PPMFunds (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
PPM Funds including: PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund (PKPIX) and PPM High Yield Core Fund (PKHIX)
PPMFunds
June 30, 2022 (Unaudited)
Important Disclosures and Glossary (Unaudited)
Before investing, investors should carefully read the prospectus and/or summary prospectus and consider the investment objectives, risk, charges and expenses. For this and more complete information about the Funds, investors may obtain a prospectus or summary prospectus by calling 1-844-446-4PPM (1-844-446-4776), by writing PPM Funds, P.O. Box 2175, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-2175, or by visiting https://www.ppmamerica.com/ppmfunds.
Mutual funds are issued by PPM America, Inc. PPM Funds are distributed by Jackson National Life Distributors LLC1, member FINRA.
The discussion of the Funds’ investments and investment strategy (including current investment themes, the portfolio managers’ research and investment process, and portfolio characteristics) represents the Funds’ investments and the views of the portfolio managers and PPM America, Inc., the Funds’ investment adviser, at the time of this report, and are subject to change without notice.
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance shown. All returns reflect the reinvestment of income dividends and capital gains. You cannot invest directly in an index.
Mutual fund investing involves risk. Please see the Notes to the Financial Statements of this semi-annual report, as well as the prospectus for more information on risks.
The Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index provides a broad measure of US investment grade, USD-denominated fixed rate bonds. It includes Treasuries, government-rated issues, corporate bonds, MBS, CMBS and ABS securities.
The ICE BofA US High Yield Constrained Index provides a measure of below investment grade bonds, is constructed based on the ICE BofA US High Yield Index and imposes a 2% issuer cap. The ICE BofA US High Yield Index provides a broad measure of below investment grade, USD-denominated fixed rate corporate debt. It includes corporate bonds with risk exposures to countries that are members of the FX-G10, Western Europe or territories of the US and Western Europe.
1As of July 1, 2022, PPM Funds are distributed by Foreside Financial Services, LLC
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Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
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| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund |
GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS 45.1% |
Mortgage-Backed Securities 21.1% |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation | | | | | |
| 2.00%, 12/01/35 - 03/01/52 | | 1,154,409 | | 1,021,798 | |
| 4.00%, 10/01/45 - 06/01/48 | | 206,450 | | 206,755 | |
| 3.50%, 01/01/46 - 04/01/50 | | 472,661 | | 461,980 | |
| 3.00%, 11/01/46 - 12/01/49 | | 93,246 | | 87,874 | |
| 4.50%, 11/01/48 | | 11,769 | | 11,972 | |
| 2.50%, 05/01/50 - 11/01/51 | | 823,156 | | 743,712 | |
| Federal National Mortgage Association, Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.00%, 09/01/32 - 03/01/52 | | 1,027,148 | | 973,046 | |
| 2.50%, 10/01/35 - 01/01/52 | | 1,291,323 | | 1,189,204 | |
| 2.00%, 05/01/36 - 01/01/52 | | 1,795,475 | | 1,584,572 | |
| TBA, 3.00%, 07/15/37 - 07/15/52 (a) | | 470,000 | | 449,934 | |
| TBA, 3.50%, 07/15/37 (a) | | 235,000 | | 233,430 | |
| 3.50%, 10/01/46 - 06/01/52 | | 524,903 | | 509,390 | |
| 4.00%, 01/01/47 - 09/01/49 | | 369,575 | | 369,080 | |
| 4.50%, 05/01/47 - 12/01/48 | | 288,533 | | 294,301 | |
| TBA, 4.00%, 07/15/52 (a) | | 400,000 | | 394,312 | |
| Government National Mortgage Association | | | | | |
| 3.00%, 10/20/46 - 02/20/52 | | 619,456 | | 587,866 | |
| 3.50%, 05/20/47 - 07/20/51 | | 498,359 | | 488,366 | |
| 4.00%, 07/20/47 | | 140,677 | | 141,393 | |
| 4.50%, 12/20/48 - 02/20/49 | | 58,661 | | 59,960 | |
| 2.50%, 03/20/51 - 07/20/51 | | 579,709 | | 534,065 | |
| 2.00%, 09/20/51 - 03/20/52 | | 305,241 | | 271,803 | |
| 10,614,813 | |
U.S. Treasury Note 19.4% |
| Treasury, United States Department of | | | | | |
| 0.25%, 03/15/24 - 07/31/25 | | 342,000 | | 317,197 | |
| 1.50%, 10/31/24 - 02/15/30 | | 1,466,000 | | 1,360,744 | |
| 2.88%, 06/15/25 - 05/15/32 | | 2,896,400 | | 2,864,758 | |
| 2.25%, 11/15/25 | | 980,000 | | 954,275 | |
| 0.38%, 12/31/25 - 01/31/26 | | 1,500,000 | | 1,364,924 | |
| 0.88%, 09/30/26 | | 200,000 | | 182,656 | |
| 1.25%, 11/30/26 - 06/30/28 | | 1,245,000 | | 1,121,962 | |
| 0.63%, 03/31/27 | | 335,000 | | 298,988 | |
| 2.63%, 05/31/27 | | 904,000 | | 886,909 | |
| 1.38%, 11/15/31 | | 403,000 | | 349,540 | |
| 1.88%, 02/15/32 | | 82,000 | | 74,274 | |
| 9,776,227 | |
U.S. Treasury Bond 3.9% |
| Treasury, United States Department of | | | | | |
| 3.75%, 08/15/41 | | 461,000 | | 484,194 | |
| 2.00%, 11/15/41 | | 125,000 | | 99,238 | |
| 3.13%, 11/15/41 | | 316,000 | | 303,163 | |
| 2.50%, 02/15/45 - 02/15/46 | | 756,000 | | 640,811 | |
| 3.00%, 02/15/48 | | 317,000 | | 298,673 | |
| 1.63%, 11/15/50 | | 81,000 | | 56,953 | |
| 2.88%, 05/15/52 | | 80,000 | | 75,525 | |
| 1,958,557 | |
U.S. Government Agency Obligations 0.4% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association, Inc. | | | | | |
| 0.88%, 08/05/30 (b) | | 229,000 | | 189,465 | |
Municipal 0.3% |
| Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport | | | | | |
| 2.84%, 11/01/46 | | 55,000 | | 42,761 | |
| Dormitory Authority State of New York | | | | | |
| 3.19%, 02/15/43 | | 100,000 | | 82,022 | |
| 124,783 | |
| Total Government And Agency Obligations (cost $24,277,728) | 22,663,845 | |
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES 42.8% |
Financials 16.3% |
| AerCap Ireland Capital Designated Activity Company | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 07/15/25 | | 50,000 | | 51,110 | |
| 2.45%, 10/29/26 | | 165,000 | | 143,641 | |
| 3.00%, 10/29/28 | | 163,000 | | 137,128 | |
| 3.30%, 01/30/32 | | 195,000 | | 155,398 | |
| Ares Finance Co. IV LLC | | | | | |
| 3.65%, 02/01/52 (c) | | 66,000 | | 46,624 | |
| Bank of America Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.25%, 10/22/26 | | 35,000 | | 34,526 | |
| 3.56%, 04/23/27 | | 65,000 | | 62,341 | |
| 1.73%, 07/22/27 | | 103,000 | | 91,797 | |
| 3.59%, 07/21/28 | | 90,000 | | 84,981 | |
| 4.27%, 07/23/29 | | 333,000 | | 320,245 | |
| 2.59%, 04/29/31 | | 100,000 | | 84,813 | |
| 2.30%, 07/21/32 | | 140,000 | | 113,162 | |
| 2.68%, 06/19/41 | | 65,000 | | 46,793 | |
| Barclays PLC | | | | | |
| 3.56%, 09/23/35 (d) | | 295,000 | | 244,706 | |
| Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corporation | | | | | |
| 2.85%, 10/15/50 | | 95,000 | | 68,536 | |
| BlackRock, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.10%, 02/25/32 | | 268,000 | | 221,579 | |
| Blackstone Holdings Finance Co. L.L.C. | | | | | |
| 2.00%, 01/30/32 (c) | | 142,000 | | 113,009 | |
| Blackstone Private Credit Fund | | | | | |
| 1.75%, 09/15/24 (c) | | 52,000 | | 47,996 | |
| 2.63%, 12/15/26 (c) | | 99,000 | | 82,569 | |
| 3.25%, 03/15/27 (c) | | 141,000 | | 119,676 | |
| 4.00%, 01/15/29 (c) | | 60,000 | | 48,942 | |
| Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | | | | | |
| 2.85%, 09/30/28 | | 135,000 | | 108,868 | |
| BNP Paribas | | | | | |
| 2.16%, 09/15/29 (c) | | 110,000 | | 92,138 | |
| 2.59%, 08/12/35 (c) (d) | | 90,000 | | 70,890 | |
| Citigroup Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.00%, (100, 09/12/24) (e) | | 83,000 | | 72,977 | |
| 4.45%, 09/29/27 | | 76,000 | | 74,519 | |
| 3.52%, 10/27/28 | | 131,000 | | 122,342 | |
| 2.67%, 01/29/31 | | 224,000 | | 190,272 | |
| 2.57%, 06/03/31 | | 142,000 | | 118,693 | |
| 3.06%, 01/25/33 | | 58,000 | | 49,265 | |
| CNO Global Funding | | | | | |
| 1.75%, 10/07/26 (c) | | 150,000 | | 132,895 | |
| Credit Suisse Group AG | | | | | |
| 5.25%, (100, 02/11/27) (c) (e) | | 200,000 | | 154,957 | |
| 7.50%, (100, 12/11/23) (c) (d) (e) | | 150,000 | | 142,500 | |
| 6.50%, 08/08/23 (c) (d) | | 250,000 | | 249,955 | |
| Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft | | | | | |
| 3.73%, 01/14/32 (d) | | 100,000 | | 75,527 | |
| 3.04%, 05/28/32 (d) | | 90,000 | | 70,965 | |
| F&G Global Funding | | | | | |
| 2.00%, 09/20/28 (c) | | 120,000 | | 101,461 | |
| Ford Motor Credit Company LLC | | | | | |
| 5.13%, 06/16/25 | | 75,000 | | 71,670 | |
| 4.95%, 05/28/27 | | 50,000 | | 46,403 | |
| 3.82%, 11/02/27 | | 78,000 | | 66,300 | |
| FS KKR Capital Corp. | | | | | |
| 3.40%, 01/15/26 | | 102,000 | | 90,626 | |
| 3.13%, 10/12/28 | | 90,000 | | 71,621 | |
| Glencore Funding LLC | | | | | |
| 4.88%, 03/12/29 (c) | | 75,000 | | 73,060 | |
| Icahn Enterprises L.P. | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 09/15/24 | | 100,000 | | 93,778 | |
| Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.35%, 06/15/29 | | 71,000 | | 69,951 | |
| 4.95%, 06/15/52 | | 85,000 | | 83,651 | |
| JBS Finance Luxembourg S.a r.l. | | | | | |
| 3.63%, 01/15/32 (c) (f) | | 94,000 | | 75,809 | |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | | | | | |
| 2.01%, 03/13/26 | | 132,000 | | 123,419 | |
| 2.07%, 06/01/29 | | 114,000 | | 97,876 | |
| 2.74%, 10/15/30 | | 215,000 | | 187,656 | |
| KKR Group Finance Co. XII LLC | | | | | |
| 4.85%, 05/17/32 (c) | | 66,000 | | 64,834 | |
| Lloyds Banking Group PLC | | | | | |
| 7.50%, (100, 09/27/25) (d) (e) | | 109,000 | | 106,411 | |
| 3.87%, 07/09/25 (d) | | 200,000 | | 197,035 | |
| LSEGA Financing PLC | | | | | |
| 2.50%, 04/06/31 (c) | | 90,000 | | 77,064 | |
| 3.20%, 04/06/41 (c) | | 28,000 | | 21,918 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
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| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| Markel Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.00%, (100, 06/01/25) (e) (f) | | 78,000 | | 76,977 | |
| Morgan Stanley | | | | | |
| 0.99%, 12/10/26 | | 200,000 | | 177,154 | |
| 1.51%, 07/20/27 | | 135,000 | | 118,691 | |
| 3.62%, 04/01/31 | | 32,000 | | 29,419 | |
| 2.51%, 10/20/32 | | 62,000 | | 51,338 | |
| 2.48%, 09/16/36 | | 90,000 | | 69,099 | |
| NatWest Group PLC | | | | | |
| 3.07%, 05/22/28 (d) | | 124,000 | | 112,308 | |
| NatWest Markets PLC | | | | | |
| 1.60%, 09/29/26 (c) | | 242,000 | | 213,574 | |
| New York Life Global Funding | | | | | |
| 1.85%, 08/01/31 (c) | | 119,000 | | 96,555 | |
| Owl Rock Capital Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.40%, 07/15/26 | | 87,000 | | 77,548 | |
| The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.64%, 02/24/28 | | 183,000 | | 165,973 | |
| 3.80%, 03/15/30 | | 211,000 | | 195,151 | |
| 2.62%, 04/22/32 | | 39,000 | | 32,357 | |
| 2.38%, 07/21/32 | | 170,000 | | 137,597 | |
| 3.10%, 02/24/33 | | 127,000 | | 108,606 | |
| 6.75%, 10/01/37 | | 70,000 | | 77,492 | |
| The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.90%, 09/15/51 (f) | | 66,000 | | 45,814 | |
| Toll Brothers Finance Corp | | | | | |
| 3.80%, 11/01/29 (f) | | 160,000 | | 136,516 | |
| UBS Group AG | | | | | |
| 4.88%, (100, 02/12/27) (c) (e) | | 200,000 | | 167,618 | |
| Wells Fargo & Company | | | | | |
| 4.61%, 04/25/53 | | 197,000 | | 182,305 | |
| Westpac Banking Corporation | | | | | |
| 2.67%, 11/15/35 (d) | | 48,000 | | 38,294 | |
| ZF North America Capital, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 04/29/25 (c) | | 144,000 | | 132,840 | |
| 8,210,104 | |
Energy 5.2% |
| Antero Midstream Partners LP | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 06/15/29 (c) | | 18,000 | | 16,142 | |
| BP Capital Markets America Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.72%, 01/12/32 | | 110,000 | | 94,768 | |
| Cenovus Energy Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.65%, 01/15/32 (f) | | 127,000 | | 105,337 | |
| Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | | | | | |
| 3.25%, 01/31/32 (c) | | 33,000 | | 26,012 | |
| Cheniere Energy, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 10/15/28 | | 65,000 | | 58,806 | |
| 4.50%, 10/01/29 | | 125,000 | | 111,679 | |
| Continental Resources, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 01/15/31 (c) | | 95,000 | | 91,749 | |
| DCP Midstream Operating, LP | | | | | |
| 3.25%, 02/15/32 | | 12,000 | | 9,420 | |
| 5.60%, 04/01/44 | | 80,000 | | 64,733 | |
| Devon Energy Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 06/15/28 | | 39,000 | | 39,606 | |
| 4.50%, 01/15/30 | | 34,000 | | 32,053 | |
| Energy Transfer LP | | | | | |
| 6.50%, (100, 08/15/26) (e) | | 110,000 | | 98,024 | |
| 6.75%, (100, 05/15/25) (e) | | 102,000 | | 85,180 | |
| 7.13%, (100, 05/15/30) (e) | | 119,000 | | 102,342 | |
| 3.75%, 05/15/30 | | 142,000 | | 127,864 | |
| 5.80%, 06/15/38 | | 45,000 | | 42,343 | |
| 6.25%, 04/15/49 | | 40,000 | | 38,799 | |
| EQM Midstream Partners, LP | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 12/01/26 | | 113,000 | | 97,608 | |
| 4.50%, 01/15/29 (c) | | 31,000 | | 25,183 | |
| EQT Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.13%, 05/15/26 (c) | | 10,000 | | 9,377 | |
| 3.90%, 10/01/27 | | 59,000 | | 55,136 | |
| Helmerich & Payne, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.90%, 09/29/31 (f) | | 45,000 | | 38,533 | |
| Marathon Oil Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.40%, 07/15/27 (f) | | 103,000 | | 100,482 | |
| ONEOK, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 03/15/50 | | 60,000 | | 48,001 | |
| Pioneer Natural Resources Company | | | | | |
| 1.90%, 08/15/30 | | 90,000 | | 73,525 | |
| Rattler Midstream LP | | | | | |
| 5.63%, 07/15/25 (c) | | 15,000 | | 14,978 | |
| Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC | | | | | |
| 4.20%, 03/15/28 | | 300,000 | | 288,671 | |
| 4.50%, 05/15/30 | | 80,000 | | 76,851 | |
| Santos Finance Ltd | | | | | |
| 3.65%, 04/29/31 (c) | | 153,000 | | 129,698 | |
| Southwestern Energy Company | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 02/01/32 | | 105,000 | | 89,817 | |
| Targa Resources Corp | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 03/01/30 | | 140,000 | | 133,302 | |
| 4.88%, 02/01/31 | | 56,000 | | 51,085 | |
| 4.00%, 01/15/32 | | 60,000 | | 51,454 | |
| Transocean Pontus Limited | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 08/01/25 (c) | | 12,300 | | 11,289 | |
| Transocean Poseidon Limited | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 02/01/27 (c) | | 45,937 | | 40,967 | |
| Transocean Proteus Limited | | | | | |
| 6.25%, 12/01/24 (c) | | 78,750 | | 74,349 | |
| Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 11/01/33 (c) | | 70,000 | | 57,736 | |
| 2,612,899 | |
Health Care 4.1% |
| AbbVie Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.20%, 11/21/29 | | 135,000 | | 124,155 | |
| 4.50%, 05/14/35 | | 55,000 | | 53,352 | |
| Amgen Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.15%, 02/21/40 | | 134,000 | | 105,759 | |
| 4.20%, 02/22/52 (f) | | 37,000 | | 32,462 | |
| Ascension Health | | | | | |
| 2.53%, 11/15/29 | | 28,000 | | 25,204 | |
| Bausch Health Companies Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 11/01/25 (c) | | 22,000 | | 19,350 | |
| 6.13%, 02/01/27 (c) | | 77,000 | | 65,624 | |
| 4.88%, 06/01/28 (c) | | 78,000 | | 61,043 | |
| Baylor Scott & White Holdings | | | | | |
| 2.84%, 11/15/50 | | 54,000 | | 39,528 | |
| Centene Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 12/15/29 | | 60,000 | | 55,950 | |
| 3.38%, 02/15/30 | | 238,000 | | 201,836 | |
| 3.00%, 10/15/30 | | 192,000 | | 159,120 | |
| Cigna Holding Company | | | | | |
| 4.38%, 10/15/28 | | 50,000 | | 49,580 | |
| 4.80%, 08/15/38 | | 28,000 | | 27,272 | |
| CVS Health Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.78%, 03/25/38 | | 190,000 | | 179,613 | |
| HCA Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 02/01/25 | | 130,000 | | 129,750 | |
| 5.88%, 02/15/26 | | 30,000 | | 30,199 | |
| 3.50%, 09/01/30 | | 57,000 | | 48,606 | |
| 4.63%, 03/15/52 (c) (f) | | 66,000 | | 52,803 | |
| Indiana University Health, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.85%, 11/01/51 (f) | | 51,000 | | 37,120 | |
| McKesson Corporation | | | | | |
| 1.30%, 08/15/26 (g) | | 175,000 | | 155,901 | |
| Northwestern Memorial HealthCare | | | | | |
| 2.63%, 07/15/51 | | 55,000 | | 38,675 | |
| Piedmont Healthcare, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.04%, 01/01/32 | | 43,000 | | 35,253 | |
| Royalty Pharma PLC | | | | | |
| 3.30%, 09/02/40 | | 184,000 | | 135,810 | |
| STERIS Irish FinCo Unlimited Company | | | | | |
| 3.75%, 03/15/51 | | 56,000 | | 43,533 | |
| Trinity Healthcare Group Pte. Ltd. | | | | | |
| 2.63%, 12/01/40 | | 11,000 | | 8,086 | |
| UnitedHealth Group Incorporated | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 05/15/52 | | 155,000 | | 154,654 | |
| 2,070,238 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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Schedules of Investments (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
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| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
Consumer Discretionary 3.5% |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.10%, 05/12/31 | | 115,000 | | 98,498 | |
| 2.88%, 05/12/41 | | 90,000 | | 72,168 | |
| 3.10%, 05/12/51 | | 55,000 | | 43,383 | |
| Booking Holdings Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 04/13/30 | | 149,000 | | 148,292 | |
| Carnival Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.00%, 08/01/28 (c) (f) | | 51,000 | | 41,836 | |
| General Motors Company | | | | | |
| 6.80%, 10/01/27 | | 39,000 | | 41,020 | |
| General Motors Financial Company, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.40%, 04/10/28 | | 100,000 | | 84,455 | |
| 3.10%, 01/12/32 | | 161,000 | | 129,392 | |
| Hyatt Hotels Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.63%, 04/23/25 (g) (h) | | 45,000 | | 45,682 | |
| Kohl's Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 05/01/31 (f) (g) | | 85,000 | | 73,883 | |
| Lowe`s Companies, Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.00%, 10/15/50 | | 36,000 | | 25,101 | |
| M.D.C. Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 01/15/43 (g) | | 11,000 | | 9,044 | |
| Macys Retail Holdings | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 03/15/30 (c) (f) | | 69,000 | | 58,099 | |
| 6.13%, 03/15/32 (c) | | 65,000 | | 54,222 | |
| Magallanes, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.05%, 03/15/42 (c) | | 255,000 | | 216,862 | |
| 5.14%, 03/15/52 (c) | | 56,000 | | 47,014 | |
| Marriott International, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 05/01/25 (g) | | 6,000 | | 6,215 | |
| Meritage Homes Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 04/15/29 (c) | | 60,000 | | 49,770 | |
| Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 06/20/27 (c) | | 35,026 | | 34,399 | |
| NAC Aviation 29 Designated Activity Company | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 06/30/26 (i) | | 71,309 | | 58,830 | |
| Newell Brands Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.88%, 06/01/25 | | 46,000 | | 45,373 | |
