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 | 811-08234 |
| TIFF Investment Program |
| (Exact name of Registrant as specified in charter) |
|
170 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite 300 Radnor, PA |
19087 |
| (Address of chief executive offices) | (Zip code) |
Clarence Kane Brenan
Chief Executive Officer
TIFF Investment Program
170 N. Radnor Chester Road, Suite 300
Radnor, PA 19087
with a copy to:
Kristin H. Ives, Esq.
Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2005 Market Street, Suite 2600
Philadelphia, PA 19103
(Name and address of agent for service)
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: | 610.684.8000 |
| Date of fiscal year end: | December 31 |
| Date of reporting period: | June 30, 2026 |
Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.
| (b) | Not applicable |
Item 2. Code of Ethics.
Not applicable to this filing.
Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.
Not applicable to this filing.
Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
Not applicable to this filing.
Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.
Not applicable.
Item 6. Investments.
Included in Item 1.
Item 7. Financial Statements and Financial Highlights for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
| (a) | The Registrant’s Financial Statements are attached herewith. |
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TIFF Investment Program |
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2026 Semi-Annual Report |
JUNE 30, 2026 |
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Contents |
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund
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Financial Highlights |
1 |
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Schedule of Investments |
2 |
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities |
25 |
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Statement of Operations |
26 |
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Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
27 |
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Statements of Cash Flows |
28 |
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Notes to Financial Statements |
29 |
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Approval of Money Manager Agreements |
45 |
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Index Descriptions |
53 |
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About TIFF |
TIFF Advisory Services, LLC (“TAS”), an employee-owned Public Benefit Limited Liability Company (LLC), is a leading asset management firm dedicated to delivering comprehensive outsourced CIO (OCIO) and private markets solutions to primarily endowments, foundations, and other charitable organizations. Our primary objective is to enhance investment returns for our members while also optimizing their costs and reducing their administrative burden.
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TIFF Mutual Fund |
TIFF Investment Program (TIP) consists of one mutual fund, TIFF Multi-Asset Fund (MAF), a no-load mutual fund available primarily to foundations, endowments, other 501(c)(3) organizations, and certain other non-profit organizations meeting specified accreditation requirements. TAS serves as the investment advisor to MAF. MAF operates primarily on a multi-manager basis, and TAS has responsibility for the time-intensive task of selecting money managers and other vendors for MAF, as well as the all-important task of asset allocation.
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Financial Statements |
TIP is pleased to provide this Semi-Annual Report for the period ended June 30, 2026.
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For Further Information |
As always, we welcome the opportunity to discuss any aspect of TAS services as well as answer any questions about these financial statements. For further information about TIP, please call us at 610-684-8200 or visit www.tiff.org.
August 27, 2026
Copyright © 2026 ● All rights reserved ● This report is intended for institutional investors only and may not be reproduced or distributed without written permission from TIFF.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund |
June 30, 2026 |
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Financial Highlights | |
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Six
Months |
Year
Ended |
Year
Ended |
Year
Ended |
Year
Ended |
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For a share outstanding throughout each period |
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Net asset value, beginning of period |
$ | 15.28 | $ | 14.85 | $ | 14.03 | $ | 12.48 | $ | 16.22 | $ | 16.71 | ||||||||||||
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Income (loss) from Investment operations |
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Net investment income (loss) (a) |
(0.04 | ) | (0.05 | ) | 0.08 | 0.08 | 0.03 | 0.01 | ||||||||||||||||
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Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments |
0.65 | 3.20 | 1.99 | 1.96 | (2.49 | ) | 2.03 | |||||||||||||||||
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Total from investment operations |
0.61 | 3.15 | 2.07 | 2.04 | (2.46 | ) | 2.04 | |||||||||||||||||
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Less distributions from |
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Net investment income |
— | (0.42 | ) | (0.66 | ) | (0.18 | ) | — | (0.24 | ) | ||||||||||||||
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Net realized gains |
— | (2.30 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.31 | ) | (1.28 | ) | (2.29 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Total distributions |
— | (2.72 | ) | (1.25 | ) | (0.49 | ) | (1.28 | ) | (2.53 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Net asset value, end of period |
$ | 15.89 | $ | 15.28 | $ | 14.85 | $ | 14.03 | $ | 12.48 | $ | 16.22 | ||||||||||||
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Total return (b) |
3.99 | %(c) | 21.44 | % | 14.84 | % | 16.51 | % | (15.17 | %) | 12.46 | % | ||||||||||||
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Ratios/supplemental data |
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Net assets, end of period (000s) |
$ | 1,471,983 | $ | 1,468,145 | $ | 1,290,525 | $ | 1,235,201 | $ | 1,247,979 | $ | 1,582,109 | ||||||||||||
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets, before waivers (d) |
1.39 | %(e) | 1.66 | % | 1.12 | % | 1.24 | % | 1.14 | % | 0.92 | % | ||||||||||||
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets, after waivers (d) |
1.37 | %(e)(f) | 1.63 | %(f) | 1.10 | %(f) | 1.23 | %(f) | 1.14 | % | 0.92 | % | ||||||||||||
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Ratio of expenses to average net assets, excluding expenses for securities sold short after waivers (d) |
1.19 | %(e)(f) | 1.41 | %(f) | 0.88 | %(f) | 0.98 | %(f) | 0.88 | % | 0.72 | % | ||||||||||||
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Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (d) |
(0.14 | %)(e)(f) | (0.33 | %)(f) | 0.51 | %(f) | 0.59 | %(f) | 0.22 | % | 0.05 | % | ||||||||||||
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Portfolio turnover |
86 | %(c) | 290 | % | 251 | % | 199 | % | 143 | % | 87 | % | ||||||||||||
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(a) |
Calculation based on average shares outstanding. |
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(b) |
Total return assumes dividend reinvestment and includes the effects of entry and exit fees received by the Fund prior to December 1, 2021; however, it does not reflect the deduction of such fees from a member’s purchase or redemption transaction. Therefore, a member’s total return for the period, assuming a purchase at the beginning of the period and a redemption at the end of the period, would be lower by the amount of entry and exit fees paid by the member. |
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(c) |
Not annualized. |
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(d) |
The expense and net income ratios do not include the fees, expenses, or income associated with investments made in acquired funds; such fees, expenses, and income are reflected in the acquired funds’ total return. |
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(e) |
Annualized. |
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(f) |
Net of fees and expenses waived. An expense waiver was in place effective November 1, 2023. For 2023, the impact of the fee waiver as a ratio to average net assets was 0.01%. For 2024, the impact of the fee waiver as a ratio to average net assets was 0.02%. For 2025 the impact of the fee waiver as a ratio to average net assets was 0.03%. For the six months ended June 30, 2026, the impact of the fee waiver as a ratio to average net assets was 0.02%. |
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
Financial Futures Contracts
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Number
of |
Expiration
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Type |
Notional
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Unrealized
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Long Financial Futures Contracts |
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| 680 | 09/22/2026 |
CBOT U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year Futures |
$ | 74,725,625 | $ | 466,233 | ||||||||||
| 207 | 09/15/2026 |
CME Australian Dollar Currency Futures |
14,305,770 | (204,965 | ) | |||||||||||
| 319 | 09/15/2026 |
CME British Pound Currency Futures |
26,427,156 | (247,371 | ) | |||||||||||
| 196 | 09/16/2026 |
CME Canadian Dollar Currency Futures |
13,845,440 | (206,967 | ) | |||||||||||
| 318 | 09/21/2026 |
CME E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures |
120,017,175 | 692,766 | ||||||||||||
| 453 | 09/15/2026 |
CME Euro Foreign Exchange Currency Futures |
64,872,431 | (755,233 | ) | |||||||||||
| 75 | 09/15/2026 |
CME Japanese Yen Currency Futures |
5,800,313 | (89,844 | ) | |||||||||||
| 168 | 09/15/2026 |
CME Swiss Franc Currency Futures |
26,198,550 | (335,743 | ) | |||||||||||
| 1,563 | 09/21/2026 |
Eurex EURO STOXX 50 Index Futures |
113,510,375 | 2,542,589 | ||||||||||||
| 131 | 09/21/2026 |
ICE U.S. MSCI Emerging Markets EM Index Futures |
11,510,315 | (161,350 | ) | |||||||||||
| 359 | 09/21/2026 |
MSCI China Index Futures |
10,262,015 | (831,033 | ) | |||||||||||
| 27 | 09/18/2026 |
SFE S&P ASX Share Price Index 200 Futures |
4,101,332 | (32,671 | ) | |||||||||||
| 393 | 09/22/2026 |
Ultra U.S. Treasury Note 10 Year Futures |
44,200,219 | 563,672 | ||||||||||||
| 1,400,083 | ||||||||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Schedule of Investments (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
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Number
of |
Expiration
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Type |
Notional
|
Unrealized
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Short Financial Futures Contracts |
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| (505 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
CME E-mini Russell 2000 Index Futures |
$ | (76,901,400 | ) | $ | (2,614,828 | ) | |||||||
| (23 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
Eurex Stoxx Europe 600 Index Futures |
(846,601 | ) | (305 | ) | |||||||||
| (170 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
EUX MSCI Japan Index Futures |
(21,462,500 | ) | (130,274 | ) | |||||||||
| (8 | ) | 07/31/2026 |
HKG Hang Seng Index Futures |
(1,165,240 | ) | 9,340 | ||||||||||
| (34 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
ICE U.S. Mini MSCI EAFE Index Futures |
(5,347,010 | ) | (3,780 | ) | |||||||||
| (334 | ) | 07/29/2026 |
IFSC NIFTY 50 Index Futures |
(16,035,006 | ) | 114,715 | ||||||||||
| (14 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
Micro E-mini Nasdaq-100 Index Futures |
(854,658 | ) | (15,132 | ) | |||||||||
| (40 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
Micro E-mini S&P 500 Index Futures |
(1,509,650 | ) | (11,532 | ) | |||||||||
| (15 | ) | 09/21/2026 |
Mini-DAX Index Futures |
(2,154,022 | ) | (3,678 | ) | |||||||||
| (5 | ) | 09/18/2026 |
Montreal Exchange S&P/TSX 60 Index Futures |
(1,449,462 | ) | 9,559 | ||||||||||
| (4 | ) | 09/18/2026 |
SFE S&P ASX Share Price Index 200 Futures |
(607,605 | ) | 7,660 | ||||||||||
| (2,638,255 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| $ | (1,238,172 | ) | ||||||||||||||
Forward Currency Contracts
|
Contract Settlement Date |
Counterparty |
Receive |
Deliver |
Unrealized
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06/29/2026 |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. |
USD |
33,879,195 |
CAD |
48,000,000 | $ | (57,577 | ) | ||||||||||
Total Return Basket Swap Agreements
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Reference Entity |
Counterparty |
Maturity |
Notional |
Net Unrealized |
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Contracts for Difference (“CFD”) |
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Long Total Return Swap Contracts |
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CALB Group Company Ltd. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | $ | 2,849,788 | $ | 1,155 | ||||||||||
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Contemporary Amperex Technology Company Ltd. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 6,898,554 | 4,917 | ||||||||||||
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Enterprise Products Partners LP |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 166,682 | (169 | ) | |||||||||||
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Firebird Metals Ltd. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 239,916 | 1,140 | ||||||||||||
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Invesco STOXX Europe 600 EUR Price Index |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 356 | (29 | ) | |||||||||||
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JL Mag Rare-Earth Company Ltd. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 4,017,642 | 2,735 | ||||||||||||
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National Grid plc |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 1,290,507 | 281 | ||||||||||||
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Peninsula Energy Ltd. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 288,138 | 1,567 | ||||||||||||
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Redeia Corp. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 48,542 | (135 | ) | |||||||||||
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REPT BATTERO Energy Company Ltd. |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 2,827,103 | 871 | ||||||||||||
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Savannah Resources plc |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 283,101 | (28 | ) | |||||||||||
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Schneider Electric SE |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 956,090 | 6,652 | ||||||||||||
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SSE plc |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 1,314,051 | 373 | ||||||||||||
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Yellow Cake plc |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 747,028 | 482 | ||||||||||||
| 19,812 | ||||||||||||||||
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Short Total Return Swap Contracts |
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SRC SX OPT AUTO ETF |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 2,050 | (161 | ) | |||||||||||
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STOXX® Europe 600 Optimised Industrial Goods & Services |
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. | 5/31/2028 | 666 | (100 | ) | |||||||||||
| (261 | ) | |||||||||||||||
| $ | 19,551 | |||||||||||||||
See accompanying Notes to Financial Statements.
