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BOSTON PARTNERS INVESTMENT FUNDS
             
WPG PARTNERS SMALL/MICRO CAP VALUE FUND
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
MAY 31, 2020 (UNAUDITED)


   
NUMBER OF
       
   
SHARES
   
VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS—95.4%
           
Consumer Discretionary—2.8%
           
Del Taco Restaurants, Inc.*
   
30,152
   
$
183,927
 
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.*(a)
   
5,700
     
79,059
 
Hudson Ltd., Class A**
   
36,252
     
182,710
 
Jack in the Box, Inc.*(a)
   
861
     
57,705
 
             
503,401
 
Consumer Staples—10.5%
               
elf Beauty, Inc.*
   
14,432
     
247,365
 
Farmer Brothers Co.*(a)
   
10,159
     
78,326
 
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.
   
14,582
     
362,946
 
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A
   
3,441
     
146,621
 
Landec Corp.*
   
31,913
     
340,512
 
MGP Ingredients, Inc.(a)
   
3,997
     
149,927
 
Primo Water Corp.
   
32,768
     
394,199
 
TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*
   
3,657
     
192,760
 
             
1,912,656
 
Energy—9.4%
               
Ardmore Shipping Corp.
   
28,931
     
168,957
 
Brigham Minerals, Inc., Class A
   
14,181
     
187,898
 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.(a)
   
3,919
     
166,871
 
Euronav NV(a)
   
17,885
     
180,996
 
Magnolia Oil & Gas Corp., Class A*(a)
   
57,091
     
316,855
 
Matrix Service Co.*
   
22,097
     
243,509
 
National Energy Services Reunited Corp.*(a)
   
12,073
     
68,575
 
Newpark Resources, Inc.*(a)
   
47,228
     
95,401
 
StealthGas, Inc.*
   
38,041
     
101,189
 
Teekay Tankers Ltd., Class A(a)
   
10,366
     
180,161
 
             
1,710,412
 
Financials—20.6%
               
Ameris Bancorp
   
10,504
     
254,512
 
Banner Corp.
   
8,078
     
303,410
 
Byline Bancorp, Inc.
   
6,305
     
76,606
 
Essent Group Ltd.
   
9,237
     
305,283
 
First Defiance Financial Corp.
   
5,421
     
90,043
 
First Foundation, Inc.(a)
   
21,574
     
321,453
 
First Interstate BancSystem, Inc., Class A
   
7,710
     
240,937
 
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., (The)
   
1,441
     
144,604
 
HomeStreet, Inc.
   
15,475
     
368,614
 
Kemper Corp.(a)
   
2,305
     
146,137
 
MGIC Investment Corp.
   
15,240
     
125,120
 
National Bank Holdings Corp., Class A(a)
   
8,516
     
223,971
 
Peoples Bancorp Inc.
   
3,728
     
83,768
 
Popular, Inc.
   
13,470
     
531,930
 
Renasant Corp.
   
4,942
     
119,201
 
United Community Banks, Inc.
   
11,163
     
218,237
 
Webster Financial Corp.
   
6,287
     
177,922
 
             
3,731,748
 
Health Care—3.6%
               
Accuray, Inc.*
   
55,674
     
116,915
 
BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.*
   
2,542
     
158,112
 
IntriCon Corp.*(a)
   
8,401
     
118,790
 
Invacare Corp.*
   
18,059
     
111,244
 
PetIQ, Inc.*(a)
   
4,907
     
150,547
 
             
655,608
 
Industrials—17.4%
               
ABM Industries, Inc.
   
1,331
     
40,902
 
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.*
   
11,687
     
251,738
 
Alaska Air Group, Inc.*
   
5,851
     
200,046
 
Argan, Inc.
   
5,540
     
204,925
 
Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*(a)
   
12,671
     
311,960
 
Cubic Corp.(a)
   
2,083
     
85,840
 
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.*
   
4,453
     
92,177
 
Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Corp.*
   
32,397
     
300,320
 
Hillenbrand, Inc.(a)
   
4,112
     
105,843
 
ICF International, Inc.
   
