Brandes International Equity Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 91.65% | ||
Belgium – 1.36% | ||
148,960 | Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV | $8,980,794 |
Brazil – 5.27% | ||
2,344,100 | Ambev SA | 6,559,325 |
868,979 | Embraer SA Sponsored – ADR(a) | 15,424,377 |
1,466,700 | Telefonica Brasil SA | 12,732,506 |
34,716,208 | ||
China – 2.00% | ||
897,500 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a) | 13,189,285 |
France – 18.43% | ||
144,841 | BNP Paribas SA | 10,014,461 |
852,822 | Carrefour SA | 15,635,211 |
240,385 | Danone SA | 14,942,206 |
865,119 | Engie SA | 12,808,426 |
1,082,792 | Orange SA | 11,566,584 |
238,165 | Publicis Groupe SA | 16,046,143 |
109,350 | Renault SA(a) | 3,793,393 |
180,384 | Sanofi | 18,100,457 |
127,764 | Societe BIC SA | 6,883,135 |
227,660 | TotalEnergies SE(b) | 11,587,946 |
121,377,962 | ||
Germany – 6.44% | ||
88,582 | BASF SE | 6,217,161 |
245,735 | Fresenius & Co. KGaA | 9,876,931 |
192,952 | HeidelbergCement AG | 13,058,423 |
169,829 | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | 13,238,375 |
42,390,890 | ||
Hong Kong – 0.66% | ||
11,842,000 | First Pacific Co. Ltd. | 4,358,618 |
Italy – 6.03% | ||
373,911 | Buzzi Unicem SpA | 8,056,249 |
948,994 | Eni SpA | 13,188,920 |
4,158,760 | Intesa Sanpaolo SpA | 10,741,764 |
16,264,983 | Telecom Italia Rsp | 7,721,442 |
39,708,375 |
Shares | Value | |
Japan – 13.04% | ||
243,700 | Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. | $6,133,153 |
362,200 | Honda Motor Co. Ltd. | 10,304,860 |
2,132,500 | Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | 11,605,657 |
400,799 | MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc. | 12,341,522 |
983,300 | Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.(a) | 4,736,111 |
299,200 | Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc. | 10,004,755 |
176,000 | Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. | 8,124,157 |
829,483 | Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 22,651,780 |
85,901,995 | ||
Mexico – 3.74% | ||
1,359,220 | Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored – ADR(a) | 9,215,512 |
14,564,736 | Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV | 15,393,074 |
24,608,586 | ||
Netherlands – 0.97% | ||
1,283,691 | Aegon NV | 6,381,948 |
South Korea – 4.01% | ||
150,417 | Hana Financial Group, Inc. | 5,314,096 |
39,208 | Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | 8,380,986 |
115,220 | KT&G Corp. | 7,654,970 |
21,704 | POSCO | 5,032,873 |
26,382,925 | ||
Spain – 1.27% | ||
709,054 | Repsol SA | 8,397,420 |
Switzerland – 11.28% | ||
1,372,275 | Credit Suisse Group AG Registered | 13,305,057 |
206,150 | Novartis AG Registered | 18,114,819 |
16,342 | Swatch Group AG Bearer | 4,976,728 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
171,045 | Swatch Group AG Registered | $10,000,429 |
107,656 | Swiss Re AG | 10,627,104 |
964,218 | UBS Group AG Registered | 17,307,036 |
74,331,173 | ||
United Kingdom – 17.15% | ||
2,632,376 | Barclays Plc | 6,705,357 |
2,688,660 | BP Plc | 12,046,876 |
1,074,306 | GlaxoSmithKline Plc | 23,390,610 |
400,385 | Imperial Brands Plc | 8,774,358 |
3,076,322 | J Sainsbury Plc | 11,499,190 |
1,472,217 | Kingfisher Plc | 6,771,824 |
2,661,252 | Marks & Spencer Group Plc(a) | 8,371,777 |
57,832 | Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc | 4,978,390 |
3,517,984 | Tesco Plc | 13,850,573 |
1,090,995 | WPP Plc | 16,613,381 |
113,002,336 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $629,088,965) | $603,728,515 |
Shares | Value | |
PREFERRED STOCKS – 5.44% | ||
Brazil – 1.72% | ||
2,233,200 | Petroleo Brasileiro SA, 7.52%(c) | $11,344,986 |
Russia – 1.51% | ||
19,333,252 | Surgutneftegas PJSC, 17.46%(c) | 9,907,523 |
Spain – 2.21% | ||
1,279,359 | Grifols SA – Class B, 7.27%(c) | 14,549,359 |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $37,358,014) | $35,801,868 |
Shares | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.98% | ||
Money Market Funds — 2.98% | ||
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio (Premier), 0.01%(d) | 19,647,773 | $19,647,773 |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $19,647,773) | $19,647,773 | |
Total Investments (Cost $686,094,752) – 100.07% | $659,178,156 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.07)% | (450,029) | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00% | $658,728,127 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | ||
ADR American Depositary Receipt |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | All or a portion of this security is on loan. See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements. |
(c) | Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income. |
(d) | The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield as of December 31, 2021. |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY — December 31, 2021
COMMON STOCKS | |
Aerospace & Defense | 2.34% |
Auto Components | 1.27% |
Automobiles | 2.87% |
Banks | 8.26% |
Beverages | 2.36% |
Capital Markets | 4.65% |
Chemicals | 0.95% |
Commercial Services & Supplies | 1.97% |
Construction Materials | 4.61% |
Diversified Financial Services | 0.66% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services | 4.86% |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts | 2.34% |
Food & Staples Retailing | 6.21% |
Food Products | 2.27% |
Health Care Providers & Services | 1.50% |
Household Products | 2.77% |
Insurance | 4.45% |
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | 2.00% |
Media | 4.96% |
Metals & Mining | 0.77% |
Multiline Retail | 1.27% |
Multi-Utilities | 1.94% |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 6.86% |
Pharmaceuticals | 13.72% |
Specialty Retail | 1.03% |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | 2.27% |
Tobacco | 2.49% |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 91.65% |
PREFERRED STOCKS | |
Biotechnology | 2.21% |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 3.23% |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | 5.44% |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | 2.98% |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 100.07% |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | (0.07)% |
TOTAL NET ASSETS | 100.00% |
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®), which was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Global Equity Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 97.41% | ||
Austria – 2.84% | ||
29,448 | Erste Group Bank AG | $1,380,534 |
Brazil – 2.01% | ||
168,020 | Embraer SA(a) | 750,450 |
12,908 | Embraer SA Sponsored – ADR(a) | 229,117 |
979,567 | ||
Chile – 0.41% | ||
5,632,734 | Enel Chile SA | 197,014 |
China – 3.82% | ||
62,300 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a) | 915,535 |
90,399 | Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai – Class A | 527,294 |
413,000 | Topsports International Holdings Ltd. | 418,301 |
1,861,130 | ||
France – 11.02% | ||
34,202 | Carrefour SA | 627,042 |
28,638 | Engie SA | 423,997 |
31,200 | Engie SA(a) | 461,928 |
15,034 | Publicis Groupe SA | 1,012,902 |
12,685 | Sanofi | 1,272,864 |
2,650 | Schneider Electric SE | 520,978 |
20,488 | TotalEnergies SE | 1,042,844 |
5,362,555 | ||
Germany – 1.90% | ||
13,695 | HeidelbergCement AG | 926,837 |
Ireland – 1.04% | ||
9,567 | CRH Plc | 506,916 |
Italy – 1.18% | ||
41,240 | Eni SpA | 573,145 |
Japan – 1.24% | ||
21,200 | Honda Motor Co. Ltd. | 603,156 |
Malaysia – 1.38% | ||
600,000 | Genting Berhad | 672,588 |
Mexico – 1.45% | ||
668,608 | Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV | 706,634 |
Shares | Value | |
South Korea – 6.19% | ||
2,433 | Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd. | $520,071 |
3,846 | Hyundai Motor Co. | 675,086 |
5,067 | KT&G Corp. | 336,641 |
13,607 | Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 893,639 |
5,365 | SK Hynix, Inc. | 589,252 |
3,014,689 | ||
Spain – 1.10% | ||
45,360 | Repsol SA | 537,204 |
Switzerland – 2.86% | ||
77,518 | UBS Group AG Registered | 1,391,394 |
