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QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  
U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES - 34.5%           

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     2.000 %      1/15/26        6,742,320      $ 7,496,013  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     1.750 %      1/15/28        1,596,920        1,794,448  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     2.500 %      1/15/29        839,041        1,011,489  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     3.875 %      4/15/29        3,271,748        4,366,725  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     2.125 %      2/15/40        357,195        467,148  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     2.125 %      2/15/41        1,139,886        1,502,329  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     1.375 %      2/15/44        6,183,576        7,297,578  

U.S. Treasury Bonds, Inflation Indexed

     0.750 %      2/15/45        1,092,850        1,134,272  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

     0.125 %      4/15/21        217,164        216,726  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

     0.125 %      1/15/22        227,404        227,300  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

     0.125 %      4/15/22        7,618,968        7,608,371  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

     0.125 %      1/15/23        2,006,838        2,006,866  

U.S. Treasury Notes, Inflation Indexed

     0.625 %      4/15/23        518,025        526,106  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES
(Cost - $34,097,916)

 

     35,655,371  
          

 

 

 
                  SHARES         
COMMON STOCKS - 20.3%           
COMMUNICATION SERVICES - 1.4%           

Diversified Telecommunication Services - 0.4%

          

China Telecom Corp. Ltd., Class H Shares

          268,000        109,992 (a)  

China Unicom Hong Kong Ltd.

          96,000        90,623 (a)  

KT Corp., ADR

          7,042        81,687  

LG Uplus Corp.

          6,096        74,784 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Total Diversified Telecommunication Services

             357,086  
          

 

 

 

Entertainment - 0.1%

          

NetEase Inc., ADR

          310        95,058  
          

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services - 0.5%

          

58.com Inc., ADR

          1,200        77,676 * 

Alphabet Inc., Class A Shares

          166        222,339 * 

Auto Trader Group PLC

          15,400        121,707 (a)  

Facebook Inc., Class A Shares

          668        137,107 * 
          

 

 

 

Total Interactive Media & Services

             558,829  
          

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services - 0.4%

          

KDDI Corp.

          6,500        193,374 (a)  

T-Mobile US Inc.

          2,400        188,208 * 
          

 

 

 

Total Wireless Telecommunication Services

             381,582  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES

             1,392,555  
          

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   QS Strategic Real Return Fund 2019 Quarterly Report       

 

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Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

                 SHARES      VALUE  
CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY - 2.8%            

Auto Components - 0.1%

           

Magna International Inc.

           2,300      $ 126,110  
           

 

 

 

Automobiles - 0.1%

           

Subaru Corp.

           3,400        84,066 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 1.0%

           

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

           4,400        104,353 (a)  

Brinker International Inc.

           2,465        103,530  

Genting Singapore Ltd.

           151,800        103,924 (a)  

Jack in the Box Inc.

           1,293        100,893  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

           1,700        117,368  

Sands China Ltd.

           22,800        122,267 (a)  

Starbucks Corp.

           1,000        87,920  

Wyndham Destinations Inc.

           2,200        113,718  

Yum China Holdings Inc.

           1,800        86,418  

Yum! Brands Inc.

           1,236        124,502  
           

 

 

 

Total Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

              1,064,893  
           

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail - 0.3%

           

Amazon.com Inc.

           190        351,090 * 
           

 

 

 

Specialty Retail - 1.0%

           

Home Depot Inc.

           1,410        307,916  

Lowe’s Cos. Inc.

           2,422        290,059  

Ross Stores Inc.

           1,937        225,505  

TJX Cos. Inc.

           3,170        193,560  
           

 

 

 

Total Specialty Retail

              1,017,040  
           

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 0.3%

           

Burberry Group PLC

           3,780        110,624 (a)  

Pandora A/S

           1,198        52,113 (a)  

Under Armour Inc., Class A Shares

           4,000        86,400 * 
           

 

 

 

Total Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

              249,137  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY

              2,892,336  
           

 

 

 
CONSUMER STAPLES - 1.2%            

Food & Staples Retailing - 0.4%

           

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

           2,700        98,790 (a)  

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV

           36,000        103,349  

Walmart Inc.

