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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act File Number 811-22920

 

 

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

SEI Investments

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

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

Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2022

Date of reporting period: October 31, 2022

 

 

 


Item 1.

Reports to Stockholders.

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


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

 

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Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund

Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund

Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund

Barrow Hanley International Value Fund

Barrow Hanley Total Return Bond Fund

Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund

 

Annual Report

   October 31, 2022
  

 

Investment Adviser:

 

Perpetual US Services LLC, Doing Business As PGIA

 

Sub-Adviser:

 

Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC

 


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  October 31, 2022
 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

    1  

Schedules of Investments

    13  

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

    38  

Statements of Operations

    40  

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    42  

Financial Highlights

    46  

Notes to Financial Statements

    47  

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

    60  

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

    62  

Trustees and Officers of the Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

    64  

Notice to Shareholders

    67  

 

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

A description of the policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to fund securities, as well as information relating to how the Fund voted proxies relating to fund securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is available (i) without charge, upon request, by calling 1-866-778-6397; and (ii) on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (April 12, 2022) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund returned -20.30% versus a return of -20.74% for the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index.

Effective stock selection in the Real Estate, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors combined with an overweight to the Consumer Staples sector were the primary contributors to relative returns. Challenging selection in the Materials and Industrials sectors detracted from performance over the period.

Top contributors:

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd. Class H is one of the leading domestic medical device and consumable firms in China. The stock outperformed on strong Q2 results when it delivered double digit sales and profit growth. In addition, as per our original investment thesis, regulatory pressure in the Health Care sector is peaking and the latest round of centralized purchase tenders resulted in price cuts that are in line to slightly better than what the market was expecting. Weigao will offset most of the price cuts via expanding market share and cost efficiency improvement. Trading at a low teen P/E multiple with a strong net cash balance sheet, we believe Weigao remains an attractive value play in the growing healthcare sector in China.

PT Bank Mandiri (Persero) Tbk performed well over the period following a set of robust results in 2Q. Mandiri has been firing on most cylinders in terms of loans, net interest margins, provisioning recovery, and expense control. A recent key comment from the management team is that it now sees sustainable returns on equity near 20%, a level not consistently achieved in the past. This is due to the bank’s relatively stable strategy, including reliance on the strength of its corporate lending origins while also seeing some growth from consumer segments. Mandiri is also benefitting from a tailwind on the macro-economic front, with the rupiah and local GDP growth relatively better than many countries in the world.

Top detractors:

Gold Fields Limited is a gold miner with operations in Australia, Ghana, Peru, South Africa, and a large development project in Chile called Salares Norte. The stock sold off heavily during the second quarter after the company announced a planned all-stock merger with Yamana Gold. The deal priced Yamana at a significant premium to its share price and would cause significant dilution to existing Gold Fields shareholders. While Barrow Hanley is not in favor of the deal, the share price is already pricing in the planned equity dilution. In addition, Gold Fields requires 75% shareholder approval to execute the transaction, which is highly uncertain given the negative feedback Gold Fields has received on the transaction. We continue to own the stock because post the sell-off in Gold Fields share price on a pro-forma basis, a combined Gold Fields/Yamana company is trading at an attractive valuation, while there is potential for near-term upside if shareholders vote down the proposed transaction.

E-MART Inc. is the largest hypermarket chain in Korea and with an online ecommerce site for fresh food. The stock sold off after posting weak results early in the year with higher-than-expected operating losses from higher SG&A and investments as it continues its investments in online and integrates its operations with eBay Korea. After monitoring this position closely, we sold out of the stock in the third quarter.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund, I Shares versus the MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index.

 

    

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE

PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022

     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG

Opportunities Fund, I Shares

   -20.30%

MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index

   -20.74%

 

 

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*Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index captures large and mid cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across 25 Emerging Markets (EM) countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index above.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Credit Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (April 12, 2022) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund returned -6.63% versus a return of -5.28% for the Fund’s benchmark, the ICE BofA US High Yield BB – B Index.

The Fund’s allocation to Bank Loans, which generated better relative performance than high yield corporate bonds during the period, was additive to performance. Also benefiting performance were the Fund’s Energy holdings which generated returns ahead of the subsector in the Index. The Fund’s holdings in Basic Industry and Consumer Non-Cyclicals lagged their peers in the Index which detracted from relative performance. In addition, security selection in Finance Companies hurt performance during the period.

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund, I Shares versus the ICE BofA US High Yield BB-B Index.

 

    

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE

PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022

     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund, I Shares

   -6.63%

ICE BofA US High Yield BB-B Index

   -5.28%

 

 

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*Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

The ICE BofA U.S. High Yield BB-B Index tracks the performance of U.S. dollar denominated, below investment-grade rated corporate debt publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index above.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Emerging Markets Value Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (December 29, 2021) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund, I Shares returned -15.30% versus a return of -23.98% for the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index.

The Fund outperformed over the period with stock selection and country and sector allocations all contributing positively. Effective stock selection in the Consumer Discretionary, Communication Services and Energy sectors combined with an underweight to the Information Technology sector were the primary contributors to relative returns. Challenging selection in the Materials and Industrials sectors detracted from performance over the period. The strategy benefitted from its underweight to China and Taiwan tech and e-commerce companies which we have seen as richly valued for an extended period but where we continue to monitor for potential opportunities.

Top contributors:

PTT Exploration & Production Plc, the upstream arm of the Thai National Oil Company, PTT Group delivered strong results over the period benefiting from higher oil prices, particularly in the early part of the year.

Emaar Properties (P.J.S.C) is the largest developer in Dubai and owns mall and hotel operations in the areas. The stock has been over the strongest performers in the portfolio. We see Emaar as a beneficiary of the ongoing strong recovery in the local residential real estate market. Meanwhile, the strong growth in the retail and tourism sectors also supported its operations improvement at malls and in the hospitality business.

Top detractors:

Russia-based ALROSA PJSC is the largest diamond miner by volume and second largest by value globally. We started reducing our holdings in ALROSA as tensions between Russia and Ukraine increased in January and early February given our concern about a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine, but we did not want to make a blanket top-down call to completely sell out of Russia. We reduced our position by more than half prior to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and attempted to sell the entirety of our remaining position once the invasion commenced. We were able to partially sell our remaining holdings before Russia closed the Russian stock market and restricted access to foreigners. Given our inability to further transact in Russia and seeing no resolution in sight to sell our remaining holding, we wrote the value of ALROSA to zero in our portfolio.

Similar to ALROSA, we wrote down our holding to zero in our holding of Public Joint Stock Company Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS due to the imposition of capital controls in Russia, international sanctions affecting a variety of entities and companies within Russia, the uncertain nature of the Russian capital markets and financial system (including the stock exchange), and the general inability for cash generating companies in Russia to distribute dividends to shareholders, especially foreign investors.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Emerging Markets Value Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund, I Shares versus the MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index.

 

    

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE

PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022

     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund, I Shares

   -15.30%

Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund, Y Shares†

   -15.40%

MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index

   -23.98%

 

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*Commenced operations on December 29, 2021.

† The graph is based on I Shares only. Returns for Y Shares are substantially similar to those of the I Shares and differ only to the extent that Y Shares have higher total annual fund operating expenses than I Shares.

The MSCI Emerging Markets Value Index captures large and mid cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across 25 Emerging Markets (EM) countries: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index above.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (April 12, 2022) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund returned -2.81% versus a return of -2.85% for the Fund’s benchmark, the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index.

During the period, the Fund’s holdings in Information Technology and Manufacturing benefited performance as they outperformed the subsectors in the Index. In addition, an underweight to Consumer Durables added to relative performance as the subsector was the worst performing in the Index. An underweight in Food/Tobacco and Media/Telcom detracted from performance as these two subsectors generated returns ahead of the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index. The Fund’s holdings in Consumer Non-Durables lagged their peers in the Index which also detracted from performance.

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund, I Shares versus the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index.

 

     AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE PERIOD
ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022
     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund, I Shares

   -2.81%

Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index

   -2.85%

 

 

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*Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

The Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index tracks the investable market of the U.S. dollar denominated leverage loan market. All loans are funded term loans with a tenor of at least one year and are made by issuers domiciled in developed countries.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index above.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  International Value Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (December 29, 2021) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley International Value Fund, I Shares returned -12.20% versus a return of -16.09% for the Fund’s benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Value Index.

The Fund outperformed over the period driven primarily by positive stock selection. Effective stock selection in the Industrials, Financials and Consumer Discretionary sectors were the primary contributors to relative returns. Challenging selection in the Health Care and Energy sectors detracted from performance over the period.

Top contributors:

Rheinmetall AG is one of the leading defense contractors in Europe with market leading positions in land vehicles, large to medium caliber weapons, and ammunition and electronic solutions. Rheinmetall is a key supplier to the German army as well as a range of NATO and non-NATO partner countries around the world. The company also operates a smaller tier one auto supply business. Rheinmetall is well positioned to benefit from a material step-up in defense spending following the invasion of Ukraine. This transformation of the growth outlook drove very significant outperformance in the first half of the year with the stock nearly doubling. The stock then underperformed in the third quarter as it gave back some gains and momentum cooled, with some large orders expected for 2022 deferred to 2023. The strong growth outlook remains intact, however, and we believe the valuation remains attractive.

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Class O outperformed throughout the year after a weak share price in 1Q and the release of 2Q results which demonstrated strength in margins from higher interest rates, better asset quality, and tighter cost control.

Top detractors:

KION GROUP AG is a global leader in integrated warehouse automation and is one of the few listed players with significant exposure to this attractive space. We have owned the stock in the past and sold down our position at the end of last year after significant outperformance. The stock has sold off heavily since and, with the valuation compressing to reflect a very negative economic outlook, and the company issued an unexpected profit warning in the third quarter. KION has been negatively impacted by production inefficiencies that have pushed up costs as the company struggles to deliver on the large order book with constrained supply chains and labor. We recently sold out of the position as we do not expect the headwinds to higher costs to abate in the near term and believed the risk/reward profile of the stock was no longer attractive.

Persimmon Plc, one of the UK’s leading housebuilders, saw weak performance after reporting declining earnings over the last year. This and the weakening economic outlook have led to less favorable sentiment and a sell-off in the stock over the course of 2022.

As markets have turned to favor value investing, we are pleased with our longer-term performance in not only outpacing the MSCI EAFE Value Index by also the broader MSCI EAFE Index. We recognize that this is what our clients expect of us in these times. Although we have seen very strong performance, we believe the changes we have made during the period of solid performance have enhanced the portfolio’s current positioning to provide positive relative returns despite the challenging macro-economic environment.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  International Value Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley International Value Fund, I Shares versus the MSCI EAFE Value Index.

 

    

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE

PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022

     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley International Value Fund, I Shares

   -12.20%

Barrow Hanley International Value Fund, Y Shares†

   -12.30%

MSCI EAFE Value Index

   -16.09%

 

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*Commenced operations on December 29, 2021.

† The graph is based on I Shares only. Returns for Y Shares are substantially similar to those of the I Shares and differ only to the extent that Y Shares have higher total annual fund operating expenses than I Shares.

The MSCI EAFE (EAFE - Europe, Australasia, and the Far East) Value Index captures large and mid-cap securities exhibiting overall value style characteristics across Developed Markets countries around the world, excluding the US and Canada. Developed Markets countries include: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index above.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Total Return Bond Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (April 12, 2022) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley Total Return Bond Fund returned -8.38% versus a return of -8.08% for the Fund’s benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

During the period, an overweight allocation to Asset Backed Securities benefited performance as their shorter duration characteristics helped in a rising rate environment. The Fund’s holdings in Utilities were additive as they generated returns ahead of the sector in the Index. Additionally, security selection in Energy and Consumer Cyclicals helped performance as the holdings posted returns ahead of the subsectors in the Index. The Fund’s holdings in US Treasuries detracted from performance due to their longer duration stance. An underweight to Non-Corporate Credit also hurt relative performance as the sector posted returns ahead of the Index. Lastly, security selection in Banks detracted from performance as they failed to keep pace with the subsector in the Index.

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley Total Return Bond Fund, I Shares versus the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

 

    

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE

PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022

     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley Total Return Bond Fund, I Shares

   -8.38%

Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

   -8.08%

 

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*Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

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

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Total Return Bond Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index on previous page.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  US Value Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Fund Performance

Since inception (April 12, 2022) and through the period ended October 31, 2022, the Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund returned -4.70% versus a return of -8.37% for the Fund’s benchmark, the Russell 1000® Value Index.

The Fund outperformed over the period driven primarily by positive stock selection. Effective stock selection in the Communication Services, Real Estate and Materials sectors were the primary contributors to relative returns. Modestly less favorable selection in the Utilities sector combined with an underweight to the Energy sector detracted from performance over the period.

Top contributors:

Hess Corporation, a global independent oil and gas producer, boosted relative performance as its operations in Guyana continued to deliver. Recent discoveries have increased the resource base and production proceeds are starting to contribute to overall cash flow. Management reactivated its share repurchase in order to return this excess cash to shareholders, in addition to dividends. The valuation remains attractive ahead of the continued ramp-up in Guyana asset growth potential as well as its other production areas, including the Bakken and Gulf of Mexico.

Vertiv Holdings Co. Class A, a leader in electrical and cooling products for data centers, contributed positively to relative performance. Recent margin pressure began to abate in the quarter, with pricing beginning to flow through and more expected given the increases already embedded in the record backlog. Along with supply chain challenges easing, management pointed to the robust demand driving the decision to accelerate investments in capacity as new suppliers are being qualified to diversify their future partners and the industry backdrop remains healthy. The valuation is still depressed relative to the potential outlook, creating opportunities as these improvements materialize.

Top detractors:

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc, a global leader in power tools, hand tools, and other industrial accessories, detracted from relative performance as concerns increased regarding residential housing slowing, rising inventory levels at retailers, and potential competitive pressures. During the quarter, the company announced the retirement of long-time CEO Jim Loree and appointed veteran CFO Don Allan as his successor. While rising mortgage rates may affect housing turnover, spending on home improvement has generally held up well in such periods. Margins have been impacted, similar to other firms, and management continues to point to improvements later this year as the company embarks on an aggressive cost-cutting program. With a heavily discounted valuation of just 12x earnings together with a 4.0% dividend yield, shares remain attractive, trading at a significant discount to peers, the market, and its own history.

Howard Hughes Corporation, which owns and develops premiere commercial real estate assets in addition to owning a large land position, detracted from relative performance as housing concerns outweighed the positive actions being taken by the management team. Concerns over rising mortgage rates and slowing economic growth pressured shares given management’s goal of harvesting cash from residential sales to reinvest in recurring commercial assets. Management also continues to buy back shares given their view of a discounted valuation, supported by their balance sheet and cash generation. We believe shares remain attractive trading at a significant discount to historical valuation and net asset value.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  US Value Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

 

Comparison of change in the value of a $100,000 investment in the Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund, I Shares versus the Russell 1000® Value Index.

 

    

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN FOR THE

PERIOD ENDED OCTOBER 31, 2022

     Cumulative Inception to Date*

Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund, I Shares

   -4.70%

Russell 1000® Value Index

   -8.37%

 

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*Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large-cap value segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.

The performance data quoted herein represents past performance and the return and value of an investment in the Fund will fluctuate so that, when redeemed, it may be worth less than its original cost. Past performance is no guarantee of future performance and should not be considered as a representation of the future results of the Fund. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Index returns assume reinvestment of dividends and, unlike a fund’s returns, do not reflect any fees or expenses. If such fees and expenses were included in the index returns, the performance would have been lower.

Please note that one cannot invest directly in an unmanaged index.

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

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

See definition of the comparative index above.

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages are based on total investments.

 

 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 COMMON STOCK — 99.4%

 

 
         Shares              Value      

BRAZIL — 6.4%

 

Dexco

     83,304        $        155,948  

TIM

     68,303        174,807  
     

 

 

 
        330,755  
     

 

 

 

CHINA — 22.3%

 

Baidu, Cl A *

     9,470        90,602  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings

     52,582        163,447  

China International Capital, Cl H

     119,863        166,747  

Haier Smart Home, Cl H

     68,102        170,393  

Nexteer Automotive Group

     201,477        109,085  

Ping An Insurance Group of China, Cl H

     24,684        98,740  

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer, Cl H

     147,890        203,852  

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding

     94,705        148,157  
     

 

 

 
        1,151,023  
     

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 13.0%

 

ASMPT

     20,451        112,551  

Hang Lung Properties

     93,263        117,267  

Hongkong Land Holdings

     43,493        167,448  

Sino Biopharmaceutical

     286,104        138,867  

WH Group

     271,503        137,314  
     

 

 

 
        673,447  
     

 

 

 

INDIA — 2.6%

 

IndusInd Bank

     9,702        133,925  
     

 

 

 

INDONESIA — 3.0%

 

Bank Mandiri Persero

     225,618        152,606  
     

 

 

 

MEXICO — 11.5%

 

Fibra Uno Administracion ‡

     167,210        195,204  

Gruma, Cl B

     15,212        175,553  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, Cl A

     142,954        225,257  
     

 

 

 
        596,014  
     

 

 

 
 COMMON STOCK — (continued)

 

 
         Shares              Value      

PHILIPPINES — 6.4%

 

Ayala Land

     435,238        $ 193,154  

BDO Unibank

     61,734        136,456  
     

 

 

 
        329,610  
     

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 2.3%

 

Singapore Telecommunications

     66,692        117,780  
     

 

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 8.0%

 

Gold Fields

     19,249        155,606  

Growthpoint Properties ‡

     143,111        100,893  

Vodacom Group

     23,000        156,904  
     

 

 

 
        413,403  
     

 

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 10.7%

 

Hankook Tire & Technology

     5,299        135,967  

Korea Investment Holdings

     4,944        171,979  

Shinhan Financial Group

     4,587        116,893  

SK Hynix

     2,241        130,107  
     

 

 

 
        554,946  
     

 

 

 

TAIWAN — 9.9%

 

Bizlink Holding

     13,088        100,122  

Cathay Financial Holding

     105,480        123,738  

Hiwin Technologies

     27,247        140,368  

Pegatron

     80,286        147,005  
     

 

 

 
        511,233  
     

 

 

 

VIETNAM — 3.3%

 

Vietnam Dairy Products JSC

     53,494        168,985  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK

 

(Cost $6,000,482)

        5,133,727  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 99.4%

 

(Cost $6,000,482)

        $     5,133,727  
  

 

 

 

      Percentages are based on Net Assets of $5,163,444.

*    Non-income producing security.

‡    Real Estate Investment Trust.