United Kingdom – 14.73% | ||
136,670 | Barclays Plc | 348,135 |
215,586 | BP Plc | 965,960 |
61,223 | GlaxoSmithKline Plc | 1,332,994 |
40,460 | Imperial Brands Plc | 886,673 |
98,722 | J Sainsbury Plc | 369,019 |
164,394 | Kingfisher Plc | 756,170 |
14,819 | Royal Dutch Shell Plc – ADR – Class B | 642,404 |
217,768 | Tesco Plc | 857,369 |
66,573 | WPP Plc | 1,013,756 |
7,172,480 | ||
United States – 44.24% | ||
6,187 | Amdocs Ltd. | 463,035 |
14,017 | American International Group, Inc. | 797,007 |
28,633 | Bank of America Corp. | 1,273,882 |
9,412 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 546,649 |
12,799 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 659,021 |
15,020 | Change Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 321,128 |
3,994 | Cigna Corp. | 917,142 |
19,954 | Citigroup, Inc. | 1,205,022 |
13,243 | Comcast Corp. – Class A | 666,520 |
8,977 | CVS Health Corp. | 926,067 |
4,807 | Emerson Electric Co. | 446,907 |
3,158 | FedEx Corp. | 816,785 |
6,146 | Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 637,893 |
3,110 | General Dynamics Corp. | 648,342 |
20,471 | Halliburton Co. | 468,172 |
2,628 | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 675,186 |
3,238 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 512,737 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
1,669 | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a) | $524,416 |
4,426 | McKesson Corp. | 1,100,171 |
14,370 | Merck & Co., Inc. | 1,101,317 |
2,460 | Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a) | 448,163 |
22,147 | Old Republic International Corp. | 544,373 |
13,977 | OneMain Holdings, Inc. | 699,409 |
22,104 | Pfizer, Inc. | 1,305,241 |
2,517 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 504,709 |
7,801 | State Street Corp. | 725,493 |
9,998 | Textron, Inc. | 771,846 |
10,604 | Truist Financial Corp. | 620,864 |
25,275 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 1,212,694 |
21,540,191 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $37,636,102) | $47,426,034 |
Shares | Value | |
PREFERRED STOCKS – 1.16% | ||
South Korea – 0.38% | ||
3,072 | Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., 2.023%(b) | $183,662 |
Spain – 0.78% | ||
33,952 | Grifols SA – ADR, 8.095%(b) | 381,281 |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $652,660) | $564,943 |
Shares | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 1.62% | ||
Money Market Funds — 1.62% | ||
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio (Premier), 0.01%(c) | 790,950 | $790,950 |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $790,949) | $790,950 | |
Total Investments (Cost $39,079,711) – 100.19% | $48,781,927 | |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets – (0.19)% | (92,564) | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00% | $48,689,363 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | ||
ADR American Depositary Receipt |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income. |
(c) | The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield as of December 31, 2021. |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Global Equity Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY — December 31, 2021
COMMON STOCKS | |
Aerospace & Defense | 4.93% |
Air Freight & Logistics | 1.68% |
Auto Components | 1.07% |
Automobiles | 2.63% |
Banks | 14.50% |
Capital Markets | 5.47% |
Construction Materials | 2.94% |
Consumer Finance | 1.44% |
Electric Utilities | 0.41% |
Electrical Equipment | 1.99% |
Energy Equipment & Services | 0.96% |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts | 1.45% |
Food & Staples Retailing | 3.81% |
Health Care Providers & Services | 9.86% |
Health Care Technology | 0.66% |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | 1.38% |
Household Durables | 2.00% |
Insurance | 2.76% |
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | 1.88% |
IT Services | 2.26% |
Media | 5.53% |
Multi-Utilities | 1.82% |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 7.72% |
Pharmaceuticals | 10.30% |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | 1.21% |
Specialty Retail | 2.41% |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | 1.83% |
Tobacco | 2.51% |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 97.41% |
PREFERRED STOCKS | |
Biotechnology | 0.78% |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | 0.38% |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | 1.16% |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | 1.62% |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 100.19% |
Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets | (0.19)% |
TOTAL NET ASSETS | 100.00% |
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®), which was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 97.83% | ||
Brazil – 7.29% | ||
2,653,919 | Embraer SA Sponsored – ADR(a) | $47,107,062 |
5,295,800 | Sendas Distribuidora SA | 12,352,786 |
1,125,300 | Telefonica Brasil SA | 9,768,793 |
630,648 | Telefonica Brasil SA – ADR | 5,455,105 |
6,051,000 | TIM SA(a) | 14,332,974 |
89,016,720 | ||
Chile – 1.46% | ||
2,807,979 | Empresa Nacional de Telecomunicaciones SA | 9,488,464 |
161,104,262 | Enel Chile SA | 5,634,868 |
1,509,388 | Enel Chile SA Sponsored – ADR | 2,731,992 |
17,855,324 | ||
China – 23.97% | ||
3,327,600 | Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.(a) | 48,901,021 |
13,104,000 | China Education Group Holdings Ltd. | 21,294,084 |
4,432,991 | China South Publishing & Media Group Co. Ltd. – Class A | 6,674,296 |
5,119,000 | Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.(a) | 26,555,334 |
21,333,500 | Genertec Universal Medical Group Co. Ltd.(b) | 15,411,256 |
3,599,996 | Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai – Class A | 20,998,667 |
1,926,946 | Midea Group Co. Ltd. – Class A | 22,370,758 |
3,596,500 | Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd. – Class H | 25,916,813 |
Shares | Value | |
11,240,200 | Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd. – Class H | $21,328,753 |
17,007,000 | Topsports International Holdings Ltd.(b) | 17,225,288 |
15,603,000 | TravelSky Technology Ltd. – Class H | 26,253,292 |
6,589,000 | Weichai Power Co. Ltd. – Class H | 12,922,440 |
10,355,400 | Wynn Macau Ltd.(a) | 8,409,090 |
645,248 | ZTO Express Cayman, Inc. – ADR | 18,208,899 |
292,469,991 | ||
Czech Republic – 0.52% | ||
521,469 | O2 Czech Republic AS | 6,372,374 |
Greece – 1.14% | ||
750,114 | Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA | 13,857,714 |
Hong Kong – 4.25% | ||
2,354,000 | AIA Group Ltd. | 23,758,563 |
23,477,920 | First Pacific Co. Ltd. | 8,641,385 |
10,597,500 | Lifestyle International Holdings Ltd.(a) | 5,834,582 |
5,041,200 | Luk Fook Holdings International Ltd. | 13,576,726 |
51,811,256 | ||
India – 3.34% | ||
1,087,855 | HDFC Bank Ltd. | 21,536,520 |
5,768,676 | Indus Towers Ltd. | 19,234,741 |
40,771,261 | ||
Indonesia – 6.38% | ||
96,895,011 | Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT | 27,898,612 |
6,771,212 | Gudang Garam Tbk PT | 14,540,756 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
37,711,800 | Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT | $16,745,112 |
83,615,215 | XL Axiata Tbk PT | 18,607,831 |
77,792,311 | ||
Malaysia – 1.93% | ||
21,002,200 | Genting Berhad | 23,543,033 |
Mexico – 7.56% | ||
6,906,858 | America Movil SAB de CV | 7,316,537 |
4,076,770 | Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored – ADR(a) | 27,640,501 |
30,944,403 | Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV | 32,704,299 |
4,099,700 | Macquarie Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV(b) | 5,251,893 |
13,730,184 | PLA Administradora Industrial S de RL de CV | 19,225,141 |
512,122 | Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos SAB de CV(a) | 175,080 |
92,313,451 | ||
Panama – 2.15% | ||
644,836 | Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA – Class E | 10,704,277 |
187,415 | Copa Holdings SA – Class A(a) | 15,491,724 |
26,196,001 | ||
