Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS - 92.5% | ||||||||
Brazil - 5.4% | ||||||||
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA | 497,258 | $ 3,272,465 | ||||||
Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo SABESP | 478,800 | 5,882,798 | ||||||
Hapvida Participacoes e Investimentos SA (A) (B) | 1,335,583 | 1,355,707 | ||||||
Localiza Rent a Car SA | 145,800 | 2,072,572 | ||||||
Magazine Luiza SA (A) | 3,093,776 | 2,191,731 | ||||||
Petroleo Brasileiro SA | 745,651 | 5,489,000 | ||||||
Raia Drogasil SA | 244,278 | 1,496,534 | ||||||
TIM SA | 1,311,600 | 3,977,445 | ||||||
Vale SA, ADR | 639,292 | 9,352,842 | ||||||
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35,091,094 | ||||||||
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China - 32.4% | ||||||||
Airtac International Group | 186,783 | 5,539,330 | ||||||
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. (A) | 1,114,928 | 13,938,566 | ||||||
Amoy Diagnostics Co. Ltd., A Shares | 312,031 | 1,053,529 | ||||||
Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd., H Shares | 861,000 | 2,588,884 | ||||||
ANTA Sports Products Ltd. | 392,598 | 4,596,058 | ||||||
Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., A Shares | 27,500 | 479,449 | ||||||
Asymchem Laboratories Tianjin Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) (C) | 37,499 | 476,016 | ||||||
Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd., A Shares | 930,500 | 3,791,396 | ||||||
BYD Co. Ltd., H Shares | 117,000 | 4,134,583 | ||||||
Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co. Ltd., A Shares | 19,700 | 394,703 | ||||||
China Construction Bank Corp., H Shares | 6,353,922 | 3,690,683 | ||||||
China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd., H Shares | 5,006,175 | 4,807,890 | ||||||
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd., H Shares | 2,323,178 | 11,453,691 | ||||||
China National Building Material Co. Ltd., H Shares | 3,702,000 | 2,325,943 | ||||||
China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd., H Shares | 704,218 | 1,887,209 | ||||||
China Vanke Co. Ltd., H Shares | 479,800 | 675,506 | ||||||
Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 419,280 | 13,948,133 | ||||||
CSC Financial Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 2,824,822 | 3,335,933 | ||||||
CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd. | 931,981 | 775,565 | ||||||
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd. | 554,136 | 6,661,228 | ||||||
Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 77,600 | 344,274 | ||||||
GDS Holdings Ltd., ADR (A) | 18,145 | 240,966 | ||||||
Glodon Co. Ltd., A Shares | 330,600 | 1,494,159 | ||||||
Guangzhou Tinci Materials Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 365,400 | 1,882,538 | ||||||
H World Group Ltd., ADR (A) | 23,958 | 1,150,942 | ||||||
Haier Smart Home Co. Ltd., A Shares | 687,200 | 2,375,043 | ||||||
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., A Shares | 62,000 | 596,859 | ||||||
Hangzhou Tigermed Consulting Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 13,600 | 87,889 | ||||||
KE Holdings, Inc., ADR (A) | 499,290 | 8,697,632 | ||||||
Kingdee International Software Group Co. Ltd. (A) | 1,280,000 | 2,225,545 | ||||||
Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd., A Shares | 18,500 | 4,868,049 | ||||||
Li Ning Co. Ltd. | 253,500 | 1,527,715 | ||||||
Meituan, Class B (A) (B) | 636,717 | 11,944,210 | ||||||
NetEase, Inc. | 53,680 | 1,166,672 | ||||||
Ningbo Tuopu Group Co. Ltd., A Shares | 32,600 | 334,906 |
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS (continued) | ||||||||
China (continued) | ||||||||
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., H Shares | 812,208 | $ 5,858,095 | ||||||
Proya Cosmetics Co. Ltd., A Shares | 157,796 | 2,491,661 | ||||||
Remegen Co. Ltd., A Shares (A) | 24,250 | 233,415 | ||||||
Remegen Co. Ltd., H Shares (A) (B) (C) | 71,500 | 404,765 | ||||||
Shandong Weigao Group Medical Polymer Co. Ltd., H Shares | 1,223,078 | 1,574,543 | ||||||
Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd., A Shares | 204,700 | 575,999 | ||||||
Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd., A Shares | 44,100 | 1,826,509 | ||||||
Shenzhou International Group Holdings Ltd. | 331,200 | 3,484,461 | ||||||
Sinoma Science & Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 1,546,330 | 5,004,598 | ||||||
Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd., H Shares | 608,400 | 1,907,369 | ||||||
Tencent Holdings Ltd. | 820,118 | 37,268,053 | ||||||
Trip.com Group Ltd., ADR (A) | 51,070 | 2,095,913 | ||||||
Trip.com Group Ltd. (A) | 110,683 | 4,419,429 | ||||||
Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd., H Shares | 292,000 | 2,617,138 | ||||||
WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., A Shares | 88,100 | 883,496 | ||||||