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June 30, 2026 |
Over-the-Counter Swap Contracts
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Expiration
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Counterparty |
Floating Rate |
Reference Entity |
Currency |
Payment
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Notional
|
Unrealized
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| 6/9/2027 |
Goldman Sachs International |
3.62% | GSCBML5N Index | US | Quarterly | $ | 31,310,456 | $ | 2,858,894 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 6/9/2027 |
Goldman Sachs International |
3.62% | GSCBMS5N Index | US | Quarterly | 27,931,257 | (599,005 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| $ | 2,259,889 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Description |
Number
of |
Notional
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Strike
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Expiration
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Value |
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Written Option Contracts — (0.0)% |
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Calls — (0.0)% |
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iShares Silver Trust |
(300) | $ | (1,604,100 | ) | $ | 80.00 | July 2026 | $ | (1,200 | ) | ||||||||||
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NCR Voyix Corp. |
(229) | (187,093 | ) | 17.50 | December 2026 | (10,305 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. |
(156) | (329,316 | ) | 26.00 | September 2026 | (9,984 | ) | |||||||||||||
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Total Calls (Premiums Received $18,446) |
(21,489 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Puts — (0.0)% |
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iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF |
(1,878) | $ | (9,729,918 | ) | $ | 49.50 | July 2026 | (23,835 | ) | |||||||||||
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Total Puts (Premiums Received $17,198) |
(23,835 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
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Total Written Options (Premiums Received $35,644) |
$ | (45,324 | ) | |||||||||||||||||
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ADR |
American Depositary Receipt |
LLC |
Limited Liability Company | |
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A/S |
Anonim Sirketi |
LP |
Limited Partnership | |
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ASX |
Australian Securities Exchange |
LTD |
Limited Company | |
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CAD |
Canadian Dollar |
MSCI |
Morgan Stanley Capital International | |
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CBOT |
Chicago Board of Trade |
NV |
Naamioze Vennootschap | |
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CME |
Chicago Mercantile Exchange |
OYJ |
Julkinen osakeyhtiö | |
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EAFE |
Europe, Australasia, and Far East |
PCL |
Public Company Limited | |
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ETF |
Exchange-Traded Fund |
PJSC |
Public Joint-Stock Company | |
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EUX |
Eurex Exchange |
PLC |
Public Limited Company | |
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FTSE |
Financial Times Stock Exchange |
REIT |
Real Estate Investment Trust | |
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HKG |
Hong Kong |
SFE |
Sydney Futures Exchange | |
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ICE |
Intercontinental Exchange |
SPDR |
Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt | |
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LTD |
Limited Company |
TSX |
Toronto Stock Exchange | |
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IFSC |
International Financial Services Centre |
USD |
US Dollar |
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(a) |
Non income-producing security. |
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(b) |
Security or a portion thereof is pledged as collateral for securities sold short. |
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(c) |
Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. These securities are generally determined to be liquid in accordance with TAS’s fair valuation procedures for TIP. At June 30, 2026 the aggregate value of these securities was $7,789,654, which represents 0.5% of net assets. |
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(d) |
Security or a portion thereof was held on loan. As June 30, 2026, the aggregate market value of securities on loan was $77,797,302; the total market value of collateral held by the Fund was $81,540,024. The market value of the collateral held included non-cash collateral in the form of U.S. Treasury securities with a value of $25,396,015. |
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(e) |
Restricted Securities. The following restricted securities were held by the Fund as of June 30, 2026, and were valued in accordance with the Valuation of Investments as described in Note 2. Such securities generally may be sold only in a privately negotiated transaction with a limited number of purchasers. The Fund will bear any costs incurred in connection with the disposition of such securities. The Fund monitors the acquisition of restricted securities and, to the extent that a restricted security is illiquid, will limit the purchase of such a restricted security, together with other illiquid securities held by the Fund, to no more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets. All of |
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June 30, 2026 |
the below securities are illiquid. The below list does not include securities eligible for resale without registration pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 that may also be deemed restricted:
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Investment Strategy |
Acquisition Date |
Cost |
Value |
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U.S. Common Stocks |
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Swiftmerge Acquisition Corp. |
12/15/21 | $ | 5 | $ | 5,011 | ||||||||
| 5,011 | |||||||||||||
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Foreign Common Stocks |
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Somerset Energy Partners Corp. |
4/8/22 | 31,072 | 22,951 | ||||||||||
| 22,951 | |||||||||||||
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Corporate Bonds |
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Trillion Energy International, Inc. |
4/5/23 | 337,804 | 63,994 | ||||||||||
| 63,994 | |||||||||||||
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Private Investment Funds |
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Bellus Ventures II LP |
California Carbon Allowance |
10/1/21 - 12/2/24 | 15,701,545 | 16,384,210 | |||||||||
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Blackstone Diversified Trading Strategies Fund |
Multi-Strategy & Credit Long/Short |
7/1/25 | 15,000,000 | 16,544,380 | |||||||||
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Eversept Global Healthcare Fund LP |
Long-Short Global Healthcare |
2/1/19 | 13,581,077 | 25,345,526 | |||||||||
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Farallon Capital Institutional Partners LP |
Multi-Strategy |
1/1/13 | 520,300 | 261,986 | |||||||||
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Helikon Long Short Equity Fund ICAV |
Long-Short European |
1/1/21 | 5,370,671 | 50,239,681 | |||||||||
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Kotak Flexicap Feeder Fund LP |
Equity Market Neutral |
11/10/25 | 32,000,000 | 29,610,508 | |||||||||
|
Trium Khartes Fund LP |
Event Driven |
12/1/25 | 15,000,000 | 15,423,961 | |||||||||
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Voloridge Fund LP |
Directional |
1/1/23 | 5,015,363 | 7,424,846 | |||||||||
|
Voloridge Trading Aggressive Fund |
Directional |
12/1/23 - 9/2/25 | 27,000,000 | 37,583,879 | |||||||||
| 198,818,977 | |||||||||||||
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Total (13.5% of Net Assets) |
$ | 198,910,933 | |||||||||||
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(f) |
Security is valued in good faith under TAS’s fair valuation procedures for TIP. The aggregate amount of securities fair valued amounts to $147,329,269, which represents 10.0% of the Fund’s net assets. |
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(g) |
Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to investors outside the United States. |
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(h) |
Portfolio holdings information of the Private Investment Funds is not available as of June 30, 2026. These positions are therefore grouped into their own industry classification. For any private investment funds structured as a limited partnership, no share value is included as these investments are not unitized and cannot determine if there are any second tier investments. |
|
(i) |
Represents a security purchased with cash collateral received for securities on loan. |
|
(j) |
Security in which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining fair value. |
|
(k) |
Current yield as of June 30, 2026. |
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|
Statement of Assets and Liabilities (Unaudited) |
|
|
June 30, 2026 |
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|
Assets |
||||
|
Investments in securities, at value (cost: $1,157,271,979) including securities on loan of $77,797,302 |
$ | 1,311,819,847 | ||
|
Total investments (cost: $1,157,271,979) |
$ | 1,311,819,847 | ||
|
Cash |
302,720,660 | |||
|
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost: $6,593,225) |
6,654,452 | |||
|
Deposits with brokers for futures contracts |
22,947,795 | |||
|
Deposits with broker for swap contracts |
6,125,591 | |||
|
Due from broker for futures variation margin |
2,881,165 | |||
|
Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts |
1,680,074 | |||
|
Deposits with broker for forward currency contracts |
240,000 | |||
|
Deposits with broker for options contracts |
73,261 | |||
|
Receivables: |
||||
|
Capital stock sold |
20,373,000 | |||
|
Investment securities sold |
30,171,481 | |||
|
Dividends and tax reclaims |
1,805,441 | |||
|
Interest |
388,598 | |||
|
Securities lending income |
31,366 | |||
|
Prepaid expenses |
40,766 | |||
|
Total Assets |
1,707,953,497 | |||
|
Liabilities |
||||
|
Cash collateral received for securities on loan |
54,803,545 | |||
|
Securities sold short, at value (proceeds: $136,917,784) |
150,255,950 | |||
|
Due to broker for futures variation margin |
1,004,044 | |||
|
Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts |
599,366 | |||
|
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts |
57,577 | |||
|
Written options, at value (premiums received $35,644) |
45,324 | |||
|
Payables: |
||||
|
Investment securities purchased |
24,252,141 | |||
|
Money manager fees |
3,934,928 | |||
|
Fund administration fees |
124,570 | |||
|
Custody fees |
146,530 | |||
|
Investment advisory and administrative fees |
348,186 | |||
|
Capital stock redeemed |
115,703 | |||
|
Chief Compliance Officer’s costs and Trustees’ fees |
59,153 | |||
|
Dividends and interest on securities sold short |
43,322 | |||
|
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
179,827 | |||
|
Total Liabilities |
235,970,167 | |||
|
Net Assets |
$ | 1,471,983,330 | ||
|
Shares Outstanding (unlimited authorized shares, par value $0.001) |
92,614,139 | |||
|
Net Asset Value Per Share |
$ | 15.89 | ||
|
Net Assets Consist of: |
||||
|
Capital stock |
$ | 1,282,035,788 | ||
|
Total distributable earnings (loss) |
189,947,542 | |||
|
Net Assets |
$ | 1,471,983,330 | ||
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|
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund |
|
Statement of Operations (Unaudited) |
|
|
Six
Months Ended |
|||
|
Investment Income |
||||
|
Dividends (net of foreign withholding taxes of $369,183) |
$ | 10,171,274 | ||
|
Interest |
127,735 | |||
|
Securities lending |
117,208 | |||
|
Total Investment Income |
10,416,217 | |||
|
Expenses |
||||
|
Money manager fees |
6,703,719 | |||
|
Investment advisory fees |
1,441,181 | |||
|
Fund administration fees |
504,278 | |||
|
Custody fees |
208,163 | |||
|
Administrative fees |
417,549 | |||
|
Professional fees |
265,859 | |||
|
Chief Compliance Officer’s costs and Trustees’ fees |
277,289 | |||
|
Miscellaneous fees and other expenses |
240,503 | |||
|
Total Operating Expenses |
10,058,541 | |||
|
Dividends and interest on securities sold short |
422,989 | |||
|
Broker fees on securities sold short |
922,254 | |||
|
Total Expenses |
11,403,784 | |||
|
Less: Investment advisory fee waiver |
(118,044 | ) | ||
|
Total Expenses after Fees Waived |
11,285,740 | |||
|
Net Investment Income (Loss) |
(869,523 | ) | ||
|
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on: |
||||
|
Investments |
186,049,755 | |||
|
Securities sold short |
(21,750,338 | ) | ||
|
Swap contracts |
8,067,595 | |||
|
Financial futures contracts |
(11,940,216 | ) | ||
|
Forward currency contracts |
1,441,901 | |||
|
Foreign currency-related transactions |
(353,713 | ) | ||
|
Written options |
715,038 | |||
|
Net realized Gain (loss) from Investments, Derivatives, and Foreign Currencies |
162,230,022 | |||
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) from: |
||||
|
Investments |
(90,146,282 | ) | ||
|
Securities sold short |
(11,398,772 | ) | ||
|
Swap contracts |
277,433 | |||
|
Financial futures contracts |
(1,772,333 | ) | ||
|
Forward currency contracts |
32,999 | |||
|
Foreign currency-related transactions |
(147,283 | ) | ||
|
Written options |
(100,816 | ) | ||
|
Net Change in Unrealized Appreciation on Investments, Derivatives, and Foreign Currencies |
(103,255,054 | ) | ||
|
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments, Derivatives, and Foreign Currencies |
58,974,968 | |||
|
Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
$ | 58,105,445 | ||
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|
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|
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
|
|
Six
Months Ended |
Year
Ended |
||||||
|
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets From Operations |
||||||||
|
Net investment income (loss) |
$ | (869,523 | ) | $ | (4,555,526 | ) | ||
|
Net realized gain (loss) from investments, derivatives, and foreign currencies |
162,230,022 | 222,399,818 | ||||||
|
Net change in unrealized appreciation on investments, derivatives, and foreign currencies |
(103,255,054 | ) | 51,250,485 | |||||
|
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations |
58,105,445 | 269,094,777 | ||||||
|
Distributions |
||||||||
|
Distributions to shareholders |
— | (224,037,334 | ) | |||||
|
Decrease in Net Assets Resulting from Distributions |
— | (224,037,334 | ) | |||||
|
Capital Share Transactions |
||||||||
|
Proceeds from shares sold |
99,500,455 | 70,318,244 | ||||||
|
Proceeds from distributions reinvested |
— | 216,225,734 | ||||||
|
Cost of shares redeemed |
(153,767,885 | ) | (153,981,529 | ) | ||||
|
Net Increase (Decrease) from Capital Share Transactions |
(54,267,430 | ) | 132,562,449 | |||||
|
Total Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets |
3,838,015 | 177,619,892 | ||||||
|
Net Assets |
||||||||
|
Beginning of period |
1,468,145,315 | 1,290,525,423 | ||||||
|
End of period |
$ | 1,471,983,330 | $ | 1,468,145,315 | ||||
|
Capital Share Transactions (in shares) |
||||||||
|
Shares sold |
5,187,074 | 4,394,734 | ||||||
|
Shares reinvested |
— | 14,302,788 | ||||||
|
Shares redeemed |
(8,684,196 | ) | (9,470,970 | ) | ||||
|
Net Increase (Decrease) |
(3,497,122 | ) | 9,226,552 | |||||
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund |
|
Statements of Cash Flows |
|
|
Six
Months Ended |
|||
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities |
||||
|
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations |
$ | 58,105,445 | ||
|
Adjustments to reconcile net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations to net cash provided by (used in) operating activities: |
||||
|
Investments purchased |
(1,629,783,913 | ) | ||
|
Investments sold |
1,939,028,481 | |||
|
Purchases to cover securities sold short |
(526,788,783 | ) | ||
|
Securities sold short |
500,224,839 | |||
|
(Purchase)/Sale of short term investments, net |
90,943,661 | |||
|
Amortization (acccretion) of discount of premium, net |
(1,843,090 | ) | ||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on forward currency contracts |
(32,999 | ) | ||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on swap contracts |
783,552 | |||
|
(Increase)/decrease in deposits with broker for forward currency contracts |
2,090,000 | |||
|
(Increase)/decrease in deposits with broker for options contracts |
(43,423 | ) | ||
|
(Increase)/decrease in deposit with broker for swap contracts |
444,409 | |||
|
(Increase)/decrease in deposit with brokers for future contracts |
(2,395,428 | ) | ||
|
(Increase)/decrease in advance purchase of investments |
141,514 | |||
|
(Increase)/decrease in due from broker for futures variation margin |
364,648 | |||
|
(Increase)/decrease in interest receivable |
30,845 | |||
|
(Increase)/decrease in receivable for dividends and tax reclaims |
(698,208 | ) | ||
|
(Increase)/decrease in prepaid expenses |
(35,310 | ) | ||
|
(Increase)/decrease in securities lending income receivable |
(15,909 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in due to broker for futures variation margin |
515,962 | |||
|
Increase/(decrease) in payable for money manager fees |
(3,388,908 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in payable for dividends and interest for securities sold short |
(35,254 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in payable for fund administration |
(1,021,183 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in payable for custody fees |
146,530 | |||
|
Increase/(decrease) in payable for Chief Compliance Officer’s costs and Trustee’s fees |
(20,923 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in other accrued expenses and other liabilities |
(73,583 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in payable for investment advisory and administrative fees |
(32,083 | ) | ||
|
Increase/(decrease) in premiums received on written options, net |
(137,123 | ) | ||
|
Net realized (gain) loss from investments |
(186,049,755 | ) | ||
|
Net realized (gain) loss from securities sold short |
21,750,338 | |||
|
Net realized (gain) loss from foreign currency-related transactions |
353,713 | |||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on investments |
90,146,282 | |||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on securities sold short |
11,398,772 | |||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on foreign currency-related transactions |
147,283 | |||
|
Net change in unrealized (appreciation) depreciation on written options |
100,816 | |||
|
Net cash provided by (used in) operating activities |
364,321,215 | |||
|
Cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities |
||||
|
Proceeds from shares sold |
82,332,455 | |||
|
Payment for shares redeemed |
(153,713,588 | ) | ||
|
Net cash provided by financing activities |
(71,381,133 | ) | ||
|
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash |
(500,996 | ) | ||
|
Net increase (decrease) in cash |
292,439,086 | |||
|
Cash at beginning of period |
16,936,026 | |||
|
Cash at end of period |
$ | 309,375,112 | ||
|
Non cash financing activities not included herein consist of reinvestment of distributions of: |
$ | — | ||
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
|
1. |
Organization |
TIFF Investment Program (“TIP”) is a no-load, open-end management investment company that seeks to improve the net investment returns of its shareholders. TIP was originally incorporated under Maryland law on December 23, 1993, and was reorganized, effective December 16, 2014, as a Delaware statutory trust. As of June 30, 2026, TIP consisted of one mutual fund, TIFF Multi-Asset Fund (“MAF” or the “Fund”) which is diversified, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”).