5,079
     
333,081
 
JetBlue Airways Corp.*
   
15,447
     
155,551
 
KAR Auction Services, Inc.*
   
9,256
     
132,824
 
Maxar Technologies, Inc.(a)
   
24,427
     
368,115
 
Orion Group Holdings, Inc.*
   
21,631
     
56,889
 
PGT Innovations, Inc.*
   
6,024
     
81,987
 
Tutor Perini Corp.*(a)*
   
12,460
     
130,830
 
Vectrus, Inc.*
   
5,407
     
296,952
 
             
3,149,980
 
Information Technology—10.1%
               
Alpha & Omega Semiconductor Ltd.*
   
12,669
     
133,278
 
Axcelis Technologies, Inc.*
   
10,027
     
269,225
 
Celestica, Inc.*
   
27,087
     
183,650
 
KBR, Inc.(a)
   
18,788
     
440,578
 
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A*
   
898
     
111,783
 
NeoPhotonics Corp.*
   
15,425
     
133,735
 
NetScout Systems, Inc.*
   
3,646
     
100,156
 
OneSpan, Inc.*
   
9,279
     
188,549
 
QAD, Inc., Class A
   
2,772
     
126,597
 
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.*(a)
   
5,313
     
142,282
 
             
1,829,833
 
Materials—6.0%
               
AdvanSix, Inc.*
   
9,725
     
115,144
 
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.*(a)
   
12,121
     
105,210
 
Carpenter Technology Corp.(a)
   
3,691
     
86,259
 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
4,272
     
125,468
 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
   
17,594
     
534,682
 
Valvoline, Inc.
   
6,466
     
118,651
 
             
1,085,414
 
Real Estate—9.8%
               
Brixmor Property Group, Inc.(a)*
   
19,421
     
216,738
 
Equity Commonwealth
   
2,518
     
84,857
 
Getty Realty Corp.
   
6,733
     
179,232
 
Industrial Logistics Properties Trust
   
9,262
     
173,662
 
Investors Real Estate Trust
   
3,800
     
269,420
 
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.
   
6,377
     
89,406
 
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A
   
16,232
     
270,750
 
Plymouth Industrial REIT, Inc.
   
11,111
     
164,443
 
UMH Properties, Inc.(a)
   
26,946
     
336,286
 
             
1,784,794
 
Utilities—5.2%
               
ALLETE, Inc.
   
2,477
     
145,474
 
Avista Corp.(a)
   
3,995
     
156,484
 
New Jersey Resources Corp.
   
6,939
     
243,698
 
NorthWestern Corp.
   
1,495
     
89,880
 
Portland General Electric Co.
   
1,509
     
71,089
 
South Jersey Industries, Inc.(a)
   
8,540
     
242,194
 
             
948,819
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
               
(Cost $17,014,620)
           
17,312,665
 
WARRANTS—0.0%
               
Energy—0.0%
               
TETRA Technologies, Inc. *‡
   
20,950
     
2
 
TOTAL WARRANTS
               
(Cost $4,475)
           
2
 
                 
                 
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS FROM SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL—21.4%
               
Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC, 0.33%(b)
   
3,877,794
     
3,877,794
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS FROM SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
               
(Cost $3,877,794)
           
3,877,794
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—4.8%
               
U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account, 0.13%(b)
   
879,848
     
879,848
 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
               
(Cost $879,848)
           
879,848
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—121.6%
               
(Cost $21,776,737)
           
22,070,309
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS—(21.6)%
           
(3,922,416
)
NET ASSETS—100.0%
         
$
18,147,893
 
 
*
Non-income producing.
         
(a)
All or a portion of the security is on loan.  At May 31, 2020, the market value of securities on loan was $4,695,156.
(b)
The rate shown is as of May 31, 2020.
         
Security has been valued at fair market value using significant unobservable inputs as determined in good faith by or under the direction of The RBB Fund, Inc.’s Board of Directors. As of May 31, 2020, these securities amounted to $2 or 0.0% of net assets.



BOSTON PARTNERS INVESTMENT FUNDS
WPG PARTNERS SMALL/MICRO CAP VALUE FUND
NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
MAY 31, 2020 (UNAUDITED)


