N-CSRS 1 fp0077280_ncsrs.htm

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number: 811-08194

 

FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

Brendan Hamill, Esq., Secretary

Financial Investors Trust

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 303-623-2577

 

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

 

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2022

 

 

Item 1.Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a) 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses 1

ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 
Management Commentary 7
Performance Update 9
Consolidated Statement of Investments 11
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities 18
Consolidated Statement of Operations 19
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets 20
Consolidated Financial Highlights 21
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund  
Management Commentary 25
Performance Update 27
Statement of Investments 29
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 31
Statement of Operations 32
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 33
Financial Highlights 34
ALPS | Smith Funds  
Management Commentary 39
Performance Update 45
Statements of Investments 53
Statements of Assets and Liabilities 102
Statements of Operations 104
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 105
Financial Highlights 109
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund  
Management Commentary 125
Performance Update 127
Statement of Investments 130
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 132
Statement of Operations 133
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 134
Financial Highlights 135
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income  
Management Commentary 140
Performance Update 141
Statement of Investments 143
Statement of Assets and Liabilities 144
Statement of Operations 145
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 146
Financial Highlights 147
Notes to Financial Statements 151
Additional Information 179
Liquidity Risk Management Program 180

 

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Board Examples. As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including applicable sales charges (loads) and redemption fees; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder service fees and other Fund expenses. The following examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 invested on November 1, 2021 and held until April 30, 2022.

 

Actual Expenses. The first line under each class in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 – April 30, 2022” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes. The second line under each class in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other mutual funds. To do so, compare these 5% hypothetical examples with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges or redemption fees. Therefore, the second line under each class in the table below is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

1 | April 30, 2022

 

Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

  Beginning Account Value November 1, 2021 Ending Account Value April 30, 2022 Expense Ratio(a) Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022(b)
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund(c)      
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 1,241.40 1.39% $ 7.72
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.90 1.39% $ 6.95
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 1,241.10 1.39% $ 7.72
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.90 1.39% $ 6.95
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 1,237.00 1.99% $ 11.04
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,014.93 1.99% $ 9.94
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 1,242.70 1.05% $ 5.84
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,019.59 1.05% $ 5.26
ALPS | Kotak India Fund        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 923.70 1.38% $ 6.58
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.95 1.38% $ 6.90
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 923.60 1.23% $ 5.87
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,018.70 1.23% $ 6.16
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 920.60 2.00% $ 9.52
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,014.88 2.00% $ 9.99
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 924.80 1.00% $ 4.77
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,019.84 1.00% $ 5.01
Class II        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 926.20 0.75% $ 3.58
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,021.08 0.75% $ 3.76

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

  Beginning Account Value November 1, 2021 Ending Account Value April 30, 2022 Expense Ratio(a) Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022(b)
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 970.90 0.79% $ 3.86
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,020.88 0.79% $ 3.96
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 972.00 0.77% $ 3.76
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,020.98 0.77% $ 3.86
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 968.40 1.49% $ 7.27
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.41 1.49% $ 7.45
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 973.40 0.49% $ 2.40
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,022.36 0.49% $ 2.46
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 914.10 0.93% $ 4.41
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,020.18 0.93% $ 4.66
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 915.00 0.94% $ 4.46
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,020.13 0.94% $ 4.71
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 910.70 1.64% $ 7.77
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,016.66 1.64% $ 8.20
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 916.30 0.64% $ 3.04
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,021.62 0.64% $ 3.21

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

  Beginning Account Value November 1, 2021 Ending Account Value April 30, 2022 Expense Ratio(a) Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022(b)
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 919.60 1.20% $ 5.71
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,018.84 1.20% $ 6.01
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 919.70 1.20% $ 5.71
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,018.84 1.20% $ 6.01
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 916.40 1.90% $ 9.03
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,015.37 1.90% $ 9.49
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 922.00 0.90% $ 4.29
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,020.33 0.90% $ 4.51
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 910.80 1.15% $ 5.45
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,019.09 1.15% $ 5.76
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 910.80 1.15% $ 5.45
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,019.09 1.15% $ 5.76
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 907.60 1.85% $ 8.75
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,015.62 1.85% $ 9.25
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 912.20 0.85% $ 4.03
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,020.58 0.85% $ 4.26

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

  Beginning Account Value November 1, 2021 Ending Account Value April 30, 2022 Expense Ratio(a) Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022(b)
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 801.80 1.53% $ 6.84
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.21 1.53% $ 7.65
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 800.80 1.53% $ 6.83
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,017.21 1.53% $ 7.65
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 799.40 2.18% $ 9.73
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,013.98 2.18% $ 10.89
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 804.00 1.16% $ 5.19
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,019.04 1.16% $ 5.81
Class R        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 802.30 1.63% $ 7.28
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,016.71 1.63% $ 8.15

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Disclosure of Fund Expenses

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

  Beginning Account Value November 1, 2021 Ending Account Value April 30, 2022 Expense Ratio(a) Expenses Paid During Period November 1, 2021 - April 30, 2022(b)
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income        
Investor Class        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 921.90 0.51% $ 2.43
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,022.27 0.51% $ 2.56
Class A        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 921.90 0.51% $ 2.43
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,022.27 0.51% $ 2.56
Class C        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 918.60 1.27% $ 6.04
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,018.50 1.27% $ 6.36
Class I        
Actual $ 1,000.00 $ 922.60 0.25% $ 1.19
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) $ 1,000.00 $ 1,023.55 0.25% $ 1.25

 

(a)Annualized, based on the Fund's most recent fiscal half year expenses.
(b)Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year (181), divided by 365.
(c)Includes expenses of the CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (wholly-owned subsidiary), exclusive of the subsidiary's management fee.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

The six months ending April 30 2022 produced a positive result for commodities. The Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return (“BCOMTR”), the Fund’s benchmark, ended higher by 25.46% for the period. ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund (“I” Shares - “JCRIX” or the “Fund”) delivered a net positive return of 24.40% for the period (JCRAX gained 24.14%, JCCSX was up 17.34% at MOP and JCRCX was up 22.71% with CDSC), underperforming its benchmark by -1.06% after fees.

 

The final two months of 2021 entailed a great deal of volatility in the financial markets. After a sizeable rebound due to economic re-engagement and favorable financial conditions, the latter part of the year was largely dictated by the arrival of a new COVID-19 variant labeled Omicron. The new strand, while less lethal, proved far more contagious than its predecessors. The daily case count across the globe reached new highs following the holiday season and peaked into the new year. After a modest retracement, commodity prices continued their path higher in the first quarter of 2022. The bull market maintained course on continued supply disruptions, a spike in employment-related costs and resignations, and rising consumption. The trend accelerated further once the Russia/Ukraine conflict materialized in late February 2022. Since then, the fundamental outlook for most commodities has tightened even more so, threatening widespread food/energy shortages and drawing down global inventories.

 

Despite a challenging macroeconomic backdrop – whereby the U.S. dollar appreciated over 9% and the U.S. 10-Year Treasury yield increased nearly 140 basis points – gains in the asset class have now continued nearly unabated for almost twenty-four months. The Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) for most major economies increased substantially in that time, a net positive for natural resources given their historically high correlation to changes in the price basket. The pace of U.S. CPI advanced from 6.2% year-over-year (“YoY”) in October 2021 to 8.3% YoY in April 2022 – the highest level in over 40 years. In addition to stronger inflationary impulses, tighter monetary conditions also bolstered commodity sentiment relative to more traditional assets. The classic “60/40 portfolio”, consisting of 60% equities and 40% bonds, experienced one of its worst first quarters on record in light of rising yields and heady valuations. We believe natural resources may continue to gain appeal as deficits persist, the supply response remains muted, inflation holds above trend, and much of the developing world re-engages.

 

For the six months under review, the agriculture sector delivered the second highest return within the BCOM complex, up 26.22%. Agricultural commodities rose substantially following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The Black Sea region is home to some of the most arable lands in the world, and the combined export volumes from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus were all dramatically altered by the incursion. Lost supplies forced many countries to hoard domestic food production and limit exports to other countries. Corn, soybean oil, and wheat all advanced nearly 40%, with several other crops posting returns in excess of 30%. The Fund held a greater allocation to soft commodities in that time (sugar, coffee, cotton,

cocoa). While the production of soft commodities was hampered by adverse weather conditions and prolonged damage to the shipping industry, it was far less impacted by the war and therefore failed to keep pace with grains and oilseeds.

 

Industrial metals returned 19.49% as measured by the respective BCOM sub-index. Despite late-period weakness from a more recent outbreak of the coronavirus throughout China, the sector was lifted higher by several secular tailwinds. In November of 2021, COP26 brought together 120 world leaders in Glasgow to discuss the global trajectory towards net-zero emissions. Climate change, and the ensuing transition to low-emission technology, had a tremendous impact on the demand prospects for all major industrial metals and is poised to do so for the foreseeable future. The European energy crisis, the loss of Russian energy exports, and the Chinese “Blue Skies Campaign” further increased the call for cleaner energy sources, most of which rely heavily on materials like copper (+0.79%), aluminum (+11.72%), and nickel (+65.59%). We believe the sector may hold incredible promise long-term as rapid demand growth meets little in the way of CAPEX expansion.

 

Energy proved to be the leading sector over the trailing 6-month period, rising 43.05% within the BCOM Index. In particular, petroleum products like gasoil (+75.14%), heating oil (+71.84%), and reformulated gasoline (+44.03%) managed to outpace unrefined crude oil (+32.33%). The outperformance was largely driven by a lack of refining capacity, resurgence in consumer demand for transportation fuels, and Russia’s positioning in the market. An advance in carbon prices also contributed to rising fuel costs. Natural gas similarly fared well, appreciating 34.54% in the U.S. Henry Hub contract. Elsewhere around the world, gas prices spiked to an even greater degree as harsh weather met weaker output from renewable power sources like wind and solar. Although energy producers within the Fund underperformed their futures counterparts, the sector was the best performer within the greater S&P 500 Index for both 4Q21 and 1Q22.

 

Precious metals within the BCOM managed to rise as well, up 4.28% for the period. While silver fell 4.30%, gold rose 6.69%, briefly surpassing key psychological resistance at $2,000 per ounce. Precious metals experienced an acceleration in consumer demand, greater investment from physically-backed ETFs, and renewed interest from central banks. Added geopolitical risks also improved the outlook for safe-haven assets. Russia is a key provider of platinum group metals (“PGMs”), and shunned Russian supplies may continue to bolster prices going forward. Unlike the benchmark index, the Fund maintains an allocation to platinum which is paramount to the reduction of tailpipe emissions. An allocation to precious metal miners within the Fund’s equity portfolio was also beneficial. Miners outpaced the Fund’s precious metal futures by a ratio of nearly 2-to-1, +5.47% versus +2.85%.

 

As of the date of this report, the Fund maintains what we believe to be a dynamic combination of commodity futures exposure and commodity equity (or producer) exposure. The composition of the Fund changes from time-to-time in response to structural and value

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

opportunities identified by the Fund’s portfolio management team, subject to the broad guidelines of the Sub-Adviser’s Policy Committee. The Fund was fully invested at the end of April. Throughout the period under review, the Fund held approximately 30% in commodity equities and 70% in commodity futures.

 

{The Fund’s top equity holdings at the end of April included Yara International ASA (YAR NO) +9.05% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), Nutrien Ltd (NTR CN) +47.89% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), CF Industries Holdings Inc (CF US) +71.95% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), Bayer AG (BAYN GR) +26.70% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), Tourmaline Oil Corp (TOU CN) +51.98% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), K+S AG (SDF GR) +114.43% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), FMC Corp (FMC US) +46.94% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), Boliden AB (BOL SS) +45.96% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), Comstock Resources Inc (CRK US) +72.54% (6 months ending April 29, 2022), Endeavour Mining PLC (EDV CN) +1.18% (6 months ending April 29, 2022).}

 

U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (“TIPS”) and nominal US Treasuries are held in the Fund’s Cayman Island subsidiary to invest excess cash and as collateral for commodity futures-related investments. In line with our strong belief that inflation expectations would continue to expand, the addition of TIPS proved beneficial over the six-month period under examination. Duration exposure remained limited in that time. The Fund’s fixed income portfolio had a weighted average maturity of 0.17 years as of April month-end.

 

We believe commodity fundamentals remain in a particularly advantageous state, defined by ongoing supply deficits and the ensuing withdrawal from global inventories. As of the writing of this piece, China’s economy nears one of its weakest points in the 21st Century. Commodities have managed to accelerate across the board despite China’s lack of involvement. As their economy (and other emerging markets) recover from Covid-related bonds, prices may enjoy the next leg higher. Furthermore, the rapid spread of protectionist policies incrementally lifts the cost curve for most raw materials and erodes the efficiency gains of previous years. We expect geopolitical tensions to remain a tailwind for commodities and potentially trigger a larger rotation toward real assets among investors.

 

Bob Hyman

Portfolio Manager

CoreCommodity Management, LLC

 

Past performance if not indicative of future results. “Bloomberg®” and “Bloomberg Commodity IndexSM” are service marks of Bloomberg L.P. (“Bloomberg”) as the case may be. Source for all Index data: Bloomberg L.P. Global. Commodity Sectors and individual commodities are represented by the respective Bloomberg Commodity Sub-Index. This document does not constitute an offer of any commodities, securities or investment advisory services. Any such offer may be made only by means of a disclosure document or similar materials which contain a description of material terms and risks. All expressions of opinion are subject to change without notice in reaction to shifting market conditions. Data contained herein from third-party

providers is obtained from what are considered reliable sources. However, its accuracy, completeness or reliability cannot be guaranteed. The economic statistics presented herein are subject to revision by the agencies that issue them. CoreCommodity Management assumes no obligation to provide this information in the future or to advise of changes in this information. Any indices and other financial benchmarks shown are provided for illustrative purposes only, are unmanaged, reflect reinvestment of income and do not reflect the impact of advisory fees. Investors cannot invest directly in an index. All investments are subject to risk.

 

The views of the authors and information discussed in this commentary are as of the date of publication, are subject to change, and may not reflect the writer's current views. The views expressed are those of the authors only, and represent an assessment of market conditions at a specific point in time, are opinions only and should not be relied upon as investment advice regarding a particular investment or markets in general. Such information does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities or investment vehicles. It should not be assumed that any investment will be profitable or will equal the performance of the fund(s) or any securities or any sectors mentioned in this letter. The subject matter contained in this letter has been derived from several sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of compilation. Neither ALPS, Advisors, Inc., CoreCommodity Management, LLC, nor the Fund accepts any liability for losses either direct or consequential caused by the use of this information.

 

Indices do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.

 

An investor may not invest directly in an index.

 

Diversification cannot guarantee gain or prevent losses.

 

Bob Hyman is a registered representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.

 

ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Advisors Inc. are affiliated.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $10,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $10,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Investor# (NAV) 24.14% 41.24% 19.31% 11.63% 1.27% 3.18% 1.40% 1.40%
Class A (NAV) 24.11% 41.51% 19.39% 11.67% 1.29% 3.20% 1.40% 1.40%
Class A (LOAD) 17.34% 33.66% 17.15% 10.43% 0.72% 2.71%
Class C (NAV) 23.70% 40.52% 18.61% 10.92% 0.63% 2.55% 2.00% 2.00%
Class C (LOAD) 22.71% 39.52% 18.61% 10.92% 0.63% 2.55%
Class I** 24.40% 41.79% 19.70% 11.93% 1.56% 3.47% 1.09% 1.09%

Refinitiv/CoreCommodity CRB

Commodity Total Return Index1

29.88% 54.58% 19.46% 12.36% 0.69% 2.12%    
Bloomberg Commodity TR Index1 25.46% 43.53% 17.87% 10.22% -0.26% 0.89%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 5.50%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million. The Fund imposes a 2.00% redemption fee on shares held for less than 30 days.

 

Performance less than 1 year is cumulative.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance shown for Class A shares prior to June 12, 2018 reflects the historical performance of the Fund’s Investor shares, calculated using the fees and expenses of Class A shares.

 

1The Bloomberg Commodity TR Index (formerly the Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index) and the Refinitiv/Core Commodity CRB Index are unmanaged indices used as a measurement of change in commodity market conditions based on the performance of a basket of different commodities. Each index is composed of a different basket of commodities, a different weighting of the commodities in the basket, and a different re-balancing schedule. The indices are not actively managed and do not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
^Fund Inception date of June 29, 2010 for Investor Class and Classes C and I; Fund Inception date of June 12, 2018 for Class A.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.
**Excludes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions reported to the market may differ from the net asset value for financial reporting purposes.
#Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.

 

Investments in securities of Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) involve risks that differ from an investment in common stock. MLPs are controlled by their general partners, which generally have conflicts of interest and limited fiduciary duties to the MLP, which may permit the general partner to favor its own interests over the MLPs. The benefit you are expected to derive from the Fund’s investment in MLPs depends largely on the MLPs being treated as partnerships for federal income tax purposes. As a partnership, an MLP has no federal income tax liability at the entity level. Therefore, treatment of one or more MLPs as a corporation for federal income tax purposes could affect the Fund’s ability to meet its investment objective and would reduce the amount of cash available to pay or distribute to you. Legislative, judicial, or administrative changes and differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis, could negatively impact the value of an investment in MLPs and therefore the value of your investment in the Fund.

 

Investing in commodity-related securities involves risk and considerations not present when investing in more conventional securities. The Fund may be more susceptible to high volatility of commodity markets.

 

Derivatives generally are more sensitive to changes in economic or market conditions than other types of investments; this could result in losses that significantly exceed the Fund's original investment.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

This Fund is not suitable for all investors, and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

 

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Asset Type Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Government Bonds 58.35%
Common Stocks 28.22%
Master Limited Partnerships 0.03%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 13.40%
Total 100.00%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets) ^

 

 

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COMMON STOCKS (28.22%)          
Argentina (0.10%)          
Adecoagro SA   132,776   $1,493,730 
YPF SA, Sponsored ADR(a)   73,592    312,030 
         1,805,760 
           
Australia (2.22%)          
Allkem, Ltd.(a)   239,467    2,072,641 
Alumina, Ltd.   625,204    799,544 
Beach Energy, Ltd.   1,315,926    1,510,870 
BHP Group, Ltd.   23,500    797,153 
BlueScope Steel, Ltd.   117,416    1,704,002 
Champion Iron, Ltd.   340,883    1,763,026 
Costa Group Holdings, Ltd.   104,343    246,236 
Evolution Mining, Ltd.   57,262    163,857 
Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.   222,298    3,397,304 
GrainCorp, Ltd., Class A   85,256    622,856 
IGO, Ltd.   80,717    751,092 
Iluka Resources, Ltd.   195,693    1,567,944 
Incitec Pivot, Ltd.   1,208,039    3,294,660 
Mineral Resources, Ltd.   123,812    5,121,034 
Newcrest Mining, Ltd.   140,552    2,665,174 
Northern Star Resources, Ltd.   554,748    3,849,014 
Nufarm, Ltd.   147,504    672,211 
OZ Minerals, Ltd.   233,916    4,131,828 
Perseus Mining, Ltd.   532,660    747,056 
Pilbara Minerals, Ltd.(a)   455,472    917,168 
Sandfire Resources NL   78,872    318,201 
South32, Ltd.   1,248,951    4,209,263 
St Barbara, Ltd.   162,515    153,291 
Western Areas, Ltd.(a)   99,342    269,530 
Woodside Petroleum, Ltd.   18,740    412,449 
         42,157,404 
           
Austria (0.05%)          
OMV AG   6,908    357,822 
voestalpine AG   18,655    493,184 
         851,006 
           
Brazil (0.78%)          
BRF SA, ADR(a)   474,053    1,327,348 
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo, ADR(a)   180,822    1,625,590 
Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA, Sponsored ADR   761,688    3,206,706 
Gerdau SA, Sponsored ADR   412,041    2,336,272 
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR   241,056    3,271,130 
Vale SA, Sponsored ADR   181,321    3,062,512 
         14,829,558 
           
Canada (6.56%)          
Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd.   64,194    3,736,759 
Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A   404,456    3,138,579 
ARC Resources, Ltd.   203,200    2,817,103 
B2Gold Corp.   1,270,684    5,400,406 
Ballard Power Systems, Inc.(a)   118,198    981,043 
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Canada (continued)          
Barrick Gold Corp.   49,181   $1,097,228 
Birchcliff Energy, Ltd.   264,100    1,932,464 
Cameco Corp.   44,810    1,156,546 
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.   62,193    3,847,881 
Canadian Solar, Inc.(a)   59,882    1,647,953 
Canfor Corp.(a)   96,200    1,833,165 
Capstone Copper Corp.(a)   312,000    1,420,776 
Cenovus Energy, Inc.   157,200    2,906,239 
Centerra Gold, Inc.   298,100    2,759,046 
Crescent Point Energy Corp.   786,500    5,448,839 
Dundee Precious Metals, Inc.   137,800    798,063 
Eldorado Gold Corp.(a)   135,739    1,319,383 
Endeavour Silver Corp.(a)   428,237    1,623,018 
Enerplus Corp.   76,732    939,200 
ERO Copper Corp.(a)   54,200    779,258 
First Majestic Silver Corp.   234,977    2,420,263 
First Quantum Minerals, Ltd.   101,200    2,901,332 
Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc.(a)   950,860    3,308,993 
Hudbay Minerals, Inc.   258,800    1,657,980 
IAMGOLD Corp.(a)   346,775    977,906 
Imperial Oil, Ltd.   23,900    1,203,325 
Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc.   93,900    1,257,214 
Interfor Corp.   99,600    2,839,180 
Ivanhoe Mines, Ltd., Class A(a)   76,600    614,160 
Kinross Gold Corp.   986,996    5,013,940 
Lundin Mining Corp.   543,000    4,958,074 
MAG Silver Corp.(a)   31,753    468,039 
Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.   36,300    799,383 
MEG Energy Corp.(a)   240,400    3,611,661 
NexGen Energy, Ltd.(a)   222,700    1,097,335 
Northland Power, Inc.   25,500    769,575 
Nutrien, Ltd.   88,400    8,686,892 
NuVista Energy, Ltd.(a)   128,500    1,096,299 
Pan American Silver Corp.   186,514    4,619,952 
Paramount Resources, Ltd., Class A   47,500    1,148,445 
Parex Resources, Inc.   93,300    1,818,575 
Peyto Exploration & Development Corp.   157,900    1,608,929 
PrairieSky Royalty, Ltd.   43,400    595,603 
Saputo, Inc.   124,300    2,656,971 
Silvercorp Metals, Inc.   168,876    510,006 
Suncor Energy, Inc.   71,400    2,566,654 
Teck Resources, Ltd., Class B   46,040    1,816,738 
Torex Gold Resources, Inc.(a)   109,600    1,226,831 
Tourmaline Oil Corp.   130,300    6,710,504 
Turquoise Hill Resources, Ltd.(a)   36,269    987,968 
Vermilion Energy, Inc.   150,000    2,922,586 
Wesdome Gold Mines, Ltd.   67,800    691,907 
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.   38,523    1,728,142 
Yamana Gold, Inc.   761,022    4,193,231 
         125,067,542 
           
Chile (0.17%)          
Antofagasta PLC   53,247    1,038,479 

 

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Chile (continued)          
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Sponsored ADR   30,838$   2,275,844 
         3,314,323 
           
China (0.34%)          
China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR   5,780    281,486 
Daqo New Energy Corp., ADR(a)   49,058    2,039,341 
JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd., ADR(a)   48,706    2,496,670 
PetroChina Co., Ltd., ADR   36,251    1,719,022 
         6,536,519 
           
Colombia (0.05%)          
Ecopetrol SA, Sponsored ADR   56,879    923,146 
           
Denmark (0.21%)          
FLSmidth & Co. A/S   25,666    714,886 
Orsted AS(b)(c)   18,719    2,104,932 
Vestas Wind Systems A/S   53,281    1,381,443 
         4,201,261 
           
Faroe Islands (0.02%)          
Bakkafrost P/F   6,869    474,565 
           
Finland (0.26%)          
Metso Outotec Oyj   159,987    1,385,335 
Outokumpu Oyj   761,553    3,804,111 
         5,189,446 
           
France (0.17%)          
TotalEnergies SE, ADR   67,688    3,297,082 
           
Germany (0.85%)          
Bayer AG   109,200    7,246,131 
K+S AG   197,181    6,696,054 
Nordex SE(a)   72,827    1,070,228 
Salzgitter AG   10,429    438,104 
SMA Solar Technology AG   7,798    359,663 
thyssenkrupp AG(a)   17,747    138,170 
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG   2,122    151,778 
         16,100,128 
           
Great Britain (1.31%)          
Anglo American PLC   24,783    1,117,519 
Atlantica Sustainable Infrastructure PLC   76,574    2,366,137 
BP PLC, Sponsored ADR   124,106    3,564,324 
CNH Industrial N.V.   142,282    2,018,982 
Endeavour Mining PLC   228,800    5,599,558 
Evraz PLC   91,946    93,650 
Pennon Group PLC   41,248    576,765 
Pentair PLC   27,500    1,395,625 
Rio Tinto PLC, Sponsored ADR   66,910    4,758,639 
Severn Trent PLC   36,254    1,434,186 
Subsea 7 SA   50,511    420,057 
United Utilities Group PLC   99,030    1,433,286 
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Great Britain (continued)          
Weir Group PLC   17,675$   346,495 
         25,125,223 
           
Israel (0.09%)          
SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.(a)   6,820    1,707,796 
           
Italy (0.06%)          
Eni SpA, Sponsored ADR   23,728    659,876 
ERG SpA   16,014    555,813 
         1,215,689 
           
Japan (1.00%)          
Daido Steel Co., Ltd.   6,200    177,006 
Ezaki Glico Co., Ltd.   4,600    131,859 
GS Yuasa Corp.   21,600    377,324 
Hitachi Metals, Ltd.(a)   20,700    323,480 
Inpex Corp.   448,733    5,297,315 
Japan Petroleum Exploration Co., Ltd.   52,500    1,038,470 
JFE Holdings, Inc.   70,900    871,397 
Kubota Corp.   127,700    2,183,028 
Kurita Water Industries, Ltd.   68,516    2,362,621 
Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.   6,500    262,955 
Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co., Ltd.   37,100    475,989 
Nippon Steel Corp.   79,290    1,264,424 
RENOVA, Inc.(a)   24,800    309,009 
Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.   73,459    1,131,532 
Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.   43,500    1,900,894 
Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.   50,500    522,608 
UACJ Corp.   8,500    143,048 
         18,772,959 
           
Jersey (0.06%)          
Centamin PLC   934,298    1,075,912 
           
Luxembourg (0.31%)          
APERAM SA   14,100    550,815 
ArcelorMittal   14,925    436,407 
ArcelorMittal SA   48,939    1,451,530 
Tenaris SA, ADR   27,417    827,445 
Ternium SA, Sponsored ADR   63,021    2,703,601 
         5,969,798 
           
Malaysia (0.09%)          
Lynas Rare Earths, Ltd.(a)   274,385    1,775,817 
           
Mexico (0.18%)          
Fresnillo PLC   123,879    1,207,854 
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B   473,800    2,219,417 
         3,427,271 
           
Netherlands (0.27%)          
AMG Advanced Metallurgical Group NV   28,440    1,126,307 
Core Laboratories N.V.   48,394    1,258,244 
Fugro NV(a)   123,489    1,529,429 

 

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Netherlands (continued)          
OCI N.V.(a)   15,679$   600,755 
SBM Offshore N.V.   37,084    539,882 
         5,054,617 
           
Norway (1.41%)          
Aker BP ASA   121,575    4,413,556 
Aker Solutions ASA   61,939    217,132 
DNO ASA   516,958    797,537 
Equinor ASA   99,377    3,401,620 
Leroy Seafood Group ASA   70,514    666,847 
Mowi ASA   80,496    2,288,888 
NEL ASA(a)   476,921    692,041 
Norsk Hydro ASA   182,328    1,553,978 
Salmar ASA   12,666    1,043,870 
Scatec ASA(b)(c)   126,055    1,552,277 
TGS ASA   50,202    784,661 
Yara International ASA   188,021    9,636,242 
         27,048,649 
           
Peru (0.24%)          
Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA, ADR   144,604    1,365,062 
Southern Copper Corp.   52,309    3,257,281 
         4,622,343 
           
South Africa (0.58%)          
African Rainbow Minerals, Ltd.   79,688    1,321,481 
Anglo Platinum, Ltd.   10,455    1,161,639 
AngloGold Ashanti, Ltd., Sponsored ADR   4,226    86,295 
Gold Fields, Ltd., Sponsored ADR   123,904    1,664,031 
Impala Platinum Holdings, Ltd.   61,412    801,885 
Kumba Iron Ore, Ltd.   51,422    1,738,759 
Remgro, Ltd.   106,592    961,201 
Sasol, Ltd.(a)   77,701    1,932,525 
Sibanye Stillwater, Ltd., ADR   112,498    1,545,723 
         11,213,539 
           
Spain (0.21%)          
Acerinox SA   44,206    470,316 
Fluidra SA   54,669    1,506,424 
Iberdrola SA   76,759    891,558 
Repsol SA   21,441    323,116 
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SA(a)   24,558    397,033 
Solaria Energia y Medio Ambiente SA   18,123    407,615 
         3,996,062 
           
Sweden (0.93%)          
AAK AB   17,147    299,216 
Boliden AB   130,144    5,714,992 
Epiroc AB, Class A   51,770    1,062,873 
Holmen AB, B Shares   8,330    486,425 
Lundin Energy AB   107,262    4,478,603 
SSAB AB, A Shares   190,388    1,228,091 
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Sweden (continued)          
Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B   218,017$   4,266,223 
         17,536,423 
           
Switzerland (0.16%)          
Bucher Industries AG   799    291,591 
Ferrexpo PLC   687,611    1,429,245 
Glencore PLC   206,097    1,288,787 
         3,009,623 
           
United States (9.54%)          
AGCO Corp.   30,162    3,842,638 
Albemarle Corp.   10,715    2,066,173 
Allegheny Technologies, Inc.(a)   34,615    940,836 
American States Water Co.   14,594    1,147,964 
American Water Works Co., Inc.   10,923    1,683,016 
Antero Resources Corp.(a)   8,430    296,736 
APA Corp.   51,187    2,095,084 
Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   24,736    2,215,356 
Archrock, Inc.   157,623    1,372,896 
Arconic, Inc.(a)   43,605    1,097,102 
Array Technologies, Inc.(a)   28,924    188,874 
Baker Hughes Co.   36,573    1,134,494 
Bloom Energy Corp., Class A(a)   40,155    745,277 
Bunge, Ltd.   37,892    4,286,343 
California Water Service Group   30,789    1,597,025 
Callon Petroleum Co.(a)   16,701    856,260 
Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.   14,471    777,527 
Centennial Resource Development, Inc., Class A(a)   203,236    1,573,047 
CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   87,454    8,468,171 
ChampionX Corp.   42,298    892,488 
Chemours Co.   101,629    3,360,871 
Chevron Corp.   11,808    1,849,959 
Civitas Resources, Inc.   23,563    1,381,263 
Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.(a)   21,936    559,149 
CNX Resources Corp.(a)   40,534    832,974 
Commercial Metals Co.   14,599    598,559 
Compass Minerals International, Inc.   59,709    3,530,593 
Comstock Resources, Inc.(a)   335,766    5,718,096 
ConocoPhillips   28,355    2,708,470 
Corteva, Inc.   87,240    5,032,876 
Coterra Energy, Inc.   61,433    1,768,656 
Darling Ingredients, Inc.(a)   17,613    1,292,618 
Deere & Co.   4,669    1,762,781 
Devon Energy Corp.   20,591    1,197,778 
Diamondback Energy, Inc.   25,802    3,256,986 
Dril-Quip, Inc.(a)   4,408    127,303 
Energy Fuels, Inc.(a)   19,053    143,088 
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a)   10,981    1,772,333 
EOG Resources, Inc.   31,435    3,670,351 
Essential Utilities, Inc.   25,937    1,160,940 
Exxon Mobil Corp.   25,797    2,199,194 
First Solar, Inc.(a)   24,321    1,776,163 
FMC Corp.   48,107    6,376,102 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   82,278    3,336,373 
FuelCell Energy, Inc.(a)   19,365    79,009 

 

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United States (continued)          
Green Plains, Inc.(a)   33,207$   932,120 
Halliburton Co.   82,737    2,947,092 
Hecla Mining Co.   743,964    3,876,052 
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.(a)   302,387    1,242,811 
Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   52,323    2,408,428 
Hess Corp.   21,053    2,169,933 
HF Sinclair Corp.(a)   22,080    839,482 
Hormel Foods Corp.   30,198    1,582,073 
Ingredion, Inc.   35,620    3,031,619 
Kinder Morgan, Inc.   5,763    104,598 
Laredo Petroleum, Inc.(a)   3,530    251,371 
Liberty Energy, Inc., Class A(a)   27,088    437,200 
Livent Corp.(a)   29,345    626,809 
Marathon Oil Corp.   62,915    1,567,842 
Marathon Petroleum Corp.   24,420    2,130,889 
Matador Resources Co.   29,370    1,433,843 
Middlesex Water Co.   11,803    1,049,877 
Mosaic Co.   29,148    1,819,418 
MP Materials Corp.(a)   29,775    1,132,641 
MRC Global, Inc.(a)   14,444    173,184 
Murphy Oil Corp.   36,727    1,398,564 
National Fuel Gas Co.   3,154    221,190 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   84,671    1,535,085 
New WEI, Inc.(a)   68,768    103 
Newmont Corp.   34,178    2,489,867 
NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.(a)   19,304    212,923 
Northern Oil and Gas, Inc.   13,153    328,562 
NOW, Inc.(a)   36,848    401,643 
Oceaneering International, Inc.(a)   69,252    784,625 
Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   187,413    3,081,069 
PDC Energy, Inc.   27,893    1,945,258 
Phillips 66   8,398    728,610 
Pilgrim's Pride Corp.   103,106    2,923,055 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   4,083    949,175 
Plug Power, Inc.(a)   21,677    455,651 
PotlatchDeltic Corp., REIT   68,244    3,780,035 
ProPetro Holding Corp.(a)   114,066    1,612,893 
Range Resources Corp.(a)   58,949    1,764,933 
Rayonier, Inc., REIT   48,611    2,099,995 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   7,901    1,566,373 
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.(a)   13,274    810,510 
Royal Gold, Inc.   8,866    1,156,836 
RPC, Inc.(a)   140,085    1,448,479 
Sanderson Farms, Inc.   15,926    3,015,907 
Schlumberger NV   34,998    1,365,272 
SM Energy Co.   76,573    2,720,639 
SSR Mining, Inc.   233,102    5,130,385 
Steel Dynamics, Inc.   14,899    1,277,589 
SunCoke Energy, Inc.   95,611    795,484 
SunPower Corp.(a)   64,160    1,059,282 
Talos Energy, Inc.(a)   92,403    1,678,963 
Tellurian, Inc.(a)   84,139    419,012 
TPI Composites, Inc.(a)   133,337    1,525,375 
Transocean, Ltd.(a)   657,543    2,472,361 
US Silica Holdings, Inc.(a)   105,682    1,963,572 
Valero Energy Corp.   15,840    1,765,843 
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United States (continued)          
W&T Offshore, Inc.(a)   43,550$   207,298 
Warrior Met Coal, Inc.   18,618    634,315 
Weyerhaeuser Co., REIT   36,082    1,487,300 
Whiting Petroleum Corp.   15,366    1,122,486 
Williams Cos., Inc.   1,855    63,608 
Worthington Industries, Inc.   4,148    197,320 
         183,124,519 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Cost $452,295,983)        539,423,980 
           
MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS (0.03%)          
United States (0.03%)          
Energy Transfer LP   4,974    55,112 
Enterprise Products Partners LP   10,676    276,616 
Magellan Midstream Partners LP   2,054    99,516 
MPLX LP   1,555    50,320 
Plains All American Pipeline LP   3,090    32,012 
         513,576 
           
TOTAL MASTER LIMITED PARTNERSHIPS          
(Cost $900,221)        513,576 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
GOVERNMENT BONDS (58.35%)          
U.S. Treasury Bonds (58.35%)          
United States Cash Management Bill          
0.885%, 8/9/22(d)  $80,000,000   $79,788,800 
United States Treasury Bill          
0.078%, 5/5/22(d)   100,000,000    99,999,260 
0.121%, 5/17/22(d)   224,000,000    223,982,966 
0.340%, 5/26/22(d)   109,000,000    108,976,729 
0.289%, 6/14/22   175,000,000    174,907,505 
0.490%, 6/28/22   100,000,000    99,902,229 
0.584%, 7/14/22   44,600,000    44,529,458 
0.545%, 7/21/22(d)   108,725,000    108,527,080 
0.875%, 8/4/22   27,000,000    26,935,660 
United States Treasury          
Inflation Indexed Bonds,          
0.625%, 4/15/23  $116,470,740   $120,545,219 
United States Treasury Notes,          
1.875%, 5/31/22  $27,000,000    27,030,132 
         1,115,125,038 
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS          
(Cost $1,114,717,207)        1,115,125,038 
           
         

Value

(Note 2)

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (86.60%)          
(Cost $1,567,913,411)       $1,655,062,594 
           
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities (13.41%)        256,366,046 
NET ASSETS - 100.00%       $1,911,428,640 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Consolidated Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

(a)Non-Income Producing Security.
(b)Security exempt from registration under rule 144A of the securities act of 1933. This Security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the market value of those securities was $3,657,209 representing 0.19% of the Fund's net assets.
(c)Securities were purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of April 30, 2022 the aggregate market value of those securities was $3,657,209 representing 0.19% of net assets.
(d)Security, or portion of security, is being held as collateral for total return swap contracts and futures contracts aggregating a total market value of $78,500,000.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry and geographical classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries and regions are shown as a percent of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Consolidated Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

 

FUTURES CONTRACTS

 

 

Description  Counterparty  Position  Contracts  Expiration Date  Notional Amount/ Fair Value (Note 2)   Unrealized Appreciation 
Brent Crude Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  893  05/31/22  $95,676,020   $344,697 
Cocoa Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (705)  09/15/22   (18,146,700)   344,391 
Coffee 'C' Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (39)  09/20/22   (3,245,288)   35,204 
Corn Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  297  07/14/22   12,080,475    222,544 
KC HRW Wheat Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  64  07/14/22   3,538,400    152,467 
Live Cattle Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (570)  06/30/22   (30,244,200)   930,805 
Low Su Gasoil G Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  155  05/12/22   19,022,375    1,327,617 
Natural Gas Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  761  05/26/22   55,126,840    17,495,418 
Soybean Oil Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  625  07/14/22   31,567,500    2,225,369 
Sugar #11 (World) Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (229)  09/30/22   (4,937,240)   264,661 
WTI Crude Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  262  07/20/22   26,430,560    1,870,462 
               $186,868,742   $25,213,635 

 

Description  Counterparty  Position  Contracts  Expiration Date  Notional Amount/ Fair Value (Note 2)   Unrealized Depreciation 
Copper Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  147  07/27/22  $16,201,238   $(984,008)
Cotton No.2 Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (244)  12/07/22   (14,892,540)   (181,886)
Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice-A Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (12)  09/12/22   (311,940)   (15,329)
Gasoline RBOB Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (108)  08/31/22   (14,336,935)   (939,579)
Gold 100 Oz Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  194  06/28/22   37,086,980    (647,034)
Heating Oil Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (167)  08/31/22   (23,968,942)   (2,363,738)
Lean Hogs Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  82  06/14/22   3,489,100    (246,673)
LME Aluminum Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  45  05/16/22   3,414,938    (368,579)
LME Nickel Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  160  05/16/22   30,477,120    (2,014,586)
LME Zinc Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  315  05/16/22   32,612,344    (1,077,901)
Low Su Gasoil G Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  254  05/12/22   29,451,300    (322,138)
Platinum Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  265  07/27/22   12,449,700    (1,178,161)
Silver Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  273  07/27/22   31,511,025    (2,961,232)
Soybean Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  93  07/14/22   7,834,088    (19,793)
Soybean Meal Future  Morgan Stanley  Long  562  07/14/22   24,295,260    (1,583,041)
Wheat Future(CBT)  Morgan Stanley  Long  45  07/14/22   2,375,438    (117,106)
WTI Crude Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (163)  05/20/22   (17,064,470)   (4,523,579)
WTI Crude Future  Morgan Stanley  Short  (1,375)  06/21/22   (141,542,500)   (24,426,518)
               $19,081,204   $(43,970,881)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Consolidated Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

TOTAL RETURN SWAP CONTRACTS(a)

 

Swap Counterparty  Reference Obligation 

Notional

Amount

   Floating Rate/Fixed Amount Paid by Fund*  Termination Date  Value   Unrealized Appreciation 
UBS  CRB 3m Fwd TR Index**  $268,663,441   USB3MTA + 25 bps  11/30/2022  $268,663,446   $5 
Citigroup  CRB 3m Fwd TR Index**   268,382,804   USB3MTA + 24 bps  9/30/2022   268,382,807    3 
Societe Generale  CRB 3m Fwd TR Index**   129,371,099   USB3MTA + 28 bps  11/30/2022   129,371,102    3 
Goldman Sachs  CRB 3m Fwd TR Index**   134,336,878   USB3MTA + 25 bps  9/30/2022   134,336,879    1 
      $800,754,221         $800,754,233   $12 

 

Swap Counterparty  Reference Obligation 

Notional

Amount

  

Floating Rate/Fixed Amount

Paid by Fund

 

Termination

Date

  Value  

Unrealized

Depreciation

 
Bank of America - Merrill Lynch  CRB 3m Fwd TR Index**  $349,872,185   USB3MTA + 25 bps  6/30/2022  $349,871,075   $(1,110)
      $349,872,185         $349,871,075   $(1,110)

 

(a)For long positions in the total return swap, the Fund receives payments based on any positive return of the Reference Obligation less the rate paid by the Fund. The Fund makes payments on any negative return of such Reference Obligations plus the rate paid by the fund. For short positions in the total return swap, the Fund makes payments based on any positive return of the Reference Obligation less the rate paid by the Fund. The Fund receives payments on any negative return of such Reference Obligations plus the rate paid by the Fund.
*United States Auction Results 3 Month Treasury Bill High Discount. Total return swap resets monthly.
**CRB - Commodity Research Bureau

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

ASSETS    
Investments, at value  $1,655,062,594 
Cash   207,406,817 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $1,459,816)   1,400,428 
Unrealized appreciation on total return swap contracts   12 
Receivable for shares sold   14,278,678 
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts   2,948,110 
Receivable due from broker for total return swap contracts   34,013,026 
Dividends and interest receivable   1,253,319 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   141,908 
Total Assets   1,916,504,892 
LIABILITIES     
Payable for shares redeemed   3,005,141 
Unrealized depreciation on total return swap contracts   1,110 
Investment advisory fees payable   1,326,645 
Administration and transfer agency fees payable   435,403 
Distribution and services fees payable   109,187 
Trustees' fees and expenses payable   8,331 
Professional fees payable   41,886 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   148,549 
Total Liabilities   5,076,252 
NET ASSETS  $1,911,428,640 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF     
Paid-in capital  $1,579,661,536 
Total distributable earnings   331,767,104 
NET ASSETS  $1,911,428,640 
INVESTMENTS, AT COST  $1,567,913,411 
      
PRICING OF SHARES     
Investor Class:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $9.59 
Net Assets  $113,526,841 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   11,834,515 
Class A:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $9.61 
Net Assets  $15,214,306 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   1,583,648 
Maximum offering price per share ((NAV/0.9450), based on maximum sales charge of 5.50% of the offering price)  $10.17 
Class C:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share(a)  $8.87 
Net Assets  $28,473,214 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   3,209,057 
Class I:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $9.74 
Net Assets  $1,754,214,279 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   180,024,814 

 

(a)Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. For a description of a possible sales charge, please see the Fund's Prospectus.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Consolidated Statement of Operations For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME    
Dividends  $7,076,770 
Foreign taxes withheld on dividends   (555,186)
Interest and other income, net of premium amortization and accretion of discount   5,835,835 
Total Investment Income   12,357,419 
      
EXPENSES     
Investment advisory fees   6,250,422 
Investment advisory fees - subsidiary (Note 8)   1,298,583 
Administrative fees   780,950 
Transfer agency fees   465,795 
Distribution and service fees     
Investor Class   188,411 
Class A   19,131 
Class C   98,524 
Professional fees   23,891 
Reports to shareholders and printing fees   23,535 
State registration fees   85,981 
Insurance fees   3,314 
Custody fees   26,360 
Trustees' fees and expenses   28,353 
Miscellaneous expenses   13,122 
Total Expenses   9,306,372 
Less fees waived/reimbursed by investment advisor (Note 8)     
Waiver of investment advisory fees - subsidiary   (1,298,583)
Net Expenses   8,007,789 
Net Investment Income   4,349,630 
Net realized gain on investments   23,098,838 
Net realized gain on futures contracts   74,038,868 
Net realized gain on total return swap contracts   224,184,193 
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions   (89,551)
Net Realized Gain   321,232,348 
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments   26,106,338 
Net change in unrealized depreciation on futures contracts   (16,834,962)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on total return swap contracts   (833)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies   (74,473)
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation   9,196,070 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS   330,428,418 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $334,778,048 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)  

For the Year

Ended October 31,

2021

 
OPERATIONS          
Net investment income  $4,349,630   $14,005,719 
Net realized gain   321,232,348    246,879,451 
Net change in unrealized appreciation   9,196,070    75,964,516 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   334,778,048    336,849,686 
           
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (15,456,243)   (174,393)
Class A   (1,363,415)   (5,446)
Class C   (2,848,568)   (5,670)
Class I   (201,615,631)   (1,745,843)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (221,283,857)   (1,931,352)
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   22,847,274    36,968,075 
Class A   7,082,162    5,771,217 
Class C   13,197,026    10,727,794 
Class I   668,334,466    583,450,695 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   14,698,816    167,790 
Class A   871,533    2,437 
Class C   1,419,872    4,530 
Class I   141,806,630    1,555,689 
Shares redeemed, net of redemption fees          
Investor Class   (19,036,307)   (27,008,696)
Class A   (843,547)   (1,052,463)
Class C   (1,559,130)   (1,304,792)
Class I   (315,444,773)   (171,560,901)
Net Increase in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   533,374,022    437,721,375 
           
Net increase in net assets   646,868,213    772,639,709 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   1,264,560,427    491,920,718 
End of period  $1,911,428,640   $1,264,560,427 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

20 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund – Investor Class

 

Consolidated Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period(b)  $9.50   $6.06   $6.68   $7.54   $7.64   $7.29 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                      
Net investment income/(loss)(c)   0.01(d)    0.11    0.02    0.06    0.05    (0.01)(d) 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   1.78    3.35    (0.58)   (0.71)   0.04    0.36 
Total from investment operations   1.79    3.46    (0.56)   (0.65)   0.09    0.35 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.70)   (0.02)   (0.06)   (0.21)   (0.19)   (0.00)(e) 
Total distributions   (1.70)   (0.02)   (0.06)   (0.21)   (0.19)   (0.00)(e) 
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.00(e)    0.00(e)    0.00(e)    0.00(e)    0.00(e) 
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   0.09    3.44    (0.62)   (0.86)   (0.10)   0.35 
Net asset value, end of period  $9.59   $9.50   $6.06   $6.68   $7.54   $7.64 
TOTAL RETURN(f)   24.14%   57.25%   (8.44)%   (8.71)%   1.23%   4.85%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $113,527   $89,300   $49,060   $39,226   $48,728   $47,845 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.39%(g)    1.37%(h)    1.40%(h)    1.39%(h)    1.40%(h)    1.38%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.39%(g)    1.37%   1.40%   1.39%   1.40%   1.38%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets   0.30%(g)    1.36%   0.40%   0.82%   0.66%   (0.10)%
Portfolio turnover rate(i)   26%   48%   98%   81%   42%   66%

 

(a)Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.
(b)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(c)Calculated using the average shares method.
(d)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(e)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(f)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(g)Annualized.
(h)The ratio of operating expenses excluding fee waiver/reimbursements to average net assets is calculated excluding the waived Subsidiary management fee (see Note 8 for additional detail). The ratio inclusive of that fee would be for the period ended April 30, 2022, October 31, 2021, October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, respectively, 1.56%, 1.55%, 1.58% and 1.54%.
(i)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

21 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund – Class A

 

Consolidated Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period June 12, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period(a)  $9.52   $6.07   $6.68   $7.54   $8.16 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                    
Net investment income(b)   0.01    0.13    0.04    0.07    (0.00)(c) 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   1.78    3.34    (0.59)   (0.72)   (0.62)
Total from investment operations   1.79    3.47    (0.55)   (0.65)   (0.62)
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (1.70)   (0.02)   (0.06)   (0.21)    
Total distributions   (1.70)   (0.02)   (0.06)   (0.21)    
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)           0.00(c)         
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   0.09    3.45    (0.61)   (0.86)   (0.62)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.61   $9.52   $6.07   $6.68   $7.54 
TOTAL RETURN(d)   24.11%   57.33%   (8.29)%   (8.71)%   (7.60)%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $15,214   $7,349   $1,254   $751   $191 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.39%(e)    1.32%(f)    1.34%(f)    1.40%(f)    1.48%(e)(f) 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.39%(e)    1.32%   1.34%   1.40%   1.45%(e) 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets   0.29%(e)    1.56%   0.62%   0.99%   (0.10)%(e) 
Portfolio turnover rate(g)   26%   48%   98%   81%   42%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(d)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(e)Annualized.
(f)The ratio of operating expenses excluding fee waiver/reimbursements to average net assets is calculated excluding the waived Subsidiary management fee (see Note 8 for additional detail). The ratio inclusive of that fee would be for the period ended April 30, 2022, October 31, 2021, October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, respectively, 1.56%, 1.50%, 1.52% and 1.55%.
(g)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

22 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund – Class C

 

Consolidated Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period(a)  $8.94   $5.73   $6.35   $7.22   $7.36   $7.07 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                      
Net investment income/(loss)(b)   (0.01)(c)    0.07    (0.02)(c)    0.01    (0.00)(c)(d)    (0.06)(c) 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   1.63    3.14    (0.54)   (0.68)   0.04    0.35 
Total from investment operations   1.62    3.21    (0.56)   (0.67)   0.04    0.29 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.69)   (0.01)   (0.06)   (0.20)   (0.18)    
Total distributions   (1.69)   (0.01)   (0.06)   (0.20)   (0.18)    
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.01        0.00(d)         
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (0.07)   3.21    (0.62)   (0.87)   (0.14)   0.29 
Net asset value, end of period  $8.87   $8.94   $5.73   $6.35   $7.22   $7.36 
TOTAL RETURN(e)   23.70%   56.37%   (8.97)%   (9.35)%   0.62%   4.10%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $28,473   $13,789   $2,354   $6,702   $9,510   $7,642 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.99%(f)    2.00%(g)    2.05%(g)    2.05%(g)    2.05%(g)    2.05%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.99%(f)    2.00%   2.05%   2.05%   2.05%   2.05%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets   (0.33)%(f)    0.84%   (0.28)%   0.17%   (0.04)%   (0.81)%
Portfolio turnover rate(h)   26%   48%   98%   81%   42%   66%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(e)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(f)Annualized.
(g)The ratio of operating expenses excluding fee waiver/reimbursements to average net assets is calculated excluding the waived Subsidiary management fee (see Note 8 for additional detail). The ratio inclusive of that fee would be for the period ended April 30, 2022, October 31, 2021, October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, respectively, 2.16%, 2.18%, 2.23% and 2.20%.
(h)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | CoreCommodity Management

CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund – Class I

 

Consolidated Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period(a)  $9.62   $6.12   $6.73   $7.58   $7.67   $7.31 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                        
Net investment income(b)   0.03    0.14    0.04    0.08    0.07    0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   1.79    3.38    (0.58)   (0.72)   0.03    0.36 
Total from investment operations   1.82    3.52    (0.54)   (0.64)   0.10    0.37 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.70)   (0.02)   (0.07)   (0.21)   (0.19)   (0.01)
Total distributions   (1.70)   (0.02)   (0.07)   (0.21)   (0.19)   (0.01)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)   (0.00)(c)    0.00(c)    0.00(c)    0.00(c)    0.00(c)    0.00(c) 
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   0.12    3.50    (0.61)   (0.85)   (0.09)   0.36 
Net asset value, end of period  $9.74   $9.62   $6.12   $6.73   $7.58   $7.67 
TOTAL RETURN(d)   24.27%   57.74%   (8.18)%   (8.48)%   1.42%   5.03%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $1,754,214   $1,154,123   $439,254   $500,305   $647,195   $482,710 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.05%(e)    1.09%(f)    1.15%(f)    1.14%(f)    1.13%(f)    1.15%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.05%(e)    1.09%   1.15%   1.14%   1.13%   1.15%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.63%(e)    1.68%   0.64%   1.09%   0.90%   0.08%
Portfolio turnover rate(g)   26%   48%   98%   81%   42%   66%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(d)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(e)Annualized.
(f)The ratio of operating expenses excluding fee waiver/reimbursements to average net assets is calculated excluding the waived Subsidiary management fee (see Note 8 for additional detail). The ratio inclusive of that fee would be for the periods ended April 30, 2022, October 31, 2021, October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2019, respectively, 1.23%, 1.27%, 1.33% and 1.29%.
(g)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance

ALPS I Kotak India Growth Fund (the “Fund") was launched on February 14, 2011. During the 6-month period ended 30th April 2022 (hereinafter also referred to as the “period”), the Fund's Class A Shares, INDAX, delivered a total return of -7.64% at Net Asset Value, Class C, INFCX, delivered -7.94% with CDSC, Class I, INDIX, delivered -7.52% and Class II, INDSX, delivered -7.38%. The Fund underperformed the benchmark Nifty 500 Index ("NSE500") which returned -4.11% during the period without taking into account sales charges for Class A and C Shares.

 

Right as the world was preparing to welcome and coexist in the endemic phase of the pandemic, and the global economy was seemingly at the cusp of witnessing green shoots of recovery, surging Covid cases in China, uncertainty around the Russo-Ukraine war and probability of aggressive rate hikes by the US Fed posed inflationary challenges. Signs of global monetary tightening with elevated oil and commodity prices dented consumer sentiment and demand as we see continuous capital outflows from emerging countries (India not spared either). Brent Crude topped US$130 per barrel briefly during March’22 and lingered above US$100 per barrel thereafter.

 

Despite the temporary new coronavirus variant scare, amid concerns with accelerated Fed taper, rising inflation and a hawkish tone by the global central banks, global equity market remained relatively stable towards the end of 2021. However, the Russo-Ukraine war seems to tip the balance moving into 2022 as central banks have been raising interest rates and taking other measures to curb inflation, coupled with commodity prices remaining elevated and uncertain. It has been two years since Covid was declared a global pandemic. The chaos from social and economic uncertainties continues.

 

With the sharp rise in oil and commodity prices, coupled with supply chain disruptions and sanctions added on to the pandemic-related supply-chain and fuel global inflation, some Central Banks and Governments around the world decisions to cushion the impact include – (Source: Central Banks, Kotak Institutional Equities): (1) Japan: The Bank of Japan (BOJ) continued with its ultra-easy monetary policy to help the economy recovery from the pandemic. BOJ highlighted that growth had picked up “as a trend” but some weakness was visible due to the Covid-19 impact. BOJ also stated that it would apply a negative interest rate of -0.1% and that it would purchase a necessary amount of government bonds without setting an upper limit so that the 10-year bond yield remains around 0%. (2) US: US Fed chairman hinted a 50 basis point rate hike to take the Federal Funds rate target range to 0.75-1% amid persistently elevated inflation and a tight labour market even as growth surprised on the downside in 1QCY22.

 

Looking back at India, frontline Nifty Index lost 5.30%, the midcap segment saw a loss of 4.04% and the broad-based NSE500 Index lost 4.11% during the period (all in USD terms).

 

The Union Budget of India was presented on Feb 1, 2022, just as the country was navigating the third wave of the Covid 19 pandemic. We believe this was clearly a pro-growth budget with the Government’s key macro focus being infrastructure growth and boosting capex spend in a bid to sustain the investment growth momentum.

 

In our view, the highlight of the budget this year is that it sets the foundation for structural growth over the next few years via investment spend. The Budget provides the necessary impetus through various policies laying the blueprint to steer economy for the next 25 years and enable job creation. We believe the infrastructure growth focus is very clearly visible in various sectors outlined under the umbrella of the PM Gati Shakti scheme (A National Master Plan was launched on 13th October 2021 - a digital platform made up of 16 Ministries, including Railway and Roadways together for integrated planning and coordinated implementation of infrastructure connectivity projects to various economic zones). Capital expenditure growth for FY23 is budgeted at 24.5% over FY22RE (Revised Estimate).

