UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number                811-08104                

 

Touchstone Funds Group Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

303 Broadway, Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

E. Blake Moore Jr.

303 Broadway, Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 800-638-8194

 

Date of fiscal year end: September 30

 

Date of reporting period: September 30, 2022

 

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Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

 

(a)The Report to Shareholders is attached herewith.

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022
Annual Report
Touchstone Funds Group Trust
Touchstone Active Bond Fund
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund
Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
(formerly Touchstone Credit Opportunities Fund)
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund
Touchstone High Yield Fund
Touchstone Impact Bond Fund
Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund
Touchstone Mid Cap Fund
Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund
Touchstone Small Cap Fund
Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund
Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund

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Letter from the President 3
Management's Discussion of Fund Performance (Unaudited) 4-39
Tabular Presentation of Portfolios of Investments (Unaudited) 40-43
Portfolios of Investments:  
Touchstone Active Bond Fund 44-50
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 51-54
Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (formerly Touchstone Credit Opportunities Fund) 55-61
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund 62-63
Touchstone High Yield Fund 64-66
Touchstone Impact Bond Fund 67-71
Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund 72-73
Touchstone Mid Cap Fund 74
Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund 75
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 76
Touchstone Small Cap Fund 77
Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund 78-79
Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 80-84
Statements of Assets and Liabilities 86-89
Statements of Operations 90-91
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 92-95
Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity 96-102
Financial Highlights 103-115
Notes to Financial Statements 116-135
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 136-137
Other Items (Unaudited) 138-142
Management of the Trust (Unaudited) 143-145
Privacy Protection Policy 147
This report identifies the Funds' investments on September 30, 2022. These holdings are subject to change. Not all investments in each Fund performed the same, nor is there any guarantee that these investments will perform as well in the future. Market forecasts provided in this report may not occur.
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Letter from the President
Dear Shareholder:
We are pleased to provide you with the Touchstone Funds Group Trust Annual Report. Inside you will find key financial information, as well as manager commentaries for the Funds, for the twelve months ended September 30, 2022.
Capital markets offered few safe havens over the prior 12-months as investor sentiment turned progressively negative during the final three quarters of the 12-month period.  There were multiple reasons for declining asset prices including rising inflationary pressures, higher commodity costs, supply chain challenges, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and U.S. Federal Open Market Committee actions regarding rate increases.  By the spring of 2022, the impact of Russia’s Ukrainian invasion had seemingly been priced into the market and investor concern had shifted back to U.S. Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) rate policy and the potential for an economic recession either in the second half of this year or 2023.  These recessionary concerns were exacerbated by negative growth in U.S. gross domestic product reported for first quarter 2022 and inflationary pressures, which continued throughout the first three quarters of 2022 due to healthy consumer demand along with supply constraints related to China’s economic troubles and the ongoing Russian war. Faced with inflationary pressures, the Fed’s response has been to implement a series of unprecedented rate hikes this year, the first since 2018, with two hikes of 75 basis points coming in the third quarter alone. Outside the U.S., inflationary issues persisted as well, primarily in the developed markets of Western Europe as Germany, Italy and France felt the impact of supply chain challenges and slowing natural gas and oil imports from Russia following their invasion of Ukraine.  The U.S. dollar strengthened as geopolitical risks, higher U.S. interest rates compared to developed markets, and relatively less attractive economic outlooks outside the U.S. attracted foreign capital.  Broadly, both developing and developed markets were negatively impacted by the strong U.S. dollar.   
Given the aforementioned macroeconomic backdrop during the 12-month period, geopolitical concerns and diminishing expectations for the Fed’s ability to achieve a “soft landing”, it is not surprising that equity markets posted significantly negative returns.  The S&P 500® Index moved into Bear Market territory by declining over 20 percent from its January 2022 peak to the end of September 2022.  From a market capitalization perspective, small capitalization stocks underperformed mid-caps, while mid-caps underperformed large-caps.  Value equities outperformed Growth equities across the capitalization spectrum as the rise in interest rates was a headwind for stocks trading at higher valuation multiples.  Outside the U.S., emerging markets lagged the U.S. large cap market and the non-U.S. developed equity markets due primarily to the disruption in China stemming from the country’s zero-COVID policy. 
Within U.S. fixed income markets, persistent inflation and aggressive Fed rate moves pushed the Treasury yield curve higher across all relevant maturities but saw the largest increase in the three month to five-year portion of the curve.  These moves in yield resulted in a decline for the investment grade universe.  Municipal bonds were also impacted by the rising yield curve.  In the U.S. credit markets, the looming concerns of inflation and higher future financing rates weighed on the corporate debt space as both investment grade and non-investment grade corporate bond spreads widened.  The leveraged loan market was more defensive than the high yield bond market as leveraged loans were priced at floating interest rates rather than fixed interest rates.
We are reminded especially in periods like these of the importance of the steady hands of financial professionals, trust in your investment strategy, and the risks of trying to time the market. Furthermore, we believe that environments that are more volatile create more opportunity for active managers to add value, especially those that are Distinctively Active.  We greatly value your continued support.  Thank you for including Touchstone as part of your investment plan.
Sincerely,
E. Blake Moore Jr.
President
Touchstone Funds Group Trust
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Touchstone Active Bond Fund
Sub-Advised by Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Active Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks to provide as high a level of current income as is consistent with the preservation of capital. Capital appreciation is a secondary goal. In deciding what securities to buy and sell for the Fund, the overall investment opportunities and risks in different sectors of the debt securities market are analyzed by focusing on maximizing total return and reducing volatility of the Fund’s portfolio. A disciplined sector allocation process is followed in order to build a broadly diversified portfolio of bonds.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Active Bond Fund (Class A Shares) underperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, for the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -16.52 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the total return of the benchmark was -14.60 percent.
Market Environment
Factors influencing markets for the 12-month period varied from positive effects from continued relaxing of pandemic restrictions, to the negative impacts from military conflict in Ukraine, persistently high inflation, and tighter central bank policy around the world.  Global conflict and sharp monetary tightening were most impactful, as risk assets (equities, credit spreads) generally performed poorly and interest rates reached multi-year highs.
At the end of 2021 and into 2022, expectations for the global economy were strong.  Consensus estimates for U.S. gross domestic product growth were nearly 4% at the beginning of 2022.  Pandemic restrictions were being lifted and an economic rebound was focused on the unleashing of pent-up demand for activities that had been restricted for the previous two years.  Subsequent events have tempered expectations, with the most recent estimates of 2022 economic growth declining to 1.5%.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 was a negative for markets, initially fearing that the conflict would spread to greater Europe.  For U.S. markets, the most direct impact of the conflict was an increase in commodity prices, fueling higher energy and food costs for consumers.  As fears subsided that the conflict would expand beyond the Ukrainian border, markets calmed, but the effects of higher commodity prices persisted.  Europe is facing winter with reduced natural gas supplies from Russia, and U.S. inflation increased as these higher prices were passed through to consumers.
For the past year, inflation has been well above the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (“Fed”) 2% target, averaging nearly 6% in 2022.  Hopeful that inflation would drift towards 2% as pandemic effects subsided, the Fed and markets were initially sanguine regarding the amount of rate increases that would be needed over the coming months.  As the inflation data remained high and increasingly persistent, expectations of Fed rate hikes increased substantially.  Through the end of third quarter 2022, the Fed has raised interest rates by 3% and is expected to reach 4.5% in early 2023.  U.S. Treasury yields have risen sharply, reaching the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis and inverting yield curves to levels not seen since the 1980s.  For many bond market indices, 2022 is the worst year on record amid substantial price declines.
Increasingly tight monetary policy and slowing growth have been strong headwinds for risk assets.  Equities are firmly in bear market territory, down more than 20% from highs, and credit spreads are nearing the widest levels of the 12 month period. Recession risk has increased and markets are facing a very uncertain and likely volatile period ahead. Looking ahead for the U.S.economy, growth is slowing and inflation remains too high, but there are signals that inflation may soften over the next several months.
Regarding growth, the most positive sector of the U.S. economy is the consumer.  Spending will be supported by a job market that has remained strong in spite of weakness in other economic indicators.  However, as tight financial conditions lead to slower growth, a weaker labor market can be expected.  Job openings are plentiful, especially compared to the number of unemployed people, but recent reports have indicated somewhat better balance as labor force participation rose and job openings have leveled off.  Wage growth, while still at the higher end of recent ranges, is also showing signs of moving to lower levels.  The relative strength of the consumer increases the chances of a soft landing, but the strength has also been a source of unease for policymakers who are focused on the potential impact on inflation.
The most direct impact of higher interest rates can be seen in the housing market, which can be expected to detract from growth over coming quarters.  Affordability has fallen dramatically as rates have risen, and all indicators of the housing market have declined over the past several months.  Along with contributing to slower growth, housing prices are likely to level off as demand eases, the effects of which will filter through the various measures of inflation over the next several months.
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Business spending, while weaker in the third quarter 2022, has been a consistent contributor to economic growth.  Recent data indicates softening, especially in the manufacturing sectors, as global growth slows and inventories rise.  One positive development is that many of the supply chain issues that have impacted this sector since the pandemic are showing improvement.  Price pressures have declined as a result, which will help to soften the overall level of inflation.
Inflation data and monetary policy will remain the biggest driver of markets. Markets were hopeful that inflation was slowing after the July Consumer Price Index report was below expectations, but those hopes were dashed the following month as the August report was above expectations and broad-based.  The Fed responded aggressively with the second consecutive 0.75% rate hike and recent Fed communications have emphasized the resolve to control inflation even if doing so results in a recession.  Slower growth, lower commodity prices, and stable/lower inflation expectations will likely lead to a lower pace of inflation over coming months, but Fed policy will pivot only when inflation is on a decisive turn lower, which is unlikely until sometime in 2023.
Credit spreads across sectors and quality ranges are close to widest levels of the year, generally in the 70 percentile relative to history.  While relatively wide, credit spreads still are not indicating significant concern of an imminent recession.  If the economy slows more/faster than expected, credit spreads are likely to widen further.  However, if a soft landing is achieved or a recession is shallow, the current level of spreads is attractive.  As a result, we believe current valuations support a modest overweight to risk in portfolios.
Outlook and Conclusion
From an absolute return perspective, the return prospects for fixed income are the most attractive in the past decade.  Entering 2021, market yields were very low and offered little cushion against price declines from rising interest rates.  At higher interest rate levels, the yield offered by fixed income can now offer a buffer against price changes and, in the long-term, generate returns more consistent with historical averages for fixed income.
Relative to the benchmark, the wider level of credit spreads is the greatest opportunity for the Fund going forward. The Fund is positioned to potentially benefit from stable/tighter credit spreads.
We believe the biggest concern for markets and the Fund are related to inflation and monetary policy.  The Fed has tightened aggressively to combat inflation well above target, which has remained more persistent than expected.  Tighter Fed policy has led to the tightest level of financial conditions since the onset of the pandemic, which will continue to press economic growth lower.  To control inflation, the Fed has indicated it will continue to raise rates even if it causes a recession.  For the Fund, a steeper economic decline would likely lead to wider credit spreads, a negative for the Fund’s positioning.  However, the Fund will be in a position to increase risk allocation if the team thinks that is appropriate.
We believe the Fund is positioned to perform well in a stable/improving environment for risk assets. We believe valuations have adjusted appropriately given the macro environment and potential risks.  If conditions improve, we believe the Fund is positioned well to benefit.  If volatility continues and economic growth deteriorates further, the Fund is also in a position to add positions opportunistically if risk assets experience weakness.  Additionally, we believe positive security selection can benefit in many different market environments.
We are targeting an overweight to spread risk representing 50% of the risk budget. This overweight is supported by 1) our view that the resilience of the U.S. consumer enables the economy to withstand tighter Fed policy, with any decline in activity likely to be shallow, and 2) valuations that are generally compelling and above the 70 percentile relative to history.
Sector positioning reflects our overall positive outlook on valuations, attractive relative value, and opportunities within each sector.  Sector allocations were generally unchanged for the period. The strategy maintained an overweight to Investment Grade Credit (“IG”).  Within IG, risk was reduced slightly into strength in the period.  Preferred securities were reduced based on relative value to BBBs.  The team is finding value in non-cyclical sectors such as Utilities, Health Care, and Food/Beverage while selectively adding financials and BBB cyclicals such as Technology and Chemicals.
Securitized Products remain an overweight exposure relative to the benchmark.  Within the sector, the team slightly increased the weight to Agency Mortgage Backed Securities as spreads widened with higher rates.  High-quality Commercial Mortgage Backed Securities remains an attractive relative value opportunity to other credit sectors. We continue to favor non-agency exposure and are positioned appropriately with overweight exposure to Asset Backed Securities, Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities, and Collateralized Loan Obligations. The overweight allocation to Emerging Markets Debt (EMD) was generally unchanged during the period.  Valuations are attractive, especially in the High Yield portion of the market.  Emerging Markets High Yield spreads finished the period in their widest decile relative to history.  Latin America remains the largest regional exposure within the sector.
We are positioning the Fund with a slight long duration bias, focused in the intermediate part of the curve.  We believe the current level of rates reflects an appropriate amount of Fed tightening, and that the growth and inflation outlook will bias interest rates lower over the next several months.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Active Bond Fund - Class A* and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Active Bond Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -19.21% -1.36% 0.48%
Class C -17.98% -1.15% 0.36%
Class Y -16.32% -0.15% 1.22%
Institutional Class -16.26% -0.07% 1.30%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index -14.60% -0.27% 0.89%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 3.36% of the NAV (or 3.25% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Note to Chart
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index comprised of U.S. investment grade, fixed rate bond market securities, including government, government agency, corporate and mortgage-backed securities between one and ten years.
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Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund
Sub-Advised by TOBAM S.A.S.
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks capital appreciation. TOBAM’s methodology seeks to enhance the diversification of portfolio holdings to reduce market bias and potentially improve risk-adjusted returns. TOBAM’s process selects individual stocks and their weights in an effort to reduce the correlations between individual holdings. This enables the creation of portfolios that seek to mitigate the inherent concentration risks associated with capitalization-weighted benchmarks. The lower correlations have the potential to provide a differentiated source of value than other methods of diversification. This quantitative approach creates fully invested, long-only portfolios that do not use leverage, and are designed to help guard against structural biases.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund (Class Y Shares) underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI EAFE Index, over the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022. The Fund’s return was -31.55 percent compared to the -25.13 percent return of the MSCI EAFE Index.
Market Environment
Capital markets offered few safe havens over the prior 12-months as investor sentiment turned progressively negative during the final three quarters of the 12-month period.  There were multiple reasons for the declining asset prices including rising inflationary pressures, higher commodity costs, supply chain challenges, and Russia’s surprising invasion of Ukraine.  By the spring of 2022, the impact of the Ukrainian invasion had been priced into the market and investor concern had shifted back to inflationary pressures and the potential for recessionary conditions in most major economies.  Developed markets of Western Europe such as Germany, Italy and France felt the impact of supply chain challenges and slowing natural gas and oil imports from Russia following their invasion of Ukraine.  The U.S. dollar strengthened as geopolitical risks, higher U.S. interest rates compared to developed markets, and relatively less attractive economic outlooks outside the U.S. attracted foreign capital.  Broadly, both developing and developed markets were negatively impacted by the strong U.S. dollar.  Given this macroeconomic backdrop during the 12-month period and geopolitical concerns, non-U.S. developed market equities posted negative returns.  Growth-leaning sectors such as Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology as well as commodity-linked Industrials sector were among the worst-performing sectors in the MSCI EAFE Index, leading the benchmark into negative territory.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s relative underperformance during the 12-month period was driven by stock selection in the Materials, Health Care and Consumer Staples sectors.  Weak performance in these sectors more than offset better-than-benchmark performance in the Financials, Real Estate and Communication Services sectors.
Outlook and Conclusion
TOBAM’s Anti-Benchmark® strategy does not forecast but simply seeks to maximize diversification. Thus, it does not include fundamental analysis of individual stocks, countries, sectors, economic environments or factors. No discretionary tactical or strategic asset allocation decisions are made with respect to specific regions, sectors or industries. TOBAM’s investment process consists of seeking to maximize diversification from a bottom-up perspective. Securities are bought or sold solely in relation to their potential relative diversification benefits within the portfolio. A security will be completely sold when it no longer provides the most marginal diversification among all available stocks in the universe, and others purchased when they begin to provide more marginal diversification. TOBAM’s patented Anti-Benchmark® approach is designed to avoid explicit and implicit biases in terms of sector, style, market cap and other statistical measures. For this reason, we apply as few constraints as possible and do not rely on any given view or forecast, in order to avoid unwanted systematic exposures. The Fund’s portfolio reflects even risk contributions from all independent effective risk factors in the investment universe, which may include sector and country factors.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund - Class Y* and the MSCI EAFE Index
Average Annual Total Returns
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 1 Year Since
Inception*
Class Y -31.55% -4.45%
Institutional Class -31.26% -4.26%
MSCI EAFE Index -25.13% 0.36%
* The chart above represents performance of Class Y shares only, which will vary from the performance of Institutional Class shares based on the difference in fees paid by the shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of the Fund was November 19, 2018. The returns of the index listed above are based on the inception date of the Fund.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Note to Chart
The MSCI EAFE Index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization index that is designed to measure developed market equity performance, excluding U.S. and Canada.
MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used to create indices or financial products. This report is not approved or produced by MSCI.
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Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
Sub-Advised by Ares Capital Management II LLC ("Ares")
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (the “Fund”) seeks absolute total return, primarily from income and capital appreciation. The Fund employs a flexible investment approach by allocating assets among core investments and opportunistic investments as market conditions change.  It invests in several broad investment categories, including high yield bonds, bank loans, special situations, structured credit and hedges.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (Class A Shares) underperformed its benchmark, the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -10.60 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the total return of the benchmark was 0.62 percent.
Market Environment
Capital markets have come under pressure during the last twelve months due to elevated inflation, hawkish central bank policy, and geopolitical volatility, all of which have weighed on global economic growth and investor sentiment. Inflation has reached multi-decade highs on multiple occasions due to a mix of supply chain disruptions and strong consumer demand as restrictions due to COVID-19 lessened. To curb inflation, central banks around the world pivoted from quantitative easing to quantitative tightening, resulting in higher interest rates across the U.S. and Europe. Elevated inflation and rates, coupled with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has led to a slowdown of economic activity across the globe, and multiple periods of Gross Domestic Product contraction in the U.S. specifically. As a result, sentiment has decidedly shifted from “risk-on” to “risk-off” as investors rotated their portfolios amid rising rate, inflation, and geopolitical risks. Both equities and traditional fixed income declined. The sub-investment grade credit markets provided downside cushion relative to these asset classes, driven by high coupons and reduced duration risk, though negative for the period. High yield bonds declined while bank loans declined a lot less, the latter benefitting from strong demand due to their floating rate coupons. Reflective of broader risk-off sentiment, CCCs underperformed the broader high yield index while higher quality BBs have outperformed.
Portfolio Review
Portfolio duration was largely between 2 to 3.5 years. In general, the Fund invests in assets with low duration when compared to investment grade corporates and treasuries.  The spread between the 2- and 10-year treasuries is incorporated into our proprietary recession scorecard, which is used to assess the macro environment and lead to more informed positioning decisions. During this period, we have migrated the portfolio into a more defensive stance given our view of the go-forward direction of the global economy.
The Fund actively rotated exposures as we sought to optimize the portfolio following the migration of assets related to a Fund merger and more recently, increased the quality of the Fund amid rising macro concerns. As a result, issuer count was reduced amid rising idiosyncratic risk as higher cost inputs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine affected corporate fundamentals, leading to higher single name dispersion in the sub-investment grade credit markets. The portfolio maintained a bias towards fixed rate assets due to the lack of call protection of relatively higher credit quality when compared to syndicated loans, though duration remained significantly reduced when compared to investment grade equivalents. The Fund’s floating rate exposure was diversified during the period, reducing exposure to highly levered Technology and lower-quality syndicated loans in favor of higher yielding, diversified Collateralized Loan Obligation securities. By credit quality, the portfolio’s exposure to single B’s was reduced as we sought to move up in quality amid a deteriorating macro environment, with the allocation to BB and above being increased. As noted earlier, the Fund’s exposure to Technology was decreased as we sold highly levered software credits and maintained a bias towards Building Products and Energy. While the Fund maintained a bias towards U.S. assets, we recently took advantage of foreign exchange rates and weakness in European markets by selectively acquiring non-U.S. dollar bonds issued by multinationals at attractive levels.
Outlook and Conclusion
The period closed on a volatile note as markets responded to a hawkish policy outlook, renewed geopolitical uncertainty, and the energy crisis in Europe. Following a broader market selloff in September, risk assets rallied the first week in October 2022 as prospects for a policy pivot resurfaced after the U.K. government reversed its decision to cut the tax rate and manufacturing data surprised to the downside. Economic data continues to present a mixed picture - the outlook for future economic growth remains generally weak, with expectations of further softening of demand; however, year-over-year inflation in the U.S. and Europe remain elevated due to global supply chain issues and energy trade disruptions. Meanwhile, U.S. initial jobless claims decreased while sales of new single-family homes increased by 28% in August even as mortgage rates significantly increased. While a recession is
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increasingly likely and central banks continue to signal that growth may be hindered until inflation comes under control, we believe default rates should remain muted relative to previous dislocations as issuers are well-positioned to service their debt, maturities have been pushed out and liquidity shored up. Even if a recession is deeper and more protracted than we expect, we take comfort in the healthier corporate and consumer balance sheets relative to prior recessions. While we anticipate elevated volatility moving forward, given where yields are today, we view the long-term buying opportunity to be attractive. We are keeping a close watch on the developments in Ukraine and China and the resulting economic impacts, central bank policies, the energy crisis in Europe, as well as any idiosyncratic events that may arise in this unpredictable environment. We believe the Fund is well positioned to navigate broader macro volatility due to our focus on bottom-up, fundamental credit analysis, downside protection, and the experience and breadth of the Ares platform.
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund - Class A* and the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 1 Year 5 Years Since
Inception*
Class A -13.50% 1.39% 3.00%
Class C -11.84% 1.89% 3.19%
Class Y -10.47% 2.82% 4.10%
Institutional Class -10.39% 2.92% 4.20%
ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.62% 1.15% 0.94%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of the Fund was August 31, 2015. The returns of the index listed above are based on the inception date of the Fund.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 3.36% of the NAV (or 3.25% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Note to Chart
ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index of Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.
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Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund
Sub-Advised by Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund seeks a high level of current income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a portfolio of dividend-paying large-capitalization equities.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund (Class A Shares) outperformed its benchmark, Russell 1000® Value Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -9.90 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -11.36 percent.
Market Environment
Factors influencing markets for the 12-month period varied from positive effects from continued relaxing of COVID-19 pandemic restrictions, to the negative impacts from military conflict in Ukraine, persistently high inflation, and tighter central bank policy around the world.  Global conflict and sharp monetary tightening were most impactful, as risk assets (equities, credit spreads) generally performed poorly and interest rates reached multi-year highs.
At the end of 2021 and into 2022, expectations for the global economy were strong.  Consensus estimates for U.S. gross domestic product growth were nearly 4% at the beginning of 2022.  COVID-19 pandemic restrictions were being lifted and an economic rebound was focused on the unleashing of pent-up demand for activities that had been restricted for the previous two years.  Subsequent events have tempered expectations, with the most recent estimates of 2022 economic growth declining to 1.5%.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine in early 2022 was a negative for markets, initially fearing that the conflict would spread to greater Europe.  For U.S. markets, the most direct impact of the conflict was an increase in commodity prices, fueling higher energy and food costs for consumers.  As fears subsided that the conflict would expand beyond the Ukrainian border, markets calmed, but the effects of higher commodity prices persisted.  Europe is facing winter with reduced natural gas supplies from Russia, and U.S. inflation increased as these higher prices were passed through to consumers.
For the period, inflation has been well above the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (“Fed”) 2% target, averaging nearly 6% in 2022.  Hopeful that inflation would drift towards 2% as pandemic effects subsided, the Fed and markets were initially sanguine regarding the amount of rate increases that would be needed over the coming months.  As the inflation data remained high and increasingly persistent, expectations of Fed rate hikes increased substantially.  Through the end of third quarter 2022, the Fed has raised interest rates by 3% and is expected to reach 4.5% in early 2023.  U.S. Treasury yields have risen sharply, reaching the highest levels since the 2008 financial crisis and inverting yield curves to levels not seen since the 1980s.  For many bond market indices, 2022 is the worst year on record amid substantial price declines.
Increasingly tight monetary policy and slowing growth have been strong headwinds for risk assets.  Equities are firmly in bear market territory, and credit spreads are nearing the widest levels of the 12-month period. Recession risk has increased and markets are facing a very uncertain and likely volatile period ahead.
Energy was the best performing sector over the period as oil prices rose above $100/barrel for the first time since 2014.  Defensive sectors, including Health Care, Consumer Staples and Utilities, also outperformed as volatility increased and equity markets moved lower. Value stocks outpaced Growth stocks.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s outperformance was primarily driven by strong security selection, while sector allocation detracted from relative performance.
Stock selection within Information Technology and Health Care were the largest contributors to relative performance.  An overweight allocation to Information Technology was the primary driver of negative sector allocation. Information Technology underperformed as higher interest rates pressured valuations for higher growth, long duration stocks.
Among the largest individual contributors to relative performance were overweight positions in Valero Energy Corp. (Energy sector), Lockheed Martin Corp. (Industrials sector), and AbbVie Inc.(Health Care sector), along with underweight positions to The Walt Disney Company (Communication Services sector) and Salesforce Inc. (Information Technology sector).
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Valero Energy, one of the largest independent refiners, outperformed as the entire Energy sector benefitted from higher commodity prices during the period. Although higher oil prices can be a headwind to refiners, current price levels and crack spreads combined with elevated demand support healthy margins for refiners.
Lockheed Martin was the second largest contributor to relative returns during the period. The Fund increased its exposure to defense names in late 2021 as the sector underperformed and was relatively attractive compared to the broader market.  This positioning benefitted the portfolio as defense names outperformed following the Russian invasion of Ukraine and renewed focus on defense spending.
The largest detractors from relative performance were overweight positions in VF Corporation (Consumer Discretionary sector), Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. (Industrials sector), Comcast Corporation (Communication Services sector), and Oracle Corporation (Information Technology sector), along with an underweight to ConocoPhillips (Energy sector).
VF Corp, the apparel maker of Vans, Timberland, and The North Face, was the largest detractor from performance as the name underperformed during the period.  The company provided guidance at its September analyst event that underwhelmed investors, resulting in a move lower for the stock following a wave of analyst price target cuts.  Higher costs and slowing consumer spending amid a worsening economic backdrop presents near-term challenges, but our long-term outlook remains intact due to its portfolio of strong brands with pricing power and high returns on capital.
Stanley Black & Decker, a market leader in the tools & outdoor space within industrials with brand names like Dewalt, Black & Decker, and Craftsman, detracted from performance during the period.  The name underperformed following several quarters of disappointing earnings and a material revision down in guidance.  The company is facing challenges from slowing consumer demand amid a fall in housing activity, while also facing a material inventory buildup that is pressuring earnings.  The stock is approaching levels seen at the depth of the global pandemic in March of 2020.  Compelling valuation and long-term fundamentals support an overweight to Stanley Black & Decker despite recent weakness in the business.
The Fund initiated positions in Visa Inc. (Information Technology sector), Bank of America Corporation (Financials sector), and Stanley Black & Decker Inc. (Industrials sector) while it eliminated positions in MetLife Inc. (Financials sector), UPS Inc. (Industrials sector), Linde plc (Materials sector), Kimberly-Clark Corporation (Consumer Staples sector), TE Connectivity Ltd. (Information Technology sector), HCA Healthcare Inc. (Health Care sector), and Parker Hannifin Corporation (Industrials sector).
Outlook and Conclusion
Following a steep sell-off in financial markets in the first half of 2022, U.S. markets rallied in July and into August. The catalysts were declines in prices of oil and other commodities that raised investors’ hopes that inflation had peaked and the  Fed would slow the pace of monetary tightening.
At the Jackson Hole meeting in late August 2022, however, Fed Chair Jerome Powell disappointed investors when he emphasized that inflation was too high and the Fed’s top priority was to bring it down to its 2 percent target. He acknowledged that this will likely require a sustained period of below-trend growth and a softening in labor market conditions.
Following a worse-than-expected inflation report for August, the Fed subsequently raised the funds rate by 75 basis points for the third consecutive Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) meeting to 3.0%- to-3.25%. The latest plots by Fed officials show the funds rate reaching 4.6% by early next year and then plateauing. This would imply it could be raised by 75 basis points and 50 basis points, respectively, at the next two FOMC meetings followed by a quarter point hike in early 2023.
Amid these developments, Treasury bond yields set new highs for 2022 and became inverted between two-year and long-dated instruments. At the same time, spreads between corporate bonds and Treasuries widened further. The selloff in the U.S. bond market in 2022 is now the worst in history. 
At the same time, the summer rally in stocks has reversed, and the U.S. stock market is back into bear territory. The best performing asset has been the U.S. dollar, which has appreciated against the major currencies this year and is at more than a two-decade high against the euro and the Japanese yen.
We believe the key issue for investors now relates to the chances that additional U.S. monetary tightening will spawn a U.S. recession. Our view is that if a U.S. recession were to materialize, it is likely to be less severe than the 2008 Global Financial Crisis for two reasons. First, there are no major sectoral imbalances and the financial sector is less exposed to the housing market and better capitalized today.
We believe it is also likely to be less impactful than the first two oil shocks because the U.S. is energy self-sufficient today, and oil prices have declined significantly from their peak earlier this year. Furthermore, inflation expectations are not as deeply embedded as they were in the 1970s and early 1980s.
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The risks of a global recession have certainly increased next year, with Europe decidedly in recession while the two largest economies—the U.S. and China—experience little or no growth. That said, valuations appear to be pricing in an increased risk of recession.
Although risks have risen, valuations have adjusted to compelling levels and we believe the long-term economic outlook is still promising. As such, we remain constructive on U.S. equities. As investors seek to avoid the risks of inflation, higher interest rates, and recession, dividend strategies are a compelling option. Dividend strategies have the potential to provide both capital appreciation and a growing stream of income while also providing downside protection through lower volatility during times of distress, as evidenced by returns this year.
Within the Fund, we are maintaining a cautious stance but are selectively finding bottom-up opportunities while reducing outperforming defensive names where valuations have become stretched. Earnings expectations remain stubbornly high and are at risk to fall amid slowing economic growth. Potential downside remains should equity earnings deteriorate.  We believe the Fund is positioned to withstand a further decline in equity prices due to its high quality approach, and are prudently adding to opportunities with long-term upside potential in more normalized environments.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund - Class A* and the Russell 1000® Value Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund* 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years Since
Inception
Class A* -14.41% -0.11% 6.73% 5.99%
Class C* -11.41% 0.41% 6.66% 5.55%
Class Y* -9.69% 1.29% 6.02%
Institutional Class* -9.62% -8.51%
Class R6* -9.56% -10.21%
Russell 1000® Value Index -11.36% 5.29% 9.17% 6.42%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares, Class R6 shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. Effective July 17, 2021, the AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund and the AIG Select Dividend Growth Fund merged into the Fund. The Fund adopted the performance and accounting history of the AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund (the "Predecessor Fund"). Prior to July 17, 2021, the Fund's performance history is that of the Predecessor Fund. The inception date of Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class R6 and Institutional Class shares was June 8, 1998, June 8, 1998, May 14, 2013, August 2, 2021 and July 19, 2021, respectively. The returns of the Index are based on the inception date of the Fund.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares, Class R6 shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
Russell 1000® Value Index measures those Russell 1000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower expected growth values.
The Frank Russell Company (FRC) is the source and owner of the data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. The material may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. This is a Touchstone Investments presentation of the data, and FRC is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in the presentation thereof.
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Touchstone High Yield Fund
Sub-Advised by Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone High Yield Fund seeks a high level of income as its main goal. Capital appreciation is a secondary consideration. The Fund primarily invests in non-investment-grade debt securities.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone High Yield Fund (Class A Shares) underperformed its benchmark, ICE BofA High Yield Cash Pay Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -14.88 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -13.98 percent.
Market Environment
The U.S. Treasury market saw a large and consistent rally for much of the period as yields of all maturity levels declined. In addition to the significant rally in U.S. Treasuries, there were times throughout the period where the U.S. Treasury curve inverted and the market began to worry about a possible recession or the increasing likelihood of one. Investment grade corporate securities with long durations and low spreads benefited the most from the decline in yields. Below-investment grade securities were impacted more severely; their typically shorter duration therefore were less advantaged by the intermediate-to-longer-term U.S. Treasury yield decreases and thus underperformed.
Within High Yield, BB- and B-rated bonds saw their spreads widen modestly while spread widening in CCC-rated bonds was much greater. This created a significant bifurcation of returns with BB- and B-rated bonds significantly outperforming their CCC-rated counterparts.
During the 12-month period, the top performing industries were Supermarkets, Banking, Life Insurance, and Wireless. These are all industries that are non-commodity related, less cyclical, and long in duration. The bottom performing industries were Oil Field Services and Independent Energy. These two industries are the only sizeable industries with a negative return over the twelve-month period. Despite oil staying reasonably range bound, investors have shunned owning this segment of the market over the past year on concerns of recession and increasing default rates.
Portfolio Review
Overall, sector allocation was neutral for the 12-month period. The Fund’s underweight to Independent Energy was the largest positive contributor as Energy was a bottom-performing sector. The Fund’s overweight positions to Food & Beverage and Cable/Satellite were additive as both are large non-cyclical industries that performed well as investors preferred issuers in more defensive sectors. An overweight to Pharmaceuticals and an underweight to Wireless were the two largest detractors.
Security selection positively contributed to performance and was driven by two main factors: an underweight to CCC-rated securities, and not owning several companies that went bankrupt or were trading as if they had defaulted. The largest headwinds to security selection revolved around two themes: the Fund overweight in Energy and an overweight in the Pharmaceuticals industry which was impacted by potential opioid litigation.
Outlook and Conclusion
We expect gross domestic product (GDP) growth to remain positive. Financial conditions are stable, fixed income market liquidity is adequate, credit fundamentals are solid with leverage and coverage at historical levels, there are limited maturities on the horizon and default rates are expected to remain low. This all provides a backdrop whereby we would expect credit markets to perform reasonably well.
We believe the greatest opportunity set for the Fund going forward would be either a continuation of the current environment of low growth mixed with relatively steady monetary policy or a meaningful sell-off in the high yield market. The Fund is positioned to emphasize credit selection over sector allocation as there are few apparent sector allocation opportunities in the current environment. Where there are sector opportunities, we have decided to express our views through quality (BB- versus B-rated) and not necessarily through a large under/overweight to the sector. Lastly, given the higher quality nature of the Fund, we would expect it to perform well in an environment where spreads widen significantly and CCC-rated bonds significantly underperform their BB- and B-rated counterparts.
In light of high yield’s relatively low spread and yield levels, the Fund is positioning toward the lower portion of our risk range. With the exception of the Energy segment, we believe that the BB- and B-rated segment of the market is fairly valued as fundamentals are
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solid, economic growth remains positive, and liquidity is available. The Fund maintains a substantially reduced CCC-rated bonds exposure. We believe this defensive stance positions the Fund well in a market in which CCC-rated bonds continue to struggle due to weak economic growth and a persistently risk averse investor base.
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone High Yield Fund - Class A* and the ICE BofA High Yield Cash Pay Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone High Yield Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -17.64% -0.55% 1.93%
Class C -16.36% -0.32% 1.81%
Class Y -14.70% 0.68% 2.70%
Institutional Class -14.63% 0.78% 2.78%
ICE BofA High Yield Cash Pay Index -13.98% 1.40% 3.85%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 3.36% of the NAV (or 3.25% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Note to Chart
ICE BofA High Yield Cash Pay Index is an unmanaged index used as a general measure of market performance consisting of fixed-rate, coupon-bearing bonds with an outstanding par which is greater than or equal to $50 million, a maturity range greater than or equal to one year and must be less than BBB/Baa3 rated but not in default.
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Touchstone Impact Bond Fund
Sub-Advised by EARNEST Partners LLC
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Impact Bond Fund (the “Fund”) seeks current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary goal. The Fund invests primarily in fixed income securities or sectors that are considered undervalued for their risk characteristics.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Impact Bond Fund (Class A Shares) outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index for the 12 month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -14.52 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -14.60 percent.
Market Environment
While a 12-month period typically contains many noteworthy macroeconomic related market events, the last 12-months have been almost singularly focused on inflation and the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (“Fed”) response to it. The Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) peaked at 9.1% in June, having recently retraced to 8.3%.  This is still well above where it was one year ago when it clocked in at 5.3%.  The unemployment rate has improved from 5.2% to 3.5% over this same period.  With the jobs market running at very healthy levels, the Fed turned its attention squarely at accelerating inflation.  The central bank fears that inflation could become unanchored as it did in the 1980’s, which was due in part to the Fed’s inadequate response to inflation during the late 1970’s.  They do not want to repeat this same mistake.  In their own terms, the economy will not work for anybody if inflation is running at persistently high levels.
To combat inflation the Fed has turned hawkish for the first time since 2018.  They have pushed the Federal Funds rate from 0.25% to 3.25% in the last twelve months and have indicated more rate hikes are likely needed.  They have also committed to lowering the size of their balance sheet by up to $95B per month.  These reductions will come from both its Treasury and Single-Family Mortgage Backed Securities  (“MBS”) holdings.
This new monetary policy led to large increases in rate markets broadly.  It has also led to a strong U.S. dollar, which decreases the attractiveness of U.S. fixed income for international investors seeking to hedge their currency risk.  Unsurprisingly, the front-end of the curve has moved in sympathy with the Fed’s increases to its key policy rate.  The yield of the two-year Treasury has increased from 0.28% to 4.28% over this period.  The yield curve has become fully inverted, with the 3.90% yield of the 6-month Treasury Bill now exceeding that of the 30-year Treasury Bond’s yield of 3.78%.  Moves on the long end of the curve are subject to many outside forces, and the moves higher this year have been aided by the combination of inflation and the nominal economic strength.
While riskier assets typically outperform during periods of safe-haven underperformance, this has not held in the current inflationary environment.  This is largely because the inflation adjusted strength of the economy has not kept up with the nominal strength experienced.  This weighs on real incomes, real spending, and real return prospects.  The tighter financial policy is eventually expected to cut off the nominal strength as well.  Combined, this has choked the return profile of riskier assets.  While risky financial assets represent a large spectrum, relative to Treasuries all other assets receive a risk premium.  This includes investment grade fixed income spread securities.  Over the last twelve months, the spread compensation provided as a premium for the risk assumed, has widened.  This widening has been large enough to offset any income related advantage.  As such, all sectors underperformed matched duration Treasuries over the last 12-months.
The underperformance is widespread.  A natural place to start is the U.S. Corporate Bond market, which has underperformed matched duration Treasuries.  These securities have faced credit concerns, primarily related to inflation induced margin pressure and the cost of refunding debt in the higher rate environment.  However, even high-quality corners of the market such as Single-Family MBS have underperformed matched duration Treasuries.  This sector has suffered at the hands of interest rate volatility and the Fed’s plans to reduce their substantial MBS holdings.  One of the better performing areas of the market is Multi-Family MBS, which has “only” underperformed matched duration Treasuries.
Portfolio Review
The macroeconomic environment has created a headwind on both an absolute and relative level.  Absolute returns have suffered due to the increase in interest rates.  The Fund’s overweight to spread products was the portfolio’s primary headwind (relative to the benchmark) during the period, as all major spread sectors underperformed matched duration Treasuries during the period.
Sector and security selection offset some of the losses from being broadly overweight spread securities.  The largest example of this was the Fund’s overweight to Multi-Family MBS to complement the underweight to Single-Family MBS.  The Fund’s overweight
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to U.S. Agencies was also beneficial for the portfolio relative to other spread sector opportunities.  Still, U.S. Agencies did underperform Treasuries.  Corporate exposure benefited due to the high quality and low volatility nature of the business profiles in which issuers are engaged.
The Fund's primary positioning is unchanged.  It remains overweight high quality spread bonds, underweight Treasuries, and underweight Single-Family MBS.  It has retained its quality, relative interest rate sensitivity, structural advantage, and spread advantage.
The largest change during the period was the increase in Rate Reduction Bonds.  This has long been a favored sector of our investment process.  However, a lack of issuance over the last decade has caused the allocation to this sector to dwindle.  Weather events led to a new wave of issuance during 2022.  These securities have a tremendously positive impact on the communities and individuals they support.  The structure and need for these securities is so strong that they are the only asset class that has never been downgraded from an AAA rating.  Over the last twelve months the portfolio’s allocation to these bonds has increased by more than 3%.  These purchases have largely come against allocations to various Agency and MBS sectors.
The Fund’s effective duration of 5.84 years continues to be approximately matched to that of the benchmark, representing 96% of the benchmark’s effective duration as of fiscal year end. The Fund entered the fiscal year at 97% of the benchmark’s duration.  Throughout the course of the year, the duration profile fluctuated between the low to high 90 percentiles.  While this range falls within our definition of being approximately duration neutral, due to the outsized and volatile moves in yields, the portfolio’s modestly shorter positioning did generate a relative performance benefit for the portfolio.  This positioning was not a call on interest rates, but instead related to where we identified value within our risk management construct of remaining approximately duration and curve neutral.
The portfolio is actively managed to be approximately duration and yield curve neutral.  Changes in the yield curve had little impact on the Fund’s relative performance during the period.
Outlook and Conclusion
As discussed, the macroeconomic backdrop has added to volatility and uncertainty.  This in turn has created a market that at times has offered investment opportunities, which appear to have become dislocated from each other.  As an example, we recently purchased a new Small Business Administration (“SBA”)  bond that was issued with a spread of +120 basis points over the 10-year Treasury.  A month earlier, a nearly identical bond was issued with a spread of +100 basis points.  This +20  basis points of widening over the relevant period was more than any of its frequent comparables.  Nothing about these securities changed, and they retain the same full faith and credit guarantee of the U.S. Government that they always have.  These types of pricing dislocations provide active managers an opportunity to act patiently and capitalize on unusual opportunities to capture value.
Away from the volatility, the shape of the yield curve also provides attractive investment opportunities.  While we will continue to run an approximately curve neutral portfolio, we will take some active positioning in securities across the curve due to the relative value the securities provide.  In the medium term, shorter securities should not provide more yield than longer securities.  Similarly, rolling down the yield curve from the 20-year point is a far more attractive total return proposition than rolling up the yield curve from the 30-year point.  So long as we maintain an approximately curve and duration neutral profile, we will continue to seek to capture value along the yield curve as these types of opportunities are unique and infrequent in nature.
Lastly the Fed and their balance sheet reduction plans still loom somewhere in the background.  The risk this poses to Agency Single-Family MBS remains significant.  When the securities are priced cheaply, we will seek to add to them.  However, the prospect of future selling by the  Fed is a risk that needs to be properly accounted for when evaluating the attractiveness of the securities.      
There are two large themes that the Fund is most exposed to, the first of which is the risk that inflation does become unanchored, moving to levels which causes a recession and subsequent rush into the safe haven that Treasuries represent.  This buying could be exacerbated by being funded with indiscriminate selling of spread securities.  In this scenario, the Fund’s significant underweight to Treasuries could become a large enough headwind to offset sector and security selection, which has held up during 2022.
Alternatively, if volatility were to subside in a serious manner and the Fed  was simultaneously able to efficiently reduce its Single-Family MBS, we would face a material headwind due to the significant underweight to the sector, which can perform quite well during periods of zero volatility.
We continue to monitor each of these risks and the value propositions they create.
While fixed income markets this year have experienced an increase in volatility and unheralded losses, we do see three bright rays of light.  The first is simple, yields are up.  As part of a balanced portfolio, fixed income’s role becomes more appealing when its income can deliver 4-5% instead of 1%.  Those higher yields also help offset any additional move higher in rates in a way that lower yields cannot. Additionally, while it still seems likely interest rates will increase on the front end of the curve that does not necessarily bode
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true for longer portions of the curve which are influenced by many factors away from the actions of the Fed.  Importantly, it is the intermediate and longer portions of the curve that matter for price related returns.  With yields up, these bonds now provide more value as a hedge against an economic contraction. Lastly, due to the increase in spreads, the compensation for taking risk is at the highest levels in years.
Overall, in 2022 we have approached the spread market with more caution given all the cross currents.  This has benefited performance.  We are still unambiguously overweight high-quality spread-products while significantly underweight both Treasuries and products with poor structure such as Single-Family MBS.  In a market where spreads have widened across the board, we are encouraged that the portfolio has hence far weathered the storm and been competitive.
We believe the Fund is well positioned going forward given the recent moves in spreads and that this leaves the Fund in a good starting place to earn more yield on both an absolute and relative basis going forward. Meanwhile, the Fund is positioned with a little extra dry powder that is invested in short and highly liquid Treasuries.  We look forward to finding the right market dynamics and opportunities to redeploy that capital back into the spread market.  We continue to view the Fund’s substantial underweight to Single Family-MBS as prudent given the risks the sector is exposed to, which are both fundamental and technical in nature.
Fund allocations to government debt has remained fairly consistent over the past twelve months.  The biggest change is we have shifted more of the allocation into other diversified AAA rated assets as they became available during the second and third quarter of 2022.  This caused the Fund’s weight to Agency rated bonds down to 45.4%, while increasing its exposure to other AAA rated bonds up.  Across the various agency buckets, the proportions to SBA, Multi-Family MBS, Single-Family MBS, and other programs has remained quite consistent.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Impact Bond Fund - Class A* and the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Impact Bond Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -17.34% -1.54% 0.21%
Class C -16.02% -1.32% 0.09%
Class Y -14.37% -0.34% 0.94%
Institutional Class -14.29% -0.22% 1.06%
Class R6* -14.27% -0.32% 0.95%
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index -14.60% -0.27% 0.89%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of Class R6 shares was November 22, 2021. Class R6 shares’ performance was calculated using the historical performance of Class Y shares for the periods prior to November 22, 2021. The returns have been restated for sales loads and fees applicable to Class R6 shares.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 3.36% of the NAV (or 3.25% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares, Class R6 shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Note to Chart
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index is an unmanaged index comprised of U.S. investment grade, fixed rate bond market securities, including government, government agency, corporate and mortgage-backed securities between one and ten years.
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Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund
Sub-Advised by Rockefeller & Co. LLC
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term growth of capital. The Fund primarily invests in equity securities of non-U.S. companies and generally focuses on larger, more established companies. The Fund selects investments based on an evaluation of a company’s sustainability and impact practices which considers environmental, social and governance (ESG) impacts and risks of a company, how well the company manages these impacts and risks and ascertains the company’s willingness and ability to take a leadership position in implementing best practices.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund (Class A Shares) underperformed its benchmark, the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -29.67 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge), while the total return of the benchmark was -25.17 percent.
Market Environment
The 12-month period ending September 30, 2022 was heavily influenced by surging inflation, a byproduct of aggressive U.S. Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) monetary policy during the pandemic.  Additionally, the Russia-Ukraine war has created an environment of energy insecurity in the Eurozone and has contributed to economic deterioration in the region.  New COVID-19 cases continue to linger globally, however, high vaccination rates and low fatality rates have desensitized the markets to COVID-19 related news outside of China where “Zero COVID-19” policy remains.  Global equity markets were weak during this period. Chair of the Fed, Jerome Powell, maintained the view that inflation was “transitory” for the greater part of 2021 but ultimately pivoted in late November.  He held this position while the U.S. Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) steadily rose from 1.4% in January 2021 to 6.8% as of the October 2021 reading.  U.S. CPI would continue to climb, peaking in June 2022 at 9.1% and softened to 8.3% in August.  The Fed initiated a rate hiking cycle in March 2022 nearly a year after CPI broke through 3.0%, and the Fed has been playing catchup ever since. The equity markets during the final 3 months of 2021 performed positively despite concerns around inflation and the COVID Omicron variant, and the MSCI All Country World ex-USA Index increased 1.9%.  Global new issuance market was vibrant in 2021 with U.S. Initial Public Offering (“IPO”) deal count achieving 20-year highs and total IPO proceeds of over $140 billion was the largest in history.  Elevated equity valuations were supportive of new capital formation but inflation and concerns regarding the magnitude of the Fed’s policy shift led to January declines. High inflation rates have weighed on consumer sentiment as well, as the University of Michigan Consumer Sentiment Index collapsed to 59.4 in March 2022 and has remained at low levels.
The invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent sanctions against Russian entities have exacerbated the global inflation problem.  Brent crude prices spiked north of $100/barrel, European gas prices tripled on the onset of the Russian attack and have since settled 50% higher, and grain prices have soared.  In essence, European Union household disposable income declined as a result and corporate investment decisions will likely be re-evaluated in the coming quarters.  Interest rate differentials have contributed to the U.S. dollar strength in the past year.  The euro, Japanese yen and the Korean won declined.  Foreign exchange volatility will present challenges to countries with limited natural resources, which are often priced in U.S. dollar, while export oriented nations may benefit from selling cheaper goods.  Global markets continued to decline over the course of 2022 as economic uncertainty remains.  While valuations have compressed across all major markets, earnings revisions may continue to drift lower as companies deal with volume challenges, high input costs, and foreign exchange volatility.  Global Purchasing Managers’ Indices are descending into contraction territory that is likely to result in negative growth in the coming year.  While this presents further volatility in the markets, valuations at decade lows suggests that negativity in the marketplace is adequately factored in.  If Europe can navigate their energy supply through the winter months or Russia-Ukraine war can subside, we believe a case can be made for a recovery in the markets.
Portfolio Review
The Fund underperformed the benchmark during the period, due in large part to the portfolio’s underweight to Energy and Consumer Staples and its overweight position in Industrials.  Consumer Discretionary was the most significant detracting sector, led lower by weakness in Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. and Sony Group Corp. Alibaba has been impacted by fluctuating COVID-19 lockdowns in China, which has suppressed economic activity. The stock originally traded higher in second quarter 2022 based on expectations that retail sales would improve upon reopening. However, additional lockdowns in third quarter 2022 continues to impact commerce activity, causing a reversal. Alibaba’s earnings release reflected lower merchandise volume, but profitability was better due to cost control. We continue to be constructive on the name based on eventual normalization. In addition, the industry should reflect greater expense discipline after digesting regulatory changes. Sony lagged due to its exposure to consumer electronics goods including gaming.  We believe that component shortages are the sole reason for the weaker installed based trajectory of game
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consoles, slowing new game releases.  Sony continues to maintain a leadership position in camera sensors, entertainment, and gaming while trading at attractive valuations. Koninklijke Philips N.V. was the single most significant detractor during the period as the company continues to struggle with the recall and remediation associated with their sleep apnea device, CPAP.  Based on the share price performance, the market appears to be estimating a potential $10-$15 billion liability impact to Philips, which we believe, is too punitive. Deutsche Post AG, a leading European logistics company was also a top detractor, with shares underperforming as Europe faces weaker growth prospects.  The company’s forward earnings multiple has decreased from 13x to 8x in 2022 which suggests ~40% earnings deterioration.  While Deutsche Post may experience a cyclical decline in earnings, we are confident in the quality of the logistics infrastructure the company has built and the difficulty for new entrants to replicate. Communication Services and Financials were top contributors to relative performance during the period, helped by strong performance across portfolio holdings in both sectors.
Within Financials, ICICI Bank Ltd. was the largest positive contributor within the sector and the overall portfolio, followed by Intact Financial Corp., and OCBCBank. ICICI Bank continues to execute well as one of India’s largest financial institutions.  Deposit and Loan growth of over 15% and ROE of 15% operating in an underbanked market, ICICI should reflect the growth opportunity of the Indian economy. Intact Financial Corp. is the leading Canadian property and casualty insurer and is currently in the process of integrating the acquisition of RSA Insurance Group, which will fortify their position in the U.K. and Ireland.  Strong underwriting has led to double-digit net operating income per share and strategic capital deployment. OCBC Bank is a diversified Singapore listed financial institution with $349 billion in customer deposits with nearly half of the company’s business profits generated from Singapore and 16% from Malaysia. We believe OCBC’s geographical exposure provides insulation from global macro headwinds.
The strategy initiated positions in TotalEnergies SE, Volkswagen AG, and The London Stock Exchange. The Fund exited Enel SpA, Vonovia SE, Tele2 AB, Continental AG, Scor SE and E-Mart Inc. to fund more attractive opportunities.
Outlook and Conclusion
Energy insecurity is creating challenges for Europe as the spike in energy costs negatively impact disposable income and industrial activity.  Reflecting this uncertainty, the European market is currently trading at 10.7x forward earnings or 65% of the U.S. market multiple, a 10-year low.  Despite these headwinds, the energy crisis in Europe will create opportunities for companies involved in energy transition and efficiency, an area that the Fund’s portfolio is exposed to.  In the U.S., we believe the risk of a recession remains low given the resilient job market.  Recent data points also suggest that inflation has inflected downwards, and we believe it is likely that the Fed hiking cycle is nearing an end. Valuations have compressed across most sectors, and we are finding more investment opportunities. With major equity markets down in excess of 25% this year, the market is already pricing in an earnings deterioration in the coming quarters, and we will look to take advantage of stock dislocations to add undervalued businesses into the portfolio.
The Fund continues to be overweight Financials as the combination of positive interest rate sensitivity, company-specific opportunities, and improving fundamentals we believe will benefit our holdings. The sector holdings are comprised of a mix of life insurers, consumer finance companies, banks, property and casualty insurers, and other diversified financials that we believe are attractively valued. The Fund continues to own strong industrial franchises at attractive valuations where the macro risks surrounding global growth are impacting the share price performance, but we believe that these companies stand to benefit when global growth inflects positively. The strategy continues to be underweight Utilities and Materials. The underweighting in Consumer Staples has not changed. Valuations are generally expensive as investors have flocked to Staples as a defensive sector, choosing to trade off paying premium prices for perceived business stability, which we believe is incorrect. Fundamentals are weakening as aggressive pricing actions cannot forever offset rising costs and declining volumes.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund - Class A* and the MSCI All Country World Ex-USA Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -33.20% -1.50% 3.45%
Class C -30.82% -1.05% 3.45%
Class Y -29.43% -0.06% 4.33%
Institutional Class* -29.41% -0.03% 4.34%
MSCI All Country World Ex-USA Index -25.17% -0.81% 3.01%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of Institutional Class shares was August 23, 2019. Institutional Class shares’ performance was calculated using the historical performance of Class A shares for the periods prior to August 23, 2019. The returns have been restated for sales loads and fees applicable to Institutional Class shares.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
MSCI All Country World Ex-USA Index is an unmanaged capitalization-weighted index composed of companies representative of both developed and emerging markets, excluding the USA.
MSCI makes no express or implied warranties or representations and shall have no liability whatsoever with respect to any MSCI data contained herein. The MSCI data may not be further redistributed or used to create indices or financial products. This report is not approved or produced by MSCI.
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Touchstone Mid Cap Fund
Sub-Advised by The London Company
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Mid Cap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in common stocks of mid-cap U.S.-listed companies. The Fund utilizes a bottom-up security selection process that screens potential investments against a proprietary quantitative model for return on capital, earnings-to-enterprise value ratio, and free cash flow yield. Its goal is to purchase financially stable companies that are believed to consistently generate high returns on unleveraged operating capital, are run by shareholder-oriented managements and are trading at a discount to their respective private market values.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Mid Cap Fund (Class A Shares) outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -14.13 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -19.39 percent.
Market Environment
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022, the major US stock indices declined.  The first three months of the period were relatively strong reflecting reasonably strong economic growth and an accommodative monetary policy.  As the period progressed, fears over the Omicron wave of COVID-19, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, fears of rising inflation and more hawkish comments and actions from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (“Fed’) would impact the economy and cause broad based selling in the equity markets. 
The Omicron strain of COVID-19 emerged late in 2021 and in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, both of which have further constrained supply chains and stoked inflation.  With regard to monetary policy, a strong labor market combined with high inflation resulted in a shift toward tighter monetary policy earlier in the year from the Fed.
The war in Ukraine has also caused Energy prices to spike with the price of crude oil moving from $70-80 per barrel pre-invasion to a high of approximately $130 post invasion.  It has since settled out to the $85-100 range.  This caused the Energy sector to be far and away the strongest sector during the period. Another strong sector was Utilities.  All other sectors were negative for the period, with the weakest being Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary.
In terms of factors impacting stocks during the period, Value (except for low price to book), Yield, Quality (except for lower leverage), Size, and Momentum factors were the strongest.  Volatility was the only group where the factors consistently performed poorly.  Growth factors underperformed with the exception of dividend growth and while Quality overall was strong, companies with weaker balance sheets (more leverage) did better.
Portfolio Review
The weakest quarter in the period was the period from March 31 to June 30, 2022 and not surprisingly; this is where most of the outperformance for the period came from.  We saw the Fund’s relative performance improve as the downturn progressed and should it continue, we believe investors will focus more on higher quality factors like return on capital, consistency of cash flow, and balance sheet flexibility.
During the period, both sector allocation and stock selection benefited relative performance, but stock selection was the predominant driver.  At the sector level, an overweight position in Consumer Staples and an underweight position in Communication Services had a positive impact on relative performance, partially offset by and underweight positions in both Energy and Utilities.
In terms of stock selection, the best performing stocks based on relative performance versus the benchmark during the period were Lamb Weston Holding Inc. (Consumer Staples sector), Dollar Tree, Inc. (Consumer Discretionary sector), Alleghany Corp. (Financials sector), M&T Bank Corp. (Financials sector), and Post Holdings, Inc. (Consumer Staples sector).
The more challenged positions in the period were CarMax Inc. (Consumer Discretionary sector), Skyworks Solutions Inc. (Information Technology sector), Moelis & Co. (Financials sector), Entegris, Inc. (Information Technology sector), and Ball Corp. (Materials sector).  Over the period we opened new positions in Lennox International Inc. (Industrials sector), BellRing Brands Inc. (Via Spinoff Post Holdings Inc.; Consumer Staples sector), and AerCap Holdings (Industrials sector) while we sold Haemonetics Corp. (Health Care sector) and Sensata Technologies Holding plc (Industrials sector).
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Outlook and Conclusion
Looking ahead, as the Fed attempts to navigate a soft landing, economic growth may continue to decelerate.  With persistently higher than desired inflation combined with a tight labor market, additional rate hikes are likely before year-end, while Quantitative Tightening will continue.  This more restrictive monetary policy will continue to influence the economy.  We recognize the lagged impact of monetary policy on the broader economy, so the odds of a recession over the next 12-18 months remain elevated.
On a positive note, the U.S. consumer remains in reasonably good shape. Unemployment is low, wages are rising, and there are still excess savings remaining from the pandemic. With consumer spending such an important part of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), the strong labor market could limit the downside risk to the economy over the next few months. Longer term, we remain positive on the U.S. economy and expect real GDP growth in the 2-3% range driven by growth in the labor force and improving productivity.
Longer term, we continue to believe that quality attributes and solid company fundamentals will benefit the portfolio over time. The companies in the Fund have historically generated higher returns on capital, had stronger balance sheets, and traded at reasonable valuations relative to the broader market.
We believe the quality of the Fund’s portfolio positions it well for the next few years, even if the market trades modestly higher. In an environment of possibly lower expected returns and greater volatility, we believe it offers an attractive option for equity investors. Our goal remains to outperform the broader market over full market cycles with less volatility.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Mid Cap Fund - Class A* and the Russell Midcap® Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Mid Cap Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -18.43% 6.27% 9.83%
Class C -15.54% 6.75% 9.82%
Class Y -13.87% 7.81% 10.77%
Class Z -14.12% 7.53% 10.48%
Institutional Class -13.82% 7.90% 10.85%
Class R6* -13.76% 7.86% 10.79%
Russell Midcap® Index -19.39% 6.48% 10.30%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares, Class Z shares, Institutional Class shares and Class R6 shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of Class R6 shares was February 22, 2021. Class R6 shares performance was calculated using the historical performance of Class Y shares for the periods prior to February 22, 2021. The returns have been restated for sales loads and fees applicable to Class R6 shares.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares, Class Z shares, Institutional Class shares and Class R6 shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
Russell Midcap® Index measures the performance of the 800 smallest companies in the Russell 1000® Index.
The Frank Russell Company (FRC) is the source and owner of the Index data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. The material may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. This is a Touchstone Investments presentation of the data, and FRC is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in the presentation thereof.
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Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund
Sub-Advised by Leeward Investments, LLC
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in common stocks of medium capitalization companies. The Fund seeks to identify companies believed to be selling at a discount to their intrinsic value.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund (Class A Shares) outperformed its benchmark, the Russell Midcap® Value Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -9.04 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -13.56 percent.
Market Environment
The market environment created a mixed backdrop for the team’s investment process in the trailing 12-month period ending September 30, 2022. Quality and stability were rewarded, and factor data implies a bias toward defensive and stable characteristics. Low beta stocks have meaningfully outperformed high beta stocks, and stocks with higher yields have far outpaced stocks with zero yield. Companies with lower foreign sales have fared better than companies with greater foreign sales, a logical outcome given the events of the year on the geopolitical stage and, among other things, the enduring ripple effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The best performing sector in the benchmark over the last twelve months was Energy. Notable underperformers of the benchmark’s overall return in the period were Communication Services, Consumer Discretionary and Information Technology.
Portfolio Review
Performance was driven by strong stock selection and positive sector allocation. The portfolio had positive sector and stock contribution in eight out of eleven sectors in the period.
The best sector on a relative basis was Consumer Discretionary, led by strength in retailer Dollar Tree Inc. The portfolio also benefitted from having no exposure to the Consumer Services segment, which declined.  Relative performance in the Industrials sector was helped by the portfolio’s overweight position in Regal Rexnord Corp.  Regal Rexnord’s modestly positive return in the period outpaced results of the sector as a whole. The motion control manufacturer rebounded following an investor day highlighting faster top-line growth and continued margin expansion.  No exposure to the Transportation segment in Industrials, along with no exposure to the Communications Services sector also helped relative performance.
Stock selection was weaker in the Information Technology sector.  Rackspace Technology Inc. and Qorvo Inc. were the largest detractors.  Rackspace has been plagued with operational challenges and given another change in their strategic direction (and an extension in the duration of their turnaround), we exited the position in third-quarter 2022. Qorvo sells products for wireless handsets and infrastructure, and COVID-19 lockdowns in China have intensified worries about the supply chain disruption for Apple and Android handsets.
Outlook and Conclusion
Despite declining performance for much of the past 12-months, global financial markets face several potential pitfalls.  The U.S. Federal Reserve Board continues to fight inflation with interest rate hikes, dramatically increasing the odds of a recession.  Some early signs of price stabilization are evident, gasoline, freight, and base commodities have all declined from their highs, but employment remains tight, and wages tend to be sticky.  China’s COVID-19 policies have created continued speed bumps for global supply chains and demand remains lumpy.  The situation in Ukraine continues to have extensive impacts.  Europe’s economy is struggling as a slow recovery from the pandemic is being further stalled by record high energy prices and a constrained consumer. Notwithstanding these headwinds, earnings estimates have stayed resilient, and the market has yet to have the capitulation event that so often characterizes downturns. 
 Despite these market dynamics, we continue to hold fast and invest according to our process.  Fundamentally we are looking for quality stocks, trading at a discount, with good risk/reward.  We look for companies with strong management teams, high barriers to entry, solid balance sheets, and we continue to rigorously examine downside scenarios for our positions.  We continue to find what we believe are attractively valued investment opportunities with favorable risk/reward profiles.  While we do not believe in making short term projections, we believe these investments will outperform the market longer term.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund - Class A* and the Russell Midcap® Value Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -13.57% 3.36% 8.51%
Class C -10.58% 3.82% 8.50%
Class Y -8.81% 4.85% 9.42%
Institutional Class -8.68% 5.00% 9.57%
Russell Midcap® Value Index -13.56% 4.76% 9.44%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
Russell Midcap® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell Midcap companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
The Frank Russell Company (FRC) is the source and owner of the data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. The material may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. This is a Touchstone Investments presentation of the data, and FRC is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in the presentation thereof.
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Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund
Sub-Advised by Sands Capital Management, LLC
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund (the “Fund”) seeks long-term capital appreciation by primarily investing in common stocks of large capitalization U.S. companies that are believed to have above-average potential for revenue or earnings growth. The Fund typically invests in 25 to 35 companies. Sands Capital generally seeks stocks with sustainable above-average earnings growth and capital appreciation potential. In addition, Sands Capital looks for companies that have a significant competitive advantage, a leadership position or proprietary niche, a clear mission in an understandable business, financial strength and are valued rationally in relation to comparable companies, the market and the business prospects for that particular company.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund (Class A shares) underperformed its benchmark the Russell 1000® Growth Index for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -54.73 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the total return of the benchmark was -22.59 percent.
Market Environment
U.S. growth equities (as measured by the Russell 1000® Growth Index) suffered from a historically aggressive rate hiking cycle in response to persistently elevated inflation. The drawdown in growth equities began in November 2021, with the high valuation businesses early in their profit cycle often seeing losses well in excess of the benchmark. The sell-off was broad-based with nine of eleven GICs sectors experiencing declines and the average index constituent well off its 52-week high.
Portfolio Review
Security selection was the primary driver of underperformance over the period. Selection detracted from relative results across the six sectors where the strategy held exposure, yet businesses held in the Communication Services and Information Technology sectors accounted for the bulk of the impact. Over this period, the significant tightening of financial conditions disproportionately affected the high growth, high valuation businesses that composed a portion of our portfolio and weighed on stock selection. Sector allocation was a modest detractor from results due to the overweight to the Communication Services sector.
The top five individual absolute contributors for the period were Sarepta Therapeutics Inc. (Health Care sector), CoStar Group Inc. (Industrials sector), Zillow Group Inc. (Real Estate sector), Datadog Inc.(Information Technology sector), and Zoetis Inc. (Health Care sector). The top five detractors were Sea Limited (Communication Services sector), Block Inc. (Information Technology sector), Match Group Inc. (Communication Services sector), Shopify Inc. (Information Technology sector), and ServiceNow Inc. (Information Technology sector).
The Fund’s sector exposures are largely a byproduct of our bottom-up investment process and remained largely the same over the period. Information Technology sector exposure remained the portfolio’s largest absolute weight. Communication Services sector exposure remained the largest relative weight, yet our absolute weighting in the sector is roughly half its level from a year ago. The portfolio has no exposure to the Consumer Staples, Energy, Financials, Materials, Real Estate, and Utilities sectors.
Over the course of the period, the Fund’s high growth, high valuation businesses were impacted by the market sell-off to a greater degree than its growth compounder businesses. As a result, the Fund has taken investment actions to add to many high growth, high valuation businesses that we believe have seen disproportionate declines in share price, relative to our long-term fundamental outlook. Semiconductors represents one industry we have increased exposure through the addition of NVIDIA Corp. and Datadog. We remain underweight the industry yet to a lesser degree than 12 months ago.
Turnover for the period of 25 percent was in-line with its five-year average. The market drawdown and elevated volatility of high growth, high valuation businesses created opportunities for us to shed businesses that we viewed as more mature and understood by the market, while adding and/or purchasing businesses that we believe have seen share price declines that are not commensurate with our long-term expectations for earnings growth.
Outlook and Conclusion
Volatility remains high, and the mid-August market pivot shows how quickly sentiment—and markets—can change. Rather than trying to guess the market’s next move in the near-term, we remain focused on corporate fundamentals, which history demonstrates to be the primary driver of long-term returns.
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We have stress tested and re-evaluated our investment cases given the turbulent economic and market environment, and are confident that the businesses we own remain well positioned to deliver above-average growth over the next five years.
Below are some examples of the secular drivers underpinning the growth of our portfolio businesses:
Emerging Internet Leaders
Digitalization of the economy continues, and the next generation of internet businesses are disrupting the status quo by reducing transactional frictions, increasing transparency, and eliminating inefficiencies. These companies are focusing on large verticals and building industry-specific solutions that result in a better customer experience while reinforcing their competitive moats. Portfolio beneficiaries include Airbnb Inc. (Consumer Discretionary sector), CoStar Group Inc. (Industrials sector), Match Group Inc. (Communication Services sector), and Uber Technologies Inc. (Technology sector).
Financial Services Digitalization
The combination of modern technology and disruptive customer acquisition models are fundamentally re-architecting how financial products are designed, manufactured, and distributed, with software displacing paper and bank branches in each stage of the process. New technologies are enabling broader access to basic financial products and adding innovative layers of intelligence and automation. We see value accruing to both companies creating a new generation of digitally native financial infrastructure as well as companies leveraging that infrastructure to build differentiated experiences for end users. Portfolio beneficiaries include Block Inc. (Information Technology sector), Intuit Inc. (Information Technology sector), Sea Ltd. (Consumer Discretionary sector), and Visa (Information Technology sector).
Life Sciences Innovation
Over the next decade, we view genes and genomics, minimally invasive technologies, consumerization of health care, the humanization of pets, and globalization of innovation as the most important secular trends in life sciences. We focus on investing in businesses that are changing the standard-of-care, providing best-in-class “picks and shovels” to biopharma and life science researchers, and meaningfully improving access and cost in healthcare delivery. Portfolio beneficiaries include Align Technology Inc. (Health Care sector), Dexcom (Health Care sector), Edwards Lifesciences (Health Care sector), and Sarepta(Health Care sector).
Shifting IT Spend from Maintenance to Agility
Information technology spending continues to shift toward innovations that make enterprises more agile and efficient. In the last decade, cloud-based software disrupted legacy, on-premise systems within well-defined market opportunities. The next generation of SaaS leaders is enabling new businesses and processes, serving as the enablers of an increasingly digital-first economy. These businesses are often typified by user-driven adoption, consumption-based licensing, and competitive advantages driven by network effects and ecosystem partners. Portfolio beneficiaries include Atlassian Corp. (Information Technology sector), Cloudflare Inc. (Information Technology sector), ServiceNow Inc. (Information Technology sector), and Snowflake Inc. (Information Technology sector).
The primary risk the Fund seeks to manage is permanent loss of capital resulting from a negative business or investment outcome. Since earnings growth tends to drive stock-price returns over the long term, we closely monitor factors that could erode the underlying earnings power of the Fund's businesses. We also seek to mitigate opportunity cost, as failing to invest in value-creating businesses is also detrimental to long-term results. In both cases, we believe that our six investment criteria are our most powerful risk management tool, as they are designed to help us identify those businesses most likely to sustainably generate above-average growth over our investment horizon.
In the near term, we expect inflation, and subsequently, monetary policy to continue to have an outsized influence on investment results.  A significant amount of uncertainty exists around the terminal level of the Federal Funds rate. As a result, markets have seen dramatic swings in style leadership as expectations for monetary policy have rapidly evolved, with investors favoring businesses with slower growth and strong cash flow over earlier-stage growth businesses.
The poor sentiment in equity markets conflicts with the recent earnings results and long-term outlook of our businesses, in our view. The volatile operating environment induced by the distortions of the COVID-19 pandemic and fiscal stimulus has led us to re-underwrite each portfolio holding. In most cases, our long-term earnings expectations are unchanged.
We believe this disconnect between market sentiment and business fundamentals presents an opportunity. Valuations are now back to long-term averages, driving our expected returns to multi-year highs. Importantly, from these levels we expect earnings growth, rather than changes in valuation, to be the primary driver of share price results. We remain confident the businesses in the Fund's portfolio will deliver above-average earnings growth, and in our view, the increasingly challenging macro-economic environment presents an opportunity for the Fund's businesses to improve their competitive position and emerge stronger.
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We have long invested the Fund in businesses that are driving and/or benefiting from digitalization, and the pandemic has accelerated this shift. We expect digitization will proliferate faster than previous technology-driven shifts (e.g. the telephone, electricity, personal computers), and with unprecedented scale, touching nearly every aspect of commerce and daily life. Businesses can reach more customers faster than ever, a dynamic that we expect will lead to quicker margin expansion for the select few businesses driving and/or benefiting from the digital shift.
Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund - Class A* and the Russell 1000® Growth Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -56.99% 3.18% 7.53%
Class C -55.41% 3.63% 7.52%
Class Y -54.59% 4.68% 8.44%
Class Z -54.73% 4.40% 8.16%
Institutional Class* -54.58% 4.55% 8.24%
Class R6* -54.58% 4.55% 8.24%
Russell 1000® Growth Index -22.59% 12.17% 13.70%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares, Class Z shares, Institutional Class shares and Class R6 shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of Institutional Class shares and Class R6 shares was September 1, 2020. Institutional Class shares' and Class R6 shares' performance was calculated using the historical performance of Class Z shares for the periods prior to September 1, 2020. The returns have been restated for sales loads and fees applicable to Institutional Class and Class R6 shares.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares, Class Z shares, Institutional Class shares and Class R6 shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
Russell 1000® Growth Index measures the performance of those Russell 1000 companies with higher price-to-book ratios and higher forecasted growth values.
The Frank Russell Company (FRC) is the source and owner of the data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. The material may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. This is a Touchstone Investments presentation of the data, and FRC is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in the presentation thereof.
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Touchstone Small Cap Fund
Sub-Advised by The London Company
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Small Cap Fund (the “Fund”) seeks capital appreciation by investing primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies with small market capitalizations. The Fund utilizes a bottom-up security selection process that screens potential investments against a proprietary quantitative model for return on capital, earnings-to-enterprise value ratio, and free cash flow yield.  Its goal is to purchase financially stable companies that are believed to consistently generate high returns on unleveraged operating capital, are run by shareholder-oriented managements and are trading at a discount to their respective private market values.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Small Cap Fund (Class A Shares) outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -10.75 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -23.50 percent.
Market Environment
For the 12-month period ending September 30, 2022, the major U.S. stock indices declined.  The first three months of the period was relatively strong reflecting reasonably strong economic growth and an accommodative monetary policy.  As the period progressed, fears over the Omicron wave of COVID-19, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia, fears of rising inflation and more hawkish comments and actions from the U.S. Federal Reserve Board (“Fed”) would impact the economy and cause broad based selling in the equity markets. 
The Omicron strain of COVID-19 emerged late in 2021 and in February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine, both of which have further constrained supply chains and stoked inflation.  With regard to monetary policy, a strong labor market combined with high inflation resulted in a shift toward tighter monetary policy earlier in the year from the Fed.
The war in Ukraine has also caused Energy prices to spike with the price of crude oil moving from $70-80 per barrel pre-invasion to a high of approximately $130 post invasion.  It has since settled out to the $85-100 range.  This caused the Energy sector to be the strongest sector during the period. Another strong sector was Utilities.  All other sectors were negative for the period, with the weakest being Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary.
In terms of factors impacting stocks during the period, Value (except for low price to book), Yield, Quality (except for lower leverage), Size, and Momentum factors were the strongest.  Volatility was the only group where the factors consistently performed poorly.  Growth factors underperformed with the exception of dividend growth and while Quality overall was strong, companies with weaker balance sheets (more leverage) did better.
Portfolio Review
The strongest sectors for the market in the period were Energy and Utilities.  All other sectors were negative for the period with the weakest being Communication Services and Consumer Discretionary.
The weakest quarter in the period was the period from March 31 to June 30, 2022 and not surprisingly; this is where most of the outperformance for the period came from.  We saw the Fund’s relative performance improve as the downturn progressed and should it continue, we believe investors will focus more on higher quality factors like return on capital, consistency of cash flow, and balance sheet flexibility.
Both sector allocation and stock selection contributed to relative performance; stock selection was the predominant driver.  At the sector level, an underweight position in Health Care and an overweight position in Industrials had a positive impact on relative performance, partially offset by an underweight position in Energy and an overweight position in the Consumer Discretionary sector.
In terms of stock selection, the best performing stocks based on relative performance were Murphy USA Inc. (Consumer Discretionary sector), White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (Financials sector), Qualys  Inc. (Information Technology sector), GCP Applied Technologies Inc. (Materials sector), and CTS Corporation (Information Technology sector).
The more challenged positions based on relative performance were Tempur Sealy International Inc. (Consumer Discretionary sector), Moelis & Co. (Financials sector), LivaNova plc (Health Care sector), Cannae Holdings Inc. (Financials sector), and Masonite International Corp.(Industrials sector).
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Over the period, we opened Fund positions in Hanover Insurance Group Inc. (Financials sector), IAA Inc. (Industrials sector), Vontier Corp. (Information Technology sector), and Lancaster Colony Corporation (Consumer Staples sector) while we sold Energizer Holdings Inc. (Industrials sector), Tejon Ranch Co. (Real Estate sector), Mantech International Corp. (Industrials sector), and Kaman Corp. (Industrials sector).
Outlook and Conclusion
Looking ahead, as the Fed attempts to navigate a soft landing, economic growth may continue to decelerate.  With persistently higher than desired inflation combined with a tight labor market, additional rate hikes are likely before year-end, while Quantitative Tightening will continue.  This more restrictive monetary policy will continue to influence the economy.  We recognize the lagged impact of monetary policy on the broader economy, so the odds of a recession over the next 12-18 months remain elevated.
On a positive note, the U.S. consumer remains in reasonably good shape.  Unemployment is low, wages are rising, and there are still excess savings remaining from the pandemic.  With consumer spending such an important part of U.S. gross domestic product (GDP), the strong labor market could limit the downside risk to the economy over the next few months.  Longer term, we remain positive on the U.S. economy and expect real GDP growth in the 2-3% range driven by growth in the labor force and improving productivity.
Longer term, we continue to believe that quality attributes and solid company fundamentals will benefit the portfolio over time. The companies in the Fund have historically generated higher returns on capital, had stronger balance sheets, and traded at reasonable valuations relative to the broader market.
We believe the quality of the Fund’s portfolio positions it well for the next few years, even if the market trades modestly higher.  In an environment of possibly lower expected returns and greater volatility, we believe it offers an attractive option for equity investors.  Our goal remains to outperform the broader market over full market cycles with less volatility.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Small Cap Fund - Class A* and the Russell 2000® Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Small Cap Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -15.22% 3.61% 5.47%
Class C -12.22% 4.08% 5.48%
Class Y -10.58% 5.10% 6.37%
Institutional Class -10.52% 5.20% 6.46%
Russell 2000® Index -23.50% 3.55% 8.55%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
Russell 2000® Index measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity universe.
The Frank Russell Company (FRC) is the source and owner of the data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. The material may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. This is a Touchstone Investments presentation of the data, and FRC is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in the presentation thereof.
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Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund
Sub-Advised by Leeward Investments, LLC
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund (the "Fund") seeks long-term capital growth by investing primarily in common stocks of small capitalization companies. The Fund seeks to identify companies believed to be selling at a discount to their intrinsic value.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund (Class A Shares) outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 2000® Value Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -11.04 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the benchmark’s total return was -17.69 percent.
Market Environment
The market environment created a mixed backdrop for the team’s investment process in the trailing 12-month period ending September 30, 2022. The tailwinds toward the close of 2021 were followed by an environment in 2022 marked by crosscurrents and market shifts.
The best performing sector in the benchmark over the last twelve months was Energy. Notable underperformers of the benchmark’s overall return of -17.69% in the period were Communication Services, Health Care, and Consumer Discretionary.
Portfolio Review
The Fund’s larger size versus the benchmark helped performance, along with low exposure to the lowest return on equity quintile and a bias toward lower beta.
Performance was primarily driven by strong stock selection, as well as contributions for  sector allocation. The best performing sector on a relative basis was Materials, led by strength in Livent Corp. and Cabot Corp. Livent continued to produce strong results: the company has raised guidance on better-than-expected price realization and has announced plans to increase capacity. Cabot posted strong results and raised fiscal year guidance on its fiscal first quarter call. Industry capacity is tight, and Cabot experienced strong pricing that more than covered inflationary costs. Its conductive carbon products are gaining share in electric vehicle batteries and are driving faster than expected growth. Outperformance in Consumer Discretionary was concentrated in Murphy USA Inc. The company announced a $1B stock buyback late in 2021, and its fuel business continued to benefit from a higher level of normalized earnings power. The company also benefitted from the rollout of its loyalty program, which drives traffic even during periods of economic distress. The Fund’s underweight to Communication Services helped relative performance, and as meme stocks have fallen in and out of favor, not owning AMC Entertainment provided a boost to trailing 12-month returns.  
Energy was the largest detractor by sector in the Fund, and the portfolio’s underweight accounted for much of the shortfall. The sector outperformed on strength in commodity prices, as investors worry supply will not be sufficient to meet demand.  The Financials sector also detracted, as strength in the Fund’s Insurance and Diversified Financials exposure wasn’t enough to offset weakness in banks.
Outlook and Conclusion
Despite declining performance for much of the past twelve months, global financial markets face several potential pitfalls. The U.S. Federal Reserve Board continues to fight inflation with interest rate hikes, dramatically increasing the odds of a recession.  Some early signs of price stabilization are evident, gasoline, freight, and base commodities have all declined from their highs, but employment remains tight, and wages tend to be sticky. China’s COVID policies have created continued speed bumps for global supply chains and demand remains lumpy. The situation in Ukraine continues to have extensive impacts.  Europe’s economy is struggling as a slow recovery from the pandemic is being further stalled by record high energy prices and a constrained consumer. Notwithstanding these headwinds, earnings estimates have stayed resilient, and the market has yet to have the capitulation event that so often characterizes downturns. 
Despite these market dynamics, we continue to hold fast and invest according to our process. Fundamentally, we are looking for quality stocks, trading at a discount, with good risk/reward. We look for companies with strong management teams, high barriers to entry, solid balance sheets, and we continue to rigorously examine downside scenarios for our positions. We continue to find what we believe are attractively valued investment opportunities with favorable risk/reward profiles. While we don’t believe in making short term projections, we believe these investments will outperform the market longer term.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund - Class A* and the Russell 2000® Value Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -15.49% 2.52% 6.32%
Class C -12.61% 2.96% 6.31%
Class Y -10.81% 4.00% 7.22%
Institutional Class -10.67% 4.17% 7.38%
Russell 2000® Value Index -17.69% 2.87% 7.94%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class Y shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
Russell 2000® Value Index measures the performance of those Russell 2000 companies with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values.
The Frank Russell Company (FRC) is the source and owner of the data contained or reflected in this material and all trademarks and copyrights related thereto. The material may contain confidential information and unauthorized use, disclosure, copying, dissemination or redistribution is strictly prohibited. This is a Touchstone Investments presentation of the data, and FRC is not responsible for the formatting or configuration of this material or for any inaccuracy in the presentation thereof.
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Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund
Sub-Advised by Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.
Investment Philosophy
The Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund (the “Fund”) seeks maximum total return consistent with the preservation of capital by primarily investing in a diversified portfolio of fixed income securities of different maturities, including U.S. Treasury securities, U.S. government agency and U.S. government-sponsored enterprise securities, corporate bonds, mortgage-backed securities, commercial mortgage-backed securities, asset-backed securities, municipal bonds and cash equivalent securities including repurchase agreements and commercial paper. While the Fund may invest in securities of any maturity or duration, interest rate risk is managed by seeking to maintain an effective duration of one year or less under normal market conditions.
Fund Performance
The Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund (Class A Shares) underperformed its primary benchmark, the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, and outperformed its secondary benchmark, the ICE BofA 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index, for the 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. The Fund’s total return was -0.80 percent (calculated excluding the maximum sales charge) while the total returns of its benchmarks were 0.62 percent and -1.95 percent, respectively.
Market Environment
As we look back on the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 for the Fund, the market environment today is unrecognizable compared with the environment from a year ago. The fourth quarter of 2021 saw markets eagerly processing every developing bit of information about COVID-19 vaccine efficacy. The worst of the Delta variant seemed to be subsiding, but it was followed closely by Omicron which seemed to pose an even-more-contagious threat. Inflation was top of mind as pandemic-related supply chain disruption was driving price increases, but “transitory” was the phrase of the day (which did not age well).
Ultra Short Duration markets offered a stable low-yield, tight-spread environment throughout 2021—a relatively calm beginning of the Fund’s fiscal year 2022. The short end of the Treasury curve was anchored near zero by the U.S. Federal Reserve Board’s (“Fed”) Funds rate, while the 10 Year Treasury yielded 1.50%. In December 2021, a decades-high 7% inflation point spooked markets, but given the arguably transient nature of pandemic-driven supply chain disruptions, it was widely expected to be the peak. Markets at the time expected inflation to moderate toward 2.5% by year-end. To the contrary, inflation continued to rise into the beginning of 2022, and the Fed finally began to pivot toward a monetary tightening outlook, expressing increasing concern about bringing inflation under control.
Meanwhile, geopolitical tensions had been escalating in Eastern Europe, culminating with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In addition to the humanitarian and ethical concerns surrounding the invasion, it also added to global inflationary pressures by disrupting energy and commodity markets. It was within this context that the Fed launched its monetary tightening effort with the first post-pandemic rate hike of 25 basis points in March, 2022.
The subsequent half of the Fund’s fiscal year was a game of cat-and-mouse as markets were perpetually surprised by the strength and persistence of inflationary pressure and labor market data in spite of the Fed’s escalating tightening efforts. Treasury rates increased and risk markets sold off as markets iteratively processed the reality that more-severe Fed tightening action that would be needed to get inflation under control. Aside from a brief risk-on tone during the beginning of the third quarter, risk markets have generally spent the fiscal year in a strong risk-off tone, with the S&P 500 Index down—having given back all of the gains from the prior calendar year 2021.
Over the course of the Fund’s fiscal year, the Fed has increased rates by a total of 300 basis points over the course of five meetings. Treasuries in the 6-12 month part of the curve are approximately 400 basis points higher year-over-year, while the 10-year Treasury is 230 basis points higher. In accord with risk assets in general, spreads across Ultra Short Duration subsectors widened out materially by 50-100 basis points off the historically-tight levels during 2021 to top-quartile (wide) levels as of the Fund’s fiscal year-end.
Portfolio Review
In an abnormally volatile fiscal year, significant increases in both interest rates and in spreads were key drivers of performance. Aside from 3-Month Treasury-Bills, markets offered almost no safe haven for investors over the past 12 months. The Fund maintained historically-low interest rate risk positioning around 0.50 years over the course of the fiscal year, with spread duration limited but
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generally stable around 1 year. While this helped minimize the impact of higher rates, wider spreads, and significant volatility throughout the year, it was an extremely challenging environment for any type of risk asset or fixed income product to produce positive returns.
Coming off the Fed’s Zero Interest Rate Policy environment was an exceptionally flat ultra short duration landscape (from both a rates and a spread perspective) at the beginning of the Fund’s fiscal year. This low-yield starting point provided very little cushion to absorb rate increases or spread widening without returns dipping below zero. Even so, the ultra-short space has provided a safe haven on a relative basis—considering, for example, that the selloff in the broader U.S. bond market overall has been the worst in history on a year-to-date basis.
Within the Fund, the sectors with the strongest nominal returns for the fiscal year were Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS), Agency Debenture and Asset- Backed Securities (ABS), while the worst returning subsectors were Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) -2.13%, Corporates -1.06%, and Collateralized Loan Obligation (CLO) +0.22%. Every major subsector outperformed its respective short duration ICE BoAML subsector index.
Duration positioning remained consistent around a half a year over the course of the Fund’s fiscal year, and credit quality was unchanged at AA-. ABS and CMBS exposure decreased, while CLO and RMBS exposure increased. These changes were made as a function of relative value opportunities within the market, and in response to our desire to maintain low duration positioning via floating rates securities.
The Fund is positioned at period end with duration of 0.53 years, which detracted from returns relative to the ICE BoAML 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, but enhanced returns relative to the ICE BofA 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index.
Changes in the yield curve had a dramatic effect on performance during the 12-month period. Treasury rates in the 6 month to 2-year part of the curve were nearly 400 basis points higher year-over-year. The portfolio has been able to absorb a remarkable amount of rate-driven negative mark-to-market price action while still providing a relative safe haven in comparison with other fixed income sectors or other risk assets.
Outlook and Conclusion
We are maintaining our strong bias toward Structured Products (CMBS, ABS, RMBS and CLOs) over corporate credit, favoring the structural protections, cash flow profile, and additional spread available for a given credit quality. We have also benefited from having had adequate liquidity within the Fund to satisfy all redemption activity organically (as designed) as opposed to some market participants who have been forced sellers in a “buyers’ market.” We have been able to capitalize on that dynamic, being a liquidity provider to market participants who are forced to pay the bid/ask spread.
We believe the greatest concern going forward pertains to the Fed’s ability to manage the inflation problem in the U.S., and whether they will be able to do so without pushing the economy into a deep recession. Through the Fund’s fiscal year-end, inflationary pressures have proven to be more stubborn than the market or the Fed had anticipated, and it seems increasingly less-likely that the Fed will be able to achieve the soft-landing that was initially targeted.
Other areas of concern include the geopolitical tensions surrounding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as concern around China’s slowing growth prospects and real estate crisis. Domestically, we continue to keep close watch on the health of the Consumer, as we proceed into a period of normalization/deterioration off the COVID-19 pandemic stimulus-driven strength. We maintain a close dialogue with lenders who fund via securitization markets, to identify any areas of concern around their underwriting/risk modeling, loan structuring, or portfolio performance as we move forward into what we expect to be a recessionary environment.
Going forward, we expect the investing landscape to continue to be challenging from a volatility standpoint, and for certain fundamentals to likely deteriorate as monetary policy continues to tighten. Even so, we are confident about the Fund’s current positioning. With limited interest rate risk and significant carry (even while maintaining a historically high AA- credit quality), the Fund is poised to generate an attractive total return in spite of the elevated degree of spread and interest rate volatility we expect to see.
The Fund continues to be positioned with a very short duration position of just over a half a year, a high-quality bias with average credit quality of AA-, and an overweight to Structured Products versus Corporate Credit. In spite of this short duration, high quality bias, the Fund is well positioned to be able to absorb a meaningful degree of interest rate or spread volatility going forward relative to other fixed income or risk assets.
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Comparison of the Change in Value of a $10,000 Investment in the Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund - Class A*, the ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index and the ICE BofA 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index
Average Annual Total Returns**
Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 1 Year 5 Years 10 Years
Class A -2.80% 0.71% 0.78%
Class C -2.16% 0.64% 0.60%
Class S* -1.05% 0.87% 0.74%
Class Y -0.55% 1.37% 1.25%
Class Z -0.80% 1.12% 1.00%
Institutional Class -0.50% 1.42% 1.29%
ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index 0.62% 1.15% 0.68%
ICE BofA 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index -1.95% 0.94% 0.67%
* The chart above represents performance of Class A shares only, which will vary from the performance of Class C shares, Class S shares, Class Y shares, Institutional Class shares and Class Z shares based on the differences in sales loads and fees paid by shareholders in the different classes. The inception date of Class S shares was October 27, 2017. Class S shares' performance was calculated using the historical performance of Class Z shares for the periods prior to October 27, 2017. The returns have been restated for sales loads and fees applicable to Class S shares.
** The average annual total returns shown above are adjusted for maximum sales loads and fees, if applicable. The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares is equal to the net asset value (“NAV”) per share plus a sales load equal to 2.04% of the NAV (or 2.00% of the offering price). Class C shares are subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of 1.00%. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Class S shares, Class Y shares, Class Z shares and Institutional Class shares are not subject to sales charges.
The performance of the above Fund does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
Notes to Chart
ICE BofA 3-Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index is an unmanaged index of Treasury securities maturing in 90 days that assumes reinvestment of all income.
ICE BofA 1-Year U.S. Treasury Note Index is an unmanaged index comprised of a single issue purchased at the beginning of the month and held for a full month. The issue selected at each month-end rebalancing is the outstanding two-year Treasury Note Bill that matures closest to, but, not beyond one year from the rebalancing date.
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Tabular Presentation of Portfolios of Investments (Unaudited)
September 30, 2022
The tables below provide each Fund’s geographic allocation, sector allocation and/or credit quality. We hope it will be useful to shareholders as it summarizes key information about each Fund’s investments.
Touchstone Active Bond Fund