WuXi AppTec Co. Ltd., H Shares (B) | 109,048 | 1,028,412 | ||||||
Wuxi Biologics Cayman, Inc. (A) (B) | 347,000 | 1,962,161 | ||||||
Yadea Group Holdings Ltd. (B) | 424,000 | 960,115 | ||||||
Yifeng Pharmacy Chain Co. Ltd., A Shares | 108,963 | 579,215 | ||||||
Yunnan Energy New Material Co. Ltd., A Shares (A) | 298,001 | 4,023,801 | ||||||
Zhejiang HangKe Technology, Inc. Co., A Shares | 353,311 | 1,501,884 | ||||||
Zhongsheng Group Holdings Ltd. | 408,500 | 1,427,333 | ||||||
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co. Ltd., A Shares | 1,829,778 | 1,764,043 | ||||||
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209,384,102 | ||||||||
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Hong Kong - 2.2% | ||||||||
AIA Group Ltd. | 618,647 | 6,139,748 | ||||||
China Mengniu Dairy Co. Ltd. | 1,319,000 | 4,980,773 | ||||||
China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. | 565,974 | 1,332,404 | ||||||
China Resources Land Ltd. | 96,000 | 444,370 | ||||||
Wharf Holdings Ltd. | 214,000 | 501,050 | ||||||
Yuexiu Property Co. Ltd. | 458,000 | 601,356 | ||||||
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13,999,701 | ||||||||
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Hungary - 0.2% | ||||||||
MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas PLC | 195,598 | 1,544,676 | ||||||
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India - 16.9% | ||||||||
Ambuja Cements Ltd. | 962,492 | 5,413,441 | ||||||
Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd. | 29,420 | 1,854,651 | ||||||
Axis Bank Ltd. | 1,190,839 | 13,825,525 | ||||||
Bajaj Auto Ltd. | 62,398 | 3,745,454 | ||||||
Bharti Airtel Ltd. | 932,618 | 10,080,365 | ||||||
Cipla Ltd. | 91,620 | 1,312,219 | ||||||
Eicher Motors Ltd. | 26,574 | 1,087,887 | ||||||
Godrej Consumer Products Ltd. (A) | 366,276 | 4,626,058 | ||||||
HDFC Bank Ltd. | 312,811 | 6,275,331 | ||||||
HDFC Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (B) | 248,911 | 1,958,029 | ||||||
Hindustan Unilever Ltd. | 174,012 | 5,415,293 | ||||||
Jio Financial Services Ltd. (A) | 502,951 | 1,601,212 | ||||||
Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. | 368,540 | 8,320,393 | ||||||
Larsen & Toubro Ltd. | 281,830 | 9,190,025 | ||||||
Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. | 59,458 | 1,065,561 | ||||||
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. | 14,380 | 1,715,661 | ||||||
Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd. | 1,149,454 | 2,473,635 | ||||||
Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd. | 581,363 | 1,880,535 | ||||||
Reliance Industries Ltd. | 502,951 | 15,568,787 |
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
Shares | Value | |||||||
COMMON STOCKS (continued) | ||||||||
India (continued) | ||||||||
SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd. (B) | 204,244 | $ 3,179,426 | ||||||
Tata Steel Ltd. | 918,200 | 1,371,460 | ||||||
UPL Ltd. | 253,547 | 1,918,971 | ||||||
Varun Beverages Ltd. | 418,814 | 4,096,547 | ||||||
Zomato Ltd. (A) | 1,541,045 | 1,576,668 | ||||||
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109,553,134 | ||||||||
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Indonesia - 2.6% | ||||||||
Bank Central Asia Tbk PT | 8,918,063 | 5,396,374 | ||||||
Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT | 31,107,486 | 11,654,993 | ||||||
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17,051,367 | ||||||||
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Jordan - 0.1% | ||||||||
Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC | 21,816 | 584,869 | ||||||
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Mexico - 1.2% | ||||||||
Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV, REIT | 179,100 | 269,212 | ||||||
Grupo Mexico SAB de CV, Series B | 609,243 | 3,169,373 | ||||||
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV | 1,025,200 | 4,270,391 | ||||||
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7,708,976 | ||||||||
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Philippines - 1.3% | ||||||||
Ayala Land, Inc. | 1,118,354 | 557,905 | ||||||
BDO Unibank, Inc. | 3,084,562 | 8,148,747 | ||||||
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8,706,652 | ||||||||
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Republic of Korea - 8.9% | ||||||||
Coupang, Inc. (A) | 378,716 | 6,873,695 | ||||||
Hanon Systems | 112,857 | 755,243 | ||||||
Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | 5,534 | 1,011,589 | ||||||
Hyundai Motor Co. | 16,474 | 2,533,169 | ||||||
LG Chem Ltd. | 4,679 | 2,378,686 | ||||||
POSCO Holdings, Inc. | 7,640 | 3,848,021 | ||||||
Samsung C&T Corp. | 10,947 | 887,165 | ||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 522,759 | 28,626,351 | ||||||