Investment Objective
The Fund’s investment objective is to attain a growing stream of current income and appreciation of principal that at least offset inflation.
|
2. |
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies |
The Fund operates as a diversified investment company and, accordingly, follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946 Financial Services – Investment Companies.
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the reported amounts of increases and decreases in net assets from operations during the reported period, and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.
Valuation of Investments
Fair value is defined as the price that the Fund could reasonably expect to receive upon selling an asset or pay to transfer a liability in a timely transaction to an independent buyer in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability, respectively. A three-tier fair value hierarchy is utilized to maximize the use of observable market data and minimize the use of unobservable inputs and to establish classification of fair value measurements for disclosure purposes. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk, for example, the risk inherent in a particular valuation technique used to measure fair value and/or the risk inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs are inputs that reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available in the circumstances. The three-tier fair value hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad levels listed below.
Level 1 — quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar assets and liabilities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)
Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of assets and liabilities)
The Fund has established a pricing hierarchy to determine the order of pricing sources utilized in valuing its portfolio holdings. The pricing hierarchy has been approved by the TIFF Advisory Services, LLC (“TAS”) Valuation Committee.
Generally, the following valuation policies are applied to securities for which market quotations are readily available. Securities listed on a securities exchange or traded on the Nasdaq for which market quotations are readily available are valued at their last quoted sales price on the principal exchange on which they are traded or at the Nasdaq official closing price, respectively, on the valuation date or, if there is no such reported sale on the valuation date, at the most recently quoted bid price, or asked price in the case of securities sold short. The Fund employs an international fair value pricing model using other observable market-based inputs to adjust prices to reflect events affecting the values of certain portfolio securities that occur between the close of trading on the principal market for such securities (foreign exchanges and OTC markets) and the time at which the net asset value of the Fund is determined. If the TAS Valuation Committee believes that a particular event would
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June 30, 2026 |
materially affect net asset value, further adjustment is considered. Securities which use the international pricing model are typically categorized as Level 2 for the fair value hierarchy and securities that do not use the international pricing model are typically categorized as Level 1.
Debt securities are valued at prices that reflect broker/dealer-supplied valuations or are obtained from independent pricing services, which consider such factors as security prices, yields, maturities, and ratings, and are deemed representative of market values at the close of the market. Debt securities valuations are typically categorized as Level 2 for the fair value hierarchy.
Over-the-counter (“OTC”) stocks not quoted on Nasdaq and foreign stocks that are traded OTC are normally valued at prices supplied by independent pricing services if those prices are deemed representative of market values at the close of the first session of the New York Stock Exchange and are typically categorized as Level 2 in the valuation hierarchy.
Short-term debt securities having a remaining maturity of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost, which approximates fair value, and short-term debt securities having a remaining maturity of greater than 60 days are valued at their market value. Short-term debt securities, which include repurchase agreements and US Treasury Bills, are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Exchange-traded option contracts are valued at the last quoted sales price or, if there were no sales that day for a particular position, at the closing bid price (closing ask price in the case of open written option contracts). Future contracts are valued at the last posted settlement price or, if there were no sales that day for a particular position, at the closing bid price (closing ask price in the case of open short futures contracts). OTC open options contracts are normally valued at prices supplied by independent pricing services if those prices are deemed representative of market values at the close of the actively quoted markets. Exchange-traded contracts are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy and OTC contracts are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Forward foreign currency contracts are valued at their respective fair market values and are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
Investments in other open-end funds or trusts are valued at their closing net asset value per share on valuation date, which represents their redeemable value and are typically categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.
Periodically, MAF invests in both total return equity index and total return basket swaps. The total return equity index swaps are valued at the last traded price of the reference entity net of interest and are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The total return basket swaps are valued at the net value of the reference entity provided by the broker and are typically categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.
MAF invests in private investment funds that pursue certain alternative investment strategies. Private investment fund interests held by MAF are generally securities for which market quotations are not readily available. Rather, such interests generally can be sold back to the private investment fund only at specified intervals or on specified dates. The Board of Trustees has approved valuation procedures pursuant to which MAF values its interests in private investment funds at “fair value”. MAF determines the fair value of that private investment fund based on the most recent estimated value provided by the management of the private investment fund, as well as any other relevant information reasonably available at the time MAF values its portfolio including, for example, total returns of indices or exchange-traded funds that track markets to which the private investment fund may be exposed. The fair values of the private investment funds are based on available information and do not necessarily represent the amounts that might ultimately be realized, which depend on future circumstances and cannot be reasonably determined until the investment is actually liquidated. Fair value is intended to represent a good faith approximation of the amount that MAF could reasonably expect to receive from the private investment fund if MAF’s interest in the private investment fund was sold at the time of valuation, based on information reasonably available at the time valuation is made and that MAF believes is reliable. Private investment fund valuations are categorized as Level 3 in the valuation hierarchy.
Investment Transactions and Investment Income
Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date (the date on which the buy or sell order is executed) for financial reporting purposes. Interest income and expenses are recorded on an accrual basis. The Fund accretes discounts or amortizes premiums using the yield-to-maturity method on a daily basis, except for mortgage-backed securities that record paydowns. The Fund recognizes paydown gains and losses for such securities and reflects them in investment income. Inflation (deflation) adjustments on inflation-protected securities are included in interest income. Dividend income is recorded on the
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June 30, 2026 |
ex-dividend date, except certain dividends from foreign securities that are recorded as soon after the ex-dividend date as the Fund, using reasonable diligence, becomes aware of such dividends. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair market value of the securities received. The Fund uses the specific identification method for determining realized gain or loss on sales of securities and foreign currency transactions.
Income Taxes
There is no provision for federal income or excise tax since the Fund has elected to be taxed as a regulated investment company (“RIC”) and intends to comply with the requirements of Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), applicable to RICs and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income. The Fund may be subject to foreign taxes on income, gains on investments, or currency repatriation. The Fund accrues such taxes, as applicable, as a reduction of the related income and realized and unrealized gain as and when such income is earned and gains are recognized.
The Fund evaluates tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s tax returns to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authorities. Tax positions not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold are recorded as tax benefits or expenses in the current year. Management has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken or to be taken on federal income tax returns for all open tax years (tax years ended December 31, 2021 – December 31, 2025) and has concluded that no provision for federal income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements.
Expenses
Expenses directly attributable to MAF are charged to the Fund’s operations.
Dividends to Members
It is the Fund’s policy to declare dividends from net investment income quarterly and distributions from capital gains at least annually.
Dividends from net short-term capital gains and net long-term capital gains of the Fund, if any, are normally declared and paid in December, but the Fund may make distributions on a more frequent basis in accordance with the distribution requirements of the Code. To the extent that a net realized capital gain could be reduced by a capital loss carryover, such gain will not be distributed. Dividends and distributions are recorded on the ex-dividend date.
Foreign Currency Translation
The books and records of the Fund are maintained in US dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into US dollars on the following basis:
|
(i) |
the foreign currency value of investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currency are translated into US dollars using exchange rates obtained from an independent third party as of the Fund’s pricing time on the valuation date; |
|
(ii) |
purchases and sales of investments, income, and expenses are translated at the rate of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. |
The resulting net realized and unrealized foreign currency gain or loss is included in the Statement of Operations.
The Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign currency exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of securities. Accordingly, such foreign currency gain (loss) is included in net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments. However, the Fund does isolate the effect of fluctuations in foreign exchange rates when determining the gain or loss upon the sale or maturity of foreign-currency denominated debt obligations pursuant to US federal income tax regulations; such an amount is categorized as foreign currency gain or loss for income tax reporting purposes.
Net realized gains and losses from foreign currency-related transactions represent net gains and losses from sales and maturities of forward currency contracts, disposition of foreign currencies, currency gains and losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transactions, and the difference between the amount of net investment income accrued and the US dollar amount actually received.
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June 30, 2026 |
Segment Reporting
The Chief Financial Officer acts as the Fund’s chief operating decision maker (“CODM”) and is responsible for assessing performance and allocating resources with respect to the Fund. The CODM has concluded that the Fund operates as a single operating segment since the Fund has a single investment strategy as disclosed in its prospectus, against which the CODM assesses performance. The financial information provided to and reviewed by the CODM is presented within the Fund’s financial statements.
Net Asset Value
The net asset value per share is calculated on a daily basis by dividing the assets of the Fund, less its liabilities, by the number of outstanding shares of the Fund.
3. Investment Valuation and Fair Value Measurements
The following is a summary of the inputs used as of June 30, 2026, in valuing the Fund’s assets and liabilities carried at fair value:
|
Valuation Inputs |
Level 1 |
Level 2 |
Level 3 |
Total |
||||||||||||
|
Assets |
||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stocks*+ |
$ | 888,120,502 | $ | 446,445 | $ | 391,819 | $ | 888,958,766 | ||||||||
|
Rights |
315,623 | 190,726 | — | 506,349 | ||||||||||||
|
Warrants |
120,509 | 918,297 | 400,520 | 1,439,326 | ||||||||||||
|
Corporate Bonds |
— | — | 63,994 | 63,994 | ||||||||||||
|
Convertible Bonds |
— | 597,394 | — | 597,394 | ||||||||||||
|
U.S. Treasury Bonds & Notes |
— | 39,669,661 | — | 39,669,661 | ||||||||||||
|
Exchange-Traded Funds |
47,502,853 | — | — | 47,502,853 | ||||||||||||
|
Private Investment Funds |
— | — | 198,818,977 | 198,818,977 | ||||||||||||
|
Preferred Stocks |
2,258,916 | — | — | 2,258,916 | ||||||||||||
|
Purchased Options |
— | 182,881 | — | 182,881 | ||||||||||||
|
Short-Term Investments |
— | 131,820,730 | — | 131,820,730 | ||||||||||||
|
Total Investments in Securities |
938,318,403 | 173,826,134 | 199,675,310 | 1,311,819,847 | ||||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts - Equity Risk |
3,376,629 | — | — | 3,376,629 | ||||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts - Interest Rate Risk |
1,029,905 | — | — | 1,029,905 | ||||||||||||
|
Total Return Swap Contracts (CFD) - Equity Risk |
— | 19,551 | — | 19,551 | ||||||||||||
|
Total Return Swap Contracts - Equity Risk |
— | 2,259,889 | — | 2,259,889 | ||||||||||||
|
Total Other Financial Instruments |
4,406,534 | 2,279,440 | — | 6,685,974 | ||||||||||||
|
Total Assets |
$ | 942,724,937 | $ | 176,105,574 | $ | 199,675,310 | $ | 1,318,505,821 | ||||||||
|
Liabilities |
||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stocks Sold Short |
(150,248,649 | ) | — | (7,301 | ) | (150,255,950 | ) | |||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts - Foreign Currency Risk |
(1,840,123 | ) | — | — | (1,840,123 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts - Equity Risk |
(3,804,583 | ) | — | — | (3,804,583 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Forward Currency Contracts - Foreign Currency Risk |
— | (57,577 | ) | — | (57,577 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Written Options - Equity Risk |
(45,324 | ) | — | — | (45,324 | ) | ||||||||||
|
Total Other Financial Instruments |
(5,690,030 | ) | (57,577 | ) | — | (5,747,607 | ) | |||||||||
|
Total Liabilities |
$ | (155,938,679 | ) | $ | (57,577 | ) | $ | (7,301 | ) | $ | (156,003,557 | ) | ||||
|
* |
Securities categorized as Level 2 primarily include listed foreign equities whose value has been adjusted with factors to reflect changes to foreign markets after market close. |
|
+ |
There are securities in this category that have a market value of zero and are categorized as Level 3. |
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The following is a reconciliation of investments in securities for which significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) were used in determining value:
|
Investments
in |
Balance
as of |
Realized
Gain |
Change
in |
Purchases |
Sales |
Transfers
into |
Transfers
out of |
Balance
as of |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stocks* |
$ | 437,568 | $ | — | $ | (45,749 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 391,819 | |||||||||||||||
|
Warrants |
141,502 | (154,454 | ) | 103,830 | 459,859 | (150,217 | ) | — | — | 400,520 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Corporate Bonds |
66,125 | — | 8,523 | — | (10,654 | ) | — | — | 63,994 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Private Investment Funds |
181,826,137 | (14,669 | ) | 10,032,214 | 6,996,294 | (20,999 | ) | — | — | 198,818,977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Common Stocks Sold Short |
(7,544 | ) | — | 243 | — | — | — | — | (7,301 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total |
$ | 182,463,788 | $ | (169,123 | ) | $ | 10,099,061 | $ | 7,456,153 | $ | (181,870 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 199,668,009 | ||||||||||||||
|
* |
There are securities categorized as Level 3 that have a market value of zero. |
Securities designated as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy are valued using TAS’s fair valuation procedures for TIP. Management is responsible for the execution of these valuation procedures. Transfers to/from, or additions to, Level 3 require a determination of the valuation methodology, including the use of unobservable inputs, by the TAS Valuation Committee.
The TAS Valuation Committee meets no less than quarterly to review the methodologies and significant unobservable inputs currently in use, and to adjust the pricing models as necessary. Any adjustments to the pricing models are documented in the minutes of the TAS Valuation Committee meetings.
The following is a summary of the procedures and significant unobservable inputs used in Level 3 investments:
Common Stocks, Warrants, Preferred Stocks, Convertible Bonds and Corporate Bonds. Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or for which available prices are deemed unreliable are valued at their fair value as determined in good faith under TAS’s fair valuation procedures for TIP. Such procedures use fundamental valuation methods, which may include, but are not limited to, an analysis of the effect of any restrictions on the resale of the security, industry analysis and trends, significant changes in the issuer’s financial position, and any other event which could have a significant impact on the value of the security. On a quarterly basis, the TAS Valuation Committee reviews the valuations in light of current information available about the issuer, security, or market trends to adjust the pricing models, if deemed necessary.
Private Investment Funds. Private investment funds are valued at fair value using net asset values received on monthly statements, adjusted for the most recent estimated value or performance provided by the management of the private investment fund. In most cases, values are adjusted further by the total returns of indices or exchange-traded funds that track markets to which the private investment fund is fully or partially exposed, as determined by the TAS Valuation Committee upon review of information provided by the private investment fund. On a quarterly basis, the TAS Valuation Committee compares the valuations as determined by the pricing models at each month-end during the quarter to statements provided by management of the private investment funds in order to recalibrate the market exposures, the indices, or exchange-traded funds used in the pricing models as necessary.