Credit Quality*(% of Fixed Income Securities)
AAA/Aaa 40.4%
AA/Aa 7.5
A/A 15.2
BBB/Baa 27.6
BB/Ba 2.0
B/B 1.8
CCC 0.4
CC 0.1
C or Lower 0.0
Not Rated 4.6
Cash Equivalents 0.4
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund

Geographic Allocation(% of Net Assets)
Common Stocks  
Japan 31.5%
Hong Kong 8.8
United Kingdom 8.1
Switzerland 5.3
Spain 4.4
France 4.4
Israel 4.0
Netherlands 3.9
Denmark 3.7
China 3.7
Australia 3.4
Finland 2.7
Norway 2.0
Portugal 2.0
Belgium 1.8
Germany 1.6
United States 1.3
Sweden 1.3
Ireland 1.3
Luxembourg 1.0
Singapore 1.0
New Zealand 0.6
Austria 0.4
United Arab Emirates 0.0
Short-Term Investment Funds 2.4
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (0.6)
Total 100.0%
 
* Credit quality ratings are from S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service (“Moody's”). If agency ratings differ, the higher rating will
be used. Where no rating has been assigned, it may be for reasons unrelated to the creditworthiness of the issuer.
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Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund

Credit Quality*(% of Fixed Income Securities)
BBB/Baa 5.1%
BB/Ba 39.6
B/B 32.4
CCC 13.4
Not Rated 6.4
Cash Equivalents 3.1
Total 100.0%
Sector Allocation**(% of Net Assets)
Long Positions  
Corporate Bonds  
Energy 11.7%
Consumer Discretionary 9.9
Communication Services 9.3
Industrials 8.0
Financials 5.8
Consumer Staples 5.6
Materials 4.3
Real Estate 4.0
Health Care 3.8
Information Technology 2.5
Utilities 1.8
Bank Loans 17.8
Asset-Backed Securities 9.5
Common Stocks  
Energy 1.2
Health Care 0.5
Industrials 0.1
Exchange-Traded Fund 0.4
Warrants 0.0
Short-Term Investment Funds 6.4
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (1.8)
  100.8%
Short Positions  
Corporate Bonds (0.8)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund

Sector Allocation**(% of Net Assets)
Information Technology 23.2%
Health Care 13.7
Financials 13.7
Consumer Discretionary 10.7
Industrials 9.0
Communication Services 7.2
Consumer Staples 7.0
Energy 5.6
Utilities 3.9
Materials 3.0
Real Estate 2.8
Short-Term Investment Fund 0.4
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (0.2)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone High Yield Fund

Credit Quality*(% of Fixed Income Securities)
A/A 0.5%
BBB/Baa 6.5
BB/Ba 60.9
B/B 25.0
CCC 3.0
Not Rated 2.0
Cash Equivalents 2.1
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Impact Bond Fund

Credit Quality*(% of Fixed Income Securities)
AAA/Aaa 68.1%
AA/Aa 11.0
A/A 11.5
BBB/Baa 7.9
BB/Ba 0.3
Cash Equivalents 1.2
Total 100.0%
 
* Credit quality ratings are from S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service (“Moody's”). If agency ratings differ, the higher rating will be used. Where no rating has been assigned, it may be for reasons unrelated to the creditworthiness of the issuer.
** Sector classifications are based upon the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
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Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund

Geographic Allocation(% of Net Assets)
Common Stocks  
Japan 18.0%
France 14.5
United Kingdom 11.0
Sweden 8.9
South Korea 7.5
Singapore 6.2
Switzerland 5.6
India 4.7
China 4.2
Canada 4.0
Taiwan 3.5
Germany 2.9
Thailand 2.0
Netherlands 1.9
Denmark 1.2
Preferred Stocks 2.6
Short-Term Investment Funds 3.9
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (2.6)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Mid Cap Fund

Sector Allocation*(% of Net Assets)
Industrials 26.2%
Information Technology 16.7
Consumer Discretionary 12.8
Financials 12.1
Consumer Staples 12.0
Materials 10.8
Health Care 5.5
Real Estate 2.7
Short-Term Investment Fund 1.3
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (0.1)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund

Sector Allocation*(% of Net Assets)
Financials 18.2%
Industrials 14.8
Consumer Staples 11.1
Utilities 10.2
Health Care 9.1
Consumer Discretionary 8.5
Materials 8.4
Energy 7.1
Information Technology 6.7
Real Estate 5.0
Short-Term Investment Fund 1.3
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (0.4)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund

Sector Allocation*(% of Net Assets)
Information Technology 45.7%
Communication Services 15.9
Consumer Discretionary 14.4
Health Care 14.0
Industrials 8.6
Short-Term Investment Fund 1.0
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) 0.4
Total 100.0%
 
* Sector classifications are based upon the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
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Touchstone Small Cap Fund

Sector Allocation*(% of Net Assets)
Industrials 23.9%
Consumer Discretionary 18.3
Financials 16.0
Information Technology 12.7
Materials 7.3
Real Estate 6.9
Consumer Staples 5.0
Health Care 3.9
Energy 0.9
Short-Term Investment Funds 7.8
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (2.7)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund

Sector Allocation*(% of Net Assets)
Industrials 24.2%
Financials 19.5
Information Technology 8.6
Health Care 8.2
Materials 7.9
Consumer Staples 7.8
Consumer Discretionary 6.9
Utilities 5.1
Real Estate 4.7
Energy 4.4
Communication Services 0.7
Exchange-Traded Fund 1.0
Short-Term Investment Funds 1.1
Other Assets/Liabilities (Net) (0.1)
Total 100.0%
Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund

Credit Quality**(% of Fixed Income Securities)
AAA/Aaa 53.6%
AA/Aa 12.0
A/A 13.3
BBB/Baa 13.7
Not Rated 0.3
Cash Equivalents 7.1
Total 100.0%
 
* Sector classifications are based upon the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®).
** Credit quality ratings are from S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") and Moody's Investors Service (“Moody's”). If agency ratings differ, the higher rating will be used. Where no rating has been assigned, it may be for reasons unrelated to the creditworthiness of the issuer.
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Active Bond Fund – September 30, 2022
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 40.7%  
  Financials — 12.2%  
$ 1,304,000 AerCap Ireland Capital DAC / AerCap Global Aviation Trust (Ireland), 2.450%, 10/29/26 $  1,100,499
    661,000 Allstate Corp. (The), 1.450%, 12/15/30     499,022
    308,000 Allstate Corp. (The), Ser B, 5.750%, 8/15/53     283,570
    724,000 American Financial Group, Inc., 5.250%, 4/2/30     693,980
  1,057,000 Ares Capital Corp., 3.250%, 7/15/25     965,630
    200,000 Banco Nacional de Panama (Panama), 144a, 2.500%, 8/11/30     146,761
  1,007,000 Bank of America Corp., 2.687%, 4/22/32     784,386
    759,000 Bank of America Corp., 3.705%, 4/24/28     690,951
  1,007,000 Bank of America Corp., MTN, 4.000%, 1/22/25     974,794
    903,000 Bank of Montreal (Canada), 3.803%, 12/15/32     783,406
  1,363,000 Bank of Nova Scotia (The) (Canada), 3.625%, 10/27/81     988,175
  1,282,000 Barclays PLC (United Kingdom), 2.894%, 11/24/32     926,410
    617,000 Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp., 4.250%, 1/15/49     512,833
    437,000 BNP Paribas SA (France), 144a, 4.625%, 3/13/27     403,970
    733,000 Charles Schwab Corp. (The), 5.000%(A)     658,784
  1,122,000 Citigroup, Inc., 0.981%, 5/1/25   1,039,820
    670,000 Citigroup, Inc., 3.200%, 10/21/26     614,013
    430,000 Citigroup, Inc., 4.750%, 5/18/46     342,722
  1,026,000 Citizens Bank NA, 4.575%, 8/9/28     976,878
  1,032,000 Cooperatieve Rabobank UA (Netherlands), 144a, 1.106%, 2/24/27     883,754
  1,457,000 Corestates Capital III, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.570%), 3.475%, 2/15/27(B)   1,373,223
    899,000 Credit Suisse AG (Switzerland), 3.700%, 2/21/25     843,942
  1,197,000 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 2.615%, 4/22/32     928,998
  1,865,000 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.615%, 3/15/28   1,697,985
    529,000 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The), 3.691%, 6/5/28     479,197
    724,000 HSBC Holdings PLC (United Kingdom), 3.900%, 5/25/26     678,791
  1,154,000 Huntington Bancshares, Inc., 2.550%, 2/4/30     931,327
    200,000 Jababeka International BV (Indonesia), 6.500%, 10/5/23     110,000
  1,258,000 JPMorgan Chase & Co., 2.956%, 5/13/31     995,963
    968,000 JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.509%, 1/23/29     856,675
    898,000 JPMorgan Chase & Co., 5.717%, 9/14/33     848,604
    930,000 Lloyds Banking Group PLC (United Kingdom), 3.574%, 11/7/28     816,006
  1,226,000 Mastercard, Inc., 2.000%, 11/18/31     969,618
    962,000 Morgan Stanley, 3.950%, 4/23/27     894,368
    820,000 Morgan Stanley, 5.297%, 4/20/37     735,385
  1,190,292 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. (The), 144a, 3.850%, 9/30/47     896,902
  1,193,000 PNC Capital Trust, (3M LIBOR +0.570%), 3.652%, 6/1/28(B)   1,109,551
  1,098,000 Prudential Financial, Inc., 5.125%, 3/1/52     951,900
 1,877,000 Truist Bank, Ser A, (3M LIBOR +0.670%), 3.580%, 5/15/27(B)   1,740,919
         32,129,712
  Consumer Discretionary — 4.9%  
  1,298,000 BAT Capital Corp. (United Kingdom), 3.557%, 8/15/27   1,139,587
    697,000 Brunswick Corp., 4.400%, 9/15/32     563,433
    239,000 Expedia Group, Inc., 2.950%, 3/15/31     185,331
    664,000 Ford Motor Co., 3.250%, 2/12/32     476,752
    535,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.664%, 9/8/24     502,226
    300,000 GEMS MENASA Cayman Ltd. / GEMS Education Delaware LLC (United Arab Emirates), 7.125%, 7/31/26     281,338
  1,630,000 General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 3.100%, 1/12/32   1,228,828
    459,000 General Motors Financial Co., Inc., 5.650%, 1/17/29     433,915
    200,000 Genm Capital Labuan Ltd. (Malaysia), 144a, 3.882%, 4/19/31      136,879
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Consumer Discretionary — (Continued)  
$   561,000 Home Depot, Inc. (The), 5.950%, 4/1/41 $    584,278
    929,000 Hyundai Capital America, 144a, 2.650%, 2/10/25     865,804
    740,000 Imperial Brands Finance PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 6.125%, 7/27/27     729,493
  1,410,000 JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance, Inc., 144a, 2.500%, 1/15/27   1,208,483
    447,000 JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance, Inc., 144a, 4.375%, 2/2/52     299,606
  1,108,000 Lowe's Cos., Inc., 4.500%, 4/15/30   1,034,452
  1,602,000 Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 1.200%, 10/29/30   1,235,851
    200,000 Prosus NV (China), 144a, 3.257%, 1/19/27     167,499
  1,153,000 Toll Brothers Finance Corp., 3.800%, 11/1/29     933,000
    689,000 Warnermedia Holdings, Inc., 144a, 4.279%, 3/15/32     566,720
   689,000 Warnermedia Holdings, Inc., 144a, 5.141%, 3/15/52     499,904
         13,073,379
  Industrials — 4.0%  
    200,000 Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen SA (Panama), 144a, 4.000%, 8/11/41     147,642
  1,228,000 Amcor Flexibles North America, Inc., 2.630%, 6/19/30     986,017
    650,000 Boeing Co. (The), 5.805%, 5/1/50     566,167
    782,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 5.750%, 5/1/40     790,495
    200,000 Canpack SA / Canpack US LLC (Poland), 144a, 3.125%, 11/1/25     173,935
    635,000 Carrier Global Corp., 3.577%, 4/5/50     439,787
  1,237,000 CNH Industrial Capital LLC, 1.450%, 7/15/26   1,070,562
    320,000 DAE Funding LLC (United Arab Emirates), 3.375%, 3/20/28     271,060
    899,000 FedEx Corp., 5.100%, 1/15/44     759,780
    977,000 John Deere Capital Corp., MTN, 2.450%, 1/9/30     824,339
    300,000 Misc Capital Two Labuan Ltd. (Malaysia), 144a, 3.625%, 4/6/25     286,824
    890,000 Mohawk Industries, Inc., 3.625%, 5/15/30     740,252
    803,000 Norfolk Southern Corp., 4.837%, 10/1/41     714,798
  1,068,000 Parker-Hannifin Corp., 4.250%, 9/15/27   1,017,706
    691,000 Roper Technologies, Inc., 2.950%, 9/15/29     581,505
 1,381,000 Weir Group PLC (The) (United Kingdom), 144a, 2.200%, 5/13/26   1,160,681
         10,531,550
  Energy — 4.0%  
    878,000 Boardwalk Pipelines LP, 4.800%, 5/3/29     806,025
    619,000 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada), 6.250%, 3/15/38     597,080
    723,000 Cenovus Energy, Inc. (Canada), 5.250%, 6/15/37     633,056
    655,000 Continental Resources, Inc., 144a, 5.750%, 1/15/31     592,027
    320,000 Ecopetrol SA (Colombia), 6.875%, 4/29/30     268,837
    300,000 EIG Pearl Holdings Sarl (Saudi Arabia), 144a, 3.545%, 8/31/36     239,170
    200,000 EIG Pearl Holdings Sarl (Saudi Arabia), 144a, 4.387%, 11/30/46     141,058
  1,103,000 Energy Transfer LP, 4.150%, 9/15/29     962,593
    200,000 FS Luxembourg Sarl (Brazil), 144a, 10.000%, 12/15/25     201,947
    150,000 Heritage Petroleum Co. Ltd. (Trinidad and Tobago), 144a, 9.000%, 8/12/29     156,924
    300,000 KazMunayGas National Co. JSC (Kazakhstan), 144a, 4.750%, 4/19/27     250,815
    200,000 KazMunayGas National Co. JSC (Kazakhstan), 144a, 5.750%, 4/19/47     133,073
    601,000 MC Brazil Downstream Trading SARL (Brazil), 144a, 7.250%, 6/30/31     452,252
    793,000 Midwest Connector Capital Co. LLC, 144a, 3.900%, 4/1/24      766,250
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 40.7% (Continued)  
  Energy — (Continued)  
$   801,000 MPLX LP, 4.950%, 3/14/52 $    626,924
    969,000 NGPL PipeCo LLC, 144a, 7.768%, 12/15/37     978,893
    300,000 Oil and Gas Holding Co. BSCC (The) (Bahrain), 144a, 7.500%, 10/25/27     291,589
    200,000 Petroleos del Peru SA (Peru), 144a, 4.750%, 6/19/32     140,701
    200,000 Petroleos del Peru SA (Peru), 144a, 5.625%, 6/19/47     120,080
    375,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.625%, 6/15/35     239,625
    403,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.700%, 2/16/32     283,914
    250,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 6.750%, 9/21/47     139,505
    501,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 7.690%, 1/23/50     308,866
    380,000 Petronas Capital Ltd. (Malaysia), 144a, 2.480%, 1/28/32     311,599
    400,000 Qatar Petroleum (Qatar), 144a, 3.125%, 7/12/41     291,714
    250,000 SA Global Sukuk Ltd. (Saudi Arabia), 144a, 2.694%, 6/17/31     210,932
    200,000 Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2018 Ltd. (China), 144a, 3.350%, 5/13/50     142,438
   350,000 YPF, SA (Argentina), 144a, 6.950%, 7/21/27     201,775
         10,489,662
  Utilities — 3.1%  
    199,271 Alfa Desarrollo SpA (Chile), 144a, 4.550%, 9/27/51     131,519
  1,002,000 CMS Energy Corp., 4.750%, 6/1/50     846,690
    717,000 Duke Energy Progress LLC, 4.150%, 12/1/44     578,302
    712,000 Edison International, 4.125%, 3/15/28     635,535
    929,000 Electricite de France SA (France), 144a, 4.875%, 9/21/38     763,136
    200,000 Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. (South Africa), 144a, 7.125%, 2/11/25     177,100
    903,000 FirstEnergy Transmission LLC, 144a, 5.450%, 7/15/44     816,751
    250,000 Minejesa Capital BV (Indonesia), 4.625%, 8/10/30     204,375
    200,000 NPC Ukrenergo (Ukraine), 144a, 6.875%, 11/9/28*      38,278
  1,114,000 Ohio Power Co., Ser R, 2.900%, 10/1/51     696,195
  1,225,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co., 3.500%, 8/1/50     745,594
    859,000 PacifiCorp., 5.750%, 4/1/37     816,235
    200,000 Perusahaan Listrik Negara PT (Indonesia), 144a, 4.875%, 7/17/49     139,268
 1,860,000 WEC Energy Group, Inc., (3M LIBOR +2.112%), 5.018%, 5/15/67(B)   1,543,800
          8,132,778
  Health Care — 2.5%  
    806,000 AbbVie, Inc., 4.450%, 5/14/46     655,121
    903,000 Alcon Finance Corp. (Switzerland), 144a, 3.800%, 9/23/49     646,666
    744,000 Becton Dickinson and Co., 4.685%, 12/15/44     635,493
    840,000 CommonSpirit Health, 4.187%, 10/1/49     628,377
    768,000 CVS Health Corp., 5.125%, 7/20/45     672,431
  1,026,000 DH Europe Finance II Sarl, 3.250%, 11/15/39     777,974
  1,045,000 HCA Inc., 5.375%, 9/1/26   1,012,780
    906,000 Mylan, Inc., 4.550%, 4/15/28     800,672
 1,056,000 UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.500%, 8/15/39     830,449
          6,659,963
  Communication Services — 2.4%  
    609,000 AT&T, Inc., 4.500%, 5/15/35     526,434
  1,165,000 British Telecommunications PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 3.250%, 11/8/29     950,020
    940,000 Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital, 6.484%, 10/23/45     826,188
    782,000 Comcast Corp., 4.000%, 3/1/48     597,937
  1,380,000 Netflix, Inc., 6.375%, 5/15/29   1,369,670
    445,000 Paramount Global, 4.950%, 5/19/50      316,279
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Communication Services — (Continued)  
$ 1,152,000 T-Mobile USA, Inc., 3.875%, 4/15/30 $  1,021,450
 1,083,000 Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.987%, 10/30/56     643,868
          6,251,846
  Information Technology — 2.2%  
    634,000 Apple, Inc., 4.650%, 2/23/46     588,341
  1,381,000 Broadcom, Inc., 4.150%, 11/15/30   1,194,836
  1,175,000 Microchip Technology, Inc., 0.983%, 9/1/24   1,081,865
    658,000 Micron Technology, Inc., 2.703%, 4/15/32     477,898
    465,000 Microsoft Corp., 3.500%, 2/12/35     417,560
    858,000 NXP BV / NXP Funding LLC (China), 5.350%, 3/1/26     847,601
    386,000 Oracle Corp., 3.600%, 4/1/40     262,019
    309,000 Oracle Corp., 4.300%, 7/8/34     251,714
   629,000 Visa, Inc., 4.150%, 12/14/35     572,676
          5,694,510
  Real Estate — 2.1%  
    973,000 Crown Castle International Corp. REIT, 3.650%, 9/1/27     880,993
    830,000 Equinix, Inc. REIT, 2.900%, 11/18/26     744,978
  1,082,000 Host Hotels & Resorts LP REIT, Ser F, 4.500%, 2/1/26   1,027,795
  1,000,000 Invitation Homes Operating Partnership LP REIT, 4.150%, 4/15/32     844,678
    200,000 Logan Group Co. Ltd. (China), 5.250%, 2/23/23      31,900
    457,000 Mid-America Apartments LP REIT, 3.750%, 6/15/24     446,924
    696,000 Sabra Health Care LP REIT, 5.125%, 8/15/26     653,237
    353,000 STORE Capital Corp. REIT, 4.500%, 3/15/28     336,249
   720,000 STORE Capital Corp. REIT, 4.625%, 3/15/29     688,109
          5,654,863
  Consumer Staples — 1.9%  
  1,218,000 7-Eleven, Inc., 144a, 0.950%, 2/10/26   1,050,812
  1,181,000 Anheuser-Busch Cos. LLC / Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc. (Belgium), 4.900%, 2/1/46   1,023,520
    978,000 Ashtead Capital, Inc. (United Kingdom), 144a, 4.000%, 5/1/28     855,051
    200,000 Coruripe Netherlands BV (Brazil), 144a, 10.000%, 2/10/27     171,000
    623,000 Kroger Co. (The), 5.000%, 4/15/42     549,841
    926,000 Mars, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 4/1/39     763,698
    657,000 Starbucks Corp., 3.350%, 3/12/50     447,996
   400,000 Ulker Biskuvi Sanayi AS (Turkey), 144a, 6.950%, 10/30/25     273,360
          5,135,278
  Materials — 1.4%  
    672,000 Braskem America Finance Co. (Brazil), 144a, 7.125%, 7/22/41     588,285
    200,000 Braskem Idesa SAPI (Mexico), 144a, 6.990%, 2/20/32     134,000
    200,000 Braskem Netherlands Finance BV (Brazil), 144a, 4.500%, 1/31/30     161,640
    421,000 Braskem Netherlands Finance BV (Brazil), 144a, 5.875%, 1/31/50     298,279
  1,054,000 Celanese US Holdings LLC, 6.165%, 7/15/27     994,403
    200,000 Freeport Indonesia PT (Indonesia), 144a, 4.763%, 4/14/27     180,058
    200,000 Freeport Indonesia PT (Indonesia), 144a, 5.315%, 4/14/32     165,500
    200,000 Indonesia Asahan Aluminium Persero PT (Indonesia), 144a, 5.800%, 5/15/50     150,610
    200,000 Metinvest BV (Ukraine), 144a, 7.750%, 10/17/29      87,760
    200,000 OCP SA (Morocco), 144a, 5.125%, 6/23/51      127,000
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 40.7% (Continued)  
  Materials — (Continued)  
$   795,000 Sherwin-Williams Co. (The), 4.500%, 6/1/47 $    644,931
   200,000 Stillwater Mining Co. (South Africa), 144a, 4.500%, 11/16/29     147,656
          3,680,122
  Total Corporate Bonds $107,433,663
  U.S. Treasury Obligations — 22.2%
  4,345,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.750%, 8/15/41       2,972,252
  3,039,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.250%, 2/15/52       2,207,549
  1,035,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.375%, 2/15/42         793,230
  2,905,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%, 5/15/52       2,436,569
  2,000,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.000%, 5/15/42       1,701,953
  6,595,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.250%, 5/15/42       5,854,093
24,505,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 0.750%, 5/31/26      21,647,679
22,885,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.750%, 8/15/32      20,914,744
  Total U.S. Treasury Obligations  $58,528,069
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 8.6%
  1,000,000 Austin Fairmont Hotel Trust, Ser 2019-FAIR, Class C, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.450%), 4.268%, 9/15/32(B)         957,262
    500,000 BANK, Ser 2018-BN14, Class A3, 3.966%, 9/15/60         466,244
    970,000 BANK, Ser 2020-BN26, Class A4, 2.403%, 3/15/63         799,401
  1,230,000 BANK, Ser 2022-BNK39, Class A4, 2.928%, 2/15/55       1,023,501
    930,000 BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-C11, Class A5, 2.322%, 9/15/54         739,291
  2,745,000 BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-C12, Class A5, 2.689%, 11/15/54       2,244,181
    720,000 BBCMS Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-C14, Class A5, 2.946%, 2/15/55         600,455
  1,000,000 BPR Trust, Ser 2021-KEN, Class B, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.950%), 4.768%, 2/15/29(B)         969,794
    830,000 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-GC46, Class A5, 2.717%, 2/15/53         695,833
  1,234,572 COMM Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-CR14, Class A2, 3.147%, 2/10/47       1,221,187
  1,600,000 CSMC, Ser 2021-B33, Class A1, 144a, 3.052%, 10/10/43       1,376,392
    580,000 DBUBS Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-BRBK, Class B, 144a, 3.648%, 10/10/34(B)(C)         544,007
    550,000 Eleven Madison Trust Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-11MD, Class C, 144a, 3.673%, 9/10/35(B)(C)         493,028
    595,000 GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Ser 2017-SLP, Class B, 144a, 3.772%, 10/10/32         594,047
    750,000 GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Ser 2020-UPTN, Class E, 144a, 3.354%, 2/10/37         647,452
  1,750,000 GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2017-FARM, Class B, 144a, 3.659%, 1/10/43(B)(C)       1,492,292
  1,325,000 GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2020-GC47, Class A5, 2.377%, 5/12/53       1,083,754
    765,000 HONO Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-LULU, Class B, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.450%), 4.268%, 10/15/36(B)         726,757
    528,000 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2016-NINE, Class B, 144a, 2.949%, 9/6/38(B)(C)         452,805
    755,000 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2017-JP7, Class A5, 3.454%, 9/15/50         695,233
  1,200,000 JPMorgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2018-MINN, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.27%), 4.088%, 11/15/35(B)       1,150,640
 1,210,000 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Ser 2018-H3, Class AS, 4.177%, 7/15/51       1,137,688
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 8.6% (Continued)
$ 2,380,000 Wells Fargo Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-C53, Class A4, 3.040%, 10/15/52     $  2,051,531
   695,000 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-C12, Class B, 3.863%, 3/15/48(B)(C)         686,085
  Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities  $22,848,860
  U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations — 7.7%
     49,293 FHLMC, Pool #1Q0339, (12M LIBOR +1.889%), 2.769%, 4/1/37(B)          49,720
      7,228 FHLMC, Pool #A12886, 5.000%, 8/1/33           7,256
     47,004 FHLMC, Pool #A13842, 6.000%, 9/1/33          47,852
      4,837 FHLMC, Pool #A21415, 5.000%, 5/1/34           4,879
     10,389 FHLMC, Pool #A35682, 5.000%, 7/1/35          10,417
      4,141 FHLMC, Pool #A36523, 5.000%, 8/1/35           4,072
     19,093 FHLMC, Pool #A46590, 5.000%, 8/1/35          18,666
      2,572 FHLMC, Pool #A64971, 5.500%, 8/1/37           2,662
  1,556,159 FHLMC, Pool #A89148, 4.000%, 10/1/39       1,485,355
     42,092 FHLMC, Pool #A96485, 4.500%, 1/1/41          41,185
    271,740 FHLMC, Pool #A97897, 4.500%, 4/1/41         266,586
     14,204 FHLMC, Pool #C62740, 7.000%, 1/1/32          14,542
      8,199 FHLMC, Pool #C72254, 6.500%, 7/1/32           8,456
     14,268 FHLMC, Pool #C90986, 7.000%, 6/1/26          14,399
      8,119 FHLMC, Pool #G02184, 5.000%, 4/1/36           8,202
  1,400,576 FHLMC, Pool #G05624, 4.500%, 9/1/39       1,374,461
    131,015 FHLMC, Pool #G05733, 5.000%, 11/1/39         132,365
     33,030 FHLMC, Pool #J13584, 3.500%, 11/1/25          31,406
    877,281 FHLMC REMIC, Pool #SD1436, 4.500%, 8/1/52         838,359
    840,000 FHLMC REMIC, Pool #SD1620, 5.000%, 9/1/52         820,194
     13,967 FNMA, Pool #255628, 5.500%, 2/1/25          13,911
      5,256 FNMA, Pool #426830, 8.000%, 11/1/24           5,266
      4,378 FNMA, Pool #540040, 7.500%, 6/1/28           4,377
      7,588 FNMA, Pool #561741, 7.500%, 1/1/31           7,842
     14,950 FNMA, Pool #640291, 7.000%, 8/1/32          14,941
     14,135 FNMA, Pool #670402, 6.500%, 6/1/32          14,732
     79,540 FNMA, Pool #745257, 6.000%, 1/1/36          83,540
     51,645 FNMA, Pool #748895, 6.000%, 12/1/33          51,814
     23,016 FNMA, Pool #758564, 6.000%, 9/1/24          23,388
     33,366 FNMA, Pool #810049, 5.500%, 3/1/35          33,244
     30,681 FNMA, Pool #819297, 6.000%, 9/1/35          31,963
    549,253 FNMA, Pool #881279, 5.000%, 11/1/36         548,883
     17,346 FNMA, Pool #889060, 6.000%, 1/1/38          18,712
     42,930 FNMA, Pool #889061, 6.000%, 1/1/38          45,091
      3,561 FNMA, Pool #895657, 6.500%, 8/1/36           3,625
     59,879 FNMA, Pool #905049, 5.500%, 11/1/36          59,633
    219,438 FNMA, Pool #928553, 5.500%, 8/1/37         221,289
    114,614 FNMA, Pool #931535, 5.500%, 7/1/39         114,492
     93,818 FNMA, Pool #AA3467, 4.500%, 4/1/39          92,013
    155,450 FNMA, Pool #AA4584, 4.500%, 4/1/39         152,475
     36,448 FNMA, Pool #AB1800, 4.000%, 11/1/40          34,752
     54,759 FNMA, Pool #AB2452, 4.000%, 3/1/26          53,079
     14,265 FNMA, Pool #AD3775, 4.500%, 3/1/25          14,030
     24,463 FNMA, Pool #AD6193, 5.000%, 6/1/40          24,318
     49,770 FNMA, Pool #AE1568, 4.000%, 9/1/40          47,460
    290,932 FNMA, Pool #AE2497, 4.500%, 9/1/40         285,091
     32,203 FNMA, Pool #AE5441, 5.000%, 10/1/40          32,391
     93,923 FNMA, Pool #AH1135, 5.000%, 1/1/41          94,773
     34,626 FNMA, Pool #AH3671, 4.000%, 2/1/26          33,579
    283,401 FNMA, Pool #AH6622, 4.000%, 3/1/41         270,200
    262,922 FNMA, Pool #AL0150, 4.000%, 2/1/41         250,692
     46,922 FNMA, Pool #AL0211, 5.000%, 4/1/41          47,348
    310,626 FNMA, Pool #AS0779, 4.000%, 10/1/43         295,269
  2,125,943 FNMA, Pool #BT7156, 2.000%, 8/1/51       1,729,273
 1,531,790 FNMA, Pool #FM4660, 2.000%, 10/1/35       1,355,147
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations — 7.7%
(Continued)
$ 1,535,002 FNMA, Pool #FM4702, 2.500%, 10/1/50     $  1,301,626
  2,231,495 FNMA, Pool #FM5085, 2.000%, 12/1/50       1,819,541
  1,062,725 FNMA, Pool #FM8360, 2.500%, 8/1/51         900,470
  1,049,301 FNMA, Pool #FM8361, 2.500%, 8/1/51         887,059
  1,150,991 FNMA, Pool #FM9905, 2.500%, 12/1/51         971,697
  1,152,230 FNMA, Pool #FM9907, 2.500%, 12/1/51         972,883
    840,000 FNMA, Pool #FS2906, 5.000%, 9/1/52         821,231
    930,537 FNMA, Pool #MA4128, 2.000%, 9/1/40         780,635
   661,801 GNMA, Pool #4424, 5.000%, 4/20/39         673,106
  Total U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations  $20,417,915
  Asset-Backed Securities — 6.1%
  1,100,000 AB BSL CLO 2 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-2A, Class B1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.650%), 4.162%, 4/15/34(B)       1,025,452
  1,982,199 Adams Outdoor Advertising LP, Ser 2018-1, Class A, 144a, 4.810%, 11/15/48       1,875,584
  1,400,000 Aimco CLO 11 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-11A, Class AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.130%), 3.870%, 10/17/34(B)       1,335,228
    966,529 CF Hippolyta Issuer LLC, Ser 2020-1, Class A1, 144a, 1.690%, 7/15/60         858,697
      1,523 CIT Home Equity Loan Trust, Ser 2002-1, Class AF5, 6.941%, 2/25/33(B)(C)           1,398
  1,326,500 Coinstar Funding LLC, Ser 2017-1A, Class A2, 144a, 5.216%, 4/25/47       1,236,057
  1,265,438 Driven Brands Funding LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A2, 144a, 2.791%, 10/20/51         999,257
    107,291 FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Ser T-20, Class A5, 8.370%, 12/25/29(B)(C)         112,993
      5,976 FNMA REMIC Trust, Ser 2001-W2, Class AF6, 6.089%, 10/25/31(B)(C)           6,065
  1,138,500 Jack in the Box Funding LLC, Ser 2022-1A, Class A2I, 144a, 3.445%, 2/26/52         989,208
    962,725 Jersey Mike's Funding, Ser 2019-1A, Class A2, 144a, 4.433%, 2/15/50         875,095
  1,425,000 Madison Park Funding XLIX Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-49A, Class B1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.700%), 4.438%, 10/19/34(B)       1,339,359
    556,099 Mid-State Capital Corp. Trust, Ser 2005-1, Class M2, 7.079%, 1/15/40         553,958
    947,979 Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2018-3, Class M3, 144a, 3.250%, 8/25/58(B)(C)         789,022
  1,185,000 Neighborly Issuer LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A2, 144a, 3.584%, 4/30/51         983,266
     53,395 Orange Lake Timeshare Trust, Ser 2016-A, Class A, 144a, 2.610%, 3/8/29          51,343
  1,119,375 Planet Fitness Master Issuer LLC, Ser 2022-1A, Class A2I, 144a, 3.251%, 12/5/51         976,308
  1,027,000 TAL Advantage VII LLC, Ser 2020-1A, Class A, 144a, 2.050%, 9/20/45         899,629
 1,580,000 Wendy's Funding LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A2II, 144a, 2.775%, 6/15/51       1,242,758
  Total Asset-Backed Securities  $16,150,677
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 5.5%
      1,407 Adjustable Rate Mortgage Trust, Ser 2004-4, Class 3A1, 3.010%, 3/25/35(B)(C)           1,393
  1,234,036 Agate Bay Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-7, Class B1, 144a, 3.651%, 10/25/45(B)(C)       1,121,367
 1,923,173 Agate Bay Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-7, Class B2, 144a, 3.651%, 10/25/45(B)(C)       1,744,211
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 5.5%
(Continued)
$   442,799 CSMC Trust, Ser 2013-7, Class B3, 144a, 3.544%, 8/25/43(B)(C)     $    401,484
    516,819 CSMC Trust, Ser 2014-OAK1, Class B4, 144a, 3.633%, 11/25/44(B)(C)         482,266
    921,658 CSMC Trust, Ser 2015-1, Class B3, 144a, 3.914%, 1/25/45(B)(C)         848,380
    969,985 CSMC Trust, Ser 2015-2, Class B4, 144a, 3.902%, 2/25/45(B)(C)         879,903
    862,875 CSMC Trust, Ser 2015-WIN1, Class B3, 144a, 3.781%, 12/25/44(B)(C)         795,086
  1,245,843 Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust, Ser 2022-2, Class A1, 144a, 4.300%, 3/25/67       1,182,592
  1,220,631 EverBank Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2018-1, Class B2, 144a, 3.577%, 2/25/48       1,029,867
     34,141 Galton Funding Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-1, Class A22, 144a, 4.000%, 2/25/59(B)(C)          33,048
    330,115 GS Mortgage-Backed Securities Corp. Trust, Ser 2020-PJ3, Class A14, 144a, 3.000%, 10/25/50(B)(C)         278,664
     18,745 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2005-A1, Class 2A1, 2.545%, 2/25/35(B)(C)          18,411
      7,082 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2005-A2, Class 7CB1, 2.781%, 4/25/35(B)(C)           7,076
     17,714 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2006-A4, Class 2A2, 2.741%, 6/25/36(B)(C)          13,365
    491,991 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-IVR2, Class B3, 144a, 3.780%, 1/25/45(B)(C)         473,380
  1,601,155 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-1, Class B2, 144a, 3.450%, 1/25/47(B)(C)       1,341,447
    305,305 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-INV1, Class A15, 144a, 4.000%, 10/25/49(B)(C)         290,915
     18,033 MASTR Alternative Loan Trust, Ser 2004-7, Class 10A1, 6.000%, 6/25/34          16,007
  1,100,000 Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2016-1, Class B2, 144a, 3.578%, 4/25/57       1,004,159
    136,230 Residential Asset Securitization Trust, Ser 2006-A1, Class 1A3, 6.000%, 4/25/36          67,322
    131,527 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-10, Class B2, 144a, 3.532%, 8/25/43(B)(C)         124,159
    132,255 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-5, Class B1, 144a, 3.497%, 5/25/43(B)(C)         123,070
    631,132 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-2, Class A1, 144a, 3.500%, 2/25/47(B)(C)         554,524
     69,199 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-CH4, Class A13, 144a, 4.500%, 10/25/48(B)(C)          68,436
  1,000,000 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-1, Class B1, 144a, 3.779%, 10/25/56         875,210
    800,000 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-4, Class A2, 144a, 3.250%, 10/25/59         693,116
    45,558 Washington Mutual Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Ser 2005-9, Class 2A4, 5.500%, 11/25/35          40,127
  Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  $14,508,985
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 4.7%
  2,085,000 FHLMC REMIC, Ser 4991, Class HB, 2.000%, 7/25/50       1,516,415
  2,850,000 FHLMC REMIC, Ser 5178, Class CV, 2.000%, 11/25/40       2,132,849
    121,017 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2003-32, Class BZ, 6.000%, 11/25/32         124,772
     12,308 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2015-51, Class KC, 3.000%, 6/25/45          11,515
    377,454 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2017-90, Class KA, 3.000%, 11/25/47          352,681
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 4.7%
(Continued)
$ 1,800,000 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2019-35, Class KB, 3.000%, 7/25/49     $  1,462,776
  2,500,000 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2022-16, Class KB, 2.500%, 11/25/49       1,886,695
  2,550,000 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2022-17, Class UV, 3.000%, 7/25/42       2,090,868
     45,775 FNMA Trust, Ser 2004-W15, Class 2AF, (1M LIBOR +0.250%), 3.334%, 8/25/44(B)          45,574
    855,373 GNMA, Ser 2010-169, Class AW, 4.500%, 12/20/40         847,635
  4,276,402 GNMA, Ser 2012-147, Class IO, 0.553%, 4/16/54(B)(C)(D)          58,899
  1,484,864 GNMA, Ser 2016-113, Class IO, 1.182%, 2/16/58(B)(C)(D)          80,359
  8,612,474 GNMA, Ser 2016-140, Class IO, 0.751%, 5/16/58(B)(C)(D)         323,785
 1,700,000 GNMA, Ser 2022-50, Class KV, 3.000%, 6/20/42       1,365,725
  Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  $12,300,548
  Sovereign Government Obligations — 4.0%
    200,000 Angolan Government International Bond, 144a, 8.750%, 4/14/32         147,900
    275,000 Angolan Government International Bond, 144a, 8.250%, 5/9/28         216,233
     12,043 Argentine Republic Government International Bond, 1.000%, 7/9/29           2,330
    242,500 Argentine Republic Government International Bond, 1.500%, 7/9/35(B)(C)          44,119
    382,000 Bahamas Government International Bond, 144a, 6.000%, 11/21/28         229,206
    100,000 Bahamas Government International Bond, 144a, 8.950%, 10/15/32          58,001
    200,000 Bahamas Government International Bond, 144a, 9.000%, 6/16/29         138,742
     50,000 Banque Centrale de Tunisie International Bond, 8.250%, 9/19/27          30,610
    368,000 Chile Government International Bond, 3.100%, 5/7/41         250,098
    811,000 Chile Government International Bond, 3.100%, 1/22/61         473,813
    200,000 Chile Government International Bond, 3.500%, 1/31/34         163,435
    300,000 Chile Government International Bond, 4.000%, 1/31/52         219,194
    375,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 3.250%, 4/22/32         253,437
    200,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 4.125%, 5/15/51         107,383
    200,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 5.200%, 5/15/49         123,447
    250,000 Colombia Government International Bond, 6.125%, 1/18/41         183,818
    200,000 Dominican Republic International Bond, 144a, 5.500%, 2/22/29         172,222
    200,000 Dominican Republic International Bond, 144a, 4.875%, 9/23/32         150,371
    150,000 Dominican Republic International Bond, 144a, 5.950%, 1/25/27         139,398
    100,000 Dominican Republic International Bond, 144a, 6.850%, 1/27/45          77,713
    247,150 Ecuador Government International Bond, 144a, 1.500%, 7/31/40(B)(C)          72,291
    372,885 Ecuador Government International Bond, 144a, 2.500%, 7/31/35(B)(C)          122,717
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Sovereign Government Obligations — 4.0% (Continued)
$   631,050 Ecuador Government International Bond, 144a, 5.500%, 7/31/30(B)(C)     $    297,109
    585,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 144a, 7.625%, 5/29/32         351,990
    200,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 144a, 8.875%, 5/29/50         110,808
    350,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 144a, 5.750%, 5/29/24         309,719
    200,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 144a, 5.800%, 9/30/27         139,993
    200,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 144a, 7.500%, 1/31/27         154,046
    200,000 Egypt Government International Bond, 144a, 8.150%, 11/20/59         107,520
    100,000 El Salvador Government International Bond, 144a, 6.375%, 1/18/27          36,980
    100,000 El Salvador Government International Bond, 144a, 7.650%, 6/15/35          33,131
     75,000 El Salvador Government International Bond, 144a, 8.625%, 2/28/29          27,038
    585,000 Ghana Government International Bond, 144a, 7.625%, 5/16/29         222,300
    200,000 Ghana Government International Bond, 144a, 8.950%, 3/26/51          73,400
    200,000 Guatemala Government Bond, 144a, 5.250%, 8/10/29         179,725
    200,000 Guatemala Government Bond, 144a, 6.125%, 6/1/50         163,947
    200,000 Hungary Government International Bond, 144a, 5.500%, 6/16/34         168,670
    300,000 Hungary Government International Bond, 144a, 3.125%, 9/21/51         158,570
    500,000 Indonesia Government International Bond, 5.450%, 9/20/52         461,265
    200,000 Lebanese Republic Government International Bond, MTN, 6.650%, 2/26/30          11,500
  1,020,000 Mexico Government International Bond, 3.771%, 5/24/61         602,706
    225,000 Mexico Government International Bond, 4.280%, 8/14/41         163,784
    200,000 Mexico Government International Bond, 4.875%, 5/19/33         175,916
    200,000 Mongolia Government International Bond, 144a, 5.625%, 5/1/23         188,500
    200,000 Morocco Government International Bond, 144a, 5.500%, 12/11/42         147,000
    370,000 Nigeria Government International Bond, 144a, 7.625%, 11/28/47         205,350
    200,000 Nigeria Government International Bond, 144a, 6.125%, 9/28/28         132,260
    200,000 Nigeria Government International Bond, 144a, 7.875%, 2/16/32         128,052
    200,000 Oman Government International Bond, 144a, 6.000%, 8/1/29         186,141
    200,000 Oman Government International Bond, 144a, 6.500%, 3/8/47         156,369
    200,000 Oman Government International Bond, 144a, 5.375%, 3/8/27         187,819
    300,000 Pakistan Government International Bond, 144a, 7.875%, 3/31/36         108,132
    200,000 Papua New Guinea Government International Bond, 8.375%, 10/4/28         161,770
    216,000 Paraguay Government International Bond, 144a, 2.739%, 1/29/33          155,136
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Sovereign Government Obligations — 4.0% (Continued)
$   100,000 Paraguay Government International Bond, 144a, 5.600%, 3/13/48     $     75,075
    200,000 Republic of Belarus International Bond, 144a, 6.875%, 2/28/23          64,000
    200,000 Republic of South Africa Government International Bond, 5.750%, 9/30/49         128,300
    360,000 Republic of Uzbekistan International Bond, 144a, 3.700%, 11/25/30         256,738
    200,000 Romanian Government International Bond, 4.375%, 8/22/23         198,726
    200,000 Sri Lanka Government International Bond, 144a, 6.125%, 6/3/25          53,686
    200,000 Third Pakistan International Sukuk Co. Ltd. (The), 5.625%, 12/5/22         169,732
    350,000 Turkey Government International Bond, 4.875%, 4/16/43         197,050
    200,000 Turkey Government International Bond, 5.750%, 5/11/47         119,820
    200,000 Ukraine Government International Bond, 7.750%, 9/1/28*          40,572
   400,000 Ukraine Government International Bond, 144a, 7.375%, 9/25/34*          73,754
  Total Sovereign Government Obligations  $10,460,577
Shares        
  Preferred Stocks — 0.2%  
  Financials — 0.2%  
     4,604 Bank of America Corp., Ser NN, 4.375%(A)      84,161
     4,105 US Bancorp, Ser L, 3.750%(A)      65,967
     8,981 Wells Fargo & Co., Ser AA, 4.700%(A)     166,418
    13,426 Wells Fargo & Co., Ser DD, 4.250%(A)     230,793
  Total Preferred Stocks     $547,339
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 1.0%  
 2,774,825 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω   2,774,825
  Total Investment Securities—100.7%
(Cost $307,622,850)
$265,971,458
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.7%)  (1,902,359)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $264,069,099
(A) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
(B) Variable rate security - Rate reflected is the rate in effect as of September 30, 2022.
(C) Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.
(D) Interest only security - This type of security represents the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
CLO – Collateralized Loan Obligation
DAC – Designated Activity Company
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
IO – Interest Only
JSC – Joint Stock Company
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LP – Limited Partnership
MTN – Medium Term Note
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC – Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
SOC – State-Owned Company
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $69,792,539 or 26.4% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets:        
Corporate Bonds $$107,433,663 $— $107,433,663
U.S. Treasury Obligations 58,528,069 58,528,069
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 22,848,860 22,848,860
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations 20,417,915 20,417,915
Asset-Backed Securities 16,150,677 16,150,677
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 14,508,985 14,508,985
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 12,300,548 12,300,548
Sovereign Government Obligations 10,460,577 10,460,577
Preferred Stocks 547,339 547,339
Short-Term Investment Fund 2,774,825 2,774,825
Other Financial Instruments        
Futures        
Interest rate contracts 174,948 174,948
Total Assets $3,497,112 $262,649,294 $— $266,146,406
Liabilities:        
Other Financial Instruments        
Futures        
Interest rate contracts $(165,904) $$— $(165,904)
Total Liabilities $(165,904) $$— $(165,904)
Total $3,331,208 $262,649,294 $— $265,980,502
 
