−Removed: Financial Statements and Supplemental Data.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Financial Statements and Supplemental
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
Statements of Assets and Liabilities
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
+Added: MANAGERS GROUP
+Added: COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Investment in securities, at fair value (cost $ 42,654,058 )
+Added: Segregated cash held by broker
+Added: Receivable on open futures contracts
+Added: Prepaid expenses
+Added: Interest receivable
+Added: Due to Sponsor
+Added: Other accrued expenses
+Added: Total liabilities
+Added: $ 114,077,152
+Added: $ 114,077,152
+Added: Shares outstanding (unlimited authorized)
+Added: Net asset value per share
+Added: Market value per share
+Added: See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities
+Added: June 30, 2020
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING
−Removed: Investment in securities, at fair value (cost $4,883,666 and
−Removed: $7,986,862, respectively)
+Added: Investment in securities, at fair value (cost
+Added: $7,986,862 and $4,879,769, respectively)
Interest receivable
10 unchanged sentences
Market value per share
−Removed: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Statements of Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: DRY BULK SHIPPING
−Removed: in securities, at fair value (cost $11,928,143 and $1,095,625, respectively)
−Removed: cash held by broker
−Removed: on open futures contracts
−Removed: written, at fair value (premiums received $16,128 and $-0-, respectively)
−Removed: on open futures contracts
−Removed: outstanding (unlimited authorized)
−Removed: asset value per share
−Removed: value per share
−Removed: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
+Added: See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Schedule of Investments
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS - 0.3% and 0.0%, respectively
−Removed: US Treasury 10 Year Note, Strike Price $139.50 Expiring 08/21/20 (15 contracts)
−Removed: TOTAL PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS (Cost $22,316)
−Removed: SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 95.7% and 0.0%, respectively
−Removed: US TREASURY BILLS - 95.7% and 0.0%, respectively
−Removed: United States Treasury Bills 0.1200%, 07/23/2020 ($4,850,000 principal amount) (a)
−Removed: TOTAL US TREASURY BILLS (Cost $4,845,544)
−Removed: MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 0.3% and 18.0%, respectively
−Removed: First American US Treasury Money Market Fund, Class Z, 0.04% (b) (15,806 shares)
−Removed: First American US Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 0.08% (b) (7,986,862 shares)
−Removed: TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $15,806 and $7,986,862, respectively
−Removed: Total Investments (Cost $4,883,666 and $7,986,862, respectively) - 96.3% and 18.0%, respectively
−Removed: Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 3.7% and 82.0%, respectively (a)
−Removed: TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0% and 100.0%, respectively
−Removed: (a) $4,849,667
−Removed: and $27,827,859, respectively, of cash is pledged as collateral for futures contracts
−Removed: and written options
−Removed: (b) Annualized
−Removed: seven-day yield as of June 30, 2020
+Added: of Investments
+Added: June 30, 2021
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
+Added: COMMODITY TRUST I*
+Added: MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 37.4%
+Added: First American US Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 0.01% (a) ( 42,654,058 shares)
+Added: TOTAL MONEY MARKET FUNDS (Cost $ 42,654,058 )
+Added: Total Investments (Cost $ 42,654,058 ) - 37.4 %
+Added: Other Assets in Excess of Liabilities - 62.6 % (b)
+Added: TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0 %
+Added: $ 114,077,152
+Added: $ 114,077,152
+Added: (a) Annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2021.
+Added: (b) $50,040,588 of cash is pledged as collateral
+Added: for futures contracts.
BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP
Futures Contracts
Appreciation/
−Removed: Appreciation/
−Removed: Appreciation/
−Removed: June 30, 2020
(Depreciation)
−Removed: (Depreciation)
−Removed: (Depreciation)
Baltic Exchange Panamax T/C Average Shipping Route Index Expiring July 30, 2021 (Underlying Face Amount at Market Value - $ 16,372,965 (435 contracts)
7 unchanged sentences
Baltic Capesize Time Charter Expiring September 24, 2021(Underlying Face Amount at Market Value - $ 17,442,220 ) (445 contracts)
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: Written Call Option Contracts
+Added: * SIT Rising Rate ETF, which had been a series of the
+Added: Trust, liquidated as of November 18, 2020.
+Added: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Combined Schedule of Investments
June 30, 2020
−Removed: US 5 Year Note, Strike Price
−Removed: $125.50 Expiring 08/21/2020 (9 contracts) (Premiums received $3,204)
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: Short Futures Contracts
−Removed: June 30, 2020
−Removed: US Treasury 5 Year Note Expiring September 2020 (Underlying Face Amount at Market Value - $4,652,461) (37 contracts)
−Removed: US Treasury 2 Year Note Expiring September 2020 (Underlying Face Amount at Market Value - $10,158,094) (46 contracts)
−Removed: See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Schedule of Investments
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: PURCHASED OPTIONS - 0.3% and 0.0%, respectively
+Added: PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS - 0.0% and 0.3%, respectively
US Treasury 10 Year Note, Strike Price $ 139.50 Expiring 08/21/20 (15 contracts)
−Removed: TOTAL PURCHASED OPTIONS (Cost $58,883)
−Removed: SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 97.2% and 0.0%, respectively
−Removed: US TREASURY BILLS - 97.2% and 0.0%, respectively
−Removed: United States Treasury Bills 2.082%, 12/12/2019 ($11,700,000 principal amount) (a)
+Added: TOTAL PURCHASED PUT OPTIONS (Cost $ 22,316 )
+Added: SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS - 0.0% and 95.7%,
+Added: US TREASURY BILLS - 0.0 % and 95.7 %, respectively United States Treasury Bills 0.1200%, 07/23/2020 ($ 4,850,000 principal amount) (a)
TOTAL US TREASURY BILLS (Cost $ 4,845,544 )
−Removed: MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 1.4% and 25.4%, respectively
+Added: MONEY MARKET FUNDS - 18.0% and 0.02%,
First American US Treasury Money Market Fund, Class Z, 0.04 % (b) ( 15,806 shares)
4 unchanged sentences
TOTAL NET ASSETS - 100.0 % and 100.0%, respectively
−Removed: or a portion of this security is held as collateral for futures contracts and written options.
−Removed: seven-day yield as of June 30, 2019.
+Added: (a) $27,827,859 and $4,849,667, respectively, of cash
+Added: is pledged as collateral for futures contracts and written options.
+Added: (b) Annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2020.
BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
17 unchanged sentences
SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: Written Option Contracts
+Added: Written Call Option Contracts
June 30, 2020
5 unchanged sentences
US Treasury 2 Year Note Expiring September 2020 (Underlying Face Amount at Market Value - $ 10,158,094 ) (46 contracts)
−Removed: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Statements of Operations
−Removed: Ended Ended June 30, 2020
+Added: See accompanying notes to
+Added: combined financial statements.
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Combined Statements of Operations
+Added: Year Ended Ended June 30, 2021
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
SIT RISING RATE ETF*
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING
Investment Income
Tax preparation fees
+Added: Tax State Filing fees
Admin/accounting/custodian/transfer agent fees
−Removed: Printing and postage expenses
Chief Compliance Officer fees
6 unchanged sentences
Other expenses
+Added: Website Support and Marketing Materials
+Added: Printing and postage
Wholesale support fees
+Added: Amortization of Offering expenses
Interest expense
3 unchanged sentences
Net Investment Income (Loss)
+Added: ( 1,845,919 )
+Added: ( 1,897,188 )
Net Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Activity
5 unchanged sentences
Net income (loss)
+Added: * Period from July 1, 2020 to October 30, 2020 - Sit
+Added: Rising Rate ETF liquidated as of November 18, 2020.
See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Statements of Operations
−Removed: Ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Combined Statements of Operations
+Added: Year Ended June 30, 2020
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
+Added: SIT RISING RATE ETF
Investment Income
11 unchanged sentences
Wholesale support fees
+Added: Interest expense
Total Expenses
5 unchanged sentences
Investments, futures and options contracts
+Added: ( 1,565,921 )
+Added: ( 2,469,836 )
Change in Unrealized Gain (Loss) on
3 unchanged sentences
$ ( 520,302 )
−Removed: $ (3,539,079 )
−Removed: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Statements of Changes in Net Assets
−Removed: Ended June 30, 2020
+Added: See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY
+Added: Combined Statements of
+Added: Changes in Net Assets
+Added: Year Ended June 30, 2021
SIT RISING RATE ETF*
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING
Net Assets at Beginning of Year
3 unchanged sentences
( 85,383,922 )
+Added: ( 4,998,233 )
+Added: ( 90,382,155 )
Net Increase (decrease) in Net Assets from share transactions
+Added: ( 4,998,233 )
Increase (decrease) in Net Assets from operations
Net investment income (loss)
+Added: ( 1,845,919 )
+Added: ( 1,897,188 )
Net realized gain (loss)
2 unchanged sentences
Net Assets at End of Year
−Removed: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Statements of Changes in Net Assets
−Removed: Ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING
+Added: $ 114,077,152
+Added: $ 114,077,152
+Added: * Period from July 1, 2020 to
+Added: October 30, 2020 - Sit Rising Rate ETF liquidated as of November 18, 2020.
+Added: See accompanying notes to combined financial
+Added: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY
+Added: Combined Statements of
+Added: Changes in Net Assets
+Added: Year Ended June 30, 2020
Net Assets at Beginning of Year
4 unchanged sentences
( 6,331,666 )
−Removed: Net Increase (decrease) in Net Assets from share transactions
( 12,675,293 )
+Added: Net Increase (decrease) in Net Assets from share transactions
( 6,331,666 )
2 unchanged sentences
Net realized gain (loss)
+Added: ( 1,565,921 )
+Added: ( 2,469,836 )
Change in net unrealized gain (loss)
1 unchanged sentence
Net Assets at End of Year
−Removed: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Combined Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: Year Ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
+Added: See accompanying notes to combined financial
+Added: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: Ended June 30, 2021
Cash flows provided by/used in operating activities
Net income (loss)
−Removed: Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by/used in operating activities:
−Removed: Net realized loss (gain) on investments
−Removed: Change in net unrealized loss (gain) on investments
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
+Added: provided by/used in operating activities:
+Added: Net realized gain (loss) on investments
+Added: ( 48,115,213 )
+Added: ( 48,086,075 )
+Added: Change in net unrealized gain (loss) on investments
+Added: ( 13,142,015 )
+Added: ( 13,152,474 )
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
1 unchanged sentence
Decrease in interest receivable
−Removed: Decrease (Increase) in receivable on open futures contracts
−Removed: Increase in payable for Fund shares sold
+Added: Increase in receivable on open futures contracts
+Added: ( 13,142,015 )
+Added: ( 13,142,015 )
+Added: Increase in prepaid expenses
+Added: Decrease in payable for Fund shares redeemed
Decrease in options written, at fair value
−Removed: Increase in payable on open futures contracts
+Added: Decrease in payable on open futures contracts
Increase (decrease) in due to Sponsor
Increase in other accrued expenses
−Removed: Net cash provided by/used in operating activities
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from financing activities
2 unchanged sentences
( 85,383,922 )
−Removed: Net cash provided by/used in
−Removed: financing activities
+Added: ( 4,998,233 )
+Added: ( 90,382,155 )
+Added: Net cash provided by/used in financing activities
+Added: ( 4,998,233 )
Net increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash
−Removed: Cash and restricted cash, beginning of the year
−Removed: Cash and restricted cash, end of the year
+Added: Cash and restricted cash, beginning of year
+Added: Cash and restricted cash, end of year
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash reported within
−Removed: the Combined Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sum to the total of such amounts shown on the Combined Statement of
+Added: the Combined Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sum to the total of such amounts shown on the Combined Statement of cash Flows.
Segregated cash held by broker
Total cash and restricted cash as shown on the statement of cash flows.
−Removed: See accompanying notes to combined financial
−Removed: ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
−Removed: Combined Statements of Cash Flows
−Removed: Year Ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
+Added: * Period from July 1, 2020
+Added: to October 30, 2020 - Sit Rising Rate ETF liquidated as of November 18, 2020.
