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INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Fixed Income Fund

 

  Principal Amount ($)    Value ($)  
 

Corporate Obligations — 26.9%

 
 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES 0.6%

 
  

AT&T

  
  471,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3

Month+0.950%, 2.95%, 07/15/21

     475,604  
  336,000     

5.15%, 03/15/42

     393,350  
  119,000     

Sprint
7.25%, 09/15/21

     126,059  
  168,000     

Warner Media
5.35%, 12/15/43

     198,316  
     

 

 

 
        1,193,329  
     

 

 

 
 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY1.4%

 
  750,000     

Block Financial
4.13%, 10/01/20

     759,633  
  

Ford Motor Credit

  
  750,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3

Month+1.080%, 2.98%, 08/03/22

     737,793  
  200,000     

5.88%, 08/02/21

     209,437  
  197,000     

General Motors Financial
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.550%, 3.54%, 01/14/22

     199,045  
  750,000     

Tapestry
4.25%, 04/01/25

     794,500  
     

 

 

 
        2,700,408  
     

 

 

 
 

CONSUMER STAPLES0.3%

 
  

Altria Group

  
  450,000     

3.80%, 02/14/24

     474,172  
  108,000     

4.50%, 05/02/43

     110,613  
     

 

 

 
        584,785  
     

 

 

 
 

ENERGY2.2%

 
  259,000     

Energy Transfer Operating
6.50%, 02/01/42

     308,598  
  

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners

  
  181,000     

3.50%, 09/01/23

     187,696  
  205,000     

4.30%, 05/01/24

     219,232  
  90,000     

Occidental Petroleum
6.20%, 03/15/40

     108,319  
  150,000     

Unit Corp
6.63%, 05/15/21

     82,837  
  

Williams Cos., Inc.

  
  1,567,000     

4.13%, 11/15/20

     1,585,887  
  197,000     

4.55%, 06/24/24

     212,817  
  317,000     

5.25%, 03/15/20

     318,881  
  1,280,000     

7.88%, 09/01/21

     1,396,307  
     

 

 

 
        4,420,574  
     

 

 

 
 

FINANCIALS14.1%

 
  455,000     

Andina de Fomento
4.38%, 06/15/22

     478,520  
  750,000     

Assured Guaranty US Holdings
5.00%, 07/01/24

     834,854  
  

Bank of America

  
  980,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3

Month+1.750%, 3.71%, 09/28/20

     986,124  
  1,500,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3

Month+3.898%, 6.10% (a)

     1,671,772  

Principal Amount ($)

   Value ($)  
 

Corporate Obligations (continued)

 
 

FINANCIALS (continued)

 
  810,000     

Capital One Financial
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3
Month+0.950%, 2.84%, 03/09/22

     818,595  
  1,100,000     

Charles Schwab
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+4.820%, 7.00% (a)

     1,193,935  
  750,000     

Citigroup
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+4.059%, 5.88% (a)

     754,009  
  1,500,000     

Everest Reinsurance Holdings
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+2.385%, 4.29%, 05/15/37

     1,412,393  
  

Genworth Holdings

  
  103,000     

4.80%, 02/15/24

     97,873  
  101,000     

7.70%, 06/15/20

     103,359  
  500,000     

Goldman Sachs Capital III
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.770%, 4.00% (a)

     433,260  
  

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. MTN

  
  750,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.170%, 3.08%, 11/15/21

     755,944  
  516,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.400%, 3.32%, 08/26/20

     517,319  
  750,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.750%, 3.69%, 10/28/27

     782,954  
  500,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.922%, 5.38% (a)

     506,293  
  500,000     

Independent Bank Group
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+2.830%, 5.00%, 12/31/27

     511,226  
  

JPMorgan Chase & Co

  
  450,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.800%, 5.30% (a)

     453,517  
  245,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.470%, 5.41% (a)

     247,577  
  3,000,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.780%, 6.75% (a)

     3,389,895  
  221,000     

Liberty Mutual Group
4.25%, 06/15/23 (b)

     234,996  
  750,000     

Manufacturers & Traders Trust
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.640%,
2.55%, 12/01/21

     750,454  
  1,550,000     

MetLife VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.575%, 5.25% (a)

     1,572,870  
  

Morgan Stanley MTN

  
  500,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.500%, 3.00%, 02/21/20

     494,375  
  500,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.250%, 3.25%, 01/16/20