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Futures Contracts
At September 30, 2022, $268,663 was segregated with the broker as collateral for futures contracts. The Fund had the following futures contracts, brokered by Wells Fargo, open at September 30, 2022
Description Expiration Date Number of
Contracts
Notional Value Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
Short Futures:        
30-Year U.S. Ultra Long Term Treasury Bond 12/20/2022 29 $4,147,948 $174,948
Long Futures:        
2-Year U.S. Treasury Note 12/30/2022 172 35,493,091 (165,904)
        $9,044
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 98.2%  
  Japan — 31.5%  
  Communication Services — 1.8%  
  4,100 Nexon Co. Ltd. $   72,438
  1,900 Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.    81,892
  Consumer Discretionary — 4.9%  
  5,700 Mitsubishi Motors Corp.*    20,463
  6,600 Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.   116,429
  1,600 Shimamura Co. Ltd.   135,405
  2,900 Skylark Holdings Co. Ltd.*    30,903
 36,700 Yamada Holdings Co. Ltd.   120,766
  Consumer Staples — 12.1%  
  1,400 Calbee, Inc.    29,987
  1,900 Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   111,345
 12,100 Lion Corp.   136,735
  1,500 MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.    64,340
  1,800 MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.    79,970
  1,700 Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.   118,282
  7,900 Pigeon Corp.   115,491
  4,000 Sundrug Co. Ltd.    97,333
  1,100 Toyo Suisan Kaisha Ltd.    45,362
  5,000 Welcia Holdings Co. Ltd.   105,512
 12,000 Yamazaki Baking Co. Ltd.   137,884
  Energy — 2.2%  
    900 Cosmo Energy Holdings Co. Ltd.    23,220
  2,100 Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.    45,640
 10,000 Inpex Corp.    93,271
    700 Iwatani Corp.    26,359
  Financials — 1.4%  
  8,100 Shinsei Bank Ltd.   116,335
  Health Care — 2.4%  
    700 Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.    19,566
  2,800 Eisai Co. Ltd.   150,245
  1,200 Medipal Holdings Corp.    15,261
    700 Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.    16,351
  Industrials — 1.0%  
  1,400 Kyushu Railway Co.    30,218
    800 West Japan Railway Co.    30,579
  1,800 Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.    27,031
  Information Technology — 1.0%  
  2,500 Alps Alpine Co. Ltd.    18,072
  9,600 Ricoh Co. Ltd.    70,293
  Real Estate — 2.0%  
     55 GLP J-Reit    60,998
     50 Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc.   109,621
  Utilities — 2.7%  
  5,100 Toho Gas Co. Ltd.   101,201
 19,700 Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.*    62,974
  4,100 Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.    69,212
  Total Japan 2,706,984
  Hong Kong — 8.8%  
  Consumer Staples — 0.6%  
 77,000 WH Group Ltd., 144a    48,428
  Financials — 1.6%  
  7,500 Hang Seng Bank Ltd.   113,944
    700 Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.    23,928
  Industrials — 2.4%  
  2,300 Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.   116,283
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Hong Kong — (Continued)  
  Industrials — (Continued)  
  5,500 MTR Corp. Ltd. $   25,228
133,000 Pacific Basin Shipping Ltd.    41,068
 19,000 Xinyi Glass Holdings, Ltd.    27,478
  Information Technology — 0.9%  
 12,800 ASMPT Ltd.    77,593
  Real Estate — 1.6%  
 11,000 Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.    30,802
 15,400 Link REIT   107,500
  Utilities — 1.7%  
 11,000 CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.    56,104
 97,000 Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.    85,442
  Total Hong Kong   753,798
  United Kingdom — 8.1%  
  Communication Services — 2.0%  
 50,347 BT Group PLC    67,681
 10,989 Pearson PLC   104,941
  Consumer Staples — 3.8%  
 57,469 J Sainsbury PLC   111,293
  6,580 Ocado Group PLC*    34,147
  1,212 Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC    80,333
  2,301 Unilever PLC   101,106
  Energy — 0.1%  
  2,592 Harbour Energy PLC    12,869
  Financials — 0.6%  
  4,820 Hiscox Ltd.    47,489
  Health Care — 1.2%  
 43,560 ConvaTec Group PLC, 144a    98,993
  Industrials — 0.3%  
 13,108 Royal Mail PLC    26,682
  Information Technology — 0.1%  
    115 Endava PLC ADR*     9,272
  Total United Kingdom   694,806
  Switzerland — 5.3%  
  Communication Services — 1.5%  
    277 Swisscom AG   129,703
  Consumer Staples — 1.0%  
      9 Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG    86,979
  Health Care — 2.1%  
    601 Novartis AG    45,818
    410 Roche Holding AG   133,469
  Real Estate — 0.7%  
    594 PSP Swiss Property AG    59,377
  Total Switzerland   455,346
  Spain — 4.4%  
  Communication Services — 1.5%  
  2,183 Cellnex Telecom SA, 144a    67,338
 18,036 Telefonica SA    59,625
  Financials — 1.8%  
 60,069 Banco de Sabadell SA    40,058
 17,389 Bankinter SA    97,637
  4,816 CaixaBank SA    15,512
  Health Care — 0.8%  
  8,315 Grifols SA*    71,836
 
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Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 98.2% (Continued)  
  Spain — (Continued)  
  Utilities — 0.3%  
    413 Naturgy Energy Group SA $    9,554
  1,197 Red Electrica Corp. SA    18,369
  Total Spain   379,929
  France — 4.4%  
  Communication Services — 0.4%  
  2,594 Orange SA    23,462
  1,540 Vivendi SE    11,945
  Consumer Staples — 1.4%  
  8,494 Carrefour SA   117,804
  Energy — 0.2%  
    168 Gaztransport Et Technigaz SA    18,524
  Financials — 0.1%  
    731 SCOR SE    10,568
  Health Care — 1.5%  
    979 BioMerieux    77,439
    177 Ipsen SA    16,381
    397 Sanofi    30,230
  Industrials — 0.1%  
     86 Aeroports de Paris*     9,938
  Real Estate — 0.7%  
    440 Covivio REIT    21,197
  2,137 Klepierre SA REIT    37,152
  Total France   374,640
  Israel — 4.0%  
  Communication Services — 0.3%  
 14,416 Bezeq The Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd.    23,566
  Financials — 1.0%  
 10,719 Bank Hapoalim BM    90,484
  Health Care — 0.8%  
  8,844 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.*    70,571
  Information Technology — 0.8%  
    348 Nice Ltd.*    65,484
  Materials — 1.1%  
 11,702 ICL Group Ltd.    93,785
  Total Israel   343,890
  Netherlands — 3.9%  
  Communication Services — 1.4%  
 44,541 Koninklijke KPN NV   120,544
  Consumer Staples — 1.2%  
  3,936 Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV   100,256
  Financials — 0.2%  
    341 Euronext NV, 144a    21,581
  Health Care — 0.4%  
     93 Argenx SE*    33,096
  Materials — 0.7%  
  1,607 OCI NV    58,835
  Total Netherlands   334,312
  Denmark — 3.7%  
  Health Care — 1.0%  
    847 Ascendis Pharma A/S ADR*    87,461
  Industrials — 0.5%  
  2,568 Vestas Wind Systems A/S    47,284
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Denmark — (Continued)  
  Materials — 1.3%  
  2,191 Chr Hansen Holding A/S $  107,927
  Utilities — 0.9%  
    991 Orsted AS, 144a    78,984
  Total Denmark   321,656
  China — 3.7%  
  Consumer Discretionary — 1.0%  
 46,200 Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd.    86,827
  Consumer Staples — 1.4%  
 45,900 Budweiser Brewing Co. APAC Ltd., 144a   119,526
  Industrials — 1.1%  
 18,000 SITC International Holdings Co., Ltd.    33,011
 82,300 Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings Ltd.    58,755
  Real Estate — 0.2%  
  5,000 Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)    15,990
  Total China   314,109
  Australia — 3.4%  
  Consumer Discretionary — 0.8%  
  2,118 Domino's Pizza Enterprises Ltd.    69,781
  Consumer Staples — 1.1%  
 11,488 Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.    92,436
  Health Care — 0.3%  
  1,685 Ansell Ltd.    27,112
  Materials — 1.2%  
 54,361 Evolution Mining Ltd.    70,918
  3,273 Newcrest Mining Ltd.    35,935
  Total Australia   296,182
  Finland — 2.7%  
  Communication Services — 1.2%  
  2,347 Elisa Oyj   106,340
  Health Care — 1.5%  
  3,010 Orion Oyj - Class B   126,744
  Total Finland   233,084
  Norway — 2.0%  
  Energy — 2.0%  
  2,656 Aker BP ASA    76,239
  2,892 Equinor ASA    95,375
  Total Norway   171,614
  Portugal — 2.0%  
  Consumer Staples — 1.3%  
  6,185 Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA   115,186
  Energy — 0.5%  
  4,366 Galp Energia SGPS SA    42,007
  Utilities — 0.2%  
  3,232 EDP - Energias de Portugal SA    14,027
  Total Portugal   171,220
  Belgium — 1.8%  
  Health Care — 1.3%  
  1,648 UCB SA   114,368
  Materials — 0.4%  
  1,206 Umicore SA    35,405
 
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Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 98.2% (Continued)  
  Belgium — (Continued)  
  Utilities — 0.1%  
     66 Elia Group SA $    7,766
  Total Belgium   157,539
  Germany — 1.6%  
  Health Care — 0.8%  
  2,294 Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA    64,629
  Materials — 0.8%  
  3,744 K+S AG    70,900
  Total Germany   135,529
  United States — 1.3%  
  Energy — 0.1%  
  1,019 Tenaris SA    13,185
  Health Care — 1.2%  
  2,419 QIAGEN NV*   100,738
  Total United States   113,923
  Sweden — 1.3%  
  Consumer Staples — 1.0%  
  4,194 Essity AB    82,860
  Industrials — 0.3%  
    886 Saab AB    27,605
  Total Sweden   110,465
  Ireland — 1.3%  
  Consumer Staples — 1.3%  
  1,231 Kerry Group PLC - Class A   109,722
  Luxembourg — 1.0%  
  Health Care — 1.0%  
  1,447 Eurofins Scientific SE    85,900
  Singapore — 1.0%  
  Real Estate — 1.0%  
 78,500 Suntec Real Estate Investment Trust REIT    83,476
  New Zealand — 0.6%  
  Health Care — 0.6%  
  5,368 Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.    55,639
  Austria — 0.4%  
  Utilities — 0.4%  
    456 Verbund AG    38,932
  United Arab Emirates — 0.0%  
  Health Care — 0.0%  
 15,156 NMC Health PLC(A)         0
  Total Common Stocks $8,442,695
Shares       Market
Value
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 2.4%  
124,204 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω $  124,204
 83,219 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**    83,219
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds   $207,423
  Total Investment Securities — 100.6%
(Cost $10,224,244)
$8,650,118
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.6)%   (54,794)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $8,595,324
(A) Level 3- For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $79,170.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $434,850 or 5.1% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
 
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Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks        
Japan $366,123 $2,340,861 $— $2,706,984
Hong Kong 753,798 753,798
United Kingdom 56,761 638,045 694,806
Switzerland 455,346 455,346
Spain 379,929 379,929
France 374,640 374,640
Israel 343,890 343,890
Netherlands 334,312 334,312
Denmark 87,461 234,195 321,656
China 314,109 314,109
Australia 296,182 296,182
Finland 233,084 233,084
Norway 171,614 171,614
Portugal 171,220 171,220
Belgium 157,539 157,539
Germany 135,529 135,529
United States 113,923 113,923
Sweden 110,465 110,465
Ireland 109,722 109,722
Luxembourg 85,900 85,900
Singapore 83,476 83,476
New Zealand 55,639 55,639
Austria 38,932 38,932
United Arab Emirates 0 0
Short-Term Investment Funds 207,423 207,423
Total $717,768 $7,932,350 $0 $8,650,118
Measurements Using Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  
Assets Common
Stocks
Beginning balance, September 30, 2021 $0
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
Ending balance, September 30, 2022 $0
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation for Investments in Securities still held at September 30, 2022 $—
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund – September 30, 2022
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 66.7%  
  Energy — 11.7%  
$ 2,867,000 Apache Corp., 5.100%, 9/1/40(A) $  2,333,021
  2,609,000 Archrock Partners LP / Archrock Partners Finance Corp., 144a, 6.250%, 4/1/28   2,293,298
    252,000 Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp., 144a, 5.875%, 6/30/29     224,280
  1,229,000 Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp., 144a, 7.000%, 11/1/26   1,184,922
    187,000 Ascent Resources Utica Holdings LLC / ARU Finance Corp., 144a, 8.250%, 12/31/28     179,686
  2,399,000 Blue Racer Midstream LLC / Blue Racer Finance Corp., 144a, 7.625%, 12/15/25   2,303,040
    160,000 Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 3.250%, 1/31/32     124,285
    239,000 Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 4.000%, 3/1/31     200,163
    382,000 Cheniere Energy Partners LP, 4.500%, 10/1/29     337,115
  1,722,000 Citgo Holding, Inc., 144a, 9.250%, 8/1/24   1,709,429
  1,210,000 CITGO Petroleum Corp., 144a, 6.375%, 6/15/26   1,129,549
    320,000 Cullinan Holdco Scsp (Luxembourg), 4.625%, 10/15/26     262,842
    480,000 Cullinan Holdco Scsp (Luxembourg), 144a, 4.625%, 10/15/26     394,262
  1,065,000 EnLink Midstream LLC, 5.375%, 6/1/29     974,475
    489,000 Enviva Partners LP / Enviva Partners Finance Corp., 144a, 6.500%, 1/15/26     462,281
  2,835,000 EQM Midstream Partners LP, 6.500%, 7/15/48   2,162,254
    810,000 EQT Corp., 7.000%, 2/1/30     835,839
  2,754,000 ITT Holdings LLC, 144a, 6.500%, 8/1/29   2,136,432
  1,904,000 Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 144a, 7.500%, 1/15/26   1,661,240
     36,000 Moss Creek Resources Holdings, Inc., 144a, 10.500%, 5/15/27      33,491
  2,402,000 New Fortress Energy, Inc., 144a, 6.500%, 9/30/26   2,219,208
    715,000 NGL Energy Partners LP / NGL Energy Finance Corp., 6.125%, 3/1/25     569,127
  1,665,000 NGL Energy Partners LP / NGL Energy Finance Corp., 7.500%, 11/1/23   1,613,718
  1,420,426 Rockcliff Energy II LLC, 144a, 5.500%, 10/15/29   1,243,893
    679,000 Summit Midstream Holdings LLC / Summit Midstream Finance Corp., 5.750%, 4/15/25     551,687
    924,000 Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 144a, 6.000%, 12/31/30     785,502
    645,000 Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 144a, 6.000%, 9/1/31     545,025
  1,957,000 TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 144a, 5.000%, 1/31/28   1,722,056
 2,050,000 Western Midstream Operating LP, 5.500%, 2/1/50   1,655,375
         31,847,495
  Consumer Discretionary — 9.9%  
    565,000 Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 4.500%, 3/1/28     477,425
  1,255,000 Asbury Automotive Group, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 11/15/29   1,003,209
  1,291,000 Ashton Woods USA LLC / Ashton Woods Finance Co., 144a, 4.625%, 8/1/29     937,334
    763,000 Ashton Woods USA LLC / Ashton Woods Finance Co., 144a, 6.625%, 1/15/28     638,761
     28,000 Bath & Body Works, Inc., 6.694%, 1/15/27      26,131
    300,000 Bath & Body Works, Inc., 6.750%, 7/1/36     247,197
    961,000 Bath & Body Works, Inc., 6.875%, 11/1/35     802,800
     92,000 Bath & Body Works, Inc., 7.500%, 6/15/29      84,180
    772,000 Boyne USA, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 5/15/29     646,687
  1,292,000 Caesars Entertainment, Inc., 144a, 8.125%, 7/1/27   1,233,970
    970,000 Carvana Co., 144a, 4.875%, 9/1/29     470,450
    608,000 Carvana Co., 144a, 5.500%, 4/15/27     331,360
    500,000 Carvana Co., 144a, 5.625%, 10/1/25     351,762
    233,000 Carvana Co., 144a, 5.875%, 10/1/28      118,156
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Consumer Discretionary — (Continued)  
$    55,000 Carvana Co., 144a, 10.250%, 5/1/30 $     36,713
    463,000 Century Communities, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 8/15/29     355,352
    179,000 Century Communities, Inc., 6.750%, 6/1/27     167,071
    125,000 Clarios Global LP, 144a, 6.750%, 5/15/25     122,404
    837,000 Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co., 144a, 8.500%, 5/15/27     794,409
    227,000 Clarios Global LP / Clarios US Finance Co., 144a, 6.250%, 5/15/26     216,785
    147,000 Dana, Inc., 5.375%, 11/15/27     124,582
    333,000 Dana, Inc., 5.625%, 6/15/28     274,263
     11,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.810%, 1/9/24      10,643
    610,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 3.815%, 11/2/27     512,400
  2,077,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.063%, 11/1/24   1,949,576
    462,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.125%, 8/17/27     398,059
     55,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.125%, 6/16/25      51,895
  1,500,000 Hanesbrands Finance Luxembourg SCA, 144a, 3.500%, 6/15/24   1,356,144
    983,000 Hanesbrands, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 5/15/24     937,290
  1,601,231 Hawaiian Brand Intellectual Property Ltd. / HawaiianMiles Loyalty Ltd., 144a, 5.750%, 1/20/26   1,412,270
  1,000,000 House of HR (Belgium), 144a, 7.500%, 1/15/27     988,024
    320,000 Lithia Motors, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 6/1/29     256,800
  1,041,000 Lithia Motors, Inc., 144a, 4.375%, 1/15/31     852,350
    934,000 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 10/15/27     810,885
    217,000 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 144a, 4.875%, 11/1/24     209,513
    204,000 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc., 144a, 5.625%, 3/15/26     193,889
    622,000 Meritage Homes Corp., 144a, 3.875%, 4/15/29     494,490
    534,850 Mileage Plus Holdings LLC / Mileage Plus Intellectual Property Assets Ltd., 144a, 6.500%, 6/20/27     521,701
  1,797,000 Peninsula Pacific Entertainment LLC / Peninsula Pacific Entertainment Finance In, 144a, 8.500%, 11/15/27   1,934,021
  2,446,000 Six Flags Entertainment Corp., 144a, 4.875%, 7/31/24   2,329,962
     59,000 Six Flags Theme Parks, Inc., 144a, 7.000%, 7/1/25      59,010
    610,000 SRS Distribution, Inc., 144a, 6.000%, 12/1/29     486,487
    833,000 Station Casinos LLC, 144a, 4.500%, 2/15/28     683,752
    845,000 United Airlines, Inc., 144a, 4.375%, 4/15/26(A)     754,162
   208,000 United Airlines, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 4/15/29     172,640
         26,836,964
  Communication Services — 9.3%  
  2,682,000 Altice Financing SA (Luxembourg), 144a, 5.000%, 1/15/28   2,065,891
  1,586,000 Altice France Holding SA (Luxembourg), 144a, 10.500%, 5/15/27   1,242,243
  1,354,000 ANGI Group LLC, 144a, 3.875%, 8/15/28     954,800
  2,968,000 Avaya, Inc., 144a, 6.125%, 9/15/28   1,476,580
     72,000 Belo Corp., 7.250%, 9/15/27      70,380
    500,000 Belo Corp., 7.750%, 6/1/27     490,000
    675,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 4.250%, 2/1/31     516,609
    310,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 5.000%, 2/1/28     271,963
  2,085,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 4.500%, 8/15/30(A)   1,648,901
    460,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 5.125%, 5/1/27     416,461
  1,656,000 CommScope, Inc., 144a, 8.250%, 3/1/27   1,368,270
    310,000 CommScope, Inc., 144a, 6.000%, 3/1/26(A)     285,423
    205,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 3.375%, 2/15/31     144,525
     76,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 4.500%, 11/15/31      57,090
    430,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 4.625%, 12/1/30     291,906
    890,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 5.750%, 1/15/30      632,581
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 66.7% (Continued)  
  Communication Services — (Continued)  
$ 2,891,000 Diamond Sports Group LLC / Diamond Sports Finance Co., 144a, 5.375%, 8/15/26 $    568,082
  1,000,000 Diamond Sports Group LLC/Diamond Sports Finance Co., 144a, 6.625%, 8/15/27      70,000
  1,085,000 DISH DBS Corp., 5.125%, 6/1/29     637,437
    496,000 DISH DBS Corp., 7.750%, 7/1/26     376,960
    250,000 DKT Finance ApS (Denmark), 7.000%, 6/17/23     238,887
    650,000 DKT Finance ApS (Denmark), 144a, 7.000%, 6/17/23     621,107
  1,114,000 Gray Television, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 10/15/30     834,879
    600,000 Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144a, 3.625%, 1/15/29     444,234
    273,000 Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 7/1/28     213,044
    411,000 Level 3 Financing, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 9/15/27(A)     344,295
    416,000 Lumen Technologies, Inc., 144a, 5.125%, 12/15/26     357,931
  1,781,000 Nexstar Media, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 11/1/28   1,523,271
  1,580,000 Scripps Escrow II, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 1/15/29   1,269,356
  1,197,000 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144a, 4.000%, 7/15/28   1,018,144
    934,000 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144a, 4.125%, 7/1/30     759,193
     20,000 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144a, 5.000%, 8/1/27      18,350
    240,000 Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 144a, 5.500%, 7/1/29     215,876
    397,000 TEGNA, Inc., 4.625%, 3/15/28     366,531
  1,400,000 Telenet Finance Luxembourg Notes Sarl (Belgium), 144a, 5.500%, 3/1/28   1,214,178
  1,755,000 Telesat Canada / Telesat LLC (Canada), 144a, 5.625%, 12/6/26     838,539
    338,000 Virgin Media Finance PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 5.000%, 7/15/30     253,659
    131,000 Virgin Media Secured Finance PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 4.500%, 8/15/30     102,239
    910,000 Virgin Media Vendor Financing Notes IV DAC (Ireland), 144a, 5.000%, 7/15/28     735,962
   400,000 Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 4.250%, 1/31/31     302,392
         25,258,169
  Industrials — 8.0%  
  1,511,000 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 144a, 4.125%, 8/15/26   1,246,575
    767,000 Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc., 144a, 5.250%, 4/30/25     717,609
  2,292,983 Artera Services LLC, 144a, 9.033%, 12/4/25   1,845,851
  1,235,000 Cargo Aircraft Management, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 2/1/28(A)   1,062,977
  3,042,676 CP Atlas Buyer, Inc., 144a, 7.000%, 12/1/28   2,259,065
    958,000 GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 3.500%, 9/1/28     807,891
    142,000 GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 3.750%, 8/1/25     129,930
  2,192,271 GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 4.375%, 8/15/29   1,827,872
  3,234,000 H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 12/15/28   2,538,690
  2,614,000 Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co., 144a, 7.250%, 4/15/25   2,299,457
  1,818,000 OI European Group BV, 144a, 4.750%, 2/15/30   1,445,310
    529,000 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 1/15/25     488,003
     51,000 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144a, 6.625%, 5/13/27      46,264
  1,000,000 Schenck Process Holding GmbH/Darmstadt (Germany), 144a, 5.375%, 6/15/23     954,324
    602,000 Summit Materials LLC / Summit Materials Finance Corp., 144a, 5.250%, 1/15/29     529,760
  1,000,000 TransDigm, Inc., 144a, 6.250%, 3/15/26     970,000
    175,000 TransDigm, Inc., 144a, 8.000%, 12/15/25      177,487
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Industrials — (Continued)  
$   453,000 Trident TPI Holdings, Inc., 144a, 9.250%, 8/1/24 $    415,697
 2,404,000 Tutor Perini Corp., 144a, 6.875%, 5/1/25   1,798,768
         21,561,530
  Financials — 5.8%  
  1,431,000 Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 2/15/29   1,103,701
    666,000 Acrisure LLC / Acrisure Finance, Inc., 144a, 10.125%, 8/1/26     641,025
  1,254,000 Alliant Holdings Intermediate LLC / Alliant Holdings Co-Issuer, 144a, 6.750%, 10/15/27   1,080,683
  1,616,000 Blackstone Private Credit Fund, 2.625%, 12/15/26   1,327,145
    479,000 LPL Holdings, Inc., 144a, 4.375%, 5/15/31     396,289
  2,126,000 LPL Holdings, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 11/15/27   1,927,533
    657,441 Midcap Financial Issuer Trust, 144a, 5.625%, 1/15/30     503,422
  1,915,000 Midcap Financial Issuer Trust, 144a, 6.500%, 5/1/28   1,636,463
    300,000 Navient Corp., 4.875%, 3/15/28     229,152
  1,394,000 Navient Corp., 5.000%, 3/15/27   1,140,125
    599,000 OneMain Finance Corp., 3.500%, 1/15/27     466,605
    392,000 OneMain Finance Corp., 3.875%, 9/15/28     288,614
  1,690,000 OneMain Finance Corp., 4.000%, 9/15/30   1,185,890
  2,771,000 Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co-Issuer, Inc., 144a, 3.625%, 3/1/29   2,119,815
 2,152,000 VistaJet Malta Finance PLC / XO Management Holding, Inc. (Switzerland), 144a, 6.375%, 2/1/30   1,759,260
         15,805,722
  Consumer Staples — 5.6%  
    405,000 Bath & Body Works, Inc., 144a, 6.625%, 10/1/30     352,350
    687,000 BCPE Ulysses Intermediate, Inc., 144a, 7.750%, 4/1/27(B)     467,406
    219,000 Chobani LLC / Chobani Finance Corp., Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 11/15/28     186,268
  1,248,000 Chobani LLC / Chobani Finance Corp., Inc., 144a, 7.500%, 4/15/25   1,145,252
  2,018,000 eG Global Finance PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 6.750%, 2/7/25   1,820,276
    385,455 eG Global Finance PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 8.500%, 10/30/25     337,099
    663,000 JBS USA LUX SA / JBS USA Food Co. / JBS USA Finance, Inc., 144a, 5.500%, 1/15/30     610,968
  2,570,000 Korn Ferry, 144a, 4.625%, 12/15/27   2,274,450
  1,881,000 LBM Acquisition LLC, 144a, 6.250%, 1/15/29   1,274,378
  1,407,000 LCM Investments Holdings II LLC, 144a, 4.875%, 5/1/29   1,089,533
    894,000 Legacy LifePoint Health LLC, 144a, 4.375%, 2/15/27     738,751
  2,173,000 Specialty Building Products Holdings LLC / SBP Finance Corp., 144a, 6.375%, 9/30/26   1,802,537
    411,000 SRS Distribution, Inc., 144a, 6.125%, 7/1/29     329,152
  2,024,000 Team Health Holdings, Inc., 144a, 6.375%, 2/1/25   1,499,211
 1,505,000 Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 144a, 4.000%, 8/15/29   1,148,104
         15,075,735
  Materials — 4.3%  
  1,289,636 ASP Unifrax Holdings, Inc., 144a, 5.250%, 9/30/28     980,162
    515,000 CF Industries, Inc., 5.150%, 3/15/34     462,715
  1,200,000 Chemours Co. (The), 144a, 5.750%, 11/15/28     981,504
    272,000 First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (Zambia), 144a, 7.500%, 4/1/25     261,781
  1,760,000 First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (Zambia), 144a, 6.500%, 3/1/24   1,724,800
    417,000 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 4.625%, 8/1/30     365,530
    300,000 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.000%, 9/1/27     290,373
    822,000 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.400%, 11/14/34(A)     730,602
     63,000 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc., 5.450%, 3/15/43(A)       52,561
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 66.7% (Continued)  
  Materials — (Continued)  
$   213,000 Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 4.500%, 4/1/26 $    177,084
    601,000 SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc., 144a, 4.875%, 5/1/28     490,189
  2,031,000 SCIH Salt Holdings, Inc., 144a, 6.625%, 5/1/29   1,561,203
  2,187,000 Tronox, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 3/15/29   1,618,380
  2,480,000 Venator Finance Sarl / Venator Materials LLC, 144a, 5.750%, 7/15/25   1,674,000
   215,000 Venator Finance Sarl / Venator Materials LLC, 144a, 9.500%, 7/1/25     205,863
         11,576,747
  Real Estate — 4.0%  
  2,467,000 Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL, 144a, 4.500%, 4/1/27   2,022,766
    215,000 Brookfield Property REIT, Inc. / BPR Cumulus LLC / BPR Nimbus LLC / GGSI Sellco LL, 144a, 5.750%, 5/15/26     194,190
    834,000 HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC REIT, 144a, 3.375%, 6/15/26     669,285
    939,000 HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC REIT, 144a, 3.750%, 9/15/30     682,841
  1,386,000 HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC REIT, 144a, 6.000%, 4/15/25   1,300,823
    855,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 4.875%, 9/15/29(A)     702,374
    531,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 5.250%, 3/15/28     465,756
  1,105,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 5.250%, 7/15/30     914,354
  1,676,000 Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp. REIT, 144a, 4.250%, 2/1/27   1,349,528
    963,000 Ladder Capital Finance Holdings LLLP / Ladder Capital Finance Corp. REIT, 144a, 4.750%, 6/15/29     720,950
  1,810,000 VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc. REIT, 144a, 3.750%, 2/15/27   1,585,307
    201,000 VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc. REIT, 144a, 4.125%, 8/15/30     167,879
    46,000 VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc. REIT, 144a, 4.625%, 12/1/29      39,956
         10,816,009
  Health Care — 3.8%  
  2,242,000 Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc., 144a, 5.000%, 4/15/29   1,985,507
  2,639,000 Air Methods Corp., 144a, 8.000%, 5/15/25   1,327,177
  2,935,000 Global Medical Response, Inc., 144a, 6.500%, 10/1/25   2,461,731
  1,000,000 IQVIA, Inc., 144a, 2.875%, 6/15/28     796,291
  1,144,000 LifePoint Health, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 1/15/29     797,604
  1,506,000 Molina Healthcare, Inc., 144a, 4.375%, 6/15/28   1,359,165
 1,881,000 Syneos Health, Inc., 144a, 3.625%, 1/15/29   1,497,803
         10,225,278
  Information Technology — 2.5%  
  2,707,000 Ahead DB Holdings LLC, 144a, 6.625%, 5/1/28   2,307,402
    751,000 Condor Merger Sub, Inc., 144a, 7.375%, 2/15/30     604,555
    500,000 Entegris, Inc., 144a, 3.625%, 5/1/29     395,720
  1,225,000 II-VI, Inc., 144a, 5.000%, 12/15/29   1,013,320
    382,000 Picard Midco, Inc., 144a, 6.500%, 3/31/29     324,582
    440,000 Seagate HDD Cayman, 3.125%, 7/15/29     322,401
    746,000 Seagate HDD Cayman, 3.375%, 7/15/31     520,866
 1,663,000 Synaptics, Inc., 144a, 4.000%, 6/15/29   1,338,808
          6,827,654
  Utilities — 1.8%  
  1,492,000 NRG Energy, Inc., 144a, 3.625%, 2/15/31(A)   1,163,760
    160,000 NRG Energy, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 2/15/32     124,807
  1,260,000 Pattern Energy Operations LP / Pattern Energy Operations, Inc., 144a, 4.500%, 8/15/28   1,092,357
 1,000,000 Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 144a, 5.000%, 7/31/27      903,250
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Utilities — (Continued)  
$ 1,350,000 Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 144a, 5.625%, 2/15/27 $  1,266,253
   466,000 Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 144a, 4.300%, 7/15/29(A)     397,651
          4,948,078
  Total Corporate Bonds $180,779,381
  Bank Loans — 17.8%(C)  
  Consumer Discretionary — 3.7%  
    850,951 Alpha Topco Limited - Delta 2 (Lux) Sarl, 2018 Incremental New Facility B3 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.500%), 5.615%, 2/01/24     839,250
    505,000 American Airlines Inc., Initial Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 4.750%), 7.460%, 4/20/28     488,335
    596,904 Aramark Services Inc., US Term B-3 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.865%, 3/11/25     576,012
    978,730 Brightview Landscapes LLC, Initial Term Loan, 6.284%, 4/20/29     938,358
  1,039,928 Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term B Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.750%), 5.865%, 12/23/24   1,014,034
    473,669 Caesars Resort Collection LLC, Term B-1 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.500%), 6.615%, 7/21/25     466,020
  2,259,912 ClubCorp Holdings Inc., First Lien Term B Loan , 6.424%, 9/18/24(D)   2,072,068
    635,000 Delta Air Lines Inc., Initial Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.750%), 6.460%, 10/20/27     635,495
    570,731 LBM Acquisition LLC, First Lien Initial Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.750%), 7.121%, 12/17/27     496,822
    398,391 Station Casinos LLC, Term B-1 Facility Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.370%, 2/08/27     380,380
    970,225 United AirLines, Inc., Class B Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.750%), 6.533%, 4/21/28     924,275
    871,095 Whatabrands LLC, Initial Term B Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 6.365%, 8/03/28     804,238
   352,614 William Morris Endeavor Entertainment LLC, New Term Loan B-1, (1M LIBOR + 2.750%), 5.280%, 5/18/25     335,716
          9,971,003
  Communication Services — 3.1%  
    602,375 Cable One Inc., Incremental Term B-4 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.000%), 5.115%, 5/03/28     590,707
    186,230 Charter Communications Operating LLC, Term Loan B2, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.870%, 2/01/27     178,936
    483,817 CSC Holdings LLC, 2017 Refinancing Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.068%, 7/17/25     459,931
    896,443 Delta TopCo Inc., Second Lien Initial Term Loan, (6M LIBOR + 7.250%), 9.336%, 12/01/28     784,388
    617,696 E.W. Scripps Company, The, Tranche B-2 Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.563%), 5.678%, 5/01/26     595,867
    383,552 Go Daddy Operating Company, LLC (GD Finance Co, Inc.), Tranche B-2 Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.274%, 2/15/24     378,949
  1,007,627 Gray Television Inc., Term C Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.500%), 5.064%, 1/02/26     974,627
    464,753 MH Sub I, LLC, 2020 June New Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.750%), 6.865%, 9/13/24     441,748
    509,272 NEP Group Inc., First Lien Initial Dollar Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 5.774%, 10/20/25     468,530
    325,349 Nexstar Broadcasting Inc., Term B-4 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.500%), 5.615%, 9/18/26     320,352
    972,302 Numericable U.S. LLC, USD TLB-12 Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.688%), 6.200%, 1/31/26     879,933
    903,175 Proofpoint Inc., Initial Term Loan, 6.320%, 8/31/28     846,347
    370,000 Telenet Financing USD LLC, Term Loan AR Facility, (1M LIBOR + 2.000%), 4.818%, 4/28/28      350,113
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Bank Loans — 17.8%(C) (Continued)  
  Communication Services — (Continued)  
$   715,000 UPC Financing Partnership, Facility AX, (1M LIBOR + 3.000%), 5.391%, 1/31/29 $    681,037
   480,000 Virgin Media Bristol LLC, Facility Q Advance, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 6.068%, 1/31/29     463,800
          8,415,265
  Health Care — 3.0%  
    985,000 AlixPartners LLP, Initial Dollar Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.750%), 5.865%, 2/04/28     944,191
    542,998 Avantor Funding Inc., Incremental B-5 Dollar Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.365%, 11/08/27     527,474
    577,500 Belron Finance US LLC, First Incremental Loan, (3M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.188%, 11/13/25     561,619
    807,907 Change Healthcare Holdings LLC, Closing Date Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 2.500%), 7.750%, 3/01/24     804,764
    724,142 Elanco Animal Health Inc., Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.314%, 8/01/27     687,486
    635,375 Froneri US Inc., Facility B2, (1M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.365%, 1/29/27     598,364
    683,428 Gainwell Acquisition Corp, Term B Loan, (3M LIBOR + 4.000%), 6.250%, 10/01/27     649,770
    870,329 Organon & Co, Senior Secured Dollar Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.000%), 6.188%, 6/02/28     848,571
    374,300 Packaging Coordinators Midco Inc., First Lien Term B Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.750%), 7.424%, 11/30/27     354,960
    975,150 Sunshine Luxembourg VII SARL, Term Loan B3 (USD), (3M LIBOR + 3.750%), 7.424%, 10/01/26     904,998
    703,394 Surgery Center Holdings, Inc., 2021 New Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.750%), 6.510%, 8/31/26     666,466
    265,000 Team Health Holdings Inc., Initial Term Loan, (LIBOR + 2.750%), 5.274%, 2/06/24(D)     240,901
   402,163 Trans Union LLC, Term B-5 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.865%, 11/16/26     387,283
          8,176,847
  Information Technology — 2.7%  
  1,879,731 Applied Systems Inc., Term B Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 6.674%, 9/19/24(D)   1,830,633
    956,350 Dun & Bradstreet Corporation (The), Term Loan B, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 6.330%, 2/06/26     923,116
    376,702 Epicor Software Corporation, Term C Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 5.774%, 7/30/27     352,100
  1,393,101 Hyland Software Inc., 2018 Refinancing Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.500%), 6.024%, 7/01/24   1,345,917
    470,800 Hyland Software Inc., 2021-1 Incremental Term Facility, (1M LIBOR + 6.250%), 9.365%, 7/07/25     461,384
    483,108 Quest Software, Inc., Second Lien Initial Term Loan, (3M SOFR + 7.650%), 10.227%, 2/01/30     277,183
    230,323 SS&C Technologies Inc., Term B-3 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.865%, 4/16/25     222,467
    186,975 SS&C Technologies Inc., Term B-4 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.865%, 4/16/25     180,597
    727,679 SS&C Technologies Inc., Term B-5 Loan, (1M LIBOR + 1.750%), 4.865%, 4/16/25     702,858
   956,032 Tempo Acquisition LLC, Additional Initial Term B-1 Loan, 6.034%, 8/31/28     929,502
          7,225,757
  Financials — 2.1%  
    539,126 Deerfield Dakota Holding LLC, First Lien Initial Dollar Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.750%), 6.784%, 4/09/27     507,679
    280,315 Focus Financial Partners LLC, Tranche B-3 Term Loan, 5.115%, 7/03/24(D)      272,996
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Financials — (Continued)  
$   943,138 HUB International Ltd, Initial Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.000%), 5.766%, 4/25/25 $    905,610
    656,525 NFP Corp, Closing Date Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 6.365%, 2/15/27     615,492
  1,129,095 Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc., Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.250%), 6.365%, 12/31/25   1,066,995
 2,305,871 USI Inc., Term Loan B, (3M LIBOR + 3.000%), 6.424%, 5/16/24   2,240,546
          5,609,318
  Energy — 1.5%  
  2,546,685 Gulf Finance, LLC, Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 6.750%), 9.390%, 8/25/26   2,000,064
    852,145 PES Holdings LLC, Tranche C Loan Non-PIK, (3M PRIME + 6.990%), 11.000%, 12/31/22      23,434
 2,164,682 Traverse Midstream Partners LLC, (3M Term SOFR + 4.250%), 5.950%, 9/27/24   2,110,565
          4,134,063
  Industrials — 1.0%  
    438,442 CP Atlas Buyer Inc., Term B Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.750%), 6.274%, 11/23/27     380,129
    843,798 Transdigm Inc., Tranche F Refinancing Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.924%, 12/09/25     807,127
    710,626 Vertical Midco Gmbh, Term Loan B, (3M LIBOR + 3.500%), 6.871%, 7/30/27     679,835
 1,012,793 Wilsonart LLC, Tranche E Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.250%), 5.510%, 12/31/26(D)     922,279
          2,789,370
  Materials — 0.4%  
    497,453 BWay Holding Company, Initial Term Loan, (3M LIBOR + 3.250%), 5.814%, 4/03/24     462,323
    452,464 Tronox Finance LLC, First Lien Term Loan B, (3M LIBOR + 2.250%), 5.365%, 3/10/28     428,823
   256,523 Venator Materials LLC, Initial Term Loan, (1M LIBOR + 3.000%), 6.115%, 8/08/24     222,213
          1,113,359
  Consumer Staples — 0.3%  
   955,941 IRB Holding Corp, Term B Loan, (1M LIBOR + 2.750%), 5.865%, 2/05/25(D)     922,330
  Total Bank Loans  $48,357,312
  Asset-Backed Securities — 9.5%
  1,000,000 Aimco CLO 11 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-11A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.200%), 8.940%, 10/17/34(E)         864,225
    575,000 AIMCO CLO 16 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-16A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/17/35(E)(F)         443,449
    325,000 Atrium XIII (Cayman Islands), Ser 13A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.050%), 8.833%, 11/21/30(E)         276,547
    340,000 Atrium XV (Cayman Islands), Ser 15A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/23/31(E)(F)         197,465
  1,250,000 Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-2A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.320%), 9.060%, 10/17/32(E)       1,009,157
    620,000 Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-2A, Class SUB, 144a, 7/16/34(E)(F)         396,546
    850,000 Bain Capital Credit CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2022-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/18/35(E)(F)         752,099
 1,000,000 Carlyle US CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-10A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.500%), 9.210%, 10/20/34(E)          871,216
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 9.5% (Continued)
$ 1,000,000 Carlyle US CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-11A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.400%), 9.183%, 1/25/33(E)     $    871,636
    500,000 Cedar Funding IV CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2014-4A, Class ERR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.610%), 9.393%, 7/23/34(E)         417,977
    714,286 Cedar Funding XIV CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-14A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.340%), 8.852%, 7/15/33(E)         583,526
  1,500,000 CIFC Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2015-4A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/20/34(E)(F)         562,563
  1,000,000 CIFC Funding Ltd., Ser 2019-4A, Class DR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.600%), 9.112%, 10/15/34(E)         877,047
    500,000 CIFC Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-3A, Class SUB, 144a, 10/20/34(E)(F)         398,773
  1,000,000 CIFC Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-7A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.350%), 9.133%, 1/23/35(E)         861,510
    250,000 Dryden 45 Senior Loan Fund (Cayman Islands), Ser 2016-45A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +5.850%), 8.362%, 10/15/30(E)         204,146
    250,000 Dryden 57 CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-57A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +5.200%), 8.105%, 5/15/31(E)         200,994
  1,000,000 Dryden 76 CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-76A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.500%), 9.210%, 10/20/34(E)         846,022
    250,000 Dryden 78 CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-78A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/17/33(E)(F)         178,075
    650,000 Dryden 98 CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2022-98X, Class SUB, 4/20/35(F)         611,146
    250,000 Elmwood CLO VIII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class F1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +8.000%), 10.710%, 1/20/34(E)         210,373
    588,235 Elmwood CLO VIII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/20/34(E)(F)         445,951
  1,000,000 Fillmore Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-1A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +5.400%), 7.912%, 7/15/30(E)         828,762
  1,000,000 ICG US CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/17/34(E)(F)         655,094
    750,000 Invesco CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-3A, Class SUB, 144a, 10/22/34(E)(F)         469,115
     75,000 Invesco CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-3A, Class Y, 144a, 10/22/34(E)(F)          22,688
    625,000 Madison Park Funding LIII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2022-53A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/21/35(E)(F)         501,174
  1,000,000 Madison Park Funding LIX Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-59X, Class SUB, 1/18/34(E)(F)         809,837
    300,000 Madison Park Funding XII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2014-12A, Class SUB, 144a, 7/20/26(E)(F)           8,100
    500,000 Madison Park Funding XXII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2016-22A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.700%), 9.212%, 1/15/33(E)         430,019
  1,000,000 Madison Park Funding XXII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2016-22A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/15/33(E)(F)         554,640
    500,000 Madison Park Funding XXVIII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-28A, Class SUB, 144a, 7/15/30(E)(F)         294,410
    250,000 Madison Park Funding XXXI Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-31A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/23/48(E)(F)         164,357
    540,000 Madison Park Funding XXXVII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-37A, Class SUB, 144a, 7/15/49(E)(F)          452,215
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 9.5% (Continued)
$ 1,000,000 Magnetite XXIII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-23A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.300%), 9.083%, 1/25/35(E)     $    861,606
    250,000 Niagara Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-1A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +5.950%), 8.690%, 7/17/32(E)         210,027
    250,000 Oaktree CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-2A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.770%), 9.282%, 4/15/31(E)         203,370
    250,000 Oaktree CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2022-2A, Class E, 144a, (3M Term SOFR +8.340%), 11.165%, 7/15/33(E)         228,490
    250,000 Octagon Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2014-1A, Class DRR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.900%), 5.861%, 11/18/31(E)         214,920
    825,000 OHA Credit Funding 4 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-4A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.400%), 9.159%, 10/22/36(E)         711,947
    350,000 OHA Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2016-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/20/33(E)(F)         224,325
  1,000,000 REESE PARK CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-1A, Class M2, 144a, 10/15/34(E)(F)          43,696
  1,000,000 REESE PARK CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 10/15/34(E)(F)         610,840
    750,000 Rockland Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class M1, 144a, 4/20/34(E)(F)           2,925
    750,000 Rockland Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class M2, 144a, 4/20/34(E)(F)           6,750
    750,000 Rockland Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/20/34(E)(F)         500,866
    500,000 RR 6 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-6A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/15/36(E)(F)         415,532
    500,000 Steele Creek CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-2A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +7.700%), 10.212%, 7/15/32(E)         397,417
    250,000 TCI-Flatiron CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2017-1A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +2.750%), 5.692%, 11/18/30(E)         224,338
    500,000 Thompson Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.310%), 8.822%, 4/15/34(E)         431,630
    525,000 Thompson Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/15/34(F)         471,415
    300,000 TICP CLO XII Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-12A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.250%), 8.762%, 7/15/34(E)         255,918
    250,000 Voya CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-4X, Class ER, (3M LIBOR +6.710%), 9.222%, 1/15/35(E)         206,874
  1,000,000 Voya CLO Ltd., Ser 2020-3A, Class ER, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.400%), 9.110%, 10/20/34(E)         824,911
    850,000 Voya CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class E, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.350%), 8.862%, 7/15/34(E)         699,620
    250,000 Wellfleet CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-3A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.250%), 8.960%, 1/20/32(E)         193,785
    250,000 Wellfleet CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-3A, Class SUB, 144a, 1/20/32(E)(F)          90,214
    250,000 Wellfleet CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-1A, Class D, 144a, (3M LIBOR +6.900%), 9.610%, 7/20/32(E)         200,864
   280,000 Wellfleet CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-1A, Class SUB, 144a, 4/15/33(E)(F)         160,860
  Total Asset-Backed Securities  $25,663,994
 
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Shares       MarketValue
  Common Stocks — 1.8%  
  Energy — 1.2%  
    14,309 AFG Holdings, Inc. $      7,154
    55,000 Antero Resources Corp.*   1,679,150
   187,384 Ascent Resources Marcellus Holdings, LLC           0
    10,000 Chesapeake Energy Corp.     942,100
    45,000 Summit Midstream Partners LP*     675,900
          3,304,304
  Health Care — 0.5%  
   184,286 Bausch Health Cos., Inc.*   1,269,731
  Industrials — 0.1%  
    28,087 Tutor Perini Corp.*     155,040
  Total Common Stocks   $4,729,075
  Exchange-Traded Fund — 0.4%  
    32,000 Alerian MLP ETF   1,169,920
  Warrants — 0.0%  
  Energy — 0.0%  
    48,515 Ascent Resources Marcellus Holdings, LLC, Exp 3/30/23, Price 0.00*           0
  Total Warrants           $0
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 6.4%  
 8,102,499 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω   8,102,499
 9,255,865 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**   9,255,865
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds  $17,358,364
  Total Long Positions—102.6%
(Cost $319,184,965)
$278,058,046
  Securities Sold Short — (0.8)%  
Principal
Amount
       
  Corporate Bonds — (0.8)%  
  Energy — (0.2)%  
$  (675,000) Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.750%, 4/15/29    (644,795)
  Consumer Staples — (0.6)%  
(2,000,000) QVC, Inc., 4.750%, 2/15/27  (1,497,641)
  Total Corporate Bonds  $(2,142,436)
  Total Securities Sold Short
(Proceeds $2,340,328)
 $(2,142,436)
  Total Investment Securities—101.8% $275,915,610
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (1.8%)  (4,826,046)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $271,089,564
(A) All or a portion of these securities are pledged as collateral for securities sold short. The total value of the securities pledged as collateral as of September 30, 2022 was $4,372,014.
(B) Represents a payment-in-kind (“PIK”) security, which may pay interest in additional principal amounts.
(C) Bank loans pay interest at rates which adjust periodically unless otherwise indicated. The interest rates shown are the current interest rates as of September 30, 2022.
(D) All or a portion of this position has not settled. Full contract rates do not take effect until settlement date.
(E) Variable rate security - Rate reflected is the rate in effect as of September 30, 2022.
(F) Security has no stated coupon and is considered an equity position in the collateralized loan obligation (“CLO”). CLO equity investments are entitled to recurring distributions which are generally equal to the excess cash flow generated from the underlying investments after payment of the contractual payments to debt holders and fund expenses.
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $8,891,937.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
CLO – Collateralized Loan Obligation
DAC – Designated Activity Company
ETF – Exchange-Traded Fund
EUR – Euro
GBP – Great Britain Pound
ICE – Intercontinental Exchange, Inc.
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LLLP – Limited Liability Limited Partnership
LP – Limited Partnership
MLP – Master Limited Partnership
PIK – Payment In Kind
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
SOFR – Secured Overnight Financing Rate
USD – United States Dollar
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $177,861,826 or 65.6% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Assets:        
Corporate Bonds $$180,779,381 $— $180,779,381
Bank Loans 48,357,312 48,357,312
Asset-Backed Securities 25,663,994 25,663,994
Common Stocks 4,721,921 7,154 4,729,075
Exchange-Traded Fund 1,169,920 1,169,920
Warrants 0 0
Short-Term Investment Funds 17,358,364 17,358,364
Other Financial Instruments        
Swap Agreements        
Credit contracts 40,777 40,777
Total Assets $23,250,205 $254,848,618 $— $278,098,823
Liabilities:        
Securities Sold Short        
Corporate Bonds $$(2,142,436) $— $(2,142,436)
Other Financial Instruments        
Foreign currency exchange contracts (133,467) (133,467)
Total Liabilities $$(2,275,903) $— $(2,275,903)
Total $23,250,205 $252,572,715 $— $275,822,920
 
