Barings Global Short Duration High Yield Fund

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

September 30, 2023 (Unaudited)

Equities* - 0.53%:

SHARES

COST

FAIR VALUE

Common Stocks - 0.49%:

Campfire TopCo Limited¤+

1,395,572

$

149

$

0

ESC CB 144A High Ridge¤

2,982

0

0

KCA Deutag Ordinary A Shares

25,580

1,103,387

1,432,480

Travelex Private Equity¤+

17,136

1

0

Naviera Armas Class B2 Shares Stapled To 1.5L SSNS¤+

1,194

0

0

Naviera Armas Class B3 Shares¤+

169

0

0

Naviera Armas Class A3 Shares¤+

133

0

0

Naviera Armas Class A2 Shares Stapled To 1.5L SSNS¤+

937

0

0

Total Common Stocks

1,443,703

1,103,537

1,432,480

Warrant - 0.04%:

Travelex Topco Limited+

2,218

0

110,954

Total Warrant

2,218

0

110,954

Total Equities

1,445,921

1,103,537

1,543,434

EFFECTIVE

INTEREST

Fixed Income - 130.81%:

RATE‡

DUE DATE

PRINCIPAL

COST

FAIR VALUE

Asset-Backed Securities - 14.95%:

CDO/CLO - 14.95%:

