N-CSRS 1 d579634dncsrs.htm N-CSRS N-CSRS

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-CSR

 

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED

MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-22927

 

 

Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

 

3500 Lacey Road

Downers Grove, IL 60515

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

 

 

Daniel E. Draper

President

3500 Lacey Road

Downers Grove, IL 60515

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 800-983-0903

Date of fiscal year end: October 31

Date of reporting period: April 30, 2018

 

 

Form N-CSR is to be used by management investment companies to file reports with the Commission not later than 10 days after the transmission to stockholders of any report that is required to be transmitted to stockholders under Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30e-1). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-CSR in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles.

A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-CSR, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-CSR unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. § 3507.

 

 

 


Item 1. Reports to Stockholders.

The Registrant’s semi-annual report transmitted to shareholders pursuant to Rule 30e-1 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 is as follows:


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Invesco Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders

April 30, 2018

 

PDBC   Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF


 

Table of Contents

 

Actively Managed Commodity Fund   
Consolidated Schedule of Investments   

Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC)

     3  
Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities      7  
Consolidated Statement of Operations      8  
Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets      9  
Financial Highlights      10  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements      11  
Fees and Expenses      20  
Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement      21  

Effective June 4, 2018, the Fund’s name changed as part of an overall rebranding strategy whereby the PowerShares name was changed to the Invesco brand. This resulted in all references to the PowerShares name being changed to Invesco.

 

 

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Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC)

April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

Portfolio Composition       
Risk Allocation* (% of the Fund’s Net Assets)
as of April 30, 2018
 
Asset Class    Risk Contribution by Sector  
Commodities    Energy      57.9
   Agriculture      20.9  
   Base Metals      11.8  
   Precious Metals      9.4  

 

* Based on notional value of futures contracts.

Consolidated Schedule of Investments(a)

 

Principal
Amount
         Value  
   U.S. Treasury Bill—83.9%(b)  
$ 210,000,000      1.470%, 06/07/18   $ 209,647,383  
  100,000,000      1.525%, 07/05/18(c)     99,685,200  
  135,000,000      1.540%, 07/05/18     134,575,020  
  200,000,000      1.542%, 05/03/18     199,982,708  
  96,000,000      1.576%, 05/03/18     95,991,700  
  40,000,000      1.805%, 08/30/18     39,749,947  
  120,000,000      1.806%, 08/30/18     119,249,840  
  100,000,000      1.815%, 08/30/18     99,374,867  
  100,000,000      1.825%, 08/30/18     99,374,867  
    

 

 

 
   Total U.S. Treasury Bills
(Cost $1,097,807,402)
    1,097,631,532  
    

 

 

 
    
Number of
Shares
            
   Money Market Funds—11.2%(d)  
  72,596,003      Invesco Premier U.S. Government Money Portfolio—Institutional Class, 1.59%     72,596,003  
  73,522,192      Invesco Short–Term Investments Company Global Series PLC—US Dollar Liquid Portfolio—Institutional Class, 1.84%     73,522,192  
    

 

 

 
   Total Money Market Funds (Cost $146,118,195)     146,118,195  
    

 

 

 
   Total Investments in Securities
(Cost $1,243,925,597)—95.1%
    1,243,749,727  
   Other assets less liabilities—4.9%     64,663,617  
    

 

 

 
   Net Assets—100.0%   $ 1,308,413,344  
    

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Schedule of Investments:

(a)  The Consolidated Schedule of Investments includes the accounts of the wholly-owned subsidiary. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidations.
(b)  Security traded on a discount basis. The interest rate shown represents the discount rate at the time of purchase by the Fund.
(c)  All or a portion of the value was pledged as collateral to cover margin requirements for open futures contracts.
(d)  The security and the Fund are advised by wholly-owned subsidiaries of Invesco Ltd. and are therefore considered to be affiliated. The rate shown is the 7-day SEC standardized yield as of April 30, 2018.
 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC) (continued)

April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

 

Open Futures Contracts

 

Long Futures Contracts

   Number of
Contracts
     Expiration
Month
   Notional
Value
     Value      Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Brent Crude Oil      755      July-2018    $ 56,390,950      $ 4,644,112      $ 4,644,112  
Corn      1,101      December-2018      22,900,800        757,160        757,160  
Gasoline RBOB      659      December-2018      52,316,956        4,694,694        4,694,694  
Gold      232      December-2018      31,043,920        (303,778      (303,778
LME Copper      93      December-2018      15,947,175        (228,344      (228,344
LME Primary Aluminum      301      December-2018      16,912,437        411,760        411,760  
LME Zinc      203      December-2018      15,835,268        (763,229      (763,229
Natural Gas      586      January-2019      17,796,820        (226,706      (226,706
NY Harbor ULSD      618      December-2018      55,496,523        5,060,552        5,060,552  
Silver      85      December-2018      7,063,925        (142,280      (142,280
Soybean      430      November-2018      22,462,125        77,125        77,125  
Sugar No.11      1,257      October-2018      16,880,002        (1,987,829      (1,987,829
Wheat      926      July-2018      23,636,150        295,997        295,997  
WTI Crude Oil      890      December-2018      58,731,100        5,614,250        5,614,250  
           

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Futures Contracts—Commodity Risk              $17,903,484        $17,903,484  
        

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

Open Over-The-Counter Total Return Swap Agreements(a)  
Counterparty   Pay/Receive  

Reference Entity(b)

  Fixed
Rate
    Payment
Frequency
  Maturity
Date
    Notional
Value
    Upfront
Payments
Paid
(Received)
    Value     Unrealized
Appreciation
 
Goldman
Sachs
International
  Receive   Goldman Sachs Commodity i-Select Strategy 1035     0.28   Monthly     May-2018     $ 285,000,000     $     $ 13,230,748     $ 13,230,748  
Macquarie
Bank
Limited
  Receive   Macquarie Commodity Customized Product 253E Index     0.26     Monthly     May-2018       285,000,000             13,422,675       13,422,675  
Royal Bank
of Canada
  Receive   RBC Enhanced Commodity PSO1 Index     0.24     Monthly     May-2018       285,000,000             13,407,409       13,407,409  
             

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
Total Over-The-Counter Total Return Swap Agreements—Commodity Risk     $     $ 40,060,832     $ 40,060,832  
           

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(a)  The Fund receives or pays payments based on any positive or negative return on the Reference Entity, respectively.

 

(b)  The tables below include additional information regarding the underlying components of certain reference entities that are not publicly available.

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC) (continued)

April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

Reference Entity Components

 

Reference Entity

  

Underlying Components

   %  
Goldman Sachs Commodity i-Select Strategy 1035      
   Long Futures Contracts   
   WTI Crude Oil      13.99
   Brent Crude Oil      13.48  
   Heating Oil      12.98  
   RBOB Gasoline      12.30  
   Gold      7.82  
   Wheat      5.74  
   Corn      5.63  
   Soybean      5.47  
   Natural Gas      4.64  
   Sugar      4.23  
   Aluminium      4.10  
   Copper      3.89  
   Zinc      3.88  
   Silver      1.85  
     

 

 

 
   Total      100.00
     

 

 

 
Macquarie Commodity Customized Product 253E Index      
   Long Futures Contracts   
   WTI Crude Oil      13.99
   Brent Crude Oil      13.48  
   Heating Oil      12.98  
   RBOB Gasoline      12.30  
   Gold      7.82  
   Wheat      5.74  
   Corn      5.63  
   Soybean      5.47  
   Natural Gas      4.64  
   Sugar      4.23  
   Aluminium      4.10  
   Copper      3.89  
   Zinc      3.88  
   Silver      1.85  
     

 

 

 
   Total      100.00
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC) (continued)

April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

Reference Entity Components—(continued)

