchange for Rule 12b-1 fees on the Moderate Duration Bond Fund.  After such review, the Board determined that the profitability to the Adviser with respect to the Advisory Agreement was not excessive, and that the Adviser had sufficient resources and profit levels to support the services it provides to the Funds.
 
No single factor was determinative of the Board’s decision to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund and PIA Short-Term Securities Fund, but rather the Board based its determination on the total mix of information available to them.  Based on a consideration of all the factors in their totality, the Board determined that the advisory arrangement with the Adviser, including the advisory fees, were fair and reasonable.  The Board therefore determined that the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the PIA Moderate Duration Bond Fund and PIA Short-Term Securities Fund would be in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders.
 
 
 
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PRIVACY NOTICE

The Funds collect non-public information about you from the following sources:
 
•  Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
 
•  Information you give us orally; and/or
 
•  Information about your transactions with us or others.
 
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities. We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Funds.  We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities.  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.
 
In the event that you hold shares of the Funds through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.
 


 
 

 

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Adviser
Pacific Income Advisers, Inc.
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 210
Santa Monica, CA  90401


Distributor
Quasar Distributors, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202


Transfer Agent
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202
(800) 251-1970


Custodian
U.S. Bank N.A.
1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI  53212


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 2400
Philadelphia, PA  19103


Legal Counsel
Paul Hastings LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, NY  10022





Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance.  Share price and returns will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.  Statements and other information herein are dated and are subject to change.

 
 

 

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Semi-Annual Report
 
May 31, 2013
 

 
 

 

PIA High Yield Fund
 
Dear Shareholder:
 
We are pleased to provide you with this semi-annual report for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 regarding the following series of the PIA Mutual Funds for which Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (PIA) is the adviser: the PIA High Yield Fund.
 
During the periods ended May 31, 2013, the High Yield Fund’s total return, including the reinvestment of dividends, was as follows:
 
       
Since Inception
     
24 Months
(12/31/10)
 
6 Months
12 Months
(Annualized)
(Annualized)
PIA High Yield Bond Fund
   6.30%
  13.55%
   9.27%
     9.52%
Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High-Yield Index
5.79
14.82
9.29
10.27
 
Performance data quoted represents 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. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted. Performance data current to the most recent month end may be obtained by calling 1-800-251-1970.  Investment performance reflects fee waivers in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.
 
The PIA High Yield Fund’s total return of 6.30% for the six month period ended May 31, 2013 was higher than the Fund’s benchmark, the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High-Yield Index (the “Index”) which returned 5.79%.  The Fund’s total return includes 0.49% in Fund fees and expenses for the six months, compared to the benchmark index, which does not incur fees and expenses.  As stated in the current prospectus, the Fund’s gross expense ratio is 1.31% and the Fund’s Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses including acquired fund fees and expenses is 0.99%.
 
PIA has contractually agreed to waive all or a portion of its management fees and pay Fund expenses to ensure that Net Annual Fund Operating Expenses (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest, taxes and extraordinary expenses) do not exceed 0.98% of the Fund’s average daily net assets through March 29, 2014.
 
The High Yield market performed well during the period as cash inflows continued to be strong into this asset class.  Average credit spreads on high yield bonds, relative to treasuries, tightened during the period from 573 basis points down to 474 basis points (bp) at the end of the period.  The High Yield market average yield continued to decline during the period ending at 5.71%.  The Fund’s performance benefited from being underweight certain industries, namely Communication and Utility both of which underperformed during the period.  Basic industries is one of the Fund’s largest overweights vs. the Index.  This helped the Fund outperform the Index for the six month period ended May 31, 2013.
 
The Fund continues to be positioned conservatively with targeted positions being more senior in the capital structure and having a shorter duration than the market.  The Fund’s lower duration than the Index did not have a meaningful impact on the Fund’s performance.  The Fund expects that its strict adherence to credit analysis will prove to be prudent as we move into a more uncertain interest rate environment.
 
The Gross Domestic Product’s annual rate of growth was 2.4% for the first quarter of 2013 compared to 0.4% during the fourth quarter of 2012 and 1.7% for all of 2012.  The housing sector continued to improve and unemployment levels declined to 7.6%.  The Federal Reserve maintained its easier monetary policy by keeping the Federal Funds Rate close to zero and implementing a third round of its quantitative easing (QE) program.  Inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index, declined to 1.1% year over year at April 2013, down from 2.3% year over year at April 2012.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
 
The prospects of an improving economy and the Federal Reserve tapering their QE program caused yields to rise.  Yields on 5-year Treasury notes and 30-year Treasury bonds rose by 40 and 47 bp, respectively, from November 30, 2012 to May 31, 2013.  Yields on one-year Treasuries were 4 bp lower during the same period.
 
Please take a moment to review the Fund’s statement of assets and the results of operations for the six month period ended May 31, 2013.  We look forward to reporting to you again with the annual report dated November 30, 2013.
 
Lloyd McAdams signature
Lloyd McAdams
Chairman of the Board
Pacific Income Advisers, Inc.

 
Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.
 
Opinions expressed above are those of the adviser and are subject to change, are not guaranteed and should not be considered recommendations to buy or sell any security and should not be considered investment advice.
 
Must be preceded or accompanied by a prospectus.
 
Mutual fund investing involves risk.  Principal loss is possible.  Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise.  This risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.  Investments in Asset-Backed and Mortgage-Backed Securities include additional risks that investors should be aware of such as credit risk, prepayment risk, possible illiquidity and default, as well as increased susceptibility to adverse economic developments.  The Fund may invest in foreign securities which involve greater volatility and political, economic and currency risks and differences in accounting methods.  Investment by the Fund in lower-rated and non-rated securities presents a greater risk of loss to principal and interest than higher-rated securities.  The Fund may also use options and future contracts, which have the risks of unlimited losses of the underlying holdings due to unanticipated market movements and failure to correctly predict the direction of securities prices, interest rates and currency exchange rates.  The Fund may invest in swap investment derivatives.  Derivatives involve risks different from, and in certain cases, greater than the risks presented by more traditional investments.
 
The Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High-Yield Index measures the market of USD-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed rate, taxable corporate bonds.  Securities are classified as high yield if the middle rating of Moody’s, Fitch, and S&P is Ba1/BB+/BB+ or below after dropping the highest and lowest available ratings.  The index excludes emerging markets debt.  You cannot invest directly in an index.
 
Bond ratings provide the probability of an issuer defaulting based on the analysis of the issuer's financial condition and profit potential.  Bond rating services are provided by Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Investors Service.  Bond ratings start at AAA (denoting the highest investment quality) and usually end at D (meaning payment is in default).
 
Gross Domestic Product is the amount of goods and services produced in a year, in a country.
 
