Quarterly Schedule of Portfolio Holdings of Registered Management Investment Company (n-q)

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-Q

 

 

QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS

OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY

Investment Company Act file number 811-21732

 

 

Mercer Funds

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

99 High Street

Boston, MA 02110

(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

 

 

Scott M. Zoltowski, Esq.

Mercer Investment Management, Inc.

99 High Street

Boston, MA 02110

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 747-9500

Date of fiscal year end: March 31, 2013

Date of reporting period: December 31, 2012

 

 

 


Item 1. Schedule of Investments. – The schedule of investments for the period ended December 31, 2012, is filed herewith.


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 98.2%

  
   

Aerospace & Defense — 0.9%

  
  18,941       

Boeing Co. (The)

     1,427,394   
  26,750       

United Technologies Corp.

     2,193,767   
      

 

 

 
         3,621,161   
      

 

 

 
   

Agriculture — 2.8%

  
  110,266       

Monsanto Co.

     10,436,677   
  18,150       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     1,518,066   
      

 

 

 
         11,954,743   
      

 

 

 
   

Apparel — 2.7%

  
  91,642       

Coach, Inc.

     5,087,047   
  65,922       

NIKE, Inc. Class B

     3,401,575   
  11,700       

Ralph Lauren Corp.

     1,754,064   
  7,247       

VF Corp.

     1,094,080   
      

 

 

 
         11,336,766   
      

 

 

 
   

Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.7%

  
  38,249       

BorgWarner, Inc.*

     2,739,393   
      

 

 

 
   

Banks — 0.7%

  
  91,099       

Wells Fargo & Co.

     3,113,764   
      

 

 

 
   

Beverages — 2.1%

  
  28,177       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, ADR

     2,462,952   
  171,005       

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     6,198,931   
      

 

 

 
         8,661,883   
      

 

 

 
   

Biotechnology — 3.6%

  
  30,300       

Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     2,842,443   
  25,487       

Biogen Idec, Inc.*

     3,738,178   
  27,300       

Celgene Corp.*

     2,149,056   
  37,944       

Illumina, Inc.* ‡

     2,109,307   
  12,100       

Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     2,069,947   
  53,828       

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     2,257,547   
      

 

 

 
         15,166,478   
      

 

 

 
   

Chemicals — 1.7%

  
  46,041       

Ecolab, Inc.

     3,310,348   
  22,600       

Praxair, Inc.

     2,473,570   
  9,143       

Sherwin-Williams Co. (The)

     1,406,376   
      

 

 

 
         7,190,294   
      

 

 

 
   

Commercial Services — 3.5%

  
  28,945       

ADT Corp. (The)

     1,345,653   
  3,410       

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     1,675,265   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      1   


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Commercial Services — continued

  
  76,000       

Visa, Inc. Class A

     11,520,080   
      

 

 

 
         14,540,998   
      

 

 

 
   

Computers — 9.9%

  
  48,336       

Apple, Inc.

     25,764,538   
  29,950       

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. Class A*

     2,217,798   
  140,530       

EMC Corp.*

     3,555,409   
  35,707       

International Business Machines Corp.

     6,839,676   
  24,733       

SanDisk Corp.*

     1,077,369   
  39,347       

Teradata Corp.*

     2,435,186   
      

 

 

 
         41,889,976   
      

 

 

 
   

Cosmetics & Personal Care — 0.9%

  

  22,300       

Estee Lauder Cos. (The), Inc. Class A

     1,334,878   
  38,238       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     2,595,978   
      

 

 

 
         3,930,856   
      

 

 

 
   

Distribution & Wholesale — 0.3%

  

  6,500       

W.W. Grainger, Inc.

     1,315,405   
      

 

 

 
   

Diversified Financial Services — 2.2%

  

  19,809       

American Express Co.

     1,138,621   
  7,400       

BlackRock, Inc.

     1,529,654   
  15,900       

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     1,998,630   
  28,487       

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.*

     3,526,975   
  15,221       

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.

     991,344   
      

 

 

 
         9,185,224   
      

 

 

 
   

Electric — 0.4%

  

  22,939       

NextEra Energy, Inc.

     1,587,149   
      

 

 

 
   

Engineering & Construction — 0.4%

  

  29,700       

Fluor Corp.

     1,744,578   
      

 

 

 
   

Food — 1.1%

  

  35,195       

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. Class A

     1,600,317   
  61,748       

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     1,572,721   
  34,692       

Unilever NV

     1,328,704   
      

 

 

 
         4,501,742   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Products — 2.7%

  

  30,500       

Covidien Plc

     1,761,070   
  39,255       

Edwards Lifesciences Corp.*

     3,539,623   
  7,275       

Intuitive Surgical, Inc.*

     3,567,442   
  23,247       

Johnson & Johnson

     1,629,615   
  14,706       

Varian Medical Systems, Inc.*

     1,032,949   
      

 

 

 
         11,530,699   
      

 

 

 

 

2    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Health Care - Services — 1.1%

  

  33,300       

HCA Holdings, Inc.

     1,004,661   
  68,821       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     3,732,851   
      

 

 

 
         4,737,512   
      

 

 

 
   

Home Builders — 0.3%

  

  29,900       

Lennar Corp. Class A‡

     1,156,233   
      

 

 

 
   

Insurance — 0.6%

  

  72,913       

American International Group, Inc.*

     2,573,829   
      

 

 

 
   

Internet — 12.1%

  

  62,862       

Amazon.Com, Inc.*

     15,787,163   
  44,700       

eBay, Inc.*

     2,280,594   
  23,900       

F5 Networks, Inc.*

     2,321,885   
  199,759       

Facebook, Inc. Class A*

     5,319,582   
  22,826       

Google, Inc. Class A*

     16,192,079   
  14,061       

LinkedIn Corp. Class A*

     1,614,484   
  11,799       

priceline.com, Inc.*

     7,329,539   
      

 

 

 
         50,845,326   
      

 

 

 
   

Lodging — 0.8%

  

  75,100       

Las Vegas Sands Corp.

     3,466,616   
      

 

 

 
   

Machinery - Construction & Mining — 0.5%

  

  33,443       

Joy Global, Inc.

     2,132,995   
      

 

 

 
   

Media — 1.6%

  

  36,100       

CBS Corp. Class B

     1,373,605   
  26,592       

Comcast Corp. Class A

     994,009   
  23,278       

Discovery Communications, Inc. Class A*

     1,477,687   
  25,000       

McGraw-Hill Cos. (The), Inc.

     1,366,750   
  494,500       

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.‡

     1,429,105   
      

 

 

 
         6,641,156   
      

 

 

 
   

Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 1.6%

  

  36,398       

Precision Castparts Corp.

     6,894,509   
      

 

 

 
   

Miscellaneous - Manufacturing — 3.0%

  

  128,170       

Danaher Corp.

     7,164,703   
  188,803       

General Electric Co.

     3,962,975   
  25,456       

Honeywell International, Inc.

     1,615,692   
      

 

 

 
         12,743,370   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas — 2.4%

  

  22,000       

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.

     1,094,280   
  8,340       

EOG Resources, Inc.

     1,007,389   
  8,949       

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     774,536   
  65,669       

Range Resources Corp.

     4,125,983   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      3   


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Oil & Gas — continued

  

  41,700       

Southwestern Energy Co.*

     1,393,197   
  50,555       

Suncor Energy, Inc.

     1,667,304   
      

 

 

 
         10,062,689   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas Services — 4.0%

  

  52,255       

Cameron International Corp.*

     2,950,317   
  65,700       

FMC Technologies, Inc.*

     2,813,931   
  49,026       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc.

     3,350,927   
  95,888       

Schlumberger, Ltd.

     6,644,080   
  37,700       

Williams Cos. (The), Inc.

     1,234,298   
      

 

 

 
         16,993,553   
      

 

 

 
   

Pharmaceuticals — 6.7%

  

  95,854       

Allergan, Inc.

     8,792,687   
  28,400       

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

     1,398,700   
  79,286       

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co.

     2,583,931   
  81,549       

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     4,403,646   
  66,935       

Gilead Sciences, Inc.*

     4,916,376   
  28,400       

GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Sponsored ADR

     1,234,548   
  49,200       

Mylan, Inc.*

     1,352,016   
  8,726       

Perrigo Co.

     907,766   
  80,045       

Pfizer, Inc.

     2,007,529   
  12,492       

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     466,451   
      

 

 

 
         28,063,650   
      

 

 

 
   

Pipelines — 0.4%

  

  51,003       

Kinder Morgan, Inc.

     1,801,936   
      

 

 

 
   

REITS — 0.5%

  

  25,600       

American Tower Corp. REIT

     1,978,112   
      

 

 

 
   

Retail — 8.6%

  

  10,231       

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc.*

     572,015   
  8,700       

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.*

     2,587,902   
  32,244       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     3,184,740   
  93,599       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     4,525,512   
  35,800       

Dollar General Corp.*

     1,578,422   
  36,775       

Family Dollar Stores, Inc.

     2,331,903   
  29,600       

Home Depot, Inc. (The)

     1,830,760   
  20,683       

Kohl’s Corp.

     888,955   
  42,148       

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     1,497,097   
  19,638       

McDonald’s Corp.

     1,732,268   
  20,600       

Michael Kors Holdings, Ltd.*

     1,051,218   
  20,057       

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

     1,793,497   
  23,200       

Ross Stores, Inc.

     1,256,280   
  169,708       

Starbucks Corp.

     9,099,743   
  12,300       

Ulta Salon Cosmetics & Fragrance, Inc.

     1,208,598   

 

4    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Retail — continued

  

  15,100       

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     1,002,640   
      

 

 

 
         36,141,550   
      

 

 

 
   

Semiconductors — 2.1%

  

  88,107       

ASML Holding NV, ADR‡

     5,674,972   
  51,129       

Broadcom Corp. Class A

     1,697,994   
  45,924       

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     1,420,889   
      

 

 

 
         8,793,855   
      

 

 

 
   

Software — 6.6%

  

  12,300       

athenahealth, Inc.* ‡

     903,435   
  79,177       

Cerner Corp.*

     6,147,302   
  15,864       

Informatica Corp.*

     480,996   
  41,878       

Intuit, Inc.

     2,491,741   
  265,713       

Microsoft Corp.

     7,102,509   
  54,800       

Salesforce.com, Inc.*

     9,211,880   
  14,900       

VMware, Inc. Class A*

     1,402,686   
      

 

 

 
         27,740,549   
      

 

 

 
   

Telecommunications — 5.6%

  

  44,402       

Crown Castle International Corp.*

     3,204,048   
  53,167       

Juniper Networks, Inc.*

     1,045,795   
  212,525       

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     13,180,801   
  24,900       

SBA Communications Corp. Class A*

     1,768,398   
  105,861       

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     4,580,605   
      

 

 

 
         23,779,647   
      

 

 

 
   

Transportation — 3.1%

  

  16,524       

CH Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

     1,044,647   
  30,110       

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     1,190,851   
  12,964       

FedEx Corp.

     1,189,058   
  75,728       

Union Pacific Corp.

     9,520,524   
      

 

 

 
         12,945,080   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $340,806,575)

     413,503,276   
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.5%

  
   

Bank Deposit — 2.0%

  
  8,635,264       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     8,635,264   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      5   


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 2.5%

  
  10,381,921       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     10,381,921   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $19,017,185)

     19,017,185   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.7%

(Cost $359,823,760)

     432,520,461   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (2.7)%

     (11,321,549
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 421,198,912   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
  *   Non-income producing security   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   

 

6    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Common Stocks

       98.2  

Short-Term Investments

       4.5  

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       (2.7 )
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      7   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 97.8%

  

   

Advertising — 0.6%

  

  48,124       

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     2,404,275   
      

 

 

 
   

Aerospace & Defense — 3.3%

  

  29,793       

BAE Systems Plc, Sponsored ADR‡

     663,788   
  24,700       

Boeing Co. (The)

     1,861,392   
  42,748       

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc.

     3,275,352   
  29,000       

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     2,676,410   
  53,136       

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     3,590,931   
  35,507       

Raytheon Co.

     2,043,783   
  2,325       

Rockwell Collins, Inc.

     135,245   
      

 

 

 
         14,246,901   
      

 

 

 
   

Airlines — 0.6%

  

  224,000       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

     2,658,880   
      

 

 

 
   

Auto Manufacturers — 0.5%

  

  79,670       

General Motors Co.*

     2,296,886   
      

 

 

 
   

Auto Parts & Equipment — 1.2%

  

  17,850       

Delphi Automotive Plc*

     682,762   
  101,170       

Johnson Controls, Inc.

     3,105,919   
  26,590       

Lear Corp.

     1,245,476   
      

 

 

 
         5,034,157   
      

 

 

 
   

Banks — 8.0%

  

  590,000       

Bank of America Corp.

     6,844,000   
  26,340       

BB&T Corp.

     766,757   
  50,660       

Capital One Financial Corp.

     2,934,734   
  31,600       

Comerica, Inc.

     958,744   
  198,710       

Fifth Third Bancorp

     3,018,405   
  15,760       

PNC Financial Services Group, Inc.

     918,966   
  22,815       

State Street Corp.

     1,072,533   
  53,750       

SunTrust Banks, Inc.

     1,523,813   
  106,900       

US Bancorp

     3,414,386   
  353,602       

Wells Fargo & Co.

     12,086,116   
  38,500       

Zions BanCorp

     823,900   
      

 

 

 
         34,362,354   
      

 

 

 
   

Beverages — 0.9%

  

  9,186       

Anheuser-Busch InBev NV, Sponsored ADR

     802,948   
  46,572       

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     1,477,729   
  21,220       

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A*

     750,976   
  14,960       

PepsiCo, Inc.

     1,023,713   
      

 

 

 
         4,055,366   
      

 

 

 

 

8    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Biotechnology — 0.7%

  

  35,515       

Amgen, Inc.

     3,065,655   
      

 

 

 
   

Chemicals — 0.6%

  

  12,540       

Celanese Corp. Series A

     558,406   
  8,910       

Eastman Chemical Co.

     606,326   
  19,020       

LyondellBasell Industries NV Class A

     1,085,852   
  8,310       

Mosaic Co. (The)

     470,595   
      

 

 

 
         2,721,179   
      

 

 

 
   

Commercial Services — 1.7%

  

  65,260       

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*

     1,061,780   
  35,585       

McKesson Corp.

     3,450,322   
  31,890       

Moody’s Corp.

     1,604,705   
  110,100       

RR Donnelley & Sons Co.‡

     990,900   
      

 

 

 
         7,107,707   
      

 

 

 
   

Computers — 2.2%

  

  1,265       

Apple, Inc.

     674,283   
  42,250       

EMC Corp.*

     1,068,925   
  25,810       

SanDisk Corp.*

     1,124,283   
  105,204       

Seagate Technology Plc‡

     3,206,618   
  77,500       

Western Digital Corp.

     3,292,975   
      

 

 

 
         9,367,084   
      

 

 

 
   

Diversified Financial Services — 8.2%

  

  80,652       

Ameriprise Financial, Inc.

     5,051,235   
  1,809       

BlackRock, Inc.

     373,938   
  209,065       

Charles Schwab Corp. (The)

     3,002,173   
  163,238       

Citigroup, Inc.

     6,457,695   
  35,490       

Discover Financial Services

     1,368,140   
  5,400       

Franklin Resources, Inc.

     678,780   
  24,440       

Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.

     3,117,567   
  20,840       

Invesco, Ltd.

     543,716   
  282,162       

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

     12,406,663   
  78,530       

SLM Corp.

     1,345,219   
  44,120       

TD Ameritrade Holding Corp.

     741,657   
      

 

 

 
         35,086,783   
      

 

 

 
   

Electric — 0.8%

  

  22,875       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     976,305   
  43,025       

Edison International

     1,944,300   
  32,890       

NRG Energy, Inc.

     756,141   
      

 

 

 
         3,676,746   
      

 

 

 
   

Electronics — 0.4%

  

  8,502       

Avnet, Inc.*

     260,246   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      9   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Electronics — continued

  

  20,232       

TE Connectivity, Ltd.

     751,012   
  9,320       

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.

     594,430   
      

 

 

 
         1,605,688   
      

 

 

 
   

Food — 2.7%

  

  80,156       

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     2,364,602   
  40,980       

Dean Foods Co.*

     676,580   
  22,150       

Kraft Foods Group, Inc. Class A

     1,007,160   
  228,108       

Kroger Co. (The)

     5,935,370   
  20,430       

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     520,352   
  49,018       

Safeway, Inc.‡

     886,736   
      

 

 

 
         11,390,800   
      

 

 

 
   

Forest Products & Paper — 0.5%

  

  50,375       

International Paper Co.

     2,006,940   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Products — 2.5%

  

  20,220       

Baxter International, Inc.

     1,347,865   
  32,010       

CareFusion Corp.*

     914,846   
  24,230       

Covidien Plc

     1,399,040   
  101,579       

Johnson & Johnson

     7,120,688   
  1,565       

Zimmer Holdings, Inc.

     104,323   
      

 

 

 
         10,886,762   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Services — 1.9%

  

  37,664       

Aetna, Inc.

     1,743,843   
  43,495       

Humana, Inc.

     2,985,062   
  45,405       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc.

     2,462,767   
  18,173       

WellPoint, Inc.

     1,107,099   
      

 

 

 
         8,298,771   
      

 

 

 
   

Home Builders — 0.1%

  

  8,260       

Toll Brothers, Inc.*

     267,046   
      

 

 

 
   

Housewares — 0.4%

  

  69,370       

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     1,544,870   
      

 

 

 
   

Insurance — 8.7%

  

  23,455       

ACE, Ltd.

     1,871,709   
  31,440       

American International Group, Inc.*

     1,109,832   
  28,870       

Aon Plc

     1,605,172   
  14,280       

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.

     494,659   
  82,363       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class B*

     7,387,961   
  39,590       

Chubb Corp. (The)

     2,981,919   
  44,220       

Cigna Corp.

     2,364,001   
  43,900       

Hartford Financial Services Group (The), Inc.

     985,116   
  181,717       

Lincoln National Corp.

     4,706,470   
  218,135       

Metlife, Inc.

     7,185,367   

 

10    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Insurance — continued

  

  15,660       

Prudential Financial, Inc.

     835,148   
  10,223       

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     547,135   
  50,558       

Travelers Cos. (The), Inc.

     3,631,076   
  22,886       

Unum Group

     476,486   
  26,690       

Validus Holdings, Ltd.

     922,940   
      

 

 

 
         37,104,991   
      

 

 

 
   

Internet — 1.0%

  

  28,403       

eBay, Inc.*

     1,449,121   
  40,700       

Facebook, Inc. Class A*

     1,083,841   
  682       

Google, Inc. Class A*

     483,790   
  14,240       

IAC/InterActiveCorp

     673,552   
  36,990       

Symantec Corp.*

     695,782   
      

 

 

 
         4,386,086   
      

 

 

 
   

Iron & Steel — 0.3%

  

  49,300       

United States Steel Corp.‡

     1,176,791   
      

 

 

 
   

Leisure Time — 0.4%

  

  45,800       

Carnival Corp.

     1,684,066   
      

 

 

 
   

Lodging — 1.1%

  

  6,713       

Marriott International, Inc. Class A

     250,193   
  28,296       

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     1,505,630   
  27,979       

Wynn Resorts, Ltd.

     3,147,358   
      

 

 

 
         4,903,181   
      

 

 

 
   

Machinery - Construction & Mining — 0.3%

  

  15,200       

Caterpillar, Inc.

     1,361,616   
      

 

 

 
   

Machinery - Diversified — 0.9%

  

  25,410       

Cummins, Inc.

     2,753,173   
  4,047       

Flowserve Corp.

     594,100   
  19,335       

Xylem, Inc.

     523,979   
      

 

 

 
         3,871,252   
      

 

 

 
   

Media — 7.5%

  

  43,535       

CBS Corp. Class B

     1,656,507   
  117,191       

Comcast Corp. Class A

     4,380,599   
  69,433       

DIRECTV, Class A*

     3,482,759   
  40,910       

Gannett Co., Inc.

     736,789   
  19,805       

Liberty Media Corp. — Capital Series A*

     2,297,578   
  36,996       

McGraw-Hill Cos. (The), Inc.

     2,022,571   
  52,840       

News Corp. Class A

     1,349,534   
  4,520       

Reed Elsevier NV, Sponsored ADR

     133,702   
  112,720       

Sirius XM Radio, Inc.‡

     325,761   
  36,557       

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

     3,552,975   
  111,622       

Time Warner, Inc.

     5,338,880   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      11   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Media — continued

  

  95,631       

Viacom, Inc. Class B

     5,043,579   
  32,990       

Walt Disney Co. (The)

     1,642,572   
      

 

 

 
         31,963,806   
      

 

 

 
   

Mining — 0.4%

  

  33,800       

Newmont Mining Corp.

     1,569,672   
      

 

 

 
   

Miscellaneous - Manufacturing — 5.0%

  

  17,000       

Dover Corp.

     1,117,070   
  59,080       

Eaton Corp. Plc

     3,202,136   
  493,090       

General Electric Co.

     10,349,959   
  44,790       

Honeywell International, Inc.

     2,842,821   
  34,202       

Ingersoll-Rand Plc

     1,640,328   
  16,750       

Parker Hannifin Corp.

     1,424,755   
  5,372       

Pentair, Ltd.

     264,034   
  22,393       

Tyco International, Ltd.

     654,995   
      

 

 

 
         21,496,098   
      

 

 

 
   

Office & Business Equipment — 0.1%

  

  63,661       

Xerox Corp.

     434,168   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas — 10.5%

  

  10,100       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

     750,531   
  29,200       

Apache Corp.

     2,292,200   
  121,114       

BP Plc, Sponsored ADR

     5,043,187   
  18,600       

Chevron Corp.

     2,011,404   
  60,130       

ConocoPhillips

     3,486,939   
  13,712       

ENI Spa, Sponsored ADR

     673,808   
  31,239       

EOG Resources, Inc.

     3,773,359   
  5,620       

EQT Corp.

     331,468   
  55,880       

Exxon Mobil Corp.

     4,836,414   
  19,410       

Hess Corp.

     1,027,953   
  49,000       

Marathon Oil Corp.

     1,502,340   
  8,520       

Marathon Petroleum Corp.

     536,760   
  73,347       

Occidental Petroleum Corp.

     5,619,114   
  37,790       

Phillips 66

     2,006,649   
  64,836       

Royal Dutch Shell Plc, ADR

     4,470,442   
  13,790       

SM Energy Co.

     719,976   
  51,710       

Transocean, Ltd.

     2,308,851   
  89,910       

Valero Energy Corp.

     3,067,729   
  28,775       

Weatherford International, Ltd.*

     321,992   
      

 

 

 
         44,781,116   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas Services — 1.4%

  

  45,821       

Cameron International Corp.*

     2,587,054   
  67,715       

Halliburton Co.

     2,349,033   
  13,005       

Schlumberger, Ltd.

     901,116   
      

 

 

 
         5,837,203   
      

 

 

 

 

12    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Packaging & Containers — 0.3%

  

  14,640       

Packaging Corp. of America

     563,201   
  12,535       

Rock-Tenn Co. Class A

     876,322   
      

 

 

 
         1,439,523   
      

 

 

 
   

Pharmaceuticals — 6.8%

  

  9,715       

Abbott Laboratories

     636,332   
  20,270       

AmerisourceBergen Corp.

     875,259   
  63,474       

AstraZeneca Plc, Sponsored ADR

     3,000,416   
  17,390       

Eli Lilly & Co.

     857,675   
  18,960       

Express Scripts Holding Co.*

     1,023,840   
  36,100       

GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Sponsored ADR

     1,569,267   
  103,330       

Merck & Co., Inc.

     4,230,330   
  38,220       

Mylan, Inc.*

     1,050,286   
  18,100       

Novartis AG, ADR

     1,145,730   
  33,700       

Omnicare, Inc.

     1,216,570   
  476,463       

Pfizer, Inc.

     11,949,692   
  31,950       

Sanofi, ADR

     1,513,791   
      

 

 

 
         29,069,188   
      

 

 

 
   

REITS — 0.4%

  

  163,900       

Chimera Investment Corp. REIT

     427,779   
  51,800       

Hatteras Financial Corp. REIT

     1,285,158   
      

 

 

 
         1,712,937   
      

 

 

 
   

Retail — 5.1%

  

  1,952       

Advance Auto Parts, Inc.

     141,227   
  29,040       

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     595,610   
  2,911       

AutoZone, Inc.*

     1,031,746   
  24,837       

Best Buy Co., Inc.

     294,319   
  54,150       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     2,618,153   
  105,126       

Gap, Inc. (The)

     3,263,111   
  88,794       

Kohl’s Corp.

     3,816,366   
  12,637       

Limited Brands, Inc.

     594,697   
  84,971       

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     3,018,170   
  25,760       

Macy’s, Inc.

     1,005,155   
  4,589       

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc.*

     410,348   
  5,540       

PVH Corp.

     614,996   
  33,575       

Staples, Inc.

     382,755   
  27,600       

Target Corp.

     1,633,092   
  34,300       

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     2,340,289   
      

 

 

 
         21,760,034   
      

 

 

 
   

Semiconductors — 1.5%

  

  19,668       

Applied Materials, Inc.

     225,002   
  128,613       

Intel Corp.

     2,653,286   
  34,035       

Marvell Technology Group, Ltd.

     247,094   
  52,965       

NVIDIA Corp.

     650,940   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      13   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Semiconductors — continued

  

  96,085       

ON Semiconductor Corp.*

     677,399   
  61,440       

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     1,900,954   
      

 

 

 
         6,354,675   
      

 

 

 
   

Software — 2.5%

  

  65,931       

CA, Inc.

     1,449,163   
  55,845       

Electronic Arts, Inc.*

     811,428   
  46,800       

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     1,629,108   
  135,440       

Microsoft Corp.

     3,620,311   
  101,937       

Oracle Corp.

     3,396,541   
      

 

 

 
         10,906,551   
      

 

 

 
   

Telecommunications — 5.2%

  

  38,600       

AT&T, Inc.

     1,301,206   
  278,535       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     5,473,213   
  41,810       

Corning, Inc.

     527,642   
  157,637       

France Telecom SA, Sponsored ADR

     1,741,889   
  19,927       

Harris Corp.

     975,626   
  221,894       

Koninklijke KPN NV, Sponsored ADR

     1,105,032   
  43,041       

Motorola Solutions, Inc.

     2,396,523   
  33,344       

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp., ADR

     701,224   
  34,660       

QUALCOMM, Inc.

     2,149,613   
  48,920       

Telecom Italia Spa, Sponsored ADR

     442,726   
  11,503       

Telefonica SA, Sponsored ADR‡

     155,175   
  79,358       

Virgin Media, Inc.‡

     2,916,407   
  90,819       

Vodafone Group Plc, Sponsored ADR

     2,287,731   
      

 

 

 
         22,174,007   
      

 

 

 
   

Transportation — 0.6%

  

  15,330       

FedEx Corp.

     1,406,068   
  10,637       

Norfolk Southern Corp.

     657,792   
  8,585       

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B

     632,972   
      

 

 

 
         2,696,832   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $367,822,637)

     418,768,643   
      

 

 

 
   

PREFERRED STOCK — 0.3%

  

   

Auto Manufacturers — 0.3%

  

  30,650       

General Motors Co., 4.75%‡

     1,352,584   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (COST $1,202,980)

     1,352,584   
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 4.3%

  

   

Bank Deposit — 1.7%

  

  7,231,356       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     7,231,356   
      

 

 

 

 

14    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 2.6%

  

  10,984,086       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     10,984,086   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $18,215,442)

     18,215,442   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.4%

(Cost $387,241,059)

     438,336,669   
      

 

 

 
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (2.4)%

     (10,241,633
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 428,095,036   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
  *   Non-income producing security   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      15   


Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Common Stocks

       97.8  

Preferred Stock

       0.3  

Short-Term Investments

       4.3  

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       (2.4 )
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

16    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 97.1%

  

   

Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%

  

  27,026       

Aerovironment, Inc.*

     587,545   
  31,020       

BE Aerospace, Inc.*

     1,532,388   
  13,040       

TransDigm Group, Inc.

     1,778,135   
  33,630       

Triumph Group, Inc.

     2,196,039   
      

 

 

 
         6,094,107   
      

 

 

 
   

Apparel — 1.4%

  

  63,055       

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.*

     1,165,887   
  26,624       

Carter’s, Inc.*

     1,481,626   
  25,208       

Deckers Outdoor Corp.* ‡

     1,015,126   
  17,369       

Under Armour, Inc. Class A*

     842,917   
  18,195       

Wolverine World Wide, Inc.‡

     745,631   
      

 

 

 
         5,251,187   
      

 

 

 
   

Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.2%

  

  53,233       

Gentherm, Inc.*

     707,999   
      

 

 

 
   

Banks — 1.9%

  

  54,810       

Comerica, Inc.

     1,662,935   
  71,632       

Eagle Bancorp, Inc.*

     1,430,491   
  70,943       

First Republic Bank

     2,325,512   
  30,950       

Hancock Holding Co.

     982,353   
  31,771       

Popular, Inc.*

     660,519   
      

 

 

 
         7,061,810   
      

 

 

 
   

Biotechnology — 0.9%

  

  74,235       

Amarin Corp. Plc, ADR* ‡

     600,561   
  70,497       

Ariad Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     1,352,133   
  30,314       

Incyte Corp.* ‡

     503,516   
  2,532       

Prothena Corp. Plc* ‡

     18,557   
  49,593       

Swedish Orphan Biovitrum AB, ADR* ¤

     279,015   
  14,410       

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     604,355   
      

 

 

 
         3,358,137   
      

 

 

 
   

Building Materials — 0.6%

  

  8,335       

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     785,824   
  35,910       

Owens Corning, Inc.*

     1,328,311   
      

 

 

 
         2,114,135   
      

 

 

 
   

Chemicals — 3.3%

  

  14,648       

Airgas, Inc.

     1,337,216   
  29,208       

American Vanguard Corp.

     907,492   
  15,560       

Ashland, Inc.

     1,251,180   
  22,610       

Celanese Corp. Series A

     1,006,823   
  19,760       

Cytec Industries, Inc.

     1,360,081   
  16,695       

FMC Corp.

     976,991   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      17   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Chemicals — continued

  

  21,170       

Georgia Gulf Corp.

     873,898   
  16,898       

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc.

     1,124,393   
  55,230       

Intrepid Potash, Inc.

     1,175,847   
  47,515       

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.*

     1,141,785   
  12,630       

Westlake Chemical Corp.‡

     1,001,559   
      

 

 

 
         12,157,265   
      

 

 

 
   

Commercial Services — 10.0%

  

  53,105       

Acacia Research Corp.* ‡

     1,362,143   
  19,560       

Alliance Data Systems Corp.*

     2,831,506   
  57,955       

Coinstar, Inc.* ‡

     3,014,240   
  72,472       

ExamWorks Group, Inc.* ‡

     1,013,883   
  62,921       

FleetCor Technologies, Inc.*

     3,375,712   
  110,921       

Genpact, Ltd.

     1,719,275   
  78,485       

Healthcare Services Group

     1,823,207   
  117,968       

Heartland Payment Systems, Inc.

     3,480,056   
  166,610       

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*

     2,710,745   
  57,757       

HMS Holdings Corp.*

     1,497,061   
  28,825       

Huron Consulting Group, Inc.*

     971,114   
  131,825       

K12, Inc.* ‡

     2,694,503   
  29,903       

PAREXEL International Corp.*

     884,830   
  35,610       

Quanta Services, Inc.*

     971,797   
  201,114       

Ritchie Bros Auctioneers, Inc.‡

     4,201,271   
  33,450       

United Rentals, Inc.*

     1,522,644   
  62,265       

Weight Watchers International, Inc.‡

     3,260,195   
      

 

 

 
         37,334,182   
      

 

 

 
   

Computers — 2.8%

  

  126,524       

Fortinet, Inc.*

     2,665,861   
  16,000       

IHS, Inc. Class A*

     1,536,000   
  124,115       

j2 Global, Inc.‡

     3,795,437   
  29,367       

MICROS Systems, Inc.*

     1,246,335   
  64,705       

RealD, Inc.* ‡

     725,343   
  26,800       

Riverbed Technology, Inc.*

     528,496   
      

 

 

 
         10,497,472   
      

 

 

 
   

Distribution & Wholesale — 0.8%

  

  33,610       

Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc.*

     1,118,541   
  29,110       

WESCO International, Inc.*

     1,962,887   
      

 

 

 
         3,081,428   
      

 

 

 
   

Diversified Financial Services — 4.4%

  

  47,745       

Affiliated Managers Group, Inc.*

     6,214,012   
  64,891       

Evercore Partners, Inc. Class A

     1,959,059   
  22,225       

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc.*

     2,751,677   
  118,403       

Lazard, Ltd. Class A

     3,533,146   

 

18    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Diversified Financial Services — continued

  

  43,300       

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     1,668,349   
  29,299       

SLM Corp.

     501,892   
      

 

 

 
         16,628,135   
      

 

 

 
   

Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.5%

  

  23,280       

Hubbell, Inc. Class B

     1,970,186   
      

 

 

 
   

Electronics — 1.8%

  

  21,235       

Amphenol Corp. Class A

     1,373,905   
  29,625       

Coherent, Inc.

     1,499,618   
  124,875       

Gentex Corp.

     2,350,147   
  30,170       

Jabil Circuit, Inc.

     581,979   
  22,610       

Woodward, Inc.

     862,119   
      

 

 

 
         6,667,768   
      

 

 

 
   

Entertainment — 1.3%

  

  23,295       

Bally Technologies, Inc.*

     1,041,519   
  47,990       

Cinemark Holdings, Inc.

     1,246,780   
  52,650       

Manchester United Plc Class A* ‡

     739,733   
  19,675       

Penn National Gaming, Inc.*

     966,239   
  112,555       

Scientific Games Corp. Class A* ‡

     975,852   
      

 

 

 
         4,970,123   
      

 

 

 
   

Environmental Control — 1.5%

  

  23,970       

Clean Harbors, Inc.*

     1,318,590   
  4,420       

Stericycle, Inc.*

     412,253   
  111,525       

Waste Connections, Inc.

     3,768,430   
      

 

 

 
         5,499,273   
      

 

 

 
   

Food — 1.6%

  

  39,910       

Chefs’ Warehouse (The), Inc.*

     630,977   
  26,217       

Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc.*

     1,421,486   
  33,960       

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.*

     3,044,514   
  14,082       

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*

     734,094   
      

 

 

 
         5,831,071   
      

 

 

 
   

Hand & Machine Tools — 0.5%

  

  42,743       

Kennametal, Inc.‡

     1,709,720   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Products — 4.8%

  

  128,041       

ABIOMED, Inc.* ‡

     1,723,432   
  3,130       

ArthroCare Corp.*

     108,267   
  30,417       

CareFusion Corp.*

     869,318   
  34,879       

Cepheid, Inc.*

     1,179,259   
  29,530       

Conceptus, Inc.*

     620,425   
  120,401       

DexCom, Inc.*

     1,638,658   
  88,713       

Endologix, Inc.*

     1,263,273   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      19   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Health Care - Products — continued

  

  8,346       

Given Imaging, Ltd.*

     145,805   
  14,715       

Henry Schein, Inc.*

     1,183,969   
  67,810       

Hologic, Inc.*

     1,358,234   
  13,625       

IDEXX Laboratories, Inc.*

     1,264,400   
  56,279       

Techne Corp.

     3,846,107   
  40,455       

Thoratec Corp.*

     1,517,871   
  33,703       

Tornier BV*

     565,873   
  26,420       

Volcano Corp.*

     623,776   
      

 

 

 
         17,908,667   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Services — 3.3%

  

  79,419       

Acadia Healthcare Co., Inc.*

     1,852,845   
  67,710       

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

     3,035,439   
  137,470       

Health Management Associates, Inc. Class A* ‡

     1,281,221   
  28,495       

Magellan Health Services, Inc.*

     1,396,255   
  13,801       

Mettler-Toledo International, Inc.*

     2,667,733   
  11,185       

Pediatrix Medical Group, Inc.*

     889,431   
  22,450       

WellCare Health Plans, Inc.*

     1,093,091   
      

 

 

 
         12,216,015   
      

 

 

 
   

Home Builders — 0.2%

  

  890       

NVR, Inc.*

     818,800   
      

 

 

 
   

Household Products & Wares — 0.5%

  

  18,100       

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     969,617   
  8,725       

Fossil, Inc.*

     812,297   
      

 

 

 
         1,781,914   
      

 

 

 
   

Insurance — 0.6%

  

  14,250       

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

     1,566,788   
  83,020       

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A*

     623,480   
      

 

 

 
         2,190,268   
      

 

 

 
   

Internet — 3.8%

  

  29,370       

BroadSoft, Inc.*

     1,067,012   
  7,770       

Equinix, Inc.*

     1,602,174   
  78,903       

ExactTarget, Inc.* ‡

     1,578,060   
  16,490       

Internap Network Services Corp.*

     114,441   
  110,872       

Pandora Media, Inc.* ‡

     1,017,805   
  26,278       

Rackspace Hosting, Inc.*

     1,951,667   
  42,895       

Sourcefire, Inc.*

     2,025,502   
  68,560       

TIBCO Software, Inc.*

     1,509,006   
  84,175       

VeriSign, Inc.*

     3,267,673   
      

 

 

 
         14,133,340   
      

 

 

 
   

Leisure Time — 0.5%

  

  91,490       

Interval Leisure Group, Inc.

     1,773,991   
      

 

 

 

 

20    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Lodging — 0.3%

  

  22,490       

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

     1,196,693   
      

 

 

 
   

Machinery - Diversified — 2.9%

  

  14,890       

Gardner Denver, Inc.

     1,019,965   
  102,964       

Graco, Inc.

     5,301,616   
  55,966       

IDEX Corp.

     2,604,098   
  61,085       

Manitowoc Co. (The), Inc.

     957,813   
  8,710       

Roper Industries, Inc.

     970,991   
      

 

 

 
         10,854,483   
      

 

 

 
   

Media — 0.0%

  

  35,794       

RLJ Entertainment, Inc.* ‡

     178,970   
      

 

 

 
   

Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.4%

  

  33,490       

Timken Co. (The)

     1,601,827   
      

 

 

 
   

Mining — 0.4%

  

  83,105       

US Silica Holdings, Inc.‡

     1,390,347   
      

 

 

 
   

Miscellaneous - Manufacturing — 1.0%

  

  26,000       

Crane Co.

     1,203,280   
  47,540       

Hexcel Corp.*

     1,281,678   
  27,475       

Polypore International, Inc.* ‡

     1,277,588   
  51,696       

STR Holdings, Inc.* ‡

     130,274   
      

 

 

 
         3,892,820   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas — 4.8%

  

  30,681       

Approach Resources, Inc.* ‡

     767,332   
  37,395       

Berry Petroleum Co. Class A

     1,254,602   
  108,610       

Denbury Resources, Inc.*

     1,759,482   
  53,200       

Foster Wheeler AG*

     1,293,824   
  255,485       

Magnum Hunter Resources Corp.* ‡

     1,019,385   
  30,920       

Oasis Petroleum, Inc.*

     983,256   
  70,082       

Rex Energy Corp.*

     912,468   
  42,372       

Rosetta Resources, Inc.*

     1,921,994   
  86,020       

Rowan Cos. Plc Class A*

     2,689,845   
  89,220       

Tesoro Corp.

     3,930,141   
  29,307       

Whiting Petroleum Corp.*

     1,271,045   
      

 

 

 
         17,803,374   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas Services — 2.1%

  

  44,852       

Core Laboratories NV

     4,902,772   
  22,544       

Dril-Quip, Inc.*

     1,646,839   
  125,755       

ION Geophysical Corp.*

     818,665   
  7,874       

Lufkin Industries, Inc.

     457,716   
      

 

 

 
         7,825,992   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      21   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Packaging & Containers — 1.0%

  

  47,120       

Crown Holdings, Inc.*

     1,734,487   
  30,100       

Packaging Corp. of America

     1,157,947   
  11,960       

Rock-Tenn Co. Class A

     836,124   
      

 

 

 
         3,728,558   
      

 

 

 
   

Pharmaceuticals — 4.4%

  

  47,073       

Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     377,525   
  45,780       

Alkermes Plc*

     847,846   
  22,319       

BioMarin Pharmaceutical, Inc.*

     1,099,211   
  21,157       

Catamaran Corp.*

     996,706   
  19,910       

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     837,415   
  60,000       

DENTSPLY International, Inc.

     2,376,600   
  36,326       

Durata Therapeutics, Inc.* ‡

     277,531   
  103,800       

Elan Corp. Plc, Sponsored ADR*

     1,059,798   
  61,960       

MAP Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     973,391   
  18,375       

Medivation, Inc.*

     940,065   
  22,270       

Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     1,682,053   
  19,525       

Perrigo Co.

     2,031,186   
  58,949       

Regulus Therapeutics, Inc.* ‡

     371,379   
  39,027       

Sagent Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* ‡

     627,944   
  17,965       

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.*

     1,158,024   
  12,575       

Synageva BioPharma Corp.*

     582,097   
  14,617       

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp.* ‡

     131,845   
      

 

 

 
         16,370,616   
      

 

 

 
   

Real Estate — 1.1%

  

  84,692       

CBRE Group, Inc.*

     1,685,371   
  30,840       

Jones Lang Lasalle, Inc.

     2,588,709   
      

 

 

 
         4,274,080   
      

 

 

 
   

Retail — 10.2%

  

  70,070       

American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.

     1,437,136   
  36,530       

Arcos Dorados Holdings, Inc.‡

     436,899   
  38,540       

Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.*

     1,234,436   
  11,490       

Buffalo Wild Wings, Inc.*

     836,702   
  19,472       

Dick’s Sporting Goods, Inc.

     885,781   
  64,475       

DineEquity, Inc.*

     4,319,825   
  23,803       

Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc.

     789,784   
  57,015       

Express, Inc.*

     860,356   
  44,819       

Fifth & Pacific Cos., Inc.*

     557,997   
  31,075       

First Cash Financial Services, Inc.*

     1,541,941   
  94,992       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     3,051,143   
  49,670       

GNC Holdings, Inc. Class A

     1,653,018   
  7,725       

Lululemon Athletica, Inc.* ‡

     588,877   
  22,615       

Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc. Class A‡

     837,886   
  23,557       

Petsmart, Inc.

     1,609,885   
  22,952       

PVH Corp.

     2,547,902   
  36,430       

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

     1,285,615   

 

22    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Retail — continued

  

  40,043       

Restoration Hardware Holdings, Inc.* ‡

     1,350,650   
  21,243       

Rue21, Inc.*

     603,089   
  104,400       

Sally Beauty Holdings, Inc.*

     2,460,708   
  34,380       

Signet Jewelers, Ltd.

     1,835,892   
  42,354       

Texas Roadhouse, Inc. Class A

     711,547   
  17,407       

Tile Shop Holdings, Inc.* ‡

     292,960   
  9,890       

Tractor Supply Co.

     873,880   
  97,434       

Urban Outfitters, Inc.*

     3,835,002   
  39,190       

Williams-Sonoma, Inc.

     1,715,346   
      

 

 

 
         38,154,257   
      

 

 

 
   

Semiconductors — 3.3%

  

  28,653       

Cavium, Inc.* ‡

     894,260   
  65,698       

Ceva, Inc.*

     1,034,744   
  95,860       

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.

     1,039,122   
  21,259       

Hittite Microwave Corp.*

     1,320,184   
  50,027       

Intermolecular, Inc.*

     445,240   
  16,601       

Linear Technology Corp.

     569,414   
  171,710       

LSI Corp.*

     1,215,707   
  65,440       

NXP Semiconductor NV*

     1,725,653   
  56,180       

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*

     1,140,454   
  61,295       

Teradyne, Inc.*

     1,035,273   
  9,098       

Ultratech, Inc.*

     339,355   
  47,932       

Xilinx, Inc.

     1,720,759   
      

 

 

 
         12,480,165   
      

 

 

 
   

Software — 8.1%

  

  18,600       

athenahealth, Inc.* ‡

     1,366,170   
  28,240       

Autodesk, Inc.*

     998,284   
  108,467       

Blackbaud, Inc.

     2,476,302   
  10,325       

Commvault Systems, Inc.*

     719,756   
  10,320       

Concur Technologies, Inc.* ‡

     696,806   
  30,350       

Imperva, Inc.*

     956,935   
  43,775       

Informatica Corp.*

     1,327,258   
  59,764       

InterXion Holding NV*

     1,419,993   
  81,770       

Jive Software, Inc.* ‡

     1,188,118   
  34,544       

Medassets, Inc.* ‡

     579,303   
  185,370       

MSCI, Inc. Class A* ‡

     5,744,616   
  22,473       

NetSuite, Inc.*

     1,512,433   
  93,090       

Nuance Communications, Inc.*

     2,077,769   
  117,775       

QLIK Technologies, Inc.*

     2,558,073   
  46,510       

SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc.*

     1,075,311   
  50,828       

Synchronoss Technologies, Inc.*

     1,071,963   
  153,050       

VeriFone Systems, Inc.*

     4,542,524   
      

 

 

 
         30,311,614   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      23   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Telecommunications — 5.7%

  

  48,317       

Allot Communications, Ltd.*

     861,009   
  56,270       

Aruba Networks, Inc.* ‡

     1,167,603   
  105,723       

Calix, Inc.*

     813,010   
  16,749       

IPG Photonics Corp.‡

     1,116,321   
  57,560       

Ixia*

     977,369   
  67,250       

JDS Uniphase Corp.*

     910,565   
  96,750       

NeuStar, Inc. Class A*

     4,056,727   
  180,225       

Polycom, Inc.*

     1,885,153   
  116,294       

SBA Communications Corp. Class A*

     8,259,200   
  57,242       

tw telecom, Inc. Class A*

     1,457,954   
      

 

 

 
         21,504,911   
      

 

 

 
   

Transportation — 2.6%

  

  90,575       

Expeditors International of Washington, Inc.

     3,582,241   
  13,755       

Genesee & Wyoming, Inc. Class A*

     1,046,480   
  38,605       

HUB Group, Inc. Class A*

     1,297,128   
  64,620       

Knight Transportation, Inc.

     945,391   
  33,780       

Landstar System, Inc.

     1,772,099   
  62,753       

Roadrunner Transportation Systems, Inc.*

     1,138,339   
      

 

 

 
         9,781,678   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $327,255,021)

     363,107,378   
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 12.5%

  

   

Bank Deposit — 3.2%

  

  12,151,791       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     12,151,791   
      

 

 

 
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 9.3%

  

  34,645,053       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     34,645,053   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $46,796,844)

     46,796,844   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 109.6%

(Cost $374,051,865)

     409,904,222   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (9.6)%

     (35,865,446
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 374,038,776   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
  *   Non-income producing security   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ¤   Illiquid security. The total market value of the securities at period end is $279,015 which represents 0.1% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $281,192.   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   

 

24    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Common Stocks

       97.1  

Short-Term Investments

       12.5  

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       (9.6 )
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      25   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 97.8%

  

   

Aerospace & Defense — 1.6%

  

  10,600       

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

     656,776   
  10,550       

Esterline Technologies Corp.*

     671,086   
  120,500       

Orbital Sciences Corp.*

     1,659,285   
  43,825       

Triumph Group, Inc.

     2,861,772   
      

 

 

 
         5,848,919   
      

 

 

 
   

Agriculture — 0.2%

  

  16,100       

Andersons (The), Inc.

     690,690   
  2,100       

Universal Corp.‡

     104,811   
      

 

 

 
         795,501   
      

 

 

 
   

Airlines — 0.5%

  

  3,800       

Alaska Air Group, Inc.*

     163,742   
  90,700       

Delta Air Lines, Inc.*

     1,076,609   
  24,500       

Hawaiian Holdings, Inc.*

     160,965   
  91,700       

Republic Airways Holdings, Inc.*

     520,856   
      

 

 

 
         1,922,172   
      

 

 

 
   

Apparel — 1.0%

  

  63,260       

Ascena Retail Group, Inc.*

     1,169,677   
  42,700       

Guess?, Inc.

     1,047,858   
  32,640       

Iconix Brand Group, Inc.*

     728,525   
  9,900       

Perry Ellis International, Inc.

     197,010   
  11,000       

Skechers U.S.A., Inc. Class A*

     203,500   
  21,660       

True Religion Apparel, Inc.

     550,597   
      

 

 

 
         3,897,167   
      

 

 

 
   

Auto Manufacturers — 0.1%

  

  11,100       

Oshkosh Corp.*

     329,115   
      

 

 

 
   

Auto Parts & Equipment — 0.8%

  

  113,550       

Dana Holding Corp.

     1,772,515   
  10,100       

Lear Corp.

     473,084   
  69,600       

Meritor, Inc.*

     329,208   
  32,500       

Modine Manufacturing Co.*

     264,225   
  7,600       

Standard Motor Products, Inc.‡

     168,872   
      

 

 

 
         3,007,904   
      

 

 

 
   

Banks — 6.1%

  

  48,400       

Associated Banc-Corp.

     635,008   
  9,300       

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior SA

     200,508   
  11,000       

BOK Financial Corp.

     599,060   
  12,400       

Chemical Financial Corp.

     294,624   
  3,300       

Citizens Republic Bancorp, Inc.*

     62,601   
  16,700       

City Holding Co.‡

     581,995   

 

26    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Banks — continued

  

  6,000       

City National Corp.

     297,120   
  21,500       

Columbia Banking System, Inc.

     385,710   
  61,550       

Comerica, Inc.

     1,867,427   
  18,362       

Commerce Bancshares, Inc.

     643,761   
  2,000       

Cullen/Frost Bankers, Inc.

     108,540   
  6,300       

East-West Bancorp, Inc.

     135,387   
  2,200       

First Citizens BancShares, Inc. Class A

     359,700   
  78,300       

First Commonwealth Financial Corp.

     534,006   
  45,000       

Fulton Financial Corp.

     432,450   
  34,700       

Huntington Bancshares, Inc.

     221,733   
  4,700       

Independent Bank Corp.‡

     136,065   
  41,300       

International Bancshares Corp.

     745,465   
  251,200       

KeyCorp

     2,115,104   
  57,800       

National Penn Bancshares, Inc.

     538,696   
  23,000       

NBT Bancorp, Inc.

     466,210   
  63,900       

Northwest Bancshares, Inc.

     775,746   
  10,300       

Old National Bancorp

     122,261   
  5,100       

Oriental Financial Group, Inc.

     68,085   
  9,500       

PacWest Bancorp

     235,410   
  12,200       

Pinnacle Financial Partners, Inc.*

     229,848   
  25,010       

Popular, Inc.*

     519,958   
  35,800       

PrivateBancorp, Inc.

