Schedule of investments
Nomura Emerging Markets Fund August 31, 2026 (Unaudited)
    Number of
shares
Value (US $)
Common Stocks — 98.82%Δ
Argentina — 0.42%
Cablevision Holding GDR      443,972 $     2,616,333
Cresud ADR    1,643,789      18,903,573
Grupo Clarin GDR Class B 144A #      131,213         609,070
IRSA Inversiones y Representaciones ADR    1,751,834     26,207,437
      48,336,413
Bahrain — 0.02%
Aluminium Bahrain GDR 144A #      221,400      2,524,912
       2,524,912
Brazil — 2.92%
Ambev ADR    6,031,243      17,309,668
Auren Energia †      350,225         752,285
Axia Energia ADR      989,541      10,063,632
Axia Energia ADR †      259,841       2,663,370
Banco Bradesco ADR   14,700,000      48,216,000
Banco Santander Brasil ADR    2,884,119      16,583,684
Embraer ADR      420,704      30,105,578
Itau Unibanco Holding ADR    6,744,112      51,322,692
MBRF Global Foods ADR    4,192,735      14,339,154
Petroleo Brasileiro ADR    4,900,000      85,260,000
Rumo    1,905,351       5,574,610
Sitios Latinoamerica †    1,565,678         649,432
Telefonica Brasil ADR    1,430,000      16,502,200
TIM ADR      900,000      16,146,000
Vale ADR    1,000,000      15,090,000
XP Class A      211,715      3,859,565
     334,437,870
Chile — 0.21%
Cia Cervecerias Unidas ADR      410,528       4,836,020
Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile ADR      240,000     18,962,400
      23,798,420
China — 5.49%
Alibaba Group Holding ADR    2,020,000     230,320,400
Baidu ADR †      650,000      61,932,000
China Petroleum & Chemical Class H   30,000,000      18,313,570
DiDi Global ADR †    1,278,300       4,665,795
Guangshen Railway Class H   11,000,000       3,431,163
iQIYI ADR †    1,450,000       1,354,155
Kunlun Energy   21,000,000      20,709,451
PDD Holdings ADR †      645,000      54,180,000
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Schedule of investments
Nomura Emerging Markets Fund 
    Number of
shares
Value (US $)
Common StocksΔ (continued)
China (continued)
PetroChina Class H   18,000,000 $    23,354,107
Sohu.com ADR <<, †    2,219,642      31,185,970
Tencent Holdings    2,684,000     155,113,830
Tencent Music Entertainment Group ADR    1,000,000       8,270,000
Tianjin Development Holdings   15,885,550       4,184,968
Trip.com Group ADR †       50,000       2,232,500
Weibo ADR    1,450,000      9,903,500
     629,151,409
India — 7.08%
Aurobindo Pharma    1,500,000      27,058,901
BSE    1,500,000      51,722,372
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals    1,167,988      30,432,572
Lupin    2,500,000      57,479,808
Reliance Industries   34,895,921     468,181,403
Reliance Industries GDR 144A #    2,340,879     122,351,736
Tata Chemicals    1,866,909      12,611,964
Tata Consumer Products    2,128,276      23,198,753
United Breweries    1,000,000      13,747,456
Zee Entertainment Enterprises    3,530,000      3,470,614
     810,255,579
Indonesia — 0.05%
Astra International   12,295,500       3,331,549
Telkom Indonesia Persero ADR      133,422      1,945,293
       5,276,842
Malaysia — 0.02%
UEM Sunrise   17,000,000      2,528,047
       2,528,047
Mexico — 2.06%
America Movil ADR    1,430,000      32,947,200
Cemex ADR    5,100,000      54,774,000
Coca-Cola Femsa ADR      160,000      17,785,600
Fomento Economico Mexicano ADR      420,000      50,572,200
Grupo Financiero Banorte Class O    4,000,000      45,353,000
Grupo Televisa ADR †    6,017,000      16,546,750
Ollamani SAB †    1,504,250       6,328,020
Wal-Mart de Mexico    4,000,000     11,124,676
     235,431,446
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    Number of
shares
Value (US $)
Common StocksΔ (continued)
Peru — 0.57%
Cia de Minas Buenaventura ADR      603,884 $    20,713,221
Credicorp      120,000     43,965,600
      64,678,821
Russia — 0.00%
EL5-ENERO PJSC =, †    1,058,050               0
Gazprom PJSC =, †   29,200,000               0