Consumer Price Index measures the weighted average of prices of a basket of consumer goods and services, such as transportation, food and medical care.
 
Basis point equals 1/100th of 1%.
 
Please refer to the Schedule of Investments in the report for complete holdings information.  Fund holdings and sector allocations are subject to change at any time and are not recommendations to buy or sell any security.  Investment performance reflects fee waivers in effect.  In the absence of such waivers, total return would be reduced.
 
Current and future portfolio holdings are subject to risk.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC, Distributor
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Expense Example – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
As a shareholder of a mutual fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments, redemption fees, and exchange fees, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service fees, and other fund expenses.  This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the PIA High Yield Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.  The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (12/1/12 – 5/31/13).
 
Actual Expenses
The first line of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses, with actual net expenses being limited to 0.98% per the operating expenses limitation agreement for the PIA High Yield Fund.  Although the Fund charges no sales loads or transaction fees, you will be assessed fees for outgoing wire transfers, returned checks, and stop payment orders at prevailing rates charged by U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s transfer agent.  The Example below includes, but is not limited to, management fees, fund accounting, custody and transfer agent fees.  You may use the information in the first line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period.  Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
 
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratios and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is different from the Fund’s actual returns.  The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period.  You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds.  To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.  Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees.  Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds.  In addition, if these transaction costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
 
 
Beginning Account
Ending Account
Expenses Paid During
 
Value 12/1/12
Value 5/31/13
Period 12/1/12 – 5/31/13*
PIA High Yield Fund
     
Actual
$1,000.00
$1,063.00
$5.04
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)
$1,000.00
$1,020.04
$4.94
 
*
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 182 (days in most recent fiscal half-year) / 365 days to reflect the one-half year expense.  The annualized expense ratio of the PIA High Yield Fund is 0.98%.


 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Allocation of Portfolio Assets – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
Investments by Sector
As a Percentage of Total Investments
 
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS 94.2%
     
 
Aerospace/Defense 0.5%
     
   
Ducommun, Inc.
     
$ 200,000  
  9.75%, due 7/15/18
  $ 223,000  
 
Automotive 5.7%
       
     
Accuride Corp.
       
  676,000  
  9.50%, due 8/1/18
    708,109  
     
Affinia Group, Inc.
       
  500,000  
  7.75%, due 5/1/21 (b)
    522,500  
     
Goodyear Tire & Rubber
       
  400,000  
  7.00%, due 5/15/22
    433,000  
     
Schaeffler Finance BV
       
  480,000  
  8.50%, due 2/15/19 (b)
    542,400  
     
Stoneridge, Inc.
       
  125,000  
  9.50%, due 10/15/17 (b)
    135,781  
     
UCI International, Inc.
       
  350,000  
  8.625%, due 2/15/19
    364,000  
            2,705,790  
Building Materials 1.4%
       
     
Associated Asphalt Partners LLC
       
  500,000  
  8.50%, due 2/15/18 (b)
    523,750  
     
Roofing Supply Group LLC
       
  125,000  
  10.00%, due 6/1/20 (b)
    139,688  
            663,438  
Chemicals 13.2%
       
     
Cornerstone Chemical Co.
       
  600,000  
  9.75%, due 3/15/18 (b)
    635,999  
     
Ferro Corp.
       
  300,000  
  7.875%, due 8/15/18
    318,750  
     
Hexion U.S. Finance Corp.
       
  650,000  
  6.625%, due 4/15/20
    679,249  
     
Ineos Finance PLC
       
  50,000  
  7.50%, due 5/1/20 (b)
    55,125  
     
Kraton Polymers LLC
       
  620,000  
  6.75%, due 3/1/19
    652,550  
     
Macdermid, Inc.
       
  438,000  
  9.50%, due 4/15/17 (b)
    454,151  
     
Momentive Performance
       
     
  Materials, Inc.
       
  165,000  
  8.875%, due 10/15/20
    178,613  
     
Nexeo Solutions LLC
       
  550,000  
  8.375%, due 3/1/18
    555,499  
     
Olin Corp.
       
  500,000  
  8.875%, due 8/15/19
    558,750  
     
Omnova Solutions, Inc.
       
  265,000  
  7.875%, due 11/1/18
    284,875  
     
Perstorp Holding AB
       
  495,000  
  8.75%, due 5/15/17 (b)
    513,563  
     
Rentech Nitrogen Partners L.P.
       
  500,000  
  6.50%, due 4/15/21 (b)
    508,125  
     
TPC Group, Inc.
       
  225,000  
  8.75%, due 12/15/20 (b)
    238,500  
     
Trinseo Materials
       
     
  Operating S.C.A.
       
  250,000  
  8.75%, due 2/1/19 (b)
    249,688  
     
Tronox Finance LLC
       
  350,000  
  6.375%, due 8/15/20 (b)
    345,625  
            6,229,062  
Construction Machinery 1.1%
       
     
H & E Equipment Services Inc.
       
  440,000  
  7.00%, due 9/1/22
    477,400  
     
NES Rentals Holding, Inc.
       
  50,000  
  7.875%, due 5/1/18 (b)
    51,625  
            529,025  
Consumer Cyclical Services 4.1%
       
     
APX Group, Inc.
       
  175,000  
  6.375%, due 12/1/19 (b)
    175,438  
  310,000  
  8.75%, due 12/1/20 (b)
    316,199  
     
Garda World Security Corp.
       
  400,000  
  9.75%, due 3/15/17 (b)
    433,000  
     
Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
       
  350,000  
  7.00%, due 9/1/20 (b)
    381,063  
     
Reliance Intermediate Holdings
       
  275,000  
  9.50%, due 12/15/19 (b)
    305,250  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Consumer Cyclical Services 4.1% (continued)
     
   
West Corp.
     
$ 300,000  
  7.875%, due 1/15/19
  $ 326,625  
            1,937,575  
Consumer Products 1.6%
       
     
Serta Simmons Holdings LLC
       
  220,000  
  8.125%, due 10/1/20 (b)
    233,750  
     
Spectrum Brands Escrow Corp.
       
  175,000  
  6.375%, due 11/15/20 (b)
    188,344  
     
Visant Corp.
       
  350,000  
  10.00%, due 10/1/17
    336,875  
            758,969  
Distributors 0.9%
       
     
Amerigas Partners
       
     
  Financial Corp.
       
  200,000  
  6.25%, due 8/20/19
    215,000  
     
Ferrellgas Partners LP
       
  200,000  
  8.625%, due 6/15/20
    208,000  
            423,000  
Diversified Manufacturing 3.0%
       
     
Constellation Enterprises LLC
       
  375,000  
  10.625%, due 2/1/16 (b)
    397,500  
     
Dynacast International LLC
       
  500,000  
  9.25%, due 7/15/19
    553,750  
     
Mcron Finance Sub LLC
       
  435,000  
  8.375%, due 5/15/19 (b)
    471,975  
            1,423,225  
Electric 0.6%
       
     
NRG Energy, Inc.
       