 

Reference Entity

  

Underlying Components

   %  
RBC Enhanced Commodity PSO1 Index      
   Long Futures Contracts   
   WTI Crude Oil      14.21
   Brent Crude Oil      13.65  
   Heating Oil      13.06  
   RBOB Gasoline      12.48  
   Gold      7.61  
   Wheat      5.71  
   Corn      5.56  
   Soybean      5.45  
   Natural Gas      4.62  
   Sugar      4.14  
   Aluminium      4.05  
   Copper      3.84  
   Zinc      3.83  
   Silver      1.79  
     

 

 

 
   Total      100.00
     

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities

April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

    Invesco Optimum
Yield Diversified
Commodity Strategy
No K-1 ETF

(PDBC)
 
Assets:  

Unaffiliated investments in securities, at value

  $ 1,097,631,532  

Affiliated investments in securities, at value

    146,118,195  

Other investments:

 

Unrealized appreciation on LME futures contracts

    411,760  

Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements

    40,060,832  

Cash collateral—OTC derivatives

    18,920,688  

Cash

    550,160  

Receivables:

 

Shares sold

    3,690,662  

Variation margin on non-LME futures contracts

    2,635,698  

Dividends and interest

    172,449  
 

 

 

 

Total Assets

    1,310,191,976  
 

 

 

 
Liabilities:  

Other investments:

 

Unrealized depreciation on LME futures contracts

    991,573  

Payables:

 

LME futures contracts

    213,714  

Accrued unitary management fees

    573,345  
 

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

    1,778,632  
 

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 1,308,413,344  
 

 

 

 
Net Assets Consist of:  

Shares of beneficial interest

  $ 1,217,631,219  

Undistributed net investment income

    2,967,940  

Undistributed net realized gain

    30,025,739  

Net unrealized appreciation

    57,788,446  
 

 

 

 
Net Assets   $ 1,308,413,344  
 

 

 

 

Shares outstanding (unlimited amount authorized, $0.01 par value)

    70,904,000  

Net asset value

  $ 18.45  
 

 

 

 

Market price

  $ 18.44  
 

 

 

 

Unaffiliated investments in securities, at cost

  $ 1,097,807,402  
 

 

 

 

Affiliated investments in securities, at cost

  $ 146,118,195  
 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Operations

For the six months ended April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

    Invesco Optimum
Yield Diversified
Commodity Strategy

No K-1 ETF
(PDBC)
 
Investment Income:  

Affiliated dividend income

  $ 788,732  

Unaffiliated interest income

    5,318,426  
 

 

 

 

Total Income

    6,107,158  
 

 

 

 
Expenses:  

Unitary management fees

    2,641,518  
 

 

 

 

Less: Waivers

    (101,696
 

 

 

 

Net Expenses

    2,539,822  
 

 

 

 

Net Investment Income

    3,567,336  
 

 

 

 
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss):  

Net realized gain (loss) from:

 

Investment securities

    (64

Futures contracts

    17,713,241  

Swap agreements

    42,579,636  
 

 

 

 

Net realized gain

    60,292,813  
 

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:

 

Investment securities

    (162,678

Futures contracts

    9,082,767  

Swap agreements

    20,906,046  
 

 

 

 

Net change in unrealized appreciation

    29,826,135  
 

 

 

 

Net realized and unrealized gain

    90,118,948  
 

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

  $ 93,686,284  
 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets

For the six months ended April 30, 2018 and the year ended October 31, 2017

(Unaudited)

 

    Invesco Optimum Yield
Diversified Commodity Strategy
No K-1 ETF (PDBC)
 
    April 30, 2018      October 31, 2017  
Operations:     

Net investment income

  $ 3,567,336      $ 583,126  

Net realized gain

    60,292,813        1,276,078  

Net change in unrealized appreciation

    29,826,135        21,495,640  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

    93,686,284        23,354,844  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Distributions to Shareholders from:     

Net investment income

    (27,638,158      (29,682,321
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Shareholder Transactions:     

Proceeds from shares sold

    685,535,929        581,650,133  

Value of shares repurchased

    (53,778,066      (345,754,184
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from shares transactions

    631,757,863        235,895,949  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Increase in Net Assets

    697,805,989        229,568,472  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Net Assets:     

Beginning of period

    610,607,355        381,038,883  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

End of period

  $ 1,308,413,344      $ 610,607,355  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Undistributed net investment income at end of period

  $ 2,967,940      $ 27,038,762  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 
Changes in Shares Outstanding:     

Shares sold

    38,900,000        34,100,000  

Shares repurchased

    (3,000,000      (21,000,000

Shares outstanding, beginning of period

    35,004,000        21,904,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

Shares outstanding, end of period

    70,904,000        35,004,000  
 

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Financial Highlights

 

Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC)

 

    Six Months Ended
April 30, 2018
(Unaudited)
    Year Ended October 31,     For the  Period
November 5, 2014(a)
Through
October 31, 2015
 
      2017      2016    
Per Share Operating Performance:         

Net asset value at beginning of period

  $ 17.44     $ 17.40      $ 17.64     $ 25.00  

Net investment income (loss)(b)

    0.07       0.02        (0.04     (0.09

Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments

    1.61       1.14        (0.20     (7.27

Total from investment operations

    1.68       1.16        (0.24     (7.36
Distributions to shareholders from:         

Net investment income

    (0.67     (1.12             

Net asset value at end of period

  $ 18.45     $ 17.44      $ 17.40     $ 17.64  

Market price at end of period(c)

  $ 18.44     $ 17.47      $ 17.41     $ 17.64  
Net Asset Value Total Return(d)     10.03     6.84      (1.36 )%      (29.44 )%(e) 
Market Price Total Return(d)     9.78     6.95      (1.30 )%      (29.44 )%(e) 
Ratios/Supplemental Data:         

Net assets at end of period (000’s omitted)

  $ 1,308,413     $ 610,607      $ 381,039     $ 7,128  

Ratio to average net assets of:

        

Expenses, after Waivers(f)

    0.57 %(g)      0.57 %       0.55     0.50 %(g) 

Expenses, prior to Waivers(f)

    0.59 %(g)      0.59 %       0.59     0.59 %(g) 

Net investment income (loss), after Waivers

    0.80 %(g)      0.11 %       (0.25 )%      (0.47 )%(g) 

 

(a)  Commencement of investment operations.
(b)  Based on average shares outstanding.
(c)  The mean between the last bid and ask price.
(d)  Net asset value total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at net asset value during the period, and the redemption on the last day of the period. Net asset value total return includes adjustments in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and as such, the net asset value for financial reporting purposes and the returns based upon those net asset values may differ from the net asset value and returns for shareholder transactions. Market price total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the market price at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of all dividends and distributions at market price during the period, and sale at the market price on the last day of the period. Total investment returns calculated for a period of less than one year are not annualized.
(e)  The net asset value total return from Fund Inception (November 7, 2014, the first day of trading on the exchange) to October 31, 2015 was (29.97)%. The market price total return from Fund Inception to October 31, 2015 was (30.03)%.
(f)  In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. Estimated investment companies’ expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the investment companies the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies’ expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.
(g)  Annualized.

 

See accompanying Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements which are an integral part of the financial statements.

 

 

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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust

April 30, 2018

(Unaudited)

 

Note 1. Organization

Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (the “Trust’), formerly PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on December 23, 2013 and is authorized to have multiple series of portfolios. The Trust is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). This report includes Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC) (the “Fund”).

Effective June 4, 2018, the Fund’s name changed as part of an overall rebranding strategy whereby the PowerShares name was changed to the Invesco brand. This resulted in all references to the PowerShares name being changed to Invesco.