           1,518        180,399  
           

 

 

 

Total Food & Staples Retailing

              382,538  
           

 

 

 

Food Products - 0.2%

           

JBS SA

           14,000        89,791  

Morinaga & Co. Ltd.

           2,400        115,725 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Food Products

              205,516  
           

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

                 SHARES      VALUE  

Household Products - 0.2%

           

Church & Dwight Co. Inc.

           2,230      $ 156,858  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV, Class A Shares

           46,000        91,550  
           

 

 

 

Total Household Products

              248,408  
           

 

 

 

Personal Products - 0.4%

           

Estee Lauder Cos. Inc., Class A Shares

           778        160,688  

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

           12,000        85,676 (a)  

Unilever PLC

           2,500        143,123 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Personal Products

              389,487  
           

 

 

 

Tobacco - 0.0%

           

KT&G Corp.

           746        60,475 (a)  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES

              1,286,424  
           

 

 

 
ENERGY - 0.8%            

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 0.8%

           

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., Class H Shares

           160,000        96,441 (a)  

Eni SpA

           5,776        89,752 (a)  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

           1,048        73,129  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, ADR

           9,904        147,768  

Repsol SA

           6,881        107,945 (a)  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A Shares

           3,628        106,878 (a)  

Valero Energy Corp.

           2,000        187,300  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

              809,213  
           

 

 

 
FINANCIALS - 4.3%            

Banks - 2.0%

           

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

           21,000        118,345 (a)  

Bank of America Corp.

           8,209        289,121  

BNP Paribas SA

           2,233        132,924 (a)  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

           2,100        174,753  

Citigroup Inc.

           3,433        274,262  

Citizens Financial Group Inc.

           5,376        218,319  

Danske Bank A/S

           4,373        70,722 (a)  

Fifth Third Bancorp

           4,333        133,197  

ING Groep NV

           8,000        96,144 (a)  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

           1,282        178,711  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

           204,717        170,862 (a)  

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd., Class H Shares

           140,000        95,255 (a)  

Wells Fargo & Co.

           2,600        139,880  
           

 

 

 

Total Banks

              2,092,495  
           

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   QS Strategic Real Return Fund 2019 Quarterly Report       

 

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Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

                 SHARES      VALUE  

Capital Markets - 0.3%

           

Ameriprise Financial Inc.

           894      $ 148,923  

Morgan Stanley

           3,300        168,696  
           

 

 

 

Total Capital Markets

              317,619  
           

 

 

 

Consumer Finance - 0.2%

           

Capital One Financial Corp.

           2,091        215,185  
           

 

 

 

Insurance - 1.8%

           

Aegon NV

           21,112        96,637 (a)  

Allianz SE, Registered Shares

           984        241,287 (a)  

Allstate Corp.

           2,131        239,631  

AXA SA

           5,029        141,881 (a)  

Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.

           1,232        73,230  

Hannover Rueck SE

           889        171,879 (a)  

Legal & General Group PLC

           31,700        127,712 (a)  

Manulife Financial Corp.

           6,900        140,067  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen, Registered Shares

           500        147,507 (a)  

Prudential Financial Inc.

           1,232        115,488  

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered Shares

           358        179,609 (a)  

Swiss Re AG

           1,657        186,237 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Insurance

              1,861,165  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL FINANCIALS

              4,486,464  
           

 

 

 
HEALTH CARE - 2.5%            

Biotechnology - 0.5%

           

Amgen Inc.

           1,163        280,364  

Biogen Inc.

           528        156,674 * 

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.

           280        105,134 * 
           

 

 

 

Total Biotechnology

              542,172  
           

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 0.6%

           

Baxter International Inc.

           2,294        191,824  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.

           800        186,632 * 

Masimo Corp.

           1,169        184,772 * 
           

 

 

 

Total Health Care Equipment & Supplies

              563,228  
           

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services - 0.7%

           

Cigna Corp.

