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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:    811-09999
Exact name of registrant as specified in charter:    Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
(This Form N-CSR relates solely to the Registrant’s PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund and PGIM Quant Solutions International Developed Markets Index Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”))
Address of principal executive offices:    655 Broad Street, 6th Floor
     Newark, New Jersey 07102
Name and address of agent for service:    Andrew R. French
     655 Broad Street, 6th Floor
     Newark, New Jersey 07102
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:    800-225-1852
Date of fiscal year end:    10/31/2024
Date of reporting period:    4/30/2024


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LOGO

 

 

PGIM QUANT SOLUTIONS EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND

 

     

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

APRIL 30, 2024

 

 

 

LOGO

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Letter from the President

     3  

Your Fund’s Performance

     4  

Fees andExpenses

     6  

Holdings and Financial Statements

     9  

 

 

 

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

The information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings is for the period covered by this report and is subject to change thereafter.

The accompanying financial statements as of April 30, 2024 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Prudential Financial company and member SIPC. PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), is a registered investment adviser. © 2024 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. PGIM and the PGIM logo are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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Letter from the President

 

LOGO  

Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the semiannual report for the PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended April 30, 2024.

 

Regarding your investments with PGIM, we believe it is important to maintain a diversified portfolio of funds consistent with your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals.

Your financial advisor can help you create a diversified investment plan that may include funds covering all the basic asset classes and that reflects your personal investor profile and risk tolerance. However, diversification and asset allocation strategies do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

At PGIM Investments, we provide access to active investment strategies across the global markets in the pursuit of consistent outperformance for investors. PGIM is the world’s 14th-largest investment manager with more than $1.3 trillion in assets under management. Our scale and investment expertise allow us to deliver a diversified suite of actively managed solutions across a broad spectrum of asset classes and investment styles.

Thank you for choosing our family of funds.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Stuart S. Parker, President

PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund

June 14, 2024

 

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Your Fund’s Performance

 

Performance data quoted represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the past performance data quoted. An investor may obtain performance data as of the most recent month-end by visiting our website at pgim.com/investments or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

    Total Returns as of 4/30/24
(without sales charges)
  Average Annual Total Returns as of 4/30/24
(with sales charges)
  Six Months* (%)   One Year (%)   Five Years (%)   Since Inception (%)
 Fund   17.31   14.72   2.87   5.32 (11/29/2016)
 MSCI Emerging Markets Index      
    15.40    9.88   1.89     5.12

*Not annualized

Since Inception returns are provided since the Fund has less than 10 fiscal years of returns. Since Inception returns for the Index are measured from the closest month-end to the Fund’s inception date.

The returns in the tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or following the redemption of Fund shares. The average annual total returns take into account applicable sales charges, which are described for each share class in the table below.

Benchmark Definition

MSCI Emerging Markets Index—The MSCI Emerging Markets Index is an unmanaged, free float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure equity market performance of emerging markets. It consists of the following 24 emerging market country indexes: Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Korea, Kuwait, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates.

Investors cannot invest directly in an index. The returns for the Index would be lower if they included the effects of sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes that may be paid by an investor.

 

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Presentation of Fund Holdings as of 4/30/24

 

 Ten Largest Holdings    Line of Business   Country    % of Net Assets 
 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   Taiwan   8.4%
 Tencent Holdings Ltd.    Interactive Media & Services   China   4.0%
 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.    Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals   South Korea   3.5%
 PDD Holdings, Inc., ADR    Broadline Retail   China   1.5%
 Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.    Broadline Retail   China   1.5%
 China Construction Bank Corp. (Class H Stock)    Banks   China   1.5%
 SK Hynix, Inc.    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   South Korea   1.3%
 Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PRFC)    Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels   Brazil   1.1%
 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.    IT Services   India   1.1%
 MediaTek, Inc.    Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment   Taiwan   1.1%

Holdings reflect only long-term investments and are subject to change.

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemptions, as applicable, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses, as applicable. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2024. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table on the following page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information on this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number on the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table on the following page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The Fund’s transfer agent may charge additional fees to holders of certain accounts that are not included in the expenses shown in the table on the following page. These fees apply to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Section 403(b) accounts. As of the close of the six-month period covered by the table, IRA fees included an annual maintenance fee of $15 per account (subject to a maximum annual maintenance fee of $25 for all accounts held by the same shareholder). Section 403(b) accounts are charged an annual $25 fiduciary maintenance fee. Some of the fees may vary in amount, or may be waived, based on your total account balance or the number of PGIM funds, including the Fund, that you own. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period and the impact of these fees on your ending account value, as these additional expenses are not reflected in the information provided in the expense table. Additional fees have the effect of reducing investment returns.

 

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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

       

PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging

Markets Equity Fund

   Beginning 
 Account Value 
 November 1, 2023 
   Ending 
 Account Value 
 April 30, 2024 
   Annualized 
 Expense 
 Ratio Based on  the 
 Six-Month Period 
   Expenses Paid 
 During the 
 Six-Month Period* 
       
Class R6   Actual   $1,000.00   $1,173.10   1.21%   $6.54
    Hypothetical   $1,000.00   $1,018.85   1.21%   $6.07

*Fund expenses (net of fee waivers or subsidies, if any) are equal to the annualized expense ratio (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 182 days in the six-month period ended April 30, 2024, and divided by the 366 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2024 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value  
 LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 97.9%                
 COMMON STOCKS 94.3%                
 Brazil 3.9%                

 

 

Ambev SA

     24,900        $    58,455  

Banco Bradesco SA

     8,801          20,915  

Banco BTG Pactual SA, UTS

     6,000          38,640  

Banco do Brasil SA

     54,600          289,056  

BB Seguridade Participacoes SA

     13,300          82,475  

Caixa Seguridade Participacoes S/A

     3,200          9,644  

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras SA

     5,900          42,995  

CPFL Energia SA

     23,000          142,050  

Engie Brasil Energia SA

     1,100          8,683  

Klabin SA, UTS

     3,200          14,174  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA

     19,700          168,144  

Suzano SA

     6,200          69,802  

TIM SA

     19,400          66,054  

Vale SA

     32,832          399,920  

Vibra Energia SA

     6,500          29,379  

WEG SA

     5,800          44,322  
       

 

 

 
          1,484,708  
 Chile 0.4%                

 

 

Cencosud SA

     6,880          11,789  

Cia Sud Americana de Vapores SA

     92,420          7,210  

Empresas CMPC SA

     5,730          11,316  

Enel Chile SA

     2,131,507          126,552  
       

 

 

 
          156,867  
 China 27.8%                

 

 

AAC Technologies Holdings, Inc.

     4,000          12,731  

Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     690,000          307,679  

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.

     60,200          563,657  

Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     24,000          15,917  

Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     6,500          15,080  

ANTA Sports Products Ltd.

     28,600          323,780  

Baidu, Inc., ADR*

     1,300          134,420  

Baidu, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     1,300          16,842  

Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     9,100          6,993  

Bank of Changsha Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     51,000          57,282  

Bank of Chengdu Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     31,200          63,544  

Bank of Communications Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     28,000          20,162  

Bank of Hangzhou Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     35,600          63,278  

Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     46,000          59,068  

Bank of Shanghai Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     66,800          67,185  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 China (cont’d.)              

 

 

Bank of Suzhou Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     50,700      $ 52,698  

Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     62,000        59,274  

Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd.

     66,500        212,903  

Beijing New Building Materials PLC (Class A Stock)

     13,700        61,761  

Beijing Roborock Technology Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     187        10,907  

Bosideng International Holdings Ltd.

     58,000        33,574  

BYD Electronic International Co. Ltd.

     4,000        13,475  

China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     306,000        179,020  

China Coal Energy Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     135,000        135,991  

China Construction Bank Corp. (Class H Stock)

     866,000        560,294  

China Feihe Ltd., 144A

     20,000        10,937  

China Medical System Holdings Ltd.

     8,000        7,143  

China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     468,000        171,232  

China National Building Material Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     20,000        7,739  

China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     70,800        155,128  

China Resources Gas Group Ltd.

     4,600        14,458  

China Resources Power Holdings Co. Ltd.

     12,000        29,842  

China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     2,500        10,376  

CITIC Ltd.

     62,000        58,677  

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     1,400        39,090  

COSCO SHIPPING Holdings Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     15,000        19,408  

CSPC Pharmaceutical Group Ltd.

     43,200        35,473  

Dong-E-E-Jiao Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     900        8,507  

ENN Energy Holdings Ltd.

     4,400        37,490  

Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock), 144A

     3,200        19,159  

Giant Biogene Holding Co. Ltd., 144A*

     1,600        9,748  

Goneo Group Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     4,200        69,054  

Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai (Class A Stock)

     11,600        67,181  

Greentown China Holdings Ltd.

     41,500        36,388  

Guangdong Investment Ltd.

     14,000        7,313  

H World Group Ltd., ADR

     7,500        275,325  

Haidilao International Holding Ltd., 144A

     9,000        20,306  

Hengan International Group Co. Ltd.

     3,500        11,750  

HLA Group Corp. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     47,300        59,298  

Huaibei Mining Holdings Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     20,900        55,502  

Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock), 144A

     6,400        7,569  

Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     66,000        60,979  

Hubei Jumpcan Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     9,327        52,806  

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     341,000        182,854  

Industrial Bank Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     6,800        15,768  

Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     2,200        8,655  

Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co. Ltd. (Class B Stock)

     5,600        10,884  

JD.com, Inc., ADR

     10,200        294,678  

 

  See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 China (cont’d.)              

 

 

Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     11,900      $ 63,349  

Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     6,000        12,220  

JOYY, Inc., ADR

     300        9,786  

Kanzhun Ltd., ADR

     900        17,811  

Kuaishou Technology, 144A*

     38,400        269,211  

Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd.

     22,000        21,326  

Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     200        46,812  

Li Auto, Inc. (Class A Stock)*

     20,300        265,969  

Luzhou Laojiao Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     400        10,221  

Meituan (Class B Stock), 144A*

     4,960        67,726  

Midea Group Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     6,900        66,247  

MINISO Group Holding Ltd., ADR

     600        13,482  

NARI Technology Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     2,400        7,749  

NetEase, Inc.

     1,700        31,866  

NetEase, Inc., ADR

     4,100        383,227  

New Oriental Education & Technology Group, Inc.*

     13,400        106,476  

Ningbo Sanxing Medical Electric Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     1,800        8,348  

PDD Holdings, Inc., ADR*

     4,700        588,346  

People’s Insurance Co. Group of China Ltd. (The) (Class H Stock)

     264,000        86,652  

PetroChina Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     132,000        122,990  

Ping An Bank Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     6,000        8,903  

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     51,000        231,136  

Pop Mart International Group Ltd., 144A

     2,400        10,271  

Postal Savings Bank of China Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock), 144A

     41,000        21,244  

Shaanxi Coal Industry Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     3,200        10,819  

Shan Xi Hua Yang Group New Energy Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     38,500        50,093  

Shandong Himile Mechanical Science & Technology Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     10,200        55,872  

Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     9,100        9,630  

Shanghai Rural Commercial Bank Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     63,200        58,850  

Shanxi Lu’an Environmental Energy Development Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     16,700        48,610  

Shenzhen Mindray Bio-Medical Electronics Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     400        16,767  

Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     14,200        66,379  

Sinopharm Group Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     7,600        19,193  

Sinotruk Hong Kong Ltd.

     4,000        9,955  

Sungrow Power Supply Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     4,300        60,962  

Tencent Holdings Ltd.

     34,800        1,527,135  

Tencent Music Entertainment Group, ADR*

     26,600        333,830  

Tongcheng Travel Holdings Ltd.*

     6,800        17,897  

Trip.com Group Ltd.*

     2,950        143,687  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 China (cont’d.)              

 

 

Vipshop Holdings Ltd., ADR

     17,100      $ 257,184  

Weichai Power Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     114,000        232,943  

Xiaomi Corp. (Class B Stock), 144A*

     80,600        175,702  

Yankuang Energy Group Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     12,000        26,032  

Youngor Fashion Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     7,700        8,284  

Yutong Bus Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     17,200        60,620  

Zhejiang Dingli Machinery Co. Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     5,700        51,411  

Zhuzhou CRRC Times Electric Co. Ltd. (Class H Stock)

     2,500        8,960  
     

 

 

 
        10,640,415  
 Colombia 0.0%              

 

 

Bancolombia SA

     1,330        11,459  
 Czech Republic 0.1%              

 

 

CEZ A/S

     910        33,609  
 Greece 0.6%              

 

 

Eurobank Ergasias Services & Holdings SA*

     13,574        29,038  

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA

     1,000        15,192  

Motor Oil Hellas Corinth Refineries SA

     750        21,760  

National Bank of Greece SA*

     20,514        165,091  
     

 

 

 
        231,081  
 Hong Kong 0.0%              

 

 

Orient Overseas International Ltd.

     500        7,293  
 Hungary 0.2%              

 

 

OTP Bank Nyrt

     1,132        56,108  
 India 15.9%              

 

 

ABB India Ltd.

     668        52,307  

Aurobindo Pharma Ltd.

     12,860        177,482  

Bajaj Auto Ltd.

     313        33,415  

Bajaj Finserv Ltd.

     1,904        36,780  

Bank of Baroda

     10,891        36,619  

Bharat Electronics Ltd.

     20,202        56,492  

Cipla Ltd.

     12,209        204,382  

Coal India Ltd.

     8,100        44,039  

Colgate-Palmolive India Ltd.

     9,169        310,294  

Cummins India Ltd.

     5,690        222,786  

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd.

     4,225        313,527  

HCL Technologies Ltd.

     18,470        301,338  

 

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 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 India (cont’d.)              

 

 

HDFC Asset Management Co. Ltd., 144A

     5,372      $ 250,437  

HDFC Bank Ltd.

     1,707        31,000  

Hero MotoCorp Ltd.

     600        32,563  

Hindalco Industries Ltd.

     42,802        329,181  

Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

     950        44,832  

ICICI Bank Ltd.

     6,361        87,648  

Indian Hotels Co. Ltd.

     4,400        30,320  

Indian Railway Catering & Tourism Corp. Ltd.

     1,206        14,975  

Indraprastha Gas Ltd.

     1,764        9,897  

Info Edge India Ltd.

     370        26,760  

Infosys Ltd.

     1,045        17,644  

Infosys Ltd., ADR

     3,400        56,814  

InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., 144A*

     920        43,869  

ITC Ltd.

     15,514        80,894  

Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

     1,817        20,180  

JSW Steel Ltd.

     26,832        282,701  

Larsen & Toubro Ltd.

     3,822        164,292  

Lupin Ltd.

     1,155        22,742  

Max Healthcare Institute Ltd.

     3,444        34,609  

Nestle India Ltd.

     1,725        51,780  

NMDC Ltd.

     53,734        163,065  

NTPC Ltd.

     12,811        55,676  

Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd.

     16,644        56,186  

Persistent Systems Ltd.

     1,636        65,813  

Power Finance Corp. Ltd.

     42,809        225,657  

Power Grid Corp. of India Ltd.

     23,884        86,144  

Reliance Industries Ltd.

     8,361        293,507  

Shree Cement Ltd.

     50        14,639  

Shriram Finance Ltd.

     1,475        45,003  

Siemens Ltd.

     455        31,790  

State Bank of India

     7,227        71,388  

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.

     4,770        85,694  

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

     9,506        433,855  

Tata Motors Ltd.

     27,293        329,128  

Tata Motors Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     2,200        17,945  

Trent Ltd.

     4,751        250,781  

UltraTech Cement Ltd.

     1,910        227,795  

United Spirits Ltd.

     1,525        21,453  

Vedanta Ltd.

     32,128        153,336  

Wipro Ltd.

     6,612        36,413  
     

 

 

 
        6,087,867  
 Indonesia 1.5%                

 

 

Adaro Energy Indonesia Tbk PT

     78,800        13,096  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 Indonesia (cont’d.)              

 

 

Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT

     314,800      $ 133,059  

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     924,300        279,789  

Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

     345,300        132,597  

United Tractors Tbk PT

     7,200        10,973  
     

 

 

 
        569,514  
 Kuwait 0.1%              

 

 

National Bank of Kuwait SAKP

     12,066        33,815  
 Malaysia 0.7%              

 

 

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

     35,400        48,924  

Malayan Banking Bhd

     75,900        154,659  

Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd

     4,800        10,046  

MISC Bhd

     7,200        11,997  

PPB Group Bhd

     3,000        9,883  

Sime Darby Bhd

     16,000        9,367  

Telekom Malaysia Bhd

     6,600        8,553  

YTL Corp. Bhd

     13,000        8,405  

YTL Power International Bhd

     12,800        12,271  
     

 

 

 
        274,105  
 Mexico 2.5%              

 

 

Banco del Bajio SA, 144A

     73,400        271,307  

Cemex SAB de CV, UTS*

     165,700        131,065  

Fibra Uno Administracion SA de CV, REIT

     146,600        209,835  

Gruma SAB de CV (Class B Stock)

     915        17,947  

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV (Class O Stock)

     13,700        135,890  

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV (Class B Stock)

     16,300        100,726  

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV (Class A Stock)

     41,200        86,004  

Promotora y Operadora de Infraestructura SAB de CV

     975        9,766  
     

 

 

 
        962,540  
 Philippines 0.1%              

 

 

International Container Terminal Services, Inc.

     5,580        31,914  

Manila Electric Co.

     1,540        9,838  

Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co.

     9,100        11,011  
     

 

 

 
        52,763  
 Poland 0.8%                

Bank Polska Kasa Opieki SA

     1,039        43,015  

Budimex SA

     64        10,827  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 Poland (cont’d.)              

 

 

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA

     19,202      $ 241,674  

Santander Bank Polska SA

     183        25,077  
     

 

 

 
        320,593  
 Qatar 0.7%              

 

 

Commercial Bank PSQC (The)

     16,048        18,292  

Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co.

     24,945        13,149  

Ooredoo QPSC

     83,946        230,322  
     

 

 

 
        261,763  
 Russia 0.0%              

 

 

Inter RAO UES PJSC^

     202,400         

LUKOIL PJSC^

     2,762         

Magnit PJSC^

     1,716         

PhosAgro PJSC^

     232         

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR (XSTU)*^

     4         

PhosAgro PJSC, GDR (XLON)*^

     2         

Rosneft Oil Co. PJSC^

     5,856         

Sberbank of Russia PJSC^

     55,364         

Surgutneftegas PJSC^

     38,400         
     

 

 

 
         
 Saudi Arabia 2.5%              

 

 

Almarai Co. JSC

     1,125        17,019  

Arab National Bank

     15,727        129,266  

Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib Medical Services Group Co.

     3,129        258,730  

Elm Co.

     126        30,670  

Etihad Etisalat Co.

     19,704        272,746  

Mobile Telecommunications Co. Saudi Arabia

     2,244        7,223  

Nahdi Medical Co.

     207        7,621  

Saudi Aramco Base Oil Co.

     3,561        143,458  

Saudi Awwal Bank

     5,600        60,771  

Saudi Tadawul Group Holding Co.

     260        18,350  

Savola Group (The)

     1,377        18,504  
     

 

 

 
        964,358  
 South Africa 1.2%              

 

 

Exxaro Resources Ltd.

     1,326        12,705  

Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.

     2,928        25,345  

Kumba Iron Ore Ltd.

     2,205        54,052  

Nedbank Group Ltd.

     17,735        215,643  

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 South Africa (cont’d.)                

Old Mutual Ltd.

     27,166      $ 15,961  

Sanlam Ltd.

     20,349        73,610  

Standard Bank Group Ltd.

     7,093        66,609  
     

 

 

 
        463,925  
South Korea  13.2%                

CJ CheilJedang Corp.

     523        126,768  

Coway Co. Ltd.

     306        12,260  

DB Insurance Co. Ltd.

     238        16,695  

GS Holdings Corp.

     267        8,633  

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     4,079        172,039  

Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd.

     5,945        252,260  

Hanmi Semiconductor Co. Ltd.

     256        24,378  

Hanwha Aerospace Co. Ltd.

     164        24,911  

Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd.

     1,634        213,907  

Hyundai Mobis Co. Ltd.

     414        67,730  

Hyundai Motor Co.

     379        68,173  

Industrial Bank of Korea

     25,334        254,696  

KB Financial Group, Inc.

     6,647        360,513  

Kia Corp.

     4,304        364,646  

Korea Investment Holdings Co. Ltd.

     240        11,600  

Krafton, Inc.*

     160        27,537  

KT Corp.

     2,379        59,480  

KT&G Corp.

     3,757        242,085  

NH Investment & Securities Co. Ltd.

     832        7,479  

Orion Corp.

     3,317        221,986  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.

     24,442        1,358,649  

Samsung Life Insurance Co. Ltd.

     3,293        207,501  

Samsung SDS Co. Ltd.

     191        21,942  

Samsung Securities Co. Ltd.