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. | 59,262 | 1,629,571 | ||||||
SK Telecom Co. Ltd. | 127,386 | 4,607,143 | ||||||
SKC Co. Ltd. | 53,518 | 4,165,054 | ||||||
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57,315,687 | ||||||||
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Republic of South Africa - 2.0% | ||||||||
Discovery Ltd. (A) | 284,403 | 2,512,495 | ||||||
Gold Fields Ltd. | 382,256 | 5,876,060 | ||||||
Naspers Ltd., N Shares | 16,906 | 3,321,985 | ||||||
Sibanye Stillwater Ltd. | 747,262 | 1,413,149 | ||||||
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13,123,689 | ||||||||
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Russian Federation - 0.0% (D) | ||||||||
Gazprom PJSC, ADR (A) (E) (F) (G) | 2,525,844 | 0 | ||||||
Lukoil PJSC, ADR (A) (E) (F) (G) | 192,700 | 0 | ||||||
MMC Norilsk Nickel PJSC (A) (E) (F) (G) | 7,371 | 0 | ||||||
Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, ADR (A) (E) (F) (G) | 382,338 | 0 | ||||||
Novatek PJSC, GDR (A) (E) (F) (G) | 2,914 | 0 | ||||||
Sberbank of Russia PJSC (A) (E) (F) (G) | 1,980,987 | 0 | ||||||
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Saudi Arabia - 1.5% | ||||||||
Saudi Awwal Bank | 756,717 | 7,684,966 | ||||||
Saudi Telecom Co. | 175,409 | 1,982,445 | ||||||
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9,667,411 | ||||||||
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Spain - 0.9% | ||||||||
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA, ADR | 697,470 | 5,537,912 | ||||||
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COMMON STOCKS (continued) | ||||||||
Taiwan - 11.5% | ||||||||
Accton Technology Corp. | 435,000 | $ 5,287,576 | ||||||
E Ink Holdings, Inc. | 1,268,000 | 9,078,326 | ||||||
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. | 1,118,000 | 3,859,898 | ||||||
Nanya Technology Corp. | 4,297,000 | 9,885,707 | ||||||
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. | 2,559,678 | 46,019,062 | ||||||
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74,130,569 | ||||||||
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Thailand - 2.8% | ||||||||
Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL, Class F | 1,208,000 | 1,005,821 | ||||||
Central Pattana PCL | 310,418 | 616,687 | ||||||
Kasikornbank PCL | 2,098,035 | 7,753,758 | ||||||
PTT Exploration & Production PCL | 1,945,483 | 9,065,611 | ||||||
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18,441,877 | ||||||||
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United Arab Emirates - 0.2% | ||||||||
Emaar Properties PJSC | 536,384 | 987,219 | ||||||
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United Kingdom - 2.3% | ||||||||
Airtel Africa PLC (B) | 2,110,708 | 3,158,433 | ||||||
Anglo American PLC | 134,105 | 4,120,160 | ||||||
Standard Chartered PLC | 770,647 | 7,391,856 | ||||||
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14,670,449 | ||||||||
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United States - 0.1% | ||||||||
BeiGene Ltd., ADR (A) | 3,410 | 730,490 | ||||||
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Total Common Stocks | 598,229,874 | |||||||
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PREFERRED STOCKS - 2.3% | ||||||||
Brazil - 1.8% | ||||||||
Banco Bradesco SA, | 3,277,513 | 11,547,104 | ||||||
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Republic of Korea - 0.5% | ||||||||
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., | 79,439 | 3,577,294 | ||||||
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Total Preferred Stocks | 15,124,398 | |||||||
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Total Investments | 613,354,272 | |||||||
Net Other Assets (Liabilities) - 5.2% | 33,342,826 | |||||||
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Net Assets - 100.0% | $ 646,697,098 | |||||||
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 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 | 430 | 09/15/2023 | $ 22,010,750 | $ 22,667,450 | $ 656,700 | $ — |
INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY:
Industry | Percentage of Total Investments | Value | ||||||||
Banks | 18.6 | % | $ | 114,102,300 | ||||||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | 9.1 | 55,904,769 | ||||||||
Interactive Media & Services | 6.1 | 37,268,053 | ||||||||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 5.8 | 35,742,921 | ||||||||
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | 5.3 | 32,203,645 | ||||||||
Metals & Mining | 4.8 | 29,151,065 | ||||||||
Broadline Retail | 4.3 | 26,325,977 | ||||||||
Insurance | 4.0 | 24,807,467 | ||||||||
Wireless Telecommunication Services | 3.6 | 21,823,386 | ||||||||
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | 3.5 | 21,187,162 | ||||||||
Chemicals | 3.2 | 19,373,648 | ||||||||
Electrical Equipment | 2.5 | 15,450,017 | ||||||||