  245,000  
  6.625%, due 3/15/23 (b)
    260,313  
 
Environmental 2.7%
       
     
Casella Waste Systems, Inc.
       
  800,000  
  7.75%, due 2/15/19
    772,000  
     
EnergySolutions, Inc.
       
  150,000  
  10.75%, due 8/15/18
    161,250  
     
Heckmann Corp.
       
  300,000  
  9.875%, due 4/15/18
    321,000  
            1,254,250  
Finance 2.1%
       
     
Coinstar, Inc.
       
  600,000  
  6.00%, due 3/15/19 (b)
    613,500  
     
National Money Mart Co.
       
  350,000  
  10.375%, due 12/15/16
    376,688  
            990,188  
Food and Beverage 2.9%
       
     
Aramark Corp.
       
  500,000  
  5.75%, due 3/15/20 (b)
    520,000  
     
Bumble Bee Acquisition Corp.
       
  768,000  
  9.00%, due 12/15/17 (b)
    846,720  
            1,366,720  
Gaming 1.7%
       
     
MGM Resorts International
       
  250,000  
  6.625%, due 12/15/21
    271,250  
     
Scientific Games Corp.
       
  135,000  
  8.125%, due 9/15/18
    148,163  
     
Scientific Games
       
     
  International, Inc.
       
  370,000  
  6.25%, due 9/1/20
    379,250  
            798,663  
Healthcare 2.7%
       
     
Examworks Group, Inc.
       
  575,000  
  9.00%, due 7/15/19
    635,375  
     
Harmony Foods Corp.
       
  261,000  
  10.00%, due 5/1/16 (b)
    279,270  
     
Physio-Control
       
     
  International Corp.
       
  350,000  
  9.875%, due 1/15/19 (b)
    397,250  
            1,311,895  
Industrial – Other 9.1%
       
     
American Tire Distributors, Inc.
       
  400,000  
  9.75%, due 6/1/17
    426,999  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Industrial – Other 9.1% (continued)
     
   
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc.
     
$ 550,000  
  8.75%, due 12/15/19 (b)
  $ 599,500  
     
Dycom Investments, Inc.
       
  520,000  
  7.125%, due 1/15/21
    565,500  
     
Interline Brands, Inc.
       
  375,000  
  10.00%, due 11/15/18 (b)
    417,188  
     
RSC Equipment Rental, Inc.
       
  610,000  
  8.25%, due 2/1/21
    678,625  
     
Safway Group Holding
       
  500,000  
  7.00%, due 5/15/18 (b)
    503,750  
     
SPL Logistics Escrow LLC
       
  450,000  
  8.875%, due 8/1/20 (b)
    473,625  
     
Stonemor Partners L.P.
       
  300,000  
  7.88%, due 6/1/21 (b)
    298,500  
     
Zachry Holdings, Inc.
       
  375,000  
  7.50%, due 2/1/20
    398,438  
            4,362,125  
Lodging 0.0%
       
     
RHP Hotel Property
       
  10,000  
  5.00%, due 4/15/21 (b)
    10,169  
 
Media Non-Cable 2.3%
       
     
RR Donnelley & Sons Co.
       
  50,000  
  8.25%, due 3/15/19
    55,000  
     
SGS International, Inc.
       
  600,000  
  8.375%, due 10/15/20
    648,000  
     
Valassis Communications, Inc.
       
  350,000  
  6.625%, due 2/1/21
    362,250  
            1,065,250  
Metals and Mining 5.5%
       
     
American Gilsonite Co.
       
  850,000  
  11.50%, due 9/1/17 (b)
    915,875  
     
American Rock
       
     
  Salt Company LLC
       
  300,000  
  8.25%, due 5/1/18 (b)
    295,500  
     
Castle (AM) & Co.
       
  250,000  
  12.75%, due 12/15/16
    294,688  
     
GrafTech International
       
  240,000  
  6.375%, due 11/15/20 (b)
    250,800  
     
Rain CII Carbon LLC
       
  450,000  
  8.00%, due 12/1/18 (b)
    479,250  
     
Suncoke Energy, Inc.
       
  50,000  
  7.625%, due 8/1/19
    53,750  
  300,000  
  7.375%, due 2/1/20 (b)
    319,500  
            2,609,363  
Oil Field Services 4.7%
       
     
Calfrac Holdings LP
       
  300,000  
  7.50%, due 12/1/20 (b)
    310,500  
     
CHC Helicopter SA
       
  500,000  
  9.25%, due 10/15/20
    538,750  
     
Drill Rig Holdings, Inc.
       
  405,000  
  6.50%, due 10/1/17 (b)
    415,125  
     
Petroleum Geo-Services
       
  200,000  
  7.75%, due 12/15/18 (b)
    223,000  
     
Platinum Energy Solutions, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  14.25%, due 3/1/15 (c)
    126,250  
     
Shale-Inland Holdings LLC
       
  165,000  
  8.75%, due 11/15/19 (b)
    174,488  
     
Welltec A/S
       
  400,000  
  8.00%, due 2/1/19 (b)
    434,000  
            2,222,113  
Packaging 7.6%
       
     
AEP Industries, Inc.
       
  606,000  
  8.25%, due 4/15/19
    660,539  
     
Boe Intermediate Holding Corp.
       
  600,000  
  9.00%, due 11/1/17 (b)
    594,000  
     
Bway Parent Company, Inc.
       
  165,000  
  9.50%, due 11/1/17 (b)
    172,838  
     
Cons Container Co.
       
  470,000  
  10.125%, due 7/15/20 (b)
    532,275  
     
Crown Americas LLC
       
  100,000  
  4.50%, due 1/15/23 (b)
    98,250  
     
Dispensing Dynamics
       
     
  International, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  12.50%, due 1/1/18 (b)
    263,750  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Principal Amount
     
Value
 
 
Packaging 7.6% (continued)
     
   
Pretium Packaging LLC
     
$ 175,000  
  11.50%, due 4/1/16
  $ 189,875  
     
Reynolds Group Issuer LLC
       
  110,000  
  5.75%, due 10/15/20
    111,925  
     
Sealed Air Corp.
       
  470,000  
  6.50%, due 12/1/20 (b)
    525,225  
     
Tekni-Plex, Inc.
       
  320,000  
  9.75%, due 6/1/19 (b)
    360,000  
     
Tenneco Packaging, Inc.
       
  50,000  
  8.125%, due 6/15/17
    53,125  
            3,561,802  
Paper 5.5%
       
     
Cascades, Inc.
       
