UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM N-CSRS
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CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Investment Company Act file number 811-21364
Schroder Global Series Trust
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
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One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)
Michael Beattie
C/O SEI Investments
One Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks, PA 19456
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 1-800-464-3108
Date of fiscal year end: October 31, 2020
Date of reporting period: April 30, 2020
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
A copy of the report transmitted to stockholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”) (17 CFR § 270.30e-1), is attached hereto.
April 30, 2020 | Semi-Annual Report | |
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| Domestic Equity | |
| Schroder North American Equity Fund | |
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| Fixed Income | |
| Schroder Core Bond Fund | |
| Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | |
| Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
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Beginning on March 1, 2021, as permitted by regulations adopted by the Securities and Exchange Commission, paper copies of a Fund’s shareholder reports will no longer be sent by mail, unless you specifically request paper copies of the reports from the Fund or from your financial intermediary, such as a broker-dealer or bank. Instead, the reports will be made available on a website, and you will be notified by mail each time a report is posted and provided with a website link to access the report. If you already elected to receive shareholder reports electronically, you will not be affected by this change and you need not take any action. You may elect to receive shareholder reports and other communications from a Fund electronically by contacting your financial intermediary. You may elect to receive all future reports in paper free of charge. If you invest through a financial intermediary, you can follow the instructions included with this disclosure, if applicable, or you can contact your financial intermediary to inform it that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports. If you invest directly with a Fund, you can inform the Fund that you wish to continue receiving paper copies of your shareholder reports by calling (800) 464-3108. Your election to receive reports in paper will apply to all funds held with your financial intermediary if you invest through a financial intermediary or all Schroder Funds if you invest directly with a Fund. |
Proxy Voting (Unaudited)
A description of the Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures is available upon request, without charge, by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“SEC”) website at http://www.sec.gov, or by calling 1-800-464-3108 and requesting a copy of the applicable Fund’s Statement of Additional Information or on the Schroder Funds website at http://www.schroderfunds.com, by downloading the Funds’ Statement of Additional Information. Information regarding how the Funds voted proxies related to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request by calling 1-800-464-3108 and on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov.
Form N-PORT (Unaudited)
The Funds file their complete schedules of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its report on Form N-PORT. The Funds’ Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov, and may be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.
Important Information Concerning Fund Performance
Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee or predict future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate, so shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Please keep in mind that any double digit returns are highly unusual and cannot be sustained. Fees and expenses are factored into the net asset value of your shares and any performance numbers we release. Total return figures reflect expense limitations in effect during the periods shown; without such limitations, the performance shown would have been lower. Performance results assume the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. The return figures shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder may pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Current and month-end performance and other information, which may be lower or higher than that cited, is available by contacting SIMNA at (212) 641-3800 and is periodically updated on our website: www.schroderfunds.com.
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Performance Information
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2020 | | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2020 (a) | | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2020 (a) | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | -0.93 | % | | | 8.09 | % | | | 10.72 | % |
S&P 500 Index | | | 0.86 | % | | | 9.12 | % | | | 11.69 | % |
(a) | Average annual total returns. |
“Total Return” is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings | |
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
Microsoft | | | 6.0 | % |
Apple | | | 5.3 | |
Amazon.com | | | 4.2 | |
Johnson & Johnson | | | 2.1 | |
Facebook | | | 2.1 | |
Sector Allocation | |
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Information Technology | | | 27.4 | % |
Healthcare | | | 15.4 | |
Financials | | | 11.2 | |
Communication Services | | | 9.9 | |
Consumer Discretionary | | | 9.0 | |
Consumer Staples | | | 8.7 | |
Industrials | | | 8.7 | |
Energy | | | 2.7 | |
Materials | | | 1.5 | |
Utilities | | | 0.9 | |
Real Estate | | | 0.8 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | | 3.8 | |
Performance Information
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2020 | | | Annualized Since Inception (a) | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | 11.61 | % | | | 6.82 | % |
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | | | 10.84 | % | | | 6.61 | % |
(a) | From commencement of fund operations January 31, 2018. |
“Total Return” is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings | |
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
United States Treasury Note 1.500%, 08/15/22 | | | 5.4 | % |
United States Treasury Note 1.500%, 11/30/21 | | | 4.7 | |
United States Treasury Note 0.375%, 03/31/22 | | | 3.2 | |
United States Treasury Note 1.125%, 02/28/25 | | | 2.1 | |
FNMA 3.000%, 02/01/50 | | | 2.0 | |
Sector Allocation | |
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Corporate Obligations | | | 50.3 | % |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | 27.8 | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | | 14.8 | |
Taxable Municipal Bonds | | | 1.9 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | 1.5 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | | 3.7 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund
Performance Information
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2020 | | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2020 (a) | | | Annualized Since Inception (b) | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | 27.60 | % | | | 7.26 | % | | | 7.97 | % |
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Government/Credit Bond Index | | | 25.20 | % | | | 7.45 | % | | | 6.54 | % |
(a) | Average annual total returns. |
(b) | From commencement of fund operations on October 3, 2011. |
“Total Return” is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings | |
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
United States Treasury Bond 2.750%, 08/15/47 | | | 7.6 | % |
United States Treasury Bond 2.875%, 05/15/43 | | | 6.1 | |
United States Treasury Bond 4.500%, 02/15/36 | | | 3.7 | |
United States Treasury Bond 3.000%, 08/15/48 | | | 3.5 | |
United States Treasury Note 1.500%, 02/15/30 | | | 2.5 | |
Sector Allocation | |
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Corporate Obligations | | | 52.7 | % |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | 39.6 | |
Taxable Municipal Bonds | | | 5.2 | |
Sovereign Governments | | | 1.6 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | | 0.9 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Performance Information
| | One Year Ended April 30, 2020 | | | Five Years Ended April 30, 2020(a) | | | Ten Years Ended April 30, 2020(a) | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | 10.39 | % | | | 3.45 | % | | | 3.93 | % |
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index | | | 10.84 | % | | | 3.80 | % | | | 3.96 | % |
(a) | Average annual total return. |
“Total Return” is calculated including reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. Results do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on fund distributions or the redemption of fund shares. Returns for certain periods reflect fee waivers and/or reimbursements in effect for that period; absent fee waivers and reimbursements, performance would have been lower. Results represent past performance and do not indicate future results. The value of an investment in the Fund and the return on investment both will fluctuate and redemption proceeds may be higher or lower than an investor’s original cost.
Top 5 Holdings | |
Security | | % of Net Assets | |
United States Treasury Note 2.500%, 12/31/20 | | | 2.6 | % |
United States Treasury Bill 0.098%, 07/16/20 | | | 2.6 | |
United States Treasury Note 2.625%, 07/31/20 | | | 2.5 | |
FNMA 3.000%, 01/01/50 | | | 2.4 | |
United States Treasury Note 0.375%, 03/31/22 | | | 2.4 | |
Sector Allocation | |
Sector | | % of Net Assets | |
Corporate Obligations | | | 52.5 | % |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | 15.8 | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | | 11.7 | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | 10.2 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | 4.2 | |
Sovereign Governments | | | 2.4 | |
Taxable Municipal Bonds | | | 2.1 | |
Other Assets less Liabilities | | | 1.1 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
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| | COMMON STOCK – 96.2% | | | |
| | Canada – 1.3% | | | |
| 157,036 | | B2Gold | | | 794,234 | |
| 29,500 | | Canadian National Railway | | | 2,439,560 | |
| 2,600 | | Canadian Pacific Railway | | | 590,923 | |
| 4,300 | | Cogeco Communications | | | 317,909 | |
| 1,200 | | Constellation Software | | | 1,153,947 | |
| 23,400 | | Dollarama | | | 733,966 | |
| 10,188 | | Kirkland Lake Gold | | | 421,148 | |
| 41,700 | | Magna International Class A | | | 1,624,920 | |
| 112,700 | | Manulife Financial | | | 1,419,326 | |
| 27,500 | | Open Text | | | 1,039,190 | |
| 11,732 | | Pan American Silver | | | 249,482 | |
| 24,300 | | Parex Resources (1) | | | 266,402 | |
| 17,991 | | Wesdome Gold Mines (1) | | | | |
| | | | | | 11,188,788 | |
| | | Israel – 0.3% | | | | |
| 20,936 | | Check Point Software Technologies (1) | | | | |
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| | | United States – 94.6% | | | | |
| | | Communication Services – 9.8% | | | | |
| 41,200 | | Activision Blizzard | | | 2,625,676 | |
| 10,975 | | Alphabet Class A (1) | | | 14,780,033 | |
| 11,361 | | Alphabet Class C (1) | | | 15,322,126 | |
| 221,127 | | AT&T | | | 6,737,740 | |
| 743 | | Charter Communications Class A (1) | | | 367,956 | |
| 98,135 | | Comcast Class A | | | 3,692,820 | |
| 48,398 | | Discovery Class A (1) | | | 1,085,083 | |
| 2,374 | | Electronic Arts (1) | | | 271,253 | |
| 77,468 | | Facebook Class A (1) | | | 15,858,474 | |
| 39,751 | | Fox | | | 1,028,358 | |
| 7,859 | | Netflix (1) | | | 3,299,601 | |
| 30,940 | | Omnicom Group | | | 1,764,508 | |
| 202,171 | | Verizon Communications | | | 11,614,724 | |
| 18,770 | | ViacomCBS Class B | | | 323,970 | |
| 38,245 | | Walt Disney | | | | |
| | | | | | 82,908,519 | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary – 8.9% | | | | |
| 14,206 | | Amazon.com (1) | | | 35,145,644 | |
| 301 | | AutoZone (1) | | | 307,116 | |
| 14,712 | | Best Buy | | | 1,128,852 | |
| 99 | | Booking Holdings (1) | | | 146,576 | |
| 49,546 | | BorgWarner | | | 1,415,529 | |
| 30,400 | | Capri Holdings (1) | | | 463,600 | |
| 1,429 | | Dollar General | | | 250,504 | |
| 25,657 | | DR Horton | | | 1,211,524 | |
| 128,082 | | eBay | | | 5,101,506 | |
| 24,400 | | Foot Locker | | | 625,372 | |
| 32,793 | | Garmin | | | 2,661,480 | |
| 79,400 | | Gentex | | | 1,924,656 | |
| 61,099 | | H&R Block | | | 1,017,298 | |
| 16,195 | | Harley-Davidson | | | 353,537 | |
| 1,848 | | Helen of Troy (1) | | | 303,589 | |
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| 43,588 | | Home Depot | | | 9,581,950 | |
| 3,628 | | Kontoor Brands | | | 70,419 | |
| 11,632 | | Lear | | | 1,135,865 | |
| 5,507 | | Lennar Class A | | | 275,735 | |
| 38,026 | | LKQ (1) | | | 994,380 | |
| 9,037 | | Lowe’s | | | 946,626 | |
| 22,400 | | MasterCraft Boat Holdings (1) | | | 234,080 | |
| 14,922 | | McDonald’s | | | 2,798,770 | |
| 7,480 | | Meritage Homes (1) | | | 393,149 | |
| 9,022 | | Mohawk Industries (1) | | | 791,410 | |
| 31,102 | | Nike Class B | | | 2,711,472 | |
| 350 | | NVR (1) | | | 1,085,000 | |
| 35,335 | | PulteGroup | | | 998,921 | |
| 13,194 | | Starbucks | | | 1,012,376 | |
| 16,200 | | Tapestry (1) | | | | |
| | | | | | 75,327,992 | |
| | | Consumer Staples – 8.7% | | | | |
| 79,191 | | Altria Group | | | 3,108,247 | |
| 23,065 | | Brown-Forman Class B | | | 1,434,643 | |
| 29,964 | | Church & Dwight | | | 2,097,180 | |
| 14,823 | | Clorox | | | 2,763,600 | |
| 215,818 | | Coca-Cola | | | 9,903,888 | |
| 74,103 | | Colgate-Palmolive | | | 5,207,218 | |
| 12,134 | | Costco Wholesale | | | 3,676,602 | |
| 42,827 | | General Mills | | | 2,564,909 | |
| 18,081 | | Hershey | | | 2,394,467 | |
| 45,438 | | Hormel Foods | | | 2,128,770 | |
| 6,207 | | JM Smucker | | | 713,246 | |
| 32,047 | | Kimberly-Clark | | | 4,437,869 | |
| 16,567 | | Monster Beverage (1) | | | 1,024,006 | |
| 67,327 | | PepsiCo | | | 8,906,689 | |
| 57,857 | | Philip Morris International | | | 4,316,132 | |
| 111,230 | | Procter & Gamble | | | 13,110,680 | |
| 13,373 | | Tyson Foods Class A | | | 831,667 | |
| 38,261 | | Walmart | | | | |
| | | | | | 73,270,438 | |
| | | Energy – 2.7% | | | | |
| 21,112 | | Baker Hughes Class A | | | 294,512 | |
| 35,860 | | Cabot Oil & Gas | | | 775,293 | |
| 21,088 | | Cactus Class A | | | 374,945 | |
| 68,163 | | Chevron | | | 6,270,996 | |
| 34,176 | | ConocoPhillips | | | 1,438,810 | |
| 28,812 | | EOG Resources | | | 1,368,858 | |
| 118,302 | | ExxonMobil | | | 5,497,494 | |
| 21,373 | | Helmerich & Payne | | | 422,544 | |
| 18,000 | | HollyFrontier | | | 594,720 | |
| 7,658 | | International Seaways | | | 185,324 | |
| 24,058 | | Marathon Petroleum | | | 771,781 | |
| 99,000 | | Northern Oil and Gas (1) | | | 82,883 | |
| 21,700 | | Phillips 66 | | | 1,587,789 | |
| 10,347 | | Pioneer Natural Resources | | | 924,091 | |
| 30,770 | | Plains GP Holdings Class A | | | 282,777 | |
| 24,283 | | Schlumberger | | | 408,440 | |
| 10,288 | | Teekay Tankers Class A (1) | | | 208,949 | |
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the financial statements. |
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Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
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| 20,781 | | Valero Energy | | | | |
| | | | | | 22,806,682 | |
| | | Financials – 11.0% | | | | |
| 11,906 | | Affiliated Managers Group | | | 832,944 | |
| 93,089 | | Aflac | | | 3,466,634 | |
| 11,500 | | American Equity Investment Life Holding | | | 241,730 | |
| 8,185 | | American Express | | | 746,881 | |
| 32,951 | | American Financial Group | | | 2,182,674 | |
| 17,223 | | Ameriprise Financial | | | 1,979,612 | |
| 10,597 | | Assured Guaranty | | | 315,049 | |
| 16,600 | | Athene Holding Class A (1) | | | 448,200 | |
| 239,250 | | Bank of America | | | 5,753,962 | |
| 57,200 | | Berkshire Hathaway Class B (1) | | | 10,716,992 | |
| 29,021 | | Capital One Financial | | | 1,879,400 | |
| 92,323 | | Citigroup | | | 4,483,205 | |
| 40,248 | | CVB Financial | | | 836,555 | |
| 15,711 | | Essent Group | | | 429,225 | |
| 3,092 | | Everest Re Group | | | 535,318 | |
| 8,259 | | FactSet Research Systems | | | 2,271,225 | |
| 28,226 | | Federated Investors Class B | | | 642,706 | |
| 86,513 | | Fifth Third Bancorp | | | 1,616,928 | |
| 4,322 | | First American Financial | | | 199,331 | |
| 4,800 | | First Interstate BancSystem Class A | | | 162,240 | |
| 72,000 | | Franklin Resources | | | 1,356,480 | |
| 45,748 | | Globe Life | | | 3,766,890 | |
| 17,476 | | Goldman Sachs Group | | | 3,205,448 | |
| 7,274 | | Houlihan Lokey Class A | | | 431,930 | |
| 29,539 | | Jefferies Financial Group | | | 405,275 | |
| 126,610 | | JPMorgan Chase | | | 12,124,174 | |
| 106,530 | | KeyCorp | | | 1,241,074 | |