+Added: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
+Added: MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I
+Added: Statements of Cash Flows
+Added: Ended June 30, 2020
Cash flows provided by/used in operating activities
1 unchanged sentence
$ ( 520,302 )
−Removed: $ (3,539,079 )
−Removed: Adjustments to
−Removed: reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by/used in operating activities:
−Removed: Net realized loss on investments
+Added: Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash
+Added: provided by/used in operating activities:
+Added: Net realized loss (gain) on investments
Change in net unrealized loss (gain) on investments
+Added: ( 8,190,140 )
+Added: ( 8,526,880 )
Change in operating assets and liabilities:
−Removed: Sale of investments - net
−Removed: Decrease (increase) in interest receivable
+Added: Sale (Purchase) of investments - net
+Added: Decrease in interest receivable
Decrease (increase) in receivable on open futures contracts
−Removed: Decrease (Increase) in options written, at fair value
−Removed: Decrease in payable on open futures contracts
+Added: ( 8,190,140 )
+Added: ( 8,190,140 )
+Added: Increase in payable for Fund shares redeemed
+Added: Decrease in options written, at fair value
+Added: Increase in payable on open futures contracts
Increase (decrease) in due to Sponsor
Increase in other accrued expenses
−Removed: Net cash provided by/used in
−Removed: operating activities
+Added: Net cash used in operating activities
+Added: ( 8,619,018 )
+Added: ( 2,450,929 )
Cash flows from financing activities
3 unchanged sentences
( 6,331,666 )
−Removed: provided by/used in financing activities
( 12,675,293 )
+Added: Net cash provided by/used in financing activities
( 6,331,666 )
−Removed: Net increase (decrease) in cash
−Removed: and restricted cash
−Removed: Cash and restricted cash,
−Removed: beginning of the year
−Removed: Cash and restricted cash, end of
+Added: Net increase (decrease) in cash and restricted cash
+Added: Cash and restricted cash, beginning of year
+Added: Cash and restricted cash, end of year
The following table provides a reconciliation of cash and restricted cash reported within
−Removed: the Combined Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sum to the total of such amounts shown on the Combined Statement of
+Added: the Combined Statement of Assets and Liabilities that sum to the total of such amounts shown on the Combined Statement of cash Flows.
Segregated cash held by broker
Total cash and restricted cash as shown on the statement of cash flows.
−Removed: See accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
−Removed: ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I
−Removed: Notes to Combined Financial Statements
−Removed: June 30, 2020 and 2019
−Removed: (1) Organization
−Removed: ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I (the
−Removed: “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 23, 2014.
−Removed: The Trust is a series trust formed pursuant
−Removed: to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and currently includes two separate series.
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF (“RISE”) is the
−Removed: first series of the Trust and is a commodity pool that continuously issues common shares of beneficial interest that may be purchased
−Removed: and sold on the NYSE Arca, Inc.
−Removed: stock exchange (“NYSE Arca”).
−Removed: The second series of the Trust, Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping
−Removed: ETF (“BDRY,”
−Removed: and together with RISE, the “Funds”), is also a commodity pool that continuously issues shares
−Removed: of beneficial interest that may be purchased and sold on NYSE Arca.
−Removed: The Funds are managed and controlled by ETF Managers Capital
−Removed: LLC (the “Sponsor”), a Delaware limited liability company.
−Removed: The Sponsor is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading
−Removed: Commission (“CFTC”) as a “commodity pool operator”
−Removed: (“CPO”) and is a member of the National
−Removed: Futures Trading Association (“NFA”).
−Removed: Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC (“Sit”), a subsidiary of Sit Investment
−Removed: Associates, Inc., is registered as a “commodity trading advisor”
−Removed: (“CTA”) with the CFTC and serves as RISE’s
−Removed: commodity trading advisor.
−Removed: Breakwave Advisors, LLC (“Breakwave”) is registered as a CTA with the CFTC and serves as
−Removed: BDRY’s commodity trading advisor.
−Removed: RISE commenced investment operations on
−Removed: February 19, 2015.
−Removed: RISE commenced trading on NYSE Arca on February 19, 2015 and trades under the symbol “RISE.”
+Added: accompanying notes to combined financial statements.
+Added: Managers Group Commodity Trust I
+Added: to Combined Financial Statements
+Added: 30, 2021 and 2020
+Added: Managers Group Commodity Trust I (the “Trust”) was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on July 23, 2014.
+Added: a series trust formed pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and currently consists of one separate series.
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK
+Added: SHIPPING ETF (“BDRY,” the “Fund”), is a commodity pool that continuously issues shares of beneficial interest
+Added: that may be purchased and sold on NYSE Arca.
+Added: As described below, SIT RISING RATE ETF (“RISE”) also operated as a series of
+Added: the Trust, but was closed and liquidated prior to June 30, 2021.
+Added: The Fund is managed and controlled by ETF Managers Capital LLC (the
+Added: “Sponsor”), a Delaware limited liability company.
+Added: The Sponsor is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
+Added: (“CFTC”) as a “commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) and is a member of the National Futures Trading Association
+Added: Breakwave Advisors, LLC (“Breakwave”) is registered as a “commodity trading advisor” (“CTA”)
+Added: with the CFTC and serves as BDRY’s commodity trading advisor.
+Added: Closure and Liquidation
+Added: October 16, 2020, the Sponsor announced that it would close and liquidate RISE because of the then current market conditions and the
+Added: Fund’s asset size.
+Added: The last day the liquidated fund accepted creation orders was on October 30, 2020.
+Added: Trading in RISE was suspended
+Added: after the close of the NYSE Arca on October 30, 2020.
+Added: Proceeds of the liquidation were sent to shareholders on November 18, 2020 (the
+Added: “Distribution Date”).
+Added: From October 30, 2020 through the distribution date, shares of RISE did not trade on the NYSE Arca
+Added: nor was there a secondary market for the shares.
+Added: Any shareholders that remained in RISE on the Distribution Date automatically had their
+Added: shares redeemed for cash at the current net asset value on November 18, 2020.
commenced investment operations on March 22, 2018.
BDRY commenced trading on NYSE Arca on March 22, 2018 and trades under the symbol
−Removed: “BDRY.”
−Removed: For the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019,
−Removed: RISE paid Sit a fee equal to 0.20% per annum of the value of RISE’s average daily net assets for Sit’s services as
−Removed: the commodity trading advisor to RISE.
−Removed: RISE’s investment objective is to
−Removed: profit from rising interest rates by tracking the performance of a portfolio (the “RISE Benchmark Portfolio”) consisting
−Removed: of exchange traded futures contracts and options on futures on 2, 5 and 10 year U.S.
−Removed: Treasury securities (“Treasury Instruments”)
−Removed: weighted to achieve a targeted negative 10-year average effective portfolio duration (the “Benchmark Component Instruments”).
−Removed: RISE seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in the Benchmark Component Instruments currently constituting the RISE
−Removed: Benchmark Portfolio.
−Removed: The RISE Benchmark Portfolio is maintained by Sit and will be rebalanced, reconstituted, or both, monthly
−Removed: (typically on the 15 th of each month and on the next business day if the 15 th is a holiday, weekend, or other
−Removed: day on which the national exchanges are closed) to maintain a negative 10-year average effective duration.
−Removed: The RISE Benchmark Portfolio
−Removed: and RISE will each maintain a short position in Treasury Instruments.
−Removed: RISE does not use futures contracts or options to obtain
−Removed: leveraged investment results.
−Removed: RISE will not invest in swaps or other over the counter derivative instruments.
−Removed: The weighting of the Treasury Instruments
−Removed: constituting the Benchmark Component Instruments will be based on each maturity’s duration contribution.
−Removed: The expected range
−Removed: for the duration weighted percentage of the 2 year and 5 year maturity Treasury Instruments will be from 30% to 70%.
−Removed: range for the duration weighted percentage of the 10-year maturity Treasury Instruments will be from 5% to 25%.
−Removed: The relative weightings
−Removed: of the Benchmark Component Instruments will be shifted between maturities when there are material changes in the shape of the yield
−Removed: curve, for example, if the Federal Reserve began raising short term interest rates more than long term interest rates.
−Removed: an instance, Sit, which maintains the RISE Benchmark Portfolio, will elect to increase the weightings of the 2 year and reduce
−Removed: the weighting in the 10-year maturity.
−Removed: Conversely, Sit will do the opposite if the Federal Reserve began raising long term interest
−Removed: rates more than short term interest rates.
−Removed: Reconstitution and rebalancing each will occur monthly, on the 15th, except for as noted
−Removed: above or if there are radical changes in the yield curve such that effective duration is outside of a range from negative nine
−Removed: to negative 11-year average effective duration, in which case Sit will adjust the maturities of the Treasury Instruments before
−Removed: the next expected monthly reconstitution.
−Removed: The Sponsor anticipates that approximately
−Removed: 5% to 15% of RISE’s assets will be used as payment for or collateral for Treasury Instruments.
−Removed: In order to collateralize
−Removed: its Treasury Instrument positions, RISE will hold such assets, from which it will post margin to its futures commission merchant
−Removed: (“FCM”), SG Americas Securities, LLC, in an amount equal to the margin required by the relevant exchange, and transfer
−Removed: to its FCM any additional amounts that may be separately required by the FCM.
−Removed: When establishing positions in Treasury Instruments,
−Removed: RISE will be required to deposit initial margin with a value of approximately 3% to 10% of the value of each Treasury Instrument
−Removed: position at the time it is established.
−Removed: These margin requirements are subject to change from time to time by the exchange or the
−Removed: On a daily basis, RISE will be obligated to pay, or entitled to receive, variation margin in an amount equal to the change
−Removed: in the daily settlement level of its Treasury Instruments positions.
−Removed: Any assets not required to be posted as margin with the FCM
−Removed: will be held at RISE’s custodian in cash or cash equivalents, as discussed below.
−Removed: The RISE Benchmark Portfolio will be invested
−Removed: in Benchmark Component Instruments and rebalanced, as noted above to maintain a negative average effective portfolio duration of
−Removed: approximately 10 years.
−Removed: Duration is a measure of estimated price sensitivity relative to changes in interest rates.
−Removed: with longer durations are typically more sensitive to changes in interest rates.
−Removed: For example, if interest rates rise by 1%, the
−Removed: market value of a security with an effective duration of 5 years would decrease by 5%, with all other factors being constant, and
−Removed: likewise the market value of a security with an effective duration of negative 5 years would increase by 5%, with all other factors
−Removed: being constant.
−Removed: The correlation between duration and price sensitivity is greater for securities rated investment-grade than it
−Removed: is for securities rated below investment-grade.
−Removed: Duration estimates are based on assumptions
−Removed: by Sit and are subject to a number of limitations.
−Removed: Effective duration is calculated based on historical price changes of U.S.
−Removed: and Treasury Instruments held by the RISE Benchmark Portfolio, and therefore is a more accurate estimate of price sensitivity provided
−Removed: interest rates remain within their historical range.
−Removed: Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates
−Removed: The risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.
−Removed: When RISE purchases an option that expires
−Removed: “out of the money,”
−Removed: RISE will realize a loss.
−Removed: RISE may not be able to invest its assets in futures and options contracts
−Removed: having an aggregate notional amount exactly equal to that which is required to achieve a negative 10-year average effective duration.
−Removed: For example, as standardized contracts, U.S.
−Removed: Treasury futures contracts are denominated in specific dollar amounts, and RISE’s
−Removed: NAV and the proceeds from the sale of a Creation Basket are unlikely to be an exact multiple of the amounts of those contracts.
−Removed: As a result, in such circumstances, RISE may be better able to achieve the exact amount of exposure desired through the use of
−Removed: other investments.
−Removed: BDRY’s investment objective is to
−Removed: provide investors with exposure to the daily change in the price of dry bulk freight futures, before expenses and liabilities of
−Removed: BDRY, by tracking the performance of a portfolio (the “BDRY Benchmark Portfolio”, and together with the RISE Benchmark
−Removed: Portfolio, the “Benchmark Portfolios”) consisting of a three-month strip of the nearest calendar quarter of futures
−Removed: contracts on specified indexes (each a “Reference Index”) that measure rates for shipping dry bulk freight (“Freight
−Removed: Futures”).
−Removed: Each Reference Index is published each United Kingdom business day by the London-based Baltic Exchange Ltd.
−Removed: “Baltic Exchange”) and measures the charter rate for shipping dry bulk freight in a specific size category of cargo
−Removed: Capesize, Panamax or Supramax.
