Table of Contents
Performance Overview | |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | 1 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 4 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 7 |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 10 |
Disclosure of Fund Expenses | 13 |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm | 14 |
Financial Statements | |
Schedule of Investments | |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | 15 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 19 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 21 |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 23 |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | 26 |
Statement of Operations | 27 |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets | |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | 28 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 29 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 30 |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 31 |
Financial Highlights | 32 |
Notes to Financial Statements | 36 |
Additional Information | 44 |
Board Considerations Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements | 45 |
Trustees & Officers | 47 |
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RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Investment Objective
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF (the “Fund” or "RFCI") seeks total return, with an emphasis on income as the source of that total return. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a global portfolio of fixed income securities of various maturities, ratings and currency denominations.
Market Recap
The fiscal year ended November 30, 2021 was a year of recovery for the global equity markets. Early into the fiscal year, the release of COVID-19 vaccines caused a global equity rally, led by value stocks. Both developed international equities and emerging international equities outperformed US equities during this rally but began to lose their momentum halfway through February 2021. Emerging markets, specifically, saw a large draw down from mid-February through March; this drawdown was caused in large part due to concerns surrounding China’s growth prospects. These concerns, amplified by political questions surrounding China, would continue to affect performance in the fiscal year, with emerging markets posting negative performance from June through the end of October.
In the developed world, the United States was able to outperform developed international markets. Despite lagging value stocks in the first quarter of the fiscal year, US growth stocks out-performed value for the fiscal year, leading the way within the broad US large cap asset class. For developed international stocks, the value rotation slowed, but never stopped, with growth stock pacing the broad market throughout the fiscal year.
Looking in the rear-view mirror, fixed income markets were volatile in 2021. After beginning the calendar year with the 10-year Treasury bonds yielding just .93%, yields quickly rose as the economy accelerated after Fed stimulus through quantitative easing and government transfer payments. Yields peaked at 1.74% at the end of March, and then traded within a 60-basis point range. With Treasury bond yields low, the funds used a combination of investment grade and high yield credit to generate income, while maintaining a short duration strategy versus the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund’s duration was kept shorter due to the anticipation reducing bond purchases through its quantitative easing program in addition to inflation expectations increasing.
2021 Performance Attribution
Broadly, RFCI underperformed its benchmark for the 12-month period ending November 30, 2021. The underperformance was primarily due to the Fund’s selection within investment grade bonds.
Negative Contributors:
• | Selection within Treasuries: The Fund’s Treasury bond holdings had longer maturities than those in the benchmark and underperformed as interest rates rose throughout the period. |
• | Allocation to Mortgage-backed Securities (MBS): The Fund had no exposure to MBS during this period and MBS outperformed Treasuries. |
Positive Contributors:
• | Allocation to credit: The Fund’s overweight to corporate bonds relative to Treasuries, agencies, and mortgages was additive during the period, as credit spreads tightened. |
• | Allocation to Treasuries: The Fund’s underweight to Treasuries had a positive effect on performance, as interest rates moved higher over the period. |
2022 Outlook
While Riverfront understands and partially shares the worries surrounding rising debt and inflation that contributed to a flat to negative global stock market in the third quarter, RiverFront believes that stocks and commodities will remain the highest performing asset classes. These assets provide more potential for capital appreciation to offset inflation and higher taxes than ‘stable assets’ like cash, CDs, and bonds. In the US, RiverFront prefers to play the equity markets using a barbell approach to growth and value. RiverFront favors growth, mega-cap stocks, specifically those that lean towards software and services, while also selectively investing in more cyclical, value stocks. This approach allows RiverFront’s portfolios to have proper exposures to both sides of the growth versus value trade, while not overexposing the Fund to low-quality, value names or telecommunication stocks, which RiverFront believes at the aggregate are over-valued.
Internationally, RiverFront believes that the potential for a reacceleration in global growth lends itself to value investing. However, RiverFront believes that this excludes developed international energy stocks; it is RiverFront’s view that these stocks are worse positioned to take advantage of high oil prices than their US or emerging counterparts. From a country standpoint, RiverFront prefers the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan, with a partially hedged position in yen and euro denominated assets. In emerging markets, RiverFront’s highest conviction is an underweight to China. RiverFront believes that the Chinese Communist Party's recent actions have signaled an aversion to free market economics that RiverFront believes are required to be a viable investment. As such, Riverfront has allocated capital away from Chinese equites toward South Korea and Saudi Arabian energy equities.
Heading into 2022, RiverFront believes the Fed will accelerate its tapering of bond purchases to help slow inflation. RiverFront expects inflation to peak in the first half of the year, thus limiting the upside pressure on yields. RiverFront’s base case for the 10-year Treasury bond is for it to reach 2% by the end of the calendar year. Given the low level of yields going into the new year RiverFront believes that there will be little price appreciation in bonds, with most of the total return coming from income. Therefore, the Fund will look to out yield the benchmark by owning short and intermediate corporate bonds, high yield, and bank loans in combination with long duration Treasuries to act as a shock absorber in case of risk off events.
1 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Performance (as of November 30, 2021)
1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception^ | |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF – NAV | -1.51% | 3.12% | 2.51% |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF – Market Price* | -1.43% | 3.08% | 2.50% |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Total Return Index | -1.15% | 3.65% | 2.96% |
Total Expense Ratio (per the current prospectus) is 0.54%.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Total return figures assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data please visit www.alpsfunds.com or call 1.866.759.5679.
NAV is an exchange-traded fund’s per-share value. The per-share dollar amount of the fund is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in its portfolio, less any liabilities, by the number of fund shares outstanding. Market Price is the price at which a share can currently be traded in the market. Information detailing the number of days the Market Price of the Fund was greater than the Fund’s NAV and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s NAV can be obtained at www.alpsfunds.com.
^ | The Fund commenced operations on June 14, 2016. |
* | Market Price means the official closing price of a share or, if it more accurately reflects the market value of a share at the time as of which the Fund calculates current net asset value per share, the price that is the midpoint of the bid-ask spread as of that time. It does not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Total Return Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS, and CMBS (agency and non-agency). The index is reported on a total return basis, which assumes reinvestment of any dividends and distributions realized during a given time period. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. One cannot invest directly in an index. Index performance does not reflect fund performance.
The RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF is not suitable for all investors. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.
The Fund’s shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares of the Fund on a secondary market. Only market makers or “authorized participants” may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 25,000 shares.
ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., a FINRA member, is the Distributor for the RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF.
2 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Top 10 Holdings*^ (as of November 30, 2021)
United States Treasury Bond 02/15/2028 2.75% | 6.49% |
United States Treasury Bond 02/15/2041 1.88% | 5.40% |
United States Treasury Bond 02/15/2051 1.88% | 3.98% |
United States Treasury Note 10/31/2025 3.00% | 3.22% |
Broadcom, Inc. 11/15/2035 3.14% | 2.02% |
Marathon Oil Corp. 07/15/2027 4.40% | 2.01% |
Ford Motor Co. 04/22/2030 9.63% | 1.98% |
Iron Mountain, Inc. 09/15/2027 4.88% | 1.97% |
United States Treasury Note 10/31/2031 2.88% | 1.86% |
United States Treasury Bond 08/15/2051 2.00% | 1.79% |
Total % of Top 10 Holdings | 30.72% |
* | % of Total Investments. |
^ | Excludes Money Market Fund |
Future holdings are subject to change.
Growth of $10,000 (as of November 30, 2021)
Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Fund and the Fund’s benchmark
The chart above compares historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception with the performance of the Fund’s benchmark index. Results include the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains distributions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
3 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Investment Objective
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF (the “Fund” or "RFDA") seeks to provide capital appreciation and dividend income. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 65% of its net assets in a portfolio of equity securities of publicly traded U.S. companies with the potential for dividend income. Equity securities include common stocks and common or preferred shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
Market Recap
The fiscal year ended November 30, 2021 was a year of recovery for the global equity markets. Early into the fiscal year, the release of COVID-19 vaccines caused a global equity rally, led by value stocks. Both developed international equities and emerging international equities outperformed US equities during this rally but began to lose their momentum halfway through February 2021. Emerging markets, specifically, saw a large draw down from mid-February through March; this drawdown was caused in large part due to concerns surrounding China’s growth prospects. These concerns, amplified by political questions surrounding China, would continue to affect performance in the fiscal year, with emerging markets posting negative performance from June through the end of October.
In the developed world, the United States was able to outperform developed international. Despite lagging value stocks in the first quarter of the fiscal year, US growth stocks out-performed value for the fiscal year, leading the way within the broad US large cap asset class. For developed international stocks, the value rotation slowed, but never stopped, with growth stock pacing the broad market throughout the fiscal year.
Looking in the rear-view mirror, fixed income markets were volatile in 2021. After beginning the calendar year with the 10-year Treasury bonds yielding just .93%, yields quickly rose as the economy accelerated after Fed stimulus through quantitative easing and government transfer payments. Yields peaked at 1.74% at the end of March, and then traded within a 60-basis point range. With Treasury bond yields low, the Fund used a combination of investment grade and high yield credit to generate income, while maintaining a short duration strategy versus the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund’s duration was kept shorter due to the anticipation reducing bond purchases through its quantitative easing program in addition to inflation expectations increasing.
2021 Performance Attribution
Broadly, RFDA underperformed its benchmark for the 12-month period ending November 30, 2021. The underperformance was primarily due to the Fund’s selection decisions.
1. | Sector Allocation: The sector allocations in RFDA are determined through a bottoms-up process that ranks stocks on three fundamental cornerstones: value, quality and momentum/sentiment. If a sector produces more highly ranked stocks relative to another sector, that sector’s allocation is allowed to exceed its benchmark by a tolerable level, and vice versa. Sector allocation was a slightly negative contributor for RFDA in FY 2021. |
a. | Positive contributors: The underweights to utilities and healthcare were positive contributors. |
b. | Negative contributors: The portfolio’s underweights to consumer cyclicals and its over-weights to consumer non-cyclicals dampened relative performance. |
2. | Security Selection: The investment selection process behind RFDA is built on making a number of security selection choices. This means that there are rarely just one or two things contributing to the returns in the fund. In FY 2021, Riverfront's equity selection posted negative results in aggregate. A few of the top themes that contributed most to performance in the year were: |
a. | Positive contributors: Security selection in healthcare and consumer services were additive. |
b. | Negative contributors: Security selection in business services, non-energy materials and consumer cyclicals detracted from performance. |
2022 Outlook
While Riverfront understands and partially shares the worries surrounding rising debt and inflation that contributed to a flat to negative global stock market in the third quarter, Riverfront believes that stocks and commodities will remain the highest performing asset classes. These assets provide more potential for capital appreciation to offset inflation and higher taxes than ‘stable assets’ like cash, CDs, and bonds. In the US, RiverFront prefers to play the equity markets using a barbell approach to growth and value. Riverfront favors growth, mega-cap stocks, specifically those that lean towards software and services, while also selectively investing in more cyclical, value stocks. This approach allows Riverfront’s portfolios to have proper exposures to both sides of the growth versus value trade, while not overexposing us to low-quality, value names or telecommunication stocks, which RiverFront believes at the aggregate are over-valued.
Internationally, RiverFront believes that the potential for a reacceleration in global growth lends itself to value investing. However, Riverfront believes that this excludes developed international energy stocks; it is Riverfront’s view that these stocks are less positioned to take advantage of high oil prices than their US or emerging counterparts. From a country standpoint, RiverFront prefers the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan, with a partially hedged position in yen and euro denominated assets. In emerging markets, RiverFront’s highest conviction is an underweight to China. Riverfront believes that the Chinese Communist Party's recent actions have signaled an aversion to free market economics that we believe are required to be a viable investment. As such, Riverfront has allocated capital away from Chinese equites toward South Korea and Saudi Arabian energy equities.
4 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Heading into 2022, RiverFront believes the Fed will accelerate its tapering of bond purchases to help slow inflation. RiverFront expects inflation to peak in the first half of the year, thus limiting the upside pressure on yields. RiverFront’s base case for the 10-year Treasury bond is for it to reach 2% by the end of the calendar year. Given the low level of yields going into the new year RiverFront believes that there will be little price appreciation in bonds, with most of the total return coming from income.
Performance (as of November 30, 2021)
1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception^ | |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF – NAV | 23.13% | 13.19% | 13.28% |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF – Market Price* | 23.19% | 13.18% | 13.29% |
S&P 500® Total Return Index | 27.92% | 17.90% | 17.31% |
Total Expense Ratio (per the current prospectus) is 0.52%.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Total return figures assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data please visit www.alpsfunds.com or call 1.866.759.5679.
NAV is an exchange-traded fund’s per-share value. The per-share dollar amount of the fund is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in its portfolio, less any liabilities, by the number of fund shares outstanding. Market Price is the price at which a share can currently be traded in the market. Information detailing the number of days the Market Price of the Fund was greater than the Fund’s NAV and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s NAV can be obtained at www.alpsfunds.com.
^ | The Fund commenced operations on June 7, 2016. |
* | Market Price means the official closing price of a share or, if it more accurately reflects the market value of a share at the time as of which the Fund calculates current net asset value per share, the price that is the midpoint of the bid-ask spread as of that time. It does not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. |
S&P 500® Total Return Index is the Standard & Poor’s composite index of 500 stocks, a widely recognized, unmanaged index of common stock prices. The index is reported on a total return basis, which assumes reinvestment of any dividends and distributions realized during a given time period. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. One cannot invest directly in an index. Index performance does not reflect fund performance.
The RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF is not suitable for all investors. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.
The Fund’s shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares of the Fund on a secondary market. Only market makers or “authorized participants” may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 25,000 shares.
ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., a FINRA member, is the Distributor for the RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF.
5 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Top 10 Holdings* (as of November 30, 2021)
Microsoft Corp. | 8.54% |
Apple, Inc. | 5.54% |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 4.12% |
Broadcom, Inc. | 2.60% |
Bank of America Corp. | 2.58% |
Oracle Corp. | 2.34% |
Eli Lilly & Co. | 2.31% |
Pfizer, Inc. | 2.14% |
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. | 1.99% |
Visa, Inc. | 1.96% |
Total % of Top 10 Holdings | 34.12% |
* | % of Total Investments (excluding investments purchased with collateral from securities loaned) |
Future holdings are subject to change.
Growth of $10,000 (as of November 30, 2021)
Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Fund and the Fund’s benchmark
The chart above compares historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception with the performance of the Fund’s benchmark index. Results include the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains distributions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
6 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Investment Objective
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF (the “Fund” or "RFFC") seeks to provide capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing at least 65% of its net assets in a portfolio of equity securities of publicly traded U.S. companies. Equity securities include common stocks and common or preferred shares of real estate investment trusts (“REITs”).
Market Recap
The fiscal year ended November 30, 2021 was a year of recovery for the global equity markets. Early into the fiscal year, the release of COVID-19 vaccines caused a global equity rally, led by value stocks. Both developed international equities and emerging international equities outperformed US equities during this rally but began to lose their momentum halfway through February 2021. Emerging markets, specifically, saw a large draw down from mid-February through March; this drawdown was caused in large part due to concerns surrounding China’s growth prospects. These concerns, amplified by political questions surrounding China, would continue to affect performance in the fiscal year, with emerging markets posting negative performance from June through the end of October.
In the developed world, the United States was able to outperform developed international. Despite lagging value stocks in the first quarter of the fiscal year, US growth stocks out-performed value for the fiscal year, leading the way within the broad US large cap asset class. For developed international stocks, the value rotation slowed, but never stopped, with growth stock pacing the broad market throughout the fiscal year.
Looking in the rear-view mirror, fixed income markets were volatile in 2021. After beginning the calendar year with the 10-year Treasury bonds yielding just .93%, yields quickly rose as the economy accelerated after Fed stimulus through quantitative easing and government transfer payments. Yields peaked at 1.74% at the end of March, and then traded within a 60-basis point range. With Treasury bond yields low, the Fund used a combination of investment grade and high yield credit to generate income, while maintaining a short duration strategy versus the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund’s duration was kept shorter due to the anticipation reducing bond purchases through its quantitative easing program in addition to inflation expectations increasing.
2021 Performance Attribution
Broadly, RFFC underperformed its benchmark for the 12-month period ending November 30, 2021. The underperformance was primarily due to the Fund’s allocation and selection decisions.
1. | Sector Allocation: The sector allocations in RFFC are determined through a bottoms-up process that ranks stocks on three fundamental cornerstones: value, quality and momentum/sentiment. If a sector produces more highly ranked stocks relative to another sector, that sector’s allocation is allowed to exceed its benchmark by a tolerable level, and vice versa. Sector allocation was a slightly negative contributor for RFFC in FY 2021. |
a. | Positive contributors: The underweights to utilities and consumer services were positive contributors. |
b. | Negative contributors: The portfolio’s underweight to energy and over-weight to consumer non-cyclicals negatively impacted portfolio returns. |
2. | Security Selection: The investment selection process behind RFFC is built on making a number of security selection choices. This means that there are rarely just one or two things contributing to the returns in the fund. In FY 2021, RiverFront’s equity selection posted negative results in aggregate. A few of the top themes that contributed most to performance in the year were: |
a. | Positive contributors: Security selection in healthcare, technology, and industrials were net positives. |
b. | Negative contributors: Security selection in non-energy materials, consumer non-cyclicals and financials were detractors. |
2022 Outlook
While Riverfront understands and partially shares the worries surrounding rising debt and inflation that contributed to a flat to negative global stock market in the third quarter, RiverFront believes that stocks and commodities will remain the highest performing asset classes. These assets provide more potential for capital appreciation to offset inflation and higher taxes than ‘stable assets’ like cash, CDs, and bonds. In the US, RiverFront prefers to play the equity markets using a barbell approach to growth and value. RiverFront favors growth, mega-cap stocks, specifically those that lean towards software and services, while also selectively investing in more cyclical, value stocks. This approach allows our portfolios to have proper exposures to both sides of the growth versus value trade, while not overexposing us to low-quality, value names or telecommunication stocks, which RiverFront believes at the aggregate are over-valued.
