0001193125-20-240057.txt : 20200904 0001193125-20-240057.hdr.sgml : 20200904 20200904154902 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-20-240057 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: N-CSRS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20200630 FILED AS OF DATE: 20200904 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20200904 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20200904 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Weiss Strategic Interval Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001717976 IRS NUMBER: 822853585 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: N-CSRS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-23298 FILM NUMBER: 201161860 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 320 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 20TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 BUSINESS PHONE: 2124154500 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 320 PARK AVENUE STREET 2: 20TH FLOOR CITY: NEW YORK STATE: NY ZIP: 10022 N-CSRS 1 d811557dncsrs.htm WEISS STRATEGIC INTERVAL FUND Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

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: 811-23298

WEISS STRATEGIC INTERVAL FUND

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

320 PARK AVENUE, 20TH FLOOR

NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10022

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Jeffrey Dillabough, Esq.

Secretary

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

320 Park Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, New York 10022

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (212) 415-4500

Date of fiscal year end: December 31st

Date of reporting period: June 30, 2020


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 


 

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

Semi-Annual Report

June 30, 2020

(unaudited)


Table of Contents

 

Investments Composition

   1

Schedule of Investments

   4

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

   28

Statement of Operations

   29

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

   30

Statement of Cash Flows

   31

Financial Highlights

   32

Notes to Financial Statements

   33

Other Information

   43


Investments Composition

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

  Top Ten Holdings as of June 30, 2020*

 

  Description    % of Net Assets

Amazon.com, Inc.

     12.1%  

IAC/interactivecorp

     9.7%  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

     9.6%  

Evergy, Inc.

     9.4%  

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     9.3%  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.

     8.7%  

Microsoft Corp.

     8.2%  

VICI Properties, Inc.

     7.9%  

QIAGEN N.V.

     7.1%  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF

     6.6%  

TOTAL

     88.6%  
*

The ten largest holdings are subject to change, and there are no guarantees the Fund will continue to remain invested in any particular company.

 

 

  Country    Securities Held Long
% of Net Assets
    Securities Sold Short
% of Net Assets
 

United States

     536.5     (485.8 )% 

Netherlands

     16.3     (0.1 )% 

Ireland

     4.4     (8.3 )% 

Luxembourg

     4.3     (0.3 )% 

Canada

     3.7     (1.4 )% 

Cayman Islands

     3.1     (0.4 )% 

Bermuda

     2.5     (0.8 )% 

Britain

     2.3     (7.1 )% 

Israel

     0.4     (4.1 )% 

Panama

     0.3    

British Virgin

     0.3     (0.0 )%* 

Marshall Island

     0.2     (0.2 )% 

Finland

     0.2    

Sweden

     0.1    

Denmark

     0.1    

Germany

     0.1     (6.0 )% 

Belgium

         (3.8 )% 

Switzerland

         (2.0 )% 

Jersey

         (2.0 )% 

Curacao

         (0.7 )% 

Liberia

         (0.1 )% 

Mexico

         (0.0 )%* 

TOTAL

     574.8     (523.1 )% 

* Rounds to (0.0)%.

    

 

1


Investments Composition

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

  Sector    Securities Held Long
% of Net Assets
    Securities Sold Short
% of Net Assets
 

Real Estate Investment Trusts

     73.8     (66.3 )% 

Software

     47.2     (27.3 )% 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     39.0     (31.6 )% 

Road & Rail

     32.2     (13.2 )% 

Electric Utilities

     32.1     (16.2 )% 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     27.7     (5.7 )% 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     17.2     (9.4 )% 

Interactive Media & Services

     16.4     (20.0 )% 

Machinery

     16.3     (13.1 )% 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     15.6     (9.5 )% 

Exchange-Traded Funds

     14.9     (122.1 )% 

IT Services

     14.0     (6.5 )% 

Metals & Mining

     13.5    

Electrical Equipment

     12.3     (4.1 )% 

Food Products

     11.7     (12.9 )% 

Capital Markets

     10.2     (6.1 )% 

Food & Staples Retailing

     9.7     (6.7 )% 

Multi-Utilities

     9.7     (10.9 )% 

Specialty Retail

     9.6     (6.8 )% 

Diversified Financial Services

     8.5    

Pharmaceuticals

     8.4     (3.7 )% 

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     7.3     (1.9 )% 

Air Freight & Logistics

     7.1     (5.2 )% 

Household Durables

     7.0     (2.8 )% 

Trading Companies & Distributors

     6.7     (3.0 )% 

Chemicals

     6.6     (5.5 )% 

Commercial Services & Supplies

     6.2     (2.6 )% 

Automobiles

     6.0     (1.0 )% 

Entertainment

     5.6     (9.0 )% 

Biotechnology

     5.4     (5.8 )% 

Construction & Engineering

     5.2     (0.3 )% 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     5.2     (2.1 )% 

Media

     5.1     (14.5 )% 

Household Products

     4.9     (4.0 )% 

Health Care Providers & Services

     4.8     (5.5 )% 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     4.8     (4.9 )% 

Communications Equipment

     4.7     (2.4 )% 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     4.4     (6.0 )% 

Building Products

     4.0     (3.6 )% 

Leisure Products

     3.5     (1.1 )% 

Diversified Consumer Services

     3.2     (0.3 )% 

Insurance

     3.2     (3.3 )% 

Airlines

     2.5     (2.2 )% 

Auto Components

     2.4     (1.2 )% 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

     2.2    

Health Care Technology

     2.1     (3.8 )% 

Containers & Packaging

     1.8     (1.8 )% 

Aerospace & Defense

     1.6     (1.9 )% 

Beverages

     1.6     (6.7 )% 

Multiline Retail

     1.6     (3.0 )% 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     1.5     (4.2 )% 

Energy Equipment & Services

     1.5     (4.7 )% 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     1.4    

Water Utilities

     1.2    

Banks

     0.8     (0.1 )% 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     0.7     (0.2 )% 

Construction Materials

     0.5     (0.9 )% 

Industrial Conglomerates

     0.4     (8.8 )% 

Gas Utilities

     0.1     (0.8 )% 

Marine

     0.0 %*      (0.2 )% 

Consumer Finance

         (2.5 )% 

Personal Products

         (1.5 )% 

Professional Services

         (0.9 )% 

Paper & Forest Products

         (0.7 )% 

 

2


Investments Composition

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance

         (0.1 )% 

Real Estate Management & Development

         (0.0 )%* 

TOTAL

     574.8                                  (523.1 )% 

* Rounds to 0.0% or (0.0)%.

 

 

3


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Long Investments 574.8%

 

Common Stocks 559.9%

 

Aerospace & Defense 1.6%

 

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc.(1),(2)

     56,231        $ 878,890  

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.(2)

     1,865          316,435  

Northrop Grumman Corp.(2)

     1,032          317,278  

TransDigm Group, Inc.(1)

     439          194,060  

Virgin Galactic Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     31,135          508,746  
       

 

 

 

                   2,215,409  
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics 7.1%

 

FedEx Corp.(2)

     24,354          3,414,918  

Hub Group, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     29,599          1,416,608  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

     15,220          1,692,160  

XPO Logistics, Inc.(1),(2)

     40,220          3,106,995  
       

 

 

 

       9,630,681  
       

 

 

 

Airlines 2.5%

 

Alaska Air Group, Inc.(2)

     15,679          568,521  

Allegiant Travel Co.

     899          98,180  

Copa Holdings S.A., Class A(3)

     9,143          462,270  

Southwest Airlines Co.(2)

     54,864          1,875,251  

Spirit Airlines, Inc.(1),(2)

     17,990          320,222  
       

 

 

 

       3,324,444  
       

 

 

 

Auto Components 2.4%

 

BorgWarner, Inc.(2)

     54,056          1,908,177  

Magna International, Inc.(2),(3)

     8,992          400,414  

Visteon Corp.(1)

     13,054          894,199  
       

 

 

 

       3,202,790  
       

 

 

 

Automobiles 6.0%

 

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.(2),(3)

     42,108          431,186  

General Motors Co.(2)

     187,564          4,745,369  

Tesla, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,697          2,912,247  

Winnebago Industries, Inc.(2)

     1,285          85,607  
       

 

 

 

       8,174,409  
       

 

 

 

Banks 0.8%

 

Bank of America Corp.(2)

     19,417          461,154  

Citigroup, Inc.(2)

     10,723          547,945  
       

 

 

 

       1,009,099      
       

 

 

 

Beverages 1.6%

 

Coca-Cola European Partners PLC(2),(3)

     33,397          1,261,071  

Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A

     2,829          494,933  

PepsiCo, Inc.

     3,462          457,884  
       

 

 

 

       2,213,888  
       

 

 

 

Biotechnology 5.4%

 

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,133          103,387  

Acceleron Pharma, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,524          240,461  

Akouos, Inc.(1)

     4,709          105,953  

Alder Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.

     6,157          5,233  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,554          174,421  

Applied Genetic Technologies Corp.(1)

     785          4,349  

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     2,061          129,740  

Argenx SE, ADR(1),(2),(3)

     85          19,145  

Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     1,202          51,914  

Ascendis Pharma A/S, ADR(1),(2),(3)

     1,181          174,670  

BELLUS Health, Inc.(1),(2),(3)

     22          226  

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd.(1),(3)

     1,058          77,350  

BioNTech SE, ADR(1),(2),(3)

     1,808          120,666  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

4


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Biotechnology

Dynavax Technologies Corp.(1),(2)

     3,659          32,455  

Eiger BioPharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     11,357          109,027  

Epizyme, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,009          32,265  

Esperion Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     1,799          92,307  

Exact Sciences Corp.(1),(2)

     131          11,389  

Exelixis, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,998          71,173  

Fate Therapeutics, Inc.(1),(2)

     4,310          147,876  

Fennec Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1),(3)

     1          8  

FibroGen, Inc.(1)

     146          5,926  

Galera Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     1,283          9,161  

Global Blood Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     1,562          98,609  

Immunomedics, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,561          90,762  

Insmed, Inc.(1)

     6,786          186,886  

Intercept Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     52          2,491  

Iovance Biotherapeutics, Inc.(1),(2)

     9,868          270,877  

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     274          4,932  

Legend Biotech Corp., ADR(1),(2),(3)

     485          20,642  

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     968          110,517  

Molecular Templates, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,284          17,706  

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     768          27,594  

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     2,214          1,380,761  

Rigel Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1)

     1          2  

Seattle Genetics, Inc.(1),(2)

     3,449          586,054  

Turning Point Therapeutics, Inc.(1),(2)

     1          65  

Twist Bioscience Corp.(1),(2)

     58,987          2,672,111  

United Therapeutics Corp.(1),(2)

     1,157          139,997  

Zymeworks, Inc.(1),(2),(3)

     33          1,190  
       

 

 

 

       7,330,298  
       

 

 

 

Building Products 4.0%

       

AZEK Co., Inc. (The)(1),(2)

     37,676          1,200,357  

Carrier Global Corp.(2)

     45,724          1,015,987  

Fortune Brands Home & Security, Inc.(2)

     31,442          2,010,087  

Lennox International, Inc.(2)

     3,941          918,214  

Masco Corp.(2)

     4,198          210,782  
       

 

 

 

                   5,355,427      
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets 10.2%

       

E*TRADE Financial Corp.(2)

     127,219          6,326,601  

GAIN Capital Holdings, Inc.

     60,317          363,108  

Legg Mason, Inc.(2)

     86,801          4,318,350  

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.(2)

     78,020          2,838,368  
       

 

 

 

       13,846,427  
       

 

 

 

Chemicals 6.6%

       

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.(2)

     126          30,424  

Albemarle Corp.(2)

     3,372          260,352  

DuPont de Nemours, Inc.(2)

     138,031          7,333,587  

Linde PLC(2),(3)

     597          126,630  

RPM International, Inc.

     10,450          784,377  

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)(2)

     700          404,495  
       

 

 

 

       8,939,865  
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies 6.2%

       

Copart, Inc.(1)

     2,570          214,004  

KAR Auction Services, Inc.(2)

     39,982          550,152  

Republic Services, Inc.(2)

     25,216          2,068,973  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

5


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Commercial Services & Supplies

Waste Management, Inc.(2)

     52,385          5,548,095  
       

 

 

 

                   8,381,224  
       

 

 

 

Communications Equipment 4.7%

       

Calix, Inc.(1),(2)

     19,315          287,794  

Ciena Corp.(1),(2)

     1,561          84,544  

Cisco Systems, Inc.(2)

     10,577          493,311  

CommScope Holding Co., Inc.(1),(2)

     205,600          1,712,648  

F5 Networks, Inc.(1),(2)

     11,130          1,552,412  

Lumentum Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     23,121          1,882,743  

Motorola Solutions, Inc.(2)

     314          44,001  

Nokia Oyj, ADR(3)

     51,695          227,458  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, ADR(2),(3)

     12,408          115,394  
       

 

 

 

       6,400,305      
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering 5.2%

       

AECOM(1),(2)

     123,921          4,656,951  

Dycom Industries, Inc.(1),(2)

     12,880          526,664  

MasTec, Inc.(1),(2)

     19,299          865,946  

Quanta Services, Inc.(2)

     24,966          979,416  
       

 

 

 

       7,028,977  
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials 0.5%

       

Vulcan Materials Co.(2)

     5,966          691,161  
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging 1.8%

       

Berry Global Group, Inc.(1),(2)

     41,730          1,849,473  

WestRock Co.(2)

     18,064          510,489  
       

 

 

 

       2,359,962  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services 3.2%

       

ServiceMaster Global Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     98,852          3,528,028  

WW International, Inc.(1),(2)

     30,816          782,110  
       

 

 

 

       4,310,138  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Financial Services 8.5%

       

8i Enterprises Acquisition Corp.(1),(3)

     32,535          328,929  

Altegrity, Inc.

     148,076          3,205,846  

Churchill Capital Corp. III(1)

     206,937          2,340,458  

CITIC Capital Acquisition Corp.(1),(3)

     21,388          214,949  

dMY Technology Group, Inc.(1)

     18,972          200,724  

Far Point Acquisition Corp., Class A(1),(2)

     30,092          308,142  

Foley Trasimene Acquisition Corp.(1)

     60,763          648,341  

GS Acquisition Holdings Corp.

     123,090          1,293,676  

Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp.(1)

     41,020          411,020  

Landcadia Holdings II, Inc., Class A(1)

     9,540          155,979  

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. II(1),(3)

     41,600          522,496  

Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings Corp. III(1),(3)

     129,060          1,531,942  

Sustainable Opportunities Acquisition Corp.(1),(3)

     38,303          386,860  
       

 

 

 

       11,549,362  
       

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services 0.7%

       

AT&T, Inc.(2)

     18,344          554,539  

NII Holdings, Inc.

     174,048          374,203  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     489          26,744  
       

 

 

 

       955,486  
       

 

 

 

Electric Utilities 32.1%

       

Alliant Energy Corp.(2)

     80,206          3,837,055  

Entergy Corp.(2)

     39,820          3,735,514  

Evergy, Inc.(2)

     215,041          12,749,781  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

6


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Electric Utilities

FirstEnergy Corp.

     154,200          5,979,876  

IDACORP, Inc.(2)

     2,138          186,797  

NextEra Energy, Inc.(2)

     19,275          4,629,277  

NRG Energy, Inc.(2)

     28,096          914,806  

PG&E Corp.(1)

     141,240          1,252,799  

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.(2)

     35,531          2,604,067  

PNM Resources, Inc.