     500,090  
  500,000     

VAR CPI YOY+2.000%,
3.71%, 02/11/20

     499,375  
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Fixed Income Fund

 

  Principal Amount ($)    Value ($)  
 

Corporate Obligations (continued)

 
 

FINANCIALS (continued)

 
  850,000     

NTC Capital II
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.590%, 2.59%, 04/15/27

     799,765  
  750,000     

Old Republic International
4.88%, 10/01/24

     822,994  
  250,000     

People’s United Bank
4.00%, 07/15/24

     261,377  
  895,000     

Prudential Financial, Inc.
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.920%, 5.63%, 06/15/43

     963,794  
  750,000     

State Street
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.000%, 2.89%, 06/15/47

     655,571  
  750,000     

Stifel Financial
3.50%, 12/01/20

     759,678  
  1,025,000     

US Bancorp
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.486%, 5.13% (a)

     1,054,284  
  800,000     

USB Capital IX
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.020%, 3.50% (a)

     701,216  
  795,000     

Wachovia Capital Trust II
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.500%, 2.50%, 01/15/27

     748,016  
  750,000     

Wells Fargo MTN
4.13%, 08/15/23

     796,863  
     

 

 

 
        27,565,137  
     

 

 

 
 

HEALTHCARE0.2%

 
  197,000     

Allergan Funding SCS
3.85%, 06/15/24

     207,061  
  187,000     

Endo Finance
5.38%, 01/15/23 (b)

     126,615  
  97,000     

Mylan
5.40%, 11/29/43

     107,678  
     

 

 

 
        441,354  
     

 

 

 
 

INDUSTRIALS2.3%

 
  1,554,000     

BNSF Funding Trust I
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+2.350%, 6.61%, 12/15/55

     1,742,842  
  

General Electric Co MTN

  
  750,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3

Month+0.300%, 2.30%, 05/13/24

     721,808  
  689,000     

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3

Month+3.330%, 5.00% (a)

     675,895  
  775,000     

Masco
5.95%, 03/15/22

     832,969  
  605,000     

United Technologies
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.650%, 2.55%, 08/16/21

     605,081  
     

 

 

 
        4,578,595  
     

 

 

 
 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY0.3%

 
  500,000     

Motorola Solutions
3.50%, 03/01/23

     516,761  
     

 

 

 

Principal Amount ($)

   Value ($)  
 

Corporate Obligations (continued)

 
 

MATERIALS1.0%

 
  1,020,000     

Martin Marietta Materials
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.650%, 2.55%, 05/22/20

     1,021,255  
  930,000     

Sherwin-Williams
4.20%, 01/15/22

     966,550  
     

 

 

 
        1,987,805  
     

 

 

 
 

REAL ESTATE2.3%

 
  750,000     

Corporate Office Properties
5.25%, 02/15/24

     807,698  
  2,000,000     

National Retail Properties
3.80%, 10/15/22

     2,082,504  
  200,000     

Retail Opportunity Investments Partnership
4.00%, 12/15/24

     204,263  
  698,000     

VEREIT Operating Partnership
4.60%, 02/06/24

     754,607  
  569,000     

WP Carey
4.60%, 04/01/24

     610,495  
     

 

 

 
        4,459,567  
     

 

 

 
 

UTILITIES2.2%

 
  75,000     

Evergy
4.85%, 06/01/21

     77,379  
  42,000     

PacifiCorp
6.25%, 10/15/37

     58,997  
  1,750,000     

Southern
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.630%, 5.50%, 03/15/57

     1,834,504  
  2,460,000     

WEC Energy Group, Inc.
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+2.113%, 4.02%, 05/15/67

     2,294,803  
     

 

 

 
        4,265,683  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Corporate Obligations
(Cost $51,737,046)

     52,713,998  
  

 

 

 
 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 26.8%

 
  500,000     

Federal Home Loan Bank
4.10%, 12/6/2030

     516,471  
  

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.

  
  872,294     

4.00%, 5/1/2044

     936,501  
  142,430     

5.00%, 6/1/2041

     158,820  
  2,000,000     

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Series K735, Class AM
2.46%, 5/25/2026

     2,016,599  
  

Federal National Mortgage Assoc.