 

Despite global uncertainty from the Russo-Ukraine war and persistent supply chain issues; with the relax in Covid restrictions, there is demand recovery and a substantial pick-up in new business growth. April Manufacturing PMI expanded to 54.7 vs 54 in March, due to a marked increase in new orders and productions, as well as renewed expansion in international sales. The S&P Global India Service PMI increased to 57.9 in April from 53.6 in March, the highest reading since last November.

 

India’s economic growth slowed in Q4FY22 (period from Jan’22 - Mar’22) to 4.1%, reflecting impact arising from Omicron wave on the manufacturing and contact-intensive sectors.

 

Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections for April hit a fresh high and stood at INR1,680bn (~US$22.7bn), potentially pointing to strong economic activity and tighter regulation.

 

Current account balance in 3QFY22 (Note: October to December 2021 quarter) registered a deficit of US$23bn (2.7% of GDP), widening from a deficit of US$9.9bn in 2QFY22 (1.3% of GDP) and a deficit of US$2.2bn in 3QFY21 (0.3% of GDP). This was mainly due to a widening of the trade deficit to US$60.4bn (2QFY22: US$44.5bn). Exports improved marginally to US$109bn (US$105bn in 2QFY22), while imports surged to US$169bn (US$149bn in 2QFY22). Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation in April increased sharply to 7.79% (March: 6.95%) led by increases in food and core inflation. Sequentially, headline CPI increased by 1.4%. April Wholesale Price Inflation (WPI) inflation rose by 60bps to 15.1% (March: 14.5%) while also rising sequentially by 2.1% (March: 2.4% month over month).

 

In short, the Indian economy is currently going through a normalization phase. However, with the Russo-Ukraine war, China lockdowns and tighter financial conditions, we believe it will be an uphill climb out of recovery for India as well as the global economy. In our view, the persistence of elevated inflation emanating from supply disruptions caused by the war and Covid lockdowns in China present as key risks moving forward.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

During the semi annual period ended 30th April, 2022, there was a change in the principal investment strategy of the Fund. While the Sub-Adviser has been broadly incorporating environmental, social, and governance (“ESG”) factors into the decision making process over last few years, the Fund’s strategy was amended to incorporate ESG principles more deeply into the Fund’s strategy and philosophy; and to make the use of ESG factors more evident to investors. Under the Fund’s ESG strategy, the Fund will seek to deliver returns in a socially responsive manner by combining a value and growth-oriented investment philosophy with an ESG principle overlay.

 

This has also resulted in a name change of the Fund. The Fund has been renamed as ALPS Kotak India ESG Fund with effect from May 1, 2022.

 

The views above are based on publicly available data, Kotak Group internal estimates and are based on the views of the research team at Kotak group.

 

The views of the author and information discussed in this commentary are as of the date of publication, are subject to change, and may not reflect the writer's current views. The views expressed are those of the author only, and represent an assessment of market conditions at a specific point in time, are opinions only and should not be relied upon as investment advice regarding a particular investment or markets in general. Such information does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities or investment vehicles. It should not be assumed that any investment will be profitable or will equal the performance of the fund or any securities or any sectors mentioned in this letter. The subject matter contained in this letter has been derived from several sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of compilation. Neither ALPS Advisors, Inc., Kotak Mahindra Asset Management (Singapore) Pte Ltd., nor the Fund accepts any liability for losses either direct or consequential caused by the use of this information.

 

Diversification cannot guarantee gain or prevent losses.

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Dividends are not guaranteed and are subject to change or elimination. Investments in international and emerging markets securities include exposure to risks such as currency fluctuations, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets and political instability.

 

ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Advisors Inc. are affiliated.

26 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $10, 000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $10,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Investor# (NAV) -7.63% 9.33% 10.76% 7.17% 11.08% 7.93% 1.40% 1.40%
Class A (NAV) -7.64% 9.47% 10.66% 7.08% 11.03% 7.89% 1.40% 1.40%
Class A (LOAD) -12.70% 3.47% 8.58% 5.88% 10.40% 7.35%
Class C (NAV) -7.94% 8.63% 9.85% 6.34% 10.28% 7.16% 2.00% 2.00%
Class C (LOAD) -8.81% 7.63% 9.85% 6.34% 10.28% 7.16%
Class I -7.52% 9.66% 10.95% 7.40% 11.38% 8.23% 1.00% 1.00%
Class II -7.38% 9.98% 11.20% 7.54% 11.46% 8.30% 0.91% 0.75%
Nifty 500 Index1 -3.61% 16.99% 12.98% 9.72% 10.29% 7.45%    
Morningstar India Index2 -3.07% 17.50% 13.98% 10.63% 10.57% 7.62%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 5.50%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million. The Fund imposes a 2.00% redemption fee on shares held for less than 30 days.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance shown for Class A shares prior to June 12, 2018 reflects the historical performance of the Fund’s Investor shares, calculated using the fees and expenses of Class A shares. Performance shown for Class II shares prior to December 19, 2019 reflects the historical performance of the Fund’s Class I shares, calculated using the fees and expenses of Class II shares.

 

1Nifty 500 Index (formerly the CNX 500 Index) - India's first broad based benchmark of the Indian capital market. The Nifty 500 companies are disaggregated into 72 industry indices. Industry weightages in the index reflect the industry weightages in the market. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
2Morningstar India NR Index: measures the performance of India's equity markets targeting the top 97% of stocks by market capitalization.
^Fund Inception date of February 14, 2011 for Investor Class and Classes C and I; Fund Inception date of June 12, 2018 for Class A; Fund Inception date of December 19, 2019 for Class II.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor's and Sub-Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.
#Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

This Fund is not suitable for all investors and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

 

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Investing in India involves risk and considerations not present when investing in more established securities markets. The Fund may be more susceptible to economic, market, political and local risks of the region than a fund that is more geographically diversified. Investments in India are subject to a number of risks including, but not limited to, risk of losing some or all of the capital invested, high market volatility, variable market liquidity, geopolitical risks (including political instability), exchange rate fluctuations (between the currency of the fund’s share class and the Indian Rupee), changes in tax regime and restrictions on investment activities of foreign investors.

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets) †

 

Reliance Industries, Ltd. 8.22%
Infosys, Ltd. 7.89%
ICICI Bank, Ltd. 6.19%
HDFC Bank, Ltd. 4.69%
Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd. 3.34%
Axis Bank, Ltd. 3.24%
Bajaj Finance, Ltd. 3.06%
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. 2.99%
State Bank of India 2.69%
Max Healthcare Institute, Ltd. 2.65%
Top Ten Holdings 44.96%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

 

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COMMON STOCKS (96.42%)          
Communication Services (4.05%)          
Entertainment (1.06%)          
Nazara Technologies, Ltd.(a)   90,263   $1,821,328 
PVR, Ltd.(a)   88,675    2,096,547 
         3,917,875 
           
Wireless Telecommunication Services (2.99%)          
Bharti Airtel, Ltd.(a)   1,111,913    10,671,384 
Bharti Airtel, Ltd. partly paid(a)   78,914    349,528 
           
TOTAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES     14,938,787 
           
Consumer Discretionary (9.88%)          
Auto Components (1.97%)          
MRF, Ltd.   3,678    3,478,879 
Sansera Engineering, Ltd.(a)(b)   166,813    1,731,251 
Varroc Engineering, Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   355,341    2,050,665 
         7,260,795 
           
Automobiles (2.45%)          
Mahindra & Mahindra, Ltd.   277,646    3,326,273 
Maruti Suzuki India, Ltd.   56,917    5,700,582 
         9,026,855 
           
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure (0.76%)          
Jubilant Foodworks, Ltd.   399,075    2,818,178 
           
Household Durables (2.78%)          
Crompton Greaves Consumer Electricals, Ltd.   1,334,428    6,680,192 
Orient Electric, Ltd.   831,599    3,570,285 
         10,250,477 
           
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail (0.76%)          
Cartrade Tech, Ltd.(a)   136,844    1,152,221 
Zomato, Ltd.(a)   1,781,388    1,651,965 
         2,804,186 
           
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (1.16%)        
Titan Co., Ltd.   134,337    4,286,501 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY     36,446,992 
           
Consumer Staples (4.78%)          
Personal Products (4.78%)          
Dabur India, Ltd.   628,592    4,550,623 
Emami, Ltd.   806,877    5,156,731 
Hindustan Unilever, Ltd.   273,518    7,946,710 
         17,654,064 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES        17,654,064 
   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Energy (9.01%)          
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels (9.01%)          
Aegis Logistics, Ltd.   1,017,343   $2,918,507 
Reliance Industries, Ltd.   837,060    30,328,740 
         33,247,247 
           
TOTAL ENERGY        33,247,247 
           
Financials (28.61%)          
Banks (18.56%)          
AU Small Finance Bank, Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   357,687    6,442,043 
Axis Bank, Ltd.(a)   1,268,470    11,957,293 
HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR   82,825    4,572,768 
HDFC Bank, Ltd.   710,523    12,738,139 
ICICI Bank, Ltd., Sponsored ADR   591,286    11,258,086 
ICICI Bank, Ltd.   1,205,299    11,586,623 
State Bank of India   1,548,314    9,944,254 
         68,499,206 
           
Consumer Finance (5.11%)          
Bajaj Finance, Ltd.   130,965    11,289,441 
Muthoot Finance, Ltd.   122,426    2,007,625 
SBI Cards & Payment Services, Ltd.   517,527    5,582,339 
         18,879,405 
           
Insurance (2.94%)          
HDFC Life Insurance Co., Ltd.(b)(c)   744,855    5,647,796 
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co., Ltd.(b)(c)   249,479    4,146,835 
PB Fintech, Ltd.(a)   120,936    1,044,768 
         10,839,399 
           
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance (2.00%)          
Aavas Financiers, Ltd.(a)   248,638    7,376,057 
           
TOTAL FINANCIALS        105,594,067 
           
Health Care (8.39%)          
Health Care Providers & Services (5.16%)          
Dr Lal PathLabs, Ltd.(b)(c)   51,414    1,734,615 
Fortis Healthcare, Ltd.(a)   1,277,235    4,428,837 
Max Healthcare Institute, Ltd.(a)   1,817,232    9,780,449 
Vijaya Diagnostic Centre Pvt, Ltd.(a)   522,362    3,108,406 
         19,052,307 
           
Life Sciences Tools & Services (0.42%)          
Tarsons Products, Ltd.(a)   169,759    1,535,435 
           
Pharmaceuticals (2.81%)          
Alkem Laboratories, Ltd.   82,739    3,508,425 
Aurobindo Pharma, Ltd.   412,620    3,373,829 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Pharmaceuticals (continued)          
Cipla, Ltd.   273,413   $3,489,598 
         10,371,852 
           
TOTAL HEALTH CARE        30,959,594 
           
Industrials (6.20%)          
Air Freight & Logistics (0.65%)          
Mahindra Logistics, Ltd.(b)(c)   360,888    2,410,772 
           
Airlines (0.80%)          
InterGlobe Aviation, Ltd.(a)(b)(c)   121,781    2,932,834 
           
Building Products (1.20%)          
Kajaria Ceramics, Ltd.   330,133    4,440,450 
           
Construction & Engineering (3.04%)          
Kalpataru Power Transmission, Ltd.   654,000    3,064,378 
Larsen & Toubro, Ltd.   370,011    8,131,938 
         11,196,316 
           
Trading Companies & Distributors (0.51%)          
IndiaMart InterMesh, Ltd.(b)(c)   29,792    1,895,929 
           
TOTAL INDUSTRIALS        22,876,301 
           
Information Technology (15.48%)          
IT Services (15.48%)          
Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR   568,643    11,298,936 
Infosys, Ltd.   879,275    17,820,440 
Persistent Systems, Ltd.   150,403    8,429,650 
Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd.   267,758    12,340,524 
Tech Mahindra, Ltd.   359,540    5,872,055 
Wipro, Ltd.   206,103    1,354,177 
         57,115,782 
           
TOTAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY    57,115,782 
           
Materials (7.85%)          
Chemicals (3.09%)          
Kansai Nerolac Paints, Ltd.   471,593    2,887,520 
SRF, Ltd.   261,750    8,512,773 
         11,400,293 
           
Construction Materials (4.12%)          
JK Cement, Ltd.   99,228    3,422,207 
Ramco Cements, Ltd.   455,168    4,703,037 
Shree Cement, Ltd.   21,035    7,077,525 
         15,202,769 
   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Containers & Packaging (0.64%)          
Mold-Tek Packaging, Ltd.   237,070   $2,375,360 
           
TOTAL MATERIALS        28,978,422 
           
Real Estate (2.17%)          
Real Estate Management & Development (2.17%)          
Brigade Enterprises, Ltd.   647,635    3,817,128 
Oberoi Realty, Ltd.(a)   335,584    4,180,657 
         7,997,785 
           
TOTAL REAL ESTATE        7,997,785 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Cost $289,907,773)        355,809,041 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (96.42%)          
(Cost $289,907,773)       $355,809,041 
           
Assets In Excess Of Other Liabilities (3.58%)        13,227,925 
           
NET ASSETS (100.00%)       $369,036,966 

 

(a)Non-Income Producing Security.
(b)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of those securities was 28,992,739, representing 7.86% of net assets.
(c)Securities were purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of April 30, 2022 the aggregate market value of those securities was $28,992,739 representing 7.86% of net assets.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries are shown as a percent of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

ASSETS    
Investments, at value  $355,809,041 
Cash   10,185,548 
Foreign currency, at value (Cost $11,151,730)   10,830,960 
Receivable for investments sold   2,241,871 
Receivable for shares sold   25,214 
Dividends and interest receivable   39,664 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   34,135 
Total Assets   379,166,433 
LIABILITIES     
Payable for investments purchased   336,550 
Payable for shares redeemed   24 
Payable for foreign capital gains tax   9,451,388 
Investment advisory fees payable   176,289 
Administration and transfer agency fees payable   72,827 
Distribution and services fees payable   4,382 
Trustees' fees and expenses payable   3,861 
Professional fees payable   16,365 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   67,780 
Total Liabilities   10,129,466 
NET ASSETS  $369,036,967 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF     
Paid-in capital  $327,903,276 
Total distributable earnings   41,133,691 
NET ASSETS  $369,036,967 
INVESTMENTS, AT COST  $289,907,772 
PRICING OF SHARES     
Investor Class:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $16.36 
Net Assets  $3,841,987 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   234,851 
Class A:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $16.28 
Net Assets  $696,479 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   42,769 
Maximum offering price per share ((NAV/0.9450), based on maximum sales charge of 5.50% of the offering price)  $17.23 
Class C:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share(a)  $14.92 
Net Assets  $1,412,948 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   94,720 
Class I:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $16.97 
Net Assets  $15,234,945 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   897,549 
Class II:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $17.08 
Net Assets  $347,850,608 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   20,368,910 

 

(a)Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. For a description of a possible sales charge, please see the Fund's Prospectus.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Statement of Operations For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME    
Dividends  $520,150 
Foreign taxes withheld on dividends   (114,355)
Interest and other income   1,993 
Total Investment Income   407,788 
      
EXPENSES     
Investment advisory fees   1,252,906 
Administrative fees   302,460 
Transfer agency fees   1,766 
Distribution and service fees     
Investor Class   7,350 
Class A   1,351 
Class C   7,560 
Professional fees   18,956 
Reports to shareholders and printing fees   4,516 
State registration fees   36,079 
Insurance fees   1,447 
Custody fees   49,037 
Trustees' fees and expenses   8,442 
Repayment of previously waived fees     
Investor Class   2,336 
Class A   383 
Class C   860 
Class I   9,429 
Miscellaneous expenses   17,355 
Total Expenses   1,722,233 
Less fees waived/reimbursed by investment advisor (Note 8)     
Class A   (383)
Class II   (233,782)
Net Expenses   1,488,068 
Net Investment Loss   (1,080,280)
Net realized gain on investments   7,262,822 
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions   (78,110)
Net Realized Gain   7,184,712 
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments   (40,701,215)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies   (39,696)
Net change in unrealized foreign capital gains tax   5,151,495 
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation   (35,589,416)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS ON INVESTMENTS   (28,404,704)
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $(29,484,984)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

  

For the Six

Months Ended

April 30, 2022

(Unaudited)

  

For the Year

Ended

October 31, 2021

 
OPERATIONS          
Net investment loss  $(1,080,280)  $(471,474)
Net realized gain   7,184,712    24,382,297 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (35,589,416)   75,895,287 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   (29,484,984)   99,806,110 
           
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (203,811)    
Class A   (41,456)    
Class C   (88,461)    
Class I   (829,227)    
Class II   (19,311,883)    
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (20,474,838)    
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   1,042,513    1,111,855 
Class A   109,072    905,016 
Class C   12,000    20,550 
Class I   1,696,125    4,418,625 
Class II       150,000,000 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   176,973     
Class A   39,052     
Class C   88,461     
Class I   790,535     
Class II   19,311,883     
Shares redeemed, net of redemption fees          
Investor Class   (662,528)   (1,190,945)
Class A   (105,850)   (573,685)
Class C   (73,761)   (877,201)
Class I   (1,260,411)   (18,425,509)
Net Increase in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   21,164,064    135,388,706 
           
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (28,795,758)   235,194,816 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   397,832,724    162,637,998 
End of period  $369,036,966   $397,832,814 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund – Investor Class

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $18.70   $12.66   $13.02(b)  $11.73(b)  $14.53(b)  $12.32(b)
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                      
Net investment loss(c)   (0.10)   (0.12)   (0.07)(d)   (0.10)   (0.13)   (0.10)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.26)   6.16    (0.93)   2.19    (2.26)   2.45 
Total from investment operations   (1.36)   6.04    (1.00)   2.09    (2.39)   2.35 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (0.44)                    
From net realized gains   (0.54)       (0.17)   (0.80)   (0.41)   (0.14)
Total distributions   (0.98)       (0.17)   (0.80)   (0.41)   (0.14)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)   0.00(e)    0.00(e)    0.81    0.00(e)    0.00(e)    0.00(e) 
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (2.34)   6.04    (0.36)   1.29    (2.80)   2.21 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.36   $18.70   $12.66   $13.02   $11.73   $14.53 
TOTAL RETURN(f)   (7.63)%   47.71%   (1.48)%   18.58%   (16.91)%   19.45%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $3,842   $3,814   $2,704   $4,604   $5,821   $9,538 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.38%(g)    1.35%   1.72%   3.27%   2.80%   2.95%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.38%(g)    1.35%   1.40%(h)    1.91%   1.93%   1.90%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.17)%(g)    (0.73)%   (0.64)%   (0.79)%   (0.91)%   (0.74)%
Portfolio turnover rate(i)   11%   30%   90%   56%   24%   30%

 

(a)Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.
(b)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the Kotak Mauritius Portfolio (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(c)Calculated using the average shares method.
(d)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(e)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(f)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(g)Annualized.
(h)Effective December 2, 2019, the net expense limitation agreement changed from 1.60% to 1.00%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees. Refer to Note 8.
(i)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund – Class A

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period June 12, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $18.62   $12.59   $12.99(a)   $11.72(a)   $13.90(a) 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                    
Net investment loss(b)   (0.09)   (0.11)   (0.07)(c)    (0.06)   (0.04)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.27)   6.14    (0.16)   2.13    (2.14)
Total from investment operations   (1.36)   6.03    (0.23)   2.07    (2.18)
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.44)                
From net realized gains   (0.54)       (0.17)   (0.80)    
Total distributions   (0.98)       (0.17)   (0.80)    
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.00(d)            
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (2.34)   6.03    (0.40)   1.27    (2.18)
Net asset value, end of period  $16.28   $18.62   $12.59   $12.99   $11.72 
TOTAL RETURN(e)   (7.64)%   47.90%   (1.80)%   18.41%   (15.68)%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $696   $762   $89   $96   $8 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.33%(f)    1.30%   1.62%   3.24%   3.16%(f) 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.23%(f)    1.30%   1.31%(g)    1.94%   2.00%(f) 
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.02)%(f)    (0.68)%   (0.56)%   (0.52)%   (0.79)%(f) 
Portfolio turnover rate(h)   11%   30%   90%   56%   24%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the Kotak Mauritius Portfolio (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(e)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(f)Annualized.
(g)Effective December 2, 2019, the net expense limitation agreement changed from 1.60% to 1.00%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees. Refer to Note 8.
(h)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund – Class C

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $17.18   $11.70   $12.18(a)   $11.10(a)   $13.87(a)   $11.85(a) 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                      
Net investment loss(b)   (0.14)   (0.21)   (0.14)(c)    (0.17)   (0.21)   (0.18)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.16)   5.69    (0.17)   2.05    (2.15)   2.34 
Total from investment operations   (1.30)   5.48    (0.31)   1.88    (2.36)   2.16 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (0.42)                    
From net realized gains   (0.54)       (0.17)   (0.80)   (0.41)   (0.14)
Total distributions   (0.96)       (0.17)   (0.80)   (0.41)   (0.14)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)               0.00(d)         
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (2.26)   5.48    (0.48)   1.08    (2.77)   2.02 
Net asset value, end of period  $14.92   $17.18   $11.70   $12.18   $11.10   $13.87 
TOTAL RETURN(e)   (7.94)%   46.84%   (2.58)%   17.69%   (17.52)%   18.60%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $1,413   $1,598   $1,868   $2,195   $2,024   $2,140 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   2.00%(f)    2.00%   2.37%   3.97%   3.51%   3.69%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   2.00%(f)    2.00%   2.06%(g)    2.60%   2.60%   2.60%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (1.79)%(f)    (1.37)%   (1.29)%   (1.47)%   (1.57)%   (1.48)%
Portfolio turnover rate(h)   11%   30%   90%   56%   24%   30%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the Kotak Mauritius Portfolio (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(e)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(f)Annualized.
(g)Effective December 2, 2019, the net expense limitation agreement changed from 1.60% to 1.00%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees. Refer to Note 8.
(h)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund – Class I

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $19.35   $13.05   $13.43(a)   $12.05(a)   $14.87(a)   $12.58(a) 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment loss(b)   (0.07)   (0.07)   (0.03)(c)    (0.05)   (0.08)   (0.06)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.32)   6.37    (0.18)   2.23    (2.33)   2.48 
Total from investment operations   (1.39)   6.30    (0.21)   2.18    (2.41)   2.42 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (0.45)                    
From net realized gains   (0.54)       (0.17)   (0.80)   (0.41)   (0.14)
Total distributions   (0.99)       (0.17)   (0.80)   (0.41)   (0.14)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.00(d)    0.00(d)        0.00(d)    0.01 
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (2.38)   6.30    (0.38)   1.38    (2.82)   2.29 
Net asset value, end of period  $16.97   $19.35   $13.05   $13.43   $12.05   $14.87 
TOTAL RETURN(e)   (7.52)%   48.28%   (1.59)%   18.85%   (16.66)%   19.68%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $15,235   $16,053   $21,861   $21,989   $13,746   $19,891 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.00%(f)    1.00%   1.36%   2.93%   2.48%   2.65%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.00%(f)    1.00%   1.06%(g)    1.60%   1.60%   1.60%
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (0.79)%(f)    (0.45)%   (0.28)%   (0.39)%   (0.57)%   (0.45)%
Portfolio turnover rate(h)   11%   30%   90%   56%   24%   30%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the Kotak Mauritius Portfolio (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)The per share amount does not correspond to activity reflected in the Statement of Operations due to class specific expenses during the period.
(d)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(e)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(f)Annualized.
(g)Effective December 2, 2019, the net expense limitation agreement changed from 1.60% to 1.00%, excluding, among other fees and expenses, 12b-1 fees and shareholder service fees. Refer to Note 8.
(h)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period December 19, 2019 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $19.45   $13.08   $13.50(a) 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income/(loss)(b)   (0.05)   (0.02)   0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.32)   6.39    (0.44)
Total from investment operations   (1.37)   6.37    (0.42)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.46)        
From net realized gains   (0.54)        
Total distributions   (1.00)        
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (2.37)   6.37    (0.42)
Net asset value, end of period  $17.08   $19.45   $13.08 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (7.38)%   48.70%   (3.11)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $347,851   $375,605   $136,115 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.88%(d)    0.91%   1.18%(d) 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.75%(d)    0.75%   0.75%(d) 
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets   (0.54)%(d)    (0.11)%   0.24%(d) 
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   11%   30%   90%

 

(a)Per share amounts and ratios to average net assets include income and expenses of the Kotak Mauritius Portfolio (wholly-owned subsidiary).
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Smith Funds

 

Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Dear Shareholder,

 

The ALPS | Smith Total Return Fund and ALPS | Smith Short Duration Fund were launched on June 29, 2018. We followed with the launch of the ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund and ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund on September 15, 2020. We welcome you as a shareholder to the Funds and thank you for your trust. Our process is centered around performance, relationships and investing excellence. Our goal is to provide shareholders with consistent, risk-adjusted returns with a keen focus on capital preservation.

 

Total Return

The ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund Class I returned a positive 326bps on an annualized basis since the inception of the Fund on June 29, 2018, outperforming its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index, by 176bps. For the semiannual period ending April 30, 2022, the Fund marked a negative return of 837bps, outperforming the Index by 110bps. The outperformance during the six-month period ending April 30, 2022 was attributed to duration management in Treasuries during the rapid sell-off in interest rates in the beginning of 2022 as well as the Fund’s overweight in short duration corporate credit assets which helped insulate performance from some of the impact of rising yields. The Fund was also underweight in mortgage-backed securities (MBS), which performed poorly due to both the move higher in yields as well as the associated spike in interest rate volatility that accompanied this move higher. The overall performance since inception through April 30, 2022 was achieved by focusing on active portfolio positioning, duration management, security selection, and bottom-up fundamental credit analysis.

 

Short Duration

The ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund Class I returned a positive 260bps on an annualized basis since the inception of the Fund on June 29, 2018, outperforming its benchmark, the Bloomberg 1-3 Year U.S. Government/Credit Index, by 123bps. For the semiannual period ending April 30, 2022, the Fund marked a negative return of 266bps, outperforming the Index by 58bps. As a continuing theme, the Fund’s overallocation to corporate and securitized assets allowed the Fund to out-yield the Index. Additionally, individual security selection within corporate credit was a large component of the excess returns generated in the period. With the rapid move higher in yields during this period, duration management once again became a driver of outperformance given the impact of the market pricing in aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hikes. In this environment, the Fund maintained its focus on capital preservation. While being overweight credit on a percentage basis vs. the benchmark, the Fund shortened its credit duration positioning as valuations continued to compress and aimed to shield investors from the relative losses associated with the interest rate sell-off more specific to the 3yr and 5yr tenors held by the Fund.

 

Credit Opportunities

The ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund Class I marked a negative return of 45bps since the inception of the Fund on

September 15, 2020, outperforming its benchmark, a 50/50 blend of the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index and the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate High Yield Index, by 228bps. For the semiannual period ending April 30, 2022, the Fund marked a negative return of 780bps, outperforming the Index by 63bps. The outperformance of the Fund over this semiannual period was predominately driven by security selection and active duration management (yield curve positioning). With valuations compressing in the early half of the semiannual period along with the volatility experienced in early 2022, the importance of security selection and security avoidance increased significantly. Overall, positive security selection came from positions in both investment grade and high yield rating categories as well as across industry sectors which remains a hallmark of the Fund’s outperformance since inception.

 

Balanced Opportunity

The ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund Class I returned a positive 728bps on an annualized basis since the inception of the Fund on September 15, 2020, outperforming its benchmark, a blend of 55% Bloomberg U.S. 1000 TR Index / 45% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, by 306bps. For the semiannual period ending April 30, 2022, the Fund marked a negative return of 878bps, outperforming the Index by 188bps. The performance within the Fixed Income sleeve during the period was attributed to the Fund’s relative defensive duration positioning and an overweight in corporate credit assets, as well as corporate and securitized security selection. Overall performance was also aided by the Fund’s asset allocation mix between Equities and Fixed Income positions. The Fund’s overall performance since inception was achieved by focusing on active portfolio positioning, duration management, security selection, bottom-up fundamental credit analysis, and active asset allocation between the Fixed Income and Equity sleeves.

 

Macro Commentary

After a robust period of growth and economic activity, consensus was of the belief that both inflation and growth were going to normalize above pre-covid levels. As we started 2022, market participants and the Fed were still using the word “transitory” to describe inflation. Reopening was occurring in fits and starts but making forward progress. Economic data was stable to positive, the employment situation was strong, the manufacturing sector was in the early stages of stabilization, and we were seeing the unleashing of pent-up demand. The market was preparing for less support from both fiscal and monetary policy, but the transition to a sustainable economy looked feasible.

 

Stepping back to November 2021, we saw the Federal Reserve announce plans to taper asset purchases, a move that was generally accepted by the marketplace. By February, Russia invaded Ukraine, creating geopolitical tension, and immediately impacting global supply chains and inflation. March saw the Federal Reserve hike the Fed Funds rate 25bps and April saw China enter back into lockdowns due to increasing COVID-19 cases. The combination of the aforementioned events has weighed heavily on an already fragile economic situation and must be considered in tandem with expectations that the Fed is willing to act aggressively to fight

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Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

inflation even at the risk of an economic slowdown and possible recession. The underlying thesis of a stronger, longer, and more durable recovery is being challenged given higher inflation, however we believe the foundations for growth remain intact. The Fed will utilize rate hikes to seek to slow inflation while balance sheet reduction (announced May 4, 2022 post the reporting period for this letter) will assist in steepening the Treasury curve. The Fed believes the economy is strong enough to weather the adjustment, however we expect continued market volatility as we progress through the year.

 

We are encouraged by the health of the consumer, remember consumption accounts for ~70% of GDP. We continue to mark a healthy pace of job gains – including 11.5mm jobs still available – while wages are up a strong 5.5% year-over-year (“YoY”) as of April. Analysis suggests that the consumer came into 2022 with $2.5 trillion in excess savings due to factors including pandemic stimulus, forced savings resulting from a reduction in consumption and higher incomes. While ~27% of the excess savings is expected to be used to absorb higher prices, overall, the consumer is still spending and will help offset economic drags from other sectors.

 

Manufacturing and Housing have been in a lull throughout the reporting period and will continue to have a neutral economic impact at best on growth. Manufacturing continues to work through supply chain disruptions – ramping up again due to the Russia/Ukraine conflict and recent shutdowns in China – labor issues continue to weigh on the ability to meet demand and inflation is impacting both input costs as well as costs passed onto customers. Housing is starting to slow due to higher rates and a lack of affordability, however we are in a period where we have the tightest supply in over 40 years, which is a very different scenario than the housing crisis of 2008. The tight supply will continue to support housing on the margin, though we recognize that higher rates will slow the pace of contribution overall.

 

The first quarter of 2022 showed this dynamic at play. 1Q contracted 1.6% from its headline number with net exports, inventories and government spending detracting from growth. However final sales to domestic purchasers – removing inventories and exports – marked a 2.0% gain vs. 1.7% in 4Q, reflecting strong consumption and gross private investment.

 

We believe the biggest growth drag is and will continue to be inflation and the economy’s adjustment to inflation. The Federal Reserve understands that they can control the demand side of the equation and are therefore hiking the Fed Funds rates to tighten financial conditions as a mechanism to slow growth and allow supply and demand to come back to equilibrium. As of March 2022, headline CPI marked a high of 8.5% YoY while Core CPI marked a high of 6.5%. Expectations that inflation would peak mid-year and start to mark a slower pace of increase is now being challenged by the events unfolding globally, suggesting that the Fed will be forced to act even more aggressively than the market was initially anticipating. The market has completely front run the Fed, quickly adjusting rates higher in a rapid fashion. If higher inflation persists,

the Fed is ready to push for more aggressive action, even at the expense of growth.

 

We’ve spent the last six months in an economic atmosphere of contradictions. The complacency around the strongly anchored view that inflation and growth would normalize as we worked through 2022 is now being challenged. This is largely due to the fact that inflation is proving stickier than expected. Some are even predicting that inflation will continue to rise aggressively, forcing the Fed to raise rates and reduce the balance sheet aggressively. We believe this argument is largely centered around changes in inflation expectations versus the actual true trajectory of inflation, but as we all know, perceptions can quickly become reality. We are bullish on the consumer’s ability to weather the storm but recognize that the Fed is clearly attempting to slow growth to keep inflation from moving higher. Higher prices – via goods/services or rates - will eventually impact consumption, at which point we turn from inflation fears to growth slowdown fears. The mechanism by which the Fed’s communication is making its way through the financial markets has been successful thus far and we question if the market is doing the work for the Fed, which could lead to a scenario where the Fed won’t have to tighten as much as feared - something to think about as the adjustment continues.

 

Portfolio Positioning

Throughout the semiannual ending period April 30, 2022,Smith Capital Investors turned more defensive across most major Fixed Income asset classes. The market is currently, and will continue to undergo, a period of repricing as both fiscal and monetary policy becomes less supportive and inflation remains higher for longer than the market was initially expecting.

 

Total Return: We generically decreased the Fund’s credit exposure during the period - most notably from a weighting’s perspective in investment grade while also substantially decreasing the Fund’s duration contribution across investment grade and high yield credit – given moves in valuations and increased uncertainty in the future macro-economic environment. The Federal Reserve’s shift towards rate hikes and “Quantitative Tightening” combined with headline geopolitical events have dramatically changed the investing outlook throughout the period. Uncertainty on what the future may hold has continued to increase making a more defensive stance - regarding both credit and interest rate exposure - more prudent.

 

Within the Fund’s corporate credit exposure, we reduced both the Fund’s overall weighting as well as the Fund’s duration profile while using the significant backup in both short duration interest rates and credit spreads to add substantially higher-yielding, very short exposure to the Fund’s portfolios. Reducing the overall duration profile of the Fund’s corporate credit exposures can also help reduce the potential volatility from changing credit valuations.

 

We continue to seek out investments in companies whose management interests are aligned with debtholders either via reducing leverage or outright debt levels. Additionally, we look for a focus on managing through downside scenarios as this provides

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optionality and downside protection. We have been encouraged by the increase in equity raises and highlight this as a hallmark of stories we are attracted to in the current environment. We believe that an increased focus on deleveraging is a positive for both debt and equity holders.

 

Short duration high yield remains a focus. This area of the market has much less forecasting error embedded in its analysis as it is a liquidity analysis evaluation over a very short period vs. longer-term projections on industries, commodity prices, and competitive dynamics facing a sector/company.

 

Short Duration: We maintained the Fund’s overall elevated credit exposure during the period as fundamentals remain strong and the yield pickup is material versus other asset classes. While there were substantial valuation changes in this area of the market over the period, we continue to find value in very short duration carry positions. We continue to monitor the changing market consensus around the forward path for the Fed regarding the removal of accommodation.

 

Credit Opportunities: Early in the semiannual period, while still expressing a positive outlook for credit, the Fund incrementally dialed down duration by favoring shorter duration, high quality high yield credit where opportunities arose. These opportunities, across both primary and secondary markets, were sought to increase Fund resiliency from a structural, fundamental, and valuation perspective. With tightening spreads, we found this particularly important. More so than others, in this business cycle we have found increased dispersion amongst companies and sectors as to where they fall on the spectrum of early cycle, mid-cycle, or late cycle. This is a direct result of the pandemic and the nature by which it impacted companies and sectors differently. During the later months of 2021, we looked to take advantage of situations in which market valuations diverged from our fundamental understanding of where the issuer may be in its business cycle. This highlights our focus on understanding a company’s entire capital structure and how its management team is driving value creation across its structure.

 

Moving into the first few months of 2022, duration was the great swing factor, driving home that it is a magnifier of returns—in both directions. There also was a significant flattening of both yield and spread curves which presented a historically cheap opportunity cost, in terms of spread and yield give, to move in on the credit curve. The Fund took advantage of this dynamic to shorten duration while preserving potential risk-adjusted returns in anticipation of a less-than-smooth period of monetary policy transition. Progress on this front was made by shortening the Fund’s duration while maintaining spread and yield levels, relative to the Fund’s benchmark over the quarter. Traditionally, decreasing duration results in a material give in spread and yield. Uniquely, this was not necessarily the case given the flattening of the yield and spread curves over the quarter.

 

Most importantly, the Fund continues to be built from the bottom up, taking advantage of predominately fundamentally improving businesses, capital structures, and credit profiles. Understanding a

company’s entire capital structure and how its management team is driving value creation across that structure continues to be a crucial focus of the Fund. Opportunities like the broad flatness in yield and spread curves are executed within the context of our fundamental view on the credit and the risk-adjusted return potential of the security targeted within the capital structure.

 

Balanced: The Fixed Income sleeve was run largely in line with the Total Return Fund, gradually decreasing the Fund’s credit exposure throughout the period - most notably in investment grade and decreasing the Fund’s duration contribution from credit across both investment grade and high yield. We also aggressively reduced overall portfolio duration with continued market fears around sticky inflation and the potential forward path of the Fed. Notably compared to the Total Return Fund, the Fund continues to run a lower relative credit risk profile given the current asset allocation between Fixed Income and Equities. The Fund was ~72% invested in the Equity sleeve and ~28% in the Fixed Income sleeve due to the market opportunity at the end of the period.

 

Within the Funds’ U.S. Treasury allocations , we continue to remain active in duration management. For most of the period, we ran shorter durations compared to the Funds’ respective indices; however, we have been more active in this area as volatility increased and yields moved dramatically higher across the curve due to the potential for bifurcated outcomes from the fallout of still lingering COVID, increasing geopolitical tensions, a challenging inflationary environment, and fears that the Federal Reserve will hike too quickly and cut off growth. We are also focused on the shape of the curve: the front-end is driven by Fed policy expectations and the market has front-run rate hike expectations, while the long-end is moving around on inflation expectations (sell-off) or still lingering virus/geopolitical and growth fears (rally). We remain proactive in using the longer duration U.S. Treasury position as an insurance policy when the need arises but recognize that rates still have room to move higher in yield.

 

Within the Funds’ securitized allocations, we continue to allocate to Agency-mortgage-backed collateralized mortgage obligations (CMOs) and Agency guaranteed commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) where valuations are appropriate. Valuations have moved higher off the lows from nine months ago and mortgages have begun to look much more attractive. Overall, the increase in mortgage rates, slowdown in prepayments, and the upcoming reduction in the Federal Reserve’s MBS holdings have been headwinds for this area of the market. Valuations have begun to adjust to these new realities to a point that we believe that mortgages are in the early innings of appearing attractive. We acknowledge that these headwinds will most likely continue, especially as the Federal Reserve portfolio runoff begins in earnest, but valuations have adjusted to an extent that we have been selectively able to begin adding to the space again. We continue to believe that select CMOs and Agency CMBS provide better convexity, exhibit less change in duration given changes in interest rates and prepayment speeds, and provide higher option-adjusted spreads and yield, however bonds that fit our risk-adjusted return

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Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

hurdles remain somewhat scarce, although not nearly to the same extent as the past 12 months. Additionally, with the significant rise in interest rates during the beginning of 2022, we witnessed a large-scale duration extension of the Agency MBS market, exactly at the time investors were searching for shorter duration options. We were aided in this volatility by our continued focus on seeking to select securities that perform well through a wide band of underlying assumptions rather than a specific directional view.

 

Fixed Income Themes

Credit — In our last letter, we highlighted three intertwined drivers that we saw at the helm of markets: stimulus—both monetary and fiscal, the economic recovery, and the resulting strong technical backdrop or demand for corporate credit. Since then, all three of these factors have begun to retrench. The Fed has begun an aggressive reversal of prior liquidity accommodation in response to more persistent elevated inflation, the once insatiable demand for fixed income has reversed, and now the prior economic recovery is not only being questioned by investors but also showing signs of slowing. Among all these dynamics one factor has been extremely noteworthy. Duration.

 

Year to date as of April 30, 2022 duration has been a great swing factor while we continue to experience one of the most challenging starts to any year for fixed income, and really most asset classes. Declines of 20% or more are now common year to date figures. Specific to fixed income, we would normally expect a dose of “flight to quality” buying against that backdrop. The impact of duration on returns, particularly in comparison to measures of credit quality and its associated performance have been meaningful.. Over the past fifteen years the duration profiles of the investment grade credit indices have steadily increased. Specifically, the duration of AA U.S. Credit has gone from approximately 5.5yrs to 8.5yrs—a greater than 50% increase. Over that same time the duration of BB U.S. Credit has marginally decreased—from approximately 4.9yrs to 4.7yrs.

 

In our view, these diverging duration profiles would be an important component of relative total return profiles going forward. In the current environment, while returns have been challenged across all fixed income, we are witnessing the ramifications of this duration profile divergence now. It goes without saying that lower rated securities typically represent more credit risk and vice versa. In a typical selloff, it’s then reasonable to assume that higher quality credit would fare better than lower quality credit. YTD, through April 30, 2022, the return of AAA/AA corporate credit was -13.01%. Over the same period, the return of BB corporate credit was -8.96%. While it has been hard to find many friendly investments this year, being long duration has certainly not been one of them. That being said, we would be remiss to omit that, yes, BB spreads have underperformed their higher rated counterparts. AAA/AA corporate credit spreads are 22bps wider through April 30, 2022, while BB corporate credit spreads are 76bps wider. Ultimately, though, the outcome an investor realizes is a total return where YTD, the significantly longer duration profile of AAA/AA corporate credit has magnified both the spread and the interest rate moves to such an

extent that it has outweighed the relatively smaller spread widening vs. BB corporate credit.

 

In periods of time like these, where uncertainty is elevated and subsequently volatility is high, we have found the following items to be of acute importance:

 

Risk-Adjusted Carry – in this environment, we believe that carry (yield income) is of elevated importance. However, not all carry is built the same. Fundamental analysis can unearth risk profiles that may be viewed more or less favorably when compared to their commensurate carry profiles. Given the amplifying nature of duration, as highlighted above, and the general flatness of all-in-yield credit curves, as of the end of the period covered by this report, we were favoring risk-adjusted carry opportunities in the front end of the curve. Together, this brings us to the symbiotic nature of security selection and avoidance.

 

Security Selection – under the surface of the Investment Grade Corporate Credit Index there is constantly significant opportunity for individual security selection. No matter the inning of the credit cycle or the outlook, there are generally always undersurface opportunities created by changing corporate credit risk profiles. We look for those that display higher probabilities for improving credit strength, regardless of the strenuousness of the macroeconomic backdrop.

 

Security Avoidance – conversely, active management can purposefully choose to avoid owning certain credits and should do so. In our view, a credit that has a higher probability of going through a phase of deteriorating credit strength would be a prime example of a name to avoid.

 

As of the end of the period covered by this report, these items have been and will continue to be at the forefront of our credit investment process and credit sleeve portfolio construction.

 

MBS – MBS has faced numerous headwinds as of the end of the period covered by this report including the rapid move higher in interest rates, the persistent pick up in interest rate volatility, and commentary from the Federal Reserve about reducing its MBS holdings. Combined these factors have driven MBS to underperform during the reporting period. Ending April 30, 2022, the Bloomberg U.S. MBS Index (MBS Index) had nominal returns of -831bps YTD driven largely in part by the impact of rising U.S. Treasury yields. However, this does not tell the entire story as the MBS Index started the period with an average duration in the 4.5yr area; with the rise in mortgage rates driving lower refinancing volumes the duration of the MBS index has extended close to 6yrs (an all-time record high). As we have highlighted previously, the risk of this increase in the duration of mortgages came at exactly the wrong time for investors, increasing the negative impact of rising yields. From an excess return perspective, which adjusts for duration differentials, the MBS Index underperformed the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index by 169bps.

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Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Looking forward, we believe we are beginning to see some positive signs for MBS outperformance on the horizon. MBS nominal spreads and OAS (option adjusted spread) have risen throughout the year. While OAS remains below historical averages (40-50bps) this is being driven by the elevated levels of interest rate volatility in the market; nominal spreads, which absent this, are near the historic highs. While the Fed has not started to actively let its MBS portfolio begin to run off, we believe the rise in valuation metrics should help attract other buyers overtime to absorb some of this MBS supply. We believe that while short term interest rate uncertainty will also remain a headwind for the asset class, the reduction in negative convexity in the market and changes in valuations make us more positively predisposed to this area than we have been in the last 12 months.

 

Interest Rates – Treasuries finally started the repricing cycle over the semiannual period, moving higher in yield across the entire curve. The front-end moved rapidly on expectations of the Fed removing accommodation while the long end reacted to increasing inflation pressures. The 2yr Treasury rose over 200bps in yield, starting the period at 50bps and ending near 272bps as the Fed began the tapering process in November followed by the first 25bps rate hike in March. The 30-yr moved up ~100bps over the same period as the market questioned whether the Fed is behind the curve and will be unable to get inflation under control. Volatility has been incredibly high throughout the period and the most interesting development has been that while rates shifted higher across the curve, the curve flattened suggesting the market sees slowing growth in the future. A combination of increasing geopolitical tensions in Russia/Ukraine, the lockdown again in China, and the push/pull between inflation or policy error landed squarely in the Treasury space and caused the curve to invert in March. The Fed was quick to discuss reducing the balance sheet in an effort to re-steepen the curve as they will no longer be the outsized buyer in the market.

 

Looking forward, we believe the market is doing much of the heavy lifting for the Fed, repricing quickly to the Fed’s communication. This suggests that we may be in a situation where the Fed does not have to raise the Fed Funds rate as high as the extreme forecasts suggest. This has been evident in the consolidation at the front-end of the curve and we believe we are nearing levels in the long end that are fully pricing in Fed action. We are not lacking for event-driven risk over the next six months, which suggests continued volatility as cycles are shorter and information is disseminated much faster. That being said, after being short duration for most of the period, we are aware that outright levels are becoming more attractive and the markets’ ability to quickly pivot could once again lead us into a great buying opportunity in the Fixed Income markets.

 

Conclusion – We are frequently reminded of a saying in the Fixed Income markets: “Don’t Fight the Fed.” Those words still hold true today. When the Fed is supporting the markets, we are operating on all cylinders. Once the Fed begins the tightening process of removing accommodation, financial conditions tighten, and that tightening is felt across all sectors of the market. The financial markets are in a phase of adjustment as Fiscal policy is removed and Monetary Policy

is tightening. The price adjustment we are undergoing is a natural and healthy process. On the other hand, the actual economy is in a stage of normalization post what we labeled the square root impact– a quick decline and recovery followed by a straight line (plateau) – and due to the nature of the pandemic, we are now left in the long plateau phase of the recovery, slowing growth back to the trend line. And just to complicate matters, we have still elevated inflation and geopolitical tensions to contend with.

 

These are unprecedented times in many ways, with limited historical reference points. Thus, the outcomes in front of us might end up being even more extreme in nature. As we progress towards the next six to twelve months, we are going to get a lot of new information and will have to adjust portfolio risk positions and duration positioning around the information, changing consensus, and a new direction of the market. Like the quick cycles we’ve experienced in the last six months, we expect periods of longer duration and a reduction of risk positioning in our portfolios followed by periods of being short duration and taking on new risks in credit and MBS throughout the year. If volatility continues, which we believe it will, our core process and our size could allow us the ability to make changes with limited friction – both security selection and avoidance are always front of mind. Our job is to recognize changes in sentiment and direction in markets and make decisions around the risks in the portfolio that will yield a more consistent ride for you, our investors. We are, at our core, active managers, and acknowledge that in this environment prudence and caution are warranted.

 

As always, our three pillars remain front and center – Investment Excellence, Relationships/People and Intentional Culture.

 

With great appreciation and gratitude,

 

 
R. Gibson Smith   Eric C. Bernum, CFA
Portfolio Manager   Portfolio Manager

 

 
Jonathan Aal   Garrett Olson, CFA
Portfolio Manager   Portfolio Manager

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Dividends are not guaranteed and are subject to change or elimination. Investments in international and emerging markets securities include exposure to risks such as currency fluctuations, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets and political instability.

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The views of the author and information discussed in this commentary are as of the date of publication, are subject to change, and may not reflect the writer's current views. The views expressed are those of the author only, and represent an assessment of market conditions at a specific point in time, are opinions only and should not be relied upon as investment advice regarding a particular investment or markets in general. Such information does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities or investment vehicles. It should not be assumed that any investment will be profitable or will equal the performance of the fund(s) or any securities or any sectors mentioned in this letter. The subject matter contained in this letter has been derived from several sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of compilation. Neither ALPS Advisors, Inc., Smith Capital Investors, LLC, nor the Funds accepts any liability for losses either direct or consequential caused by the use of this information.

 

Indices do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.

 

An investor may not invest directly in an index.

 

Diversification cannot guarantee gain or prevent losses.

 

Gibson Smith is a registered representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.

 

Eric Bernum is a registered representative of ALPS Distributors, Inc.

 

ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Advisors Inc. are affiliated.

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ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $100,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $100,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $100,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year 3 Year Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Class I -2.66% -2.57% 2.24% 2.60% 0.58% 0.49%
Investor (NAV) -2.91% -2.94% 1.93% 2.29% 0.93% 0.79%
Class A (NAV) -2.80% -2.84% 1.96% 2.30% 0.87% 0.79%
Class A (MOP) -4.96% -4.99% 0.05% 0.80%
Class C (NAV) -3.16% -3.61% 1.21% 1.56% 1.55% 1.49%
Class C (CDSC) -4.13% -4.57% 1.21% 1.56%
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index¹ -9.92% -8.47% 0.74% 1.83%    
Bloomberg 1-3 Year Government/Credit Bond Index² -3.24% -3.50% 0.76% 1.37%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Effective September 1, 2020 the Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 2.25%. Prior to September 1, 2020 the sales charge was 5.50%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $500 thousand or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million.

 

Performance less than 1 year is cumulative.

45 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

1The Bloomberg US Government/Credit Index: composed of all publicly issued, fixed-rate, nonconvertible, investment-grade corporate debt. Issues are rated at least Baa by Moody's Investors Service or BBB by Standard & Poor's, if unrated by Moody's. Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMOs) are not included. Total return comprises price appreciation/depreciation and income as a percentage of the original investment. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
2The Bloomberg 1-3 Yr US Gov/Credit TR Index Unhedged: an index that includes all medium and larger issues of U.S. government, investment-grade corporate, and investment-grade international dollar-denominated bonds that have maturities of between 1 and 3 years and are publicly issued. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
^Fund Inception date of June 29, 2018.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

This Fund is not suitable for all investors, and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Asset Type Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bond 70.62%
Government Bond 26.84%
Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.93%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 0.25%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 0.19%
Municipal Bond 0.02%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 0.15%
Total 100.00%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets)

 

 

U.S. Treasury Note 1.75% 03/15/2025 4.38%
U.S. Treasury Note 0.375% 10/31/2023 3.71%
U.S. Treasury Note 2.25% 03/31/2024 3.49%
U.S. Treasury Note 1.5% 02/29/2024 3.42%
U.S. Treasury Note 1.125% 01/15/2025 2.97%
U.S. Treasury Note 0.875% 01/31/2024 2.94%
U.S. Treasury Note 0.75% 12/31/2023 2.84%
U.S. Treasury Note 2.625% 04/15/2025 2.06%
Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 6.125% 04/15/2025 1.67%
VICI Properties LP 4.375% 05/15/2025 1.56%
Top Ten Holdings 29.04%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Sovereign 26.83%
Banks 17.84%
Diversified Financial Services 6.32%
Auto Manufacturers 5.68%
Electric 4.05%
Pipelines 3.50%
Pharmaceuticals 3.27%
Aerospace/Defense 2.44%
Mortgage Securities 2.16%
REITS 2.03%
Entertainment 1.99%
Oil&Gas 1.92%
Healthcare-Products 1.88%
Gas 1.79%
Retail 1.73%
Semiconductors 1.58%
Healthcare-Services 1.53%
Software 1.20%
Shipbuilding 1.07%
Food 1.01%
Other Industries (each less than 1%) 10.03%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 0.15%
Total 100.00%

 

*See Statement of Investments for detailed breakout of other industries.

46 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $100,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $100,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $100,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year 3 Year Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Class I -8.37% -7.39% 1.74% 3.26% 0.73% 0.64%
Investor (NAV) -8.59% -7.66% 1.42% 2.94% 0.99% 0.94%
Class A (NAV) -8.50% -7.57% 1.45% 2.98% 0.99% 0.94%
Class A (MOP) -10.57% -9.66% -0.44% 1.48%
Class C (NAV) -8.93% -8.34% 0.70% 2.23% 1.71% 1.64%
Class C (CDSC) -9.84% -9.24% 0.70% 2.23%
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index1 -9.47% -8.51% 0.38% 1.50%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Effective September 1, 2020 the Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 2.25%. Prior to September 1, 2020 the sales charge was 5.50%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $500 thousand or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million.

 

Performance less than 1 year is cumulative.

47 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

1The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. dollar denominated investment grade bond market, which includes investment grade government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass through securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities that are publicly for sale in the United States. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
^Fund Inception date of June 29, 2018.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

This Fund is not suitable for all investors, and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Asset Type Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bond 53.45%
Government Bond 30.79%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 6.59%
Mortgage-Backed Securities 5.42%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 1.70%
Preferred Stock 1.36%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 0.69%
Total 100.00%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets)

 

 

U.S. Treasury Bond 2.375% 02/15/2042 4.01%
U.S. Treasury Bond 2.25% 02/15/2052 3.40%
U.S. Treasury Note 2.25% 03/31/2024 3.39%
U.S. Treasury Bond 1.875% 02/15/2032 3.16%
U.S. Treasury Note 0.75% 08/31/2026 2.77%
U.S. Treasury Note 1.5% 01/31/2027 2.59%
U.S. Treasury Note 1.25% 12/31/2026 2.49%
Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 6.125% 04/15/2025 2.16%
U.S. Treasury Note 1.125% 01/15/2025 2.08%
U.S. Treasury Bond 2% 11/15/2041 1.46%
Top Ten Holdings 27.51%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Sovereign 30.79%
Banks 13.48%
Mortgage Securities 12.05%
Diversified Financial Services 5.75%
Pipelines 4.77%
Pharmaceuticals 3.66%
Electric 2.79%
Aerospace/Defense 2.34%
Auto Manufacturers 2.24%
Airlines 2.02%
Oil&Gas 1.91%
Media 1.78%
Entertainment 1.76%
Healthcare-Services 1.35%
Gas 1.27%
Retail 1.02%
Other Industries (each less than 1%) 10.33%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 0.69%
Total 100.00%

 

*See Statement of Investments for detailed breakout of other industries.

48 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $100,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $100,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $100,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Class I -7.80% -6.07% -0.45% 1.05% 0.92%
Investor (NAV) -8.04% -6.36% -0.77% 1.28% 1.22%
Class A (NAV) -8.03% -6.34% -0.76% 1.32% 1.22%
Class A (MOP) -10.10% -8.46% -2.14%
Class C (NAV) -8.36% -7.01% -1.46% 2.02% 1.92%
Class C (CDSC) -9.26% -7.91% -1.46%
50% Bloomberg US Aggregate Index / 50% Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index1,2 -8.43% -6.87% -2.73%    
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index -9.47% -8.51% -6.60%    
Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Bond Index -7.41% -5.22% 1.26%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 2.25%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $500 thousand or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million.

 

Performance less than 1 year is cumulative.

49 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

1Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index: provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. dollar denominated investment grade bond market, which includes investment grade government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass through securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities that are publicly for sale in the United States. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
2Bloomberg US Corporate High Yield Index measures the USD-denominated, high yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
^Fund Inception date of September 15, 2020. The Fund has limited operating history.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

This Fund is not suitable for all investors, and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Asset Type Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Corporate Bond 83.47%
Government Bond 6.49%
Preferred Stock 3.55%
Common Stock 2.07%
Mortgage-Backed Securities 0.76%
Bank Loan 0.36%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 0.30%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 3.00%
Total 100.00%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets)

 

U.S. Treasury Note 2.25% 03/31/2024 3.42%
U.S. Treasury Note 1.5% 02/29/2024 3.06%
Bausch Health Cos., Inc. 6.125% 04/15/2025 3.00%
Qurate Retail, Inc. 8% 03/15/2031 1.97%
OneMain Finance Corp. 8.875% 06/01/2025 1.80%
Scripps Escrow II, Inc. 5.375% 01/15/2031 1.74%
TransDigm, Inc. 8% 12/15/2025 1.60%
Resolute Forest Products, Inc. 4.875% 03/01/2026 1.42%
GFL Environmental, Inc. 4% 08/01/2028 1.39%
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 3M US L + 3.678% 1.39%
Top Ten Holdings 20.79%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Diversified Financial Services 9.53%
Banks 8.45%
Sovereign 6.49%
Pipelines 6.42%
Media 6.39%
Retail 5.36%
Commercial Services 4.73%
Real Estate 4.13%
Investment Companies 3.98%
Pharmaceuticals 3.68%
Home Builders 3.37%
Aerospace/Defense 3.36%
Airlines 3.35%
Electric 2.92%
Oil&Gas 2.32%
Environmental Control 2.26%
Entertainment 2.18%
Auto Manufacturers 2.09%
REITS 1.97%
Packaging&Containers 1.69%
Lodging 1.68%
Forest Products&Paper 1.42%
Oil & Gas Producers 1.28%
Advertising 1.07%
Other Industries (each less than 1%) 6.88%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 3.00%
Total 100.00%

 

*See Statement of Investments for detailed breakout of other industries.

