INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
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Highland Global Allocation Fund |
|
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|
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Shares |
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|
Value ($) |
|
|
U.S. Equity 47.9% |
|
|
Communication Services 23.3% |
|
|
169,531 |
|
|
MidWave Wireless, Inc. (fka Terrestar Corp.) (a)(b)(c)(d)(e) |
|
|
58,861,163 |
|
|
189,945 |
|
|
Telesat (e)(f) |
|
|
1,981,127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
60,842,290 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Healthcare 0.3% |
|
|
232,800 |
|
|
Heron Therapeutics, Inc. (e)(f) |
|
|
395,760 |
|
|
17,200 |
|
|
Patterson (f) |
|
|
489,340 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
885,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Materials 1.4% |
|
|
730,484 |
|
|
MPM Holdings, Inc. (a)(b)(d)(e) |
|
|
3,652,420 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,652,420 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Real Estate 22.9% |
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|
56,000 |
|
|
Alexandria Real Estate Equities, REIT (f) |
|
|
7,099,120 |
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|
8,055 |
|
|
City Office, REIT (f) |
|
|
49,216 |
|
|
1,147,062 |
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|
GAF REIT (a)(b)(c)(e) |
|
|
12,871,817 |
|
|
563,569 |
|
|
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust, REIT (c)(f) |
|
|
4,480,374 |
|
|
901,385 |
|
|
NexPoint Real Estate Finance, REIT (c)(f) |
|
|
14,196,819 |
|
|
175,885 |
|
|
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc., REIT (c)(f) |
|
|
6,055,721 |
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|
417,500 |
|
|
Seritage Growth Properties (e)(f) |
|
|
3,903,625 |
|
|
280,000 |
|
|
United Development Funding IV, REIT, (a)(b) |
|
|
196,980 |
|
|
875,255 |
|
|
Whitestone, REIT, Class B (f) |
|
|
10,756,884 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,610,556 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Equity (Cost $123,687,885) |
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|
124,990,366 |
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
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|
Principal Amount ($) |
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|
U.S. Senior Loans (g) 13.8% |
|
|
Communication Services 8.8% |
|
|
23,069,011 |
|
|
MidWave Wireless, Inc. (fka Terrestar Corp.) Term Loan A, 1st Lien, cash/0%
PIK 02/27/28 (a)(b)(c) |
|
|
22,983,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Real Estate 5.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
NexPoint SFR Operating Partnership L.P., 05/24/27 (a)(b)(c) |
|
|
4,957,500 |
|
|
8,500,000 |
|
|
NHT Operating Partnership LLC Convertible Promissory Note, 02/22/27 (a)(b)(c) |
|
|
8,168,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,126,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Senior Loans (Cost $36,560,329) |
|
|
36,109,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Principal Amount ($) |
|
Value ($) |
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|
U.S. LLC Interest 8.9% |
|
|
Real Estate 8.9% |
|
|
349 |
|
|
GAF REIT Sub II, LLC (a)(b)(c)(e) |
|
|
8,632,254 |
|
|
156,528 |
|
|
GAF REIT Sub III, LLC (a)(b)(c)(e) |
|
|
11,153,740 |
|
|
3,789,008 |
|
|
SFR WLIF III, LLC (a)(b)(c) |
|
|
3,517,439 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. LLC Interest (Cost $24,175,570) |
|
|
23,303,433 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Warrants 7.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
Energy 7.9% |
|
|
|
|
|
28,562 |
|
|
Quarternorth Energy Holding, Inc., Expires (e) |
|
|
3,865,395 |
|
|
127,592 |
|
|
Quarternorth Energy Holding, Inc. Tranche 1, Expires 08/27/2029(e) |
|
|
2,977,168 |
|
|
245,732 |
|
|
Quarternorth Energy Holding, Inc. Tranche 2, Expires 08/27/2029(e) |
|
|
2,948,784 |
|
|
79,147 |
|
|
Quarternorth Energy Holding, Inc. Tranche 3, Expires 08/27/2029(e) |
|
|
10,711,241 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Warrants (Cost $12,952,253) |
|
|
20,502,588 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. Equity 7.6% |
|
|
|
|
|
Communication Services 0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
77,866 |
|
|
Grupo Clarin, Class B (e)(h) |
|
|
69,214 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Discretionary 1.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
3,000 |
|
|
MercadoLibre, Inc. (e)(f)(h) |
|
|
4,714,620 |
|
|
718 |
|
|
Toys R Us (a)(b)(e)(h) |
|
|