     548,456   
  41,400       

Prosperity Bancshares, Inc.‡

     1,738,800   
  519,000       

Regions Financial Corp.

     3,695,280   
  1,000       

S&T Bancorp, Inc.

     18,070   
  31,200       

Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc.*

     1,398,384   
  1,400       

UMB Financial Corp.‡

     61,376   
  29,400       

Umpqua Holdings Corp.

     346,626   
  12,700       

Webster Financial Corp.

     260,985   
  99,865       

Western Alliance Bancorp*

     1,051,579   
  78,400       

Wilshire Bancorp, Inc.*

     460,208   
      

 

 

 
         22,892,242   
      

 

 

 
   

Beverages — 0.4%

  

  26,100       

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc.

     828,153   
  16,450       

Constellation Brands, Inc. Class A*

     582,166   
      

 

 

 
         1,410,319   
      

 

 

 
   

Biotechnology — 1.2%

  

  34,700       

Affymetrix, Inc.* ‡

     109,999   
  3,900       

AMAG Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     57,369   
  32,075       

Charles River Laboratories International, Inc.*

     1,201,850   
  63,800       

Dynavax Technologies Corp.*

     182,468   
  52,900       

NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     481,390   
  212,100       

PDL BioPharma, Inc.‡

     1,495,305   
  23,800       

Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.*

     998,172   
      

 

 

 
         4,526,553   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      27   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Building Materials — 0.4%

  

  40,000       

Apogee Enterprises, Inc.

     958,800   
  42,400       

Gibraltar Industries, Inc.*

     675,008   
      

 

 

 
         1,633,808   
      

 

 

 
   

Chemicals — 1.6%

  

  53,150       

A. Schulman, Inc.

     1,537,630   
  18,200       

Ashland, Inc.

     1,463,462   
  5,600       

Chemtura Corp.*

     119,056   
  60,400       

Ferro Corp.*

     252,472   
  30,600       

Huntsman Corp.

     486,540   
  21,400       

Innospec, Inc.

     738,086   
  31,810       

Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc.*

     764,394   
  18,150       

Minerals Technologies, Inc.

     724,548   
      

 

 

 
         6,086,188   
      

 

 

 
   

Coal — 0.6%

  

  29,200       

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc.*

     284,408   
  9,650       

Cloud Peak Energy, Inc.*

     186,534   
  59,500       

Peabody Energy Corp.

     1,583,295   
      

 

 

 
         2,054,237   
      

 

 

 
   

Commercial Services — 5.4%

  

  24,580       

ABM Industries, Inc.

     490,371   
  5,200       

AVEO Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* ‡

     41,860   
  166,700       

Career Education Corp.*

     586,784   
  7,580       

Chemed Corp.

     519,912   
  1,900       

Consolidated Graphics, Inc.*

     66,348   
  85,780       

Convergys Corp.

     1,407,650   
  25,000       

CoreLogic, Inc.*

     673,000   
  300,500       

Corinthian Colleges, Inc.* ‡

     733,220   
  5,605       

Equifax, Inc.

     303,343   
  89,807       

Geo Group (The), Inc.‡

     2,532,557   
  13,500       

H&E Equipment Services, Inc.

     203,445   
  89,975       

Hertz Global Holdings, Inc.*

     1,463,893   
  1,700       

ICF International, Inc.*

     39,848   
  31,400       

Insperity, Inc.

     1,022,384   
  14,887       

Ituran Location and Control, Ltd.

     202,017   
  16,580       

Kelly Services, Inc. Class A

     260,969   
  26,900       

Kforce, Inc.

     385,477   
  28,580       

Korn/Ferry International*

     453,279   
  41,410       

Rent-A-Center, Inc.

     1,422,848   
  34,100       

Resources Connection, Inc.

     407,154   
  13,150       

SEI Investments Co.

     306,921   
  72,880       

Service Corp. International

     1,006,473   
  17,470       

Standard Parking Corp.* ‡

     384,165   
  49,500       

Stewart Enterprises, Inc. Class A

     378,180   
  9,100       

TeleTech Holdings, Inc.*

     161,980   
  39,370       

Total System Services, Inc.

     843,305   

 

28    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Commercial Services — continued

  

  35,700       

TrueBlue, Inc.*

     562,275   
  62,550       

United Rentals, Inc.*

     2,847,276   
  4,200       

Valassis Communications, Inc.‡

     108,276   
  11,500       

Viad Corp.

     312,340   
      

 

 

 
         20,127,550   
      

 

 

 
   

Computers — 2.8%

  

  111,100       

Brocade Communications Systems, Inc.*

     592,163   
  209,125       

Cadence Design Systems, Inc.*

     2,825,279   
  34,830       

DST Systems, Inc.

     2,110,698   
  8,950       

j2 Global, Inc.

     273,691   
  8,150       

Lexmark International, Inc. Class A‡

     188,998   
  13,750       

Manhattan Associates, Inc.*

     829,675   
  311,000       

Quantum Corp.* ‡

     385,640   
  93,625       

Riverbed Technology, Inc.*

     1,846,285   
  60,500       

STEC, Inc.*

     298,265   
  35,300       

Sykes Enterprises, Inc.*

     537,266   
  24,100       

Unisys Corp.*

     416,930   
      

 

 

 
         10,304,890   
      

 

 

 
   

Cosmetics & Personal Care — 1.1%

  

  60,280       

Elizabeth Arden, Inc.*

     2,713,203   
  56,600       

Inter Parfums, Inc.

     1,101,436   
  23,800       

Skilled Healthcare Group, Inc. Class A*

     151,606   
      

 

 

 
         3,966,245   
      

 

 

 
   

Distribution & Wholesale — 0.9%

  

  3,600       

Core-Mark Holding Co., Inc.

     170,460   
  19,210       

Ingram Micro, Inc. Class A*

     325,033   
  38,600       

Owens & Minor, Inc.‡

     1,100,486   
  5,100       

Tech Data Corp.*

     232,203   
  27,100       

United Stationers, Inc.

     839,829   
  8,311       

WESCO International, Inc.*

     560,411   
      

 

 

 
         3,228,422   
      

 

 

 
   

Diversified Financial Services — 1.5%

  

  5,100       

Hercules Technology Growth Capital, Inc.

     56,763   
  67,600       

Investment Technology Group, Inc.*

     608,400   
  8,800       

Nelnet, Inc. Class A

     262,152   
  29,400       

Ocwen Financial Corp.*

     1,016,946   
  7,040       

Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc. Class A

     121,581   
  15,900       

Piper Jaffray Cos.*

     510,867   
  57,850       

Raymond James Financial, Inc.

     2,228,960   
  50,175       

SLM Corp.

     859,498   
      

 

 

 
         5,665,167   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      29   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Electric — 2.6%

  

  21,930       

Avista Corp.

     528,732   
  3,900       

CH Energy Group, Inc.

     254,358   
  57,375       

Cleco Corp.

     2,295,574   
  107,475       

CMS Energy Corp.

     2,620,240   
  3,200       

El Paso Electric Co.

     102,112   
  7,100       

MGE Energy, Inc.

     361,745   
  900       

OGE Energy Corp.

     50,679   
  23,000       

Otter Tail Corp.

     575,000   
  14,700       

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     749,406   
  66,725       

PNM Resources, Inc.

     1,368,530   
  21,900       

Portland General Electric Co.

     599,184   
      

 

 

 
         9,505,560   
      

 

 

 
   

Electrical Components & Equipment — 0.4%

  

  35,100       

Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.*

     484,731   
  1,100       

Energizer Holdings, Inc.

     87,978   
  6,700       

EnerSys*

     252,121   
  8,400       

General Cable Corp.*

     255,444   
  60,400       

Power-One, Inc.* ‡

     248,244   
      

 

 

 
         1,328,518   
      

 

 

 
   

Electronics — 2.9%

  

  1,700       

American Science & Engineering, Inc.

     110,857   
  29,162       

Arrow Electronics, Inc.*

     1,110,489   
  36,494       

Avnet, Inc.*

     1,117,081   
  5,100       

AVX Corp.

     54,978   
  40,404       

Coherent, Inc.

     2,045,251   
  8,560       

Cubic Corp.

     410,623   
  31,640       

Daktronics, Inc.

     350,255   
  43,100       

FEI Co.

     2,390,326   
  83,900       

PerkinElmer, Inc.

     2,662,986   
  37,500       

Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.*

     398,625   
      

 

 

 
         10,651,471   
      

 

 

 
   

Energy-Alternate Sources — 0.0%

  

  4,600       

Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.*

     36,386   
      

 

 

 
   

Engineering & Construction — 1.8%

  

  28,500       

AECOM Technology Corp.*

     678,300   
  19,900       

Dycom Industries, Inc.*

     394,020   
  36,700       

Emcor Group, Inc.

     1,270,187   
  3,500       

Granite Construction, Inc.

     117,670   
  65,425       

KBR, Inc.

     1,957,516   
  22,160       

Layne Christensen Co.*

     537,823   
  26,100       

Mistras Group, Inc.*

     644,409   
  14,500       

MYR Group, Inc.*

     322,625   
  17,425       

URS Corp.

     684,106   
      

 

 

 
         6,606,656   
      

 

 

 

 

30    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Entertainment — 1.1%

  

  1,050       

Ascent Media Corp.*

     65,037   
  28,400       

Carmike Cinemas, Inc.*

     426,000   
  25,130       

DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc. Class A* ‡

     416,404   
  39,490       

Madison Square Garden, Inc.*

     1,751,381   
  31,250       

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.*

     1,302,188   
      

 

 

 
         3,961,010   
      

 

 

 
   

Environmental Control — 0.1%

  

  18,300       

Darling International, Inc.*

     293,532   
      

 

 

 
   

Food — 3.8%

  

  73,100       

Chiquita Brands International, Inc.*

     603,075   
  14,800       

Dean Foods Co.*

     244,348   
  46,100       

Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc.

     1,214,735   
  11,075       

Hain Celestial Group (The), Inc.*

     600,487   
  56,070       

Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.

     2,162,059   
  52,600       

Hormel Foods Corp.

     1,641,646   
  14,614       

Industrias Bachoco, S.A.B., Sponsored ADR

     408,023   
  12,500       

Ingredion, Inc.

     805,375   
  8,220       

J&J Snack Foods Corp.

     525,587   
  22,475       

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     1,938,244   
  34,900       

Nash Finch Co.

     742,672   
  2,700       

Pilgrim’s Pride Corp.*

     19,575   
  4,500       

Ralcorp Holdings, Inc.*

     403,425   
  2,100       

Smithfield Foods, Inc.*

     45,297   
  26,525       

TreeHouse Foods, Inc.*

     1,382,748   
  46,100       

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A

     894,340   
  20,333       

Village Super Market, Inc. Class A

     668,142   
      

 

 

 
         14,299,778   
      

 

 

 
   

Forest Products & Paper — 1.8%

  

  226,925       

Boise, Inc.

     1,804,054   
  48,800       

Clearwater Paper Corp.*

     1,911,008   
  20,900       

Deltic Timber Corp.

     1,475,958   
  7,600       

Domtar Corp.

     634,752   
  9,400       

Glatfelter

     164,312   
  38,525       

Resolute Forest Products* ‡

     510,071   
  12,100       

Wausau Paper Corp.

     104,786   
      

 

 

 
         6,604,941   
      

 

 

 
   

Gas — 2.2%

  

  8,200       

Atmos Energy Corp.

     287,984   
  84,085       

Energen Corp.

     3,791,393   
  21,700       

Laclede Group (The), Inc.

     837,837   
  113,950       

NiSource, Inc.

     2,836,215   
  10,290       

UGI Corp.

     336,586   
      

 

 

 
         8,090,015   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      31   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Hand & Machine Tools — 0.1%

  

  5,825       

Snap-on, Inc.

     460,117   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Products — 1.9%

  

  24,900       

CONMED Corp.

     695,955   
  6,500       

Hanger, Inc.*

     177,840   
  47,230       

Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc.

     1,346,055   
  35,100       

ICU Medical, Inc.*

     2,138,643   
  32,500       

Invacare Corp.

     529,750   
  89,080       

Nordion, Inc.

     574,566   
  6,300       

NuVasive, Inc.*

     97,398   
  6,400       

Orthofix International NV*

     251,712   
  36,480       

STERIS Corp.

     1,266,950   
  12,700       

Symmetry Medical, Inc.*

     133,604   
      

 

 

 
         7,212,473   
      

 

 

 
   

Health Care - Services — 1.0%

  

  17,000       

Amedisys, Inc.* ‡

     191,590   
  10,900       

Community Health Systems, Inc.

     335,066   
  10,400       

Coventry Health Care, Inc.

     466,232   
  33,120       

Ensign Group (The), Inc.

     900,533   
  98,300       

Gentiva Health Services, Inc.*

     987,915   
  9,600       

Health Net, Inc.*

     233,280   
  7,700       

LHC Group, Inc.*

     164,010   
  3,700       

Magellan Health Services, Inc.*

     181,300   
  40,100       

Select Medical Holdings Corp.

     378,143   
      

 

 

 
         3,838,069   
      

 

 

 
   

Home Builders — 1.1%

  

  27,500       

Beazer Homes USA, Inc.* ‡

     464,475   
  22,925       

MDC Holdings, Inc.

     842,723   
  100       

NVR, Inc.*

     92,000   
  63,000       

PulteGroup, Inc.*

     1,144,080   
  44,400       

Thor Industries, Inc.

     1,661,892   
      

 

 

 
         4,205,170   
      

 

 

 
   

Home Furnishings — 0.6%

  

  32,200       

Harman International Industries, Inc.

     1,437,408   
  51,300       

La-Z-Boy, Inc.

     725,895   
  18,800       

VOXX International Corp.*

     126,524   
      

 

 

 
         2,289,827   
      

 

 

 
   

Household Products & Wares — 0.2%

  

  30,000       

Central Garden and Pet Co. Class A*

     313,500   
  8,600       

Helen of Troy, Ltd.*

     287,154   
  400       

Jarden Corp.

     20,680   
      

 

 

 
         621,334   
      

 

 

 

 

32    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Housewares — 0.6%

  

  98,100       

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc.

     2,184,687   
      

 

 

 
   

Insurance — 10.3%

  

  3,963       

Alleghany Corp.*

     1,329,269   
  23,150       

Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings, Ltd.

     1,824,220   
  101,370       

Alterra Capital Holdings, Ltd.

     2,857,620   
  17,200       

American Financial Group, Inc.

     679,744   
  13,300       

Arch Capital Group, Ltd.*

     585,466   
  8,300       

Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd.

     278,797   
  21,100       

Aspen Insurance Holdings, Ltd.

     676,888   
  11,800       

Assurant, Inc.

     409,460   
  57,100       

Axis Capital Holdings, Ltd.

     1,977,944   
  4,100       

Endurance Specialty Holdings, Ltd.

     162,729   
  17,900       

Everest Re Group, Ltd.

     1,968,105   
  2,000       

FBL Financial Group, Inc. Class A

     68,420   
  106,675       

Fidelity National Financial, Inc. Class A

     2,512,196   
  71,400       

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A*

     536,214   
  50,925       

HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc.

     1,894,919   
  47,600       

Horace Mann Educators Corp.

     950,096   
  15,600       

Infinity Property & Casualty Corp.

     908,544   
  135,900       

Lincoln National Corp.

     3,519,810   
  59,500       

Meadowbrook Insurance Group, Inc.

     343,910   
  3,300       

Montpelier Re Holdings, Ltd.

     75,438   
  9,045       

Navigators Group, Inc.*

     461,928   
  25,720       

PartnerRe, Ltd.

     2,070,203   
  8,500       

Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.

     391,000   
  13,400       

Primerica, Inc.

     402,134   
  8,000       

ProAssurance Corp.

     337,520   
  5,900       

Protective Life Corp.

     168,622   
  38,690       

Reinsurance Group of America, Inc.

     2,070,689   
  7,800       

RenaissanceRe Holdings, Ltd.

     633,828   
  3,600       

Safety Insurance Group, Inc.

     166,212   
  46,600       

Symetra Financial Corp.

     604,868   
  14,640       

Tower Group, Inc.

     260,153   
  100,025       

Validus Holdings, Ltd.

     3,458,865   
  3,984       

White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd.

     2,051,760   
  32,200       

Willis Group Holdings Plc

     1,079,666   
  22,790       

WR Berkley Corp.

     860,095   
      

 

 

 
         38,577,332   
      

 

 

 
   

Internet — 1.4%

  

  30,200       

AOL, Inc.

     894,222   
  40,500       

Blucora, Inc.* ‡

     636,255   
  23,300       

Digital River, Inc.*

     335,287   
  17,800       

EarthLink, Inc.

     114,988   
  16,225       

Expedia, Inc.

     997,026   
  300       

IAC/InterActiveCorp

     14,190   
  71,300       

Limelight Networks, Inc.*

     158,286   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      33   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Internet — continued

  

  74,500       

United Online, Inc.

     416,455   
  78,675       

ValueClick, Inc.*

     1,527,082   
      

 

 

 
         5,093,791   
      

 

 

 
   

Investment Companies — 1.3%

  

  105,400       

American Capital, Ltd.*

     1,264,800   
  11,000       

Apollo Investment Corp.

     91,960   
  35,300       

Ares Capital Corp.

     617,750   
  60,800       

BlackRock Kelso Capital Corp.

     611,648   
  5,420       

Capital Southwest Corp.

     539,995   
  178,000       

MCG Capital Corp.

     818,800   
  69,000       

Prospect Capital Corp.

     750,030   
  12,300       

Solar Capital, Ltd.

     294,093   
      

 

 

 
         4,989,076   
      

 

 

 
   

Iron & Steel — 0.4%

  

  97,200       

AK Steel Holding Corp.‡

     447,120   
  5,700       

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.

     353,970   
  18,100       

Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. Class A

     548,973   
      

 

 

 
         1,350,063   
      

 

 

 
   

Leisure Time — 0.1%

  

  29,110       

WMS Industries, Inc.* ‡

     509,425   
      

 

 

 
   

Lodging — 0.1%

  

  9,100       

Ameristar Casinos, Inc.

     238,784   
  2,500       

Orient-Express Hotels, Ltd. Class A*

     29,225   
      

 

 

 
         268,009   
      

 

 

 
   

Machinery - Construction & Mining — 0.1%

  

  5,500       

Hyster-Yale Materials Handling, Inc.

     268,400   
      

 

 

 
   

Machinery - Diversified — 1.0%

  

  19,325       

AGCO Corp.*

     949,244   
  42,800       

Albany International Corp. Class A

     970,704   
  18,800       

Kadant, Inc.* ¤

     498,388   
  5,890       

Middleby Corp.*

     755,157   
  8,700       

NACCO Industries, Inc. Class A

     528,003   
      

 

 

 
         3,701,496   
      

 

 

 
   

Media — 0.4%

  

  4,800       

Belo Corp. Class A

     36,816   
  7,300       

EW Scripps Co. (The) Class A*

     78,913   
  33,100       

Gannett Co., Inc.

     596,131   
  21,100       

Scholastic Corp.

     623,716   
      

 

 

 
         1,335,576   
      

 

 

 

 

34    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Metal Fabricate & Hardware — 0.3%

  

  4,300       

CIRCOR International, Inc.

     170,237   
  400       

Mueller Industries, Inc.

     20,012   
  15,700       

Timken Co. (The)

     750,931   
      

 

 

 
         941,180   
      

 

 

 
   

Mining — 1.1%

  

  193,120       

AuRico Gold, Inc.*

     1,579,721   
  218,600       

Aurizon Mines, Ltd.*

     760,728   
  6,300       

Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.*

     154,980   
  3,000       

Horsehead Holding Corp.*

     30,630   
  26,375       

Kaiser Aluminum Corp.

     1,627,074   
      

 

 

 
         4,153,133   
      

 

 

 
   

Miscellaneous - Manufacturing — 2.5%

  

  4,600       

Aptargroup, Inc.

     219,512   
  9,500       

Barnes Group, Inc.

     213,370   
  23,930       

Brink’s Co. (The)

     682,723   
  10,800       

FreightCar America, Inc.

     242,136   
  183,169       

Griffon Corp.

     2,099,117   
  900       

Harsco Corp.

     21,150   
  31,780       

John Bean Technologies Corp.

     564,731   
  134,700       

Orkla ASA, Sponsored ADR‡

     1,178,625   
  6,100       

Standex International Corp.

     312,869   
  35,100       

STR Holdings, Inc.*

     88,452   
  70,440       

Trimas Corp.*

     1,969,502   
  52,200       

Trinity Industries, Inc.

     1,869,804   
      

 

 

 
         9,461,991   
      

 

 

 
   

Office & Business Equipment — 0.2%

  

  18,750       

Avery Dennison Corp.

     654,750   
      

 

 

 
   

Office Furnishings — 0.1%

  

  40,400       

Steelcase, Inc. Class A

     514,696   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas — 4.3%

  

  74,400       

Callon Petroleum Co.*

     349,680   
  67,100       

Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc.* ‡

     1,403,732   
  1,400       

Contango Oil & Gas Co.

     59,304   
  16,200       

Delek US Holdings, Inc.

     410,184   
  86,414       

Denbury Resources, Inc.*

     1,399,907   
  17,660       

Endeavour International Corp.* ‡

     91,479   
  1,300       

Energy XXI Bermuda, Ltd.

     41,847   
  30,200       

EPL Oil & Gas, Inc.*

     681,010   
  25,900       

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     1,450,659   
  71,125       

HollyFrontier Corp.

     3,310,869   
  72,130       

Miller Energy Resources, Inc.* ‡

     285,635   
  41,250       

Noble Corp.

     1,436,325   
  155,900       

Parker Drilling Co.*

     717,140   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      35   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Oil & Gas — continued

  

  22,550       

Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.‡

     420,106   
  118,400       

Penn Virginia Corp.

     522,144   
  10,500       

Plains Exploration & Production Co.*

     492,870   
  42,980       

Resolute Energy Corp.* ‡

     349,427   
  20,850       

Rex Energy Corp.*

     271,467   
  16,000       

Stone Energy Corp.*

     328,320   
  12,100       

Swift Energy Co.*

     186,219   
  7,700       

Tesoro Corp.

     339,185   
  46,840       

Vaalco Energy, Inc.*

     405,166   
  22,900       

W&T Offshore, Inc.‡

     367,087   
  21,600       

Western Refining, Inc.‡

     608,904   
  11,200       

WPX Energy, Inc.*

     166,656   
      

 

 

 
         16,095,322   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas Services — 0.7%

  

  48,600       

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc.*

     1,003,104   
  20,800       

Mitcham Industries, Inc.*

     283,504   
  50,900       

Tesco Corp.*

     579,751   
  49,920       

TETRA Technologies, Inc.*

     378,893   
  91,400       

Willbros Group, Inc.*

     489,904   
      

 

 

 
         2,735,156   
      

 

 

 
   

Packaging & Containers — 0.1%

  

  14,925       

Bemis Co., Inc.

     499,391   
      

 

 

 
   

Pharmaceuticals — 1.6%

  

  34,900       

Allos Therapeutics, Inc.*  ****

       
  18,600       

BioScrip, Inc.*

     200,322   
  11,700       

Hi-Tech Pharmacal Co., Inc.‡

     409,266   
  74,900       

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.* ‡

     363,265   
  21,850       

Jazz Pharmaceuticals Plc*

     1,162,420   
  23,000       

Omnicare, Inc.

     830,300   
  24,900       

PharMerica Corp.*

     354,576   
  40,050       

Sirona Dental Systems, Inc.*

     2,581,623   
      

 

 

 
         5,901,772   
      

 

 

 
   

Real Estate — 0.9%

  

  11,920       

FirstService Corp.*

     336,859   
  161,000       

Forestar Group, Inc.*

     2,790,130   
  29,250       

Hilltop Holdings, Inc.*

     396,045   
      

 

 

 
         3,523,034   
      

 

 

 
   

REITS — 6.7%

  

  4,200       

Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. REIT

     291,144   
  2,300       

American Assets Trust, Inc. REIT

     64,239   
  10,000       

Ashford Hospitality Trust, Inc. REIT

     105,100   
  29,500       

Associated Estates Realty Corp. REIT

     475,540   

 

36    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

REITS — continued

  

  128,600       

BioMed Realty Trust, Inc. REIT

     2,485,838   
  221,725       

Brandywine Realty Trust REIT

     2,702,828   
  5,100       

Camden Property Trust REIT

     347,871   
  13,300       

Campus Crest Communities, Inc. REIT

     163,058   
  102,625       

CBL & Associates Properties, Inc. REIT

     2,176,676   
  18,300       

Chesapeake Lodging Trust REIT

     382,104   
  66,100       

Chimera Investment Corp. REIT

     172,521   
  25,000       

Coresite Realty Corp. REIT‡

     691,500   
  6,600       

CubeSmart REIT

     96,162   
  2,900       

Douglas Emmett, Inc. REIT

     67,570   
  60,050       

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. REIT‡

     1,450,808   
  1,000       

EastGroup Properties, Inc. REIT

     53,810   
  7,900       

EPR Properties REIT

     364,269   
  2,200       

Federal Realty Investment Trust REIT

     228,844   
  4,500       

First Industrial Realty Trust, Inc. REIT*

     63,360   
  6,300       

Getty Realty Corp. REIT‡

     113,778   
  15,700       

Government Properties Income Trust REIT‡

     376,329   
  3,600       

Hatteras Financial Corp. REIT

     89,316   
  14,100       

Hersha Hospitality Trust REIT

     70,500   
  11,825       

Home Properties, Inc. REIT

     724,991   
  6,600       

Hospitality Properties Trust REIT

     154,572   
  77,600       

Inland Real Estate Corp. REIT

     650,288   
  4,500       

Investors Real Estate Trust REIT

     39,285   
  57,175       

Kilroy Realty Corp. REIT

     2,708,379   
  12,500       

Liberty Property Trust REIT

     447,125   
  17,700       

LTC Properties, Inc. REIT

     622,863   
  9,000       

Mack-Cali Realty Corp. REIT

     234,990   
  8,200       

National Retail Properties, Inc. REIT

     255,840   
  15,000       

Parkway Properties, Inc. REIT

     209,850   
  9,900       

Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust REIT

     174,636   
  23,400       

Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc. REIT

     422,370   
  8,800       

Post Properties, Inc. REIT

     439,560   
  13,200       

Potlatch Corp. REIT

     517,308   
  3,200       

PS Business Parks, Inc. REIT

     207,936   
  51,800       

Ramco-Gershenson Properties Trust REIT

     689,458   
  14,100       

Rayonier, Inc. REIT

     730,803   
  6,300       

Realty Income Corp. REIT‡

     253,323   
  21,600       

Retail Opportunity Investments Corp. REIT‡

     277,776   
  13,400       

RLJ Lodging Trust REIT

     259,558   
  30,200       

Sabra Healthcare, Inc. REIT

     655,944   
  15,900       

Senior Housing Properties Trust REIT

     375,876   
  2,100       

Sovran Self Storage, Inc. REIT

     130,410   
  26,800       

Sunstone Hotel Investors, Inc. REIT*

     287,028   
  4,800       

Taubman Centers, Inc. REIT

     377,856   
  3,800       

Washington Real Estate Investment Trust REIT

     99,370   
  700       

Weingarten Realty Investors REIT

     18,739   
      

 

 

 
         24,999,299   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      37   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Retail — 6.6%

  

  13,100       

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

     628,407   
  7,900       

bebe stores, inc.

     31,521   
  57,950       

Big Lots, Inc.*

     1,649,257   
  350       

Biglari Holdings, Inc.*

     136,507   
  41,675       

Bloomin’ Brands, Inc.*

     651,797   
  94,380       

Bob Evans Farms, Inc.

     3,794,076   
  45,500       

Brown Shoe Co., Inc.

     835,835   
  11,000       

Chico’s FAS, Inc.

     203,060   
  7,800       

Childrens Place Retail Stores (The), Inc.*

     345,462   
  75,700       

Denny’s Corp.*

     369,416   
  11,375       

Dillard’s, Inc. Class A

     952,884   
  106,000       

Foot Locker, Inc.

     3,404,720   
  74,180       

Fred’s, Inc. Class A

     987,336   
  9,500       

GameStop Corp. Class A‡

     238,355   
  63,725       

GNC Holdings, Inc. Class A

     2,120,768   
  38,500       

hhgregg, Inc.* ‡

     270,270   
  51,900       

Insight Enterprises, Inc.*

     901,503   
  19,800       

Kirkland’s, Inc.*

     209,682   
  18,500       

Movado Group, Inc.

     567,580   
  55,290       

Pep Boys — Manny, Moe & Jack (The)‡

     543,500   
  25,884       

Pier 1 Imports, Inc.

     517,680   
  24,900       

PVH Corp.

     2,764,149   
  6,300       

Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.*

     222,327   
  11,600       

Regis Corp.

     196,272   
  309,600       

Rite Aid Corp.*

     421,056   
  15,400       

Signet Jewelers, Ltd.

     822,360   
  3,400       

Stage Stores, Inc.

     84,252   
  333,800       

Wet Seal (The), Inc. Class A*

     921,288   
      

 

 

 
         24,791,320   
      

 

 

 
   

Savings & Loans — 1.3%

  

  44,800       

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

     523,712   
  128,925       

EverBank Financial Corp.

     1,922,272   
  40,800       

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

     331,704   
  34,500       

Oritani Financial Corp.

     528,540   
  20,300       

Provident Financial Services, Inc.

     302,876   
  19,100       

ViewPoint Financial Group, Inc.

     399,954   
  49,300       

Washington Federal, Inc.

     831,691   
      

 

 

 
         4,840,749   
      

 

 

 
   

Semiconductors — 2.5%

  

  23,600       

Emulex Corp.*

     172,280   
  16,100       

Entegris, Inc.*

     147,798   
  69,600       

Formfactor, Inc.*

     317,376   
  19,900       

LTX-Credence Corp.*

     130,544   
  46,700       

MKS Instruments, Inc.

     1,203,926   
  67,050       

NXP Semiconductor NV*

     1,768,108   
  46,400       

Photronics, Inc.*

     276,544   

 

38    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Semiconductors — continued

  

  163,800       

PMC-Sierra, Inc.*

     853,398   
  84,400       

Rudolph Technologies, Inc.*

     1,135,180   
  82,975       

Skyworks Solutions, Inc.*

     1,684,393   
  100,100       

Teradyne, Inc.*

     1,690,689   
      

 

 

 
         9,380,236   
      

 

 

 
   

Software — 1.4%

  

  9,100       

Acxiom Corp.*

     158,886   
  59,500       

Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.*

     560,490   
  64,110       

CSG Systems International, Inc.*

     1,165,520   
  51,275       

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

     1,784,883   
  27,410       

Quality Systems, Inc.

     475,837   
  77,500       

Schawk, Inc. ¤

     1,019,900   
  2,300       

SYNNEX Corp.*

     79,074   
      

 

 

 
         5,244,590   
      

 

 

 
   

Telecommunications — 1.2%

  

  14,900       

Atlantic Tele-Network, Inc.

     546,979   
  3,300       

Black Box Corp.

     80,322   
  42,500       

Calix, Inc.*

     326,825   
  8,100       

Comtech Telecommunications Corp.

     205,578   
  2,500       

GeoEye, Inc.*

     76,825   
  42,100       

Harmonic, Inc.*

     213,447   
  5,100       

IDT Corp. Class B

     48,654   
  47,890       

NeuStar, Inc. Class A*

     2,008,028   
  24,500       

Oplink Communications, Inc.*

     381,710   
  6,200       

Premiere Global Services, Inc.*

     60,636   
  33,700       

Sycamore Networks, Inc.

     75,488   
  9,500       

TeleNav, Inc.*

     75,810   
  12,160       

Telephone & Data Systems, Inc.

     269,222   
  24,200       

Vonage Holdings Corp.*

     57,354   
      

 

 

 
         4,426,878   
      

 

 

 
   

Textiles — 0.6%

  

  24,045       

G&K Services, Inc. Class A

     821,137   
  21,345       

UniFirst Corp.

     1,565,015   
      

 

 

 
         2,386,152   
      

 

 

 
   

Toys, Games & Hobbies — 0.0%

  

  10,615       

JAKKS Pacific, Inc.‡

     132,900   
      

 

 

 
   

Transportation — 1.2%

  

  6,700       

Arkansas Best Corp.

     63,985   
  4,100       

Bristow Group, Inc.

     220,006   
  43,240       

Heartland Express, Inc.

     565,147   
  16,200       

Knightsbridge Tankers, Ltd.‡

     85,050   
  55,050       

Ryder System, Inc.

     2,748,646   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      39   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Transportation — continued

  

  28,900       

Saia, Inc.*

     668,168   
  1,900       

Ship Finance International, Ltd.‡

     31,597   
      

 

 

 
         4,382,599   
      

 

 

 
   

Trucking & Leasing — 0.4%

  

  110,320       

Aircastle, Ltd.

     1,383,413   
  1,100       

Amerco, Inc.

     139,491   
      

 

 

 
         1,522,904   
      

 

 

 
   

Water — 0.6%

  
  17,800       

American States Water Co.

     854,044   
  24,400       

American Water Works Co., Inc.

     905,972   
  7,200       

California Water Service Group

     132,120   
  18,210       

PICO Holdings, Inc.*

     369,117   
      

 

 

 
         2,261,253   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $331,689,436)

     364,828,416   
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.3%

  
   

Bank Deposit — 2.5%

  
  9,373,097       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     9,373,097   
      

 

 

 
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 2.8%

  
  10,256,552       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     10,256,552   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $19,629,649)

     19,629,649   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 103.1%

(Cost $351,319,085)

     384,458,065   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (3.1)%

     (11,446,158
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 373,011,907   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
  *   Non-income producing security   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ¤   Illiquid security. The total market value of the securities at period end is $1,518,288 which represents 0.4% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $1,531,631.   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   
  ****   Securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee as approved by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of the securities at period end is $0 which represents 0.0% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $0.   

 

40    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Common Stocks

       97.8  

Short-Term Investments

       5.3  

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       (3.1 )
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      41   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 96.7%

  
   

Australia — 3.5%

  
  151,279       

ALS Ltd.‡

     1,719,184   
  839,433       

Atlas Iron, Ltd.

     1,599,953   
  294,129       

BGP Holdings Plc* ¤ ****

       
  315,121       

BHP Billiton, Ltd.

     12,303,487   
  4,224,842       

Boart Longyear Group

     8,472,975   
  223,423       

Brambles, Ltd.

     1,777,601   
  102,960       

Caltex Australia, Ltd.

     2,074,551   
  348,811       

carsales.com, Ltd.

     2,678,599   
  267,043       

Computershare, Ltd.

     2,513,995   
  84,874       

CSL, Ltd.

     4,793,554   
  868,579       

Emeco Holdings, Ltd.

     551,597   
  142,868       

Flight Centre, Ltd.‡

     4,050,611   
  1,490,716       

Fortescue Metals Group, Ltd.‡

     7,394,161   
  98,334       

iiNET, Ltd.

     468,636   
  59,047       

Macquarie Group, Ltd.

     2,195,457   
  203,207       

Mineral Resources, Ltd.

     2,095,604   
  72,490       

Monadelphous Group, Ltd.‡

     1,858,829   
  63,385       

National Australia Bank, Ltd.

     1,657,295   
  138,985       

Origin Energy, Ltd.

     1,700,445   
  568,367       

Sigma Pharmaceuticals, Ltd.

     436,961   
  443,644       

Suncorp-Metway, Ltd.

     4,715,665   
  1,291,573       

Telstra Corp., Ltd.

     5,882,350   
  5,811       

TPG Telecom, Ltd.‡

     15,688   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Australia

     70,957,198   
      

 

 

 
   

Austria — 0.3%

  
  41,098       

Erste Group Bank AG*

     1,312,587   
  77,818       

OMV AG

     2,822,409   
  59,439       

Voestalpine AG

     2,183,100   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Austria

     6,318,096   
      

 

 

 
   

Belgium — 0.5%

  
  29,295       

Ageas

     873,010   
  66,960       

Belgacom SA‡

     1,971,429   
  36,035       

Colruyt SA

     1,787,079   
  43,871       

Delhaize Group‡

     1,755,198   
  20,411       

KBC Ancora*

     351,158   
  2,532       

Solvay SA

     364,056   
  21,455       

ThromboGenics NV*

     1,184,173   
  28,619       

UCB SA

     1,644,491   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Belgium

     9,930,594   
      

 

 

 
   

Bermuda — 0.9%

  
  555,477       

Catlin Group, Ltd.

     4,492,085   
  1,001,000       

Digital China Holdings, Ltd.

     1,716,800   
  1,613,733       

Esprit Holdings, Ltd.

     2,260,499   
  412,340       

Hiscox, Ltd.

     3,003,472   

 

42    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Bermuda — continued

  
  257,000       

Hongkong Land Holdings, Ltd.

     1,807,433   
  30,400       

Jardine Matheson Holdings, Ltd.

     1,890,599   
  222,000       

SmarTone Telecommunications Holding, Ltd.

     406,773   
  550,500       

Yue Yuen Industrial Holdings

     1,858,435   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Bermuda

     17,436,096   
      

 

 

 
   

Brazil — 0.9%

  

  79,155       

Banco do Brasil SA

     1,009,785   
  443,465       

BR Malls Participacoes SA

     5,875,022   
  33,600       

Cielo SA

     940,797   
  80,200       

Ez Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes SA

     1,007,245   
  293,297       

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, ADR

     4,827,669   
  71,000       

Light SA

     779,253   
  200,120       

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR

     3,862,316   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Brazil

     18,302,087   
      

 

 

 
   

Canada — 0.9%

  

  13,850       

Bank of Montreal

     846,551   
  286,965       

Cameco Corp.‡

     5,645,922   
  168,096       

Gildan Activewear, Inc.

     6,133,301   
  165,203       

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan (Toronto Exchange)

     6,716,297   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Canada

     19,342,071   
      

 

 

 
   

Cayman Islands — 0.8%

  

  2,225,000       

Dongyue Group

     1,487,096   
  1,667,678       

Sands China, Ltd.

     7,481,128   
  205,350       

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

     6,666,993   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Cayman Islands

     15,635,217   
      

 

 

 
   

China — 0.2%

  

  1,029,000       

China Communications Construction Co., Ltd. Class H

     1,009,095   
  948,000       

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. Class H

     1,088,411   
  720,000       

PetroChina Co., Ltd. Class H

     1,030,366   
      

 

 

 
   

Total China

     3,127,872   
      

 

 

 
   

Denmark — 3.0%

  

  351       

AP Moeller — Maersk AS Class B

     2,683,481   
  55,520       

Carlsberg AS Class B

     5,451,867   
  84,305       

Christian Hansen Holding AS

     2,745,293   
  46,640       

Coloplast AS Class B

     2,283,098   
  165,157       

Danske Bank AS*

     2,804,377   
  46,036       

FLSmidth & Co. AS‡

     2,686,111   
  253,151       

GN Store Nord AS

     3,708,869   
  25,372       

Jyske Bank AS*

     707,120   
  52,644       

NKT Holding AS‡

     1,901,745   
  125,222       

Novo Nordisk AS Class B

     20,426,662   
  35,631       

Novo Nordisk AS, Sponsored ADR

     5,815,335   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      43   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Denmark — continued

  

  75,434       

Pandora AS‡

     1,660,178   
  41,345       

Sydbank AS*

     733,027   
  732,130       

TDC AS

     5,182,159   
  6,787       

Topdanmark AS*

     1,454,357   
  212,246       

Vestas Wind Systems AS* ‡

     1,201,920   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Denmark

     61,445,599   
      

 

 

 
   

Finland — 1.2%

  

  498,400       

Fortum OYJ

     9,361,662   
  43,598       

Metso OYJ

     1,897,020   
  500,935       

Nokia OYJ, Sponsored ADR

     1,978,693   
  1,358,379       

Nokia OYJ‡

     5,335,684   
  82,854       

Orion OYJ Class B‡

     2,432,355   
  128,277       

Tieto OYJ

     2,537,812   
  149,908       

UPM-Kymmene OYJ

     1,779,350   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Finland

     25,322,576   
      

 

 

 
   

France — 8.5%

  

  914,528       

Alcatel-Lucent*

     1,219,842   
  12,325       

AtoS

     877,192   
  588,843       

AXA SA

     10,638,455   
  252,512       

BNP Paribas

     14,216,663   
  92,636       

Bouygues SA

     2,728,306   
  49,169       

Cap Gemini SA

     2,140,261   
  73,890       

Casino Guichard Perrachon SA

     7,099,438   
  6,298       

Christian Dior SA

     1,087,554   
  251,993       

Cie Generale de Geophysique-Veritas*

     7,585,799   
  29,244       

Cie Generale des Etablissements Michelin

     2,769,161   
  230,830       

CNP Assurances

     3,511,950   
  505,569       

Credit Agricole SA*

     4,099,940   
  193,493       

Danone SA

     12,768,993   
  75,104       

Dassault Systemes SA

     8,397,660   
  128,355       

Etablissements Maurel et Prom

     2,199,090   
  22,981       

Euler Hermes SA

     1,999,390   
  12,717       

Eurazeo

     616,212   
  435,856       

Faurecia‡

     6,908,113   
  209,326       

France Telecom SA

     2,341,405   
  5,505       

Gecina SA REIT

     613,693   
  40,394       

Iliad SA

     6,945,050   
  20,987       

Ingenico

     1,195,511   
  134,132       

Legrand SA

     5,654,633   
  49,026       

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton SA

     9,125,125   
  138,658       

Metropole Television SA

     2,164,862   
  709,248       

Natixis

     2,450,863   
  65,385       

Neopost SA‡

     3,453,299   
  69,000       

Pernod-Ricard SA

     8,103,957   
  21,567       

Renault SA

     1,188,495   
  52,190       

Sanofi-Aventis

     4,943,636   

 

44    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

France — continued

  

  33,487       

Schneider Electric SA

     2,494,645   
  322,835       

SCOR SE

     8,694,822   
  190,799       

Societe Generale*

     7,168,327   
  12,003       

Sodexo

     1,004,617   
  58,768       

Thales SA

     2,026,384   
  44,105       

Total SA

     2,280,085   
  153,331       

UBISOFT Entertainment*

     1,638,140   
  14,676       

Unibail-Rodamco REIT

     3,588,559   
  64,023       

Valeo SA

     3,242,561   
  105,159       

Vivendi SA

     2,365,364   
      

 

 

 
   

Total France

     173,548,052   
      

 

 

 
   

Germany — 7.8%

  

  14,157       

Allianz AG

     1,958,960   
  36,005       

Aurubis AG

     2,557,753   
  22,599       

BASF SE

     2,121,615   
  233,640       

Bayer AG

     22,160,981   
  35,300       

Bayerische Motoren Werke AG

     3,400,403   
  22,179       

Brenntag AG

     2,910,404   
  150,526       

Continental AG

     17,396,154   
  111,688       

DaimlerChrysler AG

     6,095,994   
  734,085       

Deutsche Post AG

     16,077,617   
  541,932       

Deutsche Telekom AG

     6,149,783   
  262,682       

Deutsche Wohnen AG

     4,845,256   
  121,531       

Deutz AG*

     566,937   
  24,898       

Duerr AG

     2,220,390   
  76,309       

E.ON AG

     1,419,401   
  80,019       

Fresenius SE

     9,198,811   
  267,892       

GEA Group AG

     8,642,419   
  96,230       

GSW Immobilien AG

     4,062,679   
  27,943       

Hannover Rueckversicherung AG

     2,172,379   
  36,379       

HeidelbergCement AG

     2,201,351   
  22,885       

Kabel Deutschland Holding AG

     1,709,292   
  28,090       

Kloeckner & Co. SE*

     332,172   
  66,357       

Leoni AG

     2,502,053   
  60,112       

Linde AG

     10,470,584   
  45,634       

Muenchener Rueckver AG

     8,183,670   
  61,389       

Premiere AG*

     334,624   
  79,073       

Rheinmetall AG

     3,799,772   
  17,510       

SAP AG

     1,401,018   
  27,887       

SAP AG, Sponsored ADR

     2,241,557   
  7,115       

Siemens AG

     772,418   
  51,498       

Suedzucker AG

     2,104,751   
  90,858       

Symrise AG

     3,249,133   
  238,270       

TAG Immobilien AG

     2,990,857   
  103,145       

TUI AG*

     1,068,646   
  10,991       

Volkswagen AG

     2,358,450   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Germany

     159,678,284   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      45   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Greece — 0.1%

  

  263,541       

Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA*

     1,787,963   
  72,007       

OPAP SA

     515,192   
  73,658       

Public Power Corp. SA*

     576,239   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Greece

     2,879,394   
      

 

 

 
   

Hong Kong — 1.7%

  

  424,400       

AIA Group, Ltd.

     1,691,420   
  1,224,000       

Champion REIT

     588,483   
  1,979,010       

China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd.

     5,994,749   
  2,605,300       

China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.

     6,666,442   
  811,830       

China Unicom Hong Kong, Ltd.

     1,314,274   
  504,000       

Hutchison Whampoa, Ltd.

     5,346,584   
  5,312,061       

Lenovo Group, Ltd.

     4,856,229   
  265,500       

MTR Corp., Ltd.

     1,050,976   
  1,241,000       

New World Development, Ltd.

     1,950,858   
  4,327,000       

PCCW, Ltd.

     1,911,486   
  232,500       

Swire Pacific, Ltd. Class A

     2,889,256   
  49,000       

Television Broadcasts, Ltd.

     367,805   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Hong Kong

     34,628,562   
      

 

 

 
   

India — 0.3%

  

  3,101,324       

Power Grid Corp. of India, Ltd.

     6,521,461   
      

 

 

 
   

Indonesia — 0.5%

  

  6,826,250       

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     4,971,367   
  254,000       

Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT

     1,096,677   
  4,779,000       

Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk PT

     1,159,344   
  644,000       

Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Persero Tbk PT

     1,013,778   
  547,000       

United Tractors Tbk PT

     1,124,301   
  4,228,500       

Vale Indonesia Tbk PT

     1,037,452   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Indonesia

     10,402,919   
      

 

 

 
   

Ireland — 0.6%

  

  380,189       

CRH Plc

     7,952,471   
  4,376,010       

Governor & Co. of the Bank of Ireland (The)*

     653,458   
  32,673       

Paddy Power Plc

     2,725,248   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Ireland

     11,331,177   
      

 

 

 
   

Israel — 0.4%

  

  196,234       

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     7,327,378   
      

 

 

 
   

Italy — 3.1%

  

  284,600       

Assicurazioni Generali Spa

     5,185,209   
  109,963       

Azimut Holding Spa

     1,584,780   
  91,988       

Banca Popolare dell’Emilia Romagna Scarl

     639,336   
  675,596       

Beni Stabili Spa REIT

     398,714   
  90,030       

Buzzi Unicem Spa

     1,265,877   
  11,966       

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche Spa

     343,876   

 

46    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Italy — continued

  

  23,241       

Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche Spa-RSP

     391,078   
  662,813       

Enel Spa

     2,754,317   
  465,115       

ENI Spa

     11,460,695   
  32,677       

Exor Spa

     822,373   
  185,012       

Fiat Spa (MIL Exchange)*

     933,424   
  338,349       

Gemina Spa*

     485,159   
  3,453,526       

Intesa Sanpaolo Spa

     5,967,591   
  383,751       

Intesa Sanpaolo Spa-RSP

     543,736   
  31,975       

Lottomatica Spa

     726,792   
  120,240       

Mediolanum Spa‡

     611,417   
  968,187       

Milano Assicurazioni Spa*

     406,642   
  83,820       

Pirelli & C. Spa

     960,534   
  75,138       

Salvatore Ferragamo Italia Spa

     1,651,119   
  4,943,231       

Telecom Italia Spa

     4,463,040   
  6,456,099       

Telecom Italia Spa-RNC

     5,102,727   
  3,174,758       

UniCredit Spa*

     15,658,830   
  135,768       

Unione di Banche Italiane SCPA

     632,526   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Italy

     62,989,792   
      

 

 

 
   

Japan — 21.9%

  

  5,100       

3-D Matrix, Ltd.*

     242,673   
  97,700       

Advantest Corp.

     1,544,938   
  62,400       

Aeon Credit Service Co., Ltd.

     1,262,343   
  38,700       

Aica Kogyo Co., Ltd.

     626,128   
  556,150       

Aiful Corp.*

     3,810,345   
  60,100       

Aisin Seiki Co., Ltd.

     1,878,044   
  168,000       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     2,227,196   
  92,300       

Alpine Electronics, Inc.

     853,927   
  265,000       

Amada Co., Ltd.

     1,727,696   
  242,000       

Asahi Glass Co., Ltd.

     1,761,672   
  133,400       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     6,004,281   
  148,400       

Bridgestone Corp.

     3,854,255   
  16,200       

Calbee, Inc.

     1,142,543   
  279,000       

Calsonic Kansei Corp.

     1,153,860   
  6,200       

Canon Marketing Japan, Inc.

     88,600   
  103,400       

Canon, Inc.

     4,063,546   
  222,000       

Central Glass Co., Ltd.

     746,546   
  16,000       

Central Japan Railway Co.

     1,300,723   
  259,294       

Chiba Bank, Ltd. (The)

     1,520,022   
  98,000       

Chiyoda Corp.

     1,406,012   
  138,500       

Citizen Holdings Co., Ltd.

     733,574   
  53,700       

Coca-Cola Central Japan Co., Ltd.

     663,468   
  115,700       

COMSYS Holdings Corp.

     1,491,499   
  22,900       

Cosmos Pharmaceutical Corp.

     2,273,931   
  47,600       

Credit Saison Co., Ltd.

     1,192,658   
  420       

Cyber Agent, Inc.

     862,227   
  2,643       

Dai-ichi Life Insurance Co., Ltd. (The)

     3,726,131   
  199,000       

Daicel Corp.

     1,319,310   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      47   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Japan — continued

  

  65,500       

Daifuku Co., Ltd.

     422,631   
  151,000       

Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.

     2,992,595   
  122,900       

Daiichi Sanyko Co., Ltd.

     1,888,931   
  236,060       

Daikin Industries, Ltd.

     8,127,078   
  629,130       

Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.

     10,846,563   
  1,011,246       

Daiwa Securities Group, Inc.

     5,643,396   
  170,950       

Dena Co., Ltd.

     5,632,034   
  142,600       

Denso Corp.

     4,971,512   
  193,000       

Dowa Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,252,777   
  2,245       

eAccess, Ltd.* ****

     1,653,607   
  36,000       

East Japan Railway Co.

     2,332,204   
  16,900       

FamilyMart Co., Ltd.

     697,042   
  296,000       

Fuji Heavy Industries, Ltd.