+Added: investment objective is to provide investors with exposure to the daily change in the price of dry bulk freight futures, before expenses
+Added: and liabilities of BDRY, by tracking the performance of a portfolio (the “BDRY Benchmark Portfolio”) consisting of a three-month
+Added: strip of the nearest calendar quarter of futures contracts on specified indexes (each a “Reference Index”) that measure rates
+Added: for shipping dry bulk freight (“Freight Futures”).
+Added: Each Reference Index is published each United Kingdom business day by
+Added: the London-based Baltic Exchange Ltd.
+Added: (the “Baltic Exchange”) and measures the charter rate for shipping dry bulk freight
+Added: in a specific size category of cargo ship – Capesize, Panamax or Supramax.
The three Reference Indexes are as follows:
2 unchanged sentences
the Supramax 6TC Index.
−Removed: The value of the Capesize 5TC Index is
−Removed: disseminated at 11:00 a.m., London Time and the value of the Panamax 4TC Index and the Supramax 6TC Index each is disseminated
−Removed: at 1:00 p.m., London Time.
−Removed: The Reference Index information disseminated by the Baltic Exchange also includes the components and
−Removed: value of each component in each Reference Index.
−Removed: Such Reference Index information also is widely disseminated by Reuters and/or
−Removed: other major market data vendors.
−Removed: BDRY seeks to achieve its investment objective
−Removed: by investing substantially all of its assets in the Freight Futures currently constituting the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio.
−Removed: Benchmark Portfolio includes all existing positions to maturity and settles them in cash.
−Removed: During any given calendar quarter, the
−Removed: BDRY Benchmark Portfolio progressively increases its positions to the next calendar quarter three-month strip, thus maintaining
−Removed: constant exposure to the Freight Futures market as positions mature.
−Removed: The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio maintains
−Removed: long-only positions in Freight Futures.
−Removed: The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes a combination of Capesize, Panamax and Supramax Freight
−Removed: More specifically, the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes 50% exposure in Capesize Freight Futures contracts, 40% exposure
−Removed: in Panamax Freight Futures contracts and 10% exposure in Supramax Freight Futures contracts.
−Removed: The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio does
−Removed: not include and BDRY does not invest in swaps, non-cleared dry bulk freight forwards or other over-the-counter derivative instruments
−Removed: that are not cleared through exchanges or clearing houses.
−Removed: BDRY may hold exchange-traded options on Freight Futures.
+Added: value of the Capesize 5TC Index is disseminated at 11:00 a.m., London Time and the value of the Panamax 4TC Index and the Supramax 6TC
+Added: Index each is disseminated at 1:00 p.m., London Time.
+Added: The Reference Index information disseminated by the Baltic Exchange also includes
+Added: the components and value of each component in each Reference Index.
+Added: Such Reference Index information also is widely disseminated by Reuters
+Added: and/or other major market data vendors.
+Added: seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Freight Futures currently constituting
+Added: the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio.
+Added: The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes all existing positions to maturity and settles them in cash.
+Added: any given calendar quarter, the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio progressively increases its positions to the next calendar quarter three-month
+Added: strip, thus maintaining constant exposure to the Freight Futures market as positions mature.
+Added: BDRY Benchmark Portfolio maintains long-only positions in Freight Futures.
+Added: The BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes a combination of Capesize,
+Added: Panamax and Supramax Freight Futures.
+Added: More specifically, the BDRY Benchmark Portfolio includes 50 % exposure in Capesize Freight Futures
+Added: contracts, 40 % exposure in Panamax Freight Futures contracts and 10 % exposure in Supramax Freight Futures contracts.
The BDRY Benchmark
−Removed: Portfolio is maintained by Breakwave and will be rebalanced annually.
−Removed: The Freight Futures currently constituting the BDRY Benchmark
−Removed: Portfolio, as well as the daily holdings of BDRY are available on BDRY’s website at www.drybulketf.com.
−Removed: When establishing positions in Freight
−Removed: Futures, BDRY will be required to deposit initial margin with a value of approximately 10% to 40% of the notional value of each
−Removed: Freight Futures position at the time it is established.
−Removed: These margin requirements are established and subject to change from time
−Removed: to time by the relevant exchanges, clearing houses or BDRY’s FCM, MacQuarie Futures USA LLC.
−Removed: On a daily basis, BDRY is obligated
−Removed: to pay, or entitled to receive, variation margin in an amount equal to the change in the daily settlement level of its Freight
−Removed: Futures positions.
−Removed: Any assets not required to be posted as margin with the FCM may be held at BDRY’s custodian or remain
−Removed: with the FCM in cash or cash equivalents, as discussed below.
−Removed: BDRY was created to provide investors with
−Removed: a cost-effective and convenient way to gain exposure to daily changes in the price of Freight Futures.
−Removed: BDRY is intended to be used
−Removed: as a diversification opportunity as part of a complete portfolio, not a complete investment program.
−Removed: The Funds will incur certain expenses in
−Removed: connection with their operations.
−Removed: The Funds will hold cash or cash equivalents such as U.S.
−Removed: Treasuries or other high credit quality,
−Removed: short-term fixed-income or similar securities for direct investment or as collateral for the Treasury Instruments and for other
−Removed: liquidity purposes and to meet redemptions that may be necessary on an ongoing basis.
−Removed: These expenses and income from the cash and
−Removed: cash equivalent holdings may cause imperfect correlation between changes in the Funds’
−Removed: net asset value (“NAV”)
−Removed: and changes in the Benchmark Portfolios, because the Benchmark Portfolios do not reflect expenses or income.
−Removed: The Funds seek to trade their positions
−Removed: prior to maturity;
−Removed: accordingly, natural market forces may cost the Funds while rebalancing.
−Removed: Each time the Funds seek to reconstitute
−Removed: their positions, barring movement in the underlying securities, the futures and option prices may be higher or lower.
−Removed: Such differences
−Removed: in price, barring a movement in the price of the underlying security, will constitute “roll yield”
−Removed: and may inhibit
−Removed: the Funds’
−Removed: ability to achieve their respective investment objective.
−Removed: Several factors determine the total return
−Removed: from investing in a futures contract position.
−Removed: One factor that impacts the total return that will result from investing in near
−Removed: month futures contracts and “rolling”
−Removed: those contracts forward each month is the price relationship between the current
−Removed: near month contract and the next month contract.
−Removed: The CTA will close existing positions when
−Removed: it determines it would be appropriate to do so and reinvest the proceeds in other positions.
−Removed: Positions may also be closed out to
−Removed: meet orders for redemption baskets.
+Added: Portfolio does not include and BDRY does not invest in swaps, non-cleared dry bulk freight forwards or other over-the-counter derivative
+Added: instruments that are not cleared through exchanges or clearing houses.
+Added: BDRY may hold exchange-traded options on Freight Futures.
+Added: BDRY Benchmark Portfolio is maintained by Breakwave and will be rebalanced annually.
+Added: The Freight Futures currently constituting the BDRY
+Added: Benchmark Portfolio, as well as the daily holdings of BDRY are available on BDRY’s website at www.drybulketf.com.
+Added: establishing positions in Freight Futures, BDRY will be required to deposit initial margin with a value of approximately 10 % to 40 % of
+Added: the notional value of each Freight Futures position at the time it is established.
+Added: These margin requirements are established and subject
+Added: to change from time to time by the relevant exchanges, clearing houses or BDRY’s FCM, ED & F Man Capital Markets, Inc.
+Added: daily basis, BDRY is obligated to pay, or entitled to receive, variation margin in an amount equal to the change in the daily settlement
+Added: level of its Freight Futures positions.
+Added: Any assets not required to be posted as margin with the FCM may be held at BDRY’s custodian
+Added: or remain with the FCM in cash or cash equivalents, as discussed below.
+Added: was created to provide investors with a cost-effective and convenient way to gain exposure to daily changes in the price of Freight Futures.
+Added: BDRY is intended to be used as a diversification opportunity as part of a complete portfolio, not a complete investment program.
+Added: Fund will incur certain expenses in connection with its operations.
+Added: The Fund will hold cash or cash equivalents such as U.S.
+Added: or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income or similar securities for direct investment or as collateral for the Treasury Instruments
+Added: and for other liquidity purposes and to meet redemptions that may be necessary on an ongoing basis.
+Added: These expenses and income from the
+Added: cash and cash equivalent holdings may cause imperfect correlation between changes in the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”)
+Added: and changes in the Benchmark Portfolio, because the Benchmark Portfolio does not reflect expenses or income.
+Added: Fund seeks to trade its positions prior to maturity;
+Added: accordingly, natural market forces may cost the Fund while rebalancing.
+Added: the Fund seeks to reconstitute its positions, barring movement in the underlying securities, the futures and option prices may be higher
+Added: Such differences in price, barring a movement in the price of the underlying security, will constitute “roll yield”
+Added: and may inhibit the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.
+Added: factors determine the total return from investing in a futures contract position.
+Added: One factor that impacts the total return that will
+Added: result from investing in near month futures contracts and “rolling” those contracts forward each month is the price relationship
+Added: between the current near month contract and the next month contract.
+Added: CTA will close existing positions when it determines it would be appropriate to do so and reinvest the proceeds in other positions.
+Added: may also be closed out to meet orders for redemption baskets.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
−Removed: (a) Basis of Accounting
−Removed: The accompanying combined financial statements
−Removed: of the Funds have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S.
−Removed: GAAP”).
−Removed: Fund qualifies as an investment company for financial reporting purposes under Topic 946 of the Accounting Standard Codification
−Removed: (b) Use of Estimates
−Removed: The preparation of the combined
−Removed: financial statements in conformity with U.S.
−Removed: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported
−Removed: amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined financial statements
−Removed: and accompanying notes.
+Added: Basis of Accounting
+Added: accompanying combined financial statements of the Fund have been prepared in conformity with U.S.
+Added: generally accepted accounting principles
+Added: The Fund qualifies as an investment company for financial reporting purposes under Topic 946 of the Accounting
+Added: Standard Codification of U.S.
+Added: Use of Estimates
+Added: preparation of the combined financial statements in conformity with U.S.
+Added: GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that
+Added: affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the combined
+Added: financial statements and accompanying notes.
Actual results could differ from those estimates.
−Removed: There were no significant estimates used in the preparation
−Removed: of the combined financial statements.
−Removed: Cash, when shown in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Assets and Liabilities, represents non-segregated cash with the custodian and does not include short-term investments.
−Removed: (d) Cash Held by Broker
−Removed: Sit is registered as a “commodity
−Removed: trading advisor”
−Removed: and acts as such for RISE.
−Removed: Breakwave is registered as a “commodity trading advisor”
−Removed: as such for BDRY.
−Removed: Each Fund’s arrangement with its respective FCM requires the Fund to meet its variation margin requirement
−Removed: related to the price movements, both positive and negative, on futures contracts held by the Fund by keeping cash on deposit with
−Removed: the Commodity Brokers (as defined below).
−Removed: These amounts are shown as Segregated cash held by broker in the Statements of Assets
−Removed: and Liabilities.
−Removed: The Funds deposit cash or United States Treasury Obligations, as applicable, with their respective FCM subject
−Removed: to the CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements.
−Removed: The combination of the Funds’
−Removed: deposits with their respective
−Removed: FCM of cash and United States Treasury Obligations, as applicable, and the unrealized gain or loss on open futures contracts (variation
−Removed: margin) represents the Funds’
−Removed: overall equity in their respective brokerage trading account.
−Removed: The Funds use their cash held
−Removed: by their respective FCM to satisfy variation margin requirements.
−Removed: The Funds earn interest on their cash deposited with their respective
−Removed: FCM and interest income is recorded on the accrual basis.
−Removed: (e) Final Net Asset Value for Fiscal
−Removed: The calculation time of each Fund’s
−Removed: final net asset value for creation and redemption of Fund shares for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019 was at 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: Time on June 30, 2020 and June 28, 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Although the Funds’
−Removed: shares may continue
−Removed: to trade on secondary markets subsequent to the calculation of the final NAV, the 4:00 p.m.
−Removed: Eastern Time represented the final
−Removed: opportunity to transact in creation or redemption baskets for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019.
−Removed: Fair value per share is determined at the
−Removed: close of the NYSE Arca.
−Removed: For financial reporting purposes, each
−Removed: Fund values its investment positions based upon the final closing price in their primary markets.