50 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $100,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $100,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $100,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Class I -8.78% -5.18% 7.28% 1.39% 0.85%
Investor (NAV) -8.92% -5.44% 6.98% 1.70% 1.15%
Class A (NAV) -8.92% -5.43% 7.00% 1.70% 1.15%
Class A (MOP) -11.88% -8.54% 4.81%
Class C** (NAV) -9.32% -6.11% 6.19% 2.40% 1.85%
Class C (CDSC) -10.22% -7.04% 6.19%
55% Bloomberg U.S. 1000 TR Index / 45% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index1,2 -10.66% -5.03% 4.22%    
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index -9.47% -8.51% -6.60%    
Bloomberg U.S. 1000 TR Index -11.83% -2.48% 13.42%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 3.25%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $500 thousand or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million.

 

Performance less than 1 year is cumulative.

51 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund

 

Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

1Effective February 1, 2021, the Bloomberg U.S. 1000 TR Index replaced the Russell 1000 Index TR component. The Bloomberg U.S. 1000 Total Return Index is a float market-cap weighted benchmark of the 1000 most highly capitalized US companies. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
2Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index: provides a measure of the performance of the U.S. dollar denominated investment grade bond market, which includes investment grade government bonds, investment grade corporate bonds, mortgage pass through securities, commercial mortgage backed securities and asset backed securities that are publicly for sale in the United States. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
^Fund Inception date of September 15, 2020. The Fund has limited operating history.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.
**Excludes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions reported to the market may differ from the net asset value for financial reporting purposes.
+Excludes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions reported to the market may differ from the net asset value for financial reporting purposes.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

This Fund is not suitable for all investors, and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Asset Type Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Common Stock 66.34%
Corporate Bond 14.46%
Government Bond 6.94%
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 3.71%
Mortgage-Backed Securities 2.65%
Preferred Stock 0.32%
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 0.05%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 5.53%
Total 100.00%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Microsoft Corp. 3.29%
Apple, Inc. 3.17%
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 2.91%
Alphabet, Inc. 2.69%
ConocoPhillips 2.33%
Costco Wholesale Corp. 1.67%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 1.65%
Walmart, Inc. 1.61%
Enbridge, Inc. 1.53%
Coca-Cola Co. 1.48%
Top Ten Holdings 22.33%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents approximate values only.

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

Sovereigns 6.95%
Mortgage Securities 5.50%
Software 5.40%
Health Care Facilities & Svcs 5.05%
Retail -Consumer Staples 4.41%
Banks 3.97%
Oil & Gas Producers 3.86%
Technology Hardware 3.85%
Semiconductors 3.23%
Leisure Facilities & Services 3.20%
Internet Media & Services 2.69%
Banking 2.63%
Medical Equipment & Devices 2.59%
Biotech & Pharma 2.42%
Machinery 2.27%
Retail -Discretionary 2.06%
Chemicals 2.05%
Asset Management 1.75%
Transportation & Logistics 1.67%
Diversified Financial Services 1.56%
Technology Services 1.55%
Beverages 1.53%
REITS 1.52%
E-Commerce Discretionary 1.45%
Pipelines 1.37%
Metals & Mining 1.35%
Institutional Financial Services 1.25%
Entertainment Content 1.23%
Commercial Support Services 1.10%
Specialty Finance 1.09%
Electrical Equipment 1.03%
Other Industries (each less than 1%) 12.89%
Cash, Cash Equivalents, & Other Net Assets 5.53%
Total 100.00%

 

*See Statement of Investments for detailed breakout of other industries

52 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (0.25%)      
           
Fannie Mae          
Series 1992-180, Class F,          
1M US L + 1.15%, 10/25/2022(a)  $1,251   $1,253 
Series 1992-52, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.02%, 09/25/2022(a)   352    351 
Series 1992-62, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.90%, 10/25/2022(a)   2,268    2,269 
Series 1992-73, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.75%, 05/25/2022(a)   14    14 
Series 1992-89, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.50%, 06/25/2022(a)   16    16 
Series 1993-184, Class M,          
–%, 09/25/2023   4,390    4,311 
Series 1993-189, Class FB,          
10Y US TI + -0.65%,          
10/25/2023(a)   2,642    2,619 
Series 1993-230, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.60%, 12/25/2023(a)   16,994    17,046 
Series 1993-255, Class E,          
7.100%, 12/25/2023   19,227    19,775 
Series 1993-27, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.90%, 08/25/2023(a)   658    658 
Series 1993-31, Class PN,          
7.000%, 09/25/2023   38,466    39,244 
Series 1993-97, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.25%, 05/25/2023(a)   2,076    2,070 
Series 1994-18, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.60%, 02/25/2024(a)   6,128    6,148 
Series 1994-22, Class F,          
1M US L + 1.20%, 01/25/2024(a)   37,368    37,632 
Series 1994-3, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.65%, 03/25/2024(a)   2,261    2,266 
Series 1994-3, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.65%, 01/25/2024(a)   12,935    12,964 
Series 1994-61, Class E,          
7.500%, 04/25/2024   17,585    18,089 
Series 1994-75, Class K,          
7.000%, 04/25/2024   12,295    12,687 
Series 1994-77, Class FB,          
1M US L + 1.50%, 04/25/2024(a)   44,966    45,360 
Series 1997-12, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.00%, 04/18/2027(a)   21,020    21,274 
Series 1997-49, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.50%, 06/17/2027(a)   28,716    28,790 
Series 2003-39, Class PG,          
5.500%, 05/25/2023   11,670    11,770 
Series 2003-49, Class YC,          
4.000%, 06/25/2023   5,628    5,657 
Series 2004-53, Class NC,          
5.500%, 07/25/2024   5,380    5,462 
Series 2004-95, Class AK,          
5.500%, 01/25/2025   11,755    12,029 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2005-121, Class DY,          
5.500%, 01/25/2026  $15,554   $15,936 
Series 2006-22, Class CE,          
4.500%, 08/25/2023   7,295    7,364 
Series 2011-40, Class KA,          
3.500%, 03/25/2026   69,116    69,147 
Series 2011-44, Class EB,          
3.000%, 05/25/2026   22,728    22,737 
Series 2011-61, Class B,          
3.000%, 07/25/2026   38,393    38,359 
Series 2011-80, Class KB,          
3.500%, 08/25/2026   44,687    45,288 
Series 2012-22, Class ND,          
2.000%, 12/25/2026   69,436    69,147 
Series 2012-47, Class HA,          
1.500%, 05/25/2027   52,617    51,074 
Series 2013-5, Class DB,          
2.000%, 02/25/2028   104,844    101,639 
Series 2015-96, Class EA,          
3.000%, 12/25/2026   201,467    198,728 
         929,173 
Freddie Mac          
Series 1993-1487, Class O,          
1M US L + 0.75%, 03/15/2023(a)   3,165    3,169 
Series 1993-1534, Class J,          
1M US L + 0.90%, 06/15/2023(a)   5,094    5,108 
Series 1993-1560, Class Z,          
7.000%, 08/15/2023   5,997    6,107 
Series 1993-1567, Class A,          
1M US L + 0.40%, 08/15/2023(a)   23,585    23,573 
Series 1993-1584, Class L,          
6.500%, 09/15/2023   10,239    10,491 
Series 1993-1602, Class PJ,          
6.500%, 10/15/2023   12,729    12,977 
Series 1993-1611, Class Z,          
6.500%, 11/15/2023   6,825    7,019 
Series 1993-1628, Class LZ,          
6.500%, 12/15/2023   4,078    4,184 
Series 1993-1630, Class PK,          
6.000%, 11/15/2023   8,312    8,512 
Series 1993-1632, Class FB,          
1M US L + 1.20%, 11/15/2023(a)   8,913    8,959 
Series 1993-1636, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.65%, 11/15/2023(a)   5,631    5,642 
Series 1993-21, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.50%, 10/25/2023(a)   8,675    8,692 
Series 1993-24, Class FJ,          
1M US L + 0.50%, 11/25/2023(a)   39,325    39,359 
Series 1994-1673, Class FB,          
10Y US TI + -0.50%,          
02/15/2024(a)   3,156    3,139 
Series 1994-1699, Class FB,          
1M US L + 1.00%, 03/15/2024(a)   5,565    5,566 
Series 1994-1707, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.70%, 03/15/2024(a)   7,186    7,214 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 1994-1730, Class Z,          
7.000%, 05/15/2024  $20,455   $21,006 
Series 1994-1744, Class FD,          
1M US L + 1.98%, 08/15/2024(a)   26,083    26,490 
Series 1994-32, Class PN,          
7.500%, 04/25/2024   72,280    74,255 
Series 1994-43, Class PH,          
6.500%, 10/17/2024   25,266    25,915 
Series 1996-1810, Class D,          
6.000%, 02/15/2026   16,093    16,463 
Series 1996-1885, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.45%, 09/15/2026(a)   4,679    4,686 
Series 1997-1983, Class Z,          
6.500%, 12/15/2023   7,009    7,202 
Series 2001-2332, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.45%, 01/15/2028(a)   93,655    93,819 
Series 2002-2528, Class KM,          
5.500%, 11/15/2022   7,252    7,295 
Series 2003-2595, Class GC,          
5.500%, 04/15/2023   12,176    12,286 
Series 2003-2634, Class PT,          
5.000%, 06/15/2023   2,295    2,307 
Series 2004-2877, Class AL,          
5.000%, 10/15/2024   2,247    2,280 
Series 2005-3005, Class ED,          
5.000%, 07/15/2025   48,969    49,996 
Series 2006-3104, Class DH,          
5.000%, 01/15/2026   26,679    27,273 
Series 2009-3575, Class EB,          
4.000%, 09/15/2024   9,230    9,297 
Series 2010-3661, Class B,          
4.000%, 04/15/2025   23,765    23,935 
Series 2010-3710, Class MG,          
4.000%, 08/15/2025(b)   17,410    17,968 
Series 2010-3779, Class KJ,          
2.750%, 11/15/2025   27,811    27,915 
Series 2011-3822, Class VE,          
4.000%, 05/15/2022   10,316    10,312 
Series 2011-3829, Class BE,          
3.500%, 03/15/2026   16,093    16,249 
Series 2011-3907, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.35%, 05/15/2026(a)   7,871    7,870 
Series 2012-4003, Class BG,          
2.000%, 10/15/2026   40,154    39,936 
Series 2013-4177, Class NB,          
1.500%, 03/15/2028   24,246    23,285 
         707,751 
Ginnie Mae          
Series 2010-101, Class GU,          
4.000%, 08/20/2025(b)   19,258    19,554 
Series 2013-53, Class KN,          
1.500%, 08/20/2025   20,730    20,406 
         39,960 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS      
(Cost $1,695,895)      $1,676,884 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (0.19%) 
           
Fannie Mae-Aces          
Series 2012-M10, Class AFL,          
1M US L + 0.45%, 09/25/2022(a)   14,761    14,763 
Series 2013-M14, Class APT,          
2.603%, 04/25/2023(a)   160,746    160,052 
Series 2013-M14, Class A2,          
3.329%, 10/25/2023(a)   52,752    52,733 
Series 2013-M3, Class A2,          
2.509%, 11/25/2022(a)   152,726    152,555 
Series 2016-M13, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.67%, 11/25/2023(a)   4,540    4,549 
Series 2016-M7, Class AV2,          
2.157%, 10/25/2023   38,039    37,775 
         422,427 
Freddie Mac Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates          
Series 2012-K023, Class X1,          
1.317%, 08/25/2022(a)   3,270,670    5,863 
Series 2013-K026, Class X1,          
1.050%, 11/25/2022(a)   5,285,660    18,418 
Series 2015-KF07, Class A,          
1M US L + 0.29%, 02/25/2025(a)   9,087    9,072 
Series 2016-KF14, Class A,          
1M US L + 0.65%, 01/25/2023(a)   136,873    136,911 
Series 2016-KJ08, Class A2,          
2.356%, 08/25/2022   580,537    580,249 
Series 2017-K725, Class A1,          
2.666%, 05/25/2023   12,253    12,258 
Series 2017-K728, Class A2,          
3.064%, 08/25/2024(a)   115,232    114,853 
         877,624 
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 
(Cost $1,292,122)        1,300,051 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (1.93%)          
           
Fannie Mae Pool          
Series 2009-958485,          
5.500%, 03/01/2024   2,391,089    2,454,652 
Series 2011-MA0717,          
3.500%, 04/01/2026   20,845    20,711 
Series 2012-,          
2.650%, 08/01/2022   101,447    101,347 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2012-471690,          
2.790%, 07/01/2022  $152,325   $152,176 
Series 2012-AM1076,          
2.920%, 10/01/2024   231,270    231,046 
Series 2013-AM4125,          
3.740%, 08/01/2023   230,000    231,314 
Series 2014-,          
3.150%, 11/01/2024   175,000    174,858 
Series 2015-AM9288,          
2.930%, 07/01/2025   1,332,676    1,335,857 
Series 2016-,          
2.910%, 07/01/2026   35,930    35,235 
2.935%, 07/01/2026(a)   108,820    106,842 
3.210%, 01/01/2026   65,000    65,313 
Series 2016-AL8941,          
2.820%, 01/01/2024(a)   59,462    59,243 
Series 2016-AN1413,          
2.490%, 05/01/2026   142,352    138,241 
Series 2017-,          
2.470%, 01/01/2024   2,000,000    1,992,451 
Series 2017-AN5196,          
2.910%, 04/01/2024   300,000    299,677 
Series 2017-AN6645,          
2.600%, 09/01/2024   250,000    250,097 
Series 2018-AN8096,          
3.020%, 06/01/2024   305,000    304,797 
Series 2018-AN8203,          
2.950%, 01/01/2025   2,889,248    2,889,188 
Series 2018-BL0760,          
3.790%, 12/01/2025   590,000    593,954 
Series 2019-BL2539,          
3.050%, 05/01/2024   139,017    139,387 
         11,576,386 
Freddie Mac Gold Pool          
Series 2012-T40090,          
3.000%, 05/01/2027   75,690    73,945 
           
Freddie Mac Pool          
Series 2017-WN2000,          
2.700%, 08/01/2023   1,383,358    1,381,854 
           
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES      
(Cost $13,402,253)        13,032,185 
           
CORPORATE BONDS (70.62%)          
           
Aerospace & Defense (3.51%)          
Boeing Co.          
2.20%, 02/04/2026   5,000,000    4,565,939 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.          
0.67%, 08/16/2023(c)   7,500,000    7,256,908 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.          
0.65%, 04/01/2023   3,000,000    2,930,682 
0.95%, 04/01/2024   3,000,000    2,855,408 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
TransDigm, Inc.          
6.25%, 03/15/2026(c)  $559,000   $556,828 
8.00%, 12/15/2025(c)   5,341,000    5,565,697 
Total Aerospace & Defense        23,731,462 
Airlines (0.39%)          
Delta Air Lines, Inc.          
7.00%, 05/01/2025(c)   2,000,000    2,143,316 
Southwest Airlines Co.          
4.75%, 05/04/2023   500,000    508,863 
Total Airlines        2,652,179 
Apparel & Textile Products (0.14%)          
Ralph Lauren Corp.          
1.70%, 06/15/2022   925,000    925,515 
           
Auto Parts Manufacturing (0.14%)          
Aptiv PLC / Aptiv Corp.          
2.40%, 02/18/2025   1,000,000    962,678 
           
Automobiles Manufacturing (5.39%)          
American Honda Finance Corp.          
0.65%, 09/08/2023   1,500,000    1,455,999 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC          
2.30%, 02/10/2025   2,000,000    1,859,820 
3.38%, 11/13/2025   6,465,000    6,215,225 
4.14%, 02/15/2023   1,700,000    1,700,850 
General Motors Co.          
5.40%, 10/02/2023   2,250,000    2,311,369 
General Motors Financial Co., Inc.          
3.80%, 04/07/2025   2,000,000    1,977,187 
SOFRINDX + 1.30%,          
04/07/2025(a)   2,000,000    1,995,069 
Hyundai Capital America          
0.88%, 06/14/2024(c)   4,000,000    3,759,556 
Kia Corp.          
1.00%, 04/16/2024(c)   2,850,000    2,718,000 
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.          
3.04%, 09/15/2023(c)   4,685,000    4,641,420 
3.52%, 09/17/2025(c)   4,000,000    3,867,843 
Volkswagen Group of America Finance LLC          
0.75%, 11/23/2022(c)   1,500,000    1,485,630 
0.88%, 11/22/2023(c)   2,500,000    2,401,299 
Total Automobiles Manufacturing        36,389,267 
Banks (3.57%)          
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.          
4.15%, 09/28/2022(c)   400,000    402,660 
Credit Suisse AG          
Series FXD          
3.70%, 02/21/2025   3,000,000    2,975,281 
Danske Bank A/S          
5.38%, 01/12/2024(c)   250,000    255,176 
1Y US TI + 1.03%,          
12/08/2023(a)(c)   1,000,000    985,923 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Discover Bank          
3.35%, 02/06/2023  $2,110,000   $2,124,016 
First Horizon Corp.          
3.55%, 05/26/2023   500,000    500,586 
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.          
1D US SOFR + 3.83%,          
06/19/2024(a)   5,855,000    5,890,751 
FNB Corp.          
2.20%, 02/24/2023   200,000    198,329 
Lloyds Banking Group PLC          
1Y US TI + 0.55%, 05/11/2024(a)   2,000,000    1,941,887 
National Bank of Canada          
1Y US TI + 0.40%, 11/15/2024(a)   3,000,000    2,871,442 
NatWest Markets PLC          
0.80%, 08/12/2024(c)   1,000,000    936,901 
Synchrony Bank          
3.00%, 06/15/2022   2,770,000    2,771,219 
Truist Financial Corp.          
1D US SOFR + 0.40%,          
06/09/2025(a)   2,000,000    1,967,585 
Wells Fargo & Co.          
4.13%, 08/15/2023   300,000    303,656 
Total Banks        24,125,412 
           
Biotechnology (0.15%)          
Roche Holdings, Inc.          
1D US SOFR + 0.24%,          
03/05/2024(a)(c)   1,000,000    998,484 
           
Cable & Satellite (0.53%)          
Charter Communications Operating          
LLC / Charter Communications          
Operating Capital          
3M US L + 1.65%, 02/01/2024(a)   3,530,000    3,596,365 
           
Casinos & Gaming (0.43%)          
MGM Resorts International          
6.75%, 05/01/2025   2,843,000    2,913,876 
           
Chemicals (0.86%)          
Avient Corp.          
5.75%, 05/15/2025(c)   3,826,000    3,869,004 
International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.          
0.70%, 09/15/2022(c)   1,500,000    1,491,635 
Westlake Corp.          
0.88%, 08/15/2024   500,000    476,121 
Total Chemicals        5,836,760 
           
Commercial Finance (2.54%)          
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap          
Global Aviation Trust          
6.50%, 07/15/2025   9,600,000    9,964,576 
1D US SOFR + 0.68%,          
09/29/2023(a)   2,000,000    1,983,380 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd.          
4.50%, 03/15/2023(c)  $5,135,000   $5,151,807 
Total Commercial Finance        17,099,763 
Construction Materials Manufacturing (1.09%)    
Carlisle Cos., Inc.          
0.55%, 09/01/2023   1,000,000    966,072 
Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.          
0.65%, 07/15/2023   6,540,000    6,376,362 
Total Construction Materials Manufacturing        7,342,434 
Consumer Finance (3.66%)          
Ally Financial, Inc.          
1.45%, 10/02/2023   4,730,000    4,600,074 
American Express Co.          
2.25%, 03/04/2025   3,000,000    2,896,463 
3.38%, 05/03/2024   3,000,000    2,998,468 
SOFRINDX + 0.23%,          
11/03/2023(a)   2,000,000    1,985,951 
Capital One Financial Corp.          
2.60%, 05/11/2023   400,000    399,209 
Fidelity National Information          
Services, Inc.          
0.38%, 03/01/2023   2,000,000    1,963,723 
0.60%, 03/01/2024   2,000,000    1,898,317 
OneMain Finance Corp.          
8.88%, 06/01/2025   6,675,000    7,009,584 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.          
1.35%, 06/01/2023   1,000,000    987,219 
Total Consumer Finance        24,739,008 
Consumer Products (0.65%)          
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital UK          
PLC          
3.13%, 03/24/2025(c)   4,000,000    3,926,107 
Unilever Capital Corp.          
0.63%, 08/12/2024   500,000    473,122 
Total Consumer Products        4,399,229 
Consumer Services (0.07%)          
Cintas Corp. No 2          
3.45%, 05/01/2025   500,000    498,486 
           
Department Stores (0.70%)          
Nordstrom, Inc.          
Series WI          
2.30%, 04/08/2024   5,000,000    4,794,025 
           
Design, Manufacturing & Distribution (0.42%)     
TD SYNNEX Corp.          
1.25%, 08/09/2024(c)   3,000,000    2,823,747 
           
Diversified Banks (7.63%)          
Banco Santander SA          
1Y US TI + 0.45%, 06/30/2024(a)   1,000,000    967,321 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Bank of America Corp.          
1D US SOFR + 0.65%,          
12/06/2025(a)  $1,000,000   $937,756 
1D US SOFR + 0.69%,          
04/22/2025(a)   4,000,000    3,970,581 
3M BSBY + 0.43%, 05/28/2024(a)   3,000,000    2,984,910 
Bank of Nova Scotia          
3.45%, 04/11/2025   3,000,000    2,969,502 
Barclays PLC          
1Y US TI + 0.80%, 12/10/2024(a)   3,000,000    2,863,644 
Citigroup, Inc.          
4.30%, 11/20/2026   3,232,000    3,228,156 
1D US SOFR + 0.669%,          
05/01/2025(a)   3,000,000    2,831,185 
HSBC Holdings PLC          
1D US SOFR + 0.534%,          
08/17/2024(a)   2,000,000    1,926,036 
Series .          
1D US SOFR + 0.58%,          
11/22/2024(a)   5,000,000    4,942,097 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.          
1D US SOFR + 0.535%,          
06/01/2025(a)   2,000,000    1,970,147 
1D US SOFR + 1.32%,          
04/26/2026(a)   7,000,000    6,985,399 
1D US SOFR + 1.46%,          
06/01/2024(a)   6,000,000    5,906,263 
Series FRN          
1D US SOFR + 0.58%,          
06/23/2025(a)   2,000,000    1,977,166 
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.          
0.87% - 1D US SOFR,          
09/08/2024(a)   1,000,000    963,875 
1.25% - 1D US SOFR,          
07/10/2024(a)   1,000,000    974,984 
NatWest Group PLC          
6.10%, 06/10/2023   200,000    205,126 
1Y US TI + 2.15%, 05/22/2024(a)   1,000,000    987,171 
Standard Chartered PLC          
1D US SOFR + 0.93%,          
11/23/2025(a)(c)   4,000,000    3,971,193 
Total Diversified Banks        51,562,512 
           
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (0.15%)  
Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij          
NV          
0.40%, 03/11/2023(c)   1,000,000    981,500 
           
Entertainment Content (1.99%)          
Magallanes, Inc.          
3.43%, 03/15/2024(c)   5,000,000    4,970,674 
3.64%, 03/15/2025(c)   5,500,000    5,415,465 
SOFRINDX + 1.78%,          
03/15/2024(a)(c)   3,000,000    3,028,224 
Total Entertainment Content        13,414,363 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Exploration & Production (1.48%)          
Continental Resources, Inc.          
2.27%, 11/15/2026(c)  $2,675,000   $2,446,675 
Murphy Oil Corp.          
6.88%, 08/15/2024   1,053,000    1,055,659 
Pioneer Natural Resources Co.          
0.55%, 05/15/2023   1,000,000    974,787 
Range Resources Corp.          
5.00%, 08/15/2022   5,499,000    5,519,265 
Total Exploration & Production        9,996,386 
Financial Services (7.48%)          
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.          
Series J          
1D US SOFR + 0.20%,          
10/25/2024(a)   5,000,000    4,955,485 
Credit Suisse Group AG          
1D US SOFR + 2.044%,          
06/05/2026(a)(c)   7,534,000    6,961,150 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.          
0.52%, 03/08/2023   2,000,000    1,964,616 
1D US SOFR + 0.49%,          
10/21/2024(a)   3,000,000    2,959,091 
1D US SOFR + 0.50%,          
09/10/2024(a)   2,500,000    2,469,692 
1D US SOFR + 0.62%,          
12/06/2023(a)   3,000,000    2,984,904 
1D US SOFR + 0.70%,          
01/24/2025(a)   3,000,000    2,972,352 
3M US L + 1.053%, 06/05/2023(a)   800,000    799,864 
Series VAR          
1D US SOFR + 0.538%,          
11/17/2023(a)   1,865,000    1,836,689 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.          
0.70%, 06/15/2023   1,350,000    1,320,217 
Morgan Stanley          
4.88%, 11/01/2022   500,000    506,804 
1D US SOFR + 0.525%,          
05/30/2025(a)   3,000,000    2,808,351 
1D US SOFR + 0.625%,          
01/24/2025(a)   5,000,000    4,953,275 
Series GMTN          
1D US SOFR + 0.509%,          
01/22/2025(a)   5,000,000    4,750,925 
Nasdaq, Inc.          
0.45%, 12/21/2022   2,000,000    1,972,751 
National Securities Clearing Corp.          
0.40%, 12/07/2023(c)   1,980,000    1,899,921 
UBS AG/London          
1D US SOFR + 0.32%,          
06/01/2023(a)(c)   1,000,000    998,479 
UBS Group AG          
1Y US TI + 0.83%,          
07/30/2024(a)(c)   1,000,000    971,206 
USAA Capital Corp.          
0.50%, 05/01/2024(c)   2,000,000    1,906,841 
1.50%, 05/01/2023(c)   500,000    492,887 
Total Financial Services        50,485,500 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

57 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Food & Beverage (1.28%)          
Conagra Brands, Inc.          
0.50%, 08/11/2023  $2,000,000  $1,934,880 
Hormel Foods Corp.          
0.65%, 06/03/2024   2,000,000    1,907,942 
JDE Peet's NV          
0.80%, 09/24/2024(c)   1,000,000    934,552 
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc.          
0.75%, 03/15/2024   1,000,000    954,718 
Mondelez International, Inc.          
2.13%, 03/17/2024   3,000,000    2,947,188 
Total Food & Beverage        8,679,280 
           
Forest & Paper Products Manufacturing (0.25%)     
Georgia-Pacific LLC          
0.63%, 05/15/2024(c)   1,750,000    1,660,838 
           
Health Care Facilities & Services (1.23%)  
AmerisourceBergen Corp.          
0.74%, 03/15/2023   2,000,000    1,968,947 
Cigna Corp.          
0.61%, 03/15/2024   2,000,000    1,907,129 
HCA, Inc.          
Series 1          
5.88%, 05/01/2023   4,300,000    4,439,750 
Total Health Care Facilities & Services        8,315,826 
Homebuilders (0.25%)          
Forestar Group, Inc.          
3.85%, 05/15/2026(c)   1,835,000    1,654,876 
           
Industrial Other (0.28%)          
Quanta Services, Inc.          
0.95%, 10/01/2024   2,000,000    1,876,283 
           
Leisure Products Manufacturing (0.58%)          
Brunswick Corp.          
0.85%, 08/18/2024   2,000,000    1,869,368 
Mattel, Inc.          
3.15%, 03/15/2023   2,000,000    1,992,530 
Total Leisure Products Manufacturing        3,861,898 
           
Life Insurance (0.14%)          
Security Benefit Global Funding          
1.25%, 05/17/2024(c)   1,000,000    948,400 
           
Managed Care (0.72%)          
Humana, Inc.          
0.65%, 08/03/2023   5,014,000    4,868,289 
           
Medical Equipment & Devices Manufacturing (2.17%)  
Baxter International, Inc.          
SOFRINDX + 0.26%,          
12/01/2023(a)(c)   2,000,000    1,991,290 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Illumina, Inc.          
0.55%, 03/23/2023  $2,000,000   $1,962,961 
PerkinElmer, Inc.          
0.55%, 09/15/2023   2,000,000    1,937,133 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.          
0.80%, 10/18/2023   5,000,000    4,850,064 
SOFRINDX + 0.53%,          
10/18/2024(a)   2,000,000    1,992,604 
Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.          
1.45%, 11/22/2024   2,000,000    1,894,680 
Total Medical Equipment & Devices Manufacturing        14,628,732 
Metals & Mining (0.85%)          
Steel Dynamics, Inc.          
5.00%, 12/15/2026   5,592,000    5,723,600 
           
Pharmaceuticals (2.69%)          
AbbVie, Inc.          
2.30%, 11/21/2022   1,286,000    1,286,183 
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.          
6.13%, 04/15/2025(c)   11,256,000    11,296,127 
Viatris, Inc.          
1.13%, 06/22/2022   5,635,000    5,627,999 
Total Pharmaceuticals        18,210,309 
Pipeline (3.50%)          
Buckeye Partners LP          
4.15%, 07/01/2023   7,240,000    7,195,474 
4.35%, 10/15/2024   750,000    741,851 
Energy Transfer LP          
3.45%, 01/15/2023   1,500,000    1,503,389 
4.50%, 04/15/2024   900,000    908,125 
Gray Oak Pipeline LLC          
2.00%, 09/15/2023(c)   2,315,000    2,266,853 
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC          
3.90%, 04/01/2024(c)   3,103,000    3,086,788 
Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa          
Resources Partners Finance          
Corp.          
6.50%, 07/15/2027   4,556,000    4,698,831 
TransCanada PipeLines, Ltd.          
1.00%, 10/12/2024   1,500,000    1,409,207 
Western Midstream Operating LP          
3M US L + 1.85%, 01/13/2023(a)   1,849,000    1,821,453 
Total Pipeline        23,631,971 
Power Generation (0.73%)          
Alexander Funding Trust          
1.84%, 11/15/2023(c)   4,612,000    4,428,867 
NRG Energy, Inc.          
2.00%, 12/02/2025(c)   500,000    465,077 
Total Power Generation        4,893,944 
Publishing & Broadcasting (0.22%)          
Nexstar Media, Inc.          
5.63%, 07/15/2027(c)   1,500,000    1,461,300 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

58 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Railroad (0.14%)        
Canadian Pacific Railway Co.          
1.35%, 12/02/2024  $1,000,000   $947,823 
           
Real Estate (2.03%)          
GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc.          
5.38%, 11/01/2023   1,220,000    1,239,093 
Public Storage          
1D US SOFR + 0.47%,          
04/23/2024(a)   2,000,000    1,994,979 
VICI Properties LP          
4.38%, 05/15/2025   10,500,000    10,503,045 
Total Real Estate        13,737,117 
           
Refining & Marketing (0.44%)          
HF Sinclair Corp.          
2.63%, 10/01/2023(c)   3,009,000    2,946,213 
           
Restaurants (0.15%)          
Starbucks Corp.          
SOFRINDX + 0.42%,          
02/14/2024(a)   1,000,000    1,001,057 
           
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (0.33%)          
Genuine Parts Co.          
1.75%, 02/01/2025   1,000,000    950,569 
QVC, Inc.          
4.38%, 03/15/2023   1,250,000    1,251,619 
Total Retail - Consumer Discretionary        2,202,188 
           
Semiconductors (1.58%)          
Analog Devices, Inc.          
1D US SOFR + 0.25%,          
10/01/2024(a)   2,000,000    1,991,216 
Marvell Technology, Inc.          
4.20%, 06/22/2023   2,000,000    2,019,272 
Microchip Technology, Inc.          
0.97%, 02/15/2024   1,000,000    953,760 
Renesas Electronics Corp.          
1.54%, 11/26/2024(c)   4,000,000    3,760,582 
Skyworks Solutions, Inc.          
0.90%, 06/01/2023   2,000,000    1,950,641 
Total Semiconductors        10,675,471 
           
Software & Services (0.88%)          
Intuit, Inc.          
0.65%, 07/15/2023   1,000,000    976,463 
Nielsen Co. Luxembourg SARL          
5.00%, 02/01/2025(c)   1,685,000    1,689,213 
Roper Technologies, Inc.          
0.45%, 08/15/2022   1,365,000    1,358,089 
VMware, Inc.          
0.60%, 08/15/2023   2,000,000    1,935,897 
Total Software & Services        5,959,662 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Supermarkets & Pharmacies (0.55%)          
7-Eleven, Inc.          
0.63%, 02/10/2023(c)  $500,000   $491,407 
0.80%, 02/10/2024(c)   3,350,000    3,194,173 
Total Supermarkets & Pharmacies        3,685,580 
Transportation & Logistics (0.29%)          
PACCAR Financial Corp.          
0.35%, 08/11/2023   1,000,000    971,244 
0.80%, 06/08/2023   1,000,000    981,958 
Total Transportation & Logistics        1,953,202 
Utilities (5.11%)          
American Electric Power Co., Inc.          
2.03%, 03/15/2024   3,000,000    2,922,405 
Atmos Energy Corp.          
3M US L + 0.38%, 03/09/2023(a)   1,795,000    1,795,928 
Black Hills Corp.          
1.04%, 08/23/2024   3,000,000    2,833,539 
CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp.          
0.70%, 03/02/2023   2,707,000    2,651,420 
Exelon Corp.          
3.50%, 06/01/2022   435,000    435,000 
NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc.          
0.65%, 03/01/2023   5,000,000    4,921,753 
ONE Gas, Inc.          
0.85%, 03/11/2023   3,000,000    2,949,027 
1.10%, 03/11/2024   4,900,000    4,687,454 
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.          
1.37%, 03/10/2023   2,127,000    2,096,743 
3.25%, 02/16/2024   4,000,000    3,948,822 
SOFRINDX + 1.15%,          
11/14/2022(a)   500,000    500,457 
Southern California Edison Co.          
Series J          
0.70%, 08/01/2023   2,000,000    1,943,210 
WEC Energy Group, Inc.          
0.80%, 03/15/2024   3,000,000    2,855,753 
Total Utilities        34,541,511 
Waste & Environment Services & Equipment (0.34%)  
GFL Environmental, Inc.          
5.13%, 12/15/2026(c)   2,340,000    2,302,888 
           
Wireless Telecommunications Services (0.63%)  
AT&T, Inc.          
0.90%, 03/25/2024   2,000,000    1,922,055 
Sprint Corp.          
7.88%, 09/15/2023   2,239,000    2,353,849 
Total Wireless Telecommunications Services4,275,904 
Wireline Telecommunications Services (0.29%)    
NTT Finance Corp.          
0.37%, 03/03/2023(c)   2,000,000    1,962,218 
           
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS          
(Cost $489,475,304)        476,875,331 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

59 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
GOVERNMENT BONDS (26.84%)          
           
U.S. Treasury Bonds (26.84%)          
United States Treasury Notes          
0.25%, 09/30/2023  $7,168,000  $6,947,920 
0.38%, 10/31/2023   25,897,000    25,081,649 
0.75%, 12/31/2023   19,747,000    19,145,334 
0.88%, 01/31/2024   20,486,000    19,866,618 
1.13%, 01/15/2025   20,986,000    20,033,432 
1.50%, 02/29/2024   23,566,000    23,077,190 
1.75%, 03/15/2025   30,520,000    29,568,635 
2.25%, 03/31/2024   23,762,000    23,563,364 
2.63%, 04/15/2025   14,044,000    13,944,156 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds        181,228,298 
           
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS          
(Cost $184,157,642)        181,228,298 
           
MUNICIPAL BONDS (0.02%)          
           
City & County of San Francisco CA          
1.55%, 06/15/2022   150,000    150,089 
           
TOTAL MUNICIPAL BONDS          
(Cost $150,208)        150,089 

 

   7-Day Yield   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (0.07%)           
                
Money Market Fund (0.07%)               
Morgan Stanley               
Institutional Liquidity               
Funds - Government               
Portfolio   0.03%   503,117    503,117 
                
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS       
(Cost $503,117)             503,117 
                
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.92%)           
(Cost $690,676,541)            $674,765,955 
                
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities (0.08%)  541,727 
                
NET ASSETS (100.00%)        $675,307,682 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

BSBY - Bloomberg Short-Term Bank Yield

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

TI – Treasury Index

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

Reference Rates:

1M US L - 1 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.80%

3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 1.33%

1D US SOFR - 1 Day SOFR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.05%

3M BSBY - 3 Month BSBY as of April 30, 2022 was 0.16%

1Y US TI - 1 Year US Treasury Bill as of April 30, 2022 was 1.01%

10Y US TI - 10 Year US Treasury Index as of April 30, 2022 was 2.89%

 

(a)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The rate in effect as of April 30, 2022 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security's last reset date.
(b)Step bond. Coupon changes periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect as of April 30, 2022.
(c)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of those securities was 135,823,818, representing 20.11% of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

60 | April 30, 2022

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (6.59%) 
           
Fannie Mae          
Series 1993-31, Class PN,          
7.000%, 09/25/2023  $76,933   $78,486 
Series 1997-22, Class F,          
0.736%, 03/25/2027(a)   1,886    1,878 
Series 1997-76, Class FO,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
09/17/2027(a)   16,039    16,116 
Series 1999-58, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
11/18/2029(a)   46,997    47,012 
Series 2000-40, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
07/25/2030(a)   17,203    17,274 
Series 2000-45, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
12/25/2030(a)   15,210    15,237 
Series 2001-27, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
06/25/2031(a)   12,859    12,637 
Series 2001-29, Class Z,          
6.500%, 07/25/2031   51,201    55,185 
Series 2001-51, Class OD,          
6.500%, 10/25/2031   26,944    27,724 
Series 2001-52, Class XZ,          
6.500%, 10/25/2031   26,675    29,116 
Series 2001-59, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
11/25/2031(a)   112,693    113,622 
Series 2001-60, Class OF,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
10/25/2031(a)   13,156    13,418 
Series 2001-63, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
12/18/2031(a)   14,654    14,738 
Series 2001-63, Class TC,          
6.000%, 12/25/2031   21,663    23,195 
Series 2001-68, Class PH,          
6.000%, 12/25/2031   16,635    17,741 
Series 2001-71, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.65%,          
11/25/2031(a)   79,034    79,817 
Series 2001-71, Class FS,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
11/25/2031(a)   64,634    65,151 
Series 2001-81, Class GE,          
6.000%, 01/25/2032   15,569    16,700 
Series 2002-11, Class JF,          
1M US L + 0.73%,          
03/25/2032(a)   48,104    48,726 
Series 2002-12, Class FH,          
1M US L + 1.05%,          
01/25/2032(a)   54,918    56,122 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2002-13, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.90%,          
03/25/2032(a)  $57,601   $58,424 
Series 2002-16, Class TM,          
7.000%, 04/25/2032   13,620    14,923 
Series 2002-17, Class JF,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
04/25/2032(a)   30,101    30,737 
Series 2002-18, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.80%,          
02/25/2032(a)   50,418    51,206 
Series 2002-23, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.90%,          
04/25/2032(a)   45,288    46,164 
Series 2002-34, Class EO,          
–%, 05/18/2032(b)   50,660    47,525 
Series 2002-36, Class FS,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
06/25/2032(a)   35,950    36,097 
Series 2002-44, Class FJ,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
04/25/2032(a)   79,755    81,595 
Series 2002-47, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
11/25/2031(a)   15,236    15,342 
Series 2002-48, Class F,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
07/25/2032(a)   50,356    51,525 
Series 2002-49, Class FC,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
11/18/2031(a)   31,559    32,247 
Series 2002-60, Class FV,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
04/25/2032(a)   111,731    114,125 
Series 2002-63, Class EZ,          
6.000%, 10/25/2032   6,857    7,418 
Series 2002-64, Class PG,          
5.500%, 10/25/2032   62,063    65,870 
Series 2002-68, Class AF,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
10/25/2032(a)   22,185    22,700 
Series 2002-7, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
01/25/2032(a)   64,457    65,337 
Series 2002-71, Class AQ,          
4.000%, 11/25/2032   47,969    48,504 
Series 2002-8, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
03/18/2032(a)   19,238    19,499 
Series 2002-80, Class CZ,          
4.500%, 09/25/2032   96,037    98,543 
Series 2002-9, Class FW,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
03/25/2032(a)   15,273    15,178 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.  

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2002-91, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
01/25/2033(a)  $23,142   $23,274 
Series 2003-107, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
11/25/2033(a)   14,385    14,453 
Series 2003-110, Class CK,          
3.000%, 11/25/2033   27,072    26,552 
Series 2003-116, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
11/25/2033(a)   31,647    31,681 
Series 2003-119, Class FH,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
12/25/2033(a)   37,585    37,778 
Series 2003-119, Class ZP,          
4.000%, 12/25/2033   62,592    61,835 
Series 2003-128, Class MF,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
01/25/2034(a)   60,394    60,923 
Series 2003-131, Class CH,          
5.500%, 01/25/2034   91,567    96,703 
Series 2003-134, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
12/25/2032(a)   34,022    34,316 
Series 2003-14, Class AN,          
3.500%, 03/25/2033   62,302    62,987 
Series 2003-14, Class AP,          
4.000%, 03/25/2033   93,453    94,482 
Series 2003-19, Class MB,          
4.000%, 05/25/2031   42,465    42,936 
Series 2003-21, Class OG,          
4.000%, 01/25/2033   35,549    35,979 
Series 2003-22, Class BZ,          
6.000%, 04/25/2033   26,120    27,816 
Series 2003-27, Class EK,          
5.000%, 04/25/2033   32,784    34,644 
Series 2003-30, Class JQ,          
5.500%, 04/25/2033   32,579    34,347 
Series 2003-32, Class UJ,          
5.500%, 05/25/2033   47,040    49,193 
Series 2003-41, Class OZ,          
3.750%, 05/25/2033   127,301    122,340 
Series 2003-42, Class JH,          
5.500%, 05/25/2033   78,110    80,847 
Series 2003-46, Class PJ,          
5.500%, 06/25/2033   37,770    40,112 
Series 2003-47, Class PE,          
5.750%, 06/25/2033   48,080    50,961 
Series 2003-64, Class JK,          
3.500%, 07/25/2033   52,970    52,057 
Series 2003-64, Class ZC,          
5.000%, 07/25/2033   34,349    35,861 
Series 2003-71, Class HD,          
5.500%, 08/25/2033   174,411    182,048 
Series 2003-76, Class EZ,          
5.000%, 08/25/2033   161,941    169,070 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2003-94, Class CE,          
5.000%, 10/25/2033  $12,066   $12,418 
Series 2004-101, Class TB,          
5.500%, 01/25/2035   137,666    145,861 
Series 2004-14, Class QB,          
5.250%, 03/25/2034   187,321    197,738 
Series 2004-17, Class BA,          
6.000%, 04/25/2034   118,388    131,259 
Series 2004-17, Class DZ,          
5.500%, 04/25/2034   26,741    27,867 
Series 2004-26, Class CG,          
4.500%, 08/25/2033   7,708    7,807 
Series 2004-36, Class CB,          
5.000%, 05/25/2034   118,412    122,617 
Series 2004-36, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
05/25/2034(a)   32,185    32,223 
Series 2004-53, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
07/25/2034(a)   223,384    223,829 
Series 2004-54, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
07/25/2034(a)   155,194    155,372 
Series 2004-60, Class AC,          
5.500%, 04/25/2034   108,000    112,299 
Series 2004-68, Class LC,          
5.000%, 09/25/2029   45,661    47,304 
Series 2004-77, Class AY,          
4.500%, 10/25/2034   19,820    20,437 
Series 2004-82, Class HK,          
5.500%, 11/25/2034   58,386    62,591 
Series 2004-92, Class TB,          
5.500%, 12/25/2034   89,372    94,937 
Series 2005-110, Class MP,          
5.500%, 12/25/2035   25,143    26,242 
Series 2005-120, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.52%,          
01/25/2036(a)   26,772    26,942 
Series 2005-122, Class PY,          
6.000%, 01/25/2036   307,288    328,114 
Series 2005-17, Class EX,          
5.250%, 03/25/2035   25,000    26,116 
Series 2005-17, Class EZ,          
4.500%, 03/25/2035   151,343    147,952 
Series 2005-29, Class ZA,          
5.500%, 04/25/2035   74,590    80,153 
Series 2005-3, Class CH,          
5.250%, 02/25/2035   84,116    89,112 
Series 2005-35, Class DZ,          
5.000%, 04/25/2035   158,464    165,500 
Series 2005-48, Class TD,          
5.500%, 06/25/2035   140,720    149,542 
Series 2005-59, Class DF,          
1M US L + 0.20%,          
05/25/2035(a)   1,624    1,624 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2005-62, Class GZ,          
5.750%, 07/25/2035  $501,240   $539,144 
Series 2005-62, Class JC,          
5.000%, 05/25/2035   3,273    3,297 
Series 2005-62, Class ZD,          
5.000%, 06/25/2035   115,809    117,057 
Series 2005-62, Class JE,          
5.000%, 06/25/2035   30,080    30,335 
Series 2005-64, Class PL,          
5.500%, 07/25/2035   98,808    103,810 
Series 2005-68, Class BE,          
5.250%, 08/25/2035   97,000    100,635 
Series 2005-68, Class CZ,          
5.500%, 08/25/2035   366,180    384,883 
Series 2005-68, Class PG,          
5.500%, 08/25/2035   35,723    37,692 
Series 2005-69, Class GZ,          
4.500%, 08/25/2035   41,137    41,170 
Series 2005-7, Class MZ,          
4.750%, 02/25/2035   61,267    62,223 
Series 2005-70, Class KP,          
5.000%, 06/25/2035   59,788    63,104 
Series 2005-70, Class NA,          
5.500%, 08/25/2035   14,980    15,893 
Series 2005-72, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.25%,          
08/25/2035(a)   18,650    18,600 
Series 2005-79, Class DB,          
5.500%, 09/25/2035   86,698    90,867 
Series 2005-83, Class QP,          
17.394% - 1M US L,          
11/25/2034(a)   182,305    188,975 
Series 2005-84, Class XM,          
5.750%, 10/25/2035   61,324    64,455 
Series 2005-89, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
10/25/2035(a)   25,398    25,332 
Series 2005-99, Class ZA,          
5.500%, 12/25/2035   110,777    125,819 
Series 2005-99, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
11/25/2035(a)   35,307    35,340 
Series 2006-112, Class QC,          
5.500%, 11/25/2036   23,678    25,499 
Series 2006-114, Class HE,          
5.500%, 12/25/2036   102,635    110,417 
Series 2006-115, Class EF,          
1M US L + 0.36%,          
12/25/2036(a)   18,483    18,459 
Series 2006-16, Class HZ,          
5.500%, 03/25/2036   330,656    349,620 
Series 2006-39, Class EF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
05/25/2036(a)   18,156    18,172 
Series 2006-46, Class UD,          
5.500%, 06/25/2036   33,000    35,514 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2006-48, Class TF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
06/25/2036(a)  $40,779   $40,807 
Series 2006-48, Class DZ,          
6.000%, 06/25/2036   82,960    102,902 
Series 2006-56, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
07/25/2036(a)   14,357    14,320 
Series 2006-63, Class QH,          
5.500%, 07/25/2036   34,770    37,410 
Series 2006-70, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
08/25/2036(a)   100,584    100,655 
Series 2006-71, Class ZH,          
6.000%, 07/25/2036   48,515    52,901 
Series 2006-95, Class FH,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
10/25/2036(a)   32,048    32,148 
Series 2007-100, Class YF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
10/25/2037(a)   18,146    18,298 
Series 2007-109, Class GF,          
1M US L + 0.68%,          
12/25/2037(a)   56,282    57,130 
Series 2007-111, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
12/25/2037(a)   38,049    38,391 
Series 2007-117, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
01/25/2038(a)   56,656    57,579 
Series 2007-12, Class ZA,          
6.000%, 03/25/2037   150,375    156,270 
Series 2007-14, Class GZ,          
5.500%, 03/25/2037   173,096    185,156 
Series 2007-26, Class ZB,          
5.500%, 04/25/2037   315,286    334,932 
Series 2007-30, Class MB,          
4.250%, 04/25/2037   74,534    75,502 
Series 2007-33, Class HE,          
5.500%, 04/25/2037   47,014    50,207 
Series 2007-34, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.39%,          
04/25/2037(a)   28,532    28,530 
Series 2007-41, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
05/25/2037(a)   11,854    11,862 
Series 2007-5, Class PD,          
6.000%, 02/25/2037   205,963    208,629 
Series 2007-51, Class PB,          
5.500%, 06/25/2037   32,000    32,861 
Series 2007-51, Class CP,          
5.500%, 06/25/2037   31,252    33,121 
Series 2007-55, Class PH,          
6.000%, 06/25/2047   410,386    450,748 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2007-57, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.23%,          
06/25/2037(a)  $28,825   $28,671 
Series 2007-6, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.42%,          
02/25/2037(a)   46,601    46,667 
Series 2007-63, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
07/25/2037(a)   24,323    24,268 
Series 2007-65, Class ZE,          
5.500%, 07/25/2037   105,109    108,823 
Series 2007-65, Class KF,          
1M US L + 0.38%,          
07/25/2037(a)   45,385    45,356 
Series 2007-70, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
07/25/2037(a)   31,789    31,728 
Series 2007-77, Class JE,          
6.000%, 08/25/2037   423,193    442,868 
Series 2007-85, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.54%,          
09/25/2037(a)   122,337    123,170 
Series 2007-85, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.54%,          
09/25/2037(a)   35,980    36,259 
Series 2007-86, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
09/25/2037(a)   35,767    35,876 
Series 2007-9, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
03/25/2037(a)   31,964    31,892 
Series 2008-18, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.90%,          
03/25/2038(a)   158,537    162,187 
Series 2008-24, Class WD,          
5.500%, 02/25/2038   124,095    133,438 
Series 2008-25, Class EF,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
04/25/2038(a)   49,765    50,985 
Series 2008-46, Class LA,          
5.500%, 06/25/2038   11,974    12,597 
Series 2008-66, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
08/25/2038(a)   28,142    28,852 
Series 2008-86, Class FC,          
1M US L + 1.10%,          
12/25/2038(a)   206,044    205,668 
Series 2009-10, Class AB,          
5.000%, 03/25/2024   24,272    24,493 
Series 2009-103, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
11/25/2039(a)   48,243    48,826 
Series 2009-104, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.80%,          
12/25/2039(a)   46,849    47,479 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2009-11, Class MP,          
7.000%, 03/25/2049  $139,325   $153,336 
Series 2009-110, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
01/25/2040(a)   120,549    122,200 
Series 2009-111, Class CY,          
5.000%, 03/25/2038   133,000    135,984 
Series 2009-36, Class MX,          
5.000%, 06/25/2039   58,000    60,607 
Series 2009-47, Class BN,          
4.500%, 07/25/2039   42,130    43,471 
Series 2009-62, Class WA,          
5.578%, 08/25/2039(a)   73,805    77,235 
Series 2009-68, Class FD,          
1M US L + 1.25%,          
09/25/2039(a)   55,631    56,848 
Series 2009-70, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.20%,          
09/25/2039(a)   31,637    32,321 
Series 2009-70, Class CO,          
–%, 01/25/2037(b)   88,472    78,400 
Series 2009-86, Class OT,          
–%, 10/25/2037(b)   39,128    33,238 
Series 2009-87, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
11/25/2039(a)   53,821    54,421 
Series 2009-90, Class UZ,          
4.500%, 11/25/2039   613,623    630,468 
Series 2010-1, Class WA,          
6.202%, 02/25/2040(a)   21,618    23,081 
Series 2010-1, Class EL,          
4.500%, 02/25/2040   301,988    294,082 
Series 2010-102, Class HA,          
4.000%, 09/25/2050   63,678    63,802 
Series 2010-103, Class DZ,          
4.500%, 09/25/2040   206,034    217,513 
Series 2010-103, Class PJ,          
4.500%, 09/25/2040   41,101    42,291 
Series 2010-111, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.52%,          
10/25/2040(a)   57,282    57,682 
Series 2010-118, Class LZ,          
4.750%, 10/25/2040   38,847    39,533 
Series 2010-118, Class GF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
10/25/2039(a)   37,755    37,841 
Series 2010-122, Class JA,          
7.000%, 07/25/2040   20,610    22,015 
Series 2010-123, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.43%,          
11/25/2040(a)   24,086    24,154 
Series 2010-123, Class KU,          
4.500%, 11/25/2040   144,012    145,979 
Series 2010-129, Class PZ,          
4.500%, 11/25/2040   35,682    33,120 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2010-130, Class BZ,          
4.500%, 11/25/2040  $1,455,931   $1,420,399 
Series 2010-137, Class XP,          
4.500%, 10/25/2040   10,717    10,757 
Series 2010-14, Class FJ,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
03/25/2040(a)   46,162    46,397 
Series 2010-141, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
12/25/2040(a)   47,208    47,415 
Series 2010-141, Class AL,          
4.000%, 12/25/2040   59,035    59,302 
Series 2010-141, Class MN,          
4.000%, 12/25/2040   90,000    90,970 
Series 2010-142, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
12/25/2040(a)   18,817    18,894 
Series 2010-154, Class JA,          
3.000%, 11/25/2040   376,702    365,153 
Series 2010-158, Class KF,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
04/25/2040(a)   12,464    12,470 
Series 2010-16, Class PL,          
5.000%, 03/25/2040   71,000    77,149 
Series 2010-19, Class PY,          
5.000%, 03/25/2040   333,008    333,997 
Series 2010-33, Class KN,          
4.500%, 03/25/2040   57,428    58,052 
Series 2010-37, Class CY,          
5.000%, 04/25/2040   42,743    44,752 
Series 2010-38, Class KD,          
4.500%, 09/25/2039   4,547    4,579 
Series 2010-39, Class EF,          
1M US L + 0.52%,          
06/25/2037(a)   44,503    44,779 
Series 2010-45, Class WD,          
5.000%, 05/25/2040   180,000    189,226 
Series 2010-54, Class LX,          
5.000%, 06/25/2040   272,000    289,098 
Series 2010-57, Class HA,          
3.500%, 02/25/2040   62,089    62,745 
Series 2010-58, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.73%,          
06/25/2040(a)   55,143    56,110 
Series 2010-64, Class DM,          
5.000%, 06/25/2040   52,976    55,416 
Series 2010-67, Class BD,          
4.500%, 06/25/2040   567,506    588,384 
Series 2010-68, Class WB,          
4.500%, 07/25/2040   85,000    85,192 
Series 2010-82, Class WZ,          
5.000%, 08/25/2040   359,458    380,516 
Series 2010-9, Class ME,          
5.000%, 02/25/2040   1,167,000    1,245,300 
Series 2011-104, Class KH,          
2.000%, 03/25/2039   2,503    2,505 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2011-114, Class B,          
3.500%, 11/25/2041  $189,161   $189,711 
Series 2011-121, Class JP,          
4.500%, 12/25/2041   128,994    127,183 
Series 2011-130, Class KB,          
4.000%, 12/25/2041   46,443    46,328 
Series 2011-132, Class PE,          
4.500%, 12/25/2041   27,177    28,293 
Series 2011-145, Class JA,          
4.500%, 12/25/2041   9,670    9,520 
Series 2011-15, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.51%,          
03/25/2041(a)   28,173    28,350 
Series 2011-17, Class PD,          
4.000%, 03/25/2041   8,875    8,576 
Series 2011-26, Class PA,          
4.500%, 04/25/2041   120,976    123,964 
Series 2011-27, Class ZD,          
2.500%, 09/25/2040   160,905    149,116 
Series 2011-3, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.68%,          
02/25/2041(a)   181,459    183,071 
Series 2011-43, Class B,          
3.500%, 05/25/2031   25,430    25,404 
Series 2011-45, Class ZA,          
4.000%, 05/25/2031   23,862    23,871 
Series 2011-47, Class GF,          
1M US L + 0.57%,          
06/25/2041(a)   120,784    121,725 
Series 2011-5, Class PO,          
–%, 09/25/2040(b)   10,796    8,164 
Series 2011-55, Class BZ,          
3.500%, 06/25/2041   246,509    244,694 
Series 2011-74, Class UB,          
4.000%, 07/25/2040   152,148    149,228 
Series 2011-75, Class HP,          
2.500%, 07/25/2040   13,228    13,231 
Series 2011-86, Class NF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
09/25/2041(a)   49,886    50,251 
Series 2011-86, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/25/2040(a)   35,322    35,441 
Series 2011-93, Class GA,          
4.000%, 04/25/2039   28,424    28,485 
Series 2011-93, Class ST,          
4.000%, 09/25/2041   24,259    24,766 
Series 2012-100, Class DB,          
3.000%, 09/25/2042   150,000    141,885 
Series 2012-106, Class QN,          
3.500%, 10/25/2042   65,878    63,177 
Series 2012-111, Class B,          
7.000%, 10/25/2042   97,909    108,580 
Series 2012-112, Class DA,          
3.000%, 10/25/2042   148,201    142,016 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2012-120, Class AH,          
2.500%, 02/25/2032  $43,644   $42,754 
Series 2012-128, Class NP,          
2.500%, 11/25/2042   8,144    6,817 
Series 2012-129, Class HT,          
2.000%, 12/25/2032   37,259    34,486 
Series 2012-13, Class JP,          
4.500%, 02/25/2042   450,449    432,789 
Series 2012-131, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
09/25/2042(a)   14,314    14,254 
Series 2012-137, Class CF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
08/25/2041(a)   26,446    26,388 
Series 2012-139, Class GB,          
2.500%, 12/25/2042   210,538    163,774 
Series 2012-139, Class CY,          
2.000%, 12/25/2042   235,000    182,336 
Series 2012-14, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
12/25/2040(a)   7,493    7,524 
Series 2012-149, Class KB,          
3.000%, 01/25/2043   144,000    138,064 
Series 2012-149, Class ZA,          
3.000%, 01/25/2041   57,898    56,327 
Series 2012-149, Class DA,          
1.750%, 01/25/2043   36,574    34,204 
Series 2012-152, Class PB,          
3.500%, 01/25/2043   55,000    54,756 
Series 2012-17, Class JA,          
3.500%, 12/25/2041   211,621    192,422 
Series 2012-20, Class TD,          
4.500%, 02/25/2042   62,460    62,344 
Series 2012-26, Class MA,          
3.500%, 03/25/2042   157,045    153,731 
Series 2012-33, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.52%,          
04/25/2042(a)   38,369    38,610 
Series 2012-37, Class BF,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
12/25/2035(a)   62,383    62,716 
Series 2012-46, Class YB,          
3.500%, 05/25/2042   69,138    61,598 
Series 2012-46, Class CD,          
2.500%, 04/25/2041   153,596    151,344 
Series 2012-47, Class HF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
05/25/2027(a)   71,632    71,852 
Series 2012-49, Class TG,          
2.000%, 07/25/2041   103,663    101,612 
Series 2012-50, Class HC,          
2.000%, 03/25/2042   39,208    37,023 
Series 2012-51, Class ZX,          
3.500%, 05/25/2042   1,912,591    1,668,122 
Series 2012-53, Class AP,          
2.000%, 04/25/2041   107,847    105,937 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2012-56, Class WB,          
3.500%, 05/25/2042  $75,799   $73,039 
Series 2012-56, Class UB,          
4.000%, 06/25/2042   416,000    401,963 
Series 2012-64, Class NA,          
3.000%, 08/25/2041   62,713    62,588 
Series 2012-69, Class PL,          
3.000%, 01/25/2042   174,925    174,221 
Series 2012-70, Class WC,          
3.000%, 07/25/2042   122,000    103,278 
Series 2012-80, Class GZ,          
3.000%, 08/25/2042   540,572    506,499 
Series 2012-82, Class E,          
2.000%, 04/25/2042   32,975    31,860 
Series 2012-83, Class AC,          
3.000%, 08/25/2042   50,000    46,525 
Series 2012-83, Class LD,          
2.000%, 04/25/2041   45,713    45,277 
Series 2012-90, Class PB,          
2.500%, 01/25/2042   100,158    96,603 
Series 2012-90, Class PH,          
3.000%, 01/25/2042   100,158    97,824 
Series 2012-94, Class KF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
05/25/2038(a)   2,029    2,030 
Series 2012-98, Class ZP,          
6.000%, 09/25/2042   624,211    757,303 
Series 2013-100, Class DH,          
3.000%, 09/25/2031   41,449    41,362 
Series 2013-101, Class A,          
3.000%, 09/25/2030   8,803    8,803 
Series 2013-104, Class CY,          
5.000%, 10/25/2043   50,000    54,021 
Series 2013-108, Class GU,          
3.000%, 10/25/2033   54,971    53,917 
Series 2013-114, Class LM,          
4.000%, 03/25/2042   270,979    272,133 
Series 2013-127, Class NA,          
2.000%, 09/25/2039   52,180    51,976 
Series 2013-129, Class WL,          
2.000%, 12/25/2027   6,435    6,428 
Series 2013-130, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
01/25/2044(a)   42,969    43,008 
Series 2013-136, Class QB,          
3.500%, 03/25/2042   214,125    210,486 
Series 2013-17, Class YM,          
4.000%, 03/25/2033   16,925    17,131 
Series 2013-2, Class QF,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/25/2043(a)   19,526    19,619 
Series 2013-35, Class CV,          
3.000%, 02/25/2043   100,000    95,604 
Series 2013-40, Class KD,          
1.750%, 04/25/2042   4,677    4,638 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2013-52, Class GM,          
5.000%, 06/25/2043  $89,000   $88,373 
Series 2013-53, Class CV,          
3.500%, 05/25/2030   116,953    116,861 
Series 2013-68, Class P,          
3.500%, 10/25/2042   205,391    203,908 
Series 2013-68, Class LE,          
2.000%, 04/25/2043   105,216    98,522 
Series 2013-72, Class YA,          
3.000%, 06/25/2033   2,612    2,949 
Series 2013-72, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.25%,          
11/25/2042(a)   12,331    12,312 
Series 2013-9, Class CB,          
5.500%, 04/25/2042   14,253    15,130 
Series 2013-91, Class PB,          
4.000%, 09/25/2043   100,000    94,031 
Series 2013-94, Class BA,          
3.000%, 03/25/2031   67,116    67,119 
Series 2014-12, Class GV,          
3.500%, 03/25/2027   18,563    18,575 
Series 2014-20, Class AC,          
3.000%, 08/25/2036   100,143    100,016 
Series 2014-21, Class MA,          
2.000%, 09/25/2041   97,632    94,532 
Series 2014-26, Class YW,          
3.500%, 04/25/2044   50,538    49,949 
Series 2014-3, Class BM,          
2.500%, 06/25/2043   50,000    46,748 
Series 2014-49, Class CA,          
3.000%, 08/25/2044   118,356    115,650 
Series 2014-73, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
11/25/2044(a)   16,358    16,302 
Series 2014-81, Class GC,          
3.000%, 03/25/2038   43,028    42,409 
Series 2014-88, Class ER,          
2.500%, 02/25/2036   37,721    36,810 
Series 2015-51, Class CD,          
3.000%, 07/25/2044   149,181    146,023 
Series 2016-14, Class NC,          
2.500%, 03/25/2046   426,968    417,473 
Series 2016-27, Class HK,          
3.000%, 01/25/2041   355,630    345,485 
Series 2016-33, Class LE,          
2.500%, 11/25/2033   51,300    49,783 
Series 2016-48, Class UF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
08/25/2046(a)   87,247    87,381 
Series 2016-55, Class EA,          
1.750%, 07/25/2043   906,925    811,863 
Series 2016-75, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
10/25/2046(a)   32,755    32,778 
Series 2016-8, Class CB,          
3.500%, 03/25/2046   733,000    725,156 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2016-85, Class BA,          
2.500%, 11/25/2046  $6,764   $6,848 
Series 2016-9, Class PA,          
2.500%, 06/25/2045   230,282    220,883 
Series 2016-9, Class D,          
3.000%, 03/25/2046   38,052    36,940 
Series 2017-1, Class JP,          
3.500%, 04/25/2045   135,656    134,899 
Series 2017-10, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
03/25/2047(a)   34,578    34,595 
Series 2017-107, Class GA,          
3.000%, 08/25/2045   35,004    34,900 
Series 2017-15, Class PE,          
3.500%, 04/25/2046   61,619    60,959 
Series 2017-19, Class B,          
3.000%, 01/25/2047   77,364    74,403 
Series 2017-22, Class DA,          
4.000%, 08/25/2044   25,574    25,648 
Series 2017-24, Class H,          
3.000%, 08/25/2043   190,787    189,566 
Series 2017-35, Class AH,          
3.500%, 04/25/2053   20,012    19,877 
Series 2017-38, Class JA,          
3.000%, 03/25/2047   129,113    122,364 
Series 2017-40, Class GL,          
3.500%, 03/25/2043   3,424    3,423 
Series 2017-46, Class AB,          
3.500%, 07/25/2049   12,805    12,863 
Series 2017-56, Class BA,          
3.000%, 03/25/2045   122,701    120,178 
Series 2017-63, Class GE,          
2.750%, 08/25/2045   693,466    692,222 
Series 2017-68, Class HQ,          
3.000%, 07/25/2046   135,550    131,607 
Series 2017-96, Class PA,          
3.000%, 12/25/2054   170,100    167,495 
Series 2018-1, Class TE,          
3.500%, 03/25/2044   86,298    86,770 
Series 2018-18, Class P,          
3.500%, 04/25/2043   24,302    24,334 
Series 2018-19, Class KB,          
3.000%, 04/25/2046   86,541    85,508 
Series 2018-2, Class HD,          
3.000%, 02/25/2047   39,925    38,960 
Series 2018-24, Class BA,          
3.500%, 09/25/2045   50,471    50,678 
Series 2018-38, Class PA,          
3.500%, 06/25/2047   20,895    20,904 
Series 2018-39, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.25%,          
11/25/2033(a)   123,572    122,911 
Series 2018-41, Class PZ,          
4.000%, 06/25/2048   913,224    891,379 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2018-43, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.25%,          
09/25/2038(a)  $42,619   $42,351 
Series 2018-45, Class GA,          
3.000%, 06/25/2048   46,096    44,211 
Series 2018-5, Class JP,          
3.000%, 09/25/2047   55,139    52,083 
Series 2018-56, Class CH,          
3.000%, 08/25/2048   38,043    36,489 
Series 2018-60, Class KL,          
4.000%, 08/25/2048   96,000    97,423 
Series 2018-67, Class DY,          
4.000%, 09/25/2048   304,029    309,651 
Series 2018-83, Class LH,          
4.000%, 11/25/2048   27,450    26,562 
Series 2018-94, Class KD,          
3.500%, 12/25/2048   48,850    47,147 
Series 2019-10, Class MA,          
3.000%, 03/25/2049   100,311    94,568 
Series 2019-13, Class MH,          
3.000%, 03/25/2049   457,937    440,206 
Series 2019-55, Class MQ,          
3.500%, 10/25/2049   785,643    756,923 
Series 2019-60, Class BF,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
10/25/2049(a)   14,113    14,151 
Series 2019-65, Class HA,          
2.500%, 11/25/2049   143,430    135,814 
Series 2020-10, Class B,          
3.000%, 03/25/2050   307,811    292,491 
         38,970,130 
Fannie Mae Grantor Trust 2002- T12          
Series 2002-T12, Class A1,          
6.500%, 05/25/2042   219,876    231,568 
           