Philippines – 1.76% | ||
11,870,454 | Bank of the Philippine Islands | 21,451,436 |
Russia – 7.29% | ||
7,991,655 | Detsky Mir PJSC | 13,278,139 |
211,961 | Lukoil PJSC Sponsored – ADR | 18,566,236 |
4,858,073 | Mobile TeleSystems Public Joint Stock Company | 19,318,748 |
Shares | Value | |
7,183,510 | Sberbank of Russia PJSC | $28,089,723 |
1,571,174 | Sistema PJSFC Sponsored – GDR | 9,726,327 |
88,979,173 | ||
South Korea – 12.74% | ||
468,867 | KT&G Corp. | 31,150,517 |
110,930 | POSCO | 25,723,212 |
782,730 | Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. | 51,405,770 |
636,890 | Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd. | 19,679,298 |
250,849 | SK Hynix, Inc. | 27,551,399 |
155,510,196 | ||
Spain – 0.59% | ||
10,196,879 | Prosegur Cash SA(b) | 7,181,818 |
Taiwan – 11.41% | ||
2,368,000 | Accton Technology Corp. | 22,188,645 |
173,000 | Largan Precision Co. Ltd. | 15,391,078 |
2,738,000 | Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturng Co. Ltd. | 60,567,295 |
1,022,000 | Wiwynn Corp. | 41,107,419 |
139,254,437 | ||
Thailand – 4.05% | ||
2,505,800 | Bangkok Bank PCL – Class F | 9,082,087 |
1,578,500 | Bangkok Bank PCL – NVDR | 5,721,156 |
92,422,081 | Jasmine Broadband Internet Infrastructure Fund – Class F | 28,497,154 |
1,624,500 | Siam Commercial Bank PCL – Class F | 6,166,200 |
49,466,597 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $1,295,879,684) | $1,193,843,093 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
PREFERRED STOCKS – 2.05% | ||
Brazil – 2.05% | ||
4,920,700 | Petroleo Brasileiro SA, 7.518%(c) | $24,997,884 |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $22,557,592) | $24,997,884 |
Total Investments (Cost $1,318,437,276) – 99.88% | $1,218,840,977 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.12% | 1,436,716 | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00% | $1,220,277,693 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | ||
ADR American Depositary Receipt | ||
GDR Global Depositary Receipt | ||
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $45,070,254 which represented 3.69% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(c) | Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income. |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY — December 31, 2021
COMMON STOCKS | |
Aerospace & Defense | 3.86% |
Air Freight & Logistics | 1.49% |
Airlines | 1.27% |
Banks | 11.44% |
Commercial Services & Supplies | 0.59% |
Communications Equipment | 1.82% |
Construction Materials | 2.26% |
Diversified Consumer Services | 1.75% |
Diversified Financial Services | 0.88% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services | 4.49% |
Electric Utilities | 0.68% |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | 1.26% |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts | 4.69% |
Food & Staples Retailing | 1.01% |
Food Products | 2.08% |
Health Care Providers & Services | 3.01% |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | 4.80% |
Household Durables | 3.56% |
Insurance | 4.07% |
Internet & Direct Marketing Retail | 4.01% |
IT Services | 2.15% |
Machinery | 1.06% |
Media | 0.55% |
Metals & Mining | 2.11% |
Multiline Retail | 0.48% |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 1.52% |
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment | 7.22% |
Specialty Retail | 3.61% |
Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals | 7.58% |
Tobacco | 3.74% |
Wireless Telecommunication Services | 8.79% |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 97.83% |
PREFERRED STOCKS | |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 2.05% |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | 2.05% |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 99.88% |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | 0.12% |
TOTAL NET ASSETS | 100.00% |
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®), which was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 94.27% | ||
Austria – 0.89% | ||
212,135 | Addiko Bank AG | $3,318,178 |
Belgium – 0.90% | ||
421,096 | Ontex Group NV(a) | 3,360,645 |
Brazil – 6.12% | ||
5,137,240 | Embraer SA(a) | 22,945,131 |
Canada – 5.63% | ||
161,682 | Cameco Corp. | 3,526,284 |
181,150 | Corby Spirit and Wine Ltd. | 2,401,586 |
647,829 | Dorel Industries, Inc. – Class B(a) | 10,493,708 |
265,188 | Sierra Wireless, Inc.(a) | 4,672,613 |
21,094,191 | ||
Chile – 1.38% | ||
147,505,327 | Enel Chile SA | 5,159,224 |
China – 2.08% | ||
12,512,900 | Boyaa Interactive International Ltd.(a) | 802,361 |
289,969 | China Yuchai International Ltd. | 4,326,338 |
7,950,500 | Weiqiao Textile Co. – Class H | 2,672,602 |
7,801,301 | ||
France – 5.57% | ||
543,689 | Elior Group SA(a),(b) | 3,938,454 |
73,455 | Savencia SA | 5,120,435 |
135,370 | Societe BIC SA | 7,292,899 |
109,884 | Vicat SA | 4,501,947 |
20,853,735 | ||
Germany – 0.98% | ||
60,230 | Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA | 3,687,224 |
Greece – 0.64% | ||
236,992 | Sarantis SA | 2,401,357 |
Hong Kong – 5.56% | ||
4,180,050 | APT Satellite Holdings Ltd. | 1,222,712 |
2,059,500 | Dickson Concepts International Ltd. | 1,164,776 |
66,630,000 | Emperor Watch & Jewellery Ltd. | 1,754,430 |
Shares | Value | |
18,209,000 | First Pacific Co. Ltd. | $6,702,083 |
8,314,020 | PAX Global Technology Ltd. | 5,885,671 |
25,232,000 | Pico Far East Holdings Ltd. | 4,108,583 |
20,838,255 | ||
Hungary – 2.08% | ||
6,131,844 | Magyar Telekom Telecommunications Plc | 7,776,730 |
Ireland – 6.12% | ||
3,146,582 | AIB Group Plc(a) | 7,666,301 |
344,274 | Avadel Pharmaceuticals Plc – ADR(a) | 2,781,734 |
2,826,375 | C&C Group Plc(a) | 8,883,136 |
2,045,203 | Greencore Group Plc(a) | 3,584,929 |
22,916,100 | ||
Israel – 1.19% | ||
88,762 | Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.(a) | 4,447,864 |
Italy – 1.97% | ||
164,333 | Buzzi Unicem SpA | 3,540,702 |
580,418 | Credito Emiliano SpA | 3,831,101 |
7,371,803 | ||
Japan – 20.16% | ||
41,300 | C Uyemura & Co. Ltd. | 2,216,844 |
948,100 | Concordia Financial Group Ltd. | 3,443,074 |
116,800 | DeNa Co. Ltd. | 1,798,586 |
469,100 | Fuji Media Holdings, Inc. | 4,513,987 |
25,600 | Fukuda Denshi Co. Ltd. | 1,911,463 |
160,500 | Futaba Corp. | 975,495 |
1,663,400 | Hachijuni Bank Ltd. | 5,682,728 |
1,318,500 | Hyakugo Bank Ltd. | 3,939,132 |
282,000 | Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd. | 6,140,774 |
97,900 | Kaken Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | 3,584,419 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
327,100 | Kissei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. | $6,418,647 |
293,200 | Koatsu Gas Kogyo Co. Ltd. | 2,011,135 |
1,077,244 | Komori Corp. | 6,443,244 |
513,400 | Kyushu Financial Group, Inc. | 1,865,156 |
221,200 | Mitsubishi Shokuhin Co. Ltd. | 5,321,136 |
161,800 | Nichiban Co. Ltd. | 2,521,927 |
183,200 | Oita Bank Ltd. | 2,908,106 |
99,200 | Sankyo Co. Ltd. | 2,571,511 |
226,600 | Tachi-S Co. Ltd. | 2,490,708 |
107,100 | Taisho Pharmaceutical Holdings Co. Ltd. | 4,943,734 |
172,700 | Yodogawa Steel Works Ltd. | 3,824,980 |
75,526,786 | ||
Malaysia – 1.30% | ||
4,331,100 | Genting Berhad | 4,855,074 |
Mexico – 6.90% | ||
357,715 | Cemex SAB de CV Sponsored – ADR(a) | 2,425,308 |
24,958,198 | Consorcio ARA SAB de CV | 5,229,209 |
279,501,983 | Desarrolladora Homex SAB de CV(a),(c) | 737,130 |
10,869,393 | Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV | 11,487,566 |
4,448,928 | Macquarie Mexico Real Estate Management SA de CV(b) | 5,699,269 |
806,929 | Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos SAB de CV(a),(c) | 275,867 |
25,854,349 | ||
Panama – 1.54% | ||
348,146 | Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA – Class E | 5,779,224 |
Shares | Value | |
Slovenia – 2.16% | ||
474,148 | Nova Ljubljanska Banka – GDR(b) | $8,101,122 |
South Korea – 2.66% | ||
99,461 | Binggrae Co. Ltd. | 4,448,360 |
5,607 | Namyang Dairy Products Co. Ltd. | 1,919,705 |
47,314 | Samchully Co. Ltd. | 3,613,584 |
9,981,649 | ||
Spain – 3.12% | ||
663,206 | Atresmedia Corp de Medios de Comunicacion SA | 2,518,880 |