7,113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,721,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Energy 2.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
65,800 |
|
|
Targa Resources (f)(h) |
|
|
5,716,046 |
|
|
121 |
|
|
Transocean (e)(f)(h) |
|
|
768 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,716,814 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Financials 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
24,300 |
|
|
Grupo Supervielle ADR (e)(f)(h) |
|
|
98,658 |
|
|
3,995 |
|
|
StoneCo, Class A (e)(f)(h) |
|
|
72,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
170,688 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Healthcare 0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
10,445 |
|
|
HLS Therapeutics Inc. (h) |
|
|
32,014 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industrials 0.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
60,593 |
|
|
GL Events (h) |
|
|
1,313,252 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
Value ($) |
|
|
Non-U.S. Equity (continued) |
|
|
Utilities 3.0% |
|
|
202,250 |
|
|
Central Puerto ADR (f)(h) |
|
|
1,840,475 |
|
|
67,700 |
|
|
Pampa Energia ADR (e)(f)(h) |
|
|
3,352,504 |
|
|
66,500 |
|
|
Vistra Corp. (f)(h) |
|
|
2,561,580 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,754,559 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-U.S. Equity (Cost $14,986,511) |
|
|
19,778,274 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Master Limited Partnerships 7.5% |
|
|
Energy 7.5% |
|
|
1,127,440 |
|
|
Energy Transfer L.P. (f) |
|
|
15,558,672 |
|
|
139,050 |
|
|
Western Midstream Partners L.P. (f) |
|
|
4,068,603 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Master Limited Partnerships (Cost $21,741,958) |
|
|
19,627,275 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Amount ($) |
|
|
|
|
U.S. Asset-Backed Securities
4.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
|
CFCRE Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2017-C8, Class
D 3.00%, 6/17/2050 |
|
|
172,824 |
|
|
5,889,595 |
|
|
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2021-KF103, Class CS
SOFR30A + 6.250%, 11.58%, 1/25/2031 |
|
|
5,826,098 |
|
|
5,746,955 |
|
|
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-KF44, Class C SOFR30A
+ 8.614%, 13.95%, 2/25/2025 |
|
|
5,743,722 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Asset-Backed Securities (Cost
$11,864,478) |
|
|
11,742,644 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Preferred Stock 4.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
Financials 1.5% |
|
|
|
|
|
104,500 |
|
|
First Horizon (f)(i) |
|
|
2,487,300 |
|
|
89,000 |
|
|
Western Alliance Bancorp (f)(i) |
|
|
1,535,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,022,550 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Healthcare 1.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
202,684 |
|
|
Apnimed, Series C-1 (a)(b)(e)(i) |
|
|
2,201,148 |
|
|
108,098 |
|
|
Apnimed, Series C-3 (a)(b)(e)(i) |
|
|
1,245,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,446,437 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
Value ($) |
|
|
U.S. Preferred Stock (continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
Real Estate 1.4% |
|
|
|
|
|
239,774 |
|
|
Braemar Hotels & Resorts, Inc. (e)(f)(i) |
|
|
3,342,450 |
|
|
13,831 |
|
|
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust, REIT (c)(f)(i) |
|
|
208,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,551,298 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Preferred Stock (Cost $9,711,320) |
|
|
11,020,285 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Rights 4.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
Healthcare 0.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
2,156,000 |
|
|
Paratek Pharmaceuticals (e) |
|
|
172,480 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Utilities 4.1% |
|
|
|
|
|
7,905,143 |
|
|
Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co., LLC (e) |
|
|
10,723,327 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Rights (Cost $22,029,102) |
|
|
10,895,807 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Amount ($) |
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. Sovereign Bonds
3.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
90,699 |
|
|
Argentine Republic Government International Bond 1.00%, 7/9/2029 (h) |
|
|
36,461 |
|
|
29,000,000 |
|
|
3.50%, 7/9/2041(h)(j) |
|
|
9,966,138 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-U.S. Sovereign Bonds (Cost
$16,789,729) |
|
|
10,002,599 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. Master Limited Partnership
