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PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS – as of September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

Natixis U.S. Equity Opportunities Fund

 

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Common Stocks – 96.1% of Net Assets

 
  

Aerospace & Defense – 1.6%

 

  85,029      Boeing Co. (The)    $ 14,051,893  
     

 

 

 
  

Air Freight & Logistics – 1.9%

 

  182,828      Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.      16,549,591  
     

 

 

 
  

Automobiles – 1.1%

 

  327,700      General Motors Co.      9,696,643  
     

 

 

 
  

Banks – 3.9%

 

  603,460      Bank of America Corp.      14,537,351  
  287,005      Citigroup, Inc.      12,372,786  
  286,000      Wells Fargo & Co.      6,723,860  
     

 

 

 
        33,633,997  
     

 

 

 
  

Beverages – 4.2%

 

  66,391      Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A      12,581,758  
  293,003      Monster Beverage Corp.(a)      23,498,841  
     

 

 

 
        36,080,599  
     

 

 

 
  

Biotechnology – 2.8%

 

  72,996      BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.(a)      5,553,536  
  33,239      Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a)      18,606,527  
     

 

 

 
        24,160,063  
     

 

 

 
  

Capital Markets – 6.5%

 

  342,045      Charles Schwab Corp. (The)      12,392,290  
  25,506      FactSet Research Systems, Inc.      8,541,449  
  31,900      Moody’s Corp.      9,246,215  
  21,580      MSCI, Inc.      7,699,313  
  156,913      SEI Investments Co.      7,958,627  
  177,600      State Street Corp.      10,537,008  
     

 

 

 
        56,374,902  
     

 

 

 
  

Communications Equipment – 0.8%

 

  182,935      Cisco Systems, Inc.      7,205,810  
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Finance – 2.8%

 

  87,100      American Express Co.      8,731,775  
  209,585      Capital One Financial Corp.      15,060,778  
     

 

 

 
        23,792,553  
     

 

 

 
  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 0.9%

 

  81,400      TE Connectivity Ltd.      7,956,036  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy Equipment & Services – 0.4%

 

  190,413      Schlumberger NV      2,962,826  
     

 

 

 
  

Entertainment – 3.1%

 

  31,330      Netflix, Inc.(a)      15,665,940  


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Entertainment – continued

 

  86,550      Walt Disney Co. (The)    $ 10,739,124  
     

 

 

 
        26,405,064  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 1.1%

 

  8,113      Intuitive Surgical, Inc.(a)      5,756,498  
  20,817      Varian Medical Systems, Inc.(a)      3,580,524  
     

 

 

 
        9,337,022  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Providers & Services – 3.1%

 

  127,200      CVS Health Corp.      7,428,480  
  73,100      HCA Healthcare, Inc.      9,114,108  
  24,390      Humana, Inc.      10,094,777  
     

 

 

 
        26,637,365  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care Technology – 1.1%

 

  133,376      Cerner Corp.      9,641,751  
     

 

 

 
  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure – 3.6%

 

  105,400      Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc.      8,992,728  
  103,100      Starbucks Corp.      8,858,352  
  155,199      Yum China Holdings, Inc.      8,217,787  
  55,925      Yum! Brands, Inc.      5,105,953  
     

 

 

 
        31,174,820  
     

 

 

 
  

Household Products – 0.7%

 

  76,895      Colgate-Palmolive Co.      5,932,449  
     

 

 

 
  

Industrial Conglomerates – 0.8%

 

  1,076,750      General Electric Co.      6,708,153  
     

 

 

 
  

Insurance – 2.1%

 

  337,355      American International Group, Inc.      9,287,383  
  92,600      Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.      8,814,594  
     

 

 

 
        18,101,977  
     

 

 

 
  

Interactive Media & Services – 10.4%

 

  20,577      Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)      30,157,651  
  7,901      Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a)      11,611,310  
  182,614      Facebook, Inc., Class A(a)      47,826,606  
     

 

 

 
        89,595,567  
     

 

 

 
  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail – 10.2%

 

