Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
At January 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 92.7% | ||||||||
Brazil - 5.1% | ||||||||
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA | 628,400 | $ 4,676,822 | ||||||
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo | 863,200 | 9,464,711 | ||||||
Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (A) (B) | 2,192,748 | 2,224,583 | ||||||
Magazine Luiza SA (A) | 3,868,376 | 3,375,865 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 1,186,651 | 6,886,657 | ||||||
Raia Drogasil SA | 426,929 | 2,088,263 | ||||||
TIM SA | 2,133,100 | 4,954,248 | ||||||
Vale SA, ADR | 987,035 | 18,437,814 | ||||||
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52,108,963 | ||||||||
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Cayman Islands - 0.8% | ||||||||
New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc., ADR (A) | 21,454 | 914,799 | ||||||
Sands China Ltd. (A) | 1,995,600 | 7,483,670 | ||||||
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8,398,469 | ||||||||
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China - 38.8% | ||||||||
Airtac International Group | 251,635 | 8,605,707 | ||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR (A) | 15,442 | 1,701,708 | ||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (A) | 1,785,514 | 24,548,424 | ||||||
Amoy Diagnostics Co. Ltd., A Shares | 287,731 | 1,228,363 | ||||||
Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., H Shares | 1,309,000 | 4,969,516 | ||||||
ANTA Sports Products Ltd. | 953,798 | 14,467,786 | ||||||
Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., A Shares | 43,700 | 1,038,360 | ||||||
Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) (C) | 86,899 | 1,389,134 | ||||||
Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd., A Shares | 1,295,000 | 6,309,420 | ||||||
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd., A Shares | 4,585,800 | 4,203,493 | ||||||
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares | 12,809,922 | 8,291,744 | ||||||
China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., H Shares | 8,549,175 | 11,801,627 | ||||||
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., H Shares | 3,216,568 | 20,863,069 | ||||||
China National Building Material Co. Ltd., H Shares | 6,172,000 | 5,663,158 | ||||||
China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., H Shares | 1,524,888 | 4,192,627 | ||||||
China Railway Group Ltd., A Shares | 3,554,500 | 3,005,569 | ||||||
China Tourism Group Duty Free Corp. Ltd., A Shares | 286,106 | 9,059,173 | ||||||
China Vanke Co. Ltd., H Shares | 645,500 | 1,304,878 | ||||||
China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd., A Shares | 1,085,260 | 3,342,599 | ||||||
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 313,800 | 21,766,916 | ||||||
Country Garden Holdings Co. Ltd. (C) | 762,000 | 285,926 | ||||||
Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd. | 500,079 | 1,351,944 | ||||||
CSC Financial Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 5,059,822 | 5,246,620 | ||||||
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. | 1,839,981 | 2,097,951 | ||||||
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. | 717,536 | �� | 10,810,915 | |||||
Ganfeng Lithium Group Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 590,808 | 5,395,957 | ||||||
GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR (A) | 20,611 | 481,267 | ||||||
Glodon Co. Ltd., A Shares | 459,900 | 4,461,239 | ||||||
Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd., H Shares (C) | 2,756,500 | 3,892,044 | ||||||
Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 712,100 | 5,205,950 | ||||||
H World Group Ltd., ADR | 43,631 | 2,071,600 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS (continued) | ||||||||
China (continued) | ||||||||
Haidilao International Holding Ltd. (A) (B) (C) | 1,592,000 | $ 4,340,926 | ||||||
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., A Shares | 113,400 | 1,960,358 | ||||||
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., | 165,900 | 2,176,222 | ||||||
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd., H Shares | 8,755,503 | 4,683,483 | ||||||
JD.com, Inc., ADR | 84,344 | 5,020,998 | ||||||
JD.com, Inc., Class A | 184,088 | 5,466,190 | ||||||
KE Holdings, Inc., ADR (A) | 584,628 | 10,722,078 | ||||||
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (A) | 1,556,000 | 3,395,986 | ||||||
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | 278,052 | 2,748,729 | ||||||
Longfor Group Holdings Ltd. (B) | 222,500 | 735,165 | ||||||
Meituan, Class B (A) (B) | 480,723 | 10,746,984 | ||||||
Microport Scientific Corp. (A) (C) | 332,400 | 1,043,013 | ||||||
NetEase, Inc. | 433,680 | 7,694,399 | ||||||
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., H Shares | 1,390,158 | 10,798,333 | ||||||
Poly Developments & Holdings Group Co. Ltd., A Shares | 393,400 | 916,700 | ||||||
Proya Cosmetics Co. Ltd., A Shares | 122,100 | 2,988,029 | ||||||
Remegen Co. Ltd., A Shares (A) | 33,276 | 378,800 | ||||||
Remegen Co. Ltd., H Shares (A) (B) | 158,500 | 1,281,647 | ||||||
Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd., A Shares | 899,100 | 2,338,961 | ||||||
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., H Shares | 2,158,678 | 3,588,543 | ||||||