0.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
Energy 0.8% |
|
|
|
|
|
78,631 |
|
|
Enterprise Products Partners L.P. (f)(h) |
|
|
2,071,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-U.S. Master Limited Partnership (Cost
$2,151,846) |
|
|
2,071,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Amount ($) |
|
Value ($) |
|
|
U.S. Corporate Bonds & Notes 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
Communication Services 0.2% |
|
|
|
|
|
320,615 |
|
|
iHeartCommunications, Inc. 6.38%, 05/01/26 (f) |
|
|
273,688 |
|
|
584,493 |
|
|
8.38%, 05/01/27 (f) |
|
|
379,921 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Corporate Bonds & Notes (Cost $1,411,352) |
|
|
653,609 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Units |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. Warrants
0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Communication Services 0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
1,109 |
|
|
iHeartCommunications, Inc., Expires 05/01/2039(e)(h) |
|
|
2,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Industrials 0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
1,260,362 |
|
|
American Airlines Group, Inc., Expires (a)(b)(e)(h) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-U.S. Warrants (Cost $23,084) |
|
|
2,495 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Exchange Traded Fund 1.7% |
|
|
|
|
|
206,850 |
|
|
Teucrium Corn Fund (f) |
|
|
4,461,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Exchange Traded Fund (Cost $6,010,612) |
|
|
4,461,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-U.S. Registered Investment Company
1.4% |
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
BB Votorantim Highland Infrastructure, LLC (a)(b)(c) |
|
|
3,539,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non-U.S. Registered Investment Company (Cost
$4,571,783) |
|
|
3,539,827 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
Value ($) |
|
|
U.S. Registered Investment Companies 5.7% |
|
|
334,005 |
|
|
Highland Opportunities and Income Fund (c)(f) |
|
|
2,568,498 |
|
|
724,799 |
|
|
NexPoint Event Driven Fund, Class Z (c) |
|
|
11,161,901 |
|
|
58,598 |
|
|
NexPoint Merger Arbitrage Fund, Class Z (c) |
|
|
1,147,932 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Registered Investment Companies (Cost $15,779,929) |
|
|
14,878,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Principal Amount ($) |
|
|
|
|
U.S. Repurchase Agreement 0.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
14 |
|
|
RBC Dominion Securities, Inc. 5.340%, dated 12/29/2023 to be repurchased on 01/02/2024,
repurchase price $14 (collateralized by U.S. Government obligations, ranging in par value $0 - $4, 0.000% - 7.500%,
01/15/2024 - 12/1/2053; with total market value $14)(k)(l) |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Repurchase Agreement (Cost $14) |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Cash Equivalent 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
Money Market Fund(m) 0.3% |
|
|
|
|
|
875,826 |
|
|
Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management, Institutional Class 5.250% |
|
|
875,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Cash Equivalent (Cost $875,826) |
|
|
875,826 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments -
120.4% |
|
|
314,456,710 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Cost $325,323,581) |
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
Value ($) |
|
|
Securities Sold Short (2.2)% |
|
|
U.S. Equity (2.2)% |
|
|
Communication Services (1.8)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,952) |
|
|
Netflix, Inc. (n) |
|
|
(4,845,430 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consumer Staples (0.4)% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,000) |
|
|
WD-40 Co. |
|
|
(956,280 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total U.S. Equity (Proceeds $ 1,665,944) |
|
|
(5,801,710 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Securities Sold Short- (2.2)% (Proceeds $
1,665,944) |
|
|
(5,801,710 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Assets & Liabilities, Net
- (18.2)%(o) |
|
|
(47,666,545 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets - 100.0% |
|
|
260,988,455 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
Securities with a total aggregate value of $141,988,845, or 54.4% of net assets, were classified as Level 3
within the three-tier fair value hierarchy. Please see Notes to Investment Portfolio for an explanation of this hierarchy, as well as a list of unobservable inputs used in the valuation of these instruments.
