| | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amounts | | | Value | |
Asset-Backed/Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities– 0.5% | | | |
| Tesco Property Finance 3 PLC, 5.7440%, 4/13/40((cost $7,894,428) | | 4,732,849 | GBP | | $6,092,116 | |
Corporate Bonds– 54.1% | | | |
Banking – 10.0% | | | |
| Cooperatieve Rabobank UA, 3.7500%, 7/21/26 | | $4,022,000 | | | 3,864,582 | |
| Cooperatieve Rabobank UA/Australia, 4.2500%, 5/12/26 | | 2,000,000 | AUD | | 1,291,207 | |
| Deutsche Bank AG, EURIBOR 3 Month + 1.5000%, 4/4/30‡ | | 2,600,000 | EUR | | 2,801,296 | |
| Goldman Sachs Group Inc, 4.0000%, 5/2/24 | | 5,270,000 | AUD | | 3,430,863 | |
| ING Groep NV, EURIBOR 3 Month + 0.7000%, 0.3750%, 9/29/28‡ | | 3,700,000 | EUR | | 3,561,625 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co, SOFR + 1.3200%, 4.0800%, 4/26/26‡ | | 3,710,000 | | | 3,653,157 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.0000%, 3/7/25 | | 4,400,000 | AUD | | 2,833,389 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC, | | | | | | |
| US Treasury Yield Curve Rate 1 Year + 1.7500%, 4.7160%, 8/11/26‡ | | 7,500,000 | | | 7,410,166 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC, 4.2500%, 11/22/27 | | 2,190,000 | AUD | | 1,376,313 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC, | | | | | | |
| UK Govt Bonds 5 Year Note Generic Bid Yield + 3.1000%, 6.6250%, 6/2/33‡ | | 3,730,000 | GBP | | 4,785,100 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC, | | | | | | |
| UK Govt Bonds 5 Year Note Generic Bid Yield + 2.4000%, 2.7070%, 12/3/35‡ | | 8,508,000 | GBP | | 8,719,095 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC, | | | | | | |
| US Treasury Yield Curve Rate 5 Year + 1.5000%, 3.3690%, 12/14/46‡ | | 5,510,000 | | | 3,848,521 | |
| Morgan Stanley, SOFR + 1.7300%, 5.1230%, 2/1/29‡ | | 1,564,000 | | | 1,560,187 | |
| Morgan Stanley, SONIA Interest Rate Benchmark + 2.2520%, 5.7890%, 11/18/33‡ | | 4,700,000 | GBP | | 6,223,185 | |
| Nationwide Building Society, 4.0000%, 9/14/26 (144A) | | 5,203,000 | | | 4,992,378 | |
| Nationwide Building Society, | | | | | | |
| ICE SWAP Rate GBP SONIA 1 Year + 2.2130%, 6.1780%, 12/7/27‡ | | 6,670,000 | GBP | | 8,590,468 | |
| Nationwide Building Society, 10.2500%‡,µ | | 8,500 | GBP | | 1,437,297 | |
| Natwest Group PLC, 6.6250%, 6/22/26 | | 4,902,000 | GBP | | 6,366,711 | |
| Natwest Group PLC, | | | | | | |
| US Treasury Yield Curve Rate 1 Year + 2.8500%, 7.4720%, 11/10/26‡ | | 13,530,000 | | | 13,897,035 | |
| Natwest Group PLC, | | | | | | |
| US Treasury Yield Curve Rate 1 Year + 1.3500%, 5.8470%, 3/2/27‡ | | 2,650,000 | | | 2,662,712 | |
| Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, SOFR + 2.7490%, 6.8330%, 11/21/26‡ | | 11,438,000 | | | 11,626,698 | |
| Santander UK Group Holdings PLC, GBP SWAP 1YR + 2.8660%, 7.0980%, 11/16/27‡ | | 4,660,000 | GBP | | 6,071,537 | |
| UBS Group AG, | | | | | | |
| US Treasury Yield Curve Rate 1 Year + 1.6000%, 4.4900%, 8/5/25 (144A)‡ | | 14,975,000 | | | 14,900,522 | |
| UBS Group AG, EURIBOR ICE SWAP Rate + 1.7500%, 4.1250%, 6/9/33‡ | | 2,790,000 | EUR | | 3,052,006 | |