     3,734,343   
  3,278       

Fuji Media Holdings, Inc.

     4,964,965   
  221,000       

FUJIFILM Holdings Corp.

     4,460,043   
  80,000       

Fujikura, Ltd.

     248,330   
  199,000       

Fujitsu General, Ltd.

     1,885,061   
  577,000       

Fujitsu, Ltd.

     2,427,397   
  517,000       

Fukuoka Financial Group, Inc.

     2,073,342   
  29,400       

Funai Electric Co., Ltd.

     384,035   
  28,800       

Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.

     933,861   
  75,997       

Glory, Ltd.

     1,763,875   
  254,294       

Hachijuni Bank, Ltd. (The)

     1,279,022   
  427,000       

Hino Motors, Ltd.

     3,836,561   
  26,800       

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

     3,214,909   
  21,059       

Hisamitsu Pharmaceutical Co., Inc.

     1,046,220   
  31,900       

Hitachi Capital Corp.

     658,173   
  34,300       

Hitachi High-Technologies Corp.

     711,020   
  184,000       

Hitachi, Ltd.

     1,084,992   
  69,900       

Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

     2,581,469   
  297,000       

IHI Corp.

     764,907   
  1,484       

Inpex Holdings, Inc.

     7,935,460   
  451,000       

Isuzu Motors, Ltd.

     2,691,821   
  53,600       

Ito En, Ltd.

     986,194   
  127,600       

Itochu Corp.

     1,349,578   
  44,000       

Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.*

     1,886,993   
  63,000       

Japan Aviation Electronics Industry, Ltd.

     467,738   
  83,000       

Japan Securities Finance Co., Ltd.

     534,392   
  560,900       

Japan Tobacco, Inc.

     15,843,804   
  33,000       

JGC Corp.

     1,030,045   
  365,714       

Joyo Bank, Ltd. (The)

     1,731,625   
  79,800       

JTEKT Corp.

     762,519   
  528,600       

JX Holdings, Inc.

     2,983,051   
  259,000       

Kaneka Corp.

     1,305,174   
  472,008       

Kao Corp.

     12,322,073   
  142,000       

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd.

     386,654   
  343,490       

KDDI Corp.

     24,310,120   
  210,000       

Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd.

     2,472,438   
  65,200       

Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     3,102,220   

 

48    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Japan — continued

  

  224,850       

Komatsu, Ltd.

     5,765,104   
  413,500       

Konica Minolta Holdings, Inc.

     2,984,904   
  71,786       

Kose Corp.

     1,503,181   
  80,373       

Lawson, Inc.

     5,473,964   
  18,600       

Ministop Co., Ltd.

     312,607   
  397,000       

Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Corp.

     1,984,205   
  66,000       

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     1,580,919   
  306,000       

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.

     1,482,666   
  221,000       

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.

     754,770   
  297,200       

Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.

     1,602,419   
  14,650       

Mitsubishi UFJ Lease & Finance Co., Ltd.

     631,321   
  598,000       

Mitsui Chemicals, Inc.

     1,565,051   
  90,000       

Mitsui Sugar Co., Ltd.

     259,319   
  221,000       

Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

     708,424   
  194,500       

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

     3,893,455   
  63,500       

Namco Bandai Holdings, Inc.

     825,153   
  486,000       

NEC Corp.*

     1,025,365   
  100,900       

Nexon Co., Ltd.*

     1,020,401   
  31,000       

NGK Insulators, Ltd.

     365,289   
  67,830       

Nidec Corp.

     3,974,147   
  131,400       

Nihon Kohden Corp.

     3,991,972   
  53,200       

Nikon Corp.

     1,573,740   
  20,200       

Nintendo Co., Ltd.

     2,159,582   
  81,000       

Nippon Flour Mills Co., Ltd.

     328,126   
  83,000       

Nippon Sharyo, Ltd.

     317,193   
  72,000       

Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.

     735,504   
  241,000       

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     10,143,404   
  230,000       

Nippon Television Network Corp.

     3,064,772   
  400,000       

Nishimatsu Construction Co., Ltd.

     832,833   
  114,800       

Nissan Chemical Industries, Ltd.

     1,362,080   
  107,800       

Nissan Motor Company, Ltd.

     1,025,190   
  74,600       

Nisshin Steel Holdings Co., Ltd.*

     687,561   
  71,000       

Nisshinbo Holdings, Inc.

     601,984   
  25,500       

Nitto Denko Corp.

     1,257,080   
  130,900       

NKSJ Holdings, Inc.

     2,793,235   
  643,100       

Nomura Holdings, Inc.

     3,804,504   
  51,200       

Nomura Real Estate Holdings, Inc.

     978,672   
  191,041       

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

     3,962,362   
  383,241       

North Pacific Bank, Ltd.*

     1,076,716   
  4,819       

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

     6,934,407   
  14,120       

Obic Co., Ltd.

     2,815,747   
  771,000       

Oki Electric Industry Co., Ltd.*

     939,688   
  21,800       

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     1,114,655   
  29,100       

Oracle Corp. Japan

     1,215,200   
  408,000       

Orient Corp.*

     1,561,063   
  118,460       

Orix Corp.

     13,393,173   
  53,900       

OSG Corp.

     749,768   
  121,300       

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     3,412,178   
  139,000       

Pacific Metals Co., Ltd.

     660,546   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      49   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Japan — continued

  

  314,300       

Pioneer Corp.*

     786,772   
  26,400       

Pola Orbis Holdings, Inc.

     758,614   
  210,000       

Press Kogyo Co., Ltd.

     959,437   
  805,190       

Rakuten, Inc.*

     6,291,783   
  626,200       

Resona Holdings, Inc.

     2,844,657   
  133,000       

Ricoh Company, Ltd.

     1,415,764   
  18,000       

Rohm Co., Ltd.

     585,902   
  29,034       

Sankyo Co., Ltd.

     1,151,136   
  80,633       

Santen Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     3,093,233   
  64,200       

Seven & I Holdings Co., Ltd.

     1,810,459   
  156,880       

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

     9,600,987   
  62,700       

Shinko Electric Industries Co., Ltd.

     496,235   
  42,500       

Shionogi & Co., Ltd.

     709,346   
  114,800       

Showa Corp.

     1,134,349   
  1,368       

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings, Inc.

     569,437   
  87,500       

Sodick Co., Ltd.

     409,697   
  24,800       

Softbank Corp.

     909,259   
  67,229       

Sony Corp., Sponsored ADR

     752,965   
  54,200       

Sony Corp.

     607,661   
  123,600       

Sony Financial Holdings, Inc.

     2,227,702   
  916,000       

Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.

     2,895,695   
  98,300       

Sumitomo Corp.

     1,262,465   
  221,900       

Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd.

     2,572,922   
  37,600       

Sumitomo Forestry Co., Ltd.

     356,123   
  284,241       

Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

     10,346,500   
  9,300       

Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd.

     112,586   
  56,700       

Suzuki Motor Corp.

     1,485,151   
  73,800       

Tachi-S Co., Ltd.

     1,268,130   
  55,000       

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     2,462,761   
  42,200       

TDK Corp.

     1,537,580   
  20,700       

THK Co., Ltd.

     372,703   
  370,000       

Toagosei Co., Ltd.

     1,451,427   
  272,580       

Tokio Marine Holdings, Inc.

     7,615,017   
  27,100       

Tokyo Electron, Ltd.

     1,249,409   
  152,000       

Tokyo Tatemono Co., Ltd.

     782,084   
  101,000       

Tokyu Land Corp.

     739,780   
  226,000       

Toppan Printing Co., Ltd.

     1,395,183   
  799,480       

TOTO, Ltd.

     6,017,187   
  46,600       

Toyota Industries Corp.

     1,490,424   
  333,320       

Toyota Motor Corp.

     15,588,823   
  8,212       

Toyota Motor Corp., Sponsored ADR

     765,769   
  41,700       

Toyota Tsusho Corp.

     1,031,600   
  80,000       

Tsugami Corp.

     521,824   
  21,800       

Unipres Corp.

     480,646   
  28,777       

USS Co., Ltd.

     2,988,731   
  33,400       

West Japan Railway Co.

     1,317,957   
  380,862       

Yamato Holdings Co., Ltd.

     5,802,590   
  620,620       

Yokogawa Electric Corp.

     6,764,653   

 

50    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Japan — continued

  

  184,000       

Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. (The)

     1,334,400   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Japan

     446,424,056   
      

 

 

 
   

Luxembourg — 0.4%

  

  30,101       

Aperam

     455,680   
  379,414       

Tenaris SA‡

     7,899,979   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Luxembourg

     8,355,659   
      

 

 

 
   

Malaysia — 0.1%

  

  528,400       

Boustead Holdings Bhd

     901,070   
  814,000       

Genting Malaysia Bhd

     948,701   
  289,300       

Sime Darby Bhd

     901,572   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Malaysia

     2,751,343   
      

 

 

 
   

Malta — 0.0%

  

  31,613       

Unibet Group Plc, SDR

     1,008,677   
      

 

 

 
   

Mauritius — 0.1%

  

  3,170,000       

Golden Agri-Resources, Ltd.‡

     1,706,597   
      

 

 

 
   

Mexico — 0.4%

  

  505,000       

Alfa SAB de CV Class A

     1,068,643   
  225,669       

America Movil SA de CV Series L, ADR

     5,221,981   
  293,900       

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV Series B

     1,055,333   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Mexico

     7,345,957   
      

 

 

 
   

Netherlands — 2.6%

  

  370,970       

Aegon NV

     2,361,344   
  212,131       

Aegon NV, ADR

     1,366,124   
  15,609       

Akzo Nobel NV

     1,028,781   
  93,237       

ASM International NV

     3,409,038   
  33,613       

Corio NV REIT

     1,527,366   
  163,095       

Delta Lloyd NV

     2,711,105   
  62,886       

Eurocommercial Properties NV REIT

     2,506,379   
  38,028       

Heineken Holding NV

     2,080,602   
  180,194       

Heineken NV

     12,005,347   
  1,238,441       

ING Groep NV, GDR*

     11,828,919   
  92,542       

ING Groep NV, Sponsored ADR*

     878,224   
  132,562       

Koninklijke Ahold NV

     1,758,714   
  36,110       

Koninklijke DSM NV

     2,172,506   
  34,125       

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV

     914,440   
  158,627       

Royal KPN NV

     783,522   
  626,865       

STMicroelectronics NV

     4,565,110   
  22,387       

Wereldhave NV

     1,441,328   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Netherlands

     53,338,849   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      51   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

New Zealand — 0.2%

  

  192,134       

Ryman Healthcare, Ltd.

     723,025   
  182,075       

Sky City Entertainment Group, Ltd.

     570,735   
  1,031,832       

Telecom Corp. of New Zealand, Ltd.

     1,948,029   
      

 

 

 
   

Total New Zealand

     3,241,789   
      

 

 

 
   

Norway — 1.5%

  

  893,777       

DnB NOR ASA

     11,377,555   
  42,752       

Fred Olsen Energy ASA

     1,867,096   
  675,866       

Marine Harvest ASA*

     625,542   
  311,976       

Petroleum Geo-Services ASA

     5,390,545   
  64,211       

Schibsted ASA

     2,734,577   
  73,768       

Statoil ASA

     1,848,645   
  352,190       

Storebrand ASA*

     1,725,571   
  125,274       

TGS Nopec Geophysical Co. ASA

     4,099,733   
  39,092       

Yara International ASA

     1,937,765   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Norway

     31,607,029   
      

 

 

 
   

Portugal — 0.1%

  

  846,533       

EDP — Energias de Portugal SA

     2,541,593   
  411,974       

Sonae

     376,801   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Portugal

     2,918,394   
      

 

 

 
   

Singapore — 1.0%

  

  751,843       

DBS Group Holdings, Ltd.

     9,203,932   
  999,000       

First Resources, Ltd.

     1,664,270   
  344,000       

Frasers Commercial Trust REIT

     373,135   
  1,445,000       

Indofood Agri Resources, Ltd.

     1,592,446   
  192,000       

Keppel Corp., Ltd.

     1,744,676   
  390,000       

M1, Ltd.

     866,403   
  174,000       

Parkway Life Real Estate Investment Trust REIT

     306,891   
  1,200,000       

STX OSV Holdings, Ltd.‡

     1,293,186   
  239,230       

Venture Corp., Ltd.

     1,582,888   
  1,997,000       

Yangzijiang Shipbuilding Holdings, Ltd.‡

     1,582,190   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Singapore

     20,210,017   
      

 

 

 
   

South Africa — 0.4%

  

  13,873       

Kumba Iron Ore, Ltd.

     947,264   
  128,493       

Sasol, Ltd.

     5,573,956   
  298,702       

Steinhoff International Holdings, Ltd.*

     975,451   
      

 

 

 
   

Total South Africa

     7,496,671   
      

 

 

 
   

South Korea — 1.1%

  

  344,836       

Celltrion, Inc.

     8,420,362   
  28,160       

Hana Financial Group, Inc.

     920,594   
  4,258       

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     971,558   
  3,371       

Hyundai Mobis

     914,305   
  29,269       

Hyundai Motor Co.

     6,024,311   

 

52    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

South Korea — continued

  

  15,346       

Kia Motors Corp.

     816,579   
  3,258       

Lotte Shopping Co., Ltd.

     1,150,523   
  1,699       

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

     2,431,652   
      

 

 

 
   

Total South Korea

     21,649,884   
      

 

 

 
   

Spain — 1.8%

  

  259,595       

Amadeus IT Holding SA‡

     6,506,695   
  669,097       

Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA

     6,135,325   
  461,314       

Banco Santander SA

     3,715,244   
  8,965       

Corp. Financiera Alba SA

     425,354   
  54,891       

Duro Felguera SA

     351,036   
  121,848       

Endesa SA‡

     2,717,768   
  19,162       

Ferrovial SA

     282,195   
  24,670       

Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA

     305,131   
  69,953       

Grifols SA*

     2,458,290   
  62,370       

Inditex SA

     8,727,639   
  886,823       

Mapfre SA‡

     2,733,936   
  31,235       

Tecnicas Reunidas SA

     1,450,793   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Spain

     35,809,406   
      

 

 

 
   

Sweden — 3.7%

  

  38,578       

Betsson AB

     1,196,465   
  105,584       

Boliden AB

     2,006,137   
  64,109       

Fabege AB

     648,677   
  12,436       

Getinge AB

     421,134   
  53,494       

Hennes & Mauritz AB Class B

     1,858,224   
  62,961       

Holmen AB

     1,872,344   
  38,259       

Industrivarden AB

     636,048   
  119,489       

Investment AB Kinnevik Class B

     2,495,870   
  67,570       

Investment AB Oresund* ¤

     1,062,039   
  239,503       

Investor AB Class B

     6,279,525   
  101,072       

JM AB‡

     1,809,551   
  93,048       

Meda AB

     958,635   
  1,621,463       

Nordea Bank AB

     15,523,581   
  98,800       

Saab AB

     2,060,237   
  485,183       

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB

     4,135,974   
  85,733       

SSAB AB

     755,734   
  321,892       

Svenska Cellulosa AB Class B

     7,043,937   
  201,117       

Svenska Handelsbanken AB Series A

     7,203,470   
  276,751       

Swedbank AB

     5,444,090   
  21,672       

Swedish Match AB

     729,672   
  942,151       

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson

     9,473,053   
  82,110       

Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson Class B, Sponsored ADR

     829,311   
  280,303       

TeliaSonera AB

     1,908,611   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Sweden

     76,352,319   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      53   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Switzerland — 7.1%

  

  91,829       

ABB, Ltd.

     1,905,271   
  151,587       

Aryzta AG

     7,771,699   
  3,856       

Baloise-Holding AG

     336,252   
  9,667       

Bucher Industries AG

     1,911,089   
  29,421       

Cie Financiere Richemont SA

     2,350,806   
  36,485       

Credit Suisse Group

     914,757   
  13,178       

Dufry AG*

     1,742,421   
  14,102       

Geberit AG

     3,119,487   
  4,849       

Georg Fischer AG

     1,952,800   
  4,685       

Givaudan SA

     4,963,131   
  1,811       

Helvetia Holding AG

     687,418   
  106,397       

Julius Baer Group, Ltd.

     3,825,092   
  347,967       

Nestle SA

     22,661,097   
  5,346       

PSP Swiss Property AG

     506,968   
  116,832       

Roche Holding AG

     23,783,386   
  14,353       

Schindler Holding AG

     2,071,579   
  4,758       

SGS SA

     10,561,554   
  32,452       

Swiss Life Holding

     4,327,856   
  199,220       

Swiss Re, Ltd.

     14,528,805   
  27,130       

Syngenta AG

     10,935,413   
  28,375       

Transocean, Ltd.

     1,266,868   
  37,387       

Transocean, Ltd.

     1,669,330   
  451,736       

UBS AG

     7,098,646   
  52,844       

Zurich Insurance Group AG

     14,119,239   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Switzerland

     145,010,964   
      

 

 

 
   

Taiwan — 0.4%

  

  181,280       

Asustek Computer, Inc.

     2,046,968   
  365,287       

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     6,268,325   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Taiwan

     8,315,293   
      

 

 

 
   

Thailand — 0.5%

  

  1,129,470       

Advanced Info Service PCL (Registered Shares)

     7,769,451   
  2,150,250       

Krung Thai Bank PCL

     1,405,852   
  87,100       

PTT PCL

     949,739   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Thailand

     10,125,042   
      

 

 

 
   

United Kingdom — 18.2%

  

  2,369,762       

Aberdeen Asset Management Plc

     14,061,474   
  713,408       

Alent Plc*

     3,580,985   
  52,048       

Amec Plc

     852,101   
  229,945       

Amlin Plc

     1,397,773   
  29,285       

Anglo American Plc

     916,543   
  30,016       

ARM Holdings Plc, Sponsored ADR

     1,135,505   
  346,727       

Ashtead Group Plc

     2,461,972   
  65,519       

AstraZeneca Plc, Sponsored ADR

     3,097,083   
  42,382       

AstraZeneca Plc

     2,004,921   
  744,842       

Aviva Plc

     4,499,369   

 

54    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

United Kingdom — continued

  

  126,034       

Babcock International Group Plc

     1,957,154   
  59,454       

BAE Systems Plc

     326,850   
  451,275       

Balfour Beatty Plc

     2,017,981   
  2,906,626       

Barclays Plc

     12,560,043   
  135,783       

Barclays Plc, Sponsored ADR

     2,351,762   
  938,647       

Barratt Developments Plc*

     3,176,887   
  51,705       

Berendsen Plc

     492,832   
  23,146       

BHP Billiton Plc, ADR

     1,628,784   
  80,668       

Bodycote Plc

     598,670   
  1,667,123       

BP Plc

     11,558,570   
  324,753       

British American Tobacco Plc

     16,465,890   
  70,914       

British American Tobacco Plc, Sponsored ADR

     7,180,042   
  1,001,516       

BT Group Plc

     3,777,652   
  340,750       

Bunzl Plc

     5,567,289   
  76,514       

Burberry Group Plc

     1,567,603   
  623,461       

Cairn Energy Plc

     2,733,081   
  154,628       

Capita Group Plc

     1,915,936   
  252,117       

Capital & Counties Properties Plc

     994,247   
  365,170       

Chemring Group Plc

     1,369,600   
  1,772,208       

Cobham Plc

     6,449,276   
  638,000       

Compass Group Plc

     7,550,355   
  1,284,320       

DSG International Plc*

     596,020   
  179,146       

easyJet Plc

     2,253,647   
  28,562       

Experian Plc

     461,782   
  309,203       

Fenner Plc

     1,974,981   
  393,276       

GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Sponsored ADR

     17,095,708   
  465,262       

GlaxoSmithKline Plc

     10,108,110   
  12,858       

Go-Ahead Group Plc

     266,801   
  427,456       

Halma Plc

     3,223,554   
  84,222       

Hargreaves Lansdown Plc

     936,496   
  614,666       

Hays Plc

     826,185   
  136,227       

HSBC Holdings Plc, Sponsored ADR

     7,229,567   
  185,600       

HSBC Holdings Plc

     1,970,278   
  2,403,955       

HSBC Holdings Plc (Ordinary Shares)

     25,442,671   
  388,258       

ICAP Plc

     1,987,615   
  144,312       

IG Group Holdings Plc

     1,057,286   
  125,195       

IMI Plc

     2,228,132   
  52,484       

Imperial Tobacco Group Plc

     2,027,973   
  51,929       

Inchcape Plc

     365,533   
  75,948       

Informa Plc

     562,223   
  24,904       

InterContinental Hotels Group Plc, ADR

     692,829   
  1,159,814       

ITV Plc

     1,990,982   
  153,670       

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group Plc

     2,017,192   
  425,681       

Kingfisher Plc

     1,967,445   
  87,098       

Land Securities Group Plc REIT

     1,178,310   
  921,174       

Legal & General Group Plc

     2,225,351   
  6,373,555       

Lloyds TSB Group Plc*

     5,110,292   
  110,698       

London Stock Exchange Group Plc

     1,934,850   
  174,943       

Lonmin Plc

     819,786   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      55   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

United Kingdom — continued

  

  313,880       

Meggitt Plc

     1,957,935   
  213,391       

Mitchells & Butlers Plc*

     1,150,826   
  199,471       

Mondi Plc

     2,152,875   
  62,900       

Next Plc

     3,884,745   
  1,114,968       

Old Mutual Plc

     3,313,930   
  240,480       

Pearson Plc

     4,704,268   
  145,304       

Persimmon Plc

     1,920,156   
  76,683       

Petrofac, Ltd.

     2,078,904   
  38,875       

Provident Financial Plc

     870,635   
  1,119,758       

Prudential Plc

     15,634,406   
  792,906       

QinetiQ Group Plc

     2,330,187   
  183,360       

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc

     11,493,785   
  185,047       

Reed Elsevier Plc

     1,944,231   
  645,096       

Resolution, Ltd.

     2,576,819   
  19,072       

Rightmove Plc

     439,603   
  223,332       

Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc

     3,219,907   
  733,894       

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc*

     3,955,219   
  55,110       

Royal Dutch Shell Plc Class A (Amsterdam Exchange)

     1,892,574   
  349,018       

Royal Dutch Shell Plc Class A (London Exchange)

     12,340,365   
  176,002       

SABMiller Plc

     8,289,436   
  148,428       

Shire Plc

     4,561,617   
  108,047       

Smiths Group Plc

     2,128,085   
  173,118       

Spectris Plc

     5,802,565   
  368,515       

Stagecoach Group Plc

     1,822,274   
  408,828       

Standard Chartered Plc

     10,369,949   
  601,107       

Standard Life Plc

     3,212,788   
  3,341,626       

Taylor Wimpey Plc

     3,643,939   
  37,145       

Telecity Group Plc

     487,263   
  392,318       

Thomas Cook Group Plc*

     310,802   
  239,170       

TUI Travel Plc

     1,113,748   
  74,901       

Ultra Electronics Holdings Plc

     2,006,184   
  131,938       

United Business Media, Ltd.

     1,525,151   
  132,865       

Vectura Group Plc*

     184,896   
  713,408       

Vesuvius Plc

     4,037,486   
  3,153,879       

Vodafone Group Plc

     7,936,715   
  193,123       

WH Smith Plc

     2,158,057   
  886,838       

William Hill Plc

     5,040,170   
  131,931       

WPP Plc

     1,919,157   
  49,792       

Xstrata Plc

     886,177   
      

 

 

 
   

Total United Kingdom

     370,097,658   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $1,774,102,921)

     1,970,890,029   
      

 

 

 
   

INVESTMENT COMPANY — 0.7%

  

   

United States — 0.7%

  

  244,524       

iShares MSCI EAFE Index Fund

     13,893,854   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (COST $13,321,224)

     13,893,854   
      

 

 

 

 

56    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.0%

  

   

Brazil — 0.1%

  

  63,100       

Bradespar SA, 5.79%

     1,034,656   
  152,100       

Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo SA, 24.86%

     1,261,774   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Brazil

     2,296,430   
      

 

 

 
   

Germany — 0.9%

  

  111,345       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, 1.32%

     9,133,265   
  44,113       

Volkswagen AG, 1.78%

     10,024,176   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Germany

     19,157,441   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (COST $17,349,350)

     21,453,871   
      

 

 

 
Notional           Description    Value ($)  
   

OPTIONS PURCHASED — 0.0%

  

   

Call Options — 0.0%

  

  12,756,064       

OTC Euro versus Japanese Yen with Barclay’s Capital, Inc., Strike Price $121.25, Expires 03/26/13

     83,415   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS PURCHASED (COST $321,082)

     83,415   
      

 

 

 
   

Put Options — 0.0%

  

  353,205,535       

OTC Japanese Yen versus U.S. Dollar with Deutsche Bank Securities, Strike Price $85.70, Expires 07/23/13

     134,812   
  512,881,300       

OTC Japanese Yen versus U.S. Dollar with Deutsche Bank Securities, Strike Price $90.70, Expires 03/26/13

     28,472   
  555,203,500       

OTC Japanese Yen versus U.S. Dollar with JP Morgan Securities, Inc., Strike Price $84.00, Expires 01/21/13

     202,490   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PUT OPTIONS PURCHASED (COST $235,329)

     365,774   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL OPTIONS PURCHASED (COST $556,411)

     449,189   
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 3.8%

  
   

Bank Deposit — 1.7%

  
  34,057,379       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     34,057,379   
      

 

 

 
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 2.1%

  
  42,305,615       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     42,305,615   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $76,362,994)

     76,362,994   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 102.2%

(Cost $1,881,692,900)

     2,083,049,937   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (2.2)%

     (45,202,090
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 2,037,847,847   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      57   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
      
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    GDR — Global Depository Receipt   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
    SDR — Swedish Depository Receipt   
  *   Non-income producing security   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ¤   Illiquid security. The total market value of the securities at period end is $1,062,039 which represents 0.1% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $1,000,291.   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   
  ****   Securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee as approved by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of the securities at period end is $1,653,607 which represents 0.1% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $1,243,541.   

 

58    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Banks

       11.3  

Insurance

       8.0  

Pharmaceuticals

       6.5  

Telecommunications

       6.5  

Chemicals

       4.7  

Oil & Gas

       4.0  

Diversified Financial Services

       3.7  

Auto Manufacturers

       3.3  

Food

       3.2  

Auto Parts & Equipment

       2.8  

Agriculture

       2.5  

Retail

       2.1  

Beverages

       2.0  

Electronics

       1.7  

Transportation

       1.7  

Building Materials

       1.6  

Electric

       1.6  

Holding Companies — Diversified

       1.6  

Commercial Services

       1.5  

Mining

       1.5  

Real Estate

       1.5  

Internet

       1.4  

Media

       1.4  

Miscellaneous — Manufacturing

       1.4  

Software

       1.4  

Engineering & Construction

       1.3  

Oil & Gas Services

       1.1  

Aerospace & Defense

       1.0  

Home Builders

       1.0  

Household Products & Wares

       1.0  

Machinery — Diversified

       1.0  

Semiconductors

       1.0  

Computers

       0.9  

Health Care — Products

       0.9  

Apparel

       0.7  

Biotechnology

       0.7  

Cosmetics & Personal Care

       0.7  

Unaffiliated Fund

       0.7  

Electrical Components & Equipment

       0.6  

Entertainment

       0.6  

Forest Products & Paper

       0.6  

Investment Companies

       0.6  

Iron & Steel

       0.6  

REITS

       0.6  

Lodging

       0.5  

Metal Fabricate & Hardware

       0.5  

Distribution & Wholesale

       0.4  

Food Service

       0.4  

Machinery — Construction & Mining

       0.4  

Leisure Time

       0.3  

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      59   


Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Office & Business Equipment

       0.3  

Shipbuilding

       0.3  

Airlines

       0.2  

Coal

       0.1  

Energy-Alternate Sources

       0.1  

Hand & Machine Tools

       0.1  

Health Care — Services

       0.1  

Home Furnishings

       0.1  

Toys, Games & Hobbies

       0.1  

Textiles

       0.0  

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       1.6  
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

60    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 94.7%

  

   

Asset Backed Securities — 3.3%

  

  44,317       

ACE Securities Corp., Series 2005-SD3, Class A, 0.61%, due 08/25/45†

     43,266   
  33,768       

American Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2001-1, Class A, 6.98%, due 11/23/22

     33,430   
  344,652       

Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc., Series 2004-R2, Class A1A, 0.55%, due 04/25/34†

     331,166   
  292,552       

Asset Backed Securities Corp. Home Equity, Series 2003-HE7, Class M1, 1.18%, due 12/15/33†

     270,741   
  210,000       

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2010-5A, Class A, 3.15%, due 03/20/17 144A

     222,262   
  250,000       

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2012-2A, Class A, 2.80%, due 05/20/18 144A

     263,913   
  200,000       

Avis Budget Rental Car Funding AESOP LLC, Series 2012-3A, Class A, 2.10%, due 03/20/19 144A

     204,283   
  32,618       

Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust, Series 2004-A, Class A, 0.88%, due 02/28/44†

     31,818   
  58,865       

Bayview Financial Acquisition Trust, Series 2004-C, Class A1, 0.84%, due 05/28/44†

     58,029   
  172,935       

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust, Series 2004-SD3, Class A3, 0.78%, due 09/25/34†

     168,253   
  282,154       

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., Series 2005-AQ2, Class A3, 0.57%, due 09/25/35†

     266,611   
  44,332       

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., Series 2005-SD4, Class 2A1, 0.61%, due 12/25/42†

     42,354   
  53,463       

Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities, Inc., Series 2006-HE10, Class 1A1, 0.32%, due 12/25/36†

     53,326   
  1,465,976       

BNSF Railway Co. 2007-1 Pass Through Trust, 6.00%, due 04/01/24

     1,756,679   
  843,685       

Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Co. 2006-1 Pass Through Trust, 5.72%, due 01/15/24

     989,779   
  2,700,000       

Chase Issuance Trust, Series 2012-A8, Class A8, 0.54%, due 10/16/17

     2,699,027   
  317,640       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2006-SHL1, Class A, 0.41%, due 11/25/45† 144A

     296,320   
  76,073       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2007-AHL2, Class A3A, 0.28%, due 05/25/37†

     55,840   
  118,024       

Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 1998-1, Class A, 6.65%, due 03/15/19

     126,427   
  32,023       

Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2003-ERJ1, Class A, 7.88%, due 01/02/20

     32,983   
  215,985       

Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2004-ERJ1, Class A, 9.56%, due 03/01/21

     227,864   
  307,508       

Continental Airlines Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-ERJ1, 9.80%, due 10/01/22

     335,184   
  42,871       

Countrywide Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2005-G, Class 2A, 0.44%, due 12/15/35†

     23,751   
  97,297       

CVS Pass-Through Trust, 5.88%, due 01/10/28

     112,325   
  227,134       

CVS Pass-Through Trust, 6.04%, due 12/10/28

     266,292   
  53,231       

CVS Pass-Through Trust, 6.94%, due 01/10/30

     67,186   
  212,908       

Delta Air Lines Pass Through Trust, Series 2007-1, Class A, 6.82%, due 02/10/24

     237,648   
  425,000       

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, Series 1999-2, Class A2, 2.98%, due 03/18/29†

     352,954   
  250,000       

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, Series 1999-3, Class 2A2, 3.60%, due 06/19/29†

     224,979   
  250,000       

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, Series 1999-4, Class A2, 3.71%, due 02/20/30†

     212,174   
  375,000       

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, Series 2001-2, Class IA2, 3.71%, due 02/20/32†

     320,043   
  500,000       

Greenpoint Manufactured Housing, Series 2001-2, Class IIA2, 3.71%, due 03/13/32†

     419,973   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      61   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Asset Backed Securities — continued

  

  28,663       

Greenpoint Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2005-HE4, Class 2A1, 0.65%, due 07/25/30†

     28,363   
  222,106       

GSAA Trust, Series 2006-14, Class A1, 0.26%, due 09/25/36†

     103,231   
  377,112       

GSAMP Trust, Series 2004-SEA2, Class A2B, 0.76%, due 03/25/34†

     372,520   
  157,425       

GSAMP Trust, Series 2006-S4, Class A1, 0.30%, due 05/25/36†

     24,672   
  410,000       

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Series 2009-2A, Class A2, 5.29%, due 03/25/16 144A

     446,157   
  480,453       

Home Equity Asset Trust, Series 2003-8, Class M1, 1.29%, due 04/25/34†

     426,521   
  807,405       

Keycorp Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-A, Class 1A2, 0.58%, due 10/25/32†

     746,570   
  163,894       

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2007-MLN1, Class A2A, 0.32%, due 03/25/37†

     108,978   
  442,393       

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Series 2003-NC10, Class M1, 1.23%, due 10/25/33†

     397,391   
  401,656       

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Series 2003-NC6, Class M1, 1.41%, due 06/25/33†

     374,893   
  304,617       

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Series 2003-NC7, Class M1, 1.26%, due 06/25/33†

     287,341   
  122,561       

Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I, Series 2007-NC2, Class A2FP, 0.36%, due 02/25/37†

     64,932   
  1,100,000       

Nelnet Student Loan Trust, Series 2005-4, Class A4R2, 4.09%, due 03/22/32†

     952,530   
  253,022       

Novastar Home Equity Loan, Series 2003-3, Class A3, 1.11%, due 12/25/33†

     224,664   
  260,714       

NovaStar Mortgage Funding Trust, Series 2003-3, Class A2C, 1.27%, due 12/25/33†

     228,943   
  1,700,000       

Origen Manufactured Housing, Series 2006-A, Class A2, 2.58%, due 10/15/37†

     1,118,969   
  1,506,682       

Origen Manufactured Housing, Series 2007-A, Class A2, 2.31%, due 04/15/37†

     980,375   
  3,600,000       

RASC Trust, Series 2005-EMX4, Class M1, 0.64%, due 11/25/35†

     3,503,896   
  155,509       

Renaissance Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-2, Class AF1, 5.89%, due 06/25/37††

     81,713   
  10,307       

SACO I, Inc., Series 2005-7, Class A, 0.77%, due 09/25/35†

     10,133   
  330,743       

SACO I, Inc., Series 2006-5, Class 1A, 0.51%, due 04/25/36†

     139,363   
  123,702       

SACO I, Inc., Series 2006-6, Class A, 0.47%, due 06/25/36†

     68,976   
  607,660       

Saxon Asset Securities Trust, Series 2005-1, Class M1, 0.90%, due 05/25/35†

     559,572   
  1,100,000       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2002-5, Class B, 0.74%, due 09/16/24†

     1,009,856   
  500,000       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2003-11, Class A6, 0.60%, due 12/15/25† 144A

     479,624   
  530,000       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2008-5, Class A3, 1.62%, due 01/25/18†

     540,299   
  1,533,040       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2008-9, Class A, 1.82%, due 04/25/23†

     1,599,429   
  606,710       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2009-CT, Class 1A, 2.35%, due 04/15/39¤ † 144A

     610,666   
  2,177,439       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2009-D, Class A, 3.50%, due 08/17/43¤ † 144A

     2,107,081   
  805,183       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2010-1, Class A, 0.61%, due 03/25/25†

     807,191   
  3,293,197       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2010-A, Class 2A, 3.46%, due 05/16/44† 144A

     3,473,840   
  2,000,000       

SLM Student Loan Trust, Series 2012-B, Class A2, 3.48%, due 10/15/30 144A

     2,135,814   
  447,856       

Small Business Administration Participation Certificates, Series 2008-20L, Class 1, 6.22%, due 12/01/28

     527,413   
  81,927       

Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-EQ2, Class A2, 0.32%, due 01/25/37†

     48,989   
  64,555       

Soundview Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2007-OPT1, Class 2A1, 0.29%, due 06/25/37†

     60,559   
  36,688       

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2002-AL1, Class A3, 3.45%, due 02/25/32

     36,410   
  619,301       

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2006-ARS1, Class A1, 0.43%, due 02/25/36† 144A

     38,057   
  38,146       

UAL Pass Through Trust, Series 2009-1, 10.40%, due 05/01/18

     43,913   
  95,680       

UAL Pass Through Trust, Series 2009-2A, 9.75%, due 07/15/18

     110,749   
  1,539,172       

Washington Mutual Alternative Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR3, Class A1A, 1.14%, due 05/25/46†

     963,496   

 

62    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Asset Backed Securities — continued

  

  47,861       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2005-AR8, Class 2A1A, 0.50%, due 07/25/45†

     45,463   
      

 

 

 
     36,636,432   
      

 

 

 
   

Bank Loans — 1.0%

  

  497,500       

Bausch & Lomb, Inc., 7 Year Term Loan, 5.25%, due 05/17/19¤

     502,653   
  510,000       

Brickman Group Holdings, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.50%, due 10/14/16¤

     518,925   
  450,650       

Capsugel Holdings U.S., Inc., Term Loan, 4.75%, due 08/01/18¤

     456,283   
  534,856       

Charter Communications, Term Loan C, 3.47%, due 09/06/16¤

     538,364   
  30,724       

CHS Community Health Systems, Inc., Term Loan, 3.81%, due 01/25/17¤

     30,952   
  750,000       

Del Monte Foods Company, Term Loan B, 4.50%, due 03/08/18¤

     752,657   
  600,000       

Delos Aircraft, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, due 04/12/16

     607,500   
  495,960       

Dunkin’ Finance Corp., Term Loan B, 4.00%, due 11/23/17¤

     500,195   
  405,986       

Emergency Medical Services Corp., Term Loan, 5.25%, due 05/25/18¤

     409,538   
  462,950       

Exopack, LLC, Term Loan, 6.50%, due 05/31/17¤

     462,950   
  438,172       

Fairmount Minerals, Ltd., Term Loan B, 5.25%, due 03/15/17¤

     437,468   
  997,500       

Fotesque Metal Group, Ltd., Term Loan, 5.25%, due 10/18/17¤

     1,007,553   
  389,248       

Frac Tech International, LLC, Term Loan B, 8.50%, due 05/06/16¤

     324,779   
  471,321       

Gymboree Corp., New Term Loan, 5.00%, due 02/23/18¤

     435,737   
  491,290       

Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc., Term Loan C, 4.00%, due 12/01/16¤

     493,746   
  450,000       

Harrahs Operating Company, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.46%, due 01/28/18¤

     403,088   
  352,343       

Las Vegas Sands, LLC, Extended Delayed Draw Term Loan, 2.76%, due 11/23/16¤

     353,565   
  70,816       

Las Vegas Sands, LLC, Extended Term Loan B, 2.76%, due 11/23/16¤

     71,061   
  1,000,000       

Schaffler AG, Term Loan C2, 6.00%, due 01/27/17¤

     1,012,500   
  356,996       

Sunguard Data Systems, Inc., Tranch B Term Loan, 3.86%, due 02/28/16¤

     359,446   
  399,727       

Univision Communications, Inc., Extended Term Loan, 4.46%, due 03/31/17¤

     393,950   
  403,785       

Walter Energy, Inc., Term Loan B, 5.75%, due 04/02/18¤

     407,570   
  538,650       

Wendy’s International, Inc., Term Loan B, 4.75%, due 05/15/19¤

     544,806   
      

 

 

 
     11,025,286   
      

 

 

 
   

Convertible Debt — 0.0%

  

  245,000       

Icahn Enterprises, LP, 4.00%, due 08/15/13†

     246,837   
      

 

 

 
   

Corporate Debt — 33.2%

  

  690,000       

AbbVie, Inc., 1.75%, due 11/06/17 144A

     698,313   
  420,000       

AbbVie, Inc., 2.90%, due 11/06/22 144A

     428,633   
  290,000       

Access Midstream Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp., 4.88%, due 05/15/23

     294,713   
  230,000       

Access Midstream Partners LP/ACMP Finance Corp., 5.88%, due 04/15/21

     245,525   
  680,000       

AES Corp. (The), Senior Note, 8.00%, due 06/01/20

     785,400   
  350,000       

AK Steel Corp., 7.63%, due 05/15/20‡

     306,250   
  300,000       

Alcatel-Lucent USA, Inc., 6.45%, due 03/15/29

     229,500   
  105,000       

Alere, Inc., 7.25%, due 07/01/18 144A

     105,788   
  280,000       

Alere, Inc., 8.63%, due 10/01/18

     282,800   
  5,000       

Alere, Inc., 9.00%, due 05/15/16

     5,300   
  275,000       

Aleris International, Inc., 7.63%, due 02/15/18

     281,188   
  200,000       

Aleris International, Inc., 7.88%, due 11/01/20 144A

     200,750   
  170,000       

Aleris International, Inc., Senior Note, (PIK), 9.00%, due 12/15/14**** †††

       
  425,000       

Alliant Techsystems, Inc., 6.88%, due 09/15/20

     469,094   
  3,875,000       

Ally Financial, Inc., 4.50%, due 02/11/14

     3,996,094   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      63   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  580,000       

Ally Financial, Inc., 7.50%, due 09/15/20

     702,525   
  225,000       

Ally Financial, Inc., 8.00%, due 11/01/31

     286,031   
  50,000       

Ally Financial, Inc., Senior Note, 8.00%, due 11/01/31‡

     63,294   
  265,000       

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., 6.00%, due 06/01/19‡

     245,125   
  35,000       

Alpha Natural Resources, Inc., 6.25%, due 06/01/21‡

     32,200   
  440,000       

Altria Group, Inc., 2.85%, due 08/09/22

     436,301   
  390,000       

Altria Group, Inc., 4.75%, due 05/05/21

     442,749   
  270,000       

Altria Group, Inc., 8.50%, due 11/10/13

     287,735   
  490,000       

Altria Group, Inc., 9.25%, due 08/06/19

     682,558   
  620,000       

America Movil SAB de CV, 5.00%, due 03/30/20

     724,453   
  150,000       

America Movil SAB de CV, Guaranteed Senior Note, 5.63%, due 11/15/17

     181,087   
  276,000       

American Express Co., 2.65%, due 12/02/22 144A

     275,497   
  580,000       

American Express Co., Subordinated Note, 6.80%, due 09/01/66†

     624,950   
  1,900,000       

American Express Credit Corp., 5.88%, due 05/02/13

     1,934,468   
  230,000       

American General Finance Corp., (MTN), 5.40%, due 12/01/15

     218,500   
  540,000       

American Honda Finance Corp., 1.00%, due 08/11/15 144A

     543,393   
  300,000       

American International Group, Inc., 3.75%, due 11/30/13 144A

     307,815   
  525,000       

American International Group, Inc., 4.25%, due 09/15/14

     553,491   
  900,000       

American International Group, Inc., 5.85%, due 01/16/18

     1,066,346   
  260,000       

American International Group, Inc., 6.40%, due 12/15/20

     323,128   
  4,425,000       

American International Group, Inc., 8.25%, due 08/15/18

     5,827,636   
  460,000       

American International Group, Inc., Junior Subordinated Note, Series A, 6.25%, due 03/15/87

     493,350   
  210,000       

American Railcar Industries, Inc., Senior Note, 7.50%, due 03/01/14

     212,625   
  200,000       

AmeriGas Finance LLC/AmeriGas Finance Corp., 7.00%, due 05/20/22

     223,500   
  301,000       

AmeriGas Partners LP/AmeriGas Finance Corp., 6.50%, due 05/20/21

     328,090   
  310,000       

Amsted Industries, Inc., 8.13%, due 03/15/18 144A

     333,250   
  430,000       

Anadarko Finance Co., Senior Note, 7.50%, due 05/01/31

     570,494   
  180,000       

Anadarko Petroleum Corp., 6.38%, due 09/15/17

     215,232   
  740,000       

Anglo American Capital Plc, 4.45%, due 09/27/20 144A

     785,122   
  290,000       

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 2.50%, due 07/15/22

     292,432   
  570,000       

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.00%, due 04/15/20

     683,167   
  340,000       

Anheuser-Busch InBev Worldwide, Inc., 5.38%, due 01/15/20

     414,413   
  250,000       

ANZ National Int’l Ltd/London, 1.85%, due 10/15/15 144A

     254,903   
  570,000       

Apache Corp., 3.25%, due 04/15/22

     605,275   
  590,000       

Apache Corp., 5.25%, due 04/15/13

     597,756   
  150,000       

APERAM, 7.38%, due 04/01/16 144A

     140,625   
  265,000       

ARAMARK Corp., Senior Note, 8.50%, due 02/01/15

     266,659   
  110,000       

ARAMARK Holdings Corp., 8.63%, due 05/01/16 144A

     112,889   
  160,000       

ArcelorMittal, 5.00%, due 02/25/17

     161,653   
  300,000       

ArcelorMittal, 6.75%, due 02/25/22

     315,392   
  125,000       

ArcelorMittal, 7.25%, due 03/01/41

     116,269   
  255,000       

ArcelorMittal, 7.50%, due 10/15/39

     240,364   
  785,000       

Arch Coal, Inc., 7.00%, due 06/15/19‡

     733,975   
  65,000       

Arch Coal, Inc., 7.25%, due 10/01/20‡

     60,613   
  60,000       

Arch Coal, Inc., 7.25%, due 06/15/21‡

     55,650   
  250,000       

Ardagh Packaging Finance Plc, 9.13%, due 10/15/20‡ 144A

     273,750   
  135,000       

Ashtead Capital, Inc. Co., 6.50%, due 07/15/22†††† 144A

     147,150   
  305,000       

Associated Materials LLC, 9.13%, due 11/01/17

     311,100   

 

64    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
 

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  300,000       

AT&T, Inc., 2.63%, due 12/01/22

     301,147   
  120,000       

AT&T, Inc., 3.88%, due 08/15/21

     133,989   
  201,000       

AT&T, Inc., 4.35%, due 06/15/45 144A

     202,781   
  140,000       

AT&T, Inc., 5.55%, due 08/15/41

     168,671   
  30,000       

AT&T, Inc., 5.60%, due 05/15/18

     36,231   
  660,000       

AT&T, Inc., Global Note, 5.50%, due 02/01/18

     787,142   
  780,000       

AT&T, Inc., Global Note, 6.30%, due 01/15/38

     1,003,645   
  1,250,000       

AT&T, Inc., Global Note, 6.55%, due 02/15/39

     1,648,472   
  250,000       

Atlas Pipeline Partners, LP/Atlas Pipeline Finance Corp., 6.63%, due 10/01/20 144A

     260,000   
  275,000       

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 8.25%, due 01/15/19

     305,250   
  165,000       

Avis Budget Car Rental LLC/Avis Budget Finance, Inc., 9.63%, due 03/15/18

     184,800   
  1,125,000       

BAC Capital Trust XI, 6.63%, due 05/23/36

     1,272,198   
  410,000       

Baker Hughes, Inc., Senior Note, 7.50%, due 11/15/18

     543,823   
  610,000       

Ball Corp., 5.75%, due 05/15/21

     663,375   
  270,000       

Ball Corp., 7.38%, due 09/01/19

     301,725   
  140,000       

Bank of America Corp., 3.88%, due 03/22/17

     151,981   
  400,000       

Bank of America Corp., 4.50%, due 04/01/15

     426,599   
  910,000       

Bank of America Corp., 5.00%, due 05/13/21

     1,040,707   
  5,230,000       

Bank of America Corp., 7.63%, due 06/01/19

     6,700,995   
  70,000       

Bank of America Corp., 8.00%, due 12/31/49†

     77,507   
  500,000       

Bank of America Corp., (MTN), Series L, 5.65%, due 05/01/18

     582,402   
  410,000       

Bank of America Corp., Senior Note, 5.75%, due 12/01/17

     478,414   
  180,000       

Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., 3.85%, due 01/22/15 144A

     190,298   
  100,000       

Bank One Capital III, 8.75%, due 09/01/30

     137,964   
  200,000       

Barclays Bank Plc, 7.70%, due 12/31/49¤ † 144A

     206,929   
  400,000       

Barclays Bank Plc, 10.18%, due 06/12/21¤ 144A

     546,758   
  120,000       

Barclays Bank Plc, Subordinated Note, 6.05%, due 12/04/17 144A

     133,337   
  310,000       

Barrick Gold Corp., 3.85%, due 04/01/22

     328,783   
  480,000       

Barrick Gold Corp., 6.95%, due 04/01/19

     598,010   
  120,000       

Barrick North America Finance LLC, 4.40%, due 05/30/21

     131,830   
  420,000       

Basic Energy Services, Inc., 7.75%, due 10/15/22 144A

     411,600   
  530,000       

BBVA US Senior SAU, 3.25%, due 05/16/14

     530,650   
  820,000       

BBVA US Senior SAU, 4.66%, due 10/09/15

     841,304   
  315,000       

Beazer Homes USA, Inc., 8.13%, due 06/15/16

     337,050   
  40,000       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., 3.20%, due 02/11/15

     42,133   
  370,000       

Berry Petroleum Co., 6.38%, due 09/15/22

     386,650   
  30,000       

BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd., 3.25%, due 11/21/21

     32,350   
  900,000       

BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd., 6.50%, due 04/01/19

     1,149,297   
  390,000       

BNP Paribas SA, 2.38%, due 09/14/17

     396,034   
  210,000       

Boart Longyear Management Pty, Ltd., 7.00%, due 04/01/21 144A

     214,200   
  260,000       

Boeing Capital Corp., 4.70%, due 10/27/19

     307,227   
  160,000       

Boeing Co. (The), 4.88%, due 02/15/20

     193,067   
  95,000       

Boise Paper Holdings LLC/Boise Finance Co., 9.00%, due 11/01/17

     104,263   
  90,000       

Bombardier, Inc., 7.50%, due 03/15/18 144A

     100,688   
  315,000       

Bombardier, Inc., 7.75%, due 03/15/20 144A

     359,100   
  1,950,000       

Boston Properties, LP REIT, 4.13%, due 05/15/21

     2,126,883   
  250,000       

Boston Properties, LP REIT, 5.63%, due 11/15/20

     296,230   
  250,000       

Boston Properties, LP REIT, 5.88%, due 10/15/19

     298,529   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      65   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  1,625,000       

Boston Scientific Corp., 6.00%, due 01/15/20

     1,898,258   
  425,000       

Boston Scientific Corp., 6.40%, due 06/15/16

     488,909   
  30,000       

Boyd Gaming Corp., 9.00%, due 07/01/20 144A

     29,700   
  270,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 3.13%, due 10/01/15

     286,808   
  240,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 3.25%, due 05/06/22

     253,352   
  50,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 3.56%, due 11/01/21

     54,132   
  390,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 5.25%, due 11/07/13

     405,922   
  160,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, Guaranteed Note, 3.88%, due 03/10/15

     170,546   
  1,100,000       

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 3.05%, due 09/01/22

     1,139,126   
  690,000       

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., 10.00%, due 12/15/18

     460,575   
  85,000       

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., 12.75%, due 04/15/18

     63,113   
  180,000       

Caesars Entertainment Operating Co., Inc., Guaranteed Note, 10.00%, due 12/15/18

     117,900   
  195,000       

Calpine Construction Finance Co., LP/CCFC Finance Corp., 8.00%, due 06/01/16 144A