|
(b) |
Represents fair value as determined by the Investment Adviser pursuant to the policies and procedures approved
by the Board of Trustees (the Board). The Board has designated the Investment Adviser as valuation designee for the Fund pursuant to Rule 2a-5 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended. The Investment Adviser considers fair valued securities to be securities for which market quotations are not readily available and these securities may be valued using a combination of observable and unobservable inputs. Securities with a
total aggregate value of $141,988,845, or 54.4% of net assets, were fair valued under the Funds valuation procedures as of December 31, 2023. Please see Notes to Investment Portfolio. |
(c) |
Affiliated issuer. Assets with a total aggregate fair value of $174,505,988, or 66.9% of net assets, were
affiliated with the Fund as of December 31, 2023.
|
(d) |
Restricted Securities. These securities are not registered and may not be sold to the public. There are legal
and/or contractual restrictions on resale. The Fund does not have the right to demand that such securities be registered. The values of these securities are determined by valuations provided by pricing services, brokers, dealers, market makers, or
in good faith under the policies and procedures established by the Board. Additional Information regarding such securities follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Restricted Security |
|
Security Type |
|
Acquisition Date |
|
|
Cost of Security |
|
|
Fair Value at Period End |
|
|
Percent of Net Assets |
|
MidWave Wireless, Inc. (fka Terrestar Corp.) |
|
Common Stock |
|
|
11/14/2014 |
|
|
$ |
48,015,561 |
|
|
$ |
58,861,163 |
|
|
|
22.6 |
% |
MPM Holdings, Inc. |
|
Common Stock |
|
|
5/15/2019 |
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
3,652,420 |
|
|
|
1.4 |
% |
(e) |
Non-income producing security. |
(f) |
All or part of this security is pledged as collateral for short sales. The fair value of the securities pledged
as collateral was $92,394,411. |
(g) |
Senior loans (also called bank loans, leveraged loans, or floating rate loans) in which the Fund invests
generally pay interest at rates which are periodically determined by reference to a base lending rate plus a spread (unless otherwise identified, all senior loans carry a variable rate of interest). These base lending rates are generally (i) the
Prime Rate offered by one or more major United States banks, (ii) the lending rate offered by one or more European banks such as the Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) or (iii) the Certificate of Deposit rate. As of December 31,
2023, the SOFR 1 Month and SOFR 3 Month rates were 5.35% and 5.33%, respectively. Senior loans, while exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the 1933 Act), contain certain restrictions on resale and cannot
be sold publicly. Senior secured floating rate loans often require prepayments from excess cash flow or permit the borrower to repay at its election. The degree to which borrowers repay, whether as a contractual requirement or at their election,
cannot be predicted with accuracy. As a result, the actual remaining maturity maybe substantially less than the stated maturity shown.
|
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
(h) |
As described in the Funds prospectus, a company is considered to be a
non-U.S. issuer if the companys securities principally trade on a market outside of the United States, the company derives a majority of its revenues or profits outside of the United States, the
company is not organized in the United States, or the company is significantly exposed to the economic fortunes and risks of regions outside the United States. |
(i) |
Perpetual security with no stated maturity date. |
(j) |
Step Coupon Security. Coupon rate will either increase (step-up bond)
or decrease (step-down bond) at regular intervals until maturity. Interest rate shown reflects the rate currently in effect. |
(k) |
Tri-Party Repurchase Agreement. |
(l) |
This security was purchased with cash collateral held from securities on loan. The total value of such
securities as of December 31, 2023 was $14. |
(m) |
Rate reported is 7 day effective yield. |
(n) |
No dividend payable on security sold short. |
(o) |
As of December 31, 2023, $964,435 in cash was segregated or on deposit with the brokers to cover investments
sold short and is included in Other Assets & Liabilities, Net. |
INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (concluded)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
Reverse Repurchase Agreement outstanding as of December 31, 2023 was as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Counterparty |
|
Collateral Pledged |
|
Interest Rate % |
|
|
Trade Date |
|
|
Repurchase Amount |
|
|
Principal Amount |
|
|
Value |
|
Mizuho Securities |
|
FREMF Mortgage Trust, Series 2018-KF44, Class C,
01/12/2024 |
|
|
7.16 |
|
|
|
12/14/2023 |
|
|
$ |
(3,755,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,755,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,755,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Reverse Repurchase Agreement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
(3,755,000 |
) |
|
$ |
(3,755,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GLOSSARY: (abbreviations that may be used in the preceding statements)
Other Abbreviations:
|
|
|
ADR |
|
American Depositary Receipt |
LLC |
|
Limited Liability Company |
L.P. |
|
Limited Partnership |
PIK |
|
Payment-in-Kind |
REIT |
|
Real Estate Investment Trust |
SOFR |
|
Secured Overnight Financing Rate |
SOFR30A |
|
Secured Overnight Financing Rate 30-Day Average |
NOTES TO INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
Organization
NexPoint Funds II (the Trust) is a Massachusetts business trust organized on August 10, 1992. The Trust is registered under the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act), as a closed-end management investment company. It comprises two portfolios (collectively the Funds) that are currently being offered. This report
covers information for the period ended December 31, 2023 for Highland Global Allocation Fund (the Fund). NexPoint Climate Tech Fund is reported separately.