| 30,939 | | Lincoln National | | | 1,097,406 | |
| 60,845 | | MetLife | | | 2,195,287 | |
| 43,442 | | MGIC Investment | | | 317,561 | |
| 58,261 | | Morgan Stanley | | | 2,297,231 | |
| 605 | | MSCI Class A | | | 197,835 | |
| 29,981 | | PNC Financial Services Group | | | 3,198,073 | |
| 5,100 | | Popular | | | 196,809 | |
| 3,463 | | Primerica | | | 359,840 | |
| 62,911 | | Principal Financial Group | | | 2,290,589 | |
| 25,240 | | Prudential Financial | | | 1,574,219 | |
| 10,052 | | S&P Global | | | 2,944,030 | |
| 26,582 | | SLM | | | 221,694 | |
| 31,701 | | Sterling Bancorp | | | 390,873 | |
| 80,346 | | Synchrony Financial | | | 1,590,047 | |
| 42,023 | | T. Rowe Price Group | | | 4,859,119 | |
| 50,595 | | Truist Financial | | | 1,888,205 | |
| 23,861 | | U.S. Bancorp | | | 870,927 | |
| 56,770 | | Unum Group | | | 990,637 | |
| 112,554 | | Wells Fargo | | | | |
| | | | | | 93,022,158 | |
| | | Healthcare – 15.4% | | | | |
| 41,300 | | Abbott Laboratories | | | 3,803,317 | |
| 98,525 | | AbbVie | | | 8,098,755 | |
| 7,609 | | Alexion Pharmaceuticals (1) | | | 817,739 | |
| 37,627 | | Amgen | | | 9,001,131 | |
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| 4,409 | | Anthem | | | 1,237,739 | |
| 2,204 | | Becton Dickinson | | | 556,576 | |
| 13,806 | | Biogen (1) | | | 4,098,035 | |
| 145,735 | | Bristol-Myers Squibb | | | 8,862,145 | |
| 1,745 | | Chemed | | | 726,915 | |
| 4,218 | | Cigna | | | 825,800 | |
| 23,934 | | Coherus Biosciences (1) | | | 397,304 | |
| 24,603 | | Danaher | | | 4,021,606 | |
| 9,807 | | Edwards Lifesciences (1) | | | 2,133,023 | |
| 44,542 | | Eli Lilly | | | 6,887,975 | |
| 43,028 | | Gilead Sciences | | | 3,614,352 | |
| 1,877 | | Humana | | | 716,676 | |
| 5,400 | | Idexx Laboratories (1) | | | 1,499,040 | |
| 4,406 | | Jazz Pharmaceuticals (1) | | | 485,762 | |
| 115,945 | | Johnson & Johnson | | | 17,396,388 | |
| 6,700 | | McKesson | | | 946,375 | |
| 62,030 | | Medtronic | | | 6,055,989 | |
| 134,980 | | Merck | | | 10,709,313 | |
| 3,219 | | Mettler-Toledo International (1) | | | 2,317,487 | |
| 19,150 | | Mylan (1) | | | 321,146 | |
| 289,436 | | Pfizer | | | 11,102,765 | |
| 18,128 | | Premier Class A (1) | | | 601,124 | |
| 246 | | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (1) | | | 129,367 | |
| 7,599 | | ResMed | | | 1,180,277 | |
| 19,001 | | Stryker | | | 3,542,356 | |
| 9,095 | | Thermo Fisher Scientific | | | 3,043,915 | |
| 34,956 | | UnitedHealth Group | | | 10,223,582 | |
| 21,063 | | Waters (1) | | | 3,938,781 | |
| 2,800 | | West Pharmaceutical Services | | | | |
| | | | | | 129,822,683 | |
| | | Industrials – 8.1% | | | | |
| 37,448
| | 3M | | | 5,689,100
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| 5,987 | | Acuity Brands | | | 518,414 | |
| 18,315 | | Allegion | | | 1,841,390 | |
| 49,300 | | Allison Transmission Holdings Class A | | | 1,791,562 | |
| 36,600 | | AMETEK | | | 3,069,642 | |
| 14,289 | | BMC Stock Holdings (1) | | | 303,641 | |
| 11,900 | | Brady Class A | | | 518,126 | |
| 32,216 | | CH Robinson Worldwide | | | 2,284,114 | |
| 9,200 | | Cintas | | | 2,040,836 | |
| 21,449 | | Copart (1) | | | 1,718,279 | |
| 8,622 | | Crane | | | 469,468 | |
| 7,444 | | Curtiss-Wright | | | 771,571 | |
| 27,100 | | Deluxe | | | 763,407 | |
| 14,100 | | Donaldson | | | 618,003 | |
| 10,725 | | Dover | | | 1,004,396 | |
| 58,205 | | Emerson Electric | | | 3,319,431 | |
| 8,625 | | EnerSys | | | 503,614 | |
| 39,109 | | Expeditors International of Washington | | | 2,800,400 | |
| 5,585 | | Exponent | | | 392,793 | |
| 101,933 | | Fastenal | | | 3,692,013 | |
| 18,816 | | Graco | | | 840,323 | |
| 20,800 | | GrafTech International | | | 168,896 | |
| 12,167 | | HEICO | | | 1,065,829 | |
| 24,880 | | Honeywell International | | | 3,530,472 | |
| 22,454 | | Hubbell Class B | | | 2,793,951 | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
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| 11,456 | | IDEX | | | 1,759,985 | |
| 22,400 | | Illinois Tool Works | | | 3,640,000 | |
| 13,801 | | Landstar System | | | 1,425,781 | |
| 5,899 | | ManpowerGroup | | | 437,942 | |
| 8,727 | | MasTec (1) | | | 313,299 | |
| 6,705 | | Moog Class A | | | 331,763 | |
| 3,400 | | MSA Safety | | | 382,602 | |
| 8,310 | | Owens Corning | | | 360,322 | |
| 6,067 | | Parker Hannifin | | | 959,314 | |
| 25,105 | | Quanta Services | | | 912,818 | |
| 11,095 | | Raytheon Technologies | | | 719,067 | |
| 24,013 | | Robert Half International | | | 1,135,095 | |
| 20,698 | | Snap-on | | | 2,696,742 | |
| 13,632 | | Toro | | | 869,858 | |
| 37,500 | | Union Pacific | | | 5,992,125 | |
| 11,392 | | Verisk Analytics Class A | | | 1,741,039 | |
| 22,100 | | Waste Management | | | | |
| | | | | | 68,397,865 | |
| | | Information Technology – 26.9% | | | | |
| 18,000 | | Accenture Class A | | | 3,333,420 | |
| 12,024 | | Adobe (1) | | | 4,252,167 | |
| 12,628 | | Advanced Micro Devices (1) | | | 661,581 | |
| 62,041 | | Amdocs | | | 3,997,922 | |
| 4,936 | | ANSYS (1) | | | 1,292,393 | |
| 152,327 | | Apple | | | 44,753,673 | |
| 42,138 | | Automatic Data Processing | | | 6,181,223 | |
| 20,418 | | Broadcom | | | 5,545,937 | |
| 20,175 | | Broadridge Financial Solutions | | | 2,340,300 | |
| 236,974 | | Cisco Systems | | | 10,042,958 | |
| 5,280 | | Citrix Systems | | | 765,653 | |
| 30,572 | | Cognizant Technology Solutions Class A | | | 1,773,788 | |
| 22,237 | | Fidelity National Information Services | | | 2,932,838 | |
| 4,954 | | First Solar (1) | | | 218,026 | |
| 51,647 | | Fiserv (1) | | | 5,322,740 | |
| 160,649 | | HP | | | 2,491,666 | |
| 7,326 | | Insight Enterprises (1) | | | 397,729 | |
| 217,238 | | Intel | | | 13,029,935 | |
| 14,396 | | International Business Machines | | | 1,807,562 | |
| 15,558 | | Intuit | | | 4,197,704 | |
| 12,040 | | Jack Henry & Associates | | | 1,969,142 | |
| 20,944 | | KBR | | | 424,325 | |
| 7,900 | | Lam Research | | | 2,016,712 | |
| 23,091 | | Mastercard Class A | | | 6,349,332 | |
| 41,970 | | Maxim Integrated Products | | | 2,307,510 | |
| 281,106 | | Microsoft | | | 50,377,006 | |
| 40,211 | | NetApp | | | 1,760,035 | |
| 10,486 | | NVIDIA | | | 3,064,848 | |
| 146,370 | | Oracle | | | 7,753,219 | |
| 67,282 | | Paychex | | | 4,610,163 | |
| 36,628 | | PayPal Holdings (1) | | | 4,505,244 | |
| 9,351 | | Progress Software | | | 382,550 | |
| 33,497 | | QUALCOMM | | | 2,635,209 | |
| 14,014 | | salesforce.com (1) | | | 2,269,567 | |
| 708 | | ServiceNow (1) | | | 248,890 | |
| 55,423 | | Texas Instruments | | | 6,432,948 | |
| 62,076 | | Visa Class A | | | 11,094,223 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 80,747 | | Western Union | | | 1,539,845 | |
| 36,800 | | Xerox Holdings | | | 673,072 | |
| 13,150 | | Xilinx | | | 1,149,310 | |
| 17,300 | | Xperi | | | | |
| | | | | | 227,166,709 | |
| | | Materials – 1.3% | | | | |
| 1,808 | | Air Products & Chemicals | | | 407,849 | |
| 13,188 | | Celanese Class A | | | 1,095,527 | |
| 9,759 | | Ecolab | | | 1,888,366 | |
| 9,019 | | Ingevity (1) | | | 468,267 | |
| 22,037 | | LyondellBasell Industries Class A | | | 1,277,044 | |
| 7,457 | | Minerals Technologies | | | 328,406 | |
| 21,786 | | Newmont Mining | | | 1,295,831 | |
| 25,462 | | PPG Industries | | | 2,312,714 | |
| 14,961 | | Reliance Steel & Aluminum | | | 1,340,206 | |
| 13,900 | | Steel Dynamics | | | | |
| | | | | | 10,751,563 | |
| | | Real Estate – 0.8% | | | | |
| 40,004 | | Apple Hospitality REIT (1) | | | 387,239 | |
| 2,664 | | Digital Realty Trust REIT | | | 398,241 | |
| 439 | | Equinix REIT | | | 296,413 | |
| 19,269 | | Global Net Lease REIT | | | 277,281 | |
| 103,036 | | Host Hotels & Resorts REIT | | | 1,268,373 | |
| 32,800 | | Newmark Group Class A | | | 127,264 | |
| 2,600 | | PS Business Parks REIT | | | 335,634 | |
| 12,500 | | Public Storage REIT | | | 2,318,125 | |
| 31,100 | | RLJ Lodging Trust REIT | | | 288,919 | |
| 41,713 | | Sabra Health Care REIT | | | 534,761 | |
| 25,941 | | Urban Edge Properties REIT (1) | | | | |
| | | | | | 6,530,572 | |
| | | Utilities – 1.0% | | | | |
| 28,000 | | AES | | | 371,000 | |
| 6,692 | | American Water Works | | | 814,350 | |
| 18,000 | | Centerpoint Energy | | | 306,540 | |
| 34,168 | | Exelon | | | 1,266,949 | |
| 17,250 | | NextEra Energy | | | 3,986,820 | |
| 13,256 | | NRG Energy | | | 444,474 | |
| 27,200 | | PPL | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Total United States | | | | |
| | | TOTAL COMMON STOCK | | | | |
| | | (Cost $501,713,586) | | | | |
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 96.2% | | | | |
| | | (Cost $501,713,586) | | | | |
| | | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES – 3.8% | | | | |
| | | NET ASSETS – 100% | | | | |
(1) | Denotes non-income producing security. |
Schroder North American Equity Fund
Schedule of Investments (concluded)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
The open futures contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2020, are as follows:
Type of Contract | | Number of Contracts Long | | Expiration Date | | Notional Amount | | | Value | | | Unrealized Appreciation | |
S&P 500 Index E-MINI | | 129 | | Jun-2020 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
A summary of the outstanding forward foreign currency contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2020, is as follows:
Counterparty | Settlement Date | Currency to Deliver | | Currency to Receive | | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | 05/13/20 | CAD | | | 11,256,435 | | USD | | | 7,802,362 | | | $ | (284,574 | ) |
JPMorgan Chase Bank | 05/13/20 | USD | | | 1,605,106 | | CAD | | | 2,329,900 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
CAD — Canadian Dollar
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
S&P — Standard & Poor’s
USD — United States Dollar
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2020, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1)(2) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Common Stock | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | $ | 990,110 | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | 990,110 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Appreciation | | | — | | | | 68,758 | | | | — | | | | 68,758 | |
Forwards — Unrealized Depreciation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) | For the period ended April 30, 2020, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3. |
(2) | All securities in this category are Level 1 securities. For a detailed break-out by classification, please refer to the Schedule of Investments. |
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS – 50.3% | | | |
| | Communication Services – 4.1% | | | |
| | AT&T | | | |
| 97,000 | | 4.500%, 05/15/35 | | | 108,593 | |
| 100,000 | | 4.300%, 02/15/30 | | | 112,438 | |
| 250,000 | | 3.400%, 05/15/25 | | | 264,757 | |
| 229,000 | | 3.000%, 06/30/22 | | | 235,439 | |
| | | Comcast | | | | |
| 95,000 | | 4.700%, 10/15/48 | | | 124,585 | |
| 221,000 | | 3.950%, 10/15/25 | | | 248,796 | |
| 245,000 | | 2.650%, 02/01/30 | | | 261,091 | |
| | | Discovery Communications LLC | | | | |
| 235,000 | | 2.950%, 03/20/23 | | | 241,808 | |
| | | T-Mobile USA (1) | | | | |
| 501,000 | | 3.875%, 04/15/30 | | | 549,812 | |
| | | Verizon Communications | | | | |
| 137,000 | | 4.329%, 09/21/28 | | | 162,063 | |
| 160,000 | | 4.016%, 12/03/29 | | | 186,375 | |
| 153,000 | | 2.792%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.100%, 05/15/25 | | | 151,700 | |
| | | Vodafone Group | | | | |
| 227,000 | | 2.166%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.990%, 01/16/24 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary – 0.9% | | | | |
| | | AutoNation | | | | |
| 59,000 | | 4.500%, 10/01/25 | | | 58,847 | |
| | | Cox Communications (1) | | | | |
| 227,000 | | 3.150%, 08/15/24 | | | 239,895 | |
| | | Magna International | | | | |
| 71,000 | | 4.150%, 10/01/25 | | | 76,979 | |
| | | McDonald’s MTN | | | | |
| 209,000 | | 3.625%, 09/01/49 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Consumer Staples – 4.2% | | | | |
| | | Altria Group | | | | |
| 247,000 | | 4.800%, 02/14/29 | | | 276,466 | |
| 11,000 | | 4.400%, 02/14/26 | | | 12,200 | |
| | | Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide | | | | |
| 292,000 | | 4.150%, 01/23/25 | | | 325,112 | |
| | | Archer-Daniels-Midland | | | | |
| 315,000 | | 3.250%, 03/27/30 | | | 347,377 | |
| | | BAT Capital | | | | |
| 56,000 | | 3.222%, 08/15/24 | | | 58,121 | |
| | | CVS Health | | | | |
| 105,000 | | 5.050%, 03/25/48 | | | 133,058 | |
| 100,000 | | 4.250%, 04/01/50 | | | 117,084 | |
| | | Kimberly-Clark | | | | |
| 105,000 | | 3.100%, 03/26/30 | | | 117,231 | |
| | | PepsiCo | | | | |
| 320,000 | | 2.625%, 07/29/29 | | | 345,218 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Pfizer | | | |
| 155,000 | | 2.625%, 04/01/30 | | | 168,333 | |
| | | Procter & Gamble | | | | |
| 445,000 | | 3.000%, 03/25/30 | | | 505,616 | |
| | | Reynolds American | | | | |
| 21,000 | | 5.850%, 08/15/45 | | | 24,272 | |
| 33,000 | | 5.700%, 08/15/35 | | | 38,305 | |
| | | RJ Reynolds Tobacco | | | | |
| 401,000 | | 3.750%, 05/20/23 | | | 409,229 | |
| | | Tyson Foods | | | | |
| 7,000 | | 3.550%, 06/02/27 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Energy – 2.5% | | | | |
| | | Apache | | | | |
| 138,000 | | 4.375%, 10/15/28 | | | 109,831 | |
| | | BP Capital Markets | | | | |
| 96,000 | | 2.500%, 11/06/22 | | | 97,955 | |
| | | Enbridge | | | | |
| 91,000 | | 4.250%, 12/01/26 | | | 95,983 | |
| | | Energy Transfer Partners | | | | |
| 176,000 | | 5.250%, 04/15/29 | | | 176,730 | |
| 355,000 | | 3.600%, 02/01/23 | | | 345,540 | |
| | | Enterprise Products Operating LLC | | | | |
| 238,000 | | 4.200%, 01/31/50 | | | 236,059 | |
| | | EOG Resources | | | | |
| 183,000 | | 2.625%, 03/15/23 | | | 187,469 | |
| | | MPLX | | | | |
| 188,000 | | 4.500%, 04/15/38 | | | 167,856 | |
| | | Phillips 66 Partners | | | | |
| 135,000 | | 3.750%, 03/01/28 | | | 130,906 | |
| 186,000 | | 3.605%, 02/15/25 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Financials – 21.0% | | | | |
| | | Aflac | | | | |
| 2,000 | | 6.450%, 08/15/40 | | | 2,685 | |
| | | American International Group | | | | |
| 303,000 | | 3.900%, 04/01/26 | | | 328,036 | |
| 181,000 | | 3.300%, 03/01/21 | | | 183,633 | |
| | | AXA Equitable Holdings | | | | |
| 202,000 | | 5.000%, 04/20/48 | | | 210,437 | |
| | | Bank of America | | | | |
| 10,000 | | 5.875%, 01/05/21 | | | 10,315 | |
| 464,000 | | 3.004%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.790%, 12/20/23 | | | 479,522 | |
| | | Bank of America MTN | | | | |
| 449,000 | | 3.500%, 04/19/26 | | | 488,180 | |
| 493,000 | | 3.248%, 10/21/27 | | | 526,848 | |
| | | Bank of Ireland Group (1) | | | | |
| 245,000 | | 4.500%, 11/25/23 | | | 249,357 | |
| | | Bank of New York Mellon MTN | | | | |
| 284,000 | | 1.950%, 08/23/22 | | | 289,100 | |
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Barclays | | | |
| 200,000 | | 4.337%, 01/10/28 | | | 215,337 | |
| | | Barclays Bank | | | | |
| 780,000 | | 2.852%, 05/07/26 | | | 780,000 | |
| | | Capital One Financial | | | | |
| 58,000 | | 3.750%, 03/09/27 | | | 59,025 | |
| 250,000 | | 2.150%, 09/06/22 | | | 249,140 | |
| | | Citigroup | | | | |
| 1,130,000 | | 3.200%, 10/21/26 | | | 1,190,336 | |
| 9,000 | | 2.700%, 03/30/21 | | | 9,123 | |
| | | Cooperatieve Rabobank UA MTN | | | | |
| 389,000 | | 3.875%, 02/08/22 | | | 405,187 | |
| | | Credit Suisse Group (1) | | | | |
| 272,000 | | 3.869%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.410%, 01/12/29 | | | 288,207 | |
| | | Fifth Third Bancorp | | | | |
| 264,000 | | 3.650%, 01/25/24 | | | 278,962 | |
| 288,000 | | 2.375%, 01/28/25 | | | 292,476 | |
| | | GE Capital International Funding Unlimited | | | | |
| 325,000 | | 3.373%, 11/15/25 | | | 334,707 | |
| | | Goldman Sachs Group | | | | |
| 121,000 | | 4.750%, 10/21/45 | | | 146,823 | |
| 303,000 | | 3.814%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.158%, 04/23/29 | | | 327,436 | |
| 120,000 | | 3.500%, 11/16/26 | | | 127,510 | |
| 64,000 | | 2.625%, 04/25/21 | | | 64,745 | |
| | | HCP | | | | |
| 104,000 | | 3.250%, 07/15/26 | | | 104,406 | |
| | | Healthcare Realty Trust | | | | |
| 125,000 | | 2.400%, 03/15/30 | | | 110,476 | |
| | | HSBC Holdings | | | | |
| 200,000 | | 4.950%, 03/31/30 | | | 236,498 | |
| 535,000 | | 2.633%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.140%, 11/07/25 | | | 545,510 | |
| | | JPMorgan Chase | | | | |
| 426,000 | | 4.625%, 05/10/21 | | | 441,398 | |
| 50,000 | | 4.500%, 01/24/22 | | | 52,785 | |
| 174,000 | | 2.950%, 10/01/26 | | | 182,475 | |
| 665,000 | | 2.005%, VAR United States Secured Overnight Financing Rate+1.585%, 03/13/26 | | | 671,455 | |
| | | Lloyds Banking Group | | | | |
| 325,000 | | 2.438%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 1 Yr+1.000%, 02/05/26 | | | 324,517 | |
| | | Mastercard | | | | |
| 110,000 | | 3.850%, 03/26/50 | | | 137,185 | |
| | | Metropolitan Life Global Funding I (1) | | | | |
| 705,000 | | 2.950%, 04/09/30 | | | 759,820 | |