     7,102        194,282  

Shinhan Financial Group Co. Ltd.

     2,347        78,853  

SK Hynix, Inc.

     3,926        484,491  

SK Telecom Co. Ltd.

     3,870        143,120  

Woori Financial Group, Inc.

     3,234        33,141  
     

 

 

 
         5,059,755  
Taiwan  15.6%                

Acer, Inc.

     178,000        244,920  

Advantech Co. Ltd.

     3,000        34,894  

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     18,000        236,030  

Catcher Technology Co. Ltd.

     4,000        26,719  

Compal Electronics, Inc.

     215,000        234,513  

Eclat Textile Co. Ltd.

     1,000        15,734  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 Taiwan (cont’d.)                

Eva Airways Corp.

     240,000      $ 260,937  

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan Ltd.

     24,000        139,453  

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd.

     70,000        333,225  

Inventec Corp.

     14,000        22,459  

Largan Precision Co. Ltd.

     1,000        66,658  

MediaTek, Inc.

     14,000        422,117  

Nien Made Enterprise Co. Ltd.

     1,000        11,686  

Pegatron Corp.

     11,000        32,807  

President Chain Store Corp.

     13,000        109,325  

Quanta Computer, Inc.

     45,000        353,171  

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

     3,000        47,325  

Synnex Technology International Corp.

     6,000        14,666  

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     135,000        3,232,409  

Wistron Corp.

     7,000        23,968  

Wiwynn Corp.

     1,000        71,139  

WPG Holdings Ltd.

     9,000        24,307  
     

 

 

 
         5,958,462  
 Thailand 1.7%                

Advanced Info Service PCL

     3,000        15,939  

Bangkok Dusit Medical Services PCL

     58,400        45,604  

Bumrungrad Hospital PCL

     30,500        201,308  

Central Pattana PCL

     21,000        35,813  

CP ALL PCL

     31,200        48,220  

PTT Exploration & Production PCL

     7,900        33,048  

PTT PCL

     56,000        50,751  

Srisawad Corp. PCL

     4,800        5,261  

Thai Oil PCL

     76,000        110,736  

TMBThanachart Bank PCL

     2,263,200        110,282  
     

 

 

 
        656,962  
 Turkey 1.8%                

Akbank TAS

     49,783        91,630  

BIM Birlesik Magazalar A/S

     2,480        29,628  

KOC Holding A/S

     44,444        310,179  

Turk Hava Yollari AO*

     2,880        28,968  

Turkcell Iletisim Hizmetleri A/S

     23,530        58,579  

Turkiye Is Bankasi A/S (Class C Stock)

     1        1  

Yapi ve Kredi Bankasi A/S

     162,645        162,869  
     

 

 

 
        681,854  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares      Value  
 COMMON STOCKS (Continued)              
 United Arab Emirates 2.9%                

Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC

     82,848      $ 251,881  

Aldar Properties PJSC

     120,159        178,570  

Dubai Islamic Bank PJSC

     66,936        101,345  

Emaar Properties PJSC*

     132,084        295,353  

Emirates NBD Bank PJSC

     63,222        292,759  
     

 

 

 
        1,119,908  
 United States 0.1%                

JBS SA

     4,400        19,871  
     

 

 

 
 TOTAL COMMON STOCKS
  (cost $29,308,935)
          36,109,595  
     

 

 

 
 PREFERRED STOCKS 3.6%              
 Brazil 2.9%                

Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais (PRFC)

     124,537        232,881  

Gerdau SA (PRFC)

     65,694        230,636  

Itau Unibanco Holding SA (PRFC)

     36,200        218,904  

Petroleo Brasileiro SA (PRFC)

     54,800        442,402  
     

 

 

 
        1,124,823  
 Colombia 0.1%                

Bancolombia SA (PRFC)

     4,612        37,738  
 Russia 0.0%                

Surgutneftegas PJSC (PRFC)^

     38,200         
 South Korea 0.6%                

Hyundai Motor Co. (2nd PRFC)

     200        22,854  

Hyundai Motor Co. (PRFC)

     128        14,565  

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (PRFC)

     4,194        195,822  
     

 

 

 
        233,241  
     

 

 

 
 TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS
  (cost $1,097,393)
          1,395,802  
     

 

 

 
 TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS
  (cost $30,406,328)
           37,505,397  
     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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 Description                 Shares      Value  
 SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS 2.8%                           
 AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUND 2.6%                           

PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.540%)
(cost $992,777)(wb)

 

     992,777      $ 992,777  
          

 

 

 
     Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
     Principal
Amount
(000)#
        
 U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATION(k)(n) 0.2%                      

U.S. Treasury Bills
(cost $69,495)

     5.270%       06/20/24        70        69,487  
          

 

 

 
 TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS
  (cost $1,062,272)
                  1,062,264  
          

 

 

 
 TOTAL INVESTMENTS 100.7%
  (cost $31,468,600)
                  38,567,661  

Liabilities in excess of other assets(z) (0.7)%

 

          (269,464
          

 

 

 

NET ASSETS 100.0%

           $ 38,298,197  
          

 

 

 

 

Below is a list of the abbreviation(s) used in the semiannual report:

USD—US Dollar

144A—Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and, pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144A, may not be resold except to qualified institutional buyers.

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

GDR—Global Depositary Receipt

MSC—Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

MSCI—Morgan Stanley Capital International

PJSC—Public Joint-Stock Company

PRFC—Preference Shares

REITs—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

UTS—Unit Trust Security

XLON—London Stock Exchange

XSTU—Stuttgart Stock Exchange

 

*

Non-income producing security.

#

Principal amount is shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

^

Indicates a Level 3 instrument. The aggregate value of Level 3 instruments is $0 and 0.0% of net assets.

(k)

Represents security, or a portion thereof, segregated as collateral for centrally cleared/exchange-traded derivatives.

(n)

Rate shown reflects yield to maturity at purchased date.

(wb)

Represents an investment in a Fund affiliated with the Manager.

(z)

Includes net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and/or market value of the below holdings which are excluded from the Schedule of Investments:

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

Futures contracts outstanding at April 30, 2024:

 

Number
of
Contracts
    

Type

  

Expiration

Date

   Current
Notional
Amount
   Value /
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Long Position:              
  22      Mini MSCI Emerging Markets Index    Jun. 2024    $1,146,200              $(6,752)          
              

 

  

Summary of Collateral for Centrally Cleared/Exchange-traded Derivatives:

Cash and securities segregated as collateral, including pending settlement for closed positions, to cover requirements for centrally cleared/exchange-traded derivatives are listed by broker as follows:

 

Broker

  Cash and/or Foreign Currency   Securities Market Value
MSC            $—                      $69,487          
   

 

     

 

 

Fair Value Measurements:

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices generally in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates and yield curves, prepayment speeds, foreign currency exchange rates and other observable inputs.

Level 3—unobservable inputs for securities valued in accordance with Board approved fair valuation procedures.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2024 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

      Level 1         Level 2       Level 3  

Investments in Securities

     

Assets

     

Long-Term Investments

     
Common Stocks                  

Brazil

  $ 1,484,708     $     $  

Chile

    156,867              

China

    2,308,089       8,332,326        

Colombia

    11,459              

Czech Republic

          33,609        

Greece

          231,081        

Hong Kong

          7,293        

Hungary

          56,108        

India

    56,814       6,031,053        

Indonesia

          569,514        

Kuwait

          33,815        

Malaysia

          274,105        

Mexico

    962,540              

Philippines

          52,763        

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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      Level 1         Level 2       Level 3  

Investments in Securities (continued)

     

Assets (continued)

     

Long-Term Investments (continued)

     
Common Stocks (continued)                  

Poland

  $     $ 320,593     $  

Qatar

          261,763        

Russia

                ** 

Saudi Arabia

          964,358        

South Africa

          463,925        

South Korea

          5,059,755        

Taiwan

          5,958,462        

Thailand

          656,962        

Turkey

          681,854        

United Arab Emirates

          1,119,908        

United States

    19,871              

Preferred Stocks

     

Brazil

    1,124,823              

Colombia

    37,738              

Russia

                ** 

South Korea

          233,241        

Short-Term Investments

     

Affiliated Mutual Fund

    992,777              

U.S. Treasury Obligation

          69,487        
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

  $ 7,155,686     $ 31,411,975     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments*

     

Liabilities

     

Futures Contracts

  $ (6,752   $     $  
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

 

*

Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and centrally cleared swap contracts, which are recorded at unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument, and OTC swap contracts which are recorded at fair value.

**

Includes Level 3 investments with an aggregate value of $0.

Industry Classification:

The industry classification of investments and liabilities in excess of other assets shown as a percentage of net assets as of April 30, 2024 were as follows:

 

Banks

    17.2

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

    11.0  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

    7.9  

Interactive Media & Services

    5.2  

Metals & Mining

    5.0  

Broadline Retail

    4.5  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

    4.3  

Automobiles

    3.0

Insurance

    2.9  

Affiliated Mutual Fund

    2.6  

Pharmaceuticals

    2.5  

IT Services

    2.5  

Entertainment

    2.0  

Electric Utilities

    1.8  
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

Industry Classification (continued):

 

Machinery

    1.7

Food Products

    1.7  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

    1.5  

Health Care Providers & Services

    1.5  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

    1.5  

Real Estate Management & Development

    1.4  

Capital Markets

    1.4  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

    1.2  

Industrial Conglomerates

    1.1  

Construction Materials

    1.0  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

    1.0  

Specialty Retail

    0.9  

Automobile Components

    0.9  

Passenger Airlines

    0.9  

Personal Care Products

    0.9  

Tobacco

    0.8  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

    0.8  

Gas Utilities

    0.8  

Electrical Equipment

    0.7  

Financial Services

    0.7  

Air Freight & Logistics

    0.6  

Diversified REITs

    0.5  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

    0.5  

Marine Transportation

    0.5  

Construction & Engineering

    0.5  

Household Durables

    0.4  

Chemicals

    0.4  

Beverages

    0.4  

Aerospace & Defense

    0.3  

Diversified Consumer Services

    0.3  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

    0.2  

Household Products

    0.2  

Paper & Forest Products

    0.2  

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

    0.2  

U.S. Treasury Obligation

    0.2  

Building Products

    0.2  

Transportation Infrastructure

    0.1  

Consumer Finance

    0.1  

Multi-Utilities

    0.1  

Commercial Services & Supplies

    0.0

Containers & Packaging

    0.0

Communications Equipment

    0.0
 

Water Utilities

    0.0 *% 
 

 

 

 
    100.7  

Liabilities in excess of other assets

    (0.7
 

 

 

 
    100.0
 

 

 

 

 

* Less than 0.05%

 
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Effects of Derivative Instruments on the Financial Statements and Primary Underlying Risk Exposure:

The Fund invested in derivative instruments during the reporting period. The primary type of risk associated with these derivative instruments is equity risk. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional detail regarding these derivative instruments and their risks. The effect of such derivative instruments on the Fund’s financial position and financial performance as reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations is presented in the summary below.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of April 30, 2024 as presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

     Asset Derivatives   Liability Derivatives

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging
instruments, carried at fair

value

  Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Fair
Value
  Statement of
Assets and
Liabilities Location
  Fair
Value

Equity contracts

    $—   Due from/to
broker-variation margin
futures
  $6,752*
   

 

   

 

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the schedule of open futures and centrally cleared swap contracts. Only unsettled variation margin receivable (payable) is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The effects of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2024 are as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging

instruments, carried at fair value

  Futures

Equity contracts

  $36,294
 

 

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

Derivatives not accounted for

as hedging instruments,

carried at fair value

  Futures

Equity contracts

  $56,192
 

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2024, the Fund’s average volume of derivative activities is as follows:

 

Derivative Contract Type

 

 

Average Volume of Derivative Activities* 

 

Futures Contracts - Long Positions (1)

 

  $1,115,533

 

 

*

Average volume is based on average quarter end balances for the six months ended April 30, 2024.

(1)

Notional Amount in USD.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2024

 

Assets

        

Investments at value:

  

Unaffiliated investments (cost $30,475,823)

   $ 37,574,884  

Affiliated investments (cost $992,777)

     992,777  

Foreign currency, at value (cost $71,788)

     71,688  

Dividends and interest receivable

     108,940  

Tax reclaim receivable

     4,531  

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     1,296  

Prepaid expenses

     360  
  

 

 

 

Total Assets

     38,754,476  
  

 

 

 

Liabilities

        

Foreign capital gains tax liability accrued

     219,406  

Payable for Fund shares purchased

     124,690  

Custodian and accounting fees payable

     44,021  

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     18,460  

Management fee payable

     17,557  

Due to broker—variation margin futures

     15,730  

Audit fees payable

     15,499  

Trustees’ fees payable

     856  

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     60  
  

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     456,279  
  

 

 

 

Net Assets

   $ 38,298,197  
  

 

 

 
          

Net assets were comprised of:

  

Paid-in capital

   $ 35,133,411  

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     3,164,786  
  

 

 

 

Net assets, April 30, 2024

   $ 38,298,197  
  

 

 

 

Class R6

        

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

($38,298,197 ÷ 3,320,511 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 11.53  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, 2024

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

       

Income

 

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $80,170 foreign withholding tax)

  $ 563,713  

Affiliated dividend income

    27,399  

Interest income

    2,084  
 

 

 

 

Total income

    593,196  
 

 

 

 

Expenses

 

Management fee

    140,716  

Custodian and accounting fees

    72,774  

Professional fees

    21,911  

Audit fee

    15,497  

Shareholders’ reports

    8,211  

Fund data services

    5,716  

Trustees’ fees

    5,167  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $198)

    252  

Registration fees

    111  

Miscellaneous

    11,259  
 

 

 

 

Total expenses

    281,614  

Less: Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

    (54,343
 

 

 

 

Net expenses

    227,271  
 

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

    365,925  
 

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investment And Foreign Currency Transactions

       

Net realized gain (loss) on:

 

Investment transactions (net of foreign capital gains taxes $(103,414))

    932,050  

Futures transactions

    36,294  

Foreign currency transactions

    (10,399
 

 

 

 
    957,945  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investments (net of change in foreign capital gains taxes $(149,328))

    4,587,908  

Futures

    56,192  

Foreign currencies

    (2,005
 

 

 

 
    4,642,095  
 

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    5,600,040  
 

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

  $ 5,965,965  
 

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

   

 

Six Months Ended
April 30, 2024

 

   

 

Year Ended
October 31, 2023

 

 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

               

Operations

   

Net investment income (loss)

  $ 365,925     $ 947,391  

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

    957,945       (1,162,979

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currencies

    4,642,095       4,576,407  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    5,965,965       4,360,819  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions

   

Distributions from distributable earnings

   

Class R6

    (1,306,279     (1,391,984
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fund share transactions

   

Net proceeds from shares sold (157,905 and 337,480 shares, respectively)

    1,734,288       3,482,394  

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions (125,123 and 136,737 shares, respectively)

    1,306,279       1,391,984  

Cost of shares purchased (444,762 and 437,103 shares, respectively)

    (4,837,657     (4,588,650
 

 

 

   

 

 

 
   

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

    (1,797,090     285,728  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

    2,862,596       3,254,563  

Net Assets:

               

Beginning of period

    35,435,601       32,181,038  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 38,298,197     $ 35,435,601  
 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

Class R6 Shares                                               
     Six Months
Ended April 30,
       

Year Ended October 31,

 
     2024         2023     2022     2021     2020     2019  
Per Share Operating Performance(a):                                                    
Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period     $10.18           $9.34       $12.83       $11.61       $11.14       $10.84  
Income (loss) from investment operations:                                                    
Net investment income (loss)     0.11           0.27       0.38       0.29       0.18       0.19  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions     1.61           0.98       (3.45     1.11       0.53       0.43  
Total from investment operations     1.72           1.25       (3.07     1.40       0.71       0.62  
Less Dividends and Distributions:                                                    
Dividends from net investment income     (0.37         (0.41     (0.35     (0.18     (0.24     (0.21
Distributions from net realized gains     -           -       (0.07     -       -       (0.11
Total dividends and distributions     (0.37         (0.41     (0.42     (0.18     (0.24     (0.32
Net asset value, end of period     $11.53           $10.18       $9.34       $12.83       $11.61       $11.14  
Total Return(b):     17.31         13.37     (24.71 )%      12.08     6.42     5.82
                 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:                                        
Net assets, end of period (000)     $38,298           $35,436       $32,181       $41,893       $36,054       $29,804  
Average net assets (000)     $37,730           $37,262       $38,004       $45,007       $32,007       $28,694  
Ratios to average net assets(c):                                                    
Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.21 %(d)(e)          1.21 %(e)      1.20     1.20     1.20     1.20
Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement     1.50 %(d)          1.61     1.54     1.42     1.53     1.70
Net investment income (loss)     1.95 %(d)          2.54     3.36     2.15     1.66     1.71
Portfolio turnover rate(f)     46         101     101     108     106     117

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to GAAP. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(d)

Annualized.

(e)

Includes certain non-recurring expenses of 0.01% which are being excluded from the Fund’s contractual waiver for the six months ended April 30, 2024 and for the year ended October 31, 2023.

(f)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments, certain derivatives and in-kind transactions (if any). If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.  Organization

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 (the “Registered Investment Company” or “RIC”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The RIC is organized as a Delaware Statutory Trust. These financial statements relate only to the PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the RIC. The Fund is classified as a diversified fund for purposes of the 1940 Act.

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek to provide returns in excess of the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Index over full market cycles.

2.  Accounting Policies

The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Fund consistently follows such policies in the preparation of their financial statements.

Securities Valuation: The Fund holds securities and other assets and liabilities that are fair valued as of the close of each day (generally, 4:00 PM Eastern time) the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. As described in further detail below, the Fund’s investments are valued daily based on a number of factors, including the type of investment and whether market quotations are readily available. The RIC’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures for security valuation and designated PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or the “Manager”) as the “Valuation Designee,” as defined by Rule 2a-5(b) under the 1940 Act, to perform the fair value determination relating to all Fund investments. Pursuant to the Board’s oversight, the Valuation Designee has established a Valuation Committee to perform the duties and responsibilities as Valuation Designee under Rule 2a-5. The valuation procedures permit the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers, and alternative valuation methods when market quotations are either not readily available or not deemed representative of fair value. Fair value is the estimated price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.

For the fiscal reporting period-end, securities and other assets and liabilities were fair valued at the close of the last U.S. business day. Trading in certain foreign securities may occur when the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays). Because such foreign

 

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securities trade in markets that are open on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund’s foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

Various inputs determine how the Fund’s investments are valued, all of which are categorized according to the three broad levels (Level 1, 2, or 3) detailed in the Schedule of Investments and referred to herein as the “fair value hierarchy” in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820 Fair Value Measurement.

Common or preferred stocks, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and derivative instruments, if applicable, that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of trading on the applicable exchange where the security principally trades. Securities traded via NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. To the extent these securities are valued at the last sale price or NASDAQ official closing price, they are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. In the event that no sale or official closing price on a valuation date exists, these securities are generally valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, or at the last bid price in the absence of an ask price. These securities are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Foreign equities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued using pricing vendor services that provide model prices derived using adjustment factors based on information such as local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depositary receipts, and futures, as applicable. Securities valued using such model prices are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The models generate an evaluated adjustment factor for each security, which is applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post closing market movements up to the time the Fund is valued. Utilizing that evaluated adjustment factor, the vendor provides an evaluated price for each security. If the vendor does not provide an evaluated price, securities are valued in accordance with exchange-traded common and preferred stock valuation policies discussed above.

Investments in open-end funds (other than ETFs) are valued at their net asset values as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy since they may be purchased or sold at their net asset values on the date of valuation.

Fixed income securities traded in the OTC market are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Such fixed income securities are typically valued using the market approach which generally involves obtaining data from an approved independent third-party vendor source. The Fund utilizes the market approach as the primary method to value securities when market prices of identical or comparable instruments are available. The third-party vendors’ valuation techniques used to derive the evaluated bid price are based on evaluating observable inputs, including but not limited to, yield curves, yield spreads, credit ratings, deal terms, tranche level attributes, default rates, cash flows, prepayment speeds, broker/dealer quotations and reported trades. Certain Level 3 securities are also valued using the market approach when obtaining a single broker quote or when utilizing

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

transaction prices for identical securities that have been used in excess of five business days. During the reporting period, there were no changes to report with respect to the valuation approach and/or valuation techniques discussed above.

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced according to the methods described above are valued based on policies and procedures approved by the Board. In the event that unobservable inputs are used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Altering one or more unobservable inputs may result in a significant change to a Level 3 security’s fair value measurement.