| UBS Group AG, 5.9590%, 1/12/34 (144A) | | 3,370,000 | | | 3,457,585 | |
| UBS Group AG, | | | | | | |
| US Treasury Yield Curve Rate 5 Year + 4.7450%, 9.2500% (144A)‡,µ | | 1,268,000 | | | 1,373,846 | |
| | 133,787,481 | |
Brokerage – 1.0% | | | |
| Intercontinental Exchange Inc, 1.8500%, 9/15/32 | | 7,797,000 | | | 6,087,756 | |
| LSEGA Financing PLC, 1.3750%, 4/6/26 (144A)# | | 5,000,000 | | | 4,635,016 | |
| Nasdaq Inc, 5.3500%, 6/28/28 | | 1,240,000 | | | 1,255,999 | |
| Nasdaq Inc, 4.5000%, 2/15/32 | | 1,100,000 | EUR | | 1,252,187 | |
| Nasdaq Inc, 5.5500%, 2/15/34 | | 854,000 | | | 868,405 | |
| | 14,099,363 | |
Capital Goods – 0.3% | | | |
| TransDigm Inc, 6.3750%, 3/1/29 (144A) | | 4,600,000 | | | 4,614,320 | |
Communications – 6.2% | | | |
| American Tower Corp, 3.6000%, 1/15/28 | | 7,580,000 | | | 7,161,281 | |
| Comcast Corp, 0%, 9/14/26 | | 1,420,000 | EUR | | 1,410,411 | |
| Crown Castle International Corp, 3.6500%, 9/1/27 | | 1,883,000 | | | 1,784,962 | |
| Crown Castle International Corp, 3.8000%, 2/15/28 | | 1,990,000 | | | 1,883,966 | |
| Crown Castle International Corp, 2.2500%, 1/15/31 | | 4,508,000 | | | 3,708,986 | |
| Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 1.5000%, 4/3/28 | | 2,800,000 | EUR | | 2,837,483 | |
| Netflix Inc, 5.8750%, 11/15/28 | | 8,155,000 | | | 8,477,350 | |
| Netflix Inc, 3.8750%, 11/15/29 | | 1,320,000 | EUR | | 1,454,754 | |
| Netflix Inc, 3.6250%, 6/15/30 | | 2,680,000 | EUR | | 2,914,113 | |
| Netflix Inc, 4.8750%, 6/15/30 (144A) | | 962,000 | | | 955,270 | |
| Orange SA, 1.0000%, 5/12/25 | | 4,100,000 | EUR | | 4,298,932 | |
| Orange SA, 1.3750%, 1/16/30 | | 5,500,000 | EUR | | 5,361,171 | |
| Sky Ltd, 2.5000%, 9/15/26 | | 4,025,000 | EUR | | 4,250,850 | |
| T-Mobile USA Inc, 3.5000%, 4/15/25 | | 9,500,000 | | | 9,314,074 | |
| T-Mobile USA Inc, 2.2500%, 2/15/26 | | 7,500,000 | | | 7,096,932 | |
| T-Mobile USA Inc, 4.7500%, 2/1/28 | | 933,000 | | | 920,619 | |
| T-Mobile USA Inc, 2.6250%, 2/15/29 | | 1,794,000 | | | 1,605,461 | |
| T-Mobile USA Inc, 3.8750%, 4/15/30 | | 9,017,000 | | | 8,446,967 | |
| Verizon Communications Inc, 4.5000%, 8/17/27 | | 5,970,000 | AUD | | 3,850,630 | |
| | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amounts | | | Value | |
Corporate Bonds– (continued) | | | |
Communications– (continued) | | | |
| Verizon Communications Inc, 2.3500%, 3/23/28 | | 3,420,000 | AUD | | $2,018,722 | |
| Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC, 4.1250%, 8/15/30 (144A) | | 2,500,000 | GBP | | 2,658,305 | |
| | 82,411,239 | |
Consumer Cyclical – 6.1% | | | |
| Booking Holdings Inc, 4.0000%, 11/15/26 | | 10,358,000 | EUR | | 11,343,007 | |
| Booking Holdings Inc, 3.5500%, 3/15/28 | | $1,116,000 | | | 1,064,453 | |
| Booking Holdings Inc, 3.5000%, 3/1/29 | | 2,280,000 | EUR | | 2,481,782 | |
| Compass Group PLC, 2.0000%, 7/3/29 | | 5,100,000 | GBP | | 5,731,582 | |
| Experian Finance PLC, 4.2500%, 2/1/29 (144A) | | 6,600,000 | | | 6,379,048 | |
| Experian Finance PLC, 2.7500%, 3/8/30 (144A) | | 7,341,000 | | | 6,413,506 | |
| Experian Finance PLC, 3.2500%, 4/7/32 | | 830,000 | GBP | | 957,381 | |
