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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 811-02064
 
PAX WORLD FUNDS SERIES TRUST I
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter)
 
30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400, Portsmouth, NH   03801
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip code)
 
Pax World Management LLC
30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400, Portsmouth, NH 03801
Attn.: Joseph Keefe
(Name and address of agent for service)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-767-1729  
 
Date of fiscal year end: December 31  
 
Date of reporting period: December 31, 2020  
                 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

 

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. §3507.

 

 

 

Item 1.Reports to Stockholders

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

 

   

Glossary of Terms

2

Letter to Shareholders

5

Sustainable Investing Update

10

Portfolio Manager Comments and Highlights

14

Pax Large Cap Fund

14

Pax Small Cap Fund

18

Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

22

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

25

Pax Global Opportunities Fund

28

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

32

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

39

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

45

Pax Core Bond Fund

51

Pax High Yield Bond Fund

55

Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund

60

Shareholder Expense Examples

64

Schedules of Investments

67

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

118

Statements of Operations

122

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

124

Financial Highlights

130

Notes to Financial Statements

142

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

164

Board Approval of New Advisory Agreement

167

Trustees and Officers

169

Account Options and Services

174

 

 

For More Information

General Fund Information

800.767.1729

 

Shareholder Account Information

800.372.7827

 

Account Inquiries

Pax World
P.O. Box 9824
Providence, RI 02940-8024

 

Investment Adviser

Impax Asset Management LLC
30 Penhallow Street, Suite 400
Portsmouth, NH 03801

Transfer and Dividend Disbursing Agent

BNY Mellon Investment
Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
P.O. Box 9824
Providence, RI 02940-8024

 

Custodian

State Street Bank and Trust Company
1 Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

 

 

 

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Glossary of Terms

 

 

Blended Index for the Sustainable Allocation Fund is composed of 60% S&P 500 Index and 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.

 

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based index, maintained by Bloomberg L.P. often used to represent investment grade bonds being traded in the United States.

 

FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series measures the performance of global companies that have significant involvement in environmental business activities, including renewable and alternative energy, energy efficiency, water technology, waste and pollution control and food, agriculture and forestry. The FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series requires companies to have at least 20% of their business derived from environmental markets and technologies. The FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series is published by a joint venture of Impax Asset Management, Ltd. (“Impax”) with FTSE International. Impax is also the sub-adviser to the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund.

 

ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield - Cash Pay - BB-B (Constrained 2%) Index tracks the performance of BB- and B rated fixed income securities publicly issued in the major domestic or Eurobond markets, with total index allocation to an individual issuer limited to 2%.

 

Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index is a customized market capitalization-weighted index created and licensed by Impax Asset Management (“IAM”) consisting of equity securities of issuers organized or operating in countries around the world that demonstrate a commitment to advancing and empowering women through gender diversity on their boards, in management and through other policies and programs, and an understanding of the potential business advantages associated with greater gender diversity, as rated by the IAM Gender Analytics team, with final approval by the IAM Women’s Index Committee. In addition, the companies comprising the Women’s Index meet certain environmental, social and governance (ESG) or sustainability thresholds, as rated by MSCI ESG Research.

 

Lipper Core Bond Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Core Bond Funds Index Average. The Lipper Core Bond Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest at least 85% in domestic investment-grade debt issues (rated in the top four grades) with any remaining investment in non-benchmark sectors such as high-yield, global and emerging market debt. These funds maintain dollar-weighted average maturities of five to ten years.

 

Lipper Equity Income Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index Average. The Lipper Equity Income Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that by prospectus language and portfolio practice, seek relatively high current income and growth of income by investing at least 65% of their portfolio in dividend-paying equity securities.

 

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that, by portfolio practice, invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. Global multi-cap core funds typically have average characteristics compared to the MSCI World Index.

 

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index tracks the results of funds that invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. Multi-cap funds typically have 25% to 75% of their assets invested in companies both inside and outside of the U.S. with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above 400% of the 75th market capitalization

 

 

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percentile of the S&P/Citigroup World Broad Market Index. Multi-cap growth funds typically have an above-average price-to-cash flow ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value compared to the S&P/Citigroup BMI. One cannot invest directly in an index.

 

Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Average. The Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that aim at high (relative) current yield from fixed income securities, have no quality or maturity restrictions and tend to invest in lower grade debt issues.

 

Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that, by portfolio practice, invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies strictly outside of the U.S. with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above Lipper’s international large-cap floor. International large-cap core funds typically have an average price-to-cash flow ratio, price-to-book ratio and three-year sales-per-share growth value compared to the S&P/Citigroup World ex-U.S. BMI.

 

Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Large Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Lipper Large Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) above Lipper’s USDE large-cap floor. Large-cap core funds have more latitude in the companies in which they invest. These funds typically have average characteristics compared to the S&P 500 Index.

 

Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average. The Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index Average is a total return performance average of mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that invest in a variety of market capitalization ranges without concentrating 75% of their equity assets in any one market capitalization range over an extended period of time. These funds typically have average characteristics compared to the S&P SuperComposite 1500 Index.

 

Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Small- Cap Core Funds Average. The Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Average is a total return performance average of the mutual funds tracked by Lipper, Inc. that, by portfolio practice, invest at least 75% of their equity assets in companies with market capitalizations (on a three-year weighted basis) below Lipper’s USDE small-cap ceiling. Small-cap core funds have more latitude in the companies in which they invest. These funds typically have an average price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book ratio, and three-year sales-per-share growth value, compared to the S&P SmallCap 600 Index.

 

Morningstar Allocation – 50% to 70% Equity seeks to provide both capital appreciation and income by investing in three major areas: stocks, bonds and cash. These portfolios tend to hold larger positions in stocks than conservative-allocation portfolios. These portfolios typically have 50% to 70% of assets in equities and the remainder in fixed income and cash.

 

MSCI All-Country World Index (“ACWI”) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. The MSCI ACWI consists of 47 country indices comprising 23 developed and 24 emerging market country indices. The developed market country indices included are: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. The emerging market country indices included

 

 

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Glossary of Terms, continued

 

are: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey and United Arab Emirates.

 

MSCI EAFE (Europe, Australasia, Far East) Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The MSCI EAFE (Net) Index consists of the following 21 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and United Kingdom.

 

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities of issuers organized or operating in developed market countries around the world excluding the U.S. and Canada that have high environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings relative to their sector and industry group peers, as rated by MSCI ESG Research annually. MSCI ESG Research evaluates companies’ ESG characteristics and derives corresponding ESG scores and ratings. Companies are ranked by ESG score against their sector peers to determine their eligibility for the MSCI ESG indices. MSCI ESG Research identifies the highest-rated companies in each peer group to meet the float-adjusted market capitalization sector targets. The rating system is based on general and industry-specific ESG criteria, assigning ratings on a 7-point scale from AAA (highest) to CCC (lowest).

 

MSCI World Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed markets. The MSCI World Index consists of the following 23 developed market country indices: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

 

Russell 1000 Index measures the performance of the 1,000 largest U.S. companies, as measured by market capitalization. It is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index, which measures the largest 3,000 companies. The Russell 1000 Index is comprised of over 90% of the total market capitalization of all listed U.S stocks.

 

Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.

 

The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of large capitalization common stocks.

 

Performance for the MSCI ACWI Index, the MSCI EAFE Index, the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index, the MSCI World Index and the Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index are shown “net”, which includes dividend reinvestments after deduction of foreign withholding tax.

 

Securities Indices above assume reinvestment of all distributions and interest payments, have no policy of sustainable investing and do not take into account brokerage fees or expenses.

 

Lipper Indices above are not what are typically considered to be an “index” because they track the performance of other mutual funds rather than changes in the value of a group of securities, a securities index or some other traditional economic indicator.

 

Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment losses.

 

One cannot invest directly in any index.

 

 

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Letter to Shareholders

by Joseph Keefe, President & CEO

 

Dear fellow shareholders,

 

The year 2020 will be bookmarked in history for many reasons. At the top of the list is the COVID-19 pandemic, whose impact on human lives and the economy has been far reaching. The virus plunged equities to bear market levels in less than a month, U.S. Treasury rates fell to historically low levels and, almost just as suddenly, equity markets then soared in the fourth quarter against a backdrop of favorable vaccine news, the resolution of the U.S. presidential election and the prospects of additional fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy. In Q4 alone, the S&P 500 Index rose 12.15%, the Russell 2000 Index posted its highest quarterly return ever at 31.4%, and the MSCI EAFE Index of non-U.S. developed market stocks returned 16.1%. Investment grade bonds delivered a modest return in the current environment of low interest rates and tight spreads as the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index was up 0.7%.

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the institutional class shares of seven out of the 11 Pax World Funds performed in the top half of their Lipper peer groups, and all seven of 11 were in the top third. As we enter 2021, eight out of our nine funds eligible for the Morningstar Sustainability Ratings have also received four or five globes, including our Pax Large Cap Fund and our Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund, which will turn 50 in August.*

 

Our Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund had been growing quickly even before then President-elect Biden announced $2 trillion in clean energy, low-carbon transport, energy efficiency and other climate-related investments. As I write in mid-January, and despite the dark year behind us, there is reason for optimism and hope.

 

2021 begins with a vaccine rollout in progress and a new presidential administration in the U.S. that is committed to reversing damaging Trump-era regulatory rollbacks related to the environment and ESG investing. Today’s public policy environment appears much more promising for those of us who are investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy.

 

I am pleased to see the equal representation of women and men — 12 of each — in the Biden-Harris cabinet. The new administration is the most gender, racially and ethnically diverse in our nation’s history and, as the President said when announcing his final picks, “it taps into the full range of talent we have in our nation.” The

 

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For complete Morningstar Sustainability ratings please refer to pages 7 - 9.

 

 

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importance of this cannot be overstated. Diverse organizations tend to make better decisions than homogeneous ones. We know this from the work we do, and we know this because it is underscored by a massive body of research. We believe that the diversity of the Biden-Harris team should lead to greater collaboration, less groupthink, less herd behavior, more innovation and better results.

 

2020 was a year of multiple disruptions, but disruptions can lead to awakenings that in turn spur innovation and change. Whether it be belatedly addressing climate change, or racial injustice, or reforming institutions from public health to education to the way we work, we emerge from 2020 hopefully not only older but wiser, and more committed than ever to promoting positive change.

 

Perhaps most importantly, we need to rededicate ourselves to the hard work of defending and advancing our democratic institutions. Those institutions have been gravely challenged by recent events. As investors, we understand that vibrant, well-functioning markets are inextricably linked to a vibrant, well-governed democracy. At Impax, we also understand that investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy is also investing in the transition to a more equitable society, and that both depend on the survival, indeed the expansion and flowering, of liberal democracy.

 

May our work in 2021 defend these institutions and advance this agenda.

 

On behalf of all of us here at Impax Asset Management and Pax World Funds, I wish you and yours a very healthy, safe and happy year ahead.

 

Sincerely,

 

 

Joseph F. Keefe

 

President

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.

 

Investments involve risk, including potential loss of principal.

 

 

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You should always consider Pax World Funds’ investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other important information, please download the Funds’ prospectus. Please read it carefully before investing.

 

The S&P 500 Index is an unmanaged index of large capitalization common stocks. The Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index represents securities that are U.S. domestic, taxable and dollar denominated. The index covers the U.S. investment grade fixed rate bond market, with index components for government and corporate securities and asset-backed securities. The Russell 2000 Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000 Index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The MSCI EAFE Index is designed to represent the performance of large and mid-cap securities across 21 developed markets, including countries in Europe, Australasia and the Far East, excluding the U.S. and Canada. The Index is available for a number of regions, market segments/sizes and covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each of the 21 countries.

 

One cannot invest directly in any index.

 

The Morningstar Sustainability Rating measures how well the companies in a fund’s portfolio manage their environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks and opportunities relative to the fund’s peers. First, a Morningstar Portfolio Sustainability Score™ ranging from 0 to 100 is derived from an asset weighted average of the underlying company ESG scores quarterly. Next, scored funds are rated monthly: The top 10% receive 5 globes (High), the next 22.5% receive 4 (Above Average), the next 35% receive 3 (Average), the next 22.5% receive 2 (Below Average), and the bottom 10% receive 1 (Low). Sustainalytics provides company-level analysis used in the calculation of Morningstar’s Sustainability Score. A higher score indicates that a fund, on average, has more of its assets invested in companies that score well according to the Sustainalytics methodology. For details, visit http://morningstar.com/company/sustainability.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 20.86. Percent Rank in Category is 4 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Large Cap Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 20.71. Percent Rank in Category is 4 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 21.10. Percent Rank in Category is 14 and Sustainability Rating is 4 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 20.76. Percent Rank in Category is 5 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Global Opportunities Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 19.70. Percent Rank in Category is 3 and Sustainability Rating is 5 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 20.80. Percent Rank in Category is 12 and Sustainability Rating is 4 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 20.84. Percent Rank in Category is 13 and Sustainability Rating is 4 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

Sustainability Score for the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund as of 11/30/2020 is 20.77. Percent Rank in Category is 12 and Sustainability Rating is 4 globes as of 11/30/2020.

 

 

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Lipper Leader scores are subject to change every month and are calculated for the following time periods: 3-year, 5-year, 10-year, and overall. The overall calculation is based on an equal-weighted average of percentile rank for each category metric over three-, five-, and ten-year periods (if applicable). The top 20% of funds in each classification are rated 5 and are named Lipper Leaders, the next 20% are rated 4, the middle 20% are rated 3, the next 20% are rated 2, and the lowest 20% are rated 1.

 

Lipper rankings are based on total returns (not including sales charges) for the periods indicated and compare total return performance with that of other funds in the category.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Index Fund — Institutional Class (PXWIX) — as of 12/31/20 in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Index Fund — Institutional Class (PXWIX) — 1-year 58th percentile rank out of 136 funds, 3-year 21st percentile rank out of 111 funds, 5-year 27th percentile rank out of 90 funds, 10-year 40th percentile rank out of 64 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Large Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXLIX) — as of 12/31/20 in the Lipper Large-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Large Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXLIX) — 1 year 9th percentile rank out of 639 funds, 3 year 3rd percentile rank out of 584 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXSIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper Small-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Small Cap Fund — Institutional Class (PXSIX) — 1-year 36th percentile rank out of 900 funds, 3-year 54th percentile rank out of 853 funds, 5-year 67th percentile rank out of 745 funds, 10-year 50th percentile rank out of 544 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund — Institutional Class (PWGIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper Multi Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund — Institutional Class (PWGIX) — 1-year 66th percentile rank out of 661 funds, 3-year 52nd percentile rank out of 598 funds, 5-year 60th percentile rank out of 525 funds, 10-year 62nd percentile rank out of 387 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund — Institutional Class (PXDIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper Equity Income category based on average annual returns. The Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund — Institutional Class (PXDIX) — 1-year 9th percentile rank out of 489 funds, 3-year 8th percentile out of 462 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Global Opportunities Fund — Institutional Class (PXGOX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth category based on average annual returns. The Pax Global Opportunities Fund — Institutional Class (PXGOX) — 1-year 76th percentile rank out of 193 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund — Institutional Class (PGINX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund — Institutional Class (PGINX) — 1-year 10th percentile rank out of 136 funds, 3-year 8th percentile rank out of 111 funds, 5-year 4th percentile rank out of 90 funds, 10-year 10th percentile rank out of 64 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund — Institutional Class (PXNIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the International Large-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. The Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund — Institutional Class (PXNIX) — 1-year 25th percentile rank out of 116 funds, 3-year 6th percentile rank out of 103 funds, 5-year 46th percentile rank out of 86 funds.

 

 

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Data shown represents rankings for the Pax High Yield Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PXHIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper High Yield Bond category based on average annual returns. The Pax High Yield Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PXHIX) — 1-year 9th percentile rank out of 509 funds, 3-year 9th percentile rank out of 474 funds, 5-year 17th percentile rank out of 418 funds, 10-year 66th percentile rank out of 324 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund — Institutional Class (PAXIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Morningstar Allocation–50% to 70% Equity category based on average annual returns. The Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund — Institutional Class (PAXIX) — 1-year 16th percentile rank out of 673 funds, 3-year 14th percentile rank out of 636 funds, 5-year 22nd percentile rank out of 575 funds, 10 year 35th percentile rank out of 414 funds.

 

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Core Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PABIX) — as of 12/31/2020 in the Lipper Core Bond category based on average annual returns. The Pax Core Bond Fund — Institutional Class (PABIX) — 1-year 84th percentile rank out of 506 funds, 3-year 75th percentile rank out of 476 funds.

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Sustainable Investing Update (Unaudited)

 

Senior Vice President
for Sustainable
Investing

 

Julie Gorte, Ph.D.

 

2020: The Year Everything Changed

 

By most accounts, 2020 will go down as a rotten year. But for all its many, many negatives, it was a year that had much to teach us. Multiple crises offered a unique lens through which to view humanity and humans, and because humans, and the decisions they make and the companies they run, are at the very heart of our work in sustainable investing, it was also a fascinating year that offered great insight for the work that we do here at Impax.

 

A pandemic moves in

 

Crises, though painful, offer clues about companies’ true characters, and the pandemic has been no exception. Early in 2020 we began analyzing companies’ handling of the COVID-19 crisis, looking at such issues as how they were implementing furloughs, how they were handling executives’ pay amid company-wide cuts and how they were ensuring the safety of their employees and customers. Every company’s approach offered nuggets about its philosophy of people management, and because any company’s success is tied to the success of its workers, it also offered critical insight about the long-term prospects of the companies we looked at.

 

The information we gleaned — both the positive and negative examples of companies’ pandemic responses — provided fodder for our engagements on this topic throughout 2020. We asked companies to consider how they might extend or expand remote work arrangements and how they might modify their paid leave policies to help protect their entire workforce. Ensuring the long-term success of all workers will be key components of risk management and business continuity going forward, and we will continue engaging with companies on this topic to help them identify structural changes that could make them more resilient. For all it has wrought, the pandemic has also shown what is possible, and there’s much to be gained from that insight.

 

Public policy goes pear-shaped

 

Sustainable Investing Rules

 

Public policy demanded more of our attention than usual during 2020, on multiple fronts. The Department of Labor (DOL) produced new rules that would handicap sustainable investors. One proposed rule sought to discourage retirement plans from investing in funds that integrate environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors, falsely contending that ESG factors were nonpecuniary or detracted from

 

 

 

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returns. We registered opposition, and our comment letter to the DOL included an appendix with more than 300 research citations that link ESG performance to financial performance, suggesting that ESG considerations can be very material to how companies and investment portfolios perform and that ignoring them would not be in the best interests of retirees. The final rule was significantly less restrictive than the original proposed rule, eliminating references to ESG, and simply reiterating that any considerations included in a fund on any ERISA platform must be pecuniary, or material to investment performance.

 

We also registered opposition to a DOL-proposed rule designed to hush the voices of certain shareholders by making proxy voting much more onerous. The original proposed rule would have required that every vote on every item on every proxy that investors vote must have a cost/benefit analysis, unless voted in line with management recommendations. Many of the comment letters about this rule, including ours, pointed out that this was both burdensome and costly, and not in the interests of shareholders. The final rule omitted that requirement but reiterated existing regulatory advice to vote every proxy in line with fiduciary duty.

 

Climate change

 

Despite a reduction in air travel, commuting and other greenhouse gas-producing activities in 2020, our planet continues to warm, and the physical risks associated with a changing climate continue to increase for investors. In June we filed a petition for rulemaking with the Securities and Exchange Commission asking that companies be required to disclose the precise locations of their significant assets so that investors, analysts and financial markets can better assess the physical risks they face connected with climate change. Where a company is located can say a lot about its vulnerability to climate change — e.g., whether it is vulnerable to or protected from risks such as sea level rise or coastal storm surge — but companies for the most part are not required to report their physical locations. Without that more precise physical location data, investors will be vulnerable to an increasingly frequent and severe set of climate-related events.

 

In the fall we teamed up with the New York State Common Retirement Fund to ask companies in the S&P 500 Index to voluntarily disclose the locations of their significant assets, including facilities, reserves, buildings and installations whose loss or impairment would impact financial results. To date, we’ve heard from back from many of the 500 companies, and we’ve had conversations with more than 50 of them as of the end of 2020. We have been encouraged to see that at least a few companies have given physical risk much thought, but others have a steeper learning curve to ascend on this topic. We believe that our engagement will help them understand its importance.

 

 

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Racial injustice in action

 

As we have seen during the pandemic, environmental stressors can contribute significantly to the higher mortality rate among racial minorities in the United States. That’s why we have asked chemical companies that operate in areas where the surrounding demographics are disproportionately racial and ethnic minorities to: 1) take steps to curtail pollution and 2) to report publicly on their production, management, and use of cleaner alternatives in areas where their operations expose surrounding communities to harmful chemicals.

 

Investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy also means investing in the transition to a more just society — one that values the lives, livelihoods and talents of every single person. We’ll keep pressing companies and policymakers on these issues, and with the new presidential administration making environmental justice a big focus as well, we’ll hope to have some winds at our backs for a change.

 

Hope on the horizon

 

The Biden-Harris administration has made climate action and equality pillars of its plans to move America forward. This is a welcome development for us here at Impax since these are our major engagement focus areas. The timing couldn’t be better: The clock is ticking on climate, and hundreds of thousands of women lost or left their jobs in 2020 largely due to the ancillary effects of the pandemic, creating a “she-cession” that will take a multitude of public and private sector players to correct. Biden’s cabinet nominees and appointees have deep experience on these themes, but much of the administration’s agenda will require Congressional approval, and it remains to be seen whether they will be able to deliver their ambitious agenda with only a thin majority in the Senate.

 

We will not let up. We’ll continue urging companies to become more sustainable, because we believe that more sustainable companies are more resilient companies that will be better positioned to weather future crises and downturns — for there will be others. It is in our best interests as investors, and as global citizens, to ensure the companies in our portfolios are doing whatever they reasonably can to become more resilient. This is the core of our engagement work.

 

Sincerely,

 

Julie Gorte, Ph.D.
SVP for Sustainable Investing

 

 

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Performance Information

 

Commentary The portfolio manager commentaries in this report provide insight from the respective fund managers in an effort to help you examine your fund. The views expressed therein are those of the portfolio managers and are for the period covered by this report. Such commentary does not necessarily represent the views of the Board of Trustees of your fund. The views expressed herein are subject to change at any time based upon market and/or other conditions and Impax Asset Management LLC and the funds disclaim any responsibility to update such views. The commentaries should not be relied upon as investment advice.

 

Historical performance Historical performance can be evaluated in several ways. Each fund’s portfolio highlights provide total and average annual total returns. A comparison of this historical data to an appropriate benchmark is also provided. These performance figures include changes in a fund’s share price, plus reinvestment of any dividends (generally income) and any capital gains (generally profits the fund earns when it sells securities that have grown in value). Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

The Funds’ distributor, Foreside Financial Services, LLC is not affiliated with Impax Asset Management LLC or Impax Asset Management, Ltd.

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Pax Large Cap Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Andrew Braun

 

Portfolio Manager
Barbara Browning, CFA

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Large Cap Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Institutional Class and Investor Class of the Fund had total returns of 23.99% and 23.75%, respectively, compared to 18.40% for the S&P 500 Index and 16.10% for the Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The Fund outperformed the S&P 500 Index for calendar year 2020 and experienced broad-based contributions from nearly every sector. The sectors which contributed the most to performance were Industrials, Consumer Discretionary and Real Estate, while only the Health Care and Materials sectors detracted from the Fund’s overall relative performance. In addition, The Fund is fossil fuel-free, which benefitted performance during the period as the Energy sector underperformed the broader market.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

The Fund added to Information Technology and Health Care during the period, while trimming its weight in Communication Services. The Fund was positioned relatively defensively at the beginning of the period, and gradually we added more cyclically exposed and attractively valued companies as the year progressed, with a focus on prospects for attractive earnings and cash flow growth looking out to 2022.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

Notable holdings that contributed positively to performance in 2020 were UPS, T-Mobile, and Trane Technologies. The Fund bought UPS early in 2020 based largely on its inexpensive valuation, and the company soon revalued upward as e-commerce demand skyrocketed due to COVID-19. T-Mobile finally closed on its acquisition of Sprint after a two-year regulatory review, reported strong growth in new subscribers all year, and has begun executing on the considerable cost

 

 

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synergies associated with the merger. Trane separated from Ingersoll-Rand early in 2020 and has established itself as a leading provider of environmentally-friendly HVAC equipment.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

Notably weak holdings were AIG and Merck. AIG stock price suffered from elevated COVID-related claims and the negative effect of lower interest rates on its businesses. After the company announced a separation of its life and retirement business from its core property/casualty operations, we decided to exit the stock. Merck stock price lagged despite its business performing in-line with expectations, as fears of drug price regulation and a more cautious approach to COVID-19 related drug discovery pressured the stock’s valuation in 2020.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited), continued

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

         

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXLIX

     

23.99%

16.82%

17.43%

Investor Class2

PAXLX

     

23.75%

16.55%

17.15%

S&P 500 Index

       

18.40%

14.18%

15.63%

Lipper Large-Cap Core Funds Index

     

16.10%

12.42%

14.09%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is December 16, 2016.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Stocks

98.5%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.5%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Microsoft Corp.

5.4%

Apple, Inc.

4.9%

Amazon.com, Inc.

3.3%

Voya Financial, Inc.

3.1%

Procter & Gamble Co., The

2.8%

Applied Materials, Inc.

2.8%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

2.6%

Alphabet, Inc., Class C

2.6%

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

2.6%

Target Corp.

2.6%

Total

32.7%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable

 

Holdings are subject to change

 

 

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Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

28.7%

Health Care

16.7%

Consumer Discretionary

12.1%

Financials

11.3%

Communication Services

9.9%

Industrials

7.5%

Real Estate

4.8%

Consumer Staples

4.7%

Materials

1.7%

Utilities

1.0%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

1.6%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Pax Small Cap Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Nathan Moser, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

How did the Pax Small Cap Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class shares of the Fund had total returns of 11.77%, 11.73% and 12.06%, respectively, compared to 19.96% for the Russell 2000 Index and 10.69% for the Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

2020 was a volatile year in the equity markets due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on society and the global economy. Aggressive fiscal stimulus and accommodative monetary policy helped equity markets perform well during the period, despite worsening COVID-19 trends. Positive vaccine data and subsequent approvals buoyed sentiment in the latter half of the year, allowing investors to look though near-term economic weakness to the eventual re-opening of the economy. This catalyzed small cap stocks in particular, leading to outperformance versus their large cap counterparts as smaller companies are more cyclically oriented.

 

While the Fund had strong performance in the Technology and Communication Services sectors, this was more than offset by poor results within Healthcare and Industrials. The Fund’s higher quality, lower risk positioning was a headwind to performance as low quality companies we believe are significantly outperformed during the year.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

Over the period, we reduced exposure to the Technology and Utilities sectors, while increasing our allocation to the Industrials and Financials sectors. We are increasingly optimistic about an improving economy and have begun to position the Fund in sectors and companies we believe are poised to benefit from faster economic growth.

 

 

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What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

Darling Ingredients, an agricultural company with a growing biofuel business, increased 189% during the period. Their joint venture with Valero, Diamond Green Diesel, is increasingly viewed as a value driver for the overall business. The U.S. presidential election and subsequent Senate outcome increased the odds of the current favorable tax policy for the industry continuing into the future. While we acknowledge that valuation has expanded, we continue to view the shares as attractive given the potential upside to consensus earnings estimates.

 

Horizon Therapeutics, a bio-pharmaceutical company, increased 34% during the period that we held shares. Shares performed well on the better than expected launch of their thyroid eye disease drug, Tepezza. This drug provides a solution for a patient population with very few non-surgical options. This pent-up demand helped the company overcome industry challenges related to the COVID-19 pandemic. We exited the position as Horizon’s market cap moved above our small cap threshold.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, a diversified bio-pharmaceutical company, declined -5% during the period. The company reported positive financial results and raised guidance several times due in large part to their product, Captisol, which is part of Gilead Sciences’ COVID-19 therapy, Remdesivir. However, Ligand’s underperformance reflected concerns over the durability of Captisol’s strong revenue growth as well as the early stage nature of Ligand’s partnered product pipeline. We used weakness in shares as an opportunity to add to our position because we believe investors are underestimating the earnings power of Ligand’s business.

 

MRC Global, an industrial distributor of pipes, valves and fittings, declined -51% during the year. The company was negatively impacted by reduced expenditures by their customers. We believe customers are poised to accelerate spending as economic growth improves. Over the course of the downturn, the company has cut costs, which should enable significant margin expansion as revenue growth returns. In addition, we are encouraged by management’s strategy of shifting their product mix towards higher value-add products, like valves. These valves not only carry higher margins but are critical in combatting the negative environmental impact from gas leaks.

 

 

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Pax Small Cap Fund, continued

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales load = $9,450).

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

         

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PXSCX

     

11.77%

5.07%

8.26%

9.16%

Class A1,2,4

PXSAX

NAV3

   

11.73%

5.04%

8.24%

9.15%

   

POP

   

5.60%

3.09%

7.03%

8.54%

Institutional Class1

PXSIX

     

12.06%

5.32%

8.54%

9.44%

Russell 2000 Index

       

19.96%

10.25%

13.26%

11.20%

Lipper Small-Cap Core Funds Index

     

10.69%

7.06%

11.37%

10.00%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 10-year period; total returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 5.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

3.8%

U.S. Stocks

93.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

3.2%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A

5.7%

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

4.4%

Meridian Bancorp, Inc.

3.8%

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

2.9%

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

2.7%

Voya Financial, Inc.

2.5%

Coherus Biosciences, Inc.

2.5%

RealPage, Inc.

2.4%

Darling Ingredients, Inc.

2.0%

Natus Medical, Inc.

2.0%

Total

30.9%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable

 

Holdings are subject to change

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Financials

20.2%

Industrials

17.8%

Health Care

14.5%

Information Technology

13.9%

Consumer Discretionary

9.0%

Real Estate

7.8%

Consumer Staples

7.2%

Communication Services

4.3%

Materials

1.0%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

4.3%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

 

 

Portfolio Managers
Ran Leshem
Robert Tymoczko
Michael Branch, CFA
Annie Tan

 

 

Sub-Adviser
Aperio Group, LLC1

 

 

 

1

See Note F for additional information

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class shares had total returns of 13.34%, 13.33% and 13.57%, respectively, compared to 20.96% for the Russell 1000 Index and 21.20% for the Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed positively to performance?

 

The Fund’s exposure to companies with higher profitability, a traditional quality factor, contributed to relative performance for the period.

 

As part of the Fund’s proprietary SmartCarbonTM approach, there is no fossil fuel exposure in the portfolio, which benefited performance as the Energy sector lagged due to a weak outlook for global oil demand.

 

What factors detracted from performance?

 

The tilt toward value stocks, as measured by the earnings yield, was a detractor as value underperformed growth during the economic recovery. A tilt towards companies with lower volatility (i.e., low beta) detracted from relative performance for the period.

 

An overweight to the Consumer Discretionary sector, which is driven by the factor and ESG tilts, detracted from relative returns as widespread shutdowns and economic uncertainty weighed heavily on hotels, restaurants and retailers.

 

Weighting the portfolio toward companies with stronger ESG characteristics is one of the five factors used in this smart beta strategy, which is designed to deliver strong long-term investment performance. On a short-term basis, however, ESG and other factors can negatively affect returns. During the period, companies with stronger ESG profiles, particularly those in the top quartile as measured by the Impax Sustainability Score, underperformed companies with weaker ESG profiles. The Fund’s overweight to companies with the strongest ESG profiles detracted from relative performance.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales load = $9,450).

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

         

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PXWGX

     

13.34%

11.22%

12.25%

11.31%

Class A1,2,4

PXGAX

NAV3

   

13.33%

11.20%

12.25%

11.31%

   

POP

   

7.11%

9.14%

10.99%

10.68%

Institutional Class1

PWGIX

     

13.57%

11.49%

12.52%

11.58%

Russell 1000 Index

       

20.96%

14.82%

15.60%

14.01%

Lipper Multi-Cap Core Funds Index

     

21.20%

13.09%

14.37%

12.25%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 5-year and 10-year periods; total returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 5.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited), continued

 

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

0.7%

U.S. Stocks

98.6%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.7%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Apple, Inc.

6.0%

Microsoft Corp.

4.7%

Amazon.com, Inc.

3.9%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

3.0%

Texas Instruments, Inc.

2.8%

Verizon Communications, Inc.

2.7%

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

2.6%

Johnson & Johnson

2.2%

Allstate Corp., The

1.8%

MetLife, Inc.

1.8%

Total

31.5%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

30.0%

Health Care

16.0%

Consumer Discretionary

11.8%

Communication Services

10.5%

Financials

9.4%

Industrials

8.3%

Consumer Staples

7.0%

Materials

2.2%

Utilities

2.2%

Real Estate

2.1%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

0.5%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

 

 

Portfolio Managers
Ran Leshem
Robert Tymoczko
Michael Branch, CFA
Annie Tan

 

 

Sub-Adviser
Aperio Group, LLC1

 

 

 

1

See Note F for additional information

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Fund’s Institutional Class and Investor Class shares had total returns of 14.54% and 14.25%, respectively, compared to 20.96% for the Russell 1000 Index and 4.72% for the Lipper Equity Income Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed positively to performance?

 

The Fund’s exposure to companies with higher profitability, a traditional quality factor, contributed to relative performance for the period.

 

As part of the Fund’s proprietary SmartCarbonTM approach, there is no fossil fuel exposure in the portfolio, which benefited performance as the Energy sector lagged due to a weak outlook for global oil demand.

 

What factors detracted from performance?

 

The tilt towards companies with higher dividend yield1 had a negative impact on returns as investors favored higher growth companies (with low dividend payouts) over more stable, dividend paying companies.

 

The Fund’s exposure to companies with higher management quality — a measure of the extent of asset expansion, capital expenditure growth and share issuance growth – was a detractor for the period. The Fund’s exposure to companies with higher earnings quality – a measure of the uncertainty around a company’s operating fundamentals – also detracted from performance.

 

Weighting the portfolio toward companies with stronger ESG characteristics is one of the five factors used in this smart beta strategy, which is designed to deliver strong long-term investment performance. On a short-term basis, however, ESG and other factors can negatively affect returns. During the period, companies with stronger ESG profiles, particularly those in the top quartile as measured by the Impax Sustainability Score, underperformed companies with weaker ESG profiles. The Fund’s overweight to companies with the strongest ESG profiles detracted from relative performance.

 

 

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1

Dividend yield is the ratio of a company’s annual dividend compared to its share price.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

       

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

 

1 Year

3 Year

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXDIX

   

14.54%

11.56%

13.10%

Investor Class2

PAXDX

   

14.25%

11.23%

12.80%

Russell 1000 Index

     

20.96%

14.82%

16.08%

Lipper Equity Income Funds Index

   

4.72%

7.31%

9.27%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is December 16, 2016.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Stocks

99.0%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.0%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Apple, Inc.

6.0%

Microsoft Corp.

4.6%

Amazon.com, Inc.

3.9%

Texas Instruments, Inc.

3.0%

Johnson & Johnson

2.6%

Home Depot, Inc., The

2.4%

Prudential Financial, Inc.

2.4%

American Financial Group, Inc.

2.3%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A

2.2%

Cisco Systems, Inc.

2.2%

Total

31.6%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable

 

Holdings are subject to change

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

32.5%

Health Care

13.1%

Consumer Discretionary

12.5%

Industrials

8.9%

Financials

7.7%

Communication Services

6.6%

Consumer Staples

5.9%

Real Estate

5.7%

Materials

5.6%

Utilities

0.4%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

1.1%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Pax Global Opportunities Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Kirsteen Morrison

 

Portfolio Manager
David Winborne

 

Sub-Adviser
Impax Asset Management Ltd.

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Global Opportunities Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Fund’s Institutional Class and Investor Class shares had total returns of 23.12% and 22.76%, respectively, compared to 16.25% for the MSCI All-Country World (Net) Index (“MSCI ACWI”) and 36.37% for the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

Global equity markets delivered positive performance in 2020 despite economic disruptions and extreme market volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The sharp sell-off in markets in February and March was followed by a strong rebound, supported by fiscal and monetary emergency measures. The pandemic caused numerous disruptions and has highlighted some of the more vulnerable areas of the economy, as well as areas of resilience. Lockdown measures prompted what may turn out to be a structural shift in work patterns towards homeworking, facilitated by a dramatically increased use of technology, and accompanied by permanently altered patterns of consumption.

 

The market recovery was further powered in the second half of the year by steady improvements in economic data, with services and manufacturing sentiment surveys showing greater confidence in most economies. Support has also come from earnings which, despite disruptions across many sectors, have generally shown improvements. A resolution in the U.S. election and multiple vaccine approvals in November saw a rise in market sentiment and economic activity, with the S&P 500 Index reaching a new high.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

The investment team took advantage of the market volatility during the year to initiate several new positions at attractive valuation levels in several names within Health Care, Consumer Staples, Industrials and Information Technology, while exiting holdings with lower conviction. Broadly speaking, these changes did not

 

 

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result in significant sector changes. The portfolio’s overweight to Europe was lowered slightly with the relative allocation to North America increasing, although the portfolio remains underweight in this region. Importantly, the exposure to cyclical and defensive business models remains well balanced. With the strong move higher in share prices, the weighted average market cap for the portfolio has increased to approximately $165 billion compared to over $300 billion for MSCI ACWI.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

Strong performance was achieved from the Information Technology sector as demand for digital products, greater connectivity and investment in cloud infrastructure surged as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company which benefitted from digitization trends and demand for high end semiconductors, continued to extend its technological lead in chip manufacturing following an announcement that competitor, Intel, may outsource leading edge chip fabrication in 2021. Cadence (Application Software, U.S.), which is linked to the research and development spending of the semiconductor companies, saw continued robust demand for its semiconductor design tools. Cadence holds a strong position within the chip design ecosystem, and benefits from the secular trend of semi-conductor miniaturization and energy reduction.

 

The strategy benefitted from good performance in Health Care, where holdings are focused on life science and diagnostic names, which saw strong tailwinds from COVID-19 spending. Thermo Fischer (Life Sciences Tools & Services, U.S.) saw steady earnings growth as it benefitted from unprecedented demand for virus testing and COVID-19 related products and services, and a recovery in its core business, backed by contributions from acquisitions made in previous years.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

In what was generally a positive year, the Financials sector delivered negative returns, plagued by uncertainty over COVID-19-related business disruptions and the potential impact to profits and balance sheets. Hiscox (Property & Casualty Insurance, UK) fell on concerns about the magnitude of business interruption payments to small- and medium-enterprise customers in the wake of lockdown measures in the UK. Hiscox subsequently reported strong top-line growth, with the retail franchise in particular proving resilient and robust year-on-year increases in the pricing environment of risks underwritten through the London market.

 

 

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Other sectors were also impacted by COVID-19 disruptions. Grifols (Biotechnology, Spain) was unable to fully operate its plasma collection centers, which raised concerns over product shortages hampering revenue and profit growth. Danone (Packaged Foods & Meats, France) was negatively impacted by the lockdown, which resulted in a sharp decline in demand for bottled water. We expect these stocks are set to benefit from the re-opening of economies as vaccines roll out throughout 2021.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average
Annual
Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXGOX

 

23.12%

17.85%

Investor Class2

PAXGX

 

22.76%

17.63%

MSCI ACWI (Net) Index

   

16.25%

12.65%

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Growth Funds Index

 

36.37%

19.71%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is June 27, 2018.

 

 

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2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

49.8%

U.S. Stocks

48.5%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.7%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Microsoft Corp.

4.0%

Linde PLC

3.8%

IQVIA Holdings, Inc.

3.7%

AIA Group, Ltd.

3.7%

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

3.7%

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Ltd.

3.6%

HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR

3.5%

Evotec SE

3.5%

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.

3.3%

Equinix, Inc., REIT

3.1%

Total

35.9%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Information Technology

27.2%

Health Care

20.8%

Financials

13.9%

Materials

11.9%

Industrials

10.0%

Consumer Staples

7.3%

Real Estate

3.1%

Consumer Discretionary

2.3%

Communication Services

1.9%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

1.6%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Hubert Aarts

 

Portfolio Manager
Sid Jha

 

Portfolio Manager
David Winborne

 

Sub-Adviser
Impax Asset Management Ltd.

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class of the Fund had total returns of 25.71%, 25.68%, and 26.00%, respectively, versus 16.25% for the MSCI All-Country World (Net) Index (“MSCI ACWI”) and 39.86% for the FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series (“FTSE EOAS”).

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

Global equity markets delivered positive performance in 2020 despite economic disruptions and extreme market volatility caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The sharp sell-off in markets in February and March was followed by a strong rebound, supported by fiscal and monetary emergency measures. The pandemic caused numerous disruptions and has highlighted some of the more vulnerable areas of the economy, as well as areas of resilience. Lockdown measures prompted what may turn out to be a structural shift in work patterns towards homeworking, facilitated by a dramatically increased use of technology, and accompanied by permanently altered patterns of consumption.

 

The second half of the year brought steady improvements in economic data, corporate earnings, a resolution in the U.S. election, and multiple vaccine approvals. Markets anticipated economic activity to return to normal during 2021 and thus saw a rotation towards more cyclical stocks and sectors. Commitments to net-zero carbon targets, notably including from China, numerous green policy initiatives in Europe, and anticipated redirection from the new U.S. administration brought tailwinds to the environmental and sustainability investment space. Within Environmental Markets, the anticipation of economic normalization and continued focus on net zero carbon emissions resulted in the highest returns being

 

 

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generated by Renewables, followed by Energy Efficiency, in particular Industrial Energy Efficiency. The more defensive sectors such as Food, Waste, and Water Treatment lagged due to their more defensive business models.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

The investment team slightly consolidated the number of portfolio holdings during the period, from 50 names to 48. The first and second quarter proved to be most active, as the team took advantage of the volatility in the markets to exit some positions with lower conviction or stronger performance and buy shares of what we believe are high quality companies at much more attractive valuations. At the same time, the portfolio managers worked to reduce the Industrials exposure of the portfolio by several percent, finishing the year 3% lower at 41%. In turn, the exposure to Technology was increased by 6% to 20%, closer to the MSCI AWCI Index benchmark weight. Allocation to Consumer Discretionary was slightly reduced as a result of these stock-specific changes.