           637        130,260  

Humana Inc.

           545        199,754  

McKesson Corp.

           900        124,488  

UnitedHealth Group Inc.

           855        251,353  
           

 

 

 

Total Health Care Providers & Services

              705,855  
           

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      QS Strategic Real Return Fund 2019 Quarterly Report  


QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

                 SHARES      VALUE  

Pharmaceuticals - 0.7%

           

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

           3,400      $ 218,246  

Merck & Co. Inc.

           1,702        154,797  

Roche Holding AG

           750        243,193 (a)  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

           2,100        129,745 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Pharmaceuticals

              745,981  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL HEALTH CARE

              2,557,236  
           

 

 

 
INDUSTRIALS - 2.4%            

Aerospace & Defense - 0.5%

           

Dassault Aviation SA

           60        79,027 (a)  

Northrop Grumman Corp.

           410        141,028  

Safran SA

           1,329        206,014 (a)  

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc., Class A Shares

           1,505        109,684  
           

 

 

 

Total Aerospace & Defense

              535,753  
           

 

 

 

Airlines - 0.3%

           

Air Canada

           3,200        119,543 * 

Southwest Airlines Co.

           2,641        142,561  
           

 

 

 

Total Airlines

              262,104  
           

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment - 0.1%

           

Rockwell Automation Inc.

           589        119,373  
           

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates - 0.2%

           

CITIC Ltd.

           70,000        93,826 (a)  

LG Corp.

           1,386        88,227 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Industrial Conglomerates

              182,053  
           

 

 

 

Machinery - 0.3%

           

Cummins Inc.

           1,129        202,046  

Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd., Class H Shares

           111,000        93,187 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Machinery

              295,233  
           

 

 

 

Professional Services - 0.3%

           

ManpowerGroup Inc.

           1,639        159,147  

Wolters Kluwer NV

           1,750        127,913 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Professional Services

              287,060  
           

 

 

 

Road & Rail - 0.2%

           

Norfolk Southern Corp.

           500        97,065  

Union Pacific Corp.

           730        131,977  
           

 

 

 

Total Road & Rail

              229,042  
           

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors - 0.4%

           

Marubeni Corp.

           11,000        81,284 (a)  

Mitsubishi Corp.

           5,000        132,649 (a)  

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   QS Strategic Real Return Fund 2019 Quarterly Report       

 

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Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

                 SHARES      VALUE  

Trading Companies & Distributors - (continued)

           

Sumitomo Corp.

           5,200      $ 77,527 (a)  

W.W. Grainger Inc.

           360        121,867  
           

 

 

 

Total Trading Companies & Distributors

              413,327  
           

 

 

 

Transportation Infrastructure - 0.1%

           

Aena SME SA

           548        105,150 (a)  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL INDUSTRIALS

              2,429,095  
           

 

 

 
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - 3.5%            

Communications Equipment - 0.3%

           

Cisco Systems Inc.

           5,737        275,146  
           

 

 

 

IT Services - 0.3%

           

Mastercard Inc., Class A Shares

           700        209,013  

Visa Inc., Class A Shares

           853        160,279  
           

 

 

 

Total IT Services

              369,292  
           

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 1.0%

           

Applied Materials Inc.

           3,788        231,220  

KLA Corp.

           727        129,530  

NVIDIA Corp.

           811        190,828  

NXP Semiconductors NV

           1,000        127,260  

Texas Instruments Inc.

           1,717        220,274  

United Microelectronics Corp.

           190,000        104,417 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

              1,003,529  
           

 

 

 

Software - 0.7%

           

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.

           1,000        110,960 * 

Microsoft Corp.

           3,700        583,490  
           

 

 

 

Total Software

              694,450  
           

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 1.2%

           

Apple Inc.

           2,763        811,355  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

           4,000        190,728 (a)  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

           6,195        298,502 (a)  
           

 

 

 

Total Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

              1,300,585  
           

 

 

 

TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

              3,643,002  
           

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 0.5%            

Chemicals - 0.1%

           

Huntsman Corp.