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd., H Shares (C) | 594,000 | 1,915,313 | ||||||
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., A Shares | 76,400 | 3,777,232 | ||||||
Sinoma Science & Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 2,387,630 | 8,805,291 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 1,169,075 | 56,967,750 | ||||||
Trip.com Group Ltd., ADR (A) | 86,640 | 3,184,886 | ||||||
Trip.com Group Ltd. (A) | 65,200 | 2,398,409 | ||||||
WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., A Shares | 135,900 | 1,887,708 | ||||||
WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 202,048 | 2,625,418 | ||||||
Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (A) (B) | 212,000 | 1,770,285 | ||||||
Wuxi Lead Intelligent Equipment Co. Ltd., A Shares | 376,400 | 2,587,723 | ||||||
XPeng, Inc., A Shares (A) (C) | 1,474,138 | 7,758,400 | ||||||
Xtep International Holdings Ltd. | 2,664,500 | 3,552,735 | ||||||
Yatsen Holding Ltd., ADR (A) | 1,684,127 | 2,728,286 | ||||||
Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co. Ltd., A Shares | 231,488 | 1,948,439 | ||||||
Yihai International Holding Ltd. (A) (C) | 293,241 | 1,043,486 | ||||||
Yunnan Energy New Material Co. Ltd., A Shares | 257,001 | 5,967,974 | ||||||
Zhejiang HangKe Technology, Inc. Co., A Shares | 207,776 | 1,557,619 | ||||||
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 3,160,878 | 2,728,206 | ||||||
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395,285,388 | ||||||||
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Czech Republic - 0.8% | ||||||||
Komercni Banka AS (C) | 247,626 | 8,357,722 | ||||||
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Greece - 0.4% | ||||||||
Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA | 244,579 | 3,855,602 | ||||||
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Hong Kong - 2.8% | ||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 1,259,047 | 14,236,856 | ||||||
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. | 560,474 | 1,513,431 | ||||||
China Resources Beer Holdings Co. Ltd. | 1,302,000 | 9,801,817 |
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At January 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS (continued) | ||||||||
Hong Kong (continued) | ||||||||
Melco Resorts & Entertainment Ltd., ADR (A) | 190,596 | $ 2,603,541 | ||||||
Wharf Holdings Ltd. | 293,000 | 763,304 | ||||||
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28,918,949 | ||||||||
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Hungary - 0.5% | ||||||||
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC | 696,055 | 5,201,710 | ||||||
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India - 10.7% | ||||||||
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. | 52,073 | 2,726,427 | ||||||
Axis Bank Ltd., GDR | 146,806 | 7,824,760 | ||||||
Axis Bank Ltd. | 1,051,048 | 11,233,957 | ||||||
Bharat Electronics Ltd. | 1,440,853 | 1,682,671 | ||||||
Bharti Airtel Ltd. | 1,715,696 | 16,181,196 | ||||||
Infosys Ltd., ADR | 64,780 | 1,217,864 | ||||||
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | 646,338 | 13,754,295 | ||||||
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 203,919 | 5,299,880 | ||||||
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., GDR | 210,186 | 3,562,653 | ||||||
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. | 109,638 | 1,850,921 | ||||||
Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. | 1,420,576 | 3,793,337 | ||||||
Reliance Industries Ltd., GDR (B) | 124,330 | 7,124,109 | ||||||
Reliance Industries Ltd. | 638,768 | 18,448,706 | ||||||
SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (B) | 393,713 | 5,879,748 | ||||||
Tata Steel Ltd. | 1,736,433 | 2,555,178 | ||||||
UPL Ltd. | 334,705 | 3,102,949 | ||||||
Zomato Ltd. (A) | 3,718,432 | 2,269,379 | ||||||
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108,508,030 | ||||||||
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Indonesia - 3.0% | ||||||||
Aneka Tambang Tbk | 15,900,500 | 2,463,768 | ||||||
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT | 13,768,863 | 7,813,953 | ||||||
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT | 62,876,532 | 19,282,209 | ||||||
Telkom Indonesia Persero Tbk PT | 4,514,400 | 1,166,668 | ||||||
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30,726,598 | ||||||||
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Jordan - 0.1% | ||||||||
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 68,746 | 1,454,260 | ||||||
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Mexico - 0.5% | ||||||||
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV, REIT | 334,900 | 453,161 | ||||||
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV | 940,943 | 4,184,912 | ||||||
Orbia Advance Corp. SAB de CV | 275,084 | 548,108 | ||||||
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5,186,181 | ||||||||
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Netherlands - 0.4% | ||||||||
ASML Holding NV | 5,345 | 3,536,507 | ||||||
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Philippines - 1.6% | ||||||||
Ayala Land, Inc. | 1,781,854 | 961,064 | ||||||
BDO Unibank, Inc. | 6,856,954 | 15,465,417 | ||||||
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16,426,481 | ||||||||