 

In thematic terms, these changes meant a reduction in Water Infrastructure exposure (many companies in this subsector are Industrials) and an increase in Energy Efficiency, particularly Technology companies active in Industrial Energy Efficiency. Regional allocation to North America and Europe was increased, funded by exits from positions in Asia. Importantly, the balance between cyclical and defensive business models remained, with a larger allocation to defensive-oriented companies than the benchmark. The portfolio’s weighted average market capitalization size increased to $42 billion from around $30 billion a year earlier.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

Strong contributions to return from companies in the Information Technology, Industrials and Health Care sectors led the way for the year 2020. Technology’s critical role in providing more efficient and cost-saving environmental solutions was demonstrated by top performing holdings such as Autodesk (Buildings Energy Efficiency, U.S.) which sells software tools for architecture, engineering and design. Agricultural machinery manufacturer Deere (Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture, U.S.) is an Industrials company which notched large gains during the year due to favorable earnings results and strength in the agricultural sector. The portfolio managers added this name at lower price levels during the volatility in the first quarter of the year. In the Health Care space, Agilent (Environmental Testing

 

 

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& Gas Sensing, U.S.) performed well as a result of strong earnings and margins growth, aided by COVID testing, which was a tailwind that helped offset softer demand in more cyclical end markets.

 

North American and European holdings in the portfolio contributed most to returns, with the smaller allocation to Asia producing smaller gains.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance relative to the MSCI ACWI?

 

While all sectors of the portfolio saw positive returns, more defensive areas added smaller returns for the year with markets focused on positive vaccine news and the anticipated resumption of more positive economic growth. Water Utilities and Waste names lagged the broader portfolio. The Asian region has a smaller allocation and thus contributed less.

 

On an individual company basis, certain portfolio holdings suffered more due to the structural impacts of COVID-19 on their business models. Share prices for the following laggards all finished the year lower, and the investment team exited all three positions during the second half of the year. Welbilt (Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture, U.S.) moved lower as foodservice end markets experienced a large shock due to restaurant and cafeteria closures. The position was exited in the fourth quarter after a recovery in the stock price. East Japan Railway (Pollution Control Solutions, Japan) shares also finished lower for the year with the pandemic impacting ridership volumes in public transportation in Japan, and the postponing of the Olympics originally planned for Tokyo in 2020. This stock was sold in the third quarter. Lastly, Applus (Environmental Testing & Gas Sensing, Spain) faced headwinds in the challenging economic environment due to end market exposure in the automotive and oil & gas markets. The position was sold during the third quarter.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales load = $9,450).

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PGRNX

 

25.71%

11.19%

13.97%

10.02%

Class A1,2,4

PXEAX

NAV3

25.68%

11.19%

13.97%

10.03%

   

POP

18.77%

9.11%

12.70%

9.41%

Institutional Class1

PGINX

 

26.00%

11.46%

14.26%

10.31%

MSCI ACWI (Net) Index

 

16.25%

10.06%

12.26%

9.13%

FTSE Environmental Opportunities Index Series

 

39.86%

17.15%

18.66%

11.88%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s investment adviser assumed certain expenses during the 5-year and 10-year periods; total returns would have been lower had these expenses not been assumed. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 5.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

40.7%

U.S. Stocks

56.3%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

3.0%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Linde PLC

3.4%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

3.3%

IDEX Corp.

3.2%

Waste Management, Inc.

3.2%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

3.2%

Schneider Electric SE

2.9%

Autodesk, Inc.

2.8%

Koninklijke DSM NV

2.7%

Trimble, Inc.

2.6%

Siemens AG

2.5%

Total

29.8%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

 

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Environmental Markets Classification System (EMCS)

 

Sector

Sub Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Renewable & Alternative Energy

 

1.1%

 

Renewable Energy Developers & Independent Power Producers (IPPs)

1.1%

 
     

Energy Efficiency

 

37.9%

 

Power Network Efficiency

5.2%

 
 

Industrial Energy Efficiency

17.9%

 
 

Buildings Energy Efficiency

6.3%

 
 

Transport Energy Efficiency

8.5%

 
     

Water Infrastructure & Technologies

 

21.8%

 

Water Infrastructure

10.5%

 
 

Water Treatment Equipment

2.2%

 
 

Water Utilities

8.2%

 
 

Diversified Water Infrastructure & Technology

0.9%

 
       

Pollution Control

 

9.9%

 

Pollution Control Solutions

1.5%

 
 

Environmental Testing & Gas Sensing

8.4%

 
       

Waste Management & Technologies

 

3.2%

 

General Waste Management

3.2%

 
       

Environmental Support Services

 

2.0%

 

Environmental Consultancies

2.0%

 
       

Food, Agriculture & Forestry

 

17.0%

 

Logistics, Food Safety & Packaging

6.1%

 
 

Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture

10.9%

 
       

Diversified Environmental

 

3.4%

 

Diversified Environmental

3.4%

 
       
       

Other assets and liabilities (net)

3.7%

3.7%

Total

100.0%

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

United States

55.9%

United Kingdom

8.9%

Germany

7.8%

France

5.3%

Japan

4.0%

Netherlands

3.7%

China

2.2%

Taiwan

2.1%

Switzerland

1.5%

Belgium

1.3%

Ireland

1.3%

Hong Kong

1.2%

Denmark

1.1%

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

3.7%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Barbara Browning, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Scott LaBreche

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Investor and Institutional Class1 had total returns of 13.67% and 13.94%, respectively, compared to 13.46% for the Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index (Women’s Index), 15.90% for the MSCI World (Net) Index (World Index) and 15.25% for the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

COVID-19 fears contributed to the extreme market volatility during the year. Global equity markets, as measured by the World Index, decreased by 21.1% in the first quarter and rebounded sharply by 46.81% over the next three quarters, pushing the World Index annual return to 15.90%. High beta, momentum, and growth stocks dominated global market performance on expectations of a fuller reopening of the economy, which created a headwind given the Fund’s lower risk and higher quality orientation.

 

The Institutional Class of the Fund has outperformed the World Index for the period since reorganization (when the Fund adopted its current investment strategy), June 4, 2014 through December 31, 2020. The Fund’s overweight to the highest-rated quartile of companies within the World Index based on gender-diverse leadership has made the greatest contribution to the Fund’s relative outperformance, along with the Fund’s significant underweight to the bottom two quartiles of companies with less gender-diverse leadership.

 

In addition, the Fund has produced strong results compared with peers. The Institutional Class1 shares of the Fund (PXWIX) has posted a top 27% ranking (out of 90 funds) over the five-year period ended December 31, 2020, based on average annual returns within the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core classification.1

 

 

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What is the investment objective of the Fund?

 

The Fund seeks investment returns that closely correspond to or exceed the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the As of December 31, 2020, Women’s Index. The Fund pursues a systematic strategy, investing in the companies comprising the Women’s Index, the first index of the highest-rated companies in the world for gender-diverse leadership, as rated by Impax Gender Analytics.2

 

The Fund overweights the portfolio toward Women’s Index companies with greater representation of women on boards and in senior management. As of December 31, 2020, Women hold 41% of the board seats and 30% of senior management positions in companies in the Fund, compared to 30% and 21%, respectively, within the World Index. In addition, 94% percent of companies in the Fund have three or more women on the board and 99% have two or more women on the board, compared with 58% and 79%, respectively, for companies in the World Index. 36% of companies in the Fund have a woman CEO or CFO, compared with 17% of companies in the World Index. In addition, 41% of companies in the Fund have disclosed pay equity analysis, compared with 23% of companies in the World Index.

 

What contributed positively and negatively to performance?

 

During the year, global equity markets were disproportionality impacted by a handful of growth-oriented, higher market cap companies, including Apple, Amazon, Tesla, NVIDIA, Netflix, Facebook and Alphabet. In fact, half of the World Index return for the year is attributable to the dominant performance results of those seven stocks. Not owning six of those seven stocks for most of the year, because they fall outside of the top 400 in the world based on our gender criteria, detracted from Fund performance. Netflix was held all year, while Amazon was a new addition to our gender leadership universe as of November 30, 2020, due to its continued improvement in gender diversity relative to peers.

 

On a sector basis, Consumer Discretionary holdings detracted the most during the year. An underweight allocation to Automotive, no exposure to Amazon for most of year, and poor results from Capri and Macy’s drove the negative results.

 

Also detracting from performance was an underweight allocation and portfolio holding in the strong-performing Information Technology sector4. The impact of not owning Apple and NVIDIA outweighed the strong results from Twilio, Autodesk, Microsoft, Intuit and Texas Instruments. Also, an overweight allocation

 

 

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and holdings in Financials, one of the worst performing sectors3 during the year, detracted from relative return, led by poor results from CNP Assurances, Bank of America and Swedbank.

 

Conversely, the Fund’s zero allocation to the Energy sector and weapon companies and its underweight to REITs helped relative performance. Within the Industrials and Materials sectors, the Fund’s lower allocation to Metals & Mining and strong results from Koninklijke DSM, Wolters Kluwer and VINCI, added to the Fund’s relative performance.

 

Footnotes:

 

1

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional Class (PXWIX) in the Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. Lipper rankings are based on total returns (not including sales charges) for the periods indicated and compare total return performance with that of other funds in the category. The Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional Class (PXWIX) 1-year 58th percentile rank out of 136 funds, 3-year 21st percentile rank out of 111 funds, 5-year 27th percentile rank out of 90 funds, since re-org (06/04/14) 17th percentile rank out of 79 funds and 10-year 40th percentile rank out of 64 funds.

 

2

Impax Gender Analytics, December 31, 2020. The Fund’s investable universe, the Women’s Index, had its annual reconstitution on 11/30/2020.

 

3

Source FactSet attribution: Annual 12/31/2020 MSCI World Index Information Technology Sector return of 43.99% and MSCI World Index Financials -2.79%.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

 

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Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PXWEX

 

13.67%

9.83%

11.89%

8.95%

Institutional Class1

PXWIX

 

13.94%

10.11%

12.17%

9.22%

Impax Global Women’s Leadership (Net) Index*

 

13.46%

10.46%

11.96%

N/A

MSCI World (Net) Index

 

15.90%

10.54%

12.19%

9.87%

Lipper Global Multi-Cap Core Funds Index

 

15.25%

8.50%

11.15%

9.14%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

*

Inception date of Women’s Index is February 28. 2014.

 

1

On June 4, 2014 the Pax World Global Women’s Equality Fund merged into the Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the fund), pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization dated March 4, 2014 (the “Reorganization”). Because the Fund had no investment operations prior to the closing of the Reorganization, Pax World Global Women’s Equality Fund (the “Predecessor Fund”) is treated as the survivor of the Reorganization for account and performance reporting purposes. Accordingly, all performance and other information shown for the Fund for periods prior to June 4, 2014 is that of the Predecessor Fund. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

32.0%

U.S. Stocks

67.5%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

0.5%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Microsoft Corp.

5.0%

Amazon.com, Inc.

4.7%

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A

2.1%

Starbucks Corp.

2.1%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

2.1%

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

2.1%

Autodesk, Inc.

1.8%

Coca-Cola Co., The

1.7%

Koninklijke DSM NV

1.6%

Johnson & Johnson

1.6%

Total

24.8%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Financials

17.5%

Information Technology

17.4%

Consumer Discretionary

16.5%

Health Care

13.4%

Consumer Staples

11.4%

Materials

6.9%

Industrials

6.6%

Communication Services

5.0%

Utilities

2.9%

Real Estate

1.6%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

0.8%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

United States

67.3%

France

8.5%

Canada

4.6%

United Kingdom

4.4%

Netherlands

3.5%

Australia

3.1%

Germany

2.7%

Sweden

1.6%

Denmark

0.9%

Norway

0.7%

Switzerland

0.4%

Italy

0.3%

Spain

0.3%

Belgium

0.2%

Finland

0.2%

Hong Kong

0.2%

Japan

0.1%

New Zealand

0.1%

Singapore

0.1%

Israel

0.0%*

Portugal

0.0%*

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

0.8%

Total

100.0%

 

*

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

 

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Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Scott LaBreche

 

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

How did the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Institutional Class1 and Investor Class had total returns of 10.78% and 10.51%, respectively, compared to 10.45% for the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders (Net) Index (the “Index”) and 7.82% for the MSCI EAFE (Net) Index (“EAFE Index”), and 5.04% for the Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index.

 

COVID-19 fears contributed to the extreme market volatility during the year. International equity markets, as measured by the World Index, decreased by -22.83% in the first quarter and rebounded sharply by 39.71% over the next three quarters, pushing the EAFE Index annual return to 7.82%. High beta, momentum, and growth stocks dominated global market performance during the year on expectations of a fuller reopening of the economy. Within these extreme conditions, the Fund outperformed the EAFE Index, demonstrating the Fund’s resilience in both declining and advancing markets.

 

During the period, the Fund crossed its nine-year since inception milestone. The Fund has outperformed the EAFE Index over the 1-, 3-, 5-year and since inception periods ending December 31, 2020. Specifically, over its since inception period (9 years and 11 months, ended December 31, 2020), the Fund’s Institutional Class shares and Investor Class shares have returned 5.67% and 5.41%, respectively, versus the EAFE Index return of 5.18%. We believe that this result, combined with the Fund’s lower volatility, demonstrates that focusing on the highest-rated ESG companies in international developed markets over the long-term can provide investors improved return with reduced risk.1

 

In addition, the Fund has produced strong results compared with peers. The Institutional Class shares of the Fund (PXNIX) has posted a top 6% ranking (out of 103 funds) over the three-year period, top 46% ranking (out of 86 funds) over the five-year period and top 17% ranking (out of 71 funds) since inception for the period ended December 31, 2020, based on average annual returns within the Lipper International Large-Cap Core classification.2

 

 

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What is the investment objective of the Fund?

 

The Fund is designed to track the performance of the Index. The Fund and the Index are constructed to have a better ESG profile than the EAFE Index, and the Fund’s holdings averaged an overall score of 7.99 on MSCI ESG Research’s 0 to 10 scale compared to an overall score of 7.00 for the EAFE Index as of December 31, 2020.3 Long term, the Fund seeks to generate better risk-adjusted performance than the EAFE Index through its ESG focus.

 

Our Fund is fossil fuel-free and integrates our proprietary SmartCarbon™ approach into the investment process. This risk-based process manages exposure to companies with fossil fuel reserves on their balance sheets, replacing energy4 company holdings with a diversified basket of energy efficiency stocks while maintaining the integrity of the investment process and minimizing change in tracking error. The SmartCarbonTM approach helps reduce the Fund’s carbon intensity,5 which is 30% lower than the EAFE Index.

 

What contributed positively and negatively to performance?

 

The Fund’s ESG focus added the most to relative performance versus the EAFE Index during the period, driven by its overweight allocation to the highest-rated ESG companies.4

 

In addition, the Fund’s proprietary SmartCarbonTM approach contributed significantly to relative performance. Both aspects of this approach, an overweight exposure toward energy efficiency companies and no exposure to the Energy sector helped performance.

 

From a sector perspective, nine of the eleven sectors added relative return during the year. Financials was a top contributor for the year, driven by strong results from holdings in banks.

 

Industrials added to relative return during the period, led by the Fund’s avoidance of companies that manufacture weapons and strong results from Vestas Wind, Schneider Electric and Siemens AG. Also adding to relative return during the period were Fund holdings within the Information Technology sector, led by strong results from three companies providing energy efficiency solutions.

 

Conversely, portfolio holdings in the Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary sectors detracted the most during the period led by poor results from companies within the Diversified and Wireless Telecommunication Services

 

 

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and Textiles Apparel & Luxury Goods industries, along with an underweight allocation to Internet & Direct Marketing, which had strong returns during the period.

 

Footnotes:

 

1

Reduced risk is measured by standard deviation. PXNIX since inception standard deviation is 14.61 compared to 15.12 for the EAFE.

 

2

Data shown represents rankings for the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Institutional Class (PXNIX) in the Lipper International Large-Cap Core category based on average annual returns. Lipper rankings are based on total returns (not including sales charges) for the periods indicated and compare total return performance with that of other funds in the category. The Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Institutional Class (PXNIX) 1-year 25th percentile rank out of 116 funds, 3-year 6th percentile rank out of 103 funds, 5-year 46th percentile rank out of 86 funds and since inception (01/27/11) 17th percentile rank out of 71 funds.

 

3

MSCI ESG Research evaluates companies’ ESG characteristics and derives corresponding ESG scores and ratings. Companies are ranked by ESG score against their sector peers to determine their eligibility for the MSCI ESG indices. MSCI ESG Research identifies the highest-rated companies in each peer group to meet the float-adjusted market capitalization sector targets. The scoring system is based on general and industry specific ESG criteria, assigning a score on a 0 to 10-point scale (0 lowest to 10 highest).

 

4

The Energy sector is based on Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS), a widely recognized industry standard.

 

5

The MSCI Weighted Average Carbon Intensity (tons of CO2e/$M sales) measures a fund’s exposure to carbon intensive companies. It is calculated as the sum of security weight (normalized for corporate positions only) multiplied by the security Carbon Intensity. This allows for comparisons between funds and indices of different sizes. As of 12/31/20, the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund had a carbon intensity score of 100.38 compared to 143.51 for the EAFE index.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

 

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Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

Since
Inception

Institutional Class1

PXNIX

 

10.78%

5.86%

7.56%

5.67%

Investor Class1,2

PXINX

 

10.51%

5.61%

7.30%

5.41%

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders (Net) Index

   

10.45%

5.80%

7.78%

6.07%

MSCI EAFE (Net) Index

   

7.82%

4.28%

7.45%

5.18%

Lipper International Large-Cap Core Funds Index

 

5.04%

2.32%

6.64%

4.36%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is January 27, 2011. On March 31, 2014, Pax World International Fund and Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF merged into the Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (the Fund), a passively managed index fund which seeks investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index. Based on the similarity of the Fund to Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF, Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Index ETF (the Predecessor Fund) is treated as the survivor of the mergers for accounting and performance reporting purposes. Accordingly, all performance and other information shown for the Fund for periods prior to March 31, 2014 is that of the Predecessor Fund. Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

2

Inception of the Investor Class is March 31, 2014. The performance information shown for the Investor Class shares for periods prior to March 31, 2014 includes the performance of the Predecessor Fund. These returns have been adjusted to reflect the expenses allocable to Investor Class.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

Foreign Stocks

98.9%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.1%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

Roche Holding AG

3.1%

ASML Holding NV

3.0%

SAP SE

1.9%

Unilever PLC

1.9%

Siemens AG

1.6%

Sony Corp.

1.6%

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

1.5%

Keyence Corp.

1.4%

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

1.4%

L’Oreal SA

1.2%

Total

18.6%

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Communication Services

4.7%

Consumer Discretionary

12.1%

Consumer Staples

10.1%

Financials

16.6%

Health Care

12.8%

Industrials

16.4%

Information Technology

10.2%

Materials

8.7%

Real Estate

3.2%

Utilities

3.8%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

1.4%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

 

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Geographical Diversification

 

Country

Percent of Net Assets

Japan

26.8%

United Kingdom

12.0%

France

10.0%

Germany

9.4%

Switzerland

8.6%

Australia

7.0%

Netherlands

6.1%

Denmark

3.8%

Sweden

3.2%

Spain

2.6%

Italy

2.0%

Hong Kong

1.6%

Singapore

1.4%

Finland

1.0%

Ireland

0.8%

Belgium

0.6%

New Zealand

0.6%

Norway

0.5%

Austria

0.3%

Israel

0.2%

Portugal

0.1%

Other Assets and liabilities (net)

1.4%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Pax Core Bond Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Anthony Trzcinka, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager’s Comments

 

How did the Pax Core Bond Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Institutional Class and Investor Class shares of the Fund had total returns of 7.16% and 6.89%, respectively, compared to 7.51% for the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index and 8.63% for the Lipper Core Bond Funds Index.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The Fund’s Asset-Backed securities (ABS) positions detracted from performance during the period. In general, these securities are less liquid and underperformed during the volatility of the first quarter. The credit quality of our ABS holdings is strong and relative performance of the securities improved during the remainder of the year as markets recovered and liquidity improved, but not enough to completely offset underperformance in the quarter.

 

Conversely, the Fund’s underweight to Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) helped relative performance. MBS were a poor performing area of the fixed income market in 2020. An increase in prepayments hurt MBS throughout the year as interest rates remained relatively low.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

At the start of the year, the Fund portfolio was less sensitive to credit spreads. This defensive positioning worked well through the first half of the year as credit spreads widened due to the economic impact of COVID-19. During the second half of the year we added increased corporate bond exposure as the fundamentals adjusted to a potential vaccine and re-opening of the economy.

 

The Fund continues to add impact holdings across multiple sectors and impact areas during the period, which at the end of December 2020 total 40% of the portfolio. The impact bond market continues to expand and in a positive development, the issuance of social bonds increased in 2020 as foundations, corporations and governments try to blunt the negative economic and social impact of the pandemic.

 

 

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What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

The Fund’s long-dated corporate and taxable municipal bonds benefited from falling rates during the period and were positive contributors. Holdings such as DTE Electric, Visa, and Starbucks were among the top contributors.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

The Fund’s largest detractors were corporate bonds in cyclically sensitive sectors. Hilton and Marriot were two of our biggest corporate bond detractors that were negatively affected by the COVID-19 induced economic shutdown.

 

Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Since Inception Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

Since
Inception1

Institutional Class2

PXBIX

 

7.16%

4.99%

4.64%

Investor Class2

PAXBX

 

6.89%

4.74%

4.38%

Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index

 

7.51%

5.34%

5.12%

Lipper Core Bond Funds Index

 

8.63%

5.73%

5.48%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

 

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These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

The Fund’s inception date is December 16, 2016.

 

2

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Bonds

93.3%

Foreign Bonds

5.2%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.5%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

United States Treasury Note, 1.125%, 08/15/40

2.9%

United States Treasury Note, 0.375%, 11/30/25

2.0%

United States Treasury Note, 1.625%, 11/15/50

2.0%

United States Treasury Note, 0.625%, 11/30/27

1.4%

European Investment Bank, 3.250%, 01/29/24

1.1%

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 1.625%, 01/15/25

1.1%

United States Treasury Note (TIPS), 0.375%, 07/15/27

1.1%

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 3.125%, 12/15/21

0.9%

European Investment Bank, 0.250%, 09/15/23

0.9%

United States Treasury Note (TIPS), 0.125%, 04/15/22

0.9%

Total

14.3%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable.

 

Holdings are subject to change.

 

Fixed Income Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Corporate Bonds

37.4%

Mortgage-Backed Bonds

25.9%

Treasury Bonds

13.4%

Supranational

11.3%

Asset-Backed Securities

7.2%

Municipal Bonds

2.4%

Agency/Gov’t Related Bonds

1.2%

Community Investment Notes

0.0%*

Other assets and liabilities (net)

1.2%

Total

100.0%

 

*

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

 

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Credit Quality*

 

Bond Rating

Percent of Bonds

U.S. Government

39.1%

AAA

18.3%

AA+

1.3%

AA

1.6%

AA-

2.8%

A+

1.9%

A

5.0%

A-

6.4%

BBB+

6.4%

BBB

4.8%

BBB-

3.6%

BB+

1.0%

BB

1.0%

BB-

1.8%

B+

0.1%

B

0.2%

Not Rated

4.7%

Total

100.0%

 

*

Credit quality ratings by Standard & Poor’s assist investors by evaluating the credit worthiness of many bond issues. AAA: An obligation rated ‘AAA’ has the highest rating assigned by S&P Global Ratings. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is extremely strong. AA: An obligation rated ‘AA’ differs from the highest-rated obligations only to a small degree. The obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is very strong. A: An obligation rated ‘A’ is somewhat more susceptible to the adverse effects of changes in circumstances and economic conditions than obligations in higher-rated categories. However, the obligor’s capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation is still strong. BBB: An obligation rated ‘BBB’ exhibits adequate protection parameters. However, adverse economic conditions or changing circumstances are more likely to lead to a weakened capacity of the obligor to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. BB: An obligation rated ‘BB’ is less vulnerable to nonpayment than other speculative issues. However, it faces major ongoing uncertainties or exposure to adverse business, financial, or economic conditions which could lead to the obligor’s inadequate capacity to meet its financial commitment on the obligation. Not Rated: This indicates that no rating has been requested, or that there is insufficient information on which to base a rating, or that Standard & Poor’s does not rate a particular obligation as a matter of policy.

 

 

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Pax High Yield Bond Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Peter Schwab, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Kent Siefers

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax High Yield Bond Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Investor Class, Class A, and Institutional Class shares of the Fund had total returns of 7.80%, 7.79%, and 8.08% respectively, compared to 6.32% for the ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield—Cash Pay—BB-B (Constrained 2%) Index (the Index) and 4.81% for the Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index.

 

The high yield asset class performed well in 2020 despite the COVID-induced volatility, large dispersion in sector performance and changes to the Index composition due to a number of “fallen angels.”1 The Fund outperformed during the period as positive credit selection in the majority of sectors helped offset our relatively conservative positioning during this period of volatility.

 

Sector performance in the high yield asset class was heavily influenced by the economic changes stemming from the pandemic. More defensive, non-discretionary sectors such as Food & Supermarkets performed well, as did the Technology sector due in part to increased demand emanating from mobile work arrangements. With interest rates falling in the period, higher quality (BB rated) and long duration bonds outperformed as well. Underperforming sectors included the entire Discretionary Leisure Chain, as well as the Energy sector which suffered from low commodity prices and concerns that oil demand may not fully recover after the pandemic subsides.

 

Lastly, 2020 was a record year for former investment grade rated companies entering the high yield indices (fallen angels). The Energy sector dominated this activity, but the Auto sector as well as the Retail and Travel-related sectors were also heavily represented. Sector weightings were impacted as a result of this and the BB rated cohort grew significantly and now represents approximately 60% of the benchmark versus approximately 45% a few years ago.

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The Fund’s performance was driven by very strong positive credit selection in the Services, Energy, Healthcare, Media and Basic Industry sectors. Offsetting this was poor relative performance of holdings in the Consumer Goods and Auto sectors.

 

 

 

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Given the Fund’s more conservative profile, first quarter performance was particularly strong during the downturn. As the market recovered late in the year, the Fund gave back some of the gains. In aggregate, our emphasis on more durable sectors and credits with strong ESG profiles resulted in above benchmark performance and favorable peer rankings for the year. Relative to the Lipper High Yield Bond peer group, the Fund’s Institutional Class ranked in the 11th percentile for calendar year 2020 (55 out of 509 peers).

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

The Fund’s credit rating exposure changed in 2020 as we reduced BB rated bonds and added B rated and CCC rated bonds. Over the course of the year, BB rated bonds decreased to 43.3% from 48.7%, B rated bonds increased to 39.3% from 37.4% and CCC rated bonds increased to 9.7% from 5.2%. As of year-end 2020, the average credit quality of the Fund’s portfolio as measured by Standard & Poors was unchanged at B+. The effective duration of the Fund at year end was 3.48 years (versus the benchmark of 3.79 years).

 

By sector, the Fund increased exposure to the Automotive, Healthcare, Media and Technology sectors. The Fund reduced exposure to the Energy, Banking and Financial Service sectors.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively to performance?

 

Successfully avoiding Hertz, which underperformed when the lock downs began, was our largest single name contributor in 2020. Endo International, a generic drug company, added to performance as several of their important drug franchises outperformed expectations and allowed the company to re-finance near-term maturities. Avantor, a life sciences company, performed very well as their growth prospects improved materially on the back of growing demand for the raw materials used in vaccines.

 

What portfolio holdings detracted from performance?

 

Oasis Petroleum, an oil and gas producer, performed poorly as the sector came under extreme pressure with lower oil prices. Not owning the large fallen angel Occidental Petroleum, another large oil and gas producer, was a meaningful drag as it outperformed after entering the Index. Another fallen angel, Kraft Heinz, a packaged food company, detracted from performance as it also performed very well after becoming one of the largest issuers in the Index.

 

1

A “fallen angel” is a bond that was initially given an investment-grade rating but has since been downgraded to junk bond status by one of the major rating services.

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

*

Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the fund after deducting the maximum sales load of 5.5% ($10,000 investment minus $450 sales load = $9,550).

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PAXHX

 

7.80%

6.02%

7.61%

5.19%

Class A1,2,4

PXHAX

NAV3

7.79%

6.02%

7.60%

5.20%

   

POP

2.95%

4.41%

6.64%

4.72%

Institutional Class1

PXHIX

 

8.08%

6.29%

7.85%

5.43%

ICE BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield - Cash Pay - BB-B (Constrained 2%) Index

6.32%

6.22%

8.03%

6.63%

Lipper High Yield Bond Funds Index

 

4.81%

5.14%

7.44%

5.93%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

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2

A 1.00% CDSC (contingent deferred sales charge) may be charged on any shares sold within 18 months of purchase over $1 million. POP (public offering price) reflects the maximum sales load for the Fund’s Class A Shares of 4.50%. NAV performance does not reflect the deduction of the sales load of the CDSC, which if reflected would reduce the performance shown.

 

3

NAV is Net Asset Value.

 

4

Inception of Class A shares is May 1, 2013. The performance information shown for Class A shares includes the performance of Investor Class shares, adjusted to reflect the sales charge applicable to Class A shares, for the period prior to Class A inception.

 

Asset Allocation

Percent of Investments

U.S. Bonds

82.6%

Foreign Bonds

13.8%

Loans

1.1%

U.S. Stocks

0.6%

Cash & Cash Equivalents

1.9%

Total

100.0%

 

Top Ten Holdings

 

Company

Percent of Net Assets

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 4.750%, 03/01/30

1.1%

Avantor Funding, Inc., 4.625%, 07/15/28

0.9%

Ford Motor Co., 9.000%, 04/22/25

0.8%

USG Corp., 4.875%, 06/01/27

0.8%

Ally Financial, Inc., 5.750%, 11/20/25

0.7%

Centene Corp., 4.625%, 12/15/29

0.7%

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 5.375%, 06/01/29

0.7%

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 06/01/46

0.7%

IQVIA, Inc., 5.000%, 05/15/27

0.7%

SEG Holding, LLC/Finance Corp., 5.625%, 10/15/28

0.7%

Total

7.8%

 

Ten largest holdings do not include money market securities, certificates of deposit, commercial paper or cash and equivalents, if applicable

 

Holdings are subject to change

 

 

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Fixed Income Sector Diversification

 

Sector

Percent of Net Assets

Media

15.2%

Basic Industry

12.4%

Health Care

10.5%

Telecommunications

8.5%

Technology & Electronics

7.5%

Services

7.4%

Capital Goods

5.5%

Consumer Goods

5.4%

Retail

4.9%

Automotive

4.5%

Leisure

3.7%

Financial Services

2.9%

Energy

2.6%

Utility

1.8%

Transportation

1.4%

Real Estate

1.4%

Banking

0.9%

Insurance

0.5%

Community Investment Notes

0.1%

Other assets and liabilities (net)

2.9%

Total

100.0%

 

May include companies representing multiple industries within a single “Sector”.

 

Credit Quality*

 

Bond Rating

Percent of Bonds

BBB+

0.2%

BBB-

5.7%

BB+

12.4%

BB

14.0%

BB-

17.1%

B+

13.2%

B

17.7%

B-

8.8%

CCC+

7.0%

CCC

2.1%

CCC-

0.1%

Not Rated

1.6%

Total

100.0%

 

*

See bond rating descriptions on page 54.

 

 

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Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund

 

Portfolio Manager
Andrew Braun

 

Portfolio Manager
Nathan Moser, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Anthony Trzcinka, CFA

 

Portfolio Manager
Peter Schwab, CFA

 

Portfolio Managers’ Comments

 

How did the Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (the Fund) perform for the period?

 

For the one-year period ended December 31, 2020, the Investor Class and Institutional Class of the Fund had total returns of 16.24% and 16.49%, respectively, compared to 18.40% for the S&P 500 Index, 14.73% for the 60% S&P 500 Index / 40% Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index blend (the Blended Index) and 11.72% for the Morningstar Allocation—50% to 70% Equity category average.

 

Relative to peers in the Morningstar Allocation--50% to 70% Equity category, the Fund’s Institutional Class ranks in the top 14th and 22nd percentile for the 3- and 5-year periods, respectively, ended December 31, 2020.1

 

What factors contributed to the Fund’s performance?

 

The COVID-19 crisis and subsequent policy responses drove unprecedented moves in markets in 2020. In the first quarter as the world went into quarantine, equity markets experienced the fastest retreat from a market high to a bear market in history with S&P 500 Index selling off -34% from its peak in February to its trough in March. Equities then rallied off March lows, with the S&P 500 Index delivering an astounding 70.2% for the remainder of the year, driven largely by massive fiscal and monetary stimulus as well as positive prospects for a virus vaccine.

 

An underweight to equities and overweight to bonds during the equity market sell off in the first quarter was a significant positive contributor to performance.

 

With the MSCI EAFE Index underperforming the S&P 500 Index by more than 10% for the year, the Fund’s non-U.S. equity allocation was a headwind for performance relative to the Blended Index, which contains only U.S. exposure.

 

 

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However, the modest underweight position to non-US stocks relative to peers contributed positively to the Fund’s strong performance relative to the Morningstar Allocation – 50%-70% category average.

 

As discussed in detail below, performance of the underlying funds in aggregate was a positive contributor.

 

Can you discuss any significant changes to the Fund’s positioning throughout the period?

 

After benefitting relative to peers from an underweight to equities during the first quarter sell off, the Fund’s rebalancing discipline replenished the equity allocation as equity markets troughed, helping the Fund better participate in the subsequent rally in equities.

 

Equity market valuations remain near all-time highs, at least on an absolute basis, as investors appear willing to assume a return to normalized earnings power in 2022. However, with interest rates near historic lows, the relative valuation of equities to bonds does not appear as expensive. If we are in an extended period of low interest rates — as current Federal Reserve policy would imply — investors may be more tolerant of high equity valuations, but equities could potentially be susceptible to volatility as particular risks come into focus. In such an environment, we remain vigilant in balancing risk and return and are modestly overweight equity, with an underweight to fixed income and a modest allocation to cash.

 

What portfolio holdings contributed positively and negatively to performance?

 

The Pax Large Cap Fund, which represents the largest equity allocation, was the strongest contributor to the Fund’s performance during the period, as it outperformed the S&P 500 Index by 5.6%. Also, the Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund and Pax Global Opportunities Fund significantly outperformed the MSCI ACWI Index and were positive contributors to performance. Conversely, the Pax Small Cap Fund and Pax Core Bond Fund modestly detracted from performance as they trailed their respective benchmarks during the period.

 

1

Rankings in other time periods may be lower. Comparison based on the Morningstar Allocation 50%-70% Equity peer group for the period ending 12/31/20. The Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund’s Institutional Class performance for the 1-year period ranked 95 out of 673 (16th percentile), for the 3-year period ranked 78 out of 636 (14th percentile), for the 5-year period ranked 117 out of 575 (22nd percentile), and for the 10-year period 148 out of 414 (35th percentile). The Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund’s Investor Class performance for the 1-year period ranked 104 out of 673 (17th percentile), for the 3-year period ranked 99 out of 636 (16th percentile), for the 5-year period ranked 157 out of 575 (28th percentile), and for the 10-year period 179 out of 414 (42nd percentile).

 

 

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Portfolio Highlights (Unaudited)

 

 

Ten Year Annual Total Return—Historical Growth of $10,000

 

 

Returns—Period ended December 31, 2020

 

     

Total
Return

Average Annual Return

Share Class

Ticker
Symbol

 

1 Year

3 Years

5 Years

10 Years

Investor Class1

PAXWX

 

16.24%

10.42%

10.03%

8.21%

Institutional Class1

PAXIX

 

16.49%

10.69%

10.29%

8.48%

S&P 500 Index

   

18.40%

14.18%

15.22%

13.88%

Blended Index

   

14.73%

11.03%

11.11%

10.02%

Morningstar Allocation — 50% to 70% Equity

 

11.72%

7.76%

8.99%

7.90%

 

See ‘Glossary of Terms’ for descriptions of benchmarks.

 

These figures represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized. For most recent month-end performance data, please visit www.impaxam.com or call 800.767.1729.

 

1

Total return figures include reinvested dividends and capital gains distributions, and changes in principal value, and do not reflect the taxes that a shareholder might pay on Fund distributions or on the redemption of Fund shares.

 

 

 

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Manager Allocations

 

Fund Allocation

Percent of Net Assets

Equity

 

Large-Cap/Multi-Cap Core Strategies

 

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

5.4%

Pax Large Cap Fund

41.0%

Small Cap Core Strategies

 

Pax Small Cap Fund

2.9%

Foreign Strategies

 

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

2.1%

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

2.2%

Pax Global Opportunities Fund

1.7%

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

7.4%

Total Equity

62.7%

   

Fixed Income

 

Investment Grade/Intermediate

 

Pax Core Bond Fund

32.3%

Total Fixed Income

32.3%

   

Cash & Cash Equivalents

5.0%

Total

100.0%

 

 

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Shareholder Expense Examples (Unaudited)

 

Examples As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses. The examples on the next page are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in each of the Funds and compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. For more information, see the relevant Fund’s prospectus or talk to your financial adviser.

 

The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020.

 

Please note that Individual Retirement Account (IRA), Coverdell Education Savings, Roth IRA, SEP-IRA, SIMPLE IRA, and 403(b)(7) accounts are charged an annual custodial fee of fifteen dollars. If you are invested in one of these account types, you should add an additional $7.50 to the estimated expenses paid during the period.

 

Actual Expenses For each Fund, the first table on the next page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this table, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. For the Fund, simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Examples for Comparison Purposes For each Fund, the second table on the following pages provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not each Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the tables are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs. Therefore, the second table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, our costs would have been higher.

 

 

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Based on Actual Fund Return

       

 

Beginning
Account Value
7/1/2020

Ending
Account Value
12/31/2020

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

Expenses
Paid During
Period1

Large Cap Fund - Investor

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,262.80

0.95%

$ 5.40

Large Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,263.30

0.71%

4.04

Small Cap Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,307.60

1.17%

6.79

Small Cap Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,307.70

1.17%

6.79

Small Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,309.70

0.92%

5.34

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,196.00

0.89%

4.91

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,196.00

0.90%

4.97

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,197.30

0.64%

3.53

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,190.40

0.90%

4.96

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,192.10

0.65%

3.58

Global Opportunities Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,255.80

1.20%

6.80

Global Opportunities Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,257.30

0.94%

5.33

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,314.40

1.19%

6.92

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,314.20

1.19%

6.92

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,316.30

0.94%

5.47

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,205.40

0.78%

4.32

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,207.00

0.53%

2.94

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,203.30

0.73%

4.04

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,204.20

0.48%

2.66

Core Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,012.20

0.72%

3.64

Core Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,013.50

0.47%

2.38

High Yield Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,096.20

0.97%

5.11

High Yield Bond Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,094.40

0.97%

5.11

High Yield Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,096.20

0.72%

3.79

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,153.60

0.30%

1.62

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,154.90

0.05%

0.27

 

1

Expenses are equal to each Funds’ annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Based on Hypothetical 5% Return (before expenses)

 

Beginning
Account Value
7/1/2020

Ending
Account Value
12/31/2020

Annualized
Expense
Ratio

Expenses
Paid During
Period1

Large Cap Fund - Investor

$ 1,000.00

$ 1,020.36

0.95%

$ 4.82

Large Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.57

0.71%

3.61

Small Cap Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,019.25

1.17%

5.94

Small Cap Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,019.25

1.17%

5.94

Small Cap Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.51

0.92%

4.67

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.66

0.89%

4.52

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,020.61

0.90%

4.57

ESG Beta Quality Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.92

0.64%

3.25

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.61

0.90%

4.57

ESG Beta Dividend Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.87

0.65%

3.30

Global Opportunities Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,019.10

1.20%

6.09

Global Opportunities Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.41

0.94%

4.77

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,019.15

1.19%

6.04

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,019.15

1.19%

6.04

Global Environmental Markets Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,020.41

0.94%

4.77

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,021.22

0.78%

3.96

Global Women’s Leadership Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,022.47

0.53%

2.69

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,021.47

0.73%

3.71

MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,022.72

0.48%

2.44

Core Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,021.52

0.72%

3.66

Core Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,022.77

0.47%

2.39

High Yield Bond Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,020.26

0.97%

4.93

High Yield Bond Fund - Class A

1,000.00

1,020.26

0.97%

4.93

High Yield Bond Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,021.52

0.72%

3.66

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Investor

1,000.00

1,023.63

0.30%

1.53

Sustainable Allocation Fund - Institutional

1,000.00

1,024.89

0.05%

0.25

 

1

Expenses are equal to each Funds’ annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 184/366 (to reflect the one-half year period beginning on July 1, 2020 and ending on December 31, 2020).

 

 

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Schedules of Investments

 

Pax Large Cap Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 98.4%

Communication Services: 9.9%

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    15,723     $ 27,556,758  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)

    15,675       27,460,719  

T-Mobile US, Inc. (a)

    192,400       25,945,140  

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B (b)

    594,676       22,157,628  
              103,120,245  

Consumer Discretionary: 12.1%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    10,438       33,995,835  

Aptiv PLC

    180,100       23,465,229  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    167,662       26,911,428  

Mohawk Industries, Inc. (a)

    110,000       15,504,500  

Target Corp.

    150,473       26,562,999  
              126,439,991  

Consumer Staples: 4.7%

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    212,700       29,595,078  

Sysco Corp.

    252,700       18,765,502  
              48,360,580  

Financials: 11.3%

American Express Co.

    101,400       12,260,274  

BlackRock, Inc.

    21,500       15,513,110  

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

    599,647       21,443,377  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    176,760       22,460,893  

Lincoln National Corp.