     208,163   
  126,000       

Calpine Corp., 7.25%, due 10/15/17 144A

     134,820   
  221,000       

Calpine Corp., 7.88%, due 07/31/20 144A

     249,178   
  180,000       

Calpine Corp., 7.88%, due 01/15/23 144A

     204,300   
  200,000   GBP     

Canada Square Operations, Ltd., 7.50%, due 12/31/49†

     326,920   
  775,000       

Capital One Financial Corp., 4.75%, due 07/15/21

     895,296   
  1,500,000       

Capital One Financial Corp., 6.75%, due 09/15/17

     1,833,814   
  310,000       

Case New Holland, Inc., 7.88%, due 12/01/17

     368,125   
  885,000       

CCO Holdings LLC/CCO Holdings Capital Corp., 7.00%, due 01/15/19

     959,119   
  700,000       

Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless Capital LLC, 8.50%, due 11/15/18

     964,168   
  470,000       

Celulosa Arauco y Constitucion SA, Reg S, 4.75%, due 01/11/22‡‡‡

     495,336   
  219,300       

Century Aluminum Co., 8.00%, due 05/15/14

     222,590   
  465,000       

CHC Helicopter SA, 9.25%, due 10/15/20

     491,737   
  95,000       

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.50%, due 08/15/17‡

     103,550   
  490,000       

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.63%, due 08/15/20‡

     527,975   
  190,000       

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.78%, due 03/15/19‡

     190,475   
  190,000       

Chesapeake Energy Corp., 6.88%, due 08/15/18

     201,400   
  150,000       

Chesapeake Energy Corp., Senior Note, 7.25%, due 12/15/18‡

     164,250   
  425,000       

Chrysler Group LLC/CG Co-Issuer, Inc., 8.25%, due 06/15/21‡

     469,625   
  435,000       

CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., 5.13%, due 08/15/18

     454,575   
  4,000,000       

Cie de Financement Foncier SA, 2.13%, due 04/22/13¤ 144A

     4,018,300   
  630,000       

Cie Generale de Geophysique — Veritas, 6.50%, due 06/01/21

     677,250   
  120,000       

Cie Generale de Geophysique — Veritas SA, Senior Note, 7.75%, due 05/15/17

     125,400   
  525,000       

Cigna Corp., 4.00%, due 02/15/22

     574,985   
  385,000       

Cigna Corp., 5.38%, due 03/15/17

     436,401   
  475,000       

Cigna Corp., 5.38%, due 02/15/42

     555,186   
  1,100,000       

Cigna Corp., 6.15%, due 11/15/36

     1,345,569   
  375,000       

Cigna Corp., 8.50%, due 05/01/19

     493,777   
  500,000       

CIT Group, Inc., 4.25%, due 08/15/17

     517,214   
  100,000       

CIT Group, Inc., 5.00%, due 05/15/17

     106,500   
  100,000   EUR     

Citigroup, Inc., 0.35%, due 06/28/13†

     131,776   
  560,000       

Citigroup, Inc., 3.95%, due 06/15/16

     603,250   
  20,000       

Citigroup, Inc., 5.38%, due 08/09/20

     23,607   
  160,000       

Citigroup, Inc., 5.90%, due 12/31/49†

     162,254   
  290,000       

Citigroup, Inc., 5.95%, due 12/31/49†

     293,988   

 

66    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  830,000       

Citigroup, Inc., 6.00%, due 12/13/13

     869,928   
  1,110,000       

Citigroup, Inc., 6.01%, due 01/15/15

     1,213,501   
  4,620,000       

Citigroup, Inc., Global Senior Note, 6.13%, due 11/21/17

     5,504,453   
  540,000       

Citigroup, Inc., Global Senior Note, 6.50%, due 08/19/13

     558,769   
  340,000       

Citigroup, Inc., Senior Note, 6.88%, due 03/05/38

     449,119   
  140,000       

CityCenter Holdings LLC/CityCenter Finance Corp., 7.63%, due 01/15/16

     150,500   
  80,000       

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 5.50%, due 12/15/16

     48,000   
  130,000       

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 6.88%, due 06/15/18

     77,350   
  65,000       

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 7.25%, due 10/15/27

     32,825   
  145,000       

Clear Channel Communications, Inc., 9.00%, due 03/01/21

     130,138   
  21,000       

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 7.63%, due 03/15/20

     21,053   
  289,000       

Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings, Inc., 7.63%, due 03/15/20

     292,613   
  400,000       

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., 3.95%, due 01/15/18

     403,050   
  140,000       

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., 4.80%, due 10/01/20‡

     139,355   
  70,000       

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc., 4.88%, due 04/01/21‡

     69,638   
  195,000       

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC/Cloud Peak Energy Finance Corp., 8.25%, due 12/15/17

     209,625   
  65,000       

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC/Cloud Peak Energy Finance Corp., 8.50%, due 12/15/19

     71,663   
  25,000       

CNH Americah LLC, 7.25%, due 01/15/16

     28,250   
  320,000       

Comcast Corp., 5.65%, due 06/15/35

     376,732   
  350,000       

Comcast Corp., 5.70%, due 05/15/18

     421,290   
  1,775,000       

Comcast Corp., 5.88%, due 02/15/18

     2,141,385   
  100,000       

Comcast Corp., 6.30%, due 11/15/17

     122,809   
  640,000       

Comcast Corp., 6.50%, due 01/15/15

     713,483   
  130,000       

Comcast Corp., 6.50%, due 01/15/17

     156,928   
  40,000       

Comcast Corp., 6.95%, due 08/15/37

     54,427   
  70,000       

Comcast Corp., Guaranteed Note, 6.45%, due 03/15/37

     90,130   
  225,000       

Commercial Vehicle Group, Inc., 7.88%, due 04/15/19

     223,875   
  640,000       

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 1.25%, due 09/18/15

     647,423   
  310,000       

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 3.75%, due 10/15/14 144A

     326,045   
  130,000       

Commonwealth Bank of Australia, 5.00%, due 10/15/19 144A

     151,294   
  365,000       

CommScope, Inc., 8.25%, due 01/15/19 144A

     401,500   
  105,000       

Concho Resources, Inc., 5.50%, due 10/01/22

     111,300   
  553,000       

Concho Resources, Inc., 6.50%, due 01/15/22

     611,065   
  490,000       

ConocoPhillips Holding Co., 6.95%, due 04/15/29

     684,996   
  20,000       

ConocoPhillips, Guaranteed Note, 5.90%, due 05/15/38

     26,409   
  90,000       

Consol Energy, Inc., 6.38%, due 03/01/21

     92,700   
  220,000       

CONSOL Energy, Inc., 8.25%, due 04/01/20

     239,250   
  160,000       

Constellation Brands, Inc., Senior Note, 7.25%, due 05/15/17

     189,200   
  152,135       

Continental Airlines 2000-2 Class A-1 Pass Through Trust, 7.71%, due 10/02/22

     171,913   
  390,000       

Continental Airlines, Inc., 6.75%, due 09/15/15 144A

     411,450   
  30,000       

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Netherlands, 3.88%, due 02/08/22

     32,346   
  210,000       

Countrywide Financial Corp., Subordinated Note, 6.25%, due 05/15/16

     230,695   
  77,000       

COX Communications, Inc., 5.45%, due 12/15/14

     84,014   
  2,150,000       

COX Communications, Inc., 5.88%, due 12/01/16 144A

     2,512,135   
  875,000       

COX Communications, Inc., 9.38%, due 01/15/19 144A

     1,204,564   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      67   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  900,000       

Credit Agricole SA, 8.38%, due 12/31/49‡ † 144A

     958,500   
  240,000       

Crown Americas LLC/Crown Americas Capital Corp. II, 7.63%, due 05/15/17

     254,700   
  300,000       

Crown Castle International Corp., 7.13%, due 11/01/19

     333,000   
  550,000       

CSX Corp., 7.38%, due 02/01/19

     700,264   
  1,160,000       

CVS Caremark Corp., 2.75%, due 12/01/22

     1,166,776   
  250,000       

Daimler Finance North America LLC, 1.30%, due 07/31/15 144A

     251,610   
  550,000       

Daimler Finance North America LLC, 2.63%, due 09/15/16 144A

     571,961   
  700,000       

Daimler Finance North America LLC, Senior Note, 6.50%, due 11/15/13

     734,973   
  430,000       

DaVita, Inc., 5.75%, due 08/15/22

     455,262   
  235,000       

Delta Air Lines 2010-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, 6.38%, due 07/02/17

     244,400   
  255,000       

Denbury Resources, Inc., 6.38%, due 08/15/21

     281,775   
  95,000       

Denbury Resources, Inc., 8.25%, due 02/15/20

     107,350   
  500,000       

Deutsche Bank AG/London, 4.88%, due 05/20/13

     508,726   
  310,000       

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 5.75%, due 03/23/16

     353,482   
  650,000       

Devon Energy Corp., 7.95%, due 04/15/32

     964,430   
  730,000       

Diageo Capital Plc, 4.83%, due 07/15/20

     860,786   
  200,000       

Diageo Investment Corp., 2.88%, due 05/11/22

     206,878   
  190,000       

DISH DBS Corp., 6.75%, due 06/01/21

     217,550   
  115,000       

DISH DBS Corp., 7.88%, due 09/01/19

     136,850   
  500,000       

Dominion Resources, Inc., 5.20%, due 08/15/19

     595,240   
  215,000       

Domtar Corp., 10.75%, due 06/01/17

     278,792   
  1,250,000       

Dow Chemical Co. (The), 5.70%, due 05/15/18

     1,488,347   
  1,185,000       

Dow Chemical Co. (The), 8.55%, due 05/15/19

     1,601,916   
  575,000       

Dow Chemical Co. (The), 9.40%, due 05/15/39

     949,773   
  200,000       

Dr Pepper Snapple Group, Inc., 2.90%, due 01/15/16

     210,888   
  10,000       

Echostar DBS Corp., Senior Note, 6.63%, due 10/01/14

     10,775   
  745,000       

Echostar DBS Corp., Senior Note, 7.13%, due 02/01/16

     838,125   
  110,000       

Echostar DBS Corp., Senior Note, 7.75%, due 05/31/15

     123,613   
  150,000       

Ecolab, Inc., 4.35%, due 12/08/21

     167,741   
  78,000       

El Paso Corp., 7.75%, due 01/15/32

     92,039   
  480,000       

El Paso Corp., Senior Note, 7.00%, due 06/15/17

     550,722   
  190,000       

El Paso Natural Gas Co. LLC, 8.38%, due 06/15/32

     270,893   
  725,000       

Enel Finance International SA, 6.00%, due 10/07/39 144A

     704,344   
  1,433,000       

Energy Future Intermediate Holding Co. LLC/EFIH Finance, Inc., 10.00%, due 12/01/20

     1,622,872   
  345,000       

Energy Transfer Equity, LP, 7.50%, due 10/15/20

     400,200   
  70,000       

EnergySolutions, Inc./EnergySolutions LLC, 10.75%, due 08/15/18

     66,500   
  620,000       

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 5.25%, due 01/31/20

     737,846   
  240,000       

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 5.70%, due 02/15/42

     282,153   
  60,000       

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 5.95%, due 02/01/41

     72,706   
  190,000       

Enterprise Products Operating LLC, 6.13%, due 10/15/39

     230,361   
  330,000       

EP Energy LLC / EP Energy Finance, Inc., 9.38%, due 05/01/20

     373,725   
  2,045,000       

Escrow GCB General Motors, 8.38%, due 07/15/49****

       
  2,800,000       

Export-Import Bank of Korea, 1.46%, due 09/21/13¤ † 144A

     2,799,171   
  1,450,000       

Export-Import Bank of Korea, 4.00%, due 01/11/17

     1,579,544   
  1,200,000       

Express Scripts Holding Co., 3.50%, due 11/15/16 144A

     1,284,163   
  175,000       

Ferrellgas, LP/Ferrellgas Finance Corp., 6.50%, due 05/01/21

     174,125   
  250,000       

Fifth Third Capital Trust IV, 6.50%, due 04/15/67†

     250,938   

 

68    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  580,000       

First Data Corp., 7.38%, due 06/15/19 144A

     603,200   
  1,025,000       

FirstEnergy Corp., Series C, 7.38%, due 11/15/31

     1,327,596   
  70,000       

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd., 6.38%, due 02/01/16‡ 144A

     72,800   
  570,000       

FMG Resources August 2006 Pty, Ltd., 7.00%, due 11/01/15‡ 144A

     601,350   
  205,000       

Ford Holdings LLC, 9.30%, due 03/01/30

     282,644   
  750,000       

Ford Motor Co., 6.63%, due 10/01/28

     869,895   
  110,000       

Ford Motor Co., 7.13%, due 11/15/25

     127,600   
  350,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co., 8.00%, due 12/15/16

     423,489   
  830,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 4.25%, due 09/20/22

     879,381   
  1,500,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.63%, due 09/15/15

     1,646,301   
  2,600,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 5.75%, due 02/01/21

     2,999,948   
  100,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 8.13%, due 01/15/20

     128,513   
  440,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC, 12.00%, due 05/15/15

     543,400   
  670,000       

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 3.55%, due 03/01/22

     665,779   
  575,000       

Freescale Semiconductor, Inc., Series 1, 9.25%, due 04/15/18 144A

     631,062   
  130,000       

Fresenius Medical Care US Finance, Inc., 6.88%, due 07/15/17

     148,850   
  90,000       

Frontier Communications Corp., 7.00%, due 11/01/25

     87,300   
  3,000,000       

Gazprom Via Gaz Capital SA, 6.51%, due 03/07/22 144A

     3,592,500   
  2,600,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 0.61%, due 06/20/14†

     2,588,331   
  3,800,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 0.91%, due 12/11/15†

     3,807,174   
  210,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 1.63%, due 07/02/15

     213,615   
  2,205,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 4.38%, due 09/16/20

     2,464,950   
  1,165,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 4.63%, due 01/07/21

     1,323,697   
  200,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 4.65%, due 10/17/21

     228,625   
  1,850,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 5.50%, due 01/08/20

     2,193,119   
  310,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 5.88%, due 01/14/38

     375,263   
  380,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.00%, due 08/07/19

     462,940   
  860,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.38%, due 11/15/67†

     909,450   
  120,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 6.88%, due 01/10/39

     163,688   
  270,000       

General Electric Co., 0.85%, due 10/09/15

     271,137   
  170,000       

GenOn Americas Generation LLC, 9.13%, due 05/01/31

     187,850   
  450,000       

GlaxoSmithKline Capital Plc, 2.85%, due 05/08/22

     468,352   
  490,000       

GlaxoSmithKline Capital, Inc., Guaranteed Note, 5.65%, due 05/15/18

     597,550   
  225,000       

Glencore Funding LLC, Guaranteed Note, 6.00%, due 04/15/14 144A

     237,709   
  320,000       

Glitnir Banki HF, Subordinated Note, 6.69%, due 06/15/16††† 144A

     5,600   
  30,000       

Goldman Sachs Capital II, Guaranteed Note, 4.00%, due 06/01/43†

     23,470   
  30,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 4.75%, due 07/15/13

     30,633   
  140,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 5.25%, due 07/27/21

     159,877   
  1,380,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 5.95%, due 01/18/18

     1,607,675   
  100,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 6.00%, due 05/01/14

     106,459   
  400,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 6.15%, due 04/01/18

     470,444   
  1,660,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 6.25%, due 02/01/41

     2,044,127   
  480,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 7.50%, due 02/15/19

     604,730   
  130,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., Global Note, 5.25%, due 10/15/13

     134,578   
  2,600,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., Senior Note, 6.25%, due 09/01/17

     3,070,168   
  160,000       

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 7.00%, due 05/15/22‡

     172,400   
  230,000       

Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (The), 8.25%, due 08/15/20‡

     253,575   
  230,000       

Hapag-Lloyd AG, 9.75%, due 10/15/17‡ 144A

     233,450   
  165,000       

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., 6.00%, due 01/15/19

     192,418   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      69   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  20,000       

HCA, Inc., 5.75%, due 03/15/14

     21,000   
  250,000       

HCA, Inc., 5.88%, due 05/01/23

     259,375   
  9,000       

HCA, Inc., 6.25%, due 02/15/13

     9,068   
  1,525,000       

HCA, Inc., 6.50%, due 02/15/16

     1,666,062   
  3,700,000       

HCA, Inc., 6.75%, due 07/15/13

     3,811,000   
  230,000       

HCA, Inc., 7.25%, due 09/15/20

     255,875   
  200,000       

HCA, Inc., 8.00%, due 10/01/18

     232,000   
  120,000       

HDTFS, Inc., 5.88%, due 10/15/20 144A

     126,000   
  600,000       

Health Net, Inc., 6.38%, due 06/01/17

     639,750   
  190,000       

Heineken NV, 1.40%, due 10/01/17 144A

     189,643   
  124,000       

Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc., Senior Note, 9.50%, due 01/15/16 144A

     127,410   
  280,000       

Hertz Corp. (The), 6.75%, due 04/15/19

     306,950   
  190,000       

Hertz Corp. (The), 7.50%, due 10/15/18

     210,900   
  40,000       

Hess Corp., 7.88%, due 10/01/29

     55,762   
  570,000       

Hess Corp., 8.13%, due 02/15/19

     751,129   
  1,250,000       

Hewlett-Packard Co., 3.30%, due 12/09/16

     1,273,530   
  285,000       

Hexion US Finance Corp./Hexion Nova Scotia Finance ULC, 8.88%, due 02/01/18

     294,263   
  325,000       

Hilcorp Energy I LP/Hilcorp Finance Co., 7.63%, due 04/15/21 144A

     355,875   
  190,000       

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 5.88%, due 04/01/20

     199,500   
  220,000       

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 8.00%, due 09/01/17

     236,500   
  300,000       

HSBC Finance Capital Trust IX, 5.91%, due 11/30/35†

     300,750   
  1,460,000       

HSBC Finance Corp., 6.68%, due 01/15/21

     1,734,867   
  350,000       

HSBC Holdings Plc, 5.10%, due 04/05/21

     414,020   
  575,000       

HSBC Holdings Plc, Subordinated Note, 6.50%, due 05/02/36

     720,763   
  2,075,000       

HSBC Holdings Plc, Subordinated Note, 6.50%, due 09/15/37

     2,598,780   
  365,000       

Hughes Satellite Systems Corp., 7.63%, due 06/15/21

     417,012   
  150,000       

Humana, Inc., 3.15%, due 12/01/22

     149,480   
  395,000       

Huntsman International LLC, 8.63%, due 03/15/20

     449,312   
  100,000       

Huntsman International LLC, 8.63%, due 03/15/21

     114,750   
  150,000       

Hyundai Capital America, 2.13%, due 10/02/17 144A

     151,244   
  75,000       

Icahn Enterprises, LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 7.75%, due 01/15/16

     78,094   
  365,000       

Icahn Enterprises, LP/Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp., 8.00%, due 01/15/18

     393,744   
  1,700,000       

Industrial Bank of Korea, 2.38%, due 07/17/17 144A

     1,730,588   
  350,000       

Intelsat Jackson Holdings SA, 7.25%, due 10/15/20

     381,937   
  595,000       

Intelsat Luxembourg SA, 11.50%, due 02/04/17

     634,419   
  285,000       

Interface, Inc., 7.63%, due 12/01/18

     307,444   
  220,000       

International Lease Finance Corp., 6.50%, due 09/01/14 144A

     235,950   
  250,000       

Intesa Sanpaolo Spa, 3.63%, due 08/12/15 144A

     250,302   
  345,000       

Iron Mountain, Inc., 8.38%, due 08/15/21

     384,675   
  425,000       

Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., 8.88%, due 06/15/20

     464,312   
  310,000       

Jarden Corp., 7.50%, due 01/15/20

     341,775   
  285,000       

JBS USA LLC/JBS USA Finance, Inc., 8.25%, due 02/01/20 144A

     303,525   
  320,000       

John Deere Capital Corp., 2.25%, due 04/17/19

     329,833   
  990,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 1.10%, due 10/15/15

     990,646   
  300,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 3.25%, due 09/23/22

     309,577   
  2,100,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.25%, due 10/15/20

     2,339,375   
  765,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.35%, due 08/15/21

     857,007   
  860,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.40%, due 07/22/20

     972,385   
  425,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.50%, due 01/24/22

     481,683   

 

70    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  1,325,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., 4.95%, due 03/25/20

     1,539,246   
  1,030,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Global Subordinated Note, 5.15%, due 10/01/15

     1,132,853   
  1,250,000       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Subordinated Note, 6.13%, due 06/27/17

     1,461,804   
  300,000       

JPMorgan Chase Bank NA, 0.64%, due 06/13/16†

     291,896   
  235,000       

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., 7.25%, due 10/15/20 144A

     253,800   
  115,000       

K Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., Guaranteed Senior Note, 6.50%, due 01/15/14

     116,150   
  310,000       

Kansas City Southern de Mexico SA de CV, 6.13%, due 06/15/21

     351,850   
  100,000       

Kaupthing Bank HF, 7.13%, due 05/19/16††† 144A

     1,750   
  310,000       

KB Home, 7.50%, due 09/15/22‡

     339,450   
  640,000       

Kerr-McGee Corp., 7.88%, due 09/15/31

     852,459   
  270,000       

Key Energy Services, Inc., 6.75%, due 03/01/21

     271,350   
  60,000       

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP, Senior Note, 5.00%, due 12/15/13

     62,283   
  770,000       

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, LP, Senior Note, 6.00%, due 02/01/17

     900,195   
  2,300,000       

Kinder Morgan Finance Co. ULC, Guaranteed Note, 5.70%, due 01/05/16

     2,525,701   
  285,000       

Kinetic Concepts, Inc./KCI USA, Inc., 10.50%, due 11/01/18 144A

     300,319   
  600,000       

Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, 5.75%, due 03/11/18

     723,728   
  440,000       

Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 3.50%, due 06/06/22 144A

     470,588   
  539,000       

Kraft Foods Group, Inc., 5.38%, due 02/10/20 144A

     648,161   
  691,000       

Kraft Foods, Inc., 5.38%, due 02/10/20

     835,480   
  400,000       

Kroger Co. (The), Senior Note, 6.15%, due 01/15/20

     488,116   
  775,000       

Lafarge SA, 6.20%, due 07/09/15 144A

     840,875   
  2,350,000       

Lafarge SA, 6.50%, due 07/15/16

     2,637,875   
  225,000       

Lamar Media Corp., 5.88%, due 02/01/22

     245,250   
  600,000       

LBG Capital No.1 Plc, 7.88%, due 11/01/20 ¤ 144A

     651,478   
  1,325,000       

Legg Mason, Inc., 6.00%, due 05/21/19 144A

     1,430,356   
  470,000       

Lehman Brothers Holdings Capital Trust VII, (MTN), 5.86%, due 12/31/49†††

     165   
  270,000       

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., (MTN), Series I, 6.75%, due 12/28/17†††

     95   
  890,000       

Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc., Subordinated Note, 6.50%, due 07/19/17†††

     312   
  375,000       

Liberty Mutual Group, Inc., Junior Subordinated Note, Series A, 7.80%, due 03/07/87 144A

     419,062   
  180,000       

Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 6.25%, due 11/01/19 144A

     181,800   
  410,000       

Linn Energy LLC/Linn Energy Finance Corp., 8.63%, due 04/15/20

     448,950   
  300,000       

Lloyds TSB Bank Plc, 6.50%, due 09/14/20 144A

     331,998   
  540,000       

M&T Bank Corp., 6.88%, due 12/31/49 144A

     564,463   
  1,700,000       

Macquarie Bank, Ltd., 4.10%, due 12/17/13‡ ¤ 144A

     1,760,443   
  2,765,000       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 6.65%, due 07/15/24

     3,436,342   
  600,000       

Macy’s Retail Holdings, Inc., 7.00%, due 02/15/28

     720,565   
  150,000       

MarkWest Energy Partners, LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 5.50%, due 02/15/23

     163,500   
  120,000       

MarkWest Energy Partners, LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 6.25%, due 06/15/22

     131,400   
  365,000       

MarkWest Energy Partners, LP/MarkWest Energy Finance Corp., 6.50%, due 08/15/21

     400,587   
  230,000       

Mcron Finance Sub LLC/Mcron Finance Corp., 8.38%, due 05/15/19 144A

     236,900   
  375,000       

Mead Products LLC/ACCO Brands Corp., 6.75%, due 04/30/20‡ 144A

     395,625   
  70,000       

Medtronic, Inc., 3.13%, due 03/15/22

     74,466   
  240,000       

Medtronic, Inc., 4.45%, due 03/15/20

     279,223   
  700,000   EUR     

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 0.49%, due 05/30/14†

     913,848   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      71   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  7,720,000       

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.88%, due 04/25/18

     9,316,712   
  840,000       

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., Subordinated Note, 5.70%, due 05/02/17

     922,790   
  250,000       

MetLife, Inc., 4.75%, due 02/08/21

     290,777   
  420,000       

MetLife, Inc., Subordinated Note, 6.40%, due 12/15/66

     451,175   
  160,000       

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 6.63%, due 11/15/20

     170,600   
  135,000       

MetroPCS Wireless, Inc., 7.88%, due 09/01/18‡

     146,813   
  459,000       

MGM Resorts International, 6.75%, due 10/01/20 144A

     469,901   
  325,000       

MGM Resorts International, 8.63%, due 02/01/19 144A

     364,000   
  80,000       

MGM Resorts International, 11.38%, due 03/01/18

     97,200   
  80,000       

MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., Senior Note, 6.50%, due 09/15/37

     106,627   
  210,000       

Mizuho Capital Investment USD 2, Ltd., 14.95%, due 12/31/49† 144A

     248,216   
  265,000       

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, 10.50%, due 12/15/16 144A

     262,350   
  40,000       

Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority, 11.50%, due 11/01/17 144A

     43,100   
  50,000       

Molson Coors Brewing Co., 3.50%, due 05/01/22

     52,892   
  190,000       

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 9.00%, due 01/15/21‡

     139,650   
  175,000       

Momentive Performance Materials, Inc., 10.00%, due 10/15/20‡ 144A

     173,250   
  75,000       

Moog, Inc., 7.25%, due 06/15/18

     79,219   
  70,000       

Morgan Stanley, 4.75%, due 03/22/17

     76,441   
  5,000,000       

Morgan Stanley, 7.30%, due 05/13/19

     6,084,060   
  130,000       

Morgan Stanley, (MTN), Series F, 0.77%, due 10/18/16†

     123,698   
  1,000,000       

Morgan Stanley, (MTN), Series F, 6.63%, due 04/01/18

     1,179,907   
  135,000       

Mueller Water Products, Inc., 8.75%, due 09/01/20

     154,575   
  260,000       

Mueller Water Products, Inc., Senior Subordinated Note, 7.38%, due 06/01/17

     269,750   
  600,000       

Murray Street Investment Trust I, 4.65%, due 03/09/17††

     649,607   
  50,000       

National Semiconductor Corp., Senior Note, 6.60%, due 06/15/17

     61,810   
  389,000       

Navistar International Corp., 8.25%, due 11/01/21‡

     377,330   
  375,000       

NCR Corp., 5.00%, due 07/15/22 144A

     382,969   
  110,000       

News America, Inc., 4.50%, due 02/15/21

     125,886   
  525,000       

News America, Inc., 5.65%, due 08/15/20

     638,179   
  475,000       

News America, Inc., 6.20%, due 12/15/34

     577,152   
  30,000       

News America, Inc., Senior Note, 6.65%, due 11/15/37

     38,898   
  780,000       

Noble Energy, Inc., 4.15%, due 12/15/21

     862,660   
  330,000       

Nordea Bank AB, 3.70%, due 11/13/14 144A

     346,574   
  1,000,000       

Nordstrom, Inc., 6.25%, due 01/15/18

     1,213,696   
  250,000       

Norske Skogindustrier ASA, 7.13%, due 10/15/33 144A

     146,250   
  225,000       

Novelis, Inc., 8.38%, due 12/15/17

     249,188   
  175,000       

Novelis, Inc., 8.75%, due 12/15/20

     196,000   
  125,000       

NRG Energy, Inc., 7.63%, due 05/15/19

     134,375   
  335,000       

NRG Energy, Inc., 8.25%, due 09/01/20

     376,875   
  470,000       

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 2.70%, due 02/15/23

     480,612   
  370,000       

Occidental Petroleum Corp., 3.13%, due 02/15/22

     394,328   
  265,000       

OGX Austria GmbH, Series 1, 8.50%, due 06/01/18‡ 144A

     239,825   
  650,000       

Oracle Corp., 1.20%, due 10/15/17

     652,686   
  340,000       

Owens-Illinois, Inc., 7.80%, due 05/15/18

     393,550   
  920,000       

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 6.05%, due 03/01/34

     1,189,208   
  10,000       

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., 8.25%, due 10/15/18

     13,632   
  10,000       

Pacific Gas & Electric Co., Senior Note, 5.63%, due 11/30/17

     12,087   
  205,000       

Packaging Dynamics Corp., 8.75%, due 02/01/16 144A

     215,250   
  175,000       

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.00%, due 11/15/18

     186,813   

 

72    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  220,000       

Peabody Energy Corp., 6.50%, due 09/15/20‡

     237,050   
  606,000       

Pemex Project Funding Master Trust, 6.63%, due 06/15/35

     772,650   
  580,000       

PepsiCo, Inc., 0.70%, due 08/13/15

     581,115   
  171,000       

PepsiCo, Inc., Senior Note, 7.90%, due 11/01/18

     231,040   
  240,000       

Pernod-Ricard SA, 2.95%, due 01/15/17 144A

     252,654   
  510,000       

Pernod-Ricard SA, 4.45%, due 01/15/22 144A

     565,108   
  400,000       

Petrobras International Finance Co., 3.88%, due 01/27/16

     424,001   
  2,620,000       

Petrobras International Finance Co., 5.38%, due 01/27/21

     2,962,748   
  196,000       

Petrobras International Finance Co., 5.75%, due 01/20/20

     224,098   
  160,000       

Petrobras International Finance Co., 6.13%, due 10/06/16

     181,622   
  430,000       

Petroleos Mexicanos, 5.50%, due 01/21/21

     504,605   
  205,000       

PHI, Inc., 8.63%, due 10/15/18

     220,375   
  240,000       

Philip Morris International, Inc., 2.50%, due 08/22/22

     241,617   
  480,000       

Philip Morris International, Inc., 2.90%, due 11/15/21

     500,190   
  250,000       

Philip Morris International, Inc., 4.50%, due 03/20/42

     272,823   
  460,000       

Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc., 7.75%, due 04/01/22‡

     492,200   
  465,000       

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.13%, due 06/15/19

     509,175   
  50,000       

Plains Exploration & Production Co., 6.50%, due 11/15/20

     55,625   
  200,000       

Polypore International, Inc., 7.50%, due 11/15/17‡

     219,000   
  325,000       

Post Holdings, Inc., 7.38%, due 02/15/22 144A

     357,703   
  90,000       

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc., 4.88%, due 03/30/20

     103,618   
  265,000       

Precision Drilling Corp., 6.50%, due 12/15/21

     283,550   
  60,000       

Precision Drilling Corp., 6.63%, due 11/15/20

     64,800   
  120,000       

QEP Resources, Inc., 5.25%, due 05/01/23

     129,000   
  70,000       

QEP Resources, Inc., 6.88%, due 03/01/21

     81,025   
  200,000       

QVC, Inc., 7.38%, due 10/15/20 144A

     222,668   
  100,000       

Qwest Corp., 6.88%, due 09/15/33

     101,000   
  45,000       

Qwest Corp., 7.50%, due 10/01/14

     49,272   
  215,000       

Rabobank Nederland NV, 11.00%, due 12/29/49† 144A

     292,562   
  500,000       

Range Resources Corp., 6.75%, due 08/01/20

     545,000   
  487,000       

Range Resources Corp., 8.00%, due 05/15/19

     541,787   
  73,098       

RathGibson, Inc., Senior Note, 11.25%, due 02/15/14**** †††

       
  220,000       

Raytheon Co., 3.13%, due 10/15/20

     234,463   
  1,450,000       

Reed Elsevier Capital, Inc., Guaranteed Note, 8.63%, due 01/15/19

     1,871,920   
  385,000       

Regency Energy Partners, LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 5.50%, due 04/15/23

     412,912   
  329,000       

Regency Energy Partners, LP/Regency Energy Finance Corp., 6.50%, due 07/15/21

     361,900   
  225,000       

Rexel SA, 6.13%, due 12/15/19 144A

     237,375   
  190,000       

Reynolds American, Inc., 3.25%, due 11/01/22

     191,253   
  755,000       

Reynolds American, Inc., Senior Note, 6.75%, due 06/15/17

     912,649   
  410,000       

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer, 7.13%, due 04/15/19

     442,800   
  310,000       

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer, 8.50%, due 05/15/18

     319,300   
  325,000       

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer, 9.00%, due 04/15/19

     339,625   
  220,000       

Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc./Reynolds Group Issuer LLC/Reynolds Group Issuer, 9.88%, due 08/15/19

     236,500   
  920,000       

Rio Tinto Finance USA, Ltd., 9.00%, due 05/01/19

     1,265,265   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      73   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  380,000       

Roche Holdings, Inc., Guaranteed Note, 6.00%, due 03/01/19 144A

     473,649   
  170,000       

Rock-Tenn Co., 3.50%, due 03/01/20 144A

     174,763   
  90,000       

Rock-Tenn Co., 4.00%, due 03/01/23 144A

     91,616   
  310,000       

Rockwood Specialties Group, Inc., 4.63%, due 10/15/20

     322,012   
  40,000       

Rogers Cable, Inc., 6.25%, due 06/15/13

     41,035   
  20,000       

Rogers Communications, Inc., Senior Note, 6.80%, due 08/15/18

     25,330   
  330,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 2.55%, due 09/18/15

     337,946   
  250,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 5.00%, due 10/01/14

     256,984   
  1,225,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 6.13%, due 12/15/22

     1,297,804   
  200,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 6.99%, due 12/31/49¤ † 144A

     191,000   
  70,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, 7.65%, due 12/31/49†

     71,400   
  775,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (The), 4.38%, due 03/16/16

     839,189   
  1,275,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (The), 5.63%, due 08/24/20

     1,482,585   
  325,000       

Royal Bank of Scotland Plc (The), 6.13%, due 01/11/21

     393,298   
  70,000       

Safeway, Inc., 3.95%, due 08/15/20

     70,130   
  350,000       

Samson Investment Co., 9.75%, due 02/15/20 144A

     371,875   
  300,000       

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, Series 1, 3.72%, due 01/20/15 144A

     301,509   
  400,000       

Santander US Debt SA Unipersonal, 3.78%, due 10/07/15 144A

     402,538   
  385,000       

SBA Communications Corp., 5.63%, due 10/01/19 144A

     405,694   
  200,000       

Sealed Air Corp., Series 1, 8.13%, due 09/15/19 144A

     226,000   
  110,000       

Service Corp. International, Senior Note, 7.50%, due 04/01/27

     118,800   
  10,000       

Service Corp. International, Senior Note, 7.63%, due 10/01/18

     11,950   
  110,000       

SESI LLC, 7.13%, due 12/15/21

     122,925   
  335,000       

Shea Homes, LP/Shea Homes Funding Corp., 8.63%, due 05/15/19

     371,850   
  580,000       

Shell International Finance BV, 4.38%, due 03/25/20

     673,831   
  260,000       

Sinopec Group Overseas Development 2012, Ltd., 2.75%, due 05/17/17‡ 144A

     270,254   
  280,000       

SLM Corp., 3.88%, due 09/10/15

     288,013   
  10,000       

SLM Corp., 5.00%, due 04/15/15

     10,591   
  2,675,000       

SLM Corp., 6.00%, due 01/25/17

     2,909,062   
  55,000       

SLM Corp., 7.25%, due 01/25/22

     60,913   
  950,000       

SLM Corp., 8.00%, due 03/25/20

     1,090,125   
  325,000       

Smithfield Foods, Inc., 6.63%, due 08/15/22

     359,937   
  880,000       

Southern Copper Corp., 5.25%, due 11/08/42

     885,129   
  255,000       

Springleaf Finance Corp., 6.90%, due 12/15/17

     229,500   
  660,000       

Sprint Capital Corp., 8.75%, due 03/15/32

     810,150   
  1,895,000       

Sprint Capital Corp., Guaranteed Note, 6.90%, due 05/01/19

     2,075,025   
  100,000       

Sprint Nextel Corp., 6.00%, due 12/01/16

     109,250   
  200,000       

Sprint Nextel Corp., 6.00%, due 11/15/22

     206,500   
  740,000       

Sprint Nextel Corp., 7.00%, due 08/15/20

     812,150   
  75,000       

Sprint Nextel Corp., 8.38%, due 08/15/17

     87,563   
  100,000       

Sprint Nextel Corp., 9.13%, due 03/01/17

     118,250   
  225,000       

SPX Corp., 6.88%, due 09/01/17

     252,000   
  395,000       

Standard Pacific Corp., 8.38%, due 05/15/18

     460,175   
  780,000       

State Street Corp., 4.96%, due 03/15/18

     884,524   
  190,000       

Steel Dynamics, Inc., 7.63%, due 03/15/20‡

     210,900   
  100,000       

Steel Dynamics, Inc., Senior Note, 6.75%, due 04/01/15

     101,750   
  105,000       

Stora Enso Oyj, 7.25%, due 04/15/36 144A

     98,175   
  75,000       

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 7.38%, due 08/01/21

     81,938   
  50,000       

Suburban Propane Partners LP/Suburban Energy Finance Corp., 7.50%, due 10/01/18

     54,125   

 

74    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  100,000       

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.38%, due 11/15/18

     107,625   
  330,000       

SunGard Data Systems, Inc., 7.63%, due 11/15/20

     362,175   
  99,000       

SunTrust Preferred Capital I, 4.00%, due 12/31/49†

     83,442   
  100,000       

Swift Energy Co., 7.88%, due 03/01/22 144A

     105,000   
  325,000       

Swift Energy Co., 8.88%, due 01/15/20

     355,062   
  175,000       

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 5.25%, due 05/01/23 144A

     182,000   
  1,381,000       

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 6.88%, due 02/01/21

     1,519,100   
  95,000       

Targa Resources Partners, LP/Targa Resources Partners Finance Corp., 7.88%, due 10/15/18

     104,500   
  380,000       

Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America, 6.85%, due 12/16/39 144A

     517,224   
  35,000       

Teekay Corp., 8.50%, due 01/15/20

     37,100   
  550,000       

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 4.95%, due 09/30/14

     575,575   
  1,025,000       

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, due 06/18/14

     1,082,912   
  650,000       

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 7.00%, due 06/04/18

     746,200   
  950,000       

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 7.18%, due 06/18/19

     1,107,225   
  280,000       

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.13%, due 04/27/20

     295,050   
  10,000       

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.46%, due 02/16/21

     10,688   
  30,000       

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 5.88%, due 07/15/19

     32,850   
  50,000       

Telefonica Emisiones SAU, 6.22%, due 07/03/17

     55,750   
  360,000       

Temasek Financial I, Ltd., 2.38%, due 01/23/23 144A

     356,366   
  115,000       

Tenet Healthcare Corp., 10.00%, due 05/01/18

     131,388   
  355,000       

Terex Corp., 6.00%, due 05/15/21

     375,412   
  120,000       

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance Co. BV, 3.65%, due 11/10/21

     128,672   
  610,000       

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV BV, 3.65%, due 11/10/21

     654,082   
  130,000       

Texas Competitive Electric Holdings Co. LLC/TCEH Finance, Inc., Series 1, 11.50%, due 10/01/20 144A

     102,375   
  295,000       

Texas Industries, Inc., 9.25%, due 08/15/20‡

     317,862   
  220,000       

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc., 3.60%, due 08/15/21

     234,412   
  100,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 4.13%, due 02/15/21

     109,703   
  740,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.85%, due 05/01/17

     875,029   
  440,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.88%, due 11/15/40

     514,572   
  10,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 6.75%, due 07/01/18

     12,507   
  160,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 7.30%, due 07/01/38

     213,297   
  1,230,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 8.25%, due 04/01/19

     1,638,907   
  2,150,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 8.75%, due 02/14/19

     2,904,321   
  260,000       

Time Warner, Inc., 4.70%, due 01/15/21

     296,500   
  200,000       

Time Warner, Inc., 4.75%, due 03/29/21

     230,241   
  50,000       

Time Warner, Inc., 6.25%, due 03/29/41

     61,962   
  200,000       

Time Warner, Inc., 7.63%, due 04/15/31

     276,104   
  2,700,000       

Time Warner, Inc., 7.70%, due 05/01/32

     3,785,940   
  1,100,000       

TNK-BP Finance SA, 7.50%, due 07/18/16 144A

     1,278,750   
  3,200,000       

TNK-BP Finance SA, Reg S, 7.88%, due 03/13/18‡‡‡

     3,900,480   
  54,000       

Tomkins LLC/Tomkins, Inc., 9.00%, due 10/01/18

     60,750   
  670,000       

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 1.25%, due 10/05/17

     675,544   
  325,000       

TransDigm, Inc., 7.75%, due 12/15/18

     361,156   
  330,000       

Transocean, Inc., Senior Note, 5.25%, due 03/15/13

     332,915   
  1,025,000       

Travelers Cos. (The), Inc., 5.80%, due 05/15/18

     1,243,116   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      75   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  240,000       

Triumph Group, Inc., 8.63%, due 07/15/18

     267,600   
  490,000       

Turlock Corp., 1.50%, due 11/02/17 144A

     491,571   
  1,360,000       

Turlock Corp., 2.75%, due 11/02/22 144A

     1,358,708   
  250,000       

Turlock Corp., 4.15%, due 11/02/42 144A

     253,910   
  370,000       

UBS AG/Stamford Branch, 2.25%, due 01/28/14

     375,442   
  500,000       

UBS AG/Stamford Branch, 5.75%, due 04/25/18

     594,265   
  1,837,000       

Union Pacific Corp., 4.16%, due 07/15/22

     2,082,059   
  300,000       

United Business Media, Ltd., 5.75%, due 11/03/20 144A

     316,980   
  210,000       

United Parcel Service, Inc., Senior Note, 4.50%, due 01/15/13

     210,303   
  500,000       

United Rentals North America, Inc., 8.38%, due 09/15/20‡

     556,250   
  150,000       

United States Steel Corp., 7.38%, due 04/01/20

     160,875   
  50,000       

United States Steel Corp., 7.50%, due 03/15/22

     52,875   
  95,000       

United States Steel Corp., Senior Note, 7.00%, due 02/01/18‡

     101,888   
  30,000       

United Technologies Corp., 3.10%, due 06/01/22

     31,835   
  320,000       

United Technologies Corp., 4.50%, due 06/01/42

     357,082   
  90,000       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 3.38%, due 11/15/21

     96,063   
  520,000       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., Senior Note, 6.00%, due 02/15/18

     633,651   
  45,000       

UR Financing Escrow Corp., 7.38%, due 05/15/20 144A

     49,613   
  45,000       

UR Financing Escrow Corp., 7.63%, due 04/15/22 144A

     50,513   
  500,000       

US Airways 2012-1 Class B Pass Through Trust, 8.00%, due 04/01/21

     533,750   
  245,000       

USG Corp., 6.30%, due 11/15/16

     254,800   
  105,000       

USG Corp., 8.38%, due 10/15/18 144A

     117,075   
  1,532,000       

Vale Overseas, Ltd., 4.38%, due 01/11/22

     1,643,081   
  390,000       

Vale Overseas, Ltd., Guaranteed Note, 6.88%, due 11/21/36

     485,386   
  320,000       

Vedanta Resources Plc, 8.25%, due 06/07/21 144A

     356,000   
  220,000       

Vedanta Resources Plc, Senior Global Note, 8.75%, due 01/15/14‡ 144A

     232,100   
  800,000       

Verizon Communications, Inc., 2.45%, due 11/01/22

     802,007   
  110,000       

Verizon Communications, Inc., 6.10%, due 04/15/18

     135,412   
  130,000       

Verizon Communications, Inc., 8.75%, due 11/01/18

     180,720   
  190,000       

Vesey Street Investment Trust I, 4.40%, due 09/01/16††

     205,198   
  225,000       

ViaSat, Inc., 6.88%, due 06/15/20

     236,250   
  225,000       

Vulcan Materials Co., 6.50%, due 12/01/16

     249,188   
  1,400,000       

Vulcan Materials Co., 7.50%, due 06/15/21

     1,603,000   
  970,000       

Wachovia Capital Trust III, Secured Note, 5.57%, due 12/31/49†

     968,787   
  1,175,000       

Wachovia Corp., 5.75%, due 02/01/18

     1,409,284   
  570,000       

Wachovia Corp., Senior Note, 5.63%, due 10/15/16

     654,087   
  640,000       

Wachovia Corp., Subordinated Note, 5.25%, due 08/01/14

     682,719   
  460,000       

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 5.63%, due 04/15/41

     604,806   
  190,000       

Waste Management, Inc., 7.38%, due 05/15/29

     251,488   
  180,000       

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1.88%, due 10/01/17

     182,573   
  130,000       

WellPoint, Inc., 1.25%, due 09/10/15

     131,114   
  30,000       

WellPoint, Inc., 3.70%, due 08/15/21

     31,610   
  730,000       

WellPoint, Inc., 5.88%, due 06/15/17

     867,291   
  1,750,000       

WellPoint, Inc., 7.00%, due 02/15/19

     2,180,425   
  190,000       

Wells Fargo & Co., 1.50%, due 01/16/18

     190,542   
  150,000       

Wells Fargo & Co., 2.10%, due 05/08/17

     155,242   
  420,000       

Wells Fargo & Co., 3.68%, due 06/15/16††

     454,434   
  90,000       

Wells Fargo & Co., 4.60%, due 04/01/21

     103,702   
  350,000       

Wells Fargo Capital X, 5.95%, due 12/01/86

     360,500   

 

76    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  

  270,000       

Williams Cos. (The), Inc., Series A, 7.50%, due 01/15/31

     338,469   
  124,000       

Williams Cos. (The), Inc., 7.88%, due 09/01/21

     160,020   
  80,000       

Williams Cos. (The), Inc., 8.75%, due 03/15/32

     111,189   
  290,000       

Williams Partners, LP/Williams Partners Finance Corp., Senior Note, 7.25%, due 02/01/17

     352,620   
  275,000       

Windstream Corp., 7.75%, due 10/15/20

     298,375   
  75,000       

Windstream Corp., 8.13%, due 09/01/18

     82,313   
  120,000       

WPP Finance UK, 8.00%, due 09/15/14

     132,754   
  30,000       

WPX Energy, Inc., 6.00%, due 01/15/22

     32,475   
  510,000       

Wyeth LLC, 5.95%, due 04/01/37

     682,773   
  110,000       

Wynn Las Vegas LLC/Wynn Las Vegas Capital Corp., 7.88%, due 05/01/20‡

     125,125   
  430,000       

Wynn Las Vegas, LLC, 7.75%, due 08/15/20

     492,350   
  1,275,000       

Xerox Corp., 4.50%, due 05/15/21‡

     1,352,389   
  300,000       

Xerox Corp., 5.63%, due 12/15/19

     335,665   
  2,500,000       

Xerox Corp., 6.35%, due 05/15/18

     2,886,585   
  480,000       

Xstrata Finance Canada, Ltd., 1.80%, due 10/23/15 144A

     482,936   
  420,000       

Xstrata Finance Canada, Ltd., 2.45%, due 10/25/17 144A

     424,551   
      

 

 

 
     369,212,775   
      

 

 

 
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - Private Issuers — 2.3%

  

  400,000       

Americold LLC Trust, Series 2010-ARTA, Class A2FX, 4.95%, due 01/14/29 144A

     465,325   
  550,000       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2008-1, Class A4, 6.21%, due 02/10/51†

     669,310   
  150,000       

Banc of America Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2006-2, Class A4, 5.73%, due 05/10/45†

     172,238   
  160,502       

Banc of America Funding Corp., Series 2005-E, Class 8A1, 2.47%, due 06/20/35†

     96,915   
  136,000       

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2006-1, Class AM, 5.42%, due 09/10/45†

     148,910   
  300,000       

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-PW12, Class A4, 5.71%, due 09/11/38†

     344,187   
  40,000       

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2007-PW17, Class A4, 5.69%, due 06/11/50†

     47,411   
  80,000       

CD Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-CD2, Class AM, 5.35%, due 01/15/46†

     87,626   
  40,000       

Citigroup Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C6, Class AM, 5.70%, due 12/10/49†

     45,540   
  446,931       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2010-3, Class 4A1, 2.43%, due 02/25/36† 144A

     445,696   
  71,515       

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2005-61, Class 1A1, 0.47%, due 12/25/35†

     58,003   
  72,259       

Countrywide Home Loan Mortgage Pass Through Trust, Series 2005-R3, Class AF, 0.61%, due 09/25/35† 144A

     60,935   
  314,291       

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-AR30, Class 2A1, 2.90%, due 01/25/34†

     313,403   
  260,000       

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2007-C4, Class A3, 5.76%, due 09/15/39†

     270,708   
  460,273       

Downey Savings & Loan Association Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-AR1, Class A2A, 1.03%, due 09/19/44†

     395,791   
  264,121       

First Horizon Alternative Mortgage Securities, Series 2006-FA1, Class 1A6, 0.96%, due 04/25/36†

     261,805   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      77   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - Private Issuers — continued

  

  1,484,037       

FNMA REMIC Trust 2007-W1, Series 2007-W10, Class 2A, 6.24%, due 08/25/47†

     1,737,433   
  290,000       

Fremont Home Loan Trust, Series 2004-B, Class M1, 1.08%, due 05/25/34†

     246,421   
  740,000       

GE Capital Commercial Mortgage Corp., Series 2007-C1, Class A4, 5.54%, due 12/10/49

     849,203   
  125,302       

Granite Mortgages Plc, Series 2004-3, Class 2A1, 0.59%, due 09/20/44†

     124,275   
  192,235       

Granite Mortgages Plc, Reg S, Series 2003-2, Class 1A3, 0.82%, due 07/20/43† ‡‡‡

     190,658   
  560,000       

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2006-GG7, Class A4, 5.87%, due 07/10/38†

     644,570   
  194,000       

Greenwich Capital Commercial Funding Corp., Series 2006-GG7, Class AM, 5.87%, due 07/10/38†

     218,974   
  263,482       

GSMPS Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-RP2, Class 1AF, 0.56%,
due 03/25/35† 144A