  653,000  
  7.75%, due 12/15/17
    688,914  
  205,000  
  7.875%, due 1/15/20
    220,888  
     
Clearwater Paper Corp.
       
  80,000  
  4.50%, due 2/1/23 (b)
    79,400  
     
Neenah Paper, Inc.
       
  500,000  
  5.25%, due 5/15/21
    505,000  
     
P.H. Glatfelter Co.
       
  220,000  
  5.375%, due 10/15/20
    234,300  
     
Verso Paper Holdings LLC
       
  325,000  
  11.75%, due 1/15/19
    345,313  
     
Xerium Technologies, Inc.
       
  450,000  
  8.875%, due 6/15/18
    468,000  
            2,541,815  
Pharmaceuticals 0.7%
       
     
Sky Growth Acquisition
       
  300,000  
  7.375%, due 10/15/20 (b)
    320,250  
 
Pipelines 0.9%
       
     
Atlas Pipeline Partners LP
       
  420,000  
  5.875%, due 8/1/23 (b)
    430,500  
 
Retailers 3.3%
       
     
Party City Holdings, Inc.
       
  550,000  
  8.875%, due 8/1/20
    620,125  
     
Petco Animal Supplies, Inc.
       
  275,000  
  8.50%, due 10/15/17 (b)
    282,906  
  250,000  
  9.25%, due 12/1/18 (b)
    273,750  
     
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
       
  350,000  
  6.625%, due 11/15/20
    377,125  
            1,553,906  
Technology 6.5%
       
     
Commscope, Inc.
       
  440,000  
  8.25%, due 1/15/19 (b)
    484,000  
     
First Data Corp.
       
  500,000  
  7.375%, due 6/15/19 (b)
    530,000  
     
Kemet Corp.
       
  370,000  
  10.50%, due 5/1/18
    383,875  
     
Sophia L.P./Sophia Finance, Inc.
       
  550,000  
  9.75%, due 1/15/19 (b)
    616,000  
     
Sungard Data Systems, Inc.
       
  250,000  
  6.625%, due 11/1/19 (b)
    264,375  
     
Transunion Holding Co.
       
  750,000  
  9.625%, due 6/15/18
    811,875  
            3,090,125  
Textile 1.3%
       
     
Levi Strauss & Co.
       
  550,000  
  6.875%, due 5/1/22
    612,563  
 
Warehousing and Storage 0.1%
       
     
LBC Tank Terminal Holding
       
  40,000  
  6.875%, due 5/15/23 (b)
    41,750  
 
Wirelines 2.5%
       
     
Frontier Communications Corp.
       
  270,000  
  9.25%, due 7/1/21
    315,900  
  355,000  
  7.25%, due 1/15/23
    372,306  
     
Windstream Corp.
       
  490,000  
  6.375%, due 8/1/23 (b)
    486,325  
            1,174,531  
Total Corporate Bonds
       
  (cost $42,637,247)
    44,471,375  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Schedule of Investments – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)

 
Shares
         
Value
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 3.0%
     
  1,429,904  
Invesco STIT – Prime Portfolio –
         
     
  Institutional Class, 0.02% (a)
      $ 1,429,904  
Total Short-Term Investments
           
  (cost $1,429,904)
        1,429,904  
Total Investments
           
  (cost $44,067,151)
97.2 %     45,901,279  
Other Assets less Liabilities
2.8 %     1,327,698  
TOTAL NET ASSETS
100.0 %   $ 47,228,977  
 
(a)
Rate shown is the 7-day annualized yield as of May 31, 2013.
(b)
Security purchased within the terms of a private placement memorandum, exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may be sold only to dealers in the program or other “qualified institutional buyers.”  Pacific Income Advisers, Inc., the Fund’s adviser, has determined that such security is liquid in accordance with the liquidity guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees of Advisors Series Trust.  As of May 31, 2013, the value of these investments was $24,392,691 or 51.6% of total net assets.
(c)
Security is in default.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Statement of Assets and Liabilities – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
   
High Yield
 
   
Fund
 
Assets:
     
Investments in securities, at value (cost $44,067,151)
  $ 45,901,279  
Receivable for securities sold
    291,454  
Receivable for fund shares sold
    519,674  
Interest receivable
    952,626  
Prepaid expenses
    21,139  
Total assets
    47,686,172  
         
Liabilities:
       
Payable to investment adviser
    21,202  
Payable for fund shares redeemed
    357,715  
Investments payable
    20,000  
Administration fees
    12,915  
Custody fees
    1,535  
Transfer agent fees and expenses
    9,149  
Fund accounting fees
    15,977  
Audit fees
    8,723  
Chief Compliance Officer fee
    1,396  
Shareholder reporting
    7,871  
Accrued expenses
    712  
Total liabilities
    457,195  
Net Assets
  $ 47,228,977  
         
Net Assets Consist of:
       
Paid-in capital
  $ 44,884,407  
Undistributed net investment income
    14,499  
Accumulated net realized gain on investments
    495,943  
Net unrealized appreciation on investments
    1,834,128  
Net Assets
  $ 47,228,977  
         
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Price Per Share
  $ 10.76  
         
Shares Issued and Outstanding (Unlimited number of shares authorized, par value $0.01)
    4,390,081  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Statement of Operations – Six Months Ended May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
   
High Yield
 
   
Fund
 
Investment Income:
     
Interest
  $ 1,583,601  
Total investment income
    1,583,601  
         
Expenses:
       
Investment advisory fees (Note 4)
    140,321  
Fund accounting fees (Note 4)
    24,167  
Administration fees (Note 4)
    19,314  
Transfer agent fees and expenses (Note 4)
    17,363  
Registration fees
    13,399  
Audit fees
    8,742  
Reports to shareholders
    4,464  
Legal fees
    3,612  
Trustees’ fees
    3,097  
Custody fees (Note 4)
    2,744  
Chief Compliance Officer fee (Note 4)
    2,096  
Insurance
    1,273  
Miscellaneous
    1,454  
Total expenses
    242,046  
Less: Fee waiver by adviser (Note 4)
    (30,484 )
Net expenses
    211,562  
Net investment income
    1,372,039  
         
Realized and Unrealized Gain on Investments:
       
Net realized gain on investments
    495,975  
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments
    711,792  
Net gain on investments
    1,207,767  
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
  $ 2,579,806  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Statements of Changes in Net Assets
 
   
Six Months
   
Year
 
   
Ended
   
Ended
 
   
May 31, 2013
   
November 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
 
Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets From
           
Operations:
           
Net investment income
  $ 1,372,039     $ 1,864,148  
Net realized gain/(loss) on:
               
Investments
    495,975       347,326  
Swap contracts
          22,229  
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments:
               
Investments
    711,792       1,223,698  
Swap contracts
          (29,353 )
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
    2,579,806       3,428,048  
                 