Internationally, RiverFront believes that the potential for a reacceleration in global growth lends itself to value investing. However, RiverFront believes that this excludes developed international energy stocks; it is RiverFront’s view that these stocks are less positioned to take advantage of high oil prices than their US or emerging counterparts. From a country standpoint, RiverFront prefers the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan, with a partially hedged position in yen and euro denominated assets. In emerging markets, RiverFront’s highest conviction is an underweight to China. RiverFront believes that the Chinese Communist Party's recent actions have signaled an aversion to free market economics that RiverFront believes are required to be a viable investment. As such, Riverfront has allocated capital away from Chinese equites toward South Korea and Saudi Arabian energy equities.
7 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Heading into 2022, RiverFront believes the Fed will accelerate its tapering of bond purchases to help slow inflation. RiverFront expects inflation to peak in the first half of the year, thus limiting the upside pressure on yields. RiverFront’s base case for the 10-year Treasury bond is for it to reach 2% by the end of the calendar year. Given the low level of yields going into the new year RiverFront believes that there will be little price appreciation in bonds, with most of the total return coming from income.
Performance (as of November 30, 2021)
1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception^ | |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF – NAV | 23.65% | 12.71% | 13.00% |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF – Market Price* | 23.56% | 12.69% | 12.99% |
S&P Composite 1500® Total Return Index | 27.95% | 17.38% | 16.93% |
Total Expense Ratio (per the current prospectus) is 0.52%.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Total return figures assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For the most current month-end performance data please visit www.alpsfunds.com or call 1.866.759.5679.
NAV is an exchange-traded fund’s per-share value. The per-share dollar amount of the fund is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in its portfolio, less any liabilities, by the number of fund shares outstanding. Market Price is the price at which a share can currently be traded in the market. Information detailing the number of days the Market Price of the Fund was greater than the Fund’s NAV and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s NAV can be obtained at www.alpsfunds.com.
^ | The Fund commenced operations on June 7, 2016. |
* | Market Price means the official closing price of a share or, if it more accurately reflects the market value of a share at the time as of which the Fund calculates current net asset value per share, the price that is the midpoint of the bid-ask spread as of that time. It does not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. |
S&P Composite 1500® Total Return Index is the Standard & Poor’s broad-based unmanaged capitalization-weighted index comprising 1,500 stocks of Large-cap, Mid-cap, and Small-cap U.S. companies. The index is reported on a total return basis, which assumes reinvestment of any dividends and distributions realized during a given time period. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. One cannot invest directly in an index. Index performance does not reflect fund performance.
The RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF is not suitable for all investors. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.
The Fund’s shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares of the Fund on a secondary market. Only market makers or “authorized participants” may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 25,000 shares.
ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., a FINRA member, is the Distributor for the RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF.
8 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Top 10 Holdings* (as of November 30, 2021)
Microsoft Corp. | 6.47% |
Apple, Inc. | 6.05% |
Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.29% |
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 1.73% |
Enphase Energy, Inc. | 1.64% |
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. | 1.47% |
Eli Lilly & Co. | 1.45% |
Adobe, Inc. | 1.44% |
Prologis, Inc. | 1.39% |
Oracle Corp. | 1.35% |
Total % of Top 10 Holdings | 26.28% |
* | % of Total Investments (excluding investments purchased with collateral from securities loaned) |
Future holdings are subject to change.
Growth of $10,000 (as of November 30, 2021)
Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Fund and the Fund’s benchmark
The chart above compares historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception with the performance of the Fund’s benchmark index. Results include the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains distributions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
9 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Investment Objective
The RiverFront Strategic Income Fund (the “Fund” or "RIGS") seeks total return, with an emphasis on income as the source of that total return. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a global portfolio of fixed income securities of various maturities, ratings and currency denominations. The Fund utilizes various investment strategies in a broad array of fixed income sectors.
Market Recap
The fiscal year ended November 30, 2021 was a year of recovery for the global equity markets. Early into the fiscal year, the release of COVID-19 vaccines caused a global equity rally, led by value stocks. Both developed international equities and emerging international equities outperformed US equities, during this rally but began to lose their momentum halfway through February 2021. Emerging markets, specifically, saw a large draw down from mid-February through March; this drawdown was caused in large part due to concerns surrounding China’s growth prospects. These concerns, amplified by political questions surrounding China, would continue to affect performance in the fiscal year, with emerging markets posting negative performance from June through the end of October.
In the developed world, the United States was able to outperform developed international. Despite lagging value stocks in the first quarter of the fiscal year, US growth stocks out-performed value for the fiscal year, leading the way within the broad US large cap asset class. For developed international stocks, the value rotation slowed, but never stopped, with growth stock pacing the broad market throughout the fiscal year.
Looking in the rear-view mirror, fixed income markets were volatile in 2021. After beginning the calendar year with the 10-year Treasury bonds yielding just .93%, yields quickly rose as the economy accelerated after Fed stimulus through quantitative easing and government transfer payments. Yields peaked at 1.74% at the end of March, and then traded within a 60-basis point range. With Treasury bond yields low, the Fund used a combination of investment grade and high yield credit to generate income, while maintaining a short duration strategy versus the Bloomberg Aggregate Bond Index. The Fund’s duration was kept shorter due to the anticipation reducing bond purchases through its quantitative easing program in addition to inflation expectations increasing.
2021 Performance Attribution
Broadly, RIGS outperformed its benchmark for the 12-month period ending November 30, 2021. The outperformance was primarily due to its shorter duration and exposure to high yield corporate bonds.
Negative Contributors:
• | Cash allocation: The Fund’s allocation to cash throughout the period negatively impacted performance. |
• | Allocation to Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS): The Fund had no exposure to MBS during this period and MBS outperformed Treasuries. |
Positive Contributors:
• | Selection within US Credit: The Fund held mainly short-maturity, high yield bonds during the period. High yield bonds were one of the highest performing sectors of the fixed income market, as credit spreads tightened sharply. |
• | Allocation to Treasuries: The Fund was underweight Treasuries, which underperformed both Corporate bonds and MBS, as interest rates rose. |
2022 Outlook
While Riverfront understands and partially shares the worries surrounding rising debt and inflation that contributed to a flat to negative global stock market in the third quarter, RiverFront believes that stocks and commodities will remain the highest performing asset classes. These assets provide more potential for capital appreciation to offset inflation and higher taxes than ‘stable assets’ like cash, CDs, and bonds. In the US, RiverFront prefers to play the equity markets using a barbell approach to growth and value. RiverFront favors growth, mega-cap stocks, specifically those that lean towards software and services, while also selectively investing in more cyclical, value stocks. This approach allows RiverFront’s portfolios to have proper exposures to both sides of the growth versus value trade, while not overexposing the Fund to low-quality, value names or telecommunication stocks, which RiverFront believes at the aggregate are over-valued.
Internationally, RiverFront believes that the potential for a reacceleration in global growth lends itself to value investing. However, RiverFront believes that this excludes developed international energy stocks; it is RiverFront’s view that these stocks are less positioned to take advantage of high oil prices than their US or emerging counterparts. From a country standpoint, RiverFront prefers the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Japan, with a partially hedged position in yen and euro denominated assets. In markets, RiverFront’s highest conviction is an underweight to China. RiverFront believes that Chinese Communist Party's recent actions have signaled an aversion to free market economics that RiverFront believes are required to be a viable investment. As such, Riverfront has allocated capital away from Chinese equites toward South Korea and Saudi Arabian energy equities.
Heading into 2022, RiverFront believes the Fed will accelerate its tapering of bond purchases to help slow inflation. RiverFront expects inflation to peak in the first half of the year, thus limiting the upside pressure on yields. RiverFront’s base case for the 10-year Treasury bond is for it to reach 2% by the end of the calendar year. Given the low level of yields going into the new year RiverFront believes that there will be little price appreciation in bonds, with most of the total return coming from income. Therefore, the Fund will look to out yield the benchmark by owning short and intermediate corporate bonds, high yield, and bank loans in combination with long duration Treasuries to act as a shock absorber in case of risk off events.
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RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Performance (as of November 30, 2021)
1 Year | 5 Year | Since Inception^ | |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund – NAV | 1.52% | 3.44% | 3.84% |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund – Market Price* | 1.60% | 3.43% | 3.83% |
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Total Return Index | -1.15% | 3.65% | 3.32% |
Total Expense Ratio (per the current prospectus) is 0.48%. The Fund’s management fees consist of a fee of 0.11% paid to the Fund’s investment adviser and a fee of 0.35% paid to the Fund’s sub-adviser.
Performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Total return figures assume reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions, if any. The table does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance data may be higher or lower than actual data quoted. For most current month-end performance data please visit www.alpsfunds.com or call 1.866.759.5679.
NAV is an exchange-traded fund’s per-share value. The per-share dollar amount of the Fund is derived by dividing the total value of all the securities in its portfolio, less any liabilities, by the number of Fund shares outstanding. Market Price is the price at which a share can currently be traded in the market. Information detailing the number of days the Market Price of the Fund was greater than the Fund’s NAV and the number of days it was less than the Fund’s NAV can be obtained at www.alpsfunds.com.
^ | The Fund commenced Investment Operations on October 8, 2013. |
* | Market Price means the official closing price of a share or, if it more accurately reflects the market value of a share at the time as of which the Fund calculates current net asset value per share, the price that is the midpoint of the bid-ask spread as of that time. It does not represent the returns an investor would receive if shares were traded at other times. |
Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of the price (the value of principal) of a fixed-income investment to a change in interest rates. Duration is expressed as a number of years. The duration number is a calculation involving present value, yield, coupon, final maturity and call features. The bigger the duration number, the greater the interest-rate risk or reward for bond prices. Rising interest rates mean falling bond prices, while declining interest rates mean rising bond prices.
Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Total Return Index is a broad-based benchmark that measures the investment grade, U.S. dollar-denominated, fixed-rate taxable bond market, including Treasuries, government-related and corporate securities, MBS (agency fixed-rate and hybrid ARM pass-throughs), ABS, and CMBS (agency and non-agency). The index is reported on a total return basis, which assumes reinvestment of any dividends and distributions realized during a given time period. The index is not actively managed and does not reflect any deductions for fees, expenses or taxes. One cannot invest directly in an index. Index performance does not reflect fund performance.
The RiverFront Strategic Income Fund is not suitable for all investors. Investments in the Fund are subject to investment risks, including possible loss of the principal amount invested.
The Fund's shares are not individually redeemable. Investors buy and sell shares of the fund on a secondary market. Only market makers or "authorized participants" may trade directly with the Fund, typically in blocks of 25,000 shares.
ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc., a FINRA member, is the distributor for the RiverFront Strategic Income Fund.
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RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |
Performance Overview | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Top 10 Holdings*^ (as of November 30, 2021)
United States Treasury Bond 02/15/2031 1.13% | 3.74% |
United States Treasury Bond 02/15/2050 2.00% | 1.78% |
CIT Group, Inc. 08/15/2022 5.00% | 1.54% |
T-Mobile USA, Inc. 04/15/2026 2.63% | 1.38% |
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 10/01/2027 4.25% | 1.30% |
PulteGroup, Inc. 03/01/2026 5.50% | 1.30% |
Citigroup, Inc. 09/29/2027 4.45% | 1.30% |
Bank of America Corp. 10/22/2026 4.25% | 1.29% |
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. 10/21/2025 4.25% | 1.27% |
Vistra Operations Co. LLC 07/15/2024 3.55% | 1.26% |
Total % of Top 10 Holdings | 16.16% |
* | % of Total Investments. |
^ | Excludes Money Market Fund |
Future holdings are subject to change.
Growth of $10,000 (as of November 30, 2021)
Comparison of Change in Value of $10,000 Investment in the Fund and the Fund’s benchmark
The chart above compares historical performance of a hypothetical investment of $10,000 in the Fund since inception with the performance of the Fund’s benchmark index. Results include the reinvestment of all dividends and capital gains distributions. Past performance does not guarantee future results. The graph does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
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RiverFront ETFs | |
Disclosure of Fund Expenses | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
Shareholder Expense Example: As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur certain ongoing costs, including management fees and other Fund expenses. These examples are intended to help you understand your ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in a Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other funds. It is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the (six month) period and held through November 30, 2021.
Actual Return: The first line of the table provides information about actual account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you incurred over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During Period” to estimate the expenses attributable to your investment during this period.
Hypothetical 5% Return: The second line of the table provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on the Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare ongoing costs of investing in the Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.
The expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight ongoing Fund costs only and do not reflect any transaction costs, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries. Therefore, the second line is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative total costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these costs were included, your costs would have been higher.
Beginning Account Value 6/1/21 | Ending Account Value 11/30/21 | Expense Ratio(a) | Expenses Paid During Period 6/1/21 - 11/30/21(b) | |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | ||||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,007.10 | 0.51% | $2.57 |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,022.51 | 0.51% | $2.59 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | ||||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,059.40 | 0.52% | $2.68 |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,022.46 | 0.52% | $2.64 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | ||||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,063.30 | 0.52% | $2.69 |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,022.46 | 0.52% | $2.64 |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | ||||
Actual | $1,000.00 | $1,002.70 | 0.46% | $2.31 |
Hypothetical (5% return before expenses) | $1,000.00 | $1,022.76 | 0.46% | $2.33 |
(a) | Annualized, based on the Fund's most recent fiscal half year expenses. |
(b) | Expenses are equal to the Fund's annualized expense ratio multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year (183), divided by 365. |
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RiverFront ETFs |
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm |
To the Board of Trustees of ALPS ETF Trust and the shareholders of RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF, RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF, RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF, and RiverFront Strategic Income Fund:
Opinion on the Financial Statements and Financial Highlights
We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF, RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF, RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF, and RiverFront Strategic Income Fund (the "Funds"), four of the funds constituting the ALPS ETF Trust as of November 30, 2021, the related statements of operations for the year then ended, the statements of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, and the related notes.
In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Funds as of November 30, 2021, and the results of their operations for the year then ended, the changes in their net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Basis for Opinion
These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Funds’ financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Funds in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Funds are not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of their internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements and financial highlights, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements and financial highlights. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of November 30, 2021, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers; when replies were not received from brokers, we performed other auditing procedures. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Denver, Colorado
January 26, 2022
We have served as the auditor of one or more investment companies advised by ALPS Advisors, Inc. since 2007.