−Removed: Accordingly, the investment valuations
−Removed: in these combined financial statements differ from those used in the calculations of the Funds’
−Removed: final creation/redemption
−Removed: NAVs at June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.
−Removed: (f) Investment Valuation
−Removed: Short-term investments, excluding U.S.
+Added: There were no significant estimates used
+Added: in the preparation of the combined financial statements.
+Added: when shown in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities, represents non-segregated cash with the custodian and does not include
+Added: short-term investments.
+Added: Cash Held by Broker
+Added: is registered as a “commodity trading advisor” and acts as such for BDRY.
+Added: The Fund’s arrangement with its FCM requires
+Added: the Fund to meet its variation margin requirement related to the price movements, both positive and negative, on futures contracts held
+Added: by the Fund by keeping cash on deposit with the Commodity Broker (as defined below).
+Added: These amounts are shown as Segregated cash held
+Added: by broker in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: The Fund deposits cash or United States Treasury Obligations, as applicable,
+Added: with its FCM subject to the CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements.
+Added: The combination of the Fund’s deposits
+Added: with its FCM of cash and United States Treasury Obligations, as applicable, and the unrealized gain or loss on open futures contracts
+Added: (variation margin) represents the Fund’s overall equity in its brokerage trading account.
+Added: The Fund uses its cash held by its FCM
+Added: to satisfy variation margin requirements.
+Added: The Fund earns interest on its cash deposited with its FCM and interest income is recorded
+Added: on the accrual basis.
+Added: Final Net Asset Value for Fiscal Period
+Added: calculation time of the Fund’s final net asset value for creation and redemption of Fund shares for the years ended June 30, 2021
+Added: and June 30, 2020 was at 4:00 p.m.
+Added: Eastern Time on June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, respectively.
+Added: RISE was liquidated on November 18,
+Added: 2020 at its final net asset value as of that date.
+Added: the Fund’s shares may continue to trade on secondary markets subsequent to the calculation of the final NAV, the 4:00 p.m.
+Added: Time represented the final opportunity to transact in creation or redemption baskets for the years ended June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020.
+Added: value per share is determined at the close of the NYSE Arca.
+Added: financial reporting purposes, the Fund values its investment positions based upon the final closing price in their primary markets.
+Added: the investment valuations in these combined financial statements differ from those used in the calculations of the Fund’s final
+Added: creation/redemption NAVs at June 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: Investment Valuation
+Added: investments, excluding U.S.
Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates fair value.
−Removed: Treasury Bills are valued as determined by an
−Removed: independent pricing service based on methods which include consideration of yields or prices of securities of comparable quality,
−Removed: coupon, maturity and type;
+Added: Treasury Bills are valued
+Added: as determined by an independent pricing service based on methods which include consideration of:
+Added: yields or prices of securities of comparable
+Added: quality, coupon, maturity and type;
indications as to values from dealers;
and general market conditions.
−Removed: Futures and options contracts are valued
−Removed: at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that futures and/or options contract trades.
−Removed: (g) Financial Instruments and Fair Value
−Removed: Each Fund discloses the fair value of its
−Removed: investments in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) fair value measurement and disclosure
−Removed: guidance which requires a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value.
+Added: and options contracts are valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that futures and/or options contract trades.
+Added: Financial Instruments and Fair Value
+Added: Fund discloses the fair value of its investments in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) fair
+Added: value measurement and disclosure guidance which requires a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used
+Added: to measure fair value.
The disclosure requirements establish a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between:
−Removed: (1) market participant assumptions developed
−Removed: based on market data obtained from sources independent to the Fund (observable inputs);
−Removed: and (2) the Fund’s own assumptions
−Removed: about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs).
+Added: (1) market participant
+Added: assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent to the Fund (observable inputs);
+Added: and (2) the Fund’s
+Added: own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable
The three levels defined by the disclosure requirements hierarchy are as follows:
−Removed: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in
−Removed: active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.
−Removed: Inputs other than quoted prices
−Removed: included within Level I that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
−Removed: Level II inputs include
−Removed: the following:
−Removed: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets
−Removed: or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability,
−Removed: and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market-corroborated
−Removed: Unobservable pricing input at
−Removed: the measurement date for the asset or liability.
−Removed: Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable
−Removed: inputs are not available.
−Removed: In some instances, the inputs used to measure
−Removed: fair value might fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy.
−Removed: The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair
−Removed: value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value
−Removed: measurement in its entirety.
−Removed: Fair value measurements also require additional
−Removed: disclosure when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased, as well as when circumstances
−Removed: indicate that a transaction is not orderly.
−Removed: The following tables summarize RISE’s
−Removed: valuation of investments at June 30, 2020 and at June 30, 2019 using the fair value hierarchy:
−Removed: June 30, 2020
−Removed: Short-Term Investments
−Removed: Purchased Options Contracts
−Removed: Written Options Contracts
−Removed: Futures Contracts
−Removed: Level I –
−Removed: Quoted Prices
−Removed: $ 4,849,667 a
−Removed: Included in Investments in securities in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Included in Options Written, at fair value in the
−Removed: Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Included in Payable on open futures contracts in the
−Removed: Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: June 30, 2019
−Removed: Level I –
−Removed: Quoted Prices
−Removed: Included in Investments in securities in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Included in Options Written, at fair value in the
−Removed: Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Included in Payable on open futures contracts in the
−Removed: Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Transfers between levels are recognized
−Removed: at the end of the reporting period.
−Removed: During the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, RISE recognized no transfers from Level 1, Level
−Removed: 2 or Level 3.
−Removed: The following tables summarize BDRY’s
−Removed: valuation of investments at June 30, 2020 and at June 30, 2019 using the fair value hierarchy:
−Removed: June 30, 2020
−Removed: Short-Term Investments
−Removed: Futures Contracts
−Removed: Level I –
−Removed: Quoted Prices
−Removed: $ 7,986,862 a
−Removed: $ 8,581,555 b
−Removed: Included in Investments in securities in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Included in Receivable on open futures contracts in
−Removed: the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: June 30, 2019
−Removed: Short-Term Investments
−Removed: Futures Contracts
−Removed: Quoted Prices
−Removed: $ 1,095,625 a
−Removed: Included in Investments in securities
−Removed: in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Included in Receivable on open futures contracts in
−Removed: the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Transfers between levels are recognized
−Removed: at the end of the reporting period.
−Removed: During the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, BDRY recognized no transfers from Level 1, Level
−Removed: 2 or Level 3.
−Removed: The inputs or methodology used for valuing
−Removed: investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
−Removed: (h) Investment Transactions and Related
−Removed: Investment transactions are recorded on
−Removed: the trade date.
+Added: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access
+Added: at the measurement date.
+Added: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level I that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly.
+Added: Level II inputs include the following:
+Added: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical
+Added: or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or
+Added: liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market-corroborated
+Added: Unobservable pricing input at the measurement date for the asset or liability.
+Added: Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair
+Added: value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.
+Added: some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy.
+Added: The level in the fair
+Added: value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that
+Added: is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.
+Added: value measurements also require additional disclosure when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly
+Added: decreased, as well as when circumstances indicate that a transaction is not orderly.
+Added: following tables summarize BDRY’s valuation of investments at June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020 using the fair value hierarchy:
+Added: I – Quoted Prices
+Added: – Included in Investments in securities in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: – Included in Receivable on open futures contracts in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: I – Quoted Prices
+Added: – Included in Investments in securities in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: – Included in Receivable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.
+Added: During the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, BDRY recognized no transfers
+Added: from Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
+Added: inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.
+Added: following table summarizes RISE’s valuation of investments at June 30, 2020 using the fair value hierarchy:
+Added: I – Quoted Prices
+Added: – Included in Investments in securities in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: – Included in Options written, at fair value in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: – Included in Payable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period.
+Added: During the year ended June 30, 2020, RISE recognized no transfers from
+Added: Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.
+Added: Investment Transactions and Related Income
+Added: transactions are recorded on the trade date.
All such transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis, and marked to market daily.
−Removed: Unrealized gain/loss
−Removed: on open futures contracts is reflected in Receivable/Payable on open futures contracts in the Combined Statements of Assets and
−Removed: Liabilities and the change in the unrealized gain/loss between periods is reflected in the Combined Statements of Operations.
−Removed: discounts on short-term securities purchased are accreted daily and reflected as Interest Income, when applicable, in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Operations.
−Removed: BDRY’s interest earned on short-term securities and on cash deposited with MacQuarie Futures USA
−Removed: LLC are accrued daily and reflected as Interest Income, when applicable, in the Combined Statements of Operations.
−Removed: (i) Federal Income Taxes
−Removed: Each Fund is registered as a Delaware statutory
−Removed: trust and is treated as a partnership for U.S.
+Added: Unrealized gain/loss on open futures contracts is reflected in Receivable/Payable on open futures contracts in the Statements
+Added: of Assets and Liabilities and the change in the unrealized gain/loss between periods is reflected in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: BDRY’s interest earned on short-term securities and on cash deposited with ED & F Man Capital Markets Inc.
+Added: is accrued daily
+Added: and reflected as Interest Income, when applicable, in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: Federal Income Taxes
+Added: Fund is registered as a Delaware statutory trust and is treated as a partnership for U.S.
federal income tax purposes.
−Removed: Accordingly, the Funds do not expect to incur U.S.
+Added: Accordingly, the
+Added: Fund does not expect to incur U.S.
federal income tax liability;
−Removed: rather, each beneficial owner is required to take into account their allocable share of the Funds’
−Removed: income, gain, loss, deductions and other items for the Funds’
−Removed: taxable year ending with or within the beneficial owner’s
−Removed: taxable year.
−Removed: Management of the Funds has reviewed the
−Removed: open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating
−Removed: to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns at June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019.
−Removed: are also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits
−Removed: will significantly change in the next twelve months.
−Removed: On an ongoing basis, management will monitor its tax positions taken to determine
−Removed: if adjustments to its conclusions are necessary based on factors including, but not limited to, further implementation of guidance
−Removed: expected from the FASB and on-going analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof.
−Removed: The Funds’
+Added: rather, each beneficial owner is required to take into account their
+Added: allocable share of the Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items for the Fund’s taxable year ending with or within
+Added: the beneficial owner’s taxable year.
+Added: of the Fund has reviewed the open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized
+Added: tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns at June 30, 2021 and June
+Added: The Fund is also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized
+Added: tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months.
+Added: On an ongoing basis, management will monitor its tax positions taken
+Added: to determine if adjustments to its conclusions are necessary based on factors including, but not limited to, further implementation of
+Added: guidance expected from the FASB and on-going analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof.
+Added: The Fund’s federal tax
returns are subject to examination by the Internal Revenue Service for a period of three years after they are filed.
−Removed: (j) Reclassification
−Removed: Certain reclassifications have been
−Removed: made to the prior consolidated financial statements to conform with the current year presentation.
−Removed: (3) Investments
−Removed: (a) Short-Term Investments
−Removed: The Funds may purchase U.S.
−Removed: Treasury Bills,
−Removed: agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities with original maturities of one
−Removed: year or less.
−Removed: A portion of these investments may be used as margin for the Funds’
−Removed: trading in futures contracts.
−Removed: (b) Accounting for Derivative Instruments
−Removed: In seeking to achieve each Fund’s
−Removed: investment objective, the applicable commodity trading advisor uses a mathematical approach to investing.
−Removed: Using this approach,
−Removed: the applicable commodity trading advisor determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that it believes in combination
−Removed: should produce returns consistent with the Fund’s objective.
−Removed: All open derivative positions at June 30,
−Removed: 2020 and at June 30, 2019, as applicable, are disclosed in the Combined Schedules of Investments and the notional value of these
−Removed: open positions relative to the shareholders’
−Removed: capital of the Funds is generally representative of the notional value of open
−Removed: positions to shareholders’
−Removed: capital throughout the reporting periods for the Funds.
−Removed: The volume associated with derivative
−Removed: positions varies on a daily basis as the Funds transact in derivative contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure, as
−Removed: expressed in notional value, in comparison to shareholders’
−Removed: capital consistent with the applicable Fund’s investment
−Removed: Following is a description of the derivative
−Removed: instruments used by the Funds during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures.
