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INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Total Return Fund

 

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   Value ($)  

Common Stocks — 44.9%

 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES17.7%

 

581   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A (a)

     778,186  
1,901   

Alphabet, Inc., Class C (a)

     2,541,675  
289,379   

CenturyLink, Inc.

     3,822,697  
11,040   

GCI Liberty, Inc. (a)

     782,184  
28,802   

Liberty Global (a)

     627,740  
20,237   

Liberty Global, Class A (a)

     460,189  
99,784   

Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty Formula One, Class A (a)

     4,368,543  
29,000   

Reading International, Inc., Class A (a)

     324,510  
9,260   

Walt Disney Co.

     1,339,274  
     

 

 

 
        15,044,998  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY1.7%

 

775   

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

     1,432,076  
10,046   

Tandy Leather Factory (a)

     57,363  
     

 

 

 
        1,489,439  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES3.0%

 

629,795   

Becle

     1,172,278  
10,950   

British American Tobacco ADR

     464,937  
10,870   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     924,928  
     

 

 

 
        2,562,143  
     

 

 

 

ENERGY0.4%

 

17,000   

Cameco

     151,300  
10,930   

Tidewater (a)

     210,730  
     

 

 

 
        362,030  
     

 

 

 

FINANCIALS6.4%

 

20   

Bank of Utica

     8,600  
16,870   

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B (a)

     3,821,055  
25,079   

Brookfield Asset Management, Inc.,
Class A

     1,449,594  
2,360   

Wells Fargo & Co

     126,968  
     

 

 

 
        5,406,217  
     

 

 

 

HEALTHCARE0.2%

 

2,534   

CVS Health Corp.

     188,251  
     

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS9.2%

 

92,126   

AMREP Corp. (a)

     550,913  
652,122   

PICO Holdings, Inc. (a)

     7,251,597  
     

 

 

 
        7,802,510  
     

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY0.2%

 

2,000   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     176,460  
     

 

 

 

MATERIALS3.1%

 

13,545   

DuPont de Nemours

     869,589  
1,620   

International Flavors & Fragrances
Inc.

     209,012  
22,419   

Keweenaw Land Association Ltd. (a)

     1,524,492  
     

 

 

 
        2,603,093  
     

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE3.0%

 

44,100   

Brookfield Property, Inc., Class A, REIT

     813,425  
35,100   

CIM Commercial Trust, REIT

     508,950  
19,753   

Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co

     1,191,501  

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   Value ($)  

Common Stocks (continued)

 

REAL ESTATE (continued)

 

1,295   

Phillips Edison & Co, Inc.,
REIT(a)(b)(c)

     13,975  
     

 

 

 
        2,527,851  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Common Stocks
(Cost $34,404,858)

     38,162,992  
  

 

 

 

Corporate Obligations — 20.3%

 

COMMUNICATION SERVICES4.5%

 

650,000   

Charter Communications Operating
3.58%, 07/23/20

     654,204  
6,472   

iHeartCommunications, Inc.
6.38%, 05/01/26

     7,034  
12,132   

8.38%, 05/01/27

     13,428  
3,118,000   

Time Warner Cable
5.00%, 02/01/20

     3,123,901  
     

 

 

 
        3,798,567  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY1.9%

 

310,000   

DR Horton, Inc.
4.00%, 02/15/20

     310,701  
844,000   

Expedia Group
5.95%, 08/15/20

     862,944  
400,000   

Ford Motor Credit
2.43%, 06/12/20

     399,788  
     

 

 

 
        1,573,433  
     

 

 

 

CONSUMER STAPLES1.8%

 

124,000   

Altria Group, Inc.
2.63%, 01/14/20

     124,018  
70,000   

Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.
2.00%, 01/15/20

     69,997  
101,000   

Kraft Heinz Foods Co
2.80%, 07/02/20

     101,170  
499,000   

5.38%, 02/10/20

     500,449  
144,000   

Mondelez International, Inc.
5.38%, 02/10/20

     144,475  
37,000   

Reynolds American
6.88%, 05/01/20

     37,594  
545,000   

Wm Wrigley Jr
3.38%, 10/21/20

     550,379  
     

 

 

 
        1,528,082  
     

 

 

 

ENERGY1.3%

 