Distributions Paid to Shareholders:
               
Distributions from net investment income
    (1,426,070 )     (1,881,117 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (194,856 )      
Total distributions paid to shareholders
    (1,620,926 )     (1,881,117 )
                 
Capital Share Transactions:
               
Proceeds from shares sold
    9,956,460       26,715,767  
Distributions reinvested
    693,872       609,539  
Payment for shares redeemed
    (4,914,062 )     (3,131,734 )
Net increase in net assets from capital share transactions
    5,736,270       24,193,572  
Total increase in net assets
    6,695,150       25,740,503  
                 
Net Assets, Beginning of Period
    40,533,827       14,793,324  
Net Assets, End of Period
  $ 47,228,977     $ 40,533,827  
Includes Undistributed Net Investment Income of
  $ 14,499     $ 68,530  
                 
Transactions in Shares:
               
Shares sold
    929,323       2,586,944  
Shares issued on reinvestment of distributions
    65,132       58,910  
Shares redeemed
    (460,774 )     (299,137 )
Net increase in shares outstanding
    533,681       2,346,717  
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Financial Highlights
 
               
December 31,
 
   
Six Months
   
Year
    2010*  
   
Ended
   
Ended
   
through
 
   
May 31, 2013
   
November 30,
   
November 30,
 
   
(Unaudited)
   
2012
      2011  
Per Share Operating Performance
                   
(For a fund share outstanding throughout each period)
                   
                     
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 10.51     $ 9.80     $ 10.00  
                         
Income From Investment Operations:
                       
Net investment income
    0.34       0.65       0.45  
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)
                       
  on investments and swap contracts
    0.31       0.73       (0.21 )
Total from investment operations
    0.65       1.38       0.24  
                         
Less Distributions:
                       
Distributions from net investment income
    (0.35 )     (0.67 )     (0.44 )
Distributions from net realized gains
    (0.05 )            
Total distributions
    (0.40 )     (0.67 )     (0.44 )
                         
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 10.76     $ 10.51     $ 9.80  
                         
Total Return
    6.30 %++     14.42 %     2.40 %++
                         
Ratios/Supplemental Data:
                       
Net assets, end of period (in 000’s)
  $ 47,229     $ 40,534     $ 14,793  
Ratio of expenses to average net assets:
                       
Net of fee waivers and expense reimbursements
    0.98 %+     0.98 %     0.98 %+
Before fee waivers and expense reimbursements
    1.12 %+     1.30 %     3.03 %+
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets:
                       
Net of fee waivers and expense reimbursements
    6.35 %+     6.55 %     5.67 %+
Before fee waivers and expense reimbursements
    6.21 %+     6.23 %     3.62 %+
Portfolio turnover rate
    23 %++     36 %     33 %++
 
  *
Commencement of operations.
  +
Annualized for periods less than one year.
++
Not annualized for periods less than one year.
 
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
Note 1 – Organization
The PIA High Yield Fund (the “Fund”) is a diversified series of Advisors Series Trust (the “Trust”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company.  Currently, the Fund offers the Investor Class.  The primary investment objective of the Fund is to seek a high level of current income.  The Fund commenced operations on December 31, 2010.
 
Note 2 – Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements.  These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
 
Security Valuation – All investments in securities are recorded at their estimated fair value, as described in Note 3.
 
Securities Purchased on a When-Issued Basis – Delivery and payment for securities that have been purchased by the Fund on a forward-commitment or when-issued basis can take place up to a month or more after the transaction date.  During this period, such securities are subject to market fluctuations.  The Fund is required to hold and maintain until the settlement date, cash or other liquid assets in an amount sufficient to meet the purchase price.  The purchase of securities on a when-issued or forward-commitment basis may increase the volatility of the Fund’s net asset value if the Fund makes such purchases while remaining substantially fully invested.  In connection with the ability to purchase securities on a when-issued basis, the Fund may also enter into dollar rolls in which the Fund sells securities purchased on a forward-commitment basis and simultaneously contracts with a counterparty to repurchase similar (same type, coupon, and maturity), but not identical securities on a specified future date.  As an inducement for the Fund to “rollover” its purchase commitments, the Fund receives negotiated amounts in the form of reductions of the purchase price of the commitment.  Dollar rolls are considered a form of leverage.
 
Federal Income Taxes – It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders.  Therefore, no Federal income or excise tax provision is required.
 
The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities.  Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions expected to be taken on returns filed for the open tax years 2011-2012, or expected to be taken in the Fund’s 2013 tax returns.  The Fund identifies its major tax jurisdictions as U.S. Federal and the state of Wisconsin; however the Fund is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.
 
Expenses – The Fund is charged for those expenses that are directly attributable to the Fund, such as administration and custodian fees.  Expenses that are not directly attributable to a Fund are typically allocated among the other PIA Funds in proportion to their respective net assets.
 
Securities Transactions and Investment Income – Security transactions are accounted for on the trade date.  Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are calculated on a first-in, first-out basis.  Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.  Discounts and premiums on securities purchased are accreted/amortized over the life of the respective security.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Distributions to Shareholders – Distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date.  The Fund distributes substantially all net investment income, if any, monthly and net realized gains, if any, annually.  The amount and character of income and net realized gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with Federal income tax rules and regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.  To the extent that these differences are attributable to permanent book and tax accounting differences, the components of net assets have been adjusted.
 
Reclassification of Capital Accounts – Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets relating to permanent differences be reclassified between financial and tax reporting.  These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset value per share.
 
Guarantees and Indemnifications – In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses.  The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this would involve future claims against the Fund that have not yet occurred.  Based on experience, the Fund expects the risk of loss to be remote.
 
Use of Estimates – The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operation during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.
 
Events Subsequent to the Fiscal Period End – In preparing the financial statements as of May 31, 2013, management considered the impact of subsequent events for the potential recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.
 
Note 3 – Securities Valuation
The Fund has adopted authoritative fair value accounting standards which establish an authoritative definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value.  These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value, a discussion in changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period and expanded disclosure of valuation levels for major security types.  These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
 
 
Level 1 –
Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.
 
 
Level 2 –
Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.  These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
 
 
Level 3 –
Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Following is a description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis.  The Fund’s investments are carried at fair value.
 
Corporate Bonds – Corporate bonds, including listed issues, are valued at market on the basis of valuations furnished by an independent pricing service which utilizes both dealer-supplied valuations and formula-based techniques.  The pricing service may consider recently executed transactions in securities of the issuer or comparable issuers, market price quotations (where observable), bond spreads, and fundamental data relating to the issuer.  Most corporate bonds are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Foreign Securities – Foreign economies may differ from the U.S. economy and individual foreign companies may differ from domestic companies in the same industry.
 