Cl — Class

JSC — Joint Stock Company

 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

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

 

Investments in
Securities
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total  

Common Stock

       

Brazil

    $ 330,755       $       $       $ 330,755  

China

    1,151,023                   1,151,023  

Hong Kong

    673,447                   673,447  

India

    133,925                   133,925  

Indonesia

    152,606                   152,606  

Mexico

    596,014                   596,014  

Philippines

          329,610             329,610  

Singapore

    117,780                   117,780  

South Africa

    413,403                   413,403  

South Korea

    554,946                   554,946  

Taiwan

    511,233                   511,233  

Vietnam

    168,985                   168,985  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stock

    4,804,117       329,610             5,133,727  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

    $   4,804,117       $   329,610       $         –       $   5,133,727  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

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

    

 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Credit Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages are based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 69.2%

 

 
      Face Amount        Value

COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 5.6%

 

CCO Holdings

    

4.750%, 03/01/2030 (A)

    $       1,500,000        $       1,260,600  

CSC Holdings

    

4.625%, 12/01/2030 (A)

    1,000,000        719,773  

4.125%, 12/01/2030 (A)

    750,000        590,077  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC

    

5.125%, 07/15/2029 (A)

    1,000,000        842,500  

Virgin Media Secured Finance

    

5.500%, 05/15/2029 (A)

    1,250,000        1,135,900  

VTR Comunicaciones

    

4.375%, 04/15/2029 (A)

    1,000,000        560,000  

VZ Secured Financing BV

    

5.000%, 01/15/2032 (A)

    500,000        398,545  
    

 

 

 

       5,507,395  
    

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 6.0%

 

Allied Universal Holdco

    

4.625%, 06/01/2028 (A)

    750,000        625,042  

Gap

    

3.875%, 10/01/2031 (A)

    500,000        345,000  

Goodyear Tire & Rubber

    

5.625%, 04/30/2033

    1,000,000        837,085  

Ken Garff Automotive

    

4.875%, 09/15/2028 (A)

    600,000        498,133  

Lithia Motors

    

3.875%, 06/01/2029 (A)

    250,000        201,425  

PetSmart

    

7.750%, 02/15/2029 (A)

    500,000        469,480  

4.750%, 02/15/2028 (A)

    250,000        228,222  

Rent-A-Center

    

6.375%, 02/15/2029 (A)

    1,500,000        1,168,545  

Sonic Automotive

    

4.875%, 11/15/2031 (A)

    1,000,000        754,422  

Sotheby’s

    

5.875%, 06/01/2029 (A)

    500,000        417,883  

Wynn Macau

    

5.125%, 12/15/2029 (A)

    500,000        302,500  
    

 

 

 

       5,847,737  
    

 

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount        Value

CONSUMER STAPLES — 3.5%

 

Ashton Woods USA

    

6.625%, 01/15/2028 (A)

    $       250,000        $       212,266  

Darling Ingredients

    

6.000%, 06/15/2030 (A)

    1,000,000        962,500  

Energizer Holdings

    

6.500%, 12/31/2027 (A)

    50,000        45,747  

Medline Borrower

    

5.250%, 10/01/2029 (A)

    500,000        389,375  

3.875%, 04/01/2029 (A)

    500,000        408,500  

STL Holding

    

7.500%, 02/15/2026 (A)

    250,000        217,840  

United Natural Foods

    

6.750%, 10/15/2028 (A)

    1,000,000        965,870  

US Foods

    

4.625%, 06/01/2030 (A)

    205,000        177,842  
    

 

 

 

       3,379,940  
    

 

 

 

ENERGY — 6.2%

 

CQP Holdco

    

5.500%, 06/15/2031 (A)

    1,073,000        952,288  

DCP Midstream Operating

    

5.850%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 3.850%, 05/21/2043 (A)(B)

    2,000,000        1,935,124  

Global Partners

    

7.000%, 08/01/2027

    1,500,000        1,426,023  

Kinetik Holdings

    

5.875%, 06/15/2030 (A)

          1,500,000        1,407,260  

PBF Holding

    

6.000%, 02/15/2028

    315,000        286,256  
    

 

 

 

             6,006,951  
    

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 8.2%

 

Burford Capital Global Finance

    

6.250%, 04/15/2028 (A)

    1,500,000        1,305,686  

Freedom Mortgage

    

8.250%, 04/15/2025 (A)

    532,000        454,848  

6.625%, 01/15/2027 (A)

    500,000        373,200  

LFS Topco

    

5.875%, 10/15/2026 (A)

    340,000        265,683  

LPL Holdings

    

4.000%, 03/15/2029 (A)

    1,250,000        1,090,988  

MSCI

    

3.250%, 08/15/2033 (A)

    1,250,000        966,310  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings

    

5.750%, 11/15/2031 (A)

    750,000        575,340  

5.500%, 08/15/2028 (A)

    250,000        202,777  

PROG Holdings

    

6.000%, 11/15/2029 (A)

    2,000,000        1,632,600  

Rithm Capital

    

6.250%, 10/15/2025 (A)

    1,250,000        1,096,963  
    

 

 

 

       7,964,395  
    

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE — 5.5%

 

180 Medical

    

3.875%, 10/15/2029 (A)

    500,000        422,500  
 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Credit Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount        Value

AHP Health Partners

    

5.750%, 07/15/2029 (A)

    $     1,000,000        $     765,000  

Bausch Health

    

6.250%, 02/15/2029 (A)

    100,000        39,000  

6.125%, 02/01/2027 (A)

    250,000        164,110  

5.250%, 01/30/2030 (A)

    1,500,000        581,250  

5.250%, 02/15/2031 (A)

    50,000        19,625  

5.000%, 02/15/2029 (A)

    125,000        48,795  

4.875%, 06/01/2028 (A)

    250,000        153,125  

Emergent BioSolutions

    

3.875%, 08/15/2028 (A)

    500,000        299,770  

Garden Spinco

    

8.625%, 07/20/2030 (A)

    400,000        411,422  

HCA

    

3.500%, 07/15/2051

    1,500,000        934,378  

HealthEquity

    

4.500%, 10/01/2029 (A)

    250,000        218,438  

Jazz Securities DAC

    

4.375%, 01/15/2029 (A)

    250,000        221,875  

Organon

    

4.125%, 04/30/2028 (A)

    250,000        220,205  

Pediatrix Medical Group

    

5.375%, 02/15/2030 (A)

    500,000        430,000  

Tenet Healthcare

    

4.375%, 01/15/2030 (A)

    500,000        419,500  
    

 

 

 

         5,348,993  
    

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS — 13.2%

 

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

    

6.500%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.300%, 06/15/2045 (A)(B)

    500,000        456,250  

American Airlines

    

5.750%, 04/20/2029 (A)

    500,000        455,000  

5.500%, 04/20/2026 (A)

    750,000        714,241  

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA

    

6.000%, 06/15/2027 (A)

    125,000        119,946  

BWX Technologies

    

4.125%, 06/30/2028 (A)

    500,000        437,500  

Cemex

    

5.200%, 09/17/2030 (A)

    250,000        212,637  

Covanta Holding

    

4.875%, 12/01/2029 (A)

        1,125,000        957,881  

Dycom Industries

    

4.500%, 04/15/2029 (A)

    1,300,000        1,133,769  

First Student Bidco

    

4.000%, 07/31/2029 (A)

    250,000        203,150  

GFL Environmental

    

4.750%, 06/15/2029 (A)

    50,000        43,579  

4.375%, 08/15/2029 (A)

    250,000        211,743  

4.000%, 08/01/2028 (A)

    800,000        692,320  

Harsco

    

5.750%, 07/31/2027 (A)

    1,757,000        1,246,855  

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

    

5.115%, 12/21/2065 (A)(B)

    2,455,000        1,497,550  

ILFC E-Capital Trust II

    

5.365%, 12/21/2065 (A)(B)

    1,000,000        650,000  
CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount        Value

Interface

    

5.500%, 12/01/2028 (A)

    $     1,324,000        $     1,044,717  

ITT Holdings

    

6.500%, 08/01/2029 (A)

    1,000,000        803,505  

Roller Bearing of America

    

4.375%, 10/15/2029 (A)

    125,000        109,685  

SPX FLOW

    

8.750%, 04/01/2030 (A)

    250,000        203,125  

TransMontaigne Partners

    

6.125%, 02/15/2026

    1,000,000        854,999  

Wabash National

    

4.500%, 10/15/2028 (A)

    125,000        105,080  

Waste Pro USA

    

5.500%, 02/15/2026 (A)

    750,000        694,058  
    

 

 

 

           12,847,590  
    

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 2.1%

 

America Movil

    

5.375%, 04/04/2032 (A)

    500,000        423,250  

Ciena

    

4.000%, 01/31/2030 (A)

    200,000        169,000  

Entegris Escrow

    

5.950%, 06/15/2030 (A)

    500,000        456,250  

Total Play Telecomunicaciones

    

6.375%, 09/20/2028 (A)

    1,500,000        1,028,090  
    

 

 

 

       2,076,590  
    

 

 

 

MATERIALS — 12.8%

 

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA

    

4.000%, 09/01/2029 (A)

    1,000,000        758,590  

ATI

    

5.125%, 10/01/2031

        1,000,000        824,410  

Axalta Coating Systems

    

3.375%, 02/15/2029 (A)

    1,000,000        821,875  

Canpack

    

3.875%, 11/15/2029 (A)

    250,000        198,437  

Chemours

    

4.625%, 11/15/2029 (A)

    2,500,000        1,950,000  

Diamond BC BV

    

4.625%, 10/01/2029 (A)

    500,000        367,305  

Graham Packaging

    

7.125%, 08/15/2028 (A)

    500,000        409,807  

Graphic Packaging International

    

3.750%, 02/01/2030 (A)

    750,000        644,820  

Kaiser Aluminum

    

4.500%, 06/01/2031 (A)

    500,000        392,250  

LABL

    

8.250%, 11/01/2029 (A)

    750,000        597,383  

5.875%, 11/01/2028 (A)

    250,000        217,165  

Mativ Holdings

    

6.875%, 10/01/2026 (A)

    1,000,000        916,307  

Mercer International

    

5.125%, 02/01/2029

    500,000        410,625  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer

    

4.375%, 10/15/2028 (A)

    1,750,000        1,531,250  

Polar US Borrower

    

6.750%, 05/15/2026 (A)

    2,000,000        954,747  
 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Credit Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount        Value

TMS International

    

6.250%, 04/15/2029 (A)

    $     1,500,000        $ 1,051,986  

WR Grace Holdings

    

5.625%, 08/15/2029 (A)

    500,000        386,490  
    

 

 

 

           12,433,447  
    

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 5.0%

 

Howard Hughes

    

4.375%, 02/01/2031 (A)

    2,500,000        1,878,500  

Iron Mountain

    

5.625%, 07/15/2032 (A)

    250,000        214,343  

5.250%, 07/15/2030 (A)

    500,000        431,406  

5.000%, 07/15/2028 (A)

    250,000        223,650  

4.875%, 09/15/2029 (A)

    250,000        214,938  

Realogy Group

    

5.250%, 04/15/2030 (A)

    1,000,000        693,420  

Service Properties Trust

    

7.500%, 09/15/2025

    1,250,000        1,218,750  
    

 

 

 

       4,875,007  
    

 

 

 

UTILITIES — 1.1%

 

Vistra

    

7.000%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr + 5.740%(A)(B)(C)

    1,000,000        884,605  

Vistra Operations

    

4.375%, 05/01/2029 (A)

    250,000        213,819  
    

 

 

 

       1,098,424  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $77,339,687)

       67,386,469  
    

 

 

 

    
REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY — 25.5%

 

 
    Shares       

Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund †

    2,624,456        24,799,011  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL REGISTERED INVESTMENT COMPANY (Cost $26,084,973)

       24,799,011  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 94.7%
(Cost $103,424,660)

 

     $ 92,185,480  
  

 

 

 

    

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $97,302,076.

Investment in Affiliated Security.

(A)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On October 31, 2022, the value of these securities amounted to $60,593,943, representing 62.3% of the Net Assets of the Fund.

(B)

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

(C)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

ICE — Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

MSCI — Morgan Stanley Capital International

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

 

Investments in
Securities
  Level 1     Level 2     Level 3     Total  

Corporate Obligations

  $     $ 67,386,469     $     $ 67,386,469  

Registered Investment Company

    24,799,011                   24,799,011  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

  $ 24,799,011     $ 67,386,469     $         —     $ 92,185,480  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “–” are $0.

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

 

 

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

 

17


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Credit Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

The following is a summary of the Fund’s transactions with affiliates for the period ended October 31, 2022:

 

                 
Security Description   Value
4/12/2022
    Purchases at
Cost
    Proceeds
from Sales
    Realized
Gain/
(Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Value
10/31/2022
    Shares     Income     Capital
Gains
 

Barrow Hanley Floating

Rate Fund

  $     $ 31,378,146     $ (5,000,000   $ (293,173   $ (1,285,962   $ 24,799,011       2,624,456     $ 805,728     $  
 

 

 

     

 

 

 

Amounts designated as “–” are $0.

 

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

 

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SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

 

Percentages are based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

COMMON STOCK — 97.6%

 

 
        Shares              Value    

BRAZIL — 5.8%

 

Dexco

    25,081        $            46,953  

TIM

    16,582        42,438  

Ultrapar Participacoes

    13,580        35,386  
    

 

 

 

       124,777  
    

 

 

 

CHILE — 1.3%

 

Antofagasta PLC

    1,986        26,773  
    

 

 

 

CHINA — 21.9%

 

Baidu, Cl A *

    2,696        25,793  

BOC Hong Kong Holdings

    15,175        47,170  

China International Capital, Cl H

    36,799        51,193  

China Petroleum & Chemical, Cl H

    92,706        36,612  

Haier Smart Home, Cl H

    13,552        33,907  

Kunlun Energy

    39,273        23,465  

Nexteer Automotive Group

    68,245        36,950  

PICC Property & Casualty, Cl H

    51,796        47,773  

Ping An Insurance Group of China, Cl H

    5,719        22,877  

Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer, Cl H

    45,875        63,234  

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding

    27,671        43,289  

TravelSky Technology, Cl H

    25,331        36,788  
    

 

 

 

       469,051  
    

 

 

 

GREECE — 1.8%

 

OPAP

    3,094        37,915  
    

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 8.0%

 

ASMPT

    3,732        20,539  

Hang Lung Properties

    27,302        34,329  

Hongkong Land Holdings

    10,195        39,250  

Sino Biopharmaceutical

    92,986        45,133  

WH Group

    62,270        31,493  
    

 

 

 

       170,744  
    

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — (continued)

 

 
        Shares              Value    

INDIA — 4.4%

 

Axis Bank

    4,393        $            48,081  

IndusInd Bank

    3,411        47,085  
    

 

 

 

       95,166  
    

 

 

 

INDONESIA — 4.0%

 

Astra International

    113,216        48,270  

Bank Mandiri Persero

    56,082        37,933  
    

 

 

 

       86,203  
    

 

 

 

MACAO — 1.3%

 

Galaxy Entertainment Group

    6,140        28,042  
    

 

 

 

MALAYSIA — 2.3%

 

Genting Malaysia

    86,691        50,240  
    

 

 

 

MEXICO — 9.5%

 

Fibra Uno Administracion ‡

    40,031        46,733  

Gruma, Cl B

    3,798        43,830  

Grupo Financiero Banorte, Cl O

    7,069        57,546  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, Cl A

    35,633        56,148  
    

 

 

 

       204,257  
    

 

 

 

PHILIPPINES — 3.5%

 

Ayala Land

    73,943        32,815  

BDO Unibank

    18,859        41,686  
    

 

 

 

       74,501  
    

 

 

 

RUSSIA — 0.0%

 

Alrosa PJSC *(A)

    12,058         

Moscow Exchange MICEX-RTS PJSC (A)

    8,812         
    

 

 

 

        
    

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 1.7%

 

Singapore Telecommunications

    20,241        35,746  
    

 

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 4.7%

 

Gold Fields

    2,701        21,835  

Growthpoint Properties ‡

    64,210        45,268  

Vodacom Group

    4,846        33,059  
    

 

 

 

       100,162  
    

 

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 13.9%

 

E-MART

    471        27,973  

Hankook Tire & Technology

    1,972        50,600  

Korea Investment Holdings

    1,303        45,325  

POSCO Holdings

    194        33,912  

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance

    254        35,663  

Shinhan Financial Group

    1,482        37,767  

SK Hynix

    1,131        65,663  
    

 

 

 

       296,903  
    

 

 

 

TAIWAN — 6.5%

 

Bizlink Holding

    5,823        44,545  

Cathay Financial Holding

    28,214        33,098  

Hiwin Technologies

    5,821        29,988  
 

 

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

 

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  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

COMMON STOCK — (continued)

 

 
        Shares              Value    

Pegatron

    17,180        $ 31,457  
    

 

 

 

       139,088  
    

 

 

 

THAILAND — 5.7%

 

PTT Exploration & Production PCL

    17,531        83,601  

Thai Beverage PCL

    93,899        38,141  
    

 

 

 

       121,742  
    

 

 

 

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES — 1.3%

 

Emaar Properties PJSC

    16,744        27,625  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK

    

(Cost $2,411,175)

       2,088,935  
  

 

 

 

  

PREFERRED STOCK — 2.0%

 

 

BRAZIL — 2.0%

 

Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (B)

    20,047        44,087  
    

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK

    

(Cost $36,977)

       44,087  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 99.6%

    

(Cost $2,448,152)

       $     2,133,022  
  

 

 

 

      Percentages are based on Net Assets of $2,141,096.

*    Non-income producing security.

‡    Real Estate Investment Trust.

(A)  Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(B)  There is currently no rate available.

Cl — Class

PCL — Public Company Limited

PJSC — Public Joint Stock Company

PLC — Public Limited Company

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

 

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

Common Stock

       

Brazil

   $ 124,777      $      $      $ 124,777   

Chile

    26,773                   26,773  

China

    469,051                   469,051  

Greece

    37,915                   37,915  

Hong Kong

    170,744                   170,744  

India

    95,166                   95,166  

Indonesia

    86,203                   86,203  

Macao

    28,042                   28,042  

Malaysia

    50,240                   50,240  

Mexico

    204,257                   204,257  

Philippines

          74,501             74,501  

Russia

                ^        

Singapore

    35,746                   35,746  

South Africa

    100,162                   100,162  

South Korea

    296,903                   296,903  

Taiwan

    139,088                   139,088  

Thailand

    121,742                   121,742  

United Arab Emirates

    27,625                   27,625  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Common Stock

    2,014,434       74,501             2,088,935  

Preferred Stock

       

Brazil

    44,087                   44,087  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

   $   2,058,521     $   74,501     $           –     $   2,133,022  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

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

 

^

Includes securities in which the fair value is $0 or has been rounded to $0.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

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

 

 

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

 

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  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

LOGO

† Percentages are based on total investments.