The Fund represents a separate series of the Trust. The shares of the Fund are referred to herein as “Shares” or “Fund’s Shares.” The Fund’s Shares are listed and traded on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC.

The market price of a Share may differ to some degree from the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). Unlike conventional mutual funds, the Fund issues and redeems Shares on a continuous basis, at NAV, only in a large specified number of Shares, each called a “Creation Unit.” Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units by Authorized Participants, the Shares are not individually redeemable securities of the Fund.

The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in financial instruments that provide economic exposure to the commodities markets primarily through investment in Invesco DB Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy Cayman Ltd. (the “Subsidiary”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. The Fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the Subsidiary.

Note 2. Significant Accounting Policies

The following is a summary of the significant accounting policies followed by the Fund in preparation of its consolidated financial statements.

The Fund is an investment company and accordingly follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946, Financial Services—Investment Companies.

A. Security Valuation

Securities, including restricted securities, are valued according to the following policies:

A security listed or traded on an exchange (except convertible securities) is generally valued at its last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded or, lacking any sales or official closing price on a particular day, the security may be valued at the closing bid price on that day. Securities traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market are valued based on prices furnished by independent pricing services or market makers. When such securities are valued by an independent pricing service they may be considered fair valued. Futures contracts are valued at the final settlement price set by an exchange on which they are principally traded. Listed options are valued at the mean between the last bid and asked prices from the exchange on which they are principally traded, or at the final settlement price set by such exchange. Swaps and options not listed on an exchange are valued by an independent source. For purposes of determining NAV per Share, futures and option contracts generally are valued 15 minutes after the close of the customary trading session of the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”).

Investment companies are valued using such company’s NAV per share, unless the shares are exchange-traded, in which case they are valued at the last sales price or official closing price as of the close of the customary trading session on the exchange where the security is principally traded.

Debt obligations (including convertible securities) and unlisted equities are fair valued using an evaluated quote provided by an independent pricing service. Evaluated quotes provided by the pricing service may be determined without exclusive reliance on quoted prices, and may reflect appropriate factors such as institution-size trading in similar groups of securities, developments related to specific securities, dividend rate (for unlisted equities), yield (for debt obligations), quality, type of issue, coupon rate (for debt obligations), maturity (for debt obligations), individual trading characteristics and other market data. Securities with a demand feature exercisable within one to seven days are valued at par. Pricing services generally value debt obligations assuming orderly transactions of institutional round lot size, but a Fund may hold or transact in the same securities in smaller, odd lot sizes. Odd lots often trade at lower prices than institutional round lots. Debt obligations are subject to interest rate and credit risks. In addition, all debt obligations involve some risk of default with respect to interest and/or principal payments.

 

 

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Foreign securities’ (including foreign exchange contracts’) prices are converted into U.S. dollar amounts using the applicable exchange rates as of the close of the London world markets. If market quotations are available and reliable for foreign exchange-traded equity securities, the securities will be valued at the market quotations. Because trading hours for certain foreign securities end before the close of the NYSE, closing market quotations may become unreliable. If between the time trading ends on a particular security and the close of the customary trading session on the NYSE, events occur that Invesco Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”), formerly Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC, determines are significant and make the closing price unreliable, the Fund may fair value the security. If the event is likely to have affected the closing price of the security, the security will be valued at fair value in good faith using procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Adjustments to closing prices to reflect fair value may also be based on a screening process of an independent pricing service to indicate the degree of certainty, based on historical data, that the closing price in the principal market where a foreign security trades is not the current value as of the close of the NYSE. Foreign securities’ prices meeting the approved degree of certainty that the price is not reflective of current value will be priced at the indication of fair value from the independent pricing service. Multiple factors may be considered by the independent pricing service in determining adjustments to reflect fair value and may include information relating to sector indices, American Depositary Receipts and domestic and foreign index futures. Foreign securities may have additional risks including exchange rate changes, potential for sharply devalued currencies and high inflation, political and economic upheaval, the relative lack of issuer information, relatively low market liquidity and the potential lack of strict financial and accounting controls and standards.

Total return swap agreements are valued on a daily basis in accordance with the agreements, using observable inputs, such as valuation indications provided by index providers, whenever available. Centrally cleared swap agreements are valued at the daily settlement price determined by the relevant exchange or clearinghouse.

Securities for which market prices are not provided by any of the above methods may be valued based upon quotes furnished by independent sources. The last bid price may be used to value exchange-traded equity securities. The mean between the last bid and asked prices may be used to value debt obligations, including corporate loans, and unlisted equity securities.

Securities for which market quotations are not readily available or became unreliable are valued at fair value as determined in good faith following procedures approved by the Board of Trustees. Issuer-specific events, market trends, bid/asked quotes of brokers and information providers and other market data may be reviewed in the course of making a good faith determination of a security’s fair value.

The Fund may invest in securities that are subject to interest rate risk, meaning the risk that the prices will generally fall as interest rates rise and, conversely, the prices will generally rise as interest rates fall. Specific securities differ in their sensitivity to changes in interest rates depending on their individual characteristics. Changes in interest rates may result in increased market volatility, which may affect the value and/or liquidity of certain Fund investments.

Valuations change in response to many factors, including the historical and prospective earnings of the issuer, the value of the issuer’s assets, general economic conditions, interest rates, investor perceptions and market liquidity. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the consolidated financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

B. Other Risks

Active Trading Risk. Active trading of portfolio securities may result in added expenses, a lower return and increased tax liability.

Authorized Participant Concentration Risk. Only an authorized participant (“AP”) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with a Fund. The Fund has a limited number of institutions that may act as APs on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants). Such market makers have no obligation to submit creation or redemption orders; consequently, there is no assurance that market makers will establish or maintain an active trading market for the Shares. In addition, to the extent that APs exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation and/or redemption orders with respect to a Fund and no other AP is able to step forward to create or redeem Creation Units, that Fund’s Shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting.

Management Risk. The Fund is subject to management risk because it is an actively managed portfolio. The Adviser applies investment techniques and risk analyses in making investment decisions, but there can be no guarantee that these will produce the desired results.

Cash Transaction Risk. Unlike most exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”), the Fund currently permits creations and redemptions to settle for cash, rather than in-kind, due to the nature of the Fund’s investments. As such, an investment in Shares will be less tax efficient than investments in shares of conventional ETFs, and there may be a substantial difference in the after-tax rate of return between the Fund and conventional ETFs.

Derivatives Risk. The Fund’s use of derivative instruments (including options, futures contracts, options on futures contracts, swap agreements and forward contracts) involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in

 

 

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securities and other more traditional investments. Certain derivative transactions may have a leveraging effect on the Fund. For example, a small investment in a derivative instrument may have a significant impact on the Fund’s exposure to commodities or other investments. As a result, a relatively small price movement in a derivative instrument may cause an immediate and substantial loss or gain.

Commodity-Linked Derivative Risk. Investments linked to the prices of commodities may be considered speculative. The Fund’s significant investment exposure to commodities may subject the Fund to greater volatility than investments in traditional securities. Therefore, the value of such instruments may be volatile and fluctuate widely based on a variety of macroeconomic factors or commodity-specific factors. At times, price fluctuations may be quick and significant and may not correlate to price movements in other asset classes, such as stocks, bonds and cash.

Pooled Investment Vehicle Risk. The Fund faces the risk that a pooled investment vehicle will not achieve its investment objective. The Fund also is subject to the risks of the underlying commodities in which the pooled vehicles invest. As a shareholder in such a vehicle, the Fund will incur duplicative expenses, bearing its share of that vehicle’s expenses while also paying its own advisory and administrative fees. In addition, the Fund will incur brokerage costs when purchasing and selling shares of pooled investment vehicles.