  
  2,971,771     

3.00%, 2/1/2043 to 6/1/2043 (c)

     3,065,412  
  1,266,261     

3.50%, 11/1/2042 to 2/1/2043 (c)

     1,347,016  
  1,343,564     

4.00%, 1/1/2041 to 3/1/2044 (c)

     1,438,492  
  1,794,690     

4.50%, 10/1/2039 to 4/1/2041 (c)

     1,949,659  
  186,706     

5.00%, 6/1/2041

     208,058  
  1,500,000     

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. ACES, Series 2019-M12, Class A2
2.89%, 5/25/2029 (d)

     1,549,648  
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Fixed Income Fund

 

  Principal Amount ($)    Value ($)  
 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 
  1,966,060     

FRESB Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-SB62, Class A10F 3.07%, 3/25/2029 (d)

     2,008,852  
  1,991,333     

FRESB Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-SB60, Class A10F 3.31%, 1/25/2029 (d)

     2,064,783  
  1,992,676     

FRESB Mortgage Trust,
Series 2018-SB53, Class A10F 3.66%, 6/25/2028 (d)

     2,096,321  
  1,405,225     

FRESB Mortgage Trust,
Series 2017-SB42, Class A10F 2.96%, 10/25/2027 (d)

     1,436,271  
  2,764,108     

FRESB Mortgage Trust,
Series 2018-SB52, Class A10F 3.48%, 6/25/2028 (d)

     2,887,083  
  997,186     

FRESB Mortgage Trust,
Series 2019-SB63, Class A10H VAR ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month+2.890%,
2.89%, 3/25/2039

     1,012,920  
  2,338,151     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2018-156, Class AD
3.25%, 8/16/2059 (d)

     2,392,372  
  1,894,512     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2012-83, Class AK
3.43%,12/16/2053 (d)

     1,957,562  
  1,898,769     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2017-106, Class AC
2.60%, 4/16/2051

     1,909,630  
  1,924,006     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 70, Class AE
2.60%, 10/16/2058

     1,922,454  
  1,958,485     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2018-129, Class AG
3.10%, 5/16/2059

     1,988,189  
  2,500,000     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2012-100, Class BA
2.60%, 8/16/2052 (d)

     2,478,906  
  2,486,244     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2019-55, Class AH
3.15%, 3/16/2061 (d)

     2,536,726  
  609,505     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2018-123, Class AH
3.25%, 9/16/2052

     621,009  
  501,780     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2012-67, Class AE
2.22%, 4/16/2044

     501,039  
  320,383     

Government National Mortgage Assoc.,
Series 2011-10, Class AC
3.64%, 11/16/2044 (d)

     324,036  
  569,420     

Government National Mortgage Assoc., Series 2018-2, Class AG
2.40%, 6/16/2050

     567,161  

Principal Amount ($)

   Value ($)  
 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 
  

Government National Mortgage Assoc.

  
  1,058,626     

3.50%, 5/20/2043

     1,114,586  
  1,072,341     

4.00%, 1/20/2041 to 4/20/2043 (c)

     1,138,193  
  1,000,000     

Government National Mortgage Assoc., Series 2018-68, Class B
3.00%, 2/16/2059 (d)

     1,011,806  
  3,350,718     

Government National Mortgage Assoc., Series 2019-2, Class AE
3.25%, 3/16/2059

     3,423,786  
  2,642,262     

Government National Mortgage Assoc., Series 69, Class AS
2.75%, 2/16/2058

     2,661,205  
  676,011     

Government National Mortgage Assoc., Series 2017-24, Class A
2.25%, 9/16/2044

     672,858  
  465,506     

Government National Mortgage Assoc., Series 2018-3, Class AG
2.50%, 10/16/2058

     463,333  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $51,267,908)

     52,377,757  
  

 

 

 
 

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 11.2%

 
  

U.S. Treasury Bonds

  
  3,500,000     

2.25%, 8/15/2046

     3,411,406  
  1,500,000     

2.50%, 2/15/2045 to 2/15/2046 (c)

     1,535,098  
  2,000,000     

2.75%, 11/15/2042

     2,139,727  
  

U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Security

  
  1,330,313     

0.63%, 4/15/2023 to 1/15/2026 (c)

     1,363,471  
  

U.S. Treasury Notes

  
  2,000,000     

1.50%, 8/15/2026

     1,961,407  
  2,750,000     

1.63%, 8/15/2029

     2,681,680  
  1,500,000     

2.00%, 8/15/2025

     1,520,976  
  3,000,000     

2.25%, 11/15/2027

     3,086,016  
  3,000,000     

2.38%, 5/15/2029

     3,120,937  
  1,000,000     

2.63%, 2/15/2029

     1,060,762  
     

 

 

 
  