| Levi Strauss & Co, 3.5000%, 3/1/31 (144A)# | | 8,000,000 | | | 7,018,362 | |
| Service Corp International/US, 4.6250%, 12/15/27 | | 6,882,000 | | | 6,651,092 | |
| Service Corp International/US, 5.1250%, 6/1/29 | | 1,994,000 | | | 1,940,239 | |
| Service Corp International/US, 3.3750%, 8/15/30 | | 9,803,000 | | | 8,489,843 | |
| Service Corp International/US, 4.0000%, 5/15/31 | | 6,752,000 | | | 5,981,977 | |
| Sodexo SA, 1.7500%, 6/26/28 | | 6,400,000 | GBP | | 7,178,586 | |
| Walmart Inc, 4.8750%, 9/21/29 | | 8,500,000 | EUR | | 10,049,024 | |
| | 81,679,882 | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical – 18.1% | | | |
| Abbott Ireland Financing DAC, 1.5000%, 9/27/26 | | 2,650,000 | EUR | | 2,740,205 | |
| AbbVie Inc, 4.8000%, 3/15/27 | | 5,150,000 | | | 5,155,318 | |
| AbbVie Inc, 4.8000%, 3/15/29 | | 2,610,000 | | | 2,613,829 | |
| AbbVie Inc, 4.5000%, 5/14/35 | | 5,050,000 | | | 4,854,742 | |
| Amgen Inc, 5.2500%, 3/2/30 | | 1,754,000 | | | 1,780,657 | |
| Amgen Inc, 5.2500%, 3/2/33 | | 5,041,000 | | | 5,083,405 | |
| Anheuser-Busch Cos LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, | | | | | | |
| 4.7000%, 2/1/36 | | 3,370,000 | | | 3,258,181 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, 2.7000%, 3/31/26 | | 13,389,000 | EUR | | 14,277,084 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV, 3.4500%, 9/22/31 | | 2,150,000 | EUR | | 2,350,097 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, 4.1000%, 9/6/27 | | 2,840,000 | AUD | | 1,824,781 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc, 3.5000%, 6/1/30 | | 3,680,000 | | | 3,427,827 | |
| AstraZeneca Finance LLC, 4.8000%, 2/26/27 | | 3,768,000 | | | 3,766,373 | |
| AstraZeneca Finance LLC, 4.8500%, 2/26/29 | | 1,664,000 | | | 1,668,694 | |
| Avantor Funding Inc, 3.8750%, 7/15/28 | | 2,365,000 | EUR | | 2,474,597 | |
| Avantor Funding Inc, 3.8750%, 7/15/28 (144A) | | 4,590,000 | EUR | | 4,802,705 | |
| Bacardi Ltd, 4.4500%, 5/15/25 (144A) | | 3,873,000 | | | 3,818,860 | |
| Bacardi Ltd, 4.7000%, 5/15/28 (144A) | | 4,806,000 | | | 4,684,107 | |
| Bristol-Myers Squibb Co, 4.9000%, 2/22/27 | | 2,532,000 | | | 2,537,670 | |
| Coca-Cola Co, 3.2500%, 6/11/24 | | 4,990,000 | AUD | | 3,242,599 | |
| Coca-Cola Co, 2.1250%, 9/6/29 | | 5,330,000 | | | 4,726,844 | |
| Coca-Cola Co, 0.3750%, 3/15/33 | | 10,000,000 | EUR | | 8,490,831 | |
| Diageo Capital PLC, 1.3750%, 9/29/25 | | 5,000,000 | | | 4,731,262 | |
| Diageo Capital PLC, 2.0000%, 4/29/30 | | 1,709,000 | | | 1,454,258 | |
| Diageo Finance PLC, 1.7500%, 10/12/26 | | 6,600,000 | GBP | | 7,790,475 | |
| Elanco Animal Health Inc, 6.6500%, 8/28/28# | | 1,640,000 | | | 1,662,944 | |
| GE HealthCare Technologies Inc, 5.6000%, 11/15/25 | | 2,600,000 | | | 2,608,757 | |
| HCA Inc, 5.3750%, 2/1/25 | | 9,202,000 | | | 9,175,282 | |
| HCA Inc, 5.2500%, 6/15/26 | | 1,585,000 | | | 1,580,378 | |
| HCA Inc, 4.1250%, 6/15/29 | | 4,675,000 | | | 4,427,391 | |
| HCA Inc, 3.6250%, 3/15/32 | | 2,847,000 | | | 2,520,269 | |
| Heineken NV, 3.5000%, 1/29/28 (144A) | | 2,320,000 | | | 2,217,081 | |