329,926 | Bankinter SA | 1,681,020 |
1,267,736 | Lar Espana Real Estate Socimi SA | 7,489,937 |
11,689,837 | ||
Turkey – 1.02% | ||
2,891,308 | Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS | 3,809,471 |
United Kingdom – 14.30% | ||
1,573,206 | Balfour Beatty Plc | 5,603,991 |
1,709,111 | De La Rue Plc(a) | 3,594,973 |
2,790,691 | J Sainsbury Plc | 10,431,511 |
903,776 | LSL Property Services Plc | 5,015,555 |
1,996,519 | Marks & Spencer Group Plc(a) | 6,280,657 |
10,975,353 | Mitie Group Plc | 9,581,921 |
2,463,874 | Premier Foods Plc | 3,728,504 |
611,696 | TechnipFMC Plc(a) | 3,621,240 |
1,236,791 | Yellow Cake Plc(a),(b) | 5,716,467 |
53,574,819 | ||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $345,283,278) | $353,144,069 | |
PREFERRED STOCKS – 1.48% | ||
Germany – 1.48% | ||
87,912 | Draegerwerk AG & Co. KGaA(d) | $5,529,852 |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (Cost $5,609,044) | $5,529,852 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 0.60% | ||
Canada – 0.60% | ||
204,134 | Sprott Physical Uranium Trust(a) | $2,247,983 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $1,888,196) | $2,247,983 |
Shares | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.95% | ||
Money Market Funds — 0.95% | ||
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio (Premier), 0.01%(e) | 3,553,957 | $3,553,957 |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $3,553,957) | $3,553,957 | |
Total Investments (Cost $356,334,475) – 97.30% | $364,475,861 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 2.70% | 10,120,118 | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00% | $374,595,979 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | ||
ADR American Depositary Receipt | ||
GDR Global Depositary Receipt |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $23,455,312 which represented 6.26% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(c) | Affiliated issuer. See Note 3 in the Notes to Financial Statements. |
(d) | Current yield is disclosed. Dividends are calculated based on a percentage of the issuer’s net income. |
(e) | The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield as of December 31, 2021. |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY — December 31, 2021
COMMON STOCKS | |
Aerospace & Defense | 6.12% |
Auto Components | 0.66% |
Banks | 11.34% |
Beverages | 3.01% |
Chemicals | 1.13% |
Commercial Services & Supplies | 6.14% |
Communications Equipment | 1.25% |
Construction & Engineering | 1.49% |
Construction Materials | 2.80% |
Diversified Financial Services | 3.33% |
Diversified Telecommunication Services | 2.40% |
Electric Utilities | 1.38% |
Electrical Equipment | 0.26% |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components | 1.57% |
Energy Equipment & Services | 0.97% |
Entertainment | 0.69% |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts | 6.59% |
Food & Staples Retailing | 4.20% |
Food Products | 6.04% |
Gas Utilities | 0.96% |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies | 1.49% |
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure | 2.35% |
Household Durables | 4.46% |
Leisure Products | 0.69% |
Machinery | 2.88% |
Media | 2.97% |
Metals & Mining | 1.02% |
Multiline Retail | 1.68% |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels | 2.58% |
Personal Products | 1.54% |
Pharmaceuticals | 5.92% |
Real Estate Management & Development | 1.34% |
Specialty Retail | 0.78% |
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods | 0.71% |
Trading Companies & Distributors | 1.53% |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 94.27% |
PREFERRED STOCKS | |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies | 1.48% |
TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS | 1.48% |
INVESTMENT COMPANIES | |
Financial | 0.60% |
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES | 0.60% |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY — December 31, 2021 (continued)
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | 0.95% |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 97.30% |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | 2.70% |
TOTAL NET ASSETS | 100.00% |
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®), which was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Small Cap Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 90.34% | ||
Aerospace & Defense – 12.76% | ||
6,257 | Embraer SA Sponsored – ADR(a) | $111,062 |
1,166 | Moog, Inc. – Class A | 94,411 |
913 | National Presto Industries, Inc. | 74,893 |
6,655 | Park Aerospace Corp. | 87,846 |
368,212 | ||
Banks – 2.77% | ||
699 | ACNB Corp. | 21,865 |
670 | Eagle Bancorp Montana, Inc. | 15,396 |
1,176 | National Bankshares, Inc. | 42,642 |
79,903 | ||
Biotechnology – 5.66% | ||
1,523 | Eagle Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 77,551 |
11,508 | PDL BioPharma, Inc.(a),(b) | 28,425 |
266 | United Therapeutics Corp.(a) | 57,477 |
163,453 | ||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 1.01% | ||
2,489 | Steelcase, Inc. – Class A | 29,171 |
Communications Equipment – 5.80% | ||
3,166 | NETGEAR, Inc.(a) | 92,479 |
5,006 | Ribbon Communications, Inc.(a) | 30,286 |
2,536 | Sierra Wireless, Inc.(a) | 44,685 |
167,450 | ||
Construction & Engineering – 2.53% | ||
19,334 | Orion Group Holdings, Inc.(a) | 72,889 |
Electric Utilities – 1.10% | ||
478 | ALLETE, Inc. | 31,715 |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 4.10% | ||
5,143 | Arlo Technologies, Inc.(a) | 53,950 |
1,559 | Avnet, Inc. | 64,278 |
118,228 | ||
Energy Equipment & Services – 5.66% | ||
5,193 | Dril-Quip, Inc.(a) | 102,198 |
Shares | Value | |
1,434 | Halliburton Co. | $32,796 |
1,189 | Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | 28,179 |
163,173 | ||
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts – 3.04% | ||
3,389 | Equity Commonwealth(a) | 87,775 |
Food & Staples Retailing – 1.57% | ||
525 | Ingles Markets, Inc. – Class A | 45,329 |
Food Products – 1.56% | ||
1,214 | Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. | 44,906 |
Health Care Equipment & Supplies – 0.54% | ||
1,354 | Invacare Corp.(a) | 3,683 |
1,990 | LENSAR, Inc.(a) | 11,860 |
15,543 | ||
Health Care Providers & Services – 3.70% | ||
1,650 | MEDNAX, Inc.(a) | 44,897 |
738 | Premier, Inc. – Class A | 30,383 |
886 | Triple-S Management Corp. – Class B(a) | 31,613 |
106,893 | ||
Household Durables – 4.09% | ||
3,721 | Dorel Industries, Inc. – Class B(a) | 60,274 |
1,648 | Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a) | 57,614 |
117,888 | ||
Insurance – 6.58% | ||
373 | American National Group, Inc. | 70,437 |
5,669 | Crawford & Co. – Class A | 42,461 |
359 | National Western Life Group, Inc. – Class A | 76,984 |
189,882 | ||
IT Services – 0.38% | ||
766 | SolarWinds Corp. | 10,863 |
Machinery – 9.50% | ||
1,835 | Flowserve Corp. | 56,151 |
8,267 | Graham Corp. | 102,841 |
2,391 | Hurco Companies, Inc. | 71,013 |
3,204 | L.B. Foster Co. – Class A(a) | 44,055 |
274,060 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
Multi-Utilities – 1.07% | ||
729 | Avista Corp. | $30,975 |
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.85% | ||
1,288 | Chesapeake Energy Corp. | 83,102 |
2,148 | World Fuel Services Corp. | 56,857 |
139,959 | ||
Personal Products – 4.05% | ||
2,558 | Edgewell Personal Care Co. | 116,926 |
Pharmaceuticals – 5.50% | ||
2,650 | Avadel Pharmaceuticals Plc – ADR(a) | 21,412 |
2,945 | Phibro Animal Health Corp. – Class A | 60,137 |
1,273 | Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 77,207 |
158,756 |
Shares | Value | |
Professional Services – 1.42% | ||
2,301 | Resources Connection, Inc. | $41,050 |
Software – 0.35% | ||
899 | N-Able, Inc.(a) | 9,979 |
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance – 0.75% | ||
857 | Territorial Bancorp, Inc. | 21,639 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $2,333,249) | $2,606,617 | |
INVESTMENT COMPANIES – 1.52% | ||
Financial – 1.52% | ||
3,977 | Sprott Physical Uranium Trust(a) | $43,796 |