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RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | |
Schedule of Investments | November 30, 2021 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
CORPORATE BONDS (60.90%) | ||||||||
Communications (7.96%) | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | ||||||||
2.55%, 12/01/2033 | $ | 2,066,000 | $ | 1,999,530 | ||||
Charter Communications Operating LLC / Charter Communications Operating Capital | ||||||||
4.91%, 07/23/2025 | 1,143,000 | 1,262,176 | ||||||
Comcast Corp. | ||||||||
3.60%, 03/01/2024 | 74,000 | 78,495 | ||||||
3.55%, 05/01/2028 | 197,000 | 216,827 | ||||||
4.15%, 10/15/2028 | 1,104,000 | 1,251,695 | ||||||
Discovery Communications LLC | ||||||||
3.95%, 03/20/2028 | 136,000 | 148,502 | ||||||
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. | ||||||||
3.13%, 09/01/2026(a) | 1,265,000 | 1,248,214 | ||||||
T-Mobile USA, Inc. | ||||||||
4.00%, 04/15/2022 | 197,000 | 198,698 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | ||||||||
4.33%, 09/21/2028 | 197,000 | 224,660 | ||||||
4.02%, 12/03/2029 | 111,000 | 124,613 | ||||||
2.36%, 03/15/2032(a) | 932,000 | 924,951 | ||||||
ViacomCBS, Inc. | ||||||||
3.50%, 01/15/2025 | 368,000 | 390,321 | ||||||
3.70%, 06/01/2028 | 50,000 | 54,679 | ||||||
Walt Disney Co. | ||||||||
2.00%, 09/01/2029 | 1,265,000 | 1,264,073 | ||||||
Total Communications | 9,387,434 | |||||||
Consumer Discretionary (6.73%) | ||||||||
ADT Security Corp. | ||||||||
4.13%, 06/15/2023 | 93,000 | 96,160 | ||||||
Alibaba Group Holding, Ltd. | ||||||||
3.60%, 11/28/2024 | 273,000 | 289,559 | ||||||
3.40%, 12/06/2027 | 197,000 | 210,129 | ||||||
Amazon.com, Inc. | ||||||||
3.15%, 08/22/2027 | 412,000 | 444,056 | ||||||
CoreCivic, Inc. | ||||||||
4.63%, 05/01/2023 | 197,000 | 197,427 | ||||||
eBay, Inc. | ||||||||
3.45%, 08/01/2024 | 136,000 | 143,397 | ||||||
Ford Motor Co. | ||||||||
9.63%, 04/22/2030 | 1,600,000 | 2,326,160 | ||||||
General Motors Financial Co., Inc. | ||||||||
3.70%, 05/09/2023 | 350,000 | 362,303 | ||||||
3.60%, 06/21/2030 | 1,091,000 | 1,157,730 | ||||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | ||||||||
4.88%, 03/15/2027 | 1,143,000 | 1,187,886 | ||||||
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | ||||||||
3.10%, 05/03/2027 | 136,000 | 145,059 | ||||||
Marriott International, Inc. | ||||||||
4.00%, 04/15/2028(b) | 185,000 | 201,650 | ||||||
McDonald's Corp. | ||||||||
3.50%, 03/01/2027 | 68,000 | 73,854 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Consumer Discretionary (continued) | ||||||||
Nordstrom, Inc. | ||||||||
4.25%, 08/01/2031 | $ | 1,143,000 | $ | 1,095,400 | ||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 7,930,770 | |||||||
Consumer Staples (1.28%) | ||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev | ||||||||
Worldwide, Inc. | ||||||||
4.00%, 04/13/2028 | 1,279,000 | 1,433,044 | ||||||
Constellation Brands, Inc. | ||||||||
4.75%, 12/01/2025 | 68,000 | 76,342 | ||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 1,509,386 | |||||||
Energy (7.46%) | ||||||||
Chevron Corp. | ||||||||
2.90%, 03/03/2024 | 350,000 | 364,884 | ||||||
ConocoPhillips Co. | ||||||||
4.95%, 03/15/2026 | 136,000 | 153,851 | ||||||
Continental Resources, Inc. | ||||||||
4.50%, 04/15/2023 | 197,000 | 203,970 | ||||||
3.80%, 06/01/2024 | 197,000 | 205,852 | ||||||
Enterprise Products Operating LLC | ||||||||
3.35%, 03/15/2023 | 350,000 | 359,621 | ||||||
Exxon Mobil Corp. | ||||||||
3.04%, 03/01/2026 | 495,000 | 525,653 | ||||||
Hess Midstream Operations LP | ||||||||
4.25%, 02/15/2030(a) | 1,143,000 | 1,107,716 | ||||||
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners LP | ||||||||
4.25%, 09/01/2024 | 197,000 | 210,837 | ||||||
Marathon Oil Corp. | ||||||||
4.40%, 07/15/2027 | 2,150,000 | 2,355,261 | ||||||
Marathon Petroleum Corp. | ||||||||
3.80%, 04/01/2028 | 136,000 | 146,316 | ||||||
ONEOK Partners LP | ||||||||
3.38%, 10/01/2022 | 350,000 | 355,245 | ||||||
Ovintiv Exploration, Inc. | ||||||||
5.63%, 07/01/2024 | 197,000 | 215,142 | ||||||
Sabine Pass Liquefaction LLC | ||||||||
5.63%, 04/15/2023 | 273,000 | 287,131 | ||||||
5.75%, 05/15/2024 | 136,000 | 148,665 | ||||||
Schlumberger Investment SA | ||||||||
3.65%, 12/01/2023 | 568,000 | 594,939 | ||||||
Shell International Finance BV | ||||||||
2.75%, 04/06/2030 | 1,143,000 | 1,196,331 | ||||||
Williams Cos., Inc. | ||||||||
4.55%, 06/24/2024 | 136,000 | 146,255 | ||||||
3.90%, 01/15/2025 | 206,000 | 220,439 | ||||||
Total Energy | 8,798,108 | |||||||
Financials (18.81%) | ||||||||
Aflac, Inc. | ||||||||
3.63%, 11/15/2024 | 273,000 | 292,977 | ||||||
Ally Financial, Inc. | ||||||||
4.13%, 02/13/2022 | 513,000 | 516,585 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | ||||||||
4.25%, 10/22/2026 | 1,714,000 | 1,891,629 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF |
|
Schedule of Investments | November 30, 2021 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Financials (continued) | ||||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. | ||||||||
3.13%, 03/15/2026 | $ | 350,000 | $ | 374,798 | ||||
Chubb INA Holdings, Inc. | ||||||||
3.35%, 05/03/2026 | 339,000 | 365,521 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | ||||||||
3M US L + 1.43%, | ||||||||
09/01/2023(c) | 350,000 | 353,124 | ||||||
4.45%, 09/29/2027 | 197,000 | 219,305 | ||||||
6.63%, 06/15/2032 | 706,000 | 947,499 | ||||||
Cooperatieve Rabobank UA | ||||||||
4.63%, 12/01/2023 | 350,000 | 374,844 | ||||||
Credit Suisse Group AG | ||||||||
4.55%, 04/17/2026 | 322,000 | 356,312 | ||||||
Discover Bank | ||||||||
4.65%, 09/13/2028 | 185,000 | 211,698 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | ||||||||
3M US L + 0.75%, | ||||||||
02/23/2023(c) | 568,000 | 570,631 | ||||||
3M US L + 1.60%, | ||||||||
11/29/2023(c) | 350,000 | 358,852 | ||||||
3.50%, 11/16/2026 | 35,000 | 37,359 | ||||||
5.95%, 01/15/2027 | 978,000 | 1,156,182 | ||||||
Host Hotels & Resorts LP | ||||||||
4.00%, 06/15/2025 | 136,000 | 144,409 | ||||||
HSBC Holdings PLC | ||||||||
4.30%, 03/08/2026 | 185,000 | 203,133 | ||||||
3.90%, 05/25/2026 | 273,000 | 295,501 | ||||||
4.38%, 11/23/2026 | 136,000 | 148,811 | ||||||
Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. | ||||||||
3.75%, 09/21/2028 | 197,000 | 218,272 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | ||||||||
4.88%, 09/15/2027(a) | 2,268,000 | 2,309,686 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | ||||||||
3.38%, 05/01/2023 | 273,000 | 282,951 | ||||||
3M US L + 1.23%, | ||||||||
10/24/2023(c) | 809,000 | 816,463 | ||||||
4.25%, 10/01/2027 | 1,342,000 | 1,500,899 | ||||||
Lincoln National Corp. | ||||||||
3.35%, 03/09/2025 | 273,000 | 290,449 | ||||||
M&T Bank Corp. | ||||||||
3M US L + 0.68%, | ||||||||
07/26/2023(c) | 350,000 | 353,051 | ||||||
MetLife, Inc. | ||||||||
3.60%, 04/10/2024 | 341,000 | 361,576 | ||||||
6.50%, 12/15/2032 | 50,000 | 70,273 | ||||||
Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc. | ||||||||
3.85%, 03/01/2026 | 273,000 | 297,444 | ||||||
Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. | ||||||||
3M US L + 1.00%, | ||||||||
09/11/2024(c) | 700,000 | 708,598 | ||||||
3.17%, 09/11/2027 | 68,000 | 72,173 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Financials (continued) | ||||||||
Morgan Stanley | ||||||||
3M US L + 1.40%, | ||||||||
10/24/2023(c) | $ | 700,000 | $ | 707,873 | ||||
5.00%, 11/24/2025 | 427,000 | 477,868 | ||||||
3.63%, 01/20/2027 | 538,000 | 583,041 | ||||||
NatWest Group PLC | ||||||||
3M US L + 1.48%, | ||||||||
05/15/2023(c) | 273,000 | 276,304 | ||||||
3M US L + 1.47%, | ||||||||
05/15/2023(c) | 350,000 | 351,674 | ||||||
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. | ||||||||
3.15%, 05/19/2027 | 273,000 | 294,685 | ||||||
3.45%, 04/23/2029 | 1,091,000 | 1,191,957 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | ||||||||
5.00%, 12/15/2021 | 92,000 | 92,096 | ||||||
Truist Bank | ||||||||
3.30%, 05/15/2026 | 273,000 | 292,623 | ||||||
UBS Group AG | ||||||||
4.13%, 09/24/2025 | 113,000 | 123,181 | ||||||
4.13%, 04/15/2026 | 68,000 | 74,647 | ||||||
Wells Fargo & Co. | ||||||||
3.00%, 04/22/2026 | 1,528,000 | 1,604,868 | ||||||
Total Financials | 22,171,822 | |||||||
Health Care (6.05%) | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | ||||||||
3.20%, 11/21/2029 | 1,143,000 | 1,218,154 | ||||||
Aetna, Inc. | ||||||||
3.50%, 11/15/2024 | 197,000 | 208,930 | ||||||
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. | ||||||||
3.25%, 02/27/2027 | 768,000 | 833,454 | ||||||
Cigna Corp. | ||||||||
3.00%, 07/15/2023 | 340,000 | 350,862 | ||||||
CVS Health Corp. | ||||||||
4.30%, 03/25/2028 | 392,000 | 441,825 | ||||||
DaVita, Inc. | ||||||||
4.63%, 06/01/2030(a) | 1,143,000 | 1,127,998 | ||||||
HCA, Inc. | ||||||||
5.38%, 09/01/2026 | 1,143,000 | 1,280,149 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | ||||||||
2.45%, 03/01/2026 | 350,000 | 364,965 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | ||||||||
2.80%, 05/18/2023 | 685,000 | 707,389 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | ||||||||
3.20%, 09/15/2023 | 284,000 | 296,667 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | ||||||||
3.75%, 07/15/2025 | 273,000 | 296,432 | ||||||
Total Health Care | 7,126,825 | |||||||
Industrials (4.13%) | ||||||||
3M Co. | ||||||||
3.25%, 02/14/2024 | 568,000 | 596,738 | ||||||
Boeing Co. | ||||||||
3.45%, 11/01/2028 | 197,000 | 206,510 | ||||||
5.15%, 05/01/2030 | 1,143,000 | 1,327,597 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Schedule of Investments | November 30, 2021 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Industrials (continued) | ||||||||
CNH Industrial NV | ||||||||
4.50%, 08/15/2023 | $ | 273,000 | $ | 288,301 | ||||
FedEx Corp. | ||||||||
3.40%, 02/15/2028 | 197,000 | 215,947 | ||||||
General Dynamics Corp. | ||||||||
3.50%, 05/15/2025 | 266,000 | 285,112 | ||||||
General Electric Co. | ||||||||
3.45%, 05/01/2027 | 1,143,000 | 1,246,205 | ||||||
John Deere Capital Corp. | ||||||||
2.65%, 06/24/2024 | 273,000 | 285,238 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | ||||||||
3.55%, 01/15/2026 | 197,000 | 213,430 | ||||||
Textron, Inc. | ||||||||
3.65%, 03/15/2027 | 185,000 | 200,113 | ||||||
Total Industrials | 4,865,191 | |||||||
Materials (1.92%) | ||||||||
Ball Corp. | ||||||||
4.00%, 11/15/2023 | 197,000 | 206,333 | ||||||
DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | ||||||||
4.73%, 11/15/2028 | 1,143,000 | 1,333,070 | ||||||
Glencore Funding LLC | ||||||||
3.00%, 10/27/2022(a) | 350,000 | 356,571 | ||||||
LyondellBasell Industries NV | ||||||||
5.75%, 04/15/2024 | 197,000 | 215,444 | ||||||
Sherwin-Williams Co. | ||||||||
3.45%, 06/01/2027 | 136,000 | 146,631 | ||||||
Total Materials | 2,258,049 | |||||||
Technology (5.63%) | ||||||||
Apple, Inc. | ||||||||
3.20%, 05/11/2027 | 1,143,000 | 1,231,089 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | ||||||||
4.11%, 09/15/2028 | 159,000 | 174,854 | ||||||
3.14%, 11/15/2035(a) | 2,396,000 | 2,365,606 | ||||||
Flex, Ltd. | ||||||||
5.00%, 02/15/2023 | 273,000 | 286,179 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | ||||||||
3.30%, 02/06/2027 | 952,000 | 1,033,606 | ||||||
3.45%, 08/08/2036 | 86,000 | 98,987 | ||||||
2.92%, 03/17/2052 | 93,000 | 99,115 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | ||||||||
3.25%, 11/15/2027 | 1,067,000 | 1,129,783 | ||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | ||||||||
4.00%, 06/15/2025 | 197,000 | 214,546 | ||||||
Total Technology | 6,633,765 | |||||||
Utilities (0.93%) | ||||||||
CMS Energy Corp. | ||||||||
3.60%, 11/15/2025 | 113,000 | 120,819 | ||||||
Consumers Energy Co. | ||||||||
3.13%, 08/31/2024 | 136,000 | 142,528 | ||||||
Dominion Energy, Inc. | ||||||||
4.25%, 06/01/2028 | 185,000 | 207,132 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Utilities (continued) | ||||||||
Exelon Corp. | ||||||||
3.40%, 04/15/2026 | $ | 112,000 | $ | 119,503 | ||||
Southern Co. | ||||||||
2.95%, 07/01/2023 | 350,000 | 359,520 | ||||||
Southwestern Electric Power Co. | ||||||||
4.10%, 09/15/2028 | 136,000 | 151,214 | ||||||
Total Utilities | 1,100,716 | |||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | ||||||||
(Cost $71,663,214) | 71,782,066 | |||||||
GOVERNMENT BONDS (27.24%) | ||||||||
United States Treasury Bond | ||||||||
2.75%, 02/15/2028 | 6,992,000 | 7,605,712 | ||||||
1.25%, 08/15/2031 | 2,000,000 | 1,968,281 | ||||||
3.88%, 08/15/2040 | 974,300 | 1,302,860 | ||||||
1.88%, 02/15/2041 | 6,303,000 | 6,327,377 | ||||||
2.75%, 11/15/2047 | 1,324,000 | 1,580,939 | ||||||
1.88%, 02/15/2051 | 4,583,000 | 4,665,528 | ||||||
2.00%, 08/15/2051 | 2,000,000 | 2,097,187 | ||||||
United States Treasury Inflation Indexed Bonds | ||||||||
2.13%, 02/15/2040(d) | 393,142 | 608,983 | ||||||
United States Treasury Note | ||||||||
2.88%, 10/31/2023 | 2,087,000 | 2,181,323 | ||||||
3.00%, 10/31/2025 | 3,502,000 | 3,768,481 | ||||||
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS | ||||||||
(Cost $30,331,775) | 32,106,671 |
7 Day Yield | Shares | Value | ||||||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (11.29%) | ||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||||||
State
Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund |
0.01 | % | 13,308,403 | 13,308,403 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||||||||
(Cost $13,308,403) | 13,308,403 | |||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.43%) | ||||||||||||
(Cost $115,303,392) | $ | 117,197,140 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (0.57%) | 675,731 | |||||||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 117,872,871 |
Investment Abbreviations:
LIBOR - London Interbank Offered Rate
Reference Rates:
3M US L - 3 Month LIBOR as of November 30, 2021 was 0.17%
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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(a) | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate market value of those securities was $9,440,742, representing 8.01% of net assets. |
(b) | Securities were purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts securities offered and sold outside of the United States from registration. Such securities cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration. As of November 30, 2021, the market value of those securities was $201,650 representing 0.17% of net assets. |
(c) | Floating or variable rate security. The reference rate is described above. The rate in effect as of November 30, 2021 is based on the reference rate plus the displayed spread as of the security's last reset date. |
(d) | Principal amount of security is adjusted for inflation. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS (99.55%) | ||||||||
Communication Services (4.90%) | ||||||||
AT&T, Inc. | 55,279 | $ | 1,262,020 | |||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | 3,798 | 1,232,299 | ||||||
News Corp., Class B | 75,471 | 1,626,400 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b) | 156,053 | 951,923 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 28,308 | 1,423,043 | ||||||
Total Communication Services | 6,495,685 | |||||||
Consumer Discretionary (11.18%) | ||||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 1,557 | 5,460,508 | ||||||
Best Buy Co., Inc. | 9,565 | 1,022,116 | ||||||
Dollar General Corp. | 3,263 | 722,102 | ||||||
Domino's Pizza, Inc. | 2,599 | 1,362,240 | ||||||
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | 7,044 | 1,722,892 | ||||||
NIKE, Inc., Class B | 4,531 | 766,826 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 12,809 | 640,834 | ||||||
Starbucks Corp. | 11,691 | 1,281,801 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 7,526 | 1,835,140 | ||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 14,814,459 | |||||||
Consumer Staples (6.77%) | ||||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 44,096 | 2,312,835 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 22,475 | 1,686,075 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 32,430 | 1,911,424 | ||||||
Philip Morris International, Inc. | 5,677 | 487,881 | ||||||
Vector Group, Ltd. | 76,269 | 1,185,220 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 9,909 | 1,393,503 | ||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 8,976,938 | |||||||
Energy (1.13%) | ||||||||
Kinder Morgan, Inc. | 96,692 | 1,494,858 | ||||||
Financials (9.28%) | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 6,314 | 1,828,534 | ||||||
Artisan Partners Asset Management, Inc., Class A | 17,909 | 801,070 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | 76,855 | 3,417,742 | ||||||
First Republic Bank | 624 | 130,828 | ||||||
FNB Corp. | 66,868 | 779,681 | ||||||
Fulton Financial Corp. | 63,761 | 1,006,786 | ||||||
Mercury General Corp. | 12,604 | 643,056 | ||||||
Navient Corp. | 43,805 | 864,273 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 12,332 | 1,146,136 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | 34,580 | 863,117 | ||||||