| Prosus N.V. | | | | | |
| 4.19%, 01/19/32 (c) (f) | | 53,000 | | 42,631 | |
| Resorts World Las Vegas LLC | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 04/06/31 (c) | | 200,000 | | 160,059 | |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | | | |
| 11.50%, 06/01/25 (c) | | 13,000 | | 13,358 | |
| Sands China Ltd. | | | | | |
| 2.55%, 03/08/27 (c) (g) (h) | | 200,000 | | 146,025 | |
| 1,745,611 | |
Communication Services 3.1% |
| AT&T Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.55%, 12/01/33 | | 190,000 | | 154,093 | |
| 4.90%, 08/15/37 | | 16,000 | | 15,952 | |
| 4.30%, 12/15/42 (f) | | 140,000 | | 121,628 | |
| CCO Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 03/01/30 (c) | | 175,000 | | 149,680 | |
| Charter Communications Operating, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 04/01/38 | | 45,000 | | 40,000 | |
| 4.80%, 03/01/50 | | 50,000 | | 39,461 | |
| 6.83%, 10/23/55 | | 51,000 | | 51,135 | |
| Comcast Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.75%, 04/01/40 | | 35,000 | | 30,727 | |
| 3.40%, 07/15/46 | | 50,000 | | 40,112 | |
| 2.89%, 11/01/51 | | 65,000 | | 46,487 | |
| CSC Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 02/01/29 (c) | | 77,000 | | 70,043 | |
| DIRECTV Financing, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 08/15/27 (c) | | 37,000 | | 31,566 | |
| Netflix, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 11/15/28 | | 90,000 | | 88,104 | |
| The Walt Disney Company | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 03/23/40 | | 80,000 | | 78,353 | |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.63%, 04/15/26 | | 236,000 | | 214,216 | |
| Verizon Communications Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.33%, 09/21/28 | | 105,000 | | 104,422 | |
| 3.15%, 03/22/30 | | 130,000 | | 118,183 | |
| 2.55%, 03/21/31 | | 74,000 | | 63,357 | |
| Vodafone Group Public Limited Company | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 05/30/38 | | 120,000 | | 114,935 | |
| 1,572,454 | |
Utilities 3.0% |
| Baltimore Gas and Electric Company | | | | | |
| 4.55%, 06/01/52 | | 45,000 | | 43,510 | |
| Commonwealth Edison Company | | | | | |
| 3.75%, 08/15/47 (f) | | 79,000 | | 68,119 | |
| Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.20%, 03/15/42 | | 57,000 | | 50,198 | |
| DPL Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 07/01/25 | | 102,000 | | 95,097 | |
| Duquesne Light Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.53%, 10/01/30 (c) | | 61,000 | | 50,212 | |
| Enel Finance International N.V. | | | | | |
| 2.25%, 07/12/31 (c) | | 108,000 | | 84,957 | |
| 5.50%, 06/15/52 (c) | | 40,000 | | 38,137 | |
| Eversource Energy | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 03/01/32 | | 80,000 | | 71,818 | |
| Exelon Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.10%, 06/15/45 | | 75,000 | | 73,855 | |
| Nevada Power Company | | | | | |
| 3.70%, 05/01/29 | | 140,000 | | 134,851 | |
| Pacific Gas And Electric Company | | | | | |
| 3.30%, 12/01/27 | | 46,000 | | 40,169 | |
| 4.50%, 07/01/40 | | 181,000 | | 140,315 | |
| Public Service Electric And Gas Company Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.10%, 03/15/32 (f) | | 36,000 | | 33,129 | |
| San Diego Gas & Electric Company | | | | | |
| 1.70%, 10/01/30 | | 72,000 | | 59,193 | |
| 2.95%, 08/15/51 | | 60,000 | | 44,191 | |
| Southern California Edison Company | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 03/01/48 | | 46,000 | | 37,820 | |
| 3.65%, 02/01/50 | | 67,000 | | 51,131 | |
| Southwest Gas Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.05%, 03/15/32 | | 50,000 | | 45,464 | |
| Tampa Electric Company | | | | | |
| 3.45%, 03/15/51 | | 87,000 | | 68,535 | |
| The AES Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.30%, 07/15/25 (c) | | 133,000 | | 125,755 | |
| Vistra Operations Company LLC | | | | | |
| 3.55%, 07/15/24 (c) | | 71,000 | | 68,523 | |
| 3.70%, 01/30/27 (c) | | 110,000 | | 101,171 | |
| 1,526,150 | |
Industrials 2.7% |
| Air Canada | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 08/15/26 (c) | | 35,000 | | 29,708 | |
| Aircastle Limited | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 08/11/25 (c) | | 108,000 | | 104,322 | |
| American Airlines, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 04/20/26 (c) | | 31,000 | | 28,561 | |
| 5.75%, 04/20/29 (c) | | 11,000 | | 9,392 | |
| Ardagh Packaging Finance Public Limited Company | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 08/15/26 (c) | | 65,000 | | 55,070 | |
| Burlington Northern Santa FE, LLC | | | | | |
| 2.88%, 06/15/52 | | 67,000 | | 49,777 | |
| 4.45%, 01/15/53 | | 117,000 | | 113,129 | |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 05/01/25 (c) | | 134,000 | | 135,643 | |
| Equifax Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.35%, 09/15/31 | | 126,000 | | 100,196 | |
| General Electric Company | | | | | |
| 5.16%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.33%), (100, 09/15/22) (e) (f) (j) | | 419,000 | | 365,915 | |
| Norfolk Southern Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.55%, 06/01/53 | | 134,000 | | 126,582 | |
| Siemens Financieringsmaatschappij N.V. | | | | | |
| 2.15%, 03/11/31 (c) | | 46,000 | | 38,993 | |
| SkyMiles IP Ltd. | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 10/20/25 (c) | | 10,000 | | 9,713 | |
| 4.75%, 10/20/28 (c) | | 16,000 | | 15,101 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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| | | | | | | |
| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| The Boeing Company | | | | | |
| 5.15%, 05/01/30 (g) | | 160,000 | | 153,536 | |
| United Airlines Pass Through Trust | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 04/15/29 (c) | | 37,000 | | 31,376 | |
| 1,367,014 | |
Consumer Staples 2.4% |
| Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC | | | | | |
| 4.70%, 02/01/36 | | 200,000 | | 191,984 | |
| Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.45%, 01/23/39 | | 141,000 | | 143,054 | |
| BAT Capital Corp. | | | | | |
| 2.26%, 03/25/28 | | 76,000 | | 63,604 | |
| 4.39%, 08/15/37 | | 45,000 | | 35,713 | |
| 3.73%, 09/25/40 | | 55,000 | | 38,704 | |
| JBS USA Food Company | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 04/15/29 (c) | | 14,000 | | 14,246 | |
| 5.50%, 01/15/30 (c) | | 50,000 | | 47,457 | |
| 6.50%, 12/01/52 (c) | | 170,000 | | 160,423 | |
| Kraft Heinz Foods Company | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 10/01/39 | | 20,000 | | 17,534 | |
| Mars Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 04/01/39 (c) | | 200,000 | | 179,901 | |
| Northwestern University | | | | | |
| 2.64%, 12/01/50 | | 38,000 | | 28,106 | |
| Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.50%, 03/01/32 (c) | | 80,000 | | 62,717 | |
| Safeway Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.50%, 02/15/23 (c) | | 100,000 | | 98,945 | |
| The Trustees of Princeton University | | | | | |
| 4.20%, 03/01/52 | | 78,000 | | 79,589 | |
| University of Washington | | | | | |
| 4.35%, 04/15/22 | | 76,000 | | 64,927 | |
| 1,226,904 | |
Real Estate 1.2% |
| EPR Properties | | | | | |
| 3.60%, 11/15/31 | | 61,000 | | 48,286 | |
| Essential Properties, L.P. | | | | | |
| 2.95%, 07/15/31 | | 78,000 | | 61,064 | |
| GLP Financing, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 06/01/28 | | 15,000 | | 14,667 | |
| 5.30%, 01/15/29 | | 100,000 | | 95,445 | |
| 3.25%, 01/15/32 | | 37,000 | | 29,709 | |
| Sun Communities Operating Limited Partnership | | | | | |
| 2.30%, 11/01/28 | | 65,000 | | 55,441 | |
| 2.70%, 07/15/31 | | 87,000 | | 70,109 | |
| VICI Properties Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.25%, 12/01/26 (c) | | 55,000 | | 50,488 | |
| 3.75%, 02/15/27 (c) | | 63,000 | | 55,282 | |
| 4.13%, 08/15/30 (c) | | 94,000 | | 81,001 | |
| VICI Properties L.P. | | | | | |
| 4.95%, 02/15/30 | | 27,000 | | 25,530 | |
| 587,022 | |
Information Technology 0.8% |
| Apple Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.70%, 08/05/51 | | 28,000 | | 20,863 | |
| Broadcom Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.47%, 04/15/34 (c) | | 122,000 | | 99,111 | |
| Dell International L.L.C. | | | | | |
| 5.85%, 07/15/25 (g) | | 6,000 | | 6,192 | |
| 6.02%, 06/15/26 (g) | | 67,000 | | 69,414 | |
| 8.35%, 07/15/46 (g) | | 25,000 | | 31,169 | |
| Microsoft Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.50%, 02/12/35 | | 90,000 | | 86,436 | |
| VMware, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2.20%, 08/15/31 | | 76,000 | | 59,850 | |
| 373,035 | |
Materials 0.5% |
| Anglo American Capital PLC | | | | | |
| 2.63%, 09/10/30 (c) (f) | | 50,000 | | 41,142 | |
| CEMEX S.A.B. de C.V. | | | | | |
| 5.20%, 09/17/30 (c) | | 65,000 | | 55,652 | |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.40%, 11/14/34 | | 35,000 | | 34,167 | |
| Ineos Quattro Finance 2 PLC | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 01/15/26 (c) | | 110,000 | | 92,402 | |
| 223,363 | |
| Total Corporate Bonds And Notes (cost $24,663,376) | 21,514,794 | |
NON-U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES 8.0% |
| Air Canada 2020-2 Class A Pass Through Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A-2, 5.25%, 04/01/29 | | 21,909 | | 22,122 | |
| Alaska Airlines 2020-1 Class A Pass Through Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A-1, 4.80%, 08/15/27 | | 82,947 | | 81,304 | |
| American Airlines, Inc. | | | | | |
| Series 2016-AA-2, 3.20%, 06/15/28 | | 148,400 | | 134,768 | |
| American Tower Trust #1 | | | | | |
| Series 2013-A-2, 3.07%, 03/15/23 | | 265,000 | | 263,752 | |
| Avid Automobile Receivables Trust 2021-1 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A-1, 0.61%, 01/15/25 | | 30,220 | | 29,770 | |
| CCG Receivables Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2019-A2-2, 2.11%, 03/14/23 | | 12,197 | | 12,176 | |
| CCG Receivables Trust 2021-2 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A2-2, 0.54%, 03/14/29 | | 223,804 | | 216,348 | |
| CIM Trust 2021-J2 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A1-J2, REMIC, 2.50%, 11/25/42 (j) | | 152,815 | | 130,520 | |
| CNH Equipment Trust 2022-A | | | | | |
| Series 2022-A2-A, 2.39%, 01/16/24 | | 150,000 | | 148,276 | |
| COMM Mortgage Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2014-A4-UBS3, REMIC, 3.82%, 05/10/24 | | 49,000 | | 48,358 | |
| Dell Equipment Finance Trust 2022-1 | | | | | |
| Series 2022-A2-1, 2.11%, 11/22/23 | | 84,000 | | 82,676 | |
| DLLAA 2021-1 LLC | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-1A, 0.67%, 04/17/26 | | 190,000 | | 181,499 | |
| DLLMT 2021-1 LLC | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-1A, 1.00%, 07/20/25 | | 223,000 | | 213,855 | |
| DLLST 2022-1 LLC | | | | | |
| Series 2022-A3-1A, 3.40%, 01/21/25 | | 102,662 | | 101,057 | |
| First Investors Auto Owner Trust 2021-1 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A-1A, 0.45%, 12/15/23 | | 49,915 | | 49,425 | |
| First Investors Auto Owner Trust 2021-2 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A-2A, 0.48%, 10/15/24 | | 86,908 | | 85,157 | |
| Foundation Finance Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2017-A-1A, 3.30%, 08/15/22 | | 2,175 | | 2,175 | |
| GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust 2021-4 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-B-4, 1.25%, 10/18/27 | | 85,000 | | 79,103 | |
| GM Financial Consumer Automobile Receivables Trust 2022-2 | | | | | |
| Series 2022-A3-2, 3.10%, 02/16/27 | | 104,000 | | 103,074 | |
| Series 2022-B-2, 3.77%, 04/17/28 | | 107,000 | | 105,921 | |
| Grace Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A-GRCE, REMIC, 2.35%, 12/12/30 | | 177,000 | | 145,307 | |
| Hilton Grand Vacations Trust 2019-A | | | | | |
| Series 2019-A-AA, 2.34%, 07/25/33 | | 59,599 | | 58,492 | |
| Hilton Grand Vacations Trust 2020-A | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A-AA, 2.74%, 02/25/39 | | 69,377 | | 66,713 | |
| Hudson Yards Mortgage Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2019-A-30HY, REMIC, 3.23%, 07/12/29 | | 150,000 | | 136,533 | |
| Hyundai Auto Lease Securitization Trust 2021-B | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-B, 0.33%, 06/17/24 | | 265,000 | | 258,240 | |
| Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust 2021-C | | | | | |
| Series 2021-B-C, 1.49%, 11/15/25 | | 53,000 | | 49,580 | |
| J.P. Morgan Mortgage Trust 2022-4 | | | | | |
| Series 2022-A3-4, REMIC, 3.00%, 09/25/43 (j) | | 181,918 | | 161,956 | |
| Kubota Credit Owner Trust 2020-1 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-1A, 0.62%, 08/15/25 | | 100,000 | | 95,268 | |
| Manhattan West 2020-1MW Mortgage Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A-OMW, REMIC, 2.13%, 09/10/27 | | 201,074 | | 176,883 | |
| OPG Trust 2021-PORT | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A-PORT, REMIC, 1.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 0.48%), 10/16/23 (j) | | 165,000 | | 155,091 | |
| Prestige Auto Receivables Trust 2021-1 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-1A, 0.83%, 07/15/25 | | 95,000 | | 92,058 | |
| Santander Retail Auto Lease Trust 2021-B | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-B, 0.51%, 08/20/24 | | 101,000 | | 97,438 | |
| Sequoia Mortgage Trust 2020-4 | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A2-4, REMIC, 2.50%, 10/25/43 (j) | | 85,842 | | 75,356 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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| | | | | | | |
| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| United Airlines, Inc. | | | | | |
| Series 2012-A-1, 4.15%, 04/11/24 | | 41,777 | | 40,830 | |
| Series 2012-A-2, 4.00%, 10/29/24 | | 37,458 | | 35,789 | |
| Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2017-B-C38, REMIC, 3.92%, 06/17/27 (j) | | 57,000 | | 53,284 | |
| Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust | | | | | |
| Series 2020-A1-3, REMIC, 3.00%, 12/25/42 (j) | | 41,258 | | 38,018 | |
| Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust 2021-3 | | | | | |
| Series 2021-A3-3A, REMIC, 0.95%, 06/16/25 | | 192,000 | | 186,292 | |
| Total Non-U.S. Government Agency Asset-Backed Securities (cost $4,239,923) | 4,014,464 | |
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INSTRUMENTS 2.2% |
Consumer Discretionary 0.8% |
| Adient US LLC | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 4.31%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 04/30/28 (j) | | 78,394 | | 72,775 | |
| Caesars Resort Collection, LLC | | | | | |
| 2020 Term Loan B1, 4.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 06/19/25 (j) | | 80,565 | | 77,483 | |
| Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2019 Term Loan B, 2.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 08/29/25 (j) | | 100,000 | | 95,125 | |
| PCI Gaming Authority | | | | | |
| Term Loan, 3.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 05/15/26 (j) | | 109,653 | | 104,734 | |
| UFC Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 3.50%, (6 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 04/29/26 (j) | | 52,887 | | 49,132 | |
| 399,249 | |
Industrials 0.5% |
| AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan, 5.81%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 03/10/28 (j) | | 21,000 | | 19,995 | |
| Air Canada | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 4.25%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 07/27/28 (j) | | 24,000 | | 22,020 | |
| Berry Global, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan Z, 3.00%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 1.75%), 07/01/26 (j) | | 116,168 | | 111,990 | |
| Cimpress Public Limited Company | | | | | |
| USD Term Loan B, 4.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 04/29/28 (j) | | 35,939 | | 33,198 | |
| Genesee & Wyoming Inc. | | | | | |
| Term Loan, 3.01%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 10/29/26 (j) | | 49,852 | | 47,778 | |
| Hertz Corporation, (The) | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 4.31%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 06/11/28 (j) | | 10,645 | | 10,003 | |
| 2021 Term Loan C, 4.31%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.25%), 06/11/28 (j) | | 2,027 | | 1,904 | |
| INEOS Styrolution US Holding LLC | | | | | |
| 2021 USD Term Loan B, 3.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.75%), 01/21/26 (j) | | 26,730 | | 25,168 | |
| 272,056 | |
Communication Services 0.4% |
| CenturyLink, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2020 Term Loan B, 3.31%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 03/15/27 (j) | | 97,500 | | 89,487 | |
| CSC Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 2017 Term Loan B1, 3.57%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.25%), 07/15/25 (j) | | 42,857 | | 39,771 | |
| DirecTV Financing, LLC | | | | | |
| Term Loan, 6.06%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 5.00%), 07/22/27 (j) | | 33,869 | | 31,089 | |
| Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2019 Term Loan B4, 3.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 2.50%), 06/13/26 (j) | | 44,063 | | 43,340 | |
| 203,687 | |
Consumer Staples 0.2% |
| JBS USA Lux S.A. | | | | | |
| 2019 Term Loan B, 2.80%, (6 Month USD LIBOR + 2.00%), 04/27/26 (j) | | 92,677 | | 89,201 | |
Materials 0.1% |
| Sylvamo Corporation | | | | | |
| Term Loan B, 5.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), 08/18/28 (j) | | 69,268 | | 65,372 | |
Information Technology 0.1% |
| Peraton Corp. | | | | | |
| Term Loan B, 4.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 02/22/28 (j) | | 68,784 | | 64,448 | |
Energy 0.1% |
| Traverse Midstream Partners LLC | | | | | |
| 2017 Term Loan, 5.38%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 09/22/24 (j) | | 671 | | 639 | |
| 2017 Term Loan, 5.95%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 09/22/24 (j) | | 28,584 | | 27,202 | |
| 27,841 | |
| Total Senior Floating Rate Instruments (cost $1,180,167) | 1,121,854 | |
COMMON STOCKS 0.1% |
Financials 0.1% |
| Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company (i) (k) | | 1,204 | | 28,896 | |
| Total Common Stocks (cost $30,702) | 28,896 | |
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 7.3% |
Investment Companies 4.7% |
| State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Premier Class, 1.42% (l) | | 2,358,281 | | 2,358,281 | |
Securities Lending Collateral 2.6% |
| State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.56% (l) | | 1,337,348 | | 1,337,348 | |
| Total Short Term Investments (cost $3,695,629) | 3,695,629 | |
Total Investments 105.5% (cost $58,087,525) | | 53,039,482 | |
Other Derivative Instruments 0.0% | | 11,105 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net (5.5)% | | (2,761,539) | |
Total Net Assets 100.0% | | 50,289,048 | |
(a) All or a portion of the security was purchased on a delayed delivery basis. As of June 30, 2022, the total payable for investments purchased on a delayed delivery basis was $1,075,045.