FNR 2020-36 GD          
    165,571    155,647 
           
Freddie Mac          
Series 1994-1665, Class KZ,          
6.500%, 01/15/2024   3,194    3,290 
Series 1996-1863, Class Z,          
6.500%, 07/15/2026   5,951    6,121 
Series 1997-1935, Class FK,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
02/15/2027(a)   13,415    13,494 
Series 1997-1980, Class Z,          
7.000%, 07/15/2027   14,137    15,116 
Series 1998-2034, Class Z,          
6.500%, 02/15/2028   27,650    29,327 
Series 1998-2035, Class PC,          
6.950%, 03/15/2028   5,401    5,756 
Series 1998-2053, Class Z,          
6.500%, 04/15/2028   15,344    16,482 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 1998-2060, Class Z,          
6.500%, 05/15/2028  $10,628   $11,353 
Series 1998-2079, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
07/17/2028(a)   3,183    3,186 
Series 1998-2095, Class PE,          
6.000%, 11/15/2028   18,290    19,343 
Series 1998-2102, Class Z,          
6.000%, 12/15/2028   54,708    57,831 
Series 1999-2115, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
01/15/2029(a)   32,765    32,819 
Series 1999-2126, Class CB,          
6.250%, 02/15/2029   25,872    27,280 
Series 1999-2137, Class TH,          
6.500%, 03/15/2029   6,128    6,548 
Series 1999-2154, Class PL,          
6.500%, 05/15/2029   36,221    38,881 
Series 2000-2224, Class CB,          
8.000%, 03/15/2030   7,440    8,285 
Series 2001-2274, Class ZM,          
6.500%, 01/15/2031   11,505    12,199 
Series 2001-2279, Class Z,          
6.000%, 01/15/2031   12,117    12,737 
Series 2001-2320, Class FI,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
09/15/2029(a)   34,346    34,454 
Series 2001-2322, Class FV,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
06/15/2030(a)   29,314    28,821 
Series 2001-2324, Class PZ,          
6.500%, 06/15/2031   139,706    152,945 
Series 2001-2334, Class KB,          
6.500%, 05/15/2028   92,341    97,882 
Series 2001-2341, Class FP,          
1M US L + 0.90%,          
07/15/2031(a)   29,486    30,029 
Series 2001-2367, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.525%,          
06/15/2031(a)   31,298    31,431 
Series 2001-2372, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
10/15/2031(a)   25,212    25,288 
Series 2001-2388, Class FR,          
1M US L + 0.65%,          
06/15/2031(a)   20,824    20,999 
Series 2001-2388, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
01/15/2029(a)   27,774    27,933 
Series 2001-2391, Class HF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
06/15/2031(a)   10,740    10,794 
Series 2001-2396, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
12/15/2031(a)   37,487    37,643 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2001-2396, Class FN,          
1M US L + 0.65%,          
12/15/2031(a)  $109,647   $110,761 
Series 2002-2411, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
02/15/2032(a)   26,082    26,210 
Series 2002-2412, Class OF,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
12/15/2031(a)   33,370    34,066 
Series 2002-2417, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
12/15/2031(a)   10,330    10,403 
Series 2002-2424, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
03/15/2032(a)   54,552    54,702 
Series 2002-2430, Class WF,          
6.500%, 03/15/2032   9,621    10,556 
Series 2002-2433, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
02/15/2032(a)   37,522    38,304 
Series 2002-2460, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
03/15/2032(a)   74,778    76,347 
Series 2002-2466, Class FV,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
03/15/2032(a)   66,502    66,866 
Series 2002-2470, Class EF,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
03/15/2032(a)   80,166    81,469 
Series 2002-2478, Class FD,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
02/15/2032(a)   22,446    22,449 
Series 2002-2481, Class FE,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
03/15/2032(a)   22,652    23,127 
Series 2002-2488, Class FU,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
03/15/2032(a)   68,028    68,594 
Series 2002-2494, Class F,          
1M US L + 1.05%,          
06/15/2031(a)   41,578    42,445 
Series 2002-2495, Class ZB,          
4.500%, 09/15/2032   39,583    40,232 
Series 2002-2510, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
10/15/2032(a)   27,123    27,185 
Series 2002-2513, Class AF,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
02/15/2032(a)   59,997    59,745 
Series 2002-2516, Class FD,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
02/15/2032(a)   57,017    58,252 
Series 2002-2517, Class FR,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
10/15/2032(a)   17,181    17,153 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2002-2524, Class DH,          
6.000%, 11/15/2032  $33,000   $34,737 
Series 2002-2525, Class NU,          
5.000%, 04/15/2032   89,110    92,349 
Series 2002-2535, Class AW,          
5.500%, 12/15/2032   12,038    12,638 
Series 2002-2538, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
12/15/2032(a)   159,634    161,049 
Series 2002-2541, Class BL,          
5.500%, 12/15/2032   47,842    50,151 
Series 2003-2554, Class MN,          
5.500%, 01/15/2033   51,854    54,717 
Series 2003-2557, Class HL,          
5.300%, 01/15/2033   109,542    115,687 
Series 2003-2557, Class NU,          
5.250%, 03/15/2032   64,540    68,108 
Series 2003-2557, Class WF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
01/15/2033(a)   43,238    43,237 
Series 2003-2568, Class D,          
5.500%, 02/15/2033   36,942    39,189 
Series 2003-2571, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
12/15/2032(a)   24,731    25,090 
Series 2003-2577, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/15/2033(a)   109,941    110,353 
Series 2003-2587, Class FW,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
03/15/2033(a)   47,772    47,953 
Series 2003-2590, Class OZ,          
4.000%, 03/15/2033   246,410    249,593 
Series 2003-2590, Class QY,          
3.750%, 04/15/2028   11,045    11,128 
Series 2003-2614, Class FV,          
1M US L + 1.50%,          
05/15/2033(a)   242,795    250,140 
Series 2003-2624, Class QH,          
5.000%, 06/15/2033   14,528    15,319 
Series 2003-2626, Class ZX,          
5.000%, 06/15/2033   193,230    189,732 
Series 2003-2627, Class CN,          
5.000%, 06/15/2033   41,298    43,589 
Series 2003-2631, Class DB,          
5.000%, 06/15/2033   148,000    153,901 
Series 2003-2647, Class A,          
3.250%, 04/15/2032   70,816    70,068 
Series 2003-2648, Class WZ,          
5.000%, 07/15/2033   254,862    256,686 
Series 2003-2668, Class LH,          
5.000%, 09/15/2033   26,885    28,123 
Series 2003-2707, Class FH,          
1M US L + 0.65%,          
04/15/2032(a)   40,355    40,751 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2003-2717, Class LH,          
5.500%, 12/15/2033  $6,538   $6,802 
Series 2003-2725, Class TA,          
4.500%, 12/15/2033   97,000    100,850 
Series 2004-2750, Class TC,          
5.250%, 02/15/2034   8,745    9,086 
Series 2004-2768, Class PW,          
4.250%, 03/15/2034   153,435    154,015 
Series 2004-2802, Class OH,          
6.000%, 05/15/2034   21,793    23,016 
Series 2004-2835, Class KZ,          
5.500%, 08/15/2034   42,531    45,600 
Series 2004-2835, Class TB,          
4.500%, 08/15/2034   405,361    408,729 
Series 2004-2893, Class PE,          
5.000%, 11/15/2034   14,622    15,306 
Series 2004-2896, Class BZ,          
5.000%, 11/15/2034   89,120    93,293 
Series 2004-2901, Class KB,          
5.000%, 12/15/2034   41,487    43,466 
Series 2005-2927, Class EZ,          
5.500%, 02/15/2035   26,653    27,504 
Series 2005-2929, Class PG,          
5.000%, 02/15/2035   29,790    31,308 
Series 2005-2933, Class HD,          
5.500%, 02/15/2035   35,506    37,290 
Series 2005-2953, Class PG,          
5.500%, 03/15/2035   20,455    21,952 
Series 2005-2962, Class KF,          
1M US L + 0.20%,          
04/15/2035(a)   18,618    18,547 
Series 2005-2980, Class QA,          
6.000%, 05/15/2035   43,475    45,900 
Series 2005-2996, Class GX,          
5.500%, 06/15/2035   72,000    78,685 
Series 2005-3012, Class ZE,          
5.750%, 08/15/2035   57,340    60,015 
Series 2005-3028, Class ZE,          
5.500%, 09/15/2035   820,750    797,017 
Series 2005-3028, Class PG,          
5.500%, 09/15/2035   66,864    70,123 
Series 2005-3028, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.25%,          
09/15/2035(a)   14,041    13,995 
Series 2005-3033, Class WY,          
5.500%, 09/15/2035   95,137    101,617 
Series 2005-3036, Class NE,          
5.000%, 09/15/2035   104,508    109,775 
Series 2005-3042, Class PZ,          
5.750%, 09/15/2035   147,572    171,797 
Series 2005-3052, Class WH,          
5.500%, 10/15/2035   25,786    27,050 
Series 2005-3059, Class ZM,          
5.000%, 02/15/2035   107,165    110,826 
Series 2005-3062, Class DE,          
5.500%, 11/15/2035   151,032    157,884 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2005-3068, Class Z,          
5.500%, 11/15/2035  $196,402   $211,945 
Series 2005-3070, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
11/15/2035(a)   21,635    21,630 
Series 2005-3072, Class NF,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
11/15/2035(a)   42,592    42,822 
Series 2005-3085, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.80%,          
08/15/2035(a)   49,547    50,498 
Series 2006-3098, Class PG,          
5.000%, 01/15/2036   74,541    78,205 
Series 2006-3122, Class OH,          
–%, 03/15/2036(b)   14,224    12,575 
Series 2006-3123, Class HT,          
5.000%, 03/15/2026   30,449    31,130 
Series 2006-3136, Class KF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
04/15/2036(a)   25,347    25,313 
Series 2006-3137, Class XP,          
6.000%, 04/15/2036   22,708    24,837 
Series 2006-3143, Class BC,          
5.500%, 02/15/2036   108,299    116,152 
Series 2006-3145, Class FN,          
1M US L + 0.43%,          
04/15/2036(a)   14,349    14,378 
Series 2006-3148, Class CY,          
6.000%, 04/15/2036   23,603    25,083 
Series 2006-3153, Class UG,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
05/15/2036(a)   25,618    25,696 
Series 2006-3154, Class PN,          
5.500%, 05/15/2036   68,328    72,333 
Series 2006-3201, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
08/15/2036(a)   104,186    105,305 
Series 2006-3202, Class HF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
08/15/2036(a)   48,330    48,276 
Series 2006-3203, Class ZM,          
5.000%, 08/15/2036   130,395    135,835 
Series 2006-3204, Class ZM,          
5.000%, 08/15/2034   109,634    114,758 
Series 2006-3206, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
08/15/2036(a)   50,900    50,938 
Series 2006-3236, Class EF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
11/15/2036(a)   13,814    13,758 
Series 2006-3237, Class CD,          
5.500%, 09/15/2036   198,000    205,830 
Series 2006-3237, Class CE,          
5.500%, 11/15/2036   59,000    64,696 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2006-3240, Class FG,          
1M US L + 1.11%,          
11/15/2036(a)  $269,455   $270,831 
Series 2006-3249, Class CB,          
4.250%, 12/15/2036   377,690    381,968 
Series 2007-3262, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.27%,          
01/15/2037(a)   92,992    92,403 
Series 2007-3279, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.32%,          
02/15/2037(a)   77,147    76,868 
Series 2007-3284, Class AZ,          
4.500%, 03/15/2037   45,634    45,862 
Series 2007-3301, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.42%,          
04/15/2037(a)   22,015    22,046 
Series 2007-3311, Class DF,          
1M US L + 0.34%,          
05/15/2037(a)   125,171    124,856 
Series 2007-3312, Class PA,          
5.500%, 05/15/2037   19,012    20,298 
Series 2007-3316, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
08/15/2035(a)   35,135    35,001 
Series 2007-3349, Class HG,          
5.500%, 07/15/2037   20,506    21,830 
Series 2007-3361, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
11/15/2036(a)   79,865    79,725 
Series 2007-3367, Class YF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
09/15/2037(a)   18,853    19,011 
Series 2007-3368, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.72%,          
09/15/2037(a)   72,078    73,286 
Series 2007-3378, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.58%,          
06/15/2037(a)   35,401    35,718 
Series 2007-3380, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.59%,          
10/15/2037(a)   24,577    24,831 
Series 2007-3382, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
11/15/2037(a)   38,224    38,632 
Series 2007-3382, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
11/15/2037(a)   82,901    84,238 
Series 2007-3387, Class PF,          
1M US L + 0.42%,          
11/15/2037(a)   30,849    30,899 
Series 2007-3388, Class FJ,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
11/15/2037(a)   124,836    126,849 
Series 2008-3404, Class DC,          
5.500%, 01/15/2038   122,000    128,065 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2008-3405, Class PE,          
5.000%, 01/15/2038  $52,767   $54,180 
Series 2008-3409, Class DB,          
6.000%, 01/15/2038   167,421    180,293 
Series 2008-3411, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
02/15/2038(a)   23,093    23,470 
Series 2008-3415, Class DF,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
08/15/2035(a)   102,849    104,258 
Series 2008-3415, Class PC,          
5.000%, 12/15/2037   37,484    39,063 
Series 2008-3415, Class TF,          
1M US L + 0.74%,          
08/15/2035(a)   50,941    51,732 
Series 2008-3450, Class PE,          
5.000%, 05/15/2038   70,170    70,751 
Series 2008-3469, Class CF,          
1M US L + 0.79%,          
07/15/2038(a)   57,370    58,497 
Series 2009-3536, Class FM,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
05/15/2039(a)   28,082    28,901 
Series 2009-3539, Class B,          
4.500%, 06/15/2029   44,000    45,473 
Series 2009-3545, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.85%,          
06/15/2039(a)   85,295    87,221 
Series 2009-3548, Class ZE,          
5.500%, 12/15/2032   191,550    204,071 
Series 2009-3549, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.20%,          
07/15/2039(a)   38,364    39,225 
Series 2009-3564, Class NB,          
5.000%, 08/15/2039   349,000    365,484 
Series 2009-3574, Class D,          
5.000%, 09/15/2039   89,004    92,935 
Series 2009-3584, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
12/15/2036(a)   30,215    30,686 
Series 2009-3587, Class DA,          
4.500%, 10/15/2039   162,969    164,751 
Series 2009-3604, Class PO,          
–%, 05/15/2036(b)   78,021    66,443 
Series 2009-3605, Class BF,          
1M US L + 0.86%,          
11/15/2039(a)   142,975    146,190 
Series 2009-3611, Class FH,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
07/15/2034(a)   13,619    13,832 
Series 2010-3620, Class EL,          
4.000%, 01/15/2030   25,793    26,061 
Series 2010-3626, Class ME,          
5.000%, 01/15/2040   346,526    363,598 
Series 2010-3631, Class PA,          
4.000%, 02/15/2040   209,253    212,840 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2010-3653, Class B,          
4.500%, 04/15/2030  $80,591   $82,101 
Series 2010-3662, Class PJ,          
5.000%, 04/15/2040   223,122    232,984 
Series 2010-3664, Class DA,          
4.000%, 11/15/2037   104,357    105,386 
Series 2010-3704, Class DC,          
4.000%, 11/15/2036   88,885    90,130 
Series 2010-3737, Class GB,          
4.500%, 04/15/2039   16,176    16,293 
Series 2010-3747, Class CY,          
4.500%, 10/15/2040   332,072    340,776 
Series 2010-3753, Class PA,          
3.500%, 09/15/2039   9,028    9,037 
Series 2010-3762, Class WP,          
4.000%, 12/15/2039   17,940    17,961 
Series 2010-3770, Class GA,          
4.500%, 10/15/2040   343,415    357,341 
Series 2010-3770, Class JZ,          
4.000%, 12/15/2040   10,037,614    10,111,136 
Series 2010-3778, Class JA,          
3.500%, 04/15/2040   207,839    207,214 
Series 2011-3792, Class DF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
11/15/2040(a)   16,804    16,830 
Series 2011-3798, Class PJ,          
4.000%, 01/15/2041   65,810    66,955 
Series 2011-3800, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/15/2041(a)   23,311    23,443 
Series 2011-3819, Class ZQ,          
6.000%, 04/15/2036   18,254    19,978 
Series 2011-3822, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
02/15/2033(a)   16,929    16,947 
Series 2011-3825, Class BP,          
4.000%, 03/15/2041   87,287    85,597 
Series 2011-3830, Class NB,          
4.500%, 02/15/2039   48,227    48,914 
Series 2011-3843, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
04/15/2041(a)   50,486    50,928 
Series 2011-3843, Class PZ,          
5.000%, 04/15/2041   657,884    692,804 
Series 2011-3852, Class QN,          
27.21053% - 1M US L,          
05/15/2041(a)   45,618    46,035 
Series 2011-3852, Class TP,          
27.50% - 1M US L,          
05/15/2041(a)   27,682    27,721 
Series 2011-3857, Class ZP,          
5.000%, 05/15/2041   961,942    1,025,216 
Series 2011-3862, Class MA,          
5.000%, 04/15/2041   123,467    127,562 
Series 2011-3870, Class ME,          
4.000%, 01/15/2040   66,332    66,837 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2011-3891, Class BF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
07/15/2041(a)  $45,997   $46,389 
Series 2011-3894, Class ZA,          
4.500%, 07/15/2041   84,825    88,601 
Series 2011-3905, Class BZ,          
3.000%, 08/15/2041   165,189    141,065 
Series 2011-3919, Class DL,          
4.000%, 08/15/2030   298,000    301,654 
Series 2011-3935, Class JZ,          
4.500%, 10/15/2041   1,024,050    1,041,316 
Series 2011-3939, Class BZ,          
4.500%, 06/15/2041   982,503    967,592 
Series 2011-3939, Class AZ,          
4.000%, 03/15/2041   184,841    180,834 
Series 2011-3957, Class HZ,          
4.000%, 11/15/2041   687,961    696,665 
Series 2011-3958, Class PJ,          
4.500%, 09/15/2041   156,096    157,537 
Series 2011-3959, Class MB,          
4.500%, 11/15/2041   44,199    45,212 
Series 2011-3963, Class JB,          
4.500%, 11/15/2041   119,482    123,342 
Series 2011-3969, Class JP,          
4.500%, 09/15/2041   44,353    45,093 
Series 2012-3984, Class DF,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
01/15/2042(a)   41,991    42,361 
Series 2012-3989, Class JW,          
3.500%, 01/15/2042   235,814    230,235 
Series 2012-3997, Class EC,          
3.500%, 02/15/2042   61,726    59,071 
Series 2012-3997, Class FQ,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/15/2042(a)   46,494    46,887 
Series 2012-3998, Class KG,          
2.000%, 11/15/2026   84,630    84,105 
Series 2012-4001, Class FM,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/15/2042(a)   31,113    31,302 
Series 2012-4011, Class DB,          
4.000%, 09/15/2041   225,317    225,300 
Series 2012-4012, Class GC,          
3.500%, 06/15/2040   48,384    48,449 
Series 2012-4020, Class PG,          
2.500%, 03/15/2027   10,955    10,885 
Series 2012-4037, Class CA,          
3.000%, 04/15/2027   44,863    44,152 
Series 2012-4039, Class LT,          
3.500%, 05/15/2042   113,000    104,971 
Series 2012-4050, Class ND,          
2.500%, 09/15/2041   29,030    28,666 
Series 2012-4062, Class MZ,          
3.500%, 06/15/2042   134,547    132,479 
Series 2012-4064, Class AY,          
3.000%, 06/15/2027   48,000    47,603 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2012-4068, Class PE,          
3.000%, 06/15/2042  $224,000   $212,226 
Series 2012-4075, Class PB,          
3.000%, 07/15/2042   42,000    40,848 
Series 2012-4076, Class MV,          
3.000%, 04/15/2031   69,000    67,883 
Series 2012-4077, Class MA,          
2.000%, 08/15/2040   142,367    141,337 
Series 2012-4088, Class PB,          
3.000%, 08/15/2042   95,520    89,736 
Series 2012-4094, Class CW,          
2.000%, 08/15/2042   261,555    239,602 
Series 2012-4097, Class CU,          
1.500%, 08/15/2027   25,000    22,983 
Series 2012-4097, Class UF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
08/15/2032(a)   67,831    67,908 
Series 2012-4101, Class QN,          
3.500%, 09/15/2042   253,208    243,058 
Series 2012-4104, Class AJ,          
1.500%, 09/15/2027   26,399    25,575 
Series 2012-4120, Class TC,          
1.500%, 10/15/2027   10,784    10,346 
Series 2012-4122, Class BA,          
3.015%, 05/15/2040(a)(c)   177,869    173,112 
Series 2012-4133, Class TA,          
3.000%, 11/15/2042   292,836    265,318 
Series 2012-4136, Class GE,          
2.000%, 08/15/2040   24,694    24,704 
Series 2012-4141, Class PL,          
2.500%, 12/15/2042   100,000    84,248 
Series 2013-4160, Class HB,          
2.500%, 12/15/2032   14,555    13,829 
Series 2013-4170, Class FW,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
01/15/2033(a)   21,408    21,637 
Series 2013-4176, Class YD,          
3.000%, 03/15/2043   50,000    46,691 
Series 2013-4183, Class ME,          
2.000%, 02/15/2042   150,991    145,780 
Series 2013-4185, Class PB,          
3.000%, 03/15/2043   450,000    421,453 
Series 2013-4203, Class DJ,          
2.500%, 04/15/2033   60,258    58,969 
Series 2013-4218, Class DG,          
2.500%, 07/15/2042   149,390    142,246 
Series 2013-4220, Class EH,          
2.500%, 06/15/2028   42,088    41,735 
Series 2013-4231, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
10/15/2032(a)   16,166    16,159 
Series 2013-4246, Class PB,          
4.000%, 09/15/2043   493,003    480,955 
Series 2013-4257, Class A,          
2.500%, 10/15/2027   25,568    25,624 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2013-4265, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
01/15/2035(a)  $68,075   $68,178 
Series 2014-4293, Class NM,          
4.500%, 06/15/2043   31,616    32,115 
Series 2014-4294, Class PF,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
01/15/2044(a)   15,842    15,838 
Series 2014-4301, Class U,          
3.500%, 07/15/2032   24,433    24,478 
Series 2014-4319, Class PM,          
3.000%, 03/15/2043   89,150    87,634 
Series 2014-4320, Class AP,          
3.500%, 07/15/2039   131,859    132,482 
Series 2014-4324, Class AY,          
3.000%, 04/15/2029   568,738    551,297 
Series 2014-4333, Class PB,          
2.500%, 10/15/2043   12,475    12,425 
Series 2014-4337, Class VJ,          
3.500%, 06/15/2027   26,767    26,932 
Series 2014-4370, Class PC,          
2.500%, 09/15/2041   37,268    36,444 
Series 2014-4387, Class VA,          
3.000%, 02/15/2026   186,612    186,739 
Series 2015-4459, Class CA,          
5.000%, 12/15/2034   26,213    27,157 
Series 2015-4461, Class EA,          
2.000%, 07/15/2037   106,522    103,959 
Series 2015-4498, Class JA,          
2.500%, 04/15/2037   159,279    147,764 
Series 2015-4508, Class UZ,          
3.000%, 07/15/2043   52,673    47,485 
Series 2015-4531, Class PA,          
3.500%, 05/15/2043   38,356    38,048 
Series 2016-4555, Class CP,          
3.000%, 04/15/2045   576,040    566,088 
Series 2016-4564, Class QA,          
3.000%, 07/15/2029   65,081    65,127 
Series 2016-4590, Class AK,          
3.500%, 08/15/2027   101,125    101,183 
Series 2016-4613, Class AF,          
1M US L + 1.10%,          
11/15/2037(a)   127,954    127,610 
Series 2016-4619, Class BE,          
2.500%, 12/15/2047   104,222    104,661 
Series 2016-4630, Class EA,          
3.000%, 09/15/2041   55,550    55,396 
Series 2016-4639, Class HZ,          
3.250%, 04/15/2053(d)   665,160    618,324 
Series 2017-4664, Class UE,          
3.000%, 05/15/2043   136,130    135,924 
Series 2017-4672, Class QD,          
3.000%, 08/15/2045   68,108    67,148 
Series 2017-4705, Class A,          
4.500%, 09/15/2042   8,559    8,580 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2017-4710, Class PA,          
3.000%, 04/15/2045  $162,052   $159,311 
Series 2017-4748, Class GA,          
3.000%, 01/15/2045   90,595    89,981 
Series 2018-4763, Class VL,          
3.500%, 06/15/2038   518,452    519,845 
Series 2018-4767, Class CA,          
4.000%, 11/15/2045   23,644    23,748 
Series 2018-4767, Class Z,          
3.000%, 12/15/2047   35,122    26,711 
Series 2018-4787, Class PY,          
4.000%, 05/15/2048   55,445    54,786 
Series 2018-4800, Class JA,          
3.500%, 03/15/2047   98,686    98,210 
Series 2018-4808, Class DG,          
3.500%, 09/15/2045   1,763,071    1,761,309 
Series 2018-4821, Class VA,          
4.000%, 10/15/2029   107,851    107,590 
Series 2018-4839, Class AE,          
4.000%, 04/15/2051   295,790    297,730 
Series 2018-4840, Class BK,          
4.500%, 09/15/2046   14,979    15,048 
Series 2018-4846, Class PA,          
4.000%, 06/15/2047   13,351    13,331 
Series 2018-4857, Class HM,          
3.500%, 11/15/2046   197,731    196,893 
Series 2019-4863, Class AJ,          
3.500%, 07/15/2038   60,233    59,827 
Series 2020-4989, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
08/15/2040(a)   175,923    174,699 
Series 2020-4989, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
10/15/2040(a)   178,279    178,164 
Series 2020-5049, Class JZ,          
2.000%, 11/25/2050   135,882    91,675 
Series 2021-5092, Class BC,          
2.500%, 06/25/2036   61,093    60,442 
Series 3588, Class CW,          
2.540%, 10/25/2037(a)   418,005    422,941 
         42,051,145 
Freddie Mac Strips          
Series 2013-299, Class 300,          
3.000%, 01/15/2043   141,168    134,435 
           
Freddie Mac Structured Pass-          
Through Certificates          
Series 2001-32, Class A1,          
1M US L + 0.26%,          
08/25/2031(a)   105,710    103,641 
Series 2003-55, Class 1A3A,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
03/25/2043(a)   335,827    335,001 
         438,642 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Ginnie Mae          
Series 2002-72, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
10/20/2032(a)  $29,791   $29,795 
Series 2003-25, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
08/26/2023(a)   41,254    41,296 
Series 2003-98, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
09/20/2033(a)   42,443    42,528 
Series 2004-1, Class TE,          
5.000%, 06/20/2033   29,172    30,111 
Series 2004-15, Class AY,          
5.500%, 02/20/2034   130,949    137,362 
Series 2004-26, Class ED,          
5.500%, 04/16/2034   82,188    86,023 
Series 2004-34, Class QL,          
5.500%, 05/16/2034   89,000    94,482 
Series 2004-55, Class MC,          
5.500%, 07/20/2034   37,011    39,340 
Series 2004-7, Class Z,          
5.500%, 01/16/2034   1,361,122    1,422,943 
Series 2004-87, Class BC,          
4.500%, 10/20/2034   16,724    17,035 
Series 2005-11, Class PL,          
5.000%, 02/20/2035   38,918    40,779 
Series 2005-13, Class NB,          
5.000%, 02/20/2035   14,283    14,936 
Series 2005-13, Class BG,          
5.000%, 02/20/2035   189,661    198,963 
Series 2005-3, Class JL,          
5.000%, 12/16/2034   90,348    93,603 
Series 2005-3, Class JM,          
4.750%, 01/20/2035   67,122    68,805 
Series 2005-3, Class OC,          
5.000%, 01/20/2035   209,279    218,272 
Series 2005-3, Class QB,          
5.000%, 01/16/2035   94,060    97,376 
Series 2005-45, Class BF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
06/20/2035(a)   44,227    44,146 
Series 2005-49, Class B,          
5.500%, 06/20/2035   94,486    100,324 
Series 2005-51, Class DC,          
5.000%, 07/20/2035   140,448    147,981 
Series 2005-56, Class BD,          
5.000%, 07/20/2035   51,612    53,787 
Series 2005-56, Class JA,          
5.000%, 05/17/2035   15,732    16,205 
Series 2005-69, Class WD,          
5.000%, 05/18/2035   53,556    55,171 
Series 2005-73, Class PH,          
5.000%, 09/20/2035   137,746    142,027 
Series 2005-92, Class PB,          
6.000%, 12/20/2035   47,384    51,012 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2006-10, Class PB,          
5.500%, 03/20/2036  $51,678   $54,035 
Series 2006-38, Class OH,          
6.500%, 08/20/2036   28,000    29,872 
Series 2007-18, Class B,          
5.500%, 05/20/2035   94,970    99,676 
Series 2007-18, Class PH,          
5.500%, 03/20/2035   137,000    146,981 
Series 2007-35, Class TE,          
6.000%, 06/20/2037   124,731    132,837 
Series 2007-35, Class NE,          
6.000%, 06/16/2037   58,784    62,724 
Series 2007-40, Class FY,          
1M US L + 0.33%,          
07/16/2037(a)   42,925    42,922 
Series 2007-44, Class PH,          
6.000%, 07/20/2037   103,131    111,415 
Series 2007-57, Class Z,          
5.500%, 10/20/2037   576,145    634,158 
Series 2007-6, Class LE,          
5.500%, 02/20/2037   195,838    203,471 
Series 2007-7, Class PG,          
5.000%, 02/16/2037   31,738    33,009 
Series 2007-79, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.44%,          
12/20/2037(a)   141,009    141,599 
Series 2008-13, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/20/2038(a)   28,771    28,905 
Series 2008-20, Class CE,          
5.500%, 06/16/2037   85,329    88,959 
Series 2008-31, Class PC,          
5.500%, 04/20/2038   60,358    63,539 
Series 2008-33, Class PB,          
5.500%, 04/20/2038   71,652    75,939 
Series 2008-37, Class L,          
6.000%, 04/20/2038   45,841    48,669 
Series 2008-38, Class PN,          
5.500%, 05/20/2038   47,899    50,117 
Series 2008-38, Class BG,          
5.000%, 05/16/2038   75,147    77,947 
Series 2008-38, Class PL,          
5.500%, 05/20/2038   243,436    255,882 
Series 2008-40, Class PL,          
5.250%, 05/16/2038   100,000    109,024 
Series 2008-41, Class PE,          
5.500%, 05/20/2038   81,886    85,866 
Series 2008-47, Class ML,          
5.250%, 06/16/2038   32,264    33,828 
Series 2008-49, Class PB,          
4.750%, 06/20/2038   32,687    33,793 
Series 2008-50, Class KB,          
6.000%, 06/20/2038   217,083    230,572 
Series 2008-51, Class PH,          
5.250%, 06/20/2038   52,134    53,942 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2008-51, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.77%,          
06/16/2038(a)  $71,116   $72,046 
Series 2008-55, Class PL,          
5.500%, 06/20/2038   36,534    37,988 
Series 2008-58, Class PE,          
5.500%, 07/16/2038   101,414    106,882 
Series 2008-60, Class JP,          
5.500%, 07/20/2038   78,000    81,918 
Series 2008-60, Class JN,          
5.500%, 07/20/2038   137,891    143,514 
Series 2008-65, Class PG,          
6.000%, 08/20/2038   200,890    210,771 
Series 2008-66, Class FN,          
1M US L + 0.95%,          
08/20/2038(a)   56,336    57,080 
Series 2008-7, Class PQ,          
5.000%, 02/20/2038   89,879    92,503 
Series 2008-76, Class QE,          
5.750%, 09/20/2038   58,000    61,834 
Series 2008-77, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
09/20/2038(a)   56,197    56,633 
Series 2008-85, Class PG,          
5.250%, 10/20/2038   38,610    38,684 
Series 2008-89, Class JC,          
5.500%, 08/20/2038   48,193    49,579 
Series 2008-89, Class JD,          
6.000%, 08/20/2038   18,907    19,676 
Series 2008-9, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
02/20/2038(a)   19,888    20,011 
Series 2009-1, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.05%,          
01/20/2039(a)   81,857    83,187 
Series 2009-10, Class PH,          
4.500%, 02/20/2039   30,000    30,930 
Series 2009-10, Class NB,          
5.000%, 02/16/2039   89,070    93,541 
Series 2009-118, Class PY,          
5.000%, 12/16/2039   24,763    25,953 
Series 2009-12, Class NB,          
5.000%, 03/20/2039   64,873    67,154 
Series 2009-13, Class E,          
4.500%, 03/16/2039   110,225    112,774 
Series 2009-15, Class FM,          
1M US L + 1.04%,          
03/20/2039(a)   66,514    67,339 
Series 2009-24, Class WB,          
5.000%, 03/20/2039   122,538    126,954 
Series 2009-40, Class AD,          
4.500%, 06/20/2039   309,000    323,520 
Series 2009-47, Class LT,          
5.000%, 06/20/2039   120,196    126,056 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2009-55, Class FN,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
07/20/2039(a)  $28,256   $28,663 
Series 2009-58, Class PA,          
4.500%, 07/20/2039   97,779    98,421 
Series 2009-61, Class MP,          
5.000%, 08/20/2039   42,646    44,177 
Series 2009-61, Class AP,          
4.000%, 08/20/2039   46,860    47,350 
Series 2009-65, Class QM,          
3.500%, 12/20/2038   3,825    3,835 
Series 2009-69, Class PH,          
5.500%, 08/16/2039   92,000    100,799 
Series 2009-75, Class GZ,          
4.500%, 09/20/2039   112,991    115,212 
Series 2009-76, Class JB,          
4.500%, 07/20/2039   33,172    33,404 
Series 2009-83, Class TF,          
1M US L + 0.90%,          
08/20/2039(a)   32,625    33,078 
Series 2009-94, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
10/16/2039(a)   86,128    87,171 
Series 2010-105, Class BH,          
3.000%, 01/16/2040   97,882    96,243 
Series 2010-111, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
09/20/2040(a)   52,330    52,269 
Series 2010-116, Class PD,          
4.000%, 12/20/2039   1,246    1,245 
Series 2010-116, Class GY,          
3.500%, 12/20/2039   35,070    35,147 
Series 2010-14, Class A,          
4.500%, 06/16/2039   51,395    52,139 
Series 2010-14, Class HA,          
4.500%, 02/16/2040   168,207    173,149 
Series 2010-147, Class PG,          
3.500%, 05/20/2040   82,003    82,460 
Series 2010-157, Class OP,          
–%, 12/20/2040(b)   10,922    9,528 
Series 2010-167, Class WL,          
4.500%, 09/20/2040   305,000    312,359 
Series 2010-169, Class JZ,          
4.000%, 12/20/2040   249,185    246,166 
Series 2010-19, Class GW,          
4.750%, 02/20/2040   108,305    107,604 
Series 2010-25, Class BL,          
4.250%, 10/16/2039   19,721    19,874 
Series 2010-62, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
04/16/2034(a)   30,344    30,412 
Series 2010-76, Class NC,          
4.500%, 06/20/2040   148,972    150,871 
Series 2010-84, Class YB,          
4.000%, 07/20/2040   24,674    24,755 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2010-H01, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.82%,          
01/20/2060(a)  $37,372   $37,452 
Series 2010-H10, Class FC,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
05/20/2060(a)   191,524    192,468 
Series 2010-H20, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.33%,          
10/20/2060(a)   214,452    213,123 
Series 2010-H22, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
05/20/2059(a)   4,136    4,116 
Series 2010-H27, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.38%,          
12/20/2060(a)   58,629    58,295 
Series 2011-100, Class MY,          
4.000%, 07/20/2041   111,685    112,689 
Series 2011-128, Class MD,          
4.000%, 10/20/2040   140,000    141,122 
Series 2011-18, Class PA,          
4.000%, 08/20/2040   62,613    63,168 
Series 2011-43, Class ZQ,          
5.500%, 01/16/2033   75,050    76,537 
Series 2011-59, Class QC,          
4.000%, 12/20/2040   107,401    107,724 
Series 2011-66, Class UA,          
4.000%, 05/16/2041   136,266    135,943 
Series 2011-71, Class ZC,          
5.500%, 07/16/2034   170,559    178,067 
Series 2011-97, Class WA,          
6.121%, 11/20/2038(a)   46,973    51,085 
Series 2011-H01, Class AF,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
11/20/2060(a)   211,503    210,622 
Series 2011-H02, Class BA,          
4.241%, 02/20/2061(a)   21    21 
Series 2011-H11, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
03/20/2061(a)   76,146    75,892 
Series 2011-H11, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
04/20/2061(a)   108,359    108,012 
Series 2011-H15, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.45%,          
06/20/2061(a)   48,607    48,393 
Series 2012-32, Class PE,          
3.500%, 03/16/2042   89,000    89,109 
Series 2012-38, Class PL,          
3.250%, 01/20/2041   85,780    86,355 
Series 2012-51, Class VM,          
3.500%, 04/16/2025   81,658    81,765 
Series 2012-68, Class GE,          
3.000%, 05/20/2042   4,332    4,263 
Series 2012-76, Class GF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
06/16/2042(a)   14,806    14,781 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2012-H08, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.57%,          
04/20/2062(a)  $547,686   $546,566 
Series 2012-H14, Class FK,          
1M US L + 0.58%,          
07/20/2062(a)   140,065    140,075 
Series 2012-H20, Class PT,          
1.419%, 07/20/2062(a)   81,948    81,750 
Series 2012-H24, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
10/20/2062(a)   3,486    3,481 
Series 2013-100, Class MA,          
3.500%, 02/20/2043   50,078    50,015 
Series 2013-115, Class PM,          
4.000%, 08/20/2043   400,000    404,385 
Series 2013-22, Class GB,          
2.500%, 08/20/2042   120,000    113,204 
Series 2013-54, Class WA,          
4.888%, 11/20/2042   483,255    504,288 
Series 2013-69, Class NA,          
2.000%, 09/20/2042   179,067    167,945 
Series 2013-93, Class CA,          
6.000%, 06/20/2043   1,234,197    1,337,354 
Series 2013-98, Class KF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
11/20/2041(a)   17,403    17,420 
Series 2013-99, Class MF,          
1M US L + 0.30%,          
07/20/2043(a)   75,874    75,612 
Series 2013-H01, Class FA,          
1.650%, 01/20/2063   665    651 
Series 2013-H04, Class BA,          
1.650%, 02/20/2063   9,638    9,575 
Series 2013-H07, Class GA,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
03/20/2063(a)   167,777    167,176 
Series 2013-H09, Class HA,          
1.650%, 04/20/2063   6,110    5,997 
Series 2013-H18, Class EA,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
07/20/2063(a)   79,971    79,757 
Series 2014-53, Class JM,          
7.021%, 04/20/2039(a)   258,113    280,627 
Series 2014-98, Class HE,          
3.000%, 07/20/2044   53,984    49,055 
Series 2014-H10, Class TA,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
04/20/2064(a)   357,711    357,215 
Series 2014-H15, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
07/20/2064(a)   23,711    23,614 
Series 2014-H16, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
07/20/2064(a)   412,988    411,145 
Series 2015-190, Class LE,          
3.500%, 06/20/2045   22,373    22,419 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2015-63, Class KA,          
3.000%, 04/20/2040  $33,494   $31,000 
Series 2015-84, Class QA,          
3.500%, 06/20/2045   283,442    281,313 
Series 2015-H09, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.62%,          
04/20/2065(a)   264,926    264,369 
Series 2015-H12, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
05/20/2065(a)   93,845    93,649 
Series 2015-H15, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.58%,          
06/20/2065(a)   123,549    123,307 
Series 2015-H22, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
09/20/2065(a)   52,626    52,549 
Series 2015-H26, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.52%,          
10/20/2065(a)   58,804    58,597 
Series 2015-H26, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.52%,          
10/20/2065(a)   283,782    282,786 
Series 2015-H29, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
10/20/2065(a)   4,980    4,979 
Series 2015-H30, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
11/20/2065(a)   57,558    57,478 
Series 2015-H31, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.65%,          
11/20/2065(a)   83,136    83,044 
Series 2015-H32, Class FH,          
1M US L + 0.66%,          
12/20/2065(a)   203,343    203,361 
Series 2016-116, Class GV,          
3.000%, 05/20/2026   45,422    44,884 
Series 2016-120, Class KA,          
2.000%, 09/20/2046   6,989    6,397 
Series 2016-82, Class BA,          
3.000%, 09/20/2045   81,027    79,809 
Series 2016-H06, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.92%,          
02/20/2066(a)   166,798    167,717 
Series 2016-H08, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.72%,          
02/20/2066(a)   381,814    381,669 
Series 2016-H11, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.80%,          
05/20/2066(a)   562,734    564,435 
Series 2016-H13, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.58%,          
05/20/2066(a)   21,742    21,702 
Series 2016-H14, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.80%,          
06/20/2066(a)   138,105    138,581 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2016-H15, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.80%,          
07/20/2066(a)  $625,999   $627,918 
Series 2016-H17, Class FK,          
1M US L + 0.85%,          
07/20/2066(a)   81,712    82,123 
Series 2016-H17, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.83%,          
08/20/2066(a)   235,306    236,363 
Series 2016-H20, Class PT,          
2.840%, 09/20/2066(a)   580,507    597,471 
Series 2016-H23, Class F,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
10/20/2066(a)   217,854    218,369 
Series 2016-H24, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.75%,          
10/20/2066(a)   328,773    329,543 
Series 2016-H26, Class FC,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
12/20/2066(a)   135,808    137,039 
Series 2017-150, Class JE,          
3.000%, 07/20/2047   78,700    75,746 
Series 2017-165, Class VE,          
3.500%, 11/20/2030   59,911    60,108 
Series 2017-170, Class MC,          
2.500%, 10/20/2047   80,106    74,796 
Series 2017-36, Class MJ,          
3.000%, 03/20/2047   44,007    42,067 
Series 2017-56, Class AZ,          
3.000%, 04/20/2047   110,973    104,892 
Series 2017-73, Class JT,          
2.750%, 09/20/2046   11,236    11,280 
Series 2017-80, Class BJ,          
3.000%, 03/20/2047   112,998    110,410 
Series 2017-H06, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.55%,          
02/20/2067(a)   96,543    96,288 
Series 2017-H15, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
06/20/2067(a)   265,190    263,984 
Series 2017-H16, Class PT,          
4.726%, 05/20/2066(a)   42,469    43,207 
Series 2017-H17, Class FG,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
08/20/2067(a)   41,363    41,221 
Series 2018-160, Class AD,          
3.500%, 02/20/2048   292,618    289,373 
Series 2018-36, Class CZ,          
4.000%, 03/20/2048   261,573    252,948 
Series 2018-37, Class C,          
2.500%, 01/20/2046   197,367    192,635 
Series 2019-111, Class TE,          
2.000%, 09/20/2049   57,442    53,761 
Series 2019-61, Class K,          
3.500%, 07/20/2048   65,596    65,071 
   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2019-H01, Class FT,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
10/20/2068(a)  $121,546   $121,056 
Series 2019-H05, Class FT,          
1Y US TI + 0.43%,          
04/20/2069(a)   171,255    171,427 
Series 2020-125, Class GA,          
2.500%, 03/20/2050   393,883    371,953 
Series 2020-125, Class GC,          
2.500%, 08/20/2050   82,606    76,532 
Series 2020-32, Class UM,          
2.500%, 03/20/2050   1,433,181    1,353,597 
Series 2020-5, Class LC,          
3.500%, 10/20/2049   230,670    223,121 
Series 2020-61, Class AB,          
3.000%, 05/20/2048   141,530    140,636 
Series 2020-62, Class PD,          
3.000%, 05/20/2050   554,745    522,523 
Series 2020-83, Class ML,          
3.000%, 06/20/2050   198,801    188,725 
Series 2020-98, Class CE,          
3.000%, 07/20/2050   1,541,608    1,467,588 
Series 2020-H01, Class FT,          
1Y US TI + 0.50%,          
01/20/2070(a)   134,773    134,208 
Series 2020-H04, Class FP,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
06/20/2069(a)   140,477    139,866 
         29,106,640 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS 
(Cost $117,266,112)        111,088,207 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (1.70%) 
           