           3,800        91,808  
           

 

 

 

Metals & Mining - 0.4%

           

Glencore PLC

           36,000        112,569 *(a) 

POSCO

           349        71,106 (a)  

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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      QS Strategic Real Return Fund 2019 Quarterly Report  


QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

     SHARES      VALUE  

Metals & Mining - (continued)

          

Rio Tinto PLC

          2,643      $ 157,039 (a) 

South32 Ltd.

          42,949        81,768 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

             422,482  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

             514,290  
          

 

 

 
REAL ESTATE - 0.6%           

Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) - 0.1%

          

Vicinity Centres

          50,000        87,530 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development - 0.5%

          

China Vanke Co. Ltd., Class H Shares

          29,400        125,505 (a)  

Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd.

          111,000        178,364 (a)  

Jones Lang LaSalle Inc.

          500        87,045  

Shimao Property Holdings Ltd.

          36,000        139,800 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Total Real Estate Management & Development

             530,714  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL REAL ESTATE

             618,244  
          

 

 

 
UTILITIES - 0.3%           

Electric Utilities - 0.1%

          

Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc.

          7,500        74,179 (a)  
          

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 0.1%

          

NRG Energy Inc.

          4,281        170,170  
          

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities - 0.1%

          

AGL Energy Ltd.

          6,000        86,607 (a)  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL UTILITIES

             330,956  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost - $15,406,393)

             20,959,815  
          

 

 

 
INVESTMENTS IN UNDERLYING FUNDS - 16.3%           

Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF

          52,104        1,905,443  

iShares Core High Dividend ETF

          6,677        654,814  

iShares Edge MSCI USA Momentum Factor ETF

          34,781        4,367,102  

Vanguard REIT ETF

          106,447        9,877,217  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN UNDERLYING FUNDS
(Cost - $11,024,526)

             16,804,576  
          

 

 

 
     RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
        
CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES - 2.5%           
ENERGY - 1.3%           

Energy Equipment & Services - 0.1%

          

Halliburton Co., Senior Notes

     3.800 %      11/15/25        50,000        53,379  
          

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.2%

          

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     2.625 %      1/15/23        29,000        29,109  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     5.100 %      9/1/40        30,000        30,601  

Apache Corp., Senior Notes

     4.750 %      4/15/43        230,000        222,663  

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

   QS Strategic Real Return Fund 2019 Quarterly Report       

 

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QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
    VALUE  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - (continued)

         

BP Capital Markets America Inc., Senior Notes

     3.588 %      4/14/27        240,000     $ 257,175  

Devon Energy Corp., Senior Notes

     5.850 %      12/15/25        230,000       272,930  

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, Senior Notes

     3.125 %      7/31/29        120,000       123,730  

Exxon Mobil Corp., Senior Notes

     3.043 %      3/1/26        50,000       52,497  

Noble Energy Inc., Senior Notes

     3.900 %      11/15/24        50,000       52,889  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     5.550 %      3/15/26        40,000       45,396  

Occidental Petroleum Corp., Senior Notes

     3.000 %      2/15/27        100,000       100,274  

Targa Resources Partners LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., Senior Notes

     5.375 %      2/1/27        100,000       103,935  
         

 

 

 

Total Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

            1,291,199  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL ENERGY

            1,344,578  
         

 

 

 
MATERIALS - 1.2%          

Metals & Mining - 1.0%

         

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, Senior Notes

     6.125 %      5/15/28        200,000       216,870 (b)  

Anglo American Capital PLC, Senior Notes

     4.000 %      9/11/27        200,000       209,770 (b)  

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

     6.125 %      6/1/25        40,000       45,992  

ArcelorMittal SA, Senior Notes

     7.000 %      10/15/39        60,000       73,254  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.125 %      3/12/24        40,000       41,922 (b)  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     4.000 %      3/27/27        50,000       52,014 (b)  

Glencore Funding LLC, Senior Notes

     3.875 %      10/27/27        90,000       93,719 (b)  

