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BOSTON PARTNERS INVESTMENT FUNDS
 
   
BOSTON PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE FUND II
 
PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
 
MAY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)
 
   
   
NUMBER OF
       
   
SHARES
   
VALUE
 
COMMON STOCKS—95.9%
           
Communication Services—2.5%
           
Nexstar Media Group, Inc., Class A(a)
   
47,246
   
$
7,177,140
 
TEGNA, Inc.
   
412,281
     
7,994,128
 
Yelp, Inc.*
   
175,316
     
7,031,925
 
             
22,203,193
 
Consumer Discretionary—11.6%
               
Beazer Homes USA, Inc.*(a)
   
116,824
     
2,781,579
 
Callaway Golf Co.(a)
   
224,944
     
8,304,932
 
Carriage Services, Inc.(a)
   
93,138
     
3,572,774
 
Extended Stay America, Inc.(a)
   
145,213
     
2,862,148
 
Foot Locker, Inc.
   
141,295
     
8,942,561
 
Frontdoor, Inc.*
   
129,385
     
6,947,974
 
Hanesbrands, Inc.(a)
   
295,857
     
5,781,046
 
Harley-Davidson, Inc.
   
157,206
     
7,619,775
 
International Game Technology PLC*
   
146,885
     
3,563,430
 
LCI Industries(a)
   
59,887
     
8,926,157
 
Meritage Homes Corp.*
   
45,192
     
4,865,823
 
Movado Group, Inc.
   
71,394
     
1,979,756
 
Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*(a)
   
266,179
     
5,805,364
 
Skechers U.S.A., Inc., Class A*(a)
   
142,411
     
6,764,523
 
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
   
39,037
     
1,757,446
 
Steven Madden Ltd.
   
148,584
     
6,151,378
 
Stride, Inc.*(a)
   
207,963
     
5,590,045
 
Tempur Sealy International, Inc.
   
106,353
     
4,094,591
 
Toll Brothers, Inc.
   
47,368
     
3,090,288
 
Travel + Leisure Co.
   
41,041
     
2,673,821
 
TravelCenters of America, Inc.*
   
41,836
     
1,197,346
 
             
103,272,757
 
Consumer Staples—3.5%
               
Energizer Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
186,972
     
8,608,191
 
Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.
   
186,553
     
6,243,929
 
Nomad Foods Ltd.*(a)
   
324,110
     
9,940,454
 
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
   
36,109
     
3,209,729
 
Universal Corp.
   
60,589
     
3,395,407
 
             
31,397,710
 
Energy—7.0%
               
Cactus, Inc., Class A
   
101,502
     
3,556,630
 
ChampionX Corp.*
   
440,850
     
11,682,525
 
Delek US Holdings, Inc.
   
206,104
     
4,594,058
 
Enerplus Corp.(a)
   
525,956
     
3,445,012
 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.
   
168,927
     
4,772,188
 
HollyFrontier Corp.
   
220,977
     
7,175,123
 
Kosmos Energy Ltd.*(a)
   
1,582,947
     
5,033,771
 
National Energy Services Reunited Corp.*
   
159,505
     
2,046,449
 
NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.*
   
393,889
     
1,674,028
 
PDC Energy, Inc.(a)
   
85,550
     
3,611,921
 
ProPetro Holding Corp.*
   
331,588
     
3,295,985
 
Viper Energy Partners LP(a)
   
183,478
     
3,308,108
 
World Fuel Services Corp.
   
268,353
     
8,246,488
 
             
62,442,286
 
Financials—27.3%
               
AllianceBernstein Holding LP
   
76,311
     
3,436,284
 
Ameris Bancorp
   
48,417
     
2,660,030
 
AMERISAFE, Inc.
   
43,746
     
2,866,675
 
Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp.(a)
   
114,090
     
1,730,745
 
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A
   
121,594
     
6,211,022
 
Assured Guaranty Ltd.
   
239,563
     
11,410,386
 
Axis Capital Holdings Ltd.
   
168,591
     
9,043,221
 
BankUnited, Inc.
   
155,242
     
7,419,015
 
Blackstone Mortgage Trust, Inc., Class A(a)
   
198,006
     
6,342,132
 
Employers Holdings, Inc.
   
70,112
     
2,958,726
 
Essent Group Ltd.(a)
   
110,704
     
5,296,079
 
Evercore, Inc., Class A
   
71,841
     
10,478,728
 
Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corp., Class C(a)
   
53,367
     
5,414,616
 
First American Financial Corp.
   
97,534
     
6,272,412
 
First Hawaiian, Inc.
   
303,510
     
8,546,842
 
First Internet Bancorp
   
65,897
     
2,235,226
 
First Merchants Corp.
   
87,211
     
4,041,358
 
First Mid Bancshares, Inc.(a)
   
64,058
     
2,812,146
 
Flushing Financial Corp.
   
63,724
     
1,489,230
 
Hanover Insurance Group, Inc., (The)
   
52,137
     
7,272,590
 
Heritage Financial Corp.(a)
   
82,021
     
2,379,429
 
Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.
   
93,613
     
779,796
 
Hope Bancorp, Inc.
   