Fannie Mae-Aces          
Series 2006-M2, Class A3F,          
5.345%, 09/25/2031(a)   315,391    321,447 
Series 2013-M6, Class 1AC,          
3.456%, 02/25/2043(a)   12,549,085    12,314,932 
Series 2016-M11, Class AL,          
2.944%, 07/25/2039   266,701    256,517 
Series 2016-M3, Class ASQ2,          
2.263%, 02/25/2023   43,298    43,177 
Series 2017-M15, Class A1,          
3.057%, 09/25/2027(a)   2,418,177    2,419,236 
Series 2018-M12, Class A1,          
3.546%, 08/25/2030   4,380,306    4,461,824 
Series 2019-M10, Class A1,          
2.000%, 04/25/2030   1,499,985    1,425,896 
Series 2019-M14, Class A1,          
2.304%, 06/25/2029   146,030    141,611 
Series 2019-M24, Class 2XA,          
1.276%, 03/25/2031(a)(c)   5,089,034    375,612 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2020-M10, Class X1,        
1.907%, 12/25/2030(a)(c)  $786,937   $88,571 
Series 2020-M10, Class X4,          
0.987%, 07/25/2032(a)(c)   47,188,143    3,156,571 
Series 2020-M13, Class X2,          
1.398%, 09/25/2030(a)(c)   2,155,748    153,678 
         25,159,072 
Freddie Mac Multifamily          
Structured Pass Through          
Certificates          
Series 2018-J19L, Class AFL,          
1M US L + 0.23%,          
11/25/2027(a)   32,117    32,065 
Series 2019-KL4F, Class A2AS,          
3.683%, 10/25/2025(a)   256,000    253,438 
Series 2019-KLU2, Class X1,          
1.082%, 08/25/2029(a)(c)   56,358,967    3,143,991 
         3,429,494 
           
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES 
(Cost $32,474,569)        28,588,566 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (5.42%)    
         
Fannie Mae Pool        
Series 2003-386375,          
4.790%, 08/01/2028   796,713    795,729 
Series 2005-843080,          
6.000%, 12/01/2034   125,116    129,128 
Series 2007-943003,          
5.500%, 08/01/2047   91,823    93,655 
Series 2009-463331,          
5.250%, 08/01/2029   596,770    628,475 
Series 2009-930895,          
4.500%, 03/01/2039   173,352    174,064 
Series 2009-931290,          
4.500%, 06/01/2039   118,535    119,300 
Series 2009-931707,          
4.500%, 08/01/2039   114,521    115,259 
Series 2009-958348,          
5.440%, 04/01/2027   136,322    136,917 
Series 2009-958878,          
5.750%, 07/01/2027   1,348,142    1,365,073 
Series 2011-467068,          
6.130%, 01/01/2026   1,535,656    1,633,760 
Series 2011-468477,          
4.590%, 08/01/2026   405,744    420,528 
Series 2011-469013,          
5.470%, 08/01/2026   1,015,222    1,059,524 
Series 2011-AH9290,          
4.000%, 04/01/2041   44,347    43,561 
Series 2012-470020,          
4.200%, 01/01/2030   1,579,022    1,626,027 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Series 2012-AM0279,        
3.210%, 08/01/2027  $296,463   $297,179 
Series 2012-AM1387,          
3.260%, 11/01/2032   115,931    113,863 
Series 2012-MA1039,          
3.500%, 04/01/2042   67,734    65,144 
Series 2012-MA1214,          
3.000%, 10/01/2042   698,468    655,591 
Series 2013-AM3154,          
3.250%, 05/01/2028   361,633    361,390 
Series 2013-AM3193,          
3.380%, 05/01/2028   273,911    274,630 
Series 2013-AM4329,          
3.870%, 10/01/2025   197,138    200,301 
Series 2013-AM4781,          
4.180%, 11/01/2028   1,220,226    1,257,957 
Series 2013-AM4991,          
3.970%, 12/01/2025   162,170    165,185 
Series 2013-AR2289,          
3.000%, 02/01/2033   242,480    230,807 
Series 2013-AT9663,          
2.500%, 07/01/2043   514,494    470,241 
Series 2013-MA1586,          
3.000%, 08/01/2043   199,039    191,695 
Series 2014-AM4198,          
3.550%, 03/01/2024   95,827    96,138 
Series 2014-AM7274,          
3.000%, 12/01/2024   1,200,000    1,198,931 
Series 2015-AL7381,          
4.500%, 06/01/2045   172,868    180,365 
Series 2015-AM8666,          
2.960%, 06/01/2030   178,351    172,751 
Series 2015-AM8918,          
3.250%, 09/01/2030   731,000    712,305 
Series 2015-AM9173,          
3.110%, 06/01/2027   241,741    242,979 
Series 2015-AM9311,          
3.390%, 07/01/2035   208,174    204,419 
Series 2015-AN0029,          
3.100%, 09/01/2025   157,541    156,526 
Series 2016-AL8405,          
4.500%, 05/01/2041   228,699    232,265 
Series 2016-AN0665,          
3.070%, 02/01/2026   195,059    192,924 
Series 2016-AN0774,          
3.210%, 01/01/2026   176,522    175,733 
Series 2016-AN2228,          
2.520%, 08/01/2026   187,844    180,983 
Series 2016-AN3542,          
3.410%, 11/01/2046   362,020    337,639 
Series 2016-AN3749,          
2.520%, 12/01/2026   459,504    454,142 
Series 2016-BC0943,          
3.500%, 05/01/2046   455,862    451,800 
Series 2017-AN4431,          
3.220%, 01/01/2027   85,000    84,533 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2017-AN4469,        
3.640%, 01/01/2029  $689,065   $694,388 
Series 2017-AN4529,          
3.620%, 01/01/2027   827,538    836,612 
Series 2017-AN4606,          
3.510%, 02/01/2027   790,685    794,543 
Series 2017-AN4833,          
3.320%, 04/01/2027   95,000    94,706 
Series 2017-AN5279,          
3.340%, 04/01/2029   458,350    452,879 
Series 2017-AN5742,          
3.190%, 05/01/2030   138,374    136,516 
Series 2017-AN5796,          
3.030%, 06/01/2027   217,165    215,876 
Series 2017-AN5932,          
3.010%, 07/01/2027   266,270    262,044 
Series 2017-AN6001,          
3.160%, 07/01/2027   150,000    149,825 
Series 2017-AN6304,          
3.100%, 10/01/2027   275,000    271,918 
Series 2017-AN6670,          
3.210%, 09/01/2027   1,921,698    1,897,341 
Series 2017-AN7060,          
2.930%, 10/01/2027   1,780,000    1,767,543 
Series 2017-AN7234,          
3.010%, 12/01/2027   1,000,000    994,624 
Series 2017-AN7384,          
2.880%, 12/01/2027   48,856    47,791 
Series 2017-AN7547,          
3.370%, 11/01/2027   1,106,774    1,098,513 
Series 2017-AN7823,          
2.890%, 12/01/2027   235,000    229,846 
Series 2017-CA0522,          
3.000%, 10/01/2047   268,388    251,773 
Series 2017-MA3040,          
3.500%, 06/01/2047   362,779    349,052 
Series 2018-109435,          
3.890%, 08/01/2028   1,896,725    1,931,676 
Series 2018-109741,          
3.730%, 11/01/2025   11,279,009    11,344,701 
Series 2018-387770,          
3.625%, 07/01/2028   2,570,000    2,596,385 
Series 2018-387853,          
3.455%, 08/01/2025   175,000    175,634 
Series 2018-387904,          
3.840%, 08/01/2028   676,178    691,937 
Series 2018-387983,          
3.630%, 08/01/2028   2,000,000    2,013,169 
Series 2018-AN8272,          
3.170%, 02/01/2028   100,000    99,832 
Series 2018-AN8486,          
3.330%, 04/01/2030   327,675    327,686 
Series 2018-AN8493,          
3.300%, 02/01/2030   427,104    417,615 
Series 2018-AN8982,          
3.440%, 05/01/2028   1,000,000    1,004,012 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2018-AN9038,        
3.460%, 05/01/2028  $135,000   $135,625 
Series 2018-AN9221,          
3.660%, 05/01/2033   700,000    701,420 
Series 2018-AN924,          
4.210%, 05/01/2033   600,918    621,978 
Series 2018-AN9976,          
3.960%, 02/01/2030   470,000    483,588 
Series 2018-BF0238,          
4.500%, 08/01/2041   413,231    433,324 
Series 2018-BL0212,          
3.820%, 07/01/2027   44,099    43,606 
Series 2018-BL0907,          
3.880%, 12/01/2028   450,000    462,837 
Series 2019-BI2928,          
3.410%, 07/01/2027   823,448    823,562 
Series 2019-BL1188,          
3.480%, 02/01/2026   199,442    198,383 
Series 2019-BL1300,          
4.200%, 01/01/2029   1,375,000    1,420,640 
Series 2019-BL1451,          
3.760%, 02/01/2029   685,000    696,998 
Series 2019-BL1567,          
3.590%, 02/01/2029   1,775,000    1,795,152 
Series 2019-BL1596,          
3.480%, 03/01/2029   166,345    167,088 
Series 2019-BL2236,          
3.640%, 10/01/2029   1,100,000    1,101,613 
Series 2019-BL2356,          
3.020%, 05/01/2026   165,000    163,170 
Series 2019-BL2460,          
3.400%, 05/01/2029   583,128    584,929 
Series 2019-BL3182,          
2.980%, 07/01/2029   252,712    243,985 
Series 2019-BM6011,          
3.309%, 11/01/2026(a)   97,693    97,413 
Series 2019-BM6152,          
3.500%, 06/01/2044   1,259,888    1,248,740 
Series 2019-MA3784,          
3.500%, 09/01/2049   2,997,897    2,867,157 
Series 2020-BM6266,          
3.500%, 04/01/2050   233,140    222,981 
         63,362,042 
Freddie Mac Gold Pool        
Series 2006-,          
6.000%, 01/01/2036  79,350   83,252 
Series 2007-,          
5.500%, 11/01/2037   68,542    69,825 
Series 2012-,          
3.500%, 08/01/2042   105,640    101,793 
Series 2013-G80393,          
5.000%, 08/20/2036   155,299    159,986 
Series 2013-T65180,          
3.000%, 11/01/2043   124,227    116,556 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2015-U49046,        
4.000%, 02/01/2029  $64,737   $66,509 
         597,921 
Freddie Mac Pool          
Series 2005-002936, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
03/15/2029(a)   23,525    23,554 
Series 2017-WN2000,          
2.700%, 08/01/2023   10,572,805    10,561,315 
Series 2018-,          
3.500%, 12/01/2045   74,805    71,880 
         10,656,749 
Ginnie Mae II Pool          
Series 2010-4795,          
4.000%, 09/20/2040   84,911    85,722 
Series 2010-4849,          
4.000%, 11/20/2040   103,234    104,223 
Series 2010-892614,          
1M US L + 2.053%,          
08/20/2060(a)   427,759    441,320 
Series 2011-470514,          
4.000%, 09/20/2041   269,769    271,318 
Series 2012-5302,          
3.500%, 02/20/2042   256,175    249,579 
Series 2012-5303,          
4.000%, 02/20/2042   29,318    29,599 
Series 2012-5328,          
3.500%, 03/20/2042   366,320    356,886 
Series 2012-MA0016,          
3.500%, 04/20/2042   91,395    89,038 
Series 2012-MA0017,          
4.000%, 04/20/2042   134,152    135,434 
Series 2012-MA0082,          
3.500%, 05/20/2042   153,085    149,142 
Series 2012-MA0148,          
3.500%, 06/20/2042   95,461    92,998 
Series 2012-MA0312,          
3.500%, 08/20/2042   109,256    106,439 
Series 2012-MA0387,          
3.500%, 09/20/2042   81,748    79,639 
Series 2012-MA0388,          
4.000%, 09/20/2042   96,784    97,713 
Series 2012-MA0456,          
3.500%, 10/20/2042   99,862    97,289 
Series 2012-MA0619,          
3.500%, 12/20/2042   98,682    96,147 
Series 2013-AD0023,          
3.250%, 04/20/2033   375,029    364,481 
Series 2013-MA0927,          
3.500%, 04/20/2043   241,481    235,263 
Series 2013-MA1149,          
3.000%, 07/20/2043   14,253    13,562 
Series 2016-MA3588,          
3.500%, 04/20/2046   323,894    315,566 
Series 2016-MA3793,          
3.500%, 07/20/2046   883,042    860,362 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2016-MA3865,        
3.500%, 08/20/2046  $569,297   $554,668 
Series 2017-BD5383,          
3.500%, 12/20/2047   939,116    927,949 
Series 2018-BD0560,          
4.500%, 09/20/2048   262,831    271,480 
Series 2018-BH0029,          
4.000%, 05/20/2048   2,986,194    3,021,948 
Series 2018-BI3325,          
4.000%, 09/20/2048   3,278,892    3,318,150 
Series 2018-BK0645,          
5.500%, 10/20/2048   639,546    670,749 
Series 2019-784688,          
5.000%, 02/20/2049   1,799,108    1,868,668 
Series 2019-BN7043,          
4.500%, 09/20/2049   484,670    506,481 
Series 2019-MA5864,          
3.000%, 04/20/2049   40,861    38,900 
Series 2019-MA5866,          
4.000%, 04/20/2049   127,873    127,065 
Series 2019-MA5920,          
3.000%, 05/20/2049   24,708    23,522 
Series 2019-MA5936,          
6.500%, 05/20/2049   54,426    59,079 
Series 2019-MA6330,          
3.500%, 12/20/2049   185,732    179,165 
Series 2020-MA6591,          
4.000%, 04/20/2050   883,957    878,392 
         16,717,936 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES  
(Cost $96,840,612)        91,334,648 
           
CORPORATE BONDS (53.45%)      
           
0 (0.12%)          
ATMOS ENERGY COR ATO 0 5/8          
03/09/23          
    2,000,000    1,965,747 
           
Aerospace & Defense (2.34%)          
Boeing Co.          
2.20%, 02/04/2026   10,030,000    9,159,274 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.          
1.60%, 04/01/2026   7,776,000    7,052,652 
2.75%, 04/01/2031   5,969,000    5,171,050 
TransDigm, Inc.          
6.25%, 03/15/2026(e)   3,940,000    3,924,693 
8.00%, 12/15/2025(e)   13,566,000    14,136,721 
Total Aerospace & Defense        39,444,390 
Airlines (2.03%)          
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
4.80%, 08/15/2027(e)   5,557,466    5,556,538 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class B Pass        
Through Trust        
8.00%, 08/15/2025(e)  $5,045,690   $5,266,130 
British Airways 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
4.25%, 11/15/2032(e)   1,265,470    1,228,961 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.          
7.00%, 05/01/2025(e)   5,856,000    6,275,630 
Southwest Airlines Co.          
5.25%, 05/04/2025   7,540,000    7,803,156 
United Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
Series 20-1          
5.88%, 10/15/2027   7,752,835    7,927,294 
Total Airlines        34,057,709 
           
Automobiles Manufacturing (2.25%)          
Ford Motor Co.          
5.29%, 12/08/2046   10,713,000    9,233,427 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC          
3.38%, 11/13/2025   6,500,000    6,248,873 
4.00%, 11/13/2030   6,965,000    6,035,138 
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.          
4.81%, 09/17/2030(e)   15,300,000    14,371,156 
Volkswagen Group of America          
Finance LLC          
0.75%, 11/23/2022(e)   995,000    985,468 
0.88%, 11/22/2023(e)   995,000    955,717 
Total Automobiles Manufacturing        37,829,779 
           
Banks (5.26%)          
Associated Bank NA/Green Bay WI          
4.25%, 01/15/2025   934,000    939,726 
Bank of New Zealand          
2.87%, 01/27/2032(e)   7,900,000    7,076,388 
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA          
3.75%, 07/21/2026   4,500,000    4,378,478 
Danske Bank A/S          
5.38%, 01/12/2024(e)   1,000,000    1,020,703 
1Y US TI + 1.03%,          
12/08/2023(a)(e)   2,000,000    1,971,847 
1Y US TI + 1.35%,          
09/11/2026(a)(e)   6,500,000    5,912,043 
Fifth Third Bancorp          
1D US SOFR + 1.355%,          
04/25/2028(a)   1,989,000    1,976,422 
1D US SOFR + 1.66%,          
04/25/2033(a)   994,000    991,294 
First Horizon Corp.          
3.55%, 05/26/2023   2,500,000    2,502,932 
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.          
1D US SOFR + 3.83%,          
06/19/2024(a)   16,202,000    16,300,930 
FNB Corp.          
2.20%, 02/24/2023   1,800,000    1,784,959 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA        
1Y US TI + 2.60%,        
06/01/2032(a)(e)  $1,800,000 $1,492,559 
1Y US TI + 2.75%,          
06/01/2042(a)(e)   1,800,000    1,410,262 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.          
Series O          
3M US L + 3.678%(a)(f)   19,162,000    19,100,271 
Series T          
5Y US TI + 2.595%(a)(f)   4,533,000    3,909,713 
UniCredit SpA          
1Y US TI + 1.20%,          
06/03/2027(a)(e)   14,303,000    12,614,213 
Wells Fargo & Co.          
1D US SOFR + 2.13%,          
04/25/2053(a)   4,972,000    4,904,498 
Total Banks        88,287,238 
           
Cable & Satellite (1.20%)          
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings          
Capital Corp.          
4.25%, 01/15/2034(e)   6,569,000    5,233,555 
4.50%, 06/01/2033(e)   5,978,000    4,901,960 
Charter Communications Operating          
LLC / Charter Communications          
Operating Capital          
3.85%, 04/01/2061   14,627,000    9,991,345 
Total Cable & Satellite        20,126,860 
           
Casinos & Gaming (1.22%)          
MGM Resorts International          
5.50%, 04/15/2027   3,985,000    3,886,391 
6.75%, 05/01/2025   9,270,000    9,501,101 
Penn National Gaming, Inc.          
5.63%, 01/15/2027(e)   7,595,000    7,243,732 
Total Casinos & Gaming        20,631,224 
           
Chemicals (0.18%)          
Avient Corp.          
5.75%, 05/15/2025(e)   3,004,000    3,037,765 
           
Commercial Finance (2.52%)          
AerCap Holdings NV          
5Y US TI + 4.535%,          
10/10/2079(a)   4,960,000    4,657,242 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC /          
AerCap Global Aviation Trust          
6.50%, 07/15/2025   17,268,000    17,923,781 
Air Lease Corp.          
Series C          
5Y US TI + 3.149%(a)(f)   4,960,000    4,225,264 
Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd.          
2.53%, 11/18/2027(e)   2,830,000    2,438,075 
4.25%, 04/15/2026(e)   3,100,000    2,976,313 
Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd.          
4.50%, 03/15/2023(e)   10,304,000    10,337,724 
Total Commercial Finance        42,558,399 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Consumer Finance (2.52%)        
Ally Financial, Inc.        
1.45%, 10/02/2023  $990,000   $962,806 
Series C          
7Y US TI + 3.481%(a)(f)   2,982,000    2,574,390 
American Express Co.          
5Y US TI + 2.854%(a)(f)   4,674,000    4,037,635 
Discover Financial Services          
Series D          
5Y US TI + 5.78%(a)(f)   5,000,000    5,100,000 
OneMain Finance Corp.          
5.38%, 11/15/2029   3,500,000    3,147,410 
8.88%, 06/01/2025   20,684,000    21,720,787 
Synchrony Financial          
3.70%, 08/04/2026   3,192,000    3,056,892 
4.25%, 08/15/2024   1,700,000    1,699,972 
Total Consumer Finance        42,299,892 
           
Consumer Products (0.35%)          
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital          
UK PLC          
3.13%, 03/24/2025(e)   2,983,000    2,927,894 
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital          
US LLC          
3.38%, 03/24/2027(e)   2,983,000    2,887,992 
Total Consumer Products        5,815,886 
           
Department Stores (0.33%)          
Nordstrom, Inc.          
4.25%, 08/01/2031   6,582,000    5,591,582 
           
Diversified Banks (3.93%)          
Bank of America Corp.          
1D US SOFR + 1.37%,          
10/24/2031(a)   17,418,000    14,183,796 
5Y US TI + 1.20%,          
09/21/2036(a)   20,161,000    16,162,114 
Citigroup, Inc.          
4.30%, 11/20/2026   12,407,000    12,392,243 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.          
1D US SOFR + 1.25%,          
04/22/2032(a)   7,140,000    6,122,682 
1D US SOFR + 1.26%,          
01/25/2033(a)   6,956,000    6,128,425 
1D US SOFR + 1.56%,          
04/26/2028(a)   4,972,000    4,955,528 
1D US SOFR + 1.80%,          
04/26/2033(a)   3,977,000    3,998,727 
3M US SOFR + 1.105%,          
11/19/2031(a)   2,984,000    2,417,954 
Total Diversified Banks        66,361,469 
           
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing (0.20%)          
Trimble, Inc.          
4.75%, 12/01/2024   3,254,000    3,309,799 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Entertainment Content (1.06%)        
Magallanes, Inc.        
3.76%, 03/15/2027(e)  $2,541,000  $2,460,601 
3.79%, 03/15/2025(e)   6,962,000    6,868,858 
4.28%, 03/15/2032(e)   5,177,000    4,811,991 
5.14%, 03/15/2052(e)   4,236,000    3,784,331 
Total Entertainment Content        17,925,781 
           
Entertainment Resources (0.27%)          
Cedar Fair LP / Canada's          
Wonderland Co. / Magnum          
Management Corp. /          
Millennium Op          
5.50%, 05/01/2025(e)   4,484,000    4,512,047 
           
Exploration & Production (1.19%)          
Diamondback Energy, Inc.          
4.40%, 03/24/2051   2,990,000    2,690,063 
Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp          
Finance Co.          
6.00%, 04/15/2030(e)   1,682,000    1,671,580 
6.25%, 11/01/2028(e)   5,537,000    5,523,213 
6.25%, 04/15/2032(e)   1,682,000    1,642,053 
Murphy Oil Corp.          
6.88%, 08/15/2024   4,910,000    4,922,398 
Range Resources Corp.          
5.00%, 03/15/2023   3,557,000    3,570,623 
Total Exploration & Production        20,019,930 
           
Financial Services (4.68%)          
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.          
3.85%, 04/26/2029   4,972,000    4,923,428 
Carlyle Finance Subsidiary LLC          
3.50%, 09/19/2029(e)   2,000,000    1,886,612 
Credit Suisse Group AG          
1D US SOFR + 1.73%,          
05/14/2032(a)(e)   12,825,000    10,736,590 
1D US SOFR + 2.044%,          
06/05/2026(a)(e)   3,000,000    2,771,894 
5Y US TI + 4.82%(a)(e)(f)   10,875,000    10,264,804 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.          
1D US SOFR + 0.50%,          
09/10/2024(a)   3,976,000    3,927,798 
1D US SOFR + 0.913%,          
10/21/2027(a)   2,976,000    2,676,057 
1D US SOFR + 1.114%,          
02/24/2028(a)   7,952,000    7,317,034 
1D US SOFR + 1.41%,          
02/24/2033(a)   2,982,000    2,608,943 
Series DMTN          
1D US SOFR + 1.248%,          
07/21/2032(a)   2,978,000    2,463,844 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Morgan Stanley        
1D US SOFR + 1.00%,          
01/21/2028(a)  $4,970,000   $4,580,143 
1D US SOFR + 1.36%,          
09/16/2036(a)   12,446,000    9,969,449 
1D US SOFR + 2.62%,          
04/20/2037(a)   1,989,000    1,991,162 
Nasdaq, Inc.          
0.45%, 12/21/2022   2,990,000    2,949,263 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.          
4.65%, 04/01/2030   9,000,000    9,117,825 
UBS Group AG          
1Y US TI + 0.83%,          
07/30/2024(a)(e)   1,000,000    971,206 
Total Financial Services        79,156,052 
           
Food & Beverage (0.59%)          
JDE Peet's NV          
0.80%, 09/24/2024(e)   1,984,000    1,854,152 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.          
3.88%, 05/15/2027   4,255,000    4,166,697 
4.25%, 03/01/2031   4,226,000    4,100,365 
Total Food & Beverage        10,121,214 
           
Hardware (0.35%)          
Dell, Inc.          
5.40%, 09/10/2040   6,438,000    5,940,858 
           
Health Care Facilities & Services (1.10%)         
HCA, Inc.          
2.38%, 07/15/2031   11,927,000    9,824,247 
3.50%, 07/15/2051   3,500,000    2,601,480 
5.38%, 02/01/2025   3,000,000    3,090,000 
5.63%, 09/01/2028   3,000,000    3,104,535 
Total Health Care Facilities & Services        18,620,262 
           
Homebuilders (0.46%)          
Shea Homes LP / Shea Homes          
Funding Corp.          
4.75%, 04/01/2029(e)   3,500,000    3,033,244 
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.          
5.70%, 06/15/2028   5,000,000    4,800,600 
Total Homebuilders        7,833,844 
           
Industrial Other (0.11%)          
Quanta Services, Inc.          
0.95%, 10/01/2024   1,984,000    1,861,273 
           
Managed Care (0.25%)          
Humana, Inc.          
0.65%, 08/03/2023   4,265,000    4,141,056 
           
Medical Equipment & Devices Manufacturing (0.36%)  
PerkinElmer, Inc.          
0.55%, 09/15/2023   3,347,000    3,241,792 
0.85%, 09/15/2024   2,977,000    2,792,036 
Total Medical Equipment & Devices          
Manufacturing        6,033,828 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Metals & Mining (0.60%)        
Steel Dynamics, Inc.          
5.00%, 12/15/2026  $9,805,000  $10,035,746 
           
Pharmaceuticals (3.66%)          
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.          
6.13%, 04/15/2025(e)   36,259,000    36,388,264 
Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign          
Debt Co-Issuer BV          
4.13%, 04/30/2028(e)   9,180,000    8,550,252 
Viatris, Inc.          
1.13%, 06/22/2022   16,829,000    16,808,090 
Total Pharmaceuticals        61,746,606 
           
Pipeline (4.77%)          
Buckeye Partners LP          
4.13%, 12/01/2027   2,040,000    1,884,470 
4.15%, 07/01/2023   3,800,000    3,776,630 
4.50%, 03/01/2028(e)   8,958,000    8,187,075 
5.60%, 10/15/2044   2,828,000    2,277,403 
Cheniere Energy Partners LP          
3.25%, 01/31/2032(e)   3,000,000    2,569,740 
Energy Transfer LP          
Series B          
3M US L + 4.16%(a)(f)   2,506,000    2,177,088 
Series F          
5Y US TI + 5.134%(a)(f)   2,985,000    2,880,525 
3.45%, 01/15/2023   2,027,000    2,031,580 
Flex Intermediate Holdco LLC          
3.36%, 06/30/2031(e)   12,936,000    11,372,685 
4.32%, 12/30/2039(e)   9,061,000    7,592,329 
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC          
3.90%, 04/01/2024(e)   4,975,000    4,949,008 
4.63%, 04/01/2029(e)   6,974,000    6,775,511 
Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa          
Resources Partners Finance          
Corp.          
6.50%, 07/15/2027   11,783,000    12,152,396 
6.88%, 01/15/2029   8,740,000    9,227,605 
Western Midstream Operating LP          
3M US L + 1.85%,          
01/13/2023(a)   2,630,000    2,590,817 
Total Pipeline        80,444,862 
           
Power Generation (1.40%)          
Alexander Funding Trust          
1.84%, 11/15/2023(e)   6,118,000    5,875,067 
NRG Energy, Inc.          
2.00%, 12/02/2025(e)   4,530,000    4,213,597 
2.45%, 12/02/2027(e)   5,455,000    4,840,787 
Vistra Operations Co. LLC          
5.50%, 09/01/2026(e)   8,626,000    8,604,435 
Total Power Generation        23,533,886 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

84 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Property & Casualty Insurance (0.12%)        
Fairfax US, Inc.          
4.88%, 08/13/2024(e)  $2,000,000   $2,032,241 
           
Publishing & Broadcasting (0.58%)          
Nexstar Media, Inc.          
4.75%, 11/01/2028(e)   8,000,000    7,270,680 
Scripps Escrow II, Inc.          
3.88%, 01/15/2029(e)   2,888,000    2,570,797 
Total Publishing & Broadcasting        9,841,477 
           
Real Estate (0.96%)          
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower          
LLC          
6.75%, 05/15/2028(e)   2,000,000    2,042,250 
Howard Hughes Corp.          
4.13%, 02/01/2029(e)   3,623,000    3,267,107 
4.38%, 02/01/2031(e)   2,267,000    2,019,795 
MGM Growth Properties Operating          
Partnership LP / MGP Finance          
Co.-Issuer, Inc.          
4.63%, 06/15/2025(e)   5,500,000    5,495,463 
VICI Properties LP          
4.75%, 02/15/2028   1,492,000    1,488,270 
5.63%, 05/15/2052   1,989,000    1,984,604 
Total Real Estate        16,297,489 
           
Refining & Marketing (0.72%)          
HF Sinclair Corp.          
4.50%, 10/01/2030(e)   9,494,000    8,853,501 
5.88%, 04/01/2026(e)   3,177,000    3,265,761 
Total Refining & Marketing        12,119,262 
           
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (0.20%)      
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.          
4.10%, 01/15/2052   4,672,000    3,423,651 
           
Semiconductors (0.49%)          
Microchip Technology, Inc.          
0.97%, 02/15/2024   3,985,000    3,800,734 
Renesas Electronics Corp.          
2.17%, 11/25/2026(e)   5,000,000    4,515,404 
Total Semiconductors        8,316,138 
           
Software & Services (0.95%)          
CoStar Group, Inc.          
2.80%, 07/15/2030(e)   10,000,000    8,724,606 
Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen          
Finance Co.          
4.50%, 07/15/2029(e)   1,988,000    1,881,712 
4.75%, 07/15/2031(e)   3,976,000    3,763,979 
Roper Technologies, Inc.          
0.45%, 08/15/2022   1,635,000    1,626,722 
Total Software & Services        15,997,019 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Supermarkets & Pharmacies (0.33%)        
Albertsons Cos. Inc / Safeway, Inc. /          
New Albertsons LP /          
Albertsons LLC          
4.63%, 01/15/2027(e)  $2,990,000  $2,803,813 
Kroger Co.          
2.65%, 10/15/2026   2,860,000    2,714,899 
Total Supermarkets & Pharmacies        5,518,712 
           
Transportation & Logistics (0.38%)          
FedEx Corp. 2020-1 Class AA Pass          
Through Trust          
1.88%, 02/20/2034   7,271,868    6,437,088 
           
Utilities (2.55%)          
Atmos Energy Corp.          
3M US L + 0.38%,          
03/09/2023(a)   1,993,000    1,994,030 
Dominion Energy, Inc.          
3.07%, 08/15/2024(d)   1,500,000    1,481,564 
Edison International          
Series A          
5Y US TI + 4.70%(a)(f)   1,793,000    1,658,220 
Exelon Corp.          
3.50%, 06/01/2022   2,673,000    2,673,000 
ONE Gas, Inc.          
0.85%, 03/11/2023   6,975,000    6,856,487 
1.10%, 03/11/2024   11,130,000    10,647,219 
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.          
1.37%, 03/10/2023   5,435,000    5,357,687 
1.75%, 06/16/2022   2,874,000    2,872,245 
3.25%, 02/16/2024   2,984,000    2,945,821 
Sempra Energy          
5Y US TI + 2.868%,          
04/01/2052(a)   4,268,000    3,758,691 
Southern California Edison Co.          
1.10%, 04/01/2024   2,899,000    2,783,198 
Total Utilities        43,028,162 
           
Waste & Environment Services & Equipment (0.39%)  
GFL Environmental, Inc.          
5.13%, 12/15/2026(e)   6,644,000    6,538,626 
           
Wireless Telecommunications Services (0.42%)          
Sprint Corp.          
7.88%, 09/15/2023   6,792,000    7,140,395 
           
Wireline Telecommunications Services (0.06%)        
NTT Finance Corp.          
0.37%, 03/03/2023(e)   996,000    977,185 
           
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS          
(Cost $968,370,209)        900,912,429 
           
GOVERNMENT BONDS (30.79%)          

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

85 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
U.S. Treasury Bonds (30.79%)        
United States Treasury Bonds          
1.38%, 11/15/2031  $23,123,000  $20,194,689 
1.88%, 02/15/2032   58,281,000    53,226,945 
1.88%, 11/15/2051   24,849,000    19,496,758 
2.00%, 11/15/2041   29,730,000    24,615,511 
2.25%, 02/15/2052   66,752,000    57,333,710 
2.38%, 02/15/2042   76,418,000    67,546,348 
United States Treasury Inflation          
Indexed Bonds          
0.13%, 02/15/2052   18,089,196    16,782,872 
United States Treasury Notes          
0.75%, 08/31/2026   51,299,000    46,724,171 
1.13%, 01/15/2025   36,675,000    35,010,299 
1.25%, 12/31/2026   45,295,000    41,952,725 
1.25%, 09/30/2028   5,910,000    5,317,846 
1.50%, 02/29/2024   13,398,000    13,120,096 
1.50%, 01/31/2027   46,625,000    43,645,371 
2.25%, 03/31/2024   57,621,000    57,139,324 
2.50%, 03/31/2027   17,331,000    16,985,057 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds        519,091,722 
           
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS          
(Cost $548,073,383)        519,091,722 

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
PREFERRED STOCK (1.36%)        
Communications (0.44%)          
Wireless Telecommunications Services (0.44%)          
AT&T, Inc.   296,187    7,342,476 
           
Total Communications        7,342,476 
           
Consumer Discretionary (0.48%)          
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (0.48%)        
Qurate Retail, Inc.   100,900    8,221,332 
           
Total Consumer Discretionary        8,221,332 
           
Financials (0.44%)          
Banks (0.44%)          
Bank of Hawaii, Series A(g)   322,305    6,407,423 
First Republic Bank(f)   57,567    1,007,423 
         7,414,846 
           
Total Financials        7,414,846 
           
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK          
(Cost $26,861,736)        22,978,654 

 

   7-Day Yield   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (0.03%)        
             
Money Market Fund (0.03%)        
Morgan Stanley
Institutional
Liquidity Funds -
Government
Portfolio
   0.03%   585,712   $585,712 
                
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS               
(Cost $585,712)             585,712 

 

  

Value

(Note 2)

 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.34%)     
(Cost $1,790,472,333)  $1,674,579,938 
      
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities (0.66%)   11,107,724 
      
NET ASSETS (100.00%)  $1,685,687,662 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

TI – Treasury Index

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

Reference Rates:

1M US L - 1 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.80%

3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 1.33%

7Y US TI - 7 Year US Treasury Index as of April 30, 2022 was 1.44%

1D US SOFR - 1 Day SOFR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.05%

1Y US TI - 1 Year US Treasury Bill as of April 30, 2022 was 1.01%

5Y US TI - 5 Year US Treasury Index as of April 30, 2022 was 2.92%

 

(a) Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The rate in effect as of April 30, 2022 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security's last reset date.
(b) Issued with zero coupon.
(c) Interest only security.
(d) Step bond. Coupon changes periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect as of April 30, 2022.
(e) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of those securities was 364,918,885, representing 21.65% of net assets.
(f) Perpetual maturity. This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(g) Non-Income Producing Security.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

86 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COMMON STOCKS (2.07%)        
           
Energy (1.28%)          
Oil & Gas (1.28%)          
Cheniere Energy Partners LP   16,500   $887,040 
Energy Transfer LP   158,190    1,752,745 
Western Midstream Partners LP   35,200    851,488 
         3,491,273 
           
Total Energy        3,491,273 
           
Financials (0.48%)          
Financial Services (0.48%)          
OneMain Holdings, Inc.   28,550    1,311,302 
           
Total Financials        1,311,302 
           
Real Estate (0.31%)          
Real Estate (0.31%)          
VICI Properties, Inc.   28,080    837,065 
           
Total Real Estate        837,065 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Cost $5,384,076)        5,639,640 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
BANK LOAN (0.36%)        
         
Publishing & Broadcasting (0.36%)          
Nexstar Media, Inc.          
09/19/2026(a)   1,000,000    992,580 
           
TOTAL BANK LOAN          
(Cost $1,000,000)        992,580 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (0.30%)
         
Fannie Mae          
Series 2002-71, Class AP,          
5.000%, 11/25/2032  $17,030   $17,526 
           
Freddie Mac          
Series 2002-2455, Class GK,          
6.500%, 05/15/2032   18,787    20,013 
Series 2002-2505, Class D,          
5.500%, 09/15/2032   41,910    44,690 
Series 2005-2990, Class GO,          
–%, 02/15/2035   40,381    35,095 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2010-3753, Class PG,          
2.500%, 09/15/2039  $7,999   $8,002 
Series 2011-3907, Class KG,          
2.500%, 04/15/2040   17,735    17,749 
Series 2013-4285, Class JC,          
3.000%, 12/15/2041   13,437    13,477 
         139,026 
Ginnie Mae          
Series 2009-93, Class HG,          
4.000%, 09/16/2039   20,752    20,922 
Series 2010-116, Class GW,          
3.000%, 12/20/2039   16,186    16,192 
Series 2011-H05, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
12/20/2060(a)   32,486    32,373 
Series 2011-H14, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
05/20/2061(a)   65,258    65,042 
Series 2012-H20, Class BA,          
1M US L + 0.56%,          
09/20/2062(a)   44,417    44,326 
Series 2012-H29, Class SA,          
1M US L + 0.515%,          
10/20/2062(a)   56,011    55,818 
Series 2013-H07, Class GA,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
03/20/2063(a)   38,718    38,579 
Series 2013-H10, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
03/20/2063(a)   22,848    22,735 
Series 2013-H22, Class FT,          
1Y US TI + 0.65%,          
04/20/2063(a)   31,177    31,072 
Series 2013-H23, Class FA,          
1M US L + 1.30%,          
09/20/2063(a)   37,619    37,836 
Series 2014-H03, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
01/20/2064(a)   23,977    23,940 
Series 2015-H29, Class FL,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
11/20/2065(a)   65,194    65,102 
Series 2016-H09, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.65%,          
03/20/2066(a)   49,882    49,878 
Series 2018-H07, Class FE,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
02/20/2068(a)   82,662    82,224 
Series 2020-H09, Class NF,          
1M US L + 1.25%,          
04/20/2070(a)   69,380    70,584 
         656,623 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE          
OBLIGATIONS          
(Cost $803,603)        813,175 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

87 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (0.76%)        
         
Fannie Mae Pool          
Series 1998-,          
6.500%, 08/01/2028  $38,907   $41,376 
7.500%, 08/01/2028   27,764    28,013 
8.500%, 06/01/2027   24,116    24,428 
Series 1999-,          
6.000%, 04/01/2029   40,532    42,811 
8.000%, 04/01/2029   27,435    27,671 
Series 2001-,          
7.000%, 06/01/2031   29,494    30,077 
Series 2002-,          
6.000%, 12/01/2032   43,894    46,164 
Series 2003-,          
4.500%, 09/01/2028   52,277    52,910 
4.750%, 09/01/2033   44,365    45,578 
5.500%, 10/01/2033   32,064    32,721 
5.500%, 12/01/2033   41,016    42,875 
Series 2005-,          
4.500%, 05/01/2035   20,890    20,819 
Series 2006-,          
4.500%, 01/01/2036   31,297    31,673 
Series 2007-,          
5.500%, 07/01/2037   21,321    22,079 
6.000%, 07/01/2037   39,395    40,865 
6.000%, 09/01/2037   43,916    46,397 
6.500%, 11/01/2037   46,554    49,498 
Series 2008-,          
5.000%, 06/01/2037   41,885    43,020 
5.500%, 04/01/2038   23,586    24,833 
5.500%, 08/01/2038   29,900    30,914 
6.500%, 07/01/2038   47,795    50,816 
Series 2009-,          
5.000%, 04/01/2039   54,639    55,975 
Series 2010-,          
4.000%, 05/01/2040   7,075    6,891 
5.500%, 02/01/2038   53,108    55,862 
Series 2015-,          
5.000%, 07/01/2044   24,005    25,435 
Series 2016-,          
3.500%, 06/01/2046   43,058    41,365 
         961,066 
Freddie Mac Gold Pool          
Series 2004-,          
5.500%, 01/01/2034   30,610    31,331 
Series 2006-,          
4.500%, 01/01/2036   12,364    12,630 
5.500%, 12/01/2034   32,586    33,938 
5.500%, 08/01/2036   20,611    20,766 
6.000%, 05/01/2036   59,073    62,486 
Series 2007-,          
5.500%, 10/01/2037   10,525    10,983 
Series 2008-,          
4.500%, 05/01/2038   62,845    63,657 
6.000%, 08/01/2038   38,376    42,312 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Series 2010-,          
6.000%, 04/01/2040  $54,899   $58,325 
Series 2014-,          
3.500%, 10/01/2044   43,010    41,337 
Series 2015-,          
4.000%, 03/01/2044   38,606    39,391 
         417,156 
Freddie Mac Pool          
Series 2018-,          
4.500%, 01/01/2036   79,193    81,638 
         81,638 
Ginnie Mae I Pool          
Series 2003-,          
5.500%, 10/15/2033   67,581    73,634 
Series 2010-,          
5.000%, 05/15/2040   42,490    44,373 
         118,007 
Ginnie Mae II Pool          
Series 2009-,          
6.000%, 11/20/2039   35,993    39,202 
Series 2011-,          
4.000%, 02/20/2041   36,469    36,819 
4.000%, 05/20/2041   36,399    36,749 
4.000%, 10/20/2041   15,999    16,152 
Series 2012-,          
3.500%, 05/20/2042   81,175    81,133 
Series 2013-,          
5.500%, 11/20/2035   101,043    108,135 
Series 2014-,          
3.750%, 04/20/2044   80,375    81,130 
4.000%, 05/20/2044   70,347    70,635 
Series 2016-,          
3.500%, 09/20/2046   17,237    16,421 
         486,376 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES          
(Cost $2,150,992)        2,064,243 
           

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
CORPORATE BONDS (83.47%)          
           
Advertising & Marketing (1.07%)          
Outfront Media Capital LLC /          
Outfront Media Capital Corp.          
5.00%, 08/15/2027(b)   3,052,000    2,907,030 
           
Aerospace & Defense (3.35%)          
Boeing Co.          
2.20%, 02/04/2026   3,850,000    3,515,773 
TransDigm, Inc.          
6.25%, 03/15/2026(b)   1,271,000    1,266,062 
8.00%, 12/15/2025(b)   4,185,000    4,361,063 
Total Aerospace & Defense        9,142,898 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

88 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Airlines (3.35%)          
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
4.80%, 08/15/2027(b)  $661,813   $661,703 
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class B Pass          
Through Trust          
8.00%, 08/15/2025(b)   1,917,940    2,001,732 
British Airways 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
4.25%, 11/15/2032(b)   1,395,972    1,355,697 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.          
7.00%, 05/01/2025(b)   2,500,000    2,679,146 
United Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
Series 20-1          
5.88%, 10/15/2027   2,371,157    2,424,514 
Total Airlines        9,122,792 
           
Automobiles Manufacturing (2.09%)          
Ford Motor Co.          
5.29%, 12/08/2046   2,375,000    2,046,989 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC          
3.81%, 01/09/2024   250,000    245,951 
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.          
4.35%, 09/17/2027(b)   1,400,000    1,335,970 
4.81%, 09/17/2030(b)   2,200,000    2,066,441 
Total Automobiles Manufacturing        5,695,351 
           
Banks (5.07%)          
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA          
1Y US TI + 2.60%,          
06/01/2032(a)(b)   2,600,000    2,155,919 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.          
Series O          
3M US L + 3.678%(a)(c)   3,802,000    3,789,752 
Series T          
5Y US TI + 2.595%(a)(c)   1,566,000    1,350,675 
Synovus Bank/Columbus GA          
5Y US TI + 3.63%,          
10/29/2030(a)   1,774,000    1,754,154 
UniCredit SpA          
7.83%, 12/04/2023(b)   750,000    788,660 
1Y US TI + 1.20%,          
06/03/2027(a)(b)   1,589,000    1,401,383 
5Y US TI + 4.75%,          
06/30/2035(a)(b)   2,850,000    2,574,688 
Total Banks        13,815,231 
           
Cable & Satellite (1.49%)          
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings          
Capital Corp.          
4.25%, 02/01/2031(b)   1,000,000    844,700 
4.25%, 01/15/2034(b)   2,600,000    2,071,433 
Charter Communications Operating          
LLC / Charter Communications          
Operating Capital          
3.85%, 04/01/2061   1,689,000    1,153,714 
Total Cable & Satellite        4,069,847 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Casinos & Gaming (2.58%)          
Boyd Gaming Corp.          
8.63%, 06/01/2025(b)  $288,000   $300,599 
International Game Technology PLC          
4.13%, 04/15/2026(b)   1,000,000    944,100 
MGM Resorts International          
4.75%, 10/15/2028   2,150,000    1,977,785 
6.75%, 05/01/2025   233,000    238,809 
Penn National Gaming, Inc.          
5.63%, 01/15/2027(b)   1,574,000    1,501,203 
Station Casinos LLC          
4.50%, 02/15/2028(b)   2,266,000    2,060,020 
Total Casinos & Gaming        7,022,516 
           
Chemicals (0.02%)          
Avient Corp.          
5.75%, 05/15/2025(b)   57,000    57,641 
           
Commercial Finance (5.61%)          
AerCap Holdings NV          
5Y US TI + 4.535%,          
10/10/2079(a)   3,999,000    3,754,901 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC /          
AerCap Global Aviation Trust          
4.50%, 09/15/2023   800,000    802,056 
Air Lease Corp.          
Series C          
5Y US TI + 3.149%(a)(c)   3,000,000    2,555,603 
Antares Holdings LP          
2.75%, 01/15/2027(b)   500,000    428,753 
3.95%, 07/15/2026(b)   2,500,000    2,297,380 
Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd.          
2.53%, 11/18/2027(b)   1,500,000    1,292,266 
2.75%, 02/21/2028(b)   1,625,000    1,400,382 
VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO          
Management Holding, Inc.          
6.38%, 02/01/2030(b)   1,000,000    873,840 
7.88%, 05/01/2027(b)   2,000,000    1,884,920 
Total Commercial Finance        15,290,101 
           
Consumer Finance (4.41%)          
American Express Co.          
5Y US TI + 2.854%(a)(c)   1,500,000    1,295,775 
Apollo Commercial Real Estate          
Finance, Inc.          
4.63%, 06/15/2029(b)   1,500,000    1,306,935 
Ladder Capital Finance Holdings          
LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance          
Corp.          
4.75%, 06/15/2029(b)   1,400,000    1,258,390 
LD Holdings Group LLC          
6.50%, 11/01/2025(b)   3,875,000    3,214,196 
OneMain Finance Corp.          
8.88%, 06/01/2025   4,660,000    4,893,582 
Total Consumer Finance        11,968,878 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

89 | April 30, 2022 

  

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Consumer Services (2.96%)          
Allied Universal Holdco LLC/Allied
Universal Finance Corp./Atlas
Luxco 4 Sarl
          
4.63%, 06/01/2028(b)   $3,600,000   $3,185,777 
GXO Logistics, Inc.          
1.65%, 07/15/2026(b)   3,000,000    2,657,701 
WASH Multifamily Acquisition, Inc.          
5.75%, 04/15/2026(b)   2,250,000    2,190,994 
Total Consumer Services        8,034,472 
           
Containers & Packaging (1.69%)          
Canpack SA / Canpack US LLC          
3.88%, 11/15/2029(b)   3,800,000    3,268,398 
OI European Group BV          
4.75%, 02/15/2030(b)   1,500,000    1,321,958 
Total Containers & Packaging        4,590,356 
           
Department Stores (1.06%)          
NMG Holding Co. Inc / Neiman          
Marcus Group LLC          
7.13%, 04/01/2026(b)   2,900,000    2,882,469 
           
Entertainment Content (0.73%)          
Magallanes, Inc.          
3.76%, 03/15/2027(b)   445,000    430,920 
4.28%, 03/15/2032(b)   952,000    884,878 
5.14%, 03/15/2052(b)   741,000    661,990 
Total Entertainment Content        1,977,788 
           
Entertainment Resources (0.55%)          
Cedar Fair LP / Canada's          
Wonderland Co. / Magnum          
Management Corp. /          
Millennium Op          
5.50%, 05/01/2025(b)   1,503,000    1,512,400 
           
Exploration & Production (2.32%)          
Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co.          
5.75%, 02/01/2029(b)   3,050,000    2,992,874 
6.00%, 04/15/2030(b)   308,000    306,092 
6.25%, 11/01/2028(b)   806,000    803,993 
6.25%, 04/15/2032(b)   308,000    300,685 
Murphy Oil Corp.          
6.88%, 08/15/2024   400,000    401,010 
Range Resources Corp.          
8.25%, 01/15/2029   1,400,000    1,502,515 
Total Exploration & Production        6,307,169 
           
Financial Services (5.65%)          
Coinbase Global, Inc.          
3.63%, 10/01/2031(b)   1,700,000    1,259,046 
Compass Group Diversified Holdings LLC          
5.00%, 01/15/2032(b)   1,500,000    1,277,168 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Credit Suisse Group AG          
1D US SOFR + 2.044%,          
06/05/2026(a)(b)  $2,429,000   $2,244,310 
5Y US TI + 4.82%(a)(b)(c)   2,500,000    2,359,725 
Golub Capital BDC, Inc.          
2.50%, 08/24/2026   3,750,000    3,346,658 
3.38%, 04/15/2024   950,000    932,964 
Morgan Stanley          
1D US SOFR + 1.16%,          
04/17/2025(a)   1,500,000    1,493,397 
OWL Rock Core Income Corp.          
3.13%, 09/23/2026(b)   2,785,000    2,481,595 
Total Financial Services        15,394,863 
           
Forest & Paper Products Manufacturing (1.42%)          
Resolute Forest Products, Inc.          
4.88%, 03/01/2026(b)   4,050,000    3,868,236 
           
Funds & Trusts (1.03%)          
Blackstone Private Credit Fund          
1.75%, 09/15/2024(b)   3,000,000    2,806,838 
           
Homebuilders (3.38%)          
Forestar Group, Inc.          
3.85%, 05/15/2026(b)   4,103,000    3,700,249 
Shea Homes LP / Shea Homes Funding Corp.          
4.75%, 02/15/2028(b)   125,000    112,043 
4.75%, 04/01/2029(b)   2,875,000    2,491,593 
Tri Pointe Homes, Inc.          
5.70%, 06/15/2028   3,000,000    2,880,360 
Total Homebuilders        9,184,245 
           
Industrial Other (0.76%)          
Dycom Industries, Inc.          
4.50%, 04/15/2029(b)   2,250,000    2,055,859 
           
Internet Media (0.39%)          
Uber Technologies, Inc.          
8.00%, 11/01/2026(b)   1,000,000    1,048,515 
           
Leisure Products Manufacturing (0.76%)          
Vista Outdoor, Inc.          
4.50%, 03/15/2029(b)   2,315,000    2,074,900 
           
Metals & Mining (1.15%)          
SunCoke Energy, Inc.          
4.88%, 06/30/2029(b)   3,000,000    2,693,490 
TMS International Corp.          
6.25%, 04/15/2029(b)   500,000    435,588 
Total Metals & Mining        3,129,078 
           
Pharmaceuticals (3.68%)          
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.          
6.13%, 04/15/2025(b)   8,144,000    8,173,034 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

90 | April 30, 2022 

  

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign          
Debt Co-Issuer BV          
5.13%, 04/30/2031(b)  $2,030,000   $1,837,444 
Total Pharmaceuticals        10,010,478 
           
Pipeline (6.42%)          
Buckeye Partners LP          
4.13%, 12/01/2027   336,000    310,383 
4.50%, 03/01/2028(b)   3,448,000    3,151,266 
5.60%, 10/15/2044   1,660,000    1,336,806 
Flex Intermediate Holdco LLC          
3.36%, 06/30/2031(b)   3,071,000    2,699,870 
4.32%, 12/30/2039(b)   1,733,000    1,452,103 
Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy          
Finance Corp.          
8.00%, 01/15/2027   2,950,000    2,897,180 
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC          
3.90%, 04/01/2024(b)   1,875,000    1,865,204 
4.63%, 04/01/2029(b)   934,000    907,417 
Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa          
Resources Partners Finance          
Corp.          
6.50%, 07/15/2027   755,000    778,669 
6.88%, 01/15/2029   1,014,000    1,070,571 
Western Midstream Operating LP          
3M US L + 1.85%,          
01/13/2023(a)   1,036,000    1,020,565 
Total Pipeline        17,490,034 
           
Power Generation (0.97%)          
Alexander Funding Trust          
1.84%, 11/15/2023(b)   1,374,000    1,319,441 
Vistra Operations Co. LLC          
5.50%, 09/01/2026(b)   1,325,000    1,321,688 
Total Power Generation        2,641,129 
           
Publishing & Broadcasting (4.52%)          
Gray Escrow II, Inc.          
5.38%, 11/15/2031(b)   3,000,000    2,589,765 
Gray Television, Inc.          
4.75%, 10/15/2030(b)   2,000,000    1,742,470 
Nexstar Media, Inc.          
4.75%, 11/01/2028(b)   1,450,000    1,317,811 
5.63%, 07/15/2027(b)   2,000,000    1,948,400 
Scripps Escrow II, Inc.          
5.38%, 01/15/2031(b)   5,300,000    4,723,969 
Total Publishing & Broadcasting        12,322,415 
           
Real Estate (5.16%)          
Cushman & Wakefield US Borrower LLC          
6.75%, 05/15/2028(b)   2,975,000    3,037,847 
GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc.          
5.30%, 01/15/2029   2,600,000    2,604,290 
Howard Hughes Corp.          
4.13%, 02/01/2029(b)   1,392,000    1,255,262 
4.38%, 02/01/2031(b)   893,000    795,623 

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Kennedy-Wilson, Inc.          
4.75%, 02/01/2030  $3,184,000   $2,877,731 
MGM Growth Properties Operating          
Partnership LP / MGP Finance          
Co.-Issuer, Inc.          
4.63%, 06/15/2025(b)   200,000    199,835 
Realogy Group LLC / Realogy Co.-          
Issuer Corp.          
5.75%, 01/15/2029(b)   3,900,000    3,276,565 
Total Real Estate        14,047,153 
           
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (1.23%)          
Hertz Corp.          
5.00%, 12/01/2029(b)   1,750,000    1,533,508 
Victoria's Secret & Co.          
4.63%, 07/15/2029(b)   2,225,000    1,828,038 
Total Retail - Consumer Discretionary        3,361,546 
           
Retail - Consumer Staples (0.40%)          
United Natural Foods, Inc.          
6.75%, 10/15/2028(b)   1,100,000    1,102,206 
           
Software & Services (1.88%)          
Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen          
Finance Co.          
4.50%, 07/15/2029(b)   3,500,000    3,312,873 
Playtika Holding Corp.          
4.25%, 03/15/2029(b)   2,000,000    1,804,640 
Total Software & Services        5,117,513 
           
Supermarkets & Pharmacies (0.98%)          
Arko Corp.          
5.13%, 11/15/2029(b)   3,000,000    2,658,960 
           
Utilities (2.63%)          
Edison International          
Series A          
5Y US TI + 4.70%(a)(c)   324,000    299,645 
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.          
1.37%, 03/10/2023   2,657,000    2,619,203 
Sempra Energy          
5Y US TI + 2.868%,          
04/01/2052(a)   2,725,000    2,399,820 
Suburban Propane Partners          
LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp.          
5.00%, 06/01/2031(b)   2,037,000    1,855,351 
Total Utilities        7,174,019 
           
Waste & Environment Services & Equipment (2.26%)          
GFL Environmental, Inc.          
4.00%, 08/01/2028(b)   4,300,000    3,789,805 
5.13%, 12/15/2026(b)   2,399,000    2,360,952 
Total Waste & Environment Services & Equipment        6,150,757 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

91 | April 30, 2022 

  

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Wireline Telecommunications Services (0.45%)          
Consolidated Communications, Inc.          
5.00%, 10/01/2028(b)  $1,500,000   $1,227,698 
           
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS          
(Cost $248,033,651)        227,263,381 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
GOVERNMENT BONDS (6.49%)          
           
U.S. Treasury Bonds (6.49%)          
United States Treasury Notes          
1.50%, 02/29/2024   8,521,000    8,344,256 
2.25%, 03/31/2024   9,397,000    9,318,447 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds        17,662,703 
           
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS          
(Cost $17,745,885)        17,662,703 

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
PREFERRED STOCK (3.55%)          
           
Communications (0.44%)          
Wireless Telecommunications Services (0.44%)          
AT&T, Inc.   48,787    1,209,430 
           