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Republic of Korea - 7.2% | ||||||||
Coupang, Inc. (A) | 159,242 | 2,689,597 | ||||||
E-MART, Inc. | 37,533 | 3,189,799 | ||||||
Kangwon Land, Inc. (A) | 177,458 | 3,400,430 | ||||||
KT&G Corp. | 152,985 | 11,475,636 | ||||||
POSCO Holdings, Inc. | 11,796 | 2,898,592 | ||||||
Samsung C&T Corp. | 67,907 | 6,558,556 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 705,742 | 35,153,171 | ||||||
SK Telecom Co. Ltd. | 208,641 | 7,906,470 | ||||||
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73,272,251 | ||||||||
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Republic of South Africa - 2.0% | ||||||||
Discovery Ltd. (A) | 595,121 | 4,733,674 | ||||||
Gold Fields Ltd. | 590,184 | 6,726,856 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS (continued) | ||||||||
Republic of South Africa (continued) | ||||||||
Naspers Ltd., N Shares | 31,992 | $ 6,185,297 | ||||||
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. | 875,788 | 2,314,927 | ||||||
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19,960,754 | ||||||||
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Russian Federation - 0.0% | ||||||||
Gazprom PJSC, ADR (A) (D) (E) (F) | 2,525,844 | 0 | ||||||
Lukoil PJSC, ADR (A) (D) (E) (F) | 192,700 | 0 | ||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (D) (E) (F) | 7,371 | 0 | ||||||
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR (A) (D) (E) (F) | 382,338 | 0 | ||||||
Novatek PJSC, GDR (A) (D) (E) (F) | 2,914 | 0 | ||||||
Sberbank of Russia PJSC (A) (D) (E) (F) | 1,980,987 | 0 | ||||||
Yandex NV, Class A (A) (D) (E) (F) | 137,164 | 0 | ||||||
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Saudi Arabia - 1.0% | ||||||||
Saudi British Bank | 1,056,141 | 10,233,333 | ||||||
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Taiwan - 10.7% | ||||||||
E Ink Holdings, Inc. | 1,698,000 | 9,853,110 | ||||||
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. | 4,969,000 | 16,570,285 | ||||||
Nanya Technology Corp. | 5,847,000 | 11,357,358 | ||||||
President Chain Store Corp. | 211,000 | 1,900,601 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 3,912,678 | 69,046,174 | ||||||
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108,727,528 | ||||||||
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Thailand - 4.3% | ||||||||
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL, Class F | 2,183,100 | 1,973,864 | ||||||
Central Pattana PCL | 572,918 | 1,241,690 | ||||||
CP ALL PCL | 3,134,900 | 6,332,367 | ||||||
Kasikornbank PCL | 4,042,335 | 17,762,141 | ||||||
PTT Exploration & Production PCL | 3,113,900 | 16,254,787 | ||||||
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43,564,849 | ||||||||
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United Arab Emirates - 0.1% | ||||||||
Emaar Properties PJSC | 537,681 | 817,015 | ||||||
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United Kingdom - 1.9% | ||||||||
Anglo American PLC | 207,052 | 8,930,231 | ||||||
Standard Chartered PLC | 1,179,716 | 9,909,158 | ||||||
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18,839,389 | ||||||||
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Total Common Stocks |
| 943,379,979 | ||||||
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PREFERRED STOCKS - 2.2% | ||||||||
Brazil - 1.7% | ||||||||
Banco Bradesco SA, 8.08% (G) | 6,092,113 | 16,825,527 | ||||||
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Republic of Korea - 0.5% | ||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2.63% (G) | 122,650 | 5,503,805 | ||||||
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Total Preferred Stocks |
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OTHER INVESTMENT COMPANY - 0.4% | ||||||||
Securities Lending Collateral - 0.4% | ||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust - Government Money Market Portfolio, | 4,743,553 | 4,743,553 | ||||||
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Total Other Investment Company |
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Total Investments | 970,452,864 | |||||||
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - 4.7% | 47,405,558 | |||||||
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Net Assets - 100.0% | $ 1,017,858,422 | |||||||
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At January 31, 2023
(unaudited)
FUTURES CONTRACTS:
Long Futures Contracts
Description | Number of Contracts | Expiration Date | Notional Amount | Value | Unrealized Appreciation | Unrealized Depreciation | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MSCI Emerging Markets Index | 669 | 03/17/2023 | $ 33,343,616 | $ 34,941,870 | $ 1,598,254 | $ — |
INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY:
Industry | Percentage of Total Investments | Value | ||||||||
Banks | 18.4 | % | $ | 178,610,188 | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | 8.6 | 83,940,039 | ||||||||
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | 6.0 | 58,628,577 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining | 6.0 | 58,111,728 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services | 5.9 | 56,967,750 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 5.6 | 53,915,969 | ||||||||
