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Investment Portfolio - January 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

       
RAINIER INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY SERIES  SHARES  VALUE
       
COMMON STOCKS - 96.6%      
       
Communication Services - 6.9%      
Diversified Telecommunication Services - 1.7%     
Internet Initiative Japan, Inc. (Japan)   498,400   $9,664,681 
Entertainment - 0.8%          
CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA (Germany)   67,016    4,535,454 
Interactive Media & Services - 4.4%     
Auto Trader Group plc (United Kingdom)1   630,043    5,796,321 
CAR Group Ltd. (Australia)   213,732    4,589,107 
Rightmove plc (United Kingdom)   1,089,227    7,708,648 
Scout24 SE (Germany)1   65,995    4,859,231 
VTEX - Class A (Brazil)*   128,204    1,044,863 
         23,998,170 
Total Communication Services        38,198,305 
Consumer Discretionary - 12.6%          
Automobile Components - 0.8%          
Nifco, Inc. (Japan)   168,400    4,370,107 
Broadline Retail - 0.9%          
B&M European Value Retail S.A. (United  Kingdom)   730,169    4,785,324 
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure - 6.5%          
Alsea S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)*   1,452,907    5,700,538 
Domino's Pizza Group plc (United Kingdom)   979,411    4,325,304 
Indian Hotels Co. Ltd. (India)   2,116,188    12,548,611 
SSP Group plc (United Kingdom)*   1,030,728    2,933,429 
Trainline plc (United Kingdom)*1   892,966    3,738,991 
Whitbread plc (United Kingdom)   146,281    6,630,619 
         35,877,492 
Household Durables - 0.9%          
Nikon Corp. (Japan)   481,800    4,917,027 
Specialty Retail - 0.9%          
JUMBO S.A. (Greece)   183,488    5,155,683 
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods - 2.6%     
Brunello Cucinelli S.p.A. (Italy)   79,690    7,900,219 
Eclat Textile Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)   167,000    2,914,697 
HUGO BOSS AG (Germany)   51,884    3,240,397 
         14,055,313 
Total Consumer Discretionary        69,160,946 
Consumer Staples - 6.2%          
Beverages - 2.5%          
Varun Beverages Ltd. (India)   884,015    13,637,245 
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail - 0.7%     
Sumber Alfaria Trijaya Tbk PT  (Indonesia)   23,988,784    4,026,142 
Food Products - 2.0%          
Gruma S.A.B. de C.V. - Class B (Mexico)   202,963    3,797,117 
Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd. (Japan)   172,900    2,326,307 
       
  SHARES  VALUE
           
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
           
Consumer Staples (continued)          
Food Products (continued)          
Morinaga & Co. Ltd. (Japan)   241,600   $4,611,145 
         10,734,569 
Personal Care Products - 1.0%          
Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Japan)   272,200    5,569,657 
Total Consumer Staples        33,967,613 
Energy - 3.6%          
Energy Equipment & Services - 2.2%          
Aker Solutions ASA (Norway)   2,337,602    8,670,217 
Technip Energies N.V. (France)   152,661    3,160,171 
         11,830,388 
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels - 1.4%          
Gaztransport Et Technigaz S.A. (France)   54,914    7,698,812 
Total Energy        19,529,200 
Financials - 7.8%          
Banks - 1.7%          
Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc. (Japan)   248,400    6,104,999 
Ringkjoebing Landbobank A/S (Denmark)   19,707    3,176,252 
         9,281,251 
Capital Markets - 3.2%          
Euronext N.V. (Netherlands)1..   84,146    7,401,243 
Intermediate Capital Group plc (United  Kingdom)   253,483    5,714,803 
Nordnet AB publ (Sweden)   275,496    4,335,081 
         17,451,127 
Consumer Finance - 1.2%          
CreditAccess Grameen Ltd. (India)*   348,742    6,693,051 
Financial Services - 0.5%          
GMO Payment Gateway, Inc. (Japan)   46,300    2,793,665 
Insurance - 1.2%          
Steadfast Group Ltd. (Australia)   1,249,998    4,836,710 
Topdanmark AS (Denmark)   44,091    1,955,362 
         6,792,072 
Total Financials        43,011,166 
Health Care - 5.5%          
Biotechnology - 0.8%          
BioGaia AB - Class B (Sweden)   416,779    4,509,551 
Health Care Equipment & Supplies - 1.6%     
Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd. (Japan)   366,900    6,971,431 
Xvivo Perfusion AB (Sweden)*   64,722    1,798,641 
         8,770,072 
Health Care Providers & Services - 1.7%     
Amvis Holdings, Inc. (Japan).   206,086    3,796,731 
Max Healthcare Institute Ltd. (India)   564,802    5,311,497 
         9,108,228 

 

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Investment Portfolio - January 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

