United States

Securities and Exchange Commission

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

Form N-CSR

Certified Shareholder Report of Registered Management Investment Companies

 

 

 

 

811-1

 

(Investment Company Act File Number)

 

Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund

_______________________________________________________________

 

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Federated Hermes Funds

4000 Ericsson Drive

Warrendale, Pennsylvania 15086-7561

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

 

(412) 288-1900

(Registrant's Telephone Number)

 

 

Peter J. Germain, Esquire

1001 Liberty Avenue

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222-3779

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

(Notices should be sent to the Agent for Service)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date of Fiscal Year End: 11/30/20

 

 

Date of Reporting Period: 11/30/20

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1. Reports to Stockholders

 

Annual Shareholder Report
November 30, 2020
Share Class | Ticker
A | FSTBX
B | FSBBX
C | FSBCX
 
R | FSBKX
Institutional | SBFIX
R6 | FSBLX

Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund
(formerly, Federated Global Allocation Fund)
Fund Established 1934

Dear Valued Shareholder,
I am pleased to present the Annual Shareholder Report for your fund covering the period from December 1, 2019 through November 30, 2020.
While Covid-19 continues to present challenges to our lives, families and businesses, I want you to know that Federated Hermes remains dedicated to helping you successfully navigate the markets ahead. You can count on us for the insights, investment management knowledge and client service that you have come to expect. Please refer to our website, FederatedInvestors.com, for timely updates on this and other economic and market matters.
Thank you for investing with us. I hope you find this information useful and look forward to keeping you informed.
Sincerely,
J. Christopher Donahue, President

Not FDIC Insured ▪ May Lose Value ▪ No Bank Guarantee


Management’s Discussion of Fund Performance (unaudited)
The total return of Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund (the “Fund”), based on net asset value for the 12-month reporting period ended November 30, 2020, was 10.70%, 9.83%, 9.87%, 10.31%,11.06% and 11.04% for the Fund’s Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, Institutional Shares and Class R6 shares, respectively. The total return of the Fund’s Blended Index1,2 was 12.97%, and the total return of the Morningstar World Allocation Funds Average (MWAFA)3 was 5.36% for the same period. The Fund’s Blended Index was composed of 60% of the return of the MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI) and 40% of the return of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index. The Fund’s and MWAFA’s total returns for the most recently completed fiscal year reflect actual cash flows, transaction costs and other expenses, which were not reflected in the total return of any index.
The following discussion will focus on the performance of the Fund’s Institutional Shares relative to the Blended Index.
MARKET OVERVIEW
Equities
The reporting period began with equities marching towards all-time highs on the strength of the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. Unemployment in the U.S. hit half-century lows of 3.5%, and prospects for growth improved in the wake of a Phase I trade deal that promised to ease tensions between the world’s two largest economies, the U.S. and China.
Then the Covid-19 pandemic hit, and unemployment quickly surged to the highest levels since World War II. Oil prices turned negative driven by plummeting demand and a price war between Russia and Saudi Arabia, and the global economy fell into one of the deepest, though short-lived, recessions in recent history. At its depth, the S&P fell nearly 35%, its fastest decline of that magnitude in history, as investors contemplated the potential for an economic depression.
In the face of the crisis, governments and central banks across the globe unleashed unprecedented amounts of fiscal and monetary support that not only ensured a steady flow of liquidity but helped businesses and individuals to avoid insolvency. As strict lockdowns eased, economic activity recovered sharply, with the third quarter producing some of the strongest quarter-over-quarter GDP growth on record, thus sparking a rally in global equities that saw major indices surge in excess of 50% from the lows in March until the end of the reporting period. While the pandemic is still with us, many global equity indices finished the reporting period at new all-time highs, thanks to the development of a number of vaccines that may very well end the pandemic in the new year.
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All told, the U.S. equity market produced a strong positive total return, with the S&P 500® Index4 up 17.46% for the reporting period. Small-caps5 underperformed, with the Russell 2000® Index6 up 13.57%. Within the large-cap space, growth outperformed value by a wide margin with the Russell 1000® Growth Index7 producing a 36.40% return compared to a modest 1.71% return for the Russell 1000® Value Index.8, 9
International markets10 also posted positive total returns, with emerging markets outperforming their developed markets. For the reporting period, emerging markets, as measured by the MSCI Emerging Markets Index,11 produced an 18.79% return, compared to a 6.69% return for developed markets, as measured by the MSCI World ex USA Index.12
Fixed Income
The reporting period had originally started out with promises of a global recovery, but it quickly transformed into the year that would drive economies into recession. In response, many global banking authorities expanded balance sheets by trillions of dollars, provided unlimited liquidity to the banking sector, and set up program after program to backstop stressed parts of the financial markets.
During the reporting period, the global financial markets can be summarized by a tale of two “walls.” On one side, there was a “wall of worry” surrounding the evolution, containment and management of the Covid-19 pandemic. However, a “wall of liquidity,” tendered by global governments and central banks, counterbalanced this pandemic from turning into another financial crisis. In essence, these two contrasting forces became the financial calculus by which global risk premiums were being determined.
While the reporting period was extremely volatile for nearly all asset classes, it ended with many major fixed-income assets classes in the black, including corporate credit markets. In fact, U.S. investment grade corporates,13 as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Total Return Index,14 returned more than 9% in total return in last 12 months, and U.S. high yield bonds, as measured by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Total Return Index,15,16 returned more than 7% in the same period. While much of the positive returns are due to the decline in interest rates, spreads have moved toward pre-pandemic levels since the end of Q1 2020. The recovery has happened, even as Covid-19 cases continue to increase globally and more recently have resulted in a new round of lockdowns in many places across U.S. and Europe. But stronger-than-expected rebound in the economy, very supportive central banks and impressive progress made in Covid-19 vaccine development have all helped support valuations.
Internationally, the flagship global bond index, the Bloomberg Barclays Global Total Return Bond Index17 returned 8.38%. As a result of the pandemic, the European Union (EU) cast aside Maastricht rules, and country after country announced large amounts of support. The European Central Bank
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aggressively eased monetary policies with rate cuts, colossal amounts of asset buying and new programs, such as the Pandemic Emergency Purchase Program. Governments stepped up with material fiscal measures as well. In July, the European Commission introduced the EU Recovery Fund, which strove to finally establish fiscal unity in Europe. This initiative helped most developed bond markets18 but was particularly beneficial to European peripheral countries, like Italy and Spain, which outperformed significantly.
Although not immune to the effects of the pandemic, emerging market countries took decisive measures to help stimulate their economies during the crisis. The focal point of the pandemic, and associated containment measures, were initially focused on China; the country became the largest contributor towards the global recovery. Overall, high-frequency data, such as retail sales, investment data, and industrial output all continued to see improvement in the emerging market complex.
In prior years, the U.S. dollar (USD) offered safety, yield and growth advantages. However, in the past few months, the U.S. dollar grew more one dimensional and began to mostly offer safety. The aggressive easing from the U.S. Fed materially eroded the USD’s interest rate advantage. The U.S. dollar began to look more and more like a hedge against volatility and offered little else. Consequently, midway through the reporting period, broad USD weakness ensued as global investors began to diversify their holdings away from the USD.
Fund Performance
During the reporting period, the Fund’s security selection strategies generated mixed performance. All four of the Fund’s equity security selection strategies, Domestic Large Cap, International Developed, Domestic Small Cap and Emerging Markets, underperformed. This was somewhat offset, however, from outperformance from both the Domestic and International Bond security selection strategies.
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The Fund’s stock versus bond allocation detracted from relative performance.
On balance, the Fund’s three systematic macro overlay strategies, however, were additive to performance during the reporting period. The Global Equity and Global Interest Rate produced positive total returns, while the Global Currency Strategy produced negative total returns. The systematic overlay strategies invest in equity index futures, government bond futures and currency forwards to achieve the desired long/short exposures. During the period, the systematic macro overlay strategy, and thus the underlying derivatives19 positions, added 1.20% to total return.
1
Please see the footnotes to the line graphs under “Fund Performance and Growth of a $10,000 Investment” below for the definition of, and more information about, the Blended Index.
2
The Fund’s broad-based security market indexes are the S&P 500 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which had total returns of 17.46% and 7.28%, respectively. Please see the footnotes to the line graphs under “Fund Performance and Growth of a $10,000 Investment” below for the definition of, and more information about, the S&P 500 Index and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index.
3
Please see the footnotes to the line graphs under “Fund Performance and Growth of a $10,000 Investment” below for the definition of, and more information about, the MWAFA.
4
The S&P 500 Index is a capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries.*
5
Small company stocks may be less liquid and subject to greater price volatility than large company stocks.
6
The Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe. The Russell 2000® Index is a subset of the Russell 3000® Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership. The Russell 2000® Index is constructed to provide a comprehensive and unbiased small-cap barometer and is completely reconstituted annually to ensure larger stocks do not distort the performance and characteristics of the true small-cap opportunity set.*
7
The Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of the large cap growth segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.*
8
The Russell 1000® Value Index measures the performance of the large cap value segment of the US equity universe. It includes those Russell 1000® companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.*
9
Value stocks may lag growth stocks in performance, particularly in late stages of a market advance.
10
International investing involves special risks including currency risk, increased volatility, political risks, and differences in auditing and other financial standards. Prices of emerging markets securities can be significantly more volatile than the prices of securities in developed countries and currency risk and political risks are accentuated in emerging markets.
11
The MSCI Emerging Markets Index captures large- and mid-cap representation across 21 Emerging Markets (EM) countries. The indexes covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country.*
12
The MSCI World ex USA Index captures large and mid-cap representation across 22 of 23 Developed Markets (DM) countries excluding the United States. With 982 constituents, the index covers approximately 85% of the free float-adjusted market capitalization in each country*
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13
Investment-grade securities are securities that are rated at least “BBB” or unrated securities of a comparable quality. Non-investment grade securities are securities that are not rated at least “BBB” or unrated securities of a comparable quality. Credit ratings are an indication of the risk that a security will default. They do not protect a security from credit risk. Lower-rated bonds typically offer higher yields to help compensate investors for the increased risk associated with them. Among these risks are lower creditworthiness, greater price volatility, more risk to principal and income that with higher-rated securities and increased possibilities of default.
14
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Total Return Index measures the investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. It includes USD denominated securities publicly issued by US and non-US industrial, utility and financial issuers.*
15
Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate High Yield Total Return Index measures the USD-denominated, high-yield, fixed-rate corporate bond market.*
16
High-yield, lower-rated securities generally entail greater market, credit and liquidity risks than investment-grade securities and may include higher volatility and higher risk of default.
17
The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index is a flagship measure of global investment grade debt from twenty-four local currency markets. This multi-currency benchmark includes treasury, government-related, corporate and securitized fixed-rate bonds from both developed and emerging markets issuers.*
18
Bond prices are sensitive to changes in interest rates and a rise in interest rates can cause a decline in their prices.
19
The use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional instruments.
*
The index is unmanaged, and it is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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FUND PERFORMANCE AND GROWTH OF A $10,000 INVESTMENT
The graph below illustrates the hypothetical investment of $10,0001 in the Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund from November 30, 2010 to November 30, 2020, compared to a blend of indexes comprised of 60% of the MSCI All Country World Index (MSCI ACWI) and 40% of the Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate Index (BBGA) (the “Blended Index”),2 the Standard and Poor’s 500 Index (S&P 500),3 the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index (BBAB) 4 and the Morningstar World Allocation Funds Average (MWAFA).5 The Average Annual Total Return table below shows returns for each class averaged over the stated periods.
Growth of a $10,000 Investment
Growth of $10,000 as of November 30, 2020
■ Total returns shown for the Class A Shares include the maximum sales charge of 5.50% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales charge = $9,450).
■ Total returns shown for Class C Shares include the maximum contingent deferred sales charge of 1.00% as applicable.
The Fund offers multiple share classes whose performance may be greater than or less than its other share class(es) due to difference in sales charges and expenses. See the Average Annual Return table below for the returns of additional classes not shown in the line graph above.
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Average Annual Total Returns for the Period Ended 11/30/2020
(returns reflect all applicable sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges as specified below in footnote #1)
 
1 Year
5 Years
10 Years
Class A Shares
4.63%
5.19%
5.94%
Class B Shares
4.33%
5.20%
5.86%
Class C Shares
8.87%
5.57%
5.74%
Class R Shares
10.31%
5.94%
6.10%
Institutional Shares
11.06%
6.69%
6.86%
Class R6 Shares6
11.04%
6.67%
6.69%
Blended Index
12.97%
8.58%
6.95%
S&P 500
17.46%
13.99%
14.19%
BBAB
7.28%
4.34%
3.71%
MWAFA
5.36%
5.83%
5.60%
Performance data quoted represents past performance which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Mutual fund performance changes over time and current performance may be lower or higher than what is stated. For current to the most recent month-end performance and after-tax returns, visit FederatedInvestors.com or call 1-800-341-7400. Returns shown do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Mutual funds are not obligations of or guaranteed by any bank and are not federally insured.
1
Represents a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund after deducting applicable sales charges: for Class A Shares, the maximum sales charge of 5.50% ($10,000 investment minus $550 sales charge = $9,450); for Class B Shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 5.50% on any redemption of shares held up to one year from the purchase date; for Class C Shares, the maximum contingent deferred sales charge is 1.00% on any redemption less than one year from the purchase date. The Fund’s performance assumes the reinvestment of all dividends and distributions. The Blended Index, S&P 500 and BBAB have been adjusted to reflect reinvestment of dividends on securities in the indexes.
2
The Blended Index is a custom blended index comprised of 60% of the MSCI ACWI and 40% of the BBGA. The MSCI ACWI captures large- and mid-cap representation across 23 developed markets countries and 23 emerging markets countries. The index covers approximately 85% of the global investable equity opportunity set. The BBGA is a measure of global investment grade debt from 24 different local currency markets. This multi-currency benchmark includes fixed-rate treasury, government-related, corporate and securitized bonds from both developed and emerging markets issuers. The indexes are not adjusted to reflect sales loads, expenses or other fees that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) requires to be reflected in the Fund’s performance. The indexes are unmanaged and, unlike the Fund, are not affected by cash flows. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
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3
The S&P 500 is an unmanaged, capitalization-weighted index of 500 stocks designed to measure performance of the broad domestic economy through changes in the aggregate market value of 500 stocks representing all major industries. The index is not adjusted to reflect sales loads, expenses or other fees that the SEC requires to be reflected in the Fund’s performance. The index is unmanaged and, unlike the Fund, is not affected by cash flows. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
4
The BBAB is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, mortgage-backed securities (agency fixed-rate and hybrid adjustable rate mortgage pass-throughs), asset-backed securities and commercial mortgage-backed securities. The index is not adjusted to reflect sales loads, expenses or other fees that the SEC requires to be reflected in the Fund’s performance. The index is unmanaged and, unlike the Fund, is not affected by cash flows. It is not possible to invest directly in an index.
5
The Morningstar figures represent the average of the total returns reported by all the funds designated by Morningstar as falling into the respective category indicated. They do not reflect sales charges. The Morningstar figures in the Growth of $10,000 line graph are based on historical return information published by Morningstar and reflect the return of the funds comprising the category in the year of publication. Because the funds designated by Morningstar as falling into the category can change over time, the Morningstar figures in the line graph may not match the Morningstar figures in the Average Annual Total Returns table, which reflect the return of the funds that currently comprise the category.
6
The Fund’s Class R6 Shares commenced operations on June 29, 2016. For the period prior to the commencement of operations of the Class R6 Shares, the performance information shown is for the Fund’s Class A Shares. The performance of Class A Shares has not been adjusted to reflect the expenses of Class R6 Shares since Class R6 Shares have a lower expense ratio than the expense ratio of the Class A Shares. The performance of Class A Shares has been adjusted to remove any voluntary waiver of Fund expenses related to the Class A Shares that may have occurred during the period prior to the commencement of operations of Class R6 Shares. Additionally, the performance information shown below has been adjusted to reflect the absence of sales charges applicable to Class A Shares.
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Portfolio of Investments Summary Tables (unaudited)
At November 30, 2020, the Fund’s portfolio composition1 was as follows:
Portfolio Composition
Percentage of
Total Net Assets
Domestic Equity Securities
34.7%
International Equity Securities
30.4%
Emerging Markets Core Fund
9.3%
Foreign Debt Securities
6.8%
Corporate Debt Securities
6.7%
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio
3.3%
U.S. Treasury and Agency Securities
1.1%
Bank Loan Core Fund
1.0%
Asset-Backed Securities
0.8%
High Yield Bond Portfolio4
0.8%
Project and Trade Finance Core Fund
0.8%
Collateralized Mortgage-Backed Securities
0.5%
Government Agencies
0.2%
Municipal Bond
0.1%
Mortgage-Backed Securities2,3
0.0%
Cash Equivalents5
0.9%
Purchased Options3
0.0%
Derivative Contracts6
0.7%
Other Assets and Liabilities—Net7
1.9%
TOTAL
100.0%
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At November 30, 2020, the Fund’s sector composition8 of the Fund’s equity holdings was as follows:
Sector Composition
of Equity Holdings
Percentage of
Equity Securities
Information Technology
20.1%
Financials
13.7%
Consumer Discretionary
13.3%
Industrials
12.0%
Health Care
11.5%
Communication Services
7.7%
Consumer Staples
7.4%
Materials
6.3%
Utilities
3.5%
Real Estate
2.8%
Energy
1.7%
TOTAL
100%
1
See the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information for a description of these
security types.
2
For purposes of this table, Mortgage-Backed Securities include mortgage-backed securities
guaranteed by Government Sponsored Entities and adjustable rate mortgage-backed securities.
3
Represents less than 0.1%.
4
The High Yield Portfolio is a diversified portfolio of below investment grade bonds.
5
Cash Equivalents include any investments in money market mutual funds and/or overnight
repurchase agreements.
6
Based upon net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) or value of the derivative contracts as
applicable. Derivative contracts may consist of futures, forwards, options and swaps. The impact
of a derivative contract on the Fund’s performance may be larger than its unrealized
appreciation (depreciation) or value may indicate. In many cases, the notional value or amount of
a derivative contract may provide a better indication of the contract’s significance to the
portfolio. More complete information regarding the Fund’s direct investments in derivative
contracts, including unrealized appreciation (depreciation), value and notional values or amounts
of such contracts, can be found in the table at the end of the Portfolio of Investments included
in this Report.
7
Assets, other than investments in securities and derivative contracts, less liabilities. See
Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
8
Sector classifications are based upon, and individual portfolio securities are assigned to, the
classifications of the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) except that the Adviser
assigns a classification to securities not classified by the GICS and to securities for which the
Adviser does not have access to the classification made by the GICS.
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Portfolio of Investments
November 30, 2020
Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   65.1%
 
 
 
Communication Services—   5.0%
 
17,612
 
Activision Blizzard, Inc.
$1,399,802  
995
1
Alphabet, Inc., Class A
1,745,628  
979
1
Alphabet, Inc., Class C
1,723,765  
47,884
 
America Movil S.A.B. de C.V.
35,753     
45,966
 
Auto Trader Group PLC
343,019    
628
1
CarGurus, Inc.
15,731     
25,190
 
CenturyLink, Inc.
263,236    
58
1
Charter Communications, Inc.
37,815     
550
 
Cheil Communications, Inc.
10,361     
19,000
 
China Mobile Ltd.
113,113    
2,287
1
Cincinnati Bell, Inc.
34,785     
565
1
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc.
3,164      
7,311
1
Facebook, Inc.
2,024,928  
600
1
Gray Television, Inc.
10,596     
3,836
 
Hellenic Telecommunication Organization SA
63,928     
397,095
 
HKT Trust and HKT Ltd.
517,959    
660
1
Imax Corp.
9,788      
12,700
 
Intouch Holdings Public Co. Ltd.
23,312     
574
 
Kakao Corp.
191,507    
4,500
 
Konami Corp.
234,554    
9,501
 
LG Uplus Corp.
102,750    
14,309
 
Mobile Telesystems, ADR
123,487    
2,586
1
MSG Networks, Inc.
31,394     
204
 
NCsoft Corp.
149,571    
6,050
 
NetEase, Inc.
110,018    
442
1
Netflix, Inc.
216,889    
5,164
 
New York Times Co., Class A
221,587    
1,600
 
Nexon Co., Ltd. Tokyo
48,417     
960
 
NHN Corp.
241,430    
500
 
Nintendo Co. Ltd.
284,033    
16,670
 
Omnicom Group, Inc.
1,050,210  
13,289
 
Quebecor, Inc., Class B
330,920    
3,124
 
Scout24 Holding GmbH
238,726    
638
 
SK Telecom Co. Ltd.
135,769    
1,500
 
Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.
92,149     
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Communication Services—   continued
 
6,932
1
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc.
$1,251,295  
604
1
TechTarget, Inc.
31,710     
296
 
Tegna, Inc.
4,265      
105,316
 
Telefonica Deutschland Holding AG
290,473    
6,223
 
Telenet Group Holding NV
265,204    
7,014
 
Telephone and Data System, Inc.
133,126    
29,800
 
Tencent Holdings Ltd.
2,169,169  
49,355
 
TIM S.A.
124,277    
8,620
1
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
1,145,943  
2,700
 
Toho Co. Ltd.
114,634    
3,606
 
Verizon Communications, Inc.
217,839    
20,118
 
Vivendi SA
604,384    
14,149
 
Vodacom Group Ltd.
112,324    
2,732
1
Vonage Holdings Corp.
35,134     
781
1
Yandex N.V.
54,358     
1,131
1
Zillow Group, Inc.
124,806    
84,875
1
Zynga, Inc.
700,219    
 
 
TOTAL
19,559,254
 
 
Consumer Discretionary—   8.7%
 
10,500
 
ABC-Mart, Inc.
544,307    
36
1
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.
1,031      
76,840
1
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.
2,526,183  
1,679
1
Amazon.com, Inc.
5,319,139  
647
 
American Outdoor Brands Corp.
10,197     
354
1
American Public Education, Inc.
10,988     
256
1
America’s Car-Mart, Inc.
26,752     
113
1
Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
12,743     
348,900
 
Asset World Corp PCL
54,711     
4,907
1
B2W Companhia Global Do Varejo
64,481     
229,500
 
BAIC Motor Corp. Ltd.
86,078     
2,457
 
Bajaj Holdings & Investment Ltd.
104,749    
547
 
Bally’s Corp.
24,303     
4,379
 
Berkeley Group Holdings PLC
269,279    
339
 
Big Lots, Inc.
17,516     
31,106
 
Block (H&R), Inc.
584,793    
221
 
Bluegreen Vacations Corp.
1,406      
6,857
 
BorgWarner, Inc.
266,394    
7,500
 
BYD Co. Ltd.
176,487    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Consumer Discretionary—   continued
 
5,470
 
Canadian Tire Corp. Ltd.
$699,050    
1,426
 
Carriage Services, Inc.
38,801     
13,500
 
Casio Computer Co. Ltd.
241,667    
82,000
 
China Yuhua Education Corp. Ltd.
77,315     
138
 
Collectors Universe, Inc.
10,647     
1,586
 
Coway Co. Ltd.
99,550     
892
1
CROCs, Inc.
52,530     
20,995
 
D. R. Horton, Inc.
1,564,127  
307
1
Deckers Outdoor Corp.
78,159     
3,232
1
Denny’s Corp.
37,200     
540
 
Dine Brands Global, Inc.
34,004     
516
 
Dollar General Corp.
112,787    
13,145
 
Dollarama, Inc.
538,067    
7,402
 
eBay, Inc.
373,283    
462
1
El Pollo Loco Holdings, Inc.
7,240      
448
1
Etsy, Inc.
71,994     
2,789
 
Evolution Gaming Group AB
238,905    
93,611
 
Extended Stay America, Inc.
1,283,407  
79,000
 
Formosa Taffeta Co.
84,997     
24,217
 
Gentex Corp.
789,474    
782,000
1
Gome Electrical Appliances Holdings Ltd.
92,958     
940
1
Green Brick Partners, Inc.
20,464     
303
 
Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
35,999     
175
 
Hermes International
170,172    
6,595
 
Home Depot, Inc.
1,829,519  
143,000
 
Home Product Center Public Co. Ltd.
69,334     
84
 
Hyundai Mobis
18,582     
227
 
Hyundai Motor Co.
37,387     
10,300
 
Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.
205,821    
8,400
 
Industria de Diseno Textil SA
278,323    
607
 
Jack in the Box, Inc.
55,838     
30,146
 
JD Sports Fashion PLC
312,627    
7,010
1
JD.com, Inc.
301,540    
178
 
Johnson Outdoors, Inc., Class A
14,881     
3,159
1
Jubilant Foodworks Ltd.
104,807    
5,900
 
Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.
352,912    
10,386
1
La Francaise des Jeux SAEM
432,250    
1,702
1
Laureate Education, Inc.
24,168     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Consumer Discretionary—   continued
 
392
 
LCI Industries
$49,306     
780
 
Lennar Corp., Class A
59,171     
2,492
 
Lennar Corp., Class B
151,264    
27,000
 
Li Ning Co. Ltd.
146,823    
5,362
 
Lowe’s Cos., Inc.
835,507    
182
 
M.D.C. Holdings, Inc.
8,785      
13,037
 
Magna International, Inc.
799,466    
2,827
1
Magnite, Inc.
53,713     
337
 
Marine Products Corp.
5,197      
598
 
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.
76,143     
20,900
1,2
Meituan
784,354    
492
1
Meritage Corp.
44,354     
1,729
 
Michelin, Class B
214,656    
158
 
Murphy USA, Inc.
20,256     
1,873
 
Naspers Ltd., Class N
377,162    
47,466
 
Newell Brands, Inc.
1,009,127  
5,556
 
Next PLC
484,434    
12,100
 
Nikon Corp.
74,610     
928
 
ODP Corp./The
26,606     
123
 
Pandora A/S
12,277     
466
 
Patrick Industries, Inc.
29,377     
876
1
Perdoceo Education Corp.
9,934      
2,569
 
