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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 811-9082

 

 
M Fund, Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
   

M Financial Plaza

1125 NW Couch Street, Suite 900, Portland, Oregon

 

97209

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
 

Robert Olson, President, M Fund, Inc.

M Financial Plaza, 1125 NW Couch Street, Suite 900, Portland, Oregon 97209

(Name and address of agent for service)
     

with a Copy to:  

Cynthia Beyea

Dechert LLP

1900 K Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006-1110

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:(503) 232-6960  
Date of fiscal year end:12/31  
Date of reporting period:12/31/2023  

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), for the period January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023, is filed herewith.

 

 

M FUND, INC.

M International Equity Fund

M Large Cap Growth Fund

M Capital Appreciation Fund

M Large Cap Value Fund

Annual Report
December 31, 2023


M Fund, Inc.

PRESIDENT'S LETTER

Dear Contract Owners:

We are pleased to share the financial condition of M Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation") as presented in the following Annual Report dated December 31, 2023. Total assets under management at year-end were $838 million.

Sub-Advisers to the portfolios, under the direction of M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc., the investment adviser to the Corporation, have prepared the attached discussion of results for each portfolio of the Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Sub-Advisers to the portfolios of the Corporation are: Dimensional Fund Advisors LP for the M International Equity Fund, DSM Capital Partners LLC for the M Large Cap Growth Fund, Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC for the M Capital Appreciation Fund and Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC for the M Large Cap Value Fund.

On behalf of the Corporation's Board of Directors, M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc. and the Corporation's participating insurance carriers, we thank you for your business and remain committed to providing investment opportunities that add value to our clients in the upcoming year.

Sincerely,

ROBERT OLSON

President
M Fund, Inc.


M INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND (Unaudited)

Performance

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the M International Equity Fund had a return of 16.0% (net of management fees) versus a total return (including reinvestment of dividends) of 15.6% for its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (net dividends)1​.

Market Environment/Conditions

In U.S. dollar terms, global ex U.S. equity markets returned +15.6%, as reflected by the MSCI All Country World ex USA IMI (net dividends), for the one-year period. In U.S. dollar terms, developed ex U.S. markets returned +17.2%, as measured by the MSCI World ex USA IMI (net dividends). During the year, major developed ex U.S. market currencies, such as the Swiss franc, appreciated relative to the U.S. dollar while others, such as the Japanese yen, depreciated. Overall, currency movements had a positive impact on the U.S. dollar-denominated returns of the developed ex U.S. market.

In U.S. dollar terms, emerging markets had positive performance for the one-year period but trailed both the U.S. and developed ex U.S. markets. In U.S. dollar terms, emerging markets returned +11.7%, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI (net dividends). During the year, some emerging markets currencies, such as the Columbian peso, appreciated relative to the U.S. dollar while others, such as the Turkish lira, depreciated. Overall, currency movements had a positive impact on the U.S. dollar-denominated returns of emerging markets.

Theoretical and empirical research suggests that investors can systematically pursue higher expected returns by targeting the size, relative price, and profitability2​ dimensions in equity markets. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP integrates these dimensions to emphasize stocks with smaller market capitalizations, lower relative prices, and higher profitability.

Along the market capitalization dimension, small caps (MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Index, net dividends) performed in line with large caps (MSCI All Country World ex USA Index, net dividends). Mid caps (MSCI All Country World ex USA Mid Cap Index, net dividends), a subset of the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index universe, outperformed small caps (MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Value Index, net dividends) by 0.3% and large caps (MSCI All Country World ex USA Growth Index, net dividends) by 0.3%.

Along the relative price dimension, large cap value stocks (MSCI All Country World ex USA Value Index, net dividends) outperformed large cap growth stocks (MSCI All Country World ex USA Growth Index, net dividends) by 3.3%, and small cap value stocks (MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Value Index, net dividends) outperformed small cap growth stocks (MSCI All Country World ex USA Small Cap Growth Index, net dividends) by 3.1%.

Along the profitability dimension, stocks with higher profitability outperformed stocks with lower profitability within large caps and performed in line within small caps.

Performance of the premiums may vary depending on the particular segment of the market under analysis.

Fund Review/Current Positioning

The M International Equity Fund outperformed the MSCI All Country World ex USA Index (net dividends) by 0.4% for the period. The Fund's emphasis on value stocks contributed positively to relative performance, as these stocks outperformed over the period. Additionally, the Fund's emphasis on high profitability stocks contributed positively to relative performance.


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Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Investment Sub-Adviser to the M International Equity Fund

Performance represented is net of fees. The foregoing reflects the thoughts and opinions of Dimensional Fund Advisors LP exclusively and is subject to change without notice. The information provided in this material should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. It should not be assumed that any security transactions, holdings, or sectors discussed were or will be profitable, or that the investment recommendations or decisions we make in the future will be profitable or will equal the investment performance discussed herein. Strategies discussed are subject to change at any time by the investment manager in its discretion due to market conditions or opportunities. Market conditions may impact performance. The performance results presented were achieved in particular market conditions which may not be repeated. Moreover, the current market volatility and uncertain regulatory environment may have a negative impact on future performance. Portfolio characteristics are as of December 31, 2023. Please note that all indices are unmanaged and are not available for direct investment.

This commentary may include statements that constitute "forward looking statements" under the U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, projections, estimates, and information about possible or future results related to the Fund, market or regulatory developments. The views expressed above are not guarantees of future performance or economic results and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the views expressed herein. The views expressed above are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market, or other conditions and the subadvisory firm undertakes no obligation to update the views expressed herein. Any discussions of specific securities should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell those securities. The views expressed above (including any forward-looking statement) may not be relied upon as investment advice or as an indication of the Fund's trading intent. Information about the Fund's holdings, asset allocation or country diversification is historical and is not an indication of future Fund composition, which may vary. Direct investment in any index is not possible. The performance of any index mentioned in this commentary has not been adjusted for ongoing management, distribution and operating expenses, and sales charges applicable to mutual fund investments. In addition, the returns do not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.


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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
THE M INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND AND THE MSCI AC WORLD ex USA INDEX (Unaudited)

The M International Equity Fund's total return is calculated net of Investment Advisory Fees and operating expenses. Performance figures represent past performance and are not indicative of future performance of the M International Equity Fund or Index. Share value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original investment. Please note that all indices are unmanaged, do not incur expenses, and are not available for direct investment. Persons who invest in the M International Equity Fund through a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract should note this graph does not reflect separate account expenses deducted by the insurance company.

+  Effective May 1, 2014, the Fund changed its benchmark index from the MSCI EAFE Index to the MSCI AC World ex USA Index. The MSCI AC World ex USA Index is more representative of the Fund's investment portfolio than its previous index.

MSCI ALL COUNTRY WORLD ex USA INDEX

1​ The MSCI All Country World ex USA Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets excluding the U.S. Investors cannot invest directly in an Index.

2​ Profitability is measured as operating income before depreciation and amortization minus interest expense, scaled by book.

MSCI data copyright MSCI 2024, all rights reserved.


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M LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND (Unaudited)

Performance

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the M Large Cap Growth Fund had a return of 32.0% (net of management fees) versus a total return (including reinvestment of dividends) of 42.7% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000®​ Growth Index1​.

Market Environment/Conditions

DSM Capital Partners LLC ("DSM") outperformed during 2022 because the defensive growth stock positions purchased in both 2021 and 2022 defended well, while the higher P/E technology positions (many having been trimmed or sold during that time) underperformed. In 2023, this situation reversed itself as defensive growth stocks generally underperformed while the higher P/E, larger market cap technology stocks outperformed led by the "Magnificent Seven." The Magnificent Seven: Apple, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, NVIDIA, Tesla and Meta, contributed approximately 65% of the 2023 returns of the Russell 1000®​ Growth Index. Apple and Tesla also contributed significantly to DSM's underperformance versus the benchmark. DSM continues to believe that Apple, with an estimated 10% earnings per share growth rate, is overvalued at nearly 29x earnings. Similarly, DSM believes Tesla, which faces ever-increasing competition in the EV market, is priced with considerable risk at 60x earnings, given that most global automakers sell for roughly 10x earnings.

Since October of last year, DSM has stated that global markets can work higher as investors become more confident that U.S. and EU inflation is on a sustained downward track, which would enable the U.S. Federal Reserve (the Fed) and European Central Bank (the ECB) to stop raising interest rates. At this time, it appears that both central banks will not need to hike rates further. Monetary policy in the U.S. and EU, as measured by M2, has been very tight on an historical basis. As DSM has previously stated, rapidly rising M2 will generate inflation, while shrinking M2 will lead to disinflation. As M2 has fallen, inflation in the western world, as measured by the CPI, PPI and PCE, has declined to more normal levels. Lower inflation generates lower interest rates which should support the economy as evidenced by the stabilization of housing prices in the U.S. as the 30-year mortgage rate has fallen from 8% to 7% since October 31, 2023. With inflation almost back to the central banks' 2% target, the Fed and ECB have room to cut rates, although when the cuts may commence is uncertain.

Fund Review/Current Positioning

DSM continues to believe that the demand for software, networking equipment, semiconductor production equipment, cloud infrastructure, IT services and advanced semiconductor chips will grow as nearly every company becomes increasingly focused on technology in order to improve its services and lower its costs within its respective industry. Beginning with purchases made during 2022, DSM remains focused on companies they believe should benefit from Artificial Intelligence (AI)/digital transformation themes. In DSM's view, AI has likely become the most transformative technological trend since the launch of the internet, cellular communication and networking in the 1990s.

At year-end, the M Large Cap Growth Fund was invested in the communication services, consumer discretionary, consumer staples, financials, health care, industrials, information technology and materials sectors. Over the reporting period, the Fund underperformed the benchmark as a result of stock selections in the information technology and financials sectors. The Fund's underweight of the consumer staples and energy sectors versus the benchmark benefitted performance. By security, the top five contributors to the Fund's performance for the year were Microsoft, NVIDIA, Amazon.com, Adobe and Alphabet. The five positions which contributed the least in the period were Charles Schwab, PayPal Holdings, SolarEdge Technologies, EPAM Systems and Paycom Software.


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DSM continues to reiterate the view that as the economy grows and inflation falls, the probability of a significant recession declines. DSM believes a "muddle through" scenario in 2024 has become more probable as the likely "downside scenario," but this is certainly not assured. While the possibility of recession and general downside earnings risks exist in global markets, equities are priced on forward looking earnings. By the summer of 2024, equities will increasingly be priced on calendar year 2025 earnings. Given the economic resilience of the M Large Cap Growth Fund portfolio, along with its reasonable valuation for this year and next and a normalized mid-to-high teens earnings growth rate going forward, DSM believes this portfolio of premier quality growth businesses is well positioned for the intermediate and longer-term investor willing to look through potential near-term volatility. Historically, the market climbs a wall of worry and DSM continues to believe business fundamentals, valuation and economics are on the side of the forward-looking buyer.

DSM Capital Partners LLC
Investment Sub-Adviser to the M Large Cap Growth Fund

Performance represented is net of fees. The foregoing reflects the thoughts and opinions of DSM Capital Partners LLC exclusively and is subject to change without notice. The information provided in this material should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. It should not be assumed that any security transactions, holdings, or sectors discussed were or will be profitable, or that the investment recommendations or decisions we make in the future will be profitable or will equal the investment performance discussed herein. Strategies discussed are subject to change at any time by the investment manager in its discretion due to market conditions or opportunities. Market conditions may impact performance. The performance results presented were achieved in particular market conditions which may not be repeated. Moreover, the current market volatility and uncertain regulatory environment may have a negative impact on future performance. Portfolio characteristics are as of December 31, 2023. Please note that all indices are unmanaged and are not available for direct investment.

This commentary may include statements that constitute "forward looking statements" under the U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, projections, estimates, and information about possible or future results related to the Fund, market or regulatory developments. The views expressed above are not guarantees of future performance or economic results and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the views expressed herein. The views expressed above are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market, or other conditions and the subadvisory firm undertakes no obligation to update the views expressed herein. Any discussions of specific securities should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell those securities. The views expressed above (including any forward-looking statement) may not be relied upon as investment advice or as an indication of the Fund's trading intent. Information about the Fund's holdings, asset allocation or country diversification is historical and is not an indication of future Fund composition, which may vary. Direct investment in any index is not possible. The performance of any index mentioned in this commentary has not been adjusted for ongoing management, distribution and operating expenses, and sales charges applicable to mutual fund investments. In addition, the returns do not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.


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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
THE M LARGE CAP GROWTH FUND AND THE RUSSELL 1000 GROWTH INDEX (Unaudited)

The M Large Cap Growth Fund's total return is calculated net of Investment Advisory Fees and operating expenses. Performance figures represent past performance and are not indicative of future performance of the M Large Cap Growth Fund or Index. Share value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original investment. Please note that all indices are unmanaged, do not incur expenses, and are not available for direct investment. Persons who invest in the M Large Cap Growth Fund through a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract should note this graph does not reflect separate account expenses deducted by the insurance company.

RUSSELL 1000®​ GROWTH INDEX

1​ The Russell 1000®​ Growth Total Return Index includes dividends reinvested in the Russell 1000®​ Growth Index as reported by FTSE Russell. The Russell 1000®​ Growth Index is a capitalization weighted index containing over 400 widely held securities with growth characteristics. DSM uses the Russell 1000®​ Growth Index as a benchmark because its average market capitalization is similar to that of the M Large Cap Growth Fund, and it is an industry standard. Characteristics of any benchmark may differ materially from accounts managed by DSM. Investors cannot invest directly in an Index.


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M CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND (Unaudited)

Performance

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the M Capital Appreciation Fund had a return of 23.6% (net of management fees) versus a total return (including reinvestment of dividends) of 17.4% for its benchmark, the Russell 2500®​ Index1​.

Market Environment/Conditions

Equities rallied in the last two months of the year resulting in the best quarter of 2023 concluding a volatile twelve months. The Russell 2500®​ Index finished up 17.4%, with growth stocks outperforming value as the Russell 2500®​ Growth Index increased 18.9%.

It seems only fitting that a period dominated by macroeconomic headlines should conclude with a strong rally driven by a sudden reversal in attitude toward inflation. As recently as late October, investors were panicking over the steep increase in 10-year rates and stubbornly high inflation. They had taken the Russell 2500®​ Index down 17% from its July high, and down 5% year to date. However, two softer-than-expected monthly inflation readings spurred an impressive 22% gain from an October low. For even the most seasoned investor that would have been enough volatility, but as we had already endured a robust rally and subsequent collapse in the first half of the year, this market likely aged us all.

Fund Review/Current Positioning

On a net-of-fee basis, the Fund outperformed the Russell 2500®​ Index on allocation and stock selection. Overweight allocations in Technology and Industrials and underweight positions in Utilities and Real Estate more than offset the underperformance in Energy and Basic Materials, where the Fund was also overweight. Stock selection from Industrials outweighed the impact from any other industry group in the Index, with those stocks representing 6 of the top 10 contributing stocks for the year. While investor expectations and equity markets proved volatile throughout the year, the underlying theme of slowing inflationary pressure combined with better-than-expected economic resiliency prevailed. Furthermore, as equity markets continued to reward fundamentally driven stocks over price momentum, the Fund benefited as a number of large holdings delivered on long-awaited earnings power potential and multiple expansion.

Builders FirstSource, Inc. and XPO, Inc. are two clear examples of these investments.

Despite a sharp increase in mortgage rates in the second half of the year, building materials stocks performed well as underlying construction volumes remained healthy. Builders FirstSource was the largest contributor for the year, increasing by over 150%. The company has been driving accelerated revenue growth, margin expansion and cash flow generation through industry consolidation and new product introductions. Management has aggressively repurchased shares bringing the diluted share count down by 20% on a trailing 12-month basis. Even though the demand environment has been flattish, forward earnings expectations have more than doubled since the beginning of 2023.

XPO, an operator of less-than-truckload (LTL) transportation and delivery, had a solid year as well, increasing over 160% as management executed their plan to improve operations toward industry peers. What is particularly striking about this performance is that it happened in tandem with a pronounced trucking recession. Following the spin-off of XPO as an independent LTL operator, new management has enacted a plan to improve operating performance through network optimization and disciplined capital deployment. Improved on-time delivery


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performance has unlocked the potential to drive increased pricing, which flows almost entirely to the bottom-line profitability. Furthermore, the bankruptcy of Yellow, a perennially underperforming LTL operator, provided XPO with an opportunity for accelerated share gain as well as opportunistic acquisition of land and assets to further drive earnings power. We continue to believe that XPO is making great strides toward closing the profitability gap with its most successful peers and should see further appreciation in the coming years.

Finally, though the overall stock selection was quite strong for 2023, the Fund did not emerge unscathed from the March banking crisis. With the sudden increase in interest rates at the beginning of the year, many banks found themselves facing a liquidity crisis as investors rapidly shifted deposits into more rewarding areas of investment. A couple of high-profile bank failures, such as with Silicon Valley Bank, led to a cascade of potential bank runs as consumers and enterprises looked to protect their deposits. One of the Fund's holdings, Signature Bank, was caught in the crosshairs and ultimately needed to be rescued and recapitalized by the Federal Reserve after its deposits largely vanished over the course of a Friday afternoon. Prior to that fateful weekend, we had reduced our position by half to manage risk, even though we felt the bank's operating ratios offered a decent margin of safety. In addition, the Fund already was underweight regional banks due to concerns regarding compressing spreads and the possibility of an increase in delinquent loans. Heavier exposure to non-bank investments allowed the Fund to have positive stock selection in the Financials industry during the year despite the impact of Signature's collapse.

Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC
Investment Sub-Adviser to the M Capital Appreciation Fund

Performance represented is net of fees. The foregoing reflects the thoughts and opinions of Frontier Capital Management Co., LLC exclusively and is subject to change without notice. The information provided in this material should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. It should not be assumed that any security transactions, holdings, or sectors discussed were or will be profitable, or that the investment recommendations or decisions we make in the future will be profitable or will equal the investment performance discussed herein. Strategies discussed are subject to change at any time by the investment manager in its discretion due to market conditions or opportunities. Market conditions may impact performance. The performance results presented were achieved in particular market conditions which may not be repeated. Moreover, the current market volatility and uncertain regulatory environment may have a negative impact on future performance. Portfolio characteristics are as of December 31, 2023. Please note that all indices are unmanaged and are not available for direct investment.

This commentary may include statements that constitute "forward looking statements" under the U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, projections, estimates, and information about possible or future results related to the Fund, market or regulatory developments. The views expressed above are not guarantees of future performance or economic results and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the views expressed herein. The views expressed above are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market, or other conditions and the subadvisory firm undertakes no obligation to update the views expressed herein. Any discussions of specific securities should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell those securities. The views expressed above (including any forward-looking statement) may not be relied upon as investment advice or as an indication of the Fund's trading intent. Information about the Fund's holdings, asset allocation or country diversification is historical and is not an indication of future Fund composition, which may vary. Direct investment in any index is not possible. The performance of any index mentioned in this commentary has not been adjusted for ongoing management, distribution and operating expenses, and sales charges applicable to mutual fund investments. In addition, the returns do not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.


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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
THE M CAPITAL APPRECIATION FUND AND THE RUSSELL 2500 STOCK INDEX (Unaudited)

The M Capital Appreciation Fund's total return is calculated net of Investment Advisory Fees and operating expenses. Performance figures represent past performance and are not indicative of future performance of the M Capital Appreciation Fund or Index. Share value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original investment. Please note that all indices are unmanaged, do not incur expenses, and are not available for direct investment. Persons who invest in the M Capital Appreciation Fund through a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract should note this graph does not reflect separate account expenses deducted by the insurance company.

RUSSELL 2500®​ INDEX

1​ The Russell 2500®​ Index measures the performance of the small to mid-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe, commonly referred to as "smid" cap. The Russell 2500®​ Index is a subset of the Russell 3000®​ Index. It includes approximately 2500 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. Investors cannot invest directly in an Index.


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M LARGE CAP VALUE FUND (Unaudited)

Performance

For the twelve months ended December 31, 2023, the Fund had a return of 7.6% (net of management fees) versus a total return of 11.5% for its benchmark, the Russell 1000®​ Value Index1​.

Market Environment/Conditions

Broad U.S. equity markets began the year climbing higher before a banking crisis rattled financial markets. The regulators succeeded at containing the crisis which resulted in the failure of only three smaller institutions. The leadership in the broad market was dominated by a narrow group of large-cap technology-oriented stocks which became referred to as the "Magnificent Seven" until the annual rebalance of the Russell style indices at the end of June. The outsized impact from such narrow group leadership was reminiscent of the "Tech Bubble" from the late 1990's as indexes were showing positive returns that belied the negative returns early in the year for many benchmark constituents. The stage was set early for a return to growth and the spread between value and growth widened throughout the year.

The economy churned along after the Federal Reserve (Fed) hiked its target rate aggressively in 2022 from 0.25% to 4.5%. Rate hikes continued in four of the first five meetings albeit at the much slower pace of 25 bps increments before keeping them steady through the end of the year. The yearly inflation rate dropped throughout the first half of the year then trended in a range while the unemployment rate remained flat throughout the year. Treasury bond yields fell sharply beginning in November after softer than expected inflation data which led to a dovish pivot by the Fed in December which fueled the "Santa rally" as equity markets surged pricing in future interest rate cuts and abating fears of the long-expected recession.

Growth factors performed well throughout the year while traditional value factors were out of favor particularly in large cap. Higher quality and the perceived safety of higher dividend yielding companies also lagged while share change appears on the surface to be additive within value however the results were clouded from the Magnificent Seven.

Fund Review/Current Positioning

The tone for the year was set early in large cap value with the extremely narrow leadership in the first half of the year. Communication Services was up over forty percent while Technology was up over thirty percent. These sectors had a huge turnaround year in 2023 after being the two worst performing sectors in the prior year. Not only did we begin the year with a substantial underweight in communication services, but we did not own the expensive and higher valuation companies in the benchmark which buoyed the sector and the markets overall. Google was up over 38% for the year, while Facebook parent Meta returned an astounding 140%. Both companies were removed from the value benchmark midway through the year during the annual rebalancing and accounted for nearly two thirds of the underperformance in our fund for the year. The portfolio outperformed by 125 bps in the second half of the year, however this was not nearly enough to offset the deficit from the start of the year.

The price of oil dropped last year, despite supply reductions from OPEC and Russia in the third quarter which caused a temporary spike but then just as sharply reversed course to end the year lower. This is another sector we were also on the wrong side of during this year. We began the year and maintained an overweight in the sector after such robust performance in 2022. The energy sector had also been a good hedge against inflation concerns. The energy sector had been one of the best performing sectors for the fund until the end of the year market rally when the inflation started to drop. The impact in the final quarter was so profound the energy sector went from being a top performer to the second worst in the fund.


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Despite a sharp rise in interest rates and mortgage financing costs, homebuilders had a fantastic year from the persistence of inventory shortages. The fund's overweight in this industry helped offset some of the shortfall from Meta and produced the largest relative outperformance relative to the benchmark.

The fund also benefited from remaining underweight the safety of the higher yielding utility sector. As interest rates rose the demand for a riskier alternative for yield waned and traditionally defensive sectors lagged. Finally, the technology sector was positively impacted from the burgeoning effects of AI (artificial intelligence) and the tremendous demand for semiconductor equipment and materials. Applied Materials, Lam research and KLA Corp are holdings that outperformed and contributed to performance.

Fears of a recession abated quickly in the fourth quarter after a drop in inflation while the Fed held rates steady prompting many to predict potential cuts in 2024. Helping the economic picture was declining oil prices, interest rates and mortgage rates which fell sharply from their highs. The market surged late in the year anticipating the Fed to reverse course early and quickly in 2024 with rate cuts to keep fueling the party.

Although higher-quality and lower valuation investing was out of favor, we believe being wed to quality and higher ROE stocks will enable the portfolio to outperform, especially with the widespread between value and growth within larger capitalization companies.

Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC
Investment Sub-Adviser to the M Large Cap Value Fund

Performance represented is net of fees. The foregoing reflects the thoughts and opinions of Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC exclusively and is subject to change without notice. The information provided in this material should not be considered a recommendation to purchase or sell any particular security. It should not be assumed that any security transactions, holdings, or sectors discussed were or will be profitable, or that the investment recommendations or decisions we make in the future will be profitable or will equal the investment performance discussed herein. Strategies discussed are subject to change at any time by the investment manager in its discretion due to market conditions or opportunities. Market conditions may impact performance. The performance results presented were achieved in particular market conditions which may not be repeated. Moreover, the current market volatility and uncertain regulatory environment may have a negative impact on future performance. Portfolio characteristics are as of December 31, 2023. Please note that all indices are unmanaged and are not available for direct investment.

This commentary may include statements that constitute "forward looking statements" under the U.S. securities laws. Forward-looking statements include, among other things, projections, estimates, and information about possible or future results related to the Fund, market or regulatory developments. The views expressed above are not guarantees of future performance or economic results and involve certain risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual outcomes and results to differ materially from the views expressed herein. The views expressed above are subject to change at any time based upon economic, market, or other conditions and the subadvisory firm undertakes no obligation to update the views expressed herein. Any discussions of specific securities should not be considered a recommendation to buy or sell those securities. The views expressed above (including any forward-looking statement) may not be relied upon as investment advice or as an indication of the Fund's trading intent. Information about the Fund's holdings, asset allocation or country diversification is historical and is not an indication of future Fund composition, which may vary. Direct investment in any index is not possible. The performance of any index mentioned in this commentary has not been adjusted for ongoing management, distribution and operating expenses, and sales charges applicable to mutual fund investments. In addition, the returns do not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.


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COMPARISON OF CHANGE IN VALUE OF $10,000 INVESTMENT IN
THE M LARGE CAP VALUE FUND AND THE RUSSELL 1000 VALUE INDEX (Unaudited)

The M Large Cap Value Fund's total return is calculated net of Investment Advisory Fees and operating expenses. Performance figures represent past performance and are not indicative of future performance of the M Large Cap Value Fund or Index. Share value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original investment. Please note that all indices are unmanaged, do not incur expenses, and are not available for direct investment. Persons who invest in the M Large Cap Value Fund through a variable annuity or variable life insurance contract should note this graph does not reflect separate account expenses deducted by the insurance company.

RUSSELL 1000®​ VALUE INDEX

1​ Russell 1000®​ companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth. Investors cannot invest directly in an Index.


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M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

COMMON STOCKS—70.0%

 
   

Australia—4.9%

 
 

4,611

   

29Metals Ltd.†,*

 

$

2,027

   
 

13,414

   

Accent Group Ltd.†

   

17,733

   
 

23,537

   

Adbri Ltd.*

   

48,118

   
 

3,859

   

AGL Energy Ltd.

   

24,930

   
 

4,977

   

ALS Ltd.

   

43,582

   
 

1,335

   

Altium Ltd.

   

42,621

   
 

36,996

   

Alumina Ltd.*

   

22,816

   
 

45,536

   

AMP Ltd.†

   

28,858

   
 

2,215

   

Ampol Ltd.

   

54,565

   
 

2,326

   

Ansell Ltd.

   

39,912

   
 

12,134

   

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.

   

214,325

   
 

8,093

   

APA Group†

   

47,098

   
 

4,679

   

Appen Ltd.†,*

   

2,009

   
 

1,187

   

ARB Corp. Ltd.†

   

29,087

   
 

3,578

   

Arcadium Lithium PLC, CDI*

   

27,333

   
 

3,817

   

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

   

106,177

   
 

978

   

ASX Ltd.

   

42,027

   
 

10,882

   

Atlas Arteria Ltd.

   

42,862

   
 

477

   

AUB Group Ltd.

   

9,020

   
 

31,634

   

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

   

81,917

   
 

5,745

   

Aussie Broadband Ltd.†,*

   

15,268

   
 

9,677

   

Austal Ltd.†

   

13,387

   
 

9,144

   

Australian Agricultural Co. Ltd.†,*

   

8,724

   
 

2,559

   

Australian Ethical Investment Ltd.

   

9,434

   
 

12,365

   

Bank of Queensland Ltd.†

   

51,231

   
 

5,183

   

Bapcor Ltd.†

   

19,567

   
 

39,961

   

Beach Energy Ltd.

   

43,570

   
 

4,696

   

Bega Cheese Ltd.

   

11,328

   
 

27,039

   

Bellevue Gold Ltd.†,*

   

30,863

   
 

6,079

   

Bendigo & Adelaide Bank Ltd.

   

40,058

   
 

19,147

   

BHP Group Ltd.

   

657,736

   
 

7,612

   

BHP Group Ltd., ADR†

   

519,976

   
 

12,902

   

BHP Group Ltd., Class DI

   

442,303

   
 

6,410

   

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

   

102,213

   
 

6,309

   

Boral Ltd.*

   

23,173

   
 

13,838

   

Boss Energy Ltd.*

   

38,003

   
 

12,498

   

Brambles Ltd.

   

115,828

   
 

18,400

   

Bravura Solutions Ltd.†,*

   

10,721

   
 

2,677

   

Breville Group Ltd.†

   

49,674

   
 

1,779

   

Brickworks Ltd.

   

33,896

   
 

3,952

   

Capricorn Metals Ltd.*

   

12,684

   
 

1,476

   

CAR Group Ltd.

   

31,321

   
 

8,204

   

Challenger Ltd.

   

36,283

   
 

9,392

   

Champion Iron Ltd.†

   

53,697

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Australia (Continued)

 
 

5,238

   

City Chic Collective Ltd.†,*

 

$

1,910

   
 

15,298

   

Cleanaway Waste Management Ltd.

   

28,043

   
 

816

   

Clinuvel Pharmaceuticals Ltd.†

   

8,897

   
 

16,116

   

Coast Entertainment Holdings Ltd.†,*

   

5,052

   
 

361

   

Cochlear Ltd.

   

73,474

   
 

6,045

   

Codan Ltd.

   

35,221

   
 

9,946

   

Coles Group Ltd.

   

109,189

   
 

5,271

   

Collins Foods Ltd.

   

42,528

   
 

7,824

   

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

   

596,080

   
 

3,080

   

Computershare Ltd.

   

51,191

   
 

55,582

   

Cooper Energy Ltd.*

   

4,924

   
 

38,608

   

Core Lithium Ltd.†,*

   

6,577

   
 

16,210

    Coronado Global Resources,
Inc., CDI#
   

19,441

   
 

1,547

   

Corporate Travel Management Ltd.†

   

20,620

   
 

5,529

   

Costa Group Holdings Ltd.

   

11,755

   
 

1,552

   

Credit Corp. Group Ltd.

   

17,144

   
 

882

   

CSL Ltd.

   

172,288

   
 

9,383

   

CSR Ltd.†

   

42,201

   
 

2,536

   

Data#3 Ltd.

   

14,586

   
 

20,724

   

De Grey Mining Ltd.*

   

17,724

   
 

4,714

   

Deterra Royalties Ltd.

   

16,929

   
 

1,480

   

Dicker Data Ltd.†

   

12,062

   
 

4,479

   

Domain Holdings Australia Ltd.†

   

10,530

   
 

768

   

Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd.

   

30,846

   
 

18,120

   

Downer EDI Ltd.

   

54,331

   
 

3,054

   

Eagers Automotive Ltd.†

   

30,135

   
 

5,273

   

Elders Ltd.

   

27,057

   
 

9,982

   

Emerald Resources NL†,*

   

20,475

   
 

13,294

   

Endeavour Group Ltd.

   

47,198

   
 

625

   

EQT Holdings Ltd.

   

10,861

   
 

26,880

   

Evolution Mining Ltd.

   

72,537

   
 

1,597

   

EVT Ltd.†

   

13,310

   
 

13,551

   

FleetPartners Group Ltd.†,*

   

28,165

   
 

1,393

   

Flight Centre Travel Group Ltd.†

   

19,327

   
 

10,366

   

Fortescue Ltd.

   

204,995

   
 

20,944

   

G8 Education Ltd.

   

16,841

   
 

5,421

   

Genesis Minerals Ltd.*

   

6,613

   
 

27,421

   

Gold Road Resources Ltd.

   

36,718

   
 

7,355

   

GrainCorp Ltd., Class A

   

36,538

   
 

18,983

   

Grange Resources Ltd.

   

6,015

   
 

2,140

   

GUD Holdings Ltd.†

   

17,500

   
 

9,346

   

GWA Group Ltd.

   

14,266

   
 

2,555

   

Hansen Technologies Ltd.

   

8,862

   
 

17,395

   

Harvey Norman Holdings Ltd.†

   

49,786

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


14


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Australia (Continued)

 
 

20,259

   

Healius Ltd.*

 

$

22,572

   
 

9,874

   

Helia Group Ltd.

   

29,270

   
 

10,360

   

Humm Group Ltd.†

   

3,495

   
 

2,262

   

IDP Education Ltd.†

   

30,875

   
 

6,212

   

IGO Ltd.†

   

38,310

   
 

7,978

   

Iluka Resources Ltd.

   

35,882

   
 

13,872

   

Imdex Ltd.

   

17,819

   
 

28,249

   

Incitec Pivot Ltd.

   

54,671

   
 

11,778

   

Infomedia Ltd.†

   

11,558

   
 

5,200

   

Inghams Group Ltd.

   

14,032

   
 

16,350

   

Insignia Financial Ltd.†

   

26,072

   
 

25,090

   

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

   

96,772

   
 

7,725

   

Integral Diagnostics Ltd.†

   

10,028

   
 

2,877

   

IPH Ltd.

   

12,567

   
 

3,090

   

IRESS Ltd.†

   

17,161

   
 

3,001

   

James Hardie Industries PLC, CDI*

   

115,524

   
 

1,702

   

JB Hi-Fi Ltd.†

   

61,506

   
 

2,979

   

Johns Lyng Group Ltd.†

   

12,424

   
 

34,101

   

Karoon Energy Ltd.*

   

47,173

   
 

3,571

   

Kelsian Group Ltd.†

   

17,034

   
 

7,715

   

Lendlease Corp. Ltd.

   

39,273

   
 

2,224

   

Lifestyle Communities Ltd.†

   

27,659

   
 

10,522

   

Link Administration Holdings Ltd.†

   

15,631

   
 

14,208

   

Lottery Corp. Ltd.

   

46,861

   
 

1,516

   

Lovisa Holdings Ltd.†

   

25,279

   
 

8,824

   

Lynas Rare Earths Ltd.†,*

   

43,054

   
 

6,430

   

MA Financial Group Ltd.

   

24,187

   
 

668

   

Macquarie Group Ltd.

   

83,590

   
 

341

   

Macquarie Technology Group Ltd.*

   

15,929

   
 

3,208

   

Magellan Financial Group Ltd.

   

20,287

   
 

1,120

   

Mayne Pharma Group Ltd.

   

4,694

   
 

1,182

   

McMillan Shakespeare Ltd.

   

12,855

   
 

16,327

   

Medibank Pvt Ltd.

   

39,609

   
 

17,899

   

Metcash Ltd.

   

42,568

   
 

1,307

   

Mineral Resources Ltd.†

   

62,346

   
 

17,383

   

MMA Offshore Ltd.*

   

22,151

   
 

1,365

   

Monadelphous Group Ltd.

   

13,804

   
 

39,713

   

Mount Gibson Iron Ltd.†,*

   

14,884

   
 

17,488

   

Myer Holdings Ltd.†

   

7,150

   
 

3,954

   

MyState Ltd.

   

8,461

   
 

7,649

   

Nanosonics Ltd.†,*

   

22,935

   
 

23,896

   

National Australia Bank Ltd.

   

499,917

   
 

2,783

   

Netwealth Group Ltd.

   

29,206

   
 

14,683

   

New Hope Corp. Ltd.

   

51,630

   
 

2,984

   

NEXTDC Ltd.*

   

27,919

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Australia (Continued)

 
 

9,198

   

nib holdings Ltd.

 

$

46,320

   
 

932

   

Nick Scali Ltd.†

   

7,825

   
 

13,553

   

Nickel Industries Ltd.

   

6,419

   
 

30,345

    Nine Entertainment Co.
Holdings Ltd.†
   

41,771

   
 

5,875

   

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

   

54,648

   
 

12,393

   

NRW Holdings Ltd.

   

25,167

   
 

10,138

   

Nufarm Ltd.

   

36,063

   
 

7,566

   

OFX Group Ltd.†,*

   

7,760

   
 

5,115

   

Omni Bridgeway Ltd.†,*

   

4,723

   
 

11,530

   

oOh!media Ltd.

   

13,004

   
 

4,231

   

Orica Ltd.

   

45,958

   
 

9,263

   

Origin Energy Ltd.

   

53,465

   
 

23,252

   

Orora Ltd.

   

41,197

   
 

42,639

   

Paladin Energy Ltd.*

   

28,620

   
 

12,923

   

Perenti Ltd.*

   

9,159

   
 

2,144

   

Perpetual Ltd.†

   

37,227

   
 

31,929

   

Perseus Mining Ltd.

   

40,252

   
 

2,443

   

PEXA Group Ltd.†,*

   

18,479

   
 

28,614

   

Pilbara Minerals Ltd.†

   

77,021

   
 

1,933

    Pinnacle Investment Management
Group Ltd.†
   

13,278

   
 

16,745

   

Platinum Asset Management Ltd.†

   

15,176

   
 

2,030

   

Premier Investments Ltd.

   

38,166

   
 

573

   

Pro Medicus Ltd.

   

37,419

   
 

1,615

   

PWR Holdings Ltd.†

   

10,741

   
 

5,039

   

Qantas Airways Ltd.*

   

18,440

   
 

7,535

   

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

   

76,045

   
 

19,799

   

Qube Holdings Ltd.†

   

43,714

   
 

18,064

   

Ramelius Resources Ltd.

   

20,742

   
 

1,228

   

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

   

44,025

   
 

355

   

REA Group Ltd.†

   

43,823

   
 

48,904

   

Red 5 Ltd.†,*

   

10,331

   
 

1,390

   

Reece Ltd.†

   

21,208

   
 

19,727

   

Regis Resources Ltd.*

   

29,306

   
 

13,366

   

Reliance Worldwide Corp. Ltd.

   

40,350

   
 

53,656

   

Resolute Mining Ltd.*

   

16,271

   
 

9,216

   

Ridley Corp. Ltd.

   

17,271

   
 

3,221

   

Rio Tinto Ltd.

   

297,767

   
 

12,006

   

Sandfire Resources Ltd.*

   

60,052

   
 

40,802

   

Santos Ltd.

   

211,314

   
 

2,534

   

SEEK Ltd.

   

46,157

   
 

3,265

   

Select Harvests Ltd.†,*

   

6,452

   
 

44,942

   

Service Stream Ltd.†

   

28,788

   
 

1,946

   

Seven Group Holdings Ltd.

   

48,933

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


15


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Australia (Continued)

 
 

62,916

   

Seven West Media Ltd.*

 

$

11,576

   
 

6,363

   

Sierra Rutile Holdings Ltd.†,*

   

416

   
 

34,950

   

Sigma Healthcare Ltd.

   

23,936

   
 

30,638

   

Silver Lake Resources Ltd.*

   

24,845

   
 

3,115

   

Sims Ltd.

   

33,029

   
 

4,280

   

SmartGroup Corp. Ltd.†

   

25,433

   
 

7,321

   

Solvar Ltd.†

   

6,585

   
 

3,263

   

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

   

71,332

   
 

56,811

   

South32 Ltd.

   

128,917

   
 

3,457

   

Southern Cross Media Group Ltd.†

   

2,344

   
 

21,630

   

St. Barbara Ltd.†,*

   

3,095

   
 

40,747

   

Star Entertainment Group Ltd.*

   

14,300

   
 

8,695

   

Steadfast Group Ltd.

   

34,485

   
 

62,507

   

Strike Energy Ltd.†,*

   

20,446

   
 

8,934

   

Suncorp Group Ltd.

   

84,320

   
 

4,830

   

Super Retail Group Ltd.

   

51,905

   
 

24,332

   

Superloop Ltd.†,*

   

11,109

   
 

17,571

   

Syrah Resources Ltd.†,*

   

7,723

   
 

50,321

   

Tabcorp Holdings Ltd.

   

28,633

   
 

3,536

   

Technology One Ltd.

   

37,036

   
 

24,704

   

Telstra Group Ltd.

   

66,665

   
 

32,463

   

Terracom Ltd.†

   

9,291

   
 

2,964

   

TPG Telecom Ltd.

   

10,463

   
 

12,558

   

Transurban Group

   

117,325

   
 

6,104

   

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

   

44,840

   
 

31,285

   

Tyro Payments Ltd.*

   

23,558

   
 

8,992

   

Ventia Services Group Pty. Ltd.

   

19,241

   
 

14,458

   

Viva Energy Group Ltd.#

   

34,385

   
 

3,525

   

Webjet Ltd.†,*

   

17,631

   
 

6,014

   

Wesfarmers Ltd.

   

233,764

   
 

24,722

   

West African Resources Ltd.*

   

15,920

   
 

11,815

   

Westgold Resources Ltd.*

   

17,552

   
 

15,208

   

Westpac Banking Corp.

   

237,324

   
 

14,291

   

Whitehaven Coal Ltd.

   

72,455

   
 

679

   

WiseTech Global Ltd.†

   

34,874

   
 

19,029

   

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.

   

402,765

   
 

2,331

   

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.†

   

49,411

   
 

1,661

   

Woodside Energy Group Ltd., ADR†

   

35,030

   
 

7,001

   

Woolworths Group Ltd.

   

177,475

   
 

2,076

   

Worley Ltd.

   

24,700

   
 

487

   

Xero Ltd.*

   

37,269

   
 

3,672

   

Yancoal Australia Ltd.†

   

12,386

   
     

11,351,957

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Austria—0.4%

 
 

939

   

ANDRITZ AG

 

$

58,465

   
 

829

    AT&S Austria Technologie &
Systemtechnik AG
   

24,069

   
 

1,157

   

BAWAG Group AG#

   

61,284

   
 

694

   

CA Immobilien Anlagen AG

   

24,861

   
 

133

   

DO & Co. AG

   

19,733

   
 

2,068

   

Erste Group Bank AG

   

83,854

   
 

988

   

Eurotelesites AG*

   

3,959

   
 

614

   

EVN AG

   

19,284

   
 

1,377

   

FACC AG*

   

8,863

   
 

482

   

Lenzing AG*

   

18,916

   
 

232

   

Mayr Melnhof Karton AG

   

32,424

   
 

463

   

Oesterreichische Post AG

   

16,714

   
 

2,138

   

OMV AG

   

93,867

   
 

552

   

Palfinger AG

   

15,356

   
 

861

   

Porr AG

   

12,071

   
 

3,082

   

Raiffeisen Bank International AG

   

63,522

   
 

127

    Schoeller-Bleckmann Oilfield
Equipment AG
   

6,197

   
 

263

   

Strabag SE, Bearer Shares

   

12,020

   
 

3,952

   

Telekom Austria AG

   

33,376

   
 

4,149

   

UNIQA Insurance Group AG

   

34,169

   
 

470

   

Verbund AG

   

43,610

   
 

884

    Vienna Insurance Group AG
Wiener Versicherung Gruppe
   

25,861

   
 

2,381

   

voestalpine AG

   

75,070

   
 

1,117

   

Wienerberger AG

   

37,265

   
     

824,810

   
   

Belgium—0.8%

 
 

545

   

Ackermans & van Haaren NV

   

95,543

   
 

3,300

   

Ageas SA

   

143,208

   
 

5,568

   

AGFA-Gevaert NV*

   

9,036

   
 

5,257

   

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA

   

339,039

   
 

69

   

Argenx SE*

   

26,165

   
 

1,399

   

Azelis Group NV

   

34,255

   
 

863

   

Barco NV

   

15,767

   
 

781

   

Bekaert SA

   

40,109

   
 

2,798

   

bpost SA

   

14,406

   
 

105

   

Cie d'Entreprises CFE

   

884

   
 

899

   

Colruyt Group NV

   

40,492

   
 

174

   

D'ieteren Group

   

33,980

   
 

7,013

   

Deceuninck NV

   

17,613

   
 

105

   

Deme Group NV

   

12,913

   
 

6,282

   

Econocom Group SA

   

17,823

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


16


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Belgium (Continued)

 
 

289

   

Elia Group SA

 

$

36,147

   
 

1,410

   

Euronav NV

   

24,858

   
 

2,078

   

Euronav NV†

   

36,552

   
 

548

   

EVS Broadcast Equipment SA

   

17,453

   
 

1,400

   

Fagron

   

25,671

   
 

799

   

Galapagos NV†,*

   

32,627

   
 

713

   

Gimv NV

   

34,869

   
 

534

   

Ion Beam Applications†

   

6,803

   
 

3,331

   

KBC Group NV

   

215,929

   
 

242

   

Kinepolis Group NV†

   

11,942

   
 

9

   

Lotus Bakeries NV

   

81,770

   
 

216

   

Melexis NV

   

21,759

   
 

2,034

   

Ontex Group NV†,*

   

17,077

   
 

1,080

   

Orange Belgium SA*

   

16,096

   
 

5,922

   

Proximus SADP

   

55,635

   
 

1,437

   

Recticel SA†

   

16,816

   
 

207

   

Shurgard Self Storage Ltd.