     221,810   
  158,000       

GSMS 2012-ALOHA, 3.55%, due 04/10/34 144A

     171,753   
  117,279       

GSR Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-7, Class 4A1, 4.91%, due 06/25/34†

     119,915   
  76,834       

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-9, Class 2A1A, 0.55%, due 06/20/35†

     70,575   
  1,054,340       

Harborview Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2007-4, Class 2A1, 0.43%, due 07/19/47†

     810,499   
  185,000       

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-LDP8, Class AM, 5.44%, due 05/15/45

     208,707   
  600,000       

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2006-LDP9, Class A3, 5.34%, due 05/15/47

     688,930   
  30,000       

JP Morgan Chase Commercial Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2007-CB20, Class AM, 5.88%, due 02/12/51†

     34,961   
  101,235       

Lehman XS Trust, Series 2005-7N, Class 1A1B, 0.51%, due 12/25/35†

     36,219   
  127,409       

MASTR Adjustable Rate Mortgages Trust, Series 2006-2, Class 3A1, 2.99%, due 01/25/36†

     119,853   
  78,603       

Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2005-A3, Class A1, 0.48%, due 04/25/35†

     70,955   
  80,000       

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-4, Class AM, 5.20%, due 12/12/49†

     88,778   
  410,000       

Merrill Lynch/Countrywide Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-9, Class A4, 5.70%, due 09/12/49

     482,978   
  216,784       

MLCC Mortgage Investors, Inc., Series 2007-1, Class 4A3, 5.65%, due 01/25/37†

     222,452   
  290,000       

Morgan Stanley Capital I, Inc., Series 2007-IQ15, Class A4, 5.88%, due 06/11/49†

     343,135   
  195,696       

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-5AR, Class 2A, 2.98%, due 07/25/34†

     193,878   
  340,435       

Morgan Stanley Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2004-7AR, Class 2A6, 2.77%, due 09/25/34†

     344,549   
  444,229       

Nomura Asset Acceptance Corp., Series 2004-R3, Class A1, 6.50%, due 02/25/35 144A

     463,698   
  390,672       

Novastar Mortgage-Backed Notes, Series 2006-MTA1, Class 2A1A, 0.40%, due 09/25/46†

     280,220   
  1,037,670       

Prime Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-DR1, Class 2A2, 6.00%, due 05/25/35 144A

     1,028,298   
  291,561       

Prime Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-DR1, Class 1A1, 5.50%, due 05/25/35 144A

     291,435   
  127,540       

Prime Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-DR1, Class 1A2, 6.00%, due 05/25/35 144A

     128,869   
  1,278,363       

Prime Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-DR1, Class 2A1, 5.50%, due 05/25/35 144A

     1,225,803   
  452,661       

Provident Funding Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2005-1, Class 2A1, 2.86%, due 05/25/35†

     459,503   
  225,726       

RBSSP Resecuritization Trust, Series 2010-3, Class 4A1, 3.46%, due 12/26/35† 144A

     228,922   

 

78    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - Private Issuers — continued

  

  132,675       

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2003-A8, Class A2, 0.56%, due 10/25/18†

     128,472   
  164,028       

Structured Asset Securities Corp., Series 2002-9, Class A2, 0.51%, due 10/25/27†

     162,465   
  210,000       

UBS-Barclays Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2012-C4, Class AS, 3.32%, due 12/10/45 144A

     213,776   
  142,000       

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2006-C29, Class A4, 5.31%, due 11/15/48

     163,735   
  280,000       

Wachovia Bank Commercial Mortgage Trust, Series 2007-C30, Class A5, 5.34%, due 12/15/43

     322,376   
  215,911       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2002-AR19, Class A6, 2.46%, due 02/25/33†

     217,027   
  616,415       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-AR10, Class A7, 2.51%, due 10/25/33†

     636,741   
  869,365       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-AR11, Class A6, 2.47%, due 10/25/33†

     893,238   
  74,465       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2003-AR9, Class 1A7, 2.43%, due 09/25/33†

     76,202   
  310,265       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-AR13, Class A1A, 0.61%, due 11/25/34†

     308,992   
  782,116       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-AR14, Class A1, 2.45%, due 01/25/35†

     789,658   
  451,319       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2004-CB2, Class 4A, 6.50%, due 08/25/34

     488,376   
  881,877       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR11, Class A1A, 0.53%, due 08/25/45†

     831,101   
  522,994       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR3, Class A2, 2.47%, due 03/25/35†

     521,989   
  332,258       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2005-AR6, Class 2A1A, 0.44%, due 04/25/45†

     312,561   
  70,820       

WaMu Mortgage Pass Through Certificates, Series 2006-AR14, Class 1A1, 2.42%, due 11/25/36†

     57,119   
  121,426       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2005-AR13, Class A1A1, 0.50%, due 10/25/45†

     115,996   
  114,617       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2005-AR15, Class A1A1, 0.47%, due 11/25/45†

     106,918   
  169,744       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2005-AR19, Class A1A1, 0.48%, due 12/25/45†

     157,943   
  212,180       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2005-AR19, Class A1A2, 0.50%, due 12/25/45†

     196,071   
  281,930       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2006-AR14, Class 1A4, 2.42%, due 11/25/36†

     227,388   
  691,237       

Washington Mutual, Inc., Series 2006-AR16, Class 1A1, 2.43%, due 12/25/36†

     546,795   
  288,391       

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2004-Y, Class 1A2, 2.68%, due 11/25/34†

     291,698   
  279,471       

Wells Fargo Mortgage Backed Securities Trust, Series 2005-AR8, Class 2A1, 2.74%, due 06/25/35†

     286,505   
  697,349       

Wells Fargo Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2010-RR4, Class 2A1, 3.15%, due 08/27/35 144A

     705,974   
      

 

 

 
     24,991,148   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      79   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 25.9%

  

  28,167       

FHLMC, Pool # 1N1589, 2.20%, due 05/01/37†

     29,844   
  50,554       

FHLMC, Pool # 1Q0136, 2.73%, due 09/01/36†

     53,939   
  399,263       

FHLMC, Pool # U61703, 3.50%, due 10/01/42

     434,698   
  99,865       

FHLMC, Pool # U61745, 3.50%, due 11/01/42

     108,729   
  599,141       

FHLMC, Pool # U61729, 3.50%, due 11/01/42

     652,316   
  8,442,747       

FHLMC, Pool # J13193, 4.00%, due 10/01/25

     8,928,381   
  1,670,476       

FHLMC, Pool # G14492, 4.00%, due 10/01/25

     1,767,086   
  8,725,540       

FHLMC, Pool # A96413, 4.00%, due 01/01/41

     9,325,917   
  385,743       

FHLMC, Pool # A90675, 4.50%, due 01/01/40

     414,058   
  607,158       

FHLMC, Pool # A92736, 4.50%, due 06/01/40

     654,003   
  1,149,501       

FHLMC, Pool # A93559, 4.50%, due 08/01/40

     1,238,190   
  3,829,768       

FHLMC, Pool # A93338, 4.50%, due 08/01/40

     4,125,251   
  56,295       

FHLMC, Pool # Q00012, 4.50%, due 04/01/41

     60,761   
  1,472,339       

FHLMC, Pool # A74793, 5.00%, due 03/01/38

     1,584,556   
  2,221,695       

FHLMC, Pool # 1Q0481, 5.12%, due 02/01/38†

     2,397,515   
  959,591       

FHLMC, Pool # G01749, 5.50%, due 01/01/35

     1,043,074   
  190,148       

FHLMC, Pool # A39306, 5.50%, due 11/01/35

     206,453   
  232,066       

FHLMC, Pool # G02427, 5.50%, due 12/01/36

     251,167   
  428,148       

FHLMC, Pool # G03695, 5.50%, due 11/01/37

     463,389   
  239,037       

FHLMC, Pool # G04222, 5.50%, due 04/01/38

     258,264   
  1,604,469       

FHLMC, Pool # G04587, 5.50%, due 08/01/38

     1,732,523   
  977,651       

FHLMC, Pool # G06875, 5.50%, due 12/01/38

     1,062,704   
  1,667,463       

FHLMC, Pool # G06172, 5.50%, due 12/01/38

     1,801,586   
  701,086       

FHLMC, Pool # G06020, 5.50%, due 12/01/39

     757,478   
  489,941       

FHLMC, Pool # G06945, 5.50%, due 02/01/40

     529,349   
  3,137,446       

FHLMC, Pool # 782735, 5.77%, due 09/01/36†

     3,400,271   
  920,065       

FHLMC, Pool # G07117, 6.00%, due 10/01/36

     1,023,254   
  62,234       

FHLMC, Pool # H09061, 6.00%, due 06/01/37

     67,317   
  2,061,311       

FHLMC, Pool # G03265, 6.00%, due 08/01/37

     2,246,760   
  892,041       

FHLMC, Pool # G03362, 6.00%, due 09/01/37

     970,901   
  1,105,986       

FHLMC, Pool # G08271, 6.00%, due 05/01/38

     1,203,760   
  2,600,342       

FHLMC, Pool # G06409, 6.00%, due 11/01/39

     2,839,332   
  706,305       

FHLMC, Pool # G06832, 6.00%, due 03/01/40

     769,849   
  188,647       

FHLMC, Pool # G06669, 6.50%, due 09/01/39

     214,442   
  130,370       

FHLMC, Series 2808, Class FT, 0.56%, due 04/15/33†

     130,549   
  1,661,437       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, (IO), Series K006, Class AX1, 1.05%, due 01/25/20†

     99,178   
  3,204,784       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, (IO), Series K007, Class X1, 1.23%, due 04/25/20†

     215,616   
  3,917,773       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, (IO), Series K008, Class X1, 1.67%, due 06/25/20†

     369,530   
  1,777,152       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, (IO), Series K009, Class X1, 1.51%, due 08/25/20†

     147,173   
  1,737,197       

FHLMC Multifamily Structured Pass Through Certificates, (IO), Series K702, Class X1, 1.56%, due 02/25/18†

     118,691   
  444,877       

FHLMC Reference REMIC, Series R007, Class ZA, 6.00%, due 05/15/36

     514,504   
  402,477       

FHLMC Structured Pass Through Securities, Series T-61, Class 1A1, 1.53%, due 07/25/44†

     412,774   

 

80    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — continued

  

  3,300,000       

FHLMC TBA, 2.50%, due 02/01/27

     3,444,891   
  10,500,000       

FHLMC TBA, 3.00%, due 08/01/42

     10,980,704   
  994,889       

FNMA, Pool # AP9633, 2.50%, due 10/01/42

     1,015,922   
  431,033       

FNMA, Pool # AE2641, 3.50%, due 10/01/25

     457,645   
  2,110,019       

FNMA, Pool # AH2430, 3.50%, due 01/01/26

     2,240,291   
  1,648,952       

FNMA, Pool # AE2148, 3.50%, due 02/01/26

     1,750,758   
  1,301,145       

FNMA, Pool # AE3507, 3.50%, due 02/01/26

     1,381,478   
  860,886       

FNMA, Pool # AH4523, 3.50%, due 02/01/26

     914,037   
  1,228,491       

FNMA, Pool # AH4692, 3.50%, due 03/01/26

     1,304,337   
  220,838       

FNMA, Pool # AL0554, 3.50%, due 08/01/26

     234,473   
  599,288       

FNMA, Pool # AQ5369, 3.50%, due 12/01/42

     651,423   
  600,000       

FNMA, Pool # AQ7083, 3.50%, due 12/01/42

     652,197   
  499,105       

FNMA, Pool # AB7130, 3.50%, due 12/01/42

     542,525   
  2,491,546       

FNMA, Pool # 935983, 4.00%, due 05/01/25

     2,669,510   
  198,822       

FNMA, Pool # AD7480, 4.00%, due 09/01/25

     213,024   
  9,783       

FNMA, Pool # AE2434, 4.00%, due 09/01/25

     10,482   
  203,914       

FNMA, Pool # AE0551, 4.00%, due 11/01/25

     218,479   
  32,148       

FNMA, Pool # AE7182, 4.00%, due 11/01/25

     34,444   
  107,482       

FNMA, Pool # AE8069, 4.00%, due 12/01/25

     115,159   
  39,582       

FNMA, Pool # AH3622, 4.00%, due 01/01/26

     42,421   
  545,163       

FNMA, Pool # AL0243, 4.00%, due 01/01/26

     584,103   
  1,441,730       

FNMA, Pool # AH8167, 4.00%, due 04/01/26

     1,545,159   
  437,921       

FNMA, Pool # 890306, 4.00%, due 04/01/26

     469,338   
  2,349,271       

FNMA, Pool # AI3000, 4.00%, due 06/01/26

     2,517,806   
  1,273,064       

FNMA, Pool # AL0605, 4.00%, due 08/01/26

     1,363,995   
  83,730       

FNMA, Pool # 776565, 4.00%, due 04/01/34

     90,318   
  572,106       

FNMA, Pool # AH1338, 4.00%, due 12/01/40

     629,475   
  156,809       

FNMA, Pool # AH6392, 4.00%, due 02/01/41

     172,382   
  665,000       

FNMA, Pool # AB3745, 4.00%, due 10/01/41

     713,999   
  1,358,256       

FNMA, Pool # AJ5304, 4.00%, due 11/01/41

     1,458,338   
  2,182,319       

FNMA, Pool # AJ7689, 4.00%, due 12/01/41

     2,343,121   
  36,160       

FNMA, Pool # 254802, 4.50%, due 07/01/18

     39,008   
  297,139       

FNMA, Pool # MA0706, 4.50%, due 04/01/31

     323,121   
  959,658       

FNMA, Pool # MA0734, 4.50%, due 05/01/31

     1,043,570   
  293,503       

FNMA, Pool # MA0776, 4.50%, due 06/01/31

     319,167   
  271,277       

FNMA, Pool # MA0913, 4.50%, due 11/01/31

     296,354   
  84,919       

FNMA, Pool # MA0968, 4.50%, due 12/01/31

     92,769   
  276,874       

FNMA, Pool # MA0939, 4.50%, due 12/01/31

     302,469   
  3,157,338       

FNMA, Pool # AL0215, 4.50%, due 04/01/41

     3,467,948   
  518,425       

FNMA, Pool # AB3517, 4.50%, due 09/01/41

     568,518   
  6,396,566       

FNMA, Pool # AL2439, 5.00%, due 06/01/26

     6,934,411   
  154,630       

FNMA, Pool # 254793, 5.00%, due 07/01/33

     168,493   
  178,615       

FNMA, Pool # 555743, 5.00%, due 09/01/33

     194,629   
  543,214       

FNMA, Pool # 889117, 5.00%, due 10/01/35

     591,916   
  631,223       

FNMA, Pool # AL0476, 5.00%, due 11/01/40

     700,834   
  81,457       

FNMA, Pool # AI0511, 5.00%, due 04/01/41

     90,440   
  162,297       

FNMA, Pool # AI1863, 5.00%, due 05/01/41

     180,195   
  725,124       

FNMA, Pool # AI1892, 5.00%, due 05/01/41

     805,090   
  173,376       

FNMA, Pool # AI2433, 5.00%, due 05/01/41

     192,496   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      81   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — continued

  

  89,167       

FNMA, Pool # AI2462, 5.00%, due 05/01/41

     99,000   
  88,977       

FNMA, Pool # AI2443, 5.00%, due 05/01/41

     98,789   
  91,831       

FNMA, Pool # AI4261, 5.00%, due 06/01/41

     101,958   
  599,273       

FNMA, Pool # AE0011, 5.50%, due 09/01/23

     649,334   
  2,680,816       

FNMA, Pool # 995253, 5.50%, due 12/01/23

     2,904,761   
  3,653,991       

FNMA, Pool # AL0278, 5.50%, due 01/01/25

     3,952,381   
  22,854       

FNMA, Pool # 254548, 5.50%, due 12/01/32

     25,120   
  2,652,187       

FNMA, Pool # 704235, 5.50%, due 05/01/33

     2,915,245   
  244,142       

FNMA, Pool # 555591, 5.50%, due 07/01/33

     268,357   
  3,036,502       

FNMA, Pool # 725221, 5.50%, due 01/01/34

     3,337,679   
  146,124       

FNMA, Pool # 735224, 5.50%, due 02/01/35

     160,617   
  336,289       

FNMA, Pool # 990906, 5.50%, due 10/01/35

     367,963   
  1,787,907       

FNMA, Pool # 849077, 5.50%, due 01/01/36

     1,954,067   
  54,115       

FNMA, Pool # 852523, 5.50%, due 02/01/36

     58,874   
  203,564       

FNMA, Pool # 878059, 5.50%, due 03/01/36

     221,465   
  57,925       

FNMA, Pool # 256219, 5.50%, due 04/01/36

     62,195   
  188,545       

FNMA, Pool # 868658, 5.50%, due 04/01/36

     205,125   
  207,715       

FNMA, Pool # 190375, 5.50%, due 11/01/36

     225,980   
  456,435       

FNMA, Pool # 995072, 5.50%, due 08/01/38

     504,988   
  1,316,161       

FNMA, Pool # 745506, 5.66%, due 02/01/16

     1,477,309   
  3,443,368       

FNMA, Pool # AL0144, 5.84%, due 11/01/37†

     3,737,050   
  24,224       

FNMA, Pool # 840483, 6.00%, due 11/01/21

     26,666   
  441,097       

FNMA, Pool # 256517, 6.00%, due 12/01/26

     483,056   
  445,701       

FNMA, Pool # 256962, 6.00%, due 11/01/27

     487,819   
  179,924       

FNMA, Pool # 985626, 6.00%, due 04/01/33

     201,003   
  4,410,977       

FNMA, Pool # 725162, 6.00%, due 02/01/34

     4,927,742   
  19,409       

FNMA, Pool # 745000, 6.00%, due 10/01/35

     21,504   
  397,693       

FNMA, Pool # 888560, 6.00%, due 11/01/35

     444,284   
  122,990       

FNMA, Pool # 882524, 6.00%, due 05/01/36

     134,670   
  34,624       

FNMA, Pool # 887324, 6.00%, due 08/01/36

     37,912   
  82,333       

FNMA, Pool # 893282, 6.00%, due 08/01/36

     90,152   
  149,265       

FNMA, Pool # 878210, 6.00%, due 09/01/36

     163,441   
  5,548       

FNMA, Pool # 882321, 6.00%, due 09/01/36

     6,075   
  23,647       

FNMA, Pool # 900746, 6.00%, due 09/01/36

     26,121   
  133,625       

FNMA, Pool # 898198, 6.00%, due 11/01/36

     146,315   
  559,198       

FNMA, Pool # 948690, 6.00%, due 08/01/37

     624,535   
  840,170       

FNMA, Pool # 890248, 6.00%, due 08/01/37

     940,745   
  39,782       

FNMA, Pool # AD0217, 6.00%, due 08/01/37

     44,546   
  179,062       

FNMA, Pool # 888736, 6.00%, due 10/01/37

     193,856   
  306,798       

FNMA, Pool # 955166, 6.00%, due 11/01/37

     332,147   
  4,484,314       

FNMA, Pool # 967691, 6.00%, due 01/01/38

     4,910,175   
  615,526       

FNMA, Pool # AL0852, 6.00%, due 06/01/38

     666,383   
  1,904,634       

FNMA, Pool # AL0406, 6.00%, due 06/01/38

     2,062,001   
  1,290,184       

FNMA, Pool # AL0901, 6.00%, due 07/01/38

     1,396,783   
  501,283       

FNMA, Pool # AE0028, 6.00%, due 10/01/39

     548,888   
  2,450,091       

FNMA, Pool # AE0469, 6.00%, due 12/01/39

     2,682,768   
  445,195       

FNMA, Pool # AE0616, 6.00%, due 03/01/40

     487,474   
  1,142,266       

FNMA, Pool # AL2688, 6.00%, due 10/01/40

     1,250,744   
  9,884       

FNMA, Pool # 869972, 6.50%, due 04/01/36

     11,082   

 

82    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — continued

  

  2,259,811       

FNMA, Pool # 256421, 6.50%, due 09/01/36

     2,504,078   
  104,100       

FNMA, Pool # 955797, 6.50%, due 10/01/37

     116,638   
  1,576,940       

FNMA, Pool # AL0778, 6.50%, due 01/01/49

     1,738,031   
  3,454,548       

FNMA, Pool # 888369, 7.00%, due 03/01/37

     3,983,181   
  56,635       

FNMA, Pool # 924874, 7.00%, due 10/01/37

     67,426   
  11,193       

FNMA, Pool # 949563, 7.00%, due 11/01/37

     13,326   
  17,050       

FNMA, Pool # 955183, 7.00%, due 11/01/37

     20,299   
  27,291       

FNMA, Pool # 928938, 7.00%, due 12/01/37

     32,491   
  20,558       

FNMA, Pool # 968252, 7.00%, due 02/01/38

     24,500   
  16,145       

FNMA, Pool # 974156, 7.00%, due 02/01/38

     19,241   
  55,722       

FNMA, Pool # 985867, 7.00%, due 08/01/38

     66,406   
  8,702       

FNMA, Pool # 987891, 7.00%, due 09/01/38

     10,370   
  242,663       

FNMA, Pool # 934648, 7.00%, due 11/01/38

     289,192   
  15,966       

FNMA, Pool # 934202, 7.00%, due 11/01/38

     19,028   
  34,335       

FNMA, Pool # 991549, 7.00%, due 11/01/38

     40,918   
  28,435       

FNMA, Pool # 992249, 7.00%, due 11/01/38

     33,887   
  1,398,690       

FNMA, Pool # AE0758, 7.00%, due 02/01/39

     1,665,201   
  1,085,794       

FNMA, Series 2011-59, Class NZ, 5.50%, due 07/25/41

     1,308,918   
  1,600,000       

FNMA, Series 2012-25, Class B, 6.50%, due 03/25/42

     1,878,125   
  300,000       

FNMA, Series 2012-28, Class B, 6.50%, due 06/25/39

     334,621   
  1,700,000       

FNMA, Series 2012-35, Class MB, 5.50%, due 04/25/42

     1,900,303   
  900,000       

FNMA, Series 2012-46, Class BA, 6.00%, due 05/25/42

     1,009,701   
  880,000       

FNMA, Series 2012-76, Class AC, 6.50%, due 07/25/42

     992,979   
  109,546       

FNMA Grantor Trust, Series 2004-T1, Class 1A2, 6.50%, due 01/25/44

     131,972   
  23,727       

FNMA REMIC Trust, Series 2003-W1, Class 1A1, 6.18%, due 12/25/42†

     28,996   
  4,200,000       

FNMA TBA, 2.50%, due 07/01/27

     4,392,937   
  1,400,000       

FNMA TBA, 2.50%, due 10/01/42

     1,427,016   
  20,100,000       

FNMA TBA, 3.00%, due 09/01/42

     21,067,312   
  2,000,000       

FNMA TBA, 3.00%, due 09/01/42

     2,091,875   
  3,200,000       

FNMA TBA, 3.50%, due 01/01/42

     3,412,625   
  3,000,000       

FNMA TBA, Pool # 007737, 4.00%, due 05/01/24

     3,213,281   
  5,100,000       

FNMA TBA, Pool # 009174, 4.00%, due 09/01/40

     5,468,156   
  500,000       

FNMA TBA, 4.50%, due 04/01/21

     537,969   
  153,388       

FNMA Trust, Series 2004-W9, Class 2A1, 6.50%, due 02/25/44

     176,206   
  800,908       

FNMA, (IO), Series 2011-63, Class SW, 6.47%, due 07/25/41†

     124,095   
  480,675       

GNMA, Pool # 004617, 4.50%, due 01/20/40

     530,115   
  407,872       

GNMA, Pool # 734712, 4.50%, due 03/15/40

     450,333   
  645,756       

GNMA, Pool # 004696, 4.50%, due 05/20/40

     712,175   
  632,307       

GNMA, Pool # 004746, 4.50%, due 07/20/40

     699,360   
  150,967       

GNMA, Pool # 004854, 4.50%, due 11/20/40

     166,669   
  306,366       

GNMA, Pool # 004883, 4.50%, due 12/20/40

     338,231   
  74,545       

GNMA, Pool # 004923, 4.50%, due 01/20/41

     82,259   
  4,491,920       

GNMA, Pool # 004978, 4.50%, due 03/20/41

     4,943,719   
  246,415       

GNMA, Pool # 641779, 5.00%, due 09/15/35

     270,104   
  830,068       

GNMA, Pool # 004559, 5.00%, due 10/20/39

     920,089   
  149,048       

GNMA, Pool # 733600, 5.00%, due 04/15/40

     163,596   
  453,264       

GNMA, Pool # 733627, 5.00%, due 05/15/40

     497,507   
  64,053       

GNMA, Pool # 004747, 5.00%, due 07/20/40

     71,000   
  64,182       

GNMA, Pool # 783050, 5.00%, due 07/20/40

     71,147   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      83   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — continued

  

  1,045,872       

GNMA, Pool # 004772, 5.00%, due 08/20/40

     1,157,686   
  250,784       

GNMA, Pool # 004802, 5.00%, due 09/20/40

     278,398   
  342,125       

GNMA, Pool # 510835, 5.50%, due 02/15/35

     377,208   
  400,000       

GNMA, Pool # 783704, 5.50%, due 06/15/36****

     445,000   
  12,490       

GNMA, Pool # 002657, 6.00%, due 10/20/28

     14,017   
  14,302       

GNMA, Pool # 003489, 6.00%, due 12/20/33

     16,109   
  80,026       

GNMA, Pool # 003879, 6.00%, due 07/20/36

     89,536   
  10,767       

GNMA, Pool # 003920, 6.00%, due 11/20/36

     12,046   
  621,770       

GNMA, Pool # 004145, 6.00%, due 05/20/38

     694,108   
  268,731       

GNMA, Pool # 004195, 6.00%, due 07/20/38

     299,996   
  10,185       

GNMA, Pool # 004245, 6.00%, due 09/20/38

     11,370   
  119,527       

GNMA, Pool # 004580, 6.00%, due 11/20/39

     133,852   
  160,711       

GNMA, Pool # 004602, 6.00%, due 12/20/39

     179,408   
  98,013       

GNMA, Pool # 004620, 6.00%, due 01/20/40

     109,417   
  177,748       

GNMA, Pool # 004639, 6.00%, due 02/20/40

     198,428   
  320,051       

GNMA, Pool # 004774, 6.00%, due 08/20/40

     358,087   
  63,534       

GNMA, Pool # 004804, 6.00%, due 09/20/40

     71,283   
  619,854       

GNMA, Pool # 004837, 6.00%, due 10/20/40

     695,455   
  393,208       

GNMA, Pool # 004871, 6.00%, due 11/20/40

     441,167   
  405,355       

GNMA, Pool # 004928, 6.00%, due 01/20/41

     454,796   
  341,619       

GNMA, Pool # 004991, 6.00%, due 03/20/41

     383,285   
  891,799       

GNMA, Pool # 005063, 6.00%, due 05/20/41

     997,783   
  353,688       

GNMA, Pool # 004040, 6.50%, due 10/20/37

     401,662   
  12,300,000       

GNMA TBA, 3.00%, due 08/01/42

     13,078,360   
  28,000,000       

GNMA TBA, 3.00%, due 08/01/42

     29,710,626   
  5,200,000       

GNMA TBA, 3.00%, due 09/01/42

     5,529,876   
  1,300,000       

GNMA TBA, 3.50%, due 12/01/41

     1,412,633   
  500,000       

GNMA TBA, 3.50%, due 04/01/42

     543,398   
  1,000,000       

GNMA TBA, 4.00%, due 09/01/40

     1,097,031   
  323,669       

GNMA, (IO), Series 2010-31, Class GS, 6.29%, due 03/20/39†

     50,857   
  108,077       

GNMA, (IO), Series 2011-32, Class S, 5.79%, due 03/16/41†

     13,027   
  683,303       

GNMA, (IO), Series 2011-70, Class BS, 6.49%, due 12/16/36†

     97,642   
      

 

 

 
     287,787,089   
      

 

 

 
   

Municipal Obligations — 4.8%

  

  2,250,000       

American Municipal Power-Ohio, Inc., 8.08%, due 02/15/50

     3,307,117   
  2,700,000       

California East Bay Municipal Utility District, 5.87%, due 06/01/40

     3,572,883   
  600,000       

Chicago Transit Authority, Series A, 6.90%, due 12/01/40

     728,796   
  600,000       

Chicago Transit Authority, Series B, 6.90%, due 12/01/40

     728,796   
  3,600,000       

Irvine Ranch Water District Joint Powers Agency, 2.39%, due 03/15/14

     3,609,072   
  155,000       

Los Angeles Unified School District, 5.75%, due 07/01/34

     185,991   
  1,235,000       

Los Angeles Unified School District, 6.76%, due 07/01/34

     1,649,701   
  1,250,000       

New Jersey State Turnpike Authority, 7.10%, due 01/01/41

     1,802,912   
  1,800,000       

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 4.73%, due 11/01/23

     2,112,390   
  1,300,000       

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 4.91%, due 11/01/24

     1,549,249   
  1,300,000       

New York City Transitional Finance Authority, 5.08%, due 11/01/25

     1,569,945   
  3,000,000       

New York State Urban Development Corp., 5.00%, due 03/15/23

     3,677,250   
  500,000       

Northstar Education Finance, Inc., 1.71%, due 01/29/46

     418,003   

 

84    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Municipal Obligations — continued

  

  3,100,000       

Ohio Tobacco Settlement Financing Authority, 6.50%, due 06/01/47

     3,024,918   
  1,100,000       

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, 4.46%, due 10/01/62

     1,086,844   
  900,000       

Southwest Student Services Corp., 0.09%, due 12/01/18

     826,868   
  350,000       

Southwest Student Services Corp., 0.51%, due 12/01/36

     285,810   
  5,575,000       

State of California General Obligation, 7.30%, due 10/01/39

     7,730,852   
  1,360,000       

State of California General Obligation, 7.50%, due 04/01/34

     1,892,780   
  1,950,000       

State of California General Obligation, 7.55%, due 04/01/39

     2,813,460   
  925,000       

State of Illinois General Obligation, 4.96%, due 03/01/16

     1,016,159   
  1,600,000       

State of Illinois General Obligation, 5.37%, due 03/01/17

     1,795,392   
  2,025,000       

State of Illinois General Obligation, 5.67%, due 03/01/18

     2,309,087   
  1,000,000       

State of Kentucky Property & Building Commission, 4.30%, due 11/01/19

     1,124,480   
  1,200,000       

State of Kentucky Property & Building Commission, 4.40%, due 11/01/20

     1,363,176   
  2,400,000       

State of Kentucky Property & Building Commission, 5.37%, due 11/01/25

     2,802,096   
      

 

 

 
     52,984,027   
      

 

 

 
 

Sovereign Debt Obligations — 1.4%

  

  3,800,000   EUR     

Bundesschatzanweisungen, 0.75%, due 09/13/13

     5,035,447   
  400,000   EUR     

Bundesschatzanweisungen, 1.75%, due 06/14/13

     531,494   
  2,500,000       

Korea Housing Finance Corp., Reg S, 4.13%, due 12/15/15‡‡‡

     2,708,613   
  22,490,000   MXN     

Mexican Bonos, 6.50%, due 06/09/22

     1,882,440   
  19,860,000   MXN     

Mexican Bonos, 8.00%, due 06/11/20

     1,802,332   
  140,000       

Mexico Government International Bond, 4.75%, due 03/08/44

     158,550   
  2,600,000       

Province of Ontario Canada, 2.70%, due 06/16/15

     2,738,892   
  303,879   GBP     

United Kingdom Gilt Inflation Linked, 0.13%, due 03/22/24‡‡‡‡

     538,155   
      

 

 

 
     15,395,923   
      

 

 

 
 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 22.8%

  

  349,175       

FHLMC, 2.24%, due 02/01/37†

     367,024   
  350,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (IO), Series 1, 1.11%, due 05/11/18‡‡

     329,910   
  280,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series B, 1.10%, due 04/06/18‡‡

     264,566   
  90,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series 11, 1.17%, due 02/08/18‡‡

     84,935   
  330,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series E, 1.25%, due 11/02/18‡‡

     307,516   
  270,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series 7, 1.25%, due 08/03/18‡‡

     252,293   
  150,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series 7, 1.25%, due 08/03/18‡‡

     140,163   
  330,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series D, 1.25%, due 08/03/18‡‡

     308,358   
  140,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series 8, 1.30%, due 08/03/18‡‡

     130,819   
  150,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series 15, 1.36%, due 03/07/19‡‡

     138,325   
  50,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series 19, 1.40%, due 06/06/19‡‡

     45,848   
  20,000       

Financing Corp. FICO STRIPS, (PO), Series D, 1.55%, due 09/26/19‡‡

     18,097   
  830,000       

FNMA, 0.00%, due 10/09/19‡‡

     728,347   
  244,740       

FNMA, Series 2004-38, Class FK, 0.56%, due 05/25/34†

     245,660   
  273,432       

FNMA, 1.70%, due 08/01/37†

     292,274   
  107,616       

FNMA, 2.90%, due 09/01/35†

     115,103   
  1,235,000       

FNMA, 6.63%, due 11/15/30

     1,886,559   
  1,118,643       

GNMA, 0.59%, due 12/20/60†

     1,124,753   
  1,968,867       

GNMA, 0.66%, due 02/20/61†

     1,986,459   
  1,911,932       

GNMA, 0.71%, due 01/20/61†

     1,932,832   
  472,646       

GNMA, 0.71%, due 03/20/61†

     478,023   
  1,255,550       

GNMA, (IO), 6.34%, due 11/20/38†

     173,553   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      85   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
 

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — continued

  

  835,462       

GNMA, (IO), 6.44%, due 01/20/40†

     145,147   
  4,000,000       

Overseas Private Investment Corp., (1.64)%, due 11/18/13‡‡

     4,058,436   
  190,000       

Tennessee Valley Authority, 5.25%, due 09/15/39

     250,986   
  2,364,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.75%, due 08/15/42

     2,283,106   
  6,640,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 2.75%, due 11/15/42

     6,398,264   
  490,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.13%, due 02/15/42

     512,433   
  2,600,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 3.88%, due 08/15/40

     3,125,281   
  200,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 4.25%, due 11/15/40

     255,406   
  200,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 4.38%, due 02/15/38

     259,531   
  4,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 4.50%, due 02/15/36

     5,265,000   
  400,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 6.25%, due 08/15/23

     573,562   
  800,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond, 7.50%, due 11/15/24

     1,274,125   
  4,888,512       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 04/15/17

     5,237,962   
  3,781,511       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 01/15/22

     4,110,030   
  2,514,750       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 0.13%, due 07/15/22

     2,731,059   
  8,459,600       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.13%, due 01/15/21 (a)

     9,943,998   
  530,345       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.25%, due 07/15/20

     629,619   
  2,539,591       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 1.75%, due 01/15/28

     3,292,938   
  107,023       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.13%, due 02/15/40

     157,374   
  2,218,230       

U.S. Treasury Inflation Indexed Bond, 2.13%, due 02/15/41

     3,282,461   
  8,750,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.25%, due 01/31/14

     8,756,834   
  7,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.25%, due 08/31/14

     7,003,010   
  11,900,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.25%, due 02/15/15

     11,896,287   
  7,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.25%, due 09/15/15

     6,985,783   
  3,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.50%, due 05/31/13

     3,005,274   
  1,200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.63%, due 08/31/17

     1,199,063   
  11,380,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 09/30/19

     11,303,538   
  15,540,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.13%, due 12/31/19

     15,498,726   
  7,500,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 03/15/14

     7,594,335   
  3,250,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 04/15/14

     3,293,420   
  16,420,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 10/31/19

     16,558,552   
  2,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 11/30/18

     2,053,438   
  9,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 07/31/16

     9,333,279   
  7,240,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.63%, due 08/15/22

     7,193,621   
  4,530,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.63%, due 11/15/22‡

     4,481,162   
  300,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 05/15/22

     302,648   
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 08/31/17

     105,633   
  32,200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 11/15/21 (c)

     33,425,113   
  11,700,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 02/15/22

     12,101,275   
  5,200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.13%, due 08/15/21

     5,467,311   
  12,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.63%, due 11/15/20

     13,171,872   
  6,400,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.75%, due 02/15/19

     7,087,501   
      

 

 

 
     252,955,810   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $1,003,209,471)

     1,051,235,327   
      

 

 

 

 

86    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 0.0%

  

   

Auto Manufacturers — 0.0%

  

  8,312       

General Motors Co.*

     239,635   
  2,087       

Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust*

     44,244   
      

 

 

 
         283,879   
      

 

 

 
   

Building Materials — 0.0%

  

  10,371       

US Concrete, Inc.* ¤

     93,857   
      

 

 

 
   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.0%

  

  1,754       

CIT Group, Inc.*

     67,775   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $478,595)

     445,511   
      

 

 

 
   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 0.3%

  

   

Banks — 0.1%

  

  600       

Wells Fargo & Co., 7.50% Class A

     735,000   
      

 

 

 
   

Diversified Financial Services — 0.2%

  

  74,625       

Citigroup Capital XIII, 7.88%†

     2,082,038   
  14,902       

GMAC Capital Trust I, 8.125%†

     397,138   
      

 

 

 
         2,479,176   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (COST $2,718,226)

     3,214,176   
      

 

 

 
   

WARRANTS — 0.0%

  

   

Auto Manufacturers — 0.0%

  

  7,557       

General Motors Co., Strike Price $10.00, Expires 7/10/16*

     147,362   
  7,557       

General Motors Co., Strike Price $18.33, Expires 7/10/19*

     94,387   
      

 

 

 
         241,749   
      

 

 

 
   

Media — 0.0%

  

  307       

Charter Communications, Inc., Strike Price $46.68, Expires 11/30/14*

     9,382   
      

 

 

 
   

Oil & Gas Services — 0.0%

  

  190       

SemGroup Corp., Strike Price $25.00, Expires 11/30/14* ¤

     2,808   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL WARRANTS (COST $307,300)

     253,939   
      

 

 

 
Notional           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

OPTIONS PURCHASED — 0.0%

  

   

Call Options — 0.0%

  

  43,000       

U.S. Treasury Bond 30-Year Futures Option with Barclays Capital, Inc., Strike Price $152.00, Expires 01/25/13

     7,391   
  67,000       

U.S Treasury Note 10-Year Futures Option with Barclays Capital, Inc., Strike Price $133.50, Expires 01/25/13

     19,890   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL CALL OPTIONS PURCHASED (COST $66,435)

     27,281   
      

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      87   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Notional           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Put Options — 0.0%

  

  2,300,000       

OTC 30-Year Interest Rate Swaption with Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Strike Price $3.45, Expires 09/21/15

     178,772   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL OPTIONS PURCHASED (COST $249,764)

     206,053   
      

 

 

 
Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 15.5%

  

   

Bank Deposit — 6.1%

  

  68,192,328       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     68,192,328   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL BANK DEPOSITS (COST $68,192,328)

     68,192,328   
      

 

 

 
   

Certificates of Deposit — 1.5%

  

  3,600,000       

Banco do Brasil SA, 2.00%, due 06/28/13

     3,592,642   
  3,000,000       

Daimler Finance North America LLC, 1.07%, due 10/11/13

     2,981,398   
  400,000       

Daimler Finance North America LLC, 1.07%, due 10/15/13

     397,478   
  2,300,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co., 0.96%, due 03/05/13

     2,296,024   
  3,700,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co., 1.40%, due 01/18/13

     3,697,554   
  200,000       

Ford Motor Credit Co., 1.24%, due 01/23/13

     199,848   
  3,800,000       

Straight A Funding LLC, 0.18%, due 02/19/13

     3,799,069   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT (COST $16,929,582)

     16,964,013   
      

 

 

 
   

Repurchase Agreements — 6.6%

  

  42,400,000       

Bank of America N.A. (Dated 12/31/2012. Collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Note, with a rate of 0.125% with a maturity of 12/31/2014, valued at $43,257,279. Repurchase proceeds are $42,400,542), 0.23%, due 01/02/13

     42,400,000   
  13,500,000       

Citigroup Global Markets, Inc. (Dated 12/31/2012. Collateralized by a Federal National Mortgage Association Security, with a rate of 4.000% with a maturity of 01/01/2042, valued at $14,006,340. Repurchase proceeds are $13,500,143), 0.19%, due 01/10/13

     13,500,000   
  6,100,000       

JPMorgan Securities LLC (Dated 12/31/2012. Collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond, with a rate of 3.875% with a maturity of 08/15/2040, valued at $6,270,880. Repurchase proceeds are $6,100,061), 0.18%, due 01/04/13

     6,100,000   
  11,100,000       

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (Dated 12/31/2012. Collateralized by a U.S. Treasury Bond, with a rate of 3.125% with a maturity of 11/15/2041 valued at $11,321,483. Repurchase proceeds are $11,100,155), 0.25%, due 01/02/13

     11,100,000   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS (COST $73,100,000)

     73,100,000   
      

 

 

 
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 1.2%

  

  13,073,243       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     13,073,243   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SECURITIES LENDING COLLATERAL (COST $13,073,243)

     13,073,243   
      

 

 

 

 

88    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value**           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 0.1%

  

  100,000       

FHLB Discount Note, 0.04%, due 03/26/13‡‡

     99,991   
  75,000       

FHLB Discount Note, 0.08%, due 02/19/13‡‡

     74,991   
  231,000       

United States Treasury Bill, 0.14%, due 02/21/13 (b) ‡‡

     230,954   
  263,000       

United States Treasury Bill, 0.15%, due 04/11/13 (b)

     262,955   
  76,000       

United States Treasury Bill, 0.18%, due 07/25/13 (b)

     75,947   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL U.S. GOVERNMENT AND AGENCY OBLIGATIONS

(COST $744,745)

     744,838   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $172,039,898)

     172,074,422   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS BEFORE TBA COMMITMENTS — 110.5%

(Cost $1,179,003,254)

     1,227,429,428   
   

TBA Sale Commitments — (2.5)%

  

  (2,000,000    

FHLMC TBA, 4.00%, due 07/01/40

     (2,135,625
  (6,000,000    

FHLMC TBA, 4.50%, due 06/01/39

     (6,439,688
  (7,000,000    

FNMA TBA, 3.50%, due 01/01/26

     (7,427,656
  (11,000,000    

FNMA TBA, 4.00%, due 05/01/24

     (11,782,030
      

 

 

 
     (27,784,999
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL TBA SALE COMMITMENTS (PROCEEDS $27,744,531)

     (27,784,999
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS NET OF TBA SALE

COMMITMENTS — 108.0%

(Cost $1,151,258,723)

     1,199,644,429   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (8.0)%

     (89,170,256
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 1,110,474,173   
      

 

 

 

 

   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    FICO — Financing Corporation   
    FHLB — Federal Home Loan Bank   
    FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation   
    FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association   
    GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association   
    IO — Interest Only   
    MTN — Medium Term Note   
    PIK — Payment In Kind   
    PO — Principal Only   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
    REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit   
    TBA — To Be Announced   
  *   Non-income producing security   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  (a)   All or a portion of this security is held for open futures collateral.   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      89   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

  (b)   All or a portion of this security is held for open swaps collateral.   
  (c)   All or a portion of this security is held for open futures and swaps collateral.   
  ¤   Illiquid security. The total market value of the securities at period end is $23,406,277 which represents 2.1% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $22,815,131.   
  **   Unless otherwise indicated, all par values are denominated in United States dollars ($).   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   
  ****   Securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee as approved by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of the securities at period end is $445,000 which represents 0.0% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $665,161.   
    Floating rate note. Rate shown is as of December 31, 2012.   
  ††   Debt obligation initially issued in zero coupon form which converts to coupon form at a specific rate and date. The rate shown is the rate at period end.   
  †††   Security is currently in default.   
  ††††   When-issued security   
  ‡‡   Interest rate presented is yield to maturity.   
  ‡‡‡   Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.   
  ‡‡‡‡   Indexed security in which price and/or coupon is linked to the prices of a specific financial instrument or financial statistic.   
    144A — Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total market value of the securities at period end is $72,023,404 which represents 6.5% of net assets.   

 

90    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at December 31, 2012 is as follows:

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

         

Deliver/Receive

  

Counterparty

  

Units of
Currency

    

Value

    

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
  Buys                     
  2/01/13          CNY    JPMorgan Chase Bank      5,986,164       $ 958,968       $ 19,446   
  8/05/13          CNY    UBS AG      8,424,725         1,334,922         840   
  2/01/13          CNY    UBS AG      46,266,100         7,411,707         71,959   
  9/13/13          EUR    HSBC Bank USA      4,936,000         6,523,806         74,064   
  10/11/13          EUR    JPMorgan Chase Bank      216,000         285,575         4,451   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 170,760   
                 

 

 

 
  Sales                     
  1/31/13          AUD    Bank of America N.A.      3,901,000       $ 4,041,583       $ 27,160   
  1/31/13          AUD    JPMorgan Chase Bank      198,000         205,135         3,534   
  2/01/13          CNY    HSBC Bank USA      36,915,418         5,913,753         (109,645
  2/01/13          CNY    JPMorgan Chase Bank      13,464,784         2,157,023         (50,023
  2/01/13          CNY    UBS AG      9,875,848         1,582,085         (36,085
  1/15/13          EUR    Bank of America N.A.      3,835,000         5,056,583         (70,189
  1/15/13          EUR    Citibank N.A.      22,000         29,008         (227
  9/13/13          EUR    HSBC Bank USA      8,600,000         11,366,437         (571,287
  9/13/13          EUR    JPMorgan Chase Bank      100,000         132,168         (8,943
  10/11/13          EUR    JPMorgan Chase Bank      216,000         285,575         (19,128
  6/14/13          EUR    JPMorgan Chase Bank      400,000         528,154         (11,073
  1/15/13          EUR    UBS AG      52,000         68,564         (1,756
  3/12/13          GBP    Bank of America N.A.      1,715,000         2,787,137         (25,485
  2/28/13          GBP    JPMorgan Chase Bank      211,000         342,922         (3,292
                 

 

 

 
   $ (876,439
                 

 

 

 

Currency Abbreviations

 

AUD Australian Dollar
CNY Chinese Yuan
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound Sterling
MXN Mexican Peso

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      91   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Futures Contracts

 

Number of
Contracts

         

Type

       

Expiration Date

  

Contract
Value

    

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
  Buys                     
  82          Eurodollar 90 Day       June 2014    $ 20,407,750       $ 4,746   
  93          U.S Ultra Long       March 2013      15,121,219         (333,052
                 

 

 

 
   $ (328,306
                 

 

 

 
  Sales                     
  11          Euro-OAT       March 2013    $ 1,974,647       $ (12,339
  82          Eurodollar 90 Day       June 2015      20,358,550         (179
  13          U.S. Treasury Bond 30 Yr.       March 2013      1,917,500         34,802   
  484          U.S. Treasury Note 10 Yr.       March 2013      642         280,100   
  20          U.S. Treasury Note 2 Yr.       March 2013      4,409,375         279   
  124          U.S. Treasury Note 5 Yr.       March 2013      15,427,344         24,076   
  166          U.S. Treasury Note 5 Yr.       March 2013      20,652,734         (14,063
                 

 

 

 
   $ 312,676   
                 

 

 

 

Written Options

 

Type of Contract

  Counterparty   Number of
Contracts
  Premiums
Received
  Value at
December 31, 2012

CALL — OTC 5-Year Interest Rate Swaption
Strike @ $ 1.40
Expires 03/18/2013

      Bank of America Securities LLC         1,200,000       $ 8,280       $ (29,911 )

PUT — OTC 5-Year Interest Rate Swaption
Strike @ $ 1.40
Expires 03/18/2013

      Bank of America Securities LLC         1,200,000         28,560         (374 )

PUT — OTC 5-Year Interest Rate Swaption
Strike @ $ 2.50
Expires 09/21/2015

      Royal Bank of Scotland Plc         9,700,000         184,300         (150,360 )

TOTAL

            $             221,140       $             (180,645
           

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

92    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Interest Rate Swaps

 

Description

   Notional
Amount
   Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
   Value

Agreement with Bank of America N.A. dated 07/06/12 receiving a fixed rate of 8.44% paying the notional amount multiplied by the BRL-CDI rate.
Expiring 01/02/15.

     $ 40,800,000        $ 343,102        $ 377,317  

Agreement with Bank of America N.A. dated 10/15/12 receiving a fixed rate of 7.42% paying the notional amount multiplied by the BRL-CDI rate.
Expiring 01/02/2014.

       14,700,000          25,560          25,560  

Agreement with Goldman Sachs dated 06/05/12 receiving a fixed rate of 4.00% paying the notional amount multiplied by the 6-Month AUD-BBR-BBSW rate. Expiring 03/15/23.

       200,000          2,367          2,367  

Agreement with HSBC Bank USA dated 02/24/12 receiving a fixed rate of 10.135% paying the notional amount multiplied by the BRL-CDI rate.
Expiring 01/02/2015.

       9,800,000          302,563          319,682  

Agreement with HSBC Bank USA dated 10/15/12 receiving a fixed rate of 8.075% paying the notional amount multiplied by the BRL-CDI rate.
Expiring 01/02/2015.

       4,200,000          11,057          19,129  

Agreement with Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC dated 02/27/12 receiving a fixed rate of 10.605% paying the notional amount multiplied by the BRL-CDI rate. Expiring 01/02/2015.

       10,300,000          350,850          414,511  
              

 

 

 
               $ 1,158,566  
              

 

 

 

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps

 

Pay/Receive
Floating Rate

 

Floating
Rate Index

  Fixed
Rate
  Maturity
Date
    Counterparty   Notional
Amount
    Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Receive   3-Month
USD-LIBOR
  0.31%     12/19/22      Citigroup Global
Markets
  $ 5,700,000      $ (63,802
Receive   3-Month
USD-LIBOR
  0.31%     12/19/42      Morgan Stanley
Capital Services
LLC
    2,800,000        172,364   
Receive   3-Month
USD-LIBOR
  1.00%     01/4/18      Citigroup Global
Markets
    3,100,000        (10,641
Pay   6-Month
AUD-BBR-BBSW
  3.75%     03/15/18      Deutsche Bank AG     4,300,000        67,190   
Pay   6-Month
AUD-BBR-BBSW
  3.75%     03/15/23      Citigroup Global
Markets
    1,100,000        (3,476
Pay   6-Month
AUD-BBR-BBSW
  4.00%     03/15/23      Citigroup Global
Markets and
Deutsche Bank AG
    10,200,000        57,825   
Pay   6-Month
AUD-BBR-BBSW
  4.25%     03/15/23      Citigroup Global
Markets
    2,500,000        69,929   
Receive   6-Month
EUR-LIBOR
  1.00%     03/20/23      Morgan Stanley
Capital Services
LLC
    1,000,000        (41,258
           

 

 

 
            $ 248,131   
           

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      93   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Credit Default Swaps (See Note 2(a))

 

Notional Amount

    Expiration Date    

Counterparty

  Value  
  1,800,000        12/20/17      JPMorgan Chase Bank   $ (8,495
  4,400,000        03/20/21      Goldman Sachs International     50,666   
  900,000        03/20/16      Deutsche Bank AG     7,947   
  1,400,000        03/20/16      Morgan Stanley Capital Services LLC     12,360   
  400,000        12/20/15      Deutsche Bank AG     (4,257
     

 

 

 
      $ 58,221   
     

 

 

 

 

94    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Debt Obligations

       94.7  

Preferred Stocks

       0.3  

Swaps

       0.2  

Common Stocks

       0.0  

Warrants

       0.0  

Options Purchased

       0.0  

Futures Contracts

       0.0  

Written Options

       0.0  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

       (0.1 )

TBA Sale Commitments

       (2.5 )

Short-Term Investments

       15.5  

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       (8.1 )
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      95   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 92.7%

  

   

Bermuda — 0.7%

  

  536,000       

COSCO Pacific, Ltd.