Futures Contract Risk. Risks of futures contracts include: (i) an imperfect correlation between the value of the futures contract and the underlying commodity or commodity index; (ii) possible lack of a liquid secondary market; (iii) the inability to close a futures contract when desired; (iv) losses caused by unanticipated market movements, which may be unlimited; (v) an obligation for the Fund to make daily cash payments to maintain its required margin, particularly at times when the Fund may have insufficient cash or must sell securities to meet those margin requirements; (vi) the possibility that a failure to close a position may result in the Fund receiving an illiquid commodity; and (vii) unfavorable execution prices from rapid selling.

Liquidity Risk. The Fund may invest in instruments that at times may be illiquid. Such instruments may have a limited trading volume, and the size of the market for such an investment may be smaller. Illiquid instruments may be more difficult or costly to buy or sell as compared to more actively traded investments, which may prevent the Fund from achieving its investment objective.

Valuation Risk. During periods of reduced market liquidity or readily available market quotations, the Fund’s ability to obtain reliable, objective pricing data and to value its holdings becomes more difficult. Consequently, while valuation determinations made by the Adviser (using fair value procedures adopted by the Board of Trustees (the “Board”) of the Trust) may be done in good faith, it may be difficult for the Fund to accurately assign a daily value to its holdings.

Leverage Risk. The Subsidiary may invest in portfolio investments that can give rise to a form of economic leverage. Because derivatives may have a component of economic leverage, adverse changes in the value or level of the underlying asset can result in the magnification of gains or losses on the investment held by the Fund, and may potentially result in a loss greater than the amount invested in the derivative itself. The use of leverage may cause the Fund to liquidate portfolio positions to satisfy its obligations or to meet any required asset segregation requirements when it may not be advantageous for the Fund to do so.

Tax Risk. To qualify as a regulated investment company (“RIC”), the Fund must meet certain requirements concerning the source of its income. The Fund’s investment in the Subsidiary is intended to provide exposure to commodities in a manner consistent with the “qualifying income” requirement applicable to RICs. The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has ceased issuing private revenue rulings regarding whether the use of subsidiaries by investment companies to invest in commodity-linked instruments constitutes qualifying income. If the IRS determines that this source of income is not “qualifying income,” the Fund may cease to qualify as a RIC. Failure to qualify as a RIC could subject the Fund to adverse tax consequences, including a federal income tax on its net income at regular corporate rates, as well as a tax to shareholders on such income when distributed as an ordinary dividend.

Commodity Pool Risk. Under amended regulations promulgated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), the Subsidiary and the Fund are considered commodity pools, and therefore each is subject to regulation under the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC rules. The Adviser is registered as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) and as a commodity trading advisor (“CTA”), and will manage both the Fund and the Subsidiary in accordance with CFTC rules, as well as the rules that apply to registered investment companies. Registration as a CPO or CTA imposes additional compliance obligations, which could increase costs and may affect the operations and financial performance of the Fund. Additionally, the Subsidiary’s positions in futures contracts may have to be liquidated at disadvantageous times or prices to prevent the Fund from exceeding any applicable position limits established by the CFTC. Such actions may subject the Fund to substantial losses.

Subsidiary Investment Risk. By investing in the Subsidiary, the Fund is indirectly exposed to the risks associated with the Subsidiary’s investments. The Subsidiary is not registered under the 1940 Act; therefore the Fund will not receive all protections offered to investors in registered investment companies. In addition, changes in the laws of the United States and/or the Cayman Islands, under which the Fund and the Subsidiary are organized, respectively, could result in the inability of the Fund and/or the Subsidiary to operate as intended and could negatively affect the Fund and its shareholders.

 

 

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C. Federal Income Taxes

The Fund intends to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of the Fund’s taxable earnings to its shareholders. As such, the Fund will not be subject to federal income taxes on otherwise taxable income (including net realized gains) that is distributed to the shareholders. Therefore, no provision for federal income taxes is recorded in the consolidated financial statements.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only when the position is more likely than not to be sustained. Management has analyzed the Fund’s uncertain tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions. Management is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next 12 months.

The Subsidiary is classified as a controlled foreign corporation under Subchapter N of the Internal Revenue Code. Therefore, the Fund is required to increase its taxable income by its share of the Subsidiary’s income. Net investment losses of the Subsidiary cannot be deducted by the Fund in the current period nor carried forward to offset taxable income in future periods.

Income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). These differences are primarily due to differing book and tax treatments for in-kind transactions, losses deferred due to wash sales, and passive foreign investment company adjustments, if any.

The Fund files U.S. federal tax returns and tax returns in certain other jurisdictions. Generally, the Fund is subject to examinations by such taxing authorities for up to three years after the filing of the return for the tax period.

D. Investment Transactions and Investment Income

Investment transactions are accounted for on a trade date basis. Realized gains and losses from the sale or disposition of securities are computed on the specific identified cost basis. Interest income is recorded on the accrual basis from settlement date. Bond premiums and discounts are amortized and/or accreted over the lives of the respective securities. Pay-in-kind interest income and non-cash dividend income received in the form of securities in-lieu of cash are recorded at the fair value of the securities received. Dividend income (net of withholding tax, if any) is recorded on the ex-dividend date. Realized gains, dividends and interest received by the Fund may give rise to withholding and other taxes imposed by foreign countries. Tax conventions between certain countries and the United States may reduce or eliminate such taxes.

The Fund may periodically participate in litigation related to the Fund’s investments. As such, the Fund may receive proceeds from litigation settlements. Any proceeds received are included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations as realized gain (loss) for investments no longer held and as unrealized gain (loss) for investments still held.

E. Country Determination

For the purposes of making investment selection decisions and presentation in the Consolidated Schedule of Investments, the Adviser may determine the country in which an issuer is located and/or credit risk exposure based on various factors. These factors include the laws of the country under which the issuer is organized, where the issuer maintains a principal office, the country in which the issuer derives 50% or more of its total revenues and the country that has the primary market for the issuer’s securities, as well as other criteria. Among the other criteria that may be evaluated for making this determination are the country in which the issuer maintains 50% or more of its assets, the type of security, financial guarantees and enhancements, the nature of the collateral and the sponsor organization. Country of issuer and/or credit risk exposure has been determined to be the United States of America, unless otherwise noted.

F. Expenses

The Fund has agreed to pay an annual unitary management fee to the Adviser. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for advisory fees, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.

To the extent the Fund invests in other investment companies, the expenses shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements reflect the expenses of the Fund and do not include any expenses of the investment companies in which it invests. The effects of such investment companies’ expenses are included in the realized and unrealized gain or loss on the investments in the investment companies.

G. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders

The Fund declares and pays dividends from net investment income, if any, to its shareholders annually and records such dividends on ex-dividend date. Generally, the Fund distributes net realized taxable capital gains, if any, annually in cash and records them on ex-dividend date. Such distributions on a tax basis are determined in conformity with federal income tax regulations which may differ from GAAP. Distributions in excess of tax basis earnings and profits, if any, are reported in the Fund’s consolidated financial statements as a tax return of capital at fiscal year-end.

 

 

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H. Accounting Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, including estimates and assumptions related to taxation. Actual results could differ from these estimates. All inter-company accounts and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. In addition, the Fund monitors for material events or transactions that may occur or become known after the period-end date and before the date the consolidated financial statements are released to print.

I. Futures Contracts

The Subsidiary invests in commodity-linked futures contracts that generally are representative of the components of the DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Excess Return (the “Benchmark Index”), an index composed of 14 of the most heavily traded commodities across the energy, precious metals, industrial metals and agriculture sectors: aluminum, Brent crude oil, copper, corn, gold, New York Harbor Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel (previously referred to as heating oil), light crude oil, natural gas, “RBOB” gasoline, silver, soybeans, sugar, wheat and zinc.