PORTFOLIO VALUATION — The WPG Partners Small/Micro Cap Value Fund's (the "Fund") net asset value (“NAV”) is calculated once daily at the close of regular trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (generally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each day the NYSE is open. Securities held by the Fund are valued using the closing price or the last sale price on a national securities exchange or the National Association of Securities Dealers Automatic Quotation System (“NASDAQ”) market system where they are primarily traded. Equity securities traded in the over-the-counter ("OTC") market are valued at their closing prices.  If there were no transactions on that day, securities traded principally on an exchange or on NASDAQ will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close. Fixed income securities are valued using an independent pricing service, which considers such factors as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings, and are deemed representative of market values at the close of the market.  Foreign securities are valued based on prices from the primary market in which they are traded, and are translated from the local currency into U.S. dollars using current exchange rates.  Investments in other open-end investment companies, if any, are valued based on the NAV of the investment companies (which may use fair value pricing as disclosed in their prospectuses). Options for which the primary market is a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are traded, or, in the absence of any sale, will be valued at the mean of the last bid and ask prices prior to the market close.  Options not traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last quoted bid price for long option positions and the closing ask price for short option positions. If market quotations are unavailable or deemed unreliable, securities will be valued in accordance with procedures adopted by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Relying on prices supplied by pricing services or dealers or using fair valuation may result in values that are higher or lower than the values used by other investment companies and investors to price the same investments. Such procedures use fundamental valuation methods, which may include, but are not limited to, an analysis of the effect of any restrictions on the resale of the security, industry analysis and trends, significant changes in the issuer’s financial position, and any other event which could have a significant impact on the value of the security. Determination of fair value involves subjective judgment as the actual market value of a particular security can be established only by negotiations between the parties in a sales transaction, and the difference between the recorded fair value and the value that would be received in a sale could be significant. The Fund may use fair value pricing more frequently for securities traded primarily in non-U.S. markets because, among other things, most foreign markets close well before the Fund values its securities, generally as of 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. The earlier close of these foreign markets gives rise to the possibility that significant events, including broad market moves, government actions or pronouncements, aftermarket trading, or news events may have occurred in the interim.  To account for this, the Fund may value foreign securities using fair value prices based on third-party vendor modeling tools (international fair value pricing).

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS — The inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value of the Fund’s investments are summarized into three levels as described in the hierarchy below:

         
• Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
     
• Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
• Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
           
The inputs or methodologies 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, as of May 31, 2020, in valuing the Fund's investments carried at fair value:
 

   
TOTAL
   
LEVEL 1
   
LEVEL 2
   
LEVEL 3
   
INVESTMENTS MEASURED AT
NET ASSET
VALUE*
 
Common Stock
                             
Consumer Discretionary
 
$
503,401
   
$
503,401
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
Consumer Staples
   
1,912,656
     
1,912,656
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Energy
   
1,710,412
     
1,710,412
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Financials
   
3,731,748
     
3,731,748
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Health Care
   
655,608
     
655,608
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Industrials
   
3,149,980
     
3,149,980
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Information Technology
   
1,829,833
     
1,829,833
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Materials
   
1,085,414
     
1,085,414
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Real Estate
   
1,784,794
     
1,784,794
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Utilities
   
948,819
     
948,819
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Warrants
   
2
     
-
     
-
     
2
     
-
 
Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending Collateral
   
3,877,794
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
3,877,794
 
Short-Term Investments
   
879,848
     
879,848
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total Assets
 
$
22,070,309
   
$
18,192,513
   
$
-
   
$
2
   
$
3,877,794
 

*Certain investments that are measured at fair value using the net asset value per share (or its equivalent) practical expedient have not been categorized in the fair value hierarchy included to reconcile to the amounts presented in the Portfolio of Investments.
           
At the end of each quarter, management evaluates the classification of Levels 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities. Various factors are considered, such as changes in liquidity from the prior reporting period; whether or not a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price; the depth and consistency of prices from third party pricing services; and  the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, management evaluates the classification of Level 1, 2 and 3 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value, the fair value of the Fund’s investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.

For fair valuations using significant unobservable inputs, U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires the Fund to present a reconciliation of the beginning to ending balances for reported market values that presents changes attributable to total realized and unrealized gains or losses, purchase and sales, and transfers in and out of Level 3 during the period. Transfers in and out between levels are based on values at the end of the period.  A reconciliation of Level 3 investments is presented only when the Fund had an amount of Level 3 investments at the end of the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets. The amounts and reasons for all Level 3 transfers are disclosed if the Fund had an amount of total Level 3 transfers during the reporting period that was meaningful in relation to its net assets as of the end of the reporting period.

During the current fiscal year, the Fund had no significant level 3 investments or transfers.
     
           
For more information with regard to significant accounting policies, see the most recent semi-annual or annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.