Persimmon PLC
90,757     
31,686
 
Petrobras Distribuidora SA
121,423    
31,107
 
Peugeot SA
729,468    
4,098
1
Prosus NV
442,638    
1,212
 
Pulte Group, Inc.
52,880     
1,001
1
Purple Innovation, Inc.
29,850     
911
 
Rent-A-Center, Inc.
30,810     
183
1
RH
82,928     
15,600
 
Sega Sammy Holdings, Inc.
218,277    
22,900
 
Sekisui House Ltd.
410,095    
4,000
 
Shimamura Co. Ltd.
413,244    
400
 
Shimano, Inc.
94,860     
1,037
1
Signet Jewelers Ltd.
31,411     
102
 
Sonic Automotive, Inc.
4,119      
21
1
Stamps.com, Inc.
3,937      
807
 
Standard Motor Products, Inc.
37,356     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Consumer Discretionary—   continued
 
12,300
 
Stanley Electric Co. Ltd.
$359,753    
4,900
 
Subaru Corp.
96,448     
3,200
 
Suzuki Motor Corp.
170,372    
9,072
1
Terminix Global Holdings, Inc.
444,800    
4,095
1
Tesla, Inc.
2,324,322  
29,999
 
The Wendy’s Co.
659,678    
495
 
Thor Industries, Inc.
47,772     
173
1
TopBuild Corp.
30,142     
10,721
1
Via Varejo SA
35,521     
363
1
WW International, Inc.
10,712     
2,497
 
Wyndham Destinations, Inc.
105,024    
7,207
 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
414,403    
632
 
Yum China Holding, Inc.
35,632     
14,500
 
Zhongsheng Group Holdings
108,352    
201
1
Zumiez, Inc.
7,455      
 
 
TOTAL
33,809,284
 
 
Consumer Staples—   4.8%
 
11,460
 
Albertsons Cos., Inc.
183,704    
3,824
 
Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc., Class B
126,996    
35,344
 
Altria Group, Inc.
1,407,751  
70,981
 
Ambev SA
185,223    
46,373
 
Becle SA de CV
108,462    
12,651
 
BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS
113,071    
933
1
BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc.
38,244     
2,043
 
Britannia Industries
97,454     
12,160
 
Brown-Forman Corp.
896,557    
383
 
Calavo Growers, Inc.
27,434     
1,303
 
Carlsberg A/S, Class B
193,373    
76,200
 
Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Co. Ltd.
71,952     
20,000
 
China Resources Enterprises Ltd.
148,137    
299
 
CJ CheilJedang Corp.
97,839     
6,895
 
Clicks Group, Ltd.
104,247    
25,770
 
Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd.
239,360    
63
 
Coca-Cola Bottling Co.
16,486     
400
 
Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.
68,998     
702
 
Edgewell Personal Care Co.
24,394     
2,447
 
Empire Co. Ltd., Class A
66,964     
11,500
 
Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd
92,086     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Consumer Staples—   continued
 
6,930
 
George Weston Ltd.
$512,853    
18
 
Gruma S.A., Class B
199        
56,663
 
Grupo Bimbo S.A.B. de CV, Class A
119,913    
5,987
1
Herbalife Ltd.
286,837    
1,418
 
Hindustan Lever Ltd.
40,968     
7,953
 
Imperial Brands PLC
144,059    
84,000
 
Indofood CBP Sukses Makmur TBK PT
58,735     
370
 
Ingles Markets, Inc., Class A
13,908     
52,105
 
ITC Ltd.
135,428    
33,154
 
JBS S.A.
143,263    
940
 
Kimberly-Clark Corp.
130,951    
69,920
 
Kimberly-Clark de Mexico
110,847    
1,100
 
Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.
38,399     
1,755
 
Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corp.
130,928    
3,786
 
Kroger Co.
124,938    
10,500
 
Lion Corp.
247,778    
11,901
 
Loblaw Cos. Ltd.
588,315    
3,476
 
L’Oreal SA
1,268,799  
7,792
2
Magnit, GDR
117,581    
19,298
1
Marico Ltd.
95,062     
6,970
 
Metro, Inc., Class A
320,190    
10,386
1
Monster Beverage Corp.
880,525    
473
 
Nestle India Ltd.
108,350    
13,031
 
Nestle S.A.
1,454,104  
7,529
 
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., Class A
387,819    
54,700
 
Osotspa PCL
65,548     
3,300
 
Perlis Plantations Bhd
15,043     
900
 
Pigeon Corp.
40,206     
39,935
1
Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.
754,372    
4,100
 
Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.
81,531     
6,508
 
Procter & Gamble Co.
903,766    
31,600
 
PT Gudang Garam Tbk
94,473     
193,300
 
PT Indofood Sukses Makmur
96,927     
100,820
 
Puregold Price Club, Inc.
88,534     
28,022
1
Raia Drogasil S.A.
135,209    
777
1
Rite Aid Corp.
10,256     
220
 
Sanfilippo (John B. & Sons), Inc.
16,326     
11,900
 
Seven & I Holdings Co. Ltd.
375,690    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Consumer Staples—   continued
 
10,156
 
Shoprite Holdings Ltd.
$83,511     
40,000
 
Standard Foods Taiwan Ltd.
87,633     
4,300
 
Sundrug Co. Ltd.
179,944    
4,000
 
Suntory Beverage and Food Ltd.
145,650    
11,100
 
Thai Union Frozen Products Public Co. Ltd.
5,510      
358
 
The Spar Group, Ltd.
4,399      
56,000
 
Tingyi (Cayman Isln) Hldg Co.
94,611     
3,300
 
Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.
161,991    
293
 
Turning Point Brands, Inc.
11,433     
1,300
 
Unicharm Corp.
63,102     
15,294
 
Unilever PLC
933,134    
338
 
Universal Corp.
15,382     
8,360
 
Universal Robina Corp.
24,697     
138
1
USANA Health Sciences, Inc.
10,375     
5,629
 
Vector Group Ltd.
63,270     
33,000
 
Vinda International Holdings Ltd.
94,438     
68,234
 
Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de C.V.
179,614    
7,729
 
WalMart, Inc.
1,180,914  
54
 
WD 40 Co.
13,733     
19,056
 
Woolworth’s Ltd.
517,527    
1,800
 
Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.
85,631     
26,300
 
Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.
436,578    
5,000
 
Yihai International Holding Ltd.
58,739     
 
 
TOTAL
18,899,178
 
 
Energy—   1.1%
 
480
 
Cactus, Inc.
11,136     
14,803
 
Chevron Corp.
1,290,526  
60,000
 
China Oilfield Services Ltd.
45,011     
3,000
 
CNOOC Ltd.
2,994      
21,396
1
Coal India Ltd.
36,146     
11,719
 
Devon Energy Corp.
163,949    
13,416
 
Exxaro Resources Ltd.
102,818    
1,929
1
Frank’s International N.V.
4,302      
1,226
1
Green Plains, Inc.
18,120     
24,402
 
Imperial Oil Ltd.
422,389    
1,913
 
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc.
17,791     
3,385
 
National Oilwell Varco, Inc.
41,500     
4,871
1
Nextier Oilfield Solutions, Inc.
13,639     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Energy—   continued
 
29,309
 
Petronet LNG Ltd.
$97,989     
12,899
 
Phillips 66
781,421    
3,740
1
Propetro Holding Corp.
21,580     
65,300
 
PT United Tractors
106,519    
13,700
 
PTT Exploration and Production Public Co.
43,129     
141,900
 
PTT Public Co. Ltd.
185,554    
12,079
 
Reliance Industries Ltd.
316,284    
362
1
Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
21,025     
4,579
 
RPC, Inc.
14,195     
273
 
Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri A.S.
3,168      
10,540
 
Valero Energy Corp.
566,736    
1,657
 
World Fuel Services Corp.
47,092     
 
 
TOTAL
4,375,013
 
 
Financials—   8.9%
 
1,441
 
1st Source Corp.
53,778     
12,124
 
Admiral Group PLC
461,359    
15,116
 
Aflac, Inc.
664,046    
9,975
 
Ageas
489,153    
89,200
 
AIA Group Ltd.
974,336    
5,257
 
Allianz SE
1,239,586  
3,315
 
Allstate Corp.
339,290    
7,864
 
Ally Financial, Inc.
233,168    
643
 
Amalgamated Bank
8,179      
1,733
 
American Equity Investment Life Holding Co.
45,543     
3,874
 
Ameriprise Financial, Inc.
717,620    
127,600
 
AMMB Holdings Bhd
103,744    
3,766
 
Apollo Global Management LLC
164,273    
1,500
 
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc.
67,500     
34,855
 
Assicurazioni Generali SpA
594,547    
10,500
 
AXA SA
246,053    
22,223
1
B3 SA - Brasil Bolsa Balcao
232,833    
36,773
1
Banco Bradesco SA
148,605    
968,560
 
Banco de Chile
85,364     
2,023,133
 
Banco Santander Chile SA
87,893     
935
1
Bancorp, Inc., DE
11,033     
22,147
1
Bandhan Bank Ltd
109,059    
74,552
 
Bank of America Corp.
2,099,384  
161,000
 
Bank of China Ltd.
55,874     
Annual Shareholder Report
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Financials—   continued
 
412
 
Bank of Marin Bancorp
$14,296     
43,625
 
Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
1,706,610  
587
 
Bank Pekao SA
8,843      
2,397
 
BankUnited, Inc.
68,338     
26,192
 
BB Seguridade Participacoes SA
139,628    
299
1
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B
68,444     
2,372
 
Brightsphere Investment Group, Inc.
41,984     
120
 
Bryn Mawr Bank Corp.
3,578      
18,139
 
BS Financial Group, Inc.
91,941     
166
 
Camden National Corp.
5,702      
183
1
Cannae Holdings, Inc.
7,214      
1,094
 
Cathay Bancorp, Inc.
30,906     
17,000
 
Chailease Holding Co. Ltd.
93,160     
387,000
 
China Construction Bank Corp.
297,677    
345,000
 
China Development Financial Holding Corp.
108,031    
251,000
 
China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd.
97,699     
167,000
 
China Galaxy Securities Co.
107,334    
41,600
 
China International Capital Corp. Ltd.
96,380     
77,000
 
China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
172,516    
36,000
 
China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd.
227,993    
104,500
 
China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd.
57,130     
38,948
 
CI Financial Corp.
510,430    
49,000
 
CITIC Securities Co. Ltd.
110,482    
352
 
City Holding Co.
23,123     
140
 
CNA Financial Corp.
4,831      
371
 
Cohen & Steers, Inc.
26,256     
12,525
 
Daewoo Securities Co.
107,650    
15,000
 
DBS Group Holdings Ltd.
278,126    
4,111
 
Deutsche Boerse AG
685,345    
1,389
 
Dime Community Bancorp, Inc.
20,071     
19,078
 
DNB Bank ASA
344,184    
2,907
 
Donegal Group, Inc., Class A
40,640     
2,345
 
Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd.
93,124     
155,175
 
E.Sun Financial Holding Co. Ltd.
136,988    
642
 
Eagle Bancorp, Inc.
23,613     
2,461
1
Enova International, Inc.
51,460     
7,374
 
EQT AB
163,642    
7,572
 
Exor NV
523,319    
Annual Shareholder Report
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Financials—   continued
 
93,000
 
Far East Horizon
$98,812     
849
 
Farmers National Banc Corp.
10,646     
3,262
 
First BanCorp
25,900     
492
 
First Bancorp, Inc.
15,439     
1,874
 
First Financial Bankshares, Inc.
62,629     
8,000
 
First Financial Holding Co. Ltd.
5,972      
2,617
 
First Foundation, Inc.
46,478     
70,000
 
GF Securities Co. Ltd.
97,151     
7,271
 
Gjensidige Forsikring ASA
158,133    
2,216
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
510,965    
940
 
Great-West Lifeco, Inc.
21,866     
65,400
 
Guotai Junan Securities Co. Ltd.
96,212     
31,700
 
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
551,985    
5,021
 
Hannover Rueckversicherung SE
840,418    
15,238
 
Hargreaves Lansdown PLC
289,600    
2,954
 
HDFC Asset Management Co Ltd.
100,673    
9,000
 
Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.
447,628    
25,200
 
Hong Leong Credit Berhad
101,465    
5,538
 
Housing Development Finance Corp. Ltd.
167,728    
132,283
 
Hua Nan Financial Holdings Co. Ltd.
84,277     
58,200
 
Huatai Securities Co. Ltd.
90,594     
4,289
 
Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co.
87,045     
11,502
 
ICICI Bank Ltd.
73,476     
5,966
 
ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd.
117,874    
20,715
 
IGM Financial, Inc.
547,902    
175,000
 
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China
109,006    
1,370
 
Intact Financial Corp.
153,267    
709
 
International Bancshares Corp.
22,979     
157,422
 
Intesa Sanpaolo SpA
360,879    
4,556
 
Investors Bancorp, Inc.
44,102     
11,332
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
1,335,816  
72,702
 
Legal & General Group PLC
244,402    
9,184
 
LG Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.
89,439     
3,665
 
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
395,461    
2,330
 
LPL Investment Holdings, Inc.
211,494    
606
 
Luther Burbank Corp.
5,957      
1,726
 
M & T Bank Corp.
201,062    
377
 
Meta Financial Group, Inc.
12,479     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Financials—   continued
 
362
 
MetroCity Bankshares, Inc.
$5,014      
3,579
 
Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.
76,172     
86,862
 
MMI Holdings Ltd.
87,536     
8,346
1
Moneta Money Bank AS
24,865     
33,926
 
Morgan Stanley
2,097,645  
1,205
1
Mr. Cooper Group, Inc.
32,125     
2,939
 
Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG
818,907    
951
 
National General Holdings Corp.
32,410     
24,700
 
New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
103,025    
654
1
Oportun Financial Corp.
11,059     
11,200
 
ORIX Corp.
165,013    
1,578
 
OTP Bank RT
62,406     
12,100
 
Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.
90,033     
90
 
Partners Group Holding AG
95,892     
318,000
 
People’s Insurance, Co. (Group) of China Ltd.
100,109    
23,500
 
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd.
275,262    
314
 
Piper Jaffray Cos., Inc.
28,941     
544
 
PJT Partners, Inc.
37,688     
218,000
 
Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd.
122,609    
20,581
 
Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA
144,232    
290
 
Preferred Bank Los Angeles, CA
10,663     
5,734
 
Progressive Corp., OH
499,489    
339
1
ProSight Global, Inc.
4,322      
14,300
 
PT Bank Central Asia
31,331     
15,200
 
PT Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk
4,386      
1,190
 
QCR Holdings, Inc.
41,495     
181
 
Republic Bancorp, Inc.
6,389      
1,822
 
Samsung Life Insurance Co., Ltd.
117,740    
7,925
1
SBI Life Insurance Co. Ltd.
90,374     
8,594
 
Schroders PLC
367,970    
721
 
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc.
27,239     
5,343
 
Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.
155,131    
1,299
 
Simmons 1st National Corp., Class A
25,331     
12,800
 
Singapore Exchange Ltd.
84,875     
154
 
Stifel Financial Corp.
10,672     
10,249
 
Sun Life Financial Services of Canada
455,117    
16,309
 
Swedbank AB
294,641    
4,141
 
Swiss Re AG
377,561    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Financials—   continued
 
7,275
 
Synchrony Financial
$221,669    
171,173
 
Taiwan Cooperative Financial Holding Co. Ltd.
121,980    
669
1
Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.
37,397     
1,348
 
The Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd.
42,678     
713
 
The First of Long Island Corp.
11,986     
8,053
 
The Travelers Cos., Inc.
1,044,071  
19,464
 
U.S. Bancorp
841,039    
9,000
 
United Overseas Bank Ltd.
149,629    
135
 
Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
24,149     
2,156
 
VOYA Financial, Inc.
124,250    
1,179
 
Washington Federal, Inc.
27,553     
1,121
1
Watford Holdings Ltd.
38,921     
51,465
 
Wells Fargo & Co.
1,407,568  
182,160
 
Yuanta Financial Holding Co. Ltd.
121,873    
 
 
TOTAL
34,888,551
 
 
Health Care—   7.5%
 
721
1
89Bio, Inc.
19,474     
9,692
 
Abbott Laboratories
1,048,868  
9,856
1,3
Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
4,534      
120
1
AdaptHealth Corp.
3,583      
129
1
Addus Homecare Corp.
12,803     
14,100
 
Alfresa Holdings Corp.
280,518    
48,000
1
Alibaba Health Information Technology Ltd.
141,509    
976
1
Allovir, Inc.
38,659     
5,659
 
Ambu A/S
188,982    
609
1
AMN Healthcare Services, Inc.
39,682     
12,895
1
Amneal Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
50,935     
205
1
Amphastar Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
3,641      
2,207
1
Annexon, Inc.
53,409     
3,023
1
Antigenics, Inc.
11,185     
1,746
1
Arcutis Biotherapeutics, Inc.
47,352     
3,600
 
Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.
131,469    
3,265
1
Avid Bioservices, Inc.
29,777     
10,773
 
Baxter International, Inc.
819,502    
6,320
1
Berkeley Lights, Inc.
523,675    
8,692
1
BioDelivery Sciences International, Inc.
33,030     
3,708
1
BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.
291,820    
1,618
1
Bio-Rad Laboratories, Inc., Class A
871,293    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Health Care—   continued
 
1,400
1
CanSino Biologics, Inc.
$30,524     
38
1
Cardiovascular Systems, Inc.
1,309      
4,958
1
Catalyst Pharmaceutical Partners, Inc.
18,146     
880
1
Celltrion, Inc.
272,706    
1,721
1
Chinook Therapeutics, Inc.
24,060     
771
 
CIGNA Corp.
161,247    
9,836
 
Cipla Ltd.
97,967     
524
1
Clovis Oncology, Inc.
2,578      
1,166
1
Co-Diagnostics, Inc.
13,666     
1,507
 
Coloplast A.S., Class B
225,117    
161
 
CONMED Corp.
16,404     
604
1
Corvel Corp.
54,088     
7,954
 
CVS Health Corp.
539,202    
4,474
1
Cytomx Therapeutics, Inc.
33,644     
2,338
 
Divi’s Laboratories Ltd.
112,437    
1,836
 
Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.
119,116    
18,837
1
Durect Corp.
34,848     
3,400
 
Eisai Co. Ltd.
255,195    
9,325
 
Eli Lilly & Co.
1,358,186  
357
 
Ensign Group, Inc.
25,658     
17,605
1
Exelixis, Inc.
337,312    
707
1
Fulgent Genetics, Inc.
31,758     
8
 
Gedeon Richter Rt
190        
148
1
Genmab A/S
56,869     
3,902
1
Geron Corp.
7,277      
45,087
 
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
825,026    
154
 
GN Store Nord AS
12,500     
2,280
1
Gossamer Bio, Inc.
20,155     
21,900
 
Hartalega Holdings BHD
77,425     
3,895
 
HCA Healthcare, Inc.
584,678    
2,200
 
Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.
128,445    
348
1
HMS Holdings Corp.
10,934     
3,800
 
Hoya Corp.
506,426    
2,127
 
Humana, Inc.
851,906    
1,173
1
IDEAYA Biosciences, Inc.
16,352     
215
1
Integer Holdings Corp.
15,499     
8,481
1
Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
428,545    
2,962
1
Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
34,122     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Health Care—   continued
 
1,869
1
iTeos Therapeutics, Inc.
$50,070     
4,585
1
IVERIC Bio, Inc.
31,270     
3,677
 
Johnson & Johnson
531,988    
2,700
 
Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd.
73,533     
2,135
1
Lantheus Holdings, Inc.
28,097     
350
1
LHC Group, Inc.
68,712     
88,491
 
Life Healthcare Group Holdings Pte Ltd.
90,805     
432
1
MacroGenics, Inc.
9,966      
532
1
Magellan Health, Inc.
42,055     
4,268
1
Magenta Therapeutics, Inc.
30,516     
5,599
 
McKesson Corp.
1,007,316  
21,500
 
Medipal Holdings Corp.
402,514    
557
1
Medpace Holdings, Inc.
71,497     
6,026
 
Medtronic PLC
685,156    
27,845
 
Merck & Co., Inc.
2,238,460  
1,423
1
Molecular Templates, Inc., Class THL
12,736     
560
1
Natus Medical, Inc.
11,715     
308
1
NextGen Healthcare, Inc.
5,464      
2,494
1
NGM Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.
59,108     
17,906
 
Novartis AG
1,623,983  
11,027
 
Novo Nordisk A/S
740,592    
402
1
Omnicell, Inc.
42,150     
15,352
1
Opko Health, Inc.
71,233     
93
1
OraSure Technologies, Inc.
1,116      
7,159
1
Organogenesis Holdings, Inc.
36,869     
64
1
Orthofix Medical, Inc.
2,353      
3,418
1
Osmotica Pharmaceuticals PLC
20,918     
483
1
Ovid Therapeutics, Inc.
3,304      
161
 
Patterson Cos., Inc.
4,469      
334
1
PetIQ, Inc.
9,613      
4,717
1
Precision Biosciences, Inc.
58,821     
6,885
1
Progenics Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
0          
340
1
Progyny, Inc.
12,067     
310
1
Providence Service Corp.
42,095     
1,967
1
Puma Biotechnology, Inc.
22,129     
13,819
1
Qiagen NV
665,813    
519
1
R1 RCM, Inc.
10,525     
1,720
1
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
887,572    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Health Care—   continued
 
5,079
 
Roche Holding AG
$1,669,230  
3,728
1
Rubius Therapeutics, Inc.
23,375     
222
1
Samsung Biologics Co. Ltd.
159,011    
9,667
 
Sanofi
972,675    
448
 
Seegene, Inc.
76,228     
16,500
 
Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.
69,450     
4,700
 
Shionogi and Co.
250,846    
3,463
 
Siemens Healthineers AG
159,167    
6,759
1
Siga Technologies, Inc.
46,840     
287
 
Simulations Plus, Inc.
16,063     
9,495
1
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
44,721     
267
 
Stedim
96,530     
43,700
1
Supermax Corporation Berhad
97,664     
305
1
SurModics, Inc.
11,419     
232
1
Tactile Systems Technology, Inc.
10,002     
38,800
 
Top Glove Corp. Bhd
67,778     
1,397
 
Torrent Pharmaceuticals Ltd.
49,364     
1,420
1
Travere Therapeutics, Inc.
32,561     
483
1
Triple-S Management Corp., Class B
10,824     
2,020
1
United Therapeutics Corp.
267,933    
7,330
 
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
2,465,372  
4,240
1
Vanda Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
51,770     
3,713
1
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
845,636    
1,380
1
Viemed Healthcare, Inc.
13,455     
7,500
1
WuXi PharmaTech, Inc.
74,576     
576
1
Zynex, Inc.
8,041      
 
 
TOTAL
29,284,348
 
 
Industrials—   7.8%
 
391
 
Acco Brands Corp.
2,995      
11,196
 
Adecco Group AG
676,324    
5,904
1
AerCap Holdings NV
217,031    
6
1
Air Transport Services Group, Inc.
184        
7,758
 
Alfa Laval AB
195,175    
153,277
 
Alfa, S.A. de C.V., Class A
120,360    
4,750
 
A-Living Smart City Services Co. Ltd.
20,051     
9,900
 
Alstom SA
526,384    
979
 
Altra Holdings, Inc.
55,568     
21,900
 
Amada Co. Ltd.
211,463    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Industrials—   continued
 
61
1
American Woodmark Corp.
$5,338      
3,427
 
Ametek, Inc.
406,202    
356
 
Andritz AG
14,977     
150
 
Apogee Enterprises, Inc.
3,936      
662
 
Applied Industrial Technologies, Inc.
51,921     
380
 
ArcBest Corp.
15,926     
71
 
Arcosa, Inc.
3,684      
12,860
 
Ashtead Group PLC
543,857    
1,027
 
Astec Industries, Inc.
59,566     
98,644
 
Aurizon Holdings Ltd.
307,927    
172,000
 
AviChina Industry & Technology Co. Ltd.
104,244    
719
 
AZZ, Inc.
32,060     
256
1
BMC Stock Holdings, Inc.
12,529     
8,007
 
Bouygues SA
317,936    
302,300
 
BTS Group Holdings PCL
101,214    
6,555
 
Bunzl PLC
205,830    
766
 
Caesarstone Ltd.
9,146      
3,100
 
Central Japan Railway Co.
396,943    
140,500
1
China COSCO Holdings Co. Ltd., Class H
131,969    
33,000
 
China Lesso Group Holdings Ltd.
58,996     
8,000
 
China Railway Group Ltd.
3,939      
164,000
 
China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd.
100,431    
449
1
Cimpress PLC
40,244     
145,000
 
Citic Pacific Ltd.
112,731    
8,000
 
CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.
57,707     
514
 
Comfort Systems USA, Inc.
25,900     
4,743
 
CoreLogic, Inc.
367,583    
11,000
 
Country Garden Services Holdings Co. Ltd.
61,673     
11,942
 
Crane Co.
830,327    
541
 
CSW Industrials, Inc.
58,044     
1,100
 
Daifuku Co.
127,482    
2,500
 
Daikin Industries Ltd.
567,247    
1,304
 
Deluxe Corp.
33,565     
505
 
Dover Corp.
61,625     
1,967
 
DSV Panalpina A/S
309,650    
952
 
Eaton Corp. PLC
115,297    
611
1
Echo Global Logistics, Inc.
17,346     
530
 
Emcor Group, Inc.
45,675     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Industrials—   continued
 
666
 
Encore Wire Corp.
$34,412     
20,592
 
Expeditors International Washington, Inc.
1,840,307  
12,581
 
Experian PLC
444,275    
1,272
 
FedEx Corp.
364,530    
6,234
 
Ferguson PLC
698,322    
1,029
1
Foundation Building Materials, Inc.
19,798     
37,100
 