(b) The security is a direct debt of the agency and not collateralized by mortgages.
(c) Security is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of June 30, 2022, the value and the percentage of net assets of these securities was $6,104,149 and 12.1% of the Fund.
(d) Convertible security.
(e) Perpetual security. Next contractual call price and date are presented in parentheses, if applicable.
(f) All or a portion of the security was on loan as of June 30, 2022.
(g) The interest rate for this security is inversely affected by upgrades or downgrades to the credit rating of the issuer. Rate stated was the coupon as of June 30, 2022.
(h) Security is a step-up bond where the coupon may increase or step up at a future date or as the result of an upgrade or downgrade to the credit rating of the issuer. Rate stated was the coupon as of June 30, 2022.
(i) Security fair valued in good faith as a Level 3 security in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Good faith fair valued securities are classified for Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820 "Fair Value Measurement" based on the applicable valuation inputs. See FASB ASC Topic 820 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(j) Security has a variable rate. Interest rates reset periodically. Rate stated was in effect as of June 30, 2022. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are presented. Certain variable rate securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread because they are determined by the issuer, remarketing agent, or offering documents and are based on current market conditions. The coupon rate for securities with certain features outlined in the offering documents may vary from the stated reference rate and spread. This includes, but is not limited to, securities with deferred rates, contingent distributions, caps, floors, and fixed-rate to float-rate features. In addition, variable rates for government and agency collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMO”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) are determined by tranches of underlying mortgage-backed security pools’ cash flows into securities and pass-through rates which reflect the rate earned on the asset pool after management and guarantee fees are paid to the securitizing corporation. CMO and MBS variable rates are determined by a formula set forth in the security’s offering documents.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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(k) Non-income producing security.
(l) Yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of June 30, 2022.
| | |
Composition as of June 30, 2022*: |
Government and Agency Obligations | 42.7 | % |
Corporate Bonds and Notes | 40.5 | |
Non-US Government Agency ABS | 7.6 | |
Senior Floating Rate Instruments | 2.1 | |
Common Stocks | 0.1 | |
Short Term Investments | 7.0 | |
Total Investments* | 100.0 | % |
*Percentages are based on market values as of June 30, 2022 and differ from the percentages shown in the Schedules of Investments, which are based on net assets.
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PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund — Futures Contracts |
Reference Entity | | Contracts1 | | Expiration | | Notional1 | | Variation Margin Receivable (Payable) ($) | | Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) ($) |
Long Contracts |
United States 10 Year Note | | 12 | | September 2022 | | | 1,407,018 | | 12,187 | | | 15,357 | |
United States 2 Year Note | | 11 | | October 2022 | | | 2,318,256 | | 6,188 | | | (8,085) | |
United States 5 Year Note | | 4 | | October 2022 | | | 449,654 | | 2,813 | | | (654) | |
United States Long Bond | | 8 | | September 2022 | | | 1,118,601 | | 18,277 | | | (9,601) | |
United States Ultra Bond | | 10 | | September 2022 | | | 1,579,687 | | 23,437 | | | (36,249) | |
| | | | | | | | | 62,902 | | | (39,232) | |
Short Contracts |
United States 10 Year Ultra Bond | | (39) | | September 2022 | | | (5,041,617) | | (51,797) | | | 73,992 | |
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See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
PPM High Yield Core Fund |
CORPORATE BONDS AND NOTES 90.5% |
Consumer Discretionary 17.2% |
| Asbury Automotive Group, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 11/15/29 (a) | | 40,000 | | 33,042 | |
| 5.00%, 02/15/32 (a) | | 195,000 | | 159,503 | |
| Beazer Homes USA, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 03/15/25 | | 75,000 | | 69,139 | |
| Boyd Gaming Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 06/15/31 (a) | | 241,000 | | 203,945 | |
| Carnival Corporation | | | | | |
| 7.63%, 03/01/26 (a) | | 153,000 | | 119,437 | |
| 5.75%, 03/01/27 (a) | | 216,000 | | 156,036 | |
| 4.00%, 08/01/28 (a) | | 40,000 | | 32,812 | |
| CDI Escrow Issuer Inc | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 04/01/30 (a) | | 228,000 | | 207,491 | |
| Churchill Downs Incorporated | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 01/15/28 (a) | | 45,000 | | 40,051 | |
| Dana Incorporated | | | | | |
| 4.25%, 09/01/30 | | 13,000 | | 10,150 | |
| 4.50%, 02/15/32 | | 32,000 | | 23,735 | |
| Eldorado Resorts, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.25%, 07/01/25 (a) | | 55,000 | | 53,009 | |
| 8.13%, 07/01/27 (a) (b) | | 186,000 | | 179,352 | |
| Ford Motor Company | | | | | |
| 4.35%, 12/08/26 (b) | | 72,000 | | 66,651 | |
| 6.63%, 10/01/28 | | 83,000 | | 81,859 | |
| 9.63%, 04/22/30 | | 64,000 | | 71,868 | |
| 3.25%, 02/12/32 | | 159,000 | | 118,849 | |
| 5.29%, 12/08/46 | | 62,000 | | 47,245 | |
| Guitar Center Escrow Issuer II, Inc. | | | | | |
| 8.50%, 01/15/26 (a) | | 270,000 | | 238,199 | |
| Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property, Ltd. | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 01/20/26 (a) | | 330,000 | | 295,721 | |
| Hilton Grand Vacations Borrower LLC | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 06/01/29 (a) | | 201,000 | | 162,876 | |
| 4.88%, 07/01/31 (a) | | 242,000 | | 184,409 | |
| IHOL Verwaltungs GmbH | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 05/15/27 (a) (c) | | 88,000 | | 79,302 | |
| 6.38%, 05/15/29 (a) (c) | | 161,000 | | 140,334 | |
| International Game Technology PLC | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 04/15/26 (a) | | 52,000 | | 47,191 | |
| 5.25%, 01/15/29 (a) | | 202,000 | | 182,939 | |
| IRB Holding Corp. | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 06/15/25 (a) | | 101,000 | | 98,568 | |
| Jacobs Entertainment, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 02/15/29 (a) | | 216,000 | | 178,100 | |
| Jaguar Land Rover Automotive PLC | | | | | |
| 5.63%, 02/01/23 (a) | | 111,000 | | 108,597 | |
| 5.88%, 01/15/28 (a) | | 60,000 | | 45,790 | |
| 5.50%, 07/15/29 (a) | | 200,000 | | 148,582 | |
| KB Home | | | | | |
| 4.80%, 11/15/29 | | 191,000 | | 160,741 | |
| 7.25%, 07/15/30 | | 56,000 | | 53,054 | |
| L Brands, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.50%, 06/15/29 | | 140,000 | | 127,652 | |
| 6.88%, 11/01/35 | | 165,000 | | 134,024 | |
| Life Time, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 01/15/26 (a) | | 142,000 | | 127,611 | |
| 8.00%, 04/15/26 (a) (b) | | 145,000 | | 129,482 | |
| Macys Retail Holdings | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 03/15/30 (a) (b) | | 130,000 | | 109,462 | |
| 6.13%, 03/15/32 (a) | | 193,000 | | 160,996 | |
| Majordrive Holdings IV, LLC | | | | | |
| 6.38%, 06/01/29 (a) | | 216,000 | | 147,920 | |
| Marriott Ownership Resorts, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 01/15/28 | | 76,000 | | 66,720 | |
| MCE Finance Limited | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 12/04/29 (a) | | 198,000 | | 119,255 | |
| Meritage Homes Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 109,000 | | 90,415 | |
| Midwest Gaming Borrower, LLC | | | | | |
| 4.88%, 05/01/29 (a) | | 212,000 | | 173,103 | |
| Mileage Plus Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 06/20/27 (a) | | 115,053 | | 112,995 | |
| NAC Aviation 29 Designated Activity Company | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 06/30/26 (d) | | 109,578 | | 90,402 | |
| Nemak, S.A.B. de C.V. | | | | | |
| 3.63%, 06/28/31 (a) | | 118,000 | | 81,928 | |
| NMG Holding Company, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.13%, 04/01/26 (a) | | 290,000 | | 268,262 | |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.00%, 03/15/27 | | 213,000 | | 187,529 | |
| Panther BF Aggregator 2 LP | | | | | |
| 8.50%, 05/15/27 (a) | | 230,000 | | 222,482 | |
| PetSmart, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.75%, 02/15/29 (a) (b) | | 145,000 | | 130,818 | |
| PM General Purchaser LLC | | | | | |
| 9.50%, 10/01/28 (a) | | 281,000 | | 236,618 | |
| QVC, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.45%, 08/15/34 | | 140,000 | | 97,428 | |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. | | | | | |
| 10.88%, 06/01/23 (a) | | 177,000 | | 177,664 | |
| 9.13%, 06/15/23 (a) | | 240,000 | | 238,249 | |
| 4.25%, 07/01/26 (a) | | 124,000 | | 88,066 | |
| 5.50%, 08/31/26 - 04/01/28 (a) | | 321,000 | | 231,603 | |
| Scientific Games International, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 05/15/28 (a) | | 91,000 | | 85,910 | |
| Seaworld Entertainment, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 08/15/29 (a) (b) | | 186,000 | | 157,606 | |
| Shea Homes Limited Partnership, A California Limited Partnership | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 02/15/28 - 04/01/29 (a) | | 159,000 | | 127,636 | |
| Staples, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.50%, 04/15/26 (a) | | 149,000 | | 123,557 | |
| Stena International S.A R.L. | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 02/01/25 (a) | | 282,000 | | 273,941 | |
| Tenneco Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.88%, 01/15/29 (a) | | 50,000 | | 48,427 | |
| 5.13%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 470,000 | | 442,084 | |
| TKC Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 05/15/28 (a) | | 97,000 | | 83,505 | |
| 10.50%, 05/15/29 (a) | | 150,000 | | 122,918 | |
| Travel + Leisure Co. | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 12/01/29 (a) | | 124,000 | | 98,212 | |
| Wyndham Destinations, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 07/31/26 (a) | | 101,000 | | 96,467 | |
| 6.00%, 04/01/27 (e) (f) | | 65,000 | | 58,479 | |
| 4.63%, 03/01/30 (a) | | 95,000 | | 73,633 | |
| 9,141,636 | |
Energy 16.4% |
| Aethon United BR LP | | | | | |
| 8.25%, 02/15/26 (a) | | 272,000 | | 264,563 | |
| Antero Midstream Partners LP | | | | | |
| 7.88%, 05/15/26 (a) | | 90,000 | | 89,914 | |
| 5.75%, 03/01/27 (a) | | 143,000 | | 133,060 | |
| 5.38%, 06/15/29 (a) | | 269,000 | | 241,240 | |
| Ascent Resources - Utica, LLC | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 11/01/26 (a) | | 359,000 | | 334,781 | |
| Baytex Energy Corp. | | | | | |
| 8.75%, 04/01/27 (a) (b) | | 129,000 | | 128,689 | |
| Bip-V Chinook | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 06/15/31 (a) | | 335,000 | | 286,316 | |
| Blue Racer Midstream, LLC | | | | | |
| 7.63%, 12/15/25 (a) | | 51,000 | | 48,601 | |
| 6.63%, 07/15/26 (a) | | 57,000 | | 51,543 | |
| Buckeye Partners, L.P. | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 03/01/28 (a) | | 167,000 | | 141,305 | |
| 5.85%, 11/15/43 | | 120,000 | | 85,971 | |
| 5.60%, 10/15/44 | | 19,000 | | 13,275 | |
| Callon Petroleum Company | | | | | |
| 6.38%, 07/01/26 | | 316,000 | | 291,005 | |
| 7.50%, 06/15/30 (a) | | 28,000 | | 25,875 | |
| Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. | | | | | |
| 3.25%, 01/31/32 (a) | | 58,000 | | 45,719 | |
| Cheniere Energy, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 10/15/28 | | 60,000 | | 54,283 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| Citgo Petroleum Corporation | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 06/15/25 (a) | | 146,000 | | 141,262 | |
| 6.38%, 06/15/26 (a) | | 266,000 | | 246,167 | |
| Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 07/01/29 (a) | | 199,000 | | 174,342 | |
| DT Midstream, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 06/15/29 (a) | | 101,000 | | 85,882 | |
| 4.38%, 06/15/31 (a) | | 86,000 | | 71,891 | |
| Earthstone Energy Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 8.00%, 04/15/27 (a) | | 220,000 | | 208,208 | |
| Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P. | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 07/15/25 (a) | | 85,000 | | 85,515 | |
| 5.75%, 01/30/28 (a) | | 93,000 | | 88,584 | |
| Energean Israel Finance Ltd | | | | | |
| 4.88%, 03/30/26 (g) | | 397,000 | | 349,360 | |
| Energy Transfer LP | | | | | |
| 6.50%, (100, 08/15/26) (h) | | 30,000 | | 26,734 | |
| 6.75%, (100, 05/15/25) (h) | | 106,000 | | 88,520 | |
| 7.13%, (100, 05/15/30) (h) | | 62,000 | | 53,321 | |
| EQM Midstream Partners, LP | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 12/01/26 | | 163,000 | | 140,798 | |
| 7.50%, 06/01/27 (a) | | 84,000 | | 80,924 | |
| 6.50%, 07/01/27 (a) | | 104,000 | | 96,742 | |
| 4.50%, 01/15/29 (a) | | 237,000 | | 192,529 | |
| 4.75%, 01/15/31 (a) (b) | | 141,000 | | 112,474 | |
| Hilcorp Energy I, L.P. | | | | | |
| 6.25%, 11/01/28 - 04/15/32 (a) | | 297,000 | | 271,303 | |
| 5.75%, 02/01/29 (a) | | 61,000 | | 53,241 | |
| 6.00%, 04/15/30 (a) | | 76,000 | | 66,916 | |
| Husky Energy Inc. | | | | | |
| 13.00%, 02/15/25 (a) (c) | | 297,000 | | 291,256 | |
| ITT Holdings LLC | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 08/01/29 (a) | | 313,000 | | 253,576 | |
| Kinetik Holdings LP | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 06/15/30 (a) | | 112,000 | | 106,791 | |
| Murphy Oil Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 08/15/25 | | 90,000 | | 88,716 | |
| 5.88%, 12/01/27 | | 187,000 | | 174,506 | |
| Nabors Industries Ltd | | | | | |
| 7.50%, 01/15/28 (a) | | 177,000 | | 152,536 | |
| Nabors Industries, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.38%, 05/15/27 (a) | | 147,000 | | 138,473 | |
| NuStar Logistics, L.P. | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 06/01/26 | | 85,000 | | 78,707 | |
| 5.63%, 04/28/27 | | 172,000 | | 153,351 | |
| 6.38%, 10/01/30 | | 134,000 | | 116,834 | |
| Occidental Petroleum Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.95%, 07/01/24 | | 198,000 | | 204,298 | |
| 3.50%, 06/15/25 | | 35,000 | | 33,685 | |
| 8.88%, 07/15/30 | | 80,000 | | 91,960 | |
| 6.45%, 09/15/36 | | 106,000 | | 110,410 | |
| 7.95%, 06/15/39 | | 55,000 | | 62,150 | |
| 6.60%, 03/15/46 | | 78,000 | | 82,797 | |
| PDV America, Inc. | | | | | |
| 9.25%, 08/01/24 (a) (b) | | 175,000 | | 170,308 | |
| Shelf Drilling Management Services DMCC | | | | | |
| 8.88%, 11/15/24 (a) | | 189,000 | | 185,812 | |
| Southwestern Energy Company | | | | | |
| 7.75%, 10/01/27 (b) | | 90,000 | | 92,163 | |
| 8.38%, 09/15/28 | | 96,000 | | 101,272 | |
| 5.38%, 02/01/29 - 03/15/30 | | 233,000 | | 214,925 | |
| 4.75%, 02/01/32 | | 211,000 | | 180,489 | |
| Tap Rock Resources, LLC | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 10/01/26 (a) | | 134,000 | | 128,254 | |
| Targa Resources Corp | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 03/01/30 | | 185,000 | | 176,150 | |
| 4.88%, 02/01/31 | | 56,000 | | 51,085 | |
| Transocean Proteus Limited | | | | | |
| 6.25%, 12/01/24 (a) | | 112,500 | | 106,213 | |
| Venture Global Calcasieu Pass, LLC | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 08/15/29 - 11/01/33 (a) | | 257,000 | | 222,981 | |
| 4.13%, 08/15/31 (a) | | 23,000 | | 19,754 | |
| Viper Energy Partners LP | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 11/01/27 (a) | | 44,000 | | 42,325 | |
| 8,702,630 | |
Communication Services 16.1% |
| Advantage Sales & Marketing Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 11/15/28 (a) | | 193,000 | | 165,693 | |
| Altice France Holding S.A. | | | | | |
| 5.13%, 07/15/29 (a) | | 102,000 | | 76,961 | |
| 5.50%, 10/15/29 (a) | | 200,000 | | 153,212 | |
| Altice France S.A. | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 02/15/28 (a) (b) | | 69,000 | | 47,588 | |
| AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 10.00%, 06/15/26 (a) (c) (e) | | 68,000 | | 45,266 | |
| 7.50%, 02/15/29 (a) (b) | | 125,000 | | 105,724 | |
| CCO Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.13%, 05/01/27 (a) | | 108,000 | | 101,909 | |
| 5.38%, 06/01/29 (a) | | 408,000 | | 371,735 | |
| 4.25%, 02/01/31 - 01/15/34 (a) | | 293,000 | | 234,726 | |
| 4.75%, 02/01/32 (a) | | 149,000 | | 122,675 | |
| 4.50%, 05/01/32 | | 111,000 | | 89,867 | |
| CenturyLink, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.13%, 12/15/26 (a) | | 112,000 | | 94,411 | |
| 7.60%, 09/15/39 | | 24,000 | | 18,947 | |
| Clear Channel International B.V. | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 08/01/25 (a) | | 85,000 | | 78,982 | |
| Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.75%, 04/15/28 (a) (b) | | 129,000 | | 93,865 | |
| 7.50%, 06/01/29 (a) | | 264,000 | | 190,740 | |
| Connect Finco SARL | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 10/01/26 (a) | | 60,000 | | 53,621 | |
| CSC Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 06/01/24 | | 85,000 | | 79,555 | |
| 5.38%, 02/01/28 (a) | | 448,000 | | 391,553 | |
| 7.50%, 04/01/28 (a) | | 300,000 | | 253,144 | |
| 4.50%, 11/15/31 (a) | | 137,000 | | 105,779 | |
| Cumulus Media New Holdings Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 07/01/26 (a) (b) | | 326,000 | | 300,449 | |
| Diamond Sports Group, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 08/15/26 (a) | | 93,000 | | 23,729 | |
| 6.63%, 08/15/27 (a) | | 113,000 | | 13,507 | |
| DIRECTV Financing, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 08/15/27 (a) | | 249,000 | | 212,432 | |
| DISH DBS Corporation | | | | | |
| 7.75%, 07/01/26 | | 204,000 | | 158,330 | |
| 5.25%, 12/01/26 (a) | | 102,000 | | 79,931 | |
| Embarq Corporation | | | | | |
| 8.00%, 06/01/36 | | 144,000 | | 108,857 | |
| Frontier Communications Holdings, LLC | | | | | |
| 8.75%, 05/15/30 (a) | | 118,000 | | 119,379 | |
| Frontier Communications Parent, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 10/15/27 (a) | | 13,000 | | 11,700 | |
| 5.00%, 05/01/28 (a) | | 93,000 | | 79,473 | |