−Removed: (c) Futures Contracts
−Removed: The Funds enter into futures contracts
−Removed: to gain exposure to changes in the value of the Benchmark Portfolios.
−Removed: A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the
−Removed: purchaser to accept) the future cash settlement of a specified quantity and type of a treasury futures contract at a specified
−Removed: time and place.
−Removed: The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller of a treasury futures contract may generally be satisfied by making
−Removed: an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery.
−Removed: Upon entering into a futures contract,
−Removed: the Funds are required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which
−Removed: the transaction is affected.
−Removed: The initial margin is segregated as Cash held by broker, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of
−Removed: Assets and Liabilities, and is restricted as to its use.
−Removed: Pursuant to the futures contract, the Funds agree to receive from or pay
−Removed: to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract.
+Added: Short-Term Investments
+Added: Fund may purchase U.S.
+Added: Treasury Bills, agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities
+Added: with original maturities of one year or less.
+Added: A portion of these investments may be used as margin for the Fund’s trading in futures
+Added: Accounting for Derivative Instruments
+Added: seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, the commodity trading advisor uses a mathematical approach to investing.
+Added: this approach, the applicable commodity trading advisor determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that it believes
+Added: in combination should produce returns consistent with the Fund’s objective.
+Added: open derivative positions at June 30, 2021 and at June 30, 2020, as applicable, are disclosed in the Combined Schedules of Investments
+Added: and the notional value of these open positions relative to the shareholders’ capital of the Fund is generally representative of
+Added: the notional value of open positions to shareholders’ capital throughout the reporting periods for the Fund.
+Added: The volume associated
+Added: with derivative positions varies on a daily basis as the Fund transacts in derivative contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure,
+Added: as expressed in notional value, in comparison to shareholders’ capital consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.
+Added: is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Fund during the reporting period, including the primary underlying risk exposures.
+Added: Futures Contracts
+Added: Fund enters into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of the Benchmark Portfolio.
+Added: A futures contract obligates
+Added: the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future cash settlement of a specified quantity and type of a freight futures
+Added: or treasury futures contract at a specified time and place.
+Added: The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller of a treasury futures contract
+Added: may generally be satisfied by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before
+Added: the designated date of delivery.
+Added: entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required
+Added: by the exchange on which the transaction is affected.
+Added: The initial margin is segregated as Cash held by broker, as disclosed in the Combined
+Added: Statements of Assets and Liabilities, and is restricted as to its use.
+Added: Pursuant to the futures contract, the Fund agrees to receive from
+Added: or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract.
Such receipts or payments are
−Removed: known as variation margin and are recorded by the Funds as unrealized gains or losses.
−Removed: The Funds will realize a gain or loss upon
−Removed: closing a futures transaction.
−Removed: Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees,
−Removed: elements of market risk (specifically treasury price risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin.
−Removed: face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure the Funds have in the particular classes of instruments.
−Removed: risks associated with the use of futures contracts include imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures
−Removed: contracts and the market value of the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract.
−Removed: futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Funds since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s
−Removed: clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default.
−Removed: of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2020
−Removed: Asset Derivatives
−Removed: Liability Derivatives
−Removed: Combined Statements of
−Removed: Assets and Liabilities
+Added: known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses.
+Added: The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing
+Added: a futures transaction.
+Added: contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically freight futures or treasury price risk) and exposure to
+Added: loss in excess of the amount of variation margin.
+Added: The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure the Fund has
+Added: in the particular classes of instruments.
+Added: Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts include imperfect correlation
+Added: between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid
+Added: market for a futures contract.
+Added: With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange-traded
+Added: and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against
+Added: DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
+Added: Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2021
Statements of
Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Purchased options
−Removed: Payable on open futures contracts
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Written options, at fair value
−Removed: Represents fair value of options contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Represents cumulative depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as
−Removed: of June 30, 2019
−Removed: Asset Derivatives
−Removed: Liability Derivatives
−Removed: Combined Statements of
−Removed: Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Combined Statements of
−Removed: Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Purchased options
−Removed: Payable on open futures contracts
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Written options, at fair value
−Removed: Represents fair value of options contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: Represents cumulative depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: The Effect of Derivative Instruments on
−Removed: the Combined Statements of Operations
−Removed: For the Year Ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and options contracts and/or Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures and options contracts
−Removed: The futures and options contracts open
−Removed: at June 30, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2020.
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: The Effect of Derivative Instruments on
−Removed: the Combined Statements of Operations
−Removed: Ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and options contracts and/or Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures and options contracts
−Removed: $ (3,673,921 )
−Removed: The futures and options contracts open
−Removed: at June 30, 2019 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2019.
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as
−Removed: of June 30, 2020
−Removed: Asset Derivatives
−Removed: Liability Derivatives
−Removed: Combined Statements of
−Removed: Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Combined Statements of
+Added: Statements of
Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
Receivable on open futures contracts
−Removed: Represents cumulative appreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as
−Removed: of June 30, 2019
−Removed: Asset Derivatives
−Removed: Liability Derivatives
−Removed: Combined Statements of
+Added: * Represents cumulative appreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
+Added: Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2020
+Added: Statements of
Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Combined Statements of
+Added: Statements of
Assets and Liabilities
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
Receivable on open futures contracts
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the Year Ended June 30, 2021
−Removed: Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: on Derivatives Recognized in
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
−Removed: Net realized loss on futures and options contracts and/or Change in unrealized gain (loss) on futures and options contracts
−Removed: $ (1,565,921 )
−Removed: futures contracts open at June 30, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the year ended to June 30, 2020.
+Added: of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
+Added: Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized
+Added: Net realized gain on futures and options contracts and/or Change in unrealized gain (loss) on futures and options contracts
+Added: futures and options contracts open at June 30, 2021 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2021.
DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
1 unchanged sentence
the Year Ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: Location of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: Recognized in
−Removed: Interest Rate Risk
+Added: of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
+Added: Gain (Loss) on Derivatives Recognized
Net realized loss on futures and options contracts and/or Change in unrealized gain (loss) on futures and options contracts
−Removed: $ (1,006,844 )
−Removed: futures contracts open at June 30, 2019 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2019.
+Added: futures and options contracts open at June 30, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2020.
+Added: RISING RATE ETF
+Added: Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2020
+Added: Statements of
+Added: Assets and Liabilities
+Added: Statements of
+Added: Assets and Liabilities
+Added: on open futures contracts
+Added: options, at fair value
+Added: * Represents fair value of options contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: ** Represents cumulative depreciation of futures contracts as reported in the Combined Statements of Assets and Liabilities.
+Added: RISING RATE ETF
+Added: Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Combined Statements of Operations
+Added: the Year Ended June 30, 2020
+Added: of Gain (Loss) on Derivatives
+Added: Gain (Loss) on
+Added: Net realized gain (loss) on investments, futures and options contracts and/or Change in unrealized gain (loss) on investments, futures and options contracts
+Added: futures and options contracts open at June 30, 2020 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2020.
Management Fee
−Removed: Fund pays the Sponsor a sponsor fee (the “Sponsor Fee”) in consideration of the Sponsor’s advisory services
−Removed: to the Funds.
−Removed: Additionally, each Fund pays its respective commodity trading advisor a license and service fee (the “CTA
−Removed: Sponsor has agreed to waive receipt of the Sponsor Fee for RISE and/or assume RISE’s expenses (excluding brokerage fees,
−Removed: interest expense, and extraordinary expenses) so that RISE’s total annual expenses do not exceed 1.00% (the “RISE
−Removed: Expense Cap”) of average net assets per annum through September 30, 2021.
−Removed: CTA fee, calculated daily and paid monthly in arrears, is 0.20% per annum of average daily net assets.
−Removed: Sponsor Fee, calculated daily and paid monthly, is the greater of 0.15% of its average daily net assets, or $75,000, and
−Removed: the fees for Principal Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer services provided to RISE by the Sponsor are $25,000 per
−Removed: April 1, 2019, the fee paid to the Sponsor for tax return preparation was reduced from $100,000 per year to $50,000 per year.
−Removed: pays the Sponsor an annual Sponsor Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount calculated as the greater of 0.15% of its average
−Removed: daily net assets, or $125,000.
−Removed: BDRY also paid an annual fee to Breakwave, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 1.45% of
−Removed: BDRY’s average daily net assets.
−Removed: Breakwave has agreed to waive its CTA fee to the extent necessary, and the Sponsor has
−Removed: voluntarily agreed to correspondingly assume the remaining expenses of BDRY such that Fund expenses do not exceed an annual
−Removed: rate of 3.50%, excluding brokerage commissions and interest expense, of the value of BDRY’s average daily net assets
−Removed: through September 30, 2021 (the “BDRY Expense Cap,”
−Removed: and together with the RISE Expense Cap, the “Expense
−Removed: Caps”).
−Removed: The assumption of expenses by the Sponsor and waiver of BDRY’s CTA fee are contractual on the part of the
−Removed: Sponsor and Breakwave, respectively.
−Removed: waiver of BDRY’s CTA fees, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $60,769 and $45,460 for the years ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: and 2019, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
−Removed: Funds currently accrue their daily expenses up to the applicable Expense Cap, or, if less, up accrual estimates established by
+Added: Fund pays the Sponsor a sponsor fee (the “Sponsor Fee”) in consideration of the Sponsor’s advisory services to the
+Added: Additionally, the Fund pays its commodity trading advisor a license and service fee (the “CTA fee”).
+Added: pays the Sponsor an annual Sponsor Fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount calculated as the greater of 0.15 % of its average daily net
+Added: assets, or $ 125,000 .
+Added: BDRY also pays an annual fee to Breakwave, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 1.45 % of BDRY’s average
+Added: daily net assets.
+Added: Breakwave has agreed to waive its CTA fee to the extent necessary, and the Sponsor has voluntarily agreed to correspondingly
+Added: assume the remaining expenses of BDRY such that Fund expenses do not exceed an annual rate of 3.50 %, excluding brokerage commissions, interest expense, and extraordinary expenses, if any, of the value of BDRY’s average daily net
+Added: assets through September 30, 2022 (the “BDRY Expense Cap”.
+Added: The assumption of expenses by the Sponsor and waiver of BDRY’s
+Added: CTA fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Breakwave, respectively.
+Added: waiver of BDRY’s CTA fees, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $ 39,184 and $ 60,769 for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020,
+Added: respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: (and, prior to its liquidation, RISE) currently accrues its daily expenses up to the Expense Cap, or, if less, at accrual estimates established
+Added: by the Sponsor.
At the end of each month, the accrued amount is remitted to the Sponsor as the Sponsor has assumed, and is responsible
−Removed: for the payment of the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Funds in excess of the Fund’s
−Removed: respective Expense Cap, which in the case of RISE, aggregated $389,041 and $184,268 for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019,
−Removed: respectively, and in the case of BDRY, aggregated $284,850 and $477,429 for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively,
−Removed: as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: for the payment of the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund in excess of the Fund’s Expense
+Added: Cap, which in the case of RISE, aggregated $ 136,902 and $ 389,041 for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed
+Added: in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: In the case of BDRY, expenses absorbed by the Sponsor aggregated $- 0 - and $ 284,850 for the
+Added: years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
The Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent
Fund has appointed U.S.
−Removed: Bank, a national banking association, with its principal office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the custodian
−Removed: (the “Custodian”).
+Added: Bank, a national banking association, with its principal office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the custodian (the
+Added: “Custodian”).
Its affiliate, U.S.
−Removed: Bancorp Fund Services, is the Fund accountant (“the Fund accountant”)
−Removed: of the Funds, transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) for Fund shares and administrator for the Funds (the “Administrator”).
−Removed: It performs certain administrative and accounting services for the Funds and prepares certain SEC, NFA and CFTC reports on behalf
−Removed: of the Funds.
+Added: Bancorp Fund Services, is the Fund accountant (“the Fund accountant”) of the
+Added: Fund, transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) for Fund shares and administrator for the Fund (the “Administrator”).
+Added: It performs certain administrative and accounting services for the Fund and prepares certain SEC, NFA and CFTC reports on behalf of the
Bank and U.S.
−Removed: Bancorp Fund Services are referred to collectively hereinafter as “U.S.
−Removed: Bank”).
−Removed: has agreed to pay U.S.