The valuation techniques and significant unobservable inputs used in recurring Level 3 fair value measurements of assets were as follows:
|
As of June 30, 2026 |
Fair Value |
Valuation Methodology |
Significant
|
Range |
Weighted Average* |
|||||||||||||||
|
Common Stocks |
$ | 361,567 | Discounted last market price | Discount(%) | 20% - 100% | 85.82% | ||||||||||||||
|
|
22,951 | Recent transaction price | Recent transaction price | $0.25 | $0.25 | |||||||||||||||
|
Warrants |
400,520 | Black-Scholes pricing model | Volatility | 50% | 50% | |||||||||||||||
|
Corporate Bonds |
63,994 | Recent transaction price | Recent transaction price | $20.00 | $20.00 | |||||||||||||||
|
Private Investment Funds |
198,818,977 | Adjusted net asset value | Manager estimated returns | 0.00% - 7.68% | 2.21% | |||||||||||||||
|
|
Market returns+ | (0.56%) - 0.87% | 0.13% | |||||||||||||||||
|
* |
Weighted by market value of investments as a percentage of the total market value of Level 3 investments within each valuation methodology. |
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|
** |
Weighted by estimated exposure to chosen indices, exchange-traded funds, other marketable securities or other proxy. |
The following are descriptions of the measurement uncertainty of the Level 3 recurring fair value measurements to changes in the significant unobservable inputs presented in the table above:
Common Stocks, Preferred Stocks, Convertible Bonds and Corporate Bonds. The chart above reflects the methodology and significant unobservable inputs of securities held at the period ended June 30, 2026. The discounts or estimates for lack of marketability and estimate of future claims or comparable share ratio used to determine fair value may include other factors such as liquidity, volatility, or credit risk. An increase (decrease) in the discount or decrease (increase) estimate of future claims or dividends would result in a lower (higher) fair value measurement.
Private Investment Funds. The range of manager estimates and market returns reflected in the above chart identify the range of estimates and returns used in valuing the private investment funds at the period ended June 30, 2026. A significant increase (decrease) in the estimates received from the manager of the private investment funds would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement. A significant increase (decrease) in the market return weighted by estimated exposures to chosen indices would result in a significantly higher (lower) fair value measurement.
The table below details the Fund’s ability to redeem from private investment funds that are classified as Level 3 assets. The private investment funds in this category generally impose a “lockup” or “gating” provision, which may restrict the timing, amount, or frequency of redemptions. All or a portion of the interests in these privately offered funds generally are deemed to be illiquid.
|
|
Fair Value |
Redemption
|
Redemption
|
|||||||||
|
California Carbon Allowance(a) |
$ | 16,384,210 | quarterly | 90 days | ||||||||
|
Multi-Strategy(b) |
261,986 | illiquid | N/A | |||||||||
|
Long-Short Global Healthcare(c) |
25,345,526 | quarterly | 45 days | |||||||||
|
Long-Short European(d) |
50,239,681 | monthly | 60 days | |||||||||
|
Directional(e) |
45,008,725 | monthly | 30 days | |||||||||
|
Multi-Strategy & Credit Long/Short(f) |
16,544,380 | monthly | 35 days | |||||||||
|
Event Driven(g) |
15,423,961 | monthly | 90 days | |||||||||
|
Equity Market Neutral(h) |
29,610,508 | daily | 7 days | |||||||||
|
Total |
$ | 198,818,977 | ||||||||||
|
(a) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of investments in California Carbon Allowances. |
|
(b) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of capital allocated to various strategies based on risk and return profiles. This strategy includes $261,986 of redemption residuals. |
|
(c) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of long and short positions in global healthcare securities. |
|
(d) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of long and short positions in small and mid-cap European equities. |
|
(e) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of global futures, US equities, ETFS, and ADRs selected using quantitative analysis to predict likely short-term price changes. |
|
(f) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of multi-strategy and credit long/short managers investing across macro and quantitative strategies. |
|
(g) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of investments in event-driven opportunities, including merger arbitrage, restructurings, and other corporate special situations. |
|
(h) |
This strategy is primarily comprised of market-neutral equity investments that seek to generate returns independent of overall equity market movements. |
|
4. |
Derivatives and Other Financial Instruments |
During the period ended June 30, 2026, the Fund invested in derivatives, such as but not limited to futures, currency forwards, purchased and written options, total return basket swaps and total return equity swaps for hedging, liquidity, index exposure, and active management strategies. Derivatives are used for “hedging” when TAS or a money manager seeks to protect the Fund’s investments from a decline in value. Derivative strategies are also used when TAS or a money manager seeks to increase liquidity, implement a cash management strategy, invest in a particular stock, bond or segment of the market in a more efficient or less expensive way, modify the effective duration of the Fund’s portfolio investments and/or for
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purposes of total return. Depending on the purpose for which the derivative instruments are being used, the successful use of derivative instruments may depend on, among other factors, TAS’s or the money manager’s general understanding of how derivative instruments act in relation to referenced securities or markets as well as on market conditions, all of which are out of the control of TAS or the money manager.
Financial Futures Contracts
The Fund may use futures contracts, generally in one of three ways: (1) to gain exposures, both long and short, to the total returns of broad equity indices, globally; (2) to gain exposures, both long and short, to the returns of non-dollar currencies relative to the US dollar; and (3) to manage the duration of the Fund’s fixed income holdings to targeted levels.
Futures contracts involve varying degrees of risk. Such risks include the imperfect correlation between the price of a derivative and that of the underlying security and the possibility of an illiquid secondary market for these securities. Futures contracts are valued at the settlement price established each day by the board of trade or exchange on which they are traded.
A financial futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities or other instrument at a set price for delivery at a future date. At the time a futures contract is purchased or sold, the Fund must allocate cash or securities as a deposit payment (“initial margin”). An outstanding futures contract is valued daily, and the payment in cash of “variation margin” will be required, a process known as “marking to the market”. Each day, the Fund will be required to provide (or will be entitled to receive) variation margin in an amount equal to any decline (in the case of a long futures position) or increase (in the case of a short futures position) in the contract’s value since the preceding day. The daily variation margin is recorded as a receivable or payable on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contracts are closed, a realized gain or loss is recorded as net realized gain (loss) from financial futures contracts on the Statement of Operations, equal to the difference between the opening and closing values of the contracts.
US futures contracts have been designed by exchanges that have been designated as “contract markets” by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and such contracts must be executed through a futures commission merchant or brokerage firm that is a member of the relevant contract market. Futures contracts may trade on a number of exchange markets, and through their clearing corporations, the exchanges guarantee performance of the contracts as between the clearing members of the exchange, thereby reducing the risk of counterparty default. Periodically, securities can be designated as collateral for market value on futures contracts are noted in the Schedule of Investments.
Swap Contracts
The Fund may use swaps and generally uses them in the following ways: (1) to gain exposures, both long and short, to the total returns of broad equity indices; (2) to gain exposure, both long and short, to the total returns of individual equities and bonds; and (3) to gain long-term exposures to the total returns of selected investment strategies. While swaps falling into the first and third categories are often held for multiple quarters, if not years, swaps in the second category can at times be held for shorter time periods or adjusted frequently based on the managers’ evolving views of the expected risk/reward of the trade.
At the end of the period, the Fund maintained one total return basket swap contract to obtain exposure to a portfolio of long and/or short securities.
Generally, swap agreements are contracts between a fund and another party (the swap counterparty) involving the exchange of payments on specified terms over periods ranging from a few days to multiple years. A swap agreement may be negotiated bilaterally and traded OTC between the two parties (for an uncleared swap) or, in some instances, must be transacted through a Futures Commission Merchant and cleared through a clearinghouse that serves as a central counterparty (for a cleared swap). In a basic swap transaction, a fund agrees with the swap counterparty to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of return) and/or cash flows earned or realized on a particular “notional amount” or value of predetermined underlying reference instruments. The notional amount is the set dollar or other value selected by the parties to use as the basis on which to calculate the obligations that the parties to a swap agreement have agreed to exchange. The parties typically do not actually exchange the notional amount. Instead they agree to exchange the returns that would be earned or realized if the notional amount were invested in given investments or at given interest rates. Examples of returns that may be exchanged in a swap agreement are those of a particular security, a particular fixed or variable interest rate, a particular non-US currency, or a “basket” of securities representing a particular index or portfolio of securities and other instruments. Swaps can also be based on credit and other events.
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The Fund will generally enter into swap agreements on a net basis, which means that the two payment streams that are to be made by the Fund and its counterparty with respect to a particular swap agreement are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case may be, only the net difference in the two payments. The Fund’s obligations (or rights) under a swap agreement that is entered into on a net basis will generally be the net amount to be paid or received under the agreement based on the relative values of the obligations of each party upon termination of the agreement or at set valuation dates. The Fund will accrue its obligations under a swap agreement daily (offset by any amounts the counterparty owes the Fund). If the swap agreement does not provide for that type of netting, the full amount of the Fund’s obligations will be accrued on a daily basis.
Cleared swaps are subject to mandatory central clearing. Central clearing is designed to reduce counterparty credit risk and increase liquidity compared to bilateral swaps because central clearing interposes the central clearinghouse as the counterparty to each participant’s swap, but it does not eliminate those risks completely and may involve additional costs and risks not involved with uncleared swaps.
Upon entering into a swap agreement, the Fund may be required to pledge to the swap counterparty an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to the total net amount (if any) that would be payable by the Fund to the counterparty if the swap were terminated on the date in question, including any early termination payments. In certain circumstances, the Fund may be required to pledge an additional amount, known as an independent amount, which is typically equal to a specified percentage of the notional amount of the trade. In some instances, the independent amount can be a significant percentage of the notional amount. Likewise, the counterparty may be required to pledge cash or other assets to cover its obligations to the Fund, net of the independent amount, if any. However, the amount pledged may not always be equal to or more than the amount due to the other party. Therefore, if a counterparty defaults in its obligations to the Fund, the amount pledged by the counterparty and available to the Fund may not be sufficient to cover all the amounts due to the Fund and the fund may sustain a loss. Other risks may apply if an independent amount has been posted.
The Fund records a net receivable or payable for the amount expected to be received or paid in the period. Fluctuations in the value of swap contracts are recorded for financial statements purposes as unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments. The swap is valued at fair market value as determined by valuation models developed and approved in accordance with the Fund’s valuation procedures. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risk if the counterparties are unable to meet the terms of the contract or if the value of foreign currencies change unfavorably to the US dollar.
Options
The Fund generally uses options to hedge a portion (but not all) of the downside risk in its long or short equity positions and also opportunistically to generate total returns. The Fund may also engage in writing options, for example, to express a long view on a security. When writing a put option, the risk to the Fund is equal to the notional value of the position.
Generally, an option is a contract that gives the purchaser of the option, in return for the premium paid, the right to buy a specified security, currency or other instrument (an “underlying instrument”) from the writer of the option (in the case of a call option), or to sell a specified security, currency, or other instrument to the writer of the option (in the case of a put option) at a designated price during the term of the option or at the expiration date of the option. Put and call options that the Fund purchases may be traded on a national securities exchange or in the OTC market. All option positions entered into on a national securities exchange are cleared and guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation, thereby reducing the risk of counterparty default. There can be no assurance that a liquid secondary market will exist for any option purchased.
As the buyer of a call option, the Fund has a right to buy the underlying instrument (e.g., a security) at the exercise price at any time during the option period (for American style options) or at the expiration date (for European style options). The Fund may enter into closing sale transactions with respect to call options, exercise them, or permit them to expire unexercised. As the buyer of a put option, the Fund has the right to sell the underlying instrument at the exercise price at any time during the option period (for American style options) or at the expiration date (for European style options). Like a call option, the Fund may enter into closing sale transactions with respect to put options, exercise them or permit them to expire unexercised. When buying options, the Fund’s potential loss is limited to the cost (premium plus transaction costs) of the option.
As the writer of a put option, the Fund retains the risk of loss should the underlying instrument decline in value. If the value of the underlying instrument declines below the exercise price of the put option and the put option is exercised, the Fund, as the writer of the put option, will be required to buy the instrument at the exercise price. The Fund will incur a loss to the extent that the current market value of the underlying instrument is less than the exercise price of the put option net of the
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premium received by the Fund for the sale of the put option. If a put option written by the Fund expires unexercised, the Fund will realize a gain in the amount of the premium received. As the writer of a put option, the Fund may be required to pledge cash and/or other liquid assets at least equal to the value of the Fund’s obligation under the written put.
The Fund may write “covered” call options, meaning that the Fund owns the underlying instrument that is subject to the call, or has cash and/or liquid securities with a value at all times sufficient to cover its potential obligations under the option. When the Fund writes a covered call option covered by the underlying instrument that is subject to the call, the underlying instruments that are held by the Fund and are subject to the call option will be earmarked as segregated on the books of the Fund or the Fund’s custodian. The Fund will be unable to sell the underlying instruments that are subject to the written call option until it either effects a closing transaction with respect to the written call, or otherwise satisfies the conditions for release of the underlying instruments from segregation, for example, by segregating sufficient cash and/or liquid assets necessary to enable the Fund to purchase the underlying instrument in the event the call option is exercised by the buyer.
When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is included in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities as a liability and subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current value of the option written. These contracts may also involve market risk in excess of the amounts stated on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risk if the counter-parties are unable to meet the terms of the contract or if the value of foreign currencies change unfavorably to the US dollar. The current market value of a written option is the last sale price on the market on which it is principally traded. If the written option expires unexercised, the Fund realizes a gain in the amount of the premium received. If the Fund enters into a closing transaction, it recognizes a gain or loss, depending on whether the cost of the purchase is less than or greater than the premium received.
Forward Currency Contracts
At times, the Fund enters into forward currency contracts to manage the foreign currency exchange risk to which it is subject in the normal course of pursuing international investment objectives. The primary objective of such transactions is to protect (hedge) against a decrease in the US dollar equivalent value of its foreign securities or the payments thereon that may result from an adverse change in foreign currency exchange rates in advance of pending transaction settlements.
A forward currency contract is an agreement between two parties to buy or sell a specific currency for another at a set price on a future date, which is individually negotiated and privately traded by currency traders and their customers in the interbank market. The market value of a forward currency contract fluctuates with changes in forward currency exchange rates. Forward currency contracts are marked-to-market daily, and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. The Fund may either exchange the currencies specified at the maturity of a forward contract or, prior to maturity, enter into a closing transaction involving the purchase or sale of an offsetting forward contract. Closing transactions with respect to forward contracts are usually performed with the counterparty to the original forward contract. The gain or loss arising from the difference between the US dollar cost of the original contract and the value of the foreign currency in US dollars upon closing a contract is included in net realized gain (loss) from forward currency contracts on the Statement of Operations. These contracts may involve market risk in excess of the unrealized gain or loss reflected on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. In addition, the Fund could be exposed to risk if the counterparties are unable to meet the terms of the contracts or if the value of the currency changes unfavorably to the US dollar.