  120,735      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sponsored ADR(a)      35,493,675  
  12,559      Amazon.com, Inc.(a)      39,544,900  
  7,300      Booking Holdings, Inc.(a)      12,487,964  
     

 

 

 
        87,526,539  
     

 

 

 
  

IT Services – 4.6%

 

  23,323      Automatic Data Processing, Inc.      3,253,325  
  353,800      DXC Technology Co.      6,315,330  
  150,538      Visa, Inc., Class A      30,103,084  
     

 

 

 
        39,671,739  
     

 

 

 


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Common Stocks – continued

 
  

Life Sciences Tools & Services – 1.3%

 

  37,155      Illumina, Inc.(a)    $ 11,483,867  
     

 

 

 
  

Machinery – 3.1%

 

  62,900      Caterpillar, Inc.      9,381,535  
  78,706      Deere & Co.      17,443,611  
     

 

 

 
        26,825,146  
     

 

 

 
  

Media – 3.1%

 

  18,555      Charter Communications, Inc., Class A(a)      11,584,628  
  321,980      Comcast Corp., Class A      14,894,795  
     

 

 

 
        26,479,423  
     

 

 

 
  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 1.4%

 

  525,541      Apache Corp.      4,976,873  
  193,138      EOG Resources, Inc.      6,941,380  
     

 

 

 
        11,918,253  
     

 

 

 
  

Pharmaceuticals – 3.0%

 

  78,238      Novartis AG, Sponsored ADR      6,803,577  
  66,229      Novo Nordisk A/S, Sponsored ADR      4,598,279  
  339,321      Roche Holding AG, Sponsored ADR      14,526,332  
     

 

 

 
        25,928,188  
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 4.9%

 

  55,852      NVIDIA Corp.      30,228,220  
  99,152      QUALCOMM, Inc.      11,668,207  
     

 

 

 
        41,896,427  
     

 

 

 
  

Software – 10.8%

 

  106,730      Autodesk, Inc.(a)      24,655,697  
  68,253      Microsoft Corp.      14,355,654  
  338,004      Oracle Corp.      20,178,839  
  74,230      salesforce.com, Inc.(a)      18,655,484  
  72,118      Workday, Inc., Class A(a)      15,514,745  
     

 

 

 
        93,360,419  
     

 

 

 
  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods – 0.8%

 

  579,892      Under Armour, Inc., Class A(a)      6,512,187  
     

 

 

 
   Total Common Stocks
(Identified Cost $592,744,627)
     827,601,269  
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

             
 

Short-Term Investments – 4.1%

 
  $35,543,323      Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement with Fixed Income Clearing Corporation, dated 9/30/2020 at 0.000% to be repurchased at $35,543,323 on 10/01/2020 collateralized by $33,636,900 U.S. Treasury Note, 1.125% due 2/28/2025 valued at $35,012,425; $1,242,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 0.250% due 9/30/2025 valued at $1,241,903 including accrued interest(b)
(Identified Cost $35,543,323)
     35,543,323  
     

 

 

 


      

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   Value (†)  
   Total Investments – 100.2%
(Identified Cost $628,287,950)
   $ 863,144,592  
                            Other assets less liabilities – (0.2)%      (1,569,308 ) 
     

 

 

 
   Net Assets – 100.0%    $ 861,575,284  
     

 

 

 

 

(†)

Fund securities and other investments are valued at market value based on market quotations obtained or determined by independent pricing services recommended by the adviser or subadvisers and approved by the Board of Trustees. Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees, as described below. Market value is determined as follows:

Listed equity securities (including shares of closed-end investment companies and exchange-traded funds) are valued at the last sale price quoted on the exchange where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market, NASDAQ Global Market and NASDAQ Capital Market are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”), or if lacking an NOCP, at the most recent bid quotations on the applicable NASDAQ Market. Unlisted equity securities (except unlisted preferred equity securities) are valued at the last sale price quoted in the market where they are traded most extensively or, if there is no reported sale during the day, the closing bid quotation as reported by an independent pricing service. If there is no last sale price or closing bid quotation available, unlisted equity securities will be valued using evaluated bids furnished by an independent pricing service, if available.