Insurance | 4.6 | 44,518,060 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | 4.2 | 40,656,976 | ||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services | 3.0 | 29,041,914 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | 2.7 | 26,423,395 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | 2.6 | 25,483,462 | ||||||||
Chemicals | 2.4 | 23,630,272 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment | 2.4 | 23,324,535 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | 2.1 | 20,769,250 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development | 2.1 | 20,613,195 | ||||||||
Automobiles | 1.8 | 17,064,018 | ||||||||
Machinery | 1.7 | 16,260,597 | ||||||||
Food & Staples Retailing | 1.6 | 15,459,469 | ||||||||
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers | 1.6 | 15,144,226 | ||||||||
Tobacco | 1.2 | 11,475,636 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities | 1.1 | 10,810,915 | ||||||||
Construction Materials | 1.1 | 10,632,674 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services | 1.1 | 10,419,991 | ||||||||
Beverages | 1.0 | 9,801,817 | ||||||||
Water Utilities | 1.0 | 9,464,711 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail | 0.9 | 9,059,173 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies | 0.9 | 8,408,788 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering | 0.9 | 8,305,449 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals | 0.8 | 7,895,018 | ||||||||
Software | 0.8 | 7,857,225 | ||||||||
Entertainment | 0.8 | 7,694,399 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services | 0.7 | 6,924,874 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates | 0.7 | 6,558,556 | ||||||||
Personal Products | 0.6 | 5,716,315 | ||||||||
Capital Markets | 0.5 | 5,246,620 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services | 0.5 | 5,022,270 | ||||||||
Electric Utilities | 0.4 | 3,793,337 | ||||||||
Multiline Retail | 0.3 | 3,375,865 | ||||||||
Biotechnology | 0.3 | 2,888,810 | ||||||||
IT Services | 0.2 | 1,699,131 | ||||||||
Aerospace & Defense | 0.2 | 1,682,671 | ||||||||
Food Products | 0.1 | 1,043,486 | ||||||||
Diversified Consumer Services | 0.1 | 914,799 | ||||||||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts | 0.0 | (L) | 453,161 | |||||||
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Investments | 99.5 | 965,709,311 | ||||||||
Short-Term Investments | 0.5 | 4,743,553 | ||||||||
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Total Investments | 100.0 | % | $ | 970,452,864 | ||||||
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At January 31, 2023
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT VALUATION:
Valuation Inputs (H)
Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs (I) | Value | |||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 109,143,290 | $ | 834,236,689 | $ | 0 | $ | 943,379,979 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 16,825,527 | 5,503,805 | — | 22,329,332 | ||||||||||||
Other Investment Company | 4,743,553 | — | — | 4,743,553 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments | $ | 130,712,370 | $ | 839,740,494 | $ | 0 | $ | 970,452,864 | ||||||||
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Other Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts (J) | $ | 1,598,254 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,598,254 | ||||||||
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Total Other Financial Instruments | $ | 1,598,254 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 1,598,254 | ||||||||
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FOOTNOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS:
(A) | Non-income producing securities. | |
(B) | Securities are exempt from registration pursuant to Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Securities may be resold as transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At January 31, 2023, the total value of 144A securities is $50,936,798, representing 5.0% of the Fund’s net assets. | |
(C) | All or a portion of the securities are on loan. The total value of all securities on loan is $16,186,381, collateralized by cash collateral of $4,743,553 and non-cash collateral, such as U.S. government securities and irrevocable letters of credit, of $12,382,449. The amount of securities on loan indicated may not correspond with the securities on loan identified because securities with pending sales are in the process of recall from the brokers. | |
(D) | Securities are Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
(E) | Fair valued as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board. At January 31, 2023, the total value of securities is $0, representing less than 0.1% of the Fund’s net assets. | |
(F) | Securities deemed worthless. | |
(G) | Rates disclosed reflect the yields at January 31, 2023. | |
(H) | There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the period ended January 31, 2023. Please reference the Investment Valuation section of the Notes to Schedule of Investments for more information regarding investment valuation and pricing inputs. | |
(I) | Level 3 securities were not considered significant to the Fund. | |
(J) | Derivative instruments are valued at unrealized appreciation (depreciation). |
PORTFOLIO ABBREVIATIONS:
ADR | American Depositary Receipt | |