Southern Copper Corp., Senior Notes

     5.250 %      11/8/42        220,000       253,974  

Teck Resources Ltd., Senior Notes

     3.750 %      2/1/23        40,000       40,745  

Vale Overseas Ltd., Senior Notes

     6.250 %      8/10/26        50,000       58,783  
         

 

 

 

Total Metals & Mining

            1,087,043  
         

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products - 0.2%

         

Inversiones CMPC SA, Senior Notes

     4.375 %      4/4/27        200,000       210,787 (c)  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL MATERIALS

            1,297,830  
         

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS & NOTES
(Cost - $2,480,163)

            2,642,408  
         

 

 

 
NON-U.S. TREASURY INFLATION PROTECTED SECURITIES - 0.5%

 

 

Brazil - 0.5%

         

Brazil Notas do Tesouro Nacional Serie B, Notes

(Cost - $437,499)

     6.000 %      8/15/30        1,526,780 BRL      481,300  
         

 

 

 
SOVEREIGN BONDS - 0.4%          

Indonesia - 0.2%

         

Indonesia Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     4.750 %      2/11/29        200,000       229,239  
         

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

SECURITY

   RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
     VALUE  

Saudi Arabia - 0.2%

          

Abu Dhabi Government International Bond, Senior Notes

     2.500 %      9/30/29        200,000      $ 199,625 (b)  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost - $426,950)

             428,864  
          

 

 

 
           EXPIRATION
DATE
     RIGHTS         
RIGHTS - 0.0%           

Repsol SA

(Cost - $3,249)

       —          6,881        3,265 * 
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $63,876,696)

             76,975,599  
          

 

 

 
     RATE     MATURITY
DATE
     FACE
AMOUNT†
        
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 23.1%           
U.S. TREASURY BILLS - 17.2%           

U.S. Treasury Bills

     1.472 %      3/19/20        9,500,000        9,469,995 (d)  

U.S. Treasury Bills

     1.556 %      6/18/20        8,400,000        8,339,821 (d)  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY BILLS
(Cost - $17,801,539)

             17,809,816  
          

 

 

 
                  SHARES         
MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 5.9%           

Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class

     1.511 %         5,518,009        5,518,009  

Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares

     1.522 %         477,097        477,097  

Invesco Treasury Portfolio, Institutional Class

     1.486 %         105,469        105,469  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS
(Cost - $6,100,575)

             6,100,575  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost - $23,902,114)

             23,910,391  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 97.6%
(Cost - $87,778,810)

             100,885,990  

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 2.4%

             2,432,256  
          

 

 

 

TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0%

           $ 103,318,246  
          

 

 

 

 

†

Face amount denominated in U.S. dollars, unless otherwise noted.

 

*

Non-income producing security.

 

(a)

Security is valued in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board of Trustees (Note 1).

 

(b)

Security is exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions that are exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(c)

Security is exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. Regulation S applies to securities offerings that are made outside of the United States and do not involve direct selling efforts in the United States. This security has been deemed liquid pursuant to guidelines approved by the Board of Trustees.

 

(d)

Rate shown represents yield-to-maturity.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

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QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

Abbreviations used in this schedule:

 

ADR    — American Depositary Receipts
BRL    — Brazilian Real
ETF    — Exchange-Traded Fund
REIT    — Real Estate Investment Trust

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had the following open futures contracts:

 

     Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Date
     Notional
Amount
     Market
Value
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Contracts to Buy:               

Amsterdam Index

     4        1/20      $ 541,587      $ 542,571      $ 984  

Australian 10-Year Bonds

     18        3/20        1,829,233        1,805,776        (23,457 ) 

CAC 40 Euro

     7        1/20        464,533        468,758        4,225  

DAX Index

     6        3/20        447,037        445,758        (1,279 ) 

E-mini S&P 500 Index

     3        3/20        475,628        484,665        9,037  

Euro-Bund

     20        3/20        3,865,365        3,824,773        (40,592 ) 