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Measurements Using Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  
Assets  
Beginning balance, September 30, 2021 $1
Transfer out of Level 3 (494,023)
Purchases and Sales 562,499
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) (68,477)
Ending balance, September 30, 2022 $
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation for Investments in Securities still held at September 30, 2022 $
Centrally Cleared Credit Default Swaps on Credit Indices - Buy Protection(1)
Counterparty Termination
Date
Notional
Amount(2)
Pay Fixed
Rate
Clearinghouse Underlying
Bond
Value(3) Premiums
(Received)
Unrealized
Appreciation
Wells Fargo 6/20/25 $(500,000) 5.000% ICE American Axle & Manufacturing Inc.
USD SR 5Y D14
$4,385 $(2,278) $4,385
Wells Fargo 12/20/25 $(568,538) 5.000% ICE Markit CDX North America High Yield
Series 35 5Y Index
$36,392 $(38,397) $36,392
                $40,777
(1) If the Fund is a buyer of protection and a credit event occurs, as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement, the Fund will either (i) receive from the seller of protection an amount equal to the notional amount of the swap and deliver the referenced obligation or underlying investments comprising the referenced index or (ii) receive a net settlement amount in the form of cash or investments equal to the notional amount of the swap less the recovery value of the referenced obligation or underlying investments comprising the referenced index.
(2) The maximum potential amount the Fund could be required to pay as a seller of credit protection or receive as a buyer of credit protection if a credit event occurs as defined under the terms of that particular swap agreement.
(3) The quoted market prices and resulting values for credit default swap agreements on the underlying bond serve as an indicator of the current status of the payment/performance risk and represent the likelihood of an expected liability (or profit) for the credit derivative had the notional amount of the swap agreement been closed/sold as of the period end. Decreasing market values (sell protection) or increasing market values (buy protection) when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity's credit soundness and a greater likelihood or risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement.
Forward Foreign Currency Contracts
    Contract to  
Counterparty Expiration Date Receive Deliver Unrealized
Depreciation
Wells Fargo 10/28/2022 USD 7,149,141 EUR 7,393,114 $(110,435)
Wells Fargo 10/28/2022 USD 663,555 GBP 614,545 (23,032)
            $(133,467)
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 99.8%  
  Information Technology — 23.2%  
  158,927 Analog Devices, Inc. $   22,144,888
  350,565 Apple, Inc.    48,448,083
  159,678 Automatic Data Processing, Inc.    36,117,567
   91,304 Broadcom, Inc.    40,539,889
1,055,074 Cisco Systems, Inc.    42,202,960
1,138,323 Intel Corp.    29,334,584
  397,446 International Business Machines Corp.    47,220,559
  149,266 KLA Corp.    45,172,370
  373,406 Microsoft Corp.    86,966,257
  820,395 Oracle Corp.    50,101,523
  316,292 Paychex, Inc.    35,491,125
  306,261 QUALCOMM, Inc.    34,601,368
  256,606 Texas Instruments, Inc.    39,717,477
  308,954 Visa, Inc. - Class A    54,885,678
          612,944,328
  Health Care — 13.7%  
  160,873 AbbVie, Inc.    21,590,765
  174,272 AmerisourceBergen Corp.    23,584,230
  483,442 Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.    34,367,892
  409,169 CVS Health Corp.    39,022,447
  265,968 Gilead Sciences, Inc.    16,407,566
  349,977 Johnson & Johnson    57,172,243
  551,695 Medtronic PLC    44,549,371
  535,152 Merck & Co., Inc.    46,087,290
  646,597 Pfizer, Inc.    28,295,085
  103,090 UnitedHealth Group, Inc.    52,064,574
          363,141,463
  Financials — 13.7%  
  148,273 Arthur J Gallagher & Co.    25,387,303
1,366,951 Bank of America Corp.    41,281,920
   85,475 BlackRock, Inc.    47,035,183
  166,279 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)    48,728,061
2,461,800 Huntington Bancshares, Inc.    32,446,524
  250,545 JPMorgan Chase & Co.    26,181,952
  325,310 Principal Financial Group, Inc.    23,471,116
  352,084 Prudential Financial, Inc.    30,201,766
  136,847 T Rowe Price Group, Inc.    14,370,303
  418,053 Truist Financial Corp.    18,202,028
  408,383 US Bancorp    16,466,003
  973,523 Wells Fargo & Co.    39,155,095
          362,927,254
  Consumer Discretionary — 10.7%  
  180,574 Dollar General Corp.    43,312,480
  149,868 Home Depot, Inc. (The)    41,354,576
  147,065 McDonald's Corp.    33,933,778
  601,380 Starbucks Corp.    50,672,279
  183,536 Target Corp.    27,234,907
  555,468 VF Corp.    16,614,048
  153,381 Whirlpool Corp.    20,677,292
  452,383 Yum! Brands, Inc.    48,106,408
          281,905,768
  Industrials — 9.0%  
  259,941 3M Co.    28,723,480
  174,471 Caterpillar, Inc.    28,627,202
   78,717 Cummins, Inc.    16,019,696
   68,328 Deere & Co.    22,814,036
  173,263 Eaton Corp. PLC    23,106,354
   99,293 Lockheed Martin Corp.     38,355,893
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Industrials — (Continued)  
  496,530 Raytheon Technologies Corp. $   40,645,946
  543,494 Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.    40,876,184
          239,168,791
  Communication Services — 7.2%  
1,985,582 AT&T, Inc.    30,458,828
1,257,419 Comcast Corp. - Class A    36,880,099
  822,283 Fox Corp. - Class A    25,227,643
  989,372 Interpublic Group of Cos., Inc. (The)    25,327,923
  423,110 Omnicom Group, Inc.    26,694,010
1,052,254 Verizon Communications, Inc.    39,954,084
  480,346 Warner Bros Discovery, Inc.*     5,523,979
          190,066,566
  Consumer Staples — 7.0%  
  649,993 Coca-Cola Co. (The)    36,412,608
  246,994 PepsiCo, Inc.    40,324,240
  548,311 Philip Morris International, Inc.    45,515,296
  415,325 Sysco Corp.    29,367,631
  266,031 Walmart, Inc.    34,504,221
          186,123,996
  Energy — 5.6%  
  265,368 Chevron Corp.    38,125,421
  429,349 Exxon Mobil Corp.    37,486,461
  446,188 Phillips 66    36,016,295
  347,437 Valero Energy Corp.    37,123,644
          148,751,821
  Utilities — 3.9%  
  460,521 Dominion Energy, Inc.    31,826,606
  346,230 Duke Energy Corp.    32,206,315
  492,677 NextEra Energy, Inc.    38,630,803
          102,663,724
  Materials — 3.0%  
  151,927 Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.    35,357,971
  857,156 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.    43,200,662
           78,558,633
  Real Estate — 2.8%  
  188,701 Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT    26,453,993
  134,756 American Tower Corp. REIT    28,932,113
  199,193 Simon Property Group, Inc. REIT    17,877,572
           73,263,678
  Total Common Stocks $2,639,516,022
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 0.4%  
9,205,055 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω     9,205,055
  Total Investment Securities—100.2%
(Cost $3,011,521,844)
$2,648,721,077
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.2%)    (4,007,597)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $2,644,713,480
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
 
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Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $2,639,516,022 $— $— $2,639,516,022
Short-Term Investment Fund 9,205,055 9,205,055
Total $2,648,721,077 $— $— $2,648,721,077
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone High Yield Fund – September 30, 2022
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 94.8%  
  Communication Services — 17.3%  
$  666,000 Altice Financing SA (Luxembourg), 144a, 5.750%, 8/15/29 $    509,636
   483,000 Altice Financing SA (Luxembourg), 144a, 5.000%, 1/15/28     372,045
   540,000 Altice France Holding SA (Luxembourg), 144a, 10.500%, 5/15/27     422,958
   514,000 Altice France SA (France), 144a, 5.125%, 7/15/29     384,015
   446,000 Altice France SA (France), 144a, 5.500%, 10/15/29     335,567
   506,000 Belo Corp., 7.250%, 9/15/27     494,615
   316,000 C&W Senior Financing DAC (Ireland), 144a, 6.875%, 9/15/27     256,217
   434,000 Cars.com, Inc., 144a, 6.375%, 11/1/28     369,985
1,418,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 4.250%, 2/1/31   1,085,261
   641,000 CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 144a, 6.375%, 9/1/29     588,502
   836,000 Connect Finco SARL / Connect US Finco LLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 6.750%, 10/1/26     731,356
   360,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 3.375%, 2/15/31     253,800
1,268,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 4.625%, 12/1/30     860,782
1,073,000 CSC Holdings LLC, 144a, 5.750%, 1/15/30     762,651
   312,000 Directv Financing LLC / Directv Financing Co-Obligor, Inc., 144a, 5.875%, 8/15/27     268,978
   607,000 DISH DBS Corp., 144a, 5.250%, 12/1/26     497,046
   574,000 DISH DBS Corp., 7.750%, 7/1/26     436,240
   500,000 Frontier Communications Holdings LLC, 144a, 8.750%, 5/15/30     500,320
   351,000 Go Daddy Operating Co. LLC / GD Finance Co., Inc., 144a, 3.500%, 3/1/29     287,076
   909,000 GoTo Group Inc., 144a, 5.500%, 9/1/27     557,481
1,175,000 Gray Escrow II, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 11/15/31     921,699
   330,000 Gray Television, Inc., 144a, 7.000%, 5/15/27     310,365
   245,000 LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 144a, 5.125%, 7/15/29     184,501
   400,000 LCPR Senior Secured Financing DAC, 144a, 6.750%, 10/15/27     332,000
   136,000 Netflix, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 11/15/29     127,840
   240,000 Nexstar Media, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 11/1/28     205,270
   608,000 Northwest Fiber LLC / Northwest Fiber Finance Sub, Inc., 144a, 4.750%, 4/30/27     528,960
   455,000 Outfront Media Capital LLC / Outfront Media Capital Corp., 144a, 4.250%, 1/15/29     357,402
   345,000 Photo Holdings Merger Sub, Inc., 144a, 8.500%, 10/1/26     220,023
   408,000 Sprint Capital Corp., 6.875%, 11/15/28     419,220
1,543,000 Stagwell Global, 144a, 5.625%, 8/15/29   1,269,225
   612,000 Station Casinos LLC, 144a, 4.625%, 12/1/31     462,234
   472,000 TEGNA, Inc., 5.000%, 9/15/29     433,905
   230,000 Telecom Italia Capital SA (Italy), 6.000%, 9/30/34     171,401
   562,000 Telecom Italia Capital SA (Italy), 6.375%, 11/15/33     436,916
   923,000 Videotron Ltd. (Canada), 144a, 5.125%, 4/15/27     847,171
   376,000 Vmed O2 UK Financing I PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 4.250%, 1/31/31     284,249
  324,000 VZ Secured Financing BV (Netherlands), 144a, 5.000%, 1/15/32     242,059
         17,728,971
  Industrials — 15.4%  
   457,000 Air Canada (Canada), 144a, 3.875%, 8/15/26     392,449
    79,000 American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 6.250%, 3/15/26      72,459
  862,000 American Axle & Manufacturing, Inc., 6.500%, 4/1/27      730,545
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Industrials — (Continued)  
$  683,000 American Builders & Contractors Supply Co., Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 11/15/29 $    535,095
   206,000 Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance USA LLC / Ardagh Metal Packaging Finance PLC, 144a, 6.000%, 6/15/27     193,991
   388,000 Bombardier, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 7.875%, 4/15/27     356,960
   486,000 BWX Technologies, Inc., 144a, 4.125%, 6/30/28     424,463
   214,000 Canpack SA / Canpack US LLC (Poland), 144a, 3.125%, 11/1/25     186,111
   697,000 Canpack SA / Canpack US LLC (Poland), 144a, 3.875%, 11/15/29     544,496
   296,000 Cascades, Inc./Cascades USA, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 5.375%, 1/15/28     250,383
1,382,000 Cimpress PLC (Ireland), 144a, 7.000%, 6/15/26     939,760
   293,000 Covanta Holding Corp., 144a, 4.875%, 12/1/29     236,820
   415,000 Delta Air Lines, Inc., 3.750%, 10/28/29     322,276
   748,000 Dycom Industries, Inc., 144a, 4.500%, 4/15/29     630,319
   460,000 Fortress Transportation & Infrastructure Investors LLC, 144a, 6.500%, 10/1/25     432,130
   348,000 GFL Environmental, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 3.500%, 9/1/28     293,472
1,413,000 Granite US Holdings Corp., 144a, 11.000%, 10/1/27   1,332,046
   937,000 H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 12/15/28     735,545
   467,000 Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 3.000%, 1/15/29     381,520
    86,000 Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 5.950%, 2/1/37      77,945
   214,000 Howmet Aerospace, Inc., 6.750%, 1/15/28     212,883
1,165,000 Imola Merger Corp., 144a, 4.750%, 5/15/29     982,852
   684,000 MIWD Holdco II LLC / MIWD Finance Corp., 144a, 5.500%, 2/1/30     499,202
   606,000 Moog, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 12/15/27     536,607
   652,000 New Enterprise Stone & Lime Co., Inc., 144a, 5.250%, 7/15/28     534,255
   221,000 OI European Group BV, 144a, 4.750%, 2/15/30     175,695
   364,000 Owens-Brockway Glass Container, Inc., 144a, 6.625%, 5/13/27     330,199
   799,000 Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer, Inc. / Pactiv Evergreen Group Issuer LLC, 144a, 4.000%, 10/15/27     669,880
   700,000 PECF USS Intermediate Holding III Corp., 144a, 8.000%, 11/15/29     510,463
   479,000 Seaspan Corp. (Hong Kong), 144a, 5.500%, 8/1/29     368,862
   412,000 Standard Industries, Inc., 144a, 3.375%, 1/15/31     290,275
   193,000 Standard Industries, Inc., 144a, 5.000%, 2/15/27     170,859
   319,000 Stericycle, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 1/15/29     264,172
   495,000 TK Elevator US Newco, Inc. (Germany), 144a, 5.250%, 7/15/27     420,854
1,000,000 TransDigm, Inc., 4.625%, 1/15/29     805,030
         15,840,873
  Energy — 15.4%  
   130,000 Antero Resources Corp., 144a, 7.625%, 2/1/29     130,000
1,026,000 Blue Racer Midstream LLC / Blue Racer Finance Corp., 144a, 6.625%, 7/15/26     956,745
   458,000 Blue Racer Midstream LLC / Blue Racer Finance Corp., 144a, 7.625%, 12/15/25     439,680
   297,000 Bristow Group, Inc., 144a, 6.875%, 3/1/28     261,553
   346,000 California Resources Corp., 144a, 7.125%, 2/1/26     325,240
   830,000 Civitas Resources, Inc., 144a, 5.000%, 10/15/26     754,038
   549,000 CNX Resources Corp., 144a, 7.375%, 1/15/31     538,563
1,662,000 CQP Holdco LP / BIP-V Chinook Holdco LLC, 144a, 5.500%, 6/15/31   1,407,257
   610,000 Crescent Energy Finance LLC, 144a, 7.250%, 5/1/26     548,036
   467,000 CVR Energy, Inc., 144a, 5.250%, 2/15/25     420,356
   632,000 DCP Midstream Operating LP, 144a, 5.850%, 5/21/43     605,614
  625,000 Earthstone Energy Holdings LLC, 144a, 8.000%, 4/15/27      582,662
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 94.8% (Continued)  
  Energy — (Continued)  
$   67,000 EQM Midstream Partners LP, 144a, 7.500%, 6/1/27 $     63,859
1,277,000 Genesis Energy LP / Genesis Energy Finance Corp., 5.625%, 6/15/24   1,200,398
   414,000 Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 144a, 5.750%, 2/1/29     362,256
   201,000 Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 144a, 6.000%, 4/15/30     175,160
   534,000 Hilcorp Energy I LP / Hilcorp Finance Co., 144a, 6.250%, 11/1/28     492,711
   268,000 Holly Energy Partners LP / Holly Energy Finance Corp., 144a, 6.375%, 4/15/27     255,841
   274,000 Kinetik Holdings LP, 144a, 5.875%, 6/15/30     250,891
1,067,000 Murphy Oil Corp., 6.375%, 7/15/28   1,008,315
   424,000 Nabors Industries, Inc., 144a, 7.375%, 5/15/27     391,331
   861,000 NuStar Logistics LP, 5.625%, 4/28/27     750,653
   531,000 NuStar Logistics LP, 6.000%, 6/1/26     486,069
   923,000 Parkland Corp. (Canada), 144a, 4.500%, 10/1/29     745,196
   888,000 Precision Drilling Corp. (Canada), 144a, 6.875%, 1/15/29     784,020
    76,000 Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 144a, 4.800%, 5/15/30      62,320
   245,000 Rockies Express Pipeline LLC, 144a, 4.950%, 7/15/29     210,160
   165,000 Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 144a, 5.500%, 1/15/28     140,837
   782,000 Tallgrass Energy Partners LP / Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp., 144a, 6.000%, 12/31/30     664,786
   584,000 TerraForm Power Operating LLC, 144a, 5.000%, 1/31/28     513,889
  331,000 Vermilion Energy, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 6.875%, 5/1/30     304,520
         15,832,956
  Consumer Discretionary — 11.4%  
   617,000 Adient Global Holdings Ltd., 144a, 4.875%, 8/15/26     540,757
   415,000 Bath & Body Works, Inc., 5.250%, 2/1/28     359,748
   829,000 Carnival Corp., 144a, 6.000%, 5/1/29     559,575
   532,000 Carnival Corp., 144a, 9.875%, 8/1/27     522,690
   449,000 Carriage Services, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 5/15/29     355,080
   755,000 Coty, Inc. / HFC Prestige Products, Inc. / HFC Prestige International US LLC, 144a, 4.750%, 1/15/29     646,582
   423,000 Dana, Inc., 4.250%, 9/1/30     309,827
1,318,000 Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 2.900%, 2/10/29     998,385
   372,000 Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc., 144a, 3.625%, 2/15/32     284,712
   445,000 International Game Technology PLC, 144a, 6.250%, 1/15/27     431,370
   692,000 JB Poindexter & Co., Inc., 144a, 7.125%, 4/15/26     640,100
   617,000 KB Home, 4.000%, 6/15/31     453,051
   403,000 Newell Brands, Inc., 6.375%, 9/15/27     399,063
   298,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 144a, 5.375%, 7/15/27     219,191
   172,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 7.500%, 10/15/27     134,755
   133,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 144a, 8.250%, 1/15/29     129,509
   483,000 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., 144a, 11.625%, 8/15/27     439,540
   973,000 Sands China Ltd. (Macao), 5.625%, 8/8/25     881,470
   706,000 Sonic Automotive, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 11/15/29     554,210
   733,000 Speedway Motorsports LLC / Speedway Funding II, Inc., 144a, 4.875%, 11/1/27     637,283
   485,000 Tempur Sealy International, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 10/15/31     355,262
   671,000 Thor Industries, Inc., 144a, 4.000%, 10/15/29     497,369
   340,000 United Airlines, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 4/15/29     282,200
   238,000 WW International, Inc., 144a, 4.500%, 4/15/29     124,479
1,108,000 Wynn Macau Ltd. (Macao), 144a, 4.875%, 10/1/24     889,170
         11,645,378
  Financials — 8.3%  
  580,000 Allstate Corp. (The), Ser B, 5.750%, 8/15/53      533,996
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Financials — (Continued)  
$  504,000 Deutsche Bank AG (Germany), 4.296%, 5/24/28 $    449,523
   440,000 FirstCash, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 9/1/28     368,500
   328,000 FirstCash, Inc., 144a, 5.625%, 1/1/30     280,233
   611,000 Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 5.250%, 5/15/27     536,183
   807,000 Jane Street Group / JSG Finance, Inc., 144a, 4.500%, 11/15/29     694,020
   400,000 MGIC Investment Corp., 5.250%, 8/15/28     357,352
   559,000 National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 4.750%, 4/30/43     508,558
   692,000 Navient Corp., 5.875%, 10/25/24     655,663
   430,000 Navient Corp., 6.750%, 6/25/25     402,549
   382,000 Nielsen Finance LLC / Nielsen Finance Co., 144a, 4.750%, 7/15/31     374,505
   315,000 OneMain Finance Corp., 3.875%, 9/15/28     231,922
   228,000 OneMain Finance Corp., 4.000%, 9/15/30     159,990
   399,000 OneMain Finance Corp., 6.625%, 1/15/28     342,342
    89,000 PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 2/15/29      63,395
   273,000 PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 10/15/25     233,404
   414,000 PennyMac Financial Services, Inc., 144a, 5.750%, 9/15/31     296,749
1,035,000 Prime Security Services Borrower LLC / Prime Finance, Inc., 144a, 5.750%, 4/15/26     973,873
   718,000 Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc., 144a, 2.875%, 10/15/26     588,760
  661,000 Rocket Mortgage LLC / Rocket Mortgage Co.-Issuer, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 3/1/31     479,129
          8,530,646
  Consumer Staples — 7.7%  
   580,000 1011778 BC ULC / New Red Finance, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 4.000%, 10/15/30     456,796
   446,000 ACCO Brands Corp., 144a, 4.250%, 3/15/29     335,519
   407,000 AHP Health Partners, Inc., 144a, 5.750%, 7/15/29     315,425
1,163,000 Albertsons Cos., Inc. / Safeway, Inc. / New Albertsons LP / Albertsons LLC, 144a, 5.875%, 2/15/28   1,072,868
   352,000 Ashtead Capital, Inc. (United Kingdom), 144a, 5.500%, 8/11/32     324,170
   328,000 Avis Budget Car Rental LLC / Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 144a, 5.750%, 7/15/27     287,694
1,075,000 BellRing Brands, Inc., 144a, 7.000%, 3/15/30     983,303
   699,000 Gap, Inc. (The), 144a, 3.875%, 10/1/31     443,866
   280,000 Macy's Retail Holdings LLC, 144a, 5.875%, 4/1/29     228,368
   368,000 Performance Food Group, Inc., 144a, 4.250%, 8/1/29     306,397
   314,000 Post Holdings, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 4/15/30     256,828
   908,000 Primo Water Holdings, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 4.375%, 4/30/29     738,595
   684,000 QVC, Inc., 4.375%, 9/1/28     463,779
   448,000 QVC, Inc., 4.750%, 2/15/27     335,472
    61,000 SEG Holding LLC / SEG Finance Corp., 144a, 5.625%, 10/15/28      55,967
1,374,000 Turning Point Brands, Inc., 144a, 5.625%, 2/15/26   1,191,945
  147,000 Wolverine World Wide, Inc., 144a, 4.000%, 8/15/29     112,140
          7,909,132
  Health Care — 6.5%  
   592,000 AdaptHealth LLC, 144a, 4.625%, 8/1/29     474,458
   293,000 AdaptHealth LLC, 144a, 5.125%, 3/1/30     241,586
   349,000 Avantor Funding, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 11/1/29     286,181
  339,000 CHS / Community Health Systems, Inc., 144a, 5.250%, 5/15/30      236,029
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 94.8% (Continued)  
  Health Care — (Continued)  
$  300,000 Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. / HLF Financing, Inc., 144a, 7.875%, 9/1/25 $    269,298
   400,000 HLF Financing Sarl LLC / Herbalife International, Inc., 144a, 4.875%, 6/1/29     285,458
   413,000 Medline Borrower LP, 144a, 3.875%, 4/1/29     331,433
   412,000 Medline Borrower LP, 144a, 5.250%, 10/1/29     311,274
1,105,000 MEDNAX, Inc., 144a, 5.375%, 2/15/30     915,773
   330,000 ModivCare, Inc., 144a, 5.875%, 11/15/25     304,562
   432,000 Molina Healthcare, Inc., 144a, 3.875%, 5/15/32     353,870
   522,000 Option Care Health, Inc., 144a, 4.375%, 10/31/29     441,090
   444,000 Tenet Healthcare Corp., 144a, 4.250%, 6/1/29     367,743
   730,000 Tenet Healthcare Corp., 144a, 4.375%, 1/15/30     609,331
   266,000 Tenet Healthcare Corp., 144a, 6.125%, 6/15/30     244,308
   729,000 Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV (Israel), 3.150%, 10/1/26     598,145
  452,000 Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Netherlands III BV (Israel), 4.750%, 5/9/27     383,888
          6,654,427
  Materials — 4.9%  
   355,000 Arconic Corp., 144a, 6.125%, 2/15/28     313,582
    44,000 Avient Corp., 144a, 7.125%, 8/1/30      40,609
   520,000 Celanese US Holdings LLC, 6.379%, 7/15/32     482,600
   938,000 Clearwater Paper Corp., 144a, 4.750%, 8/15/28     821,335
   650,000 Cleveland-Cliffs, Inc., 144a, 4.875%, 3/1/31     536,861
   233,000 Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 4.500%, 4/1/26     193,712
   356,000 Hudbay Minerals, Inc. (Canada), 144a, 6.125%, 4/1/29     286,840
   275,000 INEOS Quattro Finance 2 PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 3.375%, 1/15/26     228,937
   443,000 Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 144a, 4.500%, 6/1/31     324,161
   243,000 Kaiser Aluminum Corp., 144a, 4.625%, 3/1/28     198,268
   705,000 Mineral Resources Ltd. (Australia), 144a, 8.000%, 11/1/27     678,196
   636,000 NOVA Chemicals Corp. (Canada), 144a, 4.250%, 5/15/29     493,624
  596,000 Tronox, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 3/15/29     441,040
          5,039,765
  Information Technology — 3.0%  
   482,000 Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., 144a, 4.000%, 7/1/29     412,154
   587,000 Clarivate Science Holdings Corp., 144a, 4.875%, 7/1/29     459,621
   555,000 Consensus Cloud Solutions, Inc., 144a, 6.000%, 10/15/26     489,063
   145,000 NCR Corp., 144a, 5.125%, 4/15/29     108,753
   299,000 NCR Corp., 144a, 5.750%, 9/1/27     270,888
   448,000 Open Text Corp. (Canada), 144a, 3.875%, 12/1/29     345,063
   560,000 Open Text Corp. (Canada), 144a, 3.875%, 2/15/28     463,131
   291,000 SS&C Technologies, Inc., 144a, 5.500%, 9/30/27     265,448
  361,000 Ziff Davis, Inc., 144a, 4.625%, 10/15/30     295,013
          3,109,134
  Real Estate — 3.0%  
   450,000 CTR Partnership LP / CareTrust Capital Corp. REIT, 144a, 3.875%, 6/30/28     370,223
   535,000 Diversified Healthcare Trust REIT, 4.750%, 2/15/28     337,050
   325,000 Howard Hughes Corp. (The), 144a, 4.375%, 2/1/31     233,449
   132,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 4.500%, 2/15/31     102,060
   674,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 4.875%, 9/15/29     553,684
   112,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 5.250%, 3/15/28      98,239
   660,000 Iron Mountain, Inc. REIT, 144a, 5.250%, 7/15/30     546,130
   515,000 RHP Hotel Properties LP / RHP Finance Corp. REIT, 144a, 4.500%, 2/15/29     427,107
  420,000 Service Properties Trust REIT, 4.650%, 3/15/24     388,500
          3,056,442
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Utilities — 1.9%  
$  331,000 Calpine Corp., 144a, 5.125%, 3/15/28 $    284,388
   814,000 Edison International, Ser B, 5.000%(A)     643,060
   592,000 NRG Energy, Inc., 5.750%, 1/15/28     547,432
  561,000 Vistra Operations Co. LLC, 144a, 4.375%, 5/1/29     467,032
          1,941,912
  Total Corporate Bonds  $97,289,636
Shares        
  Common Stocks — 2.1%  
  Energy — 2.1%  
   39,372 Unit Corp.*   2,097,347
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 3.0%  
2,254,561 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω   2,254,561
  881,725 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**     881,725
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds   $3,136,286
  Total Investment Securities—99.9%
(Cost $120,990,945)
$102,523,269
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.1%      70,964
  Net Assets — 100.0% $102,594,233
(A) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $849,473.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
DAC – Designated Activity Company
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LP – Limited Partnership
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $76,954,943 or 75.0% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Corporate Bonds $$97,289,636 $— $97,289,636
Common Stocks 2,097,347 2,097,347
Short-Term Investment Funds 3,136,286 3,136,286
Total $5,233,633 $97,289,636 $— $102,523,269
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Impact Bond Fund – September 30, 2022
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 29.5%  
  Financials — 9.8%  
$ 2,444,000 Aflac, Inc., 3.250%, 3/17/25 $  2,441,035
  3,000,000 American Express Co., 4.050%, 5/3/29   2,752,640
  1,374,947 Fishers Lane Associates LLC, 144a, 3.666%, 8/5/30   1,330,577
    710,000 Fishers Lane Associates LLC, 144a, 5.477%, 8/5/40     712,481
  2,599,000 Globe Life, Inc., 4.550%, 9/15/28   2,445,892
  2,400,000 KeyBank NA, 4.150%, 8/8/25   2,326,657
  2,000,000 MassMutual Global Funding II, 144a, 0.850%, 6/9/23   1,948,692
  1,500,000 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 144a, 3.050%, 6/17/29   1,313,745
  2,000,000 Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 144a, 4.300%, 8/25/29   1,863,475
  2,386,000 National Rural Utilities Cooperative Finance Corp., 3.400%, 11/15/23   2,352,328
  1,500,000 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 144a, 4.350%, 4/30/50   1,116,067
  1,334,000 Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co., 144a, 9.375%, 8/15/39   1,693,910
  1,300,000 New York Life Global Funding, 144a, 1.450%, 1/14/25   1,202,611
  1,000,000 Northwestern Mutual Global Funding, 144a, 0.600%, 3/25/24     940,530
  2,350,000 Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. (The), 144a, 3.625%, 9/30/59   1,583,826
  3,500,000 Pacific Life Global Funding II, 144a, 1.375%, 4/14/26   3,067,809
  3,500,000 PNC Bank NA, 2.700%, 10/22/29   2,875,868
  1,500,000 Progressive Corp. (The), 4.200%, 3/15/48   1,251,997
  3,500,000 Protective Life Global Funding, 144a, 1.170%, 7/15/25   3,128,174
  2,610,000 Reliance Standard Life Global Funding II, 144a, 2.750%, 1/21/27   2,344,563
  1,550,000 SBA Tower Trust REIT, 144a, 1.884%, 1/15/26   1,363,146
  1,500,000 SBA Tower Trust REIT, 144a, 2.836%, 1/15/25   1,403,715
  2,802,000 Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, 144a, 4.900%, 9/15/44   2,455,742
  1,100,000 Unum Group, 7.190%, 2/1/28   1,144,553
    844,000 Unum Group, 7.250%, 3/15/28     860,424
 2,000,000 USB Capital IX, (3M LIBOR +1.020%), 3.532%(A)(B)   1,518,100
         47,438,557
  Utilities — 7.0%  
  3,000,000 American Water Capital Corp., 2.950%, 9/1/27   2,724,177
  2,250,000 Avista Corp., 4.350%, 6/1/48   1,896,454
  1,623,000 California Water Service Co., 5.500%, 12/1/40   1,596,733
  3,270,000 Cleco Securitization I LLC, Ser A-2, 4.646%, 9/1/42   3,082,073
  2,008,000 Commonwealth Edison Co., 5.900%, 3/15/36   2,057,729
  2,163,000 Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc., 4.600%, 6/15/43   1,872,290
  1,750,000 Duke Energy Florida Project Finance LLC, Ser 2032, 2.858%, 3/1/33   1,465,268
  2,328,000 Duke Energy Progress LLC, 6.300%, 4/1/38   2,453,378
  2,532,000 Entergy Louisiana LLC, 4.440%, 1/15/26   2,456,795
  3,000,000 Essential Utilities, Inc., 4.276%, 5/1/49   2,330,881
  1,642,000 Georgia Power Co., 4.750%, 9/1/40   1,380,576
  2,085,000 Kentucky Utilities Co., 5.125%, 11/1/40   1,920,147
  2,000,000 NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., (3M LIBOR +2.067%), 5.810%, 10/1/66(B)   1,658,448
  2,080,000 PG&E Wildfire Recovery Funding LLC, Ser A-5, 5.099%, 6/1/52   1,979,420
  2,750,000 SCE Recovery Funding LLC, Ser A-2, 2.943%, 11/15/42   2,128,913
  1,020,000 Sierra Pacific Power Co., 2.600%, 5/1/26     942,074
 2,024,023 Southaven Combined Cycle Generation LLC, 3.846%, 8/15/33   1,844,421
         33,789,777
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Industrials — 5.2%  
$     6,665 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. 2005-3 Pass Through Trust, 4.830%, 1/15/23 $      6,651
    161,997 Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. 2005-4 Pass Through Trust, 4.967%, 4/1/23     160,897
  2,355,000 Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 6.700%, 8/1/28   2,531,817
  1,000,000 CSX Corp., 6.150%, 5/1/37   1,031,606
  1,347,391 CSX Transportation, Inc., 6.251%, 1/15/23   1,353,167
  2,174,588 FedEx Corp. 2020-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust, 1.875%, 2/20/34   1,788,134
  1,075,000 GATX Corp., 1.900%, 6/1/31     775,877
  2,823,000 GATX Corp., 3.250%, 3/30/25   2,670,690
  1,180,000 Kansas City Southern, 3.000%, 5/15/23   1,166,516
  1,625,000 Kansas City Southern, 3.125%, 6/1/26   1,517,089
  1,941,000 Norfolk Southern Corp., 2.903%, 2/15/23   1,926,407
  2,750,000 Republic Services, Inc., 2.300%, 3/1/30   2,257,144
    667,000 TOTE Maritime Alaska LLC, 6.365%, 4/15/28     689,458
  2,386,000 Tote Shipholdings LLC, 3.400%, 10/16/40   2,134,751
  1,960,000 Union Pacific Corp., 2.891%, 4/6/36   1,489,763
     53,822 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 2003 Pass Through Trust, 4.698%, 1/2/24      53,712
    559,508 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 2006 Pass Through Trust, 5.866%, 7/2/30     579,344
  1,209,696 Union Pacific Railroad Co. 2014-1 Pass Through Trust, 3.227%, 5/14/26   1,151,850
 2,100,000 Waste Management, Inc., 3.900%, 3/1/35   1,785,324
         25,070,197
  Consumer Discretionary — 2.4%  
  3,733,938 American Airlines 2016-3 Class AA Pass Through Trust, 3.000%, 10/15/28   3,224,987
    583,190 Continental Airlines 2012-2 Class A Pass Through Trust, 4.000%, 10/29/24     550,946
  3,900,000 Delta Air Lines 2019-1 Class AA Pass Through Trust, 3.204%, 4/25/24   3,769,279
  1,785,000 PulteGroup, Inc., 7.875%, 6/15/32   1,843,766
  2,570,000 Smithsonian Institution, 2.645%, 9/1/39   1,894,378
   597,503 United Airlines, Inc. Pass-Through Trust, 2.875%, 10/7/28     512,213
         11,795,569
  Real Estate — 1.7%  
  2,500,000 American Tower Corp. REIT, 3.125%, 1/15/27   2,246,540
  3,225,000 American Tower Trust #1 REIT, Ser 13, Class 2A, 144a, 3.070%, 3/15/48   3,202,983
  2,000,000 Crown Castle International Corp. REIT, 4.300%, 2/15/29   1,833,972
   805,000 SBA Tower Trust REIT, 144a, 1.631%, 11/15/26     686,440
          7,969,935
  Health Care — 1.3%  
    978,906 CVS Pass Through Trust Series 2013, 144a, 4.704%, 1/10/36     891,229
  2,237,360 CVS Pass-Through Trust, 6.036%, 12/10/28   2,222,199
 3,405,000 HCA, Inc., 5.250%, 4/15/25   3,335,693
          6,449,121
  Consumer Staples — 0.8%  
  1,000,000 Kroger Co. (The), 4.500%, 1/15/29     947,812
  1,265,000 Kroger Co. (The), Ser B, 7.700%, 6/1/29   1,385,903
 1,600,000 United Rentals North America, Inc., 4.875%, 1/15/28   1,466,944
          3,800,659
  Communication Services — 0.7%  
 1,500,000 AT&T, Inc., 4.850%, 7/15/45   1,245,525
 
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Touchstone Impact Bond Fund (Continued)
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Corporate Bonds — 29.5% (Continued)  
  Communication Services — (Continued)  
$ 1,200,000 Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.100%, 3/22/28 $  1,012,982
 1,185,000 Verizon Communications, Inc., 4.862%, 8/21/46   1,022,178
          3,280,685
  Information Technology — 0.3%  
 1,900,000 Lam Research Corp., 1.900%, 6/15/30   1,504,961
  Energy — 0.3%  
 1,405,000 Texas Eastern Transmission LP, 7.000%, 7/15/32   1,479,139
  Total Corporate Bonds $142,578,600
  U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 22.2%
  2,125,600 Canal Barge Co., Inc., 4.500%, 11/12/34       2,037,988
    539,628 Export-Import Bank of the United States, 1.581%, 11/16/24         522,495
  1,442,701 Helios Leasing I LLC, 1.734%, 7/24/24       1,406,885
    892,000 Matson Navigation Co., Inc., 5.337%, 9/4/28         895,450
    825,000 Petroleos Mexicanos (Mexico), 2.290%, 2/15/24         810,202
  1,752,579 Reliance Industries Ltd. (India), 1.870%, 1/15/26       1,663,789
  1,273,169 SBA Small Business Investment Cos, Ser 2017-10A, Class 1, 2.845%, 3/10/27       1,204,631
  1,913,566 SBA Small Business Investment Cos, Ser 2017-10B, Class 1, 2.518%, 9/10/27       1,771,245
      2,608 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2003-20D, Class 1, 4.760%, 4/1/23           2,607
     18,933 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2004-20D, Class 1, 4.770%, 4/1/24          18,732
     44,981 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2004-20K, Class 1, 4.880%, 11/1/24          44,404
     36,185 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2005-20H, Class 1, 5.110%, 8/1/25          35,886
     73,435 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2006-20H, Class 1, 5.700%, 8/1/26          73,046
     91,188 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2006-20K, Class 1, 5.360%, 11/1/26          89,447
    169,419 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2006-20L, Class 1, 5.120%, 12/1/26         165,070
    162,674 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2007-20A, Class 1, 5.320%, 1/1/27         159,700
    206,325 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2007-20E, Class 1, 5.310%, 5/1/27         203,520
    423,377 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2007-20F, Class 1, 5.710%, 6/1/27         419,462
    425,846 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2007-20L, Class 1, 5.290%, 12/1/27         423,513
    149,007 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2008-20A, Class 1, 5.170%, 1/1/28         146,852
    208,510 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2008-20K, Class 1, 6.770%, 11/1/28         209,079
    375,205 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2009-20C, Class 1, 4.660%, 3/1/29         369,182
    241,810 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2009-20D, Class 1, 4.310%, 4/1/29         237,218
    504,831 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2009-20E, Class 1, 4.430%, 5/1/29         489,408
    202,451 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2009-20F, Class 1, 4.950%, 6/1/29          197,423
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 22.2% (Continued)
$   529,288 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2009-20J, Class 1, 3.920%, 10/1/29     $    511,350
    851,377 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2010-20F, Class 1, 3.880%, 6/1/30         829,651
  1,587,930 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2010-20I, Class 1, 3.210%, 9/1/30       1,485,220
  3,772,429 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2013-20C, Class 1, 2.220%, 3/1/33       3,393,496
  3,047,645 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2013-20E, Class 1, 2.070%, 5/1/33       2,747,716
  1,577,077 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2013-20G, Class 1, 3.150%, 7/1/33       1,484,557
  2,130,869 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2014-20H, Class 1, 2.880%, 8/1/34       1,967,129
  3,078,010 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2014-20I, Class 1, 2.920%, 9/1/34       2,879,240
  2,655,122 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2014-20K, Class 1, 2.800%, 11/1/34       2,451,835
  1,553,048 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2015-20I, Class 1, 2.820%, 9/1/35       1,423,862
  2,020,629 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2016-20A, Class 1, 2.780%, 1/1/36       1,872,117
  2,788,553 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2016-20B, Class 1, 2.270%, 2/1/36       2,523,208
  3,459,938 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2016-20F, Class 1, 2.180%, 6/1/36       3,104,572
  3,794,700 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2017-20E, Class 1, 2.880%, 5/1/37       3,502,253
  3,062,724 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2017-20F, Class 1, 2.810%, 6/1/37       2,807,273
  4,127,676 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2017-20K, Class 1, 2.790%, 11/1/37       3,777,041
  2,012,751 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2017-20L, Class 1, 2.780%, 12/1/37       1,844,896
  4,721,676 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2018-20A, Class 1, 2.920%, 1/1/38       4,340,370
  4,419,850 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2018-20C, Class 1, 3.200%, 3/1/38       4,160,843
  3,631,827 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2018-20K, Class 1, 3.870%, 11/1/38       3,484,818
  1,882,760 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2018-25D, Class 1, 3.890%, 10/1/43       1,804,334
  2,061,123 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2019-25B, Class 1, 3.450%, 2/1/44       1,912,751
  2,545,961 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2019-25E, Class 1, 3.070%, 5/1/44       2,360,484
  3,812,499 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2020-25I, Class 1, 1.150%, 9/1/45       3,091,839
  3,437,962 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2022-25C, Class 1, 2.750%, 3/1/47       3,060,839
  2,250,000 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2022-25D, Class 1, 3.500%, 4/1/47       2,091,894
  3,000,000 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2022-25G, Class 1, 3.930%, 7/1/47       2,863,270
  3,000,000 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2022-25H, Class 1, 3.800%, 8/1/47       2,826,766
 9,640,000 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2022-25I, Class 1, 4.260%, 9/1/47       9,392,760
 
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Touchstone Impact Bond Fund (Continued)
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 22.2% (Continued)
$ 2,482,000 Tennessee Valley Auth., 4.650%, 6/15/35     $  2,489,957
  2,312,359 United States International Development Finance Corp., 1.870%, 11/20/37       1,870,043
  5,308,519 United States of America Executive Branch, Ser 2021-25L, Class 1, 1.850%, 12/1/46       4,418,789
  1,931,211 United States Small Business Administration, Ser 2019-20A, Class 1, 3.370%, 1/1/39       1,813,501
 3,124,000 Vessel Management Services, Inc., 5.125%, 4/16/35       3,091,382
  Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations $107,277,290
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 13.3%
  2,324,142 Fannie Mae-Aces, Ser 2017-M15, Class ATS2, 3.209%, 11/25/27(B)(C)       2,189,548
  3,325,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K-1511, Class A3, 3.542%, 3/25/34       2,977,499
  3,760,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser KG02, Class A2, 2.412%, 8/25/29       3,292,094
  2,959,235 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser KG03, Class A1, 0.704%, 4/25/29(B)(C)       2,558,451
  2,727,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser KSG1, Class A2, 1.503%, 9/25/30       2,189,189
  1,650,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser KSG2, Class A2, 2.091%, 11/25/31(B)(C)       1,352,593
  2,384,740 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser KW03, Class A1, 2.617%, 12/25/26       2,316,355
  3,060,000 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass-Through Certificates, Ser K-1513, Class A3, 2.797%, 8/25/34       2,544,536
  2,600,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-K30, Class B, 144a, 3.670%, 6/25/45(B)(C)       2,572,399
  1,650,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-K38, Class B, 144a, 4.375%, 6/25/47(B)(C)       1,620,020
  1,765,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-K40, Class B, 144a, 4.210%, 11/25/47(B)(C)       1,717,851
  2,000,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-K41, Class B, 144a, 3.964%, 11/25/47(B)(C)       1,937,834
  2,180,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-K49, Class B, 144a, 3.852%, 10/25/48(B)(C)       2,072,652
  2,200,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-K61, Class B, 144a, 3.818%, 12/25/49(B)(C)       2,033,796
    750,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-K74, Class B, 144a, 4.228%, 2/25/51(B)(C)         695,591
    783,458 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-SB9, Class A5, (1M LIBOR +0.700%), 3.253%, 11/25/35(B)         781,431
    212,473 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2016-SB17, Class A5H, (1M LIBOR +0.700%), 3.253%, 5/25/36(B)         211,817
    838,463 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-SB27, Class A10F, 3.090%, 1/25/27(B)(C)         791,404
  1,580,657 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-SB46, Class A10F, 3.300%, 12/25/27(B)(C)       1,477,884
  2,321,544 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-SB54, Class A10F, 3.520%, 5/25/28       2,205,566
  2,885,908 FRESB Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-SB55, Class A10F, 3.770%, 9/25/28       2,741,052
  2,069,492 GNMA, Pool #785631, 4.660%, 5/20/67(B)(C)       2,060,114
    181,994 GNMA, Ser 2011-142, Class B, 3.373%, 2/16/44(B)(C)         181,222
    955,316 GNMA, Ser 2012-46, Class C, 3.176%, 5/16/50(B)(C)         930,709
     23,060 GNMA, Ser 2012-53, Class AC, 2.381%, 12/16/43          22,965
    989,279 GNMA, Ser 2013-121, Class AB, 2.875%, 8/16/44(B)(C)         934,791
    293,753 GNMA, Ser 2013-40, Class AC, 1.584%, 1/16/46         281,653
     20,373 GNMA, Ser 2013-59, Class A, 1.750%, 7/16/45          19,388
  2,540,000 GNMA, Ser 2015-32, Class HG, 3.000%, 9/16/49(B)(C)       2,136,641
    741,045 GNMA, Ser 2015-37, Class AD, 2.600%, 11/16/55          694,595
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 13.3%
(Continued)
$ 1,678,035 GNMA, Ser 2015-73, Class B, 2.700%, 10/16/55(B)(C)     $  1,550,002
  1,008,141 GNMA, Ser 2017-46, Class AB, 2.600%, 1/16/52         892,336
  1,057,784 GNMA, Ser 2017-H11, Class FV, (1M LIBOR +0.500%), 2.857%, 5/20/67(B)       1,046,672
  1,200,811 GNMA, Ser 2019-H15, Class GA, 2.250%, 8/20/69       1,140,065
  3,883,022 GNMA, Ser 2020-113, Class AF, 2.000%, 10/1/62       3,012,111
  4,977,748 GNMA, Ser 2020-118, Class AB, 2.250%, 4/16/62       4,303,959
  2,336,655 GNMA, Ser 2021-21, Class AF, 1.750%, 6/16/63       1,737,508
 3,778,752 GNMA, Ser 2021-22, Class AD, 1.350%, 10/16/62       3,096,593
  Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  $64,320,886
  Municipal Bonds — 8.9%  
  California — 3.7%  
  1,000,000 California Health Facilities Financing Authority, 2.704%, 6/1/30     849,326
  2,000,000 California Health Facilities Financing Authority, 2.229%, 6/1/32   1,549,546
    875,000 California Health Facilities Financing Authority, 4.140%, 6/1/34     781,872
  1,585,000 California Municipal Finance Authority, Revenue, 2.519%, 10/1/35   1,107,527
  1,465,000 City of San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Water Revenue, Build America Bonds, 6.950%, 11/1/50   1,804,825
  2,345,000 East Bay Municipal Utility District Water System Revenue, Build America Bonds Sub, 5.874%, 6/1/40   2,569,765
  2,010,000 Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Water System Revenue, Revenue, Build America Bonds, 6.008%, 7/1/39   2,143,026
  3,500,000 Los Angeles Unified School District, Build America Bonds Ser RY, UTGO, 6.758%, 7/1/34   3,861,115
 2,500,000 State of California, Build America Bonds, UTGO, 7.300%, 10/1/39   2,992,248
         17,659,250
  Texas — 1.1%  
  1,770,000 Dallas Area Rapid Transit, Revenue, Build America Bonds, 5.999%, 12/1/44   1,942,976
  2,640,000 Texas State Transportation Commission Highway Authority, Build America Bonds, 5.178%, 4/1/30   2,672,914
 1,281,000 Travis County Housing Finance Corp, Revenue, 2.550%, 7/1/42     887,297
          5,503,187
  Virginia — 0.7%  
  1,131,963 Virginia Housing Development Authority, 2.950%, 10/25/49     999,589
 2,734,089 Virginia Housing Development Authority, 2.125%, 7/25/51   2,272,649
          3,272,238
  Minnesota — 0.6%  
 3,652,754 Minnesota Housing Finance Agency, Revenue, 1.580%, 2/1/51   3,056,204
  Indiana — 0.6%  
 2,750,000 Indianapolis Local Public Improvement Bond Bank, Build America Bonds, 6.116%, 1/15/40   2,951,360
  Oklahoma — 0.6%  
 3,000,000 Oklahoma Development Finance Auth., Revenue, 5.087%, 2/1/52   2,849,639
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Municipal Bonds — 8.9% (Continued)  
  New York — 0.5%  
$ 1,135,000 Port Authority of New York & New Jersey, 4.960%, 8/1/46 $  1,087,618
 1,400,000 Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Cons One Hundred Sixty-Eight, 4.926%, 10/1/51   1,340,661
          2,428,279
  Nevada — 0.4%  
 2,053,493 Nevada Housing Division, Revenue, 1.900%, 11/1/44   1,873,625
  Washington — 0.3%  
 1,600,000 State of Washington, Build America Bonds, UTGO, 5.481%, 8/1/39   1,635,515
  Ohio — 0.2%  
   825,000 Ohio State HFA, Revenue, 2.650%, 11/1/41     783,376
  Louisiana — 0.2%  
   741,360 Louisiana Housing Corp., 2.875%, 11/1/38     699,507
  Total Municipal Bonds  $42,712,180
  U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations — 8.8%
  1,322,292 FHLMC, Pool #SD8186, 3.500%, 11/1/51       1,193,812
    771,331 FHLMC, Pool #W30008, 7.645%, 5/1/25         785,981
    560,598 FNMA, Pool #888829, 5.888%, 6/1/37(B)(C)         557,468
    531,650 FNMA, Pool #AH8854, 4.500%, 4/1/41         519,604
  4,000,000 FNMA, Pool #AM9682, 3.810%, 8/1/45       3,438,420
  2,871,355 FNMA, Pool #AN0897, 3.440%, 2/1/32       2,659,335
  3,000,000 FNMA, Pool #AN8089, 3.330%, 1/1/38       2,442,078
  1,485,080 FNMA, Pool #AS8650, 3.000%, 1/1/47       1,314,652
    197,756 FNMA, Pool #AT0924, 2.000%, 3/1/28         180,372
    533,313 FNMA, Pool #BC0153, 4.000%, 1/1/46         504,041
  3,860,363 FNMA, Pool #BL3622, 2.600%, 8/1/26       3,711,556
  3,488,729 FNMA, Pool #BS5630, 3.790%, 11/1/32       3,279,134
  3,381,916 FNMA, Pool #CB0455, 2.500%, 5/1/51       2,859,181
  1,645,471 FNMA, Pool #FM3442, 3.000%, 6/1/50       1,445,248
  8,096,275 FNMA, Pool #FS1887, 3.000%, 5/1/47       7,082,607
  4,321,336 FNMA, Pool #MA4269, 2.500%, 2/1/41       3,670,574
  1,586,717 FNMA, Pool #MA4416, 3.500%, 9/1/51       1,432,359
 5,290,600 FNMA, Pool #MA4709, 5.000%, 7/1/52       5,165,934
  Total U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations  $42,242,356
  U.S. Treasury Obligations — 7.2%
  7,870,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.375%, 11/15/40       5,088,447
  4,850,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 1.875%, 2/15/51       3,211,231
  9,227,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.875%, 5/15/52       7,739,146
12,500,000 U.S. Treasury Note, 2.875%, 6/15/25      12,058,594
10,429,000 U.S. Treasury Strip, Principal, 5/15/43(D)       4,449,482
 5,379,000 U.S. Treasury Strip, Principal, 5/15/45(D)       2,131,535
  Total U.S. Treasury Obligations  $34,678,435
  Asset-Backed Securities — 4.4%
    898,063 321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Ser 2012-1A, Class A, 144a, 4.210%, 2/16/65         833,250
  1,101,490 321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Ser 2012-2A, Class A, 144a, 3.840%, 10/15/59         999,494
  1,591,504 321 Henderson Receivables I LLC, Ser 2015-2A, Class A, 144a, 3.870%, 3/15/58       1,417,069
  2,355,322 CF Hippolyta Issuer LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A1, 144a, 1.530%, 3/15/61       2,026,658
  2,487,854 JG Wentworth XLII LLC, Ser 2018-2A, Class A, 144a, 3.960%, 10/15/75       2,191,888
    453,217 JGWPT XXXIV LLC, Ser 2015-1A, Class A, 144a, 3.260%, 9/15/72          386,576
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 4.4% (Continued)
$ 4,445,000 Louisiana Local Government Environmental Fac. & Community Development Auth, Ser 2022-ELL, Class A2, 4.145%, 2/1/33     $  4,218,755
  1,000,000 Oklahoma Development Finance Authority, Ser 2022-ONG, Class A1, 3.877%, 5/1/37         955,977
  3,993,090 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2021-10B, Class 1, 1.304%, 9/10/31       3,444,979
  4,500,254 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2021-25I, Class 1, 1.560%, 9/1/46       3,754,516
    765,321 Tesla Auto Lease Trust, Ser 2021-A, Class A2, 144a, 0.360%, 3/20/25         755,150
   290,000 Tesla Auto Lease Trust, Ser 2021-B, Class A4, 144a, 0.630%, 9/22/25         269,829
  Total Asset-Backed Securities  $21,254,141
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 3.5%
     20,887 CD Mortgage Trust, Ser 2006-CD3, Class AJ, 5.688%, 10/15/48          18,261
  2,979,161 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-555, Class A, 144a, 2.647%, 12/10/41       2,446,813
  2,300,000 COMM Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-SBX, Class A, 144a, 1.670%, 1/10/38       2,016,835
  2,440,000 DOLP Trust, Ser 2021-NYC, Class A, 144a, 2.956%, 5/10/41       1,957,656
  2,000,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-K45, Class B, 144a, 3.734%, 4/25/48       1,919,965
  2,500,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-K50, Class B, 144a, 3.909%, 10/25/48       2,380,676
    245,000 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-K51, Class B, 144a, 4.087%, 10/25/48         234,818
  2,623,031 Logistics 1 MI TN VA Senior Notes CTL Pass-Through Trust, 144a, 2.654%, 10/10/42       2,055,671
  2,550,000 MKT Mortgage Trust, Ser 2020-525M, Class A, 144a, 2.694%, 2/12/40       2,040,442
 2,125,000 SLG Office Trust, Ser 2021-OVA, Class A, 144a, 2.585%, 7/15/41       1,702,565
  Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities  $16,773,702
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.1%
   478,469 Virginia Housing Development Authority, Ser 2013-B, Class A, 2.750%, 4/25/42     453,198
Shares        
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 1.2%  
 5,796,451 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω   5,796,450
  Total Investment Securities—99.1%
(Cost $543,304,092)
$478,087,238
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.9%   4,465,510
  Net Assets — 100.0% $482,552,748
(A) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
(B) Variable rate security - Rate reflected is the rate in effect as of September 30, 2022.
(C) Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.
(D) Strip Security- Separate trading of Registered Interest and Principal. Holders of a principal strip security are entitled to the portion of the payment representing principal only.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
 
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Portfolio Abbreviations:
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
FREMF – Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization
FRESB – Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization Small Balance Loan
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
HFA – Housing Finance Authority/Agency
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LP – Limited Partnership
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
UTGO – Unlimited Tax General Obligation
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $70,535,213 or 14.6% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Corporate Bonds $$142,578,600 $— $142,578,600
U.S. Government Agency Obligations 107,277,290 107,277,290
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 64,320,886 64,320,886
Municipal Bonds 42,712,180 42,712,180
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations 42,242,356 42,242,356
U.S. Treasury Obligations 34,678,435 34,678,435
Asset-Backed Securities 21,254,141 21,254,141
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 16,773,702 16,773,702
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 453,198 453,198
Short-Term Investment Fund 5,796,450 5,796,450
Total $5,796,450 $472,290,788 $— $478,087,238
Measurements Using Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)  
Assets Corporate
Bonds
Beginning balance, September 30, 2021 $2,330,817
Transfer out of Level 3 (2,330,817)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)
Ending balance, September 30, 2022 $
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation/Depreciation for Investments in Securities still held at September 30, 2022 $
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 96.1%  
  Japan — 18.0%  
  Communication Services — 2.7%  
   19,000 Nintendo Co. Ltd. $   766,352
  Consumer Discretionary — 8.4%  
   12,800 Denso Corp.    585,257
  100,400 Panasonic Corp.    705,013
   16,700 Sony Group Corp.  1,075,721
  Industrials — 4.6%  
   22,500 Hitachi Ltd.    957,512
   23,400 Kubota Corp.    325,187
  Information Technology — 2.3%  
    2,600 Tokyo Electron Ltd.    640,627
  Total Japan  5,055,669
  France — 14.5%  
  Energy — 5.1%  
   30,984 TotalEnergies SE ADR  1,441,376
  Industrials — 5.8%  
   20,440 Cie de Saint-Gobain    730,845
    7,870 Schneider Electric SE    888,922
  Materials — 3.6%  
    8,862 Air Liquide SA  1,012,919
  Total France  4,074,062
  United Kingdom — 11.0%  
  Financials — 6.3%  
2,340,950 Lloyds Banking Group PLC  1,058,082
    8,483 London Stock Exchange Group PLC    716,380
  Industrials — 4.7%  
   12,140 Ashtead Group PLC    545,205
   32,111 RELX PLC    784,657
  Total United Kingdom  3,104,324
  Sweden — 8.9%  
  Financials — 6.0%  
   94,978 Svenska Handelsbanken AB - Class A    779,674
   68,971 Swedbank AB - Class A    905,297
  Industrials — 2.9%  
   56,584 Epiroc AB - Class A    809,462
  Total Sweden  2,494,433
  South Korea — 7.5%  
  Communication Services — 4.2%  
   30,719 KT Corp. ADR    375,386
   31,636 KT Corp.    795,250
  Financials — 2.6%  
   24,260 KB Financial Group, Inc.    732,617
  Information Technology — 0.7%  
      536 Samsung SDI Co. Ltd.    201,613
  Total South Korea  2,104,866
  Singapore — 6.2%  
  Financials — 3.9%  
  134,600 Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.  1,102,897
  Real Estate — 2.3%  
  494,300 CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust REIT    657,510
  Total Singapore  1,760,407
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Switzerland — 5.6%  
  Health Care — 3.1%  
    2,663 Roche Holding AG $   866,894
  Industrials — 2.5%  
   28,210 ABB Ltd. ADR    723,868
  Total Switzerland  1,590,762
  India — 4.7%  
  Financials — 4.7%  
   62,901 ICICI Bank Ltd. ADR  1,319,034
  China — 4.2%  
  Communication Services — 2.2%  
   18,500 Tencent Holdings Ltd.    624,862
  Consumer Discretionary — 2.0%  
    6,972 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. ADR*    557,690
  Total China  1,182,552
  Canada — 4.0%  
  Financials — 4.0%  
    7,935 Intact Financial Corp.  1,122,969
  Taiwan — 3.5%  
  Information Technology — 3.5%  
   14,517 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. ADR    995,286
  Germany — 2.9%  
  Industrials — 2.9%  
   26,880 Deutsche Post AG    810,154
  Thailand — 2.0%  
  Industrials — 2.0%  
  289,800 Airports of Thailand PCL*    555,083
  Netherlands — 1.9%  
  Health Care — 1.9%  
   33,878 Koninklijke Philips NV    521,603
  Denmark — 1.2%  
  Industrials — 1.2%  
   18,715 Vestas Wind Systems A/S    344,597
  Total Common Stocks $27,035,801
  Preferred Stocks — 2.6%  
  Germany — 2.6%  
  Consumer Discretionary — 2.6%  
    6,043 Volkswagen AG, 5.796%(A)    738,406
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 3.9%  
  361,606 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω    361,606
  738,513 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**    738,513
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds  $1,100,119
  Total Investment Securities — 102.6%
(Cost $33,628,554)
$28,874,326
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.6)%   (719,560)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $28,154,766
(A) Perpetual Bond - A bond or preferred stock with no definite maturity date.
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $715,914.
 