Valuation of Investments
Pursuant to Rule 2a-5 under the 1940 Act, the Board has designated NexPoint as the Funds valuation designee to perform the fair valuation determination for securities and other assets held by the Fund. NexPoint acting through
its Valuation Committee, is responsible for determining the fair value of investments for which market quotations are not readily available. The Valuation Committee is comprised of officers of NexPoint and certain of NexPoints
affiliated companies and determines fair value and oversees the calculation of the NAV. The Valuation Committee is subject to Board oversight and certain reporting and other requirements intended to provide the Board the information it needs to
oversee NexPoints fair value determinations. The Funds investments are recorded at fair value. In computing the Funds net assets attributable to shares, securities with readily available market quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange (NYSE), National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation (NASDAQ) or other nationally recognized exchange, use the closing quotations on the respective exchange for valuation of those securities.
Securities for which there are no readily available market quotations will be valued pursuant to policies established by NexPoint and approved by the Funds Board. Typically, such securities will be valued at the mean between the most recently
quoted bid and ask prices provided by the principal market makers. If there is more than one such principal market maker, the value shall be the average of such means. Securities without a sale price or quotations from principal market makers on the
valuation day may be priced by an independent pricing service. Generally, the Funds loan and bond positions are not traded on exchanges and consequently are valued based on a mean of the bid and ask price from the third-party pricing services or broker-dealer sources that the Investment Adviser has determined to have the capability to provide appropriate pricing services.
Securities for which market quotations are not readily available, or for which the Fund has determined that the price received from a pricing service or broker-dealer is stale or otherwise does not represent fair value (such as when events materially affecting the value of securities occur between the time when market price is determined and calculation
of the Funds NAV) will be valued by the Fund at fair value, as determined by the Board or its designee in good faith in accordance with procedures approved by the Board, taking into account factors reasonably determined to be relevant
including: (i) the fundamental analytical data relating to the investment; (ii) the nature and duration of restrictions on disposition of the securities; and (iii) an evaluation of the forces that influence the market in which these securities are
purchased and sold. In these cases, the Funds NAV will reflect the affected portfolio securities fair value as determined in the judgment of the Board or its designee instead of being determined by the market. Using a fair value pricing
methodology to value securities may result in a value that is different from a securitys most recent sale price and from the prices used by other investment companies to calculate their NAVs. Determination of fair value is uncertain because it
involves subjective judgments and estimates.
There can be no assurance that the Funds valuation of a security will not differ from the amount that
it realizes upon the sale of such security. Those differences could have a material impact to the Fund.