Total Communications        1,209,430 
           
Consumer Discretionary (1.97%)          
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (1.97%)        
Qurate Retail, Inc.   65,800    5,361,384 
           
Total Consumer Discretionary        5,361,384 
           
Financials (1.14%)          
Banks (1.14%)          
Bank of Hawaii, Series A(d)   79,675    1,583,939 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.(a)(c)   60,000    1,506,600 
         3,090,539 
           
Total Financials        3,090,539 
           
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK          
(Cost $11,581,215)        9,661,353 

 

   7-Day Yield   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (2.09%)               
                
Money Market Fund (2.09%)               
Morgan Stanley               
Institutional Liquidity               
Funds - Government               
Portfolio   0.03%   5,691,860   $5,691,860 
                
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS               
(Cost $5,691,860)             5,691,860 
                
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.09%)               
(Cost $292,391,282)            $269,788,935 
                
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities (0.91%)             2,485,202 
                
NET ASSETS (100.00%)            $272,274,137 

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

TI – Treasury Index

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

Reference Rates:

1M US L - 1 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.80%

3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 1.33%

1D US SOFR - 1 Day SOFR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.05%

1Y US TI - 1 Year US Treasury Bill as of April 30, 2022 was 1.01%

5Y US TI - 5 Year US Treasury Index as of April 30, 2022 was 2.92%

 

(a) Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The rate in effect as of April 30, 2022 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security's last reset date.
(b) Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of those securities was 166,691,581, representing 61.22% of net assets.
(c) Perpetual maturity. This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(d) Non-Income Producing Security.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

92 | April 30, 2022 

  

 

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
COMMON STOCKS (66.34%)          
           
Communications (3.92%)          
Media (3.92%)          
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a)   390   $890,054 
Walt Disney Co.(a)   3,649    407,338 
         1,297,392 
           
Total Communications        1,297,392 
           
Consumer Discretionary (7.78%)          
Consumer Discretionary Products (1.07%)          
Brunswick Corp.   1,277    96,554 
Lennar Corp., Class A   2,156    164,912 
YETI Holdings, Inc.(a)   1,923    93,977 
         355,443 
           
Consumer Discretionary Services (3.20%)          
Carnival Corp.(a)   7,335    126,896 
Domino's Pizza, Inc.   285    96,330 
Marriott International, Inc., Class A(a)   2,204    391,254 
McDonald's Corp.   1,797    447,740 
         1,062,220 
           
Retail & Whsle - Discretionary (3.51%)          
Amazon.com, Inc.(a)   193    479,727 
Lowe's Cos., Inc.   1,636    323,486 
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.(a)   595    360,898 
         1,164,111 
           
Total Consumer Discretionary        2,581,774 
           
Consumer Staples (7.18%)          
Consumer Staple Products (2.12%)          
Coca-Cola Co.   7,600    491,036 
Estee Lauder Cos., Inc., Class A   802    211,776 
         702,812 
           
Retail & Wholesale - Staples (5.06%)          
Costco Wholesale Corp.   1,039    552,457 
ITOCHU Corp., ADR   3,532    212,238 
Target Corp.   1,641    375,215 
Walmart, Inc.   3,495    534,700 
         1,674,610 
           
Total Consumer Staples        2,377,422 
           
Energy (3.86%)          
Oil & Gas (3.86%)          
ConocoPhillips   8,090    772,757 
Enbridge, Inc.   11,637    507,839 
         1,280,596 
           
Total Energy        1,280,596 

 

   Shares   Value (Note 2) 
         
Financials (7.71%)          
Banking (2.63%)          
JPMorgan Chase & Co.   4,575   $546,072 
Wells Fargo & Co.   7,465    325,698 
         871,770 
           
Financial Services (4.09%)          
American Express Co.   2,070    361,650 
Ares Management Corp., Class A   3,560    235,743 
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.   3,578    414,368 
LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.   1,834    344,554 
         1,356,315 
           
Insurance (0.99%)          
Prudential Financial, Inc.   3,025    328,243 
           
Total Financials        2,556,328 
           
Health Care (10.07%)          
Health Care (10.07%)          
Boston Scientific Corp.(a)   2,800    117,908 
Danaher Corp.   1,302    326,971 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.   1,940    416,227 
IQVIA Holdings, Inc.(a)   1,355    295,376 
Pfizer, Inc.   9,555    468,864 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   750    414,690 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.   1,894    963,193 
Zoetis, Inc.   1,877    332,698 
         3,335,927 
           
Total Health Care        3,335,927 
           
Industrials (6.72%)          
Industrial Products (3.95%)          
Caterpillar, Inc.   1,904    400,868 
Deere & Co.   930    351,122 
ITT, Inc.   3,046    213,890 
TE Connectivity, Ltd.   2,745    342,521 
         1,308,401 
           
Industrial Services (2.77%)          
Norfolk Southern Corp.   924    238,282 
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   394    110,367 
Southwest Airlines Co.(a)   4,409    205,988 
Waste Management, Inc.   2,225    365,879 
         920,516 
           
Total Industrials        2,228,917 
           
Materials (3.63%)          
Materials (3.63%)          
Anglo American PLC, ADR   6,390    142,497 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.   4,285   $173,757 
Linde PLC   1,190    371,232 
LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A   2,920    309,608 
Mosaic Co.   1,300    81,146 
Norsk Hydro ASA, ADR   15,305    130,093 
         1,208,333 
           
Total Materials        1,208,333 
           
Real Estate (1.46%)          
Real Estate (1.46%)          
Equity LifeStyle Properties, Inc.   6,276    485,009 
           
Total Real Estate        485,009 
           
Technology (14.01%)          
Software & Tech Services (6.96%)          
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   1,106    401,898 
Microsoft Corp.   3,929    1,090,375 
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a)   1,255    110,352 
SPS Commerce, Inc.(a)   1,716    205,285 
Synopsys, Inc.(a)   1,078    309,159 
Tyler Technologies, Inc.(a)   470    185,514 
         2,302,583 
           
Tech Hardware & Semiconductors (7.05%)          
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a)   2,624    224,404 
Apple, Inc.   6,667    1,051,053 
Lam Research Corp.   357    166,276 
Motorola Solutions, Inc.   1,055    225,443 
Taiwan Semiconductor          
Manufacturing Co., Ltd., ADR   3,051    283,529 
Texas Instruments, Inc.   2,243    381,872 
         2,332,577 
           
Total Technology        4,635,160 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Cost $19,936,463)        21,986,858 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS (3.71%)    
           
Fannie Mae          
Series 1992-169, Class L,          
7.000%, 09/25/2022  $2,298   $2,309 
Series 1997-10, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
03/18/2027(b)   8,416    8,443 
Series 1997-42, Class PK,          
4.500%, 07/18/2027   8,188    8,319 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Series 1999-52, Class NF,          
1M US L + 1.15%,          
10/25/2023(b)   $4,485   $4,509 
Series 2002-21, Class FD,          
1M US L + 0.90%,          
04/25/2032(b)   11,724    11,868 
Series 2002-22, Class GC,          
6.500%, 04/25/2032   8,632    9,428 
Series 2002-58, Class FG,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
08/25/2032(b)   7,768    7,805 
Series 2002-58, Class PG,          
6.000%, 09/25/2032   21,954    23,754 
Series 2003-117, Class KB,          
6.000%, 12/25/2033   18,183    19,777 
Series 2003-87, Class SL,          
9.10% - 1M US L, 07/25/2033(b)   44,502    45,833 
Series 2004-60, Class JC,          
5.500%, 04/25/2034   18,108    18,946 
Series 2005-27, Class GH,          
5.500%, 04/25/2035   90,000    95,907 
Series 2007-104, Class ZE,          
6.000%, 08/25/2037   18,680    20,140 
Series 2007-22, Class A,          
5.500%, 03/25/2037   9,384    10,041 
Series 2007-55, Class PH,          
6.000%, 06/25/2047   28,157    30,926 
Series 2007-76, Class ZG,          
6.000%, 08/25/2037   33,465    36,319 
Series 2008-1, Class LF,          
1M US L + 0.70%,          
05/25/2037(b)   20,942    21,137 
Series 2008-22, Class DB,          
5.000%, 04/25/2048   16,477    17,487 
Series 2009-12, Class LC,          
8.693%, 06/25/2037(b)   16,765    19,539 
Series 2009-51, Class BZ,          
4.500%, 07/25/2039   21,205    21,787 
Series 2010-61, Class WA,          
6.012%, 06/25/2040(b)   19,081    20,496 
Series 2010-98, Class BH,          
5.500%, 09/25/2040   35,293    37,540 
Series 2012-153, Class B,          
7.000%, 07/25/2042   8,432    9,429 
Series 2012-64, Class NA,          
3.000%, 08/25/2041   3,571    3,564 
Series 2013-18, Class MY,          
3.000%, 03/25/2033   15,000    14,194 
Series 2013-61, Class NY,          
3.000%, 06/25/2033   35,000    33,431 
Series 2013-9, Class AE,          
1.750%, 03/25/2039   11,397    11,307 
Series 2014-21, Class MA,          
2.000%, 09/25/2041   13,751    13,314 
         577,549 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Freddie Mac          
Series 1996-1843, Class Z,          
7.000%, 04/15/2026  $5,872   $6,050 
Series 1999-2123, Class L,          
6.500%, 01/15/2029   26,708    28,442 
Series 2002-2538, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.40%,          
12/15/2032(b)   5,971    5,986 
Series 2003-2626, Class FQ,          
1M US L + 1.00%,          
06/15/2023(b)   2,881    2,885 
Series 2003-2696, Class DG,          
5.500%, 10/15/2033   10,993    11,268 
Series 2005-2977, Class AT,          
4.500%, 05/15/2025   9,524    9,654 
Series 2005-2990, Class LB,          
16.94569% - 1M US L,          
06/15/2034(b)   4,917    5,110 
Series 2005-2993, Class TF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
06/15/2025(b)   4,981    4,983 
Series 2006-3174, Class LF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
05/15/2036(b)   10,792    10,791 
Series 2006-3239, Class EF,          
1M US L + 0.35%,          
11/15/2036(b)   9,976    9,958 
Series 2007-3298, Class Z,          
6.000%, 04/15/2037   31,550    34,241 
Series 2008-3409, Class DB,          
6.000%, 01/15/2038   16,430    17,693 
Series 2009-3572, Class KT,          
4.500%, 09/15/2039   16,215    16,578 
Series 2010-3645, Class WD,          
4.500%, 02/15/2040   26,000    24,913 
Series 2010-3699, Class LC,          
4.000%, 03/15/2040   13,582    13,733 
Series 2010-3721, Class FB,          
1M US L + 0.50%,          
09/15/2040(b)   12,299    12,362 
Series 2010-3759, Class PY,          
4.000%, 11/15/2040   25,000    24,709 
Series 2010-3770, Class JZ,          
4.000%, 12/15/2040   28,761    28,972 
Series 2011-3954, Class PG,          
2.500%, 07/15/2041   27,731    27,043 
Series 2012-3987, Class LP,          
3.500%, 01/15/2042   26,000    25,382 
Series 2012-4032, Class AD,          
2.000%, 10/15/2041   14,377    14,107 
Series 2012-4043, Class PB,          
1.500%, 05/15/2027   14,204    13,702 
Series 2013-4226, Class GZ,          
3.000%, 07/15/2043   13,390    12,637 
Series 2015-4498, Class JA,          
2.500%, 04/15/2037   41,898    38,868 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Series 2015-4526, Class PJ,          
3.000%, 01/15/2042  $718   $718 
         400,785 
Ginnie Mae          
Series 2003-52, Class AP,          
–%, 06/16/2033   15,423    14,143 
Series 2004-86, Class C,          
5.500%, 10/20/2034   16,000    16,978 
Series 2005-91, Class PD,          
5.500%, 12/20/2035   11,818    12,502 
Series 2007-70, Class FC,          
1M US L + 0.47%,          
11/20/2037(b)   18,724    18,819 
Series 2008-2, Class PC,          
4.750%, 01/20/2038   8,384    8,639 
Series 2008-46, Class FA,          
1M US L + 0.60%,          
05/20/2038(b)   7,898    7,922 
Series 2008-60, Class JP,          
5.500%, 07/20/2038   46,000    48,312 
Series 2009-104, Class KA,          
4.500%, 08/16/2039   10,861    11,000 
Series 2010-151, Class KA,          
3.000%, 09/16/2039   7,696    7,706 
Series 2010-98, Class MG,          
3.000%, 08/20/2039   3,898    3,916 
Series 2011-H23, Class HA,          
3.000%, 12/20/2061   6,205    6,070 
Series 2012-39, Class GA,          
3.000%, 10/16/2040   7,857    7,820 
Series 2013-149, Class BP,          
3.500%, 10/20/2043   50,000    49,418 
Series 2013-98, Class DM,          
3.500%, 07/20/2042   10,650    10,691 
Series 2015-91, Class NE,          
3.000%, 10/20/2044   5,411    5,339 
Series 2019-152, Class LC,          
3.500%, 10/20/2049   3,186    3,063 
Series 2019-162, Class GA,          
3.000%, 10/20/2049   5,694    5,565 
Series 2020-167, Class EC,          
1.000%, 02/20/2049   4,467    4,089 
Series 2020-5, Class LC,          
3.500%, 10/20/2049   4,708    4,553 
Series 2021-76, Class ND,          
1.250%, 08/20/2050   6,690    5,718 
         252,263 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS  
(Cost $1,302,928)        1,230,597 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (0.05%)
           
Fannie Mae-Aces          
Series 2014-M9, Class A2,          
3.103%, 07/25/2024(b)  $18,174   $18,120 
           
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES  
(Cost $18,851)        18,120 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES (2.65%)          
           
Fannie Mae Pool          
Series 2004-,          
5.500%, 08/01/2034   41,357    42,710 
5.500%, 11/01/2034   41,137    42,097 
Series 2005-,          
7.683%, 06/15/2034   15,830    17,142 
Series 2007-,          
5.500%, 08/01/2037   32,610    32,711 
1Y US TI + 2.403%,          
10/01/2035(b)   24,475    24,287 
Series 2008-,          
5.500%, 03/01/2038   39,813    41,753 
5.500%, 05/01/2038   30,928    32,458 
Series 2009-,          
5.500%, 11/01/2039   28,848    29,581 
Series 2012-AM0762,          
3.290%, 09/01/2032   8,261    8,034 
Series 2012-AM1671,          
2.100%, 12/01/2027   30,939    29,770 
Series 2013-,          
3.690%, 11/01/2023   35,392    35,711 
Series 2014-,          
2.397%, 08/01/2022(b)   8,437    8,428 
3.500%, 11/01/2033   31,074    30,578 
Series 2015-AM8645,          
2.690%, 05/01/2027   21,374    20,855 
Series 2015-AM8674,          
2.810%, 04/01/2025   20,000    19,739 
Series 2016-,          
2.390%, 06/01/2025   18,998    18,497 
Series 2017-AN6670,          
3.210%, 09/01/2027   29,264    28,893 
Series 2018-109741,          
3.730%, 11/01/2025   49,687    49,978 
Series 2018-BL0212,          
3.820%, 07/01/2027   34,299    33,915 
Series 2019-,          
3.340%, 05/01/2031   24,628    24,526 
         571,663 
Freddie Mac Gold Pool          
Series 2012-,          
3.000%, 05/01/2032   36,997    35,529 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Ginnie Mae II Pool          
Series 2009-,          
5.000%, 10/20/2039  $11,709   $12,183 
5.500%, 02/20/2039   34,892    36,650 
Series 2010-,          
4.000%, 12/20/2040   28,604    28,877 
4.500%, 04/20/2040   24,250    24,943 
4.500%, 08/20/2040   33,295    34,232 
Series 2011-,          
5.000%, 04/20/2041   27,311    28,368 
Series 2012-,          
3.500%, 05/20/2042   44,070    42,935 
4.000%, 08/20/2042   64,144    63,720 
         271,908 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES          
(Cost $922,180)        879,100 
           
CORPORATE BONDS (14.47%)          
Aerospace & Defense (0.61%)          
Boeing Co.          
2.20%, 02/04/2026   70,000    63,923 
Teledyne Technologies, Inc.          
1.60%, 04/01/2026   24,000    21,767 
2.75%, 04/01/2031   31,000    26,856 
TransDigm, Inc.          
6.25%, 03/15/2026(c)   11,000    10,957 
8.00%, 12/15/2025(c)   77,000    80,240 
Total Aerospace & Defense        203,743 
           
Airlines (0.58%)          
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
4.80%, 08/15/2027(c)   45,886    45,878 
Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class B Pass          
Through Trust          
8.00%, 08/15/2025(c)   25,265    26,368 
British Airways 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
4.25%, 11/15/2032(c)   5,649    5,486 
Delta Air Lines, Inc.          
7.00%, 05/01/2025(c)   7,000    7,502 
Southwest Airlines Co.          
5.25%, 05/04/2025   55,000    56,920 
United Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass          
Through Trust          
Series 20-1          
5.88%, 10/15/2027   46,576    47,624 
Total Airlines        189,778 
           
Automobiles Manufacturing (0.90%)          
Ford Motor Co.          
5.29%, 12/08/2046   42,000    36,199 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC          
3.38%, 11/13/2025   35,000    33,648 
4.00%, 11/13/2030   35,000    30,327 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd.          
4.81%, 09/17/2030(c)  $200,000   $187,859 
Volkswagen Group of America          
Finance LLC          
0.75%, 11/23/2022(c)   5,000    4,952 
0.88%, 11/22/2023(c)   5,000    4,803 
Total Automobiles Manufacturing        297,788 
           
Banks (0.88%)          
Citizens Financial Group, Inc.          
4.15%, 09/28/2022(c)   30,000    30,199 
Fifth Third Bancorp          
1D US SOFR + 1.355%,          
04/25/2028(b)   11,000    10,930 
1D US SOFR + 1.66%,          
04/25/2033(b)   6,000    5,984 
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Co.          
1D US SOFR + 3.83%,          
06/19/2024(b)   83,000    83,507 
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.          
Series O          
3M US L + 3.678%(b)(d)   133,000    132,572 
Wells Fargo & Co.          
1D US SOFR + 2.13%,          
04/25/2053(b)   28,000    27,620 
Total Banks        290,812 
           
Cable & Satellite (0.30%)          
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings          
Capital Corp.          
4.25%, 01/15/2034(c)   31,000    24,698 
4.50%, 06/01/2033(c)   22,000    18,040 
Charter Communications Operating          
LLC / Charter Communications          
Operating Capital          
3.85%, 04/01/2061   84,000    57,378 
Total Cable & Satellite        100,116 
           
Casinos & Gaming (0.37%)          
MGM Resorts International          
5.50%, 04/15/2027   15,000    14,629 
6.75%, 05/01/2025   45,000    46,122 
Penn National Gaming, Inc.          
5.63%, 01/15/2027(c)   61,000    58,178 
Total Casinos & Gaming        118,929 
           
Chemicals (0.05%)          
Avient Corp.          
5.75%, 05/15/2025(c)   18,000    18,202 
           
Commercial Finance (0.82%)          
AerCap Holdings NV          
5Y US TI + 4.535%,          
10/10/2079(b)   40,000    37,558 
AerCap Ireland Capital DAC /          
AerCap Global Aviation Trust          
6.50%, 07/15/2025   110,000    114,177 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Air Lease Corp.          
Series C          
5Y US TI + 3.149%(b)(d)  $40,000   $34,075 
Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd.          
2.53%, 11/18/2027(c)   14,000    12,061 
4.25%, 04/15/2026(c)   25,000    24,003 
Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd.          
4.50%, 03/15/2023(c)   51,000    51,167 
Total Commercial Finance        273,041 
           
Consumer Finance (0.56%)          
Ally Financial, Inc.          
1.45%, 10/02/2023   10,000    9,725 
Series C          
7Y US TI + 3.481%(b)(d)   18,000    15,540 
American Express Co.          
5Y US TI + 2.854%(b)(d)   26,000    22,460 
Discover Financial Services          
Series D          
5Y US TI + 5.78%(b)(d)   15,000    15,300 
OneMain Finance Corp.          
8.88%, 06/01/2025   116,000    121,814 
Total Consumer Finance        184,839 
           
Consumer Products (0.10%)          
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital          
UK PLC          
3.13%, 03/24/2025(c)   17,000    16,686 
GSK Consumer Healthcare Capital          
US LLC          
3.38%, 03/24/2027(c)   17,000    16,459 
Total Consumer Products        33,145 
           
Department Stores (0.10%)          
Nordstrom, Inc.          
4.25%, 08/01/2031   38,000    32,282 
           
Diversified Banks (1.43%)          
Bank of America Corp.          
1D US SOFR + 1.37%,          
10/24/2031(b)   119,000    96,904 
5Y US TI + 1.20%,          
09/21/2036(b)   121,000    97,000 
Citigroup, Inc.          
4.30%, 11/20/2026   95,000    94,887 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.          
1D US SOFR + 1.25%,          
04/22/2032(b)   60,000    51,451 
1D US SOFR + 1.26%,          
01/25/2033(b)   44,000    38,765 
1D US SOFR + 1.46%,          
06/01/2024(b)   30,000    29,531 
1D US SOFR + 1.56%,          
04/26/2028(b)   28,000    27,907 
1D US SOFR + 1.80%,          
04/26/2033(b)   23,000    23,126 
3M US SOFR + 1.105%,          
11/19/2031(b)   16,000    12,965 
Total Diversified Banks        472,536 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

97 | April 30, 2022

  

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Entertainment Content (0.29%)          
Magallanes, Inc.          
3.76%, 03/15/2027(c)   $14,000   $13,557 
3.79%, 03/15/2025(c)   38,000    37,492 
4.28%, 03/15/2032(c)   30,000    27,885 
5.14%, 03/15/2052(c)   23,000    20,548 
Total Entertainment Content        99,482 
           
Entertainment Resources (0.04%)          
Cedar Fair LP / Canada's          
Wonderland Co. / Magnum          
Management Corp. /          
Millennium Op          
5.50%, 05/01/2025(c)   13,000    13,081 
           
Exploration & Production (0.27%)          
Diamondback Energy, Inc.          
4.40%, 03/24/2051   10,000    8,997 
Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co.          
6.00%, 04/15/2030(c)   10,000    9,938 
6.25%, 11/01/2028(c)   42,000    41,895 
6.25%, 04/15/2032(c)   10,000    9,763 
Range Resources Corp.          
5.00%, 03/15/2023   15,000    15,057 
Total Exploration & Production        85,650 
           
Financial Services (1.67%)          
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.          
3.85%, 04/26/2029   28,000    27,726 
Credit Suisse Group AG          
5Y US TI + 4.82%(b)(c)(d)   200,000    188,778 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.          
1D US SOFR + 0.50%,          
09/10/2024(b)   24,000    23,709 
1D US SOFR + 0.913%,          
10/21/2027(b)   24,000    21,581 
1D US SOFR + 1.114%,          
02/24/2028(b)   48,000    44,167 
1D US SOFR + 1.41%,          
02/24/2033(b)   18,000    15,748 
Series DMTN          
1D US SOFR + 1.248%,          
07/21/2032(b)   22,000    18,202 
Morgan Stanley          
Series I          
1D US SOFR + 0.75%,          
10/21/2025(b)   10,000    9,282 
1D US SOFR + 1.00%,          
01/21/2028(b)   30,000    27,647 
1D US SOFR + 1.36%,          
09/16/2036(b)   111,000    88,913 
1D US SOFR + 2.62%,          
04/20/2037(b)   11,000    11,012 
Nasdaq, Inc.          
0.45%, 12/21/2022   10,000    9,864 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
National Securities Clearing Corp.          
0.40%, 12/07/2023(c)  $20,000   $19,191 
Raymond James Financial, Inc.          
4.65%, 04/01/2030   50,000    50,655 
Total Financial Services        556,475 
           
Food & Beverage (0.19%)          
JDE Peet's NV          
0.80%, 09/24/2024(c)   16,000    14,953 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co.          
3.88%, 05/15/2027   24,000    23,502 
4.25%, 03/01/2031   24,000    23,287 
Total Food & Beverage        61,742 
           
Hardware (0.07%)          
Dell, Inc.          
5.40%, 09/10/2040   26,000    23,992 
           
Health Care Facilities & Services (0.18%)          
HCA, Inc.          
2.38%, 07/15/2031   73,000    60,130 
           
Industrial Other (0.07%)          
Honeywell International, Inc.          
0.48%, 08/19/2022   5,000    4,986 
Quanta Services, Inc.          
0.95%, 10/01/2024   16,000    15,010 
Total Industrial Other        19,996 
           
Managed Care (0.08%)          
Humana, Inc.          
0.65%, 08/03/2023   28,000    27,186 
           
Medical Equipment & Devices Manufacturing (0.07%)          
PerkinElmer, Inc.          
0.85%, 09/15/2024   23,000    21,571 
           
Metals & Mining (0.23%)          
Steel Dynamics, Inc.          
5.00%, 12/15/2026   75,000    76,765 
           
Pharmaceuticals (0.92%)          
Bausch Health Cos., Inc.          
6.13%, 04/15/2025(c)   178,000    178,635 
Organon & Co. / Organon Foreign          
Debt Co-Issuer BV          
4.13%, 04/30/2028(c)   45,000    41,913 
Viatris, Inc.          
1.13%, 06/22/2022   86,000    85,893 
Total Pharmaceuticals        306,441 
           
Pipeline (1.37%)          
Buckeye Partners LP          
4.13%, 12/01/2027   36,000    33,255 
4.50%, 03/01/2028(c)   84,000    76,771 
5.60%, 10/15/2044   12,000    9,664 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

98 | April 30, 2022

  

 

  

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Energy Transfer LP        
Series F        
5Y US TI + 5.134%(b)(d)  $15,000   $14,475 
3.45%, 01/15/2023   10,000    10,023 
Flex Intermediate Holdco LLC          
3.36%, 06/30/2031(c)   93,000    81,761 
4.32%, 12/30/2039(c)   62,000    51,951 
Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC          
3.90%, 04/01/2024(c)   25,000    24,869 
4.63%, 04/01/2029(c)   32,000    31,089 
Targa Resources Partners LP / Targa          
Resources Partners Finance          
Corp.          
6.50%, 07/15/2027   71,000    73,226 
6.88%, 01/15/2029   46,000    48,566 
Total Pipeline        455,650 
           
Power Generation (0.43%)          
Alexander Funding Trust          
1.84%, 11/15/2023(c)   76,000    72,982 
NRG Energy, Inc.          
2.00%, 12/02/2025(c)   20,000    18,603 
2.45%, 12/02/2027(c)   25,000    22,185 
Vistra Operations Co. LLC          
5.50%, 09/01/2026(c)   29,000    28,928 
Total Power Generation        142,698 
           
Publishing & Broadcasting (0.10%)          
Nexstar Media, Inc.          
4.75%, 11/01/2028(c)   25,000    22,721 
Scripps Escrow II, Inc.          
3.88%, 01/15/2029(c)   12,000    10,682 
Total Publishing & Broadcasting        33,403 
           
Real Estate (0.06%)          
VICI Properties LP          
4.75%, 02/15/2028   8,000    7,980 
5.63%, 05/15/2052   11,000    10,976 
Total Real Estate        18,956 
           
Refining & Marketing (0.19%)          
HF Sinclair Corp.          
4.50%, 10/01/2030(c)   46,000    42,897 
5.88%, 04/01/2026(c)   22,000    22,615 
Total Refining & Marketing        65,512 
           
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (0.06%)          
Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.          
4.10%, 01/15/2052   28,000    20,518 
           
Semiconductors (0.04%)          
Microchip Technology, Inc.          
0.97%, 02/15/2024   15,000    14,306 
           
Software & Services (0.26%)          
CoStar Group, Inc.          
2.80%, 07/15/2030(c)   60,000    52,349 

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen        
Finance Co.        
4.50%, 07/15/2029(c)  $12,000   $11,358 
4.75%, 07/15/2031(c)   24,000    22,720 
Total Software & Services        86,427 
Supermarkets & Pharmacies (0.03%)          
Albertsons Cos. Inc / Safeway, Inc. /          
New Albertsons LP /          
Albertsons LLC          
4.63%, 01/15/2027(c)   10,000    9,377 
           
Transportation & Logistics (0.12%)          
FedEx Corp. 2020-1 Class AA Pass          
Through Trust          
1.88%, 02/20/2034   45,990    40,710 
           
Utilities (0.83%)          
Atmos Energy Corp.          
3M US L + 0.38%,          
03/09/2023(b)   7,000    7,004 
Dominion Energy, Inc.          
3.07%, 08/15/2024(e)   25,000    24,693 
Edison International          
Series A          
5Y US TI + 4.70%(b)(d)   3,000    2,774 
ONE Gas, Inc.          
0.85%, 03/11/2023   25,000    24,575 
1.10%, 03/11/2024   95,000    90,879 
Pacific Gas and Electric Co.          
1.37%, 03/10/2023   54,000    53,232 
1.75%, 06/16/2022   17,000    16,990 
3.25%, 02/16/2024   16,000    15,795 
Sempra Energy          
5Y US TI + 2.868%,          
04/01/2052(b)   32,000    28,181 
Southern California Edison Co.          
1.10%, 04/01/2024   10,000    9,601 
Total Utilities        273,724 
Waste & Environment Services & Equipment (0.11%)          
GFL Environmental, Inc.          
5.13%, 12/15/2026(c)   36,000    35,429 
           
Wireless Telecommunications Services (0.08%)          
Sprint Corp.          
7.88%, 09/15/2023   25,000    26,282 
           
Wireline Telecommunications Services (0.01%)          
NTT Finance Corp.          
0.37%, 03/03/2023(c)   4,000    3,924 
           
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS          
(Cost $5,219,619)        4,794,638 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

99 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Principal Amount   Value (Note 2) 
GOVERNMENT BONDS (6.94%)        
         
U.S. Treasury Bonds (6.94%)        
United States Treasury Bonds        
1.38%, 11/15/2031  $172,000   $150,218 
1.88%, 02/15/2032   325,000    296,816 
1.88%, 11/15/2051   20,000    15,692 
2.00%, 11/15/2041   289,000    239,283 
2.25%, 02/15/2052   268,000    230,187 
2.38%, 02/15/2042   476,000    420,740 
United States Treasury Inflation          
Indexed Bonds          
0.13%, 02/15/2052   102,907    95,475 
United States Treasury Notes          
0.75%, 08/31/2026   401,000    365,239 
1.13%, 01/15/2025   220,000    210,014 
1.50%, 01/31/2027   175,000    163,816 
2.25%, 03/31/2024   15,000    14,875 
2.50%, 03/31/2027   99,000    97,024 
Total U.S. Treasury Bonds        2,299,379 
           
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS          
(Cost $2,463,976)        2,299,379 

 

   Shares  

Value
(Note 2)
 
PREFERRED STOCK (0.32%)        
         
Consumer Discretionary (0.15%)        
Retail - Consumer Discretionary (0.15%)        
Qurate Retail, Inc.   600    48,887 
           
Total Consumer Discretionary        48,887 
           
Financials (0.17%)          
Banks (0.17%)          
Bank of Hawaii, Series A(a)   2,520    50,098 
First Republic Bank(d)   433    7,578 
         57,676 
           
Total Financials        57,676 
           
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK          
(Cost $135,186)        106,563 

   7-Day Yield   Shares  

Value

(Note 2)

 
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (5.22%)               
Money Market Fund (5.22%)               
Morgan Stanley               
Institutional Liquidity               
Funds - Government               
Portfolio     0.03%   19,295   $19,295 
State Street Institutional               
Treasury Plus Money               
Market Fund    0.01%   1,711,463    1,711,464 
              1,730,759 
                
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS               
(Cost $1,730,759)             1,730,759 
                
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.70%)               
(Cost $31,729,962)            $33,046,014 
                
Other Assets In Excess Of Liabilities (0.30%)             100,934 
                
NET ASSETS (100.00%)            $33,146,948 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements. 

 

100 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund

 

Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Investment Abbreviations:

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

TI – Treasury Index

SOFR - Secured Overnight Financing Rate

 

Reference Rates:

1M US L - 1 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.80%

3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of April 30, 2022 was 1.33%

7Y US TI - 7 Year US Treasury Index as of April 30, 2022 was 1.44%

1D US SOFR - 1 Day SOFR as of April 30, 2022 was 0.05%

1Y US TI - 1 Year US Treasury Bill as of April 30, 2022 was 1.01%

5Y US TI - 5 Year US Treasury Index as of April 30, 2022 was 2.92%

 

(a)Non-Income Producing Security.
(b)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The rate in effect as of April 30, 2022 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security's last reset date.
(c)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of those securities was 1,904,578, representing 5.75% of net assets.
(d)Perpetual maturity. This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(e)Step bond. Coupon changes periodically based upon a predetermined schedule. Interest rate disclosed is that which is in effect as of April 30, 2022.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

101 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund 
ASSETS                    
Investments, at value  $674,765,954   $1,674,579,937   $269,788,935   $33,046,015 
Receivable for investments sold   2,082,537    188,021    51,519     
Receivable for shares sold   2,046,058    4,063,109    31,832    89,070 
Deposit with broker for futures contracts               25,572 
Interest receivable   3,213,957    12,544,624    3,092,471    82,407 
Receivable due from advisor               3,016 
Income tax receivable   1,680    30,088         
Prepaid expenses and other assets   17,179    92,310    10,394    16,059 
Total Assets   682,127,365    1,691,498,089    272,975,151    33,262,139 
LIABILITIES                    
Payable for investments purchased   3,538,579    3,141,662         
Payable for shares redeemed   2,860,912    1,199,643    404,138     
Investment advisory fees payable   185,681    647,131    170,456     
Administration and transfer agency fees payable   136,186    570,095    80,781    64,041 
Distribution and services fees payable   13,034    15,237    5,396    1,674 
Trustees' fees and expenses payable   5,252    18,382    3,262     
Professional fees payable   27,631    56,431    21,037    16,658 
Custody fees payable   17,971    62,975    9,552    22,302 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   34,437    98,871    6,392    10,516 
Total Liabilities   6,819,683    5,810,427    701,014    115,191 
NET ASSETS  $675,307,682   $1,685,687,662   $272,274,137   $33,146,948 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF                    
Paid-in capital  $693,970,923   $1,850,807,832   $302,013,817   $32,337,295 
Total distributable earnings   (18,663,241)   (165,120,170)   (29,739,680)   809,653 
NET ASSETS  $675,307,682   $1,685,687,662   $272,274,137   $33,146,948 
INVESTMENTS, AT COST  $690,676,540   $1,790,472,332   $292,391,282   $31,729,961 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

102 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Funds

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund 
PRICING OF SHARES                
Investor Class:                    
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $10.21   $10.15   $9.43   $11.05 
Net Assets  $4,381,497   $6,468,363   $6,340,415   $701,335 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   429,015    637,152    672,172    63,480 
Class A:                    
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $10.21   $10.16   $9.43   $11.05 
Net Assets  $16,200,735   $16,609,121   $1,102,025   $1,148,709 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   1,586,753    1,635,545    116,810    103,991 
Maximum offering price per share  $10.45(a)  $10.39(a)  $9.65(a)  $11.42(b)
Class C:                    
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share(c)  $10.17   $10.13   $9.43   $10.99 
Net Assets  $2,967,924   $5,201,429   $607,266   $566,541 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   291,883    513,335    64,380    51,537 
Class I:                    
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $10.22   $10.15   $9.44   $11.05 
Net Assets  $651,757,526   $1,657,408,748   $264,224,431   $30,730,363 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   63,788,214    163,327,327    27,988,229    2,781,757 

 

(a)(NAV/0.9775), based on maximum sales charge of 2.25% of the offering price.
(b)(NAV/0.9675), based on maximum sales charge of 3.25% of the offering price.
(c)Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. For a description of a possible sales charge, please see the Fund's Prospectus.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

103 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Funds

 

Statement of Operations For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund 
INVESTMENT INCOME                    
Dividends  $7,568   $688,149   $587,460   $167,352 
Foreign taxes withheld on dividends   (1,619,002)   (7,098)   (747,058)   (3,767)
Interest   5,528,332    24,829,317    6,655,124    136,832 
Total Investment Income   3,916,898    25,510,368    6,495,526    300,417 
                     
EXPENSES                    
Investment advisory fees   1,049,256    4,876,079    1,156,936    129,232 
Administrative fees   263,972    865,324    130,475    44,381 
Transfer agency fees   132,352    487,568    71,697    21,626 
Distribution and service fees                    
Investor Class   8,127    11,563    9,914    1,138 
Class A   25,897    33,935    1,752    1,820 
Class C   16,256    32,095    3,232    3,024 
Professional fees   18,001    31,419    15,286    12,684 
Reports to shareholders and printing fees   9,259    38,581    4,859    945 
State registration fees   56,092    63,294    66,002    34,201 
Insurance fees   1,284    10,057    140    102 
Custody fees   7,875    24,531    3,254    8,000 
Trustees' fees and expenses   11,966    41,744    5,711    860 
Miscellaneous expenses   6,960    15,601    4,624    4,519 
Total Expenses   1,607,297    6,531,791    1,473,882    262,532 
Less fees waived/reimbursed by investment advisor (Note 8)                    
Investor Class   (2,571)   (1,612)   (135)   (1,654)
Class A   (4,016)   (4,534)   (23)   (2,640)
Class C   (717)   (2,304)   (19)   (1,321)
Class I   (139,078)   (721,320)   (71,206)   (94,172)
Net Expenses   1,460,915    5,802,021    1,402,499    162,745 
Net Investment Income   2,455,983    19,708,347    5,093,027    137,672 
Net realized loss on investments   (2,737,915)   (43,310,149)   (7,019,175)   (340,870)
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions               (168)
Net Realized Loss   (2,737,915)   (43,310,149)   (7,019,175)   (341,038)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments   (16,117,368)   (134,386,265)   (23,490,442)   (3,010,748)
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation   (16,117,368)   (134,386,265)   (23,490,442)   (3,010,748)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS ON INVESTMENTS   (18,855,283)   (177,696,414)   (30,509,617)   (3,351,786)
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS $ (16,399,300 ) $ (157,988,067 ) $ (25,416,590 ) $ (3,214,114 )

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

104 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
OPERATIONS        
Net investment income  $2,455,983   $2,847,616 
Net realized gain/(loss)   (2,737,915)   1,366,915 
Net change in unrealized depreciation   (16,117,368)   (1,863,510)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   (16,399,300)   2,351,021 
           
DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (26,749)   (155,128)
Class A   (95,673)   (122,168)
Class C   (9,945)   (17,715)
Class I   (3,653,969)   (4,175,818)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (3,786,336)   (4,470,829)
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   1,113,555    15,055,603 
Class A   5,037,597    13,671,339 
Class C   1,182,397    1,574,934 
Class I   342,256,683    481,182,792 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   19,113    103,471 
Class A   53,808    107,066 
Class C   7,900    17,232 
Class I   1,715,101    2,516,150 
Shares redeemed, net of redemption fees          
Investor Class   (6,770,967)   (13,992,876)
Class A   (5,107,049)   (530,992)
Class C   (1,584,986)   (289,750)
Class I   (165,178,746)   (156,359,324)
Net Increase in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   172,744,406    343,055,645 
           
Net increase in net assets   152,558,770    340,935,837 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   522,748,912    181,813,075 
End of period  $675,307,682   $522,748,912 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

105 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
OPERATIONS        
Net investment income  $19,708,347   $30,747,035 
Net realized gain/(loss)   (43,310,149)   3,499,336 
Net change in unrealized depreciation   (134,386,265)   (12,866,274)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   (157,988,067)   21,380,097 
           
DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (87,177)   (336,421)
Class A   (250,927)   (584,781)
Class C   (48,614)   (198,520)
Class I   (22,516,224)   (55,637,740)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (22,902,942)   (56,757,462)
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   1,025,742    4,281,016 
Class A   3,344,923    19,688,892 
Class C   768,579    2,181,358 
Class I   516,685,189    874,175,506 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   76,952    280,200 
Class A   225,674    530,643 
Class C   38,951    153,422 
Class I   15,020,380    37,592,642 
Shares redeemed, net of redemption fees          
Investor Class   (3,501,240)   (4,826,938)
Class A   (12,190,275)   (7,467,466)
Class C   (2,170,943)   (1,481,119)
Class I   (435,622,185)   (470,271,790)
Net Increase in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   83,701,747    454,836,366 
           
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (97,189,262)   419,459,001 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   1,782,876,924    1,363,417,923 
End of period  $1,685,687,662   $1,782,876,924 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

106 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
OPERATIONS        
Net investment income  $5,093,027   $3,377,181 
Net realized gain/(loss)   (7,019,175)   1,092,257 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (23,490,442)   1,003,450 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   (25,416,590)   5,472,888 
           
DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (125,482)   (116,811)
Class A   (22,256)   (30,109)
Class C   (10,044)   (10,784)
Class I   (6,063,375)   (3,347,171)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (6,221,157)   (3,504,875)
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   675,678    7,838,750 
Class A       166,565 
Class C       160,000 
Class I   67,062,392    310,405,806 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   125,286    108,253 
Class A   3,173    3,391 
Class C   567    58 
Class I   4,982,938    2,190,246 
Shares redeemed          
Investor Class   (657,352)   (1,873,870)
Class C   (9,912)    
Class I   (75,573,184)   (40,909,390)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   (3,390,414)   278,089,809 
           
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (35,028,161)   280,057,822 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   307,302,298    27,244,476 
End of period  $272,274,137   $307,302,298 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

107 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund

 

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
OPERATIONS        
Net investment income  $137,672   $170,843 
Net realized loss   (341,038)   (23,464)
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (3,010,748)   4,462,821 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   (3,214,114)   4,610,200 
           
DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (3,681)   (3,280)
Class A   (5,870)   (5,331)
Class C   (1,577)   (268)
Class I   (223,564)   (184,448)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (234,692)   (193,327)
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   1,529    45,545 
Class A   48,750     
Class C   18,793     
Class I   8,215,309    22,130,170 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   808    510 
Class A   136     
Class C   47     
Class I   145,411    103,203 
Shares redeemed          
Investor Class   (11,673)   (5,641)
Class A   (862)    
Class I   (11,842,826)   (1,042,715)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   (3,424,578)   21,231,072 
           
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (6,873,384)   25,647,945 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   40,020,332    14,372,387 
End of period  $33,146,948   $40,020,332 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

108 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund – Investor Class

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.57   $10.62   $10.25   $9.98   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.03    0.05    0.11    0.23    0.07 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.33)   0.03    0.48    0.27    (0.04)
Total from investment operations   (0.30)   0.08    0.59    0.50    0.03 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.03)   (0.05)   (0.14)   (0.22)   (0.05)
From net realized gains   (0.03)   (0.08)   (0.08)   (0.01)    
Total distributions   (0.06)   (0.13)   (0.22)   (0.23)   (0.05)
                          
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (0.36)   (0.05)   0.37    0.27    (0.02)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.21   $10.57   $10.62   $10.25   $9.98 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (2.91)%   0.77%   5.85%   5.04%   0.25%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $4,381   $10,194   $9,100   $519   $491 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.88%(c)   0.90%   0.95%   1.10%   2.79%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.79%(c)   0.76%   0.78%   0.76%   0.89%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.53%(c)   0.51%   1.02%   2.22%   1.93%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   67%   165%   457%   639%   266%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been   waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the   redemption of Fund shares.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

109 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund – Class A

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.56   $10.61   $10.24   $9.98   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.03    0.05    0.12    0.22    0.06 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.32)   0.03    0.47    0.27    (0.03)
Total from investment operations   (0.29)   0.08    0.59    0.49    0.03 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.03)   (0.05)   (0.14)   (0.22)   (0.05)
From net realized gains   (0.03)   (0.08)   (0.08)   (0.01)    
Total distributions   (0.06)   (0.13)   (0.22)   (0.23)   (0.05)
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)   -    -    -    0.00(b)   - 
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (0.35)   (0.05)   0.37    0.26    (0.02)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.21   $10.56   $10.61   $10.24   $9.98 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (2.80)%   0.77%   5.84%   4.96%   0.27%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $16,201   $16,868   $3,702   $471   $110 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.82%(d)   0.84%   0.94%   1.09%   4.28%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.77%(d)   0.76%   0.77%   0.74%   0.89%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.58%(d)   0.51%   1.10%   2.17%   1.86%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   67%   165%   457%   639%   266%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been   waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the   redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

110 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund – Class C

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.53   $10.61   $10.24   $9.98   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income/(loss)(a)   (0.01)   (0.02)   0.05    0.15    0.05 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.32)   0.02    0.47    0.27    (0.04)
Total from investment operations   (0.33)       0.52    0.42    0.01 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.00)(b)   (0.00)(b)   (0.07)   (0.15)   (0.03)
From net realized gains   (0.03)   (0.08)   (0.08)   (0.01)    
Total distributions   (0.03)   (0.08)   (0.15)   (0.16)   (0.03)
                          
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (0.36)   (0.08)   0.37    0.26    (0.02)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.17   $10.53   $10.61   $10.24   $9.98 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (3.16)%   (0.01)%   5.10%   4.19%   0.09%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $2,968   $3,472   $2,193   $497   $370 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.53%(d)   1.55%   1.67%   1.83%   3.54%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.49%(d)   1.49%   1.49%   1.49%   1.48%(d)
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets   (0.15)%(d)   (0.22)%   0.46%   1.48%   1.35%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   67%   165%   457%   639%   266%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been   waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the   redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

111 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund – Class I

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.57   $10.62   $10.25   $9.99   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.05    0.08    0.16    0.25    0.08 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.33)   0.03    0.46    0.26    (0.03)
Total from investment operations   (0.28)   0.11    0.62    0.51    0.05 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.04)   (0.08)   (0.17)   (0.25)   (0.06)
From net realized gains   (0.03)   (0.08)   (0.08)   (0.01)    
Total distributions   (0.07)   (0.16)   (0.25)   (0.26)   (0.06)
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)           0.00(b)   0.01    0.00(b)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (0.35)   (0.05)   0.37    0.26    (0.01)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.22   $10.57   $10.62   $10.25   $9.99 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (2.66)%   1.05%   6.12%   5.21%   0.50%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $651,758   $492,215   $166,817   $44,916   $13,601 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.54%(d)   0.58%   0.70%   0.82%   1.70%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.49%(d)   0.49%   0.49%   0.49%   0.49%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.88%(d)   0.77%   1.52%   2.46%   2.36%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   67%   165%   457%   639%   266%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

112 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund – Investor Class

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.23   $11.46   $10.99   $10.05   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.12    0.18    0.19    0.22    0.07 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.08)   (0.03)   0.57    0.95    0.03 
Total from investment operations   (0.96)   0.15    0.76    1.17    0.10 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.12)   (0.19)   (0.19)   (0.21)   (0.05)
From net realized gains       (0.19)   (0.10)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.12)   (0.38)   (0.29)   (0.23)   (0.05)
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)           0.00(b)   0.00(b)    
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.08)   (0.23)   0.47    0.94    0.05 
Net asset value, end of period  $10.15   $11.23   $11.46   $10.99   $10.05 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (8.59)%   1.26%   6.95%   11.77%   1.00%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $6,468   $9,605   $10,109   $4,121   $345 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.97%(d)   0.98%   1.01%   1.07%   2.97%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.93%(d)   0.95%   0.96%   0.96%   1.07%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.20%(d)   1.55%   1.66%   2.05%   2.20%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   112%   178%   360%   489%   345%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

113 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund – Class A

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.23   $11.46   $10.99   $10.05   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.12    0.18    0.19    0.21    0.07 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.07)   (0.03)   0.57    0.97    0.03 
Total from investment operations   (0.95)   0.15    0.76    1.18    0.10 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.12)   (0.19)   (0.19)   (0.22)   (0.05)
From net realized gains       (0.19)   (0.10)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.12)   (0.38)   (0.29)   (0.24)   (0.05)
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)           0.00(b)   0.00(b)    
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.07)   (0.23)   0.47    0.94    0.05 
Net asset value, end of period  $10.16   $11.23   $11.46   $10.99   $10.05 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (8.50)%   1.27%   6.96%   11.79%   1.04%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $16,609   $27,342   $15,016   $7,929   $136 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.97%(d)   0.97%   0.99%   1.05%   3.96%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.94%(d)   0.94%   0.95%   0.95%   1.07%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.19%(d)   1.57%   1.66%   1.91%   2.10%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   112%   178%   360%   489%   345%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

114 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund – Class C
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.21   $11.44   $10.97   $10.04   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.08    0.09    0.11    0.13    0.05 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.08)   (0.02)   0.57    0.97    0.03 
Total from investment operations   (1.00)   0.07    0.68    1.10    0.08 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.08)   (0.11)   (0.11)   (0.15)   (0.04)
From net realized gains       (0.19)   (0.10)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.08)   (0.30)   (0.21)   (0.17)   (0.04)
                          
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.08)   (0.23)   0.47    0.93    0.04 
Net asset value, end of period  $10.13   $11.21   $11.44   $10.97   $10.04 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (8.93)%   0.55%   6.23%   10.98%   0.79%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $5,201   $7,184   $6,508   $1,727   $121 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.71%(c)   1.71%   1.72%   1.79%   4.69%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.64%(c)   1.66%   1.67%   1.67%   1.67%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.50%(c)   0.83%   0.94%   1.20%   1.49%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   112%   178%   360%   489%   345%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

115 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund – Class I
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period July 2, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.22   $11.46   $10.99   $10.04   $10.00 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.13    0.21    0.22    0.24    0.09 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.06)   (0.04)   0.57    0.97    0.02 
Total from investment operations   (0.93)   0.17    0.79    1.21    0.11 
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.14)   (0.22)   (0.22)   (0.24)   (0.07)
From net realized gains       (0.19)   (0.10)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.14)   (0.41)   (0.32)   (0.26)   (0.07)
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)           0.00(b)   0.00(b)    
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.07)   (0.24)   0.47    0.95    0.04 
Net asset value, end of period  $10.15   $11.22   $11.46   $10.99   $10.04 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (8.37)%   1.47%   7.26%   12.19%   1.09%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $1,657,409   $1,738,746   $1,331,786   $365,930   $10,495 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.72%(d)   0.73%   0.72%   0.76%   2.18%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.64%(d)   0.66%   0.67%   0.67%   0.67%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.50%(d)   1.84%   1.94%   2.22%   2.64%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   112%   178%   360%   489%   345%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. (d) Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

116 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund – Investor Class
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.45   $9.96   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.15    0.25    0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.98)   0.51    (0.04)
Total from investment operations   (0.83)   0.76    (0.02)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.15)   (0.25)   (0.02)
From net realized gains   (0.04)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.19)   (0.27)   (0.02)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.02)   0.49    (0.04)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.43   $10.45   $9.96 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (8.04)%   7.63%   (0.23)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $6,340   $6,869   $699 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.20%(c)   1.25%   2.36%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.20%(c)   1.19%   1.20%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   3.05%(c)   2.35%   1.37%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   92%   211%   66%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

117 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund – Class A
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.45   $9.96   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.15    0.25    0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.98)   0.51    (0.04)
Total from investment operations   (0.83)   0.76    (0.02)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.15)   (0.25)   (0.02)
From net realized gains   (0.04)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.19)   (0.27)   (0.02)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.02)   0.49    (0.04)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.43   $10.45   $9.96 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (8.03)%   7.65%   (0.22)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $1,102   $1,217   $996 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.20%(c)   1.26%   2.38%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.20%(c)   1.16%   1.20%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   3.05%(c)   2.41%   1.33%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   92%   211%   66%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

118 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund – Class C
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.45   $9.96   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.12    0.17    0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.98)   0.52    (0.04)
Total from investment operations   (0.86)   0.69    (0.03)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.12)   (0.18)   (0.01)
From net realized gains   (0.04)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.16)   (0.19)   (0.01)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.02)   0.49    (0.04)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.43   $10.45   $9.96 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (8.36)%   6.88%   (0.31)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $607   $682   $498 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.90%(c)   2.00%   3.09%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.90%(c)   1.90%   1.90%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.35%(c)   1.67%   0.63%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   92%   211%   66%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

119 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund – Class I
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $10.45   $9.97   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.17    0.28    0.02 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (0.97)   0.50    (0.03)
Total from investment operations   (0.80)   0.78    (0.01)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.17)   (0.28)   (0.02)
From net realized gains   (0.04)   (0.02)    
Total distributions   (0.21)   (0.30)   (0.02)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.01)   0.48    (0.03)
Net asset value, end of period  $9.44   $10.45   $9.97 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (7.80)%   7.83%   (0.15)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $264,224   $298,535   $25,051 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.91%(c)   1.03%   1.86%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.90%(c)   0.90%   0.90%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   3.35%(c)   2.66%   1.79%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   92%   211%   66%

 

(a) Calculated using the average shares method.
(b) Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c) Annualized.
(d) Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

120 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund – Investor Class
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.19   $9.88   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.03    0.04    0.00(b)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.12)   2.32    (0.12)
Total from investment operations   (1.09)   2.36    (0.12)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.03)   (0.05)   (0.00)(b)
From net realized gains   (0.02)        
Total distributions   (0.05)   (0.05)   (0.00)(b)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.14)   2.31    (0.12)
Net asset value, end of period  $11.05   $12.19   $9.88 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (8.92)%   23.95%   (1.18)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $701   $784   $601 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.59%(d)   1.67%   3.00%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.15%(d)   1.12%   1.15%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.57%(d)   0.38%   0.25%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   61%   126%   26%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

121 | April 30, 2022 

 

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund – Class A
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.19   $9.88   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.03    0.04    0.00(b)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.12)   2.32    (0.12)
Total from investment operations   (1.09)   2.36    (0.12)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.03)   (0.05)   (0.00)(b)
From net realized gains   (0.02)        
Total distributions   (0.05)   (0.05)   (0.00)(b)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.14)   2.31    (0.12)
Net asset value, end of period  $11.05   $12.19   $9.88 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (8.92)%   23.96%   (1.16)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $1,149   $1,219   $988 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.59%(d)   1.66%   3.03%(d)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.15%(d)   1.11%   1.15%(d)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.57%(d)   0.39%   0.26%(d)
Portfolio turnover rate(e)   61%   126%   26%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund – Class C
 
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.14   $9.88   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment loss(a)   (0.01)   (0.04)   (0.01)
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.11)   2.31    (0.11)
Total from investment operations   (1.12)   2.27    (0.12)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.01)   (0.01)    
From net realized gains   (0.02)        
Total distributions   (0.03)   (0.01)    
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.15)   2.26    (0.12)
Net asset value, end of period  $10.99   $12.14   $9.88 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (9.24)%   22.93%   (1.20)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $567   $607   $494 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   2.29%(c)   2.40%   3.73%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.85%(c)   1.85%   1.85%(c)
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (0.13)%(c)   (0.35)%   (0.44)%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   61%   126%   26%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been   waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the   redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund – Class I 

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Period September 16, 2020 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2020 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $12.19   $9.88   $10.00 
                
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:               
Net investment income(a)   0.05    0.08    0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.12)   2.31    (0.12)
Total from investment operations   (1.07)   2.39    (0.11)
                
DISTRIBUTIONS:               
From net investment income   (0.05)   (0.08)   (0.01)
From net realized gains   (0.02)        
Total distributions   (0.07)   (0.08)   (0.01)
                
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.14)   2.31    (0.12)
Net asset value, end of period  $11.05   $12.19   $9.88 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (8.78)%   24.28%   (1.15)%
                
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:               
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $30,730   $37,410   $12,289 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.40%(c)   1.39%   2.69%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.85%(c)   0.85%   0.85%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.87%(c)   0.67%   0.57%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   61%   126%   26%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been   waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the   redemption of Fund shares.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund

 

Management Commentary   April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Semi-Annual Commentary and Outlook

Global equity markets had a difficult six months ending April 30, 2022 following a number of negative issues, some existing and some quite new. Issues from the fourth quarter of 2021 that remained and deepened were supply chain stress and a surprisingly strong rise in inflation which propelled interest rates higher. The Federal Reserve Bank’s pace of boosting rates has been a constant topic for the markets and we saw the first Fed action in March of 2022.

 

New issues arose as the omicron strain of Covid-19 dampened economic activity in January and February but subsided considerably in March. The Ukraine invasion boosted energy prices further on top of already high and rising inflation. Also, Covid-19 spikes have led to new lockdowns in China which will further exacerbate supply chain difficulties. Equity valuations do not normally like uncertainties when looking ahead. Now we have a plethora of issues to digest.