Trustmark Corp. | 26,499 | 811,134 | ||||||
Total Financials | 12,292,357 | |||||||
Health Care (10.40%) | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 10,198 | 1,175,626 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 46,132 | 1,756,245 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 12,325 | 3,057,093 | ||||||
Humana, Inc. | 3,285 | 1,378,747 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 22,423 | 1,679,707 | ||||||
Pfizer, Inc. | 52,797 | 2,836,783 |
Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
Health Care (continued) | ||||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 8,534 | $ | 1,894,889 | |||||
Total Health Care | 13,779,090 | |||||||
Industrials (8.24%) | ||||||||
3M Co. | 10,992 | 1,869,080 | ||||||
A O Smith Corp. | 8,148 | 644,099 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. | 36,156 | 2,139,351 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 4,402 | 1,467,275 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 3,498 | 1,220,102 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. | 50,043 | 1,665,431 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B | 9,668 | 1,917,841 | ||||||
Total Industrials | 10,923,179 | |||||||
Information Technology (34.74%) | ||||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | 12,677 | 2,007,656 | ||||||
Apple, Inc. | 44,408 | 7,340,642 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 6,217 | 3,442,229 | ||||||
Cadence Design Systems, Inc.(a) | 14,828 | 2,631,377 | ||||||
Cisco Systems, Inc./Delaware | 15,553 | 852,927 | ||||||
CommVault Systems, Inc.(a) | 18,622 | 1,170,951 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 44,065 | 2,167,998 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 34,189 | 11,302,542 | ||||||
Motorola Solutions, Inc. | 6,002 | 1,519,586 | ||||||
National Instruments Corp. | 15,803 | 656,141 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 34,157 | 3,099,406 | ||||||
Paychex, Inc. | 14,196 | 1,692,163 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 14,970 | 1,497,449 | ||||||
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a) | 2,801 | 798,173 | ||||||
Square, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 9,077 | 1,891,011 | ||||||
Texas Instruments, Inc. | 7,142 | 1,373,907 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. | 13,390 | 2,594,580 | ||||||
Total Information Technology | 46,038,738 | |||||||
Materials (1.45%) | ||||||||
Newmont Mining Corp. | 26,522 | 1,456,588 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 10,745 | 466,226 | ||||||
Total Materials | 1,922,814 | |||||||
Real Estate (9.83%) | ||||||||
American Assets Trust, Inc. | 25,052 | 861,789 | ||||||
American Tower Corp. | 7,121 | 1,869,120 | ||||||
Brandywine Realty Trust | 53,127 | 682,682 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 15,320 | 502,036 | ||||||
Equity Residential | 19,293 | 1,645,886 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | 33,996 | 1,544,778 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 1,583 | 35,491 | ||||||
Lexington Realty Trust | 43,019 | 647,436 | ||||||
National Health Investors, Inc. | 9,211 | 481,183 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | 16,969 | 474,114 | ||||||
Paramount Group, Inc. | 80,881 | 643,813 | ||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 71,344 | 1,239,959 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 8,324 | 1,254,843 | ||||||
Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. | 37,088 | 479,548 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
Real Estate (continued) | ||||||||
SITE Centers Corp. | 43,742 | $ | 658,754 | |||||
Total Real Estate | 13,021,432 | |||||||
Utilities (1.63%) | ||||||||
Alliant Energy Corp. | 8,291 | 454,264 | ||||||
Entergy Corp. | 7,937 | 796,399 | ||||||
PPL Corp. | 32,879 | 915,022 | ||||||
Total Utilities | 2,165,685 | |||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
(Cost $93,087,500) | 131,925,235 |
7 Day Yield | Shares | Value | ||||||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (0.44%) | ||||||||||||
Money Market Fund (0.35%) | ||||||||||||
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | ||||||||||||
(Cost $467,176) | 0.01 | % | 467,176 | 467,176 | ||||||||
Investments Purchased with Collateral from Securities Loaned (0.09%) | ||||||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.03% | ||||||||||||
(Cost $117,429) | 117,429 | 117,429 | ||||||||||
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||||||||
(Cost $584,605) | 584,605 | |||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.99%) | ||||||||||||
(Cost $93,672,105) | $ | 132,509,840 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (0.01%) | 14,353 | |||||||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 132,524,193 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Security, or a portion of the security position is currently on loan. The total market value of securities on loan is $1,504,347. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
COMMON STOCKS (99.56%) | ||||||||
Communication Services (5.78%) | ||||||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class A(a) | 157 | $ | 445,558 | |||||
Alphabet, Inc., Class C(a) | 145 | 413,111 | ||||||
Comcast Corp., Class A | 8,748 | 437,225 | ||||||
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A(a) | 1,936 | 628,154 | ||||||
New York Times Co., Class A | 6,193 | 294,167 | ||||||
Sirius XM Holdings, Inc.(b) | 47,616 | 290,458 | ||||||
Verizon Communications, Inc. | 9,610 | 483,095 | ||||||
Total Communication Services | 2,991,768 | |||||||
Consumer Discretionary (10.28%) | ||||||||
Adtalem Global Education, Inc.(a) | 5,972 | 177,189 | ||||||
Amazon.com, Inc.(a) | 485 | 1,700,929 | ||||||
Chegg, Inc.(a) | 3,534 | 98,422 | ||||||
Domino's Pizza, Inc. | 853 | 447,091 | ||||||
Hanesbrands, Inc. | 13,191 | 213,035 | ||||||
Lowe's Cos., Inc. | 2,693 | 658,681 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | 6,390 | 319,692 | ||||||
Sonic Automotive, Inc., Class A | 6,279 | 281,990 | ||||||
Target Corp. | 2,726 | 664,708 | ||||||
Wendy's Co. | 10,005 | 205,903 | ||||||
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. | 2,830 | 551,397 | ||||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 5,319,037 | |||||||
Consumer Staples (6.66%) | ||||||||
Brown-Forman Corp. | 4,590 | 301,425 | ||||||
Coca-Cola Co. | 10,517 | 551,617 | ||||||
Colgate-Palmolive Co. | 5,018 | 376,450 | ||||||
Mondelez International, Inc., Class A | 7,091 | 417,943 | ||||||
Procter & Gamble Co. | 4,772 | 689,936 | ||||||
Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc.(a) | 8,037 | 212,659 | ||||||
Vector Group, Ltd. | 23,864 | 370,847 | ||||||
Walmart, Inc. | 3,733 | 524,972 | ||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 3,445,849 | |||||||
Energy (1.23%) | ||||||||
Coterra Energy, Inc. | 11,893 | 238,811 | ||||||
EOG Resources, Inc. | 4,570 | 397,590 | ||||||
Total Energy | 636,401 | |||||||
Financials (9.54%) | ||||||||
Ameriprise Financial, Inc. | 2,055 | 595,128 | ||||||
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B(a) | 687 | 190,086 | ||||||
BlackRock, Inc. | 683 | 617,849 | ||||||
First Commonwealth Financial Corp. | 23,599 | 354,693 | ||||||
Hope Bancorp, Inc. | 20,018 | 287,258 | ||||||
Kearny Financial Corp. | 24,054 | 305,726 | ||||||
Mercury General Corp. | 5,839 | 297,906 | ||||||
OceanFirst Financial Corp. | 9,812 | 202,225 | ||||||
Progressive Corp. | 6,604 | 613,776 | ||||||
Provident Financial Services, Inc. | 14,448 | 340,106 |
Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
Financials (continued) | ||||||||
S&P Global, Inc. | 1,099 | $ | 500,847 | |||||
Trupanion, Inc.(a)(b) | 3,047 | 375,756 | ||||||
Trustmark Corp. | 8,250 | 252,533 | ||||||
Total Financials | 4,933,889 | |||||||
Health Care (12.44%) | ||||||||
AbbVie, Inc. | 4,842 | 558,186 | ||||||
Anthem, Inc. | 1,319 | 535,817 | ||||||
Boston Scientific Corp.(a) | 9,635 | 366,805 | ||||||
Eli Lilly & Co. | 3,019 | 748,833 | ||||||
Exelixis, Inc.(a) | 13,186 | 221,393 | ||||||
Johnson & Johnson | 1,066 | 166,221 | ||||||
Merck & Co., Inc. | 6,373 | 477,401 | ||||||
NeoGenomics, Inc.(a) | 5,824 | 199,530 | ||||||
Pacific Biosciences of | ||||||||
California, Inc.(a) | 16,196 | 375,909 | ||||||
Perrigo Co. PLC | 5,062 | 185,826 | ||||||
Quidel Corp.(a) | 1,416 | 208,945 | ||||||
RadNet, Inc.(a) | 12,240 | 329,990 | ||||||
STAAR Surgical Co.(a) | 2,996 | 285,189 | ||||||
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. | 2,017 | 895,992 | ||||||
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.(a) | 1,424 | 266,203 | ||||||
Zoetis, Inc. | 2,750 | 610,610 | ||||||
Total Health Care | 6,432,850 | |||||||
Industrials (9.90%) | ||||||||
3M Co. | 2,488 | 423,060 | ||||||
Allison Transmission Holdings, Inc. | 5,535 | 191,456 | ||||||
CACI International, Inc., Class A(a) | 815 | 211,435 | ||||||
Cintas Corp. | 1,010 | 426,412 | ||||||
CoreCivic, Inc.(a) | 34,422 | 370,725 | ||||||
Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. | 2,521 | 306,604 | ||||||
Fastenal Co. | 5,179 | 306,441 | ||||||
General Electric Co. | 2,199 | 208,883 | ||||||
Graco, Inc. | 5,332 | 388,650 | ||||||
Hubbell, Inc. | 1,349 | 263,999 | ||||||
Lockheed Martin Corp. | 1,020 | 339,986 | ||||||
Northrop Grumman Corp. | 1,068 | 372,518 | ||||||
Rollins, Inc. | 8,248 | 274,493 | ||||||
Steelcase, Inc., Class A | 13,677 | 153,046 | ||||||
United Parcel Service, Inc., | ||||||||
Class B | 2,794 | 554,246 | ||||||
Vicor Corp.(a) | 2,300 | 329,958 | ||||||
Total Industrials | 5,121,912 | |||||||
Information Technology (34.58%) | ||||||||
Adobe, Inc.(a) | 1,113 | 745,543 | ||||||
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.(a) | 4,793 | 759,067 | ||||||
Apple, Inc. | 18,918 | 3,127,145 | ||||||
Broadcom, Inc. | 1,039 | 575,274 | ||||||
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A | 3,303 | 257,568 | ||||||
Enphase Energy, Inc.(a) | 3,400 | 850,000 | ||||||
Entegris, Inc. | 3,721 | 543,564 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
Information Technology (continued) | ||||||||
EPAM Systems, Inc.(a) | 956 | $ | 581,774 | |||||
Gogo, Inc.(a)(b) | 23,949 | 307,026 | ||||||
Intel Corp. | 10,979 | 540,167 | ||||||
Knowles Corp.(a) | 17,268 | 375,061 | ||||||
Mastercard, Inc., Class A | 1,940 | 610,945 | ||||||
Microsoft Corp. | 10,113 | 3,343,257 | ||||||
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,222 | 676,328 | ||||||
NCR Corp.(a) | 7,041 | 273,895 | ||||||
Oracle Corp. | 7,669 | 695,885 | ||||||
PayPal Holdings, Inc.(a) | 2,854 | 527,676 | ||||||
Power Integrations, Inc. | 4,594 | 459,538 | ||||||
Salesforce.com, Inc.(a) | 2,268 | 646,289 | ||||||
Square, Inc., Class A(a)(b) | 1,951 | 406,452 | ||||||
Visa, Inc. | 3,516 | 681,295 | ||||||
VMware, Inc., Class A | 2,120 | 247,489 | ||||||
Zebra Technologies Corp., Class A(a) | 1,117 | 657,667 | ||||||
Total Information Technology | 17,888,905 | |||||||
Materials (3.66%) | ||||||||
Axalta Coating Systems, Ltd.(a) | 8,251 | 250,170 | ||||||
Eastman Chemical Co. | 2,346 | 244,664 | ||||||
FMC Corp. | 2,883 | 288,848 | ||||||
NewMarket Corp. | 440 | 145,772 | ||||||
O-I, Inc.(a) | 22,824 | 252,662 | ||||||
Packaging Corp. of America | 1,540 | 201,109 | ||||||
Vulcan Materials Co. | 1,652 | 316,589 | ||||||
Westrock Co. | 4,495 | 195,038 | ||||||
Total Materials | 1,894,852 | |||||||
Real Estate (4.86%) | ||||||||
Apartment Income REIT Corp. | 5,301 | 269,079 | ||||||
Apartment Investment and Management Co., Class A(a) | 5,301 | 39,280 | ||||||
CubeSmart | 6,601 | 355,926 | ||||||
Douglas Emmett, Inc. | 6,986 | 228,931 | ||||||
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. | 13,436 | 291,427 | ||||||
Kimco Realty Corp. | 14,501 | 325,113 | ||||||
Piedmont Office Realty Trust, Inc., Class A | 16,542 | 287,500 | ||||||
Prologis, Inc. | 4,771 | 719,228 | ||||||
Total Real Estate | 2,516,484 | |||||||
Utilities (0.63%) | ||||||||
Entergy Corp. | 3,267 | 327,811 | ||||||
TOTAL COMMON STOCKS | ||||||||
(Cost $35,992,455) | 51,509,758 |
Security Description | Shares | Value | ||||||
EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS (0.17%) | ||||||||
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 191 | $ | 87,408 | |||||
TOTAL EXCHANGE TRADED FUNDS | ||||||||
(Cost $84,839) | 87,408 |
7 Day Yield | Shares | Value | ||||||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (0.77%) | ||||||||||||
Money Market Fund (0.21%) | ||||||||||||
State
Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund |
||||||||||||
(Cost $109,022) | 0.01 | % | 109,022 | 109,022 | ||||||||
Investments Purchased with Collateral from Securities Loaned (0.56%) | ||||||||||||
State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio, 0.03% | ||||||||||||
(Cost $287,699) | 287,699 | 287,699 | ||||||||||
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||||||||
(Cost $396,721) | 396,721 | |||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (100.50%) | ||||||||||||
(Cost $36,474,015) | $ | 51,993,887 | ||||||||||
LIABILITIES IN EXCESS OF OTHER ASSETS (-0.50%) | (259,219 | ) | ||||||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 51,734,668 |
(a) | Non-income producing security. |
(b) | Security, or a portion of the security position is currently on loan. The total market value of securities on loan is $855,062. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
CORPORATE BONDS (81.86%) | ||||||||
Communications (5.53%) | ||||||||
AMC Networks, Inc. | ||||||||
5.00%, 04/01/2024 | $ | 420,000 | $ | 422,978 | ||||
4.75%, 08/01/2025 | 500,000 | 508,867 | ||||||
CCO Holdings LLC / CCO Holdings | ||||||||
Capital Corp. | ||||||||
5.50%, 05/01/2026(a) | 580,000 | 599,505 | ||||||
CSC Holdings LLC | ||||||||
5.50%, 04/15/2027(a) | 1,075,000 | 1,105,530 | ||||||
Level 3 Financing, Inc. | ||||||||
3.75%, 07/15/2029(a) | 1,268,000 | 1,179,684 | ||||||
Netflix, Inc. | ||||||||
4.38%, 11/15/2026 | 1,000,000 | 1,103,665 | ||||||
Sirius XM Radio, Inc. | ||||||||
3.13%, 09/01/2026(a) | 1,045,000 | 1,031,133 | ||||||
T-Mobile USA, Inc. | ||||||||
2.63%, 04/15/2026 | 1,953,000 | 1,956,662 | ||||||
Total Communications | 7,908,024 | |||||||
Consumer Discretionary (14.69%) | ||||||||
Air Canada | ||||||||
3.88%, 08/15/2026(a) | 1,098,000 | 1,096,227 | ||||||
Aramark Services, Inc. | ||||||||
6.38%, 05/01/2025(a) | 1,098,000 | 1,146,422 | ||||||
Caesars Entertainment, Inc. | ||||||||
6.25%, 07/01/2025(a) | 1,300,000 | 1,353,157 | ||||||
DR Horton, Inc. | ||||||||
4.38%, 09/15/2022 | 1,738,000 | 1,770,951 | ||||||
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. | ||||||||
5.00%, 05/31/2026 | 1,334,000 | 1,365,922 | ||||||
Hilton Domestic Operating Co., Inc. | ||||||||
3.75%, 05/01/2029(a) | 1,209,000 | 1,199,588 | ||||||
International Game Technology PLC | ||||||||
6.50%, 02/15/2025(a) | 1,148,000 | 1,247,044 | ||||||
Las Vegas Sands Corp. | ||||||||
3.20%, 08/08/2024 | 972,000 | 991,986 | ||||||
Lennar Corp. | ||||||||
4.75%, 11/29/2027 | 1,209,000 | 1,375,558 | ||||||
MGM Resorts International | ||||||||
6.00%, 03/15/2023 | 1,300,000 | 1,355,172 | ||||||
Newell Brands, Inc. | ||||||||
4.35%, 04/01/2023 | 400,000 | 414,824 | ||||||
4.70%, 04/01/2026 | 1,000,000 | 1,072,188 | ||||||
Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. | ||||||||
3.52%, 09/17/2025(a) | 1,209,000 | 1,268,813 | ||||||
PulteGroup, Inc. | ||||||||
5.50%, 03/01/2026 | 1,610,000 | 1,837,775 | ||||||
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. | ||||||||
10.88%, 06/01/2023(a) | 1,357,000 | 1,477,678 | ||||||
Six Flags Entertainment Corp. | ||||||||
4.88%, 07/31/2024(a) | 729,000 | 735,379 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Consumer Discretionary (continued) | ||||||||
Yum! Brands, Inc. | ||||||||
7.75%, 04/01/2025(a) | $ | 1,209,000 | $ | 1,276,819 | ||||
Total Consumer Discretionary | 20,985,503 | |||||||
Consumer Staples (2.63%) | ||||||||
Anheuser-Busch InBev | ||||||||
Worldwide, Inc. | ||||||||
4.75%, 01/23/2029 | 1,098,000 | 1,281,517 | ||||||
JBS USA Food Co. | ||||||||
7.00%, 01/15/2026 | 1,278,000 | 1,331,720 | ||||||
Spectrum Brands, Inc. | ||||||||
5.75%, 07/15/2025 | 30,000 | 30,590 | ||||||
US Foods, Inc. | ||||||||
6.25%, 04/15/2025(a) | 1,075,000 | 1,120,935 | ||||||
Total Consumer Staples | 3,764,762 | |||||||
Energy (5.36%) | ||||||||
Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings LLC | ||||||||
7.00%, 06/30/2024 | 1,271,000 | 1,414,294 | ||||||
DCP Midstream Operating LP | ||||||||
5.38%, 07/15/2025 | 1,045,000 | 1,119,435 | ||||||
EQM Midstream Partners LP | ||||||||
4.75%, 07/15/2023 | 408,000 | 421,025 | ||||||
Occidental Petroleum Corp. | ||||||||
2.90%, 08/15/2024 | 1,120,000 | 1,124,010 | ||||||
Petroleos Mexicanos | ||||||||
4.88%, 01/18/2024 | 1,075,000 | 1,095,576 | ||||||
Schlumberger Holdings Corp. | ||||||||
3.90%, 05/17/2028(a) | 1,098,000 | 1,200,256 | ||||||
Valero Energy Corp. | ||||||||
3.40%, 09/15/2026 | 1,209,000 | 1,283,507 | ||||||
Total Energy | 7,658,103 | |||||||
Financials (25.25%) | ||||||||
Air Lease Corp. | ||||||||
4.25%, 02/01/2024 | 1,008,000 | 1,067,908 | ||||||
Ares Capital Corp. | ||||||||
3.50%, 02/10/2023 | 1,212,000 | 1,243,367 | ||||||
Avolon Holdings Funding, Ltd. | ||||||||
2.53%, 11/18/2027(a) | 1,142,000 | 1,115,128 | ||||||
Bancolombia SA | ||||||||
5.13%, 09/11/2022 | 996,000 | 1,018,231 | ||||||
Bank of America Corp. | ||||||||
4.25%, 10/22/2026 | 1,649,000 | 1,819,893 | ||||||
Blackstone Secured Lending Fund | ||||||||
3.63%, 01/15/2026 | 1,196,000 | 1,249,378 | ||||||
Capital One Financial Corp. | ||||||||
4.20%, 10/29/2025 | 1,098,000 | 1,196,526 | ||||||
CIT Group, Inc. | ||||||||
5.00%, 08/15/2022 | 2,121,000 | 2,179,656 | ||||||
Citigroup, Inc. | ||||||||
4.45%, 09/29/2027 | 1,649,000 | 1,835,704 | ||||||
EPR Properties | ||||||||
4.75%, 12/15/2026 | 1,045,000 | 1,130,596 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
23 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | ||
Schedule of Investments | November 30, 2021 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Financials (continued) | ||||||||
FS KKR Capital Corp. | ||||||||
3.40%, 01/15/2026 | $ | 1,209,000 | $ | 1,234,300 | ||||
GLP Capital LP / GLP Financing II, Inc. | ||||||||
3.35%, 09/01/2024 | 972,000 | 1,011,716 | ||||||
Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. | ||||||||
4.25%, 10/21/2025 | 1,649,000 | 1,795,412 | ||||||
HAT Holdings I LLC / HAT Holdings II LLC | ||||||||
3.38%, 06/15/2026(a) | 1,131,000 | 1,114,917 | ||||||
Icahn Enterprises LP / Icahn Enterprises Finance Corp. | ||||||||
4.75%, 09/15/2024 | 1,301,000 | 1,325,654 | ||||||
Iron Mountain, Inc. | ||||||||
4.88%, 09/15/2027(a) | 1,161,000 | 1,182,339 | ||||||
iStar, Inc. | ||||||||
4.75%, 10/01/2024 | 1,365,000 | 1,413,219 | ||||||
JPMorgan Chase & Co. | ||||||||
4.25%, 10/01/2027 | 1,649,000 | 1,844,249 | ||||||
MPT Operating Partnership LP / | ||||||||
MPT Finance Corp. | ||||||||
5.25%, 08/01/2026 | 972,000 | 999,823 | ||||||
Newmark Group, Inc. | ||||||||
6.13%, 11/15/2023 | 1,281,000 | 1,379,355 | ||||||
Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. | ||||||||
4.38%, 08/01/2023 | 330,000 | 345,940 | ||||||
5.25%, 01/15/2026 | 669,000 | 748,166 | ||||||
OneMain Finance Corp. | ||||||||
6.13%, 03/15/2024 | 1,300,000 | 1,366,619 | ||||||
Park Aerospace Holdings, Ltd. | ||||||||
5.25%, 08/15/2022(a) | 26,000 | 26,677 | ||||||
Santander Holdings USA, Inc. | ||||||||
3.50%, 06/07/2024 | 496,000 | 519,554 | ||||||
SBA Communications Corp. | ||||||||
3.88%, 02/15/2027 | 1,550,000 | 1,588,265 | ||||||
Starwood Property Trust, Inc. | ||||||||
5.00%, 12/15/2021 | 765,000 | 765,796 | ||||||
4.75%, 03/15/2025 | 1,000,000 | 1,039,063 | ||||||
Synchrony Financial | ||||||||
2.85%, 07/25/2022 | 1,030,000 | 1,043,886 | ||||||
VICI Properties LP / VICI Note Co., Inc. | ||||||||
4.25%, 12/01/2026(a) | 1,430,000 | 1,476,496 | ||||||
Total Financials | 36,077,833 | |||||||
Health Care (2.03%) | ||||||||
DaVita, Inc. | ||||||||
4.63%, 06/01/2030(a) | 1,161,000 | 1,145,762 | ||||||
HCA, Inc. | ||||||||
5.88%, 05/01/2023 | 1,133,000 | 1,201,376 | ||||||
5.38%, 02/01/2025 | 500,000 | 546,000 | ||||||
Total Health Care | 2,893,138 | |||||||
Industrials (5.13%) | ||||||||
Boeing Co. | ||||||||
4.88%, 05/01/2025 | 1,209,000 | 1,326,344 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Industrials (continued) | ||||||||
MasTec, Inc. | ||||||||
4.50%, 08/15/2028(a) | $ | 1,118,000 | $ | 1,150,500 | ||||
Sensata Technologies BV | ||||||||
5.00%, 10/01/2025(a) | 1,000,000 | 1,084,285 | ||||||
Stericycle, Inc. | ||||||||
5.38%, 07/15/2024(a) | 1,046,000 | 1,072,098 | ||||||
TransDigm, Inc. | ||||||||
6.25%, 03/15/2026(a) | 1,075,000 | 1,116,860 | ||||||
WESCO Distribution, Inc. | ||||||||
7.13%, 06/15/2025(a) | 1,500,000 | 1,586,303 | ||||||
Total Industrials | 7,336,390 | |||||||
Materials (13.71%) | ||||||||
Alcoa Nederland Holding BV | ||||||||
4.13%, 03/31/2029(a) | 1,357,000 | 1,386,081 | ||||||
ArcelorMittal SA | ||||||||
3.60%, 07/16/2024 | 1,133,000 | 1,188,767 | ||||||
Arconic Corp. | ||||||||
6.00%, 05/15/2025(a) | 1,098,000 | 1,146,603 | ||||||
Ardagh Packaging Finance PLC / | ||||||||
Ardagh Holdings USA, Inc. | ||||||||
5.25%, 04/30/2025(a) | 1,322,000 | 1,362,870 | ||||||
Ball Corp. | ||||||||
5.25%, 07/01/2025 | 834,000 | 916,228 | ||||||
4.88%, 03/15/2026 | 500,000 | 544,688 | ||||||
Berry Global, Inc. | ||||||||
4.88%, 07/15/2026(a) | 1,160,000 | 1,205,037 | ||||||
Braskem Finance, Ltd. | ||||||||
6.45%, 02/03/2024 | 1,335,000 | 1,447,754 | ||||||
CF Industries, Inc. | ||||||||
3.45%, 06/01/2023 | 879,000 | 911,505 | ||||||
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. | ||||||||
3.88%, 03/15/2023 | 1,133,000 | 1,167,194 | ||||||
5.00%, 09/01/2027 | 550,000 | 572,643 | ||||||
Graphic Packaging International LLC | ||||||||
4.88%, 11/15/2022 | 1,481,000 | 1,515,374 | ||||||
Mauser Packaging Solutions Holding Co. | ||||||||
5.50%, 04/15/2024(a) | 434,000 | 435,050 | ||||||
Methanex Corp. | ||||||||
5.13%, 10/15/2027 | 1,075,000 | 1,125,611 | ||||||
NOVA Chemicals Corp. | ||||||||
4.88%, 06/01/2024(a) | 1,300,000 | 1,349,848 | ||||||
Novelis Corp. | ||||||||
3.25%, 11/15/2026(a) | 1,045,000 | 1,045,679 | ||||||
Sasol Financing International, Ltd. | ||||||||
4.50%, 11/14/2022 | 582,000 | 590,348 | ||||||
Sasol Financing USA LLC | ||||||||
4.38%, 09/18/2026 | 669,000 | 660,310 | ||||||
Standard Industries, Inc. | ||||||||
3.38%, 01/15/2031(a) | 1,098,000 | 1,013,278 | ||||||
Total Materials | 19,584,868 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
24 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |
Schedule of Investments | November 30, 2021 |
Security Description | Principal Amount | Value | ||||||
Technology (3.30%) | ||||||||
Flex, Ltd. | ||||||||
5.00%, 02/15/2023 | $ | 1,333,000 | $ | 1,397,353 | ||||
Microchip Technology, Inc. | ||||||||
4.25%, 09/01/2025 | 1,118,000 | 1,158,553 | ||||||
NortonLifeLock, Inc. | ||||||||
3.95%, 06/15/2022 | 146,000 | 146,311 | ||||||
5.00%, 04/15/2025(a) | 859,000 | 869,660 | ||||||
Seagate HDD Cayman | ||||||||
4.75%, 06/01/2023 | 1,098,000 | 1,149,601 | ||||||
Total Technology | 4,721,478 | |||||||
Utilities (4.23%) | ||||||||
AmeriGas Partners LP / AmeriGas | ||||||||
Finance Corp. | ||||||||
5.88%, 08/20/2026 | 1,131,000 | 1,236,500 | ||||||
Calpine Corp. | ||||||||
5.25%, 06/01/2026(a) | 1,081,000 | 1,107,686 | ||||||
NextEra Energy Operating Partners LP | ||||||||
4.25%, 07/15/2024(a) | 1,496,000 | 1,532,196 | ||||||
NRG Energy, Inc. | ||||||||
6.63%, 01/15/2027 | 374,000 | 387,120 | ||||||
Vistra Operations Co. LLC | ||||||||
3.55%, 07/15/2024(a) | 1,721,000 | 1,785,931 | ||||||
Total Utilities | 6,049,433 | |||||||
TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS | ||||||||
(Cost $117,462,395) | 116,979,532 | |||||||
GOVERNMENT BONDS (6.30%) | ||||||||
United States Treasury Bond | ||||||||
1.13%, 02/15/2031 | 5,420,000 | 5,292,546 | ||||||
1.13%, 08/15/2040 | 1,357,000 | 1,200,627 | ||||||
2.00%, 02/15/2050 | 2,403,000 | 2,513,856 | ||||||
TOTAL GOVERNMENT BONDS | ||||||||
(Cost $8,545,528) | 9,007,029 |
7 Day Yield | Shares | Value | ||||||||||
SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS (10.90%) | ||||||||||||
Money Market Fund | ||||||||||||
State Street Institutional Treasury Plus Money Market Fund | 0.01 | % | 15,569,861 | 15,569,861 | ||||||||
TOTAL SHORT TERM INVESTMENTS | ||||||||||||
(Cost $15,569,861) | 15,569,861 | |||||||||||
TOTAL INVESTMENTS (99.06%) | ||||||||||||
(Cost $141,577,784) | $ | 141,556,422 | ||||||||||
OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES (0.94%) | 1,336,764 | |||||||||||
NET ASSETS - 100.00% | $ | 142,893,186 |
(a) | Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. These securities may be sold in the ordinary course of business in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At period end, the aggregate market value of those securities was $43,349,454, representing 30.34% of net assets. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
25 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront ETFs | |
Statement of Assets and Liabilities | November 30, 2021 |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Flex- Cap ETF | RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |||||||||||||
ASSETS: | ||||||||||||||||
Investments, at value | $ | 117,197,140 | $ | 132,509,840 | $ | 51,993,887 | $ | 141,556,422 | ||||||||
Dividend receivable | – | 190,258 | 51,333 | – | ||||||||||||
Interest receivable | 725,018 | – | – | 1,424,310 | ||||||||||||
Total Assets | 117,922,158 | 132,700,098 | 52,045,220 | 142,980,732 | ||||||||||||
LIABILITIES: | ||||||||||||||||
Payable to adviser | 49,287 | 58,476 | 22,853 | 54,196 | ||||||||||||
Payable for investments purchased | – | – | – | 33,350 | ||||||||||||
Payable for collateral upon return of securities loaned | – | 117,429 | 287,699 | – | ||||||||||||
Total Liabilities | 49,287 | 175,905 | 310,552 | 87,546 | ||||||||||||
NET ASSETS | $ | 117,872,871 | $ | 132,524,193 | $ | 51,734,668 | $ | 142,893,186 | ||||||||
NET ASSETS CONSIST OF: | ||||||||||||||||
Paid-in capital | $ | 114,258,887 | $ | 110,873,706 | $ | 60,381,219 | $ | 152,981,346 | ||||||||
Total distributable earnings | 3,613,984 | 21,650,487 | (8,646,551 | ) | (10,088,160 | ) | ||||||||||
NET ASSETS | $ | 117,872,871 | $ | 132,524,193 | $ | 51,734,668 | $ | 142,893,186 | ||||||||
INVESTMENTS, AT COST | $ | 115,303,392 | $ | 93,672,105 | $ | 36,474,015 | $ | 141,577,784 | ||||||||
PRICING OF SHARES | ||||||||||||||||
Net Assets | $ | 117,872,871 | $ | 132,524,193 | $ | 51,734,668 | $ | 142,893,186 | ||||||||
Shares of beneficial interest outstanding (Unlimited number of shares authorized, par value $0.01 per share) | 4,650,000 | 2,950,002 | 1,125,002 | 5,825,000 | ||||||||||||
Net Asset Value, offering and redemption price per share | $ | 25.35 | $ | 44.92 | $ | 45.99 | $ | 24.53 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
26 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront ETFs | |
Statement of Operations | For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Flex- Cap ETF | RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |||||||||||||
INVESTMENT INCOME: | ||||||||||||||||
Interest | $ | 2,543,754 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 3,367,279 | ||||||||
Dividends(a) | 1,480 | 2,574,570 | 712,667 | 2,163 | ||||||||||||
Non-Cash Dividends(b) | – | – | 208,615 | – | ||||||||||||
Securities Lending Income | – | 2,421 | 5,591 | – | ||||||||||||
Total Investment Income | 2,545,234 | 2,576,991 | 926,873 | 3,369,442 | ||||||||||||
EXPENSES: | ||||||||||||||||
Investment adviser and sub-adviser fees (Note 3) | 555,036 | 674,222 | 322,665 | 575,624 | ||||||||||||
Total Expenses | 555,036 | 674,222 | 322,665 | 575,624 | ||||||||||||
NET INVESTMENT INCOME | 1,990,198 | 1,902,769 | 604,208 | 2,793,818 | ||||||||||||
REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS) | ||||||||||||||||
Net realized gain on investments(c) | 2,564,824 | 8,733,483 | 10,365,533 | 491,816 | ||||||||||||
NET REALIZED GAIN | 2,564,824 | 8,733,483 | 10,365,533 | 491,816 | ||||||||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | (6,289,006 | ) | 15,974,138 | 2,789,216 | (1,547,122 | ) | ||||||||||
NET CHANGE IN UNREALIZED APPRECIATION/(DEPRECIATION) | (6,289,006 | ) | 15,974,138 | 2,789,216 | (1,547,122 | ) | ||||||||||
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN/(LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS | (3,724,182 | ) | 24,707,621 | 13,154,749 | (1,055,306 | ) | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSETS RESULTING FROM OPERATIONS | $ | (1,733,984 | ) | $ | 26,610,390 | $ | 13,758,957 | $ | 1,738,512 |
(a) | Net of foreign tax withholding in the amounts of $–, $–, $– and $158, respectively. |
(b) | Represents non-cash distributions in connection with capital changes for certain investments held by the Fund recorded on ex-date and based on fair value. |
(c) | Includes realized gain or loss as a result of in-kind transactions (See Note 4 in Notes to Financial Statements). |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
27 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | |||||||
OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 1,990,198 | $ | 2,438,367 | ||||
Net realized gain | 2,564,824 | 3,629,089 | ||||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | (6,289,006 | ) | 1,439,069 | |||||
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | (1,733,984 | ) | 7,506,525 | |||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
From distributable earnings | (1,962,506 | ) | (2,449,436 | ) | ||||
Total distributions | (1,962,506 | ) | (2,449,436 | ) | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 17,914,173 | 11,640,417 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (9,068,318 | ) | (38,925,424 | ) | ||||
Net increase/(decrease) from share transactions | 8,845,855 | (27,285,007 | ) | |||||
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets | 5,149,365 | (22,227,918 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 112,723,506 | 134,951,424 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 117,872,871 | $ | 112,723,506 | ||||
OTHER INFORMATION: | ||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Beginning shares | 4,300,000 | 5,350,000 | ||||||
Shares sold | 700,000 | 450,000 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (350,000 | ) | (1,500,000 | ) | ||||
Shares outstanding, end of period | 4,650,000 | 4,300,000 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
28 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | |||||||
OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 1,902,769 | $ | 2,090,176 | ||||
Net realized gain/(loss) | 8,733,483 | (3,382,886 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | 15,974,138 | 17,047,755 | ||||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 26,610,390 | 15,755,045 | ||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
From distributable earnings | (1,936,954 | ) | (2,186,237 | ) | ||||
Total distributions | (1,936,954 | ) | (2,186,237 | ) | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 4,577,634 | 26,065,088 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (30,021,042 | ) | (37,167,998 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from share transactions | (25,443,408 | ) | (11,102,910 | ) | ||||
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets | (769,972 | ) | 2,465,898 | |||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 133,294,165 | 130,828,267 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 132,524,193 | $ | 133,294,165 | ||||
OTHER INFORMATION: | ||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Beginning shares | 3,600,002 | 3,850,002 | ||||||
Shares sold | 100,000 | 850,000 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (750,000 | ) | (1,100,000 | ) | ||||
Shares outstanding, end of period | 2,950,002 | 3,600,002 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
29 | November 30, 2021
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | |||||||
OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 604,208 | $ | 1,184,324 | ||||
Net realized gain/(loss) | 10,365,533 | (7,294,795 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized appreciation | 2,789,216 | 6,053,248 | ||||||
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets resulting from operations | 13,758,957 | (57,223 | ) | |||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
From distributable earnings | (679,274 | ) | (1,188,592 | ) | ||||
Total distributions | (679,274 | ) | (1,188,592 | ) | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | – | 1,823,640 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (32,744,774 | ) | (55,840,068 | ) | ||||
Net decrease from share transactions | (32,744,774 | ) | (54,016,428 | ) | ||||
Net decrease in net assets | (19,665,091 | ) | (55,262,243 | ) | ||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 71,399,759 | 126,662,002 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 51,734,668 | $ | 71,399,759 | ||||
OTHER INFORMATION: | ||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Beginning shares | 1,900,002 | 3,650,002 | ||||||
Shares sold | – | 50,000 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (775,000 | ) | (1,800,000 | ) | ||||
Shares outstanding, end of period | 1,125,002 | 1,900,002 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverFront Strategic Income Fund |
Statements of Changes in Net Assets |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | |||||||
OPERATIONS: | ||||||||
Net investment income | $ | 2,793,818 | $ | 4,733,460 | ||||
Net realized gain/(loss) | 491,816 | (800,489 | ) | |||||
Net change in unrealized depreciation | (1,547,122 | ) | (812,935 | ) | ||||
Net increase in net assets resulting from operations | 1,738,512 | 3,120,036 | ||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS TO SHAREHOLDERS: | ||||||||
From distributable earnings | (3,171,669 | ) | (4,943,458 | ) | ||||
Total distributions | (3,171,669 | ) | (4,943,458 | ) | ||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Proceeds from sale of shares | 43,888,656 | 17,274,109 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (18,545,978 | ) | (64,356,361 | ) | ||||
Net increase/(decrease) from share transactions | 25,342,678 | (47,082,252 | ) | |||||
Net increase/(decrease) in net assets | 23,909,521 | (48,905,674 | ) | |||||
NET ASSETS: | ||||||||
Beginning of period | 118,983,665 | 167,889,339 | ||||||
End of period | $ | 142,893,186 | $ | 118,983,665 | ||||
OTHER INFORMATION: | ||||||||
CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS: | ||||||||
Beginning shares | 4,800,000 | 6,800,000 | ||||||
Shares sold | 1,775,000 | 700,000 | ||||||
Shares redeemed | (750,000 | ) | (2,700,000 | ) | ||||
Shares outstanding, end of period | 5,825,000 | 4,800,000 |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | |
Financial Highlights | For a share outstanding throughout the periods presented |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2019 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2018 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | $ | 26.21 | $ | 25.22 | $ | 23.52 | $ | 24.60 | $ | 24.32 | ||||||||||
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(a) | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.68 | 0.68 | 0.53 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) | (0.87 | ) | 0.99 | 1.70 | (1.10 | ) | 0.23 | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | (0.40 | ) | 1.49 | 2.38 | (0.42 | ) | 0.76 | |||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.46 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.66 | ) | (0.48 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.46 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.68 | ) | (0.66 | ) | (0.48 | ) | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE | (0.86 | ) | 0.99 | 1.70 | (1.08 | ) | 0.28 | |||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD | $ | 25.35 | $ | 26.21 | $ | 25.22 | $ | 23.52 | $ | 24.60 | ||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(b) | (1.51 | )% | 5.97 | % | 10.22 | % | (1.74 | )% | 3.15 | % | ||||||||||
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 117,873 | $ | 112,724 | $ | 134,951 | $ | 150,527 | $ | 47,962 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | 0.51 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.83 | % | 1.94 | % | 2.74 | % | 2.83 | % | 2.15 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(c) | 45 | % | 11 | % | 6 | % | 15 | % | 18 | % |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and the redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested at the actual reinvestment prices. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(c) | Portfolio turnover for periods less than one year are not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions in-kind. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | |
Financial Highlights | For a share outstanding throughout the periods presented |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2019 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2018 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | $ | 37.03 | $ | 33.98 | $ | 31.19 | $ | 31.39 | $ | 26.59 | ||||||||||
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(a) | 0.62 | 0.56 | 0.65 | 0.73 | 0.63 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) | 7.90 | 3.08 | 2.81 | (0.26 | ) | 4.76 | ||||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 8.52 | 3.64 | 3.46 | 0.47 | 5.39 | |||||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.63 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.59 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.63 | ) | (0.59 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.67 | ) | (0.59 | ) | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE | 7.89 | 3.05 | 2.79 | (0.20 | ) | 4.80 | ||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD | $ | 44.92 | $ | 37.03 | $ | 33.98 | $ | 31.19 | $ | 31.39 | ||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(b) | 23.13 | % | 10.92 | % | 11.29 | % | 1.45 | % | 20.49 | % | ||||||||||
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 132,524 | $ | 133,294 | $ | 130,828 | $ | 151,293 | $ | 59,644 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 1.47 | % | 1.68 | % | 2.05 | % | 2.27 | % | 2.19 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(c) | 0 | % | 75 | % | 64 | % | 96 | % | 54 | % |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and the redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested at the actual reinvestment prices. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(c) | Portfolio turnover for periods less than one year are not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions in-kind. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | |
Financial Highlights | For a share outstanding throughout the periods presented |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2019 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2018 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | $ | 37.58 | $ | 34.70 | $ | 32.79 | $ | 32.46 | $ | 26.84 | ||||||||||
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(a) | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.31 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain | 8.43 | 2.87 | (b) | 1.93 | 0.27 | (b) | 5.59 | |||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 8.85 | 3.32 | 2.41 | 0.71 | 5.90 | |||||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.44 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (0.28 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.44 | ) | (0.44 | ) | (0.50 | ) | (0.38 | ) | (0.28 | ) | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE IN NET ASSET VALUE | 8.41 | 2.88 | 1.91 | 0.33 | 5.62 | |||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD | $ | 45.99 | $ | 37.58 | $ | 34.70 | $ | 32.79 | $ | 32.46 | ||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(c) | 23.65 | % | 9.75 | % | 7.49 | % | 2.16 | % | 22.08 | % | ||||||||||
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 51,735 | $ | 71,400 | $ | 126,662 | $ | 152,464 | $ | 40,576 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses to average net assets | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | 0.52 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets | 0.97 | % | 1.34 | % | 1.46 | % | 1.30 | % | 1.05 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(d) | 5 | % | 99 | % | 98 | % | 152 | % | 86 | % |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Net realized and unrealized gain on investments per share does not correlate to the aggregate of the net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) in the Statements of Operations for the period(s) presented, primarily due to the timing of the sales and repurchases of the Fund's shares in relation to the fluctuating market values for the Fund's portfolio. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and the redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested at the actual reinvestment prices. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(d) | Portfolio turnover for periods less than one year are not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions in-kind. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |
Financial Highlights | For a share outstanding throughout the periods presented |
For the Year Ended November 30, 2021 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2020 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2019 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2018 | For the Year Ended November 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, BEGINNING OF PERIOD | $ | 24.79 | $ | 24.69 | $ | 24.27 | $ | 25.21 | $ | 25.02 | ||||||||||
INCOME/(LOSS) FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net investment income(a) | 0.55 | 0.81 | 0.94 | 1.06 | 1.11 | |||||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) | (0.18 | ) | 0.13 | (b) | 0.48 | (0.92 | ) | 0.19 | ||||||||||||
Total from investment operations | 0.37 | 0.94 | 1.42 | 0.14 | 1.30 | |||||||||||||||
DISTRIBUTIONS: | ||||||||||||||||||||
From net investment income | (0.63 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (1.00 | ) | (1.08 | ) | (1.11 | ) | ||||||||||
Total distributions | (0.63 | ) | (0.84 | ) | (1.00 | ) | (1.08 | ) | (1.11 | ) | ||||||||||
NET INCREASE/(DECREASE) IN NET ASSET VALUE | (0.26 | ) | 0.10 | 0.42 | (0.94 | ) | 0.19 | |||||||||||||
NET ASSET VALUE, END OF PERIOD | $ | 24.53 | $ | 24.79 | $ | 24.69 | $ | 24.27 | $ | 25.21 | ||||||||||
TOTAL RETURN(c) | 1.52 | % | 3.95 | % | 5.96 | % | 0.57 | % | 5.29 | % | ||||||||||
RATIOS/SUPPLEMENTAL DATA: | ||||||||||||||||||||
Net assets, end of period (000s) | $ | 142,893 | $ | 118,984 | $ | 167,889 | $ | 152,880 | $ | 337,769 | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses excluding waiver/reimbursement to average net assets | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | ||||||||||
Ratio of expenses including waiver/reimbursement to average net assets | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.46 | % | 0.17 | %(d) | 0.16 | %(e) | ||||||||||
Ratio of net investment income including expenses waiver/reimbursement to average net assets | 2.23 | % | 3.32 | % | 3.83 | % | 4.31 | % | 4.41 | % | ||||||||||
Portfolio turnover rate(f) | 50 | % | 54 | % | 44 | % | 35 | % | 32 | % |
(a) | Based on average shares outstanding during the period. |
(b) | Net realized and unrealized gain on investments per share does not correlate to the aggregate of the net realized and unrealized gain/(loss) in the Statements of Operations for the period(s) presented, primarily due to the timing of the sales and repurchases of the Fund's shares in relation to the fluctuating market values for the Fund's portfolio. |
(c) | Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period and the redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period and assuming all distributions are reinvested at the actual reinvestment prices. Total return calculated for a period of less than one year is not annualized. |
(d) | Effective November 1, 2018, the Fund’s management fee consists of a fee of 0.11% paid to the Fund’s investment adviser and a fee of 0.35% paid to the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Fund’s sub-adviser ceased its voluntary waiver effective November 1, 2018. |
(e) | Effective July 1, 2016, the Fund’s management fee consists of a fee of 0.16% paid to the Fund’s investment adviser and a fee of 0.30% paid to the Fund’s sub-adviser. The Fund’s sub-adviser voluntarily waived all of its 0.30% annual sub-advisory fee payable by the Fund until November 1, 2018. |
(f) | Portfolio turnover for periods less than one year are not annualized and does not include securities received or delivered from processing creations or redemptions in-kind. |
See Notes to Financial Statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
1. ORGANIZATION
ALPS ETF Trust (the “Trust”), a Delaware statutory trust, is an open-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”). As of November 30, 2021, the Trust consists of eighteen separate portfolios. Each portfolio represents a separate series of the Trust. This report pertains solely to the RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF, the RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF, the RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF, and the RiverFront Strategic Income Fund (each a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”).
The investment objective of the RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF Fund is to seek total return, with an emphasis on income as the source of that total return. The Fund has elected to qualify as a diversified series of the Trust under the 1940 Act.
The investment objective of the RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF Fund is to seek to provide capital appreciation and dividend income. The Fund has elected to qualify as a diversified series of the Trust under the 1940 Act.
The investment objective of the RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF Fund is to seek to provide capital appreciation. The Fund has elected to qualify as a diversified series of the Trust under the 1940 Act.
The investment objective of the RiverFront Strategic Income Fund is to seek total return, with an emphasis on income as the source of that total return. The Fund has elected to qualify as a diversified series of the Trust under the 1940 Act.
Each Fund’s Shares (“Shares”) are listed on the NYSE Arca, Inc. Each Fund issues and redeems Shares at net asset value (“NAV”) in blocks of 25,000 Shares (prior to October 1, 2021 in blocks of 50,000 Shares), each of which is called a “Creation Unit”. Creation Units are issued and redeemed principally in-kind for securities and/or cash. Except when aggregated in Creation Units, Shares are not redeemable securities of a Fund.
Pursuant to the Trust’s organizational documents, its Officers and Trustees are indemnified against certain liability arising out of the performance of their duties to the Trust. Additionally, in the normal course of business, the Trust enters into contracts with service providers that contain general indemnification clauses. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Trust that have not yet occurred.
2. SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Funds in the preparation of the financial statements. The accompanying financial statements were prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Each Fund is considered an investment company under U.S. GAAP and follows the accounting and reporting guidance applicable to investment companies in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification Topic 946.
A. Portfolio Valuation
Each Fund’s NAV is determined daily, as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”), normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time, on each day the NYSE is open for trading. The NAV is computed by dividing the value of all assets of each Fund (including accrued interest and dividends), less all liabilities (including accrued expenses and dividends declared but unpaid), by the total number of shares outstanding.
Portfolio securities listed on any exchange other than the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC (“NASDAQ”) are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such value is being determined. If there has been no sale on such day, the securities are valued at the mean of the most recent bid and ask prices on such day. Securities traded on the NASDAQ are valued at the NASDAQ Official Closing Price as determined by NASDAQ. Portfolio securities traded on more than one securities exchange are valued at the last sale price on the business day as of which such value is being determined at the close of the exchange representing the principal market for such securities. Portfolio securities traded in the over-the-counter market, but excluding securities traded on the NASDAQ, are valued at the last quoted sale price in such market.
Corporate bonds and United States government bonds are typically valued at the mean between the evaluated bid and ask prices formulated by an independent pricing service.
Each Fund’s investments are valued at market value or, in the absence of market value with respect to any portfolio securities, at fair value according to procedures adopted by the Trust’s Board of Trustees (the “Board”). When market quotations are not readily available or when events occur that make established valuation methods unreliable, securities of the Funds may be valued in good faith by or under the direction of the Board. These securities generally include, but are not limited to, restricted securities (securities which may not be publicly sold without registration under the Securities Act of 1933) for which a pricing service is unable to provide a market price; securities whose trading has been formally suspended; a security whose market price is not available from a pre-established primary pricing source or the pricing source is not willing to provide a price; a security with respect to which an event has occurred that is most likely to materially affect the value of the security after the market has closed but before the calculation of a Fund’s NAV or make it difficult or impossible to obtain a reliable market quotation; or a security whose price, as provided by the pricing service, does not reflect the security’s “fair value” due to the security being de-listed from a national exchange or the security’s primary trading market is temporarily closed at a time when, under normal conditions, it would be open. As a general principle, the current “fair value” of a security would be the amount which the owner might reasonably expect to receive from the sale on the applicable exchange or principal market. A variety of factors may be considered in determining the fair value of such securities.
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
B. Fair Value Measurements
Each Fund discloses the classification of its fair value measurements following a three-tier hierarchy based on the inputs used to measure fair value. Inputs refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk. Inputs may be observable or unobservable. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the reporting entity. Unobservable inputs reflect the reporting entity’s own assumptions about the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability that are developed based on the best information available.
Valuation techniques used to value the Funds’ investments by major category are as follows:
Equity securities, including restricted securities, for which market quotations are readily available, are valued at the last reported sale price or official closing price as reported by a third party pricing vendor on the primary market or exchange on which they are traded and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy. In the event there were no sales during the day or closing prices are not available, securities are valued at the mean of the most recent quoted bid and ask prices on such day and are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy. Investments in open-end mutual funds are valued at their closing NAV each business day and are categorized as Level 1 in the hierarchy.
Debt securities, including restricted securities, are valued based on evaluated prices received from third party pricing vendors or from brokers who make markets in such securities. For corporate bonds, pricing vendors utilize matrix pricing which considers yield or price of bonds of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type as well as broker-supplied prices. When independent prices are unavailable or unreliable, debt securities may be valued utilizing pricing methodologies which consider similar factors that would be used by third party pricing vendors. Debt securities are generally categorized as Level 2 in the hierarchy but may be Level 3 depending on the circumstances. The RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF, the RiverFront Dynamic Unconstrained Income ETF, and the RiverFront Strategic Income Fund may invest a significant portion of their assets in below investment grade securities. The value of these securities can be more volatile due to changes in the credit quality of the issuer and is sensitive to changes in economic, market and regulatory conditions.
Changes in valuation techniques may result in transfers in or out of an assigned level within the disclosure hierarchy.
Various inputs are used in determining the value of each Fund’s investments as of the end of the reporting period. When inputs used fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The designated input levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with these investments.
These inputs are categorized in the following hierarchy under applicable financial accounting standards:
Level 1 – | Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical investments, unrestricted assets or liabilities that a Fund has the ability to access at the measurement date; |
Level 2 – | Quoted prices which are not active, quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets or inputs other than quoted prices that are observable (either directly or indirectly) for substantially the full term of the asset or liability; and |
Level 3 – | Significant unobservable prices or inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments) where there is little or no market activity for the asset or liability at the measurement date. |
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The following is a summary of the inputs used to value the Funds’ investments as of November 30, 2021:
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF
Investments in Securities at Value | Level 1 - Quoted and Unadjusted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds* | $ | – | $ | 71,782,066 | $ | – | $ | 71,782,066 | ||||||||
Government Bonds* | – | 32,106,671 | – | 32,106,671 | ||||||||||||
Short Term Investments | 13,308,403 | – | – | 13,308,403 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 13,308,403 | $ | 103,888,737 | $ | – | $ | 117,197,140 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF
Investments in Securities at Value | Level 1 - Quoted and Unadjusted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks* | $ | 131,925,235 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 131,925,235 | ||||||||
Short Term Investments | 584,605 | – | – | 584,605 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 132,509,840 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 132,509,840 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF
Investments in Securities at Value | Level 1 - Quoted and Unadjusted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Common Stocks* | $ | 51,509,758 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 51,509,758 | ||||||||
Exchange Traded Funds | 87,408 | – | – | 87,408 | ||||||||||||
Short Term Investments | 396,721 | – | – | 396,721 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 51,993,887 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 51,993,887 |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund
Investments in Securities at Value | Level 1 - Quoted and Unadjusted Prices | Level 2 - Other Significant Observable Inputs | Level 3 - Significant Unobservable Inputs | Total | ||||||||||||
Corporate Bonds* | $ | – | $ | 116,979,532 | $ | – | $ | 116,979,532 | ||||||||
Government Bonds* | – | 9,007,029 | – | 9,007,029 | ||||||||||||
Short Term Investments | 15,569,861 | – | – | 15,569,861 | ||||||||||||
Total | $ | 15,569,861 | $ | 125,986,561 | $ | – | $ | 141,556,422 |
* | For a detailed sector breakdown, see the accompanying Schedule of Investments. |
The Funds did not have any securities that used significant unobservable inputs (Level 3) in determining fair value and there were no transfers into or out of Level 3 during the year ended November 30, 2021.
C. Securities Transactions and Investment Income
Securities transactions are recorded as of the trade date. Realized gains and losses from securities transactions are recorded on the specific identification in accordance with GAAP. Dividend income and capital gains distributions, if any, are recorded on the ex-dividend date. Interest income, if any, is recorded on the accrual basis, including amortization of premiums and accretion of discounts.
D. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders
Dividends from net investment income for each Fund, if any, are declared and paid monthly or as the Board may determine from time to time. Distributions of net realized capital gains earned by the Funds, if any, are distributed at least annually.
E. Federal Tax and Tax Basis Information
The timing and character of income and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with income tax regulations, which may differ from U.S. GAAP. Reclassifications are made to the Funds’ capital accounts for permanent tax differences to reflect income and gains available for distribution (or available capital loss carryforwards) under income tax regulations.
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
For the year ended November 30, 2021, the following reclassifications, which had no impact on results of operations or net assets, were recorded to reflect permanent tax differences resulting primarily from in-kind transactions:
Fund | Paid-in Capital | Total Distributable Earnings | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 697,983 | $ | (697,983 | ) | |||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 8,589,950 | (8,589,950 | ) | |||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 9,437,462 | (9,437,462 | ) | |||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 275,390 | (275,390 | ) |
The tax character of the distributions paid during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2021 and November 30, 2020 was as follows:
Ordinary Income | Long-Term Capital Gain | Return of Capital | ||||||||||
November 30, 2021 | ||||||||||||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 1,962,506 | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 1,936,954 | – | – | |||||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 679,274 | – | – | |||||||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 3,171,669 | – | – |
Ordinary Income | Long-Term Capital Gain | Return of Capital | ||||||||||
November 30, 2020 | ||||||||||||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 2,449,436 | $ | – | $ | – | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 2,186,237 | – | – | |||||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 1,188,592 | – | – | |||||||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 4,943,458 | – | – |
The character of distributions made during the year may differ from its ultimate characterization for federal income tax purposes.
The RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF, RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF and RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF used capital loss carryovers during the year ended November 30, 2021 in the amounts of $163,328, $78,238 and $818,235, respectively.
Under current law, capital losses maintain their character as short-term or long-term and are carried forward to the next tax year without expiration. As of November 30, 2021, the following amounts are available as carry forwards to the next tax year:
Fund | Short-Term | Long-Term | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | $ | 5,611,019 | $ | 11,582,063 | ||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 12,308,600 | 11,857,380 | ||||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 7,097,858 | 2,743,833 |
As of November 30, 2021, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis for each Fund were as follows:
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |||||||||||||
Accumulated net investment income | $ | 59,074 | $ | 13,342 | $ | 1,082 | $ | 62,614 | ||||||||
Accumulated net realized gain/(loss) on investments | 1,710,559 | (17,193,082 | ) | (24,165,980 | ) | (9,841,691 | ) | |||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments | 1,844,351 | 38,830,227 | 15,518,347 | (309,083 | ) | |||||||||||
Total | $ | 3,613,984 | $ | 21,650,487 | $ | (8,646,551 | ) | $ | (10,088,160 | ) |
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
As of November 30, 2021, the cost of investments for federal income tax purposes and accumulated net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments were as follows:
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | |||||||||||||
Gross appreciation (excess of value over tax cost) | $ | 3,035,527 | $ | 41,175,813 | $ | 17,061,968 | $ | 756,357 | ||||||||
Gross depreciation (excess of tax cost over value) | (1,191,176 | ) | (2,345,586 | ) | (1,543,621 | ) | (1,065,440 | ) | ||||||||
Net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) | 1,844,351 | 38,830,227 | 15,518,347 | (309,083 | ) | |||||||||||
Cost of investments for income tax purposes | $ | 115,352,789 | $ | 93,679,613 | $ | 36,475,540 | $ | 141,865,505 |
The differences between book-basis and tax-basis are primarily due to the deferral of losses from wash sales and difference between premium amortization due to Accounting Standards Update 2017-08.
F. Income Taxes
No provision for income taxes is included in the accompanying financial statements, as each Fund intends to distribute to shareholders all taxable investment income and realized gains and otherwise comply with Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies. Each Fund evaluates tax positions taken (or expected to be taken) in the course of preparing the Funds’ tax returns to determine whether these positions meet a “more-likely-than-not” standard that, based on the technical merits, have a more than fifty percent likelihood of being sustained by a taxing authority upon examination. A tax position that meets the “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold is measured to determine the amount of benefit to recognize in the financial statements.
As of and during the year ended November 30, 2021, the Funds did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits. Each Fund files U.S. federal, state, and local tax returns as required. Each Fund’s tax returns are subject to examination by the relevant tax authorities until expiration of the applicable statute of limitations, which is generally three years after the filing of the tax return, but may extend to four years in certain jurisdictions. Tax returns for open years have incorporated no uncertain tax positions that require a provision for income taxes.
G. Lending of Portfolio Securities
The RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF and the RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF have entered into a securities lending agreement with State Street Bank & Trust Co. (“SSB”), the Funds’ lending agent. Each Fund may lend its portfolio securities only to borrowers that are approved by SSB. Each Fund will limit such lending to not more than 33 1/3% of the value of its total assets. Each Fund’s securities held at SSB as custodian shall be available to be lent except those securities the Fund or ALPS Advisors, Inc. specifically identifies in writing as not being available for lending. The borrower pledges and maintains with the Fund collateral consisting of cash (U.S. Dollars only), securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, and cash equivalents (including irrevocable bank letters of credit) issued by a person other than the borrower or an affiliate of the borrower. The initial collateral received by each Fund is required to have a value of no less than 102% of the market value of the loaned securities for U.S equity securities and a value of no less than 105% of the market value for non-U.S. equity securities. The collateral is maintained thereafter, at a market value equal to not less than 102% of the current value of the U.S. equity securities on loan and not less than 105% of the current value of the non-U.S. equity securities on loan. The market value of the loaned securities is determined at the close of each business day and any additional required collateral is delivered to each Fund on the next business day. During the term of the loan, each Fund is entitled to all distributions made on or in respect of the loaned securities. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within the customary time period for settlement of securities transactions.
Any cash collateral received is reinvested in a money market fund managed by SSB as disclosed in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments and is reflected in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities as a payable for collateral upon return of securities loaned. Non-cash collateral, in the form of securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, is not disclosed in the Fund’s Statements of Assets and Liabilities as it is held by the lending agent on behalf of the Fund, and the Fund does not have the ability to re-hypothecate these securities. Income earned by the Fund from securities lending activity is disclosed in the Statement of Operations.
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
The following is a summary of the Fund's securities lending agreement and related cash and non-cash collateral received as of November 30, 2021:
Fund | Market Value of Securities on Loan | Cash Collateral Received | Non-Cash Collateral Received | Total Collateral Received | ||||||||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | $ | 1,504,347 | $ | 117,429 | $ | 1,454,190 | $ | 1,571,619 | ||||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 855,062 | 287,699 | 609,254 | 896,953 |
The risks of securities lending include the risk that the borrower may not provide additional collateral when required or may not return the securities when due. To mitigate these risks, the Funds benefit from a borrower default indemnity provided by SSB. SSB’s indemnity allows for full replacement of securities lent wherein SSB will purchase the unreturned loaned securities on the open market by applying the proceeds of the collateral, or to the extent such proceeds are insufficient or the collateral is unavailable, SSB will purchase the unreturned loan securities at SSB’s expense. However, the Funds could suffer a loss if the value of the investments purchased with cash collateral falls below the value of the cash collateral received.
The following table reflects a breakdown of transactions accounted for as secured borrowings, the gross obligation by the type of collateral pledged or securities loaned, and the remaining contractual maturity of those transactions as of November 30, 2021:
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | Remaining contractual maturity of the agreements | |||||||||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions | Overnight & Continuous | Up to 30 days | 30-90 days | Greater than 90 days | Total | |||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 117,429 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 117,429 | ||||||||||
Total Borrowings | 117,429 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending (collateral received) | $ | 117,429 |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | Remaining contractual maturity of the agreements | |||||||||||||||||||
Securities Lending Transactions | Overnight & Continuous | Up to 30 days | 30-90 days | Greater than 90 days | Total | |||||||||||||||
Common Stocks | $ | 287,699 | $ | – | $ | – | $ | – | $ | 287,699 | ||||||||||
Total Borrowings | 287,699 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross amount of recognized liabilities for securities lending (collateral received) | $ | 287,699 |
3. INVESTMENT ADVISORY FEE AND OTHER AFFILIATED TRANSACTIONS
ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser”) serves as the Funds’ investment adviser pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement with the Trust on behalf of each Fund (the “Advisory Agreement”). Pursuant to the Advisory Agreement, each Fund pays the Adviser an annual management fee for the services and facilities it provides, payable on a monthly basis as a percentage of the relevant Fund’s average daily net assets as set out below:
Fund | Advisory Fee |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | 0.51%(a) |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 0.52%(b) |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 0.52%(b) |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 0.11% |
(a) | The unitary advisory fee as a percentage of net assets is subject to the following breakpoints: (i) 0.51% for average net assets up to $600 million, (ii) 0.48% for average net assets equal to or greater than $600 million. |
(b) | The unitary advisory fee as a percentage of net assets is subject to the following breakpoints: (i) 0.52% for average net assets up to $600 million, (ii) 0.49% for average net assets equal to or greater than $600 million. |
Out of the unitary management fee, the Adviser pays substantially all expenses of each Fund, including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit, trustees and other services, except for interest expenses, distribution fees or expenses, brokerage expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses not incurred in the ordinary course of each Fund's business. The Adviser’s unitary management fee is designed to pay substantially all of each Fund's expenses and to compensate the Adviser for providing services for each Fund.
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
RiverFront Investment Group, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser”) serves as each Fund’s sub-adviser pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement with the Trust (the ‘‘Sub-Advisory Agreement’’). Pursuant to the Sub-Advisory Agreement, the Adviser pays the Sub-Adviser a sub-advisory fee out of the Adviser’s advisory fee for the services it provides besides RiverFront Strategic Income Fund, in which the Fund directly pays the Sub-Adviser. The fee is payable on a monthly basis at the annual rate of the relevant Fund’s average daily net assets as set out below:
Fund | Sub-Advisory Fee |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | 0.35% |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 0.35% |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 0.35% |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 0.35% |
ALPS Fund Services, Inc., an affiliate of the Adviser, is the administrator of the Funds.
Each Trustee receives (1) a quarterly retainer of $10,000, (2) a per meeting fee of $5,000, (3) $1,500 for any special meeting held outside of a regularly scheduled board meeting, and (4) reimbursement for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses relating to attendance at meetings. In addition, the Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee each receives a quarterly retainer of $2,000, in connection with their respective roles.
4. PURCHASES AND SALES OF SECURITIES
For the year ended November 30, 2021, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investment securities, excluding in-kind transactions and short-term investments, were as follows:
Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 31,201,592 | $ | 33,775,060 | ||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 164,268 | 168,632 | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 2,965,157 | 2,781,085 | ||||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 52,732,008 | 53,972,485 |
For the year ended November 30, 2021, the cost of U.S. Government security purchases and proceeds from U.S. Government security sales were as follows:
Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 13,019,823 | $ | 10,632,821 | ||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 7,440,234 | 816,036 |
For the year ended November 30, 2021, the cost of in-kind purchases and proceeds from in-kind sales were as follows:
Fund | Purchases | Sales | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 17,448,026 | $ | 8,713,481 | ||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 4,574,357 | 30,030,919 | ||||||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | – | 32,772,007 | ||||||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 38,117,717 | 15,627,708 |
For the year ended November 30, 2021, the in-kind net realized gains/(losses) were as follows:
Fund | Net Realized Gain/(Loss) | |||
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | $ | 699,194 | ||
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 8,545,751 | |||
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 9,415,865 | |||
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 296,853 |
Gains on in-kind transactions are not considered taxable for federal income tax purposes and losses on in-kind transactions are also not deductible for tax purposes.
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Notes to Financial Statements | November 30, 2021 |
5. CAPITAL SHARE TRANSACTIONS
Shares are created and redeemed by each Fund only in Creation Unit size aggregations of 25,000 Shares. Only broker-dealers or large institutional investors with creation and redemption agreements called Authorized Participants (“AP”) are permitted to purchase or redeem Creation Units from each Fund. Such transactions are generally permitted on an in-kind basis, with a balancing cash component to equate the transaction to the NAV per unit of each Fund on the transaction date. Cash may be substituted equivalent to the value of certain securities generally when they are not available in sufficient quantity for delivery, not eligible for trading by the AP or as a result of other market circumstances.
6. MARKET DISRUPTIONS RISK
The Funds are subject to investment and operational risks associated with financial, economic and other global market developments and disruptions, including the recent spread of an infectious respiratory illness caused by a novel strain of coronavirus (known as COVID-19), which can negatively impact the securities markets and cause each Fund to lose value.
The spread of COVID-19 has caused volatility, severe market dislocations and liquidity constraints in many markets, including markets for the securities each Fund holds, and may adversely affect each Fund’s investments and operations. The transmission of COVID-19 and efforts to contain its spread have resulted in travel restrictions and disruptions, closed international borders, enhanced health screenings at ports of entry and elsewhere, disruption of and delays in healthcare service preparation and delivery, quarantines, event and service cancellations or interruptions, disruptions to business operations and supply chains, and a reduction in consumer and business spending, as well as general concern and uncertainty that has negatively affected the economy. These disruptions have led to instability in the market place and the jobs market. The impact of COVID-19 could adversely affect the economies of many nations or the entire global economy, the financial well-being and performance of individual issuers, borrowers and sectors and the health of the markets generally in potentially significant and unforeseen ways.
The foregoing could lead to a significant economic downturn or recession, increased market volatility, a greater number of market closures, higher default rates and adverse effects on the values and liquidity of each Fund’s securities or other assets. Such impacts may adversely affect the performance of the Funds.
7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
Subsequent events, if any, after the date of the Statements of Assets and Liabilities have been evaluated through the date the financial statements were issued. Management has determined that there were no subsequent events to report through the issuance of these financial statements.
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Additional Information | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
PROXY VOTING RECORDS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Information regarding how each Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 and a description of the Funds’ proxy voting policies and procedures used in determining how to vote for proxies are available without charge on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and upon request, by calling (toll-free) 1-866-759-5679.
PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS
The Fund files a complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-PORT within 60 days after the end of the period. Copies of the Fund’s Form N-PORT are available without a charge, upon request, by contacting the Fund at 1-866-759-5679 and on the SEC’s website at https://www.sec.gov.
TAX INFORMATION
The Funds designate the following as a percentage of taxable ordinary income distributions, or up to the maximum amount allowable, for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020:
Qualified Dividend Income | Dividend Received Deduction | |
RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF | 0.00% | 0.00% |
RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF | 100.00% | 100.00% |
RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF | 98.21% | 97.00% |
RiverFront Strategic Income Fund | 0.00% | 0.00% |
In early 2021, if applicable, shareholders of record received this information for the distributions paid to them by the Funds during the calendar year 2020 via Form 1099. The Funds will notify shareholders in early 2022 of amounts paid to them by the Funds, if any, during the calendar year 2021.
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Board Considerations Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
At a meeting held on June 7, 2021 via electronic means (video-conference), the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board” or the “Trustees”), including the Trustees who are not “interested persons” of the Trust within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Independent Trustees”), evaluated a proposal to approve the continuance of (i) the Investment Advisory Agreements between the Trust and ALPS Advisors, Inc. (the “Adviser” or “AAI”) with respect to the RiverFront Strategic Income Fund (“RIGS”), RiverFront Dynamic Core Income ETF (“RFCI”), RiverFront Dynamic US Dividend Advantage ETF (“RFDA”) and RiverFront Dynamic US Flex-Cap ETF (“RFFC”) (each “a Fund” and collectively the “Funds”) and (ii) the Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements between the Trust or AAI and RiverFront Investment Group, LLC (the “Sub-Adviser” or “RiverFront”) with respect to the Funds (the “RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreement”). The Independent Trustees also met separately to consider each Investment Advisory Agreement and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreement.
In evaluating the Investment Advisory Agreements with respect to each Fund, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered various factors, including (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by AAI with respect to the applicable Fund under the Investment Advisory Agreements; (ii) the advisory fees and other expenses paid by the Fund compared to those of similar funds managed by other investment advisers; (iii) the costs of the services provided to the Fund by AAI and the profits realized by AAI and its affiliates from its relationship to the Fund; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale have been or would be realized if and as the assets of the Fund grow and whether fees reflect the economies of scale for the benefit of shareholders; and (v) any additional benefits and other considerations.
With respect to the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by AAI under the Investment Advisory Agreements, the Board considered and reviewed information concerning the services provided under the Investment Advisory Agreements, financial information regarding AAI and its parent company, information describing AAI’s current organization and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds.
The Board reviewed information on the performance of each Fund and its applicable benchmark, and with respect to each Fund, the FUSE performance group. Based on this review, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, found that the nature and extent of services provided to each Fund under the Investment Advisory Agreements was appropriate and that the quality was satisfactory.
The Board noted that the advisory fees for each Fund were unitary fees pursuant to which AAI assumes all expenses of the Funds (including the cost of transfer agency, custody, fund administration, legal, audit and other services) other than the payments under the Advisory Agreement, brokerage expenses, taxes, interest, litigation expenses and other extraordinary expenses.
With respect to advisory fee rates, the Board, including the Independent Trustees, noted the following:
The gross management fee rate for RFCI is higher than the median of its FUSE expense group. RFCI’s net expense ratio, however, is slightly above the median of their respective FUSE expense group.
The gross management fee rate RIGS, RFFC and RFDA is lower than the median of its FUSE expense group. These Funds’ respective net expense ratios are also below the median of its FUSE expense group.
Based on the foregoing, and the other information available to them, the Board, including the Independent Trustees concluded that the advisory fee rate for each of the Funds were reasonable under the circumstances and in light of the quality of the services provided.
The Board, including the Independent Trustees considered other benefits available to AAI because of its relationship with the Funds and concluded that the advisory fees were reasonable taking into account any such benefits.
The Board, including the Independent Trustees also considered with respect to each Fund the information provided by AAI about the costs and profitability of AAI with respect to each of the Funds, including the asset levels and other factors that influence the profitability and financial viability of the Funds. The Board, including the Independent Trustees, reviewed and noted the relatively small sizes of the Funds and concluded that AAI was not realizing any economies of scale. The Independent Trustees determined that AAI should continue to keep the Board informed on an ongoing basis of any significant developments (e.g., material increases in asset levels) so as to facilitate the Independent Trustees’ evaluation of whether further economies of scale have been achieved.
In voting to renew each Investment Advisory Agreement, the Board, including the Independent Trustees concluded that the terms of each Investment Advisory Agreement are reasonable and fair in light of the services to be performed, the fees paid by certain other funds, expenses to be incurred and such other matters as the members of the Board, including the Independent Trustees, considered relevant in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment. The Independent Trustees did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all important or controlling and considered all factors together.
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Board Considerations Regarding Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement and Investment Sub-Advisory Agreements | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements
The Board, including the Independent Trustees discussed the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements.
In evaluating the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees considered various factors, including (i) the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by RiverFront with respect to the Funds under the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements; (ii) the advisory fees and other expenses paid by the Funds compared to those of similar funds managed by other investment advisers; (iii) the profitability to RiverFront of its sub-advisory relationship with the Funds and the reasonableness of compensation to RiverFront; (iv) the extent to which economies of scale would be realized if, and as, the Funds assets increase, and whether the fee level in the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements reflects these economies of scale; and (v) any additional benefits and other considerations.
With respect to the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by RiverFront under the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees considered and reviewed information concerning the services provided under the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Funds’ respective performance, financial information regarding RiverFront, information describing RiverFront’s current organization and the background and experience of the persons responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds. Based upon their review, the Board, including the Independent Trustees concluded that RiverFront was qualified to oversee the portfolio management of the Funds and that the services provided by RiverFront to the Funds are satisfactory. The Board, including the Independent Trustees considered that the contractual sub-advisory fee to be paid to RiverFront from RIGS was 0.35% of RIGS’ average daily net assets out of a total management fee of 0.46% of RIGS’ average daily net assets. The Board, including the Independent Trustees considered that the contractual sub-advisory fee to be paid to RiverFront with respect to each of RFCI, RFDA and RFFC was 0.35% of each Fund’s average daily net assets out of a total management fee of 0.51% with respect to RFCI’s average daily net assets, respectively, and 0.52% with respect to each of RFDA’s and RFFC’s average daily net assets, respectively. Based on the consideration of all factors deemed relevant by them, the Board, including the Independent Trustees concluded that the sub-advisory fees received by RiverFront under the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements were reasonable under the circumstances and in light of the quality of services provided.
With respect to the costs of services provided and profits realized by RiverFront, the Board, including the Independent Trustees considered the resources involved in managing the Funds. Based on their review of the profitability of each of the Funds to RiverFront, the Board, including the Independent Trustees concluded that the profitability of each Fund to RiverFront was not unreasonable.
The Board, including the Independent Trustees also considered other benefits that have been and may be realized by RiverFront from its relationships with each Fund and concluded that the sub-advisory fees with respect to each Fund were reasonable taking into account such benefits.
The Board, including the Independent Trustees noted that RIGS had declined in assets over the prior year. The Board, including the Independent Trustees considered the extent to which economies of scale may be realized if RIGS’ assets increase to its previous levels and continue to grow in size and whether fee levels reflect a reasonable sharing of such economies of scale for the benefit of the Fund’s investors. They also noted that RIGS has experienced fluctuations in assets, which makes it difficult to quantify the potential variability in net assets and thus determine the sustainability of any potential economies of scale which may exist. The Board, including the Independent Trustees also noted that RFCI, RFDA and RFFC were all launched during June 2016 and are only beginning to reach scale in terms of assets. The Independent Trustees determined that AAI should continue to keep the Board informed on an ongoing basis of any significant developments (e.g., material increases in asset levels) so as to facilitate the Independent Trustees’ evaluation of whether further economies of scale have been achieved with respect to each Fund.
In voting to approve each of the RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreements, the Board, including the Independent Trustees concluded that the terms of each RiverFront Sub-Advisory Agreement are reasonable and fair in light of the services performed, expenses incurred and such other matters as the Board, including the Independent Trustees considered relevant in the exercise of their reasonable business judgment. The Board, including the Independent Trustees did not identify any single factor or group of factors as all important or controlling and considered all factors together. The general supervision of the duties performed by the Adviser for the Fund under the Investment Advisory Agreement is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees. The Trust currently has four Trustees. Three Trustees have no affiliation or business connection with the Adviser or any of its affiliated persons and do not own any stock or other securities issued by the Adviser. These are the “non-interested” or “independent” Trustees (“Independent Trustees”). The other Trustee (the “Interested Trustee”) is affiliated with the Adviser.
The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Independent Trustee, and other directorships, if any, held by the Trustee are shown below.
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Trustees & Officers | November 30, 2021 (Unaudited) |
The general supervision of the duties performed by the Adviser for the Fund under the Investment Advisory Agreement is the responsibility of the Board of Trustees. The Trust currently has four Trustees. Three Trustees have no affiliation or business connection with the Adviser or any of its affiliated persons and do not own any stock or other securities issued by the Adviser. These are the “non-interested” or “independent” Trustees (“Independent Trustees”). The other Trustee (the “Interested Trustee”) is affiliated with the Adviser.
The Independent Trustees of the Trust, their term of office and length of time served, their principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by each Independent Trustee, and other directorships, if any, held by the Trustee are shown below.
INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES | ||||||||||
Name, Address & Year of Birth* | Position(s) Held with Trust | Term of Office and Length of Time Served** | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years |
Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustees*** |
Other Directorships Held by Trustees | |||||
Mary K.
Anstine, 1940 |
Trustee | Since March 2008 | Ms. Anstine is Trustee/Director of AV Hunter Trust and Colorado Uplift Board. | 36 | Ms. Anstine is a Trustee of ALPS Variable Investment Trust (7 funds); Financial Investors Trust (32 funds); Reaves Utility Income Fund; and Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust (14 funds). | |||||
Jeremy W.
Deems, 1976 |
Trustee | Since March 2008 | Mr. Deems is the Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of Green Alpha Advisors, LLC, a registered investment advisor, and Co-Portfolio Manager of the Shelton Green Alpha Fund. | 36 | Mr. Deems is a Trustee of ALPS Variable Investment Trust (7 funds); Financial Investors Trust (32 funds); and Reaves Utility Income Fund; and Clough Funds Trust (1 fund). | |||||
Rick A.
Pederson, 1952 |
Trustee | Since March 2008 | Mr. Pederson is Partner, Bow River Capital Partners (private equity management), 2003 - present; Board Member, Prosci Inc. (private business services) 2013-2016; Advisory Board Member, Citywide Banks (Colorado community bank) 2014-2017; Board Member, Strong-Bridge Consulting, 2015-2019; Board Member, IRI/ODMS Holdings LLC, 2017-2019; Director, National Western Stock Show (not for profit) 2010 - present; Director, History Colorado (not for profit) 2015-present; Director, Citywide Bank Advisory Board 2017-present; Trustee, Boettcher Foundation, 2018 -present. | 19 | Mr. Pederson is Trustee of Segall Bryant & Hamill Trust (14 funds) and Principal Real Estate Income Fund (1 fund). |
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The business address of the Trustee is c/o ALPS Advisors, Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203. |
** | This is the period for which the Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected. |
*** | The Fund Complex includes all series of the Trust and any other investment companies for which ALPS Advisors, Inc. provides investment advisory services. |
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The Trustee who is an “interested person” of the Trust, his term of office and length of time served, his principal business occupations during the past five years, the number of portfolios in the Fund Complex overseen by the Interested Trustee and the other directorships, if any, held by the Trustee, are shown below.
INTERESTED TRUSTEE | ||||||||||
Name, Address and Year of Birth of Interested Trustee* | Position(s) Held with Trust | Term of Office and Length of Time Served** | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by Trustees*** | Other Directorships Held by Trustees | |||||
Edmund J. Burke, 1961 | Trustee | Since December 2017. | Mr. Burke joined ALPS in 1991 and served as the President and Director of ALPS Holdings, Inc., and ALPS Advisors, Inc. (“AAI”), and Director of ALPS Distributors, Inc. (“ADI”), ALPS Fund Services, Inc. (“AFS”), and ALPS Portfolio Solutions Distributor, Inc. (“APSD”). Mr. Burke retired from ALPS in June 2019. | 31 | Mr. Burke is a Trustee of Clough Global Dividend and Income Fund (1 fund); Clough Global Equity Fund (1 fund); Clough Global Opportunities Fund (1 fund); Clough Funds Trust (1 fund); Liberty All-Star Equity Fund (1 fund); Director of the Liberty All- Star Growth Fund, Inc. (1 fund) and Financial Investors Trust (32 funds). |
* | The business address of the Trustee is c/o ALPS Advisors, Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203. Effective December 1, 2021, Mr. Burke is an Independent Trustee of the Trust. |
** | This is the period for which the Trustee began serving the Trust. Each Trustee serves an indefinite term, until his successor is elected. |
*** | The Fund Complex includes all series of the Trust and any other investment companies for which ALPS Advisors, Inc. provides investment advisory services. |
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OFFICERS | ||||||
Name, Address and Year of Birth of Officer* | Position(s) Held with Trust | Length of Time Served** | Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years | |||
Laton Spahr, 1975 | President | Since June 2021 | Mr. Spahr joined ALPS in 2019 and currently serves as President and Portfolio Manager of AAI. Prior to his current role, Mr. Spahr was a Senior Vice President and Strategy Leader of the Value & Income Team for Oppenheimer Funds from 2013 to 2019. | |||
Matthew Sutula, 1985 | Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) | Since December 2019 | Mr. Sutula joined ALPS in 2012 and currently serves as Chief Compliance Officer of AAI. Prior to his current role, Mr. Sutula served as interim Compliance Officer of the Trust (September 2019 to December 2019). Compliance Manager and Senior Compliance Analyst for AAI, as well as Compliance Analyst for AFS. Prior to joining ALPS, he spent seven years at Morningstar, Inc. in various analyst roles supporting the registered investment company databases. Mr. Sutula is also Chief Compliance Officer of Principal Real Estate Income Fund, ALPS Variable Investment Trust, RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc., Liberty All-Star Equity Fund and Liberty All-Star Growth Fund, Inc. | |||
Kathryn Burns, 1976 | Treasurer | Since September 2018 | Ms. Burns serves as Vice President, Director of Fund Operations of AAI since 2018. From 2013 to 2018, she served as Vice President and Fund Controller at AFS. Prior to joining ALPS, she worked at Old Mutual Capital where she served as Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer (2010 – 2012) and Regulatory Reporting Manager and Assistant Treasurer to the Old Mutual Funds Trusts (2006 – 2012). She also served as a CPA for PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Ms. Burns also serves as President of ALPS Variable Investment Trust, Principal Real Estate Income Fund and RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. From June 2018 to November 2021 she also served as Treasurer of Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. | |||
Brendan Hamill, 1986 | Secretary | Since September 2021 | Mr. Hamill joined ALPS in August 2021, and is currently Vice President and Principal Legal Counsel. Prior to joining ALPS, Mr. Hamill was an attorney at Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith, LLP (law firm) (December 2018-August 2021) and Vedder Price, P.C. (law firm) (August 2015-December 2018). Mr. Hamill also serves as Secretary of Financial Investors Trust, Secretary of ALPS Variable Investment Trust, Secretary of Principal Real Estate Income Fund, and Assistant Secretary of James Advantage Funds. |
* | The business address of each Officer is c/o ALPS Advisors, Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203. Each Officer is deemed an affiliate of the Trust as defined under the 1940 Act. |
** | This is the period for which the Officer began serving the Trust. Each Officer serves an indefinite term, until his/her successor is elected. |
The Statement of Additional Information includes additional information about the Fund’s Trustees and is available, without charge, upon request by calling (toll-free) 1-866-759-5679.
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