| IQVIA Inc, 5.0000%, 5/15/27 (144A) | | 5,207,000 | | | 5,084,249 | |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, 3.4000%, 11/15/25 | | 4,762,000 | | | 4,621,650 | |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, 5.1000%, 3/15/27 | | 2,800,000 | | | 2,804,118 | |
| Keurig Dr Pepper Inc, 3.2000%, 5/1/30 | | 929,000 | | | 836,802 | |
| Kimberly-Clark Corp, 3.1000%, 3/26/30 | | 1,737,000 | | | 1,591,618 | |
| Nestle Finance International Ltd, 1.5000%, 4/1/30 | | 10,000,000 | EUR | | 9,929,237 | |
| Nestle Holdings Inc, 3.9000%, 9/24/38 (144A) | | 13,745,000 | | | 12,221,326 | |
| Novartis Finance SA, 0%, 9/23/28 | | 10,000,000 | EUR | | 9,447,942 | |
| Novo Nordisk Finance Netherlands BV, 0.7500%, 3/31/25 | | 7,786,000 | EUR | | 8,156,890 | |
| PepsiCo Inc, 2.6250%, 7/29/29 | | 2,695,000 | | | 2,448,661 | |
| PepsiCo Inc, 1.1250%, 3/18/31 | | 5,000,000 | EUR | | 4,749,525 | |
| PepsiCo Inc, 0.7500%, 10/14/33 | | 13,434,000 | EUR | | 11,706,349 | |
| Smith & Nephew PLC, 5.1500%, 3/20/27 | | 1,458,000 | | | 1,457,671 | |
| Solventum Corp, 5.4500%, 2/25/27 (144A) | | 4,498,000 | | | 4,513,533 | |
| Solventum Corp, 5.4000%, 3/1/29 (144A) | | 4,060,000 | | | 4,068,184 | |
| Tesco Corporate Treasury Services, 0.3750%, 7/27/29 | | 3,000,000 | EUR | | 2,775,058 | |
| Tesco Corporate Treasury Services, 2.7500%, 4/27/30 | | 3,200,000 | GBP | | 3,597,070 | |
| Tesco PLC, 6.1500%, 11/15/37 (144A) | | 2,001,000 | | | 2,006,471 | |
| Unilever PLC, 1.5000%, 7/22/26 | | 2,350,000 | GBP | | 2,776,835 | |
| Zoetis Inc, 5.4000%, 11/14/25 | | 15,256,000 | | | 15,275,948 | |
| Zoetis Inc, 3.9000%, 8/20/28 | | 2,450,000 | | | 2,357,392 | |
| | | | | | | |
Shares or Principal Amounts | | | Value | |
Corporate Bonds– (continued) | | | |
Consumer Non-Cyclical– (continued) | | | |
| Zoetis Inc, 2.0000%, 5/15/30 | | $4,547,000 | | | $3,831,400 | |
| | 242,005,432 | |
Government Sponsored – 1.4% | | | |
| Electricite de France SA, 5.5000%, 1/25/35 | | 1,900,000 | GBP | | 2,356,143 | |
| Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 3.2000%, 9/11/26 | | 11,843,000 | AUD | | 7,546,198 | |
| Kreditanstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, 3.2000%, 3/15/28 | | 13,660,000 | AUD | | 8,584,827 | |
| | 18,487,168 | |
Insurance – 2.2% | | | |
| Anthem Inc, 2.2500%, 5/15/30 | | 2,905,000 | | | 2,484,402 | |
| Aon North America Inc, 5.1250%, 3/1/27 | | 2,405,000 | | | 2,419,398 | |
| Aon North America Inc, 5.1500%, 3/1/29 | | 1,108,000 | | | 1,114,068 | |
| Aviva PLC, | | | | | | |
| UK Govt Bonds 5 Year Note Generic Bid Yield + 4.7000%, 4.0000%, 6/3/55‡ | | 2,320,000 | GBP | | 2,439,358 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway Inc, 0%, 3/12/25 | | 4,430,000 | EUR | | 4,619,292 | |
| BUPA Finance PLC, 4.1250%, 6/14/35 | | 1,826,000 | GBP | | 1,934,257 | |
| BUPA Finance PLC, | | | | | | |
| UK Govt Bonds 5 Year Note Generic Bid Yield + 3.1700%, 4.0000%‡,µ | | 4,705,000 | GBP | | 4,334,162 | |
| Centene Corp, 3.0000%, 10/15/30 | | 3,876,000 | | | 3,323,270 | |
| Centene Corp, 2.6250%, 8/1/31 | | 7,558,000 | | | 6,204,182 | |
| Scottish Widows Ltd, 7.0000%, 6/16/43 | | 612,000 | GBP | | 866,116 | |
| | 29,738,505 | |