Fair Value Measurements
The Fund has performed an analysis of all existing investments and derivative instruments to determine the significance and character of inputs to their fair
value determination. The levels of fair value inputs used to measure the Funds investments are characterized into a fair value hierarchy. Where inputs for an asset or liability fall into more than one level in the fair value hierarchy, the
investment is classified in its entirety based on the lowest level input that is significant to that investments valuation. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
Level 1 Quoted unadjusted prices for identical instruments in active markets to which the Fund has access at the date of
measurement;
NOTES TO INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (continued)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
Level 2 Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or
similar instruments in markets that are not active, but are valued based on executed trades; broker quotations that constitute an executable price; and alternative pricing sources supported by observable inputs are classified within Level 2. Level 2
inputs are either directly or indirectly observable for the asset in connection with market data at the measurement date; and
Level 3 Model derived
valuations in which one or more significant inputs or significant value drivers are unobservable. In certain cases, investments classified within Level 3 may include securities for which the Fund has obtained indicative quotes from broker dealers
that do not necessarily represent prices the broker may be willing to trade on, as such quotes can be subject to material management judgment. Unobservable inputs are those inputs that reflect the Funds own assumptions that market participants
would use to price the asset or liability based on the best available information.
The Investment Adviser has established policies and procedures, as
described above and approved by the Board, to ensure that valuation methodologies for investments and financial instruments that are categorized within all levels of the fair value hierarchy are fair and consistent. A Valuation Committee has been
established to provide oversight of the valuation policies, processes and procedures, and is comprised of personnel from the Investment Adviser and its affiliates. The Valuation Committee meets monthly to review the proposed valuations for
investments and financial instruments and is responsible for evaluating the overall fairness and consistent application of established policies.
The fair
value of the Funds loans, bonds and asset backed securities are generally based on quotes received from brokers or independent pricing services. Loans, bonds and asset backed securities with quotes that are based on actual trades with a
sufficient level of activity on or near the measurement date are classified as Level 2 assets. Senior loans, bonds and asset backed securities that are priced using quotes derived from implied values, indicative bids, or a limited number of actual
trades are classified as Level 3 assets because the inputs used by the brokers and pricing services to derive the values are not readily observable.
The
fair value of the Funds common stocks, exchange traded funds, rights and warrants that are not actively traded on national exchanges are generally priced using quotes derived from implied values, indicative bids, or a limited amount of actual
trades and are classified as Level 3 assets because the inputs used by the brokers and pricing services to derive the values are not readily observable. Exchange traded options are valued based on the last trade price on the primary exchange on
which they trade. If an option does not trade, the mid price, which is the mean of the bid and ask price, is utilized to value the option.
At the end of
each calendar quarter, the Investment Adviser evaluates the Level 2 and 3 assets and liabilities for changes in liquidity, including but not limited to: whether a broker is willing to execute at the quoted price, the depth and consistency of prices
from third party services, and the existence of contemporaneous, observable trades in the market. Additionally, the Investment Adviser evaluates the Level 1 and 2 assets and liabilities on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings
on national exchanges.
Due to the inherent uncertainty of determining the fair value of investments that do not have a readily available market value,
the fair value of the Funds investments may fluctuate from period to period. Additionally, the fair value of investments may differ significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready market existed for such investments and may
differ materially from the values the Fund may ultimately realize. Further, such investments may be subject to legal and other restrictions on resale or otherwise less liquid than publicly traded securities.