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations (Cost $22,069,327)

     21,881,480  
  

 

 

 
 

U.S. Government Agency - Asset-Backed Securities — 10.5%

 
  2,255,621     

SBA Small Business Investment Company, Series 2018-10A, Class 1
3.19%, 3/10/2028

     2,348,330  
  2,224,175     

SBA Small Business Investment Company, Series 2018-10B, Class 1
3.55%, 9/10/2028

     2,315,755  
  1,978,568     

SBA Small Business Investment Company, Series 2019-10A, Class 1
3.11%, 3/10/2029

     2,054,504  
  1,253,826     

SBA Small Business Investment Company, Series 2016-10B, Class 1
2.05%, 9/10/2026

     1,242,955  
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Fixed Income Fund

 

  Principal Amount ($)    Value ($)  
 

U.S. Government Agency - Asset-Backed Securities
(continued)

 
 
  923,914     

SBA Small Business Investment Company, Series 2017-10B, Class 1
2.52%, 9/10/2027

     923,040  
  4,425,064     

Small Business Administration
VAR Prime Rate by Country -2.600%, 2.40%, 5/25/2043 to 12/25/2043 (c)

     4,423,303  
  795,437     

VAR Prime Rate by Country
-2.520%, 2.48%, 9/25/2036

     794,927  
  3,546,566     

VAR Prime Rate by Country
-2.500%, 2.50%, 3/25/2025 to 5/25/2028 (c)

     3,555,279  
  1,376,517     

VAR Prime Rate by Country
-2.450%, 2.55%, 7/25/2028

     1,381,767  
  1,408,940     

Small Business Administration,
Series 2018-20H, Class 1
3.58%, 8/1/2038

     1,495,811  
     

 

 

 
  

Total U.S. Government Agency - Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $20,263,713)

     20,535,671  
  

 

 

 
 

Municipal Bonds — 7.2%

 
 

CALIFORNIA 1.1%

 
  500,000     

Adelanto Public Utility Authority Insured: AGM
3.75%, 07/01/24

     529,125  
  200,000     

California State
2.48%, 04/01/47 (d)

     200,784  
  365,000     

Industry Public Facilities Authority of California Insured: AGM
5.04%, 01/01/27

     372,300  
  300,000     

San Francisco City & County Redevelopment Financing Authority
8.26%, 08/01/29

     414,732  
  470,000     

Stanton Redevelopment Agency 8.63%, 12/01/21

     529,229  
     

 

 

 
        2,046,170  
     

 

 

 
 

ILLINOIS0.8%

 
  1,500,000     

Illinois Housing Development Authority
1.97%, 08/01/34 (d)

     1,500,000  
     

 

 

 
 

KENTUCKY 0.4%

 
  750,000     

Clark County School District Finance Corp
Insured: ST INTERCEPT
5.20%, 06/01/26

     768,142  
     

 

 

 
 

MARYLAND 0.6%

 
  

Maryland Economic Development

  
  570,000     

3.40%, 06/01/23

     581,417  
  500,000     

3.70%, 06/01/25

     513,955  
     

 

 

 
        1,095,372  
     

 

 

 

Principal Amount ($)

   Value ($)  
 

Municipal Bonds (continued)

 
 

MICHIGAN0.7%

 
  750,000     

Belding Area Schools
Insured: Q-SBLF
6.50%, 05/01/25

     762,127  
  635,000     

Comstock Park Public Schools
Insured: Q-SBLF
6.30%, 05/01/26

     670,503  
     

 

 

 
        1,432,630  
     

 

 

 
 

NEW YORK0.6%

 
  320,000     

New York & New Jersey Port Authority
4.46%, 10/01/62

     392,986  
  720,000     

New York State Dormitory Authority
5.00%, 01/01/24

     754,186  
     

 

 

 
        1,147,172  
     

 

 

 
 

NORTH DAKOTA0.4%

 
  750,000     

Kindred Public School District No. 2
6.00%, 08/01/27

     888,007  
     

 

 

 
 

PENNSYLVANIA0.0%

 
  100,000     

Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission
7.47%, 06/01/25

     102,329  
     

 

 

 
 

TEXAS1.7%

 
  750,000     

North Texas Tollway Authority
8.91%, 02/01/20 (d)

     754,178  
  2,500,000     

Texas State
1.60%, 06/01/45

     2,500,000  
     

 

 

 
        3,254,178  
     

 

 

 
 