131,218
     
2,007,635
 
Investors Bancorp, Inc.(a)
   
292,304
     
4,349,484
 
James River Group Holdings Ltd.
   
98,769
     
3,449,014
 
Luther Burbank Corp.
   
204,973
     
2,488,372
 
Merchants Bancorp
   
90,061
     
3,868,120
 
Midland States Bancorp, Inc.
   
98,528
     
2,744,990
 
Mr Cooper Group, Inc.*
   
121,739
     
4,210,952
 
Navient Corp.(a)
   
667,863
     
12,201,857
 
Nelnet, Inc., Class A
   
34,996
     
2,642,898
 
NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A*(a)
   
123,006
     
2,975,515
 
PacWest Bancorp
   
133,278
     
6,020,167
 
PennyMac Financial Services, Inc.
   
105,775
     
6,622,573
 
PRA Group, Inc.*(a)
   
87,692
     
3,413,850
 
Preferred Bank
   
41,458
     
2,831,167
 
Primis Financial Corp.
   
168,448
     
2,481,239
 
ProAssurance Corp.
   
192,039
     
4,676,150
 
RBB Bancorp
   
128,498
     
3,135,351
 
Silvercrest Asset Management Group, Inc., Class A(a)
   
361,897
     
5,761,400
 
SLM Corp.(a)
   
916,696
     
18,563,094
 
South State Corp.(a)
   
39,006
     
3,464,123
 
Starwood Property Trust, Inc.
   
169,449
     
4,302,310
 
State Auto Financial Corp.(a)
   
53,313
     
1,007,616
 
Synovus Financial Corp.
   
49,972
     
2,454,625
 
Umpqua Holdings Corp.
   
183,605
     
3,503,183
 
Valley National Bancorp(a)
   
468,825
     
6,713,574
 
Velocity Financial, Inc.*
   
279,044
     
3,010,885
 
Walker & Dunlop, Inc.
   
65,076
     
6,607,817
 
White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.
   
4,116
     
4,911,870
 
Wintrust Financial Corp.
   
30,842
     
2,480,314
 
             
243,996,833
 
Health Care—5.8%
               
Change Healthcare, Inc.*
   
495,053
     
11,604,042
 
Envista Holdings Corp.*(a)
   
268,815
     
11,731,087
 
Hanger, Inc.*
   
72,332
     
1,868,336
 
LHC Group, Inc.*
   
26,464
     
5,209,438
 
Ortho Clinical Diagnostics Holdings PLC*
   
434,057
     
8,919,871
 
R1 RCM, Inc.*
   
125,622
     
2,908,149
 
Syneos Health, Inc.*
   
105,311
     
9,256,837
 
             
51,497,760
 
Industrials—16.4%
               
ABM Industries, Inc.
   
245,771
     
12,261,515
 
ACCO Brands Corp.(a)
   
336,971
     
3,069,806
 
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.
   
99,962
     
4,229,392
 
Altra Industrial Motion Corp.
   
42,625
     
2,800,036
 
ASGN, Inc.*
   
101,491
     
10,462,707
 
Brink's Co., (The)(a)
   
29,699
     
2,239,602
 
CBIZ, Inc.*(a)
   
127,358
     
4,229,559
 
Covanta Holding Corp.
   
152,133
     
2,253,090
 
CRA International, Inc.
   
88,328
     
7,230,530
 
Curtiss-Wright Corp.
   
67,081
     
8,406,591
 
EMCOR Group, Inc.
   
23,281
     
2,935,967
 
EnerSys
   
32,189
     
3,033,491
 
Ennis, Inc.
   
50,786
     
1,064,475
 
FTI Consulting, Inc.*
   
56,310
     
7,745,441
 
GrafTech International Ltd.
   
296,366
     
3,935,741
 
Harsco Corp.*
   
241,358
     
5,411,246
 
Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc.
   
49,807
     
2,143,693
 
Hillenbrand, Inc.
   
75,137
     
3,426,247
 
Hub Group, Inc., Class A*
   
39,305
     
2,743,882
 
ICF International, Inc.
   
66,170
     
5,816,343
 
KAR Auction Services, Inc.*(a)
   
631,716
     
11,332,985
 
Korn/Ferry International
   
35,849
     
2,344,883
 
L B Foster Co., Class A*
   
151,068
     
2,717,713
 
Landstar System, Inc.
   
12,099
     
2,062,880
 
NN, Inc.*
   
241,602
     
1,814,431
 
Science Applications International Corp.
   
94,146
     
8,459,960
 
Terex Corp.
   
51,740
     
2,709,624
 
Werner Enterprises, Inc.(a)
   
53,666
     
2,575,431
 
WESCO International, Inc.*
   
161,364
     
17,196,561
 
             
146,653,822
 
Information Technology—13.6%
               
Bel Fuse, Inc., Class B(a)
   
136,970
     
2,257,266
 
Belden, Inc.
   
124,332
     
6,291,199
 
CommScope Holding Co., Inc.*
   
210,667
     
4,278,647
 
Concentrix Corp.*
   
93,583
     
14,291,996
 
Diebold Nixdorf, Inc.*
   
182,261
     
2,467,814
 
DXC Technology Co.*
   
191,954
     
7,278,896
 
EVERTEC, Inc.
   