 

Larger market capitalization stocks in the U.S. fared better than global stocks in the period. The S&P 500 Index was down 9.7% while smaller capitalizations represented by the Russell 2000 Index was down 18.4%. The MSCI Europe Index declined 11.2% and the Morningstar Developed Markets Index (net) of large capitalization stocks globally was down 11.8%.

 

The prospect of multiple Fed rate increases and higher treasury rates pushed the U.S. Dollar Index up 9.7% in the period. The 2-year bond rose from .73% at year-end 2021 to close at 2.71% on April 30, 2022. Likewise, the 5-year bond rose from 1.26% to 2.95%. And finally, the 10-year bond rose from 1.51% to 2.93% at April 30 end.

 

Portfolio Review

For the six months ending April 30, 2022, the fund’s investor shares (LPEFX) fell by 19.8% compared with the primary benchmark Morningstar Developed Markets Index, which was down 11.8%. The Global Listed Private Equity Index was down 27.3%. The fund underperformed due to a relatively heavy weighting in financials and no exposure to energy stocks which were up over 25%. The U.S. Dollar strength hurt the fund approximately 1.4% versus the primary benchmark. Also, large market capitalization stocks outperformed mid and small capitalization companies.

 

Net contributors to performance included:

 

Brookfield Infrastructure
HG Capital
Costco Wholesale Corp.

 

Net detractors from performance included:

 

Partners Group Holding
KKR & Co.
IAC/Interactive Corp.

 

We added 5 names to the fund, and a total of 7 securities, which included three preferred stock positions for Compass Diversified. We sold 5 names to end the half with 52 holdings.

 

Outlook  

Global stocks and bonds finished 2021 on a tear while ignoring looming risks such as global supply chain imbalances and valuations which assumed only temporary inflation. Equity and bond markets have digested additional risks in an orderly manner without significant liquidity jolts as seen historically. The Federal Reserve would have removed accommodation faster if not for the onset of war and renewed pandemic fears. Otherwise, stocks would have been weaker.

 

The deflationary effect from global trade may have reached a turning point. The return of inflation is finally providing an opportunity for governments to begin removing support via extremely low interest rates and fiscal deficits. This is vital for the long-term health of capital markets and efficient price discovery.

 

Stock markets will continue to be volatile for the remainder of 2022 until there is certainty to the interest rate cycle. Forecasts for tightening monetary policy globally has likely been too aggressive. Thus far this cycle has been driven by supply constraints. However, rapid energy price shocks globally and slow growth in China from pandemic lockdowns is beginning to dampen consumer demand. This raises the risk of the Federal Reserve tightening too fast.

 

We target companies active in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to strengthen product lines or profit from disposing of maturing businesses. As the interest rate picture becomes clearer, we believe the M&A environment will pick up swiftly as valuations are much more attractive. We haven’t seen much of that in the last few years. Can’t wait!

 

We thank you for your confidence.

 

Andrew Drummond Kirk McCown
Portfolio Manager Portfolio Manager

 

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ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund

 

Management Commentary   April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

The views of the authors and information discussed in this commentary are as of the date of publication, are subject to change, and may not reflect the writer's current views. The views expressed are those of the authors only, and represent an assessment of market conditions at a specific point in time, are opinions only and should not be relied upon as investment advice regarding a particular investment or markets in general. Such information does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities or investment vehicles. It should not be assumed that any investment will be profitable or will equal the performance of the fund(s) or any securities or any sectors mentioned in this letter. The subject matter contained in this letter has been derived from several sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of compilation. Neither ALPS, Advisors, Inc., Red Rocks Capital, LLC, nor the Fund accepts any liability for losses either direct or consequential caused by the use of this information.

 

Diversification cannot guarantee gain or prevent losses.

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Dividends are not guaranteed and are subject to change or elimination. Investments in international and emerging markets securities include exposure to risks such as currency fluctuations, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets and political instability.

 

ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Advisors Inc. are affiliated.

 

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Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $10,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $10,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Investor# (NAV) -19.82% -10.47% 8.20% 8.40% 11.03% 1.94% 1.94%
Class A (NAV) -19.92% -10.55% 8.18% 8.38% 11.03% 1.94% 1.94%
Class A (MOP) -24.29% -15.49% 6.18% 7.16% 10.41%    
Class C (NAV) -20.06% -11.05% 7.40% 7.59% 10.24% 2.59% 2.59%
Class C (CDSC) -20.67% -11.73% 7.40% 7.59% 10.24%    
Class I -19.60% -10.16% 8.48% 8.67% 11.35% 1.59% 1.59%
Class R -19.77% -10.59% 7.96% 8.20% 10.91% 2.04% 2.04%
Morningstar Developed Markets Index1 -11.82% -4.81% 9.83% 9.70% 9.93%    
Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index2 -27.33% -18.70% 6.77% 7.20% 10.54%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 5.50%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million. The Fund imposes a 2.00% redemption fee on shares held for less than 90 days.

 

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Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance shown for Class A shares prior to June 12, 2018 reflects the historical performance of the Fund’s Investor shares, calculated using the fees and expenses of Class A shares.

 

Fund Inception date of December 31, 2007 for Investor Class, Class I, and Class R; Fund Inception date June 30, 2010 for Class C; Fund Inception date June 12, 2018 for Class A.

 

1The Morningstar Developed Market Index measures the performance of developed regional markets targeting the top 97% of stocks by market capitalization. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
2The Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index includes securities, ADRs and GDRs of 40 to 75 private equity companies, including business development companies, master limited partnerships and other vehicles whose principal business is to invest in, lend capital to or provide services to privately held companies. The Red Rocks Global Listed Private Equity Index is managed by the Fund’s Sub-Advisor. An investor may not invest directly in an index.
*What You Pay reflects the Advisor's and Sub-Advisor’s decision to contractually limit expenses through February 28, 2023, and Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses of 0.39%. Please see the current prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.
#Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.

 

Prior to March 31, 2020, the ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund was known as the ALPS | Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

This Fund is not suitable for all investors and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

Listed Private Equity Companies are subject to various risks depending on their underlying investments, which could include, but are not limited to, additional liquidity risk, industry risk, non-U.S. security risk, currency risk, credit risk, managed portfolio risk and derivatives risk (derivatives risk is the risk that the value of the Listed Private Equity Companies’ derivative investments will fall because of pricing difficulties or lack of correlation with the underlying investment).

 

There are inherent risks in investing in private equity companies, which encompass financial institutions or vehicles whose principal business is to invest in and lend capital to privately held companies. Generally, little public information exists for private and thinly traded companies, and there is a risk that investors may not be able to make a fully informed investment decision.

 

Listed Private Equity Companies may have relatively concentrated investment portfolios, consisting of a relatively small number of holdings. A consequence of this limited number of investments is that the aggregate returns realized may be adversely impacted by the poor performance of a small number of investments, or even a single investment, particularly if a company experiences the need to write down the value of an investment.

 

Certain of the Fund’s investments may be exposed to liquidity risk due to low trading volume, lack of a market maker or legal restrictions limiting the ability of the Fund to sell particular securities at an advantageous price and/or time. As a result, these securities may be more difficult to value. Foreign investing involves special risks, such as currency fluctuations and political uncertainty. The Fund invests in derivatives and is subject to the risk that the value of those derivative investments will fall because of pricing difficulties or lack of correlation with the underlying investment.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

 

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

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Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets) †

 

HarbourVest Global Private Equity, Ltd.   4.88%
Brederode SA   4.62%
Blackstone, Inc.   4.39%
HgCapital Trust PLC   3.93%
KKR & Co., Inc.   3.89%
FS KKR Capital Corp.   3.64%
3i Group PLC   3.34%
Partners Group Holding AG   3.31%
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   2.77%
Chemed Corp.   2.67%
Top Ten Holdings   37.44%

 

Holdings are subject to change and my not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents indicative values only.

 

Industry Sector Allocation (as a % of Net Assets)

 

 

 

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares   Value (Note 2) 
CLOSED-END FUNDS (19.81%)        
Aberdeen Private Equity Opportunities Trust PLC   257,251   $1,630,341 
Oakley Capital Investments, Ltd.   235,000    1,276,564 
Apax Global Alpha, Ltd.(a)(b)   365,000    851,219 
HarbourVest Global Private Equity, Ltd.(c)   125,300    3,985,802 
HBM Healthcare Investments AG, Class A   5,700    1,367,269 
HgCapital Trust PLC   604,429    3,210,764 
Pantheon International PLC Fund(c)   442,000    1,745,396 
ICG Enterprise Trust PLC   92,299    1,287,918 
Princess Private Equity Holding, Ltd.   63,000    828,710 
TOTAL CLOSED-END FUNDS          
(Cost $10,771,514)        16,183,983 
           
COMMON STOCKS (75.86%)          
Communications (6.17%)          
Media (6.17%)          
IAC/InterActiveCorp(c)   15,296    1,267,732 
Liberty Broadband Corp., Class C(c)   14,800    1,654,936 
Liberty Media Corp.-Liberty SiriusXM, Class A(c)   50,600    2,116,598 
         5,039,266 
           
TOTAL COMMUNICATIONS        5,039,266 
           
Consumer Discretionary (3.30%)          
Entertainment (2.27%)          
Entain PLC(c)   53,000    995,888 
Kindred Group PLC   98,000    859,204 
         1,855,092 
           
Retail (1.03%)          
Wesfarmers, Ltd.   24,400    844,314 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER DISCRETIONARY        2,699,406 
           
Consumer Staples (3.23%)          
Food (0.65%)          
Schouw & Co. A/S   7,000    535,159 
           
Retail (2.58%)          
Costco Wholesale Corp.   3,960    2,105,611 
           
TOTAL CONSUMER STAPLES        2,640,770 
           
Financials (49.47%)          
Banks (1.19%)          
SVB Financial Group(c)   2,000    975,280 

 

   Shares   Value (Note 2) 
Diversified Financial Services (23.11%)          
Apollo Global Management, Inc.   23,300   $1,159,408 
Ares Management LP, Class A   20,700    1,370,754 
Blackstone, Inc., Class A   35,300    3,585,421 
Cannae Holdings, Inc.(c)   69,900    1,565,760 
Carlyle Group, Inc.   43,700    1,585,873 
Intermediate Capital Group PLC   91,600    1,752,902 
KKR & Co., Inc., Class A   62,300    3,175,431 
Mastercard, Inc., Class A   3,450    1,253,661 
Partners Group Holding AG   2,550    2,701,718 
StepStone Group, Inc., Class A   28,600    732,732 
         18,883,660 
           
Investment Companies (14.03%)          
3i Group PLC   166,602    2,726,483 
Chrysalis Investments, Ltd.(c)   362,000    729,464 
Eurazeo SE   14,400    1,106,486 
FS KKR Capital Corp.   142,000    2,974,900 
Investor AB, B Shares   100,000    1,924,290 
Mutares SE & Co. KGaA   36,500    834,203 
Peugeot Invest   10,400    1,162,218 
         11,458,044 
           
Private Equity (9.23%)          
Altamir   40,961    1,130,640 
Brederode SA   29,652    3,778,285 
Clairvest Group, Inc.   12,700    596,865 
Molten Ventures PLC(c)   66,000    569,136 
Ratos AB, B Shares   287,500    1,466,840 
         7,541,766 
           
Real Estate (1.91%)          
Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., Class A   31,300    1,560,618 
           
TOTAL FINANCIALS        40,419,368 
           
Health Care (8.50%)          
Health Care -  Products (1.72%)          
Danaher Corp.   5,600    1,406,328 
           
Healthcare-Products (4.11%)          
Stryker Corp.   4,500    1,085,670 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.   4,100    2,266,972 
         3,352,642 
           
Healthcare-Services (2.67%)          
Chemed Corp.   4,440    2,181,772 
           
TOTAL HEALTH CARE        6,940,742 
           
Technology (3.38%)          
Software (3.38%)          
Constellation Software, Inc.   950    1,495,175 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   Shares   Value (Note 2) 
Software (continued)          
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.   12,800   $1,269,120 
         2,764,295 
           
TOTAL TECHNOLOGY        2,764,295 
           
Utilities (1.81%)          
Electric (1.81%)          
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners LP   23,700    1,479,591 
           
TOTAL UTILITIES        1,479,591 
           
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS          
(Cost $54,600,584)        61,983,438 
           
BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES (1.07%)          
Financials (1.07%)          
Investment Companies (1.07%)          
Owl Rock Capital Corp.   61,000    872,910 
           
TOTAL FINANCIALS        872,910 
           
TOTAL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT COMPANIES          
(Cost $909,194)        872,910 
           
PREFERRED STOCK (0.50%)          
Financials (0.50%)          
Investment Companies (0.50%)          
Compass Diversified Holdings, Series A, 7.25%(d)   2,350    59,878 
Compass Diversified Holdings, Series B, 3M US L + 4.985%(d)(e)   1,393    36,079 
Compass Diversified Holdings, Series C, 7.875%(d)   11,972    309,117 
           
TOTAL FINANCIALS        405,074 
           
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK          
(Cost $397,207)        405,074 

 

   7-Day Yield   Shares   Value (Note 2) 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (2.03%)            
Money Market Fund (2.03%)            
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   0.317%   1,659,768   $1,659,768 
                
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND             1,659,768 
                
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS               
(Cost $1,659,768)             1,659,768 
                
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.27%)               
(Cost $68,338,267)            $81,105,173 
                
Assets In Excess Of Other Liabilities (0.73%)             597,845 
                
NET ASSETS (100.00%)            $81,703,018 

 

(a)Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. As of April 30, 2022, the aggregate market value of those securities was 851,219, representing 1.04% of net assets.
(b)Securities were purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. These securities have been deemed liquid under guidelines approved by the Fund's Board of Trustees. As of April 30, 2022 the aggregate market value of those securities was $851,219 representing 1.04% of net assets.
(c)Non-Income Producing Security.
(d)Perpetual maturity. This security has no contractual maturity date, is not redeemable and contractually pays an indefinite stream of interest.
(e)Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The rate in effect as of April 30, 2022 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security's last reset date.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries are shown as a percent of net assets.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

131 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund

 

Statement of Assets and Liabilities April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

ASSETS    
Investments, at value  $81,105,173 
Receivable for investments sold   647,000 
Receivable for shares sold   21,955 
Dividends receivable   378,897 
Prepaid expenses and other assets   24,269 
Total Assets   82,177,294 
LIABILITIES     
Payable for investments purchased   217,701 
Payable for shares redeemed   51,043 
Investment advisory fees payable   63,150 
Administration and transfer agency fees payable   29,049 
Distribution and services fees payable   38,626 
Trustees' fees and expenses payable   3,738 
Professional fees payable   28,780 
Custody fees payable   19,064 
Accrued expenses and other liabilities   23,125 
Total Liabilities   474,276 
NET ASSETS  $81,703,018 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF     
Paid-in capital  $80,322,104 
Total distributable earnings   1,380,914 
NET ASSETS  $81,703,018 
INVESTMENTS, AT COST  $68,338,267 
PRICING OF SHARES     
Investor Class:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $5.90 
Net Assets  $15,601,289 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   2,645,674 
Class A:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $5.86 
Net Assets  $4,041,722 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   689,204 
Maximum offering price per share ((NAV/0.9450), based on maximum sales charge of 5.50% of the offering price)  $6.21 
Class C:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share(a)  $5.25 
Net Assets  $7,152,624 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   1,363,493 
Class I:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $6.09 
Net Assets  $49,767,873 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   8,176,603 
Class R:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $4.39 
Net Assets  $5,139,510 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   1,171,697 

 

(a)Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. For a description of a possible sales charge, please see the Fund's Prospectus.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

132 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund

 

Statement of Operations For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

INVESTMENT INCOME    
Dividends  $1,130,831 
Foreign taxes withheld on dividends   (5,444)
Total Investment Income   1,125,387 
      
EXPENSES     
Investment advisory fees   419,642 
Administrative fees   49,546 
Transfer agency fees   33,224 
Distribution and service fees     
Investor Class   37,155 
Class A   8,125 
Class C   46,439 
Class R   15,499 
Professional fees   15,792 
Reports to shareholders and printing fees   3,265 
State registration fees   31,907 
Insurance fees   601 
Custody fees   5,497 
Trustees' fees and expenses   2,668 
Miscellaneous expenses   7,385 
Total Expenses   676,745 
Net Investment Income   448,642 
Net realized gain on investments   4,571,165 
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions   (1,863)
Net Realized Gain   4,569,302 
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments   (25,868,344)
Net change in unrealized depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies   (23,733)
Net Change in Unrealized Depreciation   (25,892,077)
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSS ON INVESTMENTS   (21,322,775)
NET DECREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $(20,874,133)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

133 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund

 

Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
OPERATIONS        
Net investment income  $448,642   $101,787 
Net realized gain   4,569,302    14,187,753 
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)   (25,892,077)   27,438,802 
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   (20,874,133)   41,728,342 
           
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (4,401,059)   (718,013)
Class A   (913,115)   (119,340)
Class C   (2,483,588)   (439,224)
Class I   (14,277,811)   (2,461,061)
Class R   (1,815,477)   (291,941)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (23,891,050)   (4,029,579)
           
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   796,667    911,265 
Class A   1,364,914    1,284,789 
Class C   131,514    77,972 
Class I   3,757,213    7,576,741 
Class R   130,769    465,230 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   3,571,315    569,108 
Class A   749,895    83,596 
Class C   1,998,640    367,738 
Class I   12,833,066    2,258,632 
Class R   1,815,477    291,941 
Shares redeemed, net of redemption fees          
Investor Class   (1,407,929)   (2,882,725)
Class A   (463,619)   (919,915)
Class C   (1,395,624)   (2,330,963)
Class I   (8,961,016)   (20,380,620)
Class R   (655,125)   (1,236,068)
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   14,266,157    (13,863,279)
           
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets   (30,499,026)   23,835,484 
           
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   112,202,044    88,366,560 
End of period  $81,703,018   $112,202,044 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

134 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund – Investor Class

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018(b)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.39   $6.47   $7.71   $6.79   $8.05   $6.29 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income(c)   0.03    0.00(d)   0.06    0.12    0.06    0.12 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.54)   3.22    (0.23)   1.09    (0.37)   1.74 
Total from investment operations   (1.51)   3.22    (0.17)   1.21    (0.31)   1.86 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.25)       (0.60)   (0.06)   (0.70)   (0.10)
From net realized gains   (0.73)   (0.30)   (0.47)   (0.23)   (0.25)    
Total distributions   (1.98)   (0.30)   (1.07)   (0.28)   (0.95)   (0.10)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.00(d)   0.00(d)   0.00(d)   0.00(d)   0.00(d)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (3.49)   2.92    (1.24)   0.92    (1.26)   1.76 
Net asset value, end of period  $5.90   $9.39   $6.47   $7.71   $6.79   $8.05 
TOTAL RETURN(e)   (19.82)%   51.18%   (3.20)%   18.77%   (4.23)%   29.97%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $15,601   $20,967   $15,580   $25,061   $35,775   $55,538 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements(f)   1.53%(g)   1.49%   1.47%   1.44%   1.40%   1.38%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements(f)   1.53%(g)   1.49%   1.47%   1.44%   1.40%   1.38%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(f)   0.75%(g)   0.01%   0.86%   1.71%   0.86%   1.63%
Portfolio turnover rate(h)   9%   43%   41%   28%   29%   31%

 

(a)Prior to March 31, 2020, the ALPS/Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund was known as the ALPS/Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund.
(b)Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.
(c)Calculated using the average shares method.
(d)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(e)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(f)The ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests as represented in the Statement of Investments.
(g)Annualized.
(h)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

135 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund – Class A

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period June 12, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.35   $6.45   $7.67   $6.79   $7.23 
                          
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(b)   0.03    0.00(c)   0.04    0.20    0.01 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.54)   3.20    (0.20)   0.99    (0.45)
Total from investment operations   (1.51)   3.20    (0.16)   1.19    (0.44)
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (1.25)       (0.60)   (0.08)    
From net realized gains   (0.73)   (0.30)   (0.47)   (0.23)    
Total distributions   (1.98)   (0.30)   (1.07)   (0.31)    
                          
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.00(c)   0.01         
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (3.49)   2.90    (1.22)   0.88    (0.44)
Net asset value, end of period  $5.86   $9.35   $6.45   $7.67   $6.79 
TOTAL RETURN(d)   (19.92)%   51.02%   (2.92)%   18.64%   (6.09)%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $4,042   $4,188   $2,544   $790   $9 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements(e)   1.53%(f)   1.47%   1.51%   1.48%   1.48%(f)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements(e)   1.53%(f)   1.47%   1.51%   1.48%   1.48%(f)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(e)   0.73%(f)   0.05%   0.62%   2.74%   0.37%(f)
Portfolio turnover rate(g)   9%   43%   41%   28%   29%

 

(a)Prior to March 31, 2020, the ALPS/Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund was known as the ALPS/Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(d)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(e)The ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests as represented in the Statement of Investments.
(f)Annualized.
(g)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

136 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund – Class C

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $8.59   $5.98   $7.25   $6.41   $7.66   $6.04 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)   0.00(c)   (0.06)   0.01    0.06    0.01    0.06 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.37)   2.97    (0.22)   1.03    (0.34)   1.65 
Total from investment operations   (1.37)   2.91    (0.21)   1.09    (0.33)   1.71 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.24)       (0.59)   (0.02)   (0.67)   (0.09)
From net realized gains   (0.73)   (0.30)   (0.47)   (0.23)   (0.25)    
Total distributions   (1.97)   (0.30)   (1.06)   (0.25)   (0.92)   (0.09)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)           0.00(c)   0.00(c)       0.00(c)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (3.34)   2.61    (1.27)   0.84    (1.25)   1.62 
Net asset value, end of period  $5.25   $8.59   $5.98   $7.25   $6.41   $7.66 
TOTAL RETURN(d)   (20.06)%   50.14%   (4.01)%   17.83%   (4.88)%   28.79%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $7,153   $10,883   $9,061   $16,256   $18,847   $18,981 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements(e)   2.18%(f)   2.20%   2.22%   2.16%   2.12%   2.13%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements(e)   2.18%(f)   2.20%   2.22%   2.16%   2.12%   2.13%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets(e)   0.10%(f)   (0.73)%   0.12%   0.86%   0.15%   0.83%
Portfolio turnover rate(g)   9%   43%   41%   28%   29%   31%

 

(a)Prior to March 31, 2020, the ALPS/Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund was known as the ALPS/Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(d)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(e)The ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests as represented in the Statement of Investments.
(f)Annualized.
(g)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

137 | April 30, 2022

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund – Class I

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $9.61   $6.61   $7.84   $6.92   $8.18   $6.39 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income(b)   0.04    0.02    0.07    0.13    0.09    0.13 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.57)   3.28    (0.23)   1.10    (0.37)   1.76 
Total from investment operations   (1.53)   3.30    (0.16)   1.23    (0.28)   1.89 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.26)       (0.60)   (0.08)   (0.73)   (0.10)
From net realized gains   (0.73)   (0.30)   (0.47)   (0.23)   (0.25)    
Total distributions   (1.99)   (0.30)   (1.07)   (0.31)   (0.98)   (0.10)
REDEMPTION FEES ADDED TO PAID-IN CAPITAL (NOTE 6)       0.00(c)   0.00(c)   0.00(c)   0.00(c)   0.00(c)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (3.52)   3.00    (1.23)   0.92    (1.26)   1.79 
Net asset value, end of period  $6.09   $9.61   $6.61   $7.84   $6.92   $8.18 
TOTAL RETURN(d)   (19.60)%   51.31%   (2.93)%   18.98%   (3.87)%   30.09%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $49,768   $69,176   $55,950   $141,286   $174,034   $138,572 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements(e)   1.16%(f)   1.20%   1.22%   1.19%   1.15%   1.16%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements(e)   1.16%(f)   1.20%   1.22%   1.19%   1.15%   1.16%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets(e)   1.12%(f)   0.29%   1.08%   1.80%   1.15%   1.85%
Portfolio turnover rate(g)   9%   43%   41%   28%   29%   31%

 

(a)Prior to March 31, 2020, the ALPS/Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund was known as the ALPS/Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Less than $0.005 or ($0.005) per share.
(d)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(e)The ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests as represented in the Statement of Investments.
(f)Annualized.
(g)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

138 | April 30, 2022

 

 

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund – Class R
Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $7.50   $5.23   $6.45   $5.75   $6.97   $5.48 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income/(loss)(b)   0.02    (0.01)   0.03    0.09    0.04    0.09 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.15)   2.58    (0.18)   0.90    (0.30)   1.50 
Total from investment operations   (1.13)   2.57    (0.15)   0.99    (0.26)   1.59 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (1.25)       (0.60)   (0.06)   (0.71)   (0.10)
From net realized gains   (0.73)   (0.30)   (0.47)   (0.23)   (0.25)    
Total distributions   (1.98)   (0.30)   (1.07)   (0.29)   (0.96)   (0.10)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (3.11)   2.27    (1.22)   0.70    (1.22)   1.49 
Net asset value, end of period  $4.39   $7.50   $5.23   $6.45   $5.75   $6.97 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (19.77)%   50.86%   (3.56)%   18.47%   (4.31)%   29.51%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $5,140   $6,987   $5,231   $5,782   $4,684   $4,236 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements(d)   1.63%(e)   1.65%   1.68%   1.61%   1.57%   1.56%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements(d)   1.63%(e)   1.65%   1.68%   1.61%   1.57%   1.56%
Ratio of net investment income/(loss) to average net assets(d)   0.64%(e)   (0.17)%   0.61%   1.51%   0.70%   1.43%
Portfolio turnover rate(f)   9%   43%   41%   28%   29%   31%

 

(a)Prior to March 31, 2020, the ALPS/Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund was known as the ALPS/Red Rocks Listed Private Equity Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(d)The ratios exclude the impact of expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests as represented in the Statement of Investments.
(e)Annualized.
(f)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income
Management Commentary April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Six Months in Review:

Going into this review period, our investment team was focused on Four I’s: Inflation, Interest rates, Innovation, and Intrinsic value. However, it is the first two I’s that have garnered the attention of financial markets after headline inflation rose to 8.5% in March. Rising inflation has caused the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates quicker than previously anticipated. And in doing so, the Fed has been using all the tools at its disposal to lower inflation while trying to avoid a recession...in other words, they are attempting “a soft landing.” The Fed’s inflation-fighting efforts have certainly led to higher bond yields and as a by-product have been a compounding catalyst for a broad equity sell-off since early January of this year. While investors were preparing for slower earnings growth, equity market returns in the low to mid-single digits, and miniscule fixed income returns, few were prepared for the Fed to make an abrupt transition from very loose monetary policy to a very strict policy overnight. The abrupt about-face has uncharacteristically caused fixed income to experience price depreciation at the same time that equities are falling, thus compounding balanced portfolio losses, generally speaking. Heavily growth-oriented indices such as the S&P 500 (and the Nasdaq 100) are particularly sensitive to movements in rates and showed as much given their drawdowns in recent months. Valuation multiples of the S&P 500 and other equity indices have rerated down significantly since their highs at the end of last year, moving in conjunction with the rise in interest rates.

 

Outlook:

The investment environment has changed significantly since the end of 2021, and thus our outlook has adapted as well. For the next sixth months, our current outlook can be summarized in the following bullets:

 

·The era of broad growth stock outperformance is likely over.
·We believe the stock market will remain volatile for the foreseeable future.
·Higher bond yields will continue to provide more income to offset potential losses from a further decline in bond prices.
·We prefer ‘stocks that look like bonds’ (e.g., high dividend payers) and ‘bonds that look like stocks’ (e.g. short duration high yield).
·While valuation is starting to appear more attractive, the next uncertainty for the S&P 500 could be related to a corporate earnings downturn, should a recession materialize.

 

During the period we used the following ETFs: iShares MSCI ACWI ETF (ACWI) and iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) as proxies for the following indices: MSCI All Country World Index and Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index for purposes of discussing attribution.

 

RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth and Income

The portfolio outperformed relative to its benchmark (60% ACWI and 40% Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate) for the six months. The top themes that affected performance during the six-month period are listed below:

 

Contributors:

·Selection within domestic equities
·Selection within traditional fixed income
·Overweight allocation to cash

 

Detractors:

·Underweight allocation to traditional fixed income
·Selection within developed international equities
·Underweight allocation to emerging market equities

 

Scott Hays, CFA

Senior Portfolio Manager

 

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Dividends are not guaranteed and are subject to change or elimination. Investments in international and emerging markets securities include exposure to risks such as currency fluctuations, foreign taxes and regulations, and the potential for illiquid markets and political instability.

 

The views of the author and information discussed in this commentary are as of the date of publication, are subject to change, and may not reflect the writer's current views. The views expressed are those of the author only, and represent an assessment of market conditions at a specific point in time, are opinions only and should not be relied upon as investment advice regarding a particular investment or markets in general. Such information does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell specific securities or investment vehicles. It should not be assumed that any investment will be profitable or will equal the performance of the fund(s) or any securities or any sectors mentioned in this letter. The subject matter contained in this letter has been derived from several sources believed to be reliable and accurate at the time of compilation. Neither ALPS Advisors, Inc., RiverFront Investment Group, LLC, nor the Funds accepts any liability for losses either direct or consequential caused by the use of this information.

 

Indices do not reflect deductions for fees, expenses, or taxes.

 

An investor may not invest directly in an index.

 

Diversification cannot guarantee gain or prevent losses.

 

ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., ALPS Distributors, Inc. and ALPS Advisors Inc. are affiliated.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income  
Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Performance of $10,000 Initial Investment (as of April 30, 2022)

Comparison of change in value of a $10,000 investment

 

 

The chart above represents historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception. Past performance does not guarantee future results. This chart does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

Average Annual Total Returns (as of April 30, 2022)

 

  6 Month 1 Year 3 Years 5 Years 10 Years Since Inception^ Total Expense Ratio What You Pay*
Investor#**(NAV) -7.88% -3.48% 4.84% 4.78% 6.03% 6.35% 0.89% 0.89%
Class A (NAV) -7.81% -3.41% 4.86% 4.79% 6.04% 6.35% 0.89% 0.89%
Class A (MOP) -12.88% -8.74% 2.89% 3.62% 5.44% 5.84%
Class C** (NAV) -8.21% -4.22% 4.05% 4.00% 5.25% 5.55% 1.64% 1.64%
Class C** (CDSC) -9.12% -5.17% 4.05% 4.00% 5.25% 5.55%
Class I (NAV) -7.74% -3.20% 5.11% 5.06% 6.30% 6.62% 0.64% 0.64%
Morningstar Global Markets Index1 -11.85% -6.22% 9.08% 9.14% 9.14% 9.10%    
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index2 -9.47% -8.51% 0.38% 1.20% 1.73% 2.27%    
60% Morningstar Global Markets Index / 40% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index3 -10.82% -7.01% 5.91% 6.21% 6.36% 6.59%    
70% Morningstar Global Markets Index / 30% Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond1,2 -11.07% -6.80% 6.75% 6.97% 7.08% 7.25%    

 

Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data, please call 1-866-759-5679.

 

Maximum Offering Price (MOP) for Class A shares includes the Fund’s maximum sales charge of 5.50%. Performance shown at NAV does not include these sales charges and would have been lower had it been taken into account. If you invest $1 million or more, either as a lump sum or through the Fund’s accumulation or letter of intent programs, you can purchase Class A shares without an initial sales charge (load). A

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income  
Performance Update April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Contingent Deferred Sales Charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00% may apply to Class C shares redeemed within the first 12 months after a purchase, and on Class A shares redeemed within the first 18 months after a purchase in excess of $1 million.

 

Performance shown for Class A shares prior to June 12, 2018 reflects the historical performance of the Fund’s Investor shares, calculated using the fees and expenses of Class A shares.

 

1The Morningstar Global Market Index measures the performance of performance of the stocks located in the developed and emerging countries across the world. Stocks in the index are weighted by their float capital, which removes corporate cross ownership, government holdings and other locked-in shares. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deduction for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.

 

2The Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM passthroughs), ABS, and CMBS. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. An investor may not invest directly in an index.

 

3The 60% Morningstar Global Markets Index / 40% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is replacing the 70% Morningstar Global Markets Index / 30% Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index. The Adviser and Sub-Adviser made this recommendation to the Board because the new index closely aligns to the Fund’s investment strategies and investment restrictions. Information on both indices will be shown for a one year transition period.

 

^Fund Inception date of August 2, 2010 for Investor Class and Classes C and I; Fund Inception date of June 12, 2018 for Class A.

 

*What You Pay reflects Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses of 0.39%. Please see the prospectus dated February 28, 2022 for additional information.

 

**Excludes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value and total return for shareholder transactions reported to the market may differ from the net asset value for financial reporting purposes.

 

#Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.

 

Prior to February 28, 2018, the RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income was known as the RiverFront Dynamic Equity Income Fund.

 

The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

This Fund is not suitable for all investors and is subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.

 

There is no guarantee that the Fund will continue to hold any one particular security or stay invested in any one particular company. The composition of the Fund's top holdings is subject to change. Performance figures are historical and reflect the change in share price, reinvested distributions, changes in net asset value, sales charges and capital gains distributions, if any.

 

Not FDIC Insured – No Bank Guarantee – May Lose Value

 

Top Ten Holdings (as a % of Net Assets)

 

RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF 17.79%
iShares® Core S&P 500® ETF 16.12%
First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Developed International ETF 15.23%
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 14.92%
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF 11.50%
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF 5.26%
iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 4.38%
First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF 3.94%
iShares Global Infrastructure ETF 2.29%
Riverfront Strategic Income Fund 1.98%
Top Ten Holdings 93.41%

 

Holdings are subject to change, and may not reflect the current or future position of the portfolio. Table presents indicative values only. Excludes cash & cash equivalents.

 

Portfolio Composition (as a % of Net Assets)

 

 

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income  
Statement of Investments April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

       Value 
   Shares   (Note 2) 
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (98.39%)        
Debt (33.65%)        
iShares® 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF   48,394   $4,842,304 
iShares® Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF   160,208    16,480,597 
iShares® Preferred & Income Securities ETF   28,464    966,353 
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF(a)   555,199    12,705,729 
Riverfront Strategic Income Fund(a)   94,743    2,191,396 
         37,186,379 
Equity (64.74%)          
First Trust RiverFront Dynamic          
Developed International ETF(a)   276,012    16,825,691 
First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF(a)   71,445    4,357,874 
iShares® Genomics Immunology and Healthcare ETF   24,389    725,573 
iShares® Global Infrastructure ETF   51,857    2,533,214 
iShares® US Technology ETF   9,628    862,573 
iShares® Core S&P® 500® ETF   43,073    17,813,270 
iShares® MSCI Germany Index Fund   72,180    1,877,402 
JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF   99,266    5,815,002 
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF(a)   429,081    19,656,372 
WisdomTree® Europe Hedged Equity Fund   14,645    1,064,252 
         71,531,223 
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS          
(Cost $104,277,918)        108,717,602 

 

   7-Day       Value 
   Yield   Shares   (Note 2) 
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (1.70%)            
Money Market Fund (1.70%)               
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund   0.010%   1,875,822    1,875,822 
                
TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUND             1,875,822 
                
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS               
(Cost $1,875,822)             1,875,822 
                
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.09%)               
(Cost $106,153,740)            $110,593,424 
                
Liabilities In Excess Of Other Assets (-0.09%)             (100,845)
                
NET ASSETS (100.00%)            $110,492,579 

 

 

  Value
  (Note 2)

 

(a)Affiliated Company. See Note 7 in Notes to Financial Statements.

 

For Fund compliance purposes, the Fund's industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease. Industries are shown as a percent of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income  
Statement of Assets and Liabilities April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income 
ASSETS     
Investments, at value  $54,856,362 
Investments in affiliates, at value   55,737,062 
Dividends and interest receivable   3,144 
Total Assets   110,596,568 
LIABILITIES     
Payable for shares redeemed   32,360 
Unitary administrative fees payable   48,706 
Distribution and services fees payable   22,923 
Total Liabilities   103,989 
NET ASSETS  $110,492,579 
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF     
Paid-in capital  $85,174,153 
Total distributable earnings   25,318,426 
NET ASSETS  $110,492,579 
INVESTMENTS, AT COST  $58,505,706 
INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATES, AT COST  $47,648,034 
      
PRICING OF SHARES     
Investor Class:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $13.17 
Net Assets  $10,777,674 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   818,652 
Class A:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $13.15 
Net Assets  $17,907,829 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   1,361,783 
Maximum offering price per share ((NAV/0.9450), based on maximum sales charge of 5.50% of the offering price)  $13.92 
Class C:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share(a)  $12.69 
Net Assets  $19,623,370 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   1,546,950 
Class I:     
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share  $13.12 
Net Assets  $62,183,706 
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (unlimited number of shares, no par value common stock authorized)   4,739,835 

 

(a)Redemption price per share may be reduced for any applicable contingent deferred sales charge. For a description of a possible sales charge, please see the Fund's Prospectus.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income
Statement of Operations For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income 
INVESTMENT INCOME     
Dividends  $349,017 
Dividends from affiliated securities   841,114 
Total Investment Income   1,190,131 
      
EXPENSES     
Unitary administrative fees   117,275 
Distribution and service fees     
Investor Class   11,952 
Class A   16,127 
Class C   81,673 
Total Expenses   227,027 
Net Expenses   227,027 
Net Investment Income   963,104 
Net realized loss on investments   (41,624)
Net realized gain on investments - affiliated securities   13,099,801 
Net realized gain   13,058,177 
Net change in unrealized depreciation on investments   (3,649,344)
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments - affiliated securities   7,753,227 
Net change in unrealized appreciation   4,103,883 
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN ON INVESTMENTS   17,162,060 
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS  $18,125,164 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income
Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
OPERATIONS        
Net investment income  $963,104   $658,095 
Net realized gain   13,058,177    2,069,528 
Net change in unrealized appreciation   4,103,883    10,328,520 
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations   18,125,164    13,056,143 
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS          
From distributable earnings          
Investor Class   (111,460)   (72,153)
Class A   (157,456)   (57,142)
Class C   (153,596)   (64,156)
Class I   (699,870)   (464,644)
Dividends to shareholders from tax return of capital          
Investor Class       (5,188)
Class A       (6,322)
Class C       (5,710)
Class I       (41,353)
Net Decrease in Net Assets from Distributions   (1,122,382)   (716,668)
BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS (NOTE 6)          
Shares sold          
Investor Class   19,476    65,799 
Class A   1,890,104    1,777,632 
Class C   520,506    548,945 
Class I   5,614,732    4,128,228 
Dividends reinvested          
Investor Class   108,853    74,189 
Class A   155,656    62,714 
Class C   148,794    69,066 
Class I   682,860    498,442 
Shares redeemed          
Investor Class   (2,050,008)   (1,441,166)
Class A   (1,479,502)   (1,241,333)
Class C   (3,022,352)   (5,788,861)
Class I   (17,203,004)   (6,339,619)
Acquisition (Note 10)          
Investor Class   3,113,205     
Class A   9,449,239     
Class C   8,421,455     
Class I   22,905,047     
Net Increase/(Decrease) in Net Assets Derived from Beneficial Interest Transactions   29,275,061    (7,585,964)
Net increase in net assets   46,277,843    4,753,511 
NET ASSETS          
Beginning of period   64,214,736    59,461,225 
End of period  $110,492,579   $64,214,736 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income – Investor Class
Financial Highlights
Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018(a)(b)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.45   $11.84   $12.02   $13.37   $14.48   $12.38 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income(c)   0.14    0.14    0.18    0.23    0.25    0.17 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.26)   2.62    (0.16)   0.41    (0.80)   2.09 
Total from investment operations   (1.12)   2.76    0.02    0.64    (0.55)   2.26 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (0.16)   (0.14)   (0.20)   (0.21)   (0.24)   (0.16)
From net realized gains               (1.78)   (0.32)    
Tax return of capital       (0.01)                
Total distributions   (0.16)   (0.15)   (0.20)   (1.99)   (0.56)   (0.16)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.28)   2.61    (0.18)   (1.35)   (1.11)   2.10 
Net asset value, end of period  $13.17   $14.45   $11.84   $12.02   $13.37   $14.48 
TOTAL RETURN(d)   (7.81)%   23.40%   0.27%   6.71%   (4.03)%   18.37%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $10,778   $6,921   $6,802   $8,864   $9,062   $19,123 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.50%(e)   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%   0.85%   1.37%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.50%(e)   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%   0.74%(f)   1.15%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.10%(e)   1.04%   1.57%   1.91%   1.70%   1.24%
Portfolio turnover rate(g)   91%   13%   33%   62%   224%   63%

 

(a)Prior to December 1, 2017, Investor Class was known as Class A.
(b)Prior to February 28, 2018, the RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income was known as the RiverFront Dynamic Equity Income Fund.
(c)Calculated using the average shares method.
(d)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(e)Annualized.
(f)Effective February 28, 2018, pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays an annual unitary administrative fee, which is based on the Fund’s average daily net assets, and will no longer pay a management fee or contractually limit the Fund’s total annual expenses. Refer to Note 8.
(g)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income – Class A
Financial Highlights

 

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Period June 12, 2018 (Commencement of Operations) to October 31, 2018 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.43   $11.83   $12.01   $13.36   $14.70 
INCOME FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                         
Net investment income(a)   0.13    0.14    0.18    0.25    0.15 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.25)   2.61    (0.16)   0.39    (1.34)
Total from investment operations   (1.12)   2.75    0.02    0.64    (1.19)
                          
DISTRIBUTIONS:                         
From net investment income   (0.16)   (0.14)   (0.20)   (0.21)   (0.15)
From net realized gains               (1.78)    
From tax return of capital       (0.01)            
Total distributions   (0.16)   (0.15)   (0.20)   (1.99)   (0.15)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.28)   2.60    (0.18)   (1.35)   (1.34)
Net asset value, end of period  $13.15   $14.43   $11.83   $12.01   $13.36 
TOTAL RETURN(b)   (7.81)%   23.34%   0.28%   6.78%   (8.13)%
                          
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                         
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $17,908   $6,139   $4,489   $3,839   $13 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.50%(c)   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%(c)
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.50%(c)   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%   0.50%(c)
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.88%(c)   1.05%   1.52%   2.13%   2.65%(c)
Portfolio turnover rate(d)   91%   13%   33%   62%   224%

 

(a)Calculated using the average shares method.
(b)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(c)Annualized.
(d)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income – Class C

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $13.94   $11.45   $11.65   $13.03   $14.16   $12.15 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income(b)   0.08    0.04    0.09    0.13    0.14    0.07 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.21)   2.52    (0.15)   0.40    (0.78)   2.05 
Total from investment operations   (1.13)   2.56    (0.06)   0.53    (0.64)   2.12 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (0.12)   (0.06)   (0.14)   (0.13)   (0.17)   (0.11)
From net realized gains               (1.78)   (0.32)    
Tax return of capital       (0.01)                
Total distributions   (0.12)   (0.07)   (0.14)   (1.91)   (0.49)   (0.11)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.25)   2.49    (0.20)   (1.38)   (1.13)   2.01 
Net asset value, end of period  $12.69   $13.94   $11.45   $11.65   $13.03   $14.16 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (8.14)%   22.44%   (0.44)%   5.91%   (4.74)%   17.53%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $19,623   $11,049   $13,642   $19,798   $23,111   $26,514 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   1.25%(d)   1.25%   1.25%   1.25%   1.57%   2.12%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   1.25%(d)   1.25%   1.25%   1.25%   1.47%(e)   1.90%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.28%(d)   0.29%   0.82%   1.15%   1.01%   0.51%
Portfolio turnover rate(f)   91%   13%   33%   62%   224%   63%

 

(a)Prior to February 28, 2018, the RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income was known as the RiverFront Dynamic Equity Income Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Returns shown exclude any applicable sales charges.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Effective February 28, 2018, pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays an annual unitary administrative fee, which is based on the Fund’s average daily net assets, and will no longer pay a management fee or contractually limit the Fund’s total annual expenses. Refer to Note 8.
(f)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income – Class I

 

Financial Highlights

Selected data for a share of beneficial interest outstanding throughout the periods indicated:

 

   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021   For the Year Ended October 31, 2020   For the Year Ended October 31, 2019   For the Year Ended October 31, 2018(a)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2017 
Net asset value, beginning of period  $14.40   $11.79   $11.97   $13.31   $14.42   $12.31 
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS:                              
Net investment income(b)   0.16    0.18    0.22    0.26    0.29    0.20 
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss)   (1.26)   2.61    (0.18)   0.41    (0.82)   2.09 
Total from investment operations   (1.10)   2.79    0.04    0.67    (0.53)   2.29 
DISTRIBUTIONS:                              
From net investment income   (0.18)   (0.16)   (0.22)   (0.23)   (0.26)   (0.18)
From net realized gains               (1.78)   (0.32)    
Tax return of capital       (0.02)                
Total distributions   (0.18)   (0.18)   (0.22)   (2.01)   (0.58)   (0.18)
Net increase/(decrease) in net asset value   (1.28)   2.61    (0.18)   (1.34)   (1.11)   2.11 
Net asset value, end of period  $13.12   $14.40   $11.79   $11.97   $13.31   $14.42 
TOTAL RETURN(c)   (7.74)%   23.79%   0.46%   7.07%   (3.88)%   18.75%
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA:                              
Net assets, end of period (000s)  $62,184   $40,106   $34,529   $49,610   $51,749   $33,484 
Ratio of expenses to average net assets excluding fee waivers and reimbursements   0.25%(d)   0.25%   0.25%   0.25%   0.53%   1.12%
Ratio of expenses to average net assets including fee waivers and reimbursements   0.25%(d)   0.25%   0.25%   0.25%   0.44%(e)   0.90%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.36%(d)   1.29%   1.83%   2.17%   2.04%   1.50%
Portfolio turnover rate(f)   91%   13%   33%   62%   224%   63%

 

(a)Prior to February 28, 2018, the RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income was known as the RiverFront Dynamic Equity Income Fund.
(b)Calculated using the average shares method.
(c)Total returns are for the period indicated and have not been annualized. Total returns would have been lower had certain expenses not been waived during the period. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(d)Annualized.
(e)Effective February 28, 2018, pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, the Fund pays an annual unitary administrative fee, which is based on the Fund’s average daily net assets, and will no longer pay a management fee or contractually limit the Fund’s total annual expenses. Refer to Note 8.
(f)Portfolio turnover rate for periods less than one full year have not been annualized.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

1.  ORGANIZATION

 

Financial Investors Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”). The Trust consists of multiple separate portfolios or series. This semi-annual report includes the financial statements and financial highlights of the following 8 funds: ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund, ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund, ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund, RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income, ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund, and ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).

 

The ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund seeks to maximize real returns (returns after inflation), consistent with prudent investment management. ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund’s investment goal is long-term capital appreciation. The ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund seeks to maximize total return, which consists of appreciation on its investments and a variable income stream. Effective February 28, 2018, RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income seeks to achieve long-term growth and income. The ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund capital seeks to obtain maximum total return, consistent with preservation of capital. The ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund seeks as high a level of current income as is consistent with preservation of capital. The ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund seeks long-term capital growth, consistent with presercation of capital and balanced by current income. The ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund seeks to obtain maximum risk-adjusted return with a secondary focus on high current income.

 

The classes of each Fund differ principally in the applicable distribution and shareholder service fees. Shareholders of each class also bear certain expenses that pertain to that particular class. All shareholders bear the common expenses of the Fund and earn income and realized gains/losses from the Fund pro rata based on the average daily net assets of each class, without distinction between share classes. Dividends to shareholders are determined separately for each class based on income and expenses allocable to each class. Realized gain distributions to shareholders are allocated to each class pro rata based on the shares outstanding of each class on the date of distribution. Differences in per share dividend rates generally result from differences in separate class expenses, including distribution and shareholder service fees, if applicable.

 

Basis of Consolidation for the ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), a Cayman Islands exempted company, was incorporated on April 23, 2010 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund (the “CoreCommodity Fund”). All intercompany transactions have been eliminated upon consolidation. The Subsidiary acts as an investment vehicle for the CoreCommodity Fund in order to effect certain commodity-related investments on behalf of the CoreCommodity Fund. CoreCommodity Fund is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary pursuant to a subscription agreement dated as of June 14, 2010, and it is intended that the CoreCommodity Fund will remain the sole shareholder and will continue to wholly own and control the Subsidiary. Under the Articles of Association of the Subsidiary, shares issued by the Subsidiary confer upon a shareholder the right to vote at general meetings of the Subsidiary and certain rights in connection with any winding-up or repayment of capital, as well as the right to participate in the profits or assets of the Subsidiary. The CoreCommodity Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in shares of the Subsidiary. As a wholly owned subsidiary of the CoreCommodity Fund, the financial statements of the Subsidiary are included in the consolidated financial statements and financial highlights of the CoreCommodity Fund. All investments held by the Subsidiary are disclosed in the accounts of the CoreCommodity Fund. As of April 30, 2022, net assets of the CoreCommodity Fund were $1,911,615,125 of which $409,041,094 or 21.40%, represented the CoreCommodity Fund’s ownership of all issued shares and voting rights of the Subsidiary.

 

2.  SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by each Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. Each Fund is considered an investment company for financial reporting purposes, and follows accounting policies in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”), including policies specific to investment companies. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds and subsidiaries, as applicable, in preparation of their financial statements. The Funds are considered investment companies under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.

 

Investment Valuation: The Funds generally value their securities based on market prices determined at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. For equity securities and mutual funds that are traded on an exchange, the market price is usually the closing sale or official closing price on that exchange.

 

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The market price for debt obligations is generally the price supplied by an independent third-party pricing service approved by the Board, which may use a matrix, formula or other objective method that takes into consideration quotations from dealers, market transactions in comparable investments, market indices and yield curves. If vendors are unable to supply a price, or if the price supplied is deemed to be unreliable, the market price may be determined using quotations received from one or more brokers-dealers that make a market in the security. Investments in non-exchange traded funds are fair valued at their respective net asset values. Bonds may be purchased and held as odd lots. Pricing vendors generally value securities assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot sizes, but a Fund may hold or transact in such securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to a Fund’s odd-lot positions, as the Fund may receive different prices when it sells such positions than it would receive for sales of institutional round lot positions. The ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund, the ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund, and ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund have odd lot pricing policies it employs to value odd lot securities.

 

Futures contracts that are listed or traded on a national securities exchange, commodities exchange, contract market or comparable over the counter market, and that are freely transferable, are valued at their closing settlement price on the exchange on which they are primarily traded or based upon the current settlement price for a like instrument acquired on the day on which the instrument is being valued. A settlement price may not be used if the market makes a limit move with respect to a particular commodity. Over-the-counter swap contracts are valued based on quotes received from independent pricing services or one or more dealers that make markets in such investments.

 

Option contracts are valued using the National Best Bid and Offer price (“NBBO”). In the event there is no NBBO price available, option contracts are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask.

 

For ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund, ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund, and Clough China Fund, who hold equity securities that are primarily traded on foreign securities exchanges, such securities are valued at the closing values of such securities on their respective foreign exchanges, except when an event occurs subsequent to the close of the foreign exchange and the close of the NYSE that was likely to have changed such value. In such an event, the fair value of those securities are determined in good faith through consideration of other factors in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Board. The Funds will use a fair valuation model provided by an independent pricing service, which is intended to reflect fair value when a security’s value or a meaningful portion of the Fund’s portfolio is believed to have been materially affected by an valuation event that has occurred between the close of the exchange or market on which the security is traded and the close of the regular trading day on the NYSE.

 

Forward currency exchange contracts have a value determined by the current foreign currency exchange forward rates. The foreign currency exchange forward rates are calculated using an automated system that estimates rates on the basis of the current day foreign currency exchange rates and forward foreign currency exchange rates supplied by a pricing service. Foreign exchange rates and forward foreign currency exchange rates may generally be obtained at the close of the NYSE, normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

 

When such prices or quotations are not available, or when the Fair Value Committee appointed by the Board believes that they are unreliable, securities may be priced using fair value procedures approved by the Board. The fair valuation policies and procedures (“FV Procedures”) have been adopted by the Board for the fair valuation of portfolio assets held by the Fund(s) in the event that (1) market quotations for the current price of a portfolio security or asset are not readily available, or (2) available market quotations that would otherwise be used to value a portfolio security or asset in accordance with the Fund’s Pricing Procedures appear to be unreliable. The Pricing Procedures reflect certain pricing methodologies (or “logics”) that are not “readily available market quotations” and thus are viewed and treated as fair valuations. The Fair Value Committee routinely meets to discuss fair valuations of portfolio securities and other instruments held by the Fund(s).

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Fair Value Measurements: The Funds disclose the classification of their fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.

 

Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments. These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date;
Level 2 – Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and
Level 3 – Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date.

 

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The following is a summary of each Fund’s investments/financial instruments in the fair value hierarchy as of April 30, 2022:

 

Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund                
Common Stocks(a)  $539,423,877   $103   $   $539,423,980 
Master Limited Partnerships(a)   513,576            513,576 
Government Bonds       1,115,125,038        1,115,125,038 
Total  $539,937,453   $1,115,125,141   $   $1,655,062,594 
Other Financial Instruments                    
Assets                    
Futures Contracts  $25,213,635   $   $   $25,213,635 
Total Return Swap Contracts       12        12 
Liabilities                    
Futures Contracts  $(43,970,881)  $   $   $(43,970,881)
Total Return Swap Contracts  $   $(1,110)  $   $(1,110)
Total  $(18,757,246)  $(1,098)  $   $(18,758,344)

 

Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund                
Common Stocks                
Communication Services  $   $14,938,787   $   $14,938,787 
Consumer Discretionary   4,549,429    31,897,563        36,446,992 
Consumer Staples       17,654,064        17,654,064 
Energy       33,247,247        33,247,247 
Financials   15,830,854    89,763,213        105,594,067 
Health Care   4,843,021    26,116,573        30,959,594 
Industrials       22,876,301        22,876,301 
Information Technology   11,298,936    45,816,846        57,115,782 
Materials       28,978,422        28,978,422 
Real Estate       7,997,785        7,997,785 
Total  $36,522,240   $319,286,801   $   $355,809,041 

 

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Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund                
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  $   $1,676,884   $   $1,676,884 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities       1,300,051        1,300,051 
Mortgage-Backed Securities       13,032,185        13,032,185 
Corporate Bonds       476,875,331        476,875,331 
Government Bonds       181,228,298        181,228,298 
Municipal Bonds       150,089        150,089 
Short Term Investments   503,117            503,117 
Total  $503,117   $674,262,838   $   $674,765,955 

 

Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund                
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  $   $111,088,207   $   $111,088,207 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities       28,588,566        28,588,566 
Mortgage-Backed Securities       91,334,648        91,334,648 
Corporate Bonds       900,912,429        900,912,429 
Government Bonds       519,091,722        519,091,722 
Preferred Stock   22,978,654            22,978,654 
Short Term Investments   585,712            585,712 
Total  $23,564,366   $1,651,015,572   $   $1,674,579,938 

 

Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 – Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 – Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund                
Common Stocks(a)  $5,639,640   $   $   $5,639,640 
Bank Loan       992,580        992,580 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations       813,175        813,175 
Mortgage-Backed Securities       2,064,243        2,064,243 
Corporate Bonds       227,263,381        227,263,381 
Government Bonds       17,662,703        17,662,703 
Preferred Stock   9,661,353            9,661,353 
Short Term Investments   5,691,860            5,691,860 
Total  $20,992,853   $248,796,082   $   $269,788,935 

 

Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund                
Common Stocks(a)  $21,986,858   $   $   $21,986,858 
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations       1,230,597        1,230,597 
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities       18,120        18,120 
Mortgage-Backed Securities       879,100        879,100 
Corporate Bonds       4,794,638        4,794,638 
Government Bonds       2,299,379        2,299,379 
Preferred Stock   106,563            106,563 
Short Term Investments   1,730,759            1,730,759 
Total  $23,824,180   $9,221,834   $   $33,046,014 

 

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Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund                
Business Development Companies  $872,910   $   $   $872,910 
Closed-End Funds   2,906,905    13,277,078        16,183,983 
Common Stocks                    
Communications   5,039,266            5,039,266 
Consumer Discretionary       2,699,406        2,699,406 
Consumer Staples   2,105,611    535,159        2,640,770 
Financials   21,667,343    18,752,025        40,419,368 
Health Care   6,940,742            6,940,742 
Technology   2,764,295            2,764,295 
Utilities   1,479,591            1,479,591 
Preferred Stock   405,074            405,074 
Short-Term Investments   1,659,768            1,659,768 
Total  $45,841,505   $35,263,668   $   $81,105,173 

 

Investments in Securities at Value  Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices   Level 2 -Other Significant Observable Inputs   Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs   Total 
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income                
Exchange Traded Funds  $108,717,602   $   $   $108,717,602 
Short-Term Investments   1,875,822            1,875,822 
Total  $110,593,424   $   $   $110,593,424 

 

(a)For detailed descriptions of country, sector and/or industry, see the accompanying Statement of Investments or Consolidated Statement of Investments.