In some foreign markets, an official close price and a last sale price may be available from the foreign exchange or market. In those cases, the official close price is used.

Debt securities and unlisted preferred equity securities are valued based on evaluated bids furnished to the Fund by an independent pricing service or bid prices obtained from broker-dealers.

Broker-dealer bid prices may be used to value debt and unlisted equity securities where an independent pricing service is unable to price a security or where an independent pricing service does not provide a reliable price for the security.

Fund securities and other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the adviser or subadviser pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fund may also value securities and other investments at fair value in other circumstances such as when extraordinary events occur after the close of a foreign market but prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. This may include situations relating to a single issuer (such as a declaration of bankruptcy or a delisting of the issuer’s security from the primary market on which it has traded) as well as events affecting the securities markets in general (such as market disruptions or closings and significant fluctuations in U.S. and/or foreign markets). When fair valuing its securities or other investments, the Fund may, among other things, use modeling tools or other processes that may take into account factors such as securities or other market activity and/or significant events that occur after the close of the foreign market and before the time the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated. Fair value pricing may require subjective determinations about the value of a security, and fair values used to determine the Fund’s NAV may differ from quoted or published prices, or from prices that are used by others, for the same securities. In addition, the use of fair value pricing may not always result in adjustments to the prices of securities held by the Fund.

The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. The values of securities, currencies and other assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars based upon foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period.

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements, under the terms of a Master Repurchase Agreement, under which the Fund acquires securities as collateral and agrees to resell the securities at an agreed upon time and at an agreed upon price. It is the Fund’s policy that the market value of the collateral for repurchase agreements be at least equal to 102% of the repurchase price, including interest. Certain repurchase agreements are tri-party arrangements whereby the collateral is held in a segregated account for the benefit of the Fund and on behalf of the counterparty. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the event of default or insolvency of the counterparty, including possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund’s ability to dispose of the underlying securities. As of September 30, 2020, the Fund had an investment in a repurchase agreement for which the value of the related collateral exceeded the value of the repurchase agreement.

 

ADR 

An American Depositary Receipt is a certificate issued by a custodian bank representing the right to receive securities of the foreign issuer described. The values of ADRs may be significantly influenced by trading on exchanges not located in the United States.


Fair Value Measurements

In accordance with accounting standards related to fair value measurements and disclosures, the Fund has categorized the inputs utilized in determining the value of the Fund’s assets or liabilities. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:

 

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Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

 

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Level 2 — prices determined using other significant inputs that are observable either directly, or indirectly through corroboration with observable market data (which could include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities, interest rates, credit risk, etc.); and

 

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Level 3 — prices determined using significant unobservable inputs when quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable such as when there is little or no market activity for an asset or liability (unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets or liabilities and would be based on the best information available).

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.


The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of September 30, 2020, at value:

Asset Valuation Inputs

 

Description

   Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  

Common Stocks*

   $ 827,601,269      $ —        $ —        $ 827,601,269  

Short-Term Investments

     —          35,543,323        —          35,543,323  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 827,601,269      $ 35,543,323      $ —        $ 863,144,592  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Details of the major categories of the Fund’s investments are reflected within the Portfolio of Investments.


Industry Summary at September 30, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

Software

     10.8 % 

Interactive Media & Services

     10.4  

Internet & Direct Marketing Retail

     10.2  

Capital Markets

     6.5  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     4.9  

IT Services

     4.6  

Beverages

     4.2  

Banks

     3.9  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     3.6  

Machinery

     3.1  

Health Care Providers & Services

     3.1  

Media

     3.1  

Entertainment

     3.1  

Pharmaceuticals

     3.0  

Biotechnology

     2.8  

Consumer Finance

     2.8  

Insurance

     2.1  

Other Investments, less than 2% each

     13.9  

Short-Term Investments

     4.1  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments

     100.2  

Other assets less liabilities

     (0.2 ) 
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

     100.0 %