Technology – 8.8% | | | |
| Alphabet Inc, 2.0500%, 8/15/50# | | 5,947,000 | | | 3,558,227 | |
| Apple Inc, 2.5130%, 8/19/24 | | 5,080,000 | CAD | | 3,714,694 | |
| ASML Holding NV, 1.3750%, 7/7/26 | | 5,846,000 | EUR | | 6,052,726 | |
| CrowdStrike Holdings Inc, 3.0000%, 2/15/29 | | 5,781,000 | | | 5,126,981 | |
| DELL International LLC / EMC Corp, 5.8500%, 7/15/25 | | 9,055,000 | | | 9,100,632 | |
| DELL International LLC / EMC Corp, 6.0200%, 6/15/26 | | 745,000 | | | 754,521 | |
| Equinix Inc, 3.2000%, 11/18/29 | | 5,289,000 | | | 4,734,867 | |
| Fiserv Inc, 5.4500%, 3/2/28 | | 2,556,000 | | | 2,585,877 | |
| Fiserv Inc, 1.6250%, 7/1/30 | | 1,770,000 | EUR | | 1,693,716 | |
| Gartner Inc, 3.7500%, 10/1/30 (144A) | | 4,237,000 | | | 3,792,704 | |
| Microsoft Corp, 2.5250%, 6/1/50 | | 25,197,000 | | | 16,592,452 | |
| MSCI Inc, 4.0000%, 11/15/29 (144A) | | 2,026,000 | | | 1,873,475 | |
| MSCI Inc, 3.6250%, 9/1/30 (144A) | | 2,483,000 | | | 2,203,863 | |
| NVIDIA Corp, 3.2000%, 9/16/26 | | 1,627,000 | | | 1,571,447 | |
| Oracle Corp, 2.6500%, 7/15/26 | | 3,467,000 | | | 3,280,621 | |
| Oracle Corp, 2.9500%, 4/1/30 | | 6,440,000 | | | 5,730,620 | |
| Oracle Corp, 4.9000%, 2/6/33 | | 2,473,000 | | | 2,421,186 | |
| RELX Finance BV, 3.3750%, 3/20/33 | | 1,830,000 | EUR | | 1,977,539 | |
| Sage Group PLC/The, 2.8750%, 2/8/34 | | 6,875,000 | GBP | | 7,263,802 | |
| Salesforce.com Inc, 3.7000%, 4/11/28 | | 2,252,000 | | | 2,184,914 | |
| Salesforce.com Inc, 1.9500%, 7/15/31 | | 6,764,000 | | | 5,614,890 | |
| SAP SE, 1.7500%, 2/22/27 | | 1,127,000 | EUR | | 1,180,904 | |
| VMware Inc, 4.5000%, 5/15/25 | | 4,100,000 | | | 4,060,248 | |
| VMware Inc, 1.4000%, 8/15/26 | | 2,245,000 | | | 2,050,263 | |
| VMware Inc, 3.9000%, 8/21/27 | | 4,698,000 | | | 4,499,636 | |
| VMware Inc, 4.7000%, 5/15/30 | | 7,315,000 | | | 7,120,522 | |
| Workday Inc, 3.8000%, 4/1/32 | | 7,100,000 | | | 6,465,088 | |
| | 117,206,415 | |
Total Corporate Bonds (cost $767,650,609) | | 724,029,805 | |
Foreign Government Bonds– 32.1% | | | |
| Australia Government Bond, 0.5000%, 9/21/26 | | 7,530,000 | AUD | | 4,547,945 | |
| Australia Government Bond, 3.2500%, 4/21/29 | | 73,773,000 | AUD | | 47,189,755 | |
| Australia Government Bond, 2.7500%, 5/21/41 | | 46,294,000 | AUD | | 24,661,505 | |
| Australia Government Bond, 1.7500%, 6/21/51 | | 12,500,000 | AUD | | 4,770,224 | |
| Canadian Government Bond, 1.5000%, 6/1/31 | | 25,399,000 | CAD | | 16,456,654 | |
| Federal Republic of Germany Bond, 0%, 10/9/26 | | 3,294,501 | EUR | | 3,329,918 | |
| Federal Republic of Germany Bond, 0%, 8/15/50 | | 13,555,087 | EUR | | 7,794,497 | |
| Federal Republic of Germany Bond, 1.8000%, 8/15/53 | | 7,292,122 | EUR | | 6,806,379 | |
| French Republic Government Bond OAT, 3.0000%, 5/25/33 (144A) | | 24,811,539 | EUR | | 27,264,751 | |
| Japan Government Five Year Bond, 0.0050%, 6/20/27 | | 2,500,000,000 | JPY | | 16,404,929 | |
| Kingdom of Sweden Government Bond, 1.0000%, 11/12/26 | | 140,100,000 | SEK | | 12,543,331 | |
| Kingdom of Sweden Government Bond, 0.1250%, 5/12/31 | | 342,245,000 | SEK | | 27,376,162 | |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands Government Bond, 0.7500%, 7/15/28 (144A) | | 33,962,912 | EUR | | 34,046,149 | |