When determining the fair value of securities, some of the factors influencing the valuation include: the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities; assessment of the general liquidity of the securities; the issuer’s financial condition and the markets in which it does business; the cost of the investment; the size of the holding and the capitalization of the issuer; the prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers for such securities or any comparable securities; and any available analyst media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the Valuation Designee regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other unaffiliated mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities — at the exchange rate as of the valuation date;

(ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses — at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets of the Fund are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period, the Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities held at the end of the period. Similarly, the Fund does not isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities sold during the period. Accordingly, holding period unrealized and realized foreign currency gains (losses) are included in the reported net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and net realized gains (losses) on investment transactions on the Statements of Operations.

 

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Net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains (losses) from the disposition of holdings of foreign currencies, currency gains (losses) realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest, dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains (losses) arise from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities (other than investments) at period end exchange rates.

Financial Futures Contracts: A financial futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities at a set price for delivery on a future date. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This amount is known as the “initial margin.” Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security. Such variation margin is recorded for financial statement purposes on a daily basis as unrealized gain (loss). When the contract expires or is closed, the gain (loss) is realized and is presented in the Statement of Operations as net realized gain (loss) on futures transactions.

The Fund invested in financial futures contracts in order to hedge its existing portfolio securities, or securities the Fund intends to purchase, against fluctuations in value caused by changes in prevailing interest rates. Should interest rates move unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying hedged assets. Since futures contracts are exchange-traded, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchanges’ clearinghouse acts as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures and guarantees the futures contracts against default.

Master Netting Arrangements: The Fund is subject to various Master Agreements, or netting arrangements, with select counterparties. These are agreements which a subadviser may have negotiated and entered into on behalf of all or a portion of the Fund. A master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty permits the Fund to offset amounts payable by the Fund to the same counterparty against amounts to be received and by the receipt of collateral from the counterparty by the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. However, there is no assurance that such mitigating factors are easily enforceable. In addition to master netting arrangements, the right to set-off exists when all the conditions are met such that each of the parties owes the other determinable amounts, the reporting party has the right to set-off the amount owed with the amount owed by the other party, the reporting party intends to set-off and the right of set-off is enforceable by law.

Securities Lending: The Fund lends its portfolio securities to banks and broker-dealers. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. Collateral pledged by each borrower is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is marked to market daily, based on the previous day’s market value, such that the value of the

 

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collateral exceeds the value of the loaned securities. In the event of significant appreciation in value of the securities on loan on the last business day of the reporting period, the financial statements may reflect a collateral value that is less than the market value of the loaned securities. Such shortfall is remedied as described above. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the Fund securities identical to the loaned securities. The remaining open loans of the securities lending transactions are considered overnight and continuous. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund has the right to repurchase the securities in the open market using the collateral.

The Fund recognizes income, net of any rebate and securities lending agent fees, for lending its securities in the form of fees or interest on the investment of any cash received as collateral. The borrower receives all interest and dividends from the securities loaned and such payments are passed back to the lender in amounts equivalent thereto, which are reflected in interest income or unaffiliated dividend income based on the nature of the payment on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also continues to recognize any unrealized gain (loss) in the market price of the securities loaned and on the change in the value of the collateral invested that may occur during the term of the loan. In addition, realized gain (loss) is recognized on changes in the value of the collateral invested upon liquidation of the collateral. Net earnings from securities lending are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains (losses) from investment and currency transactions are calculated on the specific identification method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date, or for certain foreign securities, when the Fund becomes aware of such dividends. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis, which may require the use of certain estimates by management that may differ from actual expense amounts.

Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to continue to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable net investment income and capital gains, if any, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, interest and capital gains, if any, are recorded, net of reclaimable amounts, at the time the related income is earned.

The Fund is subject to foreign income taxes imposed by certain countries in which it invests. Additionally, capital gains realized upon disposition of securities issued in or by certain foreign countries are subject to capital gains tax imposed by those countries. All taxes are computed in accordance with the applicable foreign tax law, and, to the extent permitted, capital losses are used to offset capital gains. Taxes attributable to income are accrued by

 

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the Fund as a reduction of income. Current and deferred tax expense attributable to capital gains is reflected as a component of realized or change in unrealized gain/loss on securities in the accompanying financial statements. To the extent that the Fund has country specific capital loss carryforwards, such carryforwards are applied against net unrealized gains when determining the deferred tax liability. Any deferred tax liability incurred by the Fund is included in either Other liabilities or Deferred tax liability on the accompanying Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations and which may differ from GAAP, are recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and gain (loss) are reclassified between total distributable earnings (loss) and paid-in capital, as appropriate. The chart below sets forth the expected frequency of dividend and capital gains distributions to shareholders. Various factors may impact the frequency of dividend distributions to shareholders, including but not limited to adverse market conditions or portfolio holding-specific events.

 

   

 

  Expected Distribution Schedule to Shareholders*

 

    

 

Frequency

 

 

Net Investment Income

       Annually  

Short-Term Capital Gains

       Annually  

Long-Term Capital Gains

       Annually  

 

*

Under certain circumstances, the Fund may make more than one distribution of short-term and/or long-term capital gains during a fiscal year.

Estimates: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

3. Agreements

The Fund has a management agreement with the Manager pursuant to which it has responsibility for all investment advisory services, including supervision of the subadviser’s performance of such services, and for rendering administrative services.

The Manager has entered into a subadvisory agreement with PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC (“PGIM Quantitative Solutions” or the “subadviser”). The Manager pays for the services of PGIM Quantitative Solutions.

Fees payable under the management agreement are computed daily and paid monthly. For the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, the contractual and effective management fee rates were as follows:

 

   
 Contractual Management Rate   Effective Management Fee, before any waivers
and/or expense reimbursements

0.75% of average daily net assets.

  0.75%

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

The Manager has contractually agreed, through February 28, 2025, to limit total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. This contractual waiver excludes interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager for the purpose of preventing the expenses from exceeding a certain expense ratio limit may be recouped by the Manager within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time of the recoupment for that fiscal year. The expense limitation attributable to the below class is:

 

   
 Class      Expense
Limitations

R6

     1.20%

The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class R6 shares of the Fund. No distribution or service fees are paid to PIMS as distributor for Class R6 shares of the Fund.

PGIM Investments, PIMS and PGIM Quantitative Solutions are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”).

4. Other Transactions with Affiliates

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (“PMFS”), an affiliate of PGIM Investments and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, serves as the Fund’s transfer agent and shareholder servicing agent. Transfer agent’s fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations include certain out-of-pocket expenses paid to non-affiliates, where applicable.

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (the “Core Government Fund”), a series of the Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc., and its securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, each registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PGIM Investments. PGIM Investments and/or its affiliates are paid fees or reimbursed for providing their services to the Core Government Fund and the Money Market Fund. In addition to the realized and unrealized gains on investments in the Core Government Fund and the Money Market Fund, earnings from such investments are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Affiliated dividend income”.

 

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The Fund may enter into certain securities purchase or sale transactions under Board approved Rule 17a-7 procedures. Rule 17a-7 is an exemptive rule under the 1940 Act that, subject to certain conditions, permits purchase and sale transactions among affiliated investment companies, or between an investment company and a person that is affiliated solely by reason of having a common (or affiliated) investment adviser, common directors/trustees, and/or common officers. For the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, no Rule 17a-7 transactions were entered into by the Fund.

5. Portfolio Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) for the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, were as follows:

 

   
Cost of Purchases

 

 

Proceeds from Sales

 

$16,780,879

  $19,796,950

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated mutual funds for the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, is presented as follows:

 

               
  Value,
 Beginning
   of

  Period
  Cost of
Purchases
  Proceeds
from Sales
  Change in
Unrealized
Gain
(Loss)
  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
  Value,
End of
Period
  Shares,
End
of
Period
  Income

Short-Term Investments - Affiliated Mutual Fund:

   
 PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.540%)(1)(wb)          

$466,140

  $8,518,124   $7,991,487   $—   $—   $992,777   992,777   $27,399

 

(1)

The Fund did not have any capital gain distributions during the reporting period.

(wb)

Represents an investment in a Fund affiliated with the Manager.

6. Tax Information

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of April 30, 2024 were as follows:

 

       
 Tax Basis  

Gross

Unrealized

Appreciation

 

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

 

Net    

Unrealized  

Appreciation 

$32,139,911

  $8,419,583   $(1,998,585)   $6,420,998 

The GAAP basis may differ from tax basis due to certain tax-related adjustments.

For federal income tax purposes, the Fund had an approximated capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2023 which can be carried forward for an unlimited period. No capital gains

 

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distributions are expected to be paid to shareholders until net gains have been realized in excess of such losses.

 

   
Capital Loss
Carryforward
 

Capital Loss

Carryforward Utilized

$4,159,000

  $—

The Manager has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state and local income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements for the current reporting period. Since tax authorities can examine previously filed tax returns, the Fund’s U.S. federal and state tax returns for each of the four fiscal years up to the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 are subject to such review.

7. Capital and Ownership

The Fund offers Class R6 shares. Class R6 shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are available exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

The RIC is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, which may be divided into an unlimited number of series of such shares.

As of April 30, 2024, Prudential, through its affiliated entities, including affiliated funds (if applicable), owned shares of the Fund as follows:

 

     
 Class      Number of Shares   Percentage of Outstanding Shares

R6

     3,320,511   100.0%

At the reporting period end, the number of shareholders holding greater than 5% of the Fund are as follows:

 

     
        Number of Shareholders   Percentage of Outstanding Shares

Affiliated

     1   76.8%

Unaffiliated

      

8. Borrowings

The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, along with other affiliated registered investment companies (the “Participating Funds”), is a party to a Syndicated Credit Agreement (“SCA”) with a group of banks. The purpose of the SCA is to provide an alternative source of temporary

 

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funding for capital share redemptions. The table below provides details of the SCA in effect at the reporting period-end.

 

   
     SCA

Term of Commitment

  9/29/2023 - 9/26/2024 

Total Commitment

  $ 1,200,000,000 
Annualized Commitment Fee on the Unused Portion of the SCA   0.15% 

Annualized Interest Rate on Borrowings

  1.00% plus the higher of (1) 
the effective federal funds 
rate, (2) the daily  SOFR 
rate plus 0.10% or (3) zero 
percent 

Certain affiliated registered investment companies that are parties to the SCA include portfolios that are subject to a predetermined mathematical formula used to manage certain benefit guarantees offered under variable annuity contracts. The formula may result in large scale asset flows into and out of these portfolios. Consequently, these portfolios may be more likely to utilize the SCA for purposes of funding redemptions. It may be possible for those portfolios to fully exhaust the committed amount of the SCA, thereby requiring the Manager to allocate available funding per a Board-approved methodology designed to treat the Participating Funds in the SCA equitably.

The Fund did not utilize the SCA during the reporting period ended April 30, 2024.

9.   Risks of Investing in the Fund

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, some or all of the risks discussed below. For further information on the Fund’s risks, please refer to the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

Concentration Risk: To the extent that the Fund is concentrated in the securities of companies, a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, country, region or group of countries, the Fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject to increased price volatility and may be more susceptible to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class, country, region or group of countries.

Country Risk: Changes in the business environment may adversely affect operating profits or the value of assets in a specific country. For example, financial factors such as currency controls, devaluation or regulatory changes or stability factors such as mass riots, civil war and other potential events may contribute to companies’ operational risks.

Currency Risk: The Fund’s net asset value could decline as a result of changes in exchange rates, which could adversely affect the Fund’s investments in currencies, or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues related to, currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to currencies. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise.

Economic and Market Events Risk: Events in the U.S. and global financial markets, including actions taken by the U.S. Federal Reserve or foreign central banks to stimulate or stabilize economic growth or the functioning of the securities markets, or otherwise reduce inflation, may at times result in unusually high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets could adversely affect issuers worldwide.

Emerging Markets Risk: The risks of foreign investments are greater for investments in or exposed to emerging markets. Emerging market countries typically have economic and political systems that are less fully developed, and can be expected to be less stable, than those of more developed countries. For example, the economies of such countries can be subject to rapid and unpredictable rates of inflation or deflation. Low trading volumes may result in a lack of liquidity and price volatility. Emerging market countries may have policies that restrict investment by non-U.S. investors, or that prevent non-U.S. investors from withdrawing their money at will.

The Fund may invest in some emerging markets that subject it to risks such as those associated with illiquidity, custody of assets, different settlement and clearance procedures and asserting legal title under a developing legal and regulatory regime to a greater degree than in developed markets or even in other emerging markets.

Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk: Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S. issuers. Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets the Fund holds and the Fund’s

 

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performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise.

Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater volatility and price declines.

In addition, the Fund’s investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may apply.

Fund of Funds Risk: The Fund is an investment option for other PGIM Investments-advised mutual funds that are managed as “funds of funds.” As a result, from time to time, the Fund may experience relatively large redemptions and could be required to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, which could cause the value of your investment to decline.

Increase in Expenses Risk: Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table in the Fund’s prospectus for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Fund securities can increase expenses.

Investments in China Risk: Investments in China subject the Fund to risks specific to China and may make it more volatile than other funds. Over the last few decades, the Chinese government has undertaken reform of economic and market practices and has expanded the sphere of private ownership of property in China. However, Chinese markets generally continue to experience inefficiency, volatility and pricing anomalies resulting from governmental influence, a lack of publicly available information and/or political and social instability. Internal social unrest or confrontations with other neighboring countries, including military conflicts in response to such events, may also disrupt economic development in China and result in a greater risk of currency fluctuations, currency non-convertibility, interest rate fluctuations and higher rates of inflation.

China has experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international relations. Incidents involving China’s or the region’s security may cause uncertainty in Chinese markets and may adversely affect the Chinese economy and the Fund’s investments. Export growth continues to be a major driver of China’s rapid economic growth. Reduction in spending on Chinese products and services, institution of additional tariffs or other trade barriers, including as a result of heightened trade tensions between China and the U.S., or a downturn in any of the economies of China’s key trading partners may have an adverse impact on the Chinese economy or the Fund. For example, a series of executive orders issued between November 2020 and June 2021 prohibit the Fund from investing in certain companies identified by the U.S. government as “Chinese Military Industrial Complex Companies.” The restrictions in these executive orders may force the subadviser to

 

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sell certain positions and may restrict the Fund from future investments the subadviser deems otherwise attractive.

Chinese companies, including Chinese companies that are listed on U.S. exchanges, are not subject to the same degree of regulatory requirements, accounting standards or auditor oversight as companies in more developed countries, and as a result, information about the Chinese securities in which the Fund invests may be less reliable or complete. There may be significant obstacles to obtaining information necessary for investigations into or litigation against Chinese companies and shareholders may have limited legal remedies.

Large Capitalization Company Risk: Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund’s value may not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.

Large Shareholder and Large Scale Redemption Risk: Certain individuals, accounts, funds (including funds affiliated with the Manager) or institutions, including the Manager and its affiliates, may from time to time own or control a substantial amount of the Fund’s shares. There is no requirement that these entities maintain their investment in the Fund. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the Fund’s shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the Fund in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. Large redemptions could also result in tax consequences to shareholders and impact the Fund’s ability to implement its investment strategy. The Fund’s ability to pursue its investment objective after one or more large scale redemptions may be impaired and, as a result, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents.

Liquidity Risk: Liquidity risk is the risk that the Fund could not meet requests to redeem shares issued by the Fund without significant dilution of remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Fund may invest in instruments that trade in lower volumes and are more illiquid than other investments. If the Fund is forced to sell these investments to pay redemption proceeds or for other reasons, the Fund may lose money. In addition, when there is no willing buyer and investments cannot be readily sold at the desired time or price, the Fund may have to accept a lower price or may not be able to sell the instrument at all. An inability to sell a portfolio position can adversely affect the Fund’s value or prevent the Fund from being able to take advantage of other investment opportunities.

Management Risk: Actively managed funds are subject to management risk. The subadviser will apply investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions for the Fund, but the subadviser’s judgments about the attractiveness, value or market trends

 

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affecting a particular security, industry or sector or about market movements may be incorrect. Additionally, the investments selected for the Fund may underperform the markets in general, the Fund’s benchmark and other funds with similar investment objectives.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks: Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of COVID-19 globally).

The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.

Market Risk: Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment in the Fund will decline.

Model Design Risk: The subadviser uses certain quantitative models to help guide its investment decisions. The design of the underlying models may be flawed or incomplete. The investment models the subadviser uses are based on historical and theoretical underpinnings that it believes are sound. There can be no guarantee, however, that these underpinnings will correlate with security price behavior in the manner assumed by the subadviser’s models. Additionally, the quantitative techniques that underlie the subadviser’s portfolio construction processes may fail to fully anticipate important risks.

Model Implementation Risk: While the subadviser strives to mitigate the likelihood of material implementation errors, it is impossible to completely eliminate the risk of error in the implementation of the computer models that guide the subadviser’s quantitative investment processes. Additionally, it may be difficult to implement model recommendations in volatile and rapidly changing market conditions.

 

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Portfolio Turnover Risk: The length of time the Fund has held a particular security is not generally a consideration in investment decisions. Under certain market conditions, the Fund’s turnover rate may be higher than that of other mutual funds. Portfolio turnover generally involves some expense to the Fund, including brokerage commissions or dealer mark-ups and other transaction costs on the sale of securities and reinvestment in other securities. These transactions may result in realization of taxable capital gains. The trading costs and tax effects associated with portfolio turnover may adversely affect the Fund’s investment performance.

Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk: Small and medium sized companies usually offer a smaller range of products and services than larger companies. Smaller companies may also have limited financial resources and may lack management depth. As a result, their prices may fluctuate more than the stocks of larger, more established companies. Historically, small and medium sized companies have sometimes gone through extended periods when they did not perform as well as larger companies. Small and medium sized companies generally are more illiquid than larger companies, which may make such investments more difficult to sell at the time and price that the Fund would like.

Value Style Risk: Since the Fund may invest significantly in value stocks or use a value investment style, there is the risk that value stocks or the value style may be out of favor for long periods of time, that the market will not recognize a security’s intrinsic value for a long time or at all, or that a stock judged to be undervalued may actually be appropriately priced or overvalued. Issuers of value stocks may have experienced adverse business developments or may be subject to special risks that have caused the stock to be out of favor. In addition, the Fund’s value investment style may go out of favor with investors, negatively affecting the Fund’s performance. If the Fund’s assessment of market conditions or a company’s value is inaccurate, the Fund could suffer losses or produce poor performance relative to other funds.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act (the “Liquidity Rule”), the Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “LRMP”). The Fund’s LRMP seeks to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is defined as the risk that the Fund is unable to meet investor redemption requests without significantly diluting the remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board has approved PGIM Investments, the Fund’s investment manager, to serve as the administrator of the Fund’s LRMP. As part of its responsibilities as administrator, PGIM Investments has retained a third party to perform certain functions, including providing market data and liquidity classification model information.

The Fund’s LRMP includes a number of processes designed to support the assessment and management of its liquidity risk. In particular, the Fund’s LRMP includes no less than annual assessments of factors that influence the Fund’s liquidity risk; no less than monthly classifications of the Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity classifications provided for in the Liquidity Rule; a 15% of net assets limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule); establishment of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets to be invested in investments classified as “highly liquid” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule) if the Fund does not invest primarily in highly liquid investments; and regular reporting to the Board.

At a meeting of the Board on March 5-7, 2024, PGIM Investments provided a written report (“LRMP Report”) to the Board addressing the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Fund’s LRMP, including any material changes to the LRMP for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 (“Reporting Period”). The LRMP Report concluded that the Fund’s LRMP was reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period. There were no material changes to the LRMP during the Reporting Period. The LRMP Report further concluded that the Fund’s investment strategies continue to be appropriate given the Fund’s status as an open-end fund.

There can be no assurance that the LRMP will achieve its objectives in the future. Additional information regarding risks of investing in the Fund, including liquidity risks presented by the Fund’s investment portfolio, is found in the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

 

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 MAIL

 

 

 TELEPHONE

 

 

 WEBSITE

655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102

 

(800) 225-1852

 

pgim.com/investments

 

 

PROXY VOTING

The Board of Trustees of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s subadviser the responsibility for voting any proxies and maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Fund. A description of these proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 225-1852 or by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website.