| | | Moody’s | | | | |
| 119,000 | | 4.875%, 02/15/24 | | | 131,836 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Morgan Stanley | | | |
| 397,000 | | 3.625%, 01/20/27 | | | 431,865 | |
| | | Morgan Stanley MTN | | | | |
| 543,000 | | 2.750%, 05/19/22 | | | 556,253 | |
| 169,000 | | 2.500%, 04/21/21 | | | 171,067 | |
| | | Prudential | | | | |
| 290,000 | | 3.125%, 04/14/30 | | | 299,198 | |
| | | State Street (1) | | | | |
| 128,000 | | 3.152%, VAR United States Secured Overnight Financing Rate+2.650%, 03/30/31 | | | 140,133 | |
| | | Truist Bank | | | | |
| 837,000 | | 2.250%, 03/11/30 | | | 814,259 | |
| | | US Bancorp MTN | | | | |
| 262,000 | | 2.625%, 01/24/22 | | | 268,755 | |
| | | Wells Fargo MTN | | | | |
| 296,000 | | 2.879%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.170%, 10/30/30 | | | 302,894 | |
| | | Wells Fargo | | | | |
| 281,000 | | 3.000%, 04/22/26 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Healthcare – 4.9% | | | | |
| | | Abbott Laboratories | | | | |
| 494,000 | | 3.400%, 11/30/23 | | | 535,868 | |
| | | AbbVie | | | | |
| 274,000 | | 3.600%, 05/14/25 | | | 297,870 | |
| 28,000 | | 3.200%, 11/06/22 | | | 29,288 | |
| 283,000 | | 3.200%, 11/21/29 (1) | | | 300,675 | |
| | | Aetna | | | | |
| 299,000 | | 2.800%, 06/15/23 | | | 310,447 | |
| | | Allergan Funding SCS | | | | |
| 143,000 | | 3.850%, 06/15/24 | | | 153,240 | |
| 140,000 | | 3.800%, 03/15/25 | | | 149,446 | |
| 88,000 | | 3.450%, 03/15/22 | | | 90,192 | |
| | | Anthem | | | | |
| 15,000 | | 4.101%, 03/01/28 | | | 16,784 | |
| | | Bayer US Finance II LLC (1) | | | | |
| 487,000 | | 3.875%, 12/15/23 | | | 516,993 | |
| | | Becton Dickinson | | | | |
| 153,000 | | 3.734%, 12/15/24 | | | 165,224 | |
| | | Cardinal Health | | | | |
| 82,000 | | 3.079%, 06/15/24 | | | 84,750 | |
| | | CommonSpirit Health | | | | |
| 115,000 | | 3.347%, 10/01/29 | | | 113,223 | |
| | | Merck | | | | |
| 257,000 | | 2.750%, 02/10/25 | | | 278,559 | |
| | | UnitedHealth Group | | | | |
| 325,000 | | 3.875%, 12/15/28 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Industrials – 2.2% | | | |
| | 3M | | | |
| 101,000 | | 3.050%, 04/15/30 | | | 110,264 | |
| | | Air Lease | | | | |
| 164,000 | | 2.250%, 01/15/23 | | | 152,333 | |
| | | CSX | | | | |
| 80,000 | | 3.800%, 04/15/50 | | | 91,938 | |
| | | Deere | | | | |
| 217,000 | | 3.100%, 04/15/30 | | | 239,932 | |
| | | FedEx | | | | |
| 494,000 | | 4.250%, 05/15/30 | | | 539,388 | |
| | | Lockheed Martin | | | | |
| 18,000 | | 3.550%, 01/15/26 | | | 20,217 | |
| | | Rockwell Collins | | | | |
| 257,000 | | 3.200%, 03/15/24 | | | 272,715 | |
| | | United Technologies | | | | |
| 105,000 | | 3.950%, 08/16/25 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Information Technology – 6.9% | | | | |
| | | Broadcom (1) | | | | |
| 685,000 | | 4.700%, 04/15/25 | | | 755,316 | |
| | | Intel | | | | |
| 660,000 | | 3.900%, 03/25/30 | | | 783,482 | |
| | | Microsoft | | | | |
| 201,000 | | 4.100%, 02/06/37 | | | 250,450 | |
| 663,000 | | 2.400%, 08/08/26 | | | 715,578 | |
| | | NVIDIA | | | | |
| 292,000 | | 3.500%, 04/01/40 | | | 328,208 | |
| | | Oracle | | | | |
| 915,000 | | 3.600%, 04/01/40 | | | 1,032,238 | |
| 424,000 | | 3.600%, 04/01/50 | | | 481,634 | |
| | | salesforce.com | | | | |
| 406,000 | | 3.700%, 04/11/28 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Real Estate – 2.9% | | | | |
| | | American Tower REIT | | | | |
| 96,000 | | 3.700%, 10/15/49 | | | 106,140 | |
| 318,000 | | 3.300%, 02/15/21 | | | 321,683 | |
| 185,000 | | 2.400%, 03/15/25 | | | 190,550 | |
| | | Boston Properties REIT | | | | |
| 425,000 | | 3.400%, 06/21/29 | | | 441,168 | |
| | | Crown Castle International REIT | | | | |
| 8,000 | | 3.800%, 02/15/28 | | | 8,822 | |
| 75,000 | | 3.200%, 09/01/24 | | | 79,608 | |
| | | ERP Operating REIT | | | | |
| 351,000 | | 3.000%, 07/01/29 | | | 367,003 | |
| | | Simon Property Group REIT | | | | |
| 237,000 | | 2.000%, 09/13/24 | | | 223,889 | |
| | | Ventas Realty REIT | | | | |
| 250,000 | | 3.125%, 06/15/23 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Utilities – 0.7% | | | |
| | Exelon | | | |
| 31,000 | | 2.450%, 04/15/21 | | | 31,236 | |
| | | Southern | | | | |
| 403,000 | | 2.950%, 07/01/23 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $32,846,232) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS – 27.8% | | | | |
| | | United States Treasury Bill (2) | | | | |
| 630,000 | | 0.098%, 07/16/20 | | | 629,872 | |
| | | United States Treasury Bonds | | | | |
| 531,500 | | 4.500%, 02/15/36 | | | 822,476 | |
| 288,200 | | 3.375%, 11/15/48 | | | 434,146 | |
| 43,000 | | 3.125%, 05/15/48 | | | 61,814 | |
| 633,000 | | 3.000%, 05/15/47 | | | 884,593 | |
| 423,600 | | 3.000%, 08/15/48 | | | 597,425 | |
| 175,000 | | 2.750%, 08/15/47 | | | 234,377 | |
| 238,900 | | 2.750%, 11/15/47 | | | 320,733 | |
| 159,000 | | 2.500%, 02/15/46 | | | 201,781 | |
| 696,000 | | 2.375%, 11/15/49 | | | 884,219 | |
| 126,000 | | 2.250%, 08/15/49 | | | 155,866 | |
| 485,000 | | 2.000%, 02/15/50 | | | 572,092 | |
| | | United States Treasury Notes | | | | |
| 59,800 | | 2.500%, 02/28/21 | | | 60,963 | |
| 3,170,000 | | 1.500%, 11/30/21 | | | 3,235,505 | |
| 3,647,000 | | 1.500%, 08/15/22 | | | 3,754,273 | |
| 966,000 | | 1.500%, 02/15/30 | | | 1,046,223 | |
| 1,377,500 | | 1.125%, 02/28/25 | | | 1,429,694 | |
| 1,105,000 | | 0.625%, 03/31/27 | | | 1,113,719 | |
| 513,300 | | 0.500%, 03/15/23 | | | 517,090 | |
| 60,000 | | 0.500%, 04/30/27 | | | 59,939 | |
| 2,176,000 | | 0.375%, 03/31/22 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $17,936,893) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS – 14.8% | | | | |
| | | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation – 2.1% | | | | |
| | | FHLMC | | | | |
| 417,697 | | 4.500%, 08/01/48 | | | 450,906 | |
| 413,648 | | 4.500%, 12/01/48 | | | 446,077 | |
| 513,136 | | 4.000%, 01/01/49 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Federal National Mortgage Association – 11.0% | | | | |
| | | FNMA | | | | |
| 166,253 | | 4.500%, 12/01/47 | | | 179,740 | |
| 329,189 | | 4.500%, 08/01/48 | | | 355,156 | |
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 582,251 | | 4.500%, 10/01/48 | | | 628,881 | |
| 326,781 | | 4.500%, 11/01/48 | | | 352,855 | |
| 486,663 | | 4.000%, 12/01/47 | | | 521,073 | |
| 52,836 | | 4.000%, 12/01/48 | | | 56,225 | |
| 970,720 | | 4.000%, 08/01/49 | | | 1,033,235 | |
| 1,687,709 | | 3.500%, 11/01/47 | | | 1,792,290 | |
| 1,244,245 | | 3.500%, 02/01/50 | | | 1,314,120 | |
| 1,290,721 | | 3.000%, 02/01/50 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Government National Mortgage Association – 1.7% | | | | |
| | | GNMA | | | | |
| 490,504 | | 5.000%, 08/20/48 | | | 535,012 | |
| 335,792 | | 5.000%, 10/20/48 | | | 362,271 | |
| 279,890 | | 4.500%, 10/20/48 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $9,865,691) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS – 1.9% | | | | |
| | | California – 0.8% | | | | |
| | | California State University RB, Series B | | | | |
| 110,000 | | 3.065%, 11/01/42 | | | 110,854 | |
| 125,000 | | 2.965%, 11/01/39 | | | 126,347 | |
| | | State Health Facilities Financing Authority RB | | | | |
| 145,000 | | 2.864%, 06/01/31 | | | 142,136 | |
| 110,000 | | 2.704%, 06/01/30 | | | 107,558 | |
| 70,000 | | 2.584%, 06/01/29 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | New Jersey – 0.2% | | | | |
| | | State Economic Development Authority RB, Series A, NATL | | | | |
| 115,000 | | 7.425%, 02/15/29 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Ohio – 0.9% | | | | |
| | | Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District RB | | | | |
| 210,000 | | 3.200%, 11/15/44 | | | 215,775 | |
| | | State Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission RB | | | | |
| 430,000 | | 3.216%, 02/15/48 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $1,340,585) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS – 1.5% | | | | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-6, Class A5 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 458,284 | | 3.500%, 10/25/45 | | | 460,757 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A4 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 475,717 | | 3.500%, 01/25/47 | | | 480,179 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-8, Class A15 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 85,702 | | 4.000%, 01/25/49 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $1,015,003) | | | | |
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 96.3% | | | | |
| | | (Cost $63,004,404) | | | | |
| | | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES – 3.7% | | | | |
| | | NET ASSETS – 100% | | | | |
(1) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2020, the value of these securities amounted to $4,826,635, representing 7.0% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(2) | Zero Coupon Security — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
(3) | Variable or floating rate security, the interest rate of which adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates and prepayments on the underlying pool of assets. |
FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation
MTN — Medium Term Note
NATL — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
RB — Revenue Bond
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
USD — United States Dollar
VAR — Variable Rate
Schedule of Investments (concluded)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2020, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Obligations | | $ | — | | | $ | 34,821,736 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 34,821,736 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 19,200,280 | | | | — | | | | 19,200,280 | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | | — | | | | 10,239,261 | | | | — | | | | 10,239,261 | |
Taxable Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 1,340,148 | | | | — | | | | 1,340,148 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) | For the period ended April 30, 2020, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3. |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS – 52.7% | | | |
| | Communication Services – 5.7% | | | |
| | AT&T | | | |
| 775,000 | | 4.500%, 05/15/35 | | | 867,623 | |
| 1,078,000 | | 4.500%, 03/09/48 | | | 1,233,221 | |
| | | Comcast | | | | |
| 1,136,000 | | 4.700%, 10/15/48 | | | 1,489,773 | |
| 70,000 | | 3.969%, 11/01/47 | | | 83,123 | |
| 146,000 | | 3.450%, 02/01/50 | | | 163,807 | |
| | | Discovery Communications | | | | |
| 288,000 | | 5.300%, 05/15/49 | | | 333,892 | |
| 183,000 | | 4.125%, 05/15/29 | | | 192,273 | |
| | | Fox | | | | |
| 311,000 | | 5.476%, 01/25/39 | | | 392,568 | |
| | | Verizon Communications | | | | |
| 469,000 | | 5.250%, 03/16/37 | | | 624,707 | |
| 297,000 | | 4.522%, 09/15/48 | | | 391,493 | |
| 427,000 | | 4.000%, 03/22/50 | | | 531,894 | |
| | | Vodafone Group | | | | |
| 425,000 | | 5.000%, 05/30/38 | | | 505,213 | |
| | | Walt Disney | | | | |
| 245,000 | | 4.750%, 09/15/44 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary – 1.8% | | | | |
| | | Cox Communications (1) | | | | |
| 147,000 | | 4.600%, 08/15/47 | | | 168,673 | |
| | | Home Depot | | | | |
| 307,000 | | 3.125%, 12/15/49 | | | 324,846 | |
| 805,000 | | 2.950%, 06/15/29 | | | 874,591 | |
| | | McDonald’s MTN | | | | |
| 426,000 | | 4.875%, 12/09/45 | | | 532,891 | |
| 343,000 | | 3.625%, 09/01/49 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Consumer Staples – 8.1% | | | | |
| | | Altria Group | | | | |
| 659,000 | | 5.375%, 01/31/44 | | | 753,048 | |
| | | Anheuser-Busch | | | | |
| 969,000 | | 4.900%, 02/01/46 | | | 1,118,023 | |
| | | Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide | | | | |
| 238,000 | | 4.900%, 01/23/31 | | | 279,330 | |
| | | BAT Capital | | | | |
| 539,000 | | 4.540%, 08/15/47 | | | 564,392 | |
| | | Coca-Cola | | | | |
| 305,000 | | 4.200%, 03/25/50 | | | 394,829 | |
| | | CVS Health | | | | |
| 259,000 | | 5.125%, 07/20/45 | | | 323,735 | |
| 632,000 | | 5.050%, 03/25/48 | | | 800,883 | |
| 105,000 | | 4.250%, 04/01/50 | | | 122,938 | |
| | | Diageo Capital | | | | |
| 635,000 | | 2.125%, 04/29/32 | | | 636,378 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Georgetown University | | | |
| 477,000 | | 5.215%, 10/01/18 | | | 711,219 | |
| | | Kroger | | | | |
| 177,000 | | 5.400%, 01/15/49 | | | 233,546 | |
| | | Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance (1) | | | | |
| 502,000 | | 3.375%, 04/15/50 | | | 516,157 | |
| | | Molson Coors Brewing | | | | |
| 365,000 | | 4.200%, 07/15/46 | | | 345,310 | |
| | | New York Life Insurance (1) | | | | |
| 574,000 | | 3.750%, 05/15/50 | | | 651,184 | |
| | | PepsiCo | | | | |
| 725,000 | | 3.500%, 03/19/40 | | | 850,044 | |
| | | Reynolds American | | | | |
| 140,000 | | 8.125%, 05/01/40 | | | 173,643 | |
| 242,000 | | 5.850%, 08/15/45 | | | 279,703 | |
| | | Tyson Foods | | | | |
| 177,000 | | 5.100%, 09/28/48 | | | 229,655 | |
| | | Walmart | | | | |
| 923,000 | | 3.950%, 06/28/38 | | | 1,146,257 | |
| 32,000 | | 3.625%, 12/15/47 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Energy – 4.4% | | | | |
| | | Apache | | | | |
| 729,000 | | 4.250%, 01/15/30 | | | 561,223 | |
| | | Enbridge | | | | |
| 254,000 | | 5.500%, 12/01/46 | | | 285,437 | |
| | | Energy Transfer Operating | | | | |
| 432,000 | | 5.250%, 04/15/29 | | | 433,791 | |
| | | Energy Transfer Partners | | | | |
| 69,000 | | 6.500%, 02/01/42 | | | 69,584 | |
| | | Enterprise Products Operating LLC | | | | |
| 202,000 | | 5.100%, 02/15/45 | | | 220,884 | |
| 662,000 | | 4.250%, 02/15/48 | | | 663,708 | |
| 157,000 | | 4.200%, 01/31/50 | | | 155,720 | |
| | | Halliburton | | | | |
| 180,000 | | 5.000%, 11/15/45 | | | 146,120 | |
| | | Marathon Petroleum | | | | |
| 228,000 | | 4.750%, 09/15/44 | | | 207,230 | |
| | | MidAmerican Energy | | | | |
| 354,000 | | 4.250%, 07/15/49 | | | 473,135 | |
| | | MPLX | | | | |
| 820,000 | | 4.700%, 04/15/48 | | | 731,317 | |
| | | Phillips 66 Partners | | | | |
| 361,000 | | 4.680%, 02/15/45 | | | 345,971 | |
| | | Plains All American Pipeline | | | | |
| 581,000 | | 3.550%, 12/15/29 | | | 495,210 | |
| | | Shell International Finance BV | | | | |
| 325,000 | | 4.000%, 05/10/46 | | | 370,015 | |
| | | Sunoco Logistics Partners Operations | | | | |
| 421,000 | | 5.400%, 10/01/47 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Financials – 11.8% | | | |
| | Aflac | | | |
| 150,000 | | 6.450%, 08/15/40 | | | 201,380 | |
| | | American International Group | | | | |
| 227,000 | | 4.375%, 01/15/55 | | | 241,279 | |
| | | AXA Equitable Holdings | | | | |
| 1,439,000 | | 5.000%, 04/20/48 | | | 1,499,102 | |
| | | Bank of America MTN | | | | |
| 338,000 | | 5.000%, 01/21/44 | | | 441,912 | |
| | | Bank of America | | | | |
| 574,000 | | 6.000%, 10/15/36 | | | 808,640 | |
| | | Citigroup | | | | |
| 815,000 | | 4.281%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.839%, 04/24/48 | | | 946,556 | |
| 405,000 | | 3.200%, 10/21/26 | | | 426,625 | |
| | | Goldman Sachs Group | | | | |
| 328,000 | | 4.750%, 10/21/45 | | | 398,000 | |
| | | HSBC Holdings | | | | |
| 356,000 | | 4.583%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.535%, 06/19/29 | | | 402,530 | |
| 790,000 | | 3.973%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.610%, 05/22/30 | | | 865,366 | |
| | | JPMorgan Chase | | | | |
| 188,000 | | 5.600%, 07/15/41 | | | 261,600 | |
| 1,378,000 | | 3.109%, VAR United States Secured Overnight Financing Rate+2.440%, 04/22/51 | | | 1,426,953 | |
| | | Liberty Mutual Group (1) | | | | |
| 559,000 | | 3.950%, 05/15/60 | | | 556,668 | |
| | | Morgan Stanley MTN | | | | |
| 338,000 | | 4.300%, 01/27/45 | | | 407,562 | |
| | | Northern Trust | | | | |
| 2,120,000 | | 1.950%, 05/01/30 | | | 2,118,828 | |
| | | Prudential | | | | |
| 630,000 | | 3.125%, 04/14/30 | | | 649,982 | |
| | | Prudential Financial | | | | |
| 204,000 | | 3.935%, 12/07/49 | | | 221,905 | |
| | | Unum Group | | | | |
| 98,000 | | 5.750%, 08/15/42 | | | 103,217 | |
| 265,000 | | 4.000%, 06/15/29 | | | 269,422 | |
| | | Wells Fargo | | | | |
| 487,000 | | 3.900%, 05/01/45 | | | 559,372 | |
| 2,046,000 | | 3.068%, VAR United States Secured Overnight Financing Rate+2.530%, 04/30/41 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Healthcare – 0.8% | | | | |
| | | Amgen | | | | |
| 170,000 | | 4.663%, 06/15/51 | | | 222,433 | |
| | | Bayer US Finance II (1) | | | | |
| 185,000 | | 4.700%, 07/15/64 | | | 207,344 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Cigna | | | |
| 207,000 | | 4.900%, 12/15/48 | | | 266,519 | |
| | | UnitedHealth Group | | | | |
| 201,000 | | 4.450%, 12/15/48 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Industrials – 3.6% | | | | |
| | | 3M | | | | |
| 248,000 | | 3.700%, 04/15/50 | | | 296,130 | |
| | | Burlington Northern Santa Fe | | | | |
| 207,000 | | 4.900%, 04/01/44 | | | 270,996 | |
| 569,000 | | 4.150%, 04/01/45 | | | 686,063 | |
| 33,000 | | 4.150%, 12/15/48 | | | 40,648 | |