| 6.75%, 05/01/29 (a) | | 211,000 | | 173,459 | |
| Gray Television, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 11/15/31 (a) | | 314,000 | | 251,531 | |
| Hughes Satellite Systems Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 08/01/26 | | 82,000 | | 71,763 | |
| iHeartCommunications, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.38%, 05/01/26 | | 38,565 | | 35,735 | |
| 8.38%, 05/01/27 (b) | | 306,651 | | 245,045 | |
| 5.25%, 08/15/27 (a) | | 120,000 | | 102,707 | |
| 4.75%, 01/15/28 (a) (b) | | 50,000 | | 41,199 | |
| Iliad Holding | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 10/15/28 (a) | | 298,000 | | 260,472 | |
| LCPR Senior Secured Financing Designated Activity Company | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 10/15/27 (a) | | 347,000 | | 323,505 | |
| 5.13%, 07/15/29 (a) | | 220,000 | | 184,494 | |
| Level 3 Financing, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.25%, 07/01/28 (a) | | 122,000 | | 97,758 | |
| 3.63%, 01/15/29 (a) | | 140,000 | | 107,444 | |
| Liberty Media Corporation | | | | | |
| 8.25%, 02/01/30 (b) | | 245,000 | | 162,619 | |
| Midas Opco Holdings LLC | | | | | |
| 5.63%, 08/15/29 (a) | | 450,000 | | 360,953 | |
| News Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 05/15/29 (a) | | 29,000 | | 25,123 | |
| 5.13%, 02/15/32 (a) (b) | | 59,000 | | 52,367 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| Radiate HoldCo, LLC | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 09/15/28 (a) | | 367,000 | | 283,959 | |
| Sirius XM Radio Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 08/01/27 (a) | | 59,000 | | 54,732 | |
| 3.88%, 09/01/31 (a) | | 184,000 | | 146,520 | |
| Sprint Corporation | | | | | |
| 7.88%, 09/15/23 | | 25,000 | | 25,821 | |
| 7.13%, 06/15/24 | | 331,000 | | 340,491 | |
| 7.63%, 03/01/26 | | 25,000 | | 26,371 | |
| 6.88%, 11/15/28 | | 94,000 | | 99,051 | |
| Telecom Italia S.p.A. | | | | | |
| 5.30%, 05/30/24 (a) | | 85,000 | | 81,710 | |
| Telecom Italia SpA | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 09/30/34 | | 97,000 | | 73,566 | |
| Telesat Canada | | | | | |
| 5.63%, 12/06/26 (a) | | 193,000 | | 120,174 | |
| 6.50%, 10/15/27 (a) | | 201,000 | | 86,169 | |
| Terrier Media Buyer, Inc. | | | | | |
| 8.88%, 12/15/27 (a) | | 414,000 | | 327,125 | |
| T-Mobile US, Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 04/15/29 | | 149,000 | | 130,405 | |
| Townsquare Media, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 02/01/26 (a) | | 54,000 | | 48,749 | |
| Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 08/15/30 (a) | | 250,000 | | 207,026 | |
| 8,531,783 | |
Industrials 12.3% |
| Allied Universal Holdco LLC | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 07/15/26 (a) | | 264,000 | | 242,103 | |
| 9.75%, 07/15/27 (a) | | 254,000 | | 214,957 | |
| 4.63%, 06/01/28 (a) | | 61,000 | | 50,475 | |
| American Airlines, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 04/20/26 (a) | | 207,000 | | 190,710 | |
| 5.75%, 04/20/29 (a) | | 279,000 | | 238,211 | |
| Ardagh Packaging Finance Public Limited Company | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 04/30/25 (a) | | 11,000 | | 10,203 | |
| 4.13%, 08/15/26 (a) | | 291,000 | | 246,546 | |
| Berry Global, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 02/15/26 (a) | | 114,000 | | 106,066 | |
| Bombardier Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.50%, 03/15/25 (a) | | 80,000 | | 72,315 | |
| 7.13%, 06/15/26 (a) | | 97,000 | | 79,136 | |
| 6.00%, 02/15/28 (a) | | 112,000 | | 84,030 | |
| Builders FirstSource, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.25%, 02/01/32 (a) | | 478,000 | | 365,246 | |
| 6.38%, 06/15/32 (a) | | 178,000 | | 159,557 | |
| Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 02/01/28 (a) | | 166,000 | | 151,598 | |
| Clydesdale Acquisition Holdings Inc | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 98,000 | | 92,186 | |
| 8.75%, 04/15/30 (a) | | 236,000 | | 202,948 | |
| CP Atlas Buyer, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 12/01/28 (a) (b) | | 98,000 | | 70,838 | |
| Delta Air Lines, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 05/01/25 (a) | | 111,000 | | 112,361 | |
| Fortress Transportation And Infrastructure Investors LLC | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 10/01/25 (a) | | 300,000 | | 283,172 | |
| 9.75%, 08/01/27 (a) | | 55,000 | | 54,439 | |
| 5.50%, 05/01/28 (a) | | 161,000 | | 133,279 | |
| Foxtrot Escrow Issuer LLC | | | | | |
| 12.25%, 11/15/26 (a) | | 38,000 | | 33,728 | |
| GFL Environmental Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.75%, 08/01/25 (a) | | 19,000 | | 17,616 | |
| Graham Packaging Company Europe LLC | | | | | |
| 7.13%, 08/15/28 (a) (b) | | 166,000 | | 133,091 | |
| Howmet Aerospace Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 05/01/25 | | 4,000 | | 4,109 | |
| Imola Merger Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 05/15/29 (a) | | 206,000 | | 172,739 | |
| Intelligent Packaging Limited Purchaser Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 09/15/28 (a) | | 172,000 | | 142,671 | |
| Masonite International Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 02/01/28 (a) | | 71,000 | | 64,043 | |
| Pitney Bowes Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 03/15/27 (a) (b) | | 217,000 | | 172,804 | |
| Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 04/15/24 (a) | | 52,000 | | 50,926 | |
| 5.75%, 04/15/26 (a) | | 152,000 | | 142,509 | |
| 6.25%, 01/15/28 (a) | | 233,000 | | 195,619 | |
| Rolls-Royce PLC | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 10/15/27 (a) | | 268,000 | | 242,810 | |
| SkyMiles IP Ltd. | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 10/20/28 (a) | | 42,000 | | 39,641 | |
| Summit Materials, LLC | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 01/15/29 (a) | | 150,000 | | 132,355 | |
| Terex Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 05/15/29 (a) | | 191,000 | | 164,278 | |
| TransDigm Inc. | | | | | |
| 8.00%, 12/15/25 (a) | | 34,000 | | 34,442 | |
| 6.25%, 03/15/26 (a) | | 462,000 | | 446,433 | |
| TransDigm UK Holdings PLC | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 05/15/26 | | 51,000 | | 47,797 | |
| Triumph Group, Inc. | | | | | |
| 8.88%, 06/01/24 (a) | | 65,000 | | 65,403 | |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.50%, 05/15/25 - 09/15/27 (a) | | 232,000 | | 226,250 | |
| 4.50%, 08/15/29 (a) | | 90,000 | | 74,036 | |
| United Airlines Pass Through Trust | | | | | |
| 4.38%, 04/15/26 (a) | | 70,000 | | 62,084 | |
| 4.63%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 308,000 | | 261,182 | |
| Vertical U.S. Newco Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 07/15/27 (a) | | 334,000 | | 298,282 | |
| Watco Companies, L.L.C. | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 06/15/27 (a) | | 171,000 | | 157,726 | |
| 6,542,950 | |
Financials 10.1% |
| Acrisure, LLC | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 11/15/25 (a) | | 129,000 | | 116,294 | |
| Advisor Group Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 10.75%, 08/01/27 (a) | | 188,000 | | 186,953 | |
| Albion Financing 2 S.a r.l. | | | | | |
| 8.75%, 04/15/27 (a) (b) | | 125,000 | | 105,553 | |
| Citigroup Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.00%, (100, 09/12/24) (h) | | 166,000 | | 145,954 | |
| Credit Suisse Group AG | | | | | |
| 6.25%, (100, 12/18/24) (a) (h) | | 120,000 | | 109,200 | |
| EG Global Finance PLC | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 02/07/25 (a) | | 180,000 | | 169,425 | |
| 8.50%, 10/30/25 (a) | | 230,000 | | 222,787 | |
| Ford Motor Credit Company LLC | | | | | |
| 5.13%, 06/16/25 | | 132,000 | | 126,138 | |
| 4.27%, 01/09/27 | | 29,000 | | 26,028 | |
| Freedom Mortgage Corporation | | | | | |
| 7.63%, 05/01/26 (a) | | 159,000 | | 125,150 | |
| Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 12/01/29 (a) | | 74,000 | | 56,998 | |
| HUB International Limited | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 05/01/26 (a) | | 129,000 | | 121,804 | |
| Icahn Enterprises L.P. | | | | | |
| 6.25%, 05/15/26 | | 319,000 | | 298,542 | |
| 5.25%, 05/15/27 | | 256,000 | | 226,576 | |
| IHS Luxembourg S.A R.L. | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 04/15/25 (a) | | 47,000 | | 45,186 | |
| Intelligent Packaging Holdco Issuer Ltd Partnership | | | | | |
| 9.00%, 01/15/26 (a) (c) | | 39,000 | | 34,337 | |
| Jane Street Group, LLC | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 11/15/29 (a) | | 38,000 | | 33,702 | |
| JBS Finance Luxembourg S.a r.l. | | | | | |
| 3.63%, 01/15/32 (a) | | 300,000 | | 241,944 | |
| Lions Gate Capital Holdings LLC | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 306,000 | | 238,741 | |
| LSF11 A5 Holdco LLC | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 10/15/29 (a) (b) | | 231,000 | | 194,632 | |
| Markel Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.00%, (100, 06/01/25) (b) (h) | | 157,000 | | 154,940 | |
| Navient Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 06/25/25 - 06/15/26 | | 170,000 | | 152,126 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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June 30, 2022
| | | | | | | |
| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| 4.88%, 03/15/28 | | 30,000 | | 23,436 | |
| 5.50%, 03/15/29 | | 112,000 | | 87,288 | |
| 5.63%, 08/01/33 | | 172,000 | | 120,645 | |
| NFP Corp. | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 08/15/28 (a) | | 156,000 | | 129,728 | |
| Nielsen Finance LLC | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 10/01/30 (a) | | 140,000 | | 128,613 | |
| 4.75%, 07/15/31 (a) | | 215,000 | | 194,002 | |
| Rocket Mortgage, LLC | | | | | |
| 4.00%, 10/15/33 (a) | | 249,000 | | 177,653 | |
| SLM Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 03/25/24 | | 140,000 | | 132,644 | |
| Springleaf Finance Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 03/15/24 | | 115,000 | | 109,852 | |
| Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes S.A R.L. | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 03/01/28 (a) | | 200,000 | | 173,000 | |
| UBS Group AG | | | | | |
| 4.88%, (100, 02/12/27) (a) (h) | | 210,000 | | 175,999 | |
| USA Compression Finance Corp. | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 04/01/26 - 09/01/27 | | 384,000 | | 343,110 | |
| VistaJet Malta Finance P.L.C. | | | | | |
| 7.88%, 05/01/27 (a) | | 86,000 | | 75,878 | |
| 6.38%, 02/01/30 (a) | | 372,000 | | 297,761 | |
| VMED O2 UK Financing I PLC | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 07/15/31 (a) | | 81,000 | | 66,524 | |
| 5,369,143 | |
Health Care 5.0% |
| Avantor Funding, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 07/15/28 (a) | | 230,000 | | 210,578 | |
| Bausch Health Companies Inc. | | | | | |
| 9.25%, 04/01/26 (a) | | 157,000 | | 112,299 | |
| 6.13%, 02/01/27 (a) | | 117,000 | | 99,715 | |
| 7.00%, 01/15/28 (a) | | 26,000 | | 14,885 | |
| 5.00%, 01/30/28 (a) | | 40,000 | | 21,313 | |
| 4.88%, 06/01/28 (a) | | 41,000 | | 32,087 | |
| 6.25%, 02/15/29 (a) | | 88,000 | | 46,977 | |
| Centene Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 02/15/30 | | 88,000 | | 74,628 | |
| Community Health Systems, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 02/15/31 (a) | | 198,000 | | 145,650 | |
| HCA Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.38%, 02/01/25 | | 109,000 | | 108,790 | |
| IQVIA Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 05/15/27 (a) | | 125,000 | | 118,266 | |
| Molina Healthcare, Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 05/15/32 (a) | | 65,000 | | 54,621 | |
| Mozart Debt Merger Sub Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 04/01/29 (a) | | 215,000 | | 183,282 | |
| 5.25%, 10/01/29 (a) (b) | | 308,000 | | 256,000 | |
| Organon & Co. | | | | | |
| 5.13%, 04/30/31 (a) | | 152,000 | | 131,184 | |
| Owens & Minor, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.63%, 04/01/30 (a) | | 184,000 | | 167,790 | |
| Tenet Healthcare Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 06/15/23 | | 76,000 | | 78,651 | |
| 4.88%, 01/01/26 (a) | | 178,000 | | 164,206 | |
| 5.13%, 11/01/27 (a) | | 263,000 | | 237,618 | |
| 4.63%, 06/15/28 (a) | | 212,000 | | 185,035 | |
| 4.38%, 01/15/30 (a) | | 80,000 | | 67,966 | |
| 6.13%, 06/15/30 (a) | | 140,000 | | 131,237 | |
| 2,642,778 | |
Consumer Staples 4.1% |
| Edgewell Personal Care Colombia S A S | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 06/01/28 (a) | | 74,000 | | 66,889 | |
| JBS USA Food Company | | | | | |
| 6.50%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 8,000 | | 8,140 | |
| Kraft Heinz Foods Company | | | | | |
| 4.63%, 10/01/39 | | 218,000 | | 191,117 | |
| 4.88%, 10/01/49 | | 153,000 | | 135,308 | |
| Marb Bondco PLC | | | | | |
| 3.95%, 01/29/31 (a) | | 327,000 | | 250,971 | |
| Matterhorn Merger Sub, LLC | | | | | |
| 8.50%, 06/01/26 (a) | | 247,000 | | 173,046 | |
| MPH Acquisition Holdings LLC | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 09/01/28 (a) | | 189,000 | | 168,408 | |
| Pilgrim's Pride Corporation | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 09/30/27 (a) | | 131,000 | | 125,383 | |
| 4.25%, 04/15/31 (a) | | 266,000 | | 221,912 | |
| 3.50%, 03/01/32 (a) | | 48,000 | | 37,630 | |
| Prime Security Services Borrower, LLC | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 08/31/27 (a) | | 55,000 | | 45,710 | |
| Safeway Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.88%, 02/15/28 (a) | | 192,000 | | 179,540 | |
| Sigma Holdco B.V. | | | | | |
| 7.88%, 05/15/26 (a) (b) | | 122,000 | | 68,374 | |
| United Natural Foods, Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 10/15/28 (a) (b) | | 258,000 | | 241,589 | |
| United Rentals (North America), Inc. | | | | | |
| 3.75%, 01/15/32 | | 155,000 | | 127,457 | |
| Verscend Holding Corp. | | | | | |
| 9.75%, 08/15/26 (a) | | 147,000 | | 142,929 | |
| 2,184,403 | |
Information Technology 3.6% |
| ams AG | | | | | |
| 7.00%, 07/31/25 (a) (b) | | 490,000 | | 468,969 | |
| Arches Buyer Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 12/01/28 (a) | | 19,000 | | 15,509 | |
| Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.00%, 07/01/29 (a) | | 67,000 | | 59,227 | |
| Boxer Parent Company Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.13%, 10/02/25 (a) | | 46,000 | | 44,060 | |
| Commscope Finance LLC | | | | | |
| 6.00%, 03/01/26 (a) | | 81,000 | | 74,669 | |
| Entegris Escrow Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.75%, 04/15/29 (a) | | 96,000 | | 89,486 | |
| 5.95%, 06/15/30 (a) | | 241,000 | | 229,646 | |
| Entegris, Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.38%, 04/15/28 (a) | | 94,000 | | 83,951 | |
| LogMeIn, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 09/01/27 (a) | | 216,000 | | 147,832 | |
| Open Text Corporation | | | | | |
| 3.88%, 02/15/28 (a) | | 112,000 | | 99,493 | |
| 3.88%, 12/01/29 (a) | | 157,000 | | 132,157 | |
| 4.13%, 02/15/30 (a) | | 215,000 | | 183,317 | |
| Seagate HDD Cayman | | | | | |
| 5.75%, 12/01/34 | | 29,000 | | 25,447 | |
| ViaSat, Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.63%, 09/15/25 - 04/15/27 (a) | | 263,000 | | 218,905 | |
| 6.50%, 07/15/28 (a) | | 78,000 | | 54,202 | |
| 1,926,870 | |
Materials 3.1% |
| Braskem Idesa, S.A.P.I. | | | | | |
| 6.99%, 02/20/32 (a) | | 87,000 | | 67,758 | |
| Carpenter Technology Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.38%, 07/15/28 | | 63,000 | | 55,878 | |
| CVR Partners, LP | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 06/15/28 (a) | | 32,000 | | 29,308 | |
| EverArc Escrow | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 10/30/29 (a) | | 158,000 | | 132,416 | |
| First Quantum Minerals Ltd | | | | | |
| 7.50%, 04/01/25 (a) | | 121,000 | | 114,237 | |
| 6.88%, 10/15/27 (a) | | 151,000 | | 135,174 | |
| Freeport-McMoRan Inc. | | | | | |
| 5.00%, 09/01/27 | | 117,000 | | 116,099 | |
| FXI Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 7.88%, 11/01/24 (a) | | 122,000 | | 105,870 | |
| Hudbay Minerals Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.13%, 04/01/29 (a) | | 277,000 | | 224,612 | |
| Ineos Quattro Finance 2 PLC | | | | | |
| 3.38%, 01/15/26 (a) | | 95,000 | | 79,801 | |
| NOVA Chemicals Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.88%, 06/01/24 (a) | | 86,000 | | 82,460 | |
| 5.25%, 06/01/27 (a) | | 93,000 | | 79,906 | |
| Pearl Merger Sub Inc. | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 10/01/28 (a) | | 159,000 | | 150,531 | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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| | | | | | | |
| | Shares/Par1 | | Value ($) | |
| United States Steel Corporation | | | | | |
| 6.88%, 03/01/29 (b) | | 283,000 | | 244,812 | |
| 1,618,862 | |
Utilities 1.8% |
| Calpine Corporation | | | | | |
| 4.50%, 02/15/28 (a) | | 217,000 | | 197,510 | |
| 5.13%, 03/15/28 (a) | | 212,000 | | 188,007 | |
| 3.75%, 03/01/31 (a) | | 72,000 | | 58,628 | |
| DPL Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.13%, 07/01/25 | | 114,000 | | 106,284 | |
| Vistra Operations Company LLC | | | | | |
| 5.50%, 09/01/26 (a) | | 95,000 | | 89,643 | |
| 5.00%, 07/31/27 (a) | | 229,000 | | 207,571 | |
| 4.38%, 05/01/29 (a) | | 139,000 | | 116,767 | |
| 964,410 | |
Real Estate 0.8% |
| Cushman & Wakefield PLC | | | | | |
| 6.75%, 05/15/28 (a) | | 93,000 | | 86,416 | |
| Service Properties Trust | | | | | |
| 5.25%, 02/15/26 | | 353,000 | | 271,883 | |
| VICI Properties Inc. | | | | | |
| 4.25%, 12/01/26 (a) | | 90,000 | | 82,617 | |
| 440,916 | |
| Total Corporate Bonds And Notes (cost $55,385,294) | 48,066,381 | |
SENIOR FLOATING RATE INSTRUMENTS 3.9% |
Communication Services 1.1% |
| Allen Media, LLC | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 0.00%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%), 02/10/27 (i) (j) | | 60,000 | | 53,040 | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 6.30%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.50%), 02/10/27 (i) | | 113,189 | | 100,059 | |
| GOGO Intermediate Holdings LLC | | | | | |
| Term Loan B, 4.99%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 04/21/28 (i) | | 151,802 | | 143,302 | |
| Intelsat Jackson Holdings S.A. | | | | | |
| 2021 Exit Term Loan B, 4.92%, (SOFR + 4.25%), 01/25/29 (i) | | 147,302 | | 134,755 | |