     52,808          2,029,939  

Portland General Electric Co.(2)

     13,132          549,049  

PPL Corp.(2)

     154,421          3,990,239  

Southern Co. (The)

     19,336          1,002,571  
       

 

 

 

                   43,461,770      
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment 12.3%

       

AMETEK, Inc.(2)

     17,733          1,584,798  

Eaton Corp. PLC(3)

     5,011          438,362  

Generac Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,288          157,046  

Regal Beloit Corp.(2)

     6,934          605,477  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

     1,249          266,037  

Vertiv Holdings Co.(1),(2)

     962,111          13,046,225  

Vicor Corp.(1),(2)

     7,725          555,814  
       

 

 

 

       16,653,759  
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components 5.2%

       

Cognex Corp.

     2,570          153,480  

Corning, Inc.(2)

     1,241          32,142  

II-VI, Inc.(1),(2)

     25,680          1,212,610  

Jabil, Inc.(2)

     102,888          3,300,647  

SYNNEX Corp.(2)

     19,275          2,308,567  
       

 

 

 

       7,007,446  
       

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services 1.5%

       

ChampionX Corp.(1),(2)

     207,887          2,028,977  
       

 

 

 

Entertainment 5.6%

       

Activision Blizzard, Inc.(2)

     43,928          3,334,135  

Madison Square Garden Sports Corp., Class A(1),(2)

     3,199          469,901  

Netflix, Inc.(1)

     753          342,645  

Spotify Technology S.A.(1),(2),(3)

     779          201,130  

Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.(1),(2)

     6,926          966,662  

Zynga, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     234,901          2,240,956  
       

 

 

 

       7,555,429  
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing 9.7%

       

Albertsons Cos., Inc., Class A(1)

     25,690          405,131  

Casey’s General Stores, Inc.(2)

     50,432          7,540,593  

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     10,292          3,120,637  

Sysco Corp.

     14,694          803,174  

US Foods Holding Corp.(1),(2)

     63,014          1,242,636  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.(2)

     899          38,109  
       

 

 

 

       13,150,280  
       

 

 

 

Food Products 11.7%

       

B&G Foods, Inc.(2)

     52,318          1,275,513  

Beyond Meat, Inc.(1),(2)

     12,198          1,634,288  

Bunge Ltd.(2),(3)

     19,275          792,781  

Campbell Soup Co.(2)

     82,688          4,103,805  

Conagra Brands, Inc.(2)

     48,245          1,696,777  

Kraft Heinz Co. (The)(2)

     142,271          4,537,022  

McCormick & Co., Inc.(2)

     4,496          806,627  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

7


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Food Products

Sanderson Farms, Inc.(2)

     8,565          992,598  
       

 

 

 

       15,839,411  
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities 0.1%

       

Atmos Energy Corp.(2)

     638          63,532  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies 4.4%

       

ABIOMED, Inc.(1)

     150          36,234  

Boston Scientific Corp.(1),(2)

     6,694          235,026  

Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.(1),(2)

     170          5,364  

Danaher Corp.

     7,836          1,385,640  

DexCom, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,011          815,259  

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.(1),(2)

     5,943          410,721  

Haemonetics Corp.(1),(2)

     2,412          216,019  

Insulet Corp.(1)

     258          50,119  

Penumbra, Inc.(1)

     1,687          301,669  

Silk Road Medical, Inc.(1)

     352          13,904  

SmileDirectClub, Inc.(1),(2)

     37,123          293,272  

STAAR Surgical Co.(1),(2)

     1,012          62,278  

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.(1)

     1,851          183,101  

Wright Medical Group N.V.(1),(3)

     64,843          1,927,134  

Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.(2)

     249          29,721  
       

 

 

 

       5,965,461  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services 4.8%

       

1Life Healthcare, Inc.(1)

     241          8,753  

Cigna Corp.

     2,905          545,123  

CVS Health Corp.(2)

     14,653          952,006  

Guardant Health, Inc.(1)

     1,802          146,196  

Humana, Inc.(2)

     12,568          4,873,242  

Owens & Minor, Inc.

     1,288          9,815  
       

 

 

 

                   6,535,135      
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology 2.1%

       

Change Healthcare, Inc.(1),(2)

     250,746          2,808,355  

Icad, Inc.(1)

     3,025          30,220  
       

 

 

 

       2,838,575  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure 17.2%

       

Carrols Restaurant Group, Inc.(1)

     31,157          150,800  

Cedar Fair L.P.(2)

     90,656          2,493,040  

Cheesecake Factory, Inc. (The)(2)

     51,438          1,178,959  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.(1)

     514          540,913  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.(2)

     10,194          772,399  

DraftKings, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     90,458          3,008,633  

Eldorado Resorts, Inc.(1)

     35,882          1,437,433  

Everi Holdings, Inc.(1)

     3,854          19,887  

Extended Stay America, Inc.

     45,098          504,647  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.(2)

     45,205          3,320,307  

Las Vegas Sands Corp.(2)

     12,845          584,961  

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd.(1),(2),(3)

     9,466          155,526  

Shake Shack, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     15,965          845,826  

Starbucks Corp.(2)

     51,012          3,753,973  

Texas Roadhouse, Inc., Class A(2)

     34,668          1,822,497  

Wyndham Destinations, Inc.(2)

     27,585          777,345  

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

     4,496          334,907  

Yum China Holdings, Inc.

     784          37,687  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

8


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

Yum! Brands, Inc.(2)

     18,282          1,588,889      
       

 

 

 

                   23,328,629  
       

 

 

 

Household Durables 7.0%

       

Installed Building Products, Inc.(1),(2)

     6,309          433,933  

KB Home

     10,823          332,050  

Leggett & Platt, Inc.

     40,604          1,427,231  

Mohawk Industries, Inc.(1),(2)

     15,928          1,620,833  

PulteGroup, Inc.(2)

     127,895          4,352,267  

Purple Innovation, Inc.(1)

     51,520          927,360  

TopBuild Corp.(1),(2)

     3,085          350,980  
       

 

 

 

       9,444,654  
       

 

 

 

Household Products 4.9%

       

Energizer Holdings, Inc.(2)

     27,398          1,301,131  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.(2)

     1,390          196,477  

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)(2)

     25,635          3,065,177  

Reynolds Consumer Products, Inc.(2)

     40,938          1,422,186  

Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.(2)

     4,895          224,680  

WD-40 Co.

     1,941          384,900  
       

 

 

 

       6,594,551  
       

 

 

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers 2.2%

       

AES Corp. (The)

     109,461          1,586,090  

Vistra Energy Corp.(2)

     77,231          1,438,041  
       

 

 

 

       3,024,131  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates 0.4%

       

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     1,285          495,547  
       

 

 

 

Insurance 3.2%

       

Aflac, Inc.(2)

     814          29,328  

Genworth Financial, Inc., Class A(1)

     30,021          69,349  

Syncora Holdings Ltd.(3)

     56,504          16,669  

Willis Towers Watson PLC(2),(3)

     21,171          4,169,628  
       

 

 

 

       4,284,974  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services 16.4%

       

Alphabet, Inc., Class C(1),(2)

     385          544,240  

Facebook, Inc., Class A(1)

     10,726          2,435,553  

IAC/interactivecorp(1),(2)

     40,729          13,171,758  

Match Group, Inc.

     12,880          1,378,804  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     19,182          425,265  

QuinStreet, Inc.(1),(2)

     46,654          488,001  

Snap, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     157,141          3,691,242  
       

 

 

 

       22,134,863  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail 15.6%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(1),(3)

     2,570          554,349  

Amazon.com, Inc.(1),(2)

     5,918          16,326,697  

Booking Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     475          756,362  

Expedia Group, Inc.(2)

     17,421          1,432,006  

Farfetch Ltd., Class A(1),(3)

     14,168          244,681  

RealReal, Inc. (The)(1)

     27,349          349,794  

Stamps.com, Inc.(1),(2)

     7,835          1,439,211  
       

 

 

 

       21,103,100  
       

 

 

 

IT Services 14.0%

       

Akamai Technologies, Inc.(1)

     2,997          320,949  

DXC Technology Co.(2)

     103,000          1,699,500  

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.(2)

     513          68,788  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

9


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

IT Services

Fiserv, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,865          182,061      

Global Payments, Inc.(2)

     35,391          6,003,022  

Leidos Holdings, Inc.(2)

     8,881          831,883  

LiveRamp Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     38,220          1,623,203  

Mastercard, Inc., Class A(2)

     2,303          680,997  

MongoDB, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,048          237,204  

PayPal Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     20,552          3,580,775  

Shift4 Payments, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     9,010          319,855  

Shopify, Inc., Class A(1),(2),(3)

     1,722          1,634,523  

Twilio, Inc., Class A(1)

     8,232          1,806,266  

Unisys Corp.(1)

     52          567  
       

 

 

 

                   18,989,593  
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products 3.5%

       

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     63,196          3,650,833  

YETI Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     24,479          1,045,988  
       

 

 

 

       4,696,821  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services 7.3%

       

Adaptive Biotechnologies Corp.(1),(2)

     2          97  

NanoString Technologies, Inc.(1),(2)

     245          7,191  

PPD, Inc.(1),(2)

     5          134  

QIAGEN N.V.(1),(2),(3)

     223,813          9,581,434  

Repligen Corp.(1)

     1,830          226,206  
       

 

 

 

       9,815,062  
       

 

 

 

Machinery 16.3%

       

Caterpillar, Inc.

     2,570          325,105  

Cummins, Inc.

     4,233          733,410  

Dover Corp.(2)

     51,476          4,970,523  

Fortive Corp.

     27,914          1,888,661  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.(2)

     23,865          4,172,795  

ITT, Inc.(2)

     10,664          626,403  

Middleby Corp. (The)(1)

     10,293          812,529  

Otis Worldwide Corp.(2)

     34,955          1,987,541  

Parker-Hannifin Corp.(2)

     12,633          2,315,250  

Pentair PLC(2),(3)

     29,552          1,122,681  

Rexnord Corp.(2)

     28,323          825,615  

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

     3,855          537,310  

Woodward, Inc.(2)

     22,958          1,780,393  
       

 

 

 

       22,098,216  
       

 

 

 

Marine 0.0%

       

Scorpio Bulkers, Inc.(3)

     3,743          57,268  
       

 

 

 

Media 5.1%

       

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(1)

     258          131,379  

comScore, Inc.(1)

     258,455          801,210  

Discovery, Inc., Class A(1)

     1,927          40,660  

DISH Network Corp., Class A(1),(2)

     81,402          2,809,183  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A(2)

     25,110          2,101,456  

Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Class A(2)

     27,050          499,343  

TEGNA, Inc.(2)

     45,047          501,823  
       

 

 

 

       6,885,054  
       

 

 

 

Metals & Mining 13.5%

       

ArcelorMittal S.A.(1),(3)

     522,656          5,608,099  

Barrick Gold Corp.(3)

     19,907          536,294  

Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.(2)

     1,021,875          11,823,094  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

10


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Metals & Mining

Newmont Corp.(2)

     4,612          284,745      
       

 

 

 

       18,252,232  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities 9.7%

       

Black Hills Corp.(2)

     10,276          582,238  

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

     128,750          2,403,763  

Consolidated Edison, Inc.(2)

     23,225          1,670,574  

Dominion Energy, Inc.(2)

     25,750          2,090,385  

DTE Energy Co.(2)

     20,600          2,214,500  

NiSource, Inc.

     34,369          781,551  

Sempra Energy(2)

     28,259          3,312,803  
       

 

 

 

                   13,055,814  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail 1.6%

       

Dollar Tree, Inc.(1),(2)

     17,494          1,621,344  

Ollie’s Bargain Outlet Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,318          226,353  

Target Corp.

     2,569          308,100  
       

 

 

 

       2,155,797  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels 39.0%

       

Apache Corp.(2)

     287,329          3,878,941  

Ardmore Shipping Corp.(3)

     52,991          229,981  

Cheniere Energy, Inc.(1),(2)

     43,736          2,113,323  

CNX Resources Corp.(1),(2)

     258,592          2,236,821  

Comstock Resources, Inc.(1)

     64,503          282,523  

Concho Resources, Inc.(2)

     84,875          4,371,062  

Golar LNG Ltd.(3)

     20,084          145,408  

Hess Corp.

     72,759          3,769,644  

HollyFrontier Corp.

     55,388          1,617,330  

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     16,584          619,910  

Matador Resources Co.(1),(2)

     406,878          3,458,463  

Noble Energy, Inc.(2)

     232,268          2,081,121  

Nordic American Tankers Ltd.(3)

     137,180          556,951  

Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.(1)

     2,109,552          1,769,703  

ONEOK, Inc.

     19,260          639,817  

Ovintiv, Inc.(2)

     401,734          3,836,560  

Parsley Energy, Inc., Class A(2)

     387,891          4,142,676  

PDC Energy, Inc.(1),(2)

     284,906          3,544,231  

Phillips 66(2)

     20,764          1,492,932  

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.(2)

     45,117          4,407,931  

SM Energy Co.

     404,012          1,515,045  

Valero Energy Corp.(2)

     34,768          2,045,054  

World Fuel Services Corp.(2)

     18,032          464,504  

WPX Energy, Inc.(1),(2)

     559,428          3,569,151  
       

 

 

 

       52,789,082  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals 8.4%

       

Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(1),(2)

     168          2,480  

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR(2),(3)

     26,974          1,426,655  

Axsome Therapeutics, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,205          99,147  

Calliditas Therapeutics AB, ADR(1),(3)

     2,576          60,021  

Cara Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     1,500          25,650  

Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(1),(2)

     354,690          7,608,101  

Fulcrum Therapeutics, Inc.(1)

     212          3,878  

GW Pharmaceuticals PLC, ADR(1),(2),(3)

     736          90,322  

Horizon Therapeutics PLC(1),(2),(3)

     1,579          87,761  

Intersect ENT, Inc.(1)

     3,717          50,328  

Johnson & Johnson(2)

     6,594          927,314  

Merck & Co., Inc.(2)

     7,704          595,750  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

11


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Pharmaceuticals

MyoKardia, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,541          148,891      

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     305          47,586  

Royalty Pharma PLC, Class A(1),(2),(3)

     1,931          93,750  

Tricida, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,411          66,254  

Zogenix, Inc.(1)

     1,650          44,567  
       

 

 

 

                   11,378,455  
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts 73.8%

       

Agree Realty Corp.(2)

     30,896          2,030,176  

American Campus Communities, Inc.(2)

     198,250          6,930,820  

Apartment Investment & Management Co., Class A(2)

     60,248          2,267,735  

Crown Castle International Corp.

     3,285          549,745  

CyrusOne, Inc.

     6,914          502,993  

Digital Realty Trust, Inc.(2)

     3,051          433,578  

EastGroup Properties, Inc.(2)

     17,302          2,052,190  

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

     123          4,256  

Healthcare Trust of America, Inc., Class A(2)

     27,190          721,079  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.(2)

     19,417          209,509  

Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc.(2)

     88,126          7,756,850  

Invitation Homes, Inc.(2)

     164,784          4,536,503  

iStar, Inc.(2)

     267,258          3,292,619  

Jernigan Capital, Inc.

     167,940          2,297,419  

Kilroy Realty Corp.(2)

     65,612          3,851,424  

Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc.(2)

     15,377          1,763,281  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.