 

 

 

TRUSTEES

Ellen S. Alberding KevinJ. Bannon Scott E. Benjamin Linda W. Bynoe Barry H. Evans Keith F. Hartstein Laurie Simon Hodrick Stuart S. Parker Brian K. Reid Grace C. Torres

 

 

 

OFFICERS

Stuart S. Parker, President and Principal Executive Officer Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President Christian J. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer Claudia DiGiacomo, Chief Legal Officer Andrew Donohue, Chief Compliance Officer Russ Shupak, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer Kelly Florio, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer Andrew R. French, Secretary Melissa Gonzalez, Assistant Secretary  Kelly A. Coyne, Assistant Secretary Patrick E. McGuinness, Assistant Secretary Debra Rubano, Assistant Secretary George Hoyt, Assistant Secretary Devan Goolsby, Assistant Secretary Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer Elyse M. McLaughlin, Assistant Treasurer Deborah Conway, Assistant Treasurer Robert W. McCormack, Assistant Treasurer

 

 

MANAGER   PGIM Investments LLC   655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
     
SUBADVISER   PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC   655 Broad Street
16th Floor
Newark, NJ 07102
DISTRIBUTOR   Prudential Investment Management Services LLC   655 Broad Street
Newark, NJ 07102
     
CUSTODIAN   The Bank of New York Mellon   240 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10286
TRANSFER AGENT   Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC   PO Box 534432
Pittsburgh, PA 15253
     
INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   300 Madison Avenue
New York, NY 10017
FUND COUNSEL   Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP   787 Seventh Avenue
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An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund. An investor may obtain the prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at pgim.com/investments or by calling (800) 225-1852. The prospectus and summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

E-DELIVERY

To receive your mutual fund documents online, go to pgim.com/investments/resource/edelivery and enroll. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive notification via email when new materials are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any time by visiting the website address above.

 

 

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRUSTEES

Shareholders can communicate directly with the Board of Trustees by writing to the Chair of the Board, PGIM Quant Solutions Emerging Markets Equity Fund, PGIM Investments, Attn: Board of Trustees, 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Trustee by writing to that Trustee at the same address. Communications are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

 

 

 

AVAILABILITY OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at sec.gov.

Mutual Funds:

ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY
  MAY LOSE VALUE   ARE NOT A DEPOSIT OF OR GUARANTEED
BY ANY BANK OR ANY BANK AFFILIATE


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PGIM QUANT SOLUTIONS EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY FUND

 

 

SHARE CLASS

 

 

 

R6

 

 

NASDAQ

 

 

 

PQEMX

 

 

CUSIP

 

 

 

74440E706

 

MF244E2


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PGIM QUANT SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED MARKETS INDEX FUND

 

SEMIANNUAL REPORT

APRIL 30, 2024

 

 

 

LOGO

To enroll in e-delivery, go to pgim.com/investments/resource/edelivery


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Letter from the President

     3   

Your Fund’s Performance

     4   

Fees andExpenses

     6   

Holdings and Financial Statements

     9   

 

 

 

 

This report is not authorized for distribution to prospective investors unless preceded or accompanied by a current prospectus.

The information about the Fund’s portfolio holdings is for the period covered by this report and is subject to change thereafter.

The accompanying financial statements as of April 30, 2024 were not audited and, accordingly, no auditor’s opinion is expressed on them.

Mutual funds are distributed by Prudential Investment Management Services LLC, a Prudential Financial company and member SIPC. PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PGIM, Inc. (PGIM), is a registered investment adviser. © 2024 Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities. PGIM and the PGIM logo are service marks of Prudential Financial, Inc. and its related entities, registered in many jurisdictions worldwide.

 

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Letter from the President

 

LOGO  

 

Dear Shareholder:

 

We hope you find the semiannual report for the PGIM Quant Solutions International Developed Markets Index Fund informative and useful. The report covers performance for the six-month period ended April 30, 2024.

 

Regarding your investments with PGIM, we believe it is important to maintain a diversified portfolio of funds consistent with your tolerance for risk, time horizon, and financial goals.

Your financial advisor can help you create a diversified investment plan that may include funds covering all the basic asset classes and that reflects your personal investor profile and risk tolerance. However, diversification and asset allocation strategies do not assure a profit or protect against loss in declining markets.

Thank you for choosing our family of funds.

Sincerely,

 

LOGO

Stuart S. Parker, President

PGIM Quant Solutions International Developed Markets Index Fund

June 14, 2024

 

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Your Fund’s Performance

 

Performance data quoted represent past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the past performance data quoted. An investor may obtain performance data as of the most recent month-end by visiting our website at pgim.com/investments or by calling (800) 225-1852.

 

    

Total Returns as of 4/30/24 

(without sales charges) 

Six Months* (%) 

  

Average Annual Total Returns as of 4/30/24 

(with sales charges)

     One Year (%)    Five Years (%)    Since Inception (%) 

Fund

   16.65    8.18    5.66    6.91 (11/17/2016)

MSCI EAFE Index**

           
   18.63    9.28    6.18    7.43

FTSE Developed Markets Ex-North America Net Index**

        
     18.47    9.47    6.07    7.33

*Not annualized

**Effective December 11, 2023, the Fund’s benchmark changed from the FTSE Developed Markets Ex-North America Net Index to the MSCI EAFE Index. The change in benchmark was made in connection with a change in the Fund’s investment objective and strategy to track the MSCI EAFE Index.

Since Inception returns are provided since the Fund has less than 10 fiscal years of returns. Since Inception returns for the Indexes are measured from the closest month-end to the Fund’s inception date.

The returns in the tables do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or following the redemption of Fund shares. The average annual total returns take into account applicable sales charges, which are described for each share class in the table below.

Benchmark Definition

MSCI EAFE Index—The MSCI EAFE Index is a free-float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index that is designed to measure the equity performance of developed markets, excluding the US and Canada.

FTSE Developed Markets Ex-North America Net Index—The FTSE Developed Markets Ex-North America Net Index is part of a range of indexes designed to help investors benchmark their international investments. The index comprises large- and mid-cap stocks, providing coverage of developed markets, excluding the United States and Canada. The index is derived from the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (GEIS), which covers 98% of the world’s investable market capitalization.

Investors cannot invest directly in an index. The returns for the Indexes would be lower if they included the effects of sales charges, operating expenses of a mutual fund, or taxes that may be paid by an investor.

 

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Presentation of Fund Holdings as of 4/30/24

 

 Ten Largest Holdings    Asset Class/Line of Business    Country   % of Net Assets 

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

   Unaffiliated Exchange-Traded Funds    United States   3.4%

Novo Nordisk A/S (Class B Stock)

   Pharmaceuticals    Denmark   2.4%

ASML Holding NV

   Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment    Netherlands   2.0%

Nestle SA

   Food Products    United States   1.5%

Toyota Motor Corp.

   Automobiles    Japan   1.4%

AstraZeneca plc

   Pharmaceuticals    United Kingdom   1.3%

Shell plc

   Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels    United States   1.3%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

   Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods    France   1.3%

Novartis AG

   Pharmaceuticals    Switzerland   1.1%

SAP SE

   Software    Germany   1.1%

Holdings reflect only long-term investments and are subject to change.

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the Fund, you incur two types of costs: (1) transaction costs, including sales charges (loads) on purchase payments and redemptions, as applicable, and (2) ongoing costs, including management fees, distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees, and other Fund expenses, as applicable. This example is intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2024. The example is for illustrative purposes only; you should consult the Prospectus for information on initial and subsequent minimum investment requirements.

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table on the following page provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information on this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value ÷ $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number on the first line under the heading “Expenses Paid During the Six-Month Period” to estimate the expenses you paid on your account during this period.

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table on the following page provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of the other funds.

The Fund’s transfer agent may charge additional fees to holders of certain accounts that are not included in the expenses shown in the table on the following page. These fees apply to individual retirement accounts (IRAs) and Section 403(b) accounts. As of the close of the six-month period covered by the table, IRA fees included an annual maintenance fee of $15 per account (subject to a maximum annual maintenance fee of $25 for all accounts held by the same shareholder). Section 403(b) accounts are charged an annual $25 fiduciary maintenance fee. Some of the fees may vary in amount, or may be waived, based on your total account balance or the number of PGIM funds, including the Fund, that you own. You should consider the additional fees that were charged to your Fund account over the six-month period when you estimate the total ongoing expenses paid over the period and the impact of these fees on your ending account value, as these additional expenses are not reflected in the information provided in the expense table. Additional fees have the effect of reducing investment returns.

 

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Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs such as sales charges (loads). Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

     

PGIM Quant Solutions

International Developed

Markets Index Fund

 

 Beginning 

 Account Value 

 November 1, 2023 

 

Ending

 Account Value 

April 30, 2024

 

Annualized

Expense

 Ratio Based on the 
 Six-Month Period 

 

 Expenses Paid 

During the

 Six-Month Period* 

     

Class R6

  Actual   $1,000.00   $1,166.50   0.24%   $1.29
     
    Hypothetical   $1,000.00   $1,023.67   0.24%   $1.21

*Fund expenses (net of fee waivers or subsidies, if any) are equal to the annualized expense ratio (provided in the table), multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the 182 days in the six-month period ended April 30, 2024, and divided by the 366 days in the Fund’s fiscal year ending October 31, 2024 (to reflect the six-month period). Expenses presented in the table include the expenses of any underlying funds in which the Fund may invest.

 

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS 95.8%

     

COMMON STOCKS 92.0%

     

Australia 6.7%

                 

Ampol Ltd.

     794      $ 18,749  

ANZ Group Holdings Ltd.

     10,010        180,620  

APA Group, UTS

     4,273        22,803  

Aristocrat Leisure Ltd.

     1,944        49,611  

ASX Ltd.

     645        26,348  

Aurizon Holdings Ltd.

     6,131        15,059  

BHP Group Ltd.

       16,982           465,750  

BlueScope Steel Ltd.

     1,505        21,966  

Brambles Ltd.

     4,628        43,539  

CAR Group Ltd.

     1,263        27,386  

Cochlear Ltd.

     218        45,477  

Coles Group Ltd.

     4,458        46,494  

Commonwealth Bank of Australia

     5,611        411,115  

Computershare Ltd.

     1,810        31,799  

Dexus, REIT

     3,582        16,270  

EBOS Group Ltd.

     511        10,530  

Endeavour Group Ltd.

     4,772        16,411  

Fortescue Ltd.

     5,640        93,480  

Glencore PLC

     34,865        202,864  

Goodman Group, REIT

     5,693        114,997  

GPT Group (The), REIT

     6,380        17,159  

IDP Education Ltd.

     881        9,186  

Insurance Australia Group Ltd.

     8,116        33,624  

Lottery Corp. Ltd. (The)

     7,413        23,125  

Macquarie Group Ltd.

     1,223        146,440  

Medibank Private Ltd.

     9,173        21,023  

Mineral Resources Ltd.

     585        26,537  

Mirvac Group, REIT

     13,143        17,221  

National Australia Bank Ltd.

     10,422        225,923  

Northern Star Resources Ltd.

     3,828        36,285  

Orica Ltd.

     1,517        17,565  

Origin Energy Ltd.

     5,738        36,215  

Pilbara Minerals Ltd.

     9,523        24,245  

Qantas Airways Ltd.*

     2,814        10,617  

QBE Insurance Group Ltd.

     4,976        56,920  

Ramsay Health Care Ltd.

     611        20,481  

REA Group Ltd.

     176        20,175  

Reece Ltd.

     753        13,358  

Rio Tinto Ltd.

     1,236        102,865  

Rio Tinto PLC

     3,773        255,284  

Santos Ltd.

     10,817        53,083  

Scentre Group, REIT

     17,288        35,009  

SEEK Ltd.

     1,186        18,321  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares       Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Australia (cont’d.)

                 

Seven Group Holdings Ltd.

     548      $ 13,316  

Sonic Healthcare Ltd.

     1,501        25,796  

South32 Ltd.

     15,106        34,464  

Stockland, REIT

     7,951        22,526  

Suncorp Group Ltd.

     4,231        45,189  

Telstra Group Ltd.

     13,470        31,824  

Transurban Group, UTS

       10,285        82,573  

Treasury Wine Estates Ltd.

     2,659        20,621  

Vicinity Ltd., REIT

     12,888        15,782  

Washington H Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd.

     781        16,344  

Wesfarmers Ltd.

     3,779        161,889  

Westpac Banking Corp.

     11,688        194,095  

WiseTech Global Ltd.

     555        32,697  

Woodside Energy Group Ltd.

     6,324        113,307  

Woolworths Group Ltd.

     4,069        83,484  
     

 

 

 
           3,975,836  

Austria 0.2%

                 

Erste Group Bank AG

     1,145        53,397  

Mondi PLC

     1,470        27,859  

OMV AG

     490        23,251  

Verbund AG

     227        17,341  

voestalpine AG

     386        10,308  
     

 

 

 
        132,156  

Belgium 0.7%

                 

Ageas SA/NV

     532        24,420  

Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV

     2,893        172,926  

D’ieteren Group

     71        15,316  

Elia Group SA/NV

     98        9,436  

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert NV

     293        21,749  

KBC Group NV

     834        61,953  

Lotus Bakeries NV

     1        10,053  

Sofina SA

     51        11,938  

Syensqo SA*

     247        22,895  

UCB SA

     421        55,829  

Umicore SA

     697        15,439  

Warehouses De Pauw CVA, REIT

     585        15,470  
     

 

 

 
        437,424  

Brazil 0.0%

                 

Yara International ASA

     551        15,706  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Burkina Faso 0.0%

                 

Endeavour Mining PLC

     615      $ 13,021  

Chile  0.1%

                 

Antofagasta PLC

     1,313        36,018  

China  0.4%

                 

BOC Hong Kong Holdings Ltd.

       12,400        38,007  

ESR Group Ltd., 144A

     5,800        6,356  

Prosus NV*

     4,872        163,017  

SITC International Holdings Co. Ltd.

     5,000        10,843  

Wharf Holdings Ltd. (The)

     4,000        12,869  

Wilmar International Ltd.

     6,400        15,044  
     

 

 

 
           246,136  

Denmark 3.5%

                 

AP Moller - Maersk A/S (Class A Stock)

     10        14,182  

AP Moller - Maersk A/S (Class B Stock)

     14        20,287  

Carlsberg A/S (Class B Stock)

     328        44,120  

Coloplast A/S (Class B Stock)

     423        50,999  

Danske Bank A/S

     2,297        66,124  

Demant A/S*

     336        16,045  

DSV A/S

     605        85,952  

Genmab A/S*

     220        61,079  

Novo Nordisk A/S (Class B Stock)

     10,933        1,402,073  

Novozymes A/S (Class B Stock)

     1,244        68,889  

Orsted A/S, 144A*

     630        34,624  

Pandora A/S

     282        42,920  

ROCKWOOL A/S (Class B Stock)

     31        10,106  

Svitzer A/S*

     48        1,613  

Tryg A/S

     1,163        23,018  

Vestas Wind Systems A/S*

     3,364        90,150  
     

 

 

 
        2,032,181  

Finland 0.9%

                 

Elisa OYJ

     474        21,372  

Fortum OYJ

     1,494        19,687  

Kesko OYJ (Class B Stock)

     910        15,536  

Kone OYJ (Class B Stock)

     1,132        55,182  

Metso OYJ

     2,209        25,044  

Neste OYJ

     1,409        31,941  

Nokia OYJ

     18,010        65,473  

Nordea Bank Abp

     10,664        124,963  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Finland (cont’d.)

                 

Orion OYJ (Class B Stock)

     359      $ 13,708  

Sampo OYJ (Class A Stock)

       1,508        61,200  

Stora Enso OYJ (Class R Stock)

     1,938        25,815  

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

     1,778        62,310  

Wartsila OYJ Abp

     1,577        29,092  
     

 

 

 
           551,323  

France  9.5%

                 

Accor SA

     662        29,013  

Aeroports de Paris SA

     115        14,607  

Air Liquide SA

     1,757        343,632  

Airbus SE

     1,986        326,812  

Alstom SA

     960        15,137  

Amundi SA, 144A

     204        14,232  

Arkema SA

     200        20,637  

AXA SA

     6,085        210,246  

BioMerieux

     138        14,670  

BNP Paribas SA

     3,460        248,988  

Bollore SE

     2,457        15,948  

Bouygues SA

     635        23,403  

Bureau Veritas SA

     982        28,641  

Capgemini SE

     520        109,294  

Carrefour SA

     1,918        32,267  

Cie de Saint-Gobain SA

     1,518        120,047  

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin SCA

     2,260        86,826  

Covivio SA, REIT

     168        8,362  

Credit Agricole SA

     3,559        55,069  

Danone SA

     2,100        131,433  

Dassault Aviation SA

     67        14,341  

Dassault Systemes SE

     2,226        87,375  

Edenred SE

     831        39,433  

Eiffage SA

     245        26,141  

Engie SA*

     6,083        105,605  

EssilorLuxottica SA

     989        210,886  

Eurazeo SE*

     145        13,061  

Gecina SA, REIT

     153        15,622  

Getlink SE

     1,191        20,275  

Hermes International SCA

     106        253,763  

Ipsen SA

     126        15,326  

Kering SA

     248        86,916  

Klepierre SA, REIT

     716        19,226  

La Francaise des Jeux SAEM, 144A

     350        13,190  

Legrand SA

     883        90,743  

L’Oreal SA

     806        377,896  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

France (cont’d.)

                 

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SE

     925      $ 759,829  

Orange SA

     6,202        69,030  

Pernod Ricard SA

     681        102,996  

Publicis Groupe SA

     762        84,084  

Remy Cointreau SA

     77        7,305  

Renault SA

     640        31,701  

Rexel SA

     756        19,595  

Safran SA

     1,145        248,273  

Sartorius Stedim Biotech

     98        21,106  

SEB SA

     83        9,796  

Societe Generale SA

       2,460        66,285  

Sodexo SA

     295        25,687  

Teleperformance SE*

     198        17,936  

Thales SA

     317        53,277  

TotalEnergies SE

     7,274        528,083  

Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield, REIT*

     394        32,833  

Veolia Environnement SA

     2,309        71,782  

Vinci SA

     1,691        198,145  

Vivendi SE

     2,230        22,687  

Worldline SA, 144A*

     801        8,308  
     

 

 

 
           5,617,801  

Germany  7.5%

                 

adidas AG

     540        130,131  

Allianz SE

     1,313        372,610  

BASF SE

     2,973        155,775  

Bayer AG

     3,272        95,446  

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     1,062        115,704  

Bechtle AG

     273        13,175  

Beiersdorf AG

     336        50,502  

Brenntag SE

     445        35,513  

Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

     134        14,139  

Commerzbank AG

     3,511        52,181  

Continental AG

     366        23,721  

Covestro AG, 144A*

     644        32,254  

Daimler Truck Holding AG

     1,782        80,361  

Deutsche Bank AG

     6,456        103,119  

Deutsche Boerse AG

     633        122,037  

Deutsche Lufthansa AG*

     1,993        14,263  

Deutsche Post AG

     3,302        138,255  

Deutsche Telekom AG

     10,796        247,289  

E.ON SE

     7,478        99,023  

Evonik Industries AG

     776        16,172  

Fresenius Medical Care AG

     684        28,798  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Germany (cont’d.)

                 

Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

     1,407      $ 41,985  

GEA Group AG*

     545        21,996  

Hannover Rueck SE

     201        49,857  

Heidelberg Materials AG

     437        43,978  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA

     346        24,880  

Infineon Technologies AG

     4,350        150,958  

Knorr-Bremse AG

     242        17,958  

LEG Immobilien SE*

     247        20,967  

Mercedes-Benz Group AG

     2,688        203,323  

Merck KGaA

     430        68,328  

MTU Aero Engines AG

     179        43,124  

Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen

     454        199,673  

Nemetschek SE

     192        16,967  

Puma SE

     352        16,252  

Rational AG

     17        14,501  

Rheinmetall AG

     145        79,901  

RWE AG

     2,106        73,364  

SAP SE

     3,499        631,804  

Scout24 SE, 144A

     290        21,303  

Siemens AG

     2,546        476,951  

Siemens Energy AG*

     1,730        35,523  

Siemens Healthineers AG, 144A

     939        52,075  

Symrise AG

     442        47,379  

Talanx AG

     215        16,171  

Volkswagen AG

     98        13,835  

Vonovia SE

       2,442        70,564  

Zalando SE, 144A*

     747        19,545  
     

 

 

 
           4,413,630  

Hong Kong  1.7%

                 

AIA Group Ltd.

     38,200        279,790  

Brightoil Petroleum Holdings Ltd.*^

     7,000         

CK Asset Holdings Ltd.

     6,800        29,006  

CK Infrastructure Holdings Ltd.

     2,200        12,428  

CLP Holdings Ltd.

     5,400        42,477  

Futu Holdings Ltd., ADR*

     200        12,862  

Hang Lung Properties Ltd.

     6,000        6,622  

Hang Seng Bank Ltd.

     2,700        35,604  

Henderson Land Development Co. Ltd.

     5,004        15,086  

HKT Trust & HKT Ltd., UTS

     13,000        14,352  

Hong Kong & China Gas Co. Ltd.

     37,356        28,404  

Hong Kong Exchanges & Clearing Ltd.

     4,040        128,369  

Hongkong Land Holdings Ltd.