Gamuda BHD
32,504     
1,209
1
Generac Holdings, Inc.
260,660    
8,950
 
Genivar Income Fund
664,686    
267
1
GMS, Inc.
8,338      
5,571
 
Graco, Inc.
377,380    
3,100
 
Hoshizaki Electric Co., Ltd.
305,246    
391
1
Hub Group, Inc.
21,356     
8,133
 
IHS Markit Ltd.
808,908    
8,254
 
Illinois Tool Works, Inc.
1,742,337  
574
 
Insperity, Inc.
49,077     
583
 
Insteel Industries, Inc.
13,485     
6,624
 
Intertek Group PLC
486,753    
1,284
1
JELD-WEN Holding, Inc.
31,060     
11,400
 
JGC Holdings Corp.
102,316    
14,400
 
Kajima Corp.
189,517    
4,285
 
Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.
797,738    
567
 
KForce Com, Inc.
23,275     
1,632
 
Knorr-Bremse AG
208,663    
3,215
 
Koc Holding A.S.
7,253      
312
 
Kone Corp. OYJ, Class B
26,132     
2,970
 
Korea Aerospace Industry
62,182     
1,189
 
LG Corp.
75,996     
8,600
 
Localiza Rent A Car SA
107,905    
4,416
1
Lyft, Inc.
168,559    
3,300
 
Makita Corp.
171,053    
420
 
Marten Transport Ltd.
7,405      
8,192
 
Masco Corp.
439,665    
512
1
Masonite International Corp.
51,226     
531
1
Mastec, Inc.
30,113     
168
 
Miller Industries, Inc.
5,610      
5,747
1
MRC Global, Inc.
33,218     
1,006
 
Mueller Industries, Inc.
32,957     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Industrials—   continued
 
493
1
MYR Group, Inc.
$25,207     
19,040
 
NIBE Industrier AB
535,493    
5,805
1
Now, Inc.
32,392     
51,400
 
Obayashi Corp.
453,549    
1,822
 
Old Dominion Freight Lines, Inc.
370,522    
17,153
 
Otis Worldwide Corp.
1,148,222  
10,983
 
Pentair PLC
569,139    
6,700
 
Persol Holdings Co. Ltd.
121,620    
2,093
 
Pitney Bowes, Inc.
11,930     
479
 
Primoris Services Corp.
11,616     
1,862
 
Quanex Building Products Corp.
38,357     
4,950
 
Regal Beloit Corp.
589,248    
2,921
 
Relx PLC
67,904     
25,828
1
Rentokil Initial PLC
170,898    
178
 
Resources Connection, Inc.
2,156      
2,001
 
Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Inc.
143,923    
4,505
 
Roper Technologies, Inc.
1,923,635  
255
 
Rush Enterprises, Inc.
9,774      
105
1
Saia, Inc.
18,327     
9,288
 
Schneider Electric SA
1,288,467  
3,900
 
Secom Co. Ltd.
386,509    
63,000
 
Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd.
93,369     
4,000
 
Shenzhen International Holdings Ltd.
6,577      
16,200
 
Shimizu Corp.
123,059    
2,030
1
Siemens Energy AG
60,464     
141
 
Simpson Manufacturing Co., Inc.
12,958     
35,500
 
Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.
88,236     
7,450
 
SKF Ab, Class B
182,887    
300
 
SMC Corp.
190,523    
5,800
 
Sohgo Security Services Co. Ltd.
309,298    
1,922
 
Steelcase, Inc., Class A
23,352     
422
 
Systemax, Inc.
12,985     
13,300
 
Taisei Corp.
470,147    
727
 
Terex Corp.
22,537     
606
 
Tetra Tech, Inc.
72,266     
3,930
 
Thomson Reuters Corp.
311,507    
34,900
 
Toppan Printing Co. Ltd.
473,692    
1,800
 
Toshiba Corp.
50,155     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Industrials—   continued
 
7,000
 
Toyota Tsusho Corp.
$240,228    
1,420
1
TriMas Corp.
37,957     
87
1
TriNet Group, Inc.
6,525      
1
 
Triton International Ltd.
45         
404
 
UFP Industries, Inc.
21,675     
688
 
Universal Truckload Services, Inc.
14,799     
159
 
Vestas Wind Systems A/S
32,264     
4,425
 
Wartsila OYJ, Class B
41,510     
11,742
 
Weg SA
161,246    
54,000
 
Weichai Power Co. Ltd., Class H
110,466    
320
 
Werner Enterprises, Inc.
12,797     
8,324
 
Wolters Kluwer NV
698,442    
66,000
 
Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd.
118,955    
126,000
 
Zhejiang Expressway Co. Ltd.
89,782     
99,200
 
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co., Ltd.
103,085    
 
 
TOTAL
30,603,095
 
 
Information Technology—   13.1%
 
3,038
1
A10 Networks, Inc.
24,243     
113,000
 
Acer Sertek, Inc.
91,928     
3,717
1
Adobe, Inc.
1,778,473  
2,500
 
Advantest Corp.
174,080    
858
1
Afterpay Ltd.
59,948     
1,357
 
American Software, Inc., Class A
22,282     
2,827
 
Amkor Technology, Inc.
41,670     
59,889
 
Apple, Inc.
7,129,785  
19,479
 
Applied Materials, Inc.
1,606,628  
1,848
 
ASML Holding N.V.
800,268    
9,000
 
Asustek Computer, Inc.
78,718     
3,222
 
Atos SE
294,448    
5,405
1
Avalara, Inc.
928,309    
1,005
 
Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
24,442     
1,027
 
Blackbaud, Inc.
56,577     
848
1
Box, Inc.
15,849     
20,400
 
Brother Industries Ltd.
387,830    
9,543
1
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
1,109,851  
4,042
 
Capgemini SE
558,617    
453
 
Cass Information Systems, Inc.
19,221     
1,628
1
CGI, Inc., Class A
120,229    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Information Technology—   continued
 
2,519
1
Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.
$296,436    
31,000
 
Chicony Electronics Co. Ltd.
92,983     
38,619
 
Cisco Systems, Inc.
1,661,389  
884
1
Commvault Systems, Inc.
42,220     
148,000
 
Compal Electronics, Inc.
100,287    
200
 
Constellation Software, Inc.
247,675    
187
1
Crowdstrike Holdings, Inc.
28,663     
764
 
CSG Systems International, Inc.
33,142     
66
1
Diodes, Inc.
4,485      
600
 
Disco Corp.
191,340    
4,243
1
Dynatrace Holdings LLC
161,319    
487
1
eGain Corp.
5,523      
337
1
ePlus, Inc.
28,412     
552
1
Fabrinet
37,707     
4,278
1
Fortinet, Inc.
527,178    
3,600
 
Fujitsu Ltd.
501,084    
1,100
 
Hamamatsu Photonics K.K.
61,921     
11,394
 
Hexagon AB
943,343    
18,600
 
Hitachi Ltd.
702,814    
35,000
 
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.
101,154    
466
1
Ichor Holdings Ltd.
14,865     
23,684
 
Infosys Ltd.
356,618    
588
1
Insight Enterprises, Inc.
42,030     
301
 
InterDigital, Inc.
18,033     
7,200
 
IT Holdings Corp.
143,449    
753
 
KBR, Inc.
20,911     
657
1
Kimball Electronics, Inc.
10,124     
28,000
 
Kingboard Chemical Holdings Ltd.
107,340    
57,000
 
Kingboard Laminates Holdings Ltd.
92,324     
19,000
 
Kingsoft Corp. Ltd.
95,770     
7,323
 
KLA Corp.
1,845,176  
802
1
Lattice Semiconductor Corp.
33,564     
168,000
 
Lenovo Group Ltd.
119,996    
678
 
LG Innotek Co., Ltd.
95,250     
61,000
 
Lite-On Technology Corp.
102,909    
5,555
 
Logitech International SA
490,345    
681
 
ManTech International Corp., Class A
52,417     
413
 
Maximus, Inc.
29,658     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Information Technology—   continued
 
5,000
 
MediaTek, Inc.
$123,743    
957
 
Methode Electronics, Inc., Class A
33,514     
29,668
 
Microsoft Corp.
6,351,029  
123
1
MicroStrategy, Inc., Class A
42,161     
2,830
1
Mobile Iron, Inc.
19,923     
95
1
Napco Security Technologies, Inc.
2,897      
1,151
 
Nemetschek AG
90,978     
668
 
NIC, Inc.
15,655     
98
 
NICE Ltd.
23,890     
99,312
 
Nokia Oyj
395,123    
108
1
OSI Systems, Inc.
9,515      
7,800
 
Otsuka Corp.
378,097    
3,750
1
Paylocity Corp.
737,250    
9,091
1
PayPal Holdings, Inc.
1,946,565  
10
1
PC Connections, Inc.
457        
48,000
 
Pegatron Corp.
110,063    
1
1
Photronics, Inc.
12         
18
1
Plexus Corp.
1,345      
678
 
QAD, Inc.
38,870     
2,845
 
Qualcomm, Inc.
418,699    
430
1
Qualys, Inc.
40,854     
48,000
 
Quanta Computer, Inc.
129,834    
406
1
Rapid7, Inc.
30,426     
10,000
 
Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
130,325    
73,500
 
Ricoh Co. Ltd.
486,906    
3,200
 
Rohm Co. Ltd.
265,267    
1,558
1
Salesforce.com, Inc.
382,956    
26,723
 
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
1,614,346  
81
 
Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.
39,149     
91
1
Sanmina Corp.
2,895      
1,522
 
SAP SE
184,721    
46,000
1
Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
129,383    
856
1
Semtech Corp.
57,754     
2,610
1
ServiceNow, Inc.
1,395,175  
3,800
 
Shimadzu Corp.
135,750    
1,714
 
SK Hynix, Inc.
151,418    
474
1
SPS Commerce, Inc.
48,855     
4,040
1
Square, Inc.
852,278    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Information Technology—   continued
 
14,796
 
STMicroelectronics N.V.
$576,022    
3,600
 
Sumisho Computer Systems Corp.
215,378    
7,700
 
Sunny Opitcal Technology Group Co. Ltd.
151,738    
758
1
Synaptics, Inc.
58,950     
61,000
 
Synnex Technology International Corp.
95,321     
4,723
1
Synopsys, Inc.
1,074,482  
129,000
 
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd
2,178,825  
2,482
 
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.
89,711     
2,728
1
TeamViewer AG
129,866    
903
1
Tenable Holdings, Inc.
32,517     
25,577
1
Teradata Corp.
560,904    
11,066
 
Teradyne, Inc.
1,221,022  
9,473
 
Texas Instruments, Inc.
1,527,521  
1,500
 
Trend Micro, Inc.
81,240     
8
1
Tucows, Inc.
580        
483
1
Tyler Technologies, Inc.
206,531    
508
1
Ultra Clean Holdings, Inc.
16,073     
136,000
 
United Microelectronics Corp.
192,029    
2,616
 
Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.
50,646     
97
1
Vishay Precision Group, Inc.
2,837      
97,000
 
Wistron Corp.
101,721    
307
1
Workiva, Inc.
23,022     
2,111
 
Xerox Holdings Corp.
46,210     
26,600
1
Xiaomi Corp.
91,264     
16,700
 
Yokogawa Electric Corp.
292,782    
806
1
Zoom Video Communications, Inc.
385,558    
 
 
TOTAL
50,984,078
 
 
Materials—   4.1%
 
13,780
 
Amcor PLC
156,127    
9,071
 
Anglo American PLC
267,982    
3,075
 
Anglogold Ltd.
66,041     
1,320
1
Arconic Corp.
36,313     
68,000
 
Asia Cement Corp.
103,404    
10,912
 
Berger Paints India Ltd.
94,445     
28,725
 
BHP Billiton Ltd.
797,648    
11,619
 
BHP Steel Ltd.
145,964    
1,176
 
Boise Cascade Co.
50,862     
7,038
 
Cherepovets MK Severstal
103,650    
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Materials—   continued
 
122,000
 
China Hongqiao Group Ltd.
$106,332    
240,000
 
China Molybdenum Co. Ltd.
112,010    
90,000
 
China National Building Material Co. Ltd.
117,334    
74,000
 
China Resources Cement Holdings Ltd.
91,662     
435
1
Clearwater Paper Corp.
15,186     
13,123
1
Companhia Vale Do Rio Doce
191,062    
108
 
Ems-Chemie Holdings Ag
98,734     
34,873
 
Evraz PLC
179,733    
5,107
1,3
Ferroglobe Representation & Warranty Insurance Trust
0          
5,844
 
FMC Corp.
677,962    
1,169
1
Forterra, Inc.
21,685     
67,532
 
Fortescue Metals Group Ltd.
904,197    
140
 
Glatfelter Corp.
2,251      
11,981
 
Gold Fields Ltd.
103,635    
113
 
Greif, Inc.
5,571      
121
 
Hawkins, Inc.
6,072      
6,641
 
Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd.
69,624     
75,000
 
Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd.
123,013    
3,117
1
KGHM Polska Miedz SA
123,713    
6,396
 
Koninklijke DSM NV
1,047,913  
98
1
Koppers Holdings, Inc.
2,653      
562
 
Korea Kumho Petrochemical Co. Ltd.
70,792     
91
 
L.G. Chemical Ltd.
66,035     
115,000
 
Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd.
93,200     
1,402
 
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
47,990     
183,148
 
Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works PJSC
102,277    
9,700
 
Maruichi Steel Tube Ltd.
204,290    
589
 
Materion Corp.
34,339     
26,100
 
Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Inc.
551,031    
1,107
 
Myers Industries, Inc.
18,808     
14,107
 
Newcrest Mining Ltd.
280,385    
20,223
 
Newmont Corp.
1,189,517  
70,000
 
Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd.
91,414     
3,300
 
Nissan Chemical Industries
196,400    
5,600
 
Nitto Denko Corp.
463,188    
677
 
Norilsk Nickel
190,846    
508
1
Northam Platinum Ltd.
5,802      
26,762
 
Novolipetski Metallurgicheski Komb OAO
67,381     
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Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Materials—   continued
 
2,796
2
Phosagro OAO, GDR
$35,733     
597
 
Polyus PJSC
113,073    
24,500
 
PT Indah Kiat Pulp & Paper Corp.
15,069     
105,000
 
PT Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk
106,444    
2,400
 
PT Semen Gresik
1,991      
4,315
1
Queen’s Road Capital Investment Ltd.
1,894      
5,827
 
Rio Tinto Ltd.
433,944    
14,831
 
Rio Tinto PLC
960,989    
6,633
 
RPM International, Inc.
583,770    
727
 
Scotts Miracle-Gro Co.
127,785    
1,364
 
Sherwin-Williams Co.
1,019,767  
6,500
 
Showa Denko KK
120,737    
3,573
 
Sika AG
910,354    
17,126
 
Silgan Holdings, Inc.
578,859    
112,111
 
South32 Ltd.
197,663    
237
 
Stepan Co.
27,530     
5,400
 
Taiheiyo Cement Corp.
145,381    
13,700
 
Taiwan Cement Corp.
20,637     
35,000
 
Tosoh Corp.
548,495    
2,317
 
Tredegar Industries, Inc.
36,632     
101
1
UFP Technologies, Inc.
4,451      
9,339
 
UPM - Kymmene Oyj
307,194    
3,216
 
Va Stahl Ag
103,042    
453
 
Worthington Industries, Inc.
23,429     
140,000
 
Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd.
140,412    
 
 
TOTAL
16,061,748
 
 
Real Estate—   1.8%
 
66,000
 
Agile Group Holdings Ltd.
94,791     
208
 
American Assets Trust, Inc.
5,968      
4,757
 
American Tower Corp.
1,099,818  
2,037
 
CareTrust REIT, Inc.
39,579     
5,533
 
CatchMark Timber Trust, Inc.
53,061     
93,000
 
China Aoyuan Group Ltd.
96,323     
5,000
 
China Overseas Property Holdings Ltd.
3,262      
4,000
 
China Resources Bejing Land
16,834     
134,000
 
CIFI Holdings Group Co. Ltd.
115,330    
5,816
 
Colony Capital, Inc.
25,125     
822
 
CoreCivic, Inc.
5,828      
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Real Estate—   continued
 
106,000
 
Country Garden Holdings Co.
$139,375    
7,871
 
Crown Castle International Corp.
1,318,944  
3,100
 
Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.
304,470    
2,550
 
DiamondRock Hospitality Co.
19,176     
2,327
 
Easterly Government Properties, Inc.
50,403     
325
 
Equinix, Inc.
226,782    
2,274
 
Equity Lifestyle Properties, Inc.
133,234    
51,000
 
Evergrande Real Estate Group Limited
106,907    
527
1
eXp World Holdings, Inc.
28,105     
192,000
 
Franshion Properties of China Ltd.
98,524     
4,076
 
Front Yard Residential Corp.
66,520     
1,021
 
Geo Group, Inc.
9,648      
31,280
 
Goodman Group
429,063    
73,200
 
Guangzhou R&F Properties Co. Ltd.
95,491     
14,398
 
Invitation Homes, Inc.
411,495    
188,000
1
Kaisa Group Holdings Ltd.
99,121     
1,311
 
Kite Realty Group Trust
18,878     
68,000
 
KWG Property Holding Ltd.
93,198     
14,200
 
Land & Houses Public Co. Ltd.
3,655      
4,659
 
Lexington Realty Trust
47,568     
59,000
 
Logan Group Co. Ltd.
98,333     
24,500
 
Longfor Properties
159,171    
152,000
 
Mapletree Commercial Trust
229,834    
3,835
 
Mid-American Apartment Communities, Inc.
483,824    
2,115
 
NEPI Rockcastle PLC
10,777     
1,355
 
Newmark Group, Inc.
9,512      
630
 
Physicians Realty Trust
10,931     
1,017
1
Redfin Corp.
48,704     
4,913
 
Retail Properties of America, Inc.
39,795     
274,100
 
Robinson’s Land Corp., Class B
94,575     
120,000
 
Seazen Group Ltd.
106,067    
54,000
 
Shenzhen Investment Ltd.
19,640     
29,500
 
Shimao Group Holdings Ltd.
107,601    
35,000
 
Sunac China Holdings
133,542    
1,930
1
Sunac Services Holdings Ltd.
2,973      
297
 
Terreno Realty Corp.
17,208     
2,198
 
Uniti Group, Inc.
22,595     
458,000
 
Yuexiu Property Co., Ltd.
95,227     
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Real Estate—   continued
 
130,000
 
Zhenro Properties Group Ltd.
$80,000     
 
 
TOTAL
7,026,785
 
 
Utilities—   2.3%
 
18,064
 
AES Corp.
369,228    
14,461
 
AGL Energy Ltd.
143,378    
10,753
 
Alliant Energy Corp.
565,608    
391
 
American States Water Co.
28,864     
2,069
 
American Water Works Co., Inc.
317,343    
424,832
 
AusNet Services
577,198    
257
 
Brookfield Renewable Corp.
20,342     
1,465
 
CEZ A.S.
31,008     
431,000
 
CGN Power Co. Ltd.
92,389     
248
 
Chesapeake Utilities Corp.
25,794     
136,000
 
China Longyuan Power Group Corp.
114,712    
162,000
 
China Power International Development Ltd.
32,512     
22,000
 
China Resources Logic Ltd.
104,447    
88,000
 
China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.
93,637     
251,281
 
Colbun SA
40,237     
597
1
Companhia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo
4,963      
12,468
 
CPFL Energia SA
72,959     
24,462
 
Endesa SA
698,694    
35,181
 
Enel SpA
350,687    
10,500
 
ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.
138,421    
31,563
 
Equatorial Energia SA
128,375    
79,626
 
Gail India Ltd.
110,354    
96,800
2
Gulf Energy Development PCL
111,192    
55,709
 
Iberdrola SA
759,166    
10,912
 
Indraprastha Gas Ltd.
71,880     
14,330
 
Manila Electric Co.
83,931     
26,271
 
NextEra Energy, Inc.
1,933,283  
897
 
Northwestern Corp.
52,026     
1,462,027
 
OJSC Inter Rao Ues
98,613     
339
 
ONE Gas, Inc.
26,842     
114
 
Orsted A/S
20,580     
269
 
Otter Tail Corp.
10,712     
1,200
 
Petronas Gas
5,349      
1,221
 
Portland General Electric Co.
50,525     
23,684
 
Power Grid Corp of India Ltd.
61,106     
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
           
 
COMMON STOCKS—   continued
 
 
 
Utilities—   continued
 
7,742
 
RWE AG
$321,111    
5,935
 
Severn Trent PLC
188,835    
17,362
 
Uniper SE
587,731    
860
 
Unitil Corp.
35,157     
15,539
 
Vistra Corp.
290,269    
 
 
TOTAL
8,769,458
 
 
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
(IDENTIFIED COST $194,376,179)
254,260,792
 
 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS/AGENCIES—   6.8%
 
 
 
Sovereign—   6.8%
 
AUD 1,000,000
 
Australia, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 148,
2.750%, 11/21/2027
844,909    
EUR 390,000
 
Belgium, Government of, Series 68, 2.250%, 6/22/2023
500,861    
680,000
 
Belgium, Government of, Series 74, 0.800%, 6/22/2025
866,061    
CAD 800,000
 
Canada, Government of, Bond, 3.250%, 6/1/2021
625,592    
480,000
 
Canada, Government of, Series WL43, 5.750%, 6/1/2029
526,621    
EUR 6,000
 
France, Government of, 0.500%, 5/25/2025
7,534      
150,000
 
France, Government of, Bond, 4.500%, 4/25/2041
339,582    
400,000
 
France, Government of, O.A.T., 5.500%, 4/25/2029
721,483    
650,000
 
France, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 1.250%, 5/25/2036
934,354    
300,000
 
France, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 1.750%, 6/25/2039
473,103    
600,000
 
Germany, Government of, 0.250%, 2/15/2027
760,756    
300,000
 
Germany, Government of, Bond, Series 03, 4.750%, 7/4/2034
622,040    
100,000
 
Germany, Government of, Bond, Series 08, 4.750%, 7/4/2040
243,216    
400,000
 
Italy, Government of, 3.750%, 5/1/2021
485,536    
680,000
 
Italy, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 0.650%, 10/15/2023
833,769    
1,000,000
 
Italy, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.750%, 9/1/2028
1,592,288  
950,000
 
Italy, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 1.600%, 6/1/2026
1,228,894  
58,000
 
Italy, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 3.250%, 9/1/2046
96,959     
JPY 142,000,000
 
Japan, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 114,
2.100%, 12/20/2029
1,620,269  
185,000,000
 
Japan, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 153,
1.300%, 6/20/2035
2,044,020  
50,000,000
 
Japan, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 351,
0.100%, 6/20/2028
485,340    
155,000,000
 
Japan, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 44,
1.700%, 9/20/2044
1,884,319  
MXN 30,000,000
 
Mexico, Government of, Series M, 6.500%, 6/10/2021
1,498,542  
30,000
 
Mexico, Government of, Series MTNA, 6.750%, 9/27/2034
41,513     
EUR 450,000
 
Netherlands, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 2.500%, 1/15/2033
731,409    
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS/AGENCIES—   continued
 
 
 
Sovereign—   continued
 
EUR 150,000
 
Spain, Government of, 4.200%, 1/31/2037
$284,223    
600,000
 
Spain, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 1.500%, 4/30/2027
798,547    
590,000
 
Spain, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 1.950%, 7/30/2030
833,762    
480,000
 
Spain, Government of, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.750%, 10/31/2024
645,994    
GBP 200,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, 2.750%, 9/7/2024
294,377    
430,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, 3.250%, 1/22/2044
865,604    
350,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, 4.250%, 12/7/2027
601,384    
270,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, Bond, 4.250%, 3/7/2036
550,728    
350,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, Unsecd. Deb., 1.625%, 10/22/2028
519,673    
600,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 1.500%, 7/22/2047
923,926    
230,000
 
United Kingdom, Government of, Unsecd. Note, 4.250%, 6/7/2032
438,660    
 
 
TOTAL FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS/AGENCIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $23,638,588)
26,765,848
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS—   6.7%
 
 
 
Basic Industry - Metals & Mining—   0.0%
 
$    100,000
 
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.500%, 4/15/2023
107,877    
 
 
Capital Goods - Aerospace & Defense—   0.4%
 
    350,000
 
Boeing Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 5/1/2025
391,097    
    145,000
 
Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A,
3.844%, 5/1/2025
161,532    
    300,000
 
Leidos, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A, 2.300%, 2/15/2031
305,048    
    215,000
 
Leidos, Inc., Unsecd. Note, 144A, 3.625%, 5/15/2025
239,387    
    180,000
 
Lockheed Martin Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.550%, 1/15/2026
204,607    
     90,000
4
Textron Financial Corp., Jr. Sub. Note, 144A, 1.956% (3-month
USLIBOR +1.735%), 2/15/2042
64,503     
 
 
TOTAL
1,366,174
 
 
Capital Goods - Building Materials—   0.1%
 
    125,000
 
Allegion PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.500%, 10/1/2029
137,694    
    130,000
 
Masco Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.375%, 4/1/2026
151,902    
    185,000
 
Masco Corp., Unsecd. Note, 4.450%, 4/1/2025
212,026    
 
 
TOTAL
501,622
 
 
Capital Goods - Construction Machinery—   0.1%
 
    195,000
 
Deere & Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.750%, 4/15/2025
212,301    
 
 
Capital Goods - Diversified Manufacturing—   0.1%
 
     30,000
 
General Electric Capital Corp., Note, Series MTNA,
6.750%, 3/15/2032
40,954     
     75,000
 
Lennox International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 1.700%, 8/1/2027
75,793     
    260,000
 
Roper Technologies, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.000%, 6/30/2030
267,371    
 
 
TOTAL
384,118
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS—   continued
 
 
 
Communications - Cable & Satellite—   0.1%
 
$    120,000
 
Charter Communications, Inc., 4.200%, 3/15/2028
$137,878    
     30,000
 
Charter Communications Operating, LLC/Charter Communications
Operating Capital Corp., 5.050%, 3/30/2029
36,352     
    265,000
 
Comcast Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.100%, 4/1/2025
291,655    
 
 
TOTAL
465,885
 
 
Communications - Media & Entertainment—   0.2%
 
     20,000
 
Discovery Communications LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note,
4.900%, 3/11/2026
23,494     
     70,000
 
Grupo Televisa S.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.125%, 1/31/2046
95,043     
    400,000
 
ViacomCBS, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.750%, 5/15/2025
463,619    
 