 

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — 83.6%

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

AEROSPACE AND DEFENSE — 1.1%

 

 

Peraton Corp., Term B Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.504%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 02/01/2028 (A)(B)

  $   1,209,497       $ 1,162,411  
   

 

 

 

AUTOMOBILE — 2.6%

 

 

Adient US LLC, Tranche B-1 Term Loan 1st Lien

   

7.004%, 04/10/2028

    2,962,500         2,858,072  
   

 

 

 

BEVERAGE, FOOD AND TOBACCO — 1.6%

 

 

8th Avenue Food, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.865%, 10/01/2025

    990,000       858,825  
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

Alpine US, Term Loan 1st Lien

   

8.564%, 05/03/2028

  $ 426,147        $ 404,840  

Woof Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.315%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 12/21/2027 (A)

    492,500       470,337  
   

 

 

 

      1,734,002  
   

 

 

 

BROADCASTING AND ENTERTAINMENT — 0.5%

 

 

Virgin Media Bristol LLC, Facility Q, 1st Lien

   

6.662%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 01/31/2029 (A)

    500,000       491,530  
   

 

 

 

BUILDINGS AND REAL ESTATE — 4.6%

 

 

Aegion Corporation, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

8.504%, LIBOR + 4.750%, 05/17/2028 (A)

    989,999       909,562  

Potters Industries, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.615%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 12/14/2027 (A)

    1,477,500       1,418,400  

Werner Finco LP (Werner Finco, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.674%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 07/24/2024 (A)

    1,415,869       1,278,997  

WireCo WorldGroup Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.188%, LIBOR + 4.250%, 10/27/2028 (A)

    1,450,833       1,413,111  
   

 

 

 

        5,020,070  
   

 

 

 

CARGO TRANSPORT — 1.7%

 

 

First Student Bidco Inc., Initial Term B Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.653%, 07/21/2028 (A)

    32,468       30,712  

5.982%, LIBOR + 3.000%, 07/21/2028 (A)

    362,457       340,257  

First Student Bidco Inc., Initial Term C Loan, 1st Lien

   

5.982%, LIBOR + 3.000%, 07/21/2028 (A)

    134,804       126,547  

First Student Bidco, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.115%, 07/21/2028 (A)

    467,532       442,258  

Kenan Advantage Group, Inc.,The, U.S. Term B-1 Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.504%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 03/24/2026 (A)

    488,781       465,442  

Kenan Advantage, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

10.365%, 09/01/2027

    250,000         228,437  
 

 

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

 

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  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

LaserShip, Inc., Initial Loan, 1st Lien

   

10.377%, LIBOR + 7.500%, 04/30/2029 (A)

  $     250,000        $ 170,000  
   

 

 

 

        1,803,653  
   

 

 

 

CHEMICALS, PLASTICS AND RUBBER — 3.1%

 

 

DCG Acquisition Corp., Term Loan B, 1st Lien

   

8.254%, LIBOR + 4.500%, 09/30/2026 (A)

    492,500       462,950  

Nouryon Finance B.V., Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.165%, LIBOR + 3.000%, 10/01/2025 (A)

    880,963       828,660  

Nouryon Finance B.V., Initial Dollar, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.165%, 10/01/2025 (A)

    228,677       215,100  

Schenectady International Group, Inc., Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

9.021%, 10/15/2025

    907,203       726,897  

Sparta U.S. Holdco LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.378%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 08/02/2028 (A)

    248,125       234,974  

W. R. Grace Holdings LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.350%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 09/22/2028 (A)

    992,500       951,252  
   

 

 

 

      3,419,833  
   

 

 

 

COMPUTERS & ELECTRONICS — 0.9%

 

 

Micro Holdings (Internet Brands), Initial Ter Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.504%, 09/13/2024 (A)

    994,764       956,217  
   

 

 

 

CONTAINERS, PACKAGING AND GLASS — 1.9%

 

 

Five Star, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.620%, CME Term SOFR + 4.250%, 05/05/2029 (A)

    500,000       477,500  

Graham Packaging Company Inc., Initial Term Loan (2021), 1st Lien

   

6.754%, LIBOR + 3.000%, 08/04/2027 (A)

    1,447,449       1,409,048  

Pregis TopCo LLC, Third Amendment Refinancing Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.754%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 07/31/2026 (A)

    247,500       235,435  
   

 

 

 

      2,121,983  
   

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

DIVERSIFIED NATURAL RESOURCES, PRECIOUS METALS AND MINERALS — 2.5%

 

 

Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc., Term B Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.563%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 04/20/2028 (A)

  $ 2,962,500        $   2,755,125  
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED/CONGLOMERATE MANUFACTURING — 1.3%

 

 

TK Elevator Midco GmbH, Facility B1 (USD), 1st Lien

   

6.871%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 07/30/2027 (A)

      1,148,982       1,089,385  

6.807%, 07/30/2027 (A)

    324,908       308,055  
   

 

 

 

        1,397,440  
   

 

 

 

DIVERSIFIED/CONGLOMERATE SERVICE — 6.2%

 

 

BIFM/Brookfield Global, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.254%, 05/01/2026

    965,502       914,813  

Embecta Corp., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

5.754%, CME Term SOFR + 3.000%, 03/30/2029 (A)

    410,978       399,935  

Medline Borrower, LP, Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.004%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 10/23/2028 (A)(B)

    995,000       913,738  

Mercury Borrower, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.188%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 08/02/2028 (A)

    993,756       929,162  

Paya Holdings III, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.004%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 06/16/2028 (A)

    990,000       960,300  

Service Logic Acquisition, Inc., Closing Date Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.806%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 10/29/2027 (A)

    968,335       913,866  

Service Logic Acquisition, Inc., Delayed Draw Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.080%, 10/29/2027

    18,358       17,326  

Sharp Midco LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.674%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 12/31/2028 (A)

    995,000       955,200  

Verscend Holding Corp., Term Loan, Tranche B-1, 1st Lien

   

7.754%, 08/27/2025

    728,217       718,204  
   

 

 

 

      6,722,544  
   

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value
ECOLOGICAL — 1.4%

 

 

GFL Environmental Inc., 2020 Refinancing Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.415%, LIBOR + 3.000%, 05/30/2025 (A)(B)

     $ 1,483,512        $ 1,474,003  
   

 

 

 

ELECTRONICS — 3.4%

 

 

Cobham Ultra SeniorCo S.a/r.l., Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.063%, 08/03/2029 (A)(B)

    1,000,000       962,500  

Ingram Micro Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.174%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 06/30/2028 (A)

    492,513       475,275  

Proofpoint, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 2nd Lien

   

6.320%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 08/31/2028 (A)

    496,250       471,437  

RealPage, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 2nd Lien

   

6.754%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 04/24/2028 (A)

    496,250       465,547  

UKG Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.504%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 05/04/2026 (A)

    472,564       458,869  

Ultra Clean, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.504%, 08/27/2025

    847,933       835,002  
   

 

 

 

      3,668,630  
   

 

 

 

FINANCE (INCLUDING STRUCTURED PRODUCTS) — 8.6%

 

 

Allspring Buyer LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.313%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 11/01/2028 (A)

    882,661       869,236  

Fiserv Investment Solutions, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.961%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 02/10/2027 (A)

    977,500       916,895  

Global IID Parent LLC, Term B Loan, 1st Lien

   

8.174%, LIBOR + 4.500%, 12/16/2028 (A)

      1,985,000       1,875,825  

Greystone Select, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

9.227%, 06/16/2028 (A)

    490,769       453,962  
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

Jane Street Group, LLC, Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.504%, LIBOR + 2.750%, 01/26/2028 (A)

  $ 1,473,750     $ 1,430,068  

KKR Apple Bidco, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

9.504%, LIBOR + 5.750%, 09/21/2029 (A)

    250,000       238,202  

KKR Apple Bidco, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 2nd Lien

   

7.627%, CME Term SOFR + 4.000%, 09/22/2028 (A)(B)

    500,000       495,000  

Madison IAQ LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.815%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 06/21/2028 (A)

    493,750       445,471  

MSP Law PLLC, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

0.000%, 04/09/2025 (C)(D)

    564,813       564,813  

Osmosis Buyer Limited, 2022 Refinancing Term B Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.858%, CME Term SOFR + 3.750%, 07/31/2028 (A)(B)

    249,375       231,555  

Russell Investments US Institutional Holdco, Inc., Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.254%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 06/02/2025 (A)

      1,988,664       1,831,440  
   

 

 

 

      9,352,467  
   

 

 

 

FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES — 2.5%

 

New SK Holdco Sub, LLC, New Term Loan, Trancjhe 1

   

10.226%, CME Term SOFR + 6.750%, 06/30/2027

    3,060,885       2,743,318  
   

 

 

 

FOOD & DRUG — 0.4%

 

Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc., The, Term Loanst Lien

   

8.428%, CME Term SOFR + 4.750%, 08/17/2029

    500,000       487,500  
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE — 1.1%

 

Charlotte Buyer, Inc., Initial Term Loan B 1st Lien

   

9.046%, CME Term SOFR + 5.250%, 02/11/2028

    500,000       472,500  

WCG Purchaser Corp., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.754%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 01/08/2027

    740,196       699,952  
   

 

 

 

      1,172,452  
   

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value
HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE —11.1%

 

 

Bausch + Lomb Corporation, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.618%, CME Term SOFR + 3.250%, 05/10/2027 (A)

     $ 997,500        $ 933,411  

Bella Holding Company, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.504%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 04/01/2028 (A)

    990,000       918,720  

CNT Holdings I Corp, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

10.248%, LIBOR + 6.750%, 11/06/2028 (A)

    750,000       708,750  

7.239%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 11/08/2027 (A)

    1,477,500       1,435,761  

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Public Limited Company, Initial Dollar Term Loan, 2nd Lien

   

7.254%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 05/05/2028 (A)

    890,726       879,039  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc., Initial Term C Loan, 2nd Lien

   

6.760%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 03/02/2028 (A)

    58,309       41,346  

National Mentor Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

8.174%, LIBOR + 7.250%, 02/16/2029 (A)

    500,000       337,500  

7.510%, 03/02/2028

    1,011,682       717,373  

7.438%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 03/02/2028 (A)

    817,988       580,028  

Organon & Co., Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

6.188%, LIBOR + 3.000%, 06/02/2028 (A)

    930,833       906,399  

Regionalcare Hospital Partners Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, Tranche B, 1st Lien

   

8.165%, 11/16/2025 (A)(B)

    1,520,362       1,339,819  

Summit Behavioral Healthcare, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.730%, LIBOR + 4.750%, 11/24/2028 (A)

    995,000       925,350  
BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

Valeant, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.174%, CME Term SOFR + 5.250%, 02/01/2027 (A)

     $ 987,500        $ 736,349  

WCG Purchaser Corp., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.045%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 01/08/2027 (A)

    1,227,152       1,160,432  

Women’s Care Holdings, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.871%, LIBOR + 4.500%, 01/15/2028 (A)

    493,750       461,409  
   

 

 

 

      12,081,686  
   

 

 

 

HOME AND OFFICE FURNISHINGS, HOUSEWARES AND DURABLE CONSUMER PRODUCTS — 0.9%

 

 

Pactiv Evergreen Inc., Tranche B-3 U.S. Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.254%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 09/24/2028 (A)

    730,868       708,160  

Pactiv Evergreen Inc., Tranche B-3, Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.254%, 09/24/2028 (A)

    259,133       251,081  
   

 

 

 

      959,241  
   

 

 

 

HOTELS, MOTELS, INNS AND GAMING — 0.9%

 

 

BRE/Everbright M6 Borrower LLC, Initial Term Loan, 2nd Lien

   

6.642%, LIBOR + 5.000%, 09/09/2026 (A)

    990,000       968,349  
   

 

 

 

INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT — 0.8%

 

 

AZZ Inc., Intial Term Loan, Tranche 2

   

7.384%, CME Term SOFR + 4.250%, 05/13/2029

    920,769       912,712  
   

 

 

 

INSURANCE — 0.6%

 

 

Asurion, LLC, New B-4 Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

9.004%, LIBOR + 5.250%, 01/20/2029 (A)

    1,000,000       692,500  
   

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value
LEISURE, AMUSEMENT, MOTION PICTURES, ENTERTAINMENT — 1.1%

 

 

Scientific Games Holdings LP, Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.097%, CME Term SOFR + 3.500%, 04/04/2029 (A)

     $ 250,000        $ 235,095  

Topgolf International, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

   

10.577%, LIBOR + 6.250%, 02/08/2026 (A)

    969,874       962,299  
   

 

 

 

      1,197,394  
   

 

 

 

MACHINERY (NON-AGRICULTURE, NON-CONSTRUCTION AND NON-ELECTRONIC) — 5.6%

 

 

Alliance Laundry Systems LLC, Initial Term B Loan, 1st Lien

   

7.409%, 10/08/2027

    971,786       936,383  

Apex Tool Group, LLC, Initial Term Loan, 2nd Lien

   

8.624%, CME Term SOFR + 5.250%, 02/08/2029 (A)

    997,500       858,478  

AZZ Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

6.977%, CME Term SOFR + 4.250%, 05/13/2029 (A)

    333,173       330,258  

Engineered Machinery, Term Loan, 1st Lien

6.870%, 05/21/2029

    500,000       462,500  

Filtration Group Corporation, 2021 Incremental Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.254%, LIBOR + 3.500%, 10/19/2028 (A)

    1,732,500       1,669,697  

Pro Mach Group, Inc., Closing Date Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.754%, LIBOR + 4.000%, 08/31/2028 (A)

    992,779       966,719  

SPX Flow T, Inc., Term Loan, 1st Lien

8.329%, CME Term SOFR + 4.500%, 04/05/2029 (A)

    1,000,000       943,570  
   

 

 

 

      6,167,605  
   

 

 

 

OIL AND GAS — 1.8%

 

 

CQP Holdco LP, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.424%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 06/05/2028 (A)

          1,975,000           1,947,113  
   

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value
PERSONAL AND NON-DURABLE CONSUMER PRODUCTS (MANUFACTURING ONLY) — 1.9%

 

 

ABG Intermediate Holdings 2 LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

9.830%, CME Term SOFR + 6.000%, 12/20/2029 (A)

     $ 250,000        $ 230,000  

ABG International Holdings 2, LLC, Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.329%, CME Term SOFR + 3.500%, 12/21/2028 (A)

    997,500       956,353  

Sunshine Luxembourg VII S.a r.l., Facility B3, 1st Lien

7.424%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 10/01/2026 (A)(B)

    980,075       931,689  
   

 

 

 

      2,118,042  
   

 

 

 

PERSONAL TRANSPORTATION — 1.3%

 

 

AAdvantage Loyality IP Ltd. (American Airlines, Inc.), Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

8.993%, LIBOR + 4.750%, 04/20/2028 (A)

    500,000       494,465  

Mileage Plus Holdings LLC (Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets, Ltd.), Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

8.777%, LIBOR + 5.250%, 06/21/2027 (A)

    950,000       968,601  
   

 

 

 

      1,463,066  
   

 

 

 

PRINTING, PUBLISHING AND

BROADCASTING — 3.4%

 

 

 

LABL, Inc., Initial Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.754%, LIBOR + 5.000%, 10/29/2028 (A)

    992,500       913,785  

Magnite Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

8.070%, LIBOR + 5.000%, 04/28/2028

    197,917       185,052  

Magnite, Inc., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

8.760%, LIBOR + 5.000%, 04/28/2028 (A)

          1,085,417           1,014,865  

Magnite, Inc., Initial Term Loan, Tranche 3

8.570%, LIBOR + 5.000%, 04/28/2028

    197,917       185,052  
 

 

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

 

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  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

ThyssenKrupp Elevator, Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.760%, 09/01/2028

     $ 1,485,000        $ 1,373,625  
   

 

 

 

      3,672,379  
   

 

 

 

RETAIL STORES — 6.3%

 

 

Allied Universal Holdco LLC (f/k/a USAGM Holdco, LLC), Initial U.S. Dollar Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.504%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 05/12/2028 (A)

    962,769       871,912  

Imperial Bag, Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.754%, 06/11/2026

          2,481,250           2,375,797  

Pet IQ, Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.662%, 04/07/2028

    987,500       898,625  

PetSmart LLC, Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.500%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 02/11/2028 (A)

    987,500       948,415  

Rent-A-Center, Inc., Initial Term Loan (2021), 1st Lien

7.688%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 02/17/2028 (A)

    985,000       902,506  

Victoria’s Secret & Co., Initial Term Loan, 1st Lien

6.394%, LIBOR + 3.250%, 08/02/2028 (A)

    495,000       478,913  

Woof Holdings, Inc., Term Loan, 1st Lien

10.815%, 12/21/2028

    500,000       448,750  
   

 

 

 

      6,924,918  
   

 

 

 

TELECOMMUNICATIONS — 2.1%

 

 

Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC, TLB, 1st Lien

7.438%, LIBOR + 3.750%, 10/08/2027 (A)

    985,000       928,717  

MetroNet Systems Holdings, LLC, 2021Term Loan, 1st Lien

7.145%, CME Term SOFR + 3.750%, 06/02/2028 (A)

    497,500       483,197  

Osmosis Buyer Limited, Term B Loan B

7.844%, CME Term SOFR + 3.750%, 07/31/2028

    1,000,000       929,580  
   

 

 

 

      2,341,494  
   

 

 

 

BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value
TRANSPORTATION — 0.4%

 

 

Superior Industries, Closing Date Term Loan

7.754%, 05/22/2024 (A)

     $ 453,742        $ 432,475  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL BANK LOAN OBLIGATIONS

(Cost $96,483,455)

      91,220,224  
   

 

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 11.4%

 

 
COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.6%

 

 

CCO Holdings

4.750%, 03/01/2030 (E)

          1,500,000           1,260,600  

CSC Holdings

4.125%, 12/01/2030 (E)

    2,000,000       1,573,540  
   

 

 

 

      2,834,140  
   

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 1.5%

 

 

Ken Garff Automotive

4.875%, 09/15/2028 (E)

    500,000       415,111  

Nationstar Mortgage Holdings

5.750%, 11/15/2031 (E)

    1,000,000       767,120  

Rithm Capital

6.250%, 10/15/2025 (E)

    500,000       438,785  
   

 

 

 

      1,621,016  
   

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE — 0.8%

 

 

AHP Health Partners

5.750%, 07/15/2029 (E)

    500,000       382,500  

Bausch Health

5.250%, 01/30/2030 (E)

    1,000,000       387,500  

Emergent BioSolutions

3.875%, 08/15/2028 (E)

    125,000       74,942  
   

 

 

 

      844,942  
   

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS — 4.3%

 

 

AerCap Global Aviation Trust

6.500%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 4.300%, 06/15/2045 (A)(E)

    1,000,000       912,500  

Allied Universal Holdco

4.625%, 06/01/2028 (E)

    1,000,000       836,534  

Harsco

5.750%, 07/31/2027 (E)

    750,000       532,238  

ILFC E-Capital Trust I

5.115%, 12/21/2065 (A)(E)

          1,700,000           1,037,000  
 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Floating Rate Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
      Face Amount       Value

ILFC E-Capital Trust II

5.365%, 12/21/2065 (A)(E)

     $ 1,395,000        $ 906,750  

Waste Pro USA

5.500%, 02/15/2026 (E)

    500,000       462,705  
   

 

 

 

      4,687,727  
   

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 0.4%

 

 

Entegris Escrow

5.950%, 06/15/2030 (E)

    500,000       456,250  
   

 

 

 

MATERIALS — 1.8%

 

 

Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA

4.000%, 09/01/2029 (E)

    500,000       379,295  

Chemours

4.625%, 11/15/2029 (E)

          1,500,000               1,170,000  

Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer

4.375%, 10/15/2028 (E)

    500,000       437,500  
   

 

 

 

      1,986,795  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS

(Cost $14,105,808)

      12,430,870  
   

 

 

 

   
WARRANT — 0.0%

 

 
    Number of
Warrants
     

Service King*#(C)

   

Strike Price $–

    3,233       1,616  
   

 

 

 

   

TOTAL WARRANT

   

(Cost $—)

      1,616  
   

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 95.0%

 

 

(Cost $110,589,263)

      $ 103,652,710  
   

 

 

 

 

  

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $109,156,139.

*

Non-income producing security.

#

Expiration date not available.

(A)

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

(B)

Unsettled bank loan. Interest rate may not be available.

(C)

Level 3 security in accordance with fair value hierarchy.

(D)

No interest rate available.

(E)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On October 31, 2022, the value of these securities amounted to $12,430,870, representing 11.4% of the Net Assets of the Fund.

 

CME — Chicago Mercantile Exchange

ICE — Intercontinental Exchange

LLC — Limited Liability Company

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

LP — Limited Partnership

Ltd. — Limited

SOFR — Secured Overnight Financing Rate

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

 

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

Bank Loan

Obligations

  $ 909,562     $ 89,745,849     $ 564,813     $ 91,220,224  

Corporate

Obligations

          12,430,870             12,430,870  

Warrant

                1,616       1,616  

 

Total Investments

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

    in Securities

  $   909,562     $ 102,176,719     $   566,429     $ 103,652,710  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

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

Amounts designated as “–” are $0.

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

 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  International Value Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages are based on total investments.

 

 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 COMMON STOCK — 95.4%

 

 
         Shares              Value      

CANADA — 5.9%

 

Enbridge

     4,300        $ 167,537  

Suncor Energy

     5,380        185,053  
     

 

 

 
        352,590  
     

 

 

 

CHINA — 3.6%

 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings

     70,500        219,143  
     

 

 

 

FRANCE — 10.5%

 

Accor *

     5,165        123,729  

Arkema

     504        39,906  

Danone

     2,831        140,838  

Thales

     923        117,349  

Veolia Environnement

     5,051        112,761  

Vinci

     1,047        96,413  
     

 

 

 
        630,996  
     

 

 

 

GERMANY — 7.5%

 

Allianz

     715        128,742  

Daimler Truck Holding *

     4,437        118,392  

Deutsche Post

     2,612        92,695  

Rheinmetall

     697        113,309  
     

 

 

 
        453,138  
     

 

 

 

HONG KONG — 5.5%

 

ASMPT

     2,000        11,007  

CK Infrastructure Holdings

     18,000        85,532  

Hongkong Land Holdings

     36,300        139,755  

Sino Biopharmaceutical

     195,000        94,648  
     

 

 

 
               330,942  
     

 

 

 

JAPAN — 13.3%

 

Bridgestone

     3,800        137,030  

Honda Motor

     4,300        97,541  

Kirin Holdings

     7,700        113,381  

Koito Manufacturing

     6,900        98,097  

Komatsu

     4,600        88,105  

Mitsubishi Electric

     10,700        94,267  
 COMMON STOCK — 95.4%

 

 
         Shares              Value      

Nabtesco

     6,167         $ 131,266  

NSK

     8,400        44,402  
     

 

 

 
        804,089  
     

 

 

 

MEXICO — 3.0%

 

Grupo Financiero Banorte, Cl O

     22,100           179,908  
     

 

 

 

NETHERLANDS — 9.2%

 

Akzo Nobel

     2,210        136,371  

ING Groep

     29,835        293,488  

Randstad

     2,549        127,061  
     

 

 

 
        556,920  
     

 

 

 

NORWAY — 3.5%

 

Aker BP

     4,830        153,967  

Orkla

     8,432        56,904  
     

 

 

 
        210,871  
     

 

 

 

SINGAPORE — 5.7%

 

Genting Singapore

     286,700        163,036  

United Overseas Bank

     9,200        180,412  
     

 

 

 
        343,448  
     

 

 

 

SOUTH AFRICA — 1.3%

 

Gold Fields

     9,735        78,696  
     

 

 

 

SOUTH KOREA — 1.3%

 

SK Hynix

     1,311        76,113  
     

 

 

 

SWEDEN — 4.0%

 

Elekta, Cl B

     17,618        89,516  

SKF, Cl B

     10,615        153,632  
     

 

 

 
        243,148  
     

 

 

 

SWITZERLAND — 3.2%

 

Julius Baer Group

     4,003        191,765  
     

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 17.9%

 

Ashmore Group PLC

     28,780        68,122  

Associated British Foods PLC

     6,137        94,977  

BAE Systems PLC

     12,362        115,456  

Centrica PLC

     124,697        109,569  

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

     2,021        95,088  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     45,624        234,035  

Informa PLC

     25,028        159,469  

Legal & General Group PLC

     36,559        97,646  

Persimmon PLC

     4,673        69,935  

WH Smith PLC *

     2,367        31,949  
     

 

 

 
        1,076,246  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $6,072,980)

        5,748,013  
  

 

 

 
     

 PREFERRED STOCK — 2.4%

 

 

GERMANY — 2.4%

 

Henkel & KGaA (A)

     2,281        143,773  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  International Value Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 PREFERRED STOCK — (continued)

 

 
                Value      

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK
(Cost $147,090)

         $ 143,773  
  

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 97.8%
(Cost $6,220,070)

 

     $     5,891,786  
  

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $6,023,388.