     104,930          3,119,569  

Outfront Media, Inc.(2)

     18,021          255,358  

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A(2)

     461,927          7,672,607  

Realty Income Corp.(2)

     4,218          250,971  

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp.(2)

     188,288          2,133,303  

Rexford Industrial Realty, Inc.(2)

     100,984          4,183,767  

RPT Realty(2)

     309,481          2,153,988  

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc.(2)

     257,206          3,711,483  

SBA Communications Corp.(2)

     932          277,661  

Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.(2)

     78,152          2,724,379  

Sun Communities, Inc.(2)

     26,838          3,641,380  

UDR, Inc.(2)

     158,131          5,910,937  

Urban Edge Properties(2)

     214,056          2,540,845  

VICI Properties, Inc.(2)

     528,357          10,667,528  

Weingarten Realty Investors(2)

     130,768          2,475,438  

Welltower, Inc.(2)

     169,583          8,775,920  

WP Carey, Inc.(2)

     2,623          177,446  
       

 

 

 

       99,872,757  
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail 32.2%

       

Canadian National Railway Co.(2),(3)

     3,848          340,817  

Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.(2),(3)

     8,263          2,109,874  

Covenant Transportation Group, Inc., Class A(1)

     18,025          260,101  

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     2,569          309,153  

Kansas City Southern(2)

     32,881          4,908,805  

Knight-Swift Transportation Holdings, Inc.(2)

     201,259          8,394,513  

Landstar System, Inc.(2)

     28,261          3,173,993  

Lyft, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     18,367          606,295  

Norfolk Southern Corp.(2)

     71,883          12,620,498  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.(2)

     31,146          5,282,050  

Uber Technologies, Inc.(1),(2)

     56,826          1,766,152  

Union Pacific Corp.

     10,397          1,757,821  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Road & Rail

Werner Enterprises, Inc.(2)

     47,806          2,080,995      
       

 

 

 

                   43,611,067  
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment 27.7%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(1)

     12,850          676,038  

Ambarella, Inc.(1),(2),(3)

     14,495          663,871  

Analog Devices, Inc.(2)

     3,531          433,042  

ASML Holding N.V.(2),(3)

     9,490          3,492,605  

Inphi Corp.(1)

     8,111          953,042  

Intel Corp.(2)

     4,007          239,739  

Lam Research Corp.(2)

     3,589          1,160,898  

MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.(1),(2)

     6,232          214,069  

Microchip Technology, Inc.(2)

     18,032          1,898,950  

Micron Technology, Inc.(1),(2)

     27,632          1,423,601  

NVIDIA Corp.

     5,145          1,954,637  

NXP Semiconductors N.V.(2),(3)

     55,914          6,376,433  

ON Semiconductor Corp.(1),(2)

     218,365          4,327,994  

QUALCOMM, Inc.(2)

     62,615          5,711,114  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.(2)

     61,956          7,921,694  
       

 

 

 

       37,447,727  
       

 

 

 

Software 47.2%

       

2U, Inc.(1)

     37,876          1,437,773  

Adobe, Inc.(1),(2)

     9,630          4,192,035  

Alteryx, Inc., Class A(1)

     1,126          184,979  

Atlassian Corp. PLC, Class A(1),(2),(3)

     1,465          264,096  

Avaya Holdings Corp.(1),(2)

     716,741          8,858,919  

Bill.com Holdings, Inc.(1)

     10,286          927,900  

Box, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     11,272          234,007  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(1),(2)

     14,310          1,373,188  

Citrix Systems, Inc.(2)

     4,494          664,707  

Cloudera, Inc.(1),(2)

     70,647          898,630  

Coupa Software, Inc.(1),(2)

     901          249,613  

Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     37,621          3,773,010  

CyberArk Software Ltd.(1),(3)

     4,822          478,680  

Datadog, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     10,292          894,889  

DocuSign, Inc.(1)

     2,166          373,007  

Dynatrace, Inc.(1),(2)

     20,544          834,086  

Elastic N.V.(1),(2),(3)

     2,575          237,441  

Everbridge, Inc.(1)

     983          136,008  

FireEye, Inc.(1),(2)

     154,560          1,881,768  

ForeScout Technologies, Inc.(1),(2)

     10,272          217,766  

Microsoft Corp.(2)

     54,405          11,071,961  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.(2)

     45,296          898,220  

Palo Alto Networks, Inc.(1)

     6,568          1,508,473  

Pluralsight, Inc., Class A(1)

     28,276          510,382  

RingCentral, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     12,476          3,555,785  

salesforce.com, Inc.(1),(2)

     36,058          6,754,745  

ServiceNow, Inc.(1)

     6,930          2,807,066  

Smartsheet, Inc., Class A(1)

     1,287          65,534  

Splunk, Inc.(1),(2)

     3,349          665,446  

SVMK, Inc.(1),(2)

     10,164          239,261  

Verint Systems, Inc.(1),(2)

     1,929          87,152  

VMware, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     2,569          397,835  

Workday, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     21,946          4,111,803  

Zendesk, Inc.(1)

     3,621          320,567  

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     5,392          1,367,088  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

13


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Software

Zscaler, Inc.(1),(2)

     12,845          1,406,527  
       

 

 

 

                   63,880,347      
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail 9.6%

 

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.(2)

     77,070          840,063  

Best Buy Co., Inc.(2)

     16,753          1,462,034  

Boot Barn Holdings, Inc.(1)

     15,456          333,231  

Burlington Stores, Inc.(1)

     1,288          253,646  

Designer Brands, Inc., Class A

     77,070          521,764  

Foot Locker, Inc.(2)

     4,122          120,197  

Gap, Inc. (The)

     69,456          876,535  

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     4,777          1,196,686  

Hudson Ltd., Class A(1),(3)

     45,062          219,452  

L Brands, Inc.

     20,608          308,502  

Lithia Motors, Inc., Class A(2)

     7,755          1,173,564  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.(2)

     18,537          2,504,719  

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.(1),(2)

     2,192          924,301  

Ross Stores, Inc.

     7,994          681,409  

Tiffany & Co.(2)

     11,203          1,366,094  

TJX Cos., Inc. (The)(2)

     3,864          195,364  
       

 

 

 

       12,977,561  
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals 4.8%

 

Apple, Inc.(2)

     13,186          4,810,253  

Dell Technologies, Class C(1),(2)

     20,527          1,127,753  

HP, Inc.(2)

     30,415          530,134  
       

 

 

 

       6,468,140  
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods 1.5%

 

NIKE, Inc., Class B

     16,900          1,657,045  

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A(1),(2)

     12,880          404,174  
       

 

 

 

       2,061,219  
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors 6.7%

 

GATX Corp.(2)

     16,698          1,018,244  

Triton International Ltd.(3)

     51,500          1,557,360  

United Rentals, Inc.(1)

     6,423          957,284  

WESCO International, Inc.(1),(2)

     96,643          3,393,136  

WW Grainger, Inc.(2)

     6,990          2,195,978  
       

 

 

 

       9,122,002  
       

 

 

 

Water Utilities 1.2%

 

American Water Works Co., Inc.(2)

     12,875          1,656,497  
       

 

 

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services 1.4%

 

Gogo, Inc.(1)

     17,589          55,581  

T-Mobile U.S., Inc.(1),(2)

     17,315          1,803,357  
       

 

 

 

       1,858,938  
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Cost $731,586,242)

 

           757,559,225  
       

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Funds 14.9%

 

Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund(2)

     23,063          872,935  

Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund(2)

     93,381          2,160,836  

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

     9,252          635,612  

iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

     5,140          419,527  

iShares MSCI Canada ETF

     7,707          199,457  

iShares MSCI China ETF

     4,837          316,582  

iShares MSCI Germany ETF(2)

     67,063          1,818,078  

iShares Russell 2000 ETF(2)

     62,522          8,951,900  

iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF(2)

     8,991          876,263  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Exchange-Traded Funds

iShares Transportation Average ETF(2)

     2,709          440,592  

iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF(2)

     46,377          2,047,544  

ProShares VIX Short-Term Futures ETF(1),(2)

     10,084          279,932  

SPDR Gold Shares(1)

     1,285          215,070  

SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF(2)

     33,169          702,851  

VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF(2)

     7,707          282,693  
       

 

 

 

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Cost $19,784,407)

 

       20,219,872  
       

 

 

 

Rights 0.0%

 

Pharmaceuticals 0.0%

 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.(1)

     12,891          46,150  
       

 

 

 

Total Rights (Cost $46,886)

 

       46,150  
       

 

 

 

Total Long Investments (Cost $751,417,535)

 

                   777,825,247      
       

 

 

 

Securities Sold Short (4)(523.1)%

 

Common Stocks (401.0)%

 

Aerospace & Defense (1.9)%

 

Boeing Co. (The)

     2,048          (375,398

General Dynamics Corp.

     9,260          (1,384,000

Hexcel Corp.

     16,686          (754,541

PAE, Inc.

     6,184          (59,119
       

 

 

 

       (2,573,058
       

 

 

 

Air Freight & Logistics (5.2)%

 

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

     68,167          (2,933,226

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     13,341          (1,054,739

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     39,989          (3,040,764
       

 

 

 

       (7,028,729
       

 

 

 

Airlines (2.2)%

 

American Airlines Group, Inc.

     56,509          (738,572

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

     25,694          (720,717

SkyWest, Inc.

     37,356          (1,218,553

United Airlines Holdings, Inc.

     10,717          (370,915
       

 

 

 

       (3,048,757
       

 

 

 

Auto Components (1.2)%

 

American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings, Inc.

     10,300          (78,280

Aptiv PLC(3)

     16,793          (1,308,511

Autoliv, Inc.

     1,284          (82,831

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)

     14,466          (129,398
       

 

 

 

       (1,599,020
       

 

 

 

Automobiles (1.0)%

 

Ferrari N.V.(3)

     469          (80,204

Ford Motor Co.

     128,500          (781,280

Harley-Davidson, Inc.

     18,628          (442,787
       

 

 

 

       (1,304,271
       

 

 

 

Banks (0.1)%

 

ChoiceOne Financial Services, Inc.

     642          (18,978

Glacier Bancorp, Inc.

     686          (24,209

Harborone Bancorp, Inc.

     2,173          (18,557

Sandy Spring Bancorp, Inc.

     912          (22,599
       

 

 

 

       (84,343
       

 

 

 

Beverages (6.7)%

 

Anheuser-Busch InBev S.A., ADR(3)

     100,671          (4,963,080

Brown-Forman Corp., Class B

     23,603          (1,502,567

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     55,283          (2,470,044

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

15


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Beverages

Primo Water Corp.(3)

     13,562          (186,478
       

 

 

 

       (9,122,169
       

 

 

 

Biotechnology (5.8)%

       

AbbVie, Inc.

     43,244          (4,245,696

Adverum Biotechnologies, Inc.

     998          (20,838

Alector, Inc.

     1,118          (27,324

Allakos, Inc.

     480          (34,493

Amgen, Inc.

     6,013          (1,418,226

Applied Therapeutics, Inc.

     472          (17,063

Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings, Inc.

     1,181          (55,200

Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Co., Ltd.(3)

     509          (37,213

BrainStorm Cell Therapeutics, Inc.

     2,855          (32,005

ChemoCentryx, Inc.

     446          (25,663

Constellation Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     757          (22,748

Cortexyme, Inc.

     405          (18,751

Crinetics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     1,413          (24,756

Cue Biopharma, Inc.

     729          (17,868

Denali Therapeutics, Inc.

     1,085          (26,235

Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     1,157          (29,388

Epizyme, Inc.(2)

     1,099          (17,650

FibroGen, Inc.

     5          (203

Frequency Therapeutics, Inc.

     1,943          (45,175

Immunovant, Inc.

     1,760          (42,856

Insmed, Inc.

     1,322          (36,408

Invitae Corp.

     2,742          (83,055

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc.

     463          (51,606

Karyopharm Therapeutics, Inc.

     23          (436

Keros Therapeutics, Inc.

     639          (23,969

Kura Oncology, Inc.

     1,718          (28,003

Mirati Therapeutics, Inc.

     696          (79,462

Moderna, Inc.

     3,508          (225,249

Momenta Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     221          (7,353

Natera, Inc.

     565          (28,171

Neoleukin Therapeutics, Inc.(3)

     3,179          (52,771

ORIC Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     799          (26,950

Ovid therapeutics, Inc.

     3,945          (29,075

Passage Bio, Inc.

     18,901          (516,564

Principia Biopharma, Inc.

     993          (59,371

RAPT Therapeutics, Inc.

     797          (23,129

Selecta Biosciences, Inc.

     6,056          (17,199

SpringWorks Therapeutics, Inc.

     957          (40,194

Translate Bio, Inc.

     1,481          (26,539

Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical, Inc.

     345          (26,986

Viela Bio, Inc.

     1,268          (54,930

Vir Biotechnology, Inc.

     3,388          (138,806

Xencor, Inc.

     833          (26,981

Y-mAbs Therapeutics, Inc.

     615          (26,568

Zentalis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     948          (45,523
       

 

 

 

                   (7,834,649 )     
       

 

 

 

Building Products (3.6)%

       

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc.

     654          (32,308

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

     1,968          (45,343

Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

     13,391          (1,043,962

Johnson Controls International PLC(3)

     35,837          (1,223,475

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

16


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Building Products

Trane Technologies PLC(3)

     28,706          (2,554,260
       

 

 

 

       (4,899,348
       

 

 

 

Capital Markets (6.1)%

       

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     86,441          (2,916,519

Houlihan Lokey, Inc.

     316          (17,582

Moelis & Co., Class A

     604          (18,821

Morgan Stanley

     107,865          (5,209,879

MSCI, Inc.

     119          (39,725

Piper Sandler Cos.

     330          (19,523
       

 

 

 

       (8,222,049
       

 

 

 

Chemicals (5.5)%

       

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.(2)

     1,284          (310,035

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.(3)

     22,402          (505,165

Dow, Inc.

     19,782          (806,314

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     25,707          (3,148,079

LyondellBasell Industries N.V., Class A(3)

     387          (25,434

PPG Industries, Inc.

     18,552          (1,967,625

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)(2)

     1,027          (593,452

Westlake Chemical Corp.

     1,931          (103,598
       

 

 

 

       (7,459,702
       

 

 

 

Commercial Services & Supplies (2.6)%

       

ADT, Inc.

     554          (4,421

Casella Waste Systems, Inc., Class A

     4,603          (239,908

Cintas Corp.

     145          (38,622

Clean Harbors, Inc.

     16,716          (1,002,626

Copart, Inc.

     308          (25,647

IAA, Inc.

     15,459          (596,254

Interface, Inc.

     772          (6,284

US Ecology, Inc.

     557          (18,871

Waste Connections, Inc.(3)

     16,744          (1,570,420
       

 

 

 

                   (3,503,053 )     
       

 

 

 

Communications Equipment (2.4)%

       

Arista Networks, Inc.

     11,175          (2,347,085

Juniper Networks, Inc.

     38,625          (882,968
       

 

 

 

       (3,230,053
       

 

 

 

Construction & Engineering (0.3)%

       

Fluor Corp.

     38,625          (466,590
       

 

 

 

Construction Materials (0.9)%

       

Cemex S.A.B. de C.V., ADR(3)

     9,961          (28,688

Eagle Materials, Inc.

     4,751          (333,615

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     4,111          (849,209
       

 

 

 

       (1,211,512
       

 

 

 

Consumer Finance (2.5)%

       

American Express Co.