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES (Cost $37,826) | $43,796 |
Principal Amount | Value | |
CORPORATE BONDS – 0.45% | ||
Multi-Utilities – 0.45% | ||
Avista Corp. 5.125%, 4/1/2022 | $ 13,000 | $ 13,143 |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $13,153) | $13,143 |
Shares | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 6.75% | ||
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio (Premier), 0.000%, (c) | 194,677 | $ 194,677 |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $194,677) | $194,677 | |
Total Investments (Cost $2,578,905) – 99.06% | $2,858,233 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.94% | 27,206 | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00% | $2,885,439 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | ||
ADR American Depositary Receipt |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | The price for this security was derived from an estimate of fair market value using methods approved by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. This security represents $28,425 or 0.99% of the Fund’s net assets and is classified as a Level 3 security. See Note 2 in the Notes to Financial Statements. |
(c) | The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield as of December 31, 2021. |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Small Cap Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®), which was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Small Cap Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY COUNTRY — December 31, 2021
COMMON STOCKS | |
Brazil | 3.85% |
Canada | 3.64% |
Ireland | 0.74% |
United States | 82.11% |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 90.34% |
CORPORATE BONDS | |
United States | 0.45% |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | 0.45% |
INVESTMENT COMPANIES | |
Canada | 1.52% |
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES | 1.52% |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | 6.75% |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 99.06% |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | 0.94% |
TOTAL NET ASSETS | 100.00% |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 0.00% | ||
Household Durables – 0.00% | ||
Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos SAB de CV (a) | 1,564 | $ 535 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $292,050) | $535 |
Principal Amount | Value | |
FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY SPONSORED CREDITS – 4.96% | ||
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation – 1.61% | ||
Pool A9-3505 4.500%, 8/1/2040 | $47,929 | $ 53,026 |
Pool G0-6018 6.500%, 4/1/2039 | 16,128 | 18,360 |
Pool G1-8578 3.000%, 12/1/2030 | 656,376 | 688,764 |
Pool SD-8001 3.500%, 7/1/2049 | 221,043 | 233,110 |
Pool SD-8003 4.000%, 7/1/2049 | 269,624 | 286,668 |
1,279,928 | ||
Federal National Mortgage Association – 3.35% | ||
Pool 934124 5.500%, 7/1/2038 | 36,488 | 41,748 |
Pool AL9865 3.000%, 2/1/2047 | 759,248 | 796,358 |
Pool AS6201 3.500%, 11/1/2045 | 264,557 | 283,658 |
Pool BJ2553 3.500%, 12/1/2047 | 215,238 | 228,874 |
Pool BN6683 3.500%, 6/1/2049 | 434,528 | 458,456 |
Pool CA1624 3.000%, 4/1/2033 | 510,066 | 536,674 |
Pool MA0918 4.000%, 12/1/2041 | 105,605 | 115,433 |
Pool MA3687 4.000%, 6/1/2049 | 188,928 | 200,778 |
2,661,979 | ||
TOTAL FEDERAL AND FEDERALLY SPONSORED CREDITS (Cost $3,743,805) | $3,941,907 | |
OTHER MORTGAGE RELATED SECURITIES – 0.00% | ||
Collateralized Mortgage Obligations – 0.00% | ||
Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust Series 2006-AR14 2.946%, 10/25/2036(b) | $ 455 | $ 428 |
TOTAL OTHER MORTGAGE RELATED SECURITIES (Cost $449) | $428 | |
US GOVERNMENTS – 56.32% | ||
Sovereign – 56.32% | ||
United States Treasury Note | ||
2.375%, 8/15/2024 | $ 5,160,000 | $ 5,358,942 |
2.250%, 2/15/2027 | 10,075,000 | 10,561,040 |
2.375%, 5/15/2029 | 17,250,000 | 18,401,572 |
United States Treasury Bond | ||
4.750%, 2/15/2037 | 5,775,000 | 8,208,170 |
3.500%, 2/15/2039 | 1,750,000 | 2,200,967 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Principal Amount | Value | |
TOTAL US GOVERNMENTS (Cost $43,322,807) | $44,730,691 | |
CORPORATE BONDS – 33.95% | ||
Automobiles – 0.93% | ||
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC | ||
3.350%, 11/1/2022 | $370,000 | $ 374,625 |
3.375%, 11/13/2025 | 350,000 | 363,622 |
738,247 | ||
Banks – 4.98% | ||
Fifth Third Bancorp 8.250%, 3/1/2038 | 175,000 | 287,599 |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 3.800% (U.S. Treasury Yield Curve Rate CMT 5Y + 2.969%), Perpetual(c) | 585,000 | 582,075 |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 3.599% (3M LIBOR + 3.470%), Perpetual(c) | 1,317,000 | 1,323,585 |
USB Capital IX 3.500% (3M LIBOR + 1.020%, minimum of 3.500%), Perpetual(c) | 1,830,000 | 1,762,352 |
3,955,611 | ||
Commercial Services & Supplies – 3.01% | ||
Iron Mountain, Inc. 4.875%, 9/15/2027(d) | 645,000 | 668,852 |
Prime Security Services Borrower LLC | ||
5.750%, 4/15/2026(d) | 715,000 | 767,674 |
6.250%, 1/15/2028(d) | 915,000 | 953,888 |
2,390,414 | ||
Consumer Products – 3.76% | ||
Avon Products, Inc. 6.500%, 3/15/2023 | 1,625,000 | 1,704,219 |
Coty, Inc. 5.000%, 4/15/2026(d) | 520,000 | 535,615 |
Travel + Leisure Co. 6.625%, 7/31/2026(d) | 670,000 | 742,923 |
2,982,757 | ||
Containers & Packaging – 0.56% | ||
Sealed Air Corp. 4.000%, 12/1/2027(d) | 430,000 | 448,116 |
Electric Utilities – 1.47% | ||
American Transmission Systems, Inc. 2.650%, 1/15/2032(d) | 600,000 | 606,285 |
Commonwealth Edison Co. 5.900%, 3/15/2036 | 175,000 | 240,204 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Principal Amount | Value | |
FirstEnergy Corp. 7.375%, 11/15/2031 | $240,000 | $ 323,856 |
1,170,345 | ||
Equipment – 0.01% | ||
Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust Series 2007-1 5.983%, 4/19/2022 | 6,008 | 6,077 |
Food, Beverage & Tobacco – 1.11% | ||
Pilgrim's Pride Corp. | ||
5.875%, 9/30/2027(d) | 210,000 | 221,747 |
4.250%, 4/15/2031(d) | 625,000 | 656,250 |
877,997 | ||
Health Care Facilities & Services – 1.33% | ||
Tenet Healthcare Corp. 4.875%, 1/1/2026(d) | 1,030,000 | 1,057,944 |
Homebuilders – 2.44% | ||
PulteGroup, Inc. 5.500%, 3/1/2026 | 980,000 | 1,114,279 |
Toll Brothers Finance Corp. 4.875%, 11/15/2025 | 745,000 | 822,294 |
1,936,573 | ||
Media – 0.87% | ||
Charter Communications Operating LLC 4.908%, 7/23/2025 | 295,000 | 324,649 |
Netflix, Inc. 4.375%, 11/15/2026 | 330,000 | 365,475 |
690,124 | ||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 5.24% | ||
BP Capital Markets Plc 3.506%, 3/17/2025 | 810,000 | 862,376 |
Continental Resources, Inc. | ||
4.500%, 4/15/2023 | 355,000 | 365,817 |
4.375%, 1/15/2028 | 215,000 | 232,426 |
Exxon Mobil Corp. 2.397%, 3/6/2022 | 945,000 | 945,052 |
Occidental Petroleum Corp. 3.500%, 6/15/2025 | 555,000 | 568,461 |
Range Resources Corp. | ||
4.875%, 5/15/2025 | 960,000 | 991,200 |
9.250%, 2/1/2026 | 180,000 | 194,003 |
4,159,335 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Principal Amount | Value | |
Technology – 3.76% | ||
Microsoft Corp. 2.400%, 2/6/2022 | $1,000,000 | $ 1,000,121 |
MicroStrategy, Inc. 0.000%, 2/15/2027(d),(e) | 925,000 | 667,203 |
VMware, Inc. | ||
4.500%, 5/15/2025 | 215,000 | 234,216 |
3.900%, 8/21/2027 | 995,000 | 1,083,960 |
2,985,500 | ||
Telecommunications – 3.98% | ||
AT&T, Inc. 3.000%, 6/30/2022 | 1,630,000 | 1,642,419 |
Sprint Spectrum Co. LLC 5.152%, 3/20/2028(d) | 415,000 | 457,517 |
Telecom Italia Capital SA 6.375%, 11/15/2033 | 695,000 | 748,376 |
T-Mobile USA, Inc. 4.750%, 2/1/2028 | 300,000 | 315,750 |
3,164,062 | ||
Transportation & Logistics – 0.50% | ||
Allison Transmission, Inc. 4.750%, 10/1/2027(d) | 380,000 | 395,770 |
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS (Cost $25,832,090) | $26,958,872 | |
ASSET BACKED SECURITIES – 1.60% | ||
Student Loan – 1.60% | ||
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust Series 2007-A, 0.443%, (3M LIBOR + 0.240%), 12/16/2041(c) | $189,882 | $ 187,166 |