A futures contract is an agreement between two parties (“Counterparties”) to purchase or sell a specified underlying commodity or financial instrument for a specified price at a future date. Initial margin deposits required upon entering into futures contracts are satisfied by the segregation of specific securities or cash as collateral at the futures commission merchant broker. During the period the futures contracts are open, changes in the value of the contracts are recognized as unrealized gains or losses by recalculating the value of the contracts on a daily basis. Subsequent or variation margin payments are received or made on commodity futures contracts that do not trade on the London Metals Exchange (the “LME”), depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. These amounts are reflected as a receivable or payable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. For LME contracts, subsequent or variation margin payments are not made and the value of the contracts is presented as net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. When the contracts are closed or expire, the Fund recognizes a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the proceeds from, or cost of, the closing transaction and the Fund’s basis in the contract. The net realized gain (loss) and the change in unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts held during the period is included on the Consolidated Statement of Operations.

For settlement of LME commodity futures contracts, cash is not transferred until the settled futures contracts expire. Net realized gains or losses on LME contracts which have been closed out but for which the contract has not yet expired are reflected as a receivable or payable on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

The primary risks associated with futures contracts are market risk, leverage risk and the absence of a liquid secondary market. If the Fund were unable to liquidate a futures contract and/or enter into an offsetting closing transaction, the Fund would continue to be subject to market risk with respect to the value of the contracts and may be required to continue to maintain the margin deposits on the futures contracts until the position expired or matured. As futures contracts approach expiration, they may be replaced by similar contracts that have a later expiration. This process is referred to as “rolling”. If the market for these contracts is in “contango,” meaning that the prices of futures contracts in the nearer months are lower than the price of contracts in the distant months, the sale of the near-term month contract would be at a lower price than the longer-term contract, resulting in a cost to “roll” the futures contract. The actual realization of a potential roll cost will depend on the difference in price of the near and distant contracts. In addition, the Fund may not “roll” futures contracts on a predefined schedule as they approach expiration; instead the Adviser may determine to roll to another futures contract (chosen from a list of tradable futures with expirations beyond those contained in the Benchmark Index) in an attempt to generate maximum yield. There can be no guarantee that such a strategy will produce the desired results.

J. Swap Agreements

The Fund may enter into various swap transactions, including interest rate, total return, index, currency exchange rate and credit default swap contracts (“CDS”) for investment purposes or to manage interest rate, currency or credit risk. Such transactions are agreements between two parties (“Counterparties”). These agreements may contain, among other conditions, events of default and termination events, and various covenants and representations such as provisions that require the Fund to maintain a pre-determined level of net assets, and/or provide limits regarding the decline of the Fund’s NAV over specific periods of time. If the Fund were to trigger such provisions and have open derivative positions at that time, the Counterparty may be able to terminate such agreement and request immediate payment in an amount equal to the net liability positions, if any.

Interest rate, total return, index and currency exchange rate swap agreements are two-party contracts entered into primarily to exchange the returns (or differentials in rates of returns) earned or realized on particular predetermined investments or instruments. The gross returns to be exchanged or “swapped” between the parties are calculated with respect to a notional amount, i.e., the return on or increase in value of a particular dollar amount invested at a particular interest rate or return of an underlying asset, in a particular foreign currency, or in a “basket” of securities representing a particular index.

Changes in the value of swap agreements are recognized as unrealized gains (losses) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations by “marking to market” on a daily basis to reflect the value of the swap agreement at the end of each trading day. Payments received or paid at the beginning of the agreement are reflected as such on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities and may be

 

 

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referred to as upfront payments. The Fund accrues for the fixed payment stream and amortizes upfront payments, if any, on swap agreements on a daily basis with the net amount, recorded as a component of realized gain (loss) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. A liquidation payment received or made at the termination of a swap agreement is recorded as realized gain (loss) on the Consolidated Statement of Operations. The Fund segregates cash or liquid securities having a value at least equal to the amount of the potential obligation of the Fund under any swap transaction. Cash held as collateral is recorded as deposits with brokers on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, lack of liquidity and elements of credit, market, and counterparty risk in excess of amounts recognized on the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities. Such risks involve the possibility that a swap is difficult to sell or liquidate, the Counterparty does not honor its obligations under the agreement and unfavorable interest rates and market fluctuations. It is possible that developments in the swaps market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap agreements or to realize amounts to be received under such agreements.

Note 3. Investment Advisory Agreement and Other Agreements

The Trust has entered into an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Adviser on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to which the Adviser has overall responsibility for the selection and ongoing monitoring of the Fund’s investments, managing the Fund’s business affairs and providing certain clerical, bookkeeping and other administrative services.

As compensation for its services, the Fund accrues daily and pays monthly to the Adviser an annual unitary management fee of 0.59% of the Fund’s average daily net assets. Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser has agreed to pay for substantially all expenses of the Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services, except for advisory fees, distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (as set forth in the Investment Advisory Agreement).

Further, through August 31, 2020, the Adviser has contractually agreed to waive a portion of the Fund’s management fee in an amount equal to 100% of the net advisory fees an affiliate of the Adviser receives that are attributable to certain of the Fund’s investments in money market funds managed by that affiliate (excluding investments of cash collateral from securities lending). The Adviser cannot discontinue this waiver prior to its expiration.

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2018, the Adviser waived fees of $101,696.

The Trust has entered into a Distribution Agreement with Invesco Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), which serves as the distributor of Creation Units for the Fund. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market in the Shares. The Fund is not charged any fees pursuant to the Distribution Agreement. The Distributor is an affiliate of the Adviser.

The Trust has entered into service agreements whereby The Bank of New York Mellon, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, serves as the administrator, custodian, fund accountant and transfer agent for the Fund.

Note 4. Additional Valuation Information

GAAP defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date, under current market conditions. GAAP establishes a hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation methods, giving the highest priority to readily available unadjusted quoted prices in an active market for identical assets (Level 1) and the lowest priority to significant unobservable inputs (Level 3), generally when market prices are not readily available or are unreliable. Based on the valuation inputs, the securities or other investments are tiered into one of three levels. Changes in valuation methods may result in transfers in or out of an investment’s assigned level:

 

  Level 1 — Prices are determined using quoted prices in an active market for identical assets.

 

  Level 2 — Prices are determined using other significant observable inputs. Observable inputs are inputs that other market participants may use in pricing a security. These may include quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, loss severities, default rates, discount rates, volatilities and others.

 

  Level 3 — Prices are determined using significant unobservable inputs. In situations where quoted prices or observable inputs are unavailable (for example, when there is little or no market activity for an investment at the end of the period), unobservable inputs may be used. Unobservable inputs reflect the Fund’s own assumptions about the factors market participants would use in determining fair value of the securities or instruments and would be based on the best available information.

The following is a summary of the tiered valuation input levels, as of April 30, 2018. The level assigned to the securities valuations may not be an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with investing in those securities. Because of the inherent uncertainties of valuation, the values reflected in the consolidated financial statements may materially differ from the value received upon actual sale of those investments.

 

 

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The Fund’s policy is to recognize transfers in and out of the valuation levels as of the end of the reporting period. During the six-month period ended April 30, 2018, there were no transfers between valuation levels.