    259,300       13,045,383  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    554,900       32,633,669  
              117,356,706  

Health Care: 16.7%

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    82,800       20,718,216  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    410,880       25,486,886  

Cigna Corp.

    101,594       21,149,839  

CVS Health Corp.

    149,800       10,231,340  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    81,200       14,548,604  

Medtronic PLC

    214,204       25,091,857  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    292,968       23,964,782  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    136,624       16,281,482  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    67,500       15,952,950  
              173,425,956  

Industrials: 7.5%

Trane Technologies PLC

    178,803       25,955,044  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    156,100       26,287,240  

Waste Management, Inc.

    117,827       13,895,338  

Xylem, Inc.

    118,100       12,021,399  
              78,159,021  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology: 28.7% (c)

Apple, Inc.

    387,180     $ 51,374,915  

Applied Materials, Inc.

    341,854       29,502,000  

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)

    274,900       20,147,421  

Fiserv, Inc. (a)

    216,833       24,688,605  

Fortinet, Inc. (a)

    149,000       22,130,970  

Microsoft Corp.

    252,994       56,270,925  

PTC, Inc. (a)

    198,600       23,754,546  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

    99,418       22,123,488  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    153,800       18,620,566  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    247,700       16,538,929  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    64,100       14,020,593  
              299,172,958  

Materials: 1.7%

Vulcan Materials Co.

    121,000       17,945,510  
 

Real Estate: 4.8%

Equinix, Inc., REIT

    21,200       15,140,616  

Prologis, Inc., REIT

    208,100       20,739,246  

Welltower, Inc., REIT

    223,500       14,442,570  
              50,322,432  

Utilities: 1.0%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    67,000       10,282,490  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $655,533,242)

    1,024,585,889  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 1.5%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (d)(e)

    15,692,738       15,692,738  

(Cost $15,692,738)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.9%

(Cost $671,225,980)

    1,040,278,627  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.1%

    1,314,598  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 1,041,593,225  

 

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax Large Cap Fund, continued

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $8,352,723.

(c)

Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.

(d)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(e)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

 

Pax Small Cap Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 95.7%

Communication Services: 4.3%

Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Class B (a)

    400,000     $ 4,152,000  

Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A

    55,000       6,005,450  

ORBCOMM, Inc. (a)

    835,411       6,198,750  

QuinStreet, Inc. (a)

    150,000       3,216,000  

TechTarget, Inc. (a)

    5,632       332,907  
              19,905,107  

Consumer Discretionary: 9.0%

Callaway Golf Co.

    184,668       4,433,879  

Carter’s, Inc.

    63,804       6,002,042  

Crocs, Inc. (a)

    125,000       7,832,500  

Deckers Outdoor Corp. (a)

    19,000       5,448,820  

Fox Factory Holding Corp. (a)

    50,000       5,285,500  

National Vision Holdings, Inc. (a)

    158,424       7,175,023  

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A (a)

    30,000       2,328,900  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    32,500       3,309,800  
              41,816,464  

Consumer Staples: 7.2%

BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. (a)

    115,000       4,287,200  

Darling Ingredients, Inc. (a)

    165,000       9,517,200  

Laird Superfood, Inc. (a)(b)

    60,000       2,839,200  

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

    345,800       7,666,334  

Simply Good Foods Co., The (a)(b)

    180,000       5,644,800  

TreeHouse Foods, Inc. (a)

    85,000       3,611,650  
              33,566,384  

Financials: 20.2%

HomeTrust Bancshares, Inc.

    1,062,236       20,511,777  

Meridian Bancorp, Inc.

    1,189,139       17,730,062  

SuRo Capital Corp. (b)

    350,285       4,585,231  

Victory Capital Holdings, Inc., Class A (b)

    1,063,234       26,378,836  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    202,006       11,879,973  

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

    13,335       13,343,801  
              94,429,680  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care: 14.5%

Coherus Biosciences, Inc. (a)(b)

    675,000     $ 11,731,500  

Exelixis, Inc. (a)

    250,000       5,017,500  

Health Catalyst, Inc. (a)(b)

    200,000       8,706,000  

Karuna Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    69,007       7,010,421  

Ligand Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(b)

    125,567       12,487,638  

Natus Medical, Inc. (a)

    473,281       9,484,551  

SI-BONE, Inc. (a)

    311,428       9,311,697  

Vocera Communications, Inc. (a)

    90,790       3,770,509  
              67,519,816  

Industrials: 17.8%

AZEK Co Inc., The (a)

    135,000       5,190,750  

CAE, Inc.

    220,000       6,095,844  

Colfax Corp. (a)

    120,000       4,588,800  

Comfort Systems USA, Inc.

    113,228       5,962,586  

EMCOR Group, Inc.

    75,002       6,859,683  

Evoqua Water Technologies Corp. (a)

    250,000       6,745,000  

FTI Consulting, Inc. (a)

    25,000       2,793,000  

Gates Industrial Corp PLC (a)

    361,910       4,617,972  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp. (a)

    434,453       5,721,746  

MasTec, Inc. (a)

    76,609       5,223,202  

MRC Global, Inc. (a)

    1,153,702       7,649,044  

MSA Safety, Inc.

    25,615       3,826,625  

Quanex Building Products Corp.

    300,000       6,651,000  

Thermon Group Holdings, Inc. (a)

    258,025       4,032,931  

Vertiv Holdings Co.

    375,000       7,001,250  
              82,959,433  

Information Technology: 13.9%

8x8, Inc. (a)

    220,000       7,583,400  

Ciena Corp. (a)

    94,129       4,974,718  

Extreme Networks, Inc. (a)

    1,000,000       6,890,000  

II-VI, Inc. (a)(b)

    100,000       7,596,000  

Onto Innovation, Inc. (a)

    167,052       7,943,323  

RealPage, Inc. (a)

    125,900       10,983,515  

Semtech Corp. (a)

    66,591       4,800,545  

Sprout Social, Inc., Class A (a)

    125,000       5,676,250  

Workiva, Inc. (a)

    90,000       8,245,800  
              64,693,551  

 

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax Small Cap Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Materials: 1.0%

Element Solutions, Inc.

    269,491     $ 4,778,075  
 

Real Estate: 7.8%

Altus Group, Ltd.

    100,000       3,860,476  

CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc, Class A, REIT

    936,169       8,762,542  

CubeSmart, REIT

    250,000       8,402,500  

Healthcare Realty Trust, Inc., REIT

    300,720       8,901,312  

Rayonier, Inc., REIT

    225,000       6,610,500  
              36,537,330  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $367,874,946)

    446,205,840  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 3.2%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (c)(d)

    14,701,471       14,701,471  

(Cost $14,701,471)

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 3.6%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.101% (c)(d)

    16,801,446     $ 16,801,446  

(Cost $16,801,446)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 102.5%

(Cost $399,377,863)

    477,708,757  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED: -3.6%

    (16,801,446 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 1.1%

    5,331,879  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 466,239,190  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $42,798,518.

(c)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(d)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 99.5%

Communication Services: 10.5%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    1,394     $ 129,433  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    4,445       7,790,485  

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)

    1,456       2,550,737  

AT&T, Inc.

    43,979       1,264,836  

Cable One, Inc.

    156       347,524  

Comcast Corp., Class A

    43,817       2,296,011  

Electronic Arts, Inc.

    4,567       655,821  

Interpublic Group of Cos Inc., The

    24,831       584,025  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    117,779       6,919,517  

ViacomCBS, Inc., Class B (b)

    75,438       2,810,820  

Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)

    153,114       1,511,235  
              26,860,444  

Consumer Discretionary: 11.8%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    3,036       9,888,040  

AutoNation, Inc. (a)

    21,484       1,499,368  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    14,345       1,431,488  

BorgWarner, Inc.

    13,632       526,740  

Carter’s, Inc.

    1,782       167,633  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

    336       465,935  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    859       102,324  

Dollar General Corp.

    2,211       464,973  

Domino’s Pizza, Inc.

    1,185       454,400  

eBay, Inc.

    14,854       746,414  

Gentex Corp.

    8,073       273,917  

Graham Holdings Co., Class B

    378       201,618  

Grand Canyon Education, Inc. (a)

    11,918       1,109,685  

Home Depot, Inc., The

    15,500       4,117,110  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    3,113       499,668  

NIKE, Inc., Class B

    8,267       1,169,532  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    77       314,149  

Starbucks Corp.

    26,160       2,798,597  

Target Corp.

    20,697       3,653,641  

Tractor Supply Co.

    806       113,307  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    1,850       188,404  
              30,186,943  

Consumer Staples: 7.0%

Clorox Co., The

    5,691       1,149,127  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    3,484       297,917  

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A

    1,534       408,335  

General Mills, Inc.

    29,116       1,712,021  

Hershey Co., The

    6,551       997,914  

J.M. Smucker Co., The

    6,378       737,297  

Kellogg Co.

    915       56,940  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    20,933     $ 2,822,396  

Kroger Co., The

    76,245       2,421,541  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    20,982       3,111,631  

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    22,100       3,074,994  

Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. (a)

    28,966       582,217  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    14,663       584,760  
              17,957,090  

Financials: 9.4%

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.

    4,383       445,751  

Aflac, Inc.

    52,059       2,315,063  

Allstate Corp., The

    42,659       4,689,503  

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

    5,341       1,037,917  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The

    24,845       1,054,422  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    379       126,018  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    20,174       988,123  

Invesco, Ltd.

    4,576       79,760  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    13,777       1,435,839  

MarketAxess Holdings, Inc.

    1,426       813,619  

MetLife, Inc.

    96,328       4,522,600  

Morningstar, Inc.

    9,932       2,299,952  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    1,970       293,530  

Progressive Corp., The

    11,722       1,159,071  

Unum Group

    126,513       2,902,208  
              24,163,376  

Health Care: 16.0%

AbbVie, Inc.

    15,652       1,677,112  

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    17,334       2,053,906  

Amgen, Inc.

    8,492       1,952,481  

Anthem, Inc.

    2,937       943,041  

Biogen, Inc. (a)

    4,123       1,009,558  

Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A (a)

    848       494,333  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    53,886       3,342,549  

Cerner Corp.

    25,279       1,983,896  

CVS Health Corp.

    33,961       2,319,536  

DaVita, Inc. (a)

    3,978       467,017  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    13,746       2,320,875  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    24,646       4,053,281  

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

    1,637       160,377  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care, continued

Humana, Inc.

    705     $ 289,240  

Johnson & Johnson

    36,360       5,722,337  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    24,224       1,981,523  

Pfizer, Inc.

    15,824       582,481  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    14,287       6,654,599  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    8,303       2,911,696  
              40,919,838  

Industrials: 8.3%

Acuity Brands, Inc.

    96       11,625  

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    8,910       836,382  

Cummins, Inc.

    7,291       1,655,786  

Emerson Electric Co.

    7,953       639,183  

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

    1,330       126,496  

Landstar System, Inc.

    22,520       3,032,543  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    7,534       635,794  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    4,761       929,252  

PACCAR, Inc.

    9,240       797,227  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    27,743       1,998,051  

Roper Technologies, Inc.

    7,422       3,199,550  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    11,527       1,941,147  

United Rentals, Inc. (a)

    15,184       3,521,322  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    845       345,047  

Waste Management, Inc.

    13,039       1,537,689  
              21,207,094  

Information Technology: 30.0% (c)

Accenture PLC, Class A

    6,685       1,746,189  

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    1,633       816,696  

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

    12,023       1,262,295  

Apple, Inc.

    115,672       15,348,517  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    7,622       2,327,301  

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    2,506       218,473  

Broadcom, Inc.

    3,580       1,567,503  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    12,603       1,719,427  

CDK Global, Inc.

    3,795       196,695  

CDW Corp.

    1,459       192,282  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    33,712       1,508,612  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

    18,830       2,449,783  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    24,303       1,991,631  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C (a)

    6,601     $ 483,787  

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

    2,686       597,098  

F5 Networks, Inc. (a)

    3,349       589,223  

HP, Inc.

    41,184       1,012,715  

IBM

    11,932       1,502,000  

Intel Corp.

    60,776       3,027,860  

Intuit, Inc.

    2,033       772,235  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    4,534       734,463  

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

    10,612       1,116,170  

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

    11,924       566,867  

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    11,041       3,940,975  

Microsoft Corp.

    53,649       11,932,610  

NCR Corp. (a)

    13,621       511,741  

Nuance Communications, Inc. (a)

    38,297       1,688,515  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2,073       1,082,521  

Oracle Corp.

    26,256       1,698,501  

PTC, Inc. (a)

    3,228       386,101  

Seagate Technology PLC

    4,289       266,604  

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

    2,085       1,147,647  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    2,756       421,337  

Synopsys, Inc. (a)

    7,939       2,058,106  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    44,149       7,246,175  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    7,634       1,669,785  

VMware, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,680       235,637  

Western Union Co., The

    36,327       797,014  

Zscaler, Inc. (a)

    1,048       209,296  
              77,040,387  

Materials: 2.2%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    997       272,400  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    3,602       361,209  

Ecolab, Inc.

    602       130,249  

Linde PLC

    7,594       2,001,095  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    21,161       1,939,616  

Newmont Corp.

    4,046       242,315  

Royal Gold, Inc.

    7,083       753,348  

Sonoco Products Co.

    258       15,287  
              5,715,519  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate: 2.1%

Boston Properties, Inc., REIT

    3,255     $ 307,695  

CBRE Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    45,500       2,853,760  

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT

    1,115       40,497  

Paramount Group, Inc., REIT

    119,588       1,081,075  

Public Storage, REIT

    2,717       627,437  

Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT

    4,757       405,677  
              5,316,141  

Utilities: 2.2%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    16,628       2,551,899  

Eversource Energy

    3,182       275,275  

NextEra Energy, Inc.

    35,908       2,770,302  

Southern Co., The

    222       13,638  
              5,611,114  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $122,361,621)

    254,977,946  
                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

MONEY MARKET: 0.7%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (d)(e)

    1,674,507     $ 1,674,507  

(Cost $1,674,507)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.2%

(Cost $124,036,128)

    256,652,453  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): -0.2%

    (437,697 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 256,214,756  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $2,980,114.

(c)

Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.

(d)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(e)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 98.9%

Communication Services: 6.6%

Activision Blizzard, Inc.

    849     $ 78,830  

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,780       3,119,699  

AT&T, Inc.

    54,455       1,566,126  

Interpublic Group of Cos Inc., The

    48,146       1,132,394  

New York Times Co., The, Class A

    3,648       188,857  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    2,390       149,064  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    41,793       2,455,339  

Zillow Group, Inc., Class A (a)

    896       121,802  

Zynga, Inc., Class A (a)

    50,168       495,158  
              9,307,269  

Consumer Discretionary: 12.5%

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    1,657       5,396,734  

Aptiv PLC

    1,253       163,253  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    12,132       1,210,652  

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (a)

    569       789,038  

Darden Restaurants, Inc.

    4,665       555,695  

Etsy, Inc. (a)

    5,706       1,015,154  

Genuine Parts Co.

    803       80,645  

Home Depot, Inc., The

    12,563       3,336,985  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    1,450       232,740  

Newell Brands, Inc.

    17,979       381,694  

NVR, Inc. (a)

    21       85,677  

Polaris, Inc.

    2,062       196,467  

Starbucks Corp.

    4,542       485,903  

Target Corp.

    15,603       2,754,398  

Wayfair, Inc., Class A (a)(b)

    1,346       303,940  

Whirlpool Corp.

    2,390       431,371  

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

    1,185       120,680  
              17,541,026  

Consumer Staples: 5.9%

Clorox Co., The

    751       151,642  

Coca-Cola Co., The

    11,683       640,696  

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

    12,047       1,030,138  

General Mills, Inc.

    318       18,698  

Hershey Co., The

    827       125,977  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    6,445       868,979  

PepsiCo, Inc.

    10,447       1,549,290  

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    21,163       2,944,620  

Sysco Corp.

    9,299       690,544  

US Foods Holding Corp. (a)

    2,149       71,583  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    3,831       152,781  
              8,244,948  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials: 7.7%

Aflac, Inc.

    14,684     $ 652,997  

American Financial Group, Inc.

    36,450       3,193,749  

American International Group, Inc.

    1,053       39,867  

Comerica, Inc.

    23,202       1,296,064  

FactSet Research Systems, Inc.

    1,387       461,178  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    4,435       217,226  

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

    507       52,840  

MetLife, Inc.

    7,473       350,857  

Morningstar, Inc.

    2,669       618,060  

OneMain Holdings, Inc.

    945       45,511  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    376       56,024  

Progressive Corp., The

    4,025       397,992  

Prudential Financial, Inc.

    42,414       3,311,261  

Regions Financial Corp.

    3,493       56,307  
              10,749,933  

Health Care: 13.1%

Abbott Laboratories

    5,888       644,677  

AbbVie, Inc.

    23,827       2,553,063  

Align Technology, Inc. (a)

    937       500,714  

Amgen, Inc.

    6,187       1,422,515  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

    1,580       98,007  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    21,539       1,153,629  

Cerner Corp.

    13,509       1,060,186  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    9,554       1,613,097  

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

    3,565       586,300  

Humana, Inc.

    2,872       1,178,295  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    348       173,955  

Johnson & Johnson

    23,529       3,702,995  

Medtronic PLC

    1,862       218,115  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    18,580       1,519,844  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

    4,231       1,483,727  

Veeva Systems, Inc., Class A (a)

    403       109,717  

West Pharmaceutical Services, Inc.

    985       279,060  
              18,297,896  

Industrials: 8.9%

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

    2,433       228,386  

Cummins, Inc.

    5,957       1,352,834  

Eaton Corp PLC

    12,276       1,474,839  

Emerson Electric Co.

    12,298       988,390  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Industrials, continued

Fastenal Co.

    18,747     $ 915,416  

Hubbell, Inc.

    1,907       298,999  

Illinois Tool Works, Inc.

    5,300       1,080,564  

Landstar System, Inc.

    2,195       295,579  

MSC Industrial Direct Co., Inc., Class A

    9,336       787,865  

Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.

    548       106,959  

Quanta Services, Inc.

    2,171       156,355  

Robert Half International, Inc.

    12,299       768,442  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    2,437       611,224  

Ryder System, Inc.

    19,429       1,199,935  

Trane Technologies PLC

    1,638       237,772  

Union Pacific Corp.

    1,059       220,505  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    3,544       596,810  

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

    1,583       646,402  

Waste Management, Inc.

    3,509       413,816  

XPO Logistics, Inc. (a)

    741       88,327  
              12,469,419  

Information Technology: 32.5% (c)

Accenture PLC, Class A

    7,140       1,865,039  

Adobe, Inc. (a)

    3,019       1,509,862  

Anaplan, Inc. (a)

    987       70,916  

Apple, Inc.

    63,274       8,395,826  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    6,168       1,883,337  

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

    3,912       689,294  

Broadcom, Inc.

    5,226       2,288,204  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    6,980       952,281  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    67,638       3,026,801  

Citrix Systems, Inc.

    7,533       980,043  

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A

    6,263       513,253  

Corning, Inc.

    3,851       138,636  

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

    1,975       439,043  

IBM

    7,618       958,954  

Intel Corp.

    20,318       1,012,243  

Intuit, Inc.

    802       304,640  

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

    4,736       767,185  

Manhattan Associates, Inc. (a)

    4,066       427,662  

Maxim Integrated Products, Inc.

    12,452       1,103,870  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Microsoft Corp.

    29,273     $ 6,510,900  

National Instruments Corp.

    1,118       49,125  

NortonLifeLock, Inc.

    2,009       41,747  

NVIDIA Corp.

    2,107       1,100,275  

Paychex, Inc.

    17,865       1,664,661  

PayPal Holdings Inc (a)

    4,823       1,129,547  

QUALCOMM, Inc.

    2,781       423,658  

Seagate Technology PLC

    6,694       416,099  

ServiceNow, Inc. (a)

    1,916       1,054,624  

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

    2,792       426,841  

Square, Inc., Class A (a)

    1,785       388,487  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    25,306       4,153,474  

Western Union Co., The

    33,858       742,845  

Workday, Inc., Class A (a)

    292       69,966  

Zscaler, Inc. (a)

    254       50,726  
              45,550,064  

Materials: 5.6%

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.

    3,006       821,299  

Cabot Corp.

    10,549       473,439  

Eastman Chemical Co.

    9,515       954,164  

Ecolab, Inc.

    1,088       235,400  

International Paper Co.

    50,331       2,502,458  

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

    23,736       2,175,642  

Sonoco Products Co.

    10,939       648,136  

WestRock Co.

    2,114       92,022  
              7,902,560  

Real Estate: 5.7%

American Campus Communities, Inc., REIT

    17,430       745,481  

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., REIT

    4,453       714,395  

Boston Properties, Inc., REIT

    847       80,067  

Crown Castle International Corp., REIT

    378       60,174  

CubeSmart, REIT

    8,804       295,902  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc., REIT

    49,970       1,510,592  

Highwoods Properties, Inc., REIT

    5,149       204,055  

Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT (b)

    8,369       246,718  

Lamar Advertising Co., Class A, REIT

    11,249       936,142  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate, continued

Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc., REIT

    27,551     $ 1,000,652  

Public Storage, REIT

    3,334       769,921  

Realty Income Corp., REIT

    9,086       564,877  

Simon Property Group, Inc., REIT

    1,004       85,621  

VICI Properties, Inc., REIT

    416       10,608  

Welltower, Inc., REIT

    10,827       699,641  
              7,924,846  

Utilities: 0.4%

Exelon Corp.

    5,498       232,126  

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

    2,851       166,213  

Southern Co., The

    1,897       116,533  
              514,872  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $80,730,777)

    138,502,833  
                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue
  Shares/
Principal
  Value
MONEY MARKET: 1.0%
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (d)(e)   1,432,650   $1,432,650 
           
(Cost $1,432,650)
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.9%
(Cost $82,163,427)        139,935,483 
           
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.1%        114,668 
           
NET ASSETS: 100.0%       $140,050,151 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $545,239.

(c)

Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.

(d)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(e)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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Pax Global Opportunities Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 98.4%

Communication Services: 1.9%

KDDI Corp.

    44,900     $ 1,331,296  
                 

Consumer Discretionary: 2.3%

Aptiv PLC

    11,887       1,548,757  
                 

Consumer Staples: 7.3%

Danone SA

    20,776       1,367,188  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    95,563       1,606,387  

Unilever PLC

    20,649       1,250,319  

Vitasoy International Holdings, Ltd.

    202,000       786,824  
              5,010,718  

Financials: 13.9%

AIA Group, Ltd.

    209,200       2,549,337  

Bandhan Bank, Ltd. (a)

    240,034       1,323,852  

HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR (a)

    33,840       2,445,278  

Hiscox, Ltd.

    108,592       1,478,780  

Prudential PLC

    99,354       1,826,918  
              9,624,165  

Health Care: 20.8%

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    10,455       1,633,489  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    5,546       1,387,720  

Danaher Corp.

    5,962       1,324,399  

Evotec SE (a)

    65,202       2,409,337  

Grifols SA, ADR

    76,656       1,413,537  

IQVIA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    14,301       2,562,310  

Lonza Group AG

    2,669       1,719,280  

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

    4,107       1,912,958  
              14,363,030  

Industrials: 10.0%

IDEX Corp.

    6,761       1,346,791  

Kingspan Group PLC

    9,749       683,626  

Kubota Corp.

    89,900       1,964,101  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    6,246       1,296,607  

Xylem, Inc.

    16,006       1,629,251  
              6,920,376  

Information Technology: 27.2% (b)

ASML Holding NV

    2,842       1,376,031  

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (a)

    16,816       2,294,207  

IPG Photonics Corp. (a)

    6,248       1,398,240  

Keyence Corp.

    3,150       1,771,927  

MasterCard, Inc., Class A

    7,066       2,522,138  

Microsoft Corp.

    12,343       2,745,331  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, Ltd.

    131,000     $ 2,478,187  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    11,675       1,413,492  

TeamViewer AG (a)

    21,322       1,145,362  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    7,545       1,650,318  
              18,795,233  

Materials: 11.9%

Croda International PLC

    18,053       1,623,505  

Ecolab, Inc.

    9,623       2,082,032  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    10,804       1,857,977  

Linde PLC

    9,980       2,629,830  
              8,193,344  

Real Estate: 3.1%

Equinix, Inc., REIT

    2,974       2,123,971  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $49,490,682)

    67,910,890  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 1.7%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (c)(d)

    1,174,705       1,174,705  

(Cost $1,174,705)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.1%

(Cost $50,665,387)

    69,085,595  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): -0.1%

    (40,131 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 69,045,464  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Broad industry sectors used for financial reporting.

(c)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(d)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

 

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Pax Global Opportunities Fund, continued

 

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY

 

Country

 

Value

   

Percent Of
Net Assets

 

France

  $ 1,367,188       2.0 %

Germany

    3,554,698       5.2 %

Hong Kong

    3,336,160       4.8 %

India

    3,769,131       5.5 %

Ireland

    683,626       1.0 %

Japan

    5,067,325       7.3 %

Netherlands

    3,234,008       4.7 %

Portugal

    1,606,386       2.3 %

Spain

    1,413,537       2.0 %

Switzerland

    1,719,280       2.5 %

Taiwan

    2,478,187       3.6 %

United Kingdom

    6,179,523       9.0 %

United States

    33,501,841       48.5 %

Money Market

    1,174,705       1.7 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    (40,131 )     -0.1 %

TOTAL

  $ 69,045,464       100.0 %

 

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Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 96.3%

RENEWABLE & ALTERNATIVE ENERGY: 1.1%

Renewable Energy Developers & Independent Power Producers (Ipps): 1.1%

Orsted A/S

    88,156     $ 18,037,175  
 

ENERGY EFFICIENCY: 37.9%

Power Network Efficiency: 5.2%

Hubbell, Inc.

    245,176       38,441,145  

Schneider Electric SE

    325,448       47,036,159  
              85,477,304  

Industrial Energy Efficiency: 17.9%

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

    111,085       40,412,723  

ASML Holding NV

    35,108       16,998,485  

Delta Electronics, Inc.

    3,733,475       35,012,294  

Equinix, Inc., REIT

    44,678       31,908,134  

Keyence Corp.

    43,500       24,469,471  

PTC, Inc. (a)

    262,227       31,364,971  

Rockwell Automation, Inc.

    124,902       31,326,671  

SAP SE

    182,522       23,640,008  

Siemens AG

    281,635       40,568,508  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering, PLC

    105,214       16,241,245  
              291,942,510  

Buildings Energy Efficiency: 6.3%

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    147,796       45,128,030  

Kingspan Group PLC

    298,269       20,915,432  

Trane Technologies PLC

    247,991       35,998,374  
              102,041,836  

Transport Energy Efficiency: 8.5%

Aptiv PLC

    297,418       38,750,591  

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

    218,986       26,512,635  

TeamViewer AG (a)

    460,545       24,739,276  

Umicore SA

    444,868       21,382,608  

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd.

    6,139,300       26,826,444  
              138,211,554  
 

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGIES: 21.8%

Water Infrastructure: 10.5%

Ferguson PLC

    199,210       24,204,101  

Georg Fischer AG

    19,224       24,810,871  

IDEX Corp.

    262,024       52,195,181  

Pentair PLC

    660,784       35,081,023  

Xylem, Inc.

    348,704       35,494,580  
              171,785,756  

Water Treatment Equipment: 2.2%

Ecolab, Inc.

    165,661       35,842,414  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

WATER INFRASTRUCTURE & TECHNOLOGIES, continued

Water Utilities: 8.2%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    346,278     $ 53,143,285  

Beijing Enterprises Water Group, Ltd. (a)

    22,236,000       8,945,785  

Pennon Group PLC

    2,516,248       32,567,718  

Suez

    1,935,246       38,355,154  
              133,011,942  

Diversified Water Infrastructure & Technology: 0.9%

Danaher Corp.

    63,416       14,087,230  
 

POLLUTION CONTROL: 9.9%

Pollution Control Solutions: 1.5%

Croda International PLC

    278,983       25,088,922  
 

Environmental Testing & Gas Sensing: 8.4%

Agilent Technologies, Inc.

    435,165       51,562,701  

Halma PLC

    257,312       8,617,446  

Intertek Group PLC

    490,028       37,849,875  

Waters Corp. (a)

    159,414       39,442,212  
              137,472,234  
 

WASTE MANAGEMENT & TECHNOLOGIES: 3.2%

General Waste Management: 3.2%

Waste Management, Inc.

    439,096       51,782,591  
 

ENVIRONMENTAL SUPPORT SERVICES: 2.0%

Environmental Consultancies: 2.0%

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    157,084       32,609,068  
 

FOOD, AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY: 17.0%

Logistics, Food Safety & Packaging: 6.1%

GEA Group AG

    1,082,541       38,719,455  

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc. (a)

    33,181       37,815,722  

WestRock Co.

    520,206       22,644,567  
              99,179,744  

Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture: 10.9%

Deere & Co.

    117,236       31,542,346  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    253,722       43,632,871  

Kubota Corp.

    1,836,200       40,116,594  

Trimble, Inc. (a)

    643,124       42,941,389  

 

 

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Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

FOOD, AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY, continued

Sustainable & Efficient Agriculture, continued

Vitasoy International Holdings, Ltd.

    5,134,000     $ 19,997,796  
              178,230,996  
 

DIVERSIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL: 3.4%

Linde PLC

    209,256       55,141,048  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $1,063,377,343)

    1,569,942,324  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 3.0%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (b)(c)

    48,491,782       48,491,782  

(Cost $48,491,782)

                 
                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.3%

(Cost $1,111,869,125)

    1,618,434,106  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.7%

    11,209,494  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 1,629,643,600  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(c)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY

 

Country

 

Value

   

Percent Of
Net Assets

 

Belgium

  $ 21,382,608       1.3 %

China

    35,772,229       2.2 %

Denmark

    18,037,175       1.1 %

France

    85,391,313       5.3 %

Germany

    127,667,247       7.8 %

Hong Kong

    19,997,796       1.2 %

Ireland

    20,915,432       1.3 %

Japan

    64,586,065       4.0 %

Netherlands

    60,631,356       3.7 %

Switzerland

    24,810,871       1.5 %

Taiwan

    35,012,294       2.1 %

United Kingdom

    144,569,307       8.9 %

United States

    911,168,633       55.9 %

Money Market

    48,491,782       3.0 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    11,209,492       0.7 %

Total

  $ 1,629,643,600       100.0 %

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 99.1%

Communication Services: 5.0%

Adevinta ASA (a)

    6,972     $ 117,200  

Auto Trader Group PLC

    70,212       571,507  

BT Group PLC

    258,638       466,184  

Cable One, Inc.

    200       445,544  

Deutsche Telekom AG

    96,925       1,769,132  

Elisa OYJ

    4,137       226,787  

Iliad SA

    431       88,469  

Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA

    6,980       84,615  

Interpublic Group of Cos Inc., The

    11,400       268,128  

Match Group, Inc. (a)

    7,200       1,088,568  

Netflix, Inc. (a)

    12,817       6,930,536  

Omnicom Group, Inc.

    6,242       389,314  

Orange SA

    58,016       690,682  

Pearson PLC

    21,880       200,820  

Pinterest, Inc., Class A (a)

    16,400       1,080,760  

Proximus SADP

    4,424       87,389  

Publicis Groupe SA

    34,182       1,698,891  

Quebecor, Inc., Class B

    5,198       133,778  

REA Group, Ltd.

    1,533       175,601  

Schibsted ASA, Class B

    2,851       105,831  

SEEK, Ltd.

    9,732       213,373  

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.

    237,500       414,708  

Spark New Zealand, Ltd.

    53,422       180,952  

Tele2 AB, Class B

    14,523       192,110  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    30,276       83,389  

Telenor ASA

    20,975       356,045  

Telia Company AB

    71,357       294,694  

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

    121,051       278,006  

TELUS Corp.

    12,242       242,455  

Verizon Communications, Inc.

    120,395       7,073,206  

Vodafone Group PLC

    778,567       1,278,787  

Walt Disney Co., The

    52,598       9,529,706  

WPP PLC

    35,633       386,119  

Zillow Group, Inc. (a)(b)

    4,100       532,180  
              37,675,466  

Consumer Discretionary: 16.5%

Accor SA (a)

    5,510       199,907  

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

    10,800       35,174,843  

Aristocrat Leisure, Ltd.

    16,712       401,271  

Barratt Developments PLC

    29,612       270,716  

Best Buy Co., Inc.

    71,979       7,182,784  

Burberry Group PLC

    11,770       287,425  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Discretionary, continued

Burlington Stores, Inc. (a)

    1,954     $ 511,069  

Compass Group PLC

    51,873       967,502  

Daimler AG

    24,889       1,764,115  

Dollar General Corp.

    7,340       1,543,602  

eBay, Inc.

    20,476       1,028,919  

Electrolux AB, Class B

    6,559       152,608  

Expedia Group, Inc.

    4,000       529,600  

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

    131,582       2,762,178  

Hermes International

    921       990,331  

Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.

    8,145       906,213  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

    12,156       157,760  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    5,047       327,122  

Kering SA

    7,876       5,715,877  

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM

    2,500       114,590  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

    21,992       3,529,936  

lululemon athletica, Inc. (a)

    30,465       10,602,734  

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

    8,078       5,056,836  

Marriott International, Inc., Class A

    8,033       1,059,713  

Michelin

    4,935       635,415  

Moncler SpA

    5,634       346,382  

Next PLC

    3,868       372,977  

Peloton Interactive, Inc., Class A (a)

    5,700       864,804  

Renault SA

    5,590       244,685  

SEB SA

    659       119,828  

Starbucks Corp.

    147,118       15,738,683  

Tabcorp Holdings, Ltd.

    64,473       194,111  

Target Corp.

    14,609       2,578,927  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    105,974       239,709  

Tiffany & Co.

    62,587       8,227,061  

TJX Cos., Inc., The

    34,854       2,380,180  

Ulta Beauty, Inc. (a)

    25,632       7,360,485  

Vail Resorts, Inc.

    1,266       353,163  

Valeo SA

    6,659       262,659  

VF Corp.

    9,700       828,477  

Wesfarmers, Ltd.

    32,973       1,281,565  

Whitbread PLC (a)

    5,870       248,633  
              123,515,395  

Consumer Staples: 11.3%

a2 Milk Co., Ltd. (a)

    21,515       187,126  

Beiersdorf AG

    2,932       337,062  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

Carrefour SA

    17,607     $ 301,510  

Clorox Co., The

    3,712       749,527  

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd.

    14,738       146,851  

Coca-Cola Co., The

    234,224       12,844,843  

Coles Group, Ltd.

    38,791       541,966  

Colruyt SA

    1,611       95,393  

Danone SA

    62,057       4,083,732  

Diageo PLC

    71,546       2,830,987  

Empire Co., Ltd., Class A

    5,026       137,367  

Essity AB, Class B

    17,645       568,507  

Estee Lauder Cos, Inc., The, Class A

    59,767       15,909,377  

General Mills, Inc.

    17,713       1,041,524  

George Weston, Ltd.

    2,334       174,339  

Heineken Holding NV

    3,352       315,518  

Heineken NV

    7,538       840,027  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    3,022       291,202  

Hershey Co., The

    4,315       657,304  

ICA Gruppen AB

    2,925       146,310  

J.M. Smucker Co., The

    3,320       383,792  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    7,320       123,047  

Kellogg Co.

    113,287       7,049,850  

Kimberly-Clark Corp.

    9,949       1,341,424  

Kroger Co., The

    22,895       727,145  

Loblaw Cos, Ltd.

    5,266       259,846  

L’Oreal SA

    23,011       8,779,892  

McCormick & Co., Inc.

    7,644       730,766  

Metro, Inc.

    7,407       330,519  

Mowi ASA

    12,782       284,732  

Orkla ASA

    21,842       221,749  

Pernod Ricard SA

    6,175       1,185,887  

Procter & Gamble Co., The

    72,078       10,028,932  

Remy Cointreau SA

    657       122,633  

Saputo, Inc.

    7,213       201,901  

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

    11,700       809,923  

Tesco PLC

    284,796       898,750  

Treasury Wine Estates, Ltd.

    20,961       151,629  

Unilever PLC

    115,131       6,927,158  

Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.

    21,735       866,792  

Woolworths Group, Ltd.

    36,731       1,113,333  
              84,740,172  

Financials: 17.5%

Admiral Group PLC

    5,558       219,774  

Aegon NV

    52,035       207,561  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials, continued

Allianz SE

    12,132     $ 2,980,503  

Allstate Corp., The

    9,190       1,010,257  

Ally Financial, Inc.

    10,909       389,015  

American Express Co.

    19,900       2,406,109  

American International Group, Inc.

    25,123       951,157  

Amundi SA

    1,764       143,769  

Aon PLC, Class A

    6,731       1,422,058  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    32,083       561,722  

Assurant, Inc.

    1,784       243,016  

ASX, Ltd.

    5,630       312,448  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd

    82,477       1,447,317  

Aviva PLC

    114,218       508,045  

AXA SA

    56,246       1,348,910  

Banco Santander SA

    504,267       1,572,475  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    42,252       249,403  

Bank of America Corp.

    227,133       6,884,401  

Bank of Montreal

    18,623       1,415,927  

Bank of Nova Scotia, The

    35,329       1,909,526  

BNP Paribas SA

    32,710       1,726,833  

CaixaBank SA

    104,365       268,247  

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

    63,747       5,444,712  

Citigroup, Inc.

    60,568       3,734,623  

CME Group, Inc.

    10,500       1,911,525  

CNP Assurances

    4,992       81,105  

Commerzbank AG

    29,135       188,284  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    51,479       3,272,108  

Credit Agricole SA (a)

    33,555       424,200  

Danske Bank A/S

    20,058       331,507  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    5,526       940,925  

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC

    39,682       173,557  

Discover Financial Services

    8,963       811,420  

DNB ASA (a)

    74,791       1,465,575  

Eurazeo SA (a)

    1,144       77,734  

EXOR NV

    3,154       256,190  

Fifth Third Bancorp

    20,800       573,456  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

    17,726       292,338  

First Republic Bank

    5,031       739,205  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

    5,818       129,854  

Globe Life, Inc.

    3,005       285,355  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials, continued

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., The

    9,600     $ 2,531,616  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

    3,285       331,108  

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.

    22,300       384,854  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

    9,656       201,058  

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    10,474       513,016  

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

    29,583       373,633  

iA Financial Corp., Inc.

    3,156       136,812  

Industrivarden AB, Class C

    4,645       150,137  

ING Groep NV

    113,427       1,054,626  

Insurance Australia Group, Ltd.

    67,206       243,895  

Intact Financial Corp.

    4,166       493,283  

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.

    15,952       1,839,106  

Investor AB, Class B

    35,828       2,607,681  

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

    88,700       11,271,110  

KeyCorp.

    28,378       465,683  

Kinnevik AB, Class B (a)

    7,922       397,974  

Legal & General Group PLC

    173,480       632,233  

Lincoln National Corp.

    5,672       285,358  

M&G PLC

    75,606       204,074  

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

    9,877       1,054,265  

Manulife Financial Corp.

    57,136       1,016,679  

Medibank Pvt, Ltd.

    80,087       185,493  

MetLife, Inc.

    22,509       1,056,798  

Moody’s Corp.

    4,965       1,441,042  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

    4,075       1,210,789  

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

    92,947       1,620,423  

National Bank of Canada

    9,785       550,709  

Natixis SA (a)

    27,532       94,339  

Nordea Bank Apb (a)

    94,219       772,161  

Onex Corp.

    2,452       140,736  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The

    12,363       1,842,087  

Poste Italiane SpA

    15,193       155,406  

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

    310,682       15,412,934  

Progressive Corp., The

    17,096       1,690,452  

QBE Insurance Group, Ltd.

    42,725       278,500  

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

    1,996       231,336  

Royal Bank of Canada

    41,491       3,409,179  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Financials, continued

Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC

    140,689     $ 321,613  

RSA Insurance Group PLC

    30,084       278,844  

S&P Global, Inc.

    7,007       2,303,411  

Schroders PLC

    3,616       164,875  

SCOR SE

    4,611       149,565  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (a)

    47,329       487,370  

Societe Generale SA

    23,576       490,112  

Standard Chartered PLC

    78,015       495,391  

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

    66,324       254,220  

State Street Corp.

    10,281       748,251  

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

    17,016       756,623  

Suncorp Group, Ltd.

    36,669       275,952  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

    45,245       456,071  

Swedbank AB, Class A (a)

    26,337       461,961  

Synchrony Financial

    15,317       531,653  

T Rowe Price Group, Inc.

    6,700       1,014,313  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The

    52,704       2,977,824  

Travelers Cos., Inc., The

    7,400       1,038,738  

Tryg A/S

    3,515       110,551  

U.S. Bancorp

    39,477       1,839,233  

Voya Financial, Inc.

    100,991       5,939,281  

Wendel SA

    780       93,085  

Westpac Banking Corp.

    105,028       1,562,955  

Willis Towers Watson PLC

    3,808       802,269  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    4,376       1,844,138  
              130,991,030  

Health Care: 13.4%

Abbott Laboratories

    51,486       5,637,202  

AbbVie, Inc.

    51,400       5,507,510  

Alcon, Inc. (a)

    14,299       949,398  

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    6,461       1,009,467  

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    15,474       2,011,156  

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

    4,488       438,747  

Anthem, Inc.

    14,072       4,518,378  

AstraZeneca PLC

    38,161       3,805,158  

Becton Dickinson & Co.

    8,479       2,121,615  

Cardinal Health, Inc.

    8,525       456,599  

Cerner Corp.

    8,900       698,472  

CSL, Ltd.

    13,204       2,884,975  

CVS Health Corp.

    38,027       2,597,244  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Health Care, continued

DaVita, Inc. (a)

    2,400     $ 281,760  

Eli Lilly & Co.