359,000   

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP
6.85%, 02/15/20

     360,822  
42,000   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
5.63%, 11/15/23 (d)

     46,460  
134,000   

Pioneer Natural Resources
7.50%, 01/15/20

     134,224  
536,000   

Williams Cos., Inc.
5.25%, 03/15/20

     539,181  
     

 

 

 
        1,080,687  
     

 

 

 

FINANCIALS2.8%

 

340,000   

Bank of America
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3
Month+4.174%, 6.50% (e)

     386,143  
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Total Return Fund

 

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   Value ($)  

Corporate Obligations (continued)

 

FINANCIALS (continued)

 

50,000   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. MTN
2.60%, 08/17/20

     50,207  
17,000   

Charles Schwab Corp./The
4.45%, 07/22/20

     17,266  
160,000   

Citigroup, Inc.
2.40%, 02/18/20

     160,069  
450,000   

Discover Bank
3.10%, 06/04/20

     451,704  
500,000   

7.00%, 04/15/20

     506,735  
25,000   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. MTN
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.600%, 3.60%, 07/15/20

     25,149  
181,000   

JPMorgan Chase & Co
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.470%,
5.41% (e)

     182,904  
81,000   

PNC Financial Services Group
5.13%, 02/08/20

     81,229  
500,000   

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

     538,432  
     

 

 

 
        2,399,838  
     

 

 

 

HEALTHCARE3.3%

 

17,000   

AbbVie
2.50%, 05/14/20

     17,026  
425,000   

Allergan
3.38%, 09/15/20

     428,700  
  

Allergan Funding SCS

  
1,214,000   

3.00%, 03/12/20

     1,214,931  
13,000   

Amgen, Inc.
4.50%, 03/15/20

     13,065  
506,000   

Cigna Holding
5.13%, 06/15/20

     512,900  
655,000   

Zimmer Biomet Holdings
2.70%, 04/01/20

     655,446  
     

 

 

 
        2,842,068  
     

 

 

 

INDUSTRIALS2.9%

 

321,000   

Aircastle Ltd.
7.63%, 04/15/20

     325,767  
158,000   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.
2.88%, 03/13/20

     158,032  
645,000   

General Electric Co MTN
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+3.330%, 5.00% (e)

     632,732  
821,000   

5.50%, 01/08/20

     821,300  
26,000   

5.55%, 05/04/20

     26,281  
10,000   

Ingersoll-Rand Luxembourg Finance
2.63%, 05/01/20

     10,014  
10,000   

Molex Electronic Technologies
2.88%, 04/15/20

     10,014  
54,000   

Republic Services, Inc.
5.00%, 03/01/20    

     54,242  

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   Value ($)  

Corporate Obligations (continued)

 

INDUSTRIALS (continued)

 

3,000   

Rockwell Automation, Inc.
2.05%, 03/01/20

     3,000  
425,000   

Rolls-Royce
2.38%, 10/14/20 (d)

     426,674  
     

 

 

 
        2,468,056  
     

 

 

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY1.1%

 

784,000   

Broadcom Corp.
2.38%, 01/15/20

     784,041  
127,000   

Lam Research
2.75%, 03/15/20

     127,069  
     

 

 

 
        911,110  
     

 

 

 

MATERIALS0.1%

 

11,000   

Avery Dennison Corp.
5.38%, 04/15/20

     11,088  
95,000   

Vulcan Materials Co
VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.600%, 2.49%, 06/15/20

     95,105  
     

 

 

 
        106,193  
     

 

 

 

REAL ESTATE0.1%

 

30,000   

Iron Mountain, Inc.
6.00%, 08/15/23

     30,700  
89,000   

Reckson Operating Partnership LP
7.75%, 03/15/20

     89,986  
     

 

 

 
        120,686  
     

 

 

 

UTILITIES0.5%

 

145,000   

TECO Finance, Inc.
5.15%, 03/15/20

     145,895  
250,000   

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

     233,212  
     

 

 

 
        379,107  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Corporate Obligations
(Cost $17,332,440)

     17,207,827  
  

 

 

 

Foreign Common Stocks — 17.2%

 

CANADA0.1%

 

11,250   

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

     132,129  
     

 

 

 

FRANCE12.3%

 