     3,700        11,822  

Jardine Matheson Holdings Ltd.

     587        22,464  

 

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Hong Kong (cont’d.)

                 

Link REIT, REIT

     8,500      $ 36,421  

MTR Corp. Ltd.

     5,500        18,075  

Power Assets Holdings Ltd.

     4,600        26,386  

Prudential PLC

     9,170        79,755  

Sino Land Co. Ltd.

     13,600        14,541  

Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd.

     4,750        43,819  

Swire Pacific Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     1,500        12,703  

Swire Properties Ltd.

     3,800        7,859  

Techtronic Industries Co. Ltd.

     4,500        62,187  

WH Group Ltd., 144A

     27,700        20,133  

Wharf Real Estate Investment Co. Ltd.

     5,500        17,064  
     

 

 

 
        978,229  

Ireland  0.4%

                 

AerCap Holdings NV*

     700        59,143  

AIB Group PLC

     5,233        27,087  

Bank of Ireland Group PLC

     3,519        37,545  

Kerry Group PLC (Class A Stock)

     531        45,697  

Kingspan Group PLC

     515        45,808  

Smurfit Kappa Group PLC

     867        37,567  
     

 

 

 
           252,847  

Israel  0.6%

                 

Azrieli Group Ltd.

     141        9,072  

Bank Hapoalim BM

     4,231        38,115  

Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM

     5,077        39,560  

Check Point Software Technologies Ltd.*

     300        44,826  

Elbit Systems Ltd.

     89        18,117  

Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd.*

     1        8  

Global-e Online Ltd.*

     300        10,059  

ICL Group Ltd.

       2,577        12,096  

Israel Discount Bank Ltd. (Class A Stock)

     4,120        21,132  

Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd.

     514        18,717  

Nice Ltd.*

     211        47,182  

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., ADR*

     3,800        53,390  

Wix.com Ltd.*

     200        23,774  
     

 

 

 
        336,048  

Italy  2.3%

                 

Amplifon SpA

     415        13,855  

Assicurazioni Generali SpA

     3,376        82,315  

Banco BPM SpA

     4,037        26,506  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Italy (cont’d.)

                 

Coca-Cola HBC AG*

     736      $ 23,757  

Davide Campari-Milano NV

     2,144        21,502  

DiaSorin SpA

     83        8,383  

Enel SpA

     27,090        178,047  

Eni SpA

     7,352        118,086  

Ferrari NV

     420        172,735  

FinecoBank Banca Fineco SpA

     2,034        31,160  

Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA, 144A

     1,119        11,992  

Intesa Sanpaolo SpA

     49,702        186,035  

Leonardo SpA

     1,348        30,980  

Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario SpA

     1,709        24,282  

Moncler SpA

     686        46,704  

Nexi SpA, 144A*

     1,967        11,444  

Poste Italiane SpA, 144A

     1,740        22,104  

Prysmian SpA

     875        47,476  

Recordati Industria Chimica e Farmaceutica SpA

     348        18,518  

Snam SpA

        6,716        30,728  

Telecom Italia SpA*

     33,188        7,868  

Terna - Rete Elettrica Nazionale

     4,686        37,544  

UniCredit SpA

     5,164        189,541  
     

 

 

 
           1,341,562  

Japan  21.4%

                 

Advantest Corp.

     2,630        82,321  

Aeon Co. Ltd.

     2,180        45,580  

AGC, Inc.

     720        26,621  

Aisin Corp.

     500        19,018  

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     1,570        58,375  

ANA Holdings, Inc.

     550        10,446  

Asahi Group Holdings Ltd.

     1,590        54,392  

Asahi Intecc Co. Ltd.

     700        10,257  

Asahi Kasei Corp.

     4,150        28,934  

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     6,030        57,875  

Azbil Corp.

     400        11,172  

Bandai Namco Holdings, Inc.

     2,010        37,557  

Bridgestone Corp.

     1,900        83,841  

Brother Industries Ltd.

     750        13,267  

Canon, Inc.

     3,330        90,127  

Capcom Co. Ltd.

     1,100        18,109  

Central Japan Railway Co.

     2,620        59,914  

Chiba Bank Ltd. (The)

     1,750        14,782  

Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc.

     2,150        27,597  

Chugai Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     2,220        70,605  

Concordia Financial Group Ltd.

     3,550        19,128  

 

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Japan (cont’d.)

                 

Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd.

     700      $ 20,388  

Daifuku Co. Ltd.

     1,000        20,484  

Dai-ichi Life Holdings, Inc.

     3,150        72,957  

Daiichi Sankyo Co. Ltd.

     6,260        210,697  

Daikin Industries Ltd.

     880        120,112  

Daito Trust Construction Co. Ltd.

     246        26,370  

Daiwa House Industry Co. Ltd.

     1,970        55,434  

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     4,450        32,703  

Denso Corp.

       6,370           108,565  

Dentsu Group, Inc.

     680        18,396  

Disco Corp.

     310        88,302  

East Japan Railway Co.

     3,240        59,386  

Eisai Co. Ltd.

     814        33,430  

ENEOS Holdings, Inc.

     9,610        44,400  

FANUC Corp.

     3,165        93,745  

Fast Retailing Co. Ltd.

     585        152,959  

Fuji Electric Co. Ltd.

     400        24,882  

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

     3,780        80,410  

Fujitsu Ltd.

     5,900        91,144  

GLP J-REIT, REIT

     17        13,826  

Hamamatsu Photonics KK

     450        16,489  

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc.

     770        20,188  

Hikari Tsushin, Inc.

     80        13,002  

Hirose Electric Co. Ltd.

     145        15,391  

Hitachi Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.

     420        11,996  

Hitachi Ltd.

     3,080        284,163  

Honda Motor Co. Ltd.

     15,370        174,873  

Hoshizaki Corp.

     340        11,716  

Hoya Corp.

     1,180        136,809  

Hulic Co. Ltd.

     1,260        11,610  

Ibiden Co. Ltd.

     360        13,685  

Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd.

     3,235        21,918  

Iida Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

     530        6,766  

Inpex Corp.

     3,250        48,684  

Isuzu Motors Ltd.

     1,950        24,712  

ITOCHU Corp.

     4,050        182,715  

Japan Airlines Co. Ltd.

     460        8,151  

Japan Exchange Group, Inc.

     1,750        40,986  

Japan Metropolitan Fund Investment Corp., REIT

     23        13,886  

Japan Post Bank Co. Ltd.

     4,800        48,722  

Japan Post Holdings Co. Ltd.

     6,900        66,263  

Japan Post Insurance Co. Ltd.

     650        12,203  

Japan Real Estate Investment Corp., REIT

     4        13,565  

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     4,080        109,759  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Japan (cont’d.)

                 

JFE Holdings, Inc.

     1,930      $ 28,807  

Kajima Corp.

     1,400        26,820  

Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (The)

     2,420        36,250  

Kao Corp.

     1,630        67,241  

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

     1,350        19,021  

KDDI Corp.

     4,960        137,634  

KDX Realty Investment Corp., REIT

     14        13,809  

Keisei Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

     450        16,764  

Keyence Corp.

     646          284,091  

Kikkoman Corp.

       2,300        27,405  

Kintetsu Group Holdings Co. Ltd.

     610        15,682  

Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd.

     2,600        37,954  

Kobe Bussan Co. Ltd.

     500        10,799  

Koito Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     660        8,878  

Komatsu Ltd.

     3,160        94,345  

Konami Group Corp.

     400        24,135  

Kubota Corp.

     3,350        53,733  

Kyocera Corp.

     4,250        51,802  

Kyowa Kirin Co. Ltd.

     920        15,450  

Lasertec Corp.

     250        53,926  

LY Corp.

     8,900        21,383  

M3, Inc.

     1,470        15,550  

Makita Corp.

     750        21,713  

Marubeni Corp.

     4,850        86,409  

MatsukiyoCocokara & Co.

     1,120        15,882  

Mazda Motor Corp.

     1,900        21,507  

McDonald’s Holdings Co. Japan Ltd.

     300        13,197  

MEIJI Holdings Co. Ltd.

     782        17,497  

MINEBEA MITSUMI, Inc.

     1,200        22,476  

MISUMI Group, Inc.

     950        15,445  

Mitsubishi Chemical Group Corp.

     4,250        24,794  

Mitsubishi Corp.

     11,590        265,058  

Mitsubishi Electric Corp.

     6,530        113,817  

Mitsubishi Estate Co. Ltd.

     3,770        69,084  

Mitsubishi HC Capital, Inc.

     2,673        17,310  

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd.

     10,600        94,776  

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     37,200        370,562  

Mitsui & Co. Ltd.

     4,400        212,413  

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

     640        18,216  

Mitsui Fudosan Co. Ltd.

     8,880        90,372  

Mitsui OSK Lines Ltd.

     1,160        36,818  

Mizuho Financial Group, Inc.

     8,030        155,213  

MonotaRO Co. Ltd.

     920        11,026  

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc.

     4,230        76,051  

 

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 Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Japan (cont’d.)

                 

Murata Manufacturing Co. Ltd.

     5,760      $ 105,248  

NEC Corp.

     800        57,922  

Nexon Co. Ltd.

     1,140        17,774  

Nidec Corp.

     1,390        65,098  

Nintendo Co. Ltd.

     3,450        168,253  

Nippon Building Fund, Inc., REIT

     5        19,104  

Nippon Express Holdings, Inc.

     270        13,813  

Nippon Paint Holdings Co. Ltd.

        3,150        20,163  

Nippon Prologis REIT, Inc., REIT

     7        12,079  

Nippon Sanso Holdings Corp.

     590        17,524  

Nippon Steel Corp.

     2,930        65,687  

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     99,500           107,426  

Nippon Yusen KK

     1,600        45,425  

Nissan Chemical Corp.

     410        13,976  

Nissan Motor Co. Ltd.

     7,750        28,363  

Nissin Foods Holdings Co. Ltd.

     650        17,346  

Nitori Holdings Co. Ltd.

     262        35,064  

Nitto Denko Corp.

     450        37,209  

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     10,000        56,900  

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     380        10,639  

Nomura Real Estate Master Fund, Inc., REIT

     14        13,383  

Nomura Research Institute Ltd.

     1,360        32,909  

NTT Data Group Corp.

     2,100        32,839  

Obayashi Corp.

     2,150        23,996  

Obic Co. Ltd.

     250        32,117  

Odakyu Electric Railway Co. Ltd.

     1,040        11,692  

Olympus Corp.

     4,080        56,833  

Omron Corp.

     570        19,564  

Ono Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     1,280        18,436  

Oracle Corp.

     150        11,257  

Oriental Land Co. Ltd.

     3,650        100,710  

ORIX Corp.

     3,900        79,815  

Osaka Gas Co. Ltd.

     1,240        27,573  

Otsuka Corp.

     780        15,513  

Otsuka Holdings Co. Ltd.

     1,410        60,287  

Pan Pacific International Holdings Corp.

     1,250        29,358  

Panasonic Holdings Corp.

     7,360        64,241  

Rakuten Group, Inc.*

     5,000        24,047  

Recruit Holdings Co. Ltd.

     4,800        206,723  

Renesas Electronics Corp.

     4,980        80,854  

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     7,060        44,646  

Ricoh Co. Ltd.

     1,800        15,529  

Rohm Co. Ltd.

     1,090        15,669  

SBI Holdings, Inc.

     800        19,479  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Japan (cont’d.)

                 

SCREEN Holdings Co. Ltd.

     270      $ 27,858  

SCSK Corp.

     530        9,635  

Secom Co. Ltd.

     700        48,624  

Seiko Epson Corp.

     950        15,628  

Sekisui Chemical Co. Ltd.

     1,300        18,912  

Sekisui House Ltd.

     1,980        45,501  

Seven & i Holdings Co. Ltd.

     7,500        96,909  

SG Holdings Co. Ltd.

     1,050        12,290  

Sharp Corp.*

     840        4,409  

Shimadzu Corp.

     780        21,191  

Shimano, Inc.

     270        43,879  

Shimizu Corp.

     1,750        10,840  

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co. Ltd.

     6,050        234,189  

Shionogi & Co. Ltd.

     890        41,564  

Shiseido Co. Ltd.

     1,350        36,137  

Shizuoka Financial Group, Inc.

     1,560        14,561  

SMC Corp.

     190        99,820  

SoftBank Corp.

     9,550        115,189  

SoftBank Group Corp.

     3,500        172,132  

Sompo Holdings, Inc.

     3,180        62,933  

Sony Group Corp.

     4,230        349,615  

Square Enix Holdings Co. Ltd.

     280        10,121  

Subaru Corp.

        2,070        46,221  

SUMCO Corp.

     1,180        17,598  

Sumitomo Corp.

     3,480        91,514  

Sumitomo Electric Industries Ltd.

     2,370        36,632  

Sumitomo Metal Mining Co. Ltd.

     810        27,061  

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc.

     4,320           245,393  

Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.

     2,260        47,516  

Sumitomo Realty & Development Co. Ltd.

     950        32,874  

Suntory Beverage & Food Ltd.

     470        15,292  

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     5,280        61,490  

Sysmex Corp.

     1,680        26,864  

T&D Holdings, Inc.

     1,650        26,924  

Taisei Corp.

     550        20,136  

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.

     5,283        138,848  

TDK Corp.

     1,310        58,440  

Terumo Corp.

     4,520        76,678  

TIS, Inc.

     750        16,017  

Tobu Railway Co. Ltd.

     630        12,500  

Toho Co. Ltd.

     420        14,071  

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     6,010        189,954  

Tokyo Electric Power Co. Holdings, Inc.*

     5,100        31,723  

Tokyo Electron Ltd.

     1,570        344,373  

 

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 Description    Shares      Value  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Japan (cont’d.)

                 

Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.

     1,240      $ 27,810  

Tokyu Corp.

     1,650        19,532  

TOPPAN Holdings, Inc.

     800        18,979  

Toray Industries, Inc.

        4,590        20,980  

TOTO Ltd.

     530        14,344  

Toyota Industries Corp.

     480        45,613  

Toyota Motor Corp.

     35,550           810,846  

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     710        45,142  

Trend Micro, Inc.

     440        21,682  

Unicharm Corp.

     1,340        39,816  

USS Co. Ltd.

     1,400        10,695  

West Japan Railway Co.

     1,420        26,954  

Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd.

     850        16,626  

Yamaha Corp.

     420        8,851  

Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.

     2,950        27,515  

Yamato Holdings Co. Ltd.

     880        11,622  

Yaskawa Electric Corp.

     820        33,786  

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

     750        16,572  

Zensho Holdings Co. Ltd.

     300        11,628  

ZOZO, Inc.

     440        9,477  
     

 

 

 
        12,608,884  

Jordan  0.0%

                 

Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC

     552        13,254  

Luxembourg  0.1%

                 

ArcelorMittal SA

     1,704        42,571  

Eurofins Scientific SE

     449        27,518  
     

 

 

 
        70,089  

Macau  0.1%

                 

Galaxy Entertainment Group Ltd.

     8,000        35,895  

Sands China Ltd.*

     8,000        18,869  
     

 

 

 
        54,764  

Netherlands  4.2%

                 

ABN AMRO Bank NV, 144A, CVA

     1,586        25,405  

Adyen NV, 144A*

     73        87,454  

Aegon Ltd.

     5,155        32,105  

Akzo Nobel NV

     568        37,478  

Argenx SE*

     197        73,592  

ASM International NV

     156        98,130  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Netherlands (cont’d.)

                 

ASML Holding NV

     1,351      $ 1,176,738  

ASR Nederland NV

     528        26,421  

BE Semiconductor Industries NV

     257        34,097  

Euronext NV, 144A

     285        25,664  

EXOR NV

     312        34,063  

Heineken Holding NV

     432        34,752  

Heineken NV

     959        93,329  

IMCD NV*

     190        28,666  

ING Groep NV

     11,134           176,032  

JDE Peet’s NV

     325        7,221  

Koninklijke Ahold Delhaize NV

     3,200        97,133  

Koninklijke KPN NV

       11,176        40,615  

Koninklijke Philips NV*

     2,629        69,816  

NN Group NV

     902        41,610  

OCI NV

     351        9,441  

Randstad NV

     368        18,456  

Universal Music Group NV

     2,730        80,303  

Wolters Kluwer NV

     828        123,957  
     

 

 

 
        2,472,478  

New Zealand  0.2%

                 

Auckland International Airport Ltd.

     4,415        20,411  

Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Corp. Ltd.

     1,939        32,474  

Mercury NZ Ltd.

     2,554        9,585  

Meridian Energy Ltd.

     4,308        15,194  

Spark New Zealand Ltd.

     6,124        17,209  

Xero Ltd.*

     479        37,189  
     

 

 

 
        132,062  

Norway  0.5%

                 

Aker BP ASA

     1,052        25,514  

DNB Bank ASA

     3,083        53,734  

Equinor ASA

     3,001        79,852  

Gjensidige Forsikring ASA

     842        13,500  

Kongsberg Gruppen ASA

     293        20,684  

Mowi ASA

     1,702        29,882  

Norsk Hydro ASA

     4,419        27,156  

Orkla ASA

     2,335        15,884  

Salmar ASA

     242        15,224  

Telenor ASA

     2,097        24,109  
     

 

 

 
        305,539  

 

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Portugal  0.2%

                 

EDP - Energias de Portugal SA*

     10,452      $ 39,249  

Galp Energia SGPS SA

     1,513        32,501  

Jeronimo Martins SGPS SA

     943        19,399  
     

 

 

 
        91,149  

Russia  0.0%

                 

Evraz PLC*^

     2,361         

Singapore  1.4%

                 

CapitaLand Ascendas REIT, REIT

     12,416        23,519  

CapitaLand Integrated Commercial Trust, REIT

     17,688        25,214  

CapitaLand Investment Ltd.*

     8,700        16,825  

City Developments Ltd.

     1,700        7,619  

DBS Group Holdings Ltd.

     6,700        170,565  

Genting Singapore Ltd.

     20,100        13,414  

Grab Holdings Ltd. (Class A Stock)*

     6,300        22,050  

Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd.

     390        7,526  

Keppel Ltd.

     4,800        24,009  

Mapletree Logistics Trust, REIT

     11,600        11,383  

Mapletree Pan Asia Commercial Trust, REIT

     7,900        7,239  

Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.

     11,473           119,108  

Sea Ltd., ADR*

     1,300        82,147  

Seatrium Ltd.*

       147,677        10,550  

Sembcorp Industries Ltd.

     3,000        11,724  

Singapore Airlines Ltd.

     5,000        23,858  

Singapore Exchange Ltd.

     2,800        19,100  

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd.

     5,200        15,275  

Singapore Telecommunications Ltd.

     27,500        47,693  

STMicroelectronics NV

     2,276        90,095  

United Overseas Bank Ltd.

     4,257        94,466  
     

 

 

 
        843,379  

South Africa  0.2%

                 

Anglo American PLC

     4,232        138,291  

South Korea  0.0%

                 

Delivery Hero SE, 144A*

     586        16,395  

Spain  2.4%

                 

Acciona SA

     82        9,480  

ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA

     695        27,835  

Aena SME SA, 144A

     250        45,560  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Spain (cont’d.)

                 

Amadeus IT Group SA

     1,500      $ 95,211  

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     19,559        211,511  

Banco Santander SA

     54,222        263,824  

CaixaBank SA

     12,567        66,273  

Cellnex Telecom SA, 144A

     1,539        50,871  

EDP Renovaveis SA

     1,023        14,005  

Enagas SA

     829        12,158  

Endesa SA

     1,058        19,293  

Grifols SA*

     993        9,088  

Iberdrola SA

     20,560           252,098  

Industria de Diseno Textil SA

     3,633        165,414  

Redeia Corp. SA

     1,352        22,570  

Repsol SA

     4,066        63,820  

Telefonica SA

       16,280        72,928  
     

 

 

 
        1,401,939  

Sweden  2.8%

                 

Alfa Laval AB

     964        41,042  

Assa Abloy AB (Class B Stock)

     3,338        88,195  

Atlas Copco AB (Class A Stock)

     8,947        156,716  

Atlas Copco AB (Class B Stock)

     5,199        77,955  

Beijer Ref AB

     1,282        18,068  

Boliden AB

     911        29,940  

Epiroc AB (Class A Stock)

     2,195        40,580  

Epiroc AB (Class B Stock)

     1,299        21,532  

EQT AB

     1,251        33,751  

Essity AB (Class B Stock)

     2,029        50,623  

Evolution AB, 144A

     610        67,396  

Fastighets AB Balder (Class B Stock)*

     2,171        13,684  

Getinge AB (Class B Stock)

     762        16,042  

H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (Class B Stock)

     2,151        34,190  

Hexagon AB (Class B Stock)

     6,915        72,338  

Holmen AB (Class B Stock)

     254        9,893  

Husqvarna AB (Class B Stock)

     1,165        9,450  

Industrivarden AB (Class A Stock)

     433        13,944  

Industrivarden AB (Class C Stock)

     487        15,657  

Indutrade AB

     910        20,935  

Investment AB Latour (Class B Stock)

     493        11,879  

Investor AB (Class B Stock)

     5,765        141,201  

L E Lundbergforetagen AB (Class B Stock)

     253        12,470  

Lifco AB (Class B Stock)

     776        18,801  

Nibe Industrier AB (Class B Stock)

     5,048        23,293  

Saab AB (Class B Stock)

     267        21,138  

Sagax AB (Class B Stock)

     658        16,478  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Sweden (cont’d.)