Forward currency contracts held by the Fund are fully collateralized by other securities, as disclosed in the accompanying Schedule of Investments, when applicable. The collateral is evaluated daily to ensure its market value equals or exceeds the current market value of the corresponding forward currency contracts.
Short Selling
At times, the Fund sells securities it does not own in anticipation of a decline in the market price of such securities or in order to hedge portfolio positions. The Fund generally will borrow the security sold in order to make delivery to the buyer. Upon entering into a short position, the Fund records the proceeds as a deposit with broker for securities sold short on its Statement of Assets and Liabilities and establishes an offsetting liability for the securities or foreign currencies sold under the short sale agreement. The Fund is required to pledge cash or securities to the broker as collateral for the securities sold short. Collateral requirements are calculated daily based on the current market value of the short positions. Cash collateral deposited at the Fund’s custodian for the benefit of the broker is recorded as Deposits with broker for securities sold short on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Securities segregated as collateral are denoted on the Schedule of Investments. The liability is marked-to-market while it remains open to reflect the current settlement obligation. Until the security or currency
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is replaced, the fund is required to pay the lender any dividend or interest earned. Such payments are recorded as expenses to the fund. When a closing purchase is entered into by the fund, a gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds originally received and the purchase cost is recorded on the Statement of Operations.
In “short selling,” the Fund sells borrowed securities or currencies which must at some date be repurchased and returned to the lender. If the market value of securities or currencies sold short increases, the Fund may realize losses upon repurchase in amounts which may exceed the liability on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Further, in unusual circumstances, the Fund may be unable to repurchase securities to close its short position except at prices significantly above those previously quoted in the market.
Derivative Disclosure
The Fund is a party to agreements which include netting provisions or other similar arrangements. While the terms and conditions of these agreements may vary, all transactions under each such agreements constitute a single contractual relationship, and each party’s obligation to make any payments, deliveries, or other transfers in respect of any transaction under such agreement may be applied against the other party’s obligations under such agreement and netted. A default by a party in performance with respect to one transaction under such an agreement would give the other party the right to terminate all transactions under such agreement and calculate one net amount owed from the defaulting party to the other. The Fund is required to disclose positions held at year-end that were entered into pursuant to agreements that allow the fund to net the counterparty’s obligations against those of the Fund in the event of a default by the counterparty.
At June 30, 2026, the Fund’s derivative assets and liabilities (by contract type) are as follows:
|
|
Assets |
Liabilities |
||||||
|
Derivative Financial Instruments: |
||||||||
|
Purchased Options |
$ | 182,881 | $ | — | ||||
|
Swap Contracts |
2,279,440 | — | ||||||
|
Forward Contracts |
— | (57,577 | ) | |||||
|
Futures Contracts |
4,406,534 | (5,644,706 | ) | |||||
|
Written Options |
— | (45,324 | ) | |||||
|
Total derivative assets and liabilities |
6,868,855 | (5,747,607 | ) | |||||
|
Derivatives not subject to a netting provision or similar arrangement |
4,589,415 | (5,690,030 | ) | |||||
|
Total assets and liabilities subject to a netting provision or similar arrangement |
$ | 2,279,440 | $ | (57,577 | ) | |||
The following table presents the Fund’s derivative assets net of amounts available for offset under a netting provision or similar arrangement and net of the related collateral (excluding any independent amounts) received by the Fund as of June 30, 2026:
|
Counterparty |
Derivative
|
Derivatives
|
Collateral
|
Net Amount |
||||||||||||
|
Swap Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
|
Goldman Sachs International |
$ | 2,259,889 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,259,889 | ||||||||
|
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc. |
19,551 | — | — | 19,551 | ||||||||||||
|
Total |
$ | 2,279,440 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 2,279,440 | ||||||||
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The following table presents the Fund’s derivative liabilities net of amounts available for offset under a netting provision or similar arrangement and net of the related collateral (excluding any independent amounts) received by the Fund as of June 30, 2026:
|
Counterparty |
Derivative
|
Derivatives
|
Collateral
|
Net Amount |
||||||||||||
|
Forward Currency Contracts |
||||||||||||||||
|
Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc |
$ | (57,577 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (57,577 | ) | ||||||
|
Total |
$ | (57,577 | ) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | (57,577 | ) | ||||||
The following tables provide quantitative disclosure about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on the Fund’s derivative instruments grouped by contract type and primary risk exposure category as of June 30, 2026. These derivatives are not accounted for as hedging instruments.
The following table lists the fair values of the Fund’s derivative holdings as of June 30, 2026, grouped by contract type and risk exposure category:
|
Derivative Type |
Statement
of Assets and |
Foreign
|
Quarterly |
Equity Risk |
Quarterly |
Interest
Rate |
Quarterly |
Total |
||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Asset Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Purchased Options |
Investments in securities, at value | $ | — | —% | $ | 182,881 | 0.07% | $ | — | —% | $ | 182,881 | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total Return Swap Agreements (CFD) |
Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts | — | —% | 19,551 | 0.00% | — | —% | 19,551 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total Return Swap Contracts |
Unrealized appreciation on swap contracts | — | —% | 2,259,889 | 0.09% | — | —% | 2,259,889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Forward Currency Contracts |
Unrealized appreciation on forward currency contracts | — | 0.69% | — | —% | — | —% | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts |
Due from broker for futures variation margin(b) | — | —% | 3,376,629 | 0.00% | 1,029,905 | 0.00% | 4,406,534 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total Value - Assets |
|
$ | — | $ | 5,838,950 | $ | 1,029,905 | $ | 6,868,855 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Liability Derivatives | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Written Options |
Written options, at value | $ | — | —% | $ | (45,324 | ) | -0.01% | $ | — | —% | $ | (45,324 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
|
Total Return Swap Agreements (CFD) |
Unrealized depreciation on swap contracts | — | —% | — | 0.00% | — | —% | — | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Forward Currency Contracts |
Unrealized depreciation on forward currency contracts | (57,577 | ) | -0.01% | — | —% | — | —% | (57,577 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts |
Due to broker for futures variation margin(b) | (1,840,123 | ) | -0.13% | (3,804,583 | ) | -0.08% | — | -0.04% | (5,644,706 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Total Value - Liabilities |
|
$ | (1,897,700 | ) | $ | (3,849,907 | ) | $ | — | $ | (5,747,607 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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(a) |
The Quarterly Average % is a representation of the volume of derivative activity. Quarterly Average % was calculated as follows: At each quarter end from and including December 31, 2025 to and including June 30, 2026, the absolute value of the applicable fair value amount was divided by net assets to derive a percentage of net assets for each quarter end. The Quarterly Average % amount represents the average of these four percentages. |
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(b) |
Includes appreciation (depreciation) on the date the contracts are opened through June 30, 2026. Only current day’s variation margin is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. |
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
The following table lists the realized amounts of gains or losses included in net increase in net assets resulting from operations for the period ended June 30, 2026, grouped by contract type and risk exposure category.
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Derivative Type |
Statement
of |
Foreign
|
Equity
|
Interest
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Total |
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Realized Gain (Loss) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Purchased Options |
Net realized gain (loss) on investments | $ | — | $ | (428,427 | ) | $ | — | $ | (428,427 | ) | |||||||||
|
Swap Contracts |
Net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts | — | 8,067,595 | — | 8,067,595 | |||||||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts |
Net realized gain (loss) on financial futures contracts | (1,878,839 | ) | (6,824,474 | ) | (3,236,903 | ) | (11,940,216 | ) | |||||||||||
|
Forward Currency Contracts |
Net realized gain (loss) on forward currency contracts | 1,441,901 | — | — | 1,441,901 | |||||||||||||||
|
Written Options |
Net realized gain (loss) on written options | — | 715,038 | — | 715,038 | |||||||||||||||
|
Total Realized Gain (Loss) |
|
$ | (436,938 | ) | $ | 1,529,732 | $ | (3,236,903 | ) | $ | (2,144,109 | ) | ||||||||
The following table lists the change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) included in net increase in net assets resulting from operations for the period ended June 30, 2026, grouped by contract type and risk exposure category.
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Derivative Type |
Statement
of |
Foreign
|
Equity |
Interest
|
Total |
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|
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) | ||||||||||||||||||||
|
Purchased Options |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | $— | $(184,940) | $— | $(184,940) | |||||||||||||||
|
Swap Contracts |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts | — | 277,433 | — | 277,433 | |||||||||||||||
|
Financial Futures Contracts |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on financial futures contracts | (2,267,023) | (1,183,561) | 1,678,251 | (1,772,333) | |||||||||||||||
|
Forward Currency Contracts |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on forward currency contracts | 32,999 | — | — | 32,999 | |||||||||||||||
|
Written Options |
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on written options | — | (100,816) | — | (100,816) | |||||||||||||||
|
Total Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) |
$(2,234,024) | $(1,191,884) | $1,678,251 | $(1,747,657) | ||||||||||||||||
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5. |
Investment Advisory Agreement, Money Manager Agreements, and Other Transactions with Affiliates |
TIP’s board has approved an investment advisory agreement for the fund with TAS. The fund pays TAS a monthly fee calculated by applying the annual rates set forth below to the Fund’s average daily net assets for the month:
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Assets |
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On the first $1 billion |
0.25 | % | ||
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On the next $1 billion |
0.23 | % | ||
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On the next $1 billion |
0.20 | % | ||
|
On the remainder (> $3 billion) |
0.18 | % | ||
Fees paid for such services paid to TAS by the Fund are reflected as investment advisory fees on the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, $293,260 remained payable and are included in investment advisory and administrative fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. As part of TAS’ ongoing commitment to the non-profit sector, TAS will voluntarily waive 10% of its management fees for the period November 1, 2023 through December 31, 2026. The total management fees waived for the period ended June 30, 2026 were $118,044.
TAS provides certain administrative services to the Fund under a services agreement. For these services, the Fund pays a monthly fee calculated by applying an annual rate of 0.07% to the Fund’s average daily net assets for the month. Fees for such services paid to TAS by the Fund are reflected as administrative fees on the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, $84,249 remained payable and are included in investment advisory and administrative fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
TIP has designated an employee of TAS as its Chief Compliance Officer. For these services provided to TIP, which include the monitoring of TIP’s compliance program pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act, TIP reimburses TAS. MAF pays a pro rata portion of such costs based on its share of TIP’s net assets. The costs for such services paid to TAS by the Fund were $91,118 for the period ended June 30, 2026 and are included in Chief Compliance Officer’s costs and Trustee’s fees on the Statement of Operations.
TIP’s board, all of whom are considered “disinterested trustees” as defined in the 1940 Act, received compensation for their service as board members. The board members received compensation of $186,171 from MAF for the period ended June 30, 2026 for service as independent Trustees. Fees paid for such services are included in Chief Compliance Officer’s costs and Trustee’s fees on the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, $69,638 remained payable and are included in Chief Compliance Officer’s costs and Trustee’s fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
TIP’s board has approved money manager agreements with each of the money managers. Certain money managers will receive fees based in whole or in part on performance of the money manager’s portfolio. Other money managers will receive management fees equal to a specified percentage per annum of the assets under management by such money manager with a single rate or on a descending scale. Money managers who provided services to the Fund and their fee terms during the period ended June 30, 2026 were as follows:
Asset-Based Schedules(a) — paid monthly
|
Money Manager/Strategy |
Minimum |
Maximum |
Breakpoints |
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Fundsmith, LLP |
0.90% | — | No | |||||||||
Blended Asset-Based and Performance-Based Fee Schedules(b)
|
Asset-Based Portion - paid monthly |
Performance-Based Portion - paid annually (unless otherwise noted) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Money
Manager/ |
Minimum(a) |
Maximum(a) |
Breakpoints |
Benchmark/Hurdle(b) |
High
Water |
Performance
|
Performance
|
Performance
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|
AQR Capital Management - US |
0.20% | — | — |
Russell 1000 Total Return Index (net) |
Yes | 14%(c) | — | Calendar year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Centerbrook Partners, LP |
Blended rate between 1.15% and 0.25%(d) | 1.15% | Yes |
MSCI All Country World Index |
Yes | 10% - 20%(c)(e) | — | Calendar year, 50% deferred |
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|
Eversept Partners, LP |
1.00% | — | — |
MSCI World Health Care Index |
Yes | 20%(c) | — | Calendar year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Greenhouse Funds LLLP |
0.50% | — | — |
Russell 2000 Total Return Index |
Yes | 20%(c) | — | 12-month period ending June 30 | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Kopernik Global Investors, LLC |
0.10% | — | — |
MSCI All Country World Index (net) |
Yes | 20%(c) | — | Calendar year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Lynwood Price Capital Management LP |
0.25% | 0.75% | Yes |
S&P 500 Total Return Index |
Yes | 20%(c) | — | Calendar Year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
NewGen Asset Management Limited |
1.50% | — | — | Yes | 10%(c) | — | Calendar year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Strategy Capital, LLC |
Blended rate between 0.48% and 0.10%(f) | 0.75% | Yes |
S&P 500 Index (net) |
Yes | 10% - 20%(c)(g) | — | Calendar Year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Sengu Capital LLC |
N/A | N/A | N/A |
TOPIX Total Return Index |
Yes | 15%(c) | — | Calendar year | |||||||||||||||||||||
|
Westbeck Capital Management, LLP |
0.0125 | 1.50% | Yes | Yes | 12.5% - 15%(c) | — | Calendar year | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|
(a) |
Fee schedules are based on assets under management, irrespective of performance. The fee rate is applied to average net assets. |
|
(b) |
The performance-based portion of the fee schedule is generally based on a specified percentage of the amount by which the return generated by the money manager’s portfolio exceeds the return of the portfolio’s benchmark or a specified percentage of the net appreciation of the manager’s portfolio over a hurdle, in certain cases subject to a high water mark, a performance fee cap, or the recovery of prior years’ losses, if any. Total returns are generally computed over rolling time periods of varying lengths and are in most |
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|
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
cases determined gross of fund expenses and fees, except custodian transaction charges and, in certain cases, the asset-based fee and/or performance-based fee applicable to the money manager’s account.
|
(c) |
Performance-based fees earned on excess return (portfolio over benchmark or high water mark) expressed as a percentage of ending net assets for the performance period. |
|
(d) |
Asset-based fee minimum rate is a blended rate between 1.15% and 0.25% based on manager assets as well as management contract year. |
|
(e) |
Performance-based fee earned on excess return and less the asset-based fee incurred during the performance period. |
|
(f) |
Asset-based fee minimum rate is a blended rate between 0.48% and 0.10% based on manager assets. |
|
(g) |
Performance fee rate based on average assets managed by Strategy Capital, LLC, excluding TAS advised assets and assets of Strategy Capital, LLC and its affiliates. |
Fees for such services paid to the individual money managers are reflected as money manager fees on the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, $3,934,928 remained payable and reflected as Money Manager fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
With respect to MAF’s investments in other registered investment companies, private investment funds, exchange-traded funds, and other acquired funds, MAF bears its ratable share of each such entity’s expenses, including its share of the management and performance fees, if any, charged by such entity through that entity’s NAV. MAF’s share of management and performance fees charged by such entities is in addition to fees paid by MAF to TAS and the money managers.
