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KAR Mid-Cap Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2020
($ reported in thousands)
  Shares   Value
Common Stocks—96.2%
Communication Services—3.0%    
Autohome, Inc. ADR 291,844   $29,073
Consumer Discretionary—6.0%    
Ross Stores, Inc. 344,471   42,304
Tractor Supply Co. 109,458   15,388
      57,692
       
 
Consumer Staples—3.5%    
Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc. 428,949   33,775
Financials—9.2%    
First Financial Bankshares, Inc. 501,420   18,139
Houlihan Lokey, Inc. 374,051   25,147
Moody’s Corp. 88,963   25,821
SEI Investments Co. 347,583   19,976
      89,083
       
 
Health Care—16.7%    
Cooper Cos., Inc. (The) 86,554   31,447
Elanco Animal Health, Inc.(1) 1,106,582   33,939
Globus Medical, Inc. Class A(1) 689,922   44,997
West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc. 178,510   50,573
      160,956
       
 
Industrials—32.4%    
Allegion plc 246,163   28,648
AMETEK, Inc. 424,384   51,325
Equifax, Inc. 163,754   31,578
Exponent, Inc. 295,130   26,571
HEICO Corp. Class A 283,418   33,177
Lennox International, Inc. 56,787   15,558
Nordson Corp. 117,373   23,586
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 126,064   24,605
Pentair plc 437,083   23,205
SiteOne Landscape Supply, Inc.(1) 188,265   29,865
Verisk Analytics, Inc. 118,042   24,504
      312,622
       
 
Information Technology—23.9%    
Amphenol Corp. Class A 151,928   19,868
Aspen Technology, Inc.(1) 260,671   33,952
Bentley Systems, Inc. Class B 516,456   20,922
  Shares   Value
       
Information Technology—continued    
Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. 229,206   $35,114
Brooks Automation, Inc. 778,624   52,830
Dolby Laboratories, Inc. Class A 289,156   28,086
Zebra Technologies Corp. Class A(1) 104,726   40,249
      231,021
       
 
Real Estate—1.5%    
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc. 228,565   14,482
Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $630,550)
  928,704
       
 
       
 
Total Long-Term Investments—96.2%
(Identified Cost $630,550)
  928,704
       
 
       
 
Short-Term Investment—3.0%
Money Market Mutual Fund—3.0%
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund - Institutional Shares (seven-day effective yield 0.030%)(2) 28,699,880   28,700
Total Short-Term Investment
(Identified Cost $28,700)
  28,700
       
 
       
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—99.2%
(Identified Cost $659,250)
  $957,404
Other assets and liabilities, net—0.8%   7,669
NET ASSETS—100.0%   $965,073
    
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 97%
China 3
Total 100%
% of total investments as of December 31, 2020.
The following table summarizes the market value of the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2020, 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, 2020
  Level 1
Quoted Prices
Assets:      
Equity Securities:      
Common Stocks $928,704   $928,704
Money Market Mutual Fund 28,700   28,700
Total Investments $957,404   $957,404
There were no securities valued using significant observable inputs (Level 2) or significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) at December 31, 2020.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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KAR Mid-Cap Core Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited) (Continued)
December 31, 2020
($ reported in thousands)
There were no transfers into or out of Level 3 related to securities held at December 31, 2020.
See Notes to Schedule of Investments
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KAR MID-CAP CORE FUND
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Unaudited)
December 31, 2020
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 Depositary 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, 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.
For additional information about significant accounting policies, refer to the Fund’s most recent semi or annual report.
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