Automobiles | 2.5 | 15,242,430 | ||||||||
Real Estate Management & Development | 2.3 | 14,414,129 | ||||||||
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | 2.1 | 12,938,224 | ||||||||
Personal Care Products | 2.0 | 12,533,012 | ||||||||
Beverages | 1.9 | 11,581,734 | ||||||||
Construction Materials | 1.7 | 10,328,268 | ||||||||
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | 1.6 | 9,608,234 | ||||||||
Construction & Engineering | 1.5 | 9,190,025 | ||||||||
Machinery | 1.2 | 7,303,373 | ||||||||
Health Care Providers & Services | 1.1 | 6,699,547 | ||||||||
Gas Utilities | 1.1 | 6,661,228 | ||||||||
Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail | 1.0 | 6,346,140 | ||||||||
Water Utilities | 1.0 | 5,882,798 | ||||||||
Communications Equipment | 0.9 | 5,287,576 | ||||||||
Food Products | 0.8 | 4,980,773 | ||||||||
Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers | 0.8 | 4,807,890 | ||||||||
Life Sciences Tools & Services | 0.7 | 4,558,817 | ||||||||
Software | 0.6 | 3,719,704 | ||||||||
Pharmaceuticals | 0.6 | 3,628,118 | ||||||||
Health Care Equipment & Supplies | 0.6 | 3,401,052 | ||||||||
Capital Markets | 0.5 | 3,335,933 | ||||||||
Automobile Components | 0.5 | 2,840,715 | ||||||||
Biotechnology | 0.4 | 2,422,199 | ||||||||
Household Durables | 0.4 | 2,375,043 | ||||||||
Ground Transportation | 0.3 | 2,072,572 | ||||||||
Diversified Telecommunication Services | �� | 0.3 | 1,982,445 | |||||||
Electric Utilities | 0.3 | 1,880,535 | ||||||||
Specialty Retail | 0.2 | 1,427,333 | ||||||||
Entertainment | 0.2 | 1,166,672 | ||||||||
Industrial Conglomerates | 0.1 | 887,165 | ||||||||
Diversified REITs | 0.0 | (D) | 269,212 | |||||||
IT Services | 0.0 | (D) | 240,966 | |||||||
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Investments | 100.0 | 613,354,272 | ||||||||
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Total Investments | 100.0 | % | $ | 613,354,272 | ||||||
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Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (continued)
At July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT VALUATION:
Valuation Inputs (I)
Level 1 - Unadjusted Quoted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs (J) | Value | |||||||||||||
ASSETS | ||||||||||||||||
Investments | ||||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 68,127,620 | $ | 530,102,254 | $ | 0 | $ | 598,229,874 | ||||||||
Preferred Stocks | 11,547,104 | 3,577,294 | — | 15,124,398 | ||||||||||||
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Total Investments | $ | 79,674,724 | $ | 533,679,548 | $ | 0 | $ | 613,354,272 | ||||||||
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Other Financial Instruments | ||||||||||||||||
Futures Contracts (K) | $ | 656,700 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 656,700 | ||||||||
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Total Other Financial Instruments | $ | 656,700 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 656,700 | ||||||||
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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 July 31, 2023, the total value of 144A securities is $30,195,370, representing 4.7% 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 $574,125, collateralized by non-cash collateral, such as U.S. government securities and irrevocable letters of credit, of $603,469. 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) | Percentage rounds to less than 0.1% or (0.1)%. | |
(E) | Securities are Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
(F) | Fair valued as determined in good faith in accordance with procedures established by the Board. At July 31, 2023, the total value of securities is $0, representing less than 0.1% of the Fund’s net assets. | |
(G) | Securities deemed worthless. | |
(H) | Rates disclosed reflect the yields at July 31, 2023. | |
(I) | There were no transfers in or out of Level 3 during the period ended July 31, 2023. Please reference the Investment Valuation section of the Notes to Schedule of Investments for more information regarding investment valuation and pricing inputs. | |
(J) | Level 3 securities were not considered significant to the Fund. | |
(K) | 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 July 31, 2023
(unaudited)
INVESTMENT VALUATION
Transamerica Emerging Markets Opportunities (the “Fund”) is a series of the Transamerica Funds.
Transamerica Asset Management, Inc. (“TAM”) has been designated as the Fund’s valuation designee pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, 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 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 July 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.
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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