| Securus Technologies Holdings, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2017 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.51%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), 06/20/24 (i) | | 158,651 | | 143,878 | |
| 575,034 | |
Consumer Discretionary 1.0% |
| Great Canadian Gaming Corporation | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan, 6.10%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 11/01/26 (i) | | 155,000 | | 145,467 | |
| Great Outdoors Group, LLC | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B1, 4.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 02/26/28 (i) | | 148,338 | | 134,839 | |
| Groupe Solmax Inc. | | | | | |
| Term Loan, 4.75%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 12/30/24 (i) | | 31,258 | | 27,871 | |
| Term Loan, 5.76%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 12/30/24 (i) | | 83,020 | | 74,026 | |
| Michaels Companies, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 5.26%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.25%), 04/08/28 (i) | | 122,562 | | 100,637 | |
| Mileage Plus Holdings LLC | | | | | |
| 2020 Term Loan B, 7.31%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 5.25%), 12/31/23 (i) | | 49,200 | | 48,511 | |
| 531,351 | |
Information Technology 0.9% |
| CoreLogic, Inc. | | | | | |
| Term Loan, 4.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 04/14/28 (i) | | 90,317 | | 74,873 | |
| Cornerstone OnDemand, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan, 4.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 09/08/26 (i) | | 69,701 | | 62,151 | |
| Peraton Corp. | | | | | |
| Term Loan B, 4.81%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 02/22/28 (i) | | 141,563 | | 132,639 | |
| Redstone Holdco 2 LP | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan, 5.93%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 04/27/28 (i) | | 148,875 | | 127,537 | |
| Verifone Systems, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2018 1st Lien Term Loan, 5.52%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 08/09/25 (i) | | 62,157 | | 55,568 | |
| 452,768 | |
Health Care 0.5% |
| Advisor Group, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan, 5.56%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 4.50%), 07/31/26 (i) | | 83,291 | | 79,068 | |
| Illuminate Merger Sub Corp. | | | | | |
| Term Loan, 4.51%, (6 Month USD LIBOR + 3.50%), 06/30/28 (i) | | 153,230 | | 133,407 | |
| Lonza Group AG | | | | | |
| USD Term Loan B, 5.01%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.00%), 04/29/28 (i) | | 81,258 | | 72,319 | |
| 284,794 | |
Industrials 0.4% |
| AAdvantage Loyalty IP Ltd. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan, 5.81%, (3 Month USD LIBOR + 4.75%), 03/10/28 (i) | | 187,000 | | 178,050 | |
| United Airlines, Inc. | | | | | |
| 2021 Term Loan B, 5.39%, (1 Month USD LIBOR + 3.75%), 04/14/28 (i) | | 53,424 | | 49,517 | |
| 227,567 | |
| Total Senior Floating Rate Instruments (cost $2,278,167) | 2,071,514 | |
INVESTMENT COMPANIES 1.0% |
| iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | | 15,247 | | 527,851 | |
| Total Investment Companies (cost $586,552) | 527,851 | |
COMMON STOCKS 0.3% |
Energy 0.1% |
| MPLX LP | | 2,200 | | 64,130 | |
Financials 0.1% |
| Nordic Aviation Capital Designated Activity Company (d) (k) | | 1,851 | | 44,424 | |
Communication Services 0.1% |
| Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings, Inc. (k) | | 8,143 | | 8,713 | |
| iHeartMedia, Inc. - Class A (k) | | 3,283 | | 25,903 | |
| 34,616 | |
| Total Common Stocks (cost $222,418) | 143,170 | |
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS 9.8% |
Securities Lending Collateral 7.6% |
| State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 1.56% (l) | | 4,009,158 | | 4,009,158 | |
Investment Companies 2.2% |
| State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund - Premier Class, 1.42% (l) | | 1,180,492 | | 1,180,492 | |
| Total Short Term Investments (cost $5,189,650) | 5,189,650 | |
Total Investments 105.5% (cost $63,662,081) | | 55,998,566 | |
Other Assets and Liabilities, Net (5.5)% | | (2,922,613) | |
Total Net Assets 100.0% | | 53,075,953 | |
(a) Security is exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. As of June 30, 2022, the value and the percentage of net assets of these securities was $38,282,129 and 72.1% of the Fund.
(b) All or a portion of the security was on loan as of June 30, 2022.
(c) Pay-in-kind security. Stated coupon is the pay-in-kind rate. The interest earned by the security may be paid in cash or additional par.
(d) Security fair valued in good faith as a Level 3 security in accordance with the procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Good faith fair valued securities are classified for Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820 "Fair Value Measurement" based on the applicable valuation inputs. See FASB ASC Topic 820 in the Notes to Financial Statements.
(e) Security is a step-up bond where the coupon may increase or step up at a future date or as the result of an upgrade or downgrade to the credit rating of the issuer. Rate stated was the coupon as of June 30, 2022.
(f) The interest rate for this security is inversely affected by upgrades or downgrades to the credit rating of the issuer. Rate stated was the coupon as of June 30, 2022.
(g) Security is restricted to resale to institutional investors or subject to trading restrictions due to sanctions on foreign issuers. See Restricted Securities table following the Schedules of Investments.
(h) Perpetual security. Next contractual call price and date are presented in
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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June 30, 2022
parentheses, if applicable.
(i) Security has a variable rate. Interest rates reset periodically. Rate stated was in effect as of June 30, 2022. For securities based on a published reference rate and spread, the reference rate and spread are presented. Certain variable rate securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread because they are determined by the issuer, remarketing agent, or offering documents and are based on current market conditions. The coupon rate for securities with certain features outlined in the offering documents may vary from the stated reference rate and spread. This includes, but is not limited to, securities with deferred rates, contingent distributions, caps, floors, and fixed-rate to float-rate features. In addition, variable rates for government and agency collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMO”) and mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) are determined by tranches of underlying mortgage-backed security pools’ cash flows into securities and pass-through rates which reflect the rate earned on the asset pool after management and guarantee fees are paid to the securitizing corporation. CMO and MBS variable rates are determined by a formula set forth in the security’s offering documents.
(j) This senior floating rate interest will settle after June 30, 2022. If a reference rate and spread is presented, it will go into effect upon settlement.
(k) Non-income producing security.
(l) Yield changes daily to reflect current market conditions. Rate was the quoted yield as of June 30, 2022.
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Composition as of June 30, 2022*: |
Corporate Bonds and Notes | 85.8 | % |
Senior Floating Rate Instruments | 3.7 | |
Investment Companies | 0.9 | |
Common Stocks | 0.3 | |
Short Term Investments | 9.3 | |
Total Investments* | 100.0 | % |
*Percentages are based on market values as of June 30, 2022 and differ from the percentages shown in the Schedules of Investments, which are based on net assets.
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PPM High Yield Core Fund — Restricted Securities |
| | Initial Acquisition | | Cost ($) | | Value ($) | | Percent of Net Assets (%) | |
| Energean Israel Finance Ltd, 4.88%, 03/30/26 | 03/09/21 | | 386,780 | | 349,360 | | 0.7 | |
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PPM High Yield Core Fund – Unfunded Commitments |
| | | Unfunded Commitment ($) | Unrealized Appreciation/ (Depreciation) ($) |
| NAC Aviation 8 Limited (Nordic Aviation) - 2022 1st Lien Revolver | | 18,222 | - |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Abbreviations, counterparties and additional footnotes are defined on page 15
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Currency Abbreviations:
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USD - United States Dollar |
Abbreviations:
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ETF - Exchange Traded Fund | |
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate | |
MBS - Mortgage-Backed Security MLP – Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corp | |
REMIC - Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit | |
TBA - To Be Announced (Securities purchased on a delayed delivery basis) | |
U.S. or US - United States | |
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1Par and notional amounts are listed in USD unless otherwise noted. Futures are quoted in contracts.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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PPMFunds
Statements of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
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| | PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | | PPM High Yield Core Fund | | |
Assets | | | | | | | |
Investments, at value | $ | 53,039,482 | | $ | 56,016,788 | | |
Variation margin on futures | | 67,964 | | | — | | |
Cash | | 105,760 | | | 19,437 | | |
Receivable from: | | | | | | | |
| Investment securities sold | | 55,544 | | | 495,634 | | |
| Dividends and interest | | 336,612 | | | 897,543 | | |
| Adviser | | 27,325 | | | 24,233 | | |
| Deposits with brokers and counterparties | | 3,464 | | | — | | |
Other assets | | 16,227 | | | — | | |
Total assets | | 53,652,378 | | | 57,453,635 | | |
Liabilities | | | | | | | |
Variation margin on futures | | 56,859 | | | — | | |
Payable for: | | | | | | | |
| Investment securities purchased | | 1,882,601 | | | 263,923 | | |
| Deposits from counterparties | | 3,464 | | | — | | |
| Return of securities loaned | | 1,337,348 | | | 4,009,158 | | |
| Advisory fees | | 16,566 | | | 24,820 | | |
| Administrative fees | | 4,141 | | | 4,513 | | |
| Board of Trustees fees | | 3,777 | | | 4,116 | | |
| Chief Compliance Officer fees | | 2,600 | | | 2,832 | | |
| Other expenses | | 55,974 | | | 68,320 | | |
Total liabilities | | 3,363,330 | | | 4,377,682 | | |
Net assets | $ | 50,289,048 | | $ | 53,075,953 | | |
Net assets consist of: | | | | | | | |
Paid-in capital | $ | 56,791,581 | | $ | 62,612,903 | | |
Total distributable earnings (loss) | | (6,502,533 | ) | | (9,536,950 | ) | |
Net assets | $ | 50,289,048 | | $ | 53,075,953 | | |
Net assets - Institutional Class | $ | 50,289,048 | | $ | 53,075,953 | | |
Shares outstanding - Institutional Class | | 5,657,477 | | | 6,288,642 | | |
Net asset value per share - Institutional Class | $ | 8.89 | | $ | 8.44 | | |
Investments, at cost | $ | 58,087,525 | | $ | 63,680,303 | | |
Securities on loan included in | | | | | | | |
| Investments, at value | | 1,301,922 | | | 4,216,817 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Operations (Unaudited)
For the Period Ended June 30, 2022
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| | | PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | | PPM High Yield Core Fund | | |
Investment income | | | | | | | |
Dividends | $ | 2,967 | | $ | 17,854 | | |
Interest | | 753,118 | | | 1,718,203 | | |
Securities lending | | 2,037 | | | 7,755 | | |
Total investment income | | 758,122 | | | 1,743,812 | | |
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Expenses | | | | | | | |
Advisory fees | | 106,534 | | | 160,428 | | |
Administrative fees | | 26,633 | | | 29,168 | | |
Legal fees | | 56,287 | | | 61,198 | | |
Transfer agent fees | | 17,177 | | | 14,474 | | |
Board of Trustees fees | | 35,201 | | | 38,280 | | |
Chief Compliance Officer fees | | 16,661 | | | 18,119 | | |
Registration and filing fees | | 23,497 | | | 23,631 | | |
Other expenses | | 8,739 | | | 9,505 | | |
Total expenses | | 290,729 | | | 354,803 | | |
Expense waiver | | (170,975 | ) | | (150,819 | ) | |
Net expenses | | 119,754 | | | 203,984 | | |
Net investment income (loss) | | 638,368 | | | 1,539,828 | | |
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Realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | | | | | | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | |
| Investments | | (1,076,686 | ) | | (946,123 | ) | |
| Futures contracts | | (418,895 | ) | | — | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation | | | | | | | |
| (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | |
| Investments | | (6,180,385 | ) | | (9,534,265 | ) | |
| Futures contracts | | 30,705 | | | — | | |
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) | | (7,645,261 | ) | | (10,480,388 | ) | |
Change in net assets from operations | $ | (7,006,893 | ) | $ | (8,940,560 | ) | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For the Period Ended June 30, 2022
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| | PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | | PPM High Yield Core Fund | | |
Operations | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 638,368 | | $ | 1,539,828 | | |
Net realized gain (loss) | | (1,495,581 | ) | | (946,123 | ) | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation | | | | | | | |
| (depreciation) | | (6,149,680 | ) | | (9,534,265 | ) | |
Change in net assets from operations | | (7,006,893 | ) | | (8,940,560 | ) | |
Distributions to shareholders | | | | | | | |
From distributable earnings | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (672,873 | ) | | (1,539,708 | ) | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | (672,873 | ) | | (1,539,708 | ) | |
Share transactions1 | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from the sale of shares | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 1,647,154 | | | 1,647,237 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 672,424 | | | 1,539,708 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (2,334,954 | ) | | (2,504,248 | ) | |
Change in net assets from | | | | | | | |
| share transactions | | (15,376 | ) | | 682,697 | | |
Change in net assets | | (7,695,142 | ) | | (9,797,571 | ) | |
Net assets beginning of period | | 57,984,190 | | | 62,873,524 | | |
Net assets end of period | $ | 50,289,048 | | $ | 53,075,953 | | |
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1Share transactions | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 171,222 | | | 173,202 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 71,713 | | | 166,108 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (246,059 | ) | | (262,399 | ) | |
Change in shares | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (3,124 | ) | | 76,911 | | |
Purchases and sales of long term | | | | | | | |
| investments | | | | | | | |
Purchase of securities | $ | 20,302,158 | | $ | 18,728,846 | | |
Purchase of U.S. government securities | | 11,436,326 | | | — | | |
Total purchases | $ | 31,738,484 | | $ | 18,728,846 | | |
Proceeds from sales of securities | $ | 23,610,409 | | $ | 18,838,658 | | |
Proceeds from sales of U.S. government | | | | | | | |
| securities | | 8,815,822 | | | — | | |
Total proceeds from sales | $ | 32,426,231 | | $ | 18,838,658 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Unaudited)
For the Year Ended December 31, 2021
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| | PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | | PPM High Yield Core Fund | | |
Operations | | | | | | | |
Net investment income (loss) | $ | 1,214,238 | | $ | 3,082,917 | | |
Net realized gain (loss) | | 842,508 | | | 1,768,869 | | |
Net change in unrealized appreciation | | | | | | | |
| (depreciation) | | (2,481,407 | ) | | (1,533,334 | ) | |
Change in net assets from operations | | (424,661 | ) | | 3,318,452 | | |
Distributions to shareholders | | | | | | | |
From distributable earnings | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (2,226,697 | ) | | (3,067,863 | ) | |
Total distributions to shareholders | | (2,226,697 | ) | | (3,067,863 | ) | |
Share transactions1 | | | | | | | |
Proceeds from the sale of shares | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 3,741,040 | | | 3,806,970 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 2,224,764 | | | 3,067,863 | | |
Cost of shares redeemed | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (1,654,984 | ) | | (1,712,936 | ) | |
Change in net assets from | | | | | | | |
| share transactions | | 4,310,820 | | | 5,161,897 | | |
Change in net assets | | 1,659,462 | | | 5,412,486 | | |
Net assets beginning of year | | 56,324,728 | | | 57,461,038 | | |
Net assets end of year | $ | 57,984,190 | | $ | 62,873,524 | | |
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1Share transactions | | | | | | | |
Shares sold | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 359,026 | | | 376,612 | | |
Reinvestment of distributions | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 214,319 | | | 303,176 | | |
Shares redeemed | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | (158,777 | ) | | (169,419 | ) | |
Change in shares | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | | 414,568 | | | 510,369 | | |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Financial Highlights (Unaudited)
For a Share Outstanding
Net Investment Income (Loss). The net investment income (loss) per share is calculated using the average shares method.
Total Return. Total return assumes reinvestment of all distributions for the period. Total return is not annualized for periods less than one year.
Portfolio Turnover. Portfolio turnover is not annualized for periods of less than one year. Dollar roll and in-kind transactions are excluded for purposes of calculating portfolio turnover. Fixed income securities with maturities greater than one year that are purchased for short term investment are excluded from the portfolio turnover calculation.
Ratios. Ratios are annualized for periods less than one year.