     35,439          (3,373,793
       

 

 

 

Containers & Packaging (1.8)%

       

Amcor PLC(3)

     87,028          (888,556

AptarGroup, Inc.

     3,618          (405,144

International Paper Co.

     2,411          (84,891

O-I Glass, Inc.

     19,268          (173,026

Packaging Corp. of America

     3,871          (386,326

Ranpak Holdings Corp.

     2,513          (18,697

Sealed Air Corp.

     4,141          (136,032

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

17


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Containers & Packaging

Silgan Holdings, Inc.

     10,491          (339,803
       

 

 

 

       (2,432,475
       

 

 

 

Diversified Consumer Services (0.3)%

       

Aspen Group, Inc.

     1,709          (15,466

Chegg, Inc.

     2,569          (172,791

Franchise Group, Inc.

     1,675          (36,649

Strategic Education, Inc.

     120          (18,438

Universal Technical Institute, Inc.

     2,649          (18,411

Vivint Smart Home, Inc.

     6,133          (106,285
       

 

 

 

       (368,040
       

 

 

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services (0.2)%

       

AT&T, Inc.(2)

     757          (22,884

Bandwidth, Inc., Class A

     316          (40,132

Iridium Communications, Inc.

     1,719          (43,732

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     1,955          (107,779
       

 

 

 

       (214,527
       

 

 

 

Electric Utilities (16.2)%

       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     83,630          (6,660,293

Avangrid, Inc.

     45,277          (1,900,729

Duke Energy Corp.

     62,824          (5,019,009

Eversource Energy

     26,994          (2,247,790

Hawaiian Electric Industries, Inc.

     38,625          (1,392,818

OGE Energy Corp.

     20,754          (630,091

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     65,800          (4,112,500
       

 

 

 

                   (21,963,230 )     
       

 

 

 

Electrical Equipment (4.1)%

       

Acuity Brands, Inc.

     1,142          (109,335

Bloom Energy Corp., Class A

     2,717          (29,561

Emerson Electric Co.

     71,571          (4,439,549

FuelCell Energy, Inc.

     19,234          (43,469

Hubbell, Inc.(2)

     4,112          (515,481

TPI Composites, Inc.

     16,490          (385,371
       

 

 

 

       (5,522,766
       

 

 

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components (2.1)%

       

Fitbit, Inc., Class A

     441,611          (2,852,807

Itron, Inc.

     605          (40,081
       

 

 

 

       (2,892,888
       

 

 

 

Energy Equipment & Services (4.7)%

       

Baker Hughes Co.

     42,742          (657,799

Halliburton Co.

     122,596          (1,591,296

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     45,669          (891,002

Nabors Industries Ltd.(3)

     14,720          (544,935

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     59,135          (724,404

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.

     181,820          (630,916

Schlumberger Ltd.(3)

     51,380          (944,878

Tenaris S.A., ADR(3)

     28,470          (368,117
       

 

 

 

       (6,353,347
       

 

 

 

Entertainment (9.0)%

       

Electronic Arts, Inc.

     26,964          (3,560,596

Liberty Media Corp-Liberty Formula One, Class C

     8,562          (271,501

Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.

     103,239          (4,576,585

Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp.

     13,612          (1,020,900

Netflix, Inc.

     372          (169,275

Roku, Inc.

     1,815          (211,502

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

18


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Entertainment

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     21,593          (2,407,835)  
       

 

 

 

                   (12,218,194)      
       

 

 

 

Food & Staples Retailing (6.7)%

       

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.

     61,759          (2,301,758)  

Kroger Co. (The)

     18,378          (622,095)  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.

     54,096          (1,384,316)  

United Natural Foods, Inc.

     10,304          (187,636)  

Walmart, Inc.

     38,338          (4,592,126)  
       

 

 

 

       (9,087,931)  
       

 

 

 

Food Products (12.9)%

       

Flowers Foods, Inc.

     36,019          (805,385)  

Freshpet, Inc.

     476          (39,822)  

General Mills, Inc.

     10,571          (651,702)  

Hershey Co. (The)

     24,212          (3,138,359)  

Hormel Foods Corp.

     148,199          (7,153,566)  

Ingredion, Inc.

     9,509          (789,247)  

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     5,548          (587,034)  

Kellogg Co.

     20,858          (1,377,880)  

Mondelez International, Inc., Class A

     49,530          (2,532,469)  

Tyson Foods, Inc., Class A

     5,669          (338,496)  
       

 

 

 

       (17,413,960)  
       

 

 

 

Gas Utilities (0.8)%

       

Brookfield Infrastructure Corp., Class A(3)

     2,909          (132,476)  

New Jersey Resources Corp.

     20,608          (672,851)  

Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc.

     3,863          (266,740)  
       

 

 

 

       (1,072,067)  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Equipment & Supplies (6.0)%

       

Alcon, Inc.(3)

     40,723          (2,334,242)  

Axonics Modulation Technologies, Inc.

     1,080          (37,919)  

Baxter International, Inc.

     5,980          (514,878)  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     33,576          (3,685,973)  

Medtronic PLC(3)

     7,288          (668,310)  

Neogen Corp.

     236          (18,314)  

Nevro Corp.

     1,611          (192,466)  

Quotient Ltd.(3)

     6,581          (48,699)  

Repro-Med Systems, Inc.

     2,893          (25,979)  

Silk Road Medical, Inc.

     125          (5,236)  

STERIS PLC(3)

     3,736          (573,252)  
       

 

 

 

       (8,105,268)  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Providers & Services (5.5)%

       

Centene Corp.

     62,252          (3,956,115)  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

     8,992          (872,764)  

McKesson Corp.

     270          (41,423)  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

     2,415          (275,213)  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     7,725          (2,278,489)  

Viemed Healthcare, Inc.(3)

     3,167          (30,403)  
       

 

 

 

       (7,454,407)  
       

 

 

 

Health Care Technology (3.8)%

       

Cerner Corp.

     73,225          (5,019,574)  

Health Catalyst, Inc.

     1,202          (35,062)  

iCAD, Inc.

     1,852          (18,501)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

19


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Health Care Technology

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.

     1,135          (98,768)  
       

 

 

 

       (5,171,905)  
       

 

 

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (9.4)%

       

Brinker International, Inc.

     15,456          (370,944)  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.

     618          (650,358)  

Dave & Buster’s Entertainment, Inc.

     5,140          (68,516)  

Dine Brands Global, Inc.

     1,610          (67,781)  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

     1,284          (474,361)  

Hilton Grand Vacations, Inc.

     24,472          (478,428)  

Hyatt Hotels Corp., Class A

     28,270          (1,421,698)  

International Game Technology PLC(3)

     26,975          (240,078)  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

     15,058          (1,290,922)  

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.

     9,016          (741,205)  

McDonald’s Corp.(2)

     1,865          (344,037)  

MGM Resorts International

     74,519          (1,251,919)  

Papa John’s International, Inc.

     4,895          (388,712)  

Penn National Gaming, Inc.

     28,746          (877,903)  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A

     15,577          (943,499)  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.(3)

     2,250          (113,175)  

SeaWorld Entertainment, Inc.

     31,697          (469,433)  

Six Flags Entertainment Corp.

     37,434          (719,107)  

Wingstop, Inc.

     1,932          (268,490)  

Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.

     34,668          (1,477,550)  
       

 

 

 

                   (12,658,116)      
       

 

 

 

Household Durables (2.8)%

       

DR Horton, Inc.

     11,944          (662,295)  

Garmin Ltd.(3)

     1,590          (155,025)  

Lennar Corp., Class A

     12,348          (760,884)  

LGI Homes, Inc.

     255          (22,447)  

Toll Brothers, Inc.

     29,620          (965,316)  

Whirlpool Corp.

     9,013          (1,167,454)  
       

 

 

 

       (3,733,421)  
       

 

 

 

Household Products (4.0)%

       

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     16,869          (1,303,974)  

Clorox Co. (The)

     8,973          (1,968,407)  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     29,774          (2,181,243)  
       

 

 

 

       (5,453,624)  
       

 

 

 

Industrial Conglomerates (8.8)%

       

3M Co.

     53,613          (8,363,092)  

General Electric Co.

     117,952          (805,612)  

Honeywell International, Inc.

     9,132          (1,320,396)  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

     3,609          (1,401,230)  
       

 

 

 

       (11,890,330)  
       

 

 

 

Insurance (3.3)%

       

Aon PLC, Class A(3)

     22,859          (4,402,643)  

eHealth, Inc.

     302          (29,669)  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     496          (30,206)  
       

 

 

 

       (4,462,518)  
       

 

 

 

Interactive Media & Services (20.0)%

       

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

     1,565          (2,219,248)  

ANGI Homeservices, Inc., Class A

     43,207          (524,965)  

Cargurus, Inc.

     1,673          (42,411)  

Eventbrite, Inc., Class A

     2,435          (20,868)  

EverQuote, Inc., Class A

     477          (27,742)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

20


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Interactive Media & Services

Facebook, Inc., Class A

     20,915          (4,749,169)  

Match Group, Inc.

     102,258          (10,946,719)  

TripAdvisor, Inc.

     3,854          (73,265)  

Twitter, Inc.

     278,029          (8,282,484)  

Yelp, Inc.

     6,440          (148,957)  
       

 

 

 

                   (27,035,828)  
       

 

 

 

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (9.5)%

       

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR(3)

     1,549          (334,119)  

Chewy, Inc., Class A

     6,175          (275,961)  

eBay, Inc.

     114,882          (6,025,561)  

Etsy, Inc.

     643          (68,306)  

JD.com, Inc., ADR(3)

     4,123          (248,122)  

Stitch Fix, Inc., Class A

     8,721          (217,502)  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A

     29,045          (5,739,582)  
       

 

 

 

       (12,909,153)      
       

 

 

 

IT Services (6.5)%

       

Accenture PLC, Class A(3)

     1,482          (318,215)  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

     38,073          (2,163,308)  

GreenSky, Inc., Class A

     5,725          (28,053)  

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.

     2,000          (13,800)  

International Business Machines Corp.

     49,254          (5,948,406)  

Okta, Inc.

     892          (178,605)  

Repay Holdings Corp.

     3,372          (83,052)  
       

 

 

 

       (8,733,439)  
       

 

 

 

Leisure Products (1.1)%

       

Brunswick Corp.

     22,497          (1,440,033)  

Nautilus, Inc.

     2,571          (23,833)  
       

 

 

 

       (1,463,866)  
       

 

 

 

Life Sciences Tools & Services (1.9)%

       

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

     2,569          (227,023)  

NeoGenomics, Inc.

     1,003          (31,073)  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     6,228          (2,256,653)  
       

 

 

 

       (2,514,749)  
       

 

 

 

Machinery (13.1)%

       

AGCO Corp.

     1,749          (97,000)  

Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.

     11,002          (404,654)  

Altra Industrial Motion Corp.

     6,437          (205,083)  

Caterpillar, Inc.

     15,539          (1,965,683)  

Colfax Corp.

     14,381          (401,230)  

Deere & Co.

     9,875          (1,551,856)  

Donaldson Co., Inc.

     194          (9,025)  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.

     1,076          (20,014)  

IDEX Corp.

     7,336          (1,159,381)  

Ingersoll Rand, Inc.

     71,259          (2,003,803)  

Kennametal, Inc.

     10,282          (295,196)  

Lincoln Electric Holdings, Inc.

     3,264          (274,959)  

Navistar International Corp.

     26,790          (755,478)  

PACCAR, Inc.

     36,020          (2,696,097)  

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     39,475          (840,423)  

Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.

     36,917          (2,125,312)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

21


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Machinery

Xylem, Inc.

     44,547          (2,893,773)  
       

 

 

 

                   (17,698,967)      
       

 

 

 

Marine (0.2)%

       

Star Bulk Carriers Corp.(3)

     32,997          (217,780)  
       

 

 

 

Media (14.5)%

       

AMC Networks, Inc., Class A

     1,927          (45,073)  

Cable One, Inc.

     23          (40,822)  

Cardlytics, Inc.

     1,037          (72,569)  

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A

     10,254          (5,229,950)  

Comcast Corp., Class A

     181,477          (7,073,973)  

Fox Corp., Class A

     10,276          (275,602)  

iHeartMedia, Inc., Class A

     5,195          (43,378)  

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)

     89,619          (1,537,862)  

Meredith Corp.

     3,854          (56,076)  

MSG Networks, Inc., Class A

     47,631          (473,928)  

National CineMedia, Inc.

     3,854          (11,446)  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     84,888          (4,634,885)  

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B

     3,211          (74,881)  
       

 

 

 

       (19,570,445)  
       

 

 

 

Multi-Utilities (10.9)%

       

Ameren Corp.

     7,707          (542,265)  

CMS Energy Corp.

     71,702          (4,188,831)  

National Grid PLC, ADR(3)

     84,887          (5,156,036)  

NorthWestern Corp.

     18,497          (1,008,456)  

WEC Energy Group, Inc.

     43,698          (3,830,130)  
       

 

 

 

       (14,725,718)  
       

 

 

 

Multiline Retail (3.0)%

       

Big Lots, Inc.

     39,891          (1,675,422)  

Dollar General Corp.

     4,383          (835,005)  

Kohl’s Corp.

     28,851          (599,235)  

Macy’s, Inc.

     47,881          (329,421)  

Nordstrom, Inc.

     5,140          (81,161)  

Target Corp.

     4,988          (598,211)  
       

 

 

 

       (4,118,455)  
       

 

 

 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (31.6)%

       

Antero Resources Corp.

     330,523          (839,528)  

BP PLC, ADR(3)

     118,921          (2,773,238)  

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     131,547          (2,259,977)  

Callon Petroleum Co.

     153,173          (176,149)  

Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A

     159,556          (142,005)  

Chevron Corp.

     23,727          (2,117,160)  

Cimarex Energy Co.

     94,182          (2,589,063)  

ConocoPhillips

     80,997          (3,403,494)  

Contango Oil & Gas Co.

     7,864          (18,009)  

Continental Resources, Inc.

     210,550          (3,690,942)  

Devon Energy Corp.

     262,266          (2,974,096)  

Diamondback Energy, Inc.

     75,308          (3,149,381)  

EOG Resources, Inc.

     68,533          (3,471,882)  

EQT Corp.

     37,642          (447,940)  

Euronav N.V.(3)

     16,720          (136,268)  

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     45,953          (2,055,018)  

Frontline Ltd.(3)

     10,238          (71,461)  

Marathon Oil Corp.

     466,079          (2,852,404)  

Murphy Oil Corp.

     244,752          (3,377,578)  

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     213,247          (3,902,420)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

22


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

Ovintiv, Inc.(2)

     22,726          (217,033)  

Range Resources Corp.

     193,318          (1,088,380)  

Royal Dutch Shell PLC, Class A, ADR(3)

     7,383          (241,350)  

Southwestern Energy Co.

     163,576          (418,755)  

Targa Resources Corp.

     19,260          (386,548)  
       

 

 

 

       (42,800,079)  
       

 

 

 

Paper & Forest Products (0.7)%

       

Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

     38,110          (977,522)  
       

 

 

 

Personal Products (1.5)%

       

Estee Lauder Cos., Inc. (The), Class A

     10,942          (2,064,537)  
       

 

 

 

Pharmaceuticals (3.7)%

       

Agile Therapeutics, Inc.

     6,232          (17,325)  

Arvinas, Inc.