|
6. |
Custody Agreement |
Pursuant to a series of agreements, State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”) earns a fee for providing domestic custody services. Fees paid for non-core services rendered by State Street include, but are not limited to, foreign custody and transactional fees, which are based upon assets of the Fund and/or on transactions entered into by the Fund during the period, and out-of-pocket expenses. Fees for such services paid to State Street by the Fund are reflected as custody fees on the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, $146,530 remained payable and reflected as custody fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
|
7. |
Fund Administration Agreement |
Pursuant to a series of agreements, Ultimus Fund Solutions, LLC (“Ultimus”) earns a fee for providing core fund administration, fund accounting, and transfer agent services. Fees paid for non-core services rendered by Ultimus include, but are not limited to, out-of-pocket expenses. Fees for such services paid to Ultimus by the Fund are reflected as fund administration fees on the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, $124,570 remained payable and reflected as fund administration fees on the Statement of Assets and Liabilities. State Street provided core fund administration, fund accounting, and transfer agent services until March 6, 2026.
|
8. |
Investment Transactions |
Cost of investment securities purchased and proceeds from sales of investment securities, other than short-term investments, during the period ended June 30, 2026 were as follows:
|
|
Purchases |
Sales |
||||||
|
Non-US Government Securities |
$ | 1,120,678,716 | $ | 1,411,914,423 | ||||
|
9. |
Federal Tax Information |
For federal income tax purposes, the cost of investments owned at June 30, 2026, has been estimated since the final tax characteristic cannot be determined until fiscal year end.
|
Gross
|
Gross
|
Net
Unrealized |
Tax
Cost of |
|
$311,859,300 |
$(169,370,184) |
$142,489,116 |
$1,707,704,238 |
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TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
The difference between the tax cost of investments and the cost of investments for GAAP purposes is primarily due to the tax treatment of wash sale losses, mark-to-market on derivatives, mark-to-market on passive foreign investment companies, partnerships, and tax adjustments related to holding offsetting positions such as constructive sales.
Dividends and distributions from net investment income and net realized capital gains are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. These “book/tax” differences are considered either temporary or permanent in nature. To the extent these differences are permanent in nature, such amounts are reclassified within the capital accounts based on their federal tax-basis treatment; temporary differences do not require reclassification.
The amount and character of tax-basis distributions and composition of net assets are finalized at fiscal year-end; accordingly, tax-basis balances have not been determined as of June 30, 2026.
The Fund is subject to foreign tax withholding imposed by certain foreign countries in which the Fund may invest. Withholding taxes are incurred on certain foreign dividends and are accrued at the time the dividend is recognized based on applicable foreign tax laws. In December 2023, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU), ASU 2023-09, Income Taxes (Topic 740) - Improvements to Income Taxes Disclosures, which enhances the transparency of income tax disclosures. The ASU requires public entities, on an annual basis, to provide disclosure of income taxes paid disaggregated by jurisdiction when material to the Fund’s financial statements. The amount of foreign withholding taxes paid during the period ended June 30, 2026 is not significant and accordingly, a disclosure of income taxes paid for the period is not presented.
|
10. |
Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements |
The Fund will engage in repurchase and reverse repurchase transactions under the terms of master repurchase agreements with parties approved by TAS or the relevant money manager.
In a repurchase agreement, the Fund buys securities from a counterparty (e.g., typically a member bank of the Federal Reserve system or a securities firm that is a primary or reporting dealer in US Government securities) with the agreement that the counterparty will repurchase them at the same price plus interest at a later date. In certain instances, the Fund may enter into repurchase agreements with one counterparty, but face another counterparty at settlement. Repurchase agreements may be characterized as loans secured by the underlying securities. Such transactions afford an opportunity for the Fund to earn a return on available cash at minimal market risk, although the Fund may be subject to various delays and risks of loss if the counterparty becomes subject to a proceeding under the US Bankruptcy Code or is otherwise unable to meet its obligation to repurchase the securities. In transactions that are considered to be collateralized fully, the securities underlying a repurchase agreement will be marked-to-market every business day so that the value of such securities is at least equal to the repurchase price thereof, including accrued interest.
In a reverse repurchase agreement, the Fund sells US Government securities and simultaneously agrees to repurchase them at an agreed-upon price and date. The difference between the amount the Fund receives for the securities and the additional amount it pays on repurchase is deemed to be a payment of interest. Reverse repurchase agreements create leverage, a speculative factor, but will not be considered borrowings for the purposes of limitations on borrowings. When the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it must segregate on its or its custodian’s books cash and/or liquid securities in an amount equal to the amount of the Fund’s obligation (cost) to repurchase the securities, including accrued interest.
|
11. |
Securities Lending |
In order to earn additional income, the Fund may engage in securities lending, subject to the limitations set forth in the 1940 Act and relevant guidance by the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). If the Fund engages in securities lending, the Portfolio will lend through its custodian, currently State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”), acting as securities lending agent on behalf of the Fund. Under the current arrangement, State Street will manage the Portfolio’s collateral in accordance with the securities lending agency agreement between the Fund and State Street and indemnify the Fund against counterparty risk. The loans will be collateralized by cash (which may be invested in a money market fund) and/or non-cash collateral (which may include U.S. Treasury securities) at least equal at all times to the market value of the securities loaned. The Fund bears the risk of delay in recovery of, or loss of rights in, the securities loaned. The Fund may also record a realized gain or loss on securities deemed sold due to a borrower’s inability to return securities on loan. The Fund bears the risk of any loss on investment of cash collateral. The Fund will receive compensation for lending its securities in the form of fees or it will retain a portion of interest earned on the investment of any cash collateral. The Fund will also continue to receive interest and dividends on the securities loaned and any gain or loss in the market price of
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|
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund / Notes to Financial Statements (Unaudited) |
June 30, 2026 |
the securities loaned that may occur during the term of the loan will be for the account of the Fund. Income earned from securities lending activities, if any, is reflected in the Statement of Operations. As of June 30, 2026, the Fund had securities on loan with an aggregate market value of $77,797,302; the total market value of collateral held by the fund was $81,540,024. The market value of the collateral held included non-cash collateral, in the form of U.S. Treasury securities, with a value of $25,396,015 and cash collateral, which was invested into the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, with a value of $54,803,545.
|
12. |
Capital Share Transactions |
While there are no sales commissions (loads) or 12b-1 fees, MAF previously assessed entry and exit fees on capital invested or redeemed. Effective December 1, 2021, the entry and exit fees for MAF were eliminated entirely.
|
13. |
Concentration of Risks |
MAF may engage in transactions with counterparties, including but not limited to repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements, forward contracts, futures and options, and total return, credit default, interest rate, and currency swaps. The Fund may be subject to various delays and risks of loss if the counterparty becomes insolvent or is otherwise unable to meet its obligations.
The Fund engages multiple external money managers, each of which manages a portion of the Fund’s assets. A multi-manager fund entails the risk, among others, that the advisor may not be able to (1) identify and retain money managers who achieve superior investment returns relative to similar investments; (2) combine money managers in the fund such that their investment styles are complementary; or (3) allocate cash among the money managers to enhance returns and reduce volatility or risk of loss relative to a fund with a single manager.
The Fund invests in private investment funds that entail liquidity risk to the extent they are difficult to sell or convert to cash quickly at favorable prices.
The Fund invests in fixed income securities issued by banks and other financial companies, the market values of which may change in response to interest rate fluctuations. Although the Fund generally maintains a diversified portfolio, the ability of the issuers of the Fund’s portfolio securities to meet their obligations may be affected by changing business and economic conditions in a specific industry, state, or region.
The Fund invests in US Government securities. Because of the rising US Government debt burden, it is possible that the US Government may not be able to meet its financial obligations or that securities issued or backed by the US Government may experience credit downgrades. Such a credit event may adversely affect the financial markets.
The Fund invests in securities of foreign issuers in various countries. These investments may involve certain considerations and risks not typically associated with investments in the US, a result of, among other factors, the possibility of future political and economic developments and the level of governmental supervision and regulation of securities markets in the respective countries.
The Fund invests in small capitalization stocks. These investments may entail different risks than larger capitalizations stocks, including potentially lesser degrees of liquidity.
The Fund may engage in short sales in which it sells a security it does not own. To complete such a transaction, the fund must borrow or otherwise obtain the security to make delivery to the buyer. The Fund is then obligated to replace the borrowed security by purchasing the security at the market price at the time of replacement. The price at such time may be more or less than the price at which the security was sold by the Fund. The Fund’s investment performance will suffer if a security that it has sold short appreciates in value.
|
14. |
Indemnifications |
In the normal course of business, the fund enters into contracts that provide general indemnifications. The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is dependent on future claims that may be made against the Fund and, therefore, cannot be established; however, based on experience, the risk of loss from such claims is considered remote.
|
15. |
Subsequent Events |
Management has evaluated the possibility of subsequent events and has determined that there are no material events that would require disclosure.
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|
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund |
June 30, 2026 |
|
Approval of Money Manager Agreements (Unaudited) | |
Annual Approval of Advisory Agreements and Approval of Amended Money Manager Agreement (June 2026)
During an in-person meeting held on June 23, 2026 (the “June Meeting”), the Board of Trustees (the “Board,” with the members of the Board referred to as the “Trustees”) of TIFF Investment Program (“TIP”) unanimously approved the continuation of: (i) the investment advisory agreement (the “Investment Advisory Agreement”) between TIFF Advisory Services, LLC (“TAS” or the “Adviser”) and TIP, on behalf of TIFF Multi-Asset Fund (“Multi-Asset Fund,” “MAF” or the “Fund”), the sole series of TIP; and (ii) each agreement with a money manager (i.e., a sub-adviser) engaged by the Adviser to manage a portion of the Fund’s assets (each, a “Money Manager Agreement” and collectively, the “Money Manager Agreements” and together with the Investment Advisory Agreement, the “Advisory Agreements”). Additionally, with respect to CenterBook Partners LP (“CenterBook”), one of the Fund’s money managers, the Board approved an amended Money Manager Agreement including a modified fee structure (the “CenterBook Amendment”).
The Fund operates under a manager-of-managers structure pursuant to an order issued by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, which permits TAS to enter into and materially amend the Money Manager Agreements with Board approval but without shareholder approval. Under this structure, TAS is responsible for monitoring and evaluating the performance of each money manager for its allocated portion or sleeve of the Fund’s portfolio and for recommending the engagement, termination and replacement of each money manager to the Board.
With respect to its consideration of these matters, the Board, which is comprised entirely of Trustees who are not “interested persons,” as defined by the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), of TIP (collectively, the “Independent Trustees”), took into account its duties under the 1940 Act, as well as under the general principles of state law, in reviewing and approving advisory contracts. In advance of the June Meeting, the Board requested, received and considered information and materials from TAS and the money managers encompassing a wide variety of topics in connection with the proposals, including, among other things: information regarding personnel, organizational structure and services; information regarding investment processes and strategies; comparative information regarding Multi-Asset Fund’s investment performance, fees and expenses; information regarding the potential for TAS to experience economies of scale in the provision of services to the Fund and the extent to which any potential scale benefits, if any, may be shared with shareholders; information regarding the overall financial condition of TAS and each money manager and each firm’s ability to carry out its respective obligations to Multi-Asset Fund; with respect to TAS, profitability data and information about the methodology employed in determining profitability; and TAS’s processes for vetting, selecting, monitoring and overseeing the money managers. Information about brokerage practices was also provided, including allocation methodologies, best execution, commission rates and soft dollar arrangements. Also provided to the Board was information about compliance, administration and risk management—such as information regarding risk monitoring; business continuity and disaster recovery planning and cybersecurity resources; vendor oversight; compliance program information, training, resources and related reporting; the use of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies, to the extent relevant, and related oversight and controls; and, to the extent applicable, confirmations or disclosures regarding regulatory examinations, government inquiries, litigation or other proceedings affecting TAS or the money managers.
In addition, the Board considered the following: (1) a memorandum from the Board’s independent legal counsel setting forth the Board’s fiduciary duties and responsibilities under the 1940 Act and applicable state law and the factors the Board should consider in its evaluation of the Advisory Agreements, the Fund’s distribution agreement and the Fund’s services agreement with TAS; (2) responses submitted by TAS and each money manager to questionnaires prepared by the Board’s independent legal counsel, on behalf of the Independent Trustees, requesting information necessary for the Trustees’ evaluation of the Advisory Agreements; (3) a report prepared by Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. (“Broadridge”), an independent provider of investment company data, comparing the performance of Multi-Asset Fund to the performance of its applicable peer groups, and comparing Multi-Asset Fund’s advisory fees and total expenses to those of its peer groups; (4) additional information from TAS regarding the fees charged by TAS to Multi-Asset Fund and to certain other private funds managed by TAS; (5) a report detailing Multi-Asset Fund’s assets under management, effective fee rates and fees paid to each money manager in 2025, and similar information for TAS; (6) a report of the ten brokers receiving the highest aggregate brokerage commissions by manager for the year ended December 31, 2025; (7) certain financial information about TAS; and (8) the direct and indirect benefits that accrue to TAS and its affiliates, and to the money managers, from their relationships with Multi-Asset Fund, which include fees paid to TAS by Multi-Asset Fund for TAS to perform certain administrative and other services for Multi-Asset Fund under the services agreement.
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|
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund |
June 30, 2026 |
At the June Meeting, the Board met with representatives of TAS to discuss the materials provided in advance of the June Meeting. The Board also met independently of management, in executive sessions with their independent legal counsel, to review and discuss the materials provided.
In approving the continuation of the Advisory Agreement and each Money Manager Agreement, the Board considered such information as the Board deemed reasonably necessary to evaluate the terms of each Agreement. While attention was given to all information furnished, the following discusses the primary factors relevant to the Board’s decisions. The Board concluded that Multi-Asset Fund’s performance was acceptable and that its advisory fees and total expenses were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services provided.