| 174,000 | | 3.050%, 02/15/51 | | | 182,202 | |
| | | Caterpillar | | | | |
| 672,000 | | 3.250%, 04/09/50 | | | 736,542 | |
| | | CSX | | | | |
| 140,000 | | 3.800%, 04/15/50 | | | 160,892 | |
| | | Deere | | | | |
| 267,000 | | 3.750%, 04/15/50 | | | 319,511 | |
| | | FedEx | | | | |
| 353,000 | | 5.250%, 05/15/50 | | | 425,531 | |
| | | GE Capital International Funding Unlimited | | | | |
| 500,000 | | 4.418%, 11/15/35 | | | 521,084 | |
| | | General Electric Capital MTN | | | | |
| 275,000 | | 6.750%, 03/15/32 | | | 341,040 | |
| | | Johnson Controls International | | | | |
| 77,000 | | 4.500%, 02/15/47 | | | 87,382 | |
| | | Waste Management | | | | |
| 341,000 | | 4.150%, 07/15/49 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Information Technology – 7.0% | | | | |
| | | California Institute of Technology | | | | |
| 435,000 | | 3.650%, 09/01/19 | | | 446,348 | |
| | | Fiserv | | | | |
| 961,000 | | 3.500%, 07/01/29 | | | 1,053,664 | |
| | | Intel | | | | |
| 1,191,000 | | 4.750%, 03/25/50 | | | 1,677,805 | |
| 359,000 | | 3.250%, 11/15/49 | | | 399,260 | |
| | | Mastercard | | | | |
| 206,000 | | 3.850%, 03/26/50 | | | 256,910 | |
| | | Microsoft | | | | |
| 462,000 | | 4.500%, 02/06/57 | | | 669,264 | |
| 257,000 | | 4.450%, 11/03/45 | | | 349,320 | |
| 424,000 | | 3.700%, 08/08/46 | | | 521,418 | |
| | | NVIDIA | | | | |
| 317,000 | | 3.700%, 04/01/60 | | | 370,905 | |
| | | Oracle | | | | |
| 606,000 | | 4.000%, 11/15/47 | | | 722,582 | |
| 1,371,000 | | 3.850%, 04/01/60 | | | 1,588,452 | |
| 624,000 | | 3.600%, 04/01/50 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Materials – 0.8% | | | |
| | Barrick North America Finance LLC | | | |
| 316,000 | | 5.700%, 05/30/41 | | | 420,056 | |
| | | Dow Chemical | | | | |
| 148,000 | | 9.400%, 05/15/39 | | | 236,876 | |
| 122,000 | | 4.625%, 10/01/44 | | | 135,021 | |
| | | International Paper | | | | |
| 177,000 | | 7.300%, 11/15/39 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Real Estate – 1.0% | | | | |
| | | American Tower REIT | | | | |
| 379,000 | | 3.700%, 10/15/49 | | | 419,034 | |
| | | Camden Property Trust REIT | | | | |
| 517,000 | | 3.350%, 11/01/49 | | | 541,277 | |
| | | Simon Property Group REIT | | | | |
| 439,000 | | 3.250%, 09/13/49 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Utilities – 7.7% | | | | |
| | | Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co (1) | | | | |
| 276,000 | | 4.250%, 10/15/50 | | | 347,138 | |
| | | Commonwealth Edison | | | | |
| 82,000 | | 4.600%, 08/15/43 | | | 105,547 | |
| 840,000 | | 4.000%, 03/01/49 | | | 1,046,537 | |
| | | Duke Energy Carolinas | | | | |
| 222,000 | | 3.875%, 03/15/46 | | | 268,643 | |
| 138,000 | | 3.700%, 12/01/47 | | | 166,175 | |
| | | Duke Energy Indiana | | | | |
| 112,000 | | 6.120%, 10/15/35 | | | 161,465 | |
| | | Duke Energy Ohio | | | | |
| 822,000 | | 4.300%, 02/01/49 | | | 1,062,521 | |
| | | Duke Energy Progress | | | | |
| 185,000 | | 4.200%, 08/15/45 | | | 229,624 | |
| | | Entergy Louisiana | | | | |
| 269,000 | | 2.900%, 03/15/51 | | | 284,952 | |
| | | Entergy Texas | | | | |
| 544,000 | | 3.550%, 09/30/49 | | | 615,106 | |
| | | Florida Power & Light | | | | |
| 175,000 | | 4.050%, 10/01/44 | | | 226,500 | |
| 400,000 | | 3.990%, 03/01/49 | | | 516,567 | |
| | | PacifiCorp | | | | |
| 761,000 | | 4.150%, 02/15/50 | | | 967,592 | |
| 270,000 | | 3.300%, 03/15/51 | | | 300,090 | |
| | | PPL Electric Utilities | | | | |
| 80,000 | | 3.950%, 06/01/47 | | | 98,727 | |
| | | Public Service Electric & Gas MTN | | | | |
| 310,000 | | 3.150%, 01/01/50 | | | 354,109 | |
| | | Public Service of Colorado | | | | |
| 183,000 | | 4.300%, 03/15/44 | | | 233,560 | |
| 267,000 | | 3.800%, 06/15/47 | | | 333,016 | |
| 140,000 | | 3.550%, 06/15/46 | | | 154,275 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Sempra Energy | | | |
| 487,000 | | 6.000%, 10/15/39 | | | 658,638 | |
| 162,000 | | 4.000%, 02/01/48 | | | 183,260 | |
| | | Southern | | | | |
| 55,000 | | 4.400%, 07/01/46 | | | 66,176 | |
| | | Southern California Edison | | | | |
| 565,000 | | 3.650%, 02/01/50 | | | 614,213 | |
| | | Southwestern Public Service | | | | |
| 520,000 | | 4.400%, 11/15/48 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $57,997,049) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS – 39.6% | | | | |
| | | United States Treasury Bill (2) | | | | |
| 883,000 | | 0.085%, 07/16/20 | | | 882,820 | |
| | | United States Treasury Bonds | | | | |
| 231,200 | | 4.625%, 02/15/40 | | | 379,331 | |
| 3,009,900 | | 4.500%, 02/15/36 | | | 4,657,703 | |
| 834,000 | | 4.500%, 08/15/39 | | | 1,347,040 | |
| 268,000 | | 4.375%, 11/15/39 | | | 427,198 | |
| 1,842,500 | | 4.375%, 05/15/40 | | | 2,945,625 | |
| 411,000 | | 3.375%, 11/15/48 | | | 619,133 | |
| 1,756,000 | | 3.125%, 05/15/48 | | | 2,524,319 | |
| 790,900 | | 3.000%, 11/15/45 | | | 1,091,380 | |
| 143,100 | | 3.000%, 05/15/47 | | | 199,977 | |
| 3,098,000 | | 3.000%, 08/15/48 | | | 4,369,269 | |
| 5,741,400 | | 2.875%, 05/15/43 | | | 7,627,091 | |
| 7,087,600 | | 2.750%, 08/15/47 | | | 9,492,401 | |
| 883,700 | | 2.750%, 11/15/47 | | | 1,186,402 | |
| 3,037,000 | | 2.694%, 05/15/48 (3) | | | 2,084,611 | |
| 1,243,600 | | 2.375%, 11/15/49 | | | 1,579,906 | |
| 658,500 | | 2.250%, 08/15/49 | | | 814,585 | |
| 1,599,000 | | 2.000%, 02/15/50 | | | 1,886,133 | |
| | | United States Treasury Notes | | | | |
| 2,880,800 | | 1.500%, 02/15/30 | | | 3,120,041 | |
| 2,478,000 | | 0.625%, 03/31/27 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $38,974,097) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS – 5.2% | | | | |
| | | California – 3.1% | | | | |
| | | California Health Facilities Financing Authority RB | | | | |
| 95,000 | | 3.034%, 06/01/34 | | | 92,187 | |
| 155,000 | | 2.984%, 06/01/33 | | | 150,961 | |
| 220,000 | | 2.934%, 06/01/32 | | | 215,208 | |
| | | University of California RB | | | | |
| 2,450,000 | | 2.975%, 11/01/51 | | | 2,431,625 | |
| | | University of California RB, Series AD | | | | |
| 739,000 | | 4.858%, 05/15/2112 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Ohio – 0.6% | | | |
| | Ohio Turnpike & Infrastructure Commission RB | | | |
| 760,000 | | 3.216%, 02/15/48 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Texas – 1.2% | | | | |
| | | Grand Parkway Transportation RB, Series Sub | | | | |
| 1,535,000 | | 3.236%, 10/01/52 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Wisconsin – 0.3% | | | | |
| | | State of Wisconsin RB, Series A | | | | |
| 350,000 | | 2.429%, 05/01/31 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $6,327,015) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS – 1.6% | | | | |
| | | Colombia Government International Bond | | | | |
| 486,000 | | 5.200%, 05/15/49 | | | 499,652 | |
| | | Mexico Government International Bond | | | | |
| 1,075,000 | | 4.500%, 01/31/50 | | | 967,500 | |
| | | Peruvian Government International Bond | | | | |
| 520,000 | | 2.783%, 01/23/31 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $2,269,735) | | | | |
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 99.1% | | | | |
| | | (Cost $105,567,896) | | | | |
| | | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES – 0.9% | | | | |
| | | NET ASSETS – 100% | | | | |
(1) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2020, the value of these securities amounted to $2,447,164, representing 1.9% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(2) | Zero Coupon Security — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
(3) | United States Treasury PO STRIPS — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation
MTN — Medium Term Note
PO — Principal Only
RB — Revenue Bond
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
STRIPS — Separately Traded Registered Interest and Principal Securities
USD — United States Dollar
VAR — Variable Rate
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund
Schedule of Investments (concluded)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2020, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Obligations | | $ | — | | | $ | 66,192,951 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 66,192,951 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 49,732,518 | | | | — | | | | 49,732,518 | |
Taxable Municipal Bonds | | | — | | | | 6,553,442 | | | | — | | | | 6,553,442 | |
Sovereign Governments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) | For the period ended April 30, 2020, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3. |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS – 52.5% | | | |
| | Communication Services – 3.3% | | | |
| | AT&T | | | |
| 200,000 | | 3.400%, 05/15/25 | | | 211,806 | |
| | | Comcast | | | | |
| 179,000 | | 3.950%, 10/15/25 | | | 201,513 | |
| | | CommScope (1) | | | | |
| 103,000 | | 8.250%, 03/01/27 | | | 98,725 | |
| | | T-Mobile USA (1) | | | | |
| 317,000 | | 3.875%, 04/15/30 | | | 347,885 | |
| | | Verizon Communications | | | | |
| 142,000 | | 3.150%, 03/22/30 | | | 157,427 | |
| 150,000 | | 2.792%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.100%, 05/15/25 | | | 148,725 | |
| | | Vodafone Group | | | | |
| 260,000 | | 2.166%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.990%, 01/16/24 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Consumer Discretionary – 2.7% | | | | |
| | | Ford Motor | | | | |
| 133,000 | | 9.000%, 04/22/25 | | | 129,509 | |
| | | Ford Motor Credit LLC | | | | |
| 208,000 | | 4.063%, 11/01/24 | | | 180,960 | |
| | | General Motors Financial | | | | |
| 315,000 | | 3.700%, 11/24/20 | | | 314,146 | |
| 300,000 | | 3.250%, 01/05/23 | | | 284,933 | |
| | | McDonald’s MTN | | | | |
| 125,000 | | 3.625%, 09/01/49 | | | 136,813 | |
| | | Scientific Games International (1) | | | | |
| 105,000 | | 5.000%, 10/15/25 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Consumer Staples – 5.8% | | | | |
| | | Albertsons (1) | | | | |
| 17,000 | | 5.875%, 02/15/28 | | | 17,760 | |
| | | Altria Group | | | | |
| 146,000 | | 4.800%, 02/14/29 | | | 163,417 | |
| 98,000 | | 4.400%, 02/14/26 | | | 108,687 | |
| | | Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide | | | | |
| 203,000 | | 4.150%, 01/23/25 | | | 226,020 | |
| | | Archer-Daniels-Midland | | | | |
| 195,000 | | 3.250%, 03/27/30 | | | 215,043 | |
| | | BAT Capital | | | | |
| 65,000 | | 3.557%, 08/15/27 | | | 66,774 | |
| 137,000 | | 3.222%, 08/15/24 | | | 142,188 | |
| 317,000 | | 2.764%, 08/15/22 | | | 321,183 | |
| | | Boston Scientific | | | | |
| 116,000 | | 3.450%, 03/01/24 | | | 122,902 | |
| | | CVS Health | | | | |
| 243,000 | | 4.300%, 03/25/28 | | | 275,554 | |
| 60,000 | | 4.250%, 04/01/50 | | | 70,250 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Kimberly-Clark | | | |
| 65,000 | | 3.100%, 03/26/30 | | | 72,571 | |
| | | Kraft Heinz Foods (1) | | | | |
| 112,000 | | 4.625%, 10/01/39 | | | 110,349 | |
| | | Pfizer | | | | |
| 95,000 | | 2.625%, 04/01/30 | | | 103,172 | |
| | | Procter & Gamble | | | | |
| 270,000 | | 3.000%, 03/25/30 | | | 306,778 | |
| | | Tenet Healthcare (1) | | | | |
| 32,000 | | 7.500%, 04/01/25 | | | 34,416 | |
| | | United Rentals North America | | | | |
| 111,000 | | 4.000%, 07/15/30 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Energy – 3.1% | | | | |
| | | Apache | | | | |
| 86,000 | | 4.375%, 10/15/28 | | | 68,446 | |
| | | Canadian Natural Resources | | | | |
| 171,000 | | 6.250%, 03/15/38 | | | 167,856 | |
| | | Ecopetrol | | | | |
| 110,000 | | 6.875%, 04/29/30 | | | 112,475 | |
| | | Energy Transfer Operating | | | | |
| 205,000 | | 3.750%, 05/15/30 | | | 186,573 | |
| | | Engie Energia Chile (1) | | | | |
| 200,000 | | 3.400%, 01/28/30 | | | 193,802 | |
| | | Marathon Petroleum | | | | |
| 185,000 | | 4.500%, 05/01/23 | | | 185,326 | |
| | | Plains All American Pipeline | | | | |
| 235,000 | | 3.550%, 12/15/29 | | | 200,300 | |
| | | Williams Partners | | | | |
| 200,000 | | 4.300%, 03/04/24 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Financials – 23.8% | | | | |
| | | AIB Group MTN (1) | | | | |
| 400,000 | | 4.263%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.874%, 04/10/25 | | | 406,755 | |
�� | | | AXA Equitable Holdings | | | | |
| 244,000 | | 4.350%, 04/20/28 | | | 255,215 | |
| | | Bank of America MTN | | | | |
| 304,000 | | 2.884%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.012%, 10/22/30 | | | 316,734 | |
| 40,000 | | 2.456%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.870%, 10/22/25 | | | 40,911 | |
| | | Bank of Ireland Group (1) | | | | |
| 265,000 | | 4.500%, 11/25/23 | | | 269,713 | |
| | | Bank of New York Mellon MTN | | | | |
| 234,000 | | 1.950%, 08/23/22 | | | 238,202 | |
| | | Banque Federative du Credit Mutuel MTN (1) | | | | |
| 210,000 | | 2.700%, 07/20/22 | | | 215,527 | |
| | | Barclays Bank | | | | |
| 650,000 | | 10.179%, 06/12/21 (1) | | | 696,577 | |
| 310,000 | | 2.852%, 05/07/26 | | | 310,000 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Camden Property Trust | | | |
| 56,000 | | 3.150%, 07/01/29 | | | 59,195 | |
| | | Capital One Financial | | | | |
| 250,000 | | 2.150%, 09/06/22 | | | 249,140 | |
| | | Citigroup | | | | |
| 335,000 | | 4.300%, 11/20/26 | | | 364,012 | |
| 295,000 | | 3.200%, 10/21/26 | | | 310,751 | |
| | | Credit Agricole MTN (1) | | | | |
| 280,000 | | 2.040%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.020%, 04/24/23 | | | 272,593 | |
| | | Credit Suisse Group (1) | | | | |
| 250,000 | | 3.869%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.410%, 01/12/29 | | | 264,896 | |
| 265,000 | | 2.997%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.200%, 12/14/23 | | | 269,684 | |
| | | Fifth Third Bancorp | | | | |
| 144,000 | | 3.650%, 01/25/24 | | | 152,161 | |
| 257,000 | | 2.375%, 01/28/25 | | | 260,994 | |
| | | GE Capital International Funding Unlimited | | | | |
| 347,000 | | 3.373%, 11/15/25 | | | 357,365 | |
| | | Goldman Sachs Group | | | | |
| 65,000 | | 2.875%, 02/25/21 | | | 65,652 | |
| | | HCP | | | | |
| 65,000 | | 3.250%, 07/15/26 | | | 65,253 | |
| | | Healthcare Realty Trust | | | | |
| 75,000 | | 2.400%, 03/15/30 | | | 66,286 | |
| | | HSBC Holdings | | | | |
| 636,000 | | 2.633%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.140%, 11/07/25 | | | 648,494 | |
| | | JPMorgan Chase | | | | |
| 360,000 | | 3.220%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.155%, 03/01/25 | | | 379,092 | |
| 195,000 | | 2.700%, 05/18/23 | | | 201,854 | |
| 250,000 | | 2.005%, VAR United States Secured Overnight Financing Rate+1.585%, 03/13/26 | | | 252,427 | |
| | | Liberty Mutual Group (1) | | | | |
| 188,000 | | 3.950%, 05/15/60 | | | 187,216 | |
| | | Lloyds Banking Group | | | | |
| 205,000 | | 2.438%, VAR US Treas Yield Curve Rate T Note Const Mat 1 Yr+1.000%, 02/05/26 | | | 204,696 | |
| | | Metropolitan Life Global Funding I (1) | | | | |
| 445,000 | | 2.950%, 04/09/30 | | | 479,603 | |
| | | Morgan Stanley MTN | | | | |
| 200,000 | | 3.950%, 04/23/27 | | | 213,631 | |
| 300,000 | | 3.750%, 02/25/23 | | | 317,460 | |
| | | Prudential | | | | |
| 185,000 | | 3.125%, 04/14/30 | | | 190,868 | |
| | | Royal Bank of Scotland Group | | | | |
| 325,000 | | 6.125%, 12/15/22 | | | 347,882 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | State Street (1) | | | |
| 78,000 | | 3.152%, VAR United States Secured Overnight Financing Rate+2.650%, 03/30/31 | | | 85,393 | |
| | | Truist Bank | | | | �� |
| 497,000 | | 2.250%, 03/11/30 | | | 483,497 | |
| | | Wells Fargo | | | | |
| 215,000 | | 3.069%, 01/24/23 | | | 220,296 | |
| 360,000 | | 2.406%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+0.825%, 10/30/25 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Healthcare – 2.4% | | | | |
| | | AbbVie (1) | | | | |
| 324,000 | | 3.200%, 11/21/29 | | | 344,236 | |
| | | Bayer US Finance II LLC (1) | | | | |
| 225,000 | | 3.875%, 12/15/23 | | | 238,857 | |
| | | Cardinal Health | | | | |
| 130,000 | | 3.079%, 06/15/24 | | | 134,360 | |
| | | CommonSpirit Health | | | | |
| 95,000 | | 3.347%, 10/01/29 | | | 93,532 | |
| | | Shire Acquisitions Investments Ireland DAC | | | | |
| 195,000 | | 2.400%, 09/23/21 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Industrials – 4.8% | | | | |
| | | 3M | | | | |
| 62,000 | | 3.050%, 04/15/30 | | | 67,687 | |
| | | Deere | | | | |
| 133,000 | | 3.100%, 04/15/30 | | | 147,055 | |
| | | DuPont de Nemours | | | | |
| 810,000 | | 2.169%, 05/01/23 | | | 815,404 | |
| | | FedEx | | | | |
| 314,000 | | 4.250%, 05/15/30 | | | 342,850 | |
| | | Fly Leasing | | | | |
| 230,000 | | 6.375%, 10/15/21 | | | 211,600 | |
| | | General Electric MTN | | | | |
| 65,000 | | 3.100%, 01/09/23 | | | 66,066 | |
| | | Novelis (1) | | | | |
| 131,000 | | 4.750%, 01/30/30 | | | 115,031 | |
| | | Titan Acquisition (1) | | | | |
| 70,000 | | 7.750%, 04/15/26 | | | 65,275 | |
| | | TransDigm (1) | | | | |
| 84,000 | | 6.250%, 03/15/26 | | | 82,215 | |
| | | United Technologies | | | | |
| 100,000 | | 3.950%, 08/16/25 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Information Technology – 5.4% | | | | |
| | | Apple | | | | |