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| | | | Increase (decrease) from investment operations | | Distributions from | | | | | Supplemental data | | | | Ratios | | |
Period ended | Net asset value, beginning of period($) | Net investment income (loss)($) | Net realized & unrealized gains (losses)($) | Total from investment operations($) | | Net investment income($) | Net realized gains on investment transactions($) | Net asset value, end of period($) | Total return(%) | Net assets,end of period (in thousands)($) | Portfolio turnover (%) | | Net expenses to average net assets(%) | Total expenses to average net assets(%) | Net investment income (loss) to average net assets(%) |
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Institutional Class | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
06/30/22 | | 10.24 | | 0.11 | | (1.34) | | (1.23) | | | (0.12) | | — | | 8.89 | | (12.08) | | 50,289 | | 41 | (b) | | 0.45 | | 1.09 | | 2.40 | |
12/31/21 | | 10.74 | | 0.22 | | (0.31) | | (0.09) | | | (0.25) | | (0.16) | | 10.24 | | (0.88) | | 57,984 | | 121 | (b) | | 0.45 | | 1.02 | | 2.12 | |
12/31/20 | | 10.40 | | 0.27 | | 0.76 | | 1.03 | | | (0.30) | | (0.39) | | 10.74 | | 9.98 | | 56,325 | | 80 | (b) | | 0.49 | | 0.85 | | 2.55 | |
12/31/19 | | 9.85 | | 0.31 | | 0.71 | | 1.02 | | | (0.31) | | (0.16) | | 10.40 | | 10.51 | | 51,333 | | 108 | (b) | | 0.50 | | 0.70 | | 3.02 | |
12/31/18 | (a) | 10.00 | | 0.15 | | (0.14) | | 0.01 | | | (0.16) | | — | | 9.85 | | 0.07 | | 50,198 | | 25 | (b) | | 0.50 | | 0.78 | | 3.30 | |
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Institutional Class | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
06/30/22 | | 10.12 | | 0.25 | | (1.68) | | (1.43) | | | (0.25) | | — | | 8.44 | | (14.36) | | 53,076 | | 33 | | | 0.70 | | 1.22 | | 5.28 | |
12/31/21 | | 10.08 | | 0.51 | | 0.04 | | 0.55 | | | (0.51) | | — | | 10.12 | | 5.60 | | 62,874 | | 58 | | | 0.70 | | 1.19 | | 5.07 | |
12/31/20 | | 10.09 | | 0.51 | | (0.01) | | 0.50 | | | (0.51) | | — | | 10.08 | | 5.34 | | 57,461 | | 82 | | | 0.69 | | 1.01 | | 5.30 | |
12/31/19 | | 9.26 | | 0.54 | | 0.83 | | 1.37 | | | (0.54) | | — | | 10.09 | | 15.02 | | 55,615 | | 78 | | | 0.70 | | 0.85 | | 5.50 | |
12/31/18 | (a) | 10.00 | | 0.25 | | (0.71) | | (0.46) | | | (0.26) | | (0.02) | | 9.26 | | (4.74) | | 48,121 | | 18 | | | 0.70 | | 0.92 | | 5.53 | |
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(a) | The Fund commenced operations on July 16, 2018. |
(b) | Portfolio turnover including dollar roll transactions for PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund was 31%, 113%, 118%, 165% and 60% for 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, respectively. |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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June 30, 2022
NOTE 1. ORGANIZATION
PPM Funds (the “Trust”) is an open-ended management investment company, organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, by a Declaration of Trust, dated November 9, 2017, as amended and restated March 12, 2018. The Trust is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended ("the 1940 Act"), and its shares are registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended ("the 1933 Act"). The Trust currently consists of two series, (collectively, the “Funds” and each individually a “Fund”): PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund and PPM High Yield Core Fund. The Funds offer only Institutional Class shares. Each Fund represents shares of beneficial interest in a separate portfolio of securities and other assets, each with its own investment objective, policies and strategies. The Funds are classified as diversified under the 1940 Act.
PPM America, Inc. (“PPM” or “Adviser”) serves as the investment adviser of the Funds, with responsibility for the professional investment supervision and management of the Funds. The Adviser is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Jackson Financial, Inc. (“Jackson”). Jackson National Asset Management LLC (“JNAM” or “Administrator”), an affiliate of PPM, serves as the administrator. JNAM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jackson. Prudential plc and Athene Life Re Ltd. each hold a minority economic interest in Jackson. Prudential plc has no relation to Newark, New Jersey based Prudential Financial Inc.
NOTE 2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The Funds are investment companies and follow accounting and reporting guidance under Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946, “Financial Services-Investment Companies.” The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of their financial statements in conformity with US generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”).
Security Valuation. Under the Trust’s valuation policy and procedures, the Board of Trustees (“Board” or “Trustees”) has delegated the daily operational oversight of the securities valuation function to the JNAM Valuation Committee (“Valuation Committee”), which consists of certain officers of the Trust and certain members of JNAM management. The Valuation Committee is responsible for determining fair valuations for any security for which market quotations are not readily available or are determined to be not reflective of fair value. For those securities fair valued under procedures adopted by the Board, the Valuation Committee reviews and affirms the reasonableness of the fair valuation determinations after considering all relevant information that is reasonably available. The Valuation Committee’s fair valuation determinations are subject to review by the Board at its next regularly scheduled meeting covering the calendar quarter in which the fair valuation was determined. The Board is promptly notified of any matters significantly impacting the application of the Funds' valuation policies and procedures. The Board also receives monthly reports on other fair valuation determinations deemed material.
The net asset value ("NAV") of a Fund's shares is generally determined once each day on which the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open, at the close of the regular trading session of the NYSE (normally, 4:00 PM Eastern Time, Monday through Friday). However, consistent with legal requirements, calculation of the Fund’s NAV may be suspended on days determined by the Board during times of NYSE market closure, which may include times during which the SEC issues policies or protocols associated with such closure pursuant to Section 22(e) of the 1940 Act. To the extent a NYSE closure is determined to not have resulted in a disruption of normal market activity, the Valuation Committee may utilize the time the NYSE was scheduled to close for purposes of measuring and calculating the Funds’ NAVs. Equity securities are generally valued at the official closing price of the exchange where the security is principally traded. If there is no official closing price for the security on the valuation date, the security may be valued at the most recent sale or quoted bid price prior to close. Stocks not listed on a national or foreign stock exchange may be valued at the closing bid price on the over the counter (“OTC”) market. Investments in mutual funds are valued at the NAV per share determined as of the close of the NYSE on each valuation date. Debt and derivative securities are generally valued by independent pricing services approved by the Board. If a valuation from a third-party pricing service is unavailable or it is determined that such valuation does not approximate fair value, debt obligations with remaining maturities of sixty (60) days or less may be valued at their amortized cost, unless it is determined that such practice also does not approximate fair value. Pricing services utilized to value debt and derivative instruments may use various pricing techniques which take into account appropriate factors such as: yield; credit quality; coupon rate; maturity; type of issue; trading characteristics; call features; credit ratings; broker quotes; and other relevant data. Term loans are generally valued at the composite bid prices provided by approved pricing services. Futures contracts traded on an exchange are generally valued at the exchange’s settlement price. If the settlement price is not available, exchange traded futures are valued at the last sales price as of the close of business on the primary exchange. If the last trade is determined to not be representative of fair value, exchange traded options are valued at the current day’s mid-price.
Market quotations may not be readily available for certain investments or it may be determined that a quotation of an investment does not represent fair value. In such instances, the investment is valued as determined in good faith using procedures approved by the Board. Situations that may require an investment to be fair valued may include instances where a security is thinly traded, halted or restricted as to resale. In addition, investments may be fair valued based on the occurrence of a significant event. Significant events may be specific to a particular issuer, such as mergers, restructurings or defaults. Alternatively, significant events may affect an entire market, such as natural disasters, government actions, and significant changes in the value of US securities markets. Securities are fair valued based on observable and unobservable inputs, including the Administrator's or Valuation Committee’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of an investment. Under the procedures approved by the Board, the Administrator may utilize pricing services or other sources in determining the fair value of an investment. Factors considered to determine fair value may include fundamental analytical data relating to the security; the nature and duration of restrictions, if any, on the disposition of the security; trading volume on markets, exchanges, or among dealers; evaluation of the forces which influence the market in which the security is traded; the type of security; the financial statements of the issuer, or other financial information about the issuer; the cost of the security at its date of purchase; the size of the Fund’s holding; the discount from market value of unrestricted securities of the same class, if applicable, at the time of purchase or at a later date; reports prepared by analysts; information as to any transactions in or offers for the security; the existence of any merger proposal, tender offer or other extraordinary event relating to the security; the price
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June 30, 2022
and extent of public or dealer trading in similar securities or derivatives of the issuer or of comparable companies; trading in depositary receipts; foreign currency exchange activity; changes in the interest rate environment; trading prices of financial products that are tied to baskets of foreign securities; and any other matters considered relevant.
If an investment is valued at a fair value for purposes of calculating a Fund’s NAV, the value may be different from the last quoted price for the investment depending on the source and method used to determine the value. Although there can be no assurance, in general, the fair value of the investment is the amount the owner of such investment might reasonably expect to receive in an orderly transaction between market participants upon its current sale.
Distributions to Shareholders. The amount and timing of distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. Dividends from net investment income are declared daily and paid monthly for PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund and PPM High Yield Core Fund. Distributions of net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and distributed at least annually for the Funds only to the extent they exceeded available capital loss carryovers.
Other Service Providers. State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street” or "Custodian") acts as custodian and securities lending agent for the Funds. The Custodian has custody of all securities and cash of the Trust maintained in the United States and attends to the collection of principal and income and payment for and collection of proceeds of securities bought and sold by the Trust.
The Trust has entered into a Transfer Agency Agreement with UMB Fund Services, Inc. UMB Fund Services, Inc. is the transfer agent and dividend disbursing agent of all shares.
Security Transactions and Investment Income. Security transactions are recorded on the trade date for financial reporting purposes. Realized gains and losses are determined on the specific identification basis. Dividend income, net of applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Corporate actions involving foreign securities, including dividends, are recorded when the information becomes available. Income received in lieu of dividends for securities loaned is included in Dividends in the Statements of Operations. Interest income, including level-yield amortization of discounts and premiums on debt securities and convertible bonds, is accrued daily. A Fund may place a debt obligation on non-accrual status and reduce related interest income by ceasing current accruals and writing off interest receivable when the collection of all or a portion of interest has become uncollectable. A debt obligation is removed from non-accrual status when the issuer resumes interest payments or when collectability of interest is reasonably assured.
Expenses. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. Expenses of the Trust that are directly attributable to a specific Fund are charged to that Fund. Other Trust level expenses are allocated to the Funds based on the average daily net assets of each Fund.
Foreign Taxes. The Funds may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments or foreign currency purchases and repatriation, a portion of which may be recoverable. The Funds will accrue such taxes and recoveries as applicable, based upon the current interpretations of tax rules and regulations that exist in the markets in which the Funds invest.
Guarantees and Indemnifications. In the normal course of business, the Trust may enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations which provide general indemnifications for certain liabilities. Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Funds. However, since their commencement of operations, the Funds have not had claims or losses pursuant to their contracts and expect the risk of loss to be remote. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown since the amount of any future claims that may be made against the Funds cannot be determined and the Funds have no historical basis for predicting the likelihood of any such claims.
Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In March 2020, FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. The new guidance provides optional expedients and exceptions for applying GAAP to contract modifications and hedging relationships, subject to meeting certain criteria, that reference the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) or another reference rate expected to be discontinued due to reference rate reform. The amendments in this update are elective and may be applied through December 31, 2022. Management is currently evaluating the potential impacts of reference rate reform and the adoption of this ASU on the Funds’ financial statements.
Effective March 8, 2021, the SEC adopted Rule 2a-5 under the Investment Company Act – Good Faith Determinations of Fair Value. The Rule addresses valuation practices and the role of a fund’s board of directors with respect to the fair value of the investments of a fund. The SEC has provided an eighteen-month transition period, beginning from the effective date of the rule, for funds to prepare to come into compliance with the rule. Management is currently evaluating potential impacts that adoption of Rule 2a-5 may have on the Funds’ financial statements.
Effective February 19, 2021, the SEC adopted Rule 18f-4 under the Investment Company Act – Use of Derivatives by Registered Investment Companies and Business Development Companies. The rule is designed to provide an updated and more comprehensive approach to the regulation of funds’ use of derivatives and other transactions. Funds are required to comply with Rule 18f-4 by August 19, 2022. Management is currently evaluating potential impacts, if any, that adoption of Rule 18f-4 may have on the Funds’ financial statements.
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NOTE 3. FASB ASC TOPIC 820, “FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT”
Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Accounting Standards Codification ("ASC") Topic 820, "Fair Value Measurement". This standard establishes a single authoritative definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements. Various inputs are used in determining the value of a Fund’s investments under FASB ASC Topic 820 guidance. The inputs are summarized into three broad categories:
Level 1 includes valuations based on quoted prices of identical securities in active markets, including valuations for securities listed on a national or foreign stock exchange or investments in mutual funds.
Level 2 includes valuations determined from significant direct or indirect observable inputs. Direct observable inputs include broker quotes, third-party prices, closing prices of similar securities in active markets, closing prices for identical or similar securities in non-active markets or corporate action or reorganization entitlement values. Indirect significant observable inputs include factors such as interest rates, yield curves, prepayment speeds or credit ratings. Level 2 includes valuations for fixed income securities, including certain term loans, OTC derivatives, centrally cleared swap agreements, broker quotes in active markets, securities subject to corporate actions, securities valued at amortized cost, swap agreements valued by pricing services, American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts for which quoted prices in active markets are not available or securities limited by foreign ownership.
Level 3 includes valuations determined from significant unobservable inputs including the Administrator's own assumptions in determining the fair value of the investment. Inputs used to determine the fair value of Level 3 securities include security specific inputs such as: credit quality, credit rating spreads, issuer news, trading characteristics, call features, maturity or anticipated cash flows; or industry specific inputs such as: trading activity of similar markets or securities, changes in the security’s underlying index or changes in comparable securities’ models. Level 3 valuations include securities; term loans that do not meet certain liquidity thresholds; securities where prices may be unavailable due to halted trading, restricted to resale due to market events, or newly issued; private placements; or investments for which reliable quotes are otherwise not available.
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The following table summarizes each Fund’s investments in securities and other financial instruments as of June 30, 2022, by valuation level.
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| . Level 1 ($) . | | . Level 2 ($) . | | . Level 3 ($) . | | . Total ($) . | |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund |
Assets - Securities | | | | | | | | |
Government And Agency Obligations | — | | 22,663,845 | | — | | 22,663,845 | |
Corporate Bonds And Notes | — | | 21,455,964 | | 58,830 | | 21,514,794 | |
Non-U.S. Government Agency Asset-Backed Securities | — | | 4,014,464 | | — | | 4,014,464 | |
Senior Floating Rate Instruments | — | | 1,121,854 | | — | | 1,121,854 | |
Common Stocks | — | | — | | 28,896 | | 28,896 | |
Short Term Investments | 3,695,629 | | — | | — | | 3,695,629 | |
| 3,695,629 | | 49,256,127 | | 87,726 | | 53,039,482 | |
Assets - Investments in Other Financial Instruments1 | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | 89,349 | | — | | — | | 89,349 | |
| 89,349 | | — | | — | | 89,349 | |
Liabilities - Investments in Other Financial Instruments1 | | | | | | | | |
Futures Contracts | (54,589 | ) | — | | — | | (54,589 | ) |
| (54,589 | ) | — | | — | | (54,589 | ) |
PPM High Yield Core Fund |
Assets - Securities | | | | | | | | |
Corporate Bonds And Notes | — | | 47,975,979 | | 90,402 | | 48,066,381 | |
Senior Floating Rate Instruments | — | | 2,071,514 | | 18,222 | | 2,089,736 | |
Investment Companies | 527,851 | | — | | — | | 527,851 | |
Common Stocks | 98,746 | | — | | 44,424 | | 143,170 | |
Short Term Investments | 5,189,650 | | — | | — | | 5,189,650 | |
| 5,816,247 | | 50,047,493 | | 153,048 | | 56,016,788 | |
1 All derivatives are reflected at the unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument.
Significant changes in unobservable valuation inputs to a different amount might result in a significantly higher or lower fair value measurement than the one used in a security’s valuation. There were no significant transfers into or out of Level 3 for the period. There were no significant Level 3 valuations for which unobservable valuation inputs were developed at June 30, 2022.
NOTE 4. SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
Securities Lending and Securities Lending Collateral. All Funds are approved to participate in agency based securities lending with State Street. Per the securities lending agreements, State Street is authorized to loan securities on behalf of the Funds to approved borrowers and is required to maintain collateral. Each Fund receives either cash or non-cash collateral against the loaned securities in an amount equal to at least 100% of the market value of the loaned securities. Generally, cash and non-cash collateral received for the following types of securities on loan are as follows: US equities – 102%; US corporate fixed income – 102%; US government fixed income – 102%; international equities – 105%; international corporate fixed income – 105%; sovereign fixed income – 102%; and asset backed investments – 102%. Collateral requirements are evaluated at the close of each business day; any additional collateral required is typically delivered to the Fund on the next business day. The duration of each loan is determined by the agent and
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borrower and generally may be terminated at any time. Certain loans may be negotiated to mature on a specified date. State Street has agreed to indemnify the Funds in the event of default by a third-party borrower. A Fund may experience a delay in the recovery of its securities or incur a loss if the borrower breaches its agreement with the Fund or becomes insolvent. For cash collateral, the Fund receives income from the investment of cash collateral, in addition to lending fees and rebates negotiated with the borrower. The Funds bear the market risk with respect to the collateral investment and securities loaned. The Funds also bear the risk that State Street may default on its obligations to the Funds. Non-cash collateral may include US government securities; US government agencies’ debt securities; and US government-sponsored agencies’ debt securities and mortgage-backed securities. Certain Funds receive non-cash collateral in the form of securities received, which the Funds may not sell or re-pledge and accordingly are not reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. For non-cash collateral, the Funds receive lending fees negotiated with the borrower. State Street has agreed to indemnify the Funds with respect to the market risk related to the non-cash collateral investments.
The cash collateral is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, a money market fund and a series of State Street Navigator Securities Lending Trust, which is an open-end management company registered under the 1940 Act. The Funds also bear the risk of any deficiency in the amount of collateral available for return to a borrower due to a decline in value of the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio.
Cash collateral received from the borrower is recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as Payable for Return of securities loaned. Investments acquired with such cash collateral are included in Investments, at value on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The value of securities on loan is included in Investments, at value on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Each Fund’s net exposure to a borrower is determined by the amount of any excess or shortfall in cash collateral received compared to the value of securities on loan.
US Government Securities. Certain Funds may invest in securities issued or guaranteed by the US Government or its agents or instrumentalities. Some US government securities, such as Treasury bills, notes and bonds, and securities guaranteed by the Government National Mortgage Association, are supported by the full faith and credit of the US government; others, such as those of the Federal Home Loan Bank, are supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the US Department of the Treasury (“US Treasury”); others, such as those of the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA” or “Fannie Mae”), are supported by the discretionary authority of the US government to purchase the agency’s obligations; and still others, such as those of the Student Loan Marketing Association, are supported only by the credit of the instrumentality. US government securities may include zero coupon securities, which do not distribute interest on a current basis and tend to be subject to greater risk than interest paying securities of similar maturities.