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust Series 2004-B, 0.633%, (3M LIBOR + 0.430%), 9/15/2033(c) | 300,000 | 293,568 |
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust Series 2005-A, 0.513%, (3M LIBOR + 0.310%), 12/15/2038(c) | 309,346 | 304,036 |
SLM Private Credit Student Loan Trust Series 2006-A, 0.493%, (3M LIBOR + 0.290%), 6/15/2039(c) | 496,771 | 484,717 |
TOTAL ASSET BACKED SECURITIES (Cost $1,201,731) | $1,269,487 | |
FOREIGN ISSUER BONDS – 0.26% | ||
Telecommunications – 0.26% | ||
SoftBank Group Corp., 4.750%, 9/19/2024 | $200,000 | $ 204,821 |
TOTAL FOREIGN ISSUER BONDS (Cost $207,127) | $204,821 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 2.35% | ||
Money Market Funds – 2.35% | ||
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio (Premier), 0.01%(f) | 1,867,495 | $ 1,867,495 |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $1,867,495) | $1,867,495 | |
Total Investments (Cost $76,467,554) – 99.44% | $78,974,236 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.56% | 447,169 | |
Total Net Assets – 100.00% | $79,421,405 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. | ||
LIBOR London Interbank Offered Rate |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Variable rate security. The coupon is based on an underlying pool of loans. |
(c) | Variable rate security. The coupon is based on a reference index and spread index. |
(d) | Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A or Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $8,179,784 which represented 10.30% of the net assets of the Fund. |
(e) | Zero coupon bond. |
(f) | The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield as of December 31, 2021. |
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Bloomberg Industry Classification Standards (BICS) or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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Brandes U.S. Value Fund
SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited)
Shares | Value | |
COMMON STOCKS – 98.16% | ||
Aerospace & Defense – 4.08% | ||
30 | General Dynamics Corp. | $6,254 |
82 | Textron, Inc. | 6,331 |
12,585 | ||
Air Freight & Logistics – 2.93% | ||
35 | FedEx Corp. | 9,052 |
Banks – 13.46% | ||
201 | Bank of America Corp. | 8,943 |
123 | Citigroup, Inc. | 7,428 |
40 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 6,334 |
24 | PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | 4,812 |
104 | Truist Financial Corp. | 6,089 |
165 | Wells Fargo & Co. | 7,917 |
41,523 | ||
Biotechnology – 0.38% | ||
16 | Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 1,162 |
Building Products – 1.34% | ||
51 | Johnson Controls International Plc | 4,147 |
Capital Markets – 3.68% | ||
112 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp. | 6,505 |
52 | State Street Corp. | 4,836 |
11,341 | ||
Chemicals – 2.51% | ||
96 | Corteva, Inc. | 4,539 |
33 | Westlake Chemical Corp. | 3,205 |
7,744 | ||
Communications Equipment – 1.23% | ||
60 | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 3,802 |
Consumer Finance – 1.90% | ||
117 | OneMain Holdings, Inc. | 5,855 |
Diversified Financial Services – 1.16% | ||
12 | Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. – Class B(a) | 3,588 |
Electric Utilities – 0.77% | ||
36 | ALLETE, Inc. | 2,389 |
Electrical Equipment – 1.69% | ||
56 | Emerson Electric Co. | 5,206 |
Shares | Value | |
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components – 2.67% | ||
84 | Avnet, Inc. | $3,463 |
261 | Flex Ltd.(a) | 4,784 |
8,247 | ||
Energy Equipment & Services – 1.69% | ||
228 | Halliburton Co. | 5,214 |
Equity Real Estate Investment Trusts – 0.97% | ||
13 | Mid-America Apartment Communities, Inc. | 2,983 |
Food Products – 1.79% | ||
57 | Ingredion, Inc. | 5,508 |
Health Care Providers & Services – 12.50% | ||
84 | Cardinal Health, Inc. | 4,325 |
35 | Cigna Corp. | 8,037 |
79 | CVS Health Corp. | 8,150 |
18 | HCA Healthcare, Inc. | 4,625 |
15 | Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings(a) | 4,713 |
35 | McKesson Corp. | 8,700 |
38,550 | ||
Health Care Technology – 1.05% | ||
152 | Change Healthcare, Inc.(a) | 3,250 |
Household Durables – 4.09% | ||
31 | Mohawk Industries, Inc.(a) | 5,648 |
199 | Taylor Morrison Home Corp.(a) | 6,957 |
12,605 | ||
Industrial Conglomerates – 1.04% | ||
18 | 3M Co. | 3,197 |
Insurance – 5.25% | ||
116 | American International Group, Inc. | 6,596 |
51 | Loews Corp. | 2,946 |
270 | Old Republic International Corp. | 6,636 |
16,178 | ||
Interactive Media & Services – 1.88% | ||
2 | Alphabet, Inc. – Class C(a) | 5,787 |
IT Services – 6.31% | ||
91 | Amdocs Ltd. | 6,810 |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS — December 31, 2021 (Unaudited) (continued)
Shares | Value | |
56 | Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. – Class A | $4,968 |
74 | Fiserv, Inc.(a) | 7,681 |
19,459 | ||
Machinery – 1.01% | ||
196 | Gates Industrial Corp. Plc(a) | 3,118 |
Media – 5.62% | ||
155 | Comcast Corp. – Class A | 7,801 |
94 | Fox Corp. – Class B | 3,222 |
86 | Omnicom Group, Inc. | 6,301 |
17,324 | ||
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels – 4.65% | ||
77 | Chevron Corp. | 9,036 |
200 | World Fuel Services Corp. | 5,294 |
14,330 | ||
Pharmaceuticals – 6.95% | ||
31 | Johnson & Johnson | 5,303 |
Shares | Value | |
95 | Merck & Co., Inc. | $7,281 |
150 | Pfizer, Inc. | 8,857 |
21,441 | ||
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment – 2.24% | ||
15 | Applied Materials, Inc. | 2,361 |
49 | Micron Technology, Inc. | 4,564 |
6,925 | ||
Software – 1.28% | ||
6 | Microsoft Corp. | 2,018 |
22 | Oracle Corp. | 1,919 |
3,937 | ||
Specialty Retail – 2.04% | ||
3 | AutoZone, Inc.(a) | 6,289 |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (Cost $286,906) | $302,736 |
Shares | Value | |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS – 0.87% | ||
Northern Institutional Funds - Treasury Portfolio (Premier), 0.01%, (b) | 2,687 | $2,687 |
TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (Cost $2,687) | $2,687 | |
Total Investments (Cost $289,593) – 99.03% | $305,423 | |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities – 0.97% | 3,004 | |
TOTAL NET ASSETS – 100.00% | $308,427 |
Percentages are stated as a percent of net assets. |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | The rate shown is the annualized seven day yield as of December 31, 2021. |
The industry classifications represented in the Schedule of Investments are in accordance with Global Industry Classification Standards (GICS®), which was developed by and/or is the exclusive property of MSCI, Inc. and Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC or were otherwise determined by the Advisor to be appropriate. This information is unaudited.
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS BY INDUSTRY — December 31, 2021
COMMON STOCKS | |
Singapore | 1.55% |
United States | 96.61% |
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | 98.16% |
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS | 0.87% |
TOTAL INVESTMENTS | 99.03% |
Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities | 0.97% |
TOTAL NET ASSETS | 100.00% |
The accompanying notes to financial statements are an integral part of these Schedule of Investments.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
NOTE 1–ORGANIZATION
The Brandes International Equity Fund (the “International Fund”), the Brandes Global Equity Fund (the “Global Fund”), the Brandes Emerging Markets Value Fund (the “Emerging Markets Fund”), the Brandes International Small Cap Equity Fund (the “International Small Cap Fund”), the Brandes Small Cap Value Fund (the “Small Cap Value Fund”), the Brandes Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (the “Core Plus Fund”) and the Brandes U.S. Value Fund (the "U.S. Value Fund") (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) are series of Brandes Investment Trust (the “Trust”). The Trust is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) as a diversified, open-end management investment company.