                 

Sandvik AB

     3,551      $ 70,784  

Securitas AB (Class B Stock)

     1,638        16,415  

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (Class A Stock)

     5,285        69,215  

Skanska AB (Class B Stock)

     1,133        19,463  

SKF AB (Class B Stock)

     1,135        23,333  

Svenska Cellulosa AB SCA (Class B Stock)

     2,018        29,574  

Svenska Handelsbanken AB (Class A Stock)

     4,858        41,659  

Swedbank AB (Class A Stock)

     2,828        54,078  

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB*

     648        16,727  

Tele2 AB (Class B Stock)

     2,010        18,747  

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (Class B Stock)

     9,753        49,495  

Telia Co. AB

     7,858        17,975  

Volvo AB (Class A Stock)

     667        17,566  

Volvo AB (Class B Stock)

     5,026           127,928  

Volvo Car AB (Class B Stock)*

     2,496        7,748  
     

 

 

 
        1,657,898  

Switzerland  5.6%

                 

ABB Ltd.

     5,360        260,434  

Adecco Group AG

     533        18,646  

Alcon, Inc.

     1,664        127,590  

Avolta AG*

     326        12,328  

Bachem Holding AG

     112        9,717  

Baloise Holding AG

     138        20,854  

Banque Cantonale Vaudoise

     100        10,457  

Barry Callebaut AG

     10        16,160  

BKW AG

     70        10,391  

Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Spruengli AG

     7        80,633  

Cie Financiere Richemont SA (Class A Stock)

       1,801        248,947  

Clariant AG*

     719        10,757  

DSM-Firmenich AG

     618        69,311  

EMS-Chemie Holding AG

     23        18,350  

Geberit AG

     116        61,919  

Givaudan SA

     31        132,580  

Helvetia Holding AG

     124        16,220  

Julius Baer Group Ltd.

     686        36,810  

Kuehne + Nagel International AG

     181        47,838  

Logitech International SA

     548        42,666  

Lonza Group AG

     248        136,894  

Novartis AG

     6,867        666,494  

Partners Group Holding AG

     76        97,779  

Sandoz Group AG*

     1,364        46,358  

Schindler Holding AG

     78        19,005  

Schindler Holding AG (Part. Cert.)

     127        31,656  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

Switzerland (cont’d.)

                 

SGS SA

     499      $ 43,940  

SIG Group AG*

     1,019        20,363  

Sika AG

     508        144,506  

Sonova Holding AG

     177        48,928  

Straumann Holding AG

     372        49,453  

Swatch Group AG (The)

     194        8,043  

Swatch Group AG (The) (Bearer Shares)

     96        20,171  

Swiss Life Holding AG

     102        68,825  

Swiss Prime Site AG

     205        18,928  

Swisscom AG

     91        49,923  

Temenos AG

     213        13,250  

UBS Group AG

       11,019        289,395  

VAT Group AG, 144A

     90        44,808  

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     491        237,667  
     

 

 

 
           3,308,994  

United Arab Emirates  0.0%

                 

NMC Health PLC*^

     372         

United Kingdom  9.8%

                 

3i Group PLC

     3,242        115,828  

abrdn PLC

     6,282        11,456  

Admiral Group PLC

     867        29,510  

Ashtead Group PLC

     1,458        105,868  

Associated British Foods PLC

     1,148        37,996  

AstraZeneca PLC

     5,194        785,587  

Auto Trader Group PLC, 144A

     3,333        28,895  

Aviva PLC

     9,121        52,958  

BAE Systems PLC

     10,128        168,451  

Barclays PLC

     50,315        126,859  

Barratt Developments PLC

     3,246        18,340  

Berkeley Group Holdings PLC

     354        20,789  

British American Tobacco PLC

     6,744        197,979  

BT Group PLC

     21,527        27,529  

Bunzl PLC

     1,126        43,180  

Burberry Group PLC

     1,210        17,314  

Centrica PLC

     18,250        29,132  

CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd.

     9,100        44,197  

Coca-Cola Europacific Partners PLC

     700        50,414  

Compass Group PLC

     5,709        158,789  

Croda International PLC

     465        26,634  

DCC PLC

     329        22,468  

Diageo PLC

     7,487        258,748  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

United Kingdom (cont’d.)

                 

Entain PLC

     2,128      $ 20,761  

Flutter Entertainment PLC*

     589        109,118  

Halma PLC

     1,264        34,642  

Hargreaves Lansdown PLC

     1,185        11,975  

HSBC Holdings PLC

     64,183        556,335  

Imperial Brands PLC

     2,836        64,803  

Informa PLC

     4,609        45,629  

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC

     551        53,741  

Intertek Group PLC

     537        33,051  

J Sainsbury PLC

     5,521        18,110  

JD Sports Fashion PLC

     8,632        12,358  

Kingfisher PLC

     6,302        19,412  

Land Securities Group PLC, REIT

     2,357        19,049  

Legal & General Group PLC

     19,913        58,455  

Lloyds Banking Group PLC

       211,658        136,601  

London Stock Exchange Group PLC

     1,387           152,903  

M&G PLC

     7,471        18,704  

Melrose Industries PLC

     4,484        35,228  

National Grid PLC

     12,462        163,466  

NatWest Group PLC

     19,187        72,419  

Next PLC

     401        44,975  

Ocado Group PLC*

     1,930        8,450  

Pearson PLC

     2,129        25,833  

Persimmon PLC

     1,064        17,229  

Phoenix Group Holdings PLC

     2,502        15,239  

Reckitt Benckiser Group PLC

     2,390        133,618  

RELX PLC

     6,293        258,560  

Rentokil Initial PLC

     8,402        42,413  

Rolls-Royce Holdings PLC*

     28,034        143,759  

Sage Group PLC (The)

     3,420        49,593  

Schroders PLC

     2,685        11,771  

Segro PLC, REIT

     3,884        40,852  

Severn Trent PLC

     896        27,619  

Smith & Nephew PLC

     2,909        35,244  

Smiths Group PLC

     1,157        23,325  

Spirax-Sarco Engineering PLC

     246        27,069  

SSE PLC

     3,638        75,621  

St. James’s Place PLC

     1,827        9,886  

Standard Chartered PLC

     7,633        65,579  

Taylor Wimpey PLC

     11,766        19,280  

Tesco PLC

     23,670        87,391  

Unilever PLC

     8,377        433,349  

United Utilities Group PLC

     2,271        29,603  

Vodafone Group PLC

     76,660        64,648  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

 Description    Shares        Value    

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

     

United Kingdom (cont’d.)

                 

Whitbread PLC

     644      $ 25,382  

Wise PLC (Class A Stock)*

     2,048        19,682  

WPP PLC

     3,580        35,883  
     

 

 

 
        5,787,534  

United States  8.6%

                 

BP PLC

     57,348        369,644  

CRH PLC

     2,325        180,050  

CSL Ltd.

     1,619        287,658  

CyberArk Software Ltd.*

     150        35,887  

Experian PLC

     3,064        123,583  

Ferrovial SE

     1,708        61,429  

GSK PLC

     13,787        286,038  

Haleon PLC

     22,910        96,757  

Holcim AG*

     1,736        145,317  

James Hardie Industries PLC, CDI*

     1,466        50,398  

Monday.com Ltd.*

     100        18,933  

Nestle SA

     8,945        898,080  

QIAGEN NV*

     736        30,729  

Roche Holding AG

     2,354        564,052  

Roche Holding AG (Bearer Shares)

     115        30,252  

Sanofi SA

     3,814        376,796  

Schneider Electric SE

     1,823        415,668  

Shell PLC

       21,874        777,590  

Stellantis NV

     7,423        164,245  

Swiss Re AG

     1,013        110,119  

Tenaris SA

     1,573        26,123  
     

 

 

 
        5,049,348  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

     

(cost $36,347,990)

           54,331,915  
     

 

 

 

PREFERRED STOCKS  0.4%

     

Germany

                 

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (PRFC)

     196        20,140  

Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG (PRFC), 144A

     379        33,741  

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (PRFC)

     564        44,805  

Porsche Automobil Holding SE (PRFC)

     510        25,985  

Sartorius AG (PRFC)

     87        26,009  

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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 Description    Shares        Value    

PREFERRED STOCKS (Continued)

     

Germany (cont’d.)

                 

Volkswagen AG (PRFC)

     687      $ 84,161  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS

     

(cost $227,549)

        234,841  
     

 

 

 

UNAFFILIATED EXCHANGE-TRADED FUND  3.4%

     

United States

                 

iShares MSCI EAFE ETF

     

(cost $1,780,038)

     26,085        2,015,588  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL LONG-TERM INVESTMENTS

     

(cost $38,355,577)

          56,582,344  
     

 

 

 

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS  2.1%

     

AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS  1.8%

     

PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.540%)(wb)

       1,072,519        1,072,519  

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.644%)(wb)

     781        781  
     

 

 

 

TOTAL AFFILIATED MUTUAL FUNDS

     

(cost $1,073,300)

        1,073,300  
     

 

 

 

 

    

Interest

Rate

   

  Maturity

  Date

           

Principal

Amount

(000)#

               

U.S. TREASURY OBLIGATION(k)(n)  0.3%

             

U.S. Treasury Bills

             

(cost $148,918)

     5.270%       06/20/24           150        148,901  
             

 

 

 

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS

             

(cost $1,222,218)

                           1,222,201  
             

 

 

 

TOTAL INVESTMENTS  97.9%

             

(cost $39,577,795)

                57,804,545  

Other assets in excess of liabilities(z)  2.1%

                1,231,195  
             

 

 

 

NET ASSETS 100.0%

              $ 59,035,740  
             

 

 

 

 

 

Below is a list of the abbreviation(s) used in the semiannual report:

USD—US Dollar

144A—Security was purchased pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 and, pursuant to the requirements of Rule 144A, may not be resold except to qualified institutional buyers.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

ADR—American Depositary Receipt

ASX—Australian Securities Exchange

CDI—Chess Depository Interest

CVA—Certificate Van Aandelen (Bearer)

EAFE—Europe, Australasia, Far East

ETF—Exchange-Traded Fund

FTSE—Financial Times Stock Exchange

MSC—Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC

MSCI—Morgan Stanley Capital International

OTC—Over-the-counter

PRFC—Preference Shares

REITs—Real Estate Investment Trust

SOFR—Secured Overnight Financing Rate

SPI—Share Price Index

STOXX—Stock Index of the Eurozone

TOPIX—Tokyo Stock Price Index

UTS—Unit Trust Security

*

Non-income producing security.

#

Principal amount is shown in U.S. dollars unless otherwise stated.

^

Indicates a Level 3 instrument. The aggregate value of Level 3 instruments is $0 and 0.0% of net assets.

(k)

Represents security, or a portion thereof, segregated as collateral for centrally cleared/exchange-traded derivatives.

(n)

Rate shown reflects yield to maturity at purchased date.

(wb)

Represents an investment in a Fund affiliated with the Manager.

(z)

Includes net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) and/or market value of the below holdings which are excluded from the Schedule of Investments:

Futures contracts outstanding at April 30, 2024:

 

Number

of

Contracts

  

Type

   Expiration
Date
   Current
Notional
Amount
   Value /
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

Long Positions:

              

1

   ASX SPI 200 Index        Jun. 2024      $ 124,459      $ (422 )

6

   Euro STOXX 50 Index        Jun. 2024        313,565        216

2

   FTSE 100 Index        Jun. 2024        203,889        12,631

12

   Mini MSCI EAFE Index        Jun. 2024        1,360,500        (39,134 )

2

   TOPIX Index        Jun. 2024        348,350        6,369
                 

 

 

 
                  $ (20,340 )
                 

 

 

 

Summary of Collateral for Centrally Cleared/Exchange-traded Derivatives:

Cash and securities segregated as collateral, including pending settlement for closed positions, to cover requirements for centrally cleared/exchange-traded derivatives are listed by broker as follows:

 

Broker             

        Cash and/or Foreign Currency              Securities Market Value     

MSC

     $      $ 148,901
    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Fair Value Measurements:

Various inputs are used in determining the value of the Fund’s investments. These inputs are summarized in the three broad levels listed below.

Level 1—unadjusted quoted prices generally in active markets for identical securities.

Level 2—quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates and yield curves, prepayment speeds, foreign currency exchange rates and other observable inputs.

Level 3—unobservable inputs for securities valued in accordance with Board approved fair valuation procedures.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of April 30, 2024 in valuing such portfolio securities:

 

      Level 1       Level 2    

 Level 3 

 

Investments in Securities

            

Assets

            

Long-Term Investments

            

Common Stocks

            

Australia

   $      $ 3,975,836        $    

Austria

            132,156             

Belgium

            437,424             

Brazil

            15,706             

Burkina Faso

            13,021             

Chile

            36,018             

China

            246,136             

Denmark

     1,613        2,030,568             

Finland

            551,323             

France

            5,617,801             

Germany

            4,413,630             

Hong Kong

     12,862        965,367          **   

Ireland

     59,143        193,704             

Israel

     132,049        203,999             

Italy

            1,341,562             

Japan

            12,608,884             

Jordan

            13,254             

Luxembourg

            70,089             

Macau

            54,764             

Netherlands

            2,472,478             

New Zealand

            132,062             

Norway

            305,539             

Portugal

            91,149             

Russia

                     **   

Singapore

     104,197        739,182             

South Africa

            138,291             

South Korea

            16,395             

Spain

            1,401,939             

Sweden

            1,657,898             

Switzerland

            3,308,994             

United Arab Emirates

                     **   

United Kingdom

     50,414        5,737,120             

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

    

 Level 1 

   

 Level 2 

    

Level 3

 

Investments in Securities (continued)

       

Assets (continued)

       

Long-Term Investments (continued)

       

Common Stocks (continued)

       

United States

   $ 54,820     $ 4,994,528        $—  

Preferred Stocks

       

Germany

           234,841         —  

Unaffiliated Exchange-Traded Fund

       

United States

     2,015,588               —  

Short-Term Investments

       

Affiliated Mutual Funds

     1,073,300               —  

U.S. Treasury Obligation

           148,901         —  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

Total

   $ 3,503,986     $ 54,300,559        $—**  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Other Financial Instruments*

       

Assets

       

Futures Contracts

   $ 19,216     $        $—  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Liabilities

       

Futures Contracts

   $ (39,556 )     $        $—  
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

*

Other financial instruments are derivative instruments not reflected in the Schedule of Investments, such as futures, forwards and centrally cleared swap contracts, which are recorded at unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the instrument, and OTC swap contracts which are recorded at fair value.

**

Includes Level 3 investments with an aggregate value of $0.

Industry Classification:

The industry classification of investments and other assets in excess of liabilities shown as a percentage of net assets as of April 30, 2024 were as follows:

 

Banks

     9.7

Pharmaceuticals

     8.7  

Insurance

     4.8  

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

     4.0  

Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment

     3.8  

Automobiles

     3.5  

Unaffiliated Exchange-Traded Fund

     3.4  

Metals & Mining

     2.9  

Machinery

     2.8  

Chemicals

     2.8  

Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods

     2.8  

Capital Markets

     2.6  

Food Products

     2.5  

Trading Companies & Distributors

     2.1  

Aerospace & Defense

     2.1  

 

Electrical Equipment

     1.9

Health Care Equipment & Supplies

     1.9  

Affiliated Mutual Funds

     1.8  

Personal Care Products

     1.8  

Software

     1.8  

Industrial Conglomerates

     1.6  

Electric Utilities

     1.6  

Beverages

     1.6  

Professional Services

     1.5  

Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure

     1.5  

Diversified Telecommunication Services

     1.5  

Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components

     1.2  

Real Estate Management & Development

     1.1  

Consumer Staples Distribution & Retail

     1.0  

Household Durables

     1.0  
 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Industry Classification (continued):

 

Financial Services

     1.0

Building Products

     0.9  

Wireless Telecommunication Services

     0.9  

Multi-Utilities

     0.8  

Specialty Retail

     0.8  

Biotechnology

     0.8  

Construction & Engineering

     0.7  

IT Services

     0.7  

Broadline Retail

     0.7  

Entertainment

     0.7  

Construction Materials

     0.7  

Tobacco

     0.6  

Automobile Components

     0.6  

Ground Transportation

     0.5  

Household Products

     0.5  

Air Freight & Logistics

     0.4  

Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals

     0.4  

Life Sciences Tools & Services

     0.4  

Industrial REITs

     0.4  

Media

     0.3  

Marine Transportation

     0.3  

Commercial Services & Supplies

     0.3  

Retail REITs

     0.3  

Transportation Infrastructure

     0.3  

Paper & Forest Products

     0.3  

Gas Utilities

     0.3

U.S. Treasury Obligation

     0.3  

Health Care Providers & Services

     0.2  

Interactive Media & Services

     0.2  

Communications Equipment

     0.2  

Diversified REITs

     0.2  

Independent Power & Renewable Electricity Producers

     0.2  

Leisure Products

     0.2  

Passenger Airlines

     0.1  

Office REITs

     0.1  

Containers & Packaging

     0.1  

Water Utilities

     0.1  

Diversified Consumer Services

     0.1  

Energy Equipment & Services

     0.0

Health Care Technology

     0.0

Distributors

     0.0
  

 

 

 
     97.9  

Other assets in excess of liabilities

     2.1  
  

 

 

 
     100.0
  

 

 

 

 

 

*

Less than 0.05%

 

 

Effects of Derivative Instruments on the Financial Statements and Primary Underlying Risk Exposure:

The Fund invested in derivative instruments during the reporting period. The primary type of risk associated with these derivative instruments is equity risk. See the Notes to Financial Statements for additional detail regarding these derivative instruments and their risks. The effect of such derivative instruments on the Fund’s financial position and financial performance as reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities and Statement of Operations is presented in the summary below.

Fair values of derivative instruments as of April 30, 2024 as presented in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities:

 

    

Asset Derivatives

   

Liability Derivatives

 

Derivatives not accounted for as  
hedging instruments,  carried at
fair value

  

Statement of

Assets and

Liabilities Location

   Fair
Value
   

Statement of

Assets and

Liabilities Location

   Fair
Value
 

Equity contracts

   Due from/to broker-variation margin futures    $ 19,216   Due from/to broker-variation margin futures    $ 39,556
     

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Schedule of Investments (unaudited) (continued)

as of April 30, 2024

 

*

Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) as reported in the schedule of open futures and centrally cleared swap contracts. Only unsettled variation margin receivable (payable) is reported within the Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The effects of derivative instruments on the Statement of Operations for the six months ended April 30, 2024 are as follows:

 

Amount of Realized Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

 

Derivatives not accounted for as hedging

instruments, carried at fair value

  

Futures

 

Equity contracts

   $ 201,435  
  

 

 

 

Change in Unrealized Appreciation (Depreciation) on Derivatives Recognized in Income

 

Derivatives not accounted for

as hedging instruments,

carried at fair value

  

Futures

 

Equity contracts

   $ 80,121  
  

 

 

 

For the six months ended April 30, 2024, the Fund’s average volume of derivative activities is as follows:

 

 Derivative Contract Type     Average Volume of Derivative Activities* 
   

Futures Contracts - Long Positions (1)

   $2,088,005

 

*

Average volume is based on average quarter end balances for the six months ended April 30, 2024.