| Kingdom of the Netherlands Government Bond, 0.5000%, 7/15/32 (144A) | | 22,642,116 | EUR | | 20,764,636 | |
| New Zealand Government Bond, 0.5000%, 5/15/26 | | 46,126,000 | NZD | | 25,289,030 | |
| New Zealand Government Bond, 3.0000%, 4/20/29 | | 20,000,000 | NZD | | 11,208,256 | |
| New Zealand Government Bond, 1.5000%, 5/15/31 | | 33,000,000 | NZD | | 16,185,467 | |
| New Zealand Government Bond, 3.5000%, 4/14/33 | | 15,961,000 | NZD | | 8,797,290 | |
| Swiss Confederation Government Bond, 0.5000%, 5/27/30 | | 47,000,000 | CHF | | 51,508,810 | |
| United Kingdom Gilt, 1.2500%, 7/22/27 | | 30,183,392 | GBP | | 34,962,321 | |
| United Kingdom Gilt, 3.2500%, 1/31/33 | | 12,600,000 | GBP | | 15,164,631 | |
Fund holdings are valued in accordance with policies and procedures established by the Adviser pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act and approved by and subject to the oversight of the Trustees (the “Valuation Procedures”). Equity securities traded on a domestic securities exchange are generally valued at readily available market quotations, which are (i) the official close prices or (ii) last sale prices on the primary market or exchange in which the securities trade. If such price is lacking for the trading period immediately preceding the time of determination, such securities are generally valued at their current bid price. Equity securities that are traded on a foreign exchange are generally valued at the closing prices on such markets. In the event that there is no current trading volume on a particular security in such foreign exchange, the bid price from the primary exchange is generally used to value the security. Foreign securities and currencies are converted to U.S. dollars using the current spot USD dollar exchange rate in effect at the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). The Adviser will determine the market value of individual securities held by it by using prices provided by one or more Adviser-approved professional pricing services or, as needed, by obtaining market quotations from independent broker-dealers. Most debt securities are valued in accordance with the evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service that is intended to reflect market value. The evaluated bid price supplied by the pricing service is an evaluation that may consider factors such as security prices, yields, maturities and ratings. Certain short-term securities maturing within 60 days or less may be evaluated and valued on an amortized cost basis provided that the amortized cost determined approximates market value. Securities for which market quotations or evaluated prices are not readily available or deemed unreliable are valued at fair value determined in good faith by the Adviser pursuant to the Valuation Procedures. Circumstances in which fair valuation may be utilized include, but are not limited to: (i) a significant event that may affect the securities of a single issuer, such as a merger, bankruptcy, or significant