     777,757   
  3,000       

Credicorp, Ltd.

     439,680   
  86,650       

Dairy Farm International Holdings, Ltd.

     945,867   
  9,106,000       

GOME Electrical Appliances Holding, Ltd.*

     1,102,766   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Bermuda

     3,266,070   
      

 

 

 
   

Brazil — 7.4%

  

  20,100       

Amil Participacoes SA

     302,965   
  70,600       

Arteris SA

     654,636   
  51,100       

Banco Bradesco SA, ADR‡

     887,607   
  70,800       

Banco do Brasil SA

     903,200   
  390,188       

BM&FBovespa SA

     2,723,643   
  22,500       

BR Malls Participacoes SA

     298,080   
  41,200       

BR Properties SA

     512,990   
  30,500       

CCR SA

     289,230   
  24,300       

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo, ADR‡

     1,078,677   
  169,410       

Cia de Bebidas das Americas, ADR

     7,113,526   
  7,400       

Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado, ADR

     618,418   
  233,610       

Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA

     1,391,589   
  58,144       

Cielo SA

     1,628,027   
  90,825       

Companhia Energetica de Minas Gerais, Sponsored ADR

     986,359   
  1,300       

Embraer SA, ADR

     37,063   
  26,600       

Fibria Celulose SA, Sponsored ADR* ‡

     302,442   
  14,600       

Itau Unibanco Holding SA, ADR

     240,316   
  404,000       

JBS SA*

     1,199,768   
  30,500       

Lojas Renner SA

     1,193,352   
  114,900       

MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA

     689,994   
  8,300       

Multiplan Empreendimentos Imobiliarios SA

     244,966   
  30,200       

Natura Cosmeticos SA

     866,555   
  71,000       

Petroleo Brasileiro SA, Sponsored ADR

     1,370,300   
  110,300       

Porto Seguro SA

     1,268,574   
  233,225       

Souza Cruz SA

     3,531,840   
  119,500       

Tim Participacoes SA

     476,382   
  36,505       

Totvs SA

     718,891   
  11,300       

Ultrapar Participacoes SA

     253,557   
  137,200       

Vale SA, ADR

     2,785,160   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Brazil

     34,568,107   
      

 

 

 
   

Cayman Islands — 3.5%

  

  1,243,000       

Anta Sports Products, Ltd.

     1,111,217   
  29,728       

Baidu, Inc., Sponsored ADR*

     2,981,421   
  399,000       

China Mengniu Dairy Co., Ltd.

     1,135,245   
  86,000       

China Resources Land, Ltd.

     237,030   
  567,000       

China Shanshui Cement Group, Ltd.

     424,485   
  255,000       

Country Garden Holdings Co., Ltd.*

     136,462   
  58,000       

ENN Energy Holdings, Ltd.

     253,588   
  86,000       

Evergrande Real Estate Group, Ltd.

     48,790   

 

96    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Cayman Islands — continued

  

  78,500       

Longfor Properties Co., Ltd.

     155,661   
  157,000       

MStar Semiconductor, Inc.

     1,182,354   
  441,500       

Parkson Retail Group, Ltd.

     360,544   
  701,395       

Sands China, Ltd.

     3,146,426   
  77,000       

Shimao Property Holdings, Ltd.

     148,670   
  552,000       

Soho China, Ltd.

     445,904   
  41,800       

Tencent Holdings, Ltd.

     1,357,099   
  364,718       

Tingyi Cayman Islands Holding Corp.

     1,015,588   
  748,495       

Wynn Macau, Ltd.*

     2,062,800   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Cayman Islands

     16,203,284   
      

 

 

 
   

Chile — 1.8%

  

  1,991,400       

Banco de Chile

     308,214   
  60,484,680       

Banco Santander Chile

     4,311,439   
  44,424       

Banco Santander Chile, ADR‡

     1,265,640   
  18,229       

Empresas COPEC SA

     258,975   
  35,300       

Enersis SA, Sponsored ADR

     643,166   
  30,979       

ENTEL Chile SA

     640,244   
  32,662       

SACI Falabella

     337,082   
  11,400       

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA, Sponsored ADR

     657,096   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Chile

     8,421,856   
      

 

 

 
   

China — 9.0%

  

  12,159,000       

Bank of China, Ltd. Class H

     5,536,197   
  659,000       

Bank of Communications Co., Ltd. Class H

     502,687   
  1,402,000       

China BlueChemical, Ltd. Class H

     941,580   
  682,000       

China Citic Bank Corp., Ltd. Class H

     411,019   
  240,000       

China Coal Energy Co., Ltd. Class H

     268,337   
  8,622,000       

China Construction Bank Corp. Class H

     7,026,967   
  144,000       

China Merchants Bank Co., Ltd. Class H

     322,552   
  663,500       

China Minsheng Banking Corp., Ltd. Class H

     783,570   
  332,000       

China Oilfield Services, Ltd. Class H

     686,613   
  1,828,000       

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. Class H

     2,098,751   
  12,100       

China Petroleum & Chemical Corp., ADR

     1,390,532   
  87,500       

China Railway Construction Corp. Class H

     100,631   
  1,257,000       

China Railway Group, Ltd. Class H

     739,759   
  1,322,000       

China Telecom Corp., Ltd. Class H

     740,658   
  641,000       

Chongqing Rural Commercial Bank Class H

     357,632   
  342,000       

Dongfeng Motor Group Co., Ltd. Class H

     538,554   
  213,500       

Great Wall Motor Co., Ltd. Class H

     677,263   
  609,200       

Guangzhou R&F Properties Co., Ltd. Class H

     1,028,866   
  7,849,000       

Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Class H

     5,660,449   
  1,552,000       

Jiangsu Expressway Co., Ltd. Class H

     1,599,448   
  862,000       

Jiangxi Copper Co., Ltd. Class H

     2,311,534   
  8,300       

PetroChina Co., Ltd., ADR

     1,193,374   
  2,058,000       

PetroChina Co., Ltd. Class H

     2,945,128   
  84,000       

Sinopharm Group Co., Ltd. Class H

     266,806   
  272,469       

Tsingtao Brewery Co., Ltd. Class H

     1,622,715   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      97   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

China — continued

  

  148,000       

Yanzhou Coal Mining Co., Ltd. Class H

     249,947   
  367,500       

Zhaojin Mining Industry Co., Ltd. Class H

     582,214   
  1,652,000       

Zhejiang Expressway Co., Ltd. Class H

     1,316,927   
      

 

 

 
   

Total China

     41,900,710   
      

 

 

 
   

Colombia — 1.4%

  

  2,132,012       

Ecopetrol SA

     6,611,459   
      

 

 

 
   

Czech Republic — 0.4%

  

  32,234       

CEZ AS

     1,157,754   
  3,408       

Komercni Banka AS

     720,086   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Czech Republic

     1,877,840   
      

 

 

 
   

Hong Kong — 4.5%

  

  405,000       

China Agri-Industries Holdings, Ltd.

     227,758   
  534,001       

China Mobile, Ltd.

     6,255,209   
  58,500       

China Mobile, Ltd., Sponsored ADR‡

     3,435,120   
  170,000       

China Overseas Land & Investment, Ltd.

     514,958   
  118,000       

China Resources Power Holdings Co., Ltd.

     301,939   
  927,000       

CNOOC, Ltd.

     2,035,466   
  10,100       

CNOOC, Ltd., ADR

     2,222,000   
  790,000       

Guangdong Investment, Ltd.

     619,907   
  603,634       

Hongkong Electric Holdings

     5,181,017   
  140,000       

Shougang Fushan Resources Group, Ltd.

     52,112   
  40,500       

Sino-Ocean Land Holdings, Ltd.

     31,077   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Hong Kong

     20,876,563   
      

 

 

 
   

Hungary — 0.1%

  

  3,142       

MOL Hungarian Oil and Gas Plc

     254,777   
  4,404       

OTP Bank Nyrt

     83,650   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Hungary

     338,427   
      

 

 

 
   

India — 11.9%

  

  21,400       

Asian Paints, Ltd.

     1,742,579   
  70,529       

Bajaj Auto, Ltd.

     2,742,084   
  77,330       

Bharat Heavy Electricals, Ltd.

     327,087   
  259,700       

Cipla, Ltd.

     1,971,009   
  31,164       

Colgate-Palmolive India, Ltd.

     892,208   
  42,800       

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Ltd., ADR

     1,424,812   
  49,407       

HDFC Bank, Ltd.

     613,280   
  205,800       

HDFC Bank, Ltd., ADR

     8,380,176   
  642,557       

Hindustan Unilever, Ltd.

     6,169,374   
  492,896       

Housing Development Finance Corp.

     7,510,799   
  12,279       

ICICI Bank, Ltd.

     258,586   
  21,800       

ICICI Bank, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     950,698   
  26,806       

Infosys, Ltd.

     1,142,377   
  30,300       

Infosys, Ltd., Sponsored ADR‡

     1,281,690   
  1,495,000       

ITC, Ltd.

     7,820,882   

 

98    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

India — continued

  

  165,100       

Kotak Mahindra Bank, Ltd.

     1,967,635   
  27,700       

Nestle India, Ltd.

     2,519,978   
  118,084       

Power Finance Corp., Ltd.

     442,112   
  25,147       

Reliance Industries, Ltd., GDR 144A

     767,486   
  54,261       

Rural Electrification Corp., Ltd.

     242,022   
  4,147       

State Bank of India, GDR

     371,779   
  164,500       

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.

     2,214,989   
  115,034       

Tata Consultancy Services, Ltd.

     2,639,526   
  38,300       

Tata Motors, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     1,099,976   
  41,000       

Wipro, Ltd., ADR‡

     359,160   
      

 

 

 
   

Total India

     55,852,304   
      

 

 

 
   

Indonesia — 2.5%

  

  53,000       

Astra Agro Lestari Tbk PT

     108,725   
  1,899,500       

Astra International Tbk PT

     1,502,857   
  371,000       

Bank Rakyat Indonesia Persero Tbk PT

     270,189   
  10,218,000       

Bumi Resources Tbk PT

     628,173   
  157,183       

Gudang Garam Tbk PT

     921,001   
  24,500       

Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT

     105,782   
  114,000       

Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT

     266,333   
  1,930,500       

Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT

     1,173,493   
  2,693,500       

Perusahaan Gas Negara Persero Tbk PT

     1,289,023   
  946,501       

Semen Gresik Persero Tbk PT

     1,559,216   
  142,500       

Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Persero Tbk PT

     224,322   
  14,400       

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Persero Tbk PT, Sponsored ADR

     532,080   
  526,500       

Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk PT

     495,385   
  906,599       

Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT

     1,966,240   
  327,000       

United Tractors Tbk PT

     672,114   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Indonesia

     11,714,933   
      

 

 

 
   

Malaysia — 4.5%

  

  813,100       

Alliance Financial Group Bhd

     1,170,866   
  812,300       

AMMB Holdings Bhd

     1,804,260   
  45,400       

British American Tobacco Malaysia Bhd

     921,587   
  74,300       

CIMB Group Holdings Bhd

     185,588   
  411,400       

DiGi.Com Bhd

     712,233   
  416,200       

Genting Bhd

     1,256,765   
  1,684,100       

Genting Malaysia Bhd

     1,962,786   
  82,400       

Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd

     648,264   
  1,143,217       

Malayan Banking Bhd

     3,439,890   
  232,900       

Parkson Holdings Bhd

     397,619   
  157,700       

Petronas Chemicals Group Bhd

     329,795   
  90,600       

Petronas Gas Bhd

     579,042   
  509,200       

Public Bank Bhd

     2,712,291   
  106,200       

Public Bank Bhd (Foreign Market)

     566,941   
  9,900       

Sime Darby Bhd

     30,852   
  563,000       

Tenaga Nasional Bhd

     1,277,378   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      99   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Malaysia — continued

  

  788,500       

UMW Holdings Bhd

     3,082,326   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Malaysia

     21,078,483   
      

 

 

 
   

Mexico — 8.0%

  

  502,200       

Alfa SAB de CV Class A

     1,062,718   
  67,500       

America Movil SA de CV Series L, ADR

     1,561,950   
  57,600       

Arca Continental SAB de CV

     426,833   
  14,975       

Coca-Cola Femsa SAB de CV, Sponsored ADR‡

     2,231,874   
  456,055       

Compartamos SAB de CV

     648,647   
  58,271       

Fomento Economico Mexicano SA de CV, Sponsored ADR

     5,867,890   
  154,000       

Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV Series A

     396,918   
  112,034       

Grupo Carso SAB de CV Series A-1

     548,092   
  123,700       

Grupo Financiero Banorte SAB de CV Series O

     795,105   
  508,400       

Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB de CV Series O

     1,533,891   
  208,447       

Grupo Financiero Santander Mexico SAB de CV Class B, ADR*

     3,372,673   
  881,169       

Grupo Mexico SAB de CV Series B

     3,164,093   
  164,500       

Grupo Modelo SAB de CV Series C

     1,468,795   
  104,451       

Grupo Televisa SAB, Sponsored ADR

     2,776,308   
  65,410       

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

     3,284,150   
  560,300       

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico SAB de CV

     1,432,463   
  2,059,121       

Wal-Mart de Mexico SAB de CV

     6,688,258   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Mexico

     37,260,658   
      

 

 

 
   

Peru — 0.5%

  

  69,215       

Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA, ADR

     2,488,279   
      

 

 

 
   

Philippines — 0.9%

  

  1,409,100       

Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc.

     1,816,442   
  390,650       

Bank of the Philippine Islands

     905,872   
  61,550       

SM Investments Corp.

     1,322,965   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Philippines

     4,045,279   
      

 

 

 
   

Poland — 1.3%

  

  24,302       

Asseco Poland SA

     355,114   
  10,848       

Grupa Lotos SA*

     145,339   
  805       

KGHM Polska Miedz SA

     50,053   
  159,017       

PGE SA

     937,641   
  141,345       

Powszechna Kasa Oszczednosci Bank Polski SA

     1,705,133   
  18,132       

Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA

     2,574,930   
  157,683       

Tauron Polska Energia SA

     242,323   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Poland

     6,010,533   
      

 

 

 
   

Russia — 3.0%

  

  211,466       

Gazprom OAO, Sponsored ADR

     2,027,721   
  367,245       

Gazprom OAO (OTC Exchange), Sponsored ADR

     3,573,294   
  60,833       

LUKOIL OAO, Sponsored ADR

     4,106,228   
  34,983       

MMC Norilsk Nickel OJSC, ADR

     653,763   

 

100    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Russia — continued

  

  37,456       

Rosneft Oil Co., Reg S, GDR* ‡‡‡

     333,733   
  16,328       

Rostelecom OJSC, Sponsored ADR‡

     399,873   
  19,870       

Sberbank of Russia, Sponsored ADR

     249,567   
  71,054       

Severstal OAO, Reg S, GDR‡‡‡

     864,727   
  7,244       

Sistema JSFC, Reg S, Sponsored GDR‡‡‡

     146,774   
  57,365       

Surgutneftegas OJSC, Sponsored ADR

     517,432   
  20,188       

Tatneft, Sponsored ADR

     892,103   
  11,393       

TMK OAO, Reg S, GDR* ‡‡‡

     177,089   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Russia

     13,942,304   
      

 

 

 
   

South Africa — 5.4%

  

  87,760       

ABSA Group, Ltd.

     1,709,700   
  246,921       

African Bank Investments, Ltd.

     948,674   
  149,302       

Aveng, Ltd.

     539,762   
  1,348       

Bidvest Group, Ltd.

     34,458   
  13,300       

Gold Fields, Ltd., Sponsored ADR‡

     166,117   
  13,489       

Growthpoint Properties, Ltd.

     38,959   
  38,200       

Harmony Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     342,272   
  12,552       

Imperial Holdings, Ltd.

     297,550   
  8,411       

Investec, Ltd.

     58,708   
  53,589       

Kumba Iron Ore, Ltd.

     3,659,119   
  49,079       

Liberty Holdings, Ltd.

     643,889   
  124,627       

MMI Holdings, Ltd.

     326,606   
  76,778       

MTN Group, Ltd.

     1,612,447   
  20,055       

Naspers, Ltd.

     1,287,543   
  41,132       

Netcare, Ltd.

     95,253   
  197,021       

Redefine Properties, Ltd.

     218,179   
  121,204       

Remgro, Ltd.

     2,278,068   
  127,517       

Reunert, Ltd.

     1,169,039   
  112,746       

RMB Holdings, Ltd.

     546,752   
  65,383       

Salam, Ltd.

     349,488   
  16,903       

Sasol, Ltd.

     733,243   
  79,721       

Shoprite Holdings, Ltd.

     1,935,999   
  112,393       

Spar Group, Ltd. (The)

     1,748,179   
  84,978       

Standard Bank Group, Ltd.

     1,201,447   
  35,395       

Tiger Brands, Ltd.

     1,361,796   
  56,161       

Truworths International, Ltd.

     727,442   
  145,517       

Woolworths Holdings, Ltd.

     1,221,231   
      

 

 

 
   

Total South Africa

     25,251,920   
      

 

 

 
   

South Korea — 7.7%

  

  9,019       

Daelim Industrial Co., Ltd.

     740,924   
  14,610       

DGB Financial Group, Inc.

     199,344   
  44,365       

Dongbu Insurance Co., Ltd.

     1,909,858   
  7,440       

Hanwha Corp.

     239,328   
  37,610       

Hanwha Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

     273,380   
  2,317       

Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     528,676   
  48,730       

Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co., Ltd.

     1,521,247   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      101   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

South Korea — continued

  

  1,687       

Hyundai Mobis

     457,559   
  1,805       

Hyundai Wia Corp.

     294,178   
  95,920       

Industrial Bank of Korea

     1,068,410   
  101,680       

Kangwon Land, Inc.

     2,791,818   
  1,497       

KCC Corp.

     417,047   
  10,721       

Kia Motors Corp.

     570,477   
  9,040       

Korea Exchange Bank*

     64,680   
  2,229       

Korea Zinc Co., Ltd.

     849,614   
  7,600       

KP Chemical Corp.****

     89,874   
  32,060       

KT Corp.

     1,065,870   
  59,000       

KT Corp., Sponsored ADR*

     987,660   
  48,391       

KT&G Corp.

     3,669,818   
  1,023       

LG Chem, Ltd.

     318,048   
  6,314       

LG Corp.

     386,998   
  57,600       

LG Display Co., Ltd., ADR* ‡

     834,048   
  4,015       

LG Household & Health Care, Ltd.

     2,470,463   
  3,080       

Mirae Asset Securities Co., Ltd.

     103,068   
  1,131       

Orion Corp. Republic of South Korea

     1,163,112   
  13,104       

S1 Corp. Korea

     857,459   
  20,050       

Samsung Card Co., Ltd.

     684,135   
  6,903       

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Reg S, GDR‡‡‡

     4,866,615   
  1,928       

Samsung Engineering Co., Ltd.

     300,467   
  4,112       

Samsung Fire & Marine Insurance Co., Ltd.

     838,318   
  53,140       

Samsung Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

     1,933,812   
  4,346       

SK Holdings Co., Ltd.

     728,378   
  7,790       

SK Networks Co., Ltd.

     61,811   
  15,600       

SK Telecom Co., Ltd., ADR

     246,948   
  13,695       

SK Telecom Co., Ltd.

     1,952,112   
  33,790       

Woori Finance Holdings Co., Ltd.

     375,255   
      

 

 

 
   

Total South Korea

     35,860,809   
      

 

 

 
   

Taiwan — 8.7%

  

  634,000       

AU Optronics Corp.*

     286,821   
  282,000       

Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co., Ltd.

     734,115   
  874,140       

Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd.

     2,030,584   
  1,130,000       

Chimei Innolux Corp.*

     612,181   
  19,000       

China Motor Corp.

     18,042   
  508,225       

China Petrochemical Development Corp.

     316,873   
  820,000       

Chinatrust Financial Holding

     486,161   
  1,634,000       

Compal Electronics, Inc.

     1,105,639   
  68,000       

Delta Electronics, Inc.

     250,906   
  596,000       

Eva Airways Corp.*

     349,307   
  496,000       

Evergreen Marine Corp. Taiwan, Ltd.*

     297,296   
  412,000       

Far EasTone Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

     1,052,680   
  827,000       

Farglory Land Development Co., Ltd.

     1,496,611   
  63,000       

Feng Hsin Iron & Steel Co.

     112,468   
  112,850       

Foxconn Technology Co., Ltd.

     355,362   
  731,997       

Fubon Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

     888,506   

 

102    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Taiwan — continued

  

  41,000       

Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     235,843   
  209,000       

Highwealth Construction Corp.

     393,897   
  579,700       

Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

     1,787,037   
  166,000       

HTC Corp.

     1,722,787   
  874,575       

Lite-On Technology Corp.

     1,164,205   
  58,374       

MediaTek, Inc.

     652,983   
  283,000       

Mega Financial Holding Co., Ltd.

     221,217   
  333,000       

Novatek Microelectronics Corp., Ltd.

     1,367,348   
  242,000       

Pou Chen Corp.

     254,903   
  243,000       

President Chain Store Corp.

     1,303,367   
  233,000       

Quanta Computer, Inc.

     550,821   
  222,220       

Realtek Semiconductor Corp.

     469,918   
  150,000       

Richtek Technology Corp.

     879,548   
  1,546,000       

Shin Kong Financial Holding Co., Ltd.*

     438,006   
  702,762       

SinoPac Financial Holdings Co., Ltd.

     303,001   
  440       

Taiwan Business Bank*

     133   
  353,000       

Taiwan Cement Corp.

     473,730   
  115,700       

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     1,985,412   
  2,554,000       

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

     8,548,015   
  1,252,000       

Teco Electric and Machinery Co., Ltd.

     961,922   
  2,015,800       

TSRC Corp.

     4,101,082   
  1,151,210       

Uni-President Enterprises Corp.

     2,117,633   
  445,000       

Walsin Lihwa Corp.*

     152,595   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Taiwan

     40,478,955   
      

 

 

 
   

Thailand — 2.4%

  

  140,900       

Advanced Info Service PCL, NVDR

     969,229   
  294,400       

Bangkok Bank PCL

     2,017,159   
  72,500       

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

     465,408   
  388,500       

Bank of Ayudhya PCL, NVDR

     414,962   
  28,000       

Banpu PCL

     367,963   
  729,300       

CP All PCL Class F

     1,094,077   
  288,600       

Kasikornbank PCL

     1,832,367   
  85,100       

Kasikornbank PCL Class N, NVDR

     540,471   
  770,000       

Krung Thai Bank PCL, NVDR

     496,006   
  54,100       

PTT PCL

     589,907   
  297,300       

Siam Commercial Bank PCL

     1,759,114   
  59,600       

Siam Commercial Bank PCL, NVDR

     354,738   
  135,100       

Thai Oil PCL Class N, NVDR

     300,681   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Thailand

     11,202,082   
      

 

 

 
   

Turkey — 1.5%

  

  80,909       

Arcelik AS

     532,354   
  5,486       

BIM Birlesik Magazalar AS

     268,620   
  168,144       

Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS

     231,524   
  71,827       

Haci Omer Sabanci Holding AS

     396,853   
  65,468       

TAV Havalimanlari Holding AS*

     335,126   
  44,921       

Tupras Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS

     1,299,041   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      103   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Turkey — continued

  

  357,540       

Turk Hava Yollari AS*

     1,257,586   
  385,841       

Turk Telekomunikasyon AS

     1,498,360   
  49,147       

Turkiye Halk Bankasi AS

     483,586   
  83,476       

Turkiye Is Bankasi

     290,020   
  14,063       

Turkiye Sise ve Cam Fabrikalari AS

     23,317   
  256,119       

Turkiye Vakiflar Bankasi Tao Series D

     663,829   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Turkey

     7,280,216   
      

 

 

 
   

United Kingdom — 5.1%

  

  177,833       

British American Tobacco Plc

     8,965,940   
  627,809       

HSBC Holdings Plc

     6,664,647   
  175,293       

SABMiller Plc

     8,049,887   
      

 

 

 
   

Total United Kingdom

     23,680,474   
      

 

 

 
   

United States — 0.5%

  

  66,986       

Southern Copper Corp.

     2,536,090   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $403,847,404)

     432,747,635   
      

 

 

 
   

PREFERRED STOCKS — 2.5%

  

   

Brazil — 2.5%

  

  115,738       

Aes Tiete SA, 13.75%

     1,337,907   
  79,000       

Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul, 5.43%

     607,510   
  120,100       

Bradespar SA, 5.79%

     1,969,290   
  17,194       

Cia Brasileira de Distribuicao Grupo Pao de Acucar, 0.81%

     756,610   
  63,900       

Cia de Bebidas das Americas, 2.96%

     2,690,893   
  199,800       

Cia Energetica de Minas Gerais, 25.74%

     2,169,993   
  45,500       

Cia Energetica de Sao Paulo, 8.11%

     435,807   
  42,800       

Lojas Americanas SA, 0.51%

     385,769   
  36,300       

Metalurgica Gerdau SA, 1.75%

     416,136   
  177,900       

Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais SA, 0.72% Series A

     1,159,756   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Brazil

     11,929,671   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS (COST $11,418,356)

     11,929,671   
      

 

 

 
   

RIGHTS — 0.0%

  

   

Chile — 0.0%

  

  89,110       

Banco de Chile, Strike price $0.00, Expires 01/03/13*

     1,126   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL RIGHTS (COST $—)

     1,126   
      

 

 

 

 

104    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 5.6%

  
   

Bank Deposit — 3.6%

  
  16,603,446       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     16,603,446   
      

 

 

 
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 2.0%

  
  9,178,351       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     9,178,351   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $25,781,797)

     25,781,797   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.8%

(Cost $441,047,557)

     470,460,229   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — (0.8)%

     (3,609,539
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 466,850,690   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    GDR — Global Depository Receipt   
    NVDR — Non-Voting Depository Receipt   
  *   Non-income producing security   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   
  ****   Securities fair valued by the Valuation Committee as approved by the Board of Trustees. The total market value of the securities at period end is $89,874 which represents 0.0% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $100,054.   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ‡‡‡   Security exempt from registration under Regulation S of the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside the United States. Security may not be offered or sold in the United States except pursuant to an exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the Securities Act of 1933.   
    144A — Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total market value of the securities at period end is $767,486 which represents 0.2% of net assets.   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      105   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at December 31, 2012 is as follows:

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

         

Deliver/Receive

  

Counterparty

  

Units of
Currency

    

Value

    

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
  Buys                     
  3/20/13          BRL    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      88,000       $ 42,564       $ 777   
  3/20/13          CLP    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      840,000,000         1,736,608         (12,099
  3/20/13          HKD    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      44,850,000         5,787,936         (129
  3/20/13          HUF    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      1,906,450,000         8,559,009         (73,136
  3/20/13          IDR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      300,000,000         30,846         (18
  3/20/13          ILS    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      1,480,000         395,739         8,515   
  3/20/13          INR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      493,000,000         8,869,938         (72,716
  3/20/13          KRW    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      24,963,229,000         23,213,367         248,084   
  3/20/13          MXN    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      172,890,000         13,219,103         (34,411
  3/20/13          MYR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      29,949,000         9,741,941         (39,250
  3/20/13          PEN    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      320,000         124,917         1,189   
  3/20/13          PLN    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      35,949,000         11,527,325         261,254   
  3/20/13          RUB    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      14,049,000         454,174         5,086   
  3/20/13          SGD    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      2,750,000         2,251,193         (2,144
  3/20/13          THB    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      26,700,000         869,063         2,064   
  3/20/13          TRY    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      23,920,000         13,268,714         48,307   
  3/20/13          TWD    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      26,285,000         905,464         (5,144
  3/20/13          ZAR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      4,054,000         472,864         17,829   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 354,058   
                 

 

 

 
  Sales                     
  3/20/13          BRL    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      44,739,000       $ 21,639,387       $ (623,407
  3/20/13          CLP    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      435,265,000         899,863         (5,913
  3/20/13          COP    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      4,193,000,000         2,356,545         (65,045
  3/20/13          CZK    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      38,590,000         2,028,820         (39,369
  3/20/13          HKD    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      47,840,000         6,173,798         (79
  3/20/13          IDR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      35,850,612,445         3,686,198         19,061   
  3/20/13          ILS    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      8,960,000         2,395,824         (53,313
  3/20/13          INR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      708,995,000         12,756,068         (37,459
  3/20/13          KRW    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      2,691,895,000         2,503,200         (29,181
  3/20/13          MXN    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      8,567,000         655,030         2,509   
  3/20/13          MYR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      2,393,000         778,405         10,582   
  3/20/13          PEN    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      321,000         125,308         (1,161
  3/20/13          PHP    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      72,100,000         1,756,440         10,344   
  3/20/13          PLN    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      841,000         269,673         (5,133
  3/20/13          RUB    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      7,245,000         234,216         (3,336
  3/20/13          SGD    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      23,596,000         19,316,052         21,427   
  3/20/13          THB    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      26,379,000         858,615         (3,792
  3/20/13          TRY    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      10,340,000         5,735,723         (216
  3/20/13          TWD    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      48,797,000         1,680,957         5,963   
  3/20/13          ZAR    Royal Bank of Scotland Plc      8,079,000         942,346         (33,347
                 

 

 

 
   $ (830,865
                 

 

 

 

 

106    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Currency Abbreviations

 

BRL Brazilian Real
CLP Chilean Peso
COP Colombian Peso
CZK Czech Koruna
HKD Hong Kong Dollar
HUF Hungarian Forint
IDR Indonesian Rupiah
ILS Israeli Shekel
INR Indian Rupee
KRW South Korean Won
MXN Mexican Peso
MYR Malaysian Ringgit
PEN Peruvian Nouveau Sol
PHP Philippines Peso
PLN Polish Zloty
RUB Russian Ruble
SGD Singapore Dollar
THB Thai Baht
TRY New Turkish Lira
TWD Taiwan Dollar
ZAR South African Rand

Futures Contracts

 

Number of
Contracts

         

Type

       

Expiration Date

  

Contract
Value

    

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
  Buys                     
  95          FTSE/JSE Top 40 Index       March 2013    $ 3,929,370       $ 48,047   
  39          HSCEI Index       January 2013      2,880,903         20,885   
  6          KLSE Composite Index       January 2013      165,255         1,348   
  32          KOSPI 200 Index       March 2013      3,976,928         105,229   
  2          MSCI Singapore Index       January 2013      117,921         26   
  8          SET50 Index       March 2013      248,290         2,958   
  870          TurkDEX-ISE 30 Index       February 2013      4,800,429         3,515   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 182,008   
                 

 

 

 
  Sales                     
  14          Mexico Bolsa Index       March 2013    $ 474,745       $ (3,559
  504          SGX CNX Nifty Index       January 2013      6,000,624         27,676   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 24,117   
                 

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      107   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Synthetic Futures

 

Number of
Contracts

   

Reference Entity

 

Expiration Date

 

Counterparty

 

Notional
Value

 

Value

 
  2      Brazil Bovespa Stock Index   02/13/2013   Goldman Sachs   $57,295   $ (79
  5      Russian Trading System Index   03/15/2013   Goldman Sachs   796,559     11,176   
  6,170      Warsaw WIG 20 Index   03/15/2013   Goldman Sachs   5,131,328     99,517   
         

 

 

 
          $ 110,614   
         

 

 

 

 

108    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Banks

       18.0  

Oil & Gas

       7.9  

Beverages

       6.3  

Agriculture

       5.7  

Telecommunications

       5.2  

Semiconductors

       4.2  

Food

       4.0  

Mining

       4.0  

Diversified Financial Services

       3.9  

Retail

       3.9  

Electric

       3.2  

Computers

       2.4  

Insurance

       2.2  

Chemicals

       2.1  

Lodging

       1.8  

Household Products & Wares

       1.7  

Iron & Steel

       1.6  

Holding Companies — Diversified

       1.5  

Commercial Services

       1.3  

Pharmaceuticals

       1.3  

Auto Manufacturers

       1.2  

Real Estate

       1.1  

Cosmetics & Personal Care

       0.9  

Internet

       0.9  

Media

       0.9  

Engineering & Construction

       0.8  

Electronics

       0.7  

Leisure Time

       0.7  

Building Materials

       0.6  

Entertainment

       0.6  

Gas

       0.5  

Shipbuilding

       0.5  

Auto Parts & Equipment

       0.4  

Coal

       0.4  

Forest Products & Paper

       0.4  

Software

       0.4  

Airlines

       0.3  

Electrical Components & Equipment

       0.2  

Home Furnishings

       0.2  

Machinery — Diversified

       0.2  

Office & Business Equipment

       0.2  

Water

       0.2  

Apparel

       0.1  

Distribution & Wholesale

       0.1  

Health Care — Services

       0.1  

Home Builders

       0.1  

Machinery — Construction & Mining

       0.1  

Oil & Gas Services

       0.1  

Transportation

       0.1  

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      109   


Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Aerospace & Defense

       0.0  

Housewares

       0.0  

Metal Fabricate & Hardware

       0.0  

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       4.8  
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

110    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

COMMON STOCKS — 90.3%

  
   

Australia — 0.8%

  
  11,983       

Brickworks, Ltd.

     143,606   
  12,632       

CSL, Ltd.

     713,436   
  4,624       

Energy Developments, Ltd.*

     15,890   
  35,200       

Newcrest Mining, Ltd.

     821,615   
  58,546       

Tabcorp Holdings, Ltd.

     187,059   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Australia

     1,881,606   
      

 

 

 
   

Austria — 0.2%

  
  182       

Agrana Beteiligungs AG

     23,518   
  6,786       

EVN AG

     105,647   
  11,500       

OMV AG

     417,098   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Austria

     546,263   
      

 

 

 
   

Belgium — 0.7%

  
  13,182       

Belgacom SA

     388,103   
  16,300       

Groupe Bruxelles Lambert SA

     1,283,489   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Belgium

     1,671,592   
      

 

 

 
   

Bermuda — 0.4%

  
  9,000       

Guoco Group, Ltd.

     108,557   
  95,000       

GuocoLeisure, Ltd.

     51,277   
  6,000       

Jardine Matheson Holdings, Ltd.

     373,145   
  634,000       

Newocean Energy Holdings, Ltd.

     374,165   
  10,000       

Wing On Co. International, Ltd.

     27,470   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Bermuda

     934,614   
      

 

 

 
   

Canada — 4.0%

  
  3,900       

Agnico-Eagle Mines, Ltd.

     204,185   
  9,700       

Bank of Montreal

     592,892   
  4,100       

Brookfield Office Properties, Inc.

     69,836   
  11,400       

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd.

     327,906   
  4,700       

Capital Power Corp.

     107,292   
  12,400       

Cenovus Energy, Inc.

     415,896   
  37,247       

CML HealthCare, Inc.

     248,388   
  4,300       

Constellation Software, Inc.

     518,185   
  19,900       

Fortis, Inc.

     683,919   
  15,700       

Genworth MI Canada, Inc.

     356,195   
  8,900       

George Weston, Ltd.

     631,769   
  12,900       

Goldcorp, Inc.

     473,430   
  10,500       

Jean Coutu Group PJC, Inc. (The) Class A

     153,224   
  11,800       

Killam Properties, Inc.

     148,019   
  13,100       

Manitoba Telecom Services, Inc.

     427,062   
  10,500       

Metro, Inc.

     667,837   
  400       

Morguard Corp.

     46,038   
  11,219       

Parkland Fuel Corp.

     213,293   
  36,187       

Penn West Petroleum, Ltd.

     392,991   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      111   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Canada — continued

  
  11,277       

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc.

     458,861   
  13,600       

Rogers Communications, Inc. Class B

     616,828   
  14,439       

Rogers Sugar, Inc.

     86,863   
  11,400       

Saputo, Inc.

     576,011   
  26,400       

Shaw Communications, Inc. Class B

     605,580   
  300       

Stella-Jones, Inc.

     23,088   
  3,900       

TELUS Corp.

     253,341   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Canada

     9,298,929   
      

 

 

 
   

Cayman Islands — 0.2%

  
  26,214       

Home Loan Servicing Solutions, Ltd.

     495,445   
      

 

 

 
   

Denmark — 1.2%

  
  14,545       

Coloplast AS Class B

     712,000   
  32,095       

GN Store Nord AS

     470,218   
  4,442       

Novo Nordisk AS Class B

     724,595   
  1,504       

Royal UNIBREW AS

     130,882   
  1,587       

Schouw & Co.

     41,789   
  227       

SimCorp AS

     50,753   
  92,437       

TDC AS

     654,287   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Denmark

     2,784,524   
      

 

 

 
   

France — 3.4%

  
  436       

Boiron SA

     15,023   
  1,305       

Bongrain SA

     78,866   
  22,573       

Bouygues SA

     664,818   
  22,500       

Carrefour SA

     581,963   
  58,638       

Danone SA

     3,869,640   
  2,700       

Legrand SA

     113,825   
  4,400       

Neopost SA

     232,385   
  10,600       

Sanofi-Aventis

     1,004,072   
  7,500       

Sodexo

     627,728   
  10,900       

Total SA

     563,494   
  2,100       

Wendel SA

     217,152   
      

 

 

 
   

Total France

     7,968,966   
      

 

 

 
   

Germany — 1.2%

  
  9,700       

DaimlerChrysler AG

     529,432   
  1,700       

Fraport AG Frankfurt Airport Services Worldwide

     98,880   
  31,199       

Freenet AG

     575,639   
  19,900       

HeidelbergCement AG

     1,204,181   
  3,016       

Merck KGaA

     397,457   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Germany

     2,805,589   
      

 

 

 
   

Hong Kong — 0.5%

  
  6,500       

Aeon Stores Hong Kong Co., Ltd.

     17,648   
  86,000       

CLP Holdings, Ltd.

     723,836   
  58,000       

Hongkong Electric Holdings

     497,816   

 

112    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Hong Kong — continued

  
  33,000       

Miramar Hotel & Investment Co., Ltd.

     42,735   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Hong Kong

     1,282,035   
      

 

 

 
   

Ireland — 0.4%

  
  22,522       

CRH Plc

     471,096   
  11,900       

Willis Group Holdings Plc

     399,007   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Ireland

     870,103   
      

 

 

 
   

Israel — 0.4%

  
  23,300       

Israel Chemicals, Ltd.

     281,205   
  4,552       

Osem Investments, Ltd.

     78,466   
  18,508       

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     691,088   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Israel

     1,050,759   
      

 

 

 
   

Italy — 0.1%

  
  28,600       

Italcementi Spa

     160,838   
      

 

 

 
   

Japan — 9.7%

  
  26,500       

Aeon Co., Ltd.

     303,505   
  24,000       

Ajinomoto Co., Inc.

     318,171   
  21,500       

Astellas Pharma, Inc.

     967,706   
  8,500       

Canon, Inc.

     334,044   
  6,600       

Doutor Nichires Holdings Co., Ltd.

     86,206   
  42,700       

Fancl Corp.

     446,197   
  6,500       

Fanuc, Ltd.

     1,211,141   
  14,300       

Fuji Oil Co., Ltd.

     207,168   
  4,900       

Hirose Electric Co., Ltd.

     587,800   
  26,800       

House Foods Corp.

     404,823   
  41,000       

Hoya Corp.

     808,834   
  1,600       

Inageya Co., Ltd.

     18,335   
  27,700       

Ito En, Ltd.

     509,656   
  5,000       

Itoham Foods, Inc.

     21,875   
  17,100       

Kagome Co., Ltd.

     327,073   
  7,000       

Kaken Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     103,090   
  23,800       

Kao Corp.

     621,314   
  11,100       

KDDI Corp.

     785,590   
  32,600       

Kewpie Corp.

     450,824   
  4,400       

Keyence Corp.

     1,216,748   
  3,600       

Kissei Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     66,441   
  26,800       

Kose Corp.

     561,185   
  9,400       

KYORIN Holdings, Inc.

     182,639   
  54,000       

Lion Corp.

     274,371   
  27,900       

Matsumotokiyoshi Holdings Co., Ltd.

     660,014   
  22,500       

Medipal Holdings Corp.

     248,399   
  15,300       

Megmilk Snow Brand Co., Ltd.

     240,452   
  15,900       

MISUMI Group, Inc.

     432,345   
  34,000       

Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

     814,413   
  16,000       

Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.

     51,289   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      113   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Japan — continued

  
  36,400       

MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings

     728,647   
  39,000       

Nichirei Corp.

     204,129   
  16,500       

Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp.

     694,465   
  17,000       

Nisshin Oillio Group, Ltd. (The)

     62,949   
  10,500       

Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.

     398,921   
  36,100       

NKSJ Holdings, Inc.

     770,327   
  2,100       

Noevir Holdings Co., Ltd.

     31,298   
  16,500       

Nomura Research Institute, Ltd.

     342,225   
  374       

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

     538,176   
  9,200       

Ono Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     470,405   
  24,700       

Otsuka Holdings Co., Ltd.

     694,813   
  900       

Pigeon Corp.

     43,042   
  700       

San-A Co., Ltd.

     26,164   
  30,300       

Secom Co., Ltd.

     1,530,104   
  15,400       

Shimachu Co., Ltd.

     322,769   
  14,100       

Shimano, Inc.

     900,818   
  7,000       

Shin-Etsu Chemical Co., Ltd.

     428,397   
  5,000       

Showa Sangyo Co., Ltd.

     16,264   
  6,700       

SMC Corp.

     1,217,860   
  3,300       

Torii Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

     73,286   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Japan

     22,756,707   
      

 

 

 
   

Malaysia — 0.1%

  
  241,500       

Genting Malaysia Bhd

     281,464   
      

 

 

 
   

Mexico — 0.6%

  
  37,100       

Grupo Televisa SAB, Sponsored ADR

     986,118   
  9,200       

Industrias Penoles SAB de CV

     461,920   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Mexico

     1,448,038   
      

 

 

 
   

Netherlands — 0.7%

  
  40,741       

Unilever NV

     1,535,505   
      

 

 

 
   

New Zealand — 0.2%

  
  171,304       

Air New Zealand, Ltd.

     183,389   
  32,817       

Chorus, Ltd.

     79,918   
  154,268       

Infratil, Ltd.

     288,478   
  7,270       

Sky Network Television, Ltd.

     29,507   
      

 

 

 
   

Total New Zealand

     581,292   
      

 

 

 
   

Norway — 0.3%

  
  32,559       

Telenor ASA

     660,600   
      

 

 

 
   

Portugal — 0.1%

  
  40,119       

Portucel SA

     119,043   
  87,499       

Sonaecom SGPS SA

     171,907   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Portugal

     290,950   
      

 

 

 

 

114    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Singapore — 0.8%

  
  29,000       

Bukit Sembawang Estates, Ltd.

     160,586   
  73,000       

ComfortDelGro Corp., Ltd.

     106,996   
  5,000       

Great Eastern Holdings, Ltd.

     64,291   
  15,000       

Hong Leong Finance, Ltd.

     31,093   
  57,000       

SATS, Ltd.

     135,626   
  102,000       

Singapore Press Holdings, Ltd.

     337,482   
  193,000       

Singapore Telecommunications, Ltd.

     524,896   
  197,000       

StarHub, Ltd.

     615,174   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Singapore

     1,976,144   
      

 

 

 
   

South Africa — 0.3%

  
  50,700       

Gold Fields, Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     633,243   
  17,600       

Harmony Gold Mining Co., Ltd., Sponsored ADR

     157,696   
      

 

 

 
   

Total South Africa

     790,939   
      

 

 

 
   

South Korea — 0.3%

  
  8,300       

KT&G Corp.

     629,445   
  118       

Lotte Confectionery Co., Ltd.

     180,265   
      

 

 

 
   

Total South Korea

     809,710   
      

 

 

 
   

Spain — 0.2%

  
  8,900       

Red Electrica Corp. SA

     439,211   
      

 

 

 
   

Sweden — 0.5%

  
  20,600       

Investor AB Class B

     540,111   
  25,602       

Svenska Cellulosa AB Class B

     560,246   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Sweden

     1,100,357   
      

 

 

 
   

Switzerland — 5.9%

  
  3,883       

Allreal Holding AG

     599,829   
  5,753       

Basler Kantonalbank

     624,493   
  227       

Emmi AG

     57,196   
  358       

Intershop Holdings

     127,284   
  1,100       

Kuehne + Nagel International AG

     133,768   
  2,299       

Mobimo Holding AG

     550,386   
  73,368       

Nestle SA

     4,778,038   
  90,687       

Novartis AG

     5,737,140   
  3,266       

Roche Holding AG

     664,857   
  1,554       

Swisscom AG

     669,715   
      

 

 

 
   

Total Switzerland

     13,942,706   
      

 

 

 
   

Thailand — 0.2%

  
  58,100       

Bangkok Bank PCL, NVDR

     372,968   
      

 

 

 
   

United Kingdom — 6.1%

  
  7,700       

Anglo American Plc

     245,955   
  28,184       

Associated British Foods Plc

     717,858   
  14,916       

AstraZeneca Plc

     705,616   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      115   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

United Kingdom — continued

  
  23,517       

Cranswick Plc

     325,452   
  27,786       

Dairy Crest Group Plc

     172,972   
  12,800       

Fresnillo Plc

     397,426   
  35,591       

GlaxoSmithKline Plc

     773,237   
  14,689       

Imperial Tobacco Group Plc

     567,580   
  119,056       

J Sainsbury Plc

     670,294   
  4,103       

N Brown Group Plc

     24,479   
  4,295       

Next Plc

     265,262   
  9,483       

Reckitt Benckiser Group Plc

     594,435   
  55,555       

Smith & Nephew Plc

     615,204   
  16,548       

SSE Plc

     382,690   
  47,968       

Tate & Lyle Plc

     595,203   
  916,988       

Tesco Plc

     5,040,565   
  21,100       

The Berkeley Group Holdings Unit Plc*

     616,950   
  203,988       

Vodafone Group Plc

     513,334   
  249,732       

WM Morrison Supermarkets Plc

     1,068,832   
      

 

 

 
   

Total United Kingdom

     14,293,344   
      

 

 

 
   

United States — 50.8%

  
  10,300       

3M Co.

     956,355   
  10,825       

Abbott Laboratories

     709,038   
  374       

Alleghany Corp*

     125,447   
  7,600       

Alliant Techsystems, Inc.

     470,896   
  21,898       

Altria Group, Inc.

     688,035   
  12,092       

Amdocs, Ltd.

     411,007   
  15,802       

Ameren Corp.

     485,437   
  16,056       

American Electric Power Co., Inc.

     685,270   
  70,837       

American Express Co.

     4,071,711   
  5,811       

Amgen, Inc.

     501,606   
  3,300       

Apache Corp.

     259,050   
  13,214       

AT&T, Inc.

     445,444   
  12,429       

Automatic Data Processing, Inc.

     708,577   
  151,642       

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The)

     3,897,199   
  21,700       

BB&T Corp.

     631,687   
  7       

Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. Class A*

     938,420   
  1,742       

Cal-Maine Foods, Inc.

     70,063   
  16,076       

Campbell Soup Co.

     560,892   
  56,183       

Capitol Federal Financial, Inc.

     656,779   
  14,565       

CenturyLink, Inc.

     569,783   
  11,239       

Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

     602,073   
  14,900       

Cincinnati Financial Corp.

     583,484   
  22,800       

Cintas Corp.

     932,520   
  75,969       

Cisco Systems, Inc.

     1,492,791   
  8,274       

Clorox Co. (The)

     605,822   
  29,182       

Coca-Cola Co. (The)

     1,057,848   
  21,246       

Colgate-Palmolive Co.

     2,221,057   
  38,300       

Comcast Corp. Class A

     1,376,885   
  20,587       

ConAgra Foods, Inc.

     607,317   
  14,300       

ConocoPhillips

     829,257   

 

116    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

United States — continued

  
  11,670       

Consolidated Edison, Inc.

     648,152   
  5,135       

Costco Wholesale Corp.

     507,184   
  1,478       

CVS Caremark Corp.

     71,461   
  8,731       

Devon Energy Corp.

     454,361   
  8,348       

DTE Energy Co.

     501,297   
  71,810       

eBay, Inc.*

     3,663,746   
  4,179       

El Paso Electric Co.

     133,352   
  6,419       

Eli Lilly & Co.

     316,585   
  28,894       

Empire District Electric Co. (The)

     588,860   
  19,845       

Entergy Corp.

     1,265,119   
  23,700       

FirstEnergy Corp.

     989,712   
  102,710       

General Mills, Inc.

     4,150,511   
  8,343       

Google, Inc. Class A*

     5,918,274   
  23,067       

Great Plains Energy, Inc.

     468,491   
  12,800       

H&R Block, Inc.

     237,696   
  11,713       

H.J. Heinz Co.

     675,606   
  1,600       

Helmerich & Payne, Inc.

     89,616   
  16,869       

Hormel Foods Corp.

     526,481   
  1,165       

IAC/InterActiveCorp

     55,105   
  41,432       

Intel Corp.

     854,742   
  2,374       

j2 Global, Inc.

     72,597   
  12,920       

Jack Henry & Associates, Inc.

     507,239   
  6,751       

JM Smucker Co. (The)

     582,206   
  57,594       

Johnson & Johnson

     4,037,339   
  9,334       

Kellogg Co.

     521,304   
  26,164       

Kroger Co. (The)

     680,787   
  19,900       

Linear Technology Corp.

     682,570   
  7,000       

Lockheed Martin Corp.

     646,030   
  4,514       

Lorillard, Inc.

     526,648   
  127,887       

Lowe’s Cos., Inc.

     4,542,546   
  1,615       

Magellan Health Services, Inc.*

     79,135   
  4,100       

Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

     386,548   
  6,395       

Mastercard, Inc. Class A

     3,141,736   
  41,340       

McDonald’s Corp.