(1)

Notional Amount in USD.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Assets and Liabilities (unaudited)

as of April 30, 2024

 

Assets

                 

Investments at value:

     

Unaffiliated investments (cost $38,504,495)

   $ 56,731,245     

Affiliated investments (cost $1,073,300)

     1,073,300     

Foreign currency, at value (cost $860,416)

     846,742     

Dividends receivable

     221,894     

Tax reclaim receivable

     220,959     

Receivable for Fund shares sold

     19,555     

Due from Manager

     17,726     

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     30,377     
  

 

 

    

Total Assets

     59,161,798     
  

 

 

    

Liabilities

                 

Payable for investments purchased

     38,775     

Custodian and accounting fees payable

     35,056     

Due to broker—variation margin futures

     15,038     

Audit fee payable

     14,760     

Accrued expenses and other liabilities

     6,669     

Payable for Fund shares purchased

     5,206     

Shareholders’ reports fee payable

     3,678     

Pricing fees payable

     3,209     

Fund data services payable

     1,466     

Professional fees payable

     1,407     

Trustees’ fees payable

     685     

Affiliated transfer agent fee payable

     91     

Transfer agent fee payable

     18     
  

 

 

    

Total Liabilities

     126,058     
  

 

 

    

Net Assets

   $ 59,035,740     
  

 

 

    
                   

Net assets were comprised of:

     

Paid-in capital

   $ 45,293,172     

Total distributable earnings (loss)

     13,742,568     
  

 

 

    

Net assets, April 30, 2024

   $ 59,035,740     
  

 

 

    

Class R6

                 

Net asset value, offering price and redemption price per share,

($59,035,740 ÷ 4,303,180 shares of beneficial interest issued and outstanding)

   $ 13.72     
  

 

 

    

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statement of Operations (unaudited)

Six Months Ended April 30, 2024

 

Net Investment Income (Loss)

        

Income

  

Unaffiliated dividend income (net of $114,322 foreign withholding tax)

   $ 843,014  

Affiliated dividend income

     23,526  

Interest income

     4,076  

Affiliated income from securities lending, net

     402  
  

 

 

 

Total income

     871,018  
  

 

 

 

Expenses

  

Management fee

     77,876  

Custodian and accounting fees

     60,051  

Pricing fees

     28,434  

Professional fees

     27,421  

Audit fee

     14,759  

Shareholders’ reports

     9,257  

Fund data services

     7,275  

Trustees’ fees

     5,112  

Interest expense

     4,621  

Commitment fees

     1,962  

Transfer agent’s fees and expenses (including affiliated expense of $289)

     366  

Insurance expense

     357  

Registration fees

     111  

Miscellaneous

     19,809  
  

 

 

 

Total expenses

     257,411  

Less: Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement

     (186,632
  

 

 

 

Net expenses

     70,779  
  

 

 

 

Net investment income (loss)

     800,239  
  

 

 

 

Realized And Unrealized Gain (Loss) On Investment And Foreign Currency Transactions

        

Net realized gain (loss) on:

  

Investment transactions (including affiliated of $(139))

     (68,805

Futures transactions

     201,435  

Foreign currency transactions

     (9,897
  

 

 

 
     122,733  
  

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

  

Investments

     9,068,137  

Futures

     80,121  

Foreign currencies

     (9,002
  

 

 

 
     9,139,256  
  

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     9,261,989  
  

 

 

 

Net Increase (Decrease) In Net Assets Resulting From Operations

   $ 10,062,228  
  

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Statements of Changes in Net Assets (unaudited)

 

    

Six Months Ended

April 30, 2024

 

Year Ended

 October 31, 2023 

Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets

                    

Operations

        

Net investment income (loss)

     $ 800,239     $ 1,762,584

Net realized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

       122,733       (387,550 )

Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and foreign currencies

       9,139,256       7,610,572
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

       10,062,228       8,985,606
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Dividends and Distributions

        

Distributions from distributable earnings

        

Class R6

       (2,059,921 )       (1,557,701 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Fund share transactions

        

Net proceeds from shares sold (396,202 and 620,905 shares, respectively)

       5,377,236       7,856,647

Net asset value of shares issued in reinvestment of dividends and distributions (159,808 and 133,023 shares, respectively)

       2,059,921       1,557,701

Cost of shares purchased (1,414,410 and 1,197,009 shares, respectively)

       (18,991,174 )       (14,905,886 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Net increase (decrease) in net assets from Fund share transactions

       (11,554,017 )       (5,491,538 )
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total increase (decrease)

       (3,551,710 )       1,936,367

Net Assets:

                    

Beginning of period

       62,587,450       60,651,083
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

End of period

     $ 59,035,740     $ 62,587,450
    

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Financial Highlights (unaudited)

 

                                                     
      Six Months                                     
      Ended April 30,          Year Ended October 31,  
      2024          2023     2022     2021     2020     2019  
   

Per Share Operating Performance(a):

                                                     

Net Asset Value, Beginning of Period

     $12.13          $10.82       $14.73       $11.23       $12.16       $11.36  

Income (loss) from investment operations:

                                                     

Net investment income (loss)

     0.17            0.34       0.32       0.31       0.22       0.32  

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency transactions

     1.82            1.26       (3.76     3.40       (0.82     0.76  

Total from investment operations

     1.99            1.60       (3.44     3.71       (0.60     1.08  

Less Dividends and Distributions:

                                                     

Dividends from net investment income

     (0.40          (0.29     (0.43     (0.21     (0.33     (0.27

Distributions from net realized gains

     -            -       (0.04     -       -       (0.01

Total dividends and distributions

     (0.40          (0.29     (0.47     (0.21     (0.33     (0.28

Net asset value, end of period

     $13.72            $12.13       $10.82       $14.73       $11.23       $12.16  

Total Return(b):

     16.65          14.87     (24.07 )%      33.21     (5.21 )%      9.88
                                                       

Ratios/Supplemental Data:

                 
               

Net assets, end of period (000)

     $59,036            $62,587       $60,651       $81,612       $66,162       $50,807  

Average net assets (000)

     $62,643            $66,020       $72,851       $82,645       $56,084       $45,226  

Ratios to average net assets(c):

                                                     

Expenses after waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.23 %(d)           0.29     0.30     0.30     0.30     0.30

Expenses before waivers and/or expense reimbursement

     0.83 %(d)           0.77     0.70     0.69     0.95     1.12

Net investment income (loss)

     2.57 %(d)           2.67     2.57     2.16     1.93     2.83

Portfolio turnover rate(e)

     17          8     26     23     13     13

 

(a)

Calculated based on average shares outstanding during the period.

(b)

Total return is calculated assuming a purchase of a share on the first day and a sale on the last day of each period reported and includes reinvestment of dividends and distributions, if any. Total returns may reflect adjustments to conform to GAAP. Total returns for periods less than one full year are not annualized.

(c)

Does not include expenses of the underlying funds in which the Fund invests.

(d)

Annualized.

(e)

The Fund’s portfolio turnover rate is calculated in accordance with regulatory requirements, without regard to transactions involving short-term investments, certain derivatives and in-kind transactions (if any). If such transactions were included, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate may be higher.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements.

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited)

 

1.

Organization

Prudential Investment Portfolios 2 (the “Registered Investment Company” or “RIC”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (“1940 Act”), as an open-end management investment company. The RIC is organized as a Delaware Statutory Trust. These financial statements relate only to the PGIM Quant Solutions International Developed Markets Index Fund (the “Fund”), a series of the RIC. The Fund is classified as a diversified fund for purposes of the 1940 Act.

The investment objective of the Fund is to provide investment results that approximate the performance of the MSCI EAFE Index.

 

2.

Accounting Policies

The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) Topic 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies. The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in the preparation of its financial statements. The policies conform to U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). The Fund consistently follows such policies in the preparation of its financial statements.

Securities Valuation: The Fund holds securities and other assets and liabilities that are fair valued as of the close of each day (generally, 4:00 PM Eastern time) the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) is open for trading. As described in further detail below, the Fund’s investments are valued daily based on a number of factors, including the type of investment and whether market quotations are readily available. The RIC’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”) has approved the Fund’s valuation policies and procedures for security valuation and designated PGIM Investments LLC (“PGIM Investments” or the “Manager”) as the “Valuation Designee,” as defined by Rule 2a-5(b) under the 1940 Act, to perform the fair value determination relating to all Fund investments. Pursuant to the Board’s oversight, the Valuation Designee has established a Valuation Committee to perform the duties and responsibilities as Valuation Designee under Rule 2a-5. The valuation procedures permit the Fund to utilize independent pricing vendor services, quotations from market makers, and alternative valuation methods when market quotations are either not readily available or not deemed representative of fair value. Fair value is the estimated price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date.

For the fiscal reporting period-end, securities and other assets and liabilities were fair valued at the close of the last U.S. business day. Trading in certain foreign securities may occur when the NYSE is closed (including weekends and holidays). Because such foreign

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

securities trade in markets that are open on weekends and U.S. holidays, the values of some of the Fund’s foreign investments may change on days when investors cannot purchase or redeem Fund shares.

Various inputs determine how the Fund’s investments are valued, all of which are categorized according to the three broad levels (Level 1, 2, or 3) detailed in the Schedule of Investments and referred to herein as the “fair value hierarchy” in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 820 Fair Value Measurement.

Common or preferred stocks, exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and derivative instruments, if applicable, that are traded on a national securities exchange are valued at the last sale price as of the close of trading on the applicable exchange where the security principally trades. Securities traded via NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. To the extent these securities are valued at the last sale price or NASDAQ official closing price, they are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. In the event that no sale or official closing price on a valuation date exists, these securities are generally valued at the mean between the last reported bid and ask prices, or at the last bid price in the absence of an ask price. These securities are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy.

Foreign equities traded on foreign securities exchanges are generally valued using pricing vendor services that provide model prices derived using adjustment factors based on information such as local closing price, relevant general and sector indices, currency fluctuations, depositary receipts, and futures, as applicable. Securities valued using such model prices are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The models generate an evaluated adjustment factor for each security, which is applied to the local closing price to adjust it for post closing market movements up to the time the Fund is valued. Utilizing that evaluated adjustment factor, the vendor provides an evaluated price for each security. If the vendor does not provide an evaluated price, securities are valued in accordance with exchange-traded common and preferred stock valuation policies discussed above.

Investments in open-end funds (other than ETFs) are valued at their net asset values as of the close of the NYSE on the date of valuation. These securities are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy since they may be purchased or sold at their net asset values on the date of valuation.

Fixed income securities traded in the OTC market are generally classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. Such fixed income securities are typically valued using the market approach which generally involves obtaining data from an approved independent third-party vendor source. The Fund utilizes the market approach as the primary method to value securities when market prices of identical or comparable instruments are available. The third-party vendors’ valuation techniques used to derive the evaluated bid price are based

 

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on evaluating observable inputs, including but not limited to, yield curves, yield spreads, credit ratings, deal terms, tranche level attributes, default rates, cash flows, prepayment speeds, broker/dealer quotations and reported trades. Certain Level 3 securities are also valued using the market approach when obtaining a single broker quote or when utilizing transaction prices for identical securities that have been used in excess of five business days. During the reporting period, there were no changes to report with respect to the valuation approach and/or valuation techniques discussed above.

Securities and other assets that cannot be priced according to the methods described above are valued based on policies and procedures approved by the Board. In the event that unobservable inputs are used when determining such valuations, the securities will be classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. Altering one or more unobservable inputs may result in a significant change to a Level 3 security’s fair value measurement.

When determining the fair value of securities, some of the factors influencing the valuation include: the nature of any restrictions on disposition of the securities; assessment of the general liquidity of the securities; the issuer’s financial condition and the markets in which it does business; the cost of the investment; the size of the holding and the capitalization of the issuer; the prices of any recent transactions or bids/offers for such securities or any comparable securities; and any available analyst media or other reports or information deemed reliable by the Valuation Designee regarding the issuer or the markets or industry in which it operates. Using fair value to price securities may result in a value that is different from a security’s most recent closing price and from the price used by other unaffiliated mutual funds to calculate their net asset values.

Foreign Currency Translation: The books and records of the Fund are maintained in U.S. dollars. Foreign currency amounts are translated into U.S. dollars on the following basis:

(i) market value of investment securities, other assets and liabilities—at the exchange rate as of the valuation date;

(ii) purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses—at the rates of exchange prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions.

Although the net assets of the Fund are presented at the foreign exchange rates and market values at the close of the period, the Fund does not generally isolate that portion of the results of operations arising as a result of changes in the foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities held at the end of the period. Similarly, the Fund does not isolate the effect of changes in foreign exchange rates from the fluctuations arising from changes in the market prices of long-term portfolio securities sold during the period. Accordingly, holding period unrealized and realized foreign currency gains (losses) are included in the reported net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments and net realized gains (losses) on investment transactions on the Statements of Operations.

 

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Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) (continued)

 

Net realized gains (losses) on foreign currency transactions represent net foreign exchange gains (losses) from the disposition of holdings of foreign currencies, currency gains (losses) realized between the trade and settlement dates on investment transactions, and the difference between the amounts of interest, dividends and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund’s books and the U.S. dollar equivalent amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized currency gains (losses) arise from valuing foreign currency denominated assets and liabilities (other than investments) at period end exchange rates.

Financial Futures Contracts: A financial futures contract is an agreement to purchase (long) or sell (short) an agreed amount of securities at a set price for delivery on a future date. Upon entering into a financial futures contract, the Fund is required to pledge to the broker an amount of cash and/or other assets equal to a certain percentage of the contract amount. This amount is known as the “initial margin.” Subsequent payments, known as “variation margin,” are made or received by the Fund each day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying security. Such variation margin is recorded for financial statement purposes on a daily basis as unrealized gain (loss). When the contract expires or is closed, the gain (loss) is realized and is presented in the Statement of Operations as net realized gain (loss) on futures transactions.

The Fund invested in financial futures contracts in order to hedge its existing portfolio securities, or securities the Fund intends to purchase, against fluctuations in value caused by changes in prevailing interest rates. Should interest rates move unexpectedly, the Fund may not achieve the anticipated benefits of the financial futures contracts and may realize a loss. The use of futures transactions involves the risk of imperfect correlation in movements in the price of futures contracts, interest rates and the underlying hedged assets. Since futures contracts are exchange-traded, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since the exchanges’ clearinghouse acts as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures and guarantees the futures contracts against default.

Master Netting Arrangements: The Fund is subject to various Master Agreements, or netting arrangements, with select counterparties. These are agreements which a subadviser may have negotiated and entered into on behalf of all or a portion of the Fund. A master netting arrangement between the Fund and the counterparty permits the Fund to offset amounts payable by the Fund to the same counterparty against amounts to be received and by the receipt of collateral from the counterparty by the Fund to cover the Fund’s exposure to the counterparty. However, there is no assurance that such mitigating factors are easily enforceable. In addition to master netting arrangements, the right to set-off exists when all the conditions are met such that each of the parties owes the other determinable amounts, the reporting party has the right to set-off the amount owed with the amount owed by the other party, the reporting party intends to set-off and the right of set-off is enforceable by law.

 

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Securities Lending: The Fund lends its portfolio securities to banks and broker-dealers. The loans are secured by collateral at least equal to the market value of the securities loaned. Collateral pledged by each borrower is invested in an affiliated money market fund and is marked to market daily, based on the previous day’s market value, such that the value of the collateral exceeds the value of the loaned securities. In the event of significant appreciation in value of the securities on loan on the last business day of the reporting period, the financial statements may reflect a collateral value that is less than the market value of the loaned securities. Such shortfall is remedied as described above. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Fund. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the Fund securities identical to the loaned securities. The remaining open loans of the securities lending transactions are considered overnight and continuous. Should the borrower of the securities fail financially, the Fund has the right to repurchase the securities in the open market using the collateral.

The Fund recognizes income, net of any rebate and securities lending agent fees, for lending its securities in the form of fees or interest on the investment of any cash received as collateral. The borrower receives all interest and dividends from the securities loaned and such payments are passed back to the lender in amounts equivalent thereto, which are reflected in interest income or unaffiliated dividend income based on the nature of the payment on the Statement of Operations. The Fund also continues to recognize any unrealized gain (loss) in the market price of the securities loaned and on the change in the value of the collateral invested that may occur during the term of the loan. In addition, realized gain (loss) is recognized on changes in the value of the collateral invested upon liquidation of the collateral. Net earnings from securities lending are disclosed in the Statement of Operations.

Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income: Securities transactions are recorded on the trade date. Realized gains (losses) from investment and currency transactions are calculated on the specific identification method. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-date, or for certain foreign securities, when the Fund becomes aware of such dividends. Interest income, including amortization of premium and accretion of discount on debt securities, as required, is recorded on the accrual basis. Expenses are recorded on an accrual basis, which may require the use of certain estimates by management that may differ from actual expense amounts.

Taxes: It is the Fund’s policy to continue to meet the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable net investment income and capital gains, if any, to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Withholding taxes on foreign dividends, interest and capital gains, if any, are recorded, net of reclaimable amounts, at the time the related income is earned.

Dividends and Distributions: Dividends and distributions to shareholders, which are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations and which may differ from GAAP, are recorded on the ex-date. Permanent book/tax differences relating to income and

 

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gain (loss) are reclassified between total distributable earnings (loss) and paid-in capital, as appropriate. The chart below sets forth the expected frequency of dividend and capital gains distributions to shareholders. Various factors may impact the frequency of dividend distributions to shareholders, including but not limited to adverse market conditions or portfolio holding-specific events.

 

   
 Expected Distribution Schedule to Shareholders*    Frequency  

Net Investment Income

     Annually  

Short-Term Capital Gains

     Annually  

Long-Term Capital Gains

     Annually  

 

*

Under certain circumstances, the Fund may make more than one distribution of short-term and/or long-term capital gains during a fiscal year.

Estimates: The preparation of financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

3.

Agreements

The Fund has a management agreement with the Manager pursuant to which it has responsibility for all investment advisory services, including supervision of the subadviser’s performance of such services, and for rendering administrative services.

The Manager has entered into a subadvisory agreement with PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC (“PGIM Quantitative Solutions” or the “subadviser”). The Manager pays for the services of PGIM Quantitative Solutions.

Fees payable under the management agreement are computed daily and paid monthly. For the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, the contractual and effective management fee rates were as follows:

 

   
 Contractual Management Rate   

 Effective Management Fee, before any waivers 

and/or expense reimbursements

0.25% of average daily net assets.

   0.25%

The Manager has contractually agreed to limit total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. This contractual waiver excludes interest, brokerage, taxes (such as income and foreign withholding taxes, stamp duty and deferred tax expenses), acquired fund fees and expenses, extraordinary expenses, and certain other Fund expenses such as dividend and interest expense and broker charges on short sales. Fees and/or expenses waived and/or reimbursed by the Manager for the purpose of preventing the expenses from exceeding a certain expense ratio limit may be recouped by

 

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the Manager within the same fiscal year during which such waiver and/or reimbursement is made if such recoupment can be realized without exceeding the expense limit in effect at the time of the recoupment for that fiscal year. This waiver has no express termination date and may not be terminated by the Manager without prior approval of the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The expense limitation attributable to Class R6 is as follows:

 

   
 Class   

Expense

 Limitations* 

R6

   0.19%

*Prior to December 11, 2023, the Manager had contractually agreed to limit total annual operating expenses after fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements (exclusive of taxes, interest, distribution (12b-1 fees) and certain extraordinary expenses) to 0.25% of the Fund’s average daily net assets on an annualized basis.

The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, has a distribution agreement with Prudential Investment Management Services LLC (“PIMS”), which acts as the distributor of the Class R6 shares of the Fund. No distribution or service fees are paid to PIMS as distributor for Class R6 shares of the Fund.

PGIM Investments, PIMS and PGIM Quantitative Solutions are indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Prudential Financial, Inc. (“Prudential”).

 

4.

Other Transactions with Affiliates

Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC (“PMFS”), an affiliate of PGIM Investments and an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Prudential, serves as the Fund’s transfer agent and shareholder servicing agent. Transfer agent’s fees and expenses in the Statement of Operations include certain out-of-pocket expenses paid to non-affiliates, where applicable.

The Fund may invest its overnight sweep cash in the PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (the “Core Government Fund”), a series of the Prudential Government Money Market Fund, Inc., and its securities lending cash collateral in the PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (the “Money Market Fund”), a series of Prudential Investment Portfolios 2, each registered under the 1940 Act and managed by PGIM Investments. PGIM Investments and/or its affiliates are paid fees or reimbursed for providing their services to the Core Government Fund and the Money Market Fund. In addition to the realized and unrealized gains on investments in the Core Government Fund and the Money Market Fund, earnings from such investments are disclosed on the Statement of Operations as “Affiliated dividend income” and “Affiliated income from securities lending, net”, respectively.

The Fund may enter into certain securities purchase or sale transactions under Board approved Rule 17a-7 procedures. Rule 17a-7 is an exemptive rule under the 1940 Act that, subject to certain conditions, permits purchase and sale transactions among affiliated investment companies, or between an investment company and a person that is affiliated solely by reason of having a common (or affiliated) investment adviser, common directors/trustees, and/or common officers. For the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, no Rule 17a-7 transactions were entered into by the Fund.

 

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5.