     756          (25,356)  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     23,361          (1,373,627)  

Durect Corp.

     18,225          (42,282)  

Eli Lilly & Co.

     17,768          (2,917,150)  

IMARA, Inc.

     1,691          (46,722)  

Kala Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

     1,435          (15,082)  

Pfizer, Inc.

     12,880          (421,176)  

Provention Bio, Inc.

     3,904          (55,086)  

Relmada Therapeutics, Inc.

     1,295          (57,951)  

Zogenix, Inc.

     1,243          (33,574)  
       

 

 

 

       (5,005,331)  
       

 

 

 

Professional Services (0.9)%

       

CoStar Group, Inc.

     50          (35,533)  

Nielsen Holdings PLC(3)

     77,280          (1,148,381)  

Upwork, Inc.

     3,220          (46,497)  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

     190          (32,338)  
       

 

 

 

                   (1,262,749)      
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (66.3)%

       

American Homes 4 Rent, Class A

     262,960          (7,073,624)  

Apple Hospitality REIT, Inc.

     5,138          (49,633)  

Arbor Realty Trust, Inc.

     8,950          (82,698)  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

     34,022          (5,261,162)  

Brandywine Realty Trust

     51,400          (559,746)  

Broadmark Realty Capital, Inc.

     11,168          (105,761)  

Camden Property Trust

     82,866          (7,559,036)  

Douglas Emmett, Inc.

     200,348          (6,142,670)  

Essex Property Trust, Inc.

     11,507          (2,637,059)  

Extra Space Storage, Inc.

     15,102          (1,394,972)  

Federal Realty Investment Trust

     5,474          (466,439)  

Franklin Street Properties Corp.

     597,161          (3,039,549)  

Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc.

     218,051          (7,544,565)  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc.

     69,463          (2,034,571)  

Kite Realty Group Trust

     387,750          (4,474,635)  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A

     1,047          (69,898)  

LTC Properties, Inc.

     192,464          (7,250,119)  

Medical Properties Trust, Inc.

     205,282          (3,859,302)  

National Retail Properties, Inc.

     14,784          (524,536)  

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust

     16,698          (228,095)  

Prologis, Inc.

     21,884          (2,042,434)  

Regency Centers Corp.

     63,567          (2,917,090)  

Retail Properties of America, Inc., Class A

     155,733          (1,139,966)  

Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.

     4,496          (155,562)  

Safehold, Inc.

     400          (22,996)  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

23


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

Real Estate Investment Trusts

SITE Centers Corp.

     125,544          (1,016,906

SL Green Realty Corp.

     74,785          (3,686,153

STORE Capital Corp.

     113,862          (2,711,054

Tanger Factory Outlet Centers, Inc.

     185,665          (1,323,791

Taubman Centers, Inc.

     124,815          (4,713,014

Terreno Realty Corp.

     81,304          (4,279,843

Ventas, Inc.

     75,487          (2,764,334

Vornado Realty Trust

     63,882          (2,440,931

Weyerhaeuser Co.

     5,075          (113,984
       

 

 

 

       (89,686,128
       

 

 

 

Real Estate Management & Development 0.0%

       

Redfin Corp.

     828          (34,702
       

 

 

 

Road & Rail (13.2)%

       

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

     20,043          (458,784

CSX Corp.

     23,147          (1,614,272

Heartland Express, Inc.

     9,013          (187,650

JB Hunt Transport Services, Inc.

     26,749          (3,218,975

Ryder System, Inc.

     8,988          (337,140

Saia, Inc.

     75,941          (8,443,120

Schneider National, Inc., Class B

     80,791          (1,993,114

Uber Technologies, Inc.(2)

     12,575          (390,831

Union Pacific Corp.

     6,839          (1,156,270
       

 

 

 

                   (17,800,156 )     
       

 

 

 

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment (5.7)%

       

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

     3,841          (202,075

Applied Materials, Inc.

     19,764          (1,194,734

CyberOptics Corp.

     647          (20,840

Lattice Semiconductor Corp.

     1,100          (31,229

Power Integrations, Inc.

     186          (21,972

Teradyne, Inc.

     12,880          (1,088,489

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     27,226          (3,456,885

Xilinx, Inc.

     17,604          (1,732,058
       

 

 

 

       (7,748,282
       

 

 

 

Software (27.3)%

       

Anaplan, Inc.

     14,028          (635,609

ANSYS, Inc.

     153          (44,635

Appian Corp.

     151          (7,739

Aspen Technology, Inc.

     4,824          (499,815

Autodesk, Inc.

     5,148          (1,231,350

Avalara, Inc.

     790          (105,141

Blackline, Inc.

     3,295          (273,188

Cerence, Inc.

     39,382          (1,608,361

Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.

     340          (26,952

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.(3)

     51,341          (5,515,564

Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc.

     489          (18,856

Domo, Inc., Class B

     711          (22,873

Envestnet, Inc.

     563          (41,403

Fortinet, Inc.

     15,364          (2,109,016

Guidewire Software, Inc.

     1,882          (208,620

HubSpot, Inc.

     12,847          (2,882,224

Intuit, Inc.

     5,003          (1,481,838

Mimecast Ltd.(3)

     11,623          (484,214

New Relic, Inc.

     6,438          (443,578

Oracle Corp.

     12,873          (711,491

PagerDuty, Inc.

     81,603          (2,335,478

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares        Value

Common Stocks

Software

Paycom Software, Inc.

     737          (228,271

Paylocity Holding Corp.

     2,961          (431,980

Proofpoint, Inc.

     10,280          (1,142,313

PROS Holdings, Inc.

     612          (27,191

Q2 Holdings, Inc.

     335          (28,740

SAP SE, ADR(3)

     58,270          (8,157,800

Sapiens International Corp. N.V.(3)

     785          (21,964

Slack Technologies, Inc., Class A

     77,040          (2,395,174

SolarWinds Corp.

     479          (8,464

SVMK, Inc.(2)

     3,057          (71,962

Synopsys, Inc.

     1,180          (230,100

Tenable Holdings, Inc.

     2,113          (62,988

Trade Desk, Inc. (The), Class A

     7,914          (3,217,041

Varonis Systems, Inc.

     192          (16,988

Veritone, Inc.

     2,115          (31,429

Zoom Video Communications, Inc., Class A(2)

     653          (165,562
       

 

 

 

       (36,925,912
       

 

 

 

Specialty Retail (6.8)%

                    

AutoNation, Inc.

     23,112          (868,549

CarMax, Inc.

     6,420          (574,911

Gap, Inc. (The)

     78,325          (988,461

GrowGeneration Corp.

     2,876          (19,672

Ross Stores, Inc.

     26,896          (2,292,615

Tractor Supply Co.

     19,938          (2,627,629

Ulta Beauty, Inc.

     9,321          (1,896,078
       

 

 

 

       (9,267,915
       

 

 

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals (4.9)%

       

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

     320,495          (3,118,416

Logitech International S.A.(3)

     3,864          (252,010

NetApp, Inc.

     19,305          (856,563

Seagate Technology PLC(3)

     30,835          (1,492,722

Super Micro Computer, Inc.

     3,927          (111,488

Western Digital Corp.

     19,275          (850,991 )     
       

 

 

 

                   (6,682,190
       

 

 

 

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (4.2)%

       

G-III Apparel Group Ltd.

     18,032          (239,645

Hanesbrands, Inc.

     313,896          (3,543,886

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.

     1,546          (482,367

PVH Corp.

     10,298          (494,819

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     12,917          (936,741

VF Corp.

     668          (40,708
       

 

 

 

       (5,738,166
       

 

 

 

Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (0.1)%

       

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.

     1,763          (73,676
       

 

 

 

Trading Companies & Distributors (3.0)%

       

Air Lease Corp.

     21,896          (641,334

Fastenal Co.

     9,016          (386,245

HD Supply Holdings, Inc.

     3,699          (128,170

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

     3,873          (281,993

SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.

     203          (23,136

United Rentals, Inc.

     17,199          (2,563,339

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

Investments    Shares          Value    

Common Stocks

       

Trading Companies & Distributors

       

Watsco, Inc.

     424          (75,345
       

 

 

 

          (4,099,562
       

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks (Proceeds $533,161,378)

          (542,585,417
       

 

 

 

Exchange-Traded Funds (122.1)%

       

Alerian MLP ETF

     6,852          (169,107

Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Fund

     59,401          (3,210,030

Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Fund

     6,310          (805,850

Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR Fund

     91,447          (5,362,452

ETFMG Prime Cyber Security ETF

     50,178          (2,231,917

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

     18,040          (1,805,263

Industrial Select Sector SPDR Fund

     81,130          (5,573,631

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

     66,164          (16,382,206

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

     19,313          (3,165,980

iShares China Large-Cap ETF

     5,138          (203,979

iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF

     22,631          (6,432,862

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

     16,835          (673,232

iShares MSCI India ETF

     23,628          (685,684

iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF

     8,720          (1,191,937

iShares Russell 2000 ETF(2)

     110,293          (15,791,752

iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF

     22,522          (4,659,126

iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF

     25,589          (2,016,669

iShares U.S. Technology ETF

     38,535          (10,396,743

Materials Select Sector SPDR Fund

     14,478          (815,835

SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

     155,799          (48,042,180

SPDR S&P Biotech ETF

     15,551          (1,740,934

SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF

     13,219          (580,314

SPDR S&P Retail ETF

     61,644          (2,643,295

SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF

     87,003          (9,734,766

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

     34,039          (3,556,735

United States Oil Fund L.P.

     38,619          (1,083,649

Utilities Select Sector SPDR Fund

     187,178          (10,562,454

VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF

     26,737          (4,085,414

Vanguard Real Estate ETF

     21,203          (1,665,072 )     
       

 

 

 

Total Exchange-Traded Funds (Proceeds $159,514,161)

          (165,269,068
       

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short (Proceeds $692,675,539)

          (707,854,485
       

 

 

 

Total Investments, net of securities sold short (Cost $58,741,996) 51.7%

          69,970,762  

Other assets, less liabilities 48.3%

          65,335,800  
       

 

 

 

Net Assets 100.0%

        $         135,306,562  
       

 

 

 

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®) was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor’s.

 

(1) Non-income producing.

 

(2) All or a portion of this security has been committed as collateral for open securities sold short. The total value of assets committed as collateral as of June 30, 2020, is $484,612,515.

 

(3) Foreign security.

 

(4) Securities sold short are not owned by the Fund and cannot produce income.

 

 

ADR

   American Depository Receipt

ETF

   Exchange-Traded Fund

MLP

   Master Limited Partnership

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

26


Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund

June 30, 2020

 

 

REIT

   Real Estate Investment Trust

At June 30, 2020, the Fund had the following forward currency exchange contracts outstanding:

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

 

Currency   Counterpartya       Type           Quantity         Contract
Amount
    Settlement
Date
    Unrealized
Appreciation
    Unrealized
Depreciation
 

Buy: GBP / Sell: USD

  State Street Bank & Trust Co.   Buy     6,186,000       7,642,574       7/31/20     $ 10,653     $  

Buy: EUR / Sell: USD

  State Street Bank & Trust Co.   Buy     3,876,000       4,354,163       7/31/20       4,421        

Buy: EUR / Sell: USD

  State Street Bank & Trust Co.   Buy     363,000       408,586       7/31/20             (390

Buy: GBP / Sell: USD

  State Street Bank & Trust Co.   Buy     199,000       244,475       7/31/20       1,724        

Buy: USD / Sell: EUR

  State Street Bank & Trust Co.   Sell     1,240,000       1,393,160       7/31/20             (1,227

    Total Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

        $ 16,798     $ (1,617

    Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

          $ 15,181  

    aMay be comprised of multiple contracts with the same counterparty, currency and settlement date.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

27


    

Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

    

 

June 30, 2020      
      Weiss Strategic
Interval Fund

ASSETS:

 

Investments, at value (cost $751,417,535)

   $ 777,825,247      

Cash

     45,425,191  

Deposits at broker for shorts

     28,296,598  

Receivable for forward currency exchange contracts

     16,798  

Receivable for investments sold

     159,885,171  

Dividends and interest receivable (Net of foreign withholding taxes of $5,832)

     1,318,770  

Receivable for excise tax

     3,359,783  

Prepaid expenses

     74,743  

Total assets

     1,016,202,301  

LIABILITIES:

 

Securities sold short, at value (proceeds of $692,675,539)

     707,854,485  

Payable for investments purchased

     165,523,548  

Payable for incentive fees (see Note 4)

     4,774,660  

Dividends and interest on securities sold short payable

     1,421,850  

Payable for borrowing fees on securities sold short

     633,571  

Payable for management fees (see Note 4)

     500,864  

Payable for audit fees

     88,814  

Payable for forward currency exchange contracts

     1,617  

Payable for legal fees

     48,747  

Payable for fund administration and fund accounting fees

     18,426  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     14,590  

Payable for compliance fees

     8,385  

Payable for transfer agent fees and expenses

     6,182  

Total liabilities

     880,895,739  

NET ASSETS

   $ 135,306,562  

NET ASSETS CONSISTS OF:

 

Paid-in capital

   $ 437,787,200  

Total Distributable Earnings (Loss)

     (32,862,309

Loans receivable from sole shareholder

     (268,339,134

Accrued interest on loans receivable from sole shareholder

     (1,279,195

Total net assets

   $         135,306,562  

Shares issued and outstanding (unlimited shares authorized)

     34,595,474  

Net asset value and offering price per share

   $ 3.9

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

28


    

Statement of Operations (unaudited)

    

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

 

     

Weiss

Strategic
    Interval Fund    

INVESTMENT INCOME:

 

Dividend income on long positions (net of foreign withholding taxes of $23,299)

   $ 10,451,380  

Total investment income

     10,451,380  

EXPENSES:

 

Incentive fee (see Note 4)

     11,316,888  

Dividends on securities sold short

     9,947,876  

Borrowing expenses on securities sold short

     3,249,857  

Management fees (see Note 4)

     2,879,047  

Audit fees

     79,314  

Administration and fund accounting fees

     63,201  

Trustees’ fees

     44,757  

Custodian fees

     31,641  

Insurance fees

     26,618  

Compliance fees

     25,313  

Transfer agent fees

     12,432  

Miscellaneous fees

     6,332  

Legal fees

     4,114  

Reports to shareholders

     3,480  

Total expenses

     27,690,870  

Net investment loss

     (17,239,490

NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS:

 

Net realized gain from:

 

Investment transactions

     (72,839,046

Securities sold short

     132,839,162  

Forward currency contracts

     (297,962

Foreign currency related transactions

     (64,545

Net realized gain

     59,637,609  

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation:

 

Investment transactions

     (4,737,686

Securities sold short

     4,188,989  

Forward currency contracts

     98,314  

Translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies

     310  

Net decrease in unrealized appreciation/depreciation

     (450,073

Net realized and change in unrealized gain on investments

     59,187,536      

NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS

   $ 41,948,046  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

29


    

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

    

 

      Weiss Strategic Interval Fund  
      For the Six
Months Ended
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
    For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2019

INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment loss

   $ (17,239,490   $ (14,639,682

Net realized gain on investments, securities sold short, forward currency exchange contracts and foreign currency transactions

     59,637,609       28,708,303  

Net increase (decrease) in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments, securities sold short, forward currency exchange contracts and foreign currency translation

     (450,073     14,072,990  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     41,948,046               28,141,611  

DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS FROM:

 