 
TOTAL
582,156
 
 
Communications - Telecom Wireless—   0.3%
 
    550,000
 
Crown Castle International Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note,
3.250%, 1/15/2051
579,784    
     80,000
 
T-Mobile USA, Inc., Sec. Fac. Bond, 144A, 2.250%, 11/15/2031
81,326     
    375,000
 
Vodafone Group PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.250%, 9/17/2050
460,594    
     75,000
 
Vodafone Group PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.875%, 6/19/2049
98,802     
 
 
TOTAL
1,220,506
 
 
Communications - Telecom Wirelines—   0.2%
 
    364,000
 
AT&T, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A, 3.550%, 9/15/2055
374,390    
    105,000
 
Verizon Communications, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.150%, 3/22/2030
118,213    
    200,000
 
Verizon Communications, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.150%, 3/15/2024
221,398    
 
 
TOTAL
714,001
 
 
Consumer Cyclical - Automotive—   0.1%
 
    275,000
 
Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.336%, 3/18/2021
276,292    
     70,000
 
General Motors Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.000%, 4/1/2025
77,445     
 
 
TOTAL
353,737
 
 
Consumer Cyclical - Retailers—   0.4%
 
    600,000
 
Advance Auto Parts, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series WI,
3.900%, 4/15/2030
690,382    
    225,000
 
AutoNation, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.750%, 6/1/2030
270,907    
    300,000
 
AutoZone, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.250%, 4/15/2025
327,221    
     80,321
 
CVS Health Corp., Pass Thru Cert., 144A, 5.298%, 1/11/2027
85,971     
    185,000
 
O’Reilly Automotive, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.200%, 4/1/2030
222,384    
 
 
TOTAL
1,596,865
 
 
Consumer Cyclical - Services—   0.1%
 
    200,000
 
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.800%, 6/6/2023
210,622    
    130,000
 
Visa, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.150%, 12/14/2025
145,186    
 
 
TOTAL
355,808
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS—   continued
 
 
 
Consumer Non-Cyclical - Food/Beverage—   0.3%
 
$    115,000
 
Campbell Soup Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.375%, 4/24/2030
$120,640    
    210,000
 
Flowers Foods, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.500%, 10/1/2026
230,489    
    157,000
 
Kraft Heinz Foods Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.950%, 7/15/2025
173,273    
    120,000
 
Mead Johnson Nutrition Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.125%, 11/15/2025
138,397    
    370,000
 
PepsiCo, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.625%, 3/19/2050
469,103    
     70,000
 
PepsiCo, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.450%, 4/14/2046
97,627     
 
 
TOTAL
1,229,529
 
 
Consumer Non-Cyclical - Health Care—   0.3%
 
    210,000
 
Agilent Technologies, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.750%, 9/15/2029
229,671    
    180,000
 
Dentsply Sirona, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.250%, 6/1/2030
198,264    
    400,000
 
PerkinElmer, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.300%, 9/15/2029
447,791    
     75,000
 
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.133%, 3/25/2025
85,312     
 
 
TOTAL
961,038
 
 
Consumer Non-Cyclical - Pharmaceuticals—   0.1%
 
     90,000
 
Gilead Sciences, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.650%, 3/1/2026
102,054    
    190,000
 
Zoetis, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.000%, 5/15/2050
211,065    
 
 
TOTAL
313,119
 
 
Consumer Non-Cyclical - Tobacco—   0.4%
 
EUR 870,000
 
Philip Morris International, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.875%, 5/14/2029
1,264,542  
$    200,000
 
Reynolds American, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.850%, 8/15/2045
256,267    
 
 
TOTAL
1,520,809
 
 
Energy - Integrated—   0.1%
 
    340,000
 
Exxon Mobil Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.992%, 3/19/2025
371,811    
    100,000
 
Husky Energy, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.950%, 4/15/2022
102,801    
     35,000
 
Petro-Canada, Deb., 7.000%, 11/15/2028
43,622     
 
 
TOTAL
518,234
 
 
Energy - Midstream—   0.1%
 
    325,000
 
Energy Transfer Partners LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.050%, 3/15/2025
349,664    
     80,000
 
MPLX LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.125%, 3/1/2027
90,288     
 
 
TOTAL
439,952
 
 
Energy - Refining—   0.1%
 
    250,000
 
Marathon Petroleum Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.750%, 9/15/2044
279,289    
 
 
Financial Institution - Banking—   0.7%
 
    100,000
 
Bank of America Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series MTN,
4.875%, 4/1/2044
140,341    
    300,000
 
Bank of America Corp., Sub. Note, Series MTN, 4.000%, 1/22/2025
335,844    
    300,000
 
Citigroup, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.700%, 3/30/2021
302,375    
    250,000
 
Citizens Bank N.A., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series BKNT,
3.750%, 2/18/2026
285,176    
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS—   continued
 
 
 
Financial Institution - Banking—   continued
 
$    250,000
 
Compass Bank, Birmingham, Sub. Note, Series BKNT,
3.875%, 4/10/2025
$277,940    
      5,000
 
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.750%, 1/24/2022
5,308      
    100,000
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Series S, 6.750%, 8/1/2069
111,718    
     50,000
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co., Sub. Note, 3.375%, 5/1/2023
53,497     
    400,000
 
Morgan Stanley, 4.300%, 1/27/2045
544,418    
     70,000
 
Morgan Stanley, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series MTN, 1.794%, 2/13/2032
70,578     
     32,417
3
Regional Diversified Funding, 144A, 9.250%, 3/15/2030
21,152     
    230,000
 
Truist Financial Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.900%, 3/3/2021
231,047    
    300,000
 
US Bancorp, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series MTN, 1.375%, 7/22/2030
301,515    
 
 
TOTAL
2,680,909
 
 
Financial Institution - Broker/Asset Mgr/Exchange—   0.1%
 
    140,000
 
Invesco Finance PLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.750%, 1/15/2026
158,162    
    240,000
 
Stifel Financial Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.500%, 12/1/2020
240,000    
     70,000
 
TIAA Asset Management Finance Co. LLC, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A,
4.125%, 11/1/2024
79,020     
 
 
TOTAL
477,182
 
 
Financial Institution - Finance Companies—   0.1%
 
    210,000
 
AerCap Ireland Capital Ltd. / AerCap Global Aviation Trust, Sr.
Unsecd. Note, 3.950%, 2/1/2022
215,580    
 
 
Financial Institution - Insurance - Life—   0.1%
 
     27,000
 
Aflac, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 6.450%, 8/15/2040
40,007     
    325,000
 
Mass Mutual Global Funding II, 144A, 2.000%, 4/15/2021
327,098    
     10,000
 
MetLife, Inc., Jr. Sub. Note, 10.750%, 8/1/2039
17,144     
    105,000
 
Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A,
3.625%, 9/30/2059
121,034    
 
 
TOTAL
505,283
 
 
Financial Institution - Insurance - P&C—   0.1%
 
    350,000
 
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Sub. Note, 144A,
4.350%, 4/30/2050
410,248    
     30,000
 
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., Sub. Note, 144A,
9.375%, 8/15/2039
52,793     
 
 
TOTAL
463,041
 
 
Financial Institution - REIT - Apartment—   0.1%
 
    300,000
 
Mid-America Apartment Communities LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note,
3.750%, 6/15/2024
325,483    
    140,000
 
UDR, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series MTN, 2.950%, 9/1/2026
153,097    
 
 
TOTAL
478,580
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS—   continued
 
 
 
Financial Institution - REIT - Office—   0.0%
 
$    100,000
 
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note,
3.950%, 1/15/2028
$115,518    
 
 
Financial Institution - REIT - Other—   0.1%
 
    180,000
 
ProLogis LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.375%, 2/1/2029
221,790    
     90,000
 
WP Carey, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.850%, 7/15/2029
101,292    
    160,000
 
WP Carey, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.600%, 4/1/2024
177,506    
 
 
TOTAL
500,588
 
 
Financial Institution - REIT - Retail—   0.1%
 
    400,000
 
Kimco Realty Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.700%, 10/1/2030
416,836    
     30,000
 
Kimco Realty Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.400%, 11/1/2022
31,557     
 
 
TOTAL
448,393
 
 
Financial Institution - REITs—   0.0%
 
     70,000
 
Camden Property Trust, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.800%, 5/15/2030
77,108     
 
 
Foreign-Local-Government—   0.0%
 
     50,000
 
Quebec, Province of, Note, Series MTNA, 7.035%, 3/10/2026
65,543     
 
 
Municipal Services—   0.1%
 
    132,576
 
Army Hawaii Family Housing, 144A, 5.524%, 6/15/2050
172,340    
    100,000
 
Camp Pendleton & Quantico Housing LLC, 5.572%, 10/1/2050
122,637    
 
 
TOTAL
294,977
 
 
Sovereign—   0.1%
 
JPY 30,000,000
 
KFW, 2.050%, 2/16/2026
322,530    
 
 
Technology—   0.6%
 
$    400,000
 
Apple, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 2.950%, 9/11/2049
456,027    
    320,000
 
Diamond 1 Finance Corp./Diamond 2 Finance Corp., Sr. Secd. Note,
144A, 6.020%, 6/15/2026
388,728    
     28,000
 
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note,
3.875%, 6/5/2024
30,836     
    260,000
 
Fiserv, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.500%, 7/1/2029
298,220    
    280,000
 
Intel Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.400%, 3/25/2025
312,104    
    300,000
 
Keysight Technologies, Inc., 4.550%, 10/30/2024
340,063    
    380,000
 
Molex Electronics Technologies LLC, Unsecd. Note, 144A,
3.900%, 4/15/2025
391,491    
 
 
TOTAL
2,217,469
 
 
Transportation - Airlines—   0.0%
 
    140,000
 
Southwest Airlines Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.250%, 5/4/2025
159,795    
 
 
Transportation - Services—   0.1%
 
     62,000
 
Enterprise Rent-A-Car USA Finance Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A,
3.850%, 11/15/2024
68,949     
    160,000
 
United Parcel Service, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.900%, 4/1/2025
180,880    
 
 
TOTAL
249,829
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
CORPORATE BONDS—   continued
 
 
 
Utility - Electric—   0.8%
 
$    155,000
 
Berkshire Hathaway Energy Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A,
4.050%, 4/15/2025
$176,255    
    135,000
 
Consolidated Edison Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series 20B,
3.950%, 4/1/2050
166,822    
    275,000
 
Electricite de France SA, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A, 4.500%, 9/21/2028
328,342    
    190,000
 
Emera US Finance LP, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.750%, 6/15/2046
239,571    
    400,000
 
Enel Finance International NV, Sr. Unsecd. Note, 144A,
2.650%, 9/10/2024
425,383    
    300,000
 
Exelon Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.400%, 4/15/2026
337,332    
    160,000
 
Florida Power & Light Co., Sec. Fac. Bond, 2.850%, 4/1/2025
174,613    
    140,000
 
National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., Sr. Sub. Note,
5.250%, 4/20/2046
155,297    
    200,000
 
NiSource Finance Corp., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.950%, 3/30/2048
247,373    
    400,000
 
NiSource, Inc., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 3.600%, 5/1/2030
463,370    
    400,000
 
Northeast Utilities, Sr. Unsecd. Note, Series H, 3.150%, 1/15/2025
435,238    
    125,000
 
Wisconsin Electric Power Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 4.300%, 12/15/2045
153,906    
 
 
TOTAL
3,303,502
 
 
Utility - Natural Gas—   0.1%
 
    495,000
 
National Fuel Gas Co., Sr. Unsecd. Note, 5.500%, 1/15/2026
555,932    
 
 
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS
(IDENTIFIED COST $23,322,018)
26,254,779
 
 
U.S. TREASURIES—   1.1%
 
 
 
Treasury Inflation-Indexed Note—   1.1%
 
    202,886
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes, 0.125%, 10/15/2024
215,372    
  1,461,049
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes, 0.125%, 4/15/2025
1,551,910  
    708,120
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes, 0.125%, 1/15/2030
779,612    
    456,804
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes, 0.125%, 7/15/2030
505,959    
    759,255
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes, 0.250%, 2/15/2050
899,705    
    139,431
 
U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Notes, 0.625%, 1/15/2024
148,045    
 
 
TOTAL
4,100,603
 
 
US Treasury Bond—   0.0%
 
      3,000
 
United States Treasury Bond, 3.000%, 11/15/2045
3,952      
 
 
TOTAL U.S. TREASURIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $4,015,815)
4,104,555
 
 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—   0.8%
 
 
 
Auto Receivables—   0.3%
 
    475,000
 
Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2020-2, Class C,
1.460%, 9/15/2025
481,508    
    500,000
 
Toyota Auto Receivables Owner Trust 2020-B, Class A4,
1.660%, 9/15/2025
517,350    
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES—   continued
 
 
 
Auto Receivables—   continued
 
$    281,724
 
World Omni Auto Receivables Trust 2018-B, Class A3,
2.870%, 7/17/2023
$285,866    
 
 
TOTAL
1,284,724
 
 
Credit Card—   0.2%
 
    700,000
4
Trillium Credit Card Trust II 2020-1A, Class A, 0.515% (1-month
USLIBOR +0.370%), 12/26/2024
701,108    
 
 
Equipment Lease—   0.2%
 
    300,000
 
CNH Equipment Trust 2020-A, Class A3, 1.160%, 6/16/2025
304,626    
    500,000
 
HPEFS Equipment Trust 2020-2A, Class C, 2.000%, 7/22/2030
501,434    
 
 
TOTAL
806,060
 
 
Other—   0.1%
 
    300,000
 
PFS Financing Corp. 2020-G, Class A, 0.970%, 2/15/2026
302,097    
 
 
TOTAL ASSET-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $3,004,265)
3,093,989
 
 
COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—   0.3%
 
 
 
Agency Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities—   0.3%
 
    123,201
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC, Series K055, Class A1,
2.263%, 4/25/2025
128,116    
    496,758
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC, Series K106, Class A1,
1.783%, 5/25/2029
517,570    
    500,000
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. REMIC, Series K737, Class A2,
2.525%, 10/25/2026
545,542    
 
 
TOTAL COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $1,139,866)
1,191,228
 
 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES—   0.2%
 
 
 
Federal Home Loan Bank System—   0.0%
 
    200,000
 
Federal Home Loan Bank System Notes, 0.500%, 4/14/2025
200,743    
 
 
Federal National Mortgage Association—   0.2%
 
    635,000
 
Federal National Mortgage Association Notes, 0.625%, 4/22/2025
642,205    
 
 
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $834,877)
842,948
 
 
COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS—   0.2%
 
 
 
Commercial Mortgage—   0.2%
 
    255,000
 
Bank, Class A4, 3.488%, 11/15/2050
288,870    
    300,000
 
JPMDB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust 2016-C4, Class A3,
3.141%, 12/15/2049
331,427    
 
 
TOTAL COLLATERALIZED MORTGAGE OBLIGATIONS
(IDENTIFIED COST $571,639)
620,297
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
MUNICIPAL BOND—   0.1%
 
$    250,000
 
New York State Dormitory Authority State Personal Income Tax
Revenue (New York State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bond Fund),
State Personal Income Tax Revenue Bonds (Series 2019D), 4.000%,
2/15/2037
(IDENTIFIED COST $300,912)
$298,133    
 
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—   0.0%
 
 
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation REMIC—   0.0%
 
      1,062
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool C00592,
7.000%, 3/1/2028
1,205      
        788
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool C00896,
7.500%, 12/1/2029
912        
          6
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool C17281,
6.500%, 11/1/2028
6          
        963
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool C19588,
6.500%, 12/1/2028
1,101      
        448
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool C25621,
6.500%, 5/1/2029
514        
        701
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool C76361,
6.000%, 2/1/2033
821        
      1,619
 
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Pool G01444,
6.500%, 8/1/2032
1,892      
 
 
TOTAL
6,451
 
 
Federal National Mortgage Association—   0.0%
 
        956
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 251697,
6.500%, 5/1/2028
1,075      
      4,067
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 252334,
6.500%, 2/1/2029
4,551      
      2,802
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 254905,
6.000%, 10/1/2033
3,279      
      2,488
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 255075,
5.500%, 2/1/2024
2,782      
        289
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 303168,
9.500%, 2/1/2025
317        
        186
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 323159,
7.500%, 4/1/2028
211        
      1,799
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 323640,
7.500%, 4/1/2029
2,035      
      4,149
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 545993,
6.000%, 11/1/2032
4,818      
      1,733
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 555272,
6.000%, 3/1/2033
2,011      
      1,378
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 713974,
5.500%, 7/1/2033
1,593      
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES—   continued
 
 
 
Federal National Mortgage Association—   continued
 
$      2,849
 
Federal National Mortgage Association, Pool 721502,
5.000%, 7/1/2033
$3,229      
 
 
TOTAL
25,901
 
 
Government National Mortgage Association—   0.0%
 
      4,067
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 2796,
7.000%, 8/20/2029
4,634      
      2,519
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 3040,
7.000%, 2/20/2031
2,907      
      6,244
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 3188,
6.500%, 1/20/2032
7,211      
      8,113
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 3239,
6.500%, 5/20/2032
9,412      
        138
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 352214,
7.000%, 4/15/2023
145        
      1,275
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 451522,
7.500%, 10/15/2027
1,445      
        767
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 462556,
6.500%, 2/15/2028
852        
        250
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 462739,
7.500%, 5/15/2028
284        
         94
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 464835,
6.500%, 9/15/2028
106        
      1,682
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 469699,
7.000%, 11/15/2028
1,899      
      1,683
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 486760,
6.500%, 12/15/2028
1,898      
        113
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 780339,
8.000%, 12/15/2023
120        
      1,382
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 780453,
7.500%, 12/15/2025
1,526      
      1,451
 
Government National Mortgage Association, Pool 780584,
7.000%, 6/15/2027
1,599      
 
 
TOTAL
34,038
 
 
TOTAL MORTGAGE-BACKED SECURITIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $58,511)
66,390
 
 
PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS—   0.0%
 
2,300,000
1
Morgan Stanley USD PUT/PLN CALL, Notional Amount $2,300,000,
Exercise Price, $3.75, Expiration Date 1/7/2021
(IDENTIFIED COST $24,230)
29,051     
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES—   16.1%
 
432,082
 
Bank Loan Core Fund
4,104,779  
3,527,178
 
Emerging Markets Core Fund
36,224,114
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Shares,
Principal
Amount
or Contracts
 
 
Value
 
 
INVESTMENT COMPANIES—   continued
 
3,403,332
 
Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations Fund,
Institutional Shares, 0.08%5
$3,404,693  
1,277,224
 
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio
12,848,878
509,848
6
High Yield Bond Portfolio
3,191,652  
363,036
 
Project and Trade Finance Core Fund
3,220,130  
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANIES
(IDENTIFIED COST $58,806,497)
62,994,246
 
 
TOTAL INVESTMENT IN SECURITIES—97.4%
(IDENTIFIED COST $310,093,397)7
380,522,256
 
 
OTHER ASSETS AND LIABILITIES - NET—2.6%8
10,317,450
 
 
TOTAL NET ASSETS—100.0%
$390,839,706
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At November 30, 2020, the Fund had the following outstanding futures contracts:
Description
Number of
Contracts
Notional
Value
Expiration
Date
Value and
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Long Futures:
 
 
 
 
1Australia 10-Year Bond Long Futures
89
$9,716,466
December 2020
$(20,060)
1Canada 10-Year Bond Long Futures
14
$1,604,497
March 2021
$292
1E-Mini Russel 2000 Long Futures
65
$5,915,325
December 2020
$559,350
1FTSE JSE Top 40 Long Futures
121
$4,097,807
December 2020
$(54,117)
1FTSE/MIB Index Long Futures
122
$16,048,074
December 2020
$1,676,998
1Japan 10-Year Bond Long Futures
5
$7,281,130
December 2020
$(3,559)
1Long GILT Long Futures
136
$24,329,779
March 2021
$14,394
1S&P 500 E-Mini Long Futures
107
$19,384,120
December 2020
$1,218,103
1TOPIX Index Long Futures
10
$1,681,513
December 2020
$(22,844)
1United States Treasury Long Bond
Long Futures
6
$1,049,437
March 2021
$(1,435)
1United States Treasury Notes 2-Year
Long Futures
73
$16,122,164
March 2021
$4,979
Short Futures:
 
 
 
 
1Amsterdam Index Short Futures
41
$5,924,481
December 2020
$7,004
1CAC 40 10-Year Euro Short Futures
58
$3,811,420
December 2020
$(108,468)
1DAX Index Short Futures
6
$2,385,462
December 2020
$(5,462)
1Euro BTP Short Futures
2
$360,623
December 2020
$665
1Euro Bund Short Futures
146
$30,520,870
December 2020
$89,954
1FTSE 100 Index Short Futures
6
$503,331
December 2020
$2,762
1FTSE Taiwan Index Short Futures
23
$1,093,420
December 2020
$3,117
1Hang Seng Index Short Futures
11
$1,875,565
December 2020
$26,532
1IBEX 35 Index Short Futures
70
$6,732,484
December 2020
$(126,428)
1MSCI Singapore IX ETS
Short Futures
132
$3,159,870
December 2020
$(11,955)
1S&P/TSX 60 IX Short Futures
30
$4,721,645
December 2020
$(60,323)
1SPI 200 Short Futures
75
$8,986,148
December 2020
$(417,902)
1United States Treasury Notes
10-Year Short Futures
29
$4,006,984
March 2021
$(2,081)
1United States Treasury Notes 5-Year
Short Futures
44
$5,545,375
March 2021
$(7,512)
NET UNREALIZED APPRECIATION ON FUTURES CONTRACTS
$2,762,004
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At November 30, 2020, the Fund had the following outstanding foreign exchange contracts:
Settlement
Date
Counterparty
Foreign
Currency
Units to
Deliver/Receive
In
Exchange
For
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Contracts Purchased:
 
 
 
 
 
12/2/2020
Barclays Bank
PLC Wholesale
55,708
EUR
$65,000
$1,451
12/2/2020
Morgan Stanley
6,799,898
JPY
$65,000
$133
12/14/2020
Bank of America N.A.
55,175
EUR
$65,000
$839
12/14/2020
Citibank N.A
6,859,281
JPY
$65,000
$716
12/16/2020
Bank of America N.A.
515,320,000
CLP
$650,000
$26,688
12/16/2020
JPMorgan Chase Bank
250,000,000
CLP
$318,727
$9,558
1/11/2021
Citibank N.A
4,559,922
PLN
$1,200,000
$15,317
1/27/2021
Citibank N.A
1,600,000
EUR
1,439,116 GBP
$(8,223)
1/27/2021
JPMorgan Chase
1,000,000
EUR
$1,186,482
$8,358
1/27/2021
State Street Bank &
Trust Co.
1,600,000
EUR
1,454,330 GBP
$(28,521)
1/27/2021
Bank of America N.A.
750,000
GBP
$989,232
$11,365
1/27/2021
Morgan Stanley
250,000
GBP
$328,667
$4,865
1/27/2021
State Street Bank &
Trust Co.
507,575,053
JPY
$4,850,000
$17,241
1/27/2021
Morgan Stanley
7,532,181
PLN
$1,950,000
$57,668
Contracts Sold:
 
 
 
 
 
12/2/2020
Bank of New York Mellon
54,709
EUR
$65,000
$(260)
12/2/2020
Bank of America N.A.
6,717,867
JPY
$65,000
$653
12/14/2020
Bank of New York Mellon
54,699
EUR
$65,000
$(270)
12/14/2020
Credit Agricole CIB
6,770,706
JPY
$65,000
$132
12/16/2020
Bank of America N.A.
250,000,000
CLP
$321,833
$(6,452)
12/16/2020
Bank of America N.A.
513,320,000
CLP
$659,483
$(17,205)
1/11/2021
Citibank N.A
4,556,316
PLN
$1,200,000
$(14,356)
1/11/2021
State Street Bank &
Trust Co.
5,245,634
PLN
$1,400,000
$1,926
1/27/2021
Credit Agricole CIB
1,600,000
EUR
1,441,594 GBP
$11,529
1/27/2021
Bank of America N.A.
1,000,000
GBP
$1,324,320
$(9,809)
1/27/2021
Goldman Sachs
30,576,318
MXN
$1,450,000
$(53,969)
1/27/2021
Citibank N.A
7,463,479
PLN
$1,950,000
$(39,356)
NET UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION ON FOREIGN EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
$(9,982)
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At November 30, 2020, the Fund had the following outstanding written options contracts:
Counterparty
Description
Notional
Amount
Expiration
Date
Exercise
Price
Value
Call Options:
 
 
 
 
 