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Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
PCL – Public Company Limited
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks        
Japan $$5,055,669 $— $5,055,669
France 1,441,376 2,632,686 4,074,062
United Kingdom 3,104,324 3,104,324
Sweden 2,494,433 2,494,433
South Korea 375,386 1,729,480 2,104,866
Singapore 1,760,407 1,760,407
Switzerland 723,868 866,894 1,590,762
India 1,319,034 1,319,034
China 557,690 624,862 1,182,552
Canada 1,122,969 1,122,969
Taiwan 995,286 995,286
Germany 810,154 810,154
Thailand 555,083 555,083
Netherlands 521,603 521,603
Denmark 344,597 344,597
Preferred Stocks 738,406 738,406
Short-Term Investment Funds 1,100,119 1,100,119
Total $7,635,728 $21,238,598 $— $28,874,326
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Mid Cap Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 98.8%  
  Industrials — 26.2%  
 3,244,013 AerCap Holdings N.V. (Ireland)* $  137,319,070
 2,408,795 Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc.    81,320,919
 1,694,223 Armstrong World Industries, Inc.   134,233,288
 1,658,474 Copart, Inc. *   176,461,634
   654,897 Lennox International, Inc.   145,825,915
   530,465 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.   131,963,778
 2,114,945 Otis Worldwide Corp.   134,933,491
   645,439 UniFirst Corp.   108,582,203
        1,050,640,298
  Information Technology — 16.7%  
 1,498,687 Amphenol Corp. - Class A   100,352,082
 1,785,831 Black Knight, Inc.*   115,596,841
 1,127,593 Citrix Systems, Inc.   117,269,672
 2,289,768 Entegris, Inc.   190,096,539
 1,699,946 Skyworks Solutions, Inc.   144,954,395
          668,269,529
  Consumer Discretionary — 12.8%  
 1,499,657 CarMax, Inc.*    99,007,355
   601,954 Churchill Downs, Inc.   110,849,829
 1,260,682 Dollar Tree, Inc.*   171,578,820
 1,934,168 Hasbro, Inc.   130,401,607
          511,837,611
  Financials — 12.1%  
   198,428 Alleghany Corp.*   166,554,510
   774,151 Cincinnati Financial Corp.    69,340,705
   919,635 M&T Bank Corp.   162,150,043
 2,571,891 Moelis & Co. - Class A    86,955,635
          485,000,893
  Consumer Staples — 12.0%  
 2,227,047 BellRing Brands, Inc.*    45,899,439
 1,372,295 Brown-Forman Corp. - Class B    91,353,678
 2,568,540 Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.   198,753,625
 1,756,735 Post Holdings, Inc.*   143,894,164
          479,900,906
  Materials — 10.8%  
 1,044,593 AptarGroup, Inc.    99,267,673
 1,534,865 Ball Corp.    74,164,677
   308,612 NewMarket Corp.    92,839,748
 1,066,065 Vulcan Materials Co.   168,129,111
          434,401,209
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Health Care — 5.5%  
 2,255,178 Perrigo Co. PLC $   80,419,648
   849,650 STERIS PLC   141,279,802
          221,699,450
  Real Estate — 2.7%  
 3,465,290 STORE Capital Corp. REIT   108,567,536
  Total Common Stocks $3,960,317,432
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 1.3%  
49,226,916 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω    49,226,916
  Total Investment Securities—100.1%
(Cost $3,800,697,083)
$4,009,544,348
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1%)    (2,252,867)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $4,007,291,481
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $3,843,047,760 $117,269,672 $— $3,960,317,432
Short-Term Investment Fund 49,226,916 49,226,916
Total $3,892,274,676 $117,269,672 $— $4,009,544,348
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 99.1%  
  Financials — 18.2%  
  242,948 American International Group, Inc. $ 11,535,171
   67,366 Ameriprise Financial, Inc.  16,972,864
  361,940 Arch Capital Group Ltd.*  16,482,748
  914,248 Chimera Investment Corp. REIT   4,772,375
  108,267 Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.   8,780,454
  150,620 Progressive Corp. (The)  17,503,550
  142,150 Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.  17,883,891
   87,014 Signature Bank  13,139,114
   63,265 The Allstate Corp.   7,878,390
  182,796 Webster Financial Corp.   8,262,379
  229,765 Western Alliance Bancorp  15,104,751
        138,315,687
  Industrials — 14.8%  
  180,042 AerCap Holdings N.V. (Ireland)*   7,621,178
  163,554 Clean Harbors, Inc. *  17,987,669
  113,429 Dover Corp.  13,223,553
  178,489 Hexcel Corp.   9,231,451
   25,964 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc.   5,751,026
   85,109 Leidos Holdings, Inc.   7,444,484
   33,182 Parker-Hannifin Corp.   8,040,330
  159,693 Regal Rexnord Corp.  22,414,510
   53,482 Snap-on, Inc.  10,768,601
  129,017 Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp.  10,495,533
        112,978,335
  Consumer Staples — 11.1%  
   47,015 Casey's General Stores, Inc.   9,521,478
   51,025 Constellation Brands, Inc. - Class A  11,719,422
  269,272 Darling Ingredients, Inc.*  17,812,343
  168,765 Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)*   2,848,753
  199,140 Ingredion, Inc.  16,034,753
  158,741 Lamb Weston Holdings, Inc.  12,283,378
  346,602 TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*  14,702,857
         84,922,984
  Utilities — 10.2%  
  532,996 CenterPoint Energy, Inc.  15,019,828
  104,685 DTE Energy Co.  12,044,009
  121,243 Entergy Corp.  12,200,683
  207,110 Evergy, Inc.  12,302,334
  483,990 NiSource, Inc.  12,191,708
  153,202 WEC Energy Group, Inc.  13,700,855
         77,459,417
  Health Care — 9.1%  
   89,019 AmerisourceBergen Corp.  12,046,941
  221,667 Centene Corp.*  17,247,909
  269,128 Encompass Health Corp.  12,172,660
  266,154 Envista Holdings Corp.*   8,732,513
   51,877 Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings  10,624,928
   85,159 Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc.   8,903,374
         69,728,325
  Consumer Discretionary — 8.5%  
    2,954 AutoZone, Inc.*   6,327,261
  294,023 BorgWarner, Inc.   9,232,322
   80,448 Carter's, Inc.   5,271,757
  114,281 Columbia Sportswear Co.   7,691,111
  101,377 Dollar Tree, Inc.*  13,797,410
  128,667 Hasbro, Inc.   8,674,729
  294,023 LKQ Corp.  13,863,185
         64,857,775
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Materials — 8.4%  
  446,949 Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. * $  9,412,746
  221,043 Berry Global Group, Inc.*  10,285,131
  145,257 FMC Corp.  15,353,665
   63,583 International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.   5,775,244
  396,348 Livent Corp.*  12,148,066
   57,291 Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The)   2,449,190
  345,253 Valvoline, Inc.   8,748,711
         64,172,753
  Energy — 7.1%  
  400,485 ChampionX Corp.   7,837,492
  637,167 Coterra Energy, Inc.  16,642,802
   90,472 Pioneer Natural Resources  19,589,902
   92,378 Valero Energy Corp.   9,870,589
         53,940,785
  Information Technology — 6.7%  
  136,836 Akamai Technologies, Inc.*  10,990,667
   81,405 F5 Networks, Inc.*  11,781,746
  110,622 Global Payments, Inc.  11,952,707
   80,448 PTC, Inc.*   8,414,861
   99,244 Qorvo, Inc.*   7,880,966
         51,020,947
  Real Estate — 5.0%  
   83,605 Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT  11,720,585
   73,581 Boston Properties, Inc. REIT   5,516,367
   53,231 Digital Realty Trust, Inc. REIT   5,279,451
   38,495 Essex Property Trust, Inc. REIT   9,324,644
  388,856 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc. REIT   6,175,033
         38,016,080
  Total Common Stocks $755,413,088
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 1.3%  
9,751,474 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω   9,751,474
  Total Investment Securities—100.4%
(Cost $655,134,963)
$765,164,562
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.4%)  (3,260,071)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $761,904,491
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $755,413,088 $— $— $755,413,088
Short-Term Investment Fund 9,751,474 9,751,474
Total $765,164,562 $— $— $765,164,562
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 98.6%  
  Information Technology — 45.7%  
   594,214 Atlassian Corp. PLC - Class A* $  125,135,526
 1,834,810 Block, Inc.*   100,896,202
 1,361,366 Cloudflare, Inc. - Class A*    75,297,153
   576,479 Datadog, Inc.*    51,179,806
   247,759 Intuit, Inc.    95,962,016
   167,030 Lam Research Corp.    61,132,980
   317,673 NVIDIA Corp.    38,562,325
   448,708 ServiceNow, Inc.*   169,436,628
 1,941,588 Shopify, Inc. (Canada) - Class A*    52,306,381
   496,402 Snowflake, Inc. - Class A*    84,368,484
 1,024,526 Visa, Inc. - Class A   182,007,044
        1,036,284,545
  Communication Services — 15.9%  
    98,442 Charter Communications, Inc. - Class A*    29,862,381
 1,312,009 Match Group, Inc.*    62,648,430
   298,373 Meta Platforms, Inc. - Class A*    40,483,249
   371,128 Netflix, Inc.*    87,378,376
 1,577,850 Sea Ltd. (Taiwan) ADR*    88,438,492
 2,208,489 Warner Music Group Corp. - Class A    51,259,030
          360,069,958
  Consumer Discretionary — 14.4%  
   477,715 Airbnb, Inc. - Class A*    50,179,183
 1,659,905 Amazon.com, Inc.*   187,569,265
   703,516 DoorDash, Inc. - Class A*    34,788,866
   786,449 Floor & Decor Holdings, Inc. - Class A*    55,255,907
          327,793,221
  Health Care — 14.0%  
   685,432 10X Genomics, Inc. - Class A*    19,521,103
   179,855 Align Technology, Inc.*    37,249,769
 1,771,331 DexCom, Inc.*   142,662,999
   779,996 Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*    64,451,070
   488,356 Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc.*    53,982,872
          317,867,813
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Industrials — 8.6%  
 1,593,545 CoStar Group, Inc.* $  110,990,409
 3,140,390 Uber Technologies, Inc.*    83,220,335
          194,210,744
  Total Common Stocks $2,236,226,281
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 1.0%  
22,434,313 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω    22,434,313
  Total Investment Securities—99.6%
(Cost $2,088,344,020)
$2,258,660,594
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.4%     8,513,266
  Net Assets — 100.0% $2,267,173,860
* Non-income producing security.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
PLC – Public Limited Company
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $2,236,226,281 $— $— $2,236,226,281
Short-Term Investment Fund 22,434,313 22,434,313
Total $2,258,660,594 $— $— $2,258,660,594
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Touchstone Small Cap Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 94.9%  
  Industrials — 23.9%  
   34,305 Armstrong World Industries, Inc. $ 2,717,985
   97,016 Evoqua Water Technologies Corp.*  3,208,319
   72,482 IAA, Inc.*  2,308,552
   32,679 Landstar System, Inc.  4,717,867
   52,947 Masonite International Corp. *  3,774,591
   46,417 Matson, Inc.  2,855,574
   12,195 UniFirst Corp.  2,051,565
        21,634,453
  Consumer Discretionary — 18.3%  
   62,645 Acushnet Holdings Corp.  2,724,431
    3,684 Graham Holdings Co. - Class B  1,981,918
   40,394 Malibu Boats, Inc. - Class A*  1,938,508
   11,970 Murphy USA, Inc.  3,290,673
   23,619 Penske Automotive Group, Inc.  2,324,818
  176,710 Tempur Sealy International, Inc.  4,265,780
        16,526,128
  Financials — 16.0%  
   70,012 Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp.  2,126,965
   89,259 Cannae Holdings, Inc.*  1,844,091
   22,412 Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. (The)  2,871,874
   82,224 Moelis & Co. - Class A  2,779,993
    3,725 White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd.  4,853,749
        14,476,672
  Information Technology — 12.7%  
   86,729 ACI Worldwide, Inc.*  1,812,636
   82,722 CTS Corp.  3,445,371
   29,385 Qualys, Inc.*  4,095,975
  127,023 Vontier Corp.  2,122,555
        11,476,537
  Materials — 7.3%  
   53,469 Ingevity Corp.*  3,241,825
   10,014 NewMarket Corp.  3,012,512
   41,531 Tredegar Corp.    392,053
         6,646,390
  Real Estate — 6.9%  
  121,050 Alexander & Baldwin, Inc. REIT  2,007,009
  127,466 Essential Properties Realty Trust, Inc. REIT  2,479,214
   39,556 First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT  1,772,504
         6,258,727
  Consumer Staples — 5.0%  
   18,832 Lancaster Colony Corp.  2,830,073
   28,962 PriceSmart, Inc.  1,667,922
         4,497,995
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Health Care — 3.9%  
   24,781 Haemonetics Corp.* $ 1,834,537
   32,936 LivaNova PLC*  1,672,161
         3,506,698
  Energy — 0.9%  
   42,842 Dril-Quip, Inc. *    836,276
  Total Common Stocks $85,859,876
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 7.8%  
4,585,720 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω  4,585,720
2,475,674 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**  2,475,674
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds  $7,061,394
  Total Investment Securities—102.7%
(Cost $85,623,269)
$92,921,270
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (2.7%) (2,418,548)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $90,502,722
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $2,453,587.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $85,859,876 $— $— $85,859,876
Short-Term Investment Funds 7,061,394 7,061,394
Total $92,921,270 $— $— $92,921,270
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund – September 30, 2022
Shares       Market
Value
  Common Stocks — 98.0%  
  Industrials — 24.2%  
 23,463 Altra Industrial Motion Corp. $   788,826
 26,861 AZEK Co., Inc. (The)*    446,430
 17,379 BWX Technologies, Inc.    875,380
  3,540 CACI International, Inc. - Class A*    924,152
 19,706 CIRCOR International, Inc. *    324,952
 11,576 Clean Harbors, Inc. *  1,273,128
  6,531 EMCOR Group, Inc.    754,200
 18,010 Enerpac Tool Group Corp.    321,118
  9,317 EnPro Industries, Inc.    791,759
 43,812 Gates Industrial Corp. PLC*    427,605
 28,165 Harsco Corp.*    105,337
 11,751 Hexcel Corp.    607,762
  7,805 Hillenbrand, Inc.    286,600
 24,302 Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*  1,610,007
 13,327 ITT, Inc.    870,786
 19,201 Kelly Services, Inc. - Class A    260,942
 14,964 Korn/Ferry International    702,560
  8,778 Masonite International Corp. *    625,784
 11,826 Regal Rexnord Corp.  1,659,897
  7,918 Standex International Corp.    646,505
  3,521 Valmont Industries, Inc.    945,811
        15,249,541
  Financials — 19.5%  
 31,925 Bank of NT Butterfield & Son Ltd. (The) (Bermuda)  1,036,285
 35,781 BankUnited, Inc.  1,222,637
 94,229 Chimera Investment Corp. REIT    491,876
 39,408 First Interstate BancSystem, Inc. - Class A  1,590,113
 52,078 MGIC Investment Corp.    667,640
 26,365 NMI Holdings, Inc. - Class A*    537,055
 24,009 PacWest Bancorp    542,603
 14,376 Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.  1,165,894
  5,234 Primerica, Inc.    646,137
 70,007 Umpqua Holdings Corp.  1,196,420
 24,288 Univest Financial Corp.    570,282
 18,832 Western Alliance Bancorp  1,238,016
 16,578 Wintrust Financial Corp.  1,351,936
        12,256,894
  Information Technology — 8.6%  
 10,775 Belden, Inc.    646,715
  5,454 ExlService Holdings, Inc.*    803,701
 75,543 Harmonic, Inc.*    987,347
 11,068 Lumentum Holdings, Inc.*    758,933
  7,816 MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.*    404,791
 21,516 National Instruments Corp.    812,014
 74,492 Viavi Solutions, Inc.*    972,121
         5,385,622
  Health Care — 8.2%  
  7,424 Amedisys, Inc.*    718,569
 21,582 Encompass Health Corp.    976,154
 21,996 Envista Holdings Corp.*    721,689
 19,080 Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corp.*    808,229
 12,202 NuVasive, Inc.*    534,570
 28,092 Prestige Consumer Healthcare, Inc.*  1,399,824
         5,159,035
  Materials — 7.9%  
 24,139 Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. *    508,367
  7,030 Cabot Corp.    449,147
 10,229 Ingevity Corp.*    620,184
  5,201 Innospec, Inc.     445,570
Shares       Market
Value
     
  Materials — (Continued)  
 34,113 Livent Corp.* $ 1,045,563
 70,888 O-I Glass, Inc.*    918,000
  8,168 Silgan Holdings, Inc.    343,383
 24,713 Valvoline, Inc.    626,227
         4,956,441
  Consumer Staples — 7.8%  
 13,244 Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (The)*    223,559
 40,880 Hostess Brands, Inc.*    950,051
 12,365 Ingredion, Inc.    995,630
  3,811 Lancaster Colony Corp.    572,717
  5,695 MGP Ingredients, Inc.    604,581
 10,623 Performance Food Group Co.*    456,258
 25,772 TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*  1,093,248
         4,896,044
  Consumer Discretionary — 6.9%  
 38,300 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.    372,659
  3,719 Carter's, Inc.    243,706
  5,739 Dorman Products, Inc.*    471,287
 38,349 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The)*    386,941
  3,868 Murphy USA, Inc.  1,063,352
  3,696 Oxford Industries, Inc.    331,827
 11,767 Steven Madden Ltd.    313,826
 27,931 Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.*    537,951
 19,402 Urban Outfitters, Inc.*    381,249
  7,469 YETI Holdings, Inc.*    213,016
         4,315,814
  Utilities — 5.1%  
 10,193 Black Hills Corp.    690,372
  8,204 IDACORP, Inc.    812,278
 28,163 Portland General Electric Co.  1,223,964
  7,412 Spire, Inc.    461,990
         3,188,604
  Real Estate — 4.7%  
 27,894 Corporate Office Properties Trust REIT    647,978
 20,047 National Storage Affiliates Trust REIT    833,554
 67,186 Newmark Group, Inc. - Class A    541,519
 32,428 STAG Industrial, Inc. REIT    921,928
         2,944,979
  Energy — 4.4%  
 17,114 Cactus, Inc. - Class A    657,691
 29,902 ChampionX Corp.    585,182
 11,947 Helmerich & Payne, Inc.    441,680
 16,573 PDC Energy, Inc.    957,754
 21,502 Select Energy Services, Inc. - Class A*    149,869
         2,792,176
  Communication Services — 0.7%  
 20,299 TEGNA, Inc.    419,783
  Total Common Stocks $61,564,933
  Exchange-Traded Fund — 1.0%  
  4,868 iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF    627,631
 
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Shares       Market
Value
  Short-Term Investment Funds — 1.1%  
692,011 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω $   692,011
    666 Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio, Institutional Class, 2.88%∞Ω**        666
  Total Short-Term Investment Funds    $692,677
  Total Investment Securities—100.1%
(Cost $54,949,768)
$62,885,241
  Liabilities in Excess of Other Assets — (0.1%)    (34,253)
  Net Assets — 100.0% $62,850,988
* Non-income producing security.
** Represents collateral for securities loaned.
All or a portion of the security is on loan. The total market value of the securities on loan as of September 30, 2022 was $632.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ETF – Exchange-Traded Fund
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Common Stocks $61,564,933 $— $— $61,564,933
Exchange-Traded Fund 627,631 627,631
Short-Term Investment Funds 692,677 692,677
Total $62,885,241 $— $— $62,885,241
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Portfolio of Investments
Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund – September 30, 2022
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 37.7%
$  2,674,784 ACC Auto Trust, Ser 2021-A, Class A, 144a, 1.080%, 4/15/27     $  2,631,365
      26,874 Aegis Asset Backed Securities Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificate, Ser 2005-4, Class M1, (1M LIBOR +0.675%), 3.759%, 10/25/35(A)          26,847
   7,000,000 AGL Static CLO 18 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2022-18A, Class A1, 144a, (TSFR3M +1.320%), 2.438%, 4/21/31(A)       6,887,993
   9,500,000 American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Ser 2018-4, Class E, 144a, 5.380%, 1/13/25       9,505,956
   3,123,021 American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-1, Class D, 144a, 3.810%, 4/14/25       3,122,289
     659,218 American Credit Acceptance Receivables Trust, Ser 2020-1, Class C, 144a, 2.190%, 3/13/26         658,763
   8,250,000 Anchorage Capital CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2013-1A, Class A1R, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.250%), 3.705%, 10/13/30(A)       8,089,323
   5,544,619 Ares XL CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2016-40A, Class A1RR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.870%), 3.382%, 1/15/29(A)       5,445,221
   4,242,158 Asset Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity Loan Trust Series OOMC, Ser 2006-HE3, Class A5, (1M LIBOR +0.540%), 2.897%, 3/25/36(A)       4,081,329
   1,507,928 Avid Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-1, Class A, 144a, 0.610%, 1/15/25       1,497,732
   3,750,000 Barings CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2013-IA, Class BR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.250%), 3.960%, 1/20/28(A)       3,637,961
   6,048,000 BDS Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-FL5, Class B, 144a, (SOFR30A +1.914%), 4.933%, 2/16/37(A)       5,926,877
     349,712 Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2006-SD2, Class M1, (1M LIBOR +0.825%), 3.909%, 6/25/36(A)         349,056
   6,258,969 Black Diamond CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2017-1A, Class A1AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.050%), 3.833%, 4/24/29(A)       6,151,640
     126,482 BSPRT Issuer Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2019-FL5, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.150%), 3.968%, 5/15/29(A)         126,053
     276,369 CarNow Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-2A, Class A, 144a, 0.730%, 9/15/23         276,216
   1,975,000 CarNow Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-2A, Class B, 144a, 1.300%, 1/15/26       1,930,751
   2,927,044 CIFC Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2012-2RA, Class A1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.800%), 3.510%, 1/20/28(A)       2,888,430
   1,512,641 Conn's Receivables Funding LLC, Ser 2021-A, Class A, 144a, 1.050%, 5/15/26       1,505,764
     331,960 CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2018-C, Class D, 144a, 4.400%, 6/17/24         332,033
   4,337,313 CPS Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-A, Class D, 144a, 4.350%, 12/16/24       4,338,150
   1,403,919 Crossroads Asset Trust, Ser 2021-A, Class A2, 144a, 0.820%, 3/20/24       1,389,277
  10,750,000 Dewolf Park CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2017-1A, Class AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.920%), 3.432%, 10/15/30(A)      10,475,047
   2,422,483 DT Auto Owner Trust, Ser 2018-3A, Class D, 144a, 4.190%, 7/15/24       2,423,289
   5,620,000 DT Auto Owner Trust, Ser 2019-1A, Class E, 144a, 4.940%, 2/17/26       5,620,308
  5,854,655 DT Auto Owner Trust, Ser 2020-1A, Class C, 144a, 2.290%, 11/17/25       5,824,774
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 37.7% (Continued)
$    172,335 DT Auto Owner Trust, Ser 2021-1A, Class A, 144a, 0.350%, 1/15/25     $    172,073
   1,668,743 Elara HGV Timeshare Issuer LLC, Ser 2016-A, Class A, 144a, 2.730%, 4/25/28       1,640,618
   1,025,769 Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2018-2A, Class D, 144a, 4.040%, 3/15/24       1,024,293
   6,450,000 Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2018-4A, Class E, 144a, 5.380%, 7/15/25       6,446,213
   1,096,332 Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-1A, Class D, 144a, 4.130%, 12/16/24       1,095,982
     899,967 Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2020-1A, Class C, 144a, 2.490%, 1/15/25         898,982
   7,200,000 Exeter Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-3A, Class B, 0.690%, 1/15/26       7,062,021
   3,445,793 FCI Funding LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A, 144a, 1.130%, 4/15/33       3,341,877
   4,265,775 Flagship Credit Auto Trust, Ser 2019-1, Class C, 144a, 3.600%, 2/18/25       4,263,137
   2,760,977 FNA VI LLC, Ser 2021-1A, Class A, 144a, 1.350%, 1/10/32       2,524,265
     133,501 FNMA REMIC Trust, Ser 2001-W4, Class AF5, 5.614%, 2/25/32(A)(B)         135,395
     588,961 GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Ser 2019-4A, Class B, 144a, 2.780%, 9/16/24         588,365
   2,600,000 GLS Auto Receivables Issuer Trust, Ser 2020-4A, Class C, 144a, 1.140%, 11/17/25       2,546,869
   5,025,161 LAD Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2021-1A, Class A, 144a, 1.300%, 8/17/26       4,844,872
   3,358,776 Madison Park Funding XI Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2013-11A, Class AR2, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.900%), 3.683%, 7/23/29(A)       3,297,569
   2,506,926 Magnetite XVI Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2015-16A, Class AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.800%), 3.540%, 1/18/28(A)       2,471,977
   5,195,601 MF1 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-FL4, Class A, 144a, (SOFR30A +1.814%), 4.660%, 11/15/35(A)       5,170,660
   4,000,000 MF1 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-FL4, Class AS, 144a, (SOFR30A +2.214%), 5.060%, 11/15/35(A)       3,964,626
  10,219,000 MF1 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-FL4, Class C, 144a, (SOFR30A +3.714%), 6.560%, 11/15/35(A)      10,024,307
   5,353,267 Monroe Capital Mml CLO Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2017-1A, Class AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.300%), 4.059%, 4/22/29(A)       5,267,433
   6,250,000 Neuberger Berman CLO XV (Cayman Islands), Ser 2013-15A, Class A1R2, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.920%), 3.432%, 10/15/29(A)       6,125,362
   1,705,011 Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-1A, Class A1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.025%), 3.784%, 2/20/28(A)       1,684,682
   9,139,777 Palmer Square Loan Funding Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-4A, Class A1, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.800%), 3.312%, 10/15/29(A)       8,934,205
   2,927,098 Peaks CLO 1 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2014-1A, Class A2R, 144a, (3M LIBOR +1.410%), 4.193%, 7/25/30(A)       2,850,701
   1,937,127 Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2018-1A, Class D, 144a, 4.140%, 10/15/24       1,933,347
   9,020,000 Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-1A, Class D, 144a, 3.010%, 8/15/25       8,933,612
   1,640,000 Prestige Auto Receivables Trust, Ser 2020-1A, Class D, 144a, 1.620%, 11/16/26       1,601,350
  9,700,000 Progress Residential Trust, Ser 2019-SFR3, Class B, 144a, 2.571%, 9/17/36       9,197,630
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Asset-Backed Securities — 37.7% (Continued)
$    756,338 RAMP Series Trust, Ser 2005-RS6, Class M4, (1M LIBOR +0.975%), 4.059%, 6/25/35(A)     $    753,453
     294,955 RAMP Trust, Ser 2005-RS5, Class M4, (1M LIBOR +0.640%), 4.044%, 5/25/35(A)         294,709
   2,381,647 Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Ser 2018-2A, Class B, 144a, 3.650%, 6/20/35       2,341,128
     351,750 Sierra Timeshare Receivables Funding LLC, Ser 2019-1A, Class B, 144a, 3.420%, 1/20/36         340,520
     670,246 Symphony CLO XIV Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2014-14A, Class AR, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.950%), 3.433%, 7/14/26(A)         668,345
   8,036,070 Symphony Static CLO I Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2021-1A, Class A, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.830%), 3.613%, 10/25/29(A)       7,834,220
   6,406,625 TICP CLO III-2 Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2018-3R, Class A, 144a, (3M LIBOR +0.840%), 3.550%, 4/20/28(A)       6,340,745
   3,792,769 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-5, Class M1, 144a, 3.500%, 5/25/55(A)(B)       3,755,814
   2,306,245 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-1, Class A1, 144a, 2.750%, 10/25/56(A)(B)       2,271,449
   5,063,210 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2017-5, Class A1, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.600%), 3.684%, 2/25/57(A)       5,007,380
   2,494,259 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-HY1, Class A1, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.000%), 4.084%, 10/25/48(A)       2,460,101
   1,344,680 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-MH1, Class A1, 144a, 3.000%, 11/25/58(A)(B)       1,318,160
   4,728,930 Tricon American Homes Trust, Ser 2017-SFR2, Class A, 144a, 2.928%, 1/17/36       4,617,033
   3,800,000 Tricon American Homes Trust, Ser 2017-SFR2, Class D, 144a, 3.672%, 1/17/36       3,691,423
   6,000,000 United Auto Credit Securitization Trust, Ser 2022-1, Class B, 144a, 2.100%, 3/10/25       5,853,226
   8,200,000 Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-1A, Class E, 144a, 4.490%, 7/15/24       8,204,430
  6,464,811 Westlake Automobile Receivables Trust, Ser 2019-2A, Class D, 144a, 3.200%, 11/15/24       6,452,141
  Total Asset-Backed Securities $265,389,144
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 20.1%
     216,714 AREIT Trust, Ser 2019-CRE3, Class A, 144a, (SOFR30A +1.384%), 4.306%, 9/14/36(A)         214,655
  10,793,000 AREIT Trust, Ser 2020-CRE4, Class C, 144a, (SOFR30A +3.222%), 5.507%, 4/15/37(A)      10,671,638
   4,800,000 Austin Fairmont Hotel Trust, Ser 2019-FAIR, Class C, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.450%), 4.268%, 9/15/32(A)       4,594,857
   8,145,000 BHMS, Ser 2018-ATLS, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.250%), 4.068%, 7/15/35(A)       7,864,249
     977,000 BPR Trust, Ser 2021-KEN, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.250%), 4.068%, 2/15/29(A)         948,102
   8,900,000 BPR Trust, Ser 2021-KEN, Class B, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.950%), 4.768%, 2/15/29(A)       8,631,166
   5,669,472 BX Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-XL, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.920%), 3.738%, 10/15/36(A)       5,583,929
   1,526,628 BX Trust, Ser 2019-RP, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.045%), 3.863%, 6/15/34(A)       1,500,756
   8,495,000 BXMT LTD (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-FL2, Class AS, 144a, (SOFR30A +1.264%), 4.186%, 2/15/38(A)       8,318,158
  6,494,000 BXMT Ltd. (Cayman Islands), Ser 2020-FL2, Class A, 144a, (SOFR30A +1.014%), 3.936%, 2/15/38(A)       6,396,550
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 20.1%
(Continued)
$  7,200,000 BXP Trust, Ser 2017-CQHP, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.850%), 3.668%, 11/15/34(A)     $  6,942,187
   2,700,000 CAMB Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-LIFE, Class C, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.450%), 4.268%, 12/15/37(A)       2,605,267
     308,242 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-GC11, Class AAB, 2.690%, 4/10/46         307,763
   1,026,729 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2015-GC35, Class A2, 3.063%, 11/10/48         964,100
  56,000,000 Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-PRM2, Class XCP, 144a, 0.720%, 10/15/36(A)(B)(C)          16,828
   7,500,000 COMM Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-CR8, Class B, 144a, 4.048%, 6/10/46       7,377,939
   2,808,985 COMM Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-LC6, Class AM, 3.282%, 1/10/46       2,796,495
  34,090,911 COMM Mortgage Trust, Ser 2014-UBS3, Class XA, 1.217%, 6/10/47(A)(B)(C)         426,419
   2,680,000 CSMC Trust, Ser 2017-CHOP, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.750%), 3.568%, 7/15/32(A)       2,522,530
   6,080,000 CSMC Trust, Ser 2017-PFHP, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.950%), 3.768%, 12/15/30(A)       6,027,603
  10,020,322 DBGS Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-BIOD, Class B, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.888%), 3.593%, 5/15/35(A)       9,768,358
118,906,000 GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Ser 2017-SLP, Class XA, 144a, 1.325%, 10/10/32(A)(B)(C)         509,845
     705,000 GS Mortgage Securities Corp. Trust, Ser 2017-GPTX, Class A, 144a, 2.856%, 5/10/34         666,218
   4,279,000 GS Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2018-HART, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.090%), 3.910%, 10/15/31(A)       4,234,091
  94,257,000 HONO Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-LULU, Class XCP, 144a, 0.508%, 10/15/36(A)(B)(C)          14,063
   3,000,000 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2012-LC9, Class AS, 144a, 3.353%, 12/15/47       2,990,086
   2,361,000 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2013-LC11, Class AS, 3.216%, 4/15/46       2,321,157
   1,300,000 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2018-WPT, Class BFX, 144a, 4.549%, 7/5/33       1,272,340
   2,750,000 JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2019-MFP, Class C, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.360%), 4.178%, 7/15/36(A)       2,665,718
     412,833 JPMBB Commercial Mortgage Securities Trust, Ser 2014-C24, Class A2, 2.940%, 11/15/47         397,802
     468,380 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Ser 2013-C10, Class A3FL, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.000%), 3.939%, 7/15/46(A)         468,473
     138,052 Morgan Stanley Bank of America Merrill Lynch Trust, Ser 2013-C8, Class ASB, 2.699%, 12/15/48         137,763
   1,411,000 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Ser 2017-CLS, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.700%), 3.518%, 11/15/34(A)       1,402,197
   9,140,000 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Ser 2017-CLS, Class B, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.850%), 3.668%, 11/15/34(A)       9,077,283
   7,191,263 Morgan Stanley Capital I Trust, Ser 2018-BOP, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +0.850%), 3.668%, 8/15/33(A)       7,103,303
     478,270 ReadyCap Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-4, Class A, 144a, 3.390%, 2/27/51          457,108
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities — 20.1%
(Continued)
$  3,442,841 Tharaldson Hotel Portfolio Trust, Ser 2018-THL, Class A, 144a, (1M LIBOR +1.050%), 3.693%, 11/11/34(A)     $  3,347,400
 10,450,000 WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-C12, Class D, 144a, 4.530%, 3/15/48(A)(B)      10,132,016
  Total Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities $141,676,412
  Corporate Bonds — 19.5%  
  Utilities — 6.0%  
   4,000,000 American Electric Power Co., Inc., 2.031%, 3/15/24   3,829,071
   4,596,000 CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., (3M LIBOR +0.500%), 3.600%, 3/2/23(A)   4,585,315
   7,225,000 Dominion Energy, Inc., (3M LIBOR +0.530%), 3.823%, 9/15/23(A)   7,191,316
   6,595,000 Edison International, 3.125%, 11/15/22   6,583,455
   6,000,000 Metropolitan Edison Co., 144a, 4.000%, 4/15/25   5,693,314
  10,000,000 NextEra Energy Capital Holdings, Inc., (3M LIBOR +0.270%), 3.254%, 2/22/23(A)   9,970,992
   1,500,000 Pacific Gas and Electric Co., (SOFR + 1.150%), 3.803%, 11/14/22(A)   1,496,722
  3,000,000 Southern California Gas Co., (3M LIBOR +0.350%), 3.620%, 9/14/23(A)   2,989,534
         42,339,719
  Financials — 3.0%  
   4,367,000 Comerica, Inc., 3.700%, 7/31/23   4,329,374
   4,000,000 FNB Corp., 2.200%, 2/24/23   3,944,176
   3,800,000 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. (Japan), 0.848%, 9/15/24   3,625,116
   2,800,000 Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank Ltd. (Japan), 144a, 0.800%, 9/12/23   2,686,772
   2,500,000 Synovus Financial Corp., 5.200%, 8/11/25   2,452,956
  4,000,000 UBS Group AG (Switzerland), 144a, 1.008%, 7/30/24   3,859,673
         20,898,067
  Consumer Discretionary — 2.2%  
   3,500,000 American Honda Finance Corp., MTN, 0.875%, 7/7/23   3,401,694
   5,000,000 Hyundai Capital America, 144a, 0.800%, 1/8/24   4,704,680
   2,500,000 Hyundai Capital America, 144a, 2.375%, 2/10/23   2,478,000
  5,000,000 Toyota Motor Corp. (Japan), 0.681%, 3/25/24   4,717,377
         15,301,751
  Industrials — 2.0%  
   5,000,000 Air Lease Corp., 2.750%, 1/15/23   4,971,249
   1,450,000 CNH Industrial NV (United Kingdom), 4.500%, 8/15/23   1,441,314
  8,380,000 Huntington Ingalls Industries, Inc., 0.670%, 8/16/23   8,080,292
         14,492,855
  Consumer Staples — 1.7%  
   2,500,000 Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC (United Kingdom), 144a, 0.500%, 5/5/23   2,435,450
   5,500,000 Nestle Holdings, Inc., 144a, 0.375%, 1/15/24   5,202,855
  4,500,000 Triton Container International Ltd. (Bermuda), 144a, 0.800%, 8/1/23   4,293,859
         11,932,164
  Health Care — 1.4%  
   7,225,000 Dignity Health, 3.125%, 11/1/22   7,217,076
  2,625,000 Elevance Health, Inc., 0.450%, 3/15/23   2,578,839
          9,795,915
  Information Technology — 1.2%  
   4,000,000 Microchip Technology, Inc., 4.250%, 9/1/25   3,863,780
  5,000,000 SK Hynix, Inc. (South Korea), 144a, 1.000%, 1/19/24   4,725,100
          8,588,880
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
     
  Energy — 1.0%  
$  2,225,000 Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (Canada), 2.950%, 1/15/23 $  2,213,970
  5,000,000 Energy Transfer Partners LP / Regency Energy Finance Corp., 4.500%, 11/1/23   4,956,938
          7,170,908
  Materials — 0.7%  
  5,000,000 Nutrien Ltd. (Canada), 1.900%, 5/13/23   4,908,378
  Real Estate — 0.3%  
  2,000,000 American Tower Trust #1 REIT, Ser 13, Class 2A, 144a, 3.070%, 3/15/48   1,986,346
  Total Corporate Bonds $137,414,983
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 11.2%
     619,208 Bear Stearns ARM Trust, Ser 2003-1, Class 5A1, 2.844%, 4/25/33(A)(B)††         620,524
     112,713 Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, Ser 2003-AC7, Class A2, 5.750%, 1/25/34(A)(B)††          94,900
  11,227,313 Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-HB6, Class A, 144a, 0.898%, 6/25/36(A)(B)      10,662,258
   3,669,359 CFMT LLC, Ser 2020-HB4, Class A, 144a, 0.946%, 12/26/30(A)(B)       3,558,840
   4,841,131 CFMT LLC, Ser 2021-EBO1, Class A, 144a, 0.985%, 11/25/50(A)(B)       4,618,159
   5,288,698 CFMT LLC, Ser 2021-HB7, Class A, 144a, 1.151%, 10/27/31(A)(B)       4,971,101
   1,581,040 CIM Trust, Ser 2018-R3, Class A1, 144a, 5.000%, 12/25/57       1,558,759
       6,672 Community Program Loan Trust, Ser 1987-A, Class A5, 4.500%, 4/1/29           6,438
  10,781,655 CSMC Trust, Ser 2018-RPL9, Class A1, 144a, 3.850%, 9/25/57(A)(B)      10,438,882
   1,244,039 GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2003-13, Class 1A1, 4.077%, 10/25/33(A)(B)       1,243,527
      55,799 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2006-A4, Class 2A2, 2.741%, 6/25/36(A)(B)          42,099
   2,857,098 JP Morgan Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-HYB1, Class A5A, 144a, 3.000%, 10/25/49(A)(B)       2,612,957
      36,615 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Ser 2004-1, Class 1A, 2.850%, 12/25/34(A)(B)          35,030
      15,775 Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors Trust, Ser 2003-A1, Class 2A, (12M LIBOR +1.625%), 5.785%, 12/25/32(A)          14,905
     823,080 Mill City Mortgage Loan Trust, Ser 2018-2, Class A1, 144a, 3.500%, 5/25/58(A)(B)         809,731
     242,595 RFMSI Trust, Ser 2007-SA1, Class 1A1, 3.082%, 2/25/37(A)(B)         197,658
   8,524,038 RMF Proprietary Issuance Trust, Ser 2019-1, Class A, 144a, 2.750%, 10/25/63(A)(B)       8,254,736
   1,906,934 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-7, Class B2, 3.504%, 6/25/43(A)(B)       1,787,777
     222,813 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-CH4, Class A13, 144a, 4.500%, 10/25/48(A)(B)         220,354
   1,409,375 Sequoia Mortgage Trust, Ser 2019-CH3, Class A13, 144a, 4.000%, 9/25/49(A)(B)       1,340,767
   7,660,691 Starwood Mortgage Residential Trust, Ser 2020-3, Class A1, 144a, 1.486%, 4/25/65(A)(B)       7,364,940
  4,590,673 Towd Point HE Trust, Ser 2021-HE1, Class A1, 144a, 0.918%, 2/25/63(A)(B)       4,312,865
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 11.2%
(Continued)
$  8,033,659 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2018-2, Class A1, 144a, 3.250%, 3/25/58(A)(B)     $  7,793,643
  6,729,439 Towd Point Mortgage Trust, Ser 2021-SJ2, Class A1A, 144a, 2.250%, 12/25/61(A)(B)       6,257,486
  Total Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations  $78,818,336
  Commercial Paper — 5.1%
 16,000,000 Black Hills Co., 3.301%, 10/3/22(D)      15,995,572
  2,000,000 Ingredion, Inc., 3.372%, 10/4/22(D)       1,999,262
 18,000,000 Monatana-Dakota, 3.401%, 10/3/22(D)      17,995,028
  Total Commercial Paper  $35,989,862
  U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 3.0%
       2,396 Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Ser 2003-20E, Class 1, 4.640%, 5/1/23           2,391
      48,550 Small Business Administration Pools, Pool #508374, (Prime Rate -2.500%), 2.250%, 4/25/28(A)          47,978
   1,650,000 United States International Development Finance Corp., 3.120%, 5/15/26(A)(B)       1,650,000
   4,282,800 United States International Development Finance Corp., 3.170%, 7/5/38(A)(B)       4,282,800
   5,575,800 United States International Development Finance Corp., 3.250%, 4/20/35(A)(B)       5,575,800
  9,090,909 United States International Development Finance Corp., 3.410%, 9/30/27(A)(B)       9,090,909
  Total U.S. Government Agency Obligations  $20,649,878
  Municipal Bonds — 1.9%  
  Other Territory — 1.8%  
   2,645,000 Taxable Municipal Funding Trust, Rev., 144a, 3.300%, 11/1/24(A)(B)   2,645,000
     840,000 Taxable Municipal Funding Trust, Rev., 144a, 3.300%, 5/15/56(A)(B)     840,000
   4,549,000 Taxable Municipal Funding Trust, Rev., 144a, 3.300%, 12/15/25(A)(B)   4,549,000
  4,300,000 Taxable Municipal Funding Trust, Txbl Floaters Ser 2020 11, (LOC - Barclays Bank PLC), 144a, 3.300%, 9/1/30(A)(B)   4,300,000
         12,334,000
  California — 0.1%  
    815,000 CA St Enterprise Dev Authority, Txbl Variable J Harris Indl Wt, (LOC - City National Bank), 144a, 3.500%, 9/1/41(A)(B)     815,000
  Total Municipal Bonds  $13,149,000
  U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations — 0.7%
     103,953 FHLMC, Pool #1B7189, (12M LIBOR +2.470%), 3.340%, 3/1/36(A)         106,190
      96,457 FHLMC, Pool #1H1354, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.250%), 2.540%, 11/1/36(A)          98,871
      31,739 FHLMC, Pool #1J1813, (12M LIBOR +1.925%), 4.175%, 8/1/37(A)          32,501
      84,853 FHLMC, Pool #1L0147, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.290%), 4.290%, 7/1/35(A)          83,662
      36,970 FHLMC, Pool #1Q0080, (12M LIBOR +1.648%), 3.248%, 1/1/36(A)          37,456
      98,331 FHLMC, Pool #1Q0119, (12M LIBOR +1.853%), 3.959%, 9/1/36(A)         100,671
      64,766 FHLMC, Pool #1Q0187, (12M LIBOR +1.756%), 2.038%, 12/1/36(A)           64,697
Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations — 0.7%
(Continued)
$     44,229 FHLMC, Pool #1Q0339, (12M LIBOR +1.889%), 2.769%, 4/1/37(A)     $     44,612
      82,051 FHLMC, Pool #1Q1303, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.250%), 2.612%, 11/1/36(A)          83,431
     139,925 FHLMC, Pool #781515, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.250%), 2.854%, 4/1/34(A)         141,813
      52,567 FHLMC, Pool #782760, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.250%), 3.402%, 11/1/36(A)          53,992
      68,840 FHLMC, Pool #847795, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.279%), 2.726%, 4/1/35(A)          67,762
     181,684 FHLMC, Pool #848539, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.293%), 2.828%, 4/1/37(A)         184,566
     376,456 FHLMC, Pool #848583, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.315%), 2.885%, 1/1/36(A)         383,388
       4,643 FHLMC, Pool #A92646, 5.500%, 6/1/40           4,788
       5,783 FHLMC, Pool #C03505, 5.500%, 6/1/40           5,971
          33 FHLMC, Pool #G00100, 8.000%, 2/1/23              34
      16,717 FHLMC, Pool #G01840, 5.000%, 7/1/35          16,887
      51,229 FNMA, Pool #254868, 5.000%, 9/1/33          50,931
      16,324 FNMA, Pool #256272, 5.500%, 6/1/26          16,258
      33,712 FNMA, Pool #256852, 6.000%, 8/1/27          34,257
       8,772 FNMA, Pool #323832, 7.500%, 7/1/29           9,118
         159 FNMA, Pool #334593, 7.000%, 5/1/24             159
      18,936 FNMA, Pool #665773, 7.500%, 6/1/31          18,931
      70,121 FNMA, Pool #679742, (1 Year CMT Rate +2.584%), 2.975%, 1/1/40(A)          68,435
      61,238 FNMA, Pool #725424, 5.500%, 4/1/34          62,206
     209,015 FNMA, Pool #725490, (12M LIBOR +1.597%), 2.738%, 4/1/34(A)         209,226
       9,621 FNMA, Pool #735484, 5.000%, 5/1/35           9,708
      69,152 FNMA, Pool #813170, (12M LIBOR +1.575%), 2.004%, 1/1/35(A)          69,213
     205,478 FNMA, Pool #815323, (6M LIBOR +1.532%), 3.343%, 1/1/35(A)         209,410
      67,027 FNMA, Pool #820364, (12M LIBOR +0.827%), 2.202%, 4/1/35(A)          66,341
      79,060 FNMA, Pool #827787, (6M LIBOR +1.550%), 2.839%, 5/1/35(A)          80,590
      34,692 FNMA, Pool #889060, 6.000%, 1/1/38          37,425
      38,088 FNMA, Pool #889061, 6.000%, 1/1/38          40,006
       2,333 FNMA, Pool #889382, 5.500%, 4/1/38           2,412
      81,073 FNMA, Pool #922674, (12M LIBOR +1.905%), 2.646%, 4/1/36(A)          82,614
      22,551 FNMA, Pool #960376, 5.500%, 12/1/37          23,316
      84,984 FNMA, Pool #995405, 5.500%, 10/1/23          85,105
       3,808 FNMA, Pool #AD0941, 5.500%, 4/1/40           3,937
      27,411 FNMA, Pool #AE0363, 5.000%, 7/1/37          27,645
      32,203 FNMA, Pool #AE5441, 5.000%, 10/1/40          32,391
      30,273 FNMA, Pool #AI6588, 4.000%, 7/1/26          29,404
      46,821 FNMA, Pool #AI8506, 4.000%, 8/1/26          45,472
      46,922 FNMA, Pool #AL0211, 5.000%, 4/1/41          47,348
         992 FNMA, Pool #AL0302, 5.000%, 4/1/24             995
     243,524 FNMA, Pool #AL0478, (12M LIBOR +1.764%), 2.494%, 4/1/36(A)         247,955
      96,282 FNMA, Pool #AL0543, 5.000%, 7/1/41          97,162
      41,824 FNMA, Pool #AL1105, 4.500%, 12/1/40          40,988
      10,746 FNMA, Pool #AL2591, 5.500%, 5/1/38          10,781
     220,678 FNMA, Pool #AL5275, (6M LIBOR +1.508%), 2.551%, 9/1/37(A)         222,028
     633,563 FNMA, Pool #AL7396, (6M LIBOR +1.528%), 2.723%, 2/1/37(A)         645,034
         224 GNMA, Pool #344233, 8.000%, 2/15/23              224
 
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Principal
Amount
      Market
Value
  U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations — 0.7%
(Continued)
$      3,533 GNMA, Pool #345123, 8.000%, 12/15/23     $      3,537
     164,715 GNMA, Pool #80826, (1 Year CMT Rate +1.500%), 2.625%, 2/20/34(A)         163,450
      70,230 GNMA, Pool #80889, (1 Year CMT Rate +1.500%), 2.875%, 4/20/34(A)          69,735
     150,491 GNMA, Pool #81016, (1 Year CMT Rate +1.500%), 1.625%, 8/20/34(A)         147,882
     160,740 GNMA, Pool #82760, (1 Year CMT Rate +1.500%), 2.625%, 3/20/41(A)         160,517
      27,542 GNMA, Pool #MA2392, (1 Year CMT Rate +1.500%), 1.750%, 11/20/44(A)          27,130
    221,871 GNMA, Pool #MA2466, (1 Year CMT Rate +1.500%), 1.750%, 12/20/44(A)         218,435
  Total U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations   $4,929,003
  Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations — 0.5%
134,211,403 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K038, Class X1, 1.238%, 3/25/24(A)(B)(C)       1,607,625
  60,365,539 FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, Ser K040, Class X1, 0.835%, 9/25/24(A)(B)(C)         620,359
     136,525 FHLMC REMIC, Ser 2770, Class FH, (1M LIBOR +0.400%), 3.218%, 3/15/34(A)         135,386
     629,268 FHLMC REMIC, Ser 4238, Class TL, 1.250%, 8/15/27         589,507
       3,894 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2003-119, Class PU, 4.000%, 11/25/33           3,887
      27,169 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2003-33, Class AM, 4.250%, 5/25/33          26,446
      16,948 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2003-42, Class CA, 4.000%, 5/25/33          16,757
      95,451 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2003-81, Class FE, (1M LIBOR +0.500%), 3.584%, 9/25/33(A)          95,039
     236,554 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2009-32, Class BH, 5.250%, 5/25/39         231,116
          59 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2011-15, Class HC, 2.500%, 3/25/26              58
      39,990 FNMA REMIC, Ser 2012-102, Class NA, 1.500%, 9/25/27          38,095
     332,251 FREMF Mortgage Trust, Ser 2013-K25, Class B, 144a, 3.746%, 11/25/45(A)(B)         331,139
      38,310 GNMA, Ser 2002-72, Class AB, 4.500%, 10/20/32          38,256
     13,183 GNMA, Ser 2011-57, Class BA, 3.000%, 5/20/40          12,967
  Total Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations   $3,746,637
Shares        
  Short-Term Investment Fund — 0.1%  
    522,721 Dreyfus Government Cash Management, Institutional Shares, 2.75%∞Ω     522,721
  Total Investment Securities—99.8%
(Cost $718,178,811)
$702,285,976
  Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities — 0.2%   1,385,066
  Net Assets — 100.0% $703,671,042
(A) Variable rate security - Rate reflected is the rate in effect as of September 30, 2022.
(B) Certain variable rate securities are not based on a published reference rate and spread but are determined by the issuer or agent and are based on current market conditions. These securities do not indicate a reference rate and spread in their description.
(C) Interest only security - This type of security represents the right to receive the monthly interest payments on an underlying pool of mortgages. Payments of principal on the pool reduce the value of the “interest only” holding.
(D) Rate reflects yield at the time of purchase.
†† The issuers and/or sponsors of certain mortgage-backed securities may no longer exist; however, the securities held by the Fund are separate legal entities organized as trusts and publicly traded. The Fund receives principal and interest payments directly from these trusts.
Open-End Fund.
Ω Represents the 7-Day SEC yield as of September 30, 2022.
Portfolio Abbreviations:
ARM – Adjustable Rate Mortgage
CLO – Collateralized Loan Obligation
CMT – Constant Maturity Treasury
FHLMC – Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
FNMA – Federal National Mortgage Association
FREMF – Freddie Mac Multifamily Securitization
GNMA – Government National Mortgage Association
LIBOR – London Interbank Offered Rate
LLC – Limited Liability Company
LOC – Letter of Credit
LP – Limited Partnership
MTN – Medium Term Note
PLC – Public Limited Company
REIT – Real Estate Investment Trust
REMIC – Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit
SOFR – Secured Overnight Financing Rate
SOFR30A – Secured Overnight Financing Rate 30 Day Average
TSFR3M – Three Month Term Secured Overnight Financing Rate
144a - This is a restricted security that was sold in a transaction qualifying for the exemption under Rule 144a of the Securities Act of 1933. This security may be sold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At September 30, 2022, these securities were valued at $513,332,913 or 73.0% of net assets. These securities were deemed liquid pursuant to procedures approved by the Board of Trustees.
Other Information:
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities may not be an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For more information on valuation inputs, and their aggregation into the levels used in the table below, please refer to the security valuation section in the accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
Valuation Inputs at Reporting Date:
Description Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Total
Asset-Backed Securities $$265,389,144 $— $265,389,144
Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities 141,676,412 141,676,412
Corporate Bonds 137,414,983 137,414,983
Non-Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 78,818,336 78,818,336
Commercial Paper 35,989,862 35,989,862
U.S. Government Agency Obligations 20,649,878 20,649,878
Municipal Bonds 13,149,000 13,149,000
U.S. Government Mortgage-Backed Obligations 4,929,003 4,929,003
Agency Collateralized Mortgage Obligations 3,746,637 3,746,637
Short-Term Investment Fund 522,721 522,721
Total $522,721 $701,763,255 $— $702,285,976
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
 
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities
September 30, 2022
  Touchstone
Active Bond
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Ares Credit
Opportunities
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Fund
Assets            
Investments, at cost $307,622,850 $10,224,244 $319,184,965 $3,011,521,844 $120,990,945 $543,304,092
Investments, at market value * $265,971,458 $8,650,118 $278,058,046 $2,648,721,077 $102,523,269 $478,087,238
Cash 2,389 71 43,514 194
Cash deposits held at prime broker (A) 268,663 1,703,098
Foreign currency 33 17,164 1,021,462
Dividends and interest receivable 2,116,455 15,892 3,934,690 3,312,604 1,754,906 3,549,855
Receivable for capital shares sold 314,450 214,596 413,485 5,349 2,813,664
Receivable for investments sold 246 5,137,100
Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts 42,103
Receivable for variation margin on swap agreements 120,260
Receivable for securities lending income 384 27 12,182 78,231 757
Receivable from Investment Advisor 12,818
Tax reclaim receivable 53,451 1,921 107,039
Other assets 18,970 1,483 26,906 47,009 11,813 26,744
Total Assets 268,732,762 8,750,953 290,232,650 2,652,679,516 104,339,608 484,477,695
 
Liabilities            
Bank overdrafts 6,493
Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts 133,467
Dividends payable
Securities sold short** 2,142,436
Dividend and interest payable on securities sold short 32,321
Payable for return of collateral for securities on loan 83,219 9,255,865 881,725
Payable for capital shares redeemed 2,524,652 1,346 1,403,937 4,555,647 555,186 1,593,819
Payable for investments purchased 1,825,054 5,765,437 176,573
Payable to Investment Advisor 74,901 3,385 118,195 1,221,736 42,484 89,867
Payable to other affiliates 54,258 1,605 40,101 984,034 13,669 59,190
Payable to Trustees 13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553
Payable for professional services 37,834 33,871 52,651 91,337 30,489 38,875
Payable for reports to shareholders 7,811 1,970 10,886 75,595 4,700 8,297
Payable for transfer agent services 109,086 125 113,485 1,008,589 20,185 115,477
Other accrued expenses and liabilities 10,021 16,555 60,752 15,545 6,811 5,869
Total Liabilities 4,663,663 155,629 19,143,086 7,966,036 1,745,375 1,924,947
Net Assets $264,069,099 $8,595,324 $271,089,564 $2,644,713,480 $102,594,233 $482,552,748
Net assets consist of:            
Par value 293,058 12,060 311,906 1,804,955 147,495 544,615
Paid-in capital 412,843,133 11,703,621 376,144,677 2,904,681,792 136,712,208 555,067,093
Distributable earnings (deficit) (149,067,092) (3,120,357) (105,367,019) (261,773,267) (34,265,470) (73,058,960)
Net Assets $264,069,099 $8,595,324 $271,089,564 $2,644,713,480 $102,594,233 $482,552,748
*Includes market value of securities on loan of: $ $79,170 $8,891,937 $ $849,473 $
Cost of foreign currency: $40 $17,476 $991,627 $ $ $
**Proceeds received for securities sold short: $ $ $2,340,328 $ $ $
(A) Represents segregated cash for futures contracts, swap agreements and/or securities sold short.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (Continued)
Touchstone
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Value
Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Select Growth
Fund
Touchstone
Small Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Small Cap
Value Fund
Touchstone
Ultra Short
Duration
Fixed Income
Fund
             
$33,628,554 $3,800,697,083 $655,134,963 $2,088,344,020 $85,623,269 $54,949,768 $718,178,811
$28,874,326 $4,009,544,348 $765,164,562 $2,258,660,594 $92,921,270 $62,885,241 $702,285,976
124
15
75,573 3,169,417 886,872 191,825 102,453 71,252 2,672,991
26,058 8,988,974 1,037,903 5,904,780 171,253 37,564 3,312,088
43,705,544 475,688
47 214
44,283
12,121 84,777 29,193 52,171 14,855 15,273 34,092
29,032,423 4,021,787,516 767,118,530 2,308,515,038 93,210,045 63,009,330 708,780,835
 
             
510,361
184,609
738,513 2,475,674 666
56,160 9,847,779 4,303,697 8,177,255 95,845 32,919 3,882,450
29,982,738
8,951 2,501,769 393,642 1,273,293 53,036 42,017 132,643
4,639 593,888 99,375 605,758 11,392 9,651 133,604
13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553 13,553
31,207 121,011 40,255 79,850 24,418 24,908 46,746
4,837 114,493 43,405 57,295 6,022 5,381 12,585
13,128 1,232,954 311,496 742,933 23,437 23,500 182,926
6,669 70,588 8,616 408,503 3,946 5,747 10,316
877,657 14,496,035 5,214,039 41,341,178 2,707,323 158,342 5,109,793
$28,154,766 $4,007,291,481 $761,904,491 $2,267,173,860 $90,502,722 $62,850,988 $703,671,042
             
47,062 1,015,789 377,124 2,505,473 80,700 21,754 781,089
33,495,286 3,800,669,073 622,639,275 2,697,087,222 81,900,700 63,412,339 828,693,388
(5,387,582) 205,606,619 138,888,092 (432,418,835) 8,521,322 (583,105) (125,803,435)
$28,154,766 $4,007,291,481 $761,904,491 $2,267,173,860 $90,502,722 $62,850,988 $703,671,042
$715,914 $ $ $ $2,453,587 $632 $
$17 $ $ $ $ $ $
$$ $ $ $ $ $
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (Continued)
  Touchstone
Active Bond
Fund
Touchstone Anti-
Benchmark®
International
Core Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Ares Credit
Opportunities
Fund
Touchstone
Dividend
Equity
Fund
Touchstone
High Yield
Fund
Touchstone
Impact Bond
Fund
Pricing of Class A Shares            
Net assets applicable to Class A shares $135,000,030 $ $115,483,216 $1,398,059,126 $11,823,758 $11,777,068
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
14,951,242 13,360,121 95,226,127 1,745,698 1,330,967
Net asset value price per share* $9.03 $ $8.64 $14.68 $6.77 $8.85
Maximum sales charge - Class A shares 3.25% 3.25% 5.00% 3.25% 3.25%
Maximum offering price per share
(100%/(100%-maximum sales charge) of net asset value adjusted to the nearest cent) - Class A shares
$9.33 $ $8.93 $15.45 $7.00 $9.15
 
Pricing of Class C Shares            
Net assets applicable to Class C shares $4,667,251 $ $17,574,693 $471,272,543 $700,317 $1,414,903
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
566,166 2,104,823 32,361,573 103,771 160,060
Net asset value and offering price per share** $8.24 $ $8.35 $14.56 $6.75 $8.84
 
Pricing of Class S Shares            
Net assets applicable to Class S shares $ $ $ $ $ $
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $ $ $ $ $ $
 
Pricing of Class Y Shares            
Net assets applicable to Class Y shares $56,002,958 $155,087 $135,892,395 $772,986,510 $22,994,171 $225,456,690
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
6,206,811 21,669 15,483,602 52,744,353 3,292,098 25,443,394
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $9.02 $7.16 $8.78 $14.66 $6.98 $8.86
 
Pricing of Class Z Shares            
Net assets applicable to Class Z shares $ $ $ $ $ $
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $ $ $ $ $ $
 
Pricing of Institutional Class Shares            
Net assets applicable to Institutional Class shares $68,398,860 $8,440,237 $2,139,260 $885,198 $67,075,987 $243,901,929
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
7,581,581 1,184,338 242,102 60,424 9,607,893 27,526,860
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $9.02 $7.13 $8.84 $14.65 $6.98 $8.86
 
Pricing of Class R6 Shares            
Net assets applicable to Class R6 shares $ $ $ $1,510,103 $ $2,158
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding
(unlimited number of shares authorized, $0.01 par value)
103,068 243
Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share $ $ $ $14.65 $ $8.86
* There is no sales load on subscriptions of $1 million or more for all funds except for Active Bond Fund, Ares Credit Opportunities Fund, High Yield Fund, Impact Bond Fund and Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund. There is no sales load on subscriptions of $500,000 or more for Active Bond Fund, Ares Credit Opportunities Fund, High Yield Fund, Impact Bond Fund and Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund. Redemptions that were part of a $500,000 or $1million or more subscription, as applicable, may be subject to a contingent deferred sales load if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase.
** Redemption price per share varies by length of time shares are held due to the terms of the contingent deferred sales charge.
^ The Shares of beneficial interest outstanding and Net asset value and offering price per share were updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.796098 reverse stock split for Class C shares on October 14, 2022 (See Note 10 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Assets and Liabilities  (Continued)
Touchstone
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Value
Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Select Growth
Fund^
Touchstone
Small Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Small Cap
Value Fund
Touchstone
Ultra Short
Duration
Fixed Income
Fund
             
$6,595,379 $109,652,886 $12,949,607 $319,960,482 $4,022,418 $21,033,654 $125,115,471
1,104,207 2,826,289 646,506 38,546,713 365,121 730,307 13,888,950
$5.97 $38.80 $20.03 $8.30 $11.02 $28.80 $9.01
5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 5.00% 2.00%
$6.28 $40.84 $21.08 $8.74 $11.60 $30.32 $9.19
 
             
$1,086,124 $65,811,598 $4,012,731 $20,623,091 $161,525 $272,107 $5,012,563
182,596 1,846,712 208,543 2,485,869 16,581 9,937 555,909
$5.95 $35.64 $19.24 $8.30 $9.74 $27.38 $9.02
 
             
$$ $ $ $ $ $42,708,609
4,738,639
$$ $ $ $ $ $9.01
 
             
$14,560,025 $2,789,007,944 $349,755,519 $613,010,439 $53,484,561 $34,156,407 $250,472,849
2,430,091 70,598,497 17,359,359 65,571,102 4,756,840 1,180,215 27,789,478
$5.99 $39.51 $20.15 $9.35 $11.24 $28.94 $9.01
 
             
$$37,449,451 $ $203,619,755 $ $ $50,208,669
972,484 24,503,393 5,571,768
$$38.51 $ $8.31 $ $ $9.01
 
             
$5,913,238 $407,131,613 $395,186,634 $839,598,658 $32,834,218 $7,388,820 $230,152,881
989,310 10,265,396 19,497,981 89,673,564 2,931,442 254,897 25,564,153
$5.98 $39.66 $20.27 $9.36 $11.20 $28.99 $9.00
 
             
$$598,237,989 $ $270,361,435 $ $ $
15,069,569 28,863,966
$$39.70 $ $9.37 $ $ $
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Statements of Operations For the Year Ended September 30, 2022
  Touchstone
Active Bond
Fund
Touchstone Anti-
Benchmark®
International
Core Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Ares Credit
Opportunities
Fund
Touchstone
Dividend
Equity
Fund
Investment Income        
Dividends* $129,649 $442,987 $$89,314,216
Interest** 10,176,361 17,533,957
Income from securities loaned 5,259 1,539 104,483 78,689
Total Investment Income 10,311,269 444,526 17,638,440 89,392,905
Expenses        
Investment advisory fees 1,221,208 80,153 1,782,683 17,462,840
Administration fees 447,318 23,173 394,000 4,485,940
Compliance fees and expenses 3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293
Custody fees 50,996 38,592 76,470 41,411
Professional fees 51,158 56,834 131,594 142,960
Transfer Agent fees, Class A 159,787 123,437 1,450,343
Transfer Agent fees, Class C 7,294 22,837 579,974
Transfer Agent fees, Class S
Transfer Agent fees, Class Y 68,408 295 130,124 798,450
Transfer Agent fees, Class Z
Transfer Agent fees, Institutional Class 9,129 43 444 416
Transfer Agent fees, Class R6 27
Pricing expense 10,408 17,259 10,886
Registration Fees, Class A 18,691 17,928 31,368
Registration Fees, Class C 12,734 12,363 20,268
Registration Fees, Class S
Registration Fees, Class Y 14,125 4,172 31,716 18,958
Registration Fees, Class Z
Registration Fees, Institutional Class 12,296 5,588 6,603 6,075
Registration Fees, Class R6 5,381
Dividend expense on securities sold short 17,108
Interest expense on securities sold short 95,274
Reports to Shareholders, Class A 15,516 13,424 99,298
Reports to Shareholders, Class C 2,372 3,316 45,277
Reports to Shareholders, Class S
Reports to Shareholders, Class Y 4,429 1,709 12,859 47,773
Reports to Shareholders, Class Z
Reports to Shareholders, Institutional Class 2,486 2,153 1,818 1,662
Reports to Shareholders, Class R6 1,585
Shareholder servicing fees, Class Z
Distribution and shareholder servicing expenses, Class A 409,743 331,423 4,238,275
Distribution and shareholder servicing expenses, Class C 68,728 246,975 6,691,666
Distribution expenses, Class S
Trustee fees 27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891
Other expenses 105,105 14,929 109,426 238,338
Total Expenses 2,723,115 276,084 3,603,892 36,439,469
Fees waived and/or reimbursed by the Advisor and/or Affiliates(A) (289,666) (170,789) (615,648) (692,784)
Fees eligible for recoupment by the Advisor(A)
Net Expenses 2,433,449 105,295 2,988,244 35,746,685
Net Investment Income (Loss) 7,877,820 339,231 14,650,196 53,646,220
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments        
Net realized gains (losses) on investments(B) (15,530,586) (1,134,452) (8,077,915) 129,178,514
Net realized gains on securities sold short 534,216
Net realized gains on written options 259,459
Net realized gains on futures contracts 223,242
Net realized gains (losses) on swap agreements 153,741 (71,238)
Net realized gains on forward foreign currency contracts 1,363,203
Net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions 20,472 (377,131)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (50,653,841) (4,687,304) (42,238,298) (443,882,482)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on securities sold short 190,642
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options (1,022)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts 9,044
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements 97,446
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts (236,311)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency transactions (6) (8,299) (75,162)
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) on Investments (65,798,406) (5,809,583) (48,632,111) (314,703,968)
Change in Net Assets Resulting from Operations $(57,920,586) $(5,470,352) $(33,981,915) $(261,057,748)
*Net of foreign tax withholding of: $ $43,420 $ $
**Net of foreign tax withholding of: $ $ $16,120 $
(A) See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements.
(B) For the year ended September 30, 2022, Mid Cap Fund, Sands Capital Select Growth Fund and Small Cap Fund had redemptions-in-kind of securities in the amount of $389,883,890, $711,270,580, and $5,450,274, respectively. Net realized gains (losses) on investments includes the realized gain on the transactions of $151,809,197, $331,351,035, and $1,922,232, respectively, which will not be realized by the Fund for tax purposes.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Operations (Continued)
Touchstone
High Yield
Fund
Touchstone
Impact Bond
Fund
Touchstone
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Value
Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Select Growth
Fund
Touchstone
Small Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Small Cap
Value Fund
Touchstone
Ultra Short
Duration
Fixed Income
Fund
                 