*

Non-income producing security.

(A)

There is currently no rate available.

Cl — Class

PLC — Public Limited Company

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

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

    

 

 

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

 

29


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Total Return Bond Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages are based on total investments.

 

 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — 34.4%

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 2.5%

 

  

AT&T

     

2.250%, 02/01/2032

   $        90,000        $ 67,620  

Charter Communications Operating

     

3.700%, 04/01/2051

     85,000        50,954  

3.500%, 03/01/2042

     95,000        59,358  

2.800%, 04/01/2031

     105,000        79,604  

Comcast

     

3.400%, 04/01/2030

     105,000        92,549  

2.887%, 11/01/2051

     103,000        61,878  

1.950%, 01/15/2031

     95,000        73,643  

T-Mobile USA

     

3.875%, 04/15/2030

     410,000        362,686  

Verizon Communications

     

4.500%, 08/10/2033

     60,000        53,456  

3.400%, 03/22/2041

     180,000        127,977  
     

 

 

 

            1,029,725  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 0.9%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide

     

4.375%, 04/15/2038

     55,000        46,965  

AutoNation

     

3.850%, 03/01/2032

     135,000        105,091  

Marriott International

     

5.000%, 10/15/2027

     90,000        86,622  

Tractor Supply

     

1.750%, 11/01/2030

     90,000        66,812  

Whirlpool

     

4.600%, 05/15/2050

     70,000        50,615  
     

 

 

 

        356,105  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 0.4%

 

Coca-Cola Femsa

     

2.750%, 01/22/2030

     130,000        109,630  
 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

Mondelez International

     

1.500%, 02/04/2031

   $ 85,000        $ 62,625  
     

 

 

 

        172,255  
     

 

 

 

     

ENERGY — 3.6%

 

  

Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings

 

  

2.742%, 12/31/2039

     115,000        85,334  

Chevron USA

     

2.343%, 08/12/2050

     85,000        50,308  

ConocoPhillips

     

2.125%, 03/08/2024

     175,000        168,504  

Diamondback Energy

     

4.250%, 03/15/2052

     105,000        75,805  

3.125%, 03/24/2031

     205,000        167,521  

Enbridge

     

2.500%, 02/14/2025

     110,000        102,783  

Gray Oak Pipeline

     

2.000%, 09/15/2023 (A)

     100,000        96,776  

Kinder Morgan

     

4.800%, 02/01/2033

     50,000        44,658  

MPLX

     

4.125%, 03/01/2027

     85,000        78,804  

1.750%, 03/01/2026

     135,000        117,699  

ONEOK

     

4.550%, 07/15/2028

     95,000        86,212  

Phillips 66

     

3.750%, 03/01/2028 (A)

     130,000        116,910  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     

2.150%, 01/15/2031

     40,000        30,949  

TotalEnergies Capital International

     

3.127%, 05/29/2050

     90,000        59,398  

Williams

     

5.400%, 03/04/2044

     85,000        72,468  

2.600%, 03/15/2031

     175,000        137,112  
     

 

 

 

        1,491,241  
     

 

 

 

FINANCIALS — 12.3%

 

  

American Express

 

  

4.200%, 11/06/2025

     135,000        131,053  

American Honda Finance MTN

     

2.000%, 03/24/2028

     80,000        67,235  

Bank of America

     

2.592%, U.S. SOFR + 2.150%, 04/29/2031 (B)

     85,000        67,111  

2.482%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr + 1.200%, 09/21/2036 (B)

     95,000        67,885  
 

 

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

 

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  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

2.299%, U.S. SOFR + 1.220%, 07/21/2032 (B)

      $ 235,000         $ 174,023  

Bank of America MTN

     

5.000%, 01/21/2044

     200,000        170,757  

Barclays

     

2.894%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 1 Yr + 1.300%, 11/24/2032 (B)

     200,000        141,611  

Berkshire Hathaway Finance

     

3.850%, 03/15/2052

     80,000        58,679  

Charles Schwab

     

3.250%, 05/22/2029

     85,000        75,151  

0.750%, 03/18/2024

     65,000        61,307  

Citigroup

     

4.412%, U.S. SOFR + 3.914%, 03/31/2031 (B)

     350,000        312,329  

1.281%, U.S. SOFR + 0.528%, 11/03/2025 (B)

     60,000        54,369  

CME Group

     

2.650%, 03/15/2032

     175,000        140,792  

CNA Financial

     

4.500%, 03/01/2026

     110,000        106,102  

Deutsche Bank NY

     

3.035%, U.S. SOFR + 1.718%, 05/28/2032 (B)

     140,000        98,472  

2.311%, U.S. SOFR + 1.219%, 11/16/2027 (B)

     120,000        95,785  

Fidelity National Financial

     

3.200%, 09/17/2051

     90,000        48,145  

Glencore Funding

     

2.625%, 09/23/2031 (A)

     85,000        63,731  

Goldman Sachs Group

     

2.615%, U.S. SOFR + 1.281%, 04/22/2032 (B)

     75,000        57,207  

1.542%, U.S. SOFR + 0.818%, 09/10/2027 (B)

     145,000        121,685  

1.431%, U.S. SOFR + 0.798%, 03/09/2027 (B)

     180,000        153,994  

Intercontinental Exchange

     

4.950%, 06/15/2052

     90,000        77,073  

JPMorgan Chase

     

3.882%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.360%, 07/24/2038 (B)

     145,000        112,339  
 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

3.782%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.337%, 02/01/2028 (B)

      $ 150,000         $ 137,032  

2.963%, U.S. SOFR + 1.260%, 01/25/2033 (B)

     135,000        105,467  

2.301%, U.S. SOFR + 1.160%, 10/15/2025 (B)

     235,000        219,189  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group

     

2.193%, 02/25/2025

     115,000        106,079  

Moody’s

     

2.550%, 08/18/2060

     75,000        38,417  

Morgan Stanley MTN

     

3.591%, ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month + 1.340%, 07/22/2028 (B)

     155,000        138,923  

2.239%, U.S. SOFR + 1.178%, 07/21/2032 (B)

     90,000        66,343  

1.794%, U.S. SOFR + 1.034%, 02/13/2032 (B)

     170,000        122,593  

0.864%, U.S. SOFR + 0.745%, 10/21/2025 (B)

     160,000        144,315  

Northern Trust

     

6.125%, 11/02/2032

     95,000        95,077  

PNC Financial Services Group

     

3.400%, US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 5 Yr + 2.595%(B)(C)

     135,000        100,744  

Progressive

     

2.500%, 03/15/2027

     85,000        75,852  

Royal Bank of Canada MTN

     

2.250%, 11/01/2024

     195,000        183,213  

State Street

     

2.354%, U.S. SOFR + 0.940%, 11/01/2025 (B)

     135,000        126,873  

2.200%, 03/03/2031

     80,000        61,265  

Toronto-Dominion Bank MTN

     

3.250%, 03/11/2024

     270,000        262,506  

Toyota Motor Credit

     

2.500%, 03/22/2024

     175,000        169,108  

Truist Financial MTN

     

1.267%, U.S. SOFR + 0.609%, 03/02/2027 (B)

     80,000        69,092  

US Bancorp

     

4.967%, U.S. SOFR + 2.110%, 07/22/2033 (B)

     90,000        81,956  
 

 

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

 

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  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

Wells Fargo

     

5.375%, 11/02/2043

      $ 90,000         $ 76,342  

Wells Fargo MTN

     

2.572%, U.S. SOFR + 1.262%, 02/11/2031 (B)

     235,000        187,272  
     

 

 

 

            5,024,493  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE — 1.1%

 

  

Amgen

 

  

4.400%, 05/01/2045

     85,000        68,581  

Bristol-Myers Squibb

     

3.400%, 07/26/2029

     39,000        35,428  

Children’s Health System of Texas

     

2.511%, 08/15/2050

     90,000        49,941  

Community Health Network

     

3.099%, 05/01/2050

     120,000        70,577  

CVS Health

     

4.300%, 03/25/2028

     53,000        49,731  

Health Care Service A Mutual Legal Reserve

     

3.200%, 06/01/2050 (A)

     65,000        41,450  

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals

     

3.002%, 06/01/2051

     70,000        43,249  

UnitedHealth Group

     

5.875%, 02/15/2053

     100,000        102,060  
     

 

 

 

        461,017  
     

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS — 2.7%

 

  

AerCap Ireland Capital DAC

     

3.000%, 10/29/2028

     230,000        185,810  

American Airlines 2019-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust

     

3.150%, 02/15/2032

     86,443        70,734  

Bayer US Finance II

     

4.250%, 12/15/2025 (A)

     75,000        71,709  

Boeing

     

5.805%, 05/01/2050

     90,000        77,405  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe

     

4.450%, 01/15/2053

     90,000        75,516  

Canadian Pacific Railway

     

3.100%, 12/02/2051

     130,000        82,695  

Cargill

     

1.375%, 07/23/2023 (A)

     65,000        63,257  

Carlisle

     

2.200%, 03/01/2032

     90,000        66,180  

FedEx

     

3.250%, 05/15/2041

     75,000        49,742  

Quanta Services

     

3.050%, 10/01/2041

     100,000        61,136  

2.900%, 10/01/2030

     140,000        110,506  

Union Pacific

     

4.100%, 09/15/2067

     85,000        61,516  
 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

Waste Connections

     

4.200%, 01/15/2033

      $ 90,000         $ 81,390  

2.200%, 01/15/2032

     90,000        69,244  
     

 

 

 

            1,126,840  
     

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 1.6%

 

  

Apple

 

  

3.950%, 08/08/2052

     85,000        67,473  

Dell International

     

5.300%, 10/01/2029

     235,000        220,003  

3.450%, 12/15/2051 (A)

     95,000        53,755  

Lam Research

     

3.750%, 03/15/2026

     50,000        47,938  

1.900%, 06/15/2030

     90,000        70,619  

Oracle

     

4.300%, 07/08/2034

     120,000        98,705  

VMware

     

2.200%, 08/15/2031

     120,000        87,344  
     

 

 

 

        645,837  
     

 

 

 

MATERIALS — 1.0%

 

  

Berry Global

     

1.650%, 01/15/2027

     105,000        86,524  

EI du Pont de Nemours

     

1.700%, 07/15/2025

     90,000        82,408  

International Paper

     

6.000%, 11/15/2041

     75,000        69,893  

Martin Marietta Materials

     

0.650%, 07/15/2023

     80,000        77,380  

Teck Resources

     

6.000%, 08/15/2040

     125,000        110,009  
     

 

 

 

        426,214  
     

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 1.8%

 

  

Alexandria Real Estate Equities

     

1.875%, 02/01/2033

     90,000        62,288  

American Tower

     

2.300%, 09/15/2031

     125,000        93,057  

Camden Property Trust

     

3.150%, 07/01/2029

     75,000        64,279  

Crown Castle

     

3.800%, 02/15/2028

     105,000        94,651  

2.900%, 04/01/2041

     85,000        53,917  

Digital Realty Trust

     

3.700%, 08/15/2027

     115,000        104,688  

Prologis

     

1.250%, 10/15/2030

     70,000        51,242  

Public Storage

     

2.250%, 11/09/2031

     180,000        138,162  

TELUS

     

3.400%, 05/13/2032

     85,000        69,667  
     

 

 

 

        731,951  
     

 

 

 

UTILITIES — 6.5%

 

  

American Electric Power

     

2.031%, 03/15/2024

     160,000        152,744  
 

 

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

 

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  Total Return Bond Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

Appalachian Power

     

4.500%, 03/01/2049

      $ 50,000         $ 38,711  

Consumers Energy

     

2.500%, 05/01/2060

         115,000          60,236  

DTE Energy

     

1.050%, 06/01/2025

     175,000            156,244  

Duke Energy

     

2.650%, 09/01/2026

     110,000        99,466  

Duke Energy Progress

     

4.150%, 12/01/2044

     130,000        101,178  

Duke Energy Progress NC Storm Funding

     

2.387%, 07/01/2037

     360,000        280,445  

Entergy

     

2.800%, 06/15/2030

     60,000        48,185  

Entergy Arkansas

     

3.350%, 06/15/2052

     80,000        51,930  

Entergy Louisiana

     

4.000%, 03/15/2033

     95,000        82,881  

Exelon

     

4.050%, 04/15/2030

     95,000        85,230  

Florida Power & Light

     

3.950%, 03/01/2048

     65,000        50,300  

Kentucky Utilities

     

3.300%, 06/01/2050

     90,000        59,142  

National Fuel Gas

     

3.950%, 09/15/2027

     135,000        119,293  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance

     

5.450%, 10/30/2025

     115,000        115,522  

National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance MTN

     

1.000%, 10/18/2024

     95,000        87,379  

Northern States Power

     

2.600%, 06/01/2051

     90,000        53,582  

Ohio Power

     

2.600%, 04/01/2030

     90,000        73,594  

Oklahoma Gas and Electric

     

0.553%, 05/26/2023

     125,000        121,843  

Sabine Pass Liquefaction

     

4.500%, 05/15/2030

     65,000        59,286  

4.200%, 03/15/2028

     275,000        250,755  

Sempra Energy

     

3.300%, 04/01/2025

     165,000        156,225  

Sempra Global

     

3.250%, 01/15/2032 (A)

     105,000        82,182  

Southern California Gas

     

2.550%, 02/01/2030

     75,000        61,968  

Vistra Operations

     

5.125%, 05/13/2025 (A)

     210,000        202,717  
     

 

 

 

        2,651,038  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $16,037,359)

     14,116,716  
     

 

 

 

     
 MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 31.8%

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    
AGENCY MORTGAGE BACKED SECURITIES — 30.4%

 

FHLMC

     

5.000%, 11/01/2023

      $   12         $   12  

4.000%, 06/01/2042 to 04/01/2048

     547,766            505,219  

3.500%, 09/01/2028 to 01/01/2048

     382,763        346,625  

3.000%, 11/01/2032 to 11/01/2049

     494,998        433,727  

2.500%, 06/01/2035 to 05/01/2052

         1,101,428        930,478  

2.000%, 01/01/2041

     180,265        149,002  

FNMA

     

5.500%, 12/01/2035

     5,129        5,076  

5.000%, 05/01/2040 to 03/01/2042

     73,682        73,759  

4.500%, 04/01/2034 to 10/01/2049

     452,965        432,500  

4.000%, 11/01/2044 to 11/01/2049

     578,988        538,574  

3.500%, 06/01/2037 to 07/01/2051

     1,528,698        1,370,156  

3.000%, 10/01/2034 to 11/01/2051

     1,727,510        1,491,339  

2.500%, 11/01/2041 to 02/01/2052

     1,543,287        1,275,559  

2.000%, 11/01/2035 to 04/01/2051

     1,792,584        1,479,767  

GNMA

     

5.000%, 10/15/2039 to 03/20/2050

     340,195        336,669  

4.500%, 02/20/2050

     63,848        61,256  

4.000%, 12/20/2047 to 03/20/2052

     661,868        611,912  

3.500%, 09/15/2041 to 01/20/2052

     431,785        392,523  

3.000%, 06/20/2051 to 06/20/2052

     1,065,759        933,978  

2.500%, 04/20/2050 to 04/20/2052

     1,262,344        1,073,627  
     

 

 

 

        12,441,758  
     

 

 

 

COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — 1.1%

 

BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser VOLT, Cl A

     

4.112%, ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 0.700%, 09/15/2036 (A)(B)

     250,000        237,473  

Cold Storage Trust, Ser ICE5, Cl A

     

4.312%, ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month + 0.900%, 11/15/2037 (A)(B)

     201,513        195,351  
     

 

 

 

        432,824  
     

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

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  Total Return Bond Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    
NON-AGENCY MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITY — 0.3%

 

Seasoned Loans Structured Transaction Trust, Ser 2020-3, Cl A1C

     

2.000%, 11/25/2030

      $   158,200         $   140,641  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(Cost $14,295,998)

          13,015,223  
     

 

 

 

     
 U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS — 22.0%

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bonds

     

2.875%, 05/15/2052

     280,000        217,306  

2.250%, 05/15/2041

     1,380,000        995,055  

1.750%, 08/15/2041

     245,000        159,901  

1.375%, 08/15/2050

     2,775,000        1,479,314  

U.S. Treasury Notes

     

1.500%, 01/31/2027

     1,110,000        989,201  

1.500%, 02/15/2030

     1,270,000        1,063,972  

1.250%, 07/31/2023

     1,245,000        1,213,875  

1.250%, 08/31/2024

     1,805,000        1,700,366  

1.125%, 02/28/2025

     1,315,000        1,218,327  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS
(Cost $9,886,012)

 

     9,037,317  
  

 

 

 

     
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 9.2%

 

 
AUTOMOTIVE — 5.4%

 

  

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2022-1, Cl A3

     

3.310%, 11/15/2026

     155,000        150,282  

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-1, Cl A3

     

0.370%, 08/18/2025

     112,613        110,381  

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-2, Cl A3

     

0.340%, 12/18/2026

     125,000        120,459  

AmeriCredit Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2022-2, Cl A3

     

4.380%, 04/18/2028

     130,000        127,059  

BMW Vehicle Owner Trust, Ser 2022-A, Cl A3

     

3.210%, 08/25/2026

     80,000        77,359  

Ford Credit Auto Lease Trust, Ser 2022-A, Cl A3

     

3.230%, 05/15/2025

     200,000        194,984  

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Ser 2021-2, Cl A

     

1.530%, 05/15/2034 (A)

     205,000        177,418  

GM Financial Automobile Leasing Trust, Ser 2022-1, Cl A3

     

1.900%, 03/20/2025

     145,000        139,163  
 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2020-2, Cl A3

     

1.490%, 12/16/2024

      $   24,945         $   24,647  

GM Financial Revolving Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-1, Cl A

     

1.170%, 06/12/2034 (A)

     155,000        132,745  

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Ser 2022-1, Cl A3

     

1.880%, 05/15/2026

     165,000        156,179  

Mercedes-Benz Auto Lease Trust, Ser 2021-B, Cl A3

     

0.400%, 11/15/2024

     275,000        264,781  

Toyota Auto Loan Extended Note Trust, Ser 2020-1A, Cl A

     

1.350%, 05/25/2033 (A)

     215,000        193,243  

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Ser 2020-B, Cl A3

     

1.360%, 08/15/2024

     79,401        78,392  

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Ser 2022-A, Cl A3

     

1.230%, 06/15/2026

     130,000        122,826  

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust, Ser 2021-1, Cl A3

1.020%, 06/22/2026

     150,000        141,437  
     

 

 

 

        2,211,355  
     

 

 

 

CREDIT CARD — 0.5%

 

  

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Ser 2021-A1, Cl A1

0.550%, 07/15/2026

     210,000        194,986  
     

 

 

 

OTHER ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — 3.3%

 

  

CNH Equipment Trust, Ser 2020-A, Cl A3

1.160%, 06/16/2025

     73,444        72,136  

CNH Equipment Trust, Ser 2021-A, Cl A3

0.400%, 12/15/2025

     175,000        167,504  

John Deere Owner Trust, Ser 2022-A, Cl A3

2.320%, 09/16/2026

     120,000        114,063  

John Deere Owner Trust, Ser 2022-B, Cl A3

3.740%, 02/16/2027

     145,000        140,943  

New Economy Assets Phase 1 Sponsor, Ser 2021-1, Cl A1

1.910%, 10/20/2061 (A)

     235,000        196,898  
 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  Total Return Bond Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES — (continued)

 

 
         Face Amount              Value    

PSNH Funding 3, Ser 2018-1, Cl A1

3.094%, 02/01/2026

   $ 66,309      $ 65,433  

Taco Bell Funding, Ser 2021-1A, Cl A2II

     

2.294%, 08/25/2051 (A)

             178,650          139,331  

Verizon Master Trust, Ser 2021-1, Cl A

     

0.500%, 05/20/2027

     365,000        339,264  

Wendy’s Funding, Ser 2021-1A, Cl A2I

     

2.370%, 06/15/2051 (A)

     177,750        137,715  
     

 

 

 

        1,373,287  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $3,941,823)

     3,779,628  
  

 

 

 

     
 SOVEREIGN BONDS — 0.5%

 

 
MEXICO — 0.2%

 

  

Mexico Government International Bond

     

4.600%, 01/23/2046

     125,000        90,796  
     

 

 

 

     
PANAMA — 0.3%

 

  

Panama Government International Bond

     

3.160%, 01/23/2030

     120,000        97,652  
     

 

 

 

     

TOTAL SOVEREIGN BONDS
(Cost $227,305)

     188,448  
     

 

 

 

     

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 97.9%
(Cost $44,388,497)

 

     $   40,137,332  
  

 

 

 

 

  

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $40,986,021.