   

10,251

   
 

214

   

Sipef NV

   

12,521

   
 

1,351

   

Solvay SA†

   

41,358

   
 

1,351

   

Syensqo SA*

   

140,583

   
 

688

   

Tessenderlo Group SA†

   

21,456

   
 

570

   

UCB SA

   

49,648

   
 

2,988

   

Umicore SA

   

82,135

   
 

281

   

VGP NV

   

32,572

   
     

1,883,761

   
   

Canada—7.4%

 
 

553

   

ADENTRA, Inc.

   

13,342

   
 

5,500

   

Advantage Energy Ltd.*

   

35,406

   
 

1,679

   

Aecon Group, Inc.

   

16,561

   
 

10,000

   

Africa Oil Corp.

   

18,792

   
 

607

   

Ag Growth International, Inc.

   

23,143

   
 

3,500

   

AGF Management Ltd., Class B

   

20,365

   
 

3,501

   

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd.

   

191,966

   
 

5,042

   

Aimia, Inc.*

   

11,910

   
 

1,100

   

Air Canada*

   

15,516

   
 

5,250

   

Alamos Gold, Inc., Class A

   

70,669

   
 

3,609

   

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.

   

22,770

   
 

5,239

   

Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp.†

   

33,110

   
 

4,791

   

Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc.

   

282,134

   
 

3,374

   

AltaGas Ltd.

   

70,839

   
 

1,300

   

Altius Minerals Corp.

   

18,091

   
 

785

   

Altus Group Ltd.

   

24,965

   
 

600

   

Andlauer Healthcare Group, Inc.

   

18,556

   
 

8,336

   

ARC Resources Ltd.

   

123,746

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Canada (Continued)

 
 

1,389

   

Aritzia, Inc.*

 

$

28,827

   
 

1,300

   

Atco Ltd., Class I

   

37,939

   
 

553

   

ATS Corp.*

   

23,834

   
 

84

   

Aurora Cannabis, Inc.*

   

41

   
 

29,414

   

B2Gold Corp.

   

92,973

   
 

850

   

Badger Infrastructure Solutions Ltd.

   

26,115

   
 

4,435

   

Ballard Power Systems, Inc.†,*

   

16,410

   
 

5,070

   

Bank of Montreal

   

501,657

   
 

10,149

   

Bank of Nova Scotia

   

494,037

   
 

6,989

   

Barrick Gold Corp.

   

126,381

   
 

1,119

   

Bausch & Lomb Corp.*

   

19,090

   
 

5,083

   

Bausch Health Cos., Inc.*

   

40,772

   
 

12,953

   

Baytex Energy Corp.

   

42,817

   
 

708

   

BCE, Inc.

   

27,875

   
 

8,300

   

Birchcliff Energy Ltd.

   

36,205

   
 

1,900

   

Bird Construction, Inc.

   

20,648

   
 

4,601

   

BlackBerry Ltd.*

   

16,320

   
 

1,628

   

Bombardier, Inc., Class B*

   

65,376

   
 

1,262

   

Boralex, Inc., Class A

   

32,077

   
 

400

   

Boyd Group Services, Inc.

   

84,069

   
 

1,680

   

Brookfield Corp.

   

67,388

   
 

2,384

   

Brookfield Corp., Class A

   

95,646

   
 

929

    Brookfield Infrastructure Corp.,
Class A
   

32,772

   
 

600

   

Brookfield Reinsurance Ltd.*

   

24,222

   
 

385

   

BRP, Inc.

   

27,550

   
 

1,722

   

CAE, Inc.*

   

37,178

   
 

902

   

Cameco Corp.

   

38,890

   
 

1,985

   

Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc.

   

11,385

   
 

1,512

   

Canada Goose Holdings, Inc.*

   

17,929

   
 

7,870

    Canadian Imperial Bank of
Commerce
   

378,920

   
 

3,197

   

Canadian National Railway Co.

   

401,766

   
 

10,892

   

Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

   

713,584

   
 

1,042

   

Canadian Pacific Kansas City Ltd.†

   

82,381

   
 

828

   

Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd., Class A

   

87,933

   
 

1,300

   

Canadian Utilities Ltd., Class A

   

31,287

   
 

1,880

   

Canadian Western Bank

   

43,799

   
 

1,876

   

Canfor Corp.*

   

25,272

   
 

70

   

Canopy Growth Corp.*

   

358

   
 

1,494

   

Capital Power Corp.

   

42,665

   
 

4,800

   

Capstone Copper Corp.*

   

23,365

   
 

3,000

   

Cardinal Energy Ltd.

   

14,218

   
 

3,900

   

Cascades, Inc.

   

37,468

   
 

1,124

   

CCL Industries, Inc., Class B

   

50,548

   
 

2,966

   

Celestica, Inc.*

   

86,873

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


17


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Canada (Continued)

 
 

10,047

   

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

 

$

167,372

   
 

5,235

   

Centerra Gold, Inc.

   

31,251

   
 

9,000

   

CES Energy Solutions Corp.

   

23,433

   
 

1,321

   

CGI, Inc.*

   

141,516

   
 

2,865

   

CI Financial Corp.

   

32,130

   
 

900

   

Cineplex, Inc.*

   

5,685

   
 

440

   

Cogeco Communications, Inc.

   

19,708

   
 

300

   

Cogeco, Inc.†

   

12,944

   
 

514

   

Colliers International Group, Inc.

   

65,020

   
 

2,500

   

Computer Modelling Group Ltd.

   

19,113

   
 

122

   

Constellation Software, Inc.

   

302,481

   
 

4,700

    Converge Technology Solutions
Corp.
   

14,685

   
 

5,812

   

Corus Entertainment, Inc., Class B

   

3,114

   
 

3,354

   

Crescent Point Energy Corp.

   

23,262

   
 

8,598

   

Crescent Point Energy Corp.†

   

59,584

   
 

4,900

   

Crew Energy, Inc.*

   

16,789

   
 

12,200

   

Cronos Group, Inc.*

   

25,504

   
 

1,252

   

Definity Financial Corp.

   

35,470

   
 

7,600

   

Denison Mines Corp.*

   

13,307

   
 

511

   

Descartes Systems Group, Inc.*

   

42,955

   
 

2,240

   

Dollarama, Inc.

   

161,426

   
 

5,200

    Doman Building Materials
Group Ltd.
   

32,533

   
 

1,821

   

Dorel Industries, Inc., Class B†,*

   

8,589

   
 

1,100

   

DREAM Unlimited Corp., Class A

   

18,803

   
 

6,100

   

Dundee Precious Metals, Inc.

   

39,039

   
 

742

   

Dye & Durham Ltd.

   

8,041

   
 

4,100

   

ECN Capital Corp.

   

9,283

   
 

3,501

   

Eldorado Gold Corp.*

   

45,445

   
 

5,962

   

Element Fleet Management Corp.

   

97,008

   
 

1,863

   

Emera, Inc.

   

70,721

   
 

2,538

   

Empire Co. Ltd., Class A

   

67,135

   
 

7,917

   

Enbridge, Inc.

   

285,061

   
 

1,665

   

Endeavour Mining PLC

   

37,408

   
 

2,894

   

Endeavour Silver Corp.*

   

5,701

   
 

2,494

   

Enerflex Ltd.

   

11,538

   
 

3,834

   

Enerplus Corp.

   

58,767

   
 

882

   

Enghouse Systems Ltd.

   

23,364

   
 

7,100

   

Ensign Energy Services, Inc.*

   

11,628

   
 

1,000

   

EQB, Inc.

   

65,832

   
 

1,697

   

Equinox Gold Corp.*

   

8,298

   
 

2,300

   

ERO Copper Corp.*

   

36,332

   
 

700

   

Exchange Income Corp.

   

23,826

   
 

4,400

   

Extendicare, Inc.

   

24,174

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Canada (Continued)

 
 

283

   

Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.

 

$

261,100

   
 

2,600

   

Fiera Capital Corp.

   

11,950

   
 

2,698

   

Finning International, Inc.

   

78,025

   
 

2,505

   

First Majestic Silver Corp.

   

15,406

   
 

400

   

First National Financial Corp.

   

11,586

   
 

3,171

   

First Quantum Minerals Ltd.

   

25,965

   
 

347

   

FirstService Corp.

   

56,212

   
 

2,617

   

Fortis, Inc.

   

107,658

   
 

10,041

   

Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc.*

   

38,647

   
 

356

   

Franco-Nevada Corp.

   

39,440

   
 

3,500

   

Freehold Royalties Ltd.

   

36,161

   
 

2,000

   

Frontera Energy Corp.*

   

12,030

   
 

645

   

George Weston Ltd.

   

80,074

   
 

1,991

   

GFL Environmental, Inc.

   

68,709

   
 

2,300

   

Gibson Energy, Inc.

   

34,941

   
 

1,576

   

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

   

52,108

   
 

300

   

goeasy Ltd.

   

35,786

   
 

570

   

Gran Tierra Energy, Inc.*

   

3,200

   
 

3,443

   

Great-West Lifeco, Inc.

   

113,966

   
 

400

    Guardian Capital Group Ltd.,
Class A
   

13,361

   
 

2,343

   

Headwater Exploration, Inc.

   

11,051

   
 

1,700

   

Heroux-Devtek, Inc.*

   

19,501

   
 

7,321

   

Hudbay Minerals, Inc.

   

40,278

   
 

2,098

   

Hydro One Ltd.#

   

62,858

   
 

1,752

   

iA Financial Corp., Inc.

   

119,436

   
 

3,400

   

IAMGOLD Corp.*

   

8,570

   
 

1,311

   

IGM Financial, Inc.

   

34,639

   
 

1,811

   

Imperial Oil Ltd.

   

103,338

   
 

3,417

   

Innergex Renewable Energy, Inc.

   

23,699

   
 

1,388

   

Intact Financial Corp.

   

213,545

   
 

1,545

   

Interfor Corp.*

   

27,378

   
 

3,868

   

Ivanhoe Mines Ltd., Class A*

   

37,511

   
 

700

   

Jamieson Wellness, Inc.#

   

16,762

   
 

500

   

K-Bro Linen, Inc.

   

12,452

   
 

5,000

   

K92 Mining, Inc.*

   

24,565

   
 

2,067

   

Karora Resources, Inc.*

   

7,597

   
 

7,152

   

Kelt Exploration Ltd.*

   

30,874

   
 

2,848

   

Keyera Corp.†

   

68,844

   
 

18,607

   

Kinross Gold Corp.

   

112,602

   
 

3,700

   

Knight Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

14,492

   
 

600

   

Labrador Iron Ore Royalty Corp.

   

14,445

   
 

200

   

Lassonde Industries, Inc., Class A

   

21,169

   
 

800

   

Laurentian Bank of Canada

   

16,827

   
 

1,700

   

Leon's Furniture Ltd.

   

23,299

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


18


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Canada (Continued)

 
 

2,310

   

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc.†,*

 

$

48,487

   
 

1,389

   

Linamar Corp.

   

67,110

   
 

1,671

   

Loblaw Cos. Ltd.

   

161,772

   
 

6,780

   

Logan Energy Corp.*

   

4,093

   
 

8,900

   

Lucara Diamond Corp.†,*

   

2,586

   
 

1,300

   

Lundin Gold, Inc.

   

16,227

   
 

5,550

   

Lundin Mining Corp.

   

45,404

   
 

725

   

MAG Silver Corp.*

   

7,547

   
 

3,172

   

Magna International, Inc.

   

187,416

   
 

4,800

    Major Drilling Group
International, Inc.*
   

33,363

   
 

11,495

   

Manulife Financial Corp.

   

254,018

   
 

1,530

   

Maple Leaf Foods, Inc.

   

29,144

   
 

1,800

   

Martinrea International, Inc.

   

19,480

   
 

1,199

   

MDA Ltd.*

   

10,424

   
 

1,895

   

Medical Facilities Corp.

   

12,843

   
 

4,652

   

MEG Energy Corp.*

   

83,101

   
 

1,500

   

Methanex Corp.

   

70,984

   
 

1,582

   

Metro, Inc.

   

81,891

   
 

470

   

MTY Food Group, Inc.

   

20,044

   
 

2,700

   

Mullen Group Ltd.

   

28,609

   
 

3,640

   

National Bank of Canada

   

277,454

   
 

14,800

   

New Gold, Inc.*

   

21,445

   
 

1,740

   

NFI Group, Inc.*

   

17,977

   
 

721

    North American Construction
Group Ltd.
   

15,045

   
 

1,126

   

North West Co., Inc.

   

33,371

   
 

4,990

   

Northland Power, Inc.

   

90,645

   
 

6,151

   

Nutrien Ltd.

   

346,493

   
 

385

   

Nuvei Corp.

   

10,110

   
 

5,200

   

NuVista Energy Ltd.*

   

43,325

   
 

1,300

   

Obsidian Energy Ltd.†,*

   

8,814

   
 

18,600

   

OceanaGold Corp.

   

35,655

   
 

1,093

   

Onex Corp.

   

76,326

   
 

1,764

   

Open Text Corp.

   

74,134

   
 

2,300

   

Orla Mining Ltd.†,*

   

7,475

   
 

1,864

   

Osisko Gold Royalties Ltd.

   

26,601

   
 

3,213

   

Osisko Mining, Inc.*

   

6,474

   
 

2,072

   

Pan American Silver Corp.

   

33,823

   
 

2,056

   

Paramount Resources Ltd., Class A

   

40,234

   
 

2,849

   

Parex Resources, Inc.

   

53,645

   
 

700

   

Park Lawn Corp.

   

10,428

   
 

2,635

   

Parkland Corp.

   

84,933

   
 

1,760

   

Pason Systems, Inc.

   

21,478

   
 

3,149

   

Pembina Pipeline Corp.

   

108,417

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Canada (Continued)

 
 

4,630

    Peyto Exploration & Development
Corp.†
 

$

42,070

   
 

2,800

   

PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.

   

49,025

   
 

280

   

Precision Drilling Corp.*

   

15,206

   
 

700

   

Premium Brands Holdings Corp.

   

49,674

   
 

3,587

   

Primo Water Corp.

   

54,011

   
 

1,764

   

Quebecor, Inc., Class B

   

41,962

   
 

622

   

RB Global, Inc.

   

41,623

   
 

1,200

   

Real Matters, Inc.*

   

5,705

   
 

1,622

   

Restaurant Brands International, Inc.

   

126,731

   
 

745

   

Richelieu Hardware Ltd.

   

26,976

   
 

3,740

    Rogers Communications, Inc.,
Class B
   

175,082

   
 

500

    Rogers Communications, Inc.,
Class B†
   

23,405

   
 

5,300

   

Rogers Sugar, Inc.

   

21,519

   
 

6,732

   

Royal Bank of Canada

   

680,795

   
 

1,740

   

Russel Metals, Inc.

   

59,132

   
 

2,004

   

Saputo, Inc.

   

40,578

   
 

1,585

   

Savaria Corp.

   

18,146

   
 

907

   

Seabridge Gold, Inc.*

   

10,994

   
 

4,705

   

Secure Energy Services, Inc.

   

33,484

   
 

1,968

   

Shawcor Ltd.*

   

22,516

   
 

700

   

Shopify, Inc., Class A*

   

54,498

   
 

1,794

   

Sienna Senior Living, Inc.

   

15,556

   
 

4,400

   

SilverCrest Metals, Inc.†,*

   

28,820

   
 

1,359

    Sleep Country Canada Holdings,
Inc.#
   

26,266

   
 

1,248

   

SNC-Lavalin Group, Inc.

   

40,179

   
 

3,390

   

Spartan Delta Corp.

   

7,624

   
 

400

   

Spin Master Corp.#

   

10,523

   
 

700

   

Sprott, Inc.

   

23,765

   
 

4,381

   

SSR Mining, Inc.

   

47,015

   
 

800

   

Stantec, Inc.

   

64,227

   
 

700

   

Stelco Holdings, Inc.

   

26,514

   
 

1,100

   

Stella-Jones, Inc.

   

64,022

   
 

3,623

   

StorageVault Canada, Inc.

   

14,300

   
 

122

   

Strathcona Resources Ltd.*

   

1,973

   
 

3,367

   

Sun Life Financial, Inc.

   

174,619

   
 

15,768

   

Suncor Energy, Inc.

   

505,179

   
 

2,900

   

SunOpta, Inc.†,*

   

15,863

   
 

3,579

   

Superior Plus Corp.

   

26,011

   
 

1,699

   

Surge Energy, Inc.

   

8,309

   
 

18,100

   

Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd.

   

41,936

   
 

4,400

   

Taseko Mines Ltd.*

   

6,160

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


19


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Canada (Continued)

 
 

7,344

   

TC Energy Corp.†

 

$

287,077

   
 

2,442

   

TC Energy Corp.

   

95,391

   
 

5,557

   

Teck Resources Ltd., Class B

   

234,895

   
 

850

   

TELUS International CDA, Inc.*

   

7,300

   
 

640

   

TFI International, Inc.

   

87,056

   
 

251

   

Thomson Reuters Corp.†

   

36,701

   
 

276

   

Thomson Reuters Corp.

   

40,353

   
 

3,200

   

Timbercreek Financial Corp.

   

16,108

   
 

1,930

   

TMX Group Ltd.

   

46,682

   
 

1,500

   

Topaz Energy Corp.

   

21,939

   
 

2,171

   

Torex Gold Resources, Inc.*

   

23,954

   
 

656

   

Toromont Industries Ltd.

   

57,478

   
 

7,806

   

Toronto-Dominion Bank

   

504,396

   
 

596

   

Toronto-Dominion Bank†

   

38,514

   
 

3,837

   

Tourmaline Oil Corp.

   

172,557

   
 

3,838

   

TransAlta Corp.

   

31,919

   
 

2,100

   

Transcontinental, Inc., Class A

   

21,712

   
 

12,242

   

Trican Well Service Ltd.

   

38,064

   
 

3,001

   

Tricon Residential, Inc.

   

27,314

   
 

496

   

Trisura Group Ltd.*

   

12,727

   
 

4,544

   

Vermilion Energy, Inc.

   

54,783

   
 

1,800

   

Wajax Corp.

   

41,120

   
 

787

   

Waste Connections, Inc.

   

117,490

   
 

2,200

   

Wesdome Gold Mines Ltd.*

   

12,801

   
 

570

   

West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.

   

48,764

   
 

12,500

   

Western Forest Products, Inc.

   

6,698

   
 

1,100

    Westshore Terminals Investment
Corp.†
   

22,763

   
 

946

   

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp.

   

46,670

   
 

11,664

   

Whitecap Resources, Inc.

   

78,080

   
 

1,081

   

Winpak Ltd.

   

33,367

   
 

752

   

WSP Global, Inc.

   

105,412

   
     

17,226,996

   
   

Denmark—2.0%

 
 

2,040

   

ALK-Abello AS*

   

30,573

   
 

24,690

   

Alm Brand AS

   

43,620

   
 

2,798

   

Ambu AS, Class B*

   

43,590

   
 

15

   

AP Moller—Maersk AS, Class A

   

26,612

   
 

30

   

AP Moller—Maersk AS, Class B

   

53,934

   
 

2,721

   

Bang & Olufsen AS*

   

3,884

   
 

1,376

   

Bavarian Nordic AS*

   

36,159

   
 

889

   

Carlsberg AS, Class B

   

111,482

   
 

408

   

Chemometec AS

   

23,443

   
 

646

   

Chr Hansen Holding AS

   

54,166

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Denmark (Continued)

 
 

944

   

Coloplast AS, Class B

 

$

107,922

   
 

426

   

D/S Norden AS

   

20,251

   
 

4,232

   

Danske Bank AS

   

113,059

   
 

1,139

   

Demant AS*

   

49,927

   
 

778

   

Dfds AS

   

25,692

   
 

1,163

   

DSV AS

   

204,176

   
 

1,244

   

FLSmidth & Co. AS

   

52,909

   
 

348

   

Genmab AS*

   

111,058

   
 

2,467

   

GN Store Nord AS*

   

62,765

   
 

8,387

   

H Lundbeck AS

   

40,689

   
 

4,236

   

H Lundbeck AS, Class A

   

18,004

   
 

818

   

H+H International AS, Class B*

   

10,757

   
 

3,142

   

ISS AS

   

60,000

   
 

958

   

Jyske Bank AS, Registered

   

68,665

   
 

1,970

   

Matas AS

   

33,666

   
 

826

   

Netcompany Group AS*,#

   

27,596

   
 

266

   

Nilfisk Holding AS*

   

4,656

   
 

927

    NKT AS*    

63,670

   
 

362

   

NNIT AS*,#

   

4,508

   
 

20,596

   

Novo Nordisk AS, Class B

   

2,129,232

   
 

1,607

   

Novozymes AS, Class B

   

88,314

   
 

218

   

NTG Nordic Transport Group AS*

   

9,491

   
 

1,098

   

Orsted AS#

   

60,862

   
 

1,564

   

Pandora AS

   

216,139

   
 

376

   

Per Aarsleff Holding AS

   

17,957

   
 

576

   

Ringkjoebing Landbobank AS

   

84,574

   
 

128

   

Rockwool AS, Class A

   

37,342

   
 

132

   

Rockwool AS, Class B

   

38,626

   
 

980

   

Royal Unibrew AS

   

65,467

   
 

1,644

   

Scandinavian Tobacco Group AS#

   

28,558

   
 

336

   

Schouw & Co. AS

   

27,516

   
 

105

   

Solar AS, Class B

   

7,230

   
 

273

   

SP Group AS

   

8,834

   
 

1,256

   

Spar Nord Bank AS

   

19,828

   
 

1,121

   

Sydbank AS

   

48,740

   
 

822

   

Topdanmark AS

   

39,245

   
 

543

   

TORM PLC, Class A†

   

16,420

   
 

2,761

   

Tryg AS

   

60,063

   
 

1,988

   

Vestas Wind Systems AS*

   

63,090

   
 

615

   

Zealand Pharma AS*

   

33,989

   
     

4,608,950

   
   

Finland—0.9%

 
 

1,045

   

Aktia Bank OYJ

   

10,867

   
 

844

   

Cargotec OYJ, Class B

   

49,102

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


20


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Finland (Continued)

 
 

2,991

   

Citycon OYJ†

 

$

17,170

   
 

1,612

   

Elisa OYJ

   

74,511

   
 

628

   

Enento Group OYJ#

   

13,505

   
 

364,444

   

Finnair OYJ*

   

16,013

   
 

945

   

Fiskars OYJ Abp

   

18,632

   
 

2,663

   

Fortum OYJ

   

38,394

   
 

1,699

   

Huhtamaki OYJ

   

68,891

   
 

2,519

   

Kemira OYJ

   

46,691

   
 

1,396

   

Kesko OYJ, Class A

   

27,771

   
 

4,735

   

Kesko OYJ, Class B

   

93,698

   
 

2,038

   

Kojamo OYJ

   

26,773

   
 

2,610

   

Kone OYJ, Class B

   

130,120

   
 

1,119

   

Konecranes OYJ

   

50,376

   
 

1,919

   

Lassila & Tikanoja OYJ†

   

20,761

   
 

2,463

   

Mandatum OYJ*

   

11,066

   
 

560

   

Marimekko OYJ

   

8,228

   
 

3,137

   

Metsa Board OYJ, Class B†

   

24,900

   
 

6,084

   

Metso OYJ

   

61,590

   
 

705

   

Musti Group OYJ

   

20,329

   
 

3,008

   

Neste OYJ

   

106,959

   
 

14,164

   

Nokia OYJ

   

47,722

   
 

21,352

   

Nokia OYJ, ADR†

   

73,024

   
 

3,005

   

Nokian Renkaat OYJ

   

27,395

   
 

21,592

   

Nordea Bank Abp

   

267,589

   
 

281

   

Olvi OYJ, Class A

   

8,701

   
 

7,100

   

Oriola OYJ, Class B

   

8,528

   
 

727

   

Orion OYJ, Class A

   

31,461

   
 

1,334

   

Orion OYJ, Class B

   

57,832

   
 

11,023

   

Outokumpu OYJ†

   

54,565

   
 

1,680

   

Puuilo OYJ

   

16,553

   
 

280

   

QT Group OYJ*

   

19,937

   
 

7,476

   

Raisio OYJ, Class V

   

16,308

   
 

667

   

Revenio Group OYJ

   

19,999

   
 

2,463

   

Sampo OYJ, Class A

   

107,701

   
 

2,191

   

Sanoma OYJ

   

16,810

   
 

5,416

   

Stora Enso OYJ, Class R

   

74,887

   
 

1,519

   

Terveystalo OYJ†,#

   

12,979

   
 

1,706

   

TietoEVRY OYJ

   

40,567

   
 

1,633

   

Tokmanni Group Corp.†

   

26,356

   
 

3,508

   

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

   

131,903

   
 

559

   

Vaisala OYJ, Class A

   

24,499

   
 

3,097

   

Valmet OYJ†

   

89,268

   
 

4,259

   

Wartsila OYJ Abp

   

61,710

   
 

6,293

   

YIT OYJ†

   

13,790

   
     

2,186,431

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

France—5.9%

 
 

1,445

   

Accor SA

 

$

55,194

   
 

335

   

Aeroports de Paris SA

   

43,343

   
 

971

   

Air France-KLM*

   

14,570

   
 

1,581

   

Air Liquide SA

   

307,390

   
 

1,795

   

Airbus SE

   

276,987

   
 

4,246

   

ALD SA#

   

30,210

   
 

3,239

   

Alstom SA†

   

43,552

   
 

609

   

Alten SA

   

90,492

   
 

514

   

Amundi SA#

   

34,954

   
 

1,050

   

Arkema SA

   

119,392

   
 

1,585

   

Atos SE†,*

   

12,336

   
 

368

   

Aubay

   

16,920

   
 

3,777

   

AXA SA

   

122,962

   
 

1,320

   

Beneteau SACA

   

18,186

   
 

295

   

BioMerieux

   

32,762

   
 

4,454

   

BNP Paribas SA

   

307,755

   
 

5,145

   

Bollore SE

   

32,119

   
 

541

   

Bonduelle SCA†

   

6,534

   
 

2,000

   

Bouygues SA

   

75,334

   
 

3,720

   

Bureau Veritas SA

   

93,920

   
 

1,036

   

Capgemini SE

   

215,872

   
 

6,762

   

Carrefour SA

   

123,656

   
 

20,011

   

CGG SA*

   

13,211

   
 

492

   

Chargeurs SA†

   

6,344

   
 

5,141

   

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA

   

378,323

   
 

834

   

Cie des Alpes

   

13,000

   
 

7,397

    Cie Generale des Etablissements
Michelin SCA
   

265,066

   
 

1,245

   

Cie Plastic Omnium SE

   

16,493

   
 

1,540

   

Clariane SE†

   

4,087

   
 

2,606

   

Coface SA

   

34,062

   
 

4,277

   

Credit Agricole SA

   

60,682

   
 

1,317

   

Danone SA

   

85,315

   
 

150

   

Dassault Aviation SA

   

29,674

   
 

1,325

   

Dassault Systemes SE

   

64,704

   
 

3,271

   

Derichebourg SA

   

18,344

   
 

1,478

   

Edenred SE

   

88,337

   
 

1,145

   

Eiffage SA

   

122,636

   
 

1,532

   

Elior Group SA†,*,#

   

4,959

   
 

5,226

   

Elis SA

   

108,981

   
 

7,367

   

Engie SA

   

129,458

   
 

132

   

Equasens

   

8,904

   
 

228

   

Eramet SA

   

17,997

   
 

77

   

ESI Group*

   

13,091

   
 

545

   

EssilorLuxottica SA

   

109,260

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


21


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

France (Continued)

 
 

4,202

   

Etablissements Maurel et Prom SA†

 

$

28,250

   
 

974

   

Eurazeo SE

   

77,257

   
 

216

   

Euroapi SA*

   

1,366

   
 

1,271

   

Eurofins Scientific SE

   

82,756

   
 

762

   

Euronext NV#

   

66,161

   
 

5,262

   

Eutelsat Communications SACA†,*

   

24,688

   
 

507

   

Exclusive Networks SA*

   

10,869

   
 

562

   

Fnac Darty SA†

   

17,062

   
 

4,424

   

Forvia SE*

   

99,729

   
 

557

   

Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA

   

73,727

   
 

2,993

   

Getlink SE

   

54,733

   
 

146

   

Hermes International SCA

   

309,266

   
 

77

   

ID Logistics Group SACA*

   

26,011

   
 

743

   

Imerys SA

   

23,360

   
 

264

   

Interparfums SA

   

14,689

   
 

339

   

Ipsen SA

   

40,380

   
 

810

   

IPSOS SA

   

50,746

   
 

530

   

Jacquet Metals SACA

   

11,468

   
 

1,625

   

JCDecaux SE*

   

32,649

   
 

685

   

Kaufman & Broad SA

   

22,762

   
 

708

   

Kering SA

   

311,857

   
 

792

   

L'Oreal SA

   

394,016

   
 

1,986

   

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM#

   

72,000

   
 

454

   

Lectra†

   

15,662

   
 

1,336

   

Legrand SA

   

138,786

   
 

180

   

LISI SA

   

4,690

   
 

1,980

    LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis
Vuitton SE
   

1,603,519

   
 

971

   

Maisons du Monde SA†,#

   

6,078

   
 

510

   

Mersen SA

   

19,818

   
 

2,118

   

Metropole Television SA

   

30,256

   
 

1,481

   

Neoen SA#

   

49,506

   
 

469

   

Nexans SA

   

41,032

   
 

1,338

   

Nexity SA†

   

24,889

   
 

23,713

   

Orange SA

   

269,738

   
 

728

   

Pernod Ricard SA

   

128,387

   
 

1,656

   

Publicis Groupe SA

   

153,564

   
 

993

   

Quadient SA

   

21,069

   
 

2,374

   

Renault SA

   

96,720

   
 

5,638

   

Rexel SA

   

154,170

   
 

14

   

Robertet SA

   

12,828

   
 

1,204

   

Rubis SCA

   

29,906

   
 

1,409

   

Safran SA

   

248,035

   
 

2,385

   

Sanofi SA

   

236,331

   
 

124

   

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

   

32,785

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

France (Continued)

 
 

200

   

Savencia SA

 

$

12,143

   
 

1,649

   

Schneider Electric SE

   

330,915

   
 

3,683

   

SCOR SE

   

107,582

   
 

583

   

SEB SA

   

72,727

   
 

95

   

Seche Environnement SACA

   

11,536

   
 

7,893

   

SES SA

   

51,932

   
 

2,971

   

SMCP SA*,#

   

11,217

   
 

543

   

Societe BIC SA

   

37,675

   
 

4,891

   

Societe Generale SA

   

129,721

   
 

106

   

Societe LDC SADIR

   

16,383

   
 

302

    Societe pour l'Informatique
Industrielle†
   

23,271

   
 

579

   

Sodexo SA†

   

63,676

   
 

361

   

SOITEC*

   

64,482

   
 

344

   

Sopra Steria Group SACA

   

75,116

   
 

2,556

   

SPIE SA

   

79,854

   
 

130

   

Stef SA

   

16,389

   
 

5,514

   

STMicroelectronics NV

   

275,792

   
 

218

   

Sword Group

   

9,590

   
 

2,982

   

Technip Energies NV

   

69,658

   
 

868

   

Teleperformance SE

   

126,534

   
 

2,268

   

Television Francaise 1 SA†

   

17,864

   
 

750

   

Thales SA

   

110,906

   
 

99

   

Thermador Groupe†

   

9,235

   
 

491

   

Tikehau Capital SCA†

   

11,166

   
 

31,242

   

TotalEnergies SE

   

2,124,560

   
 

198

   

Trigano SA

   

32,416

   
 

2,816

   

Ubisoft Entertainment SA*

   

71,843

   
 

5,801

   

Valeo SE

   

89,112

   
 

4,961

   

Vallourec SACA*

   

76,811

   
 

4,532

   

Vantiva SA†,*

   

583

   
 

4,227

   

Veolia Environnement SA

   

133,272

   
 

1,229

   

Verallia SA#

   

47,296

   
 

100

   

Vetoquinol SA

   

11,304

   
 

436

   

Vicat SACA

   

15,811

   
 

3,744

   

Vinci SA

   

469,944

   
 

95

   

Virbac SACA

   

37,703

   
 

6,270

   

Vivendi SE

   

66,975

   
 

988

   

Voltalia SA, Registered†,*

   

11,365

   
 

385

   

Wavestone

   

24,949

   
 

2,202

   

Worldline SA*,#

   

38,092

   
 

1,412

   

X-Fab Silicon Foundries SE*,#

   

15,868

   
     

13,834,207

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


22


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Germany—4.8%

 
 

696

    1&1 AG  

$

13,938

   
 

2,605

    7C Solarparken AG    

10,425

   
 

79

   

Adesso SE

   

9,367

   
 

392

   

adidas AG

   

79,695

   
 

536

   

Adtran Networks SE*

   

11,834

   
 

787

   

Allianz SE, Registered

   

210,208

   
 

157

   

Amadeus Fire AG

   

21,318

   
 

10,081

   

Aroundtown SA*

   

27,544

   
 

90

   

Atoss Software AG

   

20,765

   
 

408

   

Aurubis AG

   

33,448

   
 

1,862

   

Auto1 Group SE*,#

   

13,336

   
 

7,442

   

BASF SE

   

400,757

   
 

546

   

Basler AG

   

7,016

   
 

10,754

   

Bayer AG, Registered

   

399,251

   
 

3,464

   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

   

385,391

   
 

474

   

BayWa AG

   

16,378

   
 

1,396

   

Bechtle AG

   

69,951

   
 

775

   

Befesa SA#

   

30,116

   
 

170

   

Beiersdorf AG

   

25,467

   
 

295

   

Bertrandt AG

   

16,739

   
 

167

   

Bijou Brigitte AG

   

7,393

   
 

661

   

Bilfinger SE

   

25,409

   
 

1,628

    Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co.
KGaA*
   

6,470

   
 

2,075

   

Brenntag SE

   

190,632

   
 

603

   

CANCOM SE

   

19,678

   
 

161

    Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Bearer
Shares
   

17,567

   
 

3,791

   

Ceconomy AG*

   

10,362

   
 

159

   

Cewe Stiftung & Co. KGAA

   

17,763

   
 

6,184

   

Commerzbank AG

   

73,457

   
 

502

    CompuGroup Medical SE & Co.
KgaA
   

21,004

   
 

1,368

   

Continental AG

   

116,165

   
 

1,617

   

Covestro AG*,#

   

94,038

   
 

1,025

   

CropEnergies AG

   

13,013

   
 

886

   

CTS Eventim AG & Co. KGaA

   

61,229

   
 

5,223

   

Daimler Truck Holding AG

   

196,157

   
 

633

   

Delivery Hero SE*,#

   

17,477

   
 

182

   

Dermapharm Holding SE

   

8,507

   
 

11,171

   

Deutsche Bank AG, Registered

   

152,476

   
 

730

   

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG

   

23,653

   
 

1,071

   

Deutsche Boerse AG

   

220,505

   
 

395

   

Deutsche EuroShop AG

   

9,833

   
 

9,773

   

Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Registered*

   

86,829

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Germany (Continued)

 
 

3,746

   

Deutsche Pfandbriefbank AG#

 

$

25,619

   
 

9,269

   

Deutsche Post AG

   

458,979

   
 

38,581

   

Deutsche Telekom AG, Registered

   

926,365

   
 

667

   

Deutsche Wohnen SE

   

17,628

   
 

889

   

Duerr AG

   

20,983

   
 

1,022

   

DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA#

   

39,263

   
 

3,585

   

E.ON SE

   

48,086

   
 

465

    Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und
Medizintechnik AG
   

21,201

   
 

185

   

Elmos Semiconductor SE

   

15,113

   
 

1,440

   

Encavis AG*

   

24,783

   
 

101

   

Energiekontor AG

   

9,221

   
 

2,371

   

Evonik Industries AG

   

48,423

   
 

595

   

Evotec SE*

   

13,978

   
 

655

   

Fielmann Group AG

   

35,171

   
 

2,658

   

flatexDEGIRO AG*

   

32,776

   
 

796

    Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport
Services Worldwide*
   

48,120

   
 

2,540

   

Freenet AG

   

71,054

   
 

2,106

   

Fresenius Medical Care AG

   

88,254

   
 

4,391

   

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

   

136,068

   
 

496

   

FUCHS SE

   

17,768

   
 

2,765

   

GEA Group AG

   

115,046

   
 

522

   

Gerresheimer AG

   

54,370

   
 

287

   

Gesco SE

   

5,893

   
 

455

   

GFT Technologies SE

   

15,672

   
 

1,489

   

Grand City Properties SA*

   

16,734

   
 

640

   

Grenke AG

   

17,699

   
 

738

   

Hamburger Hafen und Logistik AG*

   

13,638

   
 

462

   

Hannover Rueck SE

   

110,318

   
 

301

   

Hapag-Lloyd AG#

   

44,859

   
 

1,620

   

Heidelberg Materials AG

   

144,753

   
 

6,593

   

Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG*

   

9,018

   
 

385

   

Hella GmbH & Co. KGaA

   

35,064

   
 

2,618

   

HelloFresh SE*

   

41,358

   
 

473

   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

   

33,931

   
 

760

   

Hensoldt AG

   

20,472

   
 

224

   

HOCHTIEF AG

   

24,803

   
 

322

   

Hornbach Holding AG & Co. KGaA

   

23,461

   
 

1,048

   

Hugo Boss AG

   

78,047

   
 

38

   

Hypoport SE*

   

7,417

   
 

721

   

Indus Holding AG

   

17,789

   
 

12,578

   

Infineon Technologies AG

   

524,871

   
 

790

   

Instone Real Estate Group SE#

   

6,366

   
 

788

   

Jenoptik AG

   

24,740

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


23


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Germany (Continued)

 
 

268

   

JOST Werke SE#

 

$

13,077

   
 

1,380

   

KION Group AG

   

58,912

   
 

741

   

Knorr-Bremse AG

   

48,100

   
 

434

   

Koenig & Bauer AG*

   

5,797

   
 

959

   

Kontron AG

   

22,762

   
 

326

   

Krones AG

   

40,235

   
 

459

   

KWS Saat SE & Co. KGaA

   

27,210

   
 

1,173

   

Lanxess AG

   

36,737

   
 

930

   

LEG Immobilien SE*

   

81,436

   
 

10,767

   

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

   

743,484

   
 

392

   

Merck KGaA

   

62,359

   
 

3,251

   

METRO AG*

   

22,646

   
 

2,085

   

MLP SE

   

12,752

   
 

142

   

MTU Aero Engines AG

   

30,608

   
 

970

    Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-
Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen,
Registered
   

401,669

   
 

353

   

Mutares SE & Co. KGaA

   

13,795

   
 

147

   

Nagarro SE*

   

14,191

   
 

671

   

Nemetschek SE

   

58,134

   
 

33

   

New Work SE

   

2,871

   
 

188

   

Nexus AG

   

12,079

   
 

1,033

   

Nordex SE*

   

11,860

   
 

1,039

   

Norma Group SE

   

18,386

   
 

390

   

OHB SE*

   

18,438

   
 

471

   

Patrizia SE

   

4,264

   
 

53

   

Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG

   

9,022

   
 

2,884

   

ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE

   

17,619

   
 

1,602

   

Puma SE

   

89,346

   
 

458

   

PVA TePla AG*

   

10,314

   
 

1,192

   

Qiagen NV*

   

51,847

   
 

54

   

Rational AG

   

41,700

   
 

420

   

Rheinmetall AG

   

133,070

   
 

828

   

RTL Group SA

   

31,956

   
 

3,773

   

RWE AG

   

171,523

   
 

844

   

Salzgitter AG

   

26,089

   
 

1,522

   

SAP SE

   

234,356

   
 

323

   

Scout24 SE#

   

22,878

   
 

25

   

Secunet Security Networks AG

   

4,029

   
 

2,542

   

SGL Carbon SE*

   

18,269

   
 

4,076

   

Siemens AG, Registered

   

764,589

   
 

3,787

   

Siemens Energy AG*

   

50,168

   
 

848

   

Siemens Healthineers AG#

   

49,241

   
 

408

   

Siltronic AG

   

39,839

   
 

337

   

Sixt SE

   

37,650

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Germany (Continued)

 
 

194

   

SMA Solar Technology AG*

 

$

12,968

   
 

517

   

Stabilus SE

   

35,215

   
 

286

   

STRATEC SE

   

14,381

   
 

759

   

Stroeer SE & Co. KGaA

   

45,037

   
 

2,282

   

Suedzucker AG

   

35,748

   
 

447

   

SUESS MicroTec SE

   

13,669

   
 

459

   

Symrise AG

   

50,489

   
 

2,651

   

Synlab AG*

   

28,973

   
 

2,135

   

TAG Immobilien AG*

   

31,100

   
 

1,202

   

Takkt AG

   

17,914

   
 

576

   

Talanx AG

   

41,109

   
 

1,776

   

TeamViewer SE*,#

   

27,566

   
 

420

   

Technotrans SE

   

10,108

   
 

14,643

   

Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG

   

38,020

   
 

8,985

   

thyssenkrupp AG

   

62,609

   
 

2,367

   

United Internet AG, Registered

   

60,205

   
 

426

   

Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG

   

14,052

   
 

622

    Vitesco Technologies Group AG,
Class A*
   

64,525

   
 

418

   

Volkswagen AG

   

54,659

   
 

4,135

   

Vonovia SE

   

130,280

   
 

257

   

Vossloh AG

   

11,902

   
 

212

   

Wacker Chemie AG

   

26,750

   
 

904

   

Wacker Neuson SE

   

18,223

   
 

209

   

Washtec AG

   

7,383

   
 

959

    Wuestenrot &
Wuerttembergische AG
   

14,123

   
 

1,374

   

Zalando SE*,#

   

32,536

   
 

11

   

Zeal Network SE

   

404

   
     

11,142,988

   
   

Hong Kong—1.3%

 
 

61,800

   

AIA Group Ltd.

   

538,579

   
 

6,700

   

ASMPT Ltd.

   

63,924

   
 

27,040

   

Bank of East Asia Ltd.

   

33,382

   
 

28,000

   

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

   

76,020

   
 

9,600

   

Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd.#

   

17,974

   
 

10,000

   

Cafe de Coral Holdings Ltd.

   

11,539

   
 

26,181

   

Cathay Pacific Airways Ltd.*

   

27,360

   
 

15,000

    Chow Sang Sang Holdings
International Ltd.
   

17,250

   
 

20,400

   

Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.