−Removed: Bank 0.05% of assets under management (“AUM”), with a $50,000 minimum annual fee payable for
−Removed: its administrative, accounting and transfer agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with an annual minimum of $4,800 for custody services.
−Removed: RISE paid U.S.
−Removed: Bank $57,601 and $56,301 for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Operations.
+Added: Bancorp Fund Services are referred to collectively hereinafter as “U.S.
has agreed to pay U.S.
−Removed: Bank 0.05% of AUM, with a $45,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer
−Removed: agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with an annual minimum of $4,800 for custody services.
+Added: Bank 0.05 % of AUM, with a $ 45,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer agent
+Added: services and 0.01 % of AUM, with an annual minimum of $ 4,800 for custody services.
BDRY paid U.S.
−Removed: Bank $61,854 and $61,399
−Removed: for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: Bank $ 63,796 and $ 61,854 for the years
+Added: ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: to its liquidation RISE paid U.S.
+Added: Bank $ 19,486 and $ 57,601 for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in
+Added: the Combined Statements of Operations.
The Distributor
−Removed: Funds pay ETFMG Financial LLC.
−Removed: (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, an annual fee for statutory and wholesaling
−Removed: distribution services and related administrative services equal to the greater of $15,000 or 0.02% of the Funds’
−Removed: daily net assets, payable monthly.
−Removed: Pursuant to the respective Marketing Agent Agreement between the Sponsor, each Fund and the
−Removed: Distributor, the Distributor assists the Sponsor and the applicable Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution
−Removed: and marketing services to the applicable Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance
−Removed: The Distributor also assists with the processing of creation and redemption orders.
+Added: Fund pays ETFMG Financial LLC.
+Added: (the “Distributor”), an affiliate of the Sponsor, an annual fee for statutory and wholesaling
+Added: distribution services and related administrative services equal to the greater of $ 15,000 or 0.02 % of the Fund’s average daily
+Added: net assets, payable monthly.
+Added: Pursuant to the Marketing Agent Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and the Distributor, the Distributor
+Added: assists the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including
+Added: reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters.
+Added: The Distributor also assists with the processing
+Added: of creation and redemption orders.
incurred $ 15,707 and $ 15,821 in distribution and related administrative services for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively,
−Removed: BDRY incurred $15,821 and $16,497 in distribution and related administrative services for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019,
−Removed: respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
−Removed: also pays the Sponsor an annual fee for wholesale support services equal to 0.1% of RISE’s average daily net assets, payable
−Removed: BDRY pays the Sponsor an annual fee for wholesale support services of $25,000 plus 0.12% of BDRY’s average daily
+Added: as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: to its liquidation, RISE incurred $ 5,116 and $ 15,539 in distribution and related administrative services for the years ended June 30,
+Added: 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: pays the Sponsor an annual fee for wholesale support services of $25,000 plus 0.12% of BDRY’s average daily net assets, payable
+Added: to its liquidation, RISE also paid the Sponsor an annual fee for wholesale support services equal to 0.1% of RISE’s average daily
net assets, payable monthly .
−Removed: incurred $6,223 and $45,717 in wholesale support fees for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: BDRY incurred
−Removed: $35,622 and $28,762 in wholesale support fees for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined
−Removed: Statements of Operations.
+Added: incurred $ 78,874 and $ 35,622 in wholesale support fees for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the
+Added: Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: to its liquidation, RISE incurred $ 1,522 and $ 6,223 in wholesale support fees for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively,
+Added: as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
The Commodity Broker
−Removed: Americas Securities, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as RISE’s clearing broker.
−Removed: MacQuarie Futures USA
−Removed: LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, serves as BDRY’s clearing broker (such clearing broker, together with SG Americas
−Removed: Securities, LLC, the “Commodity Brokers”).
−Removed: In their capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Brokers execute and
−Removed: clear the Funds’
−Removed: futures transactions and perform certain administrative services for the Funds.
−Removed: Funds pay respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”)
−Removed: fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities
−Removed: in CFTC regulated investments.
+Added: & F Man Capital Inc., a Delaware limited liability company, serves as BDRY’s clearing broker , (the “Commodity Broker”).
+Added: In its capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Broker executes and clear the Fund’s futures transactions and perform certain
+Added: administrative services for the Fund.
+Added: Fund pays brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”) fees, give-up fees,
+Added: pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities in CFTC regulated investments.
Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are recognized on a half-turn basis.
−Removed: Sponsor does not expect annual brokerage commissions and fees to exceed 0.08% for
−Removed: RISE, and approximately 0.40% (excluding the impact on the Fund of creation and/or redemption activity) for BDRY, of the
−Removed: net asset value of the applicable Fund for execution and clearing services on behalf of the applicable Fund, although the actual
+Added: Sponsor does not expect annual brokerage commissions and fees to exceed 0.40 % (excluding the impact on the Fund of creation and/or redemption
+Added: activity) for BDRY, of the net asset value of the Fund for execution and clearing services on behalf of the Fund, although the actual
amount of brokerage commissions and fees in any year or any part of any year may be greater.
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costs associated with financial instruments, and costs relating to the purchase of U.S.
−Removed: Treasury Securities or similar high credit
−Removed: quality short-term fixed-income or similar securities are not included in the foregoing analysis.
−Removed: RISE incurred $4,961 and $52,348
−Removed: in brokerage commissions and fees for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: BDRY incurred $208,650 and $34,610
−Removed: in brokerage commissions and fees for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements
−Removed: of Operations.
−Removed: the respective Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) for each Fund,
−Removed: Wilmington Trust Company, the Trustee of each of the Funds (the “Trustee”) serves as the sole trustee of each Fund
−Removed: in the State of Delaware.
−Removed: The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Funds in the State of Delaware and will make
−Removed: certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act.
−Removed: Under the respective Trust Agreement for each Fund, the Sponsor has the
−Removed: exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Fund.
−Removed: The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the
−Removed: Fund, the Sponsor or the Shareholders of the Fund.
−Removed: The Trustee has no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance
−Removed: of the Sponsor, nor does the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Sponsor.
−Removed: RISE and BDRY each incurred
−Removed: $2,500, in trustee fees for each of the two years in the period ended June 30, 2020, which is included in Other Expenses in the
−Removed: Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: Treasury Securities or similar high credit quality
+Added: short-term fixed-income or similar securities are not included in the foregoing analysis.
+Added: BDRY incurred $ 518,616 and $ 208,650 in brokerage
+Added: commissions and fees for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: to its liquidation, RISE incurred $ 1,424 and $ 4,961 in brokerage commissions and fees for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively,
+Added: as disclosed in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”) for the Fund, Wilmington Trust
+Added: Company, the Trustee of the Fund (the “Trustee”) serves as the sole trustee of the Fund in the State of Delaware.
+Added: will accept service of legal process on the Fund in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory
+Added: Under the Trust Agreement for the Fund, the Sponsor has the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business
+Added: The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the Fund, the Sponsor or the Shareholders of the Fund.
+Added: The Trustee has no duty
+Added: or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Sponsor, nor does the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions
+Added: of the Sponsor.
+Added: BDRY incurred $ 3,122 and $ 2,500 , respectively, in trustee fees for years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, which is included
+Added: in Other Expenses in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: to its liquidation, RISE incurred $ 1,878 and $ 2,500 in trustee fees, respectively, for years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, which is included
+Added: in Other Expenses in the Combined Statements of Operations.
Routine Offering, Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses
−Removed: Sponsor, in accordance with the RISE Expense Cap limitation, paid all of the routine offering, operational, administrative and
−Removed: other ordinary expenses of RISE in excess of 1.00% (excluding brokerage commissions and interest expense) of RISE’s average
−Removed: daily net assets, including, but not limited to, accounting and computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, Administrator,
−Removed: Custodian, Transfer Agent and Distributor, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax return preparation expenses, filing fees,
−Removed: and printing, mailing and duplication costs.
−Removed: RISE incurred $456,460 and $693,783 for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively,
−Removed: in routine offering, operational, administrative or other ordinary expenses.
−Removed: assumption of Fund expenses above the RISE Expense Cap by the Sponsor, pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed in Note 4a),
−Removed: amounted to $389,041 and $184,268, respectively, for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: Sponsor, in accordance with the BDRY Expense Cap limitation paid, after the waiver of the CTA fee for BDRY by Breakwave, all of
−Removed: the routine offering, operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of BDRY in excess of 3.50% (excluding brokerage
−Removed: commissions and interest expense) of BDRY’s average daily net assets, including, but not limited to, accounting and computer
−Removed: services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent and Distributor, legal and accounting
−Removed: fees and expenses, tax return preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs.
−Removed: BDRY incurred $847,729
−Removed: and $667,238 during the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, in routine offering, operational, administrative or
−Removed: other ordinary expenses.
−Removed: CTA fee waiver for BDRY by Breakwave was $60,769 and $45,460 for the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: addition, the assumption of Fund expenses above the BDRY Expense Cap by the Sponsor, pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed
−Removed: in Note 4a), amounted to $284,850 and $477,429 for the years ended June 30, 2020 and June 30, 2019, respectively.
+Added: Sponsor, in accordance with the BDRY Expense Cap limitation paid, after the waiver of a portion of the CTA fee for BDRY by Breakwave,
+Added: all of the routine offering, operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of BDRY in excess of 3.50 % (excluding brokerage
+Added: commissions and interest expense) of BDRY’s average daily net assets, including, but not limited
+Added: to, accounting and computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent and Distributor,
+Added: legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax return preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs.
+Added: incurred $ 1,888,152 and $ 847,729 , respectively, during the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 in routine offering, operational, administrative
+Added: or other ordinary expenses.
+Added: CTA fee waiver for BDRY by Breakwave was $ 39,184 and $ 60,759 , respectively, for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: addition, the assumption of Fund expenses above the BDRY Expense Cap by the Sponsor, pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed in Note
+Added: 4a), amounted to $- 0 - and $ 284,850 , respectively, for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: to its liquidation, RISE incurred $ 193,779 and $ 456,460 , respectively, in routine offering, operational, administrative or other ordinary
+Added: expenses for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
+Added: to its liquidation, the assumption of Fund expenses above the RISE Expense Cap by the Sponsor pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed
+Added: in Note 4a) amounted to $ 136,902 and $ 389,041 , respectively, for the years ended June 30, 2021 and 2020.
Organizational and Offering Costs
−Removed: incurred in connection with organizing RISE and up to the offering of its Shares upon commencement of its investment operations
−Removed: on February 19, 2015, were paid by the Sponsor and Sit without reimbursement.
−Removed: Expenses incurred in connection with organizing
−Removed: BDRY and up to the offering of its Shares upon commencement of its investment operations on March 22, 2018, were paid by the Sponsor
−Removed: and Breakwave without reimbursement.
−Removed: all such expenses are not reflected in the Statements of Operations.
−Removed: The Fund will bear the costs of its continuous offering of
−Removed: Shares and ongoing offering expenses.
+Added: incurred in connection with organizing BDRY and up to the offering of its Shares upon commencement of its investment operations on March
+Added: 22, 2018, were paid by the Sponsor and Breakwave without reimbursement.
+Added: all such expenses are not reflected in the Combined Statements of Operations.
+Added: The Fund will bear the costs of its continuous offering
+Added: of Shares and ongoing offering expenses.
Such ongoing offering costs will be included as a portion of the Routine Offering, Operational,
Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses.
−Removed: These costs will include registration fees for regulatory agencies and all legal,
−Removed: accounting, printing and other expenses associated therewith.
−Removed: These costs will be accounted for as a deferred charge and thereafter
−Removed: amortized to expense over twelve months on a straight-line basis or a shorter period if warranted.
−Removed: For the years ended June 30,
−Removed: 2020 and 2019, respectively, RISE and BDRY did not incur such expenses.
+Added: These costs will include registration fees for regulatory agencies and all legal, accounting,
+Added: printing and other expenses associated therewith.
+Added: These costs will be accounted for as a deferred charge and thereafter amortized to
+Added: expense over twelve months on a straight-line basis or a shorter period if warranted.
+Added: the year ended June 30, 2021 the Sponsor, in order to maintain the continuous offering of Shares undertook to register additional shares
+Added: of the Fund, the costs of which were borne by the Fund and aggregated $ 28,997 , of which $ 4,926 was amortized to expense at June 30, 2021.