(A)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On October 31, 2022, the value of these securities amounted to $2,202,661, representing 5.4% of the Net Assets of the Fund.

(B)

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

(C)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

Cl — Class

FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation

FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association

GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association

ICE — Intercontinental Exchange

LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate

MTN — Medium Term Note

Ser — Series

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

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

 

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  US Value Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 SECTOR WEIGHTINGS † (UNAUDITED)

 

 

LOGO

† Percentages are based on total investments.

 

 SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 

 COMMON STOCK — 92.3%

 

 
         Shares          Value  

COMMUNICATION SERVICES — 4.6%

 

  

Altice USA, Cl A *

     46,223      $ 305,534  

Comcast, Cl A

     28,802        914,175  

Electronic Arts

     12,782        1,610,021  

T-Mobile US *

     13,064        1,979,980  
     

 

 

 
        4,809,710  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY — 10.8%

 

Advance Auto Parts

     8,121        1,542,340  

Aptiv PLC *

     10,645        969,440  

Aramark

     43,266        1,579,209  

Dollar General

     7,261        1,851,918  

Las Vegas Sands *

     42,360        1,610,104  

Lithia Motors, Cl A

     2,519        499,140  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide

     5,901        871,932  

MGM Resorts International

     26,395        938,870  

SeaWorld Entertainment *

     23,494        1,366,411  
     

 

 

 
              11,229,364  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES — 1.4%

 

Philip Morris International

     16,493        1,514,882  
     

 

 

 

ENERGY — 7.7%

 

Halliburton

     43,898        1,598,765  

Hess

     18,663        2,632,976  

Phillips 66

     15,643        1,631,409  

Pioneer Natural Resources

     8,495        2,178,203  
     

 

 

 
        8,041,353  
     

 

 

 
FINANCIALS — 15.0%  

Allstate

     10,766        1,359,207  

American Express

     5,869        871,253  

American International Group

     27,205        1,550,685  

Axis Capital Holdings

     19,304        1,055,350  

Berkshire Hathaway, Cl B *

     5,209        1,537,124  

Chubb

     7,319        1,572,780  

Jefferies Financial Group

     39,015        1,342,506  

M&T Bank

     10,803        1,818,901  

Northern Trust

     13,188        1,112,408  

US Bancorp

     20,018        849,764  
 COMMON STOCK — (continued)

 

 
         Shares          Value  

Wells Fargo

     22,339      $ 1,027,370  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

     7,193        1,569,585  
     

 

 

 
        15,666,933  
     

 

 

 

HEALTH CARE — 15.4%

 

CVS Health

     15,018        1,422,204  

Elevance Health

     4,265        2,331,974  

Envista Holdings *

     28,272        933,259  

Hologic *

     16,477        1,117,141  

Humana

     3,421        1,909,192  

LivaNova PLC *

     15,768        742,673  

Medtronic PLC

     14,052        1,227,302  

Merck

     23,621        2,390,445  

Perrigo PLC

     41,550        1,673,634  

UnitedHealth Group

     4,116        2,284,997  
     

 

 

 
              16,032,821  
     

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS — 14.2%

 

AECOM

     20,956        1,577,568  

AerCap Holdings *

     16,996        907,756  

BWX Technologies

     27,953        1,592,762  

CACI International, Cl A *

     4,997        1,519,238  

Deere

     4,714        1,865,895  

JB Hunt Transport Services

     9,729        1,664,340  

MDU Resources Group

     48,134        1,370,856  

Raytheon Technologies

     19,240        1,824,337  

Stanley Black & Decker

     7,396        580,512  

Vertiv Holdings, Cl A

     133,534        1,910,872  
     

 

 

 
        14,814,136  
     

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY — 6.9%

 

Broadcom

     3,149        1,480,408  

Cognizant Technology Solutions, Cl A

     10,863        676,222  

Fidelity National Information Services

     16,033        1,330,579  

Microchip Technology

     15,844        978,208  

Oracle

     19,816        1,547,035  

QUALCOMM

     10,297        1,211,545  
     

 

 

 
        7,223,997  
     

 

 

 

MATERIALS — 6.7%

 

Air Products and Chemicals

     6,377        1,596,801  

Axalta Coating Systems *

     57,041        1,330,196  

Corteva

     12,684        828,772  

DuPont de Nemours

     15,228        871,042  

Element Solutions

     70,188        1,207,233  

International Flavors & Fragrances

     12,011        1,172,394  
     

 

 

 
        7,006,438  
     

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE — 4.2%

 

Corporate Office Properties Trust ‡

     54,040        1,440,166  

Howard Hughes *

     10,860        666,261  

VICI Properties ‡

     69,829        2,235,925  
     

 

 

 
        4,342,352  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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

 

36


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley
  US Value Opportunities Fund
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 COMMON STOCK — (continued)

 

 
         Shares          Value  

UTILITIES — 5.4%

 

CenterPoint Energy

     48,856      $ 1,397,770  

Entergy

     12,843        1,375,999  

Exelon

     31,546        1,217,360  

Pinnacle West Capital

     24,277        1,631,657  
     

 

 

 
        5,622,786  
     

 

 

 
     

TOTAL COMMON STOCK
(Cost $87,244,887)

     96,304,772  
     

 

 

 
     

TOTAL INVESTMENTS— 92.3%
(Cost $87,244,887)

 

   $      96,304,772  
     

 

 

 

 

 

Percentages are based on Net Assets of $104,306,219.

*

Non-income producing security.

Real Estate Investment Trust.

Cl — Class

PLC — Public Limited Company

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

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

    

 

 

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

 

37


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley Funds
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

  STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

    Concentrated
Emerging Markets
ESG Opportunities
Fund
    Credit
Opportunities
Fund
    Emerging Markets
Value Fund
    Floating Rate Fund  

Assets:

       

Investments in securities at value†

    $         5,133,727       $         67,386,469       $         2,133,022       $         103,652,710  

Affiliated investments at value††

          24,799,011              

Foreign currency†††

    7,075             2,588        

Cash

    5,791       3,987,182       16,094       4,362,194  

Deferred offering cost (See Note 2)

    14,698       14,698       14,223       14,698  

Receivable due from Investment Adviser

    13,189       13,375       20,925       34,101  

Dividends and Interest receivable

    8,058       1,147,168       5,173       628,100  

Tax reclaim receivable

    485             310        

Receivable for capital shares sold

    32       382       426       1,417,659  

Prepaid expenses

    22,345       55,358       3,378       146,495  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

    5,205,400       97,403,643       2,196,139       110,255,957  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

       

Payable for investment securities purchased

                6,485       1,006,466  

Unrealized loss on foreign currency spot contracts

                50        

Audit fees payable

    25,000       37,500       25,000       37,500  

Custodian fees payable

    4,969       3,211       6,808       819  

Accrued Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

                2,496        

Miscellaneous fees payable

    6,405       6,405       6,405       6,405  

Transfer agent fees payable

    3,220       3,919       6,385       3,905  

Payable due to administrator

    867       17,139       348       18,173  

Printing fees payable

    445       9,555       181       9,497  

Registration fees payable

    438       9,340       182       8,773  

Pricing fees payable

    263       7,019       445       847  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

    151       3,239       61       3,220  

Payable due to trustees

    24       514       10       511  

Shareholder servicing fees payable (Y Shares )

                121        

Accrued expenses

    174       3,726       66       3,702  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    41,956       101,567       55,043       1,099,818  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

  Net Assets

    $ 5,163,444       $ 97,302,076       $ 2,141,096       $ 109,156,139  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

†   Cost of securities

    $ 6,000,482       $ 77,339,687       $ 2,448,152       $ 110,589,263  

†† Cost of affiliated investments

          26,084,973              

††† Cost of foreign currency

    7,030             2,588        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

       

Paid-in Capital

    $ 6,241,186       $ 110,461,624       $ 2,465,707       $ 115,924,726  

Total Distributable Loss

    (1,077,742     (13,159,548     (324,611     (6,768,587
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

  Net Assets

    $ 5,163,444       $ 97,302,076       $ 2,141,096       $ 109,156,139  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

I Shares:

       

Net Assets

    $ 5,163,444       $ 97,302,076       $ 2,056,443       $ 109,156,139  

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

    647,813       10,762,503       242,693       11,551,560  

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

    $ 7 .97       $ 9 .04       $ 8 .47       $ 9 .45  

Y Shares:

       

Net Assets

    N/A       N/A       $ 84,653       N/A  

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

    N/A       N/A       10,003       N/A  

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

    N/A       N/A       $ 8 .46       N/A  

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

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

N/A - Not Applicable

 

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

 

38


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley Funds
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

  STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

 

    International
Value Fund
    Total Return Bond
Fund
    US Value
Opportunities
Fund
 

Assets:

     

Investments in securities at value†

    $           5,891,786       $           40,137,332       $           96,304,772  

Foreign currency††

    1,161              

Cash

    104,920       1,033,125       2,990,531  

Deferred offering cost (See Note 2)

    14,223       14,698       14,698  

Receivable for investment securities sold

    70,088       60,149       116,883  

Receivable due from Investment Adviser

    17,393       27,554       3,783  

Dividends and Interest receivable

    13,771       214,830       50,169  

Tax reclaim receivable

    3,852              

Unrealized Appreciation on Spot Contracts

    619              

Receivable for capital shares sold

    343       48       4,899,035  

Prepaid expenses

    3,427       36,143       3,974  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Assets

    6,121,583       41,523,879       104,383,845  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities:

     

Payable for investment securities purchased

    50,747       475,002        

Audit fees payable

    25,000       27,500       22,500  

Custodian fees payable

    5,743       1,507       3,329  

Transfer agent fees payable

    6,428       3,450       3,748  

Miscellaneous fees payable

    6,405       6,405       6,405  

Payable due to administrator

    1,361       6,614       14,525  

Printing fees payable

    729       3,364       7,157  

Registration fees payable

    684       3,230       6,487  

Pricing fees payable

    423       8,155       308  

Chief Compliance Officer fees payable

    247       1,140       2,426  

Shareholder servicing fees payable (Y Shares )

    123              

Payable due to trustees

    39       181       385  

Accrued expenses

    266       1,310       10,356  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    98,195       537,858       77,626  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 Net Assets

    $ 6,023,388       $ 40,986,021       $ 104,306,219  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

† Cost of securities

    $ 6,220,070       $ 44,388,497       $ 87,244,887  

†† Cost of foreign currency

    1,157              
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Assets:

     

Paid-in Capital

    $ 6,985,418       $ 45,268,672       $ 95,727,016  

Total Distributable Earnings / (Loss)

    (962,030     (4,282,651     8,579,203  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

  Net Assets

    $ 6,023,388       $ 40,986,021       $ 104,306,219  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

I Shares:

     

Net Assets

    $ 5,935,672       $ 40,986,021       $ 104,306,219  

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

    675,668       4,537,907       10,943,698  

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

    $ 8 .78       $ 9 .03       $ 9 .53  

Y Shares:

     

Net Assets

    $ 87,716       N/A       N/A  

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

    10,003       N/A       N/A  

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

    $ 8 .77       N/A       N/A  

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

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

N/A – Not applicable

 

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

 

39


The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley Funds
  For the period ended October 31, 2022

 

 

 

  STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

    Concentrated
Emerging Markets
ESG Opportunities
Fund(1)
  Credit
Opportunities
Fund(1)
  Emerging Markets
Value Fund(2)
  Floating Rate
Fund(1)

Investment Income

       

Dividends

    $                     152,283       $                     –       $                     80,661       $                     –  

Interest

    739       3,682,419       434       4,152,633  

Income from Affiliated Investments

          805,728              

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

    (11,789           (6,325      
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

    141,233       4,488,147       74,770       4,152,633  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

       

Investment Advisory Fees

    27,354       386,141       14,321       278,753  

Administration Fees

    5,407       118,300       33,017       114,074  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

    709       5,115       3,326       4,993  

Trustees’ Fees

    500       11,160       4,386       10,412  

Shareholder Servicing Fees (Y Shares)

                121        

Audit Fees

    25,000       37,500       25,000       37,500  

Offering Costs (See Note 2)

    22,142       22,142       57,654       22,142  

Registration & Filing Fees

    16,843       41,285       5,352       90,241  

Custodian Fees

    14,794       5,368       27,965       1,256  

Transfer Agent Fees

    11,307       14,623       35,896       14,464  

Miscellaneous Fees

    8,466       16,474       23,949       16,405  

Legal Fees

    1,337       19,402       7,277       18,657  

Printing Fees

    1,320       19,724       1,709       18,324  

Pricing Fees

    581       15,653       1,671       1,874  

Other Expenses

    11       222             219  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Expenses

    135,771       713,109       241,644       629,314  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less:

       

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

    (27,354     (211,154     (14,321     (257,663

Reimbursement from Adviser

    (77,579           (210,904      
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    30,838       501,955       16,419       371,651  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    110,395       3,986,192       58,351       3,780,982  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

       

Investments

    (326,580     (2,068,491     (61,882     (544,145

Affiliated Investments

          (293,173            

Foreign Currency Transactions

    4,309             (3,427      
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

    (322,271     (2,361,664     (65,309     (544,145
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

       

Investments

    (1,000,503     (8,833,892     (315,130     (6,511,749

Affiliated Securities

          (1,285,962            

Foreign Capital Gains Tax on Appreciated Securities

                (2,496      

Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

    889             (27      
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    (999,614     (10,119,854     (317,653     (6,511,749
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss

    (1,321,885     (12,481,518     (382,962     (7,055,894
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Operations

    $ (1,211,490     $ (8,495,326     $ (324,611     $ (3,274,912
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

(2)

Commenced operations on December 29, 2021.

 

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

 

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

 

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  For the period ended October 31, 2022

 

 

 

  STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     International
Value Fund(1)
  Total Return Bond
Fund(2)
  US Value
Opportunities
Fund(2)

Investment Income

      

Dividends

     $             198,794       $                         –       $                 1,013,941  

Interest

     1,639       796,461       14,524  

Less: Foreign Taxes Withheld

     (15,013           (1,335
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Investment Income

     185,420       796,461       1,027,130  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Expenses

      

Administration Fees

     40,795       42,109       94,913  

Investment Advisory Fees

     32,585       80,036       284,151  

Trustees’ Fees

     4,864       3,803       8,850  

Chief Compliance Officer Fees

     3,628       2,112       3,980  

Shareholder Servicing Fees (Y Shares)

     123              

Offering Costs (See Note 2)

     57,654       22,142       22,142  

Transfer Agent Fees

     36,078       12,382       13,858  

Audit Fees

     25,000       27,500       22,500  

Custodian Fees

     19,586       2,411       7,121  

Miscellaneous Fees

     19,298       10,846       14,543  

Legal Fees

     8,438       7,214       15,050  

Registration & Filing Fees

     5,875       29,223       7,139  

Printing Fees

     2,503       6,665       14,755  

Pricing Fees

     1,611       18,310       713  

Other Expenses

           78       165  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Expenses

     258,038       264,831       509,880  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Less:

      

Investment Advisory Fees Waiver

     (32,585     (80,036     (143,065

Reimbursement from Adviser

     (182,869     (104,756      
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Expenses

     42,584       80,039       366,815  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

     142,836       716,422       660,315  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss) on:

      

Investments

     (791,612     (167,073     (1,140,997

Foreign Currency Transactions

     15,340              
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (776,272     (167,073     (1,140,997
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on:

      

Investments

     (328,284     (4,082,022     (4,259,154

Translation of Other Assets and Liabilities Denominated in Foreign Currencies

     (310            
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (328,594     (4,082,022     (4,259,154
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Realized and Unrealized Loss

     (1,104,866     (4,249,095     (5,400,151
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets from Operations

     $ (962,030     $ (3,532,673     $ (4,739,836
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Commenced operations on December 29, 2021.

(2)

Commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

 

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

 

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

 

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  STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     Concentrated
Emerging
Markets ESG
Opportunities
Fund
  Credit
Opportunities
Fund
     Period Ended
October 31,
2022(1)
  Period Ended
October 31,
2022(1)

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

     $ 110,395       $ 3,986,192  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (322,271     (2,361,664

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (999,614     (10,119,854
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (1,211,490     (8,495,326
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

           (3,544,896
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

           (3,544,896
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued†

     6,374,934       127,469,852  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           3,474,020  

Redeemed

           (21,601,574
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     6,374,934       109,342,298  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     6,374,934       109,342,298  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     5,163,444       97,302,076  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Period

            
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of Period

     $ 5,163,444       $ 97,302,076  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     647,813       12,751,757  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           387,357  

Redeemed

           (2,376,611
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     647,813       10,762,503  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     647,813       10,762,503  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Includes transfer of assets from the Predecessor Funds.

(1)

The Fund commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

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

 

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  STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

    Emerging
Markets
Value Fund
  Floating Rate
Fund
    Period Ended
October 31,
2022(1)
  Period Ended
October 31,

2022(2)

Operations:

   

Net Investment Income

    $ 58,351       $ 3,780,982  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

    (65,309     (544,145

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

    (317,653     (6,511,749
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    (324,611     (3,274,912
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

   

I Shares

          (3,068,871
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

          (3,068,871
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

   

I Shares

   

Issued†

    2,365,682       121,493,203  

Reinvestment of Dividends

          3,006,719  

Redeemed

          (9,000,000
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

    2,365,682       115,499,922  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y Shares

   

Issued

    100,025        
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Y Shares Transactions

    100,025        
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

    2,465,707       115,499,922  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

    2,141,096       109,156,139  

Net Assets:

   

Beginning of Period

           
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of Period

    $ 2,141,096       $ 109,156,139  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

   

I Shares

   

Issued

    242,693       12,162,816  

Reinvestment of Dividends

          319,530  

Redeemed

          (930,786
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

    242,693       11,551,560  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y Shares

   

Issued

    10,003        
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Y Shares

    10,003        
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

    252,696       11,551,560  
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Includes transfer of assets from the Predecessor Funds.