   

30,358

   
 

56,000

    CITIC Telecom International
Holdings Ltd.
   

23,523

   
 

10,906

   

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

   

54,750

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


24


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Hong Kong (Continued)

 
 

11,500

   

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

 

$

61,635

   
 

6,000

   

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

   

33,195

   
 

6,000

   

CLP Holdings Ltd.

   

49,523

   
 

8,000

   

Cowell e Holdings, Inc.*

   

23,615

   
 

6,000

   

Dah Sing Banking Group Ltd.

   

3,873

   
 

4,800

   

Dah Sing Financial Holdings Ltd.

   

9,835

   
 

16,000

    EC Healthcare    

3,565

   
 

78,750

   

Esprit Holdings Ltd.*

   

4,085

   
 

17,600

   

ESR Group Ltd.#

   

24,343

   
 

62,947

    Far East Consortium International
Ltd.
   

11,205

   
 

58,000

   

First Pacific Co. Ltd.

   

23,101

   
 

41,000

   

FIT Hon Teng Ltd.*,#

   

6,196

   
 

7,800

   

Fosun Tourism Group*,#

   

5,784

   
 

5,000

   

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

   

28,014

   
 

40,000

   

Giordano International Ltd.

   

13,524

   
 

7,361

   

Great Eagle Holdings Ltd.

   

11,425

   
 

142,000

    Guotai Junan International
Holdings Ltd.
   

10,911

   
 

118,800

    Haitong International Securities
Group Ltd.*
   

22,973

   
 

8,000

   

Hang Lung Group Ltd.

   

10,901

   
 

23,000

   

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

   

32,047

   
 

3,800

   

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

   

44,309

   
 

8,500

    Henderson Land
Development Co. Ltd.
   

26,180

   
 

24,500

    HK Electric Investments & HK
Electric Investments Ltd.
   

14,778

   
 

35,000

   

HKBN Ltd.

   

15,643

   
 

19,200

   

HKR International Ltd.

   

3,639

   
 

56,000

   

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd.

   

66,840

   
 

68,457

   

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

   

52,427

   
 

6,606

    Hong Kong Exchanges &
Clearing Ltd.
   

226,728

   
 

19,000

    Hong Kong Technology
Venture Co. Ltd.*
   

6,448

   
 

14,179

   

Hongkong & Shanghai Hotels Ltd.*

   

10,605

   
 

50,000

    Hutchison Telecommunications
Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.
   

6,852

   
 

9,000

   

Hysan Development Co. Ltd.

   

17,865

   
 

41,000

   

IGG, Inc.*

   

17,012

   
 

5,602

   

Johnson Electric Holdings Ltd.

   

8,896

   
 

37,000

   

K Wah International Holdings Ltd.

   

9,240

   
 

13,000

   

Kerry Logistics Network Ltd.

   

13,685

   
 

13,500

   

Kerry Properties Ltd.

   

24,689

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Hong Kong (Continued)

 
 

9,000

   

Kowloon Development Co. Ltd.

 

$

6,812

   
 

9,750

   

L'Occitane International SA

   

27,845

   
 

11,000

    Luk Fook Holdings
International Ltd.
   

29,513

   
 

26,800

   

Man Wah Holdings Ltd.

   

18,362

   
 

8,000

   

Miramar Hotel & Investment

   

10,962

   
 

6,185

   

MTR Corp. Ltd.

   

24,000

   
 

28,188

   

NagaCorp Ltd.*

   

11,082

   
 

14,000

   

New World Development Co. Ltd.

   

21,730

   
 

44,000

   

NewOcean Energy Holdings Ltd.*,§

   

39

   
 

38,000

   

NWS Holdings Ltd.

   

35,817

   
 

22,000

   

Oriental Watch Holdings

   

11,833

   
 

168,000

   

Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.

   

55,294

   
 

7,128

    Pacific Century Premium
Developments Ltd.*
   

223

   
 

29,000

   

Pacific Textiles Holdings Ltd.

   

5,014

   
 

59,789

   

PCCW Ltd.

   

31,853

   
 

6,000

   

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

   

34,770

   
 

4,800

   

PRADA SpA

   

27,447

   
 

23,700

   

Samsonite International SA*,#

   

78,155

   
 

9,600

   

Sands China Ltd.*

   

28,093

   
 

22,000

    Shandong Hi-Speed Holdings
Group Ltd.*
   

17,102

   
 

26,000

   

Shangri-La Asia Ltd.*

   

17,847

   
 

100,000

   

Shun Tak Holdings Ltd.*

   

12,935

   
 

138,000

   

Singamas Container Holdings Ltd.

   

9,190

   
 

36,629

   

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

   

39,826

   
 

35,000

    SITC International
Holdings Co. Ltd.
   

60,421

   
 

96,250

   

SJM Holdings Ltd.*

   

30,446

   
 

13,500

    SmarTone Telecommunications
Holdings Ltd.
   

7,019

   
 

11,500

   

Stella International Holdings Ltd.

   

13,564

   
 

31,000

   

Sun Hung Kai & Co. Ltd.

   

9,687

   
 

5,500

   

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

   

59,483

   
 

27,000

   

SUNeVision Holdings Ltd.

   

10,685

   
 

4,500

   

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class A

   

38,093

   
 

15,000

   

Swire Pacific Ltd., Class B

   

19,632

   
 

6,200

   

Swire Properties Ltd.

   

12,545

   
 

10,000

   

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

   

119,165

   
 

12,000

   

Television Broadcasts Ltd.*

   

4,856

   
 

18,500

   

Texhong International Group Ltd.*

   

10,377

   
 

170,000

   

Theme International Holdings Ltd.*

   

10,450

   
 

7,983

    Transport International
Holdings Ltd.
   

9,631

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


25


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Hong Kong (Continued)

 
 

30,000

    United Laboratories International
Holdings Ltd.
 

$

26,932

   
 

32,000

   

Value Partners Group Ltd.

   

8,770

   
 

12,000

   

Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd.

   

11,956

   
 

35,000

   

Vobile Group Ltd.*

   

10,802

   
 

24,000

   

VSTECS Holdings Ltd.

   

13,524

   
 

5,400

   

VTech Holdings Ltd.

   

32,607

   
 

135,326

   

WH Group Ltd.#

   

87,346

   
 

8,000

    Wharf Real Estate
Investment Co. Ltd.
   

27,047

   
 

28,174

   

Xinyi Glass Holdings Ltd.

   

31,607

   
 

14,500

   

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings Ltd.

   

16,044

   
 

29,000

   

Zensun Enterprises Ltd.*

   

773

   
     

3,089,451

   
   

Ireland—0.4%

 
 

19,650

   

AIB Group PLC

   

84,167

   
 

14,825

   

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

   

134,496

   
 

10,801

   

Cairn Homes PLC

   

15,763

   
 

4,637

   

Dalata Hotel Group PLC

   

23,650

   
 

821

   

FBD Holdings PLC

   

10,287

   
 

478

   

Flutter Entertainment PLC*

   

84,430

   
 

4,749

   

Glanbia PLC

   

78,168

   
 

7,929

   

Glenveagh Properties PLC*,#

   

10,679

   
 

1,946

   

Irish Continental Group PLC

   

9,302

   
 

1,222

   

Kerry Group PLC, Class A

   

106,115

   
 

1,365

   

Kingspan Group PLC

   

118,140

   
 

4,344

    Permanent TSB Group
Holdings PLC*
   

8,153

   
 

3,992

   

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

   

158,122

   
     

841,472

   
   

Israel—0.7%

 
 

182

   

AFI Properties Ltd.*

   

8,038

   
 

734

   

Airport City Ltd.*

   

12,549

   
 

1,386

    Alony Hetz Properties &
Investments Ltd.
   

11,335

   
 

160

   

Alrov Properties & Lodgings Ltd.

   

5,520

   
 

2,317

   

Amot Investments Ltd.

   

12,466

   
 

282

   

Ashdod Refinery Ltd.*

   

6,269

   
 

471

   

Ashtrom Group Ltd.

   

7,312

   
 

277

   

AudioCodes Ltd.

   

3,343

   
 

2,639

    Azorim-Investment Development &
Construction Co. Ltd.*
   

10,715

   
 

154

   

Azrieli Group Ltd.

   

9,962

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Israel (Continued)

 
 

12,866

   

Bank Hapoalim BM

 

$

115,528

   
 

15,548

   

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

   

125,009

   
 

22,557

    Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication
Corp. Ltd.
   

30,690

   
 

92

   

Big Shopping Centers Ltd.*

   

9,445

   
 

124

   

Blue Square Real Estate Ltd.

   

8,223

   
 

63

   

Brack Capital Properties NV*

   

4,225

   
 

506

   

Camtek Ltd.*

   

35,554

   
 

2,356

   

Cellcom Israel Ltd.*

   

9,631

   
 

1,006

    Clal Insurance Enterprises
Holdings Ltd.*
   

16,024

   
 

349

   

Danel Adir Yeoshua Ltd.

   

28,822

   
 

764

   

Delek Automotive Systems Ltd.

   

4,908

   
 

153

   

Delek Group Ltd.

   

19,777

   
 

611

   

Delta Galil Ltd.

   

27,255

   
 

96

   

Elbit Systems Ltd.

   

20,472

   
 

30

   

Electra Ltd.

   

12,734

   
 

986

   

Electra Real Estate Ltd.

   

11,147

   
 

4,030

   

Energix-Renewable Energies Ltd.

   

14,793

   
 

899

   

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd.*

   

17,419

   
 

567

   

Equital Ltd.*

   

17,373

   
 

166

   

Fattal Holdings 1998 Ltd.*

   

18,294

   
 

699

    First International Bank Of Israel
Ltd.
   

28,535

   
 

153

   

Formula Systems 1985 Ltd.

   

9,808

   
 

122

   

Formula Systems 1985 Ltd., ADR†

   

7,917

   
 

294

   

Fox Wizel Ltd.

   

19,944

   
 

1,517

   

Gav-Yam Lands Corp. Ltd.

   

12,352

   
 

2,147

    Harel Insurance Investments &
Financial Services Ltd.
   

16,829

   
 

313

   

Hilan Ltd.

   

16,452

   
 

8,898

   

ICL Group Ltd.

   

44,999

   
 

275

   

IDI Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

7,334

   
 

135

   

IES Holdings Ltd.*

   

8,994

   
 

2,482

   

Inrom Construction Industries Ltd.

   

7,267

   
 

6,972

   

Isracard Ltd.

   

24,724

   
 

2,814

   

Israel Canada T.R Ltd.

   

8,394

   
 

12,086

   

Israel Discount Bank Ltd., Class A

   

60,421

   
 

1,789

   

Israel Land Development Co. Ltd.

   

17,235

   
 

50

   

Isras Investment Co. Ltd.

   

10,359

   
 

302

   

Kenon Holdings Ltd.

   

7,294

   
 

521

   

Lapidoth Capital Ltd.

   

8,040

   
 

325

   

M Yochananof & Sons Ltd.

   

14,246

   
 

1,881

   

Magic Software Enterprises Ltd.

   

18,227

   
 

1,175

   

Matrix IT Ltd.

   

22,133

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


26


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Israel (Continued)

 
 

1,507

   

Maytronics Ltd.

 

$

17,078

   
 

4,151

   

Mediterranean Towers Ltd.

   

10,013

   
 

252

   

Mega Or Holdings Ltd.

   

5,881

   
 

298

   

Melisron Ltd.

   

23,046

   
 

526

   

Menora Mivtachim Holdings Ltd.

   

13,511

   
 

12,957

    Migdal Insurance & Financial
Holdings Ltd.
   

14,723

   
 

8,220

   

Mivne Real Estate KD Ltd.

   

24,407

   
 

1,572

   

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

   

60,786

   
 

2,005

   

Naphtha Israel Petroleum Corp. Ltd.

   

10,239

   
 

156

   

Nice Ltd.*

   

31,415

   
 

12

   

Nice Ltd., ADR†,*

   

2,394

   
 

305

   

Nova Ltd.*

   

42,068

   
 

70,417

   

Oil Refineries Ltd.

   

23,767

   
 

1,226

   

One Software Technologies Ltd.

   

15,648

   
 

1,134

   

OPC Energy Ltd.*

   

7,361

   
 

2,397

   

Partner Communications Co. Ltd.*

   

11,831

   
 

282

   

Paz Oil Co. Ltd.

   

23,608

   
 

499

   

Perion Network Ltd.*

   

15,698

   
 

3,099

   

Phoenix Holdings Ltd.

   

31,371

   
 

282

    Rami Levy Chain Stores Hashikma
Marketing 2006 Ltd.
   

15,718

   
 

313

   

Scope Metals Group Ltd.*

   

9,190

   
 

1,415

   

Shapir Engineering & Industry Ltd.

   

9,071

   
 

5,468

   

Shikun & Binui Ltd.*

   

15,434

   
 

2,661

   

Shufersal Ltd.*

   

12,678

   
 

700

   

Strauss Group Ltd.*

   

13,149

   
 

1,314

   

Summit Real Estate Holdings Ltd.

   

19,732

   
 

67

   

Tadiran Group Ltd.

   

4,963

   
 

3,209

   

Tamar Petroleum Ltd.#

   

14,492

   
 

2,274

   

Tel Aviv Stock Exchange Ltd.

   

12,097

   
 

526

   

Tera Light Ltd.*

   

1,036

   
 

2,579

    Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.,
ADR*
   

26,925

   
 

1,022

   

Tower Semiconductor Ltd.*

   

31,191

   
 

171

    YH Dimri Construction &
Development Ltd.
   

12,223

   
     

1,589,080

   
   

Italy—2.0%

 
 

32,247

   

A2A SpA

   

66,179

   
 

1,164

   

ACEA SpA†

   

17,772

   
 

2,108

   

Amplifon SpA

   

72,932

   
 

6,692

   

Anima Holding SpA#

   

29,595

   
 

1,954

   

Ariston Holding NV

   

13,514

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Italy (Continued)

 
 

2,328

   

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

 

$

49,100

   
 

1,709

   

Azimut Holding SpA

   

44,600

   
 

929

   

Banca Generali SpA†

   

34,500

   
 

801

   

Banca IFIS SpA

   

13,883

   
 

4,703

   

Banca Mediolanum SpA

   

44,307

   
 

9,508

    Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena
SpA*
   

31,972

   
 

9,396

   

Banca Popolare di Sondrio SPA

   

60,784

   
 

14,608

   

Banco BPM SpA

   

77,101

   
 

2,260

    BFF Bank SpA#    

25,748

   
 

26,017

    BPER Banca    

86,911

   
 

2,680

   

Brembo SpA

   

32,840

   
 

605

   

Brunello Cucinelli SpA

   

59,175

   
 

1,230

   

Buzzi SpA

   

37,395

   
 

3,016

   

Cairo Communication SpA

   

6,020

   
 

1,462

   

Carel Industries SpA†,#

   

40,027

   
 

2,669

   

Cementir Holding NV

   

28,109

   
 

27,159

   

CIR SpA-Compagnie Industriali†,*

   

12,907

   
 

3,914

   

Credito Emiliano SpA

   

34,740

   
 

5,195

   

d'Amico International Shipping SA

   

32,403

   
 

660

    Danieli & C Officine
Meccaniche SpA
   

21,385

   
 

1,879

   

Davide Campari-Milano NV

   

21,189

   
 

1,567

   

De' Longhi SpA†

   

52,796

   
 

279

   

DiaSorin SpA

   

28,718

   
 

1,488

   

doValue SpA†,#

   

5,626

   
 

3,319

   

Enav SpA†,#

   

12,590

   
 

77,219

   

Enel SpA

   

573,705

   
 

22,670

   

Eni SpA

   

384,107

   
 

766

   

ERG SpA

   

24,405

   
 

1,308

   

Esprinet SpA†

   

7,935

   
 

660

   

Ferrari NV

   

222,371

   
 

18,781

   

Fincantieri SpA†,*

   

11,569

   
 

4,430

   

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

   

66,437

   
 

725

   

Gruppo MutuiOnline SpA†

   

25,532

   
 

9,751

   

Hera SpA

   

31,992

   
 

1,991

   

Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA#

   

25,167

   
 

550

   

Interpump Group SpA

   

28,458

   
 

32,221

   

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

   

94,030

   
 

9,018

   

Iren SpA

   

19,642

   
 

7,345

   

Italgas SpA

   

42,002

   
 

803

   

Italmobiliare SpA†

   

24,600

   
 

3,666

   

Iveco Group NV*

   

32,968

   
 

1,706

   

Leonardo SpA

   

28,128

   
 

3,565

   

Maire Tecnimont SpA

   

19,324

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


27


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Italy (Continued)

 
 

4,946

    Mediobanca Banca di Credito
Finanziario SpA†
 

$

61,181

   
 

3,040

   

MFE-MediaForEurope NV, Class A†

   

7,913

   
 

1,616

   

MFE-MediaForEurope NV, Class B†

   

5,828

   
 

1,242

   

Moncler SpA

   

76,371

   
 

3,909

   

Nexi SpA†,*,#

   

31,959

   
 

9,750

   

OVS SpA#

   

24,433

   
 

7,136

   

Piaggio & C SpA

   

23,460

   
 

4,248

   

Pirelli & C SpA#

   

23,106

   
 

4,004

   

Poste Italiane SpA#

   

45,418

   
 

1,595

   

Prysmian SpA

   

72,492

   
 

2,926

   

RAI Way SpA#

   

16,506

   
 

570

    Recordati Industria Chimica e
Farmaceutica SpA
   

30,726

   
 

272

   

Reply SpA

   

35,883

   
 

14,895

   

Safilo Group SpA*

   

15,029

   
 

514

   

Salvatore Ferragamo SpA†

   

6,928

   
 

25,157

   

Saras SpA

   

44,880

   
 

103

   

Sesa SpA†

   

13,986

   
 

9,035

   

Snam SpA

   

46,430

   
 

575

   

SOL SpA

   

17,647

   
 

1,551

   

Spaxs SpA

   

9,340

   
 

20,599

   

Stellantis NV

   

480,957

   
 

2,781

   

Stellantis NV†

   

64,853

   
 

3,313

   

Tamburi Investment Partners SpA†

   

34,014

   
 

2,650

   

Technogym SpA#

   

26,519

   
 

1,265

   

Technoprobe SpA†,*

   

12,073

   
 

246,028

   

Telecom Italia SpA*

   

79,905

   
 

1,807

   

Tenaris SA

   

31,409

   
 

1,050

   

Tenaris SA, ADR

   

36,498

   
 

8,734

   

Terna—Rete Elettrica Nazionale

   

72,835

   
 

584

   

Tod's SpA†,*

   

22,010

   
 

13,445

   

UniCredit SpA

   

364,609

   
 

7,073

   

Unipol Gruppo SpA

   

40,306

   
 

9,399

   

UnipolSai Assicurazioni SpA

   

23,450

   
 

1,116

   

Zignago Vetro SpA

   

17,568

   
     

4,673,712

   
   

Japan—15.8%

 
 

1,200

   

77 Bank Ltd.

   

29,617

   
 

2,700

   

A&D HOLON Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

34,506

   
 

1,800

   

ABC-Mart, Inc.

   

31,468

   
 

4,900

   

Acom Co. Ltd.

   

12,243

   
 

1,200

   

Adastria Co. Ltd.

   

29,574

   
 

1,500

   

ADEKA Corp.

   

30,532

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

4,000

   

Advantest Corp.

 

$

136,085

   
 

4,700

   

Aeon Co. Ltd.

   

105,033

   
 

1,100

   

Aeon Delight Co. Ltd.

   

27,773

   
 

2,900

   

AEON Financial Service Co. Ltd.

   

26,018

   
 

2,100

   

Aeon Mall Co. Ltd.

   

26,391

   
 

2,900

   

AGC, Inc.†

   

107,691

   
 

1,300

   

Ai Holdings Corp.

   

21,565

   
 

700

   

Aica Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

16,939

   
 

2,900

   

Aida Engineering Ltd.

   

16,968

   
 

8,600

   

Aiful Corp.

   

23,177

   
 

900

   

Ain Holdings, Inc.

   

28,557

   
 

3,100

   

Air Water, Inc.

   

42,356

   
 

2,900

   

Aisan Industry Co. Ltd.

   

24,208

   
 

1,700

   

Aisin Corp.

   

59,476

   
 

1,700

   

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

   

65,589

   
 

1,200

   

Alconix Corp.

   

11,319

   
 

1,400

   

Alfresa Holdings Corp.

   

23,795

   
 

4,300

   

Alps Alpine Co. Ltd.

   

37,465

   
 

400

   

Altech Corp.

   

7,552

   
 

2,700

   

Amada Co. Ltd.

   

28,149

   
 

1,000

   

Amano Corp.

   

23,702

   
 

1,100

   

Amvis Holdings, Inc.

   

23,443

   
 

1,600

   

ANA Holdings, Inc.*

   

34,723

   
 

4,300

   

Anicom Holdings, Inc.

   

16,560

   
 

4,100

   

Anritsu Corp.

   

39,561

   
 

1,100

   

AOKI Holdings, Inc.

   

8,901

   
 

900

   

Aoyama Trading Co. Ltd.

   

9,466

   
 

1,800

   

Aozora Bank Ltd.†

   

39,102

   
 

1,000

   

Arata Corp.

   

22,057

   
 

1,200

   

ARCLANDS Corp.

   

14,298

   
 

1,000

   

Arcs Co. Ltd.

   

19,731

   
 

2,000

   

ARE Holdings, Inc.

   

27,674

   
 

400

   

Argo Graphics, Inc.

   

10,397

   
 

1,400

   

Arisawa Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

10,426

   
 

500

   

Artience Co. Ltd.†

   

9,323

   
 

300

   

Aruhi Corp.

   

1,749

   
 

500

   

As One Corp.

   

19,858

   
 

1,800

   

Asahi Diamond Industrial Co. Ltd.†

   

10,762

   
 

2,300

   

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

   

85,769

   
 

1,600

   

Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.

   

32,550

   
 

15,000

   

Asahi Kasei Corp.

   

110,532

   
 

700

   

Asahi Yukizai Corp.

   

18,840

   
 

1,200

   

Asanuma Corp.

   

32,851

   
 

1,100

   

Asics Corp.

   

34,467

   
 

1,400

   

ASKUL Corp.

   

21,348

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


28


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

2,100

   

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

 

$

25,111

   
 

1,600

   

Autobacs Seven Co. Ltd.

   

17,702

   
 

800

   

Avex, Inc.

   

7,762

   
 

800

   

Awa Bank Ltd.

   

13,379

   
 

400

   

Axial Retailing, Inc.

   

11,787

   
 

1,000

   

AZ-COM MARUWA Holdings, Inc.

   

10,844

   
 

1,100

   

Azbil Corp.

   

36,401

   
 

3,500

   

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

   

70,161

   
 

1,100

   

Bando Chemical Industries Ltd.

   

12,100

   
 

1,300

   

Bank of the Ryukyus Ltd.

   

10,197

   
 

1,000

   

BayCurrent Consulting, Inc.

   

35,113

   
 

300

   

Belc Co. Ltd.

   

13,298

   
 

1,300

   

Bell System24 Holdings, Inc.

   

16,135

   
 

1,300

   

Belluna Co. Ltd.

   

5,735

   
 

1,000

   

Benefit One, Inc.†

   

15,053

   
 

2,400

   

Benesse Holdings, Inc.

   

44,374

   
 

1,500

   

Bic Camera, Inc.

   

14,298

   
 

900

   

BIPROGY, Inc.

   

28,181

   
 

500

   

BML, Inc.

   

10,638

   
 

4,800

   

Bridgestone Corp.†

   

198,809

   
 

2,300

   

Brother Industries Ltd.

   

36,710

   
 

3,200

   

Bunka Shutter Co. Ltd.

   

31,818

   
 

400

   

C Uyemura & Co. Ltd.

   

31,376

   
 

1,700

   

Calbee, Inc.

   

34,163

   
 

900

   

Canon Electronics, Inc.†

   

13,047

   
 

1,200

   

Canon Marketing Japan, Inc.†

   

36,391

   
 

3,000

   

Canon, Inc.†

   

77,021

   
 

1,700

   

Capcom Co. Ltd.

   

54,930

   
 

2,700

   

Casio Computer Co. Ltd.

   

23,429

   
 

600

   

Central Glass Co. Ltd.

   

11,340

   
 

2,500

   

Central Japan Railway Co.

   

63,546

   
 

600

   

Change Holdings, Inc.

   

6,043

   
 

3,700

   

Chiba Bank Ltd.

   

26,727

   
 

7,600

   

Chiyoda Corp.†,*

   

18,380

   
 

600

   

Chofu Seisakusho Co. Ltd.†

   

8,655

   
 

600

   

Chori Co. Ltd.

   

12,021

   
 

3,800

   

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

49,090

   
 

1,700

   

Chubu Steel Plate Co. Ltd.

   

28,032

   
 

700

   

Chudenko Corp.

   

12,804

   
 

3,600

   

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

136,391

   
 

3,500

   

Chugin Financial Group, Inc.

   

24,860

   
 

3,900

   

Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

27,839

   
 

2,300

   

Chugoku Marine Paints Ltd.

   

27,045

   
 

5,400

   

Citizen Watch Co. Ltd.

   

32,209

   
 

1,300

   

CKD Corp.

   

23,418

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

2,600

    Coca-Cola Bottlers Japan
Holdings, Inc.
 

$

37,331

   
 

600

   

Colowide Co. Ltd.

   

9,455

   
 

1,700

    Computer Engineering &
Consulting Ltd.
   

18,893

   
 

900

   

COMSYS Holdings Corp.

   

19,851

   
 

1,300

   

Comture Corp.

   

17,048

   
 

8,000

   

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

   

36,573

   
 

1,000

   

Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

40,184

   
 

200

   

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

   

23,099

   
 

1,500

   

Create Restaurants Holdings, Inc.

   

11,638

   
 

600

   

Create SD Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

13,043

   
 

1,900

   

Credit Saison Co. Ltd.

   

35,029

   
 

600

   

CTI Engineering Co. Ltd.

   

22,383

   
 

3,600

   

CyberAgent, Inc.

   

22,598

   
 

1,700

   

Cybozu, Inc.†

   

26,284

   
 

1,000

   

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

   

29,596

   
 

1,000

   

Dai-Dan Co. Ltd.

   

10,106

   
 

2,600

   

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

   

55,172

   
 

4,700

   

Daicel Corp.

   

45,533

   
 

3,700

   

Daido Metal Co. Ltd.

   

14,433

   
 

3,000

   

Daido Steel Co. Ltd.

   

31,936

   
 

1,500

   

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

   

30,346

   
 

500

   

Daihen Corp.

   

22,872

   
 

700

   

Daiho Corp.

   

18,443

   
 

900

   

Daiichi Jitsugyo Co. Ltd.

   

12,543

   
 

1,100

   

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

   

30,207

   
 

900

   

Daiichikosho Co. Ltd.

   

13,318

   
 

1,900

   

Daiki Aluminium Industry Co. Ltd.

   

15,901

   
 

1,300

   

Daikin Industries Ltd.

   

211,918

   
 

1,400

   

Daikyonishikawa Corp.

   

6,791

   
 

4,000

   

Daio Paper Corp.†

   

31,858

   
 

1,280

   

Daiseki Co. Ltd.

   

35,540

   
 

400

    Daishi Hokuetsu Financial
Group, Inc.
   

10,879

   
 

660

   

Daito Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

8,917

   
 

500

   

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

   

57,979

   
 

5,300

   

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

   

160,579

   
 

7,700

   

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

   

51,830

   
 

1,400

   

Daiwabo Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

30,651

   
 

2,200

   

DCM Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

20,174

   
 

1,200

   

DeNA Co. Ltd.

   

11,719

   
 

2,000

   

Denka Co. Ltd.

   

35,404

   
 

5,000

   

Denso Corp.

   

75,426

   
 

900

   

Dentsu Group, Inc.†

   

23,094

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


29


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

400

   

Dentsu Soken, Inc.†

 

$

16,567

   
 

1,000

   

Dexerials Corp.

   

29,262

   
 

1,200

   

DIC Corp.†

   

23,587

   
 

400

   

Digital Arts, Inc.

   

14,553

   
 

700

   

Dip Corp.

   

15,936

   
 

500

   

Disco Corp.

   

124,043

   
 

1,800

   

DMG Mori Co. Ltd.†

   

34,474

   
 

1,100

   

Doutor Nichires Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

16,999

   
 

1,100

   

Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

40,193

   
 

600

   

DTS Corp.

   

15,000

   
 

1,000

   

Duskin Co. Ltd.

   

23,766

   
 

400

   

DyDo Group Holdings, Inc.

   

16,596

   
 

1,100

   

Eagle Industry Co. Ltd.

   

12,482

   
 

1,100

   

East Japan Railway Co.

   

63,418

   
 

1,100

   

Ebara Corp.

   

65,126

   
 

2,100

   

EDION Corp.

   

23,413

   
 

1,000

   

eGuarantee, Inc.

   

14,525

   
 

1,400

   

Eiken Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

16,969

   
 

600

   

Eisai Co. Ltd.

   

30,009

   
 

300

   

Eizo Corp.

   

10,500

   
 

600

   

Elecom Co. Ltd.

   

7,472

   
 

1,700

   

Electric Power Development Co. Ltd.

   

27,592

   
 

700

   

en Japan, Inc.

   

13,528

   
 

16,600

   

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

   

65,976

   
 

1,500

   

eRex Co. Ltd.†

   

8,309

   
 

2,400

   

ES-Con Japan Ltd.*

   

15,847

   
 

1,000

   

Exedy Corp.

   

18,397

   
 

1,900

   

EXEO Group, Inc.

   

42,245

   
 

1,000

   

Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd.†

   

29,610

   
 

900

   

Fancl Corp.

   

15,134

   
 

1,300

   

FANUC Corp.

   

38,235

   
 

1,000

   

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

   

248,156

   
 

1,100

   

FCC Co. Ltd.

   

13,574

   
 

2,300

   

Ferrotec Holdings Corp.

   

43,357

   
 

900

   

Financial Partners Group Co. Ltd.

   

10,736

   
 

2,200

   

Food & Life Cos. Ltd.

   

45,201

   
 

900

   

Foster Electric Co. Ltd.

   

6,709

   
 

800

   

FP Corp.

   

16,857

   
 

1,100

   

Fudo Tetra Corp.

   

17,639

   
 

900

   

Fuji Co. Ltd.

   

12,249

   
 

1,600

   

Fuji Corp.

   

27,518

   
 

1,000

   

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

   

43,043

   
 

500

   

Fuji Kyuko Co. Ltd.

   

14,965

   
 

1,600

   

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

   

17,799

   
 

700

   

Fuji Oil Holdings, Inc.

   

12,051

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

700

   

Fuji Seal International, Inc.

 

$

8,509

   
 

1,000

   

Fuji Soft, Inc.†

   

41,915

   
 

400

   

Fujibo Holdings, Inc.

   

10,652

   
 

700

   

Fujicco Co. Ltd.

   

9,631

   
 

1,600

   

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

   

96,148

   
 

3,400

   

Fujikura Ltd.

   

26,151

   
 

900

   

Fujimi, Inc.

   

20,011

   
 

500

   

Fujimori Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

13,404

   
 

900

   

Fujitsu Ltd.

   

135,798

   
 

400

   

Fukuda Denshi Co. Ltd.

   

20,908

   
 

800

   

Fukui Computer Holdings, Inc.

   

14,298

   
 

1,200

   

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

   

28,315

   
 

500

   

Fukushima Galilei Co. Ltd.

   

17,305

   
 

600

   

Fukuyama Transporting Co. Ltd.

   

17,255

   
 

1,200

   

FULLCAST Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

15,600

   
 

1,000

   

Funai Soken Holdings, Inc.†

   

18,184

   
 

900

   

Furukawa Co. Ltd.

   

12,172

   
 

1,200

   

Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.

   

18,868

   
 

1,200

   

Furuno Electric Co. Ltd.

   

15,779

   
 

400

   

Furuya Metal Co. Ltd.

   

27,092

   
 

400

   

Fuso Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

11,844

   
 

800

   

Futaba Corp.

   

2,973

   
 

4,700

   

Futaba Industrial Co. Ltd.

   

27,000

   
 

2,000

   

Future Corp.

   

25,035

   
 

500

   

Fuyo General Lease Co. Ltd.

   

43,422

   
 

800

   

G-7 Holdings, Inc.

   

6,803

   
 

2,200

   

G-Tekt Corp.

   

26,774

   
 

3,500

   

Gakken Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

24,500

   
 

800

   

Geo Holdings Corp.

   

12,040

   
 

1,600

   

Giken Ltd.

   

20,539

   
 

700

   

GLOBERIDE, Inc.

   

9,964

   
 

1,000

   

Glory Ltd.

   

19,092

   
 

900

   

GMO internet group, Inc.

   

16,360

   
 

300

   

GMO Payment Gateway, Inc.

   

20,847

   
 

700

   

Goldcrest Co. Ltd.

   

10,972

   
 

400

   

Goldwin, Inc.

   

28,752

   
 

1,000

   

GS Yuasa Corp.

   

14,078

   
 

1,100

   

GungHo Online Entertainment, Inc.†

   

18,345

   
 

4,900

   

Gunma Bank Ltd.

   

23,979

   
 

600

   

Gunze Ltd.

   

21,277

   
 

1,500

   

H.U. Group Holdings, Inc.

   

28,335

   
 

1,700

   

H2O Retailing Corp.

   

18,411

   
 

5,000

   

Hachijuni Bank Ltd.

   

27,862

   
 

800

   

Hagiwara Electric Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

27,631

   
 

5,200

   

Hakuhodo DY Holdings, Inc.

   

39,848

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


30


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

600

   

Halows Co. Ltd.

 

$

18,255

   
 

800

   

Hamakyorex Co. Ltd.

   

22,553

   
 

900

   

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

   

37,021

   
 

1,600

   

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

   

50,939

   
 

800

   

Hanwa Co. Ltd.

   

28,340

   
 

1,300

   

Happinet Corp.

   

25,511

   
 

800

   

Harmonic Drive Systems, Inc.†

   

23,603

   
 

3,500

   

Haseko Corp.

   

45,475

   
 

3,500

   

Hazama Ando Corp.

   

27,702

   
 

1,200

   

Heiwa Corp.

   

17,864

   
 

600

   

Heiwa Real Estate Co. Ltd.

   

16,043

   
 

900

   

Heiwado Co. Ltd.

   

13,615

   
 

200

   

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

   

33,163

   
 

4,400

   

Hino Motors Ltd.*

   

14,461

   
 

200

   

Hioki EE Corp.†

   

8,965

   
 

400

   

Hirata Corp.

   

17,844

   
 

3,100

   

Hirogin Holdings, Inc.

   

19,847

   
 

200

   

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

   

22,645

   
 

400

   

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

   

12,230

   
 

1,600

    Hitachi Construction
Machinery Co. Ltd.
   

42,292

   
 

5,400

   

Hitachi Ltd.

   

389,489

   
 

3,400

   

Hitachi Zosen Corp.

   

22,594

   
 

400

   

Hogy Medical Co. Ltd.

   

10,255

   
 

2,900

   

Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

12,846

   
 

700

   

Hokkoku Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

22,936

   
 

3,000

   

Hokuetsu Corp.†

   

30,149

   
 

1,800

   

Hokuhoku Financial Group, Inc.

   

19,449

   
 

2,300

   

Hokuriku Electric Power Co.*

   

11,967

   
 

1,200

   

Hokuto Corp.

   

14,774

   
 

30,900

   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

   

321,272

   
 

939

   

Honda Motor Co. Ltd., ADR

   

29,024

   
 

400

   

Horiba Ltd.

   

31,291

   
 

600

   

Hoshizaki Corp.

   

21,962

   
 

3,100

   

Hosiden Corp.

   

37,816

   
 

500

   

Hosokawa Micron Corp.

   

13,989

   
 

1,100

   

House Foods Group, Inc.

   

24,301

   
 

2,000

   

Hoya Corp.

   

250,000

   
 

4,100

   

Hulic Co. Ltd.†

   

42,934

   
 

3,000

   

Hyakugo Bank Ltd.

   

11,362

   
 

700

   

Ibiden Co. Ltd.

   

38,798

   
 

600

   

Idec Corp.

   

12,217

   
 

5,500

   

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

   

29,938

   
 

3,000

   

IDOM, Inc.

   

20,638

   
 

2,100

   

IHI Corp.

   

41,121

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

1,100

   

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

 

$

16,473

   
 

4,200

   

Iino Kaiun Kaisha Ltd.

   

35,357

   
 

500

   

Inaba Denki Sangyo Co. Ltd.

   

12,057

   
 

900

   

Inabata & Co. Ltd.

   

20,043

   
 

1,300

   

Infocom Corp.

   

22,847

   
 

2,412

   

INFRONEER Holdings, Inc.

   

24,009

   
 

13,200

   

Inpex Corp.†

   

178,294

   
 

1,400

   

Insource Co. Ltd.

   

8,777

   
 

200

   

Intage Holdings, Inc.†

   

2,305

   
 

400

    Integrated Design & Engineering
Holdings Co. Ltd.
   

9,603

   
 

1,200

   

Internet Initiative Japan, Inc.

   

24,545

   
 

300

   

IR Japan Holdings Ltd.†

   

3,230

   
 

1,300

   

Iriso Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

34,113

   
 

2,600

   

Isetan Mitsukoshi Holdings Ltd.

   

28,287

   
 

1,600

   

Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha Ltd.

   

15,285

   
 

7,800

   

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

   

100,460

   
 

500

   

Ito En Ltd.

   

15,184

   
 

6,800

   

ITOCHU Corp.†

   

278,125

   
 

1,200

   

Itochu Enex Co. Ltd.

   

13,081

   
 

680

   

Itoham Yonekyu Holdings, Inc.

   

18,591

   
 

700

   

Iwatani Corp.

   

31,937

   
 

4,100

   

Iyogin Holdings, Inc.

   

27,543

   
 

1,000

   

Izumi Co. Ltd.

   

25,667

   
 

2,300

   

J Trust Co. Ltd.†

   

7,487

   
 

700

   

J-Oil Mills, Inc.

   

9,596

   
 

3,500

   

J. Front Retailing Co. Ltd.

   

31,848

   
 

3,200

   

JAC Recruitment Co. Ltd.

   

14,752

   
 

1,000

   

Jaccs Co. Ltd.

   

36,809

   
 

2,100

   

JAFCO Group Co. Ltd.

   

24,574

   
 

1,400

   

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.

   

27,553

   
 

500

   

Japan Airport Terminal Co. Ltd.

   

22,025

   
 

1,800

    Japan Aviation Electronics
Industry Ltd.
   

41,170

   
 

1,100

    Japan Elevator Service
Holdings Co. Ltd.
   

18,240

   
 

3,600

   

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

   

76,162

   
 

1,500

   

Japan Lifeline Co. Ltd.

   

13,436

   
 

1,200

   

Japan Material Co. Ltd.

   

21,362

   
 

1,100

   

Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd.

   

40,879

   
 

2,100

   

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

   

21,387

   
 

7,800

   

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

69,674

   
 

1,000

   

Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.

   

17,759

   
 

600

   

Japan Pulp & Paper Co. Ltd.

   

21,191

   
 

3,000

   

Japan Securities Finance Co. Ltd.

   

32,979

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


31


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

1,000

   

Japan Steel Works Ltd.

 

$

17,376

   
 

6,700

   

Japan Tobacco, Inc.†

   

173,202

   
 

1,700

   

Japan Wool Textile Co. Ltd.†

   

16,180

   
 

400

   

JCU Corp.

   

11,291

   
 

500

   

Jeol Ltd.

   

21,950

   
 

6,200

   

JFE Holdings, Inc.

   

96,188

   
 

2,700

   

JGC Holdings Corp.

   

31,165

   
 

400

   

JINS Holdings, Inc.

   

13,333

   
 

600

   

Joshin Denki Co. Ltd.

   

10,332

   
 

900

   

Joyful Honda Co. Ltd.

   

11,783

   
 

900

   

JSR Corp.

   

25,660

   
 

3,800

   

JTEKT Corp.

   

32,165

   
 

800

   

Juroku Financial Group, Inc.

   

21,135

   
 

800

   

Justsystems Corp.

   

18,582

   
 

6,300

   

JVCKenwood Corp.

   

33,109

   
 

3,200

   

K's Holdings Corp.

   

29,980

   
 

800

   

Kadokawa Corp.

   

16,289

   
 

700

   

Kaga Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

30,433

   
 

800

   

Kagome Co. Ltd.

   

17,810

   
 

2,200

   

Kajima Corp.

   

36,768

   
 

2,900

   

Kakaku.com, Inc.

   

35,911

   
 

500

   

Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

11,897

   
 

600

   

Kameda Seika Co. Ltd.

   

17,468

   
 

1,000

   

Kamigumi Co. Ltd.

   

23,872

   
 

1,300

   

Kanamoto Co. Ltd.

   

26,977

   
 

2,200

   

Kandenko Co. Ltd.

   

21,501

   
 

1,100

   

Kaneka Corp.

   

27,945

   
 

1,700

   

Kanematsu Corp.

   

24,897

   
 

4,100

   

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

54,434

   
 

1,200

   

Kansai Paint Co. Ltd.

   

20,502

   
 

1,500

   

Kanto Denka Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

9,128

   
 

1,700

   

Kao Corp.

   

69,929

   
 

900

   

Katitas Co. Ltd.

   

13,972

   
 

400

   

Kato Sangyo Co. Ltd.

   

13,035

   
 

300

   

Kawada Technologies, Inc.

   

13,894

   
 

1,800

   

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd.

   

39,817

   
 

1,100

   

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

   

47,199

   
 

14,200

   

KDDI Corp.

   

451,782

   
 

600

    KeePer Technical
Laboratory Co. Ltd.
   

29,660

   
 

1,200

   

Keihan Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

31,370

   
 

3,100

   

Keikyu Corp.

   

28,329

   
 

700

   

Keio Corp.

   

22,038

   
 

600

   

Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

   

28,357

   
 

2,500

   

Keiyo Bank Ltd.

   

12,074

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

900

   

Kewpie Corp.

 

$

15,859

   
 

600

   

Keyence Corp.

   

264,340

   
 

500

   

KFC Holdings Japan Ltd.

   

10,887

   
 

1,100

   

KH Neochem Co. Ltd.†

   

17,701

   
 

300

   

Ki-Star Real Estate Co. Ltd.

   

6,691

   
 

300

   

Kikkoman Corp.

   

18,370

   
 

1,200

   

Kinden Corp.

   

20,391

   
 

1,000

   

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

31,716

   
 

1,800

   

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.†

   

26,374

   
 

800

   

Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

17,532

   
 

2,600

   

Kitz Corp.

   

22,238

   
 

1,600

   

Kiyo Bank Ltd.

   

17,918

   
 

1,500

   

Koa Corp.

   

16,468

   
 

700

   

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

33,709

   
 

1,300

   

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.

   

38,410

   
 

4,600

   

Kobe Steel Ltd.

   

59,523

   
 

1,000

   

Koei Tecmo Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

11,408

   
 

900

   

Kohnan Shoji Co. Ltd.

   

25,053

   
 

1,600

   

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

24,936

   
 

1,500

   

Kokuyo Co. Ltd.

   

24,404

   
 

7,800

   

Komatsu Ltd.

   

204,017

   
 

1,100

   

KOMEDA Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

21,415

   
 

1,000

   

Komeri Co. Ltd.†

   

21,915

   
 

1,400

   

Komori Corp.

   

11,329

   
 

600

   

Konami Group Corp.

   

31,417

   
 

6,900

   

Konica Minolta, Inc.*

   

20,201

   
 

1,400

   

Konishi Co. Ltd.

   

13,434

   
 

1,200

   

Konoike Transport Co. Ltd.

   

16,596

   
 

500

   

Kose Corp.

   

37,500

   
 

2,000

   

Koshidaka Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

15,433

   
 

1,500

   

Kotobuki Spirits Co. Ltd.