+Added: The remaining $ 24,071 in prepaid expenses is included in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities at June 30, 2021.
+Added: year ended June 30, 2020 BDRY did not incur such expenses.
Extraordinary Fees and Expenses
2 unchanged sentences
and unusual in nature, such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other unanticipated expenses.
−Removed: Such extraordinary fees and expenses, by their nature, are unpredictable in terms of timing and amount.
+Added: extraordinary fees and expenses, by their nature, are unpredictable in terms of timing and amount.
For the years ended June 30, 2021
−Removed: 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, RISE and BDRY did not incur such expenses.
+Added: and 2020, respectively, BDRY did not incur such expenses.
Creations and Redemptions
Fund issues and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation or Redemption Baskets.
−Removed: A Creation or Redemption
−Removed: Basket is a block of 25,000 shares (50,000 shares prior to August 17, 2018) of each Fund.
−Removed: Baskets may be created or redeemed only
−Removed: by Authorized Participants.
+Added: A Creation or Redemption Basket
+Added: is a block of 25,000 shares of the Fund.
+Added: Baskets may be created or redeemed only by Authorized Participants.
when aggregated in Creation or Redemption Baskets, the shares are not redeemable securities.
−Removed: Retail investors, therefore, generally
−Removed: will not be able to purchase or redeem shares directly from or with each Fund.
−Removed: Rather, most retail investors will purchase or
−Removed: sell shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker.
−Removed: Thus, some of the information contained in these Notes to
−Removed: Financial Statements –
−Removed: such as references to the Transaction Fee imposed on creations and redemptions –
−Removed: is not relevant
−Removed: to retail investors.
+Added: Retail investors, therefore, generally will
+Added: not be able to purchase or redeem shares directly from or with the Fund.
+Added: Rather, most retail investors will purchase or sell shares in
+Added: the secondary market with the assistance of a broker.
+Added: Thus, some of the information contained in these Notes to Combined Financial Statements
+Added: – such as references to the Transaction Fee imposed on creations and redemptions – is not relevant to retail investors.
Transaction Fees on Creation and Redemption Transactions
−Removed: connection with orders to create and redeem one or more Creation or Redemption Baskets, an Authorized Participant is required
−Removed: to pay a transaction fee, or AP Transaction Fee, of $250 ($500 prior to May 18, 2020) per order, which goes directly to the Custodian.
−Removed: The AP Transaction Fees are paid by the Authorized Participants and not by the Funds.
+Added: connection with orders to create and redeem one or more Creation or Redemption Baskets, an Authorized Participant is required to pay
+Added: a transaction fee, or AP Transaction Fee, of $ 250 ($ 500 prior to May 18, 2020) per order, which goes directly to the Custodian.
+Added: Transaction Fees are paid by the Authorized Participants and not by the Fund.
Share Transactions
−Removed: RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: Summary of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: Net Assets Increase
−Removed: Shares Redeemed
−Removed: $ (6,331,666 )
−Removed: Summary of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: Net Assets Increase
−Removed: Shares Redeemed
−Removed: (62,562,010 )
−Removed: $ (37,101,090 )
DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: Summary of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2020
−Removed: Net Assets Increase
−Removed: Shares Redeemed
+Added: of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2021
+Added: Assets Increase
+Added: Increase (Decrease)
DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: Summary of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2019
−Removed: Net Assets Increase
−Removed: Shares Redeemed
−Removed: Investment Related Risk
−Removed: NAV of RISE’s shares relates directly to the value of the U.S.
−Removed: treasuries, cash and cash equivalents held by RISE and the
−Removed: portfolio’s negative effective duration established and maintained through RISE’s investment in Treasury Instruments.
−Removed: Fluctuations in the prices of these assets could materially adversely affect the value and performance of an investment in RISE’s
−Removed: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results;
−Removed: all or substantially all of an investment in RISE could
−Removed: in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise, however, RISE attempts to maintain a portfolio with a
−Removed: negative effective duration and therefore anticipates that an increase in interest rates may increase RISE’s value, and
−Removed: a decrease in rates may lower RISE’s value.
−Removed: The NAV of RISE’s shares relates directly to the value of U.S.
−Removed: and Treasury Instruments held by RISE which are materially impacted by interest rate movements.
−Removed: The magnitude of the impact on
−Removed: value from a change in interest rates is often greater for longer-term fixed income than shorter-term securities.
−Removed: Interest rates
−Removed: have remained near historic lows since the market events of 2008 and may remain low.
−Removed: rate movements are heavily influenced by the action of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other central
−Removed: Their actions are based on judgments and policies which involve numerous political and economic factors which are unpredictable.
−Removed: Recent interest rate and monetary policies have been unprecedented and may continue to be so.
−Removed: attempts to track a portfolio benchmark.
−Removed: The performance of RISE may not closely track the performance of the RISE Benchmark Portfolio
−Removed: for a variety of reasons.
−Removed: For example, RISE incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the benchmark.
−Removed: RISE is also required to manage cash flows and may experience operational inefficiencies the benchmark does not.
−Removed: RISE may not be fully invested in the contents of its benchmark at all times or may hold securities not included in its benchmark.
−Removed: invests in Treasury Instruments and U.S.
−Removed: treasuries with exposure to different maturity dates.
−Removed: Generally, RISE’s exposure
−Removed: to securities with maturities of 2 and 5 years will be greater than its exposure to securities with maturities of 10 years.
−Removed: rates do not change uniformly for U.S.
−Removed: Treasuries of different maturities and therefore if interest rates rise, the investment
−Removed: performance of RISE will be impacted by RISE’s current maturity exposure which may be different from the expectations of
−Removed: the Sponsor and investors in RISE.
−Removed: At any time, RISE’s maturity exposure may not be optimal with respect to a movement in
−Removed: interest rates which would negatively impact performance.
−Removed: NAV of BDRY’s shares relates directly to the value of the futures portfolio, cash and cash equivalents held by BDRY.
−Removed: in the prices of these assets could materially adversely affect the value and performance of an investment in BDRY’s shares.
−Removed: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results;
+Added: of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2020
+Added: Assets Increase
+Added: RISING RATE ETF (PRIOR TO LIQUIDATION ON NOVEMBER 18, 2020
+Added: of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2021
+Added: Assets Increase
+Added: Redeemed (Including in Liquidation)
+Added: of Share Transactions for the Year Ended June 30, 2020
+Added: Assets Increase
+Added: (a) Investment Related Risk
+Added: The NAV of BDRY’s shares relates directly
+Added: to the value of the futures portfolio, cash and cash equivalents held by BDRY.
+Added: Fluctuations in the prices of these assets could materially
+Added: adversely affect the value and performance of an investment in BDRY’s shares.
+Added: Past performance is not necessarily indicative of
+Added: future results;
all or substantially all of an investment in BDRY could be lost.
−Removed: NAV of BDRY’s shares relates directly to the value of futures investments held by BDRY which are materially impacted by
−Removed: fluctuations in changes in spot charter rates.
−Removed: Charter rates for dry bulk vessels are volatile and have declined significantly
−Removed: since their historic highs and may remain at low levels or decrease further in the future.
−Removed: and options contracts have expiration dates.
−Removed: Before or upon the expiration of a contract, BDRY may be required to enter into a
−Removed: replacement contract that is priced higher or that have less favorable terms than the contract being replaced (see “Negative
−Removed: Roll Risk,”
−Removed: The Freight Futures market settles in cash against published indices, so there is no physical delivery
−Removed: against the futures contracts.
−Removed: to other futures contracts, the Freight Futures curve shape could be either in “contango”
−Removed: (where the futures curve
−Removed: is upward sloping with next futures price higher than the current one) or “backwardation”
−Removed: (where each the next futures
−Removed: price is lower than the current one).
−Removed: Contango curves are generally characterized by negative roll cost, as the expiring contract
−Removed: value is lower that the next prompt contract value, assuming the same lot size.
−Removed: That means there could be losses incurred when
−Removed: the contracts are rolled each period (“Negative Roll Risk”) and such losses are independent of the Freight Futures
−Removed: Liquidity Risk
−Removed: certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the futures contracts or Financial Instruments in which
−Removed: the Funds invest, the Funds might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent what the market
−Removed: value may have been in an orderly market.
−Removed: Futures and option positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price.
−Removed: difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market.
−Removed: market disruption can also make it difficult to liquidate a position.
−Removed: The large size of the positions that the Funds may acquire
−Removed: increases the risk of illiquidity both by making its positions more difficult to liquidate and by potentially increasing losses
−Removed: while trying to do so.
−Removed: Such a situation may prevent the Funds from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation
−Removed: with the applicable Benchmark Portfolio.
+Added: The NAV of BDRY’s shares relates directly
+Added: to the value of futures investments held by BDRY which are materially impacted by fluctuations in changes in spot charter rates.
+Added: rates for dry bulk vessels are volatile and have declined significantly since their historic highs and may remain at low levels or decrease
+Added: further in the future.
+Added: Futures and options contracts have expiration
+Added: Before or upon the expiration of a contract, BDRY may be required to enter into a replacement contract that is priced higher or
+Added: that have less favorable terms than the contract being replaced (see “Negative Roll Risk,” below).
+Added: The Freight Futures market
+Added: settles in cash against published indices, so there is no physical delivery against the futures contracts.
+Added: Similar to other futures contracts, the Freight
+Added: Futures curve shape could be either in “contango” (where the futures curve is upward sloping with next futures price higher
+Added: than the current one) or “backwardation” (where each the next futures price is lower than the current one).
+Added: Contango curves
+Added: are generally characterized by negative roll cost, as the expiring contract value is lower that the next prompt contract value, assuming
+Added: the same lot size.
+Added: That means there could be losses incurred when the contracts are rolled each period (“Negative Roll Risk”)
+Added: and such losses are independent of the Freight Futures price level.
+Added: (b) Liquidity Risk
+Added: In certain circumstances, such as the disruption
+Added: of the orderly markets for the futures contracts or Financial Instruments in which the Fund invests, the Fund might not be able to dispose
+Added: of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent what the market value may have been in an orderly market.
+Added: Futures and option
+Added: positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price.
+Added: It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively
+Added: small volume of buy and sell orders in a market.
+Added: A market disruption can also make it difficult to liquidate a position.
+Added: The large size
+Added: of the positions that the Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity both by making its positions more difficult to liquidate
+Added: and by potentially increasing losses while trying to do so.
+Added: Such a situation may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains
+Added: or achieving a high correlation with the Benchmark Portfolio.
(c) Natural Disaster/Epidemic Risk
−Removed: Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes, fires,
−Removed: floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics
−Removed: and epidemics (for example, the novel coronavirus COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and
−Removed: have recently led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses.
−Removed: Such natural disaster
−Removed: and health crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned, and result in significant breakdowns,
−Removed: delays, shutdowns, social isolation, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with
−Removed: potential corresponding results on the operating performance of the Funds and their investments.
−Removed: A climate of uncertainty and panic,
−Removed: including the contagion of infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional, and local economies and reduce
−Removed: the availability of potential investment opportunities, and increases the difficulty of performing due diligence and modeling market
−Removed: conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy of financial projections.
−Removed: Under these circumstances, the Funds may have difficulty
−Removed: achieving their investment objectives which may adversely impact performance.
−Removed: Further, such events can be highly disruptive to
−Removed: economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of individual companies (including, but not limited to, the Funds'
−Removed: Sponsor and third party service providers), sectors, industries, markets, securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest
−Removed: and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting the value of the Funds' investments.
−Removed: factors can cause substantial market volatility.
−Removed: exchange trading suspensions and closures and can impact the ability of the Funds
−Removed: to complete redemptions and otherwise affect Fund performance and Fund trading in the secondary market.
−Removed: A widespread crisis may
−Removed: also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the current time.
−Removed: How long such events will last
−Removed: and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted.
−Removed: Impacts from these events could have significant impact on a Fund's
−Removed: performance, resulting in losses to the Funds.
−Removed: (d) Risk that Current Assumptions and Expectations Could
−Removed: Become Outdated As a Result of Global Economic Shocks
−Removed: The onset of the novel coronavirus
−Removed: (COVID-19) has caused significant shocks to global financial markets and economies, with many governments taking extreme
−Removed: actions to slow and contain the spread of COVID-19.