(1)

The Fund commenced operations on December 29, 2021.

(2)

The Fund commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

 

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

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

 

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  STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     International
Value Fund
  Total Return
Bond Fund
     Period Ended
October 31,
2022(1)
  Period Ended
October 31,
2022(2)

Operations:

    

Net Investment Income

     $ 142,836       $ 716,422  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (776,272     (167,073

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (328,594     (4,082,022
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (962,030     (3,532,673
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Distributions:

    

I Shares

           (580,835
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Distributions

           (580,835
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued†

     10,922,844       45,018,694  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           580,835  

Redeemed

     (4,037,451     (500,000
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     6,885,393       45,099,529  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y Shares

    

Issued

     100,025        
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Y Shares Transactions

     100,025        
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     6,985,418       45,099,529  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     6,023,388       40,986,021  

Net Assets:

    

Beginning of Period

            
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

End of Period

     $ 6,023,388       $  40,986,021  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

    

I Shares

    

Issued

     1,142,853       4,527,613  

Reinvestment of Dividends

           61,894  

Redeemed

     (467,185     (51,600
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     675,668       4,537,907  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Y Shares

    

Issued

     10,003        
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Increase in Y Shares

     10,003        
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     685,671       4,537,907  
  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

†      Includes transfer of assets from the Predecessor Funds.

(1)     The Fund commenced operations on December 29, 2021.

(2)     The Fund commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

Amounts designated as “—” are $0.

 

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

 

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 STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

 

     US Value
Opportunities

Fund
     Period Ended
October 31,

2022(1)

Operations:

  

Net Investment Income

     $ 660,315  

Net Realized Gain (Loss)

     (1,140,997

Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)

     (4,259,154
  

 

 

 

Net Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

     (4,739,836
  

 

 

 

Capital Share Transactions:

  

I Shares

  

Issued†

     138,315,751  

Redeemed

     (29,269,696
  

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from I Shares Transactions

     109,046,055  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase in Net Assets from Capital Share Transactions

     109,046,055  
  

 

 

 

Total Increase in Net Assets

     104,306,219  

Net Assets:

  

Beginning of Period

      
  

 

 

 

End of Period

     $            104,306,219  
  

 

 

 

Share Transactions:

  

I Shares

  

Issued

     14,071,581  

Redeemed

     (3,127,883
  

 

 

 

Total Increase in I Shares

     10,943,698  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase in Shares Outstanding

     10,943,698  
  

 

 

 

†    Includes transfer of assets from the Predecessor Funds.

(1)    The Fund commenced operations on April 12, 2022.

       Amount designated as “—” is $0.

 

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

 

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  FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Selected Per Share Data & Ratios

For the period ended October 31,

For a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period

 

    Net Asset
Value,
Beginning of
Period
   

Net

Investment

Income*

   

Net Realized

and

Unrealized

Loss on

Investments

   

Total from

Operations

   

Distributions

from Net

Investment

Income

    Total
Distributions
    Net Asset
Value, End
of Period
    Total
Return†
    Net Assets
End of Period
(000)
    Ratio of Expenses to
Average Net Assets
(including waivers
and
reimbursements)
    Ratio of Expenses
to Average Net
Assets (excluding
waivers and
reimbursements)
    Ratio of Net
Investment
Income to
Average Net
Assets
    Portfolio
Turnover†
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(1)

  $     10.00     $     0.19     ($  2.22)     ($     2.03)     $      –           $     –           $     7.97       (20.30)   $     5,163       1.05     4.62     3.76     59

Credit Opportunities Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(1)

  $     10.00     $     0.33     ($     1.00)     ($     0.67)     $     (0.29)       $     (0.29)       $     9.04       (6.63)   $     97,302       0.78     1.11     6.19     29

Emerging Markets Value Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(2)

  $     10.00     $     0.29     ($     1.82)     ($     1.53)     $     –           $     –           $     8.47       (15.30)   $     2,056       0.99     14.67     3.55     40

Y Shares

 

   

2022(2)

  $     10.00     $     0.28     ($     1.82)     ($     1.54)     $     –           $     –           $     8.46       (15.40)   $     85       1.14     14.82     3.45     40

Floating Rate Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(1)

  $     10.00     $     0.33     ($     0.61)     ($     0.28)     $     (0.27)       $     (0.27)       $     9.45       (2.81)   $     109,156       0.60     1.02     6.10     9

International Value Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(2)

  $     10.00     $     0.23     ($     1.45)     ($     1.22)     $     –           $     –           $     8.78       (12.20)   $     5,935       0.86     5.16     2.89     105

Y Shares

 

   

2022(2)

  $     10.00     $     0.23     ($     1.46)     ($     1.23)     $     –           $     –           $     8.77       (12.30)   $     88       1.01     8.99     2.79     105

Total Return Bond Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(1)

  $     10.00     $     0.17     ( $     1.00)     ($     0.83)     $     (0.14)       $     (0.14)       $     9.03       (8.38)   $     40,986       0.35     1.16     3.13     20

US Value Opportunities Fund

 

   

I Shares

 

   

2022(1)

  $     10.00     $     0.07     ($     0.54)     ($     0.47)     $     –           $     –           $     9.53       (4.70)   $     104,306       0.71     0.99     1.28     47

 

*

Per unit data calculated using average shares method.

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

(1)

Commenced operations on April 12, 2022. All ratios for the period have been annualized.

(2)

Commenced operations on December 29, 2021. All ratios for the period have been annualized.

 

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

 

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The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III   Barrow Hanley Funds
  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

1. Organization:

The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III (the “Trust”) is organized as a Delaware statutory trust under an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated December 4, 2013. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company with 65 funds. The financial statements herein are those of the Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund (the “Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund”), Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund (the “Credit Opportunities Fund”), Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund (the “Emerging Markets Value Fund”), Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund (the “Floating Rate Fund”), Barrow Hanley International Value Fund (the “International Value Fund”), Barrow Hanley Total Return Bond Fund (the “Total Return Bond Fund”), and Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund (the “US Value Opportunities Fund”) (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). The investment objective of Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund is to seek long term capital appreciation and consistent income. The investment objective of Credit Opportunities Fund and Floating Rate Fund is to seek to maximize total return, consistent with preservation of capital. The investment objective of Emerging Markets Value is to seek long term capital appreciation and consistent income from dividends. The investment objective of International Value Fund is to seek to obtain higher returns compared to the MSCI EAFE Index, while maintaining lower risk. The investment objective of Total Return Bond Fund is to seek to provide maximum long-term total return. The investment objective of US Value Opportunities Fund is to seek to achieve risk-adjusted equity returns in excess of the Fund’s benchmark over multiple year time periods. Each of the Funds is classified as diversified, as that term is defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Perpetual US Services LLC, doing business as PGIA serves as the Funds’ investment adviser (the “Adviser”). The Emerging Markets Value Fund and International Value Fund commenced operations on December 29, 2021 and currently offer I Shares and Y Shares. The Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund, Credit Opportunities Fund, Floating Rate Fund, Total Return Bond Fund, and US Value Opportunities Fund commenced operations on April 12, 2022 and currently offer I Shares. Y Shares of each Fund are currently not available for purchases. The financial statements of the remaining funds of the Trust are presented separately. The assets of each fund are segregated and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the fund in which shares are held.

Each Fund is the successor to the fund listed opposite its name in the table below (each a “Predecessor Fund”). Each Predecessor Fund was a private fund managed by the Sub-Adviser using investment objectives, strategies, policies and restrictions that were in all material respects equivalent to those used by the Sub-Adviser to manage the Predecessor Fund’s corresponding Fund. Each Predecessor Fund dissolved and reorganized into the I Shares and Y Shares of each Fund on April 12, 2022. All of the assets of the Predecessor Funds were transferred in-kind to the Funds in connection with the reorganization.

 

Fund   Predecessor Fund
Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund   Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Concentrated Emerging Markets Fund
Credit Opportunities Fund   Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC High Yield Fixed Income Fund
Floating Rate Fund   Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Bank Loan Fund
Total Return Bond Fund   Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Core Fixed Income Fund
US Value Opportunities Fund   Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Diversified Large Cap Value Fund1

1 On April 12, 2022, the Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss LLC Large Cap Value Fund, another private fund managed by the sub-adviser, also contributed its assets to the US Value Opportunities Fund and subsequently dissolved.

2. Significant Accounting Policies:

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

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

Security Valuation — Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market (the “NASDAQ”)), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on an exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on valuation date (or at

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly

 

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transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

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

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

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

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

Redemption Fees — The Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund, Credit Opportunities Fund, Emerging Markets Value Fund, Floating Rate Fund, International Value Fund, Total Return Bond Fund, and US Value Opportunities Fund retain a redemption fee of 1.00% on redemptions of capital shares held for less than thirty days. For the period ended October 31, 2022, no redemption fees were charged.

Deferred Offering Costs — Offering costs of the Funds, including costs of printing the initial prospectus, legal, and registration fees, are amortized to expense over a twelve month period. As of October 31, 2022, the Funds’ have the following remaining to be amortized:

 

     Deferred Offering Costs  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

   $ 14,698  

Credit Opportunities Fund

     14,698  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     14,223  

Floating Rate Fund

     14,698  

International Value Fund

     14,223  

Total Return Bond Fund

     14,698  

US Value Opportunities Fund

     14,698  

3. Transactions with Affiliates:

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

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

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

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

 

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

 

     Administration
Fees
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

     $5,407  

Credit Opportunities Fund

     118,300  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     33,017  

Floating Rate Fund

     114,074  

International Value Fund

     40,795  

Total Return Bond Fund

     42,109  

US Value Opportunities Fund

     94,913  

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

The Funds have adopted a shareholder servicing plan that provides that the Funds may pay financial intermediaries for shareholder services in an annual amount not to exceed 0.15% based on the average daily net assets of the Funds’ Y Shares. The Funds do not pay these service fees on shares purchased directly. In addition to payments made directly to financial intermediaries by the Funds, the Adviser or its affiliates may, at their own expense, pay financial intermediaries for these and other services to the Funds’ shareholders.

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

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

5. Investment Advisory Agreements and Sub-Advisory Agreements:

The Trust and the Adviser have entered into an investment advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with respect to the Funds. Under the Advisory Agreement, the Adviser serves as the investment adviser and makes investment decisions for each Fund and continuously reviews, supervises and administers the investment program of each Fund, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Board.

 

     Advisory Fee Rate  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

     0.93

Credit Opportunities Fund

     0.60

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     0.87

Floating Rate Fund

     0.45

International Value Fund

     0.66

Total Return Bond Fund

     0.35

US Value Opportunities Fund

     0.55

For each Fund, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to keep total Annual Fund operating expenses (excluding interest, taxes, brokerage commissions and other costs and expenses relating to the securities that are purchased and sold by the Fund, shareholder servicing fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and other non-routine expenses, such as litigation (collectively, “excluded expenses”)) for I Shares and Y Shares from exceeding certain levels as set forth below until February 28, 2023 (each, a “contractual expense limit”) for the Emerging Markets Value Fund and the International Value Fund and February 28, 2024 for the Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund, the Credit Opportunities Fund, the Floating Rate Fund, the Total Return Bond Fund and US Value Opportunities Fund. This agreement will terminate automatically upon the termination of the Advisory Agreement and may be terminated: (i) by the Board, for any reason at any time; or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2023 for the Emerging Markets Value Fund and the International Value Fund

 

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and February 28, 2024 for the Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund, the Credit Opportunities Fund, the Floating Rate Fund, the Total Return Bond Fund and US Value Opportunities Fund. The contractual expense limitations for the Funds are as follows:

 

     I Shares     Y shares  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

     1.05     1.05

Credit Opportunities Fund

     0.78     0.78

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     0.99     0.99

Floating Rate Fund

     0.60     0.60

International Value Fund

     0.86     0.86

Total Return Bond Fund

     0.35     0.35

US Value Opportunities Fund

     0.71     0.71

In addition, if at any point it becomes unnecessary for the Adviser to reduce fees or make expense reimbursements, the Board may permit the Adviser to retain the difference between the Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses and the expense caps listed above to recapture all or a portion of its prior fee reductions or reimbursements made during the preceding three-year period.

For the period ended October 31, 2022, the amounts subject to recapture are below:

 

     Amount Subject to
Repayment
October 31, 2025
     Total  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

   $ 104,933      $ 104,933  

Credit Opportunities Fund

     211,154        211,154  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     225,225        225,225  

Floating Rate Fund

     257,663        257,663  

International Value Fund

     215,454        215,454  

Total Return Bond Fund

     184,792        184,792  

US Value Opportunities Fund

     143,065        143,065  

The Adviser further has agreed contractually to waive its investment advisory fee payable by the Credit Opportunities Fund in the amount of the investment advisory fee the Adviser receives from the Floating Rate Fund attributable to the assets of the Credit Opportunities Fund invested in the Floating Rate Fund until February 28, 2024. This agreement will terminate automatically upon the termination of the Fund’s investment advisory agreement and may be terminated: (i) by the Board for any reason at any time; or (ii) by the Adviser, upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to the Trust, effective as of the close of business on February 28, 2024.

Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC, (“Barrow Hanley” or the “Sub-Adviser”), located at 2200 Ross Avenue, 31st Floor, Dallas, TX 75201, serves as a sub-adviser to the Funds. Barrow Hanley, a Delaware limited liability company, is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC and was founded in 1979. Barrow Hanley provides investment advisory services to large institutional clients, mutual funds, employee benefit plans, endowments, foundations, limited liability companies and other institutions and individuals. Barrow Hanley is an indirect subsidiary of Perpetual Limited, a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange.

The Sub-Adviser will be responsible for the day-to-day management of each Funds’ investment portfolio in accordance with the investment policies and guidelines of the Funds subject to the general oversight of the Adviser.

The provision of investment advisory services by the Sub-Adviser is governed by an individual investment sub-advisory agreement between the Sub-Adviser and the Adviser (“the Sub-Advisory Agreement”). Under the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Adviser is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds, makes investment decisions for the Funds and administers the investment program of the Funds, subject to the supervision of, and policies established by, the Adviser and the Board.

After the initial two-year term, the continuance of the Sub-Advisory Agreement must be specifically approved at least annually: (i) by the vote of the Trustees or by a vote of the majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund and (ii) by the vote of a majority of the Trustees who are not parties to the Sub-Advisory Agreement or “interested persons” of any party thereto, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval. The Sub-Advisory Agreement will terminate automatically in the event of its assignment or in the event of the termination of the Advisory Agreement, and is terminable at any time without penalty by the Board.

 

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For the services provided pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Sub-Adviser receives an annual fee from the Adviser at the following annual rates based on 50% of the advisory fee rate for each Fund:

 

     Sub-Adviser Fee
Rate
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

     0.465

Credit Opportunities Fund

     0.30

Emerging Markets Value

     0.435

Floating Rate Fund

     0.225

International Value

     0.33

Total Return Bond Fund

     0.175

US Value Opportunities Fund

     0.275

6. Investment Transactions:

For the period ended October 31, 2022, the purchases and sales of investment securities other than short-term investments and in-kinds were as follows:

 

 

   U.S. Gov’t      Other      Total  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

 

Purchases

   $      $ 9,382,006      $ 9,382,006  

Sales

            3,057,141        3,057,141  

Credit Opportunities Fund

 

Purchases

            133,071,194        133,071,194  

Sales

            31,275,377        31,275,377  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

 

Purchases

            3,260,956        3,260,956  

Sales

            750,843        750,843  

Floating Rate Fund

 

Purchases

            20,767,975        20,767,975  

Sales

            1,624,192        1,624,192  

International Value Fund

 

Purchases

            12,647,472        12,647,472  

Sales

            5,635,891        5,635,891  

Total Return Bond Fund

 

Purchases

     27,383,189        24,441,641        51,824,830  

Sales

     4,029,678        4,033,935        8,063,613  

US Value Opportunities Fund

 

Purchases

            130,965,749        130,965,749  

Sales

            42,554,534        42,554,534  

7. Federal Tax Information:

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations which may differ from U.S. GAAP. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. These book/tax differences may be temporary or permanent in nature. Certain permanent differences are charged or credited to distributable earnings or paid in capital as appropriate, in the period that the differences arise. For the period ended October 31, 2022, there were no permanent differences credited or charged to Paid-in Capital and Distributable earnings.

 

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The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 were as follows:

 

     Ordinary
Income
     Long-Term
Capital Gain
     Return of
Capital
     Total  

Credit Opportunities Fund

           

2022

   $ 3,544,896      $      $      $ 3,544,896  

Floating Rate Fund

           

2022

     3,068,871                      3,068,871  

Total Return Bond Fund

           

2022

     580,835                      580,835  

As of October 31, 2022, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

 

     Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
     Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital  Gain
     Capital
Loss
Carryforwards
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Other
Temporary
Differences
    Total
Distributable
Earnings
(Accumulated
Losses)
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

   $ 115,421      $      $ (318,291   $ (874,875   $ 3     $ (1,077,742

Credit Opportunities Fund

     441,296               (2,188,057     (11,412,787           (13,159,548

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     55,236               (62,096     (317,751           (324,611

Floating Rate Fund

     690,247               (459,562     (6,999,274     2       (6,768,587

International Value Fund

     159,466               (322,605     (798,042     (849     (962,030

Total Return Bond Fund

     112,930               (109,291     (4,286,289     (1     (4,282,651

US Value Opportunities Fund

     664,338        368,045              7,546,820      

 
    8,579,203  

The Funds have capital losses carried forward as follows:

 

     Short-Term
Loss
     Long-Term
Loss
     Total  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

   $ 261,262      $ 57,029      $ 318,291  

Credit Opportunities Fund

     516,782        1,671,275        2,188,057  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     62,096               62,096  

Floating Rate Fund

     262,896        196,666        459,562  

International Value Fund

     322,605               322,605  

Total Return Bond Fund

     49,686        59,605        109,291  

For Federal income tax purposes, the difference between Federal tax cost and book cost primarily relates to wash sale transactions. The Federal tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation for investments held by Funds at October 31, 2022, were as follows:

 

     Federal
Tax
Cost
     Appreciated
Securities
     Depreciated
Securities
     Net
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

   $ 6,009,492      $ 146,609      $ (1,021,484)      $ (874,875)  

Credit Opportunities Fund

     103,598,267        102,949        (11,515,736)        (11,412,787)  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     2,448,251        90,572        (408,323)        (317,751)  

Floating Rate Fund

     110,651,984        10,619        (7,009,893)        (6,999,274)  

International Value Fund

     6,689,518        169,962        (968,004)        (798,042)  

Total Return Bond Fund

     44,423,621        3,926        (4,290,215)        (4,286,289)  

US Value Opportunities Fund

     88,757,953        14,359,696        (6,812,876)        7,546,820  

 

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8. Concentration of Risks:

As with all mutual funds, there is no guarantee that the Funds will achieve their investment objectives. You could lose money by investing in the Funds. A Fund share is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any government agency. The principal risk factors affecting shareholders’ investments in the Funds are set forth below.

Credit Risk – The risk that the issuer of a security or the counterparty to a contract will default or otherwise become unable to honor a financial obligation.

Interest Rate Risk – As with most funds that invest in fixed income securities, changes in interest rates could affect the value of your investment. Rising interest rates tend to cause the prices of fixed income securities (especially those with longer maturities and lower credit qualities) and the Fund’s share price to fall. Very low or negative interest rates may prevent the Fund from generating positive returns and may increase the risk that if followed by rising interest rates the Fund’s performance will be negatively impacted.

Fixed Income Securities Risk – The prices of the Fund’s fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness of individual issuers, including governments and their agencies. Generally, the Fund’s fixed income securities will decrease in value if interest rates rise and vice versa. In a low interest rate environment, risks associated with rising rates are heightened. Declines in dealer market-making capacity as a result of structural or regulatory changes could decrease liquidity and/or increase volatility in the fixed income markets.

Corporate Fixed Income Securities Risk – The prices of the Fund’s corporate fixed income securities respond to economic developments, particularly interest rate changes, as well as to perceptions about the creditworthiness and business prospects of individual issuers.