Net investment income

           (20,040,384

Total distributions to shareholders

           (20,040,384

CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS AND LOANS TO SOLE SHAREHOLDER:

 

Net proceeds from sale of shares

           142,210,035  

Reinvestment of distributions

           20,040,384  

Issuance of loans to sole shareholder

     (67,000,000     (144,139,134

Interest payments from loans to sole shareholder

     2,156,764       4,002,217  

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions and loans to sole shareholder

     (64,843,236     22,113,502  

Net Increase in Net Assets

     (22,895,190     30,214,729  

NET ASSETS:

 

Beginning of period

   $ 158,201,752     $ 127,987,023  

End of period

   $         135,306,562     $ 158,201,752  

SHARES CREATED AND REDEEMED:

 

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

     34,595,474       18,964,228  

Shares sold

           13,707,985  

Shares issued from reinvestment of distributions

           1,923,261  

Shares redeemed

            

Shares outstanding, end of period

     34,595,474       34,595,474      

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

30


    

Statement of Cash Flows (unaudited)

    

 

For the Six Months Ended June 30, 2020

 

          Weiss Strategic    
Interval Fund

CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES:

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   $ 41,948,046  

Adjustments to reconcile net increase in net assets from operations to net cash used in operating activities:

  

Purchases of investments

     (6,200,183,885

Proceeds from sales of investments

     6,497,232,733  

Proceeds from securities sold short

     6,927,979,193  

Purchases to cover securities sold short

     (7,175,718,353

Net repayments on forward currency exchange contracts

     (297,962

Unrealized depreciation on investments

     4,737,686  

Unrealized appreciation on securities sold short

     (4,188,989

Unrealized appreciation on forward currency exchange contracts

     (98,314

Net realized loss on investments

     72,839,046  

Net realized gain on securities sold short

     (132,839,162

Net realized loss on forward currency exchange contracts

     297,962  

Decrease in receivable for investments sold

     44,421,700  

Decrease in dividends and interest receivable

     1,142,761  

Increase in prepaid expenses

     (70,236

Decrease in payable for investments purchased

     (38,860,660

Decrease in dividends and interest payable

     (1,210,230

Increase in payable for management fees

     27,090  

Increase in payable for borrowing fees on securities sold short

     132,255  

Decrease in payable for audit fees

     (33,186

Increase in payable for fund administration and fund accounting fees

     6,593  

Increase in payable for legal fees

     4,022  

Increase in payable for transfer agent fees and expenses

     2,015  

Increase in payable for performance fees

     2,734,780  

Decrease in accrued expenses and other liabilities

     (8,137

Increase in payable for compliance fees

     4,041  

Net cash used in operating activities

   $ 40,000,809  

CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:

 

Loans to sole shareholder

   $ (67,000,000

Proceeds from interest on loans to sole shareholder

     2,156,764  

Net cash provided by financing activities

     (64,843,236

Net change in cash

   $ (24,842,427

CASH:

 

Beginning Balance, Cash and Deposits at broker for shorts

   $ 98,564,216  

Ending Balance, Cash and Deposits at broker for shorts

   $ 73,721,789  

At June 30, 2020 the below amounts are included in cash and deposits at broker for shorts:

 

Cash

   $ 45,425,191  

Deposits at broker for shorts

   $ 28,296,598  
     $ 73,721,789      

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

    

 

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund   

 

                    

           
    For the
Six Months Ended
June 30, 2020
(unaudited)
    For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2019
    For the Period
Ended
December 31,
2018* (1)
 

PER SHARE DATA(2)

 

Net asset value, beginning of period

    $4.57       $6.75       $10.00  

INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:

 

Net investment loss(3)

    (0.50     (0.50     (0.96

Net realized and unrealized gain on investments

    1.76       1.94       2.72  

Total from investment operations

    1.26       1.44       1.76  

LESS DISTRIBUTIONS FROM:

 

Net investment income(4)

          (0.61     (1.66

LESS TRANSACTIONS FROM:

 

Loans to sole shareholder

    (1.92     (3.01     (3.35

Net asset value, end of period

    $3.91       $4.57       $6.75  

TOTAL RETURN BEFORE INCENTIVE FEES

    35.52 %(5)      27.39     23.59 %(5) 

TOTAL RETURN AFTER INCENTIVE FEES

    27.67 %(5)      21.38     17.59 %(5) 

SUPPLEMENTAL DATA AND RATIOS:

 

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

    $135,307       $158,202       $127,987  

Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets(6)

    24.30 %(7)      29.91     25.44 %(7) 

Ratio of dividends and borrowing expense on securities sold short to average net assets

    11.58 %(7)      20.89     15.13 %(7) 

Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets excluding dividends and borrowing expense on securities sold short(6)

    2.79 %(7)      3.71     5.03 %(7) 

Ratio of incentive fees to average net
assets(6)

    9.93 %(7)      5.32     5.28 %(7) 

Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets(6)

    (15.13 )%(7)      (10.38 )%      (12.51 )%(7) 

Portfolio turnover rate(8)

    723 %(5)      887     938 %(5) 

 

* 

See Note 2 in Notes to Financial Statements for more information.

(1) 

Inception date of the Fund was February 1, 2018.

(2) 

For a share outstanding for the entire period.

(3) 

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(4) 

Includes short-term capital gains, if any.

(5) 

Not annualized for periods less than one year.

(6) 

These ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying exchange-traded funds as represented in the Schedule of Investments. Recognition of net investment income by the Fund is affected by the timing of the declaration of dividends by the underlying exchange-traded funds in which the Fund invests.

 
(7) 

Annualized for periods less than one year.

 
(8) 

The portfolio turnover disclosed is for the Fund as a whole. The numerator for the portfolio turnover rate includes the lesser of purchases or sales (excluding short positions). The denominator includes the average fair value of long positions throughout the periods.

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

32


    

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

1. Organization

Weiss Strategic Interval Fund (the “Fund”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on September 5, 2017 pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust (“Declaration of Trust”). The Fund is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a closed-end, diversified management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC (the “Adviser”) serves as the Fund’s investment adviser.

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide returns with moderate volatility and reduced correlation to the overall performance of the equity market. The Fund pursues its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The equity securities in which the Fund takes long and short positions include domestically traded large and mid-capitalization equity securities, including master limited partnerships or other entities that offer economic exposure to master limited partnerships and shares of real estate investment trusts. The Fund operates as an interval fund under Rule 23c-3 of the 1940 Act.

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The accompanying financial statements of the Fund are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”). The Fund is an investment company and follows the accounting and reporting guidance in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, Financial Services – Investment Companies. The Fund maintains its financial records in U.S. dollars and follows the accrual basis of accounting.

Revision to Previously Issued Financial Statements

The Fund’s previously issued financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2018 have been restated to revise the classification of loans to the sole shareholder and the interest earned from those loans. The revisions resulted in the loans receivable of $52,700,000 and interest receivable of $186,535 being reclassified as a deduction from net assets, as well as interest income of $1,120,874 being reclassified as a reduction of investment income. As a result, NAV per share was reduced from $9.77 to $6.75 as of December 31, 2018. These reclassifications also had corresponding effects on the percentage of net assets presented on the Schedule of Investments, and on the per share data, total returns, and supplemental data and ratios presented in the Financial Highlights. The cash flow activities related to the loans have also been reclassified from operating activities to financing activities. The cumulative effect of these changes resulted in a reduction of net assets previously presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities of $57,386,535 and a reduction in the net increase in net assets resulting from operations of $1,120,874. However, these adjustments are for the purposes of U.S. GAAP audited financial statement presentation only.

The Fund’s previously issued financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2018 did not reflect ASU 2016-18, which required further classification and presentation of restricted cash in the Statement of Cash Flows. The restated financial statements reflect the adoption of ASU 2016- 18.

The table below presents previously reported balances of the Fund and the restated balances of the Fund after the reclassification of loans to the sole shareholder and interest earned from those loans and restricted cash, as detailed above, for the year ended December 31, 2018.

 

Statement / Line Item    As Previously    
Reported Book    
Balance    
     Reclassification          As Restated      
       

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

                          

Assets:

                            

Loans receivable from sole shareholder

   $ 57,200,000        $ (57,200,000)        $ –    

Dividends and interest receivable

     1,333,233          (186,535)          1,146,698    

Total Assets

     761,876,170          (57,386,535)          704,489,635    
       

Liabilities:

                             

Total Liabilities

     576,502,612          –          576,502,612    
       

Total Net Assets

   $   185,373,558          $  (57,386,535)        $   127,987,023    
       

Net Assets Consists of:

                             

Paid-in-Capital

   $ 186,093,847        $ –        $ 186,093,847    

Total Distributable Earnings (Loss)

     (720,289)          –          (720,289)    

Loans receivable from sole shareholder

     –          (57,200,000)          (57,200,000)    

Accrued interest on loans receivable from sole shareholder

     –          (186,535)          (186,535)    

 

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  Statement / Line Item   As Previously
  Reported Book  
Balance
    Reclassification       As Restated  

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

                             

 

Total Net Assets

    $ 185,373,558     $ (57,386,535)     $ 127,987,023

Shares issued and outstanding

      18,964,228             18,964,228

Net asset value per share

    $ 9.77     $ (3.02)     $ 6.75

 

Statement of Operations

                             

Investment Income:

                             

Interest

    $ 1,120,874     $ (1,120,874)     $

 

Total Investment Income

      17,629,135       (1,120,874)       16,508,261

Expenses:

                             

Total Expenses

      32,473,170             32,473,170

 

Net Investment Loss

    $ (14,844,035)     $ (1,120,874)     $ (15,964,909)
                               

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

                             

Net investment loss

    $ (14,844,035)     $ (1,120,874)     $ (15,964,909)

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

      23,440,146       (1,120,874)       22,319,272
                               

Distributions to Shareholders From:

                             

Net investment income

      (20,040,384)             (20,040,384)
                               

Capital Share Transactions

                             

Net proceeds from sale of shares

      166,061,445             166,061,445

Reinvestment of distributions

      23,392,185             23,392,185

Issuance of loans to sole shareholder

            (57,200,000)       (57,200,000)

Interest payments from loans to sole shareholder

            934,339       934,339

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions and loans to sole shareholder

      189,453,630       (56,265,661)       133,187,969

 

Net Increase in Net Assets

    $ 185,373,558     $ (57,386,535)     $ 127,987,023

 

Net Assets End of Period

    $ 185,373,558     $ (57,386,535)     $ 127,987,023

 

Statement of Cash Flows

                             

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    $ 23,440,146     $ (1,120,874)     $ 22,319,272

 

Increase in loans receivable from sole shareholder

      (17,000,000)       17,000,000      

 

Increase in deposits at broker for shorts

      40,942,778       (40,942,778)      

 

Increase in dividends and interest receivable

      (571,788)       186,535       (385,253)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

    $ (51,832,815)       57,008,439       5,175,624

 

Loans to sole shareholder

            (17,000,000)       (17,000,000)

 

Proceeds from interest on loans to sole shareholder

            934,339       934,339

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

    $ 120,971,967     $ (16,065,661)     $ 104,906,306

 

Net change in cash

    $ 69,139,152         $ 40,942,778         $ 110,081,930    

 

Ending Balance, Cash and Deposits at Broker for Shorts

    $ 69,139,152     $ 40,942,778     $ 110,081,930

 

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  Statement / Line Item   As Previously
  Reported Book  
Balance
    Reclassification       As Restated  
       

Notes to Financial Statements

                       

U.S. GAAP permanent differences between financial and tax reporting:

                       
       

Paid in Capital

  $ (3,359,783)     $ (1,120,874)     $ (4,480,657)  
       

Total Distributable Earnings (Loss)

  $ 3,359,783        $ 1,120,874        $ 4,480,657     

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Organization and Offering Costs

Under an agreement with the Fund’s sole shareholder, Somerset Reinsurance Ltd. (“Somerset”), Somerset will pay all expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with the organization and offering of shares of the Fund. The sole shareholder is not entitled to the reimbursement of these costs from the Fund.

Federal Income Taxes

It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is required.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.

Security Transactions, Income and Expenses

The Fund follows industry practice and records security transactions on the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of securities are determined using cost calculated on the basis of specific identification. Dividend income and expense are recorded on the ex-dividend date and interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends have been provided for in accordance with the Fund’s understanding of the applicable country’s tax rules and regulations.

Transactions with Brokers

The Fund’s receivables from brokers for proceeds on securities sold short and deposits at brokers for securities sold short are with one securities dealer. The Fund does not require the brokers to maintain collateral in support of the receivables from the brokers for proceeds on securities sold short. The Fund is required by the brokers to maintain collateral at the brokers or in a segregated account at the Fund’s custodian for securities sold short. The receivable from brokers on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities represents the collateral for securities sold short. The deposit at broker for shorts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities represents the collateral for securities sold short. The Fund may maintain cash deposits at brokers beyond the receivables for short sales.

Restricted cash is subject to a legal or contractual restriction by third parties as well as a restriction as to withdrawal or use, including restrictions that require the funds to be used for a specified purpose and restrictions that limit the purpose for which the funds can be used. The Fund considers deposits at broker for shorts to be restricted cash.

 

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The Fund’s foreign currency exchange contracts’ cash deposits are monitored daily by the Adviser and counterparty. Cash deposits beyond the short sale proceeds by the Fund would be presented as deposits at brokers on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. These transactions may involve market risk in excess of the amounts receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Share Valuation

The NAV per share of the Fund is calculated by dividing the sum of the value of the securities held by the Fund, plus cash or other assets, minus all liabilities (including estimated accrued expenses) by the total number of shares outstanding for the Fund, rounded to the nearest cent. The Fund’s shares will not be priced on days which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is closed for trading.

Distributions

The Fund intends to declare income dividends and distribute them to the sole shareholder monthly at rates that reflect the past and projected net income of the Fund. Subject to applicable law, the Fund may fund a portion of its distributions with gains from the sale of portfolio securities and other sources. The Fund will pay the sole shareholder at least annually all or substantially all of its net investment income after the payment of interest, fees or dividends, if any, owed with respect to any forms of leverage utilized by the Fund. The Fund intends to pay any capital gains distributions at least annually. Distributions received from real estate investment trusts may be classified as dividends, capital gains, and/or return of capital.

Fair Value – Definition and Hierarchy

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability (i.e., the “exit price”) in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

In determining fair value, the Fund uses various valuation approaches. A fair value hierarchy for inputs is used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs are to be used when available. The fair value hierarchy is categorized into three levels based on the inputs as follows:

Level 1 - Valuations based on unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

Level 2 - Valuations based on inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable either directly or indirectly.

Level 3 - Valuations based on inputs that are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement.

Fair value is a market-based measure, based on assumptions of prices and inputs considered from the perspective of a market participant that are current as of the measurement date, rather than an entity-specific measure. Therefore, even when market assumptions are not readily available, the Fund’s own assumptions are set to reflect those that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability at the measurement date.

The availability of valuation techniques and observable inputs can vary from investment to investment and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including the type of investment, whether the investment is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the transaction. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Because of the inherent uncertainty of valuation, those estimated values may be materially higher or lower than the values that would have been used had a ready market for the investments existed. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised by the Fund in determining fair value is greatest for investments categorized in Level 3. In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement.

3. Fair Value Measurements

The Fund’s assets and liabilities recorded at fair value have been categorized based upon a fair value hierarchy as described in the Fund’s significant accounting policies in Note 2. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The following is a summary of the fair valuations according to the inputs used as of June 30, 2020, for valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities.

