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AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (unaudited)
September 30, 2022
  Shares Value
Common Stocks - 63.7%    
Communication Services - 5.1%    
NetEase, Inc. (China) 100,000 $1,508,943
Sea, Ltd., ADR (Singapore)* 20,136 1,128,623
Tencent Holdings, Ltd. (China) 92,239 3,115,494
     
Total Communication Services   5,753,060
Consumer Discretionary - 9.6%    
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. (China)* 251,350 2,508,307
JD.com, Inc., Class A (China) 99,392 2,507,479
Meituan, Class B (China)*,1 275,000 5,779,526
     
Total Consumer Discretionary   10,795,312
Consumer Staples - 7.3%    
Kweichow Moutai Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 28,600 7,526,984
Luzhou Laojiao Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 20,000 649,811
     
Total Consumer Staples   8,176,795
Financials - 5.3%    
ASX, Ltd. (Australia) 20,000 920,465
HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR (India) 76,816 4,487,591
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing, Ltd. (Hong Kong) 15,000 512,736
     
Total Financials   5,920,792
Health Care - 7.5%    
Cochlear, Ltd. (Australia) 15,918 1,977,296
CSL, Ltd. (Australia) 28,974 5,269,419
Guangzhou Kingmed Diagnostics Group Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 127,400 1,132,823
     
Total Health Care   8,379,538
Industrials - 15.4%    
Centre Testing International Group Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 544,800 1,560,254
NARI Technology Co., Ltd. (China) 399,998 1,394,941
Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 830,297 6,715,804
Sungrow Power Supply Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 161,700 2,504,836
Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co., Ltd., Class A (China) 773,998 5,136,375
     
Total Industrials   17,312,210
Information Technology - 8.3%    
Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR (India) 60,000 1,018,200
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 89,650 3,291,881
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd. (South Korea) 1,400 526,601
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Taiwan) 320,400 4,247,028
Unimicron Technology Corp. (Taiwan) 55,000 201,339
     
Total Information Technology   9,285,049
  Shares Value
Materials - 2.3%    
LG Chem, Ltd. (South Korea) 7,040 $2,599,417
Real Estate - 2.9%    
Goodman Group, REIT (Australia) 317,346 3,207,357
     
Total Common Stocks
(Cost $102,961,944)
  71,429,530
Participation Notes - 25.1%    
Consumer Discretionary - 4.2%    
Titan Co., Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 01/09/23 (India) 100,000 3,179,738
Zomato, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 07/22/26 (India) 2,000,000 1,513,436
     
Total Consumer Discretionary   4,693,174
Consumer Staples - 5.3%    
Hindustan Unilever, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 06/30/25 (India) 134,500 4,435,715
Nestle India, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 02/19/25 (India) 6,300 1,477,644
     
Total Consumer Staples   5,913,359
Energy - 2.2%    
Reliance Industries Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 06/30/25 (India) 84,000 2,437,854
Financials - 3.7%    
Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 06/02/25 (India) 187,500 4,161,467
Health Care - 4.4%    
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 08/12/22 (India) 58,000 3,103,198
Max Healthcare Institute, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 04/06/26 (India) 378,000 1,884,990
     
Total Health Care   4,988,188
Information Technology - 2.4%    
Info Edge India, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 12/31/24 (India) 10,000 469,995
Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 02/25/25 (India) 60,731 2,225,724
     
Total Information Technology   2,695,719
Materials - 2.9%    
Asian Paints, Ltd. (CLSA Ltd.), 06/30/25 (India) 78,500 3,209,208
     
Total Participation Notes
(Cost $28,492,580)
  28,098,969
Short-Term Investments - 11.0%    
Other Investment Companies - 11.0%    
Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund, Institutional Shares, 2.75%2 8,143,757 8,143,757
JPMorgan U.S. Government Money Market Fund, IM Shares, 2.75%2 4,214,425 4,214,425
     
Total Short-Term Investments
(Cost $12,358,182)
  12,358,182


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AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
    Value
     
Total Investments - 99.8%
(Cost $143,812,706)
   $111,886,681
Other Assets, less Liabilities - 0.2%    203,915
Net Assets - 100.0%   $112,090,596

* Non-income producing security.
1 Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, the value of this security amounted to $5,779,526 or 5.2% of net assets.
2 Yield shown represents the September 30, 2022, seven day average yield, which refers to the sum of the previous seven days' dividends paid, expressed as an annual percentage.
    
ADR American Depositary Receipt
REIT Real Estate Investment Trust
The following table summarizes the inputs used to value the Fund's investments by the fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2022:
  Level 1   Level 21   Level 3   Total
Investments in Securities
Common Stocks
Industrials  —    $17,312,210    —    $17,312,210
Consumer Discretionary  —    10,795,312    —    10,795,312
Information Technology  $1,018,200    8,266,849    —    9,285,049
Health Care  —    8,379,538    —    8,379,538
Consumer Staples  —    8,176,795    —    8,176,795
Financials  4,487,591    1,433,201    —    5,920,792
Communication Services  1,128,623    4,624,437    —    5,753,060
Real Estate  —    3,207,357    —    3,207,357
Materials  —    2,599,417    —    2,599,417
Participation Notes  —    28,098,969    —    28,098,969
Short-Term Investments
Other Investment Companies  12,358,182    —    —    12,358,182
Total Investments in Securities $18,992,596   $92,894,085     $111,886,681
    
 
All participation notes held in the Fund are Level 2 securities. For a detailed breakout of participation notes by major industry classification, please refer to the Fund's Schedule of Portfolio Investments.
1 An external pricing service is used to reflect any impact on security value due to market movements between the time the Fund valued such foreign securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets.
For the period ended September 30, 2022, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3.  During the period, the Fund sold one Level 3 security, Adeptus Health, Inc., for $3,450. The realized loss was $(194,251).

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AMG Veritas Asia Pacific Fund
Schedule of Portfolio Investments (continued)
The country allocation in the Schedule of Portfolio Investments at September 30, 2022, was as follows:
Country % of Long-Term
Investments
Australia 11.4
China 42.2
Hong Kong 0.5
India 33.8
Singapore 1.1
South Korea 6.5
Taiwan 4.5
  100.0
For additional information about significant accounting policies, including valuation of investments, refer to the Fund’s most recent semi or annual report.

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