$16,085 $$1,095,280 $51,477,551 $16,171,123 $6,350,619 $1,143,996 $1,021,682 $
6,349,161 11,577,542 4,276 2,174 13,593,632
9,679 1,181 14,551 1,044 1,009 11,970 214 479
6,374,925 11,578,723 1,109,831 51,482,871 16,172,132 6,364,763 1,144,210 1,022,161 13,593,632
                 
642,001 1,171,029 231,741 30,158,825 6,688,388 25,650,413 814,603 636,789 2,262,694
156,637 602,065 47,256 6,102,935 1,181,159 5,581,697 127,020 99,157 1,194,812
3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293 3,293
40,492 14,478 12,481 55,253 23,015 55,201 9,051 26,513 87,502
36,219 91,086 39,813 216,941 69,663 184,064 26,839 36,806 67,142
17,520 19,109 9,051 188,534 18,871 470,411 6,878 21,799 93,044
1,024 1,417 1,670 69,711 3,167 42,638 383 647 2,238
23,091
30,871 144,873 22,618 3,367,049 946,326 866,307 52,632 32,462 208,781
72,743 546,292 66,249
812 110,768 25 233,221 141,043 682,584 7,329 1,231 128,056
23 314 158
5,814 5,923 4,585 7,549
9,691 14,822 12,549 19,830 14,404 25,216 11,890 15,991 15,924
6,542 9,021 8,876 14,595 9,436 15,097 6,933 6,486 8,719
13,340
14,078 24,324 16,644 129,391 26,477 74,181 18,690 16,046 30,214
14,821 24,109 14,858
16,037 19,418 3,339 29,187 30,080 78,245 11,456 6,866 32,043
2,974 3,084 14,817
3,109 3,528 1,915 11,879 8,790 41,160 2,765 3,839 5,695
1,758 2,005 1,815 7,384 1,985 5,342 1,746 1,772 1,860
2,014
2,423 9,750 3,703 256,454 66,792 68,103 6,511 4,163 9,970
4,098 27,469 7,078
2,300 5,862 1,729 13,900 33,692 31,242 1,907 2,053 3,336
1,771 16,844 8,072
119,099 892,278 165,134
35,092 37,785 22,928 342,285 36,604 1,401,595 12,254 60,962 347,263
9,172 15,087 19,142 814,033 41,155 427,427 1,916 4,315 30,132
233,801
27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891 27,891
34,232 34,636 17,546 1,101,714 45,580 1,944,563 28,012 26,827 71,458
1,097,008 2,372,938 510,610 43,395,308 9,417,811 39,189,865 1,179,999 1,035,908 5,165,181
(163,758) (236,402) (145,313) (77,736) (1,293,131) (482,237) (238,087) (137,571) (586,749)
198,256
933,250 2,136,536 365,297 43,515,828 8,124,680 38,707,628 941,912 898,337 4,578,432
5,441,675 9,442,187 744,534 7,967,043 8,047,452 (32,342,865) 202,298 123,824 9,015,200
                 
(2,307,010) (1,804,552) (1,283,197) 210,920,205 46,743,638 (272,720,741) 4,588,403 6,334,093 (566,755)
(12,942)
(21,160,954) (78,265,539) (11,942,602) (859,804,305) (127,460,280) (2,963,008,595) (15,184,808) (14,047,386) (14,699,448)
1 (4,210)
(23,467,964) (80,070,090) (13,242,951) (648,884,100) (80,716,642) (3,235,729,336) (10,596,405) (7,713,293) (15,266,203)
$(18,026,289) $(70,627,903) $(12,498,417) $(640,917,057) $(72,669,190) $(3,268,072,201) $(10,394,107) $(7,589,469) $(6,251,003)
$$ $162,650 $ $ $ $ $ $
$$ $ $ $ $ $ $ $
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets
  Touchstone
Active Bond
Fund
Touchstone
Anti-
Benchmark®
International
Core Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
  For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
From Operations            
Net investment income $7,877,820 $7,992,609 $339,231 $577,520 $14,650,196 $6,422,974
Net realized gains (losses) on investments, securities sold short, written options, futures contracts, swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions (15,153,603) 11,402,813 (1,113,980) 3,576,770 (6,369,406) 14,169,305
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, securities sold short, written options, futures contracts, swap agreements, forward foreign currency contracts and foreign currency transactions (50,644,803) (14,784,211) (4,695,603) (285,194) (42,262,705) (426,231)
Change in Net Assets from Operations (57,920,586) 4,611,211 (5,470,352) 3,869,096 (33,981,915) 20,166,048
 
Distributions to Shareholders:            
Distributed earnings, Class A (4,486,138) (2,854,355) (10,184,185) (2,010,075)
Distributed earnings, Class B
Distributed earnings, Class C (155,959) (91,900) (1,894,704) (375,656)
Distributed earnings, Class Y (2,209,120) (2,291,191) (27,448) (4,532) (10,225,969) (3,026,554)
Distributed earnings, Institutional Class (2,857,397) (3,052,478) (3,622,949) (714,426) (296,585) (1,962,020)
Distributed earnings, Class R6
Return of capital, Class A (208,087)
Return of capital, Class C (38,713)
Return of capital, Class Y (208,942)
Return of capital, Institutional Class (6,060)
Total Distributions (9,708,614) (8,289,924) (3,650,397) (718,958) (23,063,245) (7,374,305)
Change in Net Assets from Share Transactions(B) (56,833,680) 33,611,918 (21,781,747) (771,211) 50,868,017 177,091,677
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (124,462,880) 29,933,205 (30,902,496) 2,378,927 (6,177,143) 189,883,420
 
Net Assets            
Beginning of period 388,531,979 358,598,774 39,497,820 37,118,893 277,266,707 87,383,287
End of period $264,069,099 $388,531,979 $8,595,324 $39,497,820 $271,089,564 $277,266,707
(A) The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30.
(B) For details on share transactions by class, see Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity on pages 96-98.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
Touchstone
Dividend Equity Fund
Touchstone
High Yield
Fund
Touchstone
Impact Bond
Fund
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Eleven Months Ended
September 30,
2021(A)
For the
Year Ended
October 31,
2020
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
             
$53,646,220 $74,658,477 $231,627,728 $5,441,675 $8,786,402 $9,442,187 $7,077,303
129,178,514 693,404,709 (637,360,833) (2,307,010) 7,075,942 (1,804,552) 1,304,822
(443,882,482) 199,414,510 (532,491,386) (21,160,954) 4,489,032 (78,265,538) (9,914,205)
(261,057,748) 967,477,696 (938,224,491) (18,026,289) 20,351,376 (70,627,903) (1,532,080)
 
             
(60,517,485) (37,578,649) (151,258,569) (635,363) (682,278) (308,245) (294,184)
(2,109,055) (17,797,190)
(20,012,156) (14,593,990) (138,592,258) (35,370) (36,797) (19,672) (14,442)
(39,811,139) (34,302,130) (242,410,378) (1,361,171) (1,574,315) (4,857,585) (3,080,885)
(26,606) (1,422) (3,489,266) (6,593,545) (5,592,885) (4,314,437)
(18,155) (11) (54)
(120,385,541) (88,585,257) (550,058,395) (5,521,170) (8,886,935) (10,778,441) (7,703,948)
(680,140,322) (1,822,939,395) (3,062,747,155) (13,278,170) (57,540,644) 128,133,121 53,261,500
 
(1,061,583,611) (944,046,956) (4,551,030,041) (36,825,629) (46,076,203) 46,726,777 44,025,472
 
             
3,706,297,091 4,650,344,047 9,201,374,088 139,419,862 185,496,065 435,825,971 391,800,499
$2,644,713,480 $3,706,297,091 $4,650,344,047 $102,594,233 $139,419,862 $482,552,748 $435,825,971
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Continued)
  Touchstone
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Mid
Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Mid Cap
Value
Fund
  For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
From Operations            
Net investment income (loss) $744,534 $362,539 $7,967,043 $5,125,933 $8,047,452 $3,143,017
Net realized gains (losses) on investments and foreign currency transactions (1,296,139) 3,095,868 210,920,205 249,118,292 46,743,638 91,266,526
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currency transactions (11,946,812) 2,792,476 (859,804,305) 621,005,091 (127,460,280) 179,982,199
Change in Net Assets from Operations (12,498,417) 6,250,883 (640,917,057) 875,249,316 (72,669,190) 274,391,742
 
Distributions to Shareholders:            
Distributed earnings, Class A (698,433) (48,775) (4,115,987) (2,210,139) (1,024,882) (17,884)
Distributed earnings, Class C (136,481) (2,578,283) (1,691,858) (262,128)
Distributed earnings, Class S
Distributed earnings, Class Y (1,412,733) (80,193) (94,122,984) (57,465,241) (29,429,809) (1,153,819)
Distributed earnings, Class Z (1,548,497) (1,244,341)
Distributed earnings, Institutional Class (251) (19) (17,280,598) (25,311,010) (34,105,495) (1,848,019)
Distributed earnings, Class R6 (18,048,845)
Return of capital, Class A
Return of capital, Class C
Return of capital, Class Y
Return of capital, Institutional Class
Total Distributions (2,247,898) (128,987) (137,695,194) (87,922,589) (64,822,314) (3,019,722)
Change in Net Assets from Share Transactions(A) 9,517,569 (76,211) (44,043,632) 196,604,803 24,201,005 (79,179,049)
 
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets (5,228,746) 6,045,685 (822,655,883) 983,931,530 (113,290,499) 192,192,971
 
Net Assets            
Beginning of period 33,383,512 27,337,827 4,829,947,364 3,846,015,834 875,194,990 683,002,019
End of period $28,154,766 $33,383,512 $4,007,291,481 $4,829,947,364 $761,904,491 $875,194,990
(A) For details on share transactions by class, see Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity on pages 99-102.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone
Sands Capital
Select Growth
Fund
Touchstone
Small
Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Small
Cap Value
Fund
Touchstone
Ultra Short
Duration Fixed
Income Fund
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
For the
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
               
$(32,342,865) $(38,393,633) $202,298 $613,344 $123,824 $115,710 $9,015,200 $6,477,833
(272,720,741) 1,041,558,717 4,588,403 17,883,246 6,334,093 5,693,285 (566,755) 175,982
(2,963,008,595) 141,728,022 (15,184,808) 9,656,923 (14,047,386) 24,049,244 (14,699,448) 2,532,844
(3,268,072,201) 1,144,893,106 (10,394,107) 28,153,513 (7,589,469) 29,858,239 (6,251,003) 9,186,659
 
               
(87,728,652) (17,693,260) (678,527) (76,369) (40,652) (32,691) (1,908,884) (1,191,026)
(8,735,300) (4,115,544) (28,748) (5,189) (365) (461) (34,489) (19,141)
(521,248) (371,847)
(165,283,847) (152,873,291) (6,589,242) (1,040,101) (93,549) (63,554) (4,538,648) (3,531,075)
(59,112,671) (52,230,135) (887,969) (732,118)
(241,831,240) (8,474) (4,725,275) (1,003,459) (25,873) (17,628) (5,753,399) (5,902,220)
(49,261,002) (102,763)
(53,341) (30,163)
(480) (425)
(122,749) (58,641)
(33,949) (16,265)
(611,952,712) (227,023,467) (12,021,792) (2,125,118) (370,958) (219,828) (13,644,637) (11,747,427)
(204,998,792) 3,177,487,521 17,957,994 (4,449,869) (5,338,603) (6,753,764) (349,436,215) 88,853,009
 
(4,085,023,705) 4,095,357,160 (4,457,905) 21,578,526 (13,299,030) 22,884,647 (369,331,855) 86,292,241
 
               
6,352,197,565 2,256,840,405 94,960,627 73,382,101 76,150,018 53,265,371 1,073,002,897 986,710,656
$2,267,173,860 $6,352,197,565 $90,502,722 $94,960,627 $62,850,988 $76,150,018 $703,671,042 $1,073,002,897
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity
  Touchstone
Active Bond
Fund
Touchstone
Anti-
Benchmark®
International
Core Equity
Fund
  For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
  Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
Class A(C)                
Proceeds from Shares issued 957,583 $9,919,979 1,581,041 $17,746,223 $$
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization 9,794,843 110,186,140
Reinvestment of distributions 395,728 4,046,156 224,230 2,513,018
Cost of Shares redeemed (3,202,683) (32,795,091) (6,207,410) (69,966,791)
Shares issued (reacquired) upon automatic conversion
Change from Class A Share Transactions (1,849,372) (18,828,956) 5,392,704 60,478,590
Class B(C)                
Proceeds from Shares issued
Reinvestment of distributions
Share conversion in connection with reorganization
Cost of Shares redeemed
Shares issued (reacquired) upon automatic conversion
Change from Class B Share Transactions
Class C                
Proceeds from Shares issued 79,703 743,810 79,533 820,532
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization 628,710 6,476,580
Reinvestment of distributions 16,301 153,510 8,702 89,500
Cost of Shares redeemed (436,459) (4,114,643) (355,656) (3,662,936)
Shares issued (reacquired) upon automatic conversion
Change from Class C Share Transactions (340,455) (3,217,323) 361,289 3,723,676
Class Y(D)                
Proceeds from Shares issued 855,970 8,911,215 2,054,376 23,130,318 211 1,975 360 4,282
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization
Reinvestment of distributions 190,004 1,942,507 172,216 1,928,699 2,678 27,448 382 4,531
Cost of Shares redeemed (3,198,427) (33,186,132) (1,909,973) (21,405,317) (4,336) (45,901)
Change from Class Y Share Transactions (2,152,453) (22,332,410) 316,619 3,653,700 (1,447) (16,478) 742 8,813
Institutional Class                
Proceeds from Shares issued 2,468,132 25,699,815 1,734,665 19,494,859 91,092 936,175 26,082 312,372
Reinvestment of distributions 244,595 2,496,364 242,823 2,719,478 351,924 3,622,949 60,238 714,426
Cost of Shares redeemed (4,095,927) (40,651,170) (5,014,127) (56,458,385) (2,582,071) (26,324,393) (152,975) (1,806,822)
Change from Institutional Class Share Transactions (1,383,200) (12,454,991) (3,036,639) (34,244,048) (2,139,055) (21,765,269) (66,655) (780,024)
Class R6                
Proceeds from Shares issued
Reinvestment of distributions
Cost of Shares redeemed
Change from Class R6 Share Transactions
Change from Share Transactions (5,725,480) $(56,833,680) 3,033,973 $33,611,918 (2,140,502) $(21,781,747) (65,913) $(771,211)
(A) Represents the period from commencement of operations (July 19, 2021 and August 2, 2021) through September 30, 2021 for Institutional Class shares and Class R6 shares, respectively.
(B) The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30.
(C) Effective July 16, 2021, Class B shares of the AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund were reorganized into Class A shares of the Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund.
(D) Effective July 16, 2021, Class W shares of the AIG Senior Floating Rate Fund and the AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund were reorganized into Class Y shares of the Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund and the Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund, respectively.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
Touchstone
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
Touchstone
Dividend Equity Fund
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the
Eleven Months Ended
September 30, 2021(A) (B)
For the Year
Ended
October 31, 2020
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
                   
2,639,584 $25,845,071 953,296 $9,677,433 11,750,580 $203,025,882 18,284,009 $305,544,840 32,491,602 $486,460,585
13,726,507 141,260,445 11,403,748 196,261,607
921,673 8,914,419 169,953 1,734,106 2,841,172 48,934,804 1,811,037 30,101,529 8,170,831 127,355,567
(3,723,221) (35,720,836) (1,919,910) (19,609,644) (22,337,515) (384,510,078) (46,557,495) (778,744,677) (62,833,118) (942,900,578)
1,460,932 21,639,786
(161,964) (961,346) 12,929,846 133,062,340 (7,745,763) (132,549,392) (15,058,701) (246,836,701) (20,709,753) (307,444,640)
                   
136,950 2,217,290 635,537 9,704,526
111,727 1,822,664 980,773 15,306,408
(9,181,258) (156,710,795)
(3,577,145) (58,419,158) (6,740,251) (99,688,786)
(211,231) (3,035,073)
(12,509,726) (211,089,999) (5,335,172) (77,712,925)
                   
401,575 3,728,162 198,200 1,956,744 537,535 9,218,520 1,335,140 21,782,502 4,570,086 69,249,503
3,149,581 31,321,283 264,762 4,518,475
195,986 1,843,314 36,177 356,730 1,099,871 18,952,270 827,808 13,554,365 7,429,473 116,019,169
(1,613,128) (14,997,904) (508,343) (5,019,285) (17,454,612) (298,835,024) (34,119,489) (562,501,490) (73,315,974) (1,083,852,691)
(1,263,663) (18,604,713)
(1,015,567) (9,426,428) 2,875,615 28,615,472 (15,817,206) (270,664,234) (31,691,779) (522,646,148) (62,580,078) (917,188,732)
                   
13,774,144 135,923,029 5,664,582 58,278,512 4,261,170 73,385,940 10,482,598 173,072,737 27,504,922 416,610,757
1,935,037 20,196,958 2,988,813 51,352,080
1,067,587 10,399,285 294,373 3,005,542 1,816,271 31,267,102 1,599,069 26,426,043 12,165,668 190,671,524
(8,938,113) (85,234,791) (2,133,266) (21,900,451) (22,291,593) (384,019,103) (66,132,757) (1,093,538,113) (158,495,499) (2,367,683,139)
5,903,618 61,087,523 5,760,726 59,580,561 (16,214,152) (279,366,061) (51,062,277) (842,687,253) (118,824,909) (1,760,400,858)
                   
262,123 2,736,235 154,880 1,589,436 74,586 1,304,989 43,758 746,709
30,343 302,575 165,580 1,665,750 1,580 26,607 84 1,422
(296,440) (2,870,542) (4,536,711) (47,421,882) (34,338) (595,734) (25,246) (429,936)
(3,974) 168,268 (4,216,251) (44,166,696) 41,828 735,862 18,596 318,195
                   
109,749 1,818,544 144 2,500
1,165 18,155 1 11
(7,991) (133,196)
102,923 1,703,503 145 2,511
4,722,113 $50,868,017 17,349,936 $177,091,677 (39,632,370) $(680,140,322) (110,303,742) $(1,822,939,395) (207,449,912) $(3,062,747,155)
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
  Touchstone
High Yield
Fund
Touchstone
Impact Bond
Fund
  For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022(A)
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
  Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
Class A                
Proceeds from Shares issued 1,703,585 $13,262,426 1,566,811 $12,966,425 377,375 $3,620,779 901,622 $9,649,457
Reinvestment of distributions 72,853 555,192 73,113 599,939 18,750 184,581 22,409 239,040
Cost of Shares redeemed (1,841,082) (14,290,976) (1,684,115) (13,909,317) (767,068) (7,359,721) (750,021) (8,017,527)
Change from Class A Share Transactions (64,644) (473,358) (44,191) (342,953) (370,943) (3,554,361) 174,010 1,870,970
Class C                
Proceeds from Shares issued 81,683 676,334 6,419 52,516 44,867 420,512 47,117 503,565
Reinvestment of distributions 2,706 20,722 4,205 34,328 1,705 16,769 1,104 11,798
Cost of Shares redeemed (81,164) (647,943) (69,525) (567,351) (41,260) (395,172) (54,392) (576,886)
Change from Class C Share Transactions 3,225 49,113 (58,901) (480,507) 5,312 42,109 (6,171) (61,523)
Class Y                
Proceeds from Shares issued 286,693 2,317,767 927,706 7,935,403 12,496,494 119,881,821 10,483,459 112,124,601
Reinvestment of distributions 171,525 1,351,066 184,449 1,558,178 473,335 4,616,308 265,494 2,835,648
Cost of Shares redeemed (1,414,473) (11,332,097) (1,027,444) (8,666,870) (6,343,321) (61,579,622) (5,408,326) (57,650,536)
Change from Class Y Share Transactions (956,255) (7,663,264) 84,711 826,711 6,626,508 62,918,507 5,340,627 57,309,713
Class Z                
Proceeds from Shares issued
Reinvestment of distributions
Cost of Shares redeemed
Change from Class Z Share Transactions
Institutional Class                
Proceeds from Shares issued 1,854,683 14,764,264 9,988,999 84,709,298 12,052,534 116,919,483 4,823,496 51,565,488
Reinvestment of distributions 441,962 3,460,147 773,258 6,527,173 478,417 4,684,703 347,131 3,707,296
Cost of Shares redeemed (2,839,482) (23,415,072) (17,418,797) (148,780,366) (5,487,283) (52,879,874) (5,736,474) (61,130,444)
Change from Institutional Class Share Transactions (542,837) (5,190,661) (6,656,540) (57,543,895) 7,043,668 68,724,312 (565,847) (5,857,660)
Class R6                
Proceeds from Shares issued 237 2,500
Reinvestment of distributions 6 54
Cost of Shares redeemed
Change from Class R6 Share Transactions 243 2,554
Change from Share Transactions (1,560,511) $(13,278,170) (6,674,921) $(57,540,644) 13,304,788 $128,133,121 4,942,619 $53,261,500
(A) Represents the period from commencement of operations (November 22, 2021) through September 30, 2022 for Class R6 shares.
(B) Represents the period from commencement of operations (February 22, 2021) through September 30, 2021 for Class R6 shares.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
Touchstone
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Touchstone
Mid
Cap
Fund
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021(B)
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
               
116,562 $954,882 392,101 $3,253,480 806,631 $36,571,813 1,056,622 $48,021,108
73,968 649,137 5,449 46,211 71,397 3,424,450 43,425 1,864,324
(209,255) (1,607,984) (849,981) (7,474,932) (1,010,446) (44,572,673) (804,599) (36,519,129)
(18,725) (3,965) (452,431) (4,175,241) (132,418) (4,576,410) 295,448 13,366,303
               
8,247 68,824 3,336 29,600 231,373 9,571,863 527,048 22,032,167
15,724 136,482 54,254 2,397,489 39,173 1,562,270
(144,085) (1,170,984) (250,238) (2,163,270) (540,733) (22,486,612) (634,832) (26,906,601)
(120,114) (965,678) (246,902) (2,133,670) (255,106) (10,517,260) (68,611) (3,312,164)
               
882,406 6,984,426 1,040,078 9,287,340 22,336,268 1,015,673,212 29,528,367 1,339,183,765
157,788 1,385,068 9,218 77,978 1,751,887 85,423,942 1,191,861 51,892,782
(856,963) (6,436,665) (356,297) (3,132,637) (22,546,804) (1,030,111,093) (23,432,626) (1,086,466,153)
183,231 1,932,829 692,999 6,232,681 1,541,351 70,986,061 7,287,602 304,610,394
               
130,091 5,766,393 294,301 13,056,057
32,503 1,546,815 29,122 1,240,929
(368,822) (16,442,723) (1,136,353) (49,001,380)
(206,228) (9,129,515) (812,930) (34,704,394)
               
1,100,440 9,428,318 11,899,790 549,099,520 11,851,354 551,714,234
29 251 2 19 284,657 13,929,716 305,343 13,325,183
(111,545) (874,186) (16,217,258) (752,215,758) (26,681,385) (1,270,666,182)
988,924 8,554,383 2 19 (4,032,811) (189,186,522) (14,524,688) (705,626,765)
               
4,712,206 214,624,639 13,812,160 664,476,348
44,138 2,160,530
(2,621,084) (118,405,155) (877,851) (42,204,919)
2,135,260 98,380,014 12,934,309 622,271,429
1,033,316 $9,517,569 (6,332) $(76,211) (949,952) $(44,043,632) 5,111,130 $196,604,803
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
  Touchstone
Mid Cap
Value
Fund
Touchstone
Sands Capital
Select Growth
Fund^
  For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
  Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
Class A                
Proceeds from Shares issued 178,116 $4,123,820 179,118 $3,742,466 3,523,376 $53,585,937 4,489,061 $85,327,200
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization 31,777,096 621,944,594
Reinvestment of distributions 37,968 887,520 777 15,458 4,519,112 78,722,927 726,547 12,765,441
Cost of Shares redeemed (145,632) (3,318,663) (194,259) (4,301,475) (10,318,484) (133,480,712) (5,675,525) (109,088,540)
Change from Class A Share Transactions 70,452 1,692,677 (14,364) (543,551) (2,275,996) (1,171,848) 31,317,179 610,948,695
Class C                
Proceeds from Shares issued 67,979 1,494,741 44,231 975,312 251,663 3,430,566 444,102 8,806,047
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization 2,407,486 48,772,136
Reinvestment of distributions 11,605 260,768 490,793 8,587,815 223,106 4,077,626
Cost of Shares redeemed (54,422) (1,197,286) (64,635) (1,390,188) (1,782,102) (25,452,609) (1,520,323) (30,198,698)
Change from Class C Share Transactions 25,162 558,223 (20,404) (414,876) (1,039,646) (13,434,228) 1,554,371 31,457,111
Class Y(A)                
Proceeds from Shares issued 3,289,801 76,964,313 4,976,510 107,646,472 22,865,882 333,989,648 26,427,558 552,879,177
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization 2,050,915 44,517,985
Reinvestment of distributions 1,239,623 29,116,578 53,819 1,141,546 7,425,758 145,396,335 6,900,842 134,290,391
Cost of Shares redeemed (4,051,666) (93,632,765) (6,000,984) (128,777,432) (42,774,802) (610,441,703) (40,208,134) (869,420,564)
Change from Class Y Share Transactions 477,758 12,448,126 (970,655) (19,989,414) (12,483,162) (131,055,720) (4,828,819) (137,733,011)
Class Z                
Proceeds from Shares issued 1,962,538 26,430,355 2,349,120 44,465,418
Reinvestment of distributions 3,380,155 58,949,906 2,953,208 51,976,461
Cost of Shares redeemed (8,475,809) (107,741,495) (6,168,500) (116,963,273)
Change from Class Z Share Transactions (3,133,116) (22,361,234) (866,172) (20,521,394)
Institutional Class                
Proceeds from Shares issued 4,801,311 112,469,588 7,159,517 157,885,918 91,188,349 1,146,837,317 34,707,619 738,829,312
Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization 128,604,796 2,547,803,595
Reinvestment of distributions 1,156,963 27,326,336 73,904 1,599,620 11,423,614 223,902,843 435 8,474
Cost of Shares redeemed (5,581,086) (130,293,945) (10,054,747) (217,716,746) (125,778,987) (1,548,133,917) (50,472,388) (1,076,340,071)
Change from Institutional Class Share Transactions 377,188 9,501,979 (2,821,326) (58,231,208) (23,167,024) (177,393,757) 112,840,462 2,210,301,310
Class R6                
Proceeds from Shares issued 19,742,464 266,770,160 23,160,816 511,629,011
Reinvestment of distributions 2,425,351 47,536,886 5,281 102,763
Cost of Shares redeemed (15,112,322) (173,889,051) (1,357,750) (28,696,964)
Change from Class R6 Share Transactions 7,055,493 140,417,995 21,808,347 483,034,810
Change from Share Transactions 950,560 $24,201,005 (3,826,749) $(79,179,049) (35,043,451) $(204,998,792) 161,825,368 $3,177,487,521
^ The September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 Class C share amounts relating to Proceeds from Shares issued, Proceeds from Shares issued in connection with reorganization, Reinvestment of distributions, Cost of Shares redeemed, and Change from Class C Share Transactions as well as Change from Share transactions were updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.796098 reverse stock split for Class C shares on October 14, 2022 (See Note 10 in the Notes to Financial Statements).
(A) Effective July 16, 2021, Class W shares of the AIG Focused Growth Fund were reorganized into Class Y shares of the Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets - Capital Stock Activity (Continued)
Touchstone
Small
Cap
Fund
Touchstone
Small
Cap Value
Fund
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
               
29,607 $398,907 43,246 $590,663 24,852 $818,331 42,845 $1,116,437
47,532 622,960 5,640 70,614 2,627 91,456 2,306 60,923
(86,799) (1,094,775) (93,218) (1,222,383) (54,906) (1,801,263) (89,797) (2,685,709)
(9,660) (72,908) (44,332) (561,106) (27,427) (891,476) (44,646) (1,508,349)
               
9,171 104,830 38,275 492,935 981 30,476 4,097 116,576
2,469 28,748 381 4,341 25 845 32 817
(10,560) (116,965) (54,615) (663,938) (9,147) (285,716) (8,879) (252,956)
1,080 16,613 (15,959) (166,662) (8,141) (254,395) (4,750) (135,563)
               
1,316,326 16,731,539 746,342 10,272,999 211,395 6,709,161 129,975 3,908,356
488,405 6,524,237 79,888 1,025,095 6,268 214,254 4,571 120,978
(537,971) (6,903,222) (717,298) (9,747,622) (318,952) (10,279,221) (228,926) (6,501,791)
1,266,760 16,352,554 108,932 1,550,472 (101,289) (3,355,806) (94,380) (2,472,457)
               
               
674,179 8,378,000 1,174,009 15,984,215 38,296 1,271,519 42,781 1,285,210
355,283 4,724,892 78,422 1,002,693 700 23,622 495 13,106
(885,718) (11,441,157) (1,630,878) (22,259,481) (64,963) (2,132,067) (140,813) (3,935,711)
143,744 1,661,735 (378,447) (5,272,573) (25,967) (836,926) (97,537) (2,637,395)
               
1,401,924 $17,957,994 (329,806) $(4,449,869) (162,824) $(5,338,603) (241,313) $(6,753,764)
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  Touchstone
Ultra Short
Duration Fixed
Income Fund
  For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2022
For the Year
Ended
September 30, 2021
  Shares Dollars Shares Dollars
Class A        
Proceeds from Shares issued 4,600,658 $41,866,137 4,686,457 $43,241,421
Reinvestment of distributions 200,685 1,821,816 123,448 1,139,270
Cost of Shares redeemed (6,573,211) (59,713,757) (2,612,393) (24,114,385)
Change from Class A Share Transactions (1,771,868) (16,025,804) 2,197,512 20,266,306
Class C        
Proceeds from Shares issued 443,252 4,024,638 133,907 1,237,687
Reinvestment of distributions 2,359 21,374 810 7,479
Cost of Shares redeemed (350,793) (3,188,945) (244,873) (2,263,008)
Change from Class C Share Transactions 94,818 857,067 (110,156) (1,017,842)
Class S        
Proceeds from Shares issued 14,097 128,000 1,605,257 14,831,783
Reinvestment of distributions 55,818 506,788 38,145 352,177
Cost of Shares redeemed (1,026,930) (9,373,454) (2,605,972) (24,063,147)
Change from Class S Share Transactions (957,015) (8,738,666) (962,570) (8,879,187)
Class Y        
Proceeds from Shares issued 23,384,051 213,007,246 17,600,835 162,587,751
Reinvestment of distributions 398,408 3,620,579 291,545 2,691,868
Cost of Shares redeemed (28,167,532) (256,261,950) (17,423,646) (160,851,675)
Change from Class Y Share Transactions (4,385,073) (39,634,125) 468,734 4,427,944
Class Z        
Proceeds from Shares issued 1,547,953 14,110,958 2,629,137 24,264,471
Reinvestment of distributions 97,336 884,392 78,837 727,666
Cost of Shares redeemed (4,224,808) (38,428,153) (3,875,990) (35,793,520)
Change from Class Z Share Transactions (2,579,519) (23,432,803) (1,168,016) (10,801,383)
Institutional Class        
Proceeds from Shares issued 12,899,131 118,098,349 41,003,304 378,229,514
Reinvestment of distributions 575,348 5,232,249 597,097 5,507,609
Cost of Shares redeemed (42,326,295) (385,792,482) (32,400,298) (298,879,952)
Change from Institutional Class Share Transactions (28,851,816) (262,461,884) 9,200,103 84,857,171
Change from Share Transactions (38,450,473) $(349,436,215) 9,625,607 $88,853,009
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Active Bond Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $10.47   $0.23   $(0.43)   $(0.20)   $(0.26)   $(2)   $(0.26)   $10.01   (1.87)%   $133,083   0.90%   0.97%   2.34%   448%(3)
09/30/19   10.01   0.27   0.68   0.95   (0.28)     (0.28)   10.68   9.68   127,502   0.90   1.00   2.68   235
09/30/20   10.68   0.28(4)   0.55   0.83   (0.28)     (0.28)   11.23   7.91   128,086   0.90   0.95   2.54   261
09/30/21   11.23   0.22(4)   (0.10)   0.12   (0.23)     (0.23)   11.12   1.10   186,813   0.90   0.93   1.99   144(5)
09/30/22   11.12   0.23(4)   (2.04)   (1.81)   (0.25)   (0.03)   (0.28)   9.03   (16.52)   135,000   0.85   0.93   2.20   159
Class C
09/30/18   $9.68   $0.20   $(0.46)   $(0.26)   $(0.19)   $(2)   $(0.19)   $9.23   (2.64)%   $23,807   1.65%   1.79%   1.59%   448%(3)
09/30/19   9.23   0.12   0.68   0.80   (0.21)     (0.21)   9.82   8.83   11,743   1.65   1.85   1.93   235
09/30/20   9.82   0.18(4)   0.51   0.69   (0.21)     (0.21)   10.30   7.11   5,618   1.65   1.93   1.79   261
09/30/21   10.30   0.13(4)   (0.09)   0.04   (0.16)     (0.16)   10.18   0.39   9,229   1.64   1.93   1.25   144(5)
09/30/22   10.18   0.14(4)   (1.87)   (1.73)   (0.18)   (0.03)   (0.21)   8.24   (17.17)   4,667   1.58   1.89   1.46   159
Class Y
09/30/18   $10.46   $0.26   $(0.43)   $(0.17)   $(0.29)   $(2)   $(0.29)   $10.00   (1.62)%   $165,937   0.65%   0.70%   2.59%   448%(3)
09/30/19   10.00   0.31   0.67   0.98   (0.31)     (0.31)   10.67   9.96   90,336   0.65   0.73   2.93   235
09/30/20   10.67   0.30(4)   0.56   0.86   (0.31)     (0.31)   11.22   8.18   90,235   0.65   0.73   2.79   261
09/30/21   11.22   0.25(4)   (0.10)   0.15   (0.26)     (0.26)   11.11   1.35   92,882   0.65   0.70   2.24   144(5)
09/30/22   11.11   0.25(4)   (2.03)   (1.78)   (0.28)   (0.03)   (0.31)   9.02   (16.32)   56,003   0.60   0.68   2.44   159
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $10.46   $0.27   $(0.43)   $(0.16)   $(0.30)   $(2)   $(0.30)   $10.00   (1.54)%   $38,715   0.57%   0.66%   2.67%   448%(3)
09/30/19   10.00   0.30   0.69   0.99   (0.32)     (0.32)   10.67   10.06   96,477   0.57   0.66   3.01   235
09/30/20   10.67   0.31(4)   0.56   0.87   (0.32)     (0.32)   11.22   8.23   134,659   0.57   0.63   2.87   261
09/30/21   11.22   0.26(4)   (0.10)   0.16   (0.27)     (0.27)   11.11   1.43   99,607   0.57   0.61   2.32   144(5)
09/30/22   11.11   0.26(4)   (2.04)   (1.78)   (0.28)   (0.03)   (0.31)   9.02   (16.26)   68,399   0.52   0.59   2.53   159
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) Less than $0.005 per share.
(3) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities by the Sentinel Government Securities Fund and Sentinel Total Return Bond Fund acquired on October 27, 2017. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(4) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(5) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities of the AIG U.S. Government Securities Fund acquired on July 16, 2021. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class Y
09/30/19(1)   $10.00   $0.24   $(0.03)   $0.21   $(0.01)   $  $(0.01)   $10.20   2.13%(2)   $3   0.69%(3)   373.97%(3)   2.74%(3)   117%(2)(4)
09/30/20   10.20   0.08   0.81   0.89   (0.23)     (0.23)   10.86   8.74   243   0.69   9.11   1.43   79
09/30/21   10.86   0.16   0.96   1.12   (0.20)     (0.20)   11.78   10.32   272   0.69   3.40   1.34   62
09/30/22   11.78   0.17(5)   (3.53)   (3.36)   (0.35)   (0.91)   (1.26)   7.16   (31.55)   155   0.69   4.49   1.81   84
Institutional Class
09/30/19(1)   $10.00   $0.21   $  $0.21   $(0.01)   $  $(0.01)   $10.20   2.14%(2)   $36,710   0.59%(3)   1.13%(3)   2.84%(3)   117%(2)(4)
09/30/20   10.20   0.17   0.75   0.92   (0.24)     (0.24)   10.88   9.00   36,876   0.59   0.96   1.53   79
09/30/21   10.88   0.18   0.96   1.14   (0.22)     (0.22)   11.80   10.43   39,225   0.59   0.97   1.44   62
09/30/22   11.80   0.19(5)   (3.49)   (3.30)   (0.46)   (0.91)   (1.37)   7.13   (31.26)   8,440   0.59   1.52   1.91   84
(1) Represents the period from commencement of operations (November 19, 2018) through September 30, 2019.
(2) Not annualized.
(3) Annualized.
(4) Portfolio turnover excludes securities received from processing a subscription-in-kind.
(5) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Return of
capital
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of net
expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of gross
expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
06/30/18   $10.41   $0.49   $(0.13)   $0.36   $(0.53)   $ (0.28)   $  $(0.81)   $9.96   3.50%   $153   1.76%   10.00%   5.00%   70%
06/30/19   9.96   0.52   0.12   0.64   (0.54)   (0.11)     (0.65)   9.95   6.69   226   1.55   7.56   5.46   94
09/30/19(4)   9.95   0.20   0.04   0.24   (0.12)   (0.04)     (0.16)   10.03   1.40(5)   7,239   1.18(6)   2.55(6)   5.43(6)   28(5)(7)
09/30/20   10.03   0.57   (0.61)   (0.04)   (0.54)       (0.54)   9.45   (0.29)   5,597   1.18   1.61   5.90   115
09/30/21   9.45   0.47(8)   1.07   1.54   (0.53)       (0.53)   10.46   16.67   141,422   1.09   1.32   4.45   135(9)
09/30/22   10.46   0.47(8)   (1.53)   (1.06)   (0.43)   (0.32)   (0.01)   (0.76)   8.64   (10.60)   115,483   1.07   1.26   4.87   72
Class C
06/30/18   $10.44   $0.44   $(0.15)   $0.29   $(0.45)   $ (0.28)   $  $(0.73)   $10.00   2.69%   $22   2.51%   34.60%   4.25%   70%
06/30/19   10.00   0.43   0.14   0.57   (0.48)   (0.11)     (0.59)   9.98   5.97   127   2.26   11.81   4.75   94
09/30/19(4)   9.98   0.19   (0.27)   (0.08)   (0.11)   (0.04)     (0.15)   9.75   1.15(5)   4,538   1.93(6)   3.62(6)   4.68(6)   28(5)(7)
09/30/20   9.75   0.52   (0.62)   (0.10)   (0.47)       (0.47)   9.18   (0.98)   2,246   1.93   2.61   5.15   115
09/30/21   9.18   0.40(8)   1.02   1.42   (0.47)       (0.47)   10.13   15.79   31,605   1.56   2.17   3.98   135(9)
09/30/22   10.13   0.42(8)   (1.47)   (1.05)   (0.40)   (0.32)   (0.01)   (0.73)   8.35   (11.01)   17,575   1.47   2.05   4.47   72
Class Y
06/30/18   $10.41   $0.50   $(0.12)   $0.38   $(0.55)   $ (0.28)   $  $(0.83)   $9.96   3.73%   $444   1.51%   4.29%   5.25%   70%
06/30/19   9.96   0.60   0.06   0.66   (0.56)   (0.11)     (0.67)   9.95   7.05   11,356   1.09   1.71   5.93   94
09/30/19(4)   9.95   0.17   0.21   0.38   (0.13)   (0.04)     (0.17)   10.16   1.54(5)   47,483   0.93(6)   1.60(6)   5.68(6)   28(5)(7)
09/30/20   10.16   0.59   (0.62)   (0.03)   (0.56)       (0.56)   9.57   (0.13)   36,558   0.93   1.20   6.15   115
09/30/21   9.57   0.48(8)   1.11   1.59   (0.55)       (0.55)   10.61   16.98   101,613   0.88   1.07   4.66   135(9)
09/30/22   10.61   0.49(8)   (1.54)   (1.05)   (0.45)   (0.32)   (0.01)   (0.78)   8.78   (10.47)   135,892   0.87   1.02   5.07   72
Institutional Class
06/30/18   $10.41   $0.55   $(0.16)   $0.39   $(0.56)   $ (0.28)   $  $(0.84)   $9.96   3.85%   $51,715   1.41%   1.59%   5.35%   70%
06/30/19   9.96   0.58   0.09   0.67   (0.57)   (0.11)     (0.68)   9.95   7.04   47,531   1.24   1.50   5.78   94
09/30/19(4)   9.95   0.15   0.29   0.44   (0.13)   (0.04)     (0.17)   10.22   1.57(5)   48,158   0.83(6)   1.36(6)   5.78(6)   28(5)(7)
09/30/20   10.22   0.61   (0.63)   (0.02)   (0.57)       (0.57)   9.63   (0.02)   42,982   0.83   1.06   6.25   115
09/30/21   9.63   0.49(8)   1.12   1.61   (0.56)       (0.56)   10.68   17.07   2,627   0.78   0.97   4.76   135(9)
09/30/22   10.68   0.51(8)   (1.56)   (1.05)   (0.46)   (0.32)   (0.01)   (0.79)   8.84   (10.39)   2,139   0.77   1.15   5.17   72
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding dividend and interest expense on securities sold short for Class A was 1.03%, 1.04%, 1.08%, 1.08%, 1.45% and 1.69%, for Class C was 1.43%, 1.51%, 1.83%, 1.83%, 2.16% and 2.44%, for Class Y was 0.83%, 0.83%, 0.83%, 0.83%, 0.99% and 1.44%, and for Institutional Class was 0.73% 0.73%, 0.73%, 0.73%, 1.14% and 1.34% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021 and 2020, for the period ended September 30, 2019, and the years ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding dividend and interest expense on securities sold short for Class A was 1.22%, 1.27%, 1.51%, 2.45%, 7.46% and 9.93%, for Class C was 2.01%, 2.12%, 2.51%, 3.52%, 11.71% and 34.53%, for Class Y was 0.98%, 1.02%, 1.10%, 1.50%, 1.61% and 4.22%, and for Institutional Class was 1.11%, 0.92%, 0.96%, 1.26%, 1.40% and 1.52% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021 and 2020, for the period ended September 30, 2019, and the years ended June 30, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(4) The Fund changed its fiscal year end from June 30 to September 30.
(5) Not annualized.
(6) Annualized.
(7) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities by the Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund acquired on September 6, 2019. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(8) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(9) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities by the Touchstone Dynamic Diversified Income Fund and the AIG Senior Floating Rate Fund acquired on June 25, 2021 and July 16, 2021, respectively. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income(1)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(2)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
10/31/17   $16.66   $0.45   $2.28   $2.73   $(0.54)   $ (0.04)   $(0.58)   $18.81   16.57%   $4,598,192   1.04%   1.04%   2.52%   45%
10/31/18   18.81   0.47   0.15   0.62   (0.44)   (1.44)   (1.88)   17.55   3.03   3,570,189   1.04   1.04   2.57   38
10/31/19   17.55   0.50   0.39   0.89   (0.49)   (0.78)   (1.27)   17.17   5.42   2,381,987   1.05   1.05   2.90   37
10/31/20   17.17   0.55   (2.42)   (1.87)   (0.60)   (0.58)   (1.18)   14.12   (11.33)   1,666,379   1.09   1.09   3.60   68
09/30/21(3)   14.12   0.29   2.83   3.12   (0.36)     (0.36)   16.88   22.13(4)   1,737,804   1.09(5)   1.09(5)   1.91(5)   83(4)(6)
09/30/22   16.88   0.28   (1.87)   (1.59)   (0.30)   (0.31)   (0.61)   14.68   (9.90)   1,398,059   0.99   1.00   1.64   12
Class C
10/31/17   $16.53   $0.33   $2.26   $2.59   $(0.43)   $ (0.04)   $(0.47)   $18.65   15.80%   $3,682,928   1.69%   1.69%   1.87%   45%
10/31/18   18.65   0.35   0.14   0.49   (0.32)   (1.44)   (1.76)   17.38   2.31   3,142,587   1.69   1.69   1.92   38
10/31/19   17.38   0.38   0.39   0.77   (0.37)   (0.78)   (1.15)   17.00   4.78   2,421,728   1.70   1.70   2.27   37
10/31/20   17.00   0.47   (2.40)   (1.93)   (0.50)   (0.58)   (1.08)   13.99   (11.89)   1,117,141   1.74   1.74   2.99   68
09/30/21(3)   13.99   0.19   2.80   2.99   (0.24)     (0.24)   16.74   21.38(4)   806,336   1.75(5)   1.77(5)   1.27(5)   83(4)(6)
09/30/22   16.74   0.16   (1.86)   (1.70)   (0.17)   (0.31)   (0.48)   14.56   (10.54)   471,273   1.69   1.76   0.94   12
Class Y
10/31/17   $16.65   $0.47   $2.29   $2.76   $(0.58)   $ (0.04)   $(0.62)   $18.79   16.80%   $5,499,586   0.84%   0.84%   2.67%   45%
10/31/18   18.79   0.51   0.15   0.66   (0.49)   (1.44)   (1.93)   17.52   3.21   5,289,972   0.84   0.84   2.77   38
10/31/19   17.52   0.53   0.39   0.92   (0.52)   (0.78)   (1.30)   17.14   5.66   4,094,116   0.85   0.85   3.13   37
10/31/20   17.14   0.61   (2.44)   (1.83)   (0.63)   (0.58)   (1.21)   14.10   (11.11)   1,691,794   0.88   0.88   3.83   68
09/30/21(3)(7)   14.10   0.33   2.81   3.14   (0.39)     (0.39)   16.85   22.33(4)   1,161,841   0.88(5)   0.88(5)   2.14(5)   83(4)(6)
09/30/22   16.85   0.32   (1.86)   (1.54)   (0.34)   (0.31)   (0.65)   14.66   (9.69)   772,987   0.74   0.74   1.89   12
Institutional Class
09/30/21(3)(8)   $17.02   $0.07   $(0.17)   $(0.10)   $(0.08)   $  $(0.08)   $16.84   (0.61)%(4)   $313   0.67%(5)   3.37%(5)   2.01%(5)   83%(4)(6)
09/30/22   16.84   0.33   (1.85)   (1.52)   (0.36)   (0.31)   (0.67)   14.65   (9.62)   885   0.67   1.80   1.97   12
Class R6
09/30/21(3)(9)   $17.34   $0.06   $(0.48)   $(0.42)   $(0.08)   $  $(0.08)   $16.84   (2.44)%(4)   $2   0.65%(5)   359.78%(5)   2.26%(5)   83%(4)(6)
09/30/22   16.84   0.32   (1.84)   (1.52)   (0.36)   (0.31)   (0.67)   14.65   (9.56)   1,510   0.65   1.76   1.99   12
(1) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(2) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(3) The Fund changed its fiscal year end from October 31 to September 30.
(4) Not annualized.
(5) Annualized.
(6) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities by the AIG Select Dividend Growth Fund acquired on July 16, 2021. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(7) Effective July 16, 2021, Class W shares of the AIG Focused Dividend Strategy Fund were reorganized into Class Y shares of the Fund.
(8) Represents the period from commencement of operations (July 19, 2021) through September 30, 2021.
(9) Represents the period from commencement of operations (August 2, 2021) through September 30, 2021.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone High Yield Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $8.43   $0.41   $(0.31)   $0.10   $(0.41)   $(0.41)   $8.12   1.24%   $12,457   1.05%   1.29%   4.76%   59%
09/30/19   8.12   0.40   0.16   0.56   (0.41)   (0.41)   8.27   7.08   14,642   1.05   1.28   4.95   63
09/30/20   8.27   0.39   (0.41)   (0.02)   (0.39)   (0.39)   7.86   (0.13)   14,578   1.05   1.25   4.84   89
09/30/21   7.86   0.36   0.48   0.84   (0.37)   (0.37)   8.33   10.84   15,081   1.05   1.21   4.35   96
09/30/22   8.33   0.33   (1.54)   (1.21)   (0.35)   (0.35)   6.77   (14.88)   11,824   1.05   1.26   4.33   57
Class C
09/30/18   $8.41   $0.34   $(0.30)   $0.04   $(0.35)   $(0.35)   $8.10   0.50%   $9,444   1.80%   2.00%   4.01%   59%
09/30/19   8.10   0.34   0.16   0.50   (0.35)   (0.35)   8.25   6.31   4,582   1.80   2.10   4.20   63
09/30/20   8.25   0.29   (0.37)   (0.08)   (0.33)   (0.33)   7.84   (0.89)   1,250   1.80   2.35   4.09   89
09/30/21   7.84   0.26   0.52   0.78   (0.31)   (0.31)   8.31   10.07   835   1.80   2.83   3.60   96
09/30/22   8.31   0.28   (1.54)   (1.26)   (0.30)   (0.30)   6.75   (15.55)   700   1.80   2.82   3.58   57
Class Y
09/30/18   $8.67   $0.44   $(0.32)   $0.12   $(0.44)   $(0.44)   $8.35   1.44%   $63,983   0.80%   0.88%   5.01%   59%
09/30/19   8.35   0.47   0.14   0.61   (0.44)   (0.44)   8.52   7.52   44,030   0.80   0.91   5.20   63
09/30/20   8.52   0.44   (0.45)   (0.01)   (0.42)   (0.42)   8.09   0.02   33,694   0.80   0.89   5.09   89
09/30/21   8.09   0.39   0.50   0.89   (0.40)   (0.40)   8.58   11.18   36,447   0.80   0.89   4.60   96
09/30/22   8.58   0.39   (1.62)   (1.23)   (0.37)   (0.37)   6.98   (14.70)   22,994   0.80   0.96   4.58   57
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $8.66   $0.44   $(0.30)   $0.14   $(0.45)   $(0.45)   $8.35   1.63%   $111,705   0.72%   0.76%   5.09%   59%
09/30/19   8.35   0.44   0.16   0.60   (0.44)   (0.44)   8.51   7.47   135,328   0.72   0.77   5.28   63
09/30/20   8.51   0.43   (0.42)   0.01   (0.43)   (0.43)   8.09   0.21   135,974   0.72   0.75   5.17   89
09/30/21   8.09   0.40   0.50   0.90   (0.41)   (0.41)   8.58   11.27   87,056   0.72   0.75   4.68   96
09/30/22   8.58   0.37   (1.59)   (1.22)   (0.38)   (0.38)   6.98   (14.63)   67,076   0.72   0.82   4.66   57
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Impact Bond Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $10.13   $0.22   $(0.33)   $(0.11)   $(0.25)   $(0.25)   $9.77   (1.07)%   $5,697   0.85%   1.30%   2.25%   40%
09/30/19   9.77   0.23   0.69   0.92   (0.25)   (0.25)   10.44   9.59   10,083   0.85   1.19   2.28   22
09/30/20   10.44   0.19   0.37   0.56   (0.20)   (0.20)   10.80   5.46   16,509   0.85   1.03   1.83   21
09/30/21   10.80   0.15   (0.21)   (0.06)   (0.17)   (0.17)   10.57   (0.57)   17,997   0.84   0.93   1.43   24
09/30/22   10.57   0.18   (1.70)   (1.52)   (0.20)   (0.20)   8.85   (14.52)   11,777   0.76   0.93   1.79   19
Class C
09/30/18   $10.12   $0.16   $(0.35)   $(0.19)   $(0.18)   $(0.18)   $9.75   (1.94)%   $1,087   1.60%   2.78%   1.50%   40%
09/30/19   9.75   0.16   0.70   0.86   (0.18)   (0.18)   10.43   8.89   1,475   1.60   2.94   1.53   22
09/30/20   10.43   0.12   0.37   0.49   (0.13)   (0.13)   10.79   4.69   1,737   1.60   2.55   1.08   21
09/30/21   10.79   0.07   (0.21)   (0.14)   (0.09)   (0.09)   10.56   (1.32)   1,635   1.59   2.37   0.68   24
09/30/22   10.56   0.10   (1.69)   (1.59)   (0.13)   (0.13)   8.84   (15.18)   1,415   1.51   2.25   1.04   19
Class Y
09/30/18   $10.15   $0.24   $(0.33)   $(0.09)   $(0.28)   $(0.28)   $9.78   (0.92)%   $54,895   0.60%   0.67%   2.50%   40%
09/30/19   9.78   0.26   0.69   0.95   (0.28)   (0.28)   10.45   9.84   95,218   0.60   0.68   2.53   22
09/30/20   10.45   0.22   0.38   0.60   (0.23)   (0.23)   10.82   5.81   145,821   0.60   0.64   2.08   21
09/30/21   10.82   0.19   (0.22)   (0.03)   (0.20)   (0.20)   10.59   (0.32)   199,280   0.59   0.60   1.68   24
09/30/22   10.59   0.20   (1.70)   (1.50)   (0.23)   (0.23)   8.86   (14.37)   225,457   0.51   0.52   2.04   19
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $10.14   $0.26   $(0.33)   $(0.07)   $(0.29)   $(0.29)   $9.78   (0.72)%   $191,224   0.50%   0.60%   2.60%   40%
09/30/19   9.78   0.27   0.69   0.96   (0.29)   (0.29)   10.45   9.95   207,462   0.50   0.60   2.63   22
09/30/20   10.45   0.23   0.38   0.61   (0.24)   (0.24)   10.82   5.92   227,734   0.50   0.59   2.18   21
09/30/21   10.82   0.19   (0.21)   (0.02)   (0.21)   (0.21)   10.59   (0.22)   216,914   0.49   0.57   1.78   24
09/30/22   10.59   0.21   (1.70)   (1.49)   (0.24)   (0.24)   8.86   (14.29)   243,902   0.41   0.49   2.14   19
Class R6
09/30/22(2)   $10.51   $0.19   $(1.61)   $(1.42)   $(0.23)   $(0.23)   $8.86   (13.72)%(3)   $2   0.37%(4)   238.46%(4)   2.18%(4)   19%
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) Represents the period from commencement of operations (November 22, 2021) through September 30, 2022.
(3) Not annualized.
(4) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $9.40   $0.24   $0.35   $0.59   $(0.23)   $ (0.18)   $(0.41)   $9.58   6.41%   $11,984   1.20%   1.41%   2.16%   68%
09/30/19   9.58   0.15   (0.29)   (0.14)   (0.17)   (0.77)   (0.94)   8.50   (0.81)   10,333   1.20   1.52   1.71   123
09/30/20   8.50   0.03   0.62   0.65   (0.02)   (1.69)   (1.71)   7.44   7.93   11,719   1.17   1.81   0.68   80
09/30/21   7.44   0.12   1.57   1.69   (0.03)     (0.03)   9.10   22.73   10,218   1.17   1.64   1.06   52
09/30/22   9.10   0.15   (2.66)   (2.51)   (0.12)   (0.50)   (0.62)   5.97   (29.67)   6,595   1.17   1.59   1.94   32
Class C
09/30/18   $9.39   $0.14   $0.38   $0.52   $(0.16)   $ (0.18)   $(0.34)   $9.57   5.62%   $19,455   1.95%   2.07%   1.41%   68%
09/30/19   9.57   0.09   (0.30)   (0.21)   (0.11)   (0.77)   (0.88)   8.48   (1.61)   10,691   1.95   2.16   1.05   123
09/30/20   8.48   (0.03)   0.64   0.61   (—)(2)   (1.69)   (1.69)   7.40   7.35   4,066   1.95   2.56   (0.10)   80
09/30/21   7.40     1.61   1.61         9.01   21.76   2,727   1.95   2.56   0.28   52
09/30/22   9.01   0.08   (2.64)   (2.56)     (0.50)   (0.50)   5.95   (30.16)   1,086   1.95   2.72   1.16   32
Class Y
09/30/18   $9.38   $0.23   $0.37   $0.60   $(0.25)   $ (0.18)   $(0.43)   $9.55   6.59%   $56,185   0.95%   0.99%   2.41%   68%
09/30/19   9.55   0.18   (0.30)   (0.12)   (0.19)   (0.77)   (0.96)   8.47   (0.57)   16,554   0.95   1.09   2.17   123
09/30/20   8.47   0.07   0.61   0.68   (0.03)   (1.69)   (1.72)   7.43   8.32   11,550   0.90   1.49   0.95   80
09/30/21   7.43   0.10   1.61   1.71   (0.05)     (0.05)   9.09   23.07   20,434   0.90   1.34   1.33   52
09/30/22   9.09   0.18   (2.66)   (2.48)   (0.12)   (0.50)   (0.62)   5.99   (29.43)   14,560   0.90   1.30   2.21   32
Institutional Class
09/30/19(3)   $8.05(4)   $(0.01)   $0.45   $0.44   $(0.01)   $  $(0.01)   $8.48   5.46%(5)   $3   0.89%(6)   2,643.52%(6)   (0.97)%(6)   123%
09/30/20   8.48   0.07   0.60   0.67   (0.03)   (1.69)   (1.72)   7.43   8.30   3   0.89   314.41   0.96   80
09/30/21   7.43   0.12   1.60   1.72   (0.05)     (0.05)   9.10   23.21   4   0.89   255.65   1.34   52
09/30/22   9.10   0.22   (2.70)   (2.48)   (0.14)   (0.50)   (0.64)   5.98   (29.41)   5,913   0.89   1.18   2.22   32
   