       
RAINIER INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY SERIES  SHARES  VALUE
       
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
           
Health Care (continued)          
Health Care Technology - 1.0%          
Pro Medicus Ltd. (Australia)   86,696   $5,711,451 
Pharmaceuticals - 0.4%          
Kalbe Farma Tbk PT (Indonesia)   23,347,400    2,234,426 
Total Health Care        30,333,728 
Industrials - 28.2%          
Aerospace & Defense - 6.6%          
Babcock International Group plc (United Kingdom)   1,255,776    7,177,068 
CAE, Inc. (Canada)*   412,762    8,264,758 
Rheinmetall AG (Germany)   31,973    11,196,012 
Saab AB - Class B (Sweden)   147,015    9,466,435 
         36,104,273 
Commercial Services & Supplies - 4.3%          
Daiei Kankyo Co. Ltd. (Japan)   272,600    4,637,565 
Element Fleet Management Corp. (Canada)   529,749    8,936,522 
ISS A/S (Denmark)   218,942    4,142,819 
Park24 Co. Ltd. (Japan)*   441,200    5,765,068 
         23,481,974 
Construction & Engineering - 2.7%          
Fugro N.V. (Netherlands)*   532,641    9,834,062 
Worley Ltd. (Australia)   555,618    5,335,888 
         15,169,950 
Electrical Equipment - 0.7%          
Voltronic Power Technology Corp. (Taiwan)   89,498    3,827,187 
Ground Transportation - 1.9%          
TFI International, Inc. (Canada)   78,234    10,281,651 
Machinery - 3.1%          
Aalberts N.V. (Netherlands)   59,867    2,380,810 
ATS Corp. (Canada)*   100,906    4,316,341 
Daifuku Co. Ltd. (Japan)   250,600    4,941,831 
Takeuchi Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Japan)   102,200    3,493,989 
Trelleborg AB - Class B (Sweden)   68,358    2,080,626 
         17,213,597 
Professional Services - 2.7%          
ALS Ltd. (Australia)   642,723    5,280,634 
SMS Co. Ltd. (Japan)   147,700    2,667,481 
TechnoPro Holdings, Inc. (Japan)   290,500    6,697,429 
         14,645,544 
Trading Companies & Distributors - 5.4%          
Ashtead Technology Holdings plc (United Kingdom)   284,572    2,380,211 
Diploma plc (United Kingdom)   101,278    4,174,854 
Howden Joinery Group plc (United Kingdom)   729,325    7,385,793 
Sojitz Corp. (Japan)   382,700    9,032,265 
       
  SHARES  VALUE
         
COMMON STOCKS (continued)        
         
Industrials (continued)        
Trading Companies & Distributors (continued)          
Toromont Industries Ltd. (Canada)   78,073   $6,838,392 
         29,811,515 
Transportation Infrastructure - 0.8%          
Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd. (Japan)   107,100    4,253,257 
Total Industrials        154,788,948 
Information Technology - 18.0%          
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components - 4.0% 
E Ink Holdings, Inc. (Taiwan)   478,000    3,169,957 
Halma plc (United Kingdom)   196,955    5,451,537 
Kaynes Technology India Ltd. (India)*   99,982    3,423,579 
Oxford Instruments plc (United Kingdom)   129,744    3,650,225 
Sinbon Electronics Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)   726,000    5,977,202 
         21,672,500 
IT Services - 3.8%          
Alten S.A. (France)   45,473    7,031,045 
Megaport Ltd. (Australia)*..   498,206    4,068,454 
Netcompany Group A/S (Denmark)*1   68,254    2,722,545 
Sopra Steria Group (France)   31,056    7,284,312 
         21,106,356 
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment - 5.5% 
AIXTRON SE (Germany)   123,467    4,595,222 
ASPEED Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)   39,000    3,830,569 
BE Semiconductor Industries N.V.  (Netherlands)   34,846    5,236,598 
eMemory Technology, Inc. (Taiwan)   94,000    8,383,814 
HPSP Co. Ltd. (South Korea)*   92,453    3,099,016 
Socionext, Inc. (Japan)   109,900    2,562,691 
SOITEC (France)*   17,229    2,490,092 
         30,198,002 
Software - 3.9%          
The Descartes Systems Group, Inc.  (Canada)*   75,310    6,594,141 
Fortnox AB (Sweden)   442,908    2,441,880 
Kinaxis, Inc. (Canada)*   40,904    4,981,073 
KPIT Technologies Ltd. (India)   157,313    2,937,935 
Technology One Ltd. (Australia)   433,293    4,427,038 
         21,382,067 
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals - 0.8% 
Gigabyte Technology Co. Ltd. (Taiwan)   467,000    4,621,239 
Total Information Technology        98,980,164 
Materials - 1.9%          
Chemicals - 0.4%          
Kaneka Corp. (Japan)   89,500    2,176,410 
Construction Materials - 0.6%          
Wienerberger AG (Austria)   94,727    3,210,107 