Morgan Stanley
EUR CALL/GBP PUT
$1,600,000
December 2020
$0.92
$(5,369)
Morgan Stanley
USD CALL/PLN PUT
$2,300,000
January 2021
$3.93
$(4,777)
(Premiums Received $31,149)
$(10,146)
Net Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation on Futures Contracts, Foreign Exchange Contracts and the Value of Written Options Contracts is included in “Other Assets and LiabilitiesNet.”
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Affiliated fund holdings are investment companies which are managed by the Adviser or an affiliate of the Adviser. Transactions with the affiliated fund holdings during the period ended November 30, 2020, were as follows:
Affiliates
Value as of
11/30/2019
Purchases
at Cost
Proceeds
from Sales
Bank Loan Core Fund
$2,151,295
$4,806,323
$(2,931,300)
Emerging Markets Core Fund
$39,273,404
$12,003,730
$(16,710,000)
Federated Hermes Institutional Prime Value Obligations
Fund, Institutional Shares
$3,050,311
$91,284,323
$(90,930,259)
Federated Mortgage Core Portfolio
$21,999,566
$6,748,979
$(16,240,480)
High Yield Bond Portfolio
$3,532,228
$1,862,290
$(2,341,020)
Project and Trade Finance Core Fund
$4,911,439
$1,010,154
$(2,600,000)
TOTAL OF AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
$74,918,243
$117,715,799
$(131,753,059)
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Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation/
Depreciation
Net
Realized
Gain/
(Loss)
Value as of
11/30/2020
Shares
Held as of
11/30/2020
Dividend
Income
$83,653
$(5,192)
$4,104,779
432,082
$107,424
$1,627,920
$29,060
$36,224,114
3,527,178
$1,799,280
$
$318
$3,404,693
3,403,332
$19,316
$124,729
$216,084
$12,848,878
1,277,224
$466,718
$(55,229)
$193,383
$3,191,652
509,848
$193,109
$106,640
$(208,103)
$3,220,130
363,036
$135,649
$1,887,713
$225,550
$62,994,246
9,512,700
$2,721,496
1
Non-income-producing security.
2
Denotes a restricted security that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being
registered, or availing of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or
(b) is subject to a contractual restriction on public sales. At November 30, 2020, these restricted
securities amounted to $1,048,860, which represented 0.2% of total net assets.
3
Market quotations and price evaluations are not available. Fair value determined using
significant unobservable inputs in accordance with procedures established by and under the
general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Trustees”).
4
Floating/variable note with current rate and current maturity or next reset date shown.
5
7-day net yield.
6
The High Yield Portfolio is a diversified portfolio of below investment grade bonds.
7
The cost of investments for federal tax purposes amounts to $342,459,912.
8
Assets, other than investments in securities, less liabilities. See Statement of Assets
and Liabilities.
Note: The categories of investments are shown as a percentage of total net assets at November 30, 2020.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below:
Level 1—quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
Level 2—other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.). Also includes securities valued at amortized cost.
Level 3—significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
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The following is a summary of the inputs used, as of November 30, 2020, in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value:
Valuation Inputs
 
Level 1—
Quoted
Prices
Level 2—
Other
Significant
Observable
Inputs
Level 3—
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
Total
Equity Securities:
 
 
 
 
Common Stocks
 
 
 
 
Domestic
$135,528,341
$
$4,534
$135,532,875
International
14,388,732
104,339,185
118,727,917
Debt Securities:
 
 
 
 
Foreign Governments/Agencies
26,765,848
26,765,848
Corporate Bonds
26,233,627
21,152
26,254,779
U.S. Treasuries
4,104,555
4,104,555
Asset-Backed Securities
3,093,989
3,093,989
Commercial Mortgage-Backed
Securities
1,191,228
1,191,228
Government Agencies
842,948
842,948
Collateralized
Mortgage Obligations
620,297
620,297
Municipal Bond
298,133
298,133
Mortgage-Backed Securities
66,390
66,390
Purchased Put Options
29,051
29,051
Investment Companies1
59,774,116
62,994,246
TOTAL SECURITIES
$209,691,189
$167,585,251
$25,686
$380,522,256
Other Financial Instruments
 
 
 
 
Assets
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
$3,604,150
$
$
$3,604,150
Foreign Exchange Contracts
168,439
168,439
Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Futures Contracts
(842,146)
(842,146)
Foreign Exchange Contracts
(178,421)
(178,421)
Written Options Contracts
(10,146)
(10,146)
TOTAL OTHER
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
$2,762,004
$(20,128)
$
$2,741,876
1
As permitted by U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), an Investment Company
valued at $3,220,130 is measured at fair value using the net asset value (NAV) per share practical
expedient and has not been categorized in the chart above but is included in the Total column.
The amount included herein is intended to permit reconciliation of the fair value classifications to
the amounts presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. The price of shares redeemed
of Project and Trade Finance Core Fund may be determined as of the closing NAV of the fund up
to twenty-four days after receipt of a shareholder redemption request.
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The following acronym(s) are used throughout this portfolio:
 
ADR
—American Depositary Receipt
AUD
—Australian Dollar
BKNT
—Bank Notes
CAD
—Canadian Dollar
CLP
—Chilean Peso
EUR
—Euro Currency
GBP
—British Pound
GDR
—Global Depository Receipt
JPY
—Japanese Yen
LIBOR
—London Interbank Offered Rate
MTN
—Medium Term Note
MXN
—Mexican Peso
PLN
—Polish Zloty
REIT
—Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC
—Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
USD
—United States Dollar
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsClass A Shares
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
 
Year Ended
November 30,
 
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
$19.83
$19.08
$20.09
$17.49
$17.87
Income From Investment Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)1
0.25
0.31
0.31
0.28
0.29
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
1.82
1.44
(0.99)
2.63
(0.37)
Total From Investment Operations
2.07
1.75
(0.68)
2.91
(0.08)
Less Distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from net investment income
(0.27)
(0.36)
(0.33)
(0.31)
(0.29)
Distributions from net realized gain
(0.17)
(0.64)
(0.01)
Total Distributions
(0.44)
(1.00)
(0.33)
(0.31)
(0.30)
Net Asset Value, End of Period
$21.46
$19.83
$19.08
$20.09
$17.49
Total Return2
10.70%
9.89%
(3.46)%
16.85%
(0.68)%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Net expenses3
1.14%
1.15%
1.15%
1.14%
1.14%
Net investment income
1.28%
1.65%
1.53%
1.50%
1.65%
Expense waiver/reimbursement4
0.18%
0.20%
0.11%
0.18%
0.17%
Supplemental Data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$176,368
$181,579
$146,323
$169,424
$169,443
Portfolio turnover
80%
85%
66%
58%
105%
1
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2
Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge, redemption fee or contingent
deferred sales charge, if applicable.
3
Amount does not reflect net expenses incurred by investment companies in which the Fund
may invest.
4
This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios
shown above. Amount does not reflect expense waiver/reimbursement recorded by investment
companies in which the Fund may invest.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsClass B Shares
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
 
Year Ended
November 30,
 
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
$19.30
$18.60
$19.58
$17.06
$17.43
Income From Investment Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)1
0.09
0.16
0.14
0.13
0.14
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
1.78
1.39
(0.96)
2.55
(0.35)
Total From Investment Operations
1.87
1.55
(0.82)
2.68
(0.21)
Less Distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from net investment income
(0.11)
(0.21)
(0.16)
(0.16)
(0.15)
Distributions from net realized gain
(0.17)
(0.64)
(0.01)
Total Distributions
(0.28)
(0.85)
(0.16)
(0.16)
(0.16)
Net Asset Value, End of Period
$20.89
$19.30
$18.60
$19.58
$17.06
Total Return2
9.83%
8.94%
(4.20)%
15.84%
(1.46)%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Net expenses3
1.97%
1.96%
1.96%
1.95%
1.95%
Net investment income
0.46%
0.86%
0.72%
0.70%
0.85%
Expense waiver/reimbursement4
0.15%
0.20%
0.12%
0.20%
0.18%
Supplemental Data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$5,809
$7,880
$9,758
$14,342
$16,037
Portfolio turnover
80%
85%
66%
58%
105%
1
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2
Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge, redemption fee or contingent
deferred sales charge, if applicable.
3
Amount does not reflect net expenses incurred by investment companies in which the Fund
may invest.
4
This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios
shown above. Amount does not reflect expense waiver/reimbursement recorded by investment
companies in which the Fund may invest.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsClass C Shares
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
 
Year Ended
November 30,
 
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
$19.22
$18.52
$19.51
$17.00
$17.37
Income From Investment Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)1
0.09
0.16
0.15
0.14
0.15
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
1.78
1.40
(0.96)
2.55
(0.35)
Total From Investment Operations
1.87
1.56
(0.81)
2.69
(0.20)
Less Distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from net investment income
(0.12)
(0.22)
(0.18)
(0.18)
(0.16)
Distributions from net realized gain
(0.17)
(0.64)
(0.01)
Total Distributions
(0.29)
(0.86)
(0.18)
(0.18)
(0.17)
Net Asset Value, End of Period
$20.80
$19.22
$18.52
$19.51
$17.00
Total Return2
9.87%
9.06%
(4.20)%
15.92%
(1.44)%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Net expenses3
1.93%
1.92%
1.90%
1.89%
1.89%
Net investment income
0.50%
0.89%
0.78%
0.75%
0.91%
Expense waiver/reimbursement4
0.15%
0.20%
0.14%
0.21%
0.20%
Supplemental Data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$58,092
$64,600
$64,095
$78,445
$82,845
Portfolio turnover
80%
85%
66%
58%
105%
1
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2
Based on net asset value, which does not reflect the sales charge, redemption fee or contingent
deferred sales charge, if applicable.
3
Amount does not reflect net expenses incurred by investment companies in which the Fund
may invest.
4
This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios
shown above. Amount does not reflect expense waiver/reimbursement recorded by investment
companies in which the Fund may invest.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsClass R Shares
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
 
Year Ended
November 30,
 
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
$19.67
$18.94
$19.94
$17.38
$17.74
Income From Investment Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)1
0.17
0.24
0.22
0.20
0.21
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
1.82
1.41
(0.98)
2.61
(0.36)
Total From Investment Operations
1.99
1.65
(0.76)
2.81
(0.15)
Less Distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from net investment income
(0.19)
(0.28)
(0.24)
(0.25)
(0.20)
Distributions from net realized gain
(0.17)
(0.64)
(0.01)
Total Distributions
(0.36)
(0.92)
(0.24)
(0.25)
(0.21)
Net Asset Value, End of Period
$21.30
$19.67
$18.94
$19.94
$17.38
Total Return2
10.31%
9.38%
(3.86)%
16.32%
(1.12)%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Net expenses3
1.57%
1.56%
1.58%
1.57%
1.56%
Net investment income
0.85%
1.26%
1.09%
1.07%
1.24%
Expense waiver/reimbursement4
0.16%
0.19%
0.12%
0.18%
0.18%
Supplemental Data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$43,197
$42,860
$43,452
$51,768
$52,430
Portfolio turnover
80%
85%
66%
58%
105%
1
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2
Based on net asset value.
3
Amount does not reflect net expenses incurred by investment companies in which the Fund
may invest.
4
This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios
shown above. Amount does not reflect expense waiver/reimbursement recorded by investment
companies in which the Fund may invest.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsInstitutional Shares
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
 
Year Ended
November 30,
 
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
$19.95
$19.19
$20.21
$17.61
$17.98
Income From Investment Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)1
0.31
0.37
0.37
0.33
0.34
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
1.84
1.45
(1.00)
2.65
(0.37)
Total From Investment Operations
2.15
1.82
(0.63)
2.98
(0.03)
Less Distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from net investment income
(0.33)
(0.42)
(0.39)
(0.38)
(0.33)
Distributions from net realized gain
(0.17)
(0.64)
(0.01)
Total Distributions
(0.50)
(1.06)
(0.39)
(0.38)
(0.34)
Net Asset Value, End of Period
$21.60
$19.95
$19.19
$20.21
$17.61
Total Return2
11.06%
10.21%
(3.21)%
17.13%
(0.37)%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Net expenses3
0.85%
0.86%
0.86%
0.85%
0.85%
Net investment income
1.58%
1.95%
1.81%
1.77%
1.95%
Expense waiver/reimbursement4
0.19%
0.22%
0.14%
0.20%
0.20%
Supplemental Data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$100,317
$99,564
$95,613
$105,720
$91,167
Portfolio turnover
80%
85%
66%
58%
105%
1
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
2
Based on net asset value.
3
Amount does not reflect net expenses incurred by investment companies in which the Fund
may invest.
4
This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios
shown above. Amount does not reflect expense waiver/reimbursement recorded by investment
companies in which the Fund may invest.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Financial HighlightsClass R6 Shares
(For a Share Outstanding Throughout Each Period)
 
Year Ended
November 30,
Period
Ended
11/30/20161
 
2020
2019
2018
2017
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period
$19.84
$19.09
$20.10
$17.51
$16.97
Income From Investment Operations:
 
 
 
 
 
Net investment income (loss)2
0.31
0.38
0.36
0.33
0.11
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss)
1.82
1.44
(0.98)
2.63
0.56
Total From Investment Operations
2.13
1.82
(0.62)
2.96
0.67
Less Distributions:
 
 
 
 
 
Distributions from net investment income
(0.33)
(0.43)
(0.39)
(0.37)
(0.13)
Distributions from net realized gain
(0.17)
(0.64)
Total Distributions
(0.50)
(1.07)
(0.39)
(0.37)
(0.13)
Net Asset Value, End of Period
$21.47
$19.84
$19.09
$20.10
$17.51
Total Return3
11.04%
10.26%
(3.16)%
17.14%
3.94%
Ratios to Average Net Assets:
 
 
 
 
 
Net expenses4
0.83%
0.84%
0.84%
0.83%
0.84%5
Net investment income
1.58%
1.97%
1.79%
1.78%
1.48%5
Expense waiver/reimbursement6
0.15%
0.19%
0.11%
0.17%
0.16%5
Supplemental Data:
 
 
 
 
 
Net assets, end of period (000 omitted)
$7,056
$6,275
$4,890
$6,243
$4,853
Portfolio turnover
80%
85%
66%
58%
105%7
1
Reflects operations for the period from June 29, 2016 (date of initial investment) to
November 30, 2016.
2
Per share numbers have been calculated using the average shares method.
3
Based on net asset value. Total returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.
4
Amount does not reflect net expenses incurred by investment companies in which the Fund
may invest.
5
Computed on an annualized basis.
6
This expense decrease is reflected in both the net expense and the net investment income ratios
shown above. Amount does not reflect expense waiver/reimbursement recorded by investment
companies in which the Fund may invest.
7
Portfolio turnover is calculated at the Fund level. Percentage indicated was calculated for the
year ended November 30, 2016.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of Assets and LiabilitiesNovember 30, 2020
Assets:
 
Investment in securities, at value including $62,994,246 of investment in affiliated
holdings*(identified cost $310,093,397)
$380,522,256
Cash
26,191
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (identified cost $30,160)
140,475
Due from broker (Note2)
9,389,851
Income receivable
993,064
Income receivable from affiliated holdings
216,995
Receivable for investments sold
139,676
Receivable for shares sold
137,607
Unrealized appreciation on foreign exchange contracts
168,439
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts
77,683
Total Assets
391,812,237
Liabilities:
 
Payable for investments purchased
223,824
Payable for shares redeemed
182,897
Written options outstanding (premium $31,149), at value
10,146
Unrealized depreciation on foreign exchange contracts
178,421
Payable for investment adviser fee (Note5)
5,512
Payable for administrative fee (Note5)
839
Payable for custodian fees
50,058
Payable for auditing fees
41,272
Payable for share registration costs
22,971
Payable for transfer agent fees
48,377
Payable for portfolio accounting fees
58,950
Payable for distribution services fee (Note5)
55,849
Payable for other service fees (Notes 2 and5)
47,646
Accrued expenses (Note5)
45,769
Total Liabilities
972,531
Net assets for 18,288,904 shares outstanding
$390,839,706
Net Assets Consist of:
 
Paid-in capital
$374,168,596
Total distributable earnings (loss)
16,671,110
Total Net Assets
$390,839,706
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Statement of Assets and Liabilitiescontinued
Net Asset Value, Offering Price and Redemption Proceeds Per Share:
 
Class A Shares:
 
Net asset value per share ($176,367,838 ÷ 8,217,123 shares outstanding), no par value,
unlimited shares authorized
$21.46
Offering price per share (100/94.50 of $21.46)
$22.71
Redemption proceeds per share
$21.46
Class B Shares:
 
Net asset value per share ($5,809,100 ÷ 278,027 shares outstanding), no par value,
unlimited shares authorized
$20.89
Offering price per share
$20.89
Redemption proceeds per share (94.50/100 of $20.89)
$19.74
Class C Shares:
 
Net asset value per share ($58,092,357 ÷ 2,792,611 shares outstanding), no par value,
unlimited shares authorized
$20.80
Offering price per share
$20.80
Redemption proceeds per share (99.00/100 of $20.80)
$20.59
Class R Shares:
 
Net asset value per share ($43,197,151 ÷ 2,028,217 shares outstanding), no par value,
unlimited shares authorized
$21.30
Offering price per share
$21.30
Redemption proceeds per share
$21.30
Institutional Shares:
 
Net asset value per share ($100,317,142 ÷ 4,644,351 shares outstanding), no par value,
unlimited shares authorized
$21.60
Offering price per share
$21.60
Redemption proceeds per share
$21.60
Class R6 Shares:
 
Net asset value per share ($7,056,118 ÷ 328,575 shares outstanding), no par value,
unlimited shares authorized
$21.47
Offering price per share
$21.47
Redemption proceeds per share
$21.47
*
See information listed after the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of OperationsYear Ended November 30, 2020
Investment Income:
 
Dividends (including $2,721,496 received from affiliated holdings* and net of foreign
taxes withheld of $348,954)
$7,762,470
Interest
1,389,144
TOTAL INCOME
9,151,614
Expenses:
 
Investment adviser fee (Note5)
2,505,298
Administrative fee (Note5)
307,761
Custodian fees
251,534
Transfer agent fees (Note 2)
611,939
Directors’/Trustees’ fees (Note5)
8,849
Auditing fees
32,840
Legal fees
10,861
Portfolio accounting fees
177,379
Distribution services fee (Note5)
683,010
Other service fees (Notes 2 and5)
583,006
Share registration costs
90,019
Printing and postage
51,761
Miscellaneous (Note5)
44,810
TOTAL EXPENSES
5,359,067
Waiver and Reimbursements:
 
Waiver/reimbursement of investment adviser fee (Note5)
(574,158)
Reimbursement of other operating expenses (Notes2 and5)
(85,561)
TOTAL WAIVER AND REIMBURSEMENTS
(659,719)
Net expenses
4,699,348
Net investment income
4,452,266
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Statement of Operationscontinued
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Foreign Currency Transactions,
Foreign Exchange Contracts, Futures Contracts and Written Options:
 
Net realized gain on investments (including foreign taxes withheld of
$(7,672))(including net realized gain of $225,550 on sales of investments in affiliated
holdings*)
$3,017,287
Net realized loss on foreign currency transactions
(96,202)
Net realized loss on foreign exchange contracts
(2,026,150)
Net realized gain on futures contracts
2,682,260
Net realized gain on written options
134,788
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments (including net change in
unrealized appreciation of $1,887,713 on investments in affiliated holdings*)
24,173,842
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation of translation of assets and
liabilities in foreign currency
232,432
Net change in unrealized depreciation of foreign exchange contracts
422,118
Net change in unrealized depreciation of futures contracts
3,500,384
Net change in unrealized depreciation of written options
11,881
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, foreign currency transactions,
foreign exchange contracts, futures contracts and written options
32,052,640
Change in net assets resulting from operations
$36,504,906
*
See information listed after the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Year Ended November 30
2020
2019
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets
 
 
Operations:
 
 
Net investment income
$4,452,266
$5,622,698
Net realized gain (loss)
3,711,983
4,283,789
Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation
28,340,657
24,919,602
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS
36,504,906
34,826,089
Distributions to Shareholders:
 
 
Class A Shares
(3,969,357)
(7,774,878)
Class B Shares
(109,370)
(430,895)
Class C Shares
(945,503)
(2,912,985)
Class R Shares
(772,607)
(2,130,402)
Institutional Shares
(2,487,363)
(5,014,766)
Class R6 Shares
(161,733)
(282,719)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM DISTRIBUTIONS
TO SHAREHOLDERS
(8,445,933)
(18,546,645)
Share Transactions:
 
 
Proceeds from sale of shares
47,728,914
45,310,579
Proceeds from shares issued in connection with the tax-free transfer
of assets from Federated Absolute Return Fund
60,593,669
Net asset value of shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
8,069,393
17,869,165
Cost of shares redeemed
(95,775,299)
(101,425,895)
CHANGE IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(39,976,992)
22,347,518
Change in net assets
(11,918,019)
38,626,962
Net Assets:
 
 
Beginning of period
402,757,725
364,130,763
End of period
$390,839,706
$402,757,725
See Notes which are an integral part of the Financial Statements
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Notes to Financial Statements
November 30, 2020
1. ORGANIZATION
Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Act”), as a diversified, open-end management investment company. The Fund offers six classes of shares: Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, Institutional Shares and Class R6 Shares. All shares of the Fund have equal rights with respect to voting, except on class-specific matters. The primary investment objective of the Fund is to provide relative safety of capital with the possibility of long-term growth of capital and income. Consideration is also given to current income.
Class B Shares are closed to new accounts, new investors and new purchases by existing shareholders (excluding reinvestment of dividends and capital gains). Class B Shares of the Fund may be exchanged for Class B Shares of any other Federated Hermes fund.
Prior to June 29, 2020, the name of the Fund was Federated Global Allocation Fund.
On August 16, 2019 , the Fund acquired all of the net assets of Federated Absolute Return Fund, an open-end investment company, in a tax-free reorganization in exchange for shares of the Fund, pursuant to a plan of reorganization approved by the Federated Absolute Return Fund’s shareholders on July 17, 2019. The purpose of the transaction was to combine two portfolios with comparable investment objectives and strategies. For financial reporting purposes, assets received and shares issued by the Fund were recorded at fair value; however, the cost basis of the investments received from the Federated Absolute Return Fund was carried forward to align ongoing reporting of the Fund’s realized gains and losses with amounts distributable to shareholders for tax purposes.
For every one share of Federated Absolute Return Fund Class A Shares exchanged, a shareholder received 0.4456 shares of the Fund’s Class A Shares.
For every one share of Federated Absolute Return Fund Class B Shares exchanged, a shareholder received 0.4449 shares of the Fund’s Class B Shares.
For every one share of Federated Absolute Return Fund Class C Shares exchanged, a shareholder received 0.4438 shares of the Fund’s Class C Shares.
For every one share of Federated Absolute Return Fund Institutional Shares exchanged, a shareholder received 0.4487 shares of the Fund’s Institutional Shares.
The Fund received net assets from Federated Absolute Return Fund as a result of the tax-free reorganization as follows:
Shares of the
Fund Issued
Federated Absolute
Return Fund
Net Assets
Received
Unrealized
Depreciation1
Net Assets
of the Fund
Immediately
Prior to
Combination
Net Assets
of the Fund
Immediately
After
Combination
3,199,576
$60,593,669
$(1,606,835)
$343,566,261
$404,159,930
1
Unrealized Depreciation is included in the Net Assets Received amount shown above.
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Assuming the acquisition had been completed on December 1, 2018, the beginning of the annual reporting period of the Fund, the Fund’s pro forma results of operations for the year ended November 30, 2019, were as follows:
Net investment income
$6,157,164
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments
29,828,020
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations
$35,985,184
Because the combined investment portfolios have been managed as a single integrated portfolio since the acquisition was completed, it is not practicable to separate the amounts of revenue of the Federated Absolute Return Fund that has been included in the Fund’s Statement of Changes in Net Assets as of November 30, 2019.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. These policies are in conformity with GAAP.
Investment Valuation
In calculating its NAV, the Fund generally values investments as follows:

Equity securities listed on an exchange or traded through a regulated market system are valued at their last reported sale price or official closing price in their principal exchange or market.

Fixed-income securities are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.

Shares of other mutual funds or non-exchange-traded investment companies are valued based upon their reported NAVs.

Derivative contracts listed on exchanges are valued at their reported settlement or closing price, except that options are valued at the mean of closing bid and asked quotations.

Over-the-counter (OTC) derivative contracts are fair valued using price evaluations provided by a pricing service approved by the Trustees.