    25,077       4,234,001  

Genmab A/S (a)

    1,900       770,438  

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

    36,554       2,129,636  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    145,898       2,669,636  

GN Store Nord AS

    3,724       296,855  

Hologic, Inc. (a)

    7,571       551,396  

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. (a)

    2,559       1,279,167  

Illumina, Inc. (a)

    4,300       1,591,000  

Insulet Corp. (a)

    2,000       511,260  

Ipsen SA

    1,097       90,709  

Johnson & Johnson

    76,653       12,063,650  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    26,612       1,433,523  

McKesson Corp.

    9,777       1,700,416  

Merck & Co., Inc.

    73,500       6,012,300  

Merck KGaA

    3,759       644,722  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    50,074       3,493,119  

Orion OYJ, Class B

    14,808       680,205  

Pfizer, Inc.

    161,600       5,948,496  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

    51,448       6,131,058  

Recordati SpA

    3,041       169,106  

Ryman Healthcare, Ltd.

    11,633       127,626  

Sanofi

    32,875       3,186,344  

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (a)(b)

    2,200       375,078  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    25,438       528,410  

Stryker Corp.

    23,636       5,791,766  

UCB SA

    3,677       379,824  

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

    2,700       472,527  

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)

    7,564       1,787,676  

Waters Corp. (a)

    1,854       458,717  

Zoetis, Inc.

    13,874       2,296,147  
              100,722,489  

Industrials: 6.6%

Aeroports de Paris

    864       111,781  

Air Canada (a)

    4,200       75,131  

Alfa Laval AB

    9,149       252,663  

Allegion PLC

    2,752       320,278  

Alstom SA (a)

    7,290       415,231  

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    29,147       720,281  

Auckland International Airport, Ltd.

    36,399       199,052  

Aurizon Holdings, Ltd.

    55,735       167,452  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Industrials, continued

Brambles, Ltd.

    44,136     $ 362,016  

Bureau Veritas SA

    8,543       228,053  

Canadian National Railway Co.

    20,690       2,274,617  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    15,048       692,093  

Cummins, Inc.

    4,378       994,244  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG (a)

    8,692       115,011  

Equifax, Inc.

    3,600       694,224  

FedEx Corp.

    7,300       1,895,226  

GEA Group AG

    4,462       159,593  

Getlink SE (a)

    12,796       221,386  

KION Group AG

    1,903       165,032  

Legrand SA

    26,253       2,348,504  

MTR Corp., Ltd.

    44,888       251,042  

Otis Worldwide Corp.

    21,400       1,445,570  

Pentair PLC

    4,855       257,752  

Qantas Airways, Ltd.

    26,554       99,571  

Randstad NV

    3,465       224,299  

RELX PLC

    56,164       1,374,188  

Republic Services, Inc.

    6,513       627,202  

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.

    99,700       6,930,203  

Schneider Electric SE

    16,078       2,323,712  

Securitas AB, Class B

    9,106       146,913  

Siemens AG

    22,247       3,204,600  

Skanska AB, Class B

    9,893       252,113  

Smiths Group PLC

    11,522       236,996  

Sunrun, Inc. (a)

    55,900       3,878,342  

Sydney Airport

    38,454       190,340  

Teleperformance

    1,708       567,024  

Transurban Group

    79,537       838,145  

United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B

    20,500       3,452,200  

Verisk Analytics, Inc.

    4,500       934,155  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    110,737       9,342,566  

WSP Global, Inc.

    3,299       312,535  
              49,301,336  

Information Technology: 17.4%

Accenture PLC, Class A

    23,981       6,264,077  

Afterpay, Ltd. (a)

    6,221       565,524  

ANSYS, Inc. (a)

    2,575       936,785  

Arista Networks, Inc. (a)

    1,700       493,969  

Atos SE (a)

    2,858       260,980  

Autodesk, Inc. (a)

    43,534       13,292,671  

Avalara, Inc. (a)

    2,400       395,736  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Corp.

    4,700     $ 409,746  

Capgemini SE

    4,682       728,296  

CDW Corp.

    6,187       815,385  

Cisco Systems, Inc.

    122,875       5,498,656  

Computershare, Ltd.

    14,156       159,299  

Dassault Systemes SA

    3,843       779,435  

DocuSign, Inc. (a)

    5,113       1,136,620  

Dropbox, Inc., Class A (a)

    7,266       161,233  

Halma PLC

    51,030       1,709,008  

Hexagon AB, Class B

    8,185       750,417  

HP, Inc.

    41,641       1,023,952  

IBM

    25,820       3,250,222  

Intuit, Inc.

    7,637       2,900,914  

Microsoft Corp.

    169,868       37,782,040  

Nexi SpA (a)

    12,780       254,311  

Nokia OYJ

    164,416       635,028  

Okta, Inc. (a)

    3,401       864,738  

PayPal Holdings Inc (a)

    32,501       7,611,734  

Sage Group PLC, The

    31,721       251,872  

salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

    26,209       5,832,289  

SAP SE

    30,367       3,933,094  

Shopify, Inc., Class A (a)

    3,200       3,613,343  

Slack Technologies, Inc., Class A (a)

    11,200       473,088  

Splunk, Inc. (a)

    4,629       786,421  

Square, Inc., Class A (a)

    10,603       2,307,637  

Texas Instruments, Inc.

    26,741       4,389,000  

Twilio, Inc., Class A (a)

    25,169       8,519,707  

Visa, Inc., Class A

    49,066       10,732,206  

Western Union Co., The

    12,037       264,092  

WiseTech Global, Ltd.

    4,237       100,693  

Worldline SA (a)

    6,944       674,596  
              130,558,814  

Materials: 6.9%

Air Liquide SA

    68,490       11,228,718  

Akzo Nobel NV

    5,612       602,362  

Arkema SA

    2,009       229,874  

BlueScope Steel, Ltd.

    14,617       197,399  

Boliden AB

    7,954       282,187  

Celanese Corp.

    59,900       7,783,406  

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (a)

    3,068       316,991  

Covestro AG

    5,338       328,892  

Dow, Inc.

    21,636       1,200,798  

Ecolab, Inc.

    7,451       1,612,098  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Materials, continued

Evonik Industries AG

    6,099     $ 199,343  

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.

    49,246       889,501  

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (b)

    2,500       272,100  

Johnson Matthey PLC

    5,628       186,459  

Kinross Gold Corp.

    36,596       268,526  

Koninklijke DSM NV

    71,288       12,259,482  

Lundin Mining Corp.

    19,200       170,445  

Mondi PLC

    14,120       330,858  

Newmont Corp.

    127,953       7,663,105  

Norsk Hydro ASA

    39,109       182,016  

Northern Star Resources, Ltd.

    21,521       210,346  

Novozymes A/S, Class B

    6,053       344,779  

Nutrien, Ltd.

    16,600       798,636  

PPG Industries, Inc.

    6,942       1,001,175  

Solvay SA

    2,156       254,267  

Stora Enso OYJ, Class R

    16,918       323,941  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

    17,619       308,053  

Yara International ASA

    54,336       2,254,158  
              51,699,915  

Real Estate: 1.6%

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    93,500       211,072  

Azrieli Group, Ltd.

    1,235       78,493  

British Land Co. PLC, The, REIT

    25,601       171,463  

Camden Property Trust, REIT

    2,877       287,470  

Canadian Apartment Properties, REIT

    2,500       98,181  

City Developments, Ltd.

    13,300       80,174  

Covivio, REIT

    1,512       138,744  

Dexus, REIT

    31,733       230,157  

Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc., REIT

    5,081       321,932  

Gecina SA, REIT

    14,428       2,243,556  

GPT Group, The, REIT

    56,646       197,033  

Healthpeak Properties, Inc., REIT

    15,700       474,611  

Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc., REIT

    20,588       301,202  

Iron Mountain, Inc., REIT (b)

    8,406       247,809  

Klepierre SA, REIT

    5,721       129,031  

Land Securities Group PLC, REIT

    20,484       189,190  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Real Estate, continued

LendLease Group

    19,235     $ 194,482  

Link, REIT

    61,084       554,751  

Mapletree Logistics Trust, REIT

    84,000       127,845  

Mirvac Group, REIT

    114,400       232,343  

RioCan Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    4,596       60,478  

Scentre Group, REIT

    150,937       324,211  

Stockland, REIT

    69,338       223,863  

Sun Communities, Inc., REIT

    2,900       440,655  

Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    57,400       64,736  

Swire Properties, Ltd.

    34,200       99,434  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, REIT

    4,025       313,487  

Ventas, Inc., REIT

    10,900       534,536  

VICI Properties, Inc., REIT

    13,700       349,350  

Vicinity Centres, REIT

    111,964       138,440  

Vonovia SE

    14,981       1,094,124  

Welltower, Inc., REIT

    12,163       785,973  

Weyerhaeuser Co., REIT

    21,737       728,842  
              11,667,668  

Utilities: 2.9%

American Water Works Co., Inc.

    100,958       15,494,023  

Edison International

    10,999       690,957  

Electricite de France SA

    18,051       285,645  

Elia Group SA

    899       107,305  

Engie SA (a)

    53,114       814,238  

Essential Utilities, Inc.

    6,800       321,572  

Hydro One, Ltd.

    9,565       215,286  

Meridian Energy, Ltd.

    37,261       199,555  

National Grid PLC

    102,066       1,206,158  

Orsted A/S

    5,502       1,125,738  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    12,589       258,466  

Severn Trent PLC

    6,920       216,029  

Suez

    34,212       678,057  

United Utilities Group PLC

    19,830       242,540  
              21,855,569  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $587,252,278)

    742,727,854  
                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 0.1%

Consumer Staples: 0.1%

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    5,181     $ 584,181  
 

Materials: 0.0% (c)

Fuchs Petrolub SE

    2,022       114,086  
                 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $640,365)

    698,267  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 0.5%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (d)(e)

    3,614,895       3,614,895  

(Cost $3,614,895)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.7%

(Cost $591,507,538)

    747,041,016  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.3%

    2,382,086  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 749,423,102  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $1,062,536.

(c)

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

(d)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(e)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

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SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY

 

Country

 

Value

   

Percent Of
Net Assets

 

Australia

  $ 22,956,852       3.1 %

Belgium

    1,147,981       0.2 %

Canada

    34,281,070       4.6 %

Denmark

    6,789,977       0.9 %

Finland

    1,865,961       0.2 %

France

    63,728,170       8.5 %

Germany

    20,215,382       2.7 %

Hong Kong

    1,290,082       0.2 %

Israel

    327,896       0.0 %*

Italy

    2,120,068       0.3 %

Japan

    809,923       0.1 %

Netherlands

    26,279,960       3.5 %

New Zealand

    894,311       0.1 %

Norway

    4,999,961       0.7 %

Portugal

    123,047       0.0 %*

Singapore

    898,536       0.1 %

Spain

    2,099,188       0.3 %

Sweden

    12,320,149       1.6 %

Switzerland

    2,793,535       0.4 %

United Kingdom

    32,846,045       4.4 %

United States

    504,638,027       67.3 %

Money Market

    3,614,895       0.5 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    2,382,086       0.3 %

TOTAL

  $ 749,423,102       100.0 %

 

*

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

 

 

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Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 98.2%

Australia: 7.0%

ASX, Ltd.

    10,003     $ 555,137  

Aurizon Holdings, Ltd.

    211,925       636,713  

Australia & New Zealand Banking Group, Ltd

    220,658       3,872,135  

Brambles, Ltd.

    171,445       1,406,242  

Coca-Cola Amatil, Ltd.

    98,089       977,369  

Cochlear, Ltd.

    6,454       941,737  

Coles Group, Ltd.

    94,287       1,317,324  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

    163,466       10,390,224  

Computershare, Ltd.

    130,757       1,471,424  

Dexus, REIT

    124,366       902,018  

Evolution Mining, Ltd.

    161,800       622,665  

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.

    185,589       3,352,183  

Goodman Group, REIT

    146,512       2,141,635  

GPT Group, The, REIT

    360,787       1,254,936  

LendLease Group

    62,129       628,175  

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

    32,001       3,415,767  

Mirvac Group, REIT

    80,733       163,966  

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

    307,569       5,362,108  

Newcrest Mining, Ltd.

    107,182       2,139,112  

Stockland, REIT

    349,094       1,127,075  

Sydney Airport

    253,211       1,253,349  

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

    393,844       904,505  

Transurban Group

    331,869       3,497,169  

Vicinity Centres, REIT

    476,644       589,356  
              48,922,324  

Austria: 0.3%

Erste Group Bank AG (a)

    48,925       1,490,388  

Voestalpine AG

    25,585       913,145  
              2,403,533  

Belgium: 0.6%

KBC Group NV

    16,318       1,141,952  

Solvay SA

    7,533       888,400  

UCB SA

    16,706       1,725,686  

Umicore SA

    15,056       723,668  
              4,479,706  

Denmark: 3.8%

Chr. Hansen Holding A/S (a)

    10,830       1,118,974  

Coloplast A/S, Class B

    9,867       1,508,949  

Genmab A/S (a)

    5,564       2,256,168  

H Lundbeck A/S

    26,352       902,135  

Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B

    141,421       9,865,407  

Novozymes A/S, Class B

    18,869       1,074,777  

Orsted A/S

    17,681       3,617,624  

Pandora A/S

    14,401       1,611,728  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Denmark, continued

Vestas Wind Systems A/S

    19,095     $ 4,510,799  
              26,466,561  

Finland: 1.0%

Elisa OYJ

    26,593       1,457,809  

Orion OYJ, Class B (b)

    27,997       1,286,041  

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

    73,303       2,733,590  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

    131,513       1,316,232  
              6,793,672  

France: 10.0%

Accor SA (a)

    28,593       1,037,377  

Air Liquide SA

    48,582       7,964,865  

Atos SE (a)

    8,301       758,011  

AXA SA

    174,312       4,180,409  

Bouygues SA

    44,119       1,814,525  

Carrefour SA

    92,398       1,582,261  

Cie de Saint-Gobain

    52,242       2,402,734  

Covivio, REIT

    9,455       867,609  

Credit Agricole SA (a)

    135,463       1,712,513  

Danone SA

    56,724       3,732,788  

Dassault Systemes SA

    13,155       2,668,090  

EssilorLuxottica SA

    26,698       4,160,467  

Gecina SA, REIT

    8,180       1,271,991  

Getlink SE (a)

    55,311       956,947  

Kering SA

    7,369       5,347,930  

Klepierre SA, REIT

    45,935       1,036,016  

L’Oreal SA

    22,774       8,689,464  

Michelin

    20,945       2,696,812  

Natixis SA (a)

    179,045       613,500  

Orange SA

    213,989       2,547,545  

Publicis Groupe SA

    14,356       713,512  

Schneider Electric SE

    55,090       7,962,014  

Teleperformance

    3,972       1,318,629  

Ubisoft Entertainment SA (a)

    9,994       963,107  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, REIT

    17,627       1,372,877  

Valeo SA

    23,666       933,488  

Wendel SA

    5,987       714,488  
              70,019,969  

Germany: 9.0%

adidas AG

    16,069       5,845,978  

Allianz SE

    31,569       7,755,646  

BASF SE

    92,399       7,303,463  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    27,584       2,434,469  

Beiersdorf AG

    4,809       552,841  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Germany, continued

Delivery Hero SE (a)

    16,494     $ 2,579,478  

Deutsche Boerse AG

    13,902       2,367,126  

HeidelbergCement AG

    9,225       686,852  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    7,911       762,308  

Merck KGaA

    5,805       995,641  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs AG

    13,050       3,877,497  

SAP SE

    104,761       13,568,506  

Siemens AG

    79,104       11,394,646  

Symrise AG

    16,015       2,129,087  

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

    252,215       694,670  
              62,948,208  

Hong Kong: 1.6%

BOC Hong Kong Holdings, Ltd.

    524,057       1,588,534  

Hang Seng Bank, Ltd.

    99,900       1,724,079  

HKT Trust & HKT, Ltd.

    915,000       1,186,691  

Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing, Ltd.

    83,699       4,591,031  

MTR Corp., Ltd.

    216,168       1,208,949  

Swire Pacific, Ltd., Class A

    117,500       647,238  

Swire Properties, Ltd.

    161,200       468,678  
              11,415,200  

Ireland: 0.8%

CRH PLC

    73,115       3,109,330  

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

    19,131       2,778,652  
              5,887,982  

Israel: 0.2%

Bank Hapoalim BM (a)

    117,543       807,314  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

    140,694       830,482  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank, Ltd.

    2,046       47,462  
              1,685,258  

Italy: 2.0%

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

    151,230       2,647,794  

CNH Industrial NV

    85,902       1,079,823  

Enel SpA

    704,550       7,168,605  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

    1,162,207       2,747,128  
              13,643,350  

Japan: 26.8%

Aeon Co., Ltd.

    65,500       2,148,816  

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

    43,600       987,964  

ANA Holdings, Inc. (a)

    42,600       941,273  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

    123,200       1,262,816  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

    178,300       2,760,754  

Bridgestone Corp.

    55,900       1,833,288  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Japan, continued

Capcom Co., Ltd.

    10,500     $ 680,953  

Central Japan Railway Co.

    8,500       1,201,929  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    66,300       3,537,446  

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (b)

    50,700       911,973  

Daifuku Co, Ltd.

    9,900       1,225,080  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

    82,800       1,247,415  

Daiichi Sankyo Co., Ltd.

    146,100       5,006,872  

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

    48,500       1,442,035  

Denso Corp.

    42,700       2,541,536  

East Japan Railway Co.

    32,500       2,168,250  

Eisai Co., Ltd.

    25,200       1,802,131  

Fast Retailing Co., Ltd.

    6,000       5,380,075  

Fujitsu, Ltd.

    18,300       2,644,998  

Hino Motors, Ltd.

    65,600       560,013  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co., Ltd.

    16,400       466,309  

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

    121,200       3,419,813  

Japan Retail Fund Investment Corp., REIT

    807       1,468,698  

JFE Holdings, Inc. (a)

    133,700       1,283,693  

Kajima Corp.

    102,900       1,380,404  

Kao Corp.

    45,500       3,515,156  

KDDI Corp.

    144,300       4,278,530  

Keio Corp.

    9,800       760,333  

Keyence Corp.

    17,900       10,069,047  

Kikkoman Corp.

    20,200       1,405,858  

Kobe Bussan Co., Ltd.

    32,000       983,199  

Komatsu, Ltd.

    111,200       3,068,927  

Kubota Corp.

    135,900       2,969,091  

Kuraray Co., Ltd. (b)

    98,300       1,046,615  

Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.

    26,400       1,009,132  

Kyushu Railway Co.

    52,700       1,136,894  

Mazda Motor Corp.

    99,900       668,721  

Mercari, Inc. (a)

    15,000       664,932  

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

    156,200       946,314  

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

    129,000       2,073,395  

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

    119,200       572,385  

Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd.

    81,900       1,714,949  

Miura Co., Ltd.

    8,600       480,122  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

    146,050       1,853,693  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Japan, continued

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

    38,200     $ 1,162,236  

Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

    56,200       5,087,758  

NEC Corp.

    36,200       1,944,289  

NGK Insulators, Ltd.

    75,800       1,171,240  

NGK Spark Plug Co., Ltd.

    15,100       257,862  

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

    9,800       6,291,023  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co., Ltd.

    14,200       1,560,330  

Nitto Denko Corp.

    16,000       1,433,280  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc., REIT

    30       42,931  

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

    27,900       998,081  

NSK, Ltd.

    35,200       306,332  

Obayashi Corp.

    91,500       790,063  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

    20,500       643,868  

Omron Corp.

    18,200       1,624,736  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    36,000       1,084,853  

Oriental Land Co., Ltd.

    22,600       3,734,228  

ORIX Corp.

    137,800       2,119,931  

Otsuka Corp.

    13,500       712,085  

Panasonic Corp.

    231,700       2,700,979  

Rakuten, Inc. (b)

    84,600       814,091  

Recruit Holdings Co, Ltd.

    127,500       5,355,375  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

    206,600       723,259  

Rohm Co., Ltd.

    8,500       823,996  

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    43,200       701,621  

SCSK Corp.

    14,000       800,596  

Secom Co., Ltd.

    26,200       2,416,995  

Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd.

    35,300       669,335  

Sekisui House, Ltd.

    60,900       1,240,643  

Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd.

    65,300       2,312,310  

SG Holdings Co., Ltd.

    57,700       1,573,265  

Shimadzu Corp.

    28,900       1,123,342  

Shimizu Corp.

    56,800       413,464  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

    23,300       4,089,516  

Shiseido Co., Ltd.

    34,400       2,381,313  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

    30,200       1,224,393  

Sony Corp.

    109,700       11,054,249  

Stanley Electric Co., Ltd.

    12,800       412,921  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Japan, continued

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.

    29,900     $ 1,329,981  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc

    27,900       860,846  

Suntory Beverage & Food, Ltd.

    16,800       595,045  

Sysmex Corp.

    14,500       1,744,735  

T&D Holdings, Inc.

    57,100       675,427  

Taisei Corp.

    21,600       745,168  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

    138,400       5,008,607  

TDK Corp.

    9,700       1,463,570  

Tokyo Electron, Ltd.

    10,500       3,922,409  

Tokyu Corp.

    84,500       1,049,905  

Toray Industries, Inc.

    176,900       1,049,265  

TOTO, Ltd.

    20,600       1,239,882  

Unicharm Corp.

    39,100       1,854,356  

West Japan Railway Co.

    32,400       1,696,467  

Yamada Holdings Co., Ltd.

    190,800       1,013,724  

Yamaha Corp.

    23,500       1,384,721  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

    23,600       1,176,586  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

    22,700       452,755  

Z Holdings Corp.

    221,700       1,341,559  
              187,923,624  

Netherlands: 6.1%

Aegon NV

    258,222       1,030,013  

Akzo Nobel NV

    19,292       2,070,699  

ASML Holding NV

    43,348       20,988,103  

ING Groep NV

    304,242       2,828,793  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

    116,263       3,279,934  

Koninklijke Philips NV

    91,652       4,937,067  

NN Group NV

    41,602       1,798,464  

Prosus NV (a)

    35,146       3,795,019  

Wolters Kluwer NV

    23,424       1,976,216  
              42,704,308  

New Zealand: 0.6%

Auckland International Airport, Ltd.

    116,064       634,709  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp., Ltd.

    48,472       1,151,148  

Meridian Energy, Ltd.

    330,181       1,768,318  

Ryman Healthcare, Ltd.

    43,647       478,854  
              4,033,029  

Norway: 0.5%

Mowi ASA

    42,876       955,106  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Norway, continued

Norsk Hydro ASA

    203,326     $ 946,295  

Telenor ASA

    87,437       1,484,221  
              3,385,622  

Portugal: 0.1%

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

    37,025       622,380  
 

Singapore: 1.4%

Ascendas Real Estate Investment Trust, REIT

    175,600       396,410  

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, REIT

    749,236       1,225,321  

CapitaLand, Ltd.

    82,526       204,769  

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.

    155,147       2,940,148  

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

    365,500       1,488,456  

Singapore Airlines, Ltd. (a)

    389,200       1,262,846  

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.

    696,400       1,216,012  

United Overseas Bank, Ltd.

    50,400       859,038  
              9,593,000  

Spain: 2.6%

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

    599,446       2,971,215  

CaixaBank SA

    312,814       804,018  

Iberdrola SA

    519,933       7,471,588  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

    99,001       3,142,273  

Red Electrica Corp. SA

    88,192       1,810,676  

Telefonica SA

    584,430       2,324,646  
              18,524,416  

Sweden: 3.2%

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

    80,772       1,996,038  

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

    66,645       3,425,314  

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

    32,289       1,449,371  

Boliden AB

    43,112       1,529,499  

Essity AB, Class B

    42,436       1,367,252  

Hennes & Mauritz AB, Class B

    74,902       1,572,348  

Husqvarna AB, Class B

    52,734       684,378  

Investment AB Latour, Class B

    14,660       355,105  

Kinnevik AB, Class B (a)

    34,185       1,717,338  

Sandvik AB

    124,757       3,076,951  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB, Class A (a)

    72,523       746,805  

Skanska AB, Class B

    34,764       885,926  

SKF AB, Class B

    37,739       981,941  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB, Class A

    103,180       1,040,057  

Tele2 AB, Class B

    38,449       508,603  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

Sweden, continued

Telia Company AB

    288,455     $ 1,191,277  
              22,528,203  

Switzerland: 8.6%

ABB, Ltd.

    183,480       5,146,464  

Adecco Group AG

    19,409       1,292,704  

Alcon, Inc. (a)

    45,153       2,997,982  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG-Reg

    16       1,607,053  

Givaudan SA

    762       3,223,886  

Kuehne & Nagel International AG

    9,040       2,051,343  

Lonza Group AG

    7,578       4,881,494  

Roche Holding AG

    62,242       21,678,793  

SGS SA

    846       2,550,158  

Sika AG

    14,114       3,847,381  

Sonova Holding AG (a)

    4,890       1,271,857  

Swiss Re AG

    32,729       3,083,503  

Swisscom AG

    2,008       1,081,383  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

    13,181       5,554,749  
              60,268,750  

United Kingdom: 12.0%

3i Group PLC

    141,524       2,238,474  

Associated British Foods PLC

    38,625       1,192,534  

Aviva PLC

    443,936       1,974,642  

Barratt Developments PLC

    119,255       1,090,242  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

    19,114       1,236,438  

British Land Co. PLC, The, REIT

    198,118       1,326,897  

BT Group PLC

    490,539       884,176  

Burberry Group PLC

    37,501       915,779  

Compass Group PLC

    187,629       3,499,535  

Ferguson PLC

    18,751       2,278,255  

GlaxoSmithKline PLC

    441,854       8,085,027  

Informa PLC

    165,679       1,238,843  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

    20,624       1,336,746  

J Sainsbury PLC

    438,707       1,348,457  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

    78,850       926,350  

Legal & General Group PLC

    850,405       3,099,228  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

    26,884       3,318,467  

Mondi PLC

    38,304       897,534  

National Grid PLC

    398,122       4,704,779  

Pearson PLC

    85,695       786,530  

Prudential PLC

    238,097       4,378,119  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS, continued

United Kingdom, continued

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

    62,713     $ 5,597,402  

RELX PLC

    191,073       4,675,064  

Rentokil Initial, PLC

    115,302       803,905  

RSA Insurance Group PLC

    79,104       733,204  

Smith & Nephew PLC

    92,302       1,917,341  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering, PLC

    7,320       1,129,944  

Standard Chartered PLC

    232,861       1,478,654  

Standard Life Aberdeen PLC

    257,051       985,277  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

    435,110       984,201  

Tesco PLC

    865,453       2,731,168  

Unilever PLC

    225,859       13,545,592  

Whitbread PLC (a)

    16,184       685,500  

Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC

    352,022       851,789  

WPP PLC

    103,087       1,117,050  
              83,993,143  

Total Common Stocks

(Cost $525,486,477)

    688,242,238  
                 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 0.4%

Germany: 0.4%

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

    12,785       861,262  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

    6,400       721,628  

Sartorius AG

    3,738       1,574,369  

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $2,163,821)

    3,157,259  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 1.1%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (c)(d)

    7,592,518       7,592,518  

(Cost $7,592,518)

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 0.3%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.101% (c)(d)

    1,842,875     $ 1,842,875  

(Cost $1,842,875)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.0%

(Cost $537,085,691)

    700,834,890  
         

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED: -0.3%

    (1,842,875 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.3%

    1,984,577  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 700,976,592  

 

(a)

Security or partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $2,546,905.

(b)

Non-income producing security.

(c)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020

(d)

Premier Class shares

REIT - Real Estate Investment Trust

 

 

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SUMMARY OF INVESTMENTS BY SECTOR

 

Sector

 

Value

   

Percent Of
Net Assets

 

Communication Services

  $ 32,892,644       4.7 %

Consumer Discretionary

    85,168,911       12.1 %

Consumer Staples

    70,397,320       10.1 %

Financials

    116,452,507       16.6 %

Health Care

    88,528,346       12.8 %

Industrials

    116,652,191       16.4 %

Information Technology

    71,121,798       10.2 %

Materials

    61,277,216       8.7 %

Real Estate

    22,366,974       3.2 %

Utilities

    26,541,590       3.8 %

Money Market

    7,592,518       1.1 %

Other assets and liabilities (net)

    1,984,577       0.3 %

Total

  $ 700,976,592       100.0 %

 

 

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Pax Core Bond Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS: 98.8%

Community Investment Notes: 0.0% (a)

CINI Investment Note, 2.000%, 10/31/2023 (b)(c)

  $ 293,185     $ 293,185  

(Cost $293,185)

 

CORPORATE BONDS: 37.4%

Communication Services: 3.7%

Alphabet, Inc., 1.900%, 08/15/40

    700,000       688,142  

AT&T, Inc., 1.650%, 02/01/28

    2,000,000       2,043,248  

AT&T, Inc., 4.300%, 02/15/30

    1,000,000       1,195,437  

AT&T, Inc., 2.750%, 06/01/31

    2,000,000       2,139,147  

AT&T, Inc., 3.100%, 02/01/43

    1,500,000       1,527,243  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 03/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,080,250  

Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Capital, 5.050%, 03/30/29

    1,000,000       1,216,684  

Discovery Communications, LLC, 3.950%, 03/20/28

    1,500,000       1,722,741  

Discovery Communications, LLC, 4.125%, 05/15/29

    500,000       584,484  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 3.875%, 11/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,112,835  

Sprint Communications, Inc., 6.000%, 11/15/22

    1,000,000       1,083,750  

Switch, Ltd., 144A, 3.750%, 09/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,016,875  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.750%, 02/01/28

    1,000,000       1,076,140  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 144A, 2.250%, 11/15/31 (d)

    500,000       514,108  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 144A, 3.000%, 02/15/41 (d)

    1,000,000       1,038,595  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 04/15/50 (d)

    1,000,000       1,235,260  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 3.875%, 02/08/29

    2,000,000       2,357,437  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 1.500%, 09/18/30

    3,000,000       2,958,003  

Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.500%, 08/10/33

    1,000,000       1,263,074  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Communication Services, continued

Walt Disney Co., The, 1.750%, 08/30/24

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,086,838  
              27,940,291  

Consumer Discretionary: 2.3%

Amazon.com, Inc., 2.500%, 06/03/50

    1,000,000       1,039,720  

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The, 2.345%, 07/01/50

    2,000,000       1,937,912  

eBay, Inc., 2.750%, 01/30/23

    1,000,000       1,047,726  

Expedia Group, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 05/01/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,159,736  

Home Depot, Inc., The, 2.800%, 09/14/27

    2,000,000       2,228,779  

Home Depot, Inc., The, 2.950%, 06/15/29

    1,000,000       1,137,523  

Local Initiatives Support Corp., 1.000%, 11/15/25

    1,000,000       998,035  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc., 1.300%, 04/15/28

    1,000,000       1,009,505  

Lowe’s Cos., Inc., 3.000%, 10/15/50

    250,000       268,464  

Ross Stores, Inc., 3.375%, 09/15/24

    2,000,000       2,144,523  

Starbucks Corp., 4.450%, 08/15/49

    2,000,000       2,642,970  

TJX Cos Inc., The, 1.150%, 05/15/28

    1,000,000       1,006,085  

WK Kellogg Foundation Trust, 144A, 2.443%, 10/01/50 (d)

    1,000,000       1,024,430  
              17,645,408  

Consumer Staples: 2.1%

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, LP/Albertsons, LLC, 144A, 3.250%, 03/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,016,250  

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, LP/Albertsons, LLC, 144A, 4.625%, 01/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,064,805  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Consumer Staples, continued

Campbell Soup Co., 2.375%, 04/24/30

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,058,036  

Capital Impact Partners, 2.300%, 10/15/24 (b)

    500,000       511,719  

Clorox Co., The, 1.800%, 05/15/30

    1,500,000       1,551,247  

CVS Health Corp., 3.625%, 04/01/27

    1,000,000       1,139,545  

CVS Health Corp., 3 month LIBOR + 0.63%, 4.300%, 03/25/28

    564,000       671,550  

CVS Health Corp., 3.250%, 08/15/29

    500,000       563,742  

General Mills, Inc., 2.875%, 04/15/30

    1,000,000       1,110,571  

Kellogg Co., 2.100%, 06/01/30

    1,000,000       1,052,171  

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc., 3.200%, 05/01/30

    1,000,000       1,134,029  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 144A, 4.250%, 03/01/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,115,970  

PepsiCo, Inc., 2.875%, 10/15/49

    1,000,000       1,121,781  

Raza Development Fund, Inc., 3.534%, 07/01/34

    1,000,000       1,125,445  

Sysco Corp., 2.400%, 02/15/30

    1,500,000       1,563,968  
              15,800,829  

Energy: 0.3%

MidAmerican Energy Co., 3.100%, 05/01/27

    1,000,000       1,122,571  

MidAmerican Energy Co., 3.650%, 04/15/29

    1,000,000       1,188,582  
              2,311,153  

Financials: 13.4%

Aflac, Inc., 3.600%, 04/01/30

    1,000,000       1,178,404  

Allstate Corp., The, 3 month LIBOR + 0.43%, 0.681%, 03/29/21 (e)(f)

    1,000,000       1,000,909  

Allstate Corp., The, 0.750%, 12/15/25

    2,000,000       2,012,023  

Allstate Corp., The, 1.450%, 12/15/30

    2,000,000       1,999,913  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Financials, continued

Allstate Corp., The, 3.850%, 08/10/49

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,259,497  

Andrew W Mellon Foundation, The, 0.947%, 08/01/27

    1,000,000       1,000,274  

Bank of America Corp., 3.499%, 05/17/22 (e)

    3,000,000       3,035,660  

Bank of America Corp., 1.486%, 05/19/24 (e)

    1,650,000       1,689,584  

Bank of America Corp., 0.981%, 09/25/25 (e)

    2,000,000       2,023,235  

Bank of America Corp., 3.559%, 04/23/27 (e)

    1,000,000       1,129,660  

Bank of America Corp., 4.083%, 03/20/51 (e)

    1,000,000       1,266,370  

Bank of Montreal, 2.050%, 11/01/22

    1,000,000       1,032,517  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The, 1.850%, 01/27/23

    250,000       257,889  

Bank of New York Mellon Corp., The, 3.400%, 01/29/28

    1,000,000       1,144,305  

BlackRock, Inc., 3.250%, 04/30/29

    2,000,000       2,307,029  

BlueHub Loan Fund, Inc., 2.890%, 01/01/27

    1,000,000       1,002,664  

BNG Bank NV, 144A, 0.500%, 11/24/25 (d)

    250,000       250,210  

Calvert Impact Capital, Inc., 3.000%, 03/14/25

    2,000,000       2,000,000  

Charles Schwab Corp., The, 3.550%, 02/01/24

    1,000,000       1,094,331  

Charles Schwab Corp., The, 0.900%, 03/11/26

    2,000,000       2,027,112  

Chubb INA Holdings, Inc., 1.375%, 09/15/30

    2,000,000       1,999,067  

Fifth Third Bank, 2.250%, 02/01/27

    1,000,000       1,067,946  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3 month LIBOR + 0.81%, 1.044%, 04/05/21 (e)

    1,086,000       1,081,376  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Financials, continued

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.810%, 01/09/24

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,026,250  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.375%, 11/13/25

    1,000,000       1,028,610  

ING Groep NV, 144A, 4.625%, 01/06/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,355,481  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 0.653%, 09/16/24 (e)

    3,000,000       3,016,694  

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.964%, 11/15/48 (e)

    1,000,000       1,260,763  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 3.125%, 12/15/21

    7,000,000       7,194,792  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.125%, 06/15/22

    1,000,000       1,028,424  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.375%, 12/29/22

    3,000,000       3,130,179  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.625%, 02/28/24

    5,000,000       5,375,145  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 2.000%, 05/02/25

    3,000,000       3,212,461  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 0.375%, 07/18/25

    1,000,000       998,152  

Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 0.750%, 09/30/30

    1,800,000       1,762,186  

MetLife, Inc., 4.875%, 11/13/43

    1,000,000       1,424,843  

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 144A, 0.950%, 07/02/25 (d)

    3,000,000       3,041,782  

Morgan Stanley, 0.560%, 11/10/23 (e)

    3,000,000       3,007,773  

Morgan Stanley, 3.625%, 01/20/27

    2,000,000       2,292,320  

Morgan Stanley, 4.457%, 04/22/39 (e)

    1,000,000       1,301,933  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Financials, continued

Morgan Stanley, 5.597%, 03/24/51 (e)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,612,772  

MSCI, Inc., 144A, 3.875%, 02/15/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,058,750  

National Bank of Canada, 0.900%, 08/15/23 (e)

    1,750,000       1,761,219  

National Bank of Canada, 0.550%, 11/15/24 (e)

    1,600,000       1,605,629  

Natwest Group, PLC, 2.359%, 05/22/24 (e)

    2,000,000       2,082,290  

PNC Bank NA, 3.100%, 10/25/27

    1,000,000       1,120,986  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The, 2.200%, 11/01/24

    3,000,000       3,190,098  

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., The, 3.450%, 04/23/29

    500,000       576,756  

Progressive Corp., The, 3.200%, 03/26/30

    1,500,000       1,730,885  

Prudential Financial, Inc., 1.500%, 03/10/26

    250,000       259,649  

Prudential Financial, Inc., 4.350%, 02/25/50

    1,000,000       1,316,023  

Raymond James Financial, Inc., 3.625%, 09/15/26

    1,000,000       1,148,658  

Royal Bank of Canada, 1.150%, 06/10/25

    2,000,000       2,045,072  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The, 1.900%, 12/01/22

    500,000       515,745  

Toronto-Dominion Bank, The, 2.650%, 06/12/24

    1,000,000       1,072,053  

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.150%, 02/13/30

    500,000       537,609  

Travelers Cos, Inc., The, 4.100%, 03/04/49

    1,000,000       1,320,346  

USAA Capital Corp., 144A, 1.500%, 05/01/23 (d)

    2,500,000       2,565,263  

USAA Capital Corp., 144A, 2.125%, 05/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,052,795  
              101,890,361  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Health Care: 4.3%

AbbVie, Inc., 3.200%, 11/21/29

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,122,403  

AbbVie, Inc., 4.250%, 11/21/49

    1,000,000       1,258,295  

Amgen, Inc., 3.625%, 05/22/24

    1,000,000       1,098,155  

Amgen, Inc., 1.900%, 02/21/25

    500,000       526,577  

Anthem, Inc., 2.375%, 01/15/25

    1,000,000       1,070,158  

Anthem, Inc., 4.101%, 03/01/28

    1,000,000       1,183,267  

Anthem, Inc., 2.250%, 05/15/30

    1,000,000       1,063,544  

Avantor Funding, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 07/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,058,750  

Becton Dickinson & Co., 3.363%, 06/06/24

    1,000,000       1,087,581  

Becton Dickinson & Co., 3.700%, 06/06/27

    1,000,000       1,148,253  

Becton Dickinson & Co., 4.669%, 06/06/47

    1,000,000       1,315,224  

Biogen, Inc., 2.250%, 05/01/30

    1,000,000       1,045,888  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 2.900%, 07/26/24

    2,000,000       2,172,680  

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., 2.350%, 11/13/40

    500,000       513,738  

Centene Corp., 4.250%, 12/15/27

    1,000,000       1,062,315  

CVS Health Corp., 1.750%, 08/21/30

    500,000       503,345  

CVS Health Corp., 5.125%, 07/20/45

    1,000,000       1,348,423  

Danaher Corp., 2.600%, 10/01/50

    2,000,000       2,080,873  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 05/01/23

    1,000,000       1,100,205  

IQVIA, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,129,980  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/PPD Development, LP, 144A, 5.000%, 06/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,068,750  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Health Care, continued

Kaiser Foundation Hospitals, 3.266%, 11/01/49

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,150,992  

Merck & Co., Inc., 3.400%, 03/07/29

    1,000,000       1,164,193  

Merck & Co., Inc., 2.350%, 06/24/40

    1,000,000       1,037,149  

Quest Diagnostics, Inc., 3.450%, 06/01/26

    1,000,000       1,129,946  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 1.250%, 01/15/26

    500,000       515,817  

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 2.750%, 05/15/40

    500,000       543,220  

Zoetis, Inc., 3.000%, 09/12/27

    1,000,000       1,120,641  

Zoetis, Inc., 3.900%, 08/20/28

    1,000,000       1,179,647  
              32,800,009  

Industrials: 3.2%

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 05/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,064,640  

Burlington Northern Santa Fe, LLC, 3.550%, 02/15/50

    1,000,000       1,236,030  

Caterpillar, Inc., 2.600%, 04/09/30 (f)

    1,000,000       1,103,690  

Cummins, Inc., 7.125%, 03/01/28

    1,000,000       1,342,457  

Johnson Controls International plc/Tyco Fire & Security Finance SCA, 1.750%, 09/15/30

    1,000,000       1,021,619  

Masco Corp., 4.375%, 04/01/26

    1,000,000       1,171,901  

Meritor, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 12/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,026,875  

Republic Services, Inc., 1.450%, 02/15/31

    2,000,000       1,959,240  

Roper Technologies, Inc., 2.000%, 06/30/30

    1,500,000       1,534,466  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,053,750  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Industrials, continued

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 4.375%, 07/15/30 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,071,265  

Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., 4.700%, 05/29/25 (b)

    2,000,000       2,119,605  

Union Pacific Corp., 3.700%, 03/01/29

    1,000,000       1,161,614  

Union Pacific Corp., 2.400%, 02/05/30

    500,000       539,333  

United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.250%, 01/15/30

    2,000,000       2,223,750  

Waste Management, Inc., 3.150%, 11/15/27

    2,500,000       2,825,108  

Waste Management, Inc., 2.500%, 11/15/50

    350,000       354,360  

Xylem, Inc., 1.950%, 01/30/28

    1,500,000       1,582,662  
              24,392,365  

Information Technology: 3.3%

Analog Devices, Inc., 2.950%, 04/01/25

    1,000,000       1,092,520  

Apple, Inc., 2.850%, 02/23/23

    1,000,000       1,050,436  

Apple, Inc., 3.000%, 06/20/27

    2,500,000       2,802,087  

Dell International, LLC/EMC Corp., 144A, 6.020%, 06/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,220,782  