Foreign companies or entities are frequently not subject to accounting and financial reporting standards applicable to domestic companies, and there may be less information available about foreign issuers.  Securities of foreign issuers are generally less liquid and more volatile than those of comparable domestic issuers.  There is frequently less government regulation of broker-dealers and issuers than in the United States.  In addition, investments in foreign countries are subject to the possibility of expropriation, confiscatory taxation, political or social instability or diplomatic developments that could adversely affect the value of those investments.
 
Derivative Instruments – Listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.  Credit default swaps are valued daily based upon quotations from market makers and are typically categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Investment Companies – Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their net asset value per share.  To the extent, these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
Short-Term Securities – Short-term securities which mature in 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost (unless the Board of Trustees determines that this method does not represent fair value).  Short-term securities which mature after 60 days are valued at market.  To the extent the inputs are observable and timely, these securities would be classified in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.
 
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 days at approximately the price at which the security is valued by the Fund.  Illiquid securities may be valued under methods approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value.  The Fund intends to hold no more than 15% of its net assets in illiquid securities.
 
Certain restricted securities may be considered illiquid.  Restricted securities are often purchased in private placement transactions, are not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, may have contractual restrictions on resale, and may be valued under methods approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees as reflecting fair value.  Certain restricted securities eligible for resale to qualified institutional investors, including Rule 144A securities, are not subject to the limitation on the Fund’s investment in illiquid securities if they are determined to be liquid in accordance with procedures adopted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.  As of May 31, 2013, Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (“PIA” or the “Adviser”) has determined that all the Rule 144A securities held by the Fund are considered liquid.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or if the closing price does not represent fair value, are valued following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (“Board”).  These procedures consider many factors, including the type of security, size of holding, trading volume and news events.  There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if they were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its net asset value per share.
 
The Board has delegated day-to-day valuation issues to a Valuation Committee which is comprised of one or more trustees and representatives from U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC, the Fund’s administrator.  The function of the Valuation Committee is to value securities where current and reliable market quotations are not readily available.  All actions taken by the Valuation Committee are reviewed and ratified by the Board.
 
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.  The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s securities as of May 31, 2013:
 
High Yield Fund
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
Fixed Income
                       
  Corporate Bonds
  $     $ 44,471,375     $     $ 44,471,375  
Total Fixed Income
          44,471,375             44,471,375  
Short-Term Investments
    1,429,904                   1,429,904  
Total Investments
  $ 1,429,904     $ 44,471,375     $     $ 45,901,279  
 
Refer to the Fund’s Schedule of Investment for a detailed break-out of securities.  Transfers between levels are recognized at May 31, 2013, the end of the reporting period.  The Fund recognized no transfers to/from level 1 or level 2.  There were no level 3 securities held in the Fund during the six months ended May 31, 2013.
 
New Accounting Pronouncement – In January 2013, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) No. 2013-01 Clarifying the Scope of Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  This update gives additional clarification to the FASB ASU No. 2011-11 Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities.  The amendments in this ASU require an entity to disclose information about offsetting and related arrangements to enable users of its financial statements to understand the effect of those arrangements on its financial position.  The ASU is effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods.  The guidance requires retrospective application for all comparative periods presented.  The Fund is currently evaluating the impact ASU 2013-01 will have on the financial statement disclosures.
 
Note 4 – Investment Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates
The Fund has an investment advisory agreement with PIA pursuant to which the Adviser is responsible for providing investment management services to the Fund.  The Adviser furnished all investment advice, office space and facilities, and provides most of the personnel needed by the Fund.  As compensation for its services, PIA is entitled to a fee, computed daily and payable monthly.  The Fund pays fees calculated at an annual rate of 0.65% based upon the Fund’s average daily net assets.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Fund incurred $140,321 in advisory fees.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
The Fund is responsible for its own operating expenses.  The Adviser has contractually agreed to reduce fees payable to it by the Fund and to pay Fund operating expenses to the extent necessary to limit the Fund’s aggregate annual operating expenses to 0.98% of average daily net assets.  The Adviser will continue the expense waiver and/or reimbursement through at least March 30, 2013.  Any such reduction made by the Adviser in its fees or payment of expenses which are the Fund’s obligation are subject to reimbursement by the Fund to the Adviser, if so requested by the Adviser, in subsequent fiscal years if the aggregate amount actually paid by the Fund toward the operating expenses for such fiscal year (taking into account the reimbursement) does not exceed the applicable limitation on Fund’s expenses.  The Adviser is permitted to be reimbursed only for fee reductions and expense payments made in the previous three fiscal years.  Any such reimbursement is also contingent upon Board of Trustees review and approval at the time the reimbursement is made.  Such reimbursement may not be paid prior to the Fund’s payment of current ordinary operating expenses.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Adviser reduced its fees in the amount of $30,484.  No amounts were reimbursed to the Adviser.  Cumulative expenses subject to recapture pursuant to the aforementioned conditions amounted to $237,017 at May 31, 2013.  The expense limitation will remain in effect through at least March 29, 2014, and may be terminated only by the Trust’s Board of Trustees.  Cumulative expenses subject to recapture expire as follows:
 
Year
 
Amount
 
2014
  $ 115,907  
2015
    90,626  
2016
    30,484  
    $ 237,017  
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (the “Administrator”) acts as the Fund’s Administrator under an Administration Agreement.  The Administrator prepares various federal and state regulatory filings, reports and returns for the Fund; prepares reports and materials to be supplied to the Trustees; monitors the activities of the Fund’s custodian, transfer agent and accountants; coordinates the preparation and payment of the Fund’s expenses and reviews the Fund’s expense accruals.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Fund incurred $19,314 in administration fees.
 
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC (“USBFS”) also serves as the fund accountant and transfer agent to the Fund.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the High Yield Fund incurred $24,167 in fund accounting fees and $10,589 in transfer agent fees (excluding transfer agency out-of-pocket expenses and sub-ta fees).  U.S. Bank N.A., an affiliate of USBFS, serves as the Fund’s custodian.  For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Fund incurred $2,744 in custody fees.
 
For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Fund was allocated $2,096 of the Chief Compliance Officer fee.
 
At May 31, 2013, the Fund had payables due to USBFS for administration, fund accounting, transfer agency (excluding transfer agency out-of-pocket expenses and sub-ta fees) and Chief Compliance Officer fees and to U.S. Bank, N.A. for custody fees in the amount of $12,915, $15,977, $6,791, $1,396, and $1,535, respectively.
 
Quasar Distributors, LLC (the “Distributor”) acts as the Fund’s principal underwriter in a continuous public offering of the Fund’s shares.  The Distributor is an affiliate of the Administrator.
 