 

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     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total    
  

 

 

 

Assets:

           

Investments in Securities:

 

Common Stocks(1)

   $ 754,348,146      $ 3,211,079      $      $ 757,559,225  

Exchange-Traded Funds

     20,219,872                      20,219,872  

Rights

     46,150                      46,150  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     774,614,168        3,211,079               777,825,247  

Derivative Contracts:

           

Forward Exchange Contracts(2)

            16,798               16,798  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $         774,614,168      $         3,227,877      $                 —      $         777,842,045  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities:

           

Securities Sold Short:

 

Common Stocks(1)

   $ (542,585,417)      $      $      $ (542,585,417)  

Exchange-Traded Funds

     (165,269,068)                      (165,269,068)  
  

 

 

 

Total Securities Sold Short

     (707,854,485)                      (707,854,485)  
  

 

 

 

Derivative Contracts:

           

Forward Exchange Contracts(2)

            (1,617)               (1,617)  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ (707,854,485)      $ (1,617)      $      $ (707,856,102)  
  

 

 

 

 

(1) 

Please refer to the Schedule of Investments to view long and short common stocks segregated by industry type.

(2) 

Forward currency exchange contracts are valued at the net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument by the counterparty.

Equity Securities

Equity securities listed on a U.S. securities exchange generally are valued at the last sale or closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Equity securities listed on the NASDAQ Global or Global Select Market are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Unlisted or listed securities for which closing sales prices or closing quotations are not available are valued at the mean between the latest available bid and asked prices and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. The daily valuation of exchange-traded foreign securities generally is determined as of the close of trading on the principal exchange on which such securities trade. Events occurring after the close of trading on foreign exchanges may result in adjustments to the valuation of foreign securities to more accurately reflect their fair value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange. When valuing foreign equity securities that meet certain criteria, the Fund’s Board has approved the use of a fair value service that values such securities to reflect market trading that occurs after the close of the applicable foreign markets of comparable securities or other instruments that have a strong correlation to the fair-valued securities. Such securities are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

Exchange-Traded Funds

Exchange-traded funds are valued at the official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Investments in registered investment companies (including money market funds) that do not trade on an exchange are valued at the net asset value per share on the valuation day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.

Securities Sold Short

The Fund sells securities or currencies short for economic hedging purposes or any other investment purpose. For financial statement purposes, an amount equal to the settlement amount is initially included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently priced to reflect the current value of the short position. Subsequent fluctuations in the market prices of securities or currencies sold, but not yet purchased, may require purchasing the securities or currencies at prices which may differ from the fair value reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The Fund will incur losses if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund purchases the securities to replace the borrowed securities. The Fund’s losses on short sales are potentially unlimited because there is no upward limit on the price a borrowed security could attain.

The Fund is liable for any dividends payable on securities while those securities are sold short. Until the security is replaced, the Fund is required to pay to the lender any income earned, which is recorded as an expense by the Fund. The Fund’s policy is to segregate liquid assets in an amount equal to the fair value of securities sold short (not including proceeds received), which is

 

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reflected in the Schedule of Investments. These assets are required to be adjusted daily to reflect changes in the value of the securities or currencies sold short.

Foreign Securities and Currency Translation

Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions. The Fund does not isolate the portion of the results of operations from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest, and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal year-end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

Investments in foreign securities entail certain risks. There may be a possibility of nationalization or expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, political or financial instability, and diplomatic developments that could affect the value of the Fund’s investments in certain foreign countries. Since foreign securities normally are denominated and traded in foreign currencies, the value of the Fund’s assets may be affected favorably or unfavorably by currency exchange rates, currency exchange control regulations, foreign withholding taxes, and restrictions or prohibitions on the repatriation of foreign currencies. There may be less information publicly available about a foreign issuer than about a U.S. issuer, and foreign issuers are not generally subject to accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards and practices comparable to those in the United States. The securities of some foreign issuers are less liquid and at times more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. issuers.

Derivatives

The Fund may utilize derivative instruments such as options, swaps, futures, forward contracts and other instruments with similar characteristics to the extent that they are consistent with the Fund’s respective investment objectives and limitations. The use of these instruments may involve additional investment risks, including the possibility of illiquid markets or imperfect correlation between the value of the instruments and the underlying securities. Derivatives also may create leverage which will amplify the effect of their performance on the Fund and may produce significant losses.

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

The Fund is subject to foreign currency exchange rate risk in the normal course of pursuing its investment objectives. The Fund may enter into forward contracts for foreign currency hedging purposes, volatility management purposes or otherwise to gain, or reduce, long or short exposure to one or more asset classes or issuers. The Fund may enter into forward currency exchange contracts obligating the Fund to deliver and receive a currency at a specified future date. Forward contracts are valued daily, and unrealized appreciation or depreciation is recorded daily as the difference between the contract exchange rate and the closing forward rate applied to the face amount of the contract. A realized gain or loss is recorded at the time the forward contract expires. Credit risk may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to comply with the terms of the contract.

The use of forward currency exchange contracts does not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying prices of the Fund’s investment securities. The use of forward currency exchange contracts involves the risk that anticipated currency movements will not be accurately predicted. A forward currency exchange contract would limit the risk of loss due to a decline in the value of a particular currency; however, it would also limit any potential gain that might result should the value of the currency increase instead of decrease. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the amounts receivable or payable reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The Fund values forward contracts based on the terms of the contract (including the notional amount and contract duration) and using observable inputs, such as currency exchange rates or commodity prices. The Fund also considers counterparty credit risk in its valuation of forward contracts. Forward contracts are generally categorized in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

4. Fund Fees and Expenses

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and the Adviser, the Fund pays the Adviser a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 1.50%. The management fee will be applied to the Fund’s net asset value (before the

 

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deduction of any incentive fee and the repurchase of any shares pursuant to a periodic repurchase offer). The management fee will be accrued at least weekly and paid monthly in arrears.

Under the terms of the Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and the Adviser, the Fund pays to the Adviser a performance-based incentive fee, quarterly in arrears, generally accrued as of the end of each business day, equal to 20.00% of the investment profits, as defined in the Investment Advisory Agreement, attributable to each share for such calendar quarter; provided, however, that an incentive fee with respect to a share will be paid only with respect to investment profits for the applicable calendar quarter in excess of unrecouped investment losses as defined in the Investment Advisory Agreement as of the end of the previous calendar quarter.

Effective September 1, 2019, the Adviser agrees that it will attempt to manage the Fund’s aggregate leverage to be 1.5x per side of that of Weiss Multi-Strategy Partners LLC (the “Flagship Fund”) as measured by the Adviser’s risk metrics, unless otherwise agreed with Somerset in writing. In the event that Somerset, in its sole discretion, wants to increase the Fund’s aggregate leverage by an additional 0.5x per side that of the Flagship Fund, it may do so (subject to the US $1.2 billion in aggregate AUM capacity); provided, however, that the management fee associated with the incremental leverage applicable to Somerset for any quarter (or portion thereof) shall be 0.4375% (i.e., 1.75% per annum) and the incentive fee associated with the incremental leverage applicable to Somerset for any such quarter (or portion thereof) shall be an amount equal to an annual rate of 25% of the profits derived from the incremental leverage (including net unrealized gains and losses on investments).

In addition to the fees paid to the Adviser, the Fund pays all other costs and expenses of its operations, including compensation of its trustees (other than those affiliated with the Adviser), custodian, leveraging expenses, transfer and dividend disbursing agent expenses, legal fees, rating agency fees, listing fees and expenses, expenses of independent auditors, expenses of repurchasing shares, expenses of preparing, printing and distributing shareholder reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental agencies and taxes, if any.

For purposes of determining the fee calculations of the Fund, the value of the Loans outstanding are included in the NAV of the Fund.

5. Loans Receivable from Sole Shareholder

The Fund provides financial support to its sole shareholder in the normal course of executing its investment strategies. The loans are perpetual, with the interest accrued at the Libor Rate plus 0.50% reset every 90 days and payable quarterly. The following table summarizes financial support provided to the Fund’s sole shareholder during the period from January 1, 2020 through June 30, 2020.

As of June 30, 2020, the loans receivable and related interest are recorded as deductions to net assets on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Type   Amount    Reasons for providing support

The Fund agrees to make revolving loans to Somerset (a Bermuda based, reinsurance company) in an aggregate amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed the Maximum Revolver Amount (Maturities ranging from June 23, 2020 to March 27, 2025)

  $268,339,134 (principal) and $1,279,195 (accrued interest)   

The proceeds of the loans shall be used by Somerset to provide cash collateral in support of its reinsurance obligations under reinsurance arrangements entered into by Somerset.

For the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Fund made additional loans with a principal balance of $67,000,000 to the sole shareholder. During the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Fund earned interest of approximately $2,403,000 on the outstanding loans, that interest earned on loans flows through equity as capital contributions rather than the Statement of Operations. The Fund did not collect any principal payments during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

6. Administration Agreement

The Fund has entered into an Administration and Operating Services Agreement with the State Street Bank & Trust Company (“SSB&T”). Under the terms of this agreement, the Fund pays SSB&T a fee, to provide administrative services to the Fund, including custody, accounting, fund administration and transfer agency services for the Fund.

 

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7. Related Party Transactions

The managing member and chief executive officer of the Adviser is also an investor and director of the Fund’s sole shareholder.

8. Investment Transactions

The aggregate purchases and sales, excluding short-term investments, by the Fund for the six months ended June 30, 2020, were as follows:

 

     Purchases      Sales   

U.S. Government

     $      $  

Other

         6,200,183,885        6,497,232,733  

Short Sales

     7,175,718,353        6,927,979,193  

9. Taxes

Federal Income Taxes – The Fund intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, necessary to qualify as a regulated investment company and distributes substantially all net taxable investment income and net realized gains to shareholders in a manner which results in no tax cost to the Fund. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. As of and during the six months ended June 30, 2020, the Fund did not have any tax positions that did not meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold of being sustained by the applicable tax authority and did not have liabilities for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits on uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. The Fund is subject to examination by taxing authorities for the tax periods since the commencement of operations.

At June 30, 2020, the aggregate cost of investments and the aggregate gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation of investments for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Cost of investments

     $             163,457,023  

Unrealized appreciation

     $ 47,898,605  

Unrealized depreciation

     (141,384,866

Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

     $ (93,486,261

10. Principal Risks

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Fund maintains its cash and cash equivalents in a financial institution, State Street Bank and Trust Company, which at times may exceed federally insured limits. The Fund is subject to credit risk to the extent any financial institution with which it conducts business is unable to fulfill contractual obligations on its behalf.

Counterparty Risk

Counterparty risk is the risk that the issuer or the guarantor of a fixed-income security will be unable or unwilling to make timely payments of interest or principal or to otherwise honor its obligations. Additionally, when the Fund enters into cleared derivatives transactions, the Fund will be subject to the credit risk of the clearinghouse and clearing member through which it holds its cleared position, rather than the credit risk of its original counterparty to the derivatives transactions. Additionally, when the Fund enters into cleared derivatives transactions, the Fund will be subject to the credit risk of the clearinghouse and clearing member through which it holds its cleared position, rather than the credit risk of its original counterparty to the derivatives transactions.

Investment and Market Risk

The risk that general market conditions, such as real or perceived adverse economic or political conditions, inflation, changes in interest rates, lack of liquidity in the bond markets, volatility in the equities market or adverse investor sentiment could cause the value of your investment in the Fixed Income Fund to decline. Market risk may affect a single issuer, industry or section of the economy, or it may affect the market as a whole. It includes the risk that a particular style of investing, such as growth or value,

 

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may underperform the market generally. Individual stock prices tend to go up and down more dramatically than those of certain other types of investments, such as bonds. During a general downturn in the financial markets, multiple asset classes may decline in value. When markets perform well, there can be no assurance that specific investments held by the Fund will rise in value.

Foreign Exchange Risk

The Fund holds foreign currency denominated investments. The value of these investments and related receivables and payables may change due to future changes in foreign currency exchange rates.

11. Derivative Contracts

The over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives in which the Fund invests are subject to the risk that the counterparty to the contract fails to perform its obligations under the contract. To mitigate this risk, the Fund has entered into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) with its derivative counterparty. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between the Fund and a counterparty that governs certain OTC derivatives and typically contains, among other things, set-off provisions in the event of a default and/or termination event as defined under the relevant ISDA Master Agreement. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, the Fund may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables and/or receivables with collateral held and/or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default including the bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. However, bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of setoff in bankruptcy or insolvency. Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event the Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreements, which would cause the counterparty to accelerate payment by the Fund of any net liability owed to it. The Fund presents OTC derivatives that are executed with the same counterparty under the same master netting agreement on a gross basis, even though the criteria for the right of setoff may be met.

The collateral requirements for derivatives traded under an ISDA Master Agreement are governed by a Credit Support Annex to the ISDA Master Agreement. Collateral requirements are determined at the close of business each day and are typically based on changes in market values for each transaction under an ISDA Master Agreement and netted into one amount for such agreement. Generally, the amount of collateral due from or to a counterparty is subject to a minimum transfer threshold amount before a transfer is required, which may vary by counterparty. Collateral pledged for the benefit of the Fund and/or counterparty is held in segregated accounts by the Fund’s custodian and cannot be sold, re-pledged, assigned or otherwise used while pledged. The portion of such collateral representing cash, if any, is reflected as deposits for derivatives collateral and, in the case of cash pledged by a counterparty for the benefit of the Fund, a corresponding liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities pledged by the Fund as collateral, if any, are identified as such in the Portfolio of Investments.

The Fund considers the average month-end notional amounts during the period, categorized by primary underlying risk, to be representative of the volume of its derivative activities during the six months ended June 30, 2020.

 

     Monthly Average Notional Amount
     Long    Short

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

                   19,189,949                    20,317,408            

The fair value on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and the effect on the Statement of Operations, of open derivative instruments, whose primary underlying risk exposure is foreign exchange risk at June 30, 2020 was as follows:

 

         Assets            Liabilities       

Realized

    Gain (Loss)    

 

Unrealized

    Gain (Loss)    

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts

   $ 16,798    $ 1,617    $ (297,962)   $ 98,314

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

 

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The following table presents the effects or potential effects of netting arrangements for derivative contracts in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2020:

 

Counterparty   Gross amounts of
  recognized assets  
    Derivatives
Available
        for Offset        
    Non-cash
Collateral
        Received(a)        
    Cash
Collateral
        Received(a)         
    Net Amount
of Derivative
            Assets(b)            
 

State Street Bank & Trust Company

  $ 16,798     $ (1,617)     $         —     $         —     $ 15,181          
Counterparty   Gross amounts of
recognized liabilities
    Derivatives
Available
for Offset
    Non-cash
Collateral
Pledged(a)
    Cash
Collateral
Pledged(a)
    Net Amount
of Derivative
Liabilities(c)
 

State Street Bank & Trust Company

  $ (1,617)     $ 1,617     $         —     $         —     $         —  
(a) 

In some instances, the total collateral received and/or pledged may be more than the amount shown due to overcollateralization.

(b) 

Net amount represents the net amount due from the counterparty in the event of default.

(c) 

Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default.

12. Subsequent Events

The Fund has performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued and has determined that no items received recognition or disclosure.

13. Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On July 9, 2020, the Audit Committee recommended, and the Company’s Board of Directors approved, the decision to select PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020. The selection of PwC does not reflect any disagreements with the Company or the Board of Directors with the performance of the Fund’s prior independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG.

 

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Other Information

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

The table below presents the book balances of the Fund and the restated balance of the Fund after the reclassification

of loans to the sole shareholder and interest earned from those loans, as detailed above, for the six months ended

June 30, 2020.

 

  Statement / Line Item      Book Balance       Reclassification       As Restated  
       

Statement of Assets and Liabilities

                        
       

Assets:

                        

Loans receivable from sole shareholder

   $ 268,339,134     $ (268,339,134)     $  

Dividends and interest receivable

     2,597,965       (1,279,195)       1,318,770  

Total Assets

     1,285,820,630       (269,618,329)       1,016,202,301  
       

Liabilities:

                        

Total Liabilities

     880,895,735             880,895,735  

Total Net Assets

   $ 404,924,891     $ (269,618,329)     $ 135,306,562  

Net Assets Consists of:

                        

Paid-in-Capital

     437,787,200             437,787,200  

Total Distributable Earnings (Loss)

     (32,862,309)             (32,862,309)  

Loans receivable from sole shareholder

           (268,339,134)       (268,339,134)  

Accrued interest on loans receivable from sole shareholder

           (1,279,195)       (1,279,195)  
       

Total Net Assets

   $ 404,924,891     $ (269,618,329)     $ 135,306,562  

Shares issued and outstanding

     34,595,474             34,595,474  

Net asset value per share

   $ 11.70     $ (7.79)     $ 3.91  
       

Statement of Operations

                        
       

Investment Income:

                        

Interest

   $ 2,156,764     $ (2,156,764)        

Total Investment Income

     12,608,144       (2,156,764)     $ 10,451,380  
       

Expenses:

                        

Total Expenses

     27,690,870             27,690,870  
       

Total Investment Loss

   $ (15,082,726)     $ (2,156,764)     $ (17,239,490)  
       

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

                        

Net investment loss

   $ (15,082,726)     $ (2,156,764)     $ (17,239,490)  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

     44,104,810          (2,156,764)       41,948,046  
       

Capital Share Transactions

                        

Net proceeds from sale of shares

                  

Reinvestment of distributions

                  

Issuance of loans to sole shareholder

           (67,000,000)       (67,000,000)  

Interest payments from loans to sole shareholder

           2,156,764          2,156,764     

Net increase in net assets resulting from capital share transactions and loans to sole shareholder

           (64,843,236)       (64,843,236)  
       

Net Assets End of Period

   $ 404,924,891     $ (269,618,329)     $ 135,306,562  

 

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Other Information

June 30, 2020 (unaudited)

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

The Fund has delegated proxy voting responsibilities to the Adviser, subject to the Board’s general oversight. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2020 and a description of the policies and procedures used to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available: (1) without charge, upon request, by calling toll free, 1-800-342-5734; and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolio Schedule

Previously, the Fund was required to file its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for its first and third fiscal quarters on Form N-Q. Beginning in 2020, the Fund ceased filing Form N-Q and commenced filing Form N-PORT. Part F of the Fund’s Form N-PORT filings for the first and third fiscal quarters contain the complete schedule of portfolio holdings in the same manner as previously filed on Form N-Q. The Fund’s filings are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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Investment Objective and Policies (unaudited)

The Fund’s investment objective is to provide returns with moderate volatility and reduced correlation to the overall performance of the equity market. No assurance can be given that the Fund’s investment objective will be achieved. Except as expressly noted otherwise herein, the Fund’s investment objective, policies and strategies may be changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Common Shares or Preferred Shares (as defined below), if any.

The Fund will pursue its investment objective by establishing long and short positions in a diversified portfolio of equity securities. The equity securities in which the Fund will take long and short positions include domestically traded large and mid-capitalization equity securities, including master limited partnerships or other entities that offer economic exposure to master limited partnerships (collectively, “MLPs”) and shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”). The Fund may also invest in securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and depositary receipts, including American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”).

Under normal market conditions, the Fund intends to maintain both long and short positions based predominantly on the fundamental analysis and views of Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC (the “Adviser”) on a particular investment. The Fund will take long positions in investments that the Adviser believes will allow the Fund to realize a benefit from an increase in the underlying prices of such securities. The Fund will take short positions in investments that the Adviser believes will allow the Fund to realize a benefit from a decrease in the underlying price of such securities. A “short sale” is a transaction in which the Fund sells a security that it does not own (and borrows the security to deliver it to the buyer) in anticipation that the market price of the security will decline. The proceeds received from the Fund’s short sales of securities will generally be used to purchase all or a portion of the Fund’s additional long positions in securities. The long and short positions held by the Fund may vary over time as market opportunities develop.

In pursuing the Fund’s investment objective, and consistent with applicable provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), the Adviser will seek to enhance the Fund’s return through the use of leverage. The Fund will engage in short sales for investment purposes, principally when the Adviser believes the market price of securities will decline. In addition, although it has no current intention to do so, the Fund may use borrowings, including loans from certain financial institutions and the issuance of debt securities (collectively, “Borrowings”), in an aggregate amount of up to 33 1/3% of the Fund’s total assets immediately after such Borrowings. Furthermore, although it has no current intention to do so, the Fund may add leverage to its portfolio through the issuance of preferred shares (“Preferred Shares”) in an aggregate amount of up to 50% of the Fund’s total assets immediately after such issuance. The Fund also may acquire derivative instruments, primarily options or index options (e.g., calls and puts may be purchased or written). The Fund’s derivative instruments are used for several purposes, including to create investment leverage; as a substitute for securities, interest rates, currencies and commodities; and/or to hedge against market movements. The use of leverage involves increased risk, including increased variability of the Fund’s net income, distributions and net asset value in relation to market changes. The Fund’s leverage strategy may not work as planned or achieve its goal. In addition, the Fund may make loans to the extent permitted under the 1940 Act, the rules and regulations thereunder or any exemption therefrom, as such statute, rules or regulations may be amended or interpreted from time to time.

The Fund’s investments may be denominated in U.S. dollars or in foreign currencies. In order to minimize the impact of currency fluctuations, the Adviser may at times hedge certain or all of the Fund’s investments denominated in foreign currencies into U.S. dollars. Foreign currency transactions in which the Fund is likely to invest include foreign currency forward contracts, currency exchange transactions on a spot (i.e., cash) basis, and put and call options on foreign currencies. These transactions may be used to hedge against the risk of loss due to changing currency exchange rates.

In times of unusual or adverse market, economic, regulatory or political conditions, the Fund may not be able, fully or partially, to implement its short selling strategy. Periods of unusual or adverse market, economic, regulatory or political conditions may exist for as long as six months and, in some cases, even longer. Regulatory limitations or bans on short selling activities may prevent the Fund from fully implementing its strategy. To secure the Fund’s obligation to cover its short positions, the Fund may pledge securities that it owns as collateral to the broker. This pledged collateral is segregated and maintained with the Fund’s custodian.

In all instances, the Fund intends to satisfy the quarterly diversification requirements set forth in Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) in order for the Fund to be treated as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) under such provisions, including limitations on amounts invested into one or more MLPs.

Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

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Pursuant to the Fund’s dividend reinvestment plan (the “Plan”), all common shareholders will have all dividends, including any capital gain dividends, reinvested automatically in additional Common Shares by State Street Bank and Trust Company, as agent for the Common Shareholders (the “Plan Agent”), unless the shareholder elects to receive cash. An election to receive cash may be revoked or reinstated at the option of the shareholder. In the case of record shareholders such as banks, brokers or other nominees that hold common shares for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan Agent will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of Common Shares certified from time to time by the record shareholder as representing the total amount registered in such shareholder’s name and held for the account of beneficial owners who are to participate in the Plan. Shareholders whose shares are held in the name of a bank, broker or nominee should contact the bank, broker or nominee for details. Such shareholders may not be able to transfer their shares to another bank or broker and continue to participate in the Plan.

Common Shares received under the Plan will be issued to you at their NAV on the ex-dividend date; there is no sales or other charge for reinvestment. You are free to withdraw from the Plan and elect to receive cash at any time by giving written notice to the Plan Agent or by contacting your broker or dealer, who will inform the Fund. Your request must be received by the Fund at least ten days prior to the payment date of the distribution to be effective for that dividend or capital gain distribution.

The Plan Agent provides written confirmation of all transactions in the shareholder accounts in the Plan, including information you may need for tax records. Any proxy you receive will include all Common Shares you have received under the Plan.

Automatically reinvested dividends and distributions are taxed in the same manner as cash dividends and distributions.

The Fund and the Plan Agent reserve the right to amend or terminate the Plan. There is no direct service charge to participants in the Plan; however, the Fund reserves the right to amend the Plan to include a service charge payable by the participants. Additional information about the Plan may be obtained from the Plan Agent.

Portfolio Managers

George Weiss, Jordi Visser, Charles Crow IV, Ron Lior, and David Betten served as the Fund’s portfolio managers.

George Weiss, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman: Founded George Weiss Associates, Inc. in 1978. Prior to establishing the company, George specialized in utility stocks and investing on behalf of institutional clients at Bache Halsey Stuart, Inc., in Hartford and briefly at Faulkner, Dawkins and Sullivan, Inc. He is a graduate of The Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania where he is a Trustee Emeritus. He is also a Trustee Emeritus of the Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation. Mr. Weiss is the founder of Say Yes to Education, Inc., (a charity dedicated to the educational advancement of inner-city students), a trustee of the Orphan Disease Pathway Project Foundation, and a Director of Somerset Re Ltd.

Jordi Visser, President and Chief Investment Officer: Joined the Adviser in 2005. Previously, Jordi was the founding Managing Partner of Anchor Point Asset Management, a global macro fund. A former Managing Director at Morgan Stanley, he traded various global equity derivative books for nine years. He opened the Morgan Stanley office in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and managed the derivative sales and trading effort there during the 1997–1998 emerging market crisis. Upon his return to New York in 1999, he managed index derivatives and ETF trading and was a member of the Equity Division Risk Committee. Jordi is a magna cum laude graduate of Manhattan College.

Charles Crow IV, Chief Data Scientist and Portfolio Manager: Joined the Adviser in 2013. Prior to joining Weiss, he was a Vice President in Quantitative and Derivatives Strategies at Morgan Stanley where he primarily focused on fundamental factors, quantitative portfolio construction and systematic long/short investment strategies. Previously, he designed and implemented an automated market-making system utilizing statistical arbitrage theory at ArtIsoft, Inc. in his hometown of Princeton, NJ. Charles is the Chief Data Scientist at Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC; his team focuses on driving investment and operational efficiency. In addition, Charles is a Portfolio Manager on the Weiss Alpha Balanced Risk strategy. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University and an M.S. in Operations Research from Columbia University.

Ron Lior, Portfolio Manager: Joined the Adviser in 1993. He began his tenure with the firm in capital structure arbitrage in Europe, Asia and Latin America. He co-developed financial stock models and built models for Japanese warrants and convertibles. Ron holds a dual degree in finance and mechanical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania.

David Betten, Portfolio Manager: Joined the Adviser in 1998. He began his tenure as a Trader for the Quantitative strategy and then became Co-Manager of proprietary trading and the Global Event strategy. Previously, he worked as a broker in the private client group at Quick and Reilly. David graduated with a BA in economics from the University of Pennsylvania.

 

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INVESTMENT ADVISER

Weiss Multi-Strategy Advisers LLC

320 Park Avenue, 20th Floor

New York, NY 10022

ADMINISTRATOR, CUSTODIAN, FUND ACCOUNTANT

AND TRANSFER AGENT

State Street Bank and Trust Company

1 Lincoln Street

Boston, MA 02111

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

KPMG LLP

51 John F. Kennedy Parkway, 5th Floor

Short Hills, NJ 07078

LEGAL COUNSEL

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

1111 Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Washington, DC 20004


Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

Not applicable to this semi-annual filing.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not applicable.

Item 6. Investments.

 

  (a)

The Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the semi-annual report filed under Item 1 of this form.

  (b)

Not applicable.

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

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

Not applicable.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Registrant’s filings under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such information is accumulated and communicated to the Registrant’s management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The Registrant’s management, including the principal executive officer and principal financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. As of December 31, 2019, certain material weaknesses were identified relating to the accounting for loans to the Registrant’s sole shareholder and the adoption of new accounting standards. These material weaknesses resulted in the restatement of the December 31, 2018 financial statements and financial highlights. The restatement resulted in a reduction of net assets previously presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and a reduction in the net increase resulting from operations. Additionally, these material weaknesses could result in a material misstatement to the annual or interim financial statements that would not be prevented or detected.


As a result of the material weaknesses described above, it was determined that the Registrant was lacking the controls necessary to reflect the presentation of a certain significant unusual transaction and implement a certain accounting pronouncement. Based on these material weaknesses, the Registrant determined that its disclosure controls and procedures were ineffective as of December 31, 2019 and subsequently as of June 30, 2020.

The Registrant is currently developing a remediation plan to address the material weaknesses described above. As part of the remediation plan, the Registrant’s management intends to develop and implement controls to review, more adeptly, the application of any new accounting standards that arise and the accounting and presentation of any significant unusual transactions that the Fund may enter into.

 

  (b)

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting: There have been no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the internal control over financial reporting during the period covered by this report.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

  (a)(1)

Not applicable.

  (a)(2)

Separate certifications for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

  (a)(3)

Not applicable.

  (a)(4)

Not applicable.

  (b)

Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 


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.

 

    Weiss Strategic Interval Fund
Date: September 4, 2020     By:   /s/ Jay Tucker
     

Jay Tucker

Trustee, President

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.

 

Date: September 4, 2020     By:   /s/ Jay Tucker
     

Jay Tucker

Trustee, President

Date: September 4, 2020     By:   /s/ Scott Crowell
     

Scott Crowell

Trustee

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

EX-99.CERT 2 d811557dex99cert.htm 302 CERTIFICATIONS 302 Certifications

CERTIFICATION

I, Jay Tucker, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Weiss Strategic Interval Fund (File Number 811-23298, CIK Number 0001717976);

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: September 4, 2020     /s/ Jay Tucker
    Jay Tucker
    Trustee, President


CERTIFICATION

I, Scott Crowell, certify that:

 

1.

I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Weiss Strategic Interval Fund (File Number 811-23298, CIK Number 0001717976);

 

2.

Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

3.

Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

4.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

  (a)

Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  (b)

Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  (c)

Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  (d)

Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

5.

The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  (a)

All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

  (b)

Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: September 4, 2020     /s/ Scott Crowell
    Scott Crowell
    Treasurer
    (Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer)
EX-99.906CERT 3 d811557dex99906cert.htm 906 CERTIFICATION 906 Certification

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (subsections (a) and (b) of section 1350, chapter 63 of title 18, United States Code), each of the undersigned officers of Hartford Funds Master Fund (the “Registrant”) does hereby certify, to such officer’s knowledge, that:

The semi-annual report on Form N-CSR of the Registrant for the period ended June 30, 2020 (the “Form N-CSR”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and information contained in the Form N-CSR fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

Date: September 4, 2020     By:   /s/ Jay Tucker
     

Jay Tucker

Trustee, President

Date: September 4, 2020     By:   /s/ Scott Crowell
     

Scott Crowell

Trustee

(Principal Financial Officer and Principal

Accounting Officer)

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report with the Securities and Exchange Commission.