 

     Level 1      Level 2      Level 3      Total  
Investments in Securities            

U.S. Treasury Securities

   $      $ 1,097,631,532      $      $ 1,097,631,532  

Money Market Funds

     146,118,195                      146,118,195  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments in Securities

     146,118,195        1,097,631,532               1,243,749,727  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Other Investments—Assets*            

Futures Contracts

     21,555,650                      21,555,650  

Swap Agreements

            40,060,832               40,060,832  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
     21,555,650        40,060,832               61,616,482  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Other Investments—Liabilities*            

Futures Contracts

     (3,652,166                    (3,652,166
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 
Total Other Investments      17,903,484        40,060,832               57,964,316  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Investments

   $ 164,021,679      $ 1,137,692,364      $      $ 1,301,714,043  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

* Unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

Note 5. Derivative Investments

The Fund may enter into an International Swaps and Derivatives Association Master Agreement (“ISDA Master Agreement”) under which a Fund may trade OTC derivatives. An OTC transaction entered into under an ISDA Master Agreement typically involves a collateral posting arrangement, payment netting provisions and close-out netting provisions. These netting provisions allow for reduction of credit risk through netting of contractual obligations. The enforceability of the netting provisions of the ISDA Master Agreement depends on the governing law of the ISDA Master Agreement, among other factors.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund does not offset OTC derivative assets or liabilities that are subject to ISDA Master Agreements in the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.

Value of Derivative Investments at Period-End

The table below summarizes the value of the Fund’s derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, held as of April 30, 2018:

 

     Value  

Derivative Assets

   Commodity Risk  
Unrealized appreciation on futures contracts—Exchange-Traded(a)    $ 21,555,650  
Unrealized appreciation on swap agreements—OTC      40,060,832  
  

 

 

 
Total Derivative Assets    $ 61,616,482  
  

 

 

 
Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements      (21,555,650
  

 

 

 
Total Derivative Assets subject to master netting agreements    $ 40,060,832  
  

 

 

 
     Value  

Derivative Liabilities

   Commodity Risk  
Unrealized depreciation on futures contracts—Exchange-Traded(a)    $ (3,652,166
Unrealized depreciation on swap agreements—OTC       
  

 

 

 
Total Derivative Liabilities    $ (3,652,166
  

 

 

 
Derivatives not subject to master netting agreements      3,652,166  
  

 

 

 
Total Derivative Liabilities subject to master netting agreements    $  
  

 

 

 

 

(a)  Includes cumulative appreciation (depreciation) on futures contracts. Only current day’s variation margin receivable is reported within the Consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities for non-LME futures contracts.

 

 

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Offsetting Assets and Liabilities

The table below reflects the Fund’s exposure to Counterparties subject to either an ISDA Master Agreement or other agreement for OTC derivative transactions as of April 30, 2018:

 

     Financial Derivative Assets      Financial Derivative Liabilities      Net value of
derivatives
     Collateral
(Received)/Pledged
     Net
amount
 

Counterparty

   Swap agreements      Swap agreements         Non-Cash      Cash     
Goldman Sachs International    $ 13,230,748      $      $ 13,230,748      $      $ (11,360,000    $ 1,870,748  
Macquarie Bank Limited      13,422,675               13,422,675               (11,540,000      1,882,675  
Royal Bank of Canada      13,407,409               13,407,409                      13,407,409  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 40,060,832      $      $ 40,060,832      $      $ (22,900,000    $ 17,160,832  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Effect of Derivative Investments for the Six-Month Period Ended April 30, 2018

The table below summarizes the Fund’s gains on derivative investments, detailed by primary risk exposure, recognized in earnings during the period:

 

     Location of Gain
on Consolidated
Statement of Operations
 
     Commodity Risk  
Realized Gain:   

Futures Contracts

   $ 17,713,241  

Swap Agreements

     42,579,636  
Change in Net Unrealized Appreciation:   

Futures Contracts

     9,082,767  

Swap Agreements

     20,906,046  
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 90,281,690  
  

 

 

 

The table below summarizes the average notional value of futures contracts and swap agreements during the period.

 

     Average Notional Value  
Futures contracts    $ 325,993,807  
Swap agreements      632,500,000  

Note 6. Tax Information

The amount and character of income and gains to be distributed are determined in accordance with federal income tax regulations, which may differ from GAAP. Reclassifications are made to the Funds’ capital accounts to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under federal income tax regulations. The tax character of distributions paid during the year and the tax components of net assets will be reported at the Funds’ fiscal year-end.

Capital loss carryforwards are calculated and reported as of a specific date. Results of transactions and other activity after that date may affect the amount of capital loss carryforwards actually available for the Fund to utilize. The ability to utilize capital loss carryforwards in the future may be limited under the Internal Revenue Code and related regulations based on the results of future transactions.

The Fund had capital loss carryforwards as of October 31, 2017, as follows:

 

   

Post-effective/no expiration

    
    

Short-Term

  

Long-Term

  

Total

  $2,793    $—    $2,793

Note 7. Investment Transactions

For the six-month period ended April 30, 2018, the cost of securities purchased and proceeds from sales of securities (other than short-term securities, U.S. Treasury obligations, money market funds and in-kind transactions, if any) were $0 and $0, respectively.

At April 30, 2018, the aggregate cost of investments, including any derivatives, on a tax basis includes adjustments for financial reporting purposes as of the most recently completed federal income tax reporting period-end:

 

Aggregate unrealized appreciation of investments    $ 61,616,493  
Aggregate unrealized (depreciation) of investments      (31,442,512
  

 

 

 
Net unrealized appreciation of investments    $ 30,173,981  
  

 

 

 
Cost of investments for tax purposes is $1,271,540,062.   

 

 

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Note 8. Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees

Trustees’ and Officer’s Fees include amounts accrued by the Fund to pay remuneration to each Trustee who is not an “interested person” as defined in the 1940 Act (an “Independent Trustee”), any Trustee who is not an affiliate of the Adviser or Distributor (or any of their affiliates) and who is otherwise an “interested person” of the Trust under the 1940 Act (an “Unaffiliated Trustee”) and an Officer of the Trust. The Adviser, as a result of the unitary management fee, pays for such compensation. The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust does not receive any Trustees’ fees.

The Trust has adopted a deferred compensation plan (the “Plan”). Under the Plan, each Independent Trustee or Unaffiliated Trustee who has executed a Deferred Fee Agreement (a “Participating Trustee”) may defer receipt of all or a portion of his compensation (“Deferral Fees”). Such Deferral Fees are deemed to be invested in select Invesco Funds. The Deferral Fees payable to the Participating Trustee are valued as of the date such Deferral Fees would have been paid to the Participating Trustee. The value increases with contributions or with increases in the value of the Shares selected, and the value decreases with distributions or with declines in the value of the Shares selected. Obligations under the Plan represent unsecured claims against the general assets of the Fund.

Note 9. Capital

Shares are created and redeemed by the Fund only in Creation Units of 100,000 Shares. Only Authorized Participants are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from the Fund. Unlike most ETFs, the Fund currently effects creations and redemptions principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of cash, rather than principally in exchange for the deposit or delivery of a basket of securities (“Deposit Securities”) because of the nature of the Fund’s investments. If an in-kind transaction is permitted, there will be a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per Share of the Fund on the transaction date. However, cash in an amount equivalent to the value of certain securities may be substituted for any otherwise permitted in-kind transaction, generally when the securities are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the Authorized Participant or as a result of other market circumstances.

To the extent that the Fund permits transactions in exchange for Deposit Securities, the Fund may issue Shares in advance of receipt of Deposit Securities subject to various conditions, including a requirement to maintain on deposit with the Trust cash at least equal to 105% of the market value of the missing Deposit Securities. In accordance with the Trust’s Participant Agreement, Creation Units will be issued to an Authorized Participant, notwithstanding the fact that the corresponding Deposit Securities have not been received in part or in whole, in reliance on the undertaking of the Authorized Participant to deliver the missing Deposit Securities as soon as possible, which undertaking shall be secured by the Authorized Participant’s delivery and maintenance of collateral consisting of cash in the form of U.S. dollars in immediately available funds having a value (marked-to-market daily) at least equal to 105%, which the Adviser may change from time to time, of the value of the missing Deposit Securities.