   

22,989

   
 

4,400

   

Kubota Corp.

   

66,234

   
 

400

   

Kumagai Gumi Co. Ltd.

   

10,227

   
 

1,500

   

Kumiai Chemical Industry Co. Ltd.†

   

8,585

   
 

4,700

   

Kuraray Co. Ltd.†

   

47,517

   
 

1,200

   

Kureha Corp.

   

24,511

   
 

1,200

   

Kurita Water Industries Ltd.

   

46,979

   
 

1,200

   

Kusuri No. Aoki Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

27,294

   
 

1,000

   

KYB Corp.

   

34,787

   
 

3,200

   

Kyocera Corp.

   

46,706

   
 

1,500

   

Kyoei Steel Ltd.

   

21,266

   
 

1,700

   

Kyokuto Kaihatsu Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

23,691

   
 

500

   

Kyokuyo Co. Ltd.

   

13,369

   
 

500

   

Kyorin Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

6,312

   
 

600

   

Kyoritsu Maintenance Co. Ltd.†

   

25,489

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


32


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

2,400

   

Kyoto Financial Group, Inc.

 

$

37,387

   
 

900

   

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

   

15,128

   
 

600

   

Kyudenko Corp.

   

21,643

   
 

5,300

   

Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc.*

   

38,378

   
 

5,000

   

Kyushu Financial Group, Inc.

   

28,894

   
 

1,200

   

Kyushu Railway Co.

   

26,443

   
 

400

   

Lasertec Corp.

   

105,447

   
 

600

   

Lawson, Inc.

   

30,991

   
 

10,100

   

Leopalace21 Corp.*

   

30,658

   
 

900

   

Life Corp.

   

21,096

   
 

1,900

   

LIFENET INSURANCE Co.†,*

   

15,833

   
 

1,000

   

Lintec Corp.

   

19,504

   
 

1,900

   

Lion Corp.†

   

17,632

   
 

200

   

LITALICO, Inc.

   

2,925

   
 

5,000

   

Lixil Corp.

   

62,429

   
 

12,500

   

LY Corp.

   

44,300

   
 

500

   

M&A Capital Partners Co. Ltd.

   

8,624

   
 

2,100

   

M3, Inc.

   

34,747

   
 

1,400

   

Mabuchi Motor Co. Ltd.†

   

23,224

   
 

700

   

Macnica Holdings, Inc.

   

36,921

   
 

900

   

Macromill, Inc.

   

5,017

   
 

800

   

Maeda Kosen Co. Ltd.

   

17,220

   
 

600

   

Makino Milling Machine Co. Ltd.

   

24,979

   
 

900

   

Makita Corp.

   

24,830

   
 

1,800

   

Mandom Corp.

   

16,302

   
 

2,300

   

Mani, Inc.

   

34,810

   
 

3,300

   

Marubeni Corp.

   

52,156

   
 

800

   

Marudai Food Co. Ltd.

   

9,226

   
 

700

   

Maruha Nichiro Corp.

   

13,782

   
 

2,000

   

Marui Group Co. Ltd.

   

33,539

   
 

1,300

   

Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.

   

33,828

   
 

2,200

   

Marusan Securities Co. Ltd.

   

13,138

   
 

200

   

Maruwa Co. Ltd.

   

41,844

   
 

500

   

Maruzen Showa Unyu Co. Ltd.

   

13,865

   
 

1,300

   

Matsuda Sangyo Co. Ltd.

   

22,091

   
 

4,100

   

Matsui Securities Co. Ltd.

   

21,285

   
 

1,620

   

MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.

   

28,689

   
 

1,700

   

Maxell Ltd.

   

18,809

   
 

7,000

   

Mazda Motor Corp.

   

75,635

   
 

500

    McDonald's Holdings Co.
Japan Ltd.†
   

21,667

   
 

1,300

   

MCJ Co. Ltd.

   

10,114

   
 

9,000

   

Mebuki Financial Group, Inc.

   

27,377

   
 

1,600

   

Medipal Holdings Corp.

   

25,935

   
 

400

   

Medley, Inc.*

   

12,482

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

600

   

Megachips Corp.

 

$

19,915

   
 

1,000

   

Megmilk Snow Brand Co. Ltd.

   

14,993

   
 

1,700

   

Meidensha Corp.

   

29,358

   
 

1,600

   

MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

38,003

   
 

900

   

Meiko Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

26,617

   
 

1,500

   

MEITEC Group Holdings, Inc.

   

30,074

   
 

1,600

   

Menicon Co. Ltd.

   

26,655

   
 

1,000

   

Mercari, Inc.*

   

18,528

   
 

1,800

   

METAWATER Co. Ltd.

   

27,919

   
 

500

   

Micronics Japan Co. Ltd.

   

13,014

   
 

600

   

Milbon Co. Ltd.†

   

15,719

   
 

1,200

    Mimasu Semiconductor
Industry Co. Ltd.
   

27,234

   
 

3,200

   

MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.

   

65,782

   
 

1,600

   

Mirait One Corp.

   

21,095

   
 

2,600

   

MISUMI Group, Inc.

   

44,062

   
 

600

   

Mitani Sekisan Co. Ltd.

   

20,340

   
 

4,200

   

Mitsuba Corp.

   

29,191

   
 

15,500

   

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.

   

94,979

   
 

6,600

   

Mitsubishi Corp.

   

105,483

   
 

9,300

   

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

   

131,849

   
 

3,500

   

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

   

48,230

   
 

1,500

   

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.

   

23,995

   
 

9,500

   

Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.

   

63,791

   
 

1,400

   

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

   

81,826

   
 

900

   

Mitsubishi Logistics Corp.

   

27,121

   
 

2,000

   

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

   

34,716

   
 

9,200

   

Mitsubishi Motors Corp.

   

29,296

   
 

900

   

Mitsubishi Pencil Co. Ltd.

   

13,315

   
 

1,000

   

Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co. Ltd.

   

34,113

   
 

49,100

   

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

   

421,877

   
 

600

   

Mitsuboshi Belting Ltd.

   

18,660

   
 

2,200

   

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

   

82,664

   
 

2,500

   

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

   

74,149

   
 

2,100

   

Mitsui E&S Co. Ltd.

   

10,515

   
 

3,200

   

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

   

78,479

   
 

300

   

Mitsui High-Tec, Inc.

   

15,660

   
 

1,000

    Mitsui Matsushima
Holdings Co. Ltd.†
   

18,688

   
 

1,300

   

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd.

   

39,968

   
 

2,100

   

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

   

67,274

   
 

800

   

Mitsui-Soko Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

26,695

   
 

1,300

   

Mitsuuroko Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

14,632

   
 

1,000

   

Miura Co. Ltd.

   

19,915

   
 

1,000

   

MIXI, Inc.

   

16,745

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


33


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

700

   

Miyazaki Bank Ltd.

 

$

13,002

   
 

10,390

   

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

   

177,772

   
 

1,000

   

Mizuho Leasing Co. Ltd.

   

34,326

   
 

700

   

Mizuno Corp.

   

19,511

   
 

1,200

   

Mochida Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

27,830

   
 

400

   

Modec, Inc.*

   

6,576

   
 

3,300

   

Monex Group, Inc.

   

16,828

   
 

900

   

Monogatari Corp.†

   

28,021

   
 

2,900

   

MonotaRO Co. Ltd.

   

31,663

   
 

2,400

   

Morinaga & Co. Ltd.

   

43,549

   
 

1,600

   

Morinaga Milk Industry Co. Ltd.

   

30,956

   
 

2,100

   

Morita Holdings Corp.

   

23,145

   
 

1,700

    MS&AD Insurance Group
Holdings, Inc.
   

66,867

   
 

9,600

   

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

203,779

   
 

2,000

   

Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co. Ltd.

   

21,418

   
 

1,000

   

Musashino Bank Ltd.

   

18,908

   
 

1,200

   

Nabtesco Corp.†

   

24,489

   
 

600

   

Nachi-Fujikoshi Corp.

   

15,638

   
 

1,500

   

Nagase & Co. Ltd.

   

24,043

   
 

1,800

   

Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.

   

28,889

   
 

1,100

   

Nakanishi, Inc.

   

18,497

   
 

3,400

   

Nakayama Steel Works Ltd.

   

19,677

   
 

1,200

   

Nankai Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

   

24,383

   
 

800

   

Nanto Bank Ltd.

   

13,850

   
 

1,100

   

NEC Corp.

   

65,142

   
 

1,600

    NEC Networks & System
Integration Corp.
   

26,996

   
 

1,700

   

NET One Systems Co. Ltd.

   

28,978

   
 

1,000

   

Nexon Co. Ltd.†

   

18,223

   
 

1,100

   

Nextage Co. Ltd.†

   

20,190

   
 

3,900

   

NGK Insulators Ltd.

   

46,620

   
 

1,000

   

NH Foods Ltd.

   

33,901

   
 

2,400

   

NHK Spring Co. Ltd.

   

20,374

   
 

1,200

   

Nichias Corp.

   

28,851

   
 

1,400

   

Nichicon Corp.

   

12,888

   
 

900

   

Nichiden Corp.

   

18,326

   
 

700

   

Nichiha Corp.

   

14,720

   
 

1,500

   

Nichirei Corp.

   

36,957

   
 

1,500

   

Nichireki Co. Ltd.

   

25,702

   
 

800

   

Nichirin Co. Ltd.

   

18,553

   
 

1,300

   

NIDEC Corp.

   

52,507

   
 

800

   

Nifco, Inc.

   

20,681

   
 

2,600

   

Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

23,179

   
 

700

   

Nihon Kohden Corp.

   

22,157

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

4,000

   

Nihon M&A Center Holdings, Inc.

 

$

22,062

   
 

1,800

   

Nihon Parkerizing Co. Ltd.

   

14,528

   
 

1,700

   

Nikkiso Co. Ltd.

   

12,418

   
 

1,300

   

Nikkon Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

28,397

   
 

3,000

   

Nikon Corp.

   

29,702

   
 

3,500

   

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

   

182,670

   
 

900

   

Nippn Corp.

   

14,189

   
 

600

   

Nippon Carbon Co. Ltd.†

   

18,660

   
 

600

   

Nippon Chemi-Con Corp.*

   

5,591

   
 

9,100

   

Nippon Denko Co. Ltd.†

   

17,813

   
 

700

   

Nippon Densetsu Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

9,884

   
 

1,200

   

Nippon Electric Glass Co. Ltd.†

   

25,796

   
 

1,100

    NIPPON EXPRESS HOLDINGS,
Inc.
   

62,521

   
 

1,800

   

Nippon Gas Co. Ltd.

   

29,713

   
 

2,500

   

Nippon Kayaku Co. Ltd.

   

23,856

   
 

1,520

    Nippon Light Metal Holdings Co.
Ltd.
   

18,898

   
 

2,700

   

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

21,830

   
 

1,200

   

Nippon Paper Industries Co. Ltd.*

   

10,757

   
 

10,200

    Nippon Parking Development Co.
Ltd.†
   

13,889

   
 

1,100

   

Nippon Pillar Packing Co. Ltd.

   

34,755

   
 

500

   

Nippon Road Co. Ltd.

   

7,266

   
 

1,900

   

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.

   

50,882

   
 

1,200

   

Nippon Seiki Co. Ltd.

   

9,762

   
 

5,100

   

Nippon Sheet Glass Co. Ltd.*

   

20,762

   
 

500

   

Nippon Shinyaku Co. Ltd.

   

17,716

   
 

400

   

Nippon Shokubai Co. Ltd.

   

15,416

   
 

2,600

   

Nippon Signal Company Ltd.

   

17,887

   
 

900

   

Nippon Soda Co. Ltd.

   

34,660

   
 

6,800

   

Nippon Steel Corp.

   

155,773

   
 

122,500

    Nippon Telegraph & Telephone
Corp.
   

149,693

   
 

530

   

Nippon Yakin Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

15,844

   
 

4,800

   

Nippon Yusen KK†

   

148,800

   
 

5,000

   

Nipro Corp.

   

39,255

   
 

2,000

    Nishi-Nippon Financial Holdings,
Inc.
   

23,135

   
 

900

   

Nishi-Nippon Railroad Co. Ltd.

   

15,252

   
 

1,000

   

Nishimatsu Construction Co. Ltd.

   

27,844

   
 

1,600

   

Nishimatsuya Chain Co. Ltd.

   

23,501

   
 

700

   

Nishio Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

20,355

   
 

1,000

   

Nissan Chemical Corp.

   

39,050

   
 

21,600

   

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

   

84,899

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


34


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

3,200

   

Nissan Shatai Co. Ltd.

 

$

20,902

   
 

600

   

Nissei ASB Machine Co. Ltd.

   

18,723

   
 

1,100

   

Nissha Co. Ltd.†

   

11,491

   
 

800

   

Nisshin Oillio Group Ltd.

   

24,340

   
 

1,400

   

Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc.

   

18,850

   
 

4,400

   

Nisshinbo Holdings, Inc.

   

35,746

   
 

1,200

   

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

41,881

   
 

5,400

   

Nissui Corp.

   

29,072

   
 

2,000

   

Niterra Co. Ltd.

   

47,504

   
 

400

   

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

53,560

   
 

900

   

Nitta Corp.†

   

23,457

   
 

1,100

   

Nittetsu Mining Co. Ltd.

   

40,645

   
 

600

   

Nitto Boseki Co. Ltd.†

   

19,553

   
 

900

   

Nitto Denko Corp.

   

67,340

   
 

700

   

Nitto Kogyo Corp.

   

17,872

   
 

300

   

Noevir Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

10,936

   
 

700

   

NOF Corp.

   

34,782

   
 

900

   

Nohmi Bosai Ltd.

   

14,055

   
 

2,200

   

Nojima Corp.

   

27,352

   
 

1,500

   

NOK Corp.

   

20,016

   
 

16,900

   

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

   

76,434

   
 

1,500

   

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

   

39,457

   
 

2,200

   

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

   

63,987

   
 

300

   

Noritake Co. Ltd.

   

14,574

   
 

700

   

Noritsu Koki Co. Ltd.†

   

14,884

   
 

1,100

   

Noritz Corp.†

   

11,788

   
 

7,800

   

North Pacific Bank Ltd.

   

19,638

   
 

800

   

NS United Kaiun Kaisha Ltd.

   

27,206

   
 

800

   

NSD Co. Ltd.

   

15,382

   
 

2,900

   

NSK Ltd.

   

15,693

   
 

10,800

   

NTN Corp.

   

19,915

   
 

3,600

   

NTT Data Group Corp.

   

51,038

   
 

600

   

Obara Group, Inc.

   

16,064

   
 

3,100

   

Obayashi Corp.

   

26,823

   
 

500

   

OBIC Business Consultants Co. Ltd.

   

22,872

   
 

200

   

Obic Co. Ltd.

   

34,461

   
 

2,100

   

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

   

32,036

   
 

1,100

   

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank Ltd.

   

14,713

   
 

300

   

Ohsho Food Service Corp.

   

17,170

   
 

800

   

Oisix ra daichi, Inc.†,*

   

7,728

   
 

13,300

   

Oji Holdings Corp.

   

51,219

   
 

1,000

   

Okamura Corp.

   

15,461

   
 

4,600

   

Okasan Securities Group, Inc.

   

22,348

   
 

1,800

   

Oki Electric Industry Co. Ltd.

   

11,630

   
 

1,000

   

Okinawa Cellular Telephone Co.

   

24,007

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

1,155

   

Okinawa Electric Power Co., Inc.

 

$

9,134

   
 

500

   

OKUMA Corp.

   

21,543

   
 

700

   

Okumura Corp.

   

23,259

   
 

4,700

   

Olympus Corp.

   

68,017

   
 

600

   

Omron Corp.

   

28,013

   
 

2,800

   

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

49,963

   
 

3,700

   

Onward Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

12,622

   
 

1,500

   

Open House Group Co. Ltd.

   

44,500

   
 

1,200

   

Open Up Group, Inc.

   

19,991

   
 

1,000

   

Optex Group Co. Ltd.

   

12,667

   
 

700

   

Optorun Co. Ltd.

   

8,097

   
 

500

   

Oracle Corp.

   

38,546

   
 

800

   

Organo Corp.

   

33,135

   
 

2,810

   

Orient Corp.

   

21,324

   
 

3,300

   

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

   

122,896

   
 

9,300

   

ORIX Corp.

   

175,183

   
 

2,100

   

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

   

43,862

   
 

700

    Osaka Organic Chemical Industry
Ltd.†
   

13,474

   
 

600

   

Osaka Soda Co. Ltd.†

   

41,191

   
 

900

    OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co.
Ltd.†
   

17,311

   
 

2,900

   

OSG Corp.

   

41,587

   
 

700

   

Otsuka Corp.

   

28,859

   
 

1,000

   

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

37,511

   
 

1,900

   

Outsourcing, Inc.†,*

   

23,447

   
 

800

   

Oyo Corp.

   

11,643

   
 

1,600

   

Pacific Industrial Co. Ltd.

   

14,593

   
 

900

   

Pacific Metals Co. Ltd.*

   

7,749

   
 

1,600

   

PAL GROUP Holdings Co. Ltd.†

   

27,960

   
 

300

   

PALTAC Corp.

   

9,498

   
 

2,600

    Pan Pacific International
Holdings Corp.
   

62,031

   
 

16,800

   

Panasonic Holdings Corp.

   

166,391

   
 

700

   

Paramount Bed Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

13,757

   
 

1,800

   

Park24 Co. Ltd.*

   

23,062

   
 

700

   

Pasona Group, Inc.

   

13,116

   
 

3,900

   

Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.

   

21,904

   
 

1,900

   

PeptiDream, Inc.*

   

20,031

   
 

26,000

   

Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

44,643

   
 

2,100

   

Pigeon Corp.†

   

24,187

   
 

500

   

Pilot Corp.

   

14,897

   
 

1,100

   

Piolax, Inc.†

   

18,177

   
 

900

   

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.†

   

10,111

   
 

900

   

Premium Group Co. Ltd.

   

11,636

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


35


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

2,500

   

Press Kogyo Co. Ltd.

 

$

10,106

   
 

600

   

Pressance Corp.†

   

6,787

   
 

2,100

   

Prestige International, Inc.

   

8,936

   
 

1,100

   

Prima Meat Packers Ltd.

   

18,318

   
 

600

   

Procrea Holdings, Inc.

   

7,987

   
 

1,000

   

Proto Corp.

   

9,589

   
 

1,300

   

Qol Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

15,277

   
 

900

   

Raito Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

12,064

   
 

2,400

   

Raksul, Inc.*

   

21,583

   
 

1,700

   

Rakus Co. Ltd.

   

31,498

   
 

7,900

   

Rakuten Group, Inc.†

   

35,186

   
 

7,900

   

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

334,097

   
 

2,100

   

Relo Group, Inc.

   

25,312

   
 

12,500

   

Renesas Electronics Corp.*

   

225,975

   
 

4,600

   

Rengo Co. Ltd.

   

30,667

   
 

500

   

RENOVA, Inc.†,*

   

4,216

   
 

15,200

   

Resona Holdings, Inc.

   

77,240

   
 

3,000

   

Resonac Holdings Corp.

   

59,787

   
 

1,100

   

Resorttrust, Inc.

   

19,082

   
 

1,000

   

Restar Holdings Corp.

   

20,000

   
 

6,400

   

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

   

49,157

   
 

400

   

Ricoh Leasing Co. Ltd.

   

13,773

   
 

800

   

Riken Keiki Co. Ltd.

   

39,092

   
 

900

   

Riken Vitamin Co. Ltd.

   

14,266

   
 

1,200

   

Rinnai Corp.

   

27,813

   
 

4,000

   

Riso Kyoiku Co. Ltd.

   

6,440

   
 

2,800

   

Rohm Co. Ltd.

   

53,667

   
 

1,500

   

Rohto Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

30,245

   
 

300

   

Roland Corp.†

   

9,372

   
 

400

   

Roland DG Corp.

   

10,340

   
 

300

   

Rorze Corp.

   

32,043

   
 

3,600

   

Round One Corp.

   

14,247

   
 

600

   

Royal Holdings Co. Ltd.†

   

10,979

   
 

1,000

   

RS Technologies Co. Ltd.†

   

21,199

   
 

500

   

Ryobi Ltd.†

   

9,426

   
 

2,000

   

Ryohin Keikaku Co. Ltd.

   

33,468

   
 

200

   

Ryosan Co. Ltd.

   

6,674

   
 

600

   

S Foods, Inc.

   

14,021

   
 

1,600

   

S-Pool, Inc.

   

5,038

   
 

500

   

Saizeriya Co. Ltd.

   

17,837

   
 

1,400

   

Sakai Moving Service Co. Ltd.

   

27,007

   
 

1,300

   

Sakata INX Corp.

   

12,521

   
 

2,700

   

Sala Corp.

   

13,998

   
 

1,800

   

SAMTY Co. Ltd.

   

31,085

   
 

300

   

San-A Co. Ltd.

   

9,691

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

2,100

   

San-Ai Obbli Co. Ltd.

 

$

23,919

   
 

3,000

   

San-In Godo Bank Ltd.

   

21,149

   
 

1,200

   

Sangetsu Corp.

   

26,383

   
 

700

   

Sanken Electric Co. Ltd.

   

38,599

   
 

1,300

   

Sanki Engineering Co. Ltd.

   

16,135

   
 

600

   

Sankyo Co. Ltd.

   

34,991

   
 

800

   

Sankyu, Inc.

   

29,396

   
 

700

   

Sanrio Co. Ltd.

   

29,187

   
 

3,600

   

Santen Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

35,872

   
 

2,300

   

Sanwa Holdings Corp.

   

34,883

   
 

500

   

Sanyo Chemical Industries Ltd.

   

15,018

   
 

300

   

Sanyo Denki Co. Ltd.

   

13,340

   
 

900

   

Sanyo Special Steel Co. Ltd.

   

16,826

   
 

600

   

Sapporo Holdings Ltd.†

   

26,460

   
 

900

   

Sato Holdings Corp.

   

13,506

   
 

600

   

Sawai Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

22,166

   
 

1,700

   

SBI Holdings, Inc.

   

38,244

   
 

500

   

SBS Holdings, Inc.†

   

8,716

   
 

600

   

SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

50,766

   
 

1,600

   

SCSK Corp.

   

31,728

   
 

700

   

Secom Co. Ltd.

   

50,415

   
 

2,400

   

Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.

   

33,566

   
 

3,000

   

Seibu Holdings, Inc.

   

41,638

   
 

1,000

   

Seikagaku Corp.

   

5,397

   
 

3,100

   

Seiko Epson Corp.

   

46,401

   
 

700

   

Seiko Group Corp.

   

13,374

   
 

1,600

   

Seino Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

24,261

   
 

800

   

Seiren Co. Ltd.

   

14,065

   
 

4,300

   

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

61,984

   
 

4,100

   

Sekisui House Ltd.

   

91,072

   
 

900

   

Sekisui Jushi Corp.

   

15,868

   
 

1,600

   

Senko Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

12,959

   
 

8,500

   

Senshu Ikeda Holdings, Inc.

   

19,472

   
 

1,100

   

Seria Co. Ltd.

   

20,510

   
 

8,800

   

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

349,191

   
 

7,000

   

Seven Bank Ltd.

   

14,879

   
 

3,800

   

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

54,548

   
 

4,900

   

Sharp Corp.*

   

34,943

   
 

500

   

Shibaura Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

19,752

   
 

1,100

   

Shibaura Machine Co. Ltd.†

   

26,993

   
 

600

   

Shibaura Mechatronics Corp.

   

25,277

   
 

600

   

Shibuya Corp.

   

10,396

   
 

100

   

SHIFT, Inc.*

   

25,404

   
 

1,000

   

Shiga Bank Ltd.

   

24,752

   
 

1,700

   

Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

12,220

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


36


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

900

   

Shikoku Kasei Holdings Corp.

 

$

11,457

   
 

900

   

Shima Seiki Manufacturing Ltd.

   

9,734

   
 

1,700

   

Shimadzu Corp.

   

47,528

   
 

200

   

Shimamura Co. Ltd.

   

22,355

   
 

500

   

Shimano, Inc.

   

77,429

   
 

3,500

   

Shimizu Corp.

   

23,249

   
 

1,000

    Shin Nippon Biomedical
Laboratories Ltd.†
   

12,043

   
 

17,200

   

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

721,790

   
 

2,000

   

Shin-Etsu Polymer Co. Ltd.

   

23,787

   
 

800

   

Shinko Electric Industries Co. Ltd.

   

31,115

   
 

1,700

   

Shinmaywa Industries Ltd.

   

14,179

   
 

1,000

   

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

   

48,213

   
 

1,200

   

Ship Healthcare Holdings, Inc.

   

20,489

   
 

2,200

   

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

   

66,343

   
 

4,800

   

Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc.

   

40,681

   
 

2,800

   

Shizuoka Gas Co. Ltd.†

   

20,374

   
 

300

   

SHO-BOND Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

13,334

   
 

1,800

   

Shoei Co. Ltd.

   

23,489

   
 

1,000

   

Siix Corp.†

   

10,376

   
 

1,400

   

Simplex Holdings, Inc.

   

27,235

   
 

1,100

   

Sinfonia Technology Co. Ltd.

   

16,250

   
 

3,900

   

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.

   

19,306

   
 

2,300

   

Skylark Holdings Co. Ltd.†

   

33,684

   
 

100

   

SMC Corp.

   

53,730

   
 

1,300

   

SMS Co. Ltd.

   

26,733

   
 

2,700

   

Sodick Co. Ltd.

   

13,960

   
 

16,100

   

SoftBank Corp.

   

200,907

   
 

3,800

   

SoftBank Group Corp.

   

169,599

   
 

5,500

   

Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd.

   

31,643

   
 

2,060

   

Sojitz Corp.

   

46,533

   
 

900

   

Solasto Corp.

   

3,932

   
 

700

   

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

   

34,235

   
 

11,500

   

Sony Group Corp.

   

1,093,723

   
 

1,500

   

Sotetsu Holdings, Inc.

   

29,128

   
 

700

   

Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

25,135

   
 

2,300

   

Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.

   

43,276

   
 

1,600

   

Star Micronics Co. Ltd.†

   

19,506

   
 

800

   

Starts Corp., Inc.

   

16,630

   
 

8,400

   

Subaru Corp.

   

154,060

   
 

800

   

Sugi Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

36,777

   
 

4,500

   

SUMCO Corp.†

   

67,484

   
 

1,100

   

Sumida Corp.†

   

8,995

   
 

700

   

Sumitomo Bakelite Co. Ltd.

   

36,752

   
 

10,600

   

Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd.

   

25,861

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

4,300

   

Sumitomo Corp.

 

$

93,807

   
 

900

   

Sumitomo Densetsu Co. Ltd.

   

17,502

   
 

7,200

   

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

   

91,685

   
 

1,600

   

Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd.†

   

47,694

   
 

1,700

   

Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd.

   

42,862

   
 

1,600

   

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

   

48,182

   
 

3,600

    Sumitomo Mitsui Construction Co.
Ltd.
   

10,136

   
 

5,600

    Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group,
Inc.
   

273,248

   
 

3,800

    Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings,
Inc.
   

72,928

   
 

900

   

Sumitomo Osaka Cement Co. Ltd.

   

23,681

   
 

3,500

   

Sumitomo Pharma Co. Ltd.

   

11,567

   
 

1,200

    Sumitomo Realty & Development Co.
Ltd.
   

35,694

   
 

3,700

   

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

   

40,201

   
 

400

   

Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co. Ltd.

   

14,156

   
 

900

   

Sumitomo Warehouse Co. Ltd.

   

15,645

   
 

2,600

   

Sun Frontier Fudousan Co. Ltd.

   

30,112

   
 

700

   

Sundrug Co. Ltd.

   

22,499

   
 

800

   

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

   

26,383

   
 

6,300

   

Suruga Bank Ltd.

   

34,806

   
 

1,000

   

Suzuken Co. Ltd.

   

33,113

   
 

3,200

   

Suzuki Motor Corp.

   

136,919

   
 

1,300

   

Sysmex Corp.

   

72,450

   
 

6,800

   

Systena Corp.

   

14,757

   
 

800

   

T Hasegawa Co. Ltd.

   

17,617

   
 

1,500

   

T&D Holdings, Inc.

   

23,835

   
 

700

   

Tachi-S Co. Ltd.

   

8,926

   
 

2,200

   

Tadano Ltd.†

   

18,396

   
 

1,800

   

Taiheiyo Cement Corp.

   

37,098

   
 

600

   

Taisei Corp.

   

20,519

   
 

600

    Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co.
Ltd.
   

36,787

   
 

600

   

Taiyo Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

13,255

   
 

1,200

   

Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.

   

31,745

   
 

2,000

   

Takara Bio, Inc.

   

17,759

   
 

2,500

   

Takara Holdings, Inc.

   

21,968

   
 

2,100

   

Takara Standard Co. Ltd.

   

24,306

   
 

900

    Takasago Thermal Engineering Co.
Ltd.
   

20,553

   
 

1,600

   

Takashimaya Co. Ltd.

   

21,804

   
 

11,800

   

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

339,271

   
 

1,200

   

Takeuchi Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

36,468

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


37


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

700

   

Takuma Co. Ltd.

 

$

8,882

   
 

500

   

Tamron Co. Ltd.†

   

18,865

   
 

2,100

   

Tamura Corp.

   

8,266

   
 

1,200

   

TBS Holdings, Inc.

   

25,523

   
 

2,100

   

TDK Corp.

   

100,040

   
 

1,300

   

TechMatrix Corp.

   

16,153

   
 

1,000

   

TechnoPro Holdings, Inc.

   

26,348

   
 

3,300

   

Teijin Ltd.

   

31,280

   
 

400

   

Tekken Corp.

   

5,694

   
 

1,500

   

Terumo Corp.

   

49,170

   
 

1,300

   

THK Co. Ltd.

   

25,488

   
 

2,700

   

TIS, Inc.

   

59,496

   
 

700

   

TKC Corp.

   

18,667

   
 

3,100

   

Toagosei Co. Ltd.

   

30,165

   
 

1,500

   

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

   

40,309

   
 

2,200

   

Tocalo Co. Ltd.

   

23,311

   
 

3,500

   

Toda Corp.

   

23,155

   
 

200

   

Toei Animation Co. Ltd.†

   

26,851

   
 

100

   

Toei Co. Ltd.

   

14,418

   
 

600

   

Toho Co. Ltd.

   

20,294

   
 

1,300

   

Toho Gas Co. Ltd.

   

27,152

   
 

1,500

   

Toho Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

34,277

   
 

1,400

   

Toho Titanium Co. Ltd.†

   

18,826

   
 

1,500

   

Toho Zinc Co. Ltd.

   

11,989

   
 

3,300

   

Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc.

   

22,442

   
 

5,800

   

Tokai Carbon Co. Ltd.†

   

42,184

   
 

1,000

   

Tokai Corp.

   

14,823

   
 

1,300

   

TOKAI Holdings Corp.

   

8,879

   
 

1,300

   

Tokai Rika Co. Ltd.

   

20,053

   
 

4,800

   

Tokai Tokyo Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

17,906

   
 

200

   

Token Corp.

   

13,050

   
 

10,100

   

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

   

252,787

   
 

1,100

   

Tokuyama Corp.

   

18,653

   
 

2,800

   

Tokyo Century Corp.

   

30,323

   
 

10,300

    Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Holdings, Inc.*
   

53,947

   
 

2,700

   

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

   

483,606

   
 

2,400

   

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

   

55,115

   
 

1,400

    Tokyo Kiraboshi Financial
Group, Inc.
   

39,468

   
 

1,500

   

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

33,106

   
 

600

   

Tokyo Seimitsu Co. Ltd.

   

36,898

   
 

2,000

   

Tokyo Steel Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

   

24,525

   
 

2,700

   

Tokyo Tatemono Co. Ltd.

   

40,443

   
 

400

   

Tokyotokeiba Co. Ltd.†

   

12,582

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

1,700

   

Tokyu Construction Co. Ltd.

 

$

9,609

   
 

3,000

   

Tokyu Corp.

   

36,617

   
 

9,700

   

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corp.

   

62,011

   
 

5,300

   

TOMONY Holdings, Inc.

   

14,697

   
 

1,900

   

Tomy Co. Ltd.

   

30,083

   
 

1,500

   

Topcon Corp.

   

16,170

   
 

1,500

   

TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.

   

41,862

   
 

1,100

   

Topre Corp.

   

14,651

   
 

500

   

Topy Industries Ltd.

   

9,060

   
 

9,400

   

Toray Industries, Inc.

   

48,873

   
 

1,100

   

Toridoll Holdings Corp.

   

31,619

   
 

1,300

   

Tosei Corp.

   

18,412

   
 

500

   

Toshiba TEC Corp.

   

10,358

   
 

1,900

   

Tosoh Corp.

   

24,269

   
 

1,000

   

Totetsu Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

22,482

   
 

1,600

   

TOTO Ltd.

   

42,133

   
 

600

   

Towa Corp.

   

30,340

   
 

900

   

Towa Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

15,013

   
 

3,100

   

Toyo Construction Co. Ltd.

   

26,229

   
 

200

   

Toyo Gosei Co. Ltd.†

   

11,830

   
 

1,000

   

Toyo Seikan Group Holdings Ltd.

   

16,220

   
 

500

   

Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.

   

25,816

   
 

400

   

Toyo Tanso Co. Ltd.

   

13,574

   
 

2,500

   

Toyo Tire Corp.

   

41,844

   
 

2,500

   

Toyobo Co. Ltd.

   

18,741

   
 

1,600

   

Toyoda Gosei Co. Ltd.

   

30,020

   
 

600

   

Toyota Boshoku Corp.

   

9,521

   
 

1,100

   

Toyota Industries Corp.

   

89,716

   
 

59,900

   

Toyota Motor Corp.

   

1,100,503

   
 

1,800

   

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

   

106,060

   
 

600

   

TPR Co. Ltd.

   

7,251

   
 

300

   

Trancom Co. Ltd.

   

15,277

   
 

500

   

Transcosmos, Inc.

   

10,691

   
 

1,200

   

TRE Holdings Corp.

   

9,362

   
 

900

   

Trend Micro, Inc.

   

48,179

   
 

800

   

Tri Chemical Laboratories, Inc.†

   

20,482

   
 

1,100

   

Trusco Nakayama Corp.

   

19,082

   
 

1,600

   

TS Tech Co. Ltd.

   

19,359

   
 

1,200

   

Tsubaki Nakashima Co. Ltd.†

   

6,230

   
 

600

   

Tsubakimoto Chain Co.

   

17,213

   
 

1,700

   

Tsuburaya Fields Holdings, Inc.†

   

15,336

   
 

1,900

   

Tsugami Corp.

   

16,372

   
 

1,600

   

Tsumura & Co.

   

30,145

   
 

500

   

Tsuruha Holdings, Inc.

   

45,833

   
 

700

   

TV Asahi Holdings Corp.

   

7,978

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


38


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

700

   

Tv Tokyo Holdings Corp.

 

$

14,869

   
 

1,000

   

UACJ Corp.

   

27,305

   
 

2,000

   

UBE Corp.

   

32,482

   
 

200

   

Uchida Yoko Co. Ltd.

   

9,759

   
 

800

   

Ulvac, Inc.

   

38,230

   
 

1,000

   

Unicharm Corp.

   

36,156

   
 

800

   

Unipres Corp.

   

5,407

   
 

1,100

   

United Super Markets Holdings, Inc.

   

7,934

   
 

500

   

Universal Entertainment Corp.†

   

8,156

   
 

800

   

Usen-Next Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

22,837

   
 

2,000

   

Ushio, Inc.

   

28,731

   
 

1,900

   

USS Co. Ltd.

   

38,216

   
 

600

   

UT Group Co. Ltd.*

   

10,400

   
 

400

   

V Technology Co. Ltd.

   

8,065

   
 

1,200

   

Valor Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

20,774

   
 

1,000

   

Valqua Ltd.

   

29,397

   
 

1,400

   

Vision, Inc.*

   

12,213

   
 

400

   

Visional, Inc.†,*

   

25,475

   
 

1,400

   

Vital KSK Holdings, Inc.

   

10,366

   
 

3,800

   

VT Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

13,933

   
 

800

   

Wacoal Holdings Corp.

   

19,007

   
 

3,000

   

Wacom Co. Ltd.

   

13,979

   
 

1,800

   

Wakita & Co. Ltd.

   

20,426

   
 

1,600

   

Warabeya Nichiyo Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

38,865

   
 

2,000

   

Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

34,979

   
 

500

   

West Holdings Corp.†

   

10,940

   
 

1,200

   

West Japan Railway Co.

   

50,051

   
 

300

   

Workman Co. Ltd.†

   

8,851

   
 

1,000

   

Xebio Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

6,780

   
 

1,200

   

YA-MAN Ltd.†

   

8,562

   
 

1,100

   

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

   

24,707

   
 

9,500

   

Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

29,538

   
 

2,100

   

Yamaguchi Financial Group, Inc.

   

18,818

   
 

900

   

Yamaha Corp.

   

20,789

   
 

11,400

   

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.†

   

101,832

   
 

1,300

   

Yamaichi Electronics Co. Ltd.

   

17,850

   
 

2,100

   

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

38,805

   
 

400

   

Yamato Kogyo Co. Ltd.

   

21,109

   
 

1,500

   

Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.

   

34,213

   
 

1,700

   

Yamazen Corp.

   

14,384

   
 

400

   

Yaoko Co. Ltd.†

   

22,891

   
 

1,200

   

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

   

50,128

   
 

1,200

   

Yellow Hat Ltd.

   

15,021

   
 

600

   

Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd.

   

16,234

   
 

600

   

Yokogawa Bridge Holdings Corp.

   

10,796

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Japan (Continued)

 
 

2,000

   

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

 

$

38,142

   
 

1,100

   

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.†

   

25,222

   
 

2,500

   

Yokorei Co. Ltd.

   

18,599

   
 

1,500

   

Yokowo Co. Ltd.

   

15,160

   
 

1,100

   

Yonex Co. Ltd.

   

10,438

   
 

1,100

   

Yoshinoya Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

25,004

   
 

500

   

Yuasa Trading Co. Ltd.

   

16,809

   
 

700

   

Zenkoku Hosho Co. Ltd.

   

26,387

   
 

900

   

Zensho Holdings Co. Ltd.

   

47,164

   
 

2,300

   

Zeon Corp.

   

21,377

   
 

800

   

ZERIA Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

   

11,444

   
 

1,000

   

ZOZO, Inc.

   

22,518

   
     

36,667,894

   
   

Netherlands—2.3%

 
 

2,261

   

Aalberts NV

   

97,994

   
 

3,265

   

ABN AMRO Bank NV, CVA#

   

48,984

   
 

576

   

Acomo NV

   

11,153

   
 

101

   

Adyen NV*,#

   

130,075

   
 

11,005

   

Aegon Ltd.

   

63,758

   
 

4,173

   

Aegon Ltd., Registered†

   

24,037

   
 

1,218

   

Akzo Nobel NV

   

100,604

   
 

292

   

Alfen NV†,*,#

   

19,431

   
 

3,191

   

Allfunds Group PLC

   

22,633

   
 

580

   

AMG Critical Materials NV

   

14,611

   
 

923

   

Aperam SA†

   

33,503

   
 

1,347

   

Arcadis NV

   

72,626

   
 

2,831

   

ArcelorMittal SA

   

80,242

   
 

316

   

ASM International NV

   

163,941

   
 

1,963

    ASML Holding NV    

1,477,281

   
 

440

   

ASML Holding NV, Registered

   

333,045

   
 

2,907

    ASR Nederland NV    

137,032

   
 

1,729

   

Basic-Fit NV†,*,#

   

53,750

   
 

506

   

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

   

76,221

   
 

1,433

    Coca-Cola Europacific
Partners PLC
   

95,234

   
 

988

   

Corbion NV

   

21,138

   
 

954

   

CTP NV#

   

16,092

   
 

691

   

Flow Traders Ltd.

   

13,700

   
 

2,215

   

Fugro NV*

   

42,401

   
 

1,467

   

Heineken NV

   

148,896

   
 

541

   

IMCD NV

   

94,095

   
 

16,312

   

ING Groep NV

   

243,571

   
 

2,380

   

InPost SA*

   

32,882

   
 

1,082

   

JDE Peet's NV

   

29,097

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


39


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Netherlands (Continued)

 
 

9,384

   

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

 

$

269,502

   
 

7,677

   

Koninklijke BAM Groep NV

   

20,493

   
 

1,262

   

Koninklijke Heijmans NV, CVA

   

16,885

   
 

26,433

   

Koninklijke KPN NV

   

90,985

   
 

3,646

   

Koninklijke Philips NV

   

84,867

   
 

1,756

   

Koninklijke Philips NV†,*

   

40,968

   
 

1,604

   

Koninklijke Vopak NV

   

53,901

   
 

198

   

Nedap NV

   

13,989

   
 

2,998

   

NN Group NV

   

118,320

   
 

2,076

   

OCI NV

   

60,137

   
 

17,809

   

Pharming Group NV*

   

20,270

   
 

14,292

   

PostNL NV†

   

22,294

   
 

2,936

   

Prosus NV

   

87,464

   
 

1,154

   

Randstad NV

   

72,259

   
 

2,766

   

SBM Offshore NV

   

38,016

   
 

2,800

   

Signify NV#

   

93,721

   
 

839

   

Sligro Food Group NV

   

14,690

   
 

799

   

TKH Group NV

   

34,841

   
 

1,381

   

TomTom NV†,*

   

9,734

   
 

4,775

   

Universal Music Group NV

   

136,054

   
 

739

   

Van Lanschot Kempen NV

   

22,965

   
 

2,463

   

Wolters Kluwer NV

   

349,939

   
     

5,370,321

   
   

New Zealand—0.3%

 
 

5,589

   

a2 Milk Co. Ltd.†,*

   

16,252

   
 

45,960

   

Air New Zealand Ltd.

   

18,449

   
 

11,996

   

Arvida Group Ltd.

   

8,342

   
 

6,449

   

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

   

35,875

   
 

12,705

   

Channel Infrastructure NZ Ltd.

   

11,646

   
 

7,155

   

Chorus Ltd.†

   

35,551

   
 

5,950

   

Contact Energy Ltd.

   

30,128

   
 

1,200

   

EBOS Group Ltd.†

   

26,929

   
 

2,561

    Fisher & Paykel Healthcare
Corp. Ltd.
   

38,207

   
 

9,814

   

Fletcher Building Ltd.

   

29,655

   
 

3,784

   

Freightways Group Ltd.

   

20,332

   
 

12,901

   

Genesis Energy Ltd.

   

20,429

   
 

13,946

   

Heartland Group Holdings Ltd.†

   

13,048

   
 

4,880

   

Infratil Ltd.

   

30,941

   
 

21,719

   

KMD Brands Ltd.

   

10,297

   
 

647

   

Mainfreight Ltd.†

   

28,344

   
 

5,585

   

Mercury NZ Ltd.

   

23,302

   
 

5,888

   

Meridian Energy Ltd.

   

20,620

   
 

12,393

   

Oceania Healthcare Ltd.

   

5,954

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

New Zealand (Continued)

 
 

1,991

   

Port of Tauranga Ltd.

 

$

7,048

   
 

684

   

Restaurant Brands New Zealand Ltd.

   

1,721

   
 

7,473

   

Ryman Healthcare Ltd.*

   

27,872

   
 

2,832

   

Skellerup Holdings Ltd.†

   

9,023

   
 

6,026

   

SKY Network Television Ltd.

   

10,514

   
 

18,375

   

SKYCITY Entertainment Group Ltd.

   

21,141

   
 

7,885

   

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

   

25,820

   
 

4,225

   

Summerset Group Holdings Ltd.

   

27,376

   
 

7,097

   

Vector Ltd.

   

16,734

   
 

5,190

   

Warehouse Group Ltd.