Certain officers of the Fund are employees of the Administrator.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
Note 5 – Purchases and Sales of Securities
For the six months ended May 31, 2013, the cost of purchases and the proceeds from sales of securities (excluding short-term securities and U.S. government obligations) were $15,049,902 and $9,680,246, respectively.  There were no purchases and sales of U.S. government obligations during the six months ended May 31, 2013.
 
Note 6 – Derivative Instruments
The Fund has adopted the financial accounting reporting rules as required by the Derivatives and Hedging Topic of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification.  The Fund is required to include enhanced disclosure that enables investors to understand how and why an entity uses derivatives, how derivatives are accounted for, and how derivative instruments affect an entity’s results of operations and financial position.
 
The Fund is subject to credit risk in the normal course of pursuing their investment objectives.  The Fund may enter into credit default swaps to manage their exposure to the market or certain sectors of the market, to reduce its exposure to other risks, such as interest rate risks or as a substitute for taking a position in certain types of bonds.
 
Credit default swaps involve the exchange of a fixed rate premium for protection against the loss in value of an underlying security in the event of a defined credit event, such as a payment default or bankruptcy.  Under a credit default swap one party acts as a guarantor by receiving the fixed periodic payment in exchange for the commitment to purchase the underlying security at par if the defined credit event occurs.  Although contract specific, credit events are generally defined as bankruptcy, failure to pay, restructuring, obligation acceleration, obligation default, or repudiation/moratorium.  Upon the occurrence of a defined credit event, the difference between the value of the reference obligation and the swap’s notional amount is recorded as realized gain or loss on swap contracts in the statement of operations.  The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty risk, either as the protection seller or as the protection buyer, is the fair value of the contract.  This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.
 
During the six months ended May 31, 2013, the Fund did not enter into credit default swaps.
 
Note 7 – Federal Income Tax Information
Net investment income and net realized gains/losses differ for financial statement and tax purposes due to differing treatments of swap contracts.
 
The tax character of distributions paid during the six months ended May 31, 2013 and the year ended November 30, 2012 was as follows:
 
   
May 31, 2013
   
Nov. 30, 2012
 
Ordinary income
  $ 1,571,877     $ 1,881,117  
Long-term capital gains
    49,049        


 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notes to Financial Statements – May 31, 2013 (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
As of November 30, 2012, the Fund’s most recently completed fiscal year end, the components of capital on a tax basis were as follows:
 
High Yield Fund
 
Cost of investments (a)
  $ 38,554,212  
Gross unrealized appreciation
    1,447,331  
Gross unrealized depreciation
    (324,995 )
Net unrealized appreciation
    1,122,336  
Undistributed ordinary income
    214,316  
Undistributed long-term capital gain
    49,038  
Total distributable earnings
    263,354  
Other accumulated gains/(losses)
     
Total accumulated earnings/(losses)
  $ 1,385,690  
 
(a)  The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation are the same.
 
The Fund utilized short-term capital loss carryforwards in the amount of $124,360 during the year ended November 30, 2012.
 

 
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PIA High Yield Fund
Notice to Shareholders – May 31, 2013
(Unaudited)
 
How to Obtain a Copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Policies
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-251-1970, or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
How to Obtain a Copy of the Fund’s Proxy Voting Records for the 12-Month Period Ended June 30
Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling 1-800-251-1970.  Furthermore, you can obtain the Fund’s proxy voting records on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
 
Quarterly Filings on Form N-Q
The Fund files its complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q.  The Fund’s Form N-Q is available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.  The Fund’s Form N-Q may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC, and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-202-551-8090.  Information included in the Fund’s Form N-Q is also available by calling 1-800-251-1970.
 


 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements
(Unaudited)
 
At a meeting held on December 4-5, 2012, the Board, including all the persons who are Independent Trustees as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, considered and approved the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the PIA High Yield Fund, which commenced operations on December 31, 2010, and PIA High Yield (MACS) Fund, which had not commenced operations at the time of this meeting (the “Funds”), with Pacific Income Advisers, Inc. (the “Adviser”) for another annual term.  At this meeting, and at a prior meeting held on October 24-25, 2012, the Board received and reviewed substantial information regarding the Funds, the Adviser and the services provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Advisory Agreement.  This information, together with the information provided to the Board throughout the course of the year, formed the primary (but not exclusive) basis for the Board’s determinations.  Below is a summary of the factors considered by the Board and the conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s continuance of the Advisory Agreement:
 
 
1.
THE NATURE, EXTENT AND QUALITY OF THE SERVICES PROVIDED AND TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISER UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT.  The Board considered the Adviser’s specific responsibilities in all aspects of day-to-day investment management of the Funds.  The Board considered the qualifications, experience and responsibilities of the portfolio managers, as well as the responsibilities of other key personnel of the Adviser involved in the day-to-day activities of the Funds.  The Board also considered the resources and compliance structure of the Adviser, including information regarding its compliance program, its chief compliance officer and the Adviser’s compliance record, and the Adviser’s business continuity plan.  The Board also considered the prior relationship between the Adviser and the Trust, as well as the Board’s knowledge of the Adviser’s operations, and noted that during the course of the prior year they had met with the Adviser to discuss various marketing and compliance topics, including the Adviser’s diligence in risk oversight.  The Board concluded that the Adviser had the quality and depth of personnel, resources, investment methods and compliance policies and procedures essential to performing its duties under the Advisory Agreement and that the nature, overall quality, cost and extent of such management services are satisfactory.
 
 
2.
THE FUNDS’ HISTORICAL PERFORMANCE AND THE OVERALL PERFORMANCE OF THE ADVISER.  In assessing the quality of the portfolio management delivered by the Adviser, the Board reviewed the short-term and long-term performance of the Funds as of August 31, 2012 on both an absolute basis, and in comparison to both benchmarks and their peer funds as classified by Lipper and Morningstar.  While the Board considered performance over both short and long term periods, it placed less emphasis on very short term performance and greater emphasis on longer term performance.  When reviewing performance against the comparative peer group universe, the Board took into account that the investment objective and strategies of the Funds, as well as their level of risk tolerance, may differ significantly from funds in the peer universe.  In reviewing the performance of the Funds, the Board took into account that the PIA High Yield Fund was newer, with less than two years of performance history, and that the PIA High Yield (MACS) Fund had not yet commenced operations.
 
The Board noted that the PIA High Yield Fund’s performance, with regard to its Lipper and Morningstar comparative universes, was above its peer group median and Lipper Index (with respect to the Lipper comparative universe) or average (with respect to the Morningstar comparative universe) for the one year and since inception periods, and below its peer group median and Lipper Index or average for the three-month and year-to-date periods.
 
 
 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
The Board also considered any differences in performance between similarly managed accounts and the performance of the PIA High Yield Fund and reviewed the performance of the Fund against a broad-based securities market benchmark.
 