The International Fund, Global Fund, Emerging Markets Fund, International Small Cap Fund, Small Cap Value Fund, Core Plus Fund and U.S. Value Fund began operations on January 2, 1997, October 6, 2008, January 31, 2011, February 1, 2012, January 2, 2018, December 28, 2007 and October 1, 2021, respectively. Prior to January 31, 2011 for the Emerging Markets Fund, February 1, 2012 for the International Small Cap and January 2, 2018 for the Small Cap Value Fund, these Funds’ portfolios were managed as private investment funds with investment objectives, investment policies and strategies that were, in all material respects, equivalent to those of the Emerging Markets Fund, International Small Cap Fund and Small Cap Value Fund, respectively.
The International Fund, Emerging Markets Fund and International Small Cap Fund have four classes of shares: Class A, Class C, Class I and Class R6. The Global Fund has three classes of shares: Class A, Class C and Class I. The Small Cap Value Fund, Core Plus Fund and U.S. Value Fund have three classes of shares: Class A, Class I and Class R6.
The International Fund and Global Fund invest their assets primarily in equity securities of issuers with market capitalizations greater than $5 billion. The International, International Small Cap and Emerging Markets Funds invest their assets in securities of foreign companies, while the Global Fund invests its assets in securities of foreign and domestic companies. The Small Cap Value Fund invests primarily in U.S. equity securities of issuers with market capitalizations less than $5 billion. The Core Plus Fund invests predominantly in debt securities issued by U.S. and foreign companies and debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government and foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities. The U.S. Value Fund invests primarily in U.S. equity securities of issuers with market capitalizations greater than $5 billion.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
NOTE 2–SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
Each Fund is an investment company that applies the accounting and reporting guidance issued in Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies”, by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”). The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) in the United States of America.
A. | Fair Value Measurements. The Trust has adopted GAAP accounting principles related to fair value accounting standards which establish a definition of fair value and set out a hierarchy for measuring fair value. These standards require additional disclosures about the various inputs and valuation techniques used to develop the measurements of fair value and a discussion of changes in valuation techniques and related inputs during the period. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below: |
Level 1—Fair value measurement within Level 1 should be based on an unadjusted quoted price in an active market that the Funds have the ability to access for the asset or liability at the measurement date. Because a quoted price alone forms the basis for the measurement, the access requirement within Level 1 limits discretion in pricing the asset or liability, including in situations in which there are multiple markets for the asset or liability with different prices and no single market represents a principal market for the asset or liability. Importantly, the FASB has indicated that when a quoted price in an active market for a security is available, that price should be used to measure fair value without regard to an entity’s intent to transact at that price. | |
Level 2—Fair value measurement within Level 2 should be based on all inputs other than unadjusted quoted prices included within Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability. Other significant observable market inputs include quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets, quoted adjusted prices in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active, and model derived valuations in which the majority of significant inputs and significant value drivers are observable in active markets. | |
Level 3—Fair value measurement within Level 3 should be based on unobservable inputs in such cases where markets do not exist or are illiquid. Significant unobservable inputs include model derived valuations in which the majority of significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect the Fund’s own assumptions that market participants would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
B. | Security Valuation. Common and preferred stocks, exchange-traded funds and financial derivative instruments, such as futures contracts and options contracts that are traded on a national securities or commodities exchange, are valued at the last reported sales price at the close of regular trading on each day the exchange is open for trading, in the case of common stocks and exchange-traded funds, or, in the case of futures contracts or options contracts, the settlement price determined by the relevant exchange. Securities listed on the NASDAQ National Market System for which market quotations are readily available are valued using the NASDAQ Official Closing Price. To the extent these securities are actively traded and valuation adjustments are not applied, they are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. |
Equity securities traded on an exchange for which there have been no sales on the valuation date are generally valued at the mean between last bid and ask price on such day and are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, or are fair valued by the Fair Valuation Committee. | |
Investments in registered open-end management investment companies are valued based upon the Net Asset Values (“NAVs”) of such investments and are categorized as Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
Valuation adjustments may be applied to certain common and preferred stocks that are solely traded on a foreign exchange to account for the market movement between the close of the foreign market and the close of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”). These securities are generally valued using pricing service providers that consider the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign securities to the intraday trading in the U.S. markets for investments. Securities using these valuation adjustments are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. As of December 31, 2021, the International Fund, Global Fund, Emerging Markets Fund and International Small Cap Fund had securities with market values of $578,348,144, $23,621,750, $804,116,889 and $190,680,129 that represent 87.80%, 48.52%, 65.90%, and 50.90% of each Fund’s net assets, respectively, that were fair valued using these valuation adjustments. | |
Fixed income securities (other than repurchase agreements and demand notes) including corporate, convertible and municipal bonds and notes, U.S. government agencies, U.S. Treasury obligations, sovereign issues, bank loans, convertible preferred securities, fixed income securities purchased on a delayed delivery basis and non-U.S. bonds are normally valued on the basis of quotes obtained from brokers and dealers or independent pricing services or sources. Independent pricing services typically use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values obtained from yield data relating to investments or securities with similar characteristics. The service providers’ |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
internal models use inputs that are observable such as, among other things, issuer details, interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds, credit risks/ spreads, default rates and quoted prices for similar assets. Securities that use similar valuation techniques and inputs as described above are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
Rights that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last reported sales price at the close of regular trading on each day the exchange is open. A right is a privilege offered by a corporation to its shareholders pro rata to subscribe to a certain security at a specified price, often for a short period. Rights may or may not be transferable. Rights that use such valuation techniques and inputs are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
Mortgage and asset-backed securities are usually issued as separate tranches, or classes, of securities within each package of underlying securities. These securities are also normally valued by pricing service providers that use broker-dealer quotations or valuation estimates from their internal pricing models. The pricing models for these securities usually consider tranche level attributes, estimated cash flows and market based yield spreads for each tranche, and current market data and incorporate packaged collateral performance, as available. Mortgage and asset-backed securities that use such valuation techniques and inputs are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
Repurchase agreements and demand notes, for which neither vendor pricing nor market maker prices are available, are valued at amortized cost on the day of valuation, unless Brandes Investment Partners, L.P. (the “Advisor”) determines that the use of amortized cost valuation on such day is not appropriate (in which case such instrument is fair valued in accordance with the fair value procedures of the Trust). Repurchase agreements and demand notes that use such valuation techniques and inputs are categorized as Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. | |
Certain securities may be fair valued in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. The Fair Valuation Committee is generally responsible for overseeing the day-to-day valuation processes and reports periodically to the Board. The Fair Valuation Committee is authorized to make all necessary determinations of the fair value of portfolio securities and other assets for which market quotations are not readily available or if it is deemed that the prices obtained from brokers and dealers or independent pricing services are unreliable. The securities fair valued by the Fair Valuation Committee are indicated in the Schedules of Investments and are categorized as Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. Certain vendor priced securities may also be considered Level 3 if significant unobservable inputs are used by the vendors. |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