   

5,282

   
     

576,832

   
   

Norway—0.8%

 
 

21,108

   

ABG Sundal Collier Holding ASA

   

14,128

   
 

2,559

   

Adevinta ASA*

   

28,310

   
 

511

   

AF Gruppen ASA

   

6,247

   
 

204

   

Aker ASA, Class A

   

13,373

   
 

3,584

   

Aker BP ASA

   

104,240

   
 

4,348

   

Aker Solutions ASA

   

17,983

   
 

1,456

   

Atea ASA

   

18,515

   
 

758

   

Atlantic Sapphire ASA*

   

120

   
 

2,299

   

Austevoll Seafood ASA

   

16,779

   
 

11,411

   

B2 Impact ASA

   

8,255

   
 

438

   

Bakkafrost P/F

   

22,935

   
 

621

   

Bluenord ASA*

   

30,409

   
 

480

   

Bonheur ASA

   

11,433

   
 

2,956

   

Borr Drilling Ltd.†,*

   

21,756

   
 

1,580

   

Borregaard ASA

   

26,655

   
 

1,681

   

Bouvet ASA

   

10,076

   
 

1,469

   

BW Energy Ltd.*

   

3,904

   
 

2,559

   

BW LPG Ltd.#

   

38,108

   
 

5,362

   

BW Offshore Ltd.

   

11,832

   
 

968

   

Crayon Group Holding ASA*,#

   

8,070

   
 

5,372

   

DNB Bank ASA

   

114,209

   
 

12,792

   

DNO ASA

   

12,679

   
 

6,672

   

Elkem ASA#

   

13,896

   
 

745

   

Entra ASA#

   

8,462

   
 

8,062

   

Equinor ASA

   

255,630

   
 

4,440

   

Europris ASA#

   

33,541

   
 

1,012

   

FLEX LNG Ltd.

   

29,723

   
 

1,736

   

Frontline PLC

   

34,669

   
 

1,401

   

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

   

25,855

   
 

2,309

   

Golden Ocean Group Ltd.

   

22,368

   
 

768

   

Grieg Seafood ASA

   

5,163

   
 

3,883

   

Hafnia Ltd.

   

26,830

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


40


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Norway (Continued)

 
 

2,715

   

Hexagon Composites ASA*

 

$

7,718

   
 

931

   

Hexagon Purus ASA*

   

1,021

   
 

2,783

   

Hoegh Autoliners ASA

   

25,269

   
 

3,798

   

Kitron ASA

   

12,523

   
 

391

   

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA

   

17,911

   
 

7,739

   

Leroy Seafood Group ASA

   

31,870

   
 

15,523

    LINK Mobility Group
Holding ASA*
   

27,746

   
 

2,023

   

Mowi ASA

   

36,239

   
 

6,935

   

MPC Container Ships ASA

   

9,095

   
 

14,484

   

NEL ASA*

   

9,822

   
 

864

   

Nordic Semiconductor ASA*

   

10,715

   
 

11,734

   

Norsk Hydro ASA

   

78,997

   
 

5,255

   

Norske Skog ASA#

   

21,413

   
 

23,135

   

Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA*

   

24,410

   
 

5,186

   

Odfjell Drilling Ltd.

   

20,111

   
 

864

   

Odfjell Technology Ltd.

   

4,720

   
 

6,202

   

OKEA ASA

   

16,238

   
 

973

   

Okeanis Eco Tankers Corp.*,#

   

25,810

   
 

4,229

   

Orkla ASA

   

32,817

   
 

43,866

   

PGS ASA*

   

36,984

   
 

1,686

   

Protector Forsikring ASA

   

29,870

   
 

397

   

Salmar ASA

   

22,242

   
 

4,491

   

Scatec ASA#

   

36,313

   
 

614

   

Schibsted ASA, Class A

   

17,683

   
 

840

   

Schibsted ASA, Class B

   

22,869

   
 

6,053

   

Shelf Drilling Ltd.*,#

   

17,277

   
 

1,208

   

Sparebank 1 Oestlandet

   

15,766

   
 

1,083

   

SpareBank 1 Sorost-Norge

   

6,822

   
 

1,199

   

SpareBank 1 SR-Bank ASA

   

15,212

   
 

580

   

Stolt-Nielsen Ltd.

   

17,783

   
 

4,328

   

Storebrand ASA

   

38,356

   
 

2,103

   

Subsea 7 SA

   

30,676

   
 

3,478

   

Telenor ASA

   

39,915

   
 

2,114

   

TGS ASA

   

27,507

   
 

1,776

   

TOMRA Systems ASA

   

21,580

   
 

5,444

   

Var Energi ASA

   

17,232

   
 

1,273

   

Veidekke ASA

   

12,805

   
 

2,083

   

Wallenius Wilhelmsen ASA

   

18,247

   
 

388

    Wilh Wilhelmsen Holding ASA,
Class A
   

13,920

   
 

1,244

   

Yara International ASA

   

44,226

   
     

1,913,883

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Portugal—0.2%

 
 

3,185

   

Altri SGPS SA†

 

$

16,174

   
 

136,257

    Banco Comercial Portugues SA,
Class R*
   

41,275

   
 

976

   

Corticeira Amorim SGPS SA†

   

9,848

   
 

2,841

   

CTT-Correios de Portugal SA

   

10,946

   
 

14,431

   

EDP—Energias de Portugal SA

   

72,566

   
 

1,832

   

EDP Renovaveis SA

   

37,466

   
 

5,216

   

Galp Energia SGPS SA†

   

76,814

   
 

1,062

    Greenvolt-Energias
Renovaveis SA†,*
   

9,590

   
 

2,370

   

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

   

60,281

   
 

7,098

   

Mota-Engil SGPS SA

   

31,030

   
 

5,953

   

Navigator Co. SA†

   

23,317

   
 

8,146

   

NOS SGPS SA†

   

28,777

   
 

10,709

    REN—Redes Energeticas
Nacionais SGPS SA†
   

27,487

   
 

20,529

   

Sonae SGPS SA

   

20,499

   
     

466,070

   
   

Singapore—0.7%

 
 

4,200

   

AEM Holdings Ltd.†

   

11,011

   
 

26,296

   

Capitaland India Trust

   

22,714

   
 

14,300

   

CapitaLand Investment Ltd.

   

34,240

   
 

9,400

   

City Developments Ltd.

   

47,365

   
 

23,400

   

ComfortDelGro Corp. Ltd.

   

24,823

   
 

11,122

   

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

   

281,558

   
 

3,900

   

DFI Retail Group Holdings Ltd.

   

9,360

   
 

18,300

   

First Resources Ltd.

   

19,829

   
 

23,100

   

Frencken Group Ltd.

   

23,629

   
 

35,400

   

Genting Singapore Ltd.

   

26,823

   
 

132,400

   

Golden Agri-Resources Ltd.

   

26,084

   
 

800

   

Great Eastern Holdings Ltd.

   

10,669

   
 

11,200

   

GuocoLand Ltd.

   

12,560

   
 

2,600

   

Haw Par Corp. Ltd.

   

19,208

   
 

3,200

   

Hong Leong Finance Ltd.

   

6,062

   
 

7,200

   

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

   

25,056

   
 

192,400

   

Hutchison Port Holdings Trust

   

28,475

   
 

1,900

   

iFAST Corp. Ltd.

   

11,820

   
 

1,700

   

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

   

38,335

   
 

7,500

   

Keppel Corp. Ltd.

   

40,178

   
 

60,455

   

Keppel Infrastructure Trust

   

22,904

   
 

1,500

   

Keppel REIT

   

1,057

   
 

12,300

    Nanofilm Technologies
International Ltd.†
   

8,528

   
 

46,800

   

Netlink NBN Trust

   

29,787

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


41


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Singapore (Continued)

 
 

8,300

   

Olam Group Ltd.

 

$

6,541

   
 

14,139

   

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

   

139,274

   
 

25,200

   

Raffles Medical Group Ltd.

   

20,622

   
 

2,823

   

SATS Ltd.*

   

5,882

   
 

442,537

   

Seatrium Ltd.*

   

39,568

   
 

10,100

   

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

   

40,637

   
 

19,200

   

Sheng Siong Group Ltd.

   

23,277

   
 

7,299

   

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

   

36,281

   
 

7,100

   

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

   

52,883

   
 

32,900

   

Singapore Post Ltd.

   

11,841

   
 

13,200

    Singapore Technologies
Engineering Ltd.
   

38,907

   
 

17,800

   

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

   

33,314

   
 

22,000

   

StarHub Ltd.

   

18,503

   
 

5,192

   

Straits Trading Co. Ltd.

   

7,121

   
 

9,500

   

UMS Holdings Ltd.

   

9,646

   
 

10,200

   

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

   

219,883

   
 

6,300

   

UOL Group Ltd.

   

29,978

   
 

4,400

   

Venture Corp. Ltd.

   

45,375

   
 

23,900

   

Wilmar International Ltd.

   

64,651

   
 

15,000

   

Wing Tai Holdings Ltd.

   

14,662

   
 

23,500

    Yangzijiang Shipbuilding
Holdings Ltd.
   

26,532

   
     

1,667,453

   
   

Spain—1.6%

 
 

418

   

Acciona SA

   

61,511

   
 

2,509

   

Acerinox SA

   

29,512

   
 

2,496

    ACS Actividades de Construccion y
Servicios SA†
   

110,659

   
 

462

   

Aena SME SA#

   

83,695

   
 

1,188

   

Almirall SA

   

11,049

   
 

3,505

   

Amadeus IT Group SA

   

251,043

   
 

2,480

   

Applus Services SA

   

27,378

   
 

5,985

    Atresmedia Corp. de Medios de
Comunicacion SA†
   

23,746

   
 

48,215

    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Argentaria SA
   

437,845

   
 

9,155

    Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Argentaria SA, ADR
   

83,402

   
 

65,963

   

Banco de Sabadell SA

   

81,049

   
 

67,534

   

Banco Santander SA

   

281,778

   
 

14,954

   

Bankinter SA†

   

95,683

   
 

26,070

   

CaixaBank SA

   

107,234

   
 

2,453

   

Cellnex Telecom SA#

   

96,567

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Spain (Continued)

 
 

796

    Cia de Distribucion Integral
Logista Holdings SA
 

$

21,512

   
 

861

   

CIE Automotive SA

   

24,447

   
 

318

    Construcciones y Auxiliar de
Ferrocarriles SA†
   

11,444

   
 

1,292

    Corp. ACCIONA Energias
Renovables SA
   

40,051

   
 

1,692

   

Ebro Foods SA†

   

28,990

   
 

986

   

Elecnor SA

   

21,280

   
 

3,876

   

Enagas SA†

   

65,318

   
 

7,602

   

Ence Energia y Celulosa SA†

   

23,767

   
 

3,205

   

Endesa SA†

   

65,314

   
 

4,660

   

Ercros SA†

   

13,581

   
 

10,352

   

Faes Farma SA

   

36,113

   
 

823

   

Ferrovial SE

   

30,000

   
 

1,842

   

Fluidra SA

   

38,331

   
 

9,277

   

Gestamp Automocion SA#

   

35,927

   
 

4,339

   

Global Dominion Access SA#

   

16,095

   
 

1,891

   

Grifols SA*

   

32,263

   
 

705

   

Grupo Catalana Occidente SA

   

24,049

   
 

18,693

   

Iberdrola SA

   

244,951

   
 

2,164

   

Indra Sistemas SA†

   

33,445

   
 

6,499

   

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

   

282,893

   
 

349

   

Laboratorios Farmaceuticos Rovi SA

   

23,194

   
 

5,075

    Linea Directa Aseguradora SA Cia
de Seguros y Reaseguros†
   

4,768

   
 

19,051

   

Mapfre SA†

   

40,864

   
 

4,190

   

Melia Hotels International SA†,*

   

27,568

   
 

1,262

   

Naturgy Energy Group SA

   

37,616

   
 

1,960

   

Neinor Homes SA#

   

22,849

   
 

145

   

Pharma Mar SA†

   

6,576

   
 

2,459

    Prosegur Compania de
Seguridad SA
   

4,778

   
 

2,599

   

Redeia Corp. SA

   

42,779

   
 

16,433

   

Repsol SA

   

243,999

   
 

11,322

   

Sacyr SA

   

39,072

   
 

1,856

    Solaria Energia y Medio
Ambiente SA†,*
   

38,131

   
 

58,157

   

Telefonica SA†

   

226,891

   
 

5,440

   

Telefonica SA, ADR†

   

21,216

   
 

3,839

   

Tubacex SA

   

14,833

   
 

21,017

   

Unicaja Banco SA†,#

   

20,650

   
 

474

   

Vidrala SA

   

49,083

   
 

742

   

Viscofan SA†

   

43,905

   
     

3,780,694

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


42


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Sweden—2.2%

 
 

984

   

AAK AB

 

$

21,932

   
 

1,552

   

AcadeMedia AB#

   

7,955

   
 

3,422

   

AddLife AB, Class B

   

37,117

   
 

3,120

   

AddNode Group AB†

   

26,387

   
 

1,249

   

AddTech AB, Class B

   

27,417

   
 

1,712

   

AFRY AB

   

23,713

   
 

741

   

Alfa Laval AB

   

29,637

   
 

1,866

   

Alimak Group AB#

   

15,189

   
 

1,793

   

Alleima AB

   

13,621

   
 

510

   

Alligo AB, Class B

   

6,270

   
 

4,107

   

Ambea AB#

   

21,419

   
 

556

   

Annehem Fastigheter AB, Class B*

   

935

   
 

313

   

AQ Group AB

   

15,734

   
 

3,735

   

Arjo AB, Class B

   

14,590

   
 

3,136

   

Assa Abloy AB, Class B

   

90,261

   
 

11,688

   

Atlas Copco AB, Class A

   

201,115

   
 

7,880

   

Atlas Copco AB, Class B

   

116,723

   
 

810

   

Atrium Ljungberg AB, Class B

   

18,567

   
 

3,696

   

Attendo AB*,#

   

13,229

   
 

1,217

   

Avanza Bank Holding AB†

   

28,175

   
 

1,245

   

Axfood AB

   

33,699

   
 

1,079

   

Beijer Alma AB

   

20,326

   
 

1,530

   

Beijer Ref AB†

   

20,464

   
 

808

   

Bergman & Beving AB

   

14,708

   
 

2,259

   

Betsson AB, Class B

   

24,301

   
 

791

   

Better Collective AS†,*

   

20,116

   
 

1,218

   

Bilia AB, Class A

   

16,254

   
 

3,167

   

Billerud Aktiebolag

   

32,153

   
 

601

   

BioArctic AB†,*,#

   

15,957

   
 

1,495

   

BioGaia AB, Class B

   

15,000

   
 

981

   

Biotage AB

   

13,004

   
 

3,089

   

Boliden AB

   

96,320

   
 

1,253

   

Bonava AB, Class B†,*

   

1,631

   
 

1,975

   

Boozt AB*,#

   

26,494

   
 

2,967

   

Bravida Holding AB#

   

23,842

   
 

670

   

Bufab AB

   

25,668

   
 

1,399

   

Bure Equity AB

   

39,642

   
 

3,952

   

Byggmax Group AB*

   

14,866

   
 

381

   

Camurus AB*

   

20,323

   
 

2,626

   

Castellum AB*

   

37,310

   
 

447

   

Catena AB†

   

20,892

   
 

660

   

Cellavision AB

   

13,873

   
 

1,045

    Cibus Nordic Real Estate
AB publ†
   

13,873

   
 

855

   

Clas Ohlson AB, Class B

   

13,394

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Sweden (Continued)

 
 

7,868

   

Cloetta AB, Class B

 

$

14,291

   
 

1,066

   

Concentric AB

   

18,982

   
 

1,370

    Coor Service Management
Holding AB#
   

5,925

   
 

14,402

    Corem Property Group AB,
Class B†
   

15,164

   
 

2,643

   

Dios Fastigheter AB

   

22,693

   
 

3,369

   

Dometic Group AB#

   

30,102

   
 

11,292

   

Dustin Group AB†,*,#

   

10,972

   
 

736

   

Elanders AB, Class B

   

7,005

   
 

1,713

   

Electrolux AB, Class B*

   

18,360

   
 

3,376

    Electrolux Professional AB,
Class B
   

18,410

   
 

4,884

   

Elekta AB, Class B

   

39,862

   
 

8,427

   

Embracer Group AB†,*

   

22,855

   
 

2,293

   

Engcon AB†

   

21,211

   
 

1,864

   

Epiroc AB, Class A

   

37,369

   
 

1,782

   

Epiroc AB, Class B

   

31,166

   
 

689

   

Essity AB, Class A

   

16,976

   
 

4,300

   

Essity AB, Class B

   

106,583

   
 

1,051

   

Evolution AB#

   

125,273

   
 

1,567

   

Fabege AB†

   

16,810

   
 

2,158

   

Fagerhult Group AB

   

14,121

   
 

6,378

   

Fastighets AB Balder, Class B†,*

   

45,226

   
 

79

   

Fenix Outdoor International AG

   

6,062

   
 

3,690

   

Fortnox AB

   

22,054

   
 

703

   

GARO AB†

   

3,033

   
 

1,600

   

Getinge AB, Class B

   

35,582

   
 

1,494

   

Granges AB

   

17,183

   
 

4,237

    H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB,
Class B
   

74,195

   
 

888

   

Hemnet Group AB

   

21,253

   
 

3,499

   

Hexagon AB, Class B

   

41,959

   
 

4,181

   

Hexatronic Group AB†

   

11,325

   
 

3,325

   

Hexpol AB

   

40,219

   
 

366

   

HMS Networks AB

   

18,050

   
 

3,175

   

Hoist Finance AB*,#

   

11,695

   
 

833

   

Holmen AB, Class B

   

35,158

   
 

690

   

Hufvudstaden AB, Class A

   

9,721

   
 

2,602

   

Husqvarna AB, Class B†

   

21,407

   
 

1,077

   

Indutrade AB

   

27,955

   
 

1,465

   

Instalco AB

   

5,941

   
 

2,972

   

International Petroleum Corp.*

   

35,772

   
 

1,692

   

Intrum AB†

   

11,706

   
 

649

   

INVISIO AB

   

12,586

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


43


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Sweden (Continued)

 
 

2,675

   

Inwido AB

 

$

35,857

   
 

1,080

   

JM AB†

   

19,006

   
 

1,933

   

Karnov Group AB*

   

10,637

   
 

2,288

   

Kindred Group PLC, SDR

   

21,160

   
 

512

   

KNOW IT AB

   

7,950

   
 

2,602

   

Lagercrantz Group AB, Class B

   

34,853

   
 

1,864

   

Lifco AB, Class B

   

45,685

   
 

374

   

Lime Technologies AB

   

10,995

   
 

1,567

   

Lindab International AB

   

30,933

   
 

981

   

Loomis AB

   

26,028

   
 

641

   

Medcap AB*

   

21,449

   
 

1,134

   

Medicover AB, Class B

   

16,876

   
 

2,179

   

MEKO AB

   

23,635

   
 

2,979

    Millicom International Cellular
SA, SDR*
   

53,238

   
 

302

   

MIPS AB

   

10,914

   
 

1,742

    Modern Times Group MTG AB,
Class B*
   

14,879

   
 

510

   

Momentum Group AB

   

6,599

   
 

1,828

   

Munters Group AB#

   

29,633

   
 

1,021

   

Mycronic AB

   

29,093

   
 

2,840

   

NCAB Group AB†

   

20,626

   
 

1,536

   

NCC AB, Class B†

   

19,128

   
 

1,296

   

New Wave Group AB, Class B†

   

13,091

   
 

5,005

   

Nibe Industrier AB, Class B

   

35,133

   
 

3,170

   

Nobia AB*

   

3,457

   
 

3,940

   

Nolato AB, Class B

   

20,665

   
 

1,234

   

Nordic Waterproofing Holding AB

   

20,114

   
 

1,918

   

Nordnet AB publ

   

32,518

   
 

3,057

   

Norion Bank AB*

   

13,139

   
 

474

   

Note AB*

   

6,979

   
 

1,681

   

Nyfosa AB†

   

15,975

   
 

1,014

   

OEM International AB, Class B

   

10,596

   
 

1,353

   

Orron Energy ab†,*

   

1,068

   
 

1,559

   

OX2 AB*

   

8,478

   
 

609

   

Pandox AB

   

9,081

   
 

6,582

   

Peab AB, Class B

   

37,263

   
 

1,578

    Platzer Fastigheter Holding AB,
Class B
   

13,173

   
 

4,394

   

Ratos AB, Class B

   

15,718

   
 

774

   

Rejlers AB

   

9,401

   
 

5,625

   

Resurs Holding AB#

   

13,318

   
 

528

   

Saab AB, Class B

   

31,808

   
 

1,598

   

Sagax AB, Class B

   

43,950

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Sweden (Continued)

 
 

6,434

    Samhallsbyggnadsbolaget i
Norden AB†
 

$

3,230

   
 

3,225

   

Sandvik AB

   

69,737

   
 

2,495

   

Scandi Standard AB

   

14,224

   
 

2,471

   

Scandic Hotels Group AB†,*,#

   

11,373

   
 

609

   

Sdiptech AB, Class B*

   

16,291

   
 

1,030

   

Sectra AB, Class B†

   

18,408

   
 

2,362

   

Securitas AB, Class B

   

23,086

   
 

10,448

   

Sinch AB†,*,#

   

38,856

   
 

13,385

    Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB,
Class A
   

184,199

   
 

2,462

   

Skanska AB, Class B

   

44,512

   
 

426

    SKF AB, Class A    

8,574

   
 

2,848

    SKF AB, Class B    

56,841

   
 

1,180

   

SkiStar AB†

   

14,004

   
 

562

   

Solid Forsakring AB

   

3,549

   
 

4,349

   

SSAB AB, Class A

   

33,064

   
 

7,406

   

SSAB AB, Class B

   

56,598

   
 

9,462

   

Stillfront Group AB*

   

11,417

   
 

3,118

   

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA, Class B

   

46,711

   
 

6,847

    Svenska Handelsbanken AB,
Class A
   

74,301

   
 

1,170

   

Sweco AB, Class B

   

15,672

   
 

3,365

   

Swedbank AB, Class A

   

67,827

   
 

1,127

   

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB*

   

29,834

   
 

2,312

   

Systemair AB

   

18,040

   
 

6,025

   

Tele2 AB, Class B

   

51,696

   
 

1,292

    Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson,
Class A
   

8,173

   
 

30,732

    Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson,
Class B
   

192,295

   
 

37,490

   

Telia Co. AB

   

95,639

   
 

1,057

   

Thule Group AB#

   

28,767

   
 

836

   

Trelleborg AB, Class B

   

27,983

   
 

353

   

Troax Group AB

   

8,666

   
 

6,750

   

Truecaller AB, Class B†,*

   

23,336

   
 

700

   

Viaplay Group AB†,*

   

359

   
 

471

   

Vitec Software Group AB, Class B

   

27,342

   
 

2,100

   

Vitrolife AB

   

40,538

   
 

2,398

   

Volvo AB, Class A

   

63,480

   
 

16,251

   

Volvo AB, Class B

   

421,660

   
 

7,017

   

Volvo Car AB, Class B*

   

22,652

   
 

1,622

   

Wallenstam AB, Class B

   

8,797

   
 

2,008

   

Wihlborgs Fastigheter AB

   

18,764

   
     

5,150,902

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


44


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Switzerland—5.5%

 
 

12,787

   

ABB Ltd., Registered

 

$

567,095

   
 

1,684

   

Accelleron Industries AG

   

52,579

   
 

3,006

   

Adecco Group AG, Registered

   

147,503

   
 

3,117

   

Alcon, Inc.

   

243,282

   
 

362

   

Allreal Holding AG, Registered

   

64,734

   
 

137

   

ALSO Holding AG, Registered

   

40,886

   
 

19,322

   

ams-OSRAM AG*

   

48,566

   
 

47

   

APG SGA SA

   

10,226

   
 

1,914

   

Arbonia AG†

   

21,915

   
 

24,513

   

Aryzta AG*

   

45,234

   
 

590

   

Ascom Holding AG, Registered†

   

5,766

   
 

148

   

Autoneum Holding AG†,*

   

24,002

   
 

2,191

   

Avolta AG*

   

86,176

   
 

765

   

Baloise Holding AG, Registered

   

119,882

   
 

58

    Banque Cantonale de Geneve,
Bearer Shares
   

15,516

   
 

362

    Banque Cantonale Vaudoise,
Registered
   

46,700

   
 

55

   

Barry Callebaut AG, Registered

   

92,795

   
 

247

    Basilea Pharmaceutica AG,
Registered*
   

10,367

   
 

131

   

Belimo Holding AG, Registered

   

72,240

   
 

35

   

Bell Food Group AG, Registered

   

10,570

   
 

276

   

Bellevue Group AG†

   

8,040

   
 

76

    Berner Kantonalbank AG,
Registered†
   

21,326

   
 

156

   

BKW AG

   

27,730

   
 

127

    Bossard Holding AG, Registered
Class A
   

33,371

   
 

147

   

Bucher Industries AG, Registered

   

61,733

   
 

68

    Burckhardt Compression
Holding AG
   

40,992

   
 

137

   

Burkhalter Holding AG

   

15,100

   
 

40

   

Bystronic AG

   

22,662

   
 

262

   

Calida Holding AG, Registered

   

9,159

   
 

456

   

Cembra Money Bank AG

   

35,567

   
 

1

    Chocoladefabriken Lindt &
Spruengli AG, Registered
   

121,277

   
 

2,284

    Cie Financiere Richemont SA,
Registered Class A
   

314,337

   
 

79

    Cie Financiere Tradition SA,
Bearer Shares
   

11,084

   
 

5,039

   

Clariant AG, Registered

   

74,412

   
 

205

   

Coltene Holding AG, Registered

   

17,452

   
 

95

   

Comet Holding AG, Registered

   

29,955

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Switzerland (Continued)

 
 

148

   

COSMO Pharmaceuticals NV

 

$

8,957

   
 

98

    CPH Chemie & Papier Holding AG,
Registered
   

9,904

   
 

93

    Daetwyler Holding AG,
Bearer Shares†
   

21,584

   
 

761

    DKSH Holding AG    

52,842

   
 

66

   

dormakaba Holding AG

   

35,627

   
 

967

   

DSM-Firmenich AG

   

98,212

   
 

1,608

   

EFG International AG

   

20,648

   
 

36

   

Emmi AG, Registered

   

38,994

   
 

44

    EMS-Chemie Holding AG,
Registered
   

35,627

   
 

338

   

Flughafen Zurich AG, Registered

   

70,570

   
 

30

   

Forbo Holding AG, Registered

   

37,596

   
 

647

   

Fundamenta Real Estate AG

   

12,924

   
 

1,125

   

Galenica AG#

   

97,311

   
 

3,121

   

GAM Holding AG*

   

1,453

   
 

1,986

   

GAM Holding AG CHF.05*,§

   

924

   
 

266

   

Geberit AG, Registered

   

170,470

   
 

1,909

   

Georg Fischer AG, Registered

   

138,684

   
 

34

   

Givaudan SA, Registered

   

140,843

   
 

566

   

Helvetia Holding AG, Registered

   

77,997

   
 

136

   

Hiag Immobilien Holding AG

   

12,904

   
 

3,415

   

Holcim AG

   

268,068

   
 

298

   

Huber & Suhner AG, Registered

   

24,094

   
 

547

   

Implenia AG, Registered

   

19,836

   
 

109

   

Ina Invest Holding AG*

   

2,261

   
 

36

   

Inficon Holding AG, Registered

   

51,621

   
 

12

   

Interroll Holding AG, Registered

   

38,095

   
 

16

   

Intershop Holding AG

   

11,700

   
 

110

   

Investis Holding SA†

   

12,765

   
 

2,012

   

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

   

112,794

   
 

80

    Jungfraubahn Holding AG,
Registered
   

15,219

   
 

169

   

Kardex Holding AG, Registered

   

43,805

   
 

90

   

Komax Holding AG, Registered

   

21,455

   
 

440

    Kuehne & Nagel International AG,
Registered
   

151,610

   
 

580

   

Landis+Gyr Group AG

   

52,411

   
 

13

   

LEM Holding SA, Registered

   

32,073

   
 

167

   

Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG†

   

13,125

   
 

449

    Logitech International SA,
Registered†
   

42,682

   
 

476

    Logitech International SA,
Registered
   

45,141

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


45


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Switzerland (Continued)

 
 

355

   

Lonza Group AG, Registered

 

$

149,294

   
 

367

    Luzerner Kantonalbank AG,
Registered†
   

31,418

   
 

103

   

Medacta Group SA#

   

15,382

   
 

636

   

Medmix AG#

   

14,368

   
 

9

    Metall Zug AG, Registered
Class B
   

16,319

   
 

1,480

    Mobilezone Holding AG,
Registered†
   

24,143

   
 

165

   

Mobimo Holding AG, Registered

   

51,204

   
 

12,820

   

Nestle SA, Registered

   

1,486,330

   
 

309

   

Novartis AG, ADR

   

31,200

   
 

9,049

   

Novartis AG, Registered

   

913,131

   
 

4,832

   

OC Oerlikon Corp. AG, Registered

   

21,809

   
 

136

   

Orior AG

   

11,659

   
 

190

   

Partners Group Holding AG

   

274,026

   
 

27

   

Phoenix Mecano AG, Registered*

   

13,933

   
 

500

   

PSP Swiss Property AG, Registered

   

69,913

   
 

78

   

Rieter Holding AG, Registered

   

8,356

   
 

5,519

   

Roche Holding AG

   

1,604,418

   
 

298

   

Roche Holding AG, Bearer Shares†

   

92,619

   
 

200

    Romande Energie Holding SA,
Registered
   

13,079

   
 

2,886

   

Sandoz Group AG*

   

92,854

   
 

486

   

Sandoz Group AG, ADR†,*

   

15,557

   
 

254

   

Schindler Holding AG, Registered

   

60,250

   
 

25

   

Schweiter Technologies AG

   

15,427

   
 

273

   

Sensirion Holding AG†,*,#

   

27,071

   
 

423

    SFS Group AG    

52,407

   
 

1,132

   

SGS SA, Registered

   

97,634

   
 

117

   

Siegfried Holding AG, Registered

   

119,567

   
 

2,478

   

SIG Group AG

   

57,011

   
 

455

   

Sika AG, Registered

   

148,069

   
 

194

    SKAN Group AG    

18,638

   
 

2,142

   

Softwareone Holding AG

   

41,768

   
 

440

   

Sonova Holding AG, Registered

   

143,554

   
 

68

    St. Galler Kantonalbank AG,
Registered
   

39,738

   
 

1,501

   

Stadler Rail AG

   

54,040

   
 

554

   

Straumann Holding AG, Registered

   

89,320

   
 

497

   

Sulzer AG, Registered

   

50,761

   
 

232

   

Swatch Group AG, Bearer Shares

   

63,058

   
 

534

   

Swatch Group AG, Registered

   

27,968

   
 

208

   

Swiss Life Holding AG, Registered

   

144,429

   
 

1,371

   

Swiss Prime Site AG, Registered

   

146,465

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
       

Switzerland (Continued)

     
 

1,902

   

Swiss Re AG

 

$

213,844

   
 

339

   

Swisscom AG, Registered

   

203,952

   
 

247

    Swissquote Group Holding SA,
Registered
   

60,087

   
 

853

   

Temenos AG, Registered

   

79,331

   
 

174

   

TX Group AG

   

24,992

   
 

276

   

u-blox Holding AG†

   

32,783

   
 

13,387

   

UBS Group AG, Registered

   

415,434

   
 

1,464

   

UBS Group AG, Registered†

   

45,238

   
 

335

   

Valiant Holding AG, Registered

   

37,999

   
 

310

   

VAT Group AG#

   

155,359

   
 

23

   

Vaudoise Assurances Holding SA

   

12,033

   
 

400

   

Vetropack Holding AG, Registered

   

18,596

   
 

540

   

Vontobel Holding AG, Registered

   

34,992

   
 

77

   

VP Bank AG, Class A

   

8,020

   
 

219

   

VZ Holding AG†

   

25,570

   
 

106

   

Walliser Kantonalbank, Registered

   

13,738

   
 

6

   

Warteck Invest AG, Registered

   

13,198

   
 

59

   

Ypsomed Holding AG, Registered

   

21,256

   
 

104

   

Zehnder Group AG, Registered

   

6,616

   
 

6

   

Zug Estates Holding AG, Class B

   

11,450

   
 

2

    Zuger Kantonalbank AG,
Brearer Shares
   

17,977

   
 

712

   

Zurich Insurance Group AG

   

372,148

   
     

12,785,857

   
       

United Kingdom—9.0%

     
 

7,312

    3i Group PLC    

225,643

   
 

533

    4imprint Group PLC    

31,048

   
 

2,172

    888 Holdings PLC*    

2,645

   
 

38,071

   

abrdn PLC

   

86,694

   
 

2,939

   

Accesso Technology Group PLC†,*

   

21,653

   
 

2,058

   

Admiral Group PLC

   

70,407

   
 

3,336

    Advanced Medical Solutions
Group PLC
   

8,823

   
 

1,488

   

AG Barr PLC

   

9,730

   
 

13,183

   

Airtel Africa PLC#

   

21,878

   
 

6,044

   

AJ Bell PLC

   

24,113

   
 

12,432

   

Alliance Pharma PLC†

   

6,418

   
 

5,090

   

Anglo American PLC

   

127,852

   
 

2,371

   

Antofagasta PLC

   

50,758

   
 

8,120

   

Ascential PLC*

   

30,367

   
 

8,024

   

Ashmore Group PLC

   

22,788

   
 

5,344

   

Ashtead Group PLC

   

372,057

   
 

355

    ASOS PLC†,*    

1,926

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


46


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

2,093

   

Associated British Foods PLC

 

$

63,148

   
 

4,772

   

AstraZeneca PLC

   

644,759

   
 

2,154

   

AstraZeneca PLC, ADR

   

145,072

   
 

2,563

   

Atalaya Mining PLC

   

11,794

   
 

1,309

   

Auction Technology Group PLC*

   

8,710

   
 

10,185

   

Auto Trader Group PLC#

   

93,654

   
 

13,571

   

Aviva PLC

   

75,196

   
 

835

   

Avon Rubber PLC

   

9,047

   
 

12,233

   

B&M European Value Retail SA

   

87,351

   
 

10,618

   

Babcock International Group PLC

   

53,460

   
 

9,839

   

BAE Systems PLC

   

139,271

   
 

9,792

   

Balfour Beatty PLC

   

41,338

   
 

897

   

Bank of Georgia Group PLC

   

45,449

   
 

89,247

   

Barclays PLC

   

174,938

   
 

3,662

   

Barclays PLC, ADR

   

28,857

   
 

10,368

   

Barratt Developments PLC

   

74,351

   
 

9,934

   

Beazley PLC

   

66,098

   
 

2,110

   

Bellway PLC

   

69,067

   
 

733

   

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

   

43,801

   
 

2,271

   

Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

   

13,605

   
 

2,945

   

Bodycote PLC

   

22,317

   
 

8,370

   

boohoo Group PLC†,*

   

4,375

   
 

163,993

    BP PLC    

974,411

   
 

3,943

    BP PLC, ADR    

139,582

   
 

5,382

   

Breedon Group PLC

   

24,834

   
 

5,028

   

Bridgepoint Group PLC#

   

17,894

   
 

8,259

   

British American Tobacco PLC

   

241,655

   
 

773

   

British American Tobacco PLC, ADR

   

22,641

   
 

4,032

   

Britvic PLC

   

43,197

   
 

414

   

Brooks Macdonald Group PLC

   

10,290

   
 

97,861

   

BT Group PLC†

   

154,177

   
 

1,635

   

Bunzl PLC

   

66,481

   
 

4,608

   

Burberry Group PLC

   

83,170

   
 

3,634

   

Burford Capital Ltd.

   

56,187

   
 

5,366

   

Bytes Technology Group PLC

   

41,859

   
 

11,474

   

C&C Group PLC

   

22,318

   
 

40,000

   

Capita PLC*

   

11,217

   
 

3,477

   

Capricorn Energy PLC

   

7,517

   
 

7,460

   

Card Factory PLC*

   

10,251

   
 

510

   

Carnival PLC*

   

8,535

   
 

21,596

   

Centamin PLC

   

27,445

   
 

6,675

   

Central Asia Metals PLC

   

15,383

   
 

69,096

   

Centrica PLC

   

123,875

   
 

3,018

   

Chemring Group PLC

   

13,483

   
 

2,609

   

Chesnara PLC

   

8,696

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

577

   

Clarkson PLC

 

$

23,278

   
 

2,800

   

Close Brothers Group PLC

   

28,338

   
 

3,114

   

CMC Markets PLC#

   

4,168

   
 

33,791

   

Coats Group PLC

   

33,337

   
 

1,369

   

Coca-Cola HBC AG

   

40,222

   
 

5,327

   

Compass Group PLC

   

145,715

   
 

1,286

   

Computacenter PLC

   

45,766

   
 

16,230

   

ConvaTec Group PLC#

   

50,519

   
 

1,008

   

Cranswick PLC

   

48,927

   
 

4,845

   

Crest Nicholson Holdings PLC

   

13,414

   
 

6,842

   

CRH PLC

   

472,421

   
 

549

   

Croda International PLC

   

35,339

   
 

21,706

   

Currys PLC*

   

13,972

   
 

914

   

CVS Group PLC

   

19,607

   
 

2,919

   

Darktrace PLC*

   

13,644

   
 

1,019

   

DCC PLC

   

75,049

   
 

2,945

   

De La Rue PLC*

   

3,240

   
 

10,115

   

Deliveroo PLC*,#

   

16,452

   
 

6,669

   

DFS Furniture PLC

   

10,354

   
 

12,494

   

Diageo PLC

   

454,832

   
 

335

   

Diploma PLC

   

15,295

   
 

20,487

   

Direct Line Insurance Group PLC*

   

47,514

   
 

1,383

   

DiscoverIE Group PLC

   

13,926

   
 

1,714

   

Diversified Energy Co. PLC

   

24,360

   
 

7,529

   

Domino's Pizza Group PLC

   

36,161

   
 

8,792

   

dotdigital group PLC

   

11,083

   
 

10,696

   

Dowlais Group PLC

   

14,568

   
 

7,369

   

Dr Martens PLC

   

8,322

   
 

8,912

   

Drax Group PLC

   

55,628

   
 

24,266

   

DS Smith PLC

   

95,050

   
 

2,804

   

Dunelm Group PLC

   

39,208

   
 

2,569

   

easyJet PLC*

   

16,700

   
 

5,917

   

Ecora Resources PLC†

   

7,572

   
 

13,055

   

Elementis PLC*

   

21,233

   
 

2,131

   

Energean PLC

   

28,358

   
 

74,403

   

EnQuest PLC*

   

14,302

   
 

3,847

   

Entain PLC

   

48,751

   
 

7,801

   

Esken Ltd.*

   

120

   
 

5,759

   

Essentra PLC

   

12,450

   
 

3,432

   

Evraz PLC*

   

   
 

5,204

   

Experian PLC

   

212,398

   
 

1,729

   

FDM Group Holdings PLC

   

10,105

   
 

5,122

   

Ferrexpo PLC*

   

5,892

   
 

1,189

   

Fevertree Drinks PLC

   

15,898

   
 

20,184

   

Firstgroup PLC†

   

45,023

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


47


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

4,050

   

Forterra PLC#

 

$

9,127

   
 

3,491

   

Frasers Group PLC*

   

40,515

   
 

2,026

   

Fresnillo PLC

   

15,350

   
 

1,255

   

Fuller Smith & Turner PLC, Class A

   

10,430

   
 

1,310

   

Fund Technologies PLC*

   

19,203

   
 

2,410

   

Future PLC

   

24,437

   
 

2,798

   

Galliford Try Holdings PLC

   

8,025

   
 

603

   

Games Workshop Group PLC

   

75,862

   
 

1,706

   

Gamma Communications PLC

   

24,485

   
 

5,050

   

GB Group PLC

   

17,637

   
 

6,960

   

Genel Energy PLC†

   

6,804

   
 

2,857

   

Genuit Group PLC

   

14,694

   
 

882

   

Georgia Capital PLC*

   

11,490

   
 

115,290

   

Glencore PLC

   

693,772

   
 

3,132

   

Grafton Group PLC, CDI

   

36,373

   
 

14,240

   

Grainger PLC

   

47,991

   
 

27,394

   

Greencore Group PLC*

   

33,678

   
 

1,534

   

Greggs PLC

   

50,877

   
 

28,836

   

GSK PLC

   

533,033

   
 

5,559

   

GSK PLC, ADR

   

206,017

   
 

9,789

   

Gulf Keystone Petroleum Ltd.†

   

16,109

   
 

4,549

   

Gym Group PLC*,#

   

6,158

   
 

8,266

   

Haleon PLC

   

33,890

   
 

6,271

   

Halfords Group PLC

   

15,931

   
 

2,084

   

Halma PLC

   

60,672

   
 

4,078

   

Harbour Energy PLC

   

16,041

   
 

5,962

   

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

   

55,780

   
 

21,097

   

Hays PLC

   

29,365

   
 

1,995

   

Headlam Group PLC

   

5,493

   
 

3,050

   

Helical PLC

   

8,611

   
 

7,460

   

Helios Towers PLC*

   

8,463

   
 

3,074

   

Henry Boot PLC

   

8,150

   
 

1,549

   

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

   

35,323

   
 

1,312

   

Hill & Smith PLC

   

31,908

   
 

2,081

   

Hilton Food Group PLC

   

21,220

   
 

5,520

   

Hiscox Ltd.

   

74,160

   
 

5,513

   

Hochschild Mining PLC*

   

7,526

   
 

3,986

   

Hollywood Bowl Group PLC

   

15,547

   
 

9,916

   

Howden Joinery Group PLC

   

102,834

   
 

74,868

   

HSBC Holdings PLC

   

606,461

   
 

6,571

   

HSBC Holdings PLC, ADR†

   

266,388

   
 

3,532

   

Hunting PLC

   

13,304

   
 

4,879

   

Ibstock PLC#

   

9,422

   
 

13,192

   

IDOX PLC

   

11,586

   
 

7,234

   

IG Group Holdings PLC

   

70,585

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

2,433

   

IMI PLC

 

$

52,225

   
 

910

    Impax Asset Management
Group PLC†
   

6,380

   
 

10,186

   

Imperial Brands PLC

   

234,548

   
 

6,599

   

Inchcape PLC

   

60,184

   
 

2,109

   

Indivior PLC*

   

31,856

   
 

6,450

   

Informa PLC

   

64,226

   
 

3,740

   

IntegraFin Holdings PLC

   

14,454

   
 

917

   

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

   

82,872

   
 

1,597

   

Intermediate Capital Group PLC

   

34,209

   
 

10,061

    International Consolidated Airlines
Group SA*
   

19,878

   
 

10,685

    International Distributions
Services PLC*
   

37,059

   
 

4,161

   

International Personal Finance PLC

   

6,312

   
 

1,532

   

Intertek Group PLC

   

82,914

   
 

6,648

   

Investec PLC

   

45,064

   
 

3,042

   

iomart Group PLC

   

5,909

   
 

35,770

   

IP Group PLC

   

26,490

   
 

25,606

   

IQE PLC†,*

   

7,996

   
 

76,787

   

ITV PLC

   

61,936

   
 

9,541

   

IWG PLC*

   

23,022

   
 

19,557

   

J. Sainsbury PLC

   

75,433

   
 

2,074

   

J.D. Wetherspoon PLC*

   

21,427

   
 

1,083

   

James Fisher & Sons PLC*

   

4,252

   
 

3,618

   

James Halstead PLC†

   

9,408

   
 

16,601

   

JD Sports Fashion PLC

   

35,116

   
 

1,084

   

JET2 PLC

   

17,258

   
 

10,403

   

John Wood Group PLC*

   

22,821

   
 

2,977

   

Johnson Matthey PLC

   

64,414

   
 

7,194

   

Johnson Service Group PLC

   

12,984

   
 

8,912

   

Jupiter Fund Management PLC

   

10,610

   
 

2,148

   

Just Eat Takeaway.com NV†,*,#

   

33,298

   
 

30,973

   

Just Group PLC

   

33,913

   
 

1,680

   

Kainos Group PLC

   

23,962

   
 

1,556

   

Keller Group PLC

   

17,454

   
 

552

   

Keywords Studios PLC†

   

11,694

   
 

11,122

   

Kier Group PLC*

   

15,197

   
 

16,947

   

Kingfisher PLC

   

52,556

   
 

4,919

   

Lancashire Holdings Ltd.