Nature, Extent, and Quality of Services
The Board considered a number of factors in evaluating TAS and the money managers in connection with its annual contract review process. The Board noted that it receives information at regular meetings throughout the year related to the services rendered by TAS and the money managers, as well as Multi-Asset Fund’s performance, expenses, and compliance information. It also noted that it receives information between regular meetings as the need arises. The Board’s evaluation of the services provided by TAS and the money managers took into account the Trustees’ knowledge and familiarity gained as Board members, including the scope and quality of TAS’s investment management capabilities in selecting money managers, allocating Multi-Asset Fund’s assets across money managers and asset classes, managing certain direct investments and asset types in-house (e.g., Treasuries, futures contracts, swaps, and other instruments), and its compliance responsibilities. Relatedly, the Board took into account the comprehensive due diligence and scoring process undertaken by TAS in connection with vetting prospective money managers, including the evaluation of each money manager’s compliance program resources and compliance policies and procedures performed by TIP’s Chief Compliance Officer, as well as the ongoing oversight exercised by TAS over each money manager once onboarded. Consideration was also given to TAS’s oversight of compliance with applicable laws and regulations and compliance-related resources devoted by TAS in support of Multi-Asset Fund’s obligations pursuant to Rule 38a-1 under the 1940 Act and in monitoring compliance with investment guidelines and policies. The Board also considered TAS’s efforts generally to ensure that third-party programs and vendors used to service Multi-Asset Fund, including for purposes of regulatory compliance support, are monitored effectively.
As part of its assessment of the nature, extent and quality of services, the Board considered each money manager’s skills and experience in managing the underlying portfolios given the amount of assets and particular universe of asset types available to the manager, its trading acumen, its performance tendencies in various market cycles and conditions, and its process for risk monitoring and management. In addition, the Board considered each firm’s practices regarding the selection and compensation of brokers and dealers for the execution of portfolio transactions and the procedures it uses for obtaining best execution of portfolio transactions. Moreover, the Board considered reports from TAS regarding the operations of certain money managers, the performance and investment strategies of certain money managers in light of current market conditions, as well as the role that each money manager plays in Multi-Asset Fund’s portfolio.
With respect to the CenterBook Amendment, the Board also took into account the money manager’s confirmation that the CenterBook Amendment will not result in any changes to the nature, quality or extent of investment advisory services provided to Multi-Asset Fund by the money manager.
The Board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent, and quality of the services provided under the Advisory Agreements by TAS and each of the money managers.
Profitability
The Board considered the profitability of TAS as the investment adviser and its overall financial condition and ability to carry out its obligations to Multi-Asset Fund. The Board did not specifically consider the profitability of each money manager resulting from its relationship with Multi-Asset Fund because none of the money managers are affiliated with TAS or Multi-Asset Fund except by virtue of serving as a money manager, and the fees paid to each money manager by TIP were negotiated on an arm’s-length basis in a competitive marketplace.
TIFF Multi-Asset Fund Performance, Fees, and Expenses
Multi-Asset Fund operates on a “multi-manager” basis, meaning that its assets are divided into multiple segments and those segments are managed by different investment management firms as money managers to Multi-Asset Fund. In addition, TAS is responsible for determining such portion of Multi-Asset Fund’s portfolio to be managed directly by TAS, if any. Under this multi-manager structure, TAS is responsible for managing and evaluating the performance of each money manager for
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its sleeve of the Fund, recommending to the Board the hiring, termination and replacement of each money manager and determining the appropriate manner in which to allocate assets among money managers, including TAS. There is no pre-specified target allocation of assets to any particular money manager. Each money manager manages one or more segments of Multi-Asset Fund pursuant to a money manager agreement between the money manager and TIP, on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund. Multi-Asset Fund also invests a portion of its assets in other investment funds (which are sometimes referred to as “underlying funds” or “acquired funds”), such as exchange-traded funds, open-end mutual funds, and private investment funds, such as hedge funds. As an investor in an acquired fund, Multi-Asset Fund bears its ratable share of expenses, including advisory and administration fees and other fees, of the acquired fund. Such fees and expenses are referred to as “underlying fund expenses” and represent the approximate fees and expenses indirectly incurred by Multi-Asset Fund as a result of its investments in acquired funds.
Money Managers Under Consideration and Performance Benchmarks Reviewed:
AQR
Capital Management, LLC
Russell 1000 Index
CenterBook
Partners LP
MSCI ACWI 100% Hedged to USD Index
Fundsmith
Investment Services Limited
MSCI World Index
Greenhouse
Funds LLLP
Russell 2000 Index
Kopernik
Global Investors, LLC
MSCI All Country World Index
Lynwood
Price Capital Partners, LP
S&P 500 Index
NewGen
Asset Management Limited
HFRI Equity Market Neutral Index
Strategy
Capital, LLC
S&P 500 Index
Westbeck
Capital Management LLP
Wilderhill Clean Energy Index
The Board reviewed various comparative data provided to it in connection with its consideration of the renewal of the Advisory Agreements, including, among other information, a comparison of Multi-Asset Fund’s total return with four self-selected benchmarks and with that of other mutual funds deemed to be in its peer group and peer universe by Broadridge.
In particular, the Board reviewed Multi-Asset Fund’s performance against its benchmarks (the four self-selected benchmarks were MAF’s Strategic Asset Allocation (the “MAF SAA”), based on the normal allocation to each asset class, the 65/35 Mix, the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) + 5% per annum, and MSCI ACWI Index), and a Broadridge peer universe. The Broadridge peer universe consisted of Multi-Asset Fund and all retail and institutional flexible portfolio funds, regardless of asset size or primary channel of distribution, as classified by Broadridge (the “Broadridge MAF peer universe”). The Board considered TAS’s implementation of Multi-Asset Fund’s investment strategy across multiple asset classes and money managers. With respect to Multi-Asset Fund’s performance against its benchmarks and the Broadridge MAF peer universe, the Board made the following observations:
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65/35 Mix: The Fund’s annualized total returns exceeded the benchmark for each period reviewed, including the one-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2026; |
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CPI +5%: Although the Fund’s annualized total returns underperformed the benchmark for the five-year period ended March 31, 2026, the Fund outperformed the benchmark for the one-year, ten-year and since-inception periods, respectively, ended March 31, 2026; |
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MAF SAA: Although the Fund’s annualized total returns underperformed the benchmark for each of the five- and ten-year periods ended March 31, 2026, the Fund’s annualized total returns exceeded the benchmark for the one-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2026. |
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MSCI ACWI Index: The Fund’s annualized total returns underperformed the benchmark for each of the one-year, five-year, ten-year and since-inception periods ended March 31, 2026. |
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Broadridge MAF peer universe: The Fund’s returns exceeded the average of the Broadridge MAF peer universe for each of the one-, three-, five-, and ten-year periods ended March 31, 2026. |
The Board’s assessment of investment performance was also informed by its understanding of TAS’s processes for overseeing and analyzing each money manager’s performance, including regular reporting received by the Board’s Investment Oversight Committee from TAS regarding risk attribution and asset class allocation, as well as information regarding the tenure and experience of each money manager.
The Board also reviewed the fees and expenses of Multi-Asset Fund against an expense peer group provided by Broadridge. This expense peer group (the “MAF expense peer group”) consisted of Multi-Asset Fund and fifteen other institutional flexible portfolio funds as classified by Broadridge. The Board observed that the contractual management fee of Multi-Asset Fund was above the MAF expense peer group average (based on total net assets as of March 31, 2026). In assessing the foregoing, the Trustees considered that MAF makes substantial use of performance-based fee arrangements with the money managers, which can lead to higher advisory fees when money managers perform well. The Board also observed that the actual total expenses of Multi-Asset Fund, both including and excluding the underlying fund expenses, exceeded the median of MAF’s expense peer group for the latest fiscal year. The Board noted that, because the acquired funds in which Multi-Asset Fund invests typically use performance-based fee arrangements, the underlying fund expenses will tend to be higher when the acquired funds perform well; and further, that most of the other funds in the MAF expense peer group do not invest in acquired funds to the same degree as MAF, and, therefore, do not incur the same level of underlying fund expenses. The Board took into consideration management’s discussion of the acquired funds’ contributions to MAF’s overall performance and the role such funds play in MAF’s portfolio, as well as management’s view that these factors offset the higher fees and expenses resulting from such investments.
The Board reviewed and discussed TAS’s fee schedule and the fee schedules of the money managers, noting that TAS’s fee schedule included breakpoints and that each of the money managers had an asset-based fee arrangement or a fee arrangement which included a combination of both an asset-based fee and a performance-based fee. The Board also assessed the extent to which Multi-Asset Fund benefited from economies of scale, if any, resulting from the fee structures provided by TAS and by each of the money managers, noting that certain money managers’ asset-based fee schedules did not include breakpoints, but their fee schedules were consistent generally with the fee schedules such managers had in place with, or offered to, other clients having substantially similar investment mandates. Additionally, the Board noted factors that contribute to the determination of fee rates for specific clients of certain money managers, such as client type, size of account and overall client relationship, account inception date, and client servicing obligations, among other things. Moreover, the Board considered that the fees of the money managers are negotiated at arm’s length between TAS and each money manager. Further, with respect to those money managers that received performance-based fees, the Board felt that such fee schedules appropriately aligned the money managers’ interests with those of Multi-Asset Fund’s investors. As part of its analysis, the Board also considered the fees charged by TAS to MAF and certain other private funds managed by TAS. With respect to the CenterBook Amendment, the Board considered CenterBook’s explanation of the challenges presented by the current fee structure, including that expense absorption is constraining reinvestment in the strategy and resources, the competitive market for money managers generally and the significant performance hurdle resulting from the existing fee structure. Also relevant to the Board’s assessment of the CenterBook Amendment was that TAS, Fund management and MAF’s portfolio managers are supportive of the proposed changes.
Additionally, the Board considered the direct and indirect benefits that accrue to certain money managers as a result of their use of brokerage commissions paid by MAF, with respect to portfolio transactions undertaken by such money managers, to obtain research products and services.
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Results of Review of Advisory Agreements
After considering responses from TAS and each money manager to the questionnaires prepared by independent legal counsel on behalf of the Independent Trustees and further discussion, the Board voted to approve the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Money Manager Agreements for another year with respect to Multi-Asset Fund. The Board also voted to approve the CenterBook Amendment.
The Board based its evaluation on the material factors presented to it and discussed herein, including: (1) the terms of the agreements; (2) the reasonableness of the advisory and money manager fees in light of the nature and quality of the advisory services provided, and any additional benefits received by TAS or the money managers, as applicable, in connection with providing services to Multi-Asset Fund; (3) the nature, quality, and extent of the services performed by TAS and each of the money managers, as well as the cost to TAS of providing such services; (4) the contribution of each money manager toward the overall performance of Multi-Asset Fund; (5) the fees charged by TAS and each of the money managers; and (6) the overall organization and experience of TAS and each of the money managers.
Prior to a vote being taken to approve the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Money Manager Agreements, the Trustees met separately in executive session to discuss the appropriateness of the agreements and other considerations. In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Trustees were advised by their independent legal counsel. The Trustees weighed the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent legal counsel as to the law applicable to the review of investment advisory contracts. The Trustees concluded that the terms of the Advisory Agreements were reasonable, fair, and in the best interests of Multi-Asset Fund, and that the fees set forth in the agreements were fair and reasonable. In reaching its conclusion to approve the continuance of the Investment Advisory Agreement and the Money Manager Agreements for another year, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as being determinative. Rather, the Board’s approval was based on each Trustee’s business judgment after consideration of all of these factors together, with a view toward past and future long-term considerations. Individual Trustees may have weighed certain factors differently and assigned varying degrees of materiality to information considered by the Board.
Approval of New Money Manager Agreements (June 2026)
During the June Meeting, the Board considered proposals presented by TAS to approve new money manager agreements with: (i) Phoenix Asset Management Partners Limited (“Phoenix”); and (ii) Fidelity Diversifying Solutions LLC (“FDS” and the new money manager agreements, the “Phoenix Agreement” and the “FDS Agreement,” respectively, and together, the “New Money Manager Agreements” or each, a “New Money Manager Agreement”). In considering each of the New Money Manager Agreements, the Book took into account its duties under the 1940 Act, as well as under the general principles of state law, in reviewing and approving advisory contracts. In advance of the June Meeting, the Board received and considered information and materials from TAS and from each of Phoenix and FDS encompassing a wide variety of topics in connection with the proposals, including, among other things:
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as to Phoenix, information regarding the asset management industry experience of Phoenix’s founder and Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Gary Channon, and Mr. James Wilson, Partner at Phoenix and the portfolio manager of the investment strategy proposed to be implemented by Phoenix on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund, and that of the firm as a whole; the firm’s investment strategy, philosophy and portfolio construction discipline, as well as its research process and output; anticipated portfolio characteristics, sector and market cap allocations and various related metrics, including illustrative investments and the rationale therefor; proposed investment guidelines for MAF; performance information regarding the investment strategy proposed to be implemented by Phoenix, including annualized results, rolling performance data, performance versus benchmarks, performance attribution and upside and downside analysis; comparative information regarding the proposed money management fees and the fees charged or investment terms offered by Phoenix to other clients having similar investment objectives or employing strategies similar to those to be employed by Phoenix on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund; information regarding benefits expected to be derived from the money manager relationship, including Phoenix’s representation that it does not utilize soft dollar arrangements; and information regarding the potential for economies of scale in the provision of services to Multi-Asset Fund and the extent to which any potential scale benefits may be shared with shareholders; and |
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as to FDS, information regarding the asset management industry experience of FDS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC (d/b/a Fidelity Investments) (“Fidelity”), the experience of the proposed portfolio management team and that of the firm’s other personnel; the firm’s investment strategy, philosophy and portfolio construction discipline, as well as its research process and output; anticipated portfolio characteristics, sector allocations and various related metrics; proposed investment guidelines for MAF; performance information regarding Fidelity’s active mutual funds representing long-only equity strategies, including annualized results, rolling performance data, performance versus benchmarks, performance attribution and upside and downside analysis; comparative information regarding the proposed money management fees and the fees charged or investment terms offered by Fidelity to other clients having similar investment objectives or employing strategies similar to those to be employed by FDS on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund; information regarding benefits expected to be derived from the money manager relationship, including with respect to soft dollar arrangements, to the extent applicable; and information regarding the potential for economies of scale in the provision of services to Multi-Asset Fund and the extent to which any potential scale benefits may be shared with shareholders. |
With respect to the Phoenix Agreement, the Board noted that the proposed management fee for the investment strategy to be implemented by Phoenix on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund consists of a performance fee that aligned Phoenix’s interests with those of Multi-Asset Fund. Similarly, with respect to the FDS Agreement, the Board noted that the proposed management fee for the investment strategy to be implemented by FDS on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund included a performance fee that aligned FDS’ interests with those of Multi-Asset Fund. The Board also noted that, under the FDS Agreement, the proposed asset-based fee, calculated monthly and paid no later than the last day of the month immediately following the end of the month to which the management fee relates, ranges from 0.25% to 0.50% per annum on assets comprising the portfolio and the asset-based fee rate is determined based upon the greater of (i) the net amount of total assets that are managed by FDS or its affiliates for the Fund and other funds advised by TAS or its affiliates, whether through a separate account or an interest in a pooled investment fund (“TIFF Assets”) invested with FDS (the sum of all TIFF Assets contributed to FDS less the sum of all TIFF Assets withdrawn from FDS) and (ii) the current value of the TIFF Assets, each as of the beginning of the relevant month.