| 315,000 | | 3.000%, 06/20/27 | | | 348,498 | |
| | | Broadcom (1) | | | | |
| 435,000 | | 4.700%, 04/15/25 | | | 479,653 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Intel | | | |
| 217,000 | | 3.900%, 03/25/30 | | | 257,599 | |
| | | NVIDIA | | | | |
| 190,000 | | 3.500%, 04/01/40 | | | 213,560 | |
| | | Oracle | | | | |
| 563,000 | | 3.600%, 04/01/40 | | | 635,137 | |
| 311,000 | | 3.600%, 04/01/50 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Real Estate – 0.8% | | | | |
| | | American Tower REIT | | | | |
| 179,000 | | 3.700%, 10/15/49 | | | 197,908 | |
| | | Crown Castle International REIT | | | | |
| 135,000 | | 3.200%, 09/01/24 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Utilities – 0.4% | | | | |
| | | Mexico Generadora de Energia (1) | | | | |
| 164,064 | | 5.500%, 12/06/32 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL CORPORATE OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $21,492,045) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS – 15.8% | | | | |
| | | United States Treasury Bill (2) | | | | |
| 1,109,000 | | 0.048%, 07/16/20 | | | 1,108,775 | |
| | | United States Treasury Bonds | | | | |
| 26,100 | | 3.000%, 05/15/47 | | | 36,474 | |
| 27,300 | | 2.750%, 08/15/47 | | | 36,563 | |
| 97,000 | | 2.750%, 11/15/47 | | | 130,226 | |
| 52,000 | | 2.250%, 08/15/49 | | | 64,326 | |
| | | United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond | | | | |
| 810,401 | | 0.750%, 07/15/28 | | | 889,639 | |
| | | United States Treasury Notes | | | | |
| 1,050,000 | | 2.625%, 07/31/20 | | | 1,056,625 | |
| 1,096,000 | | 2.500%, 12/31/20 | | | 1,113,296 | |
| 177,800 | | 1.500%, 02/15/30 | | | 192,566 | |
| 374,600 | | 1.125%, 02/28/25 | | | 388,794 | |
| 560,100 | | 0.625%, 03/31/27 | | | 564,519 | |
| 37,500 | | 0.500%, 04/30/27 | | | 37,462 | |
| 1,008,700 | | 0.375%, 03/31/22 | | | 1,012,167 | |
| 65,900 | | 0.250%, 04/15/23 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $6,517,562) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS – 11.7% | | | | |
| | | Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation – 5.6% | | | | |
| | | FHLMC | | | | |
| 491,074 | | 4.500%, 08/01/48 | | | 529,563 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| 310,878 | | 4.500%, 12/01/48 | | | 335,250 | |
| 619,584 | | 4.000%, 11/01/48 | | | 661,619 | |
| 349,045 | | 3.500%, 05/01/46 | | | 374,226 | |
| 322,710 | | 3.000%, 06/01/49 | | | 340,965 | |
| | | FHLMC Gold | | | | |
| 10,656 | | 4.500%, 10/01/24 | | | 11,246 | |
| 112,410 | | 3.000%, 01/01/43 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Federal National Mortgage Association – 4.7% | | | | |
| | | FNMA | | | | |
| 25,505 | | 5.000%, 10/01/29 | | | 27,901 | |
| 139,812 | | 4.500%, 10/01/48 | | | 151,009 | |
| 337,136 | | 4.500%, 11/01/48 | | | 363,387 | |
| 101,208 | | 3.500%, 11/01/47 | | | 107,398 | |
| 229 | | 3.247%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 12 Month+1.757%, 06/01/42 | | | 238 | |
| 1,132 | | 3.000%, 05/01/43 | | | 1,216 | |
| 212,157 | | 3.000%, 06/01/43 | | | 227,886 | |
| 85,247 | | 3.000%, 07/01/43 | | | 91,095 | |
| 981,463 | | 3.000%, 01/01/50 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Government National Mortgage Association – 1.4% | | | | |
| | | GNMA | | | | |
| 264,850 | | 5.000%, 10/20/48 | | | 285,735 | |
| 11,241 | | 4.500%, 10/20/48 | | | 12,109 | |
| 213,726 | | 2.600%, 04/16/54 (3) | | | 222,963 | |
| | | GNMA IO | | | | |
| 1,775,958 | | 0.782%, 12/16/51 (3) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT MORTGAGE-BACKED OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $4,767,785) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES – 10.2% | | | | |
| | | CAL Funding III, Series 2017-1A, Class A (1) | | | | |
| 295,983 | | 3.620%, 06/25/42 | | | 295,227 | |
| | | Cedar Funding VI CLO, Series 2018-6A, Class AR (1) | | | | |
| 645,000 | | 2.225%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.090%, 10/20/28 | | | 625,836 | |
| | | Credit-Based Asset Servicing and Securitization LLC, Series 2003-CB4, Class AF1 | | | | |
| 19,158 | | 5.000%, 03/25/31 | | | 18,414 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Dewolf Park CLO, Series 2017-1A, Class A (1) | | | |
| 500,000 | | 2.429%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.210%, 10/15/30 | | | 484,009 | |
| | | Goldentree Loan Management, Series 2017-2A, Class A (1) | | | | |
| 606,000 | | 2.285%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.150%, 11/28/30 | | | 588,985 | |
| | | Madison Park Funding XVIII, Series 2017-18A, Class A1R (1) | | | | |
| 800,000 | | 2.299%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.190%, 10/21/30 | | | 775,057 | |
| | | Madison Park Funding XXVI, Series 2017-26A, Class AR (1) | | | | |
| 600,000 | | 2.041%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.200%, 07/29/30 | | | 580,082 | |
| | | Octagon Investment Partners 30, Series 2017-1A, Class A1 (1) | | | | |
| 250,000 | | 2.455%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 3 Month+1.320%, 03/17/30 | | | 243,243 | |
| | | Textainer Marine Containers V, Series 2017-1A, Class A (1) | | | | |
| 73,076 | | 3.720%, 05/20/42 | | | 69,542 | |
| | | Textainer Marine Containers V, Series 2017-2A, Class A (1) | | | | |
| 172,420 | | 3.520%, 06/20/42 | | | 164,361 | |
| | | Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-6, Class A1 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 31,240 | | 3.500%, 04/25/55 | | | 31,602 | |
| | | Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-2, Class A1 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 108,798 | | 2.750%, 04/25/57 | | | 109,087 | |
| | | Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-3, Class A1 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 216,316 | | 2.750%, 07/25/57 | | | 216,980 | |
| | | Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-4, Class A1 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 116,619 | | 2.750%, 06/25/57 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES | | | | |
| | | (Cost $4,445,648) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS – 4.2% | | | | |
| | | Flagstar Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-2, Class A5 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 373,713 | | 3.500%, 10/25/47 | | | 378,440 | |
| | | Impac Secured Assets Trust, Series 2006-1, Class 2A2 | | | | |
| 48,187 | | 0.897%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month+0.410%, 05/25/36 | | | 41,301 | |
| | | | | |
| | | | | |
| | Impac Secured Assets Trust, Series 2006-2, Class 2M1 | | | |
| 130,000 | | 0.987%, VAR ICE LIBOR USD 1 Month+0.500%, 08/25/36 | | | 122,506 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-3, Class A5 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 47,643 | | 3.500%, 05/25/45 | | | 47,691 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2016-3, Class 1A3 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 330,472 | | 3.500%, 10/25/46 | | | 333,605 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-1, Class A4 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 67,602 | | 3.500%, 01/25/47 | | | 68,236 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-3, Class 1A5 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 249,566 | | 3.500%, 08/25/47 | | | 252,215 | |
| | | JPMorgan Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-4, Class A5 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 225,080 | | 3.500%, 11/25/48 | | | 228,102 | |
| | | Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-2, Class A10 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 134,555 | | 3.500%, 05/25/45 | | | 135,749 | |
| | | Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Series 2015-3, Class A4 (1) (3) | | | | |
| 159,378 | | 3.500%, 07/25/45 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $1,784,916) | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS – 2.4% | | | | |
| | | Argentine Republic Government International Bond | | | | |
| 124,000 | | 5.875%, 01/11/28 | | | 31,187 | |
| | | Colombia Government International Bond | | | | |
| 216,000 | | 3.000%, 01/30/30 | | | 196,130 | |
| | | Mexico Government International Bond | | | | |
| 380,000 | | 3.250%, 04/16/30 | | | 344,284 | |
| | | Peruvian Government International Bond | | | | |
| 175,000 | | 2.783%, 01/23/31 | | | 180,425 | |
| 65,000 | | 2.392%, 01/23/26 | | | 66,300 | |
| | | South Africa Government International Bond | | | | |
| 200,000 | | 4.850%, 09/27/27 | | | | |
| | | TOTAL SOVEREIGN GOVERNMENTS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $1,143,234) | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
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| | TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS – 2.1% | | | |
| | California – 0.8% | | | |
| | California State University RB, Series B | | | |
| 65,000 | | 3.065%, 11/01/42 | | | 65,504 | |
| 75,000 | | 2.965%, 11/01/39 | | | 75,808 | |
| | | State Health Facilities Financing Authority RB | | | | |
| 90,000 | | 2.864%, 06/01/31 | | | 88,222 | |
| 70,000 | | 2.704%, 06/01/30 | | | 68,446 | |
| 45,000 | | 2.584%, 06/01/29 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | New Jersey – 0.2% | | | | |
| | | State Economic Development Authority RB, Series A, NATL | | | | |
| 90,000 | | 7.425%, 02/15/29 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Ohio – 0.2% | | | | |
| | | American Municipal Power RB, Series B | | | | |
| 40,000 | | 8.084%, 02/15/50 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | Pennsylvania – 0.9% | | | | |
| | | Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development RB | | | | |
| 350,000 | | 3.964%, 04/15/26 | | | | |
| | | | | | | |
| | | TOTAL TAXABLE MUNICIPAL BONDS | | | | |
| | | (Cost $862,247) | | | | |
| | | TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES – 98.9% | | | | |
| | | (Cost $41,013,437) | | | | |
| | | OTHER ASSETS LESS LIABILITIES – 1.1% | | | | |
| | | NET ASSETS – 100% | | | | |
(1) | Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be resold in transactions exempt from registration normally to qualified institutions. On April 30, 2020, the value of these securities amounted to $11,435,323, representing 27.0% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(2) | Zero Coupon Security — Rate disclosed is the effective yield at time of purchase. |
(3) | Variable or floating rate security, the interest rate of which adjusts periodically based on changes in current interest rates and prepayments on the underlying pool of assets. |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund
Schedule of Investments (concluded)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
The open futures contracts held by the Fund at April 30, 2020, is as follows:
Type of Contract | | Number of Contracts Long | | Expiration Date | | Notional Amount | | | Value | | | Unrealized Appreciation | |
U.S. 2-Year Treasury Note | | 19 | | Jul-2020 | | $ | 4,123,792 | | | $ | 4,188,164 | | | $ | 64,372 | |
U.S. 5-Year Treasury Note | | 23 | | Jul-2020 | | | 2,790,538 | | | | 2,886,141 | | | | 95,603 | |
U.S. 10-Year Treasury Note | | 6 | | Jun-2020 | | | 833,635 | | | | 834,375 | | | | 740 | |
U.S. Long Treasury Bond | | 9 | | Jun-2020 | | | 1,501,797 | | | | 1,629,281 | | | | 127,484 | |
U.S. Ultra Long Treasury Bond | | 5 | | Jun-2020 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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CLO — Collateralized Loan Obligation
FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association
ICE — Intercontinental Exchange
IO — Interest Only
LIBOR — London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC — Limited Liability Corporation
MTN — Medium Term Note
NATL — National Public Finance Guarantee Corporation
RB — Revenue Bond
REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust
USD — United States Dollar
VAR — Variable Rate
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2020, in valuing the Fund’s investments carried at value:
Investments in Securities (1) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Obligations | | $ | — | | | $ | 22,251,450 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 22,251,450 | |
U.S. Treasury Obligations | | | — | | | | 6,697,355 | | | | — | | | | 6,697,355 | |
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations | | | — | | | | 4,977,612 | | | | — | | | | 4,977,612 | |
Asset-Backed Securities | | | — | | | | 4,319,952 | | | | — | | | | 4,319,952 | |
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations | | | — | | | | 1,768,131 | | | | — | | | | 1,768,131 | |
Sovereign Governments | | | — | | | | 998,142 | | | | — | | | | 998,142 | |
Taxable Municipal Bonds | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Investments in Securities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures — Unrealized Appreciation | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total Other Financial Instruments | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(1) | For the period ended April 30, 2020, there were no transfers in or out of Level 3. |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | North American Equity Fund | | | | | | Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investments in securities, at value — Note 2 | | $ | 811,289,299 | | | $ | 66,627,852 | | | $ | 124,482,183 | | | $ | 41,904,478 | |
Cash | | | 27,941,144 | | | | 1,504,368 | | | | 2,870,189 | | | | 1,278,822 | |
Foreign currency | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1 | |
Receivable for securities sold | | | 3,806,207 | | | | 758,122 | | | | 905,186 | | | | 976,679 | |
Receivable for Fund shares sold | | | 8,676 | | | | 1,000,000 | | | | 2,039 | | | | 57,228 | |
Dividends and tax reclaims receivable | | | 2,759 | | | | 3,082 | | | | — | | | | 6,182 | |
Prepaid legal fees | | | 23,878 | | | | 56,277 | | | | 7,540 | | | | 45,538 | |
Due from Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | | — | | | | 9,107 | | | | 1,869 | | | | 15,041 | |
Unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | 68,758 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Initial margin for futures contracts | | | 1,702,800 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 175,918 | |
Interest receivable | | | 801,926 | | | | 333,867 | | | | 870,365 | | | | 215,708 | |
Variation margin receivable for futures contracts | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,625 | |
Prepaid expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
TOTAL ASSETS | | | 845,671,205 | | | | 70,307,005 | | | | 129,155,837 | | | | 44,692,921 | |
LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Payable for securities purchased | | | 1,260,181 | | | | 1,043,792 | | | | — | | | | 2,228,179 | |
Variation margin payable for futures contracts | | | 248,970 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 7,156 | |
Income distributions payable | | | — | | | | — | | | | 3,432,982 | | | | 17,004 | |
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | 284,574 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Payable for Fund shares redeemed | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 6,979 | |
Investment Advisory fees payable — Note 3 | | | 164,778 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | — | |
Sub-administration fees payable — Note 3 | | | 32,955 | | | | 10,246 | | | | 10,246 | | | | 10,246 | |
Audit fees payable | | | 19,153 | | | | 18,555 | | | | 18,555 | | | | 18,555 | |
Trustees’ fees payable | | | 7,113 | | | | 1,949 | | | | 2,381 | | | | 1,835 | |
Shareholder Servicing Fees, Investor Class — Note 3 | | | — | | | | — | | | | 601 | | | | 24,954 | |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
TOTAL LIABILITIES | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cost of securities | | $ | 501,713,586 | | | $ | 63,004,404 | | | $ | 105,567,896 | | | $ | 41,013,437 | |
Cost of foreign currency | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | North American Equity Fund | | | | | | Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Capital paid-in | | $ | 541,020,735 | | | $ | 64,205,474 | | | $ | 99,381,280 | | | $ | 44,059,064 | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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NET ASSETS | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6
| | $ | N/A | | | $ | 69,204,347 | | | $ | N/A | | | $ | N/A | |
Investor | | | 843,617,739 | | | | N/A | | | | 125,672,699 | | | | 42,355,410 | |
Total shares outstanding end of period: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6
| | | N/A | | | | 6,410,978 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Investor | | | 53,669,343 | | | | N/A | | | | 12,055,410 | | | | 4,077,956 | |
Net asset value, offering and redemption price per share (net assets ÷ shares outstanding) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6
| | $ | N/A | | | $ | 10.79 | | | $ | N/A | | | $ | N/A | |
Investor | | | 15.72 | | | | N/A | | | | 10.42 | | | | 10.39 | |
N/A — R6 or Investor Shares currently not offered.