610 FDG 2016-2R CLO LTD, 3M LIBOR + 7.250%+~^#

12.84%

1/20/2034

$

1,550,000

$

1,534,190

$

1,455,334

Anchorage Capital 2016-9A ER2, 3M LIBOR + 6.820%+~^#

12.39

7/15/2032

1,500,000

1,485,000

1,406,158

Anchorage Capital CLO LTD 2013-1R, 3M LIBOR + 6.800%+~^#

12.36

10/13/2030

1,000,000

977,213

971,764

Anchorage Capital CLO LTD 2021-20 E, 3M LIBOR + 7.350%+~^#

12.94

1/20/2035

1,000,000

980,000

905,059

Ares CLO LTD 2013-27R2, 3M LIBOR + 6.750%+~^#

12.38

10/28/2034

1,700,000

1,683,000

1,535,046

Bain CAP CR CLO 2020-2R LTD, 3M LIBOR + 6.610%+~^#

12.19

7/19/2034

1,000,000

990,000

917,961

Ballyrock CLO LTD 2019-2R, 3M LIBOR + 6.500%+~^#

12.14

11/20/2030

2,000,000

2,000,000

1,877,146

BlueMountain CLO LTD 2018-23A, 3M LIBOR + 5.650%+~^#

11.24

10/20/2031

1,000,000

1,000,000

863,897

Canyon CLO LTD 2019-2R, 3M LIBOR + 6.750%+~^#

12.32

10/15/2034

1,000,000

1,000,000

921,639

Carbone CLO, LTD 2017-1A, 3M LIBOR + 5.900%+~^#

11.49

1/20/2031

750,000

750,000

698,539

Carlyle US CLO LTD 2019-3R, 3M LIBOR + 6.750%+~^#

12.34

10/20/2032

1,000,000

1,000,000

993,257

Carlyle Global Market Strategies 2017-5A, 3M LIBOR + 5.300%+~^#

10.89

1/20/2030

700,000

700,000

598,634

CIFC Funding 2020-1 LTD, 3M LIBOR + 6.250%+~^#

11.82

7/15/2036

1,900,000

1,900,000

1,816,934

Galaxy CLO LTD 2017-24A, 3M LIBOR + 5.500%+~^#

11.07

1/15/2031

1,000,000

1,000,000

907,565

GoldenTree Loan Management 2018-3A, 3M LIBOR + 6.500%+~^#

12.09

4/20/2030

1,500,000

1,469,500

1,228,878

GoldenTree Loan Opportunities XI LTD 2015-11A, 3M LIBOR + 5.400%+~^#

10.97

1/18/2031

500,000

500,000

474,704

KKR Financial CLO LTD 2017-20, 3M LIBOR + 5.500%+~^#

11.07

10/16/2030

1,500,000

1,500,000

1,373,832

KKR Financial CLO LTD 34-2, 3M LIBOR + 6.850%+~^#

12.42

7/15/2034

2,000,000

1,980,000

1,854,116

KVK 2016-1A ER2, 3M LIBOR + 7.350%+~^#

12.92

10/15/2034

3,000,000

2,970,000

2,485,011

LCM LTD 2031-30, 3M LIBOR + 6.500%+~^#

12.09

4/20/2031

1,100,000

1,100,000

930,037

Madison Park Funding LTD 2015-19A, 3M LIBOR + 4.350%+~^#

9.96

1/22/2028

1,000,000

1,000,000

981,617

Madison Park Funding LTD 2018-29A, 3M LIBOR + 7.570%+~^

13.14

10/18/2030

2,000,000

1,960,000

1,805,820

Madison Park Funding LTD XXXV 2019-35RE-R, 3M LIBOR + 6.100%+~^#

11.69

4/20/2032

1,400,000

1,400,000

1,369,309

Madison Park Funding LTD 2019-32RE-R, 3M LIBOR + 6.200%+~^#

11.81

1/22/2031

1,000,000

1,000,000

952,388

Magnetite CLO LTD 2016-18A, 3M LIBOR + 7.600%+~^#

13.23

11/15/2028

1,400,000

1,386,000

1,343,525

Octagon 2021-57 LTD, 3M LIBOR + 6.600%+~^#

12.17

10/15/2034

1,500,000

1,500,000

1,373,550

OHA Credit Partners LTD 2015-11A, 3M LIBOR + 7.900%+~^#

13.49

1/20/2032

2,000,000

1,970,323

1,675,810

OHA Loan Funding LTD 2013-1A, 3M LIBOR + 7.900%+~^#

13.51

7/23/2031

1,500,000

1,477,500

1,374,889

Sound Point CLO XVIII 2018-18D, 3M LIBOR + 5.500%+~^#

11.09

1/21/2031

2,000,000

2,000,000

1,317,842

Sound Point CLO LTD 2020-27R, 3M LIBOR + 6.560% E-R+~^#

12.17

10/25/2034

1,400,000

1,372,000

1,158,916

Sound Point CLO LTD Series 2020-1A Class ER, 3M LIBOR + 6.860%+~^#

12.45

7/20/2034

1,600,000

1,584,000

1,360,717

TICP CLO LTD 2018-10A, 3M LIBOR + 5.500%+~^#

11.09

4/20/2031

1,000,000

964,045

941,097

Wellfleet CLO LTD 2017-3A, 3M LIBOR + 5.550%+~^#

11.12

1/17/2031

1,500,000

1,500,000

1,086,436

Wind River 2017-1A ER, 3M LIBOR + 7.060%+~^#

12.63

4/18/2036

2,000,000

1,960,000

1,694,950

Wind River CLO LTD 2017-4A, 3M LIBOR + 5.800%+~^#

11.44

11/20/2030

1,000,000

1,000,000

884,607

Total CDO/CLO

49,000,000

48,592,771

43,536,984

Total Asset-Backed Securities

49,000,000

48,592,771

43,536,984

Bank Loans§ - 13.97%:

Beverage, Food and Tobacco - 0.49%:

8th Avenue Food & Provisions~

13.18

10/1/2026

$

368,204

$

254,343

$

249,458

Florida Food Products 2nd Lien T/L, 3M LIBOR + 8.0000%¤~

13.43

10/18/2029

$

1,500,000

$

1,462,364

$

1,170,000

Total Beverage, Food and Tobacco

1,868,204

1,716,707

1,419,458

Broadcasting and Entertainment - 0.61%:

Dessert Holdings, 3M LIBOR + 7.2500%~

12.90

6/8/2029

1,000,000

982,700

800,000

Reorganized ISA SA~

9.77

12/8/2028

976,202

976,202

973,098

Total Broadcasting and Entertainment

1,976,202

1,958,902

1,773,098

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber - 0.88%:

Campfire TopCo Limited

13.90

12/31/2027

1,544,116

250,887

311,402

Koppers Holdings Inc., SOFR + 4.0000%¤~

9.31

4/1/2030

1,287,097

1,250,170

1,287,097

LSF 11 A5 Holdco LLC~

8.95

9/29/2028

997,468

991,234

972,781

Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber

3,828,681

2,492,291

2,571,280

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing - 1.50%:

CP Iris Holdco I 2nd Lien T/L (IPS), 3M LIBOR + 7.0000%¤~

12.43

9/21/2029

2,398,019

2,374,039

2,038,316

SunSource, Inc., 3M LIBOR + 8.0000%~

13.42

4/30/2026

2,500,000

2,507,954

2,350,000

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

4,898,019

4,881,993

4,388,316

Diversified/Conglomerate Service - 1.58%:

Internet Brands, Inc.~

9.58

4/20/2028

1,427,283

1,385,067

1,378,884

Quest Software, SOFR + 7.5000%~

13.17

1/18/2030

2,680,658

2,645,448

1,822,847

Sonicwall, Inc., 3M LIBOR + 7.5000%~

12.93

5/18/2026

1,506,038

1,498,508

1,410,977

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service

5,613,979

5,529,023

4,612,708

Ecological - 0.41%:

Patriot Container 2nd Lien T/L, 3M LIBOR + 7.7500%~

13.17

3/20/2026

1,400,000

1,340,987

1,197,000

Total Ecological

1,400,000

1,340,987

1,197,000

Electronics - 1.83%:

McAfee Enterprise 2nd Lien T/L, 3M LIBOR + 8.2500%~

13.88

5/3/2029

11,567,000

11,488,222

5,320,820

Total Electronics

11,567,000

11,488,222

5,320,820

Finance - 0.40%:

GIP Pilot Acquisition Partners, L.P.¤~

8.33

9/30/2030

1,166,975

1,161,140

1,162,598

Total Finance

1,166,975

1,161,140

1,162,598

Healthcare, Education and Childcare - 1.52%:

Athenahealth, Inc., SOFR + 3.5000%

8.57

1/26/2029

0

(651)

0

Bausch Health Cos Inc.¤

9.33

9/14/2028

3,152,917

3,121,387

3,109,564

Medical Solutions T/L, 3M LIBOR + 7.0000%~

12.36

9/22/2027

1,473,684

1,458,947

1,315,263

Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare

4,626,601

4,579,683

4,424,827

Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming - 0.64%:

Four Seasons Holdings, Inc., 3M SOFR + 3.2500%~

7.93

11/30/2029

1,856,114

1,828,292

1,857,655

Total Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming

1,856,114

1,828,292

1,857,655

Machinery Non-Agricultural,Non-Construction,Non-Electronic - 0.38%:

Barnes Group, Inc.~

8.43

8/12/2030

1,099,369

1,091,124

1,099,919

Total Machinery Non-Agricultural,Non-Construction,Non-Electronic

1,099,369

1,091,124

1,099,919

Mining, Steel, Iron and Non Precious Metals - 0.40%:

Arsenal AIC Parent LLC~

9.75

7/26/2030

1,154,586

1,143,040

1,151,215

Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non Precious Metals

1,154,586

1,143,040

1,151,215

Packaging and Containers - 0.97%:

Pretium Package Holdings 2nd Lien T/L (9/21), 3M LIBOR + 6.7500%~

12.28

9/21/2029

2,770,637

2,764,172

823,267

Valcour Packaging (MOLD-RITE) 2nd Lien T/L, 3M LIBOR + 7.0000%¤~

12.65

9/30/2029

5,000,000

4,950,000

2,000,000

Total Packaging and Containers

7,770,637

7,714,172

2,823,267

Personal Transportation - 0.05%:

Bahia De Las Isletas SL, 3M EURIBOR + 10.0000%¤+

15.00

6/30/2025

39,650

43,073

39,824

Bahia De Las Isletas SL, 3M EURIBOR + 10.0000%¤+

15.00

6/30/2025

87,731

86,501

80,418

Bahia De Las Isletas SL, 3M EURIBOR + 10.0000%¤+

15.00

6/30/2025

18,053

18,559

18,133

Total Packaging and Containers

145,434

148,133

138,375

Personal and Non Durable Consumer Products Mfg. Only - 0.40%:

Journey Personal Care Corp., 3M LIBOR + 4.2500%~

9.98

3/1/2028

1,241,149

993,767

1,166,680

Total Packaging and Containers

1,241,149

993,767

1,166,680

Printing and Publishing - 0.31%:

Nielsen Holdings Ltd., 3M SOFR + 5.0000%

10.00

4/11/2029

996,255

902,637

894,557

Total Hotels, Motels, Inns and Gaming

996,255

902,637

894,557

Transportation - 0.86%:

Worldwide Express 2nd Lien T/L, 3M LIBOR + 7.0000%~

12.50

7/26/2029

3,000,000

2,955,227

2,512,500

Total Transportation

3,000,000

2,955,227

2,512,500

Utilities - 0.74%:

Invenergy Thermal Operating I LLC

11.45

8/4/2029

2,021,889

1,981,452

2,015,985

Invenergy Thermal Operating I LLC~

11.20

8/4/2029

155,530

152,419

155,076

Total Utilities

2,177,419

2,133,871

2,171,061

Total Bank Loans

56,386,624

54,059,211

40,685,334

Corporate Bonds - 101.89%:

Aerospace and Defense - 3.18%:

American Airlines^

11.75

7/15/2025 $

5,337,000

$

5,469,333

$

5,736,058

Triumph Group, Inc.^

9.00

3/15/2028

886,000

886,000

876,128

Triumph Group, Inc.#

7.75

8/15/2025

2,789,000

2,760,762

2,649,550

Total Aerospace and Defense

9,012,000

9,116,095

9,261,736

Automobile - 1.70%:

Adient PLC+^

8.25

4/15/2031

870,000

870,000

871,273

Faurecia SE+#

7.25

6/15/2026

1,385,000

1,469,433

1,508,718

INA-Holding Schaeffler GmbH & Co KG+#

8.75

5/15/2028

2,350,000

2,531,263

2,561,901

Total Automobile

4,605,000

4,870,696

4,941,892

Automotive - 1.96%:

Ford Motor Company

9.63

4/22/2030

5,000,000

5,869,921

5,711,495

Total Automotive

5,000,000

5,869,921

5,711,495

Banking - 0.37%:

Macquarie Airfinance Holdings Ltd.+^#

8.13

3/30/2029

281,000

281,000

281,407

Macquarie Airfinance Holdings Ltd.+^

8.38

5/1/2028

788,000

788,000

798,835

Total Automotive

1,069,000

1,069,000

1,080,242

Broadcasting and Entertainment - 8.46%:

Banijay+

6.50

3/1/2026

3,700,000

3,894,543

3,865,940

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc.+^

9.00

9/15/2028

708,000

708,000

701,161

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc.^#

7.75

4/15/2028

3,337,000

3,406,289

2,664,206

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings Inc.^

7.50

6/1/2029

3,358,000

3,416,686

2,571,230

Cox Media Group^

8.88

12/15/2027

5,357,000

5,532,520

4,193,031

Dish Dbs Corporation#

7.38

7/1/2028

6,000,000

5,465,386

3,780,534

Dish Network Corporation^

11.75

11/15/2027

1,770,000

1,765,753

1,783,352

iHeartCommunications, Inc.