     3,646,601   
  2,933       

McKesson Corp.

     284,384   
  8,687       

Merck & Co., Inc.

     355,646   
  44,200       

Microsoft Corp.

     1,181,466   
  125,481       

Mondelez International, Inc. Class A

     3,196,001   
  3,671       

NetApp, Inc.*

     123,162   
  5,800       

Newmont Mining Corp.

     269,352   
  9,500       

Northrop Grumman Corp.

     642,010   
  37,653       

NV Energy, Inc.

     683,025   
  14,400       

Omnicom Group, Inc.

     719,424   
  29,300       

Oracle Corp.

     976,276   
  1,317       

Otter Tail Corp.

     32,925   
  9,819       

PepsiCo, Inc.

     671,914   
  7,817       

Philip Morris International, Inc.

     653,814   
  2,463       

Phillips 66

     130,785   
  13,585       

Pinnacle West Capital Corp.

     692,563   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      117   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

United States — continued

  
  14,500       

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc.

     643,365   
  23,321       

PNM Resources, Inc.

     478,314   
  25,478       

Portland General Electric Co.

     697,078   
  24,233       

PPL Corp.

     693,791   
  10,200       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The)

     692,478   
  6,300       

Rayonier, Inc. REIT

     326,529   
  1,718       

Reynolds American, Inc.

     71,177   
  13,900       

Scotts Miracle-Gro Co. (The) Class A

     612,295   
  16,264       

Southern Co. (The)

     696,262   
  50,589       

State Street Corp.

     2,378,189   
  42,300       

Sysco Corp.

     1,339,218   
  51,235       

Target Corp.

     3,031,575   
  21,200       

Texas Instruments, Inc.

     655,928   
  8,705       

United Therapeutics Corp.*

     465,021   
  15,428       

UNS Energy Corp.

     654,456   
  110,639       

US Bancorp

     3,533,810   
  30,288       

Vector Group, Ltd.

     450,383   
  17,142       

Vectren Corp.

     503,975   
  16,268       

Verizon Communications, Inc.

     703,916   
  25,438       

Visa, Inc. Class A

     3,855,892   
  10,900       

Vulcan Materials Co.

     567,345   
  62,426       

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

     4,259,326   
  10,500       

WellPoint, Inc.

     639,660   
  98,774       

Wells Fargo & Co.

     3,376,095   
  10,492       

Westar Energy, Inc.

     300,281   
  31,900       

Weyerhaeuser Co. REIT

     887,458   
  13,523       

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

     498,323   
  11,500       

WR Berkley Corp.

     434,010   
  25,375       

Xcel Energy, Inc.

     677,766   
  64,616       

Yum! Brands, Inc.

     4,290,502   
      

 

 

 
   

Total United States

     119,348,552   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS (COST $207,533,111)

     212,379,750   
      

 

 

 
   

INVESTMENT COMPANY — 1.8%

  
   

United States — 1.8%

  
  26,800       

SPDR Gold Shares*

     4,341,868   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENT COMPANY (COST $4,454,614)

     4,341,868   
      

 

 

 
   

PREFERRED STOCK — 0.2%

  
   

Germany — 0.2%

  
  6,012       

Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, 1.32%

     493,145   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL PREFERRED STOCK (COST $476,694)

     493,145   
      

 

 

 

 

118    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Shares           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

WARRANTS — 0.1%

  
   

United States — 0.1%

  
  10,600       

JPMorgan Chase & Co., Strike Price $0.00, Expires 10/28/18*

     125,716   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL WARRANTS (COST $117,859)

     125,716   
      

 

 

 
Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 7.3%

  
   

Bank Deposit — 7.3%

  
  17,080,912       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     17,080,912   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $17,080,912)

     17,080,912   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.7%

(Cost $229,663,190)

     234,421,391   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.3%

     661,971   
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 235,083,362   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    ADR — American Depository Receipt   
    NVDR — Non-Voting Depository Receipt   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
  *   Non-income producing security   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      119   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

A summary of outstanding financial instruments at December 31, 2012 is as follows:

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

 

Settlement
Date

           

Deliver/
Receive

  

Counterparty

  

Units of
Currency

    

Value

    

Net
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)

 
  Sales                     
  3/21/13          EUR    Goldman Sachs International      397,000       $ 523,762       $ (13,722
  6/19/13          EUR    HSBC Bank USA      433,000         571,755         (9,502
  1/16/13          EUR    JPMorgan Chase Bank      277,000         365,237         (13,597
  2/20/13          EUR    Mellon Bank, N.A.      277,000         365,349         (13,470
  5/15/13          EUR    Mellon Bank, N.A.      365,000         481,800         (14,493
  4/17/13          EUR    UBS AG      397,000         523,897         (13,699
  3/21/13          JPY    Goldman Sachs International      90,785,000         1,050,582         77,802   
  6/19/13          JPY    HSBC Bank USA      123,962,000         1,435,594         53,063   
  1/16/13          JPY    JPMorgan Chase Bank      66,985,000         774,764         68,499   
  2/20/13          JPY    JPMorgan Chase Bank      66,985,000         774,983         68,556   
  5/15/13          JPY    Mellon Bank, N.A.      103,049,000         1,193,051         90,863   
  4/17/13          JPY    UBS AG      90,785,000         1,050,817         77,668   
                 

 

 

 
                  $ 357,968   
                 

 

 

 

Currency Abbreviations

 

EUR Euro
JPY Japanese Yen

 

120    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Food

       15.7  

Retail

       9.5  

Banks

       6.7  

Electric

       6.4  

Pharmaceuticals

       6.3  

Telecommunications

       5.3  

Commercial Services

       4.1  

Internet

       4.1  

Health Care — Products

       2.3  

Cosmetics & Personal Care

       2.0  

Commodity Fund

       1.8  

Diversified Financial Services

       1.8  

Insurance

       1.8  

Oil & Gas

       1.8  

Electronics

       1.7  

Mining

       1.7  

Software

       1.6  

Agriculture

       1.4  

Media

       1.4  

Household Products & Wares

       1.3  

Beverages

       1.1  

Building Materials

       1.1  

Real Estate

       1.1  

Semiconductors

       1.0  

Aerospace & Defense

       0.8  

Holding Companies — Diversified

       0.8  

Biotechnology

       0.7  

Forest Products & Paper

       0.6  

Chemicals

       0.5  

Hand & Machine Tools

       0.5  

REITS

       0.5  

Engineering & Construction

       0.4  

Health Care — Services

       0.4  

Investment Companies

       0.4  

Leisure Time

       0.4  

Miscellaneous — Manufacturing

       0.4  

Textiles

       0.4  

Advertising

       0.3  

Computers

       0.3  

Home Builders

       0.3  

Savings & Loans

       0.3  

Auto Manufacturers

       0.2  

Gas

       0.2  

Machinery — Diversified

       0.2  

Metal Fabricate & Hardware

       0.2  

Airlines

       0.1  

Electrical Components & Equipment

       0.1  

Entertainment

       0.1  

Lodging

       0.1  

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      121   


Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Industry Sector Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Office & Business Equipment

       0.1  

Transportation

       0.1  

Energy-Alternate Sources

       0.0  

Short-Term Investments and Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       7.6  
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

122    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

DEBT OBLIGATIONS — 99.4%

  
   

Asset Backed Securities — 9.4%

  
  10,294       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-1, Class A3, 1.45%, due 05/15/14

     10,303   
  200,000       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-2, Class A4, 2.09%, due 05/15/15

     202,427   
  65,000       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-3, Class A4, 1.55%, due 08/17/15

     65,762   
  200,000       

Ally Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2011-1, Class A4, 2.23%, due 03/15/16

     204,552   
  16,527       

Bank of America Auto Trust, Series 2010-2, Class A3, 1.31%, due 07/15/14

     16,541   
  100,000       

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2007-A7, Class A7, 5.75%, due 07/15/20

     121,718   
  200,000       

Capital One Multi-Asset Execution Trust, Series 2008-A3, Class A3, 5.05%, due 02/15/16

     202,772   
  150,000       

CarMax Auto Owner Trust, Series 2012-2, Class A4, 1.16%, due 12/15/17

     152,101   
  51,417       

Chase Funding Mortgage Loan Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2003-2, Class 1A6, 4.36%, due 08/25/14

     51,447   
  169,762       

CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2010-A, Class A4, 2.49%, due 01/15/16

     171,517   
  90,096       

CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A3, 1.20%, due 05/16/16

     90,565   
  22,000       

CNH Equipment Trust, Series 2012-B, Class A3, 0.86%, due 09/15/17

     22,141   
  108,637       

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2009-E, Class A4, 2.42%, due 11/15/14

     109,615   
  105,291       

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A3, 0.97%, due 01/15/15

     105,533   
  100,000       

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2012-A, Class A3, 0.84%, due 08/15/16

     100,540   
  150,000       

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2012-A, Class A4, 1.15%, due 06/15/17

     152,200   
  100,000       

Ford Credit Auto Owner Trust, Series 2012-B, Class A3, 0.72%, due 12/15/16

     100,410   
  400,000       

GE Capital Credit Card Master Note Trust, Series 2009-4, Class A, 3.80%, due 11/15/17

     424,587   
  119,000       

GE Equipment Transportation LLC, Series 2012-2, Class A3, 0.62%, due 07/25/16

     119,188   
  20,162       

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2010-2, Class A3, 1.34%, due 03/18/14

     20,211   
  34,000       

Honda Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2012-2, Class A3, 0.70%, due 02/16/16

     34,190   
  100,000       

Huntington Auto Trust, Series 2012-1, Class A3, 0.81%, due 09/15/16

     100,500   
  108,000       

Huntington Auto Trust, Series 2012-2, Class A3, 0.51%, due 04/17/17

     108,003   
  30,000       

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-A, Class A4, 2.45%, due 12/15/16

     30,725   
  11,748       

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-B, Class A3, 0.97%, due 04/15/15

     11,783   
  65,000       

Hyundai Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-B, Class A4, 1.63%, due 03/15/17

     66,263   
  22,440       

John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2011-A, Class A3, 1.29%, due 01/15/16

     22,558   
  83,000       

John Deere Owner Trust, Series 2012-B, Class A3, 0.53%, due 07/15/16

     83,090   
  40,501       

Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-1, Class A3, 1.42%, due 08/15/14

     40,630   
  104,000       

Mercedes-Benz Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2012-1, Class A3, 0.47%, due 10/17/16

     103,995   
  100,000       

Nissan Auto Receivables Owner Trust, Series 2012-A, Class A3, 0.73%, due 05/16/16

     100,521   
  1,910       

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-3, Class A3, 1.20%, due 06/16/14

     1,911   
  208,668       

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-A, Class A3, 1.83%, due 11/17/14 144A

     210,026   
  7,000       

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2012-3, Class A3, 1.08%, due 04/15/16

     7,049   
  150,000       

Santander Drive Auto Receivables Trust 2012-5, Series 2012-5, Class A3, 0.83%, due 12/15/16

     150,837   
  78,746       

Securitized Asset Backed NIM Trust, Series 2005-FR4, Class NIM, 6.00%, due 01/25/36¤ 144A

     1   
  117,736       

USAA Auto Owner Trust, Series 2009-2, Class A4, 2.53%, due 07/15/15

     118,365   
  53,000       

USAA Auto Owner Trust, Series 2012-1, Class A3, 0.43%, due 08/15/16

     52,978   
  109,000       

Volkswagen Auto Loan Enhanced Trust, Series 2012-2, Class A3, 0.46%, due 01/20/17

     108,995   
  210,247       

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2010-A, Class A4, 2.21%, due 05/15/15

     212,210   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      123   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Asset Backed Securities — continued

  
  150,000       

World Omni Auto Receivables Trust, Series 2012-A, Class A4, 0.85%, due 08/15/18

     150,872   
      

 

 

 
         4,159,632   
      

 

 

 
   

Corporate Debt — 22.2%

  
  15,000       

ACE INA Holdings, Inc., 2.60%, due 11/23/15

     15,758   
  20,000       

ACE INA Holdings, Inc., 5.88%, due 06/15/14

     21,486   
  20,000       

ADT Corp. (The), 2.25%, due 07/15/17 144A

     19,862   
  20,000       

Aflac, Inc., 2.65%, due 02/15/17

     21,045   
  15,000       

Aflac, Inc., 3.45%, due 08/15/15‡

     16,017   
  45,000       

Alabama Power Co., Series 2, 5.80%, due 11/15/13

     47,042   
  80,000       

Allstate Life Global Funding Trusts, 5.38%, due 04/30/13

     81,331   
  35,000       

American Express Co., 7.25%, due 05/20/14

     38,100   
  25,000       

American Express Credit Corp., 5.13%, due 08/25/14

     26,794   
  105,000       

American Express Credit Corp., 7.30%, due 08/20/13

     109,528   
  150,000       

American Honda Finance Corp., 2.38%, due 03/18/13 144A

     150,604   
  60,000       

AON Corp., 3.50%, due 09/30/15

     63,234   
  20,000       

Apache Corp., 5.63%, due 01/15/17

     23,447   
  10,000       

Arrow Electronics, Inc., 3.38%, due 11/01/15

     10,383   
  50,000       

Arrow Electronics, Inc., 6.88%, due 07/01/13

     51,413   
  55,000       

Atmos Energy Corp., 4.95%, due 10/15/14

     58,966   
  15,000       

BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., 4.95%, due 06/01/14 144A

     15,762   
  10,000       

BAE Systems Holdings, Inc., 5.20%, due 08/15/15 144A

     10,958   
  20,000       

Bank of America Corp., 3.63%, due 03/17/16

     21,208   
  20,000       

Bank of America Corp., 4.75%, due 08/01/15

     21,597   
  25,000       

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), 4.30%, due 05/15/14

     26,283   
  80,000       

Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (The), 5.13%, due 08/27/13

     82,489   
  25,000       

Bank of Nova Scotia, 0.75%, due 10/09/15

     24,880   
  65,000       

Bank of Nova Scotia, 2.25%, due 01/22/13

     65,072   
  40,000       

BB&T Corp., 3.20%, due 03/15/16

     42,606   
  100,000       

BB&T Corp., 5.70%, due 04/30/14

     106,615   
  15,000       

Beam, Inc., 1.88%, due 05/15/17

     15,339   
  5,000       

Beam, Inc., 5.38%, due 01/15/16

     5,590   
  170,000       

BellSouth Corp., 5.20%, due 09/15/14

     182,675   
  10,000       

BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd., 1.63%, due 02/24/17

     10,236   
  30,000       

BHP Billiton Finance USA, Ltd., 4.80%, due 04/15/13

     30,378   
  35,000       

BlackRock, Inc., 3.50%, due 12/10/14

     36,981   
  6,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 0.70%, due 11/06/15

     5,996   
  21,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 1.85%, due 05/05/17

     21,490   
  80,000       

BP Capital Markets Plc, 3.63%, due 05/08/14

     83,301   
  30,000       

Burlington Northern Santa Fe LLC, 7.00%, due 02/01/14

     32,034   
  15,000       

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, 2.35%, due 12/11/15

     15,752   
  15,000       

Canadian National Railway Co., 4.40%, due 03/15/13

     15,119   
  25,000       

Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd., 4.90%, due 12/01/14

     26,927   
  20,000       

Capital One Financial Corp., 2.15%, due 03/23/15

     20,426   
  15,000       

Capital One Financial Corp., 3.15%, due 07/15/16

     15,939   
  35,000       

Capital One Financial Corp., 7.38%, due 05/23/14

     38,087   
  25,000       

Cargill, Inc., 4.38%, due 06/01/13 144A

     25,380   
  75,000       

Caterpillar Financial Services Corp., 6.13%, due 02/17/14

     79,983   
  25,000       

Caterpillar, Inc., 7.00%, due 12/15/13

     26,541   

 

124    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  
  5,000       

CBS Corp., 1.95%, due 07/01/17

     5,099   
  10,000       

Celgene Corp., 1.90%, due 08/15/17

     10,191   
  195,000       

Cellco Partnership/Verizon Wireless Capital LLC, 5.55%, due 02/01/14

     204,754   
  25,000       

CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., 5.95%, due 01/15/14

     26,249   
  20,000       

Cisco Systems, Inc., 5.50%, due 02/22/16

     22,878   
  315,000       

Citigroup, Inc., Global Senior Note, 6.50%, due 08/19/13

     325,949   
  100,000       

CME Group, Inc., 5.75%, due 02/15/14

     105,634   
  35,000       

CNA Financial Corp., 5.85%, due 12/15/14

     38,017   
  20,000       

CNA Financial Corp., 6.50%, due 08/15/16

     23,093   
  40,000       

Coca-Cola Co. (The), 1.50%, due 11/15/15

     40,992   
  30,000       

Comcast Corp., 5.85%, due 11/15/15

     34,169   
  40,000       

CommonWealth REIT, 6.40%, due 02/15/15

     42,955   
  11,000       

ConocoPhillips, 4.75%, due 02/01/14

     11,501   
  70,000       

Cooperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank BA/Utrecht, 3.38%, due 01/19/17

     75,271   
  16,000       

COX Communications, Inc., 5.45%, due 12/15/14

     17,458   
  150,000       

Credit Suisse, 5.50%, due 05/01/14

     159,651   
  80,000       

Credit Suisse USA, Inc., 5.13%, due 08/15/15

     88,840   
  30,000       

Crown Castle Towers LLC, 3.21%, due 08/15/35 144A

     31,298   
  30,000       

Daimler Finance North America LLC, Senior Note, 6.50%, due 11/15/13

     31,499   
  15,000       

Dell, Inc., 2.30%, due 09/10/15

     15,424   
  20,000       

Dell, Inc., 4.70%, due 04/15/13

     20,236   
  60,000       

Delmarva Power & Light Co., Series I, 6.40%, due 12/01/13

     63,036   
  25,000       

Deutsche Bank AG, 3.88%, due 08/18/14

     26,253   
  65,000       

Deutsche Bank Financial LLC, 5.38%, due 03/02/15

     68,945   
  75,000       

Deutsche Telekom International Finance BV, 4.88%, due 07/08/14

     79,384   
  20,000       

Devon Energy Corp., 1.88%, due 05/15/17

     20,409   
  60,000       

Diageo Finance BV, 5.50%, due 04/01/13

     60,755   
  30,000       

Dow Chemical Co. (The), 5.90%, due 02/15/15

     33,114   
  4,000       

Dow Chemical Co. (The), 7.60%, due 05/15/14

     4,369   
  20,000       

Duke Energy Carolinas LLC, 5.75%, due 11/15/13

     20,899   
  15,000       

Duke Energy Corp., 3.35%, due 04/01/15

     15,857   
  35,000       

Duke Energy Corp., 5.65%, due 06/15/13

     35,804   
  20,000       

Duke Realty, LP REIT, 5.50%, due 03/01/16

     22,068   
  25,000       

eBay, Inc., 1.63%, due 10/15/15

     25,688   
  10,000       

EI Du Pont de Nemours & Co., 5.88%, due 01/15/14

     10,557   
  35,000       

Emerson Electric Co., 5.00%, due 12/15/14

     37,969   
  25,000       

ERAC USA Finance LLC, 2.75%, due 07/01/13 144A

     25,269   
  15,000       

Fifth Third Bancorp, 3.63%, due 01/25/16

     16,038   
  25,000       

France Telecom SA, 2.13%, due 09/16/15

     25,730   
  20,000       

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 1.40%, due 02/13/15

     19,968   
  12,000       

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc., 2.15%, due 03/01/17

     12,076   
  55,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 4.75%, due 09/15/14

     58,742   
  485,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 4.88%, due 03/04/15

     525,489   
  30,000       

General Electric Capital Corp., 5.50%, due 06/04/14

     32,036   
  15,000       

Gilead Sciences, Inc., 2.40%, due 12/01/14

     15,476   
  85,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 3.63%, due 02/07/16

     90,040   
  222,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 3.70%, due 08/01/15

     234,441   
  50,000       

Goldman Sachs Group (The), Inc., 5.15%, due 01/15/14

     52,159   
  120,000       

Hewlett-Packard Co., 6.13%, due 03/01/14

     126,182   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      125   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  
  15,000       

HJ Heinz Co., 1.50%, due 03/01/17

     15,224   
  45,000       

Honeywell International, Inc., 3.88%, due 02/15/14

     46,727   
  20,000       

Hospira, Inc., 6.05%, due 03/30/17

     23,241   
  100,000       

HSBC Bank Plc, 1.63%, due 08/12/13 144A

     100,715   
  20,000       

Intel Corp., 1.95%, due 10/01/16

     20,681   
  50,000       

International Business Machines Corp., 7.50%, due 06/15/13

     51,674   
  30,000       

Intuit, Inc., 5.75%, due 03/15/17

     34,639   
  50,000       

Jackson National Life Global Funding, 5.38%, due 05/08/13 144A

     50,865   
  61,000       

Jefferies Group, Inc., 3.88%, due 11/09/15

     63,287   
  60,000       

John Deere Capital Corp., 4.50%, due 04/03/13

     60,636   
  20,000       

John Deere Capital Corp., 4.90%, due 09/09/13

     20,617   
  35,000       

Johnson Controls, Inc., 4.88%, due 09/15/13

     36,029   
  15,000       

Kellogg Co., 4.45%, due 05/30/16

     16,607   
  60,000       

KeyCorp, 6.50%, due 05/14/13

     61,293   
  8,000       

Kroger Co. (The), 2.20%, due 01/15/17

     8,275   
  30,000       

Kroger Co. (The), 7.50%, due 01/15/14

     32,098   
  20,000       

Macquarie Group, Ltd., 5.00%, due 02/22/17 144A

     21,895   
  15,000       

Macquarie Group, Ltd., 7.30%, due 08/01/14 144A

     16,187   
  45,000       

Merck & Co., Inc., 4.75%, due 03/01/15

     49,079   
  50,000       

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 5.45%, due 02/05/13

     50,218   
  160,000       

Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 6.15%, due 04/25/13

     162,581   
  200,000       

Metropolitan Life Global Funding I, 5.13%, due 04/10/13 144A

     202,518   
  100,000       

Morgan Stanley, 4.10%, due 01/26/15

     104,274   
  100,000       

Morgan Stanley, 6.00%, due 05/13/14

     105,932   
  25,000       

NASDAQ OMX Group (The), Inc., 4.00%, due 01/15/15

     26,182   
  50,000       

National City Corp., 4.90%, due 01/15/15

     53,940   
  10,000       

National Oilwell Varco, Inc., 1.35%, due 12/01/17

     10,076   
  50,000       

National Semiconductor Corp., 3.95%, due 04/15/15

     53,880   
  20,000       

New York Life Global Funding, 1.65%, due 05/15/17 144A

     20,389   
  65,000       

New York Life Global Funding, 3.00%, due 05/04/15 144A

     68,340   
  15,000       

News America, Inc., 7.60%, due 10/11/15

     17,620   
  50,000       

Nisource Finance Corp., 6.15%, due 03/01/13

     50,417   
  20,000       

Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp., 4.50%, due 01/30/15 144A

     21,402   
  20,000       

Nomura Holdings, Inc., 4.13%, due 01/19/16

     20,890   
  40,000       

Nomura Holdings, Inc., 5.00%, due 03/04/15

     42,432   
  10,000       

Norfolk Southern Corp., 7.70%, due 05/15/17

     12,635   
  25,000       

Northern Trust Corp., 4.63%, due 05/01/14

     26,354   
  60,000       

Northern Trust Corp., 5.50%, due 08/15/13

     61,858   
  20,000       

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., 7.75%, due 03/01/16

     23,680   
  20,000       

NSTAR Electric Co., 4.88%, due 04/15/14

     21,058   
  10,000       

Nucor Corp., 5.75%, due 12/01/17

     12,010   
  60,000       

Ohio Power Co., Series L, 5.75%, due 09/01/13

     62,083   
  20,000       

Oncor Electric Delivery Co. LLC, 6.38%, due 01/15/15

     22,083   
  45,000       

Oracle Corp., 5.25%, due 01/15/16

     50,959   
  35,000       

Pacific Life Global Funding, 5.15%, due 04/15/13 144A

     35,468   
  160,000       

PacifiCorp, 5.45%, due 09/15/13

     165,419   
  35,000       

PC Financial Partnership, 5.00%, due 11/15/14

     37,666   
  5,000       

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 2.50%, due 07/11/14 144A

     5,054   
  18,000       

Penske Truck Leasing Co. LP/PTL Finance Corp., 3.13%, due 05/11/15 144A

     18,377   

 

126    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  
  80,000       

PepsiCo, Inc., 3.75%, due 03/01/14

     83,057   
  25,000       

PG&E Corp., 5.75%, due 04/01/14

     26,504   
  15,000       

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 3.88%, due 06/15/13

     15,135   
  10,000       

Pitney Bowes, Inc., 4.88%, due 08/15/14

     10,576   
  10,000       

PNC Funding Corp., 4.25%, due 09/21/15

     10,907   
  50,000       

Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc., 3.75%, due 09/30/15

     53,813   
  80,000       

Praxair, Inc., 2.13%, due 06/14/13

     80,650   
  60,000       

Pricoa Global Funding I, 5.45%, due 06/11/14 144A

     64,104   
  65,000       

Procter & Gamble Co. (The), 4.95%, due 08/15/14

     69,842   
  10,000       

PSEG Power LLC, 5.50%, due 12/01/15

     11,173   
  15,000       

Public Service Electric & Gas Co., 2.70%, due 05/01/15

     15,664   
  9,000       

Rio Tinto Finance USA Plc, 1.63%, due 08/21/17

     9,123   
  10,000       

Rio Tinto Finance USA, Ltd., 1.88%, due 11/02/15

     10,270   
  30,000       

Rio Tinto Finance USA, Ltd., 8.95%, due 05/01/14

     33,182   
  20,000       

Royal Bank of Canada, 1.45%, due 10/30/14

     20,354   
  40,000       

Royal Bank of Canada, 2.63%, due 12/15/15

     42,249   
  15,000       

Ryder System, Inc., 2.50%, due 03/01/17

     15,268   
  25,000       

Ryder System, Inc., 6.00%, due 03/01/13

     25,191   
  60,000       

SABMiller Plc, 5.50%, due 08/15/13 144A

     61,699   
  50,000       

Sempra Energy, 2.00%, due 03/15/14

     50,772   
  40,000       

Shell International Finance BV, 1.88%, due 03/25/13

     40,145   
  45,000       

Shell International Finance BV, 4.00%, due 03/21/14

     46,994   
  60,000       

Sierra Pacific Power Co., 6.00%, due 05/15/16

     69,493   
  30,000       

Southern California Edison Co., 4.15%, due 09/15/14

     31,732   
  15,000       

Spectra Energy Capital LLC, 5.67%, due 08/15/14

     16,101   
  15,000       

State Street Corp., 2.88%, due 03/07/16

     15,925   
  55,000       

State Street Corp., 4.30%, due 05/30/14

     57,988   
  60,000       

SunTrust Banks, Inc., 3.60%, due 04/15/16

     64,139   
  35,000       

TCI Communications, Inc., Senior Note, 8.75%, due 08/01/15

     41,790   
  15,000       

Telecom Italia Capital SA, 6.18%, due 06/18/14

     15,847   
  25,000       

Teva Pharmaceutical Finance IV LLC, 1.70%, due 11/10/14

     25,587   
  10,000       

Textron, Inc., 6.20%, due 03/15/15

     10,966   
  55,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 5.85%, due 05/01/17

     65,036   
  50,000       

Time Warner Cable, Inc., 8.25%, due 02/14/14

     54,177   
  35,000       

Toronto-Dominion Bank (The), 2.38%, due 10/19/16

     36,813   
  22,000       

Total Capital SA, 3.00%, due 06/24/15

     23,251   
  10,000       

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 1.25%, due 11/17/14

     10,146   
  11,000       

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 1.25%, due 10/05/17

     11,091   
  20,000       

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 2.05%, due 01/12/17

     20,705   
  36,000       

Toyota Motor Credit Corp., 3.20%, due 06/17/15

     38,197   
  10,000       

TransCanada PipeLines, Ltd., 4.00%, due 06/15/13

     10,162   
  10,000       

Transocean, Inc., 4.95%, due 11/15/15

     10,957   
  30,000       

Travelers Property Casualty Corp., 5.00%, due 03/15/13

     30,294   
  20,000       

Tyson Foods, Inc., 6.60%, due 04/01/16

     23,019   
  60,000       

United Technologies Corp., 4.88%, due 05/01/15

     65,926   
  15,000       

UnitedHealth Group, Inc., 5.00%, due 08/15/14

     15,966   
  70,000       

US Bancorp, 1.38%, due 09/13/13

     70,421   
  75,000       

US Bancorp, 3.15%, due 03/04/15

     79,077   
  10,000       

Valero Energy Corp., 6.13%, due 06/15/17

     11,926   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      127   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Corporate Debt — continued

  
  35,000       

Verizon Communications, Inc., 5.55%, due 02/15/16

     39,885   
  15,000       

Virginia Electric and Power Co., 5.95%, due 09/15/17

     18,346   
  65,000       

Vodafone Group Plc, 4.15%, due 06/10/14

     68,222   
  60,000       

Wachovia Corp., 4.88%, due 02/15/14

     62,561   
  70,000       

Wachovia Corp., 5.50%, due 05/01/13

     71,170   
  50,000       

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 4.55%, due 05/01/13

     50,693   
  40,000       

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 7.25%, due 06/01/13

     41,101   
  15,000       

Waste Management, Inc., 2.60%, due 09/01/16

     15,727   
  50,000       

WEA Finance LLC/WT Finance Aust Pty Ltd., 7.50%, due 06/02/14 144A

     54,420   
  30,000       

WellPoint, Inc., 5.00%, due 12/15/14

     32,417   
  100,000       

Wells Fargo & Co., 2.10%, due 05/08/17

     103,495   
  20,000       

Westpac Banking Corp., 3.00%, due 08/04/15

     21,137   
  55,000       

Westpac Banking Corp., 4.20%, due 02/27/15

     59,032   
  15,000       

Wisconsin Electric Power Co., 6.00%, due 04/01/14

     16,017   
  65,000       

Wyeth LLC, 5.50%, due 02/01/14

     68,542   
  20,000       

Xerox Corp., 2.95%, due 03/15/17

     20,541   
  45,000       

Xerox Corp., 4.25%, due 02/15/15

     47,350   
      

 

 

 
         9,760,189   
      

 

 

 
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - Private Issuers — 3.9%

  
  60,000       

Banc of America Merrill Lynch Commercial Mortgage, Inc., Series 2006-3, Class A4, 5.89%, due 07/10/44†

     68,801   
  215,000       

Banc of America Mortgage Securities, Inc., Series 2004-3, Class 1A26, 5.50%, due 04/25/34

     219,432   
  4,085       

Bear Stearns Commercial Mortgage Securities, Series 2005-T18, Class AAB, 4.82%, due 02/13/42

     4,083   
  64,814       

Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust, Inc., Series 2003-1, Class 3A4, 5.25%, due 09/25/33

     68,690   
  76,516       

Commercial Mortgage Acceptance Corp., 5.44%, due 09/15/30 144A

     77,653   
  250,000       

Commercial Mortgage Asset Trust, Series 1999-C1, Class C, 7.35%, due 01/17/32†

     259,114   
  773       

Countrywide Alternative Loan Trust, Series 2002-11, Class A4, 6.25%, due 10/25/32

     795   
  27,148       

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-17, Class 2A6, 3.50%, due 07/25/18

     27,306   
  68,999       

Credit Suisse First Boston Mortgage Securities Corp., Series 2003-27, Class 5A4, 5.25%, due 11/25/33

     71,818   
  90,000       

Credit Suisse Mortgage Capital Certificates, Series 2006-C2, Class A3, 5.68%,
due 03/15/39†

     101,809   
  90,000       

GS Mortgage Securities Corp. II, Series 2004-GG2, Class A6, 5.40%, due 08/10/38†

     95,194   
  60,098       

MASTR Alternative Loans Trust, Series 2004-8, Class 7A1, 5.00%, due 09/25/19

     62,116   
  59,994       

MASTR Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2003-8, Class 2A1, 4.50%, due 09/25/18

     62,418   
  100,000       

Morgan Stanley Re-REMIC Trust, Series 2010-HQ4B, Class A7A, 4.97%, due 04/16/40 144A

     105,088   
  99,845       

NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-C1, Class A1, 1.60%, due 10/29/20

     101,646   
  48,181       

NCUA Guaranteed Notes, Series 2010-R3, Class 3A, 2.40%, due 12/08/20

     50,025   
  46,597       

Residential Asset Securitization Trust, Series 2003-A14, Class A1, 4.75%, due 02/25/19

     48,050   
  91,184       

Springleaf Mortgage Loan Trust, Series 2012-2A, Class A, 2.22%, due 10/25/57† 144A

     93,929   
  111,352       

WaMu Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-S1, Class A5, 5.50%, due 04/25/33

     117,556   

 

128    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - Private Issuers — continued

  
  72,815       

Washington Mutual MSC Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2003-MS2, Class 3A1, 5.00%, due 03/25/18

     74,425   
      

 

 

 
         1,709,948   
      

 

 

 
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — 9.8%

  

  15,532       

FHLMC, Pool # B14248, 4.00%, due 05/01/14

     16,520   
  30,657       

FHLMC, Pool # C91030, 5.50%, due 05/01/27

     33,204   
  109,125       

FHLMC, Pool # G11977, 6.00%, due 05/01/21

     118,117   
  14,160       

FHLMC, Series 2394, Class KD, 6.00%, due 12/15/16

     14,992   
  62,040       

FHLMC, Series 2405, Class PE, 6.00%, due 01/15/17

     66,226   
  35,213       

FHLMC, Series 2513, Class DM, 5.50%, due 10/15/17

     37,781   
  12,810       

FHLMC, Series 2566, Class LH, 5.00%, due 04/15/32

     12,909   
  143,938       

FHLMC, Series 2590, Class AQ, 4.25%, due 03/15/18

     150,393   
  27,291       

FHLMC, Series 2594, Class YA, 4.00%, due 04/15/23

     29,121   
  1,351       

FHLMC, Series 2610, Class DJ, 4.00%, due 03/15/33

     1,360   
  3,760       

FHLMC, Series 2614, Class NA, 3.75%, due 04/15/33

     3,809   
  28,096       

FHLMC, Series 2644, Class ED, 4.00%, due 02/15/18

     28,574   
  79,434       

FHLMC, Series 2668, Class OG, 5.00%, due 03/15/32

     81,688   
  38,151       

FHLMC, Series 2675, Class CK, 4.00%, due 09/15/18

     40,192   
  131,903       

FHLMC, Series 2682, Class LC, 4.50%, due 07/15/32

     136,652   
  169,642       

FHLMC, Series 2695, Class BG, 4.50%, due 04/15/32

     175,109   
  147,194       

FHLMC, Series 2709, Class PE, 5.00%, due 12/15/22

     153,992   
  49,767       

FHLMC, Series 2714, Class BQ, 4.50%, due 12/15/18

     52,745   
  44,976       

FHLMC, Series 2758, Class VG, 5.50%, due 02/15/15

     45,034   
  69,277       

FHLMC, Series 2760, Class LB, 4.50%, due 01/15/33

     73,414   
  45,136       

FHLMC, Series 2827, Class QE, 5.50%, due 03/15/33

     46,358   
  24,869       

FHLMC, Series 2864, Class NA, 5.50%, due 01/15/31

     25,277   
  61,921       

FHLMC, Series 2866, Class W, 4.50%, due 08/15/34

     67,659   
  77,180       

FHLMC, Series 2881, Class AE, 5.00%, due 08/15/34

     84,049   
  94,768       

FHLMC, Series 2899, Class KB, 4.50%, due 03/15/19

     96,796   
  33,330       

FHLMC, Series 2931, Class AM, 4.50%, due 07/15/19

     34,344   
  101,612       

FHLMC, Series 2931, Class DC, 4.00%, due 06/15/18

     102,564   
  136,171       

FHLMC, Series 2931, Class QC, 4.50%, due 01/15/19

     138,064   
  41,862       

FHLMC, Series 2962, Class YE, 4.50%, due 09/15/18

     42,416   
  17,898       

FHLMC, Series 3001, Class BN, 4.50%, due 06/15/33

     18,323   
  117,610       

FHLMC, Series 3035, Class PA, 5.50%, due 09/15/35

     130,944   
  29,036       

FNMA, Pool # 255598, 5.00%, due 12/01/14

     31,492   
  62,661       

FNMA, Pool # 254762, 5.00%, due 05/01/23

     68,033   
  32,404       

FNMA, Pool # 254831, 5.00%, due 08/01/23

     35,135   
  98,112       

FNMA, Pool # 254420, 6.00%, due 07/01/22

     107,199   
  132,156       

FNMA, Pool # 254471, 6.00%, due 09/01/22

     144,397   
  48,851       

FNMA, Pool # AE0081, 6.00%, due 07/01/24

     53,928   
  3,607       

FNMA, Pool # 251812, 6.50%, due 07/01/13

     3,664   
  31,276       

FNMA, Series 2001-51, Class GH, 5.50%, due 10/25/31

     34,775   
  17,304       

FNMA, Series 2002-19, Class PE, 6.00%, due 04/25/17

     18,349   
  57,211       

FNMA, Series 2002-63, Class NB, 5.50%, due 10/25/32

     63,920   
  75,964       

FNMA, Series 2003-14, Class AQ, 3.50%, due 03/25/33

     82,438   
  87,656       

FNMA, Series 2003-21, Class OA, 4.00%, due 03/25/33

     94,348   
  62,520       

FNMA, Series 2003-35, Class UN, 4.25%, due 05/25/33

     68,396   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      129   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations — continued

  

  39,312       

FNMA, Series 2003-39, Class LD, 4.50%, due 10/25/22

     40,108   
  16,815       

FNMA, Series 2003-42, Class EP, 4.00%, due 11/25/22

     17,108   
  13,125       

FNMA, Series 2003-45, Class AB, 3.75%, due 05/25/33

     13,432   
  57,239       

FNMA, Series 2003-64, Class TH, 5.00%, due 07/25/23

     63,522   
  30,000       

FNMA, Series 2003-9, Class EB, 5.00%, due 02/25/18

     33,106   
  41,205       

FNMA, Series 2004-81, Class KD, 4.50%, due 07/25/18

     41,732   
  74,410       

FNMA, Series 2005-62, Class CQ, 4.75%, due 07/25/35

     80,023   
  62,573       

FNMA, Series 2007-59, Class AQ, 5.75%, due 07/25/35

     65,867   
  62,463       

FNMA REMIC, Series 1998-37, Class VZ, 6.00%, due 06/17/28

     70,299   
  116,993       

FNMA REMIC, Series 2004-90, Class GA, 4.35%, due 03/25/34

     120,145   
  103,830       

FNMA REMIC, Series 2005-31, Class PA, 5.50%, due 10/25/34

     113,273   
  29,967       

FNMA REMIC, Series 2005-58, Class MA, 5.50%, due 07/25/35

     33,780   
  75,333       

GNMA, Series 2003-105, Class VH, 4.50%, due 01/16/28

     76,751   
  88,449       

GNMA, Series 2003-15, Class PE, 5.50%, due 02/20/33

     102,297   
  54,943       

GNMA, Series 2003-18, Class OA, 5.00%, due 10/20/31

     62,615   
  113,707       

GNMA, Series 2005-77, Class BA, 5.00%, due 11/20/32

     117,374   
  48,970       

GNMA, Series 2008-49, Class PG, 5.25%, due 11/20/37

     52,386   
  86,652       

GNMA, Series 2008-51, Class PG, 5.00%, due 06/20/38

     96,570   
  50,979       

GNMA REMIC, Series 2001-52, 6.00%, due 10/20/31

     58,806   
  100,509       

GNMA REMIC, Series 2004-047, 5.00%, due 08/16/33

     104,668   
  73,863       

GNMA REMIC, Series 2008-050, 5.50%, due 03/16/37

     79,774   
      

 

 

 
         4,308,336   
      

 

 

 
   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — 54.1%

  
  150,000       

Federal Farm Credit Bank, 3.70%, due 05/15/13

     151,997   
  117,000       

Federal Farm Credit Bank, 5.45%, due 12/11/13

     122,827   
  235,000       

Federal Home Loan Bank, 2.38%, due 03/14/14

     241,172   
  80,000       

Federal Home Loan Bank, 2.88%, due 09/11/15

     85,263   
  125,000       

Federal Home Loan Bank, 3.13%, due 03/11/16

     135,678   
  910,000       

Federal Home Loan Bank, 4.25%, due 06/14/13

     926,954   
  195,000       

Federal Home Loan Bank, 5.13%, due 05/24/13

     198,871   
  300,000       

Federal Home Loan Bank, 6.05%, due 05/12/14

     323,583   
  150,000       

FHLMC, 0.50%, due 10/15/13

     150,406   
  500,000       

FHLMC, 1.00%, due 08/20/14

     506,039   
  100,000       

FHLMC, 1.00%, due 03/08/17

     101,378   
  100,000       

FHLMC, 1.25%, due 05/12/17

     102,425   
  490,000       

FHLMC, 2.00%, due 08/25/16

     516,149   
  235,000       

FHLMC, 2.50%, due 05/27/16

     250,940   
  280,000       

FHLMC, 4.00%, due 06/12/13

     284,844   
  175,000       

FHLMC, 5.00%, due 01/30/14

     184,105   
  250,000       

FHLMC, 5.25%, due 04/18/16

     289,389   
  1,000,000       

FNMA, 0.50%, due 08/09/13

     1,002,078   
  50,000       

FNMA, 1.13%, due 10/08/13

     50,372   
  700,000       

FNMA, 1.25%, due 01/30/17

     718,330   
  150,000       

FNMA, 1.38%, due 11/15/16

     154,674   
  100,000       

FNMA, 2.25%, due 03/15/16

     105,718   
  560,000       

FNMA, 4.63%, due 10/15/13

     579,703   
  445,000       

FNMA, 4.75%, due 02/21/13

     447,793   
  150,000       

FNMA, 4.88%, due 12/15/16

     174,930   

 

130    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — continued

  
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.25%, due 11/30/13

     100,074   
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.38%, due 07/31/13

     100,156   
  250,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.50%, due 08/15/14

     251,133   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.50%, due 10/15/14

     150,703   
  440,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.50%, due 07/31/17

     437,422   
  70,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.63%, due 01/31/13

     70,038   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.63%, due 05/31/17

     150,258   
  220,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.63%, due 08/31/17

     219,828   
  205,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.63%, due 11/30/17

     204,343   
  1,000,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 08/15/13

     1,003,906   
  300,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.75%, due 06/15/14

     302,379   
  650,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.88%, due 11/30/16

     659,293   
  350,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.88%, due 12/31/16

     354,867   
  755,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.88%, due 01/31/17

     765,146   
  420,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 0.88%, due 04/30/17

     425,217   
  1,300,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 07/15/13

     1,306,196   
  125,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 05/15/14

     126,358   
  385,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 08/31/16

     392,399   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 09/30/16

     152,883   
  375,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 10/31/16

     382,207   
  300,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.00%, due 03/31/17

     305,414   
  300,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 04/15/14

     304,008   
  200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.25%, due 08/31/15

     204,891   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 01/15/13

     150,088   
  1,950,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 03/15/13

     1,955,257   
  450,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.38%, due 11/30/15

     463,289   
  320,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 06/30/16

     331,750   
  665,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.50%, due 07/31/16

     689,626   
  260,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 04/15/13

     261,260   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 07/31/15

     155,508   
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, due 05/31/16

     104,477   
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 02/28/14

     101,941   
  250,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 06/30/15

     259,727   
  225,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 1.88%, due 10/31/17

     237,709   
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 01/31/16

     104,961   
  125,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.00%, due 04/30/16

     131,533   
  350,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.13%, due 11/30/14

     362,469   
  200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.13%, due 12/31/15

     210,484   
  135,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.13%, due 02/29/16

     142,372   
  200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.25%, due 01/31/15

     208,219   
  160,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.38%, due 08/31/14

     165,688   
  190,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.38%, due 03/31/16

     202,023   
  70,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.50%, due 04/30/15

     73,577   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.50%, due 06/30/17

     162,527   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.63%, due 07/31/14

     155,666   
  200,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.63%, due 04/30/16

     214,531   
  100,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 2.75%, due 05/31/17

     109,344   
  180,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 3.13%, due 10/31/16

     197,874   
  160,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 3.25%, due 12/31/16

     177,225   

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      131   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

(showing percentage of net assets)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Par Value ($)           Description    Value ($)  
      
   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations — continued

  
  130,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 4.25%, due 08/15/14

     138,440   
  150,000       

U.S. Treasury Note, 4.25%, due 08/15/15

     165,293   
      

 

 

 
         23,807,595   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL DEBT OBLIGATIONS (COST $43,390,936)

     43,745,700   
      

 

 

 
   

SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS — 0.4%

  
   

Bank Deposit — 0.4%

  
  198,226       

State Street Bank & Trust Euro Time Deposit, 0.01%, due 01/02/13

     198,226   
      

 

 

 
   

Securities Lending Collateral — 0.0%

  
  15,435       

State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio***

     15,435   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS (COST $213,661)

     213,661   
      

 

 

 
   

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 99.8%

(Cost $43,604,597)

     43,959,361   
   

Other Assets and Liabilities (net) — 0.2%

     79,750   
      

 

 

 
   

NET ASSETS — 100.0%

   $ 44,039,111   
      

 

 

 
   

Notes to Schedule of Investments:

  
    FHLMC — Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation   
    FNMA — Federal National Mortgage Association   
    GNMA — Government National Mortgage Association   
    REIT — Real Estate Investment Trust   
    REMIC — Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit   
    All or a portion of this security is out on loan.   
  ***   Represents an investment of securities lending cash collateral.   
  ¤   Illiquid security. The total market value of the securities at period end is $1 which represents 0.0% of net assets. The aggregate tax cost of these securities held at December 31, 2012 was $77,673.   
    Floating rate note. Rate shown is as of December 31, 2012.   
    144A — Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total market value of the securities at period end is $1,507,263 which represents 3.4% of net assets.   

 

132    See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.   


Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund

Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

Asset Class Summary (Unaudited)    % of Net Assets

Debt Obligations

       99.3  

Short-Term Investments

       0.5  

Other Assets and Liabilities (net)

       0.2  
    

 

 

 
       100.0 %
    

 

 

 

 

   See accompanying Notes to the Schedule of Investments.      133   


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

1. Organization

Mercer Funds (the “Trust”) consists of the following nine series: Mercer US Large Cap Growth Equity Fund (“Large Cap Growth”), Mercer US Large Cap Value Equity Fund (“Large Cap Value”), Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Growth Equity Fund (“Small/Mid Cap Growth”), Mercer US Small/Mid Cap Value Equity Fund (“Small/Mid Cap Value”), Mercer Non-US Core Equity Fund (“Non-US Core Equity”), Mercer Core Opportunistic Fixed Income Fund (“Core Opportunistic”), Mercer Emerging Markets Equity Fund (“Emerging Markets”), which commenced operations on May 1, 2012, Mercer Global Low Volatility Equity Fund (“Global Low Volatility”), which commenced operations on November 6, 2012 and Mercer US Short Maturity Fixed Income Fund (“Short Maturity”), (each a “Fund,” and collectively referred to as the “Funds”). The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust, established on March 11, 2005. The Trust is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”). The Funds’ investment advisor is Mercer Investment Management, Inc. (the “Advisor”). The Advisor manages each Fund using a “manager of managers” approach by selecting one or more subadvisors (each a “Subadvisor,” and collectively referred to as the “Subadvisors”) to manage each Fund.

Each Fund is classified as “diversified” for purposes of the 1940 Act.

The investment objectives of the Funds are:

 

Fund

  

Investment Objective

Large Cap Growth    Long-term total return, which includes capital appreciation and income
Large Cap Value    Long-term total return, which includes capital appreciation and income
Small/Mid Cap Growth    Long-term total return, comprised primarily of capital appreciation
Small/Mid Cap Value    Long-term total return, comprised primarily of capital appreciation
Non-US Core Equity    Long-term total return, which includes capital appreciation and income
Core Opportunistic    Total return, consisting of both current income and capital appreciation
Emerging Markets    Long-term total return, which includes capital appreciation and income
Global LowVolatility    Long-term total return, which includes capital appreciation and income
Short Maturity    Safety of principal and a moderate level of income

Each Fund is authorized to offer interests in four classes of shares: Class S, Class Y-1, Class Y-2 and Class Y-3. The principal difference between the classes of shares is the level of shareholder service, marketing and administrative fees borne by the classes. As of December 31, 2012, only the Class Y-3 shares of each Fund had commenced operations.

 

2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following are significant accounting policies followed by the Funds. These policies are in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

134


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

(a)  Security Valuation

Each Fund’s investments are valued as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on each day when the NYSE is open. Portfolio securities listed on an exchange normally are valued at the last sale or official closing price on the day on which the securities are valued or, lacking any sales on such day, at the last available bid price using prices as of the close of trading. In cases where securities are traded on more than one exchange, the securities are generally valued on the exchange considered by the Advisor or the applicable Subadvisor as the primary market for such securities. Securities traded in the over-the-counter market and listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market (“NASDAQ”) normally are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price; other over-the-counter securities are valued at the last bid price available prior to valuation (other than short-term investments, which are valued as described below). The Funds may invest in securities that are traded in foreign markets. Foreign securities will be converted into U.S. dollar equivalents based on the rate in effect at a uniform time on each business day. Investments in open-end investment companies are valued at their net asset value (“NAV”) per share.

The Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”) has delegated its responsibility for valuing portfolio securities to the Advisor, subject to continuing Board oversight. The Advisor has appointed a Valuation Committee that is responsible for overseeing the day-to-day process of valuing portfolio securities. With respect to portfolio securities for which market quotations are not readily available or (in the opinion of the Advisor or the applicable Subadvisor) do not otherwise accurately reflect the fair values of the securities, the Valuation Committee will value such securities at fair value based upon procedures approved by the Board. In that regard, at December 31, 2012, substantially all foreign equity securities held by the Non-US Core Equity, Emerging Markets and Global Low Volatility were fair valued using valuations provided by an independent valuation service consistent with the valuation procedures approved by the Board. Certain fixed-income securities may be valued based upon appraisals received from a pricing service using a computerized matrix system or based upon appraisals derived from information concerning the securities or similar securities received from a recognized dealer or dealers in those securities. It should be recognized that judgment often plays a greater role in valuing thinly traded securities, as well as bonds and other securities with few dealer quotations, than is the case with respect to securities for which a broader range of dealer quotations and last-sale information is available. Each Fund generally values short-term investments, which mature in 60 days or less, at amortized cost, which approximates fair value unless the Board determines that this approach does not represent fair value.