Portfolio Securities

The aggregate cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of portfolio securities (excluding short-term investments and U.S. Government securities) for the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, were as follows:

 

   
Cost of Purchases   Proceeds from Sales

$10,006,824

  $23,007,867

A summary of the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of shares of affiliated mutual funds for the reporting period ended April 30, 2024, is presented as follows:

 

  Value,

 Beginning

  of

 Period

   

Cost of

Purchases

       

 Proceeds

 from Sales

        

Change in

Unrealized

Gain

(Loss)

      

Realized

Gain

(Loss)

       

Value,

End of

Period

     

Shares,

End

of

Period

        Income
 

Short-Term Investments - Affiliated Mutual Funds:

 

PGIM Core Government Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.540%)(1)(wb)

  $1,142,230             $ 6,109,030               $ 6,178,741              $—                $ —             $ 1,072,519           1,072,519             $23,526  
 

PGIM Institutional Money Market Fund (7-day effective yield 5.644%)(1)(wb)

  —             9,183,506               9,182,586                           (139             781           781             402(2)
  $1,142,230             $15,292,536               $15,361,327              $—              $(139           $ 1,073,300                         $23,928 

 

(1)

The Fund did not have any capital gain distributions during the reporting period.

(2)

The amount, or a portion thereof, represents the affiliated securities lending income shown on the Statement of Operations.

(wb)

Represents an investment in a Fund affiliated with the Manager.

 

6.

Tax Information

The United States federal income tax basis of the Fund’s investments and the net unrealized appreciation as of April 30, 2024 were as follows:

 

       
 Tax Basis   

Gross

Unrealized

  Appreciation  

  

Gross

Unrealized

Depreciation

  

Net

Unrealized

Appreciation

 $41,875,499

   $19,463,577    $(3,554,871)    $15,908,706

The GAAP basis may differ from tax basis due to certain tax-related adjustments.

For federal income tax purposes, the Fund had an approximated capital loss carryforward as of October 31, 2023 which can be carried forward for an unlimited period. No capital gains

 

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distributions are expected to be paid to shareholders until net gains have been realized in excess of such losses.

 

   
Capital Loss
Carryforward
  

Capital Loss        

Carryforward Utilized       

$2,426,000

   $—        

The Manager has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions taken on federal, state and local income tax returns for all open tax years and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements for the current reporting period. Since tax authorities can examine previously filed tax returns, the Fund’s U.S. federal and state tax returns for each of the four fiscal years up to the most recent fiscal year ended October 31, 2023 are subject to such review.

 

7.

Capital and Ownership

The Fund offers Class R6 shares. Class R6 shares are not subject to any sales or redemption charge and are available exclusively for sale to a limited group of investors.

The RIC is authorized to issue an unlimited number of shares of beneficial interest, which may be divided into an unlimited number of series of such shares.

As of April 30, 2024, Prudential, through its affiliated entities, including affiliated funds (if applicable), owned shares of the Fund as follows:

 

     
 Class    Number of Shares     Percentage of Outstanding Shares 

R6

  4,277,960   99.4%

At the reporting period end, the number of shareholders holding greater than 5% of the Fund are as follows:

 

     
      Number of Shareholders    Percentage of Outstanding Shares 

Affiliated

    6    80.6%

Unaffiliated

     

 

8.

Borrowings

The RIC, on behalf of the Fund, along with other affiliated registered investment companies (the “Participating Funds”), is a party to a Syndicated Credit Agreement (“SCA”) with a group of banks. The purpose of the SCA is to provide an alternative source of temporary funding for capital share redemptions. The table below provides details of the SCA in effect at the reporting period-end.

 

   
      SCA

Term of Commitment

     9/29/2023 - 9/26/2024  

Total Commitment

   $ 1,200,000,000

Annualized Commitment Fee on

the Unused Portion of the SCA

   0.15%

 

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      SCA 

Annualized Interest Rate on Borrowings

  

1.00% plus the higher of (1) the effective federal funds rate, (2) the daily SOFR rate plus 0.10% or (3) zero percent

Certain affiliated registered investment companies that are parties to the SCA include portfolios that are subject to a predetermined mathematical formula used to manage certain benefit guarantees offered under variable annuity contracts. The formula may result in large scale asset flows into and out of these portfolios. Consequently, these portfolios may be more likely to utilize the SCA for purposes of funding redemptions. It may be possible for those portfolios to fully exhaust the committed amount of the SCA, thereby requiring the Manager to allocate available funding per a Board-approved methodology designed to treat the Participating Funds in the SCA equitably.

The Fund utilized the SCA during the reporting period ended April 30, 2024. The average daily balance for the 3 days that the Fund had loans outstanding during the period was approximately $8,639,000, borrowed at a weighted average interest rate of 6.42%. The maximum loan outstanding amount during the period was $11,256,000. At April 30, 2024, the Fund did not have an outstanding loan amount.

 

9.

Risks of Investing in the Fund

The Fund’s risks include, but are not limited to, some or all of the risks discussed below. For further information on the Fund’s risks, please refer to the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

Country Risk: Changes in the business environment may adversely affect operating profits or the value of assets in a specific country. For example, financial factors such as currency controls, devaluation or regulatory changes or stability factors such as mass riots, civil war and other potential events may contribute to companies’ operational risks.

Currency Risk: The Fund’s net asset value could decline as a result of changes in exchange rates, which could adversely affect the Fund’s investments in currencies, or in securities that trade in, and receive revenues related to, currencies, or in derivatives that provide exposure to currencies. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise.

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stabilize economic growth or the functioning of the securities markets, or otherwise reduce inflation, may at times result in unusually high market volatility, which could negatively impact performance. Governmental efforts to curb inflation often have negative effects on the level of economic activity. Relatively reduced liquidity in credit and fixed income markets could adversely affect issuers worldwide.

Equity and Equity-Related Securities Risk: Equity and equity-related securities may be subject to changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than those of other asset classes. In addition to an individual security losing value, the value of the equity markets or a sector in which the Fund invests could go down. Different parts of a market can react differently to adverse issuer, market, regulatory, political and economic developments.

Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Risk: Investing in securities issued by ETFs involves risks similar to those of investing directly in the securities and other assets held by the ETF. Unlike shares of typical mutual funds, shares of ETFs are generally traded on an exchange throughout a trading day and bought and sold based on market values and not at net asset value. For this reason, shares could trade at either a premium or discount to net asset value, which may be substantial during periods of market stress. The trading price of an index-based ETF is expected to (but may not) closely track the net asset value of the ETF, and the Fund will generally gain or lose value consistent with the performance of the ETF’s portfolio securities. The Fund will pay brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of ETFs. In addition, the Fund will indirectly bear its pro rata share of the fees and expenses incurred by an ETF (including ETFs managed by the Manager or the subadviser(s)) in which it invests, including advisory fees (to the extent not offset by the Manager through waivers). These expenses are in addition to the advisory and other expenses that the Fund bears directly in connection with its own operations. An index-based ETF may not replicate exactly the performance of the benchmark index it seeks to track for a number of reasons, including transaction costs incurred by the ETF, the temporary unavailability of certain index securities in the secondary market or discrepancies between the ETF and the index with respect to the weighting of securities or the number of securities held. Investments in ETFs are subject to the risk that the listing exchange may halt trading of an ETF’s shares, in which case the Fund would be unable to sell its ETF shares unless and until trading is resumed.

Foreign Securities Risk: Investments in securities of non-U.S. issuers (including those denominated in U.S. dollars) may involve more risk than investing in securities of U.S. issuers. Foreign political, economic and legal systems, especially those in developing and emerging market countries, may be less stable and more volatile than in the United States. Foreign legal systems generally have fewer regulatory requirements than the U.S. legal system, particularly those of emerging markets. In general, less information is publicly available with respect to non-U.S. companies than U.S. companies. Non-U.S. companies generally are not subject to the same accounting, auditing, and financial reporting standards as are U.S. companies. Additionally, the changing value of foreign currencies and changes in exchange rates could also affect the value of the assets the Fund holds and the Fund’s performance. Certain foreign countries may impose restrictions on the ability of issuers of

 

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foreign securities to make payment of principal and interest or dividends to investors located outside the country, due to blockage of foreign currency exchanges or otherwise. Investments in emerging markets are subject to greater volatility and price declines.

In addition, the Fund’s investments in non-U.S. securities may be subject to the risks of nationalization or expropriation of assets, imposition of currency exchange controls or restrictions on the repatriation of non-U.S. currency, confiscatory taxation and adverse diplomatic developments. Special U.S. tax considerations may apply.

Fund of Funds Risk: The Fund is an investment option for other PGIM Investments-advised mutual funds that are managed as “funds of funds.” As a result, from time to time, the Fund may experience relatively large redemptions and could be required to liquidate its assets at inopportune times or at a loss or depressed value, which could cause the value of your investment to decline.

Geographic Concentration Risk: The Fund’s performance may be closely tied to the market, economic, political, regulatory or other conditions in the countries or regions in which the Fund invests. This can result in more pronounced risks based upon conditions that impact one or more countries or regions more or less than other countries or regions.

Increase in Expenses Risk: Your actual cost of investing in the Fund may be higher than the expenses shown in the expense table in the Fund’s prospectus for a variety of reasons. For example, expense ratios may be higher than those shown if average net assets decrease. Net assets are more likely to decrease and Fund expense ratios are more likely to increase when markets are volatile. Active and frequent trading of Fund securities can increase expenses.

Index Investment Approach Risk: Since the Fund is passively managed, assets are not allocated from one stock or group of stocks to another based on their prospects, or from stocks into bonds or cash equivalents in an attempt to cushion the impact of a market decline. As a result, the Fund’s performance may be less favorable than that of a portfolio using an active investment strategy. There is no guarantee that the Fund’s investment results will have a high degree of correlation to those of the Index. The Fund’s expenses, changes in securities markets, changes in the composition of the Index, errors in index provider data, and the timing of purchases and redemptions of Fund shares, among other things, may affect the correlation between Fund and Index performance. The Fund may not perform as well as other investments if, among other things, the Index declines or performs poorly relative to other related indexes or individual securities or the securities issued by companies that comprise the Index fall out of favor with investors.

 

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Large Capitalization Company Risk: Companies with large market capitalizations go in and out of favor based on market and economic conditions. Larger companies tend to be less volatile than companies with smaller market capitalizations. In exchange for this potentially lower risk, the Fund’s value may not rise or fall as much as the value of funds that emphasize companies with smaller market capitalizations.

Large Shareholder and Large Scale Redemption Risk: Certain individuals, accounts, funds (including funds affiliated with the Manager) or institutions, including the Manager and its affiliates, may from time to time own or control a substantial amount of the Fund’s shares. There is no requirement that these entities maintain their investment in the Fund. There is a risk that such large shareholders or that the Fund’s shareholders generally may redeem all or a substantial portion of their investments in the Fund in a short period of time, which could have a significant negative impact on the Fund’s NAV, liquidity, and brokerage costs. Large redemptions could also result in tax consequences to shareholders and impact the Fund’s ability to implement its investment strategy. The Fund’s ability to pursue its investment objective after one or more large scale redemptions may be impaired and, as a result, the Fund may invest a larger portion of its assets in cash or cash equivalents.

Market Disruption and Geopolitical Risks: Market disruption can be caused by economic, financial or political events and factors, including but not limited to, international wars or conflicts (including Russia’s military invasion of Ukraine and the Israel-Hamas war), geopolitical developments (including trading and tariff arrangements, sanctions and cybersecurity attacks), instability in regions such as Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East, terrorism, natural disasters and public health epidemics (including the outbreak of COVID-19 globally).

The extent and duration of such events and resulting market disruptions cannot be predicted, but could be substantial and could magnify the impact of other risks to the Fund. These and other similar events could adversely affect the U.S. and foreign financial markets and lead to increased market volatility, reduced liquidity in the securities markets, significant negative impacts on issuers and the markets for certain securities and commodities and/or government intervention. They may also cause short- or long-term economic uncertainties in the United States and worldwide. As a result, whether or not the Fund invests in securities of issuers located in or with significant exposure to the countries directly affected, the value and liquidity of the Fund’s investments may be negatively impacted. Further, due to closures of certain markets and restrictions on trading certain securities, the value of certain securities held by the Fund could be significantly impacted, which could lead to such securities being valued at zero.

Market Risk: Securities markets may be volatile and the market prices of the Fund’s securities may decline. Securities fluctuate in price based on changes in an issuer’s financial condition and overall market and economic conditions. If the market prices of the securities owned by the Fund fall, the value of your investment in the Fund will decline.

 

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Small and Medium Sized Companies Risk: Small and medium sized companies usually offer a smaller range of products and services than larger companies. Smaller companies may also have limited financial resources and may lack management depth. As a result, their prices may fluctuate more than the stocks of larger, more established companies. Historically, small and medium sized companies have sometimes gone through extended periods when they did not perform as well as larger companies. Small and medium sized companies generally are more illiquid than larger companies, which may make such investments more difficult to sell at the time and price that the Fund would like.

Tracking Error Risk: Tracking error is the divergence of the Fund’s performance from that of the Index. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities and other instruments held in the Fund’s portfolio and those included in the Index, pricing differences, transaction costs, the Fund’s holding of uninvested cash, differences in timing of the accrual of distributions, tax gains or losses, changes to the Index or the need to meet various new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Index does not.

 

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Liquidity Risk Management Program (unaudited)

 

Consistent with Rule 22e-4 under the 1940 Act (the “Liquidity Rule”), the Fund has adopted and implemented a liquidity risk management program (the “LRMP”). The Fund’s LRMP seeks to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk, which is defined as the risk that the Fund is unable to meet investor redemption requests without significantly diluting the remaining investors’ interests in the Fund. The Board has approved PGIM Investments, the Fund’s investment manager, to serve as the administrator of the Fund’s LRMP. As part of its responsibilities as administrator, PGIM Investments has retained a third party to perform certain functions, including providing market data and liquidity classification model information.

The Fund’s LRMP includes a number of processes designed to support the assessment and management of its liquidity risk. In particular, the Fund’s LRMP includes no less than annual assessments of factors that influence the Fund’s liquidity risk; no less than monthly classifications of the Fund’s investments into one of four liquidity classifications provided for in the Liquidity Rule; a 15% of net assets limit on the acquisition of “illiquid investments” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule); establishment of a minimum percentage of the Fund’s assets to be invested in investments classified as “highly liquid” (as defined under the Liquidity Rule) if the Fund does not invest primarily in highly liquid investments; and regular reporting to the Board.

At a meeting of the Board on March 5-7, 2024, PGIM Investments provided a written report (“LRMP Report”) to the Board addressing the operation, adequacy, and effectiveness of the Fund’s LRMP, including any material changes to the LRMP for the period from January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023 (“Reporting Period”). The LRMP Report concluded that the Fund’s LRMP was reasonably designed to assess and manage the Fund’s liquidity risk and was adequately and effectively implemented during the Reporting Period. There were no material changes to the LRMP during the Reporting Period. The LRMP Report further concluded that the Fund’s investment strategies continue to be appropriate given the Fund’s status as an open-end fund.

There can be no assurance that the LRMP will achieve its objectives in the future. Additional information regarding risks of investing in the Fund, including liquidity risks presented by the Fund’s investment portfolio, is found in the Fund’s Prospectus and Statement of Additional Information.

 

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  MAIL      TELEPHONE      WEBSITE
       
    655 Broad Street      (800) 225-1852      pgim.com/investments
       
    Newark, NJ 07102                  

 

PROXY VOTING

The Board of Trustees of the Fund has delegated to the Fund’s subadviser the responsibility for voting any proxies and maintaining proxy recordkeeping with respect to the Fund. A description of these proxy voting policies and procedures is available without charge, upon request, by calling (800) 225-1852 or by visiting the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at sec.gov. Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available on the Fund’s website and on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website.

 

TRUSTEES

Ellen S. Alberding · Kevin J. Bannon · Scott E. Benjamin · Linda W. Bynoe · Barry H. Evans · Keith F. Hartstein · Laurie Simon Hodrick · Stuart S. Parker · Brian K. Reid · Grace C. Torres

 

OFFICERS

Stuart S. Parker, President and Principal Executive Officer · Scott E. Benjamin, Vice President · Christian J. Kelly, Chief Financial Officer · Claudia DiGiacomo, Chief Legal Officer · Andrew Donohue, Chief Compliance Officer · Russ Shupak, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer · Kelly Florio, Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Officer · Andrew R. French, Secretary · Melissa Gonzalez, Assistant Secretary · Kelly A. Coyne, Assistant Secretary · Patrick E. McGuinness, Assistant Secretary · Debra Rubano, Assistant Secretary · George Hoyt, Assistant Secretary · Devan Goolsby, Assistant Secretary · Lana Lomuti, Assistant Treasurer · Elyse M. McLaughlin, Assistant Treasurer · Deborah Conway, Assistant Treasurer · Robert W. McCormack, Assistant Treasurer

 

MANAGER

   PGIM Investments LLC    655 Broad Street
          Newark, NJ 07102

SUBADVISER

   PGIM Quantitative Solutions LLC   

655 Broad Street

16th Floor

Newark, NJ 07102

DISTRIBUTOR

  

Prudential Investment

Management Services LLC

  

655 Broad Street

Newark, NJ 07102

CUSTODIAN

   The Bank of New York Mellon   

240 Greenwich Street

New York, NY 10286

TRANSFER AGENT

   Prudential Mutual Fund Services LLC   

PO Box 534432

Pittsburgh, PA 15253

INDEPENDENT REGISTERED

PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

   PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP   

300 Madison Avenue

New York, NY 10017

FUND COUNSEL

   Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP   

787 Seventh Avenue

New York, NY 10019


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An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses of the Fund carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contain this and other information about the Fund. An investor may obtain the prospectus and summary prospectus by visiting our website at pgim.com/investments or by calling (800) 225-1852. The prospectus and summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing.

 

 

E-DELIVERY

 

To receive your mutual fund documents online,go to pgim.com/investments/resource/edelivery and enroll. Instead of receiving printed documents by mail, you will receive notification via email when new materials are available. You can cancel your enrollment or change your email address at any time by visiting the website address above.

 

 

SHAREHOLDER COMMUNICATIONS WITH TRUSTEES

 

Shareholders can communicate directly with the Board of Trustees by writing to the Chair of the Board, PGIM Quant Solutions International Developed Markets Index Fund, PGIM Investments, Attn: Board of Trustees, 655 Broad Street, Newark, NJ 07102. Shareholders can communicate directly with an individual Trustee by writing to that Trustee at the same address. Communications are not screened before being delivered to the addressee.

 

 

AVAILABILITY OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year as an exhibit to its reports on Form N-PORT. The Fund’s Form N-PORT filings are available on the Commission’s website at sec.gov.

 

 Mutual Funds:     
     

ARE NOT INSURED BY THE FDIC OR ANY

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY

  MAY LOSE VALUE   

ARE NOT A DEPOSIT OF OR GUARANTEED

BY ANY BANK OR ANY BANK AFFILIATE


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LOGO

 

 

PGIM QUANT SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPED MARKETS INDEX FUND

 

 SHARE CLASS 

    R6   

 NASDAQ

    PQDMX   

 CUSIP

    74440E607   

 MF243E2


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Item 2 – Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 3 – Audit Committee Financial Expert – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.

Item 5 – Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – Not applicable.

Item 6 – Schedule of Investments – The schedule is included as part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this      Form.

Item 7 – Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not      applicable.

Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers – Not      applicable.

Item 10 – Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – There have been no material changes to these procedures.

Item 11 – Controls and Procedures

 

  (a)

It is the conclusion of the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer that the effectiveness of the registrant’s current disclosure controls and procedures (such disclosure controls and procedures having been evaluated within 90 days of the date of this filing) provide reasonable assurance that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the Commission’s rules and forms and that the information required to be disclosed by the registrant has been accumulated and communicated to the registrant’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer in order to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

  (b)

There has been no significant change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12 – Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – Not applicable.

Item 13 – Recovery of Erroneously Awarded Compensation – Not applicable.

Item 14 – Exhibits

  (a)(1)   Code of Ethics – Not required, as this is not an annual filing.
  (a)(2)   Policy required by the listing standards adopted pursuant to Rule 10D-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of  1934 – Not applicable.
  (a)(3)   Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002– Attached hereto as Exhibit  EX-99.CERT.

(a)(3)(1) Any written solicitation to purchase securities under Rule 23c-1 under the Investment Company Act of     1940 – Not applicable.


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(a)(3)(2) Change in the registrant’s independent public accountant – Not applicable.

 

  (b)   Certifications pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 – Attached hereto as Exhibit  EX-99.906CERT.


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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     Prudential Investment Portfolios 2
By:    /s/ Andrew R. French
   Andrew R. French
   Secretary
Date:    June 17, 2024

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:        /s/ Stuart S. Parker
   Stuart S. Parker
   President and Principal Executive Officer
Date:    June 17, 2024
By:    /s/ Christian J. Kelly
   Christian J. Kelly
   Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer)
Date:    June 17, 2024