Fiserv, Inc., 2.250%, 06/01/27

    1,000,000       1,067,303  

Gartner, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 07/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,056,250  

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co., 1.450%, 04/01/24

    2,500,000       2,569,988  

MasterCard, Inc., 3.300%, 03/26/27

    500,000       570,917  

MasterCard, Inc., 3.500%, 02/26/28

    1,000,000       1,154,330  

MasterCard, Inc., 2.950%, 06/01/29

    500,000       561,593  

Microchip Technology, Inc., 144A, 0.972%, 02/15/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,006,429  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Information Technology, continued

Microsoft Corp., 2.400%, 08/08/26

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,183,074  

NetApp, Inc., 3.250%, 12/15/22

    671,000       699,247  

NetApp, Inc., 1.875%, 06/22/25

    1,000,000       1,045,404  

NXP BV/Funding, LLC/USA, Inc., 144A, 3.400%, 05/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,136,257  

TSMC Global, Ltd., 144A, 0.750%, 09/28/25 (d)

    500,000       498,333  

Visa, Inc., 0.750%, 08/15/27 (f)

    2,000,000       1,996,839  

Visa, Inc., 3.650%, 09/15/47

    2,000,000       2,513,386  
              25,225,175  

Materials: 0.3%

Ecolab, Inc., 4.800%, 03/24/30

    1,000,000       1,276,954  

Ecolab, Inc., 2.125%, 08/15/50

    500,000       480,600  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A, 6.625%, 05/13/27 (d)

    500,000       542,188  
              2,299,742  

Real Estate: 1.7%

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., 1.875%, 02/01/33

    1,000,000       1,001,088  

American Tower Corp., 2.400%, 03/15/25

    500,000       531,794  

American Tower Corp., 1.300%, 09/15/25

    500,000       511,111  

American Tower Corp., 2.100%, 06/15/30

    250,000       257,031  

American Tower Corp., 1.875%, 10/15/30

    500,000       505,019  

American Tower Corp., 2.950%, 01/15/51

    500,000       502,178  

Crown Castle International Corp., 3.300%, 07/01/30

    500,000       560,540  

Equinix, Inc., 1.000%, 09/15/25

    2,000,000       2,007,798  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Real Estate, continued

Equinix, Inc., 1.550%, 03/15/28

  $ 500,000     $ 508,937  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 6.000%, 04/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,071,250  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 3.750%, 09/15/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,042,500  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 144A, 4.875%, 09/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,047,905  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 02/15/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,048,750  

Prologis, LP, 1.250%, 10/15/30

    500,000       495,797  

UDR, Inc., 1.900%, 03/15/33

    1,000,000       1,001,849  

Welltower, Inc., 2.700%, 02/15/27

    1,000,000       1,100,495  
              13,194,042  

Utilities: 2.8%

AES Corp., The, 144A, 1.375%, 01/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,019,090  

AES Corp., The, 144A, 2.450%, 01/15/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,014,367  

American Water Capital Corp., 2.800%, 05/01/30

    3,000,000       3,321,014  

Avangrid, Inc., 3.200%, 04/15/25

    1,000,000       1,095,822  

Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc., 3.350%, 04/01/30

    1,000,000       1,147,730  

DTE Electric Co., 3.950%, 03/01/49

    2,000,000       2,601,368  

Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 144A, 1.960%, 06/27/30 (d)

    2,000,000       2,063,918  

NSTAR Electric Co., 3.250%, 05/15/29

    3,000,000       3,453,607  

Pattern Energy Operations, LP/Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 08/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,056,875  

Southern Power Co., 4.150%, 12/01/25

    1,000,000       1,148,253  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Utilities, continued

Southwestern Public Service Co., 3.150%, 05/01/50

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,669,864  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 144A, 4.250%, 01/31/23 (d)

    1,000,000       1,035,625  
              21,627,533  

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $267,387,707)

    285,126,908  
                 

U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS: 1.2%

Agency Securities: 1.2%

North American Development Bank, 2.400%, 10/26/22

    2,000,000       2,059,420  

United States International Development Finance Corp., 0.000%, 08/21/21

    1,000,000       1,024,030  

United States International Development Finance Corp., 0.130%, 09/15/26 (e)

    1,916,667       1,917,864  

United States International Development Finance Corp., 0.130%, 03/15/30 (e)

    2,000,000       2,001,250  

United States International Development Finance Corp., 3.520%, 09/20/32

    1,678,571       1,933,840  
 

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY BONDS

(Cost $8,552,889)

    8,936,404  
                 

SUPRANATIONAL BONDS: 11.3%

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 0.250%, 07/10/23 (f)

    3,000,000       3,001,629  

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 1.625%, 09/27/24

    3,000,000       3,146,420  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

SUPRANATIONAL BONDS, continued

European Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 0.500%, 11/25/25

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,002,349  

European Investment Bank, 2.375%, 05/13/21

    2,000,000       2,015,264  

European Investment Bank, 2.500%, 03/15/23

    5,000,000       5,256,786  

European Investment Bank, 0.250%, 09/15/23

    7,000,000       7,011,905  

European Investment Bank, 3.125%, 12/14/23

    3,000,000       3,258,454  

European Investment Bank, 3.250%, 01/29/24

    8,000,000       8,735,320  

European Investment Bank, 0.750%, 09/23/30 (f)

    3,000,000       2,929,932  

Inter-American Development Bank, 0.250%, 11/15/23

    4,000,000       4,002,301  

Inter-American Development Bank, 2.625%, 01/16/24

    3,000,000       3,212,533  

Inter-American Development Bank, 0.340%, 10/15/24

    4,000,000       4,005,152  

Inter-American Development Bank, 1.750%, 03/14/25

    3,000,000       3,169,246  

Inter-American Development Bank, 0.625%, 07/15/25

    3,000,000       3,025,755  

Inter-American Development Bank, 0.625%, 09/16/27

    600,000       595,266  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.530%, 03/11/22

    4,000,000       4,105,366  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.125%, 07/01/22

    2,000,000       2,058,248  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

SUPRANATIONAL BONDS, continued

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 1.625%, 01/15/25

  $ 8,000,000     $ 8,404,088  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 0.625%, 04/22/25

    5,000,000       5,050,441  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 0.500%, 10/28/25

    500,000       501,174  

International Bank for Reconstruction & Development, 2.750%, 05/31/36

    2,000,000       2,004,585  

International Development Association, 144A, 0.375%, 09/23/25 (d)

    3,200,000       3,185,724  

International Finance Corp., 0.375%, 07/16/25

    1,000,000       997,562  

Nordic Investment Bank, 0.375%, 09/11/25

    3,000,000       2,985,114  

TOTAL SUPRANATIONAL BONDS

(Cost $84,532,092)

    85,660,614  
                 

MUNICIPAL BONDS: 2.4%

California Health Facilities Financing Authority, 1.970%, 06/01/23

    500,000       518,405  

City & County of Honolulu HI, 3.974%, 09/01/35

    1,475,000       1,682,695  

City & County of San Francisco CA Community Facilities District No 2014-1, 4.221%, 09/01/39

    1,000,000       1,130,540  

City of Los Angeles CA Wastewater System Revenue, 3.144%, 06/01/26

    2,000,000       2,208,620  

City of Los Angeles CA Wastewater System Revenue, 4.029%, 06/01/39

    1,020,000       1,150,886  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MUNICIPAL BONDS, continued

Ford Foundation, The, 2.415%, 06/01/50

  $ 750,000     $ 768,231  

Ontario Teachers’ Finance Trust, 144A, 1.250%, 09/27/30 (d)

    1,000,000       993,922  

President & Fellows of Harvard College, 2.517%, 10/15/50

    500,000       534,546  

Santa Clara Valley Water District, 3.369%, 06/01/27

    1,305,000       1,467,629  

State of California, 7.550%, 04/01/39

    2,000,000       3,515,861  

State of Oregon, 3.227%, 05/01/24

    1,000,000       1,092,190  

Trustees of Princeton University, The, 2.516%, 07/01/50

    1,000,000       1,053,627  

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, 6.573%, 05/01/39

    125,000       125,451  

University of Massachusetts Building Authority, 5.450%, 11/01/40

    1,225,000       1,686,911  

TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS

(Cost $16,273,998)

    17,929,514  
                 

U.S. TREASURY NOTES: 13.4%

0.125%, 04/15/21 (TIPS)

    3,295,920       3,307,406  

0.125%, 04/15/22 (TIPS)

    6,424,080       6,559,679  

0.125%, 07/15/24 (TIPS)

    4,386,440       4,698,131  

0.375%, 11/30/25

    15,000,000       15,022,266  

0.625%, 01/15/26 (TIPS)

    3,287,520       3,671,232  

0.375%, 07/15/27 (TIPS)

    7,451,150       8,387,907  

0.625%, 11/30/27

    11,000,000       11,000,000  

0.625%, 08/15/30

    6,000,000       5,850,938  

0.875%, 11/15/30

    2,000,000       1,993,594  

5.000%, 05/15/37

    2,000,000       3,135,234  

1.125%, 08/15/40

    23,000,000       21,781,718  

1.000%, 02/15/48 (TIPS)

    1,055,910       1,472,902  

1.625%, 11/15/50

    15,000,000       14,946,093  

TOTAL U.S. TREASURY NOTES

(Cost $100,193,693)

    101,827,100  
                 

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES: 7.2%

AMSR 2020-SFR4 Trust, 144A, 1.355%, 11/17/37 (d)

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,034,319  

Bayview Opportunity Master Fund IVa Trust 2016, 144A, 4.000%, 04/28/55 (d)

    817,774       841,548  

Carmax Auto Owner Trust 2019-4, 2.800%, 04/15/26

    2,000,000       2,069,057  

CarMax Auto Owner Trust 2020-3, 2.530%, 01/15/27

    2,000,000       2,071,916  

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2016-B, 144A, 2.730%, 10/25/40 (d)

    405,196       412,543  

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2018-C-GS, 144A, 3.870%, 02/25/46 (d)

    1,378,290       1,422,835  

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2019-A-GS, 144A, 2.540%, 01/25/47 (d)

    1,335,043       1,369,707  

Commonbond Student Loan Trust 2020-A-GS, 144A, 1.980%, 08/25/50 (d)

    1,170,425       1,199,797  

Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2019-1, 144A, 3.450%, 03/24/25 (d)

    1,305,000       1,337,116  

Drive Auto Receivables Trust, 4.090%, 01/15/26

    2,000,000       2,077,769  

FirstKey Homes 2020-SFR1 Trust, 144A, 1.339%, 09/17/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,014,289  

Mastr Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW, 1 month LIBOR + 0.60%, 144A, 0.748%, 05/25/37 (b)(d)(e)

    1,266,755       1,217,535  

Mill City Mortgage Trust 2015-1, 144A, 3.670%, 06/25/56 (d)(e)

    2,000,000       2,101,187  

Mill City Solar Loan 2019-1, Ltd., 144A, 4.340%, 03/20/43 (d)

    695,942       739,438  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

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Value

 

BONDS, continued

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Mill City Solar Loan 2019-2, Ltd., 144A, 3.690%, 07/20/43 (d)

  $ 740,824     $ 782,823  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust 2018-1, 144A, 4.010%, 06/22/43 (d)

    1,083,169       1,172,498  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust 2019-2, 144A, 2.880%, 09/20/40 (d)

    607,011       648,996  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust 2020-1, 144A, 2.100%, 04/20/46 (d)

    466,905       477,992  

Mosaic Solar Loan Trust 2020-2, 144A, 1.440%, 08/20/46 (d)

    1,466,409       1,458,495  

Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-1 LLC, 144A, 4.450%, 06/20/42 (d)

    741,617       799,468  

Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-2 LLC, 144A, 3.820%, 06/22/43 (d)

    719,305       776,208  

Mosaic Solar Loans 2017-2 LLC, 144A, 2.000%, 06/22/43 (d)

    1,177,130       1,178,378  

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2018-5, 4.190%, 12/16/24

    1,250,000       1,302,627  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2015-D, LLC, 144A, 3.590%, 10/26/37 (d)

    1,022,766       1,036,338  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-B, LLC, 144A, 3.700%, 05/25/40 (d)(e)

    1,900,000       1,984,693  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-D, LLC, 144A, 2.650%, 09/25/40 (d)

    550,690       567,820  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2017-F, LLC, 144A, 3.620%, 01/25/41 (d)

    1,800,000       1,887,223  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2018-B Trust, 144A, 3.830%, 08/25/47 (d)

  $ 500,000     $ 529,467  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2018-B Trust, 144A, 3.340%, 08/25/47 (d)

    1,754,263       1,806,306  

SoFi Professional Loan Program 2019-A, LLC, 144A, 3.180%, 06/15/48 (d)

    53,238       53,325  

Sunnova Sol II Issuer, LLC, 144A, 2.730%, 11/01/55 (d)

    1,000,000       1,008,594  

Sunnova Sol Issuer, LLC, 144A, 3.350%, 02/01/55 (d)

    984,088       1,045,815  

Sunrun Athena Issuer 2018-1, LLC, 144A, 5.310%, 04/30/49 (d)

    951,743       1,075,133  

Sunrun Atlas Issuer 2019-2, LLC, 144A, 3.610%, 02/01/55 (d)

    975,577       1,046,300  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2018-B, 144A, 5.290%, 11/22/21 (d)

    2,000,000       2,048,218  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2018-B, 144A, 7.870%, 06/20/22 (d)

    1,500,000       1,557,738  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2019-A, 144A, 2.410%, 12/20/22 (d)

    1,015,000       1,042,425  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2019-A, 144A, 5.480%, 05/22/23 (d)

    1,000,000       1,056,707  

Tesla Auto Lease Trust 2020-A, 144A, 1.680%, 02/20/24 (d)

    1,630,000       1,654,349  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2015-2, 144A, 3.567%, 11/25/60 (d)(e)

    2,000,000       2,121,426  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2015-2, 1 month LIBOR + 0.60%, 144A, 3.750%, 11/25/57 (d)(e)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,055,080  

Towd Point Mortgage Trust 2017-6, 144A, 3.000%, 10/25/57 (d)(e)

    1,000,000       1,068,725  

Tricon American Homes 2020-SFR2 Trust, 144A, 1.482%, 11/17/39 (d)

    1,000,000       1,010,314  

Vivint Solar Financing V, LLC, 144A, 4.730%, 04/30/48 (d)

    959,887       1,056,233  

TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost $53,679,485)

    55,218,770  
                 

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES: 25.9%

Ginnie Mae (Mortgage-Backed): 0.9%

1.550%, 06/16/36

    1,318,791       1,325,556  

3.020%, 09/15/41

    1,765,809       1,918,710  

2.850%, 09/16/50 (e)

    2,000,000       2,107,838  

2.712%, 03/16/55 (e)

    1,444,559       1,546,913  
              6,899,017  

Freddie Mac (Mortgage-Backed): 7.5%

4.000%, 06/01/26

    1,257,397       1,337,402  

2.939%, 04/25/29

    3,000,000       3,407,209  

0.704%, 04/25/29 (e)

    500,000       497,115  

2.412%, 08/25/29

    2,000,000       2,168,922  

1.487%, 11/25/30

    2,750,000       2,836,623  

3.000%, 07/01/33

    1,199,850       1,270,095  

4.500%, 01/01/34

    1,137,294       1,229,851  

3.500%, 01/01/34

    1,051,237       1,136,564  

3.000%, 12/01/34

    1,527,367       1,602,797  

4.000%, 10/01/35

    1,909,437       2,085,711  

3.500%, 04/01/42

    817,815       894,143  

3.500%, 01/01/44

    1,415,833       1,548,242  

3.500%, 02/01/45

    1,346,056       1,493,646  

3.000%, 06/01/46

    1,760,833       1,925,512  

3.000%, 01/01/47

    2,074,641       2,247,504  

4.000%, 08/01/47

    780,796       838,121  

3.500%, 08/01/47

    1,607,494       1,708,592  

3.500%, 09/01/47

    1,067,655       1,134,528  

3.500%, 10/01/47

    1,626,794       1,727,073  

3.500%, 12/01/47

    1,136,236       1,205,984  

3.500%, 03/01/48

    1,310,818       1,390,700  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Freddie Mac (Mortgage-Backed), continued

4.000%, 04/01/48

  $ 2,976,537     $ 3,199,608  

3.500%, 05/01/48

    1,157,203       1,225,577  

3.500%, 06/01/49

    1,319,876       1,395,038  

3.000%, 12/01/49

    2,834,676       2,981,293  

3.000%, 02/01/50

    5,785,473       6,100,697  

3.000%, 03/01/50

    2,767,780       2,917,137  

3.248%, 03/25/50, 144A (d)(e)

    2,000,000       2,026,719  

2.500%, 05/01/50

    2,344,979       2,474,841  

1.648%, 06/25/50, 144A (d)(e)

    694,212       695,270  

1.382%, 10/25/50, 144A (d)(e)

    500,000       501,965  
              57,204,479  

Fannie Mae (Mortgage-Backed): 16.0%

2.801%, 02/25/27 (e)

    2,820,000       3,142,926  

3.270%, 09/01/27

    2,301,045       2,416,269  

2.902%, 01/25/28 (e)

    1,900,000       2,138,833  

3.325%, 06/25/28 (e)

    2,000,000       2,312,512  

3.555%, 09/25/28 (e)

    2,034,000       2,406,527  

3.660%, 01/01/29

    1,941,115       2,039,343  

2.937%, 04/25/29

    2,000,000       2,267,674  

3.500%, 07/01/35

    1,099,935       1,184,000  

3.500%, 09/01/37

    862,547       918,423  

4.000%, 03/01/38

    1,695,373       1,859,610  

3.500%, 09/01/39

    1,165,330       1,231,280  

2.000%, 11/01/40

    1,987,896       2,084,670  

2.500%, 12/01/40

    2,979,938       3,155,865  

2.000%, 12/01/40

    5,000,000       5,226,454  

4.000%, 02/01/41

    2,295,674       2,552,624  

4.000%, 01/01/42

    2,254,405       2,504,459  

3.500%, 01/01/43

    2,500,359       2,732,592  

3.500%, 08/01/45

    1,690,775       1,857,393  

4.000%, 09/01/45

    1,103,829       1,210,399  

4.000%, 10/01/45

    913,752       992,978  

3.500%, 10/01/45

    1,240,289       1,342,186  

4.000%, 11/01/45

    2,488,474       2,729,957  

4.000%, 06/01/46

    1,038,204       1,127,521  

3.000%, 06/01/46

    2,204,279       2,327,284  

4.000%, 07/01/46

    1,366,478       1,494,622  

4.500%, 09/01/46

    1,406,123       1,581,975  

3.000%, 10/01/46

    854,114       898,030  

4.000%, 01/01/47

    950,509       1,031,152  

4.000%, 05/01/47

    2,705,108       2,925,742  

 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Fannie Mae (Mortgage-Backed), continued

4.000%, 06/01/47

  $ 2,054,537     $ 2,217,002  

3.500%, 06/01/47

    1,568,119       1,690,330  

3.500%, 08/01/47

    800,707       846,144  

3.500%, 11/01/47

    1,847,991       2,019,769  

4.000%, 01/01/48

    1,794,898       1,963,080  

3.500%, 03/01/48

    1,041,164       1,104,218  

3.500%, 04/01/48

    2,851,255       3,147,487  

4.500%, 06/01/48

    843,623       923,914  

3.500%, 06/01/48

    1,883,277       2,041,095  

3.000%, 10/01/48

    900,583       918,427  

3.500%, 07/01/49

    1,278,036       1,378,293  

3.500%, 09/01/49

    1,073,948       1,134,843  

3.000%, 09/01/49

    1,134,450       1,198,522  

3.000%, 10/01/49

    2,440,242       2,606,290  

3.500%, 02/01/50

    1,939,730       2,049,178  

4.000%, 03/01/50

    2,819,775       3,046,513  

3.000%, 03/01/50

    2,388,541       2,534,567  

2.500%, 03/01/50

    2,788,999       2,943,450  

2.500%, 08/01/50

    2,973,686       3,149,989  

2.500%, 09/01/50

    7,831,611       8,273,562  

2.000%, 10/01/50

    3,983,733       4,157,219  

3.000%, 11/01/50

    1,987,175       2,105,377  

2.500%, 11/01/50

    2,989,262       3,154,804  

1.500%, 11/01/50

    2,984,743       3,033,670  

2.500%, 12/01/50

    1,999,555       2,110,288  

2.000%, 12/01/50

    1,996,268       2,076,476  
              121,517,807  

Commercial Mortgage-Backed: 1.5%

Arroyo Mortgage Trust 2018-1, 144A, 3.763%, 04/25/48 (d)(e)

    1,159,796       1,179,111  

Bellemeade Re 2018-1, Ltd., 1 month LIBOR + 1.60%, 144A, 1.748%, 04/25/28 (d)(e)

    373,364       372,979  

COLT 2019-2 Mortgage Loan Trust, 144A, 3.337%, 05/25/49 (d)(e)

    707,200       712,310  

COLT 2020-1 Mortgage Loan Trust, 144A, 2.693%, 02/25/50 (d)(e)

    1,733,716       1,762,985  

BONDS, continued

MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES, continued

Commercial Mortgage-Backed, continued

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2018-4, 1 month LIBOR + 0.90%, 144A, 1.048%, 01/25/48 (d)(e)

  $ 948,937     $ 942,145  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-2, 144A, 4.250%, 12/25/57 (d)(e)

    1,728,173       1,869,450  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-4, 144A, 3.500%, 12/25/58 (d)(e)

    711,173       753,666  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-5, 144A, 3.500%, 08/25/59 (d)(e)

    1,048,178       1,098,062  

New Residential Mortgage Loan Trust 2019-RPL3, 144A, 2.750%, 07/25/59 (d)(e)

    1,961,506       2,065,107  

Radnor RE 2018-1, Ltd., 1 month LIBOR + 1.40%, 144A, 1.548%, 03/25/28 (d)(e)

    117,756       117,745  

Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2018-CH1, 144A, 4.000%, 02/25/48 (d)(e)

    453,195       465,995  
              11,339,555  

TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES

(Cost $190,041,535)

    196,960,858  
                 

TOTAL BONDS

(Cost $720,954,584)

    751,953,353  
                 

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT: 0.1%

Community Credit Union of Lynn, 2.200%, 11/29/22 (b)

    250,000       260,119  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21 (b)

    250,000       254,532  

TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT

(Cost $500,000)

    514,651  
                 

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

MONEY MARKET: 1.4%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (g)(h)

  $ 10,371,194     $ 10,371,194  

(Cost $10,371,194)

                 

SECURITIES PURCHASED WITH CASH COLLATERAL FROM SECURITIES LENDING: 0.5%

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.101% (g)(h)

    3,660,830       3,660,830  

(Cost $3,660,830)

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 100.8%

(Cost $735,486,608)

    766,500,028  
                 

PAYABLE UPON RETURN OF SECURITIES LOANED (NET):- 0.5%

    (3,660,830 )
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET):- 0.3%

    (2,123,393 )
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 760,715,805  

 

(a)

Rounds to less than 0.05%.

(b)

Illiquid security.

(c)

Security valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

Security purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold only to qualified institutional buyers.

(e)

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of December 31, 2020 on securities with variable or step rates.

(f)

Security of partial position of this security was on loan as of December 31, 2020. The total market value of securities on loan as of December 31, 2020 was $3,587,349.

(g)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(h)

Premier Class shares

LIBOR-London Inter-bank Offered Rate. At December 31, 2020 the 1 month and 3 month LIBOR rates were 0.144% and 0.238%, respectively.

LP - Limited Partnership

TIPS - Treasury Inflation Protected Securities

 

 

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Pax High Yield Bond Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

COMMON STOCKS: 0.0%

Health Care: 0.0%

Interactive Health, Inc. (a)(b)(c)

    706     $ 0  
                 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

(Cost $178,981)

    0  
                 

PREFERRED STOCKS: 0.6%

Health Care: 0.4%

Avantor, Inc., 6.250%

    20,000       1,778,200  

Interactive Health, Inc., 0.000% (a)(b)(c)

    1,412       0  
              1,778,200  

Leisure: 0.2%

RLJ Lodging Trust, REIT, 1.950%

    40,000       1,016,000  
                 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

(Cost $2,381,940)

    2,794,200  
                 

BONDS: 96.5%

Community Investment Notes: 0.1%

CINI Investment Note, 2.000%, 09/30/23 (b)

  $ 500,813       500,813  

(Cost $500,813)

 

CORPORATE BONDS: 95.3%

Automotive: 4.5%

Allison Transmission, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 10/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,055,000  

Allison Transmission, Inc., 144A, 3.750%, 01/30/31 (d)

    1,500,000       1,537,500  

Ford Motor Co., 9.000%, 04/22/25

    3,000,000       3,681,885  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 4.250%, 09/20/22

    1,000,000       1,033,800  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.810%, 01/09/24

    1,000,000       1,026,250  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 3.664%, 09/08/24

    2,000,000       2,056,050  

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 5.125%, 06/16/25

    2,500,000       2,721,375  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Automotive, continued

Ford Motor Credit Co., LLC, 4.000%, 11/13/30

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,051,250  

Gates Global, LLC/Corp., 144A, 6.250%, 01/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,051,670  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 144A, 4.750%, 09/15/26 (d)

    500,000       519,375  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 144A, 6.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,062,935  

IHO Verwaltungs GmbH, 144A, 6.375%, 05/15/29 (d)

    500,000       551,780  

Meritor, Inc., 6.250%, 02/15/24

    865,000       884,912  

Meritor, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 06/01/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,082,500  

Meritor, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 12/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,026,875  

Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd., 144A, 5.875%, 11/15/21 (d)

    1,000,000       1,001,182  
              21,344,339  

Banking: 0.9%

Ally Financial, Inc., 5.750%, 11/20/25

    3,000,000       3,495,702  

Ally Financial, Inc., 8.000%, 11/01/31

    500,000       735,400  
              4,231,102  

Basic Industry: 12.4%

Adams Homes, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 02/15/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,575,938  

Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 09/30/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,107,880  

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 144A, 7.000%, 09/30/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,133,750  

Alcoa Nederland Holding BV, 144A, 6.125%, 05/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,188,750  

 

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Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Basic Industry, continued

ArcelorMittal SA, 6.125%, 06/01/25

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,195,569  

ArcelorMittal SA, 7.250%, 10/15/39

    1,000,000       1,404,752  

Big River Steel, LLC/BRS Finance Corp., 144A, 6.625%, 01/31/29 (d)

    2,000,000       2,163,750  

Boise Cascade Co., 144A, 4.875%, 07/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,084,375  

Builders FirstSource, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 03/01/30 (d)

    2,000,000       2,168,740  

Carpenter Technology Corp., 6.375%, 07/15/28

    1,000,000       1,104,191  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 144A, 4.875%, 01/15/24 (d)

    950,000       969,594  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 5.750%, 03/01/25

    500,000       508,438  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 144A, 9.875%, 10/17/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,177,500  

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 144A, 6.750%, 03/15/26 (d)

    500,000       540,625  

Foxtrot Escrow Issuer, LLC/Corp., 144A, 12.250%, 11/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,141,715  

FXI Holdings, Inc., 144A, 7.875%, 11/01/24 (d)

    983,000       992,830  

Ingevity Corp., 144A, 4.500%, 02/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,022,310  

Ingevity Corp., 144A, 3.875%, 11/01/28 (d)

    1,750,000       1,766,406  

Interface, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 12/01/28 (d)

    1,800,000       1,897,875  

Koppers, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 02/15/25 (d)

    1,250,000       1,289,843  

LBM Acquisition, LLC, 144A, 6.250%, 01/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,034,375  

Lennar Corp., 5.250%, 06/01/26

    1,000,000       1,186,875  

Neon Holdings, Inc., 144A, 10.125%, 04/01/26 (d)

    2,500,000       2,743,750  

Novelis Corp., 144A, 5.875%, 09/30/26 (d)

    1,500,000       1,569,375  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Basic Industry, continued

Novelis Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 01/30/30 (d)

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,158,480  

Shea Homes, LP/Funding Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 02/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,036,875  

Shea Homes, LP/Funding Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 04/01/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,030,000  

SPCM SA, 144A, 4.875%, 09/15/25 (d)

    1,150,000       1,187,375  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 02/15/27 (d)

    3,000,000       3,140,625  

Standard Industries, Inc., 144A, 4.375%, 07/15/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,071,265  

Taylor Morrison Communities, Inc./Holdings II, Inc., 144A, 5.625%, 03/01/24 (d)

    1,550,000       1,668,188  

Univar Solutions USA, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 12/01/27 (d)

    2,500,000       2,644,850  

USG Corp., 144A, 4.875%, 06/01/27 (d)

    3,500,000       3,545,937  

Venator Finance Sarl/Venator Materials, LLC, 144A, 9.500%, 07/01/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,642,500  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 5.375%, 06/15/24

    1,000,000       1,027,500  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 144A, 7.125%, 06/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,101,155  

WESCO Distribution, Inc., 144A, 7.250%, 06/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,138,695  

White Cap Buyer, LLC, 144A, 6.875%, 10/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,068,125  
              58,430,776  

Capital Goods: 5.1%

ARD Finance SA, 144A, 6.500%, 06/30/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,603,125  

 

 

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Contracts

   

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Capital Goods, continued

Ardagh Packaging Finance, PLC/Holdings USA, Inc., 144A, 4.125%, 08/15/26 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,046,250  

Ardagh Packaging Finance, PLC/Holdings USA, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 08/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,050,810  

ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Inc., 144A, 4.125%, 12/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,040,000  

Bombardier, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 12/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       961,775  

Canpack SA/Eastern PA Land Investment Holding, LLC, 144A, 3.125%, 11/01/25 (d)

    1,750,000       1,760,938  

GrafTech Finance, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 12/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,025,000  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 5.900%, 02/01/27

    2,000,000       2,363,760  

Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 6.750%, 01/15/28

    1,000,000       1,224,090  

Manitowoc Co, Inc., The, 144A, 9.000%, 04/01/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,163,750  

OI European Group BV, 144A, 4.000%, 03/15/23 (d)

    1,500,000       1,534,687  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A, 6.375%, 08/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,110,625  

Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144A, 6.625%, 05/13/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,084,375  

Vertical Holdco GmbH, 144A, 7.625%, 07/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,091,875  

Vertical US Newco, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 07/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,061,875  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

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Capital Goods, continued

Wabash National Corp., 144A, 5.500%, 10/01/25 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,023,645  

Wolverine Escrow, LLC, 144A, 8.500%, 11/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       955,905  
              24,102,485  

Consumer Goods: 5.4%

Cott Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 04/01/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,033,750  

Del Monte Foods, Inc., 144A, 11.875%, 05/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,136,875  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 144A, 4.250%, 03/01/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,115,970  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 5.000%, 06/04/42

    1,000,000       1,174,892  

Kraft Heinz Foods Co., 4.375%, 06/01/46

    3,000,000       3,250,873  

Land O’ Lakes, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 09/18/28 Not Applicable (d)

    1,500,000       1,415,625  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 06/01/24 (d)

    1,500,000       1,511,250  

Performance Food Group, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 10/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,056,830  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 08/15/26 (d)

    750,000       775,676  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 03/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,060,625  

Post Holdings, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 12/15/29 (d)

    2,500,000       2,731,313  

Prestige Brands, Inc., 144A, 6.375%, 03/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,023,750  

Prestige Brands, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 01/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,068,125  

Spectrum Brands, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 10/01/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,076,400  

Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 5.500%, 06/15/26

    2,000,000       2,083,900  

 

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Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Consumer Goods, continued

United Natural Foods, Inc., 144A, 6.750%, 10/15/28 (d)

  $ 3,000,000     $ 3,142,440  

US Foods, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 04/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,070,085  
              25,728,379  

Energy: 2.6%

Antero Resources Corp., 5.625%, 06/01/23

    1,000,000       981,250  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 144A, 10.000%, 04/01/22 (d)

    500,000       511,250  

Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC/ARU Finance Corp., 144A, 7.000%, 11/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       949,000  

DCP Midstream Operating, LP, 5.125%, 05/15/29

    1,000,000       1,110,810  

Laredo Petroleum, Inc., 9.500%, 01/15/25

    2,500,000       2,189,850  

Parkland Fuel Corp., 144A, 6.000%, 04/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,051,875  

Suburban Propane Partners, LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.750%, 03/01/25

    1,000,000       1,023,645  

Suburban Propane Partners, LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 5.875%, 03/01/27

    500,000       524,062  

Sunoco, LP/Finance Corp., 5.875%, 03/15/28

    1,000,000       1,083,560  

Superior Plus, LP/General Partner, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 07/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,071,250  

TransMontaigne Partners, LP/TLP Finance Corp., 6.125%, 02/15/26

    1,750,000       1,764,980  
              12,261,532  

Financial Services: 2.9%

CIT Group, Inc., 5.000%, 08/01/23

    500,000       547,188  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Financial Services, continued

CIT Group, Inc., 5.250%, 03/07/25

  $ 500,000     $ 568,438  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 5.250%, 07/15/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,083,960  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 6.000%, 04/15/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,142,500  

HAT Holdings I, LLC/HAT Holdings II, LLC, 144A, 3.750%, 09/15/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,042,500  

New Residential Investment Corp., 144A, 6.250%, 10/15/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,013,750  

PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 10/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,058,750  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.875%, 03/15/25

    500,000       581,562  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 7.125%, 03/15/26

    1,000,000       1,183,755  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.625%, 01/15/28

    1,000,000       1,189,190  

Springleaf Finance Corp., 5.375%, 11/15/29

    1,000,000       1,127,500  
              13,539,093  

Health Care: 10.1%

AdaptHealth, LLC, 144A, 6.125%, 08/01/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,152,500  

AdaptHealth, LLC, 144A, 4.625%, 08/01/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,028,750  

Akumin, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 11/01/25 (d)

    1,750,000       1,844,063  

Avantor Funding, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 07/15/28 (d)

    4,000,000       4,235,000  

Centene Corp., 144A, 5.375%, 06/01/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,111,920  

Centene Corp., 4.250%, 12/15/27

    1,000,000       1,062,315  

Centene Corp., 4.625%, 12/15/29

    3,000,000       3,334,515  

Centene Corp., 3.375%, 02/15/30

    500,000       526,828  

 

 

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Contracts

   

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CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Health Care, continued

Centene Corp., 3.000%, 10/15/30

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,122,300  

Cheplapharm Arzneimittel GmbH, 144A, 5.500%, 01/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,092,500  

DaVita, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 06/01/30 (d)

    2,000,000       2,123,750  

Emergent BioSolutions, Inc., 144A, 3.875%, 08/15/28 (d)

    3,000,000       3,112,125  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.500%, 02/01/28

    500,000       523,345  

Encompass Health Corp., 4.750%, 02/01/30

    1,500,000       1,609,410  

Endo Dac/Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 144A, 9.500%, 07/31/27 (d)

    1,497,000       1,673,832  

Endo Dac/Endo Finance, LLC/Endo Finco, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 06/30/28 (d)

    374,000       318,274  

HCA, Inc., 5.375%, 02/01/25

    1,500,000       1,689,023  

HCA, Inc., 5.875%, 02/15/26

    1,000,000       1,151,250  

HCA, Inc., 3.500%, 09/01/30

    1,000,000       1,063,411  

IQVIA, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    3,000,000       3,194,970  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/PPD Development, LP, 144A, 4.625%, 06/15/25 (d)

    500,000       528,120  

Jaguar Holding Co. II/PPD Development, LP, 144A, 5.000%, 06/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,137,500  

ModivCare, Inc., 144A, 5.875%, 11/15/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,589,062  

MPT Operating Partnership LP/Finance Corp., 5.000%, 10/15/27

    1,500,000       1,598,287  

Par Pharmaceutical, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 04/01/27 (d)

    1,715,000       1,863,022  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Health Care, continued

Verscend Escrow Corp., 144A, 9.750%, 08/15/26 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,085,625  

Vizient, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 05/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,157,120  
              47,928,817  

Insurance: 0.5%

GTCR AP Finance, Inc., 144A, 8.000%, 05/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,176,900  
                 

Leisure: 3.5%

Boyne USA, Inc., 144A, 7.250%, 05/01/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,577,813  

Colt Merger Sub, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 07/01/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,121,655  

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 05/01/25 (d)

    950,000       975,151  

ESH Hospitality, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 10/01/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,539,375  

FelCor Lodging, LP, 6.000%, 06/01/25

    2,000,000       2,047,290  

MGM Resorts International, 6.750%, 05/01/25

    1,000,000       1,083,975  

MGM Resorts International, 5.500%, 04/15/27

    2,000,000       2,231,810  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 144A, 8.250%, 03/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,079,305  

Scientific Games International, Inc., 144A, 7.250%, 11/15/29 (d)

    2,000,000       2,198,380  

Winnebago Industries, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 07/15/28 (d)

    1,500,000       1,615,312  
              16,470,066  

Media: 15.2%

Altice Financing SA, 144A, 7.500%, 05/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,113,100  

Altice France Holding SA, 144A, 10.500%, 05/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,248,750  

 

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Contracts

   

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Media, continued

Altice France SA, 144A, 7.375%, 05/01/26 (d)

  $ 2,500,000     $ 2,634,375  

Altice France SA, 144A, 8.125%, 02/01/27 (d)

    500,000       551,827  

Altice France SA, 144A, 5.500%, 01/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,093,520  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.750%, 02/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,033,100  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.125%, 05/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,062,525  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 5.375%, 06/01/29 (d)

    3,000,000       3,292,170  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 4.750%, 03/01/30 (d)

    5,000,000       5,401,250  

CCO Holdings, LLC/Capital Corp., 144A, 4.500%, 05/01/32 (d)

    1,000,000       1,068,970  

Cimpress, PLC, 144A, 7.000%, 06/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,054,810  

Clear Channel International BV, 144A, 6.625%, 08/01/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,058,750  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 7.500%, 04/01/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,252,770  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 5.750%, 01/15/30 (d)

    2,500,000       2,743,762  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 4.625%, 12/01/30 (d)

    2,000,000       2,090,270  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 4.125%, 12/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,046,600  

CSC Holdings, LLC, 144A, 3.375%, 02/15/31 (d)

    1,000,000       982,500  

DISH DBS Corp., 6.750%, 06/01/21

    1,000,000       1,021,210  

DISH DBS Corp., 5.875%, 11/15/24

    2,500,000       2,625,000  

DISH DBS Corp., 7.375%, 07/01/28

    1,000,000       1,066,250  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Media, continued

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 8.375%, 05/01/27

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,603,913  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 144A, 5.250%, 08/15/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,577,535  

iHeartCommunications, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,027,940  

Lamar Media Corp., 3.750%, 02/15/28

    1,000,000       1,029,575  

Lamar Media Corp., 4.000%, 02/15/30

    1,500,000       1,559,063  

LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 144A, 6.750%, 10/15/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,616,250  

MDC Partners, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 05/01/24 (d)(e)

    2,000,000       2,030,520  

Netflix, Inc., 144A, 3.625%, 06/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,072,615  

Netflix, Inc., 4.875%, 04/15/28

    1,000,000       1,129,330  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 144A, 5.625%, 07/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,145,630  

Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 11/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,048,125  

Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL, The, 144A, 5.000%, 02/01/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,028,125  

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Co., 144A, 5.625%, 10/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,088,425  

Nielsen Finance, LLC/Co., 144A, 5.875%, 10/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,133,125  

Outfront Media Capital, LLC/Corp., 144A, 5.000%, 08/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,019,190  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 07/15/26 (d)

    450,000       470,250  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 5.000%, 08/01/27 (d)

    500,000       531,988  

 

 

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Contracts

   

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CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Media, continued

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 07/01/29 (d)

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,204,375  

Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144A, 4.125%, 07/01/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,065,625  

TEGNA, Inc., 5.000%, 09/15/29

    2,000,000       2,114,715  

Townsquare Media, Inc., 144A, 6.875%, 02/01/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,049,205  

Virgin Media Finance, PLC, 144A, 5.000%, 07/15/30 (d)

    2,000,000       2,077,500  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 144A, 5.500%, 08/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,040,625  

Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 144A, 5.500%, 05/15/29 (d)

    1,500,000       1,628,010  

VTR Comunicaciones SpA, 144A, 5.125%, 01/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,066,600  

VTR Finance NV, 144A, 6.375%, 07/15/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,093,750  
              71,893,513  

Real Estate: 1.4%

Diversified Healthcare Trust, 9.750%, 06/15/25

    2,000,000       2,275,000  

Five Point Operating Co., LP/Capital Corp., 144A, 7.875%, 11/15/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,060,425  

Kennedy-Wilson, Inc., 5.875%, 04/01/24

    3,000,000       3,048,750  
              6,384,175  

Retail: 4.6%

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, LP/Albertsons, LLC, 144A, 4.625%, 01/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,129,610  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Retail, continued

Albertsons Cos., Inc./Safeway, Inc./New Albertsons, LP/Albertsons, LLC, 144A, 3.500%, 03/15/29 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,013,370  

Carvana Co., 144A, 5.625%, 10/01/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,541,250  

Carvana Co., 144A, 5.875%, 10/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,040,000  

Fresh Market, Inc., The, 144A, 9.750%, 05/01/23 (d)

    2,000,000       2,063,750  

Michaels Stores, Inc., 144A, 8.000%, 07/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,153,380  

Michaels Stores, Inc., 144A, 4.750%, 10/01/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,026,500  

New Albertsons, LP, 7.750%, 06/15/26

    1,000,000       1,163,560  

PetSmart, Inc., 144A, 7.125%, 03/15/23 (d)

    2,000,000       2,002,500  

Safeway, Inc., 7.250%, 02/01/31

    1,000,000       1,174,390  

Sally Holdings, LLC/Capital, Inc., 144A, 8.750%, 04/30/25 (d)