137,686
     
5,993,471
 
IBEX Holdings Ltd.*
   
129,382
     
2,812,765
 
Insight Enterprises, Inc.*(a)
   
76,665
     
8,009,959
 
InterDigital, Inc.(a)
   
104,381
     
8,431,897
 
MAXIMUS, Inc.
   
46,393
     
4,299,239
 
NCR Corp.*
   
212,537
     
10,244,283
 
Rackspace Technology, Inc.*(a)
   
111,660
     
2,253,299
 
SMART Global Holdings, Inc.*(a)
   
113,373
     
5,373,880
 
Sykes Enterprises, Inc.*
   
165,926
     
6,955,618
 
SYNNEX Corp.
   
93,582
     
11,847,481
 
TTEC Holdings, Inc.(a)
   
61,151
     
6,629,380
 
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*
   
72,494
     
4,083,587
 
Unisys Corp.*
   
290,638
     
7,472,303
 
             
121,272,980
 
Materials—6.0%
               
Graphic Packaging Holding Co.
   
960,600
     
16,983,408
 
Huntsman Corp.
   
92,180
     
2,616,068
 
Ingevity Corp.*
   
63,034
     
5,188,329
 
Minerals Technologies, Inc.
   
28,925
     
2,516,475
 
Orion Engineered Carbons SA*
   
146,314
     
2,961,395
 
PQ Group Holdings, Inc.
   
144,349
     
2,358,663
 
Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.
   
142,125
     
5,814,334
 
Valvoline, Inc.
   
459,990
     
15,179,670
 
             
53,618,342
 
Real Estate—1.9%
               
Cousins Properties, Inc.(a)
   
229,996
     
8,530,552
 
Realogy Holdings Corp.*
   
312,080
     
5,526,937
 
Spirit Realty Capital, Inc.
   
58,567
     
2,767,876
 
             
16,825,365
 
Utilities—0.3%
               
Pure Cycle Corp.*(a)
   
194,873
     
2,755,504
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
               
(Cost $528,716,314)
           
855,936,552
 
RIGHTS—0.0%
               
Consumer Discretionary—0.0%
               
Evercel, Inc., CVR*‡
   
284,149
     
0
 
TOTAL RIGHTS
               
(Cost $0)
           
0
 
                 
                 
INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS FROM SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL—12.1%
               
Mount Vernon Liquid Assets Portfolio, LLC, 0.09%(b)
   
107,635,387
     
107,635,387
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS PURCHASED WITH PROCEEDS FROM SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL
               
(Cost $107,635,387)
           
107,635,387
 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—3.9%
               
U.S. Bank Money Market Deposit Account, 0.01%(b)
   
34,401,838
     
34,401,838
 
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
               
(Cost $34,401,838)
           
34,401,838
 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS—111.9%
               
(Cost $670,753,539)
           
997,973,777
 
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS—(11.9)%
           
(106,133,350
)
NET ASSETS—100.0%
         
$
891,840,427
 

PLC
Public Limited Company
LP
Limited Partnership
CVR
Contingent Value Right
*
Non-income producing.
(a)
All or a portion of the security is on loan.  At May 31, 2021, the market value of securities on loan was $105,071,165.
(b)
The rate shown is as of May 31, 2021.
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, 2021, these securities amounted to $0 or 0.0% of net assets.
   
Industry classifications may be different than those used for compliance monitoring purposes.


 
BOSTON PARTNERS INVESTMENT FUNDS
 
BOSTON PARTNERS SMALL CAP VALUE FUND II
 
NOTES TO PORTFOLIO OF INVESTMENTS
 
MAY 31, 2021 (UNAUDITED)
 
             

PORTFOLIO VALUATION — The Boston Partners Small 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, 2021, 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
                             
Communication Services
 
$
22,203,193
   
$
22,203,193
   
$
-
   
$
-
   
$
-
 
Consumer Discretionary
   
103,272,757
     
103,272,757
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Consumer Staples
   
31,397,710
     
31,397,710
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Energy
   
62,442,286
     
62,442,286
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Financials
   
243,996,833
     
243,996,833
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Health Care
   
51,497,760
     
51,497,760
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Industrials
   
146,653,822
     
146,653,822
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Information Technology
   
121,272,980
     
121,272,980
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Materials
   
53,618,342
     
53,618,342
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Real Estate
   
16,825,365
     
16,825,365
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Utilities
   
2,755,504
     
2,755,504
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Rights
   
-
     
-
     
-
     
-
**
   
-
 
Investments Purchased with Proceeds from Securities Lending Collateral
   
107,635,387
     
-
     
-
     
-
     
107,635,387
 
Short-Term Investments
   
34,401,838
     
34,401,838
     
-
     
-
     
-
 
Total Assets
 
$
997,973,777
   
$
890,338,390
   
$
-
   
$
-
**
 
$
107,635,387
 

* 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.

 
** Value equals zero as of the end of the reporting period.
 

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.

For the period ended May 31, 2021, the Fund had no significant Level 3 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.