Government-related guarantors (i.e., guarantors that are not backed by the full faith and credit of the US government) include FNMA and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC” or “Freddie Mac”). FNMA purchases conventional (i.e., not insured or guaranteed by any government agency) residential mortgages from a list of approved seller/servicers, which include state and federally chartered savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, commercial banks and credit unions and mortgage bankers. Pass-through securities issued by FNMA are guaranteed as to timely payment of principal and interest by FNMA, but are not backed by the full faith and credit of the US government. FHLMC issues Participation Certificates (“PCs”), which are pass-through securities, each representing an undivided interest in a pool of residential mortgages. FHLMC guarantees the timely payment of interest and ultimate collection of principal, but PCs are not backed by the full faith and credit of the US government.
FNMA and FHMLC were placed into conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”). As the conservator, FHFA succeeded to all rights, titles, powers and privileges of FNMA and FHLMC and of any stockholder, officer or director of FNMA and FHLMC with respect to FNMA and FHLMC and each enterprise’s assets. In connection with the conservatorship, the US Treasury entered into a Senior Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement with FNMA and FHLMC. This agreement contains various covenants that severely limit each enterprise’s operations. In exchange for entering into these agreements, the US Treasury received senior preferred stock in each enterprise and warrants to purchase each enterprise’s common stock. The US Treasury created a new secured lending facility, which is available to FNMA and FHLMC as a liquidity backstop and created a temporary program to purchase mortgage-backed securities issued by FNMA and FHLMC. FNMA and FHLMC are continuing to operate as going concerns while in conservatorship and each remains liable for all of its obligations, including its guaranty obligations, associated with its mortgage-backed securities.
Unregistered Securities. The Funds may own certain investment securities that are unregistered and thus restricted as to resale. These securities may also be referred to as “private placements”. Unregistered securities may be classified as “illiquid” because there is no readily available market for sale of the securities. Where future dispositions of the securities require registration under the 1933 Act, the Funds have the right to include those securities in such registration generally without cost to the Funds. The Funds have no right to require registration of unregistered securities.
Senior and Junior Loans. Certain Funds may invest in Senior loans or secured and unsecured subordinated loans, second lien loans and subordinated bridge loans (Junior loans) which are purchased or sold on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis and may be settled a month or more after the trade date. Interest income on these loans is accrued based on the terms of the securities. Senior and Junior loans can be acquired through an agent, by assignment from another holder of the loan, or as a participation interest in another holder’s portion of the loan.
Unfunded Commitments. Certain Funds may enter into certain credit agreements, all or a portion of which may be unfunded. The Fund is obligated to fund these loan commitments at the borrowers’ discretion. Unfunded loan commitments and funded portions of credit agreements are marked-to-market daily. Net unrealized appreciation/depreciation on unfunded commitments is reflected in Other assets or Payable for Investment securities purchased in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, as applicable, and Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments in the Statements of Operations.
NOTE 5. INVESTMENT TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS AND COLLATERAL
Under various agreements, certain investment transactions require collateral to be pledged to or from a Fund and a counterparty or segregated at the Custodian and managed pursuant to the terms of the agreement. US Treasury Bills and US dollars are generally the preferred forms of collateral, although other forms of high quality or sovereign securities may be used. Securities held by a Fund that are used as collateral are identified as such within the
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Schedules of Investments. Collateral for OTC financial derivative transactions paid to or received from brokers and counterparties is included in Receivable for Deposits with brokers and counterparties or Payable for Deposits from counterparties in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
Counterparty Agreements. Certain Funds enter into various types of agreements with counterparties, which govern the terms of certain transactions and mitigate the counterparty risk associated with relevant transactions by specifying credit protection mechanisms and providing standardization that improves legal certainty. A Fund may net exposure and collateralize multiple transaction types governed by the same agreement with the same counterparty and may close out and net its total exposure to a counterparty in the event of a default and/or termination event with respect to all the transactions governed under a single agreement with a counterparty. Each agreement defines whether the Fund is contractually able to net settle daily payments. Additionally, certain circumstances, such as laws of a particular jurisdiction or settlement of amounts due in different currencies, may prohibit or restrict the right of offset as defined in the agreements.
These agreements also help limit credit and counterparty risk by specifying collateral posting arrangements at pre-arranged exposure levels. Under the agreements, collateral is routinely transferred if the total net exposure to certain transactions (net of existing collateral) governed under the relevant agreement with a counterparty in a given account exceeds a specified threshold depending on the counterparty and the type of agreement. A Fund’s overall exposure to counterparty risk can change substantially within a short period, as it is affected by each transaction subject to the relevant agreement. To the extent amounts due to a Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. The Funds’ Adviser attempts to limit counterparty risk by only entering into agreements with counterparties that the Adviser believes to have the financial resources to honor their obligations and by monitoring the financial stability of those counterparties. For swap agreements executed with a Derivatives Clearing Organization (“DCO”) in a multilateral or other trade facility platform (“centrally cleared swaps”), counterparty risk is reduced by shifting exposure from the counterparty to the DCO. Additionally, the DCO has broad powers to provide an orderly liquidation in the event of a default.
Customer Account Agreements. Customer Account Agreements and related addendums govern exchange traded or centrally cleared derivative transactions such as futures, options on futures and centrally cleared derivatives. If a Fund transacts in exchange traded or centrally cleared derivatives, the Adviser is a party to agreements with (1) a Futures Commissions Merchant (“FCM”) in which the FCM facilitates the execution of the exchange traded and centrally cleared derivative with the DCO and (2) with an executing broker/swap dealer to agree to the terms of the swap and resolution process in the event the centrally cleared swap is not accepted for clearing by the designated DCO. Exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives transactions require posting an amount of cash or cash equivalents equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount known as the “initial margin” as determined by each relevant clearing agency and is segregated at an FCM which is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or the applicable regulator. The Fund receives from, or pays to, the counterparty an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in the value of the contracts. Such receipts or payments are known as the “variation margin”. Variation margin on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities may include variation margin on closed unsettled derivative transactions. Variation margin received may not be netted between exchange traded and centrally cleared derivatives. In the event of default, counterparty risk is significantly reduced as creditors to the FCM do not have claim to the Fund’s assets in the segregated account. Additionally, portability of exposure in the event of default further reduces risk.
International Swaps and Derivatives Association Inc. Master Agreements and Credit Support Annexes (“ISDA Master Agreements”). ISDA Master Agreements govern OTC financial derivative transactions entered into by PPM and select counterparties. The ISDA Master Agreements maintain provisions for general obligations, representations, agreements, events of default, termination and maintenance of collateral. Termination includes conditions that may entitle counterparties to elect to terminate early and cause settlement of all outstanding transactions under the applicable ISDA Master Agreement. Any election of early termination could be material to the financial statements. In the event of default, the total financial derivative value exposure will be offset against collateral exchanged to date, which would result in a net receivable/(payable) that would be due from/to the counterparty. The amount of collateral exchanged is based on provisions within the ISDA Master Agreements and is determined by the net exposure with the counterparty and is not identified for a specific OTC derivative instrument.
NOTE 6. FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
Futures Contracts. A Fund may buy and sell futures on, among other things, financial instruments, individual equity securities, securities indices, interest rates, currencies and inflation indices. A futures contract is a standardized contract obligating two parties to exchange a specified asset at an agreed upon price and date. Variation margin is recorded by the Fund until the contracts are terminated at which time realized gains and losses are recognized. Futures contracts involve to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin recorded by the Fund. The primary risks associated with the use of futures contracts are the imperfect correlation between the change in value of the securities held by the Fund or the change in the value of an underlying entity and the prices of the futures contracts and the possibility the Fund may not be able to enter into a closing transaction because of an illiquid market. With futures, counterparty risk to the Fund is reduced because futures contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, acting as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures contracts against default.
Swap Agreements. Swap agreements are bilaterally negotiated agreements between a Fund and a counterparty to exchange or swap investment cash flows, assets, foreign currencies or market-linked returns at specified, future intervals. Swap agreements may be privately negotiated in the OTC market or executed and centrally cleared with a DCO.
A Fund enters into a swap agreement in an attempt to obtain a particular return when it is considered desirable to do so, possibly at a lower cost to the Fund than if the Fund had invested directly in an instrument that yield the desired return. In addition, the Fund may enter into swap agreements to manage certain risks and to implement investment strategies in a more efficient manner.
Entering into swap agreements involves, to varying degrees, elements of interest, credit, market and documentation risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss recorded by a Fund. Such risks include that there is no liquid market for OTC swaps, that the counterparty to the agreements may default on its
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obligation to perform or disagree as to the meaning of contractual terms in the agreement and that there may be unfavorable changes in interest rates or value of underlying securities. Centrally cleared swaps involve to varying degrees, risk of loss in excess of the variation margin recorded by the Fund.
Credit Default Swap Agreements. Credit default swap agreements involve one party making a stream of payments (referred to as the buyer of protection) to another party (the seller of protection) in exchange for the right to receive a specified return if a credit event occurs for the referenced entity, obligation or index. If an event of default occurs, the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value of the reference obligation in exchange for the reference obligation. A Fund may be either the buyer or the seller in a credit default swap transaction. If a Fund is a buyer and no event of default occurs, the Fund will lose its investment and recover nothing. However, if an event of default occurs and the counterparty fulfills its payment obligation under the swap agreement, the Fund will receive the full notional value of the reference obligation that may have little or no value. As a seller, a Fund receives a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the contract, which typically is between six months and three years. If an event of default occurs, the Fund (if the seller) must pay the buyer the full notional value of the reference obligation as disclosed in the Schedules of Investments. Credit default swap transactions involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly.
The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs is limited to the total notional amount which is defined under the terms of each swap agreement. If the Fund is a buyer of protection, the Fund pays the fixed rate. If the Fund is a seller of protection, the Fund receives the fixed rate.
FASB ASC Topic 815, “Derivatives and Hedging” and Financial Instruments Eligible for Offset. FASB ASC Topic 815 includes the requirement for enhanced qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivative instruments and disclosures regarding credit related contingent features in derivative instruments, as well as quantitative disclosures in the semi-annual and annual financial statements about fair value, gains and losses, and volume of activity for derivative instruments. Information about these instruments is disclosed in the context of each instrument’s primary underlying risk exposure which is categorized as credit, commodity, equity price, interest rate and foreign currency exchange rate risk. The following disclosures include: (1) Objectives and strategies for each Fund’s derivative investments during the period; (2) A summary table of the fair valuations of each Fund’s derivative instruments categorized by risk exposure, which references the location on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the Statements of Operations for each derivative instrument as of June 30, 2022. Funds which held only one type of derivative during the period are not included in the tables as the location on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and the realized and unrealized gain loss on the Statements of Operations can be referenced directly on each Fund’s respective statements; (3) A summary table of derivative instruments and certain investments of each Fund, which are subject to master netting agreements or a similar agreement and are eligible for offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2022. For Funds which held only one type of derivative during the period, amounts eligible for offset are presented gross in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Net exposure can be referenced in the assets and liabilities on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and, if collateral exists, the net exposure is offset by collateral identified in the segregated or pledged collateral table; and (4) A table reflecting each Fund’s average monthly derivative volume for the period ended June 30, 2022.
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund Derivative Strategies - The Fund entered into futures contracts as a means of risk management/hedging and to obtain exposure to or hedge changes in interest rates.
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PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund - Derivative Instruments Categorized by Risk Exposure | |
| | Commodity($) | | Credit($) | | Equity($) | | Foreign Exchange($) | | Interest Rate($) | | Total($) | |
Fair values of derivative instruments on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2022 | |
Derivative instruments assets: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2 | Variation margin on futures/futures options contracts | — | | — | | — | | — | | 67,964 | | 67,964 | |
Total derivative instruments assets | — | | — | | — | | — | | 67,964 | | 67,964 | |
Derivative instruments liabilities: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
2 | Variation margin on futures/futures options contracts | — | | — | | — | | — | | 56,859 | | 56,859 | |
Total derivative instruments liabilities | — | | — | | — | | — | | 56,859 | | 56,859 | |
The effect of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the period ended June 30, 2022 | |
Net realized gain (loss) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Futures/futures options contracts | — | | — | | — | | — | | (418,895 | ) | (418,895 | ) |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on: | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Futures/futures options contracts | — | | — | | — | | — | | 30,705 | | 30,705 | |
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PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund – Average Derivative Volume1
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Cost of Options Purchased and Written ($) | | Notional Value at Purchase of Futures Contracts ($) | | Cost of Forward Foreign Currency Contracts ($) | | Notional Amount of Interest Rate Swap Agreements ($) | | Notional Amount of Cross-Currency Swap Agreements ($) | | Notional Amount of Credit Default Swap Agreements ($) | | Notional Amount of Total Return Swap Agreements ($) | |
Average monthly volume | — | | 15,747,961 | | — | | — | | — | | — | | — | |
1 The derivative instruments outstanding as of June 30, 2022, as disclosed in the Schedules of Investments, and the amounts of realized gains and losses and changes in unrealized gains and losses on derivative instruments during the period ended June 30, 2022, as disclosed in the Statements of Operations, also serve as indicators of the derivative volume for the Funds.
2 Derivative asset or liability is not eligible for offset, and a Derivative and Financial Instruments Eligible for Offset table is not presented for the asset or liability, as applicable.
Pledged Collateral. The following table summarizes cash and securities collateral pledged for the Funds at June 30, 2022:
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| Counterparties | | Pledged or Segregated Securities($) | | |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | MLP | | 74,346 | | |
None of the futures contracts held by the Funds are subject to master netting agreements or a similar agreement and are not eligible for offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as of June 30, 2022. Net exposure to the Funds for futures contracts is the variation margin in addition to any collateral pledged for the initial margin on the futures contracts.
NOTE 7. INVESTMENT RISKS AND REGULATORY MATTERS
The Funds' risks include, but are not limited to, the following:
Corporate, Sovereign Entity, and Bank Loan Risk. Commercial banks, sovereign entities, and other financial institutions or institutional investors make corporate loans to companies or sovereign entities that need capital to grow, restructure, or for infrastructure projects. These instruments are commonly referred to as loans or bank loans. Borrowers generally pay interest on corporate loans at floating rates that change in response to changes in market interest rates such as the LIBOR, the prime rates of US banks or another relevant index. As a result, the value of such loan investments is generally less exposed to the adverse effects of interest rate fluctuations than investments that pay a fixed rate of interest. However, the market for certain loans may not be sufficiently liquid, and a Fund may have difficulty selling them. It may take longer than seven days for transactions in loans to settle. Certain loans may be classified as illiquid securities. Additionally, because a loan may not be considered a security, a Fund may not be afforded the same legal protections afforded securities under federal securities laws. Thus, a Fund generally must rely on contractual provisions in the loan agreement and common-law fraud protections under applicable state law.
Credit Risk. Credit risk is the actual or perceived risk that the issuer of a bond, borrower, guarantor, counterparty, or other entity responsible for payment will not pay interest and principal payments when due. The price of a debt instrument can decline in response to changes in the financial condition of the issuer, borrower, guarantor, counterparty, or other entity responsible for payment. A Fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a fixed-income security, or the counterparty to a derivatives contract, repurchase agreement or a loan of portfolio securities, is unable or unwilling to make timely principal and/or interest payments, or to otherwise honor its obligations.
Distressed Debt Risk. A Fund may invest in securities of issuers that are, or are about to be, involved in reorganizations, financial restructurings, or bankruptcy (also known as “distressed debt”). Such distressed debt securities involve substantial risk in addition to the risks of investing in lower-grade debt securities. To the extent that a Fund invests in distressed debt, a Fund is subject to the risk that it may lose a portion or all or its investment in the distressed debt and may incur higher expenses trying to protect its interests in distressed debt.
High Yield Bonds, Lower-Rated Bonds, and Unrated Securities Risk. High yield bonds, lower-rated bonds, and certain unrated securities are broadly referred to as junk bonds, and are considered below investment-grade by a nationally recognized statistical rating organization (“NRSRO”). Junk bonds are subject to the increased risk of an issuer’s inability to meet principal and interest payment obligations. As a result, an investment in junk bonds is considered speculative. High yield bonds may be subject to liquidity risk, and a Fund may not be able to sell a high yield bond at the price at which it is currently valued.
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Income Risk. A Fund is subject to the risk that the income generated from a Fund’s investments may decline in the event of falling interest rates. Income risk may be high if a Fund’s income is predominantly based on short-term interest rates, which can fluctuate significantly over short periods. A Fund’s distributions to shareholders may decline when interest rates fall.
Interest Rate Risk. When interest rates increase, fixed-income securities generally will decline in value. Long-term fixed-income securities normally have more price volatility than short-term fixed-income securities.
Issuer Risk. The value of an individual security or particular type of security can be more volatile than the market as a whole and can perform differently from the market as a whole. A security’s value may decline for reasons that directly relate to the issuer, such as management performance, corporate governance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer’s goods or services.
Leverage Risk. Certain transactions, such as reverse repurchase agreements, futures, forwards, swaps, or other derivative instruments, include the use of leverage and may cause a Fund to liquidate portfolio positions at disadvantageous times to satisfy its obligations or to meet asset segregation requirements. The effect of using leverage is to increase a Fund’s potential gains and losses in comparison to the amount of a Fund’s assets (that is, assets other than borrowed assets) at risk, which may cause a Fund’s portfolio to be more volatile. If a Fund uses leverage, the Fund has the risk of capital losses that exceed the net assets of the Fund.
Liquidity Risk. Investments in securities that are difficult to purchase or sell (illiquid or thinly-traded securities) may reduce returns if a Fund is unable to sell the securities at an advantageous time or price or achieve its desired level of exposure to a certain sector. Liquidity risk arises, for example, from small average trading volumes, trading restrictions, or temporary suspensions of trading. To meet redemption requests, a Fund may be forced to sell securities at an unfavorable time and/or under unfavorable conditions.
Market Risk. Portfolio securities may decline in value due to factors affecting securities markets generally, such as real or perceived adverse economic, political, or regulatory conditions, inflation, changes in interest or currency rates, adverse investor sentiment, regional and global health epidemics, war, terrorism or natural disasters, among others. Adverse market conditions may be prolonged and may not have the same impact on all types of securities. The values of securities may fall due to factors affecting a particular issuer, industry or the securities market as a whole.
Mortgage-Related Securities Risk. Mortgage-related securities are generally more sensitive to changes in interest rates and may exhibit increased volatility. When interest rates decline, borrowers may pay off their mortgages or other loans sooner than expected, which can reduce the returns. Rising interest rates and falling property prices may increase the likelihood that individuals and entities will fall behind or fail to make payments on their mortgages. When there are a number of mortgage defaults, the interest paid by mortgage-backed and mortgage-related securities may decline, or may not be paid. A number of mortgage defaults could lead to a decline in the value of the securities.
US Government Securities Risk. Obligations issued by agencies and instrumentalities of the US Government vary in the level of support they receive from the US Government. They may be: (i) supported by the full faith and credit of the US Treasury; (ii) supported by the right of the issuer to borrow from the US Treasury; (iii) supported by the discretionary authority of the US Government to purchase the issuer’s obligations; or (iv) supported only by the credit of the issuer. The maximum potential liability of the issuers of some US Government Securities may greatly exceed their current resources or their legal right to receive support from the US Treasury.