    1,000,000       1,113,750  

Sally Holdings, LLC/Capital, Inc., 5.625%, 12/01/25

    2,000,000       2,058,000  

SEG Holding, LLC/Finance Corp., 144A, 5.625%, 10/15/28 (d)

    3,000,000       3,172,500  
              21,652,560  

Services: 7.0%

Ashtead Capital, Inc., 144A, 4.250%, 11/01/29 (d)

    2,000,000       2,194,680  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 8.500%, 04/15/24

    1,500,000       1,520,625  

Diebold Nixdorf, Inc., 144A, 9.375%, 07/15/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,682,813  

Dun & Bradstreet Corp., The, 144A, 10.250%, 02/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,129,815  

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Services, continued

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,065,100  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 8.500%, 05/01/27 (d)

    1,600,000       1,779,000  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 08/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,009,375  

GFL Environmental, Inc., 144A, 3.500%, 09/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,019,375  

Harsco Corp., 144A, 5.750%, 07/31/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,059,375  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 144A, 4.875%, 09/15/29 (d)

    2,500,000       2,640,000  

Iron Mountain, Inc., 144A, 5.625%, 07/15/32 (d)

    1,000,000       1,103,865  

KAR Auction Services, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 06/01/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,545,420  

Maxim Crane Works Holdings Capital LLC, 144A, 10.125%, 08/01/24 (d)

    2,500,000       2,609,637  

Picasso Finance Sub, Inc., 144A, 6.125%, 06/15/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,142,900  

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Finance, Inc., 144A, 5.750%, 04/15/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,192,500  

Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC/Finance, Inc., 144A, 6.250%, 01/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,150,000  

Staples, Inc., 144A, 7.500%, 04/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,045,940  

Staples, Inc., 144A, 10.750%, 04/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       996,250  

United Rentals North America, Inc., 5.250%, 01/15/30

    2,500,000       2,779,687  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Services, continued

Williams Scotsman International, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 08/15/28 (d)

  $ 1,500,000     $ 1,555,313  
              33,221,670  

Technology & Electronics: 7.5%

Arches Buyer, Inc., 144A, 4.250%, 06/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,014,575  

Arches Buyer, Inc., 144A, 6.125%, 12/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,034,575  

Austin BidCo, Inc., 144A, 7.125%, 12/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,091,250  

Camelot Finance SA, 144A, 4.500%, 11/01/26 (d)

    2,000,000       2,091,250  

Cars.com, Inc., 144A, 6.375%, 11/01/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,127,940  

Castle US Holding Corp., 144A, 9.500%, 02/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,004,690  

CommScope, Inc., 144A, 6.000%, 03/01/26 (d)

    500,000       527,458  

CommScope, Inc., 144A, 7.125%, 07/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,066,320  

Fair Isaac Corp., 144A, 5.250%, 05/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,141,060  

Fair Isaac Corp., 144A, 4.000%, 06/15/28 (d)

    500,000       527,188  

Gartner, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 07/01/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,112,500  

Logan Merger Sub, Inc., 144A, 5.500%, 09/01/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,097,500  

Microchip Technology, Inc., 144A, 4.250%, 09/01/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,587,424  

MSCI, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 11/15/29 (d)

    2,000,000       2,133,380  

MSCI, Inc., 144A, 3.875%, 02/15/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,058,750  

Nokia Oyj, 6.625%, 05/15/39

    1,050,000       1,346,523  

Open Text Holdings, Inc., 144A, 4.125%, 02/15/30 (d)

    2,500,000       2,664,100  

 

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Technology & Electronics, continued

Rackspace Technology Global, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 12/01/28 (d)

  $ 2,000,000     $ 2,099,150  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 144A, 3.125%, 07/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,001,985  

Seagate HDD Cayman, 144A, 3.375%, 07/15/31 (d)

    1,000,000       1,007,285  

Unisys Corp., 144A, 6.875%, 11/01/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,642,500  

Veritas US, Inc./Bermuda, Ltd., 144A, 10.500%, 02/01/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,018,645  

Veritas US, Inc./Bermuda, Ltd., 144A, 7.500%, 09/01/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,055,000  
              35,451,048  

Telecommunications: 8.5%

C&W Senior Financing DAC, 144A, 7.500%, 10/15/26 (d)

    1,000,000       1,066,775  

CenturyLink, Inc., 6.750%, 12/01/23

    1,000,000       1,115,625  

CenturyLink, Inc., 144A, 5.125%, 12/15/26 (d)

    1,500,000       1,586,122  

CenturyLink, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 02/15/27 (d)

    1,000,000       1,033,870  

CenturyLink, Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 01/15/29 (d)

    1,000,000       1,019,375  

Cogent Communications Group, Inc., 144A, 5.375%, 03/01/22 (d)

    700,000       722,586  

Consolidated Communications, Inc., 144A, 6.500%, 10/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,071,500  

Digicel Group 0.5, Ltd., 10.000%, 04/01/24

    500,000       448,750  

Embarq Corp., 7.995%, 06/01/36

    1,000,000       1,235,325  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Telecommunications, continued

Frontier Communications Corp., 144A, 5.875%, 10/15/27 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,083,125  

Frontier Communications Corp., 144A, 5.000%, 05/01/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,044,375  

Frontier Communications Corp., 144A, 6.750%, 05/01/29 (d)

    1,500,000       1,607,812  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 5.250%, 03/15/26

    1,000,000       1,034,550  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 4.625%, 09/15/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,092,460  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 4.250%, 07/01/28 (d)

    500,000       514,250  

Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144A, 3.625%, 01/15/29 (d)

    500,000       499,688  

Sable International Finance, Ltd., 144A, 5.750%, 09/07/27 (d)

    500,000       533,655  

Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28

    1,000,000       1,320,355  

Sprint Capital Corp., 8.750%, 03/15/32

    2,000,000       3,168,750  

Sprint Corp., 7.875%, 09/15/23

    500,000       579,525  

Sprint Corp., 7.125%, 06/15/24

    2,000,000       2,342,520  

Switch, Ltd., 144A, 3.750%, 09/15/28 (d)

    2,250,000       2,287,968  

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 7.200%, 07/18/36

    1,500,000       2,028,480  

Telecom Italia SpA, 144A, 5.303%, 05/30/24 (d)

    2,000,000       2,178,050  

T-Mobile USA, Inc., 4.750%, 02/01/28

    2,000,000       2,152,280  

Uniti Group, LP/Fiber Holdings, Inc./CSL Capital, LLC, 144A, 7.875%, 02/15/25 (d)

    1,500,000       1,613,633  

 

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December 31, 2020

Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Telecommunications, continued

Uniti Group, LP/Uniti Fiber Holdings, Inc./CSL Capital, LLC, 144A, 7.125%, 12/15/24 (d)

  $ 500,000     $ 505,938  

Uniti Group, LP/Uniti Group Finance, Inc./CSL Capital, LLC, 8.250%, 10/15/23

    2,000,000       2,018,750  

Zayo Group Holdings, Inc., 144A, 4.000%, 03/01/27 (d)

    2,500,000       2,509,512  
              40,415,604  

Transportation: 1.4%

Delta Air Lines, Inc., 144A, 7.000%, 05/01/25 (d)

    2,000,000       2,310,855  

Delta Air Lines, Inc./SkyMiles IP, Ltd., 144A, 4.750%, 10/20/28 (d)

    1,000,000       1,092,728  

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp., 8.000%, 05/15/22

    1,000,000       1,029,095  

Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC/Intellectual Property Assets, Ltd., 144A, 6.500%, 06/20/27 (d)

    2,000,000       2,153,750  
              6,586,428  

Utility: 1.8%

Clearway Energy Operating, LLC, 144A, 4.750%, 03/15/28 (d)

    1,500,000       1,610,160  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.250%, 07/15/24 (d)

    1,000,000       1,071,250  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.250%, 09/15/24 (d)

    45,000       48,206  

NextEra Energy Operating Partners, LP, 144A, 4.500%, 09/15/27 (d)

    1,500,000       1,682,655  

Pattern Energy Operations, LP/Inc., 144A, 4.500%, 08/15/28 (d)

    2,000,000       2,113,750  

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

BONDS, continued

CORPORATE BONDS, continued

Utility, continued

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 144A, 5.000%, 01/31/28 (d)

  $ 1,000,000     $ 1,125,525  

TerraForm Power Operating, LLC, 144A, 4.750%, 01/15/30 (d)

    1,000,000       1,072,210  
              8,723,756  

TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS

(Cost $426,689,599)

    450,542,243  
                 

LOANS: 1.1%

Capital Goods: 0.4%

EWT Holdings III Corp., 1 month LIBOR + 2.75%, 2.880%, 12/20/24 (e)

    1,994,216       1,992,561  
 

Retail: 0.3%

PetSmart, Inc., 3 month LIBOR + 3.50%, 4.000%, 03/11/22 (e)

    1,265,714       1,268,776  
 

Services: 0.4%

Dun & Bradstreet Corp., The, 3 month LIBOR + 5.00%, 6.731%, 02/08/26 (e)

    1,985,000       1,989,685  
                 

TOTAL LOANS

(Cost $5,095,812)

    5,251,022  
                 

TOTAL BONDS

(Cost $432,286,224)

    456,294,078  
                 

 

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

Pax High Yield Bond Fund, continued

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal/
Contracts

   

Value

 

CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT: 0.3%

Beneficial State Bank, 1.200%, 01/21/21 (b)

    200,000     $ 200,000  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21 (b)

    400,000       407,251  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 0.650%, 04/29/22 (b)

    100,000       100,797  

Shared Interest, Inc., 2.400%, 09/30/21 (b)

    500,000       500,000  

TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT

(Cost $1,200,000)

    1,208,048  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 1.6%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (f)(g)

    7,451,254       7,451,254  

(Cost $7,451,254)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.0%

(Cost $443,498,399)

    467,747,580  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 1.0%

    4,579,650  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 472,327,230  

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Illiquid security.

(c)

Security valued using significant unobservable inputs.

(d)

Security purchased pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 and may be resold only to qualified institutional buyers.

(e)

Rate shown reflects the accrual rate as of December 31, 2020 on securities with variable or step rates.

(f)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020

(g)

Premier Class shares

LIBOR-London Inter-bank Offered Rate. At December 31, 2020 the 1 month and 3 month LIBOR rates were 0.144% and 0.238%, respectively.

LP-Limited Partnership

 

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Schedules of Investments, continued

 

 

Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund

 

Percent of Net Assets
Name of Issuer and
Title of Issue

 

Shares/
Principal

   

Value

 

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES: 95.0%

Pax Core Bond Fund (a)

    66,559,119     $ 702,864,297  

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (a)

    1,533,441       46,769,952  

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (a)

    8,320,411       118,233,034  

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund (a)

    2,180,751       46,297,333  

Pax Global Opportunities Fund (a)

    2,572,091       37,784,018  

Pax Large Cap Fund (a)

    74,122,950       893,181,549  

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (a)

    15,860,899       160,829,518  

Pax Small Cap Fund (a)

    3,935,579       62,929,908  
                 

TOTAL AFFILIATED INVESTMENT COMPANIES

(Cost $1,741,633,097)

    2,068,889,609  
                 

MONEY MARKET: 4.7%

State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, 0.030% (b)(c)

    101,977,753       101,977,753  

(Cost $101,977,753)

                 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS: 99.7%

(Cost $1,843,610,850)

    2,170,867,362  
                 

OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES — (NET): 0.3%

    6,004,444  
                 

NET ASSETS: 100.0%

  $ 2,176,871,806  

 

(a)

Institutional Class shares

(b)

Rate shown represents annualized 7-day yield as of December 31, 2020.

(c)

Premier Class shares

 

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

 

 

 

Large Cap
Fund

   

Small Cap
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend
Fund

 

ASSETS

                               

Investments, at cost - Note A

  $ 671,225,980     $ 399,377,863     $ 124,036,128     $ 82,163,427  
                                 

Investments in unaffiliated issuers, at value

  $ 1,040,278,627     $ 477,708,757     $ 256,652,453     $ 139,935,483  

Investments in affiliated issuers, at value

                       

Total investments, at value - Note A1

    1,040,278,627       477,708,757       256,652,453       139,935,483  

Cash

                       

Foreign currency at value (cost $36,845; $44,552; and $1,315, respectively)

          36,882              

Prepaid expenses

    8,721       4,508              

Receivables:

                               

Capital stock sold

    1,343,095       2,333,775       49,292       75,095  

Dividends and interest - Note A

    659,410       261,794       199,996       115,954  

Investment securities sold

          3,503,423              

Investment Adviser reimbursement

                       

Other

    1,535       17,901       344       61  

Total Assets

    1,042,291,388       483,867,040       256,902,085       140,126,593  
                                 

LIABILITIES

                               

Collateral on securities loaned, at value

          16,801,446              

Payables:

                               

Capital stock reacquired

    87,344       399,875       513,478        

Investment securities purchased

                       

Capital gains tax payable

                       

Dividend payable - Note A

                       

Accrued expenses:

                               

Investment advisory fees - Note B

    558,741       285,191       136,885       75,610  

Distribution expense

    4,031       23,468       36,966       832  

Transfer agent fees

    3,088       45,497              

Printing and other shareholder communication fees

    1,441       6,109              

Custodian fees

    12,202       6,549              

Legal and audit fees

    31,316       26,157              

Other accrued expenses

          33,558              

Total Liabilities

    698,163       17,627,850       687,329       76,442  

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,041,593,225     $ 466,239,190     $ 256,214,756     $ 140,050,151  
 

 

 

1

Investments at market value include securities loaned. At December 31, 2020, the Large Cap Fund, Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Quality Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund, Global Women’s Leadership Fund, EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund and Core Bond Fund had total market values of securities on loan of $8,352,723; $42,798,518; $2,980,114; $545,239; $1,062,536; $2,546,905; and $3,587,349, respectively.

 

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Global
Opportunities
Fund

   

Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global
Women’s
Leadership
Fund

   

EAFE
ESG Leaders
Index Fund

   

Core Bond
Fund

   

High Yield
Bond Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation
Fund

   

 

 
                                                               
  $ 50,665,387     $ 1,111,869,125     $ 591,507,538     $ 537,085,691     $ 735,486,608     $ 443,498,399     $ 1,843,610,850          
                                                               
  $ 69,085,595     $ 1,618,434,106     $ 747,041,016     $ 700,834,890     $ 766,500,028     $ 467,747,580     $ 101,977,753          
                                        2,068,889,609          
    69,085,595       1,618,434,106       747,041,016       700,834,890       766,500,028       467,747,580       2,170,867,362          
                51                   518,602                
                45,193       1,307                            
    74       10,393                   8,215                      
                                                               
    3,567       13,326,613       2,195,119       1,411,890       306,333       1,047,928       7,623,144          
    31,308       515,374       508,541       547,427       3,173,797       6,287,175       965,312          
                                                 
    23,858                                              
    10,961       521,922       141,673       1,669,471       1,079       4,175                
    69,155,363       1,632,808,408       749,931,593       704,464,985       769,989,452       475,605,460       2,179,455,818          
                                                               
                                                               
                      1,842,875       3,660,830                      
                                                               
          664,729       120,086       1,353,315       55,006       693,277       1,212,476          
          1,243,831       44,220             5,229,975       2,009,375       963,206          
    26,503                                              
                            2,340       238,565                
                                                               
    42,963       1,010,619       317,122       275,908       255,441       196,081       90,237          
    679       39,281       27,063       16,295       2,953       37,401       318,093          
    1,295       91,008                   2,432       32,785                
    1,542       5,171                   2,935       12,597                
    7,604       31,187                   20,076       14,930                
    24,048       37,259                   36,015       31,024                
    5,265       41,723                   5,644       12,195                
    109,899       3,164,808       508,491       3,488,393       9,273,647       3,278,230       2,584,012          
  $ 69,045,464     $ 1,629,643,600     $ 749,423,102     $ 700,976,592     $ 760,715,805     $ 472,327,230     $ 2,176,871,806          
 

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Statements of Assets and Liabilities, continued

 

 

 

Large Cap
Fund

   

Small Cap
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend
Fund

 

NET ASSETS REPRESENTED BY:

                               

Paid in Capital

  $ 670,534,695     $ 381,300,986     $ 122,796,442     $ 82,304,428  

Total distributable earnings

    371,058,530       84,938,204       133,418,314       57,745,723  

NET ASSETS

  $ 1,041,593,225     $ 466,239,190     $ 256,214,756     $ 140,050,151  
                                 

Investor Class

                               

Net assets

  $ 21,351,101     $ 102,582,472     $ 170,314,600     $ 4,014,388  

Capital Shares Outstanding (unlimited/authorized)

    1,775,983       6,501,625       7,162,694       283,317  

Net asset value per share

  $ 12.02     $ 15.78     $ 23.78     $ 14.17  

Class A

                               

Net assets

          $ 10,947,927     $ 6,598,801          

Capital Shares Outstanding (unlimited/authorized)

            695,790       278,328          

Net asset value per share

          $ 15.73     $ 23.71          

Institutional Class

                               

Net assets

  $ 1,020,242,124     $ 352,708,791     $ 79,301,355     $ 136,035,763  

Capital Shares Outstanding (unlimited/authorized)

    84,637,165       22,059,837       3,233,499       9,574,233  

Net asset value per share

  $ 12.05     $ 15.99     $ 24.52     $ 14.21  
 

 

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December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

Global
Opportunities
Fund

   

Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global
Women’s
Leadership
Fund

   

EAFE
ESG Leaders
Index Fund

   

Core Bond
Fund

   

High Yield
Bond Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation
Fund

   

 

 
                                                               
  $ 51,300,325     $ 1,151,169,282     $ 604,000,099     $ 574,171,156     $ 728,717,821     $ 517,512,900     $ 1,659,373,493          
    17,745,139       478,474,318       145,423,003       126,805,436       31,997,984       (45,185,670 )     517,498,313          
  $ 69,045,464     $ 1,629,643,600     $ 749,423,102     $ 700,976,592     $ 760,715,805     $ 472,327,230     $ 2,176,871,806          
                                                               
                                                               
  $ 3,401,193     $ 175,040,305     $ 130,255,395     $ 77,962,971     $ 14,100,551     $ 171,837,616     $ 1,518,965,927          
    232,008       8,303,080       4,293,469       7,532,295       1,335,553       24,664,487       57,628,494          
  $ 14.66     $ 21.08     $ 30.34     $ 10.35     $ 10.56     $ 6.97     $ 26.36          
                                                               
          $ 16,651,195                             $ 6,177,023                  
            791,122                               884,607                  
          $ 21.05                             $ 6.98                  
                                                               
  $ 65,644,271     $ 1,437,952,100     $ 619,167,707     $ 623,013,621     $ 746,615,254     $ 294,312,591     $ 657,905,879          
    4,469,315       67,735,359       20,302,139       61,435,898       70,709,308       42,393,140       24,517,763          
  $ 14.69     $ 21.23     $ 30.50     $ 10.14     $ 10.56     $ 6.94     $ 26.83          
 

 

 

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

Statements of Operations

 

 

 

Large Cap
Fund

   

Small Cap
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend
Fund

 

INVESTMENT INCOME

                               

Income

                               

Dividends (net of foreign withholding tax of $0; $35,044; $0; $0; $41,850; $917,506; $498,882; $1,361,549; $0; $0 and $0 respectively)

  $ 12,501,605     $ 3,510,764     $ 4,557,492     $ 3,351,156  

Dividends from affiliates - Note C

                       

Interest

    97,838       72,570       6,170       4,987  

Income from securities lending - Note A

    8,989       59,531       7,194       1,336  

Other income - Note B

                       

Total Income

    12,608,432       3,642,865       4,570,856       3,357,479  
                                 

Expenses

                               

Investment advisory fees - Note B

    5,316,037       2,852,994       1,477,044       806,820  

Distribution expenses - Investor (Note B)

    25,807       225,599       380,580       7,529  

Distribution expenses - Class A (Note B)

          24,715       14,940        

Transfer agent fees - Note A

    45,845       372,623              

Printing and other shareholder communication fees

    14,193       59,534              

Custodian fees

    67,772       40,538              

Legal fees and related expenses

    87,655       60,953              

Trustees’ fees and expenses - Note B

    63,440       43,942              

Compliance expense

    18,513       17,079              

Audit fees

    48,847       40,187              

Registration fees

    69,603       66,843              

Other expenses

    29,261       17,940              

Total Expenses

    5,786,973       3,822,947       1,872,564       814,349  

Less Advisory fee waiver - Note B

                       

Expenses assumed by Adviser - Note B

                       

Net expenses

    5,786,973       3,822,947       1,872,564       814,349  

Net investment income (loss)

    6,821,459       (180,082 )     2,698,292       2,543,130  

REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) - Notes A and C

                               

Net realized gain (loss) on:

                               

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

    52,507,245       22,601,465       1,304,995       1,070,938  

Investment in affiliated issuers

                       

Foreign currency transactions

          (2,410 )            

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

                               

Investments in unaffiliated issuers

    144,178,440       25,014,507       25,967,205       15,998,168  

Investment in affiliated issuers

                       

Foreign currency translation

          (148 )            

Net realized and unrealized gain

                               

on investments and foreign currency

    196,685,685       47,613,414       27,272,200       17,069,106  
                                 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 203,507,144     $ 47,433,332     $ 29,970,492     $ 19,612,236  
 

 

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For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

Global
Opportunities
Fund

   

Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global
Women’s
Leadership
Fund

   

EAFE
ESG Leaders
Index Fund

   

Core Bond
Fund

   

High Yield
Bond Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation
Fund

   

 

 
                                                               
                                                               
  $ 521,001     $ 18,875,800     $ 11,529,533     $ 15,559,968     $ 47,773     $ 207,754     $          
                                        26,264,122          
    1,743       99,848       3,479       (442 )     16,500,759       21,738,157       248,458          
    100       15,621       4,464       86,870       22,980                      
    13,524       194,948                         125,973                
    536,368       19,186,217       11,537,476       15,646,396       16,571,512       22,071,884       26,512,580          
                                                               
                                                               
    386,385       8,773,270       2,993,519       2,955,639       2,846,119       1,901,098       955,347          
    5,805       362,097       286,163       181,309       28,358       410,080       3,707,314          
          32,958                         14,249                
    29,809       1,073,978                   31,574       367,787                
    4,235       76,623                   9,808       82,579                
    40,663       184,504                   120,390       89,371                
    41,149       104,211                   82,882       60,837                
    29,592       75,973                   58,794       43,782                
    15,932       19,407                   18,204       17,056                
    38,955       62,483                   55,986       48,123                
    41,644       91,893                   53,980       90,126                
    4,930       37,134                   29,187       15,748                
    639,099       10,894,531       3,279,682       3,136,948       3,335,282       3,140,836       4,662,661          
    (19,827 )                                            
    (160,106 )                                            
    459,166       10,894,531       3,279,682       3,136,948       3,335,282       3,140,836       4,662,661          
    77,202       8,291,686       8,257,794       12,509,448       13,236,230       18,931,048       21,849,919          
                                                               
                                                               
    (140,982 )     (25,169,321 )     (7,915,951 )     (3,807,096 )     23,244,416       1,330,483                
                                        86,233,962          
    (22,994 )     (138,964 )     (9,421 )     (47,047 )                          
                                                               
    12,542,844       318,808,279       87,958,981       64,062,828       12,335,483       9,185,399                
                                        189,591,456          
    677       43,552       13,357       137,409                            
                                                               
    12,379,545       293,543,546       80,046,966       60,346,094       35,579,899       10,515,882       275,825,418          
                                                               
  $ 12,456,747     $ 301,835,232     $ 88,304,760     $ 72,855,542     $ 48,816,129     $ 29,446,930     $ 297,675,337          
 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   

Large Cap Fund

 

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

               

Investment income, net

  $ 6,821,459     $ 6,746,320  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    52,507,245       28,252,754  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    144,178,440       168,139,590  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    203,507,144       203,138,664  

Distributions from Investor Class

    (1,224,949 )     (105,410 )

Distributions from Class A

               

Distributions from Institutional Class

    (64,744,892 )     (27,322,400 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (65,969,841 )     (27,427,810 )

From capital share transactions:

               

Investor Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    17,099,228       1,381,152  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    1,213,177       101,502  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (2,688,171 )     (807,918 )

Net increase (decrease) from Investor Class transactions

    15,624,234       674,736  

Class A

               

Proceeds from shares sold

               

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

               

Cost of shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) from Class A transactions

               

Institutional Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    143,392,236       945,950  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    64,722,822       27,303,786  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (85,958,295 )     (30,999,229 )

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

    122,156,763       (2,749,493 )

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    137,780,997       (2,074,757 )

Net increase (decrease) in net assets

    275,318,300       173,636,097  

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    766,274,925       592,638,828  

End of period

  $ 1,041,593,225     $ 766,274,925  
                 

Shares of Beneficial Interest:

               

Investor Class

               

Shares sold

    1,610,196       144,243  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    103,204       9,881  

Shares redeemed

    (252,479 )     (86,861 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    1,460,921       67,263  
                 

Class A

               

Shares sold

               

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

               

Shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

               
                 

Institutional Class

               

Shares sold

    13,682,722       99,082  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    5,506,613       2,662,994  

Shares redeemed

    (7,944,915 )     (3,390,826 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    11,244,420       (628,750 )
 

 

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Small Cap Fund

   

ESG Beta Quality
Fund

   

ESG Beta
Dividend Fund

   

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

 

 

                                                   
                                                   
    $ (180,082 )   $ 4,552,301     $ 2,698,292     $ 3,336,663     $ 2,543,130     $ 2,925,070    
      22,599,055       6,360,385       1,304,995       6,522,385       1,070,938       3,919,774    
      25,014,359       84,530,183       25,967,205       42,568,621       15,998,168       22,335,242    
      47,433,332       95,442,869       29,970,492       52,427,669       19,612,236       29,180,086    
      (3,860,087 )     (1,074,371 )     (3,255,719 )     (5,328,473 )     (108,186 )     (124,784 )  
      (409,247 )     (123,378 )     (125,797 )     (219,743 )                  
      (12,933,116 )     (2,994,551 )     (1,650,985 )     (2,488,325 )     (4,198,454 )     (6,221,250 )  
      (17,202,450 )     (4,192,300 )     (5,032,501 )     (8,036,541 )     (4,306,640 )     (6,346,034 )  
                                                   
                                                   
      13,164,167       13,677,304       6,225,685       6,826,013       1,610,591       1,247,672    
      3,759,189       1,017,639       3,189,365       5,208,768       106,115       122,435    
      (29,698,481 )     (44,744,405 )     (16,529,079 )     (15,699,436 )     (913,639 )     (755,355 )  
      (12,775,125 )     (30,049,462 )     (7,114,029 )     (3,664,655 )     803,067       614,752    
                                                   
      2,133,288       1,709,333       470,519       399,058                    
      388,752       110,555       119,950       210,714                    
      (4,334,833 )     (4,229,884 )     (1,191,696 )     (602,219 )                  
      (1,812,793 )     (2,409,996 )     (601,227 )     7,553                    
                                                   
      106,749,401       105,566,974       11,912,072       13,543,838       14,618,131       1,014,394    
      11,472,200       2,285,599       1,559,901       2,358,813       4,129,487       6,220,386    
      (98,735,126 )     (182,128,560 )     (14,895,788 )     (10,204,044 )     (27,665,239 )     (15,032,201 )  
      19,486,475       (74,275,987 )     (1,423,815 )     5,698,607       (8,917,621 )     (7,797,421 )  
      4,898,557       (106,735,445 )     (9,139,071 )     2,041,505       (8,114,554 )     (7,182,669 )  
      35,129,439       (15,484,876 )     15,798,920       46,432,633       7,191,042       15,651,383    
                                                   
      431,109,751       446,594,627       240,415,836       193,983,203       132,859,109       117,207,726    
    $ 466,239,190     $ 431,109,751     $ 256,214,756     $ 240,415,836     $ 140,050,151     $ 132,859,109    
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
      1,055,335       1,004,391       303,312       345,853       127,605       103,324    
      240,665       73,054       142,686       247,071       7,820       9,677    
      (2,329,687 )     (3,274,454 )     (803,407 )     (788,361 )     (75,823 )     (62,731 )  
      (1,033,687 )     (2,197,009 )     (357,409 )     (195,437 )     59,602       50,270    
                                                   
                                                   
      172,064       125,548       22,398       19,876                    
      24,952       7,959       5,378       10,026                    
      (351,963 )     (308,730 )     (61,355 )     (29,771 )                  
      (154,947 )     (175,223 )     (33,579 )     131                    
                                                   
                                                   
      8,364,175       7,701,571       573,119       667,483       1,297,033       82,856    
      724,713       162,691       67,844       108,662       306,577       491,692    
      (7,825,421 )     (13,265,181 )     (703,633 )     (497,959 )     (2,180,176 )     (1,241,588 )  
      1,263,467       (5,400,919 )     (62,670 )     278,186       (576,566 )     (667,040 )  
 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets, continued

 

   

Global
Opportunities
Fund

 

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

               

Investment income, net

  $ 77,202     $ 157,936  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    (163,976 )     776,677  

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    12,543,521       7,932,377  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    12,456,747       8,866,990  

Distributions from Investor Class

    (83,069 )     (26,709 )

Distributions from Class A

               

Distributions from Institutional Class

    (519,005 )     (746,206 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (602,074 )     (772,915 )

From capital share transactions:

               

Investor Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    1,773,549       1,558,192  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    26,686       26,708  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (676,783 )     (179,928 )

Net increase (decrease) from Investor Class transactions

    1,123,452       1,404,972  

Class A

               

Proceeds from shares sold

               

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

               

Cost of shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) from Class A transactions

               

Institutional Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    18,052,818       6,892,970  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    559,156       743,145  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (4,618,749 )     (3,445 )

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

    13,993,225       7,632,670  

Net increase from capital share transactions

    15,116,677       9,037,642  

Net increase in net assets

    26,971,350       17,131,717  

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    42,074,114       24,942,397  

End of period

  $ 69,045,464     $ 42,074,114  
                 

Shares of Beneficial Interest:

               

Investor Class

               

Shares sold

    145,191       140,056  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,866       2,235  

Shares redeemed

    (54,842 )     (16,236 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    92,215       126,055  
                 

Class A

               

Shares sold

               

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

               

Shares redeemed

               

Net decrease in shares outstanding

               
                 

Institutional Class

               

Shares sold

    1,460,070       590,890  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    39,020       62,332  

Shares redeemed

    (385,177 )     (289 )

Net increase in shares outstanding

    1,113,913       652,933  
 

 

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Global
Environmental
Markets Fund

   

Global Women’s
Leadership Fund

   
 

 

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

 

 

                                         
                                         
          $ 8,291,686     $ 7,729,950     $ 8,257,794     $ 7,217,885    
            (25,308,285 )     11,129,697       (7,925,372 )     1,924,487    
            318,851,831       170,188,709       87,972,338       70,826,316    
            301,835,232       189,048,356       88,304,760       79,968,688    
            (710,364 )     (995,625 )     (1,364,676 )     (3,470,585 )  
            (65,398 )     (87,611 )                  
            (7,481,018 )     (6,356,689 )     (7,012,796 )     (9,991,550 )  
            (8,256,780 )     (7,439,925 )     (8,377,472 )     (13,462,135 )  
                                         
                                         
            19,830,477       26,248,873       21,311,776       26,558,976    
            650,848       915,312       1,296,305       3,304,467    
            (31,785,866 )     (26,099,180 )     (24,619,673 )     (18,215,556 )  
            (11,304,541 )     1,065,005       (2,011,592 )     11,647,887    
                                         
            2,830,371       1,491,935                    
            57,783       71,736                    
            (2,839,127 )     (3,810,989 )                  
            49,027       (2,247,318 )                  
                                         
            626,670,119       281,950,208       271,898,017       159,416,311    
            6,989,373       5,793,704       6,321,689       8,789,343    
            (254,539,551 )     (91,069,741 )     (71,567,496 )     (25,191,609 )  
            379,119,941       196,674,171       206,652,210       143,014,045    
            367,864,427       195,491,858       204,640,618       154,661,932    
            661,442,879       377,100,289       284,567,906       221,168,485    
                                         
            968,200,721       591,100,432       464,855,196       243,686,711    
          $ 1,629,643,600     $ 968,200,721     $ 749,423,102     $ 464,855,196    
                                         
                                         
                                         
            1,170,813       1,717,446       813,533       1,052,804    
            37,502       57,130       47,349       124,452    
            (1,937,545 )     (1,702,959 )     (963,551 )     (720,068 )  
            (729,230 )     71,617       (102,669 )     457,188    
                                         
                                         
            163,882       96,519                    
            3,316       4,486                    
            (190,275 )     (249,879 )                  
            (23,077 )     (148,874 )                  
                                         
                                         
            35,139,316       18,469,668       10,044,900       6,308,732    
            386,722       357,002       227,279       328,700    
            (15,075,976 )     (5,913,097 )     (2,724,231 )     (978,844 )  
            20,450,062       12,913,573       7,547,948       5,658,588    
 

 

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets, continued

 

   

EAFE ESG
Leaders Index
Fund

 

 

 

Year Ended
12/31/2020

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

               

Investment income, net

  $ 12,509,448     $ 15,101,250  

Net realized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currency transactions

    (3,854,143 )     (5,759,927 )

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency translations

    64,200,237       110,270,378  

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    72,855,542       119,611,701  

Distributions from Investor Class

    (1,290,412 )     (1,983,451 )

Distributions from Class A

               

Distributions from Institutional Class

    (10,905,792 )     (14,060,119 )

Total distributions to shareholders

    (12,196,204 )     (16,043,570 )

From capital share transactions:

               

Investor Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    19,525,878       17,043,389  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    1,219,923       1,848,129  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (32,740,806 )     (26,592,900 )

Net increase (decrease) from Investor Class transactions

    (11,995,005 )     (7,701,382 )

Class A

               

Proceeds from shares sold

               

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

               

Cost of shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) from Class A transactions

               

Institutional Class

               

Proceeds from shares sold

    185,628,598       122,187,707  

Proceeds from reinvestment of distributions

    10,136,588       13,223,070  

Cost of shares redeemed

    (188,246,392 )     (102,270,983 )

Net increase (decrease) from Institutional Class transactions

    7,518,794       33,139,794  

Net increase (decrease) from capital share transactions

    (4,476,211 )     25,438,412  

Net increase in net assets

    56,183,127       129,006,543  

Net assets

               

Beginning of period

    644,793,465       515,786,922  

End of period

  $ 700,976,592     $ 644,793,465  
                 

Shares of Beneficial Interest:

               

Investor Class

               

Shares sold

    2,197,227       1,942,870  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    132,152       203,929  

Shares redeemed

    (3,702,118 )     (3,036,000 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    (1,372,739 )     (889,201 )
                 

Class A

               

Shares sold

               

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

               

Shares redeemed

               

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

               
                 

Institutional Class

               

Shares sold

    22,122,226       14,236,908  

Shares issued in reinvestment of distributions

    1,111,911       1,486,417  

Shares redeemed

    (21,756,776 )     (11,932,268 )

Net increase (decrease) in shares outstanding

    1,477,361       3,791,057  
 

 

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Core Bond Fund

   

High Yield Bond
Fund

   

Sustainable
Allocation Fund

         
 

 

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

Year Ended
12/31/20

   

Year Ended
12/31/19

   

 

 
                                                               
                                                               
          $ 13,236,230     $ 17,484,311     $ 18,931,048     $ 18,928,398     $ 21,849,919     $ 29,088,062          
            23,244,416       7,048,964       1,330,483       (8,892,802 )     86,233,962       27,512,989          
            12,335,483       28,214,334       9,185,399       39,322,008       189,591,456       284,650,514          
            48,816,129       52,747,609       29,446,930       49,357,604       297,675,337       341,251,565          
            (512,257 )     (139,036 )     (8,018,449 )     (8,660,826 )     (43,283,260 )     (131,657,832 )        
                            (278,848 )     (292,034 )                        
            (31,096,683 )     (18,172,126 )     (10,727,650 )     (9,984,256 )     (16,968,369 )     (34,380,100 )        
            (31,608,940 )     (18,311,162 )     (19,024,947 )     (18,937,116 )     (60,251,629 )     (166,037,932 )        
                                                               
                                                               
            9,217,698       3,676,166       52,056,206       37,625,331       82,348,981       76,654,788          
            509,898       136,697       7,530,260       8,193,211       41,870,602       127,269,290          
            (3,173,358 )     (951,396 )     (74,718,978 )     (39,060,094 )     (309,622,549 )     (143,257,511 )        
            6,554,238       2,861,467       (15,132,512 )     6,758,448       (185,402,966 )     60,666,567          
                                                               
                            1,377,583       803,489                          
                            259,842       278,404                          
                            (1,455,598 )     (1,481,640 )                        
                            181,827       (399,747 )                        
                                                               
            78,112,653       14,494,070       169,828,628       79,829,366       278,416,342       47,827,366          
            31,024,360       18,140,809       8,530,076       7,494,151       15,880,307       31,625,501          
            (81,874,033 )     (46,719,900 )     (77,310,888 )     (105,216,195 )     (67,292,908 )     (107,146,469 )        
            27,262,980       (14,085,021 )     101,047,816       (17,892,678 )     227,003,741       (27,693,602 )        
            33,817,218       (11,223,554 )     86,097,131       (11,533,977 )     41,600,775       32,972,965          
            51,024,407       23,212,893       96,519,114       18,886,511       279,024,483       208,186,598          
                                                               
            709,691,398       686,478,505       375,808,116       356,921,605       1,897,847,323       1,689,660,725          
          $ 760,715,805     $ 709,691,398     $ 472,327,230     $ 375,808,116     $ 2,176,871,806     $ 1,897,847,323          
                                                               
                                                               
                                                               
            865,913       362,087       7,812,507       5,676,380       3,443,996       3,242,648          
            48,101       13,428       1,136,331       1,232,947       1,678,752       5,441,977          
            (297,797 )     (93,666 )     (11,347,938 )     (5,894,629 )     (12,706,593 )     (6,127,622 )        
            616,217       281,849       (2,399,100 )     1,014,698       (7,583,845 )     2,557,003          
                                                               
                                                               
                            206,288       119,668                          
                            39,108       41,860                          
                            (218,065 )     (222,143 )                        
                            27,331       (60,615 )                        
                                                               
                                                               
            7,304,590       1,408,141       25,605,483       12,172,704       10,907,249       2,011,825          
            2,925,464       1,785,769       1,284,633       1,133,547       617,218       1,329,821          
            (7,760,586 )     (4,720,452 )     (12,064,213 )     (15,973,491 )     (2,782,218 )     (4,566,413 )        
            2,469,468       (1,526,542 )     14,825,903       (2,667,240 )     8,742,249       (1,224,767 )        
 

 

 

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Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Large Cap Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 10.38     $ 0.06     $ 2.38     $ 2.44     $ 0.07     $ 0.73  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    7.97       0.07       2.71       2.78       0.07       0.30  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.56       0.07       (0.63 )     (0.56 )     0.07       1.96  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.91       0.09       1.95       2.04       0.09       1.30  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    10.00             (0.08 )     (0.08 )     0.01        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 10.40     $ 0.09     $ 2.38     $ 2.47     $ 0.09     $ 0.73  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    7.98       0.09       2.72       2.81       0.09       0.30  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.57       0.10       (0.63 )     (0.53 )     0.10       1.96  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.91       0.10       1.97       2.07       0.11       1.30  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    10.00       0.01       (0.09 )     (0.08 )     0.01        
                                                 

Small Cap Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 14.67     $ (0.03 )   $ 1.75     $ 1.72     $     $ 0.61  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    12.01       0.13       2.66       2.79       0.13        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.41       0.00 7      (2.64 )     (2.64 )     0.00       1.76  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    15.34       0.03       1.30       1.33       0.02       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    13.30       0.12       2.26       2.38       0.10       0.24  

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 14.63     $ (0.03 )   $ 1.74     $ 1.71     $     $ 0.61  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    11.98       0.12       2.66       2.78       0.13        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.38       0.00 7      (2.63 )     (2.63 )     0.01       1.76  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    15.31       0.03       1.30       1.33       0.02       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    13.28       0.12       2.25       2.37       0.10       0.24  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 14.82     $ 0.00 7    $ 1.78     $ 1.78     $     $ 0.61  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    12.12       0.15       2.70       2.85       0.15        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.53       0.05       (2.67 )     (2.62 )     0.03       1.76  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    15.44       0.07       1.32       1.39       0.06       0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    13.38       0.16       2.27       2.43       0.13       0.24  

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

4

Not annualized

 

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Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.80     $ 12.02       23.75 %   $ 21,351       0.95 %     0.51 %     0.95 %     43 %        
    0.37       10.38       34.85 %     3,271       0.95 %     0.74 %     0.95 %     37 %        
    2.03       7.97       (5.01 %)     1,975       0.96 %     0.67 %     0.96 %     54 %        
    1.39       10.56       20.65 %     786       0.95 %     0.82 %     0.95 %     57 %        
    0.01       9.91       (0.83 %)     1       0.96 %     1.06 %     0.96 %     3 %6        
                                                                       
  $ 0.82     $ 12.05       23.99 %   $ 1,020,242       0.70 %     0.84 %     0.70 %     43 %        
    0.39       10.40       35.23 %     763,004       0.70 %     1.00 %     0.70 %     37 %        
    2.06       7.98       (4.79 %)     590,664       0.70 %     0.85 %     0.70 %     54 %        
    1.41       10.57       20.96 %     718,601       0.70 %     0.94 %     0.70 %     57 %        
    0.01       9.91       (0.83 %)     789,950       0.71 %     1.31 %     0.71 %     3 %6        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.61     $ 15.78       11.77 %   $ 102,582       1.19 %     (0.23 %)     1.19 %     73 %        
    0.13       14.67       23.29 %     110,520       1.20 %     0.93 %     1.20 %     78 %        
    1.76       12.01       (15.80 %)     116,887       1.18 %     0.03 %     1.18 %     57 %        
    0.26       16.41       8.77 %     223,360       1.19 %     0.18 %     1.19 %     56 %        
    0.34       15.34       17.90 %     272,159       1.19 %     0.82 %     1.19 %     49 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.61     $ 15.73       11.73 %   $ 10,948       1.19 %     (0.23 %)     1.19 %     73 %        
    0.13       14.63       23.27 %     12,445       1.20 %     0.90 %     1.20 %     78 %        
    1.77       11.98       (15.82 %)     12,290       1.18 %     0.02 %     1.18 %     57 %        
    0.26       16.38       8.80 %     27,100       1.19 %     0.19 %     1.19 %     56 %        
    0.34       15.31       17.85 %     39,477       1.19 %     0.84 %     1.19 %     49 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.61     $ 15.99       12.06 %   $ 352,709       0.94 %     0.02 %     0.94 %     73 %        
    0.15       14.82       23.56 %     308,145       0.95 %     1.08 %     0.95 %     78 %        
    1.79       12.12       (15.59 %)     317,417       0.93 %     0.29 %     0.93 %     57 %        
    0.30       16.53       9.10 %     580,752       0.95 %     0.45 %     0.95 %     56 %        
    0.37       15.44       18.17 %     482,315       0.94 %     1.14 %     0.94 %     49 %        

 

 

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of December 16, 2016.