WASHINGTON0.4%

 
  750,000     

Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority
4.27%, 10/01/22

     771,413  
     

 

 

 
 

WISCONSIN0.5%

 
  1,000,000     

Wisconsin Housing & Economic Development Authority
1.60%, 03/01/38 (d)

     1,000,000  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Municipal Bonds (Cost $13,669,717)

     14,005,413  
  

 

 

 
 

Asset-Backed Securities — 4.7%

 
  2,265,000     

American Express Credit Account Master Trust,
Series 2018-4, Class A
2.99%, 12/15/2023

     2,299,261  
  333,333     

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP,
Series 2014-2A, Class A
2.50%, 2/20/2021 (b)

     333,363  
  410,000     

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP, Series 2016-1A, Class A
2.99%, 6/20/2022 (b)

     414,462  
  60,000     

BMW Vehicle Lease Trust,
Series 2017-2, Class A4
2.19%, 3/22/2021

     60,020  
  2,075,930     

Chrysler Capital Auto Receivables Trust 2016-B,
Series 2016-BA, Class A
4 1.87%, 2/15/2022 (b)

     2,074,404  
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Fixed Income Fund

 

  Principal Amount ($)    Value ($)  
 

Asset-Backed Securities (continued)

 
  2,200,000     

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A
2.44%, 1/15/2027 (b)

     2,204,928  
  1,000,000     

GMF Floorplan Owner Revolving Trust,
Series 2018-2, Class A1
3.13%, 3/15/2023 (b)

     1,012,488  
  793,464     

Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust,
Series 2017-D, Class A3
1.93%, 1/18/2022

     793,402  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Asset-Backed Securities
(Cost $9,093,527)

     9,192,328  
  

 

 

 
  Shares       
 

Registered Investment Companies — 4.5%

 
  28,961     

BlackRock MuniHoldings Investment Quality Fund

     384,892  
  80,713     

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust

     1,964,554  
  25,230     

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund

     498,545  
  48,809     

DoubleLine Opportunistic Credit Fund

     1,007,418  
  217,750     

Nuveen Credit Strategies Income Fund

     1,670,142  
  50,988     

Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund

     1,113,578  
  26,750     

PIMCO Dynamic Credit and Mortgage Income Fund

     674,100  
  92,725     

RiverNorth

     1,523,472  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Registered Investment Companies
(Cost $8,589,163)

     8,836,701  
  

 

 

 
 

Preferred Stock — 2.8%

 
 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES0.9%

 
  33,775     

Qwest Corp. 6.50%, 09/01/2056

     860,587  
  40,075     

Qwest Corp. 6.75%, 06/15/2057

     1,027,122  
     

 

 

 
        1,887,709  
     

 

 

 
 

ENERGY0.7%

 
  24,050     

Energy Transfer Operating
7.63%(a)(d)

     596,921  
  10,000     

Energy Transfer Operating
7.60%(a)(d)

     253,200  
  21,000     

Energy Transfer Operating LP
7.38%(a)(d)

     508,620  
     

 

 

 
        1,358,741  
     

 

 

 
 

FINANCIALS0.9%

 
  28,000     

GMAC Capital Trust
I 7.69%, 02/15/2040 (d)

     729,400  
  21,550     

Monroe Capital
5.75%, 10/31/2023

     553,835  
  15,299     

PNC Financial Services Group
6.13%(a)(d)

     419,040  
     

 

 

 
        1,702,275  
     

 

 

 

Shares

   Value ($)  
 

Preferred Stock (continued)

 
 

REAL ESTATE0.3%

 
  3,943     

Brookfield Property, REIT
6.38% (a)

     99,009  
  20,000     

Brookfield Property Partners
6.50% (a)

     519,400  
     

 

 

 
        618,409  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $5,362,261)

     5,567,134  
  

 

 

 
 

Common Stocks — 1.5%

 
 

FINANCIALS0.2%

 
  65,223     

Oaktree Strategic Income

     534,176  
     

 

 

 
 

REAL ESTATE1.3%

 
  738     

CIM Commercial Trust, REIT

     10,701  
  23,221     

Phillips Edison & Co, Inc., REIT(e)(f)(g)

     250,557  
  28,536     

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp., REIT

     503,946  
  188,500     

VEREIT, Inc., REIT

     1,741,740  
     

 

 

 
        2,506,944  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $3,267,315)

     3,041,120  
  

 

 

 

Principal Amount ($)

      
 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage-Backed
Securities — 0.9%