LUKOIL PJSC =, †      492,501               0
Rosneft Oil PJSC =, †   14,555,684               0
Sberbank of Russia PJSC =, †   15,200,000               0
Surgutneftegas PJSC ADR =, †    2,014,441               0
T Plus PJSC =, †       36,096               0
VK IPJSC GDR =, †      551,200              0
               0
South Africa — 0.18%
Naspers Class N      431,990     21,142,462
      21,142,462
South Korea — 60.02%
KB Financial Group ADR      190,000      23,710,100
LG Chem      241,270      49,361,099
LG Display †    2,830,895      19,526,267
Lotte      300,000       5,238,930
Lotte Chilsung Beverage       44,000       3,208,534
Lotte Wellfood       60,000       6,387,549
Samsung C&T    2,017,831     555,102,566
Samsung Electronics    5,200,000     987,870,817
Samsung Life Insurance      300,000      67,075,844
Shinhan Financial Group      400,000      31,828,146
SK hynix **    1,730,000   2,116,045,594
SK Square **    3,933,403   2,980,373,309
SK Telecom ADR      700,000     26,873,000
   6,872,601,755
Taiwan — 18.82%
FIT Hon Teng 144A #, †   38,000,000      25,815,053
MediaTek    2,500,000     309,327,911
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing   24,000,000  1,819,557,405
   2,154,700,369
Türkiye — 0.57%
Akbank   25,000,000      37,220,265
D-MARKET Elektronik Hizmetler ve Ticaret ADR †      144,600         384,636
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Schedule of investments
Nomura Emerging Markets Fund 
    Number of
shares
Value (US $)
Common StocksΔ (continued)
Türkiye (continued)
Turk Telekomunikasyon †      951,192 $     1,007,168
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri    2,427,827       4,781,702
Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri ADR    4,449,485     22,380,910
      65,774,681
United States — 0.39%
BeOne Medicines Class H †    1,615,700     44,399,311
      44,399,311
Total Common Stocks (cost $3,527,852,794) 11,315,038,337
Preferred Stocks — 1.51%Δ
Brazil — 0.05%
Braskem Class A †, ω    1,470,000       1,217,068
Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais
Class A †, ω
   3,235,733      4,633,582
       5,850,650
Russia — 0.00%
Transneft PJSC =, †, ω    1,200,000              0
               0
South Korea — 1.46%
LG Chem ω       58,307       5,427,672
Samsung Electronics ω    1,183,100    161,221,796
     166,649,468
Total Preferred Stocks (cost $57,444,276)    172,500,118
Exchange-Traded Fund — 0.10%
iShares MSCI Turkey ETF <<      290,275     11,706,791
Total Exchange-Traded Fund
(cost $13,207,352)
    11,706,791
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    Number of
shares
Value (US $)
Participation Notes — 0.00%
Lehman Indian Oil
CW 12 LEPO =
     172,132 $             0
Lehman Oil & Natural Gas
CW 12 LEPO =
     254,590              0
Total Participation Notes
(cost $8,559,056)
             0
Total Value of Securities—100.43%
(cost $3,607,063,478)
    11,499,245,246
Liabilities Net of Receivables and Other Assets — (0.43%)        (49,103,792)
Net Assets Applicable to 193,366,168 Shares Outstanding — 100.00%     $11,450,141,454
Δ Securities have been classified by country of risk.
# Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. At August 31, 2026, the aggregate value of Rule 144A securities was $151,300,771, which represents 1.32% of the Fund’s net assets.
† Non-income producing security.
<< Affiliated company.
= The value of this security was determined using significant unobservable inputs and is reported as a Level 3 security.
** Because SK Square invests most of its assets in SK hynix, these two holdings are likely to perform similarly.
ω Perpetual security with no stated maturity date.
Summary of abbreviations:
ADR – American Depositary Receipt
ETF – Exchange-Traded Fund
GDR – Global Depositary Receipt
IPJSC – International Public Joint Stock Company
LEPO – Low Exercise Price Option
PJSC – Private Joint Stock Company
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