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) Less than $0.005 per share.
(3) Represents the period from commencement of operations (August 23, 2019) through September 30, 2019.
(4) Net asset value at the beginning of period is based on the net asset value of Class Y shares on August 23, 2019.
(5) Not annualized.
(6) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Mid Cap Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $30.50   $0.01(4)   $4.79   $4.80   $  $ (0.31)   $(0.31)   $34.99   15.83%   $36,824   1.24%   1.35%   0.04%   46%
09/30/19   34.99   0.05   5.00   5.05   (0.02)   (1.15)   (1.17)   38.87   15.34   61,772   1.23   1.36   0.19   25
09/30/20   38.87   0.03(4)   1.27   1.30   (0.24)   (0.89)   (1.13)   39.04   3.32   103,964   1.21   1.29   0.08   18
09/30/21   39.04   (0.07)(4)   8.33   8.26   (0.13)   (0.70)   (0.83)   46.47   21.34   137,477   1.22   1.23   (0.15)   21(6)
09/30/22   46.47   (0.05)(4)   (6.26)   (6.31)   (0.15)   (1.21)   (1.36)   38.80   (14.13)   109,653   1.23   1.23   (0.11)   15(6)
Class C
09/30/18   $29.02   $(0.22)(4)   $4.52   $4.30   $  $ (0.31)   $(0.31)   $33.01   14.91%   $56,274   1.99%   2.08%   (0.71)%   46%
09/30/19   33.01   (0.17)   4.65   4.48     (1.15)   (1.15)   36.34   14.48   66,855   1.98   2.07   (0.56)   25
09/30/20   36.34   (0.23)(4)   1.16   0.93     (0.89)   (0.89)   36.38   2.54   78,959   1.96   2.00   (0.67)   18
09/30/21   36.38   (0.36)(4)   7.74   7.38   (0.06)   (0.70)   (0.76)   43.00   20.47   90,388   1.93   1.93   (0.86)   21(6)
09/30/22   43.00   (0.34)(4)   (5.74)   (6.08)   (0.07)   (1.21)   (1.28)   35.64   (14.71)   65,812   1.93   1.93   (0.81)   15(6)
Class Y
09/30/18   $30.77   $0.10(4)   $4.82   $4.92   $(0.05)   $ (0.31)   $(0.36)   $35.33   16.09%   $712,578   0.99%   1.05%   0.29%   46%
09/30/19   35.33   0.14   5.05   5.19   (0.04)   (1.15)   (1.19)   39.33   15.62   1,194,001   0.98   1.07   0.44   25
09/30/20   39.33   0.12(4)   1.28   1.40   (0.29)   (0.89)   (1.18)   39.55   3.57   2,443,232   0.96   1.00   0.33   18
09/30/21   39.55   0.05(4)   8.44   8.49   (0.16)   (0.70)   (0.86)   47.18   21.64   3,258,367   0.97(7)   0.93   0.10   21(6)
09/30/22   47.18   0.08(4)   (6.36)   (6.28)   (0.18)   (1.21)   (1.39)   39.51   (13.87)   2,789,008   0.94(7)   0.95   0.17   15(6)
Class Z
09/30/18   $30.32   $0.01(4)   $4.76   $4.77   $  $ (0.31)   $(0.31)   $34.78   15.83%   $20,464   1.24%   1.40%   0.04%   46%
09/30/19   34.78   0.05   4.96   5.01   (0.02)   (1.15)   (1.17)   38.62   15.32   61,657   1.22   1.37   0.19   25
09/30/20   38.62   0.03(4)   1.25   1.28   (0.26)   (0.89)   (1.15)   38.75   3.30   77,184   1.21   1.30   0.08   18
09/30/21   38.75   (—)(4)   8.20   8.20   (0.13)   (0.70)   (0.83)   46.12   21.33   54,368   1.22   1.25   (0.15)   21(6)
09/30/22   46.12   (0.05)(4)   (6.21)   (6.26)   (0.14)   (1.21)   (1.35)   38.51   (14.12)   37,449   1.23   1.26   (0.11)   15(6)
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $30.81   $0.12(4)   $4.83   $4.95   $(0.07)   $ (0.31)   $(0.38)   $35.38   16.18%   $129,284   0.92%   0.97%   0.36%   46%
09/30/19   35.38   0.15   5.08   5.23   (0.05)   (1.15)   (1.20)   39.41   15.71   245,418   0.91   0.97   0.51   25
09/30/20   39.41   0.15(4)   1.29   1.44   (0.32)   (0.89)   (1.21)   39.64   3.64   1,142,677   0.89(7)   0.89   0.40   18
09/30/21   39.64   0.10(4)   8.46   8.56   (0.16)   (0.70)   (0.86)   47.34   21.80   676,846   0.85(7)   0.84   0.22   21(6)
09/30/22   47.34   0.11(4)   (6.39)   (6.28)   (0.19)   (1.21)   (1.40)   39.66   (13.82)   407,132   0.87   0.87   0.25   15(6)
Class R6
09/30/21(8)   $45.92   $0.07(4)   $1.36   $1.43   $  $  $  $47.35   3.11%(9)   $612,500   0.80%(5)   0.82%(5)   0.27%(5)   21%(6)
09/30/22   47.35   0.14(4)   (6.39)   (6.25)   (0.19)   (1.21)   (1.40)   39.70   (13.76)   598,238   0.81   0.82   0.31   15(6)
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.21% and 1.21%, for Class C was 1.91% and 1.92%, for Class Y was 0.92% and 0.96%, for Class Z was 1.21% and 1.21%, for Institutional Class was 0.85% and 0.84% and for Class R6 was 0.79%, and 0.79% for the years ended September 30, 2022 and 2021.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.21% and 1.22%, for Class C was 1.91% and 1.92%, for Class Y was 0.93% and 0.92%, for Class Z was 1.24% and 1.24%, for Institutional Class was and 0.85% and 0.83% and for Class R6 was 0.80% and 0.81% for the years ended September 30, 2022, and 2021.
(4) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(5) Annualized.
(6) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(7) Net expenses include amounts recouped by the Advisor.
(8) Represents the period from commencement of operations (February 22, 2021) through September 30, 2021.
(9) Not annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $19.36   $0.07   $0.48   $0.55   $(0.06)   $ (1.14)   $(1.20)   $18.71   2.80%   $17,217   1.25%   1.48%   0.32%   31%
09/30/19   18.71   0.12   (0.06)   0.06   (0.10)   (0.76)   (0.86)   17.91   0.81   10,866   1.22   1.53   0.59   34
09/30/20   17.91   0.09   (1.20)   (1.11)   (0.09)     (0.09)   16.71   (6.20)   9,864   1.22   1.59   0.50   37
09/30/21   16.71   0.01(4)   6.93   6.94   (0.03)     (0.03)   23.62   41.59   13,605   1.23   1.55   0.06   33(5)
09/30/22   23.62   0.14(4)   (2.05)   (1.91)   (0.19)   (1.49)   (1.68)   20.03   (9.04)   12,950   1.22   1.44   0.59   27
Class C
09/30/18   $18.94   $(0.13)   $0.53   $0.40   $  $ (1.14)   $(1.14)   $18.20   2.04%   $7,755   2.01%   2.31%   (0.43)%   31%
09/30/19   18.20   (0.12)   0.05   (0.07)     (0.76)   (0.76)   17.37   0.06   5,378   1.97   2.40   (0.17)   34
09/30/20   17.37   (0.24)   (0.96)   (1.20)         16.17   (6.91)   3,296   1.97   2.57   (0.25)   37
09/30/21   16.17   (0.15)(4)   6.71   6.56         22.73   40.57   4,167   1.98   2.36   (0.69)   33(5)
09/30/22   22.73   (0.03)(4)   (1.97)   (2.00)     (1.49)   (1.49)   19.24   (9.73)   4,013   1.97   2.26   (0.16)   27
Class Y
09/30/18   $19.45   $0.11   $0.48   $0.59   $(0.11)   $ (1.14)   $(1.25)   $18.79   3.00%   $337,247   1.00%   1.05%   0.57%   31%
09/30/19   18.79   0.14   (0.04)   0.10   (0.14)   (0.76)   (0.90)   17.99   1.08   286,407   0.97   1.19   0.84   34
09/30/20   17.99   0.12   (1.20)   (1.08)   (0.13)     (0.13)   16.78   (5.97)   299,596   0.97   1.22   0.75   37
09/30/21   16.78   0.07(4)   6.96   7.03   (0.06)     (0.06)   23.75   41.97   400,865   0.98   1.16   0.31   33(5)
09/30/22   23.75   0.20(4)   (2.06)   (1.86)   (0.25)   (1.49)   (1.74)   20.15   (8.81)   349,756   0.97   1.16   0.84   27
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $19.54   $0.12   $0.50   $0.62   $(0.13)   $ (1.14)   $(1.27)   $18.89   3.17%   $431,412   0.87%   0.99%   0.70%   31%
09/30/19   18.89   0.17   (0.04)   0.13   (0.17)   (0.76)   (0.93)   18.09   1.20   453,198   0.84   0.97   0.97   34
09/30/20   18.09   0.15   (1.22)   (1.07)   (0.15)     (0.15)   16.87   (5.86)   370,247   0.84   0.98   0.88   37
09/30/21   16.87   0.10(4)   7.00   7.10   (0.09)     (0.09)   23.88   42.16   456,557   0.85   0.97   0.44   33(5)
09/30/22   23.88   0.23(4)   (2.07)   (1.84)   (0.28)   (1.49)   (1.77)   20.27   (8.68)   395,187   0.84   0.95   0.97   27
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.22%, for Class C was 1.97%, for Class Y was 0.97% and for Institutional Class was 0.84% for the year ended September 30, 2021 .
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.54%, for Class C was 2.35%, for Class Y was 1.15% and for Institutional Class was 0.96% for the year ended September 30, 2021.
(4) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(5) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
loss
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $16.58   $(0.21)   $4.72   $4.51   $ (3.36)   $(3.36)   $17.73   33.03%   $97,583   1.43%   1.43%   (1.28)%   21%(4)
09/30/19   17.73   (0.06)   (0.72)   (0.78)   (3.83)   (3.83)   13.12   (1.75)   89,299   1.44   1.44   (1.23)   25(4)
09/30/20   13.12   (0.11)(5)   6.58   6.47   (2.37)   (2.37)   17.22   58.43   163,697   1.25(6)   1.24   (0.85)   41(4)
09/30/21   17.22   (0.19)(5)   5.43   5.24   (1.85)   (1.85)   20.61   32.30   841,243   1.06(6)   1.06   (0.96)   35(4)(7)
09/30/22   20.61   (0.13)(5)   (10.02)   (10.15)   (2.16)   (2.16)   8.30   (54.73)   319,960   1.13   1.13   (0.98)   45(4)
Class C
09/30/18^   $19.48   $(0.30)   $5.39   $5.09   $ (4.22)   $(4.22)   $20.35   32.11%   $80,444   2.18%   2.19%   (2.03)%   21%(4)
09/30/19^   20.35   (0.64)   (0.43)   (1.07)   (4.81)   (4.81)   14.47   (2.44)   50,079   2.19   2.21   (1.98)   25(4)
09/30/20^   14.47   (0.23)(5)   7.03   6.80   (2.98)   (2.98)   18.29   57.27   36,065   2.01   2.04   (1.56)   41(4)
09/30/21^   18.29   (0.35)(5)   5.67   5.32   (2.32)   (2.32)   21.29   31.14   75,082   1.86   1.87   (1.75)   35(4)(7)
09/30/22^   21.29   (0.23)(5)   (10.05)   (10.28)   (2.71)   (2.71)   8.30   (55.02)   20,623   1.78   1.94   (1.63)   45(4)
Class Y
09/30/18   $17.29   $(0.18)   $4.98   $4.80   $ (3.36)   $(3.36)   $18.73   33.36%   $1,556,324   1.18%(6)   1.17%   (1.03)%   21%(4)
09/30/19   18.73   (0.14)   (0.62)   (0.76)   (3.83)   (3.83)   14.14   (1.45)   1,089,979   1.19(6)   1.18   (0.98)   25(4)
09/30/20   14.14   (0.09)(5)   7.21   7.12   (2.37)   (2.37)   18.89   58.86   1,565,333   1.00(6)   0.99   (0.58)   41(4)
09/30/21   18.89   (0.16)(5)   5.98   5.82   (1.85)   (1.85)   22.86   32.53   1,784,643   0.85   0.85   (0.74)   35(4)(7)
09/30/22   22.86   (0.11)(5)   (11.24)   (11.35)   (2.16)   (2.16)   9.35   (54.59)   613,010   0.88   0.88   (0.72)   45(4)
Class Z
09/30/18   $16.58   $(0.20)   $4.73   $4.53   $ (3.36)   $(3.36)   $17.75   33.10%   $611,071   1.42%   1.47%   (1.27)%   21%(4)
09/30/19   17.75   (0.17)   (0.61)   (0.78)   (3.83)   (3.83)   13.14   (1.69)   458,996   1.43   1.49   (1.22)   25(4)
09/30/20   13.14   (0.11)(5)   6.59   6.48   (2.37)   (2.37)   17.25   58.42   491,741   1.24   1.31   (0.82)   41(4)
09/30/21   17.25   (0.20)(5)   5.43   5.23   (1.85)   (1.85)   20.63   32.17   570,206   1.16(6)   1.16   (1.05)   35(4)(7)
09/30/22   20.63   (0.14)(5)   (10.02)   (10.16)   (2.16)   (2.16)   8.31   (54.73)   203,620   1.18   1.19   (1.03)   45(4)
Institutional Class
09/30/20(8)   $19.81(9)   $(0.01)(5)   $(0.91)   $(0.92)   $  $  $18.89   (4.64)%(10)   $2   0.81%(11)   1,344.66%(11)   (0.81)%(11)   41%(4)
09/30/21   18.89   (0.15)(5)   5.99   5.84   (1.85)   (1.85)   22.88   32.65   2,582,030   0.79(6)   0.79   (0.69)   35(4)(7)
09/30/22   22.88   (0.10)(5)   (11.26)   (11.36)   (2.16)   (2.16)   9.36   (54.58)   839,599   0.82   0.83   (0.67)   45
Class R6
09/30/20(8)   $19.81(9)   $(0.01)(5)   $(0.91)   $(0.92)   $  $  $18.89   (4.64)%(10)   $2   0.75%(11)   3.55%(11)   (0.73)%(11)   41%(4)
09/30/21   18.89   (0.14)(5)   5.98   5.84   (1.85)   (1.85)   22.88   32.65   498,994   0.74   0.75   (0.65)   35(4)(7)
09/30/22   22.88   (0.09)(5)   (11.26)   (11.35)   (2.16)   (2.16)   9.37   (54.58)   270,361   0.76   0.79   (0.61)   45(4)
^ Updated to reflect the effect of a 1 for 0.796098 reverse stock split for Class C shares on October 14, 2022 (See Note 10 in the Notes to Financial Statements). All historical per share information has been retroactively adjusted to reflect this reverse stock split.
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.09%, 1.04%, 1.22%, 1.40% and 1.42%, for Class C was 1.74%, 1.84%, 1.98%, 2.15% and 2.17%, for Class Y was 0.84%, 0.83%, 0.97%, 1.15% and 1.17% and for Class Z was 1.14%, 1.14%, 1.21%, 1.39% and 1.41% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Institutional Class was 0.78%, 0.77% and 0.78% and for Class R6 was 0.72%, 0.72% and 0.72% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.09%, 1.04%, 1.21%, 1.40% and 1.42%, for Class C was 1.90%, 1.85%, 2.01%, 2.17% and 2.18%, for Class Y was 0.84%, 0.83%, 0.96%, 1.14% and 1.16% and for Class Z was 1.15%, 1.14%, 1.28%, 1.45% and 1.46% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively. The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Institutional Class was 0.78%, 0.77% and 0.78% and for Class R6 was 0.72%, 0.72% and 0.72% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(4) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(5) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(6) Net expenses include amounts recouped by the Advisor.
(7) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities by the Touchstone Sands Capital Institutional Growth Fund and the AIG Focused Growth Fund acquired on December 11, 2020 and July 16, 2021, respectively. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(8) Represents the period from commencement of operations (September 1, 2020) through September 30, 2020.
(9) Net asset value at the beginning of period is based on the net asset value of Class Y shares on September 1, 2020.
(10) Not annualized.
(11) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Small Cap Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets(2)
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets(3)
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $17.73   $0.32(4)(5)   $1.52   $1.84   $(0.34)   $ (2.99)   $(3.33)   $16.24   12.14%   $8,142   1.39%   1.65%   1.99%(5)   29%(6)
09/30/19   16.24   (7)   (0.49)   (0.49)     (3.40)   (3.40)   12.35   0.22   3,750   1.39   2.01   0.02   17(6)
09/30/20   12.35   0.01(4)   (0.98)   (0.97)     (1.09)   (1.09)   10.29   (8.92)   4,313   1.27   2.09   0.08   22(6)
09/30/21   10.29   0.05(4)   3.91   3.96     (0.20)   (0.20)   14.05   38.68   5,266   1.27   1.78   0.39   33(6)
09/30/22   14.05   (0.01)(4)   (1.21)   (1.22)   (0.03)   (1.78)   (1.81)   11.02   (10.75)   4,022   1.25   1.77   (0.05)   18(6)
Class C
09/30/18   $16.94   $0.19(4)(5)   $1.45   $1.64   $(0.19)   $ (2.99)   $(3.18)   $15.40   11.33%   $6,299   2.14%   2.40%   1.24%(5)   29%(6)
09/30/19   15.40   (0.10)   (0.49)   (0.59)     (3.40)   (3.40)   11.41   (0.58)   3,356   2.14   2.64   (0.73)   17(6)
09/30/20   11.41   (0.07)(4)   (0.87)   (0.94)     (1.09)   (1.09)   9.38   (9.43)   295   2.02   3.10   (0.68)   22(6)
09/30/21   9.38   (0.04)(4)   3.55   3.51     (0.20)   (0.20)   12.69   37.62   197   2.02   4.51   (0.36)   33(6)
09/30/22   12.69   (0.09)(4)   (1.07)   (1.16)   (0.01)   (1.78)   (1.79)   9.74   (11.45)   162   2.00   6.81   (0.80)   18(6)
Class Y
09/30/18   $17.94   $0.37(4)(5)   $1.53   $1.90   $(0.40)   $ (2.99)   $(3.39)   $16.45   12.44%   $51,218   1.14%   1.17%   2.24%(5)   29%(6)
09/30/19   16.45   0.04   (0.50)   (0.46)     (3.40)   (3.40)   12.59   0.44   34,709   1.14   1.31   0.27   17(6)
09/30/20   12.59   0.04(4)   (1.00)   (0.96)   (0.02)   (1.09)   (1.11)   10.52   (8.65)   35,573   1.02   1.32   0.33   22(6)
09/30/21   10.52   0.09(4)   3.98   4.07   (0.11)   (0.20)   (0.31)   14.28   39.02   49,842   1.02   1.25   0.64   33(6)
09/30/22   14.28   0.02(4)   (1.24)   (1.22)   (0.04)   (1.78)   (1.82)   11.24   (10.58)   53,485   1.00   1.23   0.20   18(6)
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $17.93   $0.38(4)(5)   $1.53   $1.91   $(0.45)   $ (2.99)   $(3.44)   $16.40   12.52%   $93,636   1.06%   1.10%   2.32%(5)   29%(6)
09/30/19   16.40   0.06   (0.51)   (0.45)     (3.40)   (3.40)   12.55   0.54   36,691   1.06   1.20   0.35   17(6)
09/30/20   12.55   0.04(4)   (0.97)   (0.93)   (0.04)   (1.09)   (1.13)   10.49   (8.57)   33,201   0.94   1.21   0.41   22(6)
09/30/21   10.49   0.10(4)   3.97   4.07   (0.13)   (0.20)   (0.33)   14.23   39.13   39,656   0.94   1.16   0.72   33(6)
09/30/22   14.23   0.04(4)   (1.25)   (1.21)   (0.04)   (1.78)   (1.82)   11.20   (10.52)   32,834   0.92   1.14   0.28   18(6)
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) The ratio of net expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.24%, 1.24%, 1.24%, 1.34% and 1.38%, for Class C was 1.99%, 1.99%, 1.99%, 2.09% and 2.13%, for Class Y was 0.99%, 0.99%, 0.99%, 1.09% and 1.13% and for Institutional Class was 0.91%, 0.91%, 0.91%, 1.01% and 1.05% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(3) The ratio of gross expenses to average net assets excluding liquidity provider expenses for Class A was 1.76%, 1.75%, 2.06%, 1.96% and 1.64%, for Class C was 6.80%, 4.48%, 3.07%, 2.59% and 2.39%, for CLass Y was 1.22%, 1.22%, 1.29%, 1.26% and 1.16% and for Institutional Class was 1.12% 1.13%, 1.18%, 1.15% and 1.09% for the years ended September 30, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019 and 2018, respectively.
(4) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
(5) Includes impact of special dividend from Alexander & Baldwin Inc. in January, 2018 as part of the company's conversion to a real estate investment trust. This special dividend enhanced the net investment income per share and ratio of net investment income by $0.34 and 2.10%, respectively, for Class A, Class Y and Institutional Class and by $0.32 and 2.10%, respectively, for Class C.
(6) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(7) Less than $0.005 per share.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Distributions
from realized
capital
gains
  Return of
capital
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $26.06   $0.02   $1.83   $1.85   $(3)   $  $  $(3)   $27.91   7.12%   $83,139   1.38%   1.75%   0.09%   49%(2)(4)
09/30/19   27.91   0.11   (2.29)   (2.18)   (0.03)   (1.70)     (1.73)   24.00   (7.37)   24,389   1.38   1.68   0.19   28
09/30/20   24.00   0.03(5)   (3.34)   (3.31)   (0.04)     (0.02)   (0.06)   20.63   (13.83)   16,552   1.38   1.58   0.12   41
09/30/21   20.63   (—)(5)   11.98   11.98   (0.08)     (0.04)   (0.12)   32.49   57.95   24,620   1.38   1.55   (0.02)   29
09/30/22   32.49   (0.01)(5)   (3.55)   (3.56)   (0.06)     (0.07)   (0.13)   28.80   (11.04)   21,034   1.38   1.57   (0.02)   35
Class C
09/30/18   $25.60   $(0.11)   $1.73   $1.62   $  $  $  $  $27.22   6.29%   $1,433   2.13%   3.66%   (0.66)%   49%(2)(4)
09/30/19   27.22   (0.41)   (1.90)   (2.31)     (1.70)     (1.70)   23.21   (8.07)   788   2.13   3.57   (0.56)   28
09/30/20   23.21   (0.13)(5)   (3.22)   (3.35)   (0.02)     (3)   (0.02)   19.84   (14.46)   453   2.13   4.50   (0.63)   41
09/30/21   19.84   (0.22)(5)   11.50   11.28   (0.04)     (0.02)   (0.06)   31.06   56.81   562   2.13   3.71   (0.77)   29
09/30/22   31.06   (0.24)(5)   (3.38)   (3.62)   (0.03)     (0.03)   (0.06)   27.38   (11.73)   272   2.13   4.21   (0.77)   35
Class Y
09/30/18   $26.14   $0.15   $1.78   $1.93   $(0.11)   $  $  $(0.11)   $27.96   7.41%   $41,365   1.13%   1.71%   0.34%   49%(2)(4)
09/30/19   27.96   0.10   (2.23)   (2.13)   (0.08)   (1.70)     (1.78)   24.05   (7.16)   24,921   1.13   1.30   0.44   28
09/30/20   24.05   0.08(5)   (3.34)   (3.26)   (0.09)     (0.03)   (0.12)   20.67   (13.60)   28,435   1.13   1.31   0.37   41
09/30/21   20.67   0.07(5)   12.01   12.08   (0.09)     (0.05)   (0.14)   32.61   58.32   41,793   1.13   1.26   0.23   29
09/30/22   32.61   0.08(5)   (3.58)   (3.50)   (0.07)     (0.10)   (0.17)   28.94   (10.81)   34,156   1.13   1.27   0.23   35
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $26.14   $0.28   $1.69   $1.97   $(0.17)   $  $  $(0.17)   $27.94   7.53%   $29,279   0.98%   1.27%   0.49%   49%(2)(4)
09/30/19   27.94   0.18   (2.27)   (2.09)   (0.11)   (1.70)     (1.81)   24.04   (6.98)   40,104   0.98   1.17   0.59   28
09/30/20   24.04   0.12(5)   (3.33)   (3.21)   (0.11)     (0.04)   (0.15)   20.68   (13.42)   7,825   0.98   1.19   0.52   41
09/30/21   20.68   0.11(5)   12.03   12.14   (0.10)     (0.05)   (0.15)   32.67   58.59   9,176   0.98   1.25   0.38   29
09/30/22   32.67   0.13(5)   (3.59)   (3.46)   (0.10)     (0.12)   (0.22)   28.99   (10.67)   7,389   0.98   1.26   0.38   35
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) Portfolio turnover excludes securities delivered from processing redemptions-in-kind.
(3) Less than $0.005 per share.
(4) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities of the Touchstone Small Cap Value Opportunities Fund acquired on September 21, 2018. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(5) The net investment income per share was based on average shares outstanding for the period.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund
Period ended   Net
asset
value at
beginning
of period
  Net
investment
income
(loss)
  Net
realized
and
unrealized
gains (losses)
on investments
  Total from
investment
operations
  Distributions
from net
investment
income
  Total
distributions
  Net
asset
value
at end of
period
  Total
return(1)
  Net
assets
at end
of period
(000's)
  Ratio of
net expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio of
gross expenses
to average
net assets
  Ratio
of net
investment
income (loss)
to average
net assets
  Portfolio
turnover
rate
Class A
09/30/18   $9.29   $0.16   $(0.01)   $0.15   $(0.19)   $(0.19)   $9.25   1.50%   $76,623   0.69%   0.81%   1.88%   143%(2)
09/30/19   9.25   0.23   0.04   0.27   (0.23)   (0.23)   9.29   2.95   71,684   0.69   0.80   2.43   91
09/30/20   9.29   0.18   (0.06)   0.12   (0.18)   (0.18)   9.23   1.32   124,233   0.69   0.80   1.84   72
09/30/21   9.23   0.04   0.02   0.06   (0.08)   (0.08)   9.21   0.67   144,172   0.69   0.74   0.40   113
09/30/22   9.21   0.08   (0.15)   (0.07)   (0.13)   (0.13)   9.01   (0.80)   125,115   0.69   0.74   0.81   52
Class C
09/30/18   $9.29   $0.13   $(0.03)   $0.10   $(0.14)   $(0.14)   $9.25   1.00%   $4,492   1.19%   1.67%   1.38%   143%(2)
09/30/19   9.25   0.18   0.04   0.22   (0.18)   (0.18)   9.29   2.45   4,225   1.19   1.71   1.93   91
09/30/20   9.29   0.12   (0.04)   0.08   (0.13)   (0.13)   9.24   0.93   5,276   1.19   1.60   1.33   72
09/30/21   9.24   (0.01)   0.02   0.01   (0.04)   (0.04)   9.21   0.07   4,249   1.19   1.47   (0.10)   113
09/30/22   9.21   0.03   (0.14)   (0.11)   (0.08)   (0.08)   9.02   (1.18)   5,013   1.19   1.48   0.31   52
Class S
09/30/18(3)   $9.29   $0.13   $(0.02)   $0.11   $(0.15)   $(0.15)   $9.25   1.24%(4)   $141,918   0.94%(5)   0.99%(5)   1.63%(5)   143%(2)
09/30/19   9.25   0.21   0.03   0.24   (0.21)   (0.21)   9.28   2.59   135,565   0.94   0.99   2.18   91
09/30/20   9.28   0.12   (0.01)   0.11   (0.16)   (0.16)   9.23   1.18   61,464   0.94   0.99   1.58   72
09/30/21   9.23   0.01   0.03   0.04   (0.06)   (0.06)   9.21   0.42   52,456   0.94   0.99   0.15   113
09/30/22   9.21   0.05   (0.15)   (0.10)   (0.10)   (0.10)   9.01   (1.05)   42,709   0.94   0.99   0.56   52
Class Y
09/30/18   $9.29   $0.20   $(0.03)   $0.17   $(0.21)   $(0.21)   $9.25   1.75%   $262,571   0.44%   0.50%   2.13%   143%(2)
09/30/19   9.25   0.25   0.04   0.29   (0.25)   (0.25)   9.29   3.21   305,997   0.44   0.51   2.68   91
09/30/20   9.29   0.19   (0.05)   0.14   (0.20)   (0.20)   9.23   1.57   292,708   0.44   0.51   2.09   72
09/30/21   9.23   0.06   0.03   0.09   (0.11)   (0.11)   9.21   0.92   296,363   0.44   0.50   0.65   113
09/30/22   9.21   0.10   (0.15)   (0.05)   (0.15)   (0.15)   9.01   (0.55)   250,473   0.44   0.50   1.06   52
Class Z
09/30/18   $9.29   $0.18   $(0.03)   $0.15   $(0.19)   $(0.19)   $9.25   1.50%   $163,898   0.69%   0.78%   1.88%   143%(2)
09/30/19   9.25   0.23   0.04   0.27   (0.23)   (0.23)   9.29   2.95   128,199   0.69   0.77   2.43   91
09/30/20   9.29   0.17   (0.05)   0.12   (0.18)   (0.18)   9.23   1.32   86,018   0.69   0.79   1.83   72
09/30/21   9.23   0.03   0.03   0.06   (0.08)   (0.08)   9.21   0.68   75,058   0.69   0.78   0.40   113
09/30/22   9.21   0.10   (0.17)   (0.07)   (0.13)   (0.13)   9.01   (0.80)   50,209   0.69   0.79   0.81   52
Institutional Class
09/30/18   $9.29   $0.21   $(0.03)   $0.18   $(0.22)   $(0.22)   $9.25   1.80%   $275,561   0.39%   0.46%   2.18%   143%(2)
09/30/19   9.25   0.26   0.03   0.29   (0.26)   (0.26)   9.28   3.17   362,921   0.39   0.46   2.73   91
09/30/20   9.28   0.20   (0.05)   0.15   (0.21)   (0.21)   9.22   1.63   417,011   0.39   0.46   2.13   72
09/30/21   9.22   0.07   0.02   0.09   (0.11)   (0.11)   9.20   0.98   500,705   0.39   0.45   0.70   113
09/30/22   9.20   0.13   (0.18)   (0.05)   (0.15)   (0.15)   9.00   (0.50)   230,153   0.39   0.46   1.11   52
(1) Total returns shown exclude the effect of applicable sales loads and fees. If these charges were included, the returns would be lower.
(2) Portfolio turnover excludes the purchases and sales of securities of the Sentinel Low Duration Bond Fund acquired on October 27, 2017. If these transactions were included, portfolio turnover would have been higher.
(3) Represents the period from commencement of operations (October 27, 2017) through September 30, 2018.
(4) Not annualized.
(5) Annualized.
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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1. Organization
The Touchstone Funds Group Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was established as a Delaware statutory trust pursuant to an Agreement and Declaration of Trust dated October 25, 1993. The Trust consists of the following thirteen funds (individually, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”):
Touchstone Active Bond Fund ("Active Bond Fund”)
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund ("Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund”)
Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (formerly Touchstone Credit Opportunities Fund) ("Ares Credit Opportunities Fund”)
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund ("Dividend Equity Fund”)
Touchstone High Yield Fund ("High Yield Fund”)
Touchstone Impact Bond Fund ("Impact Bond Fund”)
Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund ("International ESG Equity Fund”)
Touchstone Mid Cap Fund ("Mid Cap Fund”)
Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund ("Mid Cap Value Fund”)
Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund ("Sands Capital Select Growth Fund”)
Touchstone Small Cap Fund ("Small Cap Fund”)
Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund ("Small Cap Value Fund”)
Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund ("Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund”)
Each Fund is diversified, with the exception of the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund, the Sands Capital Select Growth Fund and the Small Cap Fund, which are non-diversified.
The Agreement and Declaration of Trust permits the Trust to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest of each Fund. The table below indicates the classes of shares that each Fund is registered to offer:
  Class A Class C Class S Class Y Class Z Institutional
Class
Class R6
Active Bond Fund X X   X   X  
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund       X   X  
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund X X   X   X  
Dividend Equity Fund X X   X   X X
High Yield Fund X X   X   X  
Impact Bond Fund X X   X   X X
International ESG Equity Fund X X   X   X  
Mid Cap Fund X X   X X X X
Mid Cap Value Fund X X   X   X  
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund X X   X X X X
Small Cap Fund X X   X   X  
Small Cap Value Fund X X   X   X  
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund X X X X X X  
The assets of each Fund are segregated, and a shareholder’s interest is limited to the Fund in which shares are held. The Funds’ prospectus provides a description of each Fund’s investment goal, policies, and strategies along with information on the classes of shares currently being offered.
2. Significant Accounting Policies
The following is a summary of the Funds’ significant accounting policies:
Each Fund is an investment company that follows the accounting and reporting guidance of Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 applicable to investment companies.
Security valuation and fair value measurements — U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) defines fair value as the price the Funds would receive to sell an asset or pay to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. All investments in securities are recorded at their fair value. The Funds define the term “market value”, as used throughout this report, as the estimated fair value. The Funds use various methods to measure fair value of
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their portfolio securities on a recurring basis. U.S. GAAP fair value measurement standards require disclosure of a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods. 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.)
•  Level 3 − significant unobservable inputs (including a Fund's own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)
The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
The aggregate value by input level, as of September 30, 2022, for each Fund’s investments, is included in each Fund’s Portfolio of Investments, which also includes a breakdown of the Fund’s investments by geographic, credit quality and/or sector allocation. The Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund and the Impact Bond Fund held Level 3 categorized securities during the year ended September 30, 2022. Refer to the Portfolio of Investments for a reconciliation of Level 3 holdings.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers into or out of an investment’s assigned level within the hierarchy.
The Funds' portfolio securities are valued as of the close of the regular session of trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) (currently 4:00 p.m., Eastern Time or at the time as of which the NYSE establishes official closing prices). Portfolio securities traded on stock exchanges are valued at the last reported sale price, official close price, or last bid price if no sales are reported. Portfolio securities quoted by NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price (“NOCP”) or from the primary exchange on which the security trades. To the extent these securities are actively traded, they are categorized in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Options and futures are valued at the last quoted sales price. If there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, long option positions are valued at the most recent bid price, and short option positions are valued at the most recent ask price on the valuation date and are categorized in Level 1. Shares of mutual funds in which the Funds invest are valued at their respective net asset value (“NAV”) as reported by the underlying funds and are categorized in Level 1.
Debt securities held by the Funds are valued at their evaluated bid by an independent pricing service or at their last broker-quoted bid prices as obtained from one or more of the major market makers for such securities. Independent pricing services use information provided by market makers or estimates of market values through accepted market modeling conventions. Observable inputs to the models may include prepayment speeds, pricing spread, yield, trade information, dealer quotes, market color, cash flow models, the securities’ terms and conditions, among others, and are generally categorized in Level 2. Investments in bank loans are normally valued at the bid quotation obtained from dealers in loans by an independent pricing service in accordance with the Funds' valuation policies and procedures established by Touchstone Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”) and adopted by the Funds' Board of Trustees (the “Board”), and are generally categorized in Level 2. Investments in asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities are valued by independent pricing services using models that consider estimated cash flows of each tranche of the security, establish a benchmark yield and develop an estimated tranche specific spread to the benchmark yield based on the unique attributes of the tranche, and are generally categorized in Level 2. Debt securities with remaining maturities of 60 days or less may be valued at amortized cost, provided such amount approximates market value and are categorized in Level 2. While this method provides consistency in valuation (and may only be used if it approximates market value), it may result in periods during which fair value, as determined by amortized cost, is higher or lower than the price that would be received if the Fund sold the investment.
Foreign currency exchange contracts are valued at the mean between the bid and ask prices and are determined as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE. Interpolated values are derived when the settlement date of the contract is an interim date for which quotations are not available and are categorized in Level 2.
Securities mainly traded on a non-U.S. exchange or denominated in foreign currencies are generally valued according to the preceding closing values on that exchange, translated to U.S. dollars using currency exchange rates as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE, and are generally categorized in Level 1. However, if an event that may change the value of a security occurs after the time that the closing value on the non-U.S. exchange was determined, but before the close of regular trading on the NYSE, the security may be priced based on fair value and is generally categorized in Level 2. This may cause the value of the security, if held on the books of a Fund, to be different from the closing value on the non-U.S. exchange and may affect the calculation of that Fund’s NAV. The Funds may use fair value pricing under the following circumstances, among others:
•  If the value of a security has been materially affected by events occurring before the Funds' pricing time but after the close of the primary markets on which the security is traded.
•  If the exchange on which a portfolio security is principally traded closes early or if trading in a particular portfolio security was halted during the day and did not resume prior to the Funds' NAV calculation.
•  If a security is so thinly traded that reliable market quotations are unavailable due to infrequent trading.
•  If the validity of market quotations is not reliable.
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Securities held by the Funds that do not have readily available market quotations, significant observable inputs, or securities for which the available market quotations are not reliable, are priced at their estimated fair value using procedures established by the Advisor and adopted by the Funds' Board and are generally categorized in Level 3.
Bank Loans – The Active Bond Fund, Ares Credit Opportunities Fund and Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund may invest in bank loans, which usually take the form of loan participations and assignments. Loan participations and assignments are agreements to make money available to U.S. or foreign corporations, partnerships or other business entities (the “Borrower”) in a specified amount, at a specified rate and within a specified time. A loan is typically originated, negotiated and structured by a U.S. or foreign bank, insurance company or other financial institution (the “Agent”) for a group of loan investors (“Loan Investors”). The Agent typically administers and enforces the loan on behalf of the other Loan Investors in the syndicate and may hold any collateral on behalf of the Loan Investors. Such loan participations and assignments are typically senior, secured and collateralized in nature. The Fund records an investment when the Borrower withdraws money and records interest as earned. These loans pay interest at rates which are periodically reset by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread. These base lending rates are generally the prime rate offered by a designated U.S. bank or London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”).
The loans in which the Fund invests may be subject to some restrictions on resale. For example, the Fund may be contractually obligated to receive approval from the Agent and/or Borrower prior to the sale of these investments. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the Borrower. As a result, the Fund assumes the credit risk of the Borrower, the selling participant and any other persons interpositioned between the Fund and the Borrower (“Intermediate Participants”). In the event that the Borrower, selling participant or Intermediate Participants become insolvent or enter into bankruptcy, the Fund may incur certain costs and delays in realizing payment or may suffer a loss of principal and/or interest.
Unfunded commitments represent the remaining obligation of the Fund to the Borrower. At any point in time, up to the maturity date of the issue, the Borrower may demand the unfunded portion. Until demanded by the Borrower, unfunded commitments are not recognized as an asset on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Unrealized appreciation/depreciation on unfunded commitments presented on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities represents fair value of the unfunded portion of the Fund’s bank loans.
As of September 30, 2022, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund had an unfunded loan commitment of $417,768 for TIBCO Software, Second Lien Bridge Loan.  
Collateralized Loan Obligations — The Active Bond Fund, Ares Credit Opportunities Fund and Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund may invest in collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). CLOs are types of asset-backed securities. A CLO is an entity that is backed by syndicated bank loans. The cash flows of the CLO can be split into multiple segments, called “tranches,” which will vary in risk profile and yield. The riskiest segment is the subordinated or “equity” tranche. This tranche bears the greatest risk of defaults from the underlying assets in the CLO and serves to protect the other, more senior, tranches from default in all but the most severe circumstances. Since it is shielded from defaults by the more junior tranches, a “senior” tranche will typically have higher credit ratings and lower yields than their underlying securities, and often receive higher ratings from one or more of the nationally recognized rating agencies. Despite the protection from the more junior tranches, senior tranches can experience substantial losses due to actual defaults, increased sensitivity to future defaults and the disappearance of one or more protecting tranches as a result of changes in the credit profile of the underlying pool of assets.
Investment companies — The Funds may invest in securities of other investment companies, including exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), open-end funds and closed-end funds. Open-end funds are investment companies that issue new shares continuously and redeem shares daily. Closed-end funds are investment companies that typically issue a fixed number of shares that trade on a securities exchange or over-the-counter (“OTC”). An ETF is an investment company that typically seeks to track the performance of an index by holding in its portfolio shares of all the companies, or a representative sample of the companies, that are components of a particular index. ETF shares are traded on a securities exchange based on their market value. The risks of investment in other investment companies typically reflect the risks of the types of securities in which the other investment companies invest. Investments in ETFs and closed-end funds are subject to the additional risk that their shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV. When a Fund invests in another investment company, shareholders of the Fund indirectly bear their proportionate share of the other investment company’s fees and expenses, including operating, registration, trustee, licensing, and marketing, as well as their share of the Fund’s fees and expenses.
Securities sold short — The Funds may engage in selling securities short, which obligates the Fund to replace a security borrowed by purchasing the same security at the current market value. The Fund would incur a loss if the price of the security increases between the date of the short sale and the date on which the Fund replaces the borrowed security. The Fund would realize a gain if the price of the security declines between those dates. As of September 30, 2022, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund had securities sold short as shown on the Portfolio of Investments.
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Options — The Funds may write or purchase financial option contracts primarily to hedge against changes in the value of equity securities (or securities that the Funds intend to purchase), against fluctuations in fair value caused by changes in prevailing market interest rates or foreign currency exchange rates and against changes in overall equity market volatility. In addition, the Funds may utilize options in an attempt to generate gains from option premiums or to reduce overall portfolio risk. The Funds’ option strategy primarily focuses on the use of writing and/or purchasing call or put options on equity indexes. When the Funds write or purchase an option, an amount equal to the premium received or paid by the Funds is recorded as a liability or an asset and is subsequently adjusted to the current market value of the option written or purchased. Premiums received or paid from writing or purchasing options which expire unexercised are treated by the Funds on the expiration date as realized gains or losses. The difference between the premium and the amount paid or received on effecting a closing purchase or sale transaction, including brokerage commissions, is also treated as a realized gain or loss. If an option is exercised, the premium paid or received is added to the cost of the purchase or proceeds from the sale in determining whether the Funds have realized a gain or loss on investment transactions. The Funds, as writer of an option, may have no control over whether the underlying securities may be sold (call) or purchased (put) and as a result bear the market risk of an unfavorable change in the price of the security underlying the written option. The Funds, as purchaser of an option, bear the risk that the counterparties to the option may not have the ability to meet the terms of the option contracts. There is minimal counterparty credit risk involved in entering into option contracts since they are exchange-traded instruments and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded options, guarantees the options against default. The maximum risk of loss associated with writing put options is the notional amount as presented in the Portfolio of Investments. In certain circumstances, the maximum risk of loss amounts may be partially offset by recovery values of the respective referenced assets and upfront premium received upon entering into the contract. The maximum risk of loss associated with writing call options is potentially unlimited. As of September 30, 2022, the Funds did not hold any purchased or written options.
Warrants — The Funds may invest in warrants and stock purchase rights of companies of any market capitalization. A warrant gives the holder the right to buy stock, typically from the issuer. The warrant specifies the amount of underlying stock, the purchase (or "exercise") price, and the date the warrant expires. Certain warrants may permit, without legal obligation, net settlement for stock or cash. The Funds have no obligation to exercise the warrant and buy the stock.
Futures Contracts — The Active Bond Fund and Ares Credit Opportunities Fund may buy and sell futures contracts and related options to manage their exposure to changing interest rates and securities prices. Some strategies reduce a Fund's exposure to price fluctuations, while others tend to increase its market exposure. Futures and options on futures can be volatile instruments and involve certain risks that could negatively impact a Fund's return. When a Fund purchases or sells a futures contract, or sells an option thereon, a Fund must deposit initial margin and, in some instances, daily variation margin, to meet its obligations under a contract with a futures commission merchant.
When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from (or cost of) the closing transactions and the Fund's basis in the contract. Risks of entering into futures contracts include the possibility that a change in the value of the contract may not correlate with the changes in the value of the underlying instruments. Second, it is possible that a lack of liquidity for futures contracts could exist in the secondary market resulting in an inability to close a futures position prior to its maturity date. Third, the purchase of a futures contract involves the risk that the Funds could lose more than the original margin deposit required to initiate the futures transaction. Finally, the risk exists that losses could exceed amounts disclosed on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. There is minimal counterparty credit risk involved in entering into futures contracts since they are exchange-traded instruments and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.
As of September 30, 2022, the Active Bond Fund held futures contracts as shown on the Portfolio of Investments.
Swap Contracts — The Ares Credit Opportunities Fund may enter into swap transactions to help enhance the value of its portfolio or manage its exposure to different types of investments. Swaps are financial instruments that typically involve the exchange of cash flows between two parties on specified dates (settlement dates), where the cash flows are based on agreed-upon prices, rates, indexes, etc. The nominal amount on which the cash flows are calculated is called the notional amount. Swaps are individually negotiated and structured to include exposure to a variety of different types of investments or market factors, such as interest rates, foreign currency rates, mortgage securities, corporate borrowing rates, security prices, indexes or inflation rates.
Swap agreements may increase or decrease the overall volatility of the investments of a Fund and its share price. The performance of swap agreements may be affected by a change in the specific interest rate, currency, or other factors that determine the amounts of payments due to and from a Fund. If a swap agreement calls for payments by a Fund, the Fund must be prepared to make such payments when due. In addition, if the counterparty’s creditworthiness declines, the value of a swap agreement would be likely to decline, potentially resulting in losses.
Generally, bilateral swap agreements and OTC swaps have a fixed maturity date that will be agreed upon by the parties. The agreement can be terminated before the maturity date only under limited circumstances, such as default by one of the parties or insolvency, among others, and can be transferred by a party only with the prior written consent of the other party. The Fund may
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be able to eliminate its exposure under a swap agreement either by assignment or by other disposition, or by entering into an offsetting swap agreement with the same party or a similarly creditworthy party. If the counterparty is unable to meet its obligations under the contract, declares bankruptcy, defaults or becomes insolvent, a Fund may not be able to recover the money it expected to receive under the contract.
Cleared swaps are transacted through futures commission merchants that are members of central clearinghouses with the clearinghouses serving as a central counterparty. Pursuant to rules promulgated under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, central clearing of swap agreements is currently required for certain market participants trading certain instruments, and central clearing for additional instruments is expected to be implemented by regulators until the majority of the swaps market is ultimately subject to central clearing.
Swaps are marked-to-market daily based upon values received from third party vendors or quotations from market makers. For OTC swaps, any upfront premiums paid or received are recorded as assets or liabilities, respectively, and are shown as premium paid on swap agreements or premium received on swap agreements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. For swaps that are centrally cleared, initial margins, determined by each relevant clearing agency or clearing member, are posted at a clearing broker in accordance with CFTC or the applicable regulator's regulations. The change in value of swaps, including accruals of periodic amounts of interest to be paid or received on swaps, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Daily changes in the value of centrally cleared swaps are recorded in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as receivable or payable for variation margin on swap agreements and settled daily. Upfront premiums and liquidation payments received or paid are recorded as realized gains or losses at the termination or maturity of the swap. Net periodic payments received or paid by the Fund are recorded as realized gain or loss.
A swap agreement can be a form of leverage, which can magnify a Fund’s gains or losses. In order to reduce the risk associated with leveraging, the Fund will only enter into a swap agreement subject to the regulatory limitations set forth in Rule 18f-4 under the 1940 Act (the "Derivatives Rule").
As of September 30, 2022 , the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund held swap agreements as shown on the Portfolio of Investments.
Effective August 19, 2022 (the “Compliance Date”), the Derivatives Rule replaced the asset segregation regime of Investment Company Act Release No. 10666 (“Release 10666”) with a new framework for the use of derivatives by registered funds. As of the Compliance Date, the SEC rescinded Release 10666 and withdrew no-action letters and similar guidance addressing a fund's use of derivatives and began requiring funds to satisfy the requirements of the Derivatives Rule. As a result, on or after the Compliance Date, the Funds will no longer engage in “segregation” or “coverage” techniques with respect to derivatives transactions and will instead comply with the applicable requirements of the Derivatives Rule. Centrally-cleared swap contracts are subject to clearinghouse rules, including initial and variation margin requirements, daily settlement of obligations and the clearinghouse guarantee of payments to the broker.
Foreign currency translation — The books and records of the Funds are maintained in U.S. dollars and translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:
(1) market value of investment securities, assets and liabilities at the current rate of exchange on the valuation date; and
(2) purchases and sales of investment securities, income, and expenses at the relevant rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.
The Funds do not isolate that portion of gains and losses on investments in equity securities that is due to changes in the foreign exchange rates from that which is due to changes in market prices of equity securities.
Forward foreign currency contracts — The Active Bond Fund and the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund may enter into forward foreign currency contracts. A forward foreign currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy and sell a specific currency at a price that is set on the date of the contract. The forward contract calls for delivery of the currency on a future date that is specified in the contract. Risks related to the use of forwards include the possible failure of counterparties to meet the terms of the forward agreement, the failure of the counterparties to timely post collateral, the risk that currency movements will not occur thereby reducing a Fund’s total return, and the potential for losses in excess of a Fund’s initial investment.
The market value of a forward foreign currency contract fluctuates with changes in foreign currency exchange rates. Forward foreign currency contracts are marked to market daily and the change in value is recorded by a Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. Realized gains or losses, equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed, are recorded upon delivery or receipt of the currency.
During the year ended September 30, 2022, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund used forward foreign currency contracts to enhance potential gains, hedge against anticipated currency exchange rates, maintain diversity and liquidity of the portfolio and/or adjust exposure to foreign currencies. 
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Real Estate Investment Trusts — The Funds may invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”) that involve risks not associated with investing in stocks. Risks associated with investments in REITs include declines in the value of real estate, general and economic conditions, changes in the value of the underlying property and defaults by borrowers. The value of assets in the real estate industry may go through cycles of relative underperformance and outperformance in comparison to equity securities markets in general. Dividend income is recorded using management’s estimate of the income included in distributions received from REIT investments. The actual amounts of income, return of capital and capital gains are only determined by each REIT after its fiscal year-end and may differ from the estimated amount. Estimates of income are adjusted in the Funds to the actual amounts when the amounts are determined.
Master Limited Partnership — The Funds may invest in Master Limited Partnership (“MLP”) common units that represent limited partnership interests in the MLP. Common units are generally listed and traded on U.S. securities exchanges or OTC with their value fluctuating predominantly based on the success of the MLP. Unlike owners of common stock of a corporation, owners of MLP common units have limited voting rights and have no ability to annually elect directors. MLPs generally distribute all available cash flow (cash flow from operations less maintenance capital expenditures) in the form of quarterly distributions. Common unit holders have first priority to receive quarterly cash distributions up to the minimum quarterly distribution and have arrearage rights. Distributions received from MLPs generally are comprised of income and return of capital. Investment income and return of capital are recorded based on estimates made at the time distributions are received. The actual amounts of income and return of capital are only determined by each MLP after its fiscal year-end and may differ from the estimated amount. Estimates of income are adjusted in the Funds to the actual amounts when the amounts are determined. In the event of liquidation, common unit holders have preference over subordinated units, but not debt holders or preferred unit holders, to the remaining assets of the MLP.
Pay-In-Kind (“PIK”) Bonds — PIK bonds are securities that, at the issuer’s option, pay interest in either cash or additional securities for a specified period. PIK bonds, like zero coupon bonds, are designed to give an issuer flexibility in managing cash flow. PIK bonds are expected to reflect the market value of the underlying debt plus an amount representing accrued interest since the last payment. PIK bonds are usually less volatile than zero coupon bonds, but more volatile than cash pay securities.
Derivative instruments and hedging activities — The Active Bond Fund and the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc. Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement” or “MNA”) or similar agreement with certain counterparties. An ISDA Master Agreement is a bilateral agreement between a Fund and a counterparty that governs OTC derivatives and foreign exchange contracts, and typically contains, among other things, collateral posting terms and master netting provisions in the event of a default or termination. Under an ISDA Master Agreement, a party may, under certain circumstances, offset with the counterparty certain derivative financial instruments’ payables or receivables with collateral held or posted and create one single net payment. The provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement typically permit a single net payment in the event of default (close-out netting). These default events include bankruptcy or insolvency of the counterparty. Note, however, that bankruptcy or insolvency laws of a particular jurisdiction may impose restrictions on or prohibitions against the right of offset.
When entering into a derivative transaction, a Fund may be required to post and maintain collateral or margin (including both initial and variation margin). Collateral and margin requirements differ by type of derivative. Margin requirements are established by the broker or clearing house for exchange-traded and centrally cleared derivatives (financial futures contracts, options, and centrally cleared swaps). Brokers can ask for margining in excess of the clearing house’s minimum in certain circumstances. Collateral terms are contract specific for OTC derivatives (forward foreign currency contracts, options, and swaps). For derivatives traded under an ISDA  Master Agreement, the collateral requirements are typically calculated by netting the marked-to-market amount for each transaction under such agreement and comparing that amount to the value of any collateral currently pledged by the Fund and the counterparty. For financial reporting purposes, cash collateral that has been pledged to cover obligations of the Fund and cash collateral received from the counterparty, if any, are reported separately on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as cash deposits held at prime broker and due to prime broker, respectively. Non-cash collateral pledged by the Fund, if any, is noted in the Portfolio of Investments. To the extent amounts due to the Fund from its counterparties are not fully collateralized, contractually or otherwise, the Fund bears the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance. 
Certain ISDA Master Agreements allow counterparties to OTC derivatives transactions to terminate derivative contracts prior to maturity in the event a Fund’s net assets decline by a stated percentage or the Fund fails to meet the terms of its ISDA Master Agreement, which would cause the Fund (counterparty) to accelerate payment of any net liability owed to the counterparty (Fund).
For financial reporting purposes, the Funds do not offset derivative assets and derivative liabilities that are subject to netting arrangements in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
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As of September 30, 2022, the Funds' assets and liabilities that were subject to a MNA on a gross basis were as follows:
  Assets   Liabilities
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund      
Forwards - Foreign Currency Contracts $—   $133,467
Total $—   $133,467
The following table presents the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund's assets and liabilities net of amounts available for offset under a MNA and net of the related collateral received by the Fund as of September 30, 2022:
Counterparty Derivative
Type
Gross Amount of
Recognized
Liabilities
Gross Amount
Available
for Offset in
Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities
Non-Cash
Collateral
Received
Cash
Collateral
Received
Net Amount(A)
Wells Fargo Forward-Foreign
Currency
Contracts
$(133,467) $— $— $— $(133,467)
(A) Net amount represents the net amount payable to the counterparty in the event of default.
The following table sets forth the fair value of the Funds’ derivative financial instruments by primary risk exposure as of September 30, 2022:
Fund Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC 815
Asset
Derivatives
Liability
Derivatives
Active Bond Fund
Futures Contracts - Interest Rate Contracts*
$174,948 $165,904
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
Forwards - Foreign Currency Contracts**
133,467
 