   

39,125

   
 

9,246

   

Learning Technologies Group PLC

   

9,546

   
 

47,713

   

Legal & General Group PLC

   

152,712

   
 

1,556

   

Liontrust Asset Management PLC

   

12,495

   
 

399,205

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

   

242,771

   
 

30,105

   

Lloyds Banking Group PLC, ADR

   

71,951

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


48


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

761

   

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

 

$

89,959

   
 

3,033

   

LSL Property Services PLC

   

9,974

   
 

13,116

   

M&G PLC

   

37,182

   
 

25,098

   

Man Group PLC

   

74,411

   
 

32,319

   

Marks & Spencer Group PLC

   

112,216

   
 

1,885

   

Marshalls PLC

   

6,713

   
 

18,395

   

Marston's PLC*

   

7,925

   
 

11,392

   

Me Group International PLC

   

18,151

   
 

3,805

   

Mears Group PLC

   

15,035

   
 

10,696

   

Melrose Industries PLC

   

77,357

   
 

8,089

   

Mitchells & Butlers PLC*

   

26,581

   
 

24,076

   

Mitie Group PLC

   

30,474

   
 

150

   

MJ Gleeson PLC

   

927

   
 

10,029

   

Mobico Group PLC

   

10,815

   
 

5,425

   

Mondi PLC

   

106,318

   
 

8,246

   

Moneysupermarket.com Group PLC

   

29,451

   
 

7,506

   

Morgan Advanced Materials PLC

   

27,076

   
 

1,378

   

Morgan Sindall Group PLC

   

38,906

   
 

765

    Mortgage Advice Bureau Holdings
Ltd.
   

7,996

   
 

1,086

    MP Evans Group PLC†    

10,244

   
 

5,761

   

National Grid PLC

   

77,692

   
 

1,709

   

National Grid PLC, ADR†

   

116,195

   
 

25,535

   

NatWest Group PLC

   

71,411

   
 

15,508

   

NatWest Group PLC, ADR†

   

87,310

   
 

5,311

   

NCC Group PLC

   

8,719

   
 

2,402

   

Next 15 Group PLC

   

25,473

   
 

1,187

   

Next PLC

   

122,826

   
 

5,427

   

Ninety One PLC

   

12,694

   
 

537

   

NMC Health PLC§,*

   

   
 

3,468

   

Ocado Group PLC*

   

33,525

   
 

4,680

   

On the Beach Group PLC*,#

   

10,439

   
 

8,824

   

OSB Group PLC

   

52,256

   
 

1,080

   

Oxford Instruments PLC

   

31,593

   
 

5,545

   

Pagegroup PLC

   

34,421

   
 

40,396

   

Pan African Resources PLC

   

8,681

   
 

5,714

   

Paragon Banking Group PLC

   

50,801

   
 

1,213

   

PayPoint PLC

   

8,040

   
 

4,475

   

Pearson PLC

   

54,999

   
 

41,805

   

Pendragon PLC*

   

17,212

   
 

3,518

   

Pennon Group PLC

   

33,699

   
 

5,332

   

Persimmon PLC

   

94,402

   
 

4,723

   

Petrofac Ltd.†,*

   

2,252

   
 

10,688

   

Pets at Home Group PLC

   

43,350

   
 

5,331

   

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

   

36,368

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

3,157

   

Playtech PLC*

 

$

18,052

   
 

2,017

   

Plus500 Ltd.

   

42,755

   
 

1,124

   

Polar Capital Holdings PLC

   

6,676

   
 

14,328

   

Premier Foods PLC

   

24,765

   
 

7,055

   

Prudential PLC

   

79,783

   
 

782

   

Prudential PLC, ADR

   

17,556

   
 

8,123

   

PureTech Health PLC*

   

20,107

   
 

5,219

    PZ Cussons PLC    

10,191

   
 

7,065

   

QinetiQ Group PLC

   

27,827

   
 

19,168

   

Quilter PLC#

   

25,117

   
 

956

   

Rathbones Group PLC

   

21,227

   
 

12,130

   

Reach PLC

   

11,581

   
 

3,623

   

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

   

250,299

   
 

6,125

   

Redde Northgate PLC

   

28,379

   
 

6,252

   

Redrow PLC

   

49,050

   
 

10,683

   

RELX PLC

   

423,491

   
 

610

   

RELX PLC, ADR†

   

24,193

   
 

2,776

   

Renew Holdings PLC

   

30,395

   
 

1,514

   

Renewi PLC*

   

12,332

   
 

428

   

Renishaw PLC

   

19,520

   
 

7,633

   

Rentokil Initial PLC

   

42,887

   
 

1,162

   

Ricardo PLC

   

7,258

   
 

10,136

   

Rightmove PLC

   

74,367

   
 

3,804

   

Rio Tinto PLC

   

283,265

   
 

1,675

   

Robert Walters PLC

   

9,501

   
 

42,704

   

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC*

   

163,135

   
 

9,205

   

Rotork PLC

   

37,968

   
 

7,682

   

RS Group PLC

   

80,254

   
 

3,518

   

RWS Holdings PLC

   

11,246

   
 

4,500

   

S4 Capital PLC*

   

3,063

   
 

3,036

   

Sabre Insurance Group PLC#

   

5,859

   
 

948

   

Saga PLC*

   

1,762

   
 

3,736

   

Sage Group PLC

   

55,836

   
 

2,515

   

Savills PLC

   

31,064

   
 

5,215

   

Schroders PLC

   

28,577

   
 

5,266

   

Senior PLC

   

11,921

   
 

25,172

   

Serco Group PLC

   

52,011

   
 

4,307

   

Serica Energy PLC

   

12,605

   
 

11,630

   

Severfield PLC

   

9,428

   
 

1,639

   

Severn Trent PLC

   

53,879

   
 

41,803

   

Shell PLC

   

1,370,203

   
 

9,675

   

Shell PLC, ADR

   

636,615

   
 

9,302

   

SIG PLC†,*

   

3,960

   
 

33,155

   

Sirius Real Estate Ltd.

   

39,852

   
 

2,645

   

Smart Metering Systems PLC

   

31,692

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


49


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

2,913

   

Smith & Nephew PLC

 

$

40,045

   
 

1,470

   

Smiths Group PLC

   

33,043

   
 

1,667

   

Softcat PLC

   

28,898

   
 

797

   

Spectris PLC

   

38,391

   
 

12,936

   

Speedy Hire PLC

   

5,425

   
 

336

   

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

   

44,991

   
 

7,170

   

Spire Healthcare Group PLC#

   

20,700

   
 

10,386

   

Spirent Communications PLC

   

16,323

   
 

2,551

   

SSE PLC

   

60,350

   
 

11,406

   

SSP Group PLC*

   

34,137

   
 

4,597

   

St. James's Place PLC

   

40,056

   
 

15,119

   

Standard Chartered PLC

   

128,463

   
 

4,177

   

SThree PLC

   

22,255

   
 

3,024

   

Synthomer PLC†,*

   

7,312

   
 

5,495

   

Tate & Lyle PLC

   

46,158

   
 

33,295

   

Taylor Wimpey PLC

   

62,407

   
 

1,324

   

TBC Bank Group PLC

   

47,760

   
 

2,011

   

Telecom Plus PLC

   

41,321

   
 

48,227

   

Tesco PLC

   

178,578

   
 

25,894

   

THG PLC*

   

28,108

   
 

5,954

   

TI Fluid Systems PLC#

   

11,672

   
 

16,738

   

TP ICAP Group PLC

   

41,667

   
 

5,604

   

Travis Perkins PLC

   

59,188

   
 

2,759

   

Tremor International Ltd.*

   

7,174

   
 

2,958

   

TT Electronics PLC

   

5,889

   
 

42,736

   

Tullow Oil PLC†,*

   

21,201

   
 

4,191

   

Tyman PLC

   

16,801

   
 

7,731

   

Unilever PLC

   

374,287

   
 

4,797

   

United Utilities Group PLC

   

64,783

   
 

6,783

   

Vanquis Banking Group PLC

   

11,171

   
 

11,363

   

Vertu Motors PLC

   

10,284

   
 

5,245

   

Vesuvius PLC

   

32,171

   
 

863

   

Victrex PLC

   

16,742

   
 

1,479

   

Videndum PLC

   

6,561

   

Shares

      Value
(Note 1)
 
   

United Kingdom (Continued)

 
 

20,342

   

Virgin Money U.K. PLC

 

$

42,640

   
 

5,863

   

Vistry Group PLC

   

68,567

   
 

244,935

   

Vodafone Group PLC

   

214,049

   
 

3,200

   

Volex PLC

   

13,012

   
 

6,400

   

Volution Group PLC

   

35,372

   
 

3,542

    Watches of Switzerland Group
PLC*,#
   

31,987

   
 

5,138

   

Watkin Jones PLC

   

3,818

   
 

2,052

   

Weir Group PLC

   

49,343

   
 

1,764

   

WH Smith PLC

   

29,995

   
 

1,109

   

Whitbread PLC

   

51,681

   
 

5,006

   

Wickes Group PLC

   

9,067

   
 

3,672

   

Wincanton PLC

   

14,603

   
 

1,347

   

Wise PLC, Class A*

   

15,006

   
 

4,839

   

WPP PLC

   

46,445

   
 

930

   

XPS Pensions Group PLC

   

2,762

   
 

589

    Young & Co's Brewery PLC,
Class A†
   

8,183

   
     

21,017,140

   
   

United States—0.1%

 
 

1,592

   

ADTRAN Holdings, Inc.

   

11,969

   
 

770

   

Ferguson PLC

   

148,056

   
 

2,586

   

Newmont Corp., CDI

   

107,038

   
 

109

   

Noble Corp. PLC†

   

5,270

   
     

272,333

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $144,395,015)
   

162,923,194

   
   

AFFILIATED INVESTMENT COMPANY—28.6%

 
   

United States—28.6%

 
 

2,971,460

    DFA Emerging Markets Core
Equity Portfolio, Class I‡‡
(Cost $58,263,971)
   

66,590,420

   

 
 
  Expiration
Date
 
 
   

WARRANTS—0.0%

 
   

Canada—0.0%

 
 

122

   

Constellation Software, Inc.§,*

         

03/31/2040

   

0

   
    TOTAL WARRANTS (Cost $0)                    

0

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


50


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023


Shares
 
 
 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

PREFERRED STOCKS—0.4%

 
   

Germany—0.4%

 
 

666

   

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, 9.48%

                 

$

66,134

   
 

608

   

Dr Ing hc F Porsche AG, 1.26%#

                   

53,629

   
 

387

   

Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, 0.37%

                   

22,130

   
 

120

   

Einhell ermany AG, 1.76%

                   

21,858

   
 

1,205

   

FUCHS SE, 2.66%

                   

53,610

   
 

668

   

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, 2.54%

                   

53,730

   
 

949

   

Jungheinrich AG, 2.05%

                   

34,803

   
 

917

   

Porsche Automobil Holding SE, 5.54%

                   

46,891

   
 

213

   

Sartorius AG, 0.43%

                   

78,349

   
 

491

   

Sixt SE, 9.14%

                   

36,371

   
 

173

   

STO SE & Co. KGaA, 3.58%

                   

26,699

   
 

2,512

   

Volkswagen AG, 7.84%

                   

310,035

   
                     

804,239

   
   

Italy—0.0%

 
 

1,392

   

Danieli & C Officine Meccaniche SpA, 1.52%

                   

33,346

   
 

29,205

   

Telecom Italia SpA, 0.0%*

                   

9,766

   
                     

43,112

   
        TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (Cost $1,038,626)                    

847,351

   
        7-Day
Yield
 
 
 
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—1.4%

 
 

3,223,110

    State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio
(Cost $3,223,110)††
   

5.40

%

           

3,223,110

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE—100.4%
(Cost $206,920,722)
                   

233,584,075

   
       

Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets—(0.4)%

                   

(874,138

)

 
       

NET ASSETS—100.0%

                 

$

232,709,937

   

Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

†  Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. As of December 31, 2023, the market value of the securities on loan was $8,295,112 (Note 1).

††  Represents cash collateral received from securities lending transactions. Non-cash collateral amounted to $5,559,288.

§  Fair valued security—Represents fair value as measured based on the Portfolio Valuation policies specified in Note 1. As of December 31, 2023, the total value of the fair valued securities was $963.

*  Non-income producing security

#  Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The aggregate value of securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933 at December 30, 2023, amounts to approximately $3,726,092, and represents 1.60% of net assets.

‡‡  Affiliated issuer. Assets with a total aggregate market value of $66,590,420, or 28.6% of net assets, were affiliated with the Fund as of December 31, 2023 (Note 2).

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


51


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

At December 31, 2023, industry diversification of the M International Equity Fund's investments as a percentage of net assets was as follows:

Summary of Industry Classifications (Unaudited)

  Percentage
of Net
Assets
 

Mutual Funds

   

28.6

%

 

Banks

   

6.2

%

 

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels

   

5.5

%

 

Pharmaceuticals

   

3.8

%

 

Metals and Mining

   

3.5

%

 

Insurance

   

2.9

%

 

Machinery

   

2.7

%

 

Chemicals

   

2.5

%

 

Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment

   

2.2

%

 

Automobiles

   

2.0

%

 

Capital Markets

   

1.9

%

 

Food Products

   

1.8

%

 

Textiles, Apparel and Luxury Goods

   

1.7

%

 

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

   

1.5

%

 

Diversified Telecommunication Services

   

1.4

%

 

Real Estate Management and Development

   

1.4

%

 

Professional Services

   

1.3

%

 

Trading Companies and Distributors

   

1.3

%

 

Construction and Engineering

   

1.2

%

 

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

   

1.2

%

 

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

   

1.2

%

 

Household Durables

   

1.2

%

 

Automobile Components

   

1.1

%

 

Specialty Retail

   

1.1

%

 

Electric Utilities

   

1.0

%

 

Health Care Equipment and Supplies

   

1.0

%

 

Building Products

   

0.9

%

 

Electrical Equipment

   

0.9

%

 

IT Services

   

0.9

%

 

Software

   

0.9

%

 

Beverages

   

0.8

%

 

Commercial Services & Supplies

   

0.8

%

 

Aerospace & Defense

   

0.7

%

 

Ground Transportation

   

0.7

%

 

Industrial Conglomerates

   

0.7

%

 

Wireless Telecommunication Services

   

0.7

%

 

Broadline Retail

   

0.6

%

 

Construction Materials

   

0.6

%

 

Financial Services

   

0.6

%

 

Media

   

0.6

%

 

Air Freight and Logistics

   

0.5

%

 

Health Care Providers and Services

   

0.5

%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


52


M International Equity Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Summary of Industry Classifications (Unaudited)

  Percentage
of Net
Assets
 

Personal Care Products

   

0.5

%

 

Containers and Packaging

   

0.4

%

 

Entertainment

   

0.4

%

 

Independent Power and Renewable Electricity Producers

   

0.4

%

 

Marine Transportation

   

0.4

%

 

Multi-Utilities

   

0.4

%

 

Biotechnology

   

0.3

%

 

Energy Equipment and Services

   

0.3

%

 

Gas Utilities

   

0.3

%

 

Life Sciences Tools and Services

   

0.3

%

 

Paper and Forest Products

   

0.3

%

 

Tobacco

   

0.3

%

 

Transportation Infrastructure

   

0.3

%

 

Communications Equipment

   

0.2

%

 

Consumer Finance

   

0.2

%

 

Household Products

   

0.2

%

 

Interactive Media & Services

   

0.2

%

 

Leisure Equipment and Products

   

0.2

%

 

Passenger Airlines

   

0.2

%

 

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

   

0.2

%

 

Distributors

   

0.1

%

 

Diversified Consumer Services

   

0.1

%

 

Health Care Technology

   

0.1

%

 

Water Utilities

   

0.1

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

1.4

%

 

Total

   

100.4

%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


53


M Large Cap Growth Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

COMMON STOCKS—99.4%

 
   

Beverages—1.9%

 
 

80,800

   

Monster Beverage Corp.*

 

$

4,654,888

   
   

Biotechnology—2.6%

 
 

47,200

   

Neurocrine Biosciences, Inc.*

   

6,219,072

   
   

Broadline Retail—6.1%

 
 

96,300

   

Amazon.com, Inc.*

   

14,631,822

   
   

Capital Markets—2.6%

 
 

91,600

   

Charles Schwab Corp.

   

6,302,080

   
   

Chemicals—2.0%

 
 

11,800

   

Linde PLC

   

4,846,378

   
   

Communications Equipment—5.4%

 
 

55,075

   

Arista Networks, Inc.*

   

12,970,713

   
   

Financial Services—10.5%

 
 

62,900

   

Fiserv, Inc.*

   

8,355,636

   
 

16,300

   

Mastercard, Inc., Class A

   

6,952,113

   
 

39,000

   

Visa, Inc., Class A

   

10,153,650

   
     

25,461,399

   
    Health Care Equipment and
Supplies—3.4%
 
 

142,130

   

Boston Scientific Corp.*

   

8,216,535

   
   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—3.0%

 
 

3,213

   

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

   

7,348,002

   
   

Interactive Media & Services—5.1%

 
 

87,850

   

Alphabet, Inc., Class A*

   

12,271,766

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

IT Services—9.0%

 
 

32,700

   

Accenture PLC, Class A

 

$

11,474,757

   
 

34,900

   

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

   

10,377,166

   
     

21,851,923

   
    Life Sciences Tools and
Services—1.5%
 
 

6,950

   

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

   

3,688,991

   
   

Professional Services—3.8%

 
 

26,050

   

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

   

6,068,869

   
 

15,225

   

Paycom Software, Inc.

   

3,147,312

   
     

9,216,181

   
    Semiconductors and Semiconductor
Equipment—12.9%
 
 

12,600

   

ASML Holding NV, Registered

   

9,537,192

   
 

36,000

   

Entegris, Inc.

   

4,313,520

   
 

34,950

   

NVIDIA Corp.

   

17,307,939

   
     

31,158,651

   
   

Software—28.7%

 
 

24,050

   

Adobe, Inc.*

   

14,348,230

   
 

41,600

   

Autodesk, Inc.*

   

10,128,768

   
 

22,700

   

Intuit, Inc.

   

14,188,181

   
 

82,020

   

Microsoft Corp.

   

30,842,801

   
     

69,507,980

   
   

Specialty Retail—0.9%

 
 

2,300

   

O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

   

2,185,184

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $151,378,139)
   

240,531,565

   
        TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE—99.4%
(Cost $151,378,139)
   

240,531,565

   
       

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities—0.6%

   

1,567,997

   
       

NET ASSETS—100.0%

 

$

242,099,562

   

Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

*  Non-income producing security

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


54


M Large Cap Growth Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

At December 31, 2023, industry sector diversification of the M Large Cap Growth Fund's investments as a percentage of net assets was as follows:

Summary of Sector Classifications (Unaudited)

  Percentage
of Net
Assets
 

Information Technology

   

56.0

%

 

Financials

   

13.1

%

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

10.0

%

 

Health Care

   

7.5

%

 

Communication Services

   

5.1

%

 

Industrials

   

3.8

%

 

Materials

   

2.0

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

1.9

%

 

Total

   

99.4

%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


55


M Capital Appreciation Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

COMMON STOCKS—98.7%

 
   

Aerospace & Defense—1.3%

 
 

10,151

   

BWX Technologies, Inc.

 

$

778,886

   
 

3,378

   

Curtiss-Wright Corp.

   

752,585

   
 

73,391

    Kratos Defense & Security
Solutions, Inc.*
   

1,489,103

   
     

3,020,574

   
   

Automobile Components—3.1%

 
 

51,371

   

BorgWarner, Inc.

   

1,841,650

   
 

76,590

   

Dana, Inc.

   

1,118,980

   
 

29,825

   

Modine Manufacturing Co.*

   

1,780,552

   
 

119,452

   

Stoneridge, Inc.*

   

2,337,676

   
     

7,078,858

   
   

Banks—4.0%

 
 

54,419

   

Bancorp, Inc.*

   

2,098,397

   
 

28,378

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

940,447

   
 

93,791

   

First BanCorp

   

1,542,862

   
 

20,524

   

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.

   

1,790,103

   
 

17,534

   

Popular, Inc.

   

1,439,015

   
 

14,059

   

Wintrust Financial Corp.

   

1,303,972

   
     

9,114,796

   
   

Biotechnology—3.9%

 
 

35,116

   

ACADIA Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

1,099,482

   
 

14,297

   

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

   

1,378,517

   
 

20,956

   

Exact Sciences Corp.*

   

1,550,325

   
 

27,447

   

Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

1,014,441

   
 

10,519

   

Incyte Corp.*

   

660,488

   
 

22,033

   

Natera, Inc.*

   

1,380,147

   
 

3,244

   

Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*

   

312,819

   
 

2,580

   

United Therapeutics Corp.*

   

567,316

   
 

26,199

   

Vericel Corp.*

   

932,946

   
     

8,896,481

   
   

Building Products—3.7%

 
 

25,715

   

AZEK Co., Inc.*

   

983,599

   
 

21,086

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc.*

   

3,520,097

   
 

11,367

   

Masonite International Corp.*

   

962,330

   
 

37,341

   

Trex Co., Inc.*

   

3,091,461

   
     

8,557,487

   
   

Capital Markets—2.4%

 
 

37,471

   

Carlyle Group, Inc.

   

1,524,695

   
 

6,979

   

Evercore, Inc., Class A

   

1,193,758

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Capital Markets (Continued)

 
 

15,725

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

 

$

1,753,337

   
 

21,445

   

TPG, Inc.

   

925,781

   
     

5,397,571

   
   

Chemicals—2.3%

 
 

18,148

   

Albemarle Corp.

   

2,622,023

   
 

70,401

   

Aspen Aerogels, Inc.*

   

1,110,928

   
 

22,899

   

FMC Corp.

   

1,443,782

   
     

5,176,733

   
    Commercial Services &
Supplies—0.6%
 
 

106,648

   

Interface, Inc.

   

1,345,898

   
    Construction and
Engineering—4.2%
 
 

14,057

   

AECOM

   

1,299,289

   
 

54,187

   

Granite Construction, Inc.

   

2,755,951

   
 

39,609

   

MasTec, Inc.*

   

2,999,193

   
 

11,310

   

Quanta Services, Inc.

   

2,440,698

   
     

9,495,131

   
   

Construction Materials—2.7%

 
 

16,606

   

Eagle Materials, Inc.

   

3,368,361

   
 

73,453

   

Summit Materials, Inc., Class A*

   

2,825,002

   
     

6,193,363

   
   

Containers and Packaging—0.7%

 
 

111,991

   

Pactiv Evergreen, Inc.

   

1,535,397

   
    Diversified Consumer
Services—0.7%
 
 

91,712

   

Perdoceo Education Corp.

   

1,610,463

   
    Diversified Telecommunication
Services—0.6%
 
 

17,261

    Cogent Communications
Holdings, Inc.
   

1,312,872

   
   

Electrical Equipment—3.4%

 
 

178,984

   

Array Technologies, Inc.*

   

3,006,931

   
 

11,272

   

EnerSys

   

1,138,021

   
 

2,096

   

Hubbell, Inc.

   

689,437

   
 

78,051

    Shoals Technologies Group, Inc.,
Class A*
   

1,212,913

   
 

33,538

   

Vertiv Holdings Co.

   

1,610,830

   
     

7,658,132

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


56


M Capital Appreciation Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
    Electronic Equipment,
Instruments & Components—5.9%
 
 

6,467

   

Belden, Inc.

 

$

499,576

   
 

46,773

   

Coherent Corp.*

   

2,036,029

   
 

9,322

   

Fabrinet*

   

1,774,256

   
 

104,299

   

Flex Ltd.*

   

3,176,947

   
 

34,424

   

Jabil, Inc.

   

4,385,618

   
 

8,932

   

Rogers Corp.*

   

1,179,649

   
 

9,176

   

Sanmina Corp.*

   

471,371

   
     

13,523,446

   
   

Financial Services—1.5%

 
 

45,989

   

NMI Holdings, Inc., Class A*

   

1,364,954

   
 

110,883

   

Paymentus Holdings, Inc., Class A*

   

1,981,479

   
     

3,346,433

   
   

Food Products—0.6%

 
 

26,902

   

Darling Ingredients, Inc.*

   

1,340,796

   
   

Ground Transportation—3.1%

 
 

34,365

    Knight-Swift Transportation
Holdings, Inc.
   

1,981,142

   
 

74,442

   

RXO, Inc.*

   

1,731,521

   
 

38,346

   

XPO, Inc.*

   

3,358,726

   
     

7,071,389

   
    Health Care Equipment and
Supplies—4.8%
 
 

4,017

   

Align Technology, Inc.*

   

1,100,658

   
 

7,339

   

Cooper Cos., Inc.

   

2,777,371

   
 

15,360

   

Hologic, Inc.*

   

1,097,472

   
 

6,473

   

Inspire Medical Systems, Inc.*

   

1,316,802

   
 

11,112

   

Insulet Corp.*

   

2,411,082

   
 

32,955

   

Novocure Ltd.*

   

492,018

   
 

22,558

   

Tandem Diabetes Care, Inc.*

   

667,266

   
 

48,503

   

Varex Imaging Corp.*

   

994,311

   
     

10,856,980

   
    Hotels, Restaurants &
Leisure—3.4%
 
 

26,184

   

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

1,639,380

   
 

63,147

   

Caesars Entertainment, Inc.*

   

2,960,331

   
 

43,255

   

Planet Fitness, Inc., Class A*

   

3,157,615

   
     

7,757,326

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Industrial REITs—0.8%

 
 

77,688

   

LXP Industrial Trust

 

$

770,665

   
 

25,226

   

STAG Industrial, Inc.

   

990,373

   
     

1,761,038

   
   

Insurance—1.6%

 
 

4,915

   

Everest Group Ltd.

   

1,737,846

   
 

25,030

   

Trupanion, Inc.†,*

   

763,665

   
 

16,476

   

WR Berkley Corp.

   

1,165,183

   
     

3,666,694

   
   

Interactive Media & Services—0.7%

 
 

90,086

   

ZoomInfo Technologies, Inc.*

   

1,665,690

   
   

IT Services—2.4%

 
 

4,605

   

EPAM Systems, Inc.*

   

1,369,251

   
 

102,391

   

Grid Dynamics Holdings, Inc.*

   

1,364,872

   
 

3,023

   

MongoDB, Inc.*

   

1,235,954

   
 

16,229

   

Okta, Inc.*

   

1,469,211

   
     

5,439,288

   
   

Leisure Products—0.9%

 
 

109,494

   

Mattel, Inc.*

   

2,067,247

   
    Life Sciences Tools and
Services—2.2%
 
 

58,764

   

Avantor, Inc.*

   

1,341,582

   
 

7,917

    Charles River Laboratories
International, Inc.*
   

1,871,579

   
 

19,073

   

Qiagen NV*

   

828,341

   
 

61,191

   

Sotera Health Co.*

   

1,031,068

   
     

5,072,570

   
   

Machinery—1.6%

 
 

12,071

   

Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.

   

1,184,165

   
 

90,690

   

Stratasys Ltd.*

   

1,295,053

   
 

22,987

   

Symbotic, Inc.†,*

   

1,179,923

   
     

3,659,141

   
   

Marine Transportation—0.6%

 
 

18,620

   

Kirby Corp.*

   

1,461,298

   
   

Media—1.2%

 
 

131,975

   

Integral Ad Science Holding Corp.*

   

1,899,120

   
 

103,257

   

Magnite, Inc.*

   

964,421

   
     

2,863,541

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


57


M Capital Appreciation Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Metals and Mining—3.8%

 
 

88,447

   

ATI, Inc.*

 

$

4,021,685

   
 

38,885

   

Carpenter Technology Corp.

   

2,753,058

   
 

30,818

   

MP Materials Corp.*

   

611,738

   
 

43,559

   

Sigma Lithium Corp.†,*

   

1,373,415

   
     

8,759,896

   
    Oil, Gas and Consumable
Fuels—3.5%
 
 

27,931

   

Devon Energy Corp.

   

1,265,274

   
 

91,988

   

Navigator Holdings Ltd.

   

1,338,425

   
 

209,654

   

Permian Resources Corp.

   

2,851,295

   
 

65,481

   

SM Energy Co.

   

2,535,424

   
     

7,990,418

   
   

Passenger Airlines—3.2%

 
 

43,844

   

Alaska Air Group, Inc.*

   

1,712,985

   
 

328,004

   

Azul SA, ADR*

   

3,178,359

   
 

252,546

    Controladora Vuela Cia de Aviacion
SAB de CV, ADR*
   

2,368,881

   
     

7,260,225

   
   

Pharmaceuticals—2.0%

 
 

19,688

   

Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

   

1,217,702

   
 

29,559

   

Catalent, Inc.*

   

1,328,086

   
 

5,200

   

Jazz Pharmaceuticals PLC*

   

639,600

   
 

38,439

   

Pacira BioSciences, Inc.*

   

1,296,932

   
     

4,482,320

   
   

Professional Services—3.2%

 
 

8,914

   

Equifax, Inc.

   

2,204,343

   
 

41,049

   

KBR, Inc.

   

2,274,525

   
 

206,608

   

Planet Labs PBC†,*

   

510,322

   
 

17,728

   

TransUnion

   

1,218,091

   
 

67,001

   

Upwork, Inc.*

   

996,305

   
     

7,203,586

   
    Real Estate Management and
Development—0.2%
 
 

32,385

   

DigitalBridge Group, Inc.

   

568,033

   
   

Residential REITs—0.3%

 
 

39,762

   

Independence Realty Trust, Inc.

   

608,359

   
   

Retail REITs—0.2%

 
 

33,066

   

NETSTREIT Corp.

   

590,228

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
    Semiconductors and Semiconductor
Equipment—8.8%
 
 

8,044

   

Ambarella, Inc.*

 

$

493,017

   
 

95,006

    indie Semiconductor, Inc.,
Class A†,*
   

770,499

   
 

27,254

    MACOM Technology Solutions
Holdings, Inc.*
   

2,533,259

   
 

11,282

   

MKS Instruments, Inc.

   

1,160,579

   
 

3,734

   

Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.

   

2,355,332

   
 

23,180

   

Qorvo, Inc.*

   

2,610,300

   
 

46,861

   

Semtech Corp.*

   

1,026,724

   
 

16,484

   

SiTime Corp.*

   

2,012,367

   
 

6,098

   

SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.†,*

   

570,773

   
 

42,362

   

Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.*

   

1,446,239

   
 

9,572

   

Universal Display Corp.

   

1,830,741

   
 

75,104

   

Wolfspeed, Inc.†,*

   

3,267,775

   
     

20,077,605

   
   

Software—2.1%

 
 

19,438

   

Envestnet, Inc.*

   

962,570

   
 

13,141

   

Guidewire Software, Inc.*

   

1,432,894

   
 

1,961

   

HubSpot, Inc.*

   

1,138,439

   
 

1,042

   

Tyler Technologies, Inc.*

   

435,681

   
 

85,095

   

Zuora, Inc., Class A*

   

799,893

   
     

4,769,477

   
   

Specialty Retail—0.7%

 
 

29,906

   

Chewy, Inc., Class A*

   

706,679

   
 

121,831

   

Leslie's, Inc.*

   

841,852

   
     

1,548,531

   
    Technology Hardware, Storage &
Peripherals—0.5%
 
 

31,833

   

Pure Storage, Inc., Class A*

   

1,135,165

   
    Trading Companies and
Distributors—5.3%
 
 

44,589

   

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

   

3,880,135

   
 

66,360

   

FTAI Aviation Ltd.

   

3,079,104

   
 

15,914

   

GMS, Inc.*

   

1,311,791

   
 

346,129

   

MRC Global, Inc.*

   

3,810,880

   
     

12,081,910

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $165,774,089)
   

225,022,386

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


58


M Capital Appreciation Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
 
  7-Day
Yield
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—1.0%

 
 

2,132,506

    State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio
(Cost $2,132,506)††
           

5.40

%

 

$

2,132,506

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE—99.7%
(Cost $167,906,595)
                   

227,154,892

   
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities—0.3%

                   

796,812

   
   

NET ASSETS—100.0%

                 

$

227,951,704

   

Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

REIT—Real Estate Investment Trust

*  Non-income producing security

†  Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. As of December 31, 2023, the market value of the securities on loan was $6,817,273 (Note 1).

††  Represents collateral received from securities lending transactions. Non-cash collateral amounted to $5,078,709.

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


59


M Capital Appreciation Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

At December 31, 2023, industry sector diversification of the M Capital Appreciation Fund's investments as a percentage of net assets was as follows:

Summary of Sector Classifications (Unaudited)

  Percentage
of Net
Assets
 

Industrials

   

30.2

%

 

Information Technology

   

19.7

%

 

Health Care

   

12.9

%

 

Materials

   

9.5

%

 

Financials

   

9.4

%

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

8.8

%

 

Energy

   

3.5

%

 

Communication Services

   

2.6

%

 

Real Estate

   

1.5

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

0.6

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

1.0

%

 

Total

   

99.7

%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


60


M Large Cap Value Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

COMMON STOCKS—98.6%

 
   

Aerospace & Defense—1.7%

 
 

500

   

Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.

 

$

129,820

   
 

1,600

   

L3Harris Technologies, Inc.

   

336,992

   
 

3,300

   

Lockheed Martin Corp.

   

1,495,692

   
 

3,800

   

Textron, Inc.

   

305,596

   
     

2,268,100

   
   

Air Freight and Logistics—0.6%

 
 

3,500

   

FedEx Corp.

   

885,395

   
   

Automobile Components—0.1%

 
 

800

   

Lear Corp.

   

112,968

   
   

Automobiles—1.1%

 
 

66,100

   

Ford Motor Co.

   

805,759

   
 

19,600

   

General Motors Co.

   

704,032

   
     

1,509,791

   
   

Banks—8.6%

 
 

64,700

   

Bank of America Corp.

   

2,178,449

   
 

24,900

   

Citigroup, Inc.

   

1,280,856

   
 

3,800

   

Citizens Financial Group, Inc.

   

125,932

   
 

500

   

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

   

54,245

   
 

11,800

   

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

   

150,096

   
 

40,600

   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   

6,906,060

   
 

7,700

   

KeyCorp.

   

110,880

   
 

1,400

   

M&T Bank Corp.

   

191,912

   
 

3,300

   

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

511,005

   
 

1,500

   

Webster Financial Corp.

   

76,140

   
     

11,585,575

   
   

Beverages—0.2%

 
 

100

   

Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.

   

92,840

   
 

2,799

   

Molson Coors Beverage Co., Class B

   

171,327

   
     

264,167

   
   

Biotechnology—5.6%

 
 

23,200

   

AbbVie, Inc.

   

3,595,304

   
 

7,300

   

Amgen, Inc.

   

2,102,546

   
 

1,900

   

Biogen, Inc.*

   

491,663

   
 

17,300

   

Gilead Sciences, Inc.

   

1,401,473

   
     

7,590,986

   
   

Broadline Retail—0.2%

 
 

6,900

   

eBay, Inc.

   

300,978

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Building Products—1.4%

 
 

1,100

   

Allegion PLC

 

$

139,359

   
 

2,000

   

Builders FirstSource, Inc.*

   

333,880

   
 

700

   

Carlisle Cos., Inc.

   

218,701

   
 

1,800

   

Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc.

   

137,052

   
 

8,800

   

Johnson Controls International PLC

   

507,232

   
 

4,400

   

Masco Corp.

   

294,712

   
 

1,800

   

Owens Corning

   

266,814

   
 

500

   

UFP Industries, Inc.

   

62,775

   
     

1,960,525

   
   

Capital Markets—5.2%

 
 

1,400

   

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

   

531,762

   
 

11,600

   

Bank of New York Mellon Corp.

   

603,780

   
 

4,700

   

Carlyle Group, Inc.

   

191,243

   
 

4,600

   

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

   

1,774,542

   
 

3,700

   

Invesco Ltd.

   

66,008

   
 

1,700

   

Jefferies Financial Group, Inc.

   

68,697

   
 

1,000

   

LPL Financial Holdings, Inc.

   

227,620

   
 

23,400

   

Morgan Stanley

   

2,182,050

   
 

1,700

   

Northern Trust Corp.

   

143,446

   
 

2,700

   

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

   

301,050

   
 

5,700

   

Robinhood Markets, Inc., Class A*

   

72,618

   
 

800

   

SEI Investments Co.

   

50,840

   
 

4,800

   

State Street Corp.

   

371,808

   
 

1,400

   

Stifel Financial Corp.

   

96,810

   
 

3,000

   

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

   

323,070

   
     

7,005,344

   
   

Chemicals—1.0%

 
 

1,600

   

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   

127,200

   
 

9,300

   

Dow, Inc.

   

510,012

   
 

1,600

   

Eastman Chemical Co.

   

143,712

   
 

4,485

   

LyondellBasell Industries NV, Class A

   

426,434

   
 

1,850

   

Olin Corp.

   

99,807

   
     

1,307,165

   
   

Communications Equipment—2.2%

 
 

56,900

   

Cisco Systems, Inc.

   

2,874,588

   
 

4,200

   

Juniper Networks, Inc.

   

123,816

   
     

2,998,404

   
   

Construction Materials—0.1%

 
 

500

   

Eagle Materials, Inc.

   

101,420

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


61


M Large Cap Value Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Consumer Finance—2.5%

 
 

3,900

   

Ally Financial, Inc.

 

$

136,188

   
 

10,200

   

American Express Co.

   

1,910,868

   
 

4,900

   

Capital One Financial Corp.

   

642,488

   
 

3,900

   

Discover Financial Services

   

438,360

   
 

6,100

   

Synchrony Financial

   

232,959

   
     

3,360,863

   
    Consumer Staples Distribution &
Retail—0.6%
 
 

1,000

   

BJ's Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.*

   

66,660

   
 

9,700

   

Kroger Co.

   

443,387

   
 

4,100

   

Sysco Corp.

   

299,833

   
     

809,880

   
   

Containers and Packaging—0.7%

 
 

1,600

   

Berry Global Group, Inc.

   

107,824

   
 

2,300

   

Crown Holdings, Inc.

   

211,807

   
 

4,200

   

Graphic Packaging Holding Co.

   

103,530

   
 

4,500

   

International Paper Co.

   

162,675

   
 

1,500

   

Packaging Corp. of America

   

244,365

   
 

1,200

   

Sonoco Products Co.

   

67,044

   
     

897,245

   
   

Diversified Consumer Services—0.2%

 
 

1,100

   

H&R Block, Inc.

   

53,207

   
 

2,900

   

Service Corp. International

   

198,505

   
     

251,712

   
    Diversified Telecommunication
Services—2.2%
 
 

54,800

   

AT&T, Inc.

   

919,544

   
 

54,300

   

Verizon Communications, Inc.

   

2,047,110

   
     

2,966,654

   
   

Electric Utilities—1.5%

 
 

3,300

   

Alliant Energy Corp.

   

169,290

   
 

10,300

   

Duke Energy Corp.

   

999,512

   
 

4,600

   

Edison International

   

328,854

   
 

2,752

   

OGE Energy Corp.

   

96,127

   
 

1,549

   

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

   

111,280

   
 

10,200

   

PPL Corp.

   

276,420

   
     

1,981,483

   
   

Electrical Equipment—0.1%

 
 

500

   

Regal Rexnord Corp.

   

74,010

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
    Electronic Equipment, Instruments &
Components—0.7%
 
 

1,200

   

Arrow Electronics, Inc.*

 

$

146,700

   
 

11,600

   

Corning, Inc.

   

353,220

   
 

2,500

   

Jabil, Inc.

   

318,500

   
 

1,200

   

TD SYNNEX Corp.

   

129,132

   
     

947,552

   
   

Energy Equipment and Services—0.4%

 
 

11,600

   

Halliburton Co.

   

419,340

   
 

3,200

   

NOV, Inc.

   

64,896

   
     

484,236

   
   

Financial Services—1.1%

 
 

5,800

   

Equitable Holdings, Inc.

   

193,140

   
 

7,044

   

Fiserv, Inc.*

   

935,725

   
 

3,400

   

Global Payments, Inc.

   

431,800

   
     

1,560,665

   
   

Food Products—1.1%

 
 

9,300

   

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.

   

671,646

   
 

1,300

   

Bunge Global SA

   

131,235

   
 

900

   

Ingredion, Inc.

   

97,677

   
 

16,900

   

Kraft Heinz Co.

   

624,962

   
     

1,525,520

   
   

Ground Transportation—1.0%

 
 

500

   

Avis Budget Group, Inc.

   

88,630

   
 

25,900

   

CSX Corp.

   

897,953

   
 

2,200

    Knight-Swift Transportation
Holdings, Inc.
   

126,830

   
 

2,600

   

U-Haul Holding Co. NV

   

183,144

   
 

200

   

U-Haul Holding Co.†,*

   

14,360

   
     

1,310,917

   
    Health Care Equipment and
Supplies—0.7%
 
 

10,900

   

Medtronic PLC

   

897,942

   
    Health Care Providers and
Services—7.2%
 
 

3,662

   

Cardinal Health, Inc.

   

369,129

   
 

3,400

   

Cencora, Inc.

   

698,292

   
 

4,400

   

Centene Corp.*

   

326,524

   
 

4,600

   

Cigna Group

   

1,377,470

   
 

10,500

   

CVS Health Corp.

   

829,080

   
 

1,200

   

DaVita, Inc.*

   

125,712

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


62


M Large Cap Value Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
    Health Care Providers and
Services (Continued)
 
 

4,200

   

Elevance Health, Inc.

 

$

1,980,552

   
 

5,600

   

HCA Healthcare, Inc.

   

1,515,808

   
 

1,800

   

Henry Schein, Inc.*

   

136,278

   
 

1,600

   

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings

   

363,664

   
 

2,700

   

McKesson Corp.

   

1,250,046

   
 

500

   

Molina Healthcare, Inc.*

   

180,655

   
 

2,300

   

Quest Diagnostics, Inc.

   

317,124

   
 

1,100

   

Tenet Healthcare Corp.*

   

83,127

   
 

1,200

   

Universal Health Services, Inc., Class B

   

182,928

   
     

9,736,389

   
   

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure—0.1%

 
 

1,349

   

Boyd Gaming Corp.

   

84,461

   
   

Household Durables—1.8%

 
 

6,200

   

DR Horton, Inc.

   

942,276

   
 

4,600

   

Lennar Corp., Class A

   

685,584

   
 

30

   

NVR, Inc.*

   

210,013

   
 

4,500

   

PulteGroup, Inc.

   

464,490

   
 

800

   

Toll Brothers, Inc.

   

82,232

   
 

300

   

TopBuild Corp.*

   

112,278

   
     

2,496,873

   
    Independent Power and Renewable
Electricity Producers—0.2%
 
 

5,800

   

Vistra Corp.

   

223,416

   
   

Insurance—6.3%

 
 

9,200

   

Aflac, Inc.

   

759,000

   
 

1,000

   

American Financial Group, Inc.

   

118,890

   
 

9,200

   

American International Group, Inc.

   

623,300

   
 

5,300

   

Arch Capital Group Ltd.*

   

393,631

   
 

700

   

Assurant, Inc.