Derivative financial instruments, such as futures contracts or options contracts that are traded on a national securities exchange, are stated at the last reported sale or settlement price on the day of valuation. Over the counter derivative financial instruments, such as foreign currency contracts, options contracts, or swaps agreements, derive their value from underlying asset prices, indices, reference rates, and other inputs or a combination of these factors. These contracts are normally valued on the basis of pricing service providers or broker dealer quotations. Depending on the product and the terms of the derivative, the value of the financial derivative contracts is assigned by pricing service providers using a series of techniques, which may include pricing models. The pricing models use inputs that are observed from actively quoted markets such as issuer details, indices, spreads, interest rates, curves, volatilities, dividends and exchange rates.

Senior secured floating rate loans and senior secured floating rate debt securities are valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may reflect appropriate factors such as ratings, yield curves, prepayment speeds, tranche type, industry, company performance, spread, individual trading characteristics, institutional size trading in similar groups of securities and other market data.

The application of fair value pricing represents a good faith determination based on specific procedures performed under the supervision of the Board. Due to the subjective nature of fair value pricing, there can be no assurance that a Fund could realize the fair value assigned to the security if the Fund were to sell the security at approximately the time at which the Fund determines its NAV per share. A Fund’s value for a particular security may be different from the last quoted market price.

 

135


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

The Funds follow Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurements” (“ASC 820”). Under GAAP for fair value measurements, a three-tier hierarchy to prioritize the assumptions, referred to as inputs, is used in valuation techniques to measure fair value. The three-tier hierarchy of inputs is summarized in the three broad Levels listed below.

 

   

Level 1 — quoted prices unadjusted in active markets for identical investments

 

   

Level 2 — other significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar investments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.)

 

   

Level 3 — significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

At December 31, 2012, Large Cap Growth, Large Cap Value, Small/Mid Cap Growth and Small/Mid Cap Value each held long-term investments determined using Level 1 inputs, with corresponding major categories as shown in the schedules of investments, and short-term investment positions in a Euro Time Deposit and in State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, as shown in the schedules of investments, which are determined using Level 2 inputs. Small/Mid Cap Value also held one long-term Level 2 security which had a $0 value.

At December 31, 2012, Short Maturity held all long-term investments and short-term investment positions in a Euro Time Deposit and in State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio, all determined using Level 2 inputs, with corresponding major categories, as shown in the schedule of investments.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2012 in valuing the assets and liabilities of Non-US Core Equity, Core Opportunistic, Emerging Markets and Global Low Volatility for which fair valuation was used:

Non-US Core Equity

ASSETS VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets

(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
     Total  

Common Stocks

          

Australia

   $       $ 70,957,198   $                    —       $ 70,957,198   

Austria

             6,318,096                6,318,096   

Belgium

             9,930,594                9,930,594   

Bermuda

             17,436,096                17,436,096   

Brazil

     8,689,985         9,612,102                18,302,087   

Canada

     19,342,071                        19,342,071   

Cayman Islands

             15,635,217                15,635,217   

China

             3,127,872                3,127,872   

Denmark

     5,815,335         55,630,264                61,445,599   

Finland

     1,978,693         23,343,883                25,322,576   

France

             173,548,052                173,548,052   

Germany

     2,241,557         157,436,727                159,678,284   

Greece

             2,879,394                2,879,394   

Hong Kong

             34,628,562                34,628,562   

India

             6,521,461                6,521,461   

 

136


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets

(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs

(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs

(Level 3)
     Total  

Indonesia

   $       $ 10,402,919       $                 —       $ 10,402,919   

Ireland

             11,331,177                 11,331,177   

Israel

     7,327,378                         7,327,378   

Italy

             62,989,792                 62,989,792   

Japan

     1,518,734         444,905,322                 446,424,056   

Luxembourg

             8,355,659                 8,355,659   

Malaysia

             2,751,343                 2,751,343   

Malta

             1,008,677                 1,008,677   

Mauritius

             1,706,597                 1,706,597   

Mexico

     7,345,957                         7,345,957   

Netherlands

     2,244,348         51,094,501                 53,338,849   

New Zealand

             3,241,789                 3,241,789   

Norway

             31,607,029                 31,607,029   

Portugal

             2,918,394                 2,918,394   

Singapore

             20,210,017                 20,210,017   

South Africa

             7,496,671                 7,496,671   

South Korea

             21,649,884                 21,649,884   

Spain

             35,809,406                 35,809,406   

Sweden

     829,311         75,523,008                 76,352,319   

Switzerland

     1,669,330         143,341,634                 145,010,964   

Taiwan

     6,268,325         2,046,968                 8,315,293   

Thailand

     1,405,852         8,719,190                 10,125,042   

United Kingdom

     43,992,265         326,105,393                 370,097,658   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     110,669,141         1,860,220,888                 1,970,890,029   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Company

           

United States

     13,893,854                         13,893,854   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Company

     13,893,854                         13,893,854   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

           

Brazil

             2,296,430                 2,296,430   

Germany

             19,157,441                 19,157,441   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

             21,453,871                 21,453,871   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Options Purchased

           

Call Options

             83,415                 83,415   

Put Options

             365,774                 365,774   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased

             449,189                 449,189   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

           

Bank Deposit

             34,057,379                 34,057,379   

Securities Lending Collateral

             42,305,615                 42,305,615   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

             76,362,994                 76,362,994   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 124,562,995       $ 1,958,486,942       $       $ 2,083,049,937   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

# Includes one security at $0 value as of December 31, 2012.

 

137


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Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Core Opportunistic

ASSETS VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
    Total  

Debt Obligations

          

Asset Backed Securities

   $       $ 36,636,432       $                    —      $ 36,636,432   

Bank Loans

             11,025,286                11,025,286   

Convertible Debt

             246,837                246,837   

Corporate Debt

             369,212,775         0     369,212,775   

Mortgage Backed Securities - Private Issuers

             24,991,148                24,991,148   

Mortgage Backed Securities - U.S. Government Agency Obligations

             287,787,089                287,787,089   

Municipal Obligations

             52,984,027                52,984,027   

Sovereign Debt Obligations

             15,395,923                15,395,923   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

             252,955,810                252,955,810   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Debt Obligations

             1,051,235,327         0        1,051,235,327   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Common Stocks

          

Auto Manufacturers

     283,879                        283,879   

Building Materials

     93,857                        93,857   

Diversified Financial Services

     67,775                        67,775   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     445,511                        445,511   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Preferred Stocks

          

Banks

     735,000                        735,000   

Diversified Financial Services

     2,479,176                        2,479,176   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

     3,214,176                        3,214,176   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Warrants

          

Auto Manufacturers

     241,749                        241,749   

Media

     9,382                        9,382   

Oil & Gas Services

     2,808                        2,808   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Warrants

     253,939                        253,939   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options Purchased

          

Call Options

     27,281                        27,281   

Put Options

             178,772                178,772   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Options Purchased

     27,281         178,772                206,053   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

138


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Short-Term Investments

           

Bank Deposit

   $       $ 68,192,328       $                 —       $ 68,192,328   

Certificates of Deposit

             16,964,013                 16,964,013   

Repurchase Agreements

             73,100,000                 73,100,000   

Securities Lending Collateral

             13,073,243                 13,073,243   

U.S. Government and Agency Obligations

             744,838                 744,838   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

             172,074,422                 172,074,422   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

           

Buys

             170,760                 170,760   

Sales

             30,694                 30,694   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Forward Currency Contracts

             201,454                 201,454   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

           

Buys

     4,746                         4,746   

Sales

     339,257                         339,257   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Futures Contracts

     344,003                         344,003   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Interest Rate Swaps

             1,158,566                 1,158,566   

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps**

             367,308                 367,308   

Credit Default Swaps

             70,973                 70,973   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Swaps

             1,596,847                 1,596,847   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 4,284,910       $ 1,225,286,822       $ 0       $ 1,229,571,732   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
    Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Total TBA Sale Commitments

   $      $ (27,784,999   $                 —       $ (27,784,999
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

         

Sales

            (907,133             (907,133
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Forward Currency Contracts

            (907,133             (907,133
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

         

Buys

     (333,052                    (333,052

Sales

     (26,581                    (26,581
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Futures Contracts

     (359,633                    (359,633
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

139


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
    Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Written Options

   $      $ (180,645   $                 —       $ (180,645

Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps**

            (119,177             (119,177

Credit Default Swaps

            (12,752             (12,752
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Swaps

            (131,929             (131,929
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (359,633   $ (29,004,706   $       $ (29,364,339
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

  *   Includes three securities at $0 value as of December 31, 2012.
  **   Centrally cleared swaps are valued at unrealized appreciation/depreciation.

Emerging Markets

ASSETS VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Common Stocks

           

Bermuda

   $ 439,680       $ 2,826,390       $                  —       $ 3,266,070   

Brazil

     15,419,868         19,148,239                 34,568,107   

Cayman Islands

     2,981,421         13,221,863                 16,203,284   

Chile

     2,565,902         5,855,954                 8,421,856   

China

     2,583,906         39,316,804                 41,900,710   

Colombia

             6,611,459                 6,611,459   

Czech Republic

             1,877,840                 1,877,840   

Hong Kong

     5,657,120         15,219,443                 20,876,563   

Hungary

             338,427                 338,427   

India

     14,635,777         41,216,527                 55,852,304   

Indonesia

     532,080         11,182,853                 11,714,933   

Malaysia

             21,078,483                 21,078,483   

Mexico

     37,260,658                         37,260,658   

Peru

     2,488,279                         2,488,279   

Philippines

             4,045,279                 4,045,279   

Poland

             6,010,533                 6,010,533   

Russia

     10,044,854         3,897,450                 13,942,304   

South Africa

     508,389         24,743,531                 25,251,920   

South Korea

     6,935,271         28,925,538                 35,860,809   

Taiwan

     1,985,412         38,493,543                 40,478,955   

Thailand

     2,127,077         9,075,005                 11,202,082   

Turkey

             7,280,216                 7,280,216   

United Kingdom

             23,680,474                 23,680,474   

United States

     2,536,090                         2,536,090   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     108,701,784         324,045,851                 432,747,635   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

140


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Preferred Stocks

           

Brazil

   $       $ 11,929,671       $                 —       $ 11,929,671   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stocks

             11,929,671                 11,929,671   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Rights

           

Chile

     1,126                         1,126   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Rights

     1,126                         1,126   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Short-Term Investments

           

Bank Deposit

             16,603,446                 16,603,446   

Securities Lending Collateral

             9,178,351                 9,178,351   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

             25,781,797                 25,781,797   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

           

Buys

             593,105                 593,105   

Sales

             69,886                 69,886   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Forward Currency Contracts

             662,991                 662,991   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

           

Buys

     182,008                         182,008   

Sales

     27,676                         27,676   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Futures Contracts

     209,684                         209,684   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Synthetic Futures

             110,693                 110,693   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 108,912,594       $ 362,531,003       $       $ 471,443,597   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
    Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

         

Buys

   $      $ (239,047   $                 —       $ (239,047

Sales

            (900,751             (900,751
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Forward Currency Contracts

            (1,139,798             (1,139,798
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Futures Contracts

         

Sales

     (3,559                    (3,559
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Futures Contracts

     (3,559                    (3,559
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Synthetic Futures

            (79             (79
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ (3,559   $ (1,139,877   $       $ (1,143,436
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

141


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Global Low Volatility

ASSETS VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Common Stocks

           

Australia

   $       $ 1,881,606       $                 —       $ 1,881,606   

Austria

             546,263                 546,263   

Belgium

             1,671,592                 1,671,592   

Bermuda

             934,614                 934,614   

Canada

     9,298,929                         9,298,929   

Cayman Islands

     495,445                         495,445   

Denmark

             2,784,524                 2,784,524   

France

             7,968,966                 7,968,966   

Germany

             2,805,589                 2,805,589   

Hong Kong

             1,282,035                 1,282,035   

Ireland

     399,007         471,096                 870,103   

Israel

     691,088         359,671                 1,050,759   

Italy

             160,838                 160,838   

Japan

             22,756,707                 22,756,707   

Malaysia

             281,464                 281,464   

Mexico

     1,448,038                         1,448,038   

Netherlands

             1,535,505                 1,535,505   

New Zealand

             581,292                 581,292   

Norway

             660,600                 660,600   

Portugal

             290,950                 290,950   

Singapore

             1,976,144                 1,976,144   

South Africa

     790,939                         790,939   

South Korea

             809,710                 809,710   

Spain

             439,211                 439,211   

Sweden

             1,100,357                 1,100,357   

Switzerland

             13,942,706                 13,942,706   

Thailand

             372,968                 372,968   

United Kingdom

             14,293,344                 14,293,344   

United States

     119,348,552                         119,348,552   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Common Stocks

     132,471,998         79,907,752                 212,379,750   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Investment Company

           

United States

     4,341,868                         4,341,868   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investment Company

     4,341,868                         4,341,868   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Preferred Stock

           

Germany

             493,145                 493,145   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Preferred Stock

             493,145                 493,145   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Warrants

           

United States

     125,716                         125,716   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Warrants

     125,716                         125,716   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

142


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
     Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Short-Term Investments

           

Bank Deposit

   $       $ 17,080,912       $       $ 17,080,912   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Short-Term Investments

             17,080,912                 17,080,912   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

           

Sales

             436,451                 436,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Forward Currency Contracts

             436,451                 436,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 136,939,582       $ 97,918,260       $              —       $ 234,857,842   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES VALUATION INPUT

 

Description

   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
     Significant
Other
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
    Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
     Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

          

Sales

   $            —       $ (78,483   $            —       $ (78,483
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Forward Currency Contracts

             (78,483             (78,483
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $       $ (78,483   $       $ (78,483
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

The following table shows transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy:

 

       Transfers In     Transfers Out  
       Level 1 —
Quoted Prices
     Level 2 —
Other Significant

Observable Inputs
    Level 1 —
Quoted Prices
    Level 2 —
Other Significant

Observable Inputs
 

Non-US Core Equity

   $            —       $ 1,512,816,158   $ (1,512,816,158 )*    $            —   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

  *   Transfers occurred between Level 1 and Level 2 as a result of applying a pricing factor, consistent with the Funds’ valuation and liquidity procedures, to certain foreign equity securities to reflect significant market movements between the time at which the Fund valued its securities and the earlier closing of foreign markets.

 

143


Mercer Funds

Notes to Schedule of Investments (Continued)

December 31, 2012 (Unaudited)

 

 

The following table includes a rollforward of the amounts for the period ended December 31, 2012 for financial instruments classified as Level 3:

Core Opportunistic

 

Investments
in Securities

  Balance as of
March 31,
2012
  Realized
Gain
(Loss)
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Net
Transfers
In (Out)
of Level 3
  Net
Purchases
& Sales
  Balance as of
December 31,
2012
  Change in
Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
from
Investments
Held  at
December 31,
2012

DEBT OBLIGATIONS

  

                       

Corporate Debt

    $ 24,949 ^     $     —       $ (23,104 )     $ (1,750 ) (1)     $ (95 )     $ 0 ^^     $ (23,104 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

Total

    $ 24,949 ^     $       $ (23,104 )     $ (1,750 ) (1)     $ (95 )     $ 0 ^^     $ (23,104 )
   

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

 

The Funds recognizes transfers between Levels as of the end of the reporting period.

 

  ^ Incudes three securities at $0 value as of March 31, 2012.
  ^^ Includes three securities at $0 value at December 31, 2012.
  (1)

A corporate debt classified as Level 3 at March 31, 2012 is now classified as Level 2. The change in level designation is reflective of the utilization during the current period of valuations, provided by a nationally recognized pricing service, that are based on market observable information (i.e. yield curves).

Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

The Funds follow FASB ASC 815 “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities” (“ASC 815”), which requires enhanced disclosures about the Funds’ use of, and accounting for, derivative instruments and the effect on the results of each Fund’s operations and financial position.

Non-US Core Equity and Emerging Markets held rights during the period as a result of corporate actions. Non-US Core Equity, Core Opportunistic and Global Low Volatility held warrants during the period as a result of corporate actions.

At December 31, 2012 and during the period then ended, the Funds had the following derivatives and transactions in derivatives, grouped into appropriate risk categories:

Small/Mid Cap Value

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS (6)

 

     Equity Risk      Total  

Futures Contracts

     26         26   

Non-US Core Equity

ASSET DERIVATIVES

 

     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Equity
Risk
       Total  

Options Purchased (1)

   $ 449,189       $              —         $ 449,189   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 449,189       $         $ 449,889   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

 

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NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, NOTIONAL AMOUNTS OR SHARES/UNITS (6)

 

     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
       Equity
Risk
     Total  

Rights

               534,592         534,592   

Warrants

               233,641         233,641   

Options Purchased

     1,529,016,998                   1,529,016,998   

Core Opportunistic

ASSET DERIVATIVES

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Credit
Risk
       Equity
Risk
     Total  

Warrants (1)

   $      $       $         $ 253,939       $ 253,939   

Options Purchased (1)

                              206,053         206,053   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (2)

            201,454                           201,454   

Futures Contracts (3)

     344,003                                  344,003   

Swap Contracts (4)

     1,525,874             70,973                   1,596,847   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 1,896,877      $ 201,454       $ 70,973         $ 459,992       $ 2,602,296   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Risk
    Credit
Risk
    Equity
Risk
     Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (2)

   $      $ (907,133   $      $               —       $ (907,133

Futures Contracts (3)

     (359,633                           (359,633

Options Written (5)

     (180,645                           (180,645

Swap Contracts (4)

     (119,177 )*             (12,752             (131,929
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ (659,455   $ (907,133   $ (12,752   $       $ (1,579,340
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, NOTIONAL AMOUNTS OR SHARES/UNITS (6)

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
    Foreign
Exchange
Risk
    Credit
Risk
    Equity
Risk
     Total  

Warrants

                          15,611         15,611   

Options Purchased

     5,641,056               9,566,280                15,207,336   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

            (24,029,096                    (24,029,096

Futures Contracts

     892                              892   

Options Written

     (13,447,056            (24,140,560             (37,587,616

Swap Contracts

     8,873,111               81,332,889                90,206,000   

 

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Emerging Markets

ASSET DERIVATIVES

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Equity
Risk
     Total  

Rights (1)

   $       $       $ 1,160       $ 1,160   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (2)

             662,991                 662,991   

Futures Contracts (3)

     202,566                         202,566   

Swap Contracts (4)

                     110,693         110,693   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $ 202,566       $ 662,991       $ 111,853       $ 977,410   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITY DERIVATIVES

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
    Equity
Risk
    Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (2)

   $            —       $ (1,139,798   $      $ (1,139,798

Futures Contracts (3)

                    (3,599     (3,599

Swap Contracts (4)

                    (79     (79
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total Value

   $       $ (1,139,798   $ (3,678   $ (1,143,476
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, NOTIONAL AMOUNTS OR SHARES/UNITS (6)

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
     Equity
Risk
     Total  

Rights

                     141,478         141,478   

Warrants

                     811,668         811,668   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             8,596,657                 8,596,657   

Futures Contracts

     817                         817   

Swap Contracts

                     2,184         2,184   

Global Low Volatility

ASSET DERIVATIVES

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
       Equity
Risk
     Total  

Warrants (1)

   $               —       $         $ 125,716       $ 125,716   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (2)

             436,451                   436,451   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $       $ 436,451         $ 125,716       $ 562,167   
  

 

 

    

 

 

      

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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LIABILITY DERIVATIVES

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
    Equity
Risk
     Total  

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts (2)

   $               —       $ (78,483   $               —       $ (78,483
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Value

   $       $ (78,483   $       $ (78,483
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

 

NUMBER OF CONTRACTS, NOTIONAL AMOUNTS OR SHARES/UNITS (6)

 

     Interest
Rate Risk
     Foreign
Exchange
Risk
       Equity
Risk
     Total  

Warrants

                       9,800         9,800   

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

             (8,596,733                (8,596,733

 

  * Centrally Cleared Swaps are valued at unrealized appreciation/depreciation in the Schedule of Investments.
  (1)

As shown within the Schedule of Investments.

  (2)

As shown in the Forward Foreign Currency Contracts table within the Schedule of Investments.

  (3)

As shown in the Futures Contracts table within the Schedule of Investments.

  (4)

As shown in the Interest Rate Swaps, Credit Default Swaps, Centrally Cleared Interest Rate Swaps and Synthetic Futures tables within the Schedule of Investments.

  (5)

As shown in the Written Options table within the Schedule of Investments.

  (6)

Amounts disclosed represent average number of contracts, notional amounts, or shares/units outstanding for the months that the Fund held such derivatives during the period ended December 31, 2012.

The Funds follow FASB ASC 815-10-50 “Disclosures about Credit Derivatives and Certain Guarantees”. This applies to written credit derivatives, hybrid instruments with embedded credit derivatives (for example, credit-linked notes), and certain guarantees. See Note 2 for a description of credit derivative instruments.

The following is a summary of open credit default swaps positions held in Core Opportunistic at December 31, 2012:

 

Notional
Amount
    Currency     Expiration
Date
   

Counterparty

  Buy/Sell
Protection
    Maximum
Potential Amount
of Future
Payments by
the Fund Under
the  Contract
    Receive
(Pay)
Fixed
Rate
   

Deliverable
on Default

  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
    Value  
  1,800,000        USD        12/20/2017     

JPMorgan Chase Bank

    Buy      $ 1,800,000        (5.00 %)    CDX.NA.HY.19   $ (620   $ (8,495
  4,400,000        USD        03/20/2021     

Goldman Sachs International

    Sell        4,400,000        1.60  

State of Connecticut

(Moody’s Rating: Aa2; S&P Rating: AA)

    50,666        50,666   
  900,000        USD        03/20/2016     

Deutsche Bank AG

    Buy        900,000        (1.00 %)    Kinder Morgan, Inc., 6.50%, 09/01/12     (34,247     7,947   
  1,400,000        USD        03/20/2016     

Morgan Stanley Capital Services, Inc.

    Buy        1,400,000        (1.00 %)    Kinder Morgan, Inc., 6.50%, 09/01/12     (54,734     12,360   
  400,000        USD        12/20/2015     

Deutsche Bank AG

    Buy        400,000        (1.00 %)    Starwood Hotels and Resorts, 6.75%, 05/15/18     (33,061     (4,257
         

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 
          $ 8,900,000          $ (71,996   $ 58,221   
         

 

 

       

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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(b)  Security transactions and related investment income

Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Dividend income, net of applicable withholding taxes, is recorded on the ex-dividend date or when the Fund is informed of the ex-dividend date, if later. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis, and is adjusted for amortization of premium and discounts for debt securities. Income is not recognized, nor are premium and discount amortized, on securities for which collection is not expected. Withholding taxes on foreign dividend, interest, and capital gains have been provided for in accordance with the respective country’s tax rules and rates. Non-cash dividends, if any, are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Interest income on inflation indexed securities is accrued daily based upon an inflation-adjusted principal. Additionally, any increase in the principal or face amount of these securities is recorded as interest income. In determining the net gain or loss on securities sold, the cost of securities is determined on the identified-cost basis.

(c)  Cash and short term investments

A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in short-term debt securities (including repurchase agreements and reverse repurchase agreements) of corporations, the U.S. government and its agencies and instrumentalities and banks and finance companies, which may be denominated in any currency.

A Fund may invest a portion of its assets in shares issued by money market mutual funds. A Fund also may invest in collective investment vehicles that are managed by an unaffiliated investment manager, pending investment of the Fund’s assets in portfolio securities. When unusual market conditions warrant, a Fund may make substantial temporary defensive investments in cash equivalents, up to a maximum of 100% of the Fund’s net assets. Cash equivalent holdings may be in any currency. When a Fund invests for temporary defensive purposes, such investments may affect the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

(d)  Securities lending

A Fund may lend its portfolio securities to qualified broker-dealers and financial institutions pursuant to agreements, provided: (1) the loan is secured continuously by collateral marked-to-market daily and maintained in an amount at least equal to the current fair value of the securities loaned; (2) the Fund may call the loan at any time and receive the securities loaned; (3) the Fund will receive any interest or dividends paid on the loaned securities; and (4) the aggregate fair value of securities loaned will not at any time exceed 33 1/3% of the total assets of the Fund. Collateral will consist of U.S. and non-U.S. securities, cash equivalents or irrevocable letters of credit. As with other extensions of credit, there are risks of delay in recovery or even loss of rights in collateral in the event of default or insolvency of a borrower of a Fund’s portfolio securities. A Fund may not retain voting rights on securities while they are on loan.

The Funds participate in a securities lending program under which the Funds’ custodian, State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Custodian”), is authorized to lend Fund portfolio securities to qualified broker-dealers and financial institutions that post appropriate collateral. Currently, the cash collateral is invested in the State Street Navigator Securities Lending Prime Portfolio. The Custodian receives a portion of the interest earned on any reinvested collateral. The market value of securities on loan to borrowers and the value of collateral held by the Funds with respect to such loans at December 31, 2012 were as follows:

 

     Market Value of
Loaned Securities
     Value of Collateral  

Large Cap Growth

   $ 10,307,983       $ 10,381,921   

Large Cap Value

     11,319,891         10,984,086   

Small/Mid Cap Growth

     34,757,004         34,645,053   

Small/Mid Cap Value

     10,080,136         10,256,552   

Non-US Core

     40,624,075         42,305,615   

Core Opportunistic

     12,794,975         13,073,243   

Emerging Markets

     9,044,683         9,178,351   

Short Maturity

     15,122         15,435   

 

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(e)  Repurchase agreements

A Fund may enter into a repurchase agreement where the Fund purchases securities from a bank or broker-dealer who simultaneously agrees to repurchase the securities at a mutually agreed upon time and price, thereby determining the yield during the term of the agreement. As a result, a repurchase agreement provides a fixed rate of return insulated from market fluctuations during the term of the agreement. The term of a repurchase agreement generally is short, possibly overnight or for a few days, although it may extend over a number of months (up to one year) from the date of delivery. Repurchase agreements are considered under the 1940 Act to be collateralized loans by a Fund to a seller secured by the securities transferred to the Fund. Repurchase agreements will be fully collateralized and the collateral will be marked-to-market daily. A Fund may not enter into a repurchase agreement having more than seven days remaining to maturity if, as a result, such agreement, together with any other illiquid securities held by the Fund, would exceed 15% of the value of the net assets of the Fund. See the Core Opportunistic Schedule of Investments for open repurchase agreements held as of December 31, 2012.

(f)  Swaps

A Fund may engage in swaps, including, but not limited to, interest rate, currency, credit default, and index swaps, and the purchase or sale of related caps, floors, collars, and other derivative instruments. A Fund expects to enter into these transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular investment or portion of the portfolio, to modify the portfolio’s duration, to protect against any increase in the price of securities the Fund anticipates purchasing at a later date, or to gain exposure to certain markets in the most economical way possible.

Interest rate swaps involve the exchange by a Fund with another party of their respective commitments to receive or pay interest (e.g., an exchange of fixed rate payments for floating rate payments) with respect to a notional amount of principal. Currency swaps involve the exchange of cash flows on a notional amount based on changes in the values of referenced currencies.

The purchase of a cap entitles the purchaser to receive payments on a notional principal amount from the party selling the cap to the extent that a specified index exceeds a predetermined interest rate or amount. The purchase of an interest rate floor entitles the purchaser to receive payments on a notional principal amount from the party selling the floor to the extent that a specified index falls below a predetermined interest rate or amount. A collar is a combination of a cap and a floor that preserves a certain return with a predetermined range of interest rates or values.

Swaps do not involve the delivery of securities or other underlying assets or principal, and are subject to counterparty risk. If the other party to a swap defaults and fails to consummate the transaction, a Fund’s risk of loss consists of the net amount of interest payments that the Fund is contractually entitled to receive.

Whether a Fund’s use of swap agreements or swap options will be successful in achieving the Fund’s investment objective will depend on the Subadvisor’s ability to predict correctly whether certain types of investments are likely to produce greater returns than other investments. Moreover, a Fund bears the risk of loss of the amount expected to be received under a swap agreement in the event of the default or bankruptcy of a swap agreement counterparty. The Funds will enter into swap agreements only with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness.

If there is a default by the counterparty to a swap contract, a Fund will be limited to contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. There is no assurance that a swap contract counterparty will be able to meet its obligations pursuant to a swap contract or that, in the event of a default, a Fund will succeed in pursuing contractual remedies. A Fund thus assumes the risk that it may be delayed in, or prevented from, obtaining payments owed to it pursuant to a swap contract. However, the amount at risk is only the net unrealized gain, if any, on the swap at the time of default, and not the entire notional amount of the swap contract. The Subadvisor that enters into the swap agreement will closely monitor, subject to the oversight of the Board, the creditworthiness of swap counterparties in order to minimize the risk of counterparty default on swaps.

Because swaps are two party contracts that may be subject to contractual restrictions on transferability and termination, and they may have terms of greater than seven days, swap agreements may be considered to be illiquid and subject to a Fund’s limitation on investments in illiquid securities. However, the Trust has adopted procedures

 

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pursuant to which the Advisor may determine that swaps (including swap options) are liquid under certain circumstances. To the extent that a swap is not liquid, it may not be possible to initiate a transaction or liquidate a position at an advantageous time or price, which may result in significant losses.

Certain restrictions imposed on the Funds by the Code may limit the Funds’ ability to use swap agreements. The swaps market is largely unregulated. It is possible that developments in the swaps market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect a Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.

The credit default swap agreements may have as reference obligations one or more securities that are not currently held by a Fund. The protection “buyer” in a credit default swap agreement is generally obligated to pay the protection “seller” an upfront or a periodic stream of payments over the term of the contract provided that no credit event, such as a default, on a reference obligation has occurred. If a credit event occurs, the seller generally must pay the buyer the “par value” (full notional value) of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity described in the swap, or the seller may be required to deliver the related net cash amount, if the swap is cash settled. A Fund may be either the buyer or seller in the transaction. If a Fund is a buyer and no credit event occurs, the Fund may recover nothing if the swap is held through its termination date. However, if a credit event occurs, the buyer generally may elect to receive the full notional value of the swap in exchange for an equal face amount of deliverable obligations of the reference entity whose value may have significantly decreased. As a seller, a Fund generally receives an upfront payment or a fixed rate of income throughout the term of the swap provided that there is no credit event. As the seller, a Fund would effectively add leverage to its portfolio because, in addition to its total net assets, a Fund would be subject to investment exposure on the notional amount of the swap.

The spread of a credit default swap is the annual amount the protection buyer must pay the protection seller over the length of the contract, expressed as a percentage of the notional amount. When spreads rise, market perceived credit risk rises and when spreads fall, market perceived credit risk falls. Wider credit spreads and decreasing market values, when compared to the notional amount of the swap, represent a deterioration of the referenced entity’s credit worthiness and an increased market perception that there is a greater likelihood of risk of default or other credit event occurring as defined under the terms of the agreement. For credit default swap agreements on asset-backed securities and credit indices, the quoted market prices and resulting values, as well as the annual payment rates, serve as an indication of the current status of the payment/performance risk.

Credit default swap agreements involve greater risks than if a Fund had invested in the reference obligation directly since, in addition to general market risks, credit default swaps are subject to illiquidity risk, counterparty risk and credit risk. A Fund will enter into credit default swap agreements only with counterparties that meet certain standards of creditworthiness. A buyer generally also will lose its investment and recover nothing should no credit event occur and the swap is held to its termination date. If a credit event were to occur, the value of any deliverable obligation received by the seller, coupled with the upfront or periodic payments previously received, may be less than the full notional value it pays to the buyer, resulting in a loss of value to the seller. A Fund’s obligations under a credit default swap agreement will be accrued daily (offset against any amounts owing to the Fund). In connection with credit default swaps in which a Fund is the buyer, the Fund will segregate or “earmark” cash or assets determined to be liquid by the Advisor and/or the Subadvisor in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees, or enter into certain offsetting positions, with a value at least equal to the Fund’s exposure (any accrued but unpaid net amounts owed by the Fund to any counterparty), on a marked-to-market basis. In connection with credit default swaps in which a Fund is the seller, the Fund will segregate or “earmark” cash or assets determined to be liquid by the Advisor and/or Subadvisor in accordance with procedures established by the Board of Trustees, or enter into offsetting positions, with a value at least equal to the full notional amount of the swap (minus any amounts owed to the Fund). Such segregation or “earmarking” will ensure that a Fund has assets available to satisfy its obligations with respect to the transaction and will limit any potential leveraging of the Fund’s portfolio. Such segregation or “earmarking” will not limit the Fund’s exposure to loss.

Certain clearinghouses currently offer clearing for limited types of derivatives transactions, principally credit derivatives. In a cleared derivative transaction, a Fund typically enters into the transaction with a financial institution counterparty, and performance of the transaction is effectively guaranteed by a central clearinghouse,

 

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thereby reducing or eliminating the Fund’s exposure to the credit risk of the original counterparty. The Fund typically will be required to post specified levels of margin with the clearinghouse or at the instruction of the clearinghouse; the margin required by a clearinghouse may be greater than the margin the Fund would be required to post in an uncleared derivative transaction. Daily changes in valuation of centrally cleared swaps, if any, are recorded as a receivable or payable for the change in value as appropriate on the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Only a limited number of derivative transactions are currently eligible for clearing by clearinghouses.

Swap agreements are marked to market daily. The change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of the swap is recorded as realized gain or loss in the Statement of Operations. Net periodic payments are included as part of realized gain (loss) on the Statement of Operations.

The swaps in which the Fund may engage may include instruments under which one party pays a single or periodic fixed amount(s) (or premium), and the other party pays periodic amounts based on the movement of a specified index. Swaps do not involve the delivery of securities, other underlying assets, or principal. The Fund’s maximum risk of loss from counterparty credit risk, as opposed to investment and other types of risk, in respect of swaps is typically the discounted net value of the cash flows to be received from the counterparty over the contract’s remaining life to the extent that such amount is positive, plus the cost of entering into a similar transaction with another counterparty, if possible.

The use of swaps is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio securities transactions. If the Advisor or Subadvisor is incorrect in its forecasts of market values, interest rates, and currency exchange rates, the investment performance of the Fund would be less favorable than it would have been if this investment technique were not used.

Like most other investments, swap agreements are subject to the risk that the market value of the instrument will change in a way detrimental to a Fund’s interest. A Fund bears the risk that Subadvisor will not accurately forecast future market trends or the values of assets, reference rates, indexes, or other economic factors in establishing swap positions for the Fund. If a Subadvisor attempts to use a swap as a hedge against, or as a substitute for, a portfolio investment, the Fund will be exposed to the risk that the swap will have or will develop imperfect or no correlation with the portfolio investment. This could cause substantial losses for the Fund. While hedging strategies involving swap instruments can reduce the risk of loss, they can also reduce the opportunity for gain or even result in losses by offsetting favorable price movements in other Fund investments.

During the period ended December 31, 2012, Core Opportunistic used swap agreements to adjust interest rate and yield curve exposure or to manage credit exposure. Emerging Markets used swap agreements to create passive index exposure to certain domestic emerging market country indices in the Fund. See the Core Opportunistic and Emerging Markets Schedule of Investments for a listing of open swap agreements as of December 31, 2012.

(g)  Futures

A futures contract is a contractual agreement to buy or sell a specific amount of a commodity or financial instrument at a predetermined price on a stipulated future date. A Fund may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery of securities, indices and foreign currencies. Futures contracts may be opened to protect against the adverse effects of fluctuations in security prices, interest rates, or foreign exchange rates without actually buying or selling the securities or foreign currency. A Fund also may enter into futures contracts as a low cost method for gaining or reducing exposure to a particular currency or securities market without directly investing in those currencies or securities.

A purchase of a futures contract means the acquisition of a contractual right of a Fund to obtain delivery of the securities or foreign currency underlying the contract at a specified price on a specified future date. When a futures contract is sold, a Fund incurs a contractual obligation to deliver the securities or foreign currency underlying the contract at a specified price on a specified date.

 

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When a Fund enters into a futures contract, it must deliver to the futures commission merchant selected by the Fund an amount referred to as “initial margin.” This amount is maintained by the futures commission merchant in a segregated account at the custodian bank. Futures contracts are marked-to-market daily, depending upon changes in the price of the underlying securities subject to the futures contracts, and the change in value is recorded by the Fund as a variation margin payable or receivable. The Fund recognizes gains and losses on futures contracts in addition to the variation margin, which gains and losses are considered realized at the time the contracts expire or close.

A Fund may enter into futures transactions on domestic exchanges and, to the extent such transactions have been approved by the CFTC for sale to customers in the United States, on foreign exchanges. In addition, a Fund may sell stock index futures in anticipation of, or during a market decline to attempt to offset the decrease in the market value of the Fund’s common stocks that might otherwise result, and a Fund may purchase such contracts in order to offset increases in the cost of common stocks that it intends to purchase. Unlike other futures contracts, a stock index futures contract specifies that no delivery of the actual stocks making up the index will take place. Instead, settlement in cash must occur upon the termination of the contract.

While futures contracts provide for the delivery of securities, deliveries usually do not occur. Contracts are generally terminated by entering into offsetting transactions.

During the period ended December 31, 2012, Small/Mid Cap Value used futures to equitize cash. Core Opportunistic used futures to adjust interest rate exposure and replicate government bond positions. Emerging Markets used futures to create passive index exposure to certain domestic emerging market country indices in the Fund. See the Small/Mid Cap Value, Core Opportunistic and Emerging Markets Schedules of Investments for a listing of open futures contracts as of December 31, 2012.

(h)  Options

The Funds may purchase and sell (write) put and call options on debt securities and indices to enhance investment performance, manage duration, or protect against changes in market prices. The Funds may also buy and sell combinations of put and call options on the same underlying security, currency or index. Short (sold) options positions will generally be hedged by the Funds with cash, cash equivalents, current portfolio security holdings, or other options or futures positions.

The Funds may enter into swap options (“swaptions”). A swaption is a contract that gives a counterparty the right (but not the obligation), in return for payment of a premium, to enter into a new swap agreement or to shorten, extend, cancel, or otherwise modify an existing swap agreement, at some designated future time on specified terms. Each Fund may write (sell) and purchase put and call swaptions. Depending on the terms of the particular option agreement, a Fund generally will incur a greater degree of risk when the Fund writes a swaption than the Fund will incur when it purchases a swaption. When a Fund purchases a swaption, the Fund’s risk of loss is limited to the amount of the premium it has paid should it decide to let the swaption expire unexercised. However, when a Fund writes a swaption, upon exercise of the option, the Fund will become obligated according to the terms of the underlying agreement.

When the Fund writes a covered call or a put option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is included in the Fund’s Statement of Assets and Liabilities as an asset and as an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. The Fund receives a premium on the sale of a call option but gives up the opportunity to profit from any increase in stock value above the exercise price of the option, and when the Fund writes a put option, it is exposed to a decline in the price of the underlying security.

Whether an option which the Fund has written expires on its stipulated expiration date or the Fund enters into a closing purchase transaction, the Fund realizes a gain (or loss, if the cost of a closing purchase transaction exceeds the premium received when the option was sold) without regard to any unrealized gain or loss on the underlying security, and the liability related to such option is extinguished. If a call option which the Fund has written is exercised, the Fund realizes a capital gain or loss from the sale of the underlying security, and the cost basis of the lots sold are decreased by the premium originally received. When a put option which a Fund has written is exercised, the amount

 

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of the premium originally received will reduce the cost of the security which a Fund purchases upon exercise of the option. Realized gains (losses) on purchased options are included in net realized gain (loss) from investments.

The Funds’ use of written options involves, to varying degrees, elements of market risk in excess of the amount recognized in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The face or contract amounts of these instruments reflect the extent of the Fund’s exposure to market risk. The risks may be caused by an imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the instrument and the price of the underlying securities and interest rates.

During the period ended December 31, 2012, Non-US Core Equity used options to adjust exposure to foreign currency and to efficiently maintain liquidity. Core Opportunistic used options to manage interest rate and volatility exposure.

See the Non-US Core Equity and Core Opportunistic Schedules of Investments for a listing of options contracts as of December 31, 2012.

Transactions in written option contracts for Core Opportunistic for the period ended December 31, 2012, is as follows:

 

     Number of

Contracts
    Premiums

Received
 

Options outstanding at March 31, 2012

     20,591,058      $ 402,233   

Options written

     82,261,780        737,868   

Options terminated in closing purchase transactions

     (51,617,413     (666,482

Options expired

     (39,135,425     (252,479
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Options outstanding at December 31, 2012

     12,100,000      $ 221,140   

(i)  Forward foreign currency contracts

The Funds may purchase or sell currencies and/or engage in forward foreign currency transactions in order to expedite settlement of portfolio transactions and to manage currency risk.

Forward foreign currency contracts are traded in the inter-bank market conducted directly between currency traders (usually large commercial banks) and their customers. A forward contract generally has no deposit requirement and no commissions are charged at any stage for trades. The Funds will account for forward contracts by marking-to-market each day at current forward contract values. The change in market value is recorded by the Fund as an unrealized gain or loss. When the contract is closed, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time the contract was opened and the value at the time the contract was closed.

The Funds will only enter into forward contracts to sell, for a fixed amount of U.S. dollars or other appropriate currency, an amount of foreign currency, to the extent that the value of the short forward contract is covered by the underlying value of securities denominated in the currency being sold. Alternatively, when a Fund enters into a forward contract to sell an amount of foreign currency, the Custodian or the Fund’s sub-custodian will segregate assets in a segregated account of the Fund in an amount not less than the value of the Fund’s total assets committed to the consummation of such forward contract. If the additional segregated assets placed in the segregated account decline, additional cash or securities will be placed in the account on a daily basis so that the value of the account will equal the amount of the Fund’s commitments with respect to such contract.

During the period ended December 31, 2012, Core Opportunistic used forward foreign currency contracts to hedge, cross-hedge or to actively manage non-US Dollar exposures in the Fund. Emerging Markets and Global Low Volatility used forward foreign currency contracts to hedge, cross hedge or actively manage the currency exposures in the Funds. See the Core Opportunistic, Emerging Markets and Global Low Volatility Schedules of Investments for a listing of open forward foreign currency contracts as of December 31, 2012.

 

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(j)  Foreign currency translation

The books and records of each Fund are maintained in US dollars. Foreign currencies, investments and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into US dollars at the foreign exchange rates prevailing at the end of the period. Purchases and sales of investment securities, income and expenses are translated at exchange rates prevailing on the respective dates of such transactions. Unrealized gains and losses that result from changes in foreign currency exchange rates have been included in the unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency translations within each Fund’s Statement of Operations. Net realized foreign currency gains and losses resulting from changes in exchange rates include foreign currency gains and losses between trade date and settlement date on investment securities transactions, foreign currency transactions and the difference between the amounts of interest and dividends recorded on the books of the Fund and the amount actually received. The portion of foreign currency gains and losses related to fluctuations in exchange rates between the purchase settlement date and subsequent sale trade date is included in realized gains and losses on investment transactions.

(k)  When-issued securities/TBA securities

Purchasing securities on a “when-issued” basis is a commitment by a Fund to buy a security before the security is actually issued. A Fund may purchase securities offered on a “when-issued” or “forward delivery” basis such as “to-be-announced” (“TBA”) securities. When so offered, the price, which is generally expressed in yield terms, is fixed at the time the commitment to purchase is made, but delivery and payment for the when-issued or forward delivery securities take place at a later date. During the period between purchase and settlement, no payment is made by the purchaser to the issuer and no interest on the when-issued or forward delivery security accrues to the purchaser. While when-issued or forward delivery securities may be sold prior to the settlement date, it is intended that a Fund will purchase such securities with the purpose of actually acquiring the securities unless a sale appears desirable for investment reasons. At the time a Fund makes the commitment to purchase a security on a when-issued or forward delivery basis, the Fund will record the transaction and reflect the value of the security in determining the Fund’s NAV. The market value of when-issued or forward delivery securities may be more or less than the purchase price. Certain risks may arise upon entering into when-issued or forward delivery securities transactions, including the potential inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts, and the issuer’s failure to issue the securities due to political, economic, or other factors. Additionally, losses may arise due to declines in the value of the securities prior to settlement date. See the Core Opportunistic Schedule of Investments for TBA sale commitments held as of December 31, 2012.

(l)  Real estate investment trusts

The Funds may invest in real estate investment trusts (“REITs”), which pool investors’ funds for investment, primarily in income producing real estate or real estate-related loans or interests. A REIT is not taxed on income distributed to its shareholders or unitholders if it complies with regulatory requirements relating to its organization, ownership, assets and income, and with a regulatory requirement to distribute to its shareholders or unitholders at least 90% of its taxable income for each taxable year.

A shareholder in a Fund, by investing in REITs through the Fund, will bear not only the shareholder’s proportionate share of the expenses of the Fund, but also, indirectly, the management expenses of the underlying REITs. REITs depend generally on their ability to generate cash flow to make distributions to shareholders or unitholders, and may be subject to defaults by borrowers and to self-liquidations. In addition, the performance of a REIT may be affected by its failure to qualify for tax-free pass-through of income, or the REIT’s failure to maintain exemption from registration under the 1940 Act. Dividends representing a return of capital are reflected as a reduction of cost and/or as a realized gain when the amount of the return of capital is conclusively determined. See each Fund’s Schedule of Investments for REIT securities held as of December 31, 2012.

(m)  Mortgage-related and other asset-backed securities

The Funds may invest in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. Mortgage-backed securities represent an interest in a pool of mortgages. Asset-backed securities are structured like mortgage-backed securities, but instead of mortgage loans or interests in mortgage loans, the underlying assets may include such items as motor vehicle

 

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installment sales or installment loan contracts, leases of various types of real and personal property, and receivables from credit card agreements. The value of some mortgage or asset-backed securities may be particularly sensitive to changes in prevailing interest rates. Early repayment of principal on some mortgage-related securities may expose the Fund to a lower rate of return upon reinvestment of principal. The value of these securities may fluctuate in response to the market’s perception of the creditworthiness of the issuers. Additionally, although mortgages and mortgage-related securities are generally supported by some form of government or private guarantee and/or insurance, there is no assurance that private guarantors or insurers will meet their obligations.

One type of stripped mortgage-backed security has one class receiving all of the interest from the mortgage assets (the interest-only, or “IO” class), while the other class will receive all of the principal (the principal-only, or “PO” class). Payments received for the IOs are included in interest income on the Statements of Operations. Because principal will not be received at the maturity of an IO, adjustments are made to the cost basis of the security on a daily basis until maturity. These adjustments are included in interest income on the Statements of Operations. Payments received for POs are treated as reductions to the cost and par value of the securities. See the Schedules of Investments for mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities held by Core Opportunistic and Short Maturity as of December 31, 2012.

(n)  Bank loans

Core Opportunistic invests in bank loans, which include institutionally-traded floating rate securities generally acquired as an assignment from another holder of, or participation interest in, loans originated by a bank or financial institution (the ‘‘Lender’’) that acts as agent for all holders. The agent administers the terms of the loan, as specified in the loan agreement. The Fund may invest in multiple series or tranches of a loan, which may have varying terms and carry different associated risks. When investing in a loan participation, the Fund has the right to receive payments of principal, interest and any fees to which it is entitled only from the Lender selling the loan agreement and only upon receipt by the Lender of payments from the borrower. The Fund generally has no right to enforce compliance with the terms of the loan agreement with the borrower. As a result, the Fund may be subject to the credit risk of both the borrower and the Lender that is selling the loan agreement. See the Core Opportunistic Schedule of Investments for open bank loans held as of December 31, 2012.

(o)  Indexed securities

The Funds may invest in indexed securities where the redemption values and/or coupons are linked to the prices of other securities, securities indices, or other financial indicators. The Funds use indexed securities to increase or decrease their exposure to different underlying instruments and to gain exposure to markets in which it may be difficult to invest through conventional securities. Indexed securities may be more volatile than their underlying instruments, but any loss is limited to the amount of the original investment. See the Core Opportunistic Schedule of Investments for indexed securities held as of December 31, 2012.

(p)  Taxes and distributions

The Funds intend to qualify each year as regulated investment companies under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). The Funds intend to distribute substantially all of their net investment income and net realized short-term and long-term gains, if any, after giving effect to any available capital loss carryovers for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Therefore, no provision for U.S. federal and state income or excise tax is necessary.

(q)  Allocation of expenses and income

The majority of expenses of the Trust are directly identifiable to an individual Fund. Expenses which are not readily identifiable to a specific Fund are allocated among the applicable Funds, taking into consideration, among other things, the nature and type of expense and the relative size of each applicable Fund.

 

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3. Federal income taxes

As of December 31, 2012, the cost for U.S. federal income tax purposes and gross unrealized appreciation and depreciation in value of investments were as follows:

 

     Federal
Income Tax
Cost
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
Appreciation
     Tax Basis
Unrealized
Depreciation
    Net
Unrealized
Appreciation

(Depreciation)
 

Large Cap Growth

   $ 366,066,508       $ 71,107,760       $ (4,653,807   $ 66,453,953   

Large Cap Value

     392,304,378         53,402,906         (7,370,615     46,032,291   

Small/Mid Cap Growth

     377,300,937         45,804,844         (13,201,559     32,603,285   

Small/Mid Cap Value

     353,535,649         39,778,271         (8,855,855     30,922,416   

Non-US Core Equity

     1,924,865,463         212,173,787         (53,989,313     158,184,474   

Core Opportunistic

     1,179,494,301         54,519,143         (6,584,016     47,935,127   

Emerging Markets

     444,059,058         29,965,680         (3,564,509     26,401,171   

Global Low Volatility

     229,708,210         7,179,631         (2,466,450     4,713,181   

Short Maturity

     43,625,865         519,246         (185,750     333,496   

The differences between book-basis and tax-basis unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) are primarily due to wash sale loss deferrals, investments in passive foreign investment companies and other basis adjustments.

 

4. Subsequent events

Management has determined that no material events or transactions occurred subsequent to December 31, 2012 through the date the schedules of investments were filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission that would require additional disclosure.

 

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Item 2. Controls and Procedures.

(a) The Registrant’s Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (17CFR 270.30a-3(c))), are effective based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days prior to the filing date of this report.

(b) There were no changes in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d))) that occurred during the Registrant’s last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 3. Exhibits.

Certifications of the Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer of the Registrant as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (17 CFR 270.30a-2(a)) are attached hereto as Exhibit 99CERT.


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.

 

Mercer Funds

By:  

/s/ Richard Nuzum

 

Richard Nuzum

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:  

February 22, 2013

Pursuant to the requirement of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report had been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Richard Nuzum

 

Richard Nuzum

President and Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date:  

February 22, 2013

By:  

/s/ Richard S. Joseph

 

Richard S. Joseph

Vice President, Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

Date:  

February 22, 2013