For securities that are fair valued in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees, certain factors may be considered, such as: the last traded or purchase price of the security, information obtained by contacting the issuer or dealers, analysis of the issuer’s financial statements or other available documents, fundamental analytical data, the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition, the movement of the market in which the security is normally traded, public trading in similar securities or derivative contracts of the issuer or comparable issuers, movement of a relevant index, or other factors including but not limited to industry changes and relevant government actions.
If any price, quotation, price evaluation or other pricing source is not readily available when the NAV is calculated, if the Fund cannot obtain price evaluations from a pricing service or from more than one dealer for an investment within a reasonable period of time as set forth in the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures, or if information furnished by a pricing service, in the opinion of the valuation committee (“Valuation Committee”), is deemed not representative of the fair value of such security, the Fund uses the fair value of the investment determined in accordance with the procedures
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described below. There can be no assurance that the Fund could obtain the fair value assigned to an investment if it sold the investment at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share, and the actual value obtained could be materially different.
Fair Valuation and Significant Events Procedures
The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Trustees have appointed a Valuation Committee comprised of officers of the Fund, Federated Global Investment Management Corp. (the “Adviser”) and certain of the Adviser’s affiliated companies to assist in determining fair value and in overseeing the calculation of the NAV. The Trustees have also authorized the use of pricing services recommended by the Valuation Committee to provide fair value evaluations of the current value of certain investments for purposes of calculating the NAV. The Valuation Committee employs various methods for reviewing third-party pricing-service evaluations including periodic reviews of third-party pricing services’ policies, procedures and valuation methods (including key inputs, methods, models and assumptions), transactional back-testing, comparisons of evaluations of different pricing services, and review of price challenges by the Adviser based on recent market activity. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the Valuation Committee determines the fair value of the investment in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees. The Trustees periodically review and approve the fair valuations made by the Valuation Committee and any changes made to the procedures.
Factors considered by pricing services in evaluating an investment include the yields or prices of investments of comparable quality, coupon, maturity, call rights and other potential prepayments, terms and type, reported transactions, indications as to values from dealers and general market conditions. Some pricing services provide a single price evaluation reflecting the bid-side of the market for an investment (a “bid” evaluation). Other pricing services offer both bid evaluations and price evaluations indicative of a price between the prices bid and asked for the investment (a “mid” evaluation). The Fund normally uses bid evaluations for any U.S. Treasury and Agency securities, mortgage-backed securities and municipal securities. The Fund normally uses mid evaluations for any other types of fixed-income securities and any OTC derivative contracts. In the event that market quotations and price evaluations are not available for an investment, the fair value of the investment is determined in accordance with procedures adopted by the Trustees.
The Trustees also have adopted procedures requiring an investment to be priced at its fair value whenever the Adviser determines that a significant event affecting the value of the investment has occurred between the time as of which the price of the investment would otherwise be determined and the time as of which the NAV is computed. An event is considered significant if there is both an affirmative expectation that the investment’s value will change in response to the event and a reasonable basis for quantifying the resulting change in value. Examples of significant events that may occur after the close of the principal market on which a security is traded, or after the time of a price evaluation provided by a pricing service or a dealer, include:

With respect to securities traded principally in foreign markets, significant trends in U.S. equity markets or in the trading of foreign securities index futures contracts;
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Political or other developments affecting the economy or markets in which an issuer conducts its operations or its securities are traded;

Announcements concerning matters such as acquisitions, recapitalizations, litigation developments, or a natural disaster affecting the issuer’s operations or regulatory changes or market developments affecting the issuer’s industry.
The Trustees have adopted procedures whereby the Valuation Committee uses a pricing service to provide factors to update the fair value of equity securities traded principally in foreign markets from the time of the close of their respective foreign stock exchanges to the pricing time of the Fund. For other significant events, the Fund may seek to obtain more current quotations or price evaluations from alternative pricing sources. If a reliable alternative pricing source is not available, the Fund will determine the fair value of the investment in accordance with the fair valuation procedures approved by the Trustees. The Trustees have ultimate responsibility for any fair valuations made in response to a significant event.
Repurchase Agreements
The Fund may invest in repurchase agreements for short-term liquidity purposes. It is the policy of the Fund to require the other party to a repurchase agreement to transfer to the Fund’s custodian or sub-custodian eligible securities or cash with a market value (after transaction costs) at least equal to the repurchase price to be paid under the repurchase agreement. The eligible securities are transferred to accounts with the custodian or sub-custodian in which the Fund holds a “securities entitlement” and exercises “control” as those terms are defined in the Uniform Commercial Code. The Fund has established procedures for monitoring the market value of the transferred securities and requiring the transfer of additional eligible securities if necessary to equal at least the repurchase price. These procedures also allow the other party to require securities to be transferred from the account to the extent that their market value exceeds the repurchase price or in exchange for other eligible securities of equivalent market value.
The insolvency of the other party or other failure to repurchase the securities may delay the disposition of the underlying securities or cause the Fund to receive less than the full repurchase price. Under the terms of the repurchase agreement, any amounts received by the Fund in excess of the repurchase price and related transaction costs must be remitted to the other party.
The Fund may enter into repurchase agreements in which eligible securities are transferred into joint trading accounts maintained by the custodian or sub-custodian for investment companies and other clients advised by the Fund’s Adviser and its affiliates. The Fund will participate on a pro rata basis with the other investment companies and clients in its share of the securities transferred under such repurchase agreements and in its share of proceeds from any repurchase or other disposition of such securities.
Investment Income, Gains and Losses, Expenses and Distributions
Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade-date basis. Realized gains and losses from investment transactions are recorded on an identified-cost basis. Interest income and expenses are accrued daily. Dividend income and distributions to shareholders are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Foreign dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date or when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date. Positive or negative inflation adjustments on Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS) are included in interest income. Distributions of net investment income, if any, are declared
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and paid quarterly. Non-cash dividends included in dividend income, if any, are recorded at fair value. Amortization/accretion of premium and discount is included in investment income. Gains and losses realized on principal payment of mortgage-backed securities (paydown gains and losses) are classified as part of investment income. Investment income, realized and unrealized gains and losses, and certain fund-level expenses are allocated to each class based on relative average daily net assets, except that select classes will bear certain expenses unique to those classes. The detail of the total fund expense waiver and reimbursements of $659,719 is disclosed in this Note 2 and Note 5. For the year ended November 30, 2020, transfer agent fees for the Fund were as follows:
 
Transfer Agent
Fees Incurred
Transfer Agent
Fees Reimbursed
Class A Shares
$255,939
$(43,245)
Class B Shares
13,293
(227)
Class C Shares
93,157
Class R Shares
124,500
(3,080)
Institutional Shares
121,014
(39,009)
Class R6 Shares
4,036
TOTAL
$611,939
$(85,561)
Dividends are declared separately for each class. No class has preferential dividend rights; differences in per share dividend rates are generally due to differences in separate class expenses.
Other Service Fees
The Fund may pay other service fees up to 0.25% of the average daily net assets of the Fund’s Class A Shares, Class B Shares and Class C Shares to unaffiliated financial intermediaries or to Federated Shareholder Services Company (FSSC) for providing services to shareholders and maintaining shareholder accounts. Subject to the terms described in the Expense Limitation note, FSSC may voluntarily reimburse the Fund for other service fees. For the year ended November 30, 2020, other service fees for the Fund were as follows:
 
Other Service
Fees Incurred
Class A Shares
$423,017
Class B Shares
16,108
Class C Shares
143,881
TOTAL
$583,006
Federal Taxes
It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the Subchapter M provision of the Internal Revenue Code (the “Code”) and to distribute to shareholders each year substantially all of its income. Accordingly, no provision for federal income tax is necessary. As of and during the year ended November 30, 2020, the Fund did not have a liability for any uncertain tax positions. The Fund recognizes interest and penalties, if any, related to tax
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liabilities as income tax expense in the Statement of Operations. As of November 30, 2020, tax years 2017 through 2020 remain subject to examination by the Fund’s major tax jurisdictions, which include the United States of America and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Fund may be subject to taxes imposed by governments of countries in which it invests. Such taxes are generally based on either income or gains earned or repatriated. The Fund accrues and applies such taxes to net investment income, net realized gains and net unrealized gains as income and/or gains are earned.
When-Issued and Delayed-Delivery Transactions
The Fund may engage in when-issued or delayed-delivery transactions. The Fund records when-issued securities on the trade date and maintains security positions such that sufficient liquid assets will be available to make payment for the securities purchased. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed-delivery basis are marked to market daily and begin earning interest on the settlement date. Losses may occur on these transactions due to changes in market conditions or the failure of counterparties to perform under the contract.
Swap Contracts
Swap contracts involve two parties that agree to exchange the returns (or the differential in rates of return) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments, instruments, indices or other measures. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between parties are generally calculated with respect to a “notional amount” for a predetermined period of time. The Fund may enter into interest rate, total return, credit default, currency and other swap agreements. Risks may arise upon entering into swap agreements from the potential inability of the counterparties to meet the terms of their contract from unanticipated changes in the value of the swap agreement. In connection with these agreements, securities or cash may be identified as collateral or margin in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default.
The Fund uses credit default swaps to manage sector/asset class risks. The “buyer” in a credit default swap is obligated to pay the “seller” a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no event of default on an underlying reference obligation has occurred. If an event of default occurs, the seller must pay the buyer the full notional value, or the “par value”, of the reference obligation in exchange for the reference obligation. In connection with these agreements, securities may be identified as collateral in accordance with the terms of the respective swap agreements to provide assets of value and recourse in the event of default or bankruptcy/insolvency. Recovery values are assumed by market makers considering either industry standard recovery rates or entity specific factors and considerations until a credit event occurs. If a credit event has occurred, the recovery value is typically determined by a facilitated auction whereby a minimum number of allowable broker bids, together with a specific valuation method, are used to calculate the settlement value. The maximum amount of the payment that may occur, as a result of a credit event payable by the protection seller, is equal to the notional amount of the underlying index or security. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, either as the protection buyer or as the
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protection seller, is the fair value of the contract. This risk is mitigated by having a master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty and by the posting of collateral by the counterparty to the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty.
Upfront payments received or paid by the Fund will be reflected as an asset or liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Changes in the value of swap contracts are included in “Swaps, at value” on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, and periodic payments are reported as “Net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts” in the Statement of Operations.
Certain swap contracts may be centrally cleared (“centrally cleared swaps”), whereby all payments made or received by the Fund pursuant to the contract are with a central clearing party (CCP) rather than the counterparty. The CCP guarantees the performance of the parties to the contract. Upon entering into centrally cleared swaps, the Fund is required to deposit with the CCP, either in cash or securities, an amount of initial margin determined by the CCP, which is subject to adjustment. For centrally cleared swaps, the daily change in valuation is recorded as a receivable or payable for variation margin and settled in cash with the CCP daily. In the case of centrally cleared swaps, counterparty risk is minimal due to protections provided by the CCP.
At November 30, 2020, the Fund had no outstanding swap contracts for the fiscal period.
Futures Contracts
The Fund purchases and sells financial futures contracts to seek to increase return and to manage country, currency, duration, market and yield curve risks. Upon entering into a financial futures contract with a broker, the Fund is required to deposit with a broker, either U.S. government securities or a specified amount of cash, which is shown as due from broker in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Futures contracts are valued daily and unrealized gains or losses are recorded in a “variation margin” account. The Fund receives from or pays to the broker a specified amount of cash based upon changes in the variation margin account. When a contract is closed, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss. Futures contracts have market risks, including the risk that the change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying securities. There is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default.
Futures contracts outstanding at period end are listed after the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
The average notional value of long and short futures contracts held by the Fund throughout the period was $93,187,111 and $78,971,324, respectively. This is based on amounts held as of each month-end throughout the fiscal period.
Foreign Exchange Contracts
The Fund may enter into foreign exchange contracts to seek to increase returns and to manage currency risk. Purchased contracts are used to acquire exposure to foreign currencies, whereas, contracts to sell are used to hedge the Fund’s securities against currency fluctuations. Risks may arise upon entering into these transactions from the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their commitments and from
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unanticipated movements in security prices or foreign exchange rates. The foreign exchange contracts are adjusted by the daily exchange rate of the underlying currency and any gains or losses are recorded for financial statement purposes as unrealized until the settlement date.
Foreign exchange contracts are subject to Master Netting Agreements (MNA) which are agreements between the Fund and its counterparties that provide for the net settlement of all transactions and collateral with the Fund, through a single payment, in the event of default or termination. Amounts presented on the Portfolio of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities are not net settlement amounts but gross.
Foreign exchange contracts outstanding at period end, including net unrealized appreciation/depreciation or net settlement amount, are listed after the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
The average value at settlement date payable and receivable of foreign exchange contracts purchased and sold by the Fund throughout the period was $1,005,397 and $855,217, respectively. This is based on the contracts held as of each month-end throughout the fiscal period.
Foreign Currency Translation
The accounting records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. All assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars based on the rates of exchange of such currencies against U.S. dollars on the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of securities, income and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange quoted on the respective date that such transactions are recorded. The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.
Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books, and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the value of assets and liabilities other than investments in securities at fiscal year end, resulting from changes in the exchange rate.
Option Contracts
The Fund buys or sells put and call options to seek to increase return and to manage country, currency and market risks. The seller (“writer”) of an option receives a payment or premium, from the buyer, which the writer keeps regardless of whether the buyer exercises the option. When the Fund writes a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium received is recorded as a liability and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option written. Premiums received from writing options which expire are treated as realized gains. The Fund, as a writer of an option, bears the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the underlying reference instrument. When the Fund purchases a put or call option, an amount equal to the premium paid is recorded as an increase to the cost of the investment and subsequently marked to market to reflect the current value of the option purchased. Premiums paid for purchasing options which expire are treated as realized losses. Premiums received/paid
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for writing/purchasing options which are exercised or closed are added to the proceeds or offset against amounts paid on the underlying reference instrument to determine the realized gain or loss. The risk associated with purchasing put and call options is limited to the premium paid. Options can trade on securities or commodities exchanges. In this case, the exchange sets all the terms of the contract except for the price. Most exchanges require investors to maintain margin accounts through their brokers to cover their potential obligations to the exchange. This protects investors against potential defaults by the counterparty.
Purchased option contracts outstanding at period-end are listed in the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments and written option contracts outstanding at period end are listed after the Fund’s Portfolio of Investments.
The average market value of written put and call options held by the Fund throughout the period was $6,961 and $34,116, respectively. This is based on amounts held as of each month-end throughout the fiscal period.
The average market value of purchased put and call options held by the Fund throughout the period was $6,165 and $5,726, respectively. This is based on amounts held as of each month-end throughout the fiscal period.
Restricted Securities
The Fund may purchase securities which are considered restricted. Restricted securities are securities that either: (a) cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, or being able to take advantage of an exemption from registration, under the Securities Act of 1933; or (b) are subject to contractual restrictions on public sales. In some cases, when a security cannot be offered for public sale without first being registered, the issuer of the restricted security has agreed to register such securities for resale, at the issuer’s expense, either upon demand by the Fund or in connection with another registered offering of the securities. Many such restricted securities may be resold in the secondary market in transactions exempt from registration. Restricted securities may be determined to be liquid under criteria established by the Trustees. The Fund will not incur any registration costs upon such resales. The Fund’s restricted securities, like other securities, are priced in accordance with procedures established by and under the general supervision of the Trustees.
Additional information on restricted securities, held at November 30, 2020, is as follows:
Security
Acquisition
Date
Cost
Value
Gulf Energy Development PCL
6/2/2020
$116,393
$111,192
Magnit, GDR
11/4/2020
$109,789
$117,581
Meituan
7/2/2020
$484,237
$784,354
Phosagro OAO, GDR
1/3/2019
$35,493
$35,733
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Additional Disclosure Related to Derivative Instruments
Fair Value of Derivative Instruments
 
Assets
Liabilities
 
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location
Fair
Value
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Location
Fair
Value
Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments under ASC
Topic 815
 
 
 
 
Interest rate contracts
Receivable for
variation margin on
futures contracts
$75,637*
 
$
Equity contracts
Receivable for
variation margin on
futures contracts
2,686,367*
 
Foreign exchange contracts
Unrealized
appreciation on
foreign exchange
contracts
168,439
Unrealized
depreciation on
foreign exchange
contracts
178,421
Foreign exchange contracts
 
Written options
outstanding, at
value
10,146
Foreign exchange contracts
Purchased options,
within Investment
in securities at
value
29,051
 
Total derivatives not
accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC
Topic 815
 
$2,959,494
 
$188,567
*
Includes cumulative appreciation of futures contracts as reported in the footnotes to the
Portfolio of Investments. Only the current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement
of Assets and Liabilities.
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The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statement of Operations for the Year Ended November 30, 2020
Amount of Realized Gain or (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
 
Futures
Contracts
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
Purchased
Options
Contracts1
Written
Options
Contracts
Total
Interest rate contracts
$2,027,504
$
$
$
$2,027,504
Equity contracts
654,756
654,756
Foreign exchange contracts
(2,026,150)
(31,861)
134,788
(1,923,223)
TOTAL
$2,682,260
$(2,026,150)
$(31,861)
$134,788
$759,037
1
The net realized loss on Purchased Options Contracts is found within the Net realized gain on
investments on the Statement of Operations.
Change in Unrealized Appreciation or (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income
 
Futures
Contracts
Foreign
Exchange
Contracts
Purchased
Options
Contracts2
Written
Options
Contracts
Total
Interest rate contracts
$315,071
$
$
$
$315,071
Equity contracts
3,185,313
3,185,313
Foreign exchange contracts
422,118
21,525
11,881
455,524
TOTAL
$3,500,384
$422,118
$21,525
$11,881
$3,955,908
2
The net change in unrealized appreciation of Purchased Options Contracts is found within the
Net change in unrealized appreciation of investments on the Statement of Operations.
As indicated above, certain derivative investments are transacted subject to MNA. These agreements permit the Fund to offset with a counterparty certain derivative payables and/or receivables with collateral held and create one single net payment in the event of default or termination of the agreement by either the Fund or the counterparty. Amounts presented on the Portfolio of Investments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities are not net settlement amounts but gross. As of November 30, 2020, the impact of netting assets and liabilities and the collateral pledged or received based on MNA are detailed below:
Gross Amounts Not Offset In the Statement of Assets and Liabilities
 
 
 
 
Transaction
Gross Asset
Derivatives
Presented In
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Financial
Instrument
Collateral
Received
Net Amount
Foreign Exchange Contracts
$168,439
$(68,666)
$
$99,773
TOTAL
$168,439
$(68,666)
$
$99,773
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Transaction
Gross Liability
Derivatives
Presented In
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Financial
Instrument
Collateral
Received
Net Amount
Foreign Exchange Contracts
$178,421
$(68,666)
$
$109,755
TOTAL
$178,421
$(68,666)
$
$109,755
Other
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts of assets, liabilities, expenses and revenues reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ materially from those estimated. The Fund applies investment company accounting and reporting guidance.
3. SHARES OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
The following table summarizes share activity:
 
Year Ended
11/30/2020
Year Ended
11/30/2019
Class A Shares:
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares sold
547,961
$10,775,746
704,490
$13,350,974
Proceeds from shares issued in connection
with the tax-free transfer of assets from
Federated Absolute Return Fund
1,987,441
37,741,567
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
189,695
3,715,809
412,447
7,311,903
Shares redeemed
(1,679,333)
(32,548,134)
(1,615,912)
(30,642,318)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM CLASS A
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(941,677)
$(18,056,579)
1,488,466
$27,762,126
 
Year Ended
11/30/2020
Year Ended
11/30/2019
Class B Shares:
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares sold
153
$2,972
2,854
$50,358
Proceeds from shares issued in connection
with the tax-free transfer of assets from
Federated Absolute Return Fund
30,312
560,473
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
5,277
102,524
24,083
411,432
Shares redeemed
(135,616)
(2,606,720)
(173,789)
(3,199,758)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM CLASS B
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(130,186)
$(2,501,224)
(116,540)
$(2,177,495)
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Year Ended
11/30/2020
Year Ended
11/30/2019
Class C Shares:
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares sold
461,399
$8,692,424
464,276
$8,524,764
Proceeds from shares issued in connection
with the tax-free transfer of assets from
Federated Absolute Return Fund
413,438
7,615,504
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
47,622
919,740
165,458
2,821,670
Shares redeemed
(1,077,232)
(20,219,341)
(1,142,345)
(20,990,309)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM CLASS C
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(568,211)
$(10,607,177)
(99,173)
$(2,028,371)
 
Year Ended
11/30/2020
Year Ended
11/30/2019
Class R Shares:
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares sold
427,264
$8,276,723
448,896
$8,451,047
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
38,940
762,503
118,810
2,080,658
Shares redeemed
(616,411)
(11,819,678)
(683,854)
(12,945,514)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM CLASS R
SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(150,207)
$(2,780,452)
(116,148)
$(2,413,809)
 
Year Ended
11/30/2020
Year Ended
11/30/2019
Institutional Shares:
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares sold
927,522
$18,214,312
694,953
$13,283,388
Proceeds from shares issued in connection
with the tax-free transfer of assets from
Federated Absolute Return Fund
768,385
14,676,125
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
122,789
2,409,104
278,079
4,962,943
Shares redeemed
(1,396,610)
(26,889,664)
(1,732,662)
(32,854,408)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM
INSTITUTIONAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(346,299)
$(6,266,248)
8,755
$68,048
 
Year Ended
11/30/2020
Year Ended
11/30/2019
Class R6 Shares:
Shares
Amount
Shares
Amount
Shares sold
89,680
$1,766,737
85,869
$1,650,048
Shares issued to shareholders in payment of
distributions declared
8,177
159,713
15,773
280,559
Shares redeemed
(85,596)
(1,691,762)
(41,431)
(793,588)
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM
CLASS R6 SHARE TRANSACTIONS
12,261
$234,688
60,211
$1,137,019
NET CHANGE RESULTING FROM TOTAL
FUND SHARE TRANSACTIONS
(2,124,319)
$(39,976,992)
1,225,571
$22,347,518
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4. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION
The tax character of distributions as reported on the Statement of Changes in Net Assets for the years ended November 30, 2020 and 2019, was as follows:
 
2020
2019
Ordinary income
$4,957,157
$6,431,981
Long-term capital gains
$3,488,776
$12,114,664
As of November 30, 2020, the components of distributable earnings on a tax-basis were as follows:
Undistributed ordinary income2
$5,777,805
Net unrealized appreciation
$39,026,024
Capital loss carryforwards
$(28,132,719)
2
For tax purposes, short-term capital gains are considered ordinary income in determining
distributable earnings.
The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized appreciation is attributable to differing treatments for defaulted securities, deferral of losses on wash sales, deferral of straddle loss, non-taxable dividends, partnership adjustments, mark-to-market on futures contracts and foreign exchange contracts and passive foreign investment company adjustments.
At November 30, 2020, the cost of investments for federal tax purposes was $342,459,912. The net unrealized appreciation of investments for federal tax purposes was $38,970,703. This consists of net unrealized appreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of value over cost of $42,424,264 and net unrealized depreciation from investments for those securities having an excess of cost over value of $3,453,561. The amounts presented are inclusive of derivative contracts.
As of November 30, 2020, the Fund had a capital loss carryforward of $28,132,719 which will reduce the Fund’s taxable income arising from future net realized gains on investments, if any, to the extent permitted by the Code, thereby reducing the amount of distributions to shareholders which would otherwise be necessary to relieve the Fund of any liability for federal income tax. Pursuant to the Code, these net capital losses, retain their character as either short-term or long-term and do not expire.
The following schedule summarizes the Fund’s capital loss carryforwards:
Short-Term
Long-Term
Total
$28,132,719
$
$28,132,719
The Fund used capital loss carryforwards of $1,266,408 to offset capital gains realized during the year ended November 30, 2020.
At November 30, 2020, for federal income tax purposes, the Fund had $931 in straddle loss deferrals.
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5. INVESTMENT ADVISER FEE AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS WITH AFFILIATES
The advisory agreement between the Fund and the Adviser provides for an annual fee of 0.55% of the average daily net assets of the Fund plus 4.50% of gross income of the Fund, excluding gains or losses. Subject to the terms described in the Expense Limitation note, the Adviser may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee and/or reimburse certain operating expenses of the Fund. For the year ended November 30, 2020, the Adviser voluntarily waived $572,169 of its fee and voluntarily reimbursed $85,561 of transfer agent fees. The Adviser has agreed to reimburse the Fund for certain investment adviser fees as a result of transactions in other affiliated investment companies. For the year ended November 30, 2020, the Adviser reimbursed $1,989.
Certain of the Fund’s assets are managed by Federated Investment Management Company (FIMCO) (the “Sub-Adviser”). Under the terms of a sub-advisory agreement between the Adviser and the Sub-Adviser, the Sub-Adviser receives an allocable portion of the Fund’s adviser fee. The fee is paid by the Adviser out of its resources and is not an incremental Fund expense. For the year ended November 30, 2020, the Sub-Adviser earned a fee of $299,417.
Administrative Fee
Federated Administrative Services (FAS), under the Administrative Services Agreement, provides the Fund with administrative personnel and services. For purposes of determining the appropriate rate breakpoint, “Investment Complex” is defined as all of the Federated Hermes Funds subject to a fee under the Administrative Services Agreement. The fee paid to FAS is based on the average daily net assets of the Investment Complex as specified below:
Administrative Fee
Average Daily Net Assets
of the Investment Complex
0.100%
on assets up to $50 billion
0.075%
on assets over $50 billion
Subject to the terms described in the Expense Limitation note, FAS may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. For the year ended November 30, 2020, the annualized fee paid to FAS was 0.082% of average daily net assets of the Fund.
In addition, FAS may charge certain out-of-pocket expenses to the Fund.
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Distribution Services Fee
The Fund has adopted a Distribution Plan (the “Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the Act. Under the terms of the Plan, the Fund will compensate Federated Securities Corp. (FSC), the principal distributor, from the daily net assets of the Fund’s Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class R Shares to finance activities intended to result in the sale of these shares. The Plan provides that the Fund may incur distribution expenses at the following percentages of average daily net assets annually, to compensate FSC:
 
Percentage of Average Daily
Net Assets of Class
Class B Shares
0.75%
Class C Shares
0.75%
Class R Shares
0.50%
Subject to the terms described in the Expense Limitation note, FSC may voluntarily choose to waive any portion of its fee. For the year ended November 30, 2020, distribution services fees for the Fund were as follows:
 