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2022, the Funds did not have any securities that used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining fair value.

 

Fund and Class Expenses: Some expenses of the Trust can be directly attributed to a Fund or a specific share class of a Fund. Expenses which cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among all Funds in the Trust based on average net assets of each share class within a Fund.

 

Federal Income Taxes: The Funds comply with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) applicable to regulated investment companies and intend to distribute substantially all of their net taxable income and net capital gains, if any, each year. The Funds are not subject to income taxes to the extent such distributions are made.

 

The Funds file U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. The Funds’ tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return, but may extend to four years in certain jurisdictions. Tax returns for open years have incorporated no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.

 

Distributions to Shareholders: Each Fund, except, RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income, RiverFront Asset Allocation Moderate, ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund, and ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund, normally pays dividends and distributes capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income and RiverFront Asset Allocation Moderate normally pay dividends, if any, on a quarterly basis and distribute capital gains annually. ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund, and ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund declare and distribute dividends, if any, on a monthly basis and capital gains, if any, on at least an annual basis. Income dividend distributions are derived from interest, dividends, and other income a Fund receives from its investments, including distributions of short-term capital gains. Capital gain distributions are derived from gains realized when a Fund sells a security it has owned for more than a year or from long-term capital gain distributions from underlying investments. Each Fund may make additional distributions and dividends at other times if its portfolio manager or managers believe doing so may be necessary for the Fund to avoid or reduce taxes.

 

Commodity-Linked Notes: The ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund may invest in commodity-linked notes which are derivative instruments that have characteristics of a debt security and of a commodity-linked derivative. A commodity-linked note typically provides for interest payments and a principal payment at maturity linked to the price movement of the underlying commodity, commodity index or commodity futures or option contract. Commodity-linked notes may be principal protected, partially protected, or offer no principal protection. The value of these notes will rise and fall in response to changes in the underlying commodity or related index or investment. These notes are often leveraged, increasing the volatility of each note’s value relative to the change in the underlying linked index. Commodity index-linked investments may be more volatile and less liquid than the underlying index and their value may be affected by the performance of the commodities as well as other factors, including liquidity, quality, maturity and other economic variables. Commodity-linked notes are typically issued by a bank or other financial institution and are sometimes referred to as structured notes because the terms of the notes may be structured by the issuer and the purchaser of the notes to accommodate the specific investment requirements of the purchaser.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs): Each Fund may invest in shares of ETFs and other similar instruments if the investment manager chooses to adjust a Fund’s exposure to the general market or industry sectors and to manage a Fund’s risk exposure. ETFs differ from traditional index funds in that their shares are listed on a securities exchange and can be traded intraday. ETF shares are shares of exchange traded investment companies that are registered under the 1940 Act and hold a portfolio of common stocks designed to track the performance of a particular index. Limitations of the 1940 Act may prohibit a Fund from acquiring more than 3% of the outstanding shares of certain ETFs. Instruments that are similar to ETFs represent beneficial ownership interests in specific “baskets” of stocks of companies within a particular industry sector or group. These securities may also be exchange traded, but unlike ETFs, the issuers of these securities are not registered as investment companies.

 

The portfolio manager may decide to purchase or sell short ETF shares or options on ETF shares for the same reasons it would purchase or sell (and as an alternative to purchasing or selling) futures contracts – to obtain exposure to the stock market or a particular segment of the stock market, or to hedge a Fund’s portfolio against such exposures. Depending on the market, the holding period and other factors, the use of ETF shares and options thereon can be less costly than the use of index options or stock index futures. In addition, ETF shares and options thereon can typically be purchased in smaller amounts than are available for futures contracts and can offer exposure to market sectors and styles for which there is no suitable or liquid futures contract.

 

Investment Transactions and Investment Income: Investment transactions are accounted for on the date the investments are purchased or sold (trade date basis). Net realized gains and losses from investment transactions are reported on an identified cost basis. Interest income, which includes accretion of discounts and amortization of premiums, is accrued and recorded as earned. Dividend income is recognized on the ex-dividend date or for certain foreign securities, as soon as information is available to each Fund.

 

Cash Management Transactions: ALPS/ Kotak India Growth Fund subscribes to the Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. (“BBH”) Cash Management Service (“CMS”), whereby cash balances are automatically swept into overnight offshore demand deposits with either the BBH Grand Cayman branch or a branch of a pre-approved commercial bank. This fully automated program allows the Fund to earn interest on cash balances. Excess cash with deposit institutions domiciled outside of the U.S. are subject to sovereign actions in the jurisdiction of the deposit institution including, but not limited to, freeze, seizure or diminution. Cash balances in the BBH CMS are included on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities under Cash and Foreign currency, at value.

 

As of April 30, 2022, the Fund has the following cash balances participating in the BBH CMS:

 

Fund

ALPS/ Kotak India Growth Fund $10,185,848

 

As of April 30, 2022, the Fund did not have any foreign cash balances participating in the BBH CMS.

 

Foreign Securities: Each Fund may directly purchase securities of foreign issuers. Investing in securities of foreign issuers involves special risks not typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers. The risks include possible reevaluation of currencies, the inability to repatriate foreign currency, less complete financial information about companies and possible future adverse political and economic developments.

 

Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of securities of comparable U.S. issuers.

 

Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars. Investment valuations and other assets and liabilities initially expressed in foreign currencies are converted each business day into U.S. dollars based upon current exchange rates. The portion of realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments due to fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed and is included in realized and unrealized gains or losses on investments, when applicable.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Foreign Currency Spot Contracts: The Funds may enter into foreign currency spot contracts to facilitate transactions in foreign securities or to convert foreign currency receipts into U.S. dollars. A foreign currency spot contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell currencies at the current market rate, for settlement generally within two business days. The U.S. dollar value of the contracts is determined using current currency exchange rates supplied by a pricing service. The contract is marked-to-market daily for settlements beyond one day and any change in market value is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value on the open and close date. Losses may arise from changes in the value of the foreign currency, or if the counterparties do not perform under the contract’s terms. The maximum potential loss from such contracts is the aggregate face value in U.S. dollars at the time the contract was opened.

 

Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”): The Funds may invest a portion of their assets in REITs and are subject to certain risks associated with direct investment in REITs. REITs may be affected by changes in the value of their underlying properties and by defaults by borrowers or tenants. REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareowners, and certain REITs have self-liquidation provisions by which mortgages held may be paid in full and distributions of capital returns may be made at any time. In addition, the performance of a REIT may be affected by its failure to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income under the Code, or its failure to maintain exemption from registration under the 1940 Act. Distributions that the Fund receives from REITs can be classified as ordinary income, capital gain income or return of capital by the REITs that make these distributions to the Fund. However, it is not possible for the Fund to characterize distributions received from REITs during interim periods because the REIT issuers do not report their tax characterizations until subsequent to year end. During interim periods, the REIT distributions are accounted for as ordinary income until the re characterizations are made subsequent to year end.

 

Treasury Inflation Protected-Securities (“TIPS”): The Funds may invest in TIPS, including structured bonds in which the principal amount is adjusted daily to keep pace with inflation, as measured by the U.S. Consumer Pricing Index for Urban Consumers. The adjustments to principal due to inflation/deflation are reflected as increases/decreases to interest income with a corresponding adjustment to cost. Such adjustments may have a significant impact on a Fund’s distributions and may result in a return of capital to shareholders. The repayment of the original bond principal upon maturity is guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Government.

 

Loan Participations and Assignments: Certain Funds may invest in loan participations and assignments. The Fund considers loan participations and assignments to be investments in debt securities. Loan participations typically will result in the Fund having a contractual relationship only with the lender, not with the borrower. The Fund will have the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the lender selling the participation and only upon receipt by the lender of the payments from the borrower. Under a loan participation, the Fund generally will have no right to enforce compliance by the borrower with the terms of the loan agreement relating to the loan, nor any rights of set-off against the borrower, and the Fund may not benefit directly from any collateral supporting the loan in which it has purchased the participation. As a result, the Fund will assume the credit risk of both the borrower and the lender that is selling the participation. In the event of the insolvency of the lender selling a participation, the Fund may be treated as a general creditor of the lender and may not benefit from any set-off between the lender and the borrower. When the Fund purchases assignments of loans from lenders, the Fund will acquire direct rights against the borrower on the loan, except that under certain circumstances such rights may be more limited than those held by the assigning lender.

 

Master Limited Partnerships: Certain Funds may invest in MLPs, which are publicly traded partnerships engaged in the transportation, storage and processing of minerals and natural resources. By confining their operations to these specific activities, their interests, or units, are able to trade on public securities exchanges exactly like the shares of a corporation, without entity level taxation. To qualify as a MLP and to not be taxed as a corporation, a partnership must receive at least 90% of its income from qualifying sources as set forth in Section 7704(d) of the Code. These qualifying sources include natural resource based activities such as the processing, transportation and storage of mineral or natural resources. MLPs generally have two classes of owners, the general partner and limited partners. The general partner of an MLP is typically owned by a major energy company, an investment fund, the direct management of the MLP, or is an entity owned by one or more of such parties. The general partner may be structured as a private or publicly traded corporation or other entity. The general partner typically controls the operations and management of the MLP through an up to 2% equity interest in the MLP plus, in many cases, ownership of common units and subordinated units. Limited partners typically own the remainder of the partnership, through ownership of common units, and have a limited role in the partnership’s operations and management. MLPs are typically structured such that common units and general partner interests have first priority to receive quarterly cash distributions up to an established minimum amount (“minimum quarterly distributions” or “MQD”). Common and general partner interests also accrue arrearages in distributions to the extent the MQD is not paid. Once common and general partner interests have been paid, subordinated units receive distributions of up to the MQD; however, subordinated units do not accrue arrearages. Distributable cash in excess of the MQD is paid to both common and subordinated units and is distributed to both common and subordinated units generally on a pro rata basis. The general partner is also eligible to receive incentive distributions if the general partner operates the business in a manner which results in distributions paid per common unit surpassing specified target levels. As the general partner increases cash distributions to the limited partners, the general partner receives an increasingly higher percentage of the incremental cash distributions.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Libor Risk: In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The Fund’ investments, payment obligations, and financing terms may be based on floating rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate, or “LIBOR,” which is the offered rate for short-term Eurodollar deposits between major international banks. On November 30, 2020, the administrator of LIBOR announced its intention to delay the phase out of the majority of the U.S. dollar LIBOR publications until June 30, 2023, with the remainder of LIBOR publications to still end at the end of 2020. There remains uncertainty regarding the nature of any replacement rate and the impact of the transition from LIBOR on the Funds’ transactions and the financial markets generally. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the Funds or the Funds’ investments cannot yet be determined.

 

COVID-19 Risks: A recent outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in December 2019 and has now been detected internationally. This coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, disruptions to supply chains and customer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this coronavirus, and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could affect the economies of many nations, individual companies, their securities (including equity and debt), and the market in general in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. In addition, the impact of infectious diseases in developing or emerging market countries may be greater due to less established health care systems. Health crises caused by the recent coronavirus outbreak may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks in certain countries. The impact of the outbreak may be short term or may last for an extended period of time.

 

3.  DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 

As a part of their investment strategy, the Funds are permitted to enter in various types of derivatives contracts. In doing so, the Funds employ strategies in differing combinations to permit them to increase, decrease, or change the level or types of exposure to market factors. Central to those strategies are features inherent in derivatives that make them more attractive for this purpose than equity or debt securities; they require little or no initial cash investment, they focus exposure on only certain selected risk factors, and they may not require the ultimate receipt or delivery of the underlying security (or securities) to the contract. This may allow the Funds to pursue their objectives more quickly and efficiently than if they were to make direct purchases or sales of securities capable of affecting a similar response to market factors.

 

Cash collateral is being pledged to cover derivative obligations of the Funds and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, is reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash pledged as collateral and cash received as collateral, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Funds, if any, is noted in the Statements of Investments.

 

Risk of Investing in Derivatives: The Funds’ use of derivatives can result in losses due to unanticipated changes in the market risk factors and the overall market. In instances where the Funds are using derivatives to decrease, or hedge, exposures to market risk factors for securities held by the Funds, there are also risks that those derivatives may not perform as expected resulting in losses for the combined or hedged positions.

 

Derivatives may have little or no initial cash investment relative to their market value exposure and therefore can produce significant gains or losses in excess of their cost. This use of embedded leverage allows the Fund to increase its market value exposure relative to its net assets and can substantially increase the volatility of the Funds’ performance.

 

Additional associated risks from investing in derivatives also exist and potentially could have significant effects on the valuation of the derivative and the Funds. Typically, the associated risks are not the risks that the Funds are attempting to increase or decrease exposure to, per their investment objectives, but are the additional risks from investing in derivatives.

 

Examples of these associated risks are liquidity risk, which is the risk that the Funds will not be able to sell or close out the derivative in a timely manner, and counterparty credit risk, which is the risk that the counterparty will not fulfill its obligation to the Funds. In addition, use of derivatives may increase or decrease exposure to the following risk factors:

 

Equity Risk: Equity risk relates to the change in value of equity securities as they relate to increases or decreases in the general market. Associated risks can be different for each type of derivative and are discussed by each derivative type in the notes that follow.

 

Commodity Risk: Exposure to the commodities markets may subject the Funds to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Prices of various commodities may also be affected by factors, such as drought, floods, weather, livestock disease, embargoes, tariffs and other regulatory developments, which are unpredictable. The prices of commodities can also fluctuate widely due to supply and demand disruptions in major producing or consuming regions.

 

Foreign Currency Risk: Currency trading involves significant risks, including market risk, interest rate risk, country risk, counterparty credit risk and short sale risk. Market risk results from the price movement of foreign currency values in response to shifting market supply and demand.

 

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Interest rate risk arises whenever a country changes its stated interest rate target associated with its currency. Country risk arises because virtually every country has interfered with international transactions in its currency.

 

Interest Rate Risk: Interest rate risk is the risk that fixed income securities will decline in value because of changes in interest rates. As nominal interest rates rise, the value of fixed income securities held by the Funds are likely to decrease. Securities with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to changes in interest rates, and are usually more volatile than securities.

 

Swap Contracts: Each Fund may enter into swap transactions for hedging purposes or to seek to increase total return. At the present time, the CoreCommodity Fund and Clough China Fund primarily enter into swap transactions for the purpose of increasing total return. Swap agreements may be executed in a multilateral or other trade facility program, such as a registered exchange (“centrally cleared swaps”) or may be privately negotiated in the over-the counter market. The duration of a swap agreement typically ranges from a few weeks to more than one year. In a centrally cleared swap, immediately following execution of the swap agreement, the swap agreement is novated to a central counterparty (the “CCP”) and the Fund’s counterparty on the swap agreement becomes the CCP. Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap contract to comply with the terms of the swap contract. The loss incurred by the failure of a counterparty is generally limited to the net payment to be received by the Funds and/or the termination value at the end of the contract. Therefore, the Funds consider the creditworthiness of each counterparty to a contract in evaluating potential credit risk. Although centrally cleared swaps typically present less counterparty risk than non-centrally cleared swaps, a Fund that has entered into centrally cleared swaps is subject to the risk of the failure of the CCP.

 

Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying reference asset or index. Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, market risk, liquidity risk and elements of credit, legal and documentation risk that are not directly reflected in the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

The Funds may pay or receive cash as collateral on these contracts which may be recorded as an asset and/or liability. The Funds must set aside liquid assets, or engage in other appropriate measures, to cover its obligations under these contracts. Swaps are marked to market daily using either pricing vendor quotations, counterparty prices or model prices and the change in value, if any, is recorded as an unrealized gain or loss. Upfront payments made and/or received by the Funds are recorded as an asset and/or liability and realized gains or losses are recognized ratably over the contract’s term/event, with the exception of forward starting interest rate swaps, whose realized gains or losses are recognized ratably from the effective start date. Periodic payments received or made on swap contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of a swap contract and are recorded on the Statement of Operations.

 

Total return swaps are agreements in which there is an exchange of cash flows whereby one party commits to make payments based on the total return (coupons plus capital gains/losses) of an underlying instrument in exchange for fixed or floating rate interest payments. To the extent the total return of the instrument or index underlying the transaction exceeds or falls short of the offsetting interest rate obligation, the Fund will receive a payment from or make a payment to the counterparty. Credit default swaps are a type of swap agreement in which the protection “buyer” is generally obligated to pay the protection “seller” an upfront and/ or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. Credit default swaps (“CDS”) are typically two-party financial contracts that transfer credit exposure between the two parties. Under a typical CDS, one party (the “seller”) receives pre-determined periodic payments from the other party (the “buyer”). The seller agrees to make compensating specific payments to the buyer if a negative credit event occurs, such as the bankruptcy or default by the issuer of the underlying debt instrument. Swap agreements held at October 31, 2021 are disclosed after the Statement of Investments.

 

The average notional amount of the swap positions held in the ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund for the period ended April 30, 2022 was $863,825,393.

 

Futures: Each Fund may invest in futures contracts in accordance with their investment objectives. Each Fund does so for a variety of reasons including for cash management, hedging or non-hedging purposes in an attempt to achieve the Fund’s investment objective. A futures contract provides for the future sale by one party and purchase by another party of a specified quantity of the security or other financial instrument at a specified price and time. A futures contract on an index is an agreement pursuant to which two parties agree to take or make delivery of an amount of cash equal to the difference between the value of the index at the close of the last trading day of the contract and the price at which the index contract was originally written. Futures transactions may result in losses in excess of the amount invested in the futures contract. There can be no guarantee that there will be a correlation between price movements in the hedging vehicle and in the portfolio securities being hedged. An incorrect correlation could result in a loss on both the hedged securities in a Fund and the hedging vehicle so that the portfolio return might have been greater had hedging not been attempted. There can be no assurance that a liquid market will exist at a time when a Fund seeks to close out a futures contract or a futures option position. Lack of a liquid market for any reason may prevent a Fund from liquidating an unfavorable position, and the Fund would remain obligated to meet margin requirements until the position is closed. In addition, a Fund could be exposed to risk if the counterparties to the contracts are unable to meet the terms of their contracts. With exchange traded futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Funds since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

When a purchase or sale of a futures contract is made by a Fund, the Fund is required to deposit with its custodian (or broker, if legally permitted) a specified amount of liquid assets (“initial margin”). The margin required for a futures contract is set by the exchange on which the contract is traded and may be modified during the term of the contract. The initial margin is in the nature of a performance bond or good faith deposit on the futures contract that is returned to a Fund upon termination of the contract, assuming all contractual obligations have been satisfied. These amounts are included in Deposit with broker for futures contracts on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Each day a Fund may pay or receive cash, called “variation margin,” equal to the daily change in value of the futures contract. Such payments or receipts are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized gains or losses by a Fund. Variation margin does not represent a borrowing or loan by a Fund but is instead a settlement between a Fund and the broker of the amount one would owe the other if the futures contract expired. When the contract is closed, a Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed.

 

The average value of futures contracts held in the ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund for the period ended April 30, 2022 was $490,806,388 for long futures and $313,786,679 for short futures.

 

Option Contracts: Each Fund may enter into options transactions for hedging purposes and for non-hedging purposes such as seeking to enhance return. Each Fund may write covered put and call options on any stocks or stock indices, currencies traded on domestic and foreign securities exchanges, or futures contracts on stock indices, interest rates and currencies traded on domestic and, to the extent permitted by the CFTC, foreign exchanges. A call option on an asset written by a Fund obligates the Fund to sell the specified asset to the holder (purchaser) at a stated price (the exercise price) if the option is exercised before a specified date (the expiration date). A put option on an asset written by a Fund obligates the Fund to buy the specified asset from the purchaser at the exercise price if the option is exercised before the expiration date. Premiums received when writing options are recorded as liabilities and are subsequently adjusted to the current value of the options written. Premiums received from writing options that expire are treated as realized gains. Premiums received from writing options, which are either exercised or closed, are offset against the proceeds received or amount paid on the transaction to determine realized gains or losses which are recorded on the Statement of Operations.

 

Derivatives Instruments: The following tables disclose the amounts related to each Fund’s use of derivative instruments.

 

The effect of derivatives instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities for the period ended April 30, 2022:

 

Risk Exposure  Asset Location  Fair Value   Liability Location  Fair Value 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund(a)
Commodity Contracts (Futures Contracts)  Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts(b)  $25,213,635   Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts(b)  $(43,970,881)
Commodity Contracts (Total Return Swap Contracts)  Unrealized appreciation on total return swap contracts   12   Unrealized depreciation on total return swap contracts   (1,110)
Total     $25,213,647      $(43,971,991)

 

(a)The ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund consolidates the statements of assets and liabilities.

(b)Represents cumulative appreciation (depreciation) of futures contracts as reported in the Consolidated Statement of Investments. Only the current day's net variation margin is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

The effect of derivatives instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended April 30, 2022: 

 

Risk Exposure  Statement of Operations Location  Realized Gain/(Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income   Change in Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund(a)
Equity and Commodity Contracts (Futures Contracts)  Net realized gain on futures contracts/ Net change in unrealized appreciation on futures contracts  $74,038,868   $(16,834,962)
Commodity Contracts (Total Return Swap Contracts)  Net realized loss on total return swap contracts/ Net change in unrealized appreciation on total return swap contracts   224,184,193    (833)
Total     $298,223,061   $(16,835,795)

 

(a)The ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund consolidates the statements of operations.

 

Certain derivative contracts are executed under either standardized netting agreements or, for exchange-traded derivatives, the relevant contracts for a particular exchange which contain enforceable netting provisions. A derivative netting arrangement creates an enforceable right of set-off that becomes effective, and affects the realization of settlement on individual assets, liabilities and collateral amounts, only following a specified event of default or early termination. Default events may include the failure to make payments or deliver securities timely, material adverse changes in financial condition or insolvency, the breach of minimum regulatory capital requirements, or loss of license, charter or other legal authorization necessary to perform under the contract.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

The following table presents financial instruments that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements or other similar agreements as of April 30, 2022:

 

Offsetting of Derivatives Asset

 

April 30, 2022

               Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position 
   Gross Amounts of Recognized Assets   Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Financial Instruments   Cash Collateral Received(a)   Net Amount 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund
Total Return Swap Contracts  $12   $   $12   $   $   $12 
Total  $12   $   $12   $   $   $12 

 

Offsetting of Derivatives Liability

 

April 30, 2022

               Gross Amounts Not Offset in the Statement of Financial Position 
   Gross Amounts of Recognized Liabilities   Gross Amounts Offset in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Net Amounts Presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities   Financial Instruments(a)   Cash Collateral Pledged(a)   Net Amount 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund         
Total Return Swap Contracts  $1,110   $   $1,110   $   $   $1,110 
Total  $1,110   $   $1,110   $   $   $1,110 

 

(a)These amounts are limited to the derivative asset/liability balance and, accordingly, do not include excess collateral received/pledged.

 

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4. TAX BASIS INFORMATION

 

Tax Basis of Distributions to Shareholders: The character of distributions made during the year from net investment income or net realized gains may differ from its ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes. Also, due to the timing of dividend distributions, the fiscal year in which amounts are distributed may differ from the fiscal year in which the income or realized gain were recorded by a Fund. The amounts and characteristics of tax basis distributions and composition of distributable earnings/ (accumulated losses) are finalized at fiscal year-end. Accordingly, tax basis balances have not been determined as of April 30, 2022.

 

The tax character of distributions paid by the Funds for the Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2021 were as follows:

 

Fund  Ordinary Income   Long-Term Capital Gain   Return of Capital 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund  $1,931,352   $     
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund            
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   4,435,534    35,295     
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   54,766,363    1,991,099     
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   3,504,875         
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund   193,327         
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund       4,029,579     
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income   658,095        58,573 

 

Unrealized Appreciation and Depreciation on Investments: As of April 30, 2022, the costs of investments for federal income tax purposes and accumulated net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments were as follows:

 

Fund  Gross Appreciation (excess of value over tax cost)   Gross Depreciation (excess of tax cost over value)   Net Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation)   Cost of Investments for Income Tax Purposes 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities®         
Strategy Fund  $1,294,021,391   $(1,227,363,844)  $66,657,547   $1,569,646,701 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund   72,715,712    (25,630,606)   47,085,106    309,458,096 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   (380,159)   (16,112,905)   (16,493,064)   691,259,019 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   (8,377,671)   (117,664,371)   (126,042,042)   1,800,621,980 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   442,800    (23,239,154)   (22,796,354)   292,585,288 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund   2,763,102    (1,630,831)   1,132,271    31,913,743 
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund   18,058,582    (6,104,995)   11,953,587    69,151,586 
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income   7,761,139    (4,527,106)   3,234,033    107,359,391 

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

5. SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS

 

Purchases and sales of securities, excluding short-term securities and U.S. Government Obligations during the six-month period ended April 30, 2022 were as follows:

 

Fund  Purchases of Securities   Proceeds from Sales of Securities 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund(a)  $247,337,912   $135,531,456 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund   43,395,730    46,350,272 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   267,393,668    191,740,096 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   737,588,555    752,041,383 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   152,118,285    166,292,362 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund   12,928,503    13,515,342 
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund   8,928,021    16,980,328 
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income   126,290,289    84,758,984 

 

Purchases and sales of U.S. Government Obligations during the six-month period ended April 30, 2022 were as follows:

 

Fund  Purchases of Securities   Proceeds from Sales of Securities 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund(a)  $   $243,445,538 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   289,591,741    187,228,017 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   1,304,259,192    1,223,672,810 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   122,945,422    115,638,789 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund   8,956,613    11,824,609 

 

(a)Purchases and sales for ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund are consolidated and include the balances of CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund, Ltd. (wholly owned subsidiary).

 

6. BENEFICIAL INTEREST TRANSACTIONS

 

Shares redeemed within 90 days of purchase for ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund and 30 days of purchase for ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund, and ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund. may incur a 2% short-term redemption fee deducted from the redemption amount. RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income Fund, ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond, ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund and ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund do not incur redemption fees.

 

Effective December 1, 2017, Class A shares were renamed Investor Class shares for all Funds. Such shares will be offered without an initial sales charge or a contingent deferred sales charge.

 

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2022, the amounts listed below were retained by the Funds. These amounts are reflected in “Shares redeemed” in the Statements of Changes in Net Assets.

 

 

   Redemption Fee Retained 
Fund  For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund - Investor Class  $   $4,276 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund - Class C       3,899 
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund - Class I       3,215 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Investor Class   747    90 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Class I       924 
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund - Investor Class       170 
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund - Class A       21 
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund - Class I       49 

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Transactions in shares of capital stock were as follows:

 

   ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   2,638,971    4,497,779 
Dividends reinvested   1,989,014    24,142 
Shares redeemed   (2,189,408)   (3,219,508)
Net increase in shares outstanding   2,438,577    1,302,413 
Class A          
Shares sold   786,937    692,899 
Dividends reinvested   117,775    351 
Shares redeemed   (93,283)   (127,691)
Net increase in shares outstanding   811,429    565,559 
Class C          
Shares sold   1,664,132    1,306,524 
Dividends reinvested   207,281    689 
Shares redeemed   (205,049)   (175,391)
Net increase in shares outstanding   1,666,364    1,131,822 
Class I          
Shares sold   77,077,833    68,562,911 
Dividends reinvested   18,932,794    221,924 
Shares redeemed   (35,967,308)   (20,567,458)
Net increase in shares outstanding   60,043,319    48,217,377 

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   58,283    63,673 
Dividends reinvested   10,090     
Shares redeemed   (37,453)   (73,427)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   30,920    (9,754)
Class A          
Shares sold   6,138    64,783 
Dividends reinvested   2,238     
Shares redeemed   (6,562)   (30,913)
Net increase in shares outstanding   1,814    33,869 
Class C          
Shares sold   767    1,363 
Dividends reinvested   5,515     
Shares redeemed   (4,548)   (68,076)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   1,734    (66,712)
Class I          
Shares sold   94,602    282,712 
Dividends reinvested   43,484     
Shares redeemed   (70,049)   (1,128,704)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   68,037    (845,991)
Class II          
Shares sold       8,906,165 
Dividends reinvested   1,057,027     
Net increase in shares outstanding   1,057,027    8,906,165 

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   106,981    1,418,224 
Dividends reinvested   1,832    9,762 
Shares redeemed   (644,518)   (1,320,142)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (535,705)   107,844 
Class A          
Shares sold   480,494    1,287,932 
Dividends reinvested   5,163    10,103 
Shares redeemed   (495,635)   (50,104)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (9,978)   1,247,931 
Class C          
Shares sold   113,848    148,738 
Dividends reinvested   756    1,627 
Shares redeemed   (152,449)   (27,409)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (37,845)   122,956 
Class I          
Shares sold   32,947,963    45,356,032 
Dividends reinvested   164,754    237,360 
Shares redeemed   (15,881,770)   (14,736,635)
Net increase in shares outstanding   17,230,947    30,856,757 

 

   ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   95,333    378,299 
Dividends reinvested   7,143    24,595 
Shares redeemed   (320,790)   (429,475)
Net decrease in shares outstanding   (218,314)   (26,581)
Class A          
Shares sold   305,166    1,736,874 
Dividends reinvested   20,860    46,631 
Shares redeemed   (1,124,875)   (658,819)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (798,849)   1,124,686 
Class C          
Shares sold   69,048    190,280 
Dividends reinvested   3,619    13,473 
Shares redeemed   (200,372)   (131,492)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (127,705)   72,261 
Class I          
Shares sold   47,467,471    76,976,319 
Dividends reinvested   1,397,970    3,305,889 
Shares redeemed   (40,448,970)   (41,598,507)
Net increase in shares outstanding   8,416,471    38,683,701 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   67,015    756,557 
Dividends reinvested   12,462    10,359 
Shares redeemed   (64,856)   (179,550)
Net increase in shares outstanding   14,621    587,366 
Class A          
Shares sold       16,170 
Dividends reinvested   315    325 
Net increase in shares outstanding   315    16,495 
Class C          
Shares sold       15,276 
Dividends reinvested   55    5 
Shares redeemed   (956)    
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (901)   15,281 
Class I          
Shares sold   6,646,046    29,742,719 
Dividends reinvested   496,591    209,349 
Shares redeemed   (7,710,154)   (3,909,843)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (567,517)   26,042,225 

 

   ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   128    3,882 
Dividends reinvested   68    43 
Shares redeemed   (1,024)   (472)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (828)   3,453 
Class A          
Shares sold   4,053     
Dividends reinvested   9     
Shares redeemed   (72)    
Net increase in shares outstanding   3,990     
Class C          
Shares sold   1,534     
Dividends reinvested   3     
Net increase in shares outstanding   1,537     
Class I          
Shares sold   682,334    1,903,951 
Dividends reinvested   12,198    8,755 
Shares redeemed   (981,709)   (87,391)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   (287,177)   1,825,315 

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   112,389    117,250 
Dividends reinvested   498,091    78,824 
Shares redeemed   (198,921)   (368,930)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   411,559    (172,856)
Class A          
Shares sold   202,499    154,377 
Dividends reinvested   105,175    11,627 
Shares redeemed   (66,665)   (112,441)
Net increase in shares outstanding   241,009    53,563 
Class C          
Shares sold   20,503    10,415 
Dividends reinvested   312,287    55,299 
Shares redeemed   (236,862)   (312,234)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   95,928    (246,520)
Class I          
Shares sold   500,589    911,179 
Dividends reinvested   1,736,545    306,048 
Shares redeemed   (1,256,475)   (2,490,837)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   980,659    (1,273,610)
Class R          
Shares sold   23,964    69,257 
Dividends reinvested   339,977    50,509 
Shares redeemed   (123,565)   (187,716)
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   240,376    (67,950)

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

   RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income 
   For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)   For the Year Ended October 31, 2021 
Investor Class        
Shares sold   1,360    4,868 
Dividends reinvested   7,783    5,415 
Shares redeemed   (147,499)   (105,864)
Acquisition (Note 10)   478,017     
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   339,661    (95,581)
Class A          
Shares sold   135,023    131,569 
Dividends reinvested   11,203    4,570 
Shares redeemed   (105,044)   (90,345)
Acquisition (Note 10)   895,264     
Net increase in shares outstanding   936,446    45,794 
Class C          
Shares sold   39,026    41,292 
Dividends reinvested   11,047    5,251 
Shares redeemed   (223,375)   (445,845)
Acquisition (Note 10)   927,668     
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   754,366    (399,302)
Class I          
Shares sold   397,059    298,873 
Dividends reinvested   48,958    36,431 
Shares redeemed   (1,233,728)   (477,178)
Acquisition (Note 10)   2,741,648     
Net increase/(decrease) in shares outstanding   1,953,937    (141,874)

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

7. AFFILIATED COMPANIES

 

Funds may invest in certain securities that are considered securities issued by affiliated companies. As defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, an affiliated person, including an affiliated company, is one in which a Fund owns 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, or a company which is under common ownership or control with the Fund. The purchases, sales, dividend income, realized gains or losses, change in unrealized gains or losses, shares and value of investments in affiliated companies for the six-month period ended April 30, 2022 were as follows:

 

RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income  Market Value as of October 31, 2021   Purchases   Sales   Market Value as of April 30, 2022   Share Balance as of April 30, 2022   Dividends   Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss)*   Realized Gain/Loss 
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF  $14,918,870   $18,977,204   $(20,400,054)  $12,705,729    555,199   $239,954   $(1,137,057)  $346,766 
Riverfront Strategic Income Fund   2,096,048    1,465,679    (1,222,534)   2,191,396    94,743    25,111    (134,374)   (13,423)
First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Developed International ETF   14,309,799    10,247,483    (6,126,204)   16,825,691    276,012    265,513    (1,987,168)   381,781 
                                        
First Trust RiverFront Dynamic Emerging Markets ETF   4,188,973    2,576,347    (2,325,908)   4,357,874    71,445    32,983    (348,434)   266,896 
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF   20,189,676    16,494,445    (24,797,500)   19,656,372    429,081    260,243    608,905    7,160,846 
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF   7,565,220    7,230,669    (17,301,582)           17,310    (2,451,242)   4,956,935 
   $63,268,586   $56,991,827   $(72,173,782)  $55,737,062       $841,114   $(5,449,370)  $13,099,801 

 

*Affiliate unrealized gain (loss) at merger for Asset Allocation Aggressive and Asset Allocation Moderate was $13,241,730.

 

8. MANAGEMENT AND RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “AAI”) acts as the Funds’ investment adviser. AAI is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of DST Systems, Inc. (“DST”). DST is a wholly-owned subsidiary of SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. (“SS&C”), a publicly traded company listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market.

 

AAI has delegated daily management of the Funds listed below to the corresponding Sub-Advisor(s) listed in the table below. Each Sub-Advisor manages the investments of the Fund in accordance with its investment objective, policies and limitations and investment guidelines established jointly by AAI and the Board.

 

Fund   Sub-Advisor(s)
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund   CoreCommodity Management, LLC
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund   Kotak Mahindra Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund   Smith Capital Investors, LLC
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund   Smith Capital Investors, LLC
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund   Smith Capital Investors, LLC
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Bond Fund   Smith Capital Investors, LLC
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund   Red Rocks Capital, LLC(a)
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income   RiverFront Investment Group, LLC

 

(a)Red Rocks Capital, LLC is a subsidiary of ALPS Advisors, Inc.

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”), the Funds listed below pay AAI an annual management fee which is based on each Fund’s average daily net assets. The management fee is paid on a monthly basis. The following table reflects the Funds’ contractual management fee rates (expressed as an annual rate).

 

Fund Contractual Management Fee
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund 0.85%
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund 0.65%
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund 0.37%
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund 0.55%
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund 0.75%
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Bond Fund 0.70%
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund 0.85%

 

Pursuant to the Administrative Services Agreement, the Riverfront Funds listed below pay an annual unitary administrative fee which is based on each Fund’s average daily net assets. The unitary administrative fee is paid on a monthly basis. The following table reflects the Funds’ contractual unitary administrative fee rates (expressed as an annual rate).

 

Fund Contractual Unitary Fee
RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income 0.25%

 

Pursuant to an Investment Sub-advisory Agreement, AAI pays the Sub-Advisors of the Funds listed below an annual sub-advisory management fee which is based on each Fund’s average daily assets. AAI is required to pay all fees due to each Sub-Advisor out of the management fee AAI receives from each Fund listed below. The following table reflects the Funds’ contractual sub-advisory fee rates.

 

Fund Average Daily Net Assets of the Fund Contractual Sub-Advisory Fee
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund All Asset Levels 0.75%
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund All Asset Levels 0.56%
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund All Asset Levels 0.29%
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund All Asset Levels 0.42%
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund All Asset Levels 0.50%
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Bond Fund All Asset Levels 0.37%
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund All Asset Levels 0.57%

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund

AAI and CoreCommodity Management LLC have contractually agreed to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder services fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage commissions, interest expense, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below.

 

ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund

Prior to April 1, 2017, AAI and Kotak Mahindra (UK) Limited have contractually agreed to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder services fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below. Effective April 1, 2017, Kotak entered into a Novation Agreement with the Fund, AAI and Kotak Mahindra Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (“KMAMS”), another wholly owned subsidiary of Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited, whereby KMAMS will assume all of Kotak’s rights and obligations under the current Sub-Advisory Agreement.

 

ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund

AAI and Smith Capital Investors, LLC have agreed contractually to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder service fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below.

 

ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund

AAI and Smith Capital Investors, LLC have agreed contractually to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder service fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below.

 

ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund

AAI and Smith Capital Investors, LLC have agreed contractually to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder service fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below.

 

ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Bond Fund

AAI and Smith Capital Investors, LLC have agreed contractually to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, shareholder service fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, brokerage expenses, interest expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below.

 

ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund

AAI and Red Rocks Capital LLC have contractually agreed to limit the amount of the Fund’s total annual expenses, exclusive of distribution and service (12b-1) fees, acquired fund fees and expenses, shareholder service fees, brokerage expenses, interest expense, taxes and extraordinary expenses that exceed the following annual rates below.

 

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April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

These agreements are reevaluated on an annual basis. Expense limitation ratios from the current agreements are listed below. Fees waived or reimbursed for the six-month period ended April 30, 2022 are disclosed on the Statement of Operations or Consolidated Statement of Operations.

 

Fund* Investor Class Class A Class C Class I Class II Class R
ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund 1.05% 1.05% 1.05% 1.15% N/A N/A
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 1.00% 0.75% N/A
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund 0.49% 0.49% 0.49% 0.49% N/A N/A
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund 0.64% 0.64% 0.64% 0.64% N/A N/A
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% 0.90% N/A N/A
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Bond Fund 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% 0.85% N/A N/A
ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% 1.25% N/A 1.25%

 

*See each Fund’s Performance Update section for Expense Limitation agreement expiration dates

 

The Advisor(s) and each Sub-Advisor are permitted to recover expenses they have waived or reimbursed, on a class-by-class basis, through the agreements described above to the extent that expenses in later periods fall below the annual limits set forth in these agreements. The ALPS | CoreCommodity Management CompleteCommodities® Strategy Fund, ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund, ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund, ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund, ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund, and ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund are not obligated to pay any deferred fees and expenses more than thirty-six months after the date on which the fees was waived or expenses were deferred, as calculated on a monthly basis. As of the six –month period ended April 30, 2022, the Advisor and Sub-Advisor(s) may seek reimbursement of previously waived and reimbursed fees as follows:

 

Fund  Expires 10/31/22   Expires 10/31/23   Expires 10/31/24   Expires 10/31/25   Total 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Investor Class   29,351    12,723    75    N/A    42,148 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Class A   N/A    N/A    N/A    383    383 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Class C   12,630    5,803    67    N/A    18,499 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Class I   124,370    60,339    641    N/A    185,350 
ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund - Class II   N/A    411,967    465,777    233,782    1,111,526 
                          
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund - Investor Class   825    2,510    16,881    2,571    22,787 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund - Class A   527    2,600    9,476    4,016    16,619 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund - Class C   798    1,915    1,817    717    5,247 
ALPS | Smith Short Duration Bond Fund - Class I   70,546    184,309    320,901    139,078    714,834 
                          
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund - Investor Class   1,338    3,526    2,940    1,612    9,416 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund - Class A   1,504    4,154    5,556    4,534    15,748 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund - Class C   242    2,119    4,192    2,304    8,857 
ALPS | Smith Total Return Bond Fund - Class I   87,420    465,824    1,175,366    721,320    2,449,930 
                          
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund - Investor Class   N/A    839    3,188    135    4,162 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund - Class A   N/A    1,464    1,196    23    2,683 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund - Class C   N/A    734    594    19    1,347 
ALPS | Smith Credit Opportunities Fund - Class I   N/A    21,264    158,423    71,206    250,893 
                          
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund - Investor Class   N/A    1,277    3,910    1,654    6,841 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund - Class A   N/A    2,362    6,317    2,640    11,319 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund - Class C   N/A    1,181    3,152    1,321    5,654 
ALPS | Smith Balanced Opportunity Fund - Class I   N/A    26,090    134,501    94,172    254,763 

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

The CoreCommodity Management Cayman Commodity Fund Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”) has each entered into a separate advisory agreement (the “Subsidiary Advisory Agreement”) with CoreCommodity Management, LLC for the management of the Subsidiary’s portfolio pursuant to which the Subsidiary is obligated to pay the CoreCommodity Management, LLC a management fee at the same rate that the Fund pays AAI for investment advisory services provided to the Funds. CoreCommodity Management, LLC has agreed to waive the advisory fee it receives from the Fund in an amount equal to the management fee paid by the Subsidiary. This agreement may be terminated based on the terms of the Subsidiary Advisory Agreement. For the six-month period ended April 30, 2022, this amount equaled $1,298,583 and is disclosed in the Consolidated Statements of Operations. These waivers are not subject to reimbursement/recoupment.

 

ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund recouped $20,200 of expenses during the six-month period ended April 30, 2022.

 

The Riverfront Funds do not pay a management fee or contractually limit the amount of each Fund’s total annual expenses.

 

Kotak Mahindra Asset Management (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. executed purchase and sale trades in the ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund with the sub-adviser’s affiliated broker-dealer, Kotak Securities, (the “affiliate broker”). Fund commissions paid to the affiliate broker were $13,169 during the six-month period ended April 30, 2022.

 

ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. (the “Distributor”) acts as the distributor of the Funds’ shares pursuant to a Distribution Agreement with the Trust. Shares are sold on a continuous basis by the Distributor, as agent for the Funds, and the Distributor has agreed to use its best efforts to solicit orders for the sale of Funds’ shares, although it is not obliged to sell any particular amount of shares. The Distributor is not entitled to any compensation for its services. The Distributor is registered as a broker -dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Distribution and Services (12b-1) Plans

Each Fund has adopted Distribution and Services Plans (the “Plans”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 of the 1940 Act for its Investor Class, Class A, Class C and Class R (ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund only) and shares. The Plans allows a Fund to use Investor Class, Class A, Class C, Class R assets to pay fees in connection with the distribution and marketing of Investor Class, Class A, Class C, Class R and shares and/or the provision of shareholder services to Investor Class, Class A, Class C, Class R and shareholders. The Plans permit payment for services in connection with the administration of plans or programs that use Investor Class, Class A, Class C, Class R and shares of a Fund, if any, as their funding medium and for related expenses. The Plans permit a Fund to make total payments at an annual rate of up to 0.25% of a Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to its Investor Class, Class A and shares, 0.75% of a Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to its Class C shares and 0.50% of the ALPS | Red Rocks Global Opportunity Fund’s average daily net assets attributable to its Class R shares.

 

Under the terms of the Plans, the Trust is authorized to make payments to the Distributor for remittance to financial intermediaries, as compensation for distribution and/or shareholder ongoing services performed by such entities for beneficial shareholders of the Fund. The Distributor is entitled to retain some or all fees payable under the Plans in certain circumstances, including when there is no broker of record or when certain qualification standards have not been met by the broker of record.

 

Shareholder Services Plans

Each Fund has adopted a shareholder services plan with respect to their Investor Class shares (the “Investor Class Shareholder Services Plan”). Under the Investor Class Shareholder Services Plan, the Funds are authorized to compensate certain financial intermediaries, including broker dealers and Fund affiliates (“Participating Organizations”), an aggregate fee in an amount not to exceed on an annual basis 0.15% of the average daily net asset value of Investor Class shares of the Funds attributable to or held in the name of the Participating Organizations pursuant to an agreement with a such Participating Organizations (the “Agreement”). Each Agreement will set forth the non-distribution related shareholder services to be performed by the Participating Organizations for the benefit of a Fund’s shareholders who have elected to have such Participating Organizations service their accounts. Any amount of such payment not paid to Participating Organizations during a Fund’s fiscal year for such service activities shall be reimbursed to the Fund as soon as practicable. Shareholder Services Plan fees are included with distribution and service fees in the Statements of Operations. Investor Class Shareholder Services Plan fees recaptured pursuant to the Services Plan for the six-month period ended April 30, 2022 are included as an offset to distribution and service fees as disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

 

Each Fund has adopted a shareholder services plan with respect to their Class A shares (the “Class A Shareholder Services Plan”). Under the Class A Shareholder Services Plan, the Funds are authorized to compensate certain financial intermediaries, including broker dealers and Fund affiliates, an aggregate fee in an amount not to exceed on an annual basis 0.15% of the average daily net asset value of Class A shares of the Funds attributable to or held in the name of the Participating Organizations pursuant to an agreement with a such Participating Organizations. Each Agreement will set forth the non-distribution related shareholder services to be performed by the Participating Organizations for the benefit of a Fund’s shareholders who have elected to have such Participating Organizations service their accounts. Any amount of such payment not paid to Participating Organizations during a Fund’s fiscal year for such service activities shall be reimbursed to the Fund as soon as practicable. Shareholder Services Plan fees are included with distribution and service fees in the Statements of Operations. Class A Shareholder Services Plan fees recaptured pursuant to the Services Plan for the six months ended April 30, 2022 are included as an offset to distribution and service fees as disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

Each Fund has adopted a shareholder services plan with respect to its Class C shares (the “Class C Shareholder Services Plan”). Under the Class C Shareholder Services Plan, the Funds are authorized to pay banks and their affiliates and other institutions, including broker-dealers and Fund affiliates (“Participating Organizations”), an aggregate fee in an amount not to exceed on an annual basis 0.25% for Class C shares of the average daily net asset value of the Class C shares attributable to or held in the name of a Participating Organization for its clients as compensation for providing shareholder service activities, which do not include distribution services, pursuant to an agreement with a Participating Organization. Any amount of such payment not paid to Participating Organizations during a Fund’s fiscal year for such service activities shall be reimbursed to the Fund as soon as practicable after the end of the fiscal year. Class C Shareholder Services Plan fees are included with distribution and service fees on the Statements of Operations.

 

Certain intermediaries may charge networking, omnibus account or other administrative fees with respect to transactions in shares of each Fund. Transactions may be processed through the National Securities Clearing Corporation or similar systems or processed on a manual basis. These fees generally are paid by the Fund to the Distributor, which uses such fees to reimburse intermediaries. In the event an intermediary receiving payments from the Distributor on behalf of the Fund converts from a networking structure to an omnibus account structure or otherwise experiences increased costs, fees borne by the Fund may increase. Networking fees are shown in the Statements of Operations, if applicable to the Fund.

 

ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“ALPS”) serves as administrator to the Funds and the Funds have agreed to pay expenses incurred in connection with their administrative activities. Pursuant to an Administrative Agreement, ALPS provides operational services to the Funds including, but not limited to, fund accounting and fund administration and generally assists in the Funds’ operations. Officers of the Trust are employees of ALPS. The Funds’ administration fee is accrued on a daily basis and paid monthly. Administration fees paid by the Funds for the six-month period ended April 30, 2022 are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

 

ALPS is reimbursed by the Funds for certain out-of-pocket expenses.

 

Trustees

The fees and expenses of the independent trustees of the Board are presented in the Statements of Operations.

 

9. INDEMNIFICATIONS

 

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liability arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that may contain general indemnification clauses which may permit indemnification to the extent permissible under applicable law. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.

 

10. FUND REORGANIZATION

 

At a regular meeting of the Board of Trustees held on September 29, 2021, the Trustees of RiverFront Asset Allocation Aggressive and RiverFront Asset Allocation Moderate (the “Acquired Funds”), a former series of the Trust, approved the reorganization, pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (the “Plan”), of the Acquired Funds into the RiverFront Asset Allocation Growth & Income (“Acquiring Fund”). For accounting and financial reporting purposes, the Acquiring Fund is the accounting survivor and as a result, the financial statements and financial highlights do not reflect the operations of the Acquired Funds.

 

The purpose of the Reorganization was to combine three funds with substantially identical investment objectives and similar principal investment strategies and policies.

 

Following the completion of the reorganization on January 24, 2022, and pursuant to the terms of the Plan, shareholders of the Acquired Funds became shareholders of the Acquiring Fund and received their respective class shares. The reorganizations qualified as tax-free “reorganizations” under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

As of the close of business on January 21, 2022, assets of the Acquired Funds were acquired by the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of the Acquiring Fund and the assumption by the Acquiring Fund of the liabilities of the Acquired Fund. On the Reorganization date, the Acquiring Fund and the Acquired Funds reported the following financial information:

 

Acquiring Fund Shares Outstanding of Acquiring Fund Net Assets of Acquiring Fund Acquired Fund

Acquired Fund

Shares Exchanged

Net Assets of Acquired Fund Exchanged
Growth & Income Fund 4,423,781 $61,761,680 Aggressive Fund 1,704,592 $24,687,921

 

 

Acquiring Fund Shares Outstanding of Acquiring Fund Net Assets of Acquiring Fund Acquired Fund

Acquired Fund

Shares Exchanged

Net Assets of Acquired Fund Exchanged
Growth & Income Fund 4,423,781 $61,761,680 Moderate Fund 3,908,462 $45,690,615

 

The investment portfolio value and unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) as of the Reorganization Date of the Acquired Fund was as follows:

 

Acquired Fund Portfolio Value Unrealized Appreciation of Acquired Fund
Aggressive Fund $24,684,519 $6,067,004

 

Acquired Fund Portfolio Value Unrealized Appreciation of Acquired Fund
Moderate Fund $45,660,335 $7,174,726

 

Immediately following the Reorganizations the net assets of the Riverfront Asset Allocation Growth and Income Fund was $132,134,117

 

As a result of the Reorganization, 5,042,597 Shares were issued in the Riverfront Asset Allocation Growth & Income.

 

11. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

Effective May 1, 2022, ALPS | Kotak India Growth Fund changed its name to ALPS | Kotak India ESG Fund.

 

Effective as of the close of business on March 31, 2022, Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds. The report of Deloitte on the Funds' financial statements as of and for the fiscal year or period ended October 31, 2021 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles. During the Funds' most recent fiscal year or period, and through March 31, 2022, there were no disagreements between the Funds and Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its report on the financial statements of the Funds for such year or period. During the Funds' fiscal year or period ended October 31, 2021, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).

 

During each Fund's fiscal year or period ended October 31, 2021 and the subsequent interim period through March 31, 2022, neither the Funds, nor anyone on their behalf, consulted with Deloitte, on behalf of the Funds, regarding any matter that was either the subject of a “disagreement,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and the instructions thereto, or a “reportable event,” as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

 

On June 14, 2022, upon the recommendation of the Funds' Audit Committee, the Board of Trustees of the Funds approved the engagement of Cohen & Company, Ltd. (“Cohen”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for each Fund for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022. The Board and its Audit Committee considered the engagement of Cohen in connection with the resignation of the Funds' former independent registered accounting firm on March 31, 2022.

 

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Additional Information

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

1. FUND HOLDINGS

 

The Funds’ portfolio holdings are made available semi-annually in shareholder reports within 60 days after the close of the period for which the report is being made, as required by federal securities laws. The Funds also file monthly portfolio holdings on Form N-PORT on a quarterly basis, with the schedule of portfolio holdings filed on Form N-PORT for the third month of each Fund’s fiscal quarter made publicly available 60 days after the end of the Funds’ fiscal quarter.

 

2. FUND PROXY VOTING POLICIES, PROCEDURES AND SUMMARIES

 

Fund policies and procedures used in determining how to vote proxies and information regarding how each of the Funds voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent prior 12-month period ending June 30 are available without charge, (1) upon request, by calling (toll-free) (866) 759-5679 and (2) on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program

 

April 30, 2022 (Unaudited)

 

The Financial Investors Trust (the “Trust”) has established a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) to govern the Trust’s approach to managing liquidity risk for each fund in the Trust (each a “Fund”). The Program is overseen by the Liquidity Committee (the “Committee”), a committee comprised of representatives of the Trust’s investment advisers, sub-advisers, and Officers of the Trust. The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved the designation of the Committee to oversee the Program.

 

The Program’s principal objectives include supporting each Fund’s compliance with limits on investments in illiquid assets and mitigating the risk that a Fund will be unable to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner. The Program also includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including a periodic assessment of factors that influence a Fund’s liquidity and the periodic classification and re-classification of the Fund’s investments into groupings that reflect the Committee’s assessment of their relative liquidity under current market conditions.

 

At a meeting of the Board held on March 8, 2022, the Trustees received a report from the Committee regarding the design and operational effectiveness of the Program during 2021. The Committee determined, and reported to the Board, that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk since implementation.

 

The Committee reported that during the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Funds or their ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. Among other things, the Board noted that the Funds are not required to have a highly liquid investment minimum based on their liquidity classifications. The Board further noted that no material changes have been made to the Program since its implementation.

 

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(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 2.Code of Ethics.

 

Not applicable to this report.

 

Item3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

Not applicable to this report.

 

Item 4.Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Not applicable to this report.

 

Item 5.Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 6.Investments.

 

(a)Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the Reports to Stockholders filed under Item 1(a) of this Form N-CSR.

 

(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 7.Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 8.Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

 

Item 9.Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 10.Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees, where those changes were implemented after the Registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K, or this Item.

 

Item 11.Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer have concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) are effective based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

(b)There was no change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12.Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable to the Registrant.

 

Item 13.Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)Not applicable to this report.

 

(a)(2)The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.Cert.

 

(a)(3)Not applicable.

 

(a)(4)Change in registrant's independent public accountants.
   
 (i)

Effective as of the close of business on March 31, 2022, Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte") resigned as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Funds. The report of Deloitte on the Funds' financial statements as of and for the fiscal years or periods ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and was not qualified or modified as to uncertainties,audit scope or accounting principles. During the Funds' two most recent fiscal years ended October 31, 2020 and October 31, 2021, and through March 31, 2022, there were no disagreements between the Funds and Deloitte on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Deloitte, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its report on the financial statements of the Funds for such year or period. During the Funds' fiscal years or periods ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020, there were no "reportable events"(as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act")).

 

During each Fund's fiscal years or periods ended October 31, 2021 and October 31, 2020 and the subsequent interim period through March 31, 2022, neither the Funds, nor anyone on their behalf, consulted with Deloitte, on behalf of the Funds, regarding any matter that was either the subject of a "disagreement," as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the instructions thereto, or a "reportable event," as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act.

 

On June 14, 2022, upon the recommendation of the Funds' Audit Committee, the Board of Trustees of the Funds approved the engagement of Cohen & Company, Ltd. ("Cohen") as the independent registered public accounting firm for each Fund for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2022. The Board and its Audit Committee considered the engagement of Cohen in connection with the resignation of the Funds' former independent registered accounting firm on March 31, 2022.

 

(b)The certifications by the Registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as required by Rule 30a-2(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto as Exhibit 99.906Cert.

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST

 

By: /s/ Dawn Cotten  
  Dawn Cotten (Principal Executive Officer)  
  President  
     
Date: July 8, 2022  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

FINANCIAL INVESTORS TRUST

 

By: /s/ Dawn Cotten  
  Dawn Cotten (Principal Executive Officer)  
  President  
     
Date: July 8, 2022  

 

By: /s/ Jennell Panella  
  Jennell Panella (Principal Financial Officer)  
  Treasurer  
     
Date: July 8, 2022