 
3.
THE COSTS OF THE SERVICES TO BE PROVIDED BY THE ADVISER AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE ADVISER’S FEE UNDER THE ADVISORY AGREEMENT.  In considering the appropriateness of the advisory fee, the Board considered the level of the fee itself as well as the total fees and expenses of the Funds.  The Board reviewed information as to fees and expenses of advisers and funds within the relevant Lipper peer funds, fees charged by the Adviser to other similarly managed accounts, as well as information regarding fee offsets for separate accounts invested in the PIA High Yield Fund.  When reviewing fees charged to other similarly managed accounts, the Board took into account the type of account and the differences in the management of that account that might be germane to the difference, if any, in the fees charged to such accounts.
 
PIA High Yield Fund:  The Board noted that the Adviser had contractually agreed to maintain an expense limitation for the Fund of 0.98% (the “Expense Cap”).  Additionally, the Board noted that the Fund’s total expense ratio was below its peer group median and average.  The Board also noted that the Fund’s contractual advisory fee was above its peer group median and average, as well as the average of the Fund’s peer group when adjusted to include only funds with similar asset sizes, but that after advisory fee waivers and the payment of Fund expenses necessary to maintain the Expense Cap, the net advisory fees received by the Adviser from the Fund during the most recent fiscal period were below the peer group median and average.  The Board also took into consideration the services the Adviser provided to its separately managed account clients, comparing the fees charged for those management services to the management fees charged to the Fund.  The Board found that the management fees charged to the Fund were in line with the fees charged to the Adviser’s separately managed account clients.  As a result, the Trustees noted that the Fund’s expenses and advisory fee were not outside the range of its peer group.
 
PIA High Yield (MACS) Fund:  The Board noted that the Adviser will not charge management fees to the Fund.  The Board recognized that clients of the Adviser will pay the Adviser an investment advisory fee to manage their assets as part of wrap programs or other investment advisory accounts, including assets invested in the Fund.  The Board noted that the Adviser will also voluntarily absorb all of the Fund’s ordinary operating expenses.
 
 
4.
ECONOMIES OF SCALE.  The Board also considered that economies of scale would be expected to be realized by the Adviser as the assets of the Funds grow.  In this regard, the Board noted that the Adviser has agreed to reduce its advisory fees or reimburse Fund expenses so that the PIA High Yield Fund does not exceed the Expense Cap.  Additionally, the Board noted that since the Adviser will not charge a management fee to the PIA High Yield (MACS) Fund, such economies of scale might be realized in the form of lower operating expenses as the Fund grows in size.  The Board concluded that there were no effective economies of scale to be shared with the Funds at current asset levels, but considered revisiting this issue in the future as circumstances changed and asset levels increased.
 

 
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PIA Funds
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreements (continued)
(Unaudited)
 
 
5.
THE PROFITS TO BE REALIZED BY THE ADVISER AND ITS AFFILIATES FROM THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH THE FUND.  The Board reviewed the Adviser’s financial information and took into account both the direct benefits and the indirect benefits to the Adviser from advising the Funds.  The Board considered the profitability to the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds and considered any additional benefits derived by the Adviser from its relationship with the Funds.  The Board also reviewed information regarding fee offsets for separate accounts invested in the PIA High Yield Fund and determined that the Adviser was not currently receiving an advisory fee both at the separate account and at the Fund level for these accounts, and as a result was not receiving additional fall-out benefits from these relationships.  After such review, the Board determined that the profitability to the Adviser with respect to the Advisory Agreement was not excessive, and that the Adviser had maintained adequate resources and profit levels to support the services it provides to the Funds.
 
No single factor was determinative of the Board’s decision to approve the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Funds, but rather the Board based its determination on the total mix of information available to them.  Based on a consideration of all the factors in their totality, the Board determined that the advisory arrangement with the Adviser, including the advisory fees, were fair and reasonable.  The Board therefore determined that the continuance of the Advisory Agreement for the Funds would be in the best interest of the Funds and their shareholders.
 

 
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PRIVACY NOTICE
 
The Fund collects non-public information about you from the following sources:
 
•  Information we receive about you on applications or other forms;
 
•  Information you give us orally; and/or
 
•  Information about your transactions with us or others.
 
We do not disclose any non-public personal information about our customers or former customers without the customer’s authorization, except as permitted by law or in response to inquiries from governmental authorities.  We may share information with affiliated and unaffiliated third parties with whom we have contracts for servicing the Fund.  We will provide unaffiliated third parties with only the information necessary to carry out their assigned responsibilities.  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information and require third parties to treat your personal information with the same high degree of confidentiality.
 
In the event that you hold shares of the Fund through a financial intermediary, including, but not limited to, a broker-dealer, bank, or trust company, the privacy policy of your financial intermediary would govern how your non-public personal information would be shared by those entities with unaffiliated third parties.
 

 
 

 

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Adviser
Pacific Income Advisers, Inc.
1299 Ocean Avenue, Suite 210
Santa Monica, CA  90401


Distributor
Quasar Distributors, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202


Transfer Agent
U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, LLC
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI  53202
(800) 251-1970


Custodian
U.S. Bank N.A.
1555 North River Center Drive, Suite 302
Milwaukee, WI  53212


Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
1818 Market Street, Suite 2400
Philadelphia, PA  19103


Legal Counsel
Paul Hastings LLP
75 East 55th Street
New York, NY  10022







Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance.  Share price and returns will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.  Statements and other information herein are dated and are subject to change.



 
 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable for semi-annual reports.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to registrants who are not listed issuers (as defined in Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934).

Item 6. Investments.

(a)  
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.
 
(b)  
Not Applicable.
 
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

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

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a)  
The Registrant’s President/Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer/Principal Financial Officer have reviewed the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Act”)) as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report, as required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.  Based on their review, such officers have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures are effective in ensuring that information required to be disclosed in this report is appropriately recorded, processed, summarized and reported and made known to them by others within the Registrant and by the Registrant’s service provider.

(b)  
There were no changes in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of 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. Exhibits.

(a)  
(1) Any code of ethics or amendment thereto, that is the subject of the disclosure required by Item 2, to the extent that the registrant intends to satisfy Item 2 requirements through filing an exhibit. Not Applicable.

(2) A separate certification for each principal executive and principal financial officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Filed herewith.

(3) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Act sent or given during the period covered by the report by or on behalf of the registrant to 10 or more persons.  Not applicable to open-end investment companies.

(b)  
Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.  Furnished 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.


(Registrant)    Advisors Series Trust
 
By (Signature and Title)*    /s/ Douglas G. Hess
Douglas G. Hess, President

Date    8/2/2013


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/ Douglas G. Hess
Douglas G. Hess, President

Date    8/2/2013
By (Signature and Title)*    /s/ Cheryl L. King
Cheryl L. King, Treasurer

Date    8/2/2013

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