NOTE 8. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEES AND TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
Advisory and Administrative Fees. The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory and Management Agreement (the "Investment Advisory Agreement") with PPM. Subject to the oversight of the Trust’s Board of Trustees, PPM is responsible for managing the affairs of the Trust including, but not limited to, continuously providing the Trust with investment advice and business management to the Funds. Pursuant to the Investment Advisory Agreement, PPM receives an annual fee accrued daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.40% of the average daily net assets of PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund and 0.55% of the average daily net assets of PPM High Yield Core Fund.
The Trust has entered into an Administration Agreement with JNAM, an affiliate of PPM. Pursuant to the Administration Agreement, JNAM receives an annual fee accrued daily and payable monthly, at an annual rate of 0.10% of the average daily net assets of each Fund. In return for the fees paid under the Administration Agreement, JNAM provides or procures all necessary administrative functions and services for the operation of the Funds. This includes, among other things, fund accounting; calculation of the daily NAV of each Fund; monitoring the Funds’ expense accruals; calculating monthly total return; prospectus and statement of additional information compliance monitoring; preparing certain financial statements of the Trust; and preparing the Trust’s regulatory filings. In addition, JNAM, at its own expense, arranges for legal, audit, custody (except overdraft and interest expense), printing and mailing of financial statements and prospectuses, a portion of the Chief Compliance Officer costs, and other services necessary for the operation of the Funds. Each Fund is responsible for investment advisory services; transfer agency services; trading expenses including brokerage commissions; interest expenses; taxes; costs and expenses associated with short sales; nonrecurring and extraordinary expenses; registration fees; license fees; directors’ and officers’ insurance; the fees and expenses of the independent Trustees; independent legal counsel to the independent Trustees; and a portion of the costs associated with the Chief Compliance Officer.
Advisory Fee Waivers. The Trust and the Adviser have entered into an Expense Limitation Agreement whereby PPM has contractually agreed to waive a portion of its management fee and/or reimburse expenses for each of the Funds to the extent necessary to limit the annualized ordinary operating expenses (excluding taxes, interest, all commissions and other normal charges incident to the purchase and sale of portfolio securities, dividend and interest expenses related to short sales, indirect expenses of investing in other investment companies, and extraordinary expenses) to 0.45% for PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund and 0.70% for PPM High Yield Core Fund. Any waived amounts are not subject to future recoupment by the Adviser.
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
Security Transactions. Security transactions can occur in the Funds where both the buyer and seller of the security are portfolios or accounts for which PPM serves as the Adviser. Such transactions occur to eliminate transaction costs normally associated with security trading activity. Such transactions are subject to compliance with Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act (“Rule 17a-7 transactions”) and are reviewed by the Chief Compliance Officer. Rule 17a-7 trades are executed at current market price at the time of the transaction. There were no 17a-7 transactions for the period ended June 30, 2022.
NOTE 9. INCOME TAX MATTERS
Each Fund is treated as a separate tax payer for federal income tax purposes. Each Fund intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company ("RIC") and to distribute substantially all net investment income and net capital gains, if any, to its shareholders and otherwise comply with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to RICs. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
The following information for the Funds is presented on an income tax basis. Differences between amounts for financial statements and federal income tax purposes are primarily due to timing and character differences in recognizing certain gains and losses on investment transactions. Permanent differences between financial statement and federal income tax reporting are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal income tax treatment. Temporary differences do not require reclassification. Permanent differences may include but are not limited to the following: foreign currency reclassifications, premium amortization or paydown reclassifications, reclassifications on the sale of passive foreign investment company ("PFIC") or Real Estate Investment Trust ("REIT") securities, net operating losses, accounting treatment of notional principal contracts and partnerships, equalization and other distribution adjustments. These reclassifications have no impact on net assets.
At December 31, 2021, the following Funds had capital loss carryforwards available for US federal income tax purposes to offset future net realized capital gains. The amount and character of the capital loss carryforwards are listed in the table below.
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PPM High Yield Core Fund | | | | | | 797,937 | | — | | 797,937 | |
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At December 31, 2021, the Funds’ last fiscal year end, the following Funds had capital, currency and/or PFIC mark-to-market losses realized after October 31, 2021 (“Post-October losses”), which were deferred for tax purposes to the first day of the following fiscal year, January 1, 2022:
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PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | 29,996 | |
As of June 30, 2022, the cost of investments and the components of net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for the Funds were as follows:
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| | Tax Cost of Investments($) | | Gross Unrealized Appreciation($) | | Gross Unrealized Depreciation($) | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)($) | |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | 58,105,396 | | 40,943 | | (5,106,857 | ) | (5,065,914 | ) |
PPM High Yield Core Fund | 63,805,313 | | 164,396 | | (7,971,143 | ) | (7,806,747 | ) |
As of June 30, 2022, the components of net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) for derivatives were as follows:
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| | Tax Cost/Premiums/Adjustment($) | | Gross Unrealized Appreciation($) | | Gross Unrealized Depreciation($) | | Net Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation)($) | |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | |
| Futures/Futures Options Contracts | 34,760 | | — | | — | | — | |
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Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
The tax character of distributions paid during the Funds’ fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 was as follows:
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| Net Ordinary Income*($) | | Long-term Capital Gain**($) | | Return of Capital($) |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | 1,509,591 | | 717,106 | | — |
PPM High Yield Core Fund | 3,067,863 | | — | | — |
* Net ordinary income consists of net taxable income derived from dividends, interest and net short-term capital gains, if any.
FASB ASC Topic 740 “Income Taxes” provides guidance for how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. FASB ASC Topic 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing each Fund’s tax return to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would result in the Funds recording a tax expense in the current year. FASB ASC Topic 740 requires that management evaluate the tax positions taken in returns for 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 which remain subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service and certain other jurisdictions. Management completed an evaluation of the Funds’ tax positions and based on that evaluation, determined that no provision for federal income tax was required in the Funds’ financial statements during the period ended June 30, 2022.
NOTE 10. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Management has evaluated subsequent events for the Funds through the date the financial statements are issued and has concluded there are no events that require adjustments to the financial statements or disclosure in the notes to financial statements.
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Additional Disclosures (Unaudited)
June 30, 2022
Expense Example. As a shareholder of a Fund or Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including reinvested dividends or other distributions; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The Example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period January 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022.
Expenses Using Actual Fund Return. This section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (e.g., an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Expenses Using Hypothetical 5% Return. The section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on each Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in a Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads), redemption fees, or exchange fees. Therefore, the “Expenses Using Hypothetical 5% Return” section of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
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| | | | Expenses Using Actual Fund Return | | Expenses Using Hypothetical 5% Return |
| | Annualized Expense Ratios(%) | | Beginning Account Value 01/01/22($) | | Ending Account Value 06/30/22($) | | Expenses Paid During Period($)† | | Beginning Account Value 01/01/22($) | | Ending Account Value 06/30/22($) | | Expenses Paid During Period($)† |
PPM Core Plus Fixed Income Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | 0.45 | | 1,000.00 | | 879.20 | | 2.10 | | 1,000.00 | | 1,022.56 | | 2.26 |
PPM High Yield Core Fund | | | | | | | | | | |
| Institutional Class | 0.70 | | 1,000.00 | | 856.40 | | 3.22 | | 1,000.00 | | 1,021.32 | | 3.51 |
† Expenses paid during the period are equal to the annualized net expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, then multiplied by 181/365 (to reflect the most recent 6-month period).
Quarterly Portfolio Holdings. The Funds file a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the SEC for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to their reports on Form N-PORT. The Funds' Form N-PORT reports are available on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The information on Form N-PORT is also available upon request by calling the Funds toll-free at 1-844-446-4PPM (1-844-446-4776).
Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and Proxy Voting Record. A description of the Policy that the Funds’ Adviser used to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities and additional information on how the Funds voted any proxies relating to portfolio securities during the 12-month period ended June 30, 2022, are available without charge (1) by calling 1-844-446-4PPM (1-844-446-4776), (2) by writing PPM Funds, P.O. Box 2175, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-2175, (3) online at www.ppmamerica.com/ppmfunds, and (4) by visiting the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.
The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Funds’ Trustees and is available without charge (1) by calling 1-844-446-4PPM, (2) by writing PPM Funds, P.O. Box 2175, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53201-2175, and (3) online at www.ppmamerica.com/ppmfunds.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program
Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, PPM Funds (the “Trust”), on behalf of each of its series (each a “Fund” and, collectively, the “Funds”), has established a liquidity risk management program to govern the Funds’ approach to managing liquidity risk (the “Program”). The Program is overseen by the Liquidity Committee, a committee comprised of representatives of the Trust’s investment adviser, PPM America, Inc. The Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved the designation of the Liquidity Committee to oversee the Program.
The Program’s principal objectives include supporting the Funds’ compliance with limits on investments in illiquid assets and mitigating the risk that a Fund will be unable to meet its redemption obligations in a timely manner. The Program also includes a number of elements that support the management and assessment of liquidity risk, including an annual assessment of factors that influence each Fund’s liquidity and the periodic classification and re-classification of a Fund’s investments into groupings that reflect the Liquidity Committee’s assessment of their relative liquidity under current market conditions.
At a meeting of the Board held on May 18, 2022, the Trustees received a report from the Liquidity Committee regarding the design and operational effectiveness of the Program during the prior 12 months. The Liquidity Committee determined, and reported to the Board, that the Program is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Funds’ liquidity risk and has operated adequately and effectively to manage the Funds’ liquidity risk since implementation. The Liquidity Committee reported that during the period covered by the report, there were no liquidity events that impacted the Funds or their ability to timely meet redemptions without dilution to existing shareholders. The Liquidity Committee further noted that no significant change was made to the Funds’ liquidity classifications during the period.
There can be no assurance that the Program will achieve its objectives in the future. Please refer to the Funds’ prospectus for more information regarding each Fund’s exposure to liquidity risk and other principal risks to which an investment in a Fund may be subject.
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Privacy Policy
PPM America, Inc., PPM Loan Management Company, LLC, PPM Loan Management Company 2, LLC and PPM Funds (collectively, “PPM”) are committed to keeping nonpublic information about clients and potential clients secure and confidential. We do not disclose your information to anyone except as required by law, described in this policy, or as you otherwise permit. Most importantly, we do not sell your information to anyone.
PERSONAL INFORMATION COLLECTED WITHIN THE PAST 12 MONTHS
Below is a list of the categories of personal information we have collected within the past 12 months. We did not necessarily collect all the specific pieces of personal information listed for any given person. Please note that these personal information categories are as they are set forth under California law.
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Category | Examples | Collected |
Identifiers | Name, email address, postal address, government issued ID, or other similar identifiers | Yes |
Personal Information (as listed in Cal. Civ. Code § 1798.80) | Signature, social security number, financial information or other similar personal information | Yes |
Protected classification characteristics | Age, race, national origin, citizenship, gender | Yes |
Commercial Information | Property records, business or other financial related commercial information | Yes |
Biometric Information | Genetic, physiological, behavioral, and biological characteristics, such as fingerprints | Yes |
Internet/Network Activity | Information on interactions with firm marketing emails | Yes |
Geolocation Data | Physical location or movements | No |
Sensory Data | Audio or visual information | No |
Professional or employment-related information | Current or past job history or performance evaluations | No |
Non-public education information | Transcripts, class lists | No |
Inferences drawn from other personal information | Profile reflecting psychological trends, predispositions, behavior, attitudes, | No |
HOW WE COLLECT PERSONAL INFORMATION
We receive personal information through two primary means: information you provide us directly and information we collect automatically.
Information you provide to PPM. In the course of serving you as someone associated with a corporate or institutional client, PPM obtains personal information about you principally through requests by email or telephone. Obtaining this information is important to our ability to fulfill your requests and deliver the highest level of service.
Digital Analytics Information. While we do not collect personal information from anyone who is merely visiting or browsing our website, to enhance our visitors' usability of the PPM website, we use digital analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics) to understand and optimize performance. This may include, but is not limited to, the collection of IP addresses and information about what pages visited, and average time on pages. To learn more about how Google uses the information, visit Google’s Privacy & Terms at http://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
When interacting with our PPM email marketing materials, our systems automatically log information about your interaction with that email as well as information about your computer or mobile device. For example, our system logs when you open an email from us, what links in our emails you select, your IP address, your computer or mobile device operating system name and version, browser and email client type, how long you spent on a page, and information about your use of and actions on the email newsletter. If you currently receive PPM email marketing materials but wish to stop receiving these communications, please follow the opt-out instructions contained within the email message from PPM.
HOW WE USE YOUR INFORMATION
Use of your personal information depends on your relationship to PPM. We did not necessarily collect all the specific pieces of personal information listed above for any one specific business purpose, but rather, we used personal information, generally, in the following circumstances, including:
· Servicing clients. For example, personal information may be needed to maintain or service accounts, process or fulfill orders and transactions, or process payments.
· Performing due diligence. For example, we may need to conduct research or evaluate individuals in connection with an investment or sale on behalf of our clients or with respect to a corporate restructuring, merger or acquisition or similar proceeding.
· Pursuant to law or regulation. For example, we might use the information you provide us to verify your identity or identify individuals within your organization to help fulfill certain legal or regulatory requirements.
· Interacting with our service providers. For example, PPM may receive personal information during the course of our business relationship for onboarding, background checks, or, depending on your relationship to PPM, as required to attest to PPM’s compliance policies and code of conduct.
· As part of a corporate transaction. For example, a transaction with a successor or affiliate or in connected with any acquisition, merger or sale of assets.
· Respond to your requests or questions. For example, we might use the information you provided us to respond to your questions or feedback.
For those who interact with our PPM email marketing materials or our website, we collect and use your information to:
· Provide relevant news and information. For example, we might use your information to customize your experience with us and help us better understand your interests and needs so that we can improve your experience with our online content.
· Improve our website, products or services. For example, we might use anonymized information to enhance your experience with us or improve content on our websites.
SHARING PERSONAL INFORMATION
PPM does not share your personal information with “third parties” as defined by the California Consumer Privacy Act.
We may share your information with affiliates and non-affiliated third-parties that perform support services for PPM. These parties are subject to agreements that require them to maintain the confidentiality of your information and to use it only in the course of providing such services. We will also share information if you so direct or with your consent, if we are compelled by law or regulation, as part of a corporate transaction with a successor or affiliate or in connected with any acquisition, merger or sale of assets, or in other circumstances as permitted by law (for example, to protect your account from fraud).
SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS
California-specific privacy rights. The California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) provides residents of California enhanced privacy rights, including the following:
· Right to know about your personal information PPM collects and discloses
· Right to access information PPM has collected about you
· Right to request PPM delete your personal information
· Right to non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights
We do not discriminate against you, for example, by offering a different level of service, for exercising any of these rights. While the CCPA also provides California residents with the right to opt-out of sales of personal information to third parties, it is important to know we do not sell your personal information. Additionally, we do not knowingly collect or sell the personal information of minors (individuals under 16 years of age) without affirmative authorization.
Should you wish to exercise any of the above rights, please use this link to submit a request, or if you received this notice in a printed format or are otherwise unable to complete the form, please call (800) 644-4565. To protect your privacy, you will be required to provide information to help verify your identity. Only you, or someone legally authorized to act on your behalf, may make a verifiable consumer request related to your personal information. We will make good faith efforts to provide you with access to your information when you request it, but we cannot grant your request if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm that the personal information relates to you. Further, there may be other circumstances in which we may not grant access. In all cases, we will provide you with an explanation of our determination and a point of contact for further enquiries.
Additionally, under California Civil law, Californians are entitled to request information relating to whether a business has disclosed personal data to any third parties for the third parties’ direct marketing purposes. Californians who wish to request further information about our compliance with this statute or who have questions, more generally, about our Privacy Policy and our privacy commitments and our website should contact us at privacy@ppmamerica.com or at PPM America, 225 West Wacker Dr., Suite 1200, Chicago, Illinois 60606.
USE OF COOKIES
A cookie is a piece of data stored within the web browser on your computer by the websites you visit. Cookies are widely used to improve browsing experience and help websites function more efficiently. The cookies we use enable certain functionality of the website and facilitate website usage analysis. This will enable us to continually improve the website and our systems. The cookies do not hold any personal information about you. We do not associate any data gathered from cookies with any of your personal information. From our website, PPM may place cookies on your computer. There are two types of cookies that we use:
· Session cookies - these cookies are temporarily created when you visit our website. When you leave the website all session cookies are deleted.
· Persistent cookies - these cookies remain on your computer for the period of time specified in the cookie. They are activated each time you visit our website which created that particular cookie.
Many Internet browsers allow you to adjust your cookie preferences or delete existing cookies. If you set your browser to reject cookies, you should be aware that certain website features may not be available to you or may not function correctly. Certain Internet browsers may provide you the choice to set "Do Not Track" preferences, to limit the collection of information about your online activities over time and across third-party websites or online services. PPM’s systems do not respond to Internet browser "do not track" signals or similar mechanisms.
LINKS TO THIRD-PARTY SITES
The PPM website may contain links to other websites. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of any such other website (whether accessed through an advertisement, service or content link) and urge you to review such practices prior to submitting any information to such websites.
SAFEGUARDING INFORMATION
We recognize that information security is a crucial topic. To protect information, we've utilized an information security program to protect the integrity of our systems and applications. We implemented precautions throughout our organization, as well as our affiliates, including, where appropriate, the following: password protection, multi-factor authentication, encryption, TLS, firewalls, and internal restrictions on who may access data to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction.
We restrict access to personal information to authorized employees and in some cases to third parties as permitted by law. In addition to the requirements in this policy, we maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard sensitive information. We adhere to these standards even after a business relationship ends.
CHANGES TO POLICY
This policy provides a general statement of the ways in which PPM protects your personal information. You may, however, in connection with specific products or services offered by PPM, be provided with privacy policies or statements that supplement this policy. PPM reserves the right to change its privacy policy or any supporting or related policies or procedures at any time. If there are any changes to the terms of this privacy policy, documents containing the revised policy will be updated, including our website at the PPM Privacy Policy or at http://ppmamerica.com/privacy-policy, and will be effective immediately. Contact us at privacy@ppmamerica.com should you have any questions about this privacy policy.
Employees should review the Jackson Financial Inc. Associate Privacy Notice available at https://www.jackson.com for information on the categories of personal information that may be collected from and for employees and why PPM or its affiliates collect such information.
This policy was last updated on April 1, 2022.
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable to the semi-annual filing.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable to the semi-annual filing.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable to the semi-annual filing.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
(a) Included as a part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1.
(b) Not applicable.
Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
No material changes have been made.
Item 11. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The registrant maintains disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the registrant's filings under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized, and reported within the periods specified in the rules and forms of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Such
information is accumulated and communicated to the registrant's management, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure. The registrant's management, including the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, recognizes that any set of controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives.
Within ninety (90) days prior to the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR, the registrant had carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the registrant's management, including the registrant's principal executive officer and the registrant's principal financial officer, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures. Based on such evaluation, the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures are effective.
(b) There have been no significant changes in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) during the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting. There have been no significant changes in the registrant's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation in connection with the preparation of this report on Form N-CSR.
Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 13. Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
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By: | /s/ Mark D. Nerud |
| Mark D. Nerud |
| Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | September 1, 2022 |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
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By: | /s/ Mark D. Nerud |
| Mark D. Nerud |
| Principal Executive Officer |
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Date: | September 1, 2022 |
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By: | /s/ Andrew Tedeschi |
| Andrew Tedeschi |
| Principal Financial Officer |
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Date: | September 1, 2022 |
EXHIBIT LIST
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Exhibit 13(a)(2) | Certification of the Principal Executive Officer required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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| Certification of the Principal Financial Officer required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |
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Exhibit 13(b) | Certification required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. |