For the Six Months Ended April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | North American Equity Fund | | | | |
INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | |
Dividend income | | $ | 10,044,338 | | | $ | — | |
Interest income | | | 403 | | | | 873,359 | |
Foreign taxes withheld | | | | | | | | |
TOTAL INCOME | | | | | | | | |
EXPENSES | | | | | | | | |
Investment Advisory fees — Note 3 | | | 1,172,693 | | | | 82,996 | |
Sub-administration fees — Note 3 | | | 234,539 | | | | 62,216 | |
Trustees fees and expenses | | | 13,155 | | | | 3,653 | |
Shareholder Service fees, Investor Shares — Note 3 | | | — | | | | — | |
Transfer agent fees | | | 41,001 | | | | 21,246 | |
Legal fees | | | 15,778 | | | | 7,409 | |
Audit fees | | | 15,552 | | | | 15,354 | |
Registration fees | | | 11,675 | | | | 8,725 | |
Printing | | | 8,069 | | | | 7,205 | |
Custodian fees | | | 14,720 | | | | 4,056 | |
Pricing fees | | | 6,115 | | | | 7,130 | |
Insurance | | | 3,083 | | | | 23 | |
Other | | | | | | | | |
TOTAL EXPENSES | | | | | | | | |
Expenses waived by Investment Advisor — Note 3 | | | — | | | | (82,996 | ) |
Reimbursement from Investment Advisor | | | — | | | | (36,575 | ) |
Custody Offset — Note 2 | | | | | | | | |
NET EXPENSES | | | | | | | | |
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | | | | | | | | |
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS, FUTURES, FORWARD FOREIGN CURRENCY CONTRACTS AND FOREIGN CURRENCY TRANSACTIONS AND TRANSLATIONS | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments sold | | | (10,636,388 | ) | | | 1,470,837 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on futures | | | (104,110 | ) | | | — | |
Net realized gain on forward foreign currency contracts | | | 861,567 | | | | — | |
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions | | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions | | | | | | | | |
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | | | (38,188,208 | ) | | | 1,488,567 | |
Change in unrealized appreciation on futures | | | 923,402 | | | | — | |
Change in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts | | | (282,781 | ) | | | — | |
Change in unrealized appreciation on forward foreign currency translations | | | | | | | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | | | | | | | |
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) | | | | | | | | |
NET INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | | | | | | | | |
| | Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
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| | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
| | | 1,887,836 | | | | 621,871 | |
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| | | 150,076 | | | | 53,050 | |
| | | 62,439 | | | | 62,216 | |
| | | 4,231 | | | | 3,405 | |
| | | 39,064 | | | | 14,854 | |
| | | 22,421 | | | | 20,623 | |
| | | 4,869 | | | | 6,580 | |
| | | 15,354 | | | | 15,354 | |
| | | 13,335 | | | | 8,891 | |
| | | 3,256 | | | | 7,375 | |
| | | 6,163 | | | | 3,221 | |
| | | 7,285 | | | | 12,367 | |
| | | 952 | | | | 707 | |
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| | | (142,834 | ) | | | (53,050 | ) |
| | | — | | | | (75,826 | ) |
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| | | 7,460,074 | | | | 895,444 | |
| | | — | | | | 111,981 | |
| | | — | | | | — | |
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| | | 4,292,166 | | | | (193,478 | ) |
| | | — | | | | 487,175 | |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
| | North American Equity Fund | |
| | Six Months Ended April 30, 2020 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended October 31, 2019 | |
INCREASE (DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS | | | | | | |
From Operations: | | | | | | |
Net investment income | | $ | 8,465,694 | | | $ | 19,120,134 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures, swap contracts, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions | | | (9,905,534 | ) | | | 45,286,190 | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, futures, accrued foreign capital gains tax on appreciated securities, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency translations | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | | | | | | | | |
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Distributions: | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Investor Shares | | | (63,018,119 | ) | | | (96,458,052 | ) |
Return of Capital: | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | |
Total distributions | | | | | | | | |
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Share Transactions(1): | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Redemption of shares | | | | | | | | |
Total increase from R6 Share transactions | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | | 185,083 | | | | 4,461,454 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | 62,868,869 | | | | 90,266,033 | |
Redemption of shares | | | (72,762,574 | ) | | | (115,736,328 | ) |
Redeemed in connection with in-kind transfer — Note 8 | | | | | | | | |
Total decrease from Investor Share transactions | | | | | | | | |
Net increase (decrease) in net assets from share transactions | | | | | | | | |
Total increase (decrease) in net assets | | | | | | | | |
Net Assets | | | | | | | | |
Beginning of period | | | | | | | | |
End of period | | | | | | | | |
N/A — Investor Shares or R6 Shares currently not offered.
(1) | For share transactions, see Note 12 in the Notes to Financial Statements. |
| | | | Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| Six Months Ended April 30, 2020 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended October 31, 2019 | | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2020 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended October 31, 2019 | | | Six Months Ended April 30, 2020 (Unaudited) | | | Year Ended October 31, 2019 | |
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| $ | 767,121 | | | $ | 1,430,979 | | | $ | 1,641,206 | | | $ | 4,220,000 | | | $ | 537,002 | | | $ | 1,240,023 | |
| | 1,470,837 | | | | 771,797 | | | | 7,460,074 | | | | 5,054,115 | | | | 1,007,392 | | | | 673,403 | |
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| | (1,480,952 | ) | | | (1,509,949 | ) | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
| | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | (5,505,653 | ) | | | (4,218,313 | ) | | | (583,950 | ) | | | (1,244,592 | ) |
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| | 12,424,141 | | | | 37,064,419 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
| | 1,300,679 | | | | 1,328,183 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
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| | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 14,168,460 | | | | 53,325,944 | | | | 1,924,436 | | | | 4,247,029 | |
| | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 5,505,653 | | | | 4,198,986 | | | | 477,688 | | | | 1,045,053 | |
| | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | (20,435,805 | ) | | | (33,861,424 | ) | | | (3,927,447 | ) | | | (6,567,630 | ) |
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For the Period Ended April 30, (unaudited) and the Years or Period Ended October 31,
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios for a Share Outstanding Throughout each Year or Period
| | | Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period | | | | | | Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) | | | Total from Investment Operations | | | Dividends from Net Investment Income | | | Distributions from Net Realized Gain | | | | |
North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2020* |
| | $ | 17.39 | | | $ | 0.14 | | | $ | (0.68 | ) | | $ | (0.54 | ) | | $ | (0.30 | ) | | $ | (0.83 | ) | | $ | — | |
| 2019 | | | | 17.31 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 1.47 | | | | 1.78 | | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (1.37 | ) | | | — | |
| 2018 | | | | 17.02 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.93 | | | | 1.25 | | | | (0.28 | ) | | | (0.68 | ) | | | — | |
| 2017 | | | | 14.79 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 2.83 | | | | 3.13 | | | | (0.30 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) | | | — | |
| 2016 | | | | 15.14 | | | | 0.27 | | | | 0.31 | | | | 0.58 | | | | (0.33 | ) | | | (0.60 | ) | | | — | |
| 2015 | | | | 15.42 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.21 | | | | 0.55 | | | | (0.29 | ) | | | (0.54 | ) | | | — | |
Core Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2020* |
| | $ | 10.44 | | | $ | 0.12 | (1) | | $ | 0.47 | | | $ | 0.59 | | | $ | (0.14 | ) | | $ | (0.10 | ) | | $ | — | |
| 2019 | | | | 9.67 | | | | 0.29 | (1) | | | 0.79 | | | | 1.08 | | | | (0.31 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| 2018(b) | | | | 10.00 | | | | 0.20 | (1) | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2020* |
| | $ | 9.77 | | | $ | 0.13 | (1) | | $ | 0.98 | | | $ | 1.11 | | | $ | (0.13 | ) | | $ | (0.33 | ) | | $ | — | |
| 2019 | | | | 8.02 | | | | 0.28 | (1) | | | 1.75 | | | | 2.03 | | | | (0.28 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| 2018 | | | | 8.88 | | | | 0.28 | (1) | | | (0.86 | ) | | | (0.58 | ) | | | (0.28 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
| 2017 | | | | 9.31 | | | | 0.28 | (1) | | | (0.14 | ) | | | 0.14 | | | | (0.28 | ) | | | (0.29 | ) | | | — | |
| 2016 | | | | 8.99 | | | | 0.32 | (1) | | | 0.53 | | | | 0.85 | | | | (0.34 | ) | | | (0.19 | ) | | | — | |
| 2015 | | | | 10.53 | | | | 0.36 | (1) | | | (0.24 | ) | | | 0.12 | | | | (0.36 | ) | | | (1.30 | ) | | | — | |
Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 2020* |
| | $ | 10.07 | | | $ | 0.13 | | | $ | 0.33 | | | $ | 0.46 | | | $ | (0.14 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | — | |
| 2019 | | | | 9.37 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 0.71 | | | | 1.01 | | | | (0.30 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.01 | ) |
| 2018 | | | | 9.91 | | | | 0.33 | | | | (0.56 | ) | | | (0.23 | ) | | | (0.24 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.07 | ) |
| 2017 | | | | 10.03 | | | | 0.27 | | | | (0.11 | ) | | | 0.16 | | | | (0.22 | ) | | | — | | | | (0.06 | ) |
| 2016 | | | | 9.97 | | | | 0.25 | | | | 0.12 | | | | 0.37 | | | | (0.26 | ) | | | (0.04 | ) | | | (0.01 | ) |
| 2015 | | | | 10.20 | | | | 0.26 | | | | (0.23 | ) | | | 0.03 | | | | (0.26 | ) | | | — | | | | — | |
* | For the six months ended April 30, 2020 (unaudited). All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
(1) | Per share net investment income calculated using average shares. |
(a) | Total returns would have been lower had certain Fund expenses not been waived or reimbursed, as applicable, during the periods shown (See Note 3). Total return calculations for a period of less than one year are not annualized. |
(b) | Commenced operations on January 31, 2018. All ratios for the period have been annualized, except for the Total Return and Portfolio Turnover Rate. |
| | | Net Asset Value, End of Period | | | | | | Net Assets,
End of Period (000) | | | Ratio of
Expenses to Average Net Assets (Including Waivers and Reimbursements, Excluding Offsets) | | | Ratio of Expenses to
Average Net Assets (Excluding Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) | | | Ratio of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets (Including Waivers, Reimbursements and Offsets) | | | | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (1.13 | ) | | $ | 15.72 | | | | (3.60 | )% | | $ | 843,618 | | | | 0.33 | % | | | 0.33 | % | | | 1.81 | % | | | 26 | % |
| (1.70 | ) | | | 17.39 | | | | 11.88 | | | | 955,332 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 1.99 | | | | 50 | |
| (0.96 | ) | | | 17.31 | | | | 7.50 | | | | 961,578 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 1.69 | | | | 46 | |
| (0.90 | ) | | | 17.02 | | | | 21.96 | | | | 1,021,468 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 0.33 | | | | 1.83 | | | | 46 | |
| (0.93 | ) | | | 14.79 | | | | 4.20 | | | | 889,400 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 2.03 | | | | 70 | |
| (0.83 | ) | | | 15.14 | | | | 3.77 | | | | 759,878 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 1.91 | | | | 57 | |
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$ | (0.24 | ) | | $ | 10.79 | | | | 5.72 | % | | $ | 69,204 | | | | 0.32 | % | | | 0.68 | % | | | 2.31 | % | | | 72 | % |
| (0.31 | ) | | | 10.44 | | | | 11.27 | | | | 62,427 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.78 | | | | 2.91 | | | | 134 | |
| (0.19 | ) | | | 9.67 | | | | (1.38 | ) | | | 38,061 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 1.48 | | | | 2.74 | | | | 48 | |
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| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
$ | (0.46 | ) | | $ | 10.42 | | | | 11.88 | % | | $ | 125,673 | | | | 0.32 | % | | | 0.56 | % | | | 2.74 | % | | | 81 | % |
| (0.28 | ) | | | 9.77 | | | | 25.74 | | | | 118,547 | | | | 0.32 | | | | 0.52 | | | | 3.20 | | | | 73 | |
| (0.28 | ) | | | 8.02 | | | | (6.69 | ) | | | 99,225 | | | | 0.34 | | | | 0.64 | | | | 3.27 | | | | 50 | |
| (0.57 | ) | | | 8.88 | | | | 1.79 | | | | 76,726 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 0.77 | | | | 3.17 | | | | 62 | |
| (0.53 | ) | | | 9.31 | | | | 9.80 | | | | 74,232 | | | | 0.39 | | | | 0.75 | | | | 3.48 | | | | 160 | |
| (1.66 | ) | | | 8.99 | | | | 0.94 | | | | 21,082 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 1.05 | | | | 3.80 | | | | 126 | |
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$ | (0.14 | ) | | $ | 10.39 | | | | 4.59 | % | | $ | 42,355 | | | | 0.40 | % | | | 1.01 | % | | | 2.53 | % | | | 61 | % |
| (0.31 | ) | | | 10.07 | | | | 10.93 | | | | 42,627 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.99 | | | | 3.05 | | | | 92 | |
| (0.31 | ) | | | 9.37 | | | | (2.33 | ) | | | 40,972 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.85 | | | | 3.27 | | | | 79 | |
| (0.28 | ) | | | 9.91 | | | | 1.65 | | | | 67,199 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.85 | | | | 2.95 | | | | 93 | |
| (0.31 | ) | | | 10.03 | | | | 3.77 | | | | 97,695 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.61 | | | | 2.80 | | | | 72 | |
| (0.26 | ) | | | 9.97 | | | | 0.30 | | | | 183,138 | | | | 0.40 | | | | 0.56 | | | | 2.58 | | | | 93 | |
Notes to Financial Statements
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
NOTE 1 — ORGANIZATION
Schroder Global Series Trust (“SGST”) is an open-end series management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). SGST was organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 27, 2003. SGST has an unlimited number of authorized shares, which consists of one diversified series: Schroder North American Equity Fund (the “SGST Fund” or a “Fund”). The Schroder North American Equity Fund seeks long-term capital growth.
Schroder Series Trust (“SST”) is an open-end series management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act. SST was organized as a business trust under the laws of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts on May 6, 1993. SST has an unlimited number of authorized shares, which are divided into three separate series. Included in this report are Schroder Core Bond Fund, Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, and Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund (each a “Fund,” collectively, the “SST Funds,” and together with the SGST Fund, the “Funds” or “Trusts”), all of which are diversified funds. The Schroder Core Bond Fund seeks long-term total return consistent with the preservation of capital. The Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund seeks a high level of total return. The Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund seeks to achieve a total return that exceeds that of the Fund’s benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Government/Credit Bond Index.
The Schroder Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund and Schroder Short Duration Bond Fund were liquidated following the close of business on December 27, 2019.
NOTE 2 — SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Funds are investment companies that apply the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946 by the U.S. Financial Accounting Standards Board. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those differences could be material.
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds, which are in conformity with U.S. GAAP:
SECURITY VALUATION: Securities listed on a securities exchange, market or automated quotation system for which quotations are readily available (except for securities traded on NASDAQ), including securities traded over the counter, are valued at the last quoted sale price on an exchange or market (foreign or domestic) on which they are traded on valuation date (or at approximately 4:00 pm ET if a security’s primary exchange is normally open at that time), or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recent quoted bid price. For securities traded on NASDAQ, the NASDAQ Official Closing Price will be used. If available, debt securities are priced based upon valuations provided by independent, third-party pricing agents. Such values generally reflect the last reported sales price if the security is actively traded. The third-party pricing agents may also value debt securities at an evaluated bid price by employing methodologies that utilize actual market transactions, broker-supplied valuations, or other methodologies designed to identify the market value for such securities. Such methodologies generally consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, call features, ratings and developments relating to specific securities in arriving at valuations. On the first day a new debt security purchase is recorded, if a price is not available on the automated pricing feeds from our primary and secondary pricing vendors nor is it available from an independent broker, the security may be valued at its purchase price. Each day thereafter, the debt security will be valued according to the Trusts’ fair value procedures until an independent source can be secured. Debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, provided that it is determined the amortized cost continues to approximate fair value. Should existing
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April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
credit, liquidity or interest rate conditions in the relevant markets and issuer specific circumstances suggest that amortized cost does not approximate fair value, then the amortized cost method may not be used. The prices for foreign securities are reported in local currency and converted to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates.
Securities for which market prices are not “readily available” are valued in accordance with fair value procedures established by the Funds’ Board of Trustees (the “Board”). The Funds’ fair value procedures are implemented through a fair value committee (the “Committee”) designated by the Board. Some of the more common reasons that may necessitate that a security be valued using fair value procedures include: the security’s trading has been halted or suspended; the security has been de-listed from a national exchange; the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when under normal conditions it would be open; the security has not been traded for an extended period of time; the security’s primary pricing source is not able or willing to provide a price; or trading of the security is subject to local government-imposed restrictions. When a security is valued in accordance with the fair value procedures, the Committee will determine the value after taking into consideration relevant information reasonably available to the Committee.
Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon quotations from market makers and the resulting changes in market values, if any, are recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statements of Operations.
Futures contracts that are traded on an exchange are valued at their last reported sales price as of the valuation date.
Options for which the primary market is a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the exchange on which they are traded, or, in the absence of any sale, at the closing bid price for long positions and at the closing ask price for written options. Options not traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last quoted bid price.
For securities that principally trade on a foreign market or exchange, a significant gap in time can exist between the time of a particular security’s last trade and the time at which the Fund calculates its net asset value. The closing prices of such securities may no longer reflect their market value at the time the Fund calculates net asset value if an event that could materially affect the value of those securities (a “Significant Event”) has occurred between the time of the security’s last close and the time that the Fund calculates net asset value. A Significant Event may relate to a single issuer or to an entire market sector. If SIMNA (the “Adviser”) of the Funds becomes aware of a Significant Event that has occurred with respect to a security or group of securities after the closing of the exchange or market on which the security or securities principally trade, but before the time at which the Fund calculates net asset value, it may request that a Committee meeting be called. In addition, SEI Investments Global Funds Services (the “Administrator”), a wholly owned subsidiary of SEI Investments Company, monitors price movements among certain selected indices, securities and/or baskets of securities that may be an indicator that the closing prices received earlier from foreign exchanges or markets may not reflect market value at the time a Fund calculates net asset value. If price movements in a monitored index or security exceed levels established by the Administrator, the Administrator notifies the Adviser if a Fund is holding a relevant security that such limits have been exceeded. In such event, the Adviser makes the determination whether a Committee meeting should be called based on the information provided.