FTSE 100 Index

     5        3/20        484,551        496,659        12,108  

FTSE/MIB Index

     4        3/20        522,582        525,180        2,598  

IBEX 35 Index

     4        1/20        426,486        427,516        1,030  

Japanese 10-Year Bonds

     32        3/20        4,484,682        4,474,492        (10,190 ) 

S&P GSCI

     192        1/20        20,220,806        20,920,800        699,994  

S&P/TSX 60 Index

     4        3/20        622,645        623,711        1,066  

SPI 200 Index

     5        3/20        587,288        579,207        (8,081 ) 

Topix Index

     2        3/20        316,690        316,782        92  

United Kingdom Long Gilt

     64        3/20        11,217,552        11,137,661        (79,891 ) 
              

 

 

 
                 567,644  
              

 

 

 
Contracts to Sell:               

Canadian 10-Year Bonds

     83        3/20        8,917,618        8,787,371        130,247  

U.S. Treasury 10-Year Notes

     68        3/20        8,797,271        8,732,688        64,583  

U.S. Treasury Long-Term Bonds

     24        3/20        3,826,514        3,741,750        84,764  
              

 

 

 
                 279,594  
              

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures contracts

 

         $ 847,238  
              

 

 

 

At December 31, 2019, the Fund had the following open forward foreign currency contracts:

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
CAD      2,083,000        USD        1,565,956      Bank of New York      1/9/20      $ 38,231  
CAD      2,390,000        USD        1,808,283      Bank of New York      1/9/20        32,334  
CAD      6,458,000        USD        4,854,989      Bank of New York      1/9/20        118,528  
NZD      2,043,000        USD        1,341,532      Bank of New York      1/9/20        33,981  

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

Currency
Purchased
     Currency
Sold
    

Counterparty

   Settlement
Date
     Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
NZD      3,262,000        USD        2,153,840      Bank of New York      1/9/20      $ 42,402  
SEK      12,440,000        USD        1,307,121      Bank of New York      1/9/20        21,658  
SEK      37,030,000        USD        3,890,890      Bank of New York      1/9/20        64,470  
USD      645,082        AUD        941,000      Bank of New York      1/9/20        (15,420 ) 
USD      1,260,534        CHF        1,240,000      Bank of New York      1/9/20        (21,578 ) 
USD      2,178,354        GBP        1,675,000      Bank of New York      1/9/20        (40,930 ) 
USD      753,636        JPY        81,700,000      Bank of New York      1/9/20        1,322  
AUD      3,037,000        USD        2,079,950      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        51,766  
CHF      1,111,000        USD        1,129,296      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        19,435  
MXN      40,060,000        USD        2,037,486      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        78,595  
NOK      18,920,000        USD        2,060,982      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        94,189  
USD      1,147,079        AUD        1,675,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        (28,629 ) 
USD      3,812,330        CHF        3,751,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        (66,059 ) 
USD      2,432,981        EUR        2,190,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        (24,920 ) 
USD      1,144,512        JPY        124,000,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        2,689  
USD      4,369        NOK        40,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        (187 ) 
USD      1,783,859        NOK        16,380,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        (81,981 ) 
USD      529,983        SEK        4,950,000      Citibank N.A.      1/9/20        1,249  
CAD      935,000        USD        711,440      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        8,634  
CHF      313,000        USD        319,180      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        4,450  
EUR      266,000        USD        297,002      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        1,538  
GBP      253,000        USD        333,813      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        1,398  
GBP      880,000        USD        1,175,435      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        (9,483 ) 
NOK      470,000        USD        52,204      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        1,334  
NZD      3,200,000        USD        2,086,320      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        68,179  
USD      5,515        AUD        8,000      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        (100 ) 
USD      720,191        EUR        648,000      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        (7,078 ) 
USD      3,657        JPY        400,000      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        (26 ) 
USD      1,140,233        NZD        1,749,000      HSBC Securities Inc.      1/9/20        (37,336 ) 
EUR      16,108,000        USD        17,898,887      UBS Securities LLC      1/9/20        179,588  
GBP      2,838,000        USD        3,691,253      UBS Securities LLC      1/9/20        68,943  
JPY      459,700,000        USD        4,243,456      UBS Securities LLC      1/9/20        (10,426 ) 
USD      438,385        SEK        4,130,000      UBS Securities LLC      1/9/20        (2,761 ) 
EUR      30,000        USD        33,573      BNP Paribas SA      1/17/20        113  
EUR      53,000        USD        59,006      BNP Paribas SA      1/17/20        507  
USD      91,730        EUR        83,000      BNP Paribas SA      1/17/20        (1,469 ) 
                 