 
  100,000     

Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2013-LC13, Class AM
4.56%, 8/10/2046 (b)(d)

     107,397  
  120,000     

Commercial Mortgage Trust,
Series 2014-CR14, Class AM
4.53%, 2/10/2047 (d)

     128,630  
  105,000     

GS Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-GC20, Class AS
4.26%, 4/10/2047

     111,550  
  153,000     

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C17, Class C
4.89%, 1/15/2047 (d)

     164,028  
  100,000     

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust,
Series 2014-C18, Class C
4.81%, 2/15/2047 (d)

     103,589  
  210,000     

Morgan Stanley Bank of America
Merrill Lynch Trust,
Series 2013-C10, Class AS
4.08%, 7/15/2046 (d)

     220,962  
  191,000     

Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Series 2013-C10, Class C
4.08%, 7/15/2046 (d)

     194,686  
  100,000     

Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Series 2012-C4, Class B
5.21%, 3/15/2045 (b)(d)

     105,125  
  115,000     

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage
Trust, Series 2013-C17, Class AS
4.26%, 12/15/2046

     122,535  
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Fixed Income Fund

 

  Principal Amount ($)    Value ($)  
 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities
(continued)

 
 
  140,000     

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-C19, Class B
4.72%, 3/15/2047 (d)

     149,421  
  263,000     

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-LC14, Class AS
4.35%, 3/15/2047 (d)

     280,579  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities (Cost $1,619,736)

     1,688,502  
  

 

 

 
 

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.8%

 
  1,485,788     

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC, Series 2016-104, Class QA
3.00%, 11/25/2043

     1,538,220  
  65,926     

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC, Series 2010-16, Class PA
4.50%, 2/25/2040

     69,714  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $1,548,891)

     1,607,934  
  

 

 

 
 

Foreign Corporate Obligations (h) — 0.5%

 
 

CANADA — 0.1%

 
  205,000     

Nutrien,
4.90%, 06/01/43

     231,425  
     

 

 

 
 

CHINA — 0.1%

 
  205,000     

CNOOC Nexen Finance,
4.25%, 04/30/24

     219,359  
     

 

 

 
 

SWITZERLAND0.3%

 
  500,000     

UBS AG,
5.13%, 05/15/24

     540,000  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Foreign Corporate Obligations
(Cost $921,083)

     990,784  
  

 

 

 
Shares       
 

Cash Equivalent — 1.4%

 
 

MONEY MARKET FUND (i) — 1.4%

 
  2,681,302     

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management, Institutional Class 1.490%

     2,681,302  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Cash Equivalent
(Cost $2,681,302)

     2,681,302  
  

 

 

 
 

Total Investments - 99.7%

     195,120,124  
     

 

 

 
 

    (Cost $192,090,989)

  
 

Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - 0.3%

     633,976  
  

 

 

 
 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     195,754,100  
  

 

 

 
(a)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(b)

Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the 1933 Act. These securities may only be resold in transaction exempt from registration to qualified institutional buyers. At December 31, 2019, these securities amounted to $6,613,778 or 3.4% of net assets.

(c)

Securities are grouped by coupon and represent a range of maturities.

(d)

Variable or floating rate security. The base lending rates are generally the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the LIBOR. The interest rate shown reflects the rate in effect December 31, 2019. Current LIBOR rates include 1 month which is equal to 1.76% and 3 months equal to 1.91%.

(e)

Securities with a total aggregate value of $250,557, or 0.1% of net assets, were classified as Level 3 within the three-tier fair value hierarchy. Please see Notes to Investment Portfolio for an explanation of this hierarchy, as well as a list of unobservable inputs used in the valuation of these instruments.

(f)

Represents fair value as determined by the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), or its designee in good faith, pursuant to the policies and procedures approved by the Board. The Board considers fair valued securities to be securities for which market quotations are not readily available and these securities may be valued using a combination of observable and unobservable inputs. Securities with a total aggregate value of $250,557, or 0.1% of net assets, were fair valued under the Fund’s valuation procedures as of December 31, 2019. Please see Notes to Investment Portfolio.

(g)

Non-income producing security.

(h)

As described in the Fund’s prospectus, a company is considered to be a non-U.S. issuer if the company’s securities principally trade on a market outside of the United States, the company derives a majority of its revenues or profits outside of the United States, the company is not organized in the United States, or the company is significantly exposed to the economic fortunes and risks of regions outside the United States.

(i)

Rate shown is 7 day effective yield.