Commercial Paper Risk – Commercial paper is a short-term obligation with a maturity generally ranging from one to 270 days and is issued by U.S. or foreign companies or other entities in order to finance their current operations. Such investments are unsecured and usually discounted from their value at maturity. The value of commercial paper may be affected by changes in the credit rating or financial condition of the issuing entities and will tend to fall when interest rates rise and rise when interest rates fall. Asset-backed commercial paper may be issued by structured investment vehicles or other conduits that are organized to issue the commercial paper and to purchase trade receivables or other financial assets. The repayment of asset-backed commercial paper depends primarily on the cash collections received from such an issuer’s underlying asset portfolio and the issuer’s ability to issue new asset-backed commercial paper.

Equity Risk – Since it purchases equity securities, the Fund is subject to the risk that stock prices may fall over short or extended periods of time. Historically, the equity market has moved in cycles, and the value of the Fund’s securities may fluctuate from day to day. Individual companies may report poor results or be negatively affected by industry and/or economic trends and developments. The prices of securities issued by such companies may suffer a decline in response. These factors contribute to price volatility. Common stock is generally subordinate to preferred stock and debt securities with respect to the payment of dividends and upon the liquidation or bankruptcy of the issuing company.

Emerging Markets Securities Risk – The Fund’s investments in emerging markets securities are considered speculative and subject to heightened risks in addition to the general risks of investing in foreign securities. Unlike more established markets, emerging markets may have governments that are less stable, markets that are less liquid and economies that are less developed. In addition, the securities markets of emerging market countries may consist of companies with smaller market capitalizations and may suffer periods of relative illiquidity; significant price volatility; restrictions on foreign investment; and possible restrictions on repatriation of investment income and capital. Furthermore, foreign investors may be required to register the proceeds of sales, and future economic or political crises could lead to price controls, forced mergers, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, seizure, nationalization or creation of government monopolies. Due to the differences in the nature and quality of financial information of issuers of emerging market securities, including auditing and financial reporting standards, financial information and disclosures about such issuers may be unavailable or, if made available, may be considerably less reliable than publicly available information about other foreign securities.

Custody Risk – Custody risk refers to the risks inherent in the process of clearing and settling trades and to the holding of securities, cash and other assets by local banks, agents and depositories. Low trading volumes and volatile prices in less developed markets make trades harder to complete and settle, and governments or trade groups may compel local agents to hold securities in designated depositories that may not be subject to independent evaluation. Communications between the U.S. and emerging market countries may be unreliable, increasing the risk of delayed settlements or losses of security certificates. Practices in relation to the settlement of securities transactions in emerging markets involve higher risks than those in developed markets. In addition, the laws of certain countries may put limits on the Fund’s ability to recover its assets if a foreign bank or depository or issuer of a security or an agent of any of the foregoing goes bankrupt. The Fund would absorb any loss resulting from such custody problems and may have no successful claim for compensation.

 

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Foreign Company Risk – Investing in foreign companies, including direct investments and investments through ADRs, poses additional risks since political and economic events unique to a country or region will affect those markets and their issuers. These risks will not necessarily affect the U.S. economy or similar issuers located in the United States. Securities of foreign companies may not be registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) and foreign companies are generally not subject to the same level of regulatory controls imposed on U.S. issuers and, as a consequence, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign securities than is available about domestic securities. Income from foreign securities owned by the Fund may be reduced by a withholding tax at the source, which tax would reduce income received from the securities comprising the Fund’s portfolio. Foreign securities may also be more difficult to value than securities of U.S. issuers and foreign markets and securities may be less liquid. In addition, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund. In addition, periodic U.S. Government restrictions on investments in issuers from certain foreign countries may require the Fund to sell such investments at inopportune times, which could result in losses to the Fund.

Foreign Currency Risk – Currency risk is the risk that foreign currencies will decline in value relative to the U.S. dollar, in which case the dollar value of the Fund’s investments in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies, would be adversely affected.

Geographic Focus Risk – To the extent that it focuses its investments in a particular country or geographic region, the Fund may be more susceptible to economic, political, regulatory or other events or conditions affecting issuers and countries within that country or geographic region. As a result, the Fund may be subject to greater price volatility and risk of loss than a fund holding more geographically diverse investments.

Risk of Investing in China – The Chinese economy is generally considered an emerging market and can be significantly affected by economic and political conditions and policy in China and surrounding Asian countries. A relatively small number of Chinese companies represents a large portion of China’s total market and thus may be more sensitive to adverse political or economic circumstances and market movements. The economy of China differs, often unfavorably, from the U.S. economy in such respects as structure, general development, government involvement, wealth distribution, rate of inflation, growth rate, allocation of resources and capital reinvestment, among others. Under China’s political and economic system, the central government has historically exercised substantial control over virtually every sector of the Chinese economy through administrative regulation and/or state ownership. In addition, expropriation, including nationalization, confiscatory taxation, political, economic or social instability or other developments could adversely affect and significantly diminish the values of the Chinese companies in which the Fund invests. The Fund may invest in shares of Chinese companies traded on stock markets in China or Hong Kong. These stock markets have recently experienced high levels of volatility, which may continue in the future. The Hong Kong stock market may behave differently from the China stock markets and there may be little to no correlation between the performance of the Hong Kong stock market and the China stock markets.

Stock Connect Investing Risk – Trading through Stock Connect is subject to a number of restrictions that may affect the Fund’s investments and returns. For example, trading through Stock Connect is subject to daily quotas that limit the maximum daily net purchases on any particular day, which may restrict or preclude the Fund’s ability to invest in China A Shares through Stock Connect. In addition, investments made through Stock Connect are subject to trading, clearance and settlement procedures that are relatively untested, which could pose risks to the Fund. Moreover, China A Shares purchased through Stock Connect generally may not be sold, purchased or otherwise transferred other than through Stock Connect in accordance with applicable rules. A primary feature of Stock Connect is the application of the home market’s laws and rules applicable to investors in China A Shares. Therefore, the Fund’s investments in China A Shares purchased through Stock Connect are generally subject to Chinese securities regulations and listing rules, among other restrictions. While overseas investors currently are exempt from paying capital gains or value added taxes on income and gains from investments in China A Shares purchased through Stock Connect, these tax rules could be changed, which could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the Fund. Stock Connect will only operate on days when both the China and Hong Kong markets are open for trading and when banks in both markets are open on the corresponding settlement days. There may be occasions when the Fund may be subject to the risk of price fluctuations of China A Shares during the time when Stock Connect is not trading. Stock Connect is a relatively new program. Further developments are likely and there can be no assurance as to the program’s continued existence or whether future developments regarding the program may restrict or adversely affect the Fund’s investments or returns. In addition, the application and interpretation of the laws and regulations of Hong Kong and China, and the rules, policies or guidelines published or applied by relevant regulators and exchanges in respect of Stock Connect are uncertain, and they may have a detrimental effect on the Fund’s investments and returns.

Large Capitalization Risk – The risk that larger, more established companies may be unable to respond quickly to new competitive challenges such as changes in technology and consumer tastes. Larger companies also may not be able to attain the high growth rates of successful smaller companies.

 

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Small and Medium Capitalization Risk – The risk that small and medium capitalization companies in which the Fund may invest may be more vulnerable to adverse business or economic events than larger, more established companies. In particular, small and medium capitalization companies may have limited product lines, markets and financial resources and may depend upon a relatively small management group. Therefore, small capitalization and medium capitalization stocks may be more volatile than those of larger companies. Small capitalization and medium capitalization stocks may be traded OTC. OTC stocks may trade less frequently and in smaller volume than exchange listed stocks and may have more price volatility than that of exchange-listed stocks.

Depositary Receipts Risk – While ADRs provide an alternative to directly purchasing the underlying foreign securities in their respective national markets and currencies, investments in ADRs continue to be subject to many of the risks associated with investing directly in foreign securities. Investments in ADRs may be less liquid and more volatile than the underlying securities in their primary trading market. If an ADR is denominated in a different currency than its underlying securities, the Fund will be subject to the currency risk of both the investment in the ADR and the underlying security. Holders of ADRs may have limited or no rights to take action with respect to the underlying securities or to compel the issuer of the receipts to take action. The prices of ADRs may differ from the prices of securities upon which they are based. U.S. Government Securities Risk – The Fund’s investment in U.S. government obligations may include securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government, or its agencies or instrumentalities. Payment of principal and interest on U.S. government obligations may be backed by the full faith and credit of the United States or may be backed solely by the issuing or guaranteeing agency or instrumentality itself. There can be no assurance that the U.S. government would provide financial support to its agencies or instrumentalities (including government-sponsored enterprises) where it is not obligated to do so. In addition, U.S. government securities are not guaranteed against price movements due to changing interest rates.

Inflation Protected Securities Risk – The value of inflation protected securities, including TIPS, will generally fluctuate in response to changes in “real” interest rates, generally decreasing when real interest rates rise and increasing when real interest rates fall. Real interest rates represent nominal (or stated) interest rates reduced by the expected impact of inflation. In addition, interest payments on inflation-indexed securities will generally vary up or down along with the rate of inflation.

Municipal Bonds Risk – The Fund could be impacted by events in the municipal securities market. Negative events, such as severe fiscal difficulties, bankruptcy, an economic downturn, unfavorable legislation, court rulings or political developments could adversely affect the ability of municipal issuers to repay principal and to make interest payments.

Bank Loans Risk – Investments in bank loans (through both assignments and participations) are generally subject to the same risks as investments in other types of debt instruments, including, in many cases, investments in high yield bonds. There may be limited public information available regarding bank loans and bank loans may be difficult to value. If the Fund holds a bank loan through another financial institution, or relies on a financial institution to administer the loan, its receipt of principal and interest on the loan may be subject to the credit risk of that financial institution. It is possible that collateral securing a loan, if any, may be insufficient or unavailable to the Fund, and that the Fund’s rights to collateral may be limited by bankruptcy or insolvency laws. In addition, the secondary market for bank loans may be subject to irregular trading activity and wide bid/ask spreads, which may cause the Fund to be unable to realize the full value of its investment in a bank loan. Bank loans may have extended settlement periods that exceed seven days and, accordingly, may be considered illiquid. Purchases and sales of loans in the secondary market generally are subject to contractual restrictions that may delay the Fund’s ability to make timely redemptions.

Bank loans may not be considered “securities,” and purchasers, such as the Fund, therefore may not be entitled to rely on the anti-fraud protections of the federal securities laws.

Mortgage-Backed Securities Risk – Mortgage-backed securities are affected by, among other things, interest rate changes and the possibility of prepayment of the underlying mortgage loans. Mortgage-backed securities are also subject to the risk that underlying borrowers will be unable to meet their obligations.

Asset-Backed Securities Risk – Payment of principal and interest on asset-backed securities is dependent largely on the cash flows generated by the assets backing the securities, and asset-backed securities may not have the benefit of any security interest in the related assets.

Convertible Securities Risk – The value of a convertible security is influenced by changes in interest rates (with investment value declining as interest rates increase and increasing as interest rates decline) and the credit standing of the issuer. The price of a convertible security will also normally vary in some proportion to changes in the price of the underlying common stock because of the conversion or exercise feature.

 

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High Yield Bond Risk – High yield, or “junk,” bonds are debt securities rated below investment grade. High yield bonds are speculative, involve greater risks of default, downgrade, or price declines and are more volatile and tend to be less liquid than investment-grade securities. Companies issuing high yield bonds are less financially strong, are more likely to encounter financial difficulties, and are more vulnerable to adverse market events and negative sentiments than companies with higher credit ratings.

Liquidity Risk – Certain securities may be difficult or impossible to sell at the time and the price that the Fund would like. The Fund may have to accept a lower price to sell a security, sell other securities to raise cash, or give up an investment opportunity, any of which could have a negative effect on Fund management or performance.

Prepayment Risk – The risk that, in a declining interest rate environment, fixed income securities with stated interest rates may have the principal paid earlier than expected, requiring the Fund to invest the proceeds at generally lower interest rates.

Extension Risk – The risk that rising interest rates may extend the duration of a fixed income security, typically reducing the security’s value.

Active Management Risk – The Fund is subject to the risk that the Adviser’s or the Sub-Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value, or potential appreciation of the Fund’s investments may prove to be incorrect. If the investments selected and strategies employed by the Fund fail to produce the intended results, the Fund could underperform in comparison to its benchmark index or other funds with similar objectives and investment strategies.

New Adviser Risk – The Adviser is a newly registered investment adviser and has not previously managed a mutual fund. As a result, there is no long-term track record against which an investor may judge the Adviser and it is possible the Adviser may not achieve the Fund’s intended investment objective.

New Fund Risk – Because the Fund is new, investors in the Fund bear the risk that the Fund may not be successful in implementing its investment strategy, may not employ a successful investment strategy, or may fail to attract sufficient assets under management to realize economies of scale, any of which could result in the Fund being liquidated at any time without shareholder approval and at a time that may not be favorable for all shareholders. Such liquidation could have negative tax consequences for shareholders and will cause shareholders to incur expenses of liquidation.

Market Risk – The prices of and the income generated by the Fund’s securities may decline in response to, among other things, investor sentiment, general economic and market conditions, regional or global instability, and currency and interest rate fluctuations. In addition, the impact of any epidemic, pandemic or natural disaster, or widespread fear that such events may occur, could negatively affect the global economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, the financial performance of individual companies and sectors, and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the prices and liquidity of the securities and other instruments in which the Fund invests, which in turn could negatively impact the Fund’s performance and cause losses on your investment in the Fund. Market risk may affect a single issuer, an industry, a sector or the equity or bond market as a whole.

LIBOR Replacement Risk – The elimination of the London Inter-Bank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) may adversely affect the interest rates on, and value of, certain Fund investments for which the value is tied to LIBOR. The U.K. Financial Conduct Authority has announced that it intends to stop compelling or inducing banks to submit LIBOR rates after 2021. The publication of LIBOR on a representative basis ceased for the one-week and two-month U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately after December 31, 2021 and is expected to cease for the remaining U.S. dollar LIBOR settings immediately after June 30, 2023. Alternatives to LIBOR are established or in development in most major currencies, including the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (“SOFR”), which is intended to replace U.S. dollar LIBOR. Markets are slowly developing in response to these new rates. Questions around liquidity impacted by these rates, and how to appropriately adjust these rates at the time of transition, remain a concern for the Fund. Accordingly, it is difficult to predict the full impact of the transition away from LIBOR on the Fund until new reference rates and fallbacks for both legacy and new products, instruments and contracts are commercially accepted.

Management/Systematic or Quantitative Process Risk – The value of the Fund may decline if the Adviser’s or the Sub-Adviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, relative value or potential appreciation of a particular security or strategy prove to be incorrect. Because the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser each relies, in part, on a systematic, quantitative screening process in selecting securities for the Fund, the Fund is subject to the additional risk that the Adviser’s or the Sub-Adviser’s judgments regarding the investment criteria underlying the screening process may prove to be incorrect.

 

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The foregoing is not intended to be a complete discussion of the risks associated with investing in the Funds. A more complete description of risks associated with the Funds is included in the prospectus and statement of additional information.

9. In-Kind Transactions:

The Funds received contributions in-kind of investment securities in connection to the reorganization on April 12, 2022. The securities were received in a tax-free transaction at their current fair value including unrealized appreciation/(deprecation) on the date of the transactions. The Funds made an accounting policy election to carryforward the historical cost basis of the securities transferred given the tax-free nature of the transaction. As a result of this contribution, the following units of the Funds were issued for assets valued at:

 

Fund Name

   Transaction
Date
     Shares
Issued
     Securities at
Value
     Cash      Income
Receivable
     Other     Total      Unrealized
Appreciation
/(Depreciation)
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

     4/12/2022        572,284      $ 3,609,032      $ 2,127,409      $ 19,404        $(33,025)     $ 5,722,820      $ 133,748  

Credit Opportunities Fund

     4/12/2022        12,695,339        124,487,417        949,695        1,516,281        (3,842     126,949,551        (1,119,326

Floating Rate Fund

     4/12/2022        11,905,925        124,067,612        5,066,323        519,534        (10,589,673     119,063,796        (424,804

Total Return Bond Fund

     4/12/2022        4,278,912        41,963,009        421,387        194,833        209,401       42,788,630        (169,143

US Value Opportunities Fund

     4/12/2022        10,488,203        101,862,969        2,767,933        251,127        10       104,882,039        13,319,039  

10. Concentration of Shareholders:

At October 31, 2022, the percentage of total shares outstanding held by shareholders for each Fund, which are comprised of individual shareholders and omnibus accounts that are held on behalf of various individual shareholders was as follows:

 

     No. of
Shareholders I
Shares
     % Ownership     No, of
Shareholders Y
Shares
   % Ownership  

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

     4        95         

Credit Opportunities Fund

     3        54         

Emerging Markets Value Fund

     2        100   1      100

Floating Rate Fund

     3        89         

International Value Fund

     3        100   1      100

Total Return Bond Fund

     6        83         

US Value Opportunities Fund

     5        88         

11. Indemnifications:

In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Funds and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.

12. Subsequent Events:

The Funds have evaluated the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no additional disclosures and/or adjustments were required to the financial statements as of October 31, 2022.

 

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  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Trustees of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III

and the Shareholders of the Funds:

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund, Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund, Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund, Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund, Barrow Hanley International Value Fund, Barrow Hanley Total Return Bond Fund, and Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund (seven of the funds comprising the The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III (the Funds)), including the schedules of investments, as of October 31, 2022, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets for the periods listed in Appendix A, and the related notes (collectively, the financial statements) and the financial highlights for the periods then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of October 31, 2022, the results of their operations for the period then ended, the changes in their net assets for the period then ended, and the financial highlights for the period presented therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of October 31, 2022, by correspondence with custodians, transfer agents, agent banks and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

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We have served as the auditor of one or more The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III investment companies since 2021.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

December 29, 2022

 

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Appendix A

Barrow Hanley Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from April 12, 2022 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

Barrow Hanley Credit Opportunities Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from April 12, 2022 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

Barrow Hanley Emerging Markets Value Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from December 29, 2021 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

Barrow Hanley Floating Rate Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from April 12, 2022 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

Barrow Hanley International Value Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from December 29, 2021 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

Barrow Hanley Total Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from April 12, 2022 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

Barrow Hanley US Value Opportunities Fund

Statements of operations and changes in net assets and financial highlights for the period from April 12, 2022 (commencement of operations) through October 31, 2022

 

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DISCLOSURE OF FUND EXPENSES (Unaudited)

 

All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a mutual fund, your investment is affected by these ongoing costs, which include (among others) costs for Fund management, administrative services, and shareholder reports like this one. It is important for you to understand the impact of these costs on your investment returns.

Operating expenses such as these are deducted from the mutual fund’s gross income and directly reduce your final investment return. These expenses are expressed as a percentage of the mutual fund’s average net assets; this percentage is known as the mutual fund’s expense ratio.

The following examples use the expense ratio and are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period from May 1, 2022 to October 31, 2022.

The table on the next page illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways:

Actual Fund Return. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers that your Fund incurred over the period. The “Expenses Paid During Period” column shows the actual dollar expense cost incurred by a $1,000 investment in the Fund, and the “Ending Account Value” number is derived from deducting that expense cost from the Fund’s gross investment return.

You can use this information, together with the actual amount you invested in the Fund, to estimate the expenses you paid over that period. Simply divide your ending starting account value by $1,000 to arrive at a ratio (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply that ratio by the number shown for your Fund under “Expenses Paid During Period.”

Hypothetical 5% Return. This section helps you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had an annual 5% return before expenses during the year, but that the expense ratio (Column 3) for the period is unchanged. This example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to make this 5% calculation. You can assess your Fund’s comparative cost by comparing the hypothetical result for your Fund in the “Expenses Paid During Period” column with those that appear in the same charts in the shareholder reports for other mutual funds.

Note: Because the return is set at 5% for comparison purposes — NOT your Fund’s actual return — the account values shown may not apply to your specific investment.

