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KAR Small-Cap Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2019
($ reported in thousands)
  Shares   Value
Common Stocks—94.8%
Communication Services—12.4%    
Autohome, Inc. ADR(1) 1,251,500   $100,132
Rightmove plc 11,779,567   98,863
      198,995
       
 
Consumer Discretionary—4.2%    
Pool Corp. 312,990   66,473
Consumer Staples—2.2%    
PriceSmart, Inc. 506,280   35,956
Energy—3.2%    
Core Laboratories N.V. 165,600   6,238
Dril-Quip, Inc.(1) 957,040   44,895
      51,133
       
 
Financials—20.0%    
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc. Class A 891,600   28,816
FactSet Research Systems, Inc. 189,940   50,961
First Hawaiian, Inc. 867,160   25,018
MarketAxess Holdings, Inc. 183,332   69,503
Moelis & Co. Class A 1,199,440   38,286
Primerica, Inc. 657,912   85,897
RLI Corp. 247,208   22,254
      320,735
       
 
Health Care—2.3%    
Atrion Corp. 48,880   36,733
Industrials—33.5%    
Donaldson Co., Inc. 527,200   30,377
Graco, Inc. 1,302,210   67,715
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 455,530   86,451
RBC Bearings, Inc.(1) 276,148   43,725
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc. 716,779   57,507
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.(1) 337,500   116,957
Toro Co. (The) 862,701   68,731
WABCO Holdings, Inc.(1) 490,950   66,524
      537,987
       
 
Information Technology—15.5%    
Aspen Technology, Inc.(1) 630,100   76,198
CDW Corp. 805,500   115,058
Jack Henry & Associates, Inc. 238,800   34,786
Manhattan Associates, Inc.(1) 281,720   22,467
      248,509
       
 
Materials—1.5%    
AptarGroup, Inc. 213,412   24,675
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $974,860)
  1,521,196
       
 
       
 
Total Long-Term Investments—94.8%
(Identified Cost $974,860)
  1,521,196
       
 
       
 
  Shares   Value
       
       
Short-Term Investment—2.3%
Money Market Mutual Fund—2.3%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 1.512%)(2) 37,165,463   $37,165
Total Short-Term Investment
(Identified Cost $37,165)
  37,165
       
 
       
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—97.1%
(Identified Cost $1,012,025)
  $1,558,361
Other assets and liabilities, net—2.9%   46,840
NET ASSETS—100.0%   $1,605,201
    
Abbreviation:
ADR American Depositary Receipt
    
Footnote Legend:
(1) Non-income producing.
(2) Shares of this fund are publicly offered, and its prospectus and annual report are publicly available.
    
Country Weightings
United States 87%
China 7
United Kingdom 6
Total 100%
% of total investments as of December 31, 2019.
The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2019, based on the inputs used to value them (See Security Valuation Note 1 in the Notes to Schedule of Investments):
  Total
Value at
December 31, 2019
  Level 1
Quoted Prices
Assets:      
Equity Securities:      
Common Stocks $1,521,196   $1,521,196
Money Market Mutual Fund 37,165   37,165
Total Investments $1,558,361   $1,558,361
There were no securities valued using significant observable inputs (Level 2) or significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at December 31, 2019.
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at December 31, 2019.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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KAR SMALL-CAP CORE FUND
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2019
Note 1. Security Valuation
The Fund utilizes a fair value hierarchy which prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers into or out of Level 3 at the end of the reporting period.
Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical securities (security types generally include listed equities).
Level 2 – prices determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
Level 3 – prices determined using significant unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Committee’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s major categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis is as follows:
Equity securities are valued at the official closing price (typically last sale) on the exchange on which the securities are primarily traded or, if no closing price is available, at the last bid price and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Restricted equity securities and private placements that are illiquid or are internally fair valued by the Valuation Committee, are generally categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.
Certain non-U.S. securities may be fair valued in cases where closing prices are not readily available or are deemed not reflective of readily available market prices. For example, significant events (such as movement in the U.S. securities market, or other regional and local developments) may occur between the time that non-U.S. markets close (where the security is principally traded) and the time that the Fund calculates its net asset value (“NAV”) at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4 p.m. Eastern time) that may impact the value of securities traded in these non-U.S. markets. In such cases, the Fund’s fair value non-U.S. securities using an independent pricing service which considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the non-U.S. security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depository Receipts, financial futures, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), and certain indexes, as well as prices for similar securities. Such fair valuations are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Because the frequency of significant events is not predictable, fair valuation of certain non-U.S. common stocks may occur on a frequent basis.
Listed derivatives, such as options and futures, that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Over-the-counter derivative contracts, which include forward currency contracts and equity-linked instruments, do not require material subjectivity as pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets and are categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.
Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at NAV. Investments in closed-end funds and ETFs are valued as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each business day. Each is categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
A summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s net assets by each major security type is disclosed at the end of the Schedule of Investments for the Fund. The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Other information regarding each Fund is available in the Fund’s most recent Report to Shareholders.
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