In using fair value pricing, each Fund attempts to establish the price that it might reasonably have expected to receive upon a sale of the security at 4:00 p.m. Eastern time. Valuing securities at fair value involves greater reliance on judgment than valuation of securities based on readily available market quotations. A Fund using fair value to price securities may value those securities higher or lower than another fund using market quotations or fair value to price the same securities. Further, there can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to a security if it were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its net asset value. |
The following is a summary of the level inputs used, as of December 31, 2021, involving the Funds' assets carried at fair value. The inputs used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Investments in Securities | ||||||||
International Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Communication Services | $— | $64,680,056 | $— | $64,680,056 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | — | 70,525,393 | — | 70,525,393 | ||||
Consumer Staples | — | 106,113,392 | — | 106,113,392 | ||||
Energy | — | 45,221,162 | — | 45,221,162 | ||||
Financials | 4,358,618 | 114,348,757 | — | 118,707,375 | ||||
Health Care | — | 100,258,754 | — | 100,258,754 | ||||
Industrials | 22,307,512 | 6,133,153 | — | 28,440,665 | ||||
Materials | 9,215,512 | 32,364,706 | — | 41,580,218 | ||||
Real Estate | 15,393,074 | — | — | 15,393,074 | ||||
Utilities | — | 12,808,426 | — | 12,808,426 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | 51,274,716 | 552,453,799 | — | 603,728,515 | ||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
Energy | — | 21,252,509 | — | 21,252,509 | ||||
Health Care | — | 14,549,359 | — | 14,549,359 | ||||
Total Preferred Stocks | — | 35,801,868 | — | 35,801,868 | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 19,647,773 | — | — | 19,647,773 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $70,922,489 | $588,255,667 | $— | $659,178,156 |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Global Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Communication Services | $666,520 | $2,026,658 | $— | $2,693,178 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 1,120,751 | 4,415,613 | — | 5,536,364 | ||||
Consumer Staples | — | 3,076,744 | — | 3,076,744 | ||||
Energy | 1,110,576 | 3,119,153 | — | 4,229,729 | ||||
Financials | 8,642,839 | 3,120,063 | — | 11,762,902 | ||||
Health Care | 7,529,689 | 2,605,858 | — | 10,135,547 | ||||
Industrials | 2,912,997 | 1,271,428 | — | 4,184,425 | ||||
Materials | — | 1,433,753 | — | 1,433,753 | ||||
Real Estate | 706,634 | — | — | 706,634 | ||||
Technology | 1,100,928 | 1,482,891 | — | 2,583,819 | ||||
Utilities | 197,014 | 885,925 | — | 1,082,939 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | 23,987,948 | 23,438,086 | — | 47,426,034 | ||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
Health Care | 381,281 | — | — | 381,281 | ||||
Technology | — | 183,662 | — | 183,662 | ||||
Total Preferred Stocks | 381,281 | 183,662 | — | 564,943 | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 790,950 | — | — | 790,950 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $25,160,179 | $23,621,748 | $— | $48,781,927 | ||||
Emerging Markets Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Communication Services | $28,632,480 | $140,018,578 | $— | $168,651,058 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 37,294,839 | 184,866,963 | — | 222,161,802 | ||||
Consumer Staples | — | 74,789,171 | — | 74,789,171 | ||||
Energy | — | 18,566,236 | — | 18,566,236 | ||||
Financials | 40,797,098 | 167,848,972 | — | 208,646,070 | ||||
Health Care | — | 36,740,009 | — | 36,740,009 | ||||
Industrials | 80,807,685 | 20,104,258 | — | 100,911,943 | ||||
Materials | 27,640,501 | 25,723,212 | — | 53,363,713 | ||||
Real Estate | 57,181,333 | — | — | 57,181,333 | ||||
Technology | 26,253,292 | 218,211,606 | — | 244,464,898 | ||||
Utilities | 8,366,860 | — | — | 8,366,860 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | 306,974,088 | 886,869,005 | — | 1,193,843,093 | ||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
Energy | — | 24,997,884 | — | 24,997,884 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $306,974,088 | $911,866,889 | $— | $1,218,840,977 |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
International Small Cap Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Communication Services | $11,097,971 | $11,643,868 | $— | $22,741,839 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 22,755,764 | 19,708,362 | — | 42,464,126 | ||||
Consumer Staples | 26,728,688 | 28,682,087 | — | 55,410,775 | ||||
Energy | 7,147,524 | 6,140,774 | — | 13,288,298 | ||||
Financials | 20,147,608 | 34,769,617 | — | 54,917,225 | ||||
Health Care | 7,229,598 | 20,545,487 | — | 27,775,085 | ||||
Industrials | 24,796,131 | 44,206,255 | — | 69,002,386 | ||||
Materials | 2,425,308 | 16,095,608 | — | 18,520,916 | ||||
Real Estate | 22,202,390 | 7,489,937 | — | 29,692,327 | ||||
Technology | 4,672,613 | 5,885,671 | — | 10,558,284 | ||||
Utilities | 5,159,224 | 3,613,584 | — | 8,772,808 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | 154,362,819 | 198,781,250 | — | 353,144,069 | ||||
Preferred Stocks | ||||||||
Health Care | 5,529,852 | — | — | 5,529,852 | ||||
Investment Companies | ||||||||
Financials | 2,247,983 | — | — | 2,247,983 | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 3,553,957 | — | — | 3,553,957 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $165,694,611 | $198,781,250 | $— | $364,475,861 | ||||
Small Cap Value Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | $117,888 | $— | $— | $117,888 | ||||
Consumer Staples | 207,161 | — | — | 207,161 | ||||
Energy | 303,132 | — | — | 303,132 | ||||
Financials | 291,424 | — | — | 291,424 | ||||
Health Care | 416,220 | — | 28,425 | 444,645 | ||||
Industrials | 785,382 | — | — | 785,382 | ||||
Real Estate | 87,775 | — | — | 87,775 | ||||
Technology | 306,520 | — | — | 306,520 | ||||
Utilities | 62,690 | — | — | 62,690 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | 2,578,192 | — | 28,425 | 2,606,617 | ||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 13,143 | — | 13,143 | ||||
Investment Companies | ||||||||
Financials | 43,796 | — | — | 43,796 | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 194,677 | — | — | 194,677 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $2,816,665 | $13,143 | $28,425 | $2,858,233 |
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
Description | Level 1 | Level 2 | Level 3 | Total | ||||
Core Plus Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Consumer Discretionary | $535 | $— | $— | $535 | ||||
Asset Backed Securities | — | 1,269,487 | — | 1,269,487 | ||||
Corporate Bonds | — | 26,958,872 | — | 26,958,872 | ||||
Government Securities | — | 44,730,691 | — | 44,730,691 | ||||
Foreign Issuer Bonds | ||||||||
Communication Services | — | 204,821 | — | 204,821 | ||||
Mortgage Backed Securities | — | 3,942,335 | — | 3,942,335 | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 1,867,495 | — | — | 1,867,495 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $1,868,030 | $77,106,206 | $— | $78,974,236 | ||||
U.S. Value Fund | ||||||||
Common Stocks | ||||||||
Communication Services | $23,110 | $— | $— | $23,110 | ||||
Consumer Discretionary | 18,894 | — | — | 18,894 | ||||
Consumer Staples | 5,509 | — | — | 5,509 | ||||
Energy | 19,544 | — | — | 19,544 | ||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 2,983 | — | — | 2,983 | ||||
Financials | 78,487 | — | — | 78,487 | ||||
Health Care | 64,404 | — | — | 64,404 | ||||
Industrials | 37,304 | — | — | 37,304 | ||||
Materials | 7,744 | — | — | 7,744 | ||||
Technology | 42,368 | — | — | 42,368 | ||||
Utilities | 2,389 | — | — | 2,389 | ||||
Total Common Stocks | 302,736 | — | — | 302,736 | ||||
Short-Term Investments | 2,687 | — | — | 2,687 | ||||
Total Investments in Securities | $305,423 | $— | $— | $305,423 |
There were no Level 3 securities in the International, Global, Emerging Markets, International Small Cap, Core Plus, and U.S. Value Funds at the beginning or during the periods presented.
The following is a reconciliation of investments in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value in the Small Cap Value Fund:
Balance As Of 9/30/21 | Realized Gain (Loss) (000s) | Change In Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (000s) | Purchases (000s) | Sales (000s) | Transfers Into Level 3 (000s) | Transfers Out Of Level 3 (000s) | Balance As Of 12/31/21 | Change In Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) (000s) | |||||||||
Common Stocks | |||||||||||||||||
United States | $28,425 | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $28,425 | $— | ||||||||
Total | $28,425 | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $— | $28,425 | $— |
The Small Cap Value Fund held one level 3 security with a fair value of $28,425 at 12/31/2021. The valuation technique used for this security was the last observable price and the unobservable input used was management’s estimate of net liquidation value.
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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS — (continued)
NOTE 3–TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The following issuers were affiliated with the International Small Cap Fund as defined in Section (2)(a)(3) of the 1940 Act, as these Funds held 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the following issuers during the period from October 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021:
International Small Cap Fund | ||||||||||||||
Issuer Name | Value At October 1, 2021 | Purchases | Sales Proceeds | Realized Gain/(Loss) | Unrealized Appreciation/(Depreciation) | Value At December 31, 2021 | Dividend Income | |||||||
Desarrolladora Homex SAB de CV | $934,314 | $— | $— | $— | $(197,184) | $737,130 | $— | |||||||
Urbi Desarrollos Urbanos SAB de CV | 361,606 | — | — | — | (85,739) | 275,867 | — | |||||||
$1,295,920 | $— | $— | $— | $(282,923) | $1,012,997 | $— |
NOTE 4–SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In preparing these financial statements, the Trust has evaluated events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were available to be issued. The Trust has concluded that there are no subsequent events to note.
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