 

 

 
Total                   $ 587,150  
                 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

    

 

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QS STRATEGIC REAL RETURN FUND

 

Consolidated schedule of investments (unaudited) (cont’d)    December 31, 2019

 

Abbreviations used in this table:

 

AUD    — Australian Dollar
CAD    — Canadian Dollar
CHF    — Swiss Franc
EUR    — Euro
GBP    — British Pound
JPY    — Japanese Yen
MXN    — Mexican Peso
NOK    — Norwegian Krone
NZD    — New Zealand Dollar
SEK    — Swedish Krona
USD    — United States Dollar

This Consolidated Schedule of Investments is unaudited and is intended to provide information about the Fund’s investments as of the date of the schedule. Other information regarding the Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent annual or semi-annual shareholder report.

 

See Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments.

 

 

   

 

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Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

 

1. Organization and significant accounting policies

QS Strategic Real Return Fund (the “Fund”) is a separate non-diversified investment series of Legg Mason Global Asset Management Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust, a Maryland statutory trust, is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company.

The Fund gains exposure to the commodities markets by investing a portion of its assets in a wholly-owned subsidiary, Real Return Fund Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. Among other investments, the Subsidiary may invest in commodity-linked instruments. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary. This schedule of investments is the consolidated schedule of investments of the Fund and the Subsidiary.

The following are significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund and are in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).

(a) Investment valuation. Equity securities for which market quotations are available are valued at the last reported sales price or official closing price on the primary market or exchange on which they trade. The valuations for fixed income securities (which may include, but are not limited to, corporate, government, municipal, mortgage-backed, collateralized mortgage obligations and asset-backed securities) and certain derivative instruments are typically the prices supplied by independent third party pricing services, which may use market prices or broker/dealer quotations or a variety of valuation techniques and methodologies. The independent third party pricing services use inputs that are observable such as issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar securities. Investments in open-end funds are valued at the closing net asset value per share of each fund on the day of valuation. Futures contracts are valued daily at the settlement price established by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded. When the Fund holds securities or other assets that are denominated in a foreign currency, the Fund will normally use the currency exchange rates as of 4:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). If independent third party pricing services are unable to supply prices for a portfolio investment, or if the prices supplied are deemed by the manager to be unreliable, the market price may be determined by the manager using quotations from one or more broker/dealers or at the transaction price if the security has recently been purchased and no value has yet been obtained from a pricing service or pricing broker. When reliable prices are not readily available, such as when the value of a security has been significantly affected by events after the close of the exchange or market on which the security is principally traded, but before the Fund calculates its net asset value, the Fund values these securities as determined in accordance with procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees.

The Board of Trustees is responsible for the valuation process and has delegated the supervision of the daily valuation process to the Legg Mason North Atlantic Fund Valuation Committee (the “Valuation Committee”). The Valuation Committee, pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, is responsible for making fair value determinations,

 

    

 

    

 

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evaluating the effectiveness of the Fund’s pricing policies, and reporting to the Board of Trustees. When determining the reliability of third party pricing information for investments owned by the Fund, the Valuation Committee, among other things, conducts due diligence reviews of pricing vendors, monitors the daily change in prices and reviews transactions among market participants.