In accordance with the authoritative guidance on fair value measurements and disclosure under U.S. GAAP, the Funds disclose the fair value of their investments in a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure the fair value. The objective of a fair value measurement is to determine the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (an exit price). Accordingly, the fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
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April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
• Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities that the Funds have the ability to access at the measurement date
• Level 2 — Other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, referenced indices, quoted prices in inactive markets, adjusted quoted prices in active markets, etc.)
• Level 3 — Prices, inputs or proprietary modeling techniques which are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable (supported by little or no market activity).
Investments are classified within the level of the lowest significant input considered in determining fair value. Investments classified within Level 3 whose fair value measurement considers several inputs may include Level 1 or Level 2 inputs as components of the overall fair value measurement.
For the period ended April 30, 2020, there have been no significant changes to the Funds’ fair valuation methodologies. Fair value measurement classifications are summarized in each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
FEDERAL INCOME TAXES: It is the intention of each Fund to qualify, or continue to qualify, as a “regulated investment company” by complying with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. If a Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company that is accorded special tax treatment, the Fund will not be subject to Federal income taxes to the extent that, among other things, it distributes substantially all of its taxable income, including realized capital gains, for the fiscal year in a timely manner, to its shareholders in the form of dividends. In addition, as a result of distributing substantially all of their net investment income during each calendar year, capital gains and certain other amounts, if any, the Funds will not be subject to a Federal excise tax. The Funds evaluate tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether it is “more-likely than-not” (i.e., greater than 50%) that each tax position will be sustained upon examination by a taxing authority based on the technical merits of the position. Tax positions deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The Funds did not record any tax provision in the current period. However, management’s conclusions regarding tax positions may be subject to review and adjustment at a later date based on factors including, but not limited to, examination by tax authorities (i.e., the last three tax year ends, as applicable), on-going analysis of and changes to tax laws, regulations and interpretations thereof.
As of, and during the period ended April 30, 2020, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to unrecognized tax benefits as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. During the period, the Funds did not incur any tax-related interest or penalties.
INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS: Investment security transactions are recorded as of trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of investments are determined on the basis of identified cost. Capital gain taxes on securities in certain foreign countries are accrued on unrealized appreciation and are due when realized.
INVESTMENT INCOME: Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income and expense is recorded on an accrual basis. Discounts and premiums on fixed income securities are accreted and amortized using the effective interest method. Realized gains (losses) on paydowns of mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are recorded as an adjustment to interest income.
EXPENSES: Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Many of the expenses of the Funds can be directly attributable to a specific Fund. Expenses not directly attributable to a specific Fund are allocated among the Funds based on relative average net assets or another appropriate methodology. Class specific expenses are borne by that class. Fund expenses are pro-rated to the respective classes based on relative net assets.
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April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
CLASSES OF SHARES: Income, realized and unrealized gains and losses of a Fund are prorated to the respective classes of shares based on relative net assets.
CASH: Idle cash may be swept into various overnight sweep accounts and is classified as cash on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The Funds maintain cash in bank deposit accounts which, at times may exceed United States federally insured limits. Amounts invested are available on the same business day.
DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: Dividends and distributions to shareholders from net investment income are declared and distributed at least annually for North American Equity Fund and monthly for Schroder Core Bond Fund and Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund. Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund declares dividends to shareholders from net investment income daily and distributes these dividends monthly. Distributions to shareholders from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually for each of the Funds.
FOREIGN CURRENCY: Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars at the mean of the bid and asked prices of such currencies against U.S. dollars as follows: (i) assets and liabilities at the rate of exchange at the end of the respective period; and (ii) purchases and sales of securities and income and expenses at the rate of exchange prevailing on the dates of such transactions. Each Fund generally bifurcates that portion of realized gains (losses) on investments in debt securities which is attributed to changes in foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of debt securities. That portion of gains (losses) is included in the “Statements of Operations” under “Net realized gain (loss) on foreign currencies.” For foreign equity securities, these changes are included in the “Statements of Operations” under “Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments.” Each Fund reports certain foreign currency related transactions as components of realized gains (losses) for financial reporting purposes, whereas such components are treated as ordinary income (loss) for federal income tax purposes. Certain Funds may enter into forward foreign currency contracts to protect the U.S. dollar value of the underlying portfolio of securities against the effect of possible adverse movements in foreign exchange rates. Certain Funds may also seek to gain currency exposure or otherwise attempt to increase a Fund’s total return by holding such forward foreign currency contracts. Principal risks associated with such transactions include the movement in value of the foreign currency relative to the U.S. dollar and the ability of the counterparty to perform. Fluctuations in the value of such forward foreign currency transactions are recorded daily as unrealized gain or loss; realized gain or loss includes net gain or loss on transactions that have terminated by settlement or by the Funds entering into offsetting commitments.
WHEN-ISSUED SECURITIES: Certain Funds may purchase securities on a when-issued, delayed delivery, or forward commitment basis, including TBAs, during the period covered by this report. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase a security for a predetermined price or yield, with payments and delivery taking place more than seven days in the future, or after a period longer than the customary settlement period for that type of security. These transactions may increase the overall investment exposure for a Fund (and so may create investment leverage) and involve a risk of loss if the value of the securities declines prior to the settlement date.
CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES: Certain Funds may invest in securities that are convertible into preferred and common stocks, and so subject to the risks of investments in both debt and equity securities. The market value of convertible securities tends to decline as interest rates increase and, conversely, tends to increase as interest rates decline. In addition, because of the conversion feature, the market value of convertible securities tends to vary with fluctuations in the market value of the underlying preferred and common stocks and, therefore, also will react to variations in the general market for equity securities.
FUTURES: To the extent consistent with its investment objective and strategies, the Funds use futures contracts for tactical hedging purposes as well as to enhance the Funds’ return. Initial margin deposits of cash or securities are made upon entering into futures contracts. Financial futures contracts are valued based upon their quoted daily settlement prices; changes in initial settlement value (represented by cash
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April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
paid to or received from brokers as “variation margin”) are accounted for as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. When the futures contract is closed, the Funds record a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transaction and the amount invested in the futures contract. Net realized and unrealized gains or losses occurring during the holding period of futures contracts are found on the Statements of Operations as a component of net realized gain (loss) on futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively.
Futures contracts involve leverage and are subject to market risk that may exceed the amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Risks arise from the possible significant movements in prices. The change in value of futures contracts primarily corresponds to the value of the securities or other index or amount underlying the contracts, but may not precisely correlate with the change in value of such securities or other index or amount. In addition, there is the risk that a Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid secondary market.
Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for details regarding open futures contracts as of April 30, 2020, if applicable.
OPTION/SWAPTION TRANSACTIONS: Certain Funds may purchase and write call and put options on securities, securities indices, swaps (“swaptions”) and foreign currencies, provided such options/swaptions are traded on a national securities exchange or an over-the-counter market. When any of the Funds writes or purchases a covered call or put option/swaption, an amount equal to the premium received is included in that Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities as a liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option/swaption. If an option/swaption expires on its stipulated expiration date or if the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a written call option/swaption is exercised, a gain or loss is realized for the sale of the underlying security and the proceeds from the sale are increased by the premium originally received. If a written put option/swaption is exercised, the cost of the security acquired is decreased by the premium originally received. As writer of an option/swaption, the Fund has no control over whether the underlying securities are subsequently sold (call) or purchased (put) and, as a result, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security or index underlying the written option/swaption. When any of the Funds purchases a call or put option/swaption, an amount equal to the premium paid is included in that Fund’s statement of assets and liabilities as an investment, and is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option/swaption. If an option/swaption expires on the stipulated expiration date or if a Fund enters into a closing sale transaction, a gain or loss is realized. If a Fund exercises a call, the cost of the security acquired is increased by the premium paid for the call. If a Fund exercises a put option/swaption, a gain or loss is realized from the sale of the underlying security, and the proceeds from such sale are decreased by the premium originally paid. Written and purchased options/swaptions are non-income producing securities. The option/swaption techniques utilized are generally to hedge against changes in interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or securities prices in order to establish more definitely the effective return on securities or currencies held or intended to be acquired by a Fund, to reduce the volatility of the currency exposure associated with an investment in non-U.S. securities, or as an efficient means of adjusting exposure to the bond, equity and currency markets.
Refer to each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for details regarding open option/swaption contracts as of April 30, 2020, if applicable.
SWAP AGREEMENTS: Certain Funds may enter into swap agreements, including credit default swaps and interest rate swaps and other types of exchange-traded or over-the-counter transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions. Depending on their structures, swap agreements may increase or decrease a Fund’s exposure to long- or short-term interest rates (in the United States or abroad), foreign currency values, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, or other factors such as security prices or
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April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
inflation rates. The value of a Fund’s swap positions would increase or decrease depending on the changes in value of the underlying rates, currency values, or other indices or measures. Swap agreements are privately negotiated in the over-the counter market (“OTC swaps”) or may be executed in a multilateral or other trade facility platform, such as a registered commodities exchange (“centrally cleared swaps”).
In a “credit default” swap transaction, one party pays what is, in effect, an insurance premium through a stream of payments to another party in exchange for the right to receive a specified return in an event of default (or similar events) by a third party on its obligations. Therefore, in a credit default swap, a Fund may pay a premium and, in return, have the right to put certain bonds or loans to the counterparty upon default by the issuer of such bonds or loans (or similar events) and to receive in return the par value of such bonds or loans (or another agreed upon amount). A Fund could also receive the premium referenced above, and be obligated to pay a counterparty the par value of certain bonds or loans upon a default (or similar event) by the issuer. A Fund’s ability to realize a profit from such transactions will depend on the ability of the financial institutions with which it enters into the transactions to meet their obligations to the Fund. Under certain circumstances, suitable transactions may not be available to a Fund, or a Fund may be unable to close out its position under such transactions at the same time, or at the same price, as if it had purchased comparable publicly traded securities.
“Interest rate” swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to pay or receive interest (e.g., an exchange of floating rate payments for fixed rate payments) with respect to a notional amount of principal. “Inflation- linked” swaps are used to transfer inflation risk from one party to another through an exchange of cash flows. In an inflation-linked swap, one party pays a fixed rate on a notional principal amount, while the other party pays a floating rate linked to an inflation index, such as the Consumer Price Index. The Funds could be exposed to credit or market risk due to unfavorable changes in the fluctuation of interest rates or if the counterparty defaults on its obligation to perform. A Fund’s ability to engage in certain swap transactions may be limited by tax considerations.
Swaps are marked-to-market daily and the resulting changes in market values, if any, are recorded as an unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net payments of interest are recorded as realized gains or losses. Daily changes in valuation of centrally cleared swaps, if any, are recorded as a receivable or payable for the change in value as appropriate (“variation margin”) on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Legislative and regulatory reforms, including the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, have resulted in new regulation of swap agreements, including clearing, margin, reporting, recordkeeping and registration requirements. New regulations could, among other things, restrict a Fund’s ability to engage in swap transactions (for example, by making certain types of swap transactions no longer available to a Fund) and/or increase the costs of such swap transactions (for example, by increasing margin or capital requirements), and a Fund may as a result be unable to execute its investment strategies in a manner the Fund might otherwise choose.
There were no open swap contracts held by the Funds as of April 30, 2020.
CUSTODY OFFSET: The Funds have an arrangement with the custodian whereby interest earned on uninvested cash balances is used to offset a portion of the custodian fees. The amounts are included in custodian fees and custody offset on the Statements of Operations.
NOTE 3 — INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES, ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENTS AND DISTRIBUTION PLANS
The Funds have entered into investment advisory agreements with SIMNA. Under these agreements, SIMNA provides investment management services and is entitled to receive compensation for its services, payable monthly for the SGST Fund and the SST Funds, at the following annual rates based on average daily net assets of each Fund taken separately. In order to limit the expenses of the R6 and Investor Shares of certain Funds, as applicable, SIMNA has contractually agreed to waive management fees, pay and/or reimburse the
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
applicable Fund for expenses through February 28, 2021, to the extent that the total annual fund operating expenses of a Fund (other than acquired fund fees and expenses, other indirect acquired fund expenses, interest, taxes, and extraordinary expenses) allocable to each share class exceed the following annual rates (based on the average daily net assets attributable to each share class):
| | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | 0.25% |
| | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | 0.25% |
| | | 0.32% |
| | | N/A | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 0.25% |
| | | N/A | | | | 0.32% |
|
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | 0.25% |
| | | N/A | | | | 0.40% |
|
N/A — Fund is not currently subject to the expense limitation agreement or Share Class is not currently offered.
SIMNA has retained its affiliate Schroder Investment Management North America Limited (“SIMNA Ltd.”) to serve as sub-adviser responsible for all or a portion of the portfolio management of each Fund. During the reporting period, SIMNA paid SIMNA Ltd. the following percentages of the investment advisory fees it received from each Fund, after waivers, as set forth below.
Effective October 16, 2017:
| Percentage of Fees Paid to SIMNA Ltd. |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | 58.5% |
Effective December 1, 2019:
| Percentage of Fees Paid to SIMNA Ltd. |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | 15% |
Schroder Long-Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | 15% |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | 15% |
Each Trust has entered into an administration agreement with SEI Investments Global Funds Services (“SEI” or the “Administrator”), under which the Administrator provides administrative services to the Trust. For these services, the Administrator is paid a fee, which varies based on the average daily net assets of each Fund, subject to certain minimums.
Each Trust and SEI Investments Distribution Co., (“SIDCO”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of SEI Investments, and an affiliate of the Administrator, are parties to a distribution agreement (the “Distribution Agreement”), whereby SIDCO acts as principal underwriter for the Trusts’ shares.
The Schroder Core Bond Fund, Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, and Schroder Total Return Bond Fund all have adopted a shareholder servicing plan under which a shareholder servicing fee of up to 0.15% of average daily net assets of Investor Shares of the Funds will be paid to financial intermediaries.
SIMNA or its affiliates may, from time to time, also make payments to financial intermediaries for sub-administration, sub-transfer agency, or other shareholder services or distribution, out of their own resources.
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
NOTE 4 — DERIVATIVE CONTRACTS
Derivative instruments and hedging activities require enhanced disclosures about the Funds’ derivative and hedging activities, including how such activities are accounted for and their effect on the Funds’ financial position, performance, and cash flows.
The fair value of derivative instruments as of April 30, 2020, was as follows:
Fund | Statement of Assets and Liabilities Location | | Asset Derivatives | | | Liability Derivatives | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts* | | $ | 990,110 | | | $ | — | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | | | |
Forward contracts | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Interest rate contracts | | | | | | | | | |
Futures contracts | Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts* | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | |
* Unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts is included in distributable earnings (loss).
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended April 30, 2020, was as follows:
The amount of net realized gain (loss) and change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on derivatives:
Fund | | Net Realized Gain/(Loss)* | | | Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)** | | | Total | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | |
Equity contracts | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | $ | (104,110 | ) | | $ | 923,402 | | | $ | 819,292 | |
Foreign exchange contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Forward Contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Interest rate contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
* | Futures contracts are included in net realized gain (loss) on futures and forward contracts are included in net realized gain on forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions. |
** | Futures contracts are included in change in unrealized appreciation on futures and forward contracts are included in change in unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts. |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
The following table discloses the volume of the futures contracts and forward foreign currency contracts during the period ended April 30, 2020:
| | Schroder
North American Equity Fund | | | Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
Futures Contracts: | | | | | | |
Average Quarterly Market Value Balance Long | | $ | 13,625,043 | | | $ | 11,244,220 | |
Average Quarterly Market Value Balance Short | | | — | | | | — | |
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts: | | | | | | | | |
Average Quarterly Notional Contracts Purchased | | $ | (5,424,264 | ) | | $ | — | |
Average Quarterly Notional Contracts Sold | | | 4,863,354 | | | | — | |
In accordance with the authoritative guidance under U.S. GAAP, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” entities are required to disclose information about financial instruments and derivative instruments that have been offset or that are subject to enforceable master netting agreements. The Funds do not offset such instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, rather such instruments are presented on a gross basis.
The following is a summary by derivative type of the market value of over the counter (“OTC”) financial derivative instruments and collateral (received)/pledged by counterparty as of April 30, 2020:
| | Gross Assets- Recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | Gross Liabilities- Recognized in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities | | | Net Amount Available to be Offset | | | Cash Collateral Pledged or (Received) † | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce | | $ | — | | | $ | (284,574 | ) | | $ | (284,574 | ) | | $ | — | | | $ | (284,574 | ) |
JPMorgan Chase Bank | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Total | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
† | Collateral pledged is limited to the net outstanding amount due to/from an individual counterparty. The actual collateral amounts pledged may exceed these amounts and may fluctuate in value. |
‡ | Net amount represents the net receivable/(payable) that would be due from/to the counterparty in the event of default. Exposure from OTC financial derivative instruments can only be netted across transactions governed under the same master agreement with the same legal entity. |
NOTE 5 — INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of investments, excluding short-term and U.S. Government securities for each Fund, for the period ended April 30, 2020 were as follows:
| | | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 234,389,494 | | | $ | 320,860,702 | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | 17,239,038 | | | | 7,105,287 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 37,542,715 | | | | 36,338,989 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | 11,929,784 | | | | 6,616,640 | |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
Purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities of U.S. Government securities for the period ended April 30, 2020 were as follows:
| | | | | | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | $ | 32,019,859 | | | $ | 39,223,866 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 58,894,784 | | | | 65,338,446 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | 12,130,945 | | | | 19,754,059 | |
NOTE 6 — FEDERAL INCOME TAXES
Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. These book/tax differences are either temporary or permanent in nature. Any permanent differences, which may result in distribution reclassifications, are primarily due to differing treatments for gains resulting from investments in passive foreign investment companies, equalization distribution, reclassifications of long-term capital gain distributions on real estate investment trust securities, partnership investments, foreign currency transactions and paydowns. Distributions from short-term gains and from gains on foreign currency transactions are treated as distributions from ordinary income for tax purposes.