issuer-specific development; (ii) an event that may affect an entire market, such as a natural disaster or significant governmental action; (iii) a nonsignificant event such as a market closing early or not opening, or a security trading halt; and (iv) pricing of a nonvalued security and a restricted or nonpublic security. Special valuation considerations may apply with respect to “odd-lot” fixed-income transactions which, due to their small size, may receive evaluated prices by pricing services which reflect a large block trade and not what actually could be obtained for the odd-lot position. The value of the securities of other mutual funds held by the Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such mutual funds, and the prospectuses for such mutual funds explain the circumstances under which they use fair valuation and the effects of using fair valuation. The value of the securities of any cash management pooled investment vehicles that operate as money market funds held by the Fund, if any, will be calculated using the NAV of such funds.
Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets the Fund has the ability to access for identical assets or liabilities.
Level 2 – Observable inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.
Assets or liabilities categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy generally include: debt securities fair valued in accordance with the evaluated bid or ask prices supplied by a pricing service; securities traded on OTC markets and listed securities for which no sales are reported that are fair valued at the latest bid price (or yield equivalent thereof) obtained from one or more dealers transacting in a market for such securities or by a pricing service approved by the Fund’s Trustees; certain short-term debt securities with maturities of 60 days or less that are fair valued at amortized cost; and equity securities of foreign issuers whose fair value is determined by using systematic fair valuation models provided by independent third parties in order to adjust for stale pricing which may occur between the close of certain foreign exchanges and the close of the NYSE. Other securities that may be categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy include, but are not limited to, preferred stocks, bank loans, swaps, investments in unregistered investment companies, options, and forward contracts.
Level 3 – Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability to the extent that relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and that would be based on the best information available.
There have been no significant changes in valuation techniques used in valuing any such positions held by the Fund since the beginning of the fiscal period.
The inputs or methodology used for fair valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The summary of inputs used as of March 31, 2024 to fair value the Fund’s investments in
securities and other financial instruments is included in the “Valuation Inputs Summary” in the Notes to Schedule of Investments.
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