Distribution Services
Fees Incurred
Class B Shares
$48,326
Class C Shares
431,642
Class R Shares
203,042
TOTAL
$683,010
When FSC receives fees, it may pay some or all of them to financial intermediaries whose customers purchase shares. For the year ended November 30, 2020, FSC retained $73,011 of fees paid by the Fund.
Sales Charges
Front-end sales charges and contingent deferred sales charges (CDSC) do not represent expenses of the Fund. They are deducted from the proceeds of sales of Fund shares prior to investment or from redemption proceeds prior to remittance, as applicable. For the year ended November 30, 2020, FSC retained $5,655 in sales charges from the sale of Class A Shares. FSC also retained $8,956 and $1,466 of CDSC relating to redemptions of Class B Shares and Class C Shares, respectively.
Other Service Fees
For the year ended November 30, 2020, FSSC received $71,396 of the other service fees disclosed in Note 2.
Expense Limitation
The Adviser and certain of its affiliates (which may include FSC, FAS and FSSC) on their own initiative have agreed to waive certain amounts of their respective fees and/or reimburse expenses. Effective February 1, 2021, total annual fund operating expenses (as shown in the financial highlights, excluding interest expense, dividends and other expenses related to short sales, extraordinary expenses and proxy-related expenses paid by the Fund, if any) paid by the Fund’s Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares, Class R Shares, Institutional Shares and Class R6 Shares (after the voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements) will not exceed 1.14%, 1.98%, 1.93%, 1.57%, 0.85%
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and 0.83% (the “Fee Limit”), respectively, up to but not including the later of (the “Termination Date”): (a) February 1, 2022; or (b) the date of the Fund’s next effective Prospectus. Prior to February 1, 2021, the expense cap for the Class B Shares was 1.97%. While the Adviser and its applicable affiliates currently do not anticipate terminating or increasing these arrangements prior to the Termination Date, these arrangements may only be terminated or the Fee Limit increased prior to the Termination Date with the agreement of the Trustees.
Directors’/Trustees’ and Miscellaneous Fees
Certain Officers and Trustees of the Fund are Officers and Directors or Trustees of certain of the above companies. To efficiently facilitate payment, Independent Directors’/Trustees’ fees and certain expenses related to conducting meetings of the Directors/Trustees and other miscellaneous expenses are paid by an affiliate of the Adviser which in due course are reimbursed by the Fund. These expenses related to conducting meetings of the Directors/Trustees and other miscellaneous expenses may be included in Accrued and Miscellaneous Expenses on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations, respectively.
6. INVESTMENT TRANSACTIONS
Purchases and sales of investments, excluding long-term U.S. government securities and short-term obligations, for the year ended November 30, 2020, were as follows:
Purchases
$249,190,882
Sales
$280,572,892
7. Line of Credit
The Fund participates with certain other Federated Hermes Funds, on a several basis, in an up to $500,000,000 unsecured, 364-day, committed, revolving line of credit (LOC) agreement dated June 24, 2020. The LOC was made available to temporarily finance the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Fund, failed trades, payment of dividends, settlement of trades and for other short-term, temporary or emergency general business purposes. The Fund cannot borrow under the LOC if an inter-fund loan is outstanding. The Fund’s ability to borrow under the LOC also is subject to the limitations of the Act and various conditions precedent that must be satisfied before the Fund can borrow. Loans under the LOC are charged interest at a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the highest, on any day, of (a) (i) the federal funds effective rate, (ii) the one month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR), or a replacement rate as appropriate, and (iii) 0.0%, plus (b) a margin. Any fund eligible to borrow under the LOC pays its pro rata share of an upfront fee, and its pro rata share of a commitment fee based on the amount of the lenders’ commitment that has not been utilized, quarterly in arrears and at maturity. As of November 30, 2020, the Fund had no outstanding loans. During the year ended November 30, 2020, the Fund did not utilize the LOC.
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8. INTERFUND LENDING
Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Fund, along with other funds advised by subsidiaries of Federated Hermes, Inc., may participate in an interfund lending program. This program provides an alternative credit facility allowing the Fund to borrow from other participating affiliated funds. As of November 30, 2020, there were no outstanding loans. During the year ended November 30, 2020, the program was not utilized.
9. RECEIVABLE FROM BANKRUPTCY TRUSTEE
The amount presented on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities, under the caption receivables for investments sold, includes net receivable proceeds of $139,676 which represents the estimated amount expected to be received from the bankruptcy trustee for certain security transactions executed through Lehman Brothers in 2008.
10. OTHER MATTERS
An outbreak of respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus was first detected in China in late 2019 and subsequently spread globally. As of the date of the issuance of these financial statements, this coronavirus has resulted in closing borders, enhanced health screenings, healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, cancellations, and disruptions to supply chains, workflow operations and consumer activity, as well as general concern and uncertainty. The impact of this coronavirus may be short-term or may last for an extended period of time and has resulted in a substantial economic downturn. Health crises caused by outbreaks, such as the coronavirus outbreak, may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks. The impact of this outbreak, and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could continue to negatively affect the worldwide economy, as well as the economies of individual countries, individual companies (including certain Fund service providers and issuers of the Fund’s investments) and the markets in general in significant and unforeseen ways. Any such impact could adversely affect the Fund’s performance.
11. FEDERAL TAX INFORMATION (UNAUDITED)
For the fiscal year ended November 30, 2020, 91.94% of total ordinary income (including short-term capital gain) distributions made by the Fund are qualifying dividends which may be subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%, as provided for by the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Act of 2003. Complete information is reported in conjunction with the reporting of your distributions on Form 1099-DIV.
For the year ended November 30, 2020, the amount of long-term capital gains designated by the Fund was $3,488,776.
Of the ordinary income (including short-term capital gain) distributions made by the Fund during the year ended November 30, 2020, 34.81% qualify for the dividend received deduction available to corporate shareholders.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund:
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the portfolio of investments, of the Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund (formerly, Federated Global Allocation Fund) (the “Fund”), as of November 30, 2020, the related statement of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the related notes (collectively, the “financial statements”) and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five year period then ended. In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of November 30, 2020, the results of its operations for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the years in the two year period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the years or periods in the five year period then ended, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Fund in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
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We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Such procedures also included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2020, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more of Federated Hermes’ investment companies since 2006.
Boston, Massachusetts
January 25, 2021
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Shareholder Expense Example (unaudited)
As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase or redemption payments; and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees and to the extent applicable, distribution (12b-1) fees and/or other service fees and other Fund expenses. This Example is intended to help you to understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period from June 1, 2020 to November 30, 2020.
ACTUAL EXPENSES
The first section of the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this section, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first section under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
HYPOTHETICAL EXAMPLE FOR COMPARISON PURPOSES
The second section of the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the 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. Thus, you should not use the hypothetical account values and expenses to estimate the actual ending account balance or your expenses for the period. Rather, these figures are required to be provided to enable you to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund with 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.
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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only. Therefore, the second 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.
 
Beginning
Account Value
6/1/2020
Ending
Account Value
11/30/2020
Expenses Paid
During Period1
Actual:
 
 
 
Class A Shares
$1,000
$1,134.40
$6.08
Class B Shares
$1,000
$1,129.60
$10.49
Class C Shares
$1,000
$1,130.50
$10.28
Class R Shares
$1,000
$1,132.60
$8.37
Institutional Shares
$1,000
$1,136.20
$4.54
Class R6 Shares
$1,000
$1,136.00
$4.43
Hypothetical (assuming a 5% return
before expenses):
 
 
 
Class A Shares
$1,000
$1,019.30
$5.76
Class B Shares
$1,000
$1,015.15
$9.92
Class C Shares
$1,000
$1,015.35
$9.72
Class R Shares
$1,000
$1,017.15
$7.92
Institutional Shares
$1,000
$1,020.75
$4.29
Class R6 Shares
$1,000
$1,020.85
$4.19
1
Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized net expense ratios, multiplied by the average
account value over the period, multiplied by 183/366 (to reflect the one-half-year period). The
annualized net expense ratios are as follows:
Class A Shares
1.14%
Class B Shares
1.97%
Class C Shares
1.93%
Class R Shares
1.57%
Institutional Shares
0.85%
Class R6 Shares
0.83%
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Board of Trustees and Trust Officers
The Board of Trustees is responsible for managing the Trust’s business affairs and for exercising all the Trust’s powers except those reserved for the shareholders. The following tables give information about each Trustee and the senior officers of the Fund. Where required, the tables separately list Trustees who are “interested persons” of the Fund (i.e., “Interested” Trustees) and those who are not (i.e., “Independent” Trustees). Unless otherwise noted, the address of each person listed is 1001 Liberty Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. The address of all Independent Trustees listed is 4000 Ericsson Drive, Warrendale, PA 15086-7561; Attention: Mutual Fund Board. As of December 31, 2020, the Trust comprised one portfolio(s), and the Federated Hermes Fund Family consisted of 41 investment companies (comprising 163 portfolios). Unless otherwise noted, each Officer is elected annually. Unless otherwise noted, each Trustee oversees all portfolios in the Federated Hermes Fund Family and serves for an indefinite term. The Fund’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about Trust Trustees and is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400.
Interested Trustees Background
Name
Birth Date
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years,
Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s)
J. Christopher Donahue*
Birth Date: April 11, 1949
President and Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving:
November 1998
Principal Occupations: Principal Executive Officer and President of
certain of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Fund Family; Director or
Trustee of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Fund Family; President,
Chief Executive Officer and Director, Federated Hermes, Inc.;
Chairman and Trustee, Federated Investment Management Company;
Trustee, Federated Investment Counseling; Chairman and Director,
Federated Global Investment Management Corp.; Chairman and
Trustee, Federated Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania;
Trustee, Federated Shareholder Services Company; Director,
Federated Services Company.
Previous Positions: President, Federated Investment Counseling;
President and Chief Executive Officer, Federated Investment
Management Company, Federated Global Investment Management
Corp. and Passport Research, Ltd; Chairman, Passport Research, Ltd.
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Name
Birth Date
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years,
Other Directorships Held and Previous Position(s)
John B. Fisher*
Birth Date: May 16, 1956
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving: May 2016
Principal Occupations: Principal Executive Officer and President of
certain of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Fund Family; Director or
Trustee of certain of the Funds in the Federated Hermes Fund Family;
Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.; President, Director/Trustee
and CEO, Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated Equity
Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global Investment
Management Corp., Federated Investment Counseling, Federated
Investment Management Company; President of some of the Funds in
the Federated Hermes Fund Family and Director, Federated Investors
Trust Company.
Previous Positions: President and Director of the Institutional Sales
Division of Federated Securities Corp.; President and Director of
Federated Investment Counseling; President and CEO of Passport
Research, Ltd.; Director, Edgewood Securities Corp.; Director,
Federated Services Company; Director, Federated Hermes, Inc.;
Chairman and Director, Southpointe Distribution Services, Inc. and
President, Technology, Federated Services Company.
*
Reasons for “interested” status: J. Christopher Donahue and John B. Fisher are interested due to their beneficial ownership of shares of Federated Hermes, Inc. and due to positions they hold with Federated Hermes, Inc. and its subsidiaries.
INDEPENDENT Trustees Background
Name
Birth Date
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years,
Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications
John T. Collins
Birth Date: January 24, 1947
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving:
October 2013
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee, and Chair of the Board of
Directors or Trustees, of the Federated Hermes Fund Family; formerly,
Chairman and CEO, The Collins Group, Inc. (a private equity
firm) (Retired).
Other Directorships Held: Chairman of the Board of Directors,
Director, KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. (oilfield services); former
Director of KLX Corp. (aerospace).
Qualifications: Mr. Collins has served in several business and financial
management roles and directorship positions throughout his career.
Mr. Collins previously served as Chairman and CEO of The Collins
Group, Inc. (a private equity firm) and as a Director of KLX Corp.
Mr. Collins serves as Chairman Emeriti, Bentley University. Mr. Collins
previously served as Director and Audit Committee Member, Bank of
America Corp.; Director, FleetBoston Financial Corp.; and Director,
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (Harvard University
Affiliate Hospital).
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Name
Birth Date
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years,
Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications
G. Thomas Hough
Birth Date: February 28, 1955
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving: August 2015
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee, Chair of the Audit
Committee of the Federated Hermes Fund Family; formerly, Vice
Chair, Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting firm) (Retired).
Other Directorships Held: Director, Chair of the Audit Committee,
Equifax, Inc.; Director, Member of the Audit Committee, Haverty
Furniture Companies, Inc.; formerly, Director, Member of Governance
and Compensation Committees, Publix Super Markets, Inc.
Qualifications: Mr. Hough has served in accounting, business
management and directorship positions throughout his career.
Mr. Hough most recently held the position of Americas Vice Chair of
Assurance with Ernst & Young LLP (public accounting firm). Mr. Hough
serves on the President’s Cabinet and Business School Board of
Visitors for the University of Alabama. Mr. Hough previously served on
the Business School Board of Visitors for Wake Forest University, and
he previously served as an Executive Committee member of the
United States Golf Association.
Maureen Lally-Green
Birth Date: July 5, 1949
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving: August 2009
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes
Fund Family; Adjunct Professor Emerita of Law, Duquesne University
School of Law; formerly, Dean of the Duquesne University School of
Law and Professor of Law and Interim Dean of the Duquesne
University School of Law; formerly, Associate General Secretary and
Director, Office of Church Relations, Diocese of Pittsburgh.
Other Directorships Held: Director, CNX Resources Corporation
(formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.).
Qualifications: Judge Lally-Green has served in various legal and
business roles and directorship positions throughout her career. Judge
Lally-Green previously held the position of Dean of the School of Law
of Duquesne University (as well as Interim Dean). Judge Lally-Green
previously served as a member of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
and as a Professor of Law, Duquesne University School of Law. Judge
Lally-Green was appointed by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to
serve on the Supreme Court’s Board of Continuing Judicial Education
and the Supreme Court’s Appellate Court Procedural Rules
Committee. Judge Lally-Green also currently holds the positions on
not for profit or for profit boards of directors as follows: Director
and Chair, UPMC Mercy Hospital; Regent, Saint Vincent Seminary;
Member, Pennsylvania State Board of Education (public); Director,
Catholic Charities, Pittsburgh; and Director CNX Resources
Corporation (formerly known as CONSOL Energy Inc.). Judge Lally-
Green has held the positions of: Director, Auberle; Director, Epilepsy
Foundation of Western and Central Pennsylvania; Director, Ireland
Institute of Pittsburgh; Director, Saint Thomas More Society; Director
and Chair, Catholic High Schools of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Inc.;
Director, Pennsylvania Bar Institute; Director, St. Vincent College;
Director and Chair, North Catholic High School, Inc.; and Director and
Vice Chair, Our Campaign for the Church Alive!, Inc.
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Name
Birth Date
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years,
Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications
Thomas M. O’Neill
Birth Date: June 14, 1951
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving: October 2013
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes
Fund Family; Sole Proprietor, Navigator Management Company
(investment and strategic consulting).
Other Directorships Held: None.
Qualifications: Mr. O’Neill has served in several business, mutual fund
and financial management roles and directorship positions throughout
his career. Mr. O’Neill serves as Director, Medicines for Humanity and
Director, The Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples, Florida.
Mr. O’Neill previously served as Chief Executive Officer and President,
Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer, Fleet Investment
Advisors; President and Chief Executive Officer, Aeltus Investment
Management, Inc.; General Partner, Hellman, Jordan Management
Co., Boston, MA; Chief Investment Officer, The Putnam Companies,
Boston, MA; Credit Analyst and Lending Officer, Fleet Bank; Director
and Consultant, EZE Castle Software (investment order management
software); and Director, Midway Pacific (lumber).
Madelyn A. Reilly
Birth Date: February 2, 1956
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving:
November 2020
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes
Fund Family; Senior Vice President for Legal Affairs, General Counsel
and Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Duquesne University.
Other Directorships Held: None.
Qualifications: Ms. Reilly has served in various business and legal
management roles throughout her career. Ms. Reilly previously served
as Director of Risk Management and Associate General Counsel,
Duquesne University. Prior to her work at Duquesne University,
Ms. Reilly served as Assistant General Counsel of Compliance and
Enterprise Risk as well as Senior Counsel of Environment, Health and
Safety, PPG Industries.
P. Jerome Richey
Birth Date: February 23, 1949
Trustee
Indefinite Term
Began serving:
October 2013
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes
Fund Family; Management Consultant; Retired; formerly, Senior Vice
Chancellor and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh and
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, CONSOL Energy Inc.
(now split into two separate publicly traded companies known as
CONSOL Energy Inc. and CNX Resources Corp.).
Other Directorships Held: None.
Qualifications: Mr. Richey has served in several business and legal
management roles and directorship positions throughout his career.
Mr. Richey most recently held the positions of Senior Vice Chancellor
and Chief Legal Officer, University of Pittsburgh. Mr. Richey previously
served as Chairman of the Board, Epilepsy Foundation of Western
Pennsylvania and Chairman of the Board, World Affairs Council of
Pittsburgh. Mr. Richey previously served as Chief Legal Officer and
Executive Vice President, CONSOL Energy Inc. and CNX Gas
Company; and Board Member, Ethics Counsel and Shareholder,
Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC (a law firm).
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Name
Birth Date
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years,
Other Directorships Held, Previous Position(s) and Qualifications
John S. Walsh
Birth Date:
November 28, 1957
Trustee