6

For purposes of calculating the turnover ratio for the Large Cap Fund, transactions related to an in-kind subscription have been excluded.

7

Rounds to less than $0.01

 

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

ESG Beta Quality Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 21.41     $ 0.23     $ 2.60     $ 2.83     $ 0.22     $ 0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    17.42       0.28       4.43       4.71       0.28       0.44  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    19.69       0.32       (1.20 )     (0.88 )     0.32       1.07  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    16.90       0.23       3.45       3.68       0.23       0.66  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    17.55       0.16       0.95       1.11       0.16       1.60  

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 21.35     $ 0.23     $ 2.59     $ 2.82     $ 0.22     $ 0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    17.38       0.28       4.41       4.69       0.28       0.44  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    19.65       0.32       (1.20 )     (0.88 )     0.32       1.07  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    16.86       0.23       3.45       3.68       0.23       0.66  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    17.52       0.17       0.93       1.10       0.16       1.60  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 22.07     $ 0.29     $ 2.67     $ 2.96     $ 0.27     $ 0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    17.94       0.34       4.56       4.90       0.33       0.44  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    20.23       0.38       (1.23 )     (0.85 )     0.37       1.07  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    17.34       0.28       3.55       3.83       0.28       0.66  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    17.97       0.19       0.99       1.18       0.21       1.60  
                                                 

ESG Beta Dividend Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 12.78     $ 0.23     $ 1.56     $ 1.79     $ 0.21     $ 0.19  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    10.64       0.25       2.49       2.74       0.25       0.35  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    11.50       0.24       (0.73 )     (0.49 )     0.24       0.13  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.86       0.22       1.67       1.89       0.23       0.02  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.96       0.01       (0.10 )     (0.09 )     0.01        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 12.81     $ 0.26     $ 1.57     $ 1.83     $ 0.24     $ 0.19  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    10.66       0.28       2.50       2.78       0.28       0.35  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    11.50       0.26       (0.70 )     (0.44 )     0.27       0.13  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    9.86       0.24       1.67       1.91       0.25       0.02  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.96       0.01       (0.10 )     (0.09 )     0.01        

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

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Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.46     $ 23.78       13.34 %   $ 170,315       0.90 %     1.10 %     0.90 %     65 %        
    0.72       21.41       27.13 %     161,021       0.90 %     1.43 %     0.90 %     49 %        
    1.39       17.42       (4.43 %)     134,435       0.90 %     1.59 %     0.90 %     55 %        
    0.89       19.69       21.89 %     164,016       0.90 %     1.25 %     0.90 %     36 %        
    1.76       16.90       6.26 %     161,041       1.07 %     0.93 %     1.09 %     80 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.46     $ 23.71       13.33 %   $ 6,599       0.90 %     1.11 %     0.90 %     65 %        
    0.72       21.35       27.08 %     6,659       0.90 %     1.43 %     0.90 %     49 %        
    1.39       17.38       (4.43 %)     5,417       0.90 %     1.59 %     0.90 %     55 %        
    0.89       19.65       21.96 %     5,589       0.90 %     1.25 %     0.90 %     36 %        
    1.76       16.86       6.24 %     4,296       1.06 %     0.96 %     1.09 %     80 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.51     $ 24.52       13.57 %   $ 79,301       0.65 %     1.35 %     0.65 %     65 %        
    0.77       22.07       27.42 %     72,736       0.65 %     1.68 %     0.65 %     49 %        
    1.44       17.94       (4.16 %)     54,131       0.65 %     1.84 %     0.65 %     55 %        
    0.94       20.23       22.22 %     43,038       0.65 %     1.48 %     0.65 %     36 %        
    1.81       17.34       6.49 %     27,580       0.84 %     1.08 %     0.84 %     80 %        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.40     $ 14.17       14.25 %   $ 4,014       0.90 %     1.80 %     0.90 %     93 %        
    0.60       12.78       25.85 %     2,859       0.90 %     2.03 %     0.90 %     50 %        
    0.37       10.64       (4.21 %)     1,846       0.90 %     2.11 %     0.90 %     52 %        
    0.25       11.50       19.24 %     353       0.90 %     2.10 %     0.90 %     31 %        
    0.01       9.86       (0.89 %)     10       0.90 %     1.93 %     0.90 %     0 %6        
                                                                       
  $ 0.43     $ 14.21       14.54 %   $ 136,036       0.65 %     2.06 %     0.65 %     93 %        
    0.63       12.81       26.18 %     130,001       0.65 %     2.28 %     0.65 %     50 %        
    0.40       10.66       (3.84 %)     115,362       0.65 %     2.24 %     0.65 %     52 %        
    0.27       11.50       19.44 %     149,178       0.65 %     2.31 %     0.65 %     31 %        
    0.01       9.86       (0.89 %)     136,601       0.65 %     2.18 %     0.65 %     0 %6        

 

 

4

Not annualized

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of December 16, 2016.

6

For purposes of calculating the turnover ratio for ESG Beta Dividend Fund, transactions related to an in-kind subscription have been excluded.

 

 

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Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Global Opportunities Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 12.04     $ (0.01 )   $ 2.75     $ 2.74     $     $ 0.12  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    9.18       0.02       3.05       3.07       0.03       0.18  

Period Ended December 31, 20185

    10.00       (0.01 )     (0.81 )     (0.82 )            

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 12.04     $ 0.02     $ 2.76     $ 2.78     $ 0.01     $ 0.12  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    9.18       0.06       3.03       3.09       0.05       0.18  

Period Ended December 31, 20185

    10.00       0.00 6      (0.82 )     (0.82 )            
                                         

Global Environmental Markets Fund

                                       

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 16.85     $ 0.09     $ 4.22     $ 4.31     $ 0.08     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    13.28       0.12       3.56       3.68       0.11        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.11       0.13       (2.43 )     (2.30 )     0.12       0.41  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    13.16       0.07       3.40       3.47       0.05       0.47  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    11.96       0.08       1.19       1.27       0.07        

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 16.83     $ 0.09     $ 4.21     $ 4.30     $ 0.08     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    13.26       0.12       3.56       3.68       0.11        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.09       0.13       (2.43 )     (2.30 )     0.12       0.41  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    13.14       0.07       3.40       3.47       0.05       0.47  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    11.94       0.08       1.19       1.27       0.07        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 16.97     $ 0.14     $ 4.25     $ 4.39     $ 0.13     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    13.36       0.16       3.60       3.76       0.15        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    16.22       0.17       (2.46 )     (2.29 )     0.16       0.41  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    13.24       0.10       3.44       3.54       0.09       0.47  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    12.03       0.11       1.20       1.31       0.10        

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

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December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

                           

Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.12     $ 14.66       22.76 %   $ 3,401       1.18 %     (0.06 %)     1.56 %     34 %        
    0.21       12.04       33.51 %     1,683       1.19 %     0.17 %     1.68 %     29 %        
          9.18       (8.20 %)     126       1.16 %     (0.14 %)     2.06 %     17 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.13     $ 14.69       23.12 %   $ 65,644       0.94 %     0.17 %     1.31 %     34 %        
    0.23       12.04       33.72 %     40,392       0.92 %     0.51 %     1.42 %     29 %        
          9.18       (8.20 %)     24,816       0.92 %     0.01 %     1.81 %     17 %        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.08     $ 21.08       25.71 %   $ 175,040       1.20 %     0.55 %     1.20 %     25 %        
    0.11       16.85       27.75 %     152,209       1.22 %     0.78 %     1.22 %     14 %        
    0.53       13.28       (14.31 %)     118,980       1.22 %     0.83 %     1.24 %     26 %        
    0.52       16.11       26.42 %     154,325       1.23 %     0.46 %     1.26 %     18 %        
    0.07       13.16       10.62 %     122,610       1.29 %     0.61 %     1.34 %     30 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.08     $ 21.05       25.68 %   $ 16,651       1.20 %     0.54 %     1.20 %     25 %        
    0.11       16.83       27.77 %     13,700       1.22 %     0.78 %     1.22 %     14 %        
    0.53       13.26       (14.33 %)     12,766       1.22 %     0.86 %     1.24 %     26 %        
    0.52       16.09       26.45 %     15,383       1.23 %     0.47 %     1.26 %     18 %        
    0.07       13.14       10.62 %     13,042       1.30 %     0.63 %     1.34 %     30 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.13     $ 21.23       26.00 %   $ 1,437,952       0.95 %     0.78 %     0.95 %     25 %        
    0.15       16.97       28.17 %     802,292       0.97 %     1.01 %     0.97 %     14 %        
    0.44       13.36       (14.17 %)     459,354       0.97 %     1.10 %     0.99 %     26 %        
    0.56       16.22       26.79 %     439,991       0.98 %     0.67 %     1.02 %     18 %        
    0.10       13.24       10.91 %     209,759       1.04 %     0.86 %     1.09 %     30 %        

 

 

4

Not annualized

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of June 27, 2018.

6

Rounds to less than $0.01

 

 

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Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Global Women’s Leadership Fund

                                       

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 27.00     $ 0.33     $ 3.32     $ 3.65     $ 0.31     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    22.02       0.47       5.33       5.80       0.44       0.38  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    25.02       0.47       (2.39 )     (1.92 )     0.44       0.64  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    20.56       0.39       4.69       5.08       0.36       0.26  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    19.75       0.39       0.79       1.18       0.37        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 27.14     $ 0.40     $ 3.34     $ 3.74     $ 0.38     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    22.12       0.53       5.37       5.90       0.50       0.38  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    25.13       0.53       (2.40 )     (1.87 )     0.50       0.64  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    20.65       0.43       4.73       5.16       0.42       0.26  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    19.83       0.42       0.82       1.24       0.42        
                                         

EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 9.53     $ 0.17     $ 0.81     $ 0.98     $ 0.16     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    7.95       0.21       1.59       1.80       0.22        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    9.36       0.22       (1.43 )     (1.21 )     0.20        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    7.79       0.21       1.57       1.78       0.21        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    8.13       0.20       (0.35 )     (0.15 )     0.19        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 9.34     $ 0.19     $ 0.79     $ 0.98     $ 0.18     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    7.80       0.23       1.55       1.78       0.24        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    9.19       0.23       (1.40 )     (1.17 )     0.22        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    7.65       0.21       1.56       1.77       0.23        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    7.99       0.21       (0.34 )     (0.13 )     0.21        

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

4

Not annualized.

5

To manage cash flows, minimize trading costs and equitize cash balances in between trading blocks of securities, the Global Women’s Index Fund utilizes one or more exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the combination of which is intended to track the Fund’s broad-based benchmark. These investments are frequent and short-term, however, the Fund is required to include such ETF investment activity in the calculation of its portfolio turnover. Had such transactions been excluded, the portfolio turnover would have been 37% for the year ended December 31, 2020, 25% for the year ended December 31, 2019, 47% for the year ended December 31, 2018, 25% for the year ended December 31, 2017, and 21% for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

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December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

                           

Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.31     $ 30.34       13.67 %   $ 130,255       0.78 %     1.27 %     0.78 %     69 %5        
    0.82       27.00       26.42 %     118,713       0.80 %     1.87 %     0.80 %     66 %5        
    1.08       22.02       (7.74 %)     86,727       0.81 %     1.88 %     0.83 %     67 %5        
    0.62       25.02       24.86 %     88,332       0.90 %     1.69 %     0.90 %     56 %5        
    0.37       20.56       6.01 %     72,771       0.92 %     1.93 %     0.92 %     49 %5        
                                                                       
  $ 0.38     $ 30.50       13.94 %   $ 619,168       0.53 %     1.52 %     0.53 %     69 %5        
    0.88       27.14       26.77 %     346,142       0.55 %     2.07 %     0.55 %     66 %5        
    1.14       22.12       (7.51 %)     156,960       0.56 %     2.09 %     0.58 %     67 %5        
    0.68       25.13       25.14 %     93,820       0.65 %     1.84 %     0.65 %     56 %5        
    0.42       20.65       6.30 %     37,920       0.67 %     2.09 %     0.67 %     49 %5        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.16     $ 10.35       10.51 %   $ 77,963       0.75 %     1.91 %     0.75 %     43 %6        
    0.22       9.53       22.78 %     84,855       0.80 %     2.40 %     0.80 %     31 %6        
    0.20       7.95       (13.15 %)     77,880       0.80 %     2.46 %     0.80 %     30 %6        
    0.21       9.36       23.01 %     123,776       0.80 %     2.38 %     0.80 %     42 %6        
    0.19       7.79       (1.85 %)     97,924       0.80 %     2.55 %     0.80 %     44 %6        
                                                                       
  $ 0.18     $ 10.14       10.78 %   $ 623,014       0.50 %     2.15 %     0.50 %     43 %6        
    0.24       9.34       23.01 %     559,939       0.55 %     2.63 %     0.55 %     31 %6        
    0.22       7.80       (12.90 %)     437,907       0.55 %     2.55 %     0.55 %     30 %6        
    0.23       9.19       23.34 %     560,348       0.55 %     2.47 %     0.55 %     42 %6        
    0.21       7.65       (1.63 %)     402,694       0.55 %     2.76 %     0.55 %     44 %6        

 

 

6

To manage cash flows, minimize trading costs and equitize cash balances in between trading blocks of securities, the ESG Leaders Index Fund utilizes one or more exchange-traded funds (ETFs) which have an investment objective that tracks the Fund’s broad-based benchmark. These investments are frequent and short-term, however, the Fund is required to include such ETF investment activity in the calculation of its portfolio turnover. Had such transactions been excluded, the portfolio turnover would have been 27% for the year ended December 31, 2020, 19% for the year ended December 31, 2019, 18% for the year ended December 31, 2018, 16% for the year ended December 31, 2017, and 10% for the year ended December 31, 2016.

 

 

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December 31, 2020

Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Core Bond Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 10.29     $ 0.17     $ 0.53     $ 0.70     $ 0.19     $ 0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    9.78       0.23       0.53       0.76       0.25        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.04       0.22       (0.25 )     (0.03 )     0.23        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    10.01       0.21       0.04       0.25       0.21       0.01  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.93       0.01       0.08       0.09       0.01        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 10.29     $ 0.20     $ 0.53     $ 0.73     $ 0.22     $ 0.24  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    9.78       0.26       0.52       0.78       0.27        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    10.04       0.24       (0.24 )           0.26        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    10.01       0.24       0.04       0.28       0.24       0.01  

Period Ended December 31, 20165

    9.93       0.01       0.08       0.09       0.01        
                                                 

High Yield Bond Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 6.79     $ 0.32     $ 0.18     $ 0.50     $ 0.32     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    6.25       0.33       0.54       0.87       0.33        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    6.78       0.33       (0.53 )     (0.20 )     0.33        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    6.71       0.35       0.07       0.42       0.35        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    6.25       0.38       0.45       0.83       0.37        

Class A

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 6.80     $ 0.32     $ 0.19     $ 0.51     $ 0.33     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    6.26       0.33       0.54       0.87       0.33        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    6.79       0.33       (0.53 )     (0.20 )     0.33        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    6.72       0.35       0.07       0.42       0.35        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    6.26       0.38       0.45       0.83       0.37        

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 6.76     $ 0.33     $ 0.19     $ 0.52     $ 0.34     $  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    6.23       0.34       0.53       0.87       0.34        

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    6.75       0.35       (0.52 )     (0.17 )     0.35        

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    6.68       0.36       0.08       0.44       0.37        

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    6.23       0.39       0.45       0.84       0.39        

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

 

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December 31, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

                           

Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.43     $ 10.56       6.89 %   $ 14,101       0.72 %     1.58 %     0.72 %     79 %        
    0.25       10.29       7.78 %     7,401       0.71 %     2.30 %     0.71 %     63 %        
    0.23       9.78       (0.24 %)     4,277       0.71 %     2.23 %     0.71 %     62 %        
    0.22       10.04       2.56 %     2,969       0.71 %     2.11 %     0.71 %     60 %        
    0.01       10.01       0.87 %     109       0.74 %     1.99 %     0.74 %     1 %6        
                                                                       
  $ 0.46     $ 10.56       7.16 %   $ 746,615       0.46 %     1.86 %     0.46 %     79 %        
    0.27       10.29       8.04 %     702,291       0.46 %     2.55 %     0.46 %     63 %        
    0.26       9.78       0.01 %     682,201       0.46 %     2.50 %     0.46 %     62 %        
    0.25       10.04       2.82 %     697,050       0.46 %     2.34 %     0.46 %     60 %        
    0.01       10.01       0.93 %     602,384       0.49 %     2.23 %     0.49 %     1 %6        
                                                                       
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.32     $ 6.97       7.80 %   $ 171,838       0.96 %     4.87 %     0.96 %     97 %        
    0.33       6.79       14.11 %     183,631       0.96 %     4.94 %     0.96 %     90 %        
    0.33       6.25       (3.07 %)     162,841       0.97 %     5.01 %     0.97 %     57 %        
    0.35       6.78       6.37 %     201,953       0.99 %     5.14 %     0.99 %     91 %        
    0.37       6.71       13.81 %     228,936       0.99 %     5.90 %     0.99 %     111 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.33     $ 6.98       7.79 %   $ 6,177       0.96 %     4.87 %     0.96 %     97 %        
    0.33       6.80       14.10 %     5,827       0.96 %     4.95 %     0.96 %     90 %        
    0.33       6.26       (3.05 %)     5,747       0.97 %     5.01 %     0.97 %     57 %        
    0.35       6.79       6.36 %     5,798       0.99 %     5.13 %     0.99 %     91 %        
    0.37       6.72       13.80 %     5,623       0.98 %     5.88 %     0.98 %     111 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.34     $ 6.94       8.08 %   $ 294,313       0.72 %     5.07 %     0.72 %     97 %        
    0.34       6.76       14.26 %     186,350       0.71 %     5.21 %     0.71 %     90 %        
    0.35       6.23       (2.70 %)     188,333       0.72 %     5.26 %     0.72 %     57 %        
    0.37       6.75       6.64 %     205,555       0.74 %     5.37 %     0.74 %     91 %        
    0.39       6.68       13.96 %     166,051       0.74 %     6.15 %     0.74 %     111 %        

 

 

4

Not annualized

5

Per share data is reflected from the Fund’s inception date of December 16, 2016.

6

For purposes of calculating the turnover rate for the Core Bond Fund, transactions related to an in-kind subscription have been excluded.

 

 

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Financial Highlights, continued

Selected data for a share outstanding throughout each period.

 

 

           

Income
(loss) from
investment
operations

           

Distributions to
shareholders

 

 

 

Net asset
value,
beginning of
period

   

Net
investment
income1

   

Net
realized and
unrealized
gain (loss)

   

Total from
investment
operations

   

From net
investment
income

   

From net
realized
gains

 

Sustainable Allocation Fund

                                               

Investor Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 23.35     $ 0.26     $ 3.49     $ 3.75     $ 0.26     $ 0.48  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    21.14       0.36       4.02       4.38       0.37       1.80  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    22.66       0.33       (1.23 )     (0.90 )     0.47       0.15  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    22.34       0.30       2.55       2.85       0.20       2.33  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    21.76       0.29       0.97       1.26       0.29       0.39  

Institutional Class

                                               

Year Ended December 31, 2020

  $ 23.76     $ 0.33     $ 3.54     $ 3.87     $ 0.32     $ 0.48  

Year Ended December 31, 2019

    21.47       0.43       4.09       4.52       0.43       1.80  

Year Ended December 31, 2018

    23.01       0.38       (1.24 )     (0.86 )     0.53       0.15  

Year Ended December 31, 2017

    22.63       0.41       2.53       2.94       0.23       2.33  

Year Ended December 31, 2016

    22.04       0.35       0.98       1.33       0.35       0.39  

 

 

1

Based on average shares outstanding during the period.

2

Total return represents aggregate total return for the period indicated, includes reinvestment of all dividends and distributions, and does not reflect the deduction of any applicable sales charges. Total returns for periods of less than one year have not been annualized.

3

Ratios representing periods of less than one year have been annualized.

4

Not annualized

 

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Ratios to
average net
assets3

                 
 

Total
distributions

   

Net asset
value,
end of
period

   

Total return2

   

Net assets
end of period
(in $000’s)

   

Net
expenses
including
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Net
investment
income

   

Total
expenses
excluding
reimbursements
and waivers

   

Portfolio
Turnover4

   

 

 
                                                                       
                                                                       
  $ 0.74     $ 26.36       16.24 %   $ 1,518,966       0.30 %5     1.08 %     0.30 %5     13 %        
    2.17       23.35       20.83 %     1,523,009       0.30 %5     1.56 %     0.30 %5     8 %        
    0.62       21.14       (4.08 %)     1,324,582       0.30 %5     1.44 %6     0.30 %5     12 %        
    2.53       22.66       13.16 %     1,496,146       0.29 %5     1.33 %     0.30 %5     14 %        
    0.68       22.34       5.81 %     1,596,717       0.77 %     1.31 %     0.87 %     49 %        
                                                                       
  $ 0.80     $ 26.83       16.49 %   $ 657,906       0.05 %5     1.36 %     0.05 %5     13 %        
    2.23       23.76       21.17 %     374,838       0.05 %5     1.80 %     0.05 %5     8 %        
    0.68       21.47       (3.85 %)     365,079       0.05 %5     1.64 %6     0.05 %5     12 %        
    2.56       23.01       13.42 %     506,220       0.04 %5     1.79 %     0.05 %5     14 %        
    0.74       22.63       6.06 %     279,574       0.52 %5     1.56 %     0.62 %     49 %        

 

 

5

The expense ratio of the Sustainable Allocation Fund does not include indirect expenses of the underlying funds the Fund invests in. Indirect expenses of the underlying funds were 0.57% for the year ended December 31, 2020, 0.62% for the year ended December 31, 2019, 0.61% for the year ended December 31, 2018, and 0.61% for the year ended December 31, 2017.

6

In 2018, the Adviser reimbursed the Fund for expense overpayments related to transfer agent fees in the amount of $223,088. Before the reimbursement by the adviser, the difference in total returns for Investor Class and Institutional Class would have remained the same at (4.08)% and (3.85)%, respectively. The Net Investment Income for Investor Class and Institutional Class would have been 1.42% and 1.62%, respectively.

 

 

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Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Fund Series Trust III

 

NOTE A—Organization and Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

 

Organization Pax World Funds Series Trust I (“Trust I”), which is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), is an open-end management investment company organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 25, 2006. As of December 31, 2020, Trust I offered ten investment funds: Pax Large Cap Fund (the “Large Cap Fund”), Pax Small Cap Fund (the “Small Cap Fund”), Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund (the “ESG Beta Quality Fund”), Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (the “ESG Beta Dividend Fund”), Pax Global Opportunities Fund (the “Global Opportunities Fund”), Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund (the “Global Environmental Markets Fund”), Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund (the “EAFE ESG Leaders Fund”), Pax Core Bond Fund (the “Core Bond Fund”), Pax High Yield Bond Fund (the “High Yield Bond Fund”), and Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund (the “Sustainable Allocation Fund”).

 

Pax World Funds Series Trust III (“Trust III”) is an open-end management investment company that was organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts on December 4, 2013 and registered under the 1940 Act. Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund (the “Global Women’s Leadership Fund”) is a diversified series of Trust III.

 

These financial statements relate to all funds (each a “Fund”, collectively, the “Funds”) offered under both Trust I and Trust III (each a “Trust”, collectively, the “Trusts”).

 

The Large Cap Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, Global Women’s Leadership Fund, EAFE ESG Leaders Fund, Core Bond Fund and Sustainable Allocation Fund each offer two classes of shares—Investor Class shares and Institutional Class shares. The Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Quality Fund, Global Environmental Markets Fund and High Yield Bond Fund each offer three classes of shares—Investor Class shares, Class A shares and Institutional Class shares. Although all share classes generally have identical voting, dividend and liquidation rights, each class votes separately when required by law. Different share classes pay different distribution amounts to the extent the expenses of such classes differ, and distributions in liquidation will be proportional to the net asset value of each share class. Each share class has its own expense structure and sales charges, as applicable.

 

 

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The Funds seek to avoid investing in issuers that their investment adviser has determined are involved in the manufacture or sale of weapons or manufacture of tobacco products or engage in business practices that their investment adviser determines to be sub-standard from an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) or sustainability perspective in relation to their industry, sector, asset class or universe peers.

 

The Large Cap Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities (such as common stocks, securities convertible into common or preferred stocks and warrants) of companies that, when purchased, have capitalizations within the range of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index as measured by market capitalization.

 

The Small Cap Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities (such as common stocks, securities convertible into common or preferred stocks and warrants) of companies that, when purchased, have capitalizations within the range of the Russell 2000 Index as measured by market capitalization.

 

The ESG Beta Quality Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, primarily in large-capitalization domestic equity securities that the Adviser believes have strong ESG profiles and that exhibit higher “quality” characteristics and reasonable valuations.

 

The ESG Beta Dividend Fund’s primary investment objective is income and capital appreciation. As a secondary objective and to the extent consistent with its primary investment objective, the ESG Beta Dividend Fund seeks capital preservation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities that pay dividends.

 

The Global Opportunities Fund’s investment objective is to seek long term growth of capital by investing in companies benefiting from the transition to a more sustainable global economy. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in companies that its Adviser or Sub-Adviser believe will benefit from the transition to a more sustainable global economy - the shift away from a depletive economy to one that preserves ecological and societal balance for the benefit of future generations. The Fund seeks to invest in companies with durable business models that are well-positioned to benefit from or avoid the risks associated with this transition. Under

 

 

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normal market conditions, the Global Opportunities Fund will invest primarily in equity securities (such as common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common or preferred stocks) of companies located around the world, including at least 40% of its net assets in securities of companies organized or located outside the United States or doing a substantial amount of business outside the United States, including those located in emerging markets.

 

The Global Environmental Markets Fund’s investment objective is to seek long term growth of capital by investing in innovative companies around the world whose businesses and technologies focus on environmental markets, including alternative energy and energy efficiency; water infrastructure technologies and pollution control; environmental support services and waste management technologies; and sustainable food, agriculture and forestry. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in the foregoing companies and will invest primarily in equity securities (such as common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common and preferred stocks) of companies located around the world, including at least 40% of its net assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers, including those located in emerging markets.

 

The Global Women’s Leadership Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment returns that closely correspond to or exceed the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Impax Global Women’s Leadership Index (the “Women’s Index”), while maintaining risk characteristics that the Adviser believes are generally similar to those of the Women’s Index. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, more than 80% of its total assets in the component securities of the Women’s Index and in American depositary receipts, global depositary receipts and euro depositary receipts representing the component securities of the Women’s Index, including at least 40% of its net assets (unless market conditions are not deemed favorable, in which case the Global Women’s Leadership Fund would normally invest at least 30% of its assets) in securities of companies organized or located outside the U.S. or doing a substantial amount of business outside the U.S.

 

The EAFE ESG Leaders Fund’s investment objective is to seek investment returns that closely correspond to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal circumstances, more than 80% of its total assets in the component securities of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index and in American depositary receipts, global depositary receipts and euro depositary receipts representing the component securities of the MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index.

 

 

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The Core Bond Fund’s investment objective is to seek income and conservation of principal. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in bonds, which include debt obligations such as mortgage-related securities, securities issued by the United States government or its agencies and instrumentalities, municipal bonds, corporate bonds and high-impact bonds (which provide financing to support solutions to global sustainability challenges) across the spectrum of issuers, each of which is, at the time of purchase, rated at least investment grade (rated BBB- or higher by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or Baa3 or higher by Moody’s Investors Service) or unrated and determined by the Adviser to be of comparable quality.

 

The High Yield Bond Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek high current income. As a secondary investment objective, the High Yield Bond Fund seeks capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve this objective by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in high-yield, fixed income securities (such as bonds, notes or debentures) that are rated below BBB- by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or below Baa3 by Moody’s Investors Service, similarly rated by another major rating service, or unrated and determined by the High Yield Bond Fund’s investment adviser to be of comparable quality. These fixed income securities are commonly referred to as “junk bonds.”

 

The Sustainable Allocation Fund’s primary investment objective is to seek income and conservation of principal. As a secondary investment objective, the Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The Fund uses a team approach to allocate among multiple funds managed by the Adviser (“Underlying Funds”) in order to seek to achieve its investment objectives. The Adviser will allocate the Fund’s assets among Underlying Funds in its sole discretion. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objectives, under normal market conditions, by investing (indirectly through the use of Underlying Funds) approximately 50%-75% of its assets in equity securities (such as common stocks, preferred stocks and securities convertible into common or preferred stocks) and 25%-50% of its assets in debt securities (including but not limited to debt securities convertible into equity securities).

 

Under the Trusts’ organizational documents, its officers and trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trusts. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trusts enter into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trusts’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown as this could involve future claims that may be made against the Trusts that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trusts expect this risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Accounting Estimates The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“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. The Funds apply Investment Company accounting and reporting guidance.

 

Valuation of Investments For purposes of calculating the net asset value (“NAV”), determined ordinarily as of the close of regular trading (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) (the “NYSE Close”) on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on each day that the NYSE is open for trading, the Funds normally use pricing data for domestic equity securities received shortly after the NYSE Close and do not normally take into account trading, clearances or settlements that take place after the NYSE Close. U.S. fixed income and non-U.S. securities are normally priced using data reflecting the earlier closing of the principal markets for those securities, subject to possible fair value adjustments. Information that becomes known to the Funds or their agents after NAV has been calculated on a particular day will not generally be used to retroactively adjust the price of a security or NAV determined earlier that day.

 

For the purpose of these financial statements, fair values for various types of securities and other instruments are determined on the basis of closing prices or last sales prices on an exchange or other market, or based on quotes or other market information obtained from quotation reporting systems, established market makers or pricing services. Short-term investments having a maturity of 60 days or less are generally valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.

 

Investments denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are converted to U.S. dollars using exchange rates obtained from pricing services. As a result, the NAV of a Fund’s shares may be affected by changes in the value of currencies in relation to the U.S. dollar.

 

If market quotations are not readily available (including in cases when available market quotations are deemed to be unreliable), the Funds’ investments will be valued as determined in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts (the “Boards” or “Boards of Trustees”)(so called “fair value pricing”). Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security or other asset, and fair values used to determine a Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same investments. Also, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities or other

 

 

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assets held by a Fund. The Boards have delegated to the Adviser’s Best Execution and Valuation Committee the day-to-day responsibility for making fair value pricing determinations with respect to Fund holdings.

 

The Funds may determine that market quotations are not readily available due to events relating to a single issuer (e.g., corporate actions or announcements) or events relating to multiple issuers (e.g., governmental actions or natural disasters). The Funds may determine the fair value of investments based on information provided by pricing services and other third-party vendors, which may recommend fair value prices or adjustments with reference to other securities, indices or assets. In considering whether fair value pricing is required and in determining fair values, the Funds may, among other things, consider significant events (which may be considered to include changes in the value of U.S. securities or securities indices) that occur after the close of the relevant market and the usual time of valuation. At December 31, 2020, three securities were fair valued in good faith pursuant to policies and procedures approved by the Boards of Trustees. The Core Bond Fund held one security fair valued at $293,185, representing 0.04% of the Fund’s net asset value and the High Yield Bond Fund held two securities fair valued at $0, representing 0.00% of the Fund’s net asset value.

 

For those Funds that invest in non-U.S. securities, investors should be aware that many securities markets and exchanges outside the U.S. close prior to the close of the NYSE, and the closing prices for securities in such markets or on such exchanges may not fully reflect events that occur after such close but before the close of the NYSE. As a result, the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures require the Funds to consider changes in the fair value of non-U.S. securities between the time of the closing of the local market’s exchange and the close of the NYSE. Generally, if there has been a movement in the U.S. market that exceeds a specified threshold, the Funds will assess whether the closing price on the local exchange is still appropriate. Although the threshold may be revised from time to time and the number of days on which fair value prices will be used will depend on market activity, it is possible that fair value prices will be used by the Funds to a significant extent. The value determined for an investment using the Funds’ fair value pricing procedures may differ from recent market prices for the investment.

 

Fair Value Measurements Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund would receive upon selling an investment in an orderly transaction between market participants. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

 

 

Level 1 – unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments

 

 

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Level 2 – other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

 

Level 3 – significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

 

Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. 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 general summary of valuation inputs and classifications for different categories of securities.

 

Equity Securities Equity securities, including common stocks, preferred stocks and exchange-traded funds, for which market quotations are readily available, valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by an independent pricing service, are generally categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. Non-U.S. equity securities may also be valued at official close, or may be valued based on the fair value pricing procedures noted above. When third-party fair value pricing of foreign securities methods are applied, they are generally categorized as Level 2. To the extent that inputs for equity securities are unobservable, values are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

 

Fixed Income Securities Fixed income securities, including Corporate Bonds (both investment-grade and high-yield), U.S. Treasury Obligations, Government Bonds, Mortgage-Backed and Asset-Backed Securities, Bank Loans and Municipal Bonds, are valued at evaluated prices received from independent pricing services, which are evaluated using various inputs and techniques which may include trade activity, broker-dealer quotes, yield curves, coupon rates, default rates, cash flows, models and other inputs, and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. To the extent that inputs for fixed income securities are unobservable, values are categorized as Level 3 in the hierarchy.

 

Affiliated and Unaffiliated Investment Companies Investments in mutual funds are valued at the Funds’ closing net asset value and are generally categorized as Level 1.

 

 

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Short-term Investments Short-term securities, including repurchase agreements, with remaining maturities of 60 days or less, which are valued at amortized cost, are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy.

 

The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ net assets as of December 31, 2020:

 

 

 

Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3*

   

Totals

 

Large Cap

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 1,024,585,889     $     $     $ 1,024,585,889  

Cash Equivalents

    15,692,738                   15,692,738  

Total

  $ 1,040,278,627     $     $     $ 1,040,278,627  

Small Cap

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 446,205,840     $     $     $ 446,205,840  

Cash Equivalents

    31,502,917                   31,502,917  

Total

  $ 477,708,757     $     $     $ 477,708,757  

ESG Beta Quality

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 254,977,946     $     $     $ 254,977,946  

Cash Equivalents

    1,674,507                   1,674,507  

Total

  $ 256,652,453     $     $     $ 256,652,453  

ESG Beta Dividend

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 138,502,833     $     $     $ 138,502,833  

Cash Equivalents

    1,432,650                   1,432,650  

Total

  $ 139,935,483     $     $     $ 139,935,483  

Global Opportunities

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 39,294,601     $ 28,616,289     $     $ 67,910,890  

Cash Equivalents

    1,174,705                   1,174,705  

Total

  $ 40,469,306     $ 28,616,289     $     $ 69,085,595  

Global Environmental Markets

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 932,084,063     $ 637,858,261     $     $ 1,569,942,324  

Cash Equivalents

    48,491,782                   48,491,782  

Total

  $ 980,575,845     $ 637,858,261     $     $ 1,618,434,106  

Global Women’s Leadership

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 552,138,957     $ 190,588,897     $     $ 742,727,854  

Preferred Stocks

          698,267             698,267  

Cash Equivalents

    3,614,895                   3,614,895  

Total

  $ 555,753,852     $ 191,287,164     $     $ 747,041,016  

 

 

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Level 1

   

Level 2

   

Level 3*

   

Totals

 

EAFE ESG Leaders

                               

Common Stocks

  $ 2,931,322     $ 685,310,916     $     $ 688,242,238  

Preferred Stocks

          3,157,259             3,157,259  

Cash Equivalents

    9,435,393                   9,435,393  

Total

  $ 12,366,715     $ 688,468,175     $     $ 700,834,890  

Core Bond

                               

Community Investment Notes

  $     $     $ 293,185     $ 293,185  

Corporate Bonds

          285,126,908             285,126,908  

U.S. Gov’t Agency Bonds

          8,936,404             8,936,404  

Supranational Bonds

          85,660,614             85,660,614  

Municipal Bonds

          17,929,514             17,929,514  

U.S. Treasury Notes

          101,827,100             101,827,100  

Asset-Backed Securities

          55,218,770             55,218,770  

Mortgage-Backed Securities

          196,960,858             196,960,858  

Medium Term Certificates of Deposit

          260,119             260,119  

Cash Equivalents

    14,032,024       254,532             14,286,556  

Total

  $ 14,032,024     $ 752,174,819     $ 293,185     $ 766,500,028  

High Yield Bond

                               

Community Investment Notes

  $     $     $ 500,813     $ 500,813  

Common Stocks

                0       0  

Preferred Stocks

    2,794,200             0       2,794,200  

Corporate Bonds

          450,542,243             450,542,243  

Loans

          5,251,022             5,251,022  

Medium Term Certificates of Deposit

          100,797             100,797  

Cash Equivalents

    7,451,254       1,107,251             8,558,505  

Total

  $ 10,245,454     $ 457,001,313     $ 500,813     $ 467,747,580  

Sustainable Allocation

                               

Affiliated Investment Companies

  $ 2,068,889,609     $     $     $ 2,068,889,609  

Cash Equivalents

    101,977,753                   101,977,753  

Total

  $ 2,170,867,362     $     $     $ 2,170,867,362  

 

*

Table includes securities valued at zero.

 

See Schedules of Investments for additional detailed industry classifications.

 

Significant unobservable inputs were used by two Funds for Level 3 fair value measurements. The High Yield Bond Fund holds two securities of the same issuer which are deemed to be valued at zero based on company financial statements, and one security based on broker valuation levels. The Core Bond Fund holds a position in a Community Investment note which is valued based on a general obligation by the parent entity to limit investment exposure on the note.

 

 

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Investment Transactions Investment transactions are recorded as of the date of purchase, sale or maturity. Net realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are determined on the identified cost basis, which is also used for federal income tax purposes. Corporate actions (including cash dividends) are recorded net of foreign tax withholdings.

 

Investment Income Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and includes accretion of discount and amortization of premiums, if any. The value of additional securities received as dividend payments is recorded as income and as an increase to the cost basis of such securities. The Funds amortize purchase price premium and accrete discount on bonds, if any, over the remaining life of the bonds using the effective interest method of amortization; for callable bonds, the premium amortization period is to the earliest call date.

 

Distributions to Shareholders Distributions to shareholders are recorded by each of the Funds on the ex-dividend dates. The Funds (except Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund) expect to pay dividends of net investment income, if any, semiannually and to make distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually.

 

The Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund expect to pay dividends of net investment income, if any, monthly and to make distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually. A shareholder begins earning dividends on the Core Bond Fund and High Yield Bond Fund shares the day after the Funds receive his or her purchase payment. Income and capital gains distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Class Accounting Expenses directly attributable to a class of shares, such as 12b-1 distribution fees, are charged to that class. Each Fund has adopted a 12b-1 plan, applicable to certain classes of each of the Funds. Expenses of the Funds that are directly identifiable to a specific Fund, such as transfer agent fees, custody fees and registration fees, are applied to that Fund. Expenses that are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund, such as printing expense, Trustees’ fees and legal fees, are allocated in such a manner as deemed equitable, taking into consideration the nature and type of expense and the relative net assets of the Funds. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses are allocated based upon the relative daily net assets of each class of shares.

 

Federal Income Taxes Each of the Funds has elected to be treated and intends to qualify each year as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If a Fund so qualifies and satisfies

 

 

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certain distribution requirements, such Fund will ordinarily not be subject to federal income tax on its net investment income (which includes short-term capital gains) and net capital gains that it distributes to shareholders. Each Fund expects to distribute all or substantially all of its income and gains to shareholders every year. Therefore, no federal income or excise tax provision is required. The Funds are treated as separate entities for federal income tax purposes.

 

Foreign Currency Transactions The accounting records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. In addition, purchases and sales of investment securities, dividend and interest income, and certain expenses are translated at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized and unrealized foreign currency exchange gains or losses occurring during the holding period of investment securities are a component of realized gain (loss) on investment transactions and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.

 

Non-U.S. Securities Non-U.S. markets can be significantly more volatile than domestic markets, causing the prices of some Fund investments to fluctuate significantly, rapidly and unpredictably. Non-U.S. securities may be less liquid than domestic securities; consequently, a Fund may at times be unable to sell non-U.S. securities at desirable times or prices. Other risks related to non-U.S. securities include delays in the settlement of transactions; less publicly available information about issuers; different reporting, accounting and auditing standards; the effect of political, social, diplomatic or economic events; seizure, expropriation or nationalization of the issuer or its assets; fluctuation in foreign currency exchange rates and the possible imposition of currency exchange controls. If a Fund invests substantially in securities of non-U.S. issuers tied economically to a particular country or geographic region, it will be subject to the risks associated with such country or geographic region to a greater extent than a fund that is more diversified across countries or geographic regions.