Information about brokerage practices for each of Phoenix and FDS was also provided, including allocation methodologies, best execution, commission rates and the handling of trade errors. In addition, the Board considered information with respect to compliance, administration and risk management, including, as to each of Phoenix and FDS, the organization’s risk monitoring, business continuity and disaster recovery planning, cybersecurity resources and risk assessments, and compliance oversight and compliance program; and confirmations regarding the absence of regulatory examinations, government inquiries, litigation or other proceedings affecting Phoenix or FDS, respectively.
In addition, the Board considered the following: (1) a memorandum from the Board’s independent legal counsel regarding the Board’s fiduciary duties and responsibilities under the 1940 Act and applicable state law and the factors the Board should consider in its evaluation of each of the Phoenix Agreement and the FDS Agreement; (2) responses submitted by each of Phoenix and FDS to a questionnaire submitted by TAS, on behalf of the Board, requesting information necessary for the Trustees’ evaluation of the Phoenix Agreement and the FDS Agreement, respectively; (3) a detailed report prepared by TAS assessing each of Phoenix and FDS and including information regarding each proposed money manager’s background, investment thesis, portfolio management personnel, philosophy and strategy, risk management, portfolio fit, references and other considerations; (4) certifications regarding each proposed money manager’s compliance program and code of ethics; (5) a summary of compliance findings for each proposed money manager prepared by TIP’s Chief Compliance Officer; and (6) the proposed Phoenix Agreement and the proposed FDS Agreement, including the applicable proposed fee schedules and investment guidelines.
During the June Meeting, the Board met with representatives of TAS to discuss the materials provided in advance of the June Meeting regarding each of the proposed Phoenix Agreement and the FDS Agreement. At the June Meeting, TAS staff (1) reviewed the process undertaken and due diligence performed in assessing each of Phoenix and FDS as a possible money manager for Multi-Asset Fund, and (2) responded to additional questions from the Board regarding, among other things, each proposed money manager’s scope of business and operations, potential advantages and risks associated with each firm, and each firm’s investment strategy.
The Board also considered a number of additional factors in evaluating each New Money Manager Agreement. The Board considered the money management services each of Phoenix and FDS was expected to provide to Multi-Asset Fund; the potential benefits of including each of Phoenix and FDS as a money manager to Multi Asset Fund; operational matters related to the engagement of each of Phoenix and FDS and related risks; and other information deemed relevant.
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The Board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided by each of Phoenix and FDS and determined that the proposed fees under each New Money Manager Agreement were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided. The Board did not specifically consider the profitability or expected profitability of Phoenix or FDS resulting from its relationship with Multi-Asset Fund because neither Phoenix nor FDS is affiliated with TAS or TIP, except by virtue of serving as money managers to Multi-Asset Fund, and the fees to be paid to each of Phoenix and FDS were negotiated on an arm’s-length basis in a competitive marketplace.
The Board based its evaluation on the material factors presented to it at the June Meeting and discussed above, including: (1) the terms of each New Money Manager Agreement; (2) the reasonableness of each proposed money manager’s fees in light of the nature and quality of the services expected to be provided and any additional benefits expected to be received by each of Phoenix and FDS in connection with providing services to Multi-Asset Fund in the future; (3) the nature, quality, and extent of the services expected to be performed by each of Phoenix and FDS; and (4) the nature and expected effects of adding each of Phoenix and FDS as a money manager to Multi-Asset Fund.
After carefully considering the information summarized above and all factors deemed to be relevant, the Board unanimously voted to approve the FDS Agreement. Prior to a vote being taken, the Board met separately in executive session to discuss the appropriateness of each New Money Manager Agreement and other considerations.
In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Trustees were advised by their independent legal counsel. The Trustees weighed the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent legal counsel as to the law applicable to the consideration of investment advisory contracts.
The Trustees concluded that each New Money Manager Agreement was reasonable, fair, and in the best interests of Multi-Asset Fund and its shareholders, and that the fees provided in each New Money Manager Agreement were fair and reasonable. In the Board’s view, approving each New Money Manager Agreement was desirable and in the best interests of Multi-Asset Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve each New Money Manager Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as being determinative. Rather, the Board’s approval was based on each Trustee’s business judgment after consideration of all of these factors together, with a view toward future long-term considerations. Individual Trustees may have weighed certain factors differently and assigned varying degrees of materiality to information considered by the Board.
Approval of New Money Manager Agreement (March 2026)
During an in-person meeting held on March 10, 2026 (the “March Meeting”), the Board considered a proposal presented by TAS to approve a new money manager agreement with Sengu Capital Limited (“Sengu Capital” and the new money manager agreement, the “Sengu Capital Agreement”). In considering the Sengu Capital Agreement, the Book took into account its duties under the 1940 Act, as well as under the general principles of state law, in reviewing and approving advisory contracts.
In advance of the March Meeting, the Board received and considered information and materials from TAS and from Sengu Capital encompassing a wide variety of topics in connection with the proposal, including, among other things: information regarding the asset management industry experience of Sengu Capital’s founder and Chief Investment Officer, Mr. Yoshihiko Ohira and that of the firm’s other personnel; the firm’s investment strategy, philosophy and portfolio construction discipline, as well as its research process and output; anticipated portfolio characteristics, sector and market cap allocations and various related metrics, including illustrative investments and the rationale therefor; proposed investment guidelines for MAF; performance information regarding Sengu Capital’s existing fund, including annualized results, rolling performance data, performance versus benchmarks, performance attribution and upside and downside analysis; comparative information regarding the proposed money management fees and the fees charged or investment terms offered by Sengu Capital to other clients having similar investment objectives or employing strategies similar to those to be employed by Sengu Capital on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund, as well as the rationale for any fee differences; information regarding benefits expected to be derived from the money manager relationship, including with respect to soft dollar arrangements, to the extent applicable; and information regarding the potential for economies of scale in the provision of services to Multi-Asset Fund and the extent to which any potential scale benefits may be shared with shareholders.
The Board noted that the proposed management fee for the investment strategy to be implemented by Sengu Capital on behalf of Multi-Asset Fund included a performance fee that aligned Sengu Capital’s interests with those of Multi-Asset Fund. The Board also noted that the proposed asset-based fee, payable monthly and calculated on all MAF assets, is 0.60% per year
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on portfolio assets and considered the possibility that there could be a change in Sengu Capital’s fees if a reduction in assets occurs. Information about Sengu Capital’s brokerage practices was also provided, including allocation methodologies, best execution, commission rates and the handling of trade errors. In addition, the Board considered information with respect to compliance and administration, including Sengu Capital’s compliance oversight, cybersecurity risk assessments, and finance and accounting services; and confirmations regarding the absence of regulatory examinations, government inquiries, litigation or other proceedings affecting Sengu Capital.
In addition, the Board considered the following: (1) a memorandum from the Board’s independent legal counsel regarding the Board’s fiduciary duties and responsibilities under the 1940 Act and applicable state law and the factors the Board should consider in its evaluation of the Sengu Capital Agreement; (2) responses submitted by Sengu Capital to a questionnaire submitted by TAS, on behalf of the Board, requesting information necessary for the Trustees’ evaluation of the Sengu Capital Agreement; (3) a detailed report prepared by TAS assessing Sengu Capital and including information regarding the proposed money manager’s background, investment thesis, portfolio management personnel, philosophy and strategy, risk management, portfolio fit, references and other considerations; (4) certifications regarding Sengu Capital’s compliance program and Code of Ethics; (5) a summary of compliance findings for Sengu Capital prepared by TIP’s Chief Compliance Officer; and (6) the proposed Sengu Capital Agreement, including the proposed fee schedules and investment guidelines.
During the March Meeting, the Board met with representatives of TAS to discuss the materials provided in advance of the March Meeting regarding the proposed Sengu Capital Agreement. At the March Meeting, TAS staff (1) reviewed the process undertaken and due diligence performed in assessing Sengu Capital as a possible money manager for Multi-Asset Fund, and (2) responded to additional questions from the Board regarding, among other things, Sengu Capital’s scope of business and operations, potential advantages and risks associated with Sengu Capital, and the firm’s investment strategy.
The Board also considered a number of additional factors in evaluating the Sengu Capital Agreement. The Board considered the money management services Sengu Capital was expected to provide to Multi-Asset Fund; the potential benefits of including Sengu Capital as a money manager to Multi Asset Fund; operational matters related to the engagement of Sengu Capital and related risks; and other information deemed relevant.
The Board concluded that, overall, it was satisfied with the nature, extent and quality of the services expected to be provided by Sengu Capital and determined that the proposed fees under the Sengu Capital Agreement were reasonable in light of the nature, extent and quality of services expected to be provided. The Board did not specifically consider the profitability or expected profitability of Sengu Capital resulting from its relationship with Multi-Asset Fund because Sengu Capital is not affiliated with TAS or TIP, except by virtue of serving as a money manager to Multi-Asset Fund, and the fees to be paid to Sengu Capital were negotiated on an arm’s-length basis in a competitive marketplace.
The Board based its evaluation on the material factors presented to it at the March Meeting and discussed above, including: (1) the terms of the Sengu Capital Agreement; (2) the reasonableness of the proposed money manager’s fees in light of the nature and quality of the services expected to be provided and any additional benefits expected to be received by Sengu Capital in connection with providing services to Multi-Asset Fund in the future; (3) the nature, quality, and extent of the services expected to be performed by Sengu Capital; and (4) the nature and expected effects of adding Sengu Capital as a money manager to Multi-Asset Fund.
After carefully considering the information summarized above and all factors deemed to be relevant, the Board unanimously voted to approve the Sengu Capital Agreement. Prior to a vote being taken, the Board met separately in executive session to discuss the appropriateness of the Sengu Capital Agreement and other considerations.
In their deliberations with respect to these matters, the Trustees were advised by their independent legal counsel. The Trustees weighed the foregoing matters in light of the advice given to them by their independent legal counsel as to the law applicable to the consideration of investment advisory contracts.
The Trustees concluded that the Sengu Capital Agreement was reasonable, fair, and in the best interests of Multi-Asset Fund and its members, and that the fees provided in the Sengu Capital Agreement were fair and reasonable. In the Board’s view, approving the Sengu Capital Agreement was desirable and in the best interests of Multi-Asset Fund and its shareholders. In arriving at its decision to approve the Sengu Capital Agreement, the Board did not identify any single factor or group of factors as being determinative. Rather, the Board’s approval was based on each Trustee’s business judgment after consideration of all of these factors together, with a view toward future long-term considerations. Individual Trustees may have weighed certain factors differently and assigned varying degrees of materiality to information considered by the Board.
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Index Descriptions | |
Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond or other fixed income instrument to a change in interest rates. In general, the higher the duration, the more a bond’s price will drop as interest rates rise (and the greater the interest rate risk).
MSCI All Country World IndexSM is a free-float adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the equity market performance of developed and emerging markets. Unlike certain other broad-based indices, the number of stocks included in the MSCI All Country World Index is not fixed and may vary to enable the index to continue to reflect the primary home markets of the constituent countries. MSCI All Country World Index returns include reinvested dividends, gross of foreign withholding taxes through December 31, 2000 and net of foreign withholding tax thereafter.
Russell 1000 Index tracks the largest 1,000 US companies.
Russell 2000 Index (Russell 2000 Total Return Index) is a market capitalization weighted index that measures the performance of the small-cap segment of the US equity universe. The index is a subset of the Russell 3000 Index representing approximately 10% of the total market capitalization of that index. It includes approximately 2,000 of the smallest securities based on a combination of their market cap and current index membership.
S&P 500 Index (S&P 500 Total Return Index) includes 500 companies in leading industries of the US economy, capturing 75% coverage of US equities. The S&P 500 Index is maintained by the S&P Index Committee, based on published guidelines governing additions to and removal from the index. Criteria for index additions include US companies, market capitalization in excess of $4 billion, public float, financial viability, adequate liquidity and reasonable price, sector representation, and company type. Criteria for index removals include violating or no longer meeting one or more criteria for index inclusion.
WilderHill® Clean Energy Index tracks the clean energy sector: specifically, businesses that stand to benefit substantially from a societal transition toward use of cleaner energy, zero-CO2 renewables, and conservation. The Index is calculated using a modified equal dollar weighting methodology, with component securities and weights determined by their respective sector and size. Stocks and sector weightings within the ECO Index are based on their significance for clean energy, technological influence and relevance to preventing pollution in the first place.
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| (b) | The Registrant’s Financial Highlights are included as part of the Financial Statements filed under Item 7(a) of this Form. |
Item 8. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 9. Proxy Disclosures for Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable.
Item 10. Remuneration Paid to Trustees, Officers, and Others of Open-End Management Investment Companies.
Renumeration Paid to Trustees Officers, and Others of Open-End Investment Companies is included as part of the Financial Statements filed under Item 7(a) of this Form.
Item 11. Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract.
The registrant’s Statement Regarding Basis for Approval of Investment Advisory Contract and Money Manager Agreements is included as part of the Financial Statements filed under Item 7(a) of this Form.
Item 12. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to this Registrant.
Item 13. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.
Not applicable to this Registrant.
Item 14. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment
Company and Affiliated Purchasers.
Not applicable to this Registrant.
Item 15. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
During the reporting period, there were no material changes to the procedures by which members may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees.
Item 16. Controls and Procedures.
(a) The Registrant's Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) (the “1940 Act”) were effective as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report (the "Evaluation Date"), based on their evaluation of the effectiveness of the Registrant's disclosure 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 (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)) as of the Evaluation Date.
(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 have materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.
Item 17. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies
Not applicable.
Item 18. Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation.
Not applicable.
Item 19. Exhibits.
(a)(1) Code of Ethics is not applicable to this filing.
(a)(2) Not applicable.
(a)(4) Not applicable.
(a)(5) Not applicable.
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) | TIFF Investment Program | ||
| By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Clarence Kane Brenan | ||
| Clarence Kane Brenan, Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Date | August 27, 2026 | ||
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/ Clarence Kane Brenan | ||
| Clarence Kane Brenan, Chief Executive Officer | |||
| Date | August 27, 2026 | ||
| By (Signature and Title) | /s/ Katherine M. Billings | ||
| Katherine M. Billings, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer | |||
| Date | August 27, 2026 | ||