8.38

5/1/2027

2,570,000

2,606,600

1,850,174

Inmarsat Finance PLC+^#

6.75

10/1/2026

1,500,000

1,449,602

1,398,986

Reorganized ISA SA+^

6.50

3/15/2030

1,000,000

911,973

886,844

Townsquare Media, LLC^

6.88

2/1/2026

1,000,000

1,015,498

944,396

Total Broadcasting and Entertainment

30,300,000

30,172,850

24,639,854

Buildings and Real Estate - 5.08%:

BlueLinx^#

6.00

11/15/2029

400,000

356,879

352,582

Knife River Corporation^

7.75

5/1/2031

1,707,000

1,719,787

1,710,332

Maison Hold Limited+

6.00

10/31/2027

1,045,000

1,419,991

1,019,372

New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co.^

9.75

7/15/2028

11,859,000

12,038,280

11,710,763

Total Buildings and Real Estate

15,011,000

15,534,937

14,793,049

Cargo Transport - 2.25%:

Atlas Corporation+^#

5.50

8/1/2029

4,786,000

3,951,165

3,840,309

Railworks Hldgs Lp / Railworks Sr^

8.25

11/15/2028

2,881,000

2,819,016

2,730,468

Total Cargo Transport

7,667,000

6,770,181

6,570,777

Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber - 7.12%:

Consolidated Energy Finance SA+^

6.50

5/15/2026

492,000

443,966

452,640

ITT Holdings LLC^#

6.50

8/1/2029

6,018,000

5,651,693

5,100,999

LSF11 A5 Holdco LLC^#

6.63

10/15/2029

4,448,000

3,970,385

3,698,344

Monitchem HoldCo+#

8.75

5/1/2028

300,000

328,904

309,601

Monitchem HoldCo, 3M EURIBOR + 5.2500%+~#

9.10

5/1/2028

215,000

230,276

225,422

Olympus Water US Holding Corporation^

7.13

10/1/2027

1,500,000

1,481,944

1,387,717

Olympus Water US Holding Corporation^#

6.25

10/1/2029

2,348,000

2,173,700

1,813,124

Prince^#

9.00

2/15/2030

3,689,000

3,687,955

2,935,860

Proman AG+^

5.63

10/15/2028

3,427,000

2,975,410

2,831,559

Windsor Holdings III LLC^

8.50

6/15/2030

2,000,000

2,000,000

1,973,241

Total Chemicals, Plastics and Rubber

24,437,000

22,944,233

20,728,507

Commercial Services - 0.13%:

Apcoa Parking Holdings+

4.63

1/15/2027

385,000

455,648

369,935

Total Commercial Services

385,000

455,648

369,935

Containers, Packaging and Glass - 5.26%:

Ardagh Packaging+

4.75

7/15/2027

100,000

107,347

96,209

Novolex Holdings, Inc.^

8.75

4/15/2030

7,423,000

6,772,965

6,366,405

Packaging Holdings Ltd.^#

7.13

8/15/2028

1,775,000

1,549,102

1,486,748

SCI Packaging Inc.^

7.88

8/15/2026

5,197,000

5,197,000

5,014,215

SCI Packaging Inc.^

9.25

4/15/2027

1,327,000

1,222,450

1,159,823

Trident Parent, LLC^

12.75

12/31/2028

1,151,000

1,156,307

1,202,795

Total Containers, Packaging, and Glass

16,973,000

16,005,171

15,326,195

Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing - 0.95%:

Chart Industries Inc.^

7.50

1/1/2030

948,000

949,585

953,146

Chart Industries Inc.^

9.50

1/1/2031

500,000

526,010

531,443

Heat Exchangers+

7.78

10/9/2025

652,344

705,588

630,970

International Desi+

6.50

11/15/2025

650,000

747,064

663,105

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Manufacturing

2,750,344

2,928,247

2,778,664

Diversified/Conglomerate Service - 7.26%:

Albion Fing 1 S A R L & Aggre Sr+^

8.75

4/15/2027

1,800,000

1,807,713

1,669,500

Engineering Group+

11.13

5/15/2028

1,485,000

1,627,861

1,568,839

Global Infrastructure Solutions, Inc.^

7.50

4/15/2032

5,298,000

4,757,157

4,533,128

Libra Group Bhd+

5.00

5/15/2027

700,000

850,082

669,510

Presidio, Inc.^

8.25

2/1/2028

5,462,000

5,423,210

5,218,710

Sabre Holdings Corporation^

8.63

6/1/2027

213,000

208,950

181,034

Sabre Holdings Corporation^

11.25

12/15/2027

317,000

311,860

292,527

Summer BC Holdco+

9.25

10/31/2027

1,666,932

2,089,065

1,433,419

United Site Services^

8.00

11/15/2029

2,397,000

2,374,500

1,299,274

Verisure Midholding AB+

7.13

2/1/2028

915,000

994,381

977,058

Verisure Midholding+

5.25

2/15/2029

3,575,000

4,323,549

3,314,672

Total Diversified/Conglomerate Service

23,828,932

24,768,328

21,157,671

Electronics - 0.68%:

Veritas Bermuda Ltd.^#

7.50

9/1/2025

2,356,000

2,213,811

1,968,167

Total Electronics

2,356,000

2,213,811

1,968,167

Finance - 5.86%:

Avolon Holdings+^

6.50

9/15/2024

3,820,964

3,465,993

3,639,468

CPUK FINANCE LTD+#

5.88

8/28/2027

235,000

292,809

279,448

Galaxy Bidco Ltd.+

6.50

7/31/2026

500,000

665,278

564,300

GTCR W Dutch Finance Sub B.V.^

7.50

1/15/2031

434,000

434,000

435,627

Icahn Enterprises LP#

6.25

5/15/2026

1,762,000

1,652,936

1,637,762

OneMain Finance Corporation+#

4.50

8/28/2027

965,000

1,011,540

1,015,511

PRA Group^#

5.00

10/1/2029

477,000

360,934

362,277

PRA Group^

7.38

9/1/2025

473,000

425,566

460,586

PRA Group^#

8.38

2/1/2028

4,518,000

4,256,800

4,111,380

Travelex(12.50%PIK)¤+

12.50

8/5/2025

3,014,171

3,879,042

4,339,582

Travelex¤+#>

8.00

5/15/2024

4,600,000

5,097,344

0

TVL FINANCE PLC+~#

9.21

4/28/2028

200,000

217,253

211,725

Total Finance

20,999,135

21,759,495

17,057,666

Healthcare, Education and Childcare - 7.74%:

AdaptHealth LLC^#

4.63

8/1/2029

602,000

496,357

462,042

AdaptHealth LLC^#

5.13

3/1/2030

2,729,000

2,329,037

2,113,219

Athena Health Inc.^#

6.50

2/15/2030

4,619,000

3,724,816

3,867,097

Bausch Health Companies Inc.+^#

8.38

10/1/2028

296,000

296,000

297,036

Bausch Health Companies Inc.+^

9.00

12/15/2025

2,707,000

2,701,864

2,462,368

Bausch Health Companies Inc.+^

9.00

1/30/2028

337,000

699,005

333,478

Bausch Health Companies Inc.+^

11.00

9/30/2028

598,000

1,061,382

403,471

Bausch Health Companies Inc.+^

14.00

10/15/2030

118,000

152,070

69,655

Cidron Aida Finco+

6.25

4/1/2028

1,650,000

2,275,266

1,772,421

Community Health System Inc.^

6.88

4/15/2029

286,000

286,000

153,010

Consensus Cloud Solutions Inc.^

6.50

10/15/2028

717,000

621,277

611,091

LifePoint Health Inc.¤^#

9.88

8/15/2030

2,140,000

2,138,189

2,071,798

LifePoint Health Inc.

11.00

10/15/2030

1,785,000

1,785,000

1,785,000

Neogen Corporation^

8.63

7/20/2030

1,654,000

1,654,000

1,724,862

Nidda BondCo GmbH+#

7.50

8/21/2026

500,000

513,822

531,929

Radiology Partners Inc.^

9.25

2/1/2028

6,061,000

6,370,624

2,394,095

RP Escrow Issuer LLC^#

5.25

12/15/2025

2,035,000

1,481,975

1,486,206

Total Healthcare, Education and Childcare

28,834,000

28,586,684

22,538,778

Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares, and Durable Consumer Products - 0.90%:

LBM Borrower, LLC^#

6.75

5/15/2026

1,176,000

1,022,794

588,000

Staples Inc.^

10.75

4/15/2027

3,478,000

3,555,135

2,030,283

Total Home and Office Furnishings, Housewares, and Durable Consumer Products

4,654,000

4,577,929

2,618,283

Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment - 4.48%:

Allegiant Travel Co.^#

7.25

8/15/2027

2,810,000

2,777,049

2,644,913

Carnival Corp.+^

7.00

8/15/2029

183,000

183,000

180,437

Carnival Corp.+^#

6.00

5/1/2029

1,873,000

1,518,489

1,593,759

Center Parcs+#

6.50

8/28/2026

825,000

1,154,542

958,747

Center Parcs+#

6.14

8/28/2031

235,000

292,798

275,028

Golden Entertainment Inc.^

7.63

4/15/2026

2,000,000

1,975,297

1,995,720

Motion Topco Limited+#

7.38

6/15/2030

1,600,000

1,723,284

1,659,240

Ontario Gaming GTA LP+^

8.00

8/1/2030

694,000

700,852

694,000

Silk TopCo AS+

3.38

2/24/2025

950,000

853,246

875,826

Viking Holdings Ltd.+^

7.00

2/15/2029

2,384,000

2,030,041

2,193,280

Total Leisure, Amusement, Entertainment

13,554,000

13,208,598

13,070,950

Lodging - 0.07%:

SANI/IKOS Financial Holdings+#

5.63

12/15/2026

215,000

253,957

210,033

Total Lodging

215,000

253,957

210,033

Machinery (Non-Agriculture,Non-Construct,Non-Electronic) - 1.02%:

Emerald JV Holdings LP^

6.63

12/15/2030

2,371,000

2,371,000

2,284,387

Harsco Corp.^#

5.75

7/31/2027

793,000

699,441

697,467

Total Machinery (Non-Agriculture,Non-Construct,Non-Electronic)

3,164,000

3,070,441

2,981,854

Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals - 7.80%:

Arsenal AIC Parent LLC^#

8.00

10/1/2030

1,182,000

1,180,155

1,176,114

Coronado Global Resources Inc.+^

10.75

5/15/2026

4,846,000

5,093,862

5,015,735

First Quantum Minerals+^

7.50

4/1/2025

7,774,000

7,629,580

7,758,818

First Quantum Minerals+^

6.88

10/15/2027

200,000

200,000

191,883

First Quantum Minerals+^

8.63

6/1/2031

4,045,000

4,045,000

4,034,532

Hecla Mining Company

7.25

2/15/2028

4,699,000

4,970,357

4,546,239

Total Mining, Steel, Iron and Non-Precious Metals

22,746,000

23,118,954

22,723,321

Oil and Gas - 16.77%:

AmeriGas Partners LP^

9.38

6/1/2028

1,273,000

1,273,000

1,290,504

Antero Resources Corp.^

7.63

2/1/2029

930,000

982,523

942,478

Calumet Specialty Products^

9.25

7/15/2024

2,850,000

2,824,086

2,849,430

CGG SA+

7.75

4/1/2027

1,500,000

1,787,033

1,415,305

Energy Transfer LP~#

6.50

11/15/2171

3,440,000

3,147,600

3,160,278

Energy Transfer LP~#

7.13

5/15/2172

2,211,000

1,890,405

1,901,972

Enlink Midstream Partners LP

5.60

4/1/2044

5,413,000

3,623,780

4,492,790

Enlink Midstream Partners LP#

5.45

6/1/2047

3,000,000

2,399,801

2,351,812

Genesis Energy LP

7.75

2/1/2028

3,408,000

3,204,181

3,230,539

Genesis Energy LP

8.00

1/15/2027

2,639,000

2,639,563

2,543,550

Genesis Energy LP

8.88

4/15/2030

1,000,000

978,756

976,359

Harvest Midstream I L P^

7.50

9/1/2028

3,291,000

3,266,608

3,180,425

KCA Deutag+

9.88

12/1/2025

1,179,286

1,179,286

1,186,657

KCA Deutag International Limited(15.00%PIK)+

15.00

12/1/2027

917,617

917,617

925,646

KCA Deutag (12.06), SOFR + 9.0000%+~

12.06

12/1/2025

1,343,874

1,343,874

1,358,993

Nabors Industries LTD+^

7.25

1/15/2026

802,000

778,438

774,933

Nabors Industries LTD+^#

7.50

1/15/2028

1,630,000

1,480,383

1,506,933

NGL Energy Finance Corp.^

7.50

2/1/2026

4,203,000

4,240,537

4,156,418

Occidental Pete Corp.

8.50

7/15/2027

4,523,000

4,555,205

4,843,319

Range Res Corp

8.25

1/15/2029

494,000

499,414

506,472

Sunoco LP^#

7.00

9/15/2028

735,000

735,000

726,678

Waldorf Production UK LD+#

9.75

10/1/2024

1,424,944

1,419,533

1,417,819

Weatherford Intl Ltd Bermuda Sr Glbl+^

8.63

4/30/2030

3,092,000

3,105,981

3,115,638

Total Oil and Gas

51,299,721

48,272,604

48,854,948

Personal, Food, and Miscellaneous - 0.33%:

Brinker International^

8.25

7/15/2030

998,000

997,288

960,575

Total Personal Transportation

998,000

997,288

960,575

Personal Transportation - 0.11%:

Naviera Armas¤+

15.71

3/31/2026

486,912

623,410

334,612

Total Personal Transportation

486,912

623,410

334,612

Printing and Publishing - 2.71%:

Cimpress PLC+

7.00

6/15/2026

2,069,000

2,069,000

1,936,398

Getty Images Inc.^

9.75

3/1/2027

5,972,000

6,089,561

5,965,362

Total Printing and Publishing

8,041,000

8,158,561

7,901,760

Retail Store - 1.92%:

Bath & Body Works Inc.#

6.88

11/1/2035

262,000

238,073

233,989

Bath & Body Works Inc.#

7.60

7/15/2037

1,471,000

1,313,598

1,293,827

Life Time, Inc.^

8.00

4/15/2026

861,000

831,619

845,933

Marcolin S.p.A+

6.13

11/15/2026

475,000

578,239

470,352

Nordstrom Inc.#

5.00

1/15/2044

2,000,000

1,196,705

1,180,200

PetSmart LLC^#

4.75

2/15/2028

616,000

563,168

539,523

PetSmart LLC^#

7.75

2/15/2029

1,108,000

1,091,714

1,032,455

Total Retail Store

6,793,000

5,813,116

5,596,279

Telecommunications - 3.81%:

Altice France Holding S.A.+#

4.00

7/15/2029

643,000

501,661

487,765

Altice France Holding S.A.+^#

5.13

7/15/2029

957,000

672,460

678,617

Altice France Holding S.A.+^

10.50

5/15/2027

2,240,000

2,072,850

1,397,647

Commscope Inc.^

8.25

3/1/2027

1,173,000

1,139,924

766,585

Digicel Limited ¤+^>

8.25

9/30/2025

2,500,000

2,491,364

0

Frontier Communications Corporation^

8.75

5/15/2030

774,000

774,000

734,894

Frontier Communications Hldgs Sr Sec Glbl^#

6.00

1/15/2030

3,976,000

3,351,319

2,908,209

Telecom Italia+#

7.88

7/31/2028

1,200,000

1,304,693

1,313,351

Telefonica SA+~#

7.13

11/23/2171

1,400,000

1,524,573

1,517,154

Uniti Group LP / Uniti Group Finance Inc.^

6.50

2/15/2029

330,000

330,000

216,089

Viasat^

6.50

7/15/2028

790,000

790,000

547,075

Vodafone Group PLC+~

6.25

10/3/2078

550,000

542,025

540,194

Total Telecommunications

16,533,000

15,494,869

11,107,580

Transportation - 2.05%:

Carriage Purchaser Inc.^#

7.88

10/15/2029

7,106,000

6,366,511

5,389,972

Castor S.p.A., 3M EURIBOR + 5.250%+~

9.10

2/15/2029

477,000

542,554

477,887

Titan Holdings II+

5.13

7/15/2029

113,000

133,866

97,308

Total Transportation

7,696,000

7,042,931

5,965,167

Utilities - 1.92%:

Electricite de France SA+~

9.13

12/15/2171

350,000

350,000

364,608

Electricite de France SA+~#

4.00

10/4/2172

700,000

715,783

720,352

Enbridge Inc.+~#

8.25

1/15/2084

1,624,000

1,624,000

1,593,123

Talen Energy Supply, LLC^

8.63

6/1/2030

2,837,000

2,868,124

2,908,213

Total Utilities

5,511,000

5,557,907

5,586,296

Total Corporate Bonds

334,919,044

329,255,862

296,836,286

Total Fixed Income

440,305,668

431,907,844

381,058,604

Total Investments

$

433,011,381

$

382,602,038

Other assets and liabilities - (31.34)%

(91,289,157)

Net Assets - 100%

$

291,312,881

Percentages are calculated as a percent of net assets applicable to common shareholders.

LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate

EURIBOR - Euro Interbank Offered Rate

  • Securities are non-income producing.
  • The effective interest rates are based on settled commitment amount.
  • Value determined using significant unobservable inputs, security is categorized as Level 3. + Foreign security.
    ^ Security exempt from registration under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may only be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. ~ Variable rate security. The interest rate shown is the rate in effect at September 30, 2023.
    # All or a portion of the security is segregated as collateral for the credit facility.
  • Bank loans are exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, but contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot be sold publicly. These loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically. The interest rates shown for bank loans are the current interest rates at September 30, 2023. Bank loans are also subject to mandatory and/or optional prepayment which cannot be predicted. As a

result, the remaining maturity may be substantially less than the stated maturity shown.

  • Defaulted security.
    Distributions of investments by country of risk. Percentage of assets are expressed by market value excluding cash and accrued income as of September 30, 2023.

United States of America

85.1%

United Kingdom

4.8%

Zambia

3.1%

France

2.4%

Italy

1.3%

Germany

1.2%

(Individually less than 1%)

2.1%

100.0%

A summary of outstanding derivatives at September 30, 2023 is as follows:

Schedule of Open Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts

September 30, 2023

Forward

Unrealized

Currency to be

Currency to be

Counterparty of

Settlement

Appreciation /

Received

Delivered(1)

Contract

Date

(Depreciation)

30,000,648

USD

29,573,901

EUR

JP Morgan Chase

10/18/2023

426,747

12,556,241

USD

12,287,899

GBP

Morgan Stanley

10/18/2023

268,342

$

695,089

(1) Values are listed in U.S. dollars.

Valuation of Instruments

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. A three-tier hierarchy is utilized to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. For example, market participants would consider the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value, such as a pricing model, and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity's own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and are developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is 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.)