NOTES TO INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO (unaudited) (concluded)
|
|
|
As of December 31, 2023 |
|
Highland Global Allocation Fund |
Affiliated Issuers
Under Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, a portfolio company is defined as affiliated if a fund owns five percent
or more of its outstanding voting securities or if the portfolio company is under common control. The table below shows affiliated issuers of the Fund as of December 31, 2023:
|
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|
Issuer |
|
Shares/ Principal Amount ($) September 30, 2023 |
|
|
Beginning Value as of September 30, 2023 $ |
|
|
Purchases at Cost $ |
|
|
Proceeds from Sales $ |
|
|
Distribution to Return of Capital $ |
|
|
Net Amortization (Accretion) of Premium/ (Discount) $ |
|
|
Net Realized Gain (Loss) on Sales of Affiliated Issuers $ |
|
|
Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) $ |
|
|
Ending Value as of December 31, 2023 $ |
|
|
Shares/ Principal Amount ($) December 31, 2023 |
|
|
Affiliated Income $ |
|
|
Cap Gain Distributions $ |
|
Majority Owned, Not Consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
None |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
Other Affiliates |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
MidWave Wireless, Inc. (fka Terrestar Corp.) (U.S. Equity) |
|
|
169,531 |
|
|
|
59,727,467 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(866,304 |
) |
|
|
58,861,163 |
|
|
|
169,531 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GAF REIT (U.S. Equity) |
|
|
1,147,062 |
|
|
|
12,786,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
85,117 |
|
|
|
12,871,817 |
|
|
|
1,147,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (U.S. Equity) |
|
|
556,218 |
|
|
|
4,844,659 |
|
|
|
57,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(422,114 |
) |
|
|
4,480,374 |
|
|
|
563,569 |
|
|
|
83,433 |
|
|
|
|
|
NexPoint Real Estate Finance (U.S. Equity) |
|
|
901,385 |
|
|
|
14,746,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(549,845 |
) |
|
|
14,196,819 |
|
|
|
901,385 |
|
|
|
617,449 |
|
|
|
|
|
NexPoint Residential Trust, Inc. (U.S. Equity) |
|
|
175,885 |
|
|
|
5,659,979 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(54,320 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
450,062 |
|
|
|
6,055,721 |
|
|
|
175,885 |
|
|
|
27,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
MidWave Wireless, Inc. (fka Terrestar Corp.) (U.S. Senior Loan) |
|
|
22,383,167 |
|
|
|
22,289,158 |
|
|
|
685,843 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
393 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,261 |
|
|
|
22,983,655 |
|
|
|
23,069,011 |
|
|
|
700,926 |
|
|
|
|
|
NexPoint SFR Operating Partnership, LP (U.S. Senior Loan) |
|
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
|
4,957,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,957,500 |
|
|
|
5,000,000 |
|
|
|
93,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
NHT Operating Partnership LLC Secured Promissory Note (U.S. Senior Loan) |
|
|
8,500,000 |
|
|
|
8,168,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,168,500 |
|
|
|
8,500,000 |
|
|
|
116,875 |
|
|
|
|
|
GAF REIT Sub II, LLC (U.S. LLC Interest) |
|
|
349 |
|
|
|
8,561,604 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
70,650 |
|
|
|
8,632,254 |
|
|
|
349 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
GAF REIT Sub III, LLC (U.S. LLC Interest) |
|
|
156,528 |
|
|
|
11,047,064 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
106,676 |
|
|
|
11,153,740 |
|
|
|
156,528 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SFR WLIF III, LLC (U.S. LLC Interest) |
|
|
3,789,008 |
|
|
|
3,517,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
3,517,439 |
|
|
|
3,789,008 |
|
|
|
149,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
NexPoint Diversified Real Estate Trust (U.S. Preferred Stock) |
|
|
13,831 |
|
|
|
198,613 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,235 |
|
|
|
208,848 |
|
|
|
13,831 |
|
|
|
4,754 |
|
|
|
|
|
BB Votorantim Highland Infrastructure LLC (Non-U.S.
Registered Investment Company) |
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
3,607,189 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(67,362 |
) |
|
|
3,539,827 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Highland Opportunities and Income Fund (U.S. Registered Investment Company) |
|
|
334,005 |
|
|
|
2,685,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(116,902 |
) |
|
|
2,568,498 |
|
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|
334,005 |
|
|
|
77,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
NexPoint Event Driven Fund (U.S. Registered Investment Company) |
|
|
706,236 |
|
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|
11,130,287 |
|
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|
285,674 |
|
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|
(254,060 |
) |
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|
11,161,901 |
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|
724,799 |
|
|
|
285,674 |
|
|
|
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|
NexPoint Merger Arbitrage Fund (U.S. Registered Investment Company) |
|
|
57,856 |
|
|
|
1,133,394 |
|
|
|
14,545 |
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
(7 |
) |
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|
1,147,932 |
|
|
|
58,598 |
|
|
|
28,818 |
|
|
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|
Other Controlled |
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None |
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Total |
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|
43,901,061 |
|
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|
175,061,613 |
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|
1,043,891 |
|
|
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|
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|
(54,320 |
) |
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|
393 |
|
|
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|
(1,545,589 |
) |
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|
174,505,988 |
|
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|
44,613,561 |
|
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|
2,185,282 |
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