 

Securities Lending The Funds may lend their securities pursuant to a securities lending agreement (Lending Agreement) with State Street Bank and Trust Company. Initial security loans made pursuant to the Lending Agreement are required to be secured by collateral not less than the percentage specified in the agreement, ranging from 102% to 105%, depending on the types of securities. Cash collateral received is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a registered Rule 2a-7 money market fund. Borrowers may also pledge non-cash collateral within the guidelines for acceptable forms of non-cash collateral approved by the Boards of Trustees. At December 31, 2020, non-cash collateral consisted of U.S. Treasuries, short-term U.S. Government agency obligations and sovereign debt.

 

 

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The Funds have the right under the Lending Agreement to recover the securities from the borrower on demand. The primary risk associated with securities lending is if the borrower defaults on its obligation to return the securities loaned because of insolvency or other reasons. The Funds could experience delays and costs in recovering securities loaned or in gaining access to the collateral. In the event the borrower fails to return loaned securities and the collateral received is insufficient to cover the value of the loaned securities and provided such collateral shortfall is not the result of investment losses, the lending agent has agreed to pay the amount of the shortfall to the Funds, or at the discretion of the lending agent, replace the loaned securities.

 

A portion of the income generated upon investment of the collateral is remitted to the borrower and the remainder is allocated between the Funds and the lending agent. The Funds record security lending income net of such allocation. The Funds continue to receive dividends on the securities loaned, which are accounted for in the same manner as other dividend and interest income.

 

As of December 31, 2020, the value of securities loaned, payable for collateral due to brokers and non-cash collateral pledged by brokers were as follows:

 

Fund

 

Market Value
of Securities
Loaned

   

Payable on
Collateral Due
to Broker

   

Non-Cash
Collateral Value *

   

Over (Under)
Collateralized

 

Large Cap

  $ 8,352,723     $     $ 8,462,569     $ 109,846  

Small Cap

    42,798,518       16,801,446       27,103,921       1,106,849  

ESG Beta Quality

    2,980,114             3,017,972       37,858  

ESG Beta Dividend

    545,239             562,401       17,162  

Global Women’s Leadership

    1,062,536             1,093,105       30,569  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    2,546,905       1,842,875       841,516       137,486  

Core Bond

    3,587,349       3,660,830             73,481  

 

*

Non-cash collateral is not included in the financial statements.

 

For the Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Quality Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund and Women’s Leadership Fund all of the securities on loan at December 31, 2020 are classified as Common Stocks in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments. For the Core Bond Fund all of the securities on loan at December 31, 2020 are classified as Corporate Bonds on the Fund’s Schedule of Investments.

 

NOTE B—Investment Advisory Fee and Transactions with Affiliated and Other Parties

 

 

Trust I and Trust III have entered into an Investment Advisory Contract (the “Management Contract”) with Impax Asset Management LLC (“IAM”) (the “Adviser”). Pursuant to the terms of the Management Contract, the Adviser,

 

 

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subject to the supervision of the Boards of Trustees of the Trusts, is responsible for managing the assets of the Funds in accordance with the Funds’ investment objectives, investment programs and policies.

 

Pursuant to the Management Contract, the Adviser has contracted to furnish the Funds continuously with an investment program, determining what investments to purchase, sell and exchange for the Funds and what assets to hold uninvested. The Adviser also has contracted to provide office space and certain management and administrative facilities for the Funds. In return for such services, the Funds pay an advisory fee to the Adviser at the following annual rates (expressed as a percentage of the average daily net assets of such Fund):

 

Fund

 

Annual Rate

 

Large Cap

    0.65 %

Small Cap

    0.75 %

ESG Beta Quality1

    0.65 %*

ESG Beta Dividend2

    0.65 %*

Global Opportunities3

    0.80 %

Global Environmental Markets4

    0.80 %

Global Women’s Leadership5

    0.55 %*

EAFE ESG Leaders6

    0.48 %*

Core Bond

    0.40 %

High Yield Bond

    0.50 %

Sustainable Allocation

    0.05 %*

 

*

The management fee is a unified fee that includes all of the operating costs and expenses of the Fund (other than taxes, charges of governmental agencies, interest, brokerage commissions incurred in connection with portfolio transactions, distribution and/or service fees payable under a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, acquired fund fees and expenses and extraordinary expenses), including accounting expenses, administrator, transfer agent, custodian fees, legal fees and other expenses.

 

1

The management fee is 0.65% based on average net assets up to $225 million; 0.55% for assets of $225 million to $375 million; 0.50% for assets of $375 million to $500 million; and 0.45% for assets over $500 million.

 

2

The management fee is 0.65% based on average net assets up to $150 million; 0.55% for assets of $150 million to $375 million; 0.50% for assets of $375 million to $500 million; and 0.45% for assets over $500 million.

 

3

The Fund’s investment adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee equal to the management fee corresponding to the current market value of 200,000 shares (plus shares reinvested). This waiver may not be amended or terminated without the approval of the Board of Trustees before December 31, 2021.

 

4

The management fee is 0.80% based on average net assets up to $1 billion; 0.75% for assets of $1 billion to $1.5 billion; 0.70% for assets of $1.5 billion to $2 billion; 0.65% for assets of $2 billion to $3 billion; and 0.60% for assets over $3 billion.

 

5

The management fee is 0.55% based on average net assets up to $375 million; 0.50% for assets of $375 million to $750 million; and 0.45% for assets over $750 million.

 

 

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6

Effective May 1, 2020, the management fee changed to 0.48% based on average net assets up to $600 million; 0.45% for assets of $600 million to $750 million; and 0.40% for assets over $750 million. Prior to May 1, 2020, the Fund’s annual rate (expressed as percentage of the average daily net assets of the Fund) was 0.55% on the first $600 million, 0.45% for assets of $600 million to $750 million; and 0.40% for assets over $750 million.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds incurred the following advisory fees:

 

Fund

 

Amount

 

Large Cap

  $ 5,316,037  

Small Cap

    2,852,994  

ESG Beta Quality

    1,477,044  

ESG Beta Dividend

    806,820  

Global Opportunities

    386,385  

Global Environmental Markets

    8,773,270  

Global Women’s Leadership

    2,993,519  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    2,955,639  

Core Bond

    2,846,119  

High Yield Bond

    1,901,098  

Sustainable Allocation

    955,347  

 

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse the Funds or limit expenses of the Funds to the extent that each Fund’s respective expenses exceed, on an annual basis, the following percentages of average daily net assets:

 

   

Expense Caps

 

Fund

 

Investor

   

Class A

   

Institutional

 

ESG Beta Quality 1

    0.90 %     0.90 %     0.65 %

ESG Beta Dividend 1

    0.90 %             0.65 %

Global Opportunities 2

    1.23 %             0.98 %

Global Women’s Leadership 1

    0.80 %             0.55 %

EAFE ESG Leaders 1

    0.73 %             0.48 %

Sustainable Allocation 1

    0.30 %             0.05 %

 

1

Expense caps for funds represent their respective unified management fees plus distribution and/or service fees payable under a plan pursuant to Rule 12b-1, as applicable to particular classes of shares.

 

2

The Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse expenses (other than interest, commissions, taxes, extraordinary expenses and acquired fund fees and expenses, if any) to the extent that they exceed the expense caps indicated. The reimbursement arrangement may not be amended or terminated without the approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees before December 31, 2021.

 

Such expenses include (i) management and distribution fees; (ii) the fees of affiliated and unaffiliated Trustees; (iii) the fees of the Funds’ custodian and transfer agent; (iv) the fees of the Funds’ legal counsel and independent registered public accounting firm; (v) the reimbursement of organizational expenses; and

 

 

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(vi) expenses related to shareholder communications including all expenses of shareholders’ and Boards of Trustees’ meetings and of preparing, printing and mailing reports, proxy statements and prospectuses to shareholders.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the dollar amounts of expense reimbursements were as follows:

 

   

Total Expenses Reimbursed by Adviser

 

Fund

 

Investor

   

Institutional

 

Global Opportunities

  $ 7,719     $ 152,387  

 

In addition, the Adviser waived $19,827 of its management fee from the Global Opportunities Fund.

 

The Trusts have adopted a plan (“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act that allows the Funds to pay distribution fees for the sale and distribution of certain shares as described below and for personal services rendered to the Fund shareholders in connection with the maintenance of shareholder accounts. Under the Plan, each Fund will pay its Distributor a distribution fee equal to 0.25% of the annual average daily net assets attributable to the Investor Class shares and Class A shares. The Distributor may pay all or any portion of the distribution fee to securities dealers or other organizations (including, but not limited to, any affiliate of the Distributor) as commissions, asset-based sales charges or other compensation with respect to the sale of indicated shares of such Fund, or for providing personal services to investors in the indicated shares of such Fund and/or the maintenance of shareholder accounts, and may retain all or any portion of the distribution fee as compensation for the Distributor’s services as principal underwriter of the indicated shares of such Fund.

 

Several individuals who are officers and/or Trustees of the Trusts are also employees of the Adviser.

 

 

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NOTE C—Investment Information

 

 

Purchases and proceeds from sales of investments for the Funds for the year ended December 31, 2020 were as follows:

 

   

Purchases

   

Sales

 

Fund

 

Investments1

   

U.S. Gov’t Bonds

   

Investments1

   

U.S. Gov’t Bonds

 

Large Cap

  $ 432,973,198     $     $ 343,089,067     $  

Small Cap

    268,506,380             289,400,296        

ESG Beta Quality

    147,759,355             158,610,339        

ESG Beta Dividend

    114,251,578             124,326,809        

Global Opportunities

    30,178,030             16,447,670        

Global Environmental Markets

    601,265,672             271,161,365        

Global Women’s Leadership

    585,729,310             385,935,630        

EAFE ESG Leaders

    253,071,063             264,002,479        

Core Bond

    345,079,507       296,240,315       242,611,463       307,935,231  

High Yield

    450,086,442             363,214,061        

Sustainable Allocation

    242,779,550             231,824,241        

 

1

Excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government bonds.

 

For federal income tax purposes, the identified cost of investments owned at December 31, 2020 as well as the gross unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments and resulting net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) as of December 31, 2020 were as follows for the Funds:

 

Fund

 

Identified cost of
investments for
Federal income
tax basis

   

Gross unrealized
appreciation

   

Gross unrealized
depreciation

   

Net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)

 

Large Cap

  $ 672,066,054     $ 368,380,591     $ 168,018     $ 368,212,573  

Small Cap

    398,951,963       96,208,762       17,451,968       78,756,794  

ESG Beta Quality

    124,083,776       132,571,676       2,999       132,568,677  

ESG Beta Dividend

    82,050,266       57,903,245       18,028       57,885,217  

Global Opportunities

    51,506,967       17,870,683       292,055       17,578,628  

Global Environmental Markets

    1,117,187,426       506,467,207       5,220,527       501,246,680  

Global Women’s Leadership

    594,345,843       161,713,365       9,018,192       152,695,173  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    541,257,535       188,873,178       29,295,823       159,577,355  

Core Bond

    735,488,538       32,466,787       1,455,297       31,011,490  

High Yield

    444,501,404       24,135,147       888,971       23,246,176  

Sustainable Allocation

    1,735,733,473       435,133,889             435,133,889  

 

At December 31, 2020 the Small Cap Fund, Global Opportunities Fund, Global Environmental Markets Fund, Global Women’s Leadership Fund and EAFE ESG Leaders Fund had unrealized foreign currency gains (losses) of $60; $25,634; $40,166; $15,804; and $146,787, respectively.

 

 

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Netting Agreements During the ordinary course of business, the Funds may enter into transactions subject to enforceable netting agreements or other similar arrangements (“netting agreements”). Generally, the right to offset in netting agreements allows a Fund to offset any exposure to a specific counterparty with any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreement. Generally, a Fund manages its cash collateral and securities collateral on a counterparty basis. As of December 31, 2020, there is no collateral held at the counterparty that would be offset by a master netting agreement that the Funds have with the counterparty. The Funds did not hold any derivative instruments as of December 31, 2020.

 

Affiliated Investments The term “affiliated company” includes other investment companies that are managed by a Fund’s Adviser. At December 31, 2020, the Sustainable Allocation Fund held the following investments in affiliated Funds:

 

Fund

 

Shares
Held at
12/31/19

   

Gross
Additions

   

Gross
Reductions

   

Shares
Held at
12/31/20

 

Sustainable Allocation

                               

Large Cap

    73,178,029       8,368,234       7,423,313       74,122,950  

Small Cap

    2,158,328       1,777,251             3,935,579  

ESG Beta Dividend

    10,010,369       274,015       1,963,973       8,320,411  

Global Opportunities

    2,548,966       23,125             2,572,091  

Global Environmental Markets

    1,482,025       698,726             2,180,751  

Global Women’s Leadership

    785,900       747,541             1,533,441  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    15,576,499       3,411,924       3,127,524       15,860,899  

Core Bond

    66,778,157       6,943,954       7,162,992       66,559,119  

High Yield

    3,263,125       69,071       3,332,196        

 

Fund

 

Value at
12/31/19

   

Dividend
Income

   

Realized
Gains/
Losses1

   

Net change
in Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation

   

Value at
12/31/20

 

Sustainable Allocation

                                       

Large Cap

  $ 761,051,498     $ 6,184,319     $ 55,877,389     $ 120,068,343     $ 893,181,549  

Small Cap

    31,986,423             2,314,800       8,628,685       62,929,908  

ESG Beta Dividend

    128,232,821       2,102,449       5,703,747       7,194,016       118,233,034  

Global Opportunities

    30,689,545       32,446       298,943       6,763,084       37,784,018  

Global Environmental Markets

    25,149,965       275,663             12,371,705       46,297,333  

Global Women’s Leadership

    21,329,334       578,439             4,862,179       46,769,952  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    145,484,501       2,985,967       2,967,571       17,391,480       160,829,518  

Core Bond

    687,147,238       13,656,252       19,201,603       13,359,203       702,864,297  

High Yield

    22,058,723       448,587       (130,091 )     (1,047,239 )      

Total

  $ 1,853,130,048     $ 26,264,122     $ 86,233,962     $ 189,591,456     $ 2,068,889,609  

 

 

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The Funds are permitted to purchase and sell securities (“cross-trade”) from and to other Funds within the Trusts or other accounts managed by the Adviser pursuant to “Cross-Trading” Procedures adopted by the Trusts’ Boards of Trustees. These procedures have been designed to ensure that any cross-trade of securities by the respective Fund from or to another Fund or account that is or could be considered an affiliate of the Fund under certain limited circumstances by virtue of having a common investment adviser complies with Rule 17a-7 of the 1940 Act. Further, as defined under these procedures, each cross-trade is effected at the current market price to save costs where allowed. Pursuant to these procedures, for the year ended December 31, 2020, the Global Women’s Leadership Fund and the EAFE ESG Leaders Fund engaged in cross-trades. The Global Women’s Leadership Fund and the EAFE ESG Leaders Fund had total purchases of $1,102,044 and $1,657,546, respectively, and total sales of $1,657,546 and $1,102,044, respectively. The Global Women’s Leadership Fund and EAFE ESG Leaders Fund had net gains of $180,717 and $62,901, respectively.

 

Restricted and Illiquid Securities The Funds may purchase certain restricted securities and limited amounts of illiquid securities. The Funds may invest in securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 (“the Act”) which are restricted from sale to the public and may only be sold to a qualified institutional buyer. The Funds do not have the right to demand that such securities be registered. The value of such securities is determined by valuations supplied by a pricing service or, if not available, in good faith by or at the direction of the Boards of Trustees. At December 31, 2020, the Core Bond Fund held $114,478,481 or 15.05% of net assets and the High Yield Bond Fund held $337,421,634 or 71.44% of net assets in securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Act.

 

At December 31, 2020 the Core Bond Fund held $4,656,695 of illiquid securities representing 0.61% of net assets and High Yield Bond Fund held $1,708,861 of illiquid securities, representing 0.36% of net assets. The Fund will classify as “illiquid” all securities that the Fund reasonably expects cannot be sold or disposed of in current market conditions in seven calendar days or less without the sale or disposition significantly changing the market value of the investment. Illiquid investments may include restricted securities, repurchase agreements that mature in more than seven days or that have a notice or demand feature more than seven days, certain over-the-counter option contracts and participation interests in

 

 

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loans. Because illiquid securities trade less frequently and in smaller volume than liquid securities, the Fund may experience difficulty in closing out positions at prevailing market prices.

 

Security

 

Acquisition Date Range

   

Cost

   

Market Value

 

Core Bond

                       

Capital Impact Partners, 2.300%, 10/15/24

10/21/19 - 10/21/19

  $ 500,000     $ 511,719  

CINI Investment Note, 2.000%, 10/31/23

11/03/20 - 11/03/20

    293,185       293,185  

Community Credit Union of Lynn, 2.200%, 11/29/22

11/14/17 - 11/14/17

    250,000       260,119  

Master Asset Backed Securities Trust 2007-NCW, 1 month LIBOR +0.748%, 144A, 2.691%, 05/25/37

07/06/17 - 07/06/17

    1,228,939       1,217,535  

Self-Help Federal Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21

12/17/19 - 12/17/19

    250,000       254,532  

Tesla Energy Operations, Inc., 4.700%, 05/29/25

05/26/15 - 05/26/15

    1,989,251       2,119,605  

 

Security  Acquisition Date Range  Cost  Market Value
High Yield Bond             
Beneficial State Bank, 1.200%, 01/21/21  01/21/20 - 01/21/20  $200,000   $200,000 
CINI Investment Note, 2.000%, 09/30/23  09/01/20 - 09/01/20   500,813    500,813 
Interactive Health, Inc.  03/19/04 - 10/01/13   178,981    0 
Interactive Health, Inc., 0.000%  03/19/04 - 10/01/13   357,962    0 
Self-Help Credit Union, 0.650%, 04/29/22  04/22/20 - 04/22/20   100,000    100,797 
Self-Help Credit Union, 1.900%, 12/20/21  12/17/19 - 12/17/19   400,000    407,251 
Shared Interest, Inc., 2.400%, 09/30/21  09/30/18 - 09/30/18   500,000    500,000 

 

NOTE D—Tax Information

 

 

The timing and characterization of certain income and capital gains distributions are determined annually in accordance with federal tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. In addition to permanent differences previously noted, temporary differences may arise from recognition of certain items of income, expense, gain or loss in different periods for financial reporting and tax purposes. Such differences will reverse at some time in the future. As a result, net investment income (loss) and net realized gain (loss) on investment transactions for a reporting period may differ significantly from distributions during such period. For tax purposes, short-term capital gains are considered ordinary income.

 

 

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The tax character of distributions paid during 2020 and 2019 was as follows:

 

   

Distributions paid in 2020

   

Distributions paid in 2019

 

Fund

 

Ordinary
income

   

Long-term
capital gains

   

Ordinary
income

   

Long-term
capital gains

 

Large Cap

  $ 17,065,871     $ 48,903,970     $ 8,866,803     $ 18,561,007  

Small Cap

    12,545,619       4,656,831       3,873,595       318,705  

ESG Beta Quality

    2,498,849       2,533,652       3,203,047       4,833,494  

ESG Beta Dividend

    2,432,461       1,874,179       2,720,704       3,625,330  

Global Opportunities

    601,990       84       454,580       318,335  

Global Environmental Markets

    8,256,780             7,439,925        

Global Women’s Leadership

    8,377,472             7,152,818       6,309,317  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    12,196,204             16,043,570        

Core Bond

    24,750,437       6,858,503       18,311,162        

High Yield Bond

    19,024,947             18,937,116        

Sustainable Allocation

    24,868,963       35,382,666       42,603,462       123,434,470  

 

The Large Cap Fund, Small Cap Fund, ESG Beta Dividend Fund and Core Bond Fund elected to defer $382,502; $302,428; $139,494; and $303,532, respectively, of capital losses recognized between November 1, 2020 and December 31, 2020 for the Funds’ fiscal year ending December 2020. In addition, the Global Opportunities Fund and Global Environmental Markets Fund incurred late-year ordinary losses of $2,122 and $71,092, respectively. These losses are treated for federal income tax purposes as if they had occurred on January 1, 2021.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis are as follows:

 

Fund

 

Undistributed
Ordinary
Income

   

Undistributed
Long-Term
Capital Gain

   

Other
Temporary
Differences

   

Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 

Large Cap

  $ 3,228,459     $     $ (382,502 )   $ 368,212,573  

Small Cap

    6,483,778             (302,428 )     78,756,854  

ESG Beta Quality

    165,125       684,512             132,568,677  

ESG Beta Dividend

                (139,494 )     57,885,217  

Global Opportunities

    194,267             (2,122 )     17,552,994  

Global Environmental Markets

                (22,812,528 )     501,286,846  

Global Women’s Leadership

    326,361             (7,614,335 )     152,710,977  

EAFE ESG Leaders

    1,601,921             (34,520,627 )     159,724,142  

Core Bond

          1,290,026       (303,532 )     31,011,490  

High Yield

                (68,431,846 )     23,246,176  

Sustainable Allocation

    28,167,975       54,196,449             435,133,889  

 

As of December 31, 2020, for federal income tax purposes, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future gains, if any, to the extent provided by the Treasury regulations:

 

 

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No Expiration

 

Fund

 

Short-term

   

Long-term

 

Global Environmental Markets

  $     $ 22,741,436  

Global Women’s Leadership

    7,614,335        

EAFE ESG Leaders

    823,849       33,696,778  

High Yield Bond

    25,102,246       43,243,868  

 

For financial reporting purposes, the capital accounts are adjusted to reflect the tax character of permanent book/tax differences. Reclassifications are primarily due to tax treatment of gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions and tax treatment related to REITs and PFICs.

 

For the year ended December 31, 2020, the Funds recorded the following reclassifications:

 

Fund  Undistributed
Net Investment
Income
  Accumulated Net
Realized Gain/
(Loss)
  Paid In
Capital
Large Cap  $(189,795)  $189,795   $ 
Small Cap   180,083    (180,083)    
ESG Beta Quality   (34,318)   34,318     
ESG Beta Dividend   (110,669)   116,901    (6,232)
Global Opportunities   (22,994)   22,994     
Global Environmental Markets   (138,964)   138,964     
Global Women’s Leadership   (32,550)   32,550     
EAFE ESG Leaders   563,419    (563,419)    
Core Bond   1,260,979    (1,260,979)    
High Yield   233,599    (247,542)   13,943 

 

Uncertain Tax Positions Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions taken for all open tax years which remain subject to examination by the Funds’ major tax jurisdictions (years 2017 through 2020). The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to tax liabilities as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. Management has concluded that, as of and during the year ended December 31, 2020, no provision for federal income tax is necessary and, therefore, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax expenses.

 

Note E – Other Matters

 

 

The impact of the COVID-19 outbreak has led, and in the future may lead, to increased short-term market volatility and may have adverse long-term effects on U.S. and world economies and markets generally. The duration of the COVID-19

 

 

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pandemic and its effects cannot be determined with certainty, and could prevent a Fund from executing advantageous investment decisions in a timely manner and negatively impact a Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

 

Note F – Subsequent Events

 

 

On September 10, 2020, the Board of Trustees of Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Trust III approved a change in the Funds’ distributor from ALPS Distributors, Inc. to Foreside Financial Services, LLC. (“Foreside”). This change took effect on January 11, 2021.

 

Effective January 31, 2021, the IAM sub-advisory agreement with Aperio Group, LLC has been discontinued. Accordingly, on February 1, 2021, Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund and Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund will be solely managed by IAM.

 

Effective March 31, 2021, the sustainability profiles of three of the Pax World Funds will be enhanced and the Funds’ names will be changed to better reflect their core focus of investing in the transition to a more sustainable economy. The new Fund names will be Pax U.S. Sustainable Economy Fund (currently, Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund), the Pax International Sustainable Economy Fund (currently, Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund) and Pax Global Sustainable Infrastructure Fund (currently, Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund). Certain changes to all three Funds’ investment strategies will be implemented and the expense ratios of the two former ESG Beta Funds will be lowered.

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Boards of Trustees and Shareholders of Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Funds Series Trust III:

 

Opinion on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Pax World Funds Series Trust I (“Trust I”) (comprising Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund, Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund, Pax Small Cap Fund, Pax High Yield Bond Fund, Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund, Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund, Pax Core Bond Fund, Pax Large Cap Fund, Pax Global Opportunities Fund, and Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund (collectively, with Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund, the “Funds”)), and Pax World Funds Series Trust III (“Trust III” and collectively with Trust I, the “Trusts”) (comprising Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund), including the schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2020, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds at December 31, 2020, the results of their operations, changes in net assets and financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

Funds comprising Trust I

Statement of
Operations

Statements of
Changes in Net
Assets

Financial highlights

Pax Sustainable Allocation Fund

Pax ESG Beta Quality Fund

Pax Small Cap Fund

Pax High Yield Bond Fund

Pax Global Environmental Markets Fund

Pax MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2020

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020

For each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2020

Pax Large Cap Fund

Pax ESG Beta Dividend Fund

Pax Core Bond Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2020

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020

For each of the four years in the period ended December 31, 2020 and the period from December 16, 2016 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2016

Pax Global Opportunities Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2020

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020 and the period from June 27, 2018 (commencement of operations) through December 31, 2018

 

 

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Funds comprising Trust III

Statement of
Operations

Statements of
Changes in Net
Assets

Financial highlights

Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund

For the year ended December 31, 2020

For each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2020

For each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2020

 

Basis for Opinion

 

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trusts’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on each of the Funds’ financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Trusts in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trusts are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trusts’ internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trusts’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

 

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

 

We have served as the auditor of the Pax World Funds Series Trust I and Pax World Funds Series Trust III since 2003.

 

Boston, Massachusetts
February 18, 2021

 

 

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Proxy Voting (Unaudited)

 

 

You may obtain a description of the Funds’ policies and procedures that the Funds use to determine how to vote proxies relating to their portfolio securities, without charge, upon request by contacting the Funds at 800.767.1729 or on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

The information regarding how the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by telephoning Pax (toll-free) at 800.767.1729 or visiting Pax’s website at www.impaxam.com and will be available without charge by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

 

Portfolio Holdings (Unaudited)

 

 

Each Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year (or as an exhibit to its reports Form N-PORT). Each Fund’s Forms N-PORT are available on the SEC’s web site at www.sec.gov.

 

Liquidity Risk Management Program (Unaudited)

 

 

The Funds have adopted a liquidity risk management program pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Program”). The Funds’ Boards have designated a committee consisting of several advisory personnel as the administrator of the Program. The Program’s principal objectives are to support the Funds’ compliance with limits on investments in illiquid assets and to mitigate the risk that a Fund is unable to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner. In this regard, the Program includes a number of elements that support the management or assessment of liquidity risk, including an assessment of factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity and the periodic classification and, as determined necessary, re-classification of a Fund’s investments into buckets that reflect their relative liquidity under current market conditions.

 

The Funds’ Boards reviewed a written report from the administrator on March 4, 2020 addressing the Program’s operation, adequacy, and effectiveness (the “Report”). From December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019, the period covered by the Report, the Program supported each Fund’s ability to honor redemption requests timely and the Adviser’s management of each Fund’s liquidity risk profile, including during any periods of market volatility and net redemptions. There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives under

 

 

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all circumstances in the future. Please refer to your Fund’s prospectus for more information regarding the Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other risks to which it may be subject.

 

Board Approval of New Advisory Agreement (Unaudited)

 

 

Review Process. The 1940 Act requires that both the full Board of Trustees of Trust III (the “Trust”) and a majority of the Independent Trustees, voting separately, approve any new investment advisory contract or subadvisory contract, or any amendment thereof, for any series of the Trust.

 

The 1940 Act also requires that the Trustees request and evaluate, and that IAM (or “Adviser”) and Pax Ellevate Management LLC (“PEM”) furnish, such information as may reasonably be necessary for the Trustees of the Trust to evaluate the terms of the Trust’s new advisory agreement (the “New Advisory Agreement”) with IAM.

 

At a meeting held on September 10, 2020, the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, approved the New Advisory Agreement of Pax Ellevate Global Women’s Leadership Fund, the only series of the Trust (the “Fund”). The Trustees took such action after discussion among themselves and with representatives of PEM and IAM, the owner of PEM, of the information provided to them by PEM and IAM in connection with the transfer of the advisory agreement for the Fund from PEM to IAM.

 

The Independent Trustees were assisted in their evaluation of the New Advisory Agreement by independent legal counsel, from whom they received assistance and advice, including a review of the legal standards applicable to the consideration of advisory arrangements, and with whom they met separately from management. The Independent Trustees requested information and discussed with PEM and IAM information that was provided.

 

The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered that, following IAM’s evaluation of the utility of maintaining PEM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IAM, as an investment adviser separate from IAM, the Adviser had determined that, in light of legal, compliance, financial and operational considerations, it would be in the best interests of the Fund and shareholders to transfer management of the Fund to IAM. The Trustees considered management’s representation that such action would not adversely impact Fund shareholders or undermine distribution efforts for the Fund.

 

 

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The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered management’s representation that the change in the Fund’s investment adviser would not result in any changes to the investment process of, nature, extent or quality of services and resources provided to, personnel responsible for, or fee structure of the Fund. The Trustees considered that all of the portfolio managers and other personnel who provided services to the Fund immediately prior to the change in investment adviser as employees of PEM would continue to provide such services as employees of IAM. The Trustees further considered that, except for the name of the investment adviser and dates, the terms of the New Advisory Agreement would be identical to those of the Fund’s advisory contract with PEM (the “Current Advisory Agreement”).

 

The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, considered management’s representation, as well as IAM’s legal counsel’s representation, that the transfer of the Current Advisory Agreement from PEM to IAM would not result in an “assignment” of the agreement within the meaning of the 1940 Act, or the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended, and that shareholder approval of the New Advisory Agreement would not be required. The Trustees concluded that management of the Fund by IAM would benefit the Fund.

 

The Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, also took into account their deliberations and conclusions in connection with their most recent approval of the Current Advisory Agreement, including with respect to (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided by PEM; (ii) the investment performance of the Fund; (iii) the advisory fee of 0.55% of the average daily net assets relative to the advisory fees of the Fund’s Broadridge peer group; (iv) the costs of the services provided by PEM and the estimated profitability of PEM’s relationship with Trust III; (v) the direct and indirect benefits to PEM from its relationship with the Fund, including reputational and other “fall out” benefits; and (vi) the extent to which PEM may realize economies of scale or other efficiencies in managing and supporting the Fund. The Trustees noted that they had approved the continuation of the Current Advisory Agreement for the Fund at their June 11, 2020 meeting, after evaluating materials provided in connection with the contract review process at their March and June 2020 meetings.

 

Conclusions. Based on the foregoing and other relevant considerations, the Trustees, including a majority of the Independent Trustees, voted to approve the New Advisory Agreement. Based on their evaluation of factors that they deemed to be material, including those factors described above, the Trustees, including the Independent Trustees, unanimously concluded that approval of the New Advisory Agreement would be in the best interests of shareholders of the Fund.

 

 

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Management of the Funds (Unaudited)

 

 

Interested Trustees and Officers

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

Joseph Keefe (67)

Trust I: Trustee, President
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Trustee, President
(since 2013)

Chief Executive Officer (2005-2018) and President (2006-present) and Chief Executive Officer (2005-2018) of IAM; Chief Executive Officer of PEM (2014-2020); member of the Board of Impax Asset Management Ltd. and Impax Asset Management (AIFM) Ltd. (2018 - present); member of the Boards of Directors of Women Thrive Alliance (2009-2018) and New Hampshire Public Radio (2017 - present); Co-Chair of the Leadership Group of the Women’s Empowerment Principles (2014-2018).

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Lindsey Brace Martinez
(53)

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2018)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2019)

Director, Seven Islands Management Co. (2018-present); Founder and Principal, Starpoint Advisors, LLC (2015-present); Director, Impax Asset Management Group plc (2015-present); Managing Director, Head of Global Client Service and Relations, Cambridge Associates (2009-2015); Chair of the Board of Directors, Novatus Energy, LLC (2016-present); Board Member, Yale Center for Business and Environment (2014-present); Investment Sub-Committee Member, National Geographic Society (2015-present); Member, Advisory Council, Quebec Labrador Foundation (2012-present).

11

John Boese
(57)

Trust I: Chief Compliance Officer
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Chief Compliance Officer
(since 2013)

Chief Compliance Officer of IAM (2006-present) and of PEM (2014-2020).

N/A

 

 

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Interested Trustees and Officers, continued

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

Vanessa Pearl (38)

Trust I: Secretary
(since 2020)

 

Trust III: Secretary
(since 2020)

Director of Finance of IAM (2018-present). Director of Finance, and Financial Controller of Lindt & Sprungli (USA), Inc (2007-2018).

N/A

Alicia K. DuBois (61)

Trust I: Treasurer
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Treasurer
(since 2013)

Chief Financial Officer for IAM (2006-present) and for PEM (2014-2020).

N/A

Robert Silva (54)

Trust I: Assistant Treasurer (Since 2015)

 

Trust III: Assistant Treasurer (Since 2015)

Director of Fund Administration for IAM (2014-present) and for PEM (2014-2020).

N/A

 

 

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Disinterested Trustees

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

Adrian P. Anderson
(66)2,3

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2007)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2013)

Tax Accountant at Shwiff, Levy & Polo, LLP (2018-present); Chief Executive Officer and Consultant of North Point Advisors, LLC (2004-present).

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Anne M. Goggin (71)3,4

Trust I and Trust III: Vice Chairperson of the Board of Trustees
(since 2019)

 

Trust I and Trust III: Trustee
(since 2017)

Trustee of RS Investment Trust and RS Variable Products Trust (2006-2016); attorney; Retired, Chief Counsel, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, an insurance company; Member, Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council (2012-present).

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D’Anne Hurd (70)2,3

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2015)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2015)

Board Advisor, National Association of Corporate Directors, Governance public speaker and private investor (2011-present)

 

Board member, Nominating and Governance Chair, Audit Committee and Technology Committee member, EILEEN FISHER, Inc. (2017-present)

 

Board member, Audit Committee Chair, Nominating and Governance Committee member, Peckham Industries, Inc. (2013-present)

 

Board member, Audit Committee Chair, Martin Engineering, Inc. (2019-present)

 

Board Chair, Monzite Corporation (2013-2016)

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Disinterested Trustees, continued

 

Name and Age

Position(s) Held With the
Trust; Term of Office1; and
Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past
Five Years and Other Directorships
Held by Trustee or Officer

Number of
Funds in the
Pax World
Fund Family
Overseen by
Trustee

John L. Liechty (66)3,5

Trust I: Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2014); Trustee (since 2009)

 

Trust III: Chairman of the Board of Trustees (since 2014); Trustee (since 2013)

Principal, Integrated Investment Solutions (2009-present); Principal, Integrated Financial Planning Solutions, LLC (2010-present).

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Nancy S. Taylor (65)3,4

Trust I: Trustee
(since 2006)

 

Trust III: Trustee
(since 2013)

Senior Minister & CEO, Old South Church in Boston (2005-present); Advisory Board, Yale Divinity School (2010-present); Advisory Board, Idaho Human Rights Education Center (2009-present); Board of Managers, Old South Meeting House (2005-present); Trustee Emeritus, Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology (2011-present).

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1

A Trustee of the Funds holds office until a successor is chosen and qualified. An Officer of the Funds is appointed by the respective Board of Trustees and holds office until a successor is chosen and qualified.

 

2

Designates a member of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee has the responsibility of overseeing the establishment and maintenance of an effective financial control environment, for overseeing the procedures for evaluating the system of internal accounting control and for evaluating audit performance. The committee met three times in 2020.

 

3

Designates a member of the Governance and Nomination Committee and Compliance Committee. The Governance and Nomination Committee is responsible for recommending Board candidates, reviewing and recommending Board compensation. The committee met two times in 2020.

 

4

Designates a member of the Compliance Committee. The Compliance Committee is responsible for overseeing regulatory and compliance matters, as well as Fund-related compliance activities of the Funds’ service providers. The committee met three times in 2020.

 

5

Mr. Liechty, as Chair, is a floating member of each of the Audit Committee and the Compliance Committee, and, as such, he will attend meetings of the committees based upon the matters to be discussed at each meeting or as otherwise determined by the Board or the committees.

 

 

 

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Federal Tax Information (Unaudited)

 

 

The percentages of ordinary income distributed by each of the Funds that is Qualified Dividend Income (QDI) and that qualifies for corporate Dividends Received Deduction (DRD) are as follows:

 

 

 

QDI%

   

DRD%

 

Large Cap

    100.00 %     100.00 %

Small Cap

    100.00 %     0.00 %

ESG Beta Quality

    100.00 %     100.00 %

ESG Beta Dividend

    100.00 %     100.00 %

Global Opportunities

    100.00 %     100.00 %

Global Environmental Markets

    100.00 %     57.44 %

Global Women’s Leadership

    100.00 %     74.02 %

EAFE ESG Leaders

    100.00 %     0.00 %

Core Bond

    0.33 %     0.00 %

High Yield Bond

    1.06 %     1.05 %

Sustainable Allocation

    99.84 %     0.00 %

 

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 the EAFE ESG Leaders Fund earned foreign source income totaling $16,545,151 and paid $1,281,281 foreign taxes which it intends to pass through to its shareholders.

 

 

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Account Options and Services

 

At Pax World, we are pleased to offer a variety of account options and shareholder services to help meet your investment needs.

 

Types of Accounts

Services

Regular Accounts: Individual, business and trust accounts are available for all Pax World Funds.

 

Traditional IRA Contributions to an IRA may be tax-deductible. Taxes are paid only when funds are withdrawn, when investors may be in a lower tax bracket.

 

Roth IRA Contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible, but after five years some types of withdrawals are tax-free.

 

SIMPLE IRA This is an easy-to maintain retirement plan designed for small businesses.

 

SEP IRA This is an employer funded retirement plan popular with small businesses and self-employed persons.

 

Education Savings Account & Uniform Gift to Minors Account (UGMA) These plans provide excellent ways to save for a child’s education.

Automatic Investment Plan You may arrange to have a fixed amount automatically deducted from your checking or savings account and invested in your Pax World account on a monthly or quarterly basis. Automatic investment plans do not assure a profit and do not protect against loss in declining markets.

 

Online Account Access Utilizing a unique ID number and PIN, you can access your Pax World account balances or histories; purchase or redeem fund shares; or make exchanges between different Pax World Funds.

 

www.impaxam.com Learn all about Pax World Funds through our web site. You can check Fund performance, read about our portfolio managers, view Connection—our quarterly newsletter, and see how we voted on various proxies for the companies in our portfolios.

 

Please note that the information contained herein does not constitute tax advice. Always consult your tax advisor before making any tax-related investment decisions.

This annual report is intended for shareholders of the Pax World Funds only, and is not authorized for distribution to other persons unless accompanied or preceded by a prospectus. Please consider the Funds’ investment objectives, risks and charges and expenses carefully before investing. The Funds’ prospectus contains this and other information about the Funds and may be obtained by calling 800.767.1729, emailing paxfunds@impaxam.com or visiting www.impaxam.com.

 

Distributor: Foreside Financial Services, LLC Member of FINRA 2/21.

 

 

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Item 2.Code of Ethics.

 

As of December 31, 2020, the Registrant has adopted a “code of ethics,” as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of this Item 2, that applies to all officers of the Registrant, including Registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the Registrant or by a third party. A copy of the code of ethics is filed as an exhibit to this Form N-CSR.

 

Item 3.Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that Adrian Anderson and Dorothy Ann Hurd, who serve on the Board’s Audit Committee, qualify as “audit committee financial experts,” as such term is defined in paragraph (b) of this Item 3. The Board also has determined that Mr. Anderson and Ms. Hurd are “independent,” as such term is interpreted by subparagraph (a)(2) of this Item 3. The Securities and Exchange Commission has stated that the designation of a person as an audit committee financial expert pursuant to this Item 3 of the Form N-CSR does not impose on such a person any duties, obligations or liability that are greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Audit Committee and the Board of Trustees in the absence of such designation or identification.

 

Item 4.Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

(a) Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements or services that are normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements were $308,372 and $302,325 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees. The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the Registrant’s financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item were $0 and $0 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

(c) Tax Fees. The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning were $135,550 and $139,930 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Fees disclosed under this category are for professional services related to review and execution of federal, state and excise tax returns and advice concerning tax compliance and planning.

 

(d) All Other Fees. The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item, are $17,034 and $31,850 for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

(e) (1) To the extent required by applicable regulations, the Audit Committee approves in advance all audit and non-audit services rendered to the Registrant by the independent registered public accounting firm and all non-audit services to the Registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provide ongoing services to the Registrant, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Registrant.

 

(2) With respect to the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item, no amount was approved by the Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X and no amount was required to be approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

 

 

(f) Not applicable.

 

(g) The aggregate non-audit fees billed by the Registrant’s accountant for services rendered to the Registrant, or to the Registrant’s investment adviser, or to any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant totaled $0 and $0, for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

(h) Not applicable.

 

Item 5.Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6.Schedule of Investments.

 

A complete series of schedules of investments is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1.

 

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.Purchase 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.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that have been implemented since the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of this Item.

 

Item 11.Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) It is the conclusion of the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer (or persons performing similar functions), based on an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) (the “Disclosure Controls”) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR, that the design and operation of the Disclosure Controls are effective to reasonably ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Registrant in this report on Form N-CSR has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(b) There has been no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report on Form N-CSR that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 13.Exhibits.

 

  (a) (1)   The registrant’s code of ethics pursuant to Item 2 of Form N-CSR is filed with the registrant’s annual Form N-CSR.
         
    (2)   Certifications of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached.
         
    (3)   Written solicitation to repurchase securities issued by closed-end companies: not applicable.

 

(b)Certification of the principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the Registrant required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

 

 

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.

 

(Registrant) Pax World Funds Series Trust I  

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Joseph F. Keefe  
  Joseph F. Keefe, President  

 

Date February 16, 2021  

  

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.

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Joseph F. Keefe  
  Joseph F. Keefe, President (Principal Executive Officer)  

   

Date February 16, 2021  

 

By (Signature and Title) /s/ Alicia K. DuBois  
  Alicia K. DuBois, Treasurer (Principal Financial Officer)  

   

Date February 16, 2021