Level 3 - significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in Level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The following is a summary of the inputs used as of September 30, 2023 in valuing the Fund's investments:

Description

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Total Investments

Assets:

Equities:

Common Stocks

$

-

$

1,432,480

$

-

$

1,432,480

Warrants

-

-

110,954

110,954

Total Equities:

-

1,432,480

110,954

1,543,434

Fixed Income:

Asset-Backed Securities

-

43,536,984

-

43,536,984

Bank Loans

-

29,779,384

10,905,950

40,685,334

Corporate Bonds

-

290,090,293

6,745,993

296,836,286

Total Fixed Income

-

363,406,662

17,651,942

381,058,604

Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts

-

695,089

-

695,089

Total Assets:

$

-

$

365,534,231

$

17,762,896

$

383,297,127

Liabilities:

Forward Foreign Exchange Contracts:

$

-

$

-

$

-

$

-

Total Liabilities:

$

-

$

-

$

-

$

-

The following table is a summary of quantitative information about significant unobservable valuation inputs for Level 3 fair value measurement for investments held as of September 30, 2023. The table does not include Level 3 financial instruments with values based upon unadjusted third-party pricing information in the amount of $17,762,896. A significant change in third party information could result in a significantly lower or higher value of such Level 3 financial instruments:

Type of Assets

Fair Value as of September 30, 2023

Valuation Technique(s)

Unobservable Input

Equities

ESC CB 144A High Ridge

$ -

Expected Transaction

$0.00; Value derived from pending receipt

Although the Fund believes the valuation methods described above are appropriate, the use of different methodologies or assumptions to determine fair value could result in different estimates of fair value at the reporting date.

The Fund discloses transfers between levels based on valuations at the end of the reporting period. Based on end of period market values, $0 was transferred from Level 2 to Level 3 for the period from June 30, 2023, through September 30, 2023. The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments based upon the inputs used to determine fair value:

CHANGE IN

UNREALIZED

BALANCE AT

APPRECIATION /

DECEMBER 31,

TRANSFERS

TRANSFERS

ACCRETION OF

REALIZED GAIN /

(DEPRECIATION)

BAL

2022

INTO LEVEL 3

OUT OF LEVEL 3

PURCHASES

SALES

DISCOUNT

(LOSS)

ON INVESTMENTS

Septem

Equities

Campfire TopCo Limited

-

-

-

149

-

-

-

(149)

ESC CB 144A High Ridge

41,748

-

-

-

-

-

-

(41,748)

Travelex Private Equity

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Naviera Armas Class

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Naviera Armas Class

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Naviera Armas Class

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Naviera Armas Class

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

Common Stocks

41,748

-

-

149

-

-

-

(41,897)

Travelex Topco Limited

120,666

-

-

-

-

-

(9,712)

Warrants

120,666

-

-

-

-

-

-

(9,712)

Total Equities

162,414

-

-

149

-

-

-

(51,609)

Bank Loans

QUEST BORROWER

3,371,352

-

-

(2,103,454)

-

(775,372)

1,330,321

(DELL

SOFTWARE/QUEST/ONE

IDENTITY)

Bahia De Las Isletas SL

-

-

-

96,330

(13,233)

1,923

1,481

(6,083)

Bahia De Las Isletas SL

-

-

-

18,422

-

137

-

(426)

Bahia De Las Isletas SL

-

-

43,073

-

-

-

(3,249)

BAUSCH AND LOMB

-

-

3,121,387

-

-

-

(11,823)

9/23 INCREMENTAL T/L

CP IRIS HOLDCO I 2ND

2,014,336

-

-

-

-

-

23,980

LIEN T/L (IPS)

FLORIDA FOOD

1,350,000

-

-

-

2,793

-

(182,793)

PRODUCTS 2ND LIEN

T/L

GIP PILOT

-

-

1,161,140

-

-

-

1,458

ACQUISITION

PARTNERS T/L

KOPPERS T/L

-

-

1,251,613

(3,226)

1,688

95

36,927

VALCOUR PKG(MOLD-

3,750,000

-

-

-

-

-

-

(1,750,000)

RITE) T/L 2ND LIEN

Bank Loans

7,114,336

-

-

5,691,965

(16,459)

6,541

1,576

(1,892,009)

Corporate Bonds

LIFEPOINT HEALTH

-

-

-

2,138,189

-

-

-

(66,391)

INC

ANARAFE S.L.

357,193

-

-

30,860

-

(16,596)

-

(36,845)

DIGICEL GROUP LTD

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

TRAVELEX FINANCING

-

-

-

-

-

-

TRAVELEX ISSUERC

4,011,338

-

-

572,863

-

39,719

-

(284,338)

LTD

Corporate Bonds

4,368,532

-

-

2,741,912

-

23,123

-

(387,574)

Total

$ 11,645,281

$

-

$

-

$ 8,434,026

$ (16,459)

$

29,664

$

1,576

$ (2,331,192)

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