   

117,943

   
 

6,000

   

Chubb Ltd.

   

1,356,000

   
 

2,200

   

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

   

227,612

   
 

3,700

   

Fidelity National Financial, Inc.

   

188,774

   
 

1,300

   

First American Financial Corp.

   

83,772

   
 

1,200

   

Globe Life, Inc.

   

146,064

   
 

4,600

   

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.

   

369,748

   
 

3,500

   

Loews Corp.

   

243,565

   
 

150

   

Markel Group, Inc.*

   

212,985

   
 

11,800

   

MetLife, Inc.

   

780,334

   
 

4,000

   

Old Republic International Corp.

   

117,600

   
 

400

   

Primerica, Inc.

   

82,304

   
 

3,600

   

Principal Financial Group, Inc.

   

283,212

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Insurance (Continued)

 
 

5,100

   

Prudential Financial, Inc.

 

$

528,921

   
 

900

   

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

   

145,602

   
 

6,000

   

Travelers Cos., Inc.

   

1,142,940

   
 

2,700

   

Unum Group

   

122,094

   
 

800

   

Willis Towers Watson PLC

   

192,960

   
 

3,650

   

WR Berkley Corp.

   

258,128

   
     

8,495,379

   
   

IT Services—1.8%

 
 

6,500

    Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp.,
Class A
   

490,945

   
 

11,000

   

International Business Machines Corp.

   

1,799,050

   
 

1,500

   

Twilio, Inc., Class A*

   

113,805

   
     

2,403,800

   
   

Leisure Products—0.1%

 
 

1,200

   

Brunswick Corp.

   

116,100

   
 

2,700

   

Mattel, Inc.*

   

50,976

   
     

167,076

   
   

Machinery—4.8%

 
 

950

   

AGCO Corp.

   

115,340

   
 

6,600

   

Caterpillar, Inc.

   

1,951,422

   
 

1,900

   

Cummins, Inc.

   

455,183

   
 

3,800

   

Deere & Co.

   

1,519,506

   
 

1,800

   

Dover Corp.

   

276,858

   
 

700

   

Middleby Corp.*

   

103,019

   
 

800

   

Oshkosh Corp.

   

86,728

   
 

7,222

   

PACCAR, Inc.

   

705,228

   
 

1,700

   

Parker-Hannifin Corp.

   

783,190

   
 

2,200

   

Pentair PLC

   

159,962

   
 

800

   

Snap-on, Inc.

   

231,072

   
 

800

   

Timken Co.

   

64,120

   
     

6,451,628

   
   

Media—2.8%

 
 

1,200

   

Charter Communications, Inc., Class A*

   

466,416

   
 

60,600

   

Comcast Corp., Class A

   

2,657,310

   
 

5,700

   

Fox Corp., Class A

   

169,119

   
 

5,400

   

Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc.

   

176,256

   
 

3,600

   

Omnicom Group, Inc.

   

311,436

   
     

3,780,537

   
   

Metals and Mining—1.4%

 
 

6,600

   

Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc.*

   

134,772

   
 

700

   

Commercial Metals Co.

   

35,028

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


63


M Large Cap Value Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Metals and Mining (Continued)

 
 

5,100

   

Nucor Corp.

 

$

887,604

   
 

1,000

   

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

   

279,680

   
 

3,500

   

Steel Dynamics, Inc.

   

413,350

   
 

3,100

   

U.S. Steel Corp.

   

150,815

   
     

1,901,249

   
   

Multi-Utilities—1.3%

 
 

5,700

   

CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

   

162,849

   
 

4,500

   

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

   

409,365

   
 

8,700

   

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.

   

532,005

   
 

8,600

   

Sempra

   

642,678

   
     

1,746,897

   
   

Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels—12.9%

 
 

2,200

   

Antero Resources Corp.*

   

49,896

   
 

4,500

   

APA Corp.

   

161,460

   
 

3,100

   

Cheniere Energy, Inc.

   

529,201

   
 

24,169

   

Chevron Corp.

   

3,605,048

   
 

300

   

Chord Energy Corp.

   

49,869

   
 

17,100

   

ConocoPhillips

   

1,984,797

   
 

9,800

   

Coterra Energy, Inc.

   

250,096

   
 

9,700

   

EOG Resources, Inc.

   

1,173,215

   
 

52,800

   

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   

5,278,945

   
 

31,000

   

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

   

546,840

   
 

9,535

   

Marathon Oil Corp.

   

230,366

   
 

5,100

   

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

   

756,636

   
 

1,100

   

Murphy Oil Corp.

   

46,926

   
 

1,700

   

New Fortress Energy, Inc.†

   

64,141

   
 

12,500

   

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

   

746,375

   
 

5,800

   

Phillips 66

   

772,212

   
 

3,100

   

Range Resources Corp.

   

94,364

   
 

14,200

   

Southwestern Energy Co.*

   

93,010

   
 

5,400

   

Valero Energy Corp.

   

702,000

   
 

9,900

   

Williams Cos., Inc.

   

344,817

   
     

17,480,214

   
   

Passenger Airlines—0.1%

 
 

5,300

   

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

   

213,219

   
   

Pharmaceuticals—4.9%

 
 

19,700

   

Johnson & Johnson

   

3,087,778

   
 

30,400

   

Merck & Co., Inc.

   

3,314,208

   
 

15,500

   

Viatris, Inc.

   

167,865

   
     

6,569,851

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
   

Professional Services—0.3%

 
 

200

   

CACI International, Inc., Class A*

 

$

64,772

   
 

1,899

   

Leidos Holdings, Inc.

   

205,548

   
 

1,400

   

Robert Half, Inc.

   

123,088

   
 

300

   

Science Applications International Corp.

   

37,296

   
     

430,704

   
    Real Estate Management and
Development—0.1%
 
 

400

   

Jones Lang LaSalle, Inc.*

   

75,548

   
    Semiconductors and Semiconductor
Equipment—4.7%
 
 

11,600

   

Applied Materials, Inc.

   

1,880,012

   
 

4,400

   

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   

396,792

   
 

15,000

   

Micron Technology, Inc.

   

1,280,100

   
 

4,800

   

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

   

400,944

   
 

15,400

   

QUALCOMM, Inc.

   

2,227,302

   
 

2,200

   

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.

   

247,324

   
     

6,432,474

   
   

Software—0.1%

 
 

5,200

   

Gen Digital, Inc.

   

118,664

   
   

Specialty Retail—2.8%

 
 

1,300

   

AutoNation, Inc.*

   

195,234

   
 

3,100

   

Best Buy Co., Inc.

   

242,668

   
 

500

   

Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc.

   

73,475

   
 

400

   

Lithia Motors, Inc.

   

131,712

   
 

12,400

   

Lowe's Cos., Inc.

   

2,759,620

   
 

300

   

Murphy USA, Inc.

   

106,968

   
 

1,000

   

Penske Automotive Group, Inc.

   

160,510

   
 

900

   

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

   

181,602

   
     

3,851,789

   
    Technology Hardware, Storage &
Peripherals—1.1%
 
 

3,300

   

Dell Technologies, Inc., Class C

   

252,450

   
 

21,900

   

Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co.

   

371,862

   
 

21,700

   

HP, Inc.

   

652,953

   
 

2,700

   

NetApp, Inc.

   

238,032

   
     

1,515,297

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


64


M Large Cap Value Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
    Textiles, Apparel and Luxury
Goods—0.2%
 
 

1,200

   

Levi Strauss & Co., Class A

 

$

19,848

   
 

649

   

Ralph Lauren Corp.

   

93,586

   
 

1,800

   

Skechers USA, Inc., Class A*

   

112,212

   
     

225,646

   
   

Tobacco—2.1%

 
 

24,300

   

Altria Group, Inc.

   

980,262

   
 

20,500

   

Philip Morris International, Inc.

   

1,928,640

   
     

2,908,902

   

Shares

 
  Value
(Note 1)
 
    Trading Companies and
Distributors—0.7%
 
 

2,600

   

Ferguson PLC

 

$

501,982

   
 

900

   

United Rentals, Inc.

   

516,078

   
     

1,018,060

   
        TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(Cost $106,268,060)
   

133,287,570

   
   

EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND—0.8%

 
 

6,200

    iShares Russell 1000 Value ETF†
(Cost $985,712)
   

1,024,550

   
   
 
  7-Day
Yield
 
 
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS—0.0%

 
 

57,378

    State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio
(Cost $57,378)††
           

5.40

%

   

57,378

   
    TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
(Cost $57,378)
                   

57,378

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS, AT VALUE—99.4%
(Cost $107,311,150)
                   

134,369,498

   
   

Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities—0.6%

                   

860,069

   
   

NET ASSETS—100.0%

                 

$

135,229,567

   

Notes to the Schedule of Investments:

*  Non-income producing security

†  Denotes all or a portion of security on loan. As of December 31, 2023, the market value of the securities on loan was $224,173 (Note 1).

††  Represents cash collateral received from securities lending transactions. Non-cash collateral amounted to $172,579.

Percentages indicated are based on net assets.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


65


M Large Cap Value Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (Continued)

December 31, 2023

At December 31, 2023, industry sector diversification of the M Large Cap Value Fund's investments as a percentage of net assets was as follows:

Summary of Sector Classifications (Unaudited)

  Percentage
of Net
Assets
 

Financials

   

24.4

%

 

Health Care

   

18.3

%

 

Energy

   

13.3

%

 

Industrials

   

10.8

%

 

Information Technology

   

10.7

%

 

Consumer Discretionary

   

6.7

%

 

Communication Services

   

5.0

%

 

Consumer Staples

   

4.1

%

 

Materials

   

3.1

%

 

Utilities

   

2.9

%

 

Real Estate

   

0.1

%

 

Short-Term Investments

   

0.0

%

 

Total

   

99.4

%

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


66


M Fund, Inc.

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2023

    M International
Equity Fund
  M Large Cap
Growth Fund
  M Capital
Appreciation
Fund
  M Large Cap
Value Fund
 

Assets:

 
Investments, at value (Note 1)*/**—see accompanying
Schedule of Investments
 

$

166,993,655

   

$

240,531,565

   

$

227,154,892

   

$

134,369,498

   
Affiliated investment company, at value (Note 1)***—see
accompanying Schedule of Investments
   

66,590,420

     

     

     

   

Cash (Note 1)

   

984,649

     

1,749,463

     

3,446,663

     

863,598

   

Cash denominated in foreign currencies****

   

813,964

     

     

     

   

Receivable from:

 

Securities sold

   

14,954

     

     

     

   

Capital stock subscriptions

   

9,588

     

35,812

     

39,292

     

17,660

   

Dividends and interest

   

205,718

     

44,121

     

118,324

     

177,358

   

Dividend tax reclaim receivable

   

454,160

     

     

     

   

Total assets

   

236,067,108

     

242,360,961

     

230,759,171

     

135,428,114

   

Liabilities:

 

Payable for:

 

Capital stock redemptions

   

6,663

     

53,645

     

24,178

     

24,024

   

Investment Adviser, net (Note 2)

   

3,235

     

116,307

     

149,907

     

48,634

   

Securities purchased

   

     

     

410,330

     

   

Payable upon return of securities loaned (Note 1)

   

3,223,110

     

     

2,132,506

     

57,378

   

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

   

124,163

     

91,447

     

90,546

     

68,511

   

Total liabilities

   

3,357,171

     

261,399

     

2,807,467

     

198,547

   

Net assets

 

$

232,709,937

   

$

242,099,562

   

$

227,951,704

   

$

135,229,567

   

Net assets consist of:

 

Paid-in capital

 

$

267,996,871

   

$

152,999,376

   

$

172,421,608

   

$

108,445,033

   

Accumulated earnings (losses)

   

(35,286,934

)

   

89,100,186

     

55,530,096

     

26,784,534

   

Net assets

 

$

232,709,937

   

$

242,099,562

   

$

227,951,704

   

$

135,229,567

   

Shares outstanding#

   

17,125,746

     

8,331,885

     

9,330,571

     

9,218,745

   

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share

 

$

13.59

   

$

29.06

   

$

24.43

   

$

14.67

   
* Cost of investments  

$

148,656,751

   

$

151,378,139

   

$

167,906,595

   

$

107,311,150

   
** Includes securities on loan with market values of  

$

8,295,112

   

$

   

$

6,817,273

   

$

224,173

   
*** Cost of affiliated investment  

$

58,263,971

   

$

   

$

   

$

   
**** Cost of cash denominated in foreign currencies  

$

800,499

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

  #  The number of authorized shares with a par value of $0.001 per share, for each of the M International Equity Fund, the M Large Cap Growth Fund, the M Capital Appreciation Fund and the M Large Cap Value Fund is 100,000,000.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


67


M Fund, Inc.

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023

    M International
Equity Fund
  M Large Cap
Growth Fund
  M Capital
Appreciation
Fund
  M Large Cap
Value Fund
 

Investment income:

 

Dividends-Unaffiliated*

 

$

5,071,451

   

$

1,126,538

   

$

1,450,730

   

$

3,754,078

   

Dividends-Affiliated

   

2,332,444

     

     

     

   
Securities lending income, net of rebates received or
paid to borrowers
   

46,424

     

     

72,504

     

806

   

Total investment income

   

7,450,319

     

1,126,538

     

1,523,234

     

3,754,884

   

Expenses:

 

Investment advisory fee (Note 2)

   

692,788

     

1,280,388

     

1,700,930

     

564,917

   
Custody, fund accounting, transfer agent and
administration fees
   

468,584

     

225,154

     

228,654

     

164,904

   

Professional fees

   

121,154

     

45,488

     

42,820

     

36,667

   

Directors' fees and expenses

   

49,435

     

48,998

     

45,865

     

29,701

   

Compliance expenses

   

27,547

     

27,746

     

25,097

     

15,470

   

Printing and shareholder reporting

   

15,037

     

14,317

     

13,741

     

10,278

   

Other

   

52,609

     

50,670

     

48,219

     

33,392

   

Total expenses

   

1,427,154

     

1,692,761

     

2,105,326

     

855,329

   

Less: Expenses waived/reimbursed by the Adviser (Note 2)

   

(184,781

)

   

     

     

   

Net expenses

   

1,242,373

     

1,692,761

     

2,105,326

     

855,329

   

Net investment income (loss)

   

6,207,946

     

(566,223

)

   

(582,092

)

   

2,899,555

   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss):

 

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Unaffiliated investment transactions

   

4,981,676

     

10,556,179

     

11,059,020

     

285,816

   

Affiliated investment transactions

   

(783,454

)

   

     

     

   

Foreign currency transactions

   

(13,792

)

   

     

     

   

Net realized gain

   

4,184,430

     

10,556,179

     

11,059,020

     

285,816

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation on:

 

Unaffiliated investments

   

14,719,613

     

51,050,273

     

33,524,614

     

6,333,328

   

Affiliated investments

   

7,474,224

     

     

     

   

Foreign currency translation

   

40,507

     

     

     

   

Net change in unrealized appreciation

   

22,234,344

     

51,050,273

     

33,524,614

     

6,333,328

   

Net realized and unrealized gain

   

26,418,774

     

61,606,452

     

44,583,634

     

6,619,144

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

32,626,720

   

$

61,040,229

   

$

44,001,542

   

$

9,518,699

   
* Net of foreign taxes withheld of:  

$

538,335

   

$

11,983

   

$

9,811

   

$

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


68


M Fund, Inc.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

    M International
Equity Fund
  M Large Cap
Growth Fund
 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

6,207,946

   

$

6,233,608

   

$

(566,223

)

 

$

(414,686

)

 
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency
transactions
   

4,184,430

     

3,317,214

     

10,556,179

     

11,718,001

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investments and foreign currency
   

22,234,344

     

(44,502,720

)

   

51,050,273

     

(80,020,780

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
   

32,626,720

     

(34,951,898

)

   

61,040,229

     

(68,717,465

)

 

Distributions to shareholders

   

(6,628,964

)

   

(5,758,465

)

   

(12,296,559

)

   

(16,765,613

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(6,628,964

)

   

(5,758,465

)

   

(12,296,559

)

   

(16,765,613

)

 

Fund share transactions (Note 4):

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

29,900,567

     

24,752,434

     

16,116,308

     

17,265,274

   
Net asset value of shares issued on reinvestment of
distributions
   

6,628,964

     

5,758,465

     

12,296,559

     

16,765,613

   

Cost of shares repurchased

   

(36,445,506

)

   

(26,893,171

)

   

(36,301,428

)

   

(20,388,782

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
Fund share transactions
   

84,025

     

3,617,728

     

(7,888,561

)

   

13,642,105

   

Total change in net assets

   

26,081,781

     

(37,092,635

)

   

40,855,109

     

(71,840,973

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

206,628,156

     

243,720,791

     

201,244,453

     

273,085,426

   

End of year

 

$

232,709,937

   

$

206,628,156

   

$

242,099,562

   

$

201,244,453

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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M Fund, Inc.

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS (Continued)

    M Capital
Appreciation Fund
  M Large Cap
Value Fund
 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
 

Increase (decrease) in net assets from:

 

Operations:

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

$

(582,092

)

 

$

(674,004

)

 

$

2,899,555

   

$

2,701,500

   
Net realized gain on investments and foreign currency
transactions
   

11,059,020

     

13,168,890

     

285,816

     

6,620,475

   
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on
investments and foreign currency
   

33,524,614

     

(54,691,157

)

   

6,333,328

     

(11,546,143

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
operations
   

44,001,542

     

(42,196,271

)

   

9,518,699

     

(2,224,168

)

 

Distributions to shareholders

   

(14,905,571

)

   

(16,315,676

)

   

(4,895,369

)

   

(8,800,255

)

 

Total distributions to shareholders

   

(14,905,571

)

   

(16,315,676

)

   

(4,895,369

)

   

(8,800,255

)

 

Fund share transactions (Note 4):

 

Proceeds from shares sold

   

15,701,087

     

10,439,054

     

15,766,828

     

14,697,091

   
Net asset value of shares issued on reinvestment of
distributions
   

14,905,571

     

16,315,676

     

4,895,369

     

8,800,255

   

Cost of shares repurchased

   

(19,781,009

)

   

(12,970,943

)

   

(22,012,021

)

   

(15,522,899

)

 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from
Fund share transactions
   

10,825,649

     

13,783,787

     

(1,349,824

)

   

7,974,447

   

Total change in net assets

   

39,921,620

     

(44,728,160

)

   

3,273,506

     

(3,049,976

)

 

Net assets:

 

Beginning of year

   

188,030,084

     

232,758,244

     

131,956,061

     

135,006,037

   

End of year

 

$

227,951,704

   

$

188,030,084

   

$

135,229,567

   

$

131,956,061

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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M Fund, Inc.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR)

   

M International Equity Fund

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

12.06

   

$

14.45

   

$

13.33

   

$

12.42

   

$

10.60

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income‡

   

0.37

     

0.37

     

0.32

     

0.20

     

0.27

   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
   

1.56

     

(2.41

)

   

1.15

     

0.90

     

1.88

   

Total from investment operations

   

1.93

     

(2.04

)

   

1.47

     

1.10

     

2.15

   

Less distributions to shareholders:

 

From net investment income

   

(0.40

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.30

)

 

From return of capital

   

     

     

(0.00

)*

   

     

(0.03

)

 

Total distributions

   

(0.40

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.19

)

   

(0.33

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

13.59

   

$

12.06

   

$

14.45

   

$

13.33

   

$

12.42

   

Total Return+

   

16.00

%

   

(14.16

)%

   

11.05

%

   

8.90

%

   

20.32

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (000's)

 

$

232,710

   

$

206,628

   

$

243,721

   

$

209,926

   

$

195,973

   

Net expenses to average daily net assets•

   

0.57

%

   

0.56

%

   

0.57

%

   

0.62

%

   

0.63

%

 

Net investment income to average daily net assets•

   

2.82

%

   

2.89

%

   

2.20

%

   

1.77

%

   

2.34

%

 
Without the waiver/reimbursement of expenses by
the adviser, the ratios of net expenses and net
investment income to average daily net assets
would have been:
 

Expenses•

   

0.65

%

   

0.63

%

   

0.58

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.68

%

 

Net investment income•

   

2.74

%

   

2.82

%

   

2.19

%

   

1.74

%

   

2.30

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

23

%

   

18

%

   

9

%

   

10

%

   

13

%

 

‡  Calculation based on average shares outstanding.

*  Represents amounts less than $0.005 per share.

+  Does not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.

•  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, it also indirectly bears a pro-rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above expense ratios.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


71


M Fund, Inc.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR)

   

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

23.19

   

$

33.87

   

$

33.48

   

$

29.33

   

$

22.85

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment loss‡

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.05

)

   

(0.14

)

   

(0.12

)

   

(0.07

)

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
   

7.48

     

(8.58

)

   

7.32

     

8.46

     

8.31

   

Total from investment operations

   

7.41

     

(8.63

)

   

7.18

     

8.34

     

8.24

   

Less distributions to shareholders:

 

From net realized capital gains

   

(1.54

)

   

(2.05

)

   

(6.79

)

   

(4.19

)

   

(1.76

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

29.06

   

$

23.19

   

$

33.87

   

$

33.48

   

$

29.33

   

Total Return+

   

32.04

%

   

(25.41

)%

   

21.49

%

   

28.89

%

   

36.09

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (000's)

 

$

242,100

   

$

201,244

   

$

273,085

   

$

236,022

   

$

210,615

   

Net expenses to average daily net assets

   

0.77

%

   

0.76

%

   

0.75

%

   

0.78

%

   

0.77

%

 

Net investment loss to average daily net assets

   

(0.26

)%

   

(0.19

)%

   

(0.37

)%

   

(0.38

)%

   

(0.25

)%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

32

%

   

37

%

   

32

%

   

31

%

   

22

%

 

‡  Calculation based on average shares outstanding.

+  Does not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


72


M Fund, Inc.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR)

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

21.14

   

$

28.30

   

$

28.77

   

$

25.05

   

$

21.14

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment loss‡

   

(0.07

)

   

(0.08

)

   

(0.15

)

   

(0.04

)

   

(0.04

)

 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
   

5.06

     

(5.11

)

   

5.24

     

4.35

     

6.11

   

Total from investment operations

   

4.99

     

(5.19

)

   

5.09

     

4.31

     

6.07

   

Less distributions to shareholders:

 

From net investment income

   

(0.11

)

   

     

     

     

   

From net realized capital gains

   

(1.59

)

   

(1.97

)

   

(5.56

)

   

(0.59

)

   

(2.16

)

 

Total distributions

   

(1.70

)

   

(1.97

)

   

(5.56

)

   

(0.59

)

   

(2.16

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

24.43

   

$

21.14

   

$

28.30

   

$

28.77

   

$

25.05

   

Total Return+

   

23.56

%

   

(18.14

)%

   

17.74

%

   

17.73

%

   

28.85

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (000's)

 

$

227,952

   

$

188,030

   

$

232,758

   

$

214,291

   

$

181,375

   

Net expenses to average daily net assets

   

1.02

%

   

1.05

%

   

1.04

%

   

1.10

%

   

1.10

%

 

Net investment loss to average daily net assets

   

(0.28

)%

   

(0.34

)%

   

(0.46

)%

   

(0.19

)%

   

(0.15

)%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

31

%

   

27

%

   

38

%

   

32

%

   

20

%

 

‡  Calculation based on average shares outstanding.

+  Does not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


73


M Fund, Inc.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

(FOR A SHARE OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT EACH YEAR)

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2021
  Year Ended
December 31,
2020
  Year Ended
December 31,
2019
 

Net asset value, beginning of year

 

$

14.15

   

$

15.39

   

$

12.02

   

$

12.80

   

$

11.06

   

Income from investment operations:

 

Net investment income‡

   

0.31

     

0.31

     

0.24

     

0.23

     

0.22

   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on
investments
   

0.75

     

(0.55

)

   

3.37

     

(0.66

)

   

2.16

   

Total from investment operations

   

1.06

     

(0.24

)

   

3.61

     

(0.43

)

   

2.38

   

Less distributions to shareholders:

 

From net investment income

   

(0.32

)

   

(0.31

)

   

(0.24

)

   

(0.22

)

   

(0.22

)

 

From net realized capital gains

   

(0.22

)

   

(0.69

)

   

     

(0.13

)

   

(0.42

)

 

Total distributions

   

(0.54

)

   

(1.00

)

   

(0.24

)

   

(0.35

)

   

(0.64

)

 

Net asset value, end of year

 

$

14.67

   

$

14.15

   

$

15.39

   

$

12.02

   

$

12.80

   

Total Return+

   

7.61

%

   

(1.45

)%

   

30.01

%

   

(3.16

)%

   

21.52

%

 

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

 

Net assets, end of year (000's)

 

$

135,230

   

$

131,956

   

$

135,006

   

$

97,885

   

$

99,890

   

Net expenses to average daily net assets

   

0.65

%

   

0.63

%

   

0.65

%

   

0.68

%

   

0.68

%

 

Net investment income to average daily net assets

   

2.21

%

   

2.08

%

   

1.67

%

   

2.09

%

   

1.73

%

 
Without the waiver/reimbursement of expenses by
the adviser, the ratios of net expenses and net
investment income to average daily net assets
would have been:
 

Expenses

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

0.72

%

   

0.69

%

 

Net investment income

   

N/A

     

N/A

     

N/A

     

2.06

%

   

1.72

%

 

Portfolio turnover rate

   

48

%

   

48

%

   

61

%

   

157

%?

   

107

%

 

‡  Calculation based on average shares outstanding.

+  Does not reflect additional fees charged by separate accounts or variable insurance contracts that an investor in the Fund may pay. If these additional fees were reflected, performance would have been lower.

?  The increase in portfolio turnover rate during the period was primarily attributable to portfolio adjustments made in response to a change in the Fund's sub-adviser.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.


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M Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation") was incorporated in Maryland on August 11, 1995 and is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), as an open-end management investment company. As of December 31, 2023, the Corporation consisted of four separate diversified investment portfolios: M International Equity Fund, M Large Cap Growth Fund, M Capital Appreciation Fund and M Large Cap Value Fund (each singularly a "Fund" or collectively the "Funds"), each of which is a separate mutual fund.

The Corporation offers shares of the Funds to certain insurance company separate accounts, which serve as the underlying funding vehicles for certain variable annuity and variable life insurance policies. These annuities and insurance policies are offered primarily by members of M Financial Holdings Incorporated ("M Financial Group") and are issued by certain life insurance companies.

M International Equity Fund

To achieve the Fund's investment objective, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP ("Dimensional") implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Fund's design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by Dimensional's research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. Dimensional's portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs.

The Fund is designed to provide exposure to a broad and diverse group of securities of non-U.S. companies in countries with developed and emerging markets. The Fund invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability companies as compared to their representation in the Non-U.S. Universe. For purposes of the Fund, Dimensional defines the Non-U.S. Universe as a market capitalization weighted set (e.g., the larger the company, the greater the proportion of the Non-U.S. Universe it represents) of non-U.S. companies in developed and emerging markets that have been authorized for investment as approved markets by Dimensional's Investment Committee. The Fund may pursue its investment objective by investing its assets directly and/or indirectly in the Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio of DFA Investment Dimensions Group Inc. (the "Underlying Fund"). The Underlying Fund is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of securities associated with emerging markets, which may include frontier markets (emerging market countries in an earlier stage of development). The Underlying Fund invests in companies of all sizes, with increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability companies. As of the date of this Annual Report, it is anticipated that a significant portion of the Fund's assets will be invested indirectly through the Underlying Fund.

The Fund's increased exposure to smaller capitalization, lower relative price, and higher profitability companies may be achieved by decreasing the allocation of the Fund's assets to larger capitalization, higher relative price, or lower profitability companies relative to their weight in the Non-U.S. Universe. An equity issuer is considered to have a high relative price (i.e., a growth stock) primarily because it has a high price in relation to its book value. An equity issuer is considered to have a low relative price (i.e., a value stock) primarily because it has a low price in relation to its book value. In assessing relative price, Dimensional may consider additional factors such as price-to-cash flow or price-to-earnings ratios. An equity issuer is considered to have high profitability because it has high earnings or profits from operations in relation to its book value or assets. The criteria Dimensional uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time.


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Dimensional may also increase or reduce the Fund's exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a company's price momentum and investment characteristics. In assessing a company's investment characteristics, Dimensional considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria Dimensional uses for assessing a company's investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition, Dimensional seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity, while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs.

The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of issuers located in at least three countries other than the United States. These countries may include, but are not limited to, the nations of Western Europe, North and South America, Australia, Africa and Asia. This strategy is not fundamental (it may be changed without shareholder approval), but should the Fund decide to change this strategy, it will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' notice. The Fund may invest up to 40% of its total assets in emerging markets. The Fund may gain exposure to companies associated with approved markets by purchasing equity securities in the form of depositary receipts, which may be listed or traded outside the issuer's domicile country. The Fund may also purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for foreign or U.S. equity securities and indices to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Fund. Because many of the Fund's investments may be denominated in foreign currencies, the Fund may enter into foreign currency exchange transactions, including foreign currency forward contracts, in connection with the settlement of foreign securities or to transfer cash balances from one currency to another currency.

M Large Cap Growth Fund

M Large Cap Growth Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in domestic equity securities of U.S. large capitalization securities. Domestic equity securities, as determined by DSM Capital Partners LLC ("DSM"), the Fund's sub-adviser, in its discretion, include, but are not limited to common stocks, preferred stocks, securities convertible into common stocks, rights and warrants. Shares of foreign domiciled issuers that primarily trade on a U.S. exchange are generally considered by DSM to be domestic equity securities. Also, as determined by DSM, issuers that issue domestic equity securities may be domiciled and/or headquartered anywhere in the world. The Fund may generally invest up to 20% of its assets in equity securities of foreign issuers, including American Depositary Receipts and similar securities. DSM defines "large cap" as capitalizations of $10 billion or more. The Fund will generally contain 25 to 35 equity securities.

This strategy to invest at least 80% of its total assets in domestic equity securities of U.S. large capitalization securities is not fundamental (it may be changed without shareholder approval), but should the Fund decide to change this strategy, it will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' notice.

DSM uses a "bottom-up," idea-driven approach and focuses on a long-term (e.g., three-year minimum) investment horizon.

DSM seeks to invest in growing businesses with solid fundamentals, attractive profitability and successful management. Candidate companies will typically have projected revenue and earnings growth in excess of 10% and will often have higher returns on equity and assets than average S&P 500 companies. Generally, these businesses will be generating free cash flow and will have financial returns that are stable or rising, driven by improving business fundamentals, all as determined by DSM.


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In its stock valuation work, DSM focuses primarily on P/E ratios. P/E is the ratio of a company's share price to its per-share earnings. DSM will generally only buy a stock that it believes has a forward four-quarter P/E ratio that will rise over the next three years. To accomplish this, a target P/E ratio that DSM believes is reasonable and rational and is reflective of a fair valued stock three years from now is selected. DSM will typically buy when the company's stock clears two hurdles: 1. it must have attractive fundamental business characteristics that translate into a reasonably predictable and growing stream of earnings and 2. it must have a P/E on forward four quarters earnings that is normally 8% to 10% below the target P/E three years from the calculation point. In order to determine a target P/E, DSM takes into consideration a number of qualitative and quantitative factors. Among the qualitative factors are barriers to entry, number of competitors, economic cyclicality, customer loyalty, price competition, global reach, government involvement and management quality. Among the quantitative factors are historic revenue and EPS growth, projected revenue and EPS growth, margins, return on assets, return on equity, capital expenditures relative to net income and the historic range of P/E over the last five years. Once a target P/E has been agreed upon, it may occasionally be adjusted. Additionally, Environmental, Social, and Governance ("ESG") is an important part of DSM's investment process and is fully integrated into its stock selection, monitoring, and selling processes. DSM assigns a proprietary ESG score to every company that it researches. Scores range from 0 to 10 (with 10 being the best), and DSM utilizes MSCI's ESG Controversies as a starting point to make adjustments to ESG scores across five key categories: environment, customers, human rights / community, labor rights / supply chain, and governance. These categories are then broken down further into over 20 subcategories. Each Analyst/Portfolio Manager at DSM completes in-depth research on ESG issues impacting a company and assigns scores using a consistent in-house methodology. DSM stores all ESG communications and developments in centralized folders so that companies' ESG histories and DSM's ESG activities are available to all Analyst/Portfolio Managers. In addition to weekly updates from MSCI, DSM's investment team utilizes in-depth ongoing monitoring to identify ESG issues not fully captured by MSCI.

ESG scores are included in DSM's internal summaries and have an impact on DSM's investment decisions. ESG considerations and the implementation of ESG scores and in-house research have both kept DSM from investing in certain companies and have led to DSM selling portfolio holdings.

M Capital Appreciation Fund

M Capital Appreciation Fund principally invests in common stock of U.S. companies of all sizes, with emphasis on stocks of companies with capitalizations that are consistent with the capitalizations of those companies found in the Russell 2500®​ Index. As of December 31, 2023, the market capitalization range of companies in the Russell 2500®​ Index was between approximately $16.77 million and $22.31 billion. The Fund may invest up to 15% of the value of its total assets in equity securities of foreign issuers.

The Fund's sub-adviser, Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC ("Frontier") seeks long-term capital appreciation by employing a Growth-At-A-Reasonable-Price approach to identify, in its view, the best risk/reward investment ideas in the U.S. small- and mid-capitalization equity universe. Frontier purchases companies that, in its view, have above-average earnings growth potential and are available at reasonable valuations. Frontier's philosophy combines rigorous bottom-up fundamental analysis with a proven investment process.

Frontier may sell stocks for a number of reasons, including when price objectives are reached, fundamental conditions have changed so that future earnings progress is likely to be adversely affected, or a stock is fully invested and an


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attractive, new opportunity causes the sale of a current holding with less appreciation potential. Frontier does not sell stocks solely on changes to a company's market capitalization.

M Large Cap Value Fund

M Large Cap Value Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of borrowings for investment purposes, if any, in issuers domiciled, or having their principal activities, in the United States, at the time of investment or other instruments with similar economic characteristics. In addition, the Fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large capitalization companies. Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC ("Brandywine"), the Fund's sub-adviser, defines "large capitalization" companies as those companies with market capitalizations similar to companies in the Russell 1000®​ Index. As of December 31, 2023, the market capitalization range of companies in the Index was between approximately $270.2 million to $3.0 trillion. This strategy is not fundamental (it may be changed without shareholder approval), but should the Fund decide to change this strategy, it will provide shareholders with at least 60 days' notice.

The Fund invests primarily in equity securities that, in Brandywine's opinion, are undervalued or out of favor. Brandywine invests in securities that meet its value criteria, primarily price-to-earnings, price-to-book, price momentum and share change and quality, based on both quantitative and fundamental analysis. The Fund expects to hold approximately 175-250 stocks under normal market conditions.

Brandywine bases portfolio price targets on quantitative criteria determined in its sell process. Brandywine's systems update these quantitatively determined buy and sell limits on a daily basis. Buy candidates must have a price that qualifies the stock as a value such that the price-to-earnings ratio is in the lower 40% of its universe or the price-to-book is in the lower 25% of its universe at time of purchase. Additionally, the current price compared to the price nine months ago must place it above the lower quartile of other universe stocks when ranked by nine month price momentum and the change in shares outstanding over the past year must place it below the upper quartile.

Sell candidates will have a price that when compared to earnings and book place the stock above the median on a price-to-earnings basis and above the 40th percentile on a price-to-book basis. If a stock's price declines relative to the universe such that it falls to the lower 10% of stocks as ranked on nine month price momentum or the company issues sufficient shares to rank among the top 10% largest issuers (as a percentage of shares outstanding) in the year, the holding will be a sell candidate. Additionally, a stock will be sold if the capitalization falls 20% below the minimum purchase capitalization criteria.

Brandywine may modify buy and sell trigger points and decisions only due to tracking error considerations, trading opportunities or limitations such as position, industry or sector size. Brandywine does not violate its buy and sell rules based on analyst affinity for the stock. Its investment process requires disciplined buy and sell decisions rules with carefully outlined exceptions.

If a security experiences a severe fundamental deterioration event that is not captured in the price change, share change or valuation rules, Brandywine will initiate a sell. The rank order of the most common occurrences are price momentum, valuation expansion into the sell range, share issuance or fundamental deterioration.


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1.  Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies for the Funds. Such policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America ("GAAP") for investment companies and are consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of the financial statements.

Use of Estimates

Each Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 Financial Services—Investment Companies. The preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Portfolio Valuation

Equity securities and other similar investments traded on a recognized U.S. securities exchange (other than the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System "NASDAQ") are valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which the securities are traded. If no sale occurs, equity securities and other similar investments traded on a U.S. exchange (other than NASDAQ) are valued at the most recent bid price. Equity securities and other similar investments traded on NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. If no sale occurs, equity securities and other similar investments traded on NASDAQ are valued at the most recent bid price. Equity securities and other similar investments traded on a non-U.S. exchange are generally valued according to the latest closing values on that exchange prior to the close of the New York Stock Exchange. However, if an event which may change the value of a security occurs after the time that the closing value on the non-U.S. exchange was determined, the Board of Directors may decide to value the security based on fair value. The Board of Directors has approved the use of an independent fair value service for foreign securities, which may provide a fair value price on trading days when the S&P 500 Index moves more than 0.5%. The use of a fair value price may cause the value of the security on the books of the Fund to be significantly different from the closing value on the non-U.S. exchange and may affect the calculation of the Fund's NAV. Over-the-counter securities are valued at the last sale price on the valuation date or, if no sale occurs, at the most recent bid price. Short-term obligations maturing in sixty days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates market value.

Amortized cost valuation involves initially valuing a security at its cost, and thereafter, assuming a constant accretion or amortization to maturity of any discount or premium, regardless of the impact of fluctuating interest rates on the market value of the security. Securities for which a pricing service supplies no quotations or quotations are not deemed to be representative of market value or for which there are no readily available market quotations are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by the Pricing Committee appointed by the Board of Directors (excluding debt securities with a remaining maturity of sixty days or less). Investments in mutual funds, including money market funds, are valued at their respective NAVs as of the close of the Exchange on the valuation date. These securities are generally categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.


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1.  Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Fair value is defined as the price that the Funds would receive upon selling an investment in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the investment. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to maximize the use of observable data inputs and minimize the use of unobservable data inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

•  Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical investments;

•  Level 2—quoted prices in markets that are not active or other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.); and

•  Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions used to determine the fair value of investments).

The valuation techniques used by the Funds to measure fair value during the year ended December 31, 2023 maximized the use of observable inputs and minimized the use of unobservable inputs.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

As of December 31, 2023, the M Large Cap Growth Fund, M Capital Appreciation Fund and M Large Cap Value Fund, had (i) all long-term investments classified as Level 1, as represented on the Schedule of Investments; and (ii) all short-term investments classified as Level 2.


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1.  Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2023 in valuing the M International Equity Fund investments:

Assets Valuation Input

Description

  Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Common Stocks

 

Australia

 

$

11,351,957

   

$

   

$

   

$

11,351,957

   

Austria

   

824,810

     

     

     

824,810

   

Belgium

   

1,883,761

     

     

     

1,883,761

   

Canada

   

17,226,996

     

     

     

17,226,996

   

Denmark

   

4,608,950

     

     

     

4,608,950

   

Finland

   

2,186,431

     

     

     

2,186,431

   

France

   

13,834,207

     

     

     

13,834,207

   

Germany

   

11,142,988

     

     

     

11,142,988

   

Hong Kong

   

3,089,412

     

     

39

     

3,089,451

   

Ireland

   

841,472

     

     

     

841,472

   

Israel

   

1,589,080

     

     

     

1,589,080

   

Italy

   

4,673,712

     

     

     

4,673,712

   

Japan

   

36,667,894

     

     

     

36,667,894

   

Netherlands

   

5,370,321

     

     

     

5,370,321

   

New Zealand

   

576,832

     

     

     

576,832

   

Norway

   

1,913,883

     

     

     

1,913,883

   

Portugal

   

466,070

     

     

     

466,070

   

Singapore

   

1,667,453

     

     

     

1,667,453

   

Spain

   

3,780,694

     

     

     

3,780,694

   

Sweden

   

5,150,902

     

     

     

5,150,902

   

Switzerland

   

12,784,933

     

924

     

     

12,785,857

   

United Kingdom

   

21,017,140

     

     

     

21,017,140

   

United States

   

272,333

     

     

     

272,333

   

Total Common Stocks

   

162,922,231

     

924

     

39

     

162,923,194

   

Affiliated Investment Company

 

United States

   

66,590,420

     

     

     

66,590,420

   

Warrants

 

Canada

   

     

     

     

   


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Description

  Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical
Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 

Total

 

Preferred Stocks

 

Germany

 

$

804,239

   

$

   

$

   

$

804,239

   

Italy

   

43,112

     

     

     

43,112

   

Total Preferred Stock

   

847,351

     

     

     

847,351

   

Short-Term Investments

 

Investments in Security Lending Collateral

   

     

3,223,110

     

     

3,223,110

   

Total Investments, at Value

   

230,360,002

     

3,224,034

     

39

     

233,584,075

   

Total

 

$

230,360,002

   

$

3,224,034

   

$

39

   

$

233,584,075

   

At December 31, 2023, Level 2 Common Stocks were priced based on a fair value determination by the Valuation Committee.

The following is a reconciliation of investments in securities for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value for the M International Equity Fund:

Investments in Securities

  Balance
as of
December 31,
2022
  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
  Change
in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 

Purchases

 

Sales

  Transfers
in to
Level 3*
  Transfers
out of
Level 3
  Balance
as of
December 31,
2023
  Net Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
still held
as of
12/31/23
for the
year
ended
12/31/23
 

Common Stocks

 

$

   

$

   

$

(14,341

)

 

$

14,380

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

39

   

$

(14,341

)

 

Rights

   

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

   

Total

 

$

   

$

   

$

(14,341

)

 

$

14,380

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

39

   

$

(14,341

)

 

*  The Fund(s) recognize transfers between the levels as of the beginning of the period.

The M International Equity Fund did not have any significant transfers in and out of Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Securities Transactions, Investment Income and Expenses

Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains or losses from securities sold are recorded on the identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis and consists of interest accrued and, if applicable, discount earned less premiums amortized. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date, except


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that certain dividends from foreign securities are recorded as soon as the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Investment income is recorded net of foreign taxes withheld where the recovery of such taxes is uncertain. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. Expenses of the Corporation that can be directly attributed to a particular fund are charged to that Fund. Expenses that cannot be directly attributed are apportioned among Funds by the Corporation based on average net assets of each Fund.

Additionally, the Funds may invest in mutual funds, which are subject to management fees and other fees that may increase the costs of investing in mutual funds versus the costs of owning the underlying securities directly. These indirect expenses of mutual funds are not included in the amounts shown as expenses in the Funds' Statements of Operations or in the expense ratios included in the financial highlights.

Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

Each Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, and distributes net short-term capital gains, if any, on an annual basis. Each Fund also distributes, at least annually, substantially all of the long-term capital gains in excess of available capital losses, if any, which it realizes for each taxable year. Distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP.

Securities Lending

The Funds participate in a securities lending program under the terms of a Securities Lending Agency Agreement with State Street Bank and Trust Company, which serves as the Funds' securities lending agent. Each Fund may loan its portfolio securities in an amount up to 33 1/3 of its total assets. The Funds receive cash (U.S. currency) and non-cash (U.S. Treasuries and Agencies) as collateral against the loaned securities. Cash collateral is invested by the securities lending agent in a money market mutual fund that meets the quality and diversification requirements in accordance with Rule 2a-7 under the 1940 Act. All collateral received will be in an amount at least equal to 102% (for loans of U.S. securities) or 105% (for loans of non-U.S. securities) of the market value of the loaned securities at the inception of each loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined each day at the close of business of the Funds and any change in the amount of collateral is delivered to or paid by the Fund the next day. The collateral value does not include the calculated mark, which is the amount charged/returned to the borrower daily to maintain 102% or 105% of market value. There is a day lag in receiving the mark, which may at times result in a collateral percentage above or below 102% or 105%.