−Removed: These actions have had, and likely will continue to have, a severe
−Removed: economic impact on global economies as economic activity in some instances has essentially ceased at times.
−Removed: Financial markets
−Removed: across the globe are experiencing severe distress at least equal to what was experienced during the global financial crisis
−Removed: The global economic shocks being experienced as of the date hereof may cause the underlying assumptions and
−Removed: expectations of the Funds to become outdated quickly or inaccurate, resulting in significant losses.
+Added: Natural or environmental disasters, such as earthquakes,
+Added: fires, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis and other severe weather-related phenomena generally, and widespread disease, including pandemics
+Added: and epidemics (for example, the novel coronavirus COVID-19), have been and can be highly disruptive to economies and markets and have
+Added: recently led, and may continue to lead, to increased market volatility and significant market losses.
+Added: Such natural disaster and health
+Added: crises could exacerbate political, social, and economic risks previously mentioned, and result in significant breakdowns, delays, shutdowns,
+Added: social isolation, and other disruptions to important global, local and regional supply chains affected, with potential corresponding
+Added: results on the operating performance of the Fund and its investments.
+Added: A climate of uncertainty and panic, including the contagion of
+Added: infectious viruses or diseases, may adversely affect global, regional, and local economies and reduce the availability of potential investment
+Added: opportunities, and increases the difficulty of performing due diligence and modeling market conditions, potentially reducing the accuracy
+Added: of financial projections.
+Added: Under these circumstances, the Fund may have difficulty achieving its investment objective which may adversely
+Added: impact performance.
+Added: Further, such events can be highly disruptive to economies and markets, significantly disrupt the operations of individual
+Added: companies (including, but not limited to, the Fund’s Sponsor and third party service providers), sectors, industries, markets,
+Added: securities and commodity exchanges, currencies, interest and inflation rates, credit ratings, investor sentiment, and other factors affecting
+Added: the value of the Fund’s investments.
+Added: These factors can cause substantial market volatility.
+Added: exchange trading suspensions and closures
+Added: and can impact the ability of the Fund to complete redemptions and otherwise affect Fund performance and Fund trading in the secondary
+Added: A widespread crisis may also affect the global economy in ways that cannot necessarily be foreseen at the current time.
+Added: such events will last and whether they will continue or recur cannot be predicted.
+Added: Impacts from these events could have significant impact
+Added: on the Fund's performance, resulting in losses to the Fund.
+Added: (d) Risk that Current Assumptions and Expectations Could Become
+Added: Outdated As a Result of Global Economic Shocks
+Added: The onset of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)
+Added: has caused significant shocks to global financial markets and economies, with many governments taking extreme actions to slow and contain
+Added: the spread of COVID-19.
+Added: These actions have had, and likely will continue to have, a severe economic impact on global economies as economic
+Added: activity in some instances has essentially ceased at times.
+Added: Financial markets across the globe are experiencing severe distress at least
+Added: equal to what was experienced during the global financial crisis in 2008.
+Added: The global economic shocks being experienced as of the date
+Added: hereof may cause the underlying assumptions and expectations of the Fund to become outdated quickly or inaccurate, resulting in significant
(7) Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions
−Removed: to the Trust Agreement, income and expenses are allocated pro rata among the Shareholders monthly based on their respective
−Removed: percentage interests as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month.
−Removed: Any losses allocated to the Sponsor which
−Removed: are in excess of the Sponsor’s capital balance are allocated to the Shareholders in accordance with their respective interest
−Removed: in the Funds as a percentage of total Shareholders’
−Removed: Distributions (other than redemption of units) may be made
−Removed: at the sole discretion of the Sponsor on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective interests of the Shareholders.
+Added: Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, income and expenses
+Added: are allocated pro rata among the Shareholders monthly based on their respective percentage interests as of the close of the last
+Added: trading day of the preceding month.
+Added: Any losses allocated to the Sponsor which are in excess of the Sponsor’s capital balance are
+Added: allocated to the Shareholders in accordance with their respective interest in the Fund as a percentage of total Shareholders’ capital.
+Added: Distributions (other than redemption of units) may be made at the sole discretion of the Sponsor on a pro rata basis in accordance
+Added: with the respective interests of the Shareholders.
(8) Indemnifications
−Removed: Sponsor, either in its own capacity or in its capacity as the Sponsor and on behalf of the Funds, has entered into various service
−Removed: agreements that contain a variety of representations, or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers
−Removed: undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Funds.
−Removed: As of June 30, 2020, the Funds had not received
−Removed: any claims or incurred any losses pursuant to these agreements and expects the risk of such losses to be remote.
−Removed: term of each Fund is perpetual unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances as described in the applicable Prospectus.
+Added: The Sponsor, either in its own capacity or in
+Added: its capacity as the Sponsor and on behalf of the Fund, has entered into various service agreements that contain a variety of representations,
+Added: or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best
+Added: interests of the Fund.
+Added: As of June 30, 2021, the Fund had not received any claims or incurred any losses pursuant to these agreements
+Added: and expects the risk of such losses to be remote.
+Added: (9) Termination
+Added: The term of the Fund is perpetual unless terminated
+Added: earlier in certain circumstances as described in the Prospectus.
+Added: On October 16, 2020, the Sponsor announced that
+Added: it would close and liquidate the SIT RISING RATE ETF (“RISE”) because of current market conditions and the Fund’s asset
+Added: The last day the liquidated fund accepted creation orders was on October 30, 2020.
+Added: Trading in RISE was suspended after the close
+Added: of the NYSE Arca on October 30, 2020.
+Added: Proceeds of the liquidation were sent to shareholders on November 18, 2020 (the “Distribution
+Added: From October 30, 2020 through the distribution date, shares of RISE did not trade on the NYSE Arca nor was there a secondary
+Added: market for the shares.
+Added: Any shareholders that remained in RISE on the Distribution Date automatically had their shares redeemed for cash
+Added: at the current net asset value on November 18, 2020.
(10) Net Asset Value and Financial Highlights
−Removed: Funds are presenting, as applicable, the following net asset value and financial highlights related to investment performance
−Removed: for a Share outstanding throughout the years ended June 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.
−Removed: The net investment income and total expense
−Removed: ratios are calculated using average net assets.
−Removed: The net asset value presentation is calculated by dividing each Fund’s net
−Removed: assets by the average daily number of Shares outstanding.
+Added: The Funds are presenting, as applicable, the
+Added: following net asset value and financial highlights related to investment performance for a Share outstanding throughout the years ended
+Added: June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
+Added: The net investment income and total expense ratios are calculated using average net assets.
+Added: net asset value presentation is calculated by dividing each Fund’s net assets by the average daily number of Shares outstanding.
The net investment income (loss) and expense ratios have been annualized.
−Removed: The total return is based on the change in net asset value and market value of the Shares during the period.
−Removed: An individual investor’s
−Removed: return and ratios may vary based on the timing of their transactions in Fund Shares.
−Removed: SIT RISING RATE ETF
−Removed: BREAKWAVE DRY BULK SHIPPING ETF
−Removed: For the Year Ended June 30,
−Removed: For the Year Ended June 30,
+Added: The total return is based on the change in net asset value
+Added: and market value of the Shares during the period.
+Added: An individual investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of their
+Added: transactions in Fund Shares.
+Added: BREAKWAVE DRY
+Added: BULK SHIPPING ETF
+Added: Ended June 30,
+Added: Ended June 30,
Net Asset Value
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Total Return, at Market Value**
−Removed: are annualized.
−Removed: are not annualized.
−Removed: Sit Rising Rate ETF, Fund expenses have been capped at 1.00% of average daily net assets, plus brokerage commissions and interest
−Removed: For Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF, Fund expenses have been capped at 3.50% of average daily net assets, plus brokerage
−Removed: commissions and interest expense.
−Removed: of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
−Removed: the Sponsor and Shareholders of
−Removed: Managers Group Commodity Trust I
−Removed: on the financial statements
−Removed: have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities of SIT Rising Rate ETF and Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF
−Removed: (the “Funds”) and the combined statement of assets and liabilities of ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I (the “Trust”),
−Removed: including the schedules of investments of the Funds and the combined schedules of investments of the Trust, as of June 30, 2020
−Removed: and 2019, and the related statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows of the Funds;
−Removed: combined statements of
−Removed: operations, changes in net assets, and cash flows of the Trust for the years then ended, and the related notes (collectively referred
−Removed: to as the “financial statements”).
−Removed: In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects,
−Removed: the financial position of the Funds and the Trust as of June 30, 2020 and 2019, and the results of their operations and their
−Removed: cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
−Removed: financial statements are the responsibility of the Funds’
−Removed: and the Trust’s management.
−Removed: Our responsibility is to express
−Removed: an opinion on the Funds’
−Removed: and Trust’s financial statements based on our audits.
−Removed: We are a public accounting firm registered
−Removed: with the PCAOB and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds and the Trust in accordance with the U.S.
−Removed: securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
−Removed: conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.
−Removed: Those standards require that we plan and perform the
−Removed: audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due
−Removed: to error or fraud.
−Removed: The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting.
−Removed: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial
−Removed: reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal control over
−Removed: financial reporting.
+Added: * Percentages are annualized.
+Added: ** Percentages are not annualized.
+Added: *** For Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF, Fund expenses have been capped at 3.50 % of average daily net assets, plus brokerage commissions, interest expense, and extraordinary expenses, if any.
+Added: Prior to the liquidation of Sit Rising Rate ETF, Fund expenses had been capped at 1.00 % of average daily net assets, plus brokerage commissions, interest expense, and extraordinary expenses.
+Added: Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting
+Added: To the Sponsor and Shareholders of
+Added: ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I
+Added: Opinion on the financial statements
+Added: We have audited the following:
+Added: ● accompanying
+Added: statements of assets and liabilities of Breakwave Dry Bulk Shipping ETF (“BDRY”) (a series of ETF Managers Group Commodity
+Added: Trust I (the “Trust”), including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2021 and 2020, the related statements of operations,
+Added: changes in net assets and cash flows of the Fund for the years then ended, and the related notes;
+Added: accompanying statement of assets and liabilities of SIT Rising Rate ETF (“RISE”, formerly a series of the Trust and collectively
+Added: with BDRY the “Funds”) as of June 30, 2020, including the schedule of investments, the related statement of operations, changes
+Added: in net assets and cash flows for the year then ended and for the period from July 1, 2020 to October 30, 2020 (date on which RISE terminated
+Added: operations) and the related notes;
+Added: combined statement of assets and liabilities of the Trust as of June 30, 2020, including the combined schedule of investments of the
+Added: Trust, the combined statements of operations, changes in net assets and cash flows of the Trust for the year then ended and for the period
+Added: from July 1, 2020 to October 30, 2020 (date on which RISE terminated operations), and the related notes
+Added: above are collectively referred to as the “financial statements”.
+Added: In our opinion, the financial statements present
+Added: fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds and the Trust as of June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2020, and the results
+Added: of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
+Added: United States of America.
+Added: Basis for opinion
+Added: These financial statements are the responsibility
+Added: of the Funds’ and the Trust’s management.
+Added: Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ and Trust’s
+Added: financial statements based on our audits.
+Added: We are a public accounting firm registered with the PCAOB and are required to be independent
+Added: with respect to the Funds and the Trust in accordance with the U.S.
+Added: federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of
+Added: the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
+Added: We conducted our audits in accordance with the
+Added: standards of the PCAOB.
+Added: Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial
+Added: statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud.
+Added: The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged
+Added: to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting.
+Added: As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding
+Added: of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal
+Added: control over financial reporting.
Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
−Removed: audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to
−Removed: error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks.
−Removed: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence
−Removed: supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements.
−Removed: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles
−Removed: used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
+Added: Our audits included performing procedures to assess
+Added: the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
+Added: to those risks.
+Added: Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
+Added: Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
+Added: evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.
We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
−Removed: WithumSmith+Brown, PC
−Removed: have served as the Trust’s and Funds’
−Removed: auditor since 2014.
−Removed: Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: /s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC
+Added: We have served as the Trust’s and Funds’ auditor
+Added: September 10, 2021
+Added: Changes in and
+Added: Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.
+Added: Not applicable.
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