Swap Agreements - Credit Contracts***
40,777
* Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location: Receivable for variation margin on futures contracts. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the payable/receivable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Includes cumulative appreciation/(depreciation) on futures contracts as reported on the Portfolio of Investments and within the components of net assets section of the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
** Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location: Unrealized depreciation on forward foreign currency contracts.
*** Statements of Assets and Liabilities Location: Receivable for variation margin on swap agreements. Variation margin reported in the Portfolio of Investments and other tables in the Notes to the Financial Statements is the cumulative unrealized appreciation (depreciation).
The following table sets forth the effect of the Funds' derivative financial instruments by primary risk exposure on the Statements of Operations for the year ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments under ASC 815
Realized Gains
(Losses)
on Derivatives
Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
on Derivatives
Active Bond Fund Futures - Interest Rate Contracts* $223,242 $9,044
  Swap Agreements - Credit Contracts** 153,741
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund Purchased Options - Equity Contracts*** (834,230) (1,516)
  Written Options - Equity Contracts**** 259,459 (1,022)
  Forwards - Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts***** 1,363,203 (236,311)
  Swap Agreements - Credit Contracts** (71,238) 97,446
* Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains on futures contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts, respectively.
** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains (losses) on swap agreements and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap agreements, respectively.
*** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains (losses) on investments and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments, respectively.
**** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains on written options and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options, respectively.
***** Statements of Operations Location: Net realized gains on forward foreign currency contracts and net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward foreign currency contracts, respectively.
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For the year ended September 30, 2022, the average quarterly balances of outstanding derivative financial instruments for the Active Bond Fund and Ares Credit Opportunities Fund were as follows:
  Active Bond Fund Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
Equity Contracts:    
Purchased Options - Cost $$147,989
Written Options - Premiums received 4,014
Credit Contracts:    
Credit Default Swaps - Notional value 1,245,140
Forward currency exchange contracts:    
U.S. dollar amount delivered 7,685
U.S. dollar amount received 5,965,464
Interest Rate Contracts:    
Futures Contracts - Notional Value 19,678,660
Portfolio securities loaned — The Funds may lend their portfolio securities. Lending portfolio securities exposes the Funds to the risk that the borrower may fail to return the loaned securities or may not be able to provide additional collateral or that the Funds may experience delays in recovery of the loaned securities or loss of rights in the collateral if the borrower fails financially. To minimize these risks, the borrower must agree to maintain cash collateral with the Funds' custodian. The loaned securities are secured by collateral valued at least equal, at all times, to the  market value of the loaned securities plus accrued interest, if any. When the collateral falls below specified amounts, the lending agent will use its best effort to obtain additional collateral on the next business day to meet required amounts under the security lending agreement. The cash collateral is reinvested by the Funds' custodian into an approved short-term investment vehicle. The approved short-term investment vehicle is subject to market risk.
As of September 30, 2022, the following Funds loaned securities and received collateral as follows:
Fund Security Type Market Value of
Securities Loaned*
Market Value of
Collateral Received**
Net
Amount***
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund Common Stocks $79,170 $83,219 $4,049
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund Corporate Bonds 6,803,566 7,118,869 315,303
  Common Stocks 2,088,371 2,136,996 48,625
Total Ares Credit Opportunities Fund   8,891,937 9,255,865 363,928
High Yield Fund Corporate Bonds 849,473 881,725 32,252
International ESG Equity Fund Common Stocks 715,914 738,513 22,599
Small Cap Fund Common Stocks 2,453,587 2,475,674 22,087
Small Cap Value Fund Common Stocks 632 666 34
* The remaining contractual maturity is overnight for all securities.
** Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
*** Net amount represents the net amount payable due to (received from) the borrower in the event of default.
All cash collateral is received, held, and administered by the Funds' custodian for the benefit of the lending Fund in its custody account or other account established for the purpose of holding collateral in cash equivalents.
Funds participating in securities lending receive compensation in the form of fees. Securities lending income is derived from lending long securities from the Funds to creditworthy approved borrowers at rates that are determined based on daily trading volumes, float, short-term interest rates and market liquidity and is shown net of fees on the Statements of Operations. When a Fund lends securities, it retains the interest or dividends on the investment of any cash received as collateral, and the Fund continues to receive interest or dividends on the loaned securities.
Unrealized gain or loss on the market value of the loaned securities that may occur during the term of the loan is recognized by the Fund. The Fund has the right under the lending agreement to recover any loaned securities from the borrower on demand.
When-issued or delayed delivery transactions — Each Fund may purchase or sell securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. These transactions involve a commitment by the Fund to purchase or sell securities for a predetermined price or yield, with payment and delivery taking place beyond the customary settlement period. When purchasing a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Fund assumes the rights and risks of ownership of the security, including the risk of price and yield fluctuations, and takes such fluctuations into account when determining NAV. The Fund may dispose of or renegotiate a delayed delivery transaction after it is entered into, and may sell when-issued securities before they are delivered, which may result in a capital gain or loss. When the Fund has sold a security on a delayed delivery basis, the Fund does not participate in future gains and losses with respect to the security. When-issued or delayed delivery transactions physically settling within 35-days are deemed not to involve a senior security. When-
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issued or delayed delivery transactions that do not physically settle within 35-days are required to be treated as derivatives transactions in compliance with the Derivatives Rule.
Share valuation — The NAV per share of each class of shares of each Fund is calculated daily by dividing the total value of a Fund’s assets attributable to that class, less liabilities attributable to that class, by the number of outstanding shares of that class.
The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares of the equity funds (all of the Funds except the Active Bond Fund, Ares Credit Opportunities Fund, High Yield Fund, Impact Bond Fund and Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund) is equal to the NAV per share plus a sales load equal to 5.26% of the NAV (or 5.00% of the offering price). The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares of the Active Bond Fund, Ares Credit Opportunities Fund, High Yield Fund and Impact Bond Fund is equal to the NAV per share plus a sales load equal to 3.36% of the NAV (or 3.25% of the offering price). The maximum offering price per share of Class A shares of the Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund is equal to the NAV per share plus sales load equal to 2.04% of the NAV (or 2.00% of the offering price). There is no sales load on equity or fixed income fund purchases when aggregate purchases in all Touchstone funds equal at least $1 million or $500,000, respectively. The maximum offering price per share of Classes C, S, Y, Z, Institutional Class and R6 shares of the Funds is equal to the NAV per share.
The redemption price per share of each class of shares of the Funds is generally equal to the NAV per share. However, Class A redemptions that were part of a no-load purchase due to the aggregate purchase amount in all Touchstone Funds equaling at least $1 million for equity funds or $500,000 for fixed income funds where a Finder’s Fee was paid may be subject to a contingent deferred sales charge (“CDSC”) of up to 1.00% or 0.50%, for equity or fixed income funds, respectively, if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. Additionally, purchases of Class C shares of the Funds are subject to a CDSC of 1.00% if redeemed within a one-year period from the date of purchase. The CDSC will be assessed on an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the NAV at the time of purchase of the shares being redeemed or (2) the NAV of such shares being redeemed.
Investment income — Dividend income from securities is recognized on the ex-dividend date, net of foreign withholding taxes, if any, which are reduced by any amounts reclaimable by the Funds, where applicable. Interest income from securities is recorded on the basis of interest accrued, premium amortized and discount accreted. Realized gains and losses resulting from principal paydowns on mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities are included in interest income. Market discounts, original issue discounts and market premiums on debt securities are accreted/amortized to interest income over the life of the security or to the appropriate call date, as applicable, with a corresponding adjustment in the cost basis of that security. In addition, it is the Funds’ policy to accrue for foreign capital gains taxes, if applicable, on certain foreign securities held by the Funds. An estimated foreign capital gains tax is recorded daily on net unrealized gains on these securities and is payable upon the sale of such securities when a gain is realized.
Distributions to shareholders — Each Fund intends to distribute to its shareholders substantially all of its income and capital gains. The Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund, International ESG Equity Fund, Mid Cap Fund, Sands Capital Select Growth Fund, and Small Cap Fund distribute their income, if any, annually, as a dividend to shareholders. The Dividend Equity Fund, Mid Cap Value Fund, and Small Cap Value Fund declare and distribute their income, if any, quarterly, as a dividend to shareholders. Prior to April 1, 2022, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund distributed its income, if any, quarterly, as a dividend to shareholders. Beginning April, 2022, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund distributes its income, if any, monthly, as a dividend to shareholders. The Active Bond Fund, High Yield Fund and Impact Bond Fund declare and distribute their income, if any, monthly, as a dividend to shareholders. The Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund declares its income, if any, daily, and distributes such income monthly, as a dividend to shareholders. Each Fund makes distributions of capital gains, if any, at least annually, net of applicable capital loss carryforwards. Income distributions and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations. Recognition of the Funds' net investment income from investments in underlying funds is affected by the timing of dividend declarations by the underlying funds.
Allocations — Investment income earned, realized capital gains and losses, and unrealized appreciation and depreciation for a Fund are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon its proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Class-specific expenses are charged directly to the class incurring the expense. Common expenses, which are not attributable to a specific class, are allocated daily to each class of shares based upon their proportionate share of total net assets of the Fund. Expenses not directly billed to a Fund are allocated proportionally among all Funds in the Trust, and, if applicable, Touchstone ETF Trust, Touchstone Strategic Trust and Touchstone Variable Series Trust (collectively with the Trust, “Touchstone Fund Complex”), daily in relation to net assets of each Fund or another reasonable measure.
Security transactions — Security transactions are reflected for financial reporting purposes as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses on sales of portfolio securities are calculated using the identified cost basis.
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Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
LIBOR Transition — Many debt securities, derivatives and other financial instruments in which the Funds may invest, as well as any borrowings made by the Funds from banks or from other lenders, utilize the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) as the reference or benchmark index for interest rate calculations. LIBOR is a measure of the average interest rate at which major global banks can borrow from one another. Plans are underway to phase out the use of LIBOR by June 30, 2023. The ICE Benchmark Administration Limited, the administrator of LIBOR, ceased publishing certain LIBOR maturities, including some U.S. LIBOR maturities, on December 31, 2021, and is expected to cease publishing the remaining and most liquid U.S. LIBOR maturities on June 30, 2023. Before then, it is expected that market participants have or will transition to the use of different reference or benchmark indices. However, there is currently no definitive information regarding the future utilization of LIBOR or of any particular replacement index. As such, the potential effect of a transition away from LIBOR on the Funds’ investments cannot yet be determined.
3. Investment Transactions
Investment transactions (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) were as follows for the year ended September 30, 2022:
  Active
Bond
Fund
Anti-
Benchmark®
International
Core Equity
Fund
Ares
Credit
Opportunities
Fund
Dividend
Equity
Fund
High Yield
Fund
Purchases of investment securities $110,996,084 $14,626,593 $254,660,562 $384,959,920 $65,807,136
Proceeds from sales and maturities $117,870,371 $39,349,777 $201,987,657 $1,133,991,340 $83,273,816
  Impact
Bond
Fund
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Mid Cap
Fund*
Mid Cap
Value
Fund
Sands Capital
Select Growth
Fund*
Purchases of investment securities $104,999,789 $19,123,531 $1,005,795,977 $234,021,658 $1,879,409,309
Proceeds from sales and maturities $23,317,295 $11,152,344 $658,902,999 $265,033,684 $1,928,280,989
  Small Cap
Fund*
Small Cap
Value
Fund
Ultra Short
Duration Fixed
Income Fund
Purchases of investment securities $27,687,333 $25,536,575 $425,791,001
Proceeds from sales and maturities $16,814,902 $30,605,539 $709,580,612
* Mid Cap Fund, Sands Capital Select Growth Fund and Small Cap Fund had redemptions-in-kind out of the Fund of $460,557,327, $771,319,894 and $6,931,783, respectively. The redemptions were comprised of securities in the amount of $389,883,890, $711,270,580 and $5,450,274, which is excluded from the proceeds from sales and maturities, and cash in the amount of $70,673,437, $60,049,314 and $1,481,509 for the Mid Cap Fund, Sands Capital Select Growth Fund and Small Cap Fund, respectively.
For the year ended September 30, 2022, purchases and proceeds from sales and maturities in U.S. Government Securities were $412,609,592 and $450,564,711, respectively, for the Active Bond Fund, $102,871,908 and $60,031,556, respectively, for the Impact Bond Fund and $3,304,894 and $18,898,842, respectively, for the Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund. There were no purchases or proceeds from sales and maturities of U.S. Government Securities by the remaining Funds for the year ended September 30, 2022.
4. Transactions with Affiliates and Other Related Parties
Certain officers of the Trust are also officers of the Advisor, Touchstone Securities, Inc. (the “Underwriter”), or The Bank of New York Mellon (“BNY Mellon”), the Sub-Administrator to the Funds. Such officers receive no compensation from the Trust. The Advisor and the Underwriter are each wholly-owned subsidiaries of Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc. ("Western & Southern").
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On behalf of the Funds, the Advisor pays each Independent Trustee a quarterly retainer plus additional retainers to the Lead Independent Trustee and the chairs of each standing committee. Interested Trustees do not receive compensation from the Funds. Each Independent Trustee also receives compensation for each Board meeting and committee meeting attended. Each standing committee chair receives additional compensation for each committee meeting that he or she oversees. The Advisor is reimbursed by the Funds for the Independent Trustees’ compensation and out-of-pocket expenses relating to their services. The Funds accrued Trustee-related expenses of $362,583 for the Funds’ Board for the year ended September 30, 2022.
MANAGEMENT & EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENTS
The Advisor provides general investment supervisory services for the Funds, under the terms of an advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”). Under the Advisory Agreement, each Fund pays the Advisor a fee, which is computed and accrued daily and paid monthly, at an annual rate based on average daily net assets of each Fund as shown in the table below.
Active Bond Fund* 0.38% on the first $200 million
0.30% on such assets over $200 million
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 0.45% on the first $1 billion
0.40% on such assets over $1 billion
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 0.60%
Dividend Equity Fund 0.55% on the first $1 billion
0.50% on such assets over $1 billion
High Yield Fund 0.60% on the first $50 million
0.50% on the next $250 million
0.45% on such assets over $300 million
Impact Bond Fund 0.30% on the first $200 million
0.225% on such assets over $200 million
International ESG Equity Fund 0.65% on the first $1 billion
0.60% on such assets over $1 billion
Mid Cap Fund 0.80% on the first $1 billion
0.70% on the next $500 million
0.60% on such assets over $1.5 billion
Mid Cap Value Fund 0.75%
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 0.70% on the first $1 billion
0.65% on the next $500 million
0.60% on the next $500 million
0.55% on such assets over $2 billion
Small Cap Fund 0.85% on the first $250 million
0.80% on the next $250 million
0.70% on such assets over $500 million
Small Cap Value Fund 0.85%
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 0.25%
* Prior to January 1, 2022, the Fund paid 0.40% on the first $300 million and 0.35% on such assets over $300 million.
The Advisor has entered into investment sub-advisory agreements with the following parties (each, a “Sub-Advisor”):
Ares Capital Management II LLC The London Company
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund Mid Cap Fund
EARNEST Partners LLC Small Cap Fund
Impact Bond Fund Rockefeller & Co. LLC
Fort Washington Investment Advisors, Inc.* International ESG Equity Fund
Active Bond Fund Sands Capital Management, LLC
Dividend Equity Fund Sands Capital Select Growth Fund
High Yield Fund TOBAM S.A.S.
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund
Leeward Investments, LLC**  
Mid Cap Value Fund  
Small Cap Value Fund  
*Affiliate of the Advisor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Western & Southern.
**Prior to March 1, 2022, the sub-advisor was LMCG Investments, LLC.
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The Advisor pays sub-advisory fees to each Sub-Advisor from its advisory fee.
The Advisor entered into an expense limitation agreement (the “Expense Limitation Agreement”) to contractually limit the annual operating expenses of the Funds, excluding: dividend and interest expenses relating to short sales; interest; taxes; brokerage commissions and other transaction costs; portfolio transaction and investment related expenses, including expenses associated with the Funds’ liquidity providers; other expenditures which are capitalized in accordance with U.S. GAAP; the cost of “Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses”, if any; and other extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of business. The maximum annual operating expense limit in any year with respect to the Funds is based on a percentage of the average daily net assets of the Funds. The Advisor has agreed to waive a portion of its fees, and to reimburse certain fund expenses in order to maintain the following expense limitations for the Funds:
  Class A Class C Class S Class Y Class Z Institutional
Class
Class R6 Termination Date
Active Bond Fund* 0.83% 1.56% 0.58% 0.50% July 29, 2023
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 0.69% 0.59% January 29, 2023
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 1.03% 1.43% 0.83% 0.73% July 29, 2023
Dividend Equity Fund 0.99% 1.69% 0.77% 0.67% 0.65% July 29, 2023
High Yield Fund 1.05% 1.80% 0.80% 0.72% January 29, 2023
Impact Bond Fund 0.76% 1.51% 0.51% 0.41% 0.37% January 29, 2023
International ESG Equity Fund 1.17% 1.95% 0.90% 0.89% January 29, 2023
Mid Cap Fund 1.21% 1.96% 0.96% 1.21% 0.89% 0.79% January 29, 2023
Mid Cap Value Fund 1.22% 1.97% 0.97% 0.84% January 29, 2023
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 1.13% 1.74% 0.90% 1.14% 0.78% 0.72% July 29, 2023
Small Cap Fund 1.24% 1.99% 0.99% 0.91% January 29, 2023
Small Cap Value Fund 1.38% 2.13% 1.13% 0.98% January 29, 2023
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 0.69% 1.19% 0.94% 0.44% 0.69% 0.39% January 29, 2023
* Prior to January 1, 2022, the expense limitation for Class A shares was 0.90%, Class C shares was 1.63%, Class Y shares was 0.65% and Institutional Class was 0.57%.
The Expense Limitation Agreement can be terminated by a vote of the Funds’ Board if it deems the termination to be beneficial to the Funds’ shareholders.
During the year ended September 30, 2022, the Advisor or its affiliates waived or reimbursed investment advisory fees, administration fees or other operating expenses, including distribution fees of the Funds, as follows:
Fund Investment
Advisory
Fees Waived
Administration
Fees Waived
Other Operating
Expenses
Reimbursed/
Waived
Total
Active Bond Fund $$44,481 $245,185 $289,666
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 13,662 23,173 133,954 170,789
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 36,779 578,869 615,648
Dividend Equity Fund 69 692,715 692,784
High Yield Fund 58,224 105,534 163,758
Impact Bond Fund 45,840 190,562 236,402
International ESG Equity Fund 32,563 112,750 145,313
Mid Cap Fund 43,651 34,085 77,736
Mid Cap Value Fund 285,210 1,007,921 1,293,131
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 112,083 370,154 482,237
Small Cap Fund 93,615 144,472 238,087
Small Cap Value Fund 17,758 119,813 137,571
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 72,892 513,857 586,749
Under the terms of the Expense Limitation Agreement, the Advisor is entitled to recover, subject to approval by the Funds’ Board, such amounts waived or reimbursed for a period of up to three years from the date on which the Advisor reduced its compensation or assumed expenses for the Funds. A Fund will make repayments to the Advisor only if such repayment does not cause the Fund's operating expenses (after the repayment is taken into account) to exceed the Fund's expense limit in place when such amounts were waived or reimbursed by the Advisor and the Fund's current expense limitation.
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As of September 30, 2022, the Advisor may seek recoupment of previously waived fees and reimbursed expenses as follows:
Fund Expires on
or before
September 30, 2023
Expires on
or before
September 30, 2024
Expires on
or before
September 30, 2025
Total
Active Bond Fund $170,804 $91,314 $129,291 $391,409
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 141,795 157,113 170,789 469,697
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 229,289 179,639 220,343 629,271
Dividend Equity Fund 2,947 15,147 18,094
High Yield Fund 85,080 72,946 124,409 282,435
Impact Bond Fund 247,247 185,879 199,976 633,102
International ESG Equity Fund 141,782 110,488 107,560 359,830
Mid Cap Fund 85,991 7,225 77,736 170,952
Mid Cap Value Fund 1,340,628 1,228,808 1,249,338 3,818,774
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 290,944 17,026 415,611 723,581
Small Cap Fund 218,366 217,704 223,917 659,987
Small Cap Value Fund 142,724 78,571 88,081 309,376
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 615,640 480,103 473,831 1,569,574
For the year ended September 30, 2022, the Advisor recouped previously waived fees or reimbursed expenses from the Mid Cap Fund of $198,256.
ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT
The Advisor entered into an Administration Agreement with the Trust, whereby the Advisor is responsible for: supplying executive and regulatory compliance services; supervising the preparation of tax returns; coordinating the preparation of reports to shareholders and reports to and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") and state securities authorities, as well as materials for meetings of the Board; calculating the daily NAV per share; and maintaining the financial books and records of each Fund.
For its services, the Advisor’s annual administrative fee is:
0.145% on the first $20 billion of the aggregate average daily net assets;
0.11% on the next $10 billion of aggregate average daily net assets;
0.09% on the next $10 billion of aggregate average daily net assets; and
0.07% on the aggregate average daily net assets over $40 billion.
The fee is computed and allocated among the Touchstone Fund Complex on the basis of relative daily net assets and is included in Administration Fees on Statement of Operations.
The Advisor has engaged BNY Mellon as the Sub-Administrator to the  Trust. BNY  Mellon provides administrative and accounting services to the Trust and is compensated directly by the Advisor, not the Trust.
TRANSFER AGENT AGREEMENT
Under the terms of the Transfer Agent Agreement between the Trust and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. ("Transfer Agent"), the Transfer Agent to the Funds maintains the records of each shareholder’s account, answers shareholders’ inquiries concerning their accounts, processes purchases and redemptions of each Fund’s shares, acts as dividend and distribution disbursing agent, and performs other shareholder service functions. For these services, the Transfer Agent receives a monthly fee from each Fund. In addition, each Fund pays out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Transfer Agent, including, but not limited to, postage and supplies.
The Funds may reimburse the Advisor for fees paid to intermediaries such as banks, broker-dealers, financial advisors or other financial institutions for sub-transfer agency, sub-administration and other services provided to investors whose shares of record are held in omnibus, other group accounts, retirement plans or accounts traded through registered securities clearing agents. These fees, which are included in Transfer Agent fees in the Statements of Operations, may vary based on, for example, the nature of services provided, but generally range up to 0.15% of the assets of the class serviced or maintained by the intermediary or up to $22 per sub-account maintained by the intermediary.
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PLANS OF DISTRIBUTION AND SHAREHOLDER SERVICING FEE ARRANGEMENTS
The Trust has adopted distribution plans pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act for each class of shares it offers that is subject to 12b-1 distribution fees. The plans allow each Fund to pay distribution and other fees for the sale and distribution of its shares and for services provided to shareholders. The fees charged to the Funds are limited to the actual expenses incurred. Under the Class A plan, the Funds pay an annual fee of up to 0.25% of average daily net assets that are attributable to Class A shares. Under the Class C plan, each Fund offering Class C shares (except the Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund) pays an annual fee not to exceed 1.00% of average daily net assets that are attributable to Class C shares (of which up to 0.75% is a distribution fee and up to 0.25% is a shareholder servicing fee). The Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund has limited the amount of the 12b-1 fees for Class C shares to 0.75% of average daily net assets. Under the Class S plan, the Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund pays an annual shareholder servicing fee not to exceed 0.50% of average daily net assets that are attributable to Class S shares (of which up to 0.25% is a distribution fee and up to 0.25% is a shareholder servicing fee). Under the Class Z plan, each Fund offering Class Z shares pays an annual shareholder servicing fee not to exceed 0.25% of average daily net assets that are attributable to Class Z shares owned by investors for which the shareholder servicing agent maintains a servicing relationship.
UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT
The Underwriter is the Funds’ principal underwriter and, as such, acts as exclusive agent for distribution of the Funds’ shares. Under the terms of the Underwriting Agreement between the  Trust and the Underwriter, the Underwriter earned underwriting and broker commissions on the sale of Class A shares of the Funds. W&S Brokerage Services, Inc., an affiliate of the Underwriter and the Advisor, also earned broker commissions on the sale of Class A shares of the Funds. Listed below are the total underwriting and broker commissions earned by the Underwriter and its affiliate during the year ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Amount
Active Bond Fund $ 10,612
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 5,827
Dividend Equity Fund 29,915
High Yield Fund 1,724
Impact Bond Fund 780
International ESG Equity Fund 1,226
Mid Cap Fund 11,614
Mid Cap Value Fund 1,929
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 25,019
Small Cap Fund 922
Small Cap Value Fund 795
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 2,028
In addition, the Underwriter collected CDSC on the redemption of Class A and Class C shares of the Funds listed below during the year ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Class A Class C
Active Bond Fund $ 2,523 $ 195
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund 374
Dividend Equity Fund 20 2,251
Mid Cap Fund 20 369
Mid Cap Value Fund 54
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 142 3,097
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund 347
INTERFUND TRANSACTIONS
Pursuant to Rule 17a-7 under the 1940 Act, the Funds may engage in purchase and sale transactions with funds that have a common investment advisor (or affiliated investment advisors), common Trustees and/or common Officers. During the year ended September 30, 2022, the Ares Credit Opportunities Fund had purchases and sales under Rule 17a-7 of $1,602,886 and $694,919 respectively.
5. Liquidity
ReFlow Fund LLC — The Funds may participate in the ReFlow Fund LLC liquidity program (“ReFlow”), which is designed to provide an alternative liquidity source for funds experiencing redemptions. In order to pay cash to shareholders who redeem their shares on a given day, a fund typically must hold cash in its portfolio, liquidate portfolio securities, or borrow money. ReFlow provides participating funds with another source of cash by standing ready to purchase shares from a fund up to the amount of the fund’s net redemptions on a given day, cumulatively limited to 3% of the outstanding voting shares of a Fund. ReFlow then generally redeems those shares (in cash or in-kind) when the Fund experiences net sales, at the end of a maximum holding period
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determined by ReFlow, or at other times at ReFlow’s discretion. In return for this service, the Fund will pay a fee to ReFlow at a rate determined by a daily auction with other participating mutual funds.
During the year ended September 30, 2022, the following Funds utilized ReFlow. The shares ReFlow subscribed to and redemptions-in-kind were as follows:
Fund Shares ReFlow
Subscribed to
Redemptions-in-kind
Mid Cap Fund 9,862,620 $ 389,883,890
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 64,403,324 711,270,580
Small Cap Fund 330,089 5,450,274
Interfund Lending — Pursuant to an Exemptive Order issued by the SEC on March 28, 2017, the Funds, along with certain other funds in the Touchstone Fund Complex, may participate in an interfund lending program. The interfund lending program provides an alternate credit facility that allows the Funds to lend to or borrow from other participating funds in the Touchstone Fund Complex, subject to the conditions of the Exemptive Order. The Funds may not borrow under the facility for leverage purposes and the loans’ duration may be no more than 7 days.
During the year ended September 30, 2022, the following Funds participated as lenders in the interfund lending program. The daily average amount loaned, weighted average interest rate and interest income were as follows:
Fund Daily Average
Amount Loaned
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
Interest
Income*
Mid Cap Fund $ 448,971 1.11% $ 4,276
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund $ 317,641 0.68% $ 2,174
* Included in Interest in the Statements of Operations.
During the year ended September 30, 2022, the following Funds participated as borrowers in the interfund lending program. The daily average amount borrowed, weighted average interest rate and interest expense were as follows:
Fund Daily Average
Amount Borrowed
Weighted Average
Interest Rate
Interest
Expense*
Active Bond Fund $ 16,354 1.39% $ 212
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund $ 16,247 0.68% $ 111
Dividend Equity Fund $ 14,740 1.13% $ 176
High Yield Fund $ 84,263 1.29% $ 826
Mid Cap Value Fund $ 14,404 0.89% $ 130
* Included in Other expenses in the Statements of Operations.
6. Federal Tax Information
Federal Income Tax — It is each Fund’s policy to continue to comply with the special provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies. As provided therein, in any fiscal year in which a Fund so qualifies and distributes at least 90% of its investment company taxable income, the Fund (but not the shareholders) will be relieved of federal income tax on the income distributed. It is each Fund’s policy to distribute all of its taxable and tax-exempt income and accordingly, no provision for income taxes has been made.
In order to avoid imposition of the excise tax applicable to regulated investment companies, it is also each Fund’s intention to declare and pay as dividends in each calendar year at least 98% of its investment company taxable income (earned during the calendar year) and 98.2% of its net realized capital gains (earned during the twelve months ending October 31) plus undistributed amounts from prior years.
The tax character of distributions paid for the years or periods ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021 for all Funds except for the Dividend Equity Fund, which is for the year ended September 30, 2022, the eleven months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended October 31, 2020, are as follows:
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  Active Bond Fund Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund Ares Credit Opportunities Fund
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
From ordinary income $9,708,614 $8,289,924 $1,160,407 $718,958 $22,601,443 $7,374,305
From long-term capital gains 2,489,990
From return of capital 461,802
Total distributions $9,708,614 $8,289,924 $3,650,397 $718,958 $23,063,245 $7,374,305
  Dividend Equity Fund
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Eleven Months Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
October 31,
2020
From ordinary income $62,270,650 $87,137,356 $550,058,395
From long-term capital gains 58,114,891 1,447,901
Total distributions $120,385,541 $88,585,257 $550,058,395
  High Yield Fund Impact Bond Fund International ESG Equity Fund
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
From ordinary income $5,521,170 $8,886,935 $10,778,441 $7,703,948 $422,795 $128,987
From long-term capital gains 1,825,103
Total distributions $5,521,170 $8,886,935 $10,778,441 $7,703,948 $2,247,898 $128,987
  Mid Cap Fund Mid Cap Value Fund Sands Capital Select Growth Fund
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
From ordinary income $78,196,511 $51,726,485 $18,385,395 $3,019,722 $59,079,674 $
From long-term capital gains 59,498,683 36,196,104 46,436,919 552,873,038 227,023,467
Total distributions $137,695,194 $87,922,589 $64,822,314 $3,019,722 $611,952,712 $227,023,467
  Small Cap Fund Small Cap Value Fund Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund
  Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
Year Ended
September 30,
2022
Year Ended
September 30,
2021
From ordinary income $1,344,611 $807,183 $160,439 $114,334 $13,644,637 $11,769,916
From long-term capital gains 10,677,181 1,317,935
From return of capital 210,519 105,494
Total distributions $12,021,792 $2,125,118 $370,958 $219,828 $13,644,637 $11,769,916
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The following information is computed on a tax basis for each item as of September 30, 2022:
  Active Bond
Fund
Anti-Benchmark®
International Core Equity
Fund
Ares
Credit
Opportunities
Fund
Dividend
Equity
Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments $308,319,392 $10,648,520 $320,043,483 $3,011,865,719
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments 500,418 621,448 1,321,437 153,368,605
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments (42,848,352) (2,619,850) (43,306,874) (516,513,247)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (42,347,934) (1,998,402) (41,985,437) (363,144,642)
Gross unrealized appreciation on short sales, derivatives and foreign currency transactions 12 227,727
Gross unrealized depreciation on derivatives and foreign currency transactions (7) (8,690) (134,303)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on short sales and foreign currency transactions (7) (8,678) 93,424
Capital loss carryforwards (107,111,541) (63,475,006)
Qualified late year losses (1,380,592)
Undistributed ordinary income 395,445 267,315 75,002,463
Undistributed capital gains 26,368,912
Other temporary differences (3,055)
Accumulated earnings (deficit) $(149,067,092) $(3,120,357) $(105,367,019) $(261,773,267)
  High Yield
Fund
Impact Bond
Fund
International
ESG Equity
Fund
Mid Cap
Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments $121,153,260 $543,421,983 $33,729,349 $3,805,759,773
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments 125,934 72,029 2,842,177 548,112,972
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments (18,755,925) (65,406,774) (7,697,200) (344,328,397)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (18,629,991) (65,334,745) (4,855,023) 203,784,575
Gross unrealized appreciation on foreign currency transactions 1
Gross unrealized depreciation on foreign currency transactions (3,986)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on foreign currency transactions 1 (3,986)
Capital loss carryforwards (15,689,200) (8,542,672) (1,250,666)
Undistributed ordinary income 53,721 818,456 722,093
Undistributed capital gains 1,822,044
Accumulated earnings (deficit) $(34,265,470) $(73,058,960) $(5,387,582) $205,606,619
  Mid Cap
Value Fund
Sands Capital
Select Growth Fund
Small Cap
Fund
Small Cap
Value Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments $662,106,684 $2,119,629,746 $86,134,332 $55,903,989
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments 167,799,186 525,682,972 16,130,692 13,154,806
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments (64,741,308) (386,652,124) (9,343,754) (6,173,554)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments 103,057,878 139,030,848 6,786,938 6,981,252
Capital loss carryforwards (7,564,357)
Qualified late year losses (571,449,683)
Undistributed ordinary income 118,923 493,679
Undistributed capital gains 35,711,291 1,240,705
Accumulated earnings (deficit) $138,888,092 $(432,418,835) $8,521,322 $(583,105)
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  Ultra Short
Duration Fixed
Income Fund
Tax cost of portfolio investments $718,233,045
Gross unrealized appreciation on investments 587,590
Gross unrealized depreciation on investments (16,534,659)
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments (15,947,069)
Capital loss carryforwards (110,201,636)
Undistributed ordinary income 529,879
Other temporary differences (184,609)
Accumulated earnings (deficit) $(125,803,435)
The difference between the tax cost of portfolio investments and the financial statement cost is primarily due to wash sale loss deferrals, investments in passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) adjustments, regulated investment company adjustments, taxable interest on defaulted securities, amortization adjustments on bonds and certain timing differences in the recognition of capital losses under income tax regulations and U.S. GAAP.
As of September 30, 2022, the Funds had the following capital loss carryforwards for federal income tax purposes:
Fund No Expiration
Short Term
No Expiration
Long Term
Total
Active Bond Fund* $ 60,739,139 $ 46,372,402 $ 107,111,541
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund* 9,747,722 53,727,284 63,475,006
High Yield Fund 1,273,520 14,415,680 15,689,200
Impact Bond Fund 565,256 7,977,416 8,542,672
International ESG Equity Fund 849,977 400,689 1,250,666
Small Cap Value Fund 6,261,517 1,302,840 7,564,357
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund* 36,923,149 73,278,487 110,201,636
* Future utilization is limited under current tax law.
The capital loss carryforwards may be utilized in future years to offset net realized capital gains, if any, prior to distributing such gains to shareholders.
During the year ended September 30, 2022, the following Funds utilized capital loss carryforwards:
Fund Utilized
Small Cap Value Fund $ 6,234,265
The Funds have analyzed their tax positions taken or to be taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended September 30, 2019 through 2022) and have concluded that no provision for income tax is required in their financial statements.
Certain reclassifications, the result of permanent differences between financial statement and income tax reporting requirements, have been made to the components of capital as presented on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. These reclassifications have no impact on the net assets or NAV per share of the Funds. The following reclassifications, which are primarily attributed to the tax treatment of deemed distributions on shareholder redemptions, in-kind distributions on shareholder redemptions, net operating loss, excess distributions, and various temporary book/tax differences due to mergers have been made to the following Funds for the year or period ended September 30, 2022:
Fund Paid-In
Capital
Distributable
Earnings
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund $ 38,748 $ (38,748)
Dividend Equity Fund 15,088,554 (15,088,554)
Mid Cap Fund 199,558,731 (199,558,731)
Mid Cap Value Fund 5,714,886 (5,714,886)
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 289,802,360 (289,802,360)
Small Cap Fund 2,278,446 (2,278,446)
Small Cap Value Fund (36,615) 36,615
7. Commitments and Contingencies
The Funds indemnify the Trust’s officers and Trustees for certain liabilities that might arise from their performance of their duties to the Funds. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of representations
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and warranties and which provide general indemnifications. The Funds' maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds.
8. Principal Risks
Risks Associated with Foreign Investments – Some of the Funds may invest in the securities of foreign issuers. Investing in securities issued by companies whose principal business activities are outside the U.S. may involve significant risks not present in domestic investments. For example, there is generally less publicly available information about foreign companies, particularly those not subject to the disclosure and reporting requirements of the U.S. securities laws. Foreign issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable to domestic issuers. Investments in foreign securities also involve the risk of possible adverse changes in investment or exchange control regulations, expropriation or confiscatory taxation, limitations on the removal of funds or other assets of a Fund, political or financial instability or diplomatic and other developments which could affect such investments. Political and military events, including in North Korea, Venezuela, Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Syria, and other areas of the Middle East, and nationalist unrest in Europe and South America, may cause market disruptions. Foreign stock markets, while growing in volume and sophistication, are generally not as developed as those in the U.S., and securities of some foreign issuers (particularly those located in developing countries) may be less liquid and more volatile than securities of comparable U.S. companies. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and regulation of foreign securities markets, broker-dealers, and issuers than in the U.S.
Risks Associated with Sector Concentration – Certain Funds may invest a high percentage of their assets in specific sectors of the market in order to achieve a potentially greater investment return. As a result, these Funds may be more susceptible to economic, political, and regulatory developments in a particular sector of the market, positive or negative, and may experience increased volatility in the Funds' NAVs and magnified effect on the total return.
Risks Associated with Credit – An issuer may be unable to make timely payments of either principal or interest. This may cause the issuer’s securities to decline in value. Credit risk is particularly relevant to those Funds that invest a significant amount of their assets in junk bonds or lower-rated securities.
Risks Associated with Cyber Security - With the increased use of technologies, such as mobile devices and "cloud"-based service offerings and the dependence on the Internet and computer systems to perform necessary business functions, the Funds' service providers are susceptible to cyber security risks that could result in losses to a Fund and its shareholders. Cyber security breaches are either intentional or unintentional events that allow an unauthorized party to gain access to Fund assets, customer data, or proprietary information, or cause a Fund or Fund service provider to suffer data corruption or lose operational functionality. A cyber security breach could result in the loss or theft of customer data or funds, loss or theft of proprietary information or corporate data, physical damage to a computer or network system, or costs associated with system repairs, any of which could have a substantial impact on a Fund. Cyber security incidents could cause a Fund, the Advisor, a Sub-Advisor, or other service provider to incur regulatory penalties, reputational damage, compliance costs associated with corrective measures, litigation costs, or financial loss. They may also result in violations of applicable privacy and other laws. In addition, such incidents could affect issuers in which a Fund invests, thereby causing the Fund’s investments to lose value.
Risks Associated with Interest Rate Changes – The price of debt securities is generally linked to the prevailing  market interest rates. In general, when interest rates rise, the price of debt securities falls, and when interest rates fall, the price of debt securities rises. The price volatility of a debt security also depends on its maturity. Longer-term securities are generally more volatile, so the longer the average maturity or duration of these securities, the greater their price risk. Duration is a measure of the expected life, taking into account any prepayment or call features of the security, that is used to determine the price sensitivity of the security for a given change in interest rates. Specifically, duration is the change in the value of a fixed-income security that will result from a 1% change in interest rates, and generally is stated in years. For example, as a general rule a 1% rise in interest rates means a 1% fall in value for every year of duration. Maturity, on the other hand, is the date on which a fixed-income security becomes due for payment of principal. An increase in interest rates could negatively impact a Fund’s NAV. Recent and potential future changes in government monetary policy may affect  interest rates. As the U.S. Federal Reserve "tapers" or reduces the amount of securities it purchases pursuant to its quantitative easing program, and/or raises the federal funds target rate, there is a heightened risk that interest rates will rise, which could expose fixed-income and related markets to heightened volatility and could cause the value of a Fund's investments, and the Fund's NAV, to decline, potentially suddenly and significantly, which may negatively impact the Fund's performance. 
Risks Associated with Liquidity – Liquidity risk exists when particular investments are difficult to purchase or sell. This can reduce the Fund’s returns because the Fund may be unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, or at all.
Risks Associated with Leverage – The use of leverage (borrowing money to purchase properties or securities) will cause the Fund to incur additional expenses and significantly magnify losses in the event of underperformance of the assets purchased with borrowed
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money. In addition, a lender may terminate or refuse to renew any credit facility. If the Fund is unable to access additional credit, it may be forced to sell investments at inopportune times, which may further depress the returns of the Fund.
Risks Associated with Health Crises – A widespread health crisis such as a global pandemic could cause substantial market volatility, exchange trading suspensions and closures, which may lead to less liquidity in certain instruments, industries, sectors or the markets generally, and may ultimately affect Fund performance. For example, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted and may continue to result in significant disruptions to global business activity and market volatility due to disruptions in market access, resource availability, facilities operations, imposition of tariffs, export controls and supply chain disruption, among others. The impact of a health crisis and other epidemics and pandemics that may arise in the future, could affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the present time. A health crisis may exacerbate other pre-existing political, social and economic risks. Any such impact could adversely affect a Fund's performance, resulting in losses to your investment.
Please see the Funds’ prospectus and statement of additional information for a complete discussion of these and other risks.
9. Litigation
On June 18, 2020, Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund f/k/a Touchstone Arbitrage Fund, and Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund f/k/a Touchstone Merger Arbitrage Fund (the “Fund”) were served with a summons and complaint in litigation brought by Marc S. Kirschner, as Trustee for the NWHI Litigation Trust (the “Trustee”) in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”), captioned Kirschner v. Kimmel, et al., No. 20-04287 (the “Action”). In the Action, the Trustee alleged that the payments made to former shareholders in the April 2014 leveraged buyout of The Jones Group Inc. (“Jones Group”) constituted intentional and constructive fraudulent transfers, and sought to recover those payments. The Trustee sought to recoup from the Fund the amount the Fund received in the leveraged buyout, together with interest and costs. The Fund has not made an accrual with respect to these amounts as Fund management deems the possibility of payment to be remote. The Action was consolidated into a multi-district litigation proceeding in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, captioned In re: Nine West LBO Securities Litigation, 20-md-02941 (the “MDL”). The Fund, along with hundreds of other shareholder defendants in the MDL, moved to dismiss the Action, and the Court heard oral argument on the motion to dismiss in August 2020. On August 27, 2020, the Court dismissed the fraudulent transfer claims in the MDL with prejudice. On September 25, 2020, the Trustee filed notices of appeal to the Second Circuit Court of Appeals for certain of the cases in the MDL where a direct appeal could be taken, captioned In re: Nine West LBO Securities Litigation, 20-3257, and subsequently filed appeals for additional cases in the MDL, to include the Action. On March 5, 2021, the Trustee filed its appellate brief in the Second Circuit. On July 6, 2021, the shareholder defendants filed their brief in opposition to the Trustee's appeal, and on August 5, 2021, the Trustee filed its reply brief. The Second Circuit held oral argument on the Court's dismissal of the Trustee's complaint on March 10, 2022 and has not yet rendered a decision.
10. Subsequent Events
Subsequent events occurring after the date of this report have been evaluated for potential impact to this report through the date the financial statements were issued.
At a meeting of the Board held on August 18, 2022, the Advisor proposed, and the Board approved, a reverse stock split of the Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund's issued and outstanding Class C shares (the "Reverse Stock Split"). The Reverse Stock Split was completed on October 14, 2022 (the "Effective Date"). As a result of the Reverse Stock Split, for each Class C share of the Fund that a shareholder owned as of the Effective Date, the shareholder received a proportional number of Class C shares of the Fund with the same aggregate dollar value. Thus, the total dollar value of an investment in the Fund was unchanged and each shareholder continues to own the same percentage (by value) of the Fund immediately following the Reverse Stock Split as the shareholder owned immediately prior to the Reverse Stock Split. The Reverse Stock Split was not a taxable event, nor did it have an impact on the Fund's holdings or its performance. The Reverse Stock Split was carried out in accordance with a stock split ratio of 1 to 0.796098, calculated to result in a net asset value per share that better aligns the share class prices of the Fund. The shares outstanding, NAV per share and other per share information have been updated in the accompanying financial statements and the financial highlights to reflect the effect of the Reverse Stock Split.
There were no other subsequent events that necessitated recognition or disclosure in the Funds’ financial statements.
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Shareholders and the Board of Trustees of Touchstone Funds Group Trust
Opinion on the Financial Statements
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of Touchstone Funds Group Trust (the “Trust”) (comprising Touchstone Active Bond Fund, Touchstone Anti-Benchmark ® International Core Equity Fund, Touchstone Ares Credit Opportunities Fund (formerly, Touchstone Credit Opportunities Fund), Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund, Touchstone High Yield Fund, Touchstone Impact Bond Fund, Touchstone International ESG Equity Fund, Touchstone Mid Cap Fund, Touchstone Mid Cap Value Fund, Touchstone Sands Capital Select Growth Fund, Touchstone Small Cap Fund, Touchstone Small Cap Value Fund and Touchstone Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund) (collectively referred to as the “Funds”), including the portfolios of investments, as of September 30, 2022, and the related statements of operations and changes in net assets, and the financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of each of the Funds comprising Touchstone Funds Group Trust at September 30, 2022, the results of their operations, changes in net assets and financial highlights for each of the periods indicated in the table below, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.
Funds
comprising the
Touchstone Funds Group
Trust
Statement of
operations
Statements of
changes in net assets
Financial highlights
Touchstone Active Bond Fund
Touchstone High Yield Fund
Touchstone Impact Bond
Fund
Touchstone International ESG
Equity Fund
Touchstone Mid Cap Fund
Touchstone Mid Cap Value
Fund
Touchstone Sands Capital
Select Growth Fund
Touchstone Small Cap Fund
Touchstone Small Cap Value
Fund
Touchstone Ultra Short
Duration Fixed Income Fund
For the year ended
September 30, 2022
For each of the two years in the
period ended September 30, 2022
For each of the five years in the
period ended September 30, 2022
Touchstone Ares Credit
Opportunities Fund
(formerly, Touchstone Credit
Opportunities Fund)
For the year ended
September 30, 2022
For each of the two years in the
period ended September 30, 2022
For each of the three years in the
period ended September 30, 2022,
the period from July 1, 2019 through
September 30, 2019 and each of the two
years in the period ended June 30, 2019
Touchstone Anti-Benchmark®
International Core Equity
Fund
For the year ended
September 30, 2022
For each of the two years in the
period ended September 30, 2022
For each of the three years in the
period ended September 30, 2022
and the period from November 19, 2018
(commencement of operations) through
September 30, 2019
Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund For the year ended September 30, 2022
The statement of changes in net assets for the period from November 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021 and for the year ended October 31, 2020 and the financial highlights for the period from November 1, 2020 through September 30, 2021, and each of the
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four years in the period ended October 31, 2020 for the Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund were audited by other auditors whose reports dated November 22, 2021 and December 23, 2020, expressed unqualified opinions on the statement of changes in net assets and the financial highlights.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on each of the Funds’ financial statements 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 Trust in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
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 are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, 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. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of September 30, 2022, by correspondence with the custodian, brokers and others; when replies were not received from brokers or by others, we performed other 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. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
We have served as the auditor of one or more Touchstone Investments’ investment companies since 1999.
Cincinnati, Ohio
November 18, 2022
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Qualified Dividend Income
Under the Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 (the “Act”), the following percentages of ordinary dividends paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 are designated as “qualified dividend income,” as defined in the Act, and are subject to reduced tax rates. The Funds intend to pass through the maximum allowable percentage for Form 1099 Div.
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund 83.95 %
Dividend Equity Fund 63.32 %
International ESG Equity Fund 100.00 %
Mid Cap Fund 100.00 %
Mid Cap Value Fund 100.00 %
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 100.00 %
Small Cap Fund 63.54 %
Small Cap Value Fund 100.00 %
Dividend Received Deduction
For corporate shareholders, the following ordinary distributions paid during the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022 qualify for the corporate dividends received deduction. The Funds intend to pass through the maximum allowable percentage.
Dividend Equity Fund 61.83 %
Mid Cap Fund 100.00 %
Mid Cap Value Fund 100.00 %
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund 100.00 %
Small Cap Fund 65.12 %
Small Cap Value Fund 100.00 %
For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2022, the Funds designated long-term capital gains as follows:
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund $ 2,489,990
Dividend Equity Fund $ 73,203,445
International ESG Equity Fund $ 1,825,103
Mid Cap Fund $ 108,988,351
Mid Cap Value Fund $ 52,845,128
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund $ 552,873,038
Small Cap Fund $ 11,222,410
Foreign Tax Income and Foreign Tax Credit
The Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund and the International ESG Equity Fund intend to pass through a foreign tax credit to the shareholders. For the fiscal year or period ended September 30, 2022, the total amount of foreign source income is $486,376 or $0.40 per share and $1,257,885 or $0.27 per share, respectively. The total amount of foreign taxes to be paid is $40,157 or $0.03 per share and $92,015 or $0.02 per share, respectively. Shareholder’s allocable share of the foreign tax credit will be reported on Form 1099 Div.
Proxy Voting Guidelines and Proxy Voting Records
The Sub-Advisors are responsible for exercising the voting rights associated with the securities purchased and held by the Funds. A description of the policies and procedures that the Sub-Advisors use in fulfilling this responsibility is available as an appendix to the most recent Statement of Additional Information, which can be obtained without charge by calling toll free 1.800.543.0407 or by visiting the Touchstone website at TouchstoneInvestments.com or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (the “Commission”) website sec.gov. Information regarding how those proxies were voted during the most recent twelve-month period ended June 30, which will be filed by August 31 of that year, is also available without charge by calling toll free 1.800.543.0407 or on the Commission’s website at sec.gov.
Quarterly Portfolio Disclosure
Each Fund’s holdings as of the end of the third month of every fiscal quarter will be disclosed on Form N-PORT within 60 days of the end of the fiscal quarter. The complete listing of each Fund’s portfolio holdings is available on the Commission’s website and will be made available to shareholders upon request by calling 1.800.543.0407.
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Schedule of Shareholder Expenses
As a shareholder of the Funds, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) and (2) ongoing costs, including investment advisory fees; shareholder servicing fees; and other Fund expenses. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Funds and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.
The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period (April 1, 2022 through September 30, 2022).
Actual Expenses
The first line for each share class of a Fund in the table below provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Six Months Ended September 30, 2022” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.
Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes
The second line for each share class of a Fund in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Funds’ actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Funds’ actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Funds and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.
Please note that the expenses shown in the table below are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line for each share class of a Fund in the table below is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
    Net Expense
Ratio
Annualized
September 30,
2022
Beginning
Account
Value
April 1,
2022
Ending
Account
Value
September 30,
2022
Expenses
Paid During
the Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2022*
Active Bond Fund          
Class A Actual 0.83% $1,000.00 $890.90 $3.93
Class A Hypothetical 0.83% $1,000.00 $1,020.91 $4.20
Class C Actual 1.56% $1,000.00 $887.00 $7.38
Class C Hypothetical 1.56% $1,000.00 $1,017.25 $7.89
Class Y Actual 0.58% $1,000.00 $891.90 $2.75
Class Y Hypothetical 0.58% $1,000.00 $1,022.16 $2.94
Institutional Class Actual 0.50% $1,000.00 $892.30 $2.37
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.50% $1,000.00 $1,022.56 $2.54
Anti-Benchmark® International Core Equity Fund          
Class Y Actual 0.69% $1,000.00 $776.60 $3.07
Class Y Hypothetical 0.69% $1,000.00 $1,021.61 $3.50
Institutional Class Actual 0.59% $1,000.00 $778.40 $2.63
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.59% $1,000.00 $1,022.11 $2.99
Ares Credit Opportunities Fund          
Class A Actual 1.03% $1,000.00 $916.20 $4.95**
Class A Hypothetical 1.03% $1,000.00 $1,019.90 $5.22**
Class C Actual 1.43% $1,000.00 $913.60 $6.86**
Class C Hypothetical 1.43% $1,000.00 $1,017.90 $7.23**
Class Y Actual 0.83% $1,000.00 $916.30 $3.99**
Class Y Hypothetical 0.83% $1,000.00 $1,020.91 $4.20**
Institutional Class Actual 0.73% $1,000.00 $917.40 $3.51**
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.73% $1,000.00 $1,021.41 $3.70**
Dividend Equity Fund          
Class A Actual 0.99% $1,000.00 $837.20 $4.56
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    Net Expense
Ratio
Annualized
September 30,
2022
Beginning
Account
Value
April 1,
2022
Ending
Account
Value
September 30,
2022
Expenses
Paid During
the Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2022*
Class A Hypothetical 0.99% $1,000.00 $1,020.10 $5.01
Class C Actual 1.69% $1,000.00 $834.20 $7.77
Class C Hypothetical 1.69% $1,000.00 $1,016.60 $8.54
Class Y Actual 0.74% $1,000.00 $838.00 $3.41
Class Y Hypothetical 0.74% $1,000.00 $1,021.36 $3.75
Institutional Class Actual 0.67% $1,000.00 $838.80 $3.09
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.67% $1,000.00 $1,021.71 $3.40
Class R6 Actual 0.65% $1,000.00 $838.90 $3.00
Class R6 Hypothetical 0.65% $1,000.00 $1,021.81 $3.29
High Yield Fund          
Class A Actual 1.05% $1,000.00 $884.80 $4.96
Class A Hypothetical 1.05% $1,000.00 $1,019.80 $5.32
Class C Actual 1.80% $1,000.00 $881.20 $8.49
Class C Hypothetical 1.80% $1,000.00 $1,016.04 $9.10
Class Y Actual 0.80% $1,000.00 $884.60 $3.78
Class Y Hypothetical 0.80% $1,000.00 $1,021.06 $4.05
Institutional Class Actual 0.72% $1,000.00 $886.00 $3.40
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.72% $1,000.00 $1,021.46 $3.65
Impact Bond Fund          
Class A Actual 0.76% $1,000.00 $911.40 $3.64
Class A Hypothetical 0.76% $1,000.00 $1,021.26 $3.85
Class C Actual 1.51% $1,000.00 $907.80 $7.22
Class C Hypothetical 1.51% $1,000.00 $1,017.50 $7.64
Class Y Actual 0.51% $1,000.00 $912.70 $2.45
Class Y Hypothetical 0.51% $1,000.00 $1,022.51 $2.59
Institutional Class Actual 0.41% $1,000.00 $913.10 $1.97
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.41% $1,000.00 $1,023.01 $2.08
Class R6 Actual 0.37% $1,000.00 $913.30 $1.77
Class R6 Hypothetical 0.37% $1,000.00 $1,023.21 $1.88
International ESG Equity Fund          
Class A Actual 1.17% $1,000.00 $751.90 $5.14
Class A Hypothetical 1.17% $1,000.00 $1,019.20 $5.92
Class C Actual 1.95% $1,000.00 $749.40 $8.55
Class C Hypothetical 1.95% $1,000.00 $1,015.29 $9.85
Class Y Actual 0.90% $1,000.00 $753.50 $3.96
Class Y Hypothetical 0.90% $1,000.00 $1,020.56 $4.56
Institutional Class Actual 0.89% $1,000.00 $754.10 $3.91
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.89% $1,000.00 $1,020.61 $4.51
Mid Cap Fund          
Class A Actual 1.25% $1,000.00 $864.70 $5.84***
Class A Hypothetical 1.25% $1,000.00 $1,018.80 $6.33***
Class C Actual 1.93% $1,000.00 $861.70 $9.01***
Class C Hypothetical 1.93% $1,000.00 $1,015.39 $9.75***
Class Y Actual 0.94% $1,000.00 $866.10 $4.40***
Class Y Hypothetical 0.94% $1,000.00 $1,020.36 $4.76***
Class Z Actual 1.22% $1,000.00 $864.80 $5.70***
Class Z Hypothetical 1.22% $1,000.00 $1,018.95 $6.17***
Institutional Class Actual 0.86% $1,000.00 $866.30 $4.02***
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.86% $1,000.00 $1,020.76 $4.36***
Class R6 Actual 0.81% $1,000.00 $866.60 $3.79***
Class R6 Hypothetical 0.81% $1,000.00 $1,021.01 $4.10***
Mid Cap Value Fund          
Class A Actual 1.22% $1,000.00 $846.20 $5.65
Class A Hypothetical 1.22% $1,000.00 $1,018.95 $6.17
Class C Actual 1.97% $1,000.00 $843.10 $9.10
Class C Hypothetical 1.97% $1,000.00 $1,015.19 $9.95
Class Y Actual 0.97% $1,000.00 $847.40 $4.49
Class Y Hypothetical 0.97% $1,000.00 $1,020.21 $4.91
Institutional Class Actual 0.84% $1,000.00 $848.10 $3.89
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.84% $1,000.00 $1,020.86 $4.26
Sands Capital Select Growth Fund          
Class A Actual 1.25% $1,000.00 $623.10 $5.09****
Class A Hypothetical 1.25% $1,000.00 $1,018.80 $6.33****
Class C Actual 1.81% $1,000.00 $621.50 $7.36****
Class C Hypothetical 1.81% $1,000.00 $1,015.99 $9.15****
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    Net Expense
Ratio
Annualized
September 30,
2022
Beginning
Account
Value
April 1,
2022
Ending
Account
Value
September 30,
2022
Expenses
Paid During
the Six Months
Ended
September 30,
2022*
Class Y Actual 0.93% $1,000.00 $624.60 $3.79****
Class Y Hypothetical 0.93% $1,000.00 $1,020.41 $4.71****
Class Z Actual 1.21% $1,000.00 $623.40 $4.92****
Class Z Hypothetical 1.21% $1,000.00 $1,019.00 $6.12****
Institutional Class Actual 0.86% $1,000.00 $624.40 $3.50****
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.86% $1,000.00 $1,020.76 $4.36****
Class R6 Actual 0.78% $1,000.00 $624.40 $3.18****
Class R6 Hypothetical 0.78% $1,000.00 $1,021.16 $3.95****
Small Cap Fund          
Class A Actual 1.25% $1,000.00 $886.60 $5.91*****
Class A Hypothetical 1.25% $1,000.00 $1,018.80 $6.33*****
Class C Actual 2.00% $1,000.00 $883.00 $9.44*****
Class C Hypothetical 2.00% $1,000.00 $1,015.04 $10.10*****
Class Y Actual 1.00% $1,000.00 $887.10 $4.73*****
Class Y Hypothetical 1.00% $1,000.00 $1,020.05 $5.06*****
Institutional Class Actual 0.92% $1,000.00 $887.50 $4.35*****
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.92% $1,000.00 $1,020.46 $4.66*****
Small Cap Value Fund          
Class A Actual 1.38% $1,000.00 $863.00 $6.44
Class A Hypothetical 1.38% $1,000.00 $1,018.15 $6.98
Class C Actual 2.13% $1,000.00 $859.60 $9.93
Class C Hypothetical 2.13% $1,000.00 $1,014.39 $10.76
Class Y Actual 1.13% $1,000.00 $864.30 $5.28
Class Y Hypothetical 1.13% $1,000.00 $1,019.40 $5.72
Institutional Class Actual 0.98% $1,000.00 $864.80 $4.58
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.98% $1,000.00 $1,020.16 $4.96
Ultra Short Duration Fixed Income Fund          
Class A Actual 0.69% $1,000.00 $999.10 $3.46
Class A Hypothetical 0.69% $1,000.00 $1,021.61 $3.50
Class C Actual 1.19% $1,000.00 $997.70 $5.96
Class C Hypothetical 1.19% $1,000.00 $1,019.10 $6.02
Class S Actual 0.94% $1,000.00 $997.80 $4.71
Class S Hypothetical 0.94% $1,000.00 $1,020.36 $4.76
Class Y Actual 0.44% $1,000.00 $1,000.30 $2.21
Class Y Hypothetical 0.44% $1,000.00 $1,022.86 $2.23
Class Z Actual 0.69% $1,000.00 $999.10 $3.46
Class Z Hypothetical 0.69% $1,000.00 $1,021.61 $3.50
Institutional Class Actual 0.39% $1,000.00 $1,000.60 $1.96
Institutional Class Hypothetical 0.39% $1,000.00 $1,023.11 $1.98
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio, multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by 183/365 (to reflect one-half year period).
** Excluding interest and dividend expenses on securities sold short, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $4.95, $6.86, $3.99 and $3.51, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.22, $7.23, $4.20 and $3.70, respectively.
*** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class Z, Institutional Class and Class R6 would be $5.80, $8.96, $4.35, $5.66, $3.98 and $3.74, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class Z, Institutional Class and Class R6 would be $,6.28 $9.70, $4.71, $6.12, $4.31 and $4.05, respectively.
**** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class Z, Institutional Class and Class R6 would be $4.80, $7.07, $3.50, $4.64, $3.22 and $2.89, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y, Class Z, Institutional Class and Class R6 would be $5.97, $8.79, $4.36, $5.77, $4.00 and $3.60, respectively.
***** Excluding liquidity provider expenses, your actual cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $5.86, $9.39, $4.68 and $4.31, respectively, and your hypothetical cost of investment in Class A, Class C, Class Y and Institutional Class would be $6.28, $10.05, $5.01 and $4.61, respectively.
Liquidity Risk Management
The Funds have adopted and implemented a written liquidity risk management program (the “LRM Program”) as required by Rule 22e-4 under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Rule 22e-4 requires that each Fund adopt a program that is reasonably designed to assess and manage the Funds’ liquidity risk, which is the risk that a Fund could not meet redemption requests without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in a Fund.
Assessment and management of a Fund’s liquidity risk under the LRM Program takes into consideration certain factors, such as a Fund’s investment strategy and the liquidity of its portfolio investments during normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, its short- and long-term cash-flow projections during both normal and reasonably foreseeable stressed conditions, and its cash and cash-equivalent holdings and access to other funding sources. As required by the rule, the LRM Program includes
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policies and procedures for classification of Fund portfolio holdings in four liquidity categories, maintaining certain levels of highly liquid investments, and limiting holdings of illiquid investments.
The Board of Trustees of the Trust approved the appointment of a LRM Program administrator responsible for administering the LRM Program and for carrying out the specific responsibilities set forth in the LRM Program, including reporting to the Board on at least an annual basis regarding the LRM Program’s operation, its adequacy, and the effectiveness of its implementation for the past year (the “Program Administrator Report”). The Board has reviewed the Program Administrator Report covering the period from May 15, 2021 through May 12, 2022 (the “Review Period”). The Program Administrator Report stated that during the Review Period the LRM Program operated adequately and effectively in promoting effective liquidity risk management for the Funds.
Changes in Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
On November 18, 2021, the Board of Trustees approved a change of the Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund's independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022. The Fund engaged Ernst & Young LLP (“EY”) as the independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 replacing Tait, Weller & Baker LLP (“Tait”), the Fund's previous independent registered public accounting firm. Tait's report on the financial statements for the Fund for the fiscal period ended September 30, 2021 contained no adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion nor was its report qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope, or accounting principle. There were no (i) disagreements (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) between the Fund and Tait on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure or (ii) reportable events (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K).
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Listed below is required information regarding the Trustees and principal officers of the Trust. The Trust’s Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling 1.800.543.0407 or by visiting the Touchstone website at TouchstoneInvestments.com.
Interested Trustees1:
Name
Address
Year of Birth
Position(s)
Held with
Trust
Term of
Office And
Length of
Time Served
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number
of Funds
Overseen
in the
Touchstone
Fund
Complex2
Other
Directorships
Held During Past 5 Years3
Jill T. McGruder
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1955
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until she resigns or is removed
Trustee since 1999
President of Touchstone Funds from 1999 to 2020; Director and CEO of IFS Financial Services, Inc. (a holding company) since 1999; and Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Western & Southern Financial Group, Inc. (a financial services company) since 2016. 40 Director, Integrity Life Insurance Co. and National Integrity Life Insurance Co. since 2005; Director, Touchstone Securities (the Distributor) since 1999; Director, Touchstone Advisors (the Advisor) since 1999; Director, W&S Brokerage Services, Inc. since 1999; Director, W&S Financial Group Distributors, Inc. since 1999; Director, Insurance Profillment Solutions LLC since 2014; Director, Columbus Life Insurance Co. since 2016; Director, The Lafayette Life Insurance Co. since 2016; Director, Gerber Life Insurance Company since 2019; Director, Western & Southern Agency, Inc. since 2018; and Director, LL Global, Inc. (not-for-profit trade organization with operating divisions LIMRA and LOMA) since 2016.
E. Blake Moore, Jr.
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1958
President and Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until he resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2021
President, Touchstone Funds since 2021; Chief Executive Officer of Touchstone Advisors, Inc. and Touchstone Securities, Inc. since 2020; President, Foresters Investment Management Company, Inc. from 2018 to 2020; President, North American Asset Management at Foresters Financial from 2018 to 2020; Managing Director, Head of Americas at UBS Asset Management from 2015 to 2017; and Executive Vice President, Head of Distribution at Mackenzie Investments from 2011 to 2014. 40 Trustee, College of Wooster since 2008; and Director, UBS Funds from 2015 to 2017.
Independent Trustees:
Karen Carnahan
c/o Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1954
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until she resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2019
Retired; formerly Chief Operating Officer of Shred-it (a business services company) from 2014 to 2015; formerly President & Chief Operating Officer of the document management division of Cintas Corporation (a business services company) from 2008 to 2014. 40 Director, Cintas Corporation since 2019; Director, Boys & Girls Club of West Chester/Liberty since 2016; and Board of Advisors, Best Upon Request from 2020 to 2021.
William C. Gale
c/o Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1952
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until he resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2013
Retired; formerly Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Cintas Corporation (a business services company) from 1995 to 2015. 40 None.
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Independent Trustees (Continued):
Name
Address
Year of Birth
Position(s)
Held with
Trust
Term of
Office And
Length of
Time Served
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
Number
of Funds
Overseen
in the
Touchstone
Fund
Complex2
Other
Directorships
Held During Past 5 Years3
Susan J. Hickenlooper, CFA4
c/o Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1946
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until she resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2009
Retired from investment management. 40 Trustee, Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio from 2014 to 2018.
Susan M. King
c/o Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1963
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until she resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2021
Formerly, Partner of ID Fund LLC (2020 to 2021); formerly, Senior Vice President, Head of Product and Marketing Strategy of Foresters Financial (2018 to 2020); formerly, Managing Director, Head of Sales Strategy and Marketing, Americas of UBS Asset Management (2015 to 2017); formerly, Director, Allianz Funds, Allianz Funds Multi-Strategy Trust and AllianzGI Institutional Multi-Series Trust (2014 to 2015); and formerly, Director, Alliance Capital Cash Management Offshore Funds (2003 to 2005). 40 Trustee, Claremont McKenna College since 2017; Trustee, Israel Cancer Research Fund since 2019; and Board Member of WHAM! (Women's Health Access Matters) since 2021.
Kevin A. Robie
c/o Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1956
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until he resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2013
Retired; formerly Vice President of Portfolio Management at Soin LLC (private multinational holding company and family office) from 2004 to 2020. 40 Director, SaverSystems, Inc. since 2015; Director, Buckeye EcoCare, Inc. from 2013 to 2018; Director, Turner Property Services Group, Inc. since 2017; Trustee, Dayton Region New Market Fund, LLC (private fund) since 2010; and Trustee, Entrepreneurs Center, Inc. (business incubator) since 2006.
William H. Zimmer III
c/o Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1953
Trustee Until retirement at age 75 or until he resigns or is removed
Trustee since 2019
Independent Treasury Consultant since 2014. 40 Director, Deaconess Associations, Inc. (healthcare) since 2001; Trustee, Huntington Funds (mutual funds) from 2006 to 2015; and Director, National Association of Corporate Treasurers from 2011 to 2015.
1 Ms. McGruder, as a director of the Advisor and the Distributor, and an officer of affiliates of the Advisor and the Distributor, is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act. Mr. Moore, as an officer of the Advisor and the Distributor, is an “interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act.
2 As of September 30, 2022, the Touchstone Fund Complex consisted of 13 series of the Trust, 19 series of the Touchstone Strategic Trust, 4 variable annuity series of the Touchstone Variable Series Trust and 4 series of the Touchstone ETF Trust.
3 Each Trustee is also a Trustee of the Touchstone ETF Trust, the Touchstone Strategic Trust and the Touchstone Variable Series Trust.
4 Upon the recommendation of the Governance Committee, the Board extended the mandatory retirement age for Ms. Hickenlooper for a one-year period to allow her to remain a Trustee of the Trust through December 31, 2022.
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Principal Officers:
Name
Address
Year of Birth
Position(s)
Held with
Trust1
Term of
Office And
Length of
Time Served
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past 5 Years
E. Blake Moore, Jr.
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1958
President and Trustee Until resignation, removal or disqualification
President since January 2021
See biography above.
Timothy D. Paulin
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1963
Vice President Until resignation, removal or disqualification
Vice President since 2010
Senior Vice President of Investment Research and Product Management of Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
Timothy S. Stearns
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1963
Chief Compliance Officer Until resignation, removal or disqualification
Chief Compliance Officer since 2013
Chief Compliance Officer of Touchstone Advisors, Inc. and Touchstone Securities, Inc.
Terrie A. Wiedenheft
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.
303 Broadway
Suite 1100
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1962
Controller and Treasurer Until resignation, removal or disqualification
Controller and Treasurer since 2006
Senior Vice President and Chief Administration Officer within the Office of the Chief Marketing Officer of Western & Southern Financial Group (since 2021); and Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, and Chief Operations Officer of IFS Financial Services, Inc. (a holding company).
Meredyth A. Whitford-Schultz
Western & Southern
Financial Group
400 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Year of Birth: 1981
Secretary Until resignation, removal or disqualification
Secretary since 2018
Senior Counsel - Securities/Mutual Funds of Western & Southern Financial Group (2015 to present); Associate at Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP (law firm) (2014 to 2015); Associate at Bingham McCutchen LLP (law firm) (2008 to 2014).
1Each officer also holds the same office with Touchstone ETF Trust, Touchstone Strategic Trust and Touchstone Variable Series Trust.
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PRIVACY PROTECTION POLICY
We Respect Your Privacy
Thank you for your decision to invest with us. Touchstone and its affiliates have always placed a high value on the trust and confidence our clients place in us. We believe that confidence must be earned and validated through time. In today’s world, when technology allows the sharing of information at light speeds, trust must be reinforced by our sincere pledge to take the steps necessary to ensure that the information you share with us is treated with respect and confidentiality.
Our Pledge to Our Clients
•  We collect only the information we need to service your account and administer our business.
•  We are committed to keeping your information confidential and we place strict limits and controls on the use and sharing of your information.
•  We make every effort to ensure the accuracy of your information.
We Collect the Following Nonpublic Personal Information About You:
•  Information we receive from you on or in applications or other forms, correspondence, or conversations, including, but not limited to, your name, address, phone number, social security number, assets, income and date of birth; and
•  Information about your transactions with us, our affiliates, or others, including, but not limited to, your account number and balance, payment history, parties to transactions, cost basis information, and other financial information.
Categories of Information We Disclose and Parties to Whom We Disclose
We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our current or former clients to nonaffiliated third parties, except as required or permitted by law.
We Place Strict Limits and Controls on the Use and Sharing of Your Information
•  We restrict access to nonpublic personal information about you to authorized employees who need the information to administer your business.
•  We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect this information.
•  We do not disclose any nonpublic personal information about our current or former clients to anyone, except as required or permitted by law or as described in this document.
•  We will not sell your personal information to anyone.
We May Provide Information to Service Your Account
Sometimes it is necessary to provide information about you to various companies such as transfer agents, custodians, broker-dealers and marketing service firms to facilitate the servicing of your account. These organizations have a legitimate business need to see some of your personal information in order for us to provide service to you. We may disclose to these various companies the information that we collect as described above. We require that these companies, including our own subsidiaries and affiliates, strictly maintain the confidentiality of this information and abide by all applicable laws. Companies within our corporate family that may receive this information are financial service providers and insurance companies. We do not permit these associated companies to sell the information for their own purposes, and we never sell our customer information.
This policy is applicable to the following affiliated companies: Touchstone Funds Group Trust, Touchstone Strategic Trust, Touchstone Variable Series Trust, Touchstone Securities, Inc.,* and W&S Brokerage Services, Inc.
*Touchstone Securities, Inc. serves as the underwriter to the Touchstone Funds.
A Member of Western & Southern Financial Group®
The Privacy Protection Policy is not part of the Annual Report.
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Touchstone Investments
Distributor
Touchstone Securities, Inc.*
303 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203
800.638.8194
www.touchstoneinvestments.com
Investment Advisor
Touchstone Advisors, Inc.*
303 Broadway
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202-4203
Transfer Agent
BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.
4400 Computer Drive
Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
Shareholder Service
800.543.0407
* A Member of Western & Southern Financial Group
TSF-56-TFGT-AR-2210

 

(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Code of Ethics.

 

(a)The registrant, as of the end of the period covered by this report, has adopted a code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party.

 

(c)There have been no amendments, during the period covered by this report, to a provision of the code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, and that relates to any element of the code of ethics description.

 

(d)The registrant has not granted any waivers, including an implicit waiver, from a provision of the code of ethics that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing similar functions, regardless of whether these individuals are employed by the registrant or a third party, that relates to one or more of the items set forth in paragraph (b) of this item’s instructions.

 

(e)Not applicable.

 

(f)A copy of the code of ethics is attached hereto as Exhibit 13(a)(1).

 

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

 

The registrant’s Board of Trustees has determined that the registrant has at least one audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee. Ms. Karen Carnahan is the registrant’s audit committee financial expert and is an independent trustee within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).

 

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Audit Fees

 

(a)Audit fees for Touchstone Funds Group Trust totaled $279,200 and $267,300 for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021, respectively, including fees associated with the annual audits and filings of Form N-1A and Form N-CEN.

 

 

 

 

Audit-Related Fees

 

(b)The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for assurance and related services by the principal accountant that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit of the registrant's financial statements and are not reported under paragraph (a) of this Item are $45,700 and $56,550 for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021, respectively. The fees for 2022 and 2021 relate to review of N-1A, N-14 filings and out of scope audit procedures.

 

Tax Fees

 

(c)The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice, and tax planning were $91,510 and $74,950 for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021, respectively. The fees relate to the preparation of federal income and excise tax returns, review of capital gains distribution calculations, and out of scope tax services.

 

All Other Fees

 

(d)The aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for products and services provided by the principal accountant, other than the services reported in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Item are $33,651 and $25,567 for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 2021, respectively. The fees relate to the PFIC analyzer and Global Withholding Tax Reporter subscriptions.

 

(e)(1)Disclose the audit committee's pre-approval policies and procedures described in paragraph (c)(7) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

 

The Audit Committee’s pre-approval policies describe the types of audit, audit-related, tax and other services that have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee.  The pre-approval policies provide that annual audit service fees, tax services not specifically granted pre-approval, services exceeding pre-approved cost levels and other services that have not received general pre-approval will be subject to specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.  The pre-approval policies further provide that the Committee may grant general pre-approval to other audit services (statutory audits and services associated with SEC registration statements, periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings), audit-related services (accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as “audit services,” assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities, agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters and assistance with internal control reporting requirements under Form N-CSR), tax services that have historically been provided by the auditor that the Committee believes would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the SEC’s rules on auditor independence and permissible non-audit services classified as “all other services” that are routine and recurring services.

 

(e)(2)All of the services described in paragraphs (b) through (d) of Item 4 were approved by the Audit Committee.

 

(f)The percentage of hours expended on the principal accountant's engagement to audit the registrant's financial statements for the most recent fiscal year that were attributed to work performed by persons other than the principal accountant's full-time, permanent employees was less than fifty percent.

 

 

 

 

(g)The aggregate non-audit fees for Touchstone Funds Group Trust and certain entities*, totaled approximately $605,095 and $465,691 for the fiscal years ended September 30, 2022 and September 30, 2021, respectively.

 

*These include the advisors (excluding non-affiliated sub-advisors) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the advisors that provides ongoing services to the registrant (Funds).

 

(h)The registrant's audit committee of the board of trustees has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant's investment 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.

 

(i)Not applicable.

 

(j)Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 6. Investments.

 

(a)Schedule of Investments in securities of unaffiliated issuers as of the close of the reporting period is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
   
(b)Not applicable.

 

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

 

Not applicable.

  

 

 

 

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

 

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which the shareholders may recommend nominees to the registrant’s board of trustees, where those changes were implemented after the registrant last provided disclosure in response to the requirements of Item 407(c)(2)(iv) of Regulation S-K (17 CFR 229.407) (as required by Item 22(b)(15) of Schedule 14A (17 CFR 240.14a-101)), or this Item.

 

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a)The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)).

 

(b)There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is 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, and any amendment thereto, that is the subject of disclosure required by Item 2 is attached hereto.

 

(a)(2)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

(a)(2)(1)Not applicable

 

(a)(2)(2)Letter from former accountant pursuant to Item 304(a) under Regulation S-K is attached hereto.

 

(b)Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto.

 

 

 

 

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) Touchstone Funds Group Trust  

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ E. Blake Moore, Jr.  
  E. Blake Moore Jr., President  
  (principal executive officer)  

 

Date November 30, 2022  

 

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 (Signature and Title)* /s/ E. Blake Moore, Jr.  
  E. Blake Moore Jr., President  
  (principal executive officer)  

 

Date November 30, 2022  

 

By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Terrie A. Wiedenheft  
  Terrie A. Wiedenheft, Controller and Treasurer  
  (principal financial officer)  

 

Date November 30, 2022  

 

* Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.

 

 

 


ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS

ATTACHMENTS / EXHIBITS

EXHIBIT 99.CODE ETH

EXHIBIT 99.CERT

EXHIBIT 99.(A)(2)(2)

EXHIBIT 99.906CERT