GDR | Global Depositary Receipt | |
REIT | Real Estate Investment Trust |
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
At January 31, 2023
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT VALUATION
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities (the “Fund”) is a series of the Transamerica Funds.
Effective September 8, 2022, TAM has been designated as the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act with responsibility for fair valuation subject to oversight by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The net asset value of the Fund is computed as of the official close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) each day the NYSE is open for business.
TAM utilizes various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States of America establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The three levels (“Levels”) of inputs of the fair value hierarchy are defined as follows:
Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2 — Inputs, other than quoted prices included in Level 1, which are observable, 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.
Level 3 — Unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, to the extent observable inputs are not available, which may include TAM’s own assumptions used in determining the fair value of the Fund’s investments and derivative instruments.
The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different Levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the Level in the fair value hierarchy that is assigned to the fair value measurement of a security is determined based on the lowest Level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. Certain investments that are measured at fair value using Net Asset Value (“NAV”) per share, or its equivalent, using the “practical expedient” have not been classified in the fair value Levels. The hierarchy classification of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments at January 31, 2023, is disclosed within the Investment Valuation section of the Schedule of Investments.
The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, but not limited to, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is generally greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuation, the determination of values may differ significantly from values that would have been realized had a ready market for investments existed, and the differences could be material.
Fair value measurements: Descriptions of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund’s significant categories of assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis are as follows:
Equity securities: Securities are stated at the last reported sales price or closing price on the day of valuation taken from the primary exchange where the security is principally traded. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Equities traded on inactive markets or valued by reference to similar instruments are generally categorized in Level 2 or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
Foreign equity securities: Securities in which the primary trading market closes at the same time or after the NYSE, are valued based on quotations from the primary market in which they are traded and are categorized in Level 1. Because many foreign securities markets and exchanges close prior to the close of the NYSE, closing prices for foreign securities in those markets or on those exchanges do not reflect the events that occur after that close. Certain foreign securities may be fair valued using a pricing service that considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments such as American Depositary Receipts, financial futures, or ETFs and the movement of certain indices of securities based on a statistical analysis of their historical relationship; such valuations generally are categorized in Level 2.
Securities lending collateral: Securities lending collateral is invested in a money market fund which is valued at the actively traded NAV and no valuation adjustments are applied. Securities lending collateral is categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.
Derivative instruments: Centrally cleared or listed derivatives that are actively traded are valued based on quoted prices from the exchange and are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivative contracts include forward, swap, swaption, and option contracts related to interest rates, foreign currencies, credit standing of reference entities, equity prices, or commodity prices. Depending on the product and the terms of the transaction, the fair value of the OTC derivative products are modeled taking into account the counterparties’ creditworthiness and using a series of techniques, including simulation models. Many pricing models do not entail material subjectivity because the methodologies employed do not necessitate significant judgments and the pricing inputs are observed from actively quoted markets, as is the case of interest rate swap and option contracts. The majority of OTC derivative products valued by the Fund using pricing models fall into this category and are categorized within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy or Level 3 if inputs are unobservable.
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