 

     

Beginning

Account

Value

5/1/22

    

Ending

Account

Value

10/31/22

    

Annualized

Expense

Ratios

   

Expenses

Paid During

Period*

 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $     1,000.00      $         804.20        1.05   $ 4.77  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,019.91        1.05   $ 5.35  

Credit Opportunities Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 946 .00        0.78   $ 3.83  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.27        0.78   $ 3.97  

Emerging Markets Value Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $         1,000.00      $         848.70        0.99   $ 4.61  

Y Shares

     1,000 .00        848 .50        1.14     5.31  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.21        0.99   $ 5.04  

Y Shares

     1,000 .00        1,019 .46        1.14     5.80  

 

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Beginning

Account

Value

5/1/22

    

Ending

Account

Value

10/31/22

    

Annualized

Expense

Ratios

   

Expenses

Paid During

Period*

 

Floating Rate Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 974.80        0.60   $ 2.99  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,022.18        0.60   $ 3.06  

International Value Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 869 .30        0.86   $ 4.05  

Y Shares

     1,000 .00        868 .30        1.01     4.76  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,020.87        0.86   $ 4.38  

Y Shares

     1,000 .00        1,020 .11        1.01     5.14  

Total Return Bond Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 929 .20        0.35   $ 1.70  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,023.44        0.35   $ 1.79  

US Value Opportunities Fund

 

Actual Fund Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 988 .60        0.71   $ 3.56  

Hypothetical 5% Return

 

I Shares

   $ 1,000.00      $ 1,021.63        0.71   $ 3.62  

* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/365 (to reflect the one-half year period).

 

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  TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS OF THE ADVISORS’ INNER CIRCLE FUND III (Unaudited)

 

Set forth below are the names, years of birth, positions with the Trust, length of term of office, and the principal occupations for the last five years of each of the persons currently serving as Trustees and Officers of the Trust. Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each Trustee is SEI Investments Company, One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456. Trustees who are deemed not to be “interested persons” of the Trust are referred to as “Independent Board Members.” Mr. Doran is a Trustee who may be deemed to be “interested” person of the Trust as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Trust’s Distributor. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”) includes additional information about the Trustees and Officers. The SAI may be obtained without charge by calling 1-866-778-6397. The following chart lists Trustees and Officers as of October 31, 2022.

 

Name and

Year of Birth

 

Position with Trust

and Length of Time

Served1

  

Principal Occupations

in the Past Five Years

  

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years2

INTERESTED TRUSTEES3,4     

 

    

 

William M. Doran

(Born: 1940)

 

Chairman of the

Board of Trustees

(since 2014)

  

Self-Employed Consultant since 2003. Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) from 1976 to 2003. Counsel to the Trust, SEI Investments, SIMC, the Administrator and the Distributor. Secretary of SEI Investments since 1978.

  

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Insurance Products Trust and SEI Catholic Values Trust. Director of SEI Investments, SEI Investments (Europe), Limited, SEI Investments—Global Funds Services, Limited, SEI Investments Global, Limited, SEI Investments (Asia), Limited, SEI Global Nominee Ltd., SEI Investments – Unit Trust Management (UK) Limited and SEI Investments Co. Director of the Distributor.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Trustee of The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, Bishop Street Funds, The KP Funds and Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES3     

 

    

 

Jon C. Hunt

(Born: 1951)

 

Trustee and Lead

Independent

Trustee

(since 2014)

  

Retired since 2013. Consultant to Management, Convergent Capital Management, LLC (“CCM”) from 2012 to 2013. Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer, CCM from 1998 to 2012.

  

Current Directorships: Trustee of City National Rochdale Funds, Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund and Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

 

1

Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

2

Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 Act.

3

Trustees oversee 65 funds in The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III.

4

Denotes Trustees who may be deemed to be “interested” persons of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of their affiliation with the Distributor and/or its affiliates.

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

 

Position with Trust

and Length of Time

Served1

  

Principal Occupations

in the Past Five Years

  

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years2

INDEPENDENT

TRUSTEES (continued)3

    

Thomas P. Lemke

(Born: 1954)

 

Trustee

(since 2014)

  

Retired since 2013. Executive Vice President and General Counsel, Legg Mason, Inc. from 2005 to 2013.

  

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund, J.P. Morgan Funds (171 Portfolios) and Symmetry Panoramic Trust (16 Portfolios). Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust and AXA Premier VIP Trust to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

Nichelle Maynard-Elliott

(Born: 1968)

 

Trustee

(since 2021)

  

Independent Director since 2018. Executive Director, M&A at Praxair Inc. from 2011-2019.

  

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd. Director of Element Solutions Inc., Director of Xerox Holdings Corporation, and Director of Lucid Group, Inc.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

Jay C. Nadel

(Born: 1958)

 

Trustee

(since 2016)

  

Self-Employed Consultant since 2004. Executive Vice President, Bank of New York Broker Dealer from 2002 to 2004. Partner/Managing Director, Weiss Peck & Greer/Robeco from 1986 to 2001.

  

Current Directorships: Chairman of the Board of Trustees of City National Rochdale Funds. Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund and Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Director of Lapolla Industries, Inc. to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

Randall S. Yanker

(Born: 1960)

 

Trustee

(since 2014)

  

Co-Founder and Senior Partner, Alternative Asset Managers, L.P. since 2004.

  

Current Directorships: Trustee of Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund and Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund. Independent Non-Executive Director of HFA Holdings Limited. Director of Chiron Capital Allocation Fund Ltd.

 

Former Directorships: Trustee of Winton Series Trust to 2017. Trustee of Winton Diversified Opportunities Fund (closed-end investment company) to 2018. Trustee of Schroder Global Series Trust to 2021. Trustee of Schroder Series Trust to 2022.

 

1

Each Trustee shall hold office during the lifetime of this Trust until the election and qualification of his or her successor, or until he or she sooner dies, resigns, or is removed in accordance with the Trust’s Declaration of Trust.

2

Directorships of Companies required to report to the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (i.e., “public companies”) or other investment companies under the 1940 Act.

3

Trustees oversee 65 funds in The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III.

 

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Name and

Year of Birth

 

Position(s) with Trust

and Length of Time

Served

  

Principal Occupations

in the Past Five Years

  

Other Directorships

Held in the Past Five Years

OFFICERS     

Michael Beattie

(Born: 1965)

 

President

(since 2014)

  

Director of Client Service, SEI Investments Company, since 2004.

   None.

James Bernstein

(Born: 1962)

 

Vice President

(since 2017)

Secretary

(since 2020)

  

Attorney, SEI Investments, since 2017.

 

Prior Positions: Self-employed consultant, 2017. Associate General Counsel & Vice President, Nationwide Funds Group and Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, from 2002 to 2016. Assistant General Counsel & Vice President, Market Street Funds and Provident Mutual Insurance Company, from 1999 to 2002.

   None.

John Bourgeois

(Born: 1973)

 

Assistant Treasurer

(since 2017)

  

Fund Accounting Manager, SEI Investments, since 2000.

   None.

Eric C. Griffith

(Born: 1969)

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

(since 2020)

  

Counsel at SEI Investments since 2019. Vice President and Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase & Co., from 2012 to 2018.

   None.

Matthew M. Maher

(Born: 1975)

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

(since 2018)

  

Counsel at SEI Investments since 2018. Attorney, Blank Rome LLP, from 2015 to 2018. Assistant Counsel & Vice President, Bank of New York Mellon, from 2013 to 2014. Attorney, Dilworth Paxson LLP, from 2006 to 2013.

   None.

Andrew Metzger

(Born: 1980)

 

Treasurer, Controller

and

Chief Financial Officer

(since 2021)

  

Director of Fund Accounting, SEI Investments, since 2020. Senior Director, Embark, from 2019 to 2020. Senior Manager, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, from 2002 to 2019.

   None.

Robert Morrow

(Born: 1968)

 

Vice President

(since 2017)

  

Account Manager, SEI Investments, since 2007.

   None.

Stephen F. Panner

(Born: 1970)

 

Chief Compliance Officer

(since 2022)

  

Chief Compliance Officer of SEI Asset Allocation Trust, SEI Daily Income Trust, SEI Institutional Investments Trust, SEI Institutional International Trust, SEI Institutional Managed Trust, SEI Tax Exempt Trust, Adviser Managed Trust, New Covenant Funds, SEI Catholic Values Trust, SEI Exchange Traded Funds, SEI Structured Credit Fund LP, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund II, The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III, Bishop Street Funds, Frost Family of Funds, Gallery Trust, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Master Fund, Delaware Wilshire Private Markets Tender Fund and Catholic Responsible Investments Funds since September 2022. Fund Compliance Officer of SEI Investments Company from February 2011 to September 2022. Fund Accounting Director and CFO and Controller for the SEI Funds from July 2005 to February 2011.

   None.

Alexander F. Smith

(Born: 1977)

 

Vice President and Assistant Secretary

(since 2020)

  

Counsel at SEI Investments since 2020. Associate Counsel & Manager, Vanguard, 2012 to 2020. Attorney, Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP, 2008 to 2012.

   None.

Bridget E. Sudall

(Born: 1980)

 

Privacy Officer

(from 2015 – June 2022 and since November 2022)

 

Anti-Money
Laundering Officer

(from 2015 – June 2022 and since November 2022)

  

Senior Associate and AML Officer, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, from 2011 to 2015. Investor Services Team Lead, Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners, from 2007 to 2011.

   None.

 

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  October 31, 2022

 

 

 

 NOTICE TO SHAREHOLDERS (Unaudited)

 

For shareholders that do not have an October 31, 2022 tax year end, this notice is for informational purposes only. For shareholders with an October 31, 2022 tax year end, please consult your tax advisor as to the pertinence of this notice. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022, the Funds are designating the following items with regard to distributions paid during the period.

 

    Return
of

Capital
    Long Term
Capital Gain
Distribution
    Ordinary
Income
Distributions
    Total
Distributions
    Dividends
Qualifying
for

Corporate
Dividend

Receivable
Deduction(1)
    Qualifying
Dividend
Income(2)
    U.S.
Government
Interest(3)
    Interest
Related
Dividends(4)
    Qualified
Short

Term
Capital

Gain(5)
    Foreign
Tax
Credit(6)
    Qualifying
Business
Income(7)
 

Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     0.00     46.68     0.00     0.47     0.00     100.00     0.00

Credit Opportunities Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     11.80     11.80     0.00     82.05     0.00     0.00     0.00

Emerging Markets Value Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     0.00     75.03     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.56     0.00

Floating Rate Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     100.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

International Value Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     0.00     85.60     0.00     0.76     0.00     100.00     0.00

Total Return Bond Fund

    0.00     0.00     100.00     100.00     0.00     0.00     18.17     100.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

US Value Opportunities Fund

    0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00     0.00

 

(1)

Qualifying dividends represent dividends which qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary Income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions).

 

(2)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Dividend Income” as created by the Jobs and Growth Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 and is reflected as a percentage of ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). It is the intention of each of the aforementioned funds to designate the maximum amount permitted by law.

 

(3)

“U.S. Government Interest represents the amount of interest that was derived from U.S. Government obligations and distributed during the fiscal year. This amount is reflected as a percentage of total ordinary income distributions (the total of short term capital gain and net investment income distributions). Generally, interest from direct U.S. Government obligations is exempt from state income tax. However, for shareholders who are residents of California, Connecticut and New York, the statutory threshold requirements were not satisfied to permit exemption of these amounts from state income.

 

(4)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Interest Related Dividends” and is a percentage of ordinary income distributions. Interest related dividends are exempted from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

(5)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Short-Term Capital Gain” as created by the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004 and is reflected as a percentage of short-term capital gain distributions that is exempt from U.S. withholding tax when paid to foreign investors.

 

(6)

The percentage in this column represents the amount of “Qualifying Foreign Taxes” as a percentage of ordinary distributions during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022. The Fund intends to pass through a Foreign Tax Credit to shareholders for fiscal year ended 2022. The total amount of foreign source income for the Concentrated Emerging ESG Opportunities Fund is $123,148. The total amount of foreign tax paid for the Concentrated Emerging Markets ESG Opportunities Fund is $11,790. The total amount of foreign source income for the Emerging Markets Value Fund $63,925. The total amount of foreign tax paid for the Emerging Markets Value Fund is $6,325. The total amount of foreign source income for the International Value Fund $158,142. The total amount of foreign tax paid for the International Value Fund is $13,335.

 

(7)

The percentage of this column represents that amount of ordinary dividend income that qualified for 20% Business Income Deduction.

The information reported herein may differ from the information and distributions taxable to the shareholders for the calendar year ending December 31, 2022. Complete information will be computed and reported in conjunction with your 2022 Form 1099-DIV.

 

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Perpetual Funds

PO Box 588

Portland, ME 04112

866-778-6397

Investment Adviser:

Perpetual US Services LLC, doing business as PGIA

155 North Wacker Drive, Suite 4250

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Sub-Adviser

Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC

2200 Ross Avenue, 31st Floor

Dallas, TX 75201

Administrator:

SEI Investments Global Funds Services

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Distributor:

SEI Investments Distribution Co.

One Freedom Valley Drive

Oaks, PA 19456

Legal Counsel:

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1701 Market Street

Philadelphia, PA 19103

This information must be preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus for the Funds described.

PBH-AR-001-0100


Item 2.

Code of Ethics.

The Registrant (also referred to as the “Trust”) has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, controller or principal accounting officer, and any person who performs a similar function. There have been no amendments to or waivers granted to this code of ethics during the period covered by this report.

 

Item 3.

Audit Committee Financial Expert.

(a)(1) The Registrant’s board of trustees has determined that the Registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on the audit committee.

(a)(2) The Registrant’s audit committee financial experts are Thomas P. Lemke and Jay Nadel, and each of Mr. Lemke and Mr. Nadel is “independent” as that term is defined in Form N-CSR Item 3 (a)(2).

 

Item 4.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) relate to The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III (the “Trust”).

PwC billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     2022     2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
    All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
did not
require
pre-approval
    All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 682,615       None        None     $ 730,515        None      $ 11,990  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None       None        None     $ 4,000        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees    $ 88,500 (4)      None      $ 126,709 (2)      None        None      $ 90,000 (2) 

(d)

   All Other Fees      None       None      $ 5,301       None        None      $ 1,473  


Fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP (“E&Y”) relate to the Trust

E&Y billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows:

 

     2022      2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 131,900        None        None      $ 128,050        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

Fees billed by Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”) relate to the Trust

D&T billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows

 

     2022      2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
     All fees and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 30,050        None        None      $ 26,800        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None        None        None        None        None  


Fees billed by KPMG (“KPMG”) relate to the Trust

KPMG billed the Trust aggregate fees for services rendered to the Trust for the last two fiscal years as follows

 

     2022     2021  
          All fees
and
services to
the Trust
that were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates
that did not
require
pre-approval
    All fees and
services to
the Trust that
were
pre-approved
     All fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
were
pre-approved
     All other
fees and
services to
service
affiliates that
did not
require
pre-approval
 

(a)

   Audit Fees(1)    $ 322,500        None        None     $ 25,000        None        None  

(b)

   Audit-Related Fees      None        None        None       None        None        None  

(c)

   Tax Fees      None        None        None       None        None        None  

(d)

   All Other Fees      None        None      $ 218,015 (3)      None        None      $ 206,957 (3) 

Notes:

 

  (1)

Audit fees include amounts related to the audit of the Trust’s annual financial statements and services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings.

  (2)

Tax return preparation fees for affiliates of the Funds.

  (3)

Non-audit fees consist of SSAE No. 18 report over investment management activities and non-statutory audit reports of Legal & General Investment Management America, Inc.

  (4)

Fees in connection with international withholding tax analysis.

(e)(1) The Trust’s Audit Committee has adopted and the Board of Trustees has ratified an Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy (the “Policy”), which sets forth the procedures and the conditions pursuant to which services proposed to be performed by the independent auditor of the Funds may be pre-approved.

The Policy provides that all requests or applications for proposed services to be provided by the independent auditor must be submitted to the Registrant’s Chief Financial Officer (“CFO”) and must include a detailed description of the services proposed to be rendered. The CFO will determine whether such services:

(1) require specific pre-approval;

(2) are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee pursuant to the Policy; or


(3) have been previously pre-approved in connection with the independent auditor’s annual engagement letter for the applicable year or otherwise. In any instance where services require pre-approval, the Audit Committee will consider whether such services are consistent with SEC’s rules and whether the provision of such services would impair the auditor’s independence.

Requests or applications to provide services that require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by the CFO. The Audit Committee will be informed by the CFO on a quarterly basis of all services rendered by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee has delegated specific pre-approval authority to either the Audit Committee Chair or financial expert, provided that the estimated fee for any such proposed pre-approved service does not exceed $100,000 and any pre-approval decisions are reported to the Audit Committee at its next regularly-scheduled meeting.

Services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee are identified and described in the Policy. In addition, the Policy sets forth a maximum fee per engagement with respect to each identified service that has received general pre-approval.

All services to be provided by the independent auditor shall be provided pursuant to a signed written engagement letter with the Registrant, the investment adviser, or applicable control affiliate (except that matters as to which an engagement letter would be impractical because of timing issues or because the matter is small may not be the subject of an engagement letter) that sets forth both the services to be provided by the independent auditor and the total fees to be paid to the independent auditor for those services.

In addition, the Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet the Audit Committee’s responsibility to oversee the work of the independent auditor and to assure the auditor’s independence from the Registrant, such as (a) reviewing a formal written statement from the independent auditor delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Registrant, and (b) discussing with the independent auditor the independent auditor’s methods and procedures for ensuring independence.

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (PwC):

 

     2022    2021

Audit-Related Fees

   None    None

Tax Fees

   None    None

All Other Fees

   None    None

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (E&Y):

 

     2022    2021

Audit-Related Fees

   None    None

Tax Fees

   None    None

All Other Fees

   None    None


(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (D&T):

 

     2022    2021

Audit-Related Fees

   None    None

Tax Fees

   None    None

All Other Fees

   None    None

(e)(2) Percentage of fees billed applicable to non-audit services pursuant to waiver of pre-approval requirement were as follows (KPMG):

 

     2022    2021

Audit-Related Fees

   None    None

Tax Fees

   None    None

All Other Fees

   None    None

(f) Not applicable.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by PwC for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $132,010 and $91,473 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by E&Y for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $0 and $0 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by D&T for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $0 and $0 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees and services billed by KPMG for services rendered to the Registrant, and rendered to the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the last two fiscal-years-ended October 31st were $218,015 and $206,957 for 2022 and 2021, respectively.

(h) During the past fiscal year, all non-audit services provided by the Registrant’s principal accountant to either the Registrant’s investment adviser or to any entity controlling, controlled by,


or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant were pre-approved by the Audit Committee of Registrant’s Board of Trustees. Included in the Audit Committee’s pre-approval of these non-audit service were the review and consideration as to whether the provision of these non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

(i) Not applicable. The Registrant has not retained, for the preparation of the audit report on the financial statements included in the Form N-CSR, a registered public accounting firm that has a branch or office that is located in a foreign jurisdiction and that the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (the “PCAOB”) has determined that the PCAOB is unable to inspect or investigate completely because of a position taken by an authority in the foreign jurisdiction.

(j) Not applicable. The Registrant is not a “foreign issuer,” as defined in 17 CFR 240.3b-4.

 

Item 5.

Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 6.

Schedule of Investments.

Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

Item 7.

Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 8.

Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 9.

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

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Item 10.

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.

 

Item 11.

Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(c)), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(b)) and Rule 13a-15(b) or Rule 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act, as amended (17 CFR § 240.13a-15(b) or § 240.15d-15(b)).

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.3a-3(d)) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12.

Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.

 

Items 13.

Exhibits.

(a)(1) A copy of the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, as required by Item 2 of this Form, accompanies this filing as an exhibit.

(a)(2) A separate certification for the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer of the Registrant, as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(a)), is filed herewith.

(b) Officer certifications, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-2(b)), also accompany this filing as an exhibit.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

(Registrant)       The Advisors’ Inner Circle Fund III
By (Signature and Title)      
     

/s/ Michael Beattie

      Michael Beattie, President
Date: January 6, 2023      

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By (Signature and Title)      

/s/ Michael Beattie

      Michael Beattie, President
Date: January 6, 2023      

 

By (Signature and Title)      

/s/ Andrew Metzger

      Andrew Metzger,
      Treasurer, Controller, and CFO
Date: January 6, 2023