Certain transaction fees may be charged by the Fund for creations and redemptions, which are treated as increases in capital.

Transactions in the Fund’s Shares are disclosed in detail in the Consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets.

Note 10. Indemnifications

Under the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Also, under the Subsidiary’s organizational documents, the directors and officers of the Subsidiary are indemnified against certain liabilities that may arise out of the performance of their duties to the Fund and/or the Subsidiary, respectively. Each Independent Trustee and Unaffiliated Trustee is also indemnified against certain liabilities arising out of the performance of his duties to the Trust pursuant to an Indemnification Agreement between such trustee and the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred. However, based on experience, the Trust believes the risk of loss to be remote.

 

 

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Fees and Expenses

 

As a shareholder of the Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust, you incur a unitary management fee. In addition to the unitary management fee, a shareholder may pay distribution fees, if any, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, including acquired fund fees and expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses. The expense examples below are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in the Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds.

The example is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held through the six-month period ended April 30, 2018.

In addition to the fees and expenses which the Fund bears directly, the Fund indirectly bears a pro rata share of the fees and expenses of the investment companies in which the Fund invests. The amount of fees and expenses incurred indirectly by the Fund will vary because the investment companies have varied expenses and fee levels and the Fund may own different proportions of the investment companies at different times. Estimated investment companies’ expenses are not expenses that are incurred directly by the Fund. They are expenses that are incurred directly by the investment companies and are deducted from the value of the investment companies the Fund invests in. The effect of the estimated investment companies’ expenses that the Fund bears indirectly is included in the Fund’s total return.

Actual Expenses

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

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

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

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as sales charges and brokerage commissions. Therefore, the second line in the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, expenses shown in the table do not include the expenses of the underlying funds, which are borne indirectly by the Fund. If transaction costs and indirect expenses were included, your costs would have been higher.

 

    Beginning
Account Value
November 1, 2017
    Ending
Account Value
April 30, 2018
    Annualized
Expense Ratio
Based on the
Six-Month Period
    Expenses Paid
During the
Six-Month Period(1)
 
Invesco Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 ETF (PDBC)        

Actual

  $ 1,000.00     $ 1,100.30       0.57   $ 2.97  

Hypothetical (5% return before expenses)

    1,000.00       1,021.97       0.57       2.86  

 

(1)  Expenses are calculated using the annualized expense ratio, which represents the ongoing expenses as a percentage of net assets for the six-month period ended April 30, 2018. Expenses are calculated by multiplying the Fund’s annualized expense ratio by the average account value for the period, then multiplying the result by 181/365.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement

 

At a meeting held on April 19, 2018, the Board of Trustees of the PowerShares Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust (the “Trust”), including the Independent Trustees, approved the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement between Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC (the “Adviser”) and the Trust for PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Agriculture Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Base Metals Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio and PowerShares Energy Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio (each, a “Fund” and together, the “Funds”).

The Trustees reviewed information from the Adviser describing: (i) the nature, extent and quality of services provided or to be provided, (ii) the investment performance of each Fund, as applicable, and the Adviser, (iii) the fees paid or to be paid by the Funds and comparisons to amounts paid by other comparable registered investment companies, (iv) the costs of services provided or to be provided and estimated profits realized by the Adviser, (v) the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as a Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect any possible economies of scale for the benefit of Fund shareholders, and (vi) any further benefits realized by the Adviser from its relationships with the Funds.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In evaluating the nature, extent and quality of the Adviser’s services, the Trustees reviewed information concerning the functions performed by the Adviser for the Funds, information describing the Adviser’s current organization and staffing, including operational support provided by the Adviser’s parent organization, Invesco Ltd., and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. The Trustees reviewed matters related to the Adviser’s execution and/or oversight of execution of portfolio transactions on behalf of the Funds. The Trustees also reviewed information on the performance of PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, each of its benchmark indexes (DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Excess Return Index (the “Excess Return Index”) and DBIQ Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Index Total Return (the “Total Return Index”)) and the Fund’s Lipper Inc. (“Lipper”) peer group rankings (the 1st quartile being the best performers and the 4th quartile being the worst performers) for the one-year, three-year and since-inception (November 7, 2014) periods ended December 31, 2017. Based on the information provided, the Board noted that the Fund underperformed each benchmark for the three-year and since-inception periods. The Board further noted that the Fund outperformed the Excess Return Index but underperformed the Total Return Index in the one-year period. The Board also noted that the Fund ranked in the 2nd quartile of its Lipper peer group for the one-year, three-year and since-inception periods. In considering the performance of the Fund, the Board noted that the Fund invests in PowerShares DB Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy Cayman Ltd., a wholly-owned subsidiary, which is also managed by the Adviser.

The Board did not review the performance of PowerShares Agriculture Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Base Metals Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio and PowerShares Energy Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio because those Funds had not commenced operations as of December 31, 2017.

The Trustees also considered the services provided by the Adviser in its oversight of the Funds’ administrator, custodian and transfer agent. They noted the significant amount of time, effort and resources that had been devoted to this oversight function. They also noted that, unlike most of the other exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) for which the Adviser serves as investment adviser, the Funds are not designed to track the performance of an index, and investment decisions are the primary responsibility of the Adviser.

Based on their review, the Trustees concluded that the nature, extent and quality of services provided or to be provided by the Adviser to the Funds under the Investment Advisory Agreement were or were expected to be appropriate and reasonable.

Fees, Expenses and Profitability. The Trustees reviewed and discussed the information provided by the Adviser on PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio and PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio’s net expense ratio and unitary advisory fee, as compared to information compiled by the Adviser from Lipper databases on the net expense ratios of comparable ETFs, open-end (non-ETF) index funds and open-end (non-ETF) actively-managed funds and on PowerShares Agriculture Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Energy Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio and PowerShares Base Metals Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio’s net expense ratio and unitary advisory fee, as compared to the net expense ratios of comparable ETFs. The Trustees noted that the annual unitary advisory fee is 0.59% for PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio and PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio and 0.65% for PowerShares Agriculture Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Base Metals Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio and PowerShares Energy Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, and that the Adviser pays all other operating expenses of each Fund, except that each

 

 

Effective June 4, 2018, the Trust and the PowerShares Funds became the Invesco ETFs and Invesco PowerShares Capital Management LLC became Invesco Capital Management LLC.

 

 

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Board Considerations Regarding Continuation of Investment Advisory Agreement (continued)

 

Fund pays its brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses, if any, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses (as set forth in the Investment Advisory Agreement).

The Trustees noted that the Adviser represented that it does not serve as the investment adviser to any clients with comparable investment strategies as the Funds. The Trustees noted that the net expense ratio of each Fund was lower than the median net expense ratios of its ETF peer funds and each of PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio’s and PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio’s net expense ratio was lower than the median net expense ratios of its open-end index peer funds and its open-end actively-managed peer funds. The Board concluded that the unitary advisory fee charged or to be charged to each Fund was reasonable and appropriate in light of the services provided.

In conjunction with their review of the unitary advisory fees, the Trustees considered information provided by the Adviser on the revenues received by the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement for the PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio. The Trustees reviewed information provided by the Adviser on its overall profitability, as well as the estimated profitability to the Adviser from its relationship to the PowerShares Optimum Yield Diversified Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio. (The Trustees did not consider the estimated profitability of the Adviser in managing PowerShares Agriculture Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Base Metals Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio, PowerShares Bloomberg Commodity Strategy Portfolio or PowerShares Energy Commodity Strategy No K-1 Portfolio because those Funds had not yet commenced operations as of December 31, 2017.) The Trustees concluded that the overall and estimated profitability to the Adviser was not unreasonable.