The Valuation Committee will consider pricing methodologies it deems relevant and appropriate when making fair value determinations. Examples of possible methodologies include, but are not limited to, multiple of earnings; discount from market of a similar freely traded security; discounted cash-flow analysis; book value or a multiple thereof; risk premium/yield analysis; yield to maturity; and/or fundamental investment analysis. The Valuation Committee will also consider factors it deems relevant and appropriate in light of the facts and circumstances. Examples of possible factors include, but are not limited to, the type of security; the issuer’s financial statements; the purchase price of the security; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class at the time of purchase; analysts’ research and observations from financial institutions; information regarding any transactions or offers with respect to the security; the existence of merger proposals or tender offers affecting the security; the price and extent of public trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable companies; and the existence of a shelf registration for restricted securities.

For each portfolio security that has been fair valued pursuant to the policies adopted by the Board of Trustees, the fair value price is compared against the last available and next available market quotations. The Valuation Committee reviews the results of such back testing monthly and fair valuation occurrences are reported to the Board of Trustees quarterly.

The Fund uses valuation techniques to measure fair value that are consistent with the market approach and/or income approach, depending on the type of security and the particular circumstance. The market approach uses prices and other relevant information generated by market transactions involving identical or comparable securities. The income approach uses valuation techniques to discount estimated future cash flows to present value.

GAAP establishes a disclosure hierarchy that categorizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to value assets and liabilities at measurement date. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

  •  

Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

  •  

Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

  •  

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodologies used to value securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

 

   

 

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The following is a summary of the inputs used in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:

 

ASSETS

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)*
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Long-Term Investments†:

           

U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

     —        $ 35,655,371        —        $ 35,655,371  

Common Stocks:

           

Communication Services

   $ 802,075        590,480        —          1,392,555  

Consumer Discretionary

     2,314,989        577,347        —          2,892,336  

Consumer Staples

     782,635        503,789        —          1,286,424  

Energy

     408,197        401,016        —          809,213  

Financials

     2,509,463        1,977,001        —          4,486,464  

Health Care

     2,184,298        372,938        —          2,557,236  

Industrials

     1,344,291        1,084,804        —          2,429,095  

Information Technology

     3,049,355        593,647        —          3,643,002  

Materials

     91,808        422,482        —          514,290  

Real Estate

     87,045        531,199        —          618,244  

Utilities

     170,170        160,786        —          330,956  

Investments in Underlying Funds

     16,804,576        —          —          16,804,576  

Corporate Bonds & Notes

     —          2,642,408        —          2,642,408  

Non-U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

     —          481,300        —          481,300  

Sovereign Bonds

     —          428,864        —          428,864  

Rights

     3,265        —          —          3,265  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Long-Term Investments

     30,552,167        46,423,432        —          76,975,599  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments†:

           

U.S. Treasury Bills

     —          17,809,816        —          17,809,816  

Money Market Funds

     6,100,575        —          —          6,100,575  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

     6,100,575        17,809,816        —          23,910,391  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 36,652,742      $ 64,233,248        —        $ 100,885,990  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 1,010,728        —          —        $ 1,010,728  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 935,533        —          935,533  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Other Financial Instruments

   $ 1,010,728      $ 935,533        —        $ 1,946,261  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 37,663,470      $ 65,168,781        —        $ 102,832,251  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

    

 

    

 

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LIABILITIES

 

DESCRIPTION

   QUOTED PRICES
(LEVEL 1)
     OTHER SIGNIFICANT
OBSERVABLE INPUTS
(LEVEL 2)
     SIGNIFICANT
UNOBSERVABLE
INPUTS
(LEVEL 3)
     TOTAL  

Other Financial Instruments:

           

Futures Contracts

   $ 163,490        —          —        $ 163,490  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

     —        $ 348,383        —          348,383  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 163,490      $ 348,383        —        $ 511,873  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

As a result of the fair value pricing procedures for international equities utilized by the Fund, which account for events occurring after the close of the principal market of the security but prior to the calculation of the Fund’s net asset value, certain securities were classified as Level 2 within the fair value hierarchy.

 

†

See Consolidated Schedule of Investments for additional detailed categorizations.

 

 

   

 

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