Indefinite Term
Began serving:
November 1998
Principal Occupations: Director or Trustee of the Federated Hermes
Fund Family; President and Director, Heat Wagon, Inc. (manufacturer
of construction temporary heaters); President and Director,
Manufacturers Products, Inc. (distributor of portable construction
heaters); President, Portable Heater Parts, a division of Manufacturers
Products, Inc.
Other Directorships Held: None.
Qualifications: Mr. Walsh has served in several business management
roles and directorship positions throughout his career. Mr. Walsh
previously served as Vice President, Walsh & Kelly, Inc.
(paving contractors).
OFFICERS
Name
Birth Date
Address
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years
and Previous Position(s)
Lori A. Hensler
Birth Date: January 6, 1967
TREASURER
Officer since: April 2013
Principal Occupations: Principal Financial Officer and Treasurer of the
Federated Hermes Fund Family; Senior Vice President, Federated
Administrative Services; Financial and Operations Principal for
Federated Securities Corp.; and Assistant Treasurer, Federated
Investors Trust Company. Ms. Hensler has received the Certified
Public Accountant designation.
Previous Positions: Controller of Federated Hermes, Inc.; Senior Vice
President and Assistant Treasurer, Federated Investors Management
Company; Treasurer, Federated Investors Trust Company; Assistant
Treasurer, Federated Administrative Services, Federated
Administrative Services, Inc., Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood
Services, Inc., Federated Advisory Services Company, Federated
Equity Management Company of Pennsylvania, Federated Global
Investment Management Corp., Federated Investment Counseling,
Federated Investment Management Company, Passport Research,
Ltd., and Federated MDTA, LLC; Financial and Operations Principal for
Federated Securities Corp., Edgewood Services, Inc. and Southpointe
Distribution Services, Inc.
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Name
Birth Date
Address
Positions Held with Trust
Date Service Began
Principal Occupation(s) for Past Five Years
and Previous Position(s)
Peter J. Germain
Birth Date:
September 3, 1959
CHIEF LEGAL OFFICER,
SECRETARY and EXECUTIVE
VICE PRESIDENT
Officer since: January 2005
Principal Occupations: Mr. Germain is Chief Legal Officer, Secretary
and Executive Vice President of the Federated Hermes Fund Family.
He is General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, Secretary and Executive
Vice President, Federated Hermes, Inc.; Trustee and Senior Vice
President, Federated Investors Management Company; Trustee and
President, Federated Administrative Services; Director and President,
Federated Administrative Services, Inc.; Director and Vice President,
Federated Securities Corp.; Director and Secretary, Federated Private
Asset Management, Inc.; Secretary, Federated Shareholder Services
Company; and Secretary, Retirement Plan Service Company of
America. Mr. Germain joined Federated Hermes, Inc. in 1984 and is a
member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association.
Previous Positions: Deputy General Counsel, Special Counsel,
Managing Director of Mutual Fund Services, Federated Hermes, Inc.;
Senior Vice President, Federated Services Company; and Senior
Corporate Counsel, Federated Hermes, Inc.
Stephen Van Meter
Birth Date: June 5, 1975
CHIEF COMPLIANCE
OFFICER AND SENIOR
VICE PRESIDENT
Officer since: July 2015
Principal Occupations: Senior Vice President and Chief Compliance
Officer of the Federated Hermes Fund Family; Vice President and
Chief Compliance Officer of Federated Hermes, Inc. and Chief
Compliance Officer of certain of its subsidiaries. Mr. Van Meter joined
Federated Hermes, Inc. in October 2011. He holds FINRA licenses
under Series 3, 7, 24 and 66.
Previous Positions: Mr. Van Meter previously held the position of
Compliance Operating Officer, Federated Hermes, Inc. Prior to joining
Federated Hermes, Inc., Mr. Van Meter served at the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission in the positions of Senior
Counsel, Office of Chief Counsel, Division of Investment Management
and Senior Counsel, Division of Enforcement.
Stephen F. Auth
Birth Date:
September 13, 1956
101 Park Avenue
41st Floor
New York, NY 10178
CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER
Officer since: November 2002
Principal Occupations: Stephen F. Auth is Chief Investment Officer of
various Funds in the Federated Hermes Fund Family; Executive Vice
President, Federated Investment Counseling, Federated Global
Investment Management Corp. and Federated Equity Management
Company of Pennsylvania.
Previous Positions: Executive Vice President, Federated Investment
Management Company and Passport Research, Ltd. (investment
advisory subsidiary of Federated); Senior Vice President, Global
Portfolio Management Services Division; Senior Vice President,
Federated Investment Management Company and Passport Research,
Ltd.; Senior Managing Director and Portfolio Manager,
Prudential Investments.
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Evaluation and Approval of Advisory ContractMay 2020
Federated Global Allocation Fund (the “Fund”)
(EFFECTIVE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON JUNE 26, 2020, THE FUND’S NAME CHANGED TO FEDERATED HERMES GLOBAL ALLOCATION FUND)
At its meetings in May 2020 (the “May Meetings”), the Fund’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”), including a majority of those Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Independent Trustees”), reviewed and unanimously approved the continuation of the investment advisory contract between the Fund and Federated Global Investment Management Corp. (the “Adviser”) and the investment subadvisory contract between the Adviser and Federated Investment Management Company with respect to the Fund (together, the “Contracts”) for an additional one-year term. The Board’s determination to approve the continuation of the Contracts reflects the exercise of its business judgment after considering all of the information and factors believed to be relevant and appropriate on whether to continue the existing arrangements. The information, factors and conclusions that formed the basis for the Board’s approval are summarized below.
Information Received and Review Process
At the request of the Independent Trustees, the Fund’s Chief Compliance Officer (the “CCO”) furnished to the Board in advance of its May Meetings an independent written evaluation presenting on the topics discussed below. The Board considered the CCO’s independent written evaluation (the “CCO Fee Evaluation Report”), along with other information, in evaluating the reasonableness of the Fund’s management fee and in determining to approve the continuation of the Contracts. The CCO, in preparing the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, has the authority to retain consultants, experts or staff as reasonably necessary to assist in the performance of his duties, reports directly to the Board, and can be terminated only with the approval of a majority of the Independent Trustees. At the request of the Independent Trustees, the CCO Fee Evaluation Report followed the same general approach and covered the same topics as that of the report that had previously been delivered by the CCO in his capacity as “Senior Officer” prior to the elimination of the Senior Officer position in December 2017.
In addition to the extensive materials that comprise and accompany the CCO Fee Evaluation Report, in the months preceding the May Meetings, the Board requested and reviewed written responses and supporting materials prepared by the Adviser and its affiliates (collectively, “Federated Hermes”) in response to requests posed to Federated Hermes on behalf of the Independent Trustees encompassing a wide variety of topics. The Board also considered such additional matters as the Independent Trustees deemed reasonably necessary to
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evaluate the Contracts, which included detailed information about the Fund and Federated Hermes furnished to the Board at its meetings throughout the year and in between regularly scheduled meetings on particular matters as the need arose, as well as information specifically prepared in connection with the approval of the continuation of the Contracts that was presented at the May Meetings.
The Board’s consideration of the Contracts included review of materials and information covering the following matters, among others: the Adviser’s and sub-adviser’s investment philosophy, revenue, profitability, personnel and processes; investment and operating strategies; the Fund’s short-term and long-term performance (in absolute terms, both on a gross basis and net of expenses, and relative to the Fund’s particular investment program and a group of its peer funds and/or its benchmark, as appropriate) and comments on the reasons for the Fund’s performance; the Fund’s investment objectives; the Fund’s expenses, including the advisory fee and the overall expense structure of the Fund (both in absolute terms and relative to a group of its peer funds), with due regard for contractual or voluntary expense limitations (if any); the use and allocation of brokerage commissions derived from trading the Fund’s portfolio securities (if any); and the nature, quality and extent of the advisory and other services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates. The Board also considered the preferences and expectations of Fund shareholders; the entrepreneurial and other risks assumed by the Adviser in sponsoring and managing the Fund; the continuing state of competition in the mutual fund industry and market practices; the range of comparable fees for similar funds in the mutual fund industry; the Fund’s relationship to the other funds advised by Federated Hermes (each, a “Federated Hermes Fund”), which include a comprehensive array of funds with different investment objectives, policies and strategies which are generally available for exchange without the incurrence of additional sales charges; compliance and audit reports concerning the Federated Hermes Funds and the Federated Hermes’ affiliates that service them (including communications from regulatory agencies), as well as Federated Hermes’ responses to any issues raised therein; and relevant developments in the mutual fund industry and how the Federated Hermes Funds and/or Federated Hermes may be responding to them. In addition, the Board received and considered information furnished by Federated Hermes on the impacts of the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak on Federated Hermes generally and the Fund in particular, including, among other information, the current and anticipated impacts on the management, operations and performance of the Fund. The Board noted that its evaluation process is evolutionary and that the criteria considered and the emphasis placed on relevant criteria may change in recognition of changing circumstances in the mutual fund marketplace.
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The Board also considered judicial decisions concerning allegedly excessive investment advisory fees in determining to approve the Contracts. Using these judicial decisions as a guide, the Board observed that the following factors may be relevant to an adviser’s fiduciary duty with respect to its receipt of compensation from a fund: (1) the nature and quality of the services provided by an adviser to a fund and its shareholders (including the performance of the fund, its benchmark, and comparable funds); (2) an adviser’s cost of providing the services (including the profitability to an adviser of providing advisory services to a fund); (3) the extent to which an adviser may realize “economies of scale” as a fund grows larger and, if such economies of scale exist, whether they have been shared with a fund and its shareholders or the family of funds; (4) any “fall-out” financial benefits that accrue to an adviser because of its relationship with a fund (including research services received from brokers that execute fund trades and any fees paid to affiliates of an adviser for services rendered to a fund); (5) comparative fee and expense structures (including a comparison of fees paid to an adviser with those paid by similar funds both internally and externally as well as management fees charged to institutional and other advisory clients of the adviser for what might be viewed as like services); and (6) the extent of care, conscientiousness and independence with which the fund’s board members perform their duties and their expertise (including whether they are fully informed about all facts the board deems relevant to its consideration of an adviser’s services and fees). The Board noted that the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) disclosure requirements regarding the basis for a fund board’s approval of the fund’s investment advisory contracts generally align with the factors listed above. The Board was aware of these factors and was guided by them in its review of the Contracts to the extent it considered them to be appropriate and relevant, as discussed further below.
The Board considered and weighed these factors in light of its substantial accumulated experience in governing the Fund and working with Federated Hermes on matters relating to the Federated Hermes Funds. While individual members of the Board may have weighed certain factors differently, the Board’s determination to continue the Contracts was based on a comprehensive consideration of all information provided to the Board throughout the year and specifically with respect to the continuation of the Contracts. The Independent Trustees were assisted throughout the evaluation process by independent legal counsel. In connection with their deliberations at the May Meetings, the Independent Trustees met separately in executive session with their independent legal counsel and without management present to review the relevant materials and consider their responsibilities under applicable laws. In addition, senior management representatives of Federated Hermes also met with the Independent Trustees and their independent legal counsel to discuss
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the materials and presentations furnished to the Board at the May Meetings. The Board considered the approval of the Contracts for the Fund as part of its consideration of agreements for funds across the Federated Hermes Funds family, but its approvals were made on a fund-by-fund basis.
Nature, Extent and Quality of Services
The Board considered the nature, extent and quality of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and the resources of the Adviser and its affiliates dedicated to the Fund. In this regard, the Board evaluated, among other things, the Adviser’s personnel, experience and track record, as well as the financial resources and overall reputation of Federated Hermes and its willingness to invest in personnel and infrastructure that benefit the Federated Hermes Funds. The Board noted the significant acquisition of Hermes Fund Managers Limited by Federated Hermes in 2018, which has deepened the organization’s investment management expertise and capabilities and expanded the investment process for all of the Federated Hermes Funds to incorporate environmental, social and governance (“ESG”) factors and issuer engagement on ESG matters.
In addition, the Board reviewed the qualifications, backgrounds and responsibilities of the portfolio management team primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund and the Adviser’s ability and experience in attracting and retaining qualified personnel to service the Fund. The Board noted the compliance program of the Adviser and the compliance-related resources devoted by the Adviser and its affiliates in support of the Fund’s obligations pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, including the Adviser’s commitment to respond to rulemaking and other regulatory initiatives of the SEC such as the liquidity risk management program rules. In addition, the Board considered the response by the Adviser to recent market conditions and considered the overall performance of the Adviser in this context. The Fund’s ability to deliver competitive performance when compared to its Performance Peer Group (as defined below) was also deemed to be relevant by the Board as a useful indicator of how the Adviser is executing the Fund’s investment program. The Adviser’s ability to execute this program was one of the Board’s considerations in reaching a conclusion that the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s investment management and related services warrant the continuation of the Contracts.
Fund Investment Performance
In evaluating the Fund’s investment performance, the Board considered performance results in light of the Fund’s investment objective, strategies and risks, as disclosed in the Fund’s prospectus. The Board also considered the Fund’s performance in light of the overall recent market conditions. The Board considered detailed investment reports on the Fund’s performance over different time periods that were provided to the Board throughout the year and in connection with the May Meetings and evaluated the Adviser’s analysis of
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the Fund’s performance for these time periods. The Board also reviewed comparative information regarding the performance of other mutual funds in the category of peer funds selected by Morningstar, Inc. (the “Morningstar”), an independent fund ranking organization (the “Performance Peer Group”), noting the CCO’s view that comparisons to fund peer groups may be helpful, though not conclusive, in evaluating the performance of the Adviser in managing the Fund. The Board considered, in evaluating such comparisons, that in some cases there may be differences in the funds’ objectives or investment management techniques, or the costs to implement the funds, even within the same Performance Peer Group.
For the one-year, three-year and five-year periods ended December 31, 2019, the Fund’s performance was above the median of the relevant Performance Peer Group.
Following such evaluation, and full deliberations, the Board concluded that the performance of the Fund supported renewal of the Contracts.
Fund Expenses
While mindful that courts have cautioned against giving too much weight to comparative information concerning fees charged by other advisers for managing funds with comparable investment programs, the Board has found the use of such comparisons to be relevant to its deliberations. In this regard, the Board was presented with, and considered, information regarding the contractual advisory fee rates, net advisory fee rates, total expense ratios and each element of the Fund’s total expense ratio (i.e., gross and net advisory fees, administrative fees, custody fees, portfolio accounting fees and transfer agency fees) relative to an appropriate group of peer funds compiled by Federated Hermes from the category of peer funds selected by Morningstar (the “Expense Peer Group”). The Board received a description of the methodology used to select the Expense Peer Group from the overall Morningstar category. The Board also reviewed comparative information regarding the fees and expenses of the broader group of funds in the overall Morningstar category. The Board focused on comparisons with other similar mutual funds more heavily than non-mutual fund products or services because such comparisons are believed to be more relevant. The Board considered that other mutual funds are the products most like the Fund, in that they are readily available to Fund shareholders as alternative investment vehicles, and they are the type of investment vehicle, in fact, chosen and maintained by the Fund’s investors. The Board noted that the range of their fees and expenses, therefore, appears to be a relevant indicator of what consumers have found to be reasonable in the marketplace in which the Fund competes.
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The Board reviewed the contractual advisory fee rate, net advisory fee rate and other expenses of the Fund and noted the position of the Fund’s fee rates relative to its Expense Peer Group. In this regard, the Board noted that the contractual advisory fee rate was below the median of the Expense Peer Group and the Board was satisfied that the overall expense structure of the Fund remained competitive.
For comparison, the Board received and considered information about the fees charged by Federated Hermes for providing advisory services to other types of clients with investment strategies similar to those of the Federated Hermes Funds, including non-mutual fund clients such as institutional separate accounts and third-party unaffiliated mutual funds for which the Adviser or its affiliates serve as sub-adviser. The Board noted the CCO’s conclusion that non-mutual fund clients are inherently different products due to the following differences, among others: (i) different types of targeted investors; (ii) different applicable laws and regulations; (iii) different legal structures; (iv) different average account sizes and portfolio management techniques made necessary by different cash flows and different associated costs; (v) and the time spent by portfolio managers and their teams (among other personnel across various departments, including legal, compliance and risk management) in reviewing securities pricing, addressing different administrative responsibilities, and addressing different degrees of risk associated with management; and (vi) a variety of different costs. The Board also considered information regarding the differences in the nature of the services required for Federated Hermes to manage its proprietary mutual fund business versus managing a discrete pool of assets as a sub-adviser to another institution’s mutual fund, noting that Federated Hermes generally performs significant additional services and assumes substantially greater risks in managing the Fund and other Federated Hermes Funds than in its role as sub-adviser to an unaffiliated third-party mutual fund. The Board noted that the CCO did not consider the fees for providing advisory services to other types of clients to be determinative in judging the appropriateness of the Federated Hermes Funds’ advisory fees.
Following such evaluation, and full deliberations, the Board concluded that the fees and expenses of the Fund are reasonable and supported renewal of the Contracts.
Profitability and Other Benefits
The Board also received financial information about Federated Hermes, including information regarding the compensation and ancillary (or “fall-out”) benefits Federated Hermes derived from its relationships with the Federated Hermes Funds. This information covered not only the fees under the Federated Hermes Funds’ investment advisory contracts, but also fees received by Federated Hermes’ affiliates for providing other services to the Federated Hermes Funds under separate contracts (e.g., for serving as the Federated Hermes Funds’ administrator and distributor). In this regard, the Board
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considered that certain of Federated Hermes’ affiliates provide distribution and shareholder services to the Federated Hermes Funds, for which they may be compensated through distribution and servicing fees paid pursuant to Rule 12b-1 plans or otherwise. The Board also received and considered information detailing any indirect benefit Federated Hermes may derive from its receipt of research services from brokers who execute portfolio trades for the Federated Hermes Funds. In addition, the Board considered the fact that, in order for the Federated Hermes Funds to be competitive in the marketplace, the Adviser and its affiliates frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses and have disclosed to Federated Hermes Fund shareholders and/or reported to the Board their intention to do so in the future. Moreover, the Board received and considered regular reports from Federated Hermes throughout the year as to the institution, adjustment or elimination of these voluntary waivers and/or reimbursements. The Board considered Federated Hermes’ previous reductions in contractual management fees to certain Federated Hermes Funds during the prior year, including in response to the CCO’s recommendations in the prior year’s CCO Fee Evaluation Report.
The Board received and considered information furnished by Federated Hermes, as requested by the CCO, that reported revenues on a fund-by-fund basis and made estimates of the allocation of expenses on a fund-by-fund basis, using allocation methodologies specified by the CCO and described to the Board. The Board considered the CCO’s view that, while these cost allocation reports apply consistent allocation processes, the inherent difficulties in allocating costs continues to cause the CCO to question the precision of the process and to conclude that such reports may be unreliable, because a single change in an allocation estimate may dramatically alter the resulting estimate of cost and/or profitability of a Federated Hermes Fund and may produce unintended consequences. The allocation information, including the CCO’s view that fund-by-fund estimations may be unreliable, was considered in the evaluation by the Board. In addition, the Board considered that, during the prior year, an independent consultant conducted a review of the allocation methodologies used by Federated Hermes in estimating profitability for purposes of reporting to the Board in connection with the continuation of the Contracts. The Board noted the consultant’s view that, although there is no single best method to allocate expenses, the methodologies used by Federated Hermes are reasonable.
The Board also reviewed information compiled by Federated Hermes comparing its profitability information to other publicly held fund management companies, including information regarding profitability trends over time. The Board considered the CCO’s conclusion that, based on such profitability information, Federated Hermes’ profit margins did not appear to be excessive. The Board also considered the CCO’s view that Federated Hermes appeared financially sound, with the resources necessary to fulfill its obligations under its contracts with the Federated Hermes Funds.
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Economies of Scale
The Board received and considered information about the notion of possible realization of “economies of scale” as a fund grows larger, the difficulties of calculating economies of scale at an individual fund level, and the extent to which potential scale benefits are shared with shareholders. In this regard, the Board considered that the Adviser has made significant and long-term investments in areas that support all of the Federated Hermes Funds, such as personnel and processes for the portfolio management, trading operations, issuer engagement (including with respect to ESG matters), shareholder services, compliance, business continuity, internal audit and risk management functions, as well as systems technology (including technology relating to cybersecurity) and use of data. The Board noted that Federated Hermes’ investments in these areas are extensive and are designed to provide enhanced services to the Federated Hermes Funds and their shareholders. The Board considered that the benefits of these investments (as well as the benefits of any economies of scale, should they exist) are likely to be shared with the Federated Hermes Fund family as a whole. In addition, the Board considered that the Adviser and its affiliates have frequently waived fees and/or reimbursed expenses for the Federated Hermes Funds and that such waivers and reimbursements are another means for potential economies of scale to be shared with shareholders and can provide protection from an increase in expenses if a Federated Hermes Fund’s assets decline. Federated Hermes, as it does throughout the year, and specifically in connection with the Board’s review of the Contracts, furnished information relative to adviser-paid fees (commonly referred to as revenue sharing). The Board considered the beliefs of Federated Hermes and the CCO that this information should be viewed to determine if there was an incentive to either not apply breakpoints, or to apply breakpoints at higher levels, and should not be viewed to determine the appropriateness of advisory fees. The Board also noted the absence of any applicable regulatory or industry guidelines on this subject, which is compounded by the lack of any common industry practice or general pattern with respect to structuring fund advisory fees with “breakpoints” that serve to reduce the fee as a fund attains a certain size.
Conclusions
The Board considered the CCO’s conclusion that his observations and the information accompanying the CCO Fee Evaluation Report show that the management fee for the Fund was reasonable and the CCO’s recommendation that the Board approve the management fee. The Board noted that, under these circumstances, no changes were recommended to, and no objection was raised to the continuation of, the Contracts by the CCO. The CCO also recognized that the Board’s evaluation of the Federated Hermes Funds’ advisory and subadvisory arrangements is a continuing and on-going process that is informed by the information that the Board requests and receives from
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management throughout the course of the year and, in this regard, the CCO noted certain items for future reporting to the Board or further consideration by management as the Board continues its on-going oversight of the Federated Hermes Funds.
In its determination to continue an existing investment advisory contract, the Board was mindful of the potential disruptions of the Fund’s operations and various risks, uncertainties and other effects that could occur as a result of a decision to terminate or not renew an investment advisory contract. In particular, the Board recognized that many shareholders have invested in the Fund on the strength of the Adviser’s industry standing and reputation and with the expectation that the Adviser will have a continuing role in providing advisory services to the Fund. Thus, the Board’s approval of the Contracts reflected the fact that it is the shareholders who have effectively selected the Adviser by virtue of having invested in the Fund. The Board concluded that, in light of the factors summarized above, including the nature, quality and scope of the services provided to the Fund by the Adviser and its affiliates, continuation of the Contracts was appropriate.
The Board based its determination to approve the Contracts on the totality of the circumstances and relevant factors and with a view to past and future long-term considerations. Not all of the factors and considerations identified above were necessarily deemed to be relevant to the Fund, nor did the Board consider any one of them to be determinative. With respect to the factors that were deemed to be relevant, the Board’s determination to approve the continuation of the Contracts reflects its view that Federated Hermes’ performance and actions provided a satisfactory basis to support the determination to continue the existing arrangements.
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Liquidity Risk Management Program Annual Evaluation of Adequacy and Effectiveness
In accordance with Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Liquidity Rule”), Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund (the “Fund” and, collectively with the Federated Hermes funds, the “Federated Hermes Funds”) has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “Program”) for the Fund. The Program seeks to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk. “Liquidity risk” is defined under the Liquidity Rule as the risk that the Fund is unable to meet redemption requests without significantly diluting remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board of Trustees of the Fund (the “Board”) has approved the designation of the Fund’s investment adviser as the administrator for the Program for the Fund. Each affiliated Federated Hermes advisory subsidiary (including the Fund’s investment adviser) that serves as investment adviser to a Federated Hermes Fund (including the Fund) has been approved as the administrator of the Program for each Federated Hermes Fund they manage (each an “Administrator”). The Administrator in turn has delegated daily responsibility for the administration of the Program to multiple Liquidity Risk Management Committees (the “Committees”). The Committees, which are comprised of representatives of Enterprise Risk Management, Compliance, Investment Management and Trading, must review and assess certain information related to the liquidity of the Federated Hermes Funds, including the Fund.
The Program is comprised of various components designed to support the assessment and/or management of liquidity risk, including: (1) the periodic assessment (no less frequently than annually) of certain factors that influence the Fund’s liquidity risk; (2) the periodic classification (no less frequently than monthly) of the Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories that reflect an estimate of their liquidity under current market conditions; (3) a 15% limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule); (4) to the extent a Fund does not invest primarily in “highly liquid investments” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule), the determination of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets that generally will be invested in highly liquid investments (an “HLIM”); (5) if a Fund has established an HLIM, the periodic review (no less frequently than annually) of the HLIM and the adoption of policies and procedures for responding to a shortfall of the Fund’s highly liquid investments below its HLIM; and (6) periodic reporting to the Board.
At its meetings in May 2020, the Board received and reviewed a written report (the “Report”) from the Federated Hermes Funds’ Chief Compliance Officer and Chief Risk Officer, on behalf of the Administrator, concerning the operation of the Program for the period from the Program’s inception on December 1, 2018 through March 31, 2020 (the “Period”). The Report addressed the operation of the Program and assessed its adequacy and
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effectiveness, including, where applicable, the operation of any HLIM established for a Federated Hermes Fund and each Federated Hermes Fund’s access to other available funding sources such as the Federated Hermes Funds’ interfund lending facility, redemptions in-kind and committed line of credit. There were no material changes to the Program during the Period. The Report summarized the operation of the Program and the information and factors considered by the Administrator in assessing whether the Program has been adequately and effectively implemented with respect to the Federated Hermes Funds. Such information and factors included, among other things:
■ confirmation that the Fund did not utilize alternative funding sources during the Period;
■ the periodic classifications of the Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity categories and the methodologies and inputs used to classify the investments, including the Fund’s reasonably anticipated trade size;
■ the analysis received from a third-party liquidity assessment vendor that is taken into account in the process of determining the liquidity classifications of the Fund’s investments and the results of an evaluation of the services performed by the vendor in support of this process;
■ the fact that the Fund invested primarily in highly liquid investments during the Period and, therefore, was not required to establish, and has not established, an HLIM and the procedures for monitoring the status of the Fund as investing primarily in highly liquid investments;
■ the fact that the Fund invested no more than 15% of its assets in illiquid investments during the Period and the procedures for monitoring this limit; and
■ liquidity events during the Period, including the impact on liquidity caused by extended non-U.S. market closures and the market disruptions resulting from the novel coronavirus outbreak, and the fact that there were no specific liquidity events during the Period that materially affected the Fund’s liquidity risk.
Based on this review, the Fund’s investment adviser, in its role as Administrator, collectively with the other investment advisers to the Federated Hermes Funds, concluded that the Program is operating effectively to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk, and that the Program has been and continues to be adequately and effectively implemented to monitor and, as applicable, respond to the Fund’s liquidity developments.
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Voting Proxies on Fund Portfolio Securities
A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies, if any, relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio is available, without charge and upon request, by calling 1-800-341-7400. A report on “Form N-PX” of how the Fund voted any such proxies during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available via the Proxy Voting Record (Form N-PX) link associated with the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com/FundInformation. Form N-PX filings are also available at the SEC’s website at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Schedule
Each fiscal quarter, the Fund will file with the SEC a complete schedule of its monthly portfolio holdings on “Form N-PORT.” The Fund’s holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter, as reported on Form N-PORT, will be publicly available on the SEC’s website at sec.gov within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter upon filing. You may also access this information via the link to the Fund and share class name at FederatedInvestors.com.
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Mutual funds are not bank deposits or obligations, are not guaranteed by any bank and are not insured or guaranteed by the U.S. government, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Reserve Board or any other government agency. Investment in mutual funds involves investment risk, including the possible loss of principal.
This Report is authorized for distribution to prospective investors only when preceded or accompanied by the Fund’s Prospectus, which contains facts concerning its objective and policies, management fees, expenses and other information.
Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund
Federated Hermes Funds
4000 Ericsson Drive
Warrendale, PA 15086-7561
Contact us at FederatedInvestors.com
or call 1-800-341-7400.
Federated Securities Corp., Distributor
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CUSIP 314183401
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© 2021 Federated Hermes, Inc.

 

 

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics

 

(a) As of the end of the period covered by this report, the registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the "Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies - Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers") that applies to the registrant's Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer; the registrant's Principal Financial Officer also serves as the Principal Accounting Officer.

(c) There was no amendment to the registrant’s code of ethics described in Item 2(a) above during the period covered by the report.

(d) There was no waiver granted, either actual or implicit, from a provision to the registrant’s code of ethics described in Item 2(a) above during the period covered by the report.

(e) Not Applicable

(f)(3) The registrant hereby undertakes to provide any person, without charge, upon request, a copy of the code of ethics. To request a copy of the code of ethics, contact the registrant at 1-800-341-7400, and ask for a copy of the Section 406 Standards for Investment Companies - Ethical Standards for Principal Executive and Financial Officers.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert

The registrant's Board has determined that each of the following members of the Board's Audit Committee is an “audit committee financial expert,” and is "independent," for purposes of this Item:   G. Thomas Hough and Thomas M. O'Neill. 

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

(a)       Audit Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:

Fiscal year ended 2020 – $47,840

Fiscal year ended 2019 - $34,570

(b)       Audit-Related Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:

Fiscal year ended 2020 - $0

Fiscal year ended 2019 - $0

Amount requiring approval of the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, $0 and $2,087 respectively. Fiscal year ended 2019- Audit consent fee for N-14 merger document.

(c)        Tax Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:

Fiscal year ended 2020 - $0

Fiscal year ended 2019 - $0

Amount requiring approval of the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, $0 and $0 respectively.

(d)       All Other Fees billed to the registrant for the two most recent fiscal years:

Fiscal year ended 2020 - $0

Fiscal year ended 2019 - $0

Amount requiring approval of the registrant’s audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, $0 and $0 respectively.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Policies regarding Pre-approval of Services.

The Audit Committee is required to pre-approve audit and non-audit services performed by the independent auditor in order to assure that the provision of such services do not impair the auditor’s independence. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent auditor has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

Certain services have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The term of the general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee specifically provides for a different period. The Audit Committee will annually review the services that may be provided by the independent auditor without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee and may grant general pre-approval for such services. The Audit Committee will revise the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations. The Audit Committee will not delegate to management its responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the independent auditor.

The Audit Committee has delegated pre-approval authority to its Chairman for services that do not exceed a specified dollar threshold. The Chairman or Chief Audit Executive will report any such pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting. The Committee will designate another member with such pre-approval authority when the Chairman is unavailable.

AUDIT SERVICES

The annual Audit services engagement terms and fees will be subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will approve, if necessary, any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from changes in audit scope, registered investment company (RIC) structure or other matters.

In addition to the annual Audit services engagement specifically approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval for other Audit services, which are those services that only the independent auditor reasonably can provide. The Audit Committee has pre-approved certain Audit services; with limited exception, all other audit services must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

AUDIT-RELATED SERVICES

Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the RIC’s financial statements or that are traditionally performed by the independent auditor. The Audit Committee believes that the provision of Audit-related services does not impair the independence of the auditor, and has pre-approved certain audit-related services; all other audit-related services must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

TAX SERVICES

The Audit Committee believes that the independent auditor can provide Tax services to the RIC such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing the auditor’s independence. However, the Audit Committee will not permit the retention of the independent auditor in connection with a transaction initially recommended by the independent auditor, the purpose of which may be tax avoidance and the tax treatment of which may not be supported in the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations. The Audit Committee has pre-approved certain Tax services; with limited exception, all tax services involving large and complex transactions must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

ALL OTHER SERVICES

With respect to the provision of permissible services other than audit, review or attest services the pre-approval requirement is waived if:

(1) With respect to such services rendered to the Funds, the aggregate amount of all such services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid by the audit client to its accountant during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; and,

 

(2) With respect to such services rendered to the Fund’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by to under common control with the investment adviser such as affiliated non-U.S. and U.S. funds not under the Audit Committee’s purview and which do not fall within a category of service which has been determined by the Audit Committee not to have a direct impact on the operations or financial reporting of the RIC, the aggregate amount of all services provided constitutes no more than five percent of the total amount of revenues paid to the RIC’s auditor by the RIC, its investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser during the fiscal year in which the services are provided; and

 

(3) Such services were not recognized by the issuer or RIC at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and

 

(4) Such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and approved prior to the completion of the audit by the Audit Committee or by one or more members of the Audit Committee who are members of the Board of Directors to whom authority to grant such approvals has been delegated by the Audit Committee.

 

The Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to those permissible non-audit services which qualify for pre-approval and which it believes are routine and recurring services, and would not impair the independence of the auditor.

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “SEC”) rules and relevant guidance should be consulted to determine the precise definitions of these services and applicability of exceptions to certain of the prohibitions.

PRE-APPROVAL FEE LEVELS

Pre-approval fee levels for all services to be provided by the independent auditor will be established annually by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding these levels will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.

PROCEDURES

Requests or applications to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by the Fund’s Principal Accounting Officer and/or the Chief Audit Executive of Federated Hermes, Inc., only after those individuals have determined that the request or application is consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence.

(e)(2) Percentage of services identified in items 4(b) through 4(d) that were approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X:

4(b)

Fiscal year ended 2020 – 0%

Fiscal year ended 2019 - 0%

Percentage of services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, 0% and 0% respectively.

4(c)

Fiscal year ended 2020 – 0%

Fiscal year ended 2019 – 0%

Percentage of services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, 0% and 0% respectively.

4(d)

Fiscal year ended 2020 – 0%

Fiscal year ended 2019 – 0%

Percentage of services provided to the registrant’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were approved by the registrant’s Audit Committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X, 0% and 0% respectively.

(f) NA

 

(g) Non-Audit Fees billed to the registrant, the registrant’s investment adviser, and certain entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the investment adviser:

Fiscal year ended 2020 - $30,688

Fiscal year ended 2019 - $30,129

(h) The registrant’s Audit Committee has considered that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s adviser (not including any sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by another investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 6. Schedule of Investments

 

(a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.

 

(b) Not Applicable; Fund had no divestments during the reporting period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.

 

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 Changes to Report

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures

 

(a) The registrant’s President and Treasurer have concluded that the

registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Act) are effective in design and operation and are sufficient to form the basis of the certifications required by Rule 30a-(2) under the Act, based on their evaluation of these disclosure controls and procedures within 90 days of the filing date of this report on Form N-CSR.

 

(b) There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in rule 30a-3(d) under the Act) during the registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Not Applicable

 

Item 13. Exhibits

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics- Not Applicable to this Report.

 

(a)(2) Certifications of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer.

 

(a)(3) Not Applicable.

 

(b) Certifications pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Registrant Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund

 

By /S/ Lori A. Hensler

 

Lori A. Hensler, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date January 25, 2021

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

By /S/ J. Christopher Donahue

 

J. Christopher Donahue, Principal Executive Officer

 

Date January 25, 2021

 

 

By /S/ Lori A. Hensler

 

Lori A. Hensler, Principal Financial Officer

 

Date January 25, 2021

 

 

N-CSR Item 13(a)(2) - Exhibits: Certifications

 

 

I, J. Christopher Donahue, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund ("registrant");

 

  1. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  1. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  1. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

    1. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

    1. designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

    1. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

    1. disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  1. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

    1. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

    1. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

 

Date: January 25, 2021

/S/ J. Christopher Donahue

J. Christopher Donahue, President - Principal Executive Officer

 

 

N-CSR Item 13(a)(2) - Exhibits: Certifications

 

 

I, Lori A. Hensler, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this report on Form N-CSR of Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund ("registrant");

 

  1. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  1. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows (if the financial statements are required to include a statement of cash flows) of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  1. The registrant's other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) for the registrant and have:

 

    1. designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

    1. designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

    1. evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report based on such evaluation; and

 

    1. disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal half-year (the registrant’s second fiscal half-year in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  1. The registrant's other certifying officers and I have disclosed to the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of the registrant's board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

    1. all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial information; and

 

    1. any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

 

 

 

Date: January 25, 2021

/S/ Lori A. Hensler

Lori A. Hensler, Treasurer - Principal Financial Officer

 

 

 

N-CSR Item 13(b) - Exhibits: Certifications

 

SECTION 906 CERTIFICATION

 

Pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 1350, the undersigned officers of Federated Hermes Global Allocation Fund (the “Registrant”), hereby certify, to the best of our knowledge, that the Registrant’s Report on Form N-CSR for the period ended November 30, 2020 (the “Report”) fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d), as applicable, of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 and that the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

 

Dated: January 25, 2021

 

/s/ J. Christopher Donahue

J. Christopher Donahue

Title: President, Principal Executive Officer

 

 

 

Dated: January 25, 2021

 

/s/ Lori A. Hensler

Lori A. Hensler

Title: Treasurer, Principal Financial Officer

 

This certification is being furnished solely pursuant to 18 U.S.C.§ 1350 and is not being filed as part of the Report or as a separate disclosure document.