The cash collateral received is recorded on a lending Fund's statement of assets and liabilities, along with the related obligation to return the collateral. A Fund may also record realized gain or loss on securities deemed sold due to a borrower's inability to return securities on loan. Upon an event of default under the Securities Agency Lending Agreement, there is a risk of delay in the recovery of the securities or loss of rights in the collateral. If the borrower fails to return loaned securities and collateral is insufficient to cover the value of loaned securities (provided that the insufficiency is not due to investment losses), the securities lending agent has agreed, at its option, to pay the amount of any shortfall in collateral to the Funds; or to replace the securities. Any dividends or interest payable by


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the issuers of the loaned portfolio securities, during the time that the securities are on loan, are paid to the borrowers of those securities. Dividend or interest payments that are made to borrowers of the loaned securities are reimbursed by the borrowers to the Funds. Such reimbursement amounts do not comprise qualified dividend income under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Income generated from the investment of collateral, less negotiated rebate fees paid to the borrower through the securities lending agent, is the source of the Fund's securities lending income, 70% of which is paid to the Fund, 30% of which is paid to the custodian as securities lending agent.

The following table presents financial instruments that are subject to enforceable netting arrangements as of December 31, 2023.

   

Gross

  Gross
Amounts
Offset in the
  Net Amounts
of Assets
Presented
in the
  Gross Amount Not Offset
in the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities
     

Fund

  Amounts of
Recognized
Assets
  Statement
Assets
and Liabilities
  Statement
Assets
and Liabilities
  Financial
Instruments
  Cash
Collateral
Received
  Net
Amount
 

M International Equity Fund

 

$

3,223,110

   

$

   

$

3,223,110

   

$

   

$

3,223,110

   

$

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

   

2,132,506

     

     

2,132,506

     

     

2,132,506

     

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

   

57,378

     

     

57,378

     

     

57,378

     

   

The following table presents the remaining contractual maturity of the Securities Lending Agency Agreement as of December 31, 2023.

Fund

 

Security Type

  Overnight and
Continuous
  Up to 30
days
  30-90
days
  Greater
Than 90
days
 

Total

 

M International Equity Fund

 

Common Stocks

 

$

3,223,110

   

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

3,223,110

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 

Common Stocks

   

2,132,506

     

     

     

     

2,132,506

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

 

Common Stocks

   

57,378

     

     

     

     

57,378

   

In addition, the Funds received cash and non-cash collateral in the form of U.S. Government obligations, which the Funds cannot sell or repledge as follows:

Fund

  Value of Securities
Loaned with
Cash Collateral
  Value of Cash
Collateral
  Value of Securities
Loaned with
Non-Cash Collateral
  Value of Non-Cash
Collateral
 

M International Equity Fund

 

$

3,077,733

   

$

3,223,110

   

$

5,217,379

   

$

5,559,228

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

   

2,040,730

     

2,132,506

     

4,776,543

     

5,078,709

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

   

55,166

     

57,378

     

169,007

     

172,579

   


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1.  Significant Accounting Policies (Continued)

Federal Income Taxes

Each Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company by complying with the requirements under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and by distributing substantially all of its earnings to its shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income or excise tax is necessary.

The Funds evaluate the Funds' tax positions to determine if the tax positions taken meet the minimum recognition threshold in connection with accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken for the purposes of measuring and recognizing tax liabilities in the financial statements. Recognition of tax benefits of an uncertain tax position is permitted only to the extent the position is "more likely than not" to be sustained assuming examination by taxing authorities. The Funds did not have any unrecognized tax benefits as of December 31, 2023, nor were there any increases or decreases in unrecognized tax benefits for the year then ended. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as an income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Funds did not incur any such interest or penalties. The Funds' tax returns are subject to examination by U.S. federal and state tax authorities for returns filed for the prior three fiscal years, December 2020 through December 2022. No examination of any of the Funds' tax filings is currently in progress.

Significant Concentrations

The Funds maintain a demand deposit in excess of Federal Deposit Insurance Company ("FDIC") Insurance limits. As a result, the Fund is exposed to credit risk in the event of insolvency or other failure of the institution to meet its obligations. The Funds manage this risk by dealing with a major financial institution and monitoring its credit worthiness.

2.  Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates

The Corporation has entered into an investment advisory agreement (the "Advisory Agreement") with M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc. (the "Adviser"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of M Financial Group. The Advisory Agreement provides that the Funds will pay the Adviser a fee at an annual rate of the value of each Fund's average daily net assets as follows:

Fund

 

Total Advisory Fees

 

M International Equity Fund

 

0.15% on all assets plus (and only with

 
   

respect to Fund assets which are not invested

 
   

in a mutual fund that is advised by the

 
   

Fund's sub-adviser):

 
   

0.25% on the first $100 million

 
   

0.20% on the amounts thereafter

 

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 

0.65% of the first $50 million

 
   

0.60% of the next $50 million

 
   

0.55% on the amounts thereafter

 


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Fund

 

Total Advisory Fees

 

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 

For the period January 1, 2023 through

 
   

April 30, 2023:

 
   

0.90% on the first $125 million

 
   

0.80% on the amounts thereafter

 
   

For the period May 1, 2023 through

 
   

December 31, 2023:

 
   

0.85% on the first $125 million

 
   

0.75% on the amounts thereafter

 

M Large Cap Value Fund

  0.43%  

Prior to May 1, 2023 and for the period May 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse each Fund for any expenses (other than advisory fees, brokerage or other portfolio transaction expenses or expenses for litigation, indemnification, taxes or other extraordinary expenses) to the extent that such expenses exceed 0.25% of a Fund's annualized average daily net assets. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Adviser reimbursed $184,781 of other expenses for the M International Equity Fund.

The Adviser has engaged Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, DSM Capital Partners LLC, Frontier Capital Management Company, LLC and Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC to act as sub-advisers to provide day-to-day portfolio management for the M International Equity Fund, the M Large Cap Growth Fund, the M Capital Appreciation Fund and the M Large Cap Value Fund, respectively.

As compensation for their services, each sub-adviser receives a fee based on the average daily net assets of the applicable Fund at the following annual rates:

Fund

 

Total Sub-Advisory Fees

 

M International Equity Fund

 

0.25% on the first $100 million

 
   

0.20% on the amounts thereafter

 
    Sub-Adviser shall not receive any sub-
advisory fee for its sub-advisory services to
the M International Equity Fund with respect
to assets of the M International Equity Fund
invested in any other mutual fund advised by
the Sub-Adviser, nor shall such assets count
towards the application of the $100 million
breakpoint.
 

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 

0.50% on the first $50 million

 
   

0.45% on the next $50 million

 
   

0.40% on the amounts thereafter

 


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Fund

 

Total Sub-Advisory Fees

 

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 

For the period January 1, 2023 through

 
   

April 30, 2023:

 
   

0.75% on the first $125 million

 
   

0.65% on the amounts thereafter.

 
   

For the period May 1, 2023 through

 
   

December 31, 2023:

 
   

0.70% on the first $125 million

 
   

0.60 % on the amounts thereafter.

 

M Large Cap Value Fund

  0.28%  

The sub-advisory fees are paid by the Adviser out of the investment advisory fees disclosed above.

M Holdings Securities, Inc. acts as distributor (the "Distributor") for each of the Funds. The Distributor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of M Financial Group. No fees are charged by the Distributor for its services.

The Corporation pays no compensation to its officers or Interested Directors. Through December 31, 2023, the Corporation paid each Independent Director $1,500 per meeting of the Board that he or she attended. The Corporation paid each Independent Director an annual retainer of $25,000. Each member of the Audit Committee and each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee received $1,500 per meeting of the Audit Committee or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that he or she attended. The Chair of the Board and the Chair of the Audit Committee each received additional annual compensation of $10,000.

Effective January 1, 2024, the Corporation pays each Independent Director $2,000 per meeting of the Board that he or she attends. The Corporation pays each Independent Director an annual retainer of $26,500. Each member of the Audit Committee and each member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee receives $2,000 per meeting of the Audit Committee or Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee that he or she attends. The Chair of the Board and the Chair of the Audit Committee each receive additional annual compensation of $10,000.

An affiliated company is a company in which a Fund has ownership of at least 5% of the voting securities or is under common management. The Company which is an affiliate of the M International Equity Fund as of December 31, 2023, is noted in the Fund's Schedule of Investments. During the year ended December 31, 2023, purchases and sales transactions, income earned from investments and shares held of investment companies managed by Dimensional for the M International Equity Fund were as follows:

Affiliated Investment
Company
  Value,
Beginning
of Year
  Purchases
at Cost
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Net Realized
(Loss)
on Sales
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Value,
End of
Year
  Dividend
Income
  Shares
End of
Year
 
DFA Emerging
Markets Core
Equity Portfolio
 

$

59,098,784

   

$

12,351,630

   

$

(11,550,764

)

 

$

(783,454

)

 

$

7,474,224

   

$

66,590,420

   

$

2,332,444

     

2,971,460

   

The DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio is registered under the 1940 Act as an open-end management investment company. The M International Equity Fund may redeem its investment from the DFA Emerging Markets


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2.  Advisory Fee and Other Transactions with Affiliates (Continued)

Core Equity Portfolio at any time if the Adviser determines that it is in the best interest of the M International Equity Fund and its shareholders to do so.

The performance of the M International Equity Fund will be directly affected by the performance of the DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio. The financial statements of the DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio, including the portfolio of investments, can be found at the Securities and Exchange Commission's website www.sec.gov and should be read in conjunction with the M International Equity Fund's financial statements. As of December 31, 2023, the percentage of M International Equity Fund net assets invested in the DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity Portfolio was 28.6%.

3.  Purchases and Sales of Securities

Cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding short-term investments, for the year ended December 31, 2023, were as follows:

    Non-U.S.
Government Securities
 
   

Purchases

 

Sales

 

M International Equity Fund

 

$

49,556,878

   

$

50,899,065

   

M Large Cap Growth Fund

   

69,667,514

     

87,942,857

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

   

62,267,092

     

67,626,738

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

   

62,916,414

     

66,244,938

   

4.  Paid-in Capital

Changes in the capital shares outstanding were as follows:

   

M International Equity Fund

 

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
 

Shares sold

   

2,302,249

     

1,944,037

     

607,433

     

643,755

   

Shares repurchased

   

(2,799,991

)

   

(2,148,100

)

   

(1,380,448

)

   

(743,895

)

 

Distributions reinvested

   

488,784

     

475,513

     

426,897

     

715,926

   

Net increase (decrease)

   

(8,958

)

   

271,450

     

(346,118

)

   

615,786

   

Fund Shares:

 

Beginning of year

   

17,134,704

     

16,863,254

     

8,678,003

     

8,062,217

   

End of year

   

17,125,746

     

17,134,704

     

8,331,885

     

8,678,003

   


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4.  Paid-in Capital (Continued)

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 

M Large Cap Value Fund

 
    Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
  Year Ended
December 31,
2023
  Year Ended
December 31,
2022
 

Shares sold

   

675,157

     

434,832

     

1,112,719

     

982,585

   

Shares repurchased

   

(843,264

)

   

(544,192

)

   

(1,558,922

)

   

(1,056,014

)

 

Distributions reinvested

   

603,727

     

778,667

     

340,187

     

627,003

   

Net increase

   

435,620

     

669,307

     

(106,016

)

   

553,574

   

Fund Shares:

 

Beginning of year

   

8,894,951

     

8,225,644

     

9,324,761

     

8,771,187

   

End of year

   

9,330,571

     

8,894,951

     

9,218,745

     

9,324,761

   

5.  Financial Instruments

Foreign Investments and Foreign Currency

Each of the Funds may invest in securities of companies that are organized under the laws of a foreign country and (i) are unlisted or listed primarily on a non-U.S. exchange; or (ii) are listed on a U.S. exchange or over-the-counter as a sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipt ("foreign issuers"). M International Equity Fund may also invest in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities and securities of foreign issuers represented by European Depositary Receipts ("EDRs"), International Depositary Receipts ("IDRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs"). The value of all assets and liabilities expressed in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates captured as of twelve noon Eastern Time each business day other than market holidays or early closures. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income receipts and expense payments are translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing exchange rate on the respective dates of such transactions. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses result from changes in exchange rates, including foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions, foreign currency transactions and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of the Funds and the amount actually received.

The portion of foreign currency gains and losses related to fluctuation in exchange rates between the initial trade date and subsequent sale trade date is included in realized gains and losses on investment transactions. M International Equity Fund does not isolate that portion of the results for changes in foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held at year end. Investments in non-U.S. dollar denominated securities or in the securities of foreign issuers may be affected by changes in currency rates, changes in foreign or U.S. laws or restrictions applicable to such investments and in exchange control regulations (e.g., currency blockage). Some foreign stock markets may have substantially less volume than, for example, the New York Stock Exchange, and securities of some foreign issuers may be less liquid than securities of comparable domestic issuers. Commissions and dealer mark-ups on transactions in foreign investments may be higher than for similar transactions in the United States. In addition, clearance and settlement procedures for such securities may be different in foreign countries and, in certain markets, on certain occasions such procedures have been unable to keep pace with the volume of securities transactions.


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5.  Financial Instruments (Continued)

Foreign issuers are not generally subject to uniform accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards comparable to those applicable to domestic companies. There may be less publicly available information about a foreign issuer than about a domestic one. In addition, there is generally less government regulation of stock exchanges, brokers, and listed and unlisted issuers in foreign countries than in the United States. Furthermore, with respect to certain foreign countries, there is a possibility of expropriation or confiscatory taxation, imposition of withholding taxes on dividend or interest payments, limitations on the removal of funds or other assets of the Funds, or political or social instability or diplomatic developments which could affect investments in those countries. Individual foreign economies also may differ favorably or unfavorably from the United States economy in such respects as growth of gross national product, rate of inflation, capital reinvestment and resource self-sufficiency.

Because investment in foreign issuers will usually involve currencies of foreign countries, and because the Funds may be exposed to currency exposure independent of their securities positions, the value of the assets of the Funds invested in foreign issuers as measured in U.S. dollars will be affected by changes in foreign currency exchange rates. To the extent that a Fund's assets consist of investments denominated in a particular currency, the Fund is at risk of adverse developments affecting the value of such currency.

Currency exchange rates may fluctuate significantly over short periods of time causing, along with other factors, a Fund's net asset value to fluctuate as well. Currency exchange rates generally are determined by the forces of supply and demand in the foreign exchange markets and the relative merits of investments in different countries, actual or anticipated changes in interest rates and other complex factors, as seen from an international perspective. Currency exchange rates also can be affected unpredictably by intervention by U.S. or foreign governments or central banks, or the failure to intervene, or by currency controls or political developments in the U.S. or abroad. To the extent that a substantial portion of a Fund's total assets, adjusted to reflect the Fund's net position after giving effect to currency transactions, is denominated in the currencies of foreign countries, the Fund will be more susceptible to the risk of adverse economic and political developments within those countries.

Additional Market Disruption Risk

In February 2022, Russia commenced a military attack on Ukraine. In response, various countries, including the U.S., issued broad-ranging sanctions on Russia and certain Russian companies and individuals. Although the hostilities between the two countries may escalate and any existing or future sanctions could have a severe adverse effect on Russia's economy, currency, companies and region, these events may negatively impact other regional and global economic markets of the World (including Europe and the United States), companies in such countries and various sectors, industries and markets for securities and commodities globally, such as oil and natural gas. Accordingly, the hostilities and sanctions may have a negative effect on a Fund's investments and performance beyond any direct or indirect exposure a Fund may have to Russian issuers or those of adjoining geographic regions. The sanctions and compliance with these sanctions may impair the ability of a Fund to buy, sell, hold or deliver Russian securities and/or other assets, including those listed on U.S. or other exchanges. Russia may also take retaliatory actions or countermeasures, such as cyberattacks and espionage, which may negatively impact the countries and companies in which a Fund may invest. Accordingly, there may be a heightened risk of cyberattacks by Russia in response to the sanctions. The extent and duration of the military action or future escalation of such hostilities; the extent and impact of existing and any future sanctions, market disruptions and volatility; the potential for wider conflict; and the result


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5.  Financial Instruments (Continued)

of any diplomatic negotiations cannot be predicted. These and any related events could have a significant negative impact on a Fund's investments as well as a Fund's performance, and the value or liquidity of certain securities held by a Fund may decline significantly. In addition, rising tensions between China and Taiwan over a forced reunification have caused concerns in the region and globally. China sees self-ruled Taiwan as a breakaway province that will eventually be part of China again. Previous efforts by China's leadership sought to bring about reunification by non-military means. Beginning in 2021, concerns escalated when China began sending military aircraft into Taiwan's air defense zone, a self-declared area where foreign aircraft are identified, monitored and controlled in the interests of Taiwan's national security. These actions have caused Taiwan and other countries to fear further escalation in the region. Any escalation of hostility between China and/or Taiwan would likely have a significant adverse impact on the value of investments in both countries and on economies, markets and individual securities globally, which could negatively affect the value and liquidity of a Fund's investments.

Risks Related to COVID-19 Pandemic

The global outbreak of the novel coronavirus and related disease (COVID-19) created significant economic and social uncertainty throughout the world and has caused significant related market volatility. In particular, travel restrictions, disruption of healthcare systems, quarantines and supply chain disruptions had significant economic impacts on markets worldwide. It is not known how long such impacts, or any future impacts, will or would last. The COVID-19 pandemic, other pandemics or epidemics, and local, regional or global natural or environmental disasters, wars, acts of terrorism, or similar events could have a prolonged adverse impact on a Fund and its investments and could result in increased volatility of a Fund's net asset value.

6.  Beneficial Interest

Shares of the Funds are owned by insurance companies through their separate accounts that are used primarily to fund variable annuity contracts and variable life insurance contracts. As of December 31, 2023, John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Co., Pacific Life Insurance Co., Pruco Life Insurance Co. of Arizona and Security Life of Denver (an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Voya Financial, Inc.) each owned 5% or more of the Funds' shares. John Hancock Variable Life Insurance Co. and Pacific Life Insurance Co. may each be deemed a control person of each Fund because their separate accounts hold more than 25% of the shares of each Fund.

As of December 31, 2023, the ownership of each Fund was as follows:

   

Percentage of Ownership(1)

 
    John Hancock
Variable Life
Insurance Co.
  Pacific Life
Insurance Co.
  Pruco Life
Insurance Co.
Of Arizona
  Voya-Security
Life of
Denver
 

M International Equity Fund

   

40.1

%

   

42.6

%

   

6.4

%

   

3.6

%

 

M Large Cap Growth Fund

   

49.3

%

   

35.1

%

   

5.1

%

   

1.4

%

 

M Capital Appreciation Fund

   

46.1

%

   

39.1

%

   

1.7

%

   

6.3

%

 

M Large Cap Value Fund

   

50.7

%

   

33.6

%

   

4.0

%

   

1.3

%

 

(1)​  The balance of the Funds' shares are owned by shareholders with less than 5% beneficial interest.


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7.  Tax Information

At December 31, 2023, aggregated gross unrealized appreciation for investment securities in which there is an excess of value over tax cost and aggregate gross unrealized depreciation for investment securities in which there is an excess of tax cost over value were as follows:

    Federal
Income Tax
Cost
  Tax Basis
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Tax Basis
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Tax Basis
Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
 

M International Equity Fund

 

$

210,010,303

   

$

38,486,377

   

$

(14,912,605

)

 

$

23,573,772

   

M Large Cap Growth Fund

   

152,056,154

     

91,424,400

     

(2,948,989

)

   

88,475,411

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

   

171,081,681

     

68,696,418

     

(12,623,207

)

   

56,073,211

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

   

107,664,123

     

27,630,387

     

(925,012

)

   

26,705,375

   

Temporary differences between book and tax basis appreciation (depreciation) on cost of investments is primarily attributed to tax deferral of losses on wash sales, passive foreign investment companies mark-to-market adjustments and return of capital adjustments.

The tax character of distributions paid during 2023 and 2022 was as follows:

    December 31,
2023
Amount
  December 31,
2022
Amount
 

M International Equity Fund

 

Distributions paid from:

 

Ordinary Income

 

$

6,628,964

   

$

5,758,465

   

Total Distributions

 

$

6,628,964

   

$

5,758,465

   

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Distributions paid from:

 

Ordinary Income

 

$

   

$

805,532

   

Long-Term Capital Gain

   

12,296,559

     

15,960,081

   

Total Distributions

 

$

12,296,559

   

$

16,765,613

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 

Distributions paid from:

 

Ordinary Income

 

$

1,517,003

   

$

   

Long-Term Capital Gain

   

13,388,568

     

16,315,676

   

Total Distributions

 

$

14,905,571

   

$

16,315,676

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

 

Distributions paid from:

 

Ordinary Income

 

$

2,897,243

   

$

2,701,500

   

Long-Term Capital Gain

   

1,998,126

     

6,098,755

   

Total Distributions

 

$

4,895,369

   

$

8,800,255

   


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7.  Tax Information (Continued)

At December 31, 2023, the components of accumulated earnings (losses) on a tax basis were as follows:

    Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Undistributed
Long-Term
Gain
  Capital Loss
Carryforwards
  Late Year
Ordinary and
Post October
Loss
Deferrals
  Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
  Total
Accumulated
Earnings (Losses)
 
M International Equity
Fund
 

$

591,648

   

$

   

$

(59,477,691

)

 

$

   

$

23,599,109

   

$

(35,286,934

)

 
M Large Cap Growth
Fund
   

     

624,775

     

     

     

88,475,411

     

89,100,186

   
M Capital Appreciation
Fund
   

     

     

     

(543,115

)

   

56,073,211

     

55,530,096

   
M Large Cap Value
Fund
   

     

79,159

     

     

     

26,705,375

     

26,784,534

   

Net capital loss carryforwards may be applied against any net realized taxable gains in each succeeding year, or until their respective expiration dates, whichever occurs first. At December 31, 2023, M International Equity Fund had available, for federal tax purposes, unused short-term capital losses of $17,081,626 and unused long-term capital losses of $42,396,065 permitted to be carried for an unlimited period. In addition, at December 31, 2023, M International Equity Fund used capital loss carryforwards of $4,690,382.

Dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These "book/tax" differences are considered either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment. Temporary differences do not require reclassification.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Funds reclassified for book purposes, amounts arising from permanent book/tax difference primarily relating to net operating losses and prior year true-up adjustments.

Permanent differences incurred during the year ended December 31, 2023, resulting from differences in book and tax accounting, have been reclassified at year-end between accumulated earnings (losses) and paid-in capital as follows, with no impact to the net asset value per share:

    Total
Accumulated
Earnings
 

Paid-in Capital

 

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 

$

566,223

   

$

(566,223

)

 

M Capital Appreciation Fund

   

7,256

     

(7,256

)

 

8.  Disclosure of Certain Commitments and Contingencies

In the normal course of business, the Corporation may enter into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties that provide general indemnifications. The maximum exposure to the Corporation under these arrangements is unknown, as it involves future claims that may be made against the Corporation that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Corporation believes that the current risk of loss is remote.


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9.  Change in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

On March 13, 2023, BBD LLP ("BBD") ceased to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the M International Equity Fund, the M Large Cap Growth Fund, the M Capital Appreciation Fund, and the M Large Cap Value Fund, each a series ("Fund") of M Fund, Inc. (the "Corporation" or "Registrant"). The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation approved the replacement of BBD as a result of Cohen & Company, Ltd.'s ("Cohen") acquisition of BBD's investment management group.

The report of BBD on the financial statements of the Funds as of and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles. During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, and during the subsequent interim period through March 13, 2023: (i) there were no disagreements between the registrant and BBD 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 BBD, 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 years or interim period; and (ii) 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 Registrant requested that BBD furnish it with a letter addressed to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission stating that it agrees with the above statements. A copy of such letter is filed as an exhibit to the N-CSR under Item 13(a)(4).

On March 17, 2023, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors of the Corporation also recommended and approved the appointment of Cohen as the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023.

During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, and during the subsequent interim period through March 13, 2023, neither the Registrant, nor anyone acting on its behalf, consulted with Cohen on behalf of the Funds regarding the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction (either completed or proposed), the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on the Funds' financial statements, or any matter that was either: (i) the subject of a "disagreement," as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the instructions thereto; or (ii) "reportable events," as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

10.  Subsequent Events

The Funds have evaluated subsequent events through the date of issuance of the Funds' financial statements and have determined there is no material impact to the Funds' financial statements.


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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

To the Shareholders of
M International Equity Fund,
M Large Cap Growth Fund,
M Capital Appreciation Fund and
M Large Cap Value Fund and
Board of Directors of M Fund, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of M International Equity Fund, M Large Cap Growth Fund, M Capital Appreciation Fund and M Large Cap Value Fund (the "Funds"), each a series of M Fund, Inc., as of December 31, 2023, the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the year then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the "financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds as of December 31, 2023, the results of their operations, the changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Funds' financial statement and financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2022, and prior, were audited by other auditors whose report dated February 21, 2023, expressed an unqualified opinion on the Funds' financial statement and financial highlights.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds' management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds' financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) ("PCAOB") and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement whether due to error or fraud.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2023, by correspondence with the custodian, transfer agent and broker. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

We have served as the Funds' auditor since 2023.

COHEN & COMPANY, LTD.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 23, 2024


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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Unaudited)

Director's and Officer's Tables

Interested Directors:

Name, Address, and Age

  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office(1)
and Length of
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Director
for the Past 5
Years
 
Malcolm L. "Skip" Cowen II(2)
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
64
 

Director

  Indefinite
Two Years
 

President, Cornerstone Advisors Asset Management, LLC and Cornerstone Institutional Investors, LLC, 2002 to present; President, Cornerstone Benefits, Inc., 2021 to present.

 

4

 

M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc, 1999 to present; and Gettysburg College Board of Trustees, 2012 to present.

 
James "Jim" Kaplan(2)
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
62
 

Director

  Indefinite
Two Years
 

Chief Executive Officer, KB Financial Companies, LLC, 2016 to present; Principal, KB Financial Partners, LLC, 2009 to present.

 

4

 

M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc, 2021 to present; M Financial Holdings, Inc., 2019 to present; M Life Insurance Company, 2019 to present; and The Mariano Rivera Foundation, April 2021 to present.

 

(1)  In accordance with the Corporation's current by-laws, each Director serves for an indefinite term until the date such Director resigns, retires or is removed by the Board of Directors or shareholders in accordance with the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.

(2)  Messrs. Cowen and Kaplan are deemed to be Interested Persons as defined by the 1940 Act, for the following reasons:

•  Mr. Cowen is a Director of the Adviser.

•  Mr. Kaplan is a Director of the Adviser and of M Financial Holdings.


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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (Continued)

Director's and Officer's Tables (Continued)

Independent Directors:

Name, Address, and Age

  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
  Term of Office(1)
and Length of
Time Served
 

Principal Occupation(s)

  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund Complex
Overseen by
Director
  Other
Directorships
Held by
Director
for the Past 5
Years
 
Wayne Pierson
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
73
 

Director, Chair of the Board and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee Chair

  Indefinite
11 Years
 

Retired. President, Acorn Investors LLC (investment holding company), 2005 to October 2022; Principal, Clifford Capital Partners LLC (investment manager), 2010 to 2022.

 

4

 

Director, Oaktree Capital Group, (investment manager), 2007 to 2019.

 
Bruce W. Madding
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
72
 

Director and Audit Committee Chair

  Indefinite
15 Years
 

Retired.Consultant, C.M. Capital Corp., 2022 to 2023; Chief Executive Officer, C.M. Capital Corp., 2010 to 2022.

 

4

 

Vice-Chair and Director, C.M. Capital Corp., 2021 to present.

 
Nancy Crouse
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
65
 

Director

  Indefinite
Four Years
 

Retired. Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager, Nuveen Investments (investment manager), 2005 to 2016.

 

4

 

Director, Women's Economic Ventures (non-profit), 2016 to present; and Treasurer, Women's Economic Ventures (non-profit), 2018 to 2023.

 
Mary Moran Zeven
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
62                                             
 

Director

  Indefinite
Four Years
 

Retired. Director, Graduate Program in Banking and Financial Law, Boston University School of Law, 2019 to 2022; Senior Vice President and Senior Managing Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company (custodial bank), 2000 to 2019.

 

4

 

Wisdom Tree Digital Trust (mutual fund), June 2022 to present.

 

(1)  In accordance with the Corporation's current by-laws, each Director serves for an indefinite term until the date such Director resigns, retires or is removed by the Board of Directors or shareholders in accordance with the Corporation's Articles of Incorporation.


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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (Continued)

Director's and Officer's Tables (Continued)

The Officers of the Corporation are listed below together with their respective positions with the Corporation, their principal occupations during the past five years and any positions held with affiliates of the Corporation:

Name, Address and Age

  Position(s)
Held with the
Fund
  Term of Office
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
 
Robert Olson
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
49                                            
 

President

  One Year
Since October 2023
 

Head of Advisory Services, M Financial Group, September 2023 to present; President, M Financial Investment Advisers, October 2023 to present; Director of Investment Product Management, Morningstar Investment Management, 2019 to September 2023; International Business Manager, Nuveen Investments, 2010 to 2019.

 
David Lees
1125 NW Couch St.,
Suite 900
Portland, OR 97209
58                                             
 

Secretary and Treasurer

  One Year
16 Years
 

Senior Accounting Director, M Financial Group, 1999 to 2023; Secretary and Treasurer, M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc., 2007 to present; Secretary and Treasurer, M Financial Asset Management, Inc., 2016 to present.

 


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SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION (Unaudited) (Continued)

Schedules of Portfolio Holdings

The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT. The Funds' Form N-PORT is available on the Corporation's website at www.mfin.com/m-funds and on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. The Funds' Form N-PORT may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C., and information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record

A description of the Corporation's proxy voting policies and procedures and the Corporation's proxy voting record for the most recent twelve-month period ending June 30 are available (1) without charge, upon request, by calling the Corporation toll-free at 1-888-736-2878; and (2) on Form N-PX on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov.

Tax Disclosures

For corporate shareholders, a portion of the ordinary dividends paid during the Fund's year ended December 31, 2023 qualified for the dividends received deduction as follows.

Fund

  Dividend Received
Deduction
 

M International Equity Fund

   

0.02

%

 

M Large Cap Value Fund

   

100.00

%

 

Pursuant to Internal Revenue Section 852(b), M Large Cap Growth Fund, M Capital Appreciation Fund and M Large Cap Value Fund paid $12,296,559, $13,388,568, and $1,998,126, respectively, which have been designated as capital gains distributions for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

M International Equity Fund

In accordance with federal tax law, the Fund elects to provide each shareholder with their portion of the Fund's foreign taxes paid and the income sourced from foreign securities. Accordingly, the Fund made the following designations regarding its fiscal year ended December 31, 2023:

•  the total amount of foreign taxes creditable was $389,449

•  the total amount of income sourced from foreign countries was $4,386,851


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ANNUAL REPORT OF LIQUIDITY RISK MANAGEMENT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR

Rule 22e-4 of the 1940 Act (the "Rule") requires that the Liquidity Risk Management Program Administrator (the "LPA") for the Fund periodically, but no less frequently than annually, review and provide the Board a written report that assesses the adequacy of the Liquidity Risk Management Program (the "Program") and the effectiveness of its implementation including, if applicable, the operation of the Highly Liquid Investment Minimum (the "HLIM") for each Fund and any material changes to the Program.

At a meeting of the Board held on November 30, 2023 the LPA presented and the Board reviewed a written report covering the period October 1, 2022 through September 30, 2023 (the "Review Period"). The LPA conducted various liquidity risk assessments during the Review Period, including an annual Liquidity Needs Assessment ("LNA") of each Fund as of June 30, 2023 to assess the liquidity risk of each Fund and assist in the determination as to whether any material changes should be made to the components of the Program. The following factors were reviewed by the LPA in its assessment of each Fund's liquidity risk and evaluation on the adequacy of the Program: (i) investment strategy, portfolio concentration and the liquidity of portfolio investments; (ii) holdings of cash and cash equivalents; (iii) short-term and long-term cash flows; (iv) redemption volatility and stressed conditions; and (v) other funding sources.

Liquidity Risk Assessment

1.) Investment Strategy Portfolio Concentration and Liquidity of Portfolio Investments

The LPA evaluated each Fund's investment objective and portfolio strategy, including portfolio concentration, liquidity classifications and any known or identifiable risks to liquidity. For all Funds, other than M Large Cap Growth Fund, the LPA noted that the Funds were highly diversified with relatively low concentration of holdings. The M Large Cap Growth Fund's investment strategy is to hold between 25 and 35 equity securities and as a result is highly concentrated. However, the LPA recognized that the M Large Cap Growth Fund holds larger capitalization, highly liquid securities where daily trading volumes appear adequate for the Fund to dispose of holdings in a fast and efficient manner in order to meet redemptions if necessary.

Each Fund's portfolio liquidity was monitored by the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer (the "CCO"). Liquidity classifications for each security holding were provided to the CCO by the Funds' administrator, State Street Bank and Trust Company ("State Street Bank"), using its TruView analytics system, on a monthly basis. Each Fund held at least 99.5% of its investments in Highly Liquid Investments during the Review Period. As a result, all Funds met the 15% limit on Illiquid Securities during the Review Period. No material liquidity risks were identified by the LPA during the Review Period relating to each Fund's investment strategy, portfolio concentration or portfolio liquidity. The LPA reasonably expects these trends to continue and believes that each Fund's investment strategy is appropriate and manageable for an open-end fund during both normal and stressed market conditions.

2.) Holdings of Cash and Cash Equivalents

All Funds are primarily invested in securities and hold a low percentage of their assets in cash and cash equivalents. In addition, the Funds do not maintain any type of borrowing arrangement or credit facility. It is the belief of the Funds' investment adviser, M Financial Investment Advisers, Inc., that based upon the high liquidity of each Fund's portfolio and that historical redemption activity was not material from a liquidity perspective for any Fund, a line


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of credit or other borrowing arrangements are not necessary. The LPA did not identify any material liquidity risks during the Review Period with respect to holdings of cash and cash equivalents.

3.) Short-Term and Long-Term Cash Flows and Redemption Volatility and Stressed Conditions

To meet various obligations under the variable annuity or variable life insurance contracts, insurance company separate accounts may redeem Fund shares to generate cash. Proceeds from the redemptions are usually sent to the separate account on the next business day. The Funds may suspend redemptions of shares or postpone payment dates when the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") is closed (other than weekends or holidays), when trading on the NYSE is restricted, or as otherwise permitted by the SEC.

The LPA reviewed historical subscription and redemption activity for each Fund. The LPA found that redemption activity was not material from a liquidity perspective for any Fund during either normal or stressed market conditions. The LPA also reviewed shareholder concentration, noting that Fund ownership is highly concentrated amongst approximately 10 insurance carriers. Shares are held in omnibus accounts, which means that Fund ownership is spread out amongst a larger number of underlying contract owners that beneficially own Fund shares. This reduces the risk of larger redemptions in shorter timeframes, which has provided the Funds with stable cash flow and lower redemption volatility over the Review Period.

Since cash flows do not appear to be significant during normal or stressed conditions and the shareholder base of each Fund appears stable, the LPA did not identify any material liquidity risks during the Review Period.

4.) Other Funding Sources

The Funds currently do not have any borrowing or other credit arrangements, nor have they utilized cross transactions, all of which could provide additional liquidity. The LPA believes that these factors do not appear to cause any liquidity concerns given each Fund's highly liquid portfolio and stable cash flow history.

Program Management

The Program allows the LPA to delegate certain responsibilities and engage one or more third parties to assist with its implementation, subject in each case to the appropriate oversight by the LPA. The LPA still maintains the responsibility of overseeing and supervising any person that has been delegated liquidity risk management responsibilities under the Program.

The LPA has delegated certain responsibilities under the Program to the CCO. On a monthly basis, State Street Bank provides the CCO with liquidity reports that characterize each Fund's holdings into one of four liquidity categories (as defined under the Rule). Liquidity reports are generated by State Street Bank using the liquidity analytics system, TruView. The CCO reports any issues or concerns to the LPA. No material issues were reported to the LPA during the Review Period.

Quarterly, the LPA conducts a formal meeting in order to review the Program. The CCO provides the LPA with a summary of the results from his monitoring of the Program, including liquidity classifications, compliance with the 15% Illiquid Securities Limit, an evaluation of the effectiveness of State Street Bank's responsibilities under the Program, and a determination of whether the Program has operated effectively and whether the Funds have met the


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applicable requirements under the Rule and the Program. All minutes of the LPA meetings are provided to the Board. The CCO reported no material issues to the LPA during the quarterly meetings within the Review Period.

At least annually, the CCO provides the LPA with a Liquidity Needs Assessment in order to assess each Fund's Liquidity Risk and evaluate whether any material changes are needed to the Program. The results of the Liquidity Needs Assessments were addressed earlier in this report.

The Program's administration process, as outlined above, appears to be functioning effectively in all material respects and no changes are recommended at this time.

Highly Liquid Investment Minimum

Although the Rule requires the LPA to determine a HLIM for each Fund, the LPA has determined that each Fund qualifies as an Excluded Fund (as defined in the Program). The SEC in its guidance has suggested that a HLIM would not be required if a Fund, under normal circumstances, primarily holds at least 50% of its assets in Highly Liquid Investments. The LPA has determined that all Funds within the Review Period were considered to primarily hold at least 50% of their assets in this category and that all Funds will continue to be excluded from determining a HLIM.

Conclusion

There were no material changes to the Program during the Review Period. No significant liquidity events impacting any Funds were noted during the Review Period. It is the LPA's assessment that the Program is adequately designed and has been effective in managing each Fund's liquidity risk and in implementing the requirements of the Rule.


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HYPOTHETICAL EXPENSE EXAMPLE (Unaudited)

As an indirect shareholder of a Fund, you incur ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. The following example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars and cents) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from July 1, 2023 to December 31, 2023.

Actual Expenses

The first line under each Fund 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 for your Fund under the heading entitled "Expenses Paid During Period" to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line under each Fund 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 your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example 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 Fund costs only. As an indirect shareholder of a Fund, you do not incur any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees or exchange fees. However, you do incur such transactional costs, as well as other fees and charges as an owner of a variable annuity contract or variable life insurance policy. If these transactional and other insurance company fees and charges were included, your costs would have been higher. Therefore, the second line under each Fund in the table is useful in comparing ongoing Fund costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different variable annuities or variable life insurance policies.


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    Beginning
Account Value
July 1, 2023
  Ending
Account Value
December 31,
2023
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
  Expenses
Paid During
Period*
(July 1, 2023 to
December 31, 2023)
 

M International Equity Fund

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,064.30

     

0.57

%

 

$

2.97

   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   

1,000.00

     

1,022.30

     

0.57

%

   

2.91

   

M Large Cap Growth Fund

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,130.10

     

0.77

%

 

$

4.13

   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   

1,000.00

     

1,021.30

     

0.77

%

   

3.92

   

M Capital Appreciation Fund

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,044.70

     

1.02

%

 

$

5.26

   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   

1,000.00

     

1,020.10

     

1.02

%

   

5.19

   

M Large Cap Value Fund

 

Actual

 

$

1,000.00

   

$

1,067.80

     

0.65

%

 

$

3.39

   

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

   

1,000.00

     

1,021.90

     

0.65

%

   

3.31

   

*  Expenses are calculated using each Fund's annualized expense ratio (as disclosed in the table), multiplied by the average account value for the period, multiplied by the number of days in the period (184 days), and divided by the number of days in the year (365 days). In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, it also indirectly bears a pro-rata share of the fees and expenses of the underlying fund in which it invests. Such indirect expenses are not included in the above expense ratios.


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(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

As of December 31, 2023, the Registrant has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the Registrant’s President/Principal Executive Officer and Treasurer/Principal Financial and Accounting Officer. For the year ended December 31, 2023, there were no amendments to a provision of its code of ethics, nor were there any waivers (including implicit waivers) granted from a provision of the code of ethics. A copy of the registrant’s code of ethics is filed with this Form N-CSR under Item 13(a)(1).

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The Registrant’s Board of Directors has determined that the Registrant has two audit committee financial experts serving on its audit committee. The audit committee financial experts serving on the Registrant’s audit committee are Bruce W. Madding and Wayne Pierson, who are “independent” as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR. Mr. Madding serves as the Chairman of the Registrant’s audit committee.

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

BBD, LLP served as the principal accountant for the Registrant for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and the period from January 1, 2023 through March 13, 2023. Cohen & Company Ltd. replaced BBD, LLP, after acquiring BBD, LLP’s Investment Management Group, and served as the principal accountant for the Registrant for the period from March 13, 2023 through December 31, 2023.

 

(a)            AUDIT FEES: The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by its principal accountant, BBD, LLP for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023 were $91,250 and $0, respectively. The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by its principal accountant, Cohen & Company, Ltd. for the audit of the Registrant’s annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 were $94,500.

 

(b)            AUDIT RELATED FEES: No such fees were billed to the Registrant by BBD, LLP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023. No such fees were billed to the Registrant by Cohen & Company, Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

 

(c)            TAX FEES: The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by BBD, LLP for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023 were $12,500 and $0, respectively. The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Cohen & Company, Ltd. for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 were $12,500. Such services included the review of the Fund’s tax and excise returns.

 

(d)            ALL OTHER FEES: No such fees were billed to the Registrant by BBD, LLP for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023. No such fees were billed to the Registrant by Cohen & Company, Ltd. for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.

 

(e)(1)    The Registrant’s audit committee pre-approves all audit and non-audit services to be performed by the Registrant’s accountant before the accountant is engaged by the Registrant to perform such services.

 

(2)    The percentage of services described in each of paragraphs (b) through (d) of this Item that were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X are as follows:

 

(b)            Not applicable

 

(c)            100%

 

 

 

 

(d)            Not applicable

 

(f)            Not applicable.

 

(g)The aggregate fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant, BBD, LLP, for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant, the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2023 were $12,500 and $0, respectively. The aggregate fees billed by the Registrant’s principal accountant, Cohen & Company, Ltd., for non-audit services rendered to the Registrant, the Registrant’s investment adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entities controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Registrant’s investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the Registrant for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 were $12,500.

 

(h)            Not applicable.

 

(i)            Not applicable.

 

(j)            Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)A schedule of investments is contained in the Registrant’s annual report, which is attached to this report in response to Item 1.

 

(b)Not applicable.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

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

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) The Registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) were effective as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the "Evaluation Date"), based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)) (the “1934 Act”) as of the Evaluation Date.

 

 

 

 

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) 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.

 

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1)       Code of Ethics as described in Item 2 is attached hereto as Exhibit 13(a)(1).

 

(a)(2)       Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) is attached hereto as Exhibit 13(a)(2).

 

(a)(3)       Not applicable to this filing.

 

(a)(4)     (i) Change in Registrant's Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

(ii) Letter from BBD LLP

 

(b)           Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 as required by Rule 30a-2(b), under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2(b)), Rule 13a-14(b) or Rule 15d-14(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.13a – 14(b) or 240.15d-14(b)) and Section 1350 of Chapter 63 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350) is attached hereto as Exhibit 13(b).

 

 

 

 

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.   M Fund, Inc.

 

M Fund, Inc.

 

By: /s/ Robert Olson  
  Robert Olson  
  President/Principal Executive Officer  

 

Date:   March 7, 2024

 

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.      

 

By: /s/ Robert Olson  
  Robert Olson  
  President/Principal Executive Officer  

 

Date:   March 7, 2024

 

By: /s/ David Lees  
  David Lees  
  Treasurer/Principal Financial and Accounting Officer  

 

Date:   March 7, 2024