1,067,898   

Bollore SA

     4,663,631  
3,246   

Financiere de L’Odet SA

     2,849,318  
24,260   

Vivendi SA

     703,125  
75,975   

Vivendi SA ADR

     2,199,476  
     

 

 

 
        10,415,550  
     

 

 

 

GERMANY0.2%

 

9,140   

Deutsche Telekom AG ADR

     148,799  
     

 

 

 

JAPAN4.4%

 

30,320   

Nintendo Co, Ltd. ADR

     1,512,968  
32,345   

Sony Corp. ADR

     2,199,460  
     

 

 

 
        3,712,428  
     

 

 

 
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Total Return Fund

 

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Foreign Common Stocks (continued)

 

UNITED KINGDOM — 0.2%

 

1,704   

iHeartMedia, Inc. (a)

     28,798  
6,385   

Williams Cos., Inc.

     151,452  
     

 

 

 
        180,250  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Foreign Common Stocks
(Cost $14,301,221)

     14,589,156  
  

 

 

 

Registered Investment Companies — 5.0%

 

1   

BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust

     24  
103   

Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund

     2,701  
400   

DoubleLine Income Solutions Fund

     7,904  
44,361   

DoubleLine Opportunistic Credit Fund

     915,611  
186,396   

Kayne Anderson Midstream

     1,960,886  
74,016   

Kayne Anderson MLP

     1,031,043  
4,250   

RiverNorth

     69,827  
39,710   

TCW Strategic Income Fund

     229,127  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Registered Investment Companies
(Cost $3,998,979)

     4,217,123  
  

 

 

 

U.S. Treasury Obligations — 2.9%

 

500,000   

U.S. Treasury Notes
1.38%, 1/15/2020

     499,951  
500,000   

1.75%, 12/31/2020

     500,567  
1,500,000   

U.S. Treasury Bills
1.46%, 1/30/2020 (f)

     1,498,308  
     

 

 

 
  

Total U.S. Treasury Obligations
(Cost $2,497,959)

     2,498,826  
  

 

 

 

Foreign Corporate Obligations — 2.6%(g)

 

GERMANY2.6%

 

  

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV,

  
635,000   

2.23%, 01/17/20 (d)

     635,042  
787,000   

EMD Finance,
2.40%, 03/19/20 (d)

     787,272  
800,000   

Volkswagen International
Finance NV,
4.00%, 08/12/20

     809,522  
     

 

 

 
        2,231,836  
     

 

 

 

UNITED KINGDOM0.0%

 

20,000   

BAT Capital Corp.,
VAR ICE LIBOR USD
3 Month+0.590%, 2.50%, 08/14/20

     20,037  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Foreign Corporate Obligations
(Cost $2,250,935)

     2,251,873  
  

 

 

 

Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities — 1.5%

 

45,040   

Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.
5.00%, 6/1/2041

     50,222  

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Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities (continued)

 

384,668   

Federal National Mortgage Assoc.
3.00%, 2/1/2043 to 6/1/2043 (h)

     396,773  
171,938   

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

     182,809  
64,639   

4.00%, 2/1/2044

     69,178  
126,385   

4.50%, 2/1/2040 to 1/1/2041 (h)

     137,312  
59,041   

5.00%, 6/1/2041

     65,793  
94,611   

Government National Mortgage Assoc.
3.00%, 4/20/2043 to 6/20/2043 (h)

     98,056  
94,313   

3.50%, 5/20/2043

     99,299  
107,847   

4.00%, 1/20/2041 to 4/20/2043 (h)

     114,497  
39,510   

4.50%, 5/20/2040 to 3/20/2041 (h)

     42,695  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $1,220,012)

     1,256,634  
  

 

 

 

Preferred Stock — 0.3%

 

ENERGY0.3%

 

9,850   

Energy Transfer Operating LP
7.38%, (e)(i)

     238,567  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Preferred Stock
(Cost $234,035)

     238,567  
  

 

 

 

Master Limited Partnership — 0.2%

 

ENERGY0.2%

 

11,400   

Energy Transfer LP

     146,262  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Master Limited Partnerships
(Cost $152,925)

     146,262  
  

 

 

 

Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage-Backed
Securities — 0.1%

 

  

JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Series 2013-C17, Class C

  
60,000   

4.89%, 1/15/2047 (i)

     64,325  
  

WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2014-LC14, Class AS

  
40,000   

4.35%, 3/15/2047 (i)

     42,673  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities
(Cost $101,155)

     106,998  
  

 

 

 

Asset-Backed Security — 0.0%

 

  

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, Series 2003-ABF1, Class A

  
1   

VAR ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month+0.740%, 2.53%, 1/25/2034

     1  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Asset-Backed Security
(Cost $1)

     1  
  

 

 

 
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(continued)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Total Return Fund

 

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   Value ($)  

Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.0%

 

49,988   

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. REMIC, Series 2012-93, Class SW VAR ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month+6.100%,
4.31%, 9/25/2042 (l)

     8,705  
3,334   

Federal National Mortgage Assoc. STRIPS, Series 2004-354, Class
1 0.00%, 12/25/2034 (m)

     3,174  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations
(Cost $28,535)

     11,879  
  

 

 

 

Cash Equivalent — 5.3%

 

MONEY MARKET FUND(n)5.3%

 

4,492,956   

Dreyfus Treasury & Agency Cash Management, Institutional Class 1.490%

     4,492,956  
     

 

 

 
  

Total Cash Equivalent (Cost $4,492,956)

     4,492,956  
  

 

 

 

Total Investments - 100.3%

     85,181,094  
  

 

 

 

(Cost $81,016,011)

  

Other Assets & Liabilities, Net - (0.3)%

     (226,429
  

 

 

 

Net Assets - 100.0%

     84,954,665  
  

 

 

 

 

(a)

Non-income producing security.

(b)

Securities with a total aggregate value of $13,975, or 0.0% 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.

(c)

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 $13,975, or 0.0% of net assets, were fair valued under the Fund’s valuation procedures as of December 31, 2019. Please see Notes to Investment Portfolio.

(d)

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 $1,895,448 or 2.2% of net assets.

(e)

Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.

(f)

Rate shown represents the effective yield to maturity at date of purchase.

(g)

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.

(h)

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

(i)

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%.

(l)

Interest only security (“IO”). These types of securities represent the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.

(m)

Principal only security (“PO”). These types of securities represent the right to receive the monthly principal payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. No payments of interest on the pool are passed through to the “principal only” holder.

(n)

Rate shown is 7 day effective yield.

The Fund invested in the following countries as of December 31, 2019:

 

Country

   Percentage (based
on Total
Investments)*
 

United States

     78.8

France

     12.2

Japan

     4.4

Germany

     2.8

Mexico

     1.4

United Kingdom

     0.2

Canada

     0.2
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

Industry1

   Domestic     Foreign     Percentage
(based on
Total

Investments)*
 

Media & Entertainment

     12.3     10.7     23.0

Commercial Services & Supplies

     9.2     0.0     9.2

Diversified Financials

     6.2     0.0     6.2

Telecommunication Services

     5.4     0.2     5.6

Transportation

     0.0     3.3     3.3

Materials

     3.1     0.0     3.1

Food, Beverage & Tobacco

     1.6     1.4     3.0

Real Estate

     3.0     0.0     3.0

Consumer Durables & Apparel

     0.0     2.6     2.6

Retailing

     1.7     0.0     1.7

Energy

     0.4     0.3     0.7

Health Care Equipment & Services

     0.2     0.0     0.2

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     0.2     0.0     0.2

Banks

     0.1     0.0     0.1
      

 

 

 
         61.9
      

 

 

 
 


INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)(concluded)

 

 

As of December 31, 2019    Highland Total Return Fund

 

Sector

   Percentage (based
on Total
Investments)*
 

Corporate Obligation

     20.2

U.S. Treasury Obligation

     2.9

Foreign Corporate Obligation

     2.6

Agency Mortgage-Backed Security

     1.5

Other (each less than 1.0%)

     0.6
  

 

 

 
     27.8
  

 

 

 

 

Other Instruments

   Percentage (based on
Total Investments)*
 

Cash Equivalent

     5.3

Registered Investment Companies

     5.0
  

 

 

 
     10.3
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

1

Includes domestic and foreign equity securities

*

The calculated percentages are based on total investments. The other assets & liabilities, net line has been excluded from the calculation