Economies of Scale and Whether Fee Levels Reflect These Economies of Scale. The Trustees reviewed the information provided by the Adviser as to the extent to which economies of scale may be realized as each Fund grows and whether fee levels reflect economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders. The Trustees reviewed each Fund’s asset size and unitary advisory fee. The Trustees noted that any reduction in fixed costs associated with the management of the Funds would be enjoyed by the Adviser, but a unitary advisory fee provides a level of certainty in expenses for the Funds. The Trustees considered whether the unitary advisory fee rate for each Fund was reasonable in relation to the asset size of that Fund, and concluded that the unitary advisory fee was reasonable and appropriate.

The Trustees noted that the Adviser had not identified any further benefits that it derived from its relationships with the Funds and had noted that it does not have any soft-dollar arrangements.

Based on all of the information considered and the conclusions reached, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, determined to approve the continuation of the Investment Advisory Agreement for each Fund. No single factor was determinative in the Board’s analysis.

 

 

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Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

A description of the Trust’s proxy voting policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available, without charge and upon request, by calling (800) 983-0903. This information is also available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (“Commission”) website at www.sec.gov.

Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies for portfolio securities, if applicable, during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30, is also available, without charge and upon request, by (i) calling (800) 983-0903; or (ii) accessing the Trust’s Form N-PX on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov.

Quarterly Portfolios

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings for the Fund with the Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Forms N-Q are available on the Commission’s website at www.sec.gov. The Trust’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC; information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling (800) SEC-0330.

Frequency Distribution of Discounts and Premiums

A table showing the number of days the market price of the Fund’s shares was greater than the Fund’s net asset value, and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s net asset value (i.e., premium or discount) for the most recently completed calendar year, and the calendar quarters since that year end (or the life of the Fund, if shorter) may be found at the Fund’s website at www.invesco.com.

 


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Item 2. Code of Ethics.

Not required for semi-annual report.

Item 3. Audit Committee Financial Expert.

Not required for semi-annual report.

Item 4. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) informed the Audit Committee of the Board of the Trust (the “Audit Committee”) that it has identified an issue related to its independence under Rule 2-01(c)(1)(ii)(A) of Regulation S-X (referred to as the “Loan Rule”). The Loan Rule prohibits accounting firms, such as PwC, from being deemed independent if they have certain financial relationships with their audit clients or certain affiliates of those clients. The Trust is required under various securities laws to have its financial statements audited by an independent accounting firm.

The Loan Rule specifically provides that an accounting firm would not be independent if it receives, or certain of its affiliates or covered persons receive, a loan from a lender that is a record or beneficial owner of more than ten percent of an audit client’s equity securities (referred to as a “more than ten percent owner”). For purposes of the Loan Rule, audit clients include the Funds as well as all registered investment companies advised by the Adviser and its affiliates, including other subsidiaries of the Adviser’s parent company, Invesco Ltd. (collectively, the Invesco Fund Complex). PwC informed the Audit Committee that it has, and that certain of its affiliates or covered persons have, relationships with lenders who hold, as record owner, more than ten percent of the shares of certain funds within the Invesco Fund Complex. These relationships call into question PwC’s independence under the Loan Rule with respect to those funds, as well as all other funds in the Invesco Fund Complex, which may implicate the Loan Rule.

On June 20, 2016, the SEC Staff issued a “no-action” letter to another mutual fund complex (see Fidelity Management & Research Company et al., No-Action Letter) related to the audit independence issue described above. In that letter, the SEC confirmed that it would not recommend enforcement action against a fund that relied on audit services performed by an audit firm that was not in compliance with the Loan Rule in certain specified circumstances.

In an August 18, 2016 letter, and in subsequent communications, PwC affirmed to the Audit Committee that, as of the date of the letter and the subsequent communications, respectively, PwC is an independent accountant with respect to the Trust, within the meaning of PCAOB Rule 3520. In its letter and in its subsequent communications, PwC also informed the Audit Committee that, after evaluating the facts and circumstances and the applicable independence rules, PwC has concluded that with regard to its compliance with the independence criteria set forth in the rules and regulations of the SEC related to the Loan Rule, it believes that it remains objective and impartial despite matters that may ultimately be determined to be inconsistent with these criteria and therefore it can continue to serve as the Trust’s registered public accounting firm. PWC has advised the Audit Committee that this conclusion is based in part on the


following considerations: (1) the lenders to PwC have no influence over any Fund, or other entity within the Invesco Fund Complex, or its investment adviser; (2) none of the officers or trustees of the Invesco Fund Complex whose shares are owned by PwC lenders are associated with those lenders; (3) PwC understands that the shares held by PwC lenders are held for the benefit of and on behalf of its policy owners/end investors; (4) investments in funds such as the Invesco Fund Complex funds are passive; (5) the PwC lenders are part of various syndicates of unrelated lenders; (6) there have been no changes to the loans in question since the origination of each respective note; (7) the debts are in good standing and no lender has the right to take action against PwC, as borrower, in connection with the financings; (8) the debt balances with each lender are immaterial to PwC and to each lender; and (9) the PwC audit engagement team has no involvement in PwC’s treasury function and PwC’s treasury function has no oversight of or ability to influence the PwC audit engagement team. In addition, PwC has communicated that the lending relationships appear to be consistent with the lending relationships described in the no-action letter and that they are not aware of other relationships that would be implicated by the Loan Rule. In addition to relying on PwC’s August 18, 2016 letter and subsequent communications regarding its independence, the Trust intends to rely upon the no-action letter.

If in the future the independence of PwC is called into question under the Loan Rule by circumstances that are not addressed in the SEC’s no-action letter, the Fund may need to take other action in order for the Fund’s filings with the SEC containing financial statements to be deemed compliant with applicable securities laws. Such additional actions could result in additional costs, impair the ability of the Funds to issue new shares or have other material adverse effects on the Funds. The SEC no-action relief was initially set to expire 18 months from issuance, but has been extended by the SEC without an expiration date, except that the no-action letter will be withdrawn upon the effectiveness of any amendments to the Loan Rule designed to address the concerns expressed in the letter.

Item 5. Audit Committee of Listed Registrants.

Not required for semi-annual report.

Item 6. Schedule of Investments.

 

  (a) The Schedules of Investments are included as a part of the report to shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form N-CSR.

 

  (b) Not applicable

Item 7. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.


Item 9. Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers.

Not applicable.

Item 10. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

There have been no material changes to the procedures by which shareholders may recommend nominees to the Registrant’s Board of Trustees that would require disclosure herein.

Item 11. Controls and Procedures.

 

  (a) Based on their evaluation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940) as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report, the Registrant’s President (principal executive officer) and Treasurer (principal financial officer) have concluded that such disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

  (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) that occurred during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Item 12. Disclosure of Securities Lending Activities for Closed-End Management Investment Companies.

Not applicable.

Item 13. Exhibits.

 

(a)(1) Code of Ethics
     Not required for semi-annual report.

 

(a)(2) Certifications of the Registrant’s President and Treasurer pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as Exhibit 99.CERT.


(a)(3) Not applicable.

 

(a)(4) Not applicable.

 

(b) Certifications of the Registrant’s President and Treasurer pursuant to Rule 30-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached as Exhibit 99.906CERT.


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

(Registrant) Invesco Actively Managed Exchange-Traded Commodity Fund Trust

 

By:  

/s/ Daniel E. Draper

Name:   Daniel E. Draper
Title:   President

Date: July 6, 2018

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Daniel E. Draper

Name:   Daniel E. Draper
Title:   President

Date: July 6, 2018

 

By:  

/s/ Steven Hill

Name:   Steven Hill
Title:   Treasurer

Date: July 6, 2018