At October 31, 2019, the Funds reclassified the following permanent amounts between capital paid-in, undistributed net investment income and accumulated realized gain (loss):
| | Distributable Earnings (Loss) | | | Increase (Decrease) Capital Paid-in | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 294 | | | $ | (294 | ) |
The tax character of dividends and distributions declared during the years or periods ended October 31, 2019 and October 31, 2018, was as follows:
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2019 | | $ | 31,721,355 | | | $ | 64,736,697 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 96,458,052 | |
2018 | | | 32,669,411 | | | | 24,894,979 | | | | — | | | | 57,564,390 | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2019 | | | 1,509,949 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 1,509,949 | |
2018 | | | 573,056 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 573,056 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2019 | | | 4,218,313 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 4,218,313 | |
2018 | | | 2,902,410 | | | | — | | | | — | | | | 2,902,410 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2019 | | | 1,244,592 | | | | — | | | | 49,764 | | | | 1,294,356 | |
2018 | | | 1,417,244 | | | | — | | | | 379,779 | | | | 1,797,023 | |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
As of October 31, 2019, the components of distributable earnings (accumulated losses) on a tax basis were as follows:
| | Undistributed Ordinary
Income | | | Undistributed Long-Term Capital Gain | | | Capital Loss Carryforwards | | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | | | Other
Temporary Differences | | | Total Distributable Earnings (Accumulated Losses) | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 15,259,352 | | | $ | 44,565,017 | | | $ | — | | | $ | 344,845,102 | | | $ | (66,993 | ) | | $ | 404,602,478 | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | 479,247 | | | | 144,895 | | | | — | | | | 2,129,160 | | | | (2 | ) | | | 2,753,300 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 2,562,958 | | | | 1,315,359 | | | | — | | | | 14,525,310 | | | | (1 | ) | | | 18,403,626 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | — | | | | — | | | | (3,616,669 | ) | | | 1,075,184 | | | | (416,310 | )* | | | (2,957,795 | ) |
* | Other differences relate to distributions payable and straddles loss deferrals. |
Each Fund may use its tax basis capital loss carryforwards listed above to offset taxable capital gains realized in subsequent years for federal income tax purposes. If a Fund incurs or has incurred net capital losses in taxable years beginning after December 22, 2010 (“post-RIC Mod losses”), those losses will be carried forward to one or more subsequent taxable years without expiration; any such carryforward losses will retain their character as short-term or long-term.
The Funds listed below have the following post-RIC Mod losses, which do not expire:
| | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | $ | 642,974 | | | $ | 2,973,695 | | | $ | 3,616,669 | |
During the year ended October 31, 2019, the Funds listed below utilized capital loss carryforwards to offset capital gains:
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | $ | 71,021 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 1,001,417 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | 1,040,876 | |
For Federal income tax purposes, the difference between Federal tax cost and book cost primarily relates to the timing of recognition of gains and losses on investments for tax and book purposes, investments in publicly traded partnerships and wash sales.
At April 30, 2020, the identified cost for Federal income tax purposes of investments owned by each Fund and their respective gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation were as follows:
| | | | | Gross
Unrealized Appreciation | | | Gross Unrealized (Depreciation) | | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | $ | 501,713,586 | | | $ | 340,191,571 | | | $ | (30,615,858 | ) | | $ | 309,575,713 | |
Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | 63,004,404 | | | | 3,792,974 | | | | (169,526 | ) | | | 3,623,448 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 105,567,896 | | | | 19,689,112 | | | | (774,825 | ) | | | 18,914,287 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | 41,013,437 | | | | 1,471,818 | | | | (580,777 | ) | | | 891,041 | |
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
NOTE 7 — IN-KIND TRANSFERS
On May 31, 2019, the Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund had an investor accept securities in lieu of cash.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | 3,405,907 | | | $ | 30,673,702 | | | $ | 149,752 | | | $ | 30,823,454 | |
During the period ended April 30, 2020, there were no in-kind transactions.
NOTE 8 — PORTFOLIO INVESTMENT RISKS
Below are summaries of some, but not all, of the principal risks of investing in one or more of the Funds, each of which could adversely affect a Fund’s NAV, yield and total return. Each risk listed below does not necessarily apply to each Fund, and you should read each Fund’s prospectus carefully for a description of the principal risks associated with investing in a particular Fund.
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund invests a portion of its assets in securities of issuers that hold mortgage securities, including subprime mortgage securities. The value of these securities is sensitive to changes in economic conditions, including delinquencies and/or defaults, and may be adversely affected by shifts in the market’s perception of the issuers and changes in interest rates.
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund invests a portion of its assets in municipal bonds. Municipal bonds are investments of any maturity issued by states, public authorities or political subdivisions to raise money for public purposes; they include, for example, general obligations of a state or other government entity supported by its taxing powers to acquire and construct public facilities, or to provide temporary financing in anticipation of the receipt of taxes and other revenue. They also include obligations of states, public authorities or political subdivisions to finance privately owned or operated facilities or public facilities financed solely by enterprise revenues. The values of municipal obligations that depend on a specific revenue source to fund their payment obligations may fluctuate as a result of changes in the cash flows generated by the revenue source or changes in the priority of the municipal obligation to receive the cash flows generated by the revenue source. Changes in law or adverse determinations by the Internal Revenue Service or a state tax authority could make the income from some of these obligations taxable.
The yields on municipal bonds depend on a variety of factors, including general money market conditions, effective marginal tax rates, the financial condition of the issuer, general conditions of the municipal bond market, the size of a particular offering, the maturity of the obligation and the rating of the issue. The ratings of nationally recognized securities rating agencies represent their opinions as to the credit quality of the municipal bonds.
A Fund may enter into derivative transactions including futures contracts, options, and swap contracts. Derivatives are financial contracts whose values depend on, or derive from, the value of an underlying asset, reference rate, or index. A Fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. Derivatives are subject to liquidity risk, interest rate risk, and credit risk, and the risk that a derivative transaction may not have the effect the Funds’ adviser anticipated. Derivatives also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate, or index. Derivative transactions typically involve leverage and may be highly volatile. Use of derivatives other than for hedging purposes may be considered speculative and may have the effect of creating investment leverage, and when a Fund invests in a derivative instrument it could lose more than the principal amount invested. Also, suitable derivative transactions may not be available in all circumstances and there can be no assurance that a Fund will engage in these transactions when that would be beneficial. Additional principal risks for the Funds can be found in the prospectus.
Notes to Financial Statements (continued)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
The foregoing is not intended to be a complete discussion of the risks associated with investing in the Funds. A more complete description of risks associated with the Funds is included in the Funds’ prospectus and statement of additional information.
NOTE 9 — BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The following table shows the number of shareholders each owning of record, or to the knowledge of the Funds beneficially, 5% or more of shares of a Fund outstanding as of April 30, 2020 and the total percentage of shares of the Fund held by such shareholders. The table includes omnibus accounts that hold shares on behalf of many shareholders.
| | 5% or Greater Shareholders | |
| | | | | | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund, Investor Shares | | 2 | | | | 98.17 | % |
Schroder Core Bond Fund, R6 Shares | | 6 | | | | 99.99 | |
Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund, Investor Shares | | 3 | | | | 93.99 | |
Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund, Investor Shares | | 7 | | | | 90.26 | |
NOTE 10 — LINE OF CREDIT
The Funds entered into a credit agreement on October 6, 2008, as amended from time to time, that enables them to participate in a $12.5 million committed revolving line of credit with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. Any advance under the line of credit is contemplated primarily for temporary or emergency purposes, or to finance the redemption of the shares of a shareholder of the borrower. Interest is charged to the Funds based on their borrowings at the current reference rate. The Funds pay their pro rata portion of an annual commitment fee of 0.20% on the total amount of the credit facility. There were no borrowings under the line of credit for the period ended April 30, 2020.
NOTE 11 — CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
Capital share transactions for the period ended April 30, 2020 (unaudited) and the year ended October 31, 2019, were as follows:
| | North American Equity Fund | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 1,188,960 | | | | 3,667,663 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | N/A | | | | N/A | | | | 125,016 | | | | 131,149 | |
Redemption of shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net increase in R6 Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | | 11,346 | | | | 262,924 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | 3,636,152 | | | | 5,881,701 | | | | N/A | | | | N/A | |
Redemption of shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net decrease in Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)
April 30, 2020 (unaudited)
| | Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | Total Return Fixed Income Fund | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sales of shares | | | 1,419,909 | | | | 6,309,274 | | | | 190,482 | | | | 434,140 | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | 574,813 | | | | 470,083 | | | | 46,938 | | | | 107,007 | |
Redemption of shares | | | (2,070,631 | ) | | | (3,614,624 | ) | | | (391,640 | ) | | | (682,215 | ) |
Redemption in kind | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net decrease in Investor Shares | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
N/A — R6 or Investor Shares currently not offered.
NOTE 12 — REGULATORY MATTERS
On August 17, 2018, the SEC adopted amendments to Regulation S-X. These changes are effective for periods after November 5, 2018. The updates to Registered Investment Companies were mainly focused on simplifying the presentation of distributable earnings by eliminating the need to present the components of distributable earnings on a book basis in the Statement of Assets & Liabilities. The update also impacted the presentation of undistributed net investment income and distribution to shareholders on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets. The amounts presented in the current Statement of Changes in Net Assets represent the aggregated total distributions of net investment income and realized capital gains, except for distributions classified as return of capital which are still presented separately.
NOTE 13 — NEW ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENT
In August 2018, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820). The new guidance includes additions and modifications to disclosures requirements for fair value measurements. For public entities, the amendments are effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years.
NOTE 14 — SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
The Funds have evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. Based on this evaluation, see the below disclosure to the financial statements as of April 30, 2020:
The Board of the Schroder Series Trust, on March 19, 2020, at the recommendation of the Adviser, approved: (i) a proposed agreement and plan of reorganization (the “Reorganization”) between Schroder Core Bond Fund (the “Acquiring Fund”) and Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund (the “Target Fund”); and (ii) the creation of an Investor Share Class of the Acquiring Fund subject to the same fees as the existing Investor Share Class of the Target Fund. The Reorganization is expected to take place before the end of the second quarter of 2020, at which time Acquiring Fund Investor Shares will be available for purchase.
On June 5, 2020, a shareholder account (the “Account”) in the Schroder North American Equity Fund (hereinafter, the “Distributing Fund”) effected a redemption-in-kind from this Distributing Fund in the amount of $564,182,034 (the “Transaction”). Total Distributing Fund net assets as of June 5, 2020 immediately prior to this Transaction were $919,047,790, so approximately 61.4% of the Distributing Fund’s assets were redeemed as a result of the Transaction. Because of the significant interest held, and redeemed, in the Distributing Fund by the Account, the Account is considered an “affiliated” person of the Distributing Fund (so the Account was considered to be an “Affiliate” of the Distributing Fund at the time of the Transaction). Except for this redemption, there have been no other material subsequent events for the Distributing Fund as of April 30, 2020.
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (unaudited)
We believe it is important for you to understand the impact of fees regarding your investment. All mutual funds have operating expenses. As a shareholder of a Schroder Mutual Fund, you incur ongoing costs, which include, among others, costs for portfolio management, administrative services, and shareholder reports (like this one), and in the case of Advisor Shares, distribution (12b-1) fees. Operating expenses, which are deducted from a fund’s gross income, directly reduce the investment return of the fund. A fund’s expenses are expressed as a percentage of its average net assets. This figure is known as the expense ratio. The following examples are intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with those of other mutual funds. The examples are based on an investment of $1,000 made at the beginning of the period shown and held for the entire period (November 1, 2019 to April 30,2020).
The table below illustrates your Fund’s costs in two ways.
• | Actual expenses. This section helps you to estimate the actual expenses after fee waivers, if applicable, that you paid over the period. The “Ending Account Value” shown is derived from the Fund’s actual return, and the fourth column shows the dollar amount that would have been paid by an investor who started with $1,000 in the Fund. You may use the information here, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. |
To do so, 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 given for your Fund under the heading “Expenses Paid During Period.”
• | Hypothetical example for comparison purposes. This section is intended to help you compare your Fund’s costs with those of other mutual funds. It assumes that the Fund had a return of 5% before expenses during the year, and that it incurred expenses at the rate of which it in the past did incur expenses. In this case, because the return used is not the Fund’s actual return, the results may not be used to estimate the actual ending balance of an account in the Fund over the period or expenses you actually paid. The example is useful in making comparisons because the Securities and Exchange Commission requires all mutual funds to calculate expenses in this table based on a 5% return. You can assess your Fund’s costs by comparing this hypothetical example with the hypothetical examples that appear in shareholder reports of other funds. |
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight and help you compare ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as redemption fees, which are described in the Prospectus. If this fee were applied to your account, your costs would be higher.
Disclosure of Fund Expenses (unaudited)
| | Beginning Account Value 11/1/19 | | | Ending Account Value 4/30/20 | | | Net Annualized Expense Ratios | | | Expenses Paid During Period** | |
Schroder North American Equity Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 964.00 | | | | 0.33 | % | | $ | 1.61 | |
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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,023.22 | | | | 0.33 | % | | $ | 1.66 | |
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Schroder Core Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,057.20 | | | | 0.32 | % | | $ | 1.64 | |
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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
R6 Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,023.27 | | | | 0.32 | | | $ | 1.61 | |
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Schroder Long Duration Investment-Grade Bond Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,118.80 | | | | 0.32 | % | | $ | 1.69 | |
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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,023.27 | | | | 0.32 | | | $ | 1.61 | |
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Schroder Total Return Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Actual Expenses | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,045.90 | | | | 0.40 | % | | $ | 2.03 | |
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Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Investor Shares | | $ | 1,000.00 | | | $ | 1,022.87 | | | | 0.40 | | | $ | 2.01 | |
* | Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the account period, multiplied by 182/366 (to reflect the one-half year period). |
Review of Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)
Pursuant to Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act, the Funds’ investment adviser has adopted, and the Board has approved, a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) to govern the Funds’ approach to managing liquidity risk. The Program is overseen by the Funds’ Liquidity Risk Management Program Administrator (the “Program Administrator”), and the Program’s principal objectives include assessing, managing and periodically reviewing each Fund’s liquidity risk, based on factors specific to the circumstances of the Funds.
At a meeting of the Board held on March 18, 2020, the Trustees received a report from the Program Administrator addressing the operations of the Program and assessing its adequacy and effectiveness of implementation. The Board acknowledged that the report covered the period from December 1, 2018 through December 31, 2019 and thus did not cover the period of then-current market volatility. The Board requested that the Program Administrator provide an update of the operation of the Program during the then-current market volatility at its next meeting. The Program Administrator’s report noted that the Program Administrator had determined that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage each Fund’s liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage each Fund’s liquidity risk since the Program was implemented on December 1, 2018. The Program Administrator’s report noted that during the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Funds or their ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. The Program Administrator’s report further noted that no material changes have been made to the Program since its implementation.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the prospectus for more information regarding a Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in the Funds may be subject.
FACTS | WHAT DOES SCHRODERS DO WITH YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? |
Why? | Financial companies choose how they share your personal information. Federal law gives consumers the right to limit some but not all sharing. Federal law also requires us to tell you how we collect, share, and protect your personal information. Please read this notice carefully to understand what we do. |
What? | The types of personal information we collect and share depend on the product or service you have with us. This information can include: • Social Security number and income • account balances and account transactions • assets and investment experience When you are no longer our customer, we continue to share your information as described in this notice. |
How? | All financial companies need to share clients’ personal information to run their everyday business. In the section below, we list the reasons financial companies can share their clients’ personal information; the reasons Schroders chooses to share; and whether you can limit this sharing. |
Reasons we can share your personal information | Does Schroders share? | Can you limit this sharing? |
For our everyday business purposes — such as to process your transactions, maintain your account(s), or respond to court orders and legal investigations | Yes | No |
For our marketing purposes — to offer our products and services to you | Yes | No |
For joint marketing with other financial companies | No | We Don’t Share |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your transactions and experiences | Yes | No |
For our affiliates’ everyday business purposes — information about your creditworthiness | No | We Don’t Share |
For nonaffiliates to market to you | No | We Don’t Share |
Questions? | For Schroder Mutual Funds, call DST AMS at (800) 464-3108. For other inquiries, call Institutional Client Service at (212) 641-3800 or email clientserviceny@us.schroders.com |
Who we are | |
Who is providing this notice? | • Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. • Schroder Mutual Funds • Schroder Fund Advisors LLC |
What we do | |
How does Schroders protect my personal information? | To protect your personal information from unauthorized access and use, we use security measures that comply with federal law. These measures include computer safeguards and secured files and buildings. Access to personal information is limited to employees who need it to perform their jobs. Our policies restrict employee use of customer information; requiring it be held in strict confidence. |
How does Schroders collect my personal information? | We collect your personal information, for example, when you • open an account and provide account information • give us your contact information • show your driver’s license or government issued ID • enter into an investment advisory contract • make a wire transfer |
Why can’t I limit all sharing? | Federal law gives you the right to limit only • sharing for affiliates’ everyday business purposes—information about your creditworthiness • affiliates from using your information to market to you • sharing for nonaffiliates to market to you State laws and individual companies may give you additional rights to limit sharing. |
Definitions | |
Affiliates | Companies related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. • Our affiliates include companies with the Schroder name; financial companies such as Schroder Investment Management North America Limited and Schroder Investment Management Limited; and others, such as the parent, holding company, Schroders plc. |
Nonaffiliates | Companies not related by common ownership or control. They can be financial and nonfinancial companies. • Nonaffiliates we share with can include companies that help us maintain, process or service your transactions or account(s) or financial products, including companies that perform administrative, accounting, transfer agency, custodial, brokerage or proxy solicitation services, or that assist us in marketing. |
Joint marketing | A formal agreement between nonaffiliated financial companies that together market financial products or services to you. • Schroders doesn’t jointly market. |
Investment Adviser | | Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. 7 Bryant Park New York, NY 10018-3706 |
Trustees | | William M. Doran Jon C. Hunt Thomas P. Lemke Randall S. Yanker Jay C. Nadel |
Distributor | | SEI Investments Distribution Co. 1 Freedom Valley Drive Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 |
Transfer & Shareholder Servicing Agent | | DST Asset Manager Solutions, Inc. |
Custodian | | |
Counsel | | Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP |
Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | | PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP |
| | This report is transmitted to shareholders only. It is not authorized for use as an offer of sale or a solicitation of an offer to buy shares of a Fund unless accompanied or preceded by that Fund’s current prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Investment returns and principal value of shares will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change. |
| | Schroder Series Trust Schroder Global Series Trust P.O. Box 219360 Kansas City, MO 64121-9360 (800) 464-3108 |
SCH-SA-001-0400
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable for semi-annual report.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 6. Schedule of Investments.
Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable. Effective for closed-end management investment companies for fiscal years ending on or after December 31, 2005.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
There have been no changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees during the period covered by this report.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures, as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(c)), as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report, are effective based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR § 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).
(b) There has been no change in the Registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR § 270.3a-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.
Items 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to open-end management investment companies.
Items 13. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Not applicable for semi-annual report.
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.
(Registrant) | | Schroder Global Series Trust | |
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By (Signature and Title)
| | /s/ Michael Beattie | |
| | Michael Beattie | |
| | President | |
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 (Signature and Title)
| | /s/ Michael Beattie | |
| | Michael Beattie | |
| | President | |
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By (Signature and Title)
| | /s/ Stephen Connors | |
| | Stephen Connors | |
| | Treasurer, Controller, and CFO | |