 

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Investment Portfolio - January 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

         
RAINIER INTERNATIONAL DISCOVERY SERIES  SHARES   VALUE 
         
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
           
Materials (continued)          
Metals & Mining - 0.9%          
APL Apollo Tubes Ltd. (India)   290,949   $5,273,054 
Total Materials        10,659,571 
Real Estate - 3.5%          
Hotel & Resort REITs - 0.9%          
Japan Hotel REIT Investment Corp. (Japan)   9,278    4,767,950 
Real Estate Management & Development - 2.6% 
Corp. Inmobiliaria Vesta S.A.B. de C.V. (Mexico)   2,342,300    8,900,236 
The Phoenix Mills Ltd. (India)   185,498    5,426,927 
         14,327,163 
Total Real Estate        19,095,113 
         
   SHARES   VALUE 
         
COMMON STOCKS (continued)          
           
Utilities - 2.4%          
Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers - 2.4% 
ERG S.p.A. (Italy)   118,621   $3,478,266 
NHPC Ltd. (India)   8,694,882    9,530,951 
Total Utilities        13,009,217 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Identified Cost $430,999,467)        530,733,971 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT - 4.3%          
           
Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 5.22%2          
(Identified Cost $23,636,199)   23,636,199    23,636,199 
          
TOTAL INVESTMENTS - 100.9%        554,370,170 
(Identified Cost $454,635,666)          
LIABILITIES, LESS OTHER ASSETS - (0.9%)        (4,732,324)
NET ASSETS - 100%       $549,637,846 

 

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

*Non-income producing security.

1Security purchased or received in a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and determined to be liquid under the Fund’s Liquidity Risk Management Program. The security may be resold pursuant to an exemption from registration under the 1933 Act, typically to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of these securities at January 31, 2024 was $24,518,331, which represented 4.5% of the Series’ Net Assets.

2Rate shown is the current yield as of January 31, 2024.

 

The Series’ portfolio holds, as a percentage of net assets, greater than 10% in the following countries:

Japan - 18.6%, United Kingdom - 13.1% and India - 11.8%.

 

The Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) was developed by and is the exclusive property and a service mark of MSCI Inc. (MSCI) and Standard & Poor’s, a division of S&P Global Inc. (S&P), and is licensed for use by Manning & Napier when referencing GICS sectors. Neither MSCI, S&P, nor any third party involved in making or compiling the GICS or any GICS classifications makes any express or implied warranties or representations with respect to such standard or classification, nor shall any such party have any liability therefrom.

 

Fair Value Information:

 

GAAP establishes the following fair value hierarchy that categorizes the inputs used to measure fair value. Level 1 includes quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical financial instruments that the Series’ can access at the reporting date. Level 2 includes other significant observable inputs (including, but not limited to, quoted prices for similar financial instruments in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar financial instruments in inactive markets, interest rates and yield curves, implied volatilities, and credit spreads). Level 3 includes unobservable inputs (including the Valuation Designee’s own assumptions in determining fair value). A financial instrument’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of any input both individually and in aggregate that is significant to the fair value measurement. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

 

The following is a summary of the valuation levels used for major security types as of January 31, 2024 in valuing the Series’ assets or liabilities carried at fair value:

 

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Investment Portfolio - January 31, 2024

(unaudited)

 

DESCRIPTION  TOTAL   LEVEL 1   LEVEL 2#   LEVEL 3
Assets:               
Equity securities:                   
Communication Services  $38,198,305   $1,044,863   $37,153,442   $
Consumer Discretionary   69,160,946    5,700,538    63,460,408    
Consumer Staples   33,967,613    3,797,117    30,170,496    
Energy   19,529,200        19,529,200    
Financials   43,011,166        43,011,166    
Health Care   30,333,728        30,333,728    
Industrials   154,788,948    38,637,664    116,151,284    
Information Technology   98,980,164    14,137,905    84,842,259    
Materials   10,659,571        10,659,571    
Real Estate   19,095,113    8,900,236    10,194,877    
Utilities   13,009,217        13,009,217    
Short-Term Investment   23,636,199    23,636,199        
Total assets  $554,370,170   $95,854,522   $458,515,648   $

 

#Includes certain foreign equity securities for which a factor from a third party vendor was applied to determine the securities’ fair value following the close of local trading.

 

There were no Level 3 securities held by the Series as of October 31, 2023 or January 31, 2024.

 

The Investment Portfolio should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes to financial statements, which are included in the Series’ audited annual report or unaudited semi-annual report. These reports include